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Harlan Page Bird (born c.1843) —
also known as Harlan P. Bird —
of Wausaukee, Marinette
County, Wis.
Born in Bradford
County, Pa., about 1843.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; school
teacher; surveyor;
bookkeeper; lumber
business; merchant;
member of Wisconsin
state senate 1st District, 1903-10.
Burial
location unknown.
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William Joseph Coyne (b. 1936) —
also known as William J. Coyne —
of Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa.
Born in Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa., August
24, 1936.
Democrat. Accountant; member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 1970-72; member of the Pittsburgh
city council, 1974-80; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 14th District, 1981-2003;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1996,
2000.
Catholic.
Still living as of 2009.
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Louis Theodore DeRousse (1844-1921) —
also known as Louis T. DeRousse —
of Camden, Camden
County, N.J.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., May 29,
1844.
Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; accountant;
member of New
Jersey state house of assembly, 1895-97; Speaker of
the New Jersey State House of Assembly, 1896.
Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; Elks; Grand
Army of the Republic.
Died in West Oak Lane, Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., August
27, 1921 (age 77 years, 90
days).
Interment at Harleigh
Cemetery, Camden, N.J.
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Charles Heber Dickerman (1843-1915) —
of Milton, Northumberland
County, Pa.
Born in Harford, Susquehanna
County, Pa., February
3, 1843.
Son of Clark Dickerman and Sarah Adelia Dickerman.
Democrat. School
teacher; bookkeeper; lawyer;
executive of railroad
car building company; director of several banks; chair of
Northumberland County Democratic Party, 1885-88; delegate to
Pennsylvania state constitutional convention, 1891; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1892;
U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 16th District, 1903-05.
Died in Milton, Northumberland
County, Pa., December
17, 1915 (age 72 years, 317
days).
Interment at Milton
Cemetery, Milton, Pa.
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Robert M. Donnelly (b. 1845) —
of Alpena, Alpena
County, Mich.
Born in Concord, Franklin
County, Pa., 1845.
Accountant; merchant;
mayor
of Alpena, Mich., 1883.
Member, Freemasons.
Burial
location unknown.
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John Clarence Evans (b. 1891) —
also known as John C. Evans —
of Ridley Park, Delaware
County, Pa.; Reading, Berks
County, Pa.
Born in Scranton, Lackawanna
County, Pa., May 21,
1891.
Son of Moses David Evans and Rachel Evans.
Republican. Accountant; served in the U.S. Army during World
War I; college
professor; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania, 1938, 1940.
Presbyterian.
Member, Pi Gamma
Mu; American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars.
Burial
location unknown.
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James A. Finnegan (1907-1958) —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., December
20, 1907.
Democrat. Accountant; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Pennsylvania, 1940
(alternate), 1948,
1952,
1956;
served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; secretary of
the commonwealth of Pennsylvania, 1955, 1956-58; resigned 1955;
died in office 1958; candidate for Presidential Elector for
Pennsylvania, 1956.
Catholic.
Died March 26,
1958 (age 50 years, 96
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Edward R. Frey —
of Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa.
Born in Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa.
Democrat. Accountant; member of Pennsylvania
Democratic State Committee, 1918-32; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1932,
1940
(alternate), 1944
(alternate), 1956,
1960,
1964;
member of Pennsylvania
state senate 38th District, 1935-42.
Burial
location unknown.
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Laurence V. Gibb (b. 1899) —
of Sewickley, Allegheny
County, Pa.
Born in Sewickley, Allegheny
County, Pa., March 19,
1899.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; real
estate and insurance
business; auditor; workman's
compensation referee; justice of the peace; investigator;
served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; member of Pennsylvania
Republican State Committee, 1948-55; member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives from Allegheny County 17th
District, 1955-60.
Member, American
Legion.
Burial
location unknown.
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Walter T. Kamyk (1913-1979) —
of Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa.
Born in Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa., January
18, 1913.
Son of Anthony Kamyk and Anna Kamyk.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II;
auditor; member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives from Allegheny County 3rd
District, 1949-56.
Catholic.
Polish
ancestry. Member, Polish
National Alliance; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; American
Legion; Amvets.
Died in October, 1979
(age 66
years, 0 days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Michael Kennedy (b. 1868) —
of Mercer
County, Pa.
Born in Stoneboro, Mercer
County, Pa., July 16,
1868.
Telegraph
operator; bookkeeper; member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives from Mercer County, 1909.
Burial
location unknown.
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Michael Liebel, Jr. (1870-1927) —
of Erie, Erie
County, Pa.
Born in Erie, Erie
County, Pa., December
12, 1870.
Democrat. Accountant; worked in Buffalo office of Nickel Plate
Railroad;
organized Cascade Brewery in
1898 (merged with Erie Brewing
Co. in 1900); hardware
business; mayor of
Erie, Pa., 1907-11; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 25th District, 1915-17;
candidate for Presidential Elector for Pennsylvania, 1920.
Died in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., August 8,
1927 (age 56 years, 239
days).
Interment at Trinity
Cemetery, Erie, Pa.
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John Joseph O'Connell (1894-1949) —
of Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa.
Born in Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa., September
8, 1894.
Son of Edward O'Connell and Mary (Murphy) O'Connell.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I;
accountant; lawyer; Judge of
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 3rd Circuit, 1945-49; died in
office 1949.
Catholic.
Member, American
Legion; Ancient
Order of Hibernians; Knights
of Columbus.
Died December
16, 1949 (age 55 years, 99
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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William Hubley Potter (b. 1864) —
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., February
23, 1864.
Rancher;
bookkeeper; U.S. Consular Agent in SAINT Georges, 1909-11.
Burial
location unknown.
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John Reber (1858-1931) —
of Pottsville, Schuylkill
County, Pa.
Born in South Manheim Township, Schuylkill
County, Pa., February
1, 1858.
Republican. School
teacher; bookkeeper; hosiery
manufacturer; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 12th District, 1919-23.
Died in 1931
(age about
73 years).
Interment at Charles
Baber Cemetery, Pottsville, Pa.
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Stephen Stockton (b. 1947) —
also known as Steve Stockton —
of Bloomington, McLean
County, Ill.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., July 4,
1947.
Lawyer;
accountant; insurance
executive; mayor
of Bloomington, Ill., 2005-.
Still living as of 2009.
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James Fleming Woodward (b. 1868) —
also known as James F. Woodward —
of McKeesport, Allegheny
County, Pa.
Born in New Brighton, Beaver
County, Pa., February
19, 1868.
Republican. Machinist;
bookkeeper; hospital
superintendent; member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 1905-12, 1915-18; Pennsylvania
secretary of internal affairs, 1919-27; alternate delegate to
Republican National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1924,
1928.
Burial
location unknown.
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