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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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John William Bricker (1893-1986) —
also known as John W. Bricker —
of Upper Arlington, Franklin
County, Ohio.
Born near Mt. Sterling, Madison
County, Ohio, September
6, 1893.
Son of Lemuel Spencer Bricker and Laura (King) Bricker.
Republican. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War I; Ohio
state attorney general, 1933-37; defeated in primary, 1928; Governor of
Ohio, 1939-45; defeated, 1936; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Ohio, 1940,
1948,
1952,
1960
(speaker),
1964,
1972;
candidate for Vice
President of the United States, 1944; U.S.
Senator from Ohio, 1947-59; Presidential Elector for Ohio, 1972.
Congregationalist.
Member, American Bar
Association; Rotary; American
Legion; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Knights
Templar; Delta
Chi; Delta
Sigma Rho; Order of the Coif; Optimist
Club.
Died in Columbus, Franklin
County, Ohio, March 22,
1986 (age 92 years, 197
days).
Interment at Green
Lawn Cemetery, Columbus, Ohio.
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Robert Elliott Freer (b. 1896) —
also known as Robert E. Freer —
of Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio; Westmoreland Hills, Montgomery
County, Md.
Born in Madisonville, Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio, January
30, 1896.
Son of Guy Metcalf Freer and May (Dunlap) Freer.
Republican. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War I; member, Federal Trade
Commission, 1935-48; chair, Federal Trade
Commission, 1939, 1944, 1948.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons;
American Bar
Association; Federal
Bar Association; Order of the Coif; Sons of
the Revolution; Phi
Alpha Delta.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Guy Metcalf Freer and May (Dunlap) Freer; married, October
27, 1919, to Hazel Louise Davis (divorced); married, April 12,
1925, to Olive Roberts. |
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Harry Palmer Jeffrey (1901-1997) —
also known as Harry P. Jeffrey —
of Dayton, Montgomery
County, Ohio.
Born in Dayton, Montgomery
County, Ohio, December
26, 1901.
Son of Samuel E. Jeffrey and Grace (Wilson) Jeffrey.
Republican. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 3rd District, 1943-45.
Presbyterian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Order of the Coif; Phi
Beta Kappa; Delta
Sigma Rho; Freemasons.
Co-author of G.I. Bill of Rights.
Died in Dayton, Montgomery
County, Ohio, January
4, 1997 (age 95 years, 9
days).
Interment at Woodland
Cemetery, Dayton, Ohio.
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Isaac Jack Martin (1908-1966) —
also known as I. Jack Martin —
Born in Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio, July 18,
1908.
Lawyer;
Judge
of U.S. Court of Customs and Patent Appeals, 1958.
Jewish.
Member, Order of the Coif.
Died November
5, 1966 (age 58 years, 110
days).
Interment at United
Jewish Cemetery, Cincinnati, Ohio.
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Seth Chase Taft (b. 1922) —
also known as Seth C. Taft —
of Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio.
Born in Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio, December
31, 1922.
Son of Eleanor (Chase) Taft and Charles
Phelps Taft II.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; lawyer;
candidate for Ohio state
senate, 1962; candidate for mayor
of Cleveland, Ohio, 1967; Cuyahoga
County Commissioner, 1971; candidate in primary for Governor of
Ohio, 1982.
Episcopalian.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; Order of the Coif; Jaycees.
Still living as of 1982.
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George Thomas Washington (1908-1971) —
of Santa Barbara, Santa
Barbara County, Calif.
Born in Cuyahoga Falls, Summit
County, Ohio, June 24,
1908.
Son of William Morrow Washington and Janet Margaret (Thomas)
Washington.
Rhodes
scholar; lawyer; Judge of
U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, 1949-65.
Member, Society
of the Cincinnati; American Bar
Association; Phi
Beta Kappa; Order of the Coif.
Died August
21, 1971 (age 63 years, 58
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Bernard Weisberg (b. 1925) —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Columbus, Franklin
County, Ohio, December
16, 1925.
Lawyer;
delegate
to Illinois state constitutional convention 11th District,
1969-70.
Jewish.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; Order of the Coif; American Civil
Liberties Union; American Bar
Association; American
Judicature Society.
Still living as of 1970.
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