| |  Thomas A. Burke (1898-1971) — of Cleveland,CuyahogaCounty, Ohio; Shaker Heights,CuyahogaCounty, Ohio.Born in Cleveland,CuyahogaCounty, Ohio,October30, 1898.Democrat.Lawyer;mayorof Cleveland, Ohio, 1946-53; delegate to Democratic NationalConvention from Ohio,1952(member,Committeeon Permanent Organization),1956,1960,1964;U.S.Senator from Ohio, 1953-54.Catholic.Member,Knightsof Columbus;Phi Alpha Delta.Died in Cleveland,CuyahogaCounty, Ohio,December5, 1971 (age73 years, 36days).Interment atCalvaryCemetery, Cleveland, Ohio. | | Harold Hitz Burton (1888-1964) — also known asHarold H. Burton — of Salt Lake City,Salt LakeCounty, Utah; Boise,AdaCounty, Idaho; East Cleveland,CuyahogaCounty, Ohio.Born in Jamaica Plain, Boston,SuffolkCounty, Mass.,June 22,1888.Republican.Lawyer;assistant attorney, UtahPower &Light Company and UtahLight &TractionCompany, 1914-16; attorney, IdahoPowerCompany and Boise ValleyTractionCompany, 1916-17; served in the U.S. Army during World War I; memberofOhiostate house of representatives, 1929;mayorof Cleveland, Ohio, 1931-32, 1936-41; delegate to RepublicanNational Convention from Ohio,1944;speaker,1936;U.S.Senator from Ohio, 1941-45;AssociateJustice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1945-58; took senior status 1958.Unitarian.Member,Freemasons;American BarAssociation;AmericanLegion;Veterans ofForeign Wars;PhiBeta Kappa;DeltaKappa Epsilon;Phi Alpha Delta;Knightsof Pythias;Moose;Eagles;Grange;Rotary;Kiwanis;ExchangeClub.Died inWashington,D.C.,October28, 1964 (age76 years, 128days).Interment atHighlandPark Cemetery, Highland Hills, Ohio. | | James Clement Cain (b. 1925) — also known asJames C. Cain — of Bluefield,MercerCounty, W.Va.Born in Canton,StarkCounty, Ohio,April13, 1925.Democrat.Lawyer;member ofWestVirginia state house of delegates from Mercer County, 1965-68.Presbyterian.Member,Phi Alpha Delta;Jaycees.Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown.| |  Relatives: Sonof Emmett Alexander Cain and Wilhelmina (Hessee) Cain; married,September11, 1950, to Nancy Lee Caldwell. |
| | Lee I. Fisher (b. 1951) — of Shaker Heights,CuyahogaCounty, Ohio.Born in Ann Arbor,WashtenawCounty, Mich.,August7, 1951.Democrat.Lawyer;member ofOhiostate house of representatives, 1981-82; member ofOhiostate senate, 1982-90;Ohiostate attorney general, 1991-95; defeated, 1994; DemocraticPresidential Elector for Ohio,1992;delegate to Democratic National Convention from Ohio,1996,2008;candidate forGovernor ofOhio, 1998;LieutenantGovernor of Ohio, 2007-.Jewish. Member,Phi Alpha Delta.Still living as of 2014. | | Robert Elliott Freer (b. 1896) — also known asRobert E. Freer — of Cincinnati,HamiltonCounty, Ohio; Westmoreland Hills,MontgomeryCounty, Md.Born in Madisonville, Cincinnati,HamiltonCounty, Ohio,January30, 1896.Republican.Lawyer;served in the U.S. Army during World War I; member, Federal TradeCommission, 1935-48; chair, Federal Trade Commission, 1939, 1944,1948.Presbyterian.Member,Freemasons;American BarAssociation;FederalBar Association;Order ofthe Coif;Sons ofthe Revolution;Phi Alpha Delta.Burial location unknown.| | Relatives: Sonof Guy Metcalf Freer and May (Dunlap) Freer; married,October27, 1919, to Hazel Louise Davis; married,April12, 1925, to Olive Roberts. |
 | Warren Gamaliel Harding (1865-1923) — also known asWarren G. Harding — of Marion,MarionCounty, Ohio.Born in Blooming Grove,MorrowCounty, Ohio,November2, 1865.Republican.Newspaperpublisher; member ofOhiostate senate 13th District, 1901-03;LieutenantGovernor of Ohio, 1904-06; delegate to Republican NationalConvention from Ohio,1904(alternate),1912,1916(TemporaryChair;PermanentChair;speaker);candidate forGovernor ofOhio, 1910;U.S.Senator from Ohio, 1915-21;Presidentof the United States, 1921-23; died in office 1923.Baptist.Englishancestry. Member,Freemasons;KnightsTemplar;Shriners;Elks;Moose;Knightsof Pythias;Phi Alpha Delta.Firstpresident ever to have his voice broadcast on the radio, June 14,1922.Died, probably from aheartattack, in a room at the PalaceHotel,SanFrancisco, Calif.,August2, 1923 (age57 years, 273days). The claim that he was poisoned by his wife is not acceptedby historians.Originally entombed atMarionCemetery, Marion, Ohio; reinterment in 1927 atHardingMemorial Park, Marion, Ohio; memorial monument (now gone) atWoodland Park, Seattle, Wash.| | Relatives: Sonof Phoebe Elizabeth (Dickerson) Harding and George Tryon Harding;married,July 8,1891, toFlorenceDeWolfe. | | | | Harding County,N.M. is named for him. | | | | HardingHighSchool, inBridgeport,Connecticut, isnamed forhim. — Warren G. HardingHighSchool, inWarren,Ohio, isnamed forhim. — Warren G. HardingMiddleSchool, inFrankford,Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, isnamed forhim. — ThecommunityofHardingTownship, New Jersey (created 1922) isnamed forhim. — WarrenStreet,GStreet,and HardingStreet(now Boardwalk), inKetchikan,Alaska, were allnamed forhim. — HardingMountain,inChelanCounty, Washington, isnamed forhim. —MountHarding, inSkagway,Alaska, isnamed forhim. | | | | Personal motto: "Remember there are twosides to every question. Get both." | | | | Campaign slogan (1920): "Back tonormalcy with Harding." | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Wikipedia article —NNDBdossier —Internet Movie Databaseprofile —Find-A-Gravememorial —OurCampaignscandidate detail | | | | Books about Warren G. Harding: FrancisRussell,TheShadow of Blooming Grove : Warren G. Harding In HisTimes — Robert K. Murray,TheHarding Era : Warren G. Harding and HisAdministration — Eugene P. Trani & David L. Wilson,ThePresidency of Warren G. Harding — Harry M. Daugherty,InsideStory of the Harding Tragedy — Charles L. Mee,TheOhio Gang : The World of Warren G. Harding — John W.Dean,WarrenG. Harding — Robert H. Ferrell,TheStrange Deaths of President Harding — Mike Resnick,ed.,AlternatePresidents [anthology] — Russell Roberts,WarrenG. Harding (for young readers) | | | | Critical books about Warren G. Harding:Nathan Miller,Star-SpangledMen : America's Ten Worst Presidents | | | | Image source: Library ofCongress |
| | Harry B. Hershey — of Taylorville,ChristianCounty, Ill.Born in Mifflin,RichlandCounty, Ohio.Democrat.Lawyer;ChristianCounty State's Attorney, 1912-20; member ofIllinoisDemocratic State Central Committee, 1938;IllinoisDemocratic state chair, 1938-39; delegate to Democratic NationalConvention from Illinois,1940,1944(member,Committeeon Permanent Organization),1948;candidate forGovernor ofIllinois, 1940;justice ofIllinois state supreme court, 1951-66 (2nd District 1951-63, 5thDistrict 1964-66).Presbyterian.Member,Freemasons;Elks;OddFellows;AlphaDelta Phi;Phi Alpha Delta;DeltaSigma Rho;FarmBureau.Burial location unknown. | | Carl West Rich (1898-1972) — also known asCarl W. Rich — of Cincinnati,HamiltonCounty, Ohio.Born in Cincinnati,HamiltonCounty, Ohio,September12, 1898.Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I;lawyer;served in the U.S. Army during World War II;mayorof Cincinnati, Ohio, 1947, 1951-53, 1954;U.S.Representative from Ohio 1st District, 1963-65.Member,LambdaChi Alpha;Phi Alpha Delta;OmicronDelta Kappa;TauKappa Alpha;Freemasons;Shriners;Moose;Eagles.Chairman and president of the Cincinnati Royals professionalbasketballteam.Died in Cincinnati,HamiltonCounty, Ohio,June 26,1972 (age73 years, 288days).Entombed in mausoleum atSpringGrove Cemetery, Cincinnati, Ohio.  | William Howard Taft (1857-1930) — also known asWilliam H. Taft;"BigBill" —of Cincinnati,HamiltonCounty, Ohio; New Haven,New HavenCounty, Conn.;Washington,D.C.Born in Cincinnati,HamiltonCounty, Ohio,September15, 1857.Republican.Lawyer;U.S.Collector of Internal Revenue at Cincinnati, Ohio, 1882-83;superior court judge in Ohio, 1887-90; U.S. Solicitor General,1890-92;Judgeof U.S. Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit, 1892-1900; resigned1900;lawprofessor;Governor-Generalof the Philippine Islands, 1901-04;U.S.Secretary of War, 1904-08;Presidentof the United States, 1909-13; defeated, 1912;ChiefJustice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1921-30; resigned 1930.Unitarian.Englishancestry. Member,Freemasons;PsiUpsilon;Skulland Bones;Phi Alpha Delta;American BarAssociation.Died inWashington,D.C.,March 8,1930 (age72 years, 174days).Interment atArlingtonNational Cemetery, Arlington, Va.| | Relatives: SonofAlphonsoTaft and Louisa Maria (Torrey) Taft; half-brother ofCharlesPhelps Taft; brother ofHenryWaters Taft; married,June 19,1886, toHelenLouise Herron (daughter ofJohnWilliamson Herron; sister-in-law ofHenryFrederick Lippitt; niece ofWilliamCollins; aunt ofFrederickLippitt; granddaughter ofElaCollins); father ofRobertAlphonso Taft andCharlesPhelps Taft II; uncle ofWalbridgeS. Taft; grandson ofPeterRawson Taft; grandfather ofWilliamHoward Taft III,RobertTaft Jr. andSethChase Taft; great-grandfather ofRobertAlphonso Taft III; second cousin twice removed ofWillardJ. Chapin; fourth cousin once removed ofWilliamWarner Hoppin,JohnMilton Thayer,EdwardM. Chapin andGeorgeFranklin Chapin. | | | | Political family:Taftfamily (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | Cross-reference:WalterP. Johnson —FredWarner Carpenter —CharlesD. Hilles | | | | The formercommunityof Taft, now part ofLincolnCity, Oregon, wasnamed forhim. — William Howard TaftHighSchool, inSanAntonio, Texas, isnamed forhim. — William Howard TaftHighSchool, inBronx, NewYork (closed 2008), wasnamed forhim. — TaftHighSchool, inChicago,Illinois, isnamed forhim. — William Howard TaftHighSchool (opened 1960; became charter school 2013-14), inLosAngees, California, isnamed forhim. | | | | Epitaph: "#S#(1908) Progress andProsperity." | | | | See alsoWikipediaarticle —Ballotpedia article —NNDBdossier —Find-A-Gravememorial —OurCampaignscandidate detail —BiographicalDirectory of Federal Judges —ArlingtonNational Cemetery unofficial website | | | | Books about William Howard Taft: PaoloEnrico Coletta,ThePresidency of William Howard Taft — James Chace,1912: Wilson, Roosevelt, Taft and Debs : The Election that Changed theCountry — Alpheus Thomas Mason,WilliamHoward Taft — Lewis L. Gould,TheWilliam Howard Taft Presidency — Mike Resnick, ed.,AlternatePresidents [anthology] | | | | Critical books about William HowardTaft: Nathan Miller,Star-SpangledMen : America's Ten Worst Presidents | | | | Image source: American Monthly Reviewof Reviews, August 1901 |
| | Charles Tatgenhorst Jr. (1883-1961) — of Cleves,HamiltonCounty, Ohio.Born in Cincinnati,HamiltonCounty, Ohio,August19, 1883.Republican.Lawyer;U.S.Representative from Ohio 2nd District, 1927-29; Judge, Ohio Courtof Appeals, 1936.Methodist.Member,Phi Alpha Delta;Freemasons.DiedJanuary13, 1961 (age77 years, 147days).Interment atSpringGrove Cemetery, Cincinnati, Ohio.
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