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John K. Tabor (c.1921-1999) —
of Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa.
Born about 1921.
Republican. Lawyer; candidate for Pennsylvania
secretary of internal affairs, 1966; candidate for mayor
of Pittsburgh, Pa., 1969.
Died September
6, 1999 (age about 78
years).
Burial
location unknown.
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James Hugh Joseph Tate (b. 1910) —
also known as James H. J. Tate —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., April 10,
1910.
Son of James E. Tate; married, June 20,
1942, to Anne M. Daly.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 1940-46; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1960,
1964,
1968,
1972;
mayor
of Philadelphia, Pa., 1962-72; member of Pennsylvania
Democratic State Committee, 1972-73.
Catholic.
Member, Common
Cause; Federal
Bar Association; Knights
of Columbus.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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James Albertus Tawney (1855-1919) —
also known as James A. Tawney —
of Winona, Winona
County, Minn.
Born in Mt. Pleasant Township, Adams
County, Pa., January
3, 1855.
Republican. Blacksmith;
machinist;
lawyer; member of Minnesota
state senate 15th District, 1891-95; U.S.
Representative from Minnesota 1st District, 1893-1911.
Died in Excelsior Springs, Clay
County, Mo., June 12,
1919 (age 64 years, 160
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Winona, Minn.
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P. Emerson Taylor (b. 1871) —
of Chambersburg, Franklin
County, Pa.; Tekamah, Burt
County, Neb.
Born in Dry Run, Franklin
County, Pa., January
18, 1871.
School
principal; lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during the
Spanish-American War; railway
land agent; Burt
County Attorney, 1903-07; U.S. Consul in Stavanger, 1910-11.
Burial
location unknown.
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Hubert Teitelbaum (b. 1915) —
of Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa.
Born in Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa., July 2,
1915.
Son of Jack Teitelbaum and Anna (Wolk) Teitelbaum; married, December
2, 1949, to Maja Wahrheit.
Republican. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during World War
II; U.S.
Attorney for the Western District of Pennsylvania, 1957-61; U.S.
District Judge for the Western District of Pennsylvania, 1970-.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Judicature Society; Association
of Trial Lawyers of America; American
Legion; American
Arbitration Association; Order of the
Coif.
Still living as of 1972.
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Charles Yoder Thompson (b. 1875) —
also known as Charles Y. Thompson —
of West Point, Cuming
County, Neb.
Born in Reading, Berks
County, Pa., October
17, 1875.
Son of Thomas Dick Thompson and Elizabeth (Yoder) Thompson; married
1900 to
Martha Berthold (died 1914); married 1927 to Marie
Chambers.
Republican. Lawyer; farmer;
member of University
of Nebraska board of regents, 1935-.
Member, Farm
Bureau; Phi
Kappa Psi; Phi
Delta Phi.
Burial
location unknown.
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Edward Jackson Thompson (b. 1901) —
also known as Edward J. Thompson —
of Philipsburg, Centre
County, Pa.
Born in Philipsburg, Centre
County, Pa., June 2,
1901.
Son of Andrew Curtin Thompson and Bertha Ellen (Denning) Thompson;
married to Harriet Barker.
Democrat. Lawyer; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Pennsylvania, 1932,
1940;
member of Pennsylvania
state senate, 1935-38.
Member, Delta
Theta Phi; Kiwanis;
Freemasons;
Patriotic
Order Sons of America; Odd
Fellows; Redmen; Junior
Order; Elks; Moose; Eagles; United
Commercial Travelers; American
Academy of Political and Social Science.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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Meldrim Thomson, Jr. (1912-2001) —
of Orford, Grafton
County, N.H.
Born in Wilkinsburg, Allegheny
County, Pa., March 8,
1912.
Lawyer; delegate to
New Hampshire state constitutional convention, 1964; Governor of
New Hampshire, 1973-79; defeated, 1968 (Republican primary), 1970
(Republican primary), 1970 (American Independent), 1978 (Republican).
Died, from Parkinson's
disease and heart
problems, in Orford, Grafton
County, N.H., April 19,
2001 (age 89 years, 42
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Richard Lewis Thornburgh (b. 1932) —
also known as Richard L. Thornburgh; Dick
Thornburgh —
of Pennsylvania.
Born in Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa., July 16,
1932.
Son of Charles Garland Thornburgh and Alice (Sandborn) Thornburgh;
married to Ginny Hooton; married, October
12, 1963, to Virginia Walton 'Ginny' Judson.
Republican. Lawyer; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania, 1966; delegate to
Pennsylvania state constitutional convention, 1967-68; U.S.
Attorney for the Western District of Pennsylvania, 1969-75; Governor of
Pennsylvania, 1979-87; U.S.
Attorney General, 1988-91; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Pennsylvania, 1991.
Member, Council on
Foreign Relations.
Still living as of 2009.
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Albion Winegar Tourgee (1838-1905) —
also known as Albion W. Tourgee —
of Greensboro, Guilford
County, N.C.; Raleigh, Wake
County, N.C.; Denver,
Colo.; Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.; Mayville, Chautauqua
County, N.Y.
Born in Williamsfield, Ashtabula
County, Ohio, May 2,
1838.
Son of Louisa Emma (Winegar) Tourgee and Valentine Tourgee
(1814-1889); married 1863 to Emma
Doiska Kilbourne; uncle of Clyde
Carlos Tourgee.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War;
lawyer; newspaper
editor; delegate to
North Carolina state constitutional convention, 1868, 1875;
superior court judge in North Carolina, 1868-75; candidate for U.S.
Representative from North Carolina, 1878; author;
U.S. Consul in Bordeaux, 1897-1905, died in office 1905.
French
Huguenot and Swiss
ancestry.
Died, of acute
uremia, due to an infected
wound, in Bordeaux, France,
May
21, 1905 (age 67 years, 19
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Mayville
Cemetery, Mayville, N.Y.
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Charlemagne Tower (1848-1923) —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.; Duluth, St. Louis
County, Minn.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., April 17,
1848.
Son of Charlemagne Tower and Amelia (Bartle) Tower; married, February
8, 1888, to Helen Smith.
Republican. Lawyer; president, Duluth & Iron Range Railroad;
managing director, Minnesota Iron Co. (mining);
U.S. Minister to Austria-Hungary, 1897-99; U.S. Ambassador to Russia, 1899-1902; Germany, 1902-08; alternate delegate to Republican National
Convention from Pennsylvania, 1916.
Member, American
Philosophical Society.
Died February
24, 1923 (age 74 years, 313
days).
Original interment at West
Laurel Hill Cemetery, Bala Cynwyd, Pa.; reinterment at Waterville
Cemetery, Waterville, N.Y.
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Frank Mattern Trexler (1861-1947) —
also known as Frank M. Trexler —
of Allentown, Lehigh
County, Pa.
Born January
9, 1861.
Son of Edwin W. Trexler (1826-1900) and Matilda (Sauerbuck) Trexler
(1827-1914); brother of Harry
Clay Trexler; married, November
11, 1889, to Jennie Schelling (1864-1928).
Republican. Lawyer; superior court judge in Pennsylvania,
1914-35; defeated, 1934.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons.
Died February
22, 1947 (age 86 years, 44
days).
Interment at Fairview
Cemetery, Allentown, Pa.
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William Irvin Troutman (1905-1971) —
also known as William I. Troutman —
of Shamokin, Northumberland
County, Pa.
Born in Shamokin, Northumberland
County, Pa., January
13, 1905.
Married to Emeline B. Lark.
Republican. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania at-large, 1943-45; member of Pennsylvania
state senate, 1945; resigned 1945; common pleas court judge in
Pennsylvania, 1946-66.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; Sigma
Pi; Freemasons.
Died in Shamokin, Northumberland
County, Pa., January
27, 1971 (age 66 years, 14
days).
Interment at Odd
Fellows Cemetery, Shamokin, Pa.
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Richard Trumka (b. 1949) —
of Nemacolin, Greene
County, Pa.
Born in Nemacolin, Greene
County, Pa., July 24,
1949.
Son of Frank Richard Trumka and Eola Elizabeth (Bertugli) Trumka;
married 1982
to Barbara Vidovich.
Democrat. Lawyer; president,
United Mine Workers, 1982-95; secretary-treasurer,
AFL-CIO, 1995-2009; president,
AFL-CIO, 2009-; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Pennsylvania, 1996,
2000.
Italian
and Polish
ancestry.
Still living as of 2010.
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James Miller Tunnell (1879-1957) —
also known as James M. Tunnell —
of Georgetown, Sussex
County, Del.
Born in Clarksville, Sussex
County, Del., August 2,
1879.
Democrat. Lawyer; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Delaware, 1916
(member, Credentials
Committee), 1940,
1944,
1948,
1952,
1956;
Delaware
Democratic state chair, 1929-30; member of Democratic
National Committee from Delaware, 1937-47; U.S.
Senator from Delaware, 1941-47; defeated, 1924, 1946.
Died in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., November
14, 1957 (age 78 years, 104
days).
Interment at Blackwater
Church Cemetery, Near Clarksville, Sussex County, Del.
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Ruby Ross Vale (1874-1961) —
also known as Ruby R. Vale —
of Milford, Sussex
County, Del.
Born in Carlisle, Cumberland
County, Pa., October
19, 1874.
Son of Joseph Griffith Vale (1837-1902) and Sarah (Eyster) Vale
(1845-1892); married, February
21, 1901, to Elizabeth Williams (1878-1920; granddaughter of Peter
Foster Causey).
Republican. School
principal; lawyer; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Delaware, 1912
(member, Committee
on Rules and Order of Business), 1916,
1948
(alternate).
French
Huguenot ancestry. Member, American
Academy of Political and Social Science; Phi
Kappa Psi; Theta
Nu Epsilon; Freemasons.
Died January
2, 1961 (age 86 years, 75
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Robert Thompson Van Horn (1824-1916) —
also known as Robert T. Van Horn —
of Pomeroy, Meigs
County, Ohio; Kansas City, Jackson
County, Mo.
Born in East Mahoning, Indiana
County, Pa., May 19,
1824.
Republican. Lawyer; postmaster;
newspaper
editor; mayor
of Kansas City, Mo., 1861; member of Missouri
state senate, 1862-64; colonel in the Union Army during the Civil
War; delegate to Republican National Convention from Missouri, 1864,
1868,
1872,
1876,
1880,
1884;
U.S.
Representative from Missouri, 1865-71, 1881-83, 1896-97 (6th
District 1865-71, 8th District 1881-83, 5th District 1896-97); member
of Republican
National Committee from Missouri, 1872-74, 1884; Missouri
Republican state chair, 1874-76; U.S. Collector of Internal
Revenue for the 6th Missouri District, 1879.
Died in Evanston Station, Clay
County, Mo., January
3, 1916 (age 91 years, 229
days).
Interment at Mt.
Washington Cemetery, Independence, Mo.
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Robert L. Vann (1879-1940) —
of Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa.; Oakmont, Allegheny
County, Pa.
Born in Ahoskie, Hertford
County, N.C., August
27, 1879.
Son of Lucy Peoples; married 1910 to Jessie
Matthews.
Lawyer; newspaper
editor and publisher; alternate delegate to Republican National
Convention from Pennsylvania, 1924;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1936.
African
ancestry.
The Robert L. Vann Elementary School in Pittsburgh is named for
him.
Died, at Shadyside Hospital,
Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa., October
24, 1940 (age 61 years, 58
days).
Entombed at Homewood
Cemetery, Pittsburgh, Pa.
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Cornelius Peter Van Ness (1782-1852) —
also known as Cornelius P. Van Ness —
of Burlington, Chittenden
County, Vt.; New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Kinderhook, Columbia
County, N.Y., January
26, 1782.
Brother of John
Peter Van Ness and William
Peter Van Ness; father of James
Peter Van Ness.
Lawyer; U.S.
Attorney for Vermont, 1810-13; U.S. Collector of Customs,
1813; member of Vermont
state house of representatives, 1820-21; chief
justice of Vermont Supreme Court, 1821-23; Governor of
Vermont, 1823-26; U.S. Minister to Spain, 1829-36; U.S.
Collector of Customs, 1844-45.
Dutch
ancestry.
Died in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., December
15, 1852 (age 70 years, 324
days).
Interment at Oak
Hill Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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