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Samuel Moffett Ralston (1857-1925) —
also known as Samuel M. Ralston —
of Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind.
Born near New Cumberland, Tuscarawas
County, Ohio, December
1, 1857.
Son of John Ralston (born 1811) and Sarah (Scott) Ralston (born
1821); married, December
26, 1881, to Mary Josephine Backous (died 1882); married, December
30, 1889, to Jennie
Craven.
Democrat. Lawyer; candidate for Indiana
state senate, 1888; Presidential Elector for Indiana, 1892;
candidate for secretary of
state of Indiana, 1896, 1898; Governor of
Indiana, 1913-17; U.S.
Senator from Indiana, 1923-25; died in office 1925; candidate for
Democratic nomination for President, 1924.
Presbyterian.
Scottish
ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Knights
of Pythias.
Died October
14, 1925 (age 67 years, 317
days).
Interment at Oak
Hill Cemetery, Lebanon, Ind.
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Homer Alonzo Ramey (1891-1960) —
also known as Homer A. Ramey —
of Toledo, Lucas
County, Ohio.
Born near Sparta, Morrow
County, Ohio, March 2,
1891.
Married, November
29, 1915, to Ruby Dearth.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Ohio state
house of representatives, 1920-24; member of Ohio state
senate, 1925-26; municipal judge in Ohio, 1926-43; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 9th District, 1943-49; defeated, 1950.
Died April 13,
1960 (age 69 years, 42
days).
Interment at Ottawa
Hills Memorial Park, Toledo, Ohio.
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Christian William Ramseyer (1875-1943) —
also known as C. William Ramseyer —
of Bloomfield, Davis
County, Iowa.
Born near Collinsville, Butler
County, Ohio, March 13,
1875.
Son of John Ramseyer and Anna (Ummel) Ramseyer; married 1915 to Ruby M.
Phillips.
Republican. School
teacher; lawyer; Davis
County Attorney, 1911-15; U.S.
Representative from Iowa 6th District, 1915-33.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Political Science Association.
Died November
1, 1943 (age 68 years, 233
days).
Interment at Odd
Fellows Cemetery, Bloomfield, Iowa.
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Joseph L. Rauh, Jr. (b. 1911) —
of Washington,
D.C.
Born in Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio, January
3, 1911.
Democrat. Lawyer; colonel in the U.S. Army during World War
II; delegate to Democratic National Convention from District of
Columbia, 1948,
1952,
1960,
1964,
1980
(alternate); Presidential Elector for District of Columbia, 1972.
Member, Americans
for Democratic Action.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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James Brown Ray (1794-1848) —
of Brookville, Franklin
County, Ind.
Born in Jefferson
County, Ky., February
19, 1794.
Brother of Martin M.
Ray (1795-1865); uncle of Martin M.
Ray (1823-1872).
Lawyer; merchant;
tavern
owner; newspaper
publisher; member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1821-22; member of Indiana
state senate, 1822-25; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Indiana, 1824, 1831, 1837; Governor of
Indiana, 1825-31.
Irish
ancestry. Member, Freemasons.
Died in Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio, August 4,
1848 (age 54 years, 167
days).
Interment at Spring
Grove Cemetery, Cincinnati, Ohio.
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Martin M. Ray (1823-1872) —
of Shelby
County, Ind.
Born in Butler
County, Ohio, 1823.
Nephew of James
Brown Ray and Martin M.
Ray (1795-1865).
Lawyer; delegate to Whig National Convention from Indiana,
1848; Presidential Elector for Indiana, 1856;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from Indiana, 1858; member of Indiana
state senate, 1861-63; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Indiana, 1872.
Irish
ancestry.
Died in Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind., August 5,
1872 (age about 49
years).
Interment at Mt.
Pleasant Cemetery, Terre Haute, Ind.
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Henry Frazier Reams (1897-1971) —
also known as Frazier Reams —
of Toledo, Lucas
County, Ohio.
Born in Franklin, Williamson
County, Tenn., January
15, 1897.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer; delegate
to Democratic National Convention from Ohio, 1928
(alternate), 1940,
1944,
1948,
1956;
U.S.
Representative from Ohio 9th District, 1951-55.
Methodist.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Legion; Phi
Gamma Delta; Phi
Delta Phi; Freemasons;
Shriners.
Died in Oakland, Alameda
County, Calif., September
15, 1971 (age 74 years, 243
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Toledo, Ohio.
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James Alexander Reed (1861-1944) —
also known as James A. Reed —
of Kansas City, Jackson
County, Mo.
Born near Mansfield, Richland
County, Ohio, November
9, 1861.
Son of John A. Reed and Nancy Reed; married, August 1,
1887, to Lura M. Olmsted (died 1932); married, December
13, 1933, to Nell Q. Donnelly.
Democrat. Lawyer; mayor
of Kansas City, Mo., 1900; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Missouri, 1908,
1912
(speaker),
1916;
U.S.
Senator from Missouri, 1911-29; candidate for Democratic
nomination for President, 1928,
1932.
Died in Fairview, Oscoda
County, Mich., September
8, 1944 (age 82 years, 304
days).
Interment at Mt.
Washington Cemetery, Independence, Mo.
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Rollin Raymond Rees (1865-1935) —
also known as Rollin R. Rees —
of Minneapolis, Ottawa
County, Kan.
Born in Camden, Preble
County, Ohio, January
10, 1865.
Son of Victor D. Rees and Augusta L. (Carroll) Rees; married 1906 to Hattie
E. Merrick.
Republican. Lawyer; Ottawa
County Attorney, 1895-99; member of Kansas
state house of representatives, 1899-1902; district judge in
Kansas 30th District, 1903-10; U.S.
Representative from Kansas 5th District, 1911-13.
Member, Freemasons.
Died May 30,
1935 (age 70 years, 140
days).
Interment at Fairhaven
Memorial Park, Santa Ana, Calif.
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Ralph Straus Regula (b. 1924) —
also known as Ralph Regula —
of Navarre, Stark
County, Ohio.
Born in Beach City, Stark
County, Ohio, December
3, 1924.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II;
lawyer; member of Ohio state
board of education, 1960-64; member of Ohio state
house of representatives, 1965-66; member of Ohio state
senate, 1967-72; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Ohio, 1972;
U.S.
Representative from Ohio 16th District, 1973-.
Episcopalian.
Still living as of 2009.
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Clarence A. Reid (1892-1978) —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in a log
cabin, Saltcreek Township, Pickaway
County, Ohio, December
11, 1892.
Married to Grace Mapes.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I;
lawyer; candidate in primary for U.S.
Representative from Michigan 15th District, 1932; member of Michigan
state senate 18th District, 1941-48, 1951-52; defeated, 1934,
1938, 1948; Lieutenant
Governor of Michigan, 1953-54; defeated, 1954, 1956, 1960, 1962.
Member, Freemasons;
Lions;
Eagles;
Elks; Forty and
Eight; American
Legion; American Bar
Association.
Died in 1978
(age about
85 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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James W. Reilly (1828-1905) —
of Columbiana
County, Ohio.
Born in Akron, Summit
County, Ohio, April 20,
1828.
Lawyer; member of Ohio state
house of representatives, 1858-60; general in the Union Army
during the Civil War; delegate
to Ohio state constitutional convention from Columbiana County,
1873.
Died in Wellsville, Columbiana
County, Ohio, November
6, 1905 (age 77 years, 200
days).
Interment at St.
Elizabeth Cemetery, Wellsville, Ohio.
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James Reily (1811-1863) —
of Texas.
Born in Hamilton, Butler
County, Ohio, July 3,
1811.
Son of John Reily and Nancy (Hunter) Reily; married, March 4,
1834, to Ellen Hart Ross (grandniece of Henry
Clay).
Lawyer; major in the Texas Army during the Texas War of
Independence; member of Texas
Republic House of Representatives, 1840-41; Texas Republic
Minister to the United States, 1841-42; member of Texas
state house of representatives, 1853-54; U.S. Consul in SAINT Petersburg, 1856; colonel in the Confederate Army during
the Civil War.
Presbyterian;
later Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons.
Killed
in the Battle of Camp Bisland, on Bayou Teche, near Franklin, St. Mary
Parish, La., April 14,
1863 (age 51 years, 285
days).
Interment at Lexington
Cemetery, Lexington, Ky.
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John Edgar Reyburn (1845-1914) —
also known as John E. Reyburn —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in New Carlisle, Clark
County, Ohio, February
7, 1845.
Married to Margretta Crozier; father of William
Stuart Reyburn.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives from Philadelphia County, 1871,
1874-76; member of Pennsylvania
state senate 5th District, 1877-90; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania, 1890-97, 1906-07 (4th District
1890-97, 2nd District 1906-07); Presidential Elector for
Pennsylvania, 1904;
mayor
of Philadelphia, Pa., 1907-11.
Died in 1914
(age about
69 years).
Interment at Laurel
Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia, Pa.
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Carl West Rich (1898-1972) —
also known as Carl W. Rich —
of Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio.
Born in Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio, September
12, 1898.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I;
lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during World War II; mayor
of Cincinnati, Ohio, 1947, 1951-53, 1954; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 1st District, 1963-65.
Member, Lambda
Chi Alpha; Phi
Alpha Delta; Omicron
Delta Kappa; Tau
Kappa Alpha; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Moose;
Eagles.
Chairman and president of the Cincinnati Royals professional basketball
team.
Died in Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio, June 26,
1972 (age 73 years, 288
days).
Entombed in mausoleum at Spring
Grove Cemetery, Cincinnati, Ohio.
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John Kelvey Richards (1856-1909) —
also known as John K. Richards; Jack
Richards —
of Ironton, Lawrence
County, Ohio.
Born in Ironton, Lawrence
County, Ohio, March 15,
1856.
Son of Samuel Richards (1814-1891) and Sarah Ann (Kelvey) Richards
(1827-1863); married, June 12,
1890, to Anna Willard Steece (1866-1940).
Republican. Lawyer; Lawrence
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1880-82; member of Ohio state
senate, 1890-92; Ohio
state attorney general, 1892-96; U.S. Solicitor General,
1897-1903; Judge of
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit, 1903-09.
Died in Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio, March 1,
1909 (age 52 years, 351
days).
Interment at Woodland
Cemetery, Ironton, Ohio.
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Edwin Darlington Ricketts (1867-1937) —
also known as Edwin D. Ricketts —
of Laurelville, Hocking
County, Ohio; Logan, Hocking
County, Ohio.
Born in Perry
County, Ohio, August 3,
1867.
Republican. School
teacher; superintendent
of schools; lawyer; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Ohio, 1904
(alternate), 1928;
U.S.
Representative from Ohio 11th District, 1915-17, 1919-23;
defeated, 1922, 1924.
Died in 1937
(age about
69 years).
Interment at Oak
Grove Cemetery, Logan, Ohio.
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Albert Gallatin Riddle (1816-1902) —
also known as Albert G. Riddle —
of Geauga
County, Ohio; Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Monson, Hampden
County, Mass., May 28,
1816.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Ohio state
house of representatives, 1848-50; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 19th District, 1861-63; U.S. Consul in
Matanzas, 1863-64.
Died in Washington,
D.C., May 16,
1902 (age 85 years, 353
days).
Interment at Rock
Creek Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Arthur Raymond Robinson (1881-1961) —
also known as Arthur R. Robinson —
of Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind.
Born in Pickerington, Fairfield
County, Ohio, March 12,
1881.
Son of John F. Robinson and Catherine (Beard) Robinson; married, December
27, 1901, to Frieda A. Elfers.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Indiana
state senate, 1915-19; served in the U.S. Army during World War
I; superior court judge in Indiana, 1921-22; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Indiana, 1924,
1932;
U.S.
Senator from Indiana, 1925-35; defeated, 1934.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
of Pythias; American Bar
Association.
Died in 1961
(age about
80 years).
Interment at Washington
Park Cemetery East, Indianapolis, Ind.
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Edward T. Rose (1857-1910) —
of Athens, Athens
County, Ohio.
Born August 8,
1857.
Lawyer; mayor of
Athens, Ohio, 1888-90, 1899-1902.
Died, of a heart
condition, March 27,
1910 (age 52 years, 231
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Marvin B. Rosenberry (b. 1868) —
Born in River Styx, Medina
County, Ohio, February
12, 1868.
Married, September
2, 1897, to Kate Landfair (died 1917); married, June 24,
1918, to Lois K. Mathews (dean of women, University of Wisconsin).
Lawyer; justice of
Wisconsin state supreme court, 1916-; appointed 1916; chief
justice of Wisconsin Supreme Court, 1929-.
Burial
location unknown.
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Benjamin Louis Rosenbloom (1880-1965) —
also known as Benjamin L. Rosenbloom; Ben L.
Rosenbloom —
of Wheeling, Ohio
County, W.Va.
Born in Braddock, Allegheny
County, Pa., June 3,
1880.
Son of Morris Rosenbloom and Fanny (Cohen) Rosenbloom.
Republican. Lawyer; member of West
Virginia state senate 1st District, 1915-18; U.S.
Representative from West Virginia 1st District, 1921-25;
candidate in primary for U.S.
Senator from West Virginia, 1924, 1934.
Jewish.
Died in Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio, March 22,
1965 (age 84 years, 292
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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John Q. Ross (b. 1873) —
of Muskegon, Muskegon
County, Mich.
Born near Jamestown, Greene
County, Ohio, June 28,
1873.
Republican. Lawyer; law partner of John
Vanderwerp, 1910; Lieutenant
Governor of Michigan, 1911-14; member of Michigan
Republican State Central Committee, 1915; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Michigan, 1916.
Burial
location unknown.
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Oliver F. Rowland (1883-1973) —
of Athens, Athens
County, Ohio.
Born in Harrison
County, Ohio, September
17, 1883.
Lawyer; mayor of
Athens, Ohio, 1914-17; common pleas court judge in Ohio, 1930-49.
Died in Athens, Athens
County, Ohio, September
13, 1973 (age 89 years, 361
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Eugene Peter Ruehlmann (b. 1925) —
also known as Eugene P. Ruehlmann —
of Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio.
Born in Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio, February
23, 1925.
Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II; lawyer;
mayor
of Cincinnati, Ohio, 1967-71; resigned 1971.
Presbyterian.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; Omicron
Delta Kappa; Beta
Theta Pi; American Bar
Association; Lions; American
Legion.
Still living as of 1980.
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Benjamin Ruggles (1783-1857) —
also known as "Wheel-Horse of the
Senate" —
of St. Clairsville, Belmont
County, Ohio.
Born in Abington, Pomfret, Windham
County, Conn., February
21, 1783.
School
teacher; lawyer; farmer; U.S.
Senator from Ohio, 1815-33; Presidential Elector for Ohio, 1836.
Died September
2, 1857 (age 74 years, 193
days).
Interment at Union
Cemetery, St. Clairsville, Ohio.
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John Nicholas William Rumple (1841-1903) —
also known as John N. W. Rumple —
of Marengo, Iowa
County, Iowa.
Born near Fostoria, Seneca
County, Ohio, March 4,
1841.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War;
lawyer; member of Iowa state
senate, 1873-78; mayor of Marengo, Iowa, 1885-86; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Iowa, 1900;
U.S.
Representative from Iowa 2nd District, 1901-03; died in office
1903.
Died in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., January
31, 1903 (age 61 years, 333
days).
Interment at Odd
Fellows Cemetery, Marengo, Iowa.
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Howard Hyde Russell (1855-1946) —
of Kansas City, Jackson
County, Mo.; Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.; Westerville, Franklin
County, Ohio.
Born in Stillwater, Washington
County, Minn., October
21, 1855.
Son of Rev. Joseph A. Russell and Sarah (Parker) Russell; married, July 17,
1880, to Lillian Davis (1861-1939).
Lawyer; Adams
County Superintendent of Schools, 1878-84; minister;
founder (1895) and national superintendent (1895-1903) of the
Anti-Saloon League; Dry candidate for delegate to
Ohio convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933.
Congregationalist.
Member, Anti-Saloon
League; Sons of
the American Revolution.
Died June 30,
1946 (age 90 years, 252
days).
Interment at Otterbein
Cemetery, Westerville, Ohio.
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Daniel Joseph Ryan (b. 1855) —
also known as Daniel J. Ryan —
of Portsmouth, Scioto
County, Ohio; Columbus, Franklin
County, Ohio.
Born in Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio, January
1, 1855.
Son of John Ryan and Honora (Ryan) Ryan; married, January
10, 1884, to Myra L. Kerr.
Lawyer; member of Ohio state
house of representatives; secretary of
state of Ohio, 1889-91.
Burial
location unknown.
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Emmett C. Ryan (b. 1887) —
of Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind.; Aberdeen, Brown
County, S.Dak.
Born in New Cumberland, Tuscarawas
County, Ohio, August
30, 1887.
Son of Samuel B. Ryan and Harriet A. (Nee) Ryan; married to Isabel M.
Leutwein.
Democrat. Lawyer; candidate for U.S.
Representative from South Dakota 2nd District, 1922; member of South
Dakota state house of representatives 36th District, 1937-38.
Member, Odd
Fellows; Elks; American Bar
Association.
Burial
location unknown.
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