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German ancestry Politicians in Virginia


  Frederick George Louis Beuhring (1791-1859) — also known as Frederick G. L. Beuhring; F. G. L. Beuhring; Frederik Georg Ludwig Bürhing — of Cabell County, Va. (now W.Va.). Born in Scharmbeck, Germany, March 31, 1791. Served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; member of Virginia state house of delegates, 1822-23, 1829-30, 1835-36, 1844. Lutheran. German ancestry. Died, of consumption (tuberculosis), in Cabell County, Va (now W.Va.), June 27, 1859 (age 68 years, 88 days). Interment at Spring Hill Cemetery, Huntington, W.Va.
  Relatives: Great-grandfather of Raymond Lee Beuhring.
  Hubert Anton Casimir Dilger (1836-1911) — also known as Hubert Dilger — of Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio; Sangamon County, Ill.; Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pa. Born in Sulgen, Germany, March 5, 1836. Son of Eduard Dilger and Emmeline (Duerr) Dilger. Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; Adjutant General of Illinois, 1869-73; appointed 1869. German ancestry. Received the Medal of Honor in 1893 for action in the Battle of Chancellorsville, May 2, 1863. Died in Front Royal, Warren County, Va., May 4, 1911 (age 75 years, 60 days). Interment at Rock Creek Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
  See also Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Eugene Joseph McCarthy (1916-2005) — also known as Eugene J. McCarthy; "Clean Gene" — of St. Paul, Ramsey County, Minn. Born in Watkins, Meeker County, Minn., March 29, 1916. Son of Michael J. McCarthy and Anna (Baden) McCarthy. School teacher; university professor; U.S. Representative from Minnesota 4th District, 1949-59; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Minnesota, 1952 (alternate), 1960, 1964; U.S. Senator from Minnesota, 1959-71; candidate for Democratic nomination for President, 1968, 1972, 1992; candidate for President of the United States, 1968, 1976 (Independent). Catholic. Irish and German ancestry. Member, Americans for Democratic Action. Died, from complications of Parkinson's disease, in the Georgetown Retirement Residence, Washington, D.C., December 10, 2005 (age 89 years, 256 days). Interment at St. Paul's Episcopal Churchyard, Woodville, Va.
  Relatives: Married 1945 to Abigail Quigley (separated 1968; died 2001).
  Cross-reference: Gerry E. Studds — Thomas A. Hutto
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier — Internet Movie Database profile — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Books by Eugene J. McCarthy: Up 'Til Now : A Memoir of the Decline of American Politics (1987)
  Books about Eugene J. McCarthy: Dominick Sandbrook, Eugene McCarthy : The Rise and Fall of Postwar American Liberalism
  John Peter Gabriel Muhlenberg (1746-1807) — of Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pa. Born in Trappe, Montgomery County, Pa., October 12, 1746. Son of Henry Melchior Muhlenberg and Anna Maria (Weiser) Muhlenberg. Democrat. Pastor; member of Virginia House of Burgesses, 1774; general in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania, 1789-91, 1793-95, 1799-1801 (at-large 1789-91, 1st District 1793-95, 1799-1801); delegate to Pennsylvania state constitutional convention, 1790; U.S. Senator from Pennsylvania, 1801; resigned 1801; U.S. Collector of Customs, 1802-07. Lutheran; later Episcopalian. German ancestry. Member, Freemasons. Died in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pa., October 1, 1807 (age 60 years, 354 days). Interment at Augustus Lutheran Church Cemetery, Trappe, Pa.
  Relatives: Son of Henry Melchior Muhlenberg and Anna Maria (Weiser) Muhlenberg; married, November 6, 1770, to Anna Barbara Meyer; brother of Frederick Augustus Conrad Muhlenberg; uncle of Henry Augustus Philip Muhlenberg; father of Francis Swaine Muhlenberg; second great-grandfather of Frederick Augustus Muhlenberg. See Muhlenberg-Hiester family of Pennsylvania.
  Muhlenberg County, Ky. is named for him.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page
  Samuel Untermyer (1858-1940) — of New York, New York County, N.Y.; Yonkers, Westchester County, N.Y. Born in Lynchburg, Va., March 2, 1858. Son of Isadore Untermyer and Therese Untermyer. Democrat. Lawyer; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1904, 1908, 1912, 1916, 1932, 1936; delegate to New York state constitutional convention at-large, 1938. Jewish. German ancestry. Member, American Bar Association; American Society for International Law. Died in Palm Springs, Riverside County, Calif., March 16, 1940 (age 82 years, 14 days). Entombed at Woodlawn Cemetery, Bronx, N.Y.
  Relatives: Son of Isadore Untermyer and Therese Untermyer; married, August 9, 1880, to Minnie Carl; father of Irwin Untermyer; uncle of Laurence Adolph Steinhardt. See Untermyer-Steinhardt family of New York.
  See also Wikipedia article

 

 


 
   
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