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  George Abernethy (1807-1877) — Born in New York, New York County, N.Y., October 7, 1807. Governor of Oregon Territory, 1845-49; newspaper publisher. Methodist. Scottish ancestry. Died in Portland, Multnomah County, Ore., March 2, 1877 (age 69 years, 146 days). Original interment somewhere in Vancouver, Wash.; reinterment in 1883 at River View Cemetery, Portland, Ore.
  Relatives: Married 1830 to Anne Pope.
  Abernethy Bridge on I-205, crossing the Willamette River between Oregon City & West Linn, Oregon, is named for him.  — The World War II Liberty ship SS George Abernethy (built 1942 at Portland, Oregon; scrapped 1960) was named for him.
  See also Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Thomas T. Aldwell (b. 1868) — of Port Angeles, Clallam County, Wash. Born in Toronto, Ontario, 1868. Republican. Banker; livery stable owner; real estate investor; newspaper editor; Clallam County Auditor, 1897-1900; chair of Clallam County Republican Party, 1900-01. Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of John Aldwell and Sarah Louise (Lloyd) Aldwell; brother of John Lloyd Aldwell; married 1899 to Eva M. Wolf.
  Edward Lewis Bartlett (1904-1968) — also known as E. L. 'Bob' Bartlett — of Juneau, Alaska. Born in Seattle, King County, Wash., April 20, 1904. Democrat. Newspaper reporter; gold miner; secretary of Alaska Territory, 1939-44; resigned 1944; Delegate to U.S. Congress from Alaska Territory, 1945-59; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Alaska Territory, 1948, 1956; U.S. Senator from Alaska, 1959-68; died in office 1968; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Alaska, 1960, 1968. Member, Elks. Died, following heart surgery, in the Cleveland Clinic hospital, Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, December 11, 1968 (age 64 years, 235 days). Interment at Northern Lights Memorial Park, Fairbanks, Alaska.
  Relatives: Son of Edgar C. Bartlett and Ida F. (Doverspike) Bartlett; married, August 14, 1930, to Vide Marie Gaustad.
  Cross-reference: David E. Price
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier
  George Ellsworth Boomer (1862-1915) — also known as George E. Boomer; "Uncle Sam" — of Providence, Providence County, R.I.; Tacoma, Pierce County, Wash.; Prosser, Benton County, Wash.; Seattle, King County, Wash.; Leavenworth, Chelan County, Wash.; Bremerton, Kitsap County, Wash.; Port Angeles, Clallam County, Wash. Born in Lewiston, Androscoggin County, Maine, November 28, 1862. Socialist. Printer; president, Rhode Island Central Labor Union, 2 years; newspaper editor and publisher; Socialist Labor candidate for Governor of Rhode Island, 1893; candidate for Governor of Washington, 1908; candidate for U.S. Representative from Washington 2nd District, 1914. Member, International Typographical Union. Died in Port Angeles, Clallam County, Wash., April 5, 1915 (age 52 years, 128 days). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Married 1884 to Mary A. Vickery.
  See also Wikipedia article
  Charles Edmund Boyle (1836-1888) — also known as Charles E. Boyle — of Uniontown, Fayette County, Pa. Born in Uniontown, Fayette County, Pa., February 4, 1836. Democrat. Newspaper editor and publisher; lawyer; Fayette County District Attorney, 1863-65; member of Pennsylvania state house of representatives from Fayette County, 1866-67; candidate for Pennsylvania state auditor general, 1868; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1876, 1880, 1888; U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania 21st District, 1883-87; territorial court judge in Washington, 1888; died in office 1888. Episcopalian. Died, of pneumonia, in the Occidental Hotel, Seattle, King County, Wash., December 15, 1888 (age 52 years, 315 days). Interment at Oak Grove Cemetery, South Union Township, Fayette County, Pa.
  Relatives: Son of Bernard Boyle; married, February 7, 1858, to Mary Hendrickson.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Beriah Brown (1815-1900) — of Seattle, King County, Wash. Born in Canandaigua, Ontario County, N.Y., February 23, 1815. Democrat. Newspaper publisher; candidate for Presidential Elector for Wisconsin; candidate for U.S. Representative from Wisconsin, 1857; mayor of Seattle, Wash., 1878-79. Died in Anaconda, Deer Lodge County, Mont., February 8, 1900 (age 84 years, 350 days). Interment at Lake View Cemetery, Seattle, Wash.
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  B. J. Dahl (born c.1899) — of Chewelah, Stevens County, Wash. Born in Norway, about 1899. Republican. Newspaper publisher; member of Washington state senate 2nd District, 1943-47. Burial location unknown.
  Gordon Evans Dean (1905-1958) — also known as Gordon E. Dean — Born in Seattle, King County, Wash., December 28, 1905. Newspaper reporter; lawyer; served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; law professor; member, U.S. Atomic Energy Commission, 1949-53; chair, U.S. Atomic Energy Commission, 1950-53. Killed when a Northeast Airlines plane, landing in heavy fog, crashed and burned, about 300 yards short of the airport runway, in Nantucket, Nantucket County, Mass., August 15, 1958 (age 52 years, 230 days). Interment at Fort Lincoln Cemetery, Brentwood, Md.
  Relatives: Son of Rev. John Marvin Dean; married 1930 to Adelaide Williamson; married, December 19, 1953, to Mary Benton Gore (first cousin once removed of Albert Arnold Gore; second cousin of Albert Arnold Gore Jr.).
  Political family: Gore family of Carthage, Tennessee.
  See also Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Clarence Cleveland Dill (1884-1978) — also known as C. C. Dill; "Father of the Grand Coulee Dam"; "Father of the Radio Act" — of Spokane, Spokane County, Wash. Born near Fredericktown, Knox County, Ohio, September 21, 1884. Democrat. School teacher; newspaper reporter; lawyer; U.S. Representative from Washington 5th District, 1915-19; defeated, 1918; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Washington, 1920, 1924, 1928; U.S. Senator from Washington, 1923-35. Methodist or Unitarian. Member, American Bar Association; Elks; Moose; Freemasons; Odd Fellows; Redmen; Woodmen; Phi Kappa Psi. Instrumental in developing Grand Coulee Dam. Died in Spokane, Spokane County, Wash., January 14, 1978 (age 93 years, 115 days). Interment at Fairmount Memorial Park, Spokane, Wash.
  Relatives: Son of Theodore Marshall Dill and Amanda (Kunkel) Dill; married 1939 to Mabel Dickson.
  Cross-reference: Frank Bell — John M. Coffee
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — NNDB dossier
  John Francis Dore (1881-1938) — also known as John F. Dore — of Seattle, King County, Wash. Born in Charlestown, Boston, Suffolk County, Mass., December 11, 1881. Newspaper work; lawyer; mayor of Seattle, Wash., 1932-34, 1936-38. Died, from complications of pneumonia and influenza, Seattle, King County, Wash., April 18, 1938 (age 56 years, 128 days). Interment at Calvary Cemetery, Seattle, Wash.
  Relatives: Son of John F. Dore and Mary E. (Hudson) Dore; married, December 22, 1911, to Marian Neal.
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  Alfred Theodore Goodwin (b. 1923) — also known as Alfred T. Goodwin — of Salem, Marion County, Ore. Born in Bellingham, Whatcom County, Wash., June 29, 1923. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; newspaper reporter; lawyer; circuit judge in Oregon, 1955-60; justice of Oregon state supreme court, 1960-69; U.S. District Judge for Oregon, 1969. Presbyterian. Member, American Judicature Society; American Bar Association; Order of the Coif; Phi Delta Phi; Sigma Delta Chi; Alpha Tau Omega. Still living as of 2014.
  Relatives: Son of Alonzo Theodore Goodwin and Miriam Hazel (Williams) Goodwin; married, December 23, 1943, to Marjorie Elizabeth Major; married, December 23, 1949, to Mary Ellin Handelin.
  See also NNDB dossier
Warren G. Harding Warren Gamaliel Harding (1865-1923) — also known as Warren G. Harding — of Marion, Marion County, Ohio. Born in Blooming Grove, Morrow County, Ohio, November 2, 1865. Republican. Newspaper publisher; member of Ohio state senate 13th District, 1901-03; Lieutenant Governor of Ohio, 1904-06; delegate to Republican National Convention from Ohio, 1904 (alternate), 1912, 1916 (Temporary Chair; Permanent Chair; speaker); candidate for Governor of Ohio, 1910; U.S. Senator from Ohio, 1915-21; President of the United States, 1921-23; died in office 1923. Baptist. English ancestry. Member, Freemasons; Knights Templar; Shriners; Elks; Moose; Knights of Pythias; Phi Alpha Delta. First president ever to have his voice broadcast on the radio, June 14, 1922. Died, probably from a heart attack, in a room at the Palace Hotel, San Francisco, Calif., August 2, 1923 (age 57 years, 273 days). The claim that he was poisoned by his wife is not accepted by historians. Originally entombed at Marion Cemetery, Marion, Ohio; reinterment in 1927 at Harding Memorial Park, Marion, Ohio; memorial monument (now gone) at Woodland Park, Seattle, Wash.
  Relatives: Son of Phoebe Elizabeth (Dickerson) Harding and George Tryon Harding; married, July 8, 1891, to Florence Harding.
  Harding County, N.M. is named for him.
  Harding High School, in Bridgeport, Connecticut, is named for him.  — Warren G. Harding High School, in Warren, Ohio, is named for him.  — Warren G. Harding Middle School, in Frankford, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, is named for him.  — The community of Harding Township, New Jersey (created 1922) is named for him.  — Warren Street, G Street, and Harding Street (now Boardwalk), in Ketchikan, Alaska, were all named for him.  — Harding Mountain, in Chelan County, Washington, is named for him.  — Mount Harding, in Skagway, Alaska, is named for him.
  Personal motto: "Remember there are two sides to every question. Get both."
  Campaign slogan (1920): "Back to normalcy with Harding."
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier — Internet Movie Database profile — Find-A-Grave memorial — OurCampaigns candidate detail
  Books about Warren G. Harding: Francis Russell, The Shadow of Blooming Grove : Warren G. Harding In His Times — Robert K. Murray, The Harding Era : Warren G. Harding and His Administration — Eugene P. Trani & David L. Wilson, The Presidency of Warren G. Harding — Harry M. Daugherty, Inside Story of the Harding Tragedy — Charles L. Mee, The Ohio Gang : The World of Warren G. Harding — John W. Dean, Warren G. Harding — Robert H. Ferrell, The Strange Deaths of President Harding — Russell Roberts, Warren G. Harding (for young readers)
  Critical books about Warren G. Harding: Nathan Miller, Star-Spangled Men : America's Ten Worst Presidents
  Image source: Library of Congress
  Charles Calmer Hart (1878-1956) — also known as Charles C. Hart — of Muncie, Delaware County, Ind.; Indianapolis, Marion County, Ind.; Spokane, Spokane County, Wash.; Washington, D.C.; Pasadena, Los Angeles County, Calif. Born in Bryant, Jay County, Ind., September 14, 1878. Newspaper reporter; newspaper editor; U.S. Minister to Albania, 1925-29; Persia, 1929-33. Died in 1956 (age about 77 years). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of John R. Hart and Aletha Ann Lucretia (Mendenhall) Hart; married, April 21, 1917, to Ruth Agnes Limond.
  See also U.S. State Dept career summary
  G. Alfred Haynes — of Prosser, Benton County, Wash. Progressive. Newspaper editor; candidate for Presidential Elector for Washington. Burial location unknown.
  William Harrison Hornibrook (1884-1946) — also known as William H. Hornibrook — of Condon, Gilliam County, Ore.; Twin Falls, Twin Falls County, Idaho; Vancouver, Clark County, Wash.; Utah. Born in Cherokee, Cherokee County, Iowa, July 6, 1884. Democrat. Lawyer; newspaper publisher; member of Idaho state senate, 1910-12; member of Oregon Democratic State Central Committee, 1913-15; U.S. Minister to Siam, 1915-16; Persia, 1933-36; Afghanistan, 1935-36; Costa Rica, 1937-41; member of Democratic National Committee from Oregon, 1918-19. Episcopalian. Died in 1946 (age about 61 years). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of Dr. Edward Hornibrook and Rosina Hornibrook; married, November 23, 1906, to Yolande Wilson.
  See also U.S. State Dept career summary
  Orange Jacobs (1827-1914) — of Jacksonville, Jackson County, Ore.; Seattle, King County, Wash. Born near Geneseo, Livingston County, N.Y., May 2, 1827. Republican. Lawyer; newspaper editor and publisher; justice of Washington territorial supreme court, 1869-75; Delegate to U.S. Congress from Washington Territory, 1875-79; mayor of Seattle, Wash., 1879-80; member Washington territorial council, 1885-87; superior court judge in Washington, 1896-1900. Died in Seattle, King County, Wash., May 21, 1914 (age 87 years, 19 days). Interment at Mt. Pleasant Cemetery, Seattle, Wash.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Frank Rumer Jeffrey (b. 1889) — also known as Frank R. Jeffrey — of Seattle, King County, Wash. Born in Parkersburg, Wood County, W.Va., October 22, 1889. Republican. Newspaper reporter; private secretary to U.S. Sen. Wesley L. Jones; lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during World War I; U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Washington, 1921-25. Presbyterian. Member, American Legion; Delta Sigma Rho; Sigma Phi Epsilon; Freemasons; Shriners; Jesters; Elks. Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of Thomas P. Jeffrey and Sarah (Crossfield) Jeffrey; married, November 13, 1919, to Ray Rose.
Albert Johnson Albert Johnson (1869-1957) — of Hoquiam, Grays Harbor County, Wash. Born in Springfield, Sangamon County, Ill., March 5, 1869. Republican. Newspaper editor; U.S. Representative from Washington, 1913-33 (2nd District 1913-15, 3rd District 1915-33); defeated, 1932. Member, Loyal Legion; Sons of the American Revolution; Freemasons; Knights Templar. Died in the American Lake veterans hospital, Fort Lewis, Pierce County, Wash., January 17, 1957 (age 87 years, 318 days). Interment at Sunset Memorial Park, Hoquiam, Wash.
  Relatives: Son of Charles W. Johnson and Anna E. (Ogden) Johnson; married, August 16, 1904, to Jennie S. Smith.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page
  Image source: Munsey's Magazine, June 1919
  Harold G. Kimball (born c.1896) — of Seattle, King County, Wash. Born in Minnesota, about 1896. Republican. Newspaper editor and publisher; member of Washington state senate 44th District, 1947. Burial location unknown.
  Lyman Enos Knapp (1837-1904) — also known as Lyman E. Knapp — of Middlebury, Addison County, Vt. Born in Somerset, Windham County, Vt., November 5, 1837. Colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War; newspaper editor; lawyer; probate judge in Vermont, 1879-82; member of Vermont state house of representatives, 1884-85; Governor of Alaska District, 1889-93. Congregationalist. Member, Anti-Saloon League; Delta Upsilon; Phi Beta Kappa; Grand Army of the Republic. Died in Seattle, King County, Wash., October 9, 1904 (age 66 years, 339 days). Interment at Mt. Pleasant Cemetery, Seattle, Wash.
  Relatives: Married to Martha A. Severance.
  See also NNDB dossier — Find-A-Grave memorial
  John Leary (1837-1905) — of Seattle, King County, Wash. Born in New Brunswick, November 3, 1837. Lawyer; newspaper publisher; mayor of Seattle, Wash., 1884-85; defeated, 1892. Died February 8, 1905 (age 67 years, 97 days). Interment at Lake View Cemetery, Seattle, Wash.
  Relatives: Married 1892 to Eliza P. Ferry (daughter of Elisha Peyre Ferry).
  Political family: Ferry family of Seattle, Washington.
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  Russell Vernon Mack (1891-1960) — also known as Russell V. Mack — of Hoquiam, Grays Harbor County, Wash. Born in Hillman, Montmorency County, Mich., June 13, 1891. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; newspaper publisher; U.S. Representative from Washington 3rd District, 1947-60; died in office 1960. Episcopalian. Member, American Legion; Elks. Died suddenly, from a coronary occlusion, on the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives, in the U.S. Capitol Building, Washington, D.C., March 28, 1960 (age 68 years, 289 days). Interment at Fern Hill Cemetery, Aberdeen, Wash.
  Relatives: Son of Cornelius W. Mack and Lucy (Deacon) Mack; married, January 26, 1947, to Laura E. Prohaska.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page
  Donald Hammer Magnuson (1911-1979) — of Seattle, King County, Wash. Born near Freeman, Spokane County, Wash., March 7, 1911. Democrat. Newspaper reporter; U.S. Representative from Washington, 1953-63 (at-large 1953-59, 7th District 1959-63). Presbyterian. Member, Theta Xi. Died in Seattle, King County, Wash., October 5, 1979 (age 68 years, 212 days). Interment at Evergreen-Washelli Memorial Park, Seattle, Wash.
  Relatives: Son of Ellis William Magnuson and Ida (Hammer) Magnuson.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page
  Don T. Miller (born c.1912) — of East Wenatchee, Douglas County, Wash. Born in California, about 1912. Democrat. Newspaper work; member of Washington state senate 1st District, 1941-47. Burial location unknown.
  Thomas Neill (d. 1938) — of Pullman, Whitman County, Wash. Lawyer; newspaper publisher; mayor of Pullman, Wash., 1894, 1937-38; died in office 1938; superior court judge in Washington, 1910-12. Died in 1938. Burial location unknown.
  Will H. Parry (1864-1917) — of Seattle, King County, Wash. Born in New York, New York County, N.Y., June 29, 1864. Newspaper editor and publisher; treasurer and manager, Moran Shipbuilding Co., 1900-15; member, Federal Trade Commission, 1915-17; died in office 1917. Episcopalian. Member, American Academy of Political and Social Science; Union League. Died, in a hospital at Washington, D.C., April 21, 1917 (age 52 years, 296 days). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of William M. Parry and Elizabeth (Gillette) Parry; married, January 15, 1891, to Harriet Phelps.
  De Witt Clinton Poole Jr. (b. 1885) — also known as De Witt C. Poole, Jr. — of East Moline, Rock Island County, Ill. Born in Vancouver, Clark County, Wash., October 28, 1885. Newspaper reporter; newspaper editor; U.S. Vice Consul in Berlin, as of 1914; U.S. Consul General in Cape Town, as of 1924. Burial location unknown.
  Presumably named for: DeWitt Clinton
  Jack H. Rogers (born c.1916) — of Bremerton, Kitsap County, Wash. Born in Utah, about 1916. Democrat. Newspaper work; member of Washington state senate 23rd District, 1945-47. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown.
  William Elmendorf Rothery (1851-1932) — also known as William E. Rothery — of Portland, Multnomah County, Ore.; Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pa.; Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, Calif.; San Francisco, Calif.; Seattle, King County, Wash.; Charlotte, Mecklenburg County, N.C. Born in New York, New York County, N.Y., March 25, 1851. Newspaper editor and publisher; Consul for Liberia in Philadelphia, Pa., 1888-95; manufacturers' agent; food broker. German ancestry. Died, following a heart attack, in St. Peter's Hospital, Charlotte, Mecklenburg County, N.C., July 8, 1932 (age 81 years, 105 days). Interment at Cataumet Cemetery, Bourne, Mass.
  Relatives: Married, July 14, 1907, to Olive Draper (Leach) Hoag.
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  Eugene Semple (1840-1908) — of Oregon; Washington. Born in Bogotá, Colombia of American parents, June 12, 1840. Democrat. Lawyer; newspaper editor and publisher; Oregon state printer, 1870-73; Governor of Washington Territory, 1887-89; candidate for Governor of Washington, 1889. Died, of pneumonia, in a rest home at San Diego, San Diego County, Calif., August 28, 1908 (age 68 years, 77 days). Cremated; ashes interred at Wright Crematory and Columbarium, Seattle, Wash.
  Relatives: Son of James Semple.
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
William H. Seward William Henry Seward (1801-1872) — also known as William H. Seward — of Auburn, Cayuga County, N.Y. Born in Florida, Orange County, N.Y., May 16, 1801. Lawyer; co-founded (with Thurlow Weed), the Albany Evening Journal newspaper in 1830; member of New York state senate 7th District, 1831-34; Governor of New York, 1839-43; defeated (Whig), 1834; U.S. Senator from New York, 1849-61; candidate for Republican nomination for President, 1856, 1860; U.S. Secretary of State, 1861-69; as Secretary of State in 1867, he made a treaty with Russia for the purchase of Alaska; critics dubbed the territory "Seward's Folly". Survived an assassination attempt on April 14, 1865 (the same night Abraham Lincoln was shot), when Lewis Payne, an associate of John Wilkes Booth, broke into his bedroom and stabbed him repeatedly. Payne was arrested, tried with the other conspirators, and hanged. Died in Auburn, Cayuga County, N.Y., October 16, 1872 (age 71 years, 153 days). Interment at Fort Hill Cemetery, Auburn, N.Y.; statue at Madison Square Park, Manhattan, N.Y.; statue at Volunteer Park, Seattle, Wash.
  Relatives: Son of Samuel Swayze Seward and Mary (Jennings) Seward; married to Frances Adeline Miller; father of Frederick William Seward and William Henry Seward Jr.; uncle of Caroline Cornelia Canfield (who married John Lawrence Schoolcraft) and George Frederick Seward; granduncle of Frederick Whittlesey Seward Jr..
  Political family: Seward family of New York (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  Cross-reference: George W. Jones — Samuel J. Barrows — Frederick W. Seward — Elias P. Pellet
  Seward counties in Kan. and Neb. are named for him.
  Seward Mountain, in the Adirondack Mountains, Franklin County, New York, is named for him.  — The city of Seward, Nebraska, is named for him.  — The town of Seward, New York, is named for him.  — The city of Seward, Alaska, is named for him.  — Seward Park (300 acres on a forested peninsula, established 1911), in Seattle, Washington, is named for him.  — Seward Park (three acres on East Broadway, opened 1903), in Manhattan, New York, is named for him.
  Other politicians named for him: W. Seward WhittleseyW. H. Seward ThomsonWilliam S. Shanahan
  Coins and currency: His portrait appeared on the $50 U.S. Treasury note in the 1890s.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — National Governors Association biography — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Books about William H. Seward: Doris Kearns Goodwin, Team of Rivals : The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln — Walter Stahr, Seward: Lincoln's Indispensable Man — Walter Stahr, Seward: Lincoln's Indispensable Man — Michael Burgan, William Henry Seward : Senator and Statesman (for young readers)
  Image source: New York Public Library
  Frederick Simpich (1878-1950) — of Wenatchee, Chelan County, Wash. Born in Urbana, Champaign County, Ill., November 21, 1878. Stenographer; newspaper correspondent; U.S. Consul in Baghdad, 1909-11; Ensenada, 1911; Nogales, as of 1916-17; U.S. Vice & Deputy Consul in Nogales, as of 1914. Suffered a heart attack at National Airport, where he was about to board a plane, and died soon after in Garfield Memorial Hospital, Washington, D.C., January 25, 1950 (age 71 years, 65 days). Interment at Rock Creek Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
  Relatives: Married to Margaret Edwards.
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  Henry George Gordon Struve (1836-1905) — also known as Henry G. Struve — of Seattle, King County, Wash. Born in Westerstede, Germany, November 17, 1836. Republican. Lawyer; newspaper publisher; mayor of Seattle, Wash., 1882-84. German ancestry. Died in New York City (unknown county), N.Y., June 13, 1905 (age 68 years, 208 days). Interment at Lake View Cemetery, Seattle, Wash.
  Relatives: Son of Friedrich Georg Wilhelm von Struve and Maria (Claussen) von Struve; married 1863 to Lascelle Florence Knighton.
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  James Marion Tadlock (b. 1866) — of Logan, Phillips County, Kan.; Phillipsburg, Phillips County, Kan.; El Reno, Canadian County, Okla.; Seattle, King County, Wash.; Monroe, Snohomish County, Wash.; Raymond, Pacific County, Wash.; Olympia, Thurston County, Wash.; Eureka, Humboldt County, Calif. Born in Crawford County, Ind., November 2, 1866. Democrat. School teacher; superintendent of schools; newspaper editor; candidate for secretary of state of Washington, 1916; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Washington, 1920; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from California, 1940. Congregationalist. Member, Rotary. Burial location unknown.
  David Guy Thometz (b. 1966) — also known as David Thometz — of Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah; South Salt Lake, Salt Lake County, Utah. Born, in Providence Hospital, Everett, Snohomish County, Wash., February 24, 1966. Democrat. Graphic designer; newspaper columnist; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Utah, 2000. Gay. Still living as of 2002.
  Relatives: Distant cousin by marriage *** of Merrill Cook.
  George Post Wheeler (1869-1956) — also known as Post Wheeler — Born in Owego, Tioga County, N.Y., August 6, 1869. Newspaper editor; mining business; author; Foreign Service officer; U.S. Minister to Paraguay, 1930-33; Albania, 1933-34; poet. Member, Loyal Legion; Freemasons. Died in 1956 (age about 86 years). Interment at Riverside Cemetery, Hopkinsville, Ky.
  See also U.S. State Dept career summary
Henry L. Wilson Henry Lane Wilson (1857-1932) — also known as Henry L. Wilson — of Lafayette, Tippecanoe County, Ind.; Spokane, Spokane County, Wash.; Indianapolis, Marion County, Ind. Born in Crawfordsville, Montgomery County, Ind., November 3, 1857. Republican. Newspaper editor; lawyer; banker; delegate to Republican National Convention from Washington, 1896 (member, Committee to Notify Presidential Nominee); U.S. Minister to Chile, 1897-1904; Belgium, 1905-09; U.S. Ambassador to Mexico, 1909-12; delegate to Republican National Convention from Indiana, 1928. Member, Sons of the American Revolution; Society of Colonial Wars; Loyal Legion. Died in Indianapolis, Marion County, Ind., December 22, 1932 (age 75 years, 49 days). Entombed at Crown Hill Cemetery, Indianapolis, Ind.
  Relatives: Son of James Wilson and Emma (Ingersoll) Wilson; brother of John Lockwood Wilson; married 1885 to Alice Vajen; grandson of John Wilson; granduncle of William Cassius Goodloe III.
  Political family: Wilson-Dunn family of Kentucky (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also Wikipedia article — U.S. State Dept career summary — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Image source: American Monthly Review of Reviews, August 1897
  Walter V. Windus (1860-1918) — of Pullman, Whitman County, Wash. Born in Scio, Allegany County, N.Y., December 3, 1860. Brick manufacturer; newspaper editor; real estate business; banker; mayor of Pullman, Wash., 1890-93. Died in 1918 (age about 57 years). Interment at Odd Fellows Cemetery, Pullman, Wash.
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
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