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Politician members in Illinois


  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, Chicago, Ill.
  Relatives: Grandson of Ira Harris; son of Henry Reed Rathbone and Clara (Harris) Rathbone; married, December 22, 1903, to Laura Lucille Harney.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page
  Robert Sargent Shriver, Jr. (1915-2011) — also known as R. Sargent Shriver, Jr.; "Sarge" — Born in Westminster, Carroll County, Md., November 9, 1915. Son of Robert Sargent Shriver (1880-1942) and Hilda (Shriver) Shriver (1883-1977). Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; lawyer; U.S. Ambassador to France, 1968-70; candidate for Vice President of the United States, 1972; candidate for Democratic nomination for President, 1976. Catholic. German ancestry. Member, Delta Kappa Epsilon. Organized and directed the Peace Corps. Received the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1994. Sargent Shriver Elementary School, in Silver Spring, Md., is named for him. Died, from Alzheimer's disease, in Suburban Hospital, Bethesda, Montgomery County, Md., January 18, 2011 (age 95 years, 70 days). Interment at St. Francis Xavier Cemetery, Centerville, Mass.
  Relatives: Son of Robert Sargent Shriver (1880-1942) and Hilda (Shriver) Shriver (1883-1977); married, May 23, 1953, to Eunice Mary Kennedy (1921-2009; daughter of Joseph Patrick Kennedy, Sr.; sister of John Fitzgerald Kennedy, Patricia Kennedy Lawford, Robert Francis Kennedy, Jean Kennedy Smith and Edward Moore Kennedy; aunt of Kathleen Kennedy Townsend); father of Maria Owings Shriver (who married Arnold Alois Schwarzenegger) and Mark Kennedy Shriver. See Kennedy family of Massachusetts and New York.
  See also Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier — Internet Movie Database profile — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Books about R. Sargent Shriver: Scott Stossel, Sarge: The Life and Times of Sargent Shriver
  John Timothy Stone (b. 1868) — of Utica, Oneida County, N.Y.; Cortland, Cortland County, N.Y.; Baltimore, Md.; Chicago, Cook County, Ill. Born in Massachusetts, September 7, 1868. Son of Timothy Dwight Porter Stone and Susan Margaret (Dickinson) Stone. Republican. Pastor; speaker, Republican National Convention, 1916. Presbyterian. Member, Delta Kappa Epsilon; Sons of the American Revolution. Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Married, November 28, 1895, to Bessie Parsons.
  Henry Junior Taylor (1902-1984) — also known as Henry J. Taylor — of Virginia. Born in Chicago, Cook County, Ill., September 2, 1902. Son of Henry Noble Taylor and Eileen Louise (O'Hare) Taylor. Republican. Pulp and paper industry; trustee, Manhattan Savings Bank; director, Waldorf-Astoria Hotel; author; newspaper correspondent; economist; U.S. Ambassador to Switzerland, 1957-61. Member, Society of the Cincinnati; Sons of the American Revolution; Military Order of the World Wars; Delta Kappa Epsilon; Sigma Delta Chi; Loyal Legion. Died in 1984 (age about 81 years). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of Henry Noble Taylor and Eileen Louise (O'Hare) Taylor; married, March 2, 1928, to Olivia Fay Kimbro; married, July 3, 1970, to Marion J. E. Richardson.
  Russell Whitman (b. 1861) — of Evanston, Cook County, Ill. Born in Plymouth, Plymouth County, Mass., January 18, 1861. Son of William H. Whitman and Helen (Russell) Whitman. Democrat. Lawyer; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Illinois, 1932. Unitarian. Member, Phi Beta Kappa; Delta Kappa Epsilon. Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Married, April 3, 1893, to Alice Mason Miller.
  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, Skokie, Ill.
  Relatives: Married, November 18, 1903, to Caroline E. Siegfried.

 

 


 
   
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