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Alonzo Abernethy (1836-1915) —
of Crawford
County, Iowa; Osage, Mitchell
County, Iowa.
Born in Sandusky
County, Ohio, April
14, 1836.
Republican. Colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War; member of
Iowa
state house of representatives, 1866; president, Des
Moines College, 1871; Iowa
superintendent of public instruction, 1872-76; president
of the original University of Chicago (now defunct), 1876-78.
Died in 1915
(age about
79 years).
Interment at Osage
Cemetery, Osage, Iowa.
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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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Charles Leroy Anspach (1895-1977) —
also known as Charles L. Anspach —
of Mt. Pleasant, Isabella
County, Mich.
Born in Fremont, Sandusky
County, Ohio, March 5,
1895.
Republican. Delegate
to Michigan state constitutional convention from Isabella
District, 1961-62.
Brethren.
Member, Rotary;
Freemasons;
Shriners.
President, Central Michigan University.
Died in Mt. Pleasant, Isabella
County, Mich., October
25, 1977 (age 82 years, 234
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Philip Anspach and Amanda (Loose) Anspach; married to Mary
Fisher. |
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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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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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Oran Faville (1817-1872) —
of Delaware, Delaware
County, Ohio; Mitchell, Mitchell
County, Iowa.
Born in Manheim, Herkimer
County, N.Y., October
13, 1817.
College
professor; president, Wesleyan Female College, Delaware,
Ohio, 1853-55; Lieutenant
Governor of Iowa, 1858-60; Iowa
superintendent of public instruction, 1864-67.
Died in Waverly, Bremer
County, Iowa, November
2, 1872 (age 55 years, 20
days).
Interment at Harlington
Cemetery, Waverly, Iowa.
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Relatives: Son
of Thomas Faville and Elizabeth 'Betsy' (West) Faville; married to
Maria M. Peck; uncle of Frederick
F. Faville. |
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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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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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Joseph Smith Fowler (1820-1902) —
also known as Joseph S. Fowler —
of Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Steubenville, Jefferson
County, Ohio, August
31, 1820.
Republican. College
professor; president, Howard Female College, Gallatin,
Tenn., 1856-61; lawyer; U.S.
Senator from Tennessee, 1866-71; member of Republican
National Committee from Tennessee, 1866-68; candidate for
Presidential Elector for Tennessee.
Died in Washington,
D.C., April 1,
1902 (age 81 years, 213
days).
Interment at Lexington
Cemetery, Lexington, Ky.
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Harry Augustus Garfield (1863-1942) —
also known as Harry A. Garfield; Hal
Garfield —
of Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio; Princeton, Mercer
County, N.J.; Williamstown, Berkshire
County, Mass.
Born in Hiram, Portage
County, Ohio, October
11, 1863.
Republican. Lawyer; university
professor; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention
from New Jersey, 1904;
president of Williams College, 1908-34; U.S. Fuel
Administrator, 1917-19.
Member, American
Political Science Association; Loyal
Legion.
Died in Williamstown, Berkshire
County, Mass., December
12, 1942 (age 79 years, 62
days).
Interment at Williams
College Cemetery, Williamstown, Mass.
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James Abram Garfield (1831-1881) —
also known as James A. Garfield —
of Hiram, Portage
County, Ohio.
Born in a log
cabin near Orange, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio, November
19, 1831.
Republican. Lawyer; college
professor; president, Eclectic University (now Hiram
College); member of Ohio
state senate, 1859-61; general in the Union Army during the Civil
War; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 19th District, 1863-81; President
of the United States, 1881; died in office 1881.
Disciples
of Christ. English
ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Delta
Upsilon.
Shot
by the assassin
Charles J. Guiteau, in the Baltimore & Potomac Railroad
Station, Washington, D.C., July 2, 1881, and died from the
effects of the wound and infection,
in Elberon, Monmouth
County, N.J., September
19, 1881 (age 49 years, 304
days).
Entombed at Lake
View Cemetery, Cleveland, Ohio; statue erected 1887 at Garfield
Circle, Washington, D.C.; statue at Golden
Gate Park, San Francisco, Calif.
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Relatives: Son
of Abram Garfield and Elizabeth (Ballou) Garfield; married, November
11, 1858, to Lucretia
Rudolph; father of Harry
Augustus Garfield and James
Rudolph Garfield; fourth cousin of Eli
Thayer; fourth cousin once removed of John
Alden Thayer. |
| | | Political families: Conger-Hungerford
family of Connecticut and New York; Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin
family of Connecticut and New York (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | Cross-reference: William
S. Maynard |
| | | Garfield counties in Colo., Mont., Neb., Okla., Utah and Wash. are
named for him. |
| | | Garfield Mountain,
in the Cascade Range, King
County, Washington, is named for
him. — The city
of Garfield,
New Jersey, is named for
him. |
| | | Politician named for him: James
G. Stewart
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| | | Coins and currency: His portrait
appeared on the U.S. $20 gold certificate in 1898-1905.
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| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Wikipedia article — NNDB
dossier — Find-A-Grave
memorial — OurCampaigns
candidate detail |
| | | Books about James A. Garfield: Allan
Peskin, Garfield:
A Biography — Justus D. Doenecke, The
Presidencies of James A. Garfield and Chester A.
Arthur |
| | | Image source: James G. Blaine, Twenty
Years of Congress, vol. 2 (1886) |
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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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Frank Wakeley Gunsaulus (1856-1921) —
also known as Frank W. Gunsaulus —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Chesterville, Morrow
County, Ohio, January
1, 1856.
Republican. Pastor; lecturer;
offered prayer, Republican National Convention,
1888 ; president, Armour Institute of Technology, 1893-1921.
Congregationalist.
Suffered a heart
attack and died, in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., March
17, 1921 (age 65 years, 75
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Horace Mann (1796-1859) —
also known as "The Father of American Public
Education" —
of Dedham, Norfolk
County, Mass.; Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.
Born in Franklin, Norfolk
County, Mass., May 4,
1796.
Lawyer;
member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1827-33; member of Massachusetts
state senate, 1833-37; secretary, Massachusetts Board of
Education, 1837-48; founder and editor of The Common School
Journal; became a national leader in improving and reforming
public schools; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 8th District, 1848-53; Free
Soil candidate for Governor of
Massachusetts, 1852; president and professor
at Antioch College, 1852-59.
Elected to the Hall
of Fame for Great Americans in 1900.
Died in Yellow Springs, Greene
County, Ohio, August
2, 1859 (age 63 years, 90
days).
Original interment somewhere in Yellow Springs, Ohio; reinterment at North
Burial Ground, Providence, R.I.; statue at State House Grounds, Boston, Mass.
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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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Melvin Orlando McLaughlin (1876-1928) —
also known as Melvin O. McLaughlin —
of Dayton, Montgomery
County, Ohio; Omaha, Douglas
County, Neb.; York, York
County, Neb.
Born in Osceola, Clarke
County, Iowa, August
8, 1876.
Republican. School
teacher; minister;
president, York College, York, Nebraska, 1913-19; U.S.
Representative from Nebraska 4th District, 1919-27.
Brethren.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar.
Died in 1928
(age about
51 years).
Interment at Greenwood
Cemetery, York, Neb.
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John Rockey Park (1833-1900) —
also known as John R. Park —
of Salt Lake City, Salt Lake
County, Utah.
Born in Tiffin, Seneca
County, Ohio, May 7,
1833.
Republican. School
teacher; president, University of Deseret (now University
of Utah), 1869-92; Utah
superintendent of public instruction, 1895-1900; died in office
1900.
Mormon.
Died in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake
County, Utah, September
29, 1900 (age 67 years, 145
days).
Interment at Salt
Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Utah.
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Relatives: Son
of John Park and Anna Elizabeth (Waggoner) Park. |
| | | The Park Building
at the University
of Utah, Salt Lake
City, Utah, is named for
him. — Draper Park School
(built 1912; converted to city hall 1972; sold 2017), in Draper,
Utah, was named for
him. — Draper Park Middle
School (built 2013), in Draper,
Utah, is named for
him. — The World War II Liberty
ship SS John R. Park (built 1943 at Richmond,
California; torpedoed and lost in the English
Channel, 1945) was named for
him. |
| | | See also Wikipedia
article — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Image source: Salt Lake Herald,
September 30, 1900 |
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Austin Scott (1848-1922) —
of New Brunswick, Middlesex
County, N.J.
Born in Toledo, Lucas
County, Ohio, August
10, 1848.
College
professor; president, Rutgers College, 1891-1906; mayor
of New Brunswick, N.J., 1914-15.
Died in Granville, Hampden
County, Mass., August
15, 1922 (age 74 years, 5
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Jeremiah Austin Scott and Sarah (Remey) Scott; married 1882 to Anna
Prentiss Stearns. |
| | | See also Wikipedia
article |
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Donna Edna Shalala (b. 1941) —
also known as Donna E. Shalala —
of Coral Gables, Miami-Dade
County, Fla.
Born in Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio, February
14, 1941.
Democrat. Served
in the Peace Corps; university
professor; president, Hunter College, City University of
New York, 1980-88; chancellor, University of Wisconsin,
1988-92; U.S.
Secretary of Health and Human Services, 1993-2001;
president, University of Miami, 2001-15; U.S.
Representative from Florida 27th District, 2019-.
Female.
Lebanese
ancestry. Member, Council on
Foreign Relations; Trilateral
Commission; American
Federation of Teachers.
Inducted, National
Women's Hall of Fame, 2011.
Still living as of 2019.
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Oliver Morris Spencer (1829-1895) —
also known as Oliver M. Spencer —
of Iowa City, Johnson
County, Iowa.
Born in Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio, 1829.
University
professor; president, University of Iowa, 1862-67; U.S.
Consul in Genoa, 1867-78; U.S. Consul General in Melbourne, 1879-84.
Died in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia,
July
27, 1895 (age about 66
years).
Interment at St. Kilda Cemetery, Port Phillip, Victoria, Australia.
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Robert Closson Spencer (b. 1829) —
of Milwaukee, Milwaukee
County, Wis.
Born in East Ashtabula, Ashtabula
County, Ohio, June 22,
1829.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War;
president, Spencerian Business College; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Wisconsin 4th District, 1890.
Member, Grand
Army of the Republic.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Platt R. Spencer. |
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William Edwards Stevenson (1900-1985) —
also known as William E. Stevenson —
of Stamford, Fairfield
County, Conn.; Oberlin, Lorain
County, Ohio.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., 1900.
Won Olympic
gold medal in 1600 meter relay, 1924; Rhodes
scholar; president of Oberlin College, 1946-61; U.S.
Ambassador to Philippines, 1961-64.
Died in 1985
(age about
85 years).
Burial location unknown.
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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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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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