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Daniel Mace (1811-1867) —
of Lafayette, Tippecanoe
County, Ind.
Born in Pickaway
County, Ohio, September
5, 1811.
Lawyer; member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1836; U.S.
Attorney for Indiana, 1845-48; U.S.
Representative from Indiana 8th District, 1851-57; postmaster at
Lafayette,
Ind., 1866-67.
Suffered a stroke in
1866, never completely recovered, and became depressed over his
condition; killed
himself by gunshot,
in the post
office at Lafayette, Tippecanoe
County, Ind., July 26,
1867 (age 55 years, 324
days).
Interment at Greenbush
Cemetery, Lafayette, Ind.
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Samuel Abbot Maginnis (1885-1941) —
also known as S. Abbot Maginnis —
of Salt Lake City, Salt Lake
County, Utah; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Zanesville, Muskingum
County, Ohio, October
23, 1885.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S. Minister to Bolivia, 1919-21.
Member, Elks.
Died, in Emergency Hospital,
Washington,
D.C., September
25, 1941 (age 55 years, 337
days).
Interment at Cedar
Hill Cemetery, Suitland, Md.
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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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Verner Wright Main (1885-1965) —
also known as Verner W. Main —
of Battle Creek, Calhoun
County, Mich.
Born in Ashley, Delaware
County, Ohio, December
16, 1885.
Republican. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during World War
I; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Calhoun County 1st District,
1927-28; Dry candidate for delegate
to Michigan convention to ratify 21st amendment from Calhoun
County 2nd District, 1933; U.S.
Representative from Michigan 3rd District, 1935-37; defeated in
primary, 1936.
Presbyterian.
Member, Delta
Tau Delta; Kiwanis.
Died in Battle Creek, Calhoun
County, Mich., July 6,
1965 (age 79 years, 202
days).
Interment at Oak
Hill Cemetery, Battle Creek, Mich.
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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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Charles Frederick Manderson (1837-1911) —
also known as Charles F. Manderson —
of Canton, Stark
County, Ohio; Omaha, Douglas
County, Neb.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., February
9, 1837.
Republican. Lawyer; colonel in the Union Army during the Civil
War; Stark
County Prosecuting Attorney; delegate
to Nebraska state constitutional convention, 1871; delegate
to Nebraska state constitutional convention, 1875; U.S.
Senator from Nebraska, 1883-95; general solicitor, western
region, Burlington Railway
System, 1895.
Member, American Bar
Association; Loyal
Legion; Grand
Army of the Republic.
Died on
board the steamship Cedric, in the harbor at Liverpool, England,
September
28, 1911 (age 74 years, 231
days).
Interment at Forest
Lawn Memorial Park, Omaha, Neb.
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David Scott Mann (b. 1939) —
also known as David S. Mann —
of Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio.
Born in Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio, September
25, 1939.
Democrat. Lawyer; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Ohio, 1972;
mayor
of Cincinnati, Ohio, 1980-82, 1991; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 1st District, 1993-95; defeated, 1994.
Still living as of 1998.
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Horace Mann (1796-1859) —
also known as "The Father of American Public
Education" —
of Dedham, Norfolk
County, Mass.; Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.
Born in Franklin, Norfolk
County, Mass., May 4,
1796.
Lawyer; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1827-33; member of Massachusetts
state senate, 1833-37; secretary, Massachusetts Board of
Education, 1837-48; founder and editor of The Common School
Journal; became a national leader in improving and reforming
public schools; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 8th District, 1848-53; Free
Soil candidate for Governor of
Massachusetts, 1852; president
and professor
at Antioch College, 1852-59.
Elected to the Hall
of Fame for Great Americans in 1900.
Died in Yellow Springs, Greene
County, Ohio, August
2, 1859 (age 63 years, 90
days).
Original interment somewhere in Yellow Springs, Ohio; reinterment at North
Burial Ground, Providence, R.I.; statue at State House Grounds, Boston, Mass.
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Leopold Markbreit (1842-1909) —
of Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio.
Born in Vienna, Austria,
March
13, 1842.
Republican. Lawyer; law partner of Rutherford
B. Hayes, about 1860; served in the Union Army during the Civil
War; U.S. Minister to Bolivia, 1869-73; mayor
of Cincinnati, Ohio, 1908-09; died in office 1909.
Died July 27,
1909 (age 67 years, 136
days).
Interment at Spring
Grove Cemetery, Cincinnati, Ohio.
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Carrington Tanner Marshall (b. 1869) —
also known as Carrington T. Marshall —
of Zanesville, Muskingum
County, Ohio.
Born in Zanesville, Muskingum
County, Ohio, June 17,
1869.
Republican. Lawyer; chief
justice of Ohio state supreme court, 1921-26; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Ohio, 1928.
Member, Civitan.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of John Wesley Marshall and Rachel Ann (Tanner) Marshall; married 1900 to Dora
Foltz. |
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George Alexander Marshall (1851-1899) —
also known as George A. Marshall —
of Sidney, Shelby
County, Ohio.
Born near Sidney, Shelby
County, Ohio, September
14, 1851.
Democrat. Lawyer; Shelby
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1878-86; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 4th District, 1897-99.
Died in Sidney, Shelby
County, Ohio, April
21, 1899 (age 47 years, 219
days).
Interment at Presbyterian
Cemetery, Hardin, Ohio.
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George Sidney Marshall (1869-1956) —
also known as George S. Marshall —
of Columbus, Franklin
County, Ohio.
Born in Corning, Perry
County, Ohio, January
29, 1869.
Lawyer; mayor
of Columbus, Ohio, 1910-11.
Church
of Christ. Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; Woodmen;
Redmen;
Royal
Arcanum.
Died in 1956
(age about
87 years).
Interment at Green
Lawn Cemetery, Columbus, Ohio.
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Relatives: Son
of George Marshall and Theresa (Maxwell) Marshall; married, October
14, 1903, to Alice Badgley. |
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Leroy Tate Marshall (1883-1950) —
also known as Leroy T. Marshall —
of Xenia, Greene
County, Ohio.
Born near Bellbrook, Greene
County, Ohio, November
8, 1883.
Republican. School
teacher; Greene
County Clerk of Courts, 1909-13; lawyer; chair of
Greene County Republican Party, 1920-32; member of Ohio
state senate, 1925-28; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 7th District, 1933-37.
Died in Xenia, Greene
County, Ohio, November
20, 1950 (age 67 years, 12
days).
Interment at Woodland
Cemetery, Xenia, Ohio.
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Charles Drake Martin (1829-1911) —
also known as Charles D. Martin —
of Lancaster, Fairfield
County, Ohio.
Born in Mt. Vernon, Knox
County, Ohio, August
5, 1829.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 11th District, 1859-61; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Ohio, 1880;
member, Ohio Supreme Court Commission, 1883-85.
Died in Lancaster, Fairfield
County, Ohio, August
27, 1911 (age 82 years, 22
days).
Interment at Forest
Rose Cemetery, Lancaster, Ohio.
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George Ewing Martin (1857-1948) —
also known as George E. Martin —
of Lancaster, Fairfield
County, Ohio.
Born in Lancaster, Fairfield
County, Ohio, November
23, 1857.
Lawyer; banker;
candidate for Presidential Elector for Ohio; common pleas court judge
in Ohio 7th District, 1904-11; Associate
Judge of U.S. Court of Customs Appeals, 1911-23; Presiding
Judge of U.S. Court of Customs Appeals, 1923-24; Chief
Justice of U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, 1924-37;
took senior status 1937.
Died in Washington,
D.C., April
14, 1948 (age 90 years, 143
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Isaac Jack Martin (1908-1966) —
also known as I. Jack Martin —
Born in Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio, July 18,
1908.
Lawyer; Associate
Judge of U.S. Court of Customs and Patent Appeals, 1958-66; died
in office 1966.
Jewish.
Member, Order of
the Coif.
Died in Washington,
D.C., November
5, 1966 (age 58 years, 110
days).
Interment at Walnut Hills United Jewish Cemetery, Cincinnati, Ohio.
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John Andrew Martin (1868-1939) —
also known as John A. Martin —
of Pueblo, Pueblo
County, Colo.
Born in Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio, April
10, 1868.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Colorado
state house of representatives, 1901; U.S.
Representative from Colorado, 1909-13, 1933-39 (2nd District
1909-13, 3rd District 1933-39); died in office 1939.
Irish
ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Knights
of Pythias; American
Legion.
Died in Washington,
D.C., December
23, 1939 (age 71 years, 257
days).
Interment at Mountain
View Cemetery, Pueblo, Colo.
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Charles Walter Mason (b. 1887) —
also known as Charles W. Mason —
of Nowata, Nowata
County, Okla.
Born in Stafford, Monroe
County, Ohio, December
11, 1887.
Democrat. Lawyer; Nowata
County Attorney, 1914-16; served in the U.S. Army during World
War I; district judge in Oklahoma 2nd District, 1919-23; justice of
Oklahoma state supreme court, 1923-31; chief
justice of Oklahoma state supreme court, 1929-31.
Disciples
of Christ. Member, Sigma
Phi Epsilon; Delta
Theta Phi; American
Legion; Forty and
Eight; Rotary.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Frank Mason and Mary O'Ella (Shankland) Mason; married, December
24, 1914, to Ruth Ethel Cobbs. |
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Donald L. Mason —
of Zanesville, Muskingum
County, Ohio.
Lawyer; mayor
of Zanesville, Ohio, 1984-91; member, Public Utilities Commission
of Ohio, 1998-.
Member, Rotary.
Elected to Muskingum College Athletic Hall of
Fame, 1992.
Still living as of 2004.
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William D. Mason (b. 1959) —
also known as Bill Mason —
of Parma, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio.
Born in Parma, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio, 1959.
Democrat. Lawyer; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Ohio, 1996,
2000;
Cuyahoga
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1999-.
Still living as of 2000.
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David Meade Massie (b. 1859) —
of Chillicothe, Ross
County, Ohio.
Born in Chillicothe, Ross
County, Ohio, February
26, 1859.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Ohio
state senate, 1887-89; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Ohio, 1896,
1916.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons;
Elks.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Henry Massie and Susan Burton (Thompson) Massie; married, November
6, 1883, to Juliet S. Matthews. |
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Wilbur D. Matson (b. 1888) —
of McConnelsville, Morgan
County, Ohio.
Born in McConnelsville, Morgan
County, Ohio, March 2,
1888.
Republican. Lawyer; newspaper
editor and publisher; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Ohio, 1936,
1940,
1944,
1948.
Burial location unknown.
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Haveth Elmer Mau (b. 1886) —
also known as Haveth E. Mau —
of Dayton, Montgomery
County, Ohio; Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio.
Born in Dayton, Montgomery
County, Ohio, July 4,
1886.
Republican. Lawyer; Montgomery
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1919-22; U.S.
Attorney for the Southern District of Ohio, 1925-34.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Federal
Bar Association.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Julius Frederick Mau and Martha Matilda (Gronman) Mau; married, April
25, 1911, to Louise Caverley. |
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Lawrence Maxwell Jr. (1853-1927) —
of Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio.
Born in Glasgow, Scotland,
May
4, 1853.
Lawyer; U.S. Solicitor General, 1893-95; law
professor.
Died in Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio, February
18, 1927 (age 73 years, 290
days).
Interment at Spring
Grove Cemetery, Cincinnati, Ohio.
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Daniel Mayer (1837-1910) —
of Charleston, Kanawha
County, W.Va.
Born in Nierstein, Germany,
January
6, 1837.
Naturalized U.S. citizen; physician;
served in the Union Army during the Civil War; lawyer; member
of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Kanawha County, 1889-90;
U.S. Consul in Buenos Aires, 1897-1905.
German
ancestry. Member, Odd
Fellows; Elks; Freemasons;
Grand
Army of the Republic.
Died, from uremia,
in the Jewish Hospital,
Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio, May 20,
1910 (age 73 years, 134
days).
Entombed in mausoleum at Spring
Hill Cemetery, Charleston, W.Va.
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Edward Bancroft McCarter (b. 1870) —
of Columbus, Franklin
County, Ohio.
Born in Emporia, Lyon
County, Kan., March
22, 1870.
Lawyer; U.S. Vice Consul in Toronto, 1918; Montreal, 1918.
Burial location unknown.
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John E. McCauley (1924-1975) —
of Wyandotte, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Delaware, Delaware
County, Ohio, April
28, 1924.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; lawyer;
mayor
of Wyandotte, Mich., 1957-61; delegate
to Michigan state constitutional convention from Wayne County
18th District, 1961-62; member of Michigan
state senate 11th District, 1965-75; died in office 1975.
Presbyterian.
Member, American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Kiwanis;
Disabled
American Veterans; Eagles;
Purple
Heart.
Died in 1975
(age about
51 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of John E. McCauley and Fern (Gibson) McCauley; married to Jeanette
E. Poet. |
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Emlin McClain (1851-1915) —
of Des Moines, Polk
County, Iowa; Iowa City, Johnson
County, Iowa.
Born in Salem, Columbiana
County, Ohio, November
25, 1851.
Republican. Lawyer; private secretary to U.S. Sen. George
G. Wright, 1875-77; law
professor; justice of
Iowa state supreme court, 1901-12; chief
justice of Iowa state supreme court, 1906-12.
Scotch-Irish
ancestry. Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; Beta
Theta Pi; Phi
Delta Phi; American Bar
Association.
Died suddenly, of apoplexy,
in Iowa City, Johnson
County, Iowa, May 25,
1915 (age 63 years, 181
days).
Interment at Oakland
Cemetery, Iowa City, Iowa.
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Charles A. O. McClellan (1835-1898) —
of Auburn, DeKalb
County, Ind.
Born in Ashland, Ashland
County, Ohio, May 25,
1835.
Democrat. Lawyer; banker;
circuit judge in Indiana, 1879-81; U.S.
Representative from Indiana 12th District, 1889-93.
Died in Auburn, DeKalb
County, Ind., January
31, 1898 (age 62 years, 251
days).
Interment at Waterloo
Cemetery, Waterloo, Ind.
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Charles Blaine McClintock (1886-1965) —
also known as Charles B. McClintock —
of Canton, Stark
County, Ohio.
Born in Wayne
County, Ohio, May 25,
1886.
Republican. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 16th District, 1929-33; Judge, Ohio
Court of Appeals, 1946-63.
Died in Canton, Stark
County, Ohio, February
1, 1965 (age 78 years, 252
days).
Interment at Greenlawn
Cemetery, Wilmot, Ohio.
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Addison S. McClure (1839-1903) —
of Wooster, Wayne
County, Ohio.
Born in Wooster, Wayne
County, Ohio, October
10, 1839.
Republican. Lawyer; served in the Union Army during the Civil
War; postmaster;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Ohio, 1868,
1876;
U.S.
Representative from Ohio, 1881-83, 1895-97 (18th District
1881-83, 17th District 1895-97).
Member, Phi
Kappa Psi.
Died in Wooster, Wayne
County, Ohio, April
17, 1903 (age 63 years, 189
days).
Interment at Wooster
Cemetery, Wooster, Ohio.
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Anson George McCook (1835-1917) —
also known as Anson G. McCook —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Steubenville, Jefferson
County, Ohio, October
10, 1835.
Republican. General in the Union Army during the Civil War;
lawyer; U.S.
Representative from New York 8th District, 1877-83; delegate to
Republican National Convention from New York, 1884,
1896.
Died in New York City (unknown
county), N.Y., December
30, 1917 (age 82 years, 81
days).
Interment at Union
Cemetery, Steubenville, Ohio.
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Joseph Walker McCorkle (1819-1884) —
also known as Joseph W. McCorkle; J. W.
McCorkle —
of Dayton, Montgomery
County, Ohio; Sutter
County, Calif.; Virginia City, Storey
County, Nev.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Piqua, Miami
County, Ohio, June 24,
1819.
Democrat. Lawyer; postmaster at Dayton,
Ohio, 1845-49; went
to California for the 1849 Gold Rush; member of California
state assembly 14th District, 1851-52; U.S.
Representative from California 2nd District, 1851-53.
Engaged in a duel
with U.S. Senator W.
M. Gwin, June 1, 1853; there were no injuries.
Died in Branchville, Prince
George's County, Md., March
18, 1884 (age 64 years, 268
days).
Interment at Forest
Hill Cemetery, Piqua, Ohio.
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James Wilson McDill (1834-1894) —
also known as James W. McDill —
of Afton, Union
County, Iowa.
Born in Monroe, Richland
County, Ohio, March 4,
1834.
Republican. Lawyer; circuit judge in Iowa 3rd District,
1869-70; U.S.
Representative from Iowa 8th District, 1873-77; member of Iowa
railroad commission, 1878-81, 1884-87; U.S.
Senator from Iowa, 1881-83; member, Interstate Commerce
Commission, 1892-94; died in office 1894.
Died in Creston, Union
County, Iowa, February
28, 1894 (age 59 years, 361
days).
Interment at Graceland
Cemetery, Creston, Iowa.
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Joseph Ewing McDonald (1819-1891) —
also known as Joseph E. McDonald —
of Crawfordsville, Montgomery
County, Ind.; Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind.
Born in Butler
County, Ohio, August
29, 1819.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Indiana 8th District, 1849-51; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Indiana, 1864,
1868,
1876,
1880
(member, Committee
on Permanent Organization); U.S.
Senator from Indiana, 1875-81; candidate for Democratic
nomination for President, 1884.
Died in Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind., June 21,
1891 (age 71 years, 296
days).
Interment at Crown
Hill Cemetery, Indianapolis, Ind.
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Noah C. McFarland (1822-1897) —
of Hamilton, Butler
County, Ohio; Topeka, Shawnee
County, Kan.
Born in Washington, Washington
County, Pa., April
23, 1822.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Ohio
state senate, 1865; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Ohio, 1868;
member of Kansas
state senate, 1870; Commissioner of the General Land Office,
1881-85.
Died, in the Copeland Hotel,
Topeka, Shawnee
County, Kan., April
26, 1897 (age 75 years, 3
days).
Interment at Topeka
Cemetery, Topeka, Kan.
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William McKinley Jr. (1843-1901) —
also known as "Idol of Ohio" —
of Canton, Stark
County, Ohio.
Born in Niles, Trumbull
County, Ohio, January
29, 1843.
Republican. Major in the Union Army during the Civil War;
lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Ohio, 1877-84, 1885-91 (17th District
1877-79, 16th District 1879-81, 17th District 1881-83, 18th District
1883-84, 20th District 1885-87, 18th District 1887-91); delegate to
Republican National Convention from Ohio, 1884,
1888;
Governor
of Ohio, 1892-96; President
of the United States, 1897-1901; died in office 1901.
Methodist.
Scotch-Irish
ancestry. Member, Loyal
Legion; Freemasons;
Grand
Army of the Republic; Knights
of Pythias; Sigma
Alpha Epsilon.
Shot
by the assassin
Leon Czolgosz, at a reception
in the Temple of Music, at the Pan American Exposition in Buffalo,
N.Y., September 6, 1901, and died eight days later, in Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y., September
14, 1901 (age 58 years, 228
days).
Originally entombed at West
Lawn Cemetery, Canton, Ohio; re-entombed in 1907 at McKinley
Monument, Canton, Ohio; statue at Lucas
County Courthouse Grounds, Toledo, Ohio.
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Relatives: Son
of William McKinley and Nancy Campbell (Allison) McKinley; married to
Ida
Saxton; first cousin of William
McKinley Osborne; fourth cousin once removed of Henry
Prather Fletcher. |
| | | Political family: McKinley
family of Canton, Ohio. |
| | | Cross-reference: Albert
Halstead — Loran
L. Lewis — George
B. Cortelyou — John
Goodnow |
| | | McKinley County,
N.M. is named for him. |
| | | Mount
McKinley (the highest peak in North America, now known by its
traditional name, Denali), in Denali
Borough, Alaska, was named for
him. — McKinley High
School, in Honolulu,
Hawaii, is named for
him. |
| | | Other politicians named for him: William
McKinley Thomas
— William
McKinley Thomas
— William
M. Bell
— William
M. Branch
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| | | Coins and currency: His portrait
appeared on the U.S. $500 bill in 1928-46. |
| | | Campaign slogan (1896): "The Full
Dinner Pail." |
| | | Campaign slogan (1896): "The Advance
Agent of Prosperity." |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — National
Governors Association biography — Wikipedia
article — NNDB
dossier — Find-A-Grave
memorial — OurCampaigns
candidate detail |
| | | Books about William McKinley: Lewis L.
Gould, The
Presidency of William McKinley — Kevin Phillips, William
McKinley — H. Wayne Morgan, William
McKinley and His America |
| | | Image source: American Monthly Review
of Reviews, October 1901 |
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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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John McLean (1785-1861) —
of Ridgeville, Warren
County, Ohio; Clifton (now part of Cincinnati), Hamilton
County, Ohio.
Born in Morris
County, N.J., March
11, 1785.
Republican. Lawyer; newspaper
editor and publisher; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 1st District, 1813-16; justice of
Ohio state supreme court, 1816-22; Commissioner of the General
Land Office, 1822-23; U.S.
Postmaster General, 1823-29; Associate
Justice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1829-61; died in office 1861;
candidate for Republican nomination for President, 1856,
1860.
Methodist.
Slaveowner.
Died in Clifton (now part of Cincinnati), Hamilton
County, Ohio, April 4,
1861 (age 76 years, 24
days).
Interment at Spring
Grove Cemetery, Cincinnati, Ohio.
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William McLean (1794-1839) —
of Piqua, Miami
County, Ohio.
Born in Mason
County, Ky., August
10, 1794.
Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 3rd District, 1823-29.
Died in Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio, October
12, 1839 (age 45 years, 63
days).
Original interment at Catherine
Street Burying Ground, Cincinnati, Ohio; reinterment in 1863 at
Spring
Grove Cemetery, Cincinnati, Ohio.
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William Harvey McSurely (b. 1865) —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Oxford, Butler
County, Ohio, January
27, 1865.
Republican. Lawyer; candidate for Illinois
state senate 5th District, 1894; member of Illinois
state house of representatives 5th District, 1905-06; superior
court judge in Illinois, 1907-12; Judge, Illinois Appellate Court,
1912-.
Presbyterian.
Member, Sigma
Chi; Phi
Beta Kappa.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Rev. William Jasper McSurely and Hulda (Taylor) McSurely; married,
October
18, 1892, to Mary Elizabeth Cadman. |
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James Andrew Meeks (1864-1946) —
also known as James A. Meeks —
of Danville, Vermilion
County, Ill.
Born in Washington
County, Ohio, 1864.
Democrat. Lawyer; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Illinois, 1920,
1924,
1928
(alternate), 1932;
U.S.
Representative from Illinois 18th District, 1933-39; defeated,
1938, 1940.
Member, American Bar
Association; Sigma
Pi; Elks; Knights
of Pythias.
Died in 1946
(age about
82 years).
Interment at Spring
Hill Cemetery, Danville, Ill.
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Return Jonathan Meigs Jr. (1764-1825) —
also known as Return J. Meigs, Jr. —
of Marietta, Washington
County, Ohio.
Born in Middletown, Middlesex
County, Conn., November
17, 1764.
Democrat. Lawyer; postmaster at Marietta,
Ohio, 1794-95; justice of
Ohio state supreme court, 1803-04, 1808-09; resigned 1804; federal
judge, 1807-08; U.S.
Senator from Ohio, 1808-10; Governor of
Ohio, 1810-14; U.S.
Postmaster General, 1814-23.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Marietta, Washington
County, Ohio, March
29, 1825 (age 60 years, 132
days).
Interment at Mound
Cemetery, Marietta, Ohio.
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Howard Morton Metzenbaum (1917-2008) —
also known as Howard M. Metzenbaum; "Senator
No"; "Headline Howard" —
of Shaker Heights, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio; Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio.
Born in Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio, June 4,
1917.
Democrat. Lawyer; airport
parking
lot and car
rental business; member of Ohio
state house of representatives, 1943-46; member of Ohio
state senate, 1947-50; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Ohio, 1952
(alternate), 1964;
speaker, 1988;
U.S.
Senator from Ohio, 1974, 1977-95; defeated, 1970.
Jewish.
Died in Aventura, Miami-Dade
County, Fla., March
12, 2008 (age 90 years, 282
days).
Interment at Mayfield
Cemetery, Cleveland Heights, Ohio.
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James Metzenbaum —
of Euclid, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio; Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio.
Democrat. Lawyer; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Ohio, 1916;
candidate for Lieutenant
Governor of Ohio, 1938; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Ohio 22nd District, 1942; candidate for justice of
Ohio state supreme court, 1950.
Jewish.
Burial location unknown.
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William H. Michael (1845-1916) —
of Cherokee, Cherokee
County, Iowa; Sidney, Cheyenne
County, Neb.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Marysville, Union
County, Ohio, July 14,
1845.
Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; served in the Union
Navy during the Civil War; newspaper
editor and publisher; lawyer; U.S. Consul General in Calcutta, 1905-11.
Died in Washington,
D.C., May 17,
1916 (age 70 years, 308
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Earl Cory Michener (1876-1957) —
also known as Earl C. Michener —
of Adrian, Lenawee
County, Mich.
Born near Attica, Seneca
County, Ohio, November
30, 1876.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War;
lawyer; Lenawee
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1911-14; U.S.
Representative from Michigan 2nd District, 1919-33, 1935-51;
defeated, 1932.
English
and German
ancestry.
Died in Adrian, Lenawee
County, Mich., July 4,
1957 (age 80 years, 216
days).
Interment at Oakwood
Cemetery, Adrian, Mich.
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John Krepps Miller (1819-1863) —
also known as John K. Miller —
of Mt. Vernon, Knox
County, Ohio.
Born in Mt. Vernon, Knox
County, Ohio, May 25,
1819.
Democrat. Lawyer; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Ohio, 1844;
U.S.
Representative from Ohio 11th District, 1847-51; U.S. Consul in
Bordeaux, 1857.
Died in Mt. Vernon, Knox
County, Ohio, August
11, 1863 (age 44 years, 78
days).
Interment at Mound
View Cemetery, Mt. Vernon, Ohio.
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Joseph Miller (1819-1862) —
of Chillicothe, Ross
County, Ohio.
Born in Chillicothe, Ross
County, Ohio, September
9, 1819.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Ohio
state house of representatives, 1856; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 10th District, 1857-59; justice of
Nebraska territorial supreme court, 1859-60.
Died May 27,
1862 (age 42 years, 260
days).
Interment at Grandview
Cemetery, Chillicothe, Ohio.
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M. Garet Rogers Miller (1920-1996) —
also known as M. Garet Miller —
of Los Angeles, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Ohio, October
26, 1920.
Lawyer; author;
candidate in primary for mayor
of Los Angeles, Calif., 1961.
Female.
Died in Ventura
County, Calif., November
24, 1996 (age 76 years, 29
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Warren Miller (1847-1920) —
of Ripley, Jackson
County, W.Va.; Jackson, Boone
County, W.Va.
Born in Apple Grove, Meigs
County, Ohio, April 2,
1847.
Republican. Lawyer; member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Jackson County, 1891-92,
1911-12; U.S.
Representative from West Virginia 4th District, 1895-99; circuit
judge in West Virginia for the 5th Judicial Circuit, 1900-03; judge of
West Virginia supreme court of appeals, 1903-04; member of West
Virginia state senate 4th District, 1915-18.
Died in Ripley, Jackson
County, W.Va., December
29, 1920 (age 73 years, 271
days).
Interment at Cottageville
Cemetery, Cottageville, W.Va.
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Eugene Donald Millikin (1891-1958) —
also known as Eugene D. Millikin —
of Denver,
Colo.
Born in Hamilton, Butler
County, Ohio, February
12, 1891.
Republican. Lawyer; colonel in the U.S. Army during World War
I; U.S.
Senator from Colorado, 1941-57; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Colorado, 1944,
1948,
1952
(chair, Resolutions
Committee), 1956
(member, Resolutions
Committee).
Died in Denver,
Colo., July 26,
1958 (age 67 years, 164
days).
Entombed in mausoleum at Fairmount
Cemetery, Denver, Colo.
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M. A. Mills (born c.1842) —
of Osceola, Polk
County, Neb.
Born in Ohio, about 1842.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Nebraska
state senate, 1885-86.
Burial location unknown.
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Thaddeus A. Minshall (b. 1834) —
Born in Ross
County, Ohio, June 19,
1834.
Lawyer; served in the Union Army during the Civil War; justice of
Ohio state supreme court, 1885-1901.
Burial location unknown.
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William Edwin Minshall Jr. (1911-1990) —
also known as William E. Minshall, Jr. —
of Rocky River, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio; Lakewood, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio; Delray Beach, Palm Beach
County, Fla.
Born in East Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio, October
24, 1911.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Ohio
state house of representatives, 1939-40; served in the U.S. Army
during World War II; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 23rd District, 1955-74; resigned 1974;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Ohio, 1960,
1964,
1972.
Died October
15, 1990 (age 78 years, 356
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Frank Sylvestor Monnett (b. 1857) —
also known as Frank S. Monnett —
of Crawford
County, Ohio.
Born in Kenton, Hardin
County, Ohio, March
19, 1857.
Lawyer; Ohio
state attorney general, 1896-1900; defeated in Democratic
primary, 1926; Democratic candidate for U.S.
Representative from Ohio 12th District, 1910; in 1915, when the
U.S. was still neutral in World War I, he was a committee chair in
"Labor's National Peace Council," which advocated a weapons embargo
against the countries then at war; the organization secretly received
funding from German
agents; indicted
in December 1915, along with H.
Robert Fowler, Frank
Buchanan, and others, for restraint
of trade over the Peace Council's attempts to foment
strikes in U.S. munitions plants; stood
trial with seven co-defendants, but during the trial, the charges
against him were dismissed.
Died in Columbus, Franklin
County, Ohio.
Interment at Monnett
Chapel Graveyard, Dallas Township, Crawford County, Ohio.
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Betty Montgomery —
of Wood
County, Ohio; Reynoldsburg, Franklin
County, Ohio.
Republican. Lawyer; Wood
County Prosecutor, 1981; member of Ohio
state senate, 1989-94; Ohio
state attorney general, 1995-2003; defeated, 2006; Ohio
auditor of state, 2003-07; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Ohio, 2004,
2008.
Female.
Still living as of 2008.
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Charles Ellis Moore (1884-1941) —
also known as C. Ellis Moore —
of Cambridge, Guernsey
County, Ohio.
Born near Middlebourne, Guernsey
County, Ohio, January
3, 1884.
Republican. Lawyer; Guernsey
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1915-18; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 15th District, 1919-33; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Ohio, 1936
(member, Committee
on Rules and Order of Business).
Presbyterian.
Member, Kiwanis.
Died in Cambridge, Guernsey
County, Ohio, April 2,
1941 (age 57 years, 89
days).
Interment at Northwood
Cemetery, Cambridge, Ohio.
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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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Peter Morey (1798-1881) —
of Tecumseh, Lenawee
County, Mich.
Born in Cazenovia, Madison
County, N.Y., 1798.
Lawyer; Michigan
state attorney general, 1837-41.
Died in Marion, Marion
County, Ohio, 1881
(age about
83 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Daniel Edgar Morgan (1877-1949) —
also known as Daniel E. Morgan —
of Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio.
Born in Oak Hill, Jackson
County, Ohio, August
7, 1877.
Lawyer; member of Ohio
state senate, 1928; city
manager of Cleveland, Ohio, 1930-31; candidate for mayor
of Cleveland, Ohio, 1932; Judge, Ohio Court of Appeals, 1939-49;
died in office 1949.
Died in Cleveland Heights, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio, May 1,
1949 (age 71 years, 267
days).
Interment at Lake
View Cemetery, Cleveland, Ohio.
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David E. Morgan —
of Devils Lake, Ramsey
County, N.Dak.
Born near Pomeroy, Meigs
County, Ohio.
Lawyer; district judge in North Dakota, 1889; justice of
North Dakota state supreme court, 1901-11; chief
justice of North Dakota state supreme court, 1907.
Burial location unknown.
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George Washington Morgan (1820-1893) —
also known as George W. Morgan —
of Mt. Vernon, Knox
County, Ohio.
Born in Washington, Washington
County, Pa., September
20, 1820.
Democrat. Served in the Texas Army during the Texas War of
Independence; lawyer; colonel in the U.S. Army during the
Mexican War; U.S. Consul in Marseille, 1855-58; U.S. Minister to Portugal, 1858-61; general in the Union Army during the Civil
War; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Ohio, 1864,
1876;
candidate for Governor of
Ohio, 1865; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 13th District, 1867-68, 1869-73.
Died in Fort Monroe, Elizabeth City County (now part of Hampton),
Va., July 26,
1893 (age 72 years, 309
days).
Interment at Mound
View Cemetery, Mt. Vernon, Ohio.
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James Remley Morris (1819-1899) —
also known as James R. Morris —
of Woodsfield, Monroe
County, Ohio.
Born in Rogersville, Greene
County, Pa., January
10, 1819.
Democrat. Lawyer; Monroe
County Treasurer, 1843; newspaper
editor; member of Ohio
state house of representatives, 1848; U.S.
Representative from Ohio, 1861-65 (17th District 1861-63, 5th
District 1863-65); defeated, 1864; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Ohio, 1864;
probate judge in Ohio, 1872-77; postmaster.
Died in Woodsfield, Monroe
County, Ohio, December
24, 1899 (age 80 years, 348
days).
Interment at Morris
Cemetery, Near Woodsfield, Monroe County, Ohio.
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Adelaide Van Gorden Morrow (1870-1947) —
also known as Adelaide V. Morrow; Adelaide Van Gorden;
Mrs. M. E. Morrow —
of West Plains, Howell
County, Mo.
Born in Hamilton, Butler
County, Ohio, November
28, 1870.
Republican. Newspaper
editor; lawyer; delegate
to Missouri state constitutional convention 22nd District,
1922-23.
Female.
Presbyterian.
Member, Daughters of the
American Revolution.
Died in West Plains, Howell
County, Mo., December
19, 1947 (age 77 years, 21
days).
Interment at Oak Lawn Cemetery, West Plains, Mo.
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Daniel Oliver Morton (1815-1859) —
also known as Daniel O. Morton —
of Toledo, Lucas
County, Ohio.
Born in Shoreham, Addison
County, Vt., November
8, 1815.
Democrat. Lawyer; mayor of
Toledo, Ohio, 1849-50; U.S.
Attorney for Ohio, 1853-57.
Died in Toledo, Lucas
County, Ohio, December
5, 1859 (age 44 years, 27
days).
Interment at Forest
Cemetery, Toledo, Ohio.
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Francis Swaine Muhlenberg (1795-1831) —
of Reading, Berks
County, Pa.; Pickaway
County, Ohio.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., April
22, 1795.
Lawyer; private secretary to Gov. Joseph
Hiester, 1820-23; member of Ohio
state house of representatives, 1827; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 6th District, 1828-29; real estate
business.
German
ancestry.
Died in Pickaway
County, Ohio, December
17, 1831 (age 36 years, 239
days).
Interment at Protestant
Cemetery, Circleville, Ohio.
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Thomas Charles Munger (1861-1941) —
of Lincoln, Lancaster
County, Neb.
Born in Fletcher, Miami
County, Ohio, July 7,
1861.
Lawyer; member of Nebraska
state house of representatives, 1895-97; Lancaster
County Attorney, 1897-1901; U.S.
District Judge for Nebraska, 1907-41; took senior status 1941.
Died in Lincoln, Lancaster
County, Neb., November
29, 1941 (age 80 years, 145
days).
Interment at Wyuka
Cemetery, Lincoln, Neb.
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James Orin Murfin (b. 1875) —
also known as James O. Murfin —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Portsmouth, Scioto
County, Ohio, January
7, 1875.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Michigan
state senate 2nd District, 1901-02; alternate delegate to
Republican National Convention from Michigan, 1904;
member of Michigan
Republican State Central Committee, 1907; circuit
judge in Michigan 3rd Circuit, 1908-11; appointed 1908; resigned
1911; member of University
of Michigan board of regents, 1918-33, 1934-37; appointed 1934;
defeated, 1937.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of James Orin Murfin and Josephine Hurd (Smith) Murfin; married, April
24, 1907, to Jane B. Macklem. |
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1927 |
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William Sumpter Murphy (c.1796-1844) —
also known as William S. Murphy; "Patrick Henry of the
West" —
of Chillicothe, Ross
County, Ohio.
Born in South Carolina, about 1796.
Whig. Lawyer; delegate to Whig National Convention from Ohio,
1839; U.S. Charge d'Affaires to Texas Republic, 1843-44, died in office 1844.
Died, of yellow
fever, in Galveston, Galveston
County, Tex., July 13,
1844 (age about 48
years).
Original interment and cenotaph at Trinity
Episcopal Cemetery, Galveston, Tex.; reinterment somewhere
in Chillicothe, Ohio.
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