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William Farrington Aldrich (1853-1925) —
also known as William F. Aldrich —
of Aldrich, Shelby
County, Ala.
Born in Palmyra, Wayne
County, N.Y., March 11,
1853.
Son of William F. Aldrich and Louisa Maria (Klapp) Aldrich.
Republican. Civil
engineer; mining
business; manufacturer;
postmaster; U.S.
Representative from Alabama 4th District, 1896-97, 1898-99,
1900-01; delegate to Republican National Convention from Alabama, 1900,
1904.
Died in Birmingham, Jefferson
County, Ala., October
30, 1925 (age 72 years, 233
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Rock
Creek Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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John Miller Baer (1886-1970) —
of North Dakota.
Born in Black Creek, Outagamie
County, Wis., March 29,
1886.
Civil
engineer; farmer; cartoonist;
postmaster; U.S.
Representative from North Dakota 1st District, 1917-21; defeated
(Non-Partisan League), 1920.
Congregationalist.
Died in Washington,
D.C., February
18, 1970 (age 83 years, 326
days).
Interment at Gate
of Heaven Cemetery, Silver Spring, Md.
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Samuel Willard Beakes (1861-1927) —
also known as Samuel W. Beakes —
of Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich.
Born in Burlingham, Sullivan
County, N.Y., January
11, 1861.
Son of George
Mortimer Beakes and Elizabeth (Bull) Beakes (1837-1918).
Democrat. Lawyer;
private secretary to Judge Thomas
M. Cooley; newspaper
editor and publisher; mayor
of Ann Arbor, Mich., 1888-90; postmaster; U.S.
Representative from Michigan 2nd District, 1913-17, 1917-19;
defeated, 1916, 1918; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Michigan, 1916.
Episcopalian.
Died in Washington,
D.C., February
9, 1927 (age 66 years, 29
days).
Interment at Forest
Hill Cemetery, Ann Arbor, Mich.
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Josiah Henry Brinker (1851-1920) —
of Sparta, Chickasaw
County, Miss.; West Point, Clay
County, Miss.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Houston, Chickasaw
County, Miss., October
2, 1851.
Son of Henry Harrison Brinker and Kezziah A. (Kilgore) Brinker.
Democrat. Merchant;
cotton
dealer; postmaster; banker;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Mississippi, 1892;
U.S. Superintendent of Documents, Government Printing Office, 1913.
Baptist.
Died in 1920
(age about
68 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Henry Harrison Brinker and Kezziah A. (Kilgore) Brinker; married,
December
8, 1870, to Mary A. Montgomery (died 1892); married, July 17,
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William John Browning (1850-1920) —
also known as William J. Browning —
of Camden, Camden
County, N.J.
Born in Camden, Camden
County, N.J., April 11,
1850.
Republican. Dry goods
merchant; postmaster; insurance
business; U.S.
Representative from New Jersey 1st District, 1911-20; died in
office 1920.
Died, from a heart
attack, in the barber shop of the U.S.
Capitol Building, Washington,
D.C., March 24,
1920 (age 69 years, 348
days).
Interment at Harleigh
Cemetery, Camden, N.J.
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John Watson Foster (1836-1917) —
also known as John W. Foster —
of Evansville, Vanderburgh
County, Ind.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Pike
County, Ind., March 2,
1836.
Son of Matthew Watson Foster and Eleanor (Johnson) Foster.
Republican. Lawyer;
colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War; newspaper
editor; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from
Indiana, 1868;
postmaster; Indiana
Republican state chair, 1872; U.S. Minister to Mexico, 1873-80; Russia, 1880-81; Spain, 1883-85; U.S.
Secretary of State, 1892-93.
Died in Washington,
D.C., November
15, 1917 (age 81 years, 258
days).
Interment at Oak
Hill Cemetery, Evansville, Ind.
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Ransom Hooker Gillet (1800-1876) —
of Ogdensburg, St.
Lawrence County, N.Y.
Born in New Lebanon, Columbia
County, N.Y., January
27, 1800.
Democrat. Lawyer;
postmaster; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
New York, 1832,
1840;
U.S.
Representative from New York 14th District, 1833-37.
Died in Washington,
D.C., October
24, 1876 (age 76 years, 271
days).
Interment at Glenwood
Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Robert Bryarly Gordon (1855-1923) —
also known as Robert B. Gordon —
of St. Marys, Auglaize
County, Ohio.
Born in St. Marys, Auglaize
County, Ohio, August 6,
1855.
Democrat. Postmaster; flour and grain
business; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Ohio,
1896;
U.S.
Representative from Ohio 4th District, 1899-1903;
Sergeant-at-Arms, U.S. House of Representatives, 1913-19.
Died in Washington,
D.C., January
3, 1923 (age 67 years, 150
days).
Interment at Elm
Grove Cemetery, St. Marys, Ohio.
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Harry Edward Hull (1864-1938) —
also known as Harry E. Hull —
of Williamsburg, Iowa
County, Iowa.
Born near Belvidere, Allegany
County, N.Y., March 12,
1864.
Son of Henry D. Hull and Isabel (Renwick) Hull.
Republican. Grain
business; mayor of Williamsburg, Iowa, 1889-1901;
postmaster; president, Williamsburg Telephone
Company; U.S.
Representative from Iowa 2nd District, 1915-25.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; Knights
of Pythias; Elks.
Died in Washington,
D.C., January
16, 1938 (age 73 years, 310
days).
Interment at Oak
Hill Cemetery, Williamsburg, Iowa.
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Charles Edmund Nash (1844-1913) —
of Washington, St. Landry
Parish, La.
Born in Opelousas, St. Landry
Parish, La., May 23,
1844.
Republican. Bricklayer;
served in the Union Army during the Civil War; U.S.
Representative from Louisiana 6th District, 1875-77;
postmaster.
African
ancestry.
Died in New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La., June 21,
1913 (age 69 years, 29
days).
Interment at St.
Louis Cemetery No. 3, New Orleans, La.
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Henry Clay Payne (1843-1904) —
also known as Henry C. Payne —
of Milwaukee, Milwaukee
County, Wis.
Born in Ashfield, Franklin
County, Mass., November
23, 1843.
Son of Orrin P. Payne and Eliza (Ames) Payne.
Republican. Postmaster; president, Wisconsin Telephone
Company; president, Milwaukee Electric
Railway and Light
Company; president, American Street
Railway Association; receiver, Northern Pacific Railroad;
member of Republican
National Committee from Wisconsin, 1880-1904; Chairman of
Republican National Committee, 1904; Wisconsin
Republican state chair, 1892; U.S.
Postmaster General, 1902-04; died in office 1904.
Methodist.
Died in Washington,
D.C., October
4, 1904 (age 60 years, 316
days).
Interment at Forest
Home Cemetery, Milwaukee, Wis.
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Carl Chester Van Dyke (1881-1919) —
also known as Carl C. Van Dyke —
of St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn.
Born in Alexandria, Douglas
County, Minn., February
18, 1881.
Son of Chester B. Van Dyke and Bertha (Solum) Van Dyke.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; school
teacher; railway
mail clerk; U.S.
Representative from Minnesota 4th District, 1915-19; died in
office 1919.
Episcopalian.
Member, United
Spanish War Veterans.
Died in Washington,
D.C., May 20,
1919 (age 38 years, 91
days).
Entombed in mausoleum at Forest
Lawn Memorial Park, Maplewood, Minn.
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Alpheus Starkey Williams (1810-1878) —
also known as Alpheus S. Williams —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Saybrook, Middlesex
County, Conn., September
20, 1810.
Democrat. Lawyer; newspaper
editor; probate judge in Michigan, 1839; recorder's court judge
in Michigan, 1842; colonel in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War;
postmaster; general in the Union Army during the Civil War;
candidate for Governor of
Michigan, 1866; U.S. Minister to Salvador, 1866-69; U.S.
Representative from Michigan 1st District, 1875-78; died in
office 1878.
Suffered a stroke and
died in the U.S. Capitol
Building, Washington,
D.C., December
21, 1878 (age 68 years, 92
days).
Interment at Elmwood
Cemetery, Detroit, Mich.; statue erected 1921 at Belle
Isle Park, Detroit, Mich.
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Edwin Willits (1830-1896) —
of Monroe, Monroe
County, Mich.
Born in Otto, Cattaraugus
County, N.Y., April 24,
1830.
Republican. Lawyer; newspaper
editor; Monroe
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1860-62; member of Michigan
state board of education, 1861-72; postmaster; member of
Michigan
state constitutional commission 2nd District, 1873; U.S.
Representative from Michigan 2nd District, 1877-83.
Presbyterian.
Died in Washington,
D.C., October
22, 1896 (age 66 years, 181
days).
Interment at Woodland
Cemetery, Monroe, Mich.
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