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George Myron Sabin (1833-1890) —
of Madison, Dane
County, Wis.; Treasure Hill, White Pine
County, Nev.; Pioche, Lincoln
County, Nev.; Eureka, Eureka
County, Nev.
Born in Ohio, August, 1833.
Colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War; lawyer; U.S.
District Judge for Nevada, 1882-90; died in office 1890.
Member, Grand
Army of the Republic.
Died in San
Francisco, Calif., May 12,
1890 (age 56 years, 0
days).
Interment at Lone
Mountain Cemetery, Carson City, Nev.
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Adolphus Frederic St. Sure (1869-1949) —
of Oakland, Alameda
County, Calif.
Born in Sheboygan, Sheboygan
County, Wis., March 9,
1869.
Republican. Lawyer; superior court judge in California,
1917-22; Judge,
California Court of Appeal, 1923-25; U.S.
District Judge for the Northern District of California, 1925-47;
took senior status 1947.
Member, Phi
Delta Phi.
Died February
5, 1949 (age 79 years, 333
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Edward P. Salomon (1828-1909) —
of Milwaukee, Milwaukee
County, Wis.; New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Prussia (now Germany),
August
11, 1828.
Republican. Lawyer; Lieutenant
Governor of Wisconsin, 1862-64; Governor of
Wisconsin, 1862-64; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Wisconsin, 1868;
candidate for New York City superior court judge, 1882.
Jewish.
Died in Frankfort (Frankfurt am Main), Germany,
April
21, 1909 (age 80 years, 253
days).
Interment somewhere
in Frankfurt am Main, Germany.
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Albert W. Sanborn (b. 1853) —
of Oshkosh, Winnebago
County, Wis.; Ashland, Ashland
County, Wis.
Born in Swanton, Franklin
County, Vt., January
17, 1853.
Republican. Lawyer; Portage
County District Attorney; member of Wisconsin
state assembly, 1885; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Wisconsin, 1888,
1912;
member of Wisconsin
state senate 12th District, 1905-12.
Burial location unknown.
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Arthur Loomis Sanborn (1850-1920) —
of Elkhorn, Walworth
County, Wis.; Madison, Dane
County, Wis.
Born in Brasher Falls, St.
Lawrence County, N.Y., November
17, 1850.
Walworth
County Register of Deeds, 1875-79; lawyer; law partner of
John
C. Spooner; U.S.
District Judge for the Western District of Wisconsin, 1905-20;
died in office 1920.
Congregationalist.
Died, from pneumonia,
in Madison, Dane
County, Wis., October
18, 1920 (age 69 years, 336
days).
Interment at Forest
Hill Cemetery, Madison, Wis.
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Walter B. Sands (1870-1938) —
of Chinook, Blaine
County, Mont.
Born in Maiden Rock, Pierce
County, Wis., January
28, 1870.
Lawyer; chief
justice of Montana state supreme court, 1935-38; died in office
1938; during his campaign for Chief Justice, he pledged to accept
only $6,000 of the $7,500 salary; in 1935, W. D. Tipton sued to oust
him based on the contention that this promise constituted a bribe,
and violated the state's corrupt
practices act; ultimately it was ruled that he had acted in good
faith.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons.
Hit by
a bus, was badly injured, suffered a heart
attack, and died three days after the accident, in St. Peter's Hospital,
Helena, Lewis and
Clark County, Mont., June 13,
1938 (age 68 years, 136
days).
Entombed at Hillcrest
Lawn Memorial, Great Falls, Mont.
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Harry Sauthoff (1879-1966) —
of Madison, Dane
County, Wis.
Born in Madison, Dane
County, Wis., June 3,
1879.
School
teacher; lawyer; Dane
County District Attorney, 1915-17; private secretary to Gov. John
J. Blaine, 1921; member of Wisconsin
state senate, 1925-28; U.S.
Representative from Wisconsin 2nd District, 1935-39, 1941-45;
Progressive candidate for U.S.
Senator from Wisconsin, 1944.
Member, Eagles;
Elks; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Moose;
Lions;
Sons
of Union Veterans; American Bar
Association; Phi
Alpha Delta.
Died in Madison, Dane
County, Wis., June 16,
1966 (age 87 years, 13
days).
Interment at Forest
Hill Cemetery, Madison, Wis.
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Hiram Arthur Sawyer (b. 1875) —
also known as H. A. Sawyer —
of Milwaukee, Milwaukee
County, Wis.
Born in Hartford, Washington
County, Wis., September
4, 1875.
Democrat. Lawyer; Washington
County District Attorney, 1907-15; U.S.
Attorney for the Eastern District of Wisconsin, 1915-23.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; Phi
Delta Phi; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Elks.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Hiram Wilson Sawyer and Josephine B. (Coxe) Sawyer; married, February
28, 1924, to Eleanor J. Dillman. |
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Rudolph M. Schlabach (b. 1890) —
of La Crosse, La Crosse
County, Wis.
Born in La Crosse, La Crosse
County, Wis., April 4,
1890.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I;
lawyer; La
Crosse County District Attorney, 1928-32; member of Wisconsin
state assembly from La Crosse County 1st District, 1939-40;
member of Wisconsin
state senate 32nd District, 1941-52.
Burial location unknown.
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Image source:
Wisconsin Blue Book 1940 |
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Carl Christian Schurz (1829-1906) —
also known as Carl Schurz —
of Watertown, Jefferson
County, Wis.; Milwaukee, Milwaukee
County, Wis.; St.
Louis, Mo.; New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Liblar (now part of Erfstadt), Germany,
March
2, 1829.
Republican. Lawyer; candidate for Lieutenant
Governor of Wisconsin, 1857; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Wisconsin, 1860;
U.S. Minister to Spain, 1861; general in the Union Army during the Civil War; newspaper
editor; delegate to Republican National Convention from Missouri,
1868
(Temporary
Chair; speaker);
U.S.
Senator from Missouri, 1869-75; U.S.
Secretary of the Interior, 1877-81.
German
ancestry. Member, American
Philosophical Society.
Died in New York City (unknown
county), N.Y., May 14,
1906 (age 77 years, 73
days).
Interment at Sleepy
Hollow Cemetery, Sleepy Hollow, N.Y.; statue at Morningside
Park, Manhattan, N.Y.
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The community
of Schurz,
Nevada, is named for
him. — Mount
Schurz, in Park
County, Wyoming, is named for
him. — Carl Schurz Park,
in Manhattan,
New York, is named for
him. — Carl Schurz High
School, in Chicago,
Illinois, is named for
him. — Schurz Elementary
School, in Watertown,
Wisconsin, is named for
him. — Carl Schurz Elementary
School, in New
Braunfels, Texas, is named for
him. |
| | | Politician named for him: Carl
S. Thompson
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biography — Govtrack.us
page — Wikipedia article — U.S. State Dept career summary |
| | | Books about Carl Schurz: Hans Louis
Trefousse, Carl
Schurz: A Biography |
| | | Image source: William C. Roberts,
Leading Orators (1884) |
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Lewis Baxter Schwellenbach (1894-1948) —
also known as Lewis B. Schwellenbach —
of Neppel (now Moses Lake), Grant
County, Wash.
Born in Superior, Douglas
County, Wis., September
20, 1894.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer;
chair
of King County Democratic Party, 1928-30; candidate for Governor of
Washington, 1932; U.S.
Senator from Washington, 1935-40; U.S.
District Judge for the Eastern District of Washington, 1940-45;
resigned 1945; U.S.
Secretary of Labor, 1945-48; died in office 1948.
Episcopalian.
Member, American
Legion; American
Society for International Law; American
Academy of Political and Social Science; American Bar
Association; Rotary;
Elks; Eagles.
Died in Walter
Reed Hospital, Washington,
D.C., June 10,
1948 (age 53 years, 264
days).
Interment at Evergreen-Washelli
Memorial Park, Seattle, Wash.
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Frank James Sensenbrenner Jr. (b. 1943) —
also known as F. James Sensenbrenner, Jr. —
of Shorewood, Milwaukee
County, Wis.; Menomonee Falls, Waukesha
County, Wis.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., June 14,
1943.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Wisconsin
state assembly, 1969-75; member of Wisconsin
state senate, 1975-79; U.S.
Representative from Wisconsin, 1979-2004 (9th District 1979-2003,
5th District 2003-04); delegate to Republican National Convention
from Wisconsin, 2004.
Episcopalian.
Still living as of 2014.
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Herman J. Severson —
of Iola, Waupaca
County, Wis.
Born in Christiana town, Dane
County, Wis.
Republican. School teacher
and principal; lawyer; chair of
Waupaca County Republican Party, 1904-08; alternate delegate to
Republican National Convention from Wisconsin, 1908;
Waupaca
County District Attorney, 1908-10; elected Wisconsin
state senate 23rd District 1930.
Burial location unknown.
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John R. Sharpstein (1823-1892) —
of Milwaukee, Milwaukee
County, Wis.; San
Francisco, Calif.
Born in Richmond, Ontario
County, N.Y., May 23,
1823.
Democrat. Lawyer; Kenosha
County District Attorney, 1851; member of Wisconsin
state senate, 1852-53 (16th District 1852, 8th District 1853); U.S.
Attorney for Wisconsin, 1853-57; postmaster at Milwaukee,
Wis., 1857-58; newspaper
editor; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Wisconsin, 1860;
member of Wisconsin
state assembly, 1863; law partner of Henry
L. Palmer, 1863-64; district judge in California 12th District,
1874; justice of
California state supreme court, 1880-92; died in office 1892.
Died in San
Francisco, Calif., December
27, 1892 (age 69 years, 218
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to Kate Crittenden. |
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Byron Delos Shear (1869-1929) —
also known as Byron D. Shear —
of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
County, Okla.
Born in Hillsboro, Vernon
County, Wis., April
12, 1869.
Republican. Lawyer; mayor
of Oklahoma City, Okla., 1918-19; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Oklahoma, 1924.
Unitarian.
Died, from a heart
attack, in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
County, Okla., June 9,
1929 (age 60 years, 58
days).
Interment at Rose
Hill Burial Park, Oklahoma City, Okla.
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Ben G. Slater (b. 1907) —
of Milwaukee, Milwaukee
County, Wis.
Born in Milwaukee, Milwaukee
County, Wis., September
26, 1907.
Republican. Lawyer; Honorary Sergeant-at-Arms, Republican National
Convention, 1932 ; member of Wisconsin
state assembly from Milwaukee County 15th District, 1939-40.
Member, Jaycees.
Burial location unknown.
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Image source:
Wisconsin Blue Book 1940 |
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John Montgomery Smith (b. 1834) —
of Iowa
County, Wis.
Born in Bedford Springs, Bedford
County, Pa., February
26, 1834.
Democrat. Lawyer; candidate for Wisconsin
state attorney general, 1879; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Wisconsin, 1880,
1888;
member of Wisconsin
state assembly, 1892; candidate for Presidential Elector for
Wisconsin.
Burial location unknown.
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Lawrence Henry Smith (1892-1958) —
also known as Lawrence H. Smith —
of Racine, Racine
County, Wis.
Born in Racine, Racine
County, Wis., September
15, 1892.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I;
lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Wisconsin 1st District, 1941-58; died in
office 1958.
Member, American
Legion.
Died in the U.S. Capitol
Building, Washington,
D.C., January
22, 1958 (age 65 years, 129
days).
Interment at West
Lawn Memorial Park, Racine, Wis.
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William Rudolph Smith (1787-1868) —
also known as William R. Smith —
of Mineral Point, Iowa
County, Wis.
Born in Trappe, Montgomery
County, Pa., August
31, 1787.
Lawyer; colonel in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812;
member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 1820; member of Pennsylvania
state senate 17th District, 1822-24; delegate
to Wisconsin state constitutional convention, 1846; Wisconsin
state attorney general, 1856-58.
Died in Quincy, Adams
County, Ill., August
22, 1868 (age 80 years, 357
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Peter J. Somers (1850-1924) —
of Milwaukee, Milwaukee
County, Wis.; Esmeralda
County, Nev.
Born in Menomonee Falls, Waukesha
County, Wis., April
12, 1850.
Democrat. Lawyer; mayor
of Milwaukee, Wis., 1890-93; U.S.
Representative from Wisconsin 4th District, 1893-95; Nevada
Democratic state chair, 1907-09; district judge in Nevada,
1908-13.
Died in Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., February
15, 1924 (age 73 years, 309
days).
Interment at Calvary
Cemetery, Los Angeles, Calif.
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John Coit Spooner (1843-1919) —
also known as John C. Spooner; "The Tinker of
Legislation" —
of Hudson, St. Croix
County, Wis.; Madison, Dane
County, Wis.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Lawrenceburg, Dearborn
County, Ind., January
6, 1843.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War;
lawyer; private and military secretary to Gov. Lucius
Fairchild; member of Wisconsin
state assembly, 1872; general solicitor, Omaha Railroad,
1880; law partner of Arthur
Loomis Sanborn; U.S.
Senator from Wisconsin, 1885-91, 1897-1907; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Wisconsin, 1888
(delegation chair), 1892
(delegation chair); candidate for Governor of
Wisconsin, 1892.
Died, of pneumonia
and apoplexy,
in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., June 11,
1919 (age 76 years, 156
days).
Interment at Forest
Hill Cemetery, Madison, Wis.
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William Henry Stafford (1869-1957) —
also known as William H. Stafford —
of Milwaukee, Milwaukee
County, Wis.
Born in Milwaukee, Milwaukee
County, Wis., October
12, 1869.
Republican. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Wisconsin 5th District, 1903-11, 1913-19,
1921-23, 1929-33; defeated, 1922; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Wisconsin, 1938.
Died in Milwaukee, Milwaukee
County, Wis., April
22, 1957 (age 87 years, 192
days).
Interment at Forest
Home Cemetery, Milwaukee, Wis.
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George Anson Starkweather (1794-1879) —
of Cooperstown, Otsego
County, N.Y.; Milwaukee, Milwaukee
County, Wis.
Born in Preston, New London
County, Conn., May 19,
1794.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from New York 21st District, 1847-49.
Died in Cooperstown, Otsego
County, N.Y., October
15, 1879 (age 85 years, 149
days).
Interment at Lakewood
Cemetery, Cooperstown, N.Y.
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Elijah Steele (1817-1883) —
of Pike (unknown
county), Wis.; Yreka, Siskiyou
County, Calif.
Born near Albany, Albany
County, N.Y., November
13, 1817.
Democrat. Lawyer; delegate
to Wisconsin state constitutional convention, 1850; member of Wisconsin
state senate 16th District, 1850; superior court judge in
California, 1867; member of California
state assembly 28th District, 1867-69; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from California, 1868.
Died in 1883
(age about
65 years).
Interment at Evergreen
Cemetery, Yreka, Calif.
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Halvor Steenerson (1852-1926) —
of Crookston, Polk
County, Minn.
Born in Pleasant Springs, Dane
County, Wis., June 30,
1852.
Republican. Lawyer; Polk
County Attorney, 1881-82; member of Minnesota
state senate, 1883-87; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Minnesota, 1884,
1888;
U.S.
Representative from Minnesota 9th District, 1903-23; defeated,
1922; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Minnesota, 1923.
Norwegian
ancestry.
Died in Crookston, Polk
County, Minn., November
22, 1926 (age 74 years, 145
days).
Interment at Oakdale
Cemetery, Crookston, Minn.
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Roland J. Steinle (b. 1896) —
of Wisconsin.
Born in Milwaukee, Milwaukee
County, Wis., March
21, 1896.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer; circuit
judge in Wisconsin, 1940-54; justice of
Wisconsin state supreme court, 1954; appointed 1954.
Burial location unknown.
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Image source:
Wisconsin Blue Book 1954 |
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Luman M. Strong (1803-1867) —
of Marion, Linn
County, Iowa.
Born in Orange
County, Vt., October
24, 1803.
Lawyer; delegate
to Iowa state constitutional convention from Linn County, 1844;
member of Wisconsin state legislature, 1850; county judge in
Wisconsin, 1860.
Died in Dodgeville, Iowa
County, Wis., December
4, 1867 (age 64 years, 41
days).
Interment at Eastside
Cemetery, Dodgeville, Wis.
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Bartholomew Thomas Stupak (b. 1952) —
also known as Bart Stupak —
of Menominee, Menominee
County, Mich.
Born in Milwaukee, Milwaukee
County, Wis., February
29, 1952.
Democrat. Police
officer; lawyer; member of Michigan
state house of representatives 109th District, 1989-90; candidate
for Michigan
state senate 38th District, 1990; U.S.
Representative from Michigan 1st District, 1993-2011; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Michigan, 1996,
2000,
2004,
2008.
Catholic.
Member, National Rifle
Association; Knights
of Columbus; Elks.
Still living as of 2014.
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Lafayette M. Sturdevant (b. 1856) —
of Neillsville, Clark
County, Wis.
Born in Chandlers Valley, Warren
County, Pa., September
17, 1856.
Republican. School
teacher; lawyer; Clark
County District Attorney, 1884-85, 1890-91; chair of
Clark County Republican Party, 1894-98; member of Wisconsin
state assembly, 1899-1902; Wisconsin
state attorney general, 1903-07.
Burial location unknown.
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William P. Sullivan (1870-1925) —
of Billings, Christian
County, Mo.
Born in Wisconsin, June 3,
1870.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Missouri
state house of representatives from Christian County, 1899-1900;
member of Missouri
state senate 19th District, 1901-04; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Missouri, 1908,
1916.
Convicted
in 1905 of accepting
a bribe while serving as State Senator, and fined
$100.
Died suddenly, from heart
failure, in Billings, Christian
County, Mo., April
17, 1925 (age 54 years, 318
days).
Interment at Rose Hill Cemetery, Billings, Mo.
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Relatives: Son
of John Sullivan and Angenette 'Nettie' (Glidden) Sullivan; married
to Alice Virginia Reid. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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