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Matthew Stanley Quay (1833-1904) —
also known as Matthew S. Quay —
of Beaver, Beaver
County, Pa.
Born in Dillsburg, York
County, Pa., September
30, 1833.
Republican. Lawyer; Beaver
County Prothonotary, 1856-61; colonel in the Union Army during
the Civil War; member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives from Beaver County, 1865-67;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1872,
1876,
1880,
1892,
1900;
secretary
of the commonwealth of Pennsylvania, 1873-78, 1879-82; Pennsylvania
Republican state chair, 1878-79, 1902-03; Pennsylvania
state treasurer, 1886-87; U.S.
Senator from Pennsylvania, 1887-99, 1901-04; died in office 1904;
Chairman
of Republican National Committee, 1888-91; candidate for
Republican nomination for President, 1896;
member of Republican
National Committee from Pennsylvania, 1896.
American
Indian ancestry. Member, Freemasons.
Received the Medal
of Honor in 1888 for action at Fredericksburg, Va., December 13,
1862.
Died May 28,
1904 (age 70 years, 241
days).
Interment at Beaver
Cemetery, Beaver, Pa.
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Jay Andrew Rabinowitz (c.1927-2001) —
also known as Jay A. Rabinowitz —
of Fairbanks, Fairbanks
North Star Borough, Alaska.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., about 1927.
Lawyer; superior court judge in Alaska, 1960-65; justice of
Alaska state supreme court, 1965-97.
Wrote the opinion which legalized private marijuana use in Alaska.
Died, in a hospital
at Seattle, King
County, Wash., June 16,
2001 (age about 74
years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Alexander Ramsey (1815-1903) —
of St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn.
Born near Harrisburg, Dauphin
County, Pa., September
8, 1815.
Republican. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 14th District, 1843-47; Governor of
Minnesota Territory, 1849-53; mayor
of St. Paul, Minn., 1855-56; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Minnesota, 1856
(Convention
Vice-President; member, Platform
Committee); Governor of
Minnesota, 1860-63; defeated, 1857; U.S.
Senator from Minnesota, 1863-75; U.S.
Secretary of War, 1879-81.
Methodist
or Presbyterian.
Scottish
and German
ancestry.
Died in St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn., April 22,
1903 (age 87 years, 226
days).
Interment at Oakland
Cemetery, St. Paul, Minn.
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John Meredith Read (1797-1874) —
also known as John M. Read —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., July 21,
1797.
Grandson of George
Read and Samuel
Meredith; son of John
Read and Martha (Meredith) Read; married, March 20,
1828, to Priscilla Marshall (1808-1841); married, July 26,
1855, to Amelia Thomson (died 1886; daughter of John
Renshaw Thomson); father of John
Meredith Read, Jr..
Lawyer; member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 1823-25; U.S.
Attorney for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, 1837-41; Pennsylvania
state attorney general, 1846; justice of
Pennsylvania state supreme court, 1858-72; chief
justice of Pennsylvania state supreme court, 1872-73.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., November
29, 1874 (age 77 years, 131
days).
Interment at Christ
Church Burial Ground, Philadelphia, Pa.
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David Aiken Reed (1880-1953) —
also known as David A. Reed —
of Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa.
Born in Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa., December
21, 1880.
Son of James
Hay Reed and Kate J. (Aiken) Reed; married, November
12, 1902, to Adele Wilcox.
Republican. Lawyer; president, Pennsylvania Industrial
Accidents Commission, 1912-15; served in the U.S. Army during World
War I; U.S.
Senator from Pennsylvania, 1922-35; defeated, 1934; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1924,
1932,
1940.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Sarasota, Sarasota
County, Fla., February
10, 1953 (age 72 years, 51
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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George Leffingwell Reed (b. 1885) —
also known as George L. Reed —
of Harrisburg, Dauphin
County, Pa.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., February
4, 1885.
Son of George Edward Reed and Ella Frances (Leffingwell) Reed;
married 1911
to Helen R. Moorhead.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 1929-32; member of Pennsylvania
state senate 15th District, 1933-36.
Methodist.
Member, Phi
Kappa Sigma; Freemasons.
Burial
location unknown.
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J. Albert Reed —
of California, Washington
County, Pa.
Democrat. Lawyer; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Pennsylvania, 1928,
1940
(alternate), 1956;
member of Pennsylvania
state senate 46th District, 1935-42.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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J. H. Reed (b. 1824) —
of Jackson
County, Ore.
Born in Pennsylvania, 1824.
Democrat. Lawyer; delegate
to Oregon state constitutional convention from Jackson County,
1857.
Burial
location unknown.
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James Hay Reed (b. 1853) —
also known as James H. Reed —
of Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa.
Born in Allegheny (now part of Pittsburgh), Allegheny
County, Pa., September
10, 1853.
Son of Joseph A. Reed and Eliza J. (Hay) Reed; married, June 6,
1878, to Kate J. Aiken; father of David
Aiken Reed.
Republican. Lawyer; law partner of Philander
C. Knox, 1877-1902; director, U.S. Steel Corporation; U.S.
District Judge for the Western District of Pennsylvania, 1891-92;
alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from
Pennsylvania, 1920,
1924.
Burial
location unknown.
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Edward G. Rendell (b. 1944) —
also known as Ed Rendell; "Fast Eddie";
"Mount Rendell" —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in 1944.
Democrat. Lawyer; mayor
of Philadelphia, Pa., 1992-2000; defeated in primary, 1987;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1996
(co-chair, Rules
Committee; speaker),
2000,
2004,
2008;
Governor
of Pennsylvania; defeated, 1986; elected 2002.
Jewish.
Still living as of 2008.
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Claude Trexler Reno (b. 1882) —
also known as Claude T. Reno —
of Allentown, Lehigh
County, Pa.
Born in Lyons, Berks
County, Pa., April 4,
1882.
Son of Joseph F. Reno and Millie (Trexler) Reno; married, August
14, 1906, to May G. Appel.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 1911-12; common pleas court judge
in Pennsylvania 31st District, 1921-29; Pennsylvania
state attorney general, 1939; appointed 1939; superior court
judge in Pennsylvania, 1942-43.
Lutheran.
Member, Alpha
Tau Omega; Freemasons;
Elks.
Burial
location unknown.
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John Edgar Reyburn (1845-1914) —
also known as John E. Reyburn —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in New Carlisle, Clark
County, Ohio, February
7, 1845.
Married to Margretta Crozier; father of William
Stuart Reyburn.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives from Philadelphia County, 1871,
1874-76; member of Pennsylvania
state senate 5th District, 1877-90; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania, 1890-97, 1906-07 (4th District
1890-97, 2nd District 1906-07); Presidential Elector for
Pennsylvania, 1904;
mayor
of Philadelphia, Pa., 1907-11.
Died in 1914
(age about
69 years).
Interment at Laurel
Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia, Pa.
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William Emanuel Richardson (1886-1948) —
also known as William E. Richardson —
of Reading, Berks
County, Pa.
Born in Exeter Township, Berks
County, Pa., September
3, 1886.
Son of Charles M. Richardson and Elizabeth (Snyder) Richardson;
married 1926
to Mary Eckert Potts.
Democrat. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during World War I;
U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 14th District, 1933-37.
Died in 1948
(age about
61 years).
Interment at Schwartzwald
Cemetery, Jacksonwald, Pa.
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Thomas Joseph Ridge (b. 1945) —
also known as Tom Ridge —
of Erie, Erie
County, Pa.
Born in Munhall, Allegheny
County, Pa., August
26, 1945.
Married, September
28, 1979, to Michele Moore.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during the Vietnam war;
lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 21st District, 1983-95; delegate
to Republican National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1984,
2008;
Governor
of Pennsylvania, 1995-2001; U.S.
Secretary of Homeland Security, 2003-.
Catholic.
Still living as of 2009.
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John S. Rilling (b. 1860) —
of Erie, Erie
County, Pa.
Born in Millcreek Township, Erie
County, Pa., July 22,
1860.
Son of Christopher Rilling and Elizabeth (Ackerman) Rilling; married,
October
20, 1887, to Stella Armstrong.
Democrat. School
teacher; lawyer; candidate for Lieutenant
Governor of Pennsylvania, 1894; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Pennsylvania, 1896;
one of the organizers and directors of the Conneaut and Erie Traction
Company; president of St. Vincent Hospital.
Burial
location unknown.
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Archibald Roane (c.1755-1819) —
of Tennessee.
Born in Derry, Lancaster
County, Pa., about 1755.
Lawyer; delegate to
Tennessee state constitutional convention, 1796; Governor of
Tennessee, 1801-03; circuit judge in Tennessee, 1811-14; justice of
Tennessee state supreme court, 1815-18.
Died in Jonesborough, Washington
County, Tenn., January
18, 1819 (age about 64
years).
Interment at Pleasant
Forest Cemetery, Farragut, Tenn.
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Edward Everett Robbins (1860-1919) —
also known as Edward E. Robbins —
of Greensburg, Westmoreland
County, Pa.
Born in Robbins Station, Westmoreland
County, Pa., September
27, 1860.
Republican. Lawyer; banker; mining
business; chair of
Westmoreland County Republican Party, 1885; member of Pennsylvania
state senate, 1888-92; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania, 1897-99, 1917-19 (21st District
1897-99, 22nd District 1917-19); died in office 1919; major in the
U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War.
Died January
25, 1919 (age 58 years, 120
days).
Interment at St.
Clair Cemetery, Greensburg, Pa.
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Owen Josephus Roberts (1875-1955) —
also known as Owen J. Roberts —
Born in Germantown, Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., May 2,
1875.
Lawyer; Justice
of U.S. Supreme Court, 1930-45.
Episcopalian.
Died in West Vincent, Chester
County, Pa., May 17,
1955 (age 80 years, 15
days).
Interment at St.
Andrew's Cemetery, West Vincent, Pa.
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Hosea Hunt Rockwell (1840-1918) —
also known as Hosea H. Rockwell —
of Elmira, Chemung
County, N.Y.
Born in Lawrenceville, Tioga
County, N.Y., May 31,
1840.
Son of Samuel Rockwell and Johanna (Hunt) Rockwell; married 1877 to Hattie
Heckman.
Democrat. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; school
teacher; lawyer; member of New York
state assembly from Chemung County, 1877; U.S.
Representative from New York 28th District, 1891-93; candidate
for Presidential Elector for New York, 1896.
English
ancestry. Member, Grand
Army of the Republic.
Died in 1918
(age about
78 years).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Elmira, N.Y.
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John Marshall Rose (1856-1923) —
of Johnstown, Cambria
County, Pa.
Born in Johnstown, Cambria
County, Pa., 1856.
Married 1884
to Fannie S. Slick.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 1889; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 19th District, 1917-23.
Died in 1923
(age about
67 years).
Interment at Grandview
Cemetery, Johnstown, Pa.
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Benjamin Louis Rosenbloom (1880-1965) —
also known as Benjamin L. Rosenbloom; Ben L.
Rosenbloom —
of Wheeling, Ohio
County, W.Va.
Born in Braddock, Allegheny
County, Pa., June 3,
1880.
Son of Morris Rosenbloom and Fanny (Cohen) Rosenbloom.
Republican. Lawyer; member of West
Virginia state senate 1st District, 1915-18; U.S.
Representative from West Virginia 1st District, 1921-25;
candidate in primary for U.S.
Senator from West Virginia, 1924, 1934.
Jewish.
Died in Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio, March 22,
1965 (age 84 years, 292
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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James Patrick Rossiter (1890-1943) —
also known as James P. Rossiter —
of Erie, Erie
County, Pa.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., September
13, 1890.
Son of Louis T. Rossiter, Sr. and Elizabeth C. 'Lizzie' (Griffin)
Rossiter.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1924;
candidate for superior court judge in Pennsylvania, 1928; mayor of
Erie, Pa., 1932-36.
Member, American
Legion.
Died in Erie, Erie
County, Pa., September
26, 1943 (age 53 years, 13
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Uriah P. Rossiter (b. 1861) —
of Erie
County, Pa.
Born in Norristown, Montgomery
County, Pa., October
6, 1861.
Married to Ella A. Nichols.
Lawyer; Erie
County District Attorney; attorney for railroads;
common pleas court judge in Pennsylvania 6th District, 1915-29.
Member, Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons; Elks; American Bar
Association.
Burial
location unknown.
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Robert A. Rovner (b. 1943) —
also known as Bob Rovner —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.; Feasterville, Bucks
County, Pa.; Bryn Mawr, Montgomery
County, Pa.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., September
28, 1943.
Lawyer; talk show
host; member of Pennsylvania
state senate, 1970-; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Pennsylvania, 1972;
Republican candidate for U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 3rd District, 1986; candidate in
Democratic primary for U.S.
Senator from Pennsylvania, 2000; alternate delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Pennsylvania, 2008.
Jewish.
Member, American Bar
Association; Knights
of Pythias; Freemasons.
Still living as of 2008.
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John Rowan (1773-1843) —
of Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky.
Born near York, York
County, Pa., July 12,
1773.
Married to Agnes Anne Lytle; uncle of Robert
Todd Lytle; father of John
Rowan, Jr..
Democrat. Lawyer; delegate to
Kentucky state constitutional convention, 1799; secretary of
state of Kentucky, 1804-08; U.S.
Representative from Kentucky 3rd District, 1807-09; member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1813-17, 1822-24; Judge,
Kentucky Court of Appeals, 1819-21; U.S.
Senator from Kentucky, 1825-31.
Built the mansion "Federal Hill", later made famous by his cousin,
the songwriter Stephen Foster, in the song "My Old Kentucky Home."
Fought a duel
about 1801 with an acquaintance, James Chambers, in which the latter
was killed; arrested
and tried on
murder
charges,
but acquitted.
Died in Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky., July 13,
1843 (age 70 years, 1
days).
Interment at Bardstown
Cemetery, Bardstown, Ky.
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George A. Rupp (b. 1903) —
of Allentown, Lehigh
County, Pa.
Born in Allentown, Lehigh
County, Pa., August
29, 1903.
Son of John A. Rupp and Florence (Ott) Rupp; married to Jane Lucas.
Democrat. Lawyer; chair of
Lehigh County Democratic Party, 1930-33; member of Pennsylvania
state senate 16th District, 1935-38.
Member, Chi Psi;
Elks.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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Lucio F. Russo —
of Dongan Hills, Staten Island, Richmond
County, N.Y.
Born in New Castle, Lawrence
County, Pa.
Married to Tina Iarossi.
Republican. Lawyer; member of New York
state assembly, 1953-74 (Richmond County 2nd District 1953-65,
64th District 1966, 58th District 1967-72, 60th District 1973-74).
Catholic.
Italian
ancestry. Member, Eagles; Knights
of Columbus; Kiwanis.
Still living as of 1974.
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