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Henry G. Hager (b. 1934) —
of Williamsport, Lycoming
County, Pa.
Born in Williamsport, Lycoming
County, Pa., April 28,
1934.
Son of Dr. Henry G. Hager and Eleanor (Watt) Hager; married to Sally
Ann Parrish.
Republican. Lawyer; Lycoming
County District Attorney, 1964-68; member of Pennsylvania
state senate 23rd District, 1973-81.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Bar
Association.
Still living as of 1981.
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Frederick Wilson Hall (1908-1984) —
of Bound Brook, Somerset
County, N.J.
Born in Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa., February
22, 1908.
Son of Peter B. Hall and Rachel (Crispin) Hall; married, July 18,
1936, to Jane R. Armstrong.
Democrat. Lawyer; superior court judge in New Jersey, 1953-59;
associate
justice of New Jersey state supreme court, 1959-75.
Presbyterian.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Judicature Society; Phi
Beta Kappa; Chi Psi.
Died July 7,
1984 (age 76 years, 136
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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James Knox Polk Hall (1844-1915) —
of Ridgway, Elk
County, Pa.
Born in Milesburg, Centre
County, Pa., September
30, 1844.
Democrat. Lawyer; Elk
County District Attorney, 1867-70, 1873; interests in coal mining,
lumbering,
railroads,
and banking;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1896;
U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 28th District, 1899-1903; member
of Pennsylvania
state senate, 1903-14.
Died in Tampa, Hillsborough
County, Fla., January
5, 1915 (age 70 years, 97
days).
Interment at Pine
Grove Cemetery, Ridgway, Pa.
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James Denton Hancock (b. 1837) —
also known as "Nya Gua Hai"; "Grizzy
Bear" —
of Franklin, Venango
County, Pa.
Born in Wyoming Valley, Luzerne
County, Pa., June 9,
1837.
Son of James Hancock and Mary (Perkins) Hancock.
University
professor; lawyer; solicitor, Allegeny Valley Railroad,
1877-88; solicitor, New York and Philadelphia Railroad,
1878-88; general solicitor, Western New York and Pennsylvania Railroad,
from 1888; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania, 1892 (27th District), 1894
(at-large).
Member, Sons of
the American Revolution; Phi
Beta Kappa; American
Economic Association.
Burial
location unknown.
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William Milton Hargest (b. 1868) —
also known as William M. Hargest —
of Harrisburg, Dauphin
County, Pa.
Born in Winchester,
Va., August 5,
1868.
Son of Thomas Sewell Hargest and Virginia (Deffenderfer) Hargest;
married 1895
to Kingsley LeGalliene.
Republican. Lawyer; common pleas court judge in Pennsylvania
12th District, 1920-39.
Presbyterian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons;
Elks; Royal
Arcanum.
Burial
location unknown.
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Byron Berry Harlan (1886-1949) —
also known as Byron B. Harlan —
of Dayton, Montgomery
County, Ohio.
Born in Greenville, Darke
County, Ohio, October
22, 1886.
Son of Benjamin B. Harlan and Margaret H. (Bond) Harlan; married, June 16,
1914, to Sada Shaw; great-grandfather of Charles
W. Sembler II.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 3rd District, 1931-39; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Ohio, 1940;
U.S.
Attorney for the Southern District of Ohio, 1944-46; federal
judge, 1946.
Member, Humane
Society; American Bar
Association; Freemasons.
Died in Williamsport, Lycoming
County, Pa., November
11, 1949 (age 63 years, 20
days).
Interment at Woodland
Cemetery, Dayton, Ohio.
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Henry E. Harner (b. 1907) —
of Dauphin
County, Pa.
Born in York, York
County, Pa., September
28, 1907.
Democrat. Lawyer; secretary of
the commonwealth of Pennsylvania, 1956; candidate for Pennsylvania
state senate 15th District, 1956.
Lutheran.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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Melissa A. Hart (b. 1962) —
of Bradfordwoods, Allegheny
County, Pa.
Born in Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa., April 4,
1962.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Pennsylvania
state senate, 1991-2000; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 4th District, 2001-; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Pennsylvania, 2004.
Female.
Catholic.
Still living as of 2009.
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Philip Aloysius Hart (1912-1976) —
also known as Philip A. Hart —
of Birmingham, Oakland
County, Mich.; Mackinac Island, Mackinac
County, Mich.
Born in Bryn Mawr, Montgomery
County, Pa., December
10, 1912.
Democrat. Lawyer; colonel in the U.S. Army during World War
II; candidate for secretary of
state of Michigan, 1950; U.S.
Attorney for the Eastern District of Michigan, 1952-53; Lieutenant
Governor of Michigan, 1955-58; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Michigan, 1956,
1960,
1964;
U.S.
Senator from Michigan, 1959-76; died in office 1976.
Member, Urban
League.
The Hart Senate Office Building, in Washington, D.C., is named for
him.
Died in Washington,
D.C., December
26, 1976 (age 64 years, 16
days).
Interment at St.
Anne's Catholic Cemetery, Mackinac Island, Mich.
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William Henry Hastie (1904-1976) —
also known as William H. Hastie —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in Knoxville, Knox
County, Tenn., November
17, 1904.
Son of William Henry Hastie and Roberta (Child) Hastie; married, December
25, 1943, to Beryl Lockhart.
Lawyer; law
professor; U.S.
District Judge for Virgin Islands, 1937-39; dean,
Howard University law school, 1939-46; Governor of
U.S. Virgin Islands, 1946-49; Judge of
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 3rd Circuit, 1949-71; took senior
status 1971.
African
ancestry. Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; Omega
Psi Phi; Freemasons;
American
Civil Liberties Union; Americans
for Democratic Action.
Received Spingarn
Medal in 1943.
Died, at Suburban General Hospital,
East Norriton, Montgomery
County, Pa., April 14,
1976 (age 71 years, 149
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Frederick Leslie Hay (1856-1940) —
also known as Frederick L. Hay —
of Defiance, Defiance
County, Ohio.
Born in Girard, Erie
County, Pa., December
22, 1856.
Republican. Lawyer; mayor
of Defiance, Ohio, 1888-92, 1932-34; Defiance
County Probate Judge, 1893-97; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Ohio 5th District, 1900; common pleas court
judge in Ohio, 1912-18.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar.
Died, of pneumonia,
in Defiance, Defiance
County, Ohio, February, 1940
(age 83
years, 0 days).
Interment at Riverside
Cemetery, Defiance, Ohio.
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Malcolm Hay (d. 1885) —
of Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa.
Democrat. Lawyer; law partner of George
W. Guthrie; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Pennsylvania, 1876
(member, Resolutions
Committee); First Assistant U.S. Postmaster General, 1885.
Died in 1885.
Interment at Homewood
Cemetery, Pittsburgh, Pa.
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Herman L. Hecht (b. 1878) —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., September
10, 1878.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives from Philadelphia County, 1907-09;
alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from
Pennsylvania, 1928.
Burial
location unknown.
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John Hemphill (b. 1891) —
of West Chester, Chester
County, Pa.
Born in West Chester, Chester
County, Pa., September
6, 1891.
Son of E. Dallett Hemphill and Rebecca (Mickle) Hemphill; married to
Ann Price.
Democrat. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during World War I;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1928;
candidate for Governor of
Pennsylvania, 1930; delegate to
Pennsylvania convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933.
Member, American Bar
Association.
Burial
location unknown.
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Martin A. Herman (b. 1939) —
of West Deptford, Gloucester
County, N.J.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., June 30,
1939.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of New
Jersey state house of assembly 3rd District, 1974-76.
Still living as of 1976.
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Alvin Earl Heutchy (b. 1915) —
also known as Alvin E. Heutchy —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New Kensington, Westmoreland
County, Pa., March 15,
1915.
Republican. Lawyer; alternate delegate to Republican National
Convention from New York, 1948.
Lutheran.
Member, American Bar
Association; Theta
Chi; Freemasons;
Phi
Kappa Phi.
Still living as of 1948.
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Weldon Brinton Heyburn (1852-1912) —
also known as Weldon B. Heyburn —
of Wallace, Shoshone
County, Idaho.
Born in Delaware
County, Pa., May 23,
1852.
Republican. Lawyer; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Idaho Territory, 1888;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Idaho, 1892,
1900;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from Idaho, 1898; U.S.
Senator from Idaho, 1903-12; died in office 1912; member of Republican
National Committee from Idaho, 1904.
Died in 1912
(age about
60 years).
Interment at Lafayette
Cemetery, Chadds Ford, Pa.
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Frederick H. Hobbs (1934-2005) —
also known as Fred Hobbs —
of Pottsville, Schuylkill
County, Pa.
Born in Pottsville, Schuylkill
County, Pa., January
6, 1934.
Son of Marian (Hause) Hobbs; married to Pamela Watkins (daughter of
G.
Harold Watkins).
Lawyer; member of Pennsylvania
state senate, 1967-76.
Presbyterian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Lions; Sons of
the American Revolution; Freemasons;
Amvets.
Died, of emphysema,
in Pottsville Hospital,
Pottsville, Schuylkill
County, Pa., July 24,
2005 (age 71 years, 199
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Charles
Baber Cemetery, Pottsville, Pa.
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Leroy L. Hodge (c.1948-2004) —
of Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., about 1948.
Democrat. Lawyer; candidate in primary for Allegheny County
Commissioner, 1999; candidate in primary for mayor
of Pittsburgh, Pa., 2001; candidate for Pittsburgh city council,
2002.
African
ancestry. Member, American Civil
Liberties Union.
Died, of complications from an organ transplant, January
22, 2004 (age about 56
years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Adolph A. Hoehling (b. 1868) —
of Washington,
D.C.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., November
3, 1868.
Son of Rear Adm. Adolph August Hoehling and Annie (Rudduck) Hoehling.
Lawyer; justice of
District of Columbia supreme court, 1921-28; resigned 1928; banker.
Episcopalian.
Member, Psi
Upsilon; Phi
Delta Phi.
Burial
location unknown.
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Clare Eugene Hoffman (1875-1967) —
also known as Clare E. Hoffman —
of Allegan, Allegan
County, Mich.
Born in Vicksburg, Union
County, Pa., September
10, 1875.
Republican. Lawyer; Allegan
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1907-10; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Michigan, 1920
(alternate), 1936;
U.S.
Representative from Michigan 4th District, 1935-63.
Died in Allegan, Allegan
County, Mich., November
3, 1967 (age 92 years, 54
days).
Interment at Oakwood
Cemetery, Allegan, Mich.
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Darlington Hoopes (b. 1896) —
of Reading, Berks
County, Pa.
Born in Vale, Harford
County, Md., September
11, 1896.
Son of Price Hoopes and Elizabeth L. (Tucker) Hoopes; married, October
16, 1925, to Hazelette Miller.
Socialist. Lawyer; member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 1930-36; candidate for Vice
President of the United States, 1944; candidate for President
of the United States, 1952, 1956; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 14th District, 1952, 1958.
Quaker.
Member, American Bar
Association; Eagles; NAACP.
Burial
location unknown.
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William Rowland Hopkins (1869-1961) —
also known as W. R. Hopkins —
of Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio.
Born in Johnstown, Cambria
County, Pa., July 26,
1869.
Son of David J. Hopkins and Mary Jeffreys Hopkins; married 1903 to Ellen
Louise Cozad.
Republican. Lawyer; industrial real estate
developer; promoter of Cleveland Short Line Railroad;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Ohio, 1916;
Cleveland city manager, 1924-30; founder of Cleveland Municipal Airport,
later named for
him.
Died February
9, 1961 (age 91 years, 198
days).
Interment at Lake
View Cemetery, Cleveland, Ohio.
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John D. Hopper (b. 1923) —
of Camp Hill, Cumberland
County, Pa.
Born in Charleston, Kanawha
County, W.Va., January
9, 1923.
Son of Ellis S. Hopper and Adra (Dunfer) Hopper; married to Ann
Bowman.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II;
lawyer; insurance
business; member of Pennsylvania
state senate 31st District, 1977-.
Presbyterian.
Still living as of 1981.
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Robert Freeman Hopwood (1856-1940) —
also known as Robert F. Hopwood —
of Uniontown, Fayette
County, Pa.
Born in Uniontown, Fayette
County, Pa., July 24,
1856.
Son of Rice Gaddis Hopwood (1810-1888) and Ruth (Jackson) Hopwood
(1818-1885); married 1880 to Emma S.
Miller.
Republican. Lawyer; director, Citizens Title and
Trust Co.; director, Uniontown Street
Railway Co.; Fayette
County Solicitor, 1894-1912; president, Uniontown Hospital,
1905-20; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 23rd District, 1915-17;
defeated, 1916.
Methodist.
Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons.
Died in St. Petersburg, Pinellas
County, Fla., March 1,
1940 (age 83 years, 221
days).
Interment at Oak
Grove Cemetery, Uniontown, Pa.
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Clarence Roland Hotchkiss (1880-1952) —
also known as Clarence R. Hotchkiss —
of Portland, Multnomah
County, Ore.
Born in West Warren, Bradford
County, Pa., June 5,
1880.
Son of Charles Frederick Hotchkiss (1854-1914) and Melissa Ann
(Taylor) Hotchkiss (1857-1886); married, July 2,
1908, to Grace Evangeline North.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War;
real
estate broker; lawyer; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Oregon, 1916;
secretary
of Oregon Republican Party, 1920; Presidential Elector for
Oregon, 1920.
Congregationalist.
Member, American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; United
Spanish War Veterans; Military
Order of the World Wars; Reserve
Officers Association; Sons of
the American Revolution; Delta
Theta Phi; Phi
Gamma Mu; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Odd
Fellows; Royal
Arcanum.
Died in Portland, Multnomah
County, Ore., September
17, 1952 (age 72 years, 104
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Charles Merrill Hough (1858-1927) —
also known as Charles M. Hough —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., May 18,
1858.
Son of Gen. Alfred Lacey Hough and Mary (Merrill) Hough; married, November
21, 1903, to Ethel Powers.
Republican. Lawyer; attorney for the Pennsylvania Railroad,
and for steamship
companies in maritime
litigation; U.S.
District Judge for the Southern District of New York, 1906-16; Judge of
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit, 1916-27; died in
office 1927.
Member, American Bar
Association.
Died, from angina
pectoris, in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., April 22,
1927 (age 68 years, 339
days).
Interment in private or family graveyard.
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Frederic Clemson Howe (1867-1940) —
of Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio; Harriman-on-Hudson (unknown
county), N.Y.
Born in Meadville, Crawford
County, Pa., November
21, 1867.
Son of A. J. Howe and Jane (Clemson) Howe; married 1904 to Marie
H. Jenney.
Lawyer; law
professor; member of Ohio state
senate, 1906-09; Commissioner of Immigration for the Port of New
York, 1914-19.
Died in 1940
(age about
72 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Henry Martyn Hoyt (1830-1892) —
of Wilkes-Barre, Luzerne
County, Pa.
Born in Kingston, Luzerne
County, Pa., June 8,
1830.
Son of Ziba Hoyt (1788-1853) and Nancy (Herbert) Hoyt; married, September
25, 1855, to Mary Elizabeth Loveland (1833-1890); father of Henry
Martyn Hoyt (1856-1910).
Republican. Lawyer; general in the Union Army during the Civil
War; delegate to Republican National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1868;
Pennsylvania
Republican state chair, 1875-76; Governor of
Pennsylvania, 1879-83.
Member, Kappa
Alpha Society.
Died in Wilkes-Barre, Luzerne
County, Pa., December
1, 1892 (age 62 years, 176
days).
Interment at Forty
Fort Cemetery, Forty Fort, Pa.
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Henry Martyn Hoyt (1856-1910) —
also known as Henry M. Hoyt —
Born in Wilkes-Barre, Luzerne
County, Pa., December
5, 1856.
Son of Henry
Martyn Hoyt (1830-1892) and Mary (Loveland) Hoyt; married 1883 to Anne
McMichael (daughter of Morton
McMichael).
Lawyer; U.S.
Solicitor General, 1903-09.
Died, from peritonitis,
in Washington,
D.C., November
20, 1910 (age 53 years, 350
days).
Interment somewhere
in Wilkes-Barre, Pa.
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Henry A. Huber (1869-1933) —
also known as "The Great Pacificator" —
of Stoughton, Dane
County, Wis.
Born in Evergreen, Allegheny
County, Pa., November
6, 1869.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Wisconsin
state assembly, 1904; member of Wisconsin
state senate, 1913-25; alternate delegate to Republican National
Convention from Wisconsin, 1924;
Lieutenant
Governor of Wisconsin, 1925-33.
Died, of a heart
ailment, at Madison General Hospital,
Madison, Dane
County, Wis., January
31, 1933 (age 63 years, 86
days).
Interment at Riverside
Cemetery, Stoughton, Wis.
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Harvey Huffman (d. 1938) —
of Stroudsburg, Monroe
County, Pa.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Pennsylvania
state senate 14th District, 1911-14, 1923-30, 1935-38; died in
office 1938.
Died November
30, 1938.
Burial
location unknown.
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Louis Cameron Hughes (1842-1915) —
also known as Louis C. Hughes —
of Arizona.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., May 15,
1842.
Democrat. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War;
lawyer; Arizona
territory attorney general, 1873-74; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Arizona Territory, 1892;
Governor
of Arizona Territory, 1893-96.
Member, Ancient
Order of United Workmen.
Died, from chronic
nephritis, in Tucson, Pima
County, Ariz., November
24, 1915 (age 73 years, 193
days).
Interment at Evergreen
Cemetery, Tucson, Ariz.
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Willis James Hulings (1850-1924) —
also known as Willis J. Hulings —
of Oil City, Venango
County, Pa.
Born in Clarion
County, Pa., July 1,
1850.
Son of Marcus H. Hulings; married, April 28,
1874, to Emma G. Simpson.
Oil
operator; lawyer; member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives from Venango County, 1881-86;
general in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; member of
Pennsylvania
state senate, 1907-10; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 28th District, 1913-15, 1919-21;
defeated (Prohibition), 1920.
Member, Sons of
the American Revolution.
Died in 1924
(age about
73 years).
Interment at Grove
Hill Cemetery, Oil City, Pa.
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William D. Hutchinson (1932-1995) —
Born in Minersville, Schuylkill
County, Pa., June 20,
1932.
Lawyer; Schuylkill
County Solicitor, 1969-72; member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 1972-82; justice of
Pennsylvania state supreme court, 1982-87; Judge of
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 3rd Circuit, 1987-95; died in
office 1995.
Died October
8, 1995 (age 63 years, 110
days).
Interment at Charles
Baber Cemetery, Pottsville, Pa.
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