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Phi Delta Theta
Politician members in Pennsylvania

Charles Thomas Aikens (b. 1862) — also known as Charles T. Aikens — of Pine Grove, Schuylkill County, Pa.; Selinsgrove, Snyder County, Pa. Born in Siglerville, Mifflin County, Pa., December 14, 1862. Republican. Pastor; president, Susquehanna University, 1905-27; president, Selinsgrove Realty Co.; vice-president and treasurer, Nittany Real Estate Co.; director, First National Bank of Selinsgrove; director, Sunbury and Selinsgrove Electric Railroad; director, Nittany Light, Heat & Power Co.; delegate to Republican National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1916; candidate for Presidential Elector for Pennsylvania. Lutheran. Member, Freemasons; Scottish Rite Masons; Phi Delta Theta. Burial location unknown.   Relatives: Son of Andrew Jackson Aikens and Lucinda (Hassenpflug) Aikens; married, November 26, 1889, to Athalia Clara Gitt; married, February 3, 1915, to Carrie (Specht) Smith. Robert James Corbett (1905-1971) — also known as Robert J. Corbett — of Bellevue, Allegheny County, Pa.; Ben Avon Heights, Allegheny County, Pa. Born in Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pa., August 25, 1905. Republican. U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania, 1939-41, 1945-71 (30th District 1939-41, 1945-53, 29th District 1953-63, 18th District 1963-71); defeated, 1940; died in office 1971; Allegheny County Sheriff, 1941-45; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1964. Presbyterian. Member, Moose; Elks; Eagles; Kiwanis; Lions; Phi Delta Theta; Delta Sigma Rho; Phi Alpha Theta. Died in Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pa., April 25, 1971 (age 65 years, 243 days). Interment at Union Dale Cemetery, Pittsburgh, Pa.   Relatives: Son of Samuel Corbett and Martha (Henderson) Corbett; married, May 24, 1926, to Ruth Ethel McClintock; first cousin twice removed of William Lucas Corbett; second cousin once removed of Don Carlos Corbett; third cousin of Homer Eugene Corbett.   Political family: Corbett family of Pennsylvania.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page   Image source: Pittsburgh Press, November 2, 1962   George Cadwalader Corson (b. 1889) — also known as George C. Corson — of Norristown, Montgomery County, Pa. Born in Plymouth Meeting, Montgomery County, Pa., September 9, 1889. Republican. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during World War I; chair of Montgomery County Republican Party, 1927; common pleas court judge in Pennsylvania 38th District, 1929. Member, Grange; Delta Theta Phi; Phi Delta Theta. Burial location unknown.   Harold LeClair Ickes (1874-1952) — also known as Harold L. Ickes — of Hubbard Woods, Cook County, Ill.; Winnetka, Cook County, Ill.; Olney, Montgomery County, Md. Born in Frankstown, Blair County, Pa., March 15, 1874. Lawyer; delegate to Republican National Convention from Illinois, 1920; U.S. Secretary of the Interior, 1933-46; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Illinois, 1936, 1940, 1944; newspaper columnist. Presbyterian. Scottish and German ancestry. Member, American Civil Liberties Union; American Bar Association; Phi Delta Theta; Phi Delta Phi. Died, in Emergency Hospital, Washington, D.C., February 3, 1952 (age 77 years, 325 days). Interment at Sandy Spring Friends Cemetery, Sandy Spring, Md.   Relatives: Son of Jesse Boone Williams Ickes and Martha Ann (McCune) Ickes; married 1911 to Anna Wilmarth Thompson; married, May 24, 1938, to Jane Dahlman; father of Harold McEwen Ickes; nephew by marriage of John Clarence Cudahy.   Political family: Ickes family.   See also Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier — Find-A-Grave memorial   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.   Relatives: Son of Robley D. Walter and Susie E. Walter; married, December 19, 1925, to May M. Doyle.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page

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