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Guy George Gabrielson (1891-1976) —
also known as Guy G. Gabrielson —
of Bernardsville, Somerset
County, N.J.; Ambler, Montgomery
County, Pa.
Born in Sioux Rapids, Buena Vista
County, Iowa, May 22,
1891.
Son of Frank August Gabrielson and Ida (Jansen) Gabrielson; married,
February
5, 1918, to Cora M. Speer.
Republican. Lawyer; president, Nicolet Asbestos Mines,
Danville, Quebec; member of New
Jersey state house of assembly, 1926-30; Speaker of
the New Jersey State House of Assembly, 1929; Chairman of
Republican National Committee, 1949-52.
Methodist.
Member, American
Legion; Sons of
the American Revolution; Freemasons;
Union
League.
Died in May, 1976
(age about
85 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Carl Bennett Galbraith (1903-1972) —
also known as Carl B. Galbraith —
of Wheeling, Ohio
County, W.Va.
Born in Charleroi, Washington
County, Pa., July 26,
1903.
Married, February
14, 1941, to Mary
Jane Moore.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Ohio County, 1935-36;
appointed 1935; member of West
Virginia state senate 1st District, 1937-38; appointed 1937;
defeated, 1938; delegate to Democratic National Convention from West
Virginia, 1952.
Methodist.
Member, American Bar
Association.
Died in March, 1972
(age 68
years, 0 days).
Burial
location unknown.
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James Gamble (1809-1883) —
of Jersey Shore, Lycoming
County, Pa.
Born in Jersey Shore, Lycoming
County, Pa., January
28, 1809.
Democrat. Lawyer; Lycoming
County Treasurer, 1834-36; member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 1841-42; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania, 1851-55 (13th District 1851-53,
15th District 1853-55); Clearfield
County President Judge, 1859-60; Lycoming
County Common Pleas Judge, 1868-78.
Died in Williamsport, Lycoming
County, Pa., February
22, 1883 (age 74 years, 25
days).
Interment at Wildwood
Cemetery, Williamsport, Pa.
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William Tudor Gardiner (1892-1953) —
of Gardiner, Kennebec
County, Maine.
Born in Newton, Middlesex
County, Mass., June 12,
1892.
Second great-grandson of Robert
H. Gardiner; son of Robert Hallowell Gardiner (died 1924) and
Alice (Bangs) Gardiner; married, September
16, 1916, to Margaret
Thomas.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I;
lawyer; member of Maine
state house of representatives, 1921-26; Speaker of
the Maine State House of Representatives, 1925-26; Governor of
Maine, 1929-33; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Maine, 1932;
colonel in the U.S. Army during World War II; he and Gen. Maxwell
Taylor landed in Italy in 1943, before the American invasion,
traveled to Rome undetected, and held a conference with the Italian
High Command, obtaining information helpful to the Allies.
Episcopalian.
Member, American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Military
Order of the World Wars; Sons
of Union Veterans; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Elks; Odd
Fellows; Grange; American Bar
Association.
Killed when his Beechcraft Bonanza airplane exploded in
midair, and crashed
in Schnecksville, Lehigh
County, Pa., August 2,
1953 (age 61 years, 51
days).
Interment at Christ
Church Cemetery, Gardiner, Maine.
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Alfred Buckwalter Garner (1873-1930) —
also known as Alfred B. Garner —
of Ashland, Schuylkill
County, Pa.
Born in Ashland, Schuylkill
County, Pa., March 4,
1873.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 1901-07, 1915-17; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 12th District, 1909-11.
Died in Harrisburg, Dauphin
County, Pa., July 30,
1930 (age 57 years, 148
days).
Interment at Fountain
Springs Cemetery, Fountain Springs, Pa.
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Robert S. Gawthrop (b. 1878) —
of West Chester, Chester
County, Pa.
Born in Newlin Township, Chester
County, Pa., October
20, 1878.
Republican. Lawyer; Chester
County District Attorney, 1909-11; common pleas court judge in
Pennsylvania, 1915-19; superior court judge in Pennsylvania, 1922-33;
defeated, 1932 (primary), 1932 (Liberal).
Burial
location unknown.
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George William Gekas (b. 1930) —
also known as George W. Gekas —
of Harrisburg, Dauphin
County, Pa.
Born in Harrisburg, Dauphin
County, Pa., April 14,
1930.
Son of William Gekas and Mary (Touloumes) Gekas; married to
Evangeline C. Charas.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 1967-74; member of Pennsylvania
state senate 15th District, 1977-82; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 17th District, 1983-2003;
defeated, 2002.
Eastern
Orthodox. Member, American
Judicature Society; American
Legion; Order of
Ahepa.
Still living as of 2009.
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Jim Gerlach (b. 1955) —
of Downingtown, Chester
County, Pa.; Chester Springs, Chester
County, Pa.
Born in Ellwood City, Lawrence
County, Pa., February
25, 1955.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 1991-94; member of Pennsylvania
state senate, 1995-2002; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 6th District, 2003-; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Pennsylvania, 2004,
2008.
Protestant.
Still living as of 2009.
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Fred Benjamin Gernerd (1879-1948) —
also known as Fred B. Gernerd —
of Allentown, Lehigh
County, Pa.
Born in Allentown, Lehigh
County, Pa., November
22, 1879.
Son of C. W. B. Gernerd and Ellen V. (Schmoyer) Gernerd; married, February
18, 1915, to May G. M. Klein.
Republican. Lawyer; Lehigh
County District Attorney, 1908-12; member of Pennsylvania
Republican State Committee, 1912-20; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 13th District, 1921-23;
defeated, 1922; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Pennsylvania, 1928.
Christian
Reformed. Member, American Bar
Association; Union
League.
Died in 1948
(age about
68 years).
Interment at Trexlertown
Cemetery, Trexlertown, Pa.
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John Bannister Gibson (1780-1853) —
also known as John B. Gibson; John Banister
Gibson —
of Carlisle, Cumberland
County, Pa.
Born in Westover Mill, Cumberland County (now Perry
County), Pa., November
8, 1780.
Nephew of John
Gibson; son of George Gibson and Anne (West) Gibson; married 1812 to Sarah
Work.
Lawyer; member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 1810-12; justice of
Pennsylvania state supreme court, 1816-27, 1851-53; chief
justice of Pennsylvania state supreme court, 1827-51.
Scotch-Irish
and French
Huguenot ancestry.
Died in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., May 2,
1853 (age 72 years, 175
days).
Interment at Old
Carlisle Cemetery, Carlisle, Pa.
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David S. Gifford (b. 1907) —
of Erie, Erie
County, Pa.
Born in Erie
County, Pa., February
27, 1907.
Son of P. V. Gifford and Mary (Shirk) Gifford; married to Martha
Carr.
Republican. Lawyer; candidate for Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 1934; served in the U.S. Army
during World War II; member of Pennsylvania
Republican State Committee, 1957-58.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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Fred Cramer Gilchrist (1868-1950) —
also known as Fred C. Gilchrist —
of Laurens, Pocahontas
County, Iowa.
Born in California, Washington
County, Pa., June 2,
1868.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Iowa state
house of representatives, 1902; member of Iowa state
senate, 1923; U.S.
Representative from Iowa, 1931-45 (10th District 1931-33, 8th
District 1933-43, 6th District 1943-45).
Member, Freemasons.
Died March 10,
1950 (age 81 years, 281
days).
Interment at Laurens
Cemetery, Laurens, Iowa.
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Henry E. Gillette (born c.1906) —
of Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y.
Born in Pennsylvania, about 1906.
Democrat. Lawyer; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from New York, 1960
(alternate), 1964,
1972;
mayor
of Rochester, N.Y., 1962-63.
Italian
ancestry.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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Henry Dilworth Gilpin (1801-1860) —
also known as Henry D. Gilpin —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in Lancaster, England,
April
14, 1801.
Lawyer; U.S.
Attorney for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, 1831-37; U.S.
Attorney General, 1840-41.
Died in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., January
29, 1860 (age 58 years, 290
days).
Interment at Laurel
Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia, Pa.
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Josiah Given (1828-1908) —
of Des Moines, Polk
County, Iowa.
Born in Murrysville, Westmoreland
County, Pa., August
31, 1828.
Served in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War; lawyer;
general in the Union Army during the Civil War; member of Iowa state
house of representatives, 1876; circuit judge in Iowa 5th
District, 1881-86; district judge in Iowa 9th District, 1887-89,
1903; justice of
Iowa state supreme court, 1889-1901.
Presbyterian.
Member, Grand
Army of the Republic; Freemasons.
Died in Des Moines, Polk
County, Iowa, February
3, 1908 (age 79 years, 156
days).
Interment at Woodland
Cemetery, Des Moines, Iowa.
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William J. Goebel (1856-1900) —
of Kentucky.
Born in Sullivan
County, Pa., January
4, 1856.
Brother of Justus
Goebel.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Kentucky
state senate, 1887-99; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Kentucky, 1888;
delegate
to Kentucky state constitutional convention, 1890-91; Governor of
Kentucky, 1900; died in office 1900.
In 1895, he killed a factional rival, John Stanford, in a political
quarrel; never tried.
While contesting the outcome of a gubernatorial election, was shot and
mortally
wounded in front of the old Kentucky State
Capitol; he was declared elected and sworn in as Governor before
he died four days later, in Frankfort, Franklin
County, Ky., February
3, 1900 (age 44 years, 30
days).
Interment at Frankfort
Cemetery, Frankfort, Ky.; statue at Old
State Capitol Grounds, Frankfort, Ky.
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Benjamin Martin Golder (1891-1946) —
also known as Benjamin M. Golder —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in Vineland, Cumberland
County, N.J., December
23, 1891.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 1917-25; served in the U.S. Navy
during World War I; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 4th District, 1925-33; defeated,
1940.
Jewish.
Died in 1946
(age about
54 years).
Interment at Mt.
Sinai Cemetery, Frankford, Philadelphia, Pa.
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Maurice H. Goldstein (1902-1991) —
of Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa.
Born in Pennsylvania, March 25,
1902.
Son of Israel Goldstein and Rachel Goldstein.
Republican. Newspaper
reporter; lawyer; member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives from Allegheny County 6th
District; elected 1954, 1960.
Jewish.
Died January
18, 1991 (age 88 years, 299
days).
Interment at Beth
Abraham Cemetery, Pittsburgh, Pa.
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John S. Gonas (b. 1907) —
of South Bend, St. Joseph
County, Ind.
Born in Crossfork, Potter
County, Pa., May 14,
1907.
Son of Samuel Gonas and Hazel (Stranka) Gonas; married 1937 to
Theodosia Bonder.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1936-38; member of Indiana
state senate, 1940-48; candidate for Lieutenant
Governor of Indiana, 1944; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Indiana 3rd District, 1946; candidate for Governor of
Indiana, 1948; probate judge in Indiana, 1949-58; Judge, Indiana
Appellate Court, 1960-72.
Ukrainian
ancestry. Member, American Bar
Association; Association
of Trial Lawyers of America; Elks.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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Oscar Baylin Goodman (b. 1939) —
also known as Oscar B. Goodman —
of Las Vegas, Clark
County, Nev.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., 1939.
Lawyer; mayor
of Las Vegas, Nev., 1999-.
Jewish.
Still living as of 2004.
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James Henry Gorbey (1920-1977) —
also known as James H. Gorbey —
of Chester, Delaware
County, Pa.
Born in Chester, Delaware
County, Pa., July 30,
1920.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II;
lawyer; mayor of
Chester, Pa., 1964-67; common pleas court judge in Pennsylvania,
1968-70; U.S.
District Judge for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, 1970-77;
died in office 1977.
Died October
24, 1977 (age 57 years, 86
days).
Interment at Calvary
Cemetery, Near West Conshohocken, Montgomery County, Pa.
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Jonathan W. Gordon (1820-1887) —
of Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind.
Born in Pennsylvania, August
13, 1820.
Son of William Gordon and Sarah (Walton) Gordon; married 1843 to
Catherine J. Overturf.
Republican. Lawyer; physician;
poet;
served in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Indiana, 1856;
member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1857-60.
Died in 1887
(age about
66 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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George Scott Graham (1850-1931) —
also known as George S. Graham —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., September
13, 1850.
Married, December
14, 1870, to Emma Ellis; married 1898 to Pauline
M. Wall.
Republican. Lawyer; Philadelphia
County District Attorney, 1880-98; law
professor; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Pennsylvania, 1892,
1916
(alternate), 1924;
U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 2nd District, 1913-31; died in
office 1931.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Union
League.
Died in Islip, Suffolk
County, Long Island, N.Y., July 4,
1931 (age 80 years, 294
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Bronx, N.Y.
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Louis Edward Graham (1880-1965) —
also known as Louis E. Graham —
of Beaver, Beaver
County, Pa.
Born in New Castle, Lawrence
County, Pa., August 4,
1880.
Republican. Lawyer; Beaver
County District Attorney, 1912-24; U.S.
Attorney for the Western District of Pennsylvania, 1929-33; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania, 1939-55 (26th District 1939-45,
25th District 1945-55); defeated, 1954.
Died in Rochester Hospital,
Rochester, Beaver
County, Pa., November
9, 1965 (age 85 years, 97
days).
Interment at Beaver
Cemetery, Beaver, Pa.
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William Johnson Graham (1872-1937) —
also known as William J. Graham —
of Aledo, Mercer
County, Ill.
Born near New Castle, Lawrence
County, Pa., February
7, 1872.
Republican. Lawyer; Mercer
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1901-09; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Illinois, 1912;
member of Illinois
state house of representatives, 1915-16; U.S.
Representative from Illinois 14th District, 1917-24; resigned
1924; Judge of
U.S. Court of Customs Appeals, 1924-37; died in office 1937.
Died in Washington,
D.C., November
10, 1937 (age 65 years, 276
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Aledo
Cemetery, Aledo, Ill.
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J. Richard Gray —
also known as Rick Gray —
of Lancaster, Lancaster
County, Pa.
Born in Pottsville, Schuylkill
County, Pa.
Democrat. Lawyer; mayor
of Lancaster, Pa., 2006-.
Still living as of 2011.
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Joseph Anthony Gray (1884-1966) —
also known as Joseph Gray —
of Pennsylvania.
Born in Spangler, Cambria
County, Pa., February
25, 1884.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 1913-14; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 27th District, 1935-39;
defeated, 1940.
Died in Spangler, Cambria
County, Pa., May 8,
1966 (age 82 years, 72
days).
Interment at Holy
Cross Cemetery, Spangler, Pa.
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Henry Dickinson Green (1857-1929) —
of Reading, Berks
County, Pa.
Born in Reading, Berks
County, Pa., May 3,
1857.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 1883-86; member of Pennsylvania
state senate, 1889-96; served in the U.S. Army during the
Spanish-American War; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 9th District, 1899-1903;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1900.
Editor of the Reading Telegram, 1903-12; editor of the
Reading Times, 1911-13.
Died in Reading, Berks
County, Pa., December
29, 1929 (age 72 years, 240
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Innis Green (1776-1839) —
of Dauphin, Dauphin
County, Pa.
Born in Pennsylvania, February
26, 1776.
Democrat. Lawyer; county judge in Pennsylvania, 1818-27,
1833-39; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 6th District, 1827-31.
Died in Dauphin, Dauphin
County, Pa., August 4,
1839 (age 63 years, 159
days).
Interment at Dauphin
Cemetery, Dauphin, Pa.
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Percy Warren Green (b. 1889) —
also known as P. Warren Green —
of Pullman, Whitman
County, Wash.; Wilmington, New Castle
County, Del.
Born in Booth's Corner, Delaware
County, Pa., August
18, 1889.
Son of Charles Green and Elizabeth Ellen (Talley) Green; married, December
17, 1931, to Maria Ellen Reynolds.
Republican. College
professor; lawyer; Delaware
state attorney general, 1933-39; appointed 1933.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons.
Burial
location unknown.
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Richard Theodore Greener (b. 1844) —
also known as R. T. Greener —
of Washington,
D.C.; New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., January
30, 1844.
University
professor; lawyer; U.S. Consul in Bombay, 1898; Vladivostok, 1898-1901; U.S. Commercial Agent (Consul) in Vladivostok, 1902-05.
African
ancestry.
First
black graduate of Harvard, 1870.
Burial
location unknown.
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Stewart John Greenleaf (b. 1939) —
also known as Stewart J. Greenleaf —
of Willow Grove, Montgomery
County, Pa.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., October
4, 1939.
Son of Stewart William Greenleaf and Belford (Denner) Greenleaf;
married to Cecilia Kelly Finley.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 1977-78; member of Pennsylvania
state senate 12th District, 1979-; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 13th District, 2000.
Presbyterian.
Still living as of 2000.
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Curtis Hussey Gregg (1865-1933) —
also known as Curtis H. Gregg —
of Greensburg, Westmoreland
County, Pa.
Born in Greensburg, Westmoreland
County, Pa., August 9,
1865.
Son of James Gregg and Eliza (Ryerly) Gregg; married to Frances Good.
Democrat. Lawyer; Westmoreland
County District Attorney, 1891; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 22nd District, 1911-13; delegate
to Democratic National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1928.
Lutheran.
Member, Moose.
Died in 1933
(age about
67 years).
Interment at St.
Clair Cemetery, Greensburg, Pa.
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Robert Cooper Grier (1794-1870) —
of Danville, Montour
County, Pa.
Born in Cumberland
County, Pa., March 5,
1794.
Married 1829
to Isabelle Rose.
Lawyer; district judge in Pennsylvania, 1833-46; Justice
of U.S. Supreme Court, 1846-70; retired 1870.
Presbyterian.
Died in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., September
25, 1870 (age 76 years, 204
days).
Interment at West
Laurel Hill Cemetery, Bala Cynwyd, Pa.
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Lloyd Carpenter Griscom (1872-1959) —
also known as Lloyd C. Griscom —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Riverton, Burlington
County, N.J., November
4, 1872.
Son of Clement Acton Griscom and Frances Canby (Biddle) Griscom;
married to Elizabeth Duer Bronson.
Republican. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during the
Spanish-American War; U.S. Minister to Persia, 1901-02; Japan, 1902-06; U.S. Ambassador to Brazil, 1906-07; Italy, 1907-09; chair of
New York County Republican Party, 1910-11; delegate to Republican
National Convention from New York, 1912.
Died in Tallahassee, Leon
County, Fla., 1959
(age about
86 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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George Wilkins Guthrie (1848-1917) —
also known as George W. Guthrie —
of Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa.
Born in Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa., September
5, 1848.
Son of John
B. Guthrie and Catherine (Murray) Guthrie; married, December
23, 1886, to Florence Julia Howe (daughter of Thomas
Marshall Howe).
Democrat. Lawyer; law partner of Malcolm
Hay; vice-president, Dollar Savings Bank;
member, board of managers, St. Margaret's Memorial Hospital;
candidate for Lieutenant
Governor of Pennsylvania, 1902; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Pennsylvania, 1904,
1912;
mayor
of Pittsburgh, Pa., 1906-09; defeated, 1896; U.S. Ambassador to
Japan, 1913-17, died in office 1917.
Member, Freemasons.
Died March 8,
1917 (age 68 years, 184
days).
Interment at Allegheny
Cemetery, Pittsburgh, Pa.
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