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Joseph E. Daily (b. 1888) —
of Peoria, Peoria
County, Ill.
Born in Manito, Mason
County, Ill., January
22, 1888.
Son of Joseph Sidney Daily and Drusilla (Robison) Daily.
Lawyer; circuit judge in Illinois, 1926-48; justice of
Illinois state supreme court, 1948-64 (5th District 1948-63, 3rd
District 1964); chief
justice of Illinois state supreme court, 1951-52, 1958-59.
Member, Order of the
Coif; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Elks.
Burial
location unknown.
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Richard Michael Daley (b. 1942) —
also known as Richard M. Daley —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., April 24,
1942.
Son of Richard
Joseph Daley and Eleanor 'Sis' (Guilfoyle) Daley (1907-2003).
Democrat. Lawyer; delegate
to Illinois state constitutional convention 23rd District,
1969-70; member of Illinois
state senate 23rd District, 1973-81; Cook
County State's Attorney, 1981-89; mayor of
Chicago, Ill., 1989-2011; defeated in primary, 1983; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Illinois, 1996,
2000,
2004,
2008
(delegation chair).
Catholic.
Irish
ancestry. Member, American Bar
Association.
Still living as of 2011.
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William Michael Daley (b. 1948) —
also known as William M. Daley —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., August 8,
1948.
Son of Richard
Joseph Daley and Eleanor 'Sis' (Guilfoyle) Daley (1907-2003).
Democrat. Lawyer; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Illinois, 1980;
U.S.
Secretary of Commerce, 1997-2000.
Irish
ancestry.
Still living as of 2009.
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Clarence Seward Darrow (1857-1938) —
also known as Clarence S. Darrow —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Kinsman, Trumbull
County, Ohio, April 18,
1857.
Son of Amirus Darrow and Emily (Eddy) Darrow.
Democrat. Lawyer; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Illinois, 1896; member of Illinois
state house of representatives 17th District, 1903-05; delegate
to Democratic National Convention from Illinois, 1904,
1924.
Member, American Civil
Liberties Union.
Defense attorney for, among many others, Patrick Eugene Prendergast,
who murdered Chicago mayor Carter
H. Harrison. In 1911, he was charged
with bribing
jurors in a California case; tried and
acquitted; a second trial
resulted in a hung jury. Famously cross-examined William
Jennings Bryan during the 1925 "Scopes Monkey Trial.".
Died in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., March 13,
1938 (age 80 years, 329
days).
Cremated;
ashes scattered.
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Charles H. Davis (b. 1906) —
of Rockford, Winnebago
County, Ill.
Born in Fairfield, Wayne
County, Ill., January
7, 1906.
Lawyer; justice of
Illinois state supreme court, 1955-60, 1970-75 (6th District
1955-60, 2nd District 1970-75); chief
justice of Illinois state supreme court, 1957-58; Judge, Illinois
Appellate Court 2nd District, 1964-70.
Congregationalist.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Judicature Society; Phi
Delta Phi; Freemasons;
Shriners.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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Charles Russell Davis (1849-1930) —
also known as Charles R. Davis —
of St. Peter, Nicollet
County, Minn.
Born in Pittsfield, Pike
County, Ill., September
17, 1849.
Republican. Lawyer; Nicollet
County Attorney; member of Minnesota
state house of representatives 17th District, 1889; member of Minnesota
state senate 17th District, 1891-95; U.S.
Representative from Minnesota 3rd District, 1903-25.
Died in Washington,
D.C., July 29,
1930 (age 80 years, 315
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, St. Peter, Minn.
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David Davis IV (1906-1978) —
of Bloomington, McLean
County, Ill.
Born in Bloomington, McLean
County, Ill., July 29,
1906.
Lawyer; member of Illinois
state senate, 1953-67; delegate
to Illinois state constitutional convention 37th District,
1969-70.
Presbyterian.
Member, American
Judicature Society; American Bar
Association.
Died in Bloomington, McLean
County, Ill., April 14,
1978 (age 71 years, 259
days).
Interment at Evergreen
Memorial Cemetery, Bloomington, Ill.
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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, Chicago, Ill.
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Chester Mitchell Dawes (b. 1855) —
also known as Chester M. Dawes —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in North Adams, Berkshire
County, Mass., July 14,
1855.
Son of Henry
Laurens Dawes and Electa S. Dawes.
Republican. Lawyer; Presidential Elector for Illinois, 1896;
general solicitor, Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad,
1900.
Burial
location unknown.
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William Levi Dawson (1886-1970) —
also known as William L. Dawson —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Albany, Dougherty
County, Ga., April 26,
1886.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer;
member of Illinois
Democratic State Central Committee, 1930-32; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Illinois, 1940
(alternate), 1944,
1948,
1952,
1956,
1960,
1964,
1968;
U.S.
Representative from Illinois 1st District, 1943-70; died in
office 1970.
African
ancestry. Member, American
Legion; Disabled
American Veterans; Alpha
Phi Alpha; Freemasons;
Elks.
Died in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., November
9, 1970 (age 84 years, 197
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Griffin
Funeral Home Columbarium, Chicago, Ill.
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James Edward Day (1914-1996) —
also known as J. Edward Day —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.; Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif.
Born in Jacksonville, Morgan
County, Ill., October
11, 1914.
Democrat. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Navy during World War II;
alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Illinois,
1952;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from California, 1960;
U.S.
Postmaster General, 1961-63.
Methodist.
Member, American Bar
Association; Phi
Kappa Psi.
Implemented the ZIP code.
Died, of a heart
attack, in Hunt Valley, Prince
George's County, Md., October
29, 1996 (age 82 years, 18
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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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, Skokie, Ill.
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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, Chicago, Ill.
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John Richard Dellenback (1918-2002) —
also known as John R. Dellenback —
of Medford, Jackson
County, Ore.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., November
6, 1918.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II;
lawyer; member of Oregon
state house of representatives, 1961-66; U.S.
Representative from Oregon 4th District, 1967-75; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Oregon, 1968,
1972;
associate director, U.S. Peace Corps, 1975-77; president, Christian
College Coalition, 1977-88.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons;
Elks.
Died in Medford, Jackson
County, Ore., December
7, 2002 (age 84 years, 31
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Arno Harry Denecke (1916-1993) —
also known as Arno H. Denecke —
of Portland, Multnomah
County, Ore.; Salem, Marion
County, Ore.
Born in Rock Island, Rock Island
County, Ill., May 7,
1916.
Son of Harry Denecke and Gertrude (Etzel) Denecke.
Lawyer; colonel in the U.S. Army during World War II; circuit
judge in Oregon, 1959-62; justice of
Oregon state supreme court, 1963-.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Bar
Association.
Died October
20, 1993 (age 77 years, 166
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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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, Chicago, Ill.
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Edward Everett Denison (1873-1953) —
also known as Edward E. Denison —
of Marion, Williamson
County, Ill.
Born in Marion, Williamson
County, Ill., August
28, 1873.
Son of Charles H. Denison and Mary E. (Bundy) Denison.
Republican. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Illinois 25th District, 1915-31; defeated,
1930, 1932.
Died in Carbondale, Jackson
County, Ill., June 17,
1953 (age 79 years, 293
days).
Interment at Maplewood
Cemetery, Marion, Ill.
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Samuel Crawford Denson (1839-1917) —
of Sacramento, Sacramento
County, Calif.; San
Francisco, Calif.; Easton (now part of Burlingame), San Mateo
County, Calif.
Born in Ursa, Adams
County, Ill., September
23, 1839.
Son of John Denson (1807-1884) and Emily Ann (Crawford) Denson
(1817-1903).
Republican. Lawyer; district judge in California 6th District,
1876-81; superior court judge in California, 1881-83; member of Nevada
state house of representatives, 1885-86; Ormsby County District
Attorney, 1886-88; director and general counsel, Pacific Coast Steel Company.
Member, Freemasons;
Union
League.
Died in Easton (now part of Burlingame), San Mateo
County, Calif., July 26,
1917 (age 77 years, 306
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Frederic Robert DeYoung (1875-1934) —
also known as Frederic R. DeYoung —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., September
12, 1875.
Son of Peter DeYoung and Effie (VanNorden) DeYoung.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Illinois
state house of representatives 7th District, 1915-19; delegate
to Illinois state constitutional convention 7th District,
1920-22; circuit judge in Illinois, 1921-23; superior court judge in
Illinois, 1923-24; justice of
Illinois state supreme court, 1924-34; died in office 1934.
Presbyterian.
Member, American Bar
Association.
Died in 1934
(age about
58 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to Miriam Cornell. |
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Jacob McGavock Dickinson (1851-1928) —
of Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn.; Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Columbus, Lowndes
County, Miss., January
30, 1851.
Son of Henry Dickinson and Anna (McGavock) Dickinson.
Lawyer; general counsel, Illinois Central Railroad;
U.S.
Secretary of War, 1909-11.
Died December
13, 1928 (age 77 years, 318
days).
Interment at Mt.
Olivet Cemetery, Nashville, Tenn.
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George C. Dixon —
of Dixon, Lee
County, Ill.
Born in Dixon, Lee
County, Ill.
Republican. Lawyer; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Illinois, 1924,
1936;
member of Illinois
state house of representatives 35th District, 1929-31; mayor of
Dixon, Ill., 1931-34; resigned 1934; member of Illinois
state senate 35th District, 1935-43.
Presbyterian.
Member, Elks; Odd
Fellows; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar.
Burial
location unknown.
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George William Dixon (born c.1866) —
also known as George W. Dixon —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., about 1866.
Son of Arthur
Dixon and Annie (Carson) Dixon.
Republican. Lawyer; transfer
business; member of Illinois
state senate 1st District, 1903-07; Presidential Elector for
Illinois, 1908.
Methodist.
Scotch-Irish
ancestry. Member, Union
League; Freemasons.
Burial
location unknown.
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Donald Claude Dobbins (1878-1943) —
also known as Donald C. Dobbins —
of Champaign, Champaign
County, Ill.
Born near Dewey, Champaign
County, Ill., March 20,
1878.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Illinois 19th District, 1933-37; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Illinois, 1936.
Presbyterian.
Member, Elks.
Died in Champaign, Champaign
County, Ill., February
14, 1943 (age 64 years, 331
days).
Interment at Mt.
Hope Cemetery, Urbana, Ill.
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James Isaac Dolliver (1894-1978) —
also known as James I. Dolliver —
of Fort Dodge, Webster
County, Iowa; Spirit Lake, Dickinson
County, Iowa.
Born in Park Ridge, Cook
County, Ill., August
31, 1894.
Son of Rev. Robert H. Dolliver and Mary Elle (Barrett) Dolliver.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I;
lawyer; Webster
County Attorney, 1924-29; candidate in primary for U.S.
Senator from Iowa, 1942; U.S.
Representative from Iowa 6th District, 1945-57; defeated, 1956;
member, Commission on
Intergovernmental Relations, 1953-55.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Lions;
Elks; Moose; American
Legion; Farm
Bureau; Delta
Chi.
Died in Rolla, Phelps
County, Mo., December
10, 1978 (age 84 years, 101
days).
Interment at Oakland
Cemetery, Fort Dodge, Iowa.
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Charles H. Donnelly (b. 1855) —
of Woodstock, McHenry
County, Ill.
Born in Woodstock, McHenry
County, Ill., August
22, 1855.
Son of Neil Donnelly and Mary Donnelly.
Lawyer; circuit judge in Illinois 17th Circuit, 1919.
Burial
location unknown.
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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, Evanston, Ill.
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Wallace Barton Douglas (1854-1930) —
also known as Wallace B. Douglas; W. B.
Douglas —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.; Moorhead, Clay
County, Minn.; St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn.
Born in Leyden, Lewis
County, N.Y., September
21, 1854.
Son of Asahel M. Douglas and Alma E. (Miller) Douglas.
Republican. Lawyer; Minnesota
state attorney general, 1899-1904; resigned 1904; justice of
Minnesota state supreme court, 1904-05; appointed 1904.
Died in 1930
(age about
75 years).
Interment at Prairie
Home Cemetery, Moorhead, Minn.
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Relatives:
Married 1881
to Ella M. Smith. |
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T. Mac Downing (b. 1891) —
of Macomb, McDonough
County, Ill.
Born in Macomb, McDonough
County, Ill., 1891.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Illinois
state house of representatives 32nd District, 1935-37; member of
Illinois
state senate 32nd District, 1937-65.
Member, Phi
Delta Theta; Phi
Delta Phi; Freemasons;
Elks; American
Legion.
Burial
location unknown.
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Howard L. Doyle (b. 1894) —
of Decatur, Macon
County, Ill.
Born August
28, 1894.
Son of Frank Doyle and Catherine (Galvin) Doyle.
Lawyer; member of Illinois
state house of representatives 28th District, 1931-35; U.S.
Attorney for the Eastern District of Illinois, 1935-53.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1931
to Mary Finn. |
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Francis Marion Drake (1830-1903) —
of Centerville, Appanoose
County, Iowa.
Born in Rushville, Schuyler
County, Ill., December
30, 1830.
Son of John Adams Drake and Harriet Jane (O'Neal) Drake.
Republican. General in the Union Army during the Civil War;
lawyer; railroad
builder; philanthropist; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Iowa, 1888;
Governor
of Iowa, 1896-98.
Disciples
of Christ. Member, Grand
Army of the Republic; Loyal
Legion; Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows.
Drake University in Des Moines, Iowa is named for
him.
Died, of diabetes,
in Centerville, Appanoose
County, Iowa, November
20, 1903 (age 72 years, 325
days).
Interment at Oakland
Cemetery, Centerville, Iowa.
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Duke W. Dunbar —
of Colorado.
Born in Mt. Sterling, Brown
County, Ill.
Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; lawyer; Colorado
state attorney general, 1951-73.
Member, American
Legion.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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Ralph O. Dunbar (b. 1845) —
of Goldendale, Klickitat
County, Wash.
Born in Schuyler
County, Ill., April 26,
1845.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Washington
territorial legislature, 1879; delegate to
Washington state constitutional convention, 1889; justice of
Washington state supreme court, 1889-1901.
Burial
location unknown.
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Warren W. Duncan (b. 1857) —
of Marion, Williamson
County, Ill.
Born near Lake Creek, Williamson
County, Ill., January
21, 1857.
Lawyer; Presidential Elector for Illinois, 1896;
circuit judge in Illinois, 1903-15; justice of
Illinois state supreme court, 1915-33.
Burial
location unknown.
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Image source:
Illinois Blue Book, 1919 |
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Frank Kershner Dunn (b. 1854) —
also known as Frank K. Dunn —
of Charleston, Coles
County, Ill.
Born in Mt. Gilead, Morrow
County, Ohio, November
13, 1854.
Son of Andrew
Kershner Dunn and Emily (Armentrout) Dunn.
Republican. Lawyer; circuit judge in Illinois 5th Circuit,
1897-1903; justice of
Illinois state supreme court, 1907-33.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1882
to Alice Trimble. |
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1919 |
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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, Evanston, Ill.
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William Henry Dunphy (b. 1860) —
of Walla Walla, Walla Walla
County, Wash.
Born in Aurora, Kane
County, Ill., June 29,
1860.
Son of Robert Dunphy and Catharine Dunphy.
Democrat. Locomotive
engineer; lawyer; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Washington, 1892,
1900;
member of Democratic
National Committee from Washington, 1900-01.
Burial
location unknown.
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John E. Dvorak —
of Bellwood, Cook
County, Ill.; Berkeley, Cook
County, Ill.
Democrat. Lawyer; delegate
to Illinois state constitutional convention 5th District,
1969-70; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Illinois, 1972,
1980.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Judicature Society; Pi Gamma
Mu; Moose.
Still living as of 1980.
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