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Samuel Swinfin Burdett (1836-1914) —
also known as Samuel S. Burdett —
of Missouri; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Leicestershire, England,
February
21, 1836.
Republican. Lawyer;
served in the Union Army during the Civil War; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Missouri, 1868;
U.S.
Representative from Missouri 5th District, 1869-73.
Member, Grand Army of the Republic.
Died in England,
September
24, 1914 (age 78 years, 215
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Joseph Wilson Fifer (1840-1938) —
also known as Joseph W. Fifer; "Private
Joe" —
of Bloomington, McLean
County, Ill.
Born in Staunton,
Va., October
28, 1840.
Son of John Fifer and Mary (Daniels) Fifer.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; lawyer; McLean
County State's Attorney, 1872-80; member of Illinois
state senate, 1881-84; Governor of
Illinois, 1889-93; defeated, 1892; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Illinois, 1896
(speaker);
member, Interstate Commerce
Commission, 1899-1905; delegate
to Illinois state constitutional convention 26th District,
1920-22.
Unitarian.
Member, Grand Army of the Republic.
Died in Bloomington, McLean
County, Ill., August 6,
1938 (age 97 years, 282
days).
Interment at Park
Hill Cemetery, Bloomington, Ill.
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Walter Quintin Gresham (1832-1895) —
also known as Walter Q. Gresham —
of Indiana.
Born near Lanesville, Harrison
County, Ind., March 17,
1832.
Republican. Member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1861; general in the Union Army
during the Civil War; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Indiana, 1866, 1868; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Indiana, 1868;
U.S.
District Judge for Indiana, 1869-83; U.S.
Postmaster General, 1883-84; U.S.
Secretary of the Treasury, 1884; Judge of
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit, 1884-93; U.S.
Secretary of State, 1893-95; died in office 1895.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Grand Army of the Republic; Loyal
Legion.
Died in Washington,
D.C., May 28,
1895 (age 63 years, 72
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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James Henry Jordan (1842-1912) —
also known as James H. Jordan —
of Martinsville, Morgan
County, Ind.
Born in Woodstock, Shenandoah
County, Va., December
21, 1842.
Son of Charles B. Jordan and Elizabeth R. Jordan.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; lawyer;
member of Indiana
Republican State Central Committee, 1880-86; justice of
Indiana state supreme court, 1895-1903.
Member, Grand Army of the Republic.
Died in 1912
(age about
69 years).
Interment at New
South Park Cemetery, Martinsville, Ind.
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Edwin Sylvanus Osborne (1839-1900) —
also known as Edwin S. Osborne —
of Wilkes-Barre, Luzerne
County, Pa.
Born in Bethany, Wayne
County, Pa., August 7,
1839.
Republican. Lawyer;
major in the Union Army during the Civil War; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania, 1885-91 (at-large 1885-89, 12th
District 1889-91); delegate to Republican National Convention from
Pennsylvania, 1888.
Member, Grand Army of the Republic.
Died January
1, 1900 (age 60 years, 147
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Daniel Edgar Sickles (1819-1914) —
also known as Daniel E. Sickles; "Devil
Dan" —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., October
20, 1819.
Lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from New York County, 1847; member of New York
state senate 3rd District, 1856-57; U.S.
Representative from New York, 1857-61, 1893-95 (3rd District
1857-61, 10th District 1893-95); defeated, 1894; general in the Union
Army during the Civil War; delegate to Republican National Convention
from New York, 1868;
U.S. Minister to Spain, 1869-74; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
New York, 1892.
Member, Grand Army of the Republic.
Shot and killed
Philip
Barton Key, his wife's lover and the son of the author of the
national anthem, at Lafayette Park, Washington, D.C, 1859; charged
with murder,
but with the help of his attorney Edwin
M. Stanton, was acquitted after the first
successful plea of temporary insanity in U.S. legal history.
Received the Medal
of Honor in 1897 for action at the Battle of Gettysburg, July 2,
1863; lost a
leg in that battle; his amputated leg was displayed at the Army
Medical Museum, where he frequently visited it in later years.
Died in New York, New York
County, N.Y., May 3,
1914 (age 94 years, 195
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Oliver Lyman Spaulding (1833-1922) —
of Michigan.
Born in Jaffrey, Cheshire
County, N.H., August 2,
1833.
Republican. General in the Union Army during the Civil War; secretary of
state of Michigan, 1867-70; U.S.
Representative from Michigan 6th District, 1881-83.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons;
Grand Army of the Republic; Loyal
Legion.
Died in Washington,
D.C., July 30,
1922 (age 88 years, 362
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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