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Harry Conrad Gahn (1880-1962) —
also known as Harry C. Gahn —
of Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio.
Born in Elmore, Ottawa
County, Ohio, April 26,
1880.
Son of Louis F. Gahn (physician) and Esther (Knight) Gahn; married 1917 to Grace
Gerrard.
Republican. Lawyer; automobile
dealer; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 21st District, 1921-23; defeated, 1922,
1924.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Knights
of Pythias.
Died in Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio, November
2, 1962 (age 82 years, 190
days).
Interment at Elmore
Community Cemetery, Elmore, Ohio.
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John Galvin (1862-1922) —
of Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio.
Born in Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio, June 13,
1862.
Republican. Lawyer; mayor
of Cincinnati, Ohio, 1909, 1918-21; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Ohio, 1916,
1920.
Died March 1,
1922 (age 59 years, 261
days).
Interment at Spring
Grove Cemetery, Cincinnati, Ohio.
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Maurice L. Galvin (1872-1940) —
of Covington, Kenton
County, Ky.
Born in Covington, Kenton
County, Ky., July 9,
1872.
Son of Maurice Galvin and Ellen Galvin; married, October
17, 1900, to Grace Wilson (1877-1911).
Republican. Lawyer; U.S. Collector of Internal
Revenue for the 6th Kentucky District, 1909; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Kentucky, 1912,
1916,
1920,
1924,
1928,
1932,
1936.
Catholic.
Irish
ancestry.
Died in Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio, August
25, 1940 (age 68 years, 47
days).
Interment at St.
Mary's Cemetery, Fort Mitchell, Ky.
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Warren Gard (1873-1929) —
of Hamilton, Butler
County, Ohio.
Born in Hamilton, Butler
County, Ohio, July 2,
1873.
Democrat. Lawyer; common pleas court judge in Ohio; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 3rd District, 1913-21; defeated, 1922;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Ohio, 1924,
1928.
Died in 1929
(age about
55 years).
Interment at Greenwood
Cemetery, Hamilton, Ohio.
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Mills Gardner (1830-1910) —
of Fayette
County, Ohio.
Born in Russellville, Brown
County, Ohio, January
30, 1830.
Republican. Lawyer; Fayette
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1855-60; member of Ohio state
senate, 1862-63; member of Ohio state
house of representatives, 1866-67; delegate
to Ohio state constitutional convention from Fayette County,
1873; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 3rd District, 1877-79.
Died in Washington Court House, Fayette
County, Ohio, February
20, 1910 (age 80 years, 21
days).
Interment at Washington
Cemetery, Washington Court House, Ohio.
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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.
Third cousin thrice removed of Samuel
Lathrop; son of Abram Garfield (1799-1833) and Elizabeth (Ballou)
Garfield (1801-1888); married, November
11, 1858, to Lucretia "Crete" Rudolph (1832-1918);
third cousin once removed of Abial
Lathrop; father of James
Rudolph Garfield.
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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James Rudolph Garfield (1865-1950) —
also known as James R. Garfield —
of Mentor, Lake
County, Ohio.
Born in Hiram, Portage
County, Ohio, October
17, 1865.
Son of James
Abram Garfield and Lucretia (Rudolph) Garfield (1832-1918);
married, December
30, 1890, to Helen Newell (1866-1930).
Progressive. Lawyer; member of Ohio state
senate, 1896-99; member,
U.S. Civil Service Commission, 1902-03; U.S.
Secretary of the Interior, 1907-09; candidate for Governor of
Ohio, 1914.
Died in Washington,
D.C., March 24,
1950 (age 84 years, 158
days).
Interment at Mentor
Municipal Cemetery, Mentor, Ohio.
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Myron B. Gessaman (1894-1975) —
of Columbus, Franklin
County, Ohio.
Born in Youngstown, Mahoning
County, Ohio, October
15, 1894.
Lawyer; Franklin
County Prosecutor, 1928-31; member of Ohio state
house of representatives, 1934-35; mayor
of Columbus, Ohio, 1936-39.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
American
Legion.
Died, in Mt. Carmel Hospital,
Columbus, Franklin
County, Ohio, August
20, 1975 (age 80 years, 309
days).
Interment at Union
Cemetery, Columbus, Ohio.
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Joseph John Gill (1846-1920) —
also known as Joseph J. Gill —
of Steubenville, Jefferson
County, Ohio.
Born in Barnesville, Belmont
County, Ohio, September
21, 1846.
Republican. Lawyer; banker; manufacturer;
U.S.
Representative from Ohio 16th District, 1899-1903; resigned 1903.
Died in Steubenville, Jefferson
County, Ohio, May 22,
1920 (age 73 years, 244
days).
Interment at Union
Cemetery, Steubenville, Ohio.
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Chester Karl Gillespie (b. 1897) —
also known as Chester K. Gillespie —
of Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio.
Born in Sayler Park, Hamilton
County, Ohio, April 4,
1897.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I;
lawyer; member of Ohio state
house of representatives, 1933-44; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Ohio, 1948,
1964
(alternate).
Protestant.
Burial
location unknown.
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Paul Eugene Gillmor (1939-2007) —
also known as Paul E. Gillmor —
of Old Fort, Seneca
County, Ohio.
Born in Tiffin, Seneca
County, Ohio, February
1, 1939.
Son of Paul M. Gillmor; married 1983 to Karen
Lako.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Ohio state
senate, 1967-88; candidate in primary for Governor of
Ohio, 1986; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 5th District, 1989-2007; died in office
2007.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons.
Died, from an accidental fall down
stairs, in Arlington, Arlington
County, Va., September
5, 2007 (age 68 years, 216
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Horace Weldon Gilmore (1918-2010) —
also known as Horace W. Gilmore —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.; Grosse Pointe Park, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Columbus, Franklin
County, Ohio, April 4,
1918.
Son of Charles Thomas Gilmore and Lucille (Weldon) Gilmore; married
to Mary Talbott Hays.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; lawyer;
circuit
judge in Michigan 3rd Circuit, 1956-80; appointed 1956;
candidate for justice of
Michigan state supreme court, 1972; U.S.
District Judge for the Eastern District of Michigan, 1980-91;
took senior status 1991.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Judicature Society; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Alpha
Delta Phi; Phi
Delta Phi; NAACP.
Died January
25, 2010 (age 91 years, 296
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Charles B. Ginocchio (b. 1906) —
of Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio.
Born in Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio, September
24, 1906.
Democrat. Lawyer; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Ohio, 1948
(alternate), 1952.
Catholic.
Member, American Bar
Association; Elks; Knights
of Columbus.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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Wells Goodykoontz (1872-1944) —
of Williamson, Mingo
County, W.Va.
Born near Newbern, Pulaski
County, Va., June 3,
1872.
Son of William M. Goodykoontz and Lucinda K. (Woolwine) Goodykoontz;
married, December
22, 1898, to Irene Hooper.
Republican. Lawyer; banker;
member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Mingo County, 1911-12;
member of West
Virginia state senate 6th District, 1915-18; President
of the West Virginia State Senate, 1917; U.S.
Representative from West Virginia 5th District, 1919-23;
defeated, 1922.
Member, Freemasons;
American Bar
Association.
Died in Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio, March 2,
1944 (age 71 years, 273
days).
Interment at Fairview
Cemetery, Williamson, W.Va.
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William Gordon (1862-1942) —
of Oak Harbor, Ottawa
County, Ohio; Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio.
Born near Oak Harbor, Ottawa
County, Ohio, December
15, 1862.
Democrat. Lawyer; Ottawa
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1895-1901; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Ohio, 1896;
member of Ohio
Democratic State Committee, 1903-04; lumber
business; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 20th District, 1913-19; defeated, 1910.
Died in Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio, January
16, 1942 (age 79 years, 32
days).
Interment at Oak
Harbor Cemetery, Oak Harbor, Ohio.
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Charles A. Goss (1863-1938) —
of Omaha, Douglas
County, Neb.
Born in Edinburg, Portage
County, Ohio, December
10, 1863.
Son of Alfred Ruggles Goss and Martha (Carr) Goss; married, October
4, 1890, to Carrie Shimp.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Nebraska
state house of representatives, 1893; U.S.
Attorney for Nebraska, 1905-10; district judge in Nebraska 4th
District, 1920-25; chief
justice of Nebraska state supreme court, 1927-38; died in office
1938.
Methodist.
Member, Society
of Colonial Wars; Freemasons.
Died August
13, 1938 (age 74 years, 246
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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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; married,
February
7, 1900, to Wanda Dawson Follett.
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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Ulysses S. Grant, Jr. (1852-1929) —
also known as U. S. Grant —
of San Diego, San Diego
County, Calif.
Born in Bethel, Clermont
County, Ohio, July 22,
1852.
Son of Ulysses
Simpson Grant and Julia (Dent) Grant; brother of Frederick
Dent Grant; married, November
1, 1880, to Josephine Chaffee (daughter of Jerome
Bunty Chaffee); married, July 12,
1913, to Mrs. America Will.
Republican. Lawyer; delegate to Republican National Convention
from California, 1896
(Convention
Vice-President), 1900;
Presidential Elector for California, 1904,
1908.
Died September
25, 1929 (age 77 years, 65
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Marion Finney Graven (b. 1901) —
also known as Marion F. Graven —
of Wooster, Wayne
County, Ohio.
Born in Ashland
County, Ohio, November
9, 1901.
Republican. Lawyer; alternate delegate to Republican National
Convention from Ohio, 1948.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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W. C. Graybill (b. 1851) —
of Chamberlain, Brule
County, S.Dak.
Born in Fairfield
County, Ohio, January
24, 1851.
Democrat. School
teacher; lawyer; real estate
business; Brule
County Register of Deeds, 1891-92; receiver, U.S. Land Office at
Chamberlain, S.D., 1894-98; member of South
Dakota state house of representatives 17th District, 1903-04.
Burial
location unknown.
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Image source:
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Frederick William Green (1816-1879) —
of Tiffin, Seneca
County, Ohio; Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio.
Born in Fredericktown (now Frederick), Frederick
County, Md., February
18, 1816.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Ohio, 1851-55 (6th District 1851-53, 9th
District 1853-55).
Editor of the Cleveland Plain Dealer, 1866-74.
Died in Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio, June 18,
1879 (age 63 years, 120
days).
Interment at Woodland
Cemetery, Cleveland, Ohio.
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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; married to
Harriet Allena Ford.
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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William Slocum Groesbeck (1815-1897) —
also known as William S. Groesbeck —
of Hamilton
County, Ohio.
Born in New York, July 24,
1815.
Democrat. Lawyer; delegate
to Ohio state constitutional convention from Hamilton County,
1850-51; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 2nd District, 1857-59; member of Ohio state
senate 1st District, 1862-63; received one electoral vote for
Vice-President, 1872.
Dutch
ancestry.
Died July 7,
1897 (age 81 years, 348
days).
Interment at Spring
Grove Cemetery, Cincinnati, Ohio.
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Richard E. Guggenheim (1913-2006) —
of Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio.
Born in Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio, January
5, 1913.
Son of Eli F. Guggenheim and Eva (Stransky) Guggenheim; married, September
21, 1943, to Carol J. Rice (died 1958); married, February
27, 1967, to Alice W. Joseph.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; lawyer;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Ohio, 1960
(alternate), 1968.
Jewish.
Member, American Bar
Association.
Died June 18,
2006 (age 93 years, 164
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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