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Scottish ancestry Politicians in Pennsylvania

  Benjamin William Arnett (1838-1906) — also known as Benjamin W. Arnett — of Wilberforce, Greene County, Ohio. Born in Brownsville, Fayette County, Pa., March 16, 1838. Republican. School teacher and principal; ordained minister; member of Ohio state house of representatives from Greene County, 1886-87; first Black state legislator elected to represent a majority white constituency; bishop; offered prayer, Republican National Convention, 1896. African Methodist Episcopal. African, Scottish, American Indian, and Irish ancestry. Lost a leg due to a tumor in 1858. Died, of uremia, in Wilberforce, Greene County, Ohio, October 7, 1906 (age 68 years, 205 days). Interment at Wilberforce Cemetery, Wilberforce, Ohio.
  Relatives: Son of Samuel G. Arnett and Mary Louisa Arnett; married, May 25, 1858, to Mary Louisa Gordon.
  Arnett Hall, at Wilberforce University, Wilberforce, Ohio, is named for him.
  See also Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial
  James Mitchell Ashley (1824-1896) — of Toledo, Lucas County, Ohio. Born near Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pa., November 14, 1824. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Ohio, 1856 (speaker); U.S. Representative from Ohio, 1859-69 (5th District 1859-63, 10th District 1863-69); defeated, 1868, 1890, 1892; Governor of Montana Territory, 1869. Unitarian. Scottish ancestry. Died of a heart attack in Alma, Gratiot County, Mich., September 16, 1896 (age 71 years, 307 days). Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery, Toledo, Ohio.
  Relatives: Son of Rev. John Clinton Ashley and Mary Ann (Kirkpatrick) Ashley; married 1851 to Emma Jane Smith; father of Mary Emma Ashley (daughter-in-law of Abram Stevens Hewitt); great-grandfather of Thomas William Ludlow Ashley.
  Political family: Cooper-Ashley family of New York City, New York.
  Epitaph: "A builder."
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Books about James M. Ashley: Robert E. Horowitz, Great Impeacher: A Political Biography of James M. Ashley
  James W. Ballantine (1840-1907) — of Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pa.; Muldoon, Blaine County, Idaho; Bellevue, Blaine County, Idaho. Born in Washington County, Pa., 1840. Colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War; oil business; silver and lead mining business; postmaster; banker; People's candidate for Governor of Idaho, 1894; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Idaho, 1904 (Honorary Vice-President; member, Committee on Rules and Order of Business). Scottish ancestry. Member, Grand Army of the Republic. Died, from heart disease, in Bellevue, Blaine County, Idaho, January 5, 1907 (age about 66 years). Interment at Homewood Cemetery, Pittsburgh, Pa.
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  John Broadfoot — of Franklin, Venango County, Pa. Born in Scotland. Postmaster at Franklin, Pa., 1816. Scottish ancestry. Burial location unknown.
  John Bruce (1832-1901) — of Keokuk, Lee County, Iowa; Prairie Bluff, Wilcox County, Ala. Born in Stirlingshire, Scotland, February 16, 1832. Lawyer; colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War; member of Alabama state house of representatives, 1872-74; U.S. District Judge for Alabama, 1875-1901; died in office 1901. Scottish ancestry. Died in Walters Park, Berks County, Pa., October 1, 1901 (age 69 years, 227 days). Interment at Oakland Cemetery, Keokuk, Iowa.
  See also federal judicial profile — Find-A-Grave memorial
  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
  William Clingan (1721-1790) — of Pennsylvania. Born in Chester County, Pa., 1721. Justice of the peace; Delegate to Continental Congress from Pennsylvania, 1777-79; signer, Articles of Confederation, 1778. Presbyterian. Scottish ancestry. Died in Chester County, Pa., May 9, 1790 (age about 68 years). Interment at Upper Octorora Presbyterian Cemetery, Sadsbury Township, Chester County, Pa.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial
  William Crawford (1760-1823) — of Pennsylvania. Born in Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland, 1760. Democrat. U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania, 1809-17 (6th District 1809-13, 5th District 1813-17). Scottish ancestry. Slaveowner. Died in Gettysburg, Adams County, Pa., October 23, 1823 (age about 63 years). Interment at Evergreen Cemetery, Gettysburg, Pa.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page
  Alexander James Dallas (1759-1817) — also known as Alexander J. Dallas — of Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pa. Born in Kingston, Jamaica, June 21, 1759. Lawyer; newspaper editor; secretary of the commonwealth of Pennsylvania, 1791-1801; resigned 1801; U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, 1801-14; U.S. Secretary of the Treasury, 1814-16. Scottish ancestry. Died in Trenton, Mercer County, N.J., January 16, 1817 (age 57 years, 209 days). Interment at St. Peter's Episcopal Churchyard, Philadelphia, Pa.
  Relatives: Son of Dr. Robert Charles Dallas and Sarah Elizabeth (Cormack) Dallas; married to Arabella Maria Smith; father of Sophia Burrell Dallas (who married Richard Bache Jr.) and George Mifflin Dallas (1792-1864) (who married Sophia Chew Nicklin); grandfather of Mary Blechenden Bache (who married Robert John Walker), Sophia Arabella Bache (who married William Wallace Irwin) and George Mifflin Dallas (1839-1917); great-grandfather of Robert Walker Irwin; third great-grandfather of Claiborne de Borda Pell; fourth great-grandfather 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).
  Cross-reference: James G. Birney
  Dallas County, Ala. is named for him.
  The World War II Liberty ship SS Alexander J. Dallas (built 1942 at Portland, Oregon; scrapped 1966) was named for him.
  See also Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier — Find-A-Grave memorial
  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.
  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
  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
  George Mifflin Dallas (1839-1917) — of Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pa. Born in Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pa., February 7, 1839. Lawyer; law professor; Judge of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 3rd Circuit, 1892-1909. Scottish ancestry. Died January 21, 1917 (age 77 years, 349 days). Interment at St. James the Less Church Cemetery, Philadelphia, Pa.
  Relatives: Son of Trevanion Barlow Dallas and Jane Stevenson (Wilkins) Dallas; married, October 22, 1867, to Ellen Markoe Wharton; nephew of George Mifflin Dallas (1792-1864) (who married Sophia Chew Nicklin); grandson of Alexander James Dallas; great-granduncle of Claiborne de Borda Pell; first cousin once removed of Robert Walker Irwin; first cousin four times removed of Daniel Baugh Brewster.
  Political families: Claiborne-Dallas family of Virginia and Louisiana; Bache-Dallas family of Pennsylvania and New York (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  Archibald S. Dickson (b. 1834) — of Meadville, Crawford County, Pa. Born near Meadville, Crawford County, Pa., August 8, 1834. Druggist; mayor of Meadville, Pa., 1871-72; president, Missouri & Pacific Railroad, 1878-79; president, Meadville Railroad, 1883. Scottish ancestry. Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of Joseph Dickson and Mary (Frazier) Dickson.
  James Gerry (1796-1873) — of Shrewsbury, York County, Pa. Born near Rising Sun, Cecil County, Md., August 14, 1796. Democrat. Physician; U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania 11th District, 1839-43. Scottish ancestry. Died in Shrewsbury, York County, Pa., July 19, 1873 (age 76 years, 339 days). Interment at Lutheran Cemetery, Shrewsbury, Pa.
  Relatives: Son of James Gerry (1766-1825) and Florah (Low) Gerry; married 1830 to Sarah Salome Hoffman.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page
George Gilmour George Gilmour (1872-1948) — of Dallas, Dallas County, Tex.; Denver, Colo.; St. Petersburg, Pinellas County, Fla. Born in Pennsylvania, 1872. Democrat. Minister, First Unitarian Church of Dallas, Tex., 1908-21; First Unitarian Church of Denver, Colo., 1921-32; United Liberal Church (Unitarian-Universalist) of St. Petersburg, Fla., 1932-48; speaker, Democratic National Convention, 1928. Unitarian. Scottish ancestry. Member, Optimist Club. He and his wife were killed when their car was hit by a train, the southbound Silver Meteor of the Seaboard Air Line Railroad, at a grade crossing near Frostproof, Polk County, Fla., March 12, 1948 (age about 75 years). Interment at Oakwood Cemetery, Fort Worth, Tex.
  Relatives: Married, September 1, 1910, to Nona Leach.
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  Image source: First Unitarian Society of Denver
William Harper William Harper (1861-1930) — of Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pa.; Newport, Perry County, Pa. Born in Shippensburg, Cumberland County, Pa., July 24, 1861. Chief, Bureau of Information, Philadelphia Commercial Museum; Consul for Colombia in Philadelphia, Pa., 1900-07. Scottish ancestry. Died, from rectal cancer, in New Bloomfield, Perry County, Pa., November 18, 1930 (age 69 years, 117 days). Interment somewhere in New Bloomfield, Pa.
  Relatives: Son of David Harper and Nancy Davidson 'Nannie' (Work) Harper; married, April 12, 1887, to Rosalie Sully Wheeler; married to Bessie Shepard Welch.
  Image source: Philadelphia Inquirer, March 27, 1900
  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
  Walter Lowrie (1784-1868) — of Butler, Butler County, Pa. Born in Edinburgh, Scotland, December 10, 1784. Democrat. Member of Pennsylvania state house of representatives, 1811; member of Pennsylvania state senate 19th District, 1815-19; U.S. Senator from Pennsylvania, 1819-25. Presbyterian. Scottish ancestry. Died in New York, New York County, N.Y., December 14, 1868 (age 84 years, 4 days). Entombed at First Presbyterian Churchyard, Manhattan, N.Y.
  Relatives: Father of Walter Hoge Lowrie.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Find-A-Grave memorial
John Marshall John Marshall (1755-1835) — of Virginia. Born in Germantown, Fauquier County, Va., September 24, 1755. Served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; lawyer; member of Virginia state house of delegates, 1782-96; U.S. Attorney for Virginia, 1789; U.S. Representative from Virginia at-large, 1799-1800; U.S. Secretary of State, 1800-01; Chief Justice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1801-35; died in office 1835; received 4 electoral votes for Vice-President, 1816. Episcopalian. Scottish ancestry. Member, Freemasons; Phi Beta Kappa. Elected to the Hall of Fame for Great Americans in 1900. Slaveowner. Died in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pa., July 6, 1835 (age 79 years, 285 days). Interment at Shockoe Hill Cemetery, Richmond, Va.
  Relatives: Son of Thomas Marshall (1730-1802) and Mary Randolph (Keith) Marshall; brother-in-law of William McClung, George Keith Taylor and Joseph Hamilton Daviess; brother of James Markham Marshall and Alexander Keith Marshall (1770-1825); married, January 3, 1783, to Mary Willis Ambler (daughter of Jacquelin Ambler); father of Thomas Marshall (1784-1835), Mary Marshall (who married Jacquelin Burwell Harvie) and James Keith Marshall; uncle and first cousin once removed of Thomas Alexander Marshall; uncle of Edward Colston, Thomas Francis Marshall, Alexander Keith Marshall (1808-1884), Alexander Keith McClung, Charles Alexander Marshall and Edward Colston Marshall; granduncle by marriage of Humphrey Marshall (1812-1872); granduncle of John Augustine Marshall; great-grandfather of Lewis Minor Coleman; great-grandnephew of Richard Randolph; great-granduncle of Hudson Snowden Marshall, William Marshall Bullitt and Alexander Scott Bullitt; first cousin and brother-in-law of Humphrey Marshall (1760-1841); first cousin once removed of William Marshall Anderson and Charles Anderson; first cousin twice removed of Richard Bland and Peyton Randolph (1721-1775); second cousin of Thomas Mann Randolph Jr.; second cousin once removed of Theodorick Bland, Thomas Jefferson, Edmund Jenings Randolph, Beverley Randolph, John Randolph of Roanoke, Benjamin Franklin Randolph, Meriwether Lewis Randolph and George Wythe Randolph; second cousin twice removed of Thomas Jefferson Coolidge; second cousin thrice removed of John Gardner Coolidge; third cousin of Henry Lee, Charles Lee, Edmund Jennings Lee, Martha Jefferson Randolph, Dabney Carr, Peyton Randolph (1779-1828) and Henry St. George Tucker; third cousin once removed of Francis Wayles Eppes, Dabney Smith Carr, Edmund Randolph, Nathaniel Beverly Tucker and Carter Henry Harrison; third cousin twice removed of Fitzhugh Lee, Edmund Randolph Cocke, Carter Henry Harrison II and Frederick Madison Roberts; third cousin thrice removed of Edith Wilson and Francis Beverley Biddle; fourth cousin of John Wayles Eppes.
  Political families: Harrison-Randolph-Marshall-Cabell family of Virginia; Tuck-Claude family of Annapolis, Maryland (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  Marshall counties in Ala., Ill., Ind., Iowa, Ky., Miss., Tenn. and W.Va. are named for him.
  The World War II Liberty ship SS John Marshall (built 1941-42 at Mobile, Alabama; scrapped 1971) was named for him.
  Other politicians named for him: John Marshall StoneJohn Marshall MartinJohn Marshall HarlanJ. Marshall HagansJohn M. ClaiborneJohn M. HamiltonJohn M. RaymondJohn M. RoseJohn M. SlatonJohn M. WolvertonJohn M. RobsionJohn Marshall HutchesonJohn M. ButlerJohn Marshall HarlanJohn M. Robsion, Jr.John Marshall BrileyJohn Marshall Lindley
  Coins and currency: His portrait appeared on the $20 U.S. Treasury note in the 1880s, and on the $500 bill in the early 20th century.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — federal judicial profile — Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier — Find-A-Grave memorial — Biographical Directory of Federal Judges
  Books about John Marshall: Jean Edward Smith, John Marshall : Definer of a Nation — Charles F. Hobson, The Great Chief Justice : John Marshall and the Rule of Law — Albert J. Beveridge, The Life of John Marshall: The Building of the Nation 1815-1835 — Albert J. Beveridge, The Life of John Marshall: Conflict and Construction 1800-1815 — Albert J. Beveridge, The Life of John Marshall: Politician, Diplomatist, Statesman 1789-1801 — Albert J. Beveridge, The Life of John Marshall: Frontiersman, Soldier, Lawmaker — David Scott Robarge, A Chief Justice's Progress: John Marshall from Revolutionary Virginia to the Supreme Court — R. Kent Newmyer, John Marshall and the Heroic Age of the Supreme Court
  Image source: New York Public Library
  Albert Joseph McCartney (1878-1965) — of Sharon, Mercer County, Pa.; Chicago, Cook County, Ill.; Santa Monica, Los Angeles County, Calif.; Washington, D.C. Born in Logan County, Ohio, July 3, 1878. Republican. Minister; pastor, Covenant-First Presbyterian Church (later National Presbyterian Church), 1930-50; offered prayer, Republican National Convention, 1936, 1940; commander, U.S. Navy Chaplain Corps, during World War II. Presbyterian. Scottish ancestry. Died, in George Washington University Hospital, Washington, D.C., August 20, 1965 (age 87 years, 48 days). Interment at Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
  Relatives: Son of John Leopold McCartney and Catherine (Robertson) McCartney; married, June 29, 1915, to Mary (Hamilton) Graham.
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
James S. McKean James S. McKean (b. 1850) — of Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pa. Born in New Abbey, Kirkudbrightshire, Scotland, 1850. Republican. Hardware and farm implement business; postmaster at Pittsburgh, Pa., 1889-94. Scottish ancestry. Burial location unknown.
  Image source: The Story of Our Post Office (1893)
  Thomas Elliott Millsop (1898-1967) — also known as Thomas E. Millsop — of Weirton, Hancock County, W.Va. Born in Sharon, Mercer County, Pa., December 4, 1898. Republican. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War I; steel executive; mayor of Weirton, W.Va., 1947-55; candidate for Presidential Elector for West Virginia; delegate to Republican National Convention from West Virginia, 1952. Scottish ancestry. Member, American Legion; Veterans of Foreign Wars; Elks; Freemasons; Scottish Rite Masons; Shriners; Jesters; Lions; Moose; Eagles; Rotary; Sigma Phi Epsilon. Died, following a heart attack, in Weirton, Hancock County, W.Va., September 12, 1967 (age 68 years, 282 days). Interment at Chestnut Ridge Cemetery, Florence, Pa.
  Relatives: Son of George Roy Millsop and Mary Margaret (McCormick) Millsop; married, December 1, 1918, to Lauretta Brunswick; married 1949 to Eleanor (Marwitz) Ent; married, January 17, 1955, to Frances (Lowe) Weir.
  The Weirton Millsop Community Center (opened 1952 as Weirton Community Center; renamed 1965), in Weirton, West Virginia, is named for him.
  See also Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Samuel Mitchell (b. 1957) — also known as Sam Mitchell; "Psycho Sam" — of Honolulu, Island of Oahu, Honolulu County, Hawaii. Born in Harrisburg, Dauphin County, Pa., November 18, 1957. Democrat. Submarine mechanic at Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard; president, Machinist & Aerospace Workers Local 1998; vice-president, Federal Employees Metal Trades Council; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Hawaii, 1996. Scottish ancestry. First federal employee to be a political party delegate after the repeal of the Hatch Act. Still living as of 2004.
  William N. Monies (1827-1881) — of Scranton, Lackawanna County, Pa. Born in Scotland, May 10, 1827. Republican. Miller; colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War; mayor of Scranton, Pa., 1869-72. Scottish ancestry. Died January 10, 1881 (age 53 years, 245 days). Interment at Dunmore Cemetery, Dunmore, Pa.
  Relatives: Married to Mary Kirk Baker.
  John Gardner Murray (1857-1929) — of Birmingham, Jefferson County, Ala.; Baltimore, Md.; Manhattan, New York County, N.Y. Born in Lonaconing, Allegany County, Md., August 31, 1857. Democrat. Episcopal priest; Bishop of Maryland, 1911-29; Presiding Bishop of the United States, 1926-29; offered prayer, Democratic National Convention, 1912. Methodist; later Episcopalian. Scottish ancestry. Died, of a stroke, during a session of the House of Bishops, in St. James Church, Atlantic City, Atlantic County, N.J., October 3, 1929 (age 72 years, 33 days). Interment at Druid Ridge Cemetery, Pikesville, Md.
  Relatives: Son of James Murray and Ann (Kirkwood) Murray; married, October 13, 1881, to Harriet May 'Hattie' Sprague; married, December 4, 1889, to Clara Alice Hunsicker.
  Donald C. Osborn (1879-1928) — of Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, Mich. Born in Franklin, Venango County, Pa., March 26, 1879. Republican. Lawyer; chair of Kalamazoo County Republican Party, 1918-22; delegate to Republican National Convention from Michigan, 1920; member of Michigan state senate 6th District, 1921-24. Scottish and English ancestry. Died in Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, Mich., December 17, 1928 (age 49 years, 266 days). Interment at Mountain Home Cemetery, Kalamazoo, Mich.
  Relatives: Married 1905 to Myra E. Eberstein.
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  Hugh Pitcairn (1845-1911) — of Pennsylvania. Born in Scotland, August 16, 1845. Railroad superintendent; physician; newspaper publisher; U.S. Consul in Hamburg, 1897-1902; U.S. Consul General in Hamburg, 1905-08. Scottish ancestry. Died in Germany, July 19, 1911 (age 65 years, 337 days). Interment at Fairview Cemetery, Altoona, Pa.
  Relatives: Son of Agnes Pitcairn and John Pitcairn; married to Anna M. S. Sherfey.
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  Alexander Ramsey (1815-1903) — of St. Paul, Ramsey County, Minn. Born near Harrisburg, Dauphin County, Pa., September 8, 1815. Republican. Lawyer; U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania 14th District, 1843-47; Governor of Minnesota Territory, 1849-53; mayor of St. Paul, Minn., 1855-56; delegate to Republican National Convention from Minnesota, 1856 (Convention Vice-President; member, Platform Committee); Governor of Minnesota, 1860-63; defeated, 1857; U.S. Senator from Minnesota, 1863-75; U.S. Secretary of War, 1879-81. Methodist or Presbyterian. Scottish and German ancestry. Died in St. Paul, Ramsey County, Minn., April 22, 1903 (age 87 years, 226 days). Interment at Oakland Cemetery, St. Paul, Minn.
  Ramsey counties in Minn. and N.Dak. are named for him.
  The World War II Liberty ship SS Alexander Ramsey (built 1942 at Richmond, California; scuttled 1974 as an artificial reef in the Atlantic Ocean) was named for him.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — National Governors Association biography — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Daniel Roberdeau (1727-1795) — of Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pa. Born in St. Christopher, 1727. Merchant; member of Pennsylvania state legislature, 1756; Delegate to Continental Congress from Pennsylvania, 1777-79; general in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War. French and Scottish ancestry. Died in Winchester, Va., January 5, 1795 (age about 67 years). Interment at Mt. Hebron Cemetery, Winchester, Va.
  Relatives: Son of Isaac Roberdeau and Mary (Cunyngham) Roberdeau; married, October 3, 1761, to Mary Bostwick; married, December 2, 1778, to Jane Milligan; great-grandfather of Josephine May Wheat (who married Francis Edwin Shober); second great-grandfather of Francis Emanuel Shober.
  Political families: Roosevelt family of New York; Shober-Roosevelt-Wheat-Roberdeau family of Salisbury, North Carolina (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Find-A-Grave memorial
  George Shiras Jr. (1832-1924) — Born in Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pa., January 26, 1832. Lawyer; Associate Justice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1892-1903; retired 1903. Presbyterian. Scottish ancestry. Died, as the result of a fall, in Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pa., August 2, 1924 (age 92 years, 189 days). Interment at Allegheny Cemetery, Pittsburgh, Pa.
  Relatives: Father of George Shiras III.
  The World War II Liberty ship SS George Shiras (built 1942-43 at Baltimore, Maryland; scrapped 1968) was named for him.
  See also federal judicial profile — Wikipedia article — Ballotpedia article — NNDB dossier — Biographical Directory of Federal Judges
  James Maitland Stewart (1908-1997) — also known as Jimmy Stewart — Born in Indiana, Indiana County, Pa., May 20, 1908. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; one of America's most famous film actors; speaker, Republican National Convention, 1972. Scottish ancestry. Member, Moose. Recipient, Medal of Freedom, 1985. Died, from pulmonary embolism and cardiac arrest, in Beverly Hills, Los Angeles County, Calif., July 2, 1997 (age 89 years, 43 days). Interment at Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, Calif.
  Relatives: Son of Alexander Maitland Stewart and Ruth (Jackson) Stewart; married 1949 to Gloria (Hatrick) McLean; adoptive father of Ronald McLean.
  See also Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier — Internet Movie Database profile — Find-A-Grave memorial
  James Todd (1786-1863) — Born in York County, Pa., December 25, 1786. Lawyer; Pennsylvania state attorney general, 1835-38; president judge, Philadelphia Court of Criminal Sessions, 1838-40. Scottish ancestry. Died in Greensburg, Westmoreland County, Pa., September 3, 1863 (age 76 years, 252 days). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of Henry Todd and Mary Todd; married, October 30, 1810, to Mary Cornell; married, January 25, 1825, to Jane Miller; father of Moses Hampton Todd.
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