| | 
Benjamin Phillip Alschuler (b. 1876) —
also known as Benjamin P. Alschuler; Ben
Alschuler —
of Aurora, Kane
County, Ill.
Born in Aurora, Kane
County, Ill., November
8, 1876.
Son of Jacob Alschuler (1825-1896) and Caroline (Stiefel) Alschuler
(1839-1933).
Democrat. Lawyer;
Judge, Illinois Court of Claims, 1913-17; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Illinois, 1932;
delegate
to Illinois convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933;
vice-president and counsel, Western United Gas and
Electric Co.; director, publishing companies and newspapers.
Jewish.
Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons;
Elks; Union
League.
Burial
location unknown.
|
| |
Orlo Marion Brees (1896-1980) —
also known as Orlo M. Brees —
of Endicott, Broome
County, N.Y.
Born in Canton, Fulton
County, Ill., April 13,
1896.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; newspaper
editor; printing business; author; lecturer;
poet;
member of New York
state assembly from Broome County 2nd District, 1941-52; member
of New
York state senate 45th District, 1952.
Member, American
Legion.
Died in November, 1980
(age 84
years, 0 days).
Interment somewhere
in Peoria, Ill.
| |  |
Relatives:
Married 1933
to Frances W. Freeman. |
|
| |
Robert Emmet Burke (b. 1858) —
also known as Robert E. Burke —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., September, 1858.
Son of Richard M. Burke and Catherine Burke.
Democrat. Printer; campaign manager, Carter
Harrison for Chicago Mayor, 1893, and for Carter
Harrison, Jr. in 1897, 1899, and 1901; Chicago oil inspector,
1897-1901; granite
contractor; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Illinois, 1904,
1916;
member of Illinois
Democratic State Committee, 1905.
Burial
location unknown.
| | |
Relatives:
Married 1890
to Louise J. Spangenberg. |
|
| |
Richard Butler (b. 1834) —
of Clinton, DeWitt
County, Ill.
Born in Canada,
November
11, 1834.
Naturalized U.S. citizen; served in the Union Army during the Civil
War; printer; publisher; postmaster;
U.S. Vice & Deputy Consul in Hamilton, 1898-1911.
Burial
location unknown.
|
| |
Charles Clarke Chapman (1853-1944) —
also known as Charles C. Chapman; "The Orange King of
California" —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.; Fullerton, Orange
County, Calif.
Born in Illinois, June 2,
1853.
Republican. Publishing business; mayor
of Fullerton, Calif., 1904-06; delegate to Republican National
Convention from California, 1916,
1924.
Disciples
of Christ.
Chapman College (now Chapman University) was named for
him in 1934.
Died in Orange
County, Calif., March 5,
1944 (age 90 years, 277
days).
Interment at Forest
Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, Calif.; statue at Chapman University Entrance, Orange, Calif.
|
| |
George W. Coltrin (born c.1867) —
of Mathis, San
Patricio County, Tex.
Born in Illinois, about 1867.
Publisher; member of Texas
state house of representatives 70th District, 1929.
Burial
location unknown.
|
| |
Alois Mathew Feldman (b. 1884) —
also known as Alois M. Feldman —
of Lincoln, Logan
County, Ill.
Born in Lincoln, Logan
County, Ill., August
15, 1884.
Son of Bernard Feldman and Elizabeth (Boeger) Feldman.
Printer; mayor of
Lincoln, Ill., 1950-54.
Member, Rotary; Moose; Knights
of Columbus.
Burial
location unknown.
| | |
Relatives:
Married 1906
to Mary Hassenstab. |
|
| |
James Thomas Igoe (1883-1971) —
also known as James T. Igoe —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., October
23, 1883.
Son of Thomas Igoe and Helen Igoe.
Democrat. Printing business; Chicago City Clerk, 1917-23;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Illinois, 1920,
1928,
1936;
U.S.
Representative from Illinois 6th District, 1927-33.
Member, Elks.
Died in 1971
(age about
87 years).
Interment at All
Saints Cemetery, Des Plaines, Ill.
|
| |
George Koop —
of Illinois.
Born in Germany.
Socialist. Compositor; delegate to Socialist National
Convention from Illinois, 1920; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Illinois, 1924, 1930; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Illinois at-large, 1926, 1932.
Burial
location unknown.
|
| |
William Mahoney (1869-1952) —
of Kansas City, Wyandotte
County, Kan.; Galveston, Galveston
County, Tex.; Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn.; Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind.; Terre Haute, Vigo
County, Ind.; St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., January
13, 1869.
Pressman; labor leader;
Socialist candidate for U.S.
Representative from Indiana 5th District, 1904; Public Ownership
candidate for Presidential Elector for Minnesota, 1908;
founder and editor, Minnesota Union Advocate newspaper,
1920-32; mayor
of St. Paul, Minn., 1932-34; Farmer-Labor candidate for U.S.
Representative from Minnesota 4th District, 1943.
Catholic.
Irish
ancestry. Member, Knights
of Pythias.
Died in St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn., August
17, 1952 (age 83 years, 217
days).
Interment at Sunset
Memorial Park Cemetery, St. Anthony, Minn.
|
| |
Emmett Whealan (1875-1950) —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., March 4,
1875.
Son of James Whealan and Johanna (Dewey) Whealan.
Democrat. Printing business; real estate
business; Cook
County Commissioner, 1919-31; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Illinois, 1928,
1932.
Member, Typographical
Unon; Knights
of Columbus; Ancient
Order of Hibernians.
Died in 1950
(age about
75 years).
Interment at Holy
Sepulchre Cemetery, Alsip, Ill.
|
| |
Herbert Moore Wicks (1889-1957) —
also known as Harry M. Wicks; Herbert
Moore —
Born in Arcola, Douglas
County, Ill., December
10, 1889.
Communist. Typesetter; Socialist candidate for U.S.
Representative from Oregon 3rd District, 1918; founding member
Communist Party of America, 1919; Workers candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York 23rd District, 1924; Workers
candidate for Governor of
Pennsylvania, 1926; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Pennsylvania, 1932, 1934; expelled from Communist
Party, 1937.
Not to be confused with the British Communist of the same name.
Died in 1957
(age about
67 years).
Burial
location unknown.
|
|
The Political Graveyard
is a web site about U.S. political history and cemeteries.
Founded in 1996, it is the Internet's most comprehensive free source
for American political biography, listing 234,420
politicians, living and dead. |
| |
| |
The coverage of the site includes (1) the President, Vice President,
members of Congress, elected state and territorial officeholders in
all fifty states, the District of Columbia, and U.S. territories; and
the chief elected official, typically the mayor, of qualifying
municipalities; (2) candidates at election, including primaries, for
any of the above; (3) all federal judges and all state appellate judges;
(4) certain federal officials, including the federal cabinet,
diplomatic chiefs of mission, consuls, U.S. district attorneys,
collectors of customs and internal revenue, and members of major
federal commissions; and (5) state and national political party officials,
including delegates, alternate delegates, and other participants in
national party nominating conventions. |
|
| |
The listings are incomplete; development of the database
is a continually ongoing project. |
|
| |
Information on this page — and on all other pages of this
site — is believed to be accurate, but is not
guaranteed. Users are advised to check with other sources
before relying on any information here. |
|
| |
The official URL for this page is: http://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/printing.html. |
|
| |
Links to this or any other Political Graveyard page
are welcome, but specific page addresses may sometimes
change as the site develops. |
|
| |
If you are searching for a specific named individual, try the
alphabetical index of
politicians. |
|
| |
More information: FAQ;
privacy policy;
cemetery links. |
|
| |
If you find any error or omission in The Political Graveyard,
or if you have information to share, please see the
biographical checklist and
submission guidelines. |
|
|
Site information: The Political Graveyard is created and maintained
by Lawrence Kestenbaum, who is solely responsible for its structure
and content. — The mailing address is The Political Graveyard,
P.O. Box 2563, Ann Arbor MI 48106. — This site is hosted by
HDL. —
The Political Graveyard opened on July 1, 1996;
the last full revision was done on
May 12, 2012.
|
|
Copyright notice: Facts are not subject to copyright; see Feist
v. Rural Telephone. Original material, programming, selection and
arrangement are © 1996-2011 Lawrence Kestenbaum. This work is also
licensed for free non-commercial re-use, with attribution, under a Creative Commons
License. |
![[Amazon.com]](http://politicalgraveyard.com/images/a150X70b.gif)