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John Alfred McDowell Adair (1864-1938) —
also known as John A. M. Adair —
of Portland, Jay
County, Ind.
Born near Portland, Jay
County, Ind., December
22, 1864.
Son of James G. Adair and Sarah A. (Hutson) Adair.
Democrat. Merchant;
banker;
manufacturer;
Jay
County Clerk, 1891-95; member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1902-03; U.S.
Representative from Indiana 8th District, 1907-17; defeated,
1924; candidate for Governor of
Indiana, 1916.
Methodist.
Died in Portland, Jay
County, Ind., October
5, 1938 (age 73 years, 287
days).
Interment at Green
Park Cemetery, Portland, Ind.
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Louis Albert Banks (b. 1851) —
also known as Louis A. Banks —
Born in Corvallis, Benton
County, Ore., 1851.
Lawyer;
minister;
Prohibition candidate for U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 7th District, 1893; Prohibition
candidate for Governor of
Massachusetts, 1893.
Methodist.
Burial
location unknown.
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John Lewis Bates (1859-1946) —
also known as John L. Bates —
of Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.; Newton, Middlesex
County, Mass.
Born in North Easton, Easton, Bristol
County, Mass., September
18, 1859.
Son of Rev. Lewis Benton Bates and Louisa D. (Field) Bates.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1894-99; Speaker of
the Massachusetts State House of Representatives, 1897-99; Lieutenant
Governor of Massachusetts, 1900-03; Governor of
Massachusetts, 1903-05; defeated, 1904; delegate to
Massachusetts state constitutional convention, 1917-19.
Methodist. Member, Beta
Theta Pi; American Bar
Association; Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows.
Died June 8,
1946 (age 86 years, 263
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Charles R. Burnham (1892-1968) —
of West Lafayette, Tippecanoe
County, Ind.
Born in Athol, Worcester
County, Mass., April 18,
1892.
Republican. Mayor
of West Lafayette, Ind., 1943-44, 1950-55.
Methodist. Member, Freemasons.
Died in December, 1968
(age 76
years, 0 days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Tunis George Campbell (1812-1891) —
also known as Tunis G. Campbell —
of McIntosh
County, Ga.
Born in Middlebrook (unknown
county), N.J., April 1,
1812.
Minister;
abolitionist; delegate to
Georgia state constitutional convention, 1867; member of Georgia
state senate, 1868, 1869-72; expelled 1868; defeated, 1872; expelled
from the Georgia State Senate in 1868 based on the claim that only whites
could serve; charged
with falsely
imprisoning white men as Justice of of the Peace, and served a
year of hard
labor in Georgia's brutal leased labor system.
Methodist. African
ancestry.
Died in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., December
4, 1891 (age 79 years, 247
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Phillips E. Chase (b. 1832) —
of Mechanicsville, Mt. Holly, Rutland
County, Vt.
Born in Athol, Worcester
County, Mass., October
21, 1832.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; manufacturer;
member of Vermont
state house of representatives from Mt. Holly, 1872; member of Vermont
state senate from Rutland County, 1886.
Methodist.
Burial
location unknown.
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Charles Russell Clason (1890-1985) —
also known as Charles R. Clason —
of Springfield, Hampden
County, Mass.
Born in Gardiner, Kennebec
County, Maine, September
3, 1890.
Son of Oliver
Barrett Clason and Lizzie Julia (Trott) Clason.
Republican. Rhodes
scholar; lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 2nd District, 1937-49;
defeated, 1934, 1948; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Massachusetts, 1952,
1956,
1960.
Methodist. Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; Freemasons;
Rotary.
Died in Springfield, Hampden
County, Mass., July 7,
1985 (age 94 years, 307
days).
Interment at Longmeadow
Cemetery, Springfield, Mass.
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Walter F. Clayton (b. 1865) —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., 1865.
Republican. Architect;
builder;
member of New York
state assembly from Kings County 21st District, 1921-25.
Methodist. Member, Freemasons.
Burial
location unknown.
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Morrill Ingalls Davis (1841-1930) —
of Kansas.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., May 2,
1841.
Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; member of Kansas
state house of representatives, 1901-03.
Methodist. Member, Grand
Army of the Republic.
Died in Turlock, Stanislaus
County, Calif., May 29,
1930 (age 89 years, 27
days).
Interment at Turlock
Cemetery, Turlock, Calif.
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Charles H. Ford (b. 1845) —
of Victory, Essex
County, Vt.
Born in Holden, Worcester
County, Mass., October
11, 1845.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; farmer;
member of Vermont
state house of representatives from Victory, 1888.
Methodist.
Burial
location unknown.
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Samuel Levis Gracey (1835-1911) —
also known as Samuel L. Gracey —
of Smyrna, Kent
County, Del.; Pawtucket, Providence
County, R.I.; Chelsea, Suffolk
County, Mass.; Cambridge, Middlesex
County, Mass.; Natick, Middlesex
County, Mass.; Lynn, Essex
County, Mass.; Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., September
8, 1835.
Son of John Gracey and Ann B. (Leech) Gracey.
Methodist
minister; U.S. Consul in Foochow, 1890-93, 1897-1911, died in office 1911.
Methodist.
Died in West Newton, Newton, Middlesex
County, Mass., August
19, 1911 (age 75 years, 345
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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George Richmond Grose (1869-1953) —
also known as George R. Grose —
of Massachusetts; Baltimore,
Md.; Peiping (Beijing), China;
Altadena, Los Angeles
County, Calif.
Born in Nicholas
County, W.Va., July 14,
1869.
Son of Andrew Dixon Grose and Mary Estaline (Harrah) Grose.
Democrat. Pastor; speaker, Democratic National Convention, 1912 ;
president,
DePauw University, 1913-1924; missionary bishop in China, 1924-29.
Methodist.
Died in Altadena, Los Angeles
County, Calif., May 6,
1953 (age 83 years, 296
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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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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Edward Higgins (d. 1919) —
of Massachusetts.
Born in Massachusetts.
Clergyman;
U.S. Consul in Berne, 1903-05; Stuttgart, 1914-16; Bahia, 1916-19.
Methodist.
Died November
17, 1919.
Burial
location unknown.
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Ellen M. Jackson (b. 1935) —
of Roxbury, Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., October
29, 1935.
Daughter of David Swepson and Marguerite (Booker) Swepson.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Massachusetts, 1968
(alternate), 1972.
Female.
African Methodist Episcopal. African
ancestry. Member, American Civil
Liberties Union.
Still living as of 1973.
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Henry Clay Payne (1843-1904) —
also known as Henry C. Payne —
of Milwaukee, Milwaukee
County, Wis.
Born in Ashfield, Franklin
County, Mass., November
23, 1843.
Son of Orrin P. Payne and Eliza (Ames) Payne.
Republican. Postmaster;
president, Wisconsin Telephone
Company; president, Milwaukee Electric
Railway and Light
Company; president, American Street
Railway Association; receiver, Northern Pacific Railroad;
member of Republican
National Committee from Wisconsin, 1880-1904; Chairman of
Republican National Committee, 1904; Wisconsin
Republican state chair, 1892; U.S.
Postmaster General, 1902-04; died in office 1904.
Methodist.
Died in Washington,
D.C., October
4, 1904 (age 60 years, 316
days).
Interment at Forest
Home Cemetery, Milwaukee, Wis.
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Frank James Rice (1869-1917) —
also known as Frank J. Rice —
of New Haven, New Haven
County, Conn.
Born in North Adams, Berkshire
County, Mass., February
5, 1869.
Son of Jesse H. Rice and Caroline E. (Holbrook) Rice.
Republican. Real estate
business; mayor
of New Haven, Conn., 1910-17; died in office 1917.
Methodist. Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; Union
League.
Died January
18, 1917 (age 47 years, 348
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Mark Revell Shaw (1889-1978) —
also known as Mark R. Shaw —
of Melrose, Middlesex
County, Mass.
Born January
22, 1889.
Minister;
missionary;
Prohibition candidate for U.S.
Senator from Massachusetts, 1946, 1952, 1958, 1966, 1970;
Prohibition candidate for Governor of
Massachusetts, 1948, 1950, 1956; Prohibition candidate for
Presidential Elector for Massachusetts, 1956;
Prohibition candidate for Vice
President of the United States, 1964.
Methodist.
Died June 4,
1978 (age 89 years, 133
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Jacob Sleeper (c.1802-1889) —
of Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.
Born in Newcastle, Lincoln
County, Maine, about 1802.
Wholesale
clothing business; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1851-52; director, Boston
National Bank of
Commerce; director, North American Insurance
Company.
Wesleyan.
Died in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., March 31,
1889 (age about 87
years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Robert Lee Smith (b. 1860) —
also known as Robert L. Smith —
of Stannard, Caledonia
County, Vt.
Born in Clinton, Worcester
County, Mass., October
14, 1860.
Republican. Lumber
dealer; member of Vermont
state house of representatives from Stannard, 1888.
Methodist.
Burial
location unknown.
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Robert Alphonso Taft II (b. 1942) —
also known as Bob Taft II —
of Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., January
8, 1942.
Son of Robert
Taft, Jr..
Republican. Served
in the Peace Corps; member of Ohio state
house of representatives, 1977-81; Hamilton
County Commissioner, 1981-90; secretary of
state of Ohio, 1991-99; Governor of
Ohio, 1999-2007; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Ohio, 2004;
in 2005, he pleaded no
contest to four misdemeanors involving failure
to disclose gifts, and was fined
$4,000; subsequently reprimanded
by the Ohio Supreme Court.
Methodist.
Still living as of 2009.
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William Humphrey Tucker (b. 1923) —
also known as William H. Tucker —
of Harwich Port, Harwich, Barnstable
County, Mass.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., September
8, 1923.
Son of William H. Tucker and Marion (Thomas) Tucker.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; lawyer; member, Interstate Commerce
Commission, 1961-67.
Methodist. Member, American Bar
Association.
Still living as of 1967.
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Burton Kendall Wheeler (1882-1975) —
also known as Burton K. Wheeler —
of Butte, Silver Bow
County, Mont.
Born in Hudson, Middlesex
County, Mass., February
27, 1882.
Lawyer;
member of Montana
state house of representatives, 1911-13; U.S.
Attorney for Montana, 1913-18; U.S.
Senator from Montana, 1923-47; candidate for Governor of
Montana, 1920; Progressive candidate for Vice
President of the United States, 1924; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Montana, 1932,
1936,
1940.
Methodist. Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Elks.
Died, from a stroke, in
1975
(age about
93 years).
Interment at Rock
Creek Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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