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Joshua Willis Alexander (1852-1936) —
also known as Joshua W. Alexander —
of Gallatin, Daviess
County, Mo.
Born in Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio, January
22, 1852.
Son of Thomas Wilson Alexander and Jane (Robinson) Alexander.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Missouri
state house of representatives, 1883-87; Speaker of
the Missouri State House of Representatives, 1887; mayor
of Gallatin, Mo., 1891-92; circuit judge in Missouri 7th
Circuit, 1901-07; U.S.
Representative from Missouri 3rd District, 1907-19; U.S.
Secretary of Commerce, 1919-21; delegate
to Missouri state constitutional convention, 1922-23.
Presbyterian;
later Christian.
Member, Freemasons;
Delta Kappa Epsilon.
Died in Gallatin, Daviess
County, Mo., February
27, 1936 (age 84 years, 36
days).
Interment at Brown
Cemetery, Gallatin, Mo.
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Thomas William Ludlow Ashley (1923-2010) —
also known as Thomas L. Ashley —
of Waterville, Lucas
County, Ohio; Leland, Leelanau
County, Mich.
Born in Toledo, Lucas
County, Ohio, January
11, 1923.
Son of William Meredith Ashley (1893-1973) and Mary Alida (Ludlow)
Ashley (1893-1986).
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 9th District, 1955-81; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Ohio, 1960,
1964.
Member, American
Legion; Delta Kappa Epsilon; Elks; Eagles; Knights
of Pythias.
Died in Leland, Leelanau
County, Mich., June 15,
2010 (age 87 years, 155
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Andrew John Biemiller (1906-1982) —
also known as Andrew J. Biemiller —
of Milwaukee, Milwaukee
County, Wis.
Born in Sandusky, Erie
County, Ohio, July 23,
1906.
Son of Andrew Frederick Biemiller and Pearl (Weaver) Biemiller.
Democrat. Member of Wisconsin
state assembly, 1937-42; U.S.
Representative from Wisconsin 5th District, 1945-47, 1949-51;
defeated, 1946, 1950, 1952; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Wisconsin, 1948,
1952
(alternate).
Quaker.
Member, Americans
for Democratic Action; Eagles; Elks;
Delta Kappa Epsilon.
Died in Bethesda, Montgomery
County, Md., April 3,
1982 (age 75 years, 254
days).
Interment at Ellicott
Family Cemetery, Ellicott City, Md.
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Calvin Stewart Brice (1845-1898) —
also known as Calvin S. Brice —
of Lima, Allen
County, Ohio.
Born in Denmark, Morrow
County, Ohio, September
17, 1845.
Son of Rev. William Kilpatrick Brice and Elizabeth (Stewart) Brice.
Democrat. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; lawyer;
active in railroad
law; president of railroad
companies; candidate for Presidential Elector for Ohio, 1876,
1884;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Ohio, 1888;
Chairman
of Democratic National Committee, 1889-92; U.S.
Senator from Ohio, 1891-97.
Member, Delta Kappa Epsilon.
Died, of pneumonia,
in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., December
15, 1898 (age 53 years, 89
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Lima, Ohio.
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Harold Hitz Burton (1888-1964) —
also known as Harold H. Burton —
of Salt Lake City, Salt Lake
County, Utah; Boise, Ada
County, Idaho; East Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio.
Born in Jamaica Plain, Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., June 22,
1888.
Son of Alfred Edgar Burton (Dean of M.I.T.) and Gertrude (Hitz)
Burton.
Republican. Lawyer;
assistant attorney, Utah Power &
Light Company and Utah Light &
Traction
Company, 1914-16; attorney, Idaho Power
Company and Boise Valley Traction
Company, 1916-17; served in the U.S. Army during World War I; member
of Ohio
state house of representatives, 1929; mayor
of Cleveland, Ohio, 1931-32, 1935-40; U.S.
Senator from Ohio, 1941-45; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Ohio, 1944;
Justice
of U.S. Supreme Court, 1945-58; took senior status 1958.
Unitarian.
Member, Freemasons;
American Bar
Association; American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Phi
Beta Kappa; Delta Kappa Epsilon; Phi
Alpha Delta; Knights
of Pythias; Moose; Eagles; Grange; Rotary; Kiwanis;
Exchange
Club.
Died in Washington,
D.C., October
28, 1964 (age 76 years, 128
days).
Interment at Highland
Park Cemetery, Cleveland, Ohio.
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Sherman Moorhead Granger (b. 1870) —
also known as Sherman M. Granger —
of Zanesville, Muskingum
County, Ohio.
Born in Zanesville, Muskingum
County, Ohio, June 16,
1870.
Son of Moses Moorhead Granger and Mary Hoyt (Reese) Granger.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Republican
National Committee from Ohio, 1912-16; alternate delegate to
Republican National Convention from Ohio, 1912;
member of Ohio
Republican State Central Committee, 1912-14; vice-president,
Zanesville Telephone &
Telegraph Co.
Episcopalian.
Member, Delta Kappa Epsilon; Theta
Nu Epsilon.
Burial
location unknown.
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Rutherford Birchard Hayes (1822-1893) —
also known as Rutherford B. Hayes; "Rutherfraud B.
Hayes"; "His Fraudulency" —
of Ohio.
Born in Delaware, Delaware
County, Ohio, October
4, 1822.
Republican. Lawyer;
general in the Union Army during the Civil War; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 2nd District, 1865-67; Governor of
Ohio, 1868-72, 1876-77; President
of the United States, 1877-81.
Methodist.
Scottish
ancestry. Member, Loyal
Legion; Grand
Army of the Republic; Odd
Fellows; Delta Kappa Epsilon.
Stricken by a heart
attack at the railroad
station in Cleveland, Ohio, and died that night in Fremont, Sandusky
County, Ohio, January
17, 1893 (age 70 years, 105
days).
Original interment at Oakwood
Cemetery, Fremont, Ohio; reinterment in 1915 at Spiegel
Grove, Fremont, Ohio.
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Samuel Furman Hunt (b. 1844) —
also known as Samuel F. Hunt —
of Glendale, Hamilton
County, Ohio.
Born in Springdale, Hamilton
County, Ohio, October
22, 1844.
Son of John Randolph Hunt (M.D.) and Amanda (Baird) Hunt.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Ohio state
senate, 1870-71; candidate for Lieutenant
Governor of Ohio, 1871; delegate
to Ohio state constitutional convention from Hamilton County,
1873; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Ohio 1st District, 1880; superior court judge
in Ohio, 1890-98.
Member, American Bar
Association; Delta Kappa Epsilon; Society
of Colonial Wars; Loyal
Legion; Sons of
the Revolution.
Burial
location unknown.
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Robert Walker Tayler (1852-1910) —
also known as Robert W. Tayler —
of Lisbon, Columbiana
County, Ohio.
Born in Youngstown, Mahoning
County, Ohio, November
26, 1852.
Son of Robert
Walker Tayler (1812-1878) and Louisa Maria (Woodbridge) Tayler.
Republican. School
teacher; superintendent
of schools; newspaper
editor; lawyer; Columbiana
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1881; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 18th District, 1895-1903; U.S.
District Judge for the Northern District of Ohio, 1905.
Member, Delta Kappa Epsilon.
Died November
25, 1910 (age 57 years, 364
days).
Interment at Lisbon
Cemetery, Lisbon, Ohio.
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Francis Servis Wilson (1872-1951) —
also known as Francis S. Wilson —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Youngstown, Mahoning
County, Ohio, February
7, 1872.
Son of David
M. Wilson and Grisselda E. (Campbell) Wilson.
Democrat. Lawyer;
major in the U.S. Army during World War I; circuit judge in Illinois,
1920-27; Judge, Illinois Appellate Court, 1927-35; alternate delegate
to Democratic National Convention from Illinois, 1932;
justice
of Illinois state supreme court 7th District, 1935-51; died in
office 1951.
Member, Delta Kappa Epsilon; Sons of
the American Revolution.
Died in 1951
(age about
79 years).
Interment at Memorial
Park Cemetery, Skokie, Ill.
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