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Daniel Agnew (1809-1902) —
of Beaver, Beaver
County, Pa.
Born in Trenton, Mercer
County, N.J., January
5, 1809.
Son of James Agnew (M.D.).
Lawyer;
delegate
to Pennsylvania state constitutional convention, 1837-38;
district judge in Pennsylvania, 1851-63; justice of
Pennsylvania state supreme court, 1863-79; chief
justice of Pennsylvania state supreme court, 1873-79.
Irish and Welsh
ancestry.
Died in Beaver, Beaver
County, Pa., March 9,
1902 (age 93 years, 63
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Benjamin William Arnett (1838-1906) —
also known as Benjamin W. Arnett —
of Wilberforce, Greene
County, Ohio.
Born in Brownsville, Fayette
County, Pa., March 16,
1838.
Son of Samuel G. Arnett and Mary Louisa Arnett.
Republican. School teacher
and principal; ordained
minister; member of Ohio state
house of representatives from Greene County, 1886-87; first
black state legislator elected to represent a majority white
constituency; bishop; speaker, Republican National Convention, 1896.
African
Methodist Episcopal. African,
Scottish,
American
Indian, and Irish ancestry.
Lost a
leg due to a tumor in 1858.
Died, of uremia, in
Wilberforce, Greene
County, Ohio, October
9, 1906 (age 68 years, 207
days).
Interment at Tarbox
Cemetery, Wilberforce, Ohio.
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Joseph Robinette Biden, Jr. (b. 1942) —
also known as Joseph R. Biden, Jr.; Joe
Biden —
of Wilmington, New Castle
County, Del.
Born in Scranton, Lackawanna
County, Pa., November
20, 1942.
Son of Joseph R. Biden, Sr. and Catherine Eugenia (Finnegan) Biden.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Senator from Delaware, 1973-2009; resigned 2009; candidate for
Democratic nomination for President, 1988,
2008;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Delaware, 1996,
2000,
2004,
2008;
Vice
President of the United States, 2009-.
Catholic.
Irish ancestry.
Still living as of 2012.
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William Philip Boland (1863-1931) —
also known as William P. Boland —
of Scranton, Lackawanna
County, Pa.
Born in County Sligo, Ireland,
January
6, 1863.
Progressive. Candidate for U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 11th District, 1924.
Catholic.
Irish ancestry. Member, Elks.
Died, of a heart
condition, at Clara Barton Hospital,
Hollywood, Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., February
27, 1931 (age 68 years, 52
days).
Interment at St.
Catherine's Cemetery, Moscow, Pa.
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William Joseph Burke (1862-1925) —
also known as William J. Burke —
of Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa.
Born near London, England
of Irish parents, September
25, 1862.
Railway
conductor; chairman,
general committee of adjustment, Order of Railway Conductors; member
of Pennsylvania
state senate 42nd District, 1915-18; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania at-large, 1919-23; Progressive
candidate for U.S.
Senator from Pennsylvania, 1922.
Irish ancestry. Member, Order of
Railway Conductors; Brotherhood
of Railroad Trainmen.
Died in Callery Junction, Butler
County, Pa., November
7, 1925 (age 63 years, 43
days).
Interment at Calvary
Cemetery, Pittsburgh, Pa.
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Patrick Caffrey (1860-1945) —
also known as P. F. Caffrey —
of Pennsylvania.
Born in County Mayo, Ireland,
March
17, 1860.
Member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 1887-91.
Catholic.
Irish ancestry. Member, Knights
of Labor.
Died in Sugar Notch, Luzerne
County, Pa., 1945
(age about
85 years).
Interment at St.
Charles Borremeo Cemetery, Sugar Notch, Pa.
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James Campbell (1812-1893) —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., September
1, 1812.
Son of Anthony Campbell and Catharine (McGarvey) Campbell.
Lawyer;
common pleas court judge in Pennsylvania, 1842-50; Pennsylvania
state attorney general, 1852-53; resigned 1853; U.S.
Postmaster General, 1853-57.
Catholic.
Irish ancestry.
Died in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., January
27, 1893 (age 80 years, 148
days).
Interment at Old
Cathedral Cemetery, Philadelphia, Pa.
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James Carney (b. 1844) —
of Erie, Erie
County, Pa.
Born in Dunmanway, County Cork, Ireland,
May
20, 1844.
Son of John Carney and Marry (Dullea) Carney.
Democrat. Blacksmith foreman for the Erie Railroad;
restaurant
owner; chair of
Erie County Democratic Party, 1887.
Catholic.
Irish ancestry. Member, Elks.
Burial
location unknown.
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Robert Patrick Casey, Jr. (b. 1960) —
also known as Bob Casey, Jr. —
of Scranton, Lackawanna
County, Pa.
Born in Scranton, Lackawanna
County, Pa., April 13,
1960.
Son of Robert
Patrick Casey.
Democrat. Lawyer; Pennsylvania
state auditor general, 1997-; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Pennsylvania, 1996,
2008;
Presidential Elector for Pennsylvania, 2000;
candidate in primary for Governor of
Pennsylvania, 2002; Pennsylvania
state treasurer, 2005-06; U.S.
Senator from Pennsylvania, 2007-.
Catholic.
Irish ancestry.
Still living as of 2009.
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Dennis Joseph Dougherty (1865-1951) —
also known as Dennis Dougherty —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in Ashland, Schuylkill
County, Pa., August
16, 1865.
Son of Patrick Dougherty and Bridget (Henry) Dougherty.
Catholic
priest; bishop of Buffalo, N.Y., 1916-18; archbishop of
Philadelphia, Pa., 1918-51; cardinal, 1921-51; speaker, Democratic National Convention, 1948 ;
speaker, Republican National Convention, 1948.
Catholic.
Irish ancestry.
Died, from a stroke, in
Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., May 31,
1951 (age 85 years, 288
days).
Entombed at Cathedral
Basilica of Sts. Peter and Paul, Philadelphia, Pa.
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Harold Joseph Patrick Gibbons (1910-1982) —
also known as Harold J. Gibbons —
of Kirkwood, St. Louis
County, Mo.
Born in Archibald Patch, Lackawanna
County, Pa., April 10,
1910.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Missouri,
1952,
1956.
Irish ancestry. Member, Teamsters
Union; NAACP; American Civil
Liberties Union.
The site of the original Sportsman's Park baseball stadium in St.
Louis, now a neighborhood playground, was named "Harold J.
Gibbons Field" for him.
Died, from complications of a ruptured aortic
aneurysm, in Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., November, 1982
(age 72
years, 0 days).
Interment at Memorial
Park Cemetery, St. Louis, Mo.
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William Thomas Granahan (1895-1956) —
also known as William T. Granahan —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., July 26,
1895.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; member of Pennsylvania
Democratic State Committee, 1938-42; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 2nd District, 1945-47, 1949-56;
defeated, 1946; died in office 1956.
Catholic.
Irish ancestry. Member, American
Legion; Forty and
Eight; Catholic
War Veterans; Veterans of
Foreign Wars.
Died in Darby, Delaware
County, Pa., May 25,
1956 (age 60 years, 304
days).
Interment at St.
Bernard Cemetery, Easton, Pa.
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Thomas Edward Heenan (1848-1914) —
also known as Thomas E. Heenan —
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., 1848.
Son of Col. Dennis Heenan (1818-1872) and Margaret (O'Donnell)
Heenan.
Physician;
U.S. Consul in Odessa, 1897-1905; Warsaw, 1914.
Irish ancestry.
Died, from heart
disease, in Fiume, Hungary (now Rijeka, Croatia),
June
26, 1914 (age about 65
years).
Interment at Holy
Cross Cemetery, Yeadon, Pa.
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Edward E. Kaufman (1939-2010) —
also known as Ted Kaufman —
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., March 15,
1939.
Son of Manuel Kaufman and Helen (Carroll) Kaufman.
Democrat. Engineer;
administrative assistant and chief of staff for U.S. Senator Joe
Biden, 1976-95; college
professor; U.S.
Senator from Delaware, 2009-10; appointed 2009.
Irish, Jewish,
and Russian
ancestry.
Died in 2010
(age about
71 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Thomas F. Lamb (b. 1922) —
of Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa.
Born in Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa., October
22, 1922.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives from Allegheny County 9th
District, 1959-66; member of Pennsylvania
state senate 42nd District, 1969-74; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1972.
Catholic.
Irish ancestry. Member, Knights
of Columbus; Knights
of Equity.
Still living as of 1974.
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Joseph McLaughlin (1867-1926) —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in Burt, County Donegal, Ireland,
June
9, 1867.
Republican. Real estate
business; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania, 1917-19, 1921-23 (3rd District
1917-19, at-large 1921-23).
Irish ancestry. Member, Ancient
Order of Hibernians.
Died November
21, 1926 (age 59 years, 165
days).
Interment at Holy
Cross Cemetery, Yeadon, Pa.
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Beth Wharton Milford (1908-1992) —
also known as Beth W. Milford; Beth
Wharton —
of Ypsilanti, Washtenaw
County, Mich.
Born in Bradford, McKean
County, Pa., August
19, 1908.
Daughter of Thomas Wharton and Helen (O'Mara) Wharton.
Republican. College
instructor; member, Ypsilanti board of education, 1955-67;
candidate in primary for Michigan
state senate 33rd District, 1960; member, Eastern Michigan
University Board of Regents, 1964-86.
Female.
Catholic.
Irish ancestry. Member, American
Association of University Women.
Died, following a heart
attack, in St. Joseph Mercy Hospital,
Superior Township, Washtenaw
County, Mich., August 7,
1992 (age 83 years, 354
days).
Interment at St.
John Cemetery, Ypsilanti, Mich.
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Relatives:
Married 1941
to Albert F. Milford, Jr. (died 1977). |
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John Mary Morin (1868-1942) —
also known as John M. Morin —
of Missoula, Missoula
County, Mont.; Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., April 18,
1868.
Son of Martin Joseph Morin and Rose Joyce Morin.
Republican. Steelworker;
member,
Central Trades Council of Pittsburgh; director of public
safety, Pittsburgh, 1909-13; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania, 1913-29 (at-large 1913-15, 31st
District 1915-23, 34th District 1923-29).
Irish ancestry. Member, Eagles.
Died in Marine Hospital,
Baltimore,
Md., March 3,
1942 (age 73 years, 319
days).
Interment at Calvary
Cemetery, Pittsburgh, Pa.
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Thomas J. Murphy (b. 1944) —
also known as Tom Murphy —
of Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa.
Born August
15, 1944.
Democrat. Served
in the Peace Corps; member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives 17th District, 1981; mayor
of Pittsburgh, Pa., 1994-2006; defeated in primary, 1989;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1996
(speaker),
2000,
2004;
Presidential Elector for Pennsylvania, 2000.
Irish ancestry.
Still living as of 2009.
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John J. Murray (b. 1914) —
of Forest Hills, Allegheny
County, Pa.
Born in Turtle Creek, Allegheny
County, Pa., September
15, 1914.
Son of John A. Murray and Sarah (McGivern) Murray.
Democrat. Justice of the peace; production
coordinator, Westinghouse Electric Corporation; member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives from Allegheny County 16th
District, 1953-60; defeated, 1964.
Catholic.
Irish ancestry. Member, Ancient
Order of Hibernians.
Still living as of 1964.
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Relatives:
Married to Alice M. Summ. |
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Philip Murray (1886-1952) —
of Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa.
Born in Blantyre, Scotland,
May
25, 1886.
Son of William Murray and Rose (Layden) Murray.
Democrat. Miner; president,
local union of the United Mine Workers of America (UMWA), 1905; district
president in 1912; vice-president
in 1917; chairman,
Steelworkers Organizing Committee (SWOC); (SWOC), 1935-42, and president of
the successor United Steelworkers of America, 1942-52 president,
Congress of Industrial Organizations, 1940; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1940,
1944,
1952.
Catholic.
Irish ancestry.
Died, from a heart
attack, in his room at the Mark Hopkins Hotel, San
Francisco, Calif., November
9, 1952 (age 66 years, 168
days).
Interment at St.
Ann's Cemetery, Castle Shannon, Pa.
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George F. Shannon (c.1785-1836) —
also known as "Peg Leg" —
of St. Charles, St. Charles
County, Mo.
Born in a log
cabin in Washington
County, Pa., about 1785.
Youngest member of the Lewis
and Clark
expedition, 1804-06; lawyer;
member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1820-24; circuit judge in
Kentucky; U.S.
Attorney for Missouri, 1829-34.
Irish ancestry. Member, Freemasons.
Wounded in a skirmish with Indians in 1807 and lost a
leg. Shannon's Creek, a tributary of the Yellowstone River, is
named
for him.
Died, in a hotel at
Palmyra, Marion
County, Mo., August
30, 1836 (age about 51
years).
Interment at Massey
Mill Cemetery, Near Palmyra, Marion County, Mo.
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James Shannon (c.1791-1832) —
of Lexington, Fayette
County, Ky.
Born in Washington
County, Pa., about 1791.
Lawyer;
U.S. Charge d'Affaires to Central America, 1832, died in office 1832.
Irish ancestry.
Died, of yellow
fever, 1832
(age about
41 years).
Interment somewhere
in Frankfort, Ky.
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Thomas Shannon (1786-1843) —
of Ohio.
Born in Pennsylvania, November
15, 1786.
Democrat. Member of Ohio state legislature; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 10th District, 1826-27.
Irish ancestry.
Died March 16,
1843 (age 56 years, 121
days).
Interment at Green
Mount Cemetery, Barnesville, Ohio.
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William Erskine Stevenson (1820-1883) —
also known as William E. Stevenson —
of Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa.; Parkersburg, Wood
County, W.Va.
Born in Warren, Warren
County, Pa., March 18,
1820.
Son of James Stevenson and Elizabeth (Erskine) Stevenson.
Republican. Cabinetmaker;
farmer;
member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 1857; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Virginia, 1860;
delegate
to West Virginia state constitutional convention, 1863; member of
West
Virginia state senate 5th District, 1863-68; President
of the West Virginia State Senate, 1865-68; Presidential Elector
for West Virginia, 1864,
1872;
Governor
of West Virginia, 1869-71; defeated, 1870.
Irish ancestry.
Died in Parkersburg, Wood
County, W.Va., November
29, 1883 (age 63 years, 256
days).
Interment at Riverview
Cemetery, Parkersburg, W.Va.
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John J. Vaughan (born c.1908) —
of Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa.
Born in Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa., about 1908.
Republican. Played professional
football with the Pittsburgh Steelers in the early 1930s; investigator;
member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 1947-48, 1953-58 (Allegheny
County 8th District 1947-48, 1953-54, Allegheny County 12th District
1955-58); defeated, 1960 (Allegheny County 12th District), 1964
(Allegheny County 1st District); alternate delegate to Republican
National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1964,
1972.
Catholic.
Irish ancestry. Member, Elks; Moose; Eagles; Knights
of Equity; American
Legion; Amvets; Catholic
War Veterans.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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