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Ernest Francis Acheson (1855-1917) —
also known as Ernest F. Acheson —
of Washington, Washington
County, Pa.
Born in Washington, Washington
County, Pa., September
19, 1855.
Republican. Lawyer; newspaper
editor; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Pennsylvania, 1884,
1896;
U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 24th District, 1895-1909.
Presbyterian.
Member, Phi Kappa Psi.
Died in Washington, Washington
County, Pa., May 16,
1917 (age 61 years, 239
days).
Interment at Washington
Cemetery, Washington, Pa.
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Laird Howard Barber (1848-1928) —
also known as Laird H. Barber —
of Mauch Chunk (now part of Jim Thorpe), Carbon
County, Pa.
Born in Mifflinburg, Union
County, Pa., October
25, 1848.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 8th District, 1899-1901.
Member, Phi Kappa Psi.
Died in Mauch Chunk (now part of Jim Thorpe), Carbon
County, Pa., February
16, 1928 (age 79 years, 114
days).
Interment at Evergreen
Cemetery, Jim Thorpe, Pa.
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Arthur Laban Bates (1859-1934) —
also known as Arthur L. Bates —
of Meadville, Crawford
County, Pa.
Born in Meadville, Crawford
County, Pa., June 6,
1859.
Republican. Lawyer;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1888
(alternate), 1924;
U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania, 1901-13 (26th District 1901-03,
25th District 1903-13).
Baptist.
Member, Sons of
the American Revolution; Phi
Beta Kappa; Freemasons;
Kiwanis;
Phi Kappa Psi.
Died in Meadville, Crawford
County, Pa., August
26, 1934 (age 75 years, 81
days).
Interment at Greendale
Cemetery, Meadville, Pa.
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Joseph McCrum Belford (1852-1917) —
also known as Joseph M. Belford —
of Riverhead, Suffolk
County, Long Island, N.Y.
Born in Mifflintown, Juniata
County, Pa., August
5, 1852.
Republican. U.S.
Representative from New York 1st District, 1897-99; defeated,
1898; delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1900.
Member, Phi Kappa Psi.
Died suddenly in Grand
Central Station, Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., May 3,
1917 (age 64 years, 271
days).
Interment at Riverhead
Cemetery, Riverhead, Long Island, N.Y.
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Frank Eckels Beltzhoover (1841-1923) —
also known as Frank E. Beltzhoover —
of Carlisle, Cumberland
County, Pa.
Born in Silver Spring Township, Cumberland
County, Pa., November
6, 1841.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Pennsylvania, 1876,
1896;
U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 19th District, 1879-83, 1891-95.
Member, Phi Kappa Psi.
Died June 2,
1923 (age 81 years, 208
days).
Interment at Ashland
Cemetery, Carlisle, Pa.
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Henry Harrison Bingham (1841-1912) —
also known as Henry H. Bingham —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., December
4, 1841.
Republican. Colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War;
postmaster at Philadelphia,
Pa., 1867-72; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Pennsylvania, 1872,
1876,
1884,
1888,
1892,
1896
(alternate; chair, Committee
on Rules and Order of Business; speaker),
1900,
1904;
U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 1st District, 1879-1912; died in
office 1912.
Member, Phi Kappa Psi.
Received the Medal
of Honor in 1893 for action at Wilderness, Va., May 6, 1864.
Died in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., March
22, 1912 (age 70 years, 109
days).
Interment at Laurel
Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia, Pa.
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Ralph C. Body (1903-1973) —
of Boyertown, Berks
County, Pa.
Born in Yellow House, Berks
County, Pa., February
18, 1903.
Democrat. Lawyer;
colonel in the U.S. Army during World War II; vice-president,
Pottstown Memorial Hospital;
chair
of Berks County Democratic Party, 1950-52; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1952;
common pleas court judge in Pennsylvania, 1960-62; U.S.
District Judge for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, 1962-72;
took senior status 1972.
United
Church of Christ. Member, Phi
Delta Phi; Phi Kappa Psi; Rotary;
Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons; Shriners;
Veterans of
Foreign Wars; American
Legion; American Bar
Association; Federal
Bar Association.
Died June 2,
1973 (age 70 years, 104
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Howard W. Body and Mary Alice (Esterly) Body; married, July 26,
1930, to Ruth C. Sproesser. |
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Thomas McKeen Chidsey (1884-1958) —
of Easton, Northampton
County, Pa.
Born in Easton, Northampton
County, Pa., January
26, 1884.
Republican. Lawyer; Pennsylvania
state attorney general, 1947-50; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Pennsylvania, 1948;
justice
of Pennsylvania state supreme court, 1950-58; died in office 1958.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Phi
Delta Phi; Phi Kappa Psi.
Died in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., April
19, 1958 (age 74 years, 83
days).
Interment at Easton
Cemetery, Easton, Pa.
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William Josiah Crow (1902-1974) —
also known as William J. Crow —
of Uniontown, Fayette
County, Pa.
Born in Uniontown, Fayette
County, Pa., January
22, 1902.
Republican. Lawyer; mayor
of Uniontown, Pa., 1937-41; major in the U.S. Army during World
War II; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 23rd District, 1947-49;
defeated, 1948.
Baptist.
Member, Phi Kappa Psi; Moose; Elks; Eagles;
Exchange
Club.
Died in Carlisle, Cumberland
County, Pa., October
13, 1974 (age 72 years, 264
days).
Interment at Oak
Grove Cemetery, South Union Township, Fayette County, Pa.
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Thomas Henry Dale (1846-1912) —
also known as Thomas H. Dale —
of Scranton, Lackawanna
County, Pa.
Born in Daleville, Lackawanna
County, Pa., June 12,
1846.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from
Pennsylvania, 1900;
U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 10th District, 1905-07.
Member, Phi Kappa Psi.
Died in Daleville, Lackawanna
County, Pa., August
21, 1912 (age 66 years, 70
days).
Interment at Dunmore
Cemetery, Dunmore, Pa.
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Allan Cathcart Durborow Jr. (1857-1908) —
also known as Allan C. Durborow, Jr. —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., November
10, 1857.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from Illinois 3rd District, 1891-95.
Member, Phi Kappa Psi.
Died in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., March
10, 1908 (age 50 years, 121
days).
Interment at Graceland
Cemetery, Chicago, Ill.
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Daniel Brodhead Heiner (1854-1944) —
also known as Daniel B. Heiner —
of Kittanning, Armstrong
County, Pa.
Born in Kittanning, Armstrong
County, Pa., December
30, 1854.
Republican. Lawyer; chair of
Armstrong County Republican Party, 1884-88; Armstrong
County District Attorney, 1886-91; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 21st District, 1893-97; U.S.
Attorney for the Western District of Pennsylvania, 1897-1902;
U.S. Collector of Internal Revenue for the 23rd Pennsylvania
District, 1902-13, 1921-33; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Pennsylvania, 1920.
Member, Phi Kappa Psi.
Died in Kittanning, Armstrong
County, Pa., February
14, 1944 (age 89 years, 46
days).
Interment at Kittanning
Cemetery, Kittanning, Pa.
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George Augustus Jenks (1836-1908) —
also known as George A. Jenks —
of Brookville, Jefferson
County, Pa.
Born in Punxsutawney, Jefferson
County, Pa., March
25, 1836.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 25th District, 1875-77; delegate
to Democratic National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1880;
U.S. Solicitor General, 1886-89; candidate for Governor of
Pennsylvania, 1898.
Member, Phi Kappa Psi.
Died in Brookville, Jefferson
County, Pa., February
10, 1908 (age 71 years, 322
days).
Interment at Brookville
Cemetery, Brookville, Pa.
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Harry Arista Mackey (1869-1938) —
also known as Harry A. Mackey —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in Susquehanna, Susquehanna
County, Pa., June 26,
1869.
Republican. Lawyer;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1924;
mayor
of Philadelphia, Pa., 1928-32; candidate for Presidential Elector
for Pennsylvania.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Academy of Political and Social Science; Phi Kappa Psi; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Elks; Eagles;
Redmen;
Foresters;
Patriotic
Order Sons of America; Friendly
Sons of St. Patrick; Optimist
Club.
Died in 1938
(age about
69 years).
Interment at West
Laurel Hill Cemetery, Bala Cynwyd, Pa.
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Welty McCullogh (1847-1889) —
of Greensburg, Westmoreland
County, Pa.
Born in Greensburg, Westmoreland
County, Pa., October
10, 1847.
Republican. U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 21st District, 1887-89;
defeated, 1888.
Member, Phi Kappa Psi.
Died in Greensburg, Westmoreland
County, Pa., August
31, 1889 (age 41 years, 325
days).
Interment at St.
Clair Cemetery, Greensburg, Pa.
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Alexander Mitchell Palmer (1872-1936) —
also known as A. Mitchell Palmer; "The Fighting
Quaker" —
of Stroudsburg, Monroe
County, Pa.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Moosehead, Luzerne
County, Pa., May 4,
1872.
Democrat. Lawyer; bank
director; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 26th District, 1909-15; member
of Democratic
National Committee from Pennsylvania, 1912-20; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1912
(speaker),
1916
(member, Platform
and Resolutions Committee); candidate for U.S.
Senator from Pennsylvania, 1914; U.S. Alien Property Custodian,
1917-19; U.S.
Attorney General, 1919-21; target of assassination
attempts in 1919; instigator of the "Palmer Raids" in 1919-20, in
which over 10,000 legal immigrants were arrested and held for
deportation; most were eventually released; candidate for Democratic
nomination for President, 1920;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from District of Columbia,
1932.
Quaker.
Member, American Bar
Association; Phi Kappa Psi; Phi
Beta Kappa.
Died, from a heart
condition following surgery for appendicitis,
in Emergency Hospital,
Washington,
D.C., May 11,
1936 (age 64 years, 7
days).
Interment at Laurelwood
Cemetery, Stroudsburg, 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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R. Curtis Schroder —
Member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 2002.
Member, Phi Kappa Psi.
Still living as of 2002.
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Raymond Philip Shafer (1917-2006) —
also known as Raymond P. Shafer —
of Meadville, Crawford
County, Pa.
Born in New Castle, Lawrence
County, Pa., March 5,
1917.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; Crawford
County District Attorney, 1948-56; member of Pennsylvania
state senate 50th District, 1959-62; Lieutenant
Governor of Pennsylvania, 1963-67; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1964;
Governor
of Pennsylvania, 1967-71.
Member, American Bar
Association; Grange;
Rotary;
American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Phi Kappa Psi.
Died, of heart
failure, in Meadville Medical
Center, Meadville, Crawford
County, Pa., December
12, 2006 (age 89 years, 282
days).
Interment at St.
John's Cemetery, Union Township, Crawford County, Pa.
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William Shadrack Shallenberger (1839-1914) —
also known as William S. Shallenberger —
of Rochester, Beaver
County, Pa.
Born in Pennsylvania, November
24, 1839.
Republican. U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 24th District, 1877-83.
Member, Phi Kappa Psi.
Died April
15, 1914 (age 74 years, 142
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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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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Charles Yoder Thompson (b. 1875) —
also known as Charles Y. Thompson —
of West Point, Cuming
County, Neb.
Born in Reading, Berks
County, Pa., October
17, 1875.
Republican. Lawyer; farmer;
member of University
of Nebraska board of regents, 1935-.
Member, Farm
Bureau; Phi Kappa Psi; Phi
Delta Phi.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Thomas Dick Thompson and Elizabeth (Yoder) Thompson; married 1900 to Martha
Berthold; married 1927 to Marie
Chambers. |
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Ruby Ross Vale (1874-1961) —
also known as Ruby R. Vale —
of Milford, Sussex
County, Del.
Born in Carlisle, Cumberland
County, Pa., October
19, 1874.
Republican. School
principal; lawyer;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Delaware, 1912
(member, Committee
on Rules and Order of Business), 1916,
1948
(alternate).
Methodist.
French
Huguenot ancestry. Member, American Bar
Association; American
Judicature Society; American
Academy of Political and Social Science; American
Historical Association; Phi Kappa Psi; Theta
Nu Epsilon; Freemasons;
Union
League.
Died January
2, 1961 (age 86 years, 75
days).
Burial location unknown.
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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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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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