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Clergy Politicians in Wisconsin

  George Charles Bubolz (1902-1996) — also known as George C. Bubolz — of East Lansing, Ingham County, Mich. Born in Cicero town, Outagamie County, Wis., February 22, 1902. Democrat. Pastor; insurance and real estate business; candidate for Michigan state house of representatives 59th District, 1964. Lutheran. German ancestry. Died in East Lansing, Ingham County, Mich., September 12, 1996 (age 94 years, 203 days). Interment at Evergreen Cemetery, Lansing, Mich.
  Relatives: Son of Julius C. Bubolz and Emelie (Jeske) Bubolz; brother of Gordon August Bubolz; married, June 12, 1928, to Stella Mangold; married, August 28, 1971, to Margaret Jacobson.
  Epitaph: "But the fruit of the spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness."
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  George S. S. Codington — also known as G. S. S. Codington — of Medary, Brookings County, Dakota Territory (now S.Dak.). Minister; member of Dakota territorial House of Representatives, 1877-78. Congregationalist or Presbyterian. Died of tuberculosis in Wisconsin. Burial location unknown.
  Codington County, S.Dak. is named for him.
  Robert John Cornell (1919-2009) — also known as Robert J. Cornell — of Wisconsin. Born in Gladstone, Delta County, Mich., December 16, 1919. Democrat. Catholic priest; university professor; U.S. Representative from Wisconsin 8th District, 1975-79; defeated, 1970, 1972, 1978. Catholic. Died in De Pere, Brown County, Wis., May 10, 2009 (age 89 years, 145 days). Burial location unknown.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — NNDB dossier
  Henry William Diederich (1845-1926) — also known as Henry W. Diederich — of New York, New York County, N.Y.; Fort Wayne, Allen County, Ind. Born in Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pa., November 13, 1845. Republican. Pastor; college professor; U.S. Consul in Leipzig, 1889-93; Magdeburg, 1897-99; Bremen, 1899-1906; Sarnia, 1919-24; U.S. Consul General in Antwerp, 1906-17. Lutheran. Died in Wauwatosa, Milwaukee County, Wis., February 8, 1926 (age 80 years, 87 days). Interment at Lincoln Memorial Cemetery, Milwaukee, Wis.
  Relatives: Son of Clara M. (Wessler) Diederich and Nicholas H. Diederich; married, August 23, 1870, to Margaret Stutz.
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  Samuel Fallows (1835-1922) — of Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, Wis.; Bloomington, McLean County, Ill.; Chicago, Cook County, Ill. Born in Pendleton, Lancashire, England, December 13, 1835. Republican. Minister; general in the Union Army during the Civil War; Wisconsin superintendent of public instruction, 1870-74; president, Wesleyan University, 1874; bishop; speaker, Republican National Convention, 1888. Methodist; later Reformed Episcopal Church. Member, Freemasons; Grand Army of the Republic. Died, from pneumonia, in Chicago, Cook County, Ill., September 5, 1922 (age 86 years, 266 days). Interment at Forest Home Cemetery, Forest Park, Ill.
  Relatives: Married to Lucy Bethia Huntington.
  Personal motto: "Do with your might what your hands find to do."
  Epitaph: "He walked with God - God took him."
  See also Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Retire Whittimore Frees (1864-1937) — also known as Retire W. Frees — of Sand Creek, Lenawee County, Mich. Born in Utica town, Winnebago County, Wis., January 2, 1864. Republican. Pastor; member of Michigan state house of representatives from Lenawee County 2nd District, 1923-24. Died in Ypsilanti, Washtenaw County, Mich., February 5, 1937 (age 73 years, 34 days). Interment at Sand Creek Cemetery, Sand Creek, Mich.
  Relatives: Son of Retire Whittemore Frees and Clara J. (Chapman) Frees; married to Alice Tolford.
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  John Patterson Gallup (1816-1876) — also known as John P. Gallup — of Oshkosh, Winnebago County, Wis. Born in Broome County, N.Y., June 3, 1816. Democrat. Postmaster at Oshkosh, Wis., 1840-43; pastor; undersheriff. Died in Medina County, Ohio, September 30, 1876 (age 60 years, 119 days). Interment at Riverside Cemetery, Oshkosh, Wis.
  Relatives: Son of Betsey (Shipley) Gallup and Chester Patterson Gallup; brother of Henry Augustus Gallup; married 1836 to Almira Taylor Starr; third cousin twice removed of Almer Fisk Gallup.
  Political family: Gallup family of Marysville, Ohio (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  Winfield Romeo Gaylord (1870-1943) — also known as Winfield R. Gaylord — of Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, Wis. Born in Verona, Lee County, Miss., June 14, 1870. Socialist. Pastor; Social Democratic candidate for Governor of Wisconsin, 1906; member of Wisconsin state senate 6th District, 1909-12; candidate for U.S. Representative from Wisconsin 4th District, 1912. Died February 23, 1943 (age 72 years, 254 days). Interment at Palmetto Cemetery, Palmetto, Fla.
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  Melvin Robert Laird Sr. (d. 1946) — also known as Melvin R. Laird, Sr. — of Marshfield, Wood County, Wis. Born near Griggsville, Pike County, Ill. Republican. School teacher and principal; Presbyterian minister; chaplain; member of Wisconsin state senate 24th District, 1941-46; died in office 1946; candidate for Presidential Elector for Wisconsin. Presbyterian. Died March 19, 1946. Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Married to Helen Connor (daughter of William Duncan Connor); father of Melvin Robert Laird Jr..
  Political family: Laird-Doyle family of Marshfield, Wisconsin.
  Arthur C. McHenry (born c.1881) — also known as A. C. McHenry — of Oshkosh, Winnebago County, Wis. Born about 1881. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; pastor; mayor of Oshkosh, Wis., 1918-24; defeated, 1924, 1939. Universalist. Burial location unknown.
  Richard Morford (c.1903-1986) — of Manhattan, New York County, N.Y. Born in Onaway, Presque Isle County, Mich., about 1903. Presbyterian minister; vice-chair of New York American Labor Party, 1945-49; director, National Council of American-Soviet Friendship, 1946-80; this organization and its leaders were investigated for subversion by the U.S. House Committee on Un-American Activities; charged in 1946 with contempt of Congress for his refusal to provide records demanded by the committee; tried in federal court in Washington; convicted in March 1948; his conviction was overturned by the Supreme Court; convicted again on re-trial; sentenced to three months in prison and fined $250. Presbyterian. Died, from pneumonia, in Madison, Dane County, Wis., September 7, 1986 (age about 83 years). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Married to Aileen Hutson.
  Darius H. Muller (1838-1909) — of Oshkosh, Winnebago County, Wis.; Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, Wis.; Buffalo, Erie County, N.Y.; Rochester, Monroe County, N.Y.; Covington, Kenton County, Ky.; Erie, Erie County, Pa.; Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio; Canton, Stark County, Ohio. Born in Baltimore, Md., October, 1838. Republican. Minister; offered prayer, Republican National Convention, 1876. Methodist. Died in Buffalo, Erie County, N.Y., July 21, 1909 (age 70 years, 0 days). Interment at Forest Lawn Cemetery, Buffalo, N.Y.
  Relatives: Married, November 4, 1862, to Georgianna 'Georgie' Bryce.
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  John Henry Nolt (1875-1949) — also known as John H. Nolt — of Mt. Vernon, Davison County, S.Dak.; Loomis, Davison County, S.Dak.; Clarkston, Asotin County, Wash. Born in Sauk County, Wis., December 15, 1875. Preacher; candidate for Presidential Elector for South Dakota. Nazarene. Died in Clarkston, Asotin County, Wash., February 7, 1949 (age 73 years, 54 days). Interment at Normal Hill Cemetery, Lewiston, Idaho.
  Relatives: Son of John H. Nolt and Julia (Morgan) Nolt; married 1902 to Grace Mae Royer.
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
Oscar S. Paulson Oscar S. Paulson (b. 1889) — of La Crosse, La Crosse County, Wis. Born near Dalton, Otter Tail County, Minn., December 12, 1889. Progressive. Pastor; member of Wisconsin state senate 32nd District, 1937-40. Lutheran. Norwegian ancestry. Burial location unknown.
  Image source: Wisconsin Blue Book 1940
  Gerald Lyman Kenneth Smith (1898-1976) — also known as Gerald L. K. Smith — of Shreveport, Caddo Parish, La.; Detroit, Wayne County, Mich.; Eureka Springs, Carroll County, Ark. Born in Pardeeville, Columbia County, Wis., February 27, 1898. Pastor; orator; political administrator and organizer for Huey P. Long, 1934-35; as a white supremacist, he joined and organized for William Dudley Pelley's Silver Shirts of America, an organization modeled directly on Adolf Hitler's Brownshirts; candidate for U.S. Senator from Michigan, 1942 (Republican primary), 1942; founder of the America First party; charged with sedition in 1944, as part of an alleged Nazi conspiracy; tried along with many others, but after seven months, a mistrial was declared; America First candidate for President of the United States, 1944; founder of the Christian Nationalist Crusade; advocated deportation from the U.S. of Jews and African-Americans. Disciples of Christ. Died, of pneumonia, in Glendale, Los Angeles County, Calif., April 15, 1976 (age 78 years, 48 days). Interment at Christ of the Ozarks Cemetery, Eureka Springs, Ark.
  Relatives: Son of Lyman Z. Smith and Sarah Smith; married, June 21, 1922, to Elna (Robe) Sorenson.
  Cross-reference: Charles J. Anderson, Jr. — Lorence E. Asman
  See also Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Samuel Alphonsus Stritch (1887-1958) — also known as Samuel Stritch — of Toledo, Lucas County, Ohio; Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, Wis.; Chicago, Cook County, Ill. Born in Nashville, Davidson County, Tenn., August 17, 1887. Catholic priest; bishop of Toledo, 1921-30; archbishop of Milwaukee, 1930-39; archbishop of Chicago, 1940-58; cardinal, 1946-58; offered prayer, Democratic National Convention, 1952 ; offered prayer, Republican National Convention, 1952. Catholic. Irish ancestry. Died in Rome, Italy, May 27, 1958 (age 70 years, 283 days). Entombed at Mt. Carmel Cemetery, Hillside, Ill.; cenotaph at Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist, Milwaukee, Wis.
  Relatives: Son of Garret Stritch and Katherine (O'Malley) Stritch.
  See also Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Sylvester E. Sweet (1839-1920) — of Oshkosh, Winnebago County, Wis. Born in Ontario, 1839. Minister; Prohibition candidate for mayor of Oshkosh, Wis., 1905. Baptist. Member, Grand Army of the Republic. Died in Oshkosh, Winnebago County, Wis., 1920 (age about 81 years). Interment at Riverside Cemetery, Oshkosh, Wis.
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  Artur Anton Vogel (1924-2012) — also known as Artur A. Vogel — Born in Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, Wis., February 24, 1924. Republican. Minister; bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of West Missouri, 1973-89; offered prayer, Republican National Convention, 1976. Episcopalian. Died in Kansas City, Jackson County, Mo., March 6, 2012 (age 88 years, 11 days). Burial location unknown.
  See also Wikipedia article
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