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Unitarian or Universalist Politicians in Virginia

Joseph Wilson Fifer (1840-1938) — also known as Joseph W. Fifer; "Private Joe" — of Bloomington, McLean County, Ill. Born in Staunton, Va., October 28, 1840. Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; lawyer; McLean County State's Attorney, 1872-80; member of Illinois state senate, 1881-84; delegate to Republican National Convention from Illinois, 1884, 1896 (Convention Vice-President; speaker); Governor of Illinois, 1889-93; defeated, 1892; member, Interstate Commerce Commission, 1899-1905; delegate to Illinois state constitutional convention 26th District, 1920-22. Unitarian. Member, Grand Army of the Republic. Died in Bloomington, McLean County, Ill., August 6, 1938 (age 97 years, 282 days). Interment at Park Hill Cemetery, Bloomington, Ill.   Relatives: Son of John Fifer and Mary (Daniels) Fifer; married to Gertrude Lewis; father of Florence Fifer Bohrer.   See also National Governors Association biography — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial   Joseph Lyman Fisher (1914-1992) — of Arlington, Arlington County, Va. Born in Pawtucket, Providence County, R.I., January 11, 1914. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; U.S. Representative from Virginia 10th District, 1975-81. Unitarian. Member, American Economic Association; American Society for Public Administration; American Forestry Association. Died in Arlington, Arlington County, Va., February 19, 1992 (age 78 years, 39 days). Interment at Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page   David Bell Macgowan (1870-1960) — also known as David B. Macgowan — of Knoxville, Knox County, Tenn. Born in Memphis, Shelby County, Tenn., June 5, 1870. Reporter and correspondent for the Chicago Tribune newspaper, and for the Associated Press; editor of the Knoxville, Tenn. Sentinel newspaper, 1908-14; Foreign Service officer; U.S. Vice Consul in Moscow, 1915-17; U.S. Consul in Moscow, 1917-18; Vladivostok, 1918-22; Riga, 1922-25; Kovno, 1927. Unitarian. Died in Lynchburg, Va., November 30, 1960 (age 90 years, 178 days). Interment at Presbyterian Cemetery, Lynchburg, Va.   Relatives: Son of Evander Locke Macgowan and Mary Jane (Burrowe) Macgowan; married, April 5, 1894, to Emma Birkhead Woods.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial

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