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Low Countries ancestry Politicians in Ohio
(Dutch, Flemish, Frisian, Belgian, Luxemborgian, Walloon)

  Theodore Arnold Aanstoos (1885-1951) — also known as T. A. Aanstoos — of Cristobal, Canal Zone (now part of Colón, Panama). Born in Ohio, January 24, 1885. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Canal Zone, 1928 (member, Committee on Permanent Organization). Dutch ancestry. Died in Canal Zone (now part of Panama), November 1, 1951 (age 66 years, 281 days). Original interment at Mt. Hope Cemetery, Colón, Panama; reinterment in 1979 at Corozal American Cemetery and Memorial, Corozal, Panama.
  Relatives: Married to Helen Gertrude Robinson.
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  Oscar Taylor Corson (1857-1928) — also known as Oscar T. Corson — of Ohio. Born near Camden, Preble County, Ohio, May 3, 1857. Republican. School teacher and principal; Ohio commissioner of common schools, 1892-98. Presbyterian. Dutch and Scotch-Irish ancestry. Died suddenly while addressing a conference at Ohio State University, Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio, April 14, 1928 (age 70 years, 347 days). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of William Corson and Elizabeth (McBurney) Corson; married, August 2, 1881, to Ella M. Jacoby.
  Arthur Stanley Coutant (b. 1854) — also known as A. S. Coutant — of Greenville, Montcalm County, Mich.; Mt. Pleasant, Isabella County, Mich. Born in Greenwich, Huron County, Ohio, December 11, 1854. Republican. Newspaper publisher; member of Michigan Republican State Central Committee, 1896-1900; postmaster at Mt. Pleasant, Mich., 1897-1902. French, Dutch, Scotch-Irish, and German ancestry. Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of Isaac Newton Coutant and Anne (Oglevee) Coutant; married, December 29, 1881, to Anna M. Saterlee.
  William Davis (b. 1847) — of near Fremont, Newaygo County, Mich. Born in Tuscarawas County, Ohio, October 4, 1847. Republican. Farmer; member of Michigan state house of representatives from Newaygo County, 1907-10. Dutch and Irish ancestry. Burial location unknown.
  Samuel Wesley Fordyce (1840-1919) — also known as S. W. Fordyce — of Huntsville, Madison County, Ala.; Hot Springs, Garland County, Ark.; St. Louis, Mo. Born in Guernsey County, Ohio, February 7, 1840. Democrat. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; founder, builder, president, receiver, and director of many railroads; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Arkansas, 1884, 1892; member of Democratic National Committee from Arkansas, 1888; delegate to Gold Democrat National Convention from Arkansas, 1896. Scottish and Dutch ancestry. Member, Loyal Legion. Died in Atlantic City, Atlantic County, N.J., August 3, 1919 (age 79 years, 177 days). Interment at Bellefontaine Cemetery, St. Louis, Mo.
  Relatives: Son of John Fordyce and Mary (Houseman) Fordyce; brother of Ruth Fordyce (who married Lewis Baker); married, May 1, 1866, to Susan E. Chadick.
  See also Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial
  William Slocum Groesbeck (1815-1897) — also known as William S. Groesbeck — of Hamilton County, Ohio. Born in Kinderhook, Columbia County, N.Y., July 24, 1815. Democrat. Lawyer; delegate to Ohio state constitutional convention from Hamilton County, 1850-51; U.S. Representative from Ohio 2nd District, 1857-59; member of Ohio state senate 1st District, 1862-63; received one electoral vote for Vice-President, 1872. Dutch ancestry. Died in Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio, July 7, 1897 (age 81 years, 348 days). Interment at Spring Grove Cemetery, Cincinnati, Ohio.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article
Thomas A. Hendricks Thomas Andrews Hendricks (1819-1885) — also known as Thomas A. Hendricks — of Shelbyville, Shelby County, Ind.; Indianapolis, Marion County, Ind. Born near Zanesville, Muskingum County, Ohio, September 7, 1819. Democrat. Lawyer; member of Indiana state house of representatives, 1848-49; delegate to Indiana state constitutional convention, 1850-51; U.S. Representative from Indiana, 1851-55 (5th District 1851-53, 6th District 1853-55); defeated, 1854; Commissioner of the General Land Office, 1855-59; U.S. Senator from Indiana, 1863-69; candidate for Democratic nomination for President, 1868, 1876, 1884; Governor of Indiana, 1873-77; defeated, 1860, 1868; Vice President of the United States, 1885; defeated, 1876; died in office 1885; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Indiana, 1884. Presbyterian; later Episcopalian. Scottish and Dutch ancestry. Member, Odd Fellows. Died, apparently from a heart attack, in Indianapolis, Marion County, Ind., November 25, 1885 (age 66 years, 79 days). Interment at Crown Hill Cemetery, Indianapolis, Ind.
  Relatives: Son of John Hendricks and Jane Ann (Thomson) Hendricks; married, September 26, 1845, to Eliza Carol Morgan; nephew of Thomas Hendricks and William Hendricks; first cousin of Abraham Hendricks, William Hendricks Jr., Abram Washington Hendricks and William Chalmers Hendricks; first cousin once removed of Scott Springer Hendricks.
  Political family: Hendricks family (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  Coins and currency: His portrait appeared on the U.S. $10 silver certificate in 1887-1914.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — National Governors Association biography — Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Image source: Life and Work of James G. Blaine (1893)
  David Warner Leedy (1856-1937) — also known as David W. Leedy — of Scottville, Mason County, Mich. Born in Union, Montgomery County, Ohio, November 16, 1856. Republican. School teacher; traveling salesman; farmer; member of Michigan state house of representatives from Mason County, 1921-24; defeated in primary, 1924. Dutch, Swiss, and English ancestry. Died in Riverton Township, Mason County, Mich., October 2, 1937 (age 80 years, 320 days). Interment at Germantown Cemetery, Germantown, Ohio.
  Relatives: Son of Catherine H. (Warner) Leedy and Jacob Hart Leedy; married 1906 to Ida Jane Hetzler; married 1931 to Martha Jane Blaine.
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  Oscar L. Pulse (1851-1923) — of Decatur County, Ind. Born in Hamilton County, Ohio, February 14, 1851. Democrat. School teacher; farmer; lumber business; member of Indiana state house of representatives, 1883. Methodist. Dutch and German ancestry. Died in Maryland, March 15, 1923 (age 72 years, 29 days). Interment at South Park Cemetery, Greensburg, Ind.
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
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