The Political Graveyard: Pharmaceutical Industry Politicians in Ohio

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Pharmaceutical Industry Politicians in Ohio
including Druggists and Pharmacists

Robert M. Ashley (1890-1966) — of Wyandotte, Wayne County, Mich. Born in Newark, Licking County, Ohio, April 12, 1890. Son of Walter Allen Ashley and Mary Elma Ashley. Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; pharmacist; osteopath; delegate to Michigan convention to ratify 21st amendment from Wayne County 4th District, 1933; member of Michigan Republican State Central Committee, 1936; delegate to Republican National Convention from Michigan, 1940. Congregationalist. Member, Kappa Sigma; Kiwanis; American Legion; Veterans of Foreign Wars; Freemasons; Elks; Eagles. Died in 1966 (age about 76 years). Burial location unknown.

Relatives: Married, June 15, 1929, to Gretchen Rebecca Peterman.

Thomas H. Bienz (born c.1895) — also known as Tom Bienz — of Dishman, Spokane County, Wash. Born in Ohio, about 1895. Democrat. Pharmacist; member of Washington state house of representatives, 1939-41; member of Washington state senate 4th District, 1943-47. Burial location unknown.

Joseph Ellis Blackburn (1860-1928) — also known as Joseph E. Blackburn — of Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio. Born in a log cabin in Farmington, Belmont County, Ohio, June 30, 1860. Republican. Glass mold maker; organizer, president, and secretary, mold-maker's union; druggist; member of Ohio state house of representatives, 1895; Ohio dairy and food commissioner, 1897-1901. Died in Springfield, Clark County, Ohio, 1928 (age about 68 years). Interment at Masonic Home Cemetery, Springfield, Ohio.

		Relatives: Married 1880 to Dora C. Harkin (1858-1937).
		See also Find-A-Grave memorial

Thomas C. Bridwell (b. 1841) — of Evansville, Vanderburgh County, Ind. Born in Lawrence County, Ohio, February 18, 1841. Son of Samuel Bridwell and Elizabeth (Combs) Bridwell. Democrat. Druggist; gravel contractor; mayor of Evansville, Ind., 1880-86. Member, Knights of Pythias; Ancient Order of United Workmen. Burial location unknown.

Relatives: Married 1864 to Bettie McFarland.

Joseph Burns (1800-1875) — of Ohio. Born in Waynesboro, Va., March 11, 1800. Democrat. Coshocton County Auditor, 1821-38; member of Ohio state house of representatives, 1838-40; Coshocton County Clerk, 1843-51; Presidential Elector for Ohio, 1848; U.S. Representative from Ohio 15th District, 1857-59; druggist; probate judge in Ohio. Died in Coshocton, Coshocton County, Ohio, May 12, 1875 (age 75 years, 62 days). Interment at Oak Ridge Cemetery, Coshocton, Ohio.

Melvin Carr Eaton (1891-1966) — also known as Melvin C. Eaton — of Norwich, Chenango County, N.Y. Born in Norwich, Chenango County, N.Y., April 2, 1891. Son of Robert D. Eaton and Maria E. (Smith) Eaton. Republican. Chemist; director, superintendent, later vice-president, president and chairman, Norwich Pharmaceutical Co.; delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1932, 1936, 1940; chair of Chenango County Republican Party, 1933; delegate to New York convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933; New York Republican state chair, 1934-36; Presidential Elector for New York, 1952. Congregationalist. Member, American Legion; Forty and Eight; Veterans of Foreign Wars; Freemasons; Knights Templar; Shriners; Elks; Phi Kappa Sigma; Rotary. Died, following an apparent heart attack, in St. Charles Hospital, Toledo, Lucas County, Ohio, August 1, 1966 (age 75 years, 121 days). Burial location unknown.

Relatives: Married, April 14, 1915, to Ethel Jewell.

Homer C. Fritsch (1894-1957) — of Grosse Pointe Park, Wayne County, Mich. Born in Piqua, Miami County, Ohio, July 23, 1894. Chemist; executive vice-president, Parke Davis pharmaceutical company; village president of Grosse Pointe Park, Michigan, 1948-50; mayor of Grosse Pointe Park, Mich., 1950-57; died in office 1957. Member, American Chemical Society; Freemasons; Scottish Rite Masons; Shriners. Collapsed and died in the lobby of the Ritz Carlton Hotel, Montreal, Quebec, April 8, 1957 (age 62 years, 259 days). Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery, Detroit, Mich.

See also Find-A-Grave memorial

Charles Henry Gaus (1840-1909) — also known as Charles H. Gaus — of Albany, Albany County, N.Y. Born in Zanesville, Muskingum County, Ohio, September 1, 1840. Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; druggist; mayor of Albany, N.Y., 1902-08; New York state comptroller, 1909; died in office 1909. German ancestry. Died, from pneumonia, in a hunting lodge on Long Lake, in the Laurentian Mountains, Quebec, October 31, 1909 (age 69 years, 60 days). Interment at Albany Rural Cemetery, Menands, N.Y.

See also Wikipedia article

Lewis Philip Ohliger (1843-1923) — also known as Lewis P. Ohliger — of Wooster, Wayne County, Ohio. Born in Rheinpfalz, Germany, January 3, 1843. Democrat. Wholesale druggist; grocer; Wayne County Treasurer, 1875-79; trustee, Wooster and Lodi Railway; candidate for Presidential Elector for Ohio, 1884; postmaster; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Ohio, 1892; U.S. Representative from Ohio 16th District, 1892-93. Died in San Diego, San Diego County, Calif., January 9, 1923 (age 80 years, 6 days). Interment at Wooster Cemetery, Wooster, Ohio.

See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page

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