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Henry G. Hager (b. 1934) —
of Williamsport, Lycoming
County, Pa.
Born in Williamsport, Lycoming
County, Pa., April
28, 1934.
Republican. Lawyer; Lycoming
County District Attorney, 1964-68; member of Pennsylvania
state senate 23rd District, 1973-84.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Bar
Association.
Still living as of 1984.
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Relatives: Son
of Dr. Henry G. Hager and Eleanor (Watt) Hager; married to Sally Ann
Parrish. |
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Frederick Wilson Hall (1908-1984) —
of Bound Brook, Somerset
County, N.J.
Born in Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa., February
22, 1908.
Democrat. Lawyer; superior court judge in New Jersey, 1953-59;
associate
justice of New Jersey state supreme court, 1959-75.
Presbyterian.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Judicature Society; American
Law Institute; Phi
Beta Kappa; Chi Psi.
Died July 7,
1984 (age 76 years, 136
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Peter B. Hall and Rachel (Crispin) Hall; married, July 18,
1936, to Jane R. Armstrong. |
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James Knox Polk Hall (1844-1915) —
of Ridgway, Elk
County, Pa.
Born in Milesburg, Centre
County, Pa., September
30, 1844.
Democrat. Lawyer; Elk
County District Attorney, 1867-70, 1873; interests in coal
mining, lumbering,
railroads,
and banking;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1896,
1904
(member, Committee
to Notify Presidential Nominee); U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 28th District, 1899-1903; member
of Pennsylvania
state senate, 1903-14 (38th District 1903-06, 26th District
1907-14).
Died in Tampa, Hillsborough
County, Fla., January
5, 1915 (age 70 years, 97
days).
Interment at Pine
Grove Cemetery, Ridgway, Pa.
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James Reed Hallowell (1841-1898) —
also known as James R. Hallowell —
of Columbus, Cherokee
County, Kan.; Wichita, Sedgwick
County, Kan.
Born in Montgomery
County, Pa., December
27, 1841.
Republican. Colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War;
lawyer; member of Kansas
state house of representatives, 1876; member of Kansas
state senate, 1877-79; elected U.S.
Representative from Kansas at-large 1878, but never took office;
U.S.
Attorney for Kansas, 1879-85; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Kansas, 1888.
Died in Crawfordsville, Montgomery
County, Ind., June 24,
1898 (age 56 years, 179
days).
Interment at Oak
Hill Cemetery, Crawfordsville, Ind.
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Thomas Lyon Hamer (1800-1846) —
also known as Thomas L. Hamer —
of Georgetown, Brown
County, Ohio.
Born in Northumberland
County, Pa., July, 1800.
Democrat. School
teacher; lawyer; member of Ohio
state house of representatives, 1825, 1828-29; Speaker of
the Ohio State House of Representatives, 1829; candidate for
Presidential Elector for Ohio; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 5th District, 1833-39; general in the
U.S. Army during the Mexican War.
Nominated Ulysses
S. Grant to be a cadet at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point.
Died
in the military service, probably from dysentery,
at Monterrey, Nuevo
León, December
2, 1846 (age 46 years, 0
days).
Original interment somewhere
in near Monterrey, Nuevo León; reinterment at Old
Georgetown Cemetery, Georgetown, Ohio; cenotaph at Congressional
Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Charles Memorial Hamilton (1840-1875) —
of Marianna, Jackson
County, Fla.; Jacksonville, Duval
County, Fla.; Key West, Monroe
County, Fla.
Born in Pine Creek Township, Clinton
County, Pa., November
1, 1840.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War;
lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Florida, 1868-71 (at-large 1868-69, 6th
District 1869-71); postmaster at Jacksonville,
Fla., 1871-72; U.S. Collector of Customs, 1873.
Died in Pine Creek Township, Clinton
County, Pa., October
22, 1875 (age 34 years, 355
days).
Interment at Jersey
Shore Cemetery, Jersey Shore, Pa.
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John Daniel Miller Hamilton (1892-1973) —
also known as John D. M. Hamilton —
of Topeka, Shawnee
County, Kan.; Paoli, Chester
County, Pa.; Clearwater, Pinellas
County, Fla.
Born in Fort Madison, Lee
County, Iowa, March 2,
1892.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Kansas
state house of representatives, 1925-28; Speaker of
the Kansas State House of Representatives, 1927-28; Kansas
Republican state chair, 1930-32; member of Republican
National Committee from Kansas, 1932-40; Chairman
of Republican National Committee, 1936-40; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Kansas, 1936,
1940
(chair, Arrangements
Committee; speaker).
Episcopalian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Phi
Alpha Delta; Freemasons;
Elks.
Died, in Morton Plant Hospital,
Clearwater, Pinellas
County, Fla., September
24, 1973 (age 81 years, 206
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of John Daniel Miller Hamilton and Mary (Rice) Hamilton; married, December
28, 1915, to Laura Hall; married 1940 to Jane
(Kendall) Mason. |
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article |
| | | Image source: Time Magazine, September
21, 1936 |
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James Denton Hancock (b. 1837) —
also known as James D. Hancock; "Nya Gua
Hai"; "Grizzy Bear" —
of Franklin, Venango
County, Pa.
Born in Wyoming Valley, Luzerne
County, Pa., June 9,
1837.
Democrat. University
professor; lawyer; solicitor, Allegeny Valley Railroad,
1877-88; solicitor, New York and Philadelphia Railroad,
1878-88; general solicitor, Western New York and Pennsylvania Railroad,
from 1888; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania, 1892 (27th District), 1894
(at-large).
Member, Sons of
the American Revolution; Phi
Beta Kappa; American
Economic Association.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of James Hancock and Mary (Perkins) Hancock. |
| | | Image source: The Book of Prominent
Pennsylvanians (1913) |
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John Andre Hanna (1762-1805) —
of Harrisburg, Dauphin
County, Pa.
Born in Flemington, Hunterdon
County, N.J., 1762.
Lawyer; delegate
to Pennsylvania convention to ratify U.S. constitution, 1787;
member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 1791; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania, 1797-1805 (6th District
1797-1803, 4th District 1803-05); died in office 1805.
Slaveowner.
Died in Harrisburg, Dauphin
County, Pa., July 23,
1805 (age about 43
years).
Interment at Harrisburg
Cemetery, Harrisburg, Pa.
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Samuel Hardy (c.1758-1785) —
of Virginia.
Born in Isle of
Wight County, Va., about 1758.
Lawyer; member of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1778, 1780-82; Lieutenant
Governor of Virginia, 1782; Delegate
to Continental Congress from Virginia, 1783-85; died in office
1785.
Died while attending the Continental
Congress in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., October
17, 1785 (age about 27
years).
Interment at Christ
Church Burial Ground, Philadelphia, Pa.
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William Milton Hargest (b. 1868) —
also known as William M. Hargest —
of Harrisburg, Dauphin
County, Pa.
Born in Winchester,
Va., August
5, 1868.
Republican. Lawyer; common pleas court judge in Pennsylvania
12th District, 1920-39.
Presbyterian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons;
Elks; Royal
Arcanum.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Thomas Sewell Hargest and Virginia (Deffenderfer) Hargest; married
1895 to
Kingsley LeGalliene. |
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Byron Berry Harlan (1886-1949) —
also known as Byron B. Harlan —
of Dayton, Montgomery
County, Ohio.
Born in Greenville, Darke
County, Ohio, October
22, 1886.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 3rd District, 1931-39; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Ohio, 1940;
U.S.
Attorney for the Southern District of Ohio, 1944-46; federal
judge, 1946.
Member, Humane
Society; American Bar
Association; Freemasons.
Died in Williamsport, Lycoming
County, Pa., November
11, 1949 (age 63 years, 20
days).
Interment at Woodland
Cemetery, Dayton, Ohio.
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Henry E. Harner (b. 1907) —
of Dauphin
County, Pa.
Born in York, York
County, Pa., September
28, 1907.
Democrat. Lawyer; secretary
of the commonwealth of Pennsylvania, 1956; candidate for Pennsylvania
state senate 15th District, 1956.
Lutheran.
Burial location unknown.
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William Francis Harrity (1850-1912) —
also known as William F. Harrity —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in Wilmington, New Castle
County, Del., October
19, 1850.
Democrat. Lawyer; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Pennsylvania, 1884,
1896;
postmaster at Philadelphia,
Pa., 1885-89; Pennsylvania
Democratic state chair, 1890; secretary
of the commonwealth of Pennsylvania, 1891-95; member of Democratic
National Committee from Pennsylvania, 1892-97; Chairman
of Democratic National Committee, 1892-96.
Died in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., April
12, 1912 (age 61 years, 176
days).
Interment at Holy
Sepulchre Cemetery, Cheltenham, Pa.
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Melissa Anne Hart (b. 1962) —
also known as Melissa A. Hart —
of Bradfordwoods, Allegheny
County, Pa.
Born in Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa., April 4,
1962.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Pennsylvania
state senate 40th District, 1991-2001; resigned 2001; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 4th District, 2001-07; delegate
to Republican National Convention from Pennsylvania, 2004.
Female.
Catholic.
Still living as of 2018.
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Philip Aloysius Hart (1912-1976) —
also known as Philip A. Hart —
of Birmingham, Oakland
County, Mich.; Mackinac Island, Mackinac
County, Mich.
Born in Bryn Mawr, Montgomery
County, Pa., December
10, 1912.
Democrat. Lawyer; colonel in the U.S. Army during World War
II; candidate for secretary
of state of Michigan, 1950; U.S.
Attorney for the Eastern District of Michigan, 1952-53; Lieutenant
Governor of Michigan, 1955-58; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Michigan, 1956,
1960,
1964,
1968
(speaker),
1976;
U.S.
Senator from Michigan, 1959-76; died in office 1976.
Member, Urban
League.
Died in Washington,
D.C., December
26, 1976 (age 64 years, 16
days).
Interment at St.
Anne's Catholic Cemetery, Mackinac Island, Mich.
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William Henry Hastie (1904-1976) —
also known as William H. Hastie —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in Knoxville, Knox
County, Tenn., November
17, 1904.
Lawyer; law
professor; U.S.
District Judge for Virgin Islands, 1937-39; dean,
Howard University law school, 1939-46; Governor of
U.S. Virgin Islands, 1946-49; Judge
of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 3rd Circuit, 1949-71; took
senior status 1971.
African
ancestry. Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; Omega
Psi Phi; Freemasons;
American
Civil Liberties Union; Americans
for Democratic Action.
Received Spingarn
Medal in 1943.
Died, at Suburban General Hospital,
East Norriton, Montgomery
County, Pa., April
14, 1976 (age 71 years, 149
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Orrin Grant Hatch (1934-2022) —
also known as Orrin G. Hatch —
of Midvale, Salt Lake
County, Utah.
Born in Homestead, Allegheny
County, Pa., March
22, 1934.
Republican. Lawyer; U.S.
Senator from Utah, 1977-2019; candidate for Republican nomination
for President, 2000;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Utah, 2004,
2008;
received the Medal
of Freedom in 2018.
Mormon.
Member, Federalist
Society.
Songwriter,
author of dozens of religious and patriotic songs.
Died in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake
County, Utah, April
23, 2022 (age 88 years, 32
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Frederick Leslie Hay (1856-1940) —
also known as Frederick L. Hay —
of Defiance, Defiance
County, Ohio.
Born in Girard, Erie
County, Pa., December
22, 1856.
Republican. Lawyer; mayor
of Defiance, Ohio, 1888-92, 1932-34; Defiance
County Probate Judge, 1893-97; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Ohio 5th District, 1900; common pleas court
judge in Ohio, 1912-18.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar.
Died, of pneumonia,
in Defiance, Defiance
County, Ohio, February, 1940
(age 83
years, 0 days).
Interment at Riverside
Cemetery, Defiance, Ohio.
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Malcolm Hay (d. 1885) —
of Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa.
Democrat. Lawyer; law partner of George
W. Guthrie; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Pennsylvania, 1876
(member, Resolutions
Committee), 1880;
First Assistant U.S. Postmaster General, 1885.
Died in 1885.
Interment at Homewood
Cemetery, Pittsburgh, Pa.
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Herman L. Hecht (b. 1878) —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., September
10, 1878.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives from Philadelphia County, 1907-09;
alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from
Pennsylvania, 1928.
Burial location unknown.
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Daniel Brodhead Heiner (1854-1944) —
also known as Daniel B. Heiner —
of Kittanning, Armstrong
County, Pa.
Born in Kittanning, Armstrong
County, Pa., December
30, 1854.
Republican. Lawyer; chair of
Armstrong County Republican Party, 1884-88; Armstrong
County District Attorney, 1886-91; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 21st District, 1893-97; U.S.
Attorney for the Western District of Pennsylvania, 1897-1902;
U.S. Collector of Internal Revenue for the 23rd Pennsylvania
District, 1902-13, 1921-33; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Pennsylvania, 1920.
Member, Phi
Kappa Psi.
Died in Kittanning, Armstrong
County, Pa., February
14, 1944 (age 89 years, 46
days).
Interment at Kittanning
Cemetery, Kittanning, Pa.
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John Mickle Hemphill (1891-1957) —
also known as John M. Hemphill —
of West Chester, Chester
County, Pa.
Born in West Chester, Chester
County, Pa., September
6, 1891.
Democrat. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during World War I;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1928;
candidate for Governor of
Pennsylvania, 1930; delegate
to Pennsylvania convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933; Honorary
Consul for Latvia in Philadelphia,
Pa., 1935-50.
Member, American Bar
Association.
Died in Stone Harbor, Cape May
County, N.J., February
2, 1957 (age 65 years, 149
days).
Interment at Oaklands
Cemetery, West Chester, Pa.
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Joseph Hemphill (1770-1842) —
of West Chester, Chester
County, Pa.; Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in Thornbury Township, Chester
County, Pa., January
7, 1770.
Lawyer; member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 1797-1800, 1805, 1831-32; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania, 1801-03, 1819-26, 1829-31 (3rd
District 1801-03, 1st District 1819-23, 2nd District 1823-26, 3rd
District 1829-31).
Died in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., May 29,
1842 (age 72 years, 142
days).
Interment at Laurel
Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia, Pa.
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John Earl Henderson (1917-1994) —
of Cambridge, Guernsey
County, Ohio.
Born in Crafton, Allegheny
County, Pa., January
4, 1917.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II;
lawyer; member of Ohio
state house of representatives, 1953; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 15th District, 1955-61; common pleas
court judge in Ohio, 1970.
Died in Cambridge, Guernsey
County, Ohio, December
3, 1994 (age 77 years, 333
days).
Interment at Northwood
Cemetery, Cambridge, Ohio.
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Martin A. Herman (b. 1939) —
of West Deptford, Gloucester
County, N.J.; Mickleton, Gloucester
County, N.J.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., June 30,
1939.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of New
Jersey state house of assembly 3rd District, 1974-85; defeated,
1971 (District 3-A), 1985 (3rd District).
Still living as of 1985.
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John Williamson Herron (1827-1912) —
also known as John W. Herron —
of Hamilton
County, Ohio.
Born in Shippensburg, Cumberland
County, Pa., May 10,
1827.
Lawyer; delegate
to Ohio state constitutional convention from Hamilton County,
1873; U.S.
Attorney for the Southern District of Ohio, 1889-94.
Died in Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio, August
5, 1912 (age 85 years, 87
days).
Interment at Spring
Grove Cemetery, Cincinnati, Ohio.
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Alvin Earl Heutchy (b. 1915) —
also known as Alvin E. Heutchy —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New Kensington, Westmoreland
County, Pa., March
15, 1915.
Republican. Lawyer; alternate delegate to Republican National
Convention from New York, 1948.
Lutheran.
Member, American Bar
Association; Theta
Chi; Freemasons;
Phi
Kappa Phi.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Eli Hewitt —
of Uniontown, Fayette
County, Pa.
Telegraph
operator; lawyer; burgess
of Uniontown, Pennsylvania, 1875-77.
Burial location unknown.
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Weldon Brinton Heyburn (1852-1912) —
also known as Weldon B. Heyburn —
of Wallace, Shoshone
County, Idaho.
Born in Chadds Ford Township, Delaware
County, Pa., May 23,
1852.
Republican. Lawyer; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Idaho Territory, 1888;
delegate
to Idaho state constitutional convention, 1889; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Idaho, 1892,
1900,
1904;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from Idaho, 1898; U.S.
Senator from Idaho, 1903-12; died in office 1912; member of Republican
National Committee from Idaho, 1904.
Died in Washington,
D.C., October
17, 1912 (age 60 years, 147
days).
Interment at Lafayette
Cemetery, Chadds Ford, Pa.
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John Hickman (1810-1875) —
of Pennsylvania.
Born in West Bradford Township, Chester
County, Pa., September
11, 1810.
Lawyer; Chester
County District Attorney, 1845-46; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 6th District, 1855-63; member of
Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 1869.
Died March
23, 1875 (age 64 years, 193
days).
Interment at Oaklands
Cemetery, West Chester, Pa.
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Josiah Duane Hicks (1844-1923) —
also known as Josiah D. Hicks —
of Altoona, Blair
County, Pa.
Born in Machen, Monmouthshire, Wales,
August
1, 1844.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; railroad
clerk; lawyer; Blair
County District Attorney, 1880-86; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 20th District, 1893-99.
Member, Grand
Army of the Republic.
Died in Altoona, Blair
County, Pa., May 9,
1923 (age 78 years, 281
days).
Interment at Fairview
Cemetery, Altoona, Pa.
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John Andrew Hiestand (1824-1890) —
also known as John A. Hiestand —
of Lancaster, Lancaster
County, Pa.
Born in East Donegal Township, Lancaster
County, Pa., October
2, 1824.
Republican. Lawyer; newspaper
publisher; member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 1852-53; member of Pennsylvania
state senate 16th District, 1861-63; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 9th District, 1885-89.
Died in Lancaster, Lancaster
County, Pa., December
13, 1890 (age 66 years, 72
days).
Interment at Marietta
Cemetery, Marietta, Pa.
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Isaac Ellmaker Hiester (1824-1871) —
also known as Isaac E. Hiester —
of Lancaster, Lancaster
County, Pa.
Born in New Holland, Lancaster
County, Pa., May 29,
1824.
Lawyer; Lancaster
County District Attorney, 1848-51; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 9th District, 1853-55; delegate
to Democratic National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1868.
Died in Lancaster, Lancaster
County, Pa., February
6, 1871 (age 46 years, 253
days).
Interment at Lancaster
Cemetery, Lancaster, Pa.
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Edward Carter Higbee (1869-1938) —
also known as Edward C. Higbee —
of Connellsville, Fayette
County, Pa.
Born in Jefferson Township, Fayette
County, Pa., October
28, 1869.
Democrat. Lawyer; law partner of Bruce
F. Sterling; bank
director; candidate for justice of
Pennsylvania state supreme court, 1932.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Connellsville, Fayette
County, Pa., February
12, 1938 (age 68 years, 107
days).
Interment at Sylvan
Heights Cemetery, Oliver, Pa.
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Elliot S. M. Hill (1820-1871) —
of Scranton, Lackawanna
County, Pa.
Born in Carmel, Putnam
County, N.Y., December
6, 1820.
Democrat. Lawyer; newspaper
editor; mayor
of Scranton, Pa., 1866-69.
Died September
29, 1871 (age 50 years, 297
days).
Interment somewhere in Troy, Pa.
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William Henry Hines (1856-1914) —
also known as William H. Hines —
of Wilkes-Barre, Luzerne
County, Pa.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., March
15, 1856.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives from Luzerne County, 1879-80,
1882-84; member of Pennsylvania
state senate 21st District, 1889-92; defeated, 1884; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 12th District, 1893-95.
Died in Wilkes-Barre, Luzerne
County, Pa., January
17, 1914 (age 57 years, 308
days).
Interment at St.
Mary's Cemetery, Hanover Township, Luzerne County, Pa.
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Elijah Hise (1802-1867) —
of Russellville, Logan
County, Ky.
Born in Allegheny
County, Pa., July 4,
1802.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1829; candidate for Lieutenant
Governor of Kentucky, 1836; U.S. Charge d'Affaires to Guatemala, 1848-49; U.S.
Representative from Kentucky 3rd District, 1866-67; died in
office 1867.
German
ancestry.
Slaveowner.
Died by a self-inflicted
pistol
shot, in Russellville, Logan
County, Ky., May 8,
1867 (age 64 years, 308
days). He left a note declaring that he had "lost all hope of
… saving the country from the impending disasters and ruin in
which despotic and unconstitutional rule has involved her." However,
later news
reports disclosed that he had been about to be indicted
for perjury
and tax
evasion, based on his statements as a candidate.
Interment at Maple
Grove Cemetery, Russellville, Ky.; cenotaph at Congressional
Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Herbert Henry Hoar (1885-1947) —
also known as Herbert H. Hoar —
of Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn.; Glencoe, McLeod
County, Minn.
Born in Wayne
County, Pa., October
17, 1885.
Republican. Lawyer; alternate delegate to Republican National
Convention from Minnesota, 1940.
English
ancestry.
Died in San Diego
County, Calif., January
6, 1947 (age 61 years, 81
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of George Reed Hoar and Frances Ann 'Fanny' (Avery)
Hoar. |
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Frederick H. Hobbs (1934-2005) —
also known as Fred Hobbs —
of Pottsville, Schuylkill
County, Pa.
Born in Pottsville, Schuylkill
County, Pa., January
6, 1934.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Pennsylvania
state senate 29th District, 1967-76.
Presbyterian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Lions; Sons of
the American Revolution; Freemasons;
Amvets.
Died, of emphysema,
in Pottsville Hospital,
Pottsville, Schuylkill
County, Pa., July 24,
2005 (age 71 years, 199
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Charles
Baber Cemetery, Pottsville, Pa.
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Leroy L. Hodge (c.1948-2004) —
of Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., about 1948.
Democrat. Lawyer; candidate in primary for Allegheny County
Commissioner, 1999; candidate for mayor
of Pittsburgh, Pa., 2001; candidate for Pittsburgh city council,
2002.
African
ancestry. Member, American Civil
Liberties Union.
Died, of complications from an organ transplant, January
22, 2004 (age about 56
years).
Burial location unknown.
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Adolph August Hoehling (1868-1941) —
also known as Adolph A. Hoehling —
of Washington,
D.C.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., November
3, 1868.
Republican. Lawyer; justice of
District of Columbia supreme court, 1921-28; resigned 1928; banker.
Episcopalian.
Member, Psi
Upsilon; Phi
Delta Phi.
Died in Washington,
D.C., February
17, 1941 (age 72 years, 106
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Relatives: Son
of Adolph August Hoehling (1839-1920; Rear Admiral, U.S. Navy) and
Annie (Tilghman) Hoehling; married, June 9,
1906, to Louise G. Carrington. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Clare Eugene Hoffman (1875-1967) —
also known as Clare E. Hoffman —
of Allegan, Allegan
County, Mich.
Born in Vicksburg, Union
County, Pa., September
10, 1875.
Republican. Lawyer; Allegan
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1907-10; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Michigan, 1920
(alternate), 1936;
U.S.
Representative from Michigan 4th District, 1935-63.
Died in Allegan, Allegan
County, Mich., November
3, 1967 (age 92 years, 54
days).
Interment at Oakwood
Cemetery, Allegan, Mich.
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James Buchanan Holland (1857-1914) —
also known as James B. Holland —
of Norristown, Montgomery
County, Pa.
Born in Gwynedd Township, Montgomery
County, Pa., November
14, 1857.
Republican. Lawyer; Montgomery
County District Attorney, 1893-96; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1896;
served in the U.S. Navy during the Spanish-American War; U.S.
Attorney for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, 1900-04; U.S.
District Judge for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, 1904-14;
died in office 1914.
Member, Union
League; Freemasons.
Died in Conshohocken, Montgomery
County, Pa., April
24, 1914 (age 56 years, 161
days).
Interment at Riverside
Cemetery, West Norriton Township, Montgomery County, Pa.
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Enos Hook (1804-1841) —
of Waynesburg, Greene
County, Pa.
Born in Waynesburg, Greene
County, Pa., December
3, 1804.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 1837-38; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 20th District, 1839-41; resigned
1841.
Died in Waynesburg, Greene
County, Pa., July 15,
1841 (age 36 years, 224
days).
Interment at Green
Mount Cemetery, Waynesburg, Pa.
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Darlington Hoopes (1896-1989) —
of Reading, Berks
County, Pa.
Born in Vale, Harford
County, Md., September
11, 1896.
Socialist. Lawyer; member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 1930-36; candidate for Vice
President of the United States, 1944; candidate for President
of the United States, 1952, 1956; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 14th District, 1952, 1958;
delegate to Socialist National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1960.
Quaker.
Member, American Bar
Association; Eagles;
NAACP.
Died September
25, 1989 (age 93 years, 14
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Darlington Hoopes Jr. (b. 1927) —
of Berks
County, Pa.
Born in Norristown, Montgomery
County, Pa., January
1, 1927.
Lawyer; Socialist candidate for Pennsylvania
state senate 11th District, 1956; delegate to Socialist National
Convention from Pennsylvania, 1960; member of Pennsylvania
Democratic State Committee, 1968-2009.
Quaker.
Still living as of 2009.
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James Herron Hopkins (1832-1904) —
of Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa.
Born in Washington, Washington
County, Pa., November
3, 1832.
Democrat. Lawyer; banker; manufacturer;
mining
business; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 22nd District, 1875-77, 1883-85.
Died in North Hatley, Quebec,
June
17, 1904 (age 71 years, 227
days).
Interment at Oak
Hill Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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William Rowland Hopkins (1869-1961) —
also known as W. R. Hopkins; "Chautauqua
Bill" —
of Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio.
Born in Johnstown, Cambria
County, Pa., July 26,
1869.
Republican. Lawyer; industrial real estate
developer; promoter of Cleveland Short Line Railroad;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Ohio, 1916;
city
manager of Cleveland, Ohio, 1924-30; he was fascinated by aviation,
in 1925, he successfully advocated purchase of land for an airport,
the first
municipal airport in the United States.
Died in Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio, February
9, 1961 (age 91 years, 198
days).
Interment at Lake
View Cemetery, Cleveland, Ohio.
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Joseph Hopkinson (1770-1842) —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.; Bordentown, Burlington
County, N.J.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., November
12, 1770.
Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 1st District, 1815-19; U.S.
District Judge for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, 1828-42;
delegate
to Pennsylvania state constitutional convention, 1837.
Slaveowner.
Died in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., January
15, 1842 (age 71 years, 64
days).
Interment at Christ
Church Episcopal Cemetery, Bordentown, N.J.
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John D. Hopper (b. 1923) —
of Camp Hill, Cumberland
County, Pa.
Born in Charleston, Kanawha
County, W.Va., January
9, 1923.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II;
lawyer; insurance
business; member of Pennsylvania
state senate 31st District, 1977-92.
Presbyterian.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Ellis S. Hopper and Adra (Dunfer) Hopper; married to Ann
Bowman. |
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Robert Freeman Hopwood (1856-1940) —
also known as Robert F. Hopwood —
of Uniontown, Fayette
County, Pa.
Born in Uniontown, Fayette
County, Pa., July 24,
1856.
Republican. Lawyer; director, Citizens Title
and Trust Co.; director, Uniontown Street
Railway Co.; Fayette
County Solicitor, 1894-1912; president, Uniontown Hospital,
1905-20; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 23rd District, 1915-17;
defeated, 1916.
Methodist.
Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons.
Died in St. Petersburg, Pinellas
County, Fla., March 1,
1940 (age 83 years, 221
days).
Interment at Oak
Grove Cemetery, South Union Township, Fayette County, Pa.
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Henry Horn (1786-1862) —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., 1786.
Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 2nd District, 1831-33; U.S. Collector of
Customs, 1845-46.
Died in Flourtown, Montgomery
County, Pa., January
12, 1862 (age about 75
years).
Interment at Woodlands
Cemetery, Philadelphia, Pa.
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John Westbrook Hornbeck (1804-1848) —
of Allentown, Lehigh
County, Pa.
Born in Montague, Sussex
County, N.J., January
24, 1804.
Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 6th District, 1847-48; died in
office 1848.
Died in Allentown, Lehigh
County, Pa., January
16, 1848 (age 43 years, 357
days).
Interment at Allentown
Cemetery, Allentown, Pa.; cenotaph at Congressional
Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Clarence Roland Hotchkiss (1880-1952) —
also known as Clarence R. Hotchkiss —
of Portland, Multnomah
County, Ore.
Born in West Warren, Bradford
County, Pa., June 5,
1880.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War;
real
estate broker; lawyer; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Oregon, 1916;
secretary
of Oregon Republican Party, 1920; candidate for Presidential
Elector for Oregon.
Congregationalist.
Member, American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; United
Spanish War Veterans; Military
Order of the World Wars; Reserve
Officers Association; Sons of
the American Revolution; Delta
Theta Phi; Phi
Gamma Mu; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Odd
Fellows; Royal
Arcanum.
Died in Portland, Multnomah
County, Ore., September
17, 1952 (age 72 years, 104
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Charles Merrill Hough (1858-1927) —
also known as Charles M. Hough —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., May 18,
1858.
Republican. Lawyer; attorney for the Pennsylvania Railroad,
and for steamship
companies in maritime
litigation; U.S.
District Judge for the Southern District of New York, 1906-16; Judge
of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit, 1916-27; died in
office 1927.
Member, American Bar
Association.
Died, from angina
pectoris, in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., April
22, 1927 (age 68 years, 339
days).
Interment in private or family graveyard.
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George Washington Houk (1825-1894) —
also known as George W. Houk —
of Dayton, Montgomery
County, Ohio.
Born near Mt. Holly Springs, Cumberland
County, Pa., September
25, 1825.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Ohio
state house of representatives from Montgomery County, 1851-52;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Ohio, 1876;
candidate for Presidential Elector for Ohio; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 3rd District, 1891-94; died in office
1894.
Died in Washington,
D.C., February
9, 1894 (age 68 years, 137
days).
Interment at Woodland
Cemetery, Dayton, Ohio.
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Lorenzo W. Housel (born c.1874) —
of New Haven, New Haven
County, Conn.
Born in Snow Shoe, Centre
County, Pa., about 1874.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from New Haven, 1901-02.
Burial location unknown.
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William Churchill Houston (c.1746-1788) —
of Somerset
County, N.J.
Born in Sumter District (now Sumter
County), S.C., about 1746.
College
professor; served in the Continental Army during the
Revolutionary War; member of New
Jersey state house of assembly from Somerset County, 1777-78; Delegate
to Continental Congress from New Jersey, 1779-81, 1784-85;
lawyer; clerk, New Jersey Supreme Court, 1781-88; member,
U.S. Constitutional Convention, 1787.
Presbyterian.
Died of tuberculosis,
while lodging at an inn in
Frankford, Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., August
12, 1788 (age about 42
years).
Interment at Mt.
Vernon Cemetery, Philadelphia, Pa.
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Frederic Clemson Howe (1867-1940) —
of Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio; Cortlandt town, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born in Meadville, Crawford
County, Pa., November
21, 1867.
Lawyer; law
professor; writer;
member of Ohio
state senate, 1906-09; Commissioner of Immigration for the Port
of New York, 1914-19.
Died, in Martha's Vineyard Hospital,
Oak Bluffs, Martha's Vineyard, Dukes
County, Mass., August
3, 1940 (age 72 years, 256
days).
Interment at Greendale
Cemetery, Meadville, Pa.
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Relatives: Son
of Andrew Jackson Howe and Jane (Clemson) Howe; married 1904 to Marie
H. Jenney. |
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John W. Howe (1801-1873) —
of Franklin, Venango
County, Pa.; Meadville, Crawford
County, Pa.; Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y.
Born in Maine, 1801.
Lawyer; justice of the peace; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 22nd District, 1849-53.
Died in Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y., December
1, 1873 (age about 72
years).
Interment at Greendale
Cemetery, Meadville, Pa.
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George Howell (1859-1913) —
of Scranton, Lackawanna
County, Pa.
Born in Scranton, Lackawanna
County, Pa., June 28,
1859.
Republican. School
teacher; superintendent
of schools; lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 10th District, 1903-04.
Died in Scranton, Lackawanna
County, Pa., November
19, 1913 (age 54 years, 144
days).
Interment at Forest
Hill Cemetery, Dunmore, Pa.
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Henry Martyn Hoyt (1830-1892) —
of Wilkes-Barre, Luzerne
County, Pa.
Born in Kingston, Luzerne
County, Pa., June 8,
1830.
Republican. Lawyer; general in the Union Army during the Civil
War; delegate to Republican National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1868;
Pennsylvania
Republican state chair, 1875-76; Governor of
Pennsylvania, 1879-83.
Member, Kappa
Alpha Society.
Died in Wilkes-Barre, Luzerne
County, Pa., December
1, 1892 (age 62 years, 176
days).
Interment at Forty
Fort Cemetery, Forty Fort, Pa.
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Henry Martyn Hoyt (1856-1910) —
also known as Henry M. Hoyt —
Born in Wilkes-Barre, Luzerne
County, Pa., December
5, 1856.
Lawyer; U.S. Solicitor General, 1903-09.
Died, from peritonitis,
in Washington,
D.C., November
20, 1910 (age 53 years, 350
days).
Interment somewhere
in Wilkes-Barre, Pa.
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Henry A. Huber (1869-1933) —
also known as "The Great Pacificator" —
of Stoughton, Dane
County, Wis.
Born in Evergreen, Allegheny
County, Pa., November
6, 1869.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Wisconsin
state assembly, 1904; member of Wisconsin
state senate, 1913-25; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Wisconsin, 1924
(alternate), 1928
(Convention
Vice-President); Lieutenant
Governor of Wisconsin, 1925-33.
Died, of a heart
ailment, at Madison General Hospital,
Madison, Dane
County, Wis., January
31, 1933 (age 63 years, 86
days).
Interment at Riverside
Cemetery, Stoughton, Wis.
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Edward Burd Hubley (1792-1856) —
of Reading, Berks
County, Pa.
Born in Reading, Berks
County, Pa., 1792.
Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 8th District, 1835-39.
Died in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., February
23, 1856 (age about 63
years).
Interment at Charles
Evans Cemetery, Reading, Pa.
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Harvey Huffman (d. 1938) —
of Stroudsburg, Monroe
County, Pa.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Pennsylvania
state senate 14th District, 1911-14, 1923-30, 1935-38; died in
office 1938.
Died November
30, 1938.
Burial location unknown.
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Louis Cameron Hughes (1842-1915) —
also known as Louis C. Hughes —
of Arizona.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., May 15,
1842.
Democrat. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War;
lawyer; Arizona
territory attorney general, 1873-74; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Arizona Territory, 1892;
Governor
of Arizona Territory, 1893-96.
Member, Ancient
Order of United Workmen.
Died, from chronic
nephritis, in Tucson, Pima
County, Ariz., November
24, 1915 (age 73 years, 193
days).
Interment at Evergreen
Memorial Park, Tucson, Ariz.
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Willis James Hulings (1850-1924) —
also known as Willis J. Hulings —
of Oil City, Venango
County, Pa.
Born in Rimersburg, Clarion
County, Pa., July 1,
1850.
Lawyer; civil
engineer; oil
operator; member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives from Venango County, 1881-86;
general in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; member of
Pennsylvania
state senate 48th District, 1907-10; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 28th District, 1913-15, 1919-21;
defeated (Prohibition), 1920.
Member, Sons of
the American Revolution.
Died in Oil City, Venango
County, Pa., August
8, 1924 (age 74 years, 38
days).
Interment at Grove
Hill Cemetery, Oil City, Pa.
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John Feeney Hunter (1896-1957) —
also known as John F. Hunter —
of Toledo, Lucas
County, Ohio.
Born in Ford City, Armstrong
County, Pa., October
19, 1896.
Democrat. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during World War I;
alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Ohio, 1932,
1936;
member of Ohio
state house of representatives, 1933-34; member of Ohio
state senate, 1935-36; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 9th District, 1937-43; defeated, 1942,
1944.
Died in Alexandria,
Va., December
19, 1957 (age 61 years, 61
days).
Interment at Calvary
Cemetery, Toledo, Ohio.
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William D. Hutchinson (1932-1995) —
Born in Minersville, Schuylkill
County, Pa., June 20,
1932.
Lawyer; Schuylkill
County Solicitor, 1969-72; member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 1972-82; justice of
Pennsylvania state supreme court, 1982-87; Judge
of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 3rd Circuit, 1987-95; died in
office 1995.
Died October
8, 1995 (age 63 years, 110
days).
Interment at Charles
Baber Cemetery, Pottsville, Pa.
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