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John Kaye Tabor (1921-1999) —
also known as John K. Tabor —
of Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Uniontown, Fayette
County, Pa., April
19, 1921.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II;
lawyer; Pennsylvania
secretary of internal affairs, 1967-68; Pennsylvania Secretary of
Labor and Industry, 1968-69; candidate for mayor
of Pittsburgh, Pa., 1969; U.S. Undersecretary of Commerce,
1973-75.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa.
Died, following a stroke,
while also suffering from Parkinson's
disease, in the Woodbine Rehabilitation
and Healthcare Center, Alexandria,
Va., September
6, 1999 (age 78 years, 140
days).
Burial location unknown.
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James Hugh Joseph Tate (b. 1910) —
also known as James H. J. Tate —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., April
10, 1910.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 1940-46; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1960,
1964,
1968,
1972;
mayor
of Philadelphia, Pa., 1962-72; member of Pennsylvania
Democratic State Committee, 1972-73.
Catholic.
Member, Common
Cause; Federal
Bar Association; Knights
of Columbus.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of James E. Tate; married, June 20,
1942, to Anne M. Daly. |
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James Albertus Tawney (1855-1919) —
also known as James A. Tawney —
of Winona, Winona
County, Minn.
Born in Mt. Pleasant Township, Adams
County, Pa., January
3, 1855.
Republican. Blacksmith;
machinist;
lawyer; member of Minnesota
state senate 15th District, 1891-94; U.S.
Representative from Minnesota 1st District, 1893-1911.
Died in Excelsior Springs, Clay
County, Mo., June 12,
1919 (age 64 years, 160
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Winona, Minn.
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Robert Walker Tayler (1812-1878) —
also known as Robert W. Tayler —
of Trumbull
County, Ohio; Youngstown, Mahoning
County, Ohio.
Born in Harrisburg, Dauphin
County, Pa., November
9, 1812.
Republican. Lawyer; Trumbull
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1839-43; mayor
of Youngstown, Ohio, 1851-52; member of Ohio
state senate 23rd District, 1856-59; Ohio
auditor of state, 1860-63; First Comptroller, U.S. Treasury,
1863-78.
Died in Washington,
D.C., February
25, 1878 (age 65 years, 108
days).
Burial location unknown.
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P. Emerson Taylor (b. 1871) —
of Chambersburg, Franklin
County, Pa.; Tekamah, Burt
County, Neb.
Born in Dry Run, Franklin
County, Pa., January
18, 1871.
School
principal; lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during the
Spanish-American War; railway
land agent; Burt
County Attorney, 1903-07; U.S. Consul in Stavanger, 1910-11.
Burial location unknown.
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Hubert Teitelbaum (b. 1915) —
of Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa.
Born in Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa., July 2,
1915.
Republican. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during World War
II; U.S.
Attorney for the Western District of Pennsylvania, 1957-61; U.S.
District Judge for the Western District of Pennsylvania, 1970-.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Judicature Society; Association
of Trial Lawyers of America; American
Legion; American
Arbitration Association; Order of
the Coif.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Jack Teitelbaum and Anna (Wolk) Teitelbaum; married, December
2, 1949, to Maja Wahrheit. |
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Albert Clifton Thompson (1842-1910) —
also known as Albert C. Thompson —
of Portsmouth, Scioto
County, Ohio.
Born in Brookville, Jefferson
County, Pa., January
23, 1842.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War;
lawyer; Scioto
County Probate Judge, 1870-73; common pleas court judge in Ohio,
1881-84; U.S.
Representative from Ohio, 1885-91 (12th District 1885-87, 11th
District 1887-91); delegate to Republican National Convention from
Ohio, 1896
(member, Credentials
Committee); U.S.
District Judge for the Southern District of Ohio, 1898-1910; died
in office 1910.
Died in Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio, January
26, 1910 (age 68 years, 3
days).
Interment at Greenlawn
Cemetery, Portsmouth, Ohio.
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Charles Yoder Thompson (b. 1875) —
also known as Charles Y. Thompson —
of West Point, Cuming
County, Neb.
Born in Reading, Berks
County, Pa., October
17, 1875.
Republican. Lawyer; farmer;
member of University
of Nebraska board of regents, 1935-.
Member, Farm
Bureau; Phi
Kappa Psi; Phi
Delta Phi.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Thomas Dick Thompson and Elizabeth (Yoder) Thompson; married 1900 to Martha
Berthold; married 1927 to Marie
Chambers. |
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Edward Jackson Thompson (b. 1901) —
also known as Edward J. Thompson —
of Philipsburg, Centre
County, Pa.
Born in Philipsburg, Centre
County, Pa., June 2,
1901.
Democrat. Lawyer; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Pennsylvania, 1932,
1940;
member of Pennsylvania
state senate 34th District, 1935-38.
Member, Delta
Theta Phi; Kiwanis;
Freemasons;
Patriotic
Order Sons of America; Odd
Fellows; Redmen;
Junior
Order; Elks; Moose; Eagles;
United
Commercial Travelers; American
Academy of Political and Social Science.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Andrew Curtin Thompson and Bertha Ellen (Denning) Thompson;
married to Harriet Barker. |
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John McCandless Thompson (1829-1903) —
also known as John M. Thompson —
of Butler, Butler
County, Pa.
Born near Butler, Butler
County, Pa., January
4, 1829.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 1859-60; colonel in the Union
Army during the Civil War; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Pennsylvania, 1868;
candidate for Presidential Elector for Pennsylvania; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania, 1875, 1877-79 (23rd District
1875, 26th District 1877-79).
Died in Butler, Butler
County, Pa., September
3, 1903 (age 74 years, 242
days).
Interment at Butler
Cemetery, Butler, Pa.
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Meldrim Thomson Jr. (1912-2001) —
of Orford, Grafton
County, N.H.
Born in Wilkinsburg, Allegheny
County, Pa., March 8,
1912.
Lawyer; delegate
to New Hampshire state constitutional convention, 1964; Governor of
New Hampshire, 1973-79; defeated, 1968 (Republican primary), 1970
(Republican primary), 1970 (American Independent), 1978 (Republican).
Died, from Parkinson's
disease and heart
problems, in Orford, Grafton
County, N.H., April
19, 2001 (age 89 years, 42
days).
Burial location unknown.
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W. H. Seward Thomson (1856-1932) —
of Beaver, Beaver
County, Pa.; Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa.
Born in Beaver
County, Pa., December
16, 1856.
Lawyer; U.S.
District Judge for the Western District of Pennsylvania, 1914-28;
took senior status 1928.
Died November
29, 1932 (age 75 years, 349
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Richard Lewis Thornburgh (b. 1932) —
also known as Richard L. Thornburgh; Dick
Thornburgh —
of Pennsylvania.
Born in Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa., July 16,
1932.
Republican. Lawyer; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania, 1966; delegate
to Pennsylvania state constitutional convention, 1967-68; U.S.
Attorney for the Western District of Pennsylvania, 1969-75; Governor of
Pennsylvania, 1979-87; U.S.
Attorney General, 1988-91; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Pennsylvania, 1991.
Member, Council on
Foreign Relations.
Still living as of 2020.
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William Tilghman (1756-1827) —
of Talbot
County, Md.; Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in Talbot
County, Md., August
12, 1756.
Lawyer; member of Maryland
state house of delegates, 1788-90; candidate for Presidential
Elector for Maryland; member of Maryland
state senate, 1791-93; Chief Judge of U.S. Circuit Court for the
3rd Circuit, 1801-02; chief
justice of Pennsylvania state supreme court, 1806-27; died in
office 1827; candidate for Governor of
Pennsylvania, 1811.
Died in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., April
29, 1827 (age 70 years, 260
days).
Interment at Christ
Church Burial Ground, Philadelphia, Pa.
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John Tod (1779-1830) —
of Bedford, Bedford
County, Pa.
Born in Hartford, Hartford
County, Conn., 1779.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 1810-13; member of Pennsylvania
state senate 14th District, 1815-17; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania, 1821-24 (8th District 1821-23,
13th District 1823-24); common pleas court judge in Pennsylvania 16th
District, 1824-27; justice of
Pennsylvania state supreme court, 1827.
Died in Bedford, Bedford
County, Pa., March
27, 1830 (age about 50
years).
Interment at Bedford
Cemetery, Bedford, Pa.
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James Todd (1786-1863) —
Born in York
County, Pa., December
25, 1786.
Lawyer; Pennsylvania
state attorney general, 1835-38; president judge, Philadelphia
Court of Criminal Sessions, 1838-40.
Scottish
ancestry.
Died in Greensburg, Westmoreland
County, Pa., September
3, 1863 (age 76 years, 252
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Albion Winegar Tourgee (1838-1905) —
also known as Albion W. Tourgee —
of Greensboro, Guilford
County, N.C.; Raleigh, Wake
County, N.C.; Denver,
Colo.; Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.; Mayville, Chautauqua
County, N.Y.
Born in Williamsfield, Ashtabula
County, Ohio, May 2,
1838.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War;
lawyer; newspaper
editor; delegate
to North Carolina state constitutional convention, 1868, 1875;
superior court judge in North Carolina, 1868-75; candidate for U.S.
Representative from North Carolina, 1878; author;
U.S. Consul in Bordeaux, 1897-1905, died in office 1905.
French
Huguenot and Swiss
ancestry.
Died, of acute
uremia, due to an infected
wound, in Bordeaux, France,
May
21, 1905 (age 67 years, 19
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Mayville
Cemetery, Mayville, N.Y.
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Charlemagne Tower (1848-1923) —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.; Duluth, St. Louis
County, Minn.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., April
17, 1848.
Republican. Lawyer; president, Duluth & Iron Range Railroad;
managing director, Minnesota Iron Co. (mining);
U.S. Minister to Austria-Hungary, 1897-99; U.S. Ambassador to Russia, 1899-1902; Germany, 1902-08; alternate delegate to Republican National
Convention from Pennsylvania, 1916.
Member, American
Philosophical Society.
Died February
24, 1923 (age 74 years, 313
days).
Original interment at West
Laurel Hill Cemetery, Bala Cynwyd, Pa.; reinterment at Waterville
Cemetery, Waterville, N.Y.
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Frank Mattern Trexler (1861-1947) —
also known as Frank M. Trexler —
of Allentown, Lehigh
County, Pa.
Born January
9, 1861.
Republican. Lawyer; superior court judge in Pennsylvania,
1914-35; defeated, 1934.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons.
Died February
22, 1947 (age 86 years, 44
days).
Interment at Fairview
Cemetery, Allentown, Pa.
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William Irvin Troutman (1905-1971) —
also known as William I. Troutman —
of Shamokin, Northumberland
County, Pa.
Born in Shamokin, Northumberland
County, Pa., January
13, 1905.
Republican. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania at-large, 1943-45; member of Pennsylvania
state senate 27th District, 1945; resigned 1945; common pleas
court judge in Pennsylvania, 1946-66.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; Sigma
Pi; Freemasons.
Died in Shamokin, Northumberland
County, Pa., January
27, 1971 (age 66 years, 14
days).
Interment at Odd
Fellows Cemetery, Shamokin, Pa.
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Richard Trumka (b. 1949) —
of Nemacolin, Greene
County, Pa.
Born in Nemacolin, Greene
County, Pa., July 24,
1949.
Democrat. Lawyer; president,
United Mine Workers, 1982-95; secretary-treasurer,
AFL-CIO, 1995-2009; president,
AFL-CIO, 2009-; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Pennsylvania, 1984,
1996,
2000.
Italian
and Polish
ancestry.
Still living as of 2014.
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George Tucker (1775-1861) —
of Lynchburg,
Va.; Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in St. Georges, Bermuda,
August
20, 1775.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1815; U.S.
Representative from Virginia, 1819-25 (15th District 1819-21, 6th
District 1821-25); university
professor.
Slaveowner.
Died in Sherwood, Albemarle
County, Va., April
10, 1861 (age 85 years, 233
days).
Interment at University
of Virginia Cemetery, Charlottesville, Va.
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James Miller Tunnell (1879-1957) —
also known as James M. Tunnell —
of Georgetown, Sussex
County, Del.
Born in Clarksville, Sussex
County, Del., August
2, 1879.
Democrat. Lawyer; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Delaware, 1916
(member, Credentials
Committee), 1940,
1944
(member, Platform
and Resolutions Committee), 1948,
1952
(member, Platform
and Resolutions Committee), 1956;
Delaware
Democratic state chair, 1929-30; member of Democratic
National Committee from Delaware, 1937-47; U.S.
Senator from Delaware, 1941-47; defeated, 1924, 1946.
Died in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., November
14, 1957 (age 78 years, 104
days).
Interment at Blackwater
Church Cemetery, Near Clarksville, Sussex County, Del.
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Ruby Ross Vale (1874-1961) —
also known as Ruby R. Vale —
of Milford, Sussex
County, Del.
Born in Carlisle, Cumberland
County, Pa., October
19, 1874.
Republican. School
principal; lawyer; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Delaware, 1912
(member, Committee
on Rules and Order of Business), 1916,
1948
(alternate).
Methodist.
French
Huguenot ancestry. Member, American Bar
Association; American
Judicature Society; American
Academy of Political and Social Science; American
Historical Association; Phi
Kappa Psi; Theta
Nu Epsilon; Freemasons;
Union
League.
Died January
2, 1961 (age 86 years, 75
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Robert Thompson Van Horn (1824-1916) —
also known as Robert T. Van Horn —
of Pomeroy, Meigs
County, Ohio; Kansas City, Jackson
County, Mo.
Born in East Mahoning, Indiana
County, Pa., May 19,
1824.
Lawyer; postmaster at Kansas
City, Mo., 1857-61; newspaper
editor; mayor
of Kansas City, Mo., 1861-62, 1863-65; member of Missouri
state senate, 1862-64; colonel in the Union Army during the Civil
War; delegate to Republican National Convention from Missouri, 1864,
1868,
1872,
1876,
1880,
1884;
U.S.
Representative from Missouri, 1865-71, 1881-83, 1896-97 (6th
District 1865-71, 8th District 1881-83, 5th District 1896-97);
defeated (Republican), 1894, 1902; member of Republican
National Committee from Missouri, 1872-74, 1884; Missouri
Republican state chair, 1874-76; U.S. Collector of Internal
Revenue for the 6th Missouri District, 1879.
Died in Evanston Station (now part of Independence), Jackson
County, Mo., January
3, 1916 (age 91 years, 229
days).
Interment at Mt.
Washington Cemetery, Independence, Mo.
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Robert Lee Vann (1879-1940) —
also known as Robert L. Vann —
of Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa.; Oakmont, Allegheny
County, Pa.
Born in Ahoskie, Hertford
County, N.C., August
27, 1879.
Lawyer; newspaper
editor and publisher; alternate delegate to Republican National
Convention from Pennsylvania, 1924;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1936.
African
ancestry.
Died, at Shadyside Hospital,
Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa., October
24, 1940 (age 61 years, 58
days).
Entombed at Homewood
Cemetery, Pittsburgh, Pa.
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Relatives: Son
of Lucy Peoples; married 1910 to Jessie
Matthews. |
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(built 1914 as Watt School; name changed to Vann 1941; closed and
sold 2011; now St. Benedict the Moor Catholic School), in Pittsburgh,
Pennsylvania, was named for
him. |
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Cornelius Peter Van Ness (1782-1852) —
also known as Cornelius P. Van Ness —
of Burlington, Chittenden
County, Vt.; New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Kinderhook, Columbia
County, N.Y., January
26, 1782.
Democrat. Lawyer; postmaster at Burlington,
Vt., 1809-14; U.S.
Attorney for Vermont, 1810-13; U.S. Collector of
Customs, 1813; member of Vermont
state house of representatives, 1820-21; chief
justice of Vermont Supreme Court, 1821-23; Governor of
Vermont, 1823-26; U.S. Minister to Spain, 1829-36; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Vermont, 1840;
U.S. Collector of
Customs, 1844-45.
Dutch
ancestry.
Died in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., December
15, 1852 (age 70 years, 324
days).
Interment at Oak
Hill Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Charles Henry Van Wyck (1824-1895) —
also known as Charles H. Van Wyck —
of Bloomingburg, Sullivan
County, N.Y.; Middletown, Orange
County, N.Y.; Nebraska City, Otoe
County, Neb.
Born in Poughkeepsie, Dutchess
County, N.Y., May 10,
1824.
Republican. Lawyer; Sullivan
County District Attorney, 1850-56; member of New York state
legislature, 1850; U.S.
Representative from New York, 1859-63, 1867-69, 1870-71 (10th
District 1859-63, 11th District 1867-69, 1870-71); general in the
Union Army during the Civil War; delegate
to Nebraska state constitutional convention, 1875; member of Nebraska
state senate, 1877-81; U.S.
Senator from Nebraska, 1881-87.
Died in Washington,
D.C., October
24, 1895 (age 71 years, 167
days).
Interment at Milford
Cemetery, Milford, Pa.
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James C. Vaughan (1860-1901) —
of Lackawanna
County, Pa.
Born in Scranton, Lackawanna
County, Pa., July 28,
1860.
Republican. School teacher
and principal; lawyer; member of Pennsylvania
state senate 20th District, 1895-1901; died in office 1901.
Died August
8, 1901 (age 41 years, 11
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Image source:
Memorial proceedings in Pennsylvania Senate |
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Thomas J. Vilsack (b. 1950) —
also known as Tom Vilsack —
of Mt. Pleasant, Henry
County, Iowa; Des Moines, Polk
County, Iowa.
Born in Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa., December
13, 1950.
Democrat. Lawyer; mayor
of Mt. Pleasant, Iowa; elected 1989; member of Iowa
state senate, 1993-98; Governor of
Iowa, 1999-2007; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Iowa, 2000,
2004,
2008;
member of Democratic
National Committee from Iowa, 2004; candidate for Democratic
nomination for President, 2008;
U.S.
Secretary of Agriculture, 2009-.
Catholic.
Member, Delta
Upsilon.
Still living as of 2014.
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