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Edward Isaac Nathan (b. 1878) —
also known as Edward I. Nathan —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., July 10,
1878.
Son of Marcus Nathan; married 1907 to Anne
Nefsky.
Republican. Lawyer; U.S. Consul in Patras, 1907-09; Mersina, 1909-17; Vigo, 1917-21; Palermo, 1921-26; Santiago de Cuba, 1929; Monterrey, 1932.
Jewish.
Burial
location unknown.
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Charles Naylor (1806-1872) —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.; Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., October
6, 1806.
Whig. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 3rd District, 1837-41; served in
the U.S. Army during the Mexican War.
Died in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., December
24, 1872 (age 66 years, 79
days).
Interment at Laurel
Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia, Pa.
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Robert Nelson Cornelius Nix, Jr. (1928-2003) —
also known as Robert N. C. Nix, Jr. —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., July 13,
1928.
Son of Robert
Nelson Cornelius Nix, Sr..
Democrat. Lawyer; alternate delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Pennsylvania, 1960;
common pleas court judge in Pennsylvania, 1967-71; justice of
Pennsylvania state supreme court, 1971-96; chief
justice of Pennsylvania state supreme court, 1984-96.
African
ancestry.
Died, from Alzheimer's
disease, in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., August
23, 2003 (age 75 years, 41
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Charles P. Nugent (b. 1906) —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Oil City, Venango
County, Pa., September
6, 1906.
Democrat. Lawyer; candidate in primary for U.S.
Representative from Michigan, 1936 (15th District), 1942 (17th
District); member of Michigan
Democratic State Central Committee, 1940-44; candidate for University
of Michigan board of regents, 1943; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Michigan, 1948;
candidate in primary for delegate
to Michigan state constitutional convention from Wayne County
12th District, 1961; candidate in primary for Judge,
Michigan Court of Appeals 1st District, 1966.
Catholic.
Member, Knights
of Columbus; American Bar
Association; American
Judicature Society.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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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; married, June 22,
1927, to Marie V. Shea.
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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Benjamin Hilborn Oehlert, Jr. (1909-1985) —
also known as Benjamin H. Oehlert, Jr. —
of Orlando, Orange
County, Fla.; Georgia.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., September
13, 1909.
Son of Benjamin H. Oehlert and Sarah (Landis) Oehlert; married, March 27,
1937, to Alice Greene.
Lawyer; vice-president, Coca Cola
Company; president, Minute
Maid Company; U.S. Ambassador to Pakistan, 1967-69.
Member, American Bar
Association; Federal
Bar Association; Order of the
Coif; Phi
Delta Phi; Theta Xi.
Died in 1985
(age about
75 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Drew James Toland O'Keefe (b. 1915) —
also known as Drew J. T. O'Keefe —
of Rosemont, Montgomery
County, Pa.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., July 18,
1915.
Son of Thomas F. O'Keefe and Helen (Tobin) O'Keefe; married, August
31, 1940, to Jane P. Waterbury.
Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; lawyer; U.S.
Attorney for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, 1961-69.
Member, American Bar
Association; Federal
Bar Association.
Still living as of 1969.
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Samuel Addison Oliver (1833-1912) —
also known as S. Addison Oliver —
of Onawa, Monona
County, Iowa.
Born near Washington, Washington
County, Pa., July 21,
1833.
Father of Cyrus
Goldsmith Oliver.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Iowa state
house of representatives, 1863-64; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Iowa, 1864;
member of Iowa state
senate, 1865-67; circuit judge in Iowa 4th District, 1869-74; U.S.
Representative from Iowa 9th District, 1875-79.
Died in Onawa, Monona
County, Iowa, July 7,
1912 (age 78 years, 352
days).
Interment at Onawa
Cemetery, Onawa, Iowa.
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W. Reed Orr (1910-1975) —
of Battle Creek, Calhoun
County, Mich.
Born in Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa., June 3,
1910.
Married 1934
to Helen Gustine.
Republican. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Navy during World War
II; Calhoun
County Circuit Court Commissioner; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Calhoun County 2nd District,
1951-54.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons;
American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Amvets; Kiwanis.
Died in 1975
(age about
65 years).
Interment at Memorial
Park Cemetery, Battle Creek, Mich.
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Godlove Stein Orth (1817-1882) —
also known as Godlove S. Orth —
of Lafayette, Tippecanoe
County, Ind.
Born near Lebanon, Lebanon
County, Pa., April 22,
1817.
Nephew of Christian
Henry Orth; uncle of Sarah M. Orth (who married Godlove
O. Behm).
Republican. Lawyer; member of Indiana
state senate, 1843-49; Lieutenant
Governor of Indiana, 1845; candidate for Presidential Elector
for Indiana, 1848;
served in the Union Army during the Civil War; U.S.
Representative from Indiana, 1863-71, 1873-75, 1879-82 (8th
District 1863-69, 7th District 1869-71, at-large 1873-75, 9th
District 1879-82); died in office 1882; U.S. Minister to Austria-Hungary, 1875-76.
German
ancestry.
Died in Lafayette, Tippecanoe
County, Ind., December
16, 1882 (age 65 years, 238
days).
Interment at Greenbush
Cemetery, Lafayette, Ind.
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Edwin Sylvanus Osborne (1839-1900) —
also known as Edwin S. Osborne —
of Wilkes-Barre, Luzerne
County, Pa.
Born in Bethany, Wayne
County, Pa., August 7,
1839.
Father of John
Ball Osborne.
Republican. Lawyer; major in the Union Army during the Civil
War; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania, 1885-91 (at-large 1885-89, 12th
District 1889-91); delegate to Republican National Convention from
Pennsylvania, 1888.
Member, Grand
Army of the Republic.
Died January
1, 1900 (age 60 years, 147
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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John Ball Osborne (b. 1868) —
Born in Wilkes-Barre, Luzerne
County, Pa., June 24,
1868.
Son of Edwin
Sylvanus Osborne and Ruth (Ball) Osborne; married, October
1, 1891, to Bertha J. Grinnell.
Republican. U.S. Consul in Ghent, 1889-93; Le Havre, 1912-19; lawyer; U.S. Consul General in Le Havre, 1919-20; Christiania, 1920-21; Genoa, 1921-26; Stockholm, 1927-29; Budapest, 1932.
Member, Rotary; Loyal
Legion; Zeta Psi.
Burial
location unknown.
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John Patterson Osterhout (1826-1903) —
of Bellville, Austin
County, Tex.
Born in Lagrange, Wyoming
County, Pa., May 8,
1826.
Married to Junia Roberts (died 1897).
Republican. School
teacher; lawyer; newspaper
editor; served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War;
district judge in Texas 34th District, 1870-76; postmaster;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from Texas, 1884.
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Belton, Bell
County, Tex., 1903
(age about
77 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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G. Mason Owlett (1892-1956) —
of Wellsboro, Tioga
County, Pa.
Born in Wellsboro, Tioga
County, Pa., June 13,
1892.
Son of Edward Howland Owlett and Ida (Wells) Owlett; married, June 20,
1918, to Sue Berkey.
Republican. Lawyer; vice-president, Tioga County Bell
Telephone Co. and Tioga Water
Works Co.; secretary and director, Highland Milk
Condensing Co.; director, Tioga Savings &
Trust Co., General Drop Forge
Co. of Buffalo; chair of
Tioga County Republican Party, 1928-32; member of Pennsylvania
state senate 25th District, 1933-40; member of Republican
National Committee from Pennsylvania, 1936-40; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1940,
1944,
1948,
1952,
1956.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; Phi
Delta Phi.
Died in 1956
(age about
64 years).
Interment at Wellsboro
Cemetery, Wellsboro, Pa.
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Horace Billings Packer (1851-1940) —
also known as Horace B. Packer —
of Wellsboro, Tioga
County, Pa.
Born in Wellsboro, Tioga
County, Pa., October
11, 1851.
Son of Dr. Nelson Packer and Mary M. Packer.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives from Tioga County, 1885-88; member
of Pennsylvania
state senate, 1888; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 16th District, 1897-1901;
Presidential Elector for Pennsylvania, 1916;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1924.
Died in Wellsboro, Tioga
County, Pa., April 13,
1940 (age 88 years, 185
days).
Interment at Wellsboro
Cemetery, Wellsboro, Pa.
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Alexander Mitchell Palmer (1872-1936) —
also known as A. Mitchell Palmer; "The Fighting
Quaker" —
of Stroudsburg, Monroe
County, Pa.; Washington,
D.C.
Born near White Haven, Luzerne
County, Pa., May 4,
1872.
Son of Samuel B. Palmer and Caroline (Albert) Palmer; married, November
23, 1898, to Roberta Bartlett Dixon (died 1922); married, August
29, 1923, to Margaret Fallon Burrall.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 26th District, 1909-15; member
of Democratic
National Committee from Pennsylvania, 1912-20; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1912
(speaker),
1916
(member, Platform
and Resolutions Committee); candidate for U.S.
Senator from Pennsylvania, 1914; U.S.
Attorney General, 1919-21; candidate for Democratic nomination
for President, 1920;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from District of Columbia,
1932.
Quaker.
Member, Phi
Kappa Psi.
Instigator of the "Palmer Raids" in 1919-20, in which over 10,000
legal immigrants were arrested and held for deportation; most were
eventually released.
Died in Washington,
D.C., May 11,
1936 (age 64 years, 7
days).
Interment at Laurelwood
Cemetery, Stroudsburg, Pa.
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Henry Wilber Palmer (1839-1913) —
also known as Henry W. Palmer —
of Wilkes-Barre, Luzerne
County, Pa.
Born in Clifford, Susquehanna
County, Pa., July 10,
1839.
Son of Gideon W. Palmer; married, September
12, 1861, to Ellen M. Webster.
Republican. Lawyer; delegate to
Pennsylvania state constitutional convention, 1872-73; Pennsylvania
state attorney general, 1879-83; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania, 1901-07, 1909-11 (12th District
1901-03, 11th District 1903-07, 1909-11); delegate to Republican
National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1904.
Died in Wilkes-Barre, Luzerne
County, Pa., February
15, 1913 (age 73 years, 220
days).
Interment at Hollenback
Cemetery, Wilkes-Barre, Pa.
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William Sacket Palmer (1816-1852) —
of Cass
County, Ind.
Born in Potter
County, Pa., June 22,
1816.
Son of Nathan
B. Palmer.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1846-47; defeated, 1844.
Died in Princeton, Gibson
County, Ind., November
10, 1852 (age 36 years, 141
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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William M. Parker (b. 1870) —
of Oil City, Venango
County, Pa.
Born in Oil City, Venango
County, Pa., December
19, 1870.
Son of George M. Parker and Rebecca (McCready) Parker; married 1898 to Helen
Innis.
Republican. Lawyer; common pleas court judge in Pennsylvania
28th District, 1925-32; superior court judge in Pennsylvania,
1932-40; resigned 1940; justice of
Pennsylvania state supreme court, 1940-43; appointed 1940.
Presbyterian.
Burial
location unknown.
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Marion D. Patterson (b. 1876) —
of Hollidaysburg, Blair
County, Pa.
Born in Williamsburg, Blair
County, Pa., October
20, 1876.
Son of George Marion Patterson and Mary Rebecca (Roller) Patterson;
married, June 23,
1925, to Gertrude Gable Stewart.
Republican. School
teacher; lawyer; Blair
County District Attorney, 1912-28; common pleas court judge in
Pennsylvania 24th District, 1927-39; candidate in primary for Governor of
Pennsylvania, 1934; justice of
Pennsylvania state supreme court, 1940-43.
Member, Freemasons;
American Bar
Association; Delta
Chi; Urban
League.
Burial
location unknown.
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Robert Emory Pattison (1850-1904) —
also known as Robert E. Pattison —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in Quantico, Wicomico
County, Md., December
8, 1850.
Democrat. Lawyer; Governor of
Pennsylvania, 1883-87, 1891-95; defeated, 1902; candidate for mayor
of Philadelphia, Pa., 1895.
Died August 1,
1904 (age 53 years, 237
days).
Interment at West
Laurel Hill Cemetery, Bala Cynwyd, Pa.
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James N. Paul (1839-1922) —
of St. Paul, Howard
County, Neb.
Born in Beaver
County, Pa., September
23, 1839.
Brother of Nicholas
Jay Paul.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; surveyor;
newspaper
editor; lawyer; member of Nebraska
state senate, 1885-86; district judge in Nebraska 11th District,
1901-17.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in St. Paul, Howard
County, Neb., March 9,
1922 (age 82 years, 167
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Levi Pawling (1773-1845) —
of Pennsylvania.
Born near Norristown, Montgomery
County, Pa., July 25,
1773.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 2nd District, 1817-19.
Died in Norristown, Montgomery
County, Pa., September
7, 1845 (age 72 years, 44
days).
Interment at St.
John's Protestant Episcopal Cemetery, Norristown, Pa.
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Ralph Wilson Peacock (1902-1972) —
also known as Ralph W. Peacock —
of Chartiers Township, Washington
County, Pa.; Canonsburg, Washington
County, Pa.
Born in Greensburg, Westmoreland
County, Pa., February
9, 1902.
Republican. Lawyer; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Pennsylvania, 1948,
1952;
chair
of Washington County Republican Party, 1948.
Presbyterian.
Member, Rotary; Freemasons.
Died in 1972
(age about
70 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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William Alfred Peffer (1831-1912) —
also known as William A. Peffer —
of Topeka, Shawnee
County, Kan.
Born in Cumberland
County, Pa., September
10, 1831.
Son of John Peffer and Elizabeth (Souder) Peffer; married, December
28, 1852, to Sarah Jane Barber.
Farmer;
served in the Union Army during the Civil War; lawyer; newspaper
publisher; member of Kansas
state senate, 1874; Presidential Elector for Kansas, 1880;
U.S.
Senator from Kansas, 1891-97; Prohibition candidate for Governor of
Kansas, 1898.
Died October
7, 1912 (age 81 years, 27
days).
Interment at Topeka
Cemetery, Topeka, Kan.
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Edred Joseph Pennell (1890-1949) —
also known as Edred J. Pennell —
of Lower Merion Township, Montgomery
County, Pa.; Mifflintown, Juniata
County, Pa.
Born in Mifflintown, Juniata
County, Pa., December
29, 1890.
Son of Frank M. M. Pennell (1862-1936) and Ida (McCanley) Pennell
(1863-1928); married to Ruth
Glenn Pennell.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I;
lawyer; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Pennsylvania, 1940.
Presbyterian.
Member, American
Legion; American Bar
Association; American
Academy of Political and Social Science; Phi
Gamma Delta; Phi
Delta Phi; Freemasons;
Rotary.
Died November
22, 1949 (age 58 years, 328
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Boies Penrose (1860-1921) —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., November
1, 1860.
Son of Richard A. F. Penrose and Sarah Hanna (Boies) Penrose; brother
of Spencer
Penrose.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives from Philadelphia County 8th
District, 1885-86; member of Pennsylvania
state senate 6th District, 1887-97; U.S.
Senator from Pennsylvania, 1897-1921; died in office 1921;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1900,
1904,
1908,
1916,
1920;
Pennsylvania
Republican state chair, 1903-04; member of Republican
National Committee from Pennsylvania, 1904-21.
Died December
31, 1921 (age 61 years, 60
days).
Interment at Laurel
Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia, Pa.; statue erected 1930 at Capitol
Park, Harrisburg, Pa.
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George Wharton Pepper (1867-1961) —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.; Devon, Chester
County, Pa.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., March 16,
1867.
Son of George Pepper and Hitty Markoe (Wharton) Pepper; married, November
25, 1890, to Charlotte Root Fisher (daughter of George Park
Fisher (historian and theologian)).
Republican. Lawyer; law
professor; U.S.
Senator from Pennsylvania, 1922-27; defeated in primary, 1926;
member of Republican
National Committee from Pennsylvania, 1922-24; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1924,
1928,
1940.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Philosophical Society.
Died May 24,
1961 (age 94 years, 69
days).
Interment at Old
St. David's Churchyard Cemetery, Radnor, Pa.
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Steven P. Perskie (b. 1945) —
of Margate, Atlantic
County, N.J.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., January
10, 1945.
Grandson of Joseph
B. Perskie; son of David
M. Perskie; nephew of Marvin
D. Perskie.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of New
Jersey state house of assembly 2nd District, 1972-76.
Jewish.
Member, American Bar
Association.
Still living as of 1976.
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Dominic F. Pileggi —
of Chester, Delaware
County, Pa.
Republican. Lawyer; mayor of
Chester, Pa., 1999-; alternate delegate to Republican National
Convention from Pennsylvania, 2008.
Member, Rotary.
Still living as of 2008.
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R. Foster Piper (1889-1955) —
of Hamburg, Erie
County, N.Y.; Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y.
Born in Duke Center, McKean
County, Pa., August 9,
1889.
Married 1911
to Winifred Fish (divorced); married to Helen A. Morse.
Republican. Lawyer; member of New York
state assembly from Erie County 8th District, 1930-40; delegate
to New York state constitutional convention 50th District, 1938;
Justice
of New York Supreme Court 8th District, 1941-55; died in office
1955; Justice of the Appellate Division of the New York Supreme Court
4th Department, 1949.
Died, in a hospital
at Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y., August
18, 1955 (age 66 years, 9
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Edgar Allan Poe (1871-1961) —
of Baltimore,
Md.
Born in Baltimore,
Md., September
15, 1871.
Grandnephew of Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1849; poet and author); son of
John
Prentiss Poe and Anne Johnson (Hough) Poe; married to Annye T.
McCay (died 1928) and Marie Louise McIlhenny.
Democrat. Lawyer; Maryland
state attorney general, 1911-15.
Died in Chestnut Hill, Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., November
29, 1961 (age 90 years, 75
days).
Interment at St.
Thomas' Episcopal Church Cemetery, Garrison, Md.
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Stephen Geyer Porter (1869-1930) —
also known as Stephen G. Porter —
of Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa.
Born near Salem, Columbiana
County, Ohio, May 18,
1869.
Married, April 11,
1895, to Elizabeth Foster Remaley (1871-1919).
Republican. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania, 1911-30 (29th District 1911-23,
32nd District 1923-30); died in office 1930.
Died in 1930
(age about
61 years).
Interment at Highwood
Cemetery, Pittsburgh, Pa.
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Thomas E. Potter (b. 1933) —
of Charleston, Kanawha
County, W.Va.
Born in Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa., June 20,
1933.
Son of Dorothy (Studebaker) Potter.
Republican. Lawyer; member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Kanawha County, 1967-74;
defeated, 1964 (Kanawha County), 1974 (17th District); West Virginia
Republican state chair, 1968-75; delegate to Republican National
Convention from West Virginia, 1972
(delegation chair).
Presbyterian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Sigma
Phi Epsilon; Rotary.
Still living as of 1975.
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William Potter (1852-1926) —
of Chestnut Hill, Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in 1852.
Son of Thomas Potter and Adaline (Coleman) Potter.
Lawyer; president,
Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia; U.S. Minister to Italy, 1892-94; candidate for mayor
of Philadelphia, Pa., 1907.
Died in 1926
(age about
74 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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William Wilson Potter (1792-1839) —
also known as William W. Potter —
of Bellefonte, Centre
County, Pa.
Born in Potters Mills, Centre
County, Pa., December
18, 1792.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 14th District, 1837-39; died in
office 1839.
Died in Bellefonte, Centre
County, Pa., October
28, 1839 (age 46 years, 314
days).
Interment at Union
Cemetery, Bellefonte, Pa.; cenotaph at Congressional
Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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William Campbell Preston (1794-1860) —
of Columbia, Richland
County, S.C.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., December
27, 1794.
Grandnephew of Patrick
Henry; son of Francis
Preston and Sarah Buchanan (Campbell) Preston (1778-1846);
married to Missouri Maria Coalter; brother of Margaret Buchanan
Preston Preston (1818-1852; who married Wade
Hampton III).
Lawyer; member of South
Carolina state house of representatives, 1828-34; U.S.
Senator from South Carolina, 1833-42; resigned 1842.
President
of South Carolina College 1845-51.
Died in Columbia, Richland
County, S.C., May 22,
1860 (age 65 years, 147
days).
Interment at Trinity
Cathedral Cemetery, Columbia, S.C.
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William Thompson Price (1824-1886) —
also known as William T. Price —
of Black River Falls, Jackson
County, Wis.
Born in Huntingdon
County, Pa., June 17,
1824.
Father of Hugh
Hiram Price.
Lawyer; member of Wisconsin
state assembly, 1851, 1882; member of Wisconsin
state senate, 1857, 1870-71, 1878-81; Presidential Elector for
Wisconsin, 1868;
U.S.
Representative from Wisconsin 8th District, 1883-86; died in
office 1886.
Died in Black River Falls, Jackson
County, Wis., December
6, 1886 (age 62 years, 172
days).
Interment at Riverside
Cemetery, Black River Falls, Wis.
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Leon C. Prince —
of Carlisle, Cumberland
County, Pa.
Born in Concord, Merrimack
County, N.H.
Republican. Lawyer; college
teacher; member of Pennsylvania
state senate 31st District, 1929-36.
Member, American Bar
Association.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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Samuel Anderson Purviance (1809-1882) —
also known as Samuel A. Purviance —
of Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa.
Born in Butler
County, Pa., January
10, 1809.
Lawyer; delegate to
Pennsylvania state constitutional convention, 1837-38, 1872;
member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 1838-39; delegate to Whig
National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1844; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 22nd District, 1855-59; defeated
(Independent), 1874; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Pennsylvania, 1856
(chair, Committee
on Permanent Organization), 1860,
1864,
1868;
Pennsylvania
state attorney general, 1861; member of Republican
National Committee from Pennsylvania, 1864-68.
Died in Allegheny (now part of Pittsburgh), Allegheny
County, Pa., February
14, 1882 (age 73 years, 35
days).
Interment at Highwood
Cemetery, Pittsburgh, Pa.
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