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Delta Kappa Epsilon
Politician members in Pennsylvania

	Charles MacVeagh (1860-1931) — of Washington, D.C. Born in West Chester, Chester County, Pa., June 6, 1860. Son of Isaac Wayne MacVeagh and Letitia Miner (Lewis) MacVeagh. Lawyer; general solicitor and assistant general counsel, U.S. Steel Corporation, 1901-25; U.S. Ambassador to Japan, 1925-29. Episcopalian. Member, Delta Kappa Epsilon. Died in Mission Canyon, Santa Barbara County, Calif., December 4, 1931 (age 71 years, 181 days). Interment at Church of the Redeemer Cemetery, Bryn Mawr, Pa.   Relatives: Son of Isaac Wayne MacVeagh and Letitia Miner (Lewis) MacVeagh; nephew of Franklin MacVeagh; married, June 15, 1887, to Fannie Davenport Rogers (1860-1948); father of Lincoln MacVeagh. See Livingston-Seymour-Lee-Williams family of New York.   See also NNDB dossier — Find-A-Grave memorial
	Isaac Wayne MacVeagh (1833-1917) — also known as Wayne MacVeagh — of Chester County, Pa.; Bryn Mawr, Montgomery County, Pa. Born in Phoenixville, Chester County, Pa., April 19, 1833. Son of Maj. John MacVeagh and Margaret (Lincoln) MacVeagh. Republican. Lawyer; Chester County District Attorney, 1859-64; served in the Union Army during the Civil War; Pennsylvania Republican state chair, 1863; U.S. Minister to Turkey, 1870-71; delegate to Pennsylvania state constitutional convention, 1872; U.S. Attorney General, 1881; U.S. Ambassador to Italy, 1893-97. Methodist. Member, Delta Kappa Epsilon. Died in Washington, D.C., January 11, 1917 (age 83 years, 267 days). Interment at Church of the Redeemer Cemetery, Bryn Mawr, Pa.   Relatives: Son of Maj. John MacVeagh and Margaret (Lincoln) MacVeagh; married, May 22, 1856, to Letitia Miner 'Letty' Lewis; married, December 27, 1866, to Virginia Rolette Cameron (daughter of Simon Cameron); brother of Franklin MacVeagh; father of Charles MacVeagh; grandfather of Lincoln MacVeagh. See Livingston-Seymour-Lee-Williams family of New York.   Epitaph: "Genial to his friends. Enlightening to all. Keen eyed, clear spoken. He remembered, he observed, he foresaw."   See also Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier — Find-A-Grave memorial
	Anthony Savage (b. 1893) — of Seattle, King County, Wash. Born in Mahanoy City, Schuylkill County, Pa., December 25, 1893. Son of Lewis B. Savage and Anna (Tamosz) Savage. Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; lawyer; U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Washington, 1928-34. Catholic. Member, Phi Beta Kappa; Phi Delta Phi; Delta Kappa Epsilon; Order of the Coif. Burial location unknown.   Relatives: Married, September 11, 1915, to Florence Hopkins.
	Cyrus E. Woods (1861-1938) — of Greensburg, Westmoreland County, Pa. Born in Clearfield, Clearfield County, Pa., September 3, 1861. Son of Matthew Woods and Katharine (Speece) Woods. Republican. Lawyer; member of Pennsylvania state senate 39th District, 1901-08; U.S. Minister to Portugal, 1912-13; secretary of the commonwealth of Pennsylvania, 1915-21; resigned 1921; U.S. Ambassador to Spain, 1921-23; Japan, 1923-24; Pennsylvania state attorney general, 1929-30. Presbyterian. Member, Phi Beta Kappa; Delta Kappa Epsilon. Died in 1938 (age about 76 years). Burial location unknown.   Relatives: Married 1893 to Mary Todd Marchand.

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