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Douglas Walgren (b. 1940) —
also known as Doug Walgren —
of Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa.; Mt. Lebanon, Allegheny
County, Pa.
Born in Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y., December
28, 1940.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 18th District, 1977-91;
defeated, 1970 (27th District), 1972 (27th District), 1972 (18th
District), 1990 (18th District).
Still living as of 2014.
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Frank Comerford Walker (1886-1959) —
also known as Frank C. Walker —
of Butte, Silver Bow
County, Mont.; Scranton, Lackawanna
County, Pa.
Born in Plymouth, Luzerne
County, Pa., May 30,
1886.
Democrat. Lawyer; Silver
Bow County Attorney, 1909-12; member of Montana
state house of representatives, 1913; served in the U.S. Army
during World War I; Treasurer
of Democratic National Committee, 1932-33; U.S.
Postmaster General, 1940-45; Chairman
of Democratic National Committee, 1943-44; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1944,
1948.
Catholic.
Irish
ancestry. Member, American Bar
Association; Knights
of Columbus.
Died in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., September
13, 1959 (age 73 years, 106
days).
Interment at St. Patricks Cemetery, Butte, Mont.
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Gilbert Carlton Walker (1833-1885) —
also known as Gilbert C. Walker —
of Owego, Tioga
County, N.Y.; Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.; Norfolk,
Va.; Binghamton, Broome
County, N.Y.; New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in South Gibson, Susquehanna
County, Pa., August
1, 1833.
Democrat. Lawyer; Governor of
Virginia, 1869-74; U.S.
Representative from Virginia 3rd District, 1875-79; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from New York, 1880;
president, New York Underground Railroad
Co.
Died in New York, New York
County, N.Y., May 11,
1885 (age 51 years, 283
days).
Interment at Spring
Forest Cemetery, Binghamton, N.Y.
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James Andrew Walker (b. 1878) —
also known as James Walker —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., October
5, 1878.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives 21st District, 1917-23; secretary
of the commonwealth of Pennsylvania, 1930-31.
Interment at Mt.
Moriah Cemetery, West Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pa.
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John H. Walker (b. 1800) —
of Pennsylvania.
Born in Pennsylvania, February
9, 1800.
Whig. Lawyer; circuit judge in Pennsylvania, 1830; member of
Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 1833-35; member of Pennsylvania
state senate, 1850-52 (27th District 1850, 20th District
1851-52); delegate
to Pennsylvania state constitutional convention, 1873.
Burial location unknown.
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Jonathan Hoge Walker (1754-1824) —
of Pennsylvania.
Born near Hogestown, Cumberland
County, Pa., March
20, 1754.
Served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War;
lawyer; district judge in Pennsylvania, 1806-18; U.S.
District Judge for the Western District of Pennsylvania, 1818-24;
died in office 1824.
Died in Natchez, Adams
County, Miss., March
23, 1824 (age 70 years, 3
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Robert Jarvis Cochran Walker (1838-1903) —
also known as Robert J. C. Walker —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.; Williamsport, Lycoming
County, Pa.
Born near West Chester, Chester
County, Pa., October
20, 1838.
Republican. Lawyer; magazine
publisher; oil
producer; land,
lumber,
and coal
mining business; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 16th District, 1881-83; chemist.
Died in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., December
19, 1903 (age 65 years, 60
days).
Interment at Laurel
Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia, Pa.
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Robert John Walker (1801-1869) —
also known as Robert J. Walker —
of Madisonville, Madison
County, Miss.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Northumberland, Northumberland
County, Pa., July 19,
1801.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Senator from Mississippi, 1835-45; resigned 1845; U.S.
Secretary of the Treasury, 1845-49; Governor
of Kansas Territory, 1857; newspaper
publisher.
Slaveowner.
Died in Washington,
D.C., November
11, 1869 (age 68 years, 115
days).
Interment at Oak
Hill Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Samuel Walker (1825-1881) —
of Tallahassee, Leon
County, Fla.
Born in Londonderry Township, Chester
County, Pa., June 25,
1825.
Republican. Lawyer; Radical Republican candidate for Governor of
Florida, 1868; mayor
of Tallahassee, Fla., 1876.
Died in Downingtown, Chester
County, Pa., June 9,
1881 (age 55 years, 349
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Thomas Joseph Walker (1877-1945) —
of Butte, Silver Bow
County, Mont.
Born in Plymouth, Luzerne
County, Pa., March
25, 1877.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Montana
state house of representatives, 1905; Silver
Bow County Attorney, 1906-10; member of Montana
state senate, 1922-34; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Montana, 1928,
1932,
1936
(alternate); candidate for chief
justice of Montana state supreme court, 1938; Judge
of U.S. Customs Court, 1940-45, 1940-45; died in office 1945.
Catholic.
Irish
ancestry. Member, Knights
of Columbus; Elks.
Died, in St. Vincent's Hospital,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., January
18, 1945 (age 67 years, 299
days).
Interment at St. Patricks Cemetery, Butte, Mont.
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Thomas Ross Wallace (1848-1929) —
also known as Thomas R. Wallace —
of Atlantic, Cass
County, Iowa.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., October
20, 1848.
Republican. School
teacher; lawyer; U.S. Consul in Crefeld, 1901-07; Jerusalem, 1907-10; Martinique, 1910-24.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Odd
Fellows; Elks.
Died in New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La., December
8, 1929 (age 81 years, 49
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of William Wallace and Jane (Ross) Wallace; married, October
6, 1874, to Margaret Gill. |
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David Wallerstein —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Democrat. Lawyer; alternate delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Pennsylvania, 1912.
Burial location unknown.
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Francis Eugene Walter (1894-1963) —
also known as Francis E. Walter —
of Easton, Northampton
County, Pa.
Born in Easton, Northampton
County, Pa., May 26,
1894.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; lawyer;
trustee, Easton Hospital;
bank
director; Northampton
County Solicitor, 1928-33; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Pennsylvania, 1928,
1948
(alternate), 1952,
1956,
1960;
U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania, 1933-63 (21st District 1933-45,
20th District 1945-53, 15th District 1953-63); died in office 1963.
Lutheran.
Member, Elks; Odd
Fellows; Eagles;
Junior
Order; Phi
Delta Theta; Phi
Alpha Delta.
Died, of leukemia,
in Washington,
D.C., May 31,
1963 (age 69 years, 5
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Irving Price Wanger (1852-1940) —
also known as Irving P. Wanger —
of Norristown, Montgomery
County, Pa.
Born in North Coventry, Chester
County, Pa., March 5,
1852.
Republican. Lawyer; burgess
of Norristown, Pennsylvania, 1878; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1880;
Montgomery
County District Attorney, 1881-83, 1887-89; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania, 1893-1911 (7th District
1893-1903, 8th District 1903-11).
Died in 1940
(age about
88 years).
Interment at Mt.
Zion Cemetery, Pottstown, Pa.
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Robert D. Warman —
of Uniontown, Fayette
County, Pa.
Lawyer; burgess
of Uniontown, Pennsylvania, 1906-09; mayor
of Uniontown, Pa., 1927.
Burial location unknown.
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Bushrod Washington (1762-1829) —
of Alexandria,
Va.; Richmond,
Va.
Born in Westmoreland
County, Va., June 5,
1762.
Lawyer; member of Virginia state legislature, 1787; delegate
to Virginia convention to ratify U.S. constitution from
Westmoreland County, 1788; Associate
Justice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1798-1829; died in office 1829.
Episcopalian.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa.
Slaveowner.
Died in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., November
26, 1829 (age 67 years, 174
days).
Entombed at Mt.
Vernon, Fairfax County, Va.
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Laurence Hawley Watres (1882-1964) —
also known as Laurence H. Watres —
of Scranton, Lackawanna
County, Pa.
Born in Scranton, Lackawanna
County, Pa., July 18,
1882.
Republican. Lawyer; major in the U.S. Army during World War I;
U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 11th District, 1923-31.
Died in Puerto Rico, February
6, 1964 (age 81 years, 203
days).
Interment at Glenwood
Mausoleum, South Abington Township, Lackawanna County, Pa.
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David Thompson Watson (1844-1916) —
also known as David T. Watson —
of Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa.
Born in Washington, Washington
County, Pa., January
2, 1844.
Democrat. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War;
lawyer; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Pennsylvania, 1904.
Presbyterian.
Died in Atlantic City, Atlantic
County, N.J., February
24, 1916 (age 72 years, 53
days).
Interment at Union
Dale Cemetery, Pittsburgh, Pa.
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Relatives: Son
of James Watson and Maria Woodbridge (Morgan) Watson; married to
Margaret Hepburn Walker. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Image source: The Book of Prominent
Pennsylvanians (1913) |
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Henry Winfield Watson (1856-1933) —
also known as Henry W. Watson —
of Langhorne, Bucks
County, Pa.
Born in Bucks
County, Pa., June 24,
1856.
Republican. Lawyer; director, Langhorne Electric
Light and Power Co.; alternate delegate to Republican National
Convention from Pennsylvania, 1908;
U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania, 1915-33 (8th District 1915-23,
9th District 1923-33); died in office 1933.
Episcopalian.
Died in 1933
(age about
77 years).
Interment at Wilmington
and Brandywine Cemetery, Wilmington, Del.
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Henry Miller Watts (1805-1890) —
also known as Henry M. Watts —
of Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa.; Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in Carlisle, Cumberland
County, Pa., October
10, 1805.
Lawyer; member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 1835-37; U.S.
Attorney for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, 1842-45; U.S.
Minister to Austria, 1868-69.
Died in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., November
30, 1890 (age 85 years, 51
days).
Interment at Laurel
Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia, Pa.
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George T. Weingartner (b. 1875) —
of New Castle, Lawrence
County, Pa.
Born in Slippery Rock Township, Lawrence
County, Pa., August
24, 1875.
Republican. School
teacher; lawyer; member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives from Lawrence County, 1905-08;
member of Pennsylvania
state senate 47th District, 1909-12, 1925-32.
Burial location unknown.
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Samuel Arthur Weiss (1902-1977) —
also known as Samuel A. Weiss —
of Glassport, Allegheny
County, Pa.
Born in Krotowocz, Poland,
April
15, 1902.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 1935-39; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania, 1941-46 (31st District 1941-43,
30th District 1943-45, 33rd District 1945-46); common pleas court
judge in Pennsylvania, 1946.
Jewish.
Member, Elks; Eagles;
Moose;
Knights
of Pythias; Lions; Odd
Fellows; B'nai
B'rith; American Bar
Association.
Died in Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa., February
1, 1977 (age 74 years, 292
days).
Interment at B'nai
Israel Cemetery, Pittsburgh, Pa.
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William P. Wells —
of Uniontown, Fayette
County, Pa.
Lawyer; burgess
of Uniontown, Pennsylvania, 1851-52.
Burial location unknown.
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Allison White (1816-1886) —
of Pennsylvania.
Born in Pine Township, Lycoming
County, Pa., December
21, 1816.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 15th District, 1857-59; coal
and lumber
business.
Died in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., April 5,
1886 (age 69 years, 105
days).
Interment at Highland
Cemetery, Lock Haven, Pa.
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George Henry White (1852-1918) —
also known as George H. White —
of Tarboro, Edgecombe
County, N.C.; Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in Rosindale, Bladen
County, N.C., December
18, 1852.
Republican. Lawyer; member of North
Carolina state house of representatives, 1881; member of North
Carolina state senate, 1885; delegate to Republican National
Convention from North Carolina, 1896
(member, Committee
on Rules and Order of Business); U.S.
Representative from North Carolina 2nd District, 1897-1901;
alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from
Pennsylvania, 1916.
African
ancestry.
Died in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., December
28, 1918 (age 66 years, 10
days).
Interment at Eden
Cemetery, Collingdale, Pa.
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Harry White (1834-1920) —
of Indiana, Indiana
County, Pa.
Born in Indiana, Indiana
County, Pa., January
12, 1834.
Republican. Lawyer; major in the Union Army during the Civil
War; member of Pennsylvania
state senate, 1863-64, 1866-74 (21st District 1863-64, 22nd
District 1866-71, 24th District 1872-74); delegate
to Pennsylvania state constitutional convention, 1872; candidate
for Governor of
Pennsylvania, 1872; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 25th District, 1877-81; Indiana
County Judge, 1884-1904; banker.
Died in Indiana, Indiana
County, Pa., June 23,
1920 (age 86 years, 163
days).
Interment at Oakland
Cemetery, Indiana, Pa.
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Faith Ryan Whittlesey (b. 1939) —
also known as Faith Whittlesey; Faith Ryan —
of Haverford, Delaware
County, Pa.
Born in Jersey City, Hudson
County, N.J., February
21, 1939.
Lawyer; member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 1972-76; U.S. Ambassador to Switzerland, 1981-83, 1985-88.
Female.
Still living as of 2014.
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William Watson Wick (1796-1868) —
also known as William W. Wick —
of Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind.; Franklin, Johnson
County, Ind.
Born in Canonsburg, Washington
County, Pa., February
23, 1796.
Democrat. Lawyer; circuit judge in Indiana 5th Circuit,
1822-25, 1834-37, 1850-53; secretary
of state of Indiana, 1825-29; U.S.
Representative from Indiana, 1839-41, 1845-49 (6th District
1839-41, 5th District 1845-49); postmaster at Indianapolis,
Ind., 1853-57.
Died in Franklin, Johnson
County, Ind., May 19,
1868 (age 72 years, 86
days).
Interment at Greenlawn
Cemetery, Franklin, Ind.
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Scott Wike (1834-1901) —
of Pittsfield, Pike
County, Ill.
Born in Meadville, Crawford
County, Pa., April 6,
1834.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Illinois
state house of representatives, 1863-67; U.S.
Representative from Illinois, 1875-77, 1889-93 (11th District
1875-77, 12th District 1889-93); delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Illinois, 1880;
Assistant Secretary of the U.S. Treasury, 1893-97.
Died near Barry, Pike
County, Ill., January
15, 1901 (age 66 years, 284
days).
Interment at Park Lawn Cemetery, Barry, Ill.
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Alexander Wiley (1884-1967) —
of Chippewa Falls, Chippewa
County, Wis.
Born in Chippewa Falls, Chippewa
County, Wis., May 26,
1884.
Republican. Lawyer; Chippewa
County District Attorney, 1909-15; dairy farmer;
candidate for Governor of
Wisconsin, 1936; U.S.
Senator from Wisconsin, 1939-63.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Sons of
Norway; Elks; Knights
of Pythias; Moose; Kiwanis;
United
Commercial Travelers.
Died at High Oaks Christian Science Church Sanitarium,
in Germantown, Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., May 26,
1967 (age 83 years, 0
days).
Interment at Forest
Hill Cemetery, Chippewa Falls, Wis.
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William Wilkins (1779-1865) —
of Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa.
Born in Carlisle, Cumberland
County, Pa., December
20, 1779.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 1819-20; district judge in
Pennsylvania 5th District, 1821-24; U.S.
District Judge for the Western District of Pennsylvania, 1824-31;
resigned 1831; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania, 1829, 1843-44 (16th District
1829, 21st District 1843-44); U.S.
Senator from Pennsylvania, 1831-34; resigned 1834; received 30
electoral votes for Vice-President, 1832;
U.S. Minister to Russia, 1834-35; U.S.
Secretary of War, 1844-45; member of Pennsylvania
state senate, 1856-58 (22nd District 1856-57, 24th District 1858).
Died in Homewood (now part of Pittsburgh), Allegheny
County, Pa., June 23,
1865 (age 85 years, 185
days).
Interment at Homewood
Cemetery, Pittsburgh, Pa.
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Thomas Williams (1806-1872) —
of Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa.
Born in Greensburg, Westmoreland
County, Pa., August
28, 1806.
Republican. Lawyer; newspaper
editor; member of Pennsylvania
state senate, 1838-41; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Pennsylvania, 1856;
U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 23rd District, 1863-69.
Died in Allegheny (now part of Pittsburgh), Allegheny
County, Pa., June 16,
1872 (age 65 years, 293
days).
Interment at Allegheny
Cemetery, Pittsburgh, Pa.
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Thomas Willing (1731-1821) —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., December
19, 1731.
Lawyer; merchant;
city court justice, 1759; justice of the court of common pleas, 1761;
mayor
of Philadelphia, Pa., 1763-64; justice of
Pennsylvania state supreme court, 1767; Delegate
to Continental Congress from Pennsylvania, 1775; banker.
Died in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., January
19, 1821 (age 89 years, 31
days).
Interment at Christ
Church Burial Ground, Philadelphia, Pa.
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David Wilmot (1814-1868) —
of Towanda, Bradford
County, Pa.
Born in Bethany, Wayne
County, Pa., January
20, 1814.
Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 12th District, 1845-51; author
of the Wilmot Proviso (1846), a proposal to ban slavery in territory
acquired in the war with Mexico; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Pennsylvania, 1856
(chair, Platform
Committee; speaker),
1860;
candidate for Governor of
Pennsylvania, 1857; U.S.
Senator from Pennsylvania, 1861-63.
Died in Towanda, Bradford
County, Pa., March
16, 1868 (age 54 years, 56
days).
Interment at Riverside
Cemetery, Towanda, Pa.
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Edgar Wilson (1861-1915) —
of Boise, Ada
County, Idaho.
Born in Armstrong
County, Pa., February
25, 1861.
Republican. Lawyer; farmer; banker; delegate
to Idaho state constitutional convention, 1890; Idaho
Republican state chair, 1892; U.S.
Representative from Idaho at-large, 1895-97, 1899-1901;
candidate for justice of
Idaho state supreme court, 1896.
Died, from pneumonia,
in a hotel
room in Boise, Ada
County, Idaho, January
3, 1915 (age 53 years, 312
days).
Interment at Morris
Hill Cemetery, Boise, Idaho.
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James Wilson (1742-1798) —
of Reading, Berks
County, Pa.; Carlisle, Cumberland
County, Pa.; Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in Carskerdo, Fife, Scotland,
September
14, 1742.
Lawyer; Delegate
to Continental Congress from Pennsylvania, 1775; signer,
Declaration of Independence, 1776; member,
U.S. Constitutional Convention, 1787; Associate
Justice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1789-98; died in office 1798.
Episcopalian.
Died in Edenton, Chowan
County, N.C., August
28, 1798 (age 55 years, 348
days).
Original interment at a
private or family graveyard, Chowan County, N.C.; reinterment in
1906 at Christ
Church Burial Ground, Philadelphia, Pa.; memorial monument at Constitution Gardens, Washington, D.C.
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John Haden Wilson (1867-1946) —
also known as John H. Wilson —
of Butler, Butler
County, Pa.
Born in Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn., August
20, 1867.
Democrat. Lawyer; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Pennsylvania, 1916,
1932,
1940
(alternate), 1944;
U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 22nd District, 1919-21;
defeated, 1920; county judge in Pennsylvania, 1933-43.
Died in Butler, Butler
County, Pa., January
28, 1946 (age 78 years, 161
days).
Interment at North
Cemetery, Butler, Pa.
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William Henry Wilson (1877-1937) —
also known as William H. Wilson —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., December
6, 1877.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 1913-16; Philadelphia director of
public
safety, 1916-20; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 2nd District, 1935-37; delegate
to Republican National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1936.
Died in Santa Barbara, Santa
Barbara County, Calif., August
11, 1937 (age 59 years, 248
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Forest
Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, Calif.
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Harris Llewellyn Wofford (1926-2019) —
also known as Harris Wofford —
of Bryn Mawr, Montgomery
County, Pa.
Born in New York City (unknown
county), N.Y., April 9,
1926.
Democrat. Lawyer; Pennsylvania
Democratic state chair, 1986; U.S.
Senator from Pennsylvania, 1991-95; appointed 1991; defeated,
1994.
Died January
21, 2019 (age 92 years, 287
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Frank Rudolph Wolf (b. 1939) —
also known as Frank R. Wolf —
of Vienna, Fairfax
County, Va.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., January
30, 1939.
Republican. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Virginia 10th District, 1981-; defeated,
1976, 1978.
Presbyterian.
Still living as of 2014.
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George Wolf (1777-1840) —
of Easton, Northampton
County, Pa.; Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in Allen Township, Northampton
County, Pa., August
12, 1777.
Democrat. Lawyer; postmaster at Easton,
Pa., 1802-03; member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 1814; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 8th District, 1824-29; Governor of
Pennsylvania, 1829-35; defeated, 1835; comptroller of the U.S.
Treasury, 1836-38; U.S. Collector of Customs, 1838-40; died in office 1840.
German
ancestry.
Died in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., March
11, 1840 (age 62 years, 212
days).
Interment at Harrisburg
Cemetery, Harrisburg, Pa.
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Relatives: Son
of Maria Margaretta Wolf and George Wolf (1737-1808). |
| | | Wolf Township,
in Lycoming
County, Pennsylvania, is named for
him. — Wolf Hall,
at Penn State University,
State
College, Pennsylvania, is named for
him. — Governor Wolf Elementary
School (built 1956), in Bethlehem,
Pennsylvania, is named for
him. — George Wolf Elementary
School, in Bath,
Pennsylvania, is named for
him. — The Governor Wolf Building
(built 1893, a former school converted to apartments), in Easton,
Pennsylvania, is named for
him. |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — National Governors
Association biography — Wikipedia
article — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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James Harold Wolfe (1884-1958) —
also known as James H. Wolfe —
of Salt Lake City, Salt Lake
County, Utah.
Born in Skippack, Montgomery
County, Pa., April
26, 1884.
Democrat. Lawyer; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Utah, 1916;
justice
of Utah state supreme court, 1935-54; chief
justice of Utah state supreme court, 1943-44, 1951-54.
Died in Sonoma, Sonoma
County, Calif., March
28, 1958 (age 73 years, 336
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Joseph Scott Wolff (1878-1958) —
also known as J. Scott Wolff —
of Festus, Jefferson
County, Mo.; Kansas City, Jackson
County, Mo.
Born near Greensburg, Westmoreland
County, Pa., June 14,
1878.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; dentist;
lawyer; member of Missouri
state house of representatives from Jefferson County, 1913-14; U.S.
Representative from Missouri 13th District, 1923-25; defeated,
1924.
Died in Kansas City, Jackson
County, Mo., February
27, 1958 (age 79 years, 258
days).
Interment at Gamel
Cemetery, Festus, Mo.
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Simon Peter Wolverton (1837-1910) —
also known as Simon P. Wolverton —
of Sunbury, Northumberland
County, Pa.
Born in Rush Township, Northumberland
County, Pa., January
28, 1837.
Democrat. School
principal; lawyer; served in the Union Army during the
Civil War; member of Pennsylvania
state senate 27th District, 1879-88; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 17th District, 1891-95.
Member, Phi
Kappa Psi.
Died in Sunbury, Northumberland
County, Pa., October
25, 1910 (age 73 years, 270
days).
Entombed at Pomfret
Manor Cemetery, Sunbury, Pa.
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Benson Wood (1839-1915) —
of Effingham, Effingham
County, Ill.
Born near Bridgewater, Susquehanna
County, Pa., March
31, 1839.
Republican. School
principal; served in the Union Army during the Civil War;
lawyer; member of Illinois
state house of representatives, 1872; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Illinois, 1876,
1884
(alternate), 1888;
mayor of Effingham, Ill., 1881-83; U.S.
Representative from Illinois 19th District, 1895-97; banker.
Died in Effingham, Effingham
County, Ill., August
27, 1915 (age 76 years, 149
days).
Interment at Oakridge
Cemetery, Effingham, Ill.
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Ira Wells Wood (1856-1931) —
also known as Ira W. Wood —
of Trenton, Mercer
County, N.J.
Born in Wilkes-Barre, Luzerne
County, Pa., June 19,
1856.
Republican. Lawyer; member of New
Jersey state house of assembly from Mercer County, 1899-1900; U.S.
Representative from New Jersey 4th District, 1904-13.
Died in Trenton, Mercer
County, N.J., October
5, 1931 (age 75 years, 108
days).
Interment at Mercer
Cemetery, Trenton, N.J.
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Lloyd H. Wood (1896-1964) —
of Collegeville, Montgomery
County, Pa.
Born in Grampian, Clearfield
County, Pa., October
25, 1896.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War I;
lawyer; chair of
Montgomery County Republican Party, 1940-53; member of Pennsylvania
state senate 12th District, 1947-50; Lieutenant
Governor of Pennsylvania, 1951-55; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1952;
candidate for Governor of
Pennsylvania, 1954.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars.
Died February
15, 1964 (age 67 years, 113
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of George L. Wood and Maude (Goss) Wood; married to Helen L.
Blithe. |
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Cyrus E. Woods (1861-1938) —
of Greensburg, Westmoreland
County, Pa.
Born in Clearfield, Clearfield
County, Pa., September
3, 1861.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Pennsylvania
state senate 39th District, 1901-08; U.S. Minister to Portugal, 1912-13; secretary
of the commonwealth of Pennsylvania, 1915-21; resigned 1921; U.S.
Ambassador to Spain, 1921-23; Japan, 1923-24; Pennsylvania
state attorney general, 1929-30.
Presbyterian.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; Delta
Kappa Epsilon.
Died, from uremic poisoning (kidney
failure), in Jefferson Hospital,
Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., December
8, 1938 (age 77 years, 96
days).
Interment at St.
Clair Cemetery, Greensburg, Pa.
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James Clark Work (1859-1926) —
of Uniontown, Fayette
County, Pa.
Born in Dunbar Township, Fayette
County, Pa., February
8, 1859.
Republican. Lawyer; chair of
Fayette County Republican Party, 1893-95; orphan's court judge in
Pennsylvania, 1907-26; bank
director.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons;
American Bar
Association.
Died, from pneumonia,
in Uniontown, Fayette
County, Pa., March
31, 1926 (age 67 years, 51
days).
Interment at Oak
Grove Cemetery, South Union Township, Fayette County, Pa.
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Relatives: Son
of John Work and Sarah (McLaughlin) Work; married, April
16, 1903, to Elwina (Null) Fuller. |
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memorial |
| | | Image source: The Book of Prominent
Pennsylvanians (1913) |
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Francis Worley —
of Latimore Township, Adams
County, Pa.
Born in Latimore Township, Adams
County, Pa.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives from Adams County, 1943-50,
1953-56; defeated in primary, 1936; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania, 1950.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to Ruth Tudor Gardner. |
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Benjamin Drake Wright (1799-1874) —
also known as Benjamin D. Wright —
of Pensacola, Escambia
County, Fla.
Born in Wilkes-Barre, Luzerne
County, Pa., January
23, 1799.
Lawyer; newspaper
editor and publisher; member
Florida territorial council, 1824, 1831-33, 1837; U.S.
Attorney for the Western District of Florida, 1825, 1825-31; mayor
of Pensacola, Fla., 1828-29, 1841-42; delegate
to Florida state constitutional convention from Escambia County,
1838-39; member of Florida
state senate, 1845; justice of
Florida state supreme court, 1853; president, Alabama and Florida
Railroad,
1856; delegate
to Florida state constitutional convention from Escambia County,
1865; U.S.
Collector of Customs, 1869.
Died April
28, 1874 (age 75 years, 95
days).
Interment at St.
Michael's Cemetery, Pensacola, Fla.
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Hendrick Bradley Wright (1808-1881) —
also known as Hendrick B. Wright —
of Wilkes-Barre, Luzerne
County, Pa.
Born in Plymouth, Luzerne
County, Pa., April
24, 1808.
Democrat. Lawyer; Luzerne
County District Attorney, 1834; member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 1841-43; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1844,
1848,
1852,
1856,
1860,
1868,
1876;
U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 12th District, 1853-55, 1861-63,
1877-81.
Died in Wilkes-Barre, Luzerne
County, Pa., September
2, 1881 (age 73 years, 131
days).
Interment at Hollenback
Cemetery, Wilkes-Barre, Pa.
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James Assion Wright (1902-1963) —
also known as James A. Wright —
of Carnegie, Allegheny
County, Pa.
Born in Carnegie, Allegheny
County, Pa., August
11, 1902.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania, 1941-45 (34th District 1941-43,
32nd District 1943-45); defeated, 1944.
Died in Scott Township, Allegheny
County, Pa., November
7, 1963 (age 61 years, 88
days).
Interment at Holy
Souls Cemetery, Carnegie, Pa.
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John Wurts (1792-1861) —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in Flanders, Morris
County, N.J., August
13, 1792.
Lawyer; member of Pennsylvania
state senate 1st District, 1821-23; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 3rd District, 1825-27.
Died in Lazio, Italy,
April
23, 1861 (age 68 years, 253
days).
Interment at Batsto - Pleasant Mills Cemetery, Pleasant Mills, N.J.
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Adam Martin Wyant (1869-1935) —
also known as Adam M. Wyant —
of Greensburg, Westmoreland
County, Pa.
Born near Kittanning, Armstrong
County, Pa., September
15, 1869.
Republican. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania, 1921-33 (22nd District 1921-23,
31st District 1923-33).
Died in 1935
(age about
65 years).
Interment at St.
Clair Cemetery, Greensburg, Pa.
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Albert Russell Wynn (b. 1951) —
also known as Albert R. Wynn —
of Largo, Prince
George's County, Md.; Mitchellville, Prince
George's County, Md.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., September
10, 1951.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Maryland
state house of delegates, 1983-86; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Maryland, 1984,
1988,
1996,
2000,
2004;
member of Maryland
state senate, 1987-92; U.S.
Representative from Maryland 4th District, 1993-.
Baptist.
African
ancestry. Member, Kappa
Alpha Psi.
Still living as of 2014.
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Seth Hartman Yocum (1834-1895) —
also known as Seth H. Yocum —
of Bellefonte, Centre
County, Pa.; Johnson City, Washington
County, Tenn.
Born in Catawissa, Columbia
County, Pa., August
2, 1834.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War;
lawyer; Centre
County District Attorney, 1875-79; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 20th District, 1879-81; mayor
of Johnson City, Tenn., 1885.
Member, Phi
Kappa Psi.
Died in Santa Monica, Los Angeles
County, Calif., April
19, 1895 (age 60 years, 260
days).
Interment at Mountain
View Cemetery, Altadena, Calif.
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Todd Christopher Young (b. 1972) —
also known as Todd C. Young —
of Bloomington, Monroe
County, Ind.
Born in Lancaster, Lancaster
County, Pa., August
24, 1972.
Republican. Aide to U.S. Sen Richard
Lugar, 2001-03; lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Indiana 9th District, 2011-17; U.S.
Senator from Indiana, 2017-.
Still living as of 2018.
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William Young (b. 1870) —
of Williamsport, Lycoming
County, Pa.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Topeka, Shawnee
County, Kan., April
23, 1870.
Republican. Lawyer; chair of
Lycoming County Republican Party, 1896-97; member of New York
state assembly, 1905-07 (New York County 21st District 1905-06,
New York County 17th District 1907).
Presbyterian.
Member, Alpha
Delta Phi; Freemasons.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of John M. Young and Caroline (Van Patten) Young. |
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Conrad Meyer Zulick (1839-1926) —
also known as C. Meyer Zulick —
of Arizona.
Born in Easton, Northampton
County, Pa., June 3,
1839.
Democrat. Lawyer; colonel in the Union Army during the Civil
War; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New Jersey, 1880
(member, Resolutions
Committee); Governor
of Arizona Territory, 1885-89; member
Arizona territorial council, 1890.
Died in Asbury Park, Monmouth
County, N.J., March 1,
1926 (age 86 years, 271
days).
Interment at Easton
Cemetery, Easton, Pa.
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