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  Joseph Scofield Ammerman (1924-1993) — also known as Joseph S. Ammerman — of Curwensville, Clearfield County, Pa. Born in Curwensville, Clearfield County, Pa., July 14, 1924. Son of Scott D. Ammerman and Katharine (Shearer) Ammerman. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; lawyer; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1952, 1972 (alternate); Clearfield County District Attorney, 1954-61; president, Curwensville State Bank, 1958-61; U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Pennsylvania, 1961-63; member of Pennsylvania Democratic State Committee, 1968; member of Pennsylvania state senate 34th District, 1971-77; resigned 1977; U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania 23rd District, 1977-79; defeated, 1978; common pleas court judge in Pennsylvania, 1986-. Methodist. Member, Phi Beta Kappa. Died October 14, 1993 (age 69 years, 92 days). Burial location unknown.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page
  David Morgan Bane (b. 1915) — also known as David M. Bane — of Uniontown, Fayette County, Pa. Born in Uniontown, Fayette County, Pa., September 12, 1915. Son of David Emulous Bane and Nellie Ray (Ramage) Bane. Colonel in the U.S. Army during World War II; Foreign Service officer; U.S. Consul in Bordeaux, 1950-53; U.S. Ambassador to Gabon, 1965-69. Member, Phi Beta Kappa; Phi Gamma Mu; Alpha Kappa Psi. Still living as of 1991.
  Relatives: Married, May 12, 1945, to Patricia Huston Miller.
  Arthur Laban Bates (1859-1934) — also known as Arthur L. Bates — of Meadville, Crawford County, Pa. Born in Meadville, Crawford County, Pa., June 6, 1859. Son of Samuel Penniman Bates (1827-1902) and Sarah Josephine (Bates) Bates (1836-1907). Republican. Lawyer; U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania, 1901-13 (26th District 1901-03, 25th District 1903-13); delegate to Republican National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1924. Baptist. Member, Sons of the American Revolution; Phi Beta Kappa; Freemasons; Kiwanis; Phi Kappa Psi. Died in Meadville, Crawford County, Pa., August 26, 1934 (age 75 years, 81 days). Interment at Greendale Cemetery, Meadville, Pa.
  Relatives: Second cousin four times removed of John Adams; grandnephew of John Milton Thayer; son of Samuel Penniman Bates (1827-1902) and Sarah Josephine (Bates) Bates (1836-1907); married 1909 to Emily Wells Rusling (1884-1982). See Livingston-Seymour-Lee-Williams family of New York.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page
  Wilton Wendell Blancké (1908-1971) — also known as W. Wendell Blancké — of California; Washington, D.C. Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pa., June 29, 1908. Son of Wilton Wallace Blancké and Cecil Whittier (Trout) Blancké. Foreign Service officer; U.S. Consul in Hanoi, 1950; U.S. Consul General in Frankfort, 1957-60; U.S. Ambassador to Congo (Brazzaville), 1960-63; Central African Republic, 1960; Chad, 1960-61; Gabon, 1960-61. Member, Phi Beta Kappa. Died in 1971 (age about 63 years). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Married, February 13, 1952, to Frances Elizabeth Nichol.
  Joseph Buffington (1855-1947) — of Kittanning, Armstrong County, Pa. Born in Kittanning, Armstrong County, Pa., September 5, 1855. Son of Ephraim Buffington and Margaret Chambers (Orr) Buffington. Republican. Lawyer; U.S. District Judge for the Western District of Pennsylvania, 1892-1906; Judge of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 3rd Circuit, 1906-38; took senior status 1938. Episcopalian. Member, Psi Upsilon; Phi Beta Kappa. Died in Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pa., October 21, 1947 (age 92 years, 46 days). Interment somewhere in Kittanning, Pa.
  Relatives: Son of Ephraim Buffington and Margaret Chambers (Orr) Buffington; married, January 29, 1885, to Mary Alice Simonton; married, January 1, 1931, to Mary Fullerton Jones (died 1933).
  See also federal judicial profile
  William Christian Bullitt (1891-1967) — also known as William C. Bullitt — of Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pa. Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pa., January 25, 1891. Son of William Christian Bullitt (1856-1914) and Louise Gross (Horowitz) Bullitt. Democrat. Newspaper correspondent; U.S. Ambassador to Soviet Union, 1933-36; France, 1936-40; candidate for mayor of Philadelphia, Pa., 1943. Member, Phi Beta Kappa. Co-author, with Sigmund Freud, of a psychological study of Woodrow Wilson. Died, of leukemia, in Neuilly, France, February 15, 1967 (age 76 years, 21 days). Interment at Woodlands Cemetery, Philadelphia, Pa.
  Relatives: Son of William Christian Bullitt (1856-1914) and Louise Gross (Horowitz) Bullitt; first cousin of A. Scott Bullitt; married 1915 to Ernesta Bowen; married 1923 to Louise (Bryant) Reed (1885-1936; writer, journalist, widow of John Reed); father of Anne Moen Bullitt (who married Daniel Baugh Brewster). See Bullitt family of Pennsylvania.
  See also Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Books about William C. Bullitt: Michael Cassella-Blackburn, The Donkey, the Carrot, and the Club : William C. Bullitt and Soviet-American Relations, 1917-1948
  Charles Ernest Bunnell (1878-1956) — also known as Charles E. Bunnell — of Fairbanks, Fairbanks North Star Borough, Alaska. Born in Dimock, Susquehanna County, Pa., January 12, 1878. Son of Lyman Walton Bunnell and Ruth (Tingley) Bunnell. Democrat. Candidate for Delegate to U.S. Congress from Alaska Territory, 1914; U.S. District Judge for Alaska, 1914-21; first president of the Alaska Agricultural College and School of Mines (later University of Alaska), 1921-45. Episcopalian. Member, Phi Beta Kappa; Freemasons; Elks. Died, following a heart attack, at a nursing home in Burlingame, San Mateo County, Calif., November 1, 1956 (age 78 years, 294 days). Interment at Birch Hill Cemetery, Fairbanks, Alaska; statue at University of Alaska Campus, Fairbanks, Alaska.
  Relatives: Married, July 24, 1901, to Mary Anna Kline.
  E. Wallace Chadwick (1884-1969) — of Rose Valley, Wallingford, Delaware County, Pa. Born in Vincennes, Knox County, Ind., January 17, 1884. Son of William Burtch Chadwick and Margaret (Moore) Chadwick. Republican. Lawyer; member, board of managers, Chester Hospital; solicitor, Delaware County Hospital; director, Delaware County National Bank; orphan's court judge in Pennsylvania, 1945; U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania 7th District, 1947-49. Member, Phi Beta Kappa; Rotary; Union League. Died in Chester, Delaware County, Pa., August 18, 1969 (age 85 years, 213 days). Interment at Union United Methodist Church Cemetery, Rose Valley, Wallingford, Pa.
  Relatives: Married to Alice Cambern.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page
  Joseph Sill Clark, Jr. (1901-1990) — also known as Joseph S. Clark, Jr. — of Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pa. Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pa., October 21, 1901. Son of Joseph S. Clark and Kate Richardson (Avery) Clark. Democrat. Lawyer; delegate to Pennsylvania convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933; served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; mayor of Philadelphia, Pa., 1952-56; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1952, 1956, 1960, 1964; U.S. Senator from Pennsylvania, 1957-69; defeated, 1968. Unitarian. Member, Americans for Democratic Action; American Legion; Veterans of Foreign Wars; Lions; American Bar Association; United World Federalists; Phi Beta Kappa; American Philosophical Society. Died in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pa., January 12, 1990 (age 88 years, 83 days). Cremated; ashes scattered.
  Relatives: Married to Noel Hall.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Ronald E. Coleman (b. 1917) — of Olean, Cattaraugus County, N.Y. Born in Roulette, Potter County, Pa., June 22, 1917. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during World War II; Judge of New York Court of Claims, 1961-64. Member, Phi Beta Kappa; Phi Kappa Phi; American Bar Association. Still living as of 1964.
  John E. Crynock (b. 1917) — of Morgantown, Monongalia County, W.Va. Born in New Salem, Fayette County, Pa., February 8, 1917. Republican. Lawyer; member of West Virginia state house of delegates from Monongalia County, 1957-58; defeated, 1960, 1964; candidate for West Virginia state senate 14th District, 1958. Catholic. Member, Knights of Columbus; Phi Delta Phi; Phi Beta Kappa; Lions; American Bar Association. Still living as of 2003.
  William Smith Culbertson (1884-1966) — also known as William S. Culbertson — of Kansas; Charmian, Franklin County, Pa. Born in Greensburg, Westmoreland County, Pa., August 5, 1884. Son of George Culbertson and Jennie (Smith) Culbertson. Republican. Lawyer; economist; university professor; member, U.S. Tariff Commission, 1921-25; U.S. Minister to Romania, 1925-28; U.S. Ambassador to Chile, 1928-33. Presbyterian. Member, Council on Foreign Relations; American Bar Association; American Society for International Law; Phi Beta Kappa; Phi Alpha Delta; Delta Phi Epsilon; American Economic Association. Died in 1966 (age about 81 years). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Married, December 28, 1911, to Mary J. Hunter.
  Ralph H. Demmler (1904-1995) — of Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pa. Born August 22, 1904. Lawyer; chair, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, 1953-55. Member, Phi Beta Kappa. Died in Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pa., December 23, 1995 (age 91 years, 123 days). Burial location unknown.
  See also Wikipedia article
  Thomas Sovereign Gates, Jr. (1906-1983) — also known as Thomas S. Gates, Jr. — of Devon, Chester County, Pa. Born in Germantown, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pa., April 10, 1906. Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; delegate to Republican National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1956; U.S. Secretary of Defense, 1959-61; U.S. Liaison to China, 1976-79. Member, Council on Foreign Relations; Phi Beta Kappa. Died in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pa., March 25, 1983 (age 76 years, 349 days). Burial location unknown.
  See also NNDB dossier
  Albert Horwell Gerberich (1898-1965) — also known as Albert H. Gerberich — of Pennsylvania; Bethesda, Montgomery County, Md. Born in Williamstown, Dauphin County, Pa., February 23, 1898. Son of Albert Henry Gerberich (1864-1966) and Martha Eleanor (Horwell) Gerberich (1864-1948). Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; U.S. Vice Consul in Puerto Cortes, 1919-22; Bremerhaven, 1922-24; U.S. Consul in Maracaibo, 1924-25; college professor. Methodist. Member, Freemasons; Phi Beta Kappa. Died, in Sibley Hospital, Washington, D.C., April 14, 1965 (age 67 years, 50 days). Interment at Atglen Methodist Cemetery, Atglen, Pa.
  Relatives: Married, June 21, 1934, to Gisela Margit Heim-Zimanyi (1898-1953).
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  Herbert Funk Goodrich (1889-1962) — of Chestnut Hill, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pa. Born in Anoka, Anoka County, Minn., July 29, 1889. Son of George Herbert Goodrich and Mary Ann (Funk) Goodrich. Democrat. Law professor; Judge of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 3rd Circuit, 1940-62; died in office 1962. Member, American Bar Association; American Philosophical Society; Order of the Coif; Phi Beta Kappa; Delta Sigma Rho; Phi Alpha Delta; Alpha Sigma Phi; Freemasons. Died June 25, 1962 (age 72 years, 331 days). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of George Herbert Goodrich and Mary Ann (Funk) Goodrich; married to Edith Eastman and Natalie E. Murphy; married, September 23, 1940, to Mary Dern Baxter.
  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. 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; American Law Institute; Phi Beta Kappa; Chi Psi. Died July 7, 1984 (age 76 years, 136 days). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Married, July 18, 1936, to Jane R. Armstrong.
  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.
  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. 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.
  Relatives: Married, December 25, 1943, to Beryl Lockhart.
  See also Wikipedia article
  Charles Montgomery Hathaway, Jr. (b. 1874) — also known as Charles M. Hathaway, Jr. — of Olyphant, Lackawanna County, Pa. Born in Deposit, Delaware County, N.Y., March 31, 1874. Son of Charles Montgomery Hathaway and Eliza (Grant) Hathaway. U.S. Consul in Puerto Plata, 1911-13; Hull, 1914-17; Queenstown, 1917-20; Bombay, 1921-22; Dublin, 1922-24; U.S. Consul General in Dublin, 1924-27; Munich, 1927-38. Member, Phi Beta Kappa. Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of Charles Montgomery Hathaway and Eliza (Grant) Hathaway; married 1904 to Frances Elizabeth Warner (daughter of Adoniram Judson Warner).
  Richard McGarrah Helms (1913-2002) — also known as Richard Helms — of Washington, D.C. Born in St. Davids, Delaware County, Pa., March 30, 1913. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; Director, U.S. Central Intelligence Agency, 1966-73; U.S. Ambassador to Iran, 1973-77; pleaded guilty in 1977 to perjury charges, over his testimony to the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. Member, Chi Psi; Phi Beta Kappa. Died, of multiple myeloma, in Washington, D.C., October 22, 2002 (age 89 years, 206 days). Cremated; ashes interred at Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
  Relatives: Married 1939 to Julia Bretzman Shields (divorced 1968); married 1968 to Cynthia McKelvie.
  See also Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier — Internet Movie Database profile
  Lincoln MacVeagh (1890-1972) — of New Canaan, Fairfield County, Conn. Born in Narragansett Pier, Narragansett, Washington County, R.I., October 1, 1890. Son of Charles MacVeagh and Fanny Davenport (Rogers) MacVeagh. Democrat. Major in the U.S. Army during World War I; U.S. Minister to Greece, 1933-41; Iceland, 1941-42; South Africa, 1942-43; U.S. Ambassador to Yugoslavia, 1943-44; Greece, 1943-47; Portugal, 1948-52; Spain, 1952-53. Episcopalian. Member, Phi Beta Kappa. Died, in a nursing home at Adelphi, Prince George's County, Md., January 15, 1972 (age 81 years, 106 days). Interment at Church of the Redeemer Cemetery, Bryn Mawr, Pa.
  Relatives: Grandson of Isaac Wayne MacVeagh; grandnephew of Franklin MacVeagh; son of Charles MacVeagh and Fanny Davenport (Rogers) MacVeagh; married, August 17, 1917, to Margaret Charlton Lewis (1886-1947); married 1955 to Virginia (Ferrante) Coats. See Livingston-Seymour-Lee-Williams family of New York.
  See also Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier
  John Marshall (1755-1835) — of Virginia. Born in Germantown, Fauquier County, Va., September 24, 1755. Served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; lawyer; member of Virginia state house of delegates, 1782-96; U.S. Attorney for Virginia, 1789; U.S. Representative from Virginia at-large, 1799-1800; U.S. Secretary of State, 1800-01; Chief Justice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1801-35; died in office 1835; received 4 electoral votes for Vice-President, 1816. Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons; Phi Beta Kappa. Elected to the Hall of Fame for Great Americans in 1900. His portrait appeared on the $20 U.S. Treasury Note in the 1880s, and the $500 bill in the early 20th century. Died in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pa., July 6, 1835 (age 79 years, 285 days). Interment at Shockoe Hill Cemetery, Richmond, Va.
  Relatives: Third cousin once removed of Thomas Jefferson; married, January 3, 1783, to Mary Willis Ambler (1766-1831; daughter of Jacquelin Ambler); brother-in-law of William McClung, George Keith Taylor and Joseph Hamilton Daviess; first cousin and brother-in-law of Humphrey Marshall (1760-1841); brother of James Markham Marshall and Alexander Keith Marshall (1770-1825); cousin of John Randolph of Roanoke; father of Thomas Marshall, Mary Marshall (who married Jacquelin Burwell Harvie) and James Keith Marshall; uncle of Edward Colston, Thomas Francis Marshall, Alexander Keith Marshall (1808-1884), Alexander Keith McClung, Charles Alexander Marshall and Edward Colston Marshall; uncle and first cousin once removed of Thomas Alexander Marshall; first cousin once removed of William Marshall Anderson and Charles Anderson; granduncle by marriage of Humphrey Marshall (1812-1872); granduncle of John Augustine Marshall; great-grandfather of Lewis Minor Coleman; great-granduncle of Hudson Snowden Marshall. See Livingston-Seymour-Lee-Williams family of New York.
  Marshall counties in Ala., Ill., Ind., Iowa, Ky., Miss., Tenn. and W.Va. are named for him.
  Other politicians named for him: John Marshall StoneJohn Marshall MartinJohn Marshall HarlanJ. Marshall HagansJohn M. ClaiborneJohn M. HamiltonJohn Marshall RaymondJohn Marshall RoseJohn M. SlatonJohn M. WolvertonJohn M. RobsionJohn Marshall HutchesonJohn M. ButlerJohn Marshall HarlanJohn M. Robsion, Jr.John Marshall BrileyJohn Marshall Lindley
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Books about John Marshall: Jean Edward Smith, John Marshall : Definer of a Nation — Charles F. Hobson, The Great Chief Justice : John Marshall and the Rule of Law — Albert J. Beveridge, The Life of John Marshall: The Building of the Nation 1815-1835 — Albert J. Beveridge, The Life of John Marshall: Conflict and Construction 1800-1815 — Albert J. Beveridge, The Life of John Marshall: Politician, Diplomatist, Statesman 1789-1801 — Albert J. Beveridge, The Life of John Marshall: Frontiersman, Soldier, Lawmaker — David Scott Robarge, A Chief Justice's Progress: John Marshall from Revolutionary Virginia to the Supreme Court — R. Kent Newmyer, John Marshall and the Heroic Age of the Supreme Court
  Dutton S. Peterson (b. 1894) — of Enfield Center, Tompkins County, N.Y.; near Odessa, Schuyler County, N.Y. Born in Costello, Potter County, Pa., December 10, 1894. Republican. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War I; Methodist minister; Dry candidate for delegate to New York convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933; member of New York state assembly from Schuyler County, 1937-42; member of New York state senate, 1953-64 (46th District 1953-54, 50th District 1955-64). Methodist. Norwegian ancestry. Member, Phi Beta Kappa; Delta Sigma Rho; American Legion; Disabled American Veterans; Marine Corps League; Sons of the American Revolution; Grange; Rotary; Freemasons. Burial location unknown.
  James Kerr Pollock (1898-1968) — also known as James K. Pollock — of Ann Arbor, Washtenaw County, Mich. Born in New Castle, Lawrence County, Pa., May 25, 1898. Son of James Kerr Pollock and Ella (Newton) Pollock. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; university professor; delegate to Michigan state constitutional convention from Washtenaw County 1st District, 1961-62. Episcopalian. Member, American Political Science Association; American Academy of Political and Social Science; Phi Beta Kappa; Delta Sigma Rho; Sigma Delta Kappa. Died October 4, 1968 (age 70 years, 132 days). Interment at Forest Hill Cemetery, Ann Arbor, Mich.
  Relatives: Married to Agnes Marie Haun.
  Sylvester Baker Sadler (1876-1931) — of Carlisle, Cumberland County, Pa. Born in Carlisle, Cumberland County, Pa., September 29, 1876. Son of Wilbur Fisk Sadler. District judge in Pennsylvania 9th District, 1916-20; justice of Pennsylvania state supreme court, 1921-31; died in office 1931. Presbyterian. Member, Phi Beta Kappa. Died, of pneumonia, in Carlisle, Cumberland County, Pa., March 1, 1931 (age 54 years, 153 days). Interment at Carlisle Mausoleum, Carlisle, Pa.
  Anthony Savage (b. 1893) — of Seattle, King County, Wash. Born in Mahanoy City, Schuylkill County, Pa., December 25, 1893. Son of Lewis B. Savage and Anna (Tamosz) Savage. Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; lawyer; U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Washington, 1928-34. Catholic. Member, Phi Beta Kappa; Phi Delta Phi; Delta Kappa Epsilon; Order of the Coif. Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Married, September 11, 1915, to Florence Hopkins.
  William Abraham Schnader (b. 1886) — also known as William A. Schnader — of Germantown, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pa. Born in Bowmansville, Lancaster County, Pa., October 5, 1886. Son of Charles B. Schnader and Elizabeth (Renninger) Schnader. Republican. Lawyer; Pennsylvania state attorney general, 1930-35; candidate for Governor of Pennsylvania, 1934. Christian Reformed. Member, Phi Beta Kappa; Chi Phi; Phi Delta Phi; Order of the Coif; Freemasons; Union League. Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Married, June 9, 1915, to Ethel K. Heinitsh.
  Lisa Bobbie Schreiber Hughes (b. 1958) — of Pennsylvania. Born in 1958. Lawyer; Foreign Service officer; U.S. Consul General in Calgary, 1997; U.S. Ambassador to Suriname, 2006-. Female. Member, Phi Beta Kappa. Still living as of 2007.
  Herbert Bronson Shonk (1881-1930) — also known as Herbert B. Shonk — of Scarsdale, Westchester County, N.Y. Born in Plymouth, Luzerne County, Pa., October 28, 1881. Son of George Washington Shonk. Republican. Lawyer; oil business; major in the U.S. Army during World War I; member of New York state assembly from Westchester County 2nd District, 1923-30; died in office 1930. Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons; American Legion; Alpha Delta Phi; Phi Beta Kappa. Died, following a heart attack, in White Plains Hospital, White Plains, Westchester County, N.Y., 1930 (age about 48 years). Interment at St. James the Less Cemetery, Scarsdale, N.Y.
  Relatives: Son of George Washington Shonk; married 1907 to Gertrude Knight (daughter of Erastus Cole Knight). See Shonk-Knight family of New York.
  William Cameron Sproul (1870-1928) — also known as William C. Sproul — of Chester, Delaware County, Pa. Born in Octoraro, Lancaster County, Pa., September 16, 1870. Son of William Hall Sproul and Deborah Dickinson (Slokom) Sproul. Republican. Farmer; manufacturer; journalist; member of Pennsylvania state senate 9th District, 1897-1919; resigned 1919; delegate to Republican National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1916, 1920, 1924; Governor of Pennsylvania, 1919-23; candidate for Republican nomination for President, 1920. Quaker. Member, American Philosophical Society; Phi Beta Kappa; Sigma Xi; Phi Kappa Psi; Grange; Freemasons; Elks; Union League; Patriotic Order Sons of America. Died March 21, 1928 (age 57 years, 187 days). Interment at Chester Rural Cemetery, Chester, Pa.
  Relatives: Married, January 21, 1892, to Emeline Wallace Roach.
  See also National Governors Association biography
  John Kaye Tabor (1921-1999) — also known as John K. Tabor — of Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pa.; Washington, D.C. Born in Uniontown, Fayette County, Pa., April 19, 1921. Son of Edward O. Tabor. Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; lawyer; Pennsylvania secretary of internal affairs, 1967-68; Pennsylvania Secretary of Labor and Industry, 1968-69; candidate for mayor of Pittsburgh, Pa., 1969; U.S. Undersecretary of Commerce, 1973-75. Member, Phi Beta Kappa. Died, following a stroke, while also suffering from Parkinson's disease, in the Woodbine Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center, Alexandria, Va., September 6, 1999 (age 78 years, 140 days). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Married to Kate Williams.
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  Phillips Talbot (b. 1915) — of Washington, D.C. Born in Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pa., June 7, 1915. Son of Kenneth Hammet Talbot and Gertrude (Phillips) Talbot. Newspaper reporter; served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; U.S. Ambassador to Greece, 1965-69. Presbyterian. Member, Council on Foreign Relations; American Political Science Association; Phi Beta Kappa. Still living as of 1991.
  Relatives: Married, August 18, 1943, to Mildred Aleen Fisher.
  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. Republican. Lawyer; U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania at-large, 1943-45; member of Pennsylvania state senate 27th District, 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.
  Relatives: Married to Emeline B. Lark.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page
  Bushrod Washington (1762-1829) — of Alexandria, Va.; Richmond, Va. Born in Westmoreland County, Va., June 5, 1762. Lawyer; member of Virginia state legislature, 1787; delegate to Virginia convention to ratify U.S. constitution, 1788; Justice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1798-1829; died in office 1829. Episcopalian. Member, Phi Beta Kappa. Died in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pa., November 26, 1829 (age 67 years, 174 days). Entombed at Mt. Vernon, Mt. Vernon, Va.
  Relatives: Nephew of George Washington. See Livingston-Seymour-Lee-Williams family of New York.
  See also federal judicial profile — Wikipedia article — Judgepedia article — NNDB dossier
  Cyrus E. Woods (1861-1938) — of Greensburg, Westmoreland County, Pa. Born in Clearfield, Clearfield County, Pa., September 3, 1861. Son of Matthew Woods and Katharine (Speece) Woods. Republican. Lawyer; member of Pennsylvania state senate 39th District, 1901-08; U.S. Minister to Portugal, 1912-13; secretary of the commonwealth of Pennsylvania, 1915-21; resigned 1921; U.S. Ambassador to Spain, 1921-23; Japan, 1923-24; Pennsylvania state attorney general, 1929-30. Presbyterian. Member, Phi Beta Kappa; Delta Kappa Epsilon. Died in 1938 (age about 76 years). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Married 1893 to Mary Todd Marchand.

 

 


 
   
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