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Douglas Earl Applegate (b. 1928) —
also known as Douglas Applegate —
of Steubenville, Jefferson
County, Ohio.
Born in Steubenville, Jefferson
County, Ohio, March 27,
1928.
Son of Mary Margaret (Longacre) Applegate and Earl
Douglas Applegate.
Democrat. Real estate
business; member of Ohio state
house of representatives 33rd District, 1961-68; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Ohio, 1964;
member of Ohio state
senate, 1969-76; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 18th District, 1977-95.
Presbyterian.
Member, Farm Bureau; Sons of
Italy; Elks; Eagles; League of Women
Voters.
Still living as of 2000.
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John Andrew Boehner (b. 1949) —
also known as John A. Boehner —
of West Chester, Butler
County, Ohio.
Born in Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio, November
17, 1949.
Republican. Member of Ohio state
house of representatives, 1985-90; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 8th District, 1991-; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Ohio, 2008.
Catholic.
Member, Knights
of Columbus; American
Legion; Farm Bureau.
Still living as of 2009.
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Clarence J. Brown, Jr. (b. 1927) —
also known as Bud Brown —
of Urbana, Champaign
County, Ohio.
Born in Columbus, Franklin
County, Ohio, June 18,
1927.
Son of Clarence
J. Brown and Ethel (McKinney) Brown.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during the Korean conflict; newspaper
publisher; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 7th District, 1965-83; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Ohio, 1972;
candidate for Governor of
Ohio, 1982.
Presbyterian.
Member, Rotary;
Farm Bureau; American
Legion; Freemasons;
Omicron
Delta Kappa; Phi
Kappa Sigma; Sigma
Delta Chi.
Still living as of 1998.
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John Taylor Brown (1876-1951) —
also known as John T. Brown —
of Mechanicsburg, Champaign
County, Ohio.
Born in Plain City, Madison
County, Ohio, March 14,
1876.
Republican. Member of Ohio state
house of representatives, 1921-28; Lieutenant
Governor of Ohio, 1929-31; defeated, 1930; alternate delegate to
Republican National Convention from Ohio, 1940.
Methodist.
Member, Knights
of Pythias; Sons of
the American Revolution; Freemasons;
Grange;
Farm Bureau.
Enshrined in Ohio Agricultural Hall of
Fame, 1968.
Died, of heart
failure, in Mechanicsburg, Champaign
County, Ohio, January
18, 1951 (age 74 years, 310
days).
Interment at Maple
Grove Cemetery, Mechanicsburg, Ohio.
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Watson Wales Farnsworth (1855-1939) —
also known as W. W. Farnsworth —
of Waterville, Lucas
County, Ohio.
Born in Waterville, Lucas
County, Ohio, November
21, 1855.
Son of John Pray Farnsworth (1829-1909) and Annis Belinda (Wales)
Farnsworth (1832-1913).
Republican. Fruit
farmer; delegate to
Ohio state constitutional convention, 1912; member of Ohio state
senate, 1923-32; candidate in primary for Lieutenant
Governor of Ohio, 1926; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Ohio, 1928.
Member, Farm Bureau; Sons of
the American Revolution; Freemasons.
Died in Waterville, Lucas
County, Ohio, January
13, 1939 (age 83 years, 53
days).
Interment at Wakeman
Cemetery, Waterville, Ohio.
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William Howard Harsha, Jr. (b. 1921) —
of Portsmouth, Scioto
County, Ohio.
Born in Portsmouth, Scioto
County, Ohio, January
1, 1921.
Son of William Howard Harsha and Imogene (Matthews) Harsha.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II; lawyer; Scioto
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1951-55; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 6th District, 1961-81.
Presbyterian.
Member, American
Legion; Forty and
Eight; Disabled
American Veterans; Elks; Odd
Fellows; Freemasons;
Exchange
Club; Farm Bureau; Grange.
Still living as of 1998.
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Harry B. Hershey —
of Taylorville, Christian
County, Ill.
Born in Mifflin, Richland
County, Ohio.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Illinois
Democratic State Central Committee, 1938; Illinois
Democratic state chair, 1938; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Illinois, 1940,
1944,
1948;
candidate for Governor of
Illinois, 1940; justice of
Illinois state supreme court, 1951-66 (2nd District 1951-63, 5th
District 1964-66).
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons;
Elks; Odd
Fellows; Alpha
Delta Phi; Phi
Alpha Delta; Delta
Sigma Rho; Farm Bureau.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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Donald Edgar Lukens (b. 1931) —
also known as Donald E. Lukens; Buz Lukens —
of Middletown, Butler
County, Ohio.
Born in Harveysburg, Warren
County, Ohio, February
11, 1931.
Son of William Arthur Lukens and Edith (Greene) Lukens.
Republican. U.S.
Representative from Ohio, 1967-71, 1987-90 (24th District
1967-71, 8th District 1987-90); member of Ohio state
senate, 1975.
Member, Sertoma;
Farm Bureau; Delta
Chi; Order of
Ahepa; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Kiwanis;
Toastmasters.
Convicted
in 1989 on a misdemeanor charge of
contributing to the delinquency of a minor, by having sex
with a 16 year old girl; sentenced
to 30 days in jail. Indicted
in February 1995 on five counts of bribery
and conspiracy; a jury in October 1995 found him not guilty on three
counts but was unable to reach a verdict on the other two; a mistrial
was declared. Reindicted
in March 1996; tried and
convicted.
Still living as of 2009.
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G. Y. Neal (b. 1900) —
of Huntington, Cabell
County, W.Va.
Born in Gallia
County, Ohio, May 31,
1900.
Republican. Member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Cabell County, 1953-54;
defeated, 1938, 1940, 1964; candidate for West
Virginia state senate 5th District, 1954.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Redmen;
Farm Bureau; United
Commercial Travelers.
Burial
location unknown.
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Louis John Taber (b. 1878) —
of Barnesville, Belmont
County, Ohio.
Born in Mt. Pleasant, Jefferson
County, Ohio, September
19, 1878.
Republican. Farmer;
Presidential Elector for Ohio, 1920.
Quaker.
Member, Grange;
Farm Bureau.
Burial
location unknown.
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Harold Joseph Teachout (1892-1975) —
also known as Harold Teachout —
of Farragut, Fremont
County, Iowa; Shenandoah, Page
County, Iowa.
Born in Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio, April 24,
1892.
Son of Abram E. Teachout and Amelia E. (Kuntz) Teachout.
Democrat. Farmer; insurance
agent; candidate for Iowa state
senate, 1938; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Iowa, 1940,
1952.
Methodist.
Member, Farm Bureau; Rotary.
Died in 1975
(age about
83 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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