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Marion County
Kansas

Cemeteries and Memorial Sites ofPoliticians in Marion County

William Randolph Carpenter (1894-1956) — also known asRandolph Carpenter — of Marion,MarionCounty, Kan.Born in Marion,MarionCounty, Kan.,April24, 1894.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I;lawyer;member ofKansasstate house of representatives, 1929-32;U.S.Representative from Kansas 4th District, 1933-37; delegate toDemocratic National Convention from Kansas,1940,1944(member,Platformand Resolutions Committee);U.S.Attorney for Kansas, 1945-48; candidate forGovernor ofKansas, 1948.Member,Freemasons;OddFellows;AmericanLegion;Chi Phi;Elks;Kiwanis.Died in Topeka,ShawneeCounty, Kan.,July 26,1956 (age62 years, 93days).Interment at Highland Cemetery.

Index to Locations MarionHighland Cemetery MarionMarion Cemetery HighlandCemetery Marion, Marion County, Kansas Edward Wallis Hoch (1849-1925) — also known asEdward W. Hoch — of Marion,MarionCounty, Kan.Born in Danville,BoyleCounty, Ky.,March17, 1849.Republican.Newspapereditor and publisher; member ofKansasstate house of representatives, 1889-90, 1893-94;Governor ofKansas, 1905-09.Died in Marion,MarionCounty, Kan.,June 1,1925 (age76 years, 76days).Interment at Highland Cemetery. Politicians buriedhere:     Relatives:Married,May 23,1876, to Sarah Louise Dickerson; father ofHomerHoch.   See alsoNationalGovernors Association biography —Wikipediaarticle

	Relatives: Sonof William Herbert Carpenter and Lulu A. (Stone) Carpenter; married,July15, 1920, to Helen Frances Williams.
		See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage

Homer Hoch (1879-1949) — of Marion,MarionCounty, Kan.Born in Marion,MarionCounty, Kan.,July 4,1879.Republican.Lawyer;newspapereditor;U.S.Representative from Kansas 4th District, 1919-33; defeated, 1932;delegate to Republican National Convention from Kansas,1928(member,Committeeon Permanent Organization);justice ofKansas state supreme court, 1938-49; died in office 1949.Methodist.Member,DeltaTau Delta;Freemasons.Died in Topeka,ShawneeCounty, Kan.,January30, 1949 (age69 years, 210days).Interment at Marion Cemetery.

	Relatives: SonofEdwardWallis Hoch and Sarah Louisa (Dickerson) Hoch; married,June 7,1905, to Edna Wharton.
		See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage

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