The Political Graveyard: Physician Politicians in Wyoming

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Physician Politicians in Wyoming
including Surgeons and Osteopaths

Amos Walker Barber (1861-1915) — also known as Amos W. Barber — of Cheyenne, Laramie County, Wyo. Born in Doylestown, Bucks County, Pa., July 25, 1861. Republican. Physician; secretary of state of Wyoming, 1890-95; Governor of Wyoming, 1890-93. Died in Rochester, Olmsted County, Minn., May 18, 1915 (age 53 years, 297 days). Interment at Lakeview Cemetery, Cheyenne, Wyo.

		Relatives: Married 1892 to Amelia Kent.
		See also National Governors Association biography — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial

John Anthony Barrasso (b. 1952) — also known as John A. Barrasso — Born in Reading, Berks County, Pa., July 21, 1952. Republican. Physician; orthopedic surgeon; member of Wyoming state senate 27th District, 2003-07; U.S. Senator from Wyoming, 2007-; defeated in primary, 1996; appointed 2007. Still living as of 2022.

Thomas Allen Coburn (b. 1948) — also known as Tom Coburn — of Oklahoma. Born in Casper, Natrona County, Wyo., March 14, 1948. Republican. Physician; U.S. Representative from Oklahoma 2nd District, 1995-2001; U.S. Senator from Oklahoma, 2005-15; resigned 2015. Southern Baptist. Still living as of 2015.

G. W. Earle — of Casper, Natrona County, Wyo. Physician; member of Wyoming state house of representatives, 1941; mayor of Casper, Wyo., 1942-45; resigned 1945. Member, Lions; American Legion; Freemasons; Shriners. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown.

Image source: Casper (Wyoming) Star-Tribune, November 5, 1941

Edward F. Fisher (b. 1870) — of Dearborn, Wayne County, Mich. Born in Wayne, Wayne County, Mich., October 31, 1870. Republican. School teacher; physician; surgeon for Amalgamated Copper Co. coal mines in Wyoming; candidate for Michigan state senate, 1924 (5th District), 1926 (21st District); member of Michigan state house of representatives from Wayne County 5th District, 1929-36, 1941-44; defeated, 1944, 1950; candidate for U.S. Representative from Michigan 16th District, 1936. Burial location unknown.

John Eugene Osborne (1858-1943) — also known as John E. Osborne — of Rawlins, Carbon County, Wyo. Born in Westport, Essex County, N.Y., June 19, 1858. Democrat. Physician; member of Wyoming territorial legislature, 1883-85; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Wyoming, 1892; member, Committee to Notify Presidential Nominee, 1916; Governor of Wyoming, 1893-95; defeated, 1904; U.S. Representative from Wyoming at-large, 1897-99; member of Democratic National Committee from Wyoming, 1900-20; candidate for U.S. Senator from Wyoming, 1918. Member, Freemasons; Knights Templar. Died in Rawlins, Carbon County, Wyo., April 24, 1943 (age 84 years, 309 days). Interment at Cedar Hill Cemetery, Princeton, Ky.

		Relatives: Son of John C. Osborne and Mary E. (Reil) Osborne; married, November 3, 1907, to Selina Smith.
		See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — National Governors Association biography

Earl Whedon (1872-1958) — also known as Edwin Earl Whedon — of Sheridan, Sheridan County, Wyo. Born in Hudson, Summit County, Ohio, April 29, 1872. Democrat. Physician; eye, ear, nose and throat specialist; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Wyoming, 1948 (member, Credentials Committee). Died September 10, 1958 (age 86 years, 134 days). Interment at Sheridan Elks Cemetery, Sheridan, Wyo.

		Relatives: Son of Edwin Frederick Whedon and Martha Annette (Richardson) Whedon; married, March 25, 1896, to Nellie Eva Woods; married to Bessie Whedon; third cousin twice removed of Charles Page; fourth cousin of Webster Davis Whedon; fourth cousin once removed of Ira Barnes Hyde.
		Political families: Hyde family of Princeton, Missouri; Blodgett-Whedon family of Killingworth, Connecticut (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
		See also Find-A-Grave memorial

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