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William Albro De Groot (b. 1869) —
also known as William A. De Groot —
of Richmond Hill, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., November
27, 1869.
Son of Alexander De Groot and Jane (McCullough) De Groot.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly, 1904, 1906-09 (Queens County 2nd District 1904,
1906, Queens County 4th District 1907-09); candidate for New York
state senate 2nd District, 1904; U.S.
Attorney for the Eastern District of New York, 1925-29.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Sigma Alpha Epsilon.
Burial
location unknown.
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Thomas Charles Desmond (b. 1887) —
also known as Thomas C. Desmond —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Newburgh, Orange
County, N.Y.
Born in Middletown, Orange
County, N.Y., September
15, 1887.
Son of Thomas Henry Desmond and Katharine (Safried) Desmond.
Republican. Engineer;
delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1928,
1940;
member of New York
state senate, 1931-58 (27th District 1931-44, 32nd District
1945-54, 33rd District 1955-58).
Episcopalian.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Elks; Grange; Moose; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Sigma Alpha Epsilon; Redmen; Knights
of Pythias.
Burial
location unknown.
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William McKinley, Jr. (1843-1901) —
also known as "Idol of Ohio" —
of Canton, Stark
County, Ohio.
Born in Niles, Trumbull
County, Ohio, January
29, 1843.
Republican. Major in the Union Army during the Civil War; lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Ohio, 1877-84, 1885-91 (17th District
1877-79, 16th District 1879-81, 17th District 1881-83, 18th District
1883-84, 20th District 1885-87, 18th District 1887-91); delegate to
Republican National Convention from Ohio, 1884,
1888;
Governor
of Ohio, 1892-96; President
of the United States, 1897-1901; died in office 1901.
Methodist.
Scotch-Irish
ancestry. Member, Loyal
Legion; Freemasons;
Grand
Army of the Republic; Knights
of Pythias; Sigma Alpha Epsilon.
His portrait appeared on the U.S. $500
bill from about 1928 until 1946.
Shot
by the assassin
Leon Czolgosz, at a reception
in the Temple of Music, at the Pan American Exposition in Buffalo,
N.Y., September 6, 1901, and died eight days later, in Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y., September
14, 1901 (age 58 years, 228
days).
Interment at McKinley
Monument, Canton, Ohio; statue at Lucas
County Courthouse Grounds, Toledo, Ohio.
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John Motley Morehead (1870-1965) —
also known as John M. Morehead —
of Rye, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born in Spray, Rockingham
County, N.C., November
3, 1870.
Son of James Turner Morehead and Elizabeth (Connally) Morehead.
Republican. Mayor of
Rye, N.Y., 1925-30; U.S. Minister to Sweden, 1930-33; alternate delegate to Republican National
Convention from New York, 1940.
Baptist.
Member, Society
of the Cincinnati; American
Legion; Sigma Alpha Epsilon.
Died in 1965
(age about
94 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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John F. O'Keefe (1860-1936) —
of Saginaw, Saginaw
County, Mich.
Born in Wilson, Niagara
County, N.Y., December
28, 1860.
Son of Morris O'Keefe and Margaret (Roman) O'Keefe.
Republican. School
principal; superintendent
of schools; lawyer; Saginaw
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1901-04, 1918; Saginaw city
corporation counsel, 1905-12; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Michigan, 1932
(alternate), 1936.
Member, American Bar
Association; Sigma Alpha Epsilon; Freemasons.
Died October
8, 1936 (age 75 years, 285
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Married 1894
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