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See also
Chauncey
Fitch Cleveland —
Sharpe
James —
Jeffrey
Lunstead —
George
Moultrie Napier —
Valli
Sharpe-Geisler —
Henry
St. George Tucker —
Lisa
R. Webb-Sharpe |
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Sharpe, Albert Edward
(1860-1932) —
also known as Albert E. Sharpe —
of Sault Ste. Marie, Chippewa
County, Mich.
Born in Trenton, Ontario,
1860.
Republican. Member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Iosco District, 1901-02; delegate
to Michigan state constitutional convention 30th District,
1907-08.
Died in 1932
(age about
72 years).
Interment at Riverside
Cemetery, Sault Ste. Marie, Mich.
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Sharpe, Alfred L. —
of El Paso, El Paso
County, Tex.
U.S. Collector of
Customs, 1909.
Burial
location unknown.
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Sharpe, Barbara —
of Concord, Cabarrus
County, N.C.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from North
Carolina, 2008.
Female.
Still living as of 2008.
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Bill See William R. Sharpe,
Jr. |
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Sharpe, Carl M. —
of Abington, Pomfret, Windham
County, Conn.
Republican. Merchant;
member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Pomfret, 1937-40; member of
Connecticut
Republican State Central Committee, 1940; alternate delegate to
Republican National Convention from Connecticut, 1940;
Connecticut
state treasurer, 1943-45.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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Sharpe, Clifford M. —
of Williamsburg, Whitley
County, Ky.
Republican. Member of Kentucky
state house of representatives 82nd District; elected 1973.
Still living as of 1973.
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Sharpe, Edna —
of Abington, Pomfret, Windham
County, Conn.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from
Connecticut, 1948
(alternate), 1960.
Female.
Still living as of 1960.
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Sharpe, Edward MacGlen
(1887-1975) —
also known as Edward M. Sharpe —
of Bay City, Bay
County, Mich.
Born in Bay
County, Mich., December
18, 1887.
Democrat. School
teacher; lawyer;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Michigan, 1924;
justice
of Michigan state supreme court, 1934-57; chief
justice of Michigan state supreme court, 1941, 1949, 1956.
Scotch-Irish
ancestry. Member, Elks; Odd
Fellows; Freemasons;
Lions.
Died in Hampton Township, Bay
County, Mich., March 3,
1975 (age 87 years, 75
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Image source:
Michigan Manual, 1939 |
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Sharpe, Frank W., Jr. (b.
1897) —
of Cochise
County, Ariz.
Born in Nebraska, 1897.
Democrat. Banker; Speaker of
the Arizona State House of Representatives, 1938.
Catholic.
Burial
location unknown.
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Sharpe, Gary D. —
of Missouri.
Democrat. Member of Missouri
state house of representatives 13th District; elected 1980.
Still living as of 1980.
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Sharpe, Gary L. —
U.S.
Attorney for the Northern District of New York, 1992-94.
Still living as of 1994.
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Sharpe, George —
of Pomfret, Windham
County, Conn.
Member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Pomfret, 1821-24, 1827, 1837.
Burial
location unknown.
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Sharpe, George H. —
of Ulster
County, N.Y.
Born in New York.
U.S. Surveyor of
Customs, 1873-77; member of New York
state assembly from Ulster County 1st District, 1879-82; Speaker of
the New York State Assembly, 1880-81.
Interment at Wiltwyck
Cemetery, Kingston, N.Y.
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Sharpe, Guy W. —
of Canajoharie, Montgomery
County, N.Y.
Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from
New York, 1948;
Presidential Elector for New York, 1952.
Still living as of 1952.
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Sharpe, Hal C. —
Republican. Candidate for U.S.
Representative from North Carolina 2nd District, 1990.
Still living as of 1990.
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Sharpe, Helen R. —
of Clarksburg, Harrison
County, W.Va.
Democrat. Member of West Virginia
Democratic State Executive Committee, 1961.
Female.
Still living as of 1961.
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Sharpe, Henry A. —
of Alabama.
Associate
justice of Alabama state supreme court, 1898-1904.
Burial
location unknown.
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Sharpe, Mrs. Henry D. —
of Providence, Providence
County, R.I.
Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from
Rhode Island, 1924.
Female.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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Sharpe, Henry D. —
of Providence, Providence
County, R.I.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Rhode
Island, 1928
(alternate), 1936,
1940.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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Sharpe, Ida R. —
of Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y.
Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from
New York, 1980.
Female.
Still living as of 1980.
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Sharpe, Jennie S. —
of New Jersey.
Prohibition candidate for U.S.
Representative from New Jersey 1st District, 1920.
Female.
Burial
location unknown.
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Sharpe, Jesse —
of Wilmington, New Castle
County, Del.
U.S. Collector of
Customs, 1854.
Burial
location unknown.
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Sharpe, John —
of Ennis, Ellis
County, Tex.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Texas, 1928.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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Sharpe, Lucy M. —
of Lithia Springs, Douglas
County, Ga.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Georgia, 1996,
2000.
Female.
Still living as of 2000.
|
| | Sharpe, M.
Q. See Merrell Quentin
Sharpe |
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Sharpe, Mark —
of Tampa, Hillsborough
County, Fla.
Republican. Candidate for U.S.
Representative from Florida 11th District, 1992, 1994, 1996;
alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Florida, 2008.
Still living as of 2008.
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Sharpe, Mary Elizabeth E. —
of Providence, Providence
County, R.I.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Rhode
Island, 1928.
Female.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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Sharpe, Merrell Quentin
(1888-1962) —
also known as M. Q. Sharpe —
of Kennebec, Lyman
County, S.Dak.
Born in Marysville, Marshall
County, Kan., January
11, 1888.
Republican. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War I; South
Dakota state attorney general, 1929-33; Governor of
South Dakota, 1943-47; candidate in inconclusive primary 1942;
delegate to Republican National Convention from South Dakota, 1952.
Lake Sharpe, created by the Big Bend Dam, is named for
him.
Died in Kennebec, Lyman
County, S.Dak., January
22, 1962 (age 74 years, 11
days).
Interment at Graceland Cemetery, Oacoma, S.Dak.
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Sharpe, Nathan —
of Grand Rapids, Kent
County, Mich.
Communist. Candidate for Presidential Elector for Michigan, 1984.
Still living as of 1984.
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Sharpe, Nelson
(1858-1935) —
of West Branch, Ogemaw
County, Mich.
Born in Northumberland County, Ontario,
August
25, 1858.
Republican. Ogemaw
County Prosecuting Attorney; circuit
judge in Michigan 34th Circuit, 1893-1919; resigned 1919;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Michigan, 1908;
justice
of Michigan state supreme court, 1919-35; died in office 1935; chief
justice of Michigan state supreme court, 1927, 1934.
Died October
20, 1935 (age 77 years, 56
days).
Interment at Brookside
Cemetery, West Branch, Mich.
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Sharpe, Peter (1777-1842) —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., December
10, 1777.
Member of New York
state assembly from New York County, 1814-15, 1816-21; Speaker of
the New York State Assembly, 1820-21; delegate
to New York state constitutional convention, 1821; U.S.
Representative from New York, 1821, 1823-25 (2nd District 1821,
3rd District 1823-25); defeated, 1824.
Died in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., August 3,
1842 (age 64 years, 236
days).
Original interment at New
York Marble Cemetery, Manhattan, N.Y.; reinterment at Green-Wood
Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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Sharpe, Peter —
Member of Minnesota
state senate 64th District, 1927-28.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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Sharpe, Philip R. —
of Maine.
Democrat. Candidate for U.S.
Representative from Maine 3rd District, 1952.
Still living as of 1952.
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Sharpe, Robert —
of Willington, Tolland
County, Conn.
Member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Willington, 1839.
Burial
location unknown.
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Sharpe, Severyn B. —
of Kingston, Ulster
County, N.Y.
Delegate
to New York state constitutional convention 27th District, 1915.
Burial
location unknown.
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Sharpe, Thomas C. —
of Hancock
County, Ill.
Delegate
to Illinois state constitutional convention Hancock County, 1847.
Burial
location unknown.
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Sharpe, Thomas E. —
of Mt. Vernon, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York,
1984.
Still living as of 1984.
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Sharpe, Thomas George III
(1917-2000) —
also known as Thomas G. Sharpe —
of Howell, Livingston
County, Mich.
Born in Fowlerville, Livingston
County, Mich., April 6,
1917.
Son of Thomas George Sharpe, Jr. and Laura (White) Sharpe.
Republican. Farmer; realtor;
delegate
to Michigan state constitutional convention from Shiawassee
District, 1961-62; member of Michigan
state house of representatives, 1963-78 (Shiawassee District
1963-64, 51st District 1965-78).
Nazarene.
Member, Lions; Farm
Bureau.
Died December
1, 2000 (age 83 years, 239
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1936
to Esther Diana Cornell. |
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Sharpe, Thomas Ross —
of Toombs
County, Ga.
Member of Georgia
state house of representatives from Toombs County, 1943-44.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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Sharpe, W. H. —
of Wabash, Wabash
County, Ind.
Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Indiana, 1912.
Burial
location unknown.
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Sharpe, Walter P.
(1906-1978) —
of Juneau,
Alaska.
Born in Nome, Nome census
area, Alaska, 1906.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Alaska
Territory, 1944.
Territorial labor commissioner.
Died in Lacey, Thurston
County, Wash., 1978
(age about
72 years).
Interment at Evergreen
Cemetery, Lacey, Wash.
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Sharpe, William
(1742-1818) —
of North Carolina.
Born near Rock Church, Cecil
County, Md., December
13, 1742.
Delegate
to Continental Congress from North Carolina, 1779; member of North
Carolina state house of representatives, 1781.
Died July 1,
1818 (age 75 years, 200
days).
Interment at Snow
Creek Graveyard, Statesville, N.C.
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Sharpe, William R., Jr. (b.
1928) —
also known as William R. Sharpe; Bill
Sharpe —
of Weston, Lewis
County, W.Va.
Born in Clarksburg, Harrison
County, W.Va., October
28, 1928.
Son of William R. Sharpe and Helen (Whitwam) Sharpe.
Democrat. Electrical
engineer;
electrical
contractor; member of West
Virginia state senate 13th District, 1961-80, 1985-; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from West Virginia, 2000.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Elks; Eagles; Moose; Odd
Fellows; International
Brotherhood of Electrical Workers.
Still living as of 2000.
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