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Robert David Sack (b. 1939) —
also known as Robert D. Sack —
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., 1939.
Law clerk for U.S. District Judge Arthur
Lane; lawyer; senior associate special counsel, U.S. House
Judiciary Committee inquiry into impeachment of President Richard
M. Nixon, 1974; Judge
of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit, 1998-2009; took
senior status 2009.
Jewish.
Still living as of 2017.
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Leon Sacks (1902-1972) —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., October
7, 1902.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 1st District, 1937-43; served in
the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II.
Jewish.
Member, American
Legion; Jewish
War Veterans; Freemasons;
American Bar
Association; Elks; B'nai
B'rith.
Died in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., March
11, 1972 (age 69 years, 156
days).
Interment at Shalom
Memorial Park, Huntingdon Valley, Pa.
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Wilbur Fisk Sadler (1840-1920) —
of Carlisle, Cumberland
County, Pa.
Born in Adams
County, Pa., October
14, 1840.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War;
lawyer; candidate for Pennsylvania
state senate, 1868; Cumberland
County District Attorney, 1871; district judge in Pennsylvania
9th District, 1884-94, 1904-14.
Died in Carlisle, Cumberland
County, Pa., July 4,
1920 (age 79 years, 264
days).
Interment at Ashland
Cemetery, Carlisle, Pa.
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George Read Sage (1828-1898) —
of Lebanon, Warren
County, Ohio.
Born in Erie, Erie
County, Pa., August
24, 1828.
Lawyer; U.S.
District Judge for the Southern District of Ohio, 1883-98;
retired 1898.
Died in Lebanon, Warren
County, Ohio, November
19, 1898 (age 70 years, 87
days).
Interment at Corwin
Block Cemetery, Lebanon, Ohio.
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Roy St. Lewis (b. 1891) —
also known as Roy St. Lewis —
of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
County, Okla.
Born in Sharon, Mercer
County, Pa., September
27, 1891.
Republican. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during World War
I; assistant attorney in Oklahoma for Chicago, Rock Island and
Pacific Railroad;
U.S.
Attorney for the Western District of Oklahoma, 1925-31.
Baptist.
Member, American
Legion; American Bar
Association; Kappa
Sigma; Phi
Alpha Delta; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Moose.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of John Griffith Lewis and Mary Ann (Davis) Lewis; married, July 12,
1926, to Inez Reams. |
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Andrew M. Sallade —
of Reading, Berks
County, Pa.
Democrat. Lawyer; candidate for mayor
of Reading, Pa., 1849, 1850.
Burial location unknown.
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Jacob M. Sallade —
of Reading, Berks
County, Pa.
Democrat. Lawyer; candidate for mayor
of Reading, Pa., 1858.
Burial location unknown.
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Samuel W. Salus (b. 1872) —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., August
31, 1872.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 1903, 1909; member of Pennsylvania
state senate 2nd District, 1911-38; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1928,
1932.
Burial location unknown.
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Janis Lynn Sammartino (b. 1950) —
of San Diego, San Diego
County, Calif.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., 1950.
Lawyer; municipal judge in California, 1994-95; superior court
judge in California, 1995-2007; U.S.
District Judge for the Southern District of California, 2007-.
Female.
Still living as of 2017.
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Juan Ramon Sanchez (b. 1955) —
Born in Vega Baja, Vega Baja
Municipio, Puerto Rico, 1955.
Lawyer; public defender; common pleas court judge in
Pennsylvania, 1998-2004; U.S.
District Judge for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, 2004-.
Hispanic
ancestry.
Still living as of 2017.
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Charles William Sandman Jr. (1921-1985) —
also known as Charles W. Sandman, Jr. —
of Cape May, Cape May
County, N.J.; Erma Park, Cape May
County, N.J.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., October
23, 1921.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II;
lawyer; member of New
Jersey state senate from Cape May County, 1956-65; delegate to
Republican National Convention from New Jersey, 1956
(alternate), 1960,
1964,
1968;
Republican candidate for Governor of
New Jersey, 1965 (primary), 1969 (primary), 1973; delegate
to New Jersey state constitutional convention, 1966; U.S.
Representative from New Jersey 2nd District, 1967-75.
Catholic.
Member, American Bar
Association; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; American
Legion; Rotary;
Theta
Kappa Phi.
Died in Cape May Court House, Cape May
County, N.J., August
26, 1985 (age 63 years, 307
days).
Interment at Cold
Spring Presbyterian Cemetery, Cold Spring, N.J.
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Richard John Santorum (b. 1958) —
also known as Rick Santorum —
of Pennsylvania.
Born in Winchester,
Va., May 10,
1958.
Republican. Administrative assistant to State Sen. J.
Doyle Corman, 1981-86; lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 18th District, 1991-95; U.S.
Senator from Pennsylvania, 1995-2007; defeated, 2006; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Pennsylvania, 2008;
candidate for Republican nomination for President, 2012,
2016.
Catholic.
Italian
ancestry.
Still living as of 2018.
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Randall James Sauder (b. 1954) —
also known as Randy Sauder —
of Smyrna, Cobb
County, Ga.
Born in DuBois, Clearfield
County, Pa., June 6,
1954.
Lawyer; political
consultant; member of Georgia
state house of representatives, 1995-2000; defeated (Democratic),
2000.
Seventh-Day
Adventist. Member, Rotary.
Still living as of 2004.
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Anthony Savage (b. 1893) —
of Seattle, King
County, Wash.
Born in Mahanoy City, Schuylkill
County, Pa., December
25, 1893.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I;
lawyer; U.S.
Attorney for the Western District of Washington, 1928-34.
Catholic.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; Phi
Delta Phi; Delta
Kappa Epsilon; Order of
the Coif.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Lewis B. Savage and Anna (Tamosz) Savage; married, September
11, 1915, to Florence Hopkins. |
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Henry D. Saylor (b. 1857) —
of Pottstown, Montgomery
County, Pa.
Born in Pottstown, Montgomery
County, Pa., October
22, 1857.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Pennsylvania
state senate 12th District, 1895-98; U.S. Consul in Matanzas, as of 1898-99.
Lutheran.
German
ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows.
Burial location unknown.
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John Phillips Saylor (1908-1973) —
also known as John P. Saylor —
of Johnstown, Cambria
County, Pa.
Born in Conemaugh Township, Somerset
County, Pa., July 23,
1908.
Republican. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Navy during World War
II; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania, 1949-73 (26th District 1949-53,
22nd District 1953-73, 12th District 1973); died in office 1973;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1972.
Evangelical
and Reformed Church; later United
Church of Christ. Member, Elks; American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Amvets;
Freemasons;
Shriners;
American Bar
Association; Eagles.
Died in Houston, Harris
County, Tex., October
28, 1973 (age 65 years, 97
days).
Interment at Grandview
Cemetery, Southmont, Pa.
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Tillman Kulp Saylor (1873-1938) —
also known as Tillman K. Saylor —
of Johnstown, Cambria
County, Pa.
Born in Somerset
County, Pa., October
30, 1873.
Republican. Lawyer; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Pennsylvania, 1924.
Died, from coronary
sclerosis and myocarditis,
in Lee Homeopathic Hospital,
Johnstown, Cambria
County, Pa., October
25, 1938 (age 64 years, 360
days).
Interment at Grandview
Cemetery, Southmont, Pa.
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Edward Smith Sayres (1797-1877) —
also known as Edward S. Sayres —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in Marcus Hook, Delaware
County, Pa., October
5, 1797.
Lawyer; Vice-Consul
for Brazil in Philadelphia,
Pa., 1841-77; Vice-Consul
for Portugal in Philadelphia,
Pa., 1850-76; Vice-Consul
for Sweden & Norway in Philadelphia,
Pa., 1854; Vice-Consul
for Denmark in Philadelphia,
Pa., 1862.
Died in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., March
22, 1877 (age 79 years, 168
days).
Interment at Laurel
Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia, Pa.
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Richard B. Scandrett (1861-1918) —
of Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa.
Born in Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa., June 30,
1861.
Republican. School
teacher; lawyer; law partner of James
E. Barnett; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Pennsylvania, 1916.
Died in Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa., October
3, 1918 (age 57 years, 95
days).
Interment at Union
Dale Cemetery, Pittsburgh, Pa.
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Relatives: Son
of William A. Scandrett and Mary (Brown) Scandrett; married, July 8,
1890, to Agnes Morrow. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Image source: The Book of Prominent
Pennsylvanians (1913) |
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William Edwin Schaak (1872-1934) —
also known as William E. Schaak —
of Lebanon, Lebanon
County, Pa.
Born in South Londonderry Township, Lebanon
County, Pa., July 30,
1872.
Democrat. Lawyer; postmaster at Lebanon,
Pa., 1913-17; chair of
Lebanon County Democratic Party, 1927.
Christian
Reformed. Member, Elks; Eagles.
Died, from an accidental drowning,
while swimming in Lake Conewago, South Londonderry Township, Lebanon
County, Pa., June 27,
1934 (age 61 years, 332
days).
Interment at Mt.
Lebanon Cemetery, Lebanon, Pa.
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Relatives: Son
of Elias Kettering Schaak and Mary Louise (Erb) Schaak; married, November
24, 1896, to Elizabeth Behney. |
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William Irwin Schaffer (1867-1953) —
also known as William I. Schaffer —
of Chester, Delaware
County, Pa.; Haverford, Delaware
County, Pa.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., February
11, 1867.
Republican. Lawyer; Delaware
County District Attorney, 1893-1900; Pennsylvania
state attorney general, 1919-21; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Pennsylvania, 1920;
justice
of Pennsylvania state supreme court, 1921-43; chief
justice of Pennsylvania state supreme court, 1940-43.
Episcopalian.
Member, Union
League.
Died in 1953
(age about
86 years).
Interment at West
Laurel Hill Cemetery, Bala Cynwyd, Pa.
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Relatives: Son
of George A. Schaffer and Mary H. (Irwin) Schaffer; married to Susan
A. Cross. |
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William Abraham Schnader (b. 1886) —
also known as William A. Schnader —
of Germantown, Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in Bowmansville, Lancaster
County, Pa., October
5, 1886.
Republican. Lawyer; Pennsylvania
state attorney general, 1930-35; candidate for Governor of
Pennsylvania, 1934; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Pennsylvania, 1936.
Christian
Reformed. Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; Chi Phi;
Phi
Delta Phi; Order of
the Coif; Freemasons;
Union
League.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Charles B. Schnader and Elizabeth (Renninger) Schnader; married,
June
9, 1915, to Ethel K. Heinitsh. |
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Lisa Bobbie Schreiber=Hughes (b. 1958) —
of Pennsylvania.
Born in 1958.
Lawyer; Foreign Service officer; U.S. Consul General in Calgary, 1997; U.S. Ambassador to Suriname, 2006-.
Female.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa.
Still living as of 2007.
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Glenni William Scofield (1817-1891) —
also known as Glenni W. Scofield —
of Warren, Warren
County, Pa.
Born in Dewittville, Chautauqua
County, N.Y., March
11, 1817.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 1849-51; member of Pennsylvania
state senate, 1857-59 (19th District 1857-58, 11th District
1859); district judge in Pennsylvania 18th District, 1861-63; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania, 1863-75 (19th District 1863-73,
at-large 1873-75); Register of the U.S. Treasury, 1878-81; Judge
of U.S. Court of Claims, 1881-91; resigned 1891.
Died in Warren, Warren
County, Pa., August
30, 1891 (age 74 years, 172
days).
Interment at Oakland
Cemetery, Warren, Pa.
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Hardie Scott (1907-1999) —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in Cynwyd, Montgomery
County, Pa., June 7,
1907.
Republican. Lawyer; alternate delegate to Republican National
Convention from Pennsylvania, 1932;
U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 3rd District, 1947-53.
Episcopalian.
Died November
2, 1999 (age 92 years, 148
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Hugh Doggett Scott Jr. (1900-1994) —
also known as Hugh Scott —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in Fredericksburg,
Va., November
11, 1900.
Republican. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania, 1941-45, 1947-59 (7th District
1941-45, 6th District 1947-59); defeated, 1944; served in the U.S.
Navy during World War II; Chairman
of Republican National Committee, 1948-49; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1960,
1964,
1972
(delegation chair); speaker, 1956;
U.S.
Senator from Pennsylvania, 1959-77.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Amvets;
Sons
of the American Revolution; Lions; Society
of the Cincinnati; Friendly
Sons of St. Patrick; Alpha
Chi Rho; Tau
Kappa Alpha; Patriotic
Order Sons of America.
Died July 21,
1994 (age 93 years, 252
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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John Roger Kirkpatrick Scott (1873-1945) —
also known as John R. K. Scott —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in Bloomsburg, Columbia
County, Pa., July 6,
1873.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 1899, 1909-13; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania at-large, 1915-19; resigned 1919.
Died in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., December
9, 1945 (age 72 years, 156
days).
Interment at West
Laurel Hill Cemetery, Bala Cynwyd, Pa.
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William Warren Scranton (1917-2013) —
also known as William W. Scranton —
of Dalton, Lackawanna
County, Pa.
Born in Madison, New Haven
County, Conn., July 19,
1917.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II;
lawyer; banker; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 10th District, 1961-63; Governor of
Pennsylvania, 1963-67; candidate for Republican nomination for
President, 1964;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1964;
U.S. Representative to United Nations, 1976-77.
Presbyterian.
Member, Council on
Foreign Relations; Trilateral
Commission; Chi Psi.
Died, from a cerebral
hemorrhage, in Montecito, Santa
Barbara County, Calif., July 28,
2013 (age 96 years, 9
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Edward Scull (1818-1900) —
of Somerset, Somerset
County, Pa.
Born in Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa., February
5, 1818.
Republican. Lawyer; newspaper
editor and publisher; U.S. Collector of Internal Revenue for the
16th Pennsylvania District, 1863-66, 1873-83; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1864,
1876,
1884;
U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania, 1887-93 (17th District 1887-89,
20th District 1889-93).
Died in Somerset, Somerset
County, Pa., July 10,
1900 (age 82 years, 155
days).
Interment at Union
Cemetery, Somerset, Pa.
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George Ross Scull (b. 1856) —
also known as George R. Scull —
of Somerset, Somerset
County, Pa.
Born in Somerset, Somerset
County, Pa., November
25, 1856.
Republican. Lawyer; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Pennsylvania, 1896,
1900
(alternate), 1912;
bank
president.
Interment at Union Cemetery, Irwin, Pa.
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Cornelius Decator Scully (1878-1952) —
also known as Cornelius D. Scully —
of Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa.
Born in Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa., November
30, 1878.
Democrat. Lawyer; mayor
of Pittsburgh, Pa., 1936-46; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Pennsylvania, 1940,
1944.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Kappa
Sigma; Freemasons;
Eagles.
Died in Hillcrest Nursing
Home, Winchester,
Va., September
23, 1952 (age 73 years, 298
days).
Interment at Elmwood
Cemetery, Shepherdstown, W.Va.
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Relatives: Son
of John Sullivan Scully and Mary E. (Negley) Scully; married, June 10,
1905, to Rosalie Pendleton. |
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Deborah A. Servitto —
of Macomb
County, Mich.; Royal Oak, Oakland
County, Mich.
Born in Sewickley, Allegheny
County, Pa.
Lawyer; district judge in Michigan 37th District, 1987-90; circuit
judge in Michigan 16th Circuit, 1990-2006; appointed 1990; Judge,
Michigan Court of Appeals 2nd District, 2006-13; appointed 2006.
Female.
Still living as of 2013.
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William G. Sesler (b. 1928) —
of Erie, Erie
County, Pa.
Born in Uniontown, Fayette
County, Pa., April
18, 1928.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Air Force during the Korean conflict;
lawyer; member of Pennsylvania
state senate 49th District, 1961-72; alternate delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1964;
candidate for U.S.
Senator from Pennsylvania, 1970.
Presbyterian.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Jaycees;
Tau
Kappa Alpha.
Still living as of 1999.
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George F. Shannon (c.1785-1836) —
also known as "Peg Leg" —
of St. Charles, St.
Charles County, Mo.
Born in a log
cabin in Washington
County, Pa., about 1785.
Youngest member of the Lewis
and Clark
expedition, 1804-06; wounded in a skirmish with Indians in 1807 and
lost a
leg; lawyer; member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1820-24; circuit judge in
Kentucky, 1820; U.S.
Attorney for Missouri, 1829-34.
Irish
ancestry. Member, Freemasons.
Died, in a hotel at
Palmyra, Marion
County, Mo., August
30, 1836 (age about 51
years).
Interment at Massey
Mill Cemetery, Near Palmyra, Marion County, Mo.
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James Shannon (c.1791-1832) —
of Lexington, Fayette
County, Ky.
Born in Claysville, Washington
County, Pa., about 1791.
Lawyer; U.S. Charge d'Affaires to Central America, 1832, died in office 1832.
Irish
ancestry.
Died, of yellow
fever, 1832
(age about
41 years).
Interment somewhere
in Frankfort, Ky.
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Peter Chrystostum Shannon (1821-1899) —
also known as Peter C. Shannon —
of Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa.
Born in New Alexandria, Westmoreland
County, Pa., August
25, 1821.
Lawyer; district judge in Pennsylvania, 1852-53; justice of
Dakota territorial supreme court, 1873-82.
Killed in a carriage
accident in San Diego, San Diego
County, Calif., April
12, 1899 (age 77 years, 230
days).
Interment at Calvary Pioneer Memorial Park, San Diego, Calif.
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George Sharswood (1810-1883) —
of Pennsylvania.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., July 7,
1810.
Lawyer; law
professor; member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 1837; district judge in
Pennsylvania, 1845-67; justice of
Pennsylvania state supreme court, 1868-82; chief
justice of Pennsylvania state supreme court, 1879-82.
Presbyterian.
Died May 28,
1883 (age 72 years, 325
days).
Interment at Laurel
Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia, Pa.
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The World War II Liberty
ship SS George Sharswood (built 1943 at Baltimore,
Maryland; scrapped 1962) was named for
him. |
| | | Epitaph: "This monument, erected by
membes of the Philadelphia bar, commemorates the genius and virtues
of one distinguished as a legal author and professor of law,
President Judge of the District Court, Associate and Chief Justice of
the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania." |
| | | See also Wikipedia
article — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Cassius McLean Shartel (1860-1943) —
also known as Cassius M. Shartel —
of Neosho, Newton
County, Mo.
Born in Crawford
County, Pa., April
27, 1860.
Republican. Lawyer; farmer; farm loans
business; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Missouri, 1900,
1936;
U.S.
Representative from Missouri 15th District, 1905-07; delegate
to Missouri state constitutional convention at-large, 1922-23.
Died in Neosho, Newton
County, Mo., September
27, 1943 (age 83 years, 153
days).
Interment at Odd
Fellows Cemetery, Neosho, Mo.
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William Irvin Shaw (1860-1900) —
also known as W. Irvin Shaw —
of Houtzdale, Clearfield
County, Pa.
Born in Clearfield, Clearfield
County, Pa., 1860.
Republican. Lawyer; chair of
Clearfield County Republican Party, 1894; U.S. Consul in Barranquilla, 1897-1900.
Died by suicide,
from slashing
his throat, wrists, and leg, in a hotel at
Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., December
25, 1900 (age about 40
years).
Interment at Hillcrest
Cemetery, Clearfield, Pa.
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Relatives: Son
of Archibald Henry Shaw and Mary E. (Irvin) Shaw; married 1895 to Mary
Valentine Rhodes. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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R. W. Sheak (c.1834-1880) —
of Lancaster, Lancaster
County, Pa.
Born about 1834.
Lawyer; banker;
major in the Union Army during the Civil War; member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 1865-66; president, Lancaster and
Quarryville Railroad,
president, Lancaster and Millersville Railroad
director, Sunbury and Lewistown Railroad.
Member, Freemasons.
Died September
26, 1880 (age about 46
years).
Burial location unknown.
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John Edward Sheridan (1902-1987) —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in Waterbury, New Haven
County, Conn., September
15, 1902.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 4th District, 1939-47; defeated,
1946; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Pennsylvania,
1940,
1944
(alternate), 1948.
Died in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., November
12, 1987 (age 85 years, 58
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Henry Sherwood (1813-1896) —
of Wellsboro, Tioga
County, Pa.
Born in Bridgeport, Fairfield
County, Conn., October
9, 1813.
Democrat. Served in the Texas Army during the Texas War of
Independence; lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 18th District, 1871-73;
president, Wellsboro & Lawrenceville Railroad;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1880.
Died in Wellsboro, Tioga
County, Pa., November
10, 1896 (age 83 years, 32
days).
Interment at Wellsboro
Cemetery, Wellsboro, Pa.
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Edward Shippen (1729-1806) —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., February
16, 1729.
Lawyer; justice of
Pennsylvania state supreme court, 1791; chief
justice of Pennsylvania state supreme court, 1799-1806.
Died in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., April
16, 1806 (age 77 years, 59
days).
Interment at First Presbyterian Church, Philadelphia, Pa.
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Edward Shippen (1823-1904) —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in Lancaster
County, Pa., November
16, 1823.
Lawyer; Consul
for Argentina in Philadelphia,
Pa., 1872-88, 1892-95; Consul
for Chile in Philadelphia,
Pa., 1872-98; Consul
for Ecuador in Philadelphia,
Pa., 1873-97.
Member, Sons of
the Revolution; Society
of Colonial Wars.
Died, from pneumonia,
in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., March
14, 1904 (age 80 years, 119
days).
Interment at Laurel
Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia, Pa.
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Relatives: Son
of Dr. Joseph Galloway Shippen and Anna Maria (Buckley) Shippen;
married, June 29,
1849, to Augusta Chauncey Twiggs; grandnephew of Edward
Shippen (1729-1806); great-grandson of Edward
Shippen (1703-1781); great-grandnephew of William
Shippen; third great-grandson of Edward
Shippen (1639-1712); first cousin once removed of Bertha
Shippen Irving; first cousin twice removed of Benjamin
Chew and Thomas
Willing; second cousin once removed of Charles
Willing Byrd; third cousin of George
Howard, John
Brown Francis, Benjamin
Chew Howard and Sophia
Dallas; third cousin once removed of John
Lee Carroll and Edward
Overton Jr.; third cousin twice removed of James
Rieman Macfarlane, John
Howell Carroll and Francis
Fisher Kane. |
| | | Political families: Lee-Randolph
family; Ballard-Gadsden-Randolph
family of West Virginia and South Carolina; Pendleton-Lee
family of Maryland; Shippen-Middleton
family of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Bache-Dallas
family of Pennsylvania and New York; Biddle-Randolph
family of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Carroll
family of Maryland (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Image source: Philadelphia Times,
December 20, 1891 |
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George Shiras Jr. (1832-1924) —
Born in Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa., January
26, 1832.
Lawyer; Associate
Justice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1892-1903; retired 1903.
Presbyterian.
Scottish
ancestry.
Died, as the result of a fall, in
Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa., August
2, 1924 (age 92 years, 189
days).
Interment at Allegheny
Cemetery, Pittsburgh, Pa.
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Benjamin Franklin Shively (1857-1916) —
also known as Benjamin F. Shively —
of South Bend, St. Joseph
County, Ind.
Born in St. Joseph
County, Ind., March
20, 1857.
Democrat. School
teacher; lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Indiana 13th District, 1884-85, 1887-93;
defeated, 1906; candidate for Governor of
Indiana, 1896; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Indiana, 1904
(member, Platform
and Resolutions Committee), 1912
(speaker);
U.S.
Senator from Indiana, 1909-16; died in office 1916.
Died March
14, 1916 (age 58 years, 360
days).
Interment at Brookville
Cemetery, Brookville, Pa.
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Herbert Bronson Shonk (1881-1930) —
also known as Herbert B. Shonk —
of Scarsdale, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born in Plymouth, Luzerne
County, Pa., October
28, 1881.
Republican. Lawyer; oil
business; major in the U.S. Army during World War I; member of New York
state assembly from Westchester County 2nd District, 1923-30;
died in office 1930.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons;
American
Legion; Alpha
Delta Phi; Phi
Beta Kappa.
Died, from pneumonia,
following a heart
attack, in White Plains Hospital,
White Plains, Westchester
County, N.Y., September
26, 1930 (age 48 years, 333
days).
Interment at St.
James the Less Cemetery, Scarsdale, N.Y.
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Milton William Shreve (1858-1939) —
also known as Milton W. Shreve —
of Erie, Erie
County, Pa.
Born in Venango
County, Pa., May 3,
1858.
Republican. Lawyer; Erie
County District Attorney; chair of
Erie County Republican Party, 1900; member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 1907-12; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania, 1913-15, 1919-33 (25th District
1913-15, 1919-23, 29th District 1923-33).
Member, Society
of the War of 1812.
Died December
23, 1939 (age 81 years, 234
days).
Interment at Erie
Cemetery, Erie, Pa.
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Joseph Horace Shull (1848-1944) —
also known as Joseph H. Shull; J. H. Shull —
of Stroudsburg, Monroe
County, Pa.
Born in Northampton
County, Pa., August
17, 1848.
Democrat. School
teacher; physician;
lawyer; newspaper
editor; member of Pennsylvania
state senate 22nd District, 1887-90; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 26th District, 1903-05; chair of
Monroe County Democratic Party, 1927.
Died in Stroudsburg, Monroe
County, Pa., August
9, 1944 (age 95 years, 358
days).
Interment at Stroudsburg
Cemetery, Stroudsburg, Pa.
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Thomas Hale Sill (1783-1856) —
also known as Thomas H. Sill —
of Lebanon, Warren
County, Ohio; Erie, Erie
County, Pa.
Born in Windsor, Hartford
County, Conn., October
11, 1783.
Whig. Lawyer; burgess
of Erie, Pennsylvania, 1816-17, 1829, 1833-34, 1843-44; member of
Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 1823; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 18th District, 1826-27, 1829-31;
delegate
to Pennsylvania state constitutional convention, 1837-38;
candidate for Presidential Elector for Pennsylvania; postmaster at Erie,
Pa., 1849-53.
Died in Erie, Erie
County, Pa., February
7, 1856 (age 72 years, 119
days).
Interment at Erie
Cemetery, Erie, Pa.
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Relatives: Son
of Richard Lord Sill and Sarah (Hale) Sill; married to Joanna
Boylston Chase; second cousin of Theodore
Sill; second cousin once removed of George
Griswold Sill; second cousin twice removed of Matthew
Griswold (1714-1799); second cousin thrice removed of Allan
Percy Sill; third cousin of Frederick
William Lord; third cousin once removed of James
Hillhouse, Roger
Griswold, Zina
Hyde Jr., John
William Allen and Augustus
Frank; third cousin thrice removed of George
Anthony Sweetland, Joseph
Buell Ely, Cleon
Lorenzo Parmelee and Albert
Clinton Griswold; fourth cousin of Daniel
Chapin, Elisha
Hotchkiss, Phineas
Lyman Tracy, Elisha
Hotchkiss Jr., Albert
Haller Tracy, Henry
Titus Backus and Thomas
Worcester Hyde; fourth cousin once removed of John
Larkin Payson, Graham
Hurd Chapin, Joseph
Lyman Huntington, Alexander
Hamilton Waterman, William
Judson Clark, Samuel
Lord, Charles
Hull Clark, Edwin
P. Hotchkiss, Matthew
Griswold (1833-1919), Charles
M. Hotchkiss, Charles
Edward Hyde, Herman
Arod Gager, John
Sedgwick Hyde and Edward
Warden Hyde. |
| | | Political family: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin
family of Connecticut and New York (subset of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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John Smith Simonson (1796-1881) —
of Charlestown, Clark
County, Ind.
Born in Fayette
County, Pa., June 2,
1796.
Served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; lawyer; farmer; miller; merchant;
member of Indiana
state senate, 1826-29; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Indiana, 1837; member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1841-46; defeated, 1838; Speaker of
the Indiana State House of Representatives, 1845-46; served in
the U.S. Army during the Mexican War; general in the Union Army
during the Civil War.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in New Albany, Floyd
County, Ind., December
5, 1881 (age 85 years, 186
days).
Burial location unknown.
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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.
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Charles Sitgreaves (1803-1878) —
of Phillipsburg, Warren
County, N.J.
Born in Easton, Northampton
County, Pa., April
22, 1803.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of New
Jersey state house of assembly from Warren County, 1831, 1833;
member of New
Jersey state senate from Warren County, 1852-54; mayor
of Phillipsburg, N.J., 1861-62; U.S.
Representative from New Jersey 3rd District, 1865-69.
Died in Phillipsburg, Warren
County, N.J., March
17, 1878 (age 74 years, 329
days).
Interment at Seventh
Street Cemetery, Easton, Pa.
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James Richard Slack (1818-1881) —
also known as J. R. Slack —
of Huntington, Huntington
County, Ind.
Born in Bucks
County, Pa., September
28, 1818.
Democrat. Lawyer; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Indiana, 1854, 1880; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Indiana, 1856,
1868,
1880
(Convention
Vice-President); member of Indiana
state senate, 1850; general in the Union Army during the Civil
War; circuit judge in Indiana, 1872-78.
Died, of a heart
attack, in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., July 28,
1881 (age 62 years, 303
days).
Interment at Mt.
Hope Cemetery, Huntington, Ind.
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Abraham Herr Smith (1815-1894) —
also known as A. Herr Smith —
of Lancaster, Lancaster
County, Pa.
Born in Manor Township, Lancaster
County, Pa., March 7,
1815.
Lawyer; member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 1843-44; member of Pennsylvania
state senate 7th District, 1846-48; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 9th District, 1873-85.
Died in Lancaster, Lancaster
County, Pa., February
16, 1894 (age 78 years, 346
days).
Interment at Woodward
Hill Cemetery, Lancaster, Pa.
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Bernard C. Smith (1923-1993) —
of Northport, Suffolk
County, Long Island, N.Y.
Born in Barnesboro (now part of Northern Cambria), Cambria
County, Pa., July 29,
1923.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II;
lawyer; Suffolk
County District Attorney, 1962-65; member of New York
state senate 2nd District, 1966-68.
Member, Rotary.
Died October
19, 1993 (age 70 years, 82
days).
Interment at Northport
Rural Cemetery, Northport, Long Island, N.Y.
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Earl A. Smith (1876-1938) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Lawrence, Essex
County, Mass., December
14, 1876.
Lawyer; member of New York
state assembly, 1917-19 (New York County 23rd District 1917, New
York County 22nd District 1918-19); magistrate.
Member, Elks; Knights
of Columbus; Tammany
Hall.
Died, in St. Elizabeth's Hospital,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., November
28, 1938 (age 61 years, 349
days).
Interment somewhere
in Milford, Pa.
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Relatives: Son
of George H. Smith and Elizabeth (Hart) Smith; married 1906 to
Florence Rochotte. |
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Ira L. Smith (b. 1870) —
of Fairmont, Marion
County, W.Va.
Born near Masontown, Fayette
County, Pa., March
15, 1870.
Republican. School
principal; lawyer; member of West
Virginia state senate 11th District, 1927-30; candidate for U.S.
Representative from West Virginia 1st District, 1934.
Presbyterian.
Member, Sigma
Nu; Theta
Nu Epsilon.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1906 to
Florence Belle Cox. |
| | | Image source: West Virginia Blue Book
1929 |
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James Smith (1719-1806) —
of Pennsylvania.
Born in Dublin, Ireland,
September
17, 1719.
Lawyer; Delegate
to Continental Congress from Pennsylvania, 1776; signer,
Declaration of Independence, 1776; member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 1780.
Presbyterian.
Died in York, York
County, Pa., July 11,
1806 (age 86 years, 297
days).
Interment at First
Presbyterian Churchyard, York, Pa.; memorial monument at Constitution Gardens, Washington, D.C.
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John Montgomery Smith (b. 1834) —
of Iowa
County, Wis.
Born in Bedford Springs, Bedford
County, Pa., February
26, 1834.
Democrat. Lawyer; candidate for Wisconsin
state attorney general, 1879; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Wisconsin, 1880,
1888;
member of Wisconsin
state assembly, 1892; candidate for Presidential Elector for
Wisconsin.
Burial location unknown.
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Joseph Showalter Smith (1824-1884) —
also known as Joseph S. Smith —
of Portland, Multnomah
County, Ore.; Olympia, Thurston
County, Wash.
Born in Connellsville, Fayette
County, Pa., June 20,
1824.
Democrat. Lawyer; candidate for mayor
of Portland, Ore., 1851; U.S.
Attorney for Washington, 1857-59; member of Oregon state
legislature, 1860; U.S.
Representative from Oregon at-large, 1869-71; candidate for Governor of
Oregon, 1882.
Died in Portland, Multnomah
County, Ore., September
28, 1884 (age 60 years, 100
days).
Interment at River
View Cemetery, Portland, Ore.
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Robert Smith (1757-1842) —
of Maryland.
Born in Lancaster, Lancaster
County, Pa., November
3, 1757.
Served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War;
lawyer; candidate for Presidential Elector for Maryland;
member of Maryland
state senate, 1793-95; member of Maryland
state house of delegates, 1796-1800; U.S.
Secretary of the Navy, 1801-09; U.S.
Secretary of State, 1809-11.
Presbyterian.
Died in Baltimore,
Md., November
26, 1842 (age 85 years, 23
days).
Burial location unknown.
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William Rudolph Smith (1787-1868) —
also known as William R. Smith —
of Mineral Point, Iowa
County, Wis.
Born in Trappe, Montgomery
County, Pa., August
31, 1787.
Lawyer; colonel in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812;
member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 1820; member of Pennsylvania
state senate 17th District, 1822-24; delegate
to Wisconsin state constitutional convention, 1846; Wisconsin
state attorney general, 1856-58.
Died in Quincy, Adams
County, Ill., August
22, 1868 (age 80 years, 357
days).
Burial location unknown.
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W. H. Snell (born c.1853) —
of Fairbury, Jefferson
County, Neb.
Born in Pennsylvania, about 1853.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Nebraska
state senate, 1885-88.
Burial location unknown.
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Charles A. Snyder (b. 1867) —
of Pottsville, Schuylkill
County, Pa.
Born in Pillow, Dauphin
County, Pa., April
16, 1867.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 1903-07; member of Pennsylvania
state senate 29th District, 1909-17; resigned 1917; Pennsylvania
state auditor general, 1917-21; alternate delegate to Republican
National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1920;
Pennsylvania
state treasurer, 1921-25.
Burial location unknown.
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Lee A. Solomon (b. 1954) —
of Haddon Heights, Camden
County, N.J.; Haddonfield, Camden
County, N.J.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., August
17, 1954.
Republican. Lawyer; member of New
Jersey state house of assembly 6th District, 1992-95; candidate
for U.S.
Representative from New Jersey 1st District, 1992; superior court
judge in New Jersey, 2004-08, 2012-14; associate
justice of New Jersey state supreme court, 2014-.
Still living as of 2016.
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Henry Souther (1826-1891) —
of Ridgway, Elk
County, Pa.; Erie, Erie
County, Pa.; Lynn, Essex
County, Mass.
Born in Charlestown, Middlesex County (now part of Boston, Suffolk
County), Mass., March 5,
1826.
Republican. Lawyer; Elk
County Treasurer, 1847; member of Pennsylvania
state senate 18th District, 1856-58; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1860,
1868;
county judge in Pennsylvania, 1871.
English
ancestry.
Died in 1891
(age about
65 years).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Everett, Mass.
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Relatives: Son
of Joseph Souther and Hepsie (Armisted) Souther; married 1850 to
Letitia Patterson; second cousin thrice removed of Marc
Hubbard Souther. |
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Arlen Specter (1930-2012) —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in Wichita, Sedgwick
County, Kan., February
12, 1930.
Served in the U.S. Air Force during the Korean conflict;
lawyer; Republican candidate for mayor
of Philadelphia, Pa., 1967; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Pennsylvania, 1972,
2008;
U.S.
Senator from Pennsylvania, 1981-2011; defeated in Democratic
primary, 2010.
Jewish.
Died, from non-Hodgkin's
lymphoma, in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., October
14, 2012 (age 82 years, 245
days).
Interment at Shalom
Memorial Park, Huntingdon Valley, Pa.
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John T. Spencer (born c.1845) —
of Dakota City, Dakota
County, Neb.
Born in Pennsylvania, about 1845.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Nebraska
state senate, 1885-86.
Burial location unknown.
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Haman C. Staggers (1867-1941) —
of Waynesburg, Greene
County, Pa.
Born in Franklin Township, Greene
County, Pa., July 19,
1867.
Democrat. Lawyer; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Pennsylvania, 1912.
Died in Waynesburg, Greene
County, Pa., February
13, 1941 (age 73 years, 209
days).
Interment at Green
Mount Cemetery, Waynesburg, Pa.
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Austin Leander Staley (1902-1978) —
also known as Austin L. Staley —
of Fox Chapel, Allegheny
County, Pa.
Born in Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa., December
30, 1902.
Democrat. Lawyer; Judge
of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 3rd Circuit, 1950-67; took
senior status 1967.
Catholic.
Member, American Bar
Association.
Died August
3, 1978 (age 75 years, 216
days).
Interment at Christ Our Redeemer Catholic Cemetery, Pittsburgh, Pa.
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William Henry Stanton (1843-1900) —
of Scranton, Lackawanna
County, Pa.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., July 28,
1843.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Pennsylvania
state senate 20th District, 1875-76; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 12th District, 1876-77; common
pleas court judge in Pennsylvania, 1877.
Died in Scranton, Lackawanna
County, Pa., March
28, 1900 (age 56 years, 243
days).
Interment at West
Side Catholic Cemetery, Scranton, Pa.
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Harold Edward Stassen (1907-2001) —
also known as Harold E. Stassen —
of South St. Paul, Dakota
County, Minn.; Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in West St. Paul, Dakota
County, Minn., April
13, 1907.
Republican. Lawyer; Dakota
County Attorney, 1931-38; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Minnesota, 1936,
1940
(Temporary
Chair; speaker);
Governor
of Minnesota, 1939-43; resigned 1943; served in the U.S. Navy
during World War II; among the founders of the United Nations, 1945
(in 2001, he was the last surviving signer of the UN Charter); president,
University of Pennsylvania, 1948-53; director, U.S. Mutual Security
Agency, 1953; candidate for Republican nomination for President, 1948,
1952,
1964,
1968,
1976,
1980,
1984,
1988,
1992;
candidate for Governor of
Pennsylvania, 1958; candidate for mayor
of Philadelphia, Pa., 1959; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Pennsylvania, 1960;
Independent Republican candidate for U.S.
Representative from Minnesota 4th District, 1986.
Baptist.
Member, Sigma
Alpha Epsilon; Delta
Sigma Rho; Gamma
Eta Gamma; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Council on
Foreign Relations.
Died, at the Friendship Village nursing
home, Bloomington, Hennepin
County, Minn., March 4,
2001 (age 93 years, 325
days).
Interment at Acacia
Cemetery, Mendota Heights, Minn.
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Charles W. Staudenmeier (1894-1988) —
of Ashland, Schuylkill
County, Pa.
Born in Ashland, Schuylkill
County, Pa., November
4, 1894.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I;
lawyer; member of Pennsylvania
state senate 29th District, 1933-36; defeated, 1936; circuit
judge in Pennsylvania, 1940.
German
ancestry.
Died January
12, 1988 (age 93 years, 69
days).
Interment at New St. Mauritius Cemetery, Ashland, Pa.
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William Alexander Steel (1836-1879) —
also known as W. A. Steel —
of Joliet, Will
County, Ill.
Born in Blairsville, Indiana
County, Pa., October
11, 1836.
Major in the Union Army during the Civil War; lawyer; stone quarry
proprietor; mayor of
Joliet, Ill., 1869-71, 1872-73, 1875-76.
Died, reportedly as the result of a horsedrawn
sleigh accident, in Joliet, Will
County, Ill., March
28, 1879 (age 42 years, 168
days).
Interment at Oakwood
Cemetery, Joliet, Ill.
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Henry Joseph Steele (1860-1933) —
also known as Henry J. Steele —
of Easton, Northampton
County, Pa.
Born in Easton, Northampton
County, Pa., May 10,
1860.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 26th District, 1915-21.
Died in 1933
(age about
73 years).
Interment at Easton
Cemetery, Easton, Pa.
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William Shearer Stenger (1840-1918) —
also known as William S. Stenger —
of Chambersburg, Franklin
County, Pa.
Born in Fort Loudon, Franklin
County, Pa., February
13, 1840.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 18th District, 1875-79; delegate
to Democratic National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1880;
secretary
of the commonwealth of Pennsylvania, 1883-87.
Died in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., March
29, 1918 (age 78 years, 44
days).
Interment at Falling
Spring Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Chambersburg, Pa.
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Bruce Foster Sterling (1870-1945) —
also known as Bruce F. Sterling —
of Uniontown, Fayette
County, Pa.
Born in Masontown, Fayette
County, Pa., September
28, 1870.
Democrat. Lawyer; law partner of Edward
C. Higbee; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Pennsylvania, 1912
(member, Committee
on Rules and Order of Business), 1924,
1928;
member of Pennsylvania state legislature, 1910; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 23rd District, 1917-19;
defeated, 1920; Pennsylvania
Democratic state chair, 1921.
Member, Elks; Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons; Royal
Arch Masons; Knights
Templar.
Died in 1945
(age about
74 years).
Interment at Oak
Grove Cemetery, South Union Township, Fayette County, Pa.
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Thaddeus Stevens (1792-1868) —
of Gettysburg, Adams
County, Pa.; Lancaster, Lancaster
County, Pa.
Born in Danville, Caledonia
County, Vt., April 4,
1792.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 1833-35, 1837, 1841; delegate
to Pennsylvania state constitutional convention, 1838; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania, 1849-53, 1859-68 (8th District
1849-53, 9th District 1859-68); died in office 1868; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1856
(speaker),
1860.
Died in Washington,
D.C., August
11, 1868 (age 76 years, 129
days).
Interment at Shreiner-Concord
Cemetery, Lancaster, Pa.; cenotaph at Congressional
Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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James S. Stevenson (1780-1831) —
of Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa.
Born in Warren
County, Pa., 1780.
Lawyer; member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 1822-23; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 16th District, 1825-29.
Died in Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa., October
16, 1831 (age about 51
years).
Interment at First
Presbyterian Cemetery, Pittsburgh, Pa.
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Andrew Stewart (1791-1872) —
of Uniontown, Fayette
County, Pa.
Born in German Township, Fayette
County, Pa., June 11,
1791.
Lawyer; member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 1815-18; U.S.
Attorney for the Western District of Pennsylvania, 1818-21; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania, 1821-29, 1831-35, 1843-49 (13th
District 1821-23, 14th District 1823-29, 1831-33, 20th District
1833-35, 18th District 1843-45, 13th District 1845-47, 18th District
1847-49); delegate to Republican National Convention from
Pennsylvania, 1860.
Died in Uniontown, Fayette
County, Pa., July 16,
1872 (age 81 years, 35
days).
Interment at Oak
Grove Cemetery, South Union Township, Fayette County, Pa.
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William Stewart (1810-1876) —
of Pennsylvania.
Born in Mercer, Mercer
County, Pa., September
10, 1810.
Lawyer; member of Pennsylvania
state senate, 1842-44 (20th District 1842-43, 25th District
1844); U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 23rd District, 1857-61.
Died in Mercer, Mercer
County, Pa., October
17, 1876 (age 66 years, 37
days).
Interment at Mercer
Citizens Cemetery, Mercer, Pa.
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John Dodson Stiles (1822-1896) —
also known as John D. Stiles —
of Pennsylvania.
Born in Pennsylvania, January
15, 1822.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania, 1862-65, 1869-71 (7th District
1862-63, 6th District 1863-65, 1869-71); delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1864.
Died October
29, 1896 (age 74 years, 288
days).
Interment at Fairview
Cemetery, Allentown, Pa.
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Fletcher Wilbur Stites (1881-1933) —
also known as Fletcher W. Stites —
of Narberth, Montgomery
County, Pa.; Lower Merion Township, Montgomery
County, Pa.
Born in Cape May, Cape May
County, N.J., October
3, 1881.
Republican. Lawyer; candidate for Presidential Elector for
Pennsylvania; member of Pennsylvania
state senate 12th District, 1923-26.
Died in 1933
(age about
51 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Rhamanthus Menville Stocker (1848-1917) —
also known as R. M. Stocker —
of Honesdale, Wayne
County, Pa.
Born in Salem Township, Wayne
County, Pa., October
5, 1848.
Democrat. Lawyer; newspaper
editor; historian;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 15th District, 1894, 1895;
postmaster at Honesdale,
Pa., 1914-17.
Died in Honesdale, Wayne
County, Pa., April
21, 1917 (age 68 years, 198
days).
Interment at Glen
Dyberry Cemetery, Honesdale, Pa.
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Stephen Stockton (b. 1947) —
also known as Steve Stockton —
of Bloomington, McLean
County, Ill.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., July 4,
1947.
Lawyer; accountant;
insurance
executive; mayor
of Bloomington, Ill., 2005-.
Still living as of 2011.
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Charles Warren Stone (1843-1912) —
also known as Charles W. Stone —
of Warren, Warren
County, Pa.
Born in Groton, Middlesex
County, Mass., June 29,
1843.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 1870-71; member of Pennsylvania
state senate 48th District, 1877-78; Lieutenant
Governor of Pennsylvania, 1879-83; secretary
of the commonwealth of Pennsylvania, 1887-90; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania, 1890-99 (27th District 1890-97,
7th District 1897-99).
Died near Warren, Warren
County, Pa., August
15, 1912 (age 69 years, 47
days).
Interment at Oakland
Cemetery, Warren, Pa.
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William Alexis Stone (1846-1920) —
also known as William A. Stone —
of Allegheny (now part of Pittsburgh), Allegheny
County, Pa.
Born in Delmar Township, Tioga
County, Pa., April
18, 1846.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War;
lawyer; Tioga
County District Attorney, 1875-77; U.S.
Attorney for the Western District of Pennsylvania, 1880-86; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 23rd District, 1891-98; delegate
to Republican National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1896;
Governor
of Pennsylvania, 1899-1903.
Died in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., March 1,
1920 (age 73 years, 318
days).
Interment at Wellsboro
Cemetery, Wellsboro, Pa.
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Christian Markle Straub (1804-1860) —
also known as Christian M. Straub —
of Orwigsburg, Schuylkill
County, Pa.; Pottsville, Schuylkill
County, Pa.
Born in Milton, Northumberland
County, Pa., 1804.
Democrat. Lawyer; Schuylkill
County Prothonotary, 1845; Schuylkill
County Sheriff, 1849; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 11th District, 1853-55; member
of Pennsylvania
state senate, 1856-58 (28th District 1856-57, 7th District 1858).
German
ancestry.
Died in Washington,
D.C., June 7,
1860 (age about 55
years).
Interment somewhere
in Pottsville, Pa.
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Audrey Strauss (born c.1948) —
of New York.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., about 1948.
Lawyer; U.S.
Attorney for the Southern District of New York, 2020-.
Female.
Still living as of 2020.
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John Franklin Street (b. 1943) —
also known as John F. Street —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in Norristown, Montgomery
County, Pa., October
15, 1943.
Democrat. Lawyer; candidate for Presidential Elector for
Pennsylvania; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Pennsylvania, 1996,
2000,
2004,
2008;
mayor
of Philadelphia, Pa., 2000-08.
Still living as of 2020.
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Joseph E. Streeter (1829-1863) —
of Joliet, Will
County, Ill.
Born in Harford, Susquehanna
County, Pa., August
3, 1829.
Lawyer; mayor of
Joliet, Ill., 1854-55; justice of
Nebraska territorial supreme court, 1861-63; died in office 1863.
Died February
20, 1863 (age 33 years, 201
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Nathan Leroy Strong (1859-1939) —
also known as Nathan L. Strong —
of Brookville, Jefferson
County, Pa.
Born in Summerville, Jefferson
County, Pa., November
12, 1859.
Republican. Telegraph
operator; railway
station agent; lawyer; Jefferson
County District Attorney, 1895-1901; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 27th District, 1917-35.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Elks; Knights
of Pythias.
Died December
14, 1939 (age 80 years, 32
days).
Interment at Brookville
Cemetery, Brookville, Pa.
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William Strong (1808-1895) —
of Reading, Berks
County, Pa.
Born in Somers, Tolland
County, Conn., May 6,
1808.
Democrat. School
teacher; lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 9th District, 1847-51; justice of
Pennsylvania state supreme court, 1857-68; resigned 1868; Associate
Justice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1870-80; retired 1880.
Presbyterian.
Died in Lake Minnewaska, Ulster
County, N.Y., August
19, 1895 (age 87 years, 105
days).
Interment at Charles
Evans Cemetery, Reading, Pa.
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Myer Strouse (1825-1878) —
of Pottsville, Schuylkill
County, Pa.
Born in Oberstrau, Germany,
December
16, 1825.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 10th District, 1863-67.
Jewish.
Died in Pottsville, Schuylkill
County, Pa., February
11, 1878 (age 52 years, 57
days).
Interment at Odd
Fellows Cemetery, Pottsville, Pa.
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Howard William Stull (1876-1949) —
also known as Howard W. Stull —
of Colville, Stevens
County, Wash.; Johnstown, Cambria
County, Pa.
Born near Johnstown, Cambria
County, Pa., April
11, 1876.
Republican. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 20th District, 1932-33.
Died in Johnstown, Cambria
County, Pa., April
22, 1949 (age 73 years, 11
days).
Interment at Grandview
Cemetery, Southmont, Pa.
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Lafayette M. Sturdevant (b. 1856) —
of Neillsville, Clark
County, Wis.
Born in Chandlers Valley, Warren
County, Pa., September
17, 1856.
Republican. School
teacher; lawyer; Clark
County District Attorney, 1884-85, 1890-91; chair of
Clark County Republican Party, 1894-98; member of Wisconsin
state assembly, 1899-1902; Wisconsin
state attorney general, 1903-07.
Burial location unknown.
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Charles Swayne (1842-1907) —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.; Pensacola, Escambia
County, Fla.
Born in Guyencourt, New Castle
County, Del., August
10, 1842.
Republican. Lawyer; candidate for justice of
Florida state supreme court, 1888; U.S.
District Judge for the Northern District of Florida, 1889-1907;
died in office 1907; impeached
by the U.S. House of Representatives in December 1904; acquitted in
the U.S. Senate.
Died July 5,
1907 (age 64 years, 329
days).
Burial location unknown.
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J. Bowman Sweitzer —
of Pennsylvania.
Lawyer; law partner of David
Reed; U.S.
Attorney for the Western District of Pennsylvania, 1850-53.
Burial location unknown.
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George Sweney (1796-1877) —
of Bucyrus, Crawford
County, Ohio.
Born near Gettysburg, Adams
County, Pa., February
22, 1796.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 14th District, 1839-43.
Died in Bucyrus, Crawford
County, Ohio, October
10, 1877 (age 81 years, 230
days).
Interment at Oakwood
Cemetery, Bucyrus, Ohio.
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