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Jerome T. Ailman (b. 1849) —
of near Thompsontown, Juniata
County, Pa.
Born in Juniata
County, Pa., October
5, 1849.
School
teacher; merchant;
farmer;
People's candidate for Governor of
Pennsylvania, 1894; Democratic candidate for U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania at-large, 1896; member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives from Juniata County, 1907-10.
Member, Grange.
Burial location unknown.
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Stephen Bolles (1866-1941) —
of Toledo, Lucas
County, Ohio; Erie, Erie
County, Pa.; Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y.; Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y.; Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga.; Janesville, Rock
County, Wis.
Born in Springboro, Crawford
County, Pa., June 25,
1866.
Republican. Newspaper
reporter; newspaper
editor and publisher; alternate delegate to Republican National
Convention from Wisconsin, 1928;
member of Wisconsin
Republican State Central Committee, 1936; U.S.
Representative from Wisconsin 1st District, 1939-41; died in
office 1941.
Congregationalist.
Member, Sigma
Delta Chi; Kiwanis;
Grange.
Died in Washington,
D.C., July 8,
1941 (age 75 years, 13
days).
Interment at Oak
Hill Cemetery, Janesville, Wis.
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George Cadwalader Corson (b. 1889) —
also known as George C. Corson —
of Norristown, Montgomery
County, Pa.
Born in Plymouth Meeting, Montgomery
County, Pa., September
9, 1889.
Republican. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War I; chair of
Montgomery County Republican Party, 1927; common pleas court
judge in Pennsylvania 38th District, 1929.
Member, Grange; Delta
Theta Phi; Phi
Delta Theta.
Burial location unknown.
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Paul Bartram Dague (1898-1974) —
also known as Paul B. Dague —
of Downingtown, Chester
County, Pa.
Born in Whitford, Chester
County, Pa., May 19,
1898.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War I; Chester
County Sheriff, 1944-46; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 9th District, 1947-67.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons;
American
Legion; Grange.
Died in West Chester, Chester
County, Pa., December
2, 1974 (age 76 years, 197
days).
Interment at Northwood
Cemetery, Downingtown, Pa.
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William Tudor Gardiner (1892-1953) —
also known as William T. Gardiner —
of Gardiner, Kennebec
County, Maine.
Born in Newton, Middlesex
County, Mass., June 12,
1892.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer;
member of Maine
state house of representatives, 1921-26; Speaker of
the Maine State House of Representatives, 1925-26; Governor of
Maine, 1929-33; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Maine, 1932;
colonel in the U.S. Army during World War II; he and Gen. Maxwell
Taylor landed in Italy in 1943, before the American invasion,
traveled to Rome undetected, and held a conference with the Italian
High Command, obtaining information helpful to the Allies.
Episcopalian.
Member, American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Military
Order of the World Wars; Sons
of Union Veterans; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Elks; Odd
Fellows; Grange; American Bar
Association.
Killed when his Beechcraft Bonanza airplane exploded in
midair, and crashed
in Schnecksville, Lehigh
County, Pa., August
2, 1953 (age 61 years, 51
days).
Interment at Christ
Church Cemetery, Gardiner, Maine.
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Chester Heilman Gross (1888-1973) —
also known as Chester H. Gross —
of Manchester, York
County, Pa.
Born in East Manchester Township, York
County, Pa., October
13, 1888.
Republican. Farmer;
member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 1929-30; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania, 1939-41, 1943-49 (22nd District
1939-41, 1943-45, 21st District 1945-49); defeated, 1940 (22nd
District), 1948 (21st District).
Lutheran.
Member, Grange.
Died in York, York
County, Pa., January
9, 1973 (age 84 years, 88
days).
Interment at Manchester
Lutheran Cemetery, Manchester, Pa.
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Robert K. Hamilton (b. 1905) —
of Ambridge, Beaver
County, Pa.
Born in Roswell, Chaves
County, N.M., September
3, 1905.
Democrat. Member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives from Beaver County 1st District,
1940-.
Methodist.
Member, Elks;
Grange; Freemasons.
Burial location unknown.
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David Garfield Harry (1880-1955) —
also known as David G. Harry —
of Pylesville, Harford
County, Md.
Born in Pylesville, Harford
County, Md., June 11,
1880.
Republican. Farmer; insurance
executive; member of Maryland
state senate, 1924-47; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Maryland, 1940
(member, Credentials
Committee); candidate for U.S.
Representative from Maryland 2nd District, 1946.
Quaker.
Member, Grange; Freemasons.
Died in York
County, Pa., December
12, 1955 (age 75 years, 184
days).
Interment at Fawn Grove Friends Cemetery, Fawn Grove, Pa.
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John R. Haudenshield (b. 1888) —
of Carnegie, Allegheny
County, Pa.
Born in Scott Township, Allegheny
County, Pa., September
10, 1888.
Republican. Member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives from Allegheny County 15th
District, 1939-40, 1943-56.
Member, Sons of
the American Revolution; Grange; Kiwanis.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of John E. Haudenshield and Mary Holmes (Burk) Haudenshield; married
to Ella Mae Holliday. |
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Edward E. Jones (b. 1867) —
also known as "Good Roads Jones" —
of Harford, Susquehanna
County, Pa.
Born in Harford, Susquehanna
County, Pa., November
25, 1867.
Republican. Merchant;
dairy
business; member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives from Susquehanna County, 1907-09;
member of Pennsylvania
state senate 23rd District, 1917-24.
Congregationalist.
Member, Grange; Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows.
Burial location unknown.
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Alice K. Leopold (1906-1982) —
also known as Alice Kay Koller —
of Weston, Fairfield
County, Conn.; Alexandria,
Va.
Born in Scranton, Lackawanna
County, Pa., May 9,
1906.
Republican. Member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Weston, 1949-50; secretary
of state of Connecticut, 1951-53; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Connecticut, 1952;
member, Commission on Intergovernmental Relations, 1953-55; U.S.
Assistant Secretary of Labor, 1953-61.
Female.
Episcopalian.
Member, Daughters of the
American Revolution; Grange; League of Women
Voters.
Died, from cardiac
arrythmia and gastro-intestinal
bleeding, probably due to a gastric
ulcer, in Alexandria Hospital,
Alexandria,
Va., March
23, 1982 (age 75 years, 318
days).
Interment at Chestnut Hill Cemetery, Glen Rock, Pa.
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Relatives:
Daughter of Edmund Leonard Koller and Lenora May (Edwards) Koller;
married, May 28,
1931, to Joseph Leopold. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Image source: Connecticut Register &
Manual 1953 |
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James N. McBride (1864-1933) —
of Owosso, Shiawassee
County, Mich.; Burton, Shiawassee
County, Mich.
Born in Mercer Center (unknown
county), Pa., December
12, 1864.
Newspaper
editor; farmer;
member of Michigan Union Silver Party State Central Committee, 1899;
Progressive candidate for Lieutenant
Governor of Michigan, 1914; Republican candidate for Michigan
state house of representatives from Shiawassee County, 1932.
Methodist.
Member, Grange; Farm
Bureau.
Died in Burton, Shiawassee
County, Mich., March
10, 1933 (age 68 years, 88
days).
Interment at Oak
Grove Cemetery, Burton, Mich.
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Robert Baumle Meyner (1908-1990) —
also known as Robert B. Meyner —
of Phillipsburg, Warren
County, N.J.
Born in Easton, Northampton
County, Pa., July 3,
1908.
Democrat. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; member of New
Jersey state senate from Warren County, 1948-51; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from New Jersey, 1948
(alternate), 1952
(alternate), 1956,
1964,
1968,
1976;
Governor
of New Jersey, 1954-62; defeated, 1969; candidate for
Presidential Elector for New Jersey.
Member, American Bar
Association; Alpha
Chi Rho; Elks; Eagles;
Odd
Fellows; Moose; Rotary;
Grange.
Died May 27,
1990 (age 81 years, 328
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Phillipsburg
Cemetery, Phillipsburg, N.J.
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Donald O. Oesterling (b. 1927) —
of Butler, Butler
County, Pa.
Born in Butler
County, Pa., June 2,
1927.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; member of Pennsylvania
state senate 21st District, 1965-72; defeated, 1960.
Lutheran.
Member, Grange; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; American
Legion; Elks; Moose; Eagles;
Fraternal
Order of Police.
Still living as of 2000.
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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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Raymond Philip Shafer (1917-2006) —
also known as Raymond P. Shafer —
of Meadville, Crawford
County, Pa.
Born in New Castle, Lawrence
County, Pa., March 5,
1917.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; Crawford
County District Attorney, 1948-56; member of Pennsylvania
state senate 50th District, 1959-62; Lieutenant
Governor of Pennsylvania, 1963-67; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1964;
Governor
of Pennsylvania, 1967-71.
Member, American Bar
Association; Grange; Rotary;
American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Phi
Kappa Psi.
Died, of heart
failure, in Meadville Medical
Center, Meadville, Crawford
County, Pa., December
12, 2006 (age 89 years, 282
days).
Interment at St.
John's Cemetery, Union Township, Crawford County, Pa.
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William Cameron Sproul (1870-1928) —
also known as William C. Sproul —
of Chester, Delaware
County, Pa.
Born in Octoraro, Lancaster
County, Pa., September
16, 1870.
Republican. Farmer; manufacturer;
journalist;
member of Pennsylvania
state senate 9th District, 1897-1919; resigned 1919; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1916,
1920,
1924;
Governor
of Pennsylvania, 1919-23; candidate for Republican nomination for
President, 1920.
Quaker.
Member, American
Philosophical Society; Phi
Beta Kappa; Sigma
Xi; Phi
Kappa Psi; Grange; Freemasons;
Elks; Union
League; Patriotic
Order Sons of America.
Died March
21, 1928 (age 57 years, 187
days).
Interment at Chester
Rural Cemetery, Chester, Pa.
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Relatives: Son
of William Hall Sproul and Deborah Dickinson (Slokom) Sproul;
married, January
21, 1892, to Emeline Wallace Roach. |
| | | Sproul Hall, a residence hall at Pennsylvania
State University,
University Park, State
College, Pennsylvania, is named for
him. — The Sproul State
Forest, in Clinton
County, Pennsylvania, is named for
him. |
| | | See also National
Governors Association biography |
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James Edward Van Zandt (1898-1986) —
also known as James E. Van Zandt —
of Altoona, Blair
County, Pa.
Born in Altoona, Blair
County, Pa., December
18, 1898.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; worked in
Altoona shops of Pennsylvania Railroad;
U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania, 1939-43, 1947-63 (23rd District
1939-43, 22nd District 1947-53, 20th District 1953-63); resigned
1943; served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; speaker, Republican National Convention, 1952 ;
candidate for U.S.
Senator from Pennsylvania, 1962.
Member, American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Jesters;
Knights
of Pythias; Grange; Eagles;
Patriotic
Order Sons of America.
Died in Arlington, Arlington
County, Va., January
6, 1986 (age 87 years, 19
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Elmer H. Wene (1892-1957) —
of Vineland, Cumberland
County, N.J.
Born in Hunterdon
County, N.J., 1892.
Democrat. Poultry
farmer; radio station
president; U.S.
Representative from New Jersey 2nd District, 1937-39, 1941-45;
defeated, 1950; candidate for U.S.
Senator from New Jersey, 1944; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from New Jersey, 1944,
1948,
1952;
delegate
to New Jersey state constitutional convention from Cumberland
County, 1947; member of New
Jersey state senate from Cumberland County, 1947-49; Democratic
candidate for Governor of
New Jersey, 1949, 1953 (primary).
Methodist.
Member, Rotary;
Freemasons;
Elks; Eagles;
Moose;
Redmen;
Grange.
Died in 1957
(age about
65 years).
Interment at Locust
Grove Cemetery, Quakertown, Pa.
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