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Politician members in Pennsylvania, C

  James L. Camblos (1888-1970) — of Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va. Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pa., January 23, 1888. Democrat. Lawyer; member of Virginia state house of delegates, 1948-51, 1956-63. Episcopalian. Member, American Bar Association; Freemasons; Kiwanis. Died July 11, 1970 (age 82 years, 169 days). Burial location unknown.
  Simon Cameron (1799-1889) — also known as "The Czar of Pennsylvania" — of Harrisburg, Dauphin County, Pa. Born in Maytown, Lancaster County, Pa., March 8, 1799. Adjutant General of Pennsylvania, 1829-30; U.S. Senator from Pennsylvania, 1845-49, 1857-61, 1867-77; resigned 1861, 1877; candidate for Republican nomination for President, 1860; U.S. Secretary of War, 1861-62; U.S. Minister to Russia, 1862. Member, Freemasons. Died near Maytown, Lancaster County, Pa., June 26, 1889 (age 90 years, 110 days). Interment at Harrisburg Cemetery, Harrisburg, Pa.
  Relatives: Son of Charles Cameron and Martha (Pfoutz) Cameron; brother of William Cameron; married to Margaret Brua; father of Virginia Rolette Cameron (who married Isaac Wayne MacVeagh) and James Donald Cameron; grandfather of Joseph Gardner Bradley.
  Political families: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family of Connecticut and New York; Cameron family of Pennsylvania (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  Cameron counties in La. and Pa. are named for him.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — U.S. State Dept career summary — NNDB dossier
  Howard Edmond Campbell (1890-1971) — also known as Howard E. Campbell — of Pennsylvania. Born in Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pa., January 4, 1890. Republican. U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania 29th District, 1945-47. Presbyterian. Member, Freemasons. Died in Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pa., January 6, 1971 (age 81 years, 2 days). Interment at Homewood Cemetery, Pittsburgh, Pa.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page
  Jacob Miller Campbell (1821-1888) — also known as Jacob M. Campbell — of Johnstown, Cambria County, Pa. Born near Somerset, Somerset County, Pa., November 20, 1821. Republican. Involved in newspaper and Mississippi River steamboat work as a young man; later helped establish the Cambria Iron Works; served as director for banks and utilities; delegate to Republican National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1856; general in the Union Army during the Civil War; Pennsylvania surveyor-general, 1866-71; U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania 17th District, 1877-79, 1881-87; Pennsylvania Republican state chair, 1887. Scottish ancestry. Member, Odd Fellows; Freemasons; Grand Army of the Republic. Died in Johnstown, Cambria County, Pa., September 27, 1888 (age 66 years, 312 days). Interment at Grandview Cemetery, Southmont, Pa.
  Relatives: Son of John Campbell and Mary (Weyand) Campbell; married, April 29, 1847, to Mary Rankin Cambell.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Benjamin Budd Cannon (1866-1948) — also known as B. Budd Cannon — of Milton, Northumberland County, Pa. Born in New Jersey, December 18, 1866. Candidate for Presidential Elector for Pennsylvania; served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War. Methodist. Member, Freemasons; Scottish Rite Masons; Royal Arch Masons. Died January 27, 1948 (age 81 years, 40 days). Burial location unknown.
Walter Russell Carr * Walter Russell Carr (1885-1959) — also known as W. R. Carr — of Uniontown, Fayette County, Pa. Born in South Union Township, Fayette County, Pa., May 3, 1885. Democrat. Lawyer; chair of Fayette County Democratic Party, 1910-11. Member, Freemasons; Elks; Eagles. Died in Uniontown, Fayette County, Pa., May 15, 1959 (age 74 years, 12 days). Interment at Sylvan Heights Cemetery, Oliver, Pa.
  Relatives: Son of Amanda M. (Cook) Carr and John Dickson Carr; brother of Wooda Nicholas Carr; married, July 24, 1912, to Mary Lulu Olgevee.
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  Image source: The Book of Prominent Pennsylvanians (1913)
Wooda N. Carr * Wooda Nicholas Carr (1871-1953) — also known as Wooda N. Carr — of Uniontown, Fayette County, Pa. Born in Allegheny (now part of Pittsburgh), Allegheny County, Pa., February 6, 1871. Democrat. Newspaper editor; lawyer; chair of Fayette County Democratic Party, 1902-03; U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania 23rd District, 1913-15; defeated, 1900; postmaster at Uniontown, Pa., 1934-47 (acting, 1934-35). Presbyterian. Member, Freemasons; Elks. Died, from pyelonephritis and uremia, in Uniontown Hospital, Uniontown, Fayette County, Pa., June 28, 1953 (age 82 years, 142 days). Interment at Oak Grove Cemetery, South Union Township, Fayette County, Pa.
  Relatives: Son of Amanda M. (Cook) Carr and John Dickson Carr; brother of Walter Russell Carr; married 1903 to Julia Kissinger.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Image source: The Book of Prominent Pennsylvanians (1913)
  John Catron (1786-1865) — of Tennessee. Born in Virginia, January 7, 1786. Served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; lawyer; justice of Tennessee state supreme court, 1824-34; Associate Justice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1837-65; died in office 1865. Presbyterian. Member, Freemasons. Died May 30, 1865 (age 79 years, 143 days). Interment at Mt. Olivet Cemetery, Nashville, Tenn.
  The World War II Liberty ship SS John Catron (built 1942-43 at Brunswick, Georgia; scrapped 1972) was named for him.
  See also Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Anthony Cavalcante (1897-1966) — of Uniontown, Fayette County, Pa. Born in Vanderbilt, Fayette County, Pa., February 6, 1897. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer; candidate for Pennsylvania state house of representatives, 1932; member of Pennsylvania state senate 32nd District, 1935-42; U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania 23rd District, 1949-51. Italian ancestry. Member, Veterans of Foreign Wars; American Legion; Freemasons; Moose; Eagles; Elks; Delta Theta Phi; United Mine Workers. Died in Uniontown, Fayette County, Pa., October 29, 1966 (age 69 years, 265 days). Interment at Sylvan Heights Cemetery, Oliver, Pa.
  Relatives: Son of Michael Cavalcante and Antoinetta (Teta) Cavalcante; married, September 5, 1923, to Emma Salome Diehl.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Pearson Church (born c.1838) — of Meadville, Crawford County, Pa. Born in Mercer County, Pa., about 1838. Democrat. Lawyer; delegate to Pennsylvania state constitutional convention, 1872-73; district judge in Pennsylvania 30th District, 1877. Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons; Royal Arch Masons; Knights Templar. Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of Gaylord Church and Church; married 1868 to Kate Law.
  Philo S. Clark (b. 1848) — of Portsmouth, Scioto County, Ohio. Born in Harlansburg, Lawrence County, Pa., February 21, 1848. Republican. Insurance business; postmaster at Portsmouth, Ohio, 1890-94, 1898-1906; delegate to Republican National Convention from Ohio, 1908. Member, Elks; Freemasons; Knights Templar. Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of Thomas M. Clark and Rebecca (McCune) Clark; married, April 25, 1889, to Lucy Miller.
  William Andrews Clark (1839-1925) — also known as William A. Clark — of Butte, Silver Bow County, Mont. Born near Connellsville, Fayette County, Pa., January 8, 1839. Democrat. Banker; mine owner; delegate to Montana state constitutional convention, 1884, 1889; candidate for Delegate to U.S. Congress from Montana Territory, 1888; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Montana, 1892, 1904; U.S. Senator from Montana, 1899-1900, 1901-07; resigned 1900. Member, Freemasons. Died, of pneumonia, in Manhattan, New York County, N.Y., March 2, 1925 (age 86 years, 53 days). Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery, Bronx, N.Y.
  Relatives: Son of John Clark and Mary (Andrews) Clark; married 1869 to Kate L. Stauffer; married, May 25, 1901, to Anna E. La Chapelle.
  Clark County, Nev. is named for him.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article
Alexander G. Cochran Alexander Gilmore Cochran (1846-1928) — also known as Alexander G. Cochran — of Pennsylvania; St. Louis, Mo. Born in Allegheny (now part of Pittsburgh), Allegheny County, Pa., March 20, 1846. Democrat. U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania 23rd District, 1875-77; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1876. Member, Freemasons; Scottish Rite Masons. Died, from pyelo-nephrosis, in St. Luke's Hospital, St. Louis, Mo., May 1, 1928 (age 82 years, 42 days). Interment at Bellefontaine Cemetery, St. Louis, Mo.
  Relatives: Son of John Cochran and Ann (Richardson) Cochran.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page
  Image source: Library of Congress
  James Hodge Codding (1849-1919) — also known as James H. Codding — of Towanda, Bradford County, Pa. Born in Pike Township, Bradford County, Pa., July 8, 1849. Republican. U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania 15th District, 1895-99. Member, Freemasons. Died in Brooklyn, Kings County, N.Y., September 12, 1919 (age 70 years, 66 days). Interment at Oak Hill Cemetery, Towanda, Pa.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page
  William Thomas Coleman (b. 1867) — also known as William T. Coleman — of Elmira, Chemung County, N.Y. Born in Madison Township, Armstrong County, Pa., April 20, 1867. Republican. Grocer; mayor of Elmira, N.Y., 1905. Presbyterian. Scotch-Irish and German ancestry. Member, Freemasons; Knights Templar; Shriners; Odd Fellows; Royal Arcanum. Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of John Coleman and Mary E. (Langler) Coleman; married, September 16, 1896, to Mary J. Espey.
  Zehnder H. Confair (1906-1982) — of Pennsylvania. Born in Berwick, Columbia County, Pa., January 11, 1906. Republican. Member of Pennsylvania state senate, 1959-72 (24th District 1959-68, 23rd District 1969-72). Member, Freemasons; Moose; Elks; Rotary. Died in June, 1982 (age 76 years, 0 days). Burial location unknown.
  James W. Conger (1845-1921) — of Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio. Born in Washington County, Pa., August 6, 1845. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; roofing business; candidate for Presidential Elector for Ohio; delegate to Republican National Convention from Ohio, 1912; candidate for Presidential Elector for Ohio. Presbyterian. Member, Grand Army of the Republic; Freemasons. Died in St. Petersburg, Pinellas County, Fla., February 22, 1921 (age 75 years, 200 days). Interment at Lake View Cemetery, Cleveland, Ohio.
  Relatives: Son of William Henry Harrison Conger and Martha (Auld) Conger; married, February 15, 1869, to Anna M. Higgins; married, November 18, 1914, to Maude A. Miller; third cousin twice removed of Hugh Conger; fourth cousin once removed of James Lockwood Conger, Anson Griffith Conger, Harmon Sweatland Conger, Omar Dwight Conger, Moore Conger, Chauncey Stewart Conger, Frederick Ward Conger, Charles Franklin Conger, Isaac Young Conger and Abraham Benjamin Conger.
  Political families: Conger family of New York; Conger-Hungerford family of Connecticut and New York (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  George Whitney Cooke (b. 1856) — of Bowman's Creek, Wyoming County, Pa.; Johnson City, Washington County, Tenn. Born in Wyoming County, Pa., October 3, 1856. Engineer; surveyor; member of Pennsylvania state house of representatives, 1891. English ancestry. Member, Freemasons. Died in Washington, D.C. Interment at Cedar Hill Cemetery, Suitland, Md.
  Relatives: Married to Emma Florence Clark.
Edward Cooper Edward Cooper (1873-1928) — of Bramwell, Mercer County, W.Va. Born in Trevorton, Northumberland County, Pa., February 26, 1873. Republican. Lawyer; coal mining business; delegate to Republican National Convention from West Virginia, 1912; U.S. Representative from West Virginia 5th District, 1915-19. Presbyterian. English ancestry. Member, Freemasons; Elks. Died in Bluefield, Mercer County, W.Va., March 1, 1928 (age 55 years, 4 days). Entombed at Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond, Va.
  Relatives: Son of Maria (Padbury) Cooper and John Cooper; married, October 5, 1895, to Frances Douglas Smith.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Image source: West Virginia and Its People (1913)
  Thomas Abthorpe Cooper (1776-1849) — also known as Thomas A. Cooper — of Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pa. Born in London, England, 1776. Actor; U.S. Surveyor of Customs, 1844-45. Member, Freemasons. Died in Bristol, Bucks County, Pa., April 21, 1849 (age about 72 years). Interment at St. James Burying Ground, Bristol, Pa.
  W. Louis Coppersmith (b. 1928) — of Pennsylvania. Born in Johnstown, Cambria County, Pa., June 19, 1928. Democrat. Member of Pennsylvania state senate 35th District, 1969-80. Jewish. Member, American Bar Association; Freemasons; Elks. Still living as of 1980.
  Jacob Doyle Corman Jr. (b. 1932) — also known as J. Doyle Corman, Jr. — of Bellefonte, Centre County, Pa. Born September 17, 1932. Republican. Real estate and insurance business; Centre County Commissioner, 1968-77; member of Pennsylvania state senate 34th District, 1977-2004; member of Pennsylvania Republican State Committee, 1981. Methodist. Member, Freemasons; Elks; Kiwanis. Still living as of 2004.
  Relatives: Son of Jacob Doyle Corman and Mary (McClincy) Corman; married to Rebecca Kay Davis.
  Cross-reference: Rick Santorum
Fred P. Corson Fred Pierce Corson (1896-1985) — also known as Fred P. Corson — of Jackson Heights, Queens, Queens County, N.Y.; New Haven, New Haven County, Conn.; Port Washington, Nassau County, Long Island, N.Y.; Carlisle, Cumberland County, Pa.; Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pa.; Cornwall, Lebanon County, Pa. Born in Millville, Cumberland County, N.J., April 11, 1896. Methodist minister; president, Dickinson College, 1934-44; Methodist Bishop of Philadelphia, 1944-68; offered prayer, Republican National Convention, 1948, 1952; offered prayer, Democratic National Convention, 1948. Methodist. Member, Freemasons; Union League; Rotary; Kappa Sigma; Omicron Delta Kappa; Tau Kappa Alpha; Phi Beta Kappa. Died, from a cerebral hemorrhage after a fall, in St. Petersburg, Pinellas County, Fla., February 16, 1985 (age 88 years, 311 days). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of Jeremiah Corson and Mary (Payne) Corson; married 1922 to Frances Blount Beaman.
  See also Wikipedia article
  Image source: Dickinson College
  William Albert Coughanour (1851-1936) — also known as W. A. Coughanour — of Payette, Payette County, Idaho. Born in Belle Vernon, Fayette County, Pa., March 12, 1851. Democrat. Mine owner; lumber mill business; rancher and fruit grower; member of Idaho state senate, 1896; mayor of Payette, Idaho, 1897-99, 1900-01, 1907-11; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Idaho, 1916. Member, Odd Fellows; Freemasons. Died in Payette, Payette County, Idaho, January 4, 1936 (age 84 years, 298 days). Interment at Riverside Cemetery, Payette, Idaho.
  Relatives: Married, March 8, 1874, to Galena Bunting.
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  William Radford Coyle (1878-1962) — also known as William R. Coyle — of Bethlehem, Northampton County, Pa. Born in Washington, D.C., July 10, 1878. Republican. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War I; U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania 30th District, 1925-27, 1929-33; defeated, 1926; delegate to Republican National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1936 (alternate), 1944, 1960 (alternate). Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons. Died in Bethlehem, Northampton County, Pa., January 30, 1962 (age 83 years, 204 days). Interment at Nisky Hill Cemetery, Bethlehem, Pa.
  Relatives: Son of Randolph Coyle and Mary (Radford) Coyle; married, December 21, 1904, to Jane Weston Dodson.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page
  Joseph Force Crater (b. 1889) — also known as Joseph F. Crater; "Good Time Joe" — of New York. Born in Easton, Northampton County, Pa., January 5, 1889. Democrat. Lawyer; secretary to Robert F. Wagner, 1920-26; newspapers reported that the two became law partners, but Wagner later denied it; Justice of New York Supreme Court 1st District, 1930; appointed 1930. Member, Freemasons; Sigma Chi; Tammany Hall. Mysteriously disappeared (probably kidnapped and murdered) on August 6, 1930; his body was never found; he was declared legally dead in 1939.
  Relatives: Son of Frank Ellsworth Crater and Leila Virginia (Montague) Crater; married 1917 to Stella Mance Wheeler.
  See also Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Joseph Sibley Crawford (b. 1901) — also known as Joseph S. Crawford; Luke Crawford — of Erie, Erie County, Pa. Born in Kane, McKean County, Pa., November 30, 1901. Democrat. Telegraph operator for the Pennsylvania Railroad; later worked for the WEDH radio station; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1952, 1956. Presbyterian. Member, Freemasons; Shriners. Burial location unknown.
  Presumably named for: Joseph Sibley
  Relatives: Son of Thomas L. Crawford and Anna (Mahaffey) Crawford; married to Winifred Miller.
  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.
  Relatives: Married to Thelma Aletta Thomas.
  Paul Harvey Cunningham (1890-1961) — also known as Paul Cunningham — of Des Moines, Polk County, Iowa. Born in Indiana County, Pa., June 15, 1890. Republican. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during World War I; member of Iowa state house of representatives, 1933-36; U.S. Representative from Iowa, 1941-59 (6th District 1941-43, 5th District 1943-59); defeated, 1958. Presbyterian. Member, American Legion; Sigma Phi Epsilon; Freemasons; Odd Fellows; Moose. Died in Brainerd, Crow Wing County, Minn., July 16, 1961 (age 71 years, 31 days). Interment at Masonic Cemetery, Des Moines, Iowa.
  Relatives: Son of Robert Harvey Cunningham and Sarah Jane (McQuaide) Cunningham; married 1918 to Harriett French Plummer; married, December 26, 1926, to Gail Fry; father of Edward Plummer Cunningham.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page
  William M. Cuppett (b. 1843) — of Canton, Lincoln County, Dakota Territory (now S.Dak.). Born in Bedford County, Pa., December 26, 1843. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; carriage and wagon manufacturer; postmaster; member Dakota territorial council, 1870-71, 1879-80. Member, Freemasons; Grand Army of the Republic. Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Married, September 1, 1870, to Miss N. E. Martin.
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