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Politician members in Ohio


  George Prescott Carrel (1865-1949) — also known as George Carrel — of Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio. Born in Chillicothe, Ross County, Ohio, September 4, 1865. Son of Hercules Carrel and Eleanora Kerr (Prescott) Carrel. Republican. Mayor of Cincinnati, Ohio, 1922-25. Episcopalian. Member, Sigma Chi; Freemasons; Shriners. Died May 3, 1949 (age 83 years, 241 days). Interment at Spring Grove Cemetery, Cincinnati, Ohio.
  Relatives: Married, December 31, 1896, to Olive Sargent.
  Paul Merrill Griffith (1872-1944) — also known as P. Merrill Griffith — of Ohio. Born in Bellbrook, Greene County, Ohio, April 29, 1872. Son of Benjamin B. Griffith (1824-1902) and Hannah Maria (Lash) Griffith (1830-1901). U.S. Consul in Matamoros, 1901-05; Pernambuco, 1910-15; Santiago de Cuba, 1916-17. Member, Sigma Chi; Freemasons. Died in Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, March 29, 1944 (age 71 years, 335 days). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Married to Mary Cabaniss.
  Tony Patrick Hall (b. 1942) — also known as Tony P. Hall — of Dayton, Montgomery County, Ohio. Born in Dayton, Montgomery County, Ohio, January 16, 1942. Son of Paul Davis Hall and Anna (Deve) Hall. Democrat. Served in the Peace Corps; real estate agent; member of Ohio state house of representatives, 1969-72; member of Ohio state senate, 1973-78; U.S. Representative from Ohio 3rd District, 1979-2002; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Ohio, 1996 (speaker), 2000. Presbyterian. Member, Sigma Chi. Still living as of 2009.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — votes in Congress from the Washington Post — NNDB dossier
  Isaac M. Jordan (1835-1890) — of Ohio. Born in Mifflinburg, Union County, Pa., May 5, 1835. Democrat. One of the founders of Sigma Chi fraternity in 1855; U.S. Representative from Ohio 2nd District, 1883-85. Member, Sigma Chi. Died from injuries received in an elevator accident in Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio, December 3, 1890 (age 55 years, 212 days). Interment at Spring Grove Cemetery, Cincinnati, Ohio.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — NNDB dossier
  William Harvey McSurely (b. 1865) — of Chicago, Cook County, Ill. Born in Oxford, Butler County, Ohio, January 27, 1865. Son of Rev. William Jasper McSurely and Hulda (Taylor) McSurely. Republican. Lawyer; candidate for Illinois state senate 5th District, 1894; member of Illinois state house of representatives 5th District, 1905-06; superior court judge in Illinois, 1907-12; Judge, Illinois Appellate Court, 1912-. Presbyterian. Member, Sigma Chi; Phi Beta Kappa. Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Married, October 18, 1892, to Mary Elizabeth Cadman.

 

 


 
   
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