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Charles Thomas Aikens (b. 1862) —
also known as Charles T. Aikens —
of Pine Grove, Schuylkill
County, Pa.; Selinsgrove, Snyder
County, Pa.
Born in Siglerville, Mifflin
County, Pa., December
14, 1862.
Republican. Pastor; president,
Susquehanna University, 1905-27; president, Selinsgrove Realty
Co.; vice-president and treasurer, Nittany Real
Estate Co.; director, First National Bank of
Selinsgrove; director, Sunbury and Selinsgrove Electric
Railroad; director, Nittany Light, Heat
& Power Co.; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Pennsylvania, 1916;
candidate for Presidential Elector for Pennsylvania.
Lutheran.
Member, Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons; Phi
Delta Theta.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Andrew Jackson Aikens and Lucinda (Hassenpflug) Aikens; married,
November
26, 1889, to Athalia Clara Gitt; married, February
3, 1915, to Carrie (Specht) Smith. |
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Robert Rolland Armstrong (1910-1995) —
also known as R. Rolland Armstrong —
of Fairbanks, Fairbanks
North Star Borough, Alaska; Anchorage,
Alaska; Juneau,
Alaska; Sitka,
Alaska; Roswell, Chaves
County, N.M.
Born in Grapeville, Westmoreland
County, Pa., October
21, 1910.
Ordained minister; delegate
to Alaska state constitutional convention, 1955-56.
Presbyterian.
Member, Rotary.
Died December
16, 1995 (age 85 years, 56
days).
Interment at South
Park Cemetery, Roswell, N.M.
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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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John Stothoff Badeau (1903-1995) —
also known as John S. Badeau —
of Jamesburg, Middlesex
County, N.J.
Born in Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa., February
24, 1903.
Minister; missionary; university
professor; president,
American University in Cairo, 1945-53; U.S. Ambassador to United Arab Republic, 1961-64.
Christian
Reformed; later Presbyterian.
Member, Sigma
Xi; Tau
Kappa Alpha.
Died, from sepsis,
in Jamesburg, Middlesex
County, N.J., August
25, 1995 (age 92 years, 182
days).
Interment at Fernwood Cemetery, Jamesburg, N.J.
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David Bard (1744-1815) —
of Frankstown, Blair
County, Pa.
Born in Adams
County, Pa., 1744.
Presbyterian minister; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania, 1795-99, 1803-15 (10th District
1795-99, 4th District 1803-05, 5th District 1805-07, 4th District
1807-13, 9th District 1813-15); died in office 1815.
Presbyterian.
Died in Alexandria, Huntingdon
County, Pa., March
12, 1815 (age about 70
years).
Interment at Sinking
Valley Cemetery, Arch Spring, Pa.
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Albert Barnes (1798-1870) —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in Rome, Oneida
County, N.Y., December
1, 1798.
Republican. Minister; offered prayer, Republican National Convention,
1856.
Presbyterian.
Died in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., December
24, 1870 (age 72 years, 23
days).
Interment at Laurel
Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia, Pa.
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Samuel Zane Batten (1859-1925) —
also known as Samuel Z. Batten —
of Tioga, Tioga
County, Pa.; New York, New York
County, N.Y.; Morristown, Morris
County, N.J.; Lincoln, Lancaster
County, Neb.; Lansdowne, Delaware
County, Pa.
Born in Swedesboro, Gloucester
County, N.J., August
10, 1859.
Minister; Prohibition candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York 14th District, 1894.
Baptist.
Member, Anti-Saloon
League.
Died June 26,
1925 (age 65 years, 320
days).
Burial location unknown.
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James Berg (c.1876-1944) —
of Mt. Vernon, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born in Reading, Berks
County, Pa., about 1876.
Republican. Minister; mayor
of Mt. Vernon, N.Y., 1928-31; defeated, 1913; resigned 1931;
executive secretary, Westchester Sanitary Commission, 1931-39.
Lutheran.
Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; Elks; Order
of United American Mechanics; Patriotic
Order Sons of America.
Died, from a heart
attack, during services at the Church
of the Good Shepherd, Mt. Vernon, Westchester
County, N.Y., March
19, 1944 (age about 68
years).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1904 to
Adeline Brommer. |
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Anthony Joseph Bevilacqua (1923-2012) —
also known as Anthony Bevilacqua —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.; Wynnewood, Montgomery
County, Pa.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., June 17,
1923.
Republican. Catholic priest; bishop of Pittsburgh, 1983-88;
archbishop of Philadelphia, 1988-2003; cardinal from 1991; offered prayer, Republican National Convention,
2000 ; accused
in 2003-04 of protecting
priests who were suspected of sexually
abusing children; later, it was found
that he had ordered a subordinate to destroy
a list of 35 abusive priests, and that he had punished
a priest who had raised concerns about possible abuse.
Catholic.
Italian
ancestry.
Died in Wynnewood, Montgomery
County, Pa., January
31, 2012 (age 88 years, 228
days).
Entombed at Cathedral
Basilica of Sts. Peter and Paul, Philadelphia, Pa.
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James Gray Bolton (1847-1931) —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in Ireland,
March
17, 1847.
Republican. Minister; offered prayer, Republican National Convention,
1900 ; moderator of the Pennsylvania Synod of Presbyterians, 1910.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., February
22, 1931 (age 83 years, 342
days).
Interment at West
Laurel Hill Cemetery, Bala Cynwyd, Pa.
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Charles M. Boswell (1860-1934) —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in Toms River, Ocean
County, N.J., December
28, 1860.
Republican. Minister; offered prayer, Republican National Convention,
1900 ; corresponding secretary, Methodist Board of Home Missions and
Church Extension, 1906-17; corresponding secretary, Methodist
Episcopal Hospital,
1917-34; president, Ocean Grove Campmeeting Association, 1925-34.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons.
Died, from pneumonia,
in Methodist Episcopal Hospital,
Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., December
20, 1934 (age 73 years, 357
days).
Interment at Westminster
Cemetery, Bala Cynwyd, Pa.
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John Brodhead (1770-1838) —
of Newmarket, Rockingham
County, N.H.
Born in Smithfield Township, Monroe
County, Pa., October
5, 1770.
Democrat. Minister; member of New
Hampshire state senate 2nd District, 1817-21, 1825-27; U.S.
Representative from New Hampshire at-large, 1829-33.
Methodist.
Died in Newfields, Rockingham
County, N.H., April 7,
1838 (age 67 years, 184
days).
Interment at Locust
Grove Cemetery, Newfields, N.H.
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Tony Campolo (b. 1935) —
of St. Davids, Delaware
County, Pa.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., February
25, 1935.
Democrat. Minister; university
professor; member, Platform Committee, Democratic National
Convention, 2008.
Baptist.
Still living as of 2018.
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Coleman Francis Carroll (1905-1977) —
also known as Coleman F. Carroll —
of Miami, Dade County (now Miami-Dade
County), Fla.
Born in Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa., February
9, 1905.
Republican. Catholic priest; bishop of Miami, 1958-68;
archbishop, 1968-77; offered prayer, Republican National Convention,
1968.
Catholic.
Irish
ancestry.
Died in Miami Beach, Dade County (now Miami-Dade
County), Fla., July 26,
1977 (age 72 years, 167
days).
Interment at Our Lady of Mercy Cemetery, Miami, Fla.
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Henry Stephen Clubb (1827-1921) —
also known as Henry S. Clubb —
of Grand Haven, Ottawa
County, Mich.; Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in Colchester, Essex, England,
June
21, 1827.
Abolitionist; newspaper
publisher; founder and first president, Vegetarian Society of
America; served in the Union Army during the Civil War; member of Michigan
state senate 29th District, 1873-74; pastor.
Swedenborgian.
Died, from chronic
gastritis and senile
debility, in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., October
29, 1921 (age 94 years, 130
days).
Interment at Oakwood
Cemetery, Sharon, Pa.
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Fred Pierce Corson (1896-1985) —
also known as Fred P. Corson —
of Jackson Heights, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y.; New Haven, New Haven
County, Conn.; Port Washington, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y.; Carlisle, Cumberland
County, Pa.; Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.; Cornwall, Lebanon
County, Pa.
Born in Millville, Cumberland
County, N.J., April
11, 1896.
Methodist minister; president,
Dickinson College, 1934-44; Methodist Bishop of Philadelphia,
1944-68; offered prayer, Republican National Convention, 1948,
1952;
offered prayer, Democratic National Convention,
1948.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Union
League; Rotary;
Kappa
Sigma; Omicron
Delta Kappa; Tau
Kappa Alpha; Phi
Beta Kappa.
Died, from a cerebral
hemorrhage after a fall, in
St. Petersburg, Pinellas
County, Fla., February
16, 1985 (age 88 years, 311
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Jeremiah Corson and Mary (Payne) Corson; married 1922 to
Frances Blount Beaman. |
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Edward P. Crane —
of Pennsylvania; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Minister; U.S. Consul in Stuttgart, 1887-90; Hanover, 1893-98.
Presbyterian.
Burial location unknown.
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Henry William Diederich (1845-1926) —
also known as Henry W. Diederich —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.; Fort Wayne, Allen
County, Ind.
Born in Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa., November
13, 1845.
Republican. Pastor; college
professor; U.S. Consul in Leipzig, 1889-93; Magdeburg, 1897-99; Bremen, 1899-1906; Sarnia, 1919-24; U.S. Consul General in Antwerp, 1906-17.
Lutheran.
Died in Wauwatosa, Milwaukee
County, Wis., February
8, 1926 (age 80 years, 87
days).
Interment at Lincoln
Memorial Cemetery, Milwaukee, Wis.
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Dennis Joseph Dougherty (1865-1951) —
also known as Dennis Dougherty; "The Great
Builder" —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in Ashland, Schuylkill
County, Pa., August
16, 1865.
Catholic priest; bishop of Buffalo, N.Y., 1916-18; archbishop
of Philadelphia, Pa., 1918-51; cardinal, 1921-51; offered prayer,
Republican National Convention, 1940,
1948;
offered prayer, Democratic National Convention,
1948.
Catholic.
Irish
ancestry.
Died, from a stroke,
in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., May 31,
1951 (age 85 years, 288
days).
Entombed at Cathedral
Basilica of Sts. Peter and Paul, Philadelphia, Pa.
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Charles Calvert Ellis (1874-1950) —
also known as Charles C. Ellis —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.; Huntingdon, Huntingdon
County, Pa.
Born in Washington,
D.C., July 21,
1874.
School
teacher; pastor; college
professor; president,
Juniata College, 1930-43; Dry candidate for delegate
to Pennsylvania convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933.
Brethren.
Died, in Presbyterian Hospital,
Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., June 27,
1950 (age 75 years, 341
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Henry Jennings Ellis and Kate Calvert (Kane) Ellis; married, December
25, 1902, to Emma Susan Nice. |
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Jonathan Clarkson Gibbs (1821-1874) —
also known as Jonathan C. Gibbs —
of Tallahassee, Leon
County, Fla.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., September
28, 1821.
Minister; delegate
to Florida state constitutional convention, 1868; secretary
of state of Florida, 1868-73; Florida
superintendent of public instruction, 1873-74.
Presbyterian.
African
ancestry.
Died in Tallahassee, Leon
County, Fla., August
14, 1874 (age 52 years, 320
days).
Burial location unknown.
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George Gilmour (1872-1948) —
of Dallas, Dallas
County, Tex.; Denver,
Colo.; St. Petersburg, Pinellas
County, Fla.
Born in Pennsylvania, 1872.
Democrat. Minister, First Unitarian Church of Dallas, Tex.,
1908-21; First Unitarian Church of Denver, Colo., 1921-32; United
Liberal Church (Unitarian-Universalist) of St. Petersburg, Fla.,
1932-48; speaker, Democratic National Convention, 1928.
Unitarian.
Scottish
ancestry. Member, Optimist
Club.
He and his wife were killed when their car
was hit
by a train, the southbound Silver Meteor of the Seaboard Air Line
Railroad, at a grade crossing near Frostproof, Polk
County, Fla., March
12, 1948 (age about 75
years).
Interment at Oakwood
Cemetery, Fort Worth, Tex.
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John J. Girimondi —
of Hazleton, Luzerne
County, Pa.; Shakopee, Scott
County, Minn.; San
Francisco, Calif.
Catholic priest; naturalized U.S. citizen; concealed his
clerical background from Congressmen who recommended him for a
consular appointment; U.S. Consul in Santos, 1900-01; removed
as consul for neglect
of duty and possible embezzlement;
went to Italy and misrepresented
himself as U.S. Consul to Persia; arrested
by Italian authorities on charges
of betraying
a young woman, and imprisoned
there.
Catholic.
Italian
ancestry.
Burial location unknown.
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Samuel Levis Gracey (1835-1911) —
also known as Samuel L. Gracey —
of Smyrna, Kent
County, Del.; Pawtucket, Providence
County, R.I.; Chelsea, Suffolk
County, Mass.; Cambridge, Middlesex
County, Mass.; Natick, Middlesex
County, Mass.; Lynn, Essex
County, Mass.; Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., September
8, 1835.
Methodist minister; served in the Union Army during the Civil
War; U.S. Consul in Foochow, 1890-93, 1897-1911, died in office 1911.
Methodist.
Member, Grand
Army of the Republic.
Died by suicide,
when he cut his
throat with a razor, in the West Newton Sanitarium,
West Newton, Newton, Middlesex
County, Mass., August
19, 1911 (age 75 years, 345
days).
Interment at Mt.
Moriah Cemetery, West Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pa.
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William Herbert Gray III (1941-2013) —
also known as William H. Gray III; Bill
Gray —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in Baton Rouge, East Baton
Rouge Parish, La., August
20, 1941.
Democrat. Baptist minister; college
professor; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 2nd District, 1979-91; resigned
1991; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Pennsylvania,
1984;
president and CEO, United Negro College Fund, 1991-2004.
Baptist.
African
ancestry. Member, Elks; Freemasons;
Trilateral
Commission; Alpha
Phi Alpha.
Died in London, England,
July
1, 2013 (age 71 years, 315
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Adolph Guttmacher (1861-1915) —
also known as Adolf Guttmacher —
of Fort Wayne, Allen
County, Ind.; Baltimore,
Md.
Born in Jaraczewo, Silesia (now Poland),
January
7, 1861.
Democrat. Rabbi; offered prayer, Democratic National Convention,
1912.
Jewish.
Died, from a heart
attack, aboard the
train Pennsylvania Limited, en route from Baltimore to
Chicago, near Huntingdon, Huntingdon
County, Pa., January
17, 1915 (age 54 years, 10
days).
Interment at Baltimore
Hebrew Cemetery, Baltimore, Md.
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Andrew Hoerner Harnly (b. 1864) —
also known as Andrew H. Harnly —
of Saginaw, Saginaw
County, Mich.
Born in Manheim, Lancaster
County, Pa., February
13, 1864.
Republican. Pastor; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Saginaw County 1st District,
1927-32; defeated, 1932.
Baptist.
Member, Anti-Saloon
League.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Henry H. Harnly and Elizabeth (Hoerner) Harnly; married, December
26, 1889, to Hattie I. Henry; married, May 7,
1910, to Lulu Lorena Torrence. |
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William Henry Harrison Heard (1850-1937) —
also known as William H. Heard —
of Abbeville
County, S.C.; Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in 1850.
U.S. Minister to Liberia, 1895-98; U.S. Consul General in Monrovia, as of 1895-98; bishop.
African
Methodist Episcopal. African
ancestry.
Died in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., 1937
(age about
87 years).
Burial location unknown.
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James W. Hood (b. 1831) —
Born in Kennett Township, Chester
County, Pa., May 30,
1831.
Republican. Minister; bishop; delegate
to North Carolina state constitutional convention, 1867; delegate
to Republican National Convention from North Carolina, 1872.
African
Methodist Episcopal. Member, Freemasons;
Order of the
Eastern Star; Good
Templars.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to Hannah L. Ralph and Sophia J. Nugent; married 1877 to Mrs.
K. P. McKoy. |
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William Henry Hornblower (1820-1883) —
Born in Belleville, Essex
County, N.J., March
21, 1820.
Republican. Minister; candidate for Presidential Elector for
New Jersey.
Presbyterian.
Died in Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa., July 16,
1883 (age 63 years, 117
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Robert A. Hutchinson —
of Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa.
Minister; Dry candidate for delegate
to Pennsylvania convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933.
Member, Anti-Saloon
League.
Burial location unknown.
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John R. King (b. 1866) —
Born in Fayette
County, Pa., January
18, 1866.
School
teacher; minister; missionary; U.S. Vice Consul in
Sierra Leone, 1906-09; U.S. Vice & Deputy Consul in Sierra Leone, 1910-11.
Burial location unknown.
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William Kinney (1781-1843) —
of St.
Clair County, Ill.
Born in Washington
County, Pa., 1781.
Baptist minister; merchant;
Lieutenant
Governor of Illinois, 1826-30; candidate for Governor of
Illinois, 1830, 1834.
Baptist.
Died near Belleville, St. Clair
County, Ill., October
1, 1843 (age about 62
years).
Interment a
private or family graveyard, St. Clair County, Ill.
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Thaddeus Kirkland (b. 1955) —
of Chester, Delaware
County, Pa.
Born in Chester, Delaware
County, Pa., January
12, 1955.
Democrat. Pastor; member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives 159th District, 1993-2016;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Pennsylvania, 2008;
mayor
of Chester, Pa., 2016-.
Baptist.
African
ancestry.
Still living as of 2020.
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Max D. Klein —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Democrat. Rabbi; offered prayer, Democratic National Convention,
1948.
Jewish.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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E. Felix Kloman —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Democrat. Episcopal priest; offered prayer, Democratic National Convention,
1948.
Episcopalian.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Edward Gardiner Latch (1901-1993) —
also known as Edward G. Latch —
of Washington,
D.C.; Gaithersburg, Montgomery
County, Md.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., January
14, 1901.
Minister; offered prayer, Republican National Convention,
1960 ; chaplain of the U.S. House of Representatives, 1966-78.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Rotary.
In 1971, he officiated at the marriage of President Richard
Nixon's daughter Patricia, to Edward Cox, in the White House.
Died in Gaithersburg, Montgomery
County, Md., April 9,
1993 (age 92 years, 85
days).
Interment at Flint Hill Cemetery, Oakton, Va.
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Edgar M. Levy (1822-1906) —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in St. Marys, Camden
County, Ga., November
23, 1822.
Republican. Minister; offered prayer, Republican National
Convention, 1856,
1900.
Baptist.
Died in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., October
29, 1906 (age 83 years, 340
days).
Burial location unknown.
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John D. Lindsay —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Democrat. Minister; offered prayer, Democratic National Convention,
1948.
Presbyterian.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Albert Joseph McCartney (1878-1965) —
of Sharon, Mercer
County, Pa.; Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.; Santa Monica, Los
Angeles County, Calif.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Logan
County, Ohio, July 3,
1878.
Republican. Minister; pastor, Covenant-First Presbyterian
Church (later National Presbyterian Church), 1930-50; offered prayer,
Republican National Convention, 1936,
1940;
commander, U.S. Navy Chaplain Corps, during World War II.
Presbyterian.
Scottish
ancestry.
Died, in George Washington University Hospital,
Washington,
D.C., August
20, 1965 (age 87 years, 48
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Joseph Carroll McCormick (1907-1996) —
also known as J. Carroll McCormick —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.; Scranton, Lackawanna
County, Pa.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., February
15, 1907.
Republican. Catholic priest; chancellor, Archidiocese of
Philadelphia, 1936-44; bishop of Altoona-Johnstown, Pa., 1960-66;
bishop of Scranton, Pa., 1966-83; offered prayer, Republican National Convention,
1940.
Catholic.
Died in Scranton, Lackawanna
County, Pa., November
2, 1996 (age 89 years, 261
days).
Interment at Cathedral
Cemetery, Scranton, Pa.
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Thomas R. McDowell (b. 1855) —
of Chester
County, Pa.
Born in New London, Chester
County, Pa., October
22, 1855.
Ordained minister; member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives from Chester County, 1909.
Burial location unknown.
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Richard T. McSorley (1914-2002) —
of Washington,
D.C.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., October
2, 1914.
Democrat. Jesuit priest; university
professor; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention
from District of Columbia, 1968.
Died in Washington,
D.C., October
17, 2002 (age 88 years, 15
days).
Interment at Georgetown University Jesuit Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Anthony Morris (1654-1721) —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in Stepney, London, England,
August
23, 1654.
Brewer;
preacher; mayor
of Philadelphia, Pa., 1703-04.
Quaker.
English
ancestry.
Died in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., October
24, 1721 (age 67 years, 62
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Frederick Augustus Conrad Muhlenberg (1750-1801) —
of Pennsylvania.
Born in Trappe, Montgomery
County, Pa., January
1, 1750.
Pastor; Delegate
to Continental Congress from Pennsylvania, 1779-80; member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 1780-83; Speaker of
the Pennsylvania State House of Representatives, 1780-83; delegate
to Pennsylvania convention to ratify U.S. constitution, 1787; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania, 1789-97 (at-large 1789-93, 3rd
District 1793-95, 4th District 1795-97); Speaker of
the U.S. House, 1789-91, 1793-95; Federalist candidate for Governor of
Pennsylvania, 1793, 1796.
Lutheran.
German
ancestry.
Died in Lancaster, Lancaster
County, Pa., June 4,
1801 (age 51 years, 154
days).
Interment at Woodward
Hill Cemetery, Lancaster, Pa.
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Henry Augustus Philip Muhlenberg (1782-1844) —
also known as Henry A. Muhlenberg —
of Reading, Berks
County, Pa.
Born in Lancaster, Lancaster
County, Pa., May 13,
1782.
Pastor; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania, 1829-38 (7th District 1829-33,
9th District 1833-38); chief
burgess of Reading, Pennsylvania, 1831-32; candidate for Governor of
Pennsylvania, 1835; U.S. Minister to Austria, 1838-40.
Lutheran.
German
ancestry.
Died in Reading, Berks
County, Pa., August
11, 1844 (age 62 years, 90
days).
Interment at Charles
Evans Cemetery, Reading, Pa.
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John Peter Gabriel Muhlenberg (1746-1807) —
of Virginia; Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in Trappe, Montgomery
County, Pa., October
12, 1746.
Democrat. Pastor; member of Virginia
House of Burgesses, 1774; general in the Continental Army during
the Revolutionary War; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania, 1789-91, 1793-95, 1799-1801
(at-large 1789-91, 1st District 1793-95, 1799-1801); delegate
to Pennsylvania state constitutional convention, 1790; candidate
for Presidential Elector for Pennsylvania; U.S.
Senator from Pennsylvania, 1801; resigned 1801; U.S. Collector of
Customs, 1802-07.
Lutheran;
later Episcopalian.
German
ancestry. Member, Freemasons.
Slaveowner.
Died in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., October
1, 1807 (age 60 years, 354
days).
Interment at Augustus
Lutheran Church Cemetery, Trappe, Pa.
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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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John Gardner Murray (1857-1929) —
of Birmingham, Jefferson
County, Ala.; Baltimore,
Md.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Lonaconing, Allegany
County, Md., August
31, 1857.
Democrat. Episcopal priest; Bishop of Maryland, 1911-29;
Presiding Bishop of the United States, 1926-29; offered prayer, Democratic National Convention,
1912.
Methodist;
later Episcopalian.
Scottish
ancestry.
Died, of a stroke,
during a session
of the House of Bishops, in St. James Church,
Atlantic City, Atlantic
County, N.J., October
3, 1929 (age 72 years, 33
days).
Interment at Druid
Ridge Cemetery, Pikesville, Md.
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Relatives: Son
of James Murray and Ann (Kirkwood) Murray; married, October
13, 1881, to Harriet May 'Hattie' Sprague; married, December
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Charles Pinckney Holbrook Nason (1842-1937) —
also known as Charles P. H. Nason —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in Newburyport, Essex
County, Mass., September
7, 1842.
Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; clergyman; writer; lecturer;
U.S. Consul in Grenoble, 1901-11.
Presbyterian
or Congregationalist.
Died in 1937
(age about
94 years).
Interment at West
Laurel Hill Cemetery, Bala Cynwyd, Pa.
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Dutton S. Peterson (b. 1894) —
of Enfield Center, Tompkins
County, N.Y.; near Odessa, Schuyler
County, N.Y.
Born in Costello, Potter
County, Pa., December
10, 1894.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War I;
Methodist minister; Dry candidate for delegate
to New York convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933; member of
New
York state assembly from Schuyler County, 1937-42; member of New York
state senate, 1953-64 (46th District 1953-54, 50th District
1955-64).
Methodist.
Norwegian
ancestry. Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; Delta
Sigma Rho; American
Legion; Disabled
American Veterans; Marine
Corps League; Sons of
the American Revolution; Grange;
Rotary;
Freemasons.
Burial location unknown.
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Charles Ithamar Quigley (1878-1973) —
also known as Ithamar Quigley —
of Jersey City, Hudson
County, N.J.; Elizabeth, Union
County, N.J.
Born in Pennsylvania, May 2,
1878.
Pastor; candidate for Presidential Elector for New Jersey;
Prohibition candidate for U.S.
Representative from New Jersey 6th District, 1952, 1956.
Pentecostal.
Died in September, 1973
(age 95
years, 0 days).
Interment at Zion Lutheran Church Cemetery, Saddle River, N.J.
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George Edward Reed (1846-1930) —
also known as "The Grand Old Man" —
of Willimantic, Windham
County, Conn.; Fall River, Bristol
County, Mass.; Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.; New Haven, New Haven
County, Conn.; Carlisle, Cumberland
County, Pa.; Harrisburg, Dauphin
County, Pa.
Born in Brownville, Piscataquis
County, Maine, March
28, 1846.
Republican. Minister; president,
Dickinson College, Carlisle, Pa., 1889-1911; alternate delegate to
Republican National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1900.
Methodist.
English
ancestry.
Died, in Polyclinic Hospital,
Harrisburg, Dauphin
County, Pa., February
7, 1930 (age 83 years, 316
days).
Interment at Old
Carlisle Cemetery, Carlisle, Pa.
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Anson Rood —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Republican. Minister; offered prayer, Republican National Convention,
1856.
Burial location unknown.
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Patrick John Ryan (1831-1911) —
also known as P. J. Ryan —
of St.
Louis, Mo.; Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in Thurles, County Tipperary, Ireland,
February
20, 1831.
Republican. Catholic priest; archbishop of Philadelphia,
1884-1911; offered prayer, Republican National Convention,
1900.
Died in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., February
11, 1911 (age 79 years, 356
days).
Entombed at Cathedral
Basilica of Sts. Peter and Paul, Philadelphia, Pa.
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Marshall L. Shapard —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Democrat. Baptist minister; offered prayer, Democratic National Convention,
1948.
Baptist.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Joseph Ross Stevenson (1866-1939) —
also known as J. Ross Stevenson —
of Sedalia, Pettis
County, Mo.; Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.; New York City (unknown
county), N.Y.; Baltimore,
Md.; Princeton, Mercer
County, N.J.
Born in Ligonier, Westmoreland
County, Pa., March 1,
1866.
Democrat. Pastor; college
professor; offered prayer, Democratic National Convention,
1912 ; president,
Princeton Theological Seminary, 1914-36.
Presbyterian.
Died in Princeton, Mercer
County, N.J., August
13, 1939 (age 73 years, 165
days).
Interment at Princeton
Cemetery, Princeton, N.J.
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Silas Comfort Swallow (1839-1930) —
also known as Silas C. Swallow —
of Harrisburg, Dauphin
County, Pa.
Born in Plains, Luzerne
County, Pa., March 5,
1839.
Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; Methodist
minister; candidate for Presidential Elector for Pennsylvania;
Prohibition candidate for Pennsylvania
state treasurer, 1897; Prohibition candidate for Governor of
Pennsylvania, 1898, 1902; Prohibition candidate for President
of the United States, 1904.
Methodist.
Member, Grand
Army of the Republic.
Died in Harrisburg, Dauphin
County, Pa., August
13, 1930 (age 91 years, 161
days).
Interment at Paxtang
Cemetery, Paxtang, Pa.
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Francis Marion Taitt (1862-1943) —
also known as Francis M. Taitt —
of Chester, Delaware
County, Pa.
Born in Burlington, Burlington
County, N.J., January
3, 1862.
Republican. Episcopal priest; bishop of the Episcopal Diocese
of Pennsylvania, 1931-43; offered prayer, Republican National Convention,
1940.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons.
Died, from pneumonia,
in Crozer Hospital,
Upland, Delaware
County, Pa., July 17,
1943 (age 81 years, 195
days).
Entombed at St. Mary's Episcopal Church, Roxborough, Philadelphia, Pa.
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Henry Willson Temple (1864-1955) —
also known as Henry W. Temple —
of Washington, Washington
County, Pa.
Born in Belle Center, Logan
County, Ohio, March
31, 1864.
Republican. Pastor; college
professor; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania, 1913-15, 1915-33 (24th District
1913-15, 1915-23, 25th District 1923-33).
Presbyterian.
Member, American
Historical Association; American
Academy of Political and Social Science; American
Society for International Law.
Died in Washington, Washington
County, Pa., January
11, 1955 (age 90 years, 286
days).
Interment at Washington
Cemetery, Washington, Pa.
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John B. William —
of Harrisburg, Dauphin
County, Pa.
Republican. Minister; offered prayer, Republican National Convention,
1956.
Baptist.
Presumed deceased.
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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Hugh Williamson (1735-1819) —
of Edenton, Chowan
County, N.C.
Born in West Nottingham, Chester
County, Pa., December
5, 1735.
Preacher; university
professor; physician;
member of North Carolina state legislature, 1782; Delegate
to Continental Congress from North Carolina, 1782; member,
U.S. Constitutional Convention, 1787; delegate
to North Carolina convention to ratify U.S. constitution, 1788;
U.S.
Representative from North Carolina at-large, 1789-93.
Presbyterian.
Died in New York, New York
County, N.Y., May 22,
1819 (age 83 years, 168
days).
Entombed at Trinity
Churchyard, Manhattan, N.Y.
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Samuel Howard Woodson Jr. (1916-1999) —
also known as S. Howard Woodson, Jr. —
of Trenton, Mercer
County, N.J.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., May 8,
1916.
Democrat. Pastor; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from New Jersey, 1964;
member of New
Jersey state house of assembly, 1964-76 (Mercer County 1964-67,
District 6-B 1968-73, 13th District 1974-76); resigned 1976.
Baptist.
African
ancestry.
Died in Trenton, Mercer
County, N.J., July 28,
1999 (age 83 years, 81
days).
Interment at Ewing
Cemetery, Ewing, N.J.
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