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Allen Clark Adsit (1837-1912) —
also known as Allen C. Adsit —
of Adams, Jefferson
County, N.Y.; Spring Lake, Ottawa
County, Mich.; Grand Rapids, Kent
County, Mich.
Born in Rutland, Jefferson
County, N.Y., February
20, 1837.
Son of Stephen Adsit (1805-1884) and Polly (Smiley) Adsit (died
1853).
Democrat. Lawyer;
served in the Union Army during the Civil War; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Ottawa County 2nd District,
1871-72; Ottawa
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1875-76; circuit
judge in Michigan 17th Circuit, 1891-99; defeated, 1899, 1908;
law partner of Peter
J. Danhof, 1901-12; candidate for justice of
Michigan state supreme court, 1901, 1904.
Universalist. English
and Scotch-Irish
ancestry. Member, Grand
Army of the Republic; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners.
Died in Grand Rapids, Kent
County, Mich., January
3, 1912 (age 74 years, 317
days).
Interment at Oak
Hill Cemetery, Grand Rapids, Mich.
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Harold John Arthur (1904-1971) —
of Burlington, Chittenden
County, Vt.
Born in Whitehall, Washington
County, N.Y., February
9, 1904.
Republican. Lawyer;
major in the U.S. Army during World War II; Lieutenant
Governor of Vermont, 1949-50; Governor of
Vermont, 1950-51; Republican candidate for U.S.
Representative from Vermont at-large, 1950 (primary), 1958.
Unitarian. Member, United
Commercial Travelers; American
Legion; Amvets; Farm
Bureau; Sons of
the American Revolution; Elks; Grange; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Order of the
Eastern Star; Eagles; Knights
of Pythias; Odd
Fellows.
Died July 19,
1971 (age 67 years, 160
days).
Entombed in mausoleum at Lakeview
Cemetery, Burlington, Vt.
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John Judson Bagley (1832-1881) —
also known as John J. Bagley —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Medina, Orleans
County, N.Y., July 24,
1832.
Son of John Bagley and Mary M. (Smith) Bagley.
Republican. Cigar
manufacturer; president, Michigan Mutual Life
Insurance Company, 1867-72; bank
director; Governor of
Michigan, 1873-76.
Unitarian.
Died in San
Francisco, Calif., December
27, 1881 (age 49 years, 156
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Samuel June Barrows (1845-1909) —
also known as Samuel J. Barrows —
of Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., May 26,
1845.
Republican. Secretary to William
H. Seward, 1867-69; pastor; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 10th District, 1897-99;
defeated, 1898.
Unitarian.
Died, of pneumonia,
in Presbyterian Hospital,
New York, New York
County, N.Y., April 21,
1909 (age 63 years, 330
days).
Cremated.
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Austin Blair (1818-1894) —
also known as "The War Governor" —
of Jackson, Jackson
County, Mich.
Born in Caroline, Tompkins
County, N.Y., February
8, 1818.
Son of Rhoda (Blackman) Mann Blair and George Blair (1796-1869).
Lawyer;
member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Jackson County, 1846;
instrumental in the 1846 abolition of capital punishment in Michigan,
the first
English-speaking jurisdiction to do so; Jackson
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1853-54, 1885-86; member of Michigan
state senate 12th District, 1855-56; Governor of
Michigan, 1861-65; defeated (Liberty), 1872; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Michigan, 1860;
U.S.
Representative from Michigan 3rd District, 1867-73; member of University
of Michigan board of regents, 1881-89; appointed 1881.
Unitarian.
Died in Jackson, Jackson
County, Mich., August 6,
1894 (age 76 years, 179
days).
Interment at Mt.
Evergreen Cemetery, Jackson, Mich.; statue at State
Capitol Grounds, Lansing, Mich.
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Alanson Carley (1797-1879) —
of Cortland
County, N.Y.
Born in Butternuts, Otsego
County, N.Y., June 6,
1797.
Son of Ebenezer Carley.
Whig. Dry
goods merchant; member of New York
state assembly from Cortland County, 1829; director, Syracuse and
Binghamton Railroad;
director, First National Bank of
Cortland; Cortland
County Sheriff, 1840; postmaster.
Universalist.
Died April 8,
1879 (age 81 years, 306
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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John Nelson Carlisle (1866-1931) —
also known as John N. Carlisle —
of Watertown, Jefferson
County, N.Y.
Born in Preble, Cortland
County, N.Y., August
24, 1866.
Son of William
Shuler Carlisle and Catherine Rose Delancy (Burdick) Carlisle
(1845-1885).
Democrat. Lawyer; chair of
Jefferson County Democratic Party, 1891-96; secretary of
New York Democratic Party, 1898-1905; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from New York, 1904;
member, New York Public Service Commission, 1910-12; New York State
Commissioner of Highways, 1913-15.
Universalist. Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar.
Died July 21,
1931 (age 64 years, 331
days).
Interment at Brookside
Cemetery, Watertown, N.Y.
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Peter Cooper (1791-1883) —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., February
12, 1791.
Manufacturer,
inventor,
philanthropist, creator of first
U.S. steam
locomotive; founder
of Cooper Union; Greenback candidate for President
of the United States, 1876.
Unitarian.
Elected to the Hall
of Fame for Great Americans in 1900.
Died in New York, New York
County, N.Y., April 4,
1883 (age 92 years, 51
days).
Interment at Green-Wood
Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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William Osborne Dapping (1880-1969) —
also known as William O. Dapping —
of Auburn, Cayuga
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., June 12,
1880.
Son of William Dapping and Mathilda (Lauterbach) Dapping.
Democrat. Newspaper
reporter; newspaper
editor and publisher; received a Pulitzer
Prize Special Citation in 1930, for the Auburn Citizen's
coverage of an inmate uprising at the Auburn prison; Presidential
Elector for New York, 1932;
defeated, 1956;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1936.
Universalist. Member, Elks.
Died August 1,
1969 (age 89 years, 50
days).
Interment at Fort
Hill Cemetery, Auburn, N.Y.
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Thomas Hopkinson Eliot (1907-1991) —
also known as Thomas H. Eliot —
of Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y.; Cambridge, Middlesex
County, Mass.
Born in Cambridge, Middlesex
County, Mass., June 14,
1907.
Son of Samuel Atkins Eliot and Frances Stone (Hopkinson) Eliot.
Democrat. Newspaper
reporter; lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 9th District, 1941-43;
defeated, 1938, 1942, 1944.
Unitarian.
Died in Cambridge, Middlesex
County, Mass., October
14, 1991 (age 84 years, 122
days).
Interment at Mt.
Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Mass.
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Millard Fillmore (1800-1874) —
also known as "The Accidental
President" —
of East Aurora, Erie
County, N.Y.; Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y.
Born in Cayuga
County, N.Y., January
7, 1800.
Son of Nathaniel Fillmore and Phoebe (Millard) Fillmore.
Whig. Lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from Erie County, 1829-31; U.S.
Representative from New York, 1833-35, 1837-43 (32nd District
1833-35, 1837-41, 38th District 1841-43); candidate for Governor of
New York, 1844; New York
state comptroller, 1848-49; Vice
President of the United States, 1849-50; President
of the United States, 1850-53; defeated, 1852, 1856.
Unitarian. English
ancestry.
Died, after a series of strokes,
in Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y., March 8,
1874 (age 74 years, 60
days).
Interment at Forest
Lawn Cemetery, Buffalo, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of Nathaniel Fillmore and Phoebe (Millard) Fillmore; married, February
5, 1826, to Abigail Powers (died 1853); married, February
10, 1858, to Caroline (Carmichael) McIntosh. |
| | | Cross-reference: Edward
H. Thompson |
| | | Fillmore counties in Minn. and Neb., and Millard County,
Utah, are named for him. |
| | | Other politicians named for him: Millard
F. Dunlap
— Millard
F. Caldwell, Jr.
|
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Wikipedia
article — NNDB
dossier |
| | | Books about Millard Fillmore: Robert J.
Raybach, Millard
Fillmore : Biography of a President — Elbert B. Smith,
The
Presidencies of Zachary Taylor and Millard
Fillmore |
| | | Image source: Portrait & Biographical
Album of Washtenaw County (1891) |
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Frank C. Fletcher (b. 1869) —
of Gaysville, Stockbridge, Windsor
County, Vt.
Born in Lawrence town, St. Lawrence
County, N.Y., 1869.
Republican. Physician;
member of Vermont
state house of representatives, 1896, 1910.
Unitarian.
Burial
location unknown.
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Justus Gage (1805-1875) —
of Dowagiac, Cass
County, Mich.
Born in DeRuyter, Madison
County, N.Y., March 13,
1805.
Member of Michigan
state board of agriculture, 1861-69.
Universalist.
Died in Dowagiac, Cass
County, Mich., January
21, 1875 (age 69 years, 314
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1836
to Matilda Tinkler. |
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Frank Ernest Gannett (1876-1957) —
also known as Frank E. Gannett —
of Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y.
Born in Bristol, Ontario
County, N.Y., September
15, 1876.
Son of Joseph Charles Gannett and Maria (Brooks) Gannett.
Republican. Newspaper
editor and publisher; founder of Gannett newspaper
chain; candidate for Governor of
New York, 1936; candidate for Republican nomination for
President, 1940;
Vice-Chair
of Republican National Committee, 1942.
Unitarian. Member, Sons of
the American Revolution; Phi
Beta Kappa; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Society
of the Cincinnati; Elks; Rotary.
Died December
3, 1957 (age 81 years, 79
days).
Interment at Mt.
Hope Cemetery, Rochester, N.Y.
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Horace Heffren (1831-1883) —
of Indiana.
Born in Dryden, Tompkins
County, N.Y., May 27,
1831.
Member of Indiana
state senate, 1857-59; member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1861, 1883; colonel in the Union
Army during the Civil War.
Unitarian. Member, Freemasons.
Died in Salem, Washington
County, Ind., May 20,
1883 (age 51 years, 358
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Edmund Goodrich Hunt (b. 1837) —
also known as Edmund G. Hunt —
of New Haven, Addison
County, Vt.
Born in Belmont, Allegany
County, N.Y., May 6,
1837.
Republican. Lawyer; farmer;
member of Vermont
state house of representatives from New Haven, 1910.
Unitarian.
Burial
location unknown.
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John Howland Lathrop (1880-1967) —
also known as John H. Lathrop —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Jackson, Jackson
County, Mich., 1880.
Son of John D. Lathrop and Alice McDora (Osborne) Lathrop.
Unitarian
minister; vice-chair of New York American Labor Party, 1945.
Unitarian. Member, Urban
League.
Died August
20, 1967 (age about 87
years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1907
to Lita Schlesinger. |
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Joseph Edward Lumbard (1901-1999) —
also known as J. Edward Lumbard —
of New York; Fairfield, Fairfield
County, Conn.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., August
18, 1901.
Son of Joseph Edward Lumbard and Martha Louise (Meier) Lumbard.
Republican. Lawyer; Justice of
New York Supreme Court 1st District, 1947; defeated, 1947; U.S.
Attorney for the Southern District of New York, 1953-55; Judge of
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit, 1955-71; took senior
status 1971.
Unitarian. Member, American Bar
Association; Sons of
the Revolution.
Died in Fairfield, Fairfield
County, Conn., June 3,
1999 (age 97 years, 289
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Harry Ray Marble (b. 1876) —
also known as Harry R. Marble —
of Holcomb, Ontario
County, N.Y.
Born in West Bloomfield, Ontario
County, N.Y., July 27,
1876.
Son of Harrison R. Marble and Sabra (Simmons) Marble.
Republican. School
teacher; railroad
office employee; farmer; merchant;
member of New York
state assembly from Ontario County, 1934-50.
Universalist. Member, Grange; Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows.
Burial
location unknown.
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William F. R. Mills (b. 1856) —
of Denver,
Colo.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., September
8, 1856.
Republican. Mayor of
Denver, Colo., 1918-19; president, City Elite Laundry Co.
Universalist. Member, Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons; Knights
Templar; Shriners.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1881
to Corwina Rouse. |
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William Townsend Pheiffer (1898-1986) —
also known as William T. Pheiffer —
of Amarillo, Potter
County, Tex.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Purcell, McClain
County, Indian Territory (now Okla.), July 15,
1898.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer;
candidate for Oklahoma
state senate 2nd District, 1924; alternate delegate to Republican
National Convention from Texas, 1932;
U.S.
Representative from New York 16th District, 1941-43; defeated,
1942; served in the U.S. Army during World War II; U.S. Ambassador to
Dominican Republic, 1953-57.
Unitarian.
Died in New York, New York
County, N.Y., August
16, 1986 (age 88 years, 32
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Edward B. Pond (1833-1910) —
of San
Francisco, Calif.
Born in Belleville, Jefferson
County, N.Y., September
7, 1833.
Democrat. Mayor
of San Francisco, Calif., 1887-91; candidate for Governor of
California, 1890.
Unitarian.
Died, of a heart
attack, in San
Francisco, Calif., April 22,
1910 (age 76 years, 227
days).
Interment at Mountain
View Cemetery, Oakland, Calif.
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Daniel Alden Reed (1875-1959) —
also known as Daniel A. Reed —
of Dunkirk, Chautauqua
County, N.Y.
Born in Sheridan, Chautauqua
County, N.Y., September
15, 1875.
Son of Anson William Reed and Alfreda Reed.
Republican. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from New York, 1919-59 (43rd District 1919-45,
45th District 1945-53, 43rd District 1953-59); died in office 1959.
Unitarian. Member, Freemasons;
Delta
Chi; Elks.
Died, of a heart
attack, in Walter
Reed Army Medical Center, Washington,
D.C., February
19, 1959 (age 83 years, 157
days).
Interment at Sheridan
Cemetery, Sheridan, N.Y.
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Cyrus Baldwin Sammons (1825-1881) —
also known as Cyrus B. Sammons —
of Blue Island, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Geddes (now part of Syracuse), Onondaga
County, N.Y., November
15, 1825.
Son of Johannis Sammons (1786-1845) and Abigail (Smith) Sammons
(1795-1864).
Merchant;
postmaster;
village
president of Blue Island, Illinois, 1872-73.
Universalist.
Died in Blue Island, Cook
County, Ill., May 31,
1881 (age 55 years, 197
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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John Richard Schmidhauser (b. 1922) —
also known as John R. Schmidhauser —
of Iowa.
Born in Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y., January
3, 1922.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; U.S.
Representative from Iowa 1st District, 1965-67; defeated, 1966,
1968; member of Iowa
Democratic State Central Committee, 1971.
Unitarian. Member, American
Association of University Professors; Izaak
Walton League.
Still living as of 1998.
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Addison G. Stone (b. 1849) —
of Wallingford, Rutland
County, Vt.
Born in Albion, Orleans
County, N.Y., March 16,
1849.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Vermont
state house of representatives from Wallingford, 1894, 1910.
Universalist.
Burial
location unknown.
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Thomas Frank Stroock (b. 1925) —
also known as Thomas F. Stroock —
of Casper, Natrona
County, Wyo.
Born in New York City (unknown
county), N.Y., October
10, 1925.
Son of Samuel Stroock and Dorothy (Frank) Stroock.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II; oil
executive; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention
from Wyoming, 1956;
U.S. Ambassador to Guatamala, 1989-92.
Unitarian. Member, Kiwanis;
Elks.
Still living as of 1992.
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Anna Mary Tibbets —
also known as Anna Tibbets —
of Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif.
Born in Tibbets Hills (unknown
county), N.Y.
Democrat. School
teacher; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention
from California, 1948.
Female.
Unitarian. Member, American
Association of University Women; League of Women
Voters.
Burial
location unknown.
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Arba Seymour Van Valkenburgh (1862-1944) —
also known as Arba S. Van Valkenburgh —
of Kansas City, Jackson
County, Mo.
Born in Syracuse, Onondaga
County, N.Y., August
22, 1862.
Son of Lawrence Van Valkenburgh and Sarah A. (Seymour) Van
Valkenburgh.
Republican. Lawyer; U.S.
Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, 1905-10; U.S.
District Judge for the Western District of Missouri, 1910-.
Unitarian. Member, Phi
Beta Kappa.
Died in 1944
(age about
81 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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