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Alexander John Arndt (1899-1979) —
also known as Alex J. Arndt —
of Toledo, Lucas
County, Ohio; Lambertville, Monroe
County, Mich.
Born in Jersey City, Hudson
County, N.J., January
26, 1899.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; served in the
U.S. Navy during World War II; business
owner; delegate to Republican National Convention from Ohio, 1948.
Baptist. Member, Rotary; American
Legion; Freemasons.
Died in 1979
(age about
80 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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John Milan Ashbrook (1928-1982) —
also known as John M. Ashbrook; "The Small Paul
Revere" —
of Johnstown, Licking
County, Ohio.
Born in Johnstown, Licking
County, Ohio, September
21, 1928.
Son of William
Albert Ashbrook and Marie Swank Ashbrook.
Republican. Newspaper
publisher; lawyer;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Ohio, 1956
(alternate), 1960
(alternate), 1964;
member of Ohio state
house of representatives, 1957-60; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 17th District, 1961-82; died in office
1982; candidate for Republican nomination for President, 1972.
Baptist. Member, Freemasons;
Knights
of Pythias; Kiwanis;
Elks; Lions; Delta
Theta Phi; Sigma
Delta Chi.
Suffered a massive
gastrointestinal bleed, and died soon after, in Licking Memorial
Hospital,
Newark, Licking
County, Ohio, April 24,
1982 (age 53 years, 215
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Green
Hill Cemetery, Johnstown, Ohio.
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Randy Ball (b. 1957) —
of Florida.
Born in Painesville, Lake
County, Ohio, March 17,
1957.
Republican. Member of Florida
state house of representatives 29th District, 1995-.
Baptist.
Still living as of 1999.
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James Henry Cassidy (1869-1926) —
also known as James H. Cassidy —
of Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio.
Born in Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio, October
28, 1869.
Son of James H. Cassidy and Mary (Brown) Cassidy.
Republican. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 21st District, 1909-11; defeated, 1910.
Baptist. Member, Freemasons.
Died in Forest Hills Gardens, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y., August
23, 1926 (age 56 years, 299
days).
Interment at Maple
Grove Cemetery, Kew Gardens, Queens, N.Y.
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Jack L. Christian (b. 1921) —
of Welch, McDowell
County, W.Va.
Born in Rarden, Scioto
County, Ohio, July 24,
1921.
Son of Herbert J. Christian and Nellie (Ball) Christian.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; insurance
agent; member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from McDowell County, 1961-63;
resigned 1963.
Baptist. Member, Jaycees;
American
Legion.
Still living as of 1963.
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Harry Lyman Davis (1878-1950) —
also known as Harry L. Davis —
of Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio.
Born in Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio, January
25, 1878.
Son of Evan H. Davis and Barbara D. Davis.
Republican. Insurance
business; mayor
of Cleveland, Ohio, 1915-20, 1933-35; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Ohio, 1916;
Governor
of Ohio, 1921-23; defeated, 1924.
Baptist. Member, Moose.
National organizer, Loyal Order of Moose, 1912.
Died May 21,
1950 (age 72 years, 116
days).
Interment at Lake
View Cemetery, Cleveland, Ohio.
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James L. Davis (b. 1914) —
of Fairmont, Marion
County, W.Va.
Born in Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio, April 7,
1914.
Son of Okey Laurence Davis and Della (Wright) Davis.
Democrat. Machinist;
member of West
Virginia state senate 14th District, 1973-85; resigned 1985.
Baptist. Member, Moose; Eagles.
Still living as of 1985.
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Charles Aubrey Eaton (1868-1953) —
also known as Charles A. Eaton;
"Doc" —
of Natick, Middlesex
County, Mass.; Toronto, Ontario;
Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio; Watchung, North Plainfield, Somerset
County, N.J.
Born in Pugwash, Nova
Scotia, March 29,
1868.
Son of Stephen Eaton and Mary D. (Parker) Eaton.
Republican. Baptist
minister; magazine
editor; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from
New Jersey, 1920,
1924;
U.S.
Representative from New Jersey, 1925-53 (4th District 1925-33,
5th District 1933-53).
Baptist. Member, Union
League.
Died in Washington,
D.C., January
23, 1953 (age 84 years, 300
days).
Interment at Hillside
Cemetery, Plainfield, N.J.
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William Green (1872-1952) —
of Coshocton, Coshocton
County, Ohio.
Born in Coshocton, Coshocton
County, Ohio, March 3,
1872.
Son of Hugh Green and Jane (Oran) Green.
Democrat. Coal miner;
president,
Ohio District, United Mine Workers Union, 1906-10; member of Ohio state
senate, 1911-15; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Ohio, 1912,
1920
(alternate); president,
American Federation of Labor, 1924-52.
Baptist. English
ancestry. Member, American
Academy of Political and Social Science; Odd
Fellows; Elks.
Died, from a heart
attack, November
21, 1952 (age 80 years, 263
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1894
to Jennie Mobley. |
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Warren Gamaliel Harding (1865-1923) —
also known as Warren G. Harding —
of Marion, Marion
County, Ohio.
Born in Blooming Grove, Morrow
County, Ohio, November
2, 1865.
Son of Phoebe Elizabeth (Dickerson) Harding (1843-1910) and George
Tryon Harding (1844-1928).
Republican. Newspaper
publisher; member of Ohio state
senate 13th District, 1901-03; Lieutenant
Governor of Ohio, 1904-06; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Ohio, 1904
(alternate), 1912,
1916
(Temporary
Chair; Permanent
Chair; speaker);
candidate for Governor of
Ohio, 1910; U.S.
Senator from Ohio, 1915-21; President
of the United States, 1921-23; died in office 1923.
Baptist. English
ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Elks; Knights
of Pythias; Phi
Alpha Delta.
First
president ever to have his voice broadcast on the radio, June 14,
1922.
Died in a room at the Palace Hotel, San
Francisco, Calif., August 2,
1923 (age 57 years, 273
days); the claim that he was poisoned by his wife is not accepted
by historians.
Original interment at Marion
Cemetery, Marion, Ohio; reinterment in 1927 at Harding
Memorial Tomb, Marion, Ohio.
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Relatives:
Married, July 8,
1891, to Florence Mabel Kling (1860-1924). |
| | | Harding County,
N.M. is named for him. |
| | | Personal motto: "Remember there are two
sides to every question. Get both." |
| | | Campaign slogan (1920): "Back to
normalcy with Harding." |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Wikipedia
article — NNDB
dossier — Internet Movie Database
profile |
| | | Books about Warren G. Harding: Francis
Russell, The
Shadow of Blooming Grove : Warren G. Harding In His Times (out of
print) — Robert K. Murray, The
Harding Era : Warren G. Harding and His
Administration — Eugene P. Trani & David L. Wilson, The
Presidency of Warren G. Harding — Harry M. Daugherty,
Inside
Story of the Harding Tragedy — Charles L. Mee, The
Ohio Gang : The World of Warren G. Harding (out of
print) — John W. Dean, Warren
G. Harding — Robert H. Ferrell, The
Strange Deaths of President Harding — Russell Roberts,
Warren
G. Harding (for young readers) |
| | | Critical books about Warren G. Harding:
Nathan Miller, Star-Spangled
Men : America's Ten Worst Presidents |
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Judson Harmon (1846-1927) —
of Wyoming, Hamilton
County, Ohio; Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio.
Born in Newtown, Hamilton
County, Ohio, February
3, 1846.
Son of Rev. B. F. Harmon and Julia (Bronson) Harmon.
Democrat. Lawyer;
common pleas court judge in Ohio, 1876-77; superior court judge in
Ohio, 1878-87; U.S.
Attorney General, 1895-97; receiver of bankrupt railways,
1905-09; Governor of
Ohio, 1909-13; candidate for Democratic nomination for President,
1912;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Ohio, 1916,
1924;
candidate for Presidential Elector for Ohio, 1924.
Baptist.
Died in Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio, February
22, 1927 (age 81 years, 19
days).
Interment at Spring
Grove Cemetery, Cincinnati, Ohio.
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Grant Martin Hudson (1868-1955) —
also known as Grant M. Hudson —
of Schoolcraft, Kalamazoo
County, Mich.; East Lansing, Ingham
County, Mich.
Born in Lorain
County, Ohio, July 23,
1868.
Republican. Member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Kalamazoo County 2nd
District, 1905-08; U.S.
Representative from Michigan 6th District, 1923-31; defeated,
1930 (primary), 1932 (primary), 1932.
Baptist. Member, Anti-Saloon
League.
Died in Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo
County, Mich., October
26, 1955 (age 87 years, 95
days).
Interment at Mt.
Hope Cemetery, Lansing, Mich.
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Robert Franklin Jones (1907-1968) —
also known as Robert F. Jones —
of Lima, Allen
County, Ohio; Silver Spring, Montgomery
County, Md.
Born in Cairo, Allen
County, Ohio, June 25,
1907.
Son of Jenkin Charles Jones and Josephine (Devine) Jones.
Republican. Lawyer; Allen
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1935-39; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 4th District, 1939-47; member, Federal Communications
Commission, 1947-52.
Methodist;
later Baptist. Member, Delta
Sigma Phi; American Bar
Association; Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons.
Died June 22,
1968 (age 60 years, 363
days).
Interment at Lima
Memorial Park Cemetery, Lima, Ohio.
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Catherine Small Long (b. 1924) —
also known as Catherine S. Long; Cathy Long; Mary
Catherine Small —
of Louisiana.
Born in Dayton, Montgomery
County, Ohio, February
7, 1924.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from Louisiana 8th District, 1985-87.
Female.
Baptist.
Still living as of 1999.
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Marvin A. McMickle —
of Shaker Heights, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Democrat. Baptist
minister; member of Ohio state
house of representatives; candidate in primary for U.S.
Senator from Ohio, 2000; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Ohio, 2008.
Baptist.
Still living as of 2008.
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Thomas Emerson Miller (b. 1880) —
also known as T. E. 'Tom' Miller —
of Huntington, Cabell
County, W.Va.
Born in Ironton, Lawrence
County, Ohio, April 18,
1880.
Republican. Member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Cabell County, 1953-54;
defeated, 1950.
Baptist.
Burial
location unknown.
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Ransom Eli Olds (1864-1950) —
also known as Ransom E. Olds —
of Lansing, Ingham
County, Mich.
Born in Geneva, Ashtabula
County, Ohio, June 3,
1864.
Son of Pliny Fisk Olds and Sarah (Whipple) Olds.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Michigan,
1908.
Baptist. Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners.
Founder in 1897 of Olds Motor
Vehicle Company, maker of the first
commercially successful American-made automobile.
Founder in 1905 of the REO Motor Car
Company. Later the Olds company became the Oldsmobile division of General
Motors, and Reo became part of truck
manufacturer Diamond Reo. Also owner of several hotels.
Died in Lansing, Ingham
County, Mich., August
26, 1950 (age 86 years, 84
days).
Entombed at Mt.
Hope Cemetery, Lansing, Mich.
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Edwin Jay Pinney (b. 1847) —
also known as E. Jay Pinney —
of Jefferson, Ashtabula
County, Ohio; Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio.
Born in Hartsgrove, Ashtabula
County, Ohio, May 26,
1847.
Son of Philo Pinney and Delia (Griswold) Pinney.
School
teacher and principal; lawyer;
Prohibition candidate for justice of
Ohio state supreme court, 1897; Prohibition candidate for U.S.
Representative from Ohio 21st District, 1902.
Baptist.
Burial
location unknown.
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George C. Porter (1903-1967) —
of Beckley, Raleigh
County, W.Va.
Born in Athens
County, Ohio, December
9, 1903.
Son of Carl Porter and Atta (Archer) Porter.
Democrat. Theater
owner; member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Raleigh County, 1961;
member of West
Virginia state senate 9th District, 1961-67; appointed 1961; died
in office 1967.
Baptist. Member, Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons; Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Order of the
Eastern Star; Moose; Elks; Kiwanis.
Died in 1967
(age about
63 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Loren Edmunds Souers, Jr. (b. 1882) —
also known as Loren E. Souers, Jr. —
of Canton, Stark
County, Ohio.
Born in Mineral City, Tuscarawas
County, Ohio, December
4, 1882.
Son of Enos S. Souers and Celestia M. (Black) Souers.
Republican. Lawyer;
vice-president and general counsel, Continental Steel Corp.;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Ohio, 1948.
Baptist. Member, Sons of
the American Revolution; American Bar
Association; American
Judicature Society; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Odd
Fellows; Delta
Sigma Rho; Kiwanis.
Burial
location unknown.
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Stephanie Tubbs Jones (1949-2008) —
of Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio.
Born in Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio, September
10, 1949.
Democrat. Lawyer;
common pleas court judge in Ohio, 1983-91; candidate for justice of
Ohio state supreme court, 1990; Cuyahoga
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1991-99; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Ohio, 1996,
2000,
2004,
2008;
U.S.
Representative from Ohio 11th District, 1999-; member of Democratic
National Committee from Ohio, 2004-08.
Female.
Baptist. African
ancestry. Member, Delta
Sigma Theta; NAACP.
Suffered a cerebral
hemorrhage, and died the next day, in a hospital
at East Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio, August
20, 2008 (age 58 years, 345
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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W. Dean Watkins (b. 1931) —
of Tucson, Pima
County, Ariz.
Born in Canton, Stark
County, Ohio, 1931.
Aeronautical
engineer;
Prohibition candidate for Vice
President of the United States, 2000.
Baptist.
Still living as of 2000.
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Stephen R. Wise (b. 1941) —
of Florida.
Born in Canton, Stark
County, Ohio, December
11, 1941.
Republican. Member of Florida
state house of representatives 13th District, 1989-.
Baptist.
Still living as of 1999.
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H. M. Wyrick —
of Barberton, Summit
County, Ohio.
Republican. Pastor; speaker, Republican National Convention, 1948.
Baptist.
Still living as of 1948.
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Allen Zollars (1839-1909) —
of Fort Wayne, Allen
County, Ind.
Born in Licking
County, Ohio, September
3, 1839.
Democrat. Member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1869; superior court judge in
Indiana, 1877; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Indiana, 1880;
justice
of Indiana state supreme court, 1883-89.
Baptist. Member, Freemasons.
Died in Fort Wayne, Allen
County, Ind., December
20, 1909 (age 70 years, 108
days).
Interment at Lindenwood
Cemetery, Fort Wayne, Ind.
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