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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; statue at Lucas
County Courthouse Grounds, Toledo, Ohio.
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William Rufus Day (1849-1923) —
of Canton, Stark
County, Ohio; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Ravenna, Portage
County, Ohio, April 17,
1849.
Son of Luther
T. Day and Emily (Spalding) Day.
Lawyer;
common pleas court judge in Ohio, 1886-90; U.S.
Secretary of State, 1898; Judge of
U.S. Court of Appeals, 1899-1903; Justice
of U.S. Supreme Court, 1903-22.
Lutheran.
Died in Mackinac Island, Mackinac
County, Mich., July 9,
1923 (age 74 years, 83
days).
Interment at West Lawn Cemetery.
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Atlee Pomerene (1863-1937) —
of Canton, Stark
County, Ohio; Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio.
Born in Berlin, Holmes
County, Ohio, December
6, 1863.
Son of Dr. Peter P. Pomerene and Elizabeth (Wise) Pomerene.
Democrat. Lawyer; banker; Stark
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1897-1900; Lieutenant
Governor of Ohio, 1911; U.S.
Senator from Ohio, 1911-23; defeated, 1922, 1926; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Ohio, 1912
(member, Platform
and Resolutions Committee), 1916
(member, Platform
and Resolutions Committee), 1924,
1932;
delegate
to Ohio convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933.
Member, Elks.
Died in Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio, November
12, 1937 (age 73 years, 341
days).
Interment at West Lawn Cemetery.
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William Richard Thom (1885-1960) —
also known as William R. Thom —
of Canton, Stark
County, Ohio.
Born in Canton, Stark
County, Ohio, July 7,
1885.
Son of Louis Thom and Katherine (Roemhild) Thom.
Democrat. Newspaper
reporter; lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 16th District, 1933-39, 1941-43,
1945-47; defeated, 1946; candidate for Presidential Elector for Ohio,
1956.
Member, Freemasons;
Eagles;
Moose;
Knights
of Pythias; Odd
Fellows.
Died August
28, 1960 (age 75 years, 52
days).
Interment at West Lawn Cemetery.
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Frank Townsend Bow (1901-1972) —
also known as Frank T. Bow —
of Canton, Stark
County, Ohio.
Born in Canton, Stark
County, Ohio, February
20, 1901.
Son of Charles Clinton Bow and Anna (Withrow) Bow.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Ohio
Republican State Central Committee, 1945-46; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 16th District, 1951-72; died in office
1972; delegate to Republican National Convention from Ohio, 1964.
Presbyterian.
Member, Sigma
Pi; Elks.
Died in Bethesda, Montgomery
County, Md., November
13, 1972 (age 71 years, 267
days).
Interment at West Lawn Cemetery.
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Benjamin Franklin Leiter (1813-1866) —
of Canton, Stark
County, Ohio.
Born in Leitersburg, Washington
County, Md., October
13, 1813.
Republican. Member of Ohio state
house of representatives, 1848; mayor of
Canton, Ohio, 1852-53, 1854-55; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 18th District, 1855-59.
Died June 17,
1866 (age 52 years, 247
days).
Interment at West Lawn Cemetery.
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Henderson Haverfield Carson (1893-1971) —
also known as Henderson H. Carson —
of Canton, Stark
County, Ohio.
Born in Cadiz, Harrison
County, Ohio, October
25, 1893.
Son of Charles W. Carson and Georgia F. (Haverfield) Carson.
Republican. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War I; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 16th District, 1943-45, 1947-49.
Presbyterian.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Legion; Lions; Elks; Moose; Freemasons;
Shriners.
Died in Canton, Stark
County, Ohio, October
5, 1971 (age 77 years, 345
days).
Interment at West Lawn Cemetery.
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Samuel Lahm (1812-1876) —
of Canton, Stark
County, Ohio.
Born in Leitersburg, Washington
County, Md., April 22,
1812.
Democrat. Member of Ohio state
senate, 1842; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 18th District, 1847-49; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Ohio, 1860.
Died June 16,
1876 (age 64 years, 55
days).
Interment at West Lawn Cemetery.
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Jacob Sechler Coxey (1854-1951) —
also known as Jacob S. Coxey; "General
Coxey" —
of Massillon, Stark
County, Ohio.
Born in Selinsgrove, Snyder
County, Pa., April 16,
1854.
Greenback candidate for Ohio state
senate 21st District, 1885; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Ohio, 1894 (People's, 18th District), 1922
(18th District), 1924 (Independent, 16th District), 1926 (Republican
primary, 16th District), 1928 (Independent, 16th District), 1930
(Republican primary, 16th District), 1936 (Union, 16th District),
1938 (Democratic primary, 16th District), 1942 (Democratic primary,
16th District); People's candidate for Governor of
Ohio, 1895, 1897; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Ohio, 1916, 1928 (Republican primary), 1932
(Republican primary), 1934 (Republican primary); mayor
of Massillon, Ohio, 1931-33; defeated, 1933 (Republican primary),
1941 (Democratic primary), 1943 (Democratic); Farmer-Labor candidate
for President
of the United States, 1932.
Leader of bands of unemployed (dubbed "Coxey's Army") asking Congress
to provide money for jobs, 1894 and 1914.
Died in 1951
(age about
97 years).
Interment at Massillon Cemetery.
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