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Chester Hardy Aldrich (1862-1924) —
also known as Chester H. Aldrich —
of David City, Butler
County, Neb.; Lincoln, Lancaster
County, Neb.
Born in Pierpont, Ashtabula
County, Ohio, November
10, 1862.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Nebraska
state senate, 1907; Governor of
Nebraska, 1911-13; defeated, 1912; justice of
Nebraska state supreme court, 1918-24; died in office 1924.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights Templar.
Died March
10, 1924 (age 61 years, 121
days).
Interment at Ulysses
Cemetery, Ulysses, Neb.
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Hugh Elmer Allen (1869-1932) —
also known as Hugh E. Allen —
of Van Wert, Van Wert
County, Ohio.
Born in Van Wert
County, Ohio, February
20, 1869.
Democrat. Lawyer; Van
Wert County Probate Judge, 1909-15; common pleas court judge in
Ohio, 1916-17; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Ohio, 1928.
Member, American Bar
Association; Knights
of Pythias; Elks; Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons; Knights Templar; Shriners.
Died in 1932
(age about
63 years).
Interment at Floral Grove Cemetey, West Unity, Ohio.
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Relatives: Son
of John Wesley Allen and Martha A. (McDonald) Allen; married, October
1, 1896, to Maude Eaton. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Image source: Bench and Bar of Northern
Ohio (1921) |
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Wayne Norviel Aspinall (1896-1983) —
also known as Wayne N. Aspinall —
of Palisade, Mesa
County, Colo.
Born in Middleburg, Logan
County, Ohio, April 3,
1896.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer;
member of Colorado
state house of representatives, 1931-38; Speaker of
the Colorado State House of Representatives, 1937-38; member of
Colorado
state senate, 1939-48; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Colorado, 1948,
1952
(alternate), 1956,
1960;
U.S.
Representative from Colorado 4th District, 1949-73.
Methodist.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Legion; Forty and
Eight; Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons; Knights Templar; Shriners;
Odd
Fellows; Elks; Lions; Phi
Delta Phi; Beta
Theta Pi.
Died in Palisade, Mesa
County, Colo., October
9, 1983 (age 87 years, 189
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Orchard
Mesa Cemetery, Grand Junction, Colo.
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Frank L. Baldwin (1863-1938) —
of Leadville, Lake
County, Colo.; Youngstown, Mahoning
County, Ohio.
Born in Youngstown, Mahoning
County, Ohio, June 29,
1863.
Lawyer;
mayor
of Youngstown, Ohio, 1906-07.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons;
Royal
Arch Masons; Knights Templar; Shriners;
Odd
Fellows; Knights
of Pythias; Knights of
the Maccabees; Elks; Humane
Society.
Died in Youngstown, Mahoning
County, Ohio, March 4,
1938 (age 74 years, 248
days).
Interment at Oak
Hill Cemetery, Youngstown, Ohio.
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William Payne Barnum Jr. (b. 1879) —
of Youngstown, Mahoning
County, Ohio.
Born in Rock Creek, Ashtabula
County, Ohio, October
15, 1879.
Republican. Lawyer;
common pleas court judge in Ohio, 1909-18; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Ohio, 1920.
Member, Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons; Knights Templar; Shriners;
Knights
of Pythias.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of William Payne Barnum and Nannie L. (Knowlton) Barnum; married, December
21, 1905, to Pearl C. Clapper. |
| | | Image source: Bench and Bar of Northern
Ohio (1921) |
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James R. Barr (1854-1934) —
of Cambridge, Guernsey
County, Ohio.
Born near Cambridge, Guernsey
County, Ohio, April
15, 1854.
Republican. School
teacher; druggist; Guernsey
County Clerk of Courts, 1881-87; mayor
of Cambridge, Ohio, 1890-94; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Ohio, 1896;
postmaster at Cambridge,
Ohio, 1897-1910; insurance
and real
estate business; member of Ohio
state senate 18th-19th District, 1921-22.
Presbyterian.
Scottish
and Scotch-Irish
ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons; Knights Templar.
Injured in a fall on
slippery pavement, broke his hip, and died several weeks later, in
Cambridge, Guernsey
County, Ohio, January
2, 1934 (age 79 years, 262
days).
Interment at Northwood
Cemetery, Cambridge, Ohio.
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Arthur Orin Bement (1847-1915) —
also known as Arthur O. Bement —
of Lansing, Ingham
County, Mich.
Born in Fostoria, Seneca
County, Ohio, May 22,
1847.
Republican. Mayor
of Lansing, Mich., 1892-93.
Congregationalist.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights Templar; Grand
Army of the Republic.
Founder, with his father, of the E. Bement Sons implement and stove
manufacturing
firm.
Died, of heart
trouble, in Lansing, Ingham
County, Mich., January
26, 1915 (age 67 years, 249
days).
Interment at Mt.
Hope Cemetery, Lansing, Mich.
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Richard Ely Bird (1878-1955) —
also known as Richard E. Bird —
of Wichita, Sedgwick
County, Kan.
Born in Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio, November
4, 1878.
Republican. Lawyer;
district judge in Kansas 18th District, 1917-20; U.S.
Representative from Kansas 8th District, 1921-23; defeated, 1922.
Presbyterian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons;
Knights Templar; Shriners.
Died in Long Beach, Los Angeles
County, Calif., January
10, 1955 (age 76 years, 67
days).
Interment at Maple
Grove Cemetery, Wichita, Kan.
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Xenophon A. Boomhower (1872-1954) —
of Bad Axe, Huron
County, Mich.
Born in Ohio, 1872.
Republican. Lawyer; Huron
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1909-21; circuit
judge in Michigan 24th Circuit, 1924-53.
Presbyterian.
Member, Rotary;
Freemasons;
Knights Templar.
Died in 1954
(age about
82 years).
Interment at Elkland
Township Cemetery, Near Cass City, Tuscola County, Mich.
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Relatives: Son
of Alma (Stuart) Boomhower and Addison Boomhower; married to
Catherine Gillies. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Walter Ellsworth Brehm (1892-1971) —
also known as Walter E. Brehm —
of Logan, Hocking
County, Ohio; Millersport, Fairfield
County, Ohio.
Born in Somerset, Perry
County, Ohio, May 25,
1892.
Republican. Dentist;
member of Ohio
state house of representatives, 1938-42; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 11th District, 1943-53.
Member, Grange;
Freemasons;
Knights Templar; Shriners;
Odd
Fellows; Eagles;
Elks; Kiwanis;
Psi
Omega.
Convicted
in 1951 of illegally accepting campaign
contributions from a clerk in his office, and fined
$5,000.
Died in Columbus, Franklin
County, Ohio, August
24, 1971 (age 79 years, 91
days).
Burial location unknown.
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John William Bricker (1893-1986) —
also known as John W. Bricker —
of Upper Arlington, Franklin
County, Ohio.
Born near Mt. Sterling, Madison
County, Ohio, September
6, 1893.
Republican. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War I; Ohio
state attorney general, 1933-37; defeated in primary, 1928; Governor of
Ohio, 1939-45; defeated, 1936; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Ohio, 1940,
1948,
1952
(speaker),
1960
(speaker),
1964,
1972;
candidate for Vice
President of the United States, 1944; U.S.
Senator from Ohio, 1947-59; candidate for Presidential Elector
for Ohio.
Congregationalist.
Member, American Bar
Association; Rotary;
American
Legion; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Knights Templar; Delta
Chi; Delta
Sigma Rho; Order of
the Coif; Optimist
Club.
Died in Columbus, Franklin
County, Ohio, March
22, 1986 (age 92 years, 197
days).
Interment at Green
Lawn Cemetery, Columbus, Ohio.
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Dwight M. Britton (1886-1981) —
of Sturgis, St. Joseph
County, Mich.
Born in Williamsburg, Clermont
County, Ohio, August
7, 1886.
Republican. Lawyer; St.
Joseph County Prosecuting Attorney, 1920; candidate for Michigan
state house of representatives, 1922 (St. Joseph County), 1948
(St. Joseph District); candidate in primary for circuit
judge in Michigan 15th Circuit, 1953.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights Templar; Knights
of Pythias; Moose; Phi
Kappa Tau; Phi
Sigma Kappa.
Died in Morro Bay, San Luis
Obispo County, Calif., November
4, 1981 (age 95 years, 89
days).
Interment at Williamsburg Cemetery, Williamsburg, Ohio.
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George Edward Bushnell (1887-1965) —
also known as George E. Bushnell —
of Highland Park, Wayne
County, Mich.; Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Roanoke,
Va., November
4, 1887.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer; justice of
Michigan state supreme court, 1934-55; defeated, 1928; resigned
1955; chief
justice of Michigan state supreme court, 1940, 1948.
Presbyterian.
Scottish
ancestry. Member, Sons of
the American Revolution; Freemasons;
Knights Templar; Shriners;
American Bar
Association; Delta
Theta Phi.
Died in Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio, September
30, 1965 (age 77 years, 330
days).
Interment at Elmwood
Cemetery, Detroit, Mich.
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Isaac B. Cameron —
of Lisbon, Columbiana
County, Ohio.
Born in Nairn, Scotland.
Republican. Merchant;
Columbiana
County Treasurer, 1894-97; Ohio
treasurer of state, 1900-04; chair of
Columbiana County Republican Party, 1901.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights Templar; Odd
Fellows; Knights
of Pythias; Elks.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1875 to Laura
A. Irwin. |
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Frank Clague (1865-1952) —
of Redwood Falls, Redwood
County, Minn.
Born in Warrensville (now Warrensville Heights), Cuyahoga
County, Ohio, July 13,
1865.
Republican. School
teacher; lawyer; Redwood
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1895-1902; member of Minnesota
state house of representatives District 19, 1903-06; Speaker of
the Minnesota State House of Representatives, 1905; member of Minnesota
state senate 19th District, 1907-14; district judge in Minnesota
9th District, 1918-20; U.S.
Representative from Minnesota 2nd District, 1921-33.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights Templar; Shriners;
Odd
Fellows; Elks.
Died in Redwood Falls, Redwood
County, Minn., March
25, 1952 (age 86 years, 256
days).
Interment at Redwood
Falls Cemetery, Redwood Falls, Minn.
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Philo S. Clark (b. 1848) —
of Portsmouth, Scioto
County, Ohio.
Born in Harlansburg, Lawrence
County, Pa., February
21, 1848.
Republican. Insurance
business; postmaster at Portsmouth,
Ohio, 1890-94, 1898-1906; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Ohio, 1908.
Member, Elks; Freemasons;
Knights Templar.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Thomas M. Clark and Rebecca (McCune) Clark; married, April
25, 1889, to Lucy Miller. |
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George Anderson Cooke (b. 1869) —
also known as George A. Cooke —
of Aledo, Mercer
County, Ill.; Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in New Athens, Harrison
County, Ohio, July 3,
1869.
Democrat. Lawyer; law
partner of Guy
C. Scott, 1896-1900; member of Illinois
state house of representatives 33rd District, 1902-06; justice of
Illinois state supreme court, 1909-19; chief
justice of Illinois state supreme court, 1913-14; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Illinois, 1928.
Presbyterian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Beta
Theta Pi; Freemasons;
Knights Templar; Shriners.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Thomas Cooke and Vanceline (Downing) Cooke; married, October
20, 1896, to Sarah Blee. |
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Daniel Richard Crissinger (1860-1942) —
also known as Daniel R. Crissinger —
of Marion, Marion
County, Ohio.
Born in Tully Township, Marion
County, Ohio, December
10, 1860.
Democrat. Lawyer; Marion
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1889-94; Marion city solicitor,
1895-1900; one of the organizers of the Marion County Telephone
Company; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Ohio 13th District, 1904, 1906; banker;
U.S. Comptroller of the Currency, 1921-23; member, board of
governors, Federal Reserve, 1923-27; in December 1929, he, along with
U.S. Rep. Frederick
N. Zihlman, and five others, officers of the F. H. Smith Company,
which had promoted and sold apparently worthless securities, were indicted
on federal charges
of using the mails to commit fraud;
most of those indicted went to prison, but Crissinger and Zihlman
were never tried, and charges against them were dismissed in 1932.
German
ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Knights Templar; Elks; Knights
of Pythias; Eagles.
Died in Marion, Marion
County, Ohio, July 12,
1942 (age 81 years, 214
days).
Interment at Marion
Cemetery, Marion, Ohio.
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Martin Luther Davey (1884-1946) —
also known as Martin L. Davey —
of Kent, Portage
County, Ohio.
Born in Kent, Portage
County, Ohio, July 25,
1884.
Democrat. Mayor of
Kent, Ohio, 1914-18; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 14th District, 1918-21, 1923-29;
defeated, 1920; Governor of
Ohio, 1935-39; defeated, 1928, 1938, 1940; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Ohio, 1932,
1940.
Disciples
of Christ. Member, Freemasons;
Knights Templar; Shriners;
Grotto;
Odd
Fellows; Knights
of Pythias; Elks; Rotary;
Moose;
Eagles;
Grange.
Died in Kent, Portage
County, Ohio, March
31, 1946 (age 61 years, 249
days).
Interment at Standing
Rock Cemetery, Kent, Ohio.
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Melvin Carr Eaton (1891-1966) —
also known as Melvin C. Eaton —
of Norwich, Chenango
County, N.Y.
Born in Norwich, Chenango
County, N.Y., April 2,
1891.
Republican. Chemist;
director, superintendent, later vice-president, president and
chairman, Norwich Pharmaceutical
Co.; delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1932,
1936,
1940;
chair
of Chenango County Republican Party, 1932-33; delegate
to New York convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933; New York
Republican state chair, 1934-36; candidate for Presidential
Elector for New York.
Congregationalist.
Member, American
Legion; Forty and
Eight; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Freemasons;
Knights Templar; Shriners;
Elks; Phi
Kappa Sigma; Rotary.
Died, following an apparent heart
attack, in St. Charles Hospital,
Toledo, Lucas
County, Ohio, August
1, 1966 (age 75 years, 121
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Robert D. Eaton and Maria E. (Smith) Eaton; married, April
14, 1915, to Ethel Jewell. |
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John E. Fitzgerald (b. 1915) —
of Ravenswood, Jackson
County, W.Va.
Born in Urbana, Champaign
County, Ohio, May 30,
1915.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II;
wholesale florist
supplier; member of West
Virginia state house of delegates; elected 1970; defeated, 1972
(Jackson County); elected 1974, 1976.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Royal
Arch Masons; Knights Templar; Order of the
Eastern Star; Shriners;
Veterans of
Foreign Wars; American
Legion; Rotary.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Edward Fitzgerald and Myrtle (Roberts) Fitzgerald; married, May 7,
1937, to Edna Thomas. |
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Harry Conrad Gahn (1880-1962) —
also known as Harry C. Gahn —
of Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio.
Born in Elmore, Ottawa
County, Ohio, April
26, 1880.
Republican. Lawyer; automobile
dealer; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 21st District, 1921-23; defeated, 1922,
1924.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights Templar; Knights
of Pythias.
Died in Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio, November
2, 1962 (age 82 years, 190
days).
Interment at Elmore
Community Cemetery, Elmore, Ohio.
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Horace Weldon Gilmore (1918-2010) —
also known as Horace W. Gilmore —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.; Grosse Pointe Park, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Columbus, Franklin
County, Ohio, April 4,
1918.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; lawyer; circuit
judge in Michigan 3rd Circuit, 1956-80; appointed 1956;
candidate for justice of
Michigan state supreme court, 1972; U.S.
District Judge for the Eastern District of Michigan, 1980-91;
took senior status 1991.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Judicature Society; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Freemasons;
Knights Templar; Shriners;
Alpha
Delta Phi; Phi
Delta Phi; NAACP.
Died January
25, 2010 (age 91 years, 296
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Walter D. Guilbert —
of Caldwell, Noble
County, Ohio.
Born in Guernsey
County, Ohio.
Republican. Noble
County Auditor; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Ohio, 1888,
1904;
Ohio
auditor of state, 1896-1909.
French
and Irish
ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Knights Templar; Shriners;
Odd
Fellows; Knights
of Pythias; Redmen.
Burial location unknown.
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James Wood Halfhill (1861-1923) —
also known as James W. Halfhill —
of Lima, Allen
County, Ohio.
Born in Mercer, Mercer
County, Ohio, March 1,
1861.
Republican. Lawyer;
director, The Old National Bank of
Lima, Ohio, First National Bank of
Ada, Ohio, Ada Heat, Water
and Light Company, Ohio State Life
Insurance Company; delegate
to Ohio state constitutional convention, 1911-12; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Ohio, 1920.
Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons;
Knights Templar; Elks.
Died, from influenza,
in Lima, Allen
County, Ohio, April
15, 1923 (age 62 years, 45
days).
Entombed in mausoleum at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Lima, Ohio.
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Warren Gamaliel Harding (1865-1923) —
also known as Warren G. Harding —
of Marion, Marion
County, Ohio.
Born in Blooming Grove, Morrow
County, Ohio, November
2, 1865.
Republican. Newspaper
publisher; member of Ohio
state senate 13th District, 1901-03; Lieutenant
Governor of Ohio, 1904-06; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Ohio, 1904
(alternate), 1912,
1916
(Temporary
Chair; Permanent
Chair; speaker);
candidate for Governor of
Ohio, 1910; U.S.
Senator from Ohio, 1915-21; President
of the United States, 1921-23; died in office 1923.
Baptist.
English
ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Knights Templar; Shriners;
Elks; Moose; Knights
of Pythias; Phi
Alpha Delta.
First
president ever to have his voice broadcast on the radio, June 14,
1922.
Died, probably from a heart
attack, in a room at the Palace Hotel, San
Francisco, Calif., August
2, 1923 (age 57 years, 273
days). The claim that he was poisoned by his wife is not accepted
by historians.
Originally entombed at Marion
Cemetery, Marion, Ohio; reinterment in 1927 at Harding
Memorial Park, Marion, Ohio; memorial monument (now gone) at Woodland Park, Seattle, Wash.
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Relatives: Son
of Phoebe Elizabeth (Dickerson) Harding and George Tryon Harding;
married, July 8,
1891, to Florence
Harding. |
| | | Harding County,
N.M. is named for him. |
| | | Harding High
School, in Bridgeport,
Connecticut, is named for
him. — Warren G. Harding High
School, in Warren,
Ohio, is named for
him. — Warren G. Harding Middle
School, in Frankford,
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, is named for
him. — The community
of Harding
Township, New Jersey (created 1922) is named for
him. — Warren Street,
G Street,
and Harding Street
(now Boardwalk), in Ketchikan,
Alaska, were all named for
him. — Harding Mountain,
in Chelan
County, Washington, is named for
him. — Mount
Harding, in Skagway,
Alaska, is named for
him. |
| | | Personal motto: "Remember there are two
sides to every question. Get both." |
| | | Campaign slogan (1920): "Back to
normalcy with Harding." |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Wikipedia article — NNDB
dossier — Internet Movie Database
profile — Find-A-Grave
memorial — OurCampaigns
candidate detail |
| | | Books about Warren G. Harding: Francis
Russell, The
Shadow of Blooming Grove : Warren G. Harding In His
Times — Robert K. Murray, The
Harding Era : Warren G. Harding and His
Administration — Eugene P. Trani & David L. Wilson, The
Presidency of Warren G. Harding — Harry M. Daugherty,
Inside
Story of the Harding Tragedy — Charles L. Mee, The
Ohio Gang : The World of Warren G. Harding — John W.
Dean, Warren
G. Harding — Robert H. Ferrell, The
Strange Deaths of President Harding — Russell Roberts,
Warren
G. Harding (for young readers) |
| | | Critical books about Warren G. Harding:
Nathan Miller, Star-Spangled
Men : America's Ten Worst Presidents |
| | | Image source: Library of
Congress |
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Frederick Leslie Hay (1856-1940) —
also known as Frederick L. Hay —
of Defiance, Defiance
County, Ohio.
Born in Girard, Erie
County, Pa., December
22, 1856.
Republican. Lawyer; mayor
of Defiance, Ohio, 1888-92, 1932-34; Defiance
County Probate Judge, 1893-97; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Ohio 5th District, 1900; common pleas court
judge in Ohio, 1912-18.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights Templar.
Died, of pneumonia,
in Defiance, Defiance
County, Ohio, February, 1940
(age 83
years, 0 days).
Interment at Riverside
Cemetery, Defiance, Ohio.
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John Edward Hopley (1850-1927) —
also known as John E. Hopley —
of Bucyrus, Crawford
County, Ohio.
Born in Elkton, Todd
County, Ky., August
25, 1850.
Republican. Newspaper
editor; lawyer;
campaign manager and then private secretary to U.S. Rep. Stephen
R. Harris, 1895-97; U.S. Consul in Southampton, 1898-1903; Montevideo, 1903-05; candidate for Presidential Elector for
Ohio; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Ohio 8th District, 1914.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons;
Royal
Arch Masons; Royal
and Select Masters; Order of the
Eastern Star; Knights Templar; Elks.
As a bedridden invalid, smoking a pipe, he accidentally dropped the
pipe, his clothes caught
fire, and he was badly burned; his burns became infected,
leading to his death a few days later, in Bucyrus, Crawford
County, Ohio, July 10,
1927 (age 76 years, 319
days).
Interment at Oakwood
Cemetery, Bucyrus, Ohio.
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Joseph William Kessel (b. 1925) —
also known as Joseph W. Kessel; Joe Bill
Kessel —
of Keyser, Mineral
County, W.Va.
Born in Painesville, Lake
County, Ohio, November
22, 1925.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; school
teacher; member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Mineral County, 1955-60.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights Templar; Moose; National
Education Association; American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Millard F. Leonard (1873-1929) —
of Huntington, Cabell
County, W.Va.
Born in Addison, Gallia
County, Ohio, November
26, 1873.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Cabell County, 1929; died
in office 1929.
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights Templar.
Died in Huntington, Cabell
County, W.Va., April 5,
1929 (age 55 years, 130
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Thomas C. Mahon (b. 1860) —
of Kenton, Hardin
County, Ohio.
Born in Marseilles, Wyandot
County, Ohio, July 4,
1860.
Democrat. Merchant;
lawyer;
Hardin
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1897-1903; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Ohio 8th District, 1910.
Methodist.
Member, Knights
of Pythias; Elks; Freemasons;
Knights Templar; Shriners.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of James Mahon and Phebe (Waples) Mahon; married, April
14, 1886, to Mary I. Alexander. |
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William Charles Manchester (1873-1943) —
also known as William C. Manchester —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.; Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich.
Born near Canfield, Mahoning
County, Ohio, December
25, 1873.
Republican. Lawyer; delegate
to Michigan state constitutional convention 4th District,
1907-08; delegate to Republican National Convention from Michigan, 1908;
member of Michigan
Republican State Central Committee, 1910-14.
Presbyterian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons;
Knights Templar; Shriners;
Elks; Kappa
Sigma.
Died, of prostate
cancer, in Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich., May 17,
1943 (age 69 years, 143
days).
Cremated;
ashes scattered in a private or family graveyard, Mahoning County, Ohio.
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Relatives: Son
of Hugh A. Manchester and Rosannah (Squires) Manchester; married, December
27, 1898, to Margaret Katherine MacGregor. |
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Robert Erastus McKisson (1863-1915) —
also known as Robert E. McKisson —
of Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio.
Born in Northfield, Summit
County, Ohio, January
30, 1863.
Republican. Lawyer; mayor
of Cleveland, Ohio, 1895-98.
Member, Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons; Knights Templar; Shriners.
Died in 1915
(age about
52 years).
Interment at Lake
View Cemetery, Cleveland, Ohio.
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Relatives: Son
of Martin Van Buren McKisson and Finette Adeline (Eldridge) McKisson;
married, January
16, 1901, to Mamie Marie Langenau. |
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Melvin Orlando McLaughlin (1876-1928) —
also known as Melvin O. McLaughlin —
of Dayton, Montgomery
County, Ohio; Omaha, Douglas
County, Neb.; York, York
County, Neb.
Born in Osceola, Clarke
County, Iowa, August
8, 1876.
Republican. School
teacher; minister;
president,
York College, York, Nebraska, 1913-19; U.S.
Representative from Nebraska 4th District, 1919-27.
Brethren.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights Templar.
Died in 1928
(age about
51 years).
Interment at Greenwood
Cemetery, York, Neb.
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Henry Lee Morey (1841-1902) —
also known as Henry L. Morey —
of Hamilton, Butler
County, Ohio.
Born in Milford Township, Butler
County, Ohio, April 8,
1841.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; lawyer; Butler
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1873; candidate for Ohio
state senate, 1875; U.S.
Representative from Ohio, 1881-84, 1889-91 (3rd District 1881-83,
7th District 1883-84, 1889-91); delegate to Republican National
Convention from Ohio, 1884.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights Templar; Odd
Fellows; Knights
of Pythias; Royal
Arcanum.
Died in Hamilton, Butler
County, Ohio, December
29, 1902 (age 61 years, 265
days).
Interment at Greenwood
Cemetery, Hamilton, Ohio.
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G. Y. Neal (b. 1900) —
of Huntington, Cabell
County, W.Va.
Born in Gallia
County, Ohio, May 31,
1900.
Republican. Member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Cabell County, 1953-54;
defeated, 1938, 1940, 1964; candidate for West
Virginia state senate 5th District, 1954.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights Templar; Shriners;
Redmen;
Farm
Bureau; United
Commercial Travelers.
Burial location unknown.
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Miner Gibbs Norton (1857-1926) —
of Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio.
Born in Andover, Ashtabula
County, Ohio, May 11,
1857.
Republican. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 20th District, 1921-23; defeated, 1922.
Member, Delta
Tau Delta; Freemasons;
Knights Templar; Shriners;
Knights
of Pythias.
Died September
5, 1926 (age 69 years, 117
days).
Interment at Oakdale
Cemetery, Jefferson, Ohio.
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Ransom Eli Olds (1864-1950) —
also known as Ransom E. Olds —
of Lansing, Ingham
County, Mich.
Born in Geneva, Ashtabula
County, Ohio, June 3,
1864.
Republican. Founder in 1897 of Olds Motor
Vehicle Company, maker of the first
commercially successful American-made automobile;
founder in 1905 of the REO Motor Car
Company (later, the Olds company became the Oldsmobile division of General
Motors, and Reo became part of truck
manufacturer Diamond Reo); owner of several hotels;
banker;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Michigan, 1908.
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights Templar; Shriners.
Died in Lansing, Ingham
County, Mich., August
26, 1950 (age 86 years, 84
days).
Entombed at Mt.
Hope Cemetery, Lansing, Mich.
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Relatives: Son
of Pliny Fisk Olds and Sarah (Whipple) Olds; married, June 5,
1889, to Metta Ursula Woodward; second cousin thrice removed of
Martin
Olds. |
| | | Political family: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin
family of Connecticut and New York (subset of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | Olds Hall
(built 1917 for the College of Engineering, now used as offices),
Michigan State University,
East
Lansing, Michigan, is named for
him. — The city
of Oldsmar,
Florida, is named for
him. — R. E. Olds Park,
on the waterfront in Oldsmar,
FLorida, is named for
him. |
| | | See also Wikipedia
article — NNDB
dossier — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Bayard Henry Paine (1872-1955) —
also known as Bayard H. Paine —
of Grand Island, Hall
County, Neb.
Born near Painesville, Lake
County, Ohio, April
27, 1872.
Lawyer;
author;
district judge in Nebraska 11th District, 1916-30; justice of
Nebraska state supreme court, 1931-49.
Methodist.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Judicature Society; Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons; Knights Templar; Order of the
Eastern Star; Shriners;
Elks; Rotary.
Died in Grand Island, Hall
County, Neb., April
19, 1955 (age 82 years, 357
days).
Interment at Grand
Island Cemetery, Grand Island, Neb.
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George C. Porter (1903-1967) —
of Beckley, Raleigh
County, W.Va.
Born in Athens
County, Ohio, December
9, 1903.
Democrat. Theater
owner; member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Raleigh County, 1961;
member of West
Virginia state senate 9th District, 1961-67; appointed 1961; died
in office 1967.
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons; Knights Templar; Shriners;
Order of the
Eastern Star; Moose; Elks; Kiwanis.
Died in 1967
(age about
63 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Carl Porter and Atta (Archer) Porter; married, March 4,
1931, to Bessie Thelma Burkett. |
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Harper Julius Reed (1848-1912) —
also known as Harper Reed —
of Mason, Ingham
County, Mich.
Born in Oberlin, Lorain
County, Ohio, November
11, 1848.
Republican. Mayor of
Mason, Mich., 1884-86, 1893-96, 1900-01; defeated, 1889, 1901.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights Templar; Knights
of Pythias.
Died in Mason, Ingham
County, Mich., June 15,
1912 (age 63 years, 217
days).
Interment at Maple
Grove Cemetery, Mason, Mich.
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Harry Evans Sackett (b. 1874) —
also known as Harry E. Sackett —
of Beatrice, Gage
County, Neb.
Born in Warren, Trumbull
County, Ohio, October
10, 1874.
Lawyer;
member of Nebraska
state senate, 1907; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Nebraska, 1912,
1920
(member, Credentials
Committee); Progressive candidate for Governor of
Nebraska, 1914; Nebraska
Republican state chair, 1924-26.
Christian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Kiwanis;
Freemasons;
Knights Templar.
Burial location unknown.
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Paul Fornshell Schenck (1899-1968) —
also known as Paul F. Schenck —
of Dayton, Montgomery
County, Ohio.
Born in Miamisburg, Montgomery
County, Ohio, April
19, 1899.
Republican. U.S.
Representative from Ohio 3rd District, 1951-65; defeated, 1950.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights Templar; Shriners.
Died in Dayton, Montgomery
County, Ohio, November
30, 1968 (age 69 years, 225
days).
Interment at Woodland
Cemetery, Dayton, Ohio.
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William Dennison Stephens (1859-1944) —
also known as William D. Stephens —
of Los Angeles, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Eaton, Preble
County, Ohio, December
26, 1859.
Republican. Merchant;
mayor
of Los Angeles, Calif., 1909; U.S.
Representative from California, 1911-16 (7th District 1911-13,
10th District 1913-16); resigned 1916; alternate delegate to
Republican National Convention from California, 1912;
Lieutenant
Governor of California, 1916-17; Governor of
California, 1917-23.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights Templar.
Died, from a heart
ailment, in the Santa Fe Hospital,
Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., April
25, 1944 (age 84 years, 121
days).
Interment at Angelus-Rosedale
Cemetery, Los Angeles, Calif.
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Thomas Sterling (1851-1930) —
of Springfield, Sangamon
County, Ill.; Redfield, Spink
County, S.Dak.; Vermillion, Clay
County, S.Dak.
Born near Amanda, Fairfield
County, Ohio, February
20, 1851.
Republican. Lawyer; delegate
to South Dakota state constitutional convention, 1889; member of
South
Dakota state senate 30th District, 1889-90; dean,
college of law, University of South Dakota, 1901-11; U.S.
Senator from South Dakota, 1913-25; delegate to Republican
National Convention from South Dakota, 1916.
Congregationalist.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights Templar; Shriners;
Odd
Fellows; Ancient
Order of United Workmen; American Bar
Association; American
Political Science Association.
Died in 1930
(age about
79 years).
Interment at Cedar
Hill Cemetery, Suitland, Md.
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James Alfred Taylor (1878-1956) —
also known as J. Alfred Taylor —
of Fayetteville, Fayette
County, W.Va.
Born near Ironton, Lawrence
County, Ohio, September
25, 1878.
Democrat. Newspaper
publisher; member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Fayette County, 1917-18,
1921-22, 1931-32, 1937-38; Speaker of
the West Virginia State House of Delegates, 1931-32; U.S.
Representative from West Virginia 6th District, 1923-27;
defeated, 1926 (6th District), 1938 (3rd District); candidate for Governor of
West Virginia, 1928; candidate for Presidential Elector for West
Virginia; candidate for U.S.
Senator from West Virginia, 1934.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights Templar; Order of the
Eastern Star; Shriners;
Junior
Order; Odd
Fellows; Redmen;
Moose.
Died in Montgomery, Fayette
County, W.Va., June 9,
1956 (age 77 years, 258
days).
Interment at Huse
Memorial Park, Fayetteville, W.Va.
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Carl W. Thompson (1879-1958) —
of Winchester, Randolph
County, Ind.; Richmond, Wayne
County, Ind.
Born in Randolph
County, Ind., October
10, 1879.
School
teacher; lawyer; Randolph
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1907-08; mayor
of Winchester, Ind., 1910-14; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Indiana, 1916 (Progressive, 8th District),
1946 (Prohibition, 10th District), 1947 (Prohibition, 10th District),
1950 (Prohibition, 10th District); Prohibition candidate for U.S.
Senator from Indiana, 1940, 1944, 1952, 1956.
Christian.
Member, Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons; Knights Templar; Knights
of Pythias; Sons
of Veterans.
Died in Phoenix, Maricopa
County, Ariz., July 12,
1958 (age 78 years, 275
days).
Interment at Hollansburg Cemetery, Hollansburg, Ohio.
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Clayton C. Townes (1888-1970) —
of Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio.
Born in Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio, January
30, 1888.
Republican. Lawyer;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Ohio, 1920,
1924;
mayor
of Cleveland, Ohio, 1924-25.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights Templar; Shriners;
Odd
Fellows; Knights
of Pythias.
Died in Florida, February
24, 1970 (age 82 years, 25
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of William C. Townes and Kate (Hoyt) Townes; married 1917 to Grace
Dix. |
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Seward Henry Williams (1870-1922) —
also known as Seward H. Williams —
of Lorain, Lorain
County, Ohio.
Born in Amsterdam, Montgomery
County, N.Y., November
7, 1870.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Ohio
state house of representatives, 1910-13; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 14th District, 1915-17.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights Templar; Knights
of Pythias.
Died in Lorain, Lorain
County, Ohio, September
2, 1922 (age 51 years, 299
days).
Interment at Elmwood
Cemetery, Lorain, Ohio.
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