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Charles R. Adair (1868-1949) —
of Flint, Genesee
County, Mich.
Born in Logan
County, Ill., March 11,
1868.
Son of James Madison Adair (1848-1934) and Sarah Jane (Barr) Adair
(1851-1937).
Democrat. Lawyer;
Democratic candidate for U.S.
Representative from Michigan 6th District, 1922, 1932 (primary),
1936 (primary), 1938 (primary), 1940; Presidential Elector for
Michigan, 1944.
Methodist.
Died in Flint, Genesee
County, Mich., June 18,
1949 (age 81 years, 99
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Charles Adkins (1863-1941) —
of Decatur, Macon
County, Ill.
Born in Pickaway
County, Ohio, February
7, 1863.
Son of Sampson Adkins and Eliza Ann (Mintun) Adkins.
Republican. Member of Illinois
state house of representatives, 1907-13; Speaker of
the Illinois State House of Representatives, 1911-13; U.S.
Representative from Illinois 19th District, 1925-33; defeated,
1932; candidate for Illinois
state senate 28th District, 1936.
Methodist. Member, Freemasons;
Elks; Knights
of Pythias; Woodmen of
the World; Modern
Woodmen.
Died in Decatur, Macon
County, Ill., March 31,
1941 (age 78 years, 52
days).
Interment at Bement
Cemetery, Bement, Ill.
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William Robert Alstadt (1916-1993) —
also known as W. R. Alstadt —
of Little Rock, Pulaski
County, Ark.
Born in Thebes, Alexander
County, Ill., October
7, 1916.
Son of Henry Lee Alstadt and Gradie (Cole) Alstadt.
Democrat. Dentist;
major in the U.S. Army during World War II; alternate delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Arkansas, 1960,
1964.
Methodist. Member, American
Dental Association; Freemasons;
Civitan.
Died April 6,
1993 (age 76 years, 181
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Leslie Cornelius Arends (1895-1985) —
also known as Leslie C. Arends —
of Melvin, Ford
County, Ill.
Born in Melvin, Ford
County, Ill., September
27, 1895.
Son of George Teis Arends and Talea (Weiss) Arends.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; banker; farmer; U.S.
Representative from Illinois, 1935-74 (17th District 1935-73,
15th District 1973-74); delegate to Republican National Convention
from Illinois, 1952,
1956,
1960,
1964,
1972.
Methodist. Member, American
Legion; Farm
Bureau; Freemasons.
Died in Naples, Collier
County, Fla., July 17,
1985 (age 89 years, 293
days).
Interment at Melvin
Cemetery, Melvin, Ill.
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A. Otis Arnold (1878-1941) —
of Quincy, Adams
County, Ill.
Born near Big Neck, Adams
County, Ill., January
24, 1878.
Republican. Member of Illinois
state house of representatives 36th District, 1919-29; candidate
in primary for U.S.
Representative from Illinois 15th District, 1938; member of Illinois
state senate 36th District, 1941; died in office 1941.
Methodist. Member, Rotary; Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows.
Died September
11, 1941 (age 63 years, 230
days).
Interment at New
Lorraine Cemetery, Adams County, Ill.
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William Wright Arnold (1877-1957) —
also known as William W. Arnold —
of Robinson, Crawford
County, Ill.
Born in Oblong, Crawford
County, Ill., October
14, 1877.
Son of Berzelius M. Arnold and Mary Catherine (Baker) Arnold.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Illinois 23rd District, 1923-35.
Methodist. Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Sigma
Alpha Epsilon; Odd
Fellows; Knights
of Pythias; Elks; Woodmen;
Moose.
Died in Robinson, Crawford
County, Ill., November
23, 1957 (age 80 years, 40
days).
Interment at Robinson
New Cemetery, Robinson, Ill.
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Clinton S. Bailey (b. 1890) —
of Dallas, Dallas
County, Tex.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., June 14,
1890.
Son of James Cornelius Bailey and Erminnie (Campbell) Bailey.
Republican. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War I; secretary of
Texas Republican Party, 1923-24; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Texas 5th District, 1926, 1930.
Methodist. Member, American Bar
Association; Sons of
the American Revolution; Phi
Gamma Delta; Theta
Nu Epsilon; American
Legion; Knights
of Pythias; Elks.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to Alice Mae Nicholson. |
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Stan Bainter (b. 1931) —
of Florida.
Born in Macomb, McDonough
County, Ill., January
23, 1931.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during the Korean conflict;
member of Florida
state house of representatives 25th District, 1987-.
Methodist. Member, Kiwanis;
American
Legion; Elks.
Still living as of 1999.
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Berta E. Baker (1876-1964) —
also known as Berta E. Colcord —
of Glenburn, Renville
County, N.Dak.; Bismarck, Burleigh
County, N.Dak.
Born near Sterling, Whiteside
County, Ill., November
26, 1876.
Daughter of William Henry Colcord and Fiana (Linerod) Colcord.
Republican. School
teacher; North
Dakota state treasurer, 1929-32; North Dakota
state auditor, 1933-56.
Female.
Methodist. Member, Zonta; Order of the
Eastern Star.
Died in Minot, Ward
County, N.Dak., May, 1964
(age 87
years, 0 days).
Interment at Rosehill
Cemetery, Minot, N.Dak.
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Harold Griffith Baker (b. 1899) —
also known as Harold G. Baker —
of Belleville, St. Clair
County, Ill.
Born in East St. Louis, St. Clair
County, Ill., February
16, 1899.
Son of Martin D. Baker and Gertrude (McLean) Baker.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer; U.S.
Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, 1926-31.
Methodist. Member, American Bar
Association; Sigma
Chi; Phi
Delta Phi; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Union
League.
Burial
location unknown.
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Richard James Barr (b. 1865) —
also known as Richard J. Barr —
of Joliet, Will
County, Ill.
Born in Manhattan, Will
County, Ill., November
28, 1865.
Republican. Lawyer; mayor of
Joliet, Ill., 1901-03, 1905-07; member of Illinois
state senate 41st District, 1903-51; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Illinois, 1948.
Methodist. Member, Freemasons;
Moose;
Elks.
Burial
location unknown.
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Charles Beggs (1775-1862) —
of Indiana.
Born in Rockingham
County, Va., October
30, 1775.
Member
Indiana territorial council, 1808; served in the U.S. Army during
the War of 1812; member of Indiana
territorial House of Representatives, 1814-15; member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1817-19.
Methodist.
Died in Morgan
County, Ill., 1862
(age about
86 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Clarence Nathaniel Bergstrom (1895-1969) —
also known as Clarence N. Bergstrom —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.; Florida.
Born in Blue Island, Cook
County, Ill., July 8,
1895.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Illinois, 1932
(alternate), 1940;
member of Illinois
Republican State Central Committee, 1942-43; Judge, Illinois
Court of Claims, 1947.
Methodist. Member, Phi
Alpha Delta; Freemasons;
American Bar
Association; American
Legion.
Died in September, 1969
(age 74
years, 0 days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Harry Andrew Blackmun (1908-1999) —
also known as Harry A. Blackmun; "Hip Pocket
Harry"; "Minnesota Twin" —
of Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn.; Rochester, Olmsted
County, Minn.
Born in Nashville, Washington
County, Ill., November
12, 1908.
Son of Corwin Manning Blackmun and Theo H. (Reuter) Blackmun.
Lawyer;
law clerk for U.S. Appeals Court Judge John
B. Sanborn, 1932-33; Judge of
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 8th Circuit, 1959-70; Justice
of U.S. Supreme Court, 1970-94; took senior status 1994; actor
in the 1997 movie
Amistad, as Justice Joseph
Story.
Methodist. Member, American Bar
Association; Rotary; Phi
Beta Kappa.
Died in Arlington, Arlington
County, Va., March 4,
1999 (age 90 years, 112
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Jeremiah Dunham Botkin (1849-1921) —
also known as Jeremiah D. Botkin —
of Winfield, Cowley
County, Kan.; Baldwin City, Douglas
County, Kan.
Born near Atlanta, Logan
County, Ill., April 24,
1849.
Son of Richard Botkin and Nancy (Barr) Botkin.
Methodist
minister; candidate for Governor of
Kansas, 1888 (Prohibition), 1908 (Democratic); U.S.
Representative from Kansas at-large, 1897-99; defeated, 1894.
Methodist.
Died in Liberal, Seward
County, Kan., December
29, 1921 (age 72 years, 249
days).
Interment at Union
Cemetery, Winfield, Kan.
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Edward H. Branchfield (b. 1914) —
of Oregon.
Born in Macomb, McDonough
County, Ill., October
30, 1914.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; member of Oregon
state house of representatives, 1963; Judge, Oregon Court of
Appeals, 1969-71.
Methodist. Member, American Bar
Association; Disabled
American Veterans; American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Elks.
Still living as of 1971.
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Luther Bowdle Bratton —
also known as Luther B. Bratton —
of Kankakee, Kankakee
County, Ill.
Born in Kankakee, Kankakee
County, Ill.
Son of Luther Briarley Bratton.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Illinois
state house of representatives, 1931-35; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Illinois, 1936;
circuit judge in Illinois, 1939.
Methodist. Member, Farm
Bureau; Modern
Woodmen of America; Elks.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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Frank Milton Bristol (1851-1932) —
also known as Frank M. Bristol —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.; Evanston, Cook
County, Ill.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Jeddo (unknown
county), N.Y., January
4, 1851.
Republican. Minister; speaker, Republican National Convention, 1884 ;
bishop.
Methodist. Member, Phi
Kappa Sigma.
Died in 1932
(age about
81 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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George Washington Bristow (1894-1961) —
also known as George W. Bristow —
of Paris, Edgar
County, Ill.
Born in Grand Chain, Pulaski
County, Ill., September
23, 1894.
Son of John David Bristow and Fannie (Moore) Bristow.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer; Edgar
County State's Attorney, 1920-24; circuit judge in Illinois 5th
Circuit, 1927-51; Judge, Illinois Appellate Court, 1942-51; justice of
Illinois state supreme court 3rd District, 1951-61; died in
office 1961.
Methodist. Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons;
Elks; Phi
Delta Phi; Delta
Sigma Rho; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; American
Legion; Forty and
Eight.
Died November
12, 1961 (age 67 years, 50
days).
Interment somewhere in Paris, Ill.
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John Petit Brooks (1826-1915) —
also known as John P. Brooks —
of Galesburg, Knox
County, Ill.; Lewistown, Fulton
County, Ill.; Rock Island, Rock Island
County, Ill.; Sangamon
County, Ill.; Peoria, Peoria
County, Ill.; Bloomington, McLean
County, Ill.; College Mound, Macon
County, Mo.
Born in Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio, July 24,
1826.
Son of Samuel S. Brooks (newspaper editor).
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War; newspaper
editor and publisher; preacher; Illinois
superintendent of public instruction, 1863-65.
Methodist; later Pentecostal.
Died in Dallas, Dallas
County, Tex., June 16,
1915 (age 88 years, 327
days).
Interment at College
Mound Cemetery, College Mound, Mo.
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Relatives:
Married 1852
to Mary Ann Bray (1833-1903). |
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John Theodore Buckbee (1871-1936) —
also known as John T. Buckbee —
of Rockford, Winnebago
County, Ill.
Born near Rockford, Winnebago
County, Ill., August 1,
1871.
Son of Theodore E. Buckbee and Catherine Buckbee.
Republican. President, H. W. Buckbee Seed Company; U.S.
Representative from Illinois 12th District, 1927-36; died in
office 1936.
Methodist. Member, Freemasons;
Moose;
Eagles;
Elks.
Died in Rockford, Winnebago
County, Ill., April 23,
1936 (age 64 years, 266
days).
Interment at Greenwood
Cemetery, Rockford, Ill.
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John Lester Buford (1898-1999) —
also known as J. Lester Buford —
of Galatia, Saline
County, Ill.; Mt. Vernon, Jefferson
County, Ill.
Born in Union
County, Ill., February
25, 1898.
Son of John Robert Buford and Susan (Hartline) Buford.
Republican. School teacher
and principal; superintendent
of schools; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Illinois 25th District, 1934, 1936.
Methodist. Member, Rotary.
Died March 28,
1999 (age 101 years, 31
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Alvan V. Burch (b. 1887) —
of Evansville, Vanderburgh
County, Ind.
Born in Crawford
County, Ill., May 27,
1887.
Republican. Railway
conductor; merchant;
president, Blount Plow
Works; Indiana State Highway Commissioner, 1921-27; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Indiana, 1944.
Methodist. Member, Kiwanis;
Freemasons;
Shriners.
Burial
location unknown.
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William Haydon Burns (1912-1987) —
also known as Haydon Burns —
of Jacksonville, Duval
County, Fla.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., March 17,
1912.
Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; public
relations business; mayor
of Jacksonville, Fla., 1949-65; Governor of
Florida, 1965-67.
Methodist. Member, Phi
Sigma Kappa; Sigma
Phi Epsilon; Alpha
Kappa Psi; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Elks; Moose; Knights
of Pythias; Kiwanis.
Died November
22, 1987 (age 75 years, 250
days).
Interment somewhere
in Jacksonville, Fla.
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John William Chapman (1894-1978) —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.; Springfield, Sangamon
County, Ill.
Born in Crete, Saline
County, Neb., September
8, 1894.
Republican. Lieutenant
Governor of Illinois, 1953-61; alternate delegate to Republican
National Convention from Illinois, 1960.
Methodist. Member, Rotary; Elks; Freemasons;
Shriners.
Died in 1978
(age about
83 years).
Cremated.
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Burnett Mitchell Chiperfield (1870-1940) —
also known as Burnett M. Chiperfield —
of Canton, Fulton
County, Ill.
Born in Dover, Bureau
County, Ill., June 14,
1870.
Son of Rev. Thomas Chiperfield and Hannah M. (Reynolds) Chiperfield.
Republican. Lawyer; Fulton
County State's Attorney, 1896-1900; member of Illinois
state house of representatives, 1903-13; U.S.
Representative from Illinois, 1915-17, 1929-33 (at-large 1915-17,
15th District 1929-33); defeated, 1912 (at-large), 1932 (15th
District), 1934 (15th District); delegate to Republican National
Convention from Illinois, 1920,
1936.
Methodist. Member, American Bar
Association.
Died in Canton, Fulton
County, Ill., June 24,
1940 (age 70 years, 10
days).
Interment at Greenwood
Cemetery, Canton, Ill.
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Marguerite Stitt Church (1892-1990) —
also known as Marguerite S. Church; Marguerite Stitt;
Mrs. Ralph E. Church —
of Evanston, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., September
13, 1892.
Daughter of William James Stitt and Adelaide (Forsythe) Stitt.
Republican. Psychologist;
U.S.
Representative from Illinois 13th District, 1951-63; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Illinois, 1964.
Female.
Methodist. Member, League of Women
Voters; Phi
Beta Kappa; American
Association of University Women; Delta
Kappa Gamma; Zonta; Beta
Sigma Phi; American
Legion Auxiliary.
Died May 26,
1990 (age 97 years, 255
days).
Interment at Memorial
Park Cemetery, Skokie, Ill.
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Ralph Edwin Church (1883-1950) —
also known as Ralph E. Church —
of Evanston, Cook
County, Ill.
Born near Catlin, Vermilion
County, Ill., May 5,
1883.
Son of Henry George Church and Lola (Douglas) Church.
Lawyer;
member of Illinois
state house of representatives 6th District, 1917-32; U.S.
Representative from Illinois, 1935-41, 1943-50 (10th District
1935-41, 1943-49, 13th District 1949-50); defeated (Independent),
1932; died in office 1950; candidate in Republican primary for U.S.
Senator from Illinois, 1940.
Methodist. Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Kiwanis;
Delta
Chi; Phi
Kappa Psi; American
Society for International Law.
Died in a committee
meeting in the House Office Building, Washington,
D.C., March 21,
1950 (age 66 years, 320
days).
Interment at Memorial
Park Cemetery, Skokie, Ill.
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Hillary Rodham Clinton (b. 1947) —
also known as Hillary Diane Rodham; "Hill";
"Evergreen" —
of Chappaqua, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., October
26, 1947.
Daughter of Hugh Ellsworth Rodham (1911-1993) and Dorothy Emma
(Howell) Rodham (1919-2011).
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Senator from New York, 2001-; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from New York, 2004,
2008
(speaker);
candidate for Democratic nomination for President, 2008;
U.S.
Secretary of State, 2009-.
Female.
Methodist. Member, Phi
Alpha Delta.
Still living as of 2011.
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Relatives:
Daughter of Hugh Ellsworth Rodham (1911-1993) and Dorothy Emma
(Howell) Rodham (1919-2011); married, October
11, 1975, to William
Jefferson Clinton; sister of Hugh
Edwin Rodham; mother of Chelsea Clinton (daughter-in-law of Edward
Maurice Mezvinsky and Marjorie
Margolies-Mezvinsky). See Polk-Ashe
family of North Carolina. |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — votes
in Congress from the Washington Post — Wikipedia
article — NNDB
dossier — Internet Movie Database
profile |
| | | Books by Hillary Clinton: Living
History (2003) — An
Invitation To The White House : At Home With History
(2000) — It
Takes A Village |
| | | Books about Hillary Clinton: Joe
Conason, The
Hunting of the President : The Ten-Year Campaign to Destroy Bill and
Hillary Clinton — Donnie Radcliffe, Hillary
Rodham Clinton : A First Lady for Our Time — Gene
Lyons, Fools
for Scandal : How the Media Invented Whitewater — Gail
Sheehy, Hillary's
Choice — Michael Tomasky, Hillary's
Turn : Inside Her Improbable, Victorious Senate
Campaign — Sidney Blumenthal, The
Clinton Wars — Bernard Ryan, Jr., Hillary
Clinton : First Lady and Senator — Susan Estrich, The
Case For Hillary Clinton — Dick Morris and Eileen
McGann, Condi
vs. Hillary : The Next Great Presidential Race — Jeff
Gerth & Don Van Natta, Jr., Her
Way : The Hopes and Ambitions of Hillary Rodham
Clinton — Susan Morrison, ed., Thirty
Ways of Looking at Hillary: Reflections by Women
Writers |
| | | Critical books about Hillary Clinton:
Barbara Olson, Hell
to Pay : The Unfolding Story of Hillary Rodham
Clinton — Peggy Noonan, The
Case Against Hillary Clinton — R. Emmet Tyrell, Jr.,
Madame
Hillary : The Dark Road to the White House — Jack
Cashill, Ron
Brown's Body : How One Man's Death Saved the Clinton Presidency and
Hillary's Future — Christopher Hitchens, No
One Left To Lie To: The Values of the Worst Family —
Carl Limbacher, Hillary's
Scheme : Inside the Next Clinton's Ruthless Agenda to Take the White
House — Ed Klein, The
Truth About Hillary : What She Knew, When She Knew It, and How Far
She'll Go to Become President — Dick Morris, Rewriting
History — David N. Bossie, Hillary:
The Politics of Personal Destruction — Joyce Milton,
The
First Partner: Hillary Rodham Clinton |
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Roy Clippinger (1886-1962) —
of Carmi, White
County, Ill.
Born in Fairfield, Wayne
County, Ill., January
13, 1886.
Son of Anthony Clinton Clippinger (1858-1919) and Eliza Belle
(Donahey) Clippinger.
Republican. Newspaper
editor and publisher; U.S.
Representative from Illinois 24th District, 1946-49.
Methodist. Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Elks; Union
League.
Died in Carmi, White
County, Ill., December
24, 1962 (age 76 years, 345
days).
Interment at Odd
Fellows Cemetery, McLeansboro, Ill.
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Harold Reginald Collier (1915-2006) —
also known as Harold R. Collier —
of Berwyn, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Lansing, Ingham
County, Mich., December
12, 1915.
Republican. Newspaper
editor; candidate in primary for secretary of
state of Illinois, 1952; U.S.
Representative from Illinois, 1957-75 (10th District 1957-73, 6th
District 1973-75).
Methodist. Member, Moose; Elks.
Died in West Palm Beach, Palm Beach
County, Fla., January
17, 2006 (age 90 years, 36
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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David Leigh Colvin (1880-1959) —
also known as D. Leigh Colvin —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Evanston, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in South Charleston, Clark
County, Ohio, January
28, 1880.
Son of David Taylor Colvin and Maria (Larkin) Colvin.
Candidate for U.S.
Senator from New York, 1916 (Prohibition), 1932 (Law
Preservation); Prohibition candidate for mayor
of New York City, N.Y., 1917; Prohibition candidate for Vice
President of the United States, 1920; Prohibition candidate for
U.S.
Representative from New York 11th District, 1922; Chairman of
Prohibition National Committee, 1926-32; Prohibition candidate for President
of the United States, 1936.
Methodist. Member, Alpha
Tau Omega.
Died, from uremia, in
Lawrence Hospital,
Bronxville, Westchester
County, N.Y., September
7, 1959 (age 79 years, 222
days).
Interment at Summit
Lawn Cemetery, Westfield, Ind.
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Garrett D. Conover (b. 1895) —
of Valparaiso, Porter
County, Ind.
Born in Bradford, Stark
County, Ill., October
6, 1895.
Republican. Dentist; mayor
of Valparaiso, Ind., 1943-44.
Methodist. Member, American
Legion; American
Dental Association.
Burial
location unknown.
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Charles Francis Craver (1842-1925) —
of Grinnell, Poweshiek
County, Iowa; Harvey, Cook
County, Ill.; Tulsa, Tulsa
County, Okla.
Born in Franklinville, Gloucester
County, N.J., September
3, 1842.
Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; member of Iowa state
house of representatives, 1876.
Methodist.
One of the founders of Craver & Steele, farm equipment manufacturers;
invented
the first
successful twelve-foot binder for cutting and binding small grain;
later, he was an oil producer
based in Oklahoma.
Died, of heart
trouble, in Tulsa, Tulsa
County, Okla., May 12,
1925 (age 82 years, 251
days).
Interment at Rose
Hill Memorial Park, Tulsa, Okla.
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Corneal A. Davis —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Democrat. Member of Illinois
state house of representatives, 1931; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Illinois, 1964;
member of Illinois
Democratic State Central Committee, 1967.
African Methodist Episcopal. African
ancestry. Member, American
Legion; NAACP; Freemasons;
Shriners.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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Charles Davison (b. 1858) —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Lake
County, Ill., January
13, 1858.
Son of Peter Davison and Martha Maria (Whedon) Davison.
Physician;
medical
school professor; University
of Illinois trustee; elected 1904.
Methodist. Member, American Medical
Association; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners.
Burial
location unknown.
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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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Arthur Dixon (b. 1837) —
also known as "Watch-Dog of the City
Treasury" —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in County Fermanagh, Ireland (now Northern
Ireland), March 27,
1837.
Son of Arthur Dixon and Jane (Allen) Dixon.
Republican. Grocer; transfer
business; member, Chicago Common Council, 1867-91; president of
council, 1874-80; director, Baltimore & Ohio Railroad;
director, Chicago & Grand Trunk Railway,
1900-17; director, Metropolitan National Bank;
member of Illinois
state house of representatives 96th District, 1871-73; alternate
delegate to Republican National Convention from Illinois, 1880;
Presidential Elector for Illinois, 1904.
Methodist. Scotch-Irish
ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Union
League.
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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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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Jesse Monroe Donaldson (1885-1970) —
of Washington,
D.C.
Born near Shelbyville, Shelby
County, Ill., August
17, 1885.
U.S.
Postmaster General, 1947-53.
Methodist. Member, Freemasons.
Died in Kansas City, Jackson
County, Mo., March 25,
1970 (age 84 years, 220
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Robert Blackford Duncan (1920-2011) —
also known as Robert B. Duncan —
of Medford, Jackson
County, Ore.
Born in Normal, McLean
County, Ill., December
4, 1920.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; member of
Oregon state legislature, 1956; U.S.
Representative from Oregon, 1963-67, 1975-81 (4th District
1963-67, 3rd District 1975-81); delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Oregon, 1964;
candidate for U.S.
Senator from Oregon, 1966.
Methodist. Member, American Bar
Association; Elks.
Died April 29,
2011 (age 90 years, 146
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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M. C. Eames (b. 1834) —
of Blue Island, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Milton, Chittenden
County, Vt., March 16,
1834.
Son of Joseph Eames.
Village
president of Blue Island, Illinois, 1883-84.
Methodist. Member, Odd
Fellows; Freemasons.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1854
to Olive W. Purmort. |
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Arthur Edwards (1834-1901) —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Norwalk, Huron
County, Ohio, 1834.
Republican. Clergyman;
colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War; editor,
Northwestern Christian Advocate magazine,
1872-1901; speaker, Republican National Convention, 1888.
Methodist.
Died, of heart
disease, in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., March 20,
1901 (age about 66
years).
Burial
location unknown.
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John Evans (1814-1897) —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Waynesville, Warren
County, Ohio, March 9,
1814.
Republican. Governor of
Colorado Territory, 1862-65; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Colorado Territory, 1868
(member, Credentials
Committee; member, Committee
on Permanent Organization; speaker).
Methodist.
Evanston, Ill. was named for
him.
Died in Denver,
Colo., July 3,
1897 (age 83 years, 116
days).
Interment at Riverside
Cemetery, Denver, Colo.
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Thomas W. Ewing (b. 1935) —
of Pontiac, Livingston
County, Ill.
Born in Atlanta, Logan
County, Ill., September
19, 1935.
Republican. Lawyer; farmer;
member of Illinois
state house of representatives, 1975-91; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Illinois, 1980,
1984;
U.S.
Representative from Illinois 15th District, 1991-2001.
Methodist.
Still living as of 2001.
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Samuel Fallows (1835-1922) —
of Milwaukee, Milwaukee
County, Wis.; Bloomington, McLean
County, Ill.; Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Pendleton, Lancashire, England,
December
13, 1835.
Republican. Minister;
general in the Union Army during the Civil War; Wisconsin
superintendent of public instruction, 1870-74; president,
Wesleyan University, 1874; bishop; speaker, Republican National Convention, 1888.
Methodist; later Reformed
Episcopal Church. Member, Freemasons;
Grand
Army of the Republic.
Died, from pneumonia,
in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., September
5, 1922 (age 86 years, 266
days).
Interment at Forest
Home Cemetery, Forest Park, Ill.
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Relatives:
Married to Lucy Bethia Huntington (1840-1916). |
| | | Personal motto: "Do with your might
what your hands find to do." |
| | | Epitaph: "He walked with God - God took
him." |
| | | See also Wikipedia
article — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Harris Walter Fawell (b. 1929) —
also known as Harris W. Fawell —
of Naperville, DuPage
County, Ill.; Glen Ellyn, DuPage
County, Ill.
Born in West Chicago, DuPage
County, Ill., March 25,
1929.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Illinois
state senate, 1963-77; candidate for justice of
Illinois state supreme court, 1976; U.S.
Representative from Illinois 13th District, 1985-99.
Methodist. Member, Jaycees;
Kiwanis.
Still living as of 2009.
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Robert Virgil Fletcher (b. 1869) —
also known as R. V. Fletcher —
of Pontotoc, Pontotoc
County, Miss.; Jackson, Hinds
County, Miss.; Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Grant
County, Ky., September
27, 1869.
Son of John M. Fletcher and Mary (Luman) Fletcher.
Democrat. Lawyer; Mississippi
state attorney general, 1907-08; justice of
Mississippi state supreme court, 1908-09; appointed 1908; general
attorney, Illinois Central Railroad,
1911.
Methodist. Member, Freemasons;
Knights
of Pythias; Odd
Fellows.
Burial
location unknown.
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Robert Virgil Fletcher (b. 1869) —
of Pontotoc, Pontotoc
County, Miss.; Jackson, Hinds
County, Miss.; Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Grant
County, Ky., September
27, 1869.
Son of John M. Fletcher and Mary (Luman) Fletcher.
Democrat. Lawyer; Mississippi
state attorney general, 1907-08; justice of
Mississippi state supreme court, 1908-09; general attorney,
Illinois Central Railroad,
1911-19.
Methodist. Member, Freemasons.
Burial
location unknown.
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Lyman Judson Gage (1836-1927) —
also known as Lyman J. Gage —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.; San Diego, San Diego
County, Calif.
Born in DeRuyter, Madison
County, N.Y., June 28,
1836.
Son of Eli A. Gage and Mary (Judson) Gage.
Republican. Bank
president; U.S.
Secretary of the Treasury, 1897-1902; alternate delegate to
Republican National Convention from California, 1916.
Methodist. Member, American
Bankers Association.
Died in San Diego, San Diego
County, Calif., January
26, 1927 (age 90 years, 212
days).
Interment at Rosehill
Cemetery, Chicago, Ill.
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Ulysses Simpson Grant (1822-1885) —
also known as Ulysses S. Grant; "Savior of the
Union"; "Lion of Vicksburg"; "The
Austerlitz of American Politics"; "Unconditional
Surrender Grant"; "The Galena Tanner";
"The Silent Soldier"; "The Silent
General" —
of Galena, Jo Daviess
County, Ill.
Born in Point Pleasant, Clermont
County, Ohio, April 27,
1822.
Republican. General in the Union Army during the Civil War; President
of the United States, 1869-77; candidate for Republican
nomination for President, 1880.
Methodist. Scottish
ancestry. Member, Loyal
Legion.
Elected to the Hall
of Fame for Great Americans in 1900. His portrait appears on the
U.S. $50
bill, and also appeared on $1
and $5 silver certificates in 1887-1927.
Died of throat
cancer, at Mt. McGregor, Saratoga
County, N.Y., July 23,
1885 (age 63 years, 87
days).
Interment at General
Grant Memorial, Manhattan, N.Y.
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Relatives:
Married, August
22, 1848, to Julia Boggs Dent; father of Frederick
Dent Grant and Ulysses
Simpson Grant, Jr.; grandfather of Nellie Grant (who married William
Pigott Cronan). See Grant
family of Connecticut. |
| | | Cross-reference: Horace
Porter — Ayres
Phillips Merrill — Robert
Martin Douglas |
| | | Grant counties in Ark., Kan., La., Minn., Neb., N.M., N.Dak., Okla., Ore., S.Dak., Wash. and W.Va. are
named for him. |
| | | Other politicians named for him: Ulysses
G. Denman
— S. U.
G. Rhodes
— U.
S. Grant Leverett
|
| | | Personal motto: "When in doubt,
fight." |
| | | See also Wikipedia
article — NNDB
dossier |
| | | Books about Ulysses S. Grant: Jean
Edward Smith, Grant —
Frank J. Scaturro, President
Grant Reconsidered — William S. McFeely, Grant
: A Biography — William S. McFeely, Ulysses
S. Grant: An Album: Warrior, Husband, Traveler, Emancipator,
Writer — Brooks D. Simpson, Ulysses
S. Grant: Triumph Over Adversity, 1822-1865 — Brooks
D. Simpson, Let
Us Have Peace: Ulysses S. Grant and the Politics of War and
Reconstruction, 1861-1868 — James S. Brisbin, The
campaign lives of Ulysses S. Grant and Schuyler Colfax (out of
print) — Josiah Bunting III, Ulysses
S. Grant — Michael Korda, Ulysses
S. Grant : The Unlikely Hero — Edward H. Bonekemper,
A
Victor, Not a Butcher: Ulysses S. Grant's Overlooked Military
Genius — Harry J. Maihafer, The
General and the Journalists: Ulysses S. Grant, Horace Greeley, and
Charles Dana |
| | | Critical books about Ulysses S. Grant:
Nathan Miller, Star-Spangled
Men : America's Ten Worst Presidents |
| | | Fiction about Ulysses S. Grant: Newt
Gingrich & William R. Forstchen, Grant
Comes East — Newt Gingrich & William R. Forstchen, Never
Call Retreat : Lee and Grant: The Final Victory |
| | | Image source: Portrait & Biographical
Album of Washtenaw County (1891) |
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Thomas P. Gunning (1882-1943) —
of Princeton, Bureau
County, Ill.
Born near Neponset, Bureau
County, Ill., June 26,
1882.
Republican. Dentist;
member of Illinois
state senate 37th District, 1931-43; died in office 1943.
Methodist. Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; Elks; American
Dental Association.
Never recovered fully from surgery to remove a cataract, and died
from multiple
ailments, in Princeton, Bureau
County, Ill., November
8, 1943 (age 61 years, 135
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Edward T. Hackney (1870-1953) —
also known as Ed T. Hackney —
of Wellington, Sumner
County, Kan.
Born in Mt. Pulaski, Logan
County, Ill., November
11, 1870.
Son of Oscar J. Hackney and Lena (Clark) Hackney.
Lawyer;
member of Kansas
state house of representatives, 1897-99.
Methodist. Member, Sigma Nu.
Died in 1953
(age about
82 years).
Interment at Prairie
Lawn Cemetery, Wellington, Kan.
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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 Harlan (1820-1899) —
of Mt. Pleasant, Henry
County, Iowa.
Born in Clark
County, Ill., August
26, 1820.
Republican. Iowa
superintendent of public instruction, 1847; president
of Iowa Wesleyan College, 1853-55, 1869-70; U.S.
Senator from Iowa, 1855-57, 1857-65, 1867-73; U.S.
Secretary of the Interior, 1865-66; candidate for Republican
nomination for Vice President, 1868.
Methodist.
Died in Mt. Pleasant, Henry
County, Iowa, October
5, 1899 (age 79 years, 40
days).
Interment at Forest
Home Cemetery, Mt. Pleasant, Iowa.
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Parker Thompson Hart (1910-1997) —
also known as Parker T. Hart —
of Evanston, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Medford, Middlesex
County, Mass., September
28, 1910.
Son of William Parker Hart and Ella Louisa (Thompson) Hart.
Foreign Service officer; U.S. Vice Consul in Vienna, 1938-39; Pará, 1940-43; Wellington, 1943; Cairo, 1944; Jidda, 1944; U.S. Consul in Dhahran, 1945; U.S. Consul General in Dhahran, 1949; Damascus, 1952; U.S. Ambassador to Saudi Arabia, 1961-65; Yemen, 1961-62; Kuwait, 1962-63; Turkey, 1965-68.
Methodist. Member, Phi
Kappa Sigma.
Died in 1997
(age about
86 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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John Dennis Hastert (b. 1942) —
also known as J. Dennis Hastert; Denny
Hastert —
of Oswego, Kendall
County, Ill.; Yorkville, Kendall
County, Ill.; Plano, Kendall
County, Ill.
Born in Aurora, Kane
County, Ill., January
2, 1942.
Republican. School
teacher; athletic
coach; member of Illinois
state house of representatives, 1981-86; U.S.
Representative from Illinois 14th District, 1987-; Speaker of
the U.S. House, 1999-; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Illinois, 2008.
Methodist.
Still living as of 2010.
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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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Ernest Eugene Jackman (b. 1884) —
also known as E. E. Jackman —
of Grant, Perkins
County, Neb.
Born in Lowpoint, Woodford
County, Ill., March 4,
1884.
Son of Ameal Jackman and Kate (Dunn) Jackman.
Republican. Lawyer;
president, Farmers State Bank;
member of Nebraska
state house of representatives 88th District, 1927-31; candidate
in primary for U.S.
Representative from Nebraska, 1934, 1936; alternate delegate to
Republican National Convention from Nebraska, 1940.
Methodist. Member, American
Bankers Association; Rotary; Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows.
Burial
location unknown.
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Edward Halsey Jenison (1907-1996) —
also known as Edward H. Jenison —
of Paris, Edgar
County, Ill.
Born in Fond du Lac, Fond du Lac
County, Wis., July 27,
1907.
Son of Ernest Manley Jenison and Laura (Hinsey) Jenison.
Republican. Newspaper
editor; served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; U.S.
Representative from Illinois, 1947-53 (18th District 1947-49,
23rd District 1949-53); defeated, 1952, 1954; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Illinois, 1956.
Methodist. Member, American
Legion; Sigma
Delta Chi; Freemasons;
Elks.
Died June 22,
1996 (age 88 years, 331
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Alfred Hanby Jones (1850-1937) —
also known as Alfred H. Jones —
of Robinson, Crawford
County, Ill.
Born in Honey Creek Township, Crawford
County, Ill., July 4,
1850.
Son of John M. Jones.
Republican. Lawyer; Crawford
County State's Attorney, 1876-77; member of Illinois
state house of representatives, 1886-88; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Illinois, 1896,
1908,
1916.
Methodist.
Died in Robinson, Crawford
County, Ill., 1937
(age about
86 years).
Interment at Robinson
New Cemetery, Robinson, Ill.
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Relatives: Son
of John M. Jones; married 1872 to Ella M.
Thompson (died 1874); married 1878 to
Catherine A. Beals. |
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Paul Fouts Jones (b. 1898) —
also known as Paul F. Jones —
of Danville, Vermilion
County, Ill.
Born in Danville, Vermilion
County, Ill., November
6, 1898.
Son of Oliver Morton Jones and Emma (Fouts) Jones.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer; U.S.
Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, 1931-35.
Methodist. Member, Sigma
Alpha Epsilon; Phi
Delta Phi; Elks.
Burial
location unknown.
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Russell Jump (1895-2000) —
of Wichita, Sedgwick
County, Kan.
Born in Galesburg, Knox
County, Ill., March 16,
1895.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; mayor of
Wichita, Kan., 1952-53.
Methodist.
Died in Pratt, Pratt
County, Kan., April 18,
2000 (age 105 years, 33
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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James Winfield Karber (b. 1914) —
also known as James W. Karber —
of Ridgway, Gallatin
County, Ill.
Born in Elizabethtown, Hardin
County, Ill., July 8,
1914.
Democrat. Lawyer; Gallatin
County State's Attorney, 1936-40; member of Illinois
Democratic State Central Committee, 1941-44; member of Illinois
state house of representatives, 1946-48; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Illinois, 1964.
Methodist. Member, Elks; Freemasons;
Shriners.
Still living as of 1964.
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Wendell Palmer Kay (b. 1913) —
also known as Wendell P. Kay —
of Anchorage,
Alaska.
Born in Illinois, 1913.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Alaska
territorial House of Representatives 3rd District, 1951-56; Speaker
of Alaska Territory House of Representatives, 1955-56; alternate
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Alaska Territory, 1956;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Alaska, 1960;
candidate for U.S.
Senator from Alaska, 1970.
Methodist.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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James Thomas Kolbe (b. 1942) —
also known as Jim Kolbe —
of Bisbee, Cochise
County, Ariz.; Tucson, Pima
County, Ariz.
Born in Evanston, Cook
County, Ill., June 28,
1942.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during the Vietnam War; member of
Arizona
state senate, 1977-82; U.S.
Representative from Arizona, 1985-2007 (5th District 1985-2003,
8th District 2003-07); defeated, 1982.
Methodist. Gay.
Still living as of 2009.
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Nelson George Kraschel (1889-1957) —
also known as Nelson G. Kraschel —
of Harlan, Shelby
County, Iowa.
Born in Macon, Macon
County, Ill., October
27, 1889.
Democrat. Lieutenant
Governor of Iowa, 1933-37; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Iowa, 1936,
1940,
1952;
Governor
of Iowa, 1937-39.
Methodist.
Died March 15,
1957 (age 67 years, 139
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Edward E. Laughlin (b. 1887) —
of Freeport, Stephenson
County, Ill.
Born in Putnam
County, Ill., July 27,
1887.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Illinois
state house of representatives 12th District, 1935-37; member of
Illinois
state senate 12th District, 1937-41, 1943-53.
Methodist. Member, Odd
Fellows; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar.
Burial
location unknown.
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Myron M. Lehman (1889-1977) —
of Elgin, Kane
County, Ill.
Born in Elgin, Kane
County, Ill., June 22,
1889.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; mayor of
Elgin, Ill., 1931-43, 1951-55.
Methodist. Member, Freemasons;
American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars.
Died in Whitehaven, Shelby
County, Tenn., August 7,
1977 (age 88 years, 46
days).
Interment at Bluff
City Cemetery, Elgin, Ill.
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Frank Kyle Lemon (b. 1875) —
also known as Frank K. Lemon —
of Clinton, DeWitt
County, Ill.
Born in Farmer City, DeWitt
County, Ill., March 6,
1875.
Son of Richard A. Lemon and Opha Ann (Kyle) Lemon.
Republican. Lawyer;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Illinois, 1920,
1924
(alternate), 1932
(alternate), 1936;
U.S.
Attorney for the Eastern District of Illinois, 1931-35.
Methodist. Member, American Bar
Association; Phi
Delta Theta; Knights
of Pythias; Rotary.
Burial
location unknown.
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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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Charles A. Lord (b. 1868) —
of Lincoln, Lancaster
County, Neb.
Born in Rushville, Schuyler
County, Ill., March 21,
1868.
Democrat. Automobile
dealer; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Nebraska,
1920,
1924,
1928.
Methodist. Member, Kiwanis.
Burial
location unknown.
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George Alfred Luxford (b. 1876) —
also known as G. A. Luxford —
of Denver,
Colo.
Born in La Salle, La Salle
County, Ill., November
16, 1876.
Son of James Thomas Luxford and Mary (Renfro) Luxford.
Republican. Lawyer;
county judge in Colorado, 1921-37; district judge in Colorado,
1942-46; justice of
Colorado state supreme court, 1947-49.
Methodist. Member, Freemasons.
Burial
location unknown.
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Charles Taylor Manatt (1936-2011) —
also known as Charles Manatt —
of Van Nuys, Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif.; Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., June 9,
1936.
Son of William Price Manatt and Lucille (Taylor) Manatt.
Democrat. Lawyer;
candidate for Presidential Elector for California, 1968;
California
Democratic state chair, 1971-73, 1975-77; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from California, 1972,
1988,
1996,
2000,
2004,
2008;
Temporary Chair, 1984;
member of Democratic
National Committee from California, 1976-82; Chairman of
Democratic National Committee, 1981-85; U.S. Ambassador to Dominican Republic, 1999-2001.
Methodist. Member, American Bar
Association; Federal
Bar Association; Phi
Delta Phi; Delta
Sigma Rho; Phi
Kappa Phi; Delta
Chi; Freemasons.
Died in 2011
(age about
75 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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William Casey Marland (1918-1965) —
also known as William C. Marland —
of Glen Rogers, Wyoming
County, W.Va.
Born in Johnston City, Williamson
County, Ill., March 26,
1918.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; lawyer; West
Virginia state attorney general, 1948-52; Governor of
West Virginia, 1953-57; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from West Virginia, 1956;
candidate for U.S.
Senator from West Virginia, 1956.
Methodist. Member, Order of the
Coif; Phi
Delta Phi; Lambda
Chi Alpha; United
Mine Workers; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; American
Legion; Moose.
Died of pancreatic
cancer, in Barrington, Cook
County, Ill., November
26, 1965 (age 47 years, 245
days).
Cremated;
ashes scattered.
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John Cunningham Martin (1880-1952) —
also known as John C. Martin —
of Salem, Marion
County, Ill.
Born in Salem, Marion
County, Ill., April 29,
1880.
Democrat. Banker; Illinois
state treasurer, 1933-35, 1937-39; U.S.
Representative from Illinois at-large, 1939-41; candidate for Illinois
state auditor of public accounts, 1940; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Illinois, 1944,
1948.
Methodist. Member, Elks; Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; Rotary.
Died in Long Beach, Los Angeles
County, Calif., January
27, 1952 (age 71 years, 273
days).
Interment at East
Lawn Cemetery, Salem, Ill.
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Ira D. McVicker (1853-1938) —
of Eagle Grove, Wright
County, Iowa.
Born in Henry, Marshall
County, Ill., January
27, 1853.
Farmer;
member of Iowa state
house of representatives; elected 1912.
Methodist. Member, Freemasons.
Died in Eagle Grove, Wright
County, Iowa, November
20, 1938 (age 85 years, 297
days).
Interment at Rose
Hill Cemetery, Eagle Grove, Iowa.
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Henry A. Moehlenpah (b. 1867) —
of Clinton, Rock
County, Wis.; Milwaukee, Milwaukee
County, Wis.
Born in Joliet, Will
County, Ill., March 9,
1867.
Son of Frederick Moehlenpah and Elizabeth (Brady) Moehlenpah.
Democrat. Banker;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from Wisconsin 1st District, 1906; candidate for
Lieutenant
Governor of Wisconsin, 1908; candidate for Presidential Elector
for Wisconsin, 1916;
candidate for Governor of
Wisconsin, 1918.
Methodist. Member, Phi
Kappa Sigma.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1896
to Alice Hartshorn. |
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John S. Mowat, Jr. (b. 1927) —
of Adrian, Lenawee
County, Mich.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., January
12, 1927.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; fruit
farmer; member of Michigan
state house of representatives 40th District, 1971-78; member of
Michigan
state senate 19th District, 1979-82; candidate in primary for U.S.
Representative from Michigan 4th District, 1981.
Methodist. Member, Farm
Bureau.
Still living as of 1982.
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David Winfield Mulvane (b. 1863) —
also known as David W. Mulvane —
of Topeka, Shawnee
County, Kan.
Born in Princeton, Bureau
County, Ill., January
4, 1863.
Son of Joab Mulvane and Sarah Ann (Ross) Mulvane.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Kansas
Republican State Central Committee, 1898; member of Republican
National Committee from Kansas, 1900-12, 1920-24; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Kansas, 1920.
Methodist. Member, Freemasons;
Elks.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married, May 5,
1906, to Mrs. Helen McKenna. |
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Charles E. Nichols (b. 1908) —
of Lebanon, St. Clair
County, Ill.; Belleville, St. Clair
County, Ill.
Born in Lebanon, Warren
County, Ohio, April 19,
1908.
Son of Stephen Edmund Nichols and Bess (Jones) Nichols.
School
principal; mayor
of Belleville, Ill., 1961-69.
Methodist. Member, Phi
Kappa Delta; Rotary; Optimist
Club.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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Frank Lewis O'Bannon (1930-2003) —
also known as Frank L. O'Bannon —
of Indiana.
Born in Corydon, Harrison
County, Ind., January
30, 1930.
Son of Faith (Dropsey) O'Bannon and Robert
Presley O'Bannon.
Democrat. Newspaper
publisher; member of Indiana
state senate, 1971-89; Lieutenant
Governor of Indiana, 1989-97; Governor of
Indiana, 1997-2003; died in office 2003; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Indiana, 2000.
Methodist. Member, Freemasons;
Rotary;
Phi
Delta Phi; Phi
Gamma Delta; American Bar
Association; American
Judicature Society; American
Legion.
Suffered a major
stroke, and subsequently died, in Northwestern Memorial Hospital,
Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., September
13, 2003 (age 73 years, 226
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Cedar
Hill Cemetery, Corydon, Ind.; statue at Old
Courthouse Square, Corydon, Ind.
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Warren Henry Orr (b. 1886) —
also known as Warren H. Orr —
of Hamilton, Hancock
County, Ill.; Carthage, Hancock
County, Ill.; Rock Island, Rock Island
County, Ill.; Wilmette, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Hannibal, Marion
County, Mo., November
5, 1886.
Son of James H. Orr and Louisa E. (Watson) Orr.
Democrat. Lawyer; Hancock
County Judge, 1919-30; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Illinois, 1924;
justice
of Illinois state supreme court 4th District, 1930-39; chief
justice of Alabama state supreme court, 1933-39; president,
Belmont National Bank of
Chicago.
Methodist. Member, American Bar
Association; Phi
Delta Phi; Delta
Tau Delta; Freemasons;
Union
League; Kiwanis.
Interment at Hamilton
Cemetery, Hamilton, Ill.
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George H. Pace (b. 1916) —
of Hannibal, Marion
County, Mo.
Born in Crystal Lake, McHenry
County, Ill., November
21, 1916.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; motel
owner; member of Missouri
state house of representatives from Marion County; elected 1964.
Methodist. Member, Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons; Shriners;
Kiwanis;
American
Legion.
Still living as of 1967.
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Ray Paddock (b. 1877) —
of Round Lake, Lake
County, Ill.; Wauconda, Lake
County, Ill.
Born in Lake
County, Ill., 1877.
Republican. Farmer;
member of Illinois
state senate 8th District, 1929-53.
Methodist.
Interment at Fort
Hill Cemetery, Round Lake, Ill.
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Relatives:
Married 1912
to Irma Grace Huson. |
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Clyde Parker (1904-1986) —
of Illinois.
Born August
24, 1904.
Delegate
to Illinois state constitutional convention 4th District, 1969-70.
Methodist. Member, Rotary.
Died in June, 1986
(age 81
years, 0 days).
Burial
location unknown.
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John Barton Payne (1855-1935) —
of Kingwood, Preston
County, W.Va.; Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Pruntytown, Taylor
County, Va. (now W.Va.), January
26, 1855.
Son of Dr. Amos Payne and Elizabeth (Barton) Payne.
Democrat. Lawyer; chair of
Preston County Democratic Party, 1877-82; superior court judge in
Illinois, 1893-98; U.S.
Secretary of the Interior, 1920-21.
Methodist. Member, American Bar
Association.
Died January
24, 1935 (age 79 years, 363
days).
Interment at Oak
Hill Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Drue Pearce (b. 1951) —
of Anchorage,
Alaska.
Born in Fairfield, Wayne
County, Ill., April 2,
1951.
Republican. Member of Alaska
state house of representatives, 1985-88; member of Alaska
state senate District F, 1989-.
Female.
Methodist.
Still living as of 2001.
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Merle Francis Peterson (1916-2004) —
also known as Merle F. Peterson —
of Dumas, Desha
County, Ark.
Born in Mt. Carmel, Wabash
County, Ill., March 6,
1916.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; automobile
dealer; banker; farmer;
member of Arkansas
state senate, 1960-66; Presidential Elector for Arkansas, 1996.
Methodist. Member, Lions.
Died in Pine Bluff, Jefferson
County, Ark., March 19,
2004 (age 88 years, 13
days).
Interment at Walnut
Lake Cemetery, Dumas, Ark.
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William Bliss Pine (1877-1942) —
also known as William B. Pine; W. B. Pine —
of Okmulgee, Okmulgee
County, Okla.
Born in Bluffs, Scott
County, Ill., December
30, 1877.
Republican. Farmer; oil
producer; manufacturer;
U.S.
Senator from Oklahoma, 1925-31; defeated, 1930; candidate for Governor of
Oklahoma, 1934; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Oklahoma, 1936.
Methodist.
Died in 1942
(age about
64 years).
Interment at Okmulgee
Cemetery, Okmulgee, Okla.
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Frank Marion Ramey (1881-1942) —
also known as Frank M. Ramey —
of Hillsboro, Montgomery
County, Ill.
Born in Hillsboro, Montgomery
County, Ill., September
23, 1881.
Republican. U.S.
Representative from Illinois 21st District, 1929-31; defeated,
1934, 1936, 1938.
Methodist. Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; Knights
of Pythias; Elks; Moose.
Died in Hillsboro, Montgomery
County, Ill., March 27,
1942 (age 60 years, 185
days).
Interment at Oak
Grove Cemetery, Hillsboro, Ill.
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William Thomas Rawleigh (b. 1870) —
also known as William T. Rawleigh —
of Freeport, Stephenson
County, Ill.
Born near Mineral Point, Iowa
County, Wis., December
3, 1870.
Son of Charles David Rawleigh and Sarah Malinda (Babcock) Rawleigh.
Republican. Merchant;
newspaper
editor; manufacturer;
mayor
of Freeport, Ill., 1909-11; member of Illinois
state house of representatives, 1911-12; Presidential Elector for
Illinois, 1916;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Illinois, 1932.
Methodist. Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Charles David Rawleigh and Sarah Malinda (Babcock) Rawleigh;
married, November
16, 1890, to Minnie B. Trevillian; married, March 14,
1923, to M. Marguerite Schneider. |
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John C. Rayson (b. 1949) —
of Pompano Beach, Broward
County, Fla.
Born in Oak Park, Cook
County, Ill., March 29,
1949.
Son of Leland
H. Rayson and Barbara C. Rayson.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Florida
state house of representatives 90th District, 1991-; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Florida, 1996,
2004,
2008.
Methodist. Member, American Bar
Association.
Still living as of 2008.
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Leland H. Rayson (1921-2001) —
of Tinley Park, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Oak Park, Cook
County, Ill., August
23, 1921.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; lawyer;
alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Illinois,
1960;
member of Illinois
state house of representatives, 1965-77.
Methodist. Member, Americans
for Democratic Action; Council on
Foreign Relations.
Died, of metastatic
melanoma, in Stuart, Martin
County, Fla., January
8, 2001 (age 79 years, 138
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Clyde Martin Reed (1871-1949) —
also known as Clyde M. Reed —
of Parsons, Labette
County, Kan.
Born in Champaign, Champaign
County, Ill., October
19, 1871.
Son of Martin V. Reed and Mary A. Reed.
Republican. Secretary to Gov. Henry
J. Allen, 1919; newspaper
publisher; Governor of
Kansas, 1929-31; U.S.
Senator from Kansas, 1939-49; died in office 1949.
Methodist.
Died in Parsons, Labette
County, Kan., November
8, 1949 (age 78 years, 20
days).
Interment at Oakwood
Cemetery, Parsons, Kan.
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Manoah Bostic Reese (1839-1917) —
also known as Manoah B. Reese —
of Wahoo, Saunders
County, Neb.; Lincoln, Lancaster
County, Neb.
Born in Macoupin
County, Ill., September
5, 1839.
Son of Simon Reese and Mary Ann (Steidly) Reese.
Republican. Lawyer; delegate
to Nebraska state constitutional convention, 1875; District
Attorney, 4th District, 1876-83; justice of
Nebraska state supreme court, 1884-90, 1908-15; chief
justice of Nebraska state supreme court, 1888-90.
Methodist. Member, Freemasons.
Died in Sedan, Chautauqua
County, Kan., 1917
(age about
77 years).
Interment at Maple
Hill Cemetery, Osceola, Iowa.
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Frank R. Reid (1879-1945) —
of Aurora, Kane
County, Ill.
Born in Aurora, Kane
County, Ill., April 18,
1879.
Son of Thomas Reid and Mary (Whiteside) Reid.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Illinois
state house of representatives, 1911-12; chair of
Kane County Republican Party, 1914-15; U.S.
Representative from Illinois 11th District, 1923-35; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Illinois, 1936,
1940.
Methodist. Member, Freemasons;
Woodmen.
Died January
25, 1945 (age 65 years, 282
days).
Interment at Spring
Lake Cemetery, Aurora, Ill.
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John Plaster Richmond (1811-1895) —
also known as John P. Richmond —
of Schuyler
County, Ill.
Born in Middletown, Frederick
County, Md., August
11, 1811.
Son of Francis Preston Richmond and Susanna (Stottlemeyer) Richmond.
Democrat. Physician;
minister;
in 1840, he officiated at the first
Protestant wedding in what is now the state of Washington; in 1841,
he delivered the first
Fourth of July oration on the Pacific coast; member of Illinois
state senate, 1849-52, 1859-60; member of Illinois
state house of representatives, 1855-56; Presidential Elector for
Illinois, 1856;
delegate
to Illinois state constitutional convention Schuyler County,
1862; postmaster.
Methodist. Scottish
ancestry. Member, Freemasons.
Died in South Dakota, August
28, 1895 (age 84 years, 17
days).
Interment at Tyndall
Cemetery, Tyndall, S.Dak.
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Relatives: Son
of Francis Preston Richmond and Susanna (Stottlemeyer) Richmond;
married 1835
to America Walker; married 1859 to Kitty
Gristy. |
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Russell W. Root (b. 1898) —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Diamond, Grundy
County, Ill., August
22, 1898.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; candidate for
mayor
of Chicago, Ill., 1947.
Methodist. Member, American
Legion; Forty and
Eight; American Bar
Association; Freemasons;
Moose.
Burial
location unknown.
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George H. Ryan (b. 1934) —
of Kankakee, Kankakee
County, Ill.
Born February
24, 1934.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during the Korean conflict;
member of Illinois
state house of representatives 43rd District, 1973-83; Speaker of
the Illinois State House of Representatives, 1981-83; Lieutenant
Governor of Illinois, 1983-91; secretary of
state of Illinois, 1991-99; Governor of
Illinois, 1999-2003.
Methodist. Member, Elks; Moose; Freemasons;
Shriners.
Still living as of 2009.
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Howard C. Ryan (b. 1916) —
of Tonica, La Salle
County, Ill.
Born in Tonica, La Salle
County, Ill., June 17,
1916.
Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; county judge in
Illinois, 1954-57; circuit judge in Illinois, 1957-68; Judge,
Illinois Appellate Court 3rd District, 1968-70; justice of
Illinois state supreme court 3rd District, 1970-90.
Methodist. Member, American Bar
Association; American
Judicature Society; Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; Elks; American
Legion; Phi
Alpha Delta.
Still living as of 1990.
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Walter Clifford Sadler (1891-1959) —
also known as Walter C. Sadler —
of Seattle, King
County, Wash.; Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich.
Born in Elgin, Kane
County, Ill., February
15, 1891.
Son of Walter Lincoln Sadler and Eleanore Elizabeth (Walter) Sadler.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; civil
engineer; worked on railroad
and hydroelectric
projects; lawyer; university
professor; mayor
of Ann Arbor, Mich., 1937-41; colonel in the U.S. Army during
World War II.
Methodist. Member, American
Society of Civil Engineers; American
Academy of Political and Social Science; Sigma
Pi; Tau Beta
Pi.
Died in Los Angeles
County, Calif., October
14, 1959 (age 68 years, 241
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Don William Samuelson (1913-2000) —
also known as Don W. Samuelson —
of Sandpoint, Bonner
County, Idaho.
Born in Woodhull, Henry
County, Ill., July 27,
1913.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; sporting
goods merchant; member of Idaho
state senate, 1960-66; Governor of
Idaho, 1967-71; defeated, 1970.
Methodist. Member, American
Legion; Elks; Kiwanis;
National Rifle
Association.
Died, of a heart
attack, at the Swedish Medical
Center, Seattle, King
County, Wash., January
20, 2000 (age 86 years, 177
days).
Interment at Pinecrest
Memorial Park, Sandpoint, Idaho.
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John Carfield Sanborn (1885-1968) —
also known as John C. Sanborn —
of Hagerman, Gooding
County, Idaho.
Born in Chenoa, McLean
County, Ill., September
28, 1885.
Son of Orville D. Sanborn and Frances (Carfield) Sanborn.
Republican. Farmer;
member of Idaho
state house of representatives, 1921-30; member of Idaho
state senate, 1939-42; U.S.
Representative from Idaho 2nd District, 1947-51; candidate for
U.S.
Senator from Idaho, 1950, 1956; alternate delegate to Republican
National Convention from Idaho, 1952;
Presidential Elector for Idaho, 1960.
Methodist. Member, Farm
Bureau; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Grange.
Died in Boise, Ada
County, Idaho, May 16,
1968 (age 82 years, 231
days).
Interment at Hagerman
Cemetery, Hagerman, Idaho.
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Lillian E. Schlagenhauf (b. 1899) —
of Quincy, Adams
County, Ill.
Born in Quincy, Adams
County, Ill., December
19, 1899.
Republican. School
teacher; lawyer;
alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Illinois,
1948.
Female.
Methodist. Member, Order of the
Eastern Star; American
Association of University Women; Kappa
Beta Pi.
Burial
location unknown.
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Henry E. Schrey (1890-1967) —
of Glendale, Maricopa
County, Ariz.
Born in Olney, Richland
County, Ill., November
16, 1890.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; school
principal; mayor
of Glendale, Ariz., 1950-54.
Methodist. Member, Freemasons;
Lions.
Died in Glendale, Maricopa
County, Ariz., August 8,
1967 (age 76 years, 265
days).
Interment at Glendale Memorial Park, Glendale, Ariz.
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John Wilson Shaffer (1827-1870) —
also known as J. Wilson Shaffer —
of Utah.
Born in Lewisburg, Union
County, Pa., July 5,
1827.
General in the Union Army during the Civil War; Governor of
Utah Territory, 1870; died in office 1870.
Methodist. Member, Freemasons.
Died in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake
County, Utah, October
31, 1870 (age 43 years, 118
days).
Interment somewhere
in Freeport, Ill.
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Francis Cornwall Sherman (1805-1870) —
also known as Francis C. Sherman —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born September
18, 1805.
Democrat. Mayor of
Chicago, Ill., 1841-42, 1862-65; defeated, 1865; delegate
to Illinois state constitutional convention Cook County, 1847;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from Illinois 1st District, 1862.
Methodist.
Died November
7, 1870 (age 65 years, 50
days).
Interment at Graceland
Cemetery, Chicago, Ill.
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Harry Herbert Stahl (1875-1960) —
also known as Harry H. Stahl —
of Freeport, Stephenson
County, Ill.
Born in Lena, Stephenson
County, Ill., October
4, 1875.
Son of Sarah Elizabeth (Gishwiller) Stahl (1850-1927) and John Luther
Stahl (1851-1879).
Mayor
of Freeport, Ill., 1915-19; delegate
to Illinois state constitutional convention 12th District,
1920-22.
Methodist. Member, Rotary; Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons.
Died, in a hospital
at Freeport, Stephenson
County, Ill., November
4, 1960 (age 85 years, 31
days).
Interment at Oakland
Cemetery, Freeport, Ill.
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William Grant Stratton (1914-2001) —
also known as William G. Stratton —
of Morris, Grundy
County, Ill.; Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Ingleside, Lake
County, Ill., February
26, 1914.
Son of William
Joseph Stratton.
Republican. U.S.
Representative from Illinois at-large, 1941-43, 1947-49; Illinois
state treasurer, 1943-45, 1951-53; candidate in primary for secretary of
state of Illinois, 1944; served in the U.S. Navy during World War
II; candidate for secretary of
state of Michigan, 1948; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Illinois, 1952,
1956,
1960;
Governor
of Illinois, 1953-61; defeated in primary, 1968; candidate for
Republican nomination for Vice President, 1960.
Methodist. Member, Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Lions; Eagles; Delta
Chi; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Elks; American
Legion; Amvets.
Indicted
in 1964 on income
tax charges;
tried
and acquitted in 1965.
Died at Northwestern Memorial Hospital,
Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., March 2,
2001 (age 87 years, 4
days).
Interment at Rosehill
Cemetery, Chicago, Ill.
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George Bell Swift (1845-1912) —
of Illinois.
Born December
14, 1845.
Mayor
of Chicago, Ill., 1893, 1895-97.
Methodist.
Died July 2,
1912 (age 66 years, 201
days).
Interment at Rosehill
Cemetery, Chicago, Ill.
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Hardy Maxey Swift (1870-1942) —
of Illinois.
Born in Jefferson
County, Ill., August
29, 1870.
Mayor
of Mt. Vernon, Ill., 1911, 1927-29; member of Illinois
state house of representatives, 1934.
Methodist. Member, Redmen; Elks; Woodmen;
Lions.
Died, of injuries sustained in an automobile
accident, in Thompson Hospital,
Mt. Vernon, Jefferson
County, Ill., February
15, 1942 (age 71 years, 170
days).
Interment at Oakwood
Cemetery, Mt. Vernon, Ill.
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Adolphus Robert Talbot (b. 1859) —
of Lincoln, Lancaster
County, Neb.
Born near Alexis, Warren
County, Ill., April 11,
1859.
Son of William Talbot and Amy (Godfrey) Talbot.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Nebraska
state senate, 1887-90.
Methodist. Member, Modern
Woodmen of America; Freemasons.
Burial
location unknown.
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Clair L. Taylor (b. 1902) —
of Lansing, Ingham
County, Mich.
Born in Will
County, Ill., October
14, 1902.
Republican. Michigan
superintendent of public instruction, 1953-; candidate in primary
for delegate
to Michigan state constitutional convention from Ingham County
1st District, 1961.
Methodist. Member, Rotary.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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Edward Thomas Taylor (1858-1941) —
also known as Edward T. Taylor —
of Glenwood Springs, Garfield
County, Colo.
Born in Metamora, Woodford
County, Ill., June 19,
1858.
Son of Henry R. Taylor and Anna (Evans) Taylor.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Colorado
state senate, 1896-1908; U.S.
Representative from Colorado, 1909-41 (at-large 1909-15, 4th
District 1915-41); died in office 1941.
Methodist. Member, Elks; Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons; Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Odd
Fellows; Knights
of Pythias.
Died September
3, 1941 (age 83 years, 76
days).
Interment at Rosebud
Cemetery, Glenwood Springs, Colo.
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Charles Henry Thompson (1882-1972) —
also known as Charles H. Thompson —
of Harrisburg, Saline
County, Ill.
Born near Mt. Vernon, Posey
County, Ind., December
11, 1882.
Son of Lewis Thompson and Emma (Monroe) Thompson.
Republican. Lawyer; Saline
County State's Attorney; member of Illinois
state senate 51st District, 1927-35, 1939-43; justice of
Illinois state supreme court, 1942-51; chief
justice of Illinois state supreme court, 1945-46, 1949-50.
Methodist. Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar.
Died, in Doctors Hospital,
Harrisburg, Saline
County, Ill., November
26, 1972 (age 89 years, 351
days).
Interment at Sunset
Hill Cemetery, Harrisburg, Ill.
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Relatives: Son
of Lewis Thompson and Emma (Monroe) Thompson; nephew of John
L. Thompson; married 1914 to Ethel
K. Knight (died 1967). |
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Chester Charles Thompson (1893-1971) —
also known as Chester Thompson —
of Rock Island, Rock Island
County, Ill.
Born in Rock Island, Rock Island
County, Ill., September
19, 1893.
Son of Charles L. Thompson and Susan (Miller) Thompson.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; plastering
contractor; Rock
Island County Treasurer; mayor
of Rock Island, Ill., 1927-32; defeated, 1964; U.S.
Representative from Illinois 14th District, 1933-39; defeated,
1938.
Methodist. Member, Moose; Eagles.
Died in Rock Island, Rock Island
County, Ill., January
30, 1971 (age 77 years, 133
days).
Interment at Chippiannock
Cemetery, Rock Island, Ill.
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William Emil Trautmann (b. 1872) —
also known as William E. Trautmann —
of East St. Louis, St. Clair
County, Ill.; Belleville, St. Clair
County, Ill.
Born in Caseyville, St. Clair
County, Ill., August
16, 1872.
Son of Frederick Trautmann and Dorothea (Deck) Trautmann.
Republican. Member of Illinois
state house of representatives, 1898-1906; U.S.
Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, 1905-10; delegate
to Republican National Convention from Illinois, 1916;
delegate
to Illinois state constitutional convention 49th District,
1920-22.
Methodist. Member, Freemasons.
Burial
location unknown.
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Warren Truitt (1849-1935) —
of Moscow, Latah
County, Idaho.
Born in Fayette, Greene
County, Ill., 1849.
Son of Samuel Truitt and Cynthia (Carr) Truitt.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Oregon
state house of representatives, 1882; district judge in Alaska,
1892-96; member of Idaho
state senate, 1906-08; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Idaho, 1908;
justice
of Idaho state supreme court, 1914-15; appointed 1914.
Methodist. Member, Freemasons.
Died in 1935
(age about
86 years).
Interment at Moscow
Cemetery, Moscow, Idaho.
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Robert C. Underwood (b. 1915) —
of Bloomington, McLean
County, Ill.
Born in Gardner, Grundy
County, Ill., October
27, 1915.
Lawyer;
county judge in Illinois, 1946-62; justice of
Illinois state supreme court, 1962-84 (3rd District 1962-63, 4th
District 1964-84).
Methodist. Member, American Bar
Association; American
Judicature Society; Freemasons;
Rotary;
Sigma
Chi; Sigma
Delta Kappa; Pi
Kappa Delta.
Still living as of 1984.
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Robert Scadden Vessey (1858-1929) —
also known as Robert S. Vessey —
of Wessington Springs, Jerauld
County, S.Dak.; Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.; Pasadena, Los Angeles
County, Calif.
Born in Oshkosh, Winnebago
County, Wis., May 16,
1858.
Son of Charles Vessey and Jane Elizabeth (Kirkpatrick) Vessey.
Republican. Merchant;
banker;
member of South
Dakota state senate 19th District, 1905-08; Governor of
South Dakota, 1909-13.
Methodist.
Died October
18, 1929 (age 71 years, 155
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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William A. Wallace (b. 1867) —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Maryland, June 6,
1867.
Democrat. Member of Illinois
state senate 3rd District; elected 1938; alternate delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Illinois, 1940.
African Methodist Episcopal. African
ancestry. Member, Urban
League; NAACP; Foresters.
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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Louis O. Williams (1874-1937) —
of Clinton, DeWitt
County, Ill.
Born in DeWitt
County, Ill., February
22, 1874.
Democrat. Member of Illinois
state senate 28th District, 1933-37; died in office 1937;
alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Illinois,
1936.
Methodist. Member, Rotary; Sons of
the American Revolution; Freemasons.
Died, from injuries received in an automobile
collision, March 19,
1937 (age 63 years, 25
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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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 Willard Wirtz (b. 1912) —
also known as Willard Wirtz —
of Winnetka, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in DeKalb, DeKalb
County, Ill., March 14,
1912.
Democrat. U.S.
Secretary of Labor, 1962-69; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Illinois, 1964.
Methodist.
Still living as of 2009.
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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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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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Richard Yates (1860-1936) —
of Springfield, Sangamon
County, Ill.
Born in Jacksonville, Morgan
County, Ill., December
12, 1860.
Son of Richard
Yates (1815-1873).
Republican. County judge in Illinois, 1894-97; Governor of
Illinois, 1901-05; defeated, 1892; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Illinois, 1904;
U.S.
Representative from Illinois at-large, 1919-33; defeated, 1932.
Methodist.
Died in Springfield, Sangamon
County, Ill., April 11,
1936 (age 75 years, 121
days).
Interment at Diamond
Grove Cemetery, Jacksonville, Ill.
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