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Joseph Wright Alsop (1876-1953) —
also known as Joseph W. Alsop —
of Avon, Hartford
County, Conn.
Born in Middletown, Middlesex
County, Conn., April 2,
1876.
Dairy farmer; tobacco grower; insurance
business; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Avon, 1907-08; member of Connecticut
state senate 5th District, 1909-12; member of Connecticut
Republican State Central Committee, 1909-12; Progressive
candidate for U.S.
Representative from Connecticut 1st District, 1912; first
selectman of Avon, Connecticut, 1922-50.
Episcopalian.
Member, Delta Psi.
Died, following a heart
attack, in the St. Francis Xavier Infirmary,
Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C., March
17, 1953 (age 76 years, 349
days).
Interment at Indian
Hill Cemetery, Middletown, Conn.
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Charles F. Bachmann (1915-1983) —
of Wheeling, Ohio
County, W.Va.
Born in Wheeling, Ohio
County, W.Va., November
26, 1915.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; lawyer;
member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Ohio County, 1957-60;
defeated, 1954.
Presbyterian.
Member, Odd
Fellows; Elks; Moose; Eagles;
Delta Psi; Sigma
Nu Phi; American Bar
Association; Sons of
the American Revolution; American
Legion; Freemasons;
Jesters;
Shriners.
Died in December, 1983
(age 68
years, 0 days).
Burial location unknown.
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John Cromwell Bell Jr. (1892-1974) —
also known as John C. Bell, Jr. —
of Wynnewood, Montgomery
County, Pa.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., October
25, 1892.
Lawyer;
Lieutenant
Governor of Pennsylvania, 1943-47; Governor of
Pennsylvania, 1947; justice of
Pennsylvania state supreme court, 1950-72; chief
justice of Pennsylvania state supreme court, 1961-72.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Sons of
the Revolution; Delta Psi.
Died March
18, 1974 (age 81 years, 144
days).
Interment at St. Asaph Church Cemetery, Bala Cynwyd, Pa.
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John Brandt (b. 1908) —
of Chapel Hill, Orange
County, N.C.
Born in St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn., April
28, 1908.
U.S. Vice Consul in Barranquilla, 1931-32.
Member, Delta Psi.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of John Brandt and Louise C. (Gilbert) Brandt. |
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Robert Paul Butler (b. 1883) —
also known as Robert P. Butler —
of West Hartford, Hartford
County, Conn.
Born in Prairieville, Barry
County, Mich., December
25, 1883.
Democrat. Newspaper
reporter; lawyer; U.S.
Attorney for Connecticut, 1934-45.
Congregationalist.
Member, American Bar
Association; Delta Psi.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Robert W. Butler and Bertha E. (Watson) Butler; married, June 4,
1910, to Emily Joslyn. |
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Charles Schuveldt Dewey (1880-1980) —
also known as Charles S. Dewey —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Cadiz, Harrison
County, Ohio, November
10, 1880.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; banker; Honorary
Consul for Ecuador in Chicago,
Ill., 1935; U.S.
Representative from Illinois 9th District, 1941-45; defeated,
1938, 1944.
Episcopalian.
Member, American
Legion; Sons of
the American Revolution; Delta Psi.
As Assistant Secretary of the Treasury in the 1920s, he was
responsible for the redesign and downsizing of U.S. paper currency.
Died in Washington,
D.C., December
27, 1980 (age 100 years,
47 days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Charles Edison (1890-1969) —
of West Orange, Essex
County, N.J.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in West Orange, Essex
County, N.J., August
3, 1890.
Democrat. U.S.
Secretary of the Navy, 1940; Governor of
New Jersey, 1941-44.
Member, Sons of
the American Revolution; Delta Psi; Newcomen
Society.
Died, of heart
failure, in the Harkness Pavilion of the Columbia-Presbyterian Medical
Center, Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., July 31,
1969 (age 78 years, 362
days).
Interment at Rosedale
Cemetery, Orange, N.J.
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Albert Bel Fay (b. 1913) —
also known as Albert B. Fay —
of Houston, Harris
County, Tex.
Born in New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La., February
26, 1913.
Republican. Member of Republican
National Committee from Texas, 1960-; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Texas, 1960
(delegation chair); U.S. Ambassador to Trinidad and Tobago, 1976-77.
Member, Delta Psi.
Burial location unknown.
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William Van Derveer Hodges (1878-1965) —
also known as William V. Hodges —
of Denver,
Colo.
Born in Westville, Otsego
County, N.Y., July 6,
1878.
Republican. Lawyer;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Colorado, 1924,
1928,
1932;
member, Committee on Rules and Order of Business, 1924;
speaker, 1924,
1928;
Convention Vice-President, 1928;
member, Committee to Notify Presidential Nominee, 1936;
Treasurer
of Republican National Committee, 1924-28.
Member, Delta Psi; Union
League.
Died in Denver,
Colo., 1965
(age about
86 years).
Interment at Fairmount
Cemetery, Denver, Colo.
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Relatives: Son
of George Lincoln Hodges and Ella (Van Derveer) Hodges; married, December
3, 1902, to Mabel E. Gilluly; married 1926 to
Catherine Lowndes. |
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George Pratt Ingersoll (1861-1927) —
also known as George P. Ingersoll —
of Ridgefield, Fairfield
County, Conn.
Born in New Haven, New Haven
County, Conn., April
24, 1861.
Democrat. Lawyer;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from Connecticut at-large, 1910; U.S. Minister to
Siam, 1917-18.
Episcopalian.
Member, Delta Psi.
Died in Stamford, Fairfield
County, Conn., February
24, 1927 (age 65 years, 306
days).
Interment at Fairlawn Cemetery, Ridgefield, Conn.
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Hallett C. Johnson (1888-1968) —
also known as Francis Hallett Johnson —
of South Orange, Essex
County, N.J.; Princeton, Mercer
County, N.J.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., November
26, 1888.
Foreign Service officer; U.S. Consul General in Stockholm, as of 1938; U.S. Ambassador to Costa Rica, 1944-47.
Episcopalian.
Member, Society
of Colonial Wars; Sons of
the American Revolution; Delta Psi.
Died, in Massachusetts General Hospital,
Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., August
11, 1968 (age 79 years, 259
days).
Interment at Rosedale
Cemetery, Orange, N.J.
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Alexander Robert Lawton Jr. (b. 1884) —
also known as Alexander R. Lawton, Jr. —
of Savannah, Chatham
County, Ga.
Born in Savannah, Chatham
County, Ga., August
16, 1884.
Democrat. Lawyer;
general solicitor, Central of Georgia Railway;
general solicitor, Ocean Steamship
Co. of Savannah; director, Colonial Oil
Company; colonel in the U.S. Army during World War I; member of Georgia
state house of representatives from Chatham County, 1925-26.
Episcopalian.
Member, Delta Psi; American Bar
Association.
Burial location unknown.
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John A. Lile (b. 1897) —
of Lewisburg, Greenbrier
County, W.Va.
Born in University, Charlottesville,
Va., December
3, 1897.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; lawyer;
member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Greenbrier County, 1953-58.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Elks; Rotary;
Delta Psi; American
Legion.
Burial location unknown.
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James Russell Parsons Jr. (1861-1905) —
also known as James R. Parsons, Jr. —
of Albany, Albany
County, N.Y.
Born in Hoosick Falls, Rensselaer
County, N.Y., February
20, 1861.
U.S. Consul in Aix-la-Chapelle, 1888-90; official in various capacities with
the New York State Board of Regents, 1891-1904; U.S. Consul General
in Mexico City, 1904-05, died in office 1905.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; Delta Psi; Sons of
the Revolution.
Killed in the collision of an electric
trolley car with his horsedrawn
carriage, in Mexico City (Ciudad de México), Distrito
Federal, December
5, 1905 (age 44 years, 288
days).
Interment at Albany
Rural Cemetery, Menands, N.Y.
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William Stuart Reyburn (1882-1946) —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., December
17, 1882.
Republican. Member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives from Philadelphia County, 1909-11;
U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 2nd District, 1911-13.
Episcopalian.
Member, Delta Psi; Freemasons;
Union
League.
Died in 1946
(age about
63 years).
Interment at Laurel
Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia, Pa.
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Walter Sillers Jr. (1888-1966) —
of Rosedale, Bolivar
County, Miss.
Born in Rosedale, Bolivar
County, Miss., April
13, 1888.
Democrat. Lawyer;
candidate for Presidential Elector for Mississippi; member of Mississippi
state house of representatives, 1916-44; Speaker of
the Mississippi State House of Representatives, 1944; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Mississippi, 1916,
1924,
1944
(member, Platform
and Resolutions Committee; speaker),
1948,
1952,
1956.
Member, American Bar
Association; Delta Psi; Freemasons;
Shriners.
Died September
24, 1966 (age 78 years, 164
days).
Interment at Beulah
Cemetery, Beulah, Miss.
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Relatives: Son
of Walter Sillers and Florence (Warfield) Sillers; married, November
22, 1911, to Lena Roberts. |
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Stephen Davis Timberlake (1909-1995) —
also known as Stephen D. Timberlake —
of Staunton,
Va.
Born May 30,
1909.
Republican. Lawyer;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from Virginia, 1948; alternate delegate to
Republican National Convention from Virginia, 1952;
candidate for Lieutenant
Governor of Virginia, 1953.
Presbyterian.
Member, Lions;
Delta Psi.
Died June 18,
1995 (age 86 years, 19
days).
Interment at Thornrose
Cemetery, Staunton, Va.
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Jonathan Mayhew Wainwright (1864-1945) —
also known as J. Mayhew Wainwright —
of Rye, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., December
10, 1864.
Republican. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; member of New York
state assembly, 1902-08 (Westchester County 2nd District 1902-06,
Westchester County 4th District 1907-08); alternate delegate to
Republican National Convention from New York, 1908;
member of New York
state senate 24th District, 1909-12; colonel in the U.S. Army
during World War I; U.S. Assistant Secretary of War, 1921-23; U.S.
Representative from New York 25th District, 1923-31; director,
Rye National Bank;
trustee, St. Luke's Hospital.
Episcopalian.
Member, Delta Psi; American Bar
Association; Sons of
the Revolution.
Died, from pyelonephritis
and coronary
artery disease, in Rye, Westchester
County, N.Y., June 3,
1945 (age 80 years, 175
days).
Interment at Greenwood
Union Cemetery, Rye, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of John Howard Wainwright and Margaret Livingston (Stuyvesant)
Wainwright; married, November
23, 1892, to Laura Wallace Buchanan; third great-grandson of Gilbert
Livingston and Robert
Gilbert Livingston; third great-grandnephew of John
Livingston and Robert
Livingston (1688-1775); fourth great-grandson of Robert
Livingston the Elder; fourth great-grandnephew of Pieter
Schuyler (1657-1724) and Johannes
Schuyler (1668-1747); fifth great-grandson of Pieter
Stuyvesant; first cousin twice removed of Hamilton
Fish (1808-1893); first cousin thrice removed of Philip
Van Cortlandt and Pierre
Van Cortlandt Jr.; first cousin four times removed of Robert
Livingston (1708-1790), Peter
Van Brugh Livingston, Philip
Livingston, Robert
R. Livingston (1718-1775) and William
Livingston; first cousin five times removed of Robert
Livingston the Younger and Johannes
Schuyler (1697-1746); first cousin six times removed of Nicholas
Bayard (c.1644-1707), David
Davidse Schuyler and Myndert
Davidtse Schuyler; second cousin once removed of Nicholas
Fish and Hamilton
Fish Jr. (1849-1936); second cousin thrice removed of James
Jay, Peter
Robert Livingston (1737-1794), Walter
Livingston, Philip
Peter Livingston, John
Jay, Robert
R. Livingston (1746-1813), Frederick
Jay, Henry
Brockholst Livingston and Edward
Livingston (1764-1836); second cousin four times removed of Stephanus
Bayard, Pierre
Van Cortlandt, Philip
John Schuyler, Philip
P. Schuyler and Stephen
John Schuyler; third cousin of Hamilton
Fish Jr. (1888-1991); third cousin once removed of Gilbert
Livingston Thompson and Hamilton
Fish Jr. (1926-1996); third cousin twice removed of Stephen
Van Rensselaer, Philip
Schuyler Van Rensselaer, Henry
Walter Livingston, Peter
Augustus Jay, Rensselaer
Westerlo, Edward
Philip Livingston, William
Alexander Duer, John
Duer, William
Jay, Charles
Ludlow Livingston, Hamilton
Fish (born 1951) and Alexa
Fish Ward; third cousin thrice removed of Nicholas
Bayard (1736-1802), Jeremiah
Van Rensselaer, Robert
Van Rensselaer, Pieter
Schuyler (1746-1792), James
Livingston, Peter
Samuel Schuyler, Philip
Jeremiah Schuyler and James
Parker; fourth cousin of Montgomery
Schuyler Jr.; fourth cousin once removed of Philip
Schuyler, Peter
Robert Livingston (1789-1859), Edward
Livingston (1796-1840), William
Duer, Henry
Bell Van Rensselaer, Denning
Duer, Henry
Brockholst Ledyard, John
Jay II, John
Jacob Astor III and Guy
Vernor Henry. |
| | | Political families: Livingston-Schuyler
family of New York; Clinton-DeWitt
family of New York; Roosevelt
family of New York (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Image source: U.S. passport application
(1923) |
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Stanley Washburn (1878-1950) —
of Lakewood, Ocean
County, N.J.
Born in Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn., February
7, 1878.
Republican. Newspaper
correspondent; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Minnesota, 1912;
president, Washburn Lignite Coal Co.,
Wilton, N.D., 1926-29; candidate for U.S.
Representative from New Jersey 3rd District, 1932.
Member, Freemasons;
Elks;
Delta Psi; American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Reserve
Officers Association.
Died in 1950
(age about
72 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Stewart Lyndon Woodford (1835-1913) —
also known as Stewart L. Woodford —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., September
3, 1835.
Republican. Lawyer;
general in the Union Army during the Civil War; Lieutenant
Governor of New York, 1867-68; candidate for Governor of
New York, 1870; candidate for Presidential Elector for New York;
delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1872,
1880
(alternate), 1908;
U.S.
Representative from New York 3rd District, 1873-74; U.S.
Attorney for the Southern District of New York, 1877-83; U.S.
Minister to Spain, 1897-98.
Member, Delta Psi; Loyal
Legion.
Died in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., February
14, 1913 (age 77 years, 164
days).
Interment at Woodland
Cemetery, Stamford, Conn.
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