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Oliver Ernesto Branch (b. 1847) —
also known as Oliver E. Branch —
of Manchester, Hillsborough
County, N.H.
Born in Madison, Lake
County, Ohio, July 19,
1847.
Son of William Witter Branch and Lucy J. (Bartram) Branch.
Lawyer;
general counsel, Boston & Maine Railroad;
member of New
Hampshire state house of representatives, 1887, 1889; U.S.
Attorney for New Hampshire, 1894-98.
English ancestry. Member, Delta
Upsilon; Phi
Beta Kappa.
Burial
location unknown.
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Charles P. Cary (b. 1856) —
of Delavan, Walworth
County, Wis.
Born in Ohio, January
28, 1856.
Republican. School teacher
and principal; Brown
County Superintendent of Schools, 1886; Wisconsin
superintendent of public instruction, 1903-21.
German
and English ancestry.
Burial
location unknown.
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John Adams Damon (1850-1926) —
also known as John A. Damon —
of Millington, Tuscola
County, Mich.; Mt. Pleasant, Isabella
County, Mich.
Born in Madison, Lake
County, Ohio, June 4,
1850.
Son of George Damon (1807-1860) and Mary (Tyler) Damon (1811-1864).
Republican. Member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Tuscola County 1st District,
1887-90; Isabella
County Treasurer, 1907-10; member of Michigan
state senate 25th District, 1915-18; candidate for mayor
of Mt. Pleasant, Mich., 1920.
Scottish
and English ancestry.
Died in Mt. Pleasant, Isabella
County, Mich., July 13,
1926 (age 76 years, 39
days).
Interment at Riverside
Cemetery, Mt. Pleasant, Mich.
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Chester A. Ferris (1885-1948) —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Galion, Crawford
County, Ohio, April 5,
1885.
Lawyer;
member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Wayne County 1st District,
1923-24, 1947-48; defeated (Republican), 1944, 1948; died in office
1948; candidate in Democratic primary for U.S.
Representative from Michigan 13th District, 1932.
English and Irish
ancestry.
Died September
22, 1948 (age 63 years, 170
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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James Abram Garfield (1831-1881) —
also known as James A. Garfield —
of Hiram, Portage
County, Ohio.
Born in a log
cabin near Orange, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio, November
19, 1831.
Son of Abram Garfield (1799-1833) and Elizabeth (Ballou) Garfield
(1801-1888).
Republican. Lawyer; college
professor; president,
Eclectic University (now Hiram College); member of Ohio state
senate, 1859-61; general in the Union Army during the Civil War;
U.S.
Representative from Ohio 19th District, 1863-81; President
of the United States, 1881; died in office 1881.
Disciples
of Christ. English ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Delta
Upsilon.
His portrait appeared on the U.S. $20
gold certificate in about 1898-1905.
Shot
by the assassin
Charles J. Guiteau, in the Baltimore & Potomac Railroad
Station, Washington, D.C., July 2, 1881, and died from the
effects of the wound and infection,
in Elberon, Monmouth
County, N.J., September
19, 1881 (age 49 years, 304
days).
Interment at Lake
View Cemetery, Cleveland, Ohio; statue erected 1887 at Garfield
Circle, Washington, D.C.; statue at Golden
Gate Park, San Francisco, Calif.
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Relatives: Third
cousin thrice removed of Samuel
Lathrop; son of Abram Garfield (1799-1833) and Elizabeth (Ballou)
Garfield (1801-1888); fourth cousin of Eli
Thayer; married, November
11, 1858, to Lucretia "Crete" Rudolph (1832-1918);
third cousin once removed of Abial
Lathrop; fourth cousin once removed of John
Alden Thayer; father of James
Rudolph Garfield. See Livingston-Seymour-Lee-Williams
family of New York. |
| | | Cross-reference: William
S. Maynard |
| | | Garfield counties in Colo., Mont., Neb., Okla., Utah and Wash. are
named for him. |
| | | Politician named for him: James
G. Stewart
|
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Wikipedia
article — NNDB
dossier |
| | | Books about James A. Garfield: Allan
Peskin, Garfield:
A Biography — Justus D. Doenecke, The
Presidencies of James A. Garfield and Chester A.
Arthur |
| | | Image source: James G. Blaine, Twenty
Years of Congress, vol. 2 (1886) |
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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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Benjamin Harrison (1833-1901) —
also known as "Little Ben"; "Kid
Gloves" —
of Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind.
Born in North Bend, Hamilton
County, Ohio, August
20, 1833.
Son of John
Scott Harrison.
Republican. Indiana
reporter of state courts, 1861-63, 1865-69; general in the Union
Army during the Civil War; candidate for Governor of
Indiana, 1876; U.S.
Senator from Indiana, 1881-87; President
of the United States, 1889-93; defeated, 1892.
Presbyterian.
English ancestry. Member, Loyal
Legion; Phi
Delta Theta.
Died of pneumonia,
in Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind., March 13,
1901 (age 67 years, 205
days).
Interment at Crown
Hill Cemetery, Indianapolis, Ind.
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Relatives:
Great-grandson of Benjamin
Harrison (1726-1791); first cousin twice removed of Beverley
Randolph and Burwell
Bassett; grandson of William
Henry Harrison (1773-1841); son of John
Scott Harrison; second cousin once removed of Carter
Henry Harrison; married, October
20, 1853, to Caroline Lavinia Scott (died 1892); married, April 6,
1896, to Mary Scott Lord Dimmick (sister-in-law of Joseph
Benjamin Dimmick); father of Russell
Benjamin Harrison; second cousin twice removed of Carter
Henry Harrison II; grandfather of William
Henry Harrison (1896-1990). See Livingston-Seymour-Lee-Williams
family of New York. |
| | | Other politicians named for him: Benjamin
Harrison Reeves
— Benjamin
Harrison Eaton
— Benjamin
H. Swig
— Benjamin
Harrison DeHart
|
| | | Campaign slogan: "Grandfather's hat
fits Ben." |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Wikipedia
article — NNDB
dossier |
| | | Books about Benjamin Harrison: Rita
Stevens, Benjamin
Harrison, 23rd President of the United States — Harry
J. Sievers, Benjamin
Harrison : Hoosier President: The White House and After,
1889-1901 — Charles W. Calhoun, Benjamin
Harrison — Homer E. Socolofsky & Allan B. Spetter, The
Presidency of Benjamin Harrison — Susan Clinton, Benjamin
Harrison : Twenty-Third President of the United States (for young
readers) |
| | | Critical books about Benjamin Harrison:
Nathan Miller, Star-Spangled
Men : America's Ten Worst Presidents |
| | | Image source: Portrait & Biographical
Album of Washtenaw County (1891) |
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William Henry Harrison (1773-1841) —
also known as "Tippecanoe"; "Old
Tip"; "Farmer of North Bend";
"General Mum" —
of Vincennes, Knox
County, Ind.; Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio.
Born in Berkeley, Charles City
County, Va., February
9, 1773.
Son of Benjamin
Harrison (1726-1791) and Elizabeth (Bassett) Harrison.
Whig. Secretary
of Northwest Territory, 1798-99; Delegate
to U.S. Congress from Northwest Territory, 1799-1800; Governor of
Indiana Territory, 1801-12; general in the U.S. Army during the
War of 1812; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 1st District, 1816-19; member of Ohio state
senate, 1819-21; Presidential Elector for Ohio, 1820,
1824;
candidate for Governor of
Ohio, 1820; U.S.
Senator from Ohio, 1825-28; U.S. Minister to Gran Colombia, 1828-29; President
of the United States, 1841; defeated, 1836; died in office 1841.
Episcopalian.
English ancestry.
Died of pneumonia,
at the White
House, Washington,
D.C., April 4,
1841 (age 68 years, 54
days).
Interment at Harrison
Tomb, North Bend, Ohio.
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John Clark Ketcham (1873-1941) —
also known as John C. Ketcham —
of Hastings, Barry
County, Mich.
Born in Toledo, Lucas
County, Ohio, January
1, 1873.
Republican. School
teacher; postmaster;
U.S.
Representative from Michigan 4th District, 1921-33; defeated,
1932.
English ancestry. Member, Grange.
Died in Hastings, Barry
County, Mich., December
4, 1941 (age 68 years, 337
days).
Interment at Riverside
Cemetery, Hastings, Mich.
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George Leland (b. 1858) —
of Fennville, Allegan
County, Mich.
Born in Painesville, Lake
County, Ohio, June 11,
1858.
Republican. Farmer;
member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Allegan County 2nd District,
1915-20; member of Michigan
state senate 8th District, 1923-34; Presidential Elector for
Michigan, 1928;
Presidential Elector for Michigan, 1928.
English ancestry.
Burial
location unknown.
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George Alvin Loud (1852-1925) —
also known as George A. Loud —
of Au Sable, Iosco
County, Mich.; Bay City, Bay
County, Mich.
Born in Bainbridge, Geauga
County, Ohio, June 18,
1852.
Son of Henry
M. Loud.
Republican. Lumber
business; staff member for Gov. Hazen
S. Pingree, 1897-1901; U.S.
Representative from Michigan 10th District, 1903-13, 1915-17;
defeated, 1912.
English ancestry.
Killed in an automobile
accident at Myrtle Point, Coos
County, Ore., November
13, 1925 (age 73 years, 148
days).
Interment at Au
Sable Cemetery, Oscoda, Mich.
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John S. Prince (1821-1895) —
of St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn.
Born in Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio, May 7,
1821.
Democrat. Banker; mayor
of St. Paul, Minn., 1860-63, 1865-67.
Catholic.
English ancestry.
Died in St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn., September
4, 1895 (age 74 years, 120
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Lyman C. Root (b. 1852) —
of Allegan, Allegan
County, Mich.
Born in Lorain
County, Ohio, September
29, 1852.
Republican. Farmer;
member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Allegan County 1st District,
1915-18; defeated in primary, 1922.
English ancestry.
Burial
location unknown.
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John Allen Shauck (1841-1918) —
also known as John A. Shauck —
of Dayton, Montgomery
County, Ohio.
Born near Johnsville, Morrow
County, Ohio, March 26,
1841.
Republican. Circuit judge in Ohio 2nd Circuit, 1885-95; justice of
Ohio state supreme court, 1895-1913.
Swiss,
English, and German
ancestry.
Died in Columbus, Franklin
County, Ohio, January
3, 1918 (age 76 years, 283
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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John M. Sheets (b. 1854) —
of Ottawa, Putnam
County, Ohio.
Born near Columbus Grove, Putnam
County, Ohio, May 26,
1854.
Republican. Lawyer;
common pleas court judge in Ohio, 1894-98; Ohio
state attorney general, 1900-04.
German
and English ancestry.
Burial
location unknown.
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William T. Spear (b. 1834) —
Born in Warren, Trumbull
County, Ohio, June 3,
1834.
Son of Edward Spear (Judge).
Lawyer;
Trumbull
County Prosecuting Attorney; justice of
Ohio state supreme court, 1885-1901.
Scottish
and English ancestry.
Burial
location unknown.
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William Howard Taft (1857-1930) —
also known as William H. Taft; "Big
Bill" —
of Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio; New Haven, New Haven
County, Conn.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio, September
15, 1857.
Son of Alphonso
Taft and Louisa Maria (Torrey) Taft (1827-1907).
Republican. Superior court judge in Ohio, 1887-90; U.S. Solicitor General,
1890-92; Judge of
U.S. Court of Appeals, 1892-1900; law
professor; Governor of
the Philippine Islands, 1901-04; U.S.
Secretary of War, 1904-08; President
of the United States, 1909-13; defeated, 1912; Chief
Justice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1921-30.
Unitarian.
English ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Psi
Upsilon; Skull and
Bones; Phi
Alpha Delta; American Bar
Association.
Died in Washington,
D.C., March 8,
1930 (age 72 years, 174
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Relatives:
Grandson of Peter
Rawson Taft; son of Alphonso
Taft and Louisa Maria (Torrey) Taft (1827-1907); half-brother of
Charles
Phelps Taft; married, June 19,
1886, to Helen 'Nellie' Herron (1861-1943; granddaughter of Ela
Collins; niece of William
Collins; daughter of John
Williamson Herron); brother of Henry
Waters Taft; uncle of Walbridge
S. Taft; father of Robert
Alphonso Taft and Charles
Phelps Taft II; grandfather of William
Howard Taft III, Robert
Taft, Jr. and Seth
Chase Taft; great-grandfather of Robert
Alphonso Taft II. See Taft
family of Ohio. |
| | | Cross-reference: Walter
P. Johnson — Fred
Warner Carpenter — Charles
D. Hilles |
| | | Epitaph: "#S#(1908) Progress and
Prosperity." |
| | | See also Wikipedia
article — NNDB
dossier — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Books about William Howard Taft: Paolo
Enrico Coletta, The
Presidency of William Howard Taft — James Chace, 1912
: Wilson, Roosevelt, Taft and Debs : The Election that Changed the
Country — Alpheus Thomas Mason, William
Howard Taft |
| | | Critical books about William Howard
Taft: Nathan Miller, Star-Spangled
Men : America's Ten Worst Presidents |
| | | Image source: American Monthly Review
of Reviews, August 1901 |
|
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William Henry Vodrey, Jr. (1873-1954) —
also known as William H. Vodrey —
of East Liverpool, Columbiana
County, Ohio.
Born in East Liverpool, Columbiana
County, Ohio, March 4,
1873.
Son of Col. William H. Vodrey and Elizabeth Jackman Vodrey.
Republican. Lawyer; Columbiana
County Prosecuting Attorney; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Ohio, 1944
(alternate), 1948.
Christian.
English ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Elks; American Bar
Association.
Died in 1954
(age about
81 years).
Interment at Riverview
Cemetery, East Liverpool, Ohio.
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