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Tazewell County
Illinois

Cemeteries and Memorial Sites ofPoliticians in Tazewell County

Index to Locations DelavanPrairie Rest Cemetery PekinGlendale Memorial Gardens PekinLakeside Cemetery PekinSt. Joseph Catholic Cemetery WashingtonGlendale Cemetery Prairie RestCemetery Delavan, Tazewell County, Illinois Harry Howland Mason (1873-1946) — also known asHarry H. Mason — of Illinois. Born inMcLeanCounty, Ill.,December16, 1873.Democrat.U.S.Representative from Illinois 21st District, 1935-37.Died in ahospitalat Springfield,SangamonCounty, Ill.,March10, 1946 (age72 years, 84days).Interment at Prairie Rest Cemetery. Politicians buriedhere:     See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage

Everett McKinley Dirksen (1896-1969) — also known asEverett M. Dirksen;"The Wizard ofOoze" —of Pekin,TazewellCounty, Ill.Born in Pekin,TazewellCounty, Ill.,January4, 1896.Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I;merchant;U.S.Representative from Illinois 16th District, 1933-49; delegate toRepublican National Convention from Illinois,1940(alternate),1948,1952(speaker),1956(member,ResolutionsCommittee;speaker),1960(member,CredentialsCommittee),1964(delegation chair),1968(delegation chair);U.S.Senator from Illinois, 1951-69; died in office 1969.ChristianReformed. Member,AmericanLegion;Veterans ofForeign Wars;Freemasons;Order of theEastern Star;Shriners;Eagles;Elks;Moose;American BarAssociation;OddFellows;IzaakWalton League.Died, oflungcancer, at theWalterReed Army Medical Center,Washington,D.C.,September7, 1969 (age73 years, 246days).Interment at Glendale Memorial Gardens.

Politicians buriedhere:

	Relatives:Father of Joy Dirksen (who marriedHowardHenry Baker Jr.).
		Political family:Bakerfamily of Kansas and Tennessee.
		Cross-reference:HaroldE. Rainville
		The Dirksen Senate OfficeBuilding(opened 1958), inWashington,D.C., isnamed forhim.
		See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Wikipedia article —NNDBdossier —Internet Movie Databaseprofile
		Books about Everett Dirksen: Byron C.Hulsey,EverettDirksen and His Presidents: How a Senate Giant Shaped AmericanPolitics
		Image source: U.S. postage stamp(1981)

Dietrich Conrad Smith (1840-1914) — also known asDietrich C. Smith — of Pekin,TazewellCounty, Ill.Born inGermany,April4, 1840.Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War;banker;railroadbuilder;manufacturer;member ofIllinoisstate house of representatives, 1876-78;U.S.Representative from Illinois 13th District, 1881-83; delegate toRepublican National Convention from Illinois,1884.Died in Pekin,TazewellCounty, Ill.,April18, 1914 (age74 years, 14days).Interment at Lakeside Cemetery.

George Leroy Saal (1918-1996) — also known asGeorge L. Saal — of Pekin,TazewellCounty, Ill.Born in Pekin,TazewellCounty, Ill.,December2, 1918.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II;insurancebusiness;TazewellCounty Sheriff, 1950-54, 1958-62; delegate to Democratic NationalConvention from Illinois,1952(alternate),1960,1964;member ofIllinoisstate house of representatives, 1955-58, 1963-64, 1967-68.Catholic.Member,Veterans ofForeign Wars;AmericanLegion;Forty andEight;MarineCorps League;Amvets;Knightsof Columbus;Elks;Moose;Eagles.Died in MethodistMedicalCenter, Peoria,PeoriaCounty, Ill.,July 12,1996 (age77 years, 223days).Interment at St. Joseph Catholic Cemetery.

	Relatives: Sonof George John Saal and Alice (Baldwin) Saal; married,August31, 1946, to Jane Dorothy Allen; second cousin five times removedofSimeonBaldwin.
		Political family:FourThousand Related Politicians..
		See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial

Joseph Verdi Graff (1854-1921) — also known asJoseph V. Graff — of Pekin,TazewellCounty, Ill.; Peoria,PeoriaCounty, Ill.Born in Terre Haute,VigoCounty, Ind.,July 1,1854.Republican.Lawyer;delegate to Republican National Convention from Illinois,1892;U.S.Representative from Illinois, 1895-1911 (14th District 1895-97,5th District 1897-99, 14th District 1899-1903, 16th District 1903-11).Died in Peoria,PeoriaCounty, Ill.,November10, 1921 (age67 years, 132days).Interment at Glendale Cemetery.

Politicians buriedhere:

	See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage
		Image source: Autobiographies andPortraits of the President, Cabinet, etc. (1899)

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