| |  Ernest Francis Acheson (1855-1917) — also known asErnest F. Acheson — of Washington,WashingtonCounty, Pa.Born in Washington,WashingtonCounty, Pa.,September19, 1855.Republican.Lawyer;newspapereditor; delegate to Republican National Convention fromPennsylvania,1884,1896;U.S.Representative from Pennsylvania 24th District, 1895-1909.Presbyterian.Member,Phi Kappa Psi.Died in Washington,WashingtonCounty, Pa.,May 16,1917 (age61 years, 239days).Interment atWashingtonCemetery, Washington, Pa. | | Laird Howard Barber (1848-1928) — also known asLaird H. Barber — of Mauch Chunk (now part of Jim Thorpe),CarbonCounty, Pa.Born in Mifflinburg,UnionCounty, Pa.,October25, 1848.Democrat.U.S.Representative from Pennsylvania 8th District, 1899-1901.Member,Phi Kappa Psi. Died in Mauch Chunk (now part of Jim Thorpe),CarbonCounty, Pa.,February16, 1928 (age79 years, 114days).Interment atEvergreenCemetery, Jim Thorpe, Pa. | | Arthur Laban Bates (1859-1934) — also known asArthur L. Bates — of Meadville,CrawfordCounty, Pa.Born in Meadville,CrawfordCounty, Pa.,June 6,1859.Republican.Lawyer;delegate to Republican National Convention from Pennsylvania,1888(alternate),1924;U.S.Representative from Pennsylvania, 1901-13 (26th District 1901-03,25th District 1903-13).Baptist.Member,Sons ofthe American Revolution;PhiBeta Kappa;Freemasons;Kiwanis;Phi Kappa Psi.Died in Meadville,CrawfordCounty, Pa.,August26, 1934 (age75 years, 81days).Interment atGreendaleCemetery, Meadville, Pa. | | Joseph McCrum Belford (1852-1917) — also known asJoseph M. Belford — of Riverhead,SuffolkCounty, Long Island, N.Y.Born in Mifflintown,JuniataCounty, Pa.,August5, 1852.Republican.U.S.Representative from New York 1st District, 1897-99; defeated,1898; delegate to Republican National Convention from New York,1900.Member,Phi Kappa Psi. Died suddenly inGrandCentral Station, Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,May 3,1917 (age64 years, 271days).Interment atRiverheadCemetery, Riverhead, Long Island, N.Y. | | Frank Eckels Beltzhoover (1841-1923) — also known asFrank E. Beltzhoover — of Carlisle,CumberlandCounty, Pa.Born in Silver Spring Township,CumberlandCounty, Pa.,November6, 1841.Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention fromPennsylvania,1876,1896;U.S.Representative from Pennsylvania 19th District, 1879-83, 1891-95.Member,Phi Kappa Psi. DiedJune 2,1923 (age81 years, 208days).Interment atAshlandCemetery, Carlisle, Pa. | | Henry Harrison Bingham (1841-1912) — also known asHenry H. Bingham — of Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.Born in Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,December4, 1841.Republican. Colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War;postmaster atPhiladelphia,Pa., 1867-72; delegate to Republican National Convention fromPennsylvania,1872,1876,1884,1888,1892,1896(alternate; chair,Committeeon Rules and Order of Business;speaker),1900,1904;U.S.Representative from Pennsylvania 1st District, 1879-1912; died inoffice 1912.Member,Phi Kappa Psi. Received theMedalof Honor in 1893 for action at Wilderness, Va., May 6, 1864.Died in Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,March22, 1912 (age70 years, 109days).Interment atLaurelHill Cemetery, Philadelphia, Pa. | | Ralph C. Body (1903-1973) — of Boyertown,BerksCounty, Pa.Born in Yellow House,BerksCounty, Pa.,February18, 1903.Democrat.Lawyer;colonel in the U.S. Army during World War II; vice-president,Pottstown MemorialHospital;chairof Berks County Democratic Party, 1950-52; delegate to DemocraticNational Convention from Pennsylvania,1952;common pleas court judge in Pennsylvania, 1960-62;U.S.District Judge for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, 1962-72;took senior status 1972.UnitedChurch of Christ. Member,PhiDelta Phi;Phi Kappa Psi;Rotary;Freemasons;ScottishRite Masons;Shriners;Veterans ofForeign Wars;AmericanLegion;American BarAssociation;FederalBar Association.DiedJune 2,1973 (age70 years, 104days).Burial location unknown.| |  Relatives: Sonof Howard W. Body and Mary Alice (Esterly) Body; married,July 26,1930, to Ruth C. Sproesser. |
| | Thomas McKeen Chidsey (1884-1958) — of Easton,NorthamptonCounty, Pa.Born in Easton,NorthamptonCounty, Pa.,January26, 1884.Republican.Lawyer;Pennsylvaniastate attorney general, 1947-50; delegate to Republican NationalConvention from Pennsylvania,1948;justiceof Pennsylvania state supreme court, 1950-58; died in office 1958.Episcopalian.Member,American BarAssociation;PhiDelta Phi;Phi Kappa Psi.Died in Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,April19, 1958 (age74 years, 83days).Interment atEastonCemetery, Easton, Pa. | | William Josiah Crow (1902-1974) — also known asWilliam J. Crow — of Uniontown,FayetteCounty, Pa.Born in Uniontown,FayetteCounty, Pa.,January22, 1902.Republican.Lawyer;mayorof Uniontown, Pa., 1937-41; major in the U.S. Army during WorldWar II;U.S.Representative from Pennsylvania 23rd District, 1947-49;defeated, 1948.Baptist.Member,Phi Kappa Psi;Moose;Elks;Eagles;ExchangeClub.Died in Carlisle,CumberlandCounty, Pa.,October13, 1974 (age72 years, 264days).Interment atOakGrove Cemetery, South Union Township, Fayette County, Pa. | | Thomas Henry Dale (1846-1912) — also known asThomas H. Dale — of Scranton,LackawannaCounty, Pa.Born in Daleville,LackawannaCounty, Pa.,June 12,1846.Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention fromPennsylvania,1900;U.S.Representative from Pennsylvania 10th District, 1905-07.Member,Phi Kappa Psi. Died in Daleville,LackawannaCounty, Pa.,August21, 1912 (age66 years, 70days).Interment atDunmoreCemetery, Dunmore, Pa. | | Allan Cathcart Durborow Jr. (1857-1908) — also known asAllan C. Durborow, Jr. — of Chicago,CookCounty, Ill.Born in Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,November10, 1857.Democrat.U.S.Representative from Illinois 3rd District, 1891-95.Member,Phi Kappa Psi. Died in Chicago,CookCounty, Ill.,March10, 1908 (age50 years, 121days).Interment atGracelandCemetery, Chicago, Ill. | | Daniel Brodhead Heiner (1854-1944) — also known asDaniel B. Heiner — of Kittanning,ArmstrongCounty, Pa.Born in Kittanning,ArmstrongCounty, Pa.,December30, 1854.Republican.Lawyer;chair ofArmstrong County Republican Party, 1884-88;ArmstrongCounty District Attorney, 1886-91;U.S.Representative from Pennsylvania 21st District, 1893-97;U.S.Attorney for the Western District of Pennsylvania, 1897-1902;U.S.Collector of Internal Revenue at Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania,1902-13, 1921-33; delegate to Republican National Convention fromPennsylvania,1920.Member,Phi Kappa Psi. Died in Kittanning,ArmstrongCounty, Pa.,February14, 1944 (age89 years, 46days).Interment atKittanningCemetery, Kittanning, Pa. | | George Augustus Jenks (1836-1908) — also known asGeorge A. Jenks — of Brookville,JeffersonCounty, Pa.Born in Punxsutawney,JeffersonCounty, Pa.,March25, 1836.Democrat.Lawyer;U.S.Representative from Pennsylvania 25th District, 1875-77; delegateto Democratic National Convention from Pennsylvania,1880,1892(member,RulesCommittee); U.S. Solicitor General, 1886-89; candidate forGovernor ofPennsylvania, 1898.Member,Phi Kappa Psi. Died in Brookville,JeffersonCounty, Pa.,February10, 1908 (age71 years, 322days).Interment atBrookvilleCemetery, Brookville, Pa. | | Harry Arista Mackey (1869-1938) — also known asHarry A. Mackey — of Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.Born in Susquehanna,SusquehannaCounty, Pa.,June 26,1869.Republican.Lawyer;delegate to Republican National Convention from Pennsylvania,1924;mayorof Philadelphia, Pa., 1928-32; Republican Presidential Electorfor Pennsylvania,1928.Episcopalian.Member,American BarAssociation;AmericanAcademy of Political and Social Science;Phi Kappa Psi;Freemasons;KnightsTemplar;Shriners;Elks;Eagles;Redmen;Foresters;PatrioticOrder Sons of America;FriendlySons of St. Patrick;OptimistClub.Died in1938(ageabout69 years).Interment atWestLaurel Hill Cemetery, Bala Cynwyd, Pa. | | Welty McCullogh (1847-1889) — of Greensburg,WestmorelandCounty, Pa.Born in Greensburg,WestmorelandCounty, Pa.,October10, 1847.Republican.U.S.Representative from Pennsylvania 21st District, 1887-89;defeated, 1888.Member,Phi Kappa Psi. Died in Greensburg,WestmorelandCounty, Pa.,August31, 1889 (age41 years, 325days).Interment atSt.Clair Cemetery, Greensburg, Pa. | | Alexander Mitchell Palmer (1872-1936) — also known asA. Mitchell Palmer;"The FightingQuaker" —of Stroudsburg,MonroeCounty, Pa.;Washington,D.C.Born in Moosehead,LuzerneCounty, Pa.,May 4,1872.Democrat.Lawyer;bankdirector;U.S.Representative from Pennsylvania 26th District, 1909-15; memberofDemocraticNational Committee from Pennsylvania, 1912-20; delegate toDemocratic National Convention from Pennsylvania,1912(speaker),1916(member,Platformand Resolutions Committee); candidate forU.S.Senator from Pennsylvania, 1914; U.S. Alien Property Custodian,1917-19;U.S.Attorney General, 1919-21; target ofassassinationattempts in 1919; instigator of the "Palmer Raids" in 1919-20, inwhich over 10,000 legal immigrants were arrested and held fordeportation; most were eventually released; candidate for Democraticnomination for President,1920;delegate to Democratic National Convention from District of Columbia,1932.Quaker. Member,American BarAssociation;Phi Kappa Psi;PhiBeta Kappa.Died, from aheartcondition following surgery forappendicitis,in EmergencyHospital,Washington,D.C.,May 11,1936 (age64 years, 7days).Interment atLaurelwoodCemetery, Stroudsburg, Pa. | | Robert Fleming Rich (1883-1968) — also known asRobert F. Rich — of Woolrich,ClintonCounty, Pa.Born in Woolrich,ClintonCounty, Pa.,June 23,1883.Republican. General manager and treasurer, WoolrichWoolen Mills;president, StateBank ofAvis; director, secretary, treasurer, ChathamWaterCo.; director, treasurer, PierceManufacturingCo.; delegate to Republican National Convention from Pennsylvania,1924,1952,1956;U.S.Representative from Pennsylvania, 1930-43, 1945-51 (16th District1930-43, 15th District 1945-51).Methodist.Member,Phi Kappa Psi;Freemasons.DiedApril28, 1968 (age84 years, 310days).Interment atWoolrichCemetery, Woolrich, Pa. | | R. Curtis Schroder — Member ofPennsylvaniastate house of representatives, 2002.Member,Phi Kappa Psi. Still living as of 2002. | | Raymond Philip Shafer (1917-2006) — also known asRaymond P. Shafer — of Meadville,CrawfordCounty, Pa.Born in New Castle,LawrenceCounty, Pa.,March 5,1917.Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II;CrawfordCounty District Attorney, 1948-56; member ofPennsylvaniastate senate 50th District, 1959-62;LieutenantGovernor of Pennsylvania, 1963-67; delegate to RepublicanNational Convention from Pennsylvania,1964;Governorof Pennsylvania, 1967-71.Member,American BarAssociation;Grange;Rotary;AmericanLegion;Veterans ofForeign Wars;Phi Kappa Psi.Died, ofheartfailure, in MeadvilleMedicalCenter, Meadville,CrawfordCounty, Pa.,December12, 2006 (age89 years, 282days).Interment atSt.John's Cemetery, Union Township, Crawford County, Pa. | | William Shadrack Shallenberger (1839-1914) — also known asWilliam S. Shallenberger — of Rochester,BeaverCounty, Pa.Born in Pennsylvania,November24, 1839.Republican.U.S.Representative from Pennsylvania 24th District, 1877-83.Member,Phi Kappa Psi. DiedApril15, 1914 (age74 years, 142days).Interment atArlingtonNational Cemetery, Arlington, Va. | | William Cameron Sproul (1870-1928) — also known asWilliam C. Sproul — of Chester,DelawareCounty, Pa.Born in Octoraro,LancasterCounty, Pa.,September16, 1870.Republican.Farmer;manufacturer;journalist;member ofPennsylvaniastate senate 9th District, 1897-1919; resigned 1919; delegate toRepublican National Convention from Pennsylvania,1916,1920,1924;Governorof Pennsylvania, 1919-23; candidate for Republican nomination forPresident,1920.Quaker. Member,AmericanPhilosophical Society;PhiBeta Kappa;SigmaXi;Phi Kappa Psi;Grange;Freemasons;Elks;UnionLeague;PatrioticOrder Sons of America.DiedMarch21, 1928 (age57 years, 187days).Interment atChesterRural Cemetery, Chester, Pa.| | Relatives: Sonof William Hall Sproul and Deborah Dickinson (Slokom) Sproul;married,January21, 1892, to Emeline Wallace Roach. | | | | Sproul Hall, a residence hall at PennsylvaniaStateUniversity,University Park,StateCollege, Pennsylvania, isnamed forhim. — The SproulStateForest, inClintonCounty, Pennsylvania, isnamed forhim. | | | | See alsoNationalGovernors Association biography |
| | Charles Yoder Thompson (b. 1875) — also known asCharles Y. Thompson — of West Point,CumingCounty, Neb.Born in Reading,BerksCounty, Pa.,October17, 1875.Republican.Lawyer;farmer;member ofUniversityof Nebraska board of regents, 1935-.Member,FarmBureau;Phi Kappa Psi;PhiDelta Phi.Burial location unknown.| | Relatives: Sonof Thomas Dick Thompson and Elizabeth (Yoder) Thompson; married1900 to MarthaBerthold; married1927 to MarieChambers. |
| | Ruby Ross Vale (1874-1961) — also known asRuby R. Vale — of Milford,SussexCounty, Del.Born in Carlisle,CumberlandCounty, Pa.,October19, 1874.Republican.Schoolprincipal;lawyer;delegate to Republican National Convention from Delaware,1912(member,Committeeon Rules and Order of Business),1916,1948(alternate).Methodist.FrenchHuguenot ancestry. Member,American BarAssociation;AmericanJudicature Society;AmericanAcademy of Political and Social Science;AmericanHistorical Association;Phi Kappa Psi;ThetaNu Epsilon;Freemasons;UnionLeague.DiedJanuary2, 1961 (age86 years, 75days).Burial location unknown. | | Simon Peter Wolverton (1837-1910) — also known asSimon P. Wolverton — of Sunbury,NorthumberlandCounty, Pa.Born in Rush Township,NorthumberlandCounty, Pa.,January28, 1837.Democrat.Schoolprincipal;lawyer;served in the Union Army during the Civil War; member ofPennsylvaniastate senate 27th District, 1879-88;U.S.Representative from Pennsylvania 17th District, 1891-95.Member,Phi Kappa Psi. Died in Sunbury,NorthumberlandCounty, Pa.,October25, 1910 (age73 years, 270days).Entombed atPomfretManor Cemetery, Sunbury, Pa. | | Seth Hartman Yocum (1834-1895) — also known asSeth H. Yocum — of Bellefonte,CentreCounty, Pa.; Johnson City,WashingtonCounty, Tenn.Born in Catawissa,ColumbiaCounty, Pa.,August2, 1834.Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War;lawyer;CentreCounty District Attorney, 1875-79;U.S.Representative from Pennsylvania 20th District, 1879-81;mayorof Johnson City, Tenn., 1885.Member,Phi Kappa Psi. Died in Santa Monica,Los AngelesCounty, Calif.,April19, 1895 (age60 years, 260days).Interment atMountainView Cemetery, Altadena, Calif.
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