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Richard Joseph Daley (1902-1976) —
also known as Richard J. Daley; "The
Boss" —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., May 15,
1902.
Democrat. Member of Illinois
state house of representatives 9th District, 1936-38; member of
Illinois
state senate 9th District, 1939-47; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Illinois, 1948,
1952,
1956,
1960,
1964;
mayor
of Chicago, Ill., 1955-76; died in office 1976.
Catholic.
Irish
ancestry. Member, Knights
of Columbus.
Stricken with a heart
attack and died at his doctor's
office, in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., December
20, 1976 (age 74 years, 219
days).
Interment at Holy Sepulchre Cemetery.
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Relatives:
Married, June 17,
1936, to Eleanor 'Sis' Guilfoyle (1907-2003); father of Richard
Michael Daley and William
Michael Daley. See Daley
family of Illinois. |
| | | See also Wikipedia
article — NNDB
dossier — Internet Movie Database
profile — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Books about Richard J. Daley: Mike
Royko, Boss
: Richard J. Daley of Chicago — Adam Cohen & Elizabeth
Taylor, American
Pharaoh : Mayor Richard J. Daley : His Battle for Chicago and the
Nation — Hugh Brogan, All
Honorable Men : Huey Long, Robert Moses, Estes Kefauver, Richard J.
Daley — Roger Biles, Richard
J. Daley : Politics, Race, and the Governing of
Chicago — Eugene C. Kennedy, Himself!
The Life and Times of Richard J. Daley (out of
print) — Len O'Connor, Requiem
: The Decline and Demise of Mayor Daley and His Era (out of
print) — F. Richard Ciccone, Daley
: Power and Presidential Politics — Frank Sullivan, Legend:
The Only Inside Story About Mayor Richard J. Daley —
Milton Rakove, Don't
Make No Waves, Don't Back No Losers : An Insider's Analysis of the
Daley Machine |
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Frank J. Corr (1877-1934) —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., January
12, 1877.
Mayor
of Chicago, Ill., 1933.
Died, from complication of diabetes,
in Presbyterian Hospital,
Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., June 3,
1934 (age 57 years, 142
days).
Interment at Holy Sepulchre Cemetery.
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Lawrence Joseph Sarsfield Daly (1912-1979) —
also known as Lar Daly; "America
First" —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born January
22, 1912.
Candidate for mayor of
Chicago, Ill., 1955 (Republican primary), 1959 (Republican
primary), 1959 (Democratic primary), 1963 (Republican primary), 1967
(Republican primary), 1967; candidate in Republican primary for Governor of
Illinois, 1956, 1964; Tax Cut candidate for President
of the United States, 1960; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Illinois, 1962 (Democratic primary), 1966
(Republican primary), 1970 (Republican primary), 1978 (Republican
primary); Republican candidate for U.S.
Representative from Illinois 7th District, 1973.
Died April 18,
1979 (age 67 years, 86
days).
Interment at Holy Sepulchre Cemetery.
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Richard Bernard Vail (1895-1955) —
also known as Richard B. Vail —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., August
31, 1895.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; U.S.
Representative from Illinois 2nd District, 1947-49, 1951-53;
defeated, 1948, 1952, 1954.
Died in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., July 29,
1955 (age 59 years, 332
days).
Interment at Holy Sepulchre Cemetery.
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William A. Rowan (1882-1961) —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Illinois, 1882.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Illinois,
1940;
U.S.
Representative from Illinois 2nd District, 1943-47; defeated,
1946 (2nd District), 1954 (4th District).
Died in 1961
(age about
79 years).
Interment at Holy Sepulchre Cemetery.
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William Thomas Murphy (1899-1978) —
also known as William T. Murphy —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., August 7,
1899.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Illinois, 1944,
1948,
1952,
1956;
U.S.
Representative from Illinois 3rd District, 1959-71.
Member, American
Legion.
Died in Oak Lawn, Cook
County, Ill., January
29, 1978 (age 78 years, 175
days).
Interment at Holy Sepulchre Cemetery.
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Ralph Harold Metcalfe (1910-1978) —
also known as Ralph H. Metcalfe —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga., May 29,
1910.
Democrat. Won gold,
silver and bronze Olympic medals in 1932 and 1936; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Illinois, 1952
(alternate), 1956
(alternate), 1964
(alternate), 1968;
U.S.
Representative from Illinois 1st District, 1971-78; died in
office 1978.
Catholic.
African
ancestry. Member, Amvets; American
Legion; Urban
League; NAACP; Elks; Alpha
Phi Alpha.
Died, from a heart
attack, in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., October
10, 1978 (age 68 years, 134
days).
Interment at Holy Sepulchre Cemetery.
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Emmet Francis Byrne (1896-1974) —
also known as Emmet F. Byrne —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., December
6, 1896.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Illinois 3rd District, 1957-59.
Catholic.
Member, American
Legion; Forty and
Eight; Phi
Alpha Delta.
Died in Evanston, Cook
County, Ill., September
25, 1974 (age 77 years, 293
days).
Interment at Holy Sepulchre Cemetery.
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James Cunningham Murray (1917-1999) —
also known as James C. Murray —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., May 16,
1917.
Democrat. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; U.S.
Representative from Illinois 3rd District, 1955-57; defeated,
1956; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Illinois, 1964;
circuit judge in Illinois, 1970-84; Judge, Illinois Appellate Court,
1986-94.
Died in Oak Lawn, Cook
County, Ill., October
13, 1999 (age 82 years, 150
days).
Interment at Holy Sepulchre Cemetery.
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A. L. Cronin (1901-1974) —
also known as Whitey Cronin —
of Illinois.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., June 30,
1901.
Member of Illinois
state house of representatives, 1948-52; member of Illinois
state senate, 1954-66.
Died in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., September
23, 1974 (age 73 years, 85
days).
Interment at Holy Sepulchre Cemetery.
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Emmett Whealan (1875-1950) —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., March 4,
1875.
Son of James Whealan and Johanna (Dewey) Whealan.
Democrat. Printing
business; real estate
business; Cook
County Commissioner, 1919-31; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Illinois, 1928,
1932.
Member, Typographical
Unon; Knights
of Columbus; Ancient
Order of Hibernians.
Died in 1950
(age about
75 years).
Interment at Holy Sepulchre Cemetery.
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William Alexander Cunnea II (1905-1963) —
also known as William A. Cunnea —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., November
8, 1905.
Son of William
Alexander Cunnea.
Republican. Lawyer;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Illinois, 1960.
Catholic.
Irish
ancestry.
Died, of colon
cancer, in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., April 22,
1963 (age 57 years, 165
days).
Interment at Holy Sepulchre Cemetery.
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Lawrence F. King —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Illinois,
1928.
Interment at Holy Sepulchre Cemetery.
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Melville Weston Fuller (1833-1910) —
also known as Melville W. Fuller —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Augusta, Kennebec
County, Maine, February
11, 1833.
Democrat. Delegate
to Illinois state constitutional convention Cook County, 1862;
member of Illinois
state house of representatives, 1863; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Illinois, 1876;
Chief
Justice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1888-1910; died in office 1910.
Episcopalian.
Died in Sorrento, Hancock
County, Maine, July 4,
1910 (age 77 years, 143
days).
Interment at Graceland Cemetery.
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Franklin MacVeagh (1837-1934) —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Chester
County, Pa., November
22, 1837.
Son of Maj. John MacVeagh and Margaret (Lincoln) MacVeagh.
Lawyer;
wholesale
grocer; delegate to Gold Democrat National Convention from
Illinois, 1896; U.S.
Secretary of the Treasury, 1909-13.
Died July 6,
1934 (age 96 years, 226
days).
Interment at Graceland Cemetery.
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Francis Cornwall Sherman (1805-1870) —
also known as Francis C. Sherman —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born September
18, 1805.
Democrat. Mayor of
Chicago, Ill., 1841-42, 1862-65; defeated, 1865; delegate
to Illinois state constitutional convention Cook County, 1847;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from Illinois 1st District, 1862.
Methodist.
Died November
7, 1870 (age 65 years, 50
days).
Interment at Graceland Cemetery.
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Carter Henry Harrison (1825-1893) —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born near Lexington, Fayette
County, Ky., February
15, 1825.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from Illinois 2nd District, 1875-79; mayor of
Chicago, Ill., 1879-87, 1893; died in office 1893; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Illinois, 1884;
candidate for Governor of
Illinois, 1884.
Shot
and killed at
his home, by Patrick Eugene Prendergast, in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., October
28, 1893 (age 68 years, 255
days).
Interment at Graceland Cemetery.
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Carter Henry Harrison II (1860-1953) —
also known as Carter H. Harrison —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., April 23,
1860.
Son of Carter
Henry Harrison.
Democrat. Lawyer; real estate
business; newspaper
editor and publisher; mayor of
Chicago, Ill., 1897-1905, 1911-15; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Illinois, 1916,
1920,
1932,
1936.
Member, Sons of
the American Revolution; Sons of
the Revolution; Society
of the Cincinnati; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; American
Legion; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Society
of Colonial Wars; Military
Order of the World Wars.
Died December
25, 1953 (age 93 years, 246
days).
Interment at Graceland Cemetery.
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Benjamin Wright Raymond (1801-1883) —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Rome, Oneida
County, N.Y., October
23, 1801.
Son of Benjamin Raymond (1774-1824) and Hannah (Wright) Raymond
(1779-1806).
Whig. Mayor of
Chicago, Ill., 1839-40, 1842-43.
Presbyterian.
Died in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., April 5,
1883 (age 81 years, 164
days).
Interment at Graceland Cemetery.
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Fred A. Busse (1866-1914) —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., March 3,
1866.
Republican. Hardware
business; coal
dealer; member of Illinois
state house of representatives, 1895-98; member of Illinois
state senate, 1899-1900; Illinois
state treasurer, 1903-05; member of Illinois
Republican State Committee, 1905; postmaster;
mayor
of Chicago, Ill., 1907-11; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Illinois, 1908;
member of Illinois
Republican State Central Committee, 1910.
German
ancestry. Member, Freemasons.
Died, from valvular heart
disease, in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., July 9,
1914 (age 48 years, 128
days).
Interment at Graceland Cemetery.
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Joseph Medill (1823-1899) —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born near St. John, New
Brunswick, April 6,
1823.
Editor-in-chief of the Chicago Tribune newspaper;
delegate
to Illinois state constitutional convention 59th District,
1869-70; mayor of
Chicago, Ill., 1871-73.
Scotch-Irish
ancestry.
Died in San Antonio, Bexar
County, Tex., March 16,
1899 (age 75 years, 344
days).
Interment at Graceland Cemetery.
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Hempstead Washburne (1852-1918) —
of Illinois.
Born November
11, 1852.
Republican. Mayor of
Chicago, Ill., 1891-93.
Died April 13,
1918 (age 65 years, 153
days).
Interment at Graceland Cemetery.
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John Putnam Chapin (1810-1864) —
of Illinois.
Born April 21,
1810.
Mayor
of Chicago, Ill., 1846-47.
Died June 27,
1864 (age 54 years, 67
days).
Interment at Graceland Cemetery.
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Charles McNeill Gray (1807-1885) —
of Illinois.
Born March 7,
1807.
Mayor
of Chicago, Ill., 1853-54.
Died October
17, 1885 (age 78 years, 224
days).
Interment at Graceland Cemetery.
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Julian Sidney Rumsey (1823-1886) —
also known as Julian S. Rumsey; "The Father of Grain
Inspection" —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Batavia, Genesee
County, N.Y., April 3,
1823.
Republican. Mayor of
Chicago, Ill., 1861-62.
Episcopalian.
Died April 20,
1886 (age 63 years, 17
days).
Interment at Graceland Cemetery.
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John Peter Altgeld (1847-1902) —
also known as John P. Altgeld —
of Andrew
County, Mo.; Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Hesse, Germany,
December
30, 1847.
Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; lawyer; Andrew
County State's Attorney, 1875; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Illinois, 1884; superior court judge in
Illinois, 1886-91; Governor of
Illinois, 1893-97; Independent candidate for mayor of
Chicago, Ill., 1899.
German
ancestry.
Pardoned the surviving protesters of the Haymarket incident in
Chicago, and refused to send troops against the Pullman railway
strikers. These actions were not popular at the time, and he never
won another election.
Died in Joliet, Will
County, Ill., March 12,
1902 (age 54 years, 72
days).
Interment at Graceland Cemetery; statue at Lincoln Park.
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Lambert Tree (1832-1910) —
of Illinois.
Born in 1832.
Democrat. Circuit judge in Illinois, 1870; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Illinois, 1884;
U.S. Minister to Belgium, 1885-88; Russia, 1888-89.
Died in 1910
(age about
78 years).
Interment at Graceland Cemetery.
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Frank Orren Lowden (1861-1943) —
also known as Frank O. Lowden —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.; Oregon, Ogle
County, Ill.
Born in Sunrise, Chisago
County, Minn., January
26, 1861.
Son of Lorenzo Orren Lowden and Nancy Elizabeth (Breg) Lowden.
Republican. School
teacher; lawyer; law
professor; director, National Bank of the
Republic; delegate to Republican National Convention from Illinois,
1900,
1904;
member of Republican
National Committee from Illinois, 1904-12; U.S.
Representative from Illinois 13th District, 1906-11; Governor of
Illinois, 1917-21; candidate for Republican nomination for
President, 1920,
1928.
Member, American Bar
Association.
Died, from rectal
cancer, in El Conquistador Hotel,
Tucson, Pima
County, Ariz., March 20,
1943 (age 82 years, 53
days).
Interment at Graceland Cemetery.
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Norman Buel Judd (1815-1878) —
also known as Norman B. Judd —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Rome, Oneida
County, N.Y., January
10, 1815.
Republican. Member of Illinois
state senate, 1844, 1855-59; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Illinois, 1856,
1860;
member of Republican
National Committee from Illinois, 1856; Secretary
of Republican National Committee, 1856; U.S. Minister to Prussia, 1861-65; U.S.
Representative from Illinois 1st District, 1867-71.
Died November
11, 1878 (age 63 years, 305
days).
Interment at Graceland Cemetery.
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Reynold Erland Carlson (1912-1993) —
Born in 1912.
U.S. Ambassador to Colombia, 1966.
Died in 1993
(age about
81 years).
Interment at Graceland Cemetery.
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George Edmund Foss (1863-1936) —
also known as George E. Foss —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in West Berkshire, Berkshire, Franklin
County, Vt., July 2,
1863.
Son of George Edmund Foss and Marcia Cordelia (Noble) Foss.
Republican. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Illinois, 1895-1913, 1915-19 (7th District
1895-1903, 10th District 1903-13, 1915-19); defeated in primary,
1932; candidate in primary for U.S.
Senator from Illinois, 1918.
Died in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., March 15,
1936 (age 72 years, 257
days).
Interment at Graceland Cemetery.
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William Perkins Black (1842-1916) —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Woodford
County, Ky., November
11, 1842.
Son of Rev. John Black and Josephine (Culbertson) Black.
Democrat. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; received the
Medal
of Honor for action at Pea Ridge, Ark., March 7, 1862; lawyer;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from Illinois, 1886.
Member, Grand
Army of the Republic.
Died January
3, 1916 (age 73 years, 53
days).
Interment at Graceland Cemetery.
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Isaac Newton Arnold (1815-1884) —
also known as Isaac N. Arnold —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Hartwick, Otsego
County, N.Y., November
30, 1815.
Lawyer;
member of Illinois
state house of representatives, 1842-43, 1855; Presidential
Elector for Illinois, 1844;
U.S.
Representative from Illinois, 1861-65 (2nd District 1861-63, 1st
District 1863-65).
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., April 24,
1884 (age 68 years, 146
days).
Interment at Graceland Cemetery.
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Oscar Stanton De Priest (1871-1951) —
also known as Oscar De Priest —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Florence, Lauderdale
County, Ala., March 9,
1871.
Son of Alexander R. De Priest and Mary (Karsner) De Priest.
Republican. Painter;
real
estate broker; Cook
County Commissioner, 1894-1904; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Illinois, 1908
(alternate), 1920,
1924
(alternate), 1928,
1932,
1936;
U.S.
Representative from Illinois 1st District, 1929-35; defeated,
1934, 1936, 1938.
Congregationalist
or Presbyterian.
African
ancestry. Member, Elks; Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows.
Died in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., May 12,
1951 (age 80 years, 64
days).
Interment at Graceland Cemetery.
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Francis Wayland Palmer (1827-1907) —
also known as Frank Palmer —
of Iowa.
Born in Manchester, Dearborn
County, Ind., October
11, 1827.
Republican. U.S.
Representative from Iowa 5th District, 1869-73.
Died in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., December
3, 1907 (age 80 years, 53
days).
Interment at Graceland Cemetery.
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Allan Cathcart Durborow, Jr. (1857-1908) —
also known as Allan C. Durborow, Jr. —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., November
10, 1857.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from Illinois 3rd District, 1891-95.
Member, Phi
Kappa Psi.
Died in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., March 10,
1908 (age 50 years, 121
days).
Interment at Graceland Cemetery.
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William Edgar Church (1841-1917) —
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., December
7, 1841.
Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; justice of
Dakota territorial supreme court, 1883-86.
Died April 18,
1917 (age 75 years, 132
days).
Interment at Graceland Cemetery.
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James Simpson, Jr. (1905-1960) —
of Wadsworth, Lake
County, Ill.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., 1905.
Republican. Farmer; U.S.
Representative from Illinois 10th District, 1933-35; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Illinois, 1936;
member of Illinois
Republican State Central Committee, 1943.
Episcopalian.
Died in 1960
(age about
55 years).
Interment at Graceland Cemetery.
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Lorenzo Brentano (1813-1891) —
also known as Lorenz Brentano —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Germany,
November
4, 1813.
Republican. Member of Illinois
state house of representatives 61st District, 1863-65; delegate
to Republican National Convention from Illinois, 1864;
Presidential Elector for Illinois, 1868;
U.S. Consul in Dresden, 1872-76; U.S.
Representative from Illinois 3rd District, 1877-79.
German
ancestry.
Sentenced
to life imprisonment
for his role in a German revolution
in 1849; escaped
to the United States.
Died in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., September
18, 1891 (age 77 years, 318
days).
Interment at Graceland Cemetery.
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Daniel Webster Mills (1838-1904) —
also known as Daniel W. Mills —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Ohio, 1838.
Republican. U.S.
Representative from Illinois 4th District, 1897-99.
Died in 1904
(age about
66 years).
Interment at Graceland Cemetery.
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Walter Cass Newberry (1835-1912) —
of Petersburg,
Va.; Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Sangerfield, Oneida
County, N.Y., December
23, 1835.
Democrat. General in the Union Army during the Civil War; mayor
of Petersburg, Va., 1869-70; U.S.
Representative from Illinois 4th District, 1891-93.
Died in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., July 20,
1912 (age 76 years, 210
days).
Interment at Graceland Cemetery.
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Julius Goldzier (1854-1925) —
of Illinois.
Born in Austria,
January
20, 1854.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from Illinois 4th District, 1893-95.
Jewish.
Died January
20, 1925 (age 71 years, 0
days).
Interment at Graceland Cemetery.
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Lynden Evans (1858-1926) —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in La Salle, La Salle
County, Ill., June 28,
1858.
Democrat. School
teacher; lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Illinois 9th District, 1911-13.
Died in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., May 6,
1926 (age 67 years, 312
days).
Interment at Graceland Cemetery.
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William Josiah MacDonald (1873-1946) —
also known as William J. MacDonald —
of Calumet, Houghton
County, Mich.
Born in Potosi, Grant
County, Wis., November
17, 1873.
Democrat. Candidate for circuit
judge in Michigan 12th Circuit, 1911; U.S.
Representative from Michigan 12th District, 1913-15; defeated,
1914, 1916.
Died in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., March 29,
1946 (age 72 years, 132
days).
Interment at Graceland Cemetery.
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Usher Ferguson Linder (d. 1876) —
also known as Usher F. Linder —
of Illinois.
Illinois
state attorney general, 1837-38.
Died June 5,
1876.
Interment at Graceland Cemetery.
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Cyrus Hall McCormick (1809-1884) —
also known as Cyrus H. McCormick —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Rockbridge
County, Va., February
15, 1809.
Son of Robert McCormick (1780-1846) and Mary Ann 'Polly' (Hall)
McCormick.
Democrat. One of the inventors
of the McCormick reaper, and the founder of the farm
implement manufacturing company which became International
Harvester; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Illinois, 1862; member of Democratic
National Committee from Illinois, 1876.
Presbyterian.
Scotch-Irish
ancestry.
Died in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., May 13,
1884 (age 75 years, 88
days).
Interment at Graceland Cemetery.
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Abraham Lincoln Auth (1877-1968) —
also known as A. L. Auth —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., October
19, 1877.
Democrat. Member of Illinois
state house of representatives 27th District, 1925-27, 1929-39,
1941-49.
Member, Elks; Typographical
Unon.
Died March 27,
1968 (age 90 years, 160
days).
Interment at Graceland Cemetery.
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William Henry Powell (1825-1904) —
of Ohio
County, W.Va.
Born May 10,
1825.
Republican. Presidential Elector for West Virginia, 1868.
Died December
26, 1904 (age 79 years, 230
days).
Interment at Graceland Cemetery.
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Marshall Field (1893-1956) —
of Huntington, Suffolk
County, Long Island, N.Y.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., September
28, 1893.
Son of Marshall Field, Jr. and Albertine (Huck) Field.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from New York, 1944,
1948.
Publisher, Chicago Sun-Times newspaper.
Died, of brain
cancer, in New York
Hospital, Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., November
8, 1956 (age 63 years, 41
days).
Interment at Graceland Cemetery.
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Relatives: Son
of Marshall Field, Jr. and Albertine (Huck) Field; married 1916 to Evelyn
Marshall; married 1930 to Audrey
(Janes) Coats; married 1936 to Ruth
(Pruyn) Phipps. |
| | | See also Wikipedia
article — NNDB
dossier |
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| Politicians buried
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Thomas James Courtney (1892-1971) —
also known as Thomas J. Courtney —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., December
23, 1892.
Son of James R. Courtney and Catherine (Hussey) Courtney.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Illinois
state senate 11th District, 1927-33; Cook
County State's Attorney, 1932-45; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Illinois, 1936,
1944;
candidate in primary for mayor of
Chicago, Ill., 1939; candidate for Governor of
Illinois, 1944; circuit judge in Illinois, 1945-70.
Catholic.
Member, American
Legion; Forty and
Eight; Knights
of Columbus.
Died December
3, 1971 (age 78 years, 345
days).
Interment at Mt. Olivet Cemetery.
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Magne Alfred Michaelson (1878-1949) —
also known as M. Alfred Michaelson; M. A.
Michaelson —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Kristiansand, Norway,
September
7, 1878.
Republican. Delegate
to Illinois state constitutional convention 25th District,
1920-22; U.S.
Representative from Illinois 7th District, 1921-31; defeated,
1918, 1932.
Indicted
in 1928 on charges of violating the National
Prohibition Act.
Died in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., October
26, 1949 (age 71 years, 49
days).
Interment at Mt. Olivet Cemetery.
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Thomas Aloysius Doyle (1886-1935) —
also known as Thomas A. Doyle —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., January
9, 1886.
Son of Thomas Doyle and Julia (Egan) Doyle.
Democrat. Member of Illinois
state house of representatives 9th District, 1919-23; U.S.
Representative from Illinois 4th District, 1923-31; alternate
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Illinois, 1928.
Catholic.
Died in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., January
29, 1935 (age 49 years, 20
days).
Interment at Mt. Olivet Cemetery.
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Lawrence Edward McGann (1852-1928) —
also known as Lawrence E. McGann —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Galway, Ireland,
February
2, 1852.
Son of Edward McGann (died 1854) and Bridget (Ford) McGann.
Democrat. Boot and shoe
business; U.S.
Representative from Illinois, 1891-97 (2nd District 1891-95, 3rd
District 1895-97).
Catholic.
Irish
ancestry.
Died July 22,
1928 (age 76 years, 171
days).
Interment at Mt. Olivet Cemetery.
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Patrick Henry Moynihan (1869-1946) —
also known as P. H. Moynihan —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., September
25, 1869.
Republican. U.S.
Representative from Illinois 2nd District, 1933-35; defeated,
1934, 1936, 1940; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Illinois, 1944.
Died May 20,
1946 (age 76 years, 237
days).
Interment at Mt. Olivet Cemetery.
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Charles Martin (1856-1917) —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born near Ogdensburg, St. Lawrence
County, N.Y., May 20,
1856.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Illinois,
1912;
U.S.
Representative from Illinois 4th District, 1917; died in office
1917.
Died October
28, 1917 (age 61 years, 161
days).
Interment at Mt. Olivet Cemetery.
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William J. Lynch (1908-1976) —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., June 6,
1908.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Illinois,
1932
(alternate), 1936
(alternate), 1940
(alternate), 1956,
1960,
1964;
served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; member of Illinois
state senate, 1950-57; U.S.
District Judge for the Northern District of Illinois, 1966.
Member, American Bar
Association.
Died August 9,
1976 (age 68 years, 64
days).
Interment at Mt. Olivet Cemetery.
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Henry Patrick Bergen (d. 1937) —
also known as Henry P. Bergen —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Democrat. Candidate for U.S.
Representative from Illinois 3rd District, 1928.
Died July 5,
1937.
Interment at Mt. Olivet Cemetery.
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Edward J. Carey (d. 1919) —
.
Judge.
Died in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., February
10, 1919.
Interment at Mt. Olivet Cemetery.
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Relatives:
Married to Mary Howley (died 1890) and Anna Powers. |
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William Hale Thompson (1869-1944) —
also known as "Big Bill" —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., May 14,
1869.
Mayor
of Chicago, Ill., 1915-23, 1927-31; defeated (Republican), 1931;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Illinois, 1916,
1920,
1924,
1928,
1932;
Union Progressive candidate for Governor of
Illinois, 1936.
Died March 14,
1944 (age 74 years, 305
days).
Interment at Oak Woods Cemetery.
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Harold Washington (1922-1987) —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., April 15,
1922.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Illinois
state house of representatives, 1965; member of Illinois
state senate, 1977; U.S.
Representative from Illinois 1st District, 1981-83; resigned
1983; mayor of
Chicago, Ill., 1983-87; defeated in primary, 1977; died in office
1987.
African
ancestry. Member, NAACP; National
Bar Association.
Died in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., November
25, 1987 (age 65 years, 224
days).
Interment at Oak Woods Cemetery.
| | |
See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — NNDB
dossier |
| | | Books about Harold Washington: Paul
Kleppner, Chicago
Divided : The Making of a Black Mayor — Melvin G.
Holli, Bashing
Chicago Traditions : Harold Washington's Last Campaign, Chicago,
1987 (out of print) — Dempsey J. Travis, Harold,
the People's Mayor : The Authorized Biography of Mayor Harold
Washington — Florence Hamlish Levinsohn, Harold
Washington: A political biography — Alton Miller, Harold
Washington: The Mayor, the Man — Naurice Roberts, Harold
Washington : Mayor With A Vison (for young readers, out of
print) |
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Monroe Heath (1827-1894) —
of Illinois.
Born March 27,
1827.
Mayor
of Chicago, Ill., 1876-79.
Died October
21, 1894 (age 67 years, 208
days).
Interment at Oak Woods Cemetery.
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James Hutchinson Woodworth (1804-1869) —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in New York, December
4, 1804.
Republican. Mayor of
Chicago, Ill., 1848-50; member of Illinois state legislature; U.S.
Representative from Illinois 2nd District, 1855-57.
Died March 26,
1869 (age 64 years, 112
days).
Interment at Oak Woods Cemetery.
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Eugene Sawyer (1934-2008) —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Greensboro, Hale
County, Ala., September
3, 1934.
Son of Eugene Sawyer, Sr. and Bernice Sawyer.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Illinois,
1980,
1996;
mayor
of Chicago, Ill., 1987-89; defeated in primary, 1989.
African
ancestry. Member, Alpha
Phi Alpha.
Died, of heart
failure, in a hospital
at Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., January
19, 2008 (age 73 years, 138
days).
Interment at Oak Woods Cemetery.
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Lyman Trumbull (1813-1896) —
of Alton, Madison
County, Ill.; Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Colchester, New London
County, Conn., October
12, 1813.
Son of Benjamin
Trumbull and Elizabeth (Mather) Trumbull (1782-1828).
Republican. Member of Illinois
state house of representatives, 1840-41; secretary of
state of Illinois, 1841-43; justice of
Illinois state supreme court, 1848-53; U.S.
Senator from Illinois, 1855-73; candidate for Governor of
Illinois, 1880.
Died in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., June 25,
1896 (age 82 years, 257
days).
Interment at Oak Woods Cemetery.
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Charles Samuel Deneen (1863-1940) —
also known as Charles S. Deneen —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Edwardsville, Madison
County, Ill., May 4,
1863.
Son of Samuel H. Deneen and Mary F. (Ashley) Deneen.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Illinois
state house of representatives, 1893-94; Cook
County State's Attorney, 1896-1904; law partner of Charles
H. Hamill, 1898-1905; Governor of
Illinois, 1905-13; defeated, 1912; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Illinois, 1908,
1912,
1916,
1928,
1932;
U.S.
Senator from Illinois, 1925-31.
Member, American Bar
Association.
Died, probably from a heart
attack, in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., February
5, 1940 (age 76 years, 277
days).
Interment at Oak Woods Cemetery.
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John Marshall Hamilton (1847-1905) —
also known as John M. Hamilton —
of McLean
County, Ill.
Born in Ridgewood, Union
County, Ohio, May 28,
1847.
Son of Samuel Hamilton and Nancy (McMorris) Hamilton.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; lawyer;
member of Illinois
state senate, 1877-81; Lieutenant
Governor of Illinois, 1881-83; Governor of
Illinois, 1883-85.
Died in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., September
22, 1905 (age 58 years, 117
days).
Interment at Oak Woods Cemetery.
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Bernard E. Epton —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Republican. Candidate for mayor of
Chicago, Ill., 1983.
Jewish.
Interment at Oak Woods Cemetery.
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James Robert Mann (1856-1922) —
also known as James R. Mann —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born near Bloomington, McLean
County, Ill., October
20, 1856.
Republican. Lawyer;
Chicago alderman, 1893-96; U.S.
Representative from Illinois, 1897-1922 (1st District 1897-1903,
2nd District 1903-22); died in office 1922; chair of
Cook County Republican Party, 1902.
Died in Washington,
D.C., November
30, 1922 (age 66 years, 41
days).
Interment at Oak Woods Cemetery.
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Barratt O'Hara (1882-1969) —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in St. Joseph, Berrien
County, Mich., April 28,
1882.
Son of Thomas
O'Hara and Mary (Barratt) O'Hara.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; Lieutenant
Governor of Illinois, 1913-17; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Illinois, 1915; major in the U.S. Army during World
War I; candidate for Governor of
Illinois, 1920; U.S.
Representative from Illinois 2nd District, 1949-51, 1953-69;
defeated, 1938 (at-large), 1950 (2nd District).
Member, Veterans of
Foreign Wars; American
Legion; Phi
Gamma Delta; Phi
Delta Phi; United
Spanish War Veterans.
Died in Washington,
D.C., August
11, 1969 (age 87 years, 105
days).
Interment at Oak Woods Cemetery.
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John Hovey Rice (1816-1911) —
also known as John H. Rice —
of Monson, Piscataquis
County, Maine; Foxcroft (now part of Dover-Foxcroft), Piscataquis
County, Maine.
Born in Mt. Vernon, Kennebec
County, Maine, February
5, 1816.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Maine, 1856;
U.S.
Representative from Maine, 1861-67 (5th District 1861-63, 4th
District 1863-67).
Died March 14,
1911 (age 95 years, 37
days).
Interment at Oak Woods Cemetery.
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Burton Chauncey Cook (1819-1894) —
also known as Burton C. Cook —
of Ottawa, La Salle
County, Ill.
Born in Pittsford, Monroe
County, N.Y., May 11,
1819.
Republican. Member of Illinois state legislature; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Illinois, 1860;
U.S.
Representative from Illinois 6th District, 1865-71; member of Republican
National Committee from Illinois, 1866-68.
Died in Evanston, Cook
County, Ill., August
18, 1894 (age 75 years, 99
days).
Interment at Oak Woods Cemetery.
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Eliza Daggett (1851-1926) —
of Attleboro, Bristol
County, Mass.
Born in Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y., January
9, 1851.
Candidate for mayor
of Attleboro, Mass., 1921.
Female.
Died April 28,
1926 (age 75 years, 109
days).
Interment at Oak Woods Cemetery.
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Marvin Robert Dee (1917-1975) —
also known as Doc Dee —
of Illinois.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., August
21, 1917.
Republican. Lawyer; engineer;
appraiser;
construction
executive; member of Illinois
state house of representatives 20th District, 1973-74.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Sigma
Phi.
Died January
11, 1975 (age 57 years, 143
days).
Interment at Oak Woods Cemetery.
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Louis Joseph Behan (b. 1876) —
also known as Louis J. Behan —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La., March 10,
1876.
Son of William
James Behan.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War;
lawyer;
alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Illinois,
1936.
Catholic.
Member, Knights
of Columbus.
Interment at Oak Woods Cemetery.
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Ralph Chester Otis (b. 1870) —
also known as Ralph C. Otis —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., March 8,
1870.
Son of Joseph Edward Otis (1830-1902) and Maria (Taylor) Otis
(1836-1910).
Republican. Banker;
alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Illinois,
1916.
Interment at Oak Woods Cemetery.
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Charles Gates Dawes (1865-1951) —
also known as Charles G. Dawes; "Charging
Charlie" —
of Lincoln, Lancaster
County, Neb.; Evanston, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Marietta, Washington
County, Ohio, August
27, 1865.
Son of Rufus
R. Dawes and Mary Beman (Gates) Dawes.
Republican. Engineer;
lawyer;
banker;
U.S. Comptroller of the Currency, 1897-1902; colonel in the U.S. Army
during World War I; Vice
President of the United States, 1925-29; U.S. Ambassador to Great Britain, 1929-31; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Illinois, 1932,
1936.
Awarded Nobel
Peace Prize in 1925.
Died in Evanston, Cook
County, Ill., April 23,
1951 (age 85 years, 239
days).
Interment at Rosehill Cemetery.
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Lyman Judson Gage (1836-1927) —
also known as Lyman J. Gage —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.; San Diego, San Diego
County, Calif.
Born in DeRuyter, Madison
County, N.Y., June 28,
1836.
Son of Eli A. Gage and Mary (Judson) Gage.
Republican. Bank
president; U.S.
Secretary of the Treasury, 1897-1902; alternate delegate to
Republican National Convention from California, 1916.
Methodist.
Member, American
Bankers Association.
Died in San Diego, San Diego
County, Calif., January
26, 1927 (age 90 years, 212
days).
Interment at Rosehill Cemetery.
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John Blake Rice (1809-1874) —
also known as John B. Rice —
of Illinois.
Born in Easton, Talbot
County, Md., May 28,
1809.
Republican. Mayor of
Chicago, Ill., 1865-69; U.S.
Representative from Illinois 1st District, 1873-74; died in
office 1874.
Died December
17, 1874 (age 65 years, 203
days).
Interment at Rosehill Cemetery.
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Augustus Garrett (1801-1848) —
of Illinois.
Born in 1801.
Mayor
of Chicago, Ill., 1843-44, 1845-46.
Unitarian.
Died November
30, 1848 (age about 47
years).
Original interment in unknown location; reinterment at Rosehill
Cemetery.
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John Wentworth (1815-1888) —
also known as "Long John" —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Sandwich, Carroll
County, N.H., March 5,
1815.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from Illinois, 1843-51, 1853-55, 1865-67 (4th
District 1843-51, 2nd District 1853-55, 1st District 1865-67); mayor of
Chicago, Ill., 1857-58, 1860-61; delegate
to Illinois state constitutional convention Cook County, 1862.
Died in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., October
16, 1888 (age 73 years, 225
days).
Interment at Rosehill Cemetery.
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George Bell Swift (1845-1912) —
of Illinois.
Born December
14, 1845.
Mayor
of Chicago, Ill., 1893, 1895-97.
Methodist.
Died July 2,
1912 (age 66 years, 201
days).
Interment at Rosehill Cemetery.
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Harvey Doolittle Colvin (1815-1892) —
also known as Harvey D. Colvin —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born December
18, 1815.
Mayor
of Chicago, Ill., 1873-76.
Died April 16,
1892 (age 76 years, 120
days).
Interment at Rosehill Cemetery.
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Roswell B. Mason (1805-1892) —
of Illinois.
Born September
19, 1805.
Mayor
of Chicago, Ill., 1869-71.
Presbyterian.
Died January
1, 1892 (age 86 years, 104
days).
Interment at Rosehill Cemetery.
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John Charles Haines (1818-1896) —
also known as John C. Haines —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born May 26,
1818.
Mayor
of Chicago, Ill., 1858-60; delegate
to Illinois state constitutional convention 59th District,
1869-70.
Died July 4,
1896 (age 78 years, 39
days).
Interment at Rosehill Cemetery.
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DeWitt Clinton Cregier (1829-1898) —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., June 1,
1829.
Democrat. Engineer;
mayor
of Chicago, Ill., 1889-91.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., November
9, 1898 (age 69 years, 161
days).
Interment at Rosehill Cemetery.
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John A. Roche (1844-1904) —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born August
12, 1844.
Republican. Mayor of
Chicago, Ill., 1887-89; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Illinois, 1888.
Died February
10, 1904 (age 59 years, 182
days).
Interment at Rosehill Cemetery.
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Alexander Loyd (1805-1871) —
of Illinois.
Born August
19, 1805.
Mayor
of Chicago, Ill., 1840-41.
Episcopalian.
Died April 7,
1871 (age 65 years, 231
days).
Interment at Rosehill Cemetery.
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Buckner Stith Morris (1800-1879) —
of Illinois.
Born August
19, 1800.
Mayor
of Chicago, Ill., 1838-39.
Catholic.
Died December
16, 1879 (age 79 years, 119
days).
Interment at Rosehill Cemetery.
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Levi Day Boone (1808-1882) —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born December
6, 1808.
Mayor
of Chicago, Ill., 1855-56.
Baptist.
Died January
24, 1882 (age 73 years, 49
days).
Interment at Rosehill Cemetery.
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Isaac Lawrence Milliken (1815-1885) —
of Illinois.
Born August
29, 1815.
Mayor
of Chicago, Ill., 1854-55.
Died December
2, 1885 (age 70 years, 95
days).
Interment at Rosehill Cemetery.
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Lester Legrant Bond (1829-1903) —
also known as Lester L. Bond —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Ravenna, Portage
County, Ohio, October
27, 1829.
Lawyer;
member of Illinois
state house of representatives, 1866-70; Presidential Elector for
Illinois, 1868;
mayor
of Chicago, Ill., 1873.
Died April 15,
1903 (age 73 years, 170
days).
Interment at Rosehill Cemetery.
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Hugh Robert Wilson (1885-1946) —
also known as Hugh R. Wilson —
Born in Evanston, Cook
County, Ill., January
29, 1885.
Foreign Service officer; U.S. Minister to Switzerland, 1927-37; U.S. Ambassador to Germany, 1938.
Died in Bennington, Bennington
County, Vt., December
29, 1946 (age 61 years, 334
days).
Interment at Rosehill Cemetery.
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Dwight Herbert Green (1897-1958) —
also known as Dwight H. Green —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Ligonier, Noble
County, Ind., January
9, 1897.
Son of Harry Green and Minnie (Gerber) Green.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer; U.S.
Attorney for the Northern District of Illinois, 1931-35;
candidate for mayor of
Chicago, Ill., 1939; Governor of
Illinois, 1941-49; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Illinois, 1940,
1944
(speaker),
1948
(Temporary
Chair; speaker),
1952,
1956.
Episcopalian.
Member, Kappa
Sigma; Phi
Alpha Delta; American
Legion; Forty and
Eight; Freemasons;
Shriners;
American Bar
Association; Federal
Bar Association; Military
Order of the World Wars.
Died February
20, 1958 (age 61 years, 42
days).
Entombed in mausoleum at Rosehill Cemetery.
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Charles Benjamin Farwell (1823-1903) —
also known as Charles B. Farwell —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Painted Post, Steuben
County, N.Y., July 1,
1823.
Son of Henry Farwell and Nancy (Jackson) Farwell.
Republican. Cook
County Clerk, 1854-62; dry goods
merchant; member of Republican
National Committee from Illinois, 1870-72; U.S.
Representative from Illinois, 1871-77, 1881-83 (1st District
1871-73, 3rd District 1873-77, 1881-83); U.S.
Senator from Illinois, 1887-91; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Illinois, 1888.
He and his brother built, in 1887, the Texas State Capitol, and
received three million acres of land as payment.
Died in Lake Forest, Lake
County, Ill., September
23, 1903 (age 80 years, 84
days).
Interment at Rosehill Cemetery.
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John Lourie Beveridge (1824-1910) —
of Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Greenwich, Washington
County, N.Y., July 6,
1824.
Republican. Member of Illinois
state senate, 1871; U.S.
Representative from Illinois at-large, 1871-73; Lieutenant
Governor of Illinois, 1873; Governor of
Illinois, 1873-77.
Died in Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., May 3,
1910 (age 85 years, 301
days).
Interment at Rosehill Cemetery.
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William Grant Stratton (1914-2001) —
also known as William G. Stratton —
of Morris, Grundy
County, Ill.; Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Ingleside, Lake
County, Ill., February
26, 1914.
Son of William
Joseph Stratton.
Republican. U.S.
Representative from Illinois at-large, 1941-43, 1947-49; Illinois
state treasurer, 1943-45, 1951-53; candidate in primary for secretary of
state of Illinois, 1944; served in the U.S. Navy during World War
II; candidate for secretary of
state of Michigan, 1948; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Illinois, 1952,
1956,
1960;
Governor
of Illinois, 1953-61; defeated in primary, 1968; candidate for
Republican nomination for Vice President, 1960.
Methodist.
Member, Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Lions; Eagles; Delta
Chi; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Elks; American
Legion; Amvets.
Indicted
in 1964 on income
tax charges;
tried
and acquitted in 1965.
Died at Northwestern Memorial Hospital,
Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., March 2,
2001 (age 87 years, 4
days).
Interment at Rosehill Cemetery.
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Richard Buell Ogilvie (1923-1988) —
also known as Richard B. Ogilvie —
of Northfield, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Kansas City, Jackson
County, Mo., February
22, 1923.
Son of Kenneth S. Ogilvie and Edna Mae (Buell) Ogilvie.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; lawyer; Cook
County Sheriff, 1962-68; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Illinois, 1964
(alternate), 1972
(delegation chair); Governor of
Illinois, 1969-73.
Presbyterian.
Member, Beta
Theta Pi; Phi
Alpha Delta; American Bar
Association; Federal
Bar Association; Freemasons;
Shriners;
American
Legion; Moose.
Died May 10,
1988 (age 65 years, 78
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Rosehill Cemetery.
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Julius White (1816-1890) —
of Illinois.
Born September
23, 1816.
General in the Union Army during the Civil War; U.S. Minister to Argentina, 1872-73.
Died May 12,
1890 (age 73 years, 231
days).
Interment at Rosehill Cemetery.
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James Scott Kemper (1886-1981) —
also known as James S. Kemper —
of Winnetka, Cook
County, Ill.; Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Van Wert, Van Wert
County, Ohio, November
18, 1886.
Republican. Insurance
executive; created Lumberman's Mutual Casualty Company, which later
became Kemper Insurance
Companies; delegate to Republican National Convention from Illinois,
1936,
1940,
1944,
1948,
1952,
1964;
Treasurer
of Republican National Committee, 1944-46; U.S. Ambassador to Brazil, 1953-55.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in 1981
(age about
94 years).
Interment at Rosehill Cemetery.
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Meyer Kestnbaum (1896-1960) —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., October
31, 1896.
Son of Benjamin Kestnbaum (1872-1965) and Julia (Weintraub) Kestnbaum
(1876-1943).
Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; president, Hart,
Schaffner and Marx, clothing
manufacturers, from 1941; director, Chicago and North Western Railway;
chair, Commission on
Intergovernmental Relations, 1954-55; special assistant to Pres.
Dwight
D. Eisenhower, 1955-60.
Jewish.
Member, Council on
Foreign Relations.
Died in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., December
14, 1960 (age 64 years, 44
days).
Interment at Rosehill Cemetery.
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Relatives: Son
of Benjamin Kestnbaum (1872-1965) and Julia (Weintraub) Kestnbaum
(1876-1943); married, June 2,
1925, to Gertrude Dana (1895-1982); granduncle of Lawrence
Kestenbaum. |
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Henry Riggs Rathbone (1870-1928) —
also known as Henry R. Rathbone —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.; Kenilworth, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Washington,
D.C., February
12, 1870.
Son of Henry Reed Rathbone and Clara (Harris) Rathbone.
Republican. Lawyer;
alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Illinois,
1916;
U.S.
Representative from Illinois at-large, 1923-28; defeated in
primary, 1918; died in office 1928.
Member, Delta
Kappa Epsilon; Phi
Delta Phi; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Odd
Fellows; Knights
of Pythias.
Died in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., July 15,
1928 (age 58 years, 154
days).
Interment at Rosehill Cemetery.
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Edgar Allan Jonas (1885-1965) —
also known as Edgar A. Jonas —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Mishicot, Manitowoc
County, Wis., October
14, 1885.
Republican. State court judge in Illinois, 1923; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Illinois, 1948;
U.S.
Representative from Illinois 12th District, 1949-55; defeated,
1954, 1956.
Died November
14, 1965 (age 80 years, 31
days).
Interment at Rosehill Cemetery.
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George Royal Davis (1840-1899) —
also known as George R. Davis —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Palmer, Hampden
County, Mass., January
3, 1840.
Republican. U.S.
Representative from Illinois, 1879-85 (2nd District 1879-83, 3rd
District 1883-85); delegate to Republican National Convention from
Illinois, 1888.
Died in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., November
25, 1899 (age 59 years, 326
days).
Interment at Rosehill Cemetery.
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William Aldrich (1820-1885) —
of Two Rivers, Manitowoc
County, Wis.; Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Greenfield Center, Saratoga
County, N.Y., January
19, 1820.
Republican. Member of Wisconsin
state assembly, 1859; U.S.
Representative from Illinois 1st District, 1877-83; defeated,
1882.
Died in Fond du Lac, Fond du Lac
County, Wis., December
3, 1885 (age 65 years, 318
days).
Interment at Rosehill Cemetery.
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Edward Dean Cooke (1849-1897) —
also known as Edward D. Cooke —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Cascade, Dubuque
County, Iowa, October
17, 1849.
Republican. Member of Illinois state legislature; U.S.
Representative from Illinois 6th District, 1895-97; died in
office 1897.
Died in Washington,
D.C., June 24,
1897 (age 47 years, 250
days).
Interment at Rosehill Cemetery.
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Benjamin Drake Magruder (b. 1838) —
also known as B. D. Magruder —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Jefferson
County, Miss., September
27, 1838.
Republican. Lawyer; justice of
Illinois state supreme court, 1885-1906.
Interment at Rosehill Cemetery.
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Relatives:
Married 1864
to Julia M. Latham. |
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Philip Knopf (1847-1920) —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born near Long Grove, Lake
County, Ill., November
18, 1847.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; teaming
business; member of Illinois
state senate, 1887-94; Cook
County Clerk, 1894-1902; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Illinois, 1896;
U.S.
Representative from Illinois 7th District, 1903-09.
Died August
14, 1920 (age 72 years, 270
days).
Interment at Rosehill Cemetery.
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Legrand Winfield Perce (1836-1911) —
of Mississippi.
Born in New York, 1836.
Republican. U.S.
Representative from Mississippi 5th District, 1869-73.
Died in 1911
(age about
75 years).
Interment at Rosehill Cemetery.
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James Franklin Aldrich (1853-1933) —
also known as J. Frank Aldrich —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Two Rivers, Manitowoc
County, Wis., April 6,
1853.
Son of William
Aldrich.
Republican. U.S.
Representative from Illinois 1st District, 1893-97.
Died in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., March 8,
1933 (age 79 years, 336
days).
Interment at Rosehill Cemetery.
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George Arthur Paddock (1885-1964) —
also known as George A. Paddock —
of Evanston, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Winnetka, Cook
County, Ill., March 24,
1885.
Son of George Laban Paddock and Caroline Matilda (Bolles) Paddock.
Republican. Major in the U.S. Army during World War I; U.S.
Representative from Illinois 10th District, 1941-43.
Episcopalian.
Member, American
Legion; Loyal
Legion; Delta
Tau Delta; Freemasons.
Died December
29, 1964 (age 79 years, 280
days).
Interment at Rosehill Cemetery.
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Charles Walhart Woodman (1844-1898) —
also known as Charles W. Woodman —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Aalborg, Denmark,
March
11, 1844.
Republican. Served in the Union Navy during the Civil War; lawyer;
alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Illinois,
1880;
U.S.
Representative from Illinois 4th District, 1895-97.
Died in Elgin, Kane
County, Ill., March 16,
1898 (age 54 years, 5
days).
Interment at Rosehill Cemetery.
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George Elon White (1848-1935) —
also known as George E. White —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Massachusetts, 1848.
Republican. Member of Illinois state legislature; U.S.
Representative from Illinois 5th District, 1895-99.
Died in 1935
(age about
87 years).
Entombed in mausoleum at Rosehill Cemetery.
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Robert Joseph Twyman (1897-1976) —
also known as Robert J. Twyman —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind., June 18,
1897.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; served in the
U.S. Navy during World War II; U.S.
Representative from Illinois 9th District, 1947-49; defeated,
1948.
Member, Sons of
the American Revolution; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; American
Legion; Delta
Theta Phi.
Died in West Palm Beach, Palm Beach
County, Fla., June 28,
1976 (age 79 years, 10
days).
Interment at Rosehill Cemetery.
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Martin Emerich (1846-1922) —
of Illinois.
Born in Baltimore,
Md., April 27,
1846.
Democrat. Member of Illinois state legislature; U.S.
Representative from Illinois 1st District, 1903-05.
Jewish.
Died in New York City (unknown
county), N.Y., September
27, 1922 (age 76 years, 153
days).
Interment at Rosehill Cemetery.
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Charles Marsh Thomson (1877-1943) —
of Illinois.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., February
13, 1877.
U.S.
Representative from Illinois 10th District, 1913-15; state court
judge in Illinois, 1915.
Died in 1943
(age about
66 years).
Interment at Rosehill Cemetery.
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George Albert Carpenter (1867-1944) —
of Illinois.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., October
20, 1867.
U.S.
District Judge for the Northern District of Illinois, 1910.
Died September
13, 1944 (age 76 years, 329
days).
Interment at Rosehill Cemetery.
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Melvin Alvah Traylor (1878-1934) —
also known as Melvin A. Traylor —
of Malone, Hill
County, Tex.; Ballinger, Runnels
County, Tex.; East St. Louis, St. Clair
County, Ill.; Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born, in a log
cabin near Breeding, Adair
County, Ky., October
21, 1878.
Son of James Milton Traylor and Kitty (Harvey) Traylor.
Democrat. Lawyer; banker;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Illinois, 1928,
1932;
candidate for Democratic nomination for President, 1932.
Died, of pneumonia,
in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., February
14, 1934 (age 55 years, 116
days).
Interment at Rosehill Cemetery.
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Arthur Telcser (1932-1999) —
of Illinois.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., January
17, 1932.
Republican. Member of Illinois
state house of representatives, 1967-83; Speaker of
the Illinois State House of Representatives, 1981.
Died, of a heart
attack, in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., November
26, 1999 (age 67 years, 313
days).
Interment at Rosehill Cemetery.
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William Bross —
of Cook
County, Ill.
Co-founder of Chicago Tribune newspaper;
Lieutenant
Governor of Illinois, 1865-69.
Interment at Rosehill Cemetery.
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Charles Henry Bartlett (1872-1941) —
also known as Charles H. Bartlett —
of Evanston, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Evanston, Cook
County, Ill., September
4, 1872.
Son of Charles T. Bartlett and Martha (Cronkhite) Bartlett.
Lawyer;
mayor
of Evanston, Ill., 1925-37.
Presbyterian.
Member, Elks; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Odd
Fellows; Rotary; Sigma
Chi.
Died, of a heart
attack, in Evanston, Cook
County, Ill., January
21, 1941 (age 68 years, 139
days).
Interment at Rosehill Cemetery.
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Relatives:
Married 1929
to Gwendolyn Williams. |
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George Schneider (d. 1906) —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Illinois,
1856,
1860.
Died in 1906.
Interment at Rosehill Cemetery.
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Michael Lambert Igoe (1885-1967) —
also known as Michael L. Igoe —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn., April 16,
1885.
Son of James F. Igoe and Katherine (Sherrin) Igoe.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Illinois
state house of representatives, 1913-30; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Illinois, 1924,
1928,
1932,
1936;
member of Democratic
National Committee from Illinois, 1930-32; U.S.
Representative from Illinois at-large, 1935; resigned 1935; U.S.
Attorney for the Northern District of Illinois, 1935-38;
candidate in primary for U.S.
Senator from Illinois, 1938; U.S.
District Judge for the Northern District of Illinois, 1939-65.
Catholic.
Member, Knights
of Columbus; Foresters.
Died in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., August
21, 1967 (age 82 years, 127
days).
Interment at All Saints Cemetery.
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James Bernard Bowler (1875-1957) —
also known as James B. Bowler —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., February
5, 1875.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Illinois,
1916,
1936,
1940,
1944,
1948;
U.S.
Representative from Illinois 7th District, 1953-57; died in
office 1957.
Died in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., July 18,
1957 (age 82 years, 163
days).
Interment at All Saints Cemetery.
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Charles Augustus Boyle (1907-1959) —
also known as Charles A. Boyle —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Spring Lake, Ottawa
County, Mich., August
13, 1907.
Son of Michael Melvin Boyle and Rose (Marsh) Boyle.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Illinois 12th District, 1955-59; died in
office 1959.
Catholic.
Member, American Bar
Association; Delta
Theta Phi; Knights
of Columbus; Holy
Name Society; Elks.
Killed in an automobile
accident in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., November
4, 1959 (age 52 years, 83
days).
Interment at All Saints Cemetery.
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James Thomas Igoe (1883-1971) —
also known as James T. Igoe —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., October
23, 1883.
Son of Thomas Igoe and Helen Igoe.
Democrat. Printing
business; Chicago City Clerk, 1917-23; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Illinois, 1920,
1928,
1936;
U.S.
Representative from Illinois 6th District, 1927-33.
Member, Elks.
Died in 1971
(age about
87 years).
Interment at All Saints Cemetery.
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Edward Rowan Finnegan (1905-1971) —
of Illinois.
Born in Des Plaines, Cook
County, Ill., June 5,
1905.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from Illinois, 1961-65 (12th District 1961-63, 9th
District 1963-65); circuit judge in Illinois, 1965-71; died in office
1971.
Catholic.
Member, American Bar
Association; Elks; Knights
of Columbus.
Died in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., February
2, 1971 (age 65 years, 242
days).
Interment at All Saints Cemetery.
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Michael J. Faherty (1858-1950) —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Ireland,
November
11, 1858.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Illinois,
1920.
Died February
27, 1950 (age 91 years, 108
days).
Interment at All Saints Cemetery.
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Robert E. Crowe (1879-1958) —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in 1879.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Illinois,
1920.
State's Attorney; prosecutor in Loeb and Leopold case.
Died in 1958
(age about
79 years).
Interment at All Saints Cemetery.
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William J. Cowhey (d. 1968) —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Illinois, 1960,
1964;
Illinois state fire marshall, 1961.
Died in May, 1968.
Interment at All Saints Cemetery.
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William L. McFetridge (d. 1969) —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Illinois,
1944,
1960,
1964.
Died in 1969.
Interment at All Saints Cemetery.
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Edward Joseph Kelly (1876-1950) —
also known as Edward J. Kelly —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., May 1,
1876.
Son of Stephen Kelly and Helen (Lang) Kelly.
Democrat. Chief engineer,
Sanitary District of Chicago; park district commissioner, 1922-34;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Illinois, 1932,
1936,
1940,
1944,
1948;
mayor
of Chicago, Ill., 1933-47; member of Democratic
National Committee from Illinois, 1947.
Died October
20, 1950 (age 74 years, 172
days).
Interment at Calvary Cemetery.
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Martin H. Kennelly (1887-1961) —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born August
11, 1887.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Illinois,
1936
(alternate), 1948,
1952;
mayor
of Chicago, Ill., 1947-55; defeated in primary, 1955.
Died November
29, 1961 (age 74 years, 110
days).
Interment at Calvary Cemetery.
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William Emmett Dever (1862-1929) —
also known as William E. Dever —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Woburn, Middlesex
County, Mass., March 13,
1862.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Illinois,
1908
(alternate), 1924,
1928;
mayor
of Chicago, Ill., 1923-27.
Died September
3, 1929 (age 67 years, 174
days).
Interment at Calvary Cemetery.
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Edward Fitzsimmons Dunne (1853-1937) —
also known as Edward F. Dunne —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Waterville, Waterbury, New Haven
County, Conn., October
12, 1853.
Son of P. W. Dunne and Delia M. (Lawler) Dunne.
Democrat. Lawyer;
circuit judge in Illinois, 1892-1905; candidate for Presidential
Elector for Illinois, 1900;
mayor
of Chicago, Ill., 1905-07; defeated, 1907, 1911; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Illinois, 1908,
1916,
1920,
1932,
1936;
Governor
of Illinois, 1913-17.
Catholic.
Irish
ancestry.
Died May 24,
1937 (age 83 years, 224
days).
Interment at Calvary Cemetery.
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John Patrick Hopkins (1858-1918) —
also known as John P. Hopkins —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born October
29, 1858.
Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Illinois, 1892,
1904;
Honorary Vice-President, 1912;
mayor
of Chicago, Ill., 1893-95; delegate to Gold Democrat National
Convention from Illinois, 1896.
Died October
13, 1918 (age 59 years, 349
days).
Interment at Calvary Cemetery.
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William Lorimer (1861-1934) —
also known as "The Blond Boss" —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Manchester, England,
April
27, 1861.
Republican. Real estate
business; contractor;
U.S.
Representative from Illinois, 1895-1901, 1903-09 (2nd District
1895-1901, 6th District 1903-09); delegate to Republican National
Convention from Illinois, 1896,
1904,
1908;
U.S.
Senator from Illinois, 1909-12.
He was accused
of bribery
in winning election to the Senate; in 1912, the Senate invalidated
his election.
Died September
13, 1934 (age 73 years, 139
days).
Interment at Calvary Cemetery.
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James McAndrews (1862-1942) —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Woonsocket, Providence
County, R.I., October
22, 1862.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from Illinois, 1901-05, 1913-21, 1935-41 (4th
District 1901-03, 5th District 1903-05, 6th District 1913-21, 9th
District 1935-41); defeated, 1920 (6th District), 1932 (9th
District), 1940 (9th District).
Died in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., August
31, 1942 (age 79 years, 313
days).
Interment at Calvary Cemetery.
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James Michael Slattery (1878-1948) —
also known as James M. Slattery —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., July 29,
1878.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Illinois,
1936,
1940;
U.S.
Senator from Illinois, 1939-40; defeated, 1940.
Died in Lake Geneva, Walworth
County, Wis., August
28, 1948 (age 70 years, 30
days).
Interment at Calvary Cemetery.
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John William Rainey (1880-1923) —
also known as John W. Rainey —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., December
21, 1880.
Son of John J. Rainey and Catherine Rainey.
Democrat. Lawyer; Cook
County Circuit Court Clerk, 1912-16; U.S.
Representative from Illinois 4th District, 1918-23; died in
office 1923.
Catholic.
Died in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., May 4,
1923 (age 42 years, 134
days).
Interment at Calvary Cemetery.
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William George Clark (1924-2001) —
also known as William G. Clark —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., July 16,
1924.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; member of Illinois
state house of representatives, 1953-54, 1957-59; member of Illinois
state senate, 1955-56; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Illinois, 1960,
1964;
Illinois
state attorney general, 1961-69; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Illinois, 1968; justice of
Illinois state supreme court, 1976-92.
Catholic.
Member, American Bar
Association; Amvets; American
Legion; Moose; Elks; Knights
of Columbus; Ancient
Order of Hibernians; Catholic
Lawyers Guild.
Died in Skokie, Cook
County, Ill., August
17, 2001 (age 77 years, 32
days).
Interment at Calvary Cemetery.
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William Frank Mahoney (1856-1904) —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., February
22, 1856.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from Illinois, 1901-04 (5th District 1901-03, 8th
District 1903-04); died in office 1904.
Died in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., December
27, 1904 (age 48 years, 309
days).
Interment at Calvary Cemetery.
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George Peter Foster (1858-1928) —
also known as George P. Foster —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Dover, Morris
County, N.J., April 3,
1858.
Son of Peter Foster and Margaret Foster.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Illinois, 1899-1905 (3rd District 1899-1903,
4th District 1903-05).
Died in Wheaton, DuPage
County, Ill., November
11, 1928 (age 70 years, 222
days).
Interment at Calvary Cemetery.
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Frank Lawler (1842-1896) —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y., June 25,
1842.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from Illinois 2nd District, 1885-91.
Died January
17, 1896 (age 53 years, 206
days).
Interment at Calvary Cemetery.
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James Richard Buckley (1870-1945) —
also known as James R. Buckley —
of Illinois.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., November
18, 1870.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from Illinois 6th District, 1923-25; defeated,
1924.
Died in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., June 22,
1945 (age 74 years, 216
days).
Interment at Calvary Cemetery.
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Alexander John Resa (1887-1964) —
also known as Alexander J. Resa —
of Illinois.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., August 4,
1887.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from Illinois 9th District, 1945-47; defeated,
1946.
Died in Evanston, Cook
County, Ill., July 4,
1964 (age 76 years, 335
days).
Interment at Calvary Cemetery.
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John Frederick Finerty (1846-1908) —
of Illinois.
Born in Galway, Ireland,
September
10, 1846.
Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; newspaper
correspondent; newspaper
publisher; U.S.
Representative from Illinois 2nd District, 1883-85.
Died in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., June 10,
1908 (age 61 years, 274
days).
Interment at Calvary Cemetery.
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James Hugh Ward (1853-1916) —
of Illinois.
Born in Illinois, 1853.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from Illinois 3rd District, 1885-87.
Died in 1916
(age about
63 years).
Interment at Calvary Cemetery.
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Thomas Cusack (1858-1926) —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Kilrush, County Clare, Ireland,
October
5, 1858.
Son of John Cusack and Dehlia (McMahon) Cusack.
Democrat. Sign
painter; advertising
business; U.S.
Representative from Illinois 4th District, 1899-1901; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Illinois, 1908.
Died in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., November
19, 1926 (age 68 years, 45
days).
Interment at Calvary Cemetery.
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Roland Victor Libonati (1900-1991) —
also known as Roland V. Libonati —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., December
29, 1900.
Democrat. Member of Illinois
state house of representatives, 1930; member of Illinois
state senate, 1943-57 (17th District 1943-57, 7th District 1957);
U.S.
Representative from Illinois 7th District, 1957-65.
Died May 30,
1991 (age 90 years, 152
days).
Interment at Calvary Cemetery.
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William James Moxley (1851-1938) —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in County Cork, Ireland,
May
22, 1851.
Republican. Presidential Elector for Illinois, 1900;
Presidential Elector for Illinois, 1904;
U.S.
Representative from Illinois 6th District, 1909-11.
Died near Delavan, Walworth
County, Wis., August 4,
1938 (age 87 years, 74
days).
Interment at Calvary Cemetery.
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Edmund John Stack (1874-1957) —
also known as Edmund J. Stack —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., January
31, 1874.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Illinois 6th District, 1911-13; defeated,
1906.
Died in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., April 12,
1957 (age 83 years, 71
days).
Interment at Calvary Cemetery.
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Francis Edmund Donoghue (1873-1952) —
also known as Francis E. Donoghue —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., November
27, 1873.
Son of M. F. Donoghue and Elizabeth (Shields) Donoghue.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Illinois
state house of representatives, 1901-05, 1907-09 (15th District
1901-03, 2nd District 1903-05, 1907-09).
Catholic.
Died January
11, 1952 (age 78 years, 45
days).
Interment at Calvary Cemetery.
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Thomas J. Finucane (d. 1920) —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Republican. Presidential Elector for Illinois, 1900;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Illinois, 1904;
member of Illinois
Republican State Central Committee, 1919.
Died July 14,
1920.
Interment at Calvary Cemetery.
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Michael Kenna (1857-1946) —
also known as "Hinky-Dink" —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., 1857.
Democrat. Saloon
keeper; cigar
dealer; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Illinois,
1908,
1912,
1920,
1924,
1928,
1932,
1940.
Died, in the Blackstone Hotel,
Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., October
9, 1946 (age about 89
years).
Interment at Calvary Cemetery.
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James Brady McCahey (1890-1976) —
also known as James B. McCahey —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., April 15,
1890.
Democrat. President, Chicago Board of Education, 1933-47; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Illinois, 1940,
1944
(alternate), 1952.
Died in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., January
14, 1976 (age 85 years, 274
days).
Interment at Calvary Cemetery.
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Gus Hall (1910-2000) —
also known as Arvo Kustaa Halberg —
of Youngstown, Mahoning
County, Ohio; Yonkers, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born in Virginia, St. Louis
County, Minn., October
8, 1910.
Communist. Steelworker;
union
organizer and one of the leaders of the steelworkers' strike in
1937; candidate for mayor
of Youngstown, Ohio, 1937; served in the U.S. Navy during World
War II; indicted
in 1948, and convicted
in 1949, under the Smith
Act, of conspiring to teach the violent
overthrow of the U.S. government; fled
to Mexico; arrested
in 1951 and sent back; spent eight years in prison;
candidate for President
of the United States, 1972, 1976, 1980, 1984.
Finnish
ancestry.
Died, of complications from diabetes,
in Lenox Hill Hospital,
New York, New York
County, N.Y., October
13, 2000 (age 90 years, 5
days).
Interment at Forest Home Cemetery.
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William Z. Foster (1881-1961) —
of Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y.
Born in Taunton, Bristol
County, Mass., February
25, 1881.
Communist. Labor
organizer; helped lead steelworkers strike in 1919; candidate for
President
of the United States, 1924, 1928, 1932; candidate for Governor of
New York, 1930; arrested
after a demonstration
in 1930, and jailed
for six months; indicted
on July 20, 1948 under the Smith
Act, and charged
with conspiring to advocate
the overthrow of the government; never tried due to illness.
Irish
ancestry.
Died, in a sanatorium
at Moscow, Russia,
September
1, 1961 (age 80 years, 188
days).
Interment at Forest Home Cemetery.
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Married to Esther Abramovitch. |
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Adolph Joachim Sabath (1866-1952) —
also known as Adolph J. Sabath; A. J.
Sabath —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Bohemia (now part of Czech
Republic), April 4,
1866.
Son of Joachim Sabath and Barbara (Eissenschimmel) Sabath.
Democrat. Lawyer;
municipal judge in Illinois, 1895-97; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Illinois, 1904,
1920,
1924,
1928,
1932
(alternate), 1936,
1940,
1944;
U.S.
Representative from Illinois, 1907-52 (5th District 1907-49, 7th
District 1949-52); died in office 1952.
Jewish.
Bohemian
ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Elks; Knights
of Pythias; Woodmen;
Royal
League.
Died in the Bethesda
Naval Hospital, Bethesda, Montgomery
County, Md., November
6, 1952 (age 86 years, 216
days).
Interment at Forest Home Cemetery.
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Richard William Hoffman (1893-1975) —
also known as Richard W. Hoffman —
of Riverside, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Illinois, 1893.
Republican. U.S.
Representative from Illinois 10th District, 1949-57; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Illinois, 1956
(alternate), 1960
(alternate), 1964.
Died in 1975
(age about
82 years).
Interment at Forest Home Cemetery.
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Frederick Lundin (1868-1947) —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Sweden,
May
18, 1868.
Republican. Member of Illinois
state senate, 1894; alternate delegate to Republican National
Convention from Illinois, 1904;
U.S.
Representative from Illinois 7th District, 1909-11.
Died in Beverly Hills, Los Angeles
County, Calif., August
20, 1947 (age 79 years, 94
days).
Interment at Forest Home Cemetery.
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Elizabeth Gurley Flynn (1890-1964) —
also known as "Rebel Girl" —
of New York.
Born in Concord, Merrimack
County, N.H., August 7,
1890.
Communist. Speaker and organizer for
the Industrial Workers of the World ("Wobblies") in 1906-16; one of
the founders
of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), which later expelled
her for being a Communist; candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York, 1942 (at-large), 1954 (24th
District); convicted
under the anti-Communist
Smith Act, and sentenced
to three years in prison;
released in 1957; became National Chair of the Communist Party U.S.A.
in 1961.
Female.
Irish
ancestry. Member, American Civil
Liberties Union; Industrial
Workers of the World.
Died in Russia,
September
5, 1964 (age 74 years, 29
days).
Interment at Forest Home Cemetery.
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Samuel Fallows (1835-1922) —
of Milwaukee, Milwaukee
County, Wis.; Bloomington, McLean
County, Ill.; Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Pendleton, Lancashire, England,
December
13, 1835.
Republican. Minister;
general in the Union Army during the Civil War; Wisconsin
superintendent of public instruction, 1870-74; president,
Wesleyan University, 1874; bishop; speaker, Republican National Convention, 1888.
Methodist;
later Reformed
Episcopal Church. Member, Freemasons;
Grand
Army of the Republic.
Died, from pneumonia,
in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., September
5, 1922 (age 86 years, 266
days).
Interment at Forest Home Cemetery.
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Relatives:
Married to Lucy Bethia Huntington (1840-1916). |
| | | Personal motto: "Do with your might
what your hands find to do." |
| | | Epitaph: "He walked with God - God took
him." |
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article — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Carl Winter (1906-1991) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn.; Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif.; Michigan.
Born in 1906.
Communist. Candidate for New York
state senate 13th District, 1932; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Minnesota, 1940; convicted
in 1949 under the Smith
Act, for conspiring to advocate the overthrow
of the government; served five years in prison.
Died in 1991
(age about
85 years).
Interment at Forest Home Cemetery.
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Alfred Wagenknecht (1881-1956) —
also known as Paul Holt; A. B. Mayer; A. B.
Martin; U. P. Duffy; "Wag" —
of Seattle, King
County, Wash.; Ohio; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Missouri; Illinois.
Born in Görlitz, Germany,
August
15, 1881.
Socialist candidate for U.S.
Representative from Washington at-large, 1906, 1912; executive
secretary, Communist Labor Party, 1919-20; executive secretary,
United Communist Party, 1920-21; national secretary, Friends of
Soviet Russia, 1922; Communist candidate for New York
state assembly from New York County 14th District, 1933.
Died in Illinois, August
26, 1956 (age 75 years, 11
days).
Interment at Forest Home Cemetery.
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Eugene Dennis (1905-1961) —
also known as Francis Xavier Waldron —
Born in Seattle, King
County, Wash., August
10, 1905.
Communist. Union
organizer; fled
to the Soviet Union in 1929 to avoid prosecution;
General Secretary, Communist Party, 1946-59, and Chairman, 1959-61;
arrested
in 1948, along with other party leaders, and charged
with advocating
the violent overthrow of the United States; convicted
in 1949, and sentenced
to five years in prison.
Died January
31, 1961 (age 55 years, 174
days).
Interment at Forest Home Cemetery.
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Albert Henry Maack (1853-1914) —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Germany,
May
14, 1853.
Son of Paulina Wilhelmina (Gerstenberg) Maack (1825-1880) and Hermann
Carl Wilhelm Maack (1833-1896).
Republican. Presidential Elector for Illinois, 1904.
Died from complications of diabetes,
in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., February
16, 1914 (age 60 years, 278
days).
Interment at Forest Home Cemetery.
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James Frank Hemmons (1869-1954) —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Queen Anne's
County, Md., October
28, 1869.
Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from
Illinois, 1940.
Died, of amyotrophic
lateral sclerosis (Lou Gehrig's
disease), on January
24, 1954 (age 84 years, 88
days).
Interment at Forest Home Cemetery.
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Samuel T. Hammersmark —
of Illinois.
Candidate for U.S.
Representative from Illinois 7th District, 1924.
Interment at Forest Home Cemetery.
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Helen Allison Winter (1908-2001) —
also known as Helen Winter; Helen Allison
Wagenknecht —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn.; Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif.; Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Seattle, King
County, Wash., February
14, 1908.
Daughter of Alfred
Wagenknecht and Hortense
Allison Wagenknecht.
Communist. Candidate for Michigan
state house of representatives from Wayne County 1st District,
1946.
Female.
Died December
13, 2001 (age 93 years, 302
days).
Interment at Forest Home Cemetery.
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Leonard William Schuetz (1887-1944) —
also known as Leonard W. Schuetz —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Posen, Prussia (now Poznan, Poland),
November
16, 1887.
Democrat. Business
executive; U.S.
Representative from Illinois 7th District, 1931-44; died in
office 1944.
Died in Washington,
D.C., February
13, 1944 (age 56 years, 89
days).
Interment at St. Adalbert's Cemetery.
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Thomas Sylvy Gordon (1893-1959) —
also known as Thomas S. Gordon —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., December
17, 1893.
Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Illinois, 1936;
Chicago City Treasurer, 1939-42; U.S.
Representative from Illinois 8th District, 1943-59.
Catholic.
Member, Polish
National Alliance; Knights
of Columbus.
Died in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., January
22, 1959 (age 65 years, 36
days).
Interment at St. Adalbert's Cemetery.
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Stanley Henry Kunz (1864-1946) —
also known as Stanley H. Kunz —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Nanticoke, Luzerne
County, Pa., September
26, 1864.
Democrat. Member of Illinois
state house of representatives, 1888-90; member of Illinois
state senate, 1902-06; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Illinois, 1904,
1912,
1924,
1928;
U.S.
Representative from Illinois 8th District, 1921-31, 1932-33;
defeated, 1930, 1938.
Died April 23,
1946 (age 81 years, 209
days).
Interment at St. Adalbert's Cemetery.
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Leo Paul Kocialkowski (1882-1958) —
also known as Leo Kocialkowski —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., August
16, 1882.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Illinois,
1928;
U.S.
Representative from Illinois 8th District, 1933-43.
Catholic.
Died September
27, 1958 (age 76 years, 42
days).
Interment at St. Adalbert's Cemetery.
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William Walter Link (1884-1950) —
also known as William W. Link —
of Illinois.
Born in Swiec, Poland,
February
12, 1884.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from Illinois 7th District, 1945-47; defeated,
1946.
Polish
ancestry.
Died in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., September
23, 1950 (age 66 years, 223
days).
Interment at St. Adalbert's Cemetery.
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Anthony Michalek (1878-1916) —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Radvanov, Bohemia (now Czech
Republic), January
16, 1878.
Republican. U.S.
Representative from Illinois 5th District, 1905-07; defeated,
1906, 1908.
Died in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., December
21, 1916 (age 38 years, 340
days).
Interment at St. Adalbert's Cemetery.
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Chester Anton Chesney (1916-1986) —
also known as Chester A. Chesney —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., March 9,
1916.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from Illinois 11th District, 1949-51; defeated,
1950.
Died in Marco Island, Collier
County, Fla., September
20, 1986 (age 70 years, 195
days).
Interment at St. Adalbert's Cemetery.
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Walter J. LaBuy (1888-1967) —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Beaver Dam, Dodge
County, Wis., July 25,
1888.
Son of Jacob LaBuy.
Democrat. Lawyer;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Illinois, 1920
(alternate), 1932;
circuit judge in Illinois, 1933-44; U.S.
District Judge for the Northern District of Illinois, 1944.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Judicature Society; Union
League.
Died September
29, 1967 (age 79 years, 66
days).
Interment at St. Adalbert's Cemetery.
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Adam F. Bloch (1884-1940) —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., December
7, 1884.
Democrat. Candidate for U.S.
Representative from Illinois 2nd District, 1922; clerk of the
Illinois supreme court; elected 1932, 1938.
Died May 9,
1940 (age 55 years, 154
days).
Interment at St. Adalbert's Cemetery.
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Edmund K. Jarecki (1879-1966) —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born October
21, 1879.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Illinois,
1920
(alternate), 1936.
Died October
15, 1966 (age 86 years, 359
days).
Interment at St. Adalbert's Cemetery.
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Sidney Richard Yates (1909-2000) —
also known as Sidney R. Yates —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., August
27, 1909.
Democrat. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; U.S.
Representative from Illinois 9th District, 1949-63, 1965-99;
candidate for U.S.
Senator from Illinois, 1962; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Illinois, 1964,
1996.
Jewish.
Member, Council on
Foreign Relations; American Bar
Association.
Died, of kidney
failure and complications of pneumonia,
in Sibley Hospital,
Washington,
D.C., October
5, 2000 (age 91 years, 39
days).
Interment at Memorial Park Cemetery.
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Ralph Edwin Church (1883-1950) —
also known as Ralph E. Church —
of Evanston, Cook
County, Ill.
Born near Catlin, Vermilion
County, Ill., May 5,
1883.
Son of Henry George Church and Lola (Douglas) Church.
Lawyer;
member of Illinois
state house of representatives 6th District, 1917-32; U.S.
Representative from Illinois, 1935-41, 1943-50 (10th District
1935-41, 1943-49, 13th District 1949-50); defeated (Independent),
1932; died in office 1950; candidate in Republican primary for U.S.
Senator from Illinois, 1940.
Methodist.
Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Kiwanis;
Delta
Chi; Phi
Kappa Psi; American
Society for International Law.
Died in a committee
meeting in the House Office Building, Washington,
D.C., March 21,
1950 (age 66 years, 320
days).
Interment at Memorial Park Cemetery.
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Marguerite Stitt Church (1892-1990) —
also known as Marguerite S. Church; Marguerite Stitt;
Mrs. Ralph E. Church —
of Evanston, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., September
13, 1892.
Daughter of William James Stitt and Adelaide (Forsythe) Stitt.
Republican. Psychologist;
U.S.
Representative from Illinois 13th District, 1951-63; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Illinois, 1964.
Female.
Methodist.
Member, League
of Women Voters; Phi
Beta Kappa; American
Association of University Women; Delta
Kappa Gamma; Zonta; Beta
Sigma Phi; American
Legion Auxiliary.
Died May 26,
1990 (age 97 years, 255
days).
Interment at Memorial Park Cemetery.
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Francis Servis Wilson (1872-1951) —
also known as Francis S. Wilson —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Youngstown, Mahoning
County, Ohio, February
7, 1872.
Son of David
M. Wilson and Grisselda E. (Campbell) Wilson.
Democrat. Lawyer;
major in the U.S. Army during World War I; circuit judge in Illinois,
1920-27; Judge, Illinois Appellate Court, 1927-35; alternate delegate
to Democratic National Convention from Illinois, 1932;
justice
of Illinois state supreme court 7th District, 1935-51; died in
office 1951.
Member, Delta
Kappa Epsilon; Sons of
the American Revolution.
Died in 1951
(age about
79 years).
Interment at Memorial Park Cemetery.
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Stephen Albion Day (1882-1950) —
also known as Stephen A. Day —
of Evanston, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Canton, Stark
County, Ohio, July 13,
1882.
Son of William
Rufus Day and Mary Elizabeth (Schaefer) Day.
Republican. Private secretary to U.S. Chief Justice Melville
W. Fuller, 1905-07; lawyer;
alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Illinois,
1932;
U.S.
Representative from Illinois at-large, 1941-45; defeated, 1938,
1944.
Died in Evanston, Cook
County, Ill., January
5, 1950 (age 67 years, 176
days).
Interment at Memorial Park Cemetery.
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Milton Rakove (1918-1983) —
also known as "Mayor Daley's
Intellectual" —
of Wilmette, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Buhl, St. Louis
County, Minn., October
30, 1918.
Democrat. University
professor; political historian;
consultant and speechwriter to U.S. Sen. Charles
H. Percy and Gov. Otto
Kerner; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Illinois,
1980.
Died, in Weiss Memorial Hospital,
Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., November
5, 1983 (age 65 years, 6
days).
Interment at Memorial Park Cemetery.
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James V. Pacelli (1902-1984) —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., July 4,
1902.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Illinois,
1948.
Died in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., February
11, 1984 (age 81 years, 222
days).
Interment at Memorial Park Cemetery.
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Elmer Gertz (1906-2000) —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., September
14, 1906.
Son of Morris Gertz and Grace Gertz.
Lawyer;
delegate
to Illinois state constitutional convention 13th District,
1969-70.
Jewish.
Member, American
Jewish Congress.
Suffered a heart
attack, and died three months later, in a nursing
home at Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., April 27,
2000 (age 93 years, 226
days).
Interment at Memorial Park Cemetery.
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