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George F. Argetsinger (b. 1874) —
of Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y.
Born in Pennsylvania, 1874.
Republican. Manufacturer; member of New York
state senate 45th District, 1911-18.
Burial location unknown.
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Herman E. Baumer (b. 1873) —
of Johnstown, Cambria
County, Pa.
Born in Johnstown, Cambria
County, Pa., April
10, 1873.
Democrat. Lawyer;
manufacturer; member of Pennsylvania
state senate 35th District, 1925-36.
Burial location unknown.
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Rudolph Blankenburg (1843-1918) —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in Lippe Detmold (now Lippstadt), Germany,
February
16, 1843.
Naturalized U.S. citizen; manufacturer; mayor
of Philadelphia, Pa., 1911-16.
Quaker
or Unitarian.
German
ancestry. Member, American
Academy of Political and Social Science.
Died in Germantown, Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., April
12, 1918 (age 75 years, 55
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Edward Schroeder Brooks (1867-1957) —
also known as Edward S. Brooks —
of York, York
County, Pa.
Born in York, York
County, Pa., June 14,
1867.
Republican. Banker;
manufacturer; York
County Treasurer, 1903-06; member of Pennsylvania
Republican State Committee, 1917-18; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 20th District, 1919-23;
postmaster at York,
Pa., 1925-30 (acting, 1925-26).
Lutheran.
Member, Knights
of Pythias; Freemasons;
Sons
of Veterans.
Died in York, York
County, Pa., July 12,
1957 (age 90 years, 28
days).
Interment at Prospect
Hill Cemetery, York, Pa.
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George W. Christoph (born c.1864) —
of Warehouse Point, East Windsor, Hartford
County, Conn.
Born in Reading, Berks
County, Pa., about 1864.
Republican. Manufacturer; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from East Windsor, 1919-20; member
of Connecticut
state senate 7th District, 1923-24.
Burial location unknown.
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Russell E. Crawford (d. 1965) —
also known as "Eggman" —
of Norristown, Montgomery
County, Pa.
Republican. Vice-president of Ehret Magnesia Company,
manufacturers of many asbestos products; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1944,
1948
(alternate), 1952.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Norristown, Montgomery
County, Pa., 1965.
Interment somewhere
in Norristown, Pa.
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Relatives:
Married to Thelma Aletta Thomas. |
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Montgomery F. Crowe (b. 1890) —
of Stroudsburg, Monroe
County, Pa.
Born in Piermont, Rockland
County, N.Y., November
9, 1890.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; insurance
business; member of Pennsylvania
state senate 14th District, 1939-54; director, General Hospital
of Monroe County; director, Stroudsburg Security Trust
Company; president, Monroe County Industries; treasurer,
Pocono Lodges Hotel
Company director, Van Karner Chemical
Arms Corporation; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Pennsylvania, 1956
(alternate), 1960.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Charles H. Crowe and Jessie M. (Durkee) Crowe; married to Frances
K. Wirth. |
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Solomon Robert Dresser (1842-1911) —
also known as Solomon R. Dresser —
of Bradford, McKean
County, Pa.
Born in Litchfield, Hillsdale
County, Mich., February
1, 1842.
Republican. Inventor;
manufacturer; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 21st District, 1903-07.
Died in Bradford, McKean
County, Pa., January
21, 1911 (age 68 years, 354
days).
Interment at Oak
Hill Cemetery, Bradford, Pa.
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Edwin John Fithian (1863-1953) —
also known as Edwin J. Fithian —
of Grove City, Mercer
County, Pa.
Born in Portersville, Butler
County, Pa., July 1,
1863.
Physician;
president, Bessemer Gas Engine Company; after 1929, chairman of the
successor firm, Cooper-Bessemer Corporation; makers of industrial
compressors and marine
engines; bank
director; candidate for Presidential Elector for Pennsylvania;
Prohibition candidate for Pennsylvania
state treasurer, 1916; Prohibition candidate for Governor of
Pennsylvania, 1918; burgess
of Grove City, Pennsylvania, 1923; Prohibition candidate for U.S.
Senator from Pennsylvania, 1932, 1934.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners.
Died, from acute cardiac
decompensation, in Grove City, Mercer
County, Pa., May 15,
1953 (age 89 years, 318
days).
Entombed at Woodland Cemetery, Grove City, Pa.
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Relatives: Son
of Isaac Newton Fithian and Margaret Jane (Riddle) Fithian; married
to Georgiana A. Shellito and Esther Shellito. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Peter Graff III (b. 1886) —
of Worthington, Armstrong
County, Pa.
Born in Worthington, Armstrong
County, Pa., September
15, 1886.
Republican. Manufacturer; merchant;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1928;
member of Pennsylvania
state senate 41st District, 1933-36; defeated, 1936.
Burial location unknown.
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Matthew Griswold (1833-1919) —
of Erie, Erie
County, Pa.
Born in Lyme, New London
County, Conn., June 6,
1833.
Republican. Member of Connecticut
state house of representatives, 1862, 1865; manufacturer;
U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 26th District, 1891-93, 1895-97.
Died, from heart
disease, in Erie, Erie
County, Pa., May 19,
1919 (age 85 years, 347
days).
Interment at Erie
Cemetery, Erie, Pa.
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Relatives: Son
of Matthew Griswold (1792-1879) and Phebe Hubbard (Ely) Griswold;
married, January
8, 1866, to Sarah Lucy Olmstead; married, April
13, 1876, to Anna Brooks Schenk; grandson of Roger
Griswold; granduncle of Selden
Chapin; great-grandson of Matthew
Griswold (1714-1799); great-grandnephew of Erastus
Wolcott and Oliver
Wolcott Sr.; great-granduncle of Frederic
Lincoln Chapin; second great-grandson of Roger
Wolcott (1679-1767); first cousin twice removed of James
Hillhouse, Oliver
Wolcott Jr. and Frederick
Wolcott; second cousin of John
William Allen and Henry
Titus Backus; second cousin twice removed of Zina
Hyde Jr.; second cousin thrice removed of William
Pitkin; second cousin four times removed of Samuel
Huntington; third cousin of James
Samuel Wadsworth, Christopher
Parsons Wolcott and Roger
Wolcott (1847-1900); third cousin once removed of Gaylord
Griswold, Samuel
Clesson Allen, William
Woodbridge, Phineas
Lyman Tracy, Isaac
Backus, Henry
Leavitt Ellsworth, William
Wolcott Ellsworth, Albert
Haller Tracy, Charles
Frederick Wadsworth, George
Frederick Stone, Thomas
Worcester Hyde, James
Wolcott Wadsworth, Edward
Oliver Wolcott and Alfred
Wolcott; third cousin twice removed of Daniel
Pitkin and James
Wolcott Wadsworth Jr.; third cousin thrice removed of John
Davenport, Joshua
Coit, James
Davenport, Samuel
H. Huntington, Henry
Huntington, Gurdon
Huntington and James
Jermiah Wadsworth; fourth cousin of Elisha
Hunt Allen, George
Washington Wolcott, Alexander
Hamilton Waterman, George
Griswold Sill, Charles
Edward Hyde, John
Sedgwick Hyde and Edward
Warden Hyde; fourth cousin once removed of Timothy
Pitkin, Thomas
Hale Sill, Frederick
William Lord, Edmund
Holcomb, Erastus
Clark Scranton, Theodore
Sill, Sereno
Hamilton Scranton, Albert
Asahel Bliss, Philemon
Bliss, William
Fessenden Allen, Samuel
Lord, Alonzo
Mark Leffingwell and Frederick
Hobbes Allen. |
| | | 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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Simon W. Hanauer (b. 1838) —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in Burgkunstadt, Bavaria, Germany,
1838.
Naturalized U.S. citizen; manufacturer; merchant;
journalist;
U.S. Vice Consul General in Frankfort, 1899-1900; U.S. Deputy Consul General in Frankfort, 1900-11.
Burial location unknown.
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Laning Harvey (b. 1882) —
of Wilkes-Barre, Luzerne
County, Pa.
Born in Wilkes-Barre, Luzerne
County, Pa., February
17, 1882.
Republican. Manufacturer; member of Pennsylvania
state senate 21st District, 1929-36.
Burial location unknown.
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Erskine Hazard (1789-1865) —
of Mauch Chunk (now part of Jim Thorpe), Carbon
County, Pa.
Born in Pennsylvania, November
30, 1789.
Innovative industrialist; he and business partner Josiah
White, built iron
foundries, canals,
and railroads;
they were pioneers in anthracite coal
mining; bridge
builder; postmaster at Mauch
Chunk, Pa., 1819-26.
Died in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., February
25, 1865 (age 75 years, 87
days).
Interment at Laurel
Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia, Pa.
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David S. Heebner (b. 1810) —
of Lansdale, Montgomery
County, Pa.
Born June 25,
1810.
Republican. Inventor;
manufacturer; burgess
of Lansdale, Pennsylvania, 1873-74, 1876-79.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Balthasar Heebner and Susanna (Schultz) Heebner; married to Anna
Derstein and Regina Schultz; father of William
D. Heebner. |
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Edwin G. Holl —
of Lansdale, Montgomery
County, Pa.
Born in Chester, Delaware
County, Pa.
Republican. Industrial equipment business; member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 1961-66; member of Pennsylvania
state senate 24th District, 1969-2002.
Lutheran.
Member, Lions; Moose; Union
League; Freemasons;
Navy
League.
Still living as of 2002.
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Relatives: Son
of Paul T. Holl and Margaret (Rupp) Holl. |
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James Herron Hopkins (1832-1904) —
of Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa.
Born in Washington, Washington
County, Pa., November
3, 1832.
Democrat. Lawyer; banker;
manufacturer; mining
business; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 22nd District, 1875-77, 1883-85.
Died in North Hatley, Quebec,
June
17, 1904 (age 71 years, 227
days).
Interment at Oak
Hill Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Thomas Marshall Howe (1808-1877) —
of Allegheny (now part of Pittsburgh), Allegheny
County, Pa.
Born in Williamstown, Orange
County, Vt., April
20, 1808.
Republican. Banker;
manufacturer; mining
business; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania, 1851-55 (21st District 1851-53,
22nd District 1853-55); candidate for Presidential Elector for
Pennsylvania.
Died in Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa., July 20,
1877 (age 69 years, 91
days).
Interment at Allegheny
Cemetery, Pittsburgh, Pa.
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James Irvin (1800-1862) —
of Pennsylvania.
Born in Centre
County, Pa., February
18, 1800.
Whig. Merchant;
miller;
manufacturer; mining
business; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania, 1841-45 (14th District 1841-43,
17th District 1843-45); candidate for Governor of
Pennsylvania, 1847.
Died in Schuylkill
County, Pa., November
28, 1862 (age 62 years, 283
days).
Interment at Union
Cemetery, Bellefonte, Pa.
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John J. McClure (1886-1965) —
of Chester, Delaware
County, Pa.
Born in Chester, Delaware
County, Pa., September
24, 1886.
Republican. Manufacturer; member of Pennsylvania
state senate 9th District, 1929-36; defeated, 1936; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1932.
Died March
28, 1965 (age 78 years, 185
days).
Interment at Chester
Rural Cemetery, Chester, Pa.
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John J. Murray (b. 1914) —
of Forest Hills, Allegheny
County, Pa.
Born in Turtle Creek, Allegheny
County, Pa., September
15, 1914.
Democrat. Justice of the peace; production coordinator,
Westinghouse Electric Corporation; member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives from Allegheny County 16th
District, 1953-60; defeated, 1964.
Catholic.
Irish
ancestry. Member, Ancient
Order of Hibernians.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of John A. Murray and Sarah (McGivern) Murray; married to Alice M.
Summ. |
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John Stanley Rice (1899-1985) —
also known as John S. Rice —
of Gettysburg, Adams
County, Pa.
Born in Adams
County, Pa., January
28, 1899.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I;
manufacturer; fruit
grower;
member of Pennsylvania
state senate 33rd District, 1933-40; served in the U.S. Army Air
Force in World War II; candidate for Governor of
Pennsylvania, 1946; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Pennsylvania, 1948,
1952,
1956,
1960
(delegation chair), 1964;
secretary
of the commonwealth of Pennsylvania, 1958-61; Pennsylvania
Democratic state chair, 1959-61, 1965-66; U.S. Ambassador to Netherlands, 1961-64.
Lutheran.
Member, American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Freemasons;
Elks.
Died in 1985
(age about
86 years).
Interment at Evergreen
Cemetery, Gettysburg, Pa.
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Robert Fleming Rich (1883-1968) —
also known as Robert F. Rich —
of Woolrich, Clinton
County, Pa.
Born in Woolrich, Clinton
County, Pa., June 23,
1883.
Republican. General manager and treasurer, Woolrich Woolen Mills;
president, State Bank of
Avis; director, secretary, treasurer, Chatham Water
Co.; director, treasurer, Pierce Manufacturing Co.; delegate
to Republican National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1924,
1952,
1956;
U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania, 1930-43, 1945-51 (16th District
1930-43, 15th District 1945-51).
Methodist.
Member, Phi
Kappa Psi; Freemasons.
Died April
28, 1968 (age 84 years, 310
days).
Interment at Woolrich
Cemetery, Woolrich, Pa.
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William Elmendorf Rothery (1851-1932) —
also known as William E. Rothery —
of Portland, Multnomah
County, Ore.; Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.; Los Angeles, Los
Angeles County, Calif.; San
Francisco, Calif.; Seattle, King
County, Wash.; Charlotte, Mecklenburg
County, N.C.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., March
25, 1851.
Newspaper
editor and publisher; Consul
for Liberia in Philadelphia,
Pa., 1888-95; manufacturers' agent; food broker.
German
ancestry.
Died, following a heart
attack, in St. Peter's Hospital,
Charlotte, Mecklenburg
County, N.C., July 8,
1932 (age 81 years, 105
days).
Interment at Cataumet Cemetery, Bourne, Mass.
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William F. Shanaman (d. 1939) —
of Reading, Berks
County, Pa.
Broom manufacturer; mayor
of Reading, Pa., 1893-96.
Died in 1939.
Burial location unknown.
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William Cameron Sproul (1870-1928) —
also known as William C. Sproul —
of Chester, Delaware
County, Pa.
Born in Octoraro, Lancaster
County, Pa., September
16, 1870.
Republican. Farmer;
manufacturer; journalist;
member of Pennsylvania
state senate 9th District, 1897-1919; resigned 1919; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1916,
1920,
1924;
Governor
of Pennsylvania, 1919-23; candidate for Republican nomination for
President, 1920.
Quaker.
Member, American
Philosophical Society; Phi
Beta Kappa; Sigma
Xi; Phi
Kappa Psi; Grange;
Freemasons;
Elks; Union
League; Patriotic
Order Sons of America.
Died March
21, 1928 (age 57 years, 187
days).
Interment at Chester
Rural Cemetery, Chester, Pa.
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Relatives: Son
of William Hall Sproul and Deborah Dickinson (Slokom) Sproul;
married, January
21, 1892, to Emeline Wallace Roach. |
| | | Sproul Hall, a residence hall at Pennsylvania
State University,
University Park, State
College, Pennsylvania, is named for
him. — The Sproul State
Forest, in Clinton
County, Pennsylvania, is named for
him. |
| | | See also National
Governors Association biography |
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Alexander Montgomery Thackara (b. 1848) —
also known as Alexander M. Thackara —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., September
24, 1848.
Manufacturer; U.S. Consul in Le Havre, 1897-1905; U.S. Consul General in Berlin, 1905-13; Paris, 1913-24.
Interment somewhere
in Versailles, France.
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Josiah White (1781-1850) —
of Mauch Chunk (now part of Jim Thorpe), Carbon
County, Pa.
Born in 1781.
Innovative industrialist; he and business partner Erskine
Hazard, built iron
foundries, canals,
and railroads;
they were pioneers in anthracite coal
mining; postmaster at Mauch
Chunk, Pa., 1826-32.
Died in 1850
(age about
69 years).
Burial location unknown.
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James Wolfenden (1889-1949) —
of Upper Darby, Delaware
County, Pa.
Born in Cardington, Delaware
County, Pa., July 25,
1889.
Republican. Manufacturer; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania, 1928-47 (8th District 1928-45,
7th District 1945-47).
Died in 1949
(age about
59 years).
Interment at Southwestern
Friends Burial Ground, Upper Darby, Pa.
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Everett F. Zurn (1908-1985) —
of Erie, Erie
County, Pa.
Born in Erie, Erie
County, Pa., March
31, 1908.
Democrat. President, Zurn Industries; candidate for
Presidential Elector for Pennsylvania; chair of
Erie County Democratic Party, 1945-46, 1958-60; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1948,
1952
(alternate), 1956
(alternate), 1960,
1964.
Died March
24, 1985 (age 76 years, 358
days).
Interment at Erie
Cemetery, Erie, Pa.
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Melvin A. Zurn (1901-1970) —
of Erie, Erie
County, Pa.
Born in Erie, Erie
County, Pa., January
10, 1901.
Democrat. Chairman, Zurn Industries; alternate delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1964.
Died January
7, 1970 (age 68 years, 362
days).
Interment at Erie
Cemetery, Erie, Pa.
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