| |  James R. Barr (1854-1934) — of Cambridge,GuernseyCounty, Ohio.Born near Cambridge,GuernseyCounty, Ohio,April15, 1854.Republican.Schoolteacher;druggist;GuernseyCounty Clerk of Courts, 1881-87;mayorof Cambridge, Ohio, 1890-94; delegate to Republican NationalConvention from Ohio,1896;postmaster atCambridge,Ohio, 1897-1910;insuranceandrealestate business; member ofOhiostate senate 18th-19th District, 1921-22.Presbyterian.ScottishandScotch-Irish ancestry. Member,Freemasons;ScottishRite Masons;KnightsTemplar.Injured in afall onslippery pavement, broke his hip, and died several weeks later, inCambridge,GuernseyCounty, Ohio,January2, 1934 (age79 years, 262days).Interment atNorthwoodCemetery, Cambridge, Ohio. | | Oscar Taylor Corson (1857-1928) — also known asOscar T. Corson — of Ohio. Born near Camden,PrebleCounty, Ohio,May 3,1857.Republican.School teacherand principal;Ohiocommissioner of common schools, 1892-98.Presbyterian.DutchandScotch-Irish ancestry.Died suddenly whileaddressinga conference at Ohio State University, Columbus,FranklinCounty, Ohio,April14, 1928 (age70 years, 347days).Burial location unknown.| |  Relatives: Sonof William Corson and Elizabeth (McBurney) Corson; married,August2, 1881, to Ella M. Jacoby. |
| | Arthur Stanley Coutant (b. 1854) — also known asA. S. Coutant — of Greenville,MontcalmCounty, Mich.; Mt. Pleasant,IsabellaCounty, Mich.Born in Greenwich,HuronCounty, Ohio,December11, 1854.Republican.Newspaperpublisher; member ofMichiganRepublican State Central Committee, 1896-1900; postmaster atMt.Pleasant, Mich., 1897-1902.French,Dutch,Scotch-Irish, andGermanancestry.Burial location unknown.| | Relatives: Sonof Isaac Newton Coutant and Anne (Oglevee) Coutant; married,December29, 1881, to Anna M. Saterlee. |
| | Harry Micajah Daugherty (1860-1941) — also known asHarry M. Daugherty — of Washington Court House,FayetteCounty, Ohio; Columbus,FranklinCounty, Ohio.Born in Washington Court House,FayetteCounty, Ohio,January26, 1860.Republican.Lawyer;FayetteCounty Prosecuting Attorney; member ofOhiostate house of representatives, 1890-94; delegate to RepublicanNational Convention from Ohio,1904,1908,1912,1924;U.S.Attorney General, 1921-24.Methodist.Scotch-Irish ancestry.Subject of a Senateinvestigationof hisconductas Attorney General;resignedunder fire;indictedon charges of conspiracy todefraudthe U.S. government, but acquitted in 1927.Died in Columbus,FranklinCounty, Ohio,October12, 1941 (age81 years, 259days).Interment atWashingtonCemetery, Washington Court House, Ohio. | | Benjamin F. Kagay (b. 1831) — of Effingham,EffinghamCounty, Ill.Born inFairfieldCounty, Ohio,February27, 1831.Lawyer;mayorof Effingham, Ill., 1867.Scotch-Irish andGermanancestry.Burial location unknown.| | Relatives: Sonof A. B. Kagay and Sarah (Hall) Kagay; married,February6, 1853, to Martha J. Stearns. |
| | Lorin Andrews Lathrop (1858-1929) — also known asLorin A. Lathrop — of Paris,France.Born in Gambier,KnoxCounty, Ohio,June 11,1858.U.S. Consul inBristol, 1882-89, 1891-1907;Cardiff, 1907-19;Nassau, 1919-24.EnglishandScotch-Irish ancestry. Member,Freemasons.Died, fromcongestion ofthe lungs, in Paris,France,January22, 1929 (age70 years, 225days).Interment atSaint Germain-en-Laye New Communal Cemetery, SaintGermain-en-Laye, Yvelines, France. | | Emlin McClain (1851-1915) — of Des Moines,PolkCounty, Iowa; Iowa City,JohnsonCounty, Iowa.Born in Salem,ColumbianaCounty, Ohio,November25, 1851.Republican.Lawyer;private secretary to U.S. Sen.GeorgeG. Wright, 1875-77;lawprofessor;justice ofIowa state supreme court, 1901-12;chiefjustice of Iowa state supreme court, 1906-12.Scotch-Irish ancestry. Member,PhiBeta Kappa;BetaTheta Pi;PhiDelta Phi;American BarAssociation.Died suddenly, ofapoplexy,in Iowa City,JohnsonCounty, Iowa,May 25,1915 (age63 years, 181days).Interment atOaklandCemetery, Iowa City, Iowa.  | William McKinley Jr. (1843-1901) — also known as"Idol of Ohio" — of Canton,StarkCounty, Ohio.Born in Niles,TrumbullCounty, Ohio,January29, 1843.Republican. Major in the Union Army during the Civil War;lawyer;U.S.Representative from Ohio, 1877-84, 1885-91 (17th District1877-79, 16th District 1879-81, 17th District 1881-83, 18th District1883-84, 20th District 1885-87, 18th District 1887-91); delegate toRepublican National Convention from Ohio,1884,1888;Governorof Ohio, 1892-96;Presidentof the United States, 1897-1901; died in office 1901.Methodist.Scotch-Irish ancestry. Member,LoyalLegion;Freemasons;GrandArmy of the Republic;Knightsof Pythias;SigmaAlpha Epsilon.Shotby theassassinLeon Czolgosz, at areceptionin the Temple of Music, at the Pan American Exposition in Buffalo,N.Y., September 6, 1901, and died eight days later, in Buffalo,ErieCounty, N.Y.,September14, 1901 (age58 years, 228days).Originally entombed atWestLawn Cemetery, Canton, Ohio; re-entombed in 1907 atMcKinleyMonument, Canton, Ohio; statue atLucasCounty Courthouse Grounds, Toledo, Ohio.| | Relatives: Sonof William McKinley and Nancy Campbell (Allison) McKinley; married toIdaSaxton; first cousin ofWilliamMcKinley Osborne; fourth cousin once removed ofHenryPrather Fletcher. | | | | Political family:McKinleyfamily of Canton, Ohio. | | | | Cross-reference:AlbertHalstead —LoranL. Lewis —GeorgeB. Cortelyou —JohnGoodnow | | | | McKinley County,N.M. is named for him. | | | | MountMcKinley (the highest peak in North America, now known by itstraditional name, Denali), inDenaliBorough, Alaska, wasnamed forhim. — McKinleyHighSchool, inHonolulu,Hawaii, isnamed forhim. | | | | Other politicians named for him:WilliamMcKinley Thomas—WilliamMcKinley Thomas—WilliamM. Bell—WilliamM. Branch | | | | Coins and currency: Hisportraitappeared on the U.S. $500 bill in 1928-46. | | | | Campaign slogan (1896): "The FullDinner Pail." | | | | Campaign slogan (1896): "The AdvanceAgent of Prosperity." | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —NationalGovernors Association biography —Wikipediaarticle —NNDBdossier —Find-A-Gravememorial —OurCampaignscandidate detail | | | | Books about William McKinley: Lewis L.Gould,ThePresidency of William McKinley — Kevin Phillips,WilliamMcKinley — H. Wayne Morgan,WilliamMcKinley and His America — Mike Resnick, ed.,AlternatePresidents [anthology] | | | | Image source: American Monthly Reviewof Reviews, October 1901 |
| | Joseph Meharry Medill (1823-1899) — also known asJoseph Medill — of Chicago,CookCounty, Ill.Born near Saint John,NewBrunswick,April 6,1823.Editor-in-chief of the Chicago Tribunenewspaper;delegateto Illinois state constitutional convention 59th District,1869-70;mayorof Chicago, Ill., 1871-73.Scotch-Irish ancestry. Died in San Antonio,BexarCounty, Tex.,March16, 1899 (age75 years, 344days).Interment atGracelandCemetery, Chicago, Ill.; cenotaph atWestLawn Cemetery, Canton, Ohio.
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