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See also
Roland
Roger Renne —
Wilson
C. Van Duzer |
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Wisner, Charles H. (d.
1915) —
of Flint, Genesee
County, Mich.
Circuit
judge in Michigan 7th Circuit, 1894-1915; died in office 1915.
Died July 6,
1915.
Burial
location unknown.
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Wisner, Chauncey W. —
of East Saginaw (now part of Saginaw), Saginaw
County, Mich.; Bridgeport Township, Saginaw
County, Mich.
Mayor
of East Saginaw, Mich., 1875-77; supervisor
of Bridgeport Township, Michigan, 1881-82.
Burial
location unknown.
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Wisner, Colley B. —
of Ionia, Ionia
County, Mich.
Mayor
of Ionia, Mich., 1885.
Burial
location unknown.
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Wisner, Frank C. —
of Lowville, Lewis
County, N.Y.
Republican. Chair of
Lewis County Republican Party, 1910.
Burial
location unknown.
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Wisner, Frank G. II (b.
1938) —
of Washington,
D.C.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., July 2,
1938.
Foreign Service officer; U.S. Ambassador to Zambia, 1979-82; Egypt, 1986-91; Philippines, 1991-92; India, 1994-97.
Still living as of 1997.
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Wisner, George W. —
of Michigan.
Whig. Candidate for U.S.
Representative from Michigan 3rd District, 1844, 1846.
Burial
location unknown.
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Wisner, Gilman H. —
of Hardin
County, Iowa.
Elected (Wet) delegate to
Iowa convention to ratify 21st amendment from Hardin County 1933,
but did not serve.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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Wisner, H. J. —
of Scottsbluff, Scotts
Bluff County, Neb.
Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from
Nebraska, 1908.
Burial
location unknown.
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Wisner, Henry (1720-1790) —
of Orange
County, N.Y.
Born in Warwick, Orange
County, N.Y., 1720.
Member of New York
colonial assembly, 1759-69; Delegate
to Continental Congress from New York, 1774-77; member of New York
state senate Middle District, 1777-82; delegate to
New York convention to ratify U.S. constitution from Orange
County, 1788.
Voted for the Declaration of Independence, but was called away before
the signing.
Died in Goshen, Orange
County, N.Y., March 4,
1790 (age about 69
years).
Interment at Old
Wallkill Cemetery, Phillipsburg, N.Y.
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Wisner, Henry, Jr. —
of Ulster
County, N.Y.
Member of New York
state assembly from Ulster County, 1777-78.
Burial
location unknown.
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Wisner, Henry —
of Orange
County, N.Y.
Member of New York
state assembly from Orange County, 1785-86, 1787-89.
Burial
location unknown.
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Wisner, James T. —
of Wayne
County, N.Y.
Member of New York
state assembly from Wayne County 1st District, 1855.
Burial
location unknown.
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Wisner, Moses (1815-1863) —
of Michigan.
Born June 3,
1815.
Republican. Candidate for U.S.
Representative from Michigan 4th District, 1854; Governor of
Michigan, 1859-61.
Died of typhoid
fever, January
5, 1863 (age 47 years, 216
days).
Interment at Oak
Hill Cemetery, Pontiac, Mich.
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Wisner, Polydore B. —
Member of New York
state assembly from Genesee and Ontario counties, 1802-04.
Burial
location unknown.
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Wisniewski, Deborah M. —
of Parlin, Middlesex
County, N.J.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from New Jersey,
1996.
Female.
Still living as of 1996.
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Wisniewski, Joseph —
of New Jersey.
Communist. Candidate for U.S.
Representative from New Jersey 4th District, 1932.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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Wisniewski, Joseph L. —
of Hamtramck, Wayne
County, Mich.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Michigan,
1944,
1948,
1956
(alternate); candidate in primary for U.S.
Representative from Michigan 1st District, 1946.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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Wisniewski, Lawrence
(1855-1928) —
of Foley, Benton
County, Minn.
Born in Posen, Prussia (now Poznan, Poland),
August
4, 1855.
Son of John Wisniewski and Katherine (Kruk) Wisniewski.
Democrat. Farmer; Benton
County Treasurer; member of Minnesota
Democratic State Central Committee, 1906-10; candidate for
Presidential Elector for Minnesota, 1908;
member of Minnesota
state house of representatives 47th District, 1911-12; president,
State Bank of
Foley.
Polish
ancestry.
Died, of pleurisy, in
Foley, Benton
County, Minn., April 3,
1928 (age 72 years, 243
days).
Interment at Foley
Cemetery, Foley, Minn.
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Relatives:
Married to Paulina Siegmund. |
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Wisniewski, Leonard D. —
of Wayne
County, Mich.
Candidate in Democratic primary for Michigan
state senate 11th District, 1974; Republican candidate for Michigan
state house of representatives 29th District, 1980.
Still living as of 1980.
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Wisniewski, Lottie —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Illinois,
1980.
Female.
Still living as of 1980.
|
| | WITCHER:
See also
Frank
Witcher McCullough |
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Witcher, John Seashoal
(1839-1906) —
also known as John S. Witcher —
of Cabell
County, W.Va.
Born in Cabell
County, Va. (now W.Va.), July 15,
1839.
Republican. Colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War; member of
West
Virginia state house of delegates from Cabell County, 1866; secretary of
state of West Virginia, 1867-69; U.S.
Representative from West Virginia 3rd District, 1869-71.
Died in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake
County, Utah, July 8,
1906 (age 66 years, 358
days).
Interment at Mt.
Olivet Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Utah.
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Witcher, Kenneth —
of Red Boiling Springs, Macon
County, Tenn.
Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from
Tennessee, 1972.
Still living as of 1972.
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Witcher, W. C. —
of Wichita Falls, Wichita
County, Tex.
Republican. Candidate for U.S.
Representative from Texas 13th District, 1930; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Texas, 1936
(alternate), 1940
(alternate), 1948
(alternate), 1952.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
|
| | WITHAM:
See also
William
Lincoln Walker |
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Witham, A. Ray —
of Alhambra, Los Angeles
County, Calif.
Mayor
of Alhambra, Calif., 1950-51.
Still living as of 1951.
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Witham, Alphonso N. —
of Maine.
Prohibition candidate for U.S.
Representative from Maine 1st District, 1908.
Burial
location unknown.
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Witham, Jason G. —
of Quincy, Norfolk
County, Mass.
Democrat. Candidate for mayor of
Quincy, Mass., 1889.
Burial
location unknown.
|
| | Witham, Ray
See A. Ray Witham |
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Witham, Mrs. Robert C. —
of Richmond,
Va.
Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from
Virginia, 1972.
Female.
Still living as of 1972.
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Witham, Samuel R. —
Prohibition candidate for U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 7th District, 1926.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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Witherbee, Austin B. —
of Flint, Genesee
County, Mich.
Mayor
of Flint, Mich., 1867-68.
Burial
location unknown.
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Witherbee, Curley —
of Seattle, King
County, Wash.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Washington,
1952.
Still living as of 1952.
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Witherbee, E. E., Jr. —
of Albany, Dougherty
County, Ga.
Mayor
of Albany, Ga., 1953.
Still living as of 1953.
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Witherbee, Frank S. —
of Port Henry, Essex
County, N.Y.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from New York,
1900.
Burial
location unknown.
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Witherbee, Walter C. —
of Port Henry, Essex
County, N.Y.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from New York,
1912
(alternate), 1916.
Entombed at Union
Cemetery, Port Henry, N.Y.
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