The Political Graveyard: Tazewell County, Ill.

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Tazewell County
Illinois

Cemeteries and Memorial Sites of Politicians in Tazewell County

Index to Locations

Delavan Prairie Rest Cemetery

Pekin Glendale Memorial Gardens

Pekin Lakeside Cemetery

Washington Glendale Cemetery

Prairie Rest Cemetery
Delavan, Tazewell County, Illinois

Politicians buried here:

Harry Howland Mason (1873-1946) — also known as Harry H. Mason — of Illinois. Born in McLean County, Ill., December 16, 1873. Democrat. U.S. Representative from Illinois 21st District, 1935-37. Died in a hospital at Springfield, Sangamon County, Ill., March 10, 1946 (age 72 years, 84 days). Interment at Prairie Rest Cemetery.

See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page

Glendale Memorial Gardens
Pekin, Tazewell County, Illinois

Politicians buried here:

Everett McKinley Dirksen (1896-1969) — also known as Everett M. Dirksen; "The Wizard of Ooze" — of Pekin, Tazewell County, Ill. Born in Pekin, Tazewell County, Ill., January 4, 1896. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; merchant; U.S. Representative from Illinois 16th District, 1933-49; delegate to Republican National Convention from Illinois, 1940 (alternate), 1948, 1952, 1956, 1960 (member, Credentials Committee), 1964 (delegation chair); U.S. Senator from Illinois, 1951-69; died in office 1969. Christian Reformed. Member, American Legion; Veterans of Foreign Wars; Freemasons; Order of the Eastern Star; Shriners; Eagles; Elks; Moose; American Bar Association; Odd Fellows; Izaak Walton League. Died, of lung cancer, at the Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Washington, D.C., September 7, 1969 (age 73 years, 246 days). Interment at Glendale Memorial Gardens.

		Relatives: Father of Joy Dirksen (who married Howard Henry Baker, Jr.). See Baker-Landon-Dirksen-Kassebaum family of Tennessee.
		Cross-reference: Harold E. Rainville
		See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier — Internet Movie Database profile
		Books about Everett Dirksen: Byron C. Hulsey, Everett Dirksen and His Presidents: How a Senate Giant Shaped American Politics

Lakeside Cemetery
Pekin, Tazewell County, Illinois

Politicians buried here:

Dietrich Conrad Smith (1840-1914) — of Illinois. Born in Germany, April 4, 1840. Republican. Member of Illinois state house of representatives, 1876; U.S. Representative from Illinois 13th District, 1881-83. Died April 18, 1914 (age 74 years, 14 days). Interment at Lakeside Cemetery.

See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page

Glendale Cemetery
Washington, Tazewell County, Illinois

Politicians buried here:

Joseph Verdi Graff (1854-1921) — also known as Joseph V. Graff — of Pekin, Tazewell County, Ill.; Peoria, Peoria County, Ill. Born in Terre Haute, Vigo County, Ind., July 1, 1854. Republican. Lawyer; delegate to Republican National Convention from Illinois, 1892; U.S. Representative from Illinois, 1895-1911 (14th District 1895-97, 5th District 1897-99, 14th District 1899-1903, 16th District 1903-11). Died in Peoria, Peoria County, Ill., November 10, 1921 (age 67 years, 132 days). Interment at Glendale Cemetery.

See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page

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