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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.
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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. |
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John Stothoff Badeau (1903-1995) —
also known as John S. Badeau —
of Jamesburg, Middlesex
County, N.J.
Born in Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa., February
24, 1903.
Minister;
missionary;
university
professor; president, American University in Cairo,
1945-53; U.S. Ambassador to United Arab Republic, 1961-64.
Christian
Reformed; later Presbyterian.
Member, Sigma
Xi; Tau
Kappa Alpha.
Died, from sepsis,
in Jamesburg, Middlesex
County, N.J., August
25, 1995 (age 92 years, 182
days).
Interment at Fernwood Cemetery, Jamesburg, N.J.
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Martin Grove Brumbaugh (1862-1930) —
also known as Martin G. Brumbaugh; "Hercules of the
Educational World" —
of Huntingdon
County, Pa.; Germantown, Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in Penn Township, Huntingdon
County, Pa., April
14, 1862.
Republican. Huntingdon
County Superintendent of Schools, 1884-90; university
professor; president, Juniata College, 1895-1906; Puerto
Rico Commissioner of Education, 1900-02; Philadelphia superintendent
of schools, 1906-15; Governor of
Pennsylvania, 1915-19; candidate for Republican nomination for
President, 1916;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1916.
Brethren.
German
ancestry. Member, Union
League.
Died in Pinehurst, Moore
County, N.C., March
14, 1930 (age 67 years, 334
days).
Interment at Valley
View Cemetery, McConnellstown, Pa.
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Relatives: Son
of George Boyer Brumbaugh and Martha (Peightal) Brumbaugh; married 1884 to Anna
Konigmacher; married, January
29, 1916, to Flora Belle Parks. |
| | | Brumbaugh Hall, a residence hall at
Pennsylvania State University,
University Park, State
College, Pennsylvania, is named for
him. |
| | | See also National
Governors Association biography — Wikipedia
article — Find-A-Grave
memorial — OurCampaigns
candidate detail |
| | | Books about Martin Grove Brumbaugh:
Earl C. Kaylor, Jr., Martin
Grove Brumbaugh : A Pennsylvanian's Odyssey from Sainted Schoolman to
Bedeviled World War I Governor, 1862-1930 |
| | | Image source: Smull's Legislative Hand
Book and Manual 1916 |
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Charles Ernest Bunnell (1878-1956) —
also known as Charles E. Bunnell —
of Fairbanks, Fairbanks
North Star Borough, Alaska.
Born in Dimock, Susquehanna
County, Pa., January
12, 1878.
Democrat. Candidate for Delegate
to U.S. Congress from Alaska Territory, 1914; U.S.
District Judge for Alaska, 1914-21; first president of the
Alaska Agricultural College and School of Mines (later University of
Alaska), 1921-45.
Episcopalian.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; Freemasons;
Elks.
Died, following a heart
attack, at a nursing
home in Burlingame, San Mateo
County, Calif., November
1, 1956 (age 78 years, 294
days).
Interment at Birch
Hill Cemetery, Fairbanks, Alaska; statue at University
of Alaska Campus, Fairbanks, Alaska.
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Relatives: Son
of Lyman Walton Bunnell and Ruth (Tingley) Bunnell; married, July 24,
1901, to Mary Anna Kline. |
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Thomas Henry Burrowes (1805-1871) —
also known as Thomas H. Burrowes —
of Lancaster, Lancaster
County, Pa.
Born in 1805.
Secretary
of the commonwealth of Pennsylvania, 1835-39; mayor
of Lancaster, Pa., 1858; president, Pennsylvania State
University, 1868-71.
Died in 1871
(age about
66 years).
Interment at St.
James' Episcopal Churchyard, Lancaster, Pa.
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Robert Clarkson Clothier (b. 1885) —
also known as Robert C. Clothier —
of New Brunswick, Middlesex
County, N.J.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., January
8, 1885.
Newspaper
reporter; colonel in the U.S. Army during World War I;
vice-president, Scott Company (industrial personnel consultants),
1918-23; Dean of Men, University of Pittsburgh, 1929-32; director,
Mutual Benefit Life
Insurance Company; president, Rutgers University, 1932; delegate
to New Jersey state constitutional convention from Middlesex
County, 1947.
Christian
Reformed.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Clarkson Clothier and Agnes (Evans) Clothier; married, June 24,
1916, to Nathalie Wilson; father of Arthur
Clothier. |
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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.
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Relatives: Son
of Jeremiah Corson and Mary (Payne) Corson; married 1922 to
Frances Blount Beaman. |
| | | See also Wikipedia
article |
| | | Image source: Dickinson
College |
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Mitchell Elias Daniels (b. 1949) —
also known as Mitch Daniels; "The
Blade" —
of Indiana.
Born in Monongahela, Washington
County, Pa., April 7,
1949.
Chief of staff for Sen. Richard
Lugar, 1977-82; executive director, National Republican
Senatorial Committee, 1983-84; president, North American Pharmaceutical
Operations, Eli Lilly & Co., 1993-97; director, U.S. Office of
Management and Budget, 2001-03; Governor of
Indiana, 2005-13; president, Purdue University, 2013-.
Presbyterian.
Still living as of 2021.
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Milton Stover Eisenhower (1899-1985) —
also known as Milton S. Eisenhower —
of Baltimore,
Md.
Born in Abilene, Dickinson
County, Kan., September
15, 1899.
Republican. President of Kansas State University, 1943-50;
Pennsylvania State University, 1950-56; and Johns Hopkins University,
1956-67 and 1971-72; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Maryland, 1964.
Member, Sigma
Alpha Epsilon.
Died, of cancer,
in Baltimore,
Md., May 2,
1985 (age 85 years, 229
days).
Interment at Centre County Memorial Park, State College, Pa.
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Charles Calvert Ellis (1874-1950) —
also known as Charles C. Ellis —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.; Huntingdon, Huntingdon
County, Pa.
Born in Washington,
D.C., July 21,
1874.
School
teacher; pastor; college
professor; president, Juniata College, 1930-43; Dry
candidate for delegate
to Pennsylvania convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933.
Brethren.
Died, in Presbyterian Hospital,
Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., June 27,
1950 (age 75 years, 341
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Henry Jennings Ellis and Kate Calvert (Kane) Ellis; married, December
25, 1902, to Emma Susan Nice. |
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David Jayne Hill (1850-1932) —
also known as David J. Hill —
of Lewisburg, Union
County, Pa.; Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Plainfield, Union
County, N.J., June 10,
1850.
Historian;
president, Bucknell University, 1879-88; president,
University of Rochester, 1888-96; U.S. Minister to Switzerland, 1903-05; Netherlands, 1905-08; Luxembourg, 1905-08; U.S. Ambassador to Germany, 1908-11.
Member, American
Philosophical Society; American
Historical Association; Sons of
the American Revolution.
Died in 1932
(age about
82 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Clark Kerr (1911-2003) —
Born in Pennsylvania, May 17,
1911.
Chancellor, University of California Berkeley, 1952-58
president, University of California, 1958-67; member,
Commission on Intergovernmental Relations, 1953-55.
Died in El Cerrito, Contra
Costa County, Calif., December
1, 2003 (age 92 years, 198
days).
Burial location unknown.
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William Sebring Kirkpatrick (1844-1932) —
also known as William S. Kirkpatrick —
of Easton, Northampton
County, Pa.
Born in Easton, Northampton
County, Pa., April
21, 1844.
Republican. Lawyer;
district judge in Pennsylvania 5th District, 1874-75; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1884;
Pennsylvania
state attorney general, 1887-91; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 8th District, 1897-99; acting
president, Lafayette College, 1902-03.
Died November
3, 1932 (age 88 years, 196
days).
Interment at Easton
Cemetery, Easton, Pa.
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William Potter (1852-1926) —
of Chestnut Hill, Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in Pennsylvania, 1852.
Lawyer;
president, Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia; U.S.
Minister to Italy, 1892-94; City candidate for mayor
of Philadelphia, Pa., 1907.
Died in 1926
(age about
74 years).
Burial location unknown.
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William Campbell Preston (1794-1860) —
also known as William C. Preston —
of Columbia, Richland
County, S.C.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., December
27, 1794.
Lawyer;
member of South
Carolina state house of representatives, 1828-34; U.S.
Senator from South Carolina, 1833-42; resigned 1842.
President of South Carolina College 1845-51.
Slaveowner.
Died in Columbia, Richland
County, S.C., May 22,
1860 (age 65 years, 147
days).
Interment at Trinity
Episcopal Cathedral Cemetery, Columbia, S.C.
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George Edward Reed (1846-1930) —
also known as "The Grand Old Man" —
of Willimantic, Windham
County, Conn.; Fall River, Bristol
County, Mass.; Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.; New Haven, New Haven
County, Conn.; Carlisle, Cumberland
County, Pa.; Harrisburg, Dauphin
County, Pa.
Born in Brownville, Piscataquis
County, Maine, March
28, 1846.
Republican. Minister;
president, Dickinson College, Carlisle, Pa., 1889-1911;
alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from
Pennsylvania, 1900.
Methodist.
English
ancestry.
Died, in Polyclinic Hospital,
Harrisburg, Dauphin
County, Pa., February
7, 1930 (age 83 years, 316
days).
Interment at Old
Carlisle Cemetery, Carlisle, Pa.
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Harold Edward Stassen (1907-2001) —
also known as Harold E. Stassen —
of South St. Paul, Dakota
County, Minn.; Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in West St. Paul, Dakota
County, Minn., April
13, 1907.
Republican. Lawyer; Dakota
County Attorney, 1931-38; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Minnesota, 1936,
1940
(Temporary
Chair; speaker);
Governor
of Minnesota, 1939-43; resigned 1943; served in the U.S. Navy
during World War II; among the founders of the United Nations, 1945
(in 2001, he was the last surviving signer of the UN Charter);
president, University of Pennsylvania, 1948-53; director, U.S.
Mutual Security Agency, 1953; candidate for Republican nomination for
President, 1948,
1952,
1964,
1968,
1976,
1980,
1984,
1988,
1992;
candidate for Governor of
Pennsylvania, 1958; candidate for mayor
of Philadelphia, Pa., 1959; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Pennsylvania, 1960;
Independent Republican candidate for U.S.
Representative from Minnesota 4th District, 1986.
Baptist.
Member, Sigma
Alpha Epsilon; Delta
Sigma Rho; Gamma
Eta Gamma; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Council on
Foreign Relations.
Died, at the Friendship Village nursing
home, Bloomington, Hennepin
County, Minn., March 4,
2001 (age 93 years, 325
days).
Interment at Acacia
Cemetery, Mendota Heights, Minn.
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Joseph Ross Stevenson (1866-1939) —
also known as J. Ross Stevenson —
of Sedalia, Pettis
County, Mo.; Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.; New York City (unknown
county), N.Y.; Baltimore,
Md.; Princeton, Mercer
County, N.J.
Born in Ligonier, Westmoreland
County, Pa., March 1,
1866.
Democrat. Pastor; college
professor; offered prayer, Democratic National Convention,
1912 ; president, Princeton Theological Seminary, 1914-36.
Presbyterian.
Died in Princeton, Mercer
County, N.J., August
13, 1939 (age 73 years, 165
days).
Interment at Princeton
Cemetery, Princeton, N.J.
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Wilbur G. Williams (1852-1897) —
of Meadville, Crawford
County, Pa.; Columbus, Franklin
County, Ohio; St.
Louis, Mo.
Born in Coshocton
County, Ohio, 1852.
Republican. Pastor;
president, Allegheny College; offered prayer, Republican National Convention,
1896.
Methodist.
Died in St.
Louis, Mo., April
16, 1897 (age about 44
years).
Interment at Bellefontaine
Cemetery, St. Louis, Mo.
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