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Paul Bartram Dague (1898-1974) —
also known as Paul B. Dague —
of Downingtown, Chester
County, Pa.
Born in Whitford, Chester
County, Pa., May 19,
1898.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War I; Chester
County Sheriff, 1944-46; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 9th District, 1947-67.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons; American
Legion; Grange.
Died in West Chester, Chester
County, Pa., December
2, 1974 (age 76 years, 197
days).
Interment at Northwood
Cemetery, Downingtown, Pa.
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George Mifflin Dallas (1792-1864) —
also known as George M. Dallas —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., July 10,
1792.
Democrat. Lawyer; mayor
of Philadelphia, Pa., 1828-29; U.S.
Attorney for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, 1829-31; U.S.
Senator from Pennsylvania, 1831-33; Pennsylvania
state attorney general, 1833-35; U.S. Minister to Russia, 1837-39; Great Britain, 1856-61; Vice
President of the United States, 1845-49.
Scottish
ancestry. Member, Freemasons.
Died in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., December
31, 1864 (age 72 years, 174
days).
Interment at St.
Peter's Episcopal Churchyard, Philadelphia, Pa.
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Relatives: Son
of Alexander
James Dallas and Arabella Maria (Smith) Dallas; brother of Sophia
Burrell Dallas (who married Richard
Bache Jr.); married, May 23,
1816, to Sophia
Chew Nicklin (granddaughter of Benjamin
Chew); uncle of Alexander Dallas Bache, Mary Blechenden Bache
(who married Robert
John Walker), Sophia Arabella Bache (who married William
Wallace Irwin) and George
Mifflin Dallas (1839-1917); granduncle of Robert
Walker Irwin; second great-granduncle of Claiborne
de Borda Pell; third great-granduncle of Daniel
Baugh Brewster. |
| | | Political families: Bache-Dallas
family of Pennsylvania and New York; Claiborne-Dallas
family of Virginia and Louisiana (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | Dallas counties in Ark., Iowa, Mo. and Tex. are
named for him. |
| | | The city
of Dallas,
Texas, is named for
him. |
| | | Politician named for him: George
M. Condon
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| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Wikipedia article — U.S. State Dept career summary — NNDB
dossier — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Books about George Mifflin Dallas: John
M. Belohlavek, George
Mifflin Dallas : Jacksonian Patrician |
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William L. David (b. 1872) —
of Hancock
County, Ohio; Lakewood, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio.
Born in Titusville, Crawford
County, Pa., February
29, 1872.
Lawyer;
Hancock
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1903-09.
Member, Freemasons.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of William Luther David and Eliza Susan (Gibson) David; married to
Mabelle Lucile Peden. |
| | | Image source: Bench and Bar of Northern
Ohio (1921) |
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James John Davis (1873-1947) —
also known as James J. Davis; "Puddler
Jim" —
of Elwood, Madison
County, Ind.; Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa.
Born in Tredegar, Wales,
October
27, 1873.
Republican. Madison
County Recorder, 1903-07; U.S.
Secretary of Labor, 1921-30; resigned 1930; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1928,
1936,
1940
(member, Committee
to Notify Presidential Nominee; speaker);
U.S.
Senator from Pennsylvania, 1930-45; defeated, 1944.
Baptist.
Welsh
ancestry. Member, Moose; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Freemasons; Shriners;
Grotto;
Odd
Fellows; Knights
of Pythias; Elks; Eagles;
Foresters;
Woodmen;
Maccabees;
Delta
Sigma Phi.
Died in a hospital
at Takoma Park, Montgomery
County, Md., November
22, 1947 (age 74 years, 26
days).
Interment at Union
Dale Cemetery, Pittsburgh, Pa.
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John R. Davis (b. 1877) —
of Lewis
County, W.Va.
Born in Ursina, Somerset
County, Pa., July 7,
1877.
Republican. Lumber
manufacturer; bank
director; member of West
Virginia state senate 12th District, 1929-32.
Episcopalian.
Member, Rotary;
Freemasons; Shriners.
Burial location unknown.
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Image source:
West Virginia Blue Book 1929 |
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Preston B. Davis (b. 1907) —
of Milton, Northumberland
County, Pa.
Born in West Milton, Union
County, Pa., May 19,
1907.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from
Pennsylvania, 1956
(alternate), 1960;
member of Pennsylvania
state senate 27th District, 1963-72.
Lutheran.
Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons; Elks; Moose; Rotary;
Sigma
Alpha Epsilon; Phi
Delta Phi.
Burial location unknown.
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Clyde Russel Dengler (1899-1992) —
also known as Clyde R. Dengler —
of Newtown Square, Delaware
County, Pa.
Born in Fleetwood, Berks
County, Pa., May 10,
1899.
Republican. Member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 1957-66; member of Pennsylvania
state senate 26th District, 1969-74.
Presbyterian.
Member, National
Education Association; American
Legion; Lions;
Freemasons; Phi
Delta Kappa.
Died August
15, 1992 (age 93 years, 97
days).
Burial location unknown.
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John Depinet (b. 1855) —
of Erie, Erie
County, Pa.; New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La.
Born in Erie, Erie
County, Pa., November
14, 1855.
Republican. Erie
County Register and Recorder, 1891-1896; mayor of
Erie, Pa., 1899-1901.
French
and German
ancestry. Member, Elks;
Freemasons; Shriners.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Michael Depinet and Mary (Ehret) Depinet; married, October
2, 1882, to Jessie Densmore. |
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Louis Theodore DeRousse (1844-1921) —
also known as Louis T. DeRousse —
of Camden, Camden
County, N.J.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., May 29,
1844.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; accountant;
member of New
Jersey state house of assembly from Camden County, 1895-97; Speaker of
the New Jersey State House of Assembly, 1896; postmaster at Camden,
N.J., 1898-1903.
Member, Freemasons; Odd
Fellows; Elks; Grand
Army of the Republic.
Died in West Oak Lane, Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., August
27, 1921 (age 77 years, 90
days).
Interment at Harleigh
Cemetery, Camden, N.J.
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Arthur Granville Dewalt (1854-1931) —
also known as Arthur G. Dewalt —
of Allentown, Lehigh
County, Pa.
Born in Bath, Northampton
County, Pa., October
11, 1854.
Democrat. Lawyer; Lehigh
County District Attorney, 1880-83; member of Pennsylvania
state senate 16th District, 1903-10; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1904
(member, Committee
on Permanent Organization), 1908;
Pennsylvania
Democratic state chair, 1909-10; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 13th District, 1915-21;
defeated, 1926.
Lutheran.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Allentown, Lehigh
County, Pa., October
26, 1931 (age 77 years, 15
days).
Interment at Fairview
Cemetery, Allentown, Pa.
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Samuel Bernard Dick (1836-1907) —
also known as Samuel B. Dick —
of Meadville, Crawford
County, Pa.
Born in Meadville, Crawford
County, Pa., October
26, 1836.
Republican. Banker;
colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War; candidate for
Presidential Elector for Pennsylvania; mayor
of Meadville, Pa., 1870; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 26th District, 1879-81; railroad
builder; railroad
president; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Pennsylvania, 1900,
1904
(alternate).
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons; Knights
Templar.
Died in Meadville, Crawford
County, Pa., May 10,
1907 (age 70 years, 196
days).
Interment at Greendale
Cemetery, Meadville, Pa.
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John Dickinson (1732-1808) —
also known as "Penman of the
Revolution" —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.; Wilmington, New Castle
County, Del.
Born near Trappe, Talbot
County, Md., November
13, 1732.
Planter;
lawyer;
Delegate
to Continental Congress from Pennsylvania, 1774-76; Delegate
to Continental Congress from Delaware, 1779; member of Delaware
state legislative council from New Castle County, 1781; President
of Delaware, 1781-83; President
of Pennsylvania, 1782-85; member,
U.S. Constitutional Convention, 1787; member of Delaware
state senate from New Castle County, 1793.
Quaker;
later Episcopalian.
English
ancestry. Member, Freemasons.
Died in Wilmington, New Castle
County, Del., February
14, 1808 (age 75 years, 93
days).
Interment at Friends
Burial Ground, Wilmington, Del.
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William J. Diehl (1845-1929) —
of Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa.
Born in Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa., January
22, 1845.
Mayor
of Pittsburgh, Pa., 1899-1901.
Member, Freemasons.
Died September
22, 1929 (age 84 years, 243
days).
Interment at Allegheny
Cemetery, Pittsburgh, Pa.
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John William Ditter (1888-1943) —
also known as J. William Ditter —
of Ambler, Montgomery
County, Pa.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., September
5, 1888.
Republican. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 17th District, 1933-43; died in
office 1943.
Protestant.
Member, Freemasons; Moose; Rotary.
Died in an airplane
crash near Columbia, Lancaster
County, Pa., November
21, 1943 (age 55 years, 77
days).
Interment at Whitemarsh
Memorial Park, Ambler, Pa.
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Ralph Waldo Emerson Donges (b. 1875) —
also known as Ralph W. E. Donges —
of Camden, Camden
County, N.J.; Collingswood, Camden
County, N.J.
Born in Donaldson, Schuylkill
County, Pa., May 5,
1875.
Democrat. Lawyer;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from New Jersey, 1916;
colonel in the U.S. Army during World War I; circuit judge in New
Jersey, 1920-30; associate
justice of New Jersey state supreme court, 1930-48; superior
court judge in New Jersey, 1948-51.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons; Moose; Elks.
Entombed in mausoleum at Harleigh
Cemetery, Camden, N.J.
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Robert M. Donnelly (b. 1845) —
of Alpena, Alpena
County, Mich.
Born in Concord, Franklin
County, Pa., 1845.
Accountant;
merchant;
mayor
of Alpena, Mich., 1883.
Member, Freemasons.
Burial location unknown.
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Ira Walton Drew (1878-1972) —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in Hardwick, Caledonia
County, Vt., August
31, 1878.
Democrat. Newspaper
reporter; osteopath;
U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 7th District, 1937-39.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons; Elks.
Died in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., February
12, 1972 (age 93 years, 165
days).
Interment at Whitemarsh
Memorial Park, Ambler, Pa.
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James Henderson Duff (1883-1969) —
also known as James H. Duff; "Big
Red" —
of Carnegie, Allegheny
County, Pa.
Born in Mansfield (now part of Carnegie), Allegheny
County, Pa., January
21, 1883.
Republican. Lawyer;
candidate for Presidential Elector for Pennsylvania; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1932,
1936
(member, Committee
on Rules and Order of Business), 1940,
1948
(speaker),
1952,
1956;
Pennsylvania
state attorney general, 1943-47; Governor of
Pennsylvania, 1947-51; U.S.
Senator from Pennsylvania, 1951-57; defeated, 1956.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons; Elks; Rotary;
Moose;
Eagles.
Died in Washington,
D.C., December
20, 1969 (age 86 years, 333
days).
Interment at Chartiers
Cemetery, Pittsburgh, Pa.
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William Ewing Duffield (1922-2001) —
also known as William E. Duffield —
of Pennsylvania.
Born in Cherry Tree, Indiana
County, Pa., January
7, 1922.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; served in the
U.S. Army during the Korean conflict; lawyer;
member of Pennsylvania
state senate 32nd District, 1971-78.
Presbyterian.
Member, Veterans of
Foreign Wars; American
Legion; Freemasons; Elks.
Disbarred
in 1975 for mishandling
cases and client funds; reinstated to the bar in 1978. Convicted
in 1980 on 11 federal counts of mail fraud and one count of perjury;
served six months in federal prison.
Disbarred
again in 1994 for mishandling
a murder case.
Died, of cancer
and strokes,
in Uniontown Hospital,
Uniontown, Fayette
County, Pa., January
14, 2001 (age 79 years, 7
days).
Interment at Sylvan
Heights Cemetery, Oliver, Pa.
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Horatio Snyder Dumbauld (b. 1869) —
also known as Horatio S. Dumbauld —
of Uniontown, Fayette
County, Pa.
Born in Salt Lick Township, Fayette
County, Pa., May 15,
1869.
Democrat. School
teacher; lawyer;
member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 1899-1901; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1916,
1932;
U.S.
Attorney for the Western District of Pennsylvania, 1933-35;
common pleas court judge in Pennsylvania, 1936.
Presbyterian.
Member, Sigma
Nu; Freemasons; Shriners;
Elks.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of George Adams Dumbauld and Elizabeth (Snyder) Dumbauld; married, June 9,
1903, to Lissa Grace MacBurney. |
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Andrew B. Dunsmore (1866-1938) —
of Wellsboro, Tioga
County, Pa.
Born in Tioga
County, Pa., January
4, 1866.
Republican. Lawyer; chair of
Tioga County Republican Party, 1894; Tioga
County District Attorney, 1895-1903; member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 1905-09; U.S.
Attorney for the Middle District of Pennsylvania, 1911-13,
1921-34; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Pennsylvania, 1936.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons; Odd
Fellows; Knights
of Pythias.
Died in 1938
(age about
72 years).
Interment at Wellsboro
Cemetery, Wellsboro, Pa.
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