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German ancestry Politicians in Kansas


  John Albus, Jr. (1860-1940) — of St. Joseph, Buchanan County, Mo. Born in Kansas, October 4, 1860. Son of John Albus and Elizabeth Albus. Republican. Insurance business; delegate to Republican National Convention from Missouri, 1888; U.S. Surveyor of Customs, 1909-10. German ancestry. Died October 22, 1940 (age 80 years, 18 days). Interment at Mt. Mora Cemetery, St. Joseph, Mo.
  Relatives: Married to Clara Hanssen (1867-1956).
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  William Augustus Ayres (1867-1952) — also known as William A. Ayres — of Wichita, Sedgwick County, Kan. Born in Elizabethtown, Hardin County, Ill., April 19, 1867. Son of William Warren Ayres and Katharine (Drumm) Ayres. Democrat. Lawyer; Sedgwick County Prosecuting Attorney, 1907-12; U.S. Representative from Kansas, 1915-21, 1923-34 (8th District 1915-21, 1923-33, 5th District 1933-34); defeated, 1920; resigned 1934; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Kansas, 1924; member, Federal Trade Commission, 1934-52; died in office 1952; chair, Federal Trade Commission, 1937, 1942, 1946. Christian. German ancestry. Member, American Bar Association; Freemasons; Shriners; Elks; Knights of Pythias; Odd Fellows. Died in Washington, D.C., February 17, 1952 (age 84 years, 304 days). Interment at Old Mission Cemetery, Wichita, Kan.
  Relatives: Married, December 30, 1896, to Dula Pease.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page
  Erwin G. Bartberger (born c.1859) — also known as E. G. Bartberger — of Shawnee, Johnson County, Kan. Born in Pennsylvania, about 1859. Republican. Engraver; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Kansas, 1912. German ancestry. Burial location unknown.
  Dwight David Eisenhower (1890-1969) — also known as Dwight D. Eisenhower; "Ike" — Born in Denison, Grayson County, Tex., October 14, 1890. Son of Ida Elizabeth (Stover) Eisenhower (1862-1946) and David Jacob Eisenhower (1863-1942). Republican. General in the U.S. Army during World War II; president of Columbia University, 1948-53; President of the United States, 1953-61. Presbyterian. German ancestry. Member, American Legion; Council on Foreign Relations; Loyal Legion. His portrait appeared on the U.S. dollar coin, 1971-78. Died, after a series of heart attacks, at Walter Reed Army Hospital, Washington, D.C., March 28, 1969 (age 78 years, 165 days). Interment at Eisenhower Center, Abilene, Kan.
  Relatives: Son of Ida Elizabeth (Stover) Eisenhower (1862-1946) and David Jacob Eisenhower (1863-1942); married, July 1, 1916, to Mary Geneva "Mamie" Doud (1896-1979); brother of Milton Stover Eisenhower; father of John Sheldon Doud Eisenhower; grandfather of Dwight David Eisenhower II (son-in-law of Richard Milhous Nixon). See Eisenhower-Nixon family.
  Cross-reference: Sherman Adams — Carter L. Burgess — Woodrow Wilson Mann — Jacqueline C. Odlum — George E. Allen — Meyer Kestnbaum
  Campaign slogan: "I Like Ike."
  See also Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier — Internet Movie Database profile
  Books about Dwight D. Eisenhower: Stephen E. Ambrose, Eisenhower : Soldier and President — Fred I. Greenstein, The Hidden-Hand Presidency : Eisenhower as Leader — Carlo d'Este, Eisenhower : A Soldier's Life — Robert F. Burk, Dwight D. Eisenhower: Hero and Politician — Wiley T. Buchanan, Jr., Red Carpet at the White House : Four years as Chief of Protocol in the Eisenhower Administration
  Michael Luther Essick (1834-1913) — also known as "Old Man Eloquent" — of Manhattan, Riley County, Kan.; Rochester, Fulton County, Ind. Born in Ohio, February 20, 1834. Son of Samuel Essick (abolitionist; took part in the "Underground Railroad" helping escaped slaves) and Grizella (Todd) Essick. Republican. Lawyer; member of Kansas state senate, 1861-62; served in the Union Army during the Civil War; newspaper publisher; candidate for circuit judge in Indiana 41st District, 1896. Scottish, German, and Irish ancestry. Member, Grand Army of the Republic. Died in Rochester, Fulton County, Ind., September 19, 1913 (age 79 years, 211 days). Interment at Odd Fellows Cemetery, Rochester, Ind.
  Relatives: Son of Samuel Essick (abolitionist; took part in the "Underground Railroad" helping escaped slaves) and Grizella (Todd) Essick; married to the sister-in-law of Washington Irving Howard; married 1858 to Ellen L. Rowley. See Howard-Bibler-Merriman-Pillsbury family of Indiana.
  Gustav C. Kothe (b. 1836) — of Salina, Saline County, Kan. Born in Cassel (now Kassel), Germany, July 6, 1836. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; U.S. Consular Agent in Cassel, 1890-93, 1894-1911. German ancestry. Burial location unknown.

 

 


 
   
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