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Eladio Armesto Garcia (1936-2003) —
of Miami, Miami-Dade
County, Fla.; Miami Lakes, Miami-Dade
County, Fla.
Born in Bayamo, Cuba, November
27, 1936.
Republican. Real
estate and insurance business; newspaper
publisher; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Florida, 1984,
1988,
1992;
member of Florida
state house of representatives 117th District, 1993-94; defeated,
1976.
Catholic.
Cuban
ancestry.
Died, of respiratory
arrest and cancer, in
Zion, Lake
County, Ill., March 24,
2003 (age 66 years, 117
days).
Interment at Miami
Memorial Park, Miami, Fla.
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Edward Backlund (1893-1978) —
also known as Ed Backlund —
of Mitchell, Davison
County, S.Dak.
Born in Bloomington, McLean
County, Ill., December
11, 1893.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; farmer;
insurance business; member of South
Dakota state house of representatives 13th District, 1953-56.
Lutheran.
Member, Farmers
Union; American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars.
Died in November, 1978
(age 84
years, 0 days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to Gladys Pear Lowrie. |
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Shields Adams Blaine (b. 1865) —
also known as S. A. Blaine —
of Champaign, Champaign
County, Ill.
Born in Armstrong
County, Pa., March 20,
1865.
Son of Edward Wiggins Blaine (1825-1914) and Nancy (Adams) Blaine
(c.1832-1870).
Farmer;
banker;
mayor
of Champaign, Ill., 1906-09; real
estate and insurance business.
Presbyterian.
Member, Elks.
Burial
location unknown.
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George E. Brennan (b. 1865) —
also known as "Boss" —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Cayuga
County, N.Y., 1865.
Democrat. Insurance business; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Illinois, 1904,
1908,
1912,
1920,
1924,
1928;
candidate for U.S.
Senator from Illinois, 1926.
Lost a
leg as a boy.
Burial
location unknown.
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Terrel E. Clarke (1920-1997) —
also known as Tec Clarke —
of Western Springs, Cook
County, Ill.
Born March 11,
1920.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; insurance broker;
member of Illinois
state house of representatives, 1957-67; member of Illinois
state senate, 1967-77 (9th District 1967-73, 6th District
1973-77).
Episcopalian.
Died of congestive
heart failure, July 29,
1997 (age 77 years, 140
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Thomas A. Fink (b. 1928) —
also known as Tom Fink —
of Anchorage,
Alaska.
Born in Peoria, Peoria
County, Ill., 1928.
Republican. Insurance business; member of Alaska
state house of representatives 8th District, 1967-74; Speaker of
the Alaska State House of Representatives, 1973-74; candidate for
Governor
of Alaska, 1982; mayor
of Anchorage, Alaska, 1988-94; defeated, 1997.
Catholic.
Still living as of 2007.
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William Stedman Greene (1841-1924) —
also known as William S. Greene —
of Fall River, Bristol
County, Mass.
Born in Tremont, Tazewell
County, Ill., April 28,
1841.
Republican. Real
estate and insurance business; alternate delegate to
Republican National Convention from Massachusetts, 1880;
mayor
of Fall River, Mass., 1880-81, 1886, 1895-97; resigned 1881;
defeated, 1887, 1888, 1893; postmaster;
U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts, 1898-1924 (13th District
1898-1913, 15th District 1913-24); died in office 1924.
Died in Fall River, Bristol
County, Mass., September
22, 1924 (age 83 years, 147
days).
Interment at Oak
Grove Cemetery, Fall River, Mass.
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Thomas Frederick Haines (1903-1997) —
also known as Tom Haines —
of Missoula, Missoula
County, Mont.
Born in Rockport, Pike
County, Ill., March 4,
1903.
Son of Charles Nicholas Haines and Susan (Krauss) Haines.
Republican. Grocer;
director, New American Life Insurance Company; chair of
Missoula County Republican Party, 1945-50; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Montana, 1948;
member of Montana
state house of representatives, 1950-74.
Methodist;
later Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Elks.
Died in Missoula, Missoula
County, Mont., March 21,
1997 (age 94 years, 17
days).
Interment at Missoula
Cemetery, Missoula, Mont.
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James Guthrie Harbord (1866-1947) —
also known as James G. Harbord —
of Manhattan, Riley
County, Kan.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Rye, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born near Bloomington, McLean
County, Ill., March 21,
1866.
Son of George W. Harbord and Effie Critton (Gault) Harbord
(c.1840-1923).
Republican. Major in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War;
general in the U.S. Army during World War I; president (1923-30), and
chairman (1930-47), Radio Corporation of America; director, Atchison,
Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad;
director, Bankers Trust Co.;
director, National Broadcasting
Co.; director, Radio-Keith-Orpheum, Inc. (RKO); director, New York
Life Insurance Co.; candidate for Republican nomination for
Vice President, 1924,
1932;
delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1932;
delegate
to New York convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Union
League.
Died in Rye, Westchester
County, N.Y., August
20, 1947 (age 81 years, 152
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Gustav Holden Helgerson (1875-1965) —
also known as Gus H. Helgerson —
of Mt. Vernon, Davison
County, S.Dak.; Mitchell, Davison
County, S.Dak.
Born in Pontiac, Livingston
County, Ill., September
25, 1875.
Son of Barney Helgerson and Laura Marie (Larson) Helgerson.
Republican. Hardware
business; member of South
Dakota state house of representatives 13th District, 1909-12;
member of South
Dakota state senate 13th District, 1913-14; South
Dakota state treasurer, 1917-21; insurance business.
Lutheran.
Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; Elks; Kiwanis.
Died in Sioux Falls, Minnehaha
County, S.Dak., July, 1965
(age 89
years, 0 days).
Interment at Immanuel
Lutheran Cemetery, Blendon Township, Davison County, S.Dak.
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Relatives:
Married to Blanche Fern Hamilton. |
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Harry Helm (1896-1970) —
of Glens Falls, Warren
County, N.Y.
Born in Grayville, White
County, Ill., 1896.
Democrat. Lawyer;
insurance business; mayor
of Glens Falls, N.Y., 1962-63.
Member, Rotary.
Died in 1970
(age about
74 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Wesley Herrman (1897-1954) —
of Kadoka, Jackson
County, S.Dak.
Born in Alton, Madison
County, Ill., June 12,
1897.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; tourist court
operator; insurance business; member of South
Dakota state house of representatives 48th District, 1949-52.
Member, American
Legion.
Died in Hand
County, S.Dak., April 25,
1954 (age 56 years, 317
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1939
to Helen Groth. |
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John Carl Williams Hinshaw (1894-1956) —
also known as Carl Hinshaw —
of Pasadena, Los Angeles
County, Calif.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., July 28,
1894.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; real
estate and insurance business; U.S.
Representative from California, 1939-56 (11th District 1939-43,
20th District 1943-56); defeated, 1936; died in office 1956;
alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from California,
1948.
Died, of pneumonia
and congestive
heart failure, in the Bethesda
Naval Hospital, Bethesda, Montgomery
County, Md., August 5,
1956 (age 62 years, 8
days).
Interment at Rock
Creek Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Clifford Cady Ireland (1878-1930) —
also known as Clifford Ireland —
of Peoria, Peoria
County, Ill.
Born in Washburn, Woodford
County, Ill., February
14, 1878.
Son of Frank N. Ireland and Fidelia A. (Bangs) Ireland.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War;
lawyer;
general counsel, State Trust and Savings Bank;
president, Western Live Stock Insurance Co.; U.S.
Representative from Illinois 16th District, 1917-23; member of Illinois
Republican State Central Committee, 1925; treasurer of
Illinois Republican Party, 1925.
Methodist.
Member, United
Spanish War Veterans; Beta
Theta Pi; Phi
Alpha Delta; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners.
Died in 1930
(age about
52 years).
Interment at Linn-Mt.
Vernon Cemetery, Washburn, Ill.
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Don Irving (b. 1898) —
of Chambersburg, Pike
County, Ill.
Born in Chambersburg, Pike
County, Ill., September
20, 1898.
Son of Wade Hampton Irving and Martha (Hume) Irving.
Democrat. Farmer;
insurance business; newspaper
columnist;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from Illinois 20th District, 1944, 1946; chair of
Pike County Democratic Party, 1949-65.
Christian.
Member, American
Legion; Farm
Bureau; Farmers
Union.
Burial
location unknown.
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Edward Austin Kelly (1892-1969) —
also known as Edward A. Kelly —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., April 3,
1892.
Son of John J. Kelly and Nellie (O'Connor) Kelly.
Democrat. Professional baseball
player, 1912-16; served in the U.S. Army during World War I; accountant;
real
estate and insurance business; U.S.
Representative from Illinois 3rd District, 1931-43, 1945-47;
defeated, 1942, 1946.
Catholic.
Irish
ancestry. Member, Knights
of Columbus.
Died in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., August
30, 1969 (age 77 years, 149
days).
Interment at St.
Mary's Cemetery, Chicago, Ill.
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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, Chicago, Ill.
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Joseph Knollenberg (b. 1933) —
also known as Joe Knollenberg —
of Bloomfield Hills, Oakland
County, Mich.
Born in Mattoon, Coles
County, Ill., November
28, 1933.
Republican. Insurance executive; U.S.
Representative from Michigan, 1993-2003 (11th District 1993-2003,
9th District 2003).
Catholic.
Still living as of 2009.
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Frederick Herman Kreismann (1869-1944) —
also known as Frederick Kreismann —
of St.
Louis, Mo.
Born in Quincy, Adams
County, Ill., August 7,
1869.
Republican. Civil
engineer; insurance business; mayor
of St. Louis, Mo., 1909-13.
Died in Webster Groves, St. Louis
County, Mo., November
1, 1944 (age 75 years, 86
days).
Interment at Bellefontaine
Cemetery, St. Louis, Mo.
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Charles Otto Lobeck (1852-1920) —
also known as Charles O. Lobeck —
of Omaha, Douglas
County, Neb.
Born in Andover, Henry
County, Ill., April 6,
1852.
Son of Otto Lobeck and Anna Lovisa (Gustavson) Lobeck.
Democrat. Traveling
salesman; hardware
business; real
estate and insurance business; member of Nebraska
state senate, 1893; Presidential Elector for Nebraska, 1900;
U.S.
Representative from Nebraska 2nd District, 1911-19.
Methodist.
Died in Omaha, Douglas
County, Neb., January
30, 1920 (age 67 years, 299
days).
Interment at Prospect
Hill Cemetery, Omaha, Neb.
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Martin B. Lohmann —
of Pekin, Tazewell
County, Ill.
Born in Groveland Township, Tazewell
County, Ill.
Democrat. Real
estate and insurance business; member of Illinois
state house of representatives 30th District, 1923-33; member of
Illinois
state senate 30th District, 1933-53.
Member, Modern
Woodmen; Elks; Kiwanis;
Knights
of Pythias; Knights
of Khorassan.
Burial
location unknown.
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George Jacob Mecherle (b. 1877) —
also known as George J. Mecherle —
of Bloomington, McLean
County, Ill.
Born in Bloomington, McLean
County, Ill., June 7,
1877.
Son of John Christian Thomas Mecherle (1830-1910) and Susan Johnson
(Hull) Mecherle (1842-1915).
Republican. Farmer;
founder (1922), president (1922-37), and chairman, State Farm Mutual
Automobile Insurance Company; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Illinois, 1944,
1948.
Presbyterian.
German
ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Rotary;
Moose;
Elks; Odd
Fellows; Union
League.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of John Christian Thomas Mecherle (1830-1910) and Susan Johnson
(Hull) Mecherle (1842-1915); married, November
6, 1901, to May Edith Perry (1881-1942); married, January
8, 1944, to Sylvia H. Caldwell. |
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William Allen Northcott (1854-1917) —
also known as William A. Northcott —
of Greenville, Bond
County, Ill.; Springfield, Sangamon
County, Ill.
Born in Murfreesboro, Rutherford
County, Tenn., January
28, 1854.
Son of Robert Saunders Northcott (Civil War general) and Mary
(Cunningham) Northcott.
Republican. Lawyer; Bond
County State's Attorney, 1882-92; Lieutenant
Governor of Illinois, 1897-1905; alternate delegate to Republican
National Convention from Illinois, 1904;
U.S.
Attorney for the Eastern District of Illinois, 1905-14;
president, Inter-Ocean Casualty Co.
Episcopalian.
Member, Modern
Woodmen of America; Odd
Fellows; Elks; Knights
of Pythias; Freemasons.
Died January
25, 1917 (age 62 years, 363
days).
Interment at Oak
Ridge Cemetery, Springfield, Ill.
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James Leo Norton, Jr. (b. 1918) —
also known as James L. Norton, Jr. —
of Galesburg, Knox
County, Ill.
Born in Galesburg, Knox
County, Ill., May 9,
1918.
Democrat. Insurance business; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Illinois, 1948.
Catholic.
Member, Eagles; Moose.
Still living as of 1950.
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Gilbert Ruiz (born c.1945) —
of McHenry, McHenry
County, Ill.
Born about 1945.
Republican. Insurance agent; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Illinois, 2004.
Still living as of 2004.
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Victor Hugo Schiro (b. 1904) —
also known as Victor H. Schiro —
of New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., May 28,
1904.
Son of Andrew E. Schiro and Mary (Pizatti) Schiro.
Insurance business; mayor
of New Orleans, La., 1961, 1961-70.
Italian
ancestry. Member, American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Tau
Kappa Epsilon; Optimist
Club.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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Presumably named
for: Victor
Hugo |
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Gibbes. |
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Owen Scott (1848-1928) —
of Effingham, Effingham
County, Ill.; Bloomington, McLean
County, Ill.; Decatur, Macon
County, Ill.
Born in Jackson Township, Effingham
County, Ill., July 6,
1848.
Democrat. School
teacher; superintendent
of schools; lawyer; newspaper
publisher; mayor of Effingham, Ill., 1882; U.S.
Representative from Illinois 14th District, 1891-93; insurance
business.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Decatur, Macon
County, Ill., December
21, 1928 (age 80 years, 168
days).
Interment at Oak
Ridge Cemetery, Effingham, Ill.
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Stephen Stockton (b. 1947) —
also known as Steve Stockton —
of Bloomington, McLean
County, Ill.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., July 4,
1947.
Lawyer;
accountant;
insurance executive; mayor
of Bloomington, Ill., 2005-.
Still living as of 2009.
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William Clement Stone (1902-2002) —
also known as W. Clement Stone —
of Winnetka, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., May 4,
1902.
Republican. Insurance executive; author;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Illinois, 1972.
Member, Freemasons.
Died September
3, 2002 (age 100 years,
122 days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Tilford Albert Willmore (b. 1869) —
also known as T. A. Willmore —
of Hebron, Thayer
County, Neb.
Born in Clinton, DeWitt
County, Ill., November
18, 1869.
Son of Charles Willmore and Sarah J. (Wright) Willmore.
Democrat. School
teacher; postmaster;
real
estate and insurance business; alternate delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Nebraska, 1932.
Christian.
Burial
location unknown.
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