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Walter C. Adams, Jr. (b. 1936) —
of Kent, Portage
County, Ohio.
Born in Newtown, Bucks
County, Pa., August
22, 1936.
Son of Walter C. Adams and Hazel (Worthington) Adams.
Democrat. Scientist;
university professor; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Ohio, 1972.
Protestant.
Still living as of 1973.
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Relatives:
Married 1962
to Nancy L. Baier. |
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Thomas Peter Akers (1828-1877) —
of Missouri.
Born in Knox
County, Ohio, October
4, 1828.
School
teacher; college professor; pastor; lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Missouri 5th District, 1856-57.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Lexington, Lafayette
County, Mo., April 3,
1877 (age 48 years, 181
days).
Interment at Machpelah
Cemetery, Lexington, Mo.
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Carol Mueller Alexander (1925-1998) —
also known as Carol M. Alexander; Carol
Mueller —
of Shaker Heights, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio; Hayward, Alameda
County, Calif.
Born in Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio, June 18,
1925.
Daughter of Hans F. Mueller and Laura (Portmann) Mueller.
Democrat. College instructor; alternate delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Ohio, 1972.
Female.
Protestant.
Member, League
of Women Voters; National
Organization for Women.
Died April 2,
1998 (age 72 years, 288
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1947
to Thomas R. Alexander. |
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Herschel Whitfield Arant (1887-1941) —
also known as Herschel W. Arant —
of Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga.; Columbus, Franklin
County, Ohio.
Born in Church Hill, Tallapoosa
County, Ala., July 18,
1887.
Son of William Jackson Arant and Villulia (Akin) Arant.
Democrat. Lawyer;
law professor; Judge of
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit, 1939-41; died in
office 1941.
Methodist.
Member, American Bar
Association; Beta
Theta Pi; Order of the
Coif; Rotary.
Died, from a kidney
ailment, in a hospital
at Columbus, Franklin
County, Ohio, January
14, 1941 (age 53 years, 180
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Michael Hayden Armacost (b. 1937) —
also known as Michael Armacost —
of Bethesda, Montgomery
County, Md.
Born in Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio, April 15,
1937.
Son of George H. Armacost and Verda Gay (Hayden) Armacost.
College professor; Foreign Service officer; U.S. Ambassador to
Philippines, 1982-84; Japan, 1989.
Methodist.
Member, Trilateral
Commission; Council on
Foreign Relations.
Still living as of 2009.
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Kenneth Gill Bartlett (1906-1983) —
also known as Kenneth G. Bartlett —
of Syracuse, Onondaga
County, N.Y.; Dayton, Montgomery
County, Ohio.
Born in Plymouth, Wayne
County, Mich., March 13,
1906.
Republican. Dean, adult education division, University
College, Syracuse University, 1946-52; vice president dean of
public affairs, 1953; director of Onondaga County Savings Bank;
member of New York
state assembly 119th District, 1967-70.
Presbyterian.
Member, Phi
Kappa Phi; Alpha
Delta Sigma; Sigma Nu.
Died in October, 1983
(age 77
years, 0 days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to Bernice Kleinhans. |
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Philemon Bliss (1813-1889) —
Born in Canton, Hartford
County, Conn., July 28,
1813.
Son of Asahel Bliss and Lydia Adams (Griswold) Bliss.
Republican. Lawyer;
circuit judge in Ohio, 1848-51; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 14th District, 1855-59; justice of
Dakota territorial supreme court, 1861-65; justice of
Missouri state supreme court, 1868-72; law professor.
Died in St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn., August
25, 1889 (age 76 years, 28
days).
Interment at Columbia
Cemetery, Columbia, Mo.
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Marie Caroline Brehm (1859-1926) —
also known as Marie C. Brehm —
of Long Beach, Los Angeles
County, Calif.
Born in Sandusky, Erie
County, Ohio, June 30,
1859.
Daughter of William Henry Brehm and Elizabeth (Rhode) Brehm.
Lecturer; Prohibition candidate for University
of Illinois trustee, 1902, 1904, 1908; Prohibition candidate for
Vice
President of the United States, 1924.
Female.
Presbyterian.
Member, Women's
Christian Temperance Union.
Died January
26, 1926 (age 66 years, 210
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Sherrod Brown (b. 1952) —
of Lorain, Lorain
County, Ohio.
Born in Mansfield, Richland
County, Ohio, November
9, 1952.
Democrat. University faculty; member of Ohio state
house of representatives, 1975-82; secretary of
state of Ohio, 1983-91; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 13th District, 1993-; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Ohio, 1996,
2000,
2004,
2008.
Lutheran.
Still living as of 2009.
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Raymond Hugh Burke (1881-1954) —
also known as Raymond H. Burke —
of Hamilton, Butler
County, Ohio.
Born in Nicholsville, Clermont
County, Ohio, November
4, 1881.
Son of Daniel Fletcher Burke and Mary Jane (McNair) Burke.
Republican. University professor; insurance
business; songwriter;
mayor
of Hamilton, Ohio, 1928-40; member of Ohio state
senate, 1942-46; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 3rd District, 1947-49.
Member, Rotary.
Died in Hamilton, Butler
County, Ohio, August
18, 1954 (age 72 years, 287
days).
Interment at Greenwood
Cemetery, Hamilton, Ohio.
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Elmer Anderson Carter (1890-1973) —
also known as Elmer A. Carter —
of Prairie View, Waller
County, Tex.; Columbus, Franklin
County, Ohio; Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky.; St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y., July 19,
1890.
Son of George Cook Carter and Florence Lucretia (Young) Carter.
College teacher; served in the U.S. Army during World War I;
executive secretary for the Urban League in various cities, 1920-28;
editor of Opportunity, a Journal of Negro Life, 1928-42;
alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York,
1932;
Republican candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York 22nd District, 1950; Republican
candidate for borough
president of Manhattan, New York, 1953.
African
ancestry. Member, Urban
League; NAACP; American
Legion; Alpha
Phi Alpha.
Died January
16, 1973 (age 82 years, 181
days).
Interment at Ferncliff
Cemetery, Hartsdale, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of George Cook Carter and Florence Lucretia (Young) Carter; married
1922 to Edna
Felicia Billups; married 1927 to Thelma
Charles Johnson (died 1972). |
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Jacob Elon Conner (b. 1862) —
also known as Jacob E. Conner —
Born in Wilmington, Clinton
County, Ohio, October
21, 1862.
College instructor; special agent, U.S. Interstate Commerce
Commission; U.S. Consul in Saigon, 1907-09; SAINT Petersburg, 1909-14.
Burial
location unknown.
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Thomas McIntyre Cooley (1824-1898) —
also known as Thomas M. Cooley —
of Adrian, Lenawee
County, Mich.; Toledo, Lucas
County, Ohio; Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich.
Born in Attica, Wyoming
County, N.Y., January
6, 1824.
Son of Thomas Cooley (1778-1847) and Rachel (Hubbard) Cooley
(1790-1869).
Lawyer;
newspaper
editor; law partner of Charles
M. Croswell, 1855; reporter, Michigan Supreme Court, 1857-64;
law professor; justice of
Michigan state supreme court, 1865-85; chief
justice of Michigan state supreme court, 1868-69, 1876-77,
1884-85; member, Interstate
Commerce Commission, 1887-92.
Member, American Bar
Association.
Thomas M. Cooley Law School in Lansing, Mich. is named for
him.
Died in Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich., September
12, 1898 (age 74 years, 249
days).
Interment at Forest
Hill Cemetery, Ann Arbor, Mich.
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Joseph Dane (1768-1849) —
of Athens, Athens
County, Ohio.
Born in Ipswich, Essex
County, Mass., 1768.
Lawyer;
university professor; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives; Athens
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1817-20; mayor of
Athens, Ohio, 1828-32.
Died November
18, 1849 (age about 81
years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Winthrop More Daniels (b. 1867) —
also known as Winthrop M. Daniels —
of Princeton, Mercer
County, N.J.; Saybrook, Middlesex
County, Conn.
Born in Dayton, Montgomery
County, Ohio, September
30, 1867.
Son of E. A. Daniels.
University professor; member, Interstate Commerce
Commission, 1914-23; trustee of New York, New Haven and Hartford
Railroad,
1935.
Member, American
Economic Association.
Burial
location unknown.
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Joseph Wayne De Bolt (b. 1939) —
also known as Joe De Bolt —
of Mt. Pleasant, Isabella
County, Mich.
Born in Sebring, Mahoning
County, Ohio, December
23, 1939.
Son of Joseph Whitlach and Dolores De Bolt.
Democrat. Played
saxophone in rock'n'roll band, The Twisting Countdowns, 1960-62;
manager for performers
and night
club acts; sociologist;
university professor; candidate for Michigan
state house of representatives 100th District, 1970.
Eastern
Orthodox.
Still living as of 2007.
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Relatives: Son
of Joseph Whitlach and Dolores De Bolt; step-son of Melvin Blake;
married, March 20,
1962, to Beverly Denise Gallagher (divorced). |
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Charles Burke Elliott (b. 1861) —
also known as Charles B. Elliott —
of Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn.
Born in Morgan
County, Ohio, January
6, 1861.
Son of Edward Elliott and Angeline Elliott.
Republican. Lawyer;
law professor; municipal judge in Minnesota, 1890-93; district
judge in Minnesota 4th District, 1893-1904; justice of
Minnesota state supreme court, 1905-09; appointed 1905; resigned
1909; justice of
Phillipine Islands supreme court, 1909-10.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Society for International Law.
Burial
location unknown.
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Louis William Fairfield (1858-1930) —
also known as Louis W. Fairfield —
of Angola, Steuben
County, Ind.
Born in a log
cabin near Wapakoneta, Auglaize
County, Ohio, October
15, 1858.
Republican. Newspaper
editor; college teacher; candidate for Indiana
state senate, 1912; U.S.
Representative from Indiana 12th District, 1917-25.
Died in Joliet, Will
County, Ill., February
20, 1930 (age 71 years, 128
days).
Interment at Circle
Hill Cemetery, Angola, Ind.
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Oran Faville (1817-1872) —
of Delaware, Delaware
County, Ohio; Mitchell, Mitchell
County, Iowa.
Born in Manheim, Herkimer
County, N.Y., October
13, 1817.
Son of Thomas Faville (1788-1860) and Elizabeth 'Betsy' (West)
Faville (1794-1877).
College professor; president,
Wesleyan Female College, Delaware, Ohio, 1853-55; Lieutenant
Governor of Iowa, 1858-60; Iowa
superintendent of public instruction, 1864-67.
Died in Waverly, Bremer
County, Iowa, November
2, 1872 (age 55 years, 20
days).
Interment at Harlington
Cemetery, Waverly, Iowa.
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Relatives: Son
of Thomas Faville (1788-1860) and Elizabeth 'Betsy' (West) Faville
(1794-1877); married to Maria M. Peck (1815-1903); uncle of Frederick
F. Faville. |
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Simeon Davison Fess (1861-1936) —
also known as Simeon D. Fess —
of Yellow Springs, Greene
County, Ohio.
Born near Lima, Allen
County, Ohio, December
11, 1861.
Son of Henry Fess and Barbara (Herring) Fess.
Republican. University professor; author; editor; president
of Ohio Northern University; president
of Antioch College 1907-17; delegate to
Ohio state constitutional convention, 1912; U.S.
Representative from Ohio, 1913-23 (6th District 1913-15, 7th
District 1915-23); U.S.
Senator from Ohio, 1923-35; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Ohio, 1924;
Temporary Chair, 1928;
Chairman
of Republican National Committee, 1930-32.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
of Pythias.
Died in Washington,
D.C., December
23, 1936 (age 75 years, 12
days).
Interment at Glen
Forest Cemetery, Yellow Springs, Ohio.
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Emerson D. Fite (b. 1874) —
of Poughkeepsie, Dutchess
County, N.Y.
Born in Marion, Marion
County, Ohio, March 3,
1874.
Son of Lemuel Fite and Louisa Fite.
Republican. College professor; member of New York
state assembly from Dutchess County 2nd District, 1934-43.
Burial
location unknown.
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Joseph Smith Fowler (1820-1902) —
also known as Joseph S. Fowler —
of Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Steubenville, Jefferson
County, Ohio, August
31, 1820.
Republican. College professor; president,
Howard Female College, Gallatin, Tenn., 1856-61; lawyer;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Tennessee, 1864;
U.S.
Senator from Tennessee, 1866-71; member of Republican
National Committee from Tennessee, 1866-68; Presidential Elector
for Tennessee, 1872.
Died in Washington,
D.C., April 1,
1902 (age 81 years, 213
days).
Interment at Lexington
Cemetery, Lexington, Ky.
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Washington Gardner (1845-1928) —
of Albion, Calhoun
County, Mich.
Born in Morrow
County, Ohio, February
16, 1845.
Son of John L. Gardner and Sarah (Goodin) Gardner.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; minister;
college professor; secretary of
state of Michigan, 1894-98; defeated, 1890; appointed 1894; U.S.
Representative from Michigan 3rd District, 1899-1911; candidate
in primary for Governor of
Michigan, 1916.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Grand
Army of the Republic; Royal
Arcanum.
Died in Albion, Calhoun
County, Mich., March 31,
1928 (age 83 years, 44
days).
Interment at Riverside
Cemetery, Albion, Mich.
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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
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| | | 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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Erwin Nathaniel Griswold (1904-1994) —
also known as Erwin N. Griswold —
Born in East Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio, July 14,
1904.
Son of James Harlen Griswold and Hope (Erwin) Griswold.
Republican. Lawyer;
law professor; dean, Harvard Law School, 1946-67; U.S. Solicitor General,
1967-73.
Died in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., November
19, 1994 (age 90 years, 128
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Frank Wakeley Gunsaulus (1856-1921) —
also known as Frank W. Gunsaulus —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Chesterville, Morrow
County, Ohio, January
1, 1856.
Son of Joseph
Gunsaulus and Mary (Hawley) Gunsaulus.
Republican. Pastor;
lecturer; speaker, Republican National Convention, 1888 ;
president,
Armour Institute of Technology, 1893-1921.
Congregationalist.
Suffered a heart
attack and died, in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., March 17,
1921 (age 65 years, 75
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Frederic Clemson Howe (1867-1940) —
of Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio; Harriman-on-Hudson (unknown
county), N.Y.
Born in Meadville, Crawford
County, Pa., November
21, 1867.
Son of A. J. Howe and Jane (Clemson) Howe.
Lawyer;
law professor; member of Ohio state
senate, 1906-09; Commissioner of Immigration for the Port of New
York, 1914-19.
Died in 1940
(age about
72 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1904
to Marie H. Jenney. |
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Elias Finley Johnson (1860-1933) —
also known as E. Finley Johnson —
of Van Wert, Van Wert
County, Ohio; Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich.; Manila, Philippines.
Born in Van Wert, Van Wert
County, Ohio, June 24,
1860.
Son of Abel J. Johnson.
Republican. Member of Ohio state
house of representatives, 1885-87; law professor; member
of Michigan
state board of education, 1898-1901; appointed 1898; resigned
1901; justice of
Phillipine Islands supreme court, 1901-.
Died in Palo Alto, Santa Clara
County, Calif., July 31,
1933 (age 73 years, 37
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Mt.
Olivet Columbarium, Colma, Calif.
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George Ross Kirkpatrick (1867-1937) —
also known as George R. Kirkpatrick; Kirk
Kirkpatrick —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.; California.
Born in West Lafayette, Coshocton
County, Ohio, February
24, 1867.
Socialist. Lecturer; candidate for New York
state senate 17th District, 1912; candidate for Vice
President of the United States, 1916; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Illinois, 1928; candidate for U.S.
Senator from California, 1932, 1934 (Socialist).
Died in 1937
(age about
70 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Lawrence Maxwell, Jr. (1853-1927) —
of Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio.
Born in Glasgow, Scotland,
May 4,
1853.
Son of Lawrence Maxwell and Alison (Crawford) Maxwell.
Lawyer;
U.S. Solicitor General,
1893-95; law professor.
Died in Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio, February
18, 1927 (age 73 years, 290
days).
Interment at Spring
Grove Cemetery, Cincinnati, Ohio.
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Emlin McClain (1851-1915) —
of Des Moines, Polk
County, Iowa; Iowa City, Johnson
County, Iowa.
Born in Salem, Columbiana
County, Ohio, November
25, 1851.
Son of William McClain.
Republican. Lawyer;
private secretary to U.S. Sen. George
G. Wright, 1875-77; law professor; justice of
Iowa state supreme court, 1901-12; chief
justice of Iowa state supreme court, 1906-12.
Scotch-Irish
ancestry. Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; Beta
Theta Pi; Phi
Delta Phi; American Bar
Association.
Died suddenly, of apoplexy,
in Iowa City, Johnson
County, Iowa, May 25,
1915 (age 63 years, 181
days).
Interment at Oakland
Cemetery, Iowa City, Iowa.
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William Estus McVey (1885-1958) —
also known as William E. McVey —
of Harvey, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Clinton
County, Ohio, December
13, 1885.
Republican. University professor; U.S.
Representative from Illinois 4th District, 1951-58; died in
office 1958.
Episcopalian.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; Phi
Delta Kappa; Phi
Kappa Tau.
Died in Washington,
D.C., August
10, 1958 (age 72 years, 240
days).
Interment at Linwood
Cemetery, Galesburg, Ill.
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Raymond Charles Moley (1886-1975) —
also known as Raymond Moley; Ray Moley —
Born in Berea, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio, September
27, 1886.
Son of Felix James Moley and Agnes (Fairchild) Moley.
Mayor of Olmsted Falls, Ohio; university professor; member of
the "Brain Trust" which advised President Franklin
D. Roosevelt; U.S. Assistant Secretary of State, 1933; broke with
Roosevelt in 1936, and later became senior advisor to Republicans Wendell
Willkie, Barry
Goldwater, and Richard
Nixon; columnist
for Newsweek magazine;
received the Medal
of Freedom in 1970.
Irish
and French
ancestry.
Died February
18, 1975 (age 88 years, 144
days).
Interment somewhere
in Phoenix, Ariz.
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Relatives: Son
of Felix James Moley and Agnes (Fairchild) Moley; married 1916 to Eva
Dall (divorced 1948); married 1949 to Frances
Hebard. |
| | | See also Wikipedia
article |
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James Monroe (1821-1898) —
of Oberlin, Lorain
County, Ohio.
Born in Plainfield, Windham
County, Conn., July 18,
1821.
Republican. College professor; member of Ohio state
house of representatives, 1856-59; member of Ohio state
senate, 1860-62; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Ohio, 1860;
U.S. Consul in Rio de Janeiro, 1862-70; U.S.
Representative from Ohio, 1871-81 (14th District 1871-73, 18th
District 1873-79, 17th District 1879-81).
Died in Oberlin, Lorain
County, Ohio, July 6,
1898 (age 76 years, 353
days).
Interment at Westwood
Cemetery, Oberlin, Ohio.
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Henry Everard Peck (1821-1867) —
also known as H. E. Peck —
of Oberlin, Lorain
County, Ohio.
Born in Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y., July 20,
1821.
Republican. College professor; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Ohio, 1856;
U.S. Diplomatic Commissioner to Haiti, 1865-66; U.S. Minister to Haiti, 1866-67, died in office 1867.
Abolitionist; involved in rescue of an escaping slave in Wellington,
near Oberlin, Ohio, in September 1858; among the 20 men who were arrested
and charged
with "infringement of the Fugitive
Slave Law"; the trial
ended when the slave catchers (who had pressed the charges) were
indicted for kidnapping.
Died, of yellow
fever, in Haiti,
June
9, 1867 (age 45 years, 324
days).
Interment somewhere
in Oberlin, Ohio.
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Donna Edna Shalala (b. 1941) —
also known as Donna E. Shalala —
Born in Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio, February
14, 1941.
Daughter of Joseph Abraham Shalala and Edna (Smith) Shalala.
Served
in the Peace Corps; university professor; president,
Hunter College, City University of New York, 1980-88; chancellor,
University of Wisconsin, 1988-92; U.S.
Secretary of Health and Human Services, 1993; president,
University of Miami, 2001-.
Female.
Lebanese
ancestry. Member, Council on
Foreign Relations; Trilateral
Commission; American
Federation of Teachers.
Still living as of 2009.
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Ellison Griffith Smith (b. 1854) —
also known as Ellison G. Smith —
of Yankton, Yankton
County, Dakota Territory (now S.Dak.); Vermillion, Clay
County, S.Dak.
Born in Noble
County, Ohio, December
5, 1854.
Son of Amos Griffith Smith and Mary A. (Ellison) Smith.
Republican. Lawyer; member
Dakota territorial council, 1887; circuit judge in South Dakota
1st Circuit, 1889-1909; judge of
South Dakota state supreme court 4th District, 1909-23; law
professor.
Congregationalist.
Member, Freemasons.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Amos Griffith Smith and Mary A. (Ellison) Smith; married, October
18, 1877, to Anna F. Kirkwood; married, January
3, 1922, to Florence Pearl Hunkins. |
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John Stallo (1823-1900) —
also known as Johann Bernhard Stallo —
of Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio; Rome, Italy.
Born in Sierhausen (now Damme), Germany,
March
16, 1823.
Son of Johann Heinrich Stallo (1797-1840) and Anna Maria Adelheid
(Moormann) Stallo (1798-1861).
College teacher; lawyer;
common pleas court judge in Ohio, 1852-55; district judge in Ohio;
U.S. Minister to Italy, 1885-89.
Catholic.
German
ancestry.
Died in Rome, Italy,
January
6, 1900 (age 76 years, 296
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Thomas Sterling (1851-1930) —
of Springfield, Sangamon
County, Ill.; Redfield, Spink
County, S.Dak.; Vermillion, Clay
County, S.Dak.
Born near Amanda, Fairfield
County, Ohio, February
20, 1851.
Son of Charles Sterling and Anna (Kessler) Sterling.
Republican. Lawyer; delegate to
South Dakota state constitutional convention, 1889; member of South
Dakota state senate 30th District, 1889-90; dean, college
of law, University of South Dakota, 1901-11; U.S.
Senator from South Dakota, 1913-25; delegate to Republican
National Convention from South Dakota, 1916.
Congregationalist.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Odd
Fellows; Ancient
Order of United Workmen; American Bar
Association; American
Political Science Association.
Died in 1930
(age about
79 years).
Interment at Cedar
Hill Cemetery, Suitland, Md.
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Ted Strickland (b. 1941) —
of Lucasville, Scioto
County, Ohio.
Born in Lucasville, Scioto
County, Ohio, August 4,
1941.
Democrat. Psychologist;
college professor; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 6th District, 1993-95, 1997-; defeated,
1976, 1978, 1980, 1994; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Ohio, 2000,
2004,
2008
(speaker);
Governor
of Ohio, 2007-.
Methodist.
Still living as of 2009.
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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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Henry Willson Temple (1864-1955) —
also known as Henry W. Temple —
of Washington, Washington
County, Pa.
Born in Belle Center, Logan
County, Ohio, March 31,
1864.
Son of John B. Temple and Martha (Jameson) Temple.
Republican. Pastor;
college professor; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania, 1913-15, 1915-33 (24th District
1913-15, 1915-23, 25th District 1923-33).
Presbyterian.
Member, American
Historical Association; American
Academy of Political and Social Science; American
Society for International Law.
Died in Washington, Washington
County, Pa., January
11, 1955 (age 90 years, 286
days).
Interment at Washington
Cemetery, Washington, Pa.
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Aaron Sherman Watkins (1863-1941) —
also known as Aaron S. Watkins —
of Wilmore, Jessamine
County, Ky.; Van Wert, Van Wert
County, Ohio; Columbus Grove, Putnam
County, Ohio; Germantown, Montgomery
County, Ohio; Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio.
Born in Rushsylvania, Logan
County, Ohio, November
29, 1863.
Son of William White Watkins and Rebecca J. (Elliott) Watkins.
School
teacher; lawyer; Methodist
minister; university professor; Prohibition candidate for
U.S.
Representative from Ohio 9th District, 1904; Prohibition
candidate for Governor of
Ohio, 1905, 1922, 1932; Prohibition candidate for Vice
President of the United States, 1908, 1912; president,
Asbury College, 1909-10; Prohibition candidate for U.S.
Senator from Ohio, 1916; Prohibition candidate for President
of the United States, 1920.
Methodist.
Died in Rushsylvania, Logan
County, Ohio, February
9, 1941 (age 77 years, 72
days).
Interment at Equality
Cemetery, Rushsylvania, Ohio.
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