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James Mitchell Ashley (1824-1896) —
of Toledo, Lucas
County, Ohio.
Born near Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa., November
14, 1824.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Ohio, 1856
(speaker);
U.S.
Representative from Ohio, 1859-69 (5th District 1859-63, 10th
District 1863-69); defeated, 1868, 1890, 1892; Governor
of Montana Territory, 1869.
Unitarian. Scottish
ancestry.
Died of a heart
attack in Alma, Gratiot
County, Mich., September
16, 1896 (age 71 years, 307
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Toledo, Ohio.
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Harold Hitz Burton (1888-1964) —
also known as Harold H. Burton —
of Salt Lake City, Salt Lake
County, Utah; Boise, Ada
County, Idaho; East Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio.
Born in Jamaica Plain, Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., June 22,
1888.
Republican. Lawyer;
assistant attorney, Utah Power &
Light Company and Utah Light &
Traction
Company, 1914-16; attorney, Idaho Power
Company and Boise Valley Traction
Company, 1916-17; served in the U.S. Army during World War I; member
of Ohio
state house of representatives, 1929; mayor
of Cleveland, Ohio, 1931-32, 1936-41; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Ohio, 1944;
speaker, 1936;
U.S.
Senator from Ohio, 1941-45; Associate
Justice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1945-58; took senior status 1958.
Unitarian. Member, Freemasons;
American Bar
Association; American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Phi
Beta Kappa; Delta
Kappa Epsilon; Phi
Alpha Delta; Knights
of Pythias; Moose; Eagles;
Grange;
Rotary;
Kiwanis;
Exchange
Club.
Died in Washington,
D.C., October
28, 1964 (age 76 years, 128
days).
Interment at Highland
Park Cemetery, Highland Hills, Ohio.
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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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John Addison Gurley (1813-1863) —
of Methuen, Essex
County, Mass.; Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio.
Born in East Hartford, Hartford
County, Conn., December
9, 1813.
Republican. Pastor; newspaper
editor and publisher; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 2nd District, 1859-63.
Universalist.
Appointed Governor of Arizona Territory, but died before taking
office.
Died in Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio, August
19, 1863 (age 49 years, 253
days).
Interment at Spring
Grove Cemetery, Cincinnati, Ohio.
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John Malick —
of Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio.
Pastor;
delegate
to Ohio convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933.
Unitarian.
Burial location unknown.
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Luther Franklin McKinney (1841-1922) —
also known as Luther F. McKinney —
of Manchester, Hillsborough
County, N.H.; Bridgton, Cumberland
County, Maine.
Born in Newark, Licking
County, Ohio, April
25, 1841.
Democrat. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; Universalist
minister; furniture
merchant; U.S.
Representative from New Hampshire 1st District, 1887-89, 1891-93;
candidate for Governor of
New Hampshire, 1892; U.S. Minister to Colombia, 1893-96; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Maine 1st District, 1898, 1899; member of Maine
state house of representatives, 1907.
Universalist.
Died July 30,
1922 (age 81 years, 96
days).
Interment at Forest
Hill Cemetery, Bridgton, Maine.
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Cornelia A. Robinson (1897-1977) —
also known as Mrs. William McKinley Robinson —
of Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo
County, Mich.
Born in Marietta, Washington
County, Ohio, January
29, 1897.
Democrat. Member of Michigan
state board of education; elected 1959.
Female.
Unitarian.
Died in 1977
(age about
80 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to William McKinley Robinson. |
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William Howard Taft (1857-1930) —
also known as William H. Taft; "Big
Bill" —
of Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio; New Haven, New Haven
County, Conn.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio, September
15, 1857.
Republican. Superior court judge in Ohio, 1887-90; U.S. Solicitor
General, 1890-92; Judge
of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit, 1892-1900; resigned
1900; law
professor; Governor-General
of the Philippine Islands, 1901-04; U.S.
Secretary of War, 1904-08; President
of the United States, 1909-13; defeated, 1912; Chief
Justice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1921-30; resigned 1930.
Unitarian. English
ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Psi
Upsilon; Skull
and Bones; Phi
Alpha Delta; American Bar
Association.
Died in Washington,
D.C., March 8,
1930 (age 72 years, 174
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Relatives: Son
of Alphonso
Taft and Louisa Maria (Torrey) Taft; half-brother of Charles
Phelps Taft; brother of Henry
Waters Taft; married, June 19,
1886, to Helen
Louise Herron (daughter of John
Williamson Herron; sister-in-law of Henry
Frederick Lippitt; niece of William
Collins; aunt of Frederick
Lippitt; granddaughter of Ela
Collins); father of Robert
Alphonso Taft and Charles
Phelps Taft II; uncle of Walbridge
S. Taft; grandson of Peter
Rawson Taft; grandfather of William
Howard Taft III, Robert
Taft Jr. and Seth
Chase Taft; great-grandfather of Robert
Alphonso Taft III; second cousin twice removed of Willard
J. Chapin; fourth cousin once removed of William
Warner Hoppin, John
Milton Thayer, Edward
M. Chapin and George
Franklin Chapin. |
| | | Political family: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin
family of Connecticut and New York (subset of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | Cross-reference: Walter
P. Johnson — Fred
Warner Carpenter — Charles
D. Hilles |
| | | The former community
of Taft, now part of Lincoln
City, Oregon, was named for
him. — William Howard Taft High
School, in San
Antonio, Texas, is named for
him. — William Howard Taft High
School, in Bronx, New
York (closed 2008), was named for
him. — Taft High
School, in Chicago,
Illinois, is named for
him. — William Howard Taft High
School (opened 1960; became charter school 2013-14), in Los
Angees, California, is named for
him. |
| | | Epitaph: "#S#(1908) Progress and
Prosperity." |
| | | See also Wikipedia
article — Ballotpedia article — NNDB
dossier — Find-A-Grave
memorial — OurCampaigns
candidate detail — Biographical
Directory of Federal Judges — Arlington National
Cemetery unofficial website |
| | | Books about William Howard Taft: Paolo
Enrico Coletta, The
Presidency of William Howard Taft — James Chace, 1912
: Wilson, Roosevelt, Taft and Debs : The Election that Changed the
Country — Alpheus Thomas Mason, William
Howard Taft — Lewis L. Gould, The
William Howard Taft Presidency |
| | | Critical books about William Howard
Taft: Nathan Miller, Star-Spangled
Men : America's Ten Worst Presidents |
| | | Image source: American Monthly Review
of Reviews, August 1901 |
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William Vance (c.1793-c.1848) —
of Indiana.
Born in Fayette
County, Ohio, about 1793.
Member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1837-39.
Unitarian.
Died in Adams
County, Ind., about 1848 (age about 55
years).
Burial location unknown.
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Charles William Wendte (1844-1931) —
also known as C. W. Wendte —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.; Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio; Newport, Newport
County, R.I.; Oakland, Alameda
County, Calif.; Newton, Middlesex
County, Mass.; Berkeley, Alameda
County, Calif.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., June 11,
1844.
Democrat. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; minister;
offered prayer, Democratic National Convention,
1880.
Unitarian. German
ancestry.
Injured in a fall, and
died two weeks later in Peralta Hospital,
Oakland, Alameda
County, Calif., September
9, 1931 (age 87 years, 90
days).
Interment at Mountain
View Cemetery, Oakland, Calif.
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