| | 
Leroy George Augenstein (1928-1969) —
also known as Leroy G. Augenstein —
of Holt, Ingham
County, Mich.
Born in Decatur, Macon
County, Ill., March 6,
1928.
Son of Roy H. Augenstein.
Republican. Biophysicist;
university
professor; member of Michigan
state board of education, 1967-69; died in office 1969.
Protestant. Member, Sigma
Xi; Sigma
Alpha Epsilon.
Killed when his twin-engine plane crashed
during the landing approach to Beech Airport,
near Charlotte, Eaton
County, Mich., November
8, 1969 (age 41 years, 247
days).
Interment at Evergreen
Cemetery, Lansing, Mich.
|
| |
Henry Arthur Benson (b. 1910) —
also known as Henry A. Benson —
of Juneau,
Alaska; Anchorage,
Alaska.
Born in Kewanee, Henry
County, Ill., 1910.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Alaska
Territory, 1936
(alternate), 1948;
served in the U.S. Army during World War II.
Protestant.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
|
| |
Ben Louis Berve (b. 1892) —
also known as Ben L. Berve —
of Rochelle, Ogle
County, Ill.; Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Rochelle, Ogle
County, Ill., December
19, 1892.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; member of Illinois
Republican State Central Committee, 1938-44; Illinois
Republican state chair, 1940-44.
Protestant. Member, American
Legion; Elks; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Jesters.
Burial
location unknown.
|
| |
William Edgar Borah (1865-1940) —
also known as William E. Borah; "The Lion of
Idaho" —
of Boise, Ada
County, Idaho.
Born near Fairfield, Wayne
County, Ill., June 29,
1865.
Son of William N. Borah and Eliza Borah.
Republican. Lawyer;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from Idaho, 1896; U.S.
Senator from Idaho, 1907-40; died in office 1940; member of Republican
National Committee from Idaho, 1908-12; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Idaho, 1916,
1920,
1924,
1928,
1932;
candidate for Republican nomination for President, 1936.
Protestant. Member, Odd
Fellows.
Died in Washington,
D.C., January
19, 1940 (age 74 years, 204
days).
Interment at Morris
Hill Cemetery, Boise, Idaho.
|
| |
Edward Jackson Brundage (b. 1869) —
also known as Edward J. Brundage —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.; Lake Forest, Lake
County, Ill.
Born in Campbell, Steuben
County, N.Y., May 13,
1869.
Son of Victor D. Brundage and Maria L. (Armstrong) Brundage.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Illinois
state house of representatives 6th District, 1899-1900, 1903-04;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Illinois, 1916,
1928
(alternate); Illinois
state attorney general, 1917-25; corporate counsel, Chicago,
Milwaukee, and St. Paul Railway.
Protestant. Member, Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons; Knights
Templar; Knights
of Pythias; Royal
League.
Burial
location unknown.
| |  |
Relatives:
Married, December
17, 1913, to Germaine Vernier. |
| | | Image source: Illinois Blue Book,
1919 |
|
| |
Eugenia Rose Sheldon Chapman (1923-1994) —
also known as Eugenia S. Chapman; Genie
Chapman —
of Arlington Heights, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Fairhope, Baldwin
County, Ala., January
10, 1923.
Democrat. Member of Illinois
state house of representatives, 1965-83; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Illinois, 1972,
1980;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from Illinois 10th District, 1982.
Female.
Protestant. Member, League of Women
Voters.
Died in Arlington Heights, Cook
County, Ill., 1994
(age about
71 years).
Burial
location unknown.
|
| |
Philip Miller Crane (b. 1930) —
also known as Philip M. Crane; Phil Crane —
of Mt. Prospect, Cook
County, Ill.; Wauconda, Lake
County, Ill.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., November
3, 1930.
Republican. U.S.
Representative from Illinois, 1969-2005 (13th District 1969-73,
12th District 1973-93, 8th District 1993-2005); defeated, 2004;
candidate for Republican nomination for President, 1980.
Protestant.
Still living as of 2009.
|
| |
Cecil E. Fraser (b. 1895) —
of Cambridge, Middlesex
County, Mass.
Born in Champaign, Champaign
County, Ill., October
7, 1895.
Son of Wilbur J. Fraser (professor) and Alice (Eaton) Fraser.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; university
professor; business
executive; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Massachusetts, 1936.
Protestant. Member, Exchange
Club.
Burial
location unknown.
|
| |
Harry Scott Harnsberger (1889-1976) —
also known as Harry S. Harnsberger —
of Lander, Fremont
County, Wyo.
Born in Decatur, Macon
County, Ill., December
25, 1889.
Republican. Lawyer; banker;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Wyoming, 1948.
Protestant. Member, Rotary; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Knights
of Pythias; American Bar
Association.
Died in Cheyenne, Laramie
County, Wyo., 1976
(age about
86 years).
Interment somewhere
in Lander, Wyo.
|
| |
Jean Ledwith King (b. 1924) —
also known as Jean Ledwith —
of Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., March 16,
1924.
Daughter of William Medkirk Ledwith and Nettie May (Herrington)
Ledwith.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Michigan
Democratic State Central Committee, 1967-69, 1977-79; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Michigan, 1984
(member, Credentials
Committee), 2004
(alternate).
Female.
Protestant. Member, American Bar
Association; American Civil
Liberties Union; Phi
Kappa Phi; National
Organization for Women.
Still living as of 2008.
| | |
Relatives:
Married 1943
to John Culver King. |
|
| |
Claude VanCleve Parsons (1895-1941) —
also known as Claude V. Parsons —
of Golconda, Pope
County, Ill.
Born near McCormick, Pope
County, Ill., October
7, 1895.
Democrat. Farmer; superintendent
of schools; U.S.
Representative from Illinois 24th District, 1930-41; defeated,
1940.
Protestant. Member, Freemasons;
Order of the
Eastern Star; Odd
Fellows.
Died in Washington,
D.C., May 23,
1941 (age 45 years, 228
days).
Interment at Zion
Church Cemetery, Near Ozark, Johnson County, Ill.
|
| |
George Robert Perrine (1907-1993) —
also known as George R. Perrine —
of Aurora, Kane
County, Ill.
Born in Hinckley, DeKalb
County, Ill., August
19, 1907.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Illinois
Republican State Central Committee, 1940-43; treasurer of
Illinois Republican Party, 1942-48.
Protestant. Member, Elks; Moose; Odd
Fellows; Freemasons.
Died in 1993
(age about
85 years).
Burial
location unknown.
|
| |
Henry Pope, Jr. (b. 1903) —
of Glencoe, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., January
13, 1903.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Illinois,
1944.
Protestant.
President of Bear Brand Hosiery, from 1935.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
|
| |
Bobby Lee Rush (b. 1946) —
also known as Bobby L. Rush —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Albany, Dougherty
County, Ga., November
23, 1946.
Democrat. Candidate for Illinois
state house of representatives, 1978; U.S.
Representative from Illinois 1st District, 1993-; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Illinois, 1996,
2000,
2004,
2008;
candidate for mayor of
Chicago, Ill., 1999.
Protestant. African
ancestry.
As a Black Panther, spent six months in prison on
a weapons
charge.
Still living as of 2010.
|
| |
Darwin Gale Schisler (b. 1933) —
also known as Gale Schisler —
of Illinois.
Born in Knox
County, Ill., March 2,
1933.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from Illinois 19th District, 1965-67; member of Illinois
state house of representatives, 1969-80.
Protestant. Member, National
Education Association; American
Legion; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Amvets.
Still living as of 1998.
|
| |
George F. Smith (b. 1897) —
of Metuchen, Middlesex
County, N.J.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., March 16,
1897.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; business
executive; delegate
to New Jersey state constitutional convention from Middlesex
County, 1947.
Protestant.
Burial
location unknown.
|
| |
Francis Everett Yerly (1901-1968) —
also known as Everett Yerly —
of La Crosse, La Crosse
County, Wis.
Born in Braidwood, Will
County, Ill., September
16, 1901.
Republican. Member of Wisconsin
Republican State Central Committee, 1943-47; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Wisconsin, 1948,
1960,
1964;
Presidential Elector for Wisconsin, 1956.
Protestant. Member, Elks; Eagles; Freemasons;
Rotary;
Phi
Kappa Psi.
Died in October, 1968
(age 67
years, 0 days).
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/protestant.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)