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Ernest Francis Acheson (1855-1917) —
also known as Ernest F. Acheson —
of Washington, Washington
County, Pa.
Born in Washington, Washington
County, Pa., September
19, 1855.
Son of Judge Alexander Wilson Acheson and Jane (Wishart) Acheson.
Republican. Lawyer; newspaper
editor; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Pennsylvania, 1884,
1896;
U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 24th District, 1895-1909;
defeated, 1908.
Presbyterian.
Member, Phi Kappa Psi.
Died in Washington, Washington
County, Pa., May 16,
1917 (age 61 years, 239
days).
Interment at Washington
Cemetery, Washington, Pa.
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Laird Howard Barber (1848-1928) —
also known as Laird H. Barber —
of Mauch Chunk (now Jim Thorpe), Carbon
County, Pa.
Born in Mifflinburg, Union
County, Pa., October
25, 1848.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 8th District, 1899-1901.
Member, Phi Kappa Psi.
Died in Mauch Chunk (now Jim Thorpe), Carbon
County, Pa., February
16, 1928 (age 79 years, 114
days).
Interment at Evergreen
Cemetery, East Mauch Chunk, Pa.
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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.
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Joseph McCrum Belford (1852-1917) —
also known as Joseph M. Belford —
of Riverhead, Suffolk
County, Long Island, N.Y.
Born in Mifflintown, Juniata
County, Pa., August 5,
1852.
Republican. U.S.
Representative from New York 1st District, 1897-99; delegate to
Republican National Convention from New York, 1900.
Member, Phi Kappa Psi.
Died suddenly in Grand
Central Station, Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., May 3,
1917 (age 64 years, 271
days).
Interment at Riverhead
Cemetery, Riverhead, Long Island, N.Y.
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Frank Eckels Beltzhoover (1841-1923) —
also known as Frank E. Beltzhoover —
of Carlisle, Cumberland
County, Pa.
Born in Silver Spring Township, Cumberland
County, Pa., November
6, 1841.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Pennsylvania, 1876,
1896;
U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 19th District, 1879-83, 1891-95.
Member, Phi Kappa Psi.
Died June 2,
1923 (age 81 years, 208
days).
Interment at Ashland
Cemetery, Carlisle, Pa.
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Henry Harrison Bingham (1841-1912) —
also known as Henry H. Bingham —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., December
4, 1841.
Republican. Colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War; postmaster;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1872,
1876,
1884,
1888,
1892,
1896
(alternate; chair, Committee
on Rules and Order of Business; speaker),
1900,
1904;
U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 1st District, 1879-1912; died in
office 1912.
Member, Phi Kappa Psi.
Received the Medal
of Honor in 1893 for action at Wilderness, Va., May 6, 1864.
Died in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., March 22,
1912 (age 70 years, 109
days).
Interment at Laurel
Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia, Pa.
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Ralph C. Body (1903-1973) —
of Boyertown, Berks
County, Pa.
Born in Yellow House, Berks
County, Pa., February
18, 1903.
Son of Howard W. Body and Mary Alice (Esterly) Body.
Democrat. Lawyer;
colonel in the U.S. Army during World War II; vice-president,
Pottstown Memorial Hospital;
chair
of Berks County Democratic Party, 1950-52; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1952;
common pleas court judge in Pennsylvania, 1960-62; U.S.
District Judge for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, 1962-72;
took senior status 1972.
United
Church of Christ. Member, Phi
Delta Phi; Phi Kappa Psi; Rotary; Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons; Shriners;
Veterans of
Foreign Wars; American
Legion; American Bar
Association; Federal
Bar Association.
Died June 2,
1973 (age 70 years, 104
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Thomas McKeen Chidsey (1884-1958) —
of Easton, Northampton
County, Pa.
Born in Easton, Northampton
County, Pa., January
26, 1884.
Republican. Lawyer; Pennsylvania
state attorney general, 1947-50; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Pennsylvania, 1948;
justice
of Pennsylvania state supreme court, 1950-58; died in office 1958.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Phi
Delta Phi; Phi Kappa Psi.
Died April 19,
1958 (age 74 years, 83
days).
Interment somewhere
in Easton, Pa.
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William Josiah Crow (1902-1974) —
also known as William J. Crow —
of Uniontown, Fayette
County, Pa.
Born in Uniontown, Fayette
County, Pa., January
22, 1902.
Son of William
Evans Crow and Ada (Curry) Crow.
Republican. Lawyer; mayor
of Uniontown, Pa., 1937-41; major in the U.S. Army during World
War II; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 23rd District, 1947-49;
defeated, 1948.
Baptist.
Member, Phi Kappa Psi; Moose; Elks; Eagles; Exchange
Club.
Died in Carlisle, Cumberland
County, Pa., October
13, 1974 (age 72 years, 264
days).
Interment at Oak
Grove Cemetery, Uniontown, Pa.
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Thomas Henry Dale (1846-1912) —
also known as Thomas H. Dale —
of Scranton, Lackawanna
County, Pa.
Born in Daleville, Lackawanna
County, Pa., June 12,
1846.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from
Pennsylvania, 1900;
U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 10th District, 1905-07.
Member, Phi Kappa Psi.
Died in Daleville, Lackawanna
County, Pa., August
21, 1912 (age 66 years, 70
days).
Interment at Dunmore
Cemetery, Dunmore, Pa.
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Allan Cathcart Durborow, Jr. (1857-1908) —
also known as Allan C. Durborow, Jr. —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., November
10, 1857.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from Illinois 3rd District, 1891-95.
Member, Phi Kappa Psi.
Died in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., March 10,
1908 (age 50 years, 121
days).
Interment at Graceland
Cemetery, Chicago, Ill.
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Daniel Brodhead Heiner (1854-1944) —
also known as Daniel B. Heiner —
of Kittanning, Armstrong
County, Pa.
Born in Pennsylvania, 1854.
Republican. U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 21st District, 1893-97; U.S.
Attorney for the Western District of Pennsylvania, 1897-1902; U.S. Collector of Internal
Revenue for the 23rd Pennsylvania District, 1909, 1927-32;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1920.
Member, Phi Kappa Psi.
Died in 1944
(age about
90 years).
Interment at Kittanning
Cemetery, Kittanning, Pa.
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George Augustus Jenks (1836-1908) —
also known as George A. Jenks —
of Brookville, Jefferson
County, Pa.
Born in Punxsutawney, Jefferson
County, Pa., March 25,
1836.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 25th District, 1875-77; U.S. Solicitor General,
1886-89; candidate for Governor of
Pennsylvania, 1898.
Member, Phi Kappa Psi.
Died in Brookville, Jefferson
County, Pa., February
10, 1908 (age 71 years, 322
days).
Interment at Brookville
Cemetery, Brookville, Pa.
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Harry Arista Mackey (1869-1938) —
also known as Harry A. Mackey —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in Susquehanna, Susquehanna
County, Pa., June 26,
1869.
Son of George W. Mackey and Isadora (MacCollum) Mackey.
Republican. Lawyer;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1924;
mayor
of Philadelphia, Pa., 1928-32; Presidential Elector for
Pennsylvania, 1928.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Academy of Political and Social Science; Phi Kappa Psi; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Elks; Eagles; Redmen; Foresters;
Patriotic
Order Sons of America; Friendly
Sons of St. Patrick; Optimist
Club.
Died in 1938
(age about
69 years).
Interment at West
Laurel Hill Cemetery, Bala Cynwyd, Pa.
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Welty McCullogh (1847-1889) —
of Greensburg, Westmoreland
County, Pa.
Born in Greensburg, Westmoreland
County, Pa., October
10, 1847.
Republican. U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 21st District, 1887-89;
defeated, 1888.
Member, Phi Kappa Psi.
Died in Greensburg, Westmoreland
County, Pa., August
31, 1889 (age 41 years, 325
days).
Interment at St.
Clair Cemetery, Greensburg, 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.
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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Robert Fleming Rich (1883-1968) —
also known as Robert F. Rich —
of Woolrich, Clinton
County, Pa.
Born in Woolrich, Clinton
County, Pa., June 23,
1883.
Son of Michael B. Rich and Ida B. Rich.
Republican. General manager and treasurer, Woolrich Woolen Mills;
president, State Bank of
Avis; director, secretary, treasurer, Chatham Water
Co.; director, treasurer, Pierce Manufacturing
Co.; delegate to Republican National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1924,
1952,
1956;
U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania, 1930-43, 1945-51 (16th District
1930-43, 15th District 1945-51).
Methodist.
Member, Phi Kappa Psi; Freemasons.
Died April 28,
1968 (age 84 years, 310
days).
Interment at Woolrich
Cemetery, Woolrich, Pa.
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R. Curtis Schroder —
Member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 2002.
Member, Phi Kappa Psi.
Still living as of 2002.
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Raymond Philip Shafer (1917-2006) —
also known as Raymond P. Shafer —
of Meadville, Crawford
County, Pa.
Born in New Castle, Lawrence
County, Pa., March 5,
1917.
Son of Rev. David P. Shafer and Mina Shafer.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; Crawford
County District Attorney, 1948-56; member of Pennsylvania
state senate 50th District, 1959-62; Lieutenant
Governor of Pennsylvania, 1963-67; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1964;
Governor
of Pennsylvania, 1967-71.
Member, American Bar
Association; Grange; Rotary; American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Phi Kappa Psi.
Died, of heart
failure, in Meadville Medical
Center, Meadville, Crawford
County, Pa., December
12, 2006 (age 89 years, 282
days).
Interment at St.
John's Cemetery, Union Township, Crawford County, Pa.
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William Shadrack Shallenberger (1839-1914) —
also known as William S. Shallenberger —
of Pennsylvania.
Born in Pennsylvania, November
24, 1839.
Republican. U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 24th District, 1877-83.
Member, Phi Kappa Psi.
Died April 15,
1914 (age 74 years, 142
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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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.
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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.
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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Relatives: Son
of Thomas Dick Thompson and Elizabeth (Yoder) Thompson; married 1900 to Martha
Berthold (died 1914); married 1927 to Marie
Chambers. |
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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).
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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Simon Peter Wolverton (1837-1910) —
also known as Simon P. Wolverton —
of Sunbury, Northumberland
County, Pa.
Born in Pennsylvania, 1837.
Democrat. Member of Pennsylvania
state senate 27th District, 1879-88; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 17th District, 1891-95.
Member, Phi Kappa Psi.
Died in 1910
(age about
73 years).
Interment at Pomfret-Manor
Cemetery, Sunbury, Pa.
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Seth Hartman Yocum (1834-1895) —
also known as Seth H. Yocum —
of Bellefonte, Centre
County, Pa.; Johnson City, Washington
County, Tenn.
Born in Cattawissa, Columbia
County, Pa., August 2,
1834.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; lawyer; Centre
County District Attorney, 1875-79; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 20th District, 1879-81; mayor
of Johnson City, Tenn., 1885.
Member, Phi Kappa Psi.
Died in Santa Monica, Los Angeles
County, Calif., April 19,
1895 (age 60 years, 260
days).
Interment at Mountain
View Cemetery, Altadena, Calif.
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