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Charles Adkins (1863-1941) —
of Decatur, Macon
County, Ill.
Born in Pickaway
County, Ohio, February
7, 1863.
Republican. Member of Illinois
state house of representatives, 1907-13; Speaker of
the Illinois State House of Representatives, 1911-13; U.S.
Representative from Illinois 19th District, 1925-33; defeated,
1932; candidate for Illinois
state senate 28th District, 1936.
Methodist. Member, Freemasons;
Elks; Knights
of Pythias; Woodmen of
the World; Modern
Woodmen.
Died in Decatur, Macon
County, Ill., March
31, 1941 (age 78 years, 52
days).
Interment at Bement
Cemetery, Bement, Ill.
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Harvey Francis Ake (1872-1955) —
also known as Harvey F. Ake —
of Canton, Stark
County, Ohio.
Born in Mapleton, Stark
County, Ohio, February
1, 1872.
Republican. Lawyer;
common pleas court judge in Ohio, 1913-21; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Ohio, 1924.
Methodist. Member, Elks; Moose; Junior
Order; Freemasons;
Shriners.
Died in Canton, Stark
County, Ohio, April
19, 1955 (age 83 years, 77
days).
Interment at North
Lawn Cemetery, Canton, Ohio.
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Thomas Peter Akers (1828-1877) —
of Missouri.
Born in Knox
County, Ohio, October
4, 1828.
School
teacher; college
professor; pastor; lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Missouri 5th District, 1856-57.
Methodist. Member, Freemasons.
Slaveowner.
Died in Lexington, Lafayette
County, Mo., April 3,
1877 (age 48 years, 181
days).
Interment at Machpelah
Cemetery, Lexington, Mo.
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William Joseph Akers (b. 1845) —
of Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio.
Born in England,
August
2, 1845.
Republican. Proprietor of restaurants,
hotels
and flour
mills; candidate for mayor
of Cleveland, Ohio, 1892, 1901.
Methodist. Member, Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of John Akers and Catherine (O'Leary) Akers; married to Maud M.
Miller. |
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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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Alfred Gaither Allen (1867-1932) —
also known as Alfred G. Allen —
of Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio.
Born near Wilmington, Clinton
County, Ohio, July 23,
1867.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 2nd District, 1911-17; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Ohio, 1920.
Methodist. Member, Freemasons;
Phi
Delta Phi; American Bar
Association; Elks.
Died of angina
pectoris, in Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio, December
9, 1932 (age 65 years, 139
days).
Interment at Sugar
Grove Cemetery, Wilmington, Ohio.
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Charles H. Ambler (b. 1876) —
of Pleasants
County, W.Va.; Ashland, Hanover
County, Va.; Morgantown, Monongalia
County, W.Va.
Born in Ohio, August
12, 1876.
Democrat. School
teacher; Pleasants
County Sheriff, 1900-01; member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Monongalia County, 1951-54.
Methodist. Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; Maccabees;
Sigma
Nu; Phi
Beta Kappa; Tau
Kappa Alpha.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Lutellis Ambler and Ella Rebecca (Wells) Ambler; married, September
4, 1920, to Helen Mary Carle. |
| | | Image source: West Virginia Blue Book
1951 |
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William Franklin Anderson (1860-1944) —
also known as William F. Anderson —
of Chattanooga, Hamilton
County, Tenn.; Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio; Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.; Winter Park, Orange
County, Fla.
Born near Morgantown, Monongalia
County, Va. (now W.Va.), April
22, 1860.
Republican. Minister;
Methodist bishop of Chattanooga, Tenn., 1908-12, Cincinnati, Ohio,
1912-24, and Boston, Mass., 1924-32; offered prayer, Republican National Convention,
1924 ; acting
president, Boston University, 1925-26.
Methodist. Member, Delta
Tau Delta; Phi
Beta Kappa; Freemasons.
Died in Buzzards Bay, Bourne, Barnstable
County, Mass., July 22,
1944 (age 84 years, 91
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Herschel Whitfield Arant (1887-1941) —
also known as Herschel W. Arant —
of Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga.; Columbus, Franklin
County, Ohio.
Born in Church Hill, Tallapoosa
County, Ala., July 18,
1887.
Democrat. Lawyer; law
professor; Judge
of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit, 1939-41; died in
office 1941.
Methodist. Member, American Bar
Association; Beta
Theta Pi; Order of
the Coif; Rotary.
Died, from a kidney
ailment, in a hospital
at Columbus, Franklin
County, Ohio, January
14, 1941 (age 53 years, 180
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Michael Hayden Armacost (b. 1937) —
also known as Michael Armacost —
of Bethesda, Montgomery
County, Md.
Born in Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio, April
15, 1937.
College
professor; Foreign Service officer; U.S. Ambassador to Philippines, 1982-84; Japan, 1989.
Methodist. Member, Trilateral
Commission; Council on
Foreign Relations.
Still living as of 2014.
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Benjamin William Arnett (1838-1906) —
also known as Benjamin W. Arnett —
of Wilberforce, Greene
County, Ohio.
Born in Brownsville, Fayette
County, Pa., March
16, 1838.
Republican. School teacher
and principal; ordained
minister; member of Ohio
state house of representatives from Greene County, 1886-87; first
Black state legislator elected to represent a majority white
constituency; bishop; offered prayer, Republican National Convention,
1896.
African Methodist Episcopal. African,
Scottish,
American
Indian, and Irish
ancestry.
Lost a
leg due to a tumor in 1858.
Died, of uremia,
in Wilberforce, Greene
County, Ohio, October
7, 1906 (age 68 years, 205
days).
Interment at Wilberforce
Cemetery, Wilberforce, Ohio.
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William Albert Ashbrook (1867-1940) —
also known as William A. Ashbrook —
of Johnstown, Licking
County, Ohio.
Born near Johnstown, Licking
County, Ohio, July 1,
1867.
Democrat. Newspaper
editor and publisher; postmaster;
banker;
member of Ohio
state house of representatives, 1905-06; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 17th District, 1907-21, 1935-40;
defeated, 1920, 1922; died in office 1940.
Methodist. Member, Freemasons;
Elks; Knights
of Pythias; Odd
Fellows; Eagles;
Woodmen.
Died in Johnstown, Licking
County, Ohio, January
1, 1940 (age 72 years, 184
days).
Interment at Green
Hill Cemetery, Johnstown, Ohio.
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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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Henry W. Ault (1903-1991) —
of Elyria, Lorain
County, Ohio.
Born in Powhatan Point, Belmont
County, Ohio, September
16, 1903.
Republican. Grocer; mayor of
Elyria, Ohio, 1949-53.
Methodist. Member, Rotary;
Elks.
Died in 1991
(age about
87 years).
Interment at Brookdale Cemetery, Elyria, Ohio.
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Relatives: Son
of Sterling Delbert Ault and Ethel M. (Coen) Ault; married to Ruth H.
Harding. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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William Hanes Ayres (1916-2000) —
also known as William H. Ayres —
of Akron, Summit
County, Ohio.
Born in Eagle Rock, Botetourt
County, Va., February
5, 1916.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 14th District, 1951-71; speaker, Republican National Convention, 1956.
Methodist. Member, American
Legion; Amvets;
Eagles;
Moose.
Died, of heart and
kidney
ailments, at Vantage House retirement
home, Columbia, Howard
County, Md., December
27, 2000 (age 84 years, 326
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Harry H. Baker (b. 1888) —
of Norwood, Hamilton
County, Ohio.
Born in St.
Louis, Mo., October
1, 1888.
Lawyer;
mayor
of Norwood, Ohio, 1927-.
Methodist. Member, Junior
Order.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Christian Edward Baker and Mary Catherine (Opp) Baker; married to
Edna Haas. |
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Edward Ball (1811-1872) —
of Zanesville, Muskingum
County, Ohio.
Born near Falls Church, Fairfax
County, Va., November
6, 1811.
Farmer;
lawyer;
member of Ohio
state house of representatives from Muskingum County, 1845-49,
1868-71; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 16th District, 1853-57.
Methodist.
Accidentally killed by a railroad
train near Zanesville, Muskingum
County, Ohio, November
22, 1872 (age 61 years, 16
days).
Interment at Greenwood
Cemetery, Zanesville, Ohio.
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Fred A. Barber (1865-1924) —
of Wauseon, Fulton
County, Ohio.
Born in Baldwinsville, Onondaga
County, N.Y., February
11, 1865.
Democrat. Lawyer; Fulton
County Probate Judge, 1905-17; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Ohio, 1916.
Methodist. Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; Knights
of Pythias.
Died in 1924
(age about
59 years).
Interment at Wauseon
Union Cemetery, Wauseon, Ohio.
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Albert David Baumhart Jr. (1908-2001) —
also known as A. David Baumhart, Jr. —
of Vermilion, Erie
County, Ohio; Lorain, Lorain
County, Ohio.
Born in Vermilion, Erie
County, Ohio, June 15,
1908.
Republican. Member of Ohio
state senate, 1937-40; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 13th District, 1941-42, 1955-61; served
in the U.S. Navy during World War II; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Ohio, 1968,
1972.
Methodist. Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Sons
of the American Revolution.
Died in Community Health Partners nursing
home, Lorain, Lorain
County, Ohio, January
23, 2001 (age 92 years, 222
days).
Interment at Maple
Grove Cemetery, Vermilion, Ohio.
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William Robert Bayes (1876-1964) —
also known as William R. Bayes —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Wauseon, Fulton
County, Ohio, July 29,
1876.
Republican. Lawyer;
president, Kings Highway Savings Bank;
president, Brooklyn National Life
Insurance Co.; delegate
to New York state constitutional convention 8th District, 1915;
candidate for Justice of
New York Supreme Court 2nd District, 1922, 1933, 1940; delegate
to Republican National Convention from New York, 1924;
delegate
to New York convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933; justice,
New York City Court of Special Sessions, 1935-46.
Methodist. Member, American Bar
Association; Phi
Beta Kappa; Phi
Delta Theta; Freemasons;
Union
League.
Died in Gloversville, Fulton
County, N.Y., November
28, 1964 (age 88 years, 122
days).
Interment at Willowbrook
Cemetery, Westport, Conn.
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Relatives: Son
of Isaac E. Bayes and Fannie A. (Guilford) Bayes; married, September
7, 1904, to Mabel Ross. |
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John Bennett (1912-1998) —
of Redford Township, Wayne
County, Mich.; Northville, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Piney Fork, Jefferson
County, Ohio, May 15,
1912.
Democrat. Accountant;
Redford Township Treasurer; member of Michigan
state house of representatives 34th District, 1965-92.
Methodist. Member, Disabled
American Veterans; Lions.
Died March
29, 1998 (age 85 years, 318
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Theodore Moody Berry (1905-2000) —
also known as Theodore M. Berry; Ted Berry —
of Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio.
Born in Maysville, Mason
County, Ky., November
5, 1905.
Democrat. Lawyer;
associate general counsel, Dunbar Life
Insurance Co.; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Ohio, 1972;
mayor
of Cincinnati, Ohio, 1972-75.
Methodist. African
ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
NAACP;
Urban
League; Alpha
Phi Alpha; Sigma
Pi Phi.
First
Black mayor of Cincinnati.
Died October
15, 2000 (age 94 years, 345
days).
Interment at Spring
Grove Cemetery, Cincinnati, Ohio.
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Earl D. Bloom (1871-1930) —
of Bowling Green, Wood
County, Ohio.
Born in Wood
County, Ohio, May 29,
1871.
Democrat. Lawyer; banker;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Ohio, 1916,
1920,
1924
(member, Credentials
Committee); Lieutenant
Governor of Ohio, 1917-19, 1923-25, 1927-28; defeated, 1924;
candidate for Governor of
Ohio, 1928.
Methodist. Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Elks; Odd
Fellows.
Died in Toledo, Lucas
County, Ohio, January
8, 1930 (age 58 years, 224
days).
Interment at Old Maplewood Cemetery, North Baltimore, Ohio.
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Charles Anson Bond (1873-1943) —
of Columbus, Franklin
County, Ohio.
Born in Findlay, Hancock
County, Ohio, February
3, 1873.
Mayor
of Columbus, Ohio, 1908-09.
Methodist.
Executive of the Bond Clothing Company.
Died in the Wyoming Valley Homeopathic Hospital,
Wilkes-Barre, Luzerne
County, Pa., January
5, 1943 (age 69 years, 336
days).
Interment at Green
Lawn Cemetery, Columbus, Ohio.
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Clinton DeWitt Boyd (b. 1884) —
also known as Clinton D. Boyd; Clint Boyd —
of Middletown, Butler
County, Ohio.
Born in Mt. Orab, Brown
County, Ohio, September
26, 1884.
Republican. Lawyer;
candidate for Lieutenant
Governor of Ohio, 1924; candidate for Ohio
state attorney general, 1926, 1928; candidate for chief
justice of Ohio state supreme court, 1938.
Methodist. Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Junior
Order; Phi
Kappa Tau.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Edward H. Boyd and Hester (Day) Boyd; married 1916 to Clara
Cretors. |
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George Everett Boysen (b. 1890) —
also known as George E. Boysen —
of Flint, Genesee
County, Mich.
Born in Port Clinton, Ottawa
County, Ohio, March
15, 1890.
Republican. Employed with Buick Motor
Company, 24 years; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Michigan 6th District, 1932, 1936; mayor of
Flint, Mich., 1935-36; candidate for Michigan
state senate 13th District, 1938.
Methodist. Member, Freemasons;
Elks.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Charles Boysen and Caroline Boysen; married, June 18,
1913, to Kathryn Wadsworth. |
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Richard Franklin Brammer (1856-1931) —
also known as R. F. Brammer —
of Milton, Cabell
County, W.Va.
Born in Millville (now Willow Wood), Lawrence
County, Ohio, July 2,
1856.
Republican. School teacher
and principal; member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Cabell County, 1901-02,
1907-10, 1919-20, 1929-30.
Methodist.
Died, from pernicious
anemia, in Milton, Cabell
County, W.Va., July 29,
1931 (age 75 years, 27
days).
Interment at Spring
Hill Cemetery, Huntington, W.Va.
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Relatives: Son
of John L. Brammer and Elizabeth (Pinkerman) Brammer; married, November
28, 1880, to Nancy V. Blake. |
| | | Image source: West Virginia Blue Book
1929 |
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Charles Brand (1871-1966) —
of Urbana, Champaign
County, Ohio.
Born in Urbana, Champaign
County, Ohio, November
1, 1871.
Republican. Farmer; manufacturer;
banker;
member of Ohio
state senate, 1921-22; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 7th District, 1923-33.
Methodist. Member, Freemasons;
Moose;
Eagles.
Died in Melbourne Beach, Brevard
County, Fla., May 23,
1966 (age 94 years, 203
days).
Interment at Melbourne
Cemetery, Melbourne, Fla.
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John Petit Brooks (1826-1915) —
also known as John P. Brooks —
of Galesburg, Knox
County, Ill.; Lewistown, Fulton
County, Ill.; Rock Island, Rock
Island County, Ill.; Sangamon
County, Ill.; Peoria, Peoria
County, Ill.; Bloomington, McLean
County, Ill.; College Mound, Macon
County, Mo.
Born in Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio, July 24,
1826.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War; newspaper
editor and publisher; preacher;
Illinois
superintendent of public instruction, 1863-65.
Methodist; later Pentecostal.
Died in Dallas, Dallas
County, Tex., June 16,
1915 (age 88 years, 327
days).
Interment at College
Mound Cemetery, College Mound, Mo.
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Clarence J. Brown (1893-1965) —
of Blanchester, Clinton
County, Ohio.
Born in Blanchester, Clinton
County, Ohio, July 14,
1893.
Republican. Newspaper
publisher; Lieutenant
Governor of Ohio, 1919-23; secretary
of state of Ohio, 1927-33; candidate for Governor of
Ohio, 1934; delegate to Republican National Convention from Ohio,
1936
(member, Committee
to Notify Presidential Nominee), 1944,
1948,
1952
(member, Credentials
Committee; speaker),
1956,
1960,
1964;
U.S.
Representative from Ohio 7th District, 1939-65; died in office
1965; member of Republican
National Committee from Ohio, 1944-64; Vice-Chair
of Republican National Committee, 1959.
Methodist. Member, Freemasons;
Elks; Eagles;
Junior
Order; Rotary;
Exchange
Club.
Died in Washington,
D.C., August
23, 1965 (age 72 years, 40
days).
Interment at Odd
Fellows Cemetery, Blanchester, Ohio.
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John Taylor Brown (1876-1951) —
also known as John T. Brown —
of Mechanicsburg, Champaign
County, Ohio.
Born in Plain City, Madison
County, Ohio, March
14, 1876.
Republican. Member of Ohio
state house of representatives, 1921-28; Lieutenant
Governor of Ohio, 1929-31; defeated, 1930; alternate delegate to
Republican National Convention from Ohio, 1940.
Methodist. Member, Knights
of Pythias; Sons of
the American Revolution; Freemasons;
Grange;
Farm
Bureau.
Enshrined in Ohio Agricultural Hall of
Fame, 1968.
Died, of heart
failure, in Mechanicsburg, Champaign
County, Ohio, January
18, 1951 (age 74 years, 310
days).
Interment at Maple
Grove Cemetery, Mechanicsburg, Ohio.
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John William Brown (1913-1993) —
of Medina, Medina
County, Ohio.
Born in Athens, Athens
County, Ohio, December
28, 1913.
Republican. Mayor of
Medina, Ohio, 1950-52; Lieutenant
Governor of Ohio, 1953-57, 1963-75; Governor of
Ohio, 1957; member of Ohio
state house of representatives, 1959-60; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Ohio, 1972.
Methodist. Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Forty and
Eight.
Died in Medina, Medina
County, Ohio, October
29, 1993 (age 79 years, 305
days).
Interment at Spring
Grove Cemetery, Medina, Ohio.
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Ted William Brown (1906-1984) —
also known as Ted W. Brown —
of Columbus, Franklin
County, Ohio; Dublin, Franklin
County, Ohio.
Born in Springfield, Clark
County, Ohio, April
19, 1906.
Republican. Secretary
of state of Ohio, 1951-79; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Ohio, 1960,
1972.
Methodist. Member, Jaycees;
Freemasons;
Grotto;
Knights
of Pythias; Moose; Junior
Order.
Died in August, 1984
(age 78
years, 0 days).
Burial location unknown.
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Henry Augustus Buchtel (1847-1924) —
also known as Henry A. Buchtel —
of Greencastle, Putnam
County, Ind.; Knightstown, Henry
County, Ind.; Richmond, Wayne
County, Ind.; Lafayette, Tippecanoe
County, Ind.; Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind.; East Orange, Essex
County, N.J.; Denver,
Colo.
Born near Akron, Summit
County, Ohio, September
30, 1847.
Republican. Ordained
minister; chancellor,
University of Denver, 1900-21; Governor of
Colorado, 1907-09.
Methodist.
Died October
22, 1924 (age 77 years, 22
days).
Interment at Fairmount
Cemetery, Denver, Colo.
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John Fletcher Caples (1832-1908) —
also known as John F. Caples —
of Portland, Multnomah
County, Ore.
Born in Ashland
County, Ohio, January
12, 1832.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Oregon
state house of representatives, 1873; candidate for Presidential
Elector for Oregon; U.S. Consul in Valparaiso, as of 1898.
Methodist. English
and German
ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons; Ancient
Order of United Workmen.
Died in Portland, Multnomah
County, Ore., July 17,
1908 (age 76 years, 187
days).
Interment at River
View Cemetery, Portland, Ore.
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Glover H. Cary (1885-1936) —
of Calhoun, McLean
County, Ky.; Owensboro, Daviess
County, Ky.
Born in Calhoun, McLean
County, Ky., May 1,
1885.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1914-17; U.S.
Representative from Kentucky, 1931-36 (2nd District 1931-33,
at-large 1933-35, 2nd District 1935-36); died in office 1936;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Kentucky, 1932.
Methodist. Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Elks.
Died in Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio, December
5, 1936 (age 51 years, 218
days).
Interment at Calhoun
Cemetery, Calhoun, Ky.
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Richard Frank Celeste (b. 1937) —
also known as Richard F. Celeste; Dick
Celeste —
of Cuyahoga
County, Ohio.
Born in Lakewood, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio, November
11, 1937.
Democrat. Rhodes
scholar; member of Ohio
state house of representatives, 1971-75; Lieutenant
Governor of Ohio, 1975-79; Governor of
Ohio, 1983-91; defeated, 1978; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Ohio, 1996;
U.S. Ambassador to India, 1997; president,
Colorado College.
Methodist.
Still living as of 2014.
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Abrom Chambers (1805-1877) —
of Indiana.
Born in Dayton, Montgomery
County, Ohio, October
11, 1805.
Member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1848-49, 1863; defeated, 1850.
Methodist. Member, Freemasons.
Died in Warrick
County, Ind., April
19, 1877 (age 71 years, 190
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Clifton J. Chambers (b. 1864) —
of Ithaca, Gratiot
County, Mich.
Born in Crawford
County, Ohio, September
23, 1864.
Republican. Farmer; Gratiot
County Clerk, 1903-06; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Gratiot County, 1907-12.
Methodist.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Aaron J. Chambers and Harriet A. (McKee) Chambers; married, October
8, 1890, to Emma A. McWilliams. |
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Charles F. Cole (b. 1871) —
of Beebe, White
County, Ark.; Batesville, Independence
County, Ark.
Born in Wharton, Wyandot
County, Ohio, June 13,
1871.
Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from
Arkansas, 1896;
lawyer;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from Arkansas 6th District, 1900; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Arkansas, 1920, 1924; U.S.
Attorney for the Eastern District of Arkansas, 1922-30; director,
First National Bank of
Batesville; director, Citizens Bank and
Trust Co., Batesville.
Methodist. Member, American Bar
Association.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of D. D. Cole and Mary C. (Bell) Cole; married, May 2,
1901, to Ella Hamblen. |
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Silas Wattles Cole (1797-1875) —
also known as Silas W. Cole —
of Portsmouth, Scioto
County, Ohio.
Born in Chenango
County, N.Y., August
2, 1797.
Wagon
maker; mayor
of Portsmouth, Ohio, 1835-36.
Methodist.
Died in Scioto
County, Ohio, January
6, 1875 (age 77 years, 157
days).
Interment at Greenlawn
Cemetery, Portsmouth, Ohio.
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 |
David Leigh Colvin (1880-1959) —
also known as D. Leigh Colvin —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Evanston, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in South Charleston, Clark
County, Ohio, January
28, 1880.
Candidate for Presidential Elector for New York; Prohibition
candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York, 1914 (15th District), 1922 (11th
District); candidate for U.S.
Senator from New York, 1916 (Prohibition), 1932 (Law
Preservation); Prohibition candidate for mayor
of New York City, N.Y., 1917; Prohibition candidate for Vice
President of the United States, 1920; Chairman of Prohibition
National Committee, 1926-32; Prohibition candidate for President
of the United States, 1936.
Methodist. Member, Alpha
Tau Omega.
Died, from uremia,
in Lawrence Hospital,
Bronxville, Westchester
County, N.Y., September
7, 1959 (age 79 years, 222
days).
Interment at Summit
Lawn Cemetery, Westfield, Ind.
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Mamie White Colvin (1883-1955) —
also known as Mamie W. Colvin; Mamie White —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Westview, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio, June 12,
1883.
Prohibition candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York 21st District, 1918, 1922;
Prohibition candidate for Lieutenant
Governor of New York, 1918; candidate for Presidential Elector
for New York; Dry candidate for delegate
to New York convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933.
Female.
Methodist. Member, Women's
Christian Temperance Union; Daughters of the
American Revolution.
Died in Clearwater, Pinellas
County, Fla., October
30, 1955 (age 72 years, 140
days).
Interment at Summit
Lawn Cemetery, Westfield, Ind.
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John Gordon Cooper (1872-1955) —
also known as John G. Cooper —
of Youngstown, Mahoning
County, Ohio.
Born in Staffordshire, England,
April
27, 1872.
Republican. Locomotive
engineer; member of Ohio
state house of representatives, 1911-15; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 19th District, 1915-37.
Methodist. Member, Freemasons;
Knights
of Pythias; Odd
Fellows; Brotherhood
of Locomotive Engineers.
Died in Hagerstown, Washington
County, Md., January
7, 1955 (age 82 years, 255
days).
Interment at Lake
Park Cemetery, Youngstown, Ohio.
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James Otis Cox (b. 1881) —
also known as James O. Cox —
of Valparaiso, Porter
County, Ind.
Born in Rossburg, Darke
County, Ohio, September
30, 1881.
Democrat. Real estate
business; Democratic candidate for U.S.
Representative from Indiana 2nd District, 1940, 1942 (primary),
1944.
Methodist.
Burial location unknown.
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| |
William Taylor Daniels (1859-1944) —
of Iowa.
Born in Jackson
County, Ohio, September
23, 1859.
Republican. Farmer;
member of Iowa
state house of representatives, 1911-14.
Methodist. Member, Odd
Fellows; Freemasons.
Died, of apoplexy (stroke),
in Moulton, Appanoose
County, Iowa, May 4,
1944 (age 84 years, 224
days).
Interment at Oakland
Cemetery, Moulton, Iowa.
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Harry Micajah Daugherty (1860-1941) —
also known as Harry M. Daugherty —
of Washington Court House, Fayette
County, Ohio; Columbus, Franklin
County, Ohio.
Born in Washington Court House, Fayette
County, Ohio, January
26, 1860.
Republican. Lawyer; Fayette
County Prosecuting Attorney; member of Ohio
state house of representatives, 1890-94; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Ohio, 1904,
1908,
1912,
1924;
U.S.
Attorney General, 1921-24.
Methodist. Scotch-Irish
ancestry.
Subject of a Senate investigation
of his conduct
as Attorney General; resigned
under fire; indicted
on charges of conspiracy to defraud
the U.S. government, but acquitted in 1927.
Died in Columbus, Franklin
County, Ohio, October
12, 1941 (age 81 years, 259
days).
Interment at Washington
Cemetery, Washington Court House, Ohio.
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Ulysses Grant Denman (b. 1866) —
also known as Ulysses G. Denman —
of Toledo, Lucas
County, Ohio.
Born in Willshire, Van Wert
County, Ohio, November
24, 1866.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Ohio
state house of representatives, 1902-04; Ohio
state attorney general, 1908-11; U.S.
Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio, 1911-15.
Methodist. Member, American Bar
Association.
Burial location unknown.
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Clarence Cleveland Dill (1884-1978) —
also known as C. C. Dill; "Father of the Grand Coulee
Dam"; "Father of the Radio Act" —
of Spokane, Spokane
County, Wash.
Born near Fredericktown, Knox
County, Ohio, September
21, 1884.
Democrat. School
teacher; newspaper
reporter; lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Washington 5th District, 1915-19; defeated,
1918; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Washington, 1920,
1924,
1928;
U.S.
Senator from Washington, 1923-35.
Methodist or Unitarian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Elks; Moose; Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; Redmen;
Woodmen;
Phi
Kappa Psi.
Instrumental in developing Grand Coulee Dam.
Died in Spokane, Spokane
County, Wash., January
14, 1978 (age 93 years, 115
days).
Interment at Fairmount
Memorial Park, Spokane, Wash.
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Alvin Victor Donahey (1873-1946) —
also known as A. Vic Donahey; "Honest
Vic" —
of near Huntsville, Logan
County, Ohio.
Born in Cadwallader, Tuscarawas
County, Ohio, July 7,
1873.
Democrat. Gosher Township Clerk, 1900-04; Tuscarawas
County Auditor, 1904-09; delegate
to Ohio state constitutional convention, 1911-12; Ohio
auditor of state, 1913-21; Governor of
Ohio, 1923-29; defeated, 1920; U.S.
Senator from Ohio, 1935-41.
Methodist. Member, Knights
of Pythias; Modern
Woodmen of America; Elks; International
Typographical Union.
Died in Columbus, Franklin
County, Ohio, April 8,
1946 (age 72 years, 275
days).
Interment at East
High Avenue Cemetery, New Philadelphia, Ohio.
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Richard A. Duncan (born c.1953) —
of Aurora, Portage
County, Ohio.
Born about 1953.
Real
estate agent; tavern
owner; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Ohio, 2006; Independent candidate for President
of the United States, 2008.
Methodist.
Still living as of 2008.
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Arthur Edwards (1834-1901) —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Norwalk, Huron
County, Ohio, 1834.
Republican. Clergyman;
colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War; editor,
Northwestern Christian Advocate magazine,
1872-1901; speaker, Republican National Convention, 1888.
Methodist.
Died, of heart
disease, in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., March
20, 1901 (age about 66
years).
Burial location unknown.
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Samuel Hitt Elbert (1833-1899) —
of Plattsmouth, Cass
County, Neb.; Denver,
Colo.
Born in Logan
County, Ohio, April 3,
1833.
Republican. Member of Nebraska
territorial legislature, 1860; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Nebraska Territory, 1860;
secretary
of Colorado Territory, 1862-66; member of Colorado
territorial legislature, 1869; Governor
of Colorado Territory, 1873-74; justice of
Colorado state supreme court, 1877-88; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Colorado, 1884.
Methodist.
Died in Galveston, Galveston
County, Tex., November
27, 1899 (age 66 years, 238
days).
Interment at Riverside
Cemetery, Denver, Colo.
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Henry Ivory Emerson (1871-1953) —
also known as Henry I. Emerson —
of Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio.
Born in Litchfield, Kennebec
County, Maine, March
15, 1871.
Republican. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 22nd District, 1915-21; candidate for Lieutenant
Governor of Ohio, 1924, 1926.
Methodist.
Died in East Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio, October
28, 1953 (age 82 years, 227
days).
Interment at Lake
View Cemetery, Cleveland, Ohio.
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John Evans (1814-1897) —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Waynesville, Warren
County, Ohio, March 9,
1814.
Republican. Physician;
Governor
of Colorado Territory, 1862-65; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Colorado Territory, 1868
(member, Credentials
Committee; member, Committee
on Permanent Organization; speaker).
Methodist.
One of the founders
of Northwestern University, and of the University of Denver.
Died in Denver,
Colo., July 3,
1897 (age 83 years, 116
days).
Interment at Riverside
Cemetery, Denver, Colo.
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Len W. Feighner (1862-1948) —
of Nashville, Barry
County, Mich.
Born in Canton, Stark
County, Ohio, June 5,
1862.
Republican. Newspaper
editor and publisher; postmaster;
member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Barry County, 1929-32;
defeated, 1932.
Methodist. Member, Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons; Shriners;
Knights
of Pythias; Elks; Odd
Fellows.
Died August
27, 1948 (age 86 years, 83
days).
Interment at Lakeview
Cemetery, Nashville, Mich.
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Benjamin F. Ferris (1815-1904) —
of Aurora, Dearborn
County, Ind.; Franklin Township, Ripley
County, Ind.
Born in Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio, October
19, 1815.
Democrat. Postmaster at Aurora,
Ind., 1839-40; member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1865.
Methodist. Member, Freemasons.
Died in Ripley
County, Ind., March
23, 1904 (age 88 years, 156
days).
Interment at St. Pauls United Methodist Cemetery, Sunman, Ind.
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Simeon Davison Fess (1861-1936) —
also known as Simeon D. Fess —
of Yellow Springs, Greene
County, Ohio.
Born near Lima, Allen
County, Ohio, December
11, 1861.
Republican. University
professor; author; editor; president
of Ohio Northern University; president
of Antioch College 1907-17; delegate
to Ohio state constitutional convention, 1912; U.S.
Representative from Ohio, 1913-23 (6th District 1913-15, 7th
District 1915-23); U.S.
Senator from Ohio, 1923-35; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Ohio, 1924,
1932;
Temporary Chair, 1928;
chair, Committee to Notify Vice-Presidential Nominee, chair, 1928;
speaker, 1928;
Chairman
of Republican National Committee, 1930-32.
Methodist. Member, Freemasons;
Knights
of Pythias.
Died in Washington,
D.C., December
23, 1936 (age 75 years, 12
days).
Interment at Glen
Forest Cemetery, Yellow Springs, Ohio.
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Relatives: Son
of Henry Fess and Barbara (Herring) Fess; married 1890 to Eva
Candice Thomas; father of Hamilton
Lehr Fess. |
| | | Epitaph: "A great teacher and orator
whoe life and character were a source of inspiration in the lives of
thousands. Authority on history and government, leader of his
colleagues and confidant of presidents. A genuine patriot whose
loyalty and unimpeachable integrity never yielded to expediency or
compromised a conviction." |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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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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Arthur Sherwood Flemming (1905-1996) —
also known as Arthur S. Flemming —
of Kingston, Ulster
County, N.Y.; Delaware, Delaware
County, Ohio; Eugene, Lane
County, Ore.
Born in Kingston, Ulster
County, N.Y., June 12,
1905.
Republican. Member, U.S. Civil Service Commission, 1939-48; president,
Ohio-Wesleyan University, 1948-53; U.S.
Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare, 1958-61; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Ohio, 1960;
president,
University of Oregon, 1961-68; president,
Macalester College, 1968-71.
Methodist. Member, American
Society for Public Administration; Alpha
Sigma Phi; Delta
Sigma Rho; Omicron
Delta Kappa.
Received the Medal
of Freedom in 1994.
Died of acute renal
failure, at a retirement
home in Alexandria,
Va., September
7, 1996 (age 91 years, 87
days).
Interment at Montrepose
Cemetery, Kingston, N.Y.
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Albertus LeRoy Freehafer (1868-1940) —
also known as A. L. Freehafer —
of Idaho.
Born in Butler, Richland
County, Ohio, February
12, 1868.
Democrat. Member of Idaho
state house of representatives, 1906; member of Idaho
state senate, 1908; candidate for Governor of
Idaho, 1924; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Idaho, 1936.
Methodist. Member, Odd
Fellows; Knights
of Pythias; Elks.
Died in Payette, Payette
County, Idaho, October
28, 1940 (age 72 years, 259
days).
Interment at Riverside
Cemetery, Payette, Idaho.
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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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Washington Gardner (1845-1928) —
of Albion, Calhoun
County, Mich.
Born in Morrow
County, Ohio, February
16, 1845.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; minister;
college
professor; secretary
of state of Michigan, 1894-98; defeated, 1890; appointed 1894; U.S.
Representative from Michigan 3rd District, 1899-1911; candidate
for Governor of
Michigan, 1916.
Methodist. Member, Freemasons;
Grand
Army of the Republic; Royal
Arcanum.
Died in Albion, Calhoun
County, Mich., March
31, 1928 (age 83 years, 44
days).
Interment at Riverside
Cemetery, Albion, Mich.
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Abraham Reuben Garver (1860-1944) —
of Tipp City, Miami
County, Ohio.
Born in Bethel Township, Clark
County, Ohio, December
20, 1860.
Republican. Member of Ohio
state senate, 1915-17.
Methodist. German
ancestry.
Owned the Garver Furniture
Factory in Tipp City, Ohio.
Died, of pneumonia,
in Tipp City, Miami
County, Ohio, October
30, 1944 (age 83 years, 315
days).
Interment at Maple
Hill Cemetery, Tipp City, Ohio.
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Philip Gatch —
of Clermont
County, Ohio.
Methodist
minister; abolitionist; delegate
to Ohio state constitutional convention from Clermont County,
1802.
Methodist.
Interment at Greenlawn
Cemetery, Milford, Ohio.
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Paul Eugene Gillmor (1939-2007) —
also known as Paul E. Gillmor —
of Old Fort, Seneca
County, Ohio.
Born in Tiffin, Seneca
County, Ohio, February
1, 1939.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Ohio
state senate, 1967-88; candidate for Governor of
Ohio, 1986; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 5th District, 1989-2007; died in office
2007.
Methodist. Member, Freemasons.
Died, from an accidental fall down
stairs, in Arlington, Arlington
County, Va., September
5, 2007 (age 68 years, 216
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Patrick Gaines Goode (1798-1862) —
of Ohio.
Born in Charlotte
County, Va., May 10,
1798.
Whig. Lawyer; preacher;
member of Ohio
state house of representatives, 1833-35; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 3rd District, 1837-43; common pleas
court judge in Ohio, 1844-51.
Methodist.
Died in Sidney, Shelby
County, Ohio, October
17, 1862 (age 64 years, 160
days).
Interment at Graceland
Cemetery, Sidney, Ohio.
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Charles A. Goss (1863-1938) —
of Omaha, Douglas
County, Neb.
Born in Edinburg, Portage
County, Ohio, December
10, 1863.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Nebraska
state house of representatives, 1893; U.S.
Attorney for Nebraska, 1905-10; district judge in Nebraska 4th
District, 1920-25; chief
justice of Nebraska state supreme court, 1927-38; died in office
1938.
Methodist. Member, Society
of Colonial Wars; Freemasons.
Died August
13, 1938 (age 74 years, 246
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Alfred Ruggles Goss and Martha (Carr) Goss; married, October
4, 1890, to Carrie Shimp. |
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Ulysses Simpson Grant (1822-1885) —
also known as Ulysses S. Grant; Hiram Ulysses Grant;
"Savior of the Union"; "Lion of
Vicksburg"; "The Austerlitz of American
Politics"; "Unconditional Surrender Grant";
"The Galena Tanner"; "The Silent
Soldier"; "The Silent General" —
of Galena, Jo Daviess
County, Ill.
Born in Point Pleasant, Clermont
County, Ohio, April
27, 1822.
Republican. General in the Union Army during the Civil War; President
of the United States, 1869-77; candidate for Republican
nomination for President, 1880.
Methodist. Scottish
ancestry. Member, Loyal
Legion.
Elected to the Hall
of Fame for Great Americans in 1900.
Died of throat
cancer, at Mt. McGregor, Saratoga
County, N.Y., July 23,
1885 (age 63 years, 87
days).
Interment at General
Grant Memorial, Manhattan, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of Jesse Root Grant and Hannah (Simpson) Grant; married, August
22, 1848, to Julia
Boggs Dent (sister-in-law of Alexander
Sharp; sister of George
Wrenshall Dent and Lewis
Dent); father of Frederick
Dent Grant and Ulysses
Simpson Grant Jr.; grandfather of Nellie Grant (who married William
Pigott Cronan); first cousin twice removed of Augustus
Seymour Porter (1769-1849) and Peter
Buell Porter; second cousin once removed of Augustus
Seymour Porter (1798-1872), Peter
Buell Porter Jr. and Peter
Augustus Porter (1827-1864); second cousin four times removed of
Benjamin
Huntington; third cousin of Peter
Augustus Porter (1853-1925); third cousin twice removed of John
Davenport, Joshua
Coit, James
Davenport, Henry
Huntington, Gurdon
Huntington, Samuel
Lathrop, Abel
Huntington and William
Rush Merriam; third cousin thrice removed of Samuel
Huntington and Henry
Scudder; fourth cousin once removed of Ebenezer
Huntington, Theodore
Davenport, Benjamin
Nicoll Huntington, Jesse
Monroe Hatch, Franklin
Delano Roosevelt and Warren
Delano Robbins. |
| | | Political family: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin
family of Connecticut and New York (subset of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | Cross-reference: Horace
Porter — Ayres
Phillips Merrill — Robert
Martin Douglas — Thomas
L. Hamer — James
Arkell |
| | | Grant counties in Ark., Kan., La., Minn., Neb., N.M., N.Dak., Okla., Ore., S.Dak., Wash. and W.Va. are
named for him. |
| | | Other politicians named for him: Ulysses
G. Palmer
— Ulysses
S. G. Bieber
— Ulysses
G. Denman
— Ulysses
G. Crandell
— Ulysses
S. G. Blakely
— S. U.
G. Rhodes
— Ulysses
G. Borden
— U.
Grant Mengel
— Ulysses
G. Foster
— Ulysses
G. Byers
— U.
S. Grant Leverett
|
| | | Coins and currency: His portrait
appears on the U.S. $50 bill, and also appeared on $1 and $5
silver certificates in 1887-1927. |
| | | Personal motto: "When in doubt,
fight." |
| | | See also Wikipedia
article — NNDB
dossier — Find-A-Grave
memorial — OurCampaigns
candidate detail |
| | | Books about Ulysses S. Grant: Jean
Edward Smith, Grant —
Frank J. Scaturro, President
Grant Reconsidered — William S. McFeely, Grant —
Brooks D. Simpson, Ulysses
S. Grant: Triumph Over Adversity, 1822-1865 — Brooks
D. Simpson, Let
Us Have Peace: Ulysses S. Grant and the Politics of War and
Reconstruction, 1861-1868 — James S. Brisbin, The
campaign lives of Ulysses S. Grant and Schuyler
Colfax — Josiah Bunting III, Ulysses
S. Grant — Michael Korda, Ulysses
S. Grant : The Unlikely Hero — Edward H. Bonekemper,
A
Victor, Not a Butcher: Ulysses S. Grant's Overlooked Military
Genius — Harry J. Maihafer, The
General and the Journalists: Ulysses S. Grant, Horace Greeley, and
Charles Dana — H. W. Brands, The
Man Who Saved the Union: Ulysses Grant in War and
Peace — Charles Bracelen Flood, Grant's
Final Victory: Ulysses S. Grant's Heroic Last Year —
Joan Waugh, U.
S. Grant: American Hero, American Myth |
| | | Critical books about Ulysses S. Grant:
Nathan Miller, Star-Spangled
Men : America's Ten Worst Presidents |
| | | Fiction about Ulysses S. Grant: Newt
Gingrich & William R. Forstchen, Grant
Comes East — Newt Gingrich & William R. Forstchen, Never
Call Retreat : Lee and Grant: The Final Victory |
| | | Image source: Portrait & Biographical
Album of Washtenaw County (1891) |
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Nehemiah Green (1837-1890) —
of Manhattan, Riley
County, Kan.
Born in Hardin
County, Ohio, March 8,
1837.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; Lieutenant
Governor of Kansas, 1867-68; Governor of
Kansas, 1868-69.
Methodist.
Died in Manhattan, Riley
County, Kan., January
12, 1890 (age 52 years, 310
days).
Interment at Sunset
Cemetery, Manhattan, Kan.
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John Andrew Gregg (1877-1953) —
of Jacksonville, Duval
County, Fla.; Wilberforce, Greene
County, Ohio; Kansas City, Jackson
County, Mo.
Born in Eureka, Greenwood
County, Kan., February
18, 1877.
Republican. Pastor; missionary;
president,
Edward Waters College, 1913-20; president,
Wilberforce University, 1920-24; bishop; offered prayer, Republican National Convention,
1940.
African Methodist Episcopal. African
ancestry. Member, NAACP.
Died in Jacksonville, Duval
County, Fla., February
17, 1953 (age 75 years, 365
days).
Interment at Oak
Hill Cemetery, Lawrence, Kan.
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Edwin Norton Gunsaulus (b. 1859) —
also known as Edwin N. Gunsaulus —
of London, Madison
County, Ohio.
Born in West Liberty, Logan
County, Ohio, December
13, 1859.
Republican. Newspaper
editor; U.S. Consul in Pernambuco, 1900-01; Toronto, 1901-05; Queenstown, 1905-06; Rimouski, 1906-08; Johannesburg, 1908-16; U.S. Consul General in Singapore, 1917-20; Halifax, 1920-22.
Methodist.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Dr. Calvin Gunsaulus and Eliza (Norton) Gunsaulus; married, March
28, 1899, to Harriet N. Mitchell; married, July 6,
1910, to Maud Schooley. |
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| |
James E. Hadden (b. 1929) —
of Adrian, Lenawee
County, Mich.
Born in Akron, Summit
County, Ohio, July 31,
1929.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during the Korean conflict; chair of
Lenawee County Republican Party, 1968; Lenawee
County Commissioner, 1973-78; member of Michigan
state house of representatives 40th District, 1979-82; defeated
in primary, 1982.
United Methodist. Member, Jaycees.
Still living as of 1982.
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| |
George M. Hammell (1852-1916) —
of Ohio.
Born in 1852.
Prohibition candidate for Governor of
Ohio, 1899.
Methodist.
Died in 1916
(age about
64 years).
Interment at Miami
Cemetery, Waynesville, Ohio.
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| |
Daton Earl Harrow (1903-1983) —
also known as D. Earl Harrow —
of Flint, Genesee
County, Mich.; Davison, Genesee
County, Mich.
Born in Ohio, March
17, 1903.
Auto
worker; Prohibition candidate for Michigan
state board of agriculture, 1953; Prohibition candidate for Wayne State
University board of governors, 1959.
Free Methodist.
Died in Flint, Genesee
County, Mich., January
11, 1983 (age 79 years, 300
days).
Interment at Davison Cemetery, Davison, Mich.
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| |
Charles E. Havens (b. 1858) —
of Atkinson, Holt
County, Neb.
Born in Delaware, Delaware
County, Ohio, September
21, 1858.
Republican. Implement
dealer; real estate
dealer; member of Nebraska
state house of representatives 64th District, 1929-31.
Methodist. Member, Freemasons;
Order of the
Eastern Star.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Elisha Havens and Julia (Vincent) Havens; married, December
21, 1881, to Elizabeth Melleb. |
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Rutherford Birchard Hayes (1822-1893) —
also known as Rutherford B. Hayes; "Rutherfraud B.
Hayes"; "His Fraudulency" —
of Ohio.
Born in Delaware, Delaware
County, Ohio, October
4, 1822.
Republican. Lawyer;
general in the Union Army during the Civil War; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 2nd District, 1865-67; Governor of
Ohio, 1868-72, 1876-77; President
of the United States, 1877-81.
Methodist. Scottish
ancestry. Member, Loyal
Legion; Grand
Army of the Republic; Odd
Fellows; Delta
Kappa Epsilon.
Stricken by a heart
attack at the railroad
station in Cleveland, Ohio, and died that night in Fremont, Sandusky
County, Ohio, January
17, 1893 (age 70 years, 105
days).
Original interment and cenotaph at Oakwood
Cemetery, Fremont, Ohio; reinterment in 1915 at Rutherford
B. Hayes State Memorial Grounds, Fremont, Ohio.
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Relatives: Son
of Rutherford Hayes, Jr. and Sophia (Birchard) Hayes; married, December
30, 1852, to Lucy
Webb Hayes; father of James
Webb Cook Hayes. |
| | | Political family: Hayes
family of Fremont, Ohio. |
| | | Cross-reference: Leopold
Markbreit — James
M. Comly — Joseph
P. Bradley |
| | | Hayes County,
Neb. is named for him. |
| | | Rutherford B. Hayes High
School, in Delaware,
Ohio, is named for
him. — The Presidente Hayes Department (province),
and its capital
city, Villa Hayes, in Paraguay,
are named for
him. — Hayes Hall
(built 1893), at Ohio State University,
Columbus,
Ohio, is named for
him. |
| | | Personal motto: "He serves his party
best who serves his country best." |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — National
Governors Association biography — Wikipedia
article — NNDB
dossier — Find-A-Grave
memorial — OurCampaigns
candidate detail |
| | | Books about Rutherford B. Hayes: Ari
Hoogenboom, Rutherford
B. Hayes: Warrior and President — Hans Trefousse, Rutherford
B. Hayes: 1877 - 1881 — William H. Rehnquist, Centennial
Crisis : The Disputed Election of 1876 |
| | | Image source: James G. Blaine, Twenty
Years of Congress, vol. 2 (1886) |
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James Armenius Hedgcock (1853-1907) —
of Indiana.
Born in Dresden, Muskingum
County, Ohio, April 6,
1853.
Member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1897-99.
Methodist. Member, Knights
of Pythias; Redmen;
Freemasons;
Sons
of Veterans.
Died in Frankfort, Clinton
County, Ind., March
13, 1907 (age 53 years, 341
days).
Interment at Bunnell
Cemetery, Frankfort, Ind.
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Relatives: Son
of John Samuel Hedgcock. |
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Paul M. Herbert (1889-1983) —
of Columbus, Franklin
County, Ohio.
Born in McComb, Hancock
County, Ohio, December
2, 1889.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; member of Ohio
state house of representatives, 1922-26; member of Ohio
state senate, 1926-30; Lieutenant
Governor of Ohio, 1939-45, 1947-49, 1957-59; alternate delegate
to Republican National Convention from Ohio, 1952;
justice
of Ohio state supreme court, 1960.
Methodist. Member, American
Legion; Elks; Freemasons.
Died in Dublin, Franklin
County, Ohio, July 5,
1983 (age 93 years, 215
days).
Interment at Union
Cemetery, Columbus, Ohio.
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Thomas James Herbert (1894-1974) —
also known as Thomas J. Herbert —
of Cleveland Heights, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio; Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio.
Born in Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio, October
28, 1894.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army Air Corps in World War I; lawyer; Ohio
state attorney general, 1939-45; Governor of
Ohio, 1947-49; defeated, 1948; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Ohio, 1948.
Methodist. Member, Delta
Tau Delta; Phi
Delta Phi.
Died October
26, 1974 (age 79 years, 363
days).
Interment at Lake
View Cemetery, Cleveland, Ohio.
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David Lee Hobson (b. 1936) —
also known as David L. Hobson —
of Springfield, Clark
County, Ohio.
Born in Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio, October
17, 1936.
Republican. Member of Ohio
state senate, 1982-90; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 7th District, 1991-.
Methodist.
Still living as of 2014.
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John Wesley Hoyt (1831-1912) —
also known as John W. Hoyt —
of Madison, Dane
County, Wis.
Born near Worthington, Franklin
County, Ohio, October
13, 1831.
Wisconsin
railroad commissioner, 1874-76; Governor
of Wyoming Territory, 1878-82.
Methodist.
Died in Chevy Chase, Montgomery
County, Md., May 23,
1912 (age 80 years, 223
days).
Interment at Glenwood
Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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John Hunt (1812-1841) —
of Indiana.
Born in Dayton, Montgomery
County, Ohio, 1812.
Member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1839-40; defeated, 1838, 1840.
Methodist.
Died in Madison, Jefferson
County, Ind., January
22, 1841 (age about 28
years).
Burial location unknown.
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Andrew Jackson (1801-1878) —
of Indiana.
Born in Clermont
County, Ohio, September
2, 1801.
Democrat. Member of Indiana
state senate, 1844-47, 1853-55.
Methodist. Member, Freemasons.
Died in Anderson, Madison
County, Ind., April
21, 1878 (age 76 years, 231
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Jesse Benjamin Jackson (b. 1871) —
also known as Jesse B. Jackson —
of Columbus, Franklin
County, Ohio.
Born in Paulding, Paulding
County, Ohio, November
19, 1871.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War;
insurance
and real
estate business; U.S. Consul in Alexandretta, 1905-08; Aleppo, 1908-23; Leghorn, 1923-28; Fort William, 1928-35; Port Arthur, 1928-35.
Methodist. Member, Freemasons;
Rotary.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Andrew Carl Jackson and Lucy Ann (Brown) Jackson; married, June 22,
1898, to Rosebelle Berryman; married 1935 to Mary
Ann Hinton. |
| | | Image source: U.S. passport application
(1918) |
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Perry Brooks Jackson (b. 1896) —
also known as Perry B. Jackson —
of Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio.
Born in Zanesville, Muskingum
County, Ohio, January
27, 1896.
Republican. Lawyer;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Ohio, 1940,
1944;
municipal judge in Ohio, 1940.
African Methodist Episcopal. African
ancestry. Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; Alpha
Phi Alpha; Sigma
Pi Phi; American Bar
Association; Elks; Freemasons;
Urban
League; NAACP.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Brooks Cary Jackson and Ida May (Hogan) Jackson; married to Fern
Payne. |
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William Trayton Jackson (1876-1933) —
also known as William T. Jackson —
of Toledo, Lucas
County, Ohio.
Born in Toledo, Lucas
County, Ohio, May 8,
1876.
Republican. Mayor of
Toledo, Ohio, 1928-31; defeated, 1931; candidate for Presidential
Elector for Ohio.
Methodist. Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Rotary.
Died October
3, 1933 (age 57 years, 148
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Toledo, Ohio.
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Robert Franklin Jones (1907-1968) —
also known as Robert F. Jones —
of Lima, Allen
County, Ohio; Silver Spring, Montgomery
County, Md.
Born in Cairo, Allen
County, Ohio, June 25,
1907.
Republican. Lawyer; Allen
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1935-39; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 4th District, 1939-47; member, Federal
Communications Commission, 1947-52.
Methodist; later Baptist.
Member, Delta
Sigma Phi; American Bar
Association; Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons.
Died June 22,
1968 (age 60 years, 363
days).
Interment at Lima
Memorial Park Cemetery, Lima, Ohio.
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Charles Minor Karshner (b. 1897) —
of Napoleon, Henry
County, Ohio.
Born in Liberty Center, Henry
County, Ohio, September
16, 1897.
Democrat. School
principal; athletic
coach; chair of
Henry County Democratic Party, 1933, 1948.
Methodist.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Charles B. Karshner and Ella (Steedman) Karshner; married to
Gertrude Yaney. |
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Paul Winfred Kear (1887-1965) —
also known as Paul W. Kear —
of Norfolk,
Va.
Born in Van Wert, Van Wert
County, Ohio, November
2, 1887.
Republican. Lawyer;
major in the U.S. Army during World War I; member of Virginia
Republican State Committee, 1920-36; candidate for Presidential
Elector for Virginia; U.S.
Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia, 1921-31, 1932-33.
Methodist. Member, American Bar
Association; Phi
Gamma Delta; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; American
Legion; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Elks.
Died in Norfolk,
Va., November
2, 1965 (age 78 years, 0
days).
Interment at Forest
Lawn Cemetery, Norfolk, Va.
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Ebenezer Madden Kerr (1841-1909) —
also known as E. M. Kerr —
of Elkton, Hickory
County, Mo.
Born in Marion
County, Ohio, August
30, 1841.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; member of
Missouri
state house of representatives from Hickory County, 1891-94,
1909; died in office 1909.
Methodist. Member, Odd
Fellows.
Died, from pneumonia,
in St. Mary's Hospital,
Jefferson City, Cole
County, Mo., February
27, 1909 (age 67 years, 181
days).
Interment at Lehman Cemetery, Elkton, Mo.
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Asbury L. Kerwood (1842-1914) —
of Indiana.
Born in Preble
County, Ohio, June 21,
1842.
Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1899.
Methodist. Member, Grand
Army of the Republic; Freemasons.
Died in Bluffton, Wells
County, Ind., March 5,
1914 (age 71 years, 257
days).
Burial location unknown.
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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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H. V. King (b. 1883) —
of Morgantown, Monongalia
County, W.Va.
Born in Bellaire, Belmont
County, Ohio, January
10, 1883.
Democrat. Physician;
member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Monongalia County,
1941-42; defeated, 1942; member of West Virginia
Democratic State Executive Committee, 1945.
Methodist. Member, Freemasons;
Grotto;
Order of the
Eastern Star; White
Shrine of Jerusalem; Elks.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of William P. King and Belle (Powell) King; married, April
25, 1910, to Abbie Abbott. |
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Coates Kinney (1826-1904) —
of Ohio.
Born in 1826.
Republican. Poet;
member of Ohio
state senate, 1860; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Ohio, 1868.
Methodist.
Died in 1904
(age about
78 years).
Interment at Miami
Cemetery, Waynesville, Ohio.
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Edward E. Langley (1850-1925) —
of Mason, Ingham
County, Mich.
Born in Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio, January
22, 1850.
Prohibition candidate for mayor of
Mason, Mich., 1891, 1892, 1893.
Methodist.
Died in Mason, Ingham
County, Mich., May 5,
1925 (age 75 years, 103
days).
Interment at Maple
Grove Cemetery, Mason, Mich.
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Thomas Erwin Latimer (1879-1937) —
also known as Thomas E. Latimer —
of Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn.
Born in Hilliard, Franklin
County, Ohio, April 6,
1879.
Lawyer;
mayor
of Minneapolis, Minn., 1935-37.
Methodist. Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; Knights
of Pythias; Eagles.
Died November
6, 1937 (age 58 years, 214
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Steven C. LaTourette (b. 1954) —
of Madison, Lake
County, Ohio.
Born in Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio, July 22,
1954.
Republican. Lawyer; Lake
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1989-95; U.S.
Representative from Ohio, 1995-2003 (19th District 1995-2003,
14th District 2003).
Methodist.
Still living as of 2014.
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Neil L. Lora (1895-1944) —
of Lima, Allen
County, Ohio.
Born in Rockport, Allen
County, Ohio, April 4,
1895.
Lawyer;
piano
player; played in his own band in the 1920s; municipal judge in
Ohio, 1932-39; common pleas court judge in Ohio, 1939-44.
Methodist.
Died, from a coronary
thrombosis, in Lima, Allen
County, Ohio, September
4, 1944 (age 49 years, 153
days).
Interment at Rockport
Cemetery, Rockport, Ohio.
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Robert Lucas (1781-1853) —
of Piketon, Pike
County, Ohio; Iowa City, Johnson
County, Iowa.
Born in Shepherdstown, Jefferson
County, Va. (now W.Va.), April 1,
1781.
Democrat. Member of Ohio
state house of representatives, 1808-09, 1831-32; served in the
U.S. Army during the War of 1812; member of Ohio
state senate, 1814-22, 1824-30; candidate for Presidential
Elector for Ohio; Governor of
Ohio, 1832-36; defeated, 1830; Governor
of Iowa Territory, 1838-41; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Ohio, 1842; delegate
to Iowa state constitutional convention from Johnson County, 1844.
Methodist. Member, Freemasons.
Died February
7, 1853 (age 71 years, 312
days).
Interment at Oakland
Cemetery, Iowa City, Iowa.
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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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Harold Carlton Mason (1888-1964) —
also known as Harold C. Mason —
of Blissfield, Lenawee
County, Mich.; Huntington, Huntington
County, Ind.; Winona Lake, Kosciusko
County, Ind.
Born in Kunkle, Williams
County, Ohio, November
9, 1888.
School
teacher; minister;
Prohibition candidate for Michigan
state senate 19th District, 1914; bishop; college
professor; president,
Huntington College, 1932-39.
Free Methodist. German,
Scottish,
English,
and Welsh
ancestry.
Died, from a myocardial
infarction, in Winona Lake, Kosciusko
County, Ind., June 2,
1964 (age 75 years, 206
days).
Interment at Waldron
Cemetery, Waldron, Mich.
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Virgil O. Mathias (b. 1882) —
of New Philadelphia, Tuscarawas
County, Ohio.
Born in New Philadelphia, Tuscarawas
County, Ohio, October
8, 1882.
Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from
Ohio, 1936,
1944;
candidate for Presidential Elector for Ohio.
Methodist. Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Elks; Rotary.
Burial location unknown.
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Edward Oscar McCowen (1877-1953) —
also known as Edward O. McCowen —
of Wheelersburg, Scioto
County, Ohio.
Born in Scioto
County, Ohio, 1877.
Republican. U.S.
Representative from Ohio 6th District, 1943-49; defeated, 1950.
Methodist. Member, Freemasons;
Kiwanis.
Died in 1953
(age about
76 years).
Interment at South
Webster Cemetery, South Webster, Ohio.
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Roscoe Conkling McCulloch (1880-1958) —
also known as Roscoe C. McCulloch —
of Canton, Stark
County, Ohio; Columbus, Franklin
County, Ohio.
Born in Millersburg, Holmes
County, Ohio, November
27, 1880.
Republican. U.S.
Representative from Ohio 16th District, 1915-21; defeated, 1912;
candidate for Governor of
Ohio, 1920; U.S.
Senator from Ohio, 1929-30; defeated, 1930.
Methodist.
Died in West Palm Beach, Palm Beach
County, Fla., March
17, 1958 (age 77 years, 110
days).
Interment at Hillcrest
Cemetery, West Palm Beach, Fla.
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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
|
| | | 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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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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Clarence E. Miller (1917-2011) —
of Lancaster, Fairfield
County, Ohio.
Born in Lancaster, Fairfield
County, Ohio, November
1, 1917.
Republican. Mayor
of Lancaster, Ohio, 1964-66; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 10th District, 1967-93.
Methodist.
Died August
2, 2011 (age 93 years, 274
days).
Burial location unknown.
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William Mitchell Morgan (1870-1935) —
also known as William M. Morgan —
of Newark, Licking
County, Ohio.
Born in Licking
County, Ohio, August
1, 1870.
Republican. In carriage
and implement
business; later in wool and grain
business; president, Central Ohio Foundry
Company; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 17th District, 1921-31.
Methodist. Member, Knights
of Pythias; Elks; Kiwanis.
Died in 1935
(age about
64 years).
Interment at Cedar
Hill Cemetery, Newark, Ohio.
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Francis Asbury Morris (1817-1881) —
of Texas.
Born in Marietta, Washington
County, Ohio, September
3, 1817.
Attorney
General of the Texas Republic, 1841.
Methodist.
Died in St.
Louis, Mo., September
24, 1881 (age 64 years, 21
days).
Interment at Bellefontaine
Cemetery, St. Louis, Mo.
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Darius H. Muller (1838-1909) —
of Oshkosh, Winnebago
County, Wis.; Milwaukee, Milwaukee
County, Wis.; Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y.; Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y.; Covington, Kenton
County, Ky.; Erie, Erie
County, Pa.; Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio; Canton, Stark
County, Ohio.
Born in Baltimore,
Md., October, 1838.
Republican. Minister;
offered prayer, Republican National Convention,
1876.
Methodist.
Died in Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y., July 21,
1909 (age 70 years, 0
days).
Interment at Forest
Lawn Cemetery, Buffalo, N.Y.
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Benjamin Franklin Murphy (1867-1938) —
also known as B. Frank Murphy —
of Steubenville, Jefferson
County, Ohio.
Born in Steubenville, Jefferson
County, Ohio, December
24, 1867.
Republican. Shoe store
owner; real estate
business; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 18th District, 1919-33; defeated, 1932,
1934; delegate to Republican National Convention from Ohio, 1936.
Methodist.
Died, of myocarditis,
in Takoma Park, Montgomery
County, Md., March 6,
1938 (age 70 years, 72
days).
Interment at Union
Cemetery, Steubenville, Ohio.
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Sue Wilkins Myrick (b. 1941) —
also known as Sue Myrick —
of Charlotte, Mecklenburg
County, N.C.
Born in Tiffin, Seneca
County, Ohio, August
1, 1941.
Republican. Television
personality; co-founder of advertising
firm; mayor
of Charlotte, N.C., 1987-91; candidate for U.S.
Senator from North Carolina, 1992; U.S.
Representative from North Carolina 9th District, 1995-2013.
Female.
Methodist.
Still living as of 2014.
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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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William Elmer Neal (1875-1959) —
also known as Will E. Neal —
of Huntington, Cabell
County, W.Va.
Born near Proctorville, Lawrence
County, Ohio, October
14, 1875.
Republican. Physician;
chair
of Cabell County Republican Party, 1917; mayor
of Huntington, W.Va., 1925-28; member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Cabell County, 1951-52; U.S.
Representative from West Virginia 4th District, 1953-55, 1957-59;
defeated, 1954, 1958.
Methodist. Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; Redmen;
Kiwanis.
Died in Huntington, Cabell
County, W.Va., November
12, 1959 (age 84 years, 29
days).
Interment at Spring
Hill Cemetery, Huntington, W.Va.
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George William Norris (1861-1944) —
also known as George W. Norris —
of McCook, Red Willow
County, Neb.
Born in Sandusky
County, Ohio, July 11,
1861.
Lawyer;
district judge in Nebraska 14th District, 1896-1903; resigned 1903;
U.S.
Representative from Nebraska 5th District, 1903-13; U.S.
Senator from Nebraska, 1913-43; defeated (Independent), 1942;
candidate for Republican nomination for President, 1928.
Methodist. Member, Freemasons.
Died in McCook, Red Willow
County, Neb., September
2, 1944 (age 83 years, 53
days).
Interment at Memorial
Park Cemetery, McCook, Neb.
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Relatives:
Married 1890 to Pluma
Lashley; married 1903 to Ella
Leonard; grandfather of Harvey
Frans Nelson Jr.. |
| | | Norris Dam
(built 1933-36), on the Clinch River, in Anderson
and Campbell
counties, Tennessee, and the Norris Lake
reservoir, which also extends into Claiborne,
Grainger,
and Union
counties, are named for
him. — The city
of Norris,
Tennessee, is named for
him. — The World War II Liberty
ship SS George W. Norris (built 1944 at Brunswick,
Georgia; wrecked and lost in the North
Pacific Ocean, 1946) was named for
him. |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — NNDB
dossier |
| | | Books about George Norris: John F.
Kennedy, Profiles
in Courage |
| | | Image source: U.S. postage stamp
(1961) |
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George Dewey Nye (b. 1898) —
also known as George D. Nye —
of Waverly, Pike
County, Ohio.
Born in Waverly, Pike
County, Ohio, August
6, 1898.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; lawyer; Pike
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1923-26; common pleas court judge in
Ohio, 1930-37; member of Ohio
Democratic State Central Committee, 1938; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Ohio, 1940
(alternate), 1952,
1956,
1960,
1964;
Lieutenant
Governor of Ohio, 1945-47, 1949-53.
Methodist. Member, Freemasons;
Shriners.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Dr. George B. Nye and Cresse (Evans) Nye; married, March
15, 1941, to Leota Baker. |
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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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Donald James Pease (1931-2002) —
also known as Donald J. Pease; Don Pease —
of Oberlin, Lorain
County, Ohio.
Born in Toledo, Lucas
County, Ohio, September
26, 1931.
Democrat. Newspaper
editor and publisher; member of Ohio
state senate, 1965-67, 1975-77; member of Ohio
state house of representatives, 1969-75; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 13th District, 1977-93.
Methodist.
Served five years on the board of directors of Amtrak.
Died, of a heart
attack, July 28,
2002 (age 70 years, 305
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Paul E. Pfeifer (b. 1942) —
of Ohio.
Born in Bucyrus, Crawford
County, Ohio, October
15, 1942.
Republican. Member of Ohio
state house of representatives 15th District, 1971-76; member of
Ohio
state senate 26th District, 1976-93; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Ohio, 1982; candidate for Governor of
Ohio, 1986; candidate for Ohio
state attorney general, 1990; justice of
Ohio state supreme court, 1993-.
Methodist. Member, Rotary.
Still living as of 2014.
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Luther Karl Plummer (1923-1980) —
also known as Luther K. Plummer —
of Vanceburg, Lewis
County, Ky.
Born in Vanceburg, Lewis
County, Ky., March
25, 1923.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; member of Kentucky
state senate 18th District, 1970-73; defeated, 1973.
Methodist. Member, Lions; Elks; Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons; Shriners.
Died, of heart
disease, in Mercy Hospital,
Portsmouth, Scioto
County, Ohio, December
29, 1980 (age 57 years, 279
days).
Interment at Lewis
County Memory Gardens, Vanceburg, Ky.
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Henry Evan Pomroy (1892-1961) —
also known as H. E. Pomroy —
of Akron, Summit
County, Ohio; Elizabeth, Wirt
County, W.Va.
Born in Kiowa, Barber
County, Kan., February
14, 1892.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; police
officer; member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Wirt County, 1949-52;
defeated, 1952, 1956.
Methodist. Member, Freemasons;
Knights
of Pythias; Lions; Farm
Bureau; American
Legion.
Died in Clarksburg, Harrison
County, W.Va., January
10, 1961 (age 68 years, 331
days).
Interment at Knights
of Pythias Cemetery, Elizabeth, W.Va.
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Relatives: Son
of Thomas Allison Pomroy and Emma Neher (Ballard) Pomroy; married, November
4, 1924, to Vivian Ruth Roberts. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Image source: West Virginia Blue Book
1951 |
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Robert Jones Portman (b. 1955) —
also known as Rob Portman —
of Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio; Terrace Park, Hamilton
County, Ohio.
Born in Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio, December
19, 1955.
Republican. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 2nd District, 1993-.
Methodist.
Still living as of 2014.
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Benjamin Franklin Potts (1836-1887) —
of Carrollton, Carroll
County, Ohio.
Born in Carroll
County, Ohio, January
29, 1836.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Ohio, 1860;
general in the Union Army during the Civil War; member of Ohio
state senate, 1867; Governor
of Montana Territory, 1870-83; member of Montana
territorial legislature, 1880.
Methodist.
Died in Helena, Lewis and
Clark County, Mont., June 17,
1887 (age 51 years, 139
days).
Original interment at Benton
Avenue Cemetery, Helena, Mont.; reinterment at Forestvale
Cemetery, Helena, Mont.
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Lewis Humphrey Pounds (b. 1861) —
also known as Lewis H. Pounds —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Lorain
County, Ohio, 1861.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from New York,
1908,
1912
(alternate), 1936,
1940;
borough
president of Brooklyn, New York, 1913-17; New York
state treasurer, 1925-26.
Methodist. Member, Freemasons;
Elks; Royal
Arcanum.
Interment at Northport
Rural Cemetery, Northport, Long Island, N.Y.
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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.
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Henry Frazier Reams (1897-1971) —
also known as Frazier Reams —
of Toledo, Lucas
County, Ohio.
Born in Franklin, Williamson
County, Tenn., January
15, 1897.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Ohio, 1928
(alternate), 1940,
1944
(member, Committee
on Rules and Order of Business), 1948,
1956;
U.S.
Representative from Ohio 9th District, 1951-55.
Methodist. Member, American Bar
Association; American
Legion; Phi
Gamma Delta; Phi
Delta Phi; Freemasons;
Shriners.
Died in Oakland, Alameda
County, Calif., September
15, 1971 (age 74 years, 243
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Toledo, Ohio.
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Frederick Madison Roberts (1879-1952) —
also known as Frederick M. Roberts; Fred
Roberts —
of Los Angeles, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Chillicothe, Ross
County, Ohio, September
14, 1879.
Republican. Mortician;
member of California
state assembly, 1919-34; defeated, 1934; alternate delegate to
Republican National Convention from California, 1932,
1940,
1944,
1948;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from California 14th District, 1946.
African Methodist Episcopal. African
ancestry. Member, NAACP; Urban
League.
First
African-American state legislator in California; descendancy from
Thomas Jefferson confirmed by DNA evidence in 1998.
Died, from injuries received in an automobile
accident the day before, in Los Angeles County General Hospital,
Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., July 19,
1952 (age 72 years, 309
days).
Interment at Evergreen
Cemetery, Los Angeles, Calif.
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Relatives: Son
of Andrew Jackson Roberts and Ellen Wayles (Hemings) Roberts;
married, November
30, 1921, to Pearl W. Hinds; grandnephew of Martha
Jefferson Randolph; great-grandson of Thomas
Jefferson; third great-grandnephew of Richard
Randolph; first cousin once removed of Francis
Wayles Eppes, Benjamin
Franklin Randolph, Meriwether
Lewis Randolph and George
Wythe Randolph; first cousin twice removed of Dabney
Carr; first cousin four times removed of Richard
Bland and Peyton
Randolph (1721-1775); second cousin of Thomas
Jefferson Coolidge; second cousin once removed of Dabney
Smith Carr and John
Gardner Coolidge; second cousin thrice removed of Theodorick
Bland, Edmund
Jenings Randolph, Beverley
Randolph and John
Randolph of Roanoke; third cousin once removed of John
Jordan Crittenden, Thomas
Turpin Crittenden, Robert
Crittenden, Carter
Henry Harrison and Edith
Wilson; third cousin twice removed of John
Marshall, Henry
Lee, Charles
Lee, James
Markham Marshall, Thomas
Mann Randolph Jr., Alexander
Keith Marshall, Edmund
Jennings Lee, Peyton
Randolph (1779-1828) and Henry
St. George Tucker; fourth cousin of Alexander
Parker Crittenden, Thomas
Leonidas Crittenden, Thomas
Theodore Crittenden and Carter
Henry Harrison II; fourth cousin once removed of Thomas
Marshall, James
Keith Marshall, Nathaniel
Beverly Tucker, Edmund
Randolph and Thomas
Theodore Crittenden Jr.. |
| | | Political families: Harrison-Randolph-Marshall-Cabell
family of Virginia; Lee-Randolph
family; Walker-Randolph
family of Huntsville, Alabama (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
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Arthur Raymond Robinson (1881-1961) —
also known as Arthur R. Robinson —
of Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind.
Born in Pickerington, Fairfield
County, Ohio, March
12, 1881.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Indiana
state senate, 1915-19; served in the U.S. Army during World War
I; superior court judge in Indiana, 1921-22; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Indiana, 1924,
1932;
U.S.
Senator from Indiana, 1925-35; defeated, 1934.
Methodist. Member, Freemasons;
Knights
of Pythias; American Bar
Association.
Died March
17, 1961 (age 80 years, 5
days).
Interment at Washington
Park Cemetery East, Indianapolis, Ind.
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John Russell (1827-1869) —
of Champaign
County, Ohio.
Born in Concord Township, Champaign
County, Ohio, September
22, 1827.
Republican. Champaign
County Clerk of Courts, 1854-63; secretary
of state of Ohio, 1868-69; elected Ohio
state senate 1869, but died before taking office.
Methodist.
Died, from a stroke,
December
16, 1869 (age 42 years, 85
days).
Interment at Oak
Dale Cemetery, Urbana, Ohio.
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Daniel Clinard Rybolt (1869-1937) —
also known as D. C. Rybolt —
of Akron, Summit
County, Ohio.
Born in Milford, Clermont
County, Ohio, October
30, 1869.
Republican. School
principal; mayor of
Akron, Ohio, 1922-27; defeated, 1927; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Ohio 14th District, 1922.
Methodist.
Died in Ashland, Ashland
County, Ohio, August
10, 1937 (age 67 years, 284
days).
Interment at Glendale
Cemetery, Akron, Ohio.
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Relatives: Son
of Thomas Dew Rybolt and Wineford (Morison) Rybolt; married to Maude
C. Thackara. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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James S. Scott (1800-1881) —
of Jefferson
County, Ohio.
Born in Washington
County, Pa., November
4, 1800.
Physician;
member of Ohio
state house of representatives, 1860-61.
Methodist.
Died in Greeley, Weld
County, Colo., April
19, 1881 (age 80 years, 166
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Samuel Scott (1819-1909) —
of Ohio.
Born in 1819.
Methodist
minister; Prohibition candidate for Governor of
Ohio, 1869.
Methodist.
Died in Dayton, Montgomery
County, Ohio, 1909
(age about
90 years).
Burial location unknown.
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William Taylor Sheppard (b. 1877) —
also known as W. T. Sheppard —
of Smoot, Greenbrier
County, W.Va.
Born in Fayette
County, Ohio, April
16, 1877.
Democrat. School
teacher; farmer;
member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Greenbrier County, 1927-30.
Methodist. Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; Modern
Woodmen.
Burial location unknown.
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Image source:
West Virginia Blue Book 1929 |
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John Sherman (1823-1900) —
also known as "The Ohio Icicle" —
of Mansfield, Richland
County, Ohio.
Born in Lancaster, Fairfield
County, Ohio, May 10,
1823.
Republican. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 13th District, 1855-61; U.S.
Senator from Ohio, 1861-77, 1881-97; U.S.
Secretary of the Treasury, 1877-81; candidate for Republican
nomination for President, 1880,
1884,
1888;
U.S.
Secretary of State, 1897-98.
Methodist.
Died in Washington,
D.C., October
22, 1900 (age 77 years, 165
days).
Interment at Mansfield
Cemetery, Mansfield, Ohio.
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Relatives: Son
of Mary (Hoyt) Sherman and Charles
Robert Sherman; brother of Charles
Taylor Sherman, William
Tecumseh Sherman and Lampson
Parker Sherman; married, August
31, 1848, to Margaret Sarah Cecilia Stewart; uncle of Mary Hoyt
Sherman (who married Nelson
Appleton Miles); sixth great-grandson of Thomas
Welles; second cousin of David
Munson Osborne; second cousin once removed of Thomas
Mott Osborne; second cousin twice removed of Charles
Devens Osborne and Lithgow
Osborne; second cousin thrice removed of Pierpont
Edwards and Aaron
Burr; third cousin of Phineas
Taylor Barnum; third cousin once removed of Ezekiel
Gilbert Stoddard and Blanche
M. Woodward; third cousin twice removed of John
Davenport, James
Davenport, Theodore
Dwight, Henry
Waggaman Edwards, Ira
Yale, Louis
Ezekiel Stoddard and Asbury
Elliott Kellogg; third cousin thrice removed of Jonathan
Brace, Chauncey
Goodrich and Elizur
Goodrich; fourth cousin of Philo
Fairchild Barnum, Andrew
Gould Chatfield, Henry
Jarvis Raymond and Edwin
Olmstead Keeler; fourth cousin once removed of Charles
Yale, Theodore
Davenport, David
Lowrey Seymour, Chauncey
Mitchell Depew, Fred
Lockwood Keeler and Thomas
McKeen Chidsey. |
| | | Political families: Otis
family of Connecticut; Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin
family of Connecticut and New York (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | The World War II Liberty
ship SS John Sherman (built 1943 at Richmond,
California; sold 1947; scrapped 1967) was named for
him. |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Wikipedia article — NNDB
dossier — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Image source: The Parties and The Men
(1896) |
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Jacob David Smith (1870-1945) —
also known as Jacob D. Smith —
of Hamlin, Lincoln
County, W.Va.
Born in Scott Town, Lawrence
County, Ohio, April
28, 1870.
Republican. Lawyer; Lincoln
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1921-25; member of West
Virginia state senate 5th District, 1929-32.
Methodist. Member, Odd
Fellows; Freemasons;
Modern
Woodmen of America; Knights
of Pythias.
Died March
24, 1945 (age 74 years, 330
days).
Interment at Lincoln
Memorial Cemetery, Hamlin, W.Va.
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Relatives: Son
of Jacob D. Smith and Barbara J. (Lewis) Smith; married to Rose A.
Smith. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Image source: West Virginia Blue Book
1929 |
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John Charles Speaks (1859-1945) —
also known as John C. Speaks —
of Columbus, Franklin
County, Ohio.
Born in Canal Winchester, Franklin
County, Ohio, February
11, 1859.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War;
served in the U.S. Army during World War I; milling
business; lumber
business; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 12th District, 1921-31.
Methodist. Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Knights
of Pythias; Rotary.
Died in Columbus, Franklin
County, Ohio, November
6, 1945 (age 86 years, 268
days).
Interment at Union
Grove Cemetery, Canal Winchester, Ohio.
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Louis Stokes (1925-2015) —
of Warrensville Heights, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio.
Born in Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio, February
23, 1925.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Ohio, 1969-99 (21st District 1969-93, 11th
District 1993-99); delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Ohio, 1972,
1996.
Methodist. African
ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Kappa
Alpha Psi.
Arrested
for drunken
driving
in 1983; convicted
on a lesser charge
and fined.
Died August
18, 2015 (age 90 years, 176
days).
Interment at Lake
View Cemetery, Cleveland, Ohio.
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Theodore Strickland (b. 1941) —
also known as Ted Strickland —
of Lucasville, Scioto
County, Ohio.
Born in Lucasville, Scioto
County, Ohio, August
4, 1941.
Democrat. Psychologist;
college
professor; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 6th District, 1993-95, 1997-2007;
defeated, 1976, 1978, 1980, 1994; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Ohio, 2000,
2004,
2008
(speaker);
Governor
of Ohio, 2007-11; candidate for Presidential Elector for Ohio;
candidate for U.S.
Senator from Ohio, 2016.
Methodist.
Still living as of 2016.
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Aaron C. Swayzee (1817-1878) —
of Indiana.
Born in Fairfield
County, Ohio, January
8, 1817.
Member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1877.
Methodist.
Died in Bowling Green, Warren
County, Ky., April
12, 1878 (age 61 years, 94
days).
Burial location unknown.
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George Bell Swift (1845-1912) —
also known as George B. Swift —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio, December
14, 1845.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Illinois,
1892;
mayor
of Chicago, Ill., 1893, 1895-97.
Methodist.
Died in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., July 2,
1912 (age 66 years, 201
days).
Interment at Rosehill
Cemetery, Chicago, Ill.
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Kingsley Arter Taft (1903-1970) —
also known as Kingsley A. Taft —
of Shaker Heights, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio.
Born in Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio, July 19,
1903.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Ohio
state house of representatives, 1933-34; major in the U.S. Army
during World War II; U.S.
Senator from Ohio, 1946-47; justice of
Ohio state supreme court, 1948-62, 1962-70; died in office 1970.
Methodist. Member, American Bar
Association; Sons of
the American Revolution; Phi
Beta Kappa; Phi
Kappa Psi; Freemasons.
Died in Columbus, Franklin
County, Ohio, March
28, 1970 (age 66 years, 252
days).
Interment at Lake
View Cemetery, Cleveland, Ohio.
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Robert Alphonso Taft III (b. 1942) —
also known as Bob Taft —
of Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., January
8, 1942.
Republican. Served
in the Peace Corps; member of Ohio
state house of representatives, 1977-81; Hamilton
County Commissioner, 1981-90; candidate for Lieutenant
Governor of Ohio, 1986; secretary
of state of Ohio, 1991-99; Governor of
Ohio, 1999-2007; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Ohio, 2004;
in 2005, he pleaded no
contest to four misdemeanors involving failure
to disclose gifts, and was fined
$4,000; subsequently reprimanded
by the Ohio Supreme Court.
Methodist.
Still living as of 2014.
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Charles Tatgenhorst Jr. (1883-1961) —
of Cleves, Hamilton
County, Ohio.
Born in Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio, August
19, 1883.
Republican. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 2nd District, 1927-29; Judge, Ohio Court
of Appeals, 1936.
Methodist. Member, Phi
Alpha Delta; Freemasons.
Died January
13, 1961 (age 77 years, 147
days).
Interment at Spring
Grove Cemetery, Cincinnati, Ohio.
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Burman Riegle Taylor (b. 1911) —
also known as Burman R. Taylor —
of Eaton, Preble
County, Ohio.
Born in Camden, Preble
County, Ohio, May 20,
1911.
Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Ohio, 1948.
Methodist. Member, Jaycees;
Odd
Fellows; Moose; Eagles.
Burial location unknown.
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Harold Joseph Teachout (1892-1975) —
also known as Harold Teachout —
of Farragut, Fremont
County, Iowa; Shenandoah, Page
County, Iowa.
Born in Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio, April
24, 1892.
Democrat. Farmer; insurance
agent; candidate for Iowa
state senate, 1938; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Iowa, 1940,
1952.
Methodist. Member, Farm
Bureau; Rotary.
Died in 1975
(age about
83 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Abram E. Teachout and Amelia E. (Kuntz) Teachout; married, April 5,
1916, to Vera V. Vickers. |
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Edward Tiffin (1766-1829) —
of Charles Town, Jefferson
County, Va. (now W.Va.); Chillicothe, Ross
County, Ohio.
Born in Carlisle, England,
June
19, 1766.
Democrat. Physician;
minister;
member of Northwest
Territory legislature, 1799-1801; delegate
to Ohio state constitutional convention from Ross County, 1802;
Governor
of Ohio, 1803-07; U.S.
Senator from Ohio, 1807-09; resigned 1808; member of Ohio
state house of representatives, 1809-11; Commissioner of the
General Land Office, 1812-14; U.S. Surveyor-General for
Ohio-Indiana-Michigan, 1814-29.
Methodist. English
ancestry.
Slaveowner.
Died in Chillicothe, Ross
County, Ohio, August
9, 1829 (age 63 years, 51
days).
Interment at Grandview
Cemetery, Chillicothe, Ohio.
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Thomas Weston Tipton (1817-1899) —
also known as Thomas W. Tipton —
of Brownville, Nemaha
County, Neb.
Born in Cadiz, Harrison
County, Ohio, August
5, 1817.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Ohio
state house of representatives, 1845; ordained
minister; delegate
to Nebraska state constitutional convention, 1859, 1867; U.S.
Senator from Nebraska, 1867-75; candidate for Governor of
Nebraska, 1880.
Methodist; later Congregationalist.
Died in Washington,
D.C., November
26, 1899 (age 82 years, 113
days).
Interment at Rock
Creek Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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George John Urban (1906-1978) —
also known as George J. Urban —
of South Euclid, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio.
Born in Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio, May 14,
1906.
Republican. Mayor
of South Euclid, Ohio, 1948-72.
Methodist. German
and Czech
ancestry. Member, Lions.
Died, of cancer,
in a nursing
home at Oil City, Venango
County, Pa., March
25, 1978 (age 71 years, 315
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Knollwood
Cemetery, Mayfield Heights, Ohio.
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Stephen Elbert Urmston (1845-1895) —
also known as Stephen E. Urmston —
of Indiana.
Born in Hamilton
County, Ohio, March
31, 1845.
Member of Indiana
state senate, 1879-81, 1887-89.
Methodist.
Died in 1895
(age about
50 years).
Interment at Crown
Hill Cemetery, Indianapolis, Ind.
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Arthur St. Clair Vance (1801-1849) —
of Indiana.
Born in Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio, June 20,
1801.
Member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1848-49.
Methodist.
Died in Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind., September
28, 1849 (age 48 years, 100
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Isaac Vandevanter (1821-1898) —
also known as Isaac Vandeventer —
of Indiana.
Born in Delaware
County, Ohio, May 28,
1821.
Member of Indiana
state senate, 1853-55.
Methodist.
Died in Marion, Grant
County, Ind., November
26, 1898 (age 77 years, 182
days).
Interment at Estates
of Serenity, Marion, Ind.
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William M. Van Slyke (1848-1915) —
of Indiana.
Born in Ashtabula
County, Ohio, March 8,
1848.
Member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1887.
Methodist.
Died in Lawton, Van Buren
County, Mich., March
30, 1915 (age 67 years, 22
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Ernest Lynn Waldorf (1876-1943) —
of Syracuse, Onondaga
County, N.Y.; Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y.; Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio; Kansas City, Jackson
County, Mo.; Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in South Valley, Otsego
County, N.Y., May 14,
1876.
Republican. Pastor; chaplain;
bishop;
offered prayer, Republican National Convention, 1928,
1936.
Methodist. Member, Freemasons.
Died, in the Noble Foundation Hospital,
Alexandria Bay, Jefferson
County, N.Y., July 27,
1943 (age 67 years, 74
days).
Interment at Oakwood
Cemetery, Syracuse, N.Y.
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Milo Joseph Warner (1891-1968) —
also known as Milo J. Warner —
of Toledo, Lucas
County, Ohio; Ottawa Hills, Lucas
County, Ohio.
Born in Lime City, Wood
County, Ohio, November
11, 1891.
Republican. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War I; alternate delegate to
Republican National Convention from Ohio, 1932,
1948,
1952,
1956;
elected National Commander of the American Legion, 1940.
Methodist. Member, Phi
Delta Phi; Pi
Kappa Alpha; American
Legion; Sons of
the American Revolution; American
Judicature Society; American
Academy of Political and Social Science; American Bar
Association; Freemasons.
Died in Toledo, Lucas
County, Ohio, January
4, 1968 (age 76 years, 54
days).
Interment at Fort
Meigs Cemetery, Perrysburg, Ohio.
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Aaron Sherman Watkins (1863-1941) —
also known as Aaron S. Watkins —
of Wilmore, Jessamine
County, Ky.; Van Wert, Van Wert
County, Ohio; Columbus Grove, Putnam
County, Ohio; Germantown, Montgomery
County, Ohio; Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio.
Born in Rushsylvania, Logan
County, Ohio, November
29, 1863.
School
teacher; lawyer; Methodist
minister; university
professor; Prohibition candidate for U.S.
Representative from Ohio 9th District, 1904; Prohibition
candidate for Governor of
Ohio, 1905, 1922, 1932; Prohibition candidate for Vice
President of the United States, 1908, 1912; president,
Asbury College, 1909-10; Prohibition candidate for U.S.
Senator from Ohio, 1916; Prohibition candidate for President
of the United States, 1920.
Methodist.
Died in Rushsylvania, Logan
County, Ohio, February
9, 1941 (age 77 years, 72
days).
Interment at Equality
Cemetery, Rushsylvania, Ohio.
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James Baird Weaver (1833-1912) —
also known as James B. Weaver —
of Bloomfield, Davis
County, Iowa; Colfax, Jasper
County, Iowa.
Born in Dayton, Montgomery
County, Ohio, June 12,
1833.
General in the Union Army during the Civil War; lawyer; newspaper
editor; U.S.
Representative from Iowa 6th District, 1879-81, 1885-89;
candidate for President
of the United States, 1880 (Greenback Labor), 1892 (Populist);
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Iowa, 1904
(member, Platform
and Resolutions Committee).
Methodist. Member, Grand
Army of the Republic.
Died in Des Moines, Polk
County, Iowa, February
6, 1912 (age 78 years, 239
days).
Interment at Woodland
Cemetery, Des Moines, Iowa.
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William West (1822-1919) —
of Ames, Story
County, Iowa.
Born in Williamsburg, Clermont
County, Ohio, 1822.
Member of Ohio state legislature, 1848; hotelier;
mayor
of Ames, Iowa, 1870-71.
Methodist.
Died in Ames, Story
County, Iowa, December
29, 1919 (age about 97
years).
Interment at Riverview
Cemetery, Ames, Iowa.
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Relatives:
Married 1847 to
Harriet J. Porter. |
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Clair A. White (1915-1988) —
also known as "The Bay City Bomber" —
of Bay City, Bay
County, Mich.
Born in Willshire, Van Wert
County, Ohio, May 5,
1915.
Member of Wayne State
University board of governors, 1960-61; member of Michigan
State University board of trustees, 1965-72; Tisch Independent
Citizens candidate for Lieutenant
Governor of Michigan, 1982; Republican candidate for Michigan
state house of representatives 101st District, 1984, 1986.
Methodist.
Died November
7, 1988 (age 73 years, 186
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Wilbur G. Williams (1852-1897) —
of Meadville, Crawford
County, Pa.; Columbus, Franklin
County, Ohio; St.
Louis, Mo.
Born in Coshocton
County, Ohio, 1852.
Republican. Pastor; president,
Allegheny College; offered prayer, Republican National Convention,
1896.
Methodist.
Died in St.
Louis, Mo., April
16, 1897 (age about 44
years).
Interment at Bellefontaine
Cemetery, St. Louis, Mo.
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Simeon Slavens Willis (1879-1965) —
also known as Simeon Willis —
of Ashland, Boyd
County, Ky.
Born in Lawrence
County, Ohio, December
1, 1879.
Republican. Newspaper
reporter; lawyer; Judge,
Kentucky Court of Appeals, 1927-32; Governor of
Kentucky, 1943-47; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Kentucky, 1944,
1948.
Methodist; later Episcopalian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Elks; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Newcomen
Society.
Died in Frankfort, Franklin
County, Ky., April 2,
1965 (age 85 years, 122
days).
Interment at Frankfort
Cemetery, Frankfort, Ky.
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Chalmers Pangburn Wylie (1920-1998) —
also known as Chalmers P. Wylie —
of Columbus, Franklin
County, Ohio.
Born in Norwich, Muskingum
County, Ohio, November
23, 1920.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; candidate
for Ohio
state attorney general, 1956; member of Ohio
state house of representatives, 1961-67; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 15th District, 1967-93.
Methodist.
Suffered a heart
attack and died, while waiting for an eye examination at Ohio
State University Medical
Center, Columbus, Franklin
County, Ohio, August
14, 1998 (age 77 years, 264
days).
Interment at St.
Joseph's Cemetery, Columbus, Ohio.
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Jonathan Stoltzfus Yoder (1881-1959) —
of Goshen, Elkhart
County, Ind.
Born in Weilersville, Wayne
County, Ohio, September
13, 1881.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Indiana
state house of representatives from Elkhart County, 1917-20;
president of two milk
condensing firms.
Methodist. German
and Swiss
ancestry. Member, Rotary.
Died in Goshen, Elkhart
County, Ind., April
22, 1959 (age 77 years, 221
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1911 to Nelle
Catherine Colburn; married 1920 to Mrs.
Laura Ethel Cole. |
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