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Frederick H. Wagener (1898-1982) —
of Lincoln, Lancaster
County, Neb.
Born in O'Fallon, St. Clair
County, Ill., November
27, 1898.
Son of John A. F. Wagener and Hester (Rable) Wagener.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I;
lawyer; secretary of
Nebraska Republican Party, 1936-37; secretary to U.S. Sen. Kenneth
S. Wherry, 1943-46; Lancaster
County Attorney, 1947; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Nebraska, 1948.
Congregationalist.
Member, Beta
Theta Pi; Phi
Delta Phi; American
Legion; Lions; Elks; Optimist
Club; Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons; Shriners.
Died in 1982
(age about
83 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Alvin Waggoner (b. 1879) —
of Philip, Haakon
County, S.Dak.
Born in Coles Station, Coles
County, Ill., November
23, 1879.
Son of George D. Waggoner and Ada (Feree) Waggoner.
Republican. Lawyer; Stanley
County State's Attorney, 1910-12; Presidential Elector for South
Dakota, 1916.
Unitarian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; Woodmen.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1908
to Harriet Brown. |
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Myron H. Wahls (b. 1921) —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., December
11, 1921.
Republican. Lawyer; candidate for Michigan
state attorney general, 1974; circuit
judge in Michigan 3rd Circuit, 1975-82; appointed 1975; Judge,
Michigan Court of Appeals 1st District, 1982-; appointed 1982.
African
ancestry. Member, National
Bar Association; American
Judicature Society; Association
of Trial Lawyers of America; American Civil
Liberties Union.
Still living as of 1998.
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Daniel Walker (b. 1922) —
of Deerfield, Lake
County, Ill.
Born in Washington,
D.C., August 6,
1922.
Son of Lewis W. Walker and Virginia (Lynch) Walker.
Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; served in the U.S. Navy
during the Korean conflict; lawyer; administrative assistant
to Gov. Adlai
E. Stevenson, 1952; Governor of
Illinois, 1973-77.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Society for International Law; Order of the
Coif.
Still living as of 2009.
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Gilbert Carlton Walker (1833-1885) —
of Owego, Tioga
County, N.Y.; Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.; Norfolk,
Va.; Binghamton, Broome
County, N.Y.; New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in South Gibson, Susquehanna
County, Pa., August 1,
1833.
Lawyer; Governor of
Virginia, 1870-74; U.S.
Representative from Virginia 3rd District, 1875-79; president,
New York Underground Railroad
Co.
Died in New York, New York
County, N.Y., May 11,
1885 (age 51 years, 283
days).
Interment at Spring
Forest Cemetery, Binghamton, N.Y.
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Isaac Pigeon Walker (1815-1872) —
of Springfield, Sangamon
County, Ill.; Milwaukee, Milwaukee
County, Wis.
Born near Wheeling, Ohio
County, Va. (now W.Va.), November
2, 1815.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Illinois
state house of representatives; Presidential Elector for
Illinois, 1840;
member of Wisconsin
territorial legislature, 1847-48; U.S.
Senator from Wisconsin, 1848-55.
Died in Milwaukee, Milwaukee
County, Wis., March 29,
1872 (age 56 years, 148
days).
Interment at Forest
Home Cemetery, Milwaukee, Wis.
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Elmer Michael Walsh —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Republican. Lawyer; Cook
County Sheriff, 1946-50; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Illinois, 1948.
Irish
ancestry.
Still living as of 1950.
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Chesley Mathew Walter (b. 1889) —
also known as Chesley M. Walter —
of Savanna, Carroll
County, Ill.; Sioux City, Woodbury
County, Iowa; Oakland, Alameda
County, Calif.
Born in Savanna, Carroll
County, Ill., November
19, 1889.
Son of John Walter and Catherine (Duffy) Walter.
Republican. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during World War
I; candidate for U.S.
Representative from California 7th District, 1944.
Member, Kiwanis;
Order of
the Coif; Phi
Alpha Delta; American
Legion; Freemasons.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of John Walter and Catherine (Duffy) Walter; married 1912 to Fannie
Machen; married, May 24,
1941, to Dorothy Mills Smith. |
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Otto F. Walter (b. 1890) —
of Columbus, Platte
County, Neb.
Born in Aurora, Kane
County, Ill., April 19,
1890.
Son of William J. Walter and Anna M. (Fasoldt) Walter.
Democrat. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Navy during World War I;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Nebraska, 1924,
1928.
Catholic.
Member, Delta
Chi; American
Legion; Lions; Elks; Knights
of Columbus.
Burial
location unknown.
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Eugene Gilkison Wanger (b. 1933) —
also known as Eugene G. Wanger; Gil Wanger —
of Lansing, Ingham
County, Mich.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., May 16,
1933.
Son of Eugene Wanger and Roka Gilkison Wanger.
Republican. Lawyer; delegate
to Michigan state constitutional convention from Ingham County
1st District, 1961-62; candidate in primary for Michigan
state senate 24th District, 1966.
Congregationalist.
Member, Jaycees;
Phi
Alpha Delta; Delta
Sigma Rho; Theta
Xi; Toastmasters.
Still living as of 1982.
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Relatives:
Married to Marilyn Rose Morris. |
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Daniel P. Ward (b. 1918) —
of LaGrange Park, Cook
County, Ill.; Westchester, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., August
30, 1918.
Son of Patrick Ward and Jane (Convery) Ward.
Democrat. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during World War II;
Cook
County State's Attorney, 1960-66; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Illinois, 1964;
justice
of Illinois state supreme court 1st District, 1966-90.
Catholic.
Member, American Bar
Association; Federal
Bar Association; American
Judicature Society.
Still living as of 1990.
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Harold G. Ward —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Democrat. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during World War I;
member of Illinois
state senate 31st District, 1931-43; alternate delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Illinois, 1936,
1940;
candidate for Illinois
state attorney general, 1940.
Member, American
Legion.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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Vespasian Warner (1842-1925) —
of Clinton, DeWitt
County, Ill.
Born in Mt. Pleasant (now Farmer City), DeWitt
County, Ill., April 23,
1842.
Son of John Warner and Cynthia A. Warner.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War;
lawyer; Presidential Elector for Illinois, 1888;
U.S.
Representative from Illinois, 1895-1905 (13th District 1895-1903,
19th District 1903-05); delegate to Republican National Convention
from Illinois, 1904;
U.S. Commissioner of Pensions, 1905-09; president, John Warner Bank.
Died in 1925
(age about
83 years).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Clinton, Ill.
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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, Chicago, Ill.
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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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George C. Watson (1880-1943) —
of Capac, St. Clair
County, Mich.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., April 20,
1880.
Son of George
C. Watson (1846-?).
Republican. Lawyer; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from St. Clair County 2nd
District, 1923-38.
Died in 1943
(age about
63 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Bernard Weisberg (b. 1925) —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Columbus, Franklin
County, Ohio, December
16, 1925.
Lawyer; delegate
to Illinois state constitutional convention 11th District,
1969-70.
Jewish.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; Order of the
Coif; American Civil
Liberties Union; American Bar
Association; American
Judicature Society.
Still living as of 1970.
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Charles F. Wennerstrum (1889-1986) —
of Chariton, Lucas
County, Iowa.
Born in Cambridge, Henry
County, Ill., October
11, 1889.
Son of Charles F. Wennerstrum and Anna Mathilda (Vinstrand)
Wennerstrum.
Republican. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during World War
I; district judge in Iowa 2nd District, 1930-40; justice of
Iowa state supreme court, 1941-58.
Presbyterian.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Legion; Rotary; Freemasons;
Knights
of Pythias; Sigma
Alpha Epsilon; Delta
Theta Phi; Order of the
Coif.
Died in June, 1986
(age 96
years, 0 days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Roy Owen West (1868-1958) —
also known as Roy O. West —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Georgetown, Vermilion
County, Ill., October
27, 1868.
Son of Pleasant West and Helen Anna West.
Republican. Lawyer; member, Cook County Board of Review,
1898-1914; Illinois
Republican state chair, 1904-14; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Illinois, 1908,
1912,
1916,
1928;
member of Illinois
Republican State Central Committee, 1910; member of Republican
National Committee from Illinois, 1912-16, 1928-32; U.S.
Secretary of the Interior, 1928-29.
Methodist.
Member, American Bar
Association; Sons of
the American Revolution; Freemasons;
Delta
Tau Delta; Phi
Beta Kappa; Phi
Delta Phi; Union
League.
Died in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., November
29, 1958 (age 90 years, 33
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Fred C. Wetmore (1867-1953) —
of Wexford
County, Mich.
Born in Rock Island, Rock Island
County, Ill., November
23, 1867.
Republican. Lawyer; Wexford
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1901-06; member of Michigan
state senate 27th District, 1907-10; U.S.
Attorney for the Western District of Michigan, 1910-14, 1930-33,
1937.
Member, Knights
of Pythias; Ancient
Order of United Workmen.
Died in 1953
(age about
85 years).
Interment at Maple
Hill Cemetery, Cadillac, Mich.
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John Meek Whitehead (b. 1852) —
of Janesville, Rock
County, Wis.
Born near Hillsboro, Montgomery
County, Ill., July 29,
1852.
Son of Jacob Whitehead and Elizabeth Ann (Paisley) Whitehead.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Wisconsin
state senate, 1896-1912; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Wisconsin, 1920.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Economic Association; Phi
Delta Theta.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Jacob Whitehead and Elizabeth Ann (Paisley) Whitehead; married, July 12,
1881, to Lavinia Fletcher Barrows (died 1888); married, May 15,
1919, to Julet Claire Thorp. |
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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.
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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, Skokie, Ill.
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James M. Wilson (1866-1924) —
of Centerville, Appanoose
County, Iowa.
Born near Monmouth, Warren
County, Ill., September
8, 1866.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Iowa state
senate, 1913-19.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Knights
of Pythias; Elks; Kiwanis.
Died, of septicemia
resulting from pulled teeth, in Centerville, Appanoose
County, Iowa, May 2,
1924 (age 57 years, 237
days).
Interment at Oakland
Cemetery, Centerville, Iowa.
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William Warfield Wilson (1868-1942) —
also known as William W. Wilson —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Ohio, Bureau
County, Ill., March 2,
1868.
Son of Joseph G. Wilson and Sarah A. Wilson.
Republican. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Illinois 3rd District, 1903-13, 1915-21;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Illinois, 1924.
Died in 1942
(age about
74 years).
Interment at Union
Cemetery, Ohio, Ill.
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Herbert E. Winsor (1850-1920) —
of Marshall, Calhoun
County, Mich.
Born in Sterling Hill, Sterling, Windham
County, Conn., October
22, 1850.
Son of Horace W. Winsor and Sabra (Gallup) Winsor.
Lawyer; circuit
judge in Michigan 37th Circuit, 1901-02; defeated, 1902.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar.
Died in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., October
26, 1920 (age 70 years, 4
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Samuel W. Witwer (1908-1998) —
also known as "Father of the Illinois
Constitution" —
of Riverside, Cook
County, Ill.; Kenilworth, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Pueblo, Pueblo
County, Colo., July 1,
1908.
Republican. Lawyer; alternate delegate to Republican National
Convention from Illinois, 1960;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from Illinois, 1960; delegate
to Illinois state constitutional convention 1st District, 1969-70.
Methodist.
Member, American
Judicature Society.
Died, in a hospice
at Evanston, Cook
County, Ill., September
13, 1998 (age 90 years, 74
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Benson Wood (1839-1915) —
of Effingham, Effingham
County, Ill.
Born near Bridgewater, Susquehanna
County, Pa., March 31,
1839.
Republican. School
principal; served in the Union Army during the Civil War;
lawyer; member of Illinois
state house of representatives, 1872; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Illinois, 1876,
1888;
mayor of Effingham, Ill., 1881-83; U.S.
Representative from Illinois 19th District, 1895-97; banker.
Died in Effingham, Effingham
County, Ill., August
27, 1915 (age 76 years, 149
days).
Interment at Oakridge
Cemetery, Effingham, Ill.
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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, Chicago, Ill.
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John G. Woods (b. 1921) —
of Arlington Heights, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Shreveport, Caddo
Parish, La., November
1, 1921.
Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; lawyer; village
president of Arlington Heights, Illinois, 1961-69; delegate
to Illinois state constitutional convention 3rd District, 1969-70.
Methodist.
Member, American Bar
Association; Elks; Veterans of
Foreign Wars.
Still living as of 1970.
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David Meade Woodson (1806-1877) —
also known as David M. Woodson —
of Carrollton, Greene
County, Ill.
Born near Nicholasville, Jessamine
County, Ky., 1806.
Son of Samuel
Hughes Woodson (1779-1827) and Anna Randolph (Meade) Woodson.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1833; delegate
to Illinois state constitutional convention Greene County, 1847;
justice
of Illinois state supreme court, 1848; circuit judge in Illinois;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Illinois, 1868.
Died in Carrollton, Greene
County, Ill., 1877
(age about
71 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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John McDowell Woodson (b. 1834) —
also known as John M. Woodson —
of Carrollton, Greene
County, Ill.; Carlinville, Macoupin
County, Ill.; St.
Louis, Mo.
Born near Nicholasville, Jessamine
County, Ky., June 5,
1834.
Son of David
Meade Woodson and Lucy Nash (McDowell) Woodson.
Engineer;
lawyer; delegate
to Illinois state constitutional convention Greene County, 1862;
member of Illinois
state senate, 1867-69; attorney for several railroads.
Burial
location unknown.
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John Woolley —
of Illinois.
Lawyer; Prohibition candidate for President
of the United States, 1900.
Burial
location unknown.
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John McClelland Work (1869-1961) —
also known as John M. Work —
of Des Moines, Polk
County, Iowa; Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.; Whitefish Bay, Milwaukee
County, Wis.
Born in Washington
County, Iowa, January
3, 1869.
Son of John H. Work and Roseanna (McClelland) Work.
Socialist. Lawyer; lecturer;
writer;
candidate for mayor
of Des Moines, Iowa, 1902; candidate for Governor of
Iowa, 1910; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Illinois 10th District, 1914; candidate for
Governor
of Illinois, 1916; editorial page editor for the Socialist
Milwaukee Leader newspaper,
1917-42; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Wisconsin, 1925; candidate for Presidential Elector
for Wisconsin, 1956.
Died in Whitefish Bay, Milwaukee
County, Wis., January
5, 1961 (age 92 years, 2
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Austin L. Wyman, Jr. (1927-2001) —
of Northbrook, Cook
County, Ill.
Born December
28, 1927.
Republican. Lawyer; alternate delegate to Republican National
Convention from Illinois, 1960.
Died January
4, 2001 (age 73 years, 7
days).
Cremated;
ashes scattered.
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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, Skokie, Ill.
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Samuel Hollingsworth Young (b. 1922) —
also known as Samuel H. Young —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.; Glenview, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Casey, Clark
County, Ill., December
26, 1922.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II;
lawyer; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention
from Illinois, 1952;
U.S.
Representative from Illinois 10th District, 1973-75; defeated,
1974, 1976.
Still living as of 1998.
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Paul C. Younger (1910-1971) —
of Lansing, Ingham
County, Mich.
Born in Champaign, Champaign
County, Ill., January
11, 1910.
Republican. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during World War
II; Ingham
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1951-54; member of Michigan
state senate 14th District, 1957-64; defeated in primary, 1964,
1970; candidate for circuit
judge in Michigan 30th Circuit, 1968.
Episcopalian.
Member, Elks; Optimist
Club; Freemasons;
American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars.
Died in Lansing, Ingham
County, Mich., November
21, 1971 (age 61 years, 314
days).
Interment at Evergreen
Cemetery, Lansing, Mich.
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