Obituaries From Representatives and Senators (And Delegates) Whose First Service Was In The 52nd Congress -- Part II
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Obituaries From Representatives and Senators (And Delegates) Whose
First Service Was In The 52nd Congress -- Part II
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CRAWFORD, William Thomas, (1856 - 1913)
CRAWFORD, William Thomas, a Representative from North Carolina; born
near Waynesville, Haywood County, N.C., June 1, 1856; attended the
public schools and Waynesville Academy; member of the State house of
representatives 1884-1888; engrossing clerk of the State house of
representatives in 1889; was graduated from the law department of the
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1890; was admitted to
the bar in 1891 and commenced practice in Waynesville; elected as a
Democrat to the Fifty-second and Fifty-third Congresses (March 4,
1891-March 3, 1895); delegate to the American Bimetallic League in
Washington, D.C., in 1893; unsuccessful candidate for reelection in
1894 to the Fifty-fourth Congress; presented credentials as a
Member-elect to the Fifty-sixth Congress and served from March 4, 1899,
to May 10, 1900, when he was succeeded by Richmond Pearson, who
contested the election; unsuccessful candidate for election in 1900 to
the Fifty-seventh Congress; delegate to the Democratic State
conventions 1900-1912; delegate to the gubernatorial convention in
1908; elected as a Democrat to the Sixtieth Congress (March 4,
1907-March 3, 1909); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1908 to
the Sixty-first Congress; resumed the practice of law in Waynesville,
N.C., where he died November 16, 1913; interment in Green Hill
Cemetery.
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CROSBY, John Crawford, (1859 - 1943)
CROSBY, John Crawford, a Representative from Massachusetts; born in
Sheffield, Berkshire County, Mass., on June 15, 1859; attended the
public schools of Pittsfield; was graduated from Eastman Business
College, Poughkeepsie, N.Y., and from Boston University Law School,
Boston, Mass.; was admitted to the bar in 1882 and commenced practice
in Pittsfield, Berkshire County, Mass.; member of the school committee
of Pittsfield 1884-1890; served in the State house of representatives
in 1886 and 1887; member of the State senate in 1888 and 1889; director
of a bank and of fire and life insurance companies; elected as a
Democrat to the Fifty-second Congress (March 4, 1891-March 3, 1893);
unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1892 to the Fifty-third
Congress; mayor of Pittsfield, Mass., in 1894 and 1895; delegate to the
Democratic National Convention in 1896; city solicitor 1896-1900;
appointed justice of the superior court on January 25, 1905, and served
until December 31, 1913, when he was appointed justice of the
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court, in which capacity he served until
his retirement on October 1, 1937; died in Pittsfield, Mass., on
October 14, 1943; interment in Pittsfield Cemetery.
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CURTIS, Newton Martin, (1835 - 1910)
CURTIS, Newton Martin, a Representative from New York; born in De
Peyster, St. Lawrence County, N.Y., May 21, 1835; attended the common
schools and Gouverneur Wesleyan Seminary; entered the Union Army as
captain of Company G, Sixteenth Regiment, New York Infantry, May 15,
1861; lieutenant colonel of the One Hundred and Forty-second Regiment,
New York Infantry, October 23, 1862; colonel January 21, 1863;
brevetted brigadier general of Volunteers October 28, 1864; brigadier
general January 15, 1865; brevetted major general of Volunteers March
13, 1865; awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor; appointed collector
of customs, district of Oswegatchie, N.Y., in 1866; appointed special
agent of the United States Treasury Department in 1867, which position
he resigned in 1880; employed by the Department of Justice 1880-1882;
member of the State assembly 1884-1890; elected as a Republican to the
Fifty-second Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of
Leslie W. Russell; reelected to the Fifty-third and Fifty-fourth
Congresses and served from November 3, 1891, to March 3, 1897;
chairman, Committee on Election of President, Vice President, and
Representatives (Fifty-fourth Congress); was not a candidate for
renomination in 1896; assistant inspector general of the National Home
for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers 1910; died in New York City on January
8, 1910; interment in Ogdensburg Cemetery, Ogdensburg, N.Y.
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CUTTING, John Tyler, (1844 - 1911)
CUTTING, John Tyler, a Representative from California; born in
Westport, Essex County, N.Y., September 7, 1844; was left an orphan at
ten years of age, when he journeyed westward; resided in Wisconsin and
Illinois from 1855 to 1860; worked on a farm; while employed as a clerk
in a mercantile establishment attended the public schools of Illinois;
enlisted in Taylor's Chicago Battery at the outbreak of the Civil War
and served until July 20, 1862; reenlisted January 4, 1864, in the
Chicago Mercantile Battery, in which he served until the close of the
war; moved to California in 1877 and established a wholesale fruit and
commission business; was a member of the National Guard of California,
and subsequently assisted in the organization of the Coast Guard, of
which he later became brigadier general in command of the Second
Brigade; elected as a Republican to the Fifty-second Congress (March 4,
1891-March 3, 1893); declined to be a candidate for renomination in
1892; in 1894 settled in New York City, where he became interested in
the automobile industry; retired to Westport, N.Y., in 1907; died in
Toronto, Ontario, Canada, November 24, 1911; interment in Hillside
Cemetery, Westport, N.Y.
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DANIELL, Warren Fisher, (1826 - 1913)
DANIELL, Warren Fisher, a Representative from New Hampshire; born in
Newton Lower Falls, Middlesex County, Mass., June 26, 1826; attended
the common schools; moved with his parents to Franklin, Merrimack
County, N.H., in 1834; continued his studies until fourteen years of
age, when he entered his father's paper mill as an apprentice;
constructed a paper mill at Waterville, Maine, in 1852, and in the
following year managed a similar mill in Pepperell, Mass.; returned to
Franklin, N.H., in 1854 and engaged in the manufacture of paper; also
engaged in agricultural pursuits, the breeding of blooded stock, and
banking; member of the State house of representatives in 1861, 1862,
and 1870-1877; delegate to the Democratic National Convention in 1872;
served in the State senate in 1873 and 1874; elected as a Democrat to
the Fifty-second Congress (March 4, 1891-March 3, 1893); was not a
candidate for renomination in 1892; continued his activities in the
manufacture of paper at Franklin, N.H., until 1898, being interested in
the Winnepesogee Paper Co.; died in Franklin, N.H., July 30, 1913;
interment in Franklin Cemetery.
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DAVIS, John, (1826 - 1901)
DAVIS, John, a Representative from Kansas; born near Springfield,
Sangamon County, Ill., August 9, 1826; moved with his parents to Macon
County in 1830; attended the country schools, Springfield Academy, and
Illinois College, Jacksonville, Ill.; engaged in agricultural and
horticultural pursuits near Decatur, Ill.; moved to Kansas in 1872 and
located on a farm near Junction City; secretary of the Central Kansas
Horticultural Society for many years; elected president of the first
distinctive farmers' convention held in Kansas in 1873, out of which
grew the Farmers' Cooperative Association, of which he was the first
president; president of the Grange convention in 1874; became
proprietor and editor of the Junction City Tribune in 1875;
unsuccessful candidate of the Greenback Party for election in 1880 to
the Forty-seventh Congress and in 1882 to the Forty-eighth Congress;
elected as a Populist to the Fifty-second and Fifty-third Congresses
(March 4, 1891-March 3, 1895); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in
1894 to the Fifty-fourth Congress; devoted his time to literary work
until his death in Topeka, Kans., August 1, 1901; interment in Topeka
Cemetery.
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DE ARMOND, David Albaugh, (1844 - 1909)
DE ARMOND, David Albaugh, a Representative from Missouri; born in Blair
County, Pa., March 18, 1844; attended the public schools and
Williamsport Dickinson Seminary; moved to Davenport, Iowa, in 1866;
studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1867 and commenced practice in
Davenport; moved to Missouri in 1869 and settled in Greenfield, Dade
County; member of the Missouri state senate, 1879-1883; Missouri
Supreme Court commissioner, 1884; judge of the twenty-second judicial
circuit of Missouri, 1886-1890; elected as a Democrat to the
Fifty-second and to the nine succeeding Congresses (March 4,
1891-November 23, 1909); one of the managers appointed by the House of
Representatives in 1905 to conduct the impeachment proceedings against
Charles Swayne, judge of the United States District Court for the
Northern District of Florida; died in Butler, Bates County, Mo.,
November 23, 1909; interment in Oak Hill Cemetery.
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DE FOREST, Robert Elliott, (1845 - 1924)
DE FOREST, Robert Elliott, a Representative from Connecticut; born in
Guilford, New Haven County, Conn., February 20, 1845; attended the
common schools; was graduated from Guilford Academy in 1863 and from
Yale College in 1867; moved to Royalton, Vt., in 1867 and became an
instructor in the Royalton Academy; studied law; was admitted to the
bar in 1870 and commenced practice in Bridgeport, Conn.; prosecuting
attorney for Bridgeport in 1872; judge of the court of common pleas for
Fairfield County in 1874-1877; mayor of Bridgeport in 1878; member of
the State house of representatives in 1880; served in the State senate
in 1882; corporation counsel for Bridgeport; again elected mayor in
1889 and 1890; elected as a Democrat to the Fifty-second and
Fifty-third Congresses (March 4, 1891-March 3, 1895); chairman,
Committee on Reform in the Civil Service (Fifty-third Congress);
unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1894 to the Fifty-fourth
Congress; served two terms as judge of the common pleas court; resumed
the practice of law in Bridgeport, Conn., where he died October 1,
1924; interment in Mountain Grove Cemetery.
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DIXON, William Wirt, (1838 - 1910)
DIXON, William Wirt, a Representative from Montana; born in Brooklyn,
N.Y., June 3, 1838; moved to Illinois in 1843 and to Keokuk, Iowa, in
1849; pursued preparatory studies; studied law in Keokuk and was
admitted to the bar in 1858; moved to Tennessee in 1860, in the same
year to Arkansas, then to California in 1862, and thence to Humboldt
County, Nev.; in 1866 moved to Montana and resided in Helena and later
in Deer Lodge until 1879; member of the Territorial house of
representatives in 1871 and 1872; spent two years in the Black Hills;
returned to Montana in 1881, settled in Butte, and engaged in the
practice of law; delegate to the constitutional conventions of Montana
in 1884 and 1889; elected as a Democrat to the Fifty-second Congress
(March 4, 1891-March 3, 1893); unsuccessful candidate for reelection to
the Fifty-third Congress; resumed the practice of his profession;
candidate for election to the United States Senate, but the legislature
failed to make a choice; died in Los Angeles, Calif., November 13,
1910; interment in Calvary Cemetery; reinterment in Rock Creek
Cemetery, Washington, D.C., March 15, 1911.
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DOAN, Robert Eachus, (1831 - 1919)
DOAN, Robert Eachus, a Representative from Ohio; born near Wilmington,
Clinton County, Ohio, July 23, 1831; attended the common schools and
completed an academic course; taught school three years in southern
Ohio; was graduated from the Cincinnati Law School in 1857; was
admitted to the bar the same year and commenced practice in Wilmington,
Ohio; editor of the Wilmington Watchman in 1859 and 1860; prosecuting
attorney of Clinton County in 1862; elected as a Republican to the
Fifty-second Congress (March 4, 1891-March 3, 1893); unsuccessful
candidate for renomination in 1892; resumed the practice of law in
Washington, D.C.; died in Wilmington, Ohio, February 24, 1919;
interment in Sugar Grove Cemetery.
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DONOVAN, Dennis D., (1859 - 1941)
DONOVAN, Dennis D., a Representative from Ohio; born near Texas, Henry
County, Ohio, January 31, 1859; attended the common schools, and
Northern Indiana Normal School, Valparaiso, Ind.; taught school;
engaged in the mercantile and timber business; was graduated from the
law department of Georgetown University, Washington, D.C., in 1895; was
admitted to the bar the same year and commenced practice in Deshler,
Ohio; appointed postmaster of Deshler by President Cleveland on July
21, 1885, and served until January 27, 1888; member of the State house
of representatives in 1887 and 1889; elected as a Democrat to the
Fifty-second and Fifty-third Congresses (March 4, 1891-March 3, 1895);
unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1894 to the Fifty-fourth
Congress; resumed the practice of law in Deshler, Ohio; moved to
Napoleon, Henry County, Ohio, in 1897 and continued the practice of
law; unsuccessful candidate for nomination as Governor of Ohio in 1898;
died in Napoleon, Ohio, on April 21, 1941; interment in St. Augustine
Cemetery.
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DUNGAN, James Irvine, (1844 - 1931)
DUNGAN, James Irvine, a Representative from Ohio; born in Canonsburg,
Washington County, Pa., May 29, 1844; attended the common schools;
received an academic education at the local academy at Denmark, Iowa,
and at the college at Washington, Iowa; studied law; was admitted to
the bar in 1868 and commenced practice in Jackson, Jackson County,
Ohio; during the Civil War served as color sergeant in the Nineteenth
Regiment, Iowa Volunteer Infantry; superintendent of schools of
Jackson, Ohio, and city and county school examiner, 1867 and 1868;
mayor of Jackson, 1869; member of the State senate, 1877-1879; delegate
to the Democratic National Convention, 1880; elected as a Democrat to
the Fifty-second Congress (March 4, 1891-March 3, 1893); unsuccessful
candidate for reelection to the Fifty-third Congress in 1892; attorney
in the Interior Department, 1893-1895; returned to Jackson, Ohio, and
resumed the practice of law; city solicitor, 1913; engaged in the
practice of his profession until his death in Jackson, Ohio, on
December 28, 1931; interment in Fairmont Cemetery.
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DURBOROW, Allan Cathcart, Jr., (1857 - 1908)
DURBOROW, Allan Cathcart, Jr., a Representative from Illinois; born in
Philadelphia, Pa., November 10, 1857; moved to Indiana in 1862 with his
parents, who settled in Williamsport, Warren County; attended the
public schools; entered Wabash College, Crawfordsville, Ind., in the
fall of 1872; was graduated from Indiana University at Bloomington in
1877; after residing in Indianapolis moved to Chicago in 1880 and in
1887 became business manager of the Western Electrician, a trade
magazine; elected as a Democrat to the Fifty-second and Fifty-third
Congresses (March 4, 1891-March 3, 1895); was not a candidate for
renomination in 1894; engaged in the insurance business; unsuccessful
candidate for election in 1902 to the Fifty-eighth Congress; died in
Chicago, Ill., March 10, 1908; interment in Graceland Cemetery.
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ENGLISH, Thomas Dunn, (1819 - 1902)
ENGLISH, Thomas Dunn, a Representative from New Jersey; born in
Philadelphia, Pa., June 29, 1819; attended the Friends' Academy,
Burlington, N.J., and was graduated from the medical department of the
University of Pennsylvania at Philadelphia in 1839; studied law; was
admitted to the Philadelphia bar in 1842, but mainly pursued
journalism; wrote the song Ben Bolt in 1843, and was the author of many
poems, ballads, and lyrics; moved to Virginia in 1852; moved to New
York City in 1857, and to Newark, N.J., a year later; member of the
State house of assembly in 1863 and 1864; elected as a Democrat to the
Fifty-second and Fifty-third Congresses (March 4, 1891-March 3, 1895);
chairman, Committee on Alcoholic Liquor Traffic (Fifty-third Congress);
unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1894 to the Fifty-fourth
Congress; resumed his former literary pursuits in Newark, N.J., until
his death on April 1, 1902; interment in Fairmont Cemetery.
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ENOCHS, William Henry, (1842 - 1893)
ENOCHS, William Henry, a Representative from Ohio; born near
Middleburg, Noble County, Ohio, March 29, 1842; attended the common
schools and Ohio University at Athens; enlisted as a private in Company
B, Second Regiment, Ohio Infantry, April 17, 1861; also served with
West Virginia Infantry and promoted to colonel; brevetted brigadier
general of Volunteers March 13, 1865; was graduated from the Cincinnati
Law School in 1866; was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in
Ironton, Ohio; member of the State house of representatives in 1870 and
1871; elected as a Republican to the Fifty-second and Fifty-third
Congresses and served from March 4, 1891, until his death in Ironton,
Lawrence County, Ohio, July 13, 1893; interment in Arlington National
Cemetery.
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EPES, James Fletcher, (1842 - 1910)
EPES, James Fletcher, (cousin of Sydney Parham Epes), a Representative
from Virginia; born near Blackstone, Nottoway County, Va., May 23,
1842; attended private schools and the University of Virginia at
Charlottesville; during the Civil War served in the Confederate Army in
Company E, Third Virginia Cavalry; was graduated from the law
department of Washington and Lee University, Lexington, Va., in 1867;
was admitted to the bar the same year and commenced practice at
Nottoway Court House, Va.; also engaged in agricultural pursuits;
prosecuting attorney for Nottoway County 1870-1883; elected as a
Democrat to the Fifty-second and Fifty-third Congresses (March 4,
1891-March 3, 1895); was not a candidate for renomination in 1894;
retired to his plantation, "The Old Place," near Blackstone, and
engaged in agricultural pursuits until his death there August 24, 1910;
interment in Lake View Cemetery, Blackstone, Va.
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EVERETT, Robert William, (1839 - 1915)
EVERETT, Robert William, a Representative from Georgia; born near
Hayneville, Houston County, Ga., March 3, 1839; attended the village
schools and Hayneville Academy; was graduated from Mercer University,
Macon, Ga., in 1859; taught school in Polk and Houston Counties for two
years; entered the Confederate Army as a sergeant in Captain Gartrell's
company, Gen. N.B. Forrest's escort squadron, and served until the
close of the Civil War; again engaged in teaching school in Houston
County and also in Cedartown, Ga., until 1872, when he abandoned the
profession for agricultural pursuits; commissioner of roads and revenue
of Polk County 1875-1880; member of the Board of Education of Polk
County 1880-1891 and served as president of the board 1882-1891; member
of the State house of representatives 1882-1885; elected as a Democrat
to the Fifty-second Congress (March 4, 1891-March 3, 1893); was not a
candidate for renomination in 1892; resumed agricultural pursuits;
again a member of the State house of representatives in 1898 and 1899;
lived in retirement until his death in Rockmart, Polk County, Ga., on
February 27, 1915; interment in Cedartown Cemetery, Cedartown, Ga.
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FELLOWS, John R., (1832 - 1896)
FELLOWS, John R., a Representative from New York; born in Troy, N.Y.,
July 29, 1832; moved to Saratoga County, N.Y., with his parents, who
settled near Mechanicville; attended the country schools; moved to
Camden, Ark., in 1850; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1855 and
commenced practice in Camden; presidential elector on the
Constitutional-Union ticket of Bell and Everett in 1860; delegate to
the State secession convention in 1861; delegate to the Democratic
National Convention in 1868; entered the Confederate Army in the First
Arkansas Regiment; after the Battle of Shiloh was assigned to staff
duties as assistant adjutant and inspector general at Vicksburg;
captured at the surrender of Port Hudson, La., July 9, 1863, and
released June 10, 1865; returned to Camden, Ark., and resumed the
practice of law; member of the State senate in 1866 and 1867; moved to
New York City in 1868 and continued the practice of law; assistant
district attorney 1869-1872 and 1885-1887; elected district attorney
and served from 1888 to 1890; elected as a Democrat to the Fifty-second
and Fifty-third Congresses and served from March 4, 1891, until his
resignation, effective December 31, 1893; district attorney of New York
City from January 1, 1894, until his death in New York City December 7,
1896; interment in Trinity Church Cemetery.
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GANTZ, Martin Kissinger, (1862 - 1916)
GANTZ, Martin Kissinger, a Representative from Ohio; born in Bethel
Township, Miami County, Ohio, January 28, 1862; attended the common
schools and Lebanon (Ohio) College; was graduated from the Cincinnati
Law College in 1883; was admitted to the bar in 1883 and commenced
practice in Troy, Ohio; mayor of the city of Troy in 1889; elected as a
Democrat to the Fifty-second Congress (March 4, 1891-March 3, 1893);
unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1892 to the Fifty-third
Congress; resumed the practice of law in Troy; commissioner from the
State of Ohio to the Louisiana Purchase Exposition in 1904; delegate to
all Democratic State conventions from 1892 to 1906; delegate to the
Democratic National Convention in 1908; represented the Department of
State on the directorate of El Banco Nacional de Nicaragua y El
Ferrocarril del Pacífico de Nicaragua in 1914 and 1915; died in Troy,
Ohio, February 10, 1916; interment in Riverside Cemetery.
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GAMBLE, John Rankin, (1848 - 1891)
GAMBLE, John Rankin, (brother of Robert Jackson Gamble and uncle of
Ralph Abernethy Gamble), a Representative from South Dakota; born in
Alabama, Genesee County, N.Y., January 15, 1848; attended the common
schools; moved with his parents to Fox Lake, Wis., in 1862; was
graduated from Lawrence University, Appleton, Wis., in 1872; studied
law; was admitted to the bar in 1873 and commenced practice in Yankton,
Territory of Dakota (now South Dakota); district attorney for Yankton
County 1876-1878; United States attorney for Dakota Territory in 1878;
member of the Territorial house of representatives 1877-1879; served in
the Territorial council 1881-1885; elected as a Republican to the
Fifty-second Congress and served from March 4, 1891, until his death in
Yankton, S.Dak., August 14, 1891, before the assembling of the
Congress; interment in Yankton Cemetery.x
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GILLESPIE, Eugene Pierce, (1852 - 1899)
GILLESPIE, Eugene Pierce, a Representative from Pennsylvania; born in
Greenville, Mercer County, Pa., September 24, 1852; attended the public
schools, Allegheny College, Meadville, Pa., and St. Michael's College,
Toronto, Canada; studied law; was admitted to the bar in August 1874
and commenced practice in Greenville, Pa.; elected as a Democrat to the
Fifty-second Congress (March 4, 1891-March 3, 1893); unsuccessful
candidate for reelection in 1892 to the Fifty-third Congress; returned
to Greenville, Pa., and continued the practice of law until his death
December 16, 1899; interment in Shenango Valley Cemetery.
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GORMAN, James Sedgwick, (1850 - 1923)
GORMAN, James Sedgwick, a Representative from Michigan; born in Lyndon
Township, near Chelsea, Washtenaw County, Mich., December 28, 1850;
attended the common schools and the Union School of Chelsea, and was
graduated from the law department of the University of Michigan at Ann
Arbor in 1876; was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in
Jackson, Mich.; assistant prosecuting attorney of Jackson County for
two years; moved to Dexter, Mich., in 1879; member of the State house
of representatives in 1880; served in the State senate in 1886 and
1888; elected as a Democrat to the Fifty-second and Fifty-third
Congresses (March 4, 1891-March 3, 1895); was not a candidate for
renomination; engaged in farming near Chelsea, Mich., and resumed the
practice of law; died in Detroit, Mich., May 27, 1923; interment in
Mount Olivet Cemetery, Chelsea, Mich.
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GRADY, Benjamin Franklin, (1831 - 1914)
GRADY, Benjamin Franklin, a Representative from North Carolina; born
near Sarecta, Duplin County, N.C., October 10, 1831; attended private
and public schools and was graduated from the University of North
Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1857; professor of mathematics and natural
sciences in Austin College, Huntsville, Tex., 1858-1862; enlisted
during the Civil War in Company K, Twenty-fifth Regiment, Texas
Cavalry; promoted to orderly sergeant in Granbury's brigade, Cleburne's
division; became ill with typhoid fever and remained in Peace Institute
Hospital at Raleigh until the end of the war; settled in Clinton, N.C.,
at the close of the war and engaged in teaching in Clinton and La
Grange, N.C.; in 1877 returned to Duplin County, where he continued to
teach and also engaged in agricultural pursuits; superintendent of
public instruction for Duplin County, 1881-1890; justice of the peace
1878-1889; elected as a Democrat to the Fifty-second and Fifty-third
Congresses (March 4, 1891-March 3, 1895); retired to a farm near
Turkey, Sampson County, N.C., where he again taught school for several
years; returned to Clinton, N.C., and died there March 6, 1914;
interment in Clinton Cemetery.
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GRISWOLD, Matthew, (1833 - 1919)
GRISWOLD, Matthew, (grandson of Roger Griswold), a Representative from
Pennsylvania; born in Lyme, New London County, Conn., June 6, 1833;
attended the common schools and pursued an academic course; engaged in
teaching and in agricultural pursuits for a number of years; elected to
various local offices; member of the Connecticut house of
representatives in 1862 and 1865; moved to Erie, Pa., in 1866; engaged
in manufacturing; elected a trustee of Erie Academy for four successive
terms; elected as a Republican to the Fifty-second Congress (March 4,
1891-March 3, 1893); was not a candidate for renomination in 1892;
elected to the Fifty-fourth Congress (March 4, 1895-March 3, 1897); was
not a candidate for renomination in 1896; resumed manufacturing
pursuits; died in Erie, Pa., May 19, 1919; interment in Erie Cemetery.
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HALL, Osee Matson, (1847 - 1914)
HALL, Osee Matson, a Representative from Minnesota; born in Conneaut,
Ashtabula County, Ohio, September 10, 1847; attended the common
schools; was graduated from Hiram (Ohio) College and Williams College,
Williamstown, Mass., in 1868; studied law; was admitted to the bar and
commenced practice in Red Wing, Minn.; member of the State senate
1885-1887; elected as a Democrat to the Fifty-second and Fifty-third
Congresses (March 4, 1891-March 3, 1895); unsuccessful candidate for
reelection in 1894 to the Fifty-fourth Congress; resumed the practice
of law; member of the Minnesota State Tax Commission from 1907 until
his death in St. Paul, Minn., November 26, 1914; interment in Oakwood
Cemetery, Red Wing, Minn.
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HALLOWELL, Edwin, (1844 - 1916)
HALLOWELL, Edwin, a Representative from Pennsylvania; born near Willow
Grove, Abington Township, Montgomery County, Pa., April 2, 1844;
attended the public schools; engaged in agricultural pursuits; member
of the State house of representatives 1876-1879; chairman of the
Democratic county committee of Montgomery County in 1886; delegate to
the Democratic National Convention in 1888; elected as a Democrat to
the Fifty-second Congress (March 4, 1891-March 3, 1893); unsuccessful
candidate for reelection in 1892 to the Fifty-third Congress; resumed
agricultural pursuits; died in Abington, Pa., September 13, 1916;
interment in Abington Friends Burying Ground, Jenkintown, Pa.
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HALVORSON, Kittel, (1846 - 1936)
HALVORSON, Kittel, a Representative from Minnesota; born in Telemarken,
Norway, December 15, 1846; in 1848 immigrated to the United States with
his parents, who settled near White Water, Walworth County, Wis.; moved
to Columbia County and then to Winnebago County; attended the public
schools in Winchester, Wis.; enlisted in Company C, First Regiment,
Wisconsin Heavy Artillery, in 1863, and served until the close of the
Civil War; moved to Minnesota in November 1865 and settled near
Belgrade, Stearns County; engaged in agricultural pursuits and stock
raising; justice of the peace 1870-1875; chairman of the board of
supervisors 1870-1880; township assessor in 1880; town clerk 1880-1891;
member of the State house of representatives 1886-1888; elected as a
Populist to the Fifty-second Congress (March 4, 1891-March 3, 1893);
unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1892 to the Fifty-third
Congress; resumed agricultural pursuits near Brooten, Stearns County,
Minn.; alternate delegate to the People's Party National Convention in
1896; moved to Tewaukon Township, Sargent County, N.Dak., in 1900 and
engaged in agricultural pursuits; returned to Minnesota in 1910 and
resumed farming in North Fork until 1924, when he retired; died in
Havana, N.Dak., on July 12, 1936; interment in Big Grove Church
Cemetery, North Fork Township, near Brooten, Minn.
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HAMILTON, John Taylor, (1843 - 1925)
HAMILTON, John Taylor, a Representative from Iowa; born near Geneseo,
Henry County, Ill., October 16, 1843; attended the common schools and
the Geneseo Academy; moved to Cedar Rapids, Iowa, in 1868 and engaged
in the wholesale farm-implement and seed business; mayor of Cedar
Rapids in 1878; member of the Linn County Board of Supervisors
1882-1884; president of Cedar Rapids Savings Bank and director of the
electric light company; member of the State house of representatives
1885-1891 and served as speaker for one term; elected as a Democrat to
the Fifty-second Congress (March 4, 1891-March 3, 1893); unsuccessful
candidate for reelection in 1892 to the Fifty-third Congress; resumed
his former business pursuits in Cedar Rapids; member of the board of
control of State institutions; unsuccessful candidate for Governor of
Iowa in 1914; died in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, January 25, 1925; interment
in Oak Hill Cemetery.
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HARE, Darius Dodge, (1843 - 1897)
HARE, Darius Dodge, a Representative from Ohio; born near Adrian,
Seneca County, Ohio, January 9, 1843; attended the common schools;
entered the military service as a private in the Signal Corps, United
States Army, in March 1864, and served during the remainder of the
Civil War; attended the law department of the University of Michigan at
Ann Arbor; was admitted to the bar in September 1867 and commenced
practice in Carey, Ohio; moved to Upper Sandusky, Ohio, in May 1868;
mayor of Upper Sandusky 1872-1882; elected as a Democrat to the
Fifty-second and Fifty-third Congresses (March 4, 1891-March 3, 1895);
declined to be a candidate for renomination in 1894; continued the
practice of law until his death in Upper Sandusky, Ohio, February 10,
1897; interment in Oak Hill Cemetery.
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HARRIES, William Henry, (1843 - 1921)
HARRIES, William Henry, a Representative from Minnesota; born near
Dayton, Montgomery County, Ohio, January 15, 1843; moved to La Crosse,
Wis.; enlisted as a private in Company B, Second Regiment, Wisconsin
Volunteer Infantry, April 18, 1861; commissioned captain of Company F,
Third Regiment, United States Veteran Volunteers, General Hancock's
corps, December 21, 1864; honorably discharged April 17, 1866; was
graduated from the law school of the University of Michigan at Ann
Arbor in 1868; was admitted to the bar in 1868, and commenced practice
in Hokah, Minn.; afterwards practiced in Caledonia, Houston County,
Minn.; prosecuting attorney of Houston County 1874-1878; elected as a
Democrat to the Fifty-second Congress (March 4, 1891-March 3, 1893);
unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1892 to the Fifty-third
Congress; appointed by President Cleveland as collector of internal
revenue for Minnesota and served from 1894 to 1898, residing in St.
Paul, Minn.; resumed the practice of his profession in Caledonia in
1898; department commander of the Minnesota department of the Grand
Army of the Republic in 1901; member of the board of trustees of the
Minnesota Soldiers' Home in 1903, secretary of the board 1907-1911, and
commandant of the home 1911-1918; died in Seattle, Wash., July 23,
1921; interment in Evergreen Cemetery, Caledonia, Minn.
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HARTER, Michael Daniel, (1846 - 1896)
HARTER, Michael Daniel, (grandson of Robert Moore), a Representative
from Ohio; born in Canton, Ohio, April 6, 1846; attended the public
schools; engaged in mercantile pursuits and banking; moved to
Mansfield, Ohio, in 1869; at the age of twenty-three became treasurer
and manager of the Aultman & Taylor Co. upon its organization; elected
as a Democrat to the Fifty-second and Fifty-third Congresses (March 4,
1891-March 3, 1895); declined to be a candidate for renomination in
1894; moved to Philadelphia, Pa., but spent his summers in Mansfield;
died in Fostoria, Ohio, February 22, 1896; interment in Mansfield
Cemetery, Mansfield, Ohio.
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HILBORN, Samuel Greeley, (1834 - 1899)
HILBORN, Samuel Greeley, a Representative from California; born in
Minot, Androscoggin (then Cumberland) County, Maine, December 9, 1834;
attended the common schools, Hebron Academy, and Gould's Academy,
Bethel, Maine, and was graduated from Tufts College, Medford, Mass., in
1859; studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1861; moved to
California; located in Vallejo, Solano County, and engaged in the
practice of law; served in the State senate 1875-1879; member of the
constitutional convention in 1879; moved to San Francisco, Calif., in
1883; appointed by President Arthur United States district attorney for
the district of California and served from 1883 to 1886; moved to
Oakland in 1887 and continued the practice of his profession; elected
as a Republican to the Fifty-second Congress to fill the vacancy caused
by the resignation of Joseph McKenna; presented credentials as a
Member-elect to the Fifty-third Congress and served from December 5,
1892, until April 4, 1894, when he was succeeded by Warren B. English,
who contested his election; elected to the Fifty-fourth and Fifty-fifth
Congresses (March 4, 1895-March 3, 1899); unsuccessful candidate for
renomination in 1898; lived in retirement until his death in
Washington, D.C., April 19, 1899; interment in Rock Creek Cemetery.
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HILL, David Bennett, (1843 - 1910)
HILL, David Bennett, a Senator from New York; born in Havana (now
Montour Falls), Chemung (now Schuyler) County, N.Y., August 29, 1843;
attended the public schools; studied law; admitted to the bar in 1864
and commenced practice in Elmira, N.Y.; city attorney the same year;
member, State assembly 1871-1872, serving as speaker in 1872; mayor of
Elmira 1882; president of the New York State Bar Association 1886-1887;
lieutenant governor 1882; Governor of New York 1885-1892; elected as a
Democrat to the United States Senate on January 1, 1891, for the term
beginning March 4, 1891, but did not assume these duties until later,
preferring to continue as Governor; served from January 7, 1892, to
March 3, 1897; was not a candidate for reelection in 1896; chairman,
Committee on Immigration (Fifty-third Congress); while Senator was
nominated for Governor of New York in 1894 but was defeated; resumed
the practice of law; died in Albany, N.Y., October 20, 1910; interment
in Montour Cemetery, Montour Falls, N.Y.
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HOAR, Sherman, (1860 - 1898)
HOAR, Sherman, (son of Ebenezer Rockwood Hoar, grandson of Samuel Hoar,
great-grandson of Roger Sherman, nephew of George Frisbie Hoar, and
cousin of Rockwood Hoar), a Representative from Massachusetts; born in
Concord, Mass., July 30, 1860; attended the public schools and Phillips
Exeter Academy, Exeter, N.H.; was graduated from Harvard University in
1882 and from the law department of the university in 1884; president
of the Young Men's Democratic Club of Massachusetts in 1884; was
admitted to the bar of Middlesex County in 1885 and commenced practice
in Concord; trustee of Phillips Exeter Academy and director of the
American Unitarian Association; elected as a Democrat to the
Fifty-second Congress (March 4, 1891-March 3, 1893); United States
district attorney for Massachusetts 1893-1897; director of the
Massachusetts Volunteer Aid Association in the war with Spain and
served in Army hospitals in the South; died in Concord, Mass., October
7, 1898; interment in Sleepy Hollow Cemetery.
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HOOKER, Warren Brewster, (1856 - 1920)
HOOKER, Warren Brewster, a Representative from New York; born in
Perrysburg, Cattaraugus County, N.Y., November 24, 1856; attended the
public schools and Forestville Free Academy, Forestville, N.Y.; studied
law; was admitted to the bar in 1879 and commenced practice in
Forestville; special surrogate of Chautauqua County 1878-1881; moved to
Tacoma, Wash., and practiced there 1882-1884; returned to Fredonia,
Pomfret Township, N.Y., and resumed his profession 1884-1898;
supervisor of the town of Pomfret in 1889 and 1890; elected as a
Republican to the Fifty-second and to the four succeeding Congresses
and served from March 4, 1891, until his resignation on November 10,
1898, before the close of the Fifty-fifth Congress, having been
appointed a justice of the supreme court of New York on that date;
chairman, Committee on Rivers and Harbors (Fifty-fourth and Fifty-fifth
Congresses); elected to that office in 1899 for the term ending 1913;
member of the appellate division 1902-1909; resumed the practice of law
in Fredonia, Chautauqua County, N.Y., in 1914; appointed official
referee of the State supreme court in 1919; died in Fredonia, N.Y.,
March 5, 1920; interment in Forest Hill Cemetery.
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HOPKINS, Albert Cole, (1837 - 1911)
HOPKINS, Albert Cole, a Representative from Pennsylvania; born in
Villanovia, near Jamestown, Chautauqua County, N.Y., September 15,
1837; attended the public schools; was graduated from Alfred
University, Alfred, N.Y.; taught school; engaged in mercantile pursuits
in Troy, Pa., where he remained until 1867; moved to Lock Haven,
Clinton County, Pa., and engaged in the lumber business; elected as a
Republican to the Fifty-second and Fifty-third Congresses (March 4,
1891-March 3, 1895); was not a candidate for renomination in 1894;
resumed lumber manufacturing pursuits; State forestry commissioner
1899-1904; died in Lock Haven, Pa., June 9, 1911; interment in Highland
Cemetery.
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HOUK, George Washington, (1825 - 1894)
HOUK, George Washington, a Representative from Ohio; born near Mount
Holly Springs, Cumberland County, Pa., on September 25, 1825; moved to
Ohio with his parents, who settled in Dayton in 1827; attended the
common schools and the E. E. Barney Academy at Dayton; studied law; was
admitted to the bar in 1847 and commenced practice in Dayton; member of
the State house of representatives in 1852 and 1853; delegate to the
Democratic National Conventions in 1860 and 1876; elected as a Democrat
to the Fifty-second and Fifty-third Congresses and served from March 4,
1891, until his death in Washington, D.C., February 9, 1894; interment
in Woodland Cemetery, Dayton, Ohio.
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HOUK, John Chiles, (1860 - 1923)
HOUK, John Chiles, (son of Leonidas Campbell Houk), a Representative
from Tennessee; born in Clinton, Anderson County, Tenn., February 26,
1860; attended the local schools; moved with his parents to Knoxville
in 1871; was graduated from the University of Tennessee at Knoxville;
employed as a clerk in the Pension Bureau at Washington, D.C.,
1881-1883; studied law at Columbian (now George Washington) University,
Washington, D.C.; was admitted to the bar in 1884 and commenced
practice in Knoxville; secretary of the State Republican committee for
four years; Assistant Doorkeeper of the House of Representatives in the
Fifty-first Congress; elected as a Republican to the Fifty-second
Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of his father,
Leonidas C. Houk; reelected to the Fifty-third Congress and served from
December 7, 1891, to March 3, 1895; unsuccessful candidate for
reelection in 1894; served in the State senate, 1897-1899, 1911-1913,
and 1917-1923; resumed the practice of law in Knoxville, Tenn.; died in
Fountain City, Knox County, Tenn., June 3, 1923; interment in Greenwood
Cemetery, Knoxville, Tenn.
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HUFF, George Franklin, (1842 - 1912)
HUFF, George Franklin, a Representative from Pennsylvania; born in
Norristown, Montgomery County, Pa., July 16, 1842; attended the public
schools in Middletown and later in Altoona; at the age of eighteen
worked for the Pennsylvania Railroad car shops in Altoona; moved to
Westmoreland County in 1867 and engaged in banking in Greensburg, Pa.,
later becoming largely identified with the industrial and mining
interests of western Pennsylvania; delegate to the Republican National
Convention in 1880; member of the State senate 1884-1888; elected as a
Republican to the Fifty-second Congress (March 4, 1891-March 3, 1893);
elected to the Fifty-fourth Congress (March 4, 1895-March 3, 1897); was
not a candidate for renomination in 1896; again elected to the
Fifty-eighth and to the three succeeding Congresses (March 4,
1903-March 3, 1911); chairman, Committee on Mines and Mining (Sixtieth
and Sixty-first Congresses); was not a candidate for renomination in
1910; died in Washington, D.C., on April 18, 1912; interment in St.
Clair Cemetery, Greensburg, Pa.