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Chemical Industry Politicians in Pennsylvania

Laurence Powers Bonfoey (1884-1948) — also known as Laurence P. Bonfoey — of Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pa.; Quincy, Adams County, Ill.; Miami Beach, Dade County (now Miami-Dade County), Fla. Born in Unionville, Putnam County, Mo., June 29, 1884. Democrat. Insurance business; vice-president, Monroe Drug Company; president, Monroe Color and Chemical Company; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Illinois, 1932 (alternate), 1936, 1944; delegate to Illinois convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933; chairman, Illinois Aeronautics Commission, 1933-37. Died in Miami Beach, Dade County (now Miami-Dade County), Fla., July 12, 1948 (age 64 years, 13 days). Burial location unknown.   Relatives: Son of Beverly Holcumb Bonfoey and Anna May (Webb) Bonfoey; married, June 17, 1908, to Octavia Rebecca Monroe.   John Elmore Browne (1905-1985) — also known as Jack Browne — of Corrales, Sandoval County, N.M. Born in Gibsonton, Westmoreland County, Pa., September 3, 1905. School teacher; chemist; Corrales municipal judge, 1971-76. Baptist. Member, Freemasons; Scottish Rite Masons; Shriners. Died in Corrales, Sandoval County, N.M., July 17, 1985 (age 79 years, 317 days). Cremated; ashes scattered.   Relatives: Son of William Fred Brown and Carmie (Forsythe) Brown; married, November 29, 1935, to Katherine Pearl Umbel.   Montgomery F. Crowe (b. 1890) — of Stroudsburg, Monroe County, Pa. Born in Piermont, Rockland County, N.Y., November 9, 1890. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; insurance business; member of Pennsylvania state senate 14th District, 1939-54; director, General Hospital of Monroe County; director, Stroudsburg Security Trust Company; president, Monroe County Industries; treasurer, Pocono Lodges Hotel Company director, Van Karner Chemical Arms Corporation; delegate to Republican National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1956 (alternate), 1960. Burial location unknown.   Relatives: Son of Charles H. Crowe and Jessie M. (Durkee) Crowe; married to Frances K. Wirth.   Archibald Edmund Gray (b. 1900) — also known as Archibald E. Gray — of Bethlehem, Northampton County, Pa. Born in Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio, November 16, 1900. Chemist; college instructor; U.S. Vice Consul in Callao-Lima, 1929-31; Bordeaux, 1931-33; U.S. Consul in Helsingfors, as of 1938; Halifax, as of 1949. Burial location unknown.   Robert W. Hilton (b. 1868) — of Smethport, McKean County, Pa. Born in Hornellsville (now Hornell), Steuben County, N.Y., January 26, 1868. Democrat. Organizer and executive for several chemical companies; member of Pennsylvania state house of representatives from McKean County, 1909; member of Pennsylvania state senate 25th District, 1913-16. Burial location unknown.   Rufus King Polk (1866-1902) — also known as Rufus K. Polk — of Danville, Montour County, Pa. Born in Columbia, Maury County, Tenn., August 23, 1866. Democrat. Chemist; iron manufacturer; served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania 17th District, 1899-1902; died in office 1902; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1900. Died in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pa., March 5, 1902 (age 35 years, 194 days). Interment at Fairview Cemetery, Danville, Pa.   Presumably named for: Rufus King   Relatives: Son of Lucius E. Polk and Sally Moore (Polk) Polk; third great-grandson of Philemon Hawkins; first cousin twice removed of William Dallas Polk Haywood; second cousin of Frank Lyon Polk; second cousin once removed of Elizabeth Polk Guest; second cousin twice removed of James Knox Polk, William Hawkins Polk and Raymond R. Guest; third cousin of Paul Fletcher Faison; third cousin once removed of Marshall Tate Polk, Tasker Polk, Richard Tyler Polk and Edwin Fitzhugh Polk; third cousin thrice removed of Charles Polk; fourth cousin once removed of Augustus Caesar Dodge.   Political families: Ashe-Polk family of North Carolina; Polk family; Manly-Haywood-Polk family of Raleigh, North Carolina (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Find-A-Grave memorial   Paul W. O. Preisler (1902-1971) — of Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pa.; St. Louis, Mo. Born in Missouri, May 31, 1902. Socialist. Chemist; college instructor; candidate for U.S. Representative from Missouri 11th District, 1934, 1936, 1938; served in the U.S. Army during World War II. Died November 20, 1971 (age 69 years, 173 days). Cremated; ashes interred at Hillcrest Abbey, St. Louis, Mo.   Relatives: Son of Ernst Preisler and Martha Preisler; married, August 30, 1927, to Doris Bausch.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial   Joseph E. Sinnott — also known as Joe Sinnott — of Erie, Erie County, Pa. Democrat. Chemist; lawyer; mayor of Erie, Pa., 2006-; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Pennsylvania, 2008. Still living as of 2010.   See also Wikipedia article   Robert Jarvis Cochran Walker (1838-1903) — also known as Robert J. C. Walker — of Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pa.; Williamsport, Lycoming County, Pa. Born near West Chester, Chester County, Pa., October 20, 1838. Republican. Lawyer; magazine publisher; oil producer; land, lumber, and coal mining business; U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania 16th District, 1881-83; chemist. Died in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pa., December 19, 1903 (age 65 years, 60 days). Interment at Laurel Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia, Pa.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page

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