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Sir Mountstuart Elphinstone Grant Duff, 1829-1906.

  And now for something completely different. In an effort to provide something unique in these days of Coronavirus uncertainty, the past few weeks of seeming inactivity have not been unproductive! Four years ago I began a companion list to "The Strangest Names In American Political History" which compiled the curious names of a number of British political figures, the end result being the list shown below. This list, now over two hundred names long, records various members of the house of commons, the house of lords, cabinet ministers, lord mayors and mayors, the judiciary, diplomats, Governors of territories in the British Commonwealth (some of which are still in existence), and members of territorial legislative bodies (such as the Isle of Man, Jersey, and Guernsey).
  This particular list has, like its American counterpart, become a labor of love. Since beginning to catalog some of these peculiarly named folks from across the pond this author has gained more familiarity with the inner workings of British government, and with that, the life histories of many of the men and women recorded below (some of whom have been dead for three centuries!) Pictures of many of these oddly named folks abound if one knows where to look online, and many of their names border on the truly hilarious and bizarre. I mean, what isn't laughable about a man named Pownoll Bastard Pellew? Enjoy!

1.) Sir Mountstuart Elphinstone Grant Duff—(February 21, 1829-January 12, 1906): Member of Parliament for Elgin Burghs, 1857-1881; Under Secretary of State for India, 1868-74; Under Secretary of State for the Colonies, 1880-81; Governor of Madras, India, 1881-1886.
2.) Sir Abstrupus Danby—(December 27, 1655-December 27, 1727): Member of Parliament for Aldborough, 1698-1701.
3.) Pownoll Bastard Pellew, 2ndViscount Exmouth—(July 1, 1786-December 3, 1833): Member of Parliament for Launceston, 1812-1829.
4.) Sackville Stopford-Sackville—(March 19, 1840-October 6, 1926): Member of Parliament for Northamptonshire North, 1867-1880 and 1900-1906.Sackville Walter Lane Fox—(March 24, 1797-August 18, 1877): Member of Parliament for Beverly, Yorkshire, 1840-41 and 1847-52. Sackville Tufton, 7thEarl of Thanet--(1688-1753): Member of Parliament for Appleby, 1722-.
5.) Loftus Tottenham Wigram—(November 6, 1803-September 19, 1889): Member of Parliament for Cambridge, 1850-1859. Loftus Henry Bland—(1805-January 21, 1862): Member of Parliament for Kings County, 1852-1859.
6.) Sir Dingle Mackintosh Foot—(August 24, 1905-June 18, 1978): Member of Parliament for Dundee, 1931-1945; for Ipswich, 1953-70; Solicitor General for England and Wales, 1964-1967.
7.) Fretchville Lawson Ballantine Dykes—(December 12, 1800-November 26, 1866): Member of Parliament for Cockermouth, 1832-36.Sir Freschville Holles—(June 8, 1642-May 28, 1672): Member of Parliament for Great Grimsby, 1666-1672.
8.) Hyacinth Bernard Wenceslaus Morgan—(September 11, 1885-May 7, 1956): Member of Parliament for Camberwell, North-West, 1929-1931.
9.) Sir Coplestone Warwick Bampfylde,3rd baronet—(ca. 1689-October 7, 1727): Member of Parliament for Devon, 1713-1729.Sir Coplestone Bamfylde, 2ndBaronet—(ca. 1633-February 9, 1692): Member of Parliament for Tiverton, 1659; for Devon, 1671-79 and 1685-89.
10.) Guto ap Owain Bebb—(October 9, 1968-LIVING): Member of Parliament for Aberconwy (Wales), 2010-2019.


Sir Weetman Dickinson Pearson.

11.) Sir Weetman Dickinson Pearson, 1stBaron Cowdray—(July 15, 1856-May 1, 1927): Member of Parliament for Colchester, Essex, 1895-1910. Weetman Harold Miller Pearson—(April 18, 1882-October 5, 1933): Member of Parliament for Eye, 1906-1918.
12.) Sir Worthington Laming Worthington-Evans—(August 23, 1868-February 14, 1931): Member of Parliament for Colchester, Essex, 1910-1929.
13.) Wentworth Canning Blackett Beaumont, Viscount Allendale—(December 2, 1860-December 12, 1923): Member of Parliament for Hexford, 1895-1907.
14.) Vickerman Henzell Rutherford—(December 6, 1860-April 25, 1934): Member of Parliament for Brentford, Middlesex, 1906-1910.
15.) Leifchild Stratton Jones, 1stBaron Rhyader—(January 16, 1862-September 26, 1939): Member of Parliament for Appleby, Westmoreland, 1905-1910; for Camborne, 1923-24, 1929-31.
16.) Valesius Skipton Gouldsbury--(March 17, 1839-November 11, 1896): Administrator of the British Gambia, 1877-84; Administrator of St. Lucia, 1891-96 (died in office.)
17.) Airey Middleton Sheffield Neave—(January 23, 1916-March 30, 1979): Member of Parliament for Abingdon, Berkshire, 1953-1979 (murdered in IRA bombing).
18.) Uvedale Shobdon Corbett--(September 12, 1909-September 1, 2005): Member of Parliament for Ludlow, 1945-51. Uvedale Tomkins Price--(September 17, 1685-March 17, 1764): Member of Parliament for Weobley, 1713-15, 1727-34.
19.) Winchcomb Howard Packer—(November 20, 1702-August 21, 1746): Member of Parliament for Berkshire, 1731-1734. Winchcombe Henry Hartley—(1740-August 12, 1794):Member of Parliament for Berkshire, 1776-84 and 1790-94.
20.) Bulstrode Peachey Knight--(1681-1736): Member of Parliament for Midhurst, 1722-36.
21.) Duncombe Pleydell Bouverie—(1780-1850): Member of Parliament for Downton and Salisbury, 1802-07, 1828-32, 1833-34.
22.) Chichester Samuel Parkinson-Fortescue, the Lord Carlington--(January 18, 1823-January 30, 1898): Member of Parliament for County Louth, 1847-74; Chief Secretary for Ireland, 1865-66, 1868-71; Lord Privy Seal, 1881-85; Lord President of the Council, 1883-85. Chichester de Windt Crookshank—(October 18, 1868-October 23, 1958): Member of Parliament for Berwick and Haddington, 1924-29; for Bootle, 1931-35.
23.) Herbrand Edward Dundonald Brassey Sackville, 9th Earl De La Warr--(June 20, 1900-January 28, 1976): Lord Privy Seal, 1937-38; First Commissioner of Works, 1940; Postmaster General of the United Kingdom, 1951-55; member of the House of Lords, 1915-76.


Vickerman Henzell Rutherford.

24.) Ughtred James Kay-Shuttleworth, 1stBaron Shuttleworth—(December 18, 1844-December 20, 1939): Member of Parliament for Hastings, 1865-80; for Clitheroe, 1885-1902; Undersecretary of State for India, 1886; Parliamentary and Financial Secretary to the Admiralty, 1892-95.
25.) Sir Manasseh Masseh Lopes, 1stBaronet—(January 27, 1755-March 26, 1831): Member of Parliament for New Romney, 1802-06; Evesham, 1807-08; Barnstaple, 1812-19 and Westbury, 1820-29.
26.) Fiennes Stanley Wykeham Cornwallis, 1stBaron Cornwallis—(May 27, 1864-September 26, 1935): Member of Parliament for Maidstone, 1888-95 and 1900-01.
27.) Peniston Portlock Powney—(ca. 1699-March 8, 1757): Member of Parliament for Berkshire, 1739-1746. Peniston Lamb—(May 3, 1770-January 24, 1805): Member of Parliament for Hertfordshire, 1802-1805.
28.) Kenelm Simon Digby Wingfield Digby—(February 13, 1910-March 22, 1998): Member of Parliament for Dorset West, 1941-1974.
29.) Wenman Clarence Walpole Coke—(July 13, 1828-January 10, 1907): Member of Parliament for Norfolk East, 1858-1865.
30.) Sir Compton Pocklington Domville, 1stBaronet—(1775-February 23, 1857): Member of Parliament for Bossiney Cornwall, 1818-1819
31.).Stopford William Wentworth Brooke—(1859-April 23, 1938): Member of Parliament for Bow and Bromley, 1906-1910.
32.) Gervaise Tottenham Waldo Sibthorp—(1815-October 16, 1861): Member of Parliament for Lincoln, 1856-1861.Sir Gervais Squire Chittick Rentoul—(August 1, 1884-March 7, 1946): Member of Parliament for Lowestoft, 1922-34.
33.) Somerset Molyneux Wiseman Clarke--(June 11, 1830-July 30, 1905): Acting Governor-General of Jamaica, 1883. Somerset Struben de Chair—(August 22, 1911-January 3, 1995): Member of Parliament for Norfolk South West, 1935-45. SirSomerset Arthur Gough-Calthorpe--(December 23, 1865-July 27, 1937): British High Commissioner at Constantinople, 1918-19. Somerset Lowry-Corry--(July 30, 1774-April 18, 1841): Member of Parliament for County Tyrone, 1801-02; Governor of Jamaica, 1828-1832.
34.) Coningsby Waldo Waldo-Sibthorp--(1781-1822): Member of Parliament for Lincoln, 1818-22 (died in office.) Coningsby Ralph Disraeli—(1867-September 30, 1936): Member of Parliament for Altrincham, Cheshire, 1892-1906. Coningsby Sibthorpe—(1706-July 20, 1779): Member of Parliament for Lincoln, 1734-1741, 1747-54, 1761-68. Coningsby Williams—(1639-1708): Member of Parliament for Beaumarais, Anglesey, 1701-1705.
35.) Santo Wayburn Jager—(May 20, 1898-September 24, 1953): Member of Parliament for Holborn and St. Pancras South, 1950-1953 (died in office); Mayor of Shoreditch 1929-30.
36.) Sir Scrope Bernard-Moreland—(October 1, 1758 – April 18, 1830): Member of Parliament for Aylesbury, 1789-1806; for St. Mawes, 1806-08, 1809-1830.
37.) Pandeli Ralli—(May 22, 1845-August 22, 1928): Member of Parliament for Bridport, Dorset, 1875-80; for Wallingford, 1880-85.
38.) Thangam Rachel Debbonaire—(August 3, 1966-LIVING): Member of Parliament for Bristol West, 2015-Present.
39.) Sir Love Parry Jones-Parry—(November 28, 1781-January 23, 1853): Member of Parliament for Horsham, 1806-08; for Carnarvon, 1835-1837.
40.) Granado Pigot—(1650-February 1724): Member of Parliament for Cambridge, 1690-1695; Cambridgeshire, 1702-05.
41.) Anacletus Byrne-Quinn--(July 13, 1903-1987): Mayor of Wolverhampton, 1942-43.
42.) Christmas Price Williams--(December 25, 1881-August 18, 1965): Member of Parliament for Wrexham, 1924-29.
43.) Silvio Paul Bernini De Moyse Bucknall—(1896-September 20, 1978): Mayor of Westminster in 1924-25 and 1926-27.
44.) Ruxton Cuthbert Kiloh--(1881-May 17, 1953): Mayor of Battersea, 1921-22.


Bedford Clapperton Trevelyan Pim.

45.) Bedford Clapperton Trevelyan Pim—(June 12, 1826-September 30, 1886): Member of Parliament for Gravesend, 1874-80.
46.) Brownlow Villiers Layard—(July 14, 1804-December 27, 1853): Member of Parliament for Carlow, 1841-1847.
47.) Wilbraham Frederick Tollemache—(July 14, 1832-December 17, 1904): Member of Parliament for Cheshire West, 1872-1881.
48.) Sir Harbottle Grimston, 2ndBaronet—(January 27, 1603-January 2, 1685): Member of Parliament for Colchester, Essex, 1660-1685.
49.) Sir Tufton Percy Hamilton Beamish—(July 26, 1874-May 2, 1951): Member of Parliament for Lewes, 1924-31, 1936-45. Tufton Victor Hamilton Beamish, Baron Chelwood--(January 25, 1917-April6, 1989): Member of Parliament for Lewes, 1945-74.
50.) Wellwood Herries Maxwell—(1817-August 13, 1900): Member of Parliament for Kirkcudbright, 1868-1874.
51.) Sir de Symons Montagu George Honey—(November 1, 1872-January 1945): Governor of the Seychelles Islands, 1928-34.
52.) Shukburgh Ashby—(October 6, 1724-January 28, 1792): Member of Parliament for Leicester from Feb. to April 1784.
53.) Hungerford Dunch—(1639-1680): Member of Parliament for Wallingford and Cricklade, 1660 and 1679-80.
54.) Sir Bassingbourne Gawdy--(1560-1606): Member of Parliament for Norfolk, 1601, for Thetford, 1593, 1604.
55.) Framlingham Gawdy--(1589-1655): Member of Parliament for Thetford, 1614-1640; son of Bassingbourne Gawdy.
56.) Sir Kingsmill Lucy, 2ndBaronet—(1650-1678): Member of Parliament for Andover, Hampshire, 1673-1678. Kingsmill Pennefeather--(1727-1771): Member of Parliament (Ireland) for Cashel, 1761-68.
57.) Gibbs Crawford Antrobus—(May 27, 1793-May 21, 1861): Member of Parliament for Aldborough, 1826-1830.
58.) Wadham Penruddock Wyndham--(October 16, 1773-October 23, 1843): Member of Parliament for Salisbury, 1818-33, 1835-43.
59.) Guildford James Hillier Mainwaring-Ellerker-Onslow--(March 29, 1814-August 20, 1882): Member of Parliament for Guildford (Surrey), 1858-1874.
60.) Amelius Richard Mark Lockwood,1stBaron Lambourne—(August 17, 1847-December 26, 1928): Member of Parliament for Epping, 1892-1917.
61.) Agmondesham Vesey--(1708-1785): Member of Parliament (Ireland) for Harristown, 1740-61; for Kinsale, 1765-83.
62.) Vere Brabazon Ponsonby, 9thEarl of Bessborough—(October 27, 1880-March 10, 1956): Member of Parliament for Cheltenham, 1910; for Dover, 1913-1920; Governor-General of Canada, 1931-1935.
63.) Hedges Eyre Chatterton—(July 5, 1819-August 30, 1910): Member of Parliament for Dublin University, 1867; Solicitor General for Ireland, 1866-67; Attorney General for Ireland, 1867; Vice-Chancellor of Ireland, 1867-1904.
64.) Dodgson Hamilton Madden--(March 28, 1840-March 6, 1928): Member of Parliament for Dublin University, 1887-1892.
65.) Sir Home Riggs Popham—(October 12, 1762-September 11, 1820): Member of Parliament for Ipswich, 1807-1812.
66.) Moir Tod Stormonth Darling—(November 3, 1844-June 2, 1912): Member of Parliament for Edinburgh and St. Matthews Universities, 1888-1890.
67.) Staats Long Morris—(August 27, 1728-April 2, 1801): Member of Parliament for Elgin, 1774-1784.
68.) Stamp Brooksbank—(July 11, 1694-May 24, 1756): Member of Parliament for Colchester, Essex, 1727-1734.
69.) Arnoldus Jones-Skelton--(1750-1793): Member of Parliament for Eye, 1780-82.
70.) Roundell Cecil Palmer, 1stEarl of Selborne—(April 15, 1887-September 3, 1971): Member of Parliament for Aldershot, Hampshire, 1918-1940.
71.) Ulick Canning de Burgh, Lord Dunkellin—(July 12, 1827-August 16, 1867): Member of Parliament for Galway Borough, 1857–1865; for County Galway, 1865-67.
72.)Windham Henry Wyndham-Quin, 5thEarl of Dunraven and Mount Earl—(February 7, 1857-October 23, 1952): Member of Parliament for Glamorganshire South from 1895-1906.
73.) Sir Dugdale Stratford Dugdale—(ca. 1773-1836): Member of Parliament for Warwickshire, 1802-1831.
74.) Sir Eustace Edward Twisleton-Wykeham-Fiennes, 1st Baronet--(February 29, 1864 – February 9, 1943): Member of Parliament for Banbury, 1906-10 and 1910-18; Governor of the Seychelles Islands, 1918-21; Governor of the Leeward Islands, 1921-29.
75.) Sir Havilland Walter de Sausmarez, 1st Baronet--(May 30, 1861-March 5, 1941): Judge, British Supreme Consular Court at Constantinople, 1903-05; Chief Judge, British Supreme Court for China, 1905-21; Bailiff of Guernsey, 1922-29.
76.) James Matthew Littleboy--(1845-June 13, 1932): Mayor of Fulham, 1906-07.
77.) Magens Dorrien-Magens—(ca. 1761-May 30, 1849): Member of Parliament for Ludgershall, 1804-1810.


Sir Brograve Campbell Beauchamp.

78.) Sir Brograve Campbell Beauchamp--(May 5, 1897-August 25, 1976): Member of Parliament for Walthamstowe East, 1931-45.
79.) Dyas Cyril Loftus Usher--(1897-1984): Mayor of Heston and Isleworth, 1953-54; Mayor of Hounslow, 1969-70.
80.) Emslie John Horniman—(1863-July 11, 1932): Member of Parliament for Chelsea, 1906-1910.
81.) Sir Cosmo Dugal Patrick Thomas Haskard--(November 25, 1916-February 21, 2017): Commissioner of the British Antarctic Territory, 1964-70; Governor of the Falkland Islands, 1964-70. Lived to age 100.
82.)Pryse Pryse—(June 1, 1774-January 4, 1849): Member of Parliament for Cardigan, 1818-1849.
83.) Wyvill Richard Nicolls Raynsford—(January 28, 1945—LIVING): Member of Parliament for Fulham, 1986-Present.
84.) Sir Esme Tatton Cecil Britton—(January 4, 1916-September 26, 1985): Member of Parliament for Kidderminster, 1964-1974.
85.) Goronwy Owen Goronwy-Roberts, Baron Goronwy-Roberts--(September 20, 1913-July 23, 1981): Member of Parliament for Caernarvonshire and Caernarvon, 1945-74; Minister for Trade, 1969-70; Minster of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, 1975-79. Goronwy Moelwyn Hughes—(October 6, 1897-November 1, 1955): Member of Parliament for Islington North, 1950-51.
86.) Onesimus Edwards--(April 5, 1897-May 3, 1968): Member of Parliament for Caerphilly, 1939-68.
87.) Hussey Crespigny Vivian, 3rd Baron Vivian--(June 19, 1834-October 21, 1893): Consul General to Egypt, 1873-74 and 1876-79, to Wallachia and Moldavia, 1874-76; Resident Minister to the Swiss Confederation, 1879-81; British Ambassador to Denmark, 1881-84; Belgium from 1884-92; and Italy, 1892-93 (died in office.)
88.) Jervoise Clarke-Jervoise—(ca. 1708-July 5, 1808): Member of Parliament for Hampshire, 1779-1790.
89.) Sir Josceline Heneage Wodehouse—(July 17, 1852-January 16, 1930): Governor of Bermuda, 1907. Josceline Fitzroy Bagot--(October 22, 1854-March 1, 1913): Member of Parliament for Kendal, 1892-1906, 1910-13.
90.) Sir Armigel de Vins Wade—(October 17, 1880-December 4, 1966): British Governor of Kenya, 1935 and 1936-37.
91.) Fulke Southwell Greville-Nugent, 1stBaron Grevelle—(February 17, 1821-January 25, 1883): Member of Parliament for London University, 1852-1856.
92.) Bolton Meredith Eyres-Monsell, 1st Viscount Monsell--(1881-1969): Member of Parliament for Evesham, 1910-1935; First Lord of the Admiralty, 1931-1936.
93.) Athelstan Charles Ethelwulf Long--(January 2, 1919-July 31, 2019): Administrator of the Cayman Islands, 1968-71; Governor from 1971-72. Lived to age 100.
94.) Sir Varyl Cargill Begg—(October 1, 1908-July 13, 1995): Governor of Gibraltar, 1969-73.
95.) Odiarne Coates Lane--(1793-1865): Mayor of Bristol, 1860-61.
96.) Sir Mansfeldt de Cardonnel Findlay--(April 7, 1861-December 31, 1932):Minister Resident at the Courts of Saxony and Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, and Charge d'Affaires at the Court of Waldeck and Pyrmont, 1907-09;British Ambassador to Bulgaria, 1909-11; to Norway, 1911-23.
98.) Sir Culling Eardley Eardley, 3rd Baronet--(April 21, 1805 – May 21, 1863): Member of Parliament for Pontefract, 1830-31.
99.) Harbord Harbord,1stBaron Suffield—(ca. 1675-January 28, 1742): Member of Parliament for Norfolk, 1728-1734.
100.) Auberon Edward William Molyneux Herbert—(June 18, 1838-November 5, 1906):Member of Parliament for Nottingham, 1870-74.
101.) Le Gendre Nicholas Starkie--(December 1, 1799 – May 15 1865): Member of Parliament for Pontefract, 1826-1830.


Sir Sackville Stopford-Sackville.

102.) Hedworth Hylton Jolliffe, 2ndBaron Hylton--(June 23, 1829-October 31, 1899): Member of Parliament for Wells, 1857-69; member of the House of Lords (Lord Temporal), 1876-99.
103.) Cyprian Rondeau Bunce—(1752-1807): Mayor of Canterbury, 1789-1790.
104.) Auckland Campbell Geddes, 1stBaron Geddes--(June 21, 1879-June 8, 1954): Member of Parliament for Basingstoke, 1917-20; British Ambassador to the United States, 1920-24.
105.) Sir Euble John Waddington—(1890-1957): Governor of Barbados, 1938-41; Governor of British Rhodesia from 1941-47.
106.) Sir Codrington Edmund Carrington—(1769-1849): Member of Parliament for St. Mawes, 1826-31.
107.) Sir Mancherjee Merwanjee Bhownaggree--(August 15, 1851-November 14, 1933): Member of Parliament from Bethnal Green North East, 1895-1906; 2ndIndian to win election to Parliament.
108.) Sir Sitwell Sitwell--(September 1769-July 14, 1811): Member of Parliament for West Looe, 1796-1802.
109.) Sir Lopes Massey Lopes, 3rd Baronet–(June 14, 1818-January 20, 1908): Member of Parliament for Westbury, 1856-68; Devonshire South, 1868-85.
110.)Sir Annesley Ashworth Somerville--(November 16, 1858-May 15, 1942): Member of Parliament for Windsor, 1922-42.
111.) Gathorne Gathorne-Hardy--(October 1, 1814-October 30, 1906): Member of Parliament for Leominster, 1856-65; for Oxford University, 1865-78; Home Secretary from 1867-68; Secretary of State for War, 1874-78, 1886; Secretary of State for India, 1878-80.
112.) Carlyon Wilfroy Bellairs—(March 15, 1871-August 22, 1955):Member of Parliament for Kings Lynn, 1906-1910.
113.) Galfridus Walpole—(1683-October 7, 1726): Member of Parliament for Lostwithiel, 1715-21; younger brother of Robert Walpole (first U.K. Prime Minister).
114.) Ernle David Drummond Money—(February 17, 1931-April 16, 2013): Member of Parliament for Ipswich, 1970-1974.
115.)Chambré Brabazon Ponsonby-Barker--(June 12, 1762-December 13, 1834): Member of Parliament (Ireland) for Dungarvan, 1790-98.
116.) Sir Cresswell Cresswell—(August 20, 1794-July 29, 1863): Member of Parliament for Liverpool, 1837-1842.
117.) Arwyn Lynn Ungoed-Thomas—(June 29, 1904-December 4, 1972): Member of Parliament for Llandaff and Barry, 1945-1950.
118.) Wriothesley Baptist Noel, 2nd Earl of Gainsborough--(ca. 1661-September 21, 1690): Member of Parliament for Hampshire, 1685-89.
119.) Albany Hawke Charlesworth--(February 5, 1854-September 12, 1914): Member of Parliament for Wakefield, 1892-95. 
120.) Cadwallader Davis Blayney, 12thBaron Blayney—(December 19, 1802-January 18, 1874): Member of Parliament for Monaghan, 1830-31.
121.)Mungo Nutter Campbell--(1785-1862): Lord Mayor of Glasgow, Scotland, 1824-1826.
122.) Tankerville Chamberlayne--(August 9, 1843-May 17, 1924): Member of Parliament for Southampton, 1892-95, 1902-06.
123.) St. Leger St. Leger, 1stViscount Doneraile--(?--May 15, 1787): Member of Parliament (Ireland) for Doneraile, 1749-76.
124.) Erskine Ruel La Tourette Ward--(1900-1981): Chief Justice of British Honduras, 1955-57.
125.) Sir Edgeworth Beresford David--(June 12, 1908-May 15, 1965): Chief Secretary of Hong Kong, 1955-57; Administrator of Hong Kong, 1957-58; Chief Secretary of Singapore, 1958-59.
126.) Travers Christmas Humphreys--(February 15, 1901-April 13, 1983): Judge of the Central Criminal Court (the Old Bailey), 1968-76.
127.) Stormont Mancroft Samuel Mancroft, 2nd Baron Mancroft--(July 27, 1914-September 14, 1987): Member of the House of Lords (Lord Temporal), 1942-87; Minister Without Portfolio under Prime Minister Anthony Eden, 1957-58.
128.) Marmaduke D'Arcy Wyvill--(March 5, 1849-September 23, 1918): Member of Parliament for Otley, 1895-1900.Marmaduke Capper Matthews--(1863-1945): Mayor of Greenwich, 1930-31.
129.) Qwominer William Osborne--(?-?): Member of the British Virgin Islands House of Assembly, 1963-79.
130.) Collingwood James Hughes--(January 31, 1872-March 25, 1963): Member of Parliament for Peckham, 1922-24.
131.) Gwynoro Glyndwyr Jones--(November 21, 1942-LIVING): Member of Parliament for Carmarthen, 1970-74.
132.) Mylrea Tellet Quayle--(1839--?): Member of the Isle of Man House of Keys, 1874-77.


Sir Lopes Massey Lopes.

133.) Slingsby Bethell—(March 1695-November 1, 1758): Member of Parliament for London, 1747-1758.
134.) Sir Kildare Dixon Borrowes, 6thBaronet--(January 20, 1722-June 22, 1790):Member of Parliament (Ireland) for Kildare County, 1745-1776.
135.) Archdale Arthur Frederick Tatman--(1902--?): Mayor of Enfield, 1959-60.
136.) Sir Harcourt Vanden-Bempde-Johnstone, 1st Baron Derwent--(January 3, 1829-March 1, 1916): Member of Parliament for Scarborough, 1869-80.
137.) Sambrooke Freeman—(ca. 1721-1782): Member of Parliament for Pontefract, Yorkshire from 1754–61 and Bridport, Dorset from 1768–74.
138.) Sewallis Evelyn Shirley--(July 15, 1844-March 7, 1904): Member of Parliament for Monaghan, 1868-80.
139.) Octavius Leigh Leigh-Clare--(July 6, 1841-July 16, 1912): Member of Parliament for Eccles, 1895-1906. Octavius Thomas Oldknow—(1784-1854): Mayor of Nottingham, 1822-23, 1829-30.
140.) Sir Coville Adrian de Rune Barclay--(September 17, 1869-June 2, 1929): British Ambassador to Sweden, 1919-24; to Hungary, 1924-28; to Portugal, 1928-29.Sir Colville Montgomery Deverell--(February 21, 1907-December 18, 1995): Governor of the British Leeward Islands, 1955-60; Governor of Mauritius from 1959-62.
141.) Sir Probyn Ellsworth Inniss--(1936-2007): Governor of Saint Christopher-Nevis-Anguilla,1975-1980; Governor of Saint Christopher and Nevis, 1980-81.
142.) Sir Alured Dumbell--(January 12, 1835-March 12, 1900): Second Deemster (Judge) of the Isle of Man, 1880-83; Clerk of Rolls of the Isle of Man, 1883-1900 (died in office.) Alured Popple--(ca. 1698-1744): Governor of Bermuda, 1738-44.
143.) Busvargus Toup Nicolas--(1819-1859): Acting Consul for Great Britain to the Kingdom of Hawaii, 1859.
144.)Moses Ironmonger--(1809-1887): Mayor of Wolverhampton, 1857-58, 1868-69.
145.) Dalrymple Maitland--(March 22, 1848-March 25, 1919): Member of the Isle of Man House of Keys, 1890-1919; House Speaker from 1909-19.
146.) Sir Balthazar Walter Foster, 1stBaron Ilkeston—(July 17, 1840-January 31, 1913): Member of Parliament for Ilkeston, 1887-1910.
147.) Lodge Evans de Montmorency--(1747-1822): Member of Parliament (Ireland) for Innistioge, Bandon Bridge, Ennis, and Dingle, 1769-70, 1776-90, 1796-97 and 1798-1800.
148.) Overington Blunden—(August 14, 1767-December 16, 1837): Member of Parliament for Kilkenny, 1812-1814.
149.)Bussy Mansell—(November 22, 1623-May 25, 1699): Member of Parliament for Cardiff Boroughs, 1660-61 and 1680-85; for Glamorganshire, 1679-81 and 1689-1699.
150.) Granby Hales Calcraft—(1802-1855): Member of Parliament for Wareham, 1831-32.
151.) Barrington Bulkeley Campbell, 3rd Baron Blythswood—(February 18, 1845-March 13, 1918): Lieutenant Governor of Guernsey, 1903-08.
152.)Baptist Leveson-Gower--(1703-1782): Member of Parliament for Newcastle-under-Lyme, 1727-1761. Baptist May—(November 4, 1628-March 2, 1697): Member of Parliament for Midhurst, 1670-1679.
153.) Penrhyn Grant Jones--(1878-1945): Assistant Judge, British Supreme Court for China, 1931-43.
154. Jovanka Humble—(March 3, 1951-LIVING): Member of Parliament for Blackpool North and Fleetwood, 1997-2010.


Fiennes Stanley Wykeham Cornwallis, 1st Baron Cornwallis

155.) Sir Odo William Theophilus Russell--(May 30, 1870-December 23, 1951): British Ambassador to the Swiss Confederation, 1919-1922; to the Holy See, 1922-1928; to the Netherlands, 1928-1933. Odo William Leopold Russell, 1stBaron Amphill--(February 20, 1829-August 25, 1884): British Ambassador to the German Empire, 1871-1884.
156.) Daniel Peploe Peploe—(1829-November 4, 1887): Member of Parliament for Herefordshire, 1874-80.
157.) Pentecost Dodderidge--(?--1650): Member of Parliament for Barnstaple, 1621-25; Mayor of Barnstaple, 1611, 1627 and 1637.
158.) Napier Christie Burton--(1758-1835): Member of Parliament for Beverly, 1796-1802.
159.) Cropley Ashford-Cooper, 6thEarl of Shaftsbury--(December 21, 1768-June 2, 1851): Member of Parliament for Dorchester, 1790, 1801-11.
160.) Mordaunt Fenwick Bisset--(1825-1884): Member of Parliament for West Somerset, 1880-83 (resigned.)
161.) Chandos Sydney Cedric Brudenell-Bruce, 7th Marquess of Ailesbury--(1894-1974): Member of the House of Lords, 1961-1974. Chandos Wren-Hoskyns--(February 15, 1812-November 28, 1876): Member of Parliament for Hereford, 1869-74.
162.) Sir Harmar Harmar-Nicholls--(1912-2000): Member of Parliament for Peterborough, 1950-74.
163.) Sir Courtauld Greenwood Courtauld-Thomson--(August 16, 1866-November 1, 1954): Member of the House of Lords, 1944-1954.
164.) Theophilus William Williams--(1846-1908): Mayor of Lewisham, 1900-02; committed suicide via morphine after being found to have embezzled substantial funds. Theophilus John Levett--(December 1, 1827-February 27, 1899): Member of Parliament for Lichfield, 1880-85.
165.) Sir Rufane Shaw Donkin—(1772-May 1, 1841): Member of Parliament for Berwick-upon-Tweed, 1832-37; for Sandwich, 1839-41; Governor of the Cape of Good Hope Colony, 1920-21.
166.) Sir Bosdin Thomas Leech—(1836-April 16, 1912): Mayor of Manchester from 1891-1892.
167.) Sir Lynch Salusbury Cotton--(1706-1775): Member of Parliament for Denbigshire, 1749-74.
168.) Sir Polydore de Keyser—(December 13, 1832-January 14, 1898): Lord Mayor of London, 1887-88.
169.) Ellerker Bradshaw—(December 1, 1680-June 28, 1742): Member of Parliament for Beverly, Yorkshire, 1727-29 and 1734-41.
170.) Sir Fairfax Leighton Cartwright--(July 20, 1857-January 9, 1928): British Ambassador to Bavaria and Wurttemburg, 1906-09; to Austria, 1908-13;
171.) Boswell Middleton Jalland—(?--1880): Mayor of Kingston-upon-Hull, 1836-37.
172.) Sir Hardolph Wastenys, 4thBaronet—(February 19, 1674-December 17, 1742): Member of Parliament for East Retford, 1706-08.
173.) Bluett Wallop—(April 27, 1726-June 6, 1749): Member of Parliament for Newport (Isle of Wight), 1747-49 (died in office.)
174.) Sir Skeffington Smyth--(1745-1797): Member of Parliament (Ireland) for Mullingar, 1779-83; Belturbet from 1783-90, and Galway, 1790-97 (died in office.)
175.) Mildmay Fane—(October 31, 1689-September 11, 1715): Member of Parliament for Kent, Feb.-Sept. 1715 (died in office aged 25.)
176.) Sir Walford Harmood Montague Selby--(May 19, 1881-August 7, 1965): British Ambassador to Austria, 1933-37; Portugal, 1937-40.
177.) Montefiore Follick--(December 31, 1887-December 10, 1958): Member of Parliament for Loughborough, 1945-55. 
178.) Power Henry Le Poer Trench--(May 11, 1841- April 30,1899): British Ambassador to Mexico, 1893-94; to Japan, 1893-95.
179.)Clotworthy Rowley, 1stBaron Langford--(1763-1825): Member of Parliament (Ireland) for Trim and Meath, 1791-1800.


Goronwy Moelwyn Hughes.

180.) Pickering Phipps—(1827-September 14, 1890): Member of Parliament for Northamptonshire South, 1881-1890.
181.) Pattee Byng, 2ndViscount Torrington--(May 25, 1699-January 23, 1747): Member of Parliament for Plymouth and Bedfordshire, 1721-33; Treasurer of the Navy, 1724-34.
182.) Popham Seymour-Conway--(1675-June 16, 1699): Member of Parliament (Ireland) for Lisburn, 1697-99. Wounded in a duel, died two weeks afterward, aged 24.
183.)Sir Alvary Douglas Frederick Trench-Gascogine--(August 6, 1893-April 17, 1970): British Ambassador to Russia, 1951-53.
184. Hercules Langford-Taylor--(1759-1790): Member of Parliament (Ireland) for Kells, 1781-1790.
185.) Sir Clarendon Golding Hyde--(February 5, 1858-June 24, 1934): Member of Parliament for Wednesbury, 1906-1910.
186.)Armar Lowry-Corry, 1st Earl Belmore--(April 7, 1740-February 2, 1802): Member of Parliament (Ireland) for Enniskillen and Tyrone, 1768-81.
187.)Sir Pynsent Chernock, 3rdBaronet—(?—September 2, 1734): Member of Parliament for Bedfordshire, 1705-08 and 1713-15.
188.) Westwood Lindley Jones--(?--?): Mayor of Bromley, 1914-17.
189.)Innes Harold Stranger—(June 21, 1879-July 28, 1936): Member of Parliament for Newbery (Berkshire), 1923-24.
190.) Sir Patricius Curwen--(1602-1664): Member of Parliament for Cumberland, 1640-43, 1661-64.
191.) Albemarle Bertie--(ca. 1668-1742): Member of Parliament for Lincolnshire, 1705-08; for Cockermouth, 1708-10, 1734-41.
192.) Sir Esler Maberly Dening--(April 21, 1897-January 29, 1977): British Ambassador to Japan from 1952-57.
193.) Kedgwin Hoskins—(May 26, 1777-December 24, 1852): Member of Parliament for Herefordshire, 1831-1847.
194.) Cynog Glyndwyr Dafis--(April 1, 1938--LIVING): Member of Parliament for Ceredigion and North Pembrokeshire, 1992-2000; member of the Welsh Assembly for Mid and West Wales, 1999-2003.
195.) Lauderdale Maule--(1807-1854): Member of Parliament for Forfarshire, 1852-54.
196.) Craister Greatheed--(?--1780): Chief Justice of St. Kitts, British West Indies, 1766-80 (died in office.)
197.) Standish Darby O’Grady 2ndViscount Guillimore—(December 26, 1792-July 22, 1848): Member of Parliament for Limerick County, 1820-1826, 1830-35.
198.) Queenie Lewingdon Hamilton—(1918-2016): Lord Mayor of Oxford, 1990-1991.
199.) Montolieu Fox Oliphant-Murray--(April 27, 1840-February 20, 1927): Member of the House of Lords, 1911-1927. 
200.) Borlase Richmond Webb—(1696-March 3, 1738): Member of Parliament for Ludgershall, 1722-34.

Mordaunt Fenwick Bisset.

201.) Ayscoghe Boucherett—(April 16, 1755-September 15, 1815): Member of Parliament for Great Grimsby, 1796-1803; died after being kicked in the head by a horse (fracturing his skull.)
202.)  Pratap Chidamber Chitnis, Baron Chitnis--(1936-2013): Member of the House of Lords (Crossbencher), 1977-2013.
203.)McWellington Todman--(?--?): Member of the British Virgin Islands House of Assembly, 1952-54.
204.) Caerwyn Eifion Roderick--(July 15, 1927-October 16, 2011): Member of Parliament for Brecon and Radnor, 1970-79.
205.)Sir Otho Leslie Prior-Palmer--(October 28, 1897-January 29, 1986): Member of Parliament for Worthing, 1945-64.
206.) Sir Woodbine Parrish--(September 14, 1796-August 16, 1882): British Ambassador to Argentina, 1824-28, 1828-31; Chief Commissioner at Naples, 1840-45.
207.) Phelim Robert Hugh O'Neill--(1909-1994): Member of Parliament for North Antrim, 1952-1973.
208.) Thorhilda Mary Vivian Abbott-Watt--(February 11, 1955-LIVING): British Ambassador to Armenia, 2003-05; to Turkmenistan, 2016-.
209.) Cospatrick Alexander Douglas-Home, 11th Earl of Home--(October 27, 1799-July 4, 1881): Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, 1828-30; member of the House of Lords from 1875-81.
210.) Sir Cloudsley Shovell—(1650-1707): Member of Parliament for Rochester, 1695-1701, 1705-07 (died in office.)
211.) Justinian Edwards-Heathcoate--(1843-1928): Member of Parliament for Staffordshire Northwest, 1886-92.Sir Justinian Isham—(August 11, 1658-May 13, 1730): Member of Parliament for Northampton, 1685-90 and 1694-98.
212.) Glennevans Clifton Clarke--(?-LIVING): Speaker of the Turks & Caicos Legislative Council, 2003-07.
213.) Endymion Porter--(1587-1649): British Ambassador to Spain, 1623-24.
214.)Sir Maziere Brady--(July 20, 1796-April 13, 1871): Attorney General for Ireland, 1839-40; Lord Chancellor for Ireland, 1846-66.
215.) Sir Chaloner Ogle—(1681-1750): Member of Parliament for Rochester, 1747-; Admiral of the Fleet, 1749-1751.
216.) Sir Pelham Laird Warren--(August 22, 1845-November 21, 1923): British Consul General in Shanghai, 1901-11.
217.)Stearn Ball Miller--(1813-May 2, 1897): Member of Parliament for Armagh City, 1857-59, 1865-67.
218.) Cornwallis Maude, 1st Viscount Hawarden--(September 19, 1729-August 23, 1803): Member of Parliament )Ireland for Rosecommon Borough, 1783-85.
219.) Halcro Johnston Tait--(1913--?): Mayor of Elmbridge, Surrey, 1977-78.
220.)Pudsey Dawson—(1751-1816): Mayor of Liverpool, 1799-1800.
221.)Salwey Winnington--(1666-1736): Member of Parliament for Bewdley, 1694-1708, 1710-15.
222.)Molyneux Shuldham, 1stBaron Shuldham—(ca. 1717-September 30, 1798): Member of Parliament for Fowey, 1774-84. Governor of Newfoundland, 1772-75.
223.)Yogan M. Yoganathan--(?--LIVING): Mayor of Kingston-upon-Thames, 2005-2006.
224.) Heneage Legge—(February 29, 1788-December 12, 1844): Member of Parliament for Banbury, Oxfordshire, 1819-1826. Heneage Finch, 3rd Earl of Aylesford--(1715-1777): Member of Parliament for Leicestershire and Maidstone, 1739-57.
225.) Narcissus Luttrell--(1557-1732): Member of Parliament for Bossiney and Saltash, 1679 and 1691.
226.) Filmer Honywood--(ca. 1745-1809): Member of Parliament for Steyning, 1774-80; for Kent, 1780-1796.
227.)Eleazer Pickwick--(1749-December 8, 1837): Mayor of Bath, 1826-27.
228.) Cornthwaite Hector--(1773-1842): Member of Parliament for Petersfield, 1835-37, 1838-41.
229.)Sir Rushout Cullen--(1661-1730): Member of Parliament for Cambridgeshire, 1697-1710.
230.) Crofton Moore Vandeleur--(1809-1881): Member of Parliament for Clare, 189-1874.


Sir Home Riggs Popham.

231.) Schomberg Henry Kerr, 9th Marquess of Lothian--(December 2, 1833-January 17, 1900): Secretary of State for Scotland under Prime Minister Lord Salisbury, 1887-92.
232.) Meaburn Staniland--(1809-1898): Member of Parliament for Boston. 1857-59, 1866-67.
233.) Digby Milward Weightman--(1908--?): Mayor of Croydon, 1970-71.
234.)Sir Geers Henry Cotterell--(1834-1900): Member of Parliament for Herefordshire, 1857-59.
235.)Alfred James Wellbeloved--(July 29, 1926-September 10, 2012): Member of Parliament for Erith and Crayford, 1966-83.
236.) Sir Vicary Gibbs--(October 27, 1751-February 8, 1820): Member of Parliament for Totnes, 1804-06; Great Bedwyn, 1807; Cambridge University, 1807-11; Solicitor General for England and Wales, 1805-06; Attorney General for England and Wales, 1807-12.
237.) Sir Clobery Noel, 5th Baronet--(ca. 1695-July 30, 1733): Member of Parliament for Leicestershire from 1727-33.
238.)Sir Gillery Pigott--(1813-1875): Member of Parliament for Reading, 1860-63.
239.) Janric Fraser Craig, 3rd Viscount Craigavon--(1944--LIVING): Member of the House of Lords (Lord Temporal), 1974-.
240.) Awnsham Churchill—(May 2, 1658-April 24, 1728): Member of Parliament for Dorchester, 1705-1710.
241.) Swynfen Jervis—(?--?): Member of Parliament for Bridport, Dorset, 1837-41. 
242.) Blayney Townley-Balfour--(1799--?): Governor of the Bahamas, 1833-1835.
243.) Dalhousie Watherston—(?--1803): Member of Parliament for Boston, Lincolnshire, 1784-1790.
244.) Aretas Akers-Douglas--(October 21, 1852-January 15, 1926): Member of Parliament for  1880-1911; member of the House of Lords, 1911-26; Home Secretary under Prime Minister Balfour, 1902-05.
245.) Rognvald Richard Farrer Herschell, 3rd Baron Herschell--(September 13, 1923-October 26, 2008): Member of the House of Lords (hereditary peer), 1929-1999.
246.) Soame Jenyns—(January 1, 1704-December 18, 1787): Member of Parliament for Cambridge, 1758-1776.
247.) Savage Mostyn--(1713-1757): Member of Parliament for Weobley, 1747-57.
248.) Sir Powlett Charles John Milbank--(1852-1918): Member of Parliament for Radnorshire, 1895-1900.
249.) Redvers Michael Prior—(1893-November 4, 1964): Member of Parliament for Aston, Birmingham, 1943-45.
250.) Sir Courthorpe Clayton—(ca. 1706-March 22, 1762): Member of Parliament for Eye, 1749-1758.
251.) Egremont William Lascelles--(1825-1892): Member of Parliament for Northallerton, 1866-68.
252.) Beilby Richard Lawley, 2nd Baron Wenlock--(April 2, 1818-November 6, 1880): Member of Parliament for Pontefract, 1851-52.
253. Sir Roper Lethbridge--(1840-1919): Member of Parliament for Kensington North, 1885-92.
254.) Cornish Arthur Coggan--(1876-November 26, 1942): Mayor of St. Pancras, 1912-13.
255.) Dr. Bouverie McDonald--(1861-1931): Member of Parliament for Wallasey, 1918-22.
256.) Armitage Rigby--(1864-1910): Member of the Isle of Man House of Keys, 1909-10.
257.) Robert Spankie—(1774-November 2, 1842): Member of Parliament for Finsbury, 1832-35.
258. Masterton Ure--(1777-1863): Member of Parliament for Weymouth and Melcombe Regis, 1818-19, 1831.
259.) Musgrave Brisco—(1791-May 9, 1854): Member of Parliament for Hastings, 1844-54.
260.) Velters Cornewall--(1697-1768): Member of Parliament for Herefordshire, 1722-68.
261.) Sir Boutchier Wrey--(ca. 1653-1696): Member of Parliament for Liskeard and Devon, 1678-96.
262.) Sir Vyell Vyvyan--(1639-1697): Member of Parliament for Helston, 1679.
263.) Sir Baynham Throckmorton, 2nd Baronet--(1606-1664): Member of Parliament for Gloucestershire, 1661-64 (died in office.)
264.) Sholto Vere Hare--(1820-1900): Mayor of Bristol, 1862-1863. Shalto Thomas Pemberton--(?--?): Chief Justice of Dominica, 1861.
265.) Carteret Leathes--(1698-1780): Member of Parliament for Sudbury, 1727-47.
266.) Barne Barne--(1754-1828): Member of Parliament for Dunwich, 1777-91.


Sir Dingle Mackintosh Foot.
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Pamphile Real Blaise Nugent Du Tremblay.

  Our change of pace continues with a peek at some of the curiously named figures who've populated the government of America's neighbor to the North. Each of Canada's ten provinces has had a wealth of history both prior to and after the Canadian confederation, which was achieved in 1867. From the province of Alberta to the province of Quebec, as well as Prince Edward Island and Nova Scotia (amongst others) each province's history saw the election of numerous legislators, councilors, judges, and mayors. This list was first launched shortly after the development of the "Strangest Names In British Political History", and its total amount of listees was further increased by members of the House of Commons and Senate, legislative bodies that came to fruition following the Canadian Confederation of 1867. As of the date of publication, this list stands at just over 140 individuals and will continue to expand when time permits. Enjoy!

1.) Pamphile Réal Blaise NugentDu Tremblay--(March 5, 1879-October 6, 1955): Member of the Canadian House of Commons from Quebec, 1917-1921; member of the Canadian Senate from 1942-1955 (died in office.)
2.) Lestock Peach Wilson DesBrisay--(March 28, 1820 – December 10, 1872): Member of the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick from 1856-1866. Lestock Graham DesBrisay--(1920-1988): Minister of Economic Growth and Finance for New Brunswick, 1960-70.
3.) Onesiphore Ernest Talbot--(August 15, 1854-May 6, 1934): Member of the Canadian House of Commons from Bellechasse, Quebec, 1896-1915. Onesiphore Carbonneau--(June 17, 1852-February 25, 1932): Member of the Canadian House of Commons from Quebec, 1902-1904.Onesiphore Turgeon--(September 6, 1849-November 18, 1944): Member of the Canadian House of Commons from 1900-1921; Member of the Canadian Senate from Gloucester, New Brunswick, 1922-44.
4.) Jabez Bunting Snowball--(September 24, 1837-February 24, 1907): Member of the Senate from 1891-1902; member of the House of Commons from 1878-1880. Jabez Pike Thompson--(October 9, 1852 – January 18, 1938): Member of the Newfoundland House of Assembly from Twillingate and Fogo, 1882-85 1889-95.
5.) Acalus Lockwood Palmer—(August 28, 1820-August 10, 1899): Member of the House of Commons from St. John, New Brunswick, 1872-1878.
6.) Aemelius Irving—(February 4, 1823-November 27, 1913): Member of the House of Commons from Hamilton, Ontario, 1874-78.
7.) Azellus Denis--(March 26, 1907-September 4, 1991): Member of the House of Commons from Saint-Denis, Quebec, 1935-1964; Postmaster General of Canada, 1963-64; member of the Senate from 1964-1991 (died in office.) A total service of over 55 years, the longer period of service in Canadian parliamentary history.
8.) Arza Clair Casselman--(January 19, 1891-May 11, 1958): Member of the House of Commons from Grenville-Dundas, Ontario, 1921-21, 1925-1958.
9.) Amor De Cosmos—(August 20, 1825-July 4, 1897): Member of the House of Commons from Victoria, British Columbia, 1871-1882.
10.) Herménégilde Boulay—(March 20, 1861-May 18, 1942): Member of the House of Commons from Rimouski, Quebec, 1911-1917.
11.) Sixte Coupal Dit La Reine—(May 1, 1825-June 22, 1891): Member of the House of Commons from Napierville, Quebec, 1867-72, 1874-75, 1875-1882.
12.) Corelli Collard Field—(October 5, 1830-February 2, 1898): Member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from Northumberland West, 1886 to 1898.
13.) Creelman MacArthur—(June 12, 1874 – December 27, 1943): Member of the Canadian Senate from Prince Edward Island, 1925-1943.
14.) Côme Isaïe Rinfret—(September 6, 1847-November 8, 1911): Member of the House of Commons from Lotbinière, Quebec, 1878-1899.Côme-Séraphin Cherrier--(July 22, 1798 – April 10, 1885): Member of the Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada from Montreal, 1835-1838.
15.) Fitzalam-William Perras—(March 10, 1876-June 28, 1936): Member of the House of Commons from Wright, Quebec, 1925-1936 (died in office).
16.) Follin Horace Pickel—(March 2, 1866-December 21, 1949): Member of the House of Commons from Brome-Missisquoi, Quebec, 1930-1935.
17.) Ligouri Lacombe—(June 15, 1895-April 13, 1957): Member of the House of Commons from Laval--Two Mountains, Quebec, 1925-30, 1935-40, 1940-45, 1945-48.
18.) Harcourt Burland Bull—(June 2, 1824-August 12, 1881): Member of the Canadian Senate from Hamilton, Ontario, 1879-81 (died in office.)


Lestock Peach Wilson DesBrisay.

19.) Billa Flint—(February 9, 1805-June 15, 1894): Member of the Canadian Senate from Trent, Ontario, 1867-1894 (died in office.)
20.) Macgregor Fullarton McIntosh--(1896-1955): Member of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia for the Islands, 1937-41.
21.) Sir Melbourne McTaggart Tait--(May 20, 1842 -February 19, 1917): Chief Justice of the Superior Court at Montreal, 1894-1917. Melbourne Alexander Gass--(December 21, 1938-January 29, 2019): Member of the House of Commons for Prince Edward Island, 1979-88.
22.) Overton Smith Gildersleeve—(January 13, 1825 – March 9, 1864): Mayor of Kingston, Ontario, Canada from 1855-56 and 1861-62.
23.) Havelock Ford Price—(1865-1935): Mayor of Kingston, Ontario, Canada in 1927.
24.) Hormidas LaPorte—(November 7, 1850 – February 20, 1934): Mayor of Montreal, Quebec, Canada from 1904 to 1906.
25.) Wishart Flett Spence—(March 9, 1904 – April 16, 1998): Associate Justice of the Canadian Supreme Court, 1963-1978. Wishart McLea Robertson—(February 15, 1896-August 15, 1967): Member of the Canadian Senate from Shelburne, Nova Scotia 1943-65; Speaker of the Senate, 1953-57.
26.) Sperrin Chant—(1860--?): Mayor of St. Thomas, Ontario, Canada from 1901-1902.
27.) Montague William Tyrwhitt-Drake--(January 20, 1830 – April 29, 1908): Mayor of Victoria, British Columbia, Canada from 1876-1877.
28.) Romuald-Charlemagne Laurier—(January 7, 1852-December 28, 1906): Member of the House of Commons from L'Assomption, Quebec, 1900-1906 (died in office.)
Romuald Montezuma Gendron--(December 5, 1865-October 26, 1946): Member of the House of Commons from Wright, Quebec, 1921-25.
29.) Aulay McAulay Morrison—(June 15, 1863-February 27, 1942): Member of the House of Commons from New Westminster, British Columbia, 1896-1904.
30.) Neriah John Roadhouse--(1853-November 14, 1932): Mayor of Newmarket, Ontario, 1905-07.
31.) Chisholm MacKenzie Ross—(1893-1944): Mayor of Fort William, Ontario, Canada, 1938-42.
32.) Battleman Milton McIntyre--(March 8, 1907-November 27, 1968): Member of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia for Mackenzie, 1949-52.
33.) Viateur Ethier—(June 27, 1915-July 29, 1975): Member of the House of Commons for Glengarry-Prescott, Ontario, 1962-1972.
34.) Dempster Henry Ratcliffe Heming--(November 30, 1885 – April 20, 1967): Member of the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan for Moose Jaw City, 1944-60.
35.) Gildas Laurent Molgat—(January 25, 1927 – February 28, 2001): Member of the Canadian Senate from Ste-Rose, Manitoba, 1970-2001; Speaker of the Senate, 1994-2001.
36.) Asmunder Loptson—(February 14, 1885-February 25, 1972): Member of the Saskatchewan Legislative Assembly from Saltcoats, 1929-34, 1948-60.
37.) Eiliv Howard Anderson—(1934-LIVING): Member of the Saskatchewan Legislative Assembly for Shaunavon, 1975-78.
38.) Bamm David Hogarth—(October 24, 1887- November 13, 1966): Member of the Saskatchewan Legislative Assembly for Regina City, 1938-44; Judge of the District Court of Regina, 1944-62.
39.) Héliodore Côté—(October 19, 1934-LIVING): Member of the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick from 1978 -1982.


Acalus Lockwood Palmer.

40.) Winckworth Tonge--(February 4, 1727 – February 2, 1792): Member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from Cumberland County, 1759 -1760, King's County from 1765- 1783 and Hants County from 1785-1792.
41.) D'Arcy Argue Counsell Martin--(October 23, 1898 – June 7, 1992): Member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from Hamilton West, 1931-34.
42.) Eliakim Eddy Tupper--(1822 – July 31, 1895): Member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from Digby County, 1890-95 (died in office.)
43.) Snow Parker Freeman—(1805-1862): Member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from Queen’s County, 1843-55.
44.) Hammel Madden DeRoche—(August 27, 1840 – March 10, 1916): Member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from Addington, 1871-1883.
45.) Azaire Adulph Aubin—(August 6, 1850 – March 27, 1932): Member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from Nipissing West and Sturgeon Falls, 1905-1911.
46.) Zotique Mageau--(April 6, 1865 – March 14, 1951): Member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from Sturgeon Falls, 1911-1926.
47.) Ebon Rinaldo Wigle—(October 19, 1877-February 8, 1941): Member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from Huron Centre, 1923-26.
48.) Avila-Gonzague Bourbonnais--(October 17, 1859- April 4, 1902): Member of the Legislative Assembly of Quebec from Soulanges, 1886-1902.
49.) Eccles James Gott—(September 4, 1884-June 15, 1939): Member of the House of Commons from Amherstburg, Ontario, 1925-1935 (died in office.)
50.) Goldwin Corlett Elgie--(July 21, 1896 – April 4, 1975): Member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from Woodbine, 1934-43 and 1945-48.
51.) Myrddyn Cooke Davies--(May 26, 1897 – December 29, 1970): Member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from Windsor-Walkerville, 1945 to 1959 (Speaker 1949-55).
52.) Aylesworth Bowen Perry—(August 21, 1860 – February 14, 1956): Commissioner of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, 1900-1923; member of the 2ndCouncil of the Northwest Territories, 1921-22.
53.) Day Hort MacDowell—(March 6, 1850-October 10, 1927): Member of the Legislative Assembly of the Northwest Territories from 1883-85; member of the Canadian House of Commons from Saskatchewan, 1887-96.
54.) Acheson Gosford Irvine(December 7, 1837 – January 8, 1916): Commissioner of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, 1880-86; Member of the Legislative Assembly of the Northwest Territories from 1883-85.
55.) Perez Martain Benjamin--(October 23, 1791 – August 4, 1850): Member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1836-1840 and 1843-1847.
56.) Cereno Upham Jones(1767–1851): Member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from Annapolis County, 1816-18.
57.) Almonte Douglas Alkenbrack—(June 2, 1912-March 19, 1998): Member of the Canadian House of Commons from Lennox and Addington, Ontario, 1962-1979.
58.) Eckbird Seymour Cane--(January 5, 1867-March 26, 1930): Mayor of Newmarket, Ontario from 1912-1913.


Sixte Coupal Dit La Reine.

59.) Sarmite Drosma Bulte--(September 27, 1953-LIVING): Member of the House of Commons for Parkdale-High Park, 1997-2006.
60.) Vildebon-Winceslas Larue(October 3, 1851-January 8, 1906): Member of the Legislative Council of Quebec for La Salle, 1896-1906.
61.) Onuphe Peltier--(November 13, 1821-May 10, 1880): Member of the Legislative Assembly of Quebec from L’Assomption, 1871 to 1880.
62.) Hartland de Montarville Molson--(May 29, 1907-September 28, 2002): Member of the Canadian Senate from Quebec, 1955-1993.
63.) Hippolyte Monplasir—(March 7, 1839-June 20, 1927): Member of the House of Commons from Champlain, Quebec, 1874-1887; member of the Senate, 1893-1927 (died in office).
64.) Tancrède Boucher de Grosbois--(November 6, 1846 – September 30, 1926): Mayor of Saint Bruno-de-Montarville, Quebec, 1872-74; member of the Legislative Assembly of Quebec from Shefford, 1888-1892 and 1897-1903.
65.) Dowina-Évariste Joyal--(May 30, 1892-January 18, 1956): Member of the Legislative Assembly of Quebec for Chambly, 1939-1948.
66.) Thibaudeau Rinfret—(June 22, 1879-July 25, 1962): Chief Justice of the Canadian Supreme Court, 1944-54; Acting Governor-General of Canada in 1952.
67.) Ipeelee Kilabuck—(1932-2000): Member of the Legislative Assembly for the Northwest Territories from Central Baffin, 1975-83 and 1987-1991.
68.) Pauloosie Paniloo(1943-2007): Member of the Legislative Assembly for the Northwest Territories from Baffin Central, 1983-87.
69.) Willoughby Staples Brewster--(July 9, 1860-December 28, 1932): Member of the Legislative Assembly from the Province of Ontario from Brant South, 1908-14.
70.) Elmes Yelverton Steele--(February 6, 1781-August 6, 1865): Member of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada from Simcoe, 1841-43.
71.) Melchior-Alphonse de Salaberry--(1813-1867):Member of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada for Rouville, 1841-43.
72.) Harmannus Smith--(1790-1872): Member of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada from Wentworth, 1841-51.
73.) Hamnett Kirkes Pinhey--(December 11, 1784-March 3, 1857): Member of the Legislative Assembly of Upper Canada from Carleton County, 1831-34.
74.) Levius Peters Sherwood--(1777-1850): Member of the Legislative Assembly of Upper Canada from Leeds, 1812-13; Speaker from 1821-1824.
75.) Hope Fleming McKenzie--(1821-1866): Member of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada from Lambdon and North Oxford, 1860-61 and 1863-66.
76.)Corydon Partlow Brown--(1848-91): Member of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from Westbourne, 1875-82; Minister of Public Works for Manitoba, 1880.
77.) Armour Livingstone McCrae--(1916-November 3, 2007): Mayor of Welland, Ontario from 1953-58.
78.) Baldwin Larus Baldwinson--(October 26, 1856-October 5, 1936): Member of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba for Gimli, 1899-1907 and 1910-1913.
79.) Glenlyon Archibald Campbell--(1863-1917): Member of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from Gilbert Plains, 1903 to 1908; member of the Canada House of Commons from Dauphin, 1908-11.
80.) Oza Tétrault--(May 1, 1908 – October 17, 1995): Member of the Canadian House of Commons from Villaneuve, 1968-74.
81.) Fawcett Gowler Taylor--(April 29, 1878-January 1, 1940): Member of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from Portage au Prairie, 1920-1933.
82.) Mungo Turnbull Lewis--(November 13, 1894-January 12, 1969): Member of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from Rockwood, 1936-45.
83.) Elman Kreisler Guttormson--(March 24, 1929-October 10, 2000): Member of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from St. George, 1956-1969.
84.) Wemyss McKenzie Simpson--(March 30, 1824-March 31, 1894): Member of the Canadian House of Commons from Algoma, 1867-71.
85.) Peregrine Maitland Grover--(1818-1885): Member of the Canadian House of Commons from Peterborough East, 1867-1873.


Wishart Flett Spence.

86.) Gloud Wilson McLelan--(April 18, 1796–April 6, 1858): Member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from Londonderry, 1836-47, 1851-58.
87.) Aeneas Adolph Macdonald--(November 30, 1864-June 30, 1920): Member of the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island from 2ndKings, 1912-1915.
88.) Pius Aeneas Gallan--(February 1, 1882 -November 10, 1971): Member of the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island from 1stPrince, 1932-1943.
89.) Télesphore-Eusèbe Normand--(August 18, 1832 – April 3, 1918): Member of the Legislative Assembly of Quebec for Trois-Rivieres, 1890-1900; Mayor of Trois-Rivieres, 1873-76, 1889-94. Telesphore Simard (1878-1955): Mayor of Quebec City, Canada from 1927-28.
90.) McCausland F. Irvine—(June 9, 1864-December 14, 1948): Member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from Perth South, 1923-26.
91.) Nérée Le Noblet Duplessis--(March 5, 1855-June 23, 1926): Mayor of Trois-Rivières, 1904-05; member of the Legislative Assembly of Quebec for St. Maurice, 1886-90.
92.) Atchez Pitt--(1896-1956): Mayor of Trois-Rivières, Quebec, Canada, 1937-41.
93.) Thimolaüs Beaulieu--(?--?): Mayor of Lévis, Quebec, Canada, 1886-90.
94.) Sir Tasker Keech Cook--(1867-1937): Mayor of St. Johns, Newfoundland, 1921-29.
95.) Ewart John Arlington Harnum (October 13, 1910 – February 29, 1996): Lieutenant Governor of Newfoundland, 1969-74.
96.) Royal Lethington Maitland--(January 9, 1898 – March 28, 1946 ): Member of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia for Vancouver, 1928-33, 1937-46.
97.) Jerahmiel Samson Grafstein--(January 2, 1935--LIVING): Member of the Canadian Senate from Metro Toronto, 1984-2010.
98.) Sigtryggur Jonasson--(February 8, 1852-November 26, 1942): Member of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba for St. Andrews and Gimli, 1896-99 and 1907-10.
99.) Buda Hosmer Brown (June 10, 1894 – August 12, 1962): Member of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia for Vancouver-Point Grey, 1956-1962. Female
100.) Bonaventure Panet (July 27, 1765 – March 12, 1846): Member of the 1st Parliament of Lower Canada for Leinster, 1792-1800. 
101.) Hidulphe Adolphe Savoie--(June 26, 1873-1961): Member of the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick from Northumberland County, 1930-48.
102.) Pio Heliodore LaPorte--(September 1, 1878 - July 29, 1939 ): Member of the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick from Madawaska, 1936-38; Minister of Health and Labour for New Brunswick, 1938-39; killed in an automobile accident.
103.) Taras Demeter Ferley--(October 14, 1882-July 27, 1947): Member of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from Gimli, 1915-20.
104.) Loftus Dudley Ward--(November 7, 1905 – May 24, 1980): Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta (Royal Canadian Navy), 1945-48,
105.) Jaroslaw William Arsenych--(1889-June 2, 1947): Provincial Judge for Manitoba, 1947-53 (died in office.)
106.)Oakland Woods Valleau--(March 20, 1892–March 6, 1976): Member of the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan for Melfort, 1938-48.
107.) Featherston Osler--(1838-1924): Justice of the Court of Appeals for the Province of Ontario, 1883-.
108.) Hilarion-Pit Lessard--(February 11, 1913-September 13, 1984): Member of the House of Commons from St. Henri and LaSalle, 1958-1972.
109.)Ossian Gardiner Lye--(February 20, 1889--?): Mayor of Guelph, Ontario, 1932.
110.)Sarto Fournier—(February 15, 1908-July 23, 1980):Mayor of Montreal from 1957 to 1960.
111.) Hannes Marino Hanneson--(November 27, 1887-June 11, 1958): Member of the House of Commons from Selkirk, Manitoba, 1925-26.
112.) Cephas Barker Mark--(1872-1942): Member of the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan for Rosetown, 1912-17.
113.)Moss Kent Dickinson--(June 1, 1822 -July 19, 1897): Mayor of Ottawa, 1864-66; Member of the House of Commons from Ontario, 1882-87.
114.) Vere Brabazon Ponsonby, 9th Earl of Bessborough--(October 27, 1880-March 10, 1956): Governor-General of Canada, 1931-35; previously a member of the U.K. Parliament from Cheltenham and Dover, 1910-20.
115.) Eliphalet Wilbur Gustin--(May 7, 1834-January 23, 1920): Mayor of St. Thomas, Ontario from 1883-84.


Bamm David Hogarth.

116.) Guillaume Gamelin Gaucher—(August 16, 1810-September 6, 1885): Member of the House of Commons for Jacques Cartier, Quebec, 1867-1872.
117.) Eymard Georges Corbin—(August 2, 1934-LIVING): Member of the Canadian House of Commons from Madwaska-Victoria, 1968-1984; member of the Senate from 1984-2009.
118.)Lendrum McMeans--(1859-1941): member of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from Winnipeg South, 1910-14; member of the Canadian senate, 1917-41.
119.) Mather Byles DesBrisay--(March 19, 1828-April 8, 1900): Speaker of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1875-76 (a member of the assembly from 1867-78); also a County Judge.
120.) Adelbert Cavour Chapman--(October 25, 1860-September 1, 1943): Mayor of Moncton, New Brunswick, 1896 and 1920-21.
121.) Aulder Clarke Bowness--(August 15, 1871-May 2, 1949): Mayor of Cranbrook, British Columbia from 1912-13, 1915.
122.) Dilman Kinsey Erb--(July 16, 1857-February 19, 1936): Member of the House of Commons for Perth South, 1896-1904.
123.) Avard Longley Davidson--(November 2, 1877-July 1, 1931): Member of the House of Commons from Nova Scotia (Digby and Annapolis), 1911-21.
124.) Honoré Hippolyte Achille Gervais--(August 13, 1864 – August 8, 1915) : Member of the House of Commons from St. James, Quebec, 1904-11.
125.) Esioff-Leon Patenaude--(February 12, 1875-February 7, 1963): Member of the House of Commons from Quebec (Hochlega), 1915-17; Lieutenant Governor of Quebec, 1934-39.
126.) Chipman Hazen Drury--(July 15, 1917-July 5, 1991): Mayor of Westmount, Quebec, 1962-63.
127.) Arvid Waldemar Lundell--(1899-1984): Member of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia from Revelstoke, 1949-52, 1963-66.
128.) Euchariste Harvey--(1904-1984): Mayor of Saint Hubert, Quebec, 1961-63.
129.) Pleaman Forsey--(?--LIVING): Member of the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly for Exploits, 2019.
130.) Heino Lilles--(?--LIVING): Judge of the Yukon Territorial Court, 1986-2006.
131. Andromache Karakatsanis--(1955--LIVING): Puisne Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada, 2011-.
132.) Fleming Blanchard McCurdy--(February 17, 1875-August 29, 1952): Member of the House of Commons from Nova Scotia (Colchester, Shelburne and Queens), 1911-21.
133.) Yoine Jonah Goldstein--(May 11, 1934--LIVING): Member of the Canadian Senate for Rigaud, 2005-2009.
134.)Metro Carl Rybchuk--(December 16, 1935-LIVING): Member of the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan for Regina Victoria, 1982-86.
135.) Absalom Shade Allen--(1843-1928): Member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario for Wellington West, 1886-92.
136.)Salter Adrian Hayden--(May 31, 1896-January 5, 1987): Member of the Canadian Senate from Toronto, 1940-1983.
137.) Stockwell Burt Day Jr.--(August 16, 1950-LIVING): Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta for Red Deer-North, 1986-2000; Minister of Employment and Immigration for Alberta, 1992-96.
138.) Loyola O'Driscoll--(?--LIVING): Member of the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly for Ferryland, 2019-.
139.) Bona Arsenault—(October 10, 1903-July 4, 1993): Member of the House of Commons from Bonaventure, Quebec, 1945-1957.
140.) Fenwick Lionel Kelly--(1863-1944): Member of the House of Commons from North Cape Breton and Victoria, Nova Scotia, 1923-25.
141.)Odoardo Di Santo--(1934--LIVING): Member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1975-85.
142.) Garde Basil Gardom--(1924-2013): Member of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia for Vancouver-Point Grey, 1966-86; Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia, 1995-2001.
143.) Ferrier Baker Kilbourne--(February 28, 1888-October 9, 1968): Mayor of London, Ontario from 1933-34.
144.) Leonidas Alcidas Giroux--(July 26, 1885 – September 7, 1936): Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from Grouard, 1924-1936.
145.) Efstathios William Barootes--(November 15, 1918-July 30, 2000): Member of the Canadian Senate from Regina Qu'Appelle, Saskatchewan, 1984-93.
146.) Athanase Gaudet—(June 20, 1848-April 29, 1888): Member of the House of Commons from Nicolet, Quebec, 1884-88 (died in office.)


Jabez Bunting Snowball.
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Landrine Jehu Tatum (1832-1924)

April 15, 2020, 2:06 pm
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From the Kansas City Word and Way, July 31, 1924.

   A native son of Ash County, North Carolina, Landrine Jehu Tatum was called to the ministry at an early age, and prior to his permanent settlement in Missouri held pastorates in both Georgia and Arkansas. Following settlement in Missouri in 1864, Tatum's ministerial work in the Baptist church extended over five decades, and briefly graced the political stage in 1886 when he was an unsuccessful aspirant for the Missouri House of Representatives from Hickory County. Born in Ash County on February 22, 1832, Landrine Jehu Tatum was the son Buckner and Behethland (Sheriff) Tatum.
  The majority of Tatum's formative years were spent in the state of his birth, and at age 13 removed with his family to Gilmer County, Georgia. Two years later he was called to the ministry, and in October 1847 was baptized in the Mountaintown Baptist Church. Shortly afterward a church was organized in the neighboring settlement of Pleasant Hill, where Tatum was named as church clerk. After being licensed to preach in 1851, Tatum began a teaching career in Gilmer and Murray County that would extend over a year and later undertook theological study at Mercer University in Georgia.
  Following ordination in April 1856, Tatum left Georgia for Arkansas, and after a brief residency there removed to Texas, where he taught school for several months. He later returned to Arkansas where during the Civil War he ministered "to both Federals and Confederates." Tatum married in May 1863 to Margarette Jane (Clonts) Sheriff (1835-1914), a widow with three children from a prior marriage. The couple's five-decade union saw the births of four daughters, Theodosia (1864-1930), Georgia (1866-1958), Margaret (1869-1872), and a child who died in infancy.
  In 1864 Tatum left Arkansas for Missouri and soon after his resettlement in Hickory County entered into a pastorate at the Mt. Moriah Church in Dooley Bend. Three years following his establishing roots in that community Tatum became a founding member of the Old Path Baptist Association, and after its organization served as its clerk and moderator at various times over the next three decades. Tatum's work for the church also saw him affiliated with the American Baptist Publican Society, as a distributor of religious publications.
  Landrine J. Tatum's lone foray into Missouri politics came in 1886 when he garnered the Democratic nomination for state representative from Hickory County. One of three candidates in that year's contest, Tatum would place second to incumbent Republican William Lucas Snidow (1829-1903), who had served six prior terms in both the state senate and house of representatives.

From the Official Manual of the State of Missouri, 1887-88.

  The latter portion of Tatum's life saw him continue prominence in Baptist church work, and in 1914 suffered the death of his wife Margarette. He celebrated his 90th birthday in 1922 and later died at the home of his daughter Theodosia on April 21, 1924, aged 92. He was later interred at the Dooley Bend Cemetery in Galmey, Missouri.

From the History of the Polk County Baptist Association, 1897.
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Malbourne Addison Angier (1820-1900)

April 17, 2020, 1:56 pm
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Portrait from the Biographical History of North Carolina, Vol. III, 1906.

  The figure of Malbourne Addison Angier looms large in the history of Durham, North Carolina, a city best known to most for being the home of both Duke University and the Bull Durham Tobacco Company.  As the owner and operator of one of the first mercantile establishments in Durham, Angier was a pioneer businessman in the still-young city, and by the late 1870s, had turned his attention to elective office. He would serve one term in the state house of representatives from Orange County and in 1890 was elected to the first of three terms as Durham's mayor. Born on November 30, 1820, in Orange County, Malbourne Addison Angier was the son of Matthew and Sarah (Dollar) Angier.
   While Angier's later prominence in Durham is well recorded, little information exists on his formative years or education. He married in February 1853 to Mary Jane Pearson (1830-1906), to who he was wed for nearly five decades. The couple would have four children, William Jackson (1854-1924), Sarah Pearson (1856-1936), Jonathan Cicero (1857-1911), Pride (died in infancy in 1859), and Mary Gilmore (1861-1939). Of these children, Sarah Pearson Angier would marry Benjamin Newton Duke (1855-1929), an heir to the Duke tobacco fortune, a philanthropist, and vice president of the American Tobacco Company.
   Following the establishment of a North Carolina railroad depot in the early 1850s,  physician Bartlett L. Durham (later the namesake of the city) and two partnersopened one of the first mercantile stores in the vicinity of what would eventually grow into the city of Durham. Angier would serve as this store's clerk, and circa 1852 he and Durham partnered to form another general store, also located near the railway. This store sold liquor and other goods, and by the beginning of the 1860s Angier was operating his own mercantile store, located at a location later known as "Angier's Corner"
  With his name firmly established in Durham's business sector, Angier saw the city incorporated in 1869 and also made headway into other aspects of area life, being a past master of the Durham Grange and in 1865 was a charter member of the Durham Academy. Prior to his legislative service, the only political office Angier had held was justice of the peace (eventually serving for fifty years), and in 1878 he received the Democratic nomination for state representative from Orange County. After emerging triumphant at the polls, Angier took his seat in January 1879 and during the 1879-80 session was named to the committees on Finance and Propositions and Grievances. He was not a candidate for reelection in 1880 and his term was later favorably remembered by the Biographical History of North Carolina, which noted:
"His service was honorable to himself and to his constituency and valuable to the affairs of the State."
Portrait courtesy of Angier's wikitree.com page.

  Following his term, Angier returned to his earlier business interests and later served as a member of the Board of County Commissioners for Orange County. In the late 1880s, Governor Alfred Moore Scales appointed Angier to the board of directors of the North Carolina Railroad. Representing Durham on that board, Angier would be reelected in 1892 and would continue to serve until at least 1895. For an indeterminate period, he would also hold a seat on the Durham Board of Aldermen. 
  In May 1890 Malbourne A. Angier was elected as Mayor of Durham, "by a majority of 177", defeating several other candidates. He would serve in that capacity until May 1893 and in the year after leaving office took part as a member of the credentials committee for the 5th district's Democratic congressional convention. 
  Angier's final years saw him continue prominence in Durham, with his being a charter trustee of the Watts Hospital in that city, as well as being the president of the Fidelity Savings and Trust Company in the late 1890s. He celebrated his 80th birthday in November 1900 and died one month later on December 29th, at his home. He was survived by his wife and children and was memorialized as a "most loyal and honored citizen, a kind neighbor and a most true friend." Angier was interred at the Maplewood Cemetery in Durham, and two decades following his death was honored by his daughter Sarah Angier Duke with the unveiling of a bust of his likeness on the Durham courthouse lawn. This bust still stands today and denotes Angier's political service to his community.

From the Raleigh Farmer and Mechanic, January 1, 1901.
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Juanell Dwight Lollar (1921-1997)

April 19, 2020, 10:41 am
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From the Mississippi House of Representatives composite, 1956-60.

  Discovered recently via a copy of the 1958 Mississippi handbook of legislators, Juanell Dwight Lollar was an automobile mechanic who represented the counties of Montgomery and Grenada for one term in the Mississippi house of representatives. Bestowed the unusual first name Juanell, Lollar was born on September 27, 1921, in Kilmichael, Mississippi, the son of E. Benson (1900-1977) and Blanche Kemp Lollar (1901-1991). 
  An Air Force veteran of World War II, Lollar underwent training in St. Petersburg, Florida in 1942 and was an instructor in airplane mechanics at Gulfport Field and Keesler Field, Mississippi. Lollar married in August 1942 to Dorothy Jean Palmertree (1926-2010), to who he was wed until his death. The couple would have three children, Juanita, Gary, and Marty (1963-2017).
  An auto mechanic by trade, Lollar was a partner in the Lollar Bros. Garage located in Kilmichael and also was a member of the Kilmichael Volunteer Fire Department. In 1955 Lollar was elected as a floaterial representative to the Mississippi state legislature, and during his term (1956-60) was a member of the committees on Eleemosynary Institutions; Insurance; Public Health and Quarantine; Public Lands; Roads, Ferries, and Bridges; and Temperance.
  After leaving office Lollar continued residence in Kilmichael, where he was a deacon and Sunday School teacher in the local Baptist church. His later years saw him as a dispatcher for the Kilmichael Police Department, and he died in that town on August 15, 1997, aged 75. He was survived by his wife and children and was interred at the Kilmichael Friendship Cemetery.
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Norfleet Ruffin Sledge (1888-1937), Norfleet Lynn Carney (1854-1931)

April 22, 2020, 12:48 pm
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Portrait from the Choctaw Plaindealer, August 5, 1932.

   The son of a leading Mississippi capitalist, Norfleet Ruffin Sledge Jr. was a Senatobia County-based attorney who later served twelve years as a chancery court judge in his state. He would later resign from the bench to serve as a campaign manager for U.S. Senator Byron "Pat" Harrison in 1936 and died a few months after Harrison won his fourth term in the senate. Born in Como, Mississippi on June 4, 1888, Norfleet Ruffin Sledge Jr. was the son of Norfleet Ruffin (1839-1910) and Lucile Johnson (Meriwether) Sledge (1861-1950). A leading businessman in Panola County, Norfleet Sledge Sr. was a Confederate veteran who earned a fortune in the cotton industry, and in addition to owning over 7,000 acres of land also distinguished himself as a banker, railroad director, and lumber company executive.
   A student at the University of Mississippi, Norfleet Ruffin Sledge graduated in the class of 1909 with his bachelor of laws degree. He first established himself in practice in Sardis, Mississippi, and by 1913 relocated to Senatobia, where he was a partner in the firm of Holmes and Sledge. Sledge married in Mississippi in 1914 to Clara Wesson (1894-1927), who died in childbirth in July 1927 after delivering a son, Norfleet Ruffin (1927-2008).
  Sledge practiced law in Senatobia until 1917 when he enlisted in the U.S. Army. After completing training he served in the intelligence department of the Judge Advocate General's office until his honorable discharge in April 1918, due to "disability incurred in the line of duty." Following his return stateside he maintained memberships in several veterans organizations, being a vice commander of the Arthur Armes Post No. 127, Sardis-Como, Mississippi; the Drum Major and Bugle Corps Post. 127; the Rube Baskin Chapter 17 of the D.A.V.; and was chairman of the Legislative Committee of the American Legion, Department of the Mississippi.

Sledge's senior portrait from the 1909 Ole Miss yearbook.

  Through the early 1920s, Sledge continued with his law partnership and in 1924 was elected to fill a vacancy on the Third Chancery District Court of Mississippi, this vacancy occurring due to the elevation of Judge M.M. McGowan to another judicial post. Sledge was elected to a full term of his own in 1926, and in the year following his election suffered the death of his wife Clara. Three years after her passing Sledge remarried to her younger sister, Obedience "Beady" Wesson (1897-1961), who would survive him. The couple's union was childless.
  In 1930 Sledge won a third term as chancellor and in 1934 entered into his fourth term, which extended until his resignation in 1936. In 1932 he was an unsuccessful aspirant for the state supreme court, and despite "magnificent support" outside his district failed of election by only a few hundred votes. His twelve-year tenure as chancellor for the third district was later lauded by the Clarksdale Daily Register as one of credit, noting:
"It is said that his record showed fewer reversals  by the Supreme Court for the same period and volume of business than that of any Chancellor who ever held this position in the history of Mississippi."
A Sledge campaign notice from his 1932 Supreme Court candidacy.

  Following his 1936 resignation, Norfleet Sledge joined the campaign of friend Byron Patterson "Pat" Harrison, then running for reelection to the U.S. Senate from Mississippi. As Harrison's campaign manager,  Sledge was also brought aboard as a member of the campaign's finance committee, a role that put his name on the federal payroll with a $3,000 salary. This fact subsequently drew the ire (and watchful eye) of fellow senator Theodore Bilbo, with whom Harrison had a checkered history, but despite Bilbo making charges of payroll corruption, Harrison won reelection that November. 
   In the weeks following Harrison's win, Sledge journeyed with him to Washington, D.C., where he hoped to be named to the Interstate Commerce Commission. Although he was passed over for that post, Sledge achieved some measure of consolation when he was appointed an assistant to Attorney General Homer S. Cummings for the U.S. Department of Justice's claims division. During his residency in Washington Sledge had a home at the Raleigh Apartments, and died in his room from an unexpected attack of apoplexy on March 11, 1937. Just 48 years old at the time of his death, Sledge's body was escorted back to Mississippi by Senator Patterson and Congressman Wall Doxey, with burial occurring at the Friendship Cemetery in Como.

From the Jackson Clarion-Ledger, March 12, 1937.

Norfleet Carney during his mayoralty.

  Another "Norfleet" that made his name in the public forum was Norfleet Lynn Carney, a physician who served three terms as mayor of Clarksville, Tennessee. A lifelong Tennessean, Carney was born in Montgomery County on September 21, 1854, the son of Christopher Norfleet and Margaret (Lynn) Carney. Carney's formative years were spent on his father's plantation and in the late 1870s attended the University of Tennessee until departing in his junior year.
  Desiring to begin a career in medicine, Carney enrolled at the Vanderbilt University and in 1879 graduated with his medical degree. Following graduation, he had further clinical study at a Nashville hospital and in 1880 removed to Clarksville to begin his practice. Carney married in Clarksville in 1888 to Hattie Grinter (1866-1956), and the couples forty-three-year marriage produced four sons, Edwin Lee (1889-1971) Norfleet Lynn Jr. (1890-1971), Clarence Grinter (1892-1980), and Richard Rodney (1894-1933.)
  In the early 1890s Carney began to focus attention on Clarksville civic affairs, and in 1892 was elected as mayor of that city. He would be returned to that office on two more occasions, and after the completion of his third term in 1897 was acknowledged as a "thorough student of municipal government and was one of the best posted men in the city along that line." Carney's final term as mayor saw him become affiliated with the Street Railway, Light and Gas Company of Clarksville, and from 1896-1909 served as its president. He retired from the practice of medicine in the early 1900s.
  After leaving office Carney's name continued to be prominent in Clarksville civic life, with hs being a multi-term city alderman, and for a time served as president of the First National Bank of Clarksville. In 1911 he became an early dealer in automobiles in his region, partnering with his son Clarence to establish a Ford distributing agency. Carney's sons Norfleet and Richard would also join this concern, which later distributed Buick models.
  Norfleet L. Carney died at his Clarksville home on August 9, 1931, aged 76. At the time of his death, he was a councilman for the city's fifth ward, and he was survived by his wife and four sons. His wife Hattie survived her husband by a quarter-century, and following her death at age 89 in 1956 was interred alongside him at the Greenwood Cemetery in Clarksville.

From the Nashville Tennessean, August 10, 1931.
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Cunningham Wilson Hickman (1860-1930)

April 24, 2020, 10:10 am
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Portrait courtesy of Findagrave.

   Lifelong Alabaman Cunningham Wilson Hickman was a Birmingham based attorney who, following his serving one term in his state's legislature, advanced to the post of judge of the court of common pleas of Birmingham. The son of former Jefferson County treasurer William Peyton (1827-1926) and Elizabeth (Hamilton) Hickman (1831-1900), Cunningham W. Hickman was born in Trussville, Jefferson County in 1860. His early education was obtained in the county of his birth and from 1883-84 was a student at the University of Alabama.
  Although he did not complete the university's academic course, Hickman continued studies at the university's law school and in 1886 graduated with his bachelor of laws degree. He soon relocated to Birmingham to begin practice. He married in 1902 to Flora Buell (1873-1960), who survived him upon his death in 1930. The couple would have six children, William Peyton (died in infancy in 1903), Cunningham Jr. (died in infancy in 1906), Paul (1906-1919), Frances (1908-1989), and Flora (1911-2008).
   Hickman entered politics in November 1902 with his election to the Alabama House of Representatives, and during his one term (1903-07) sat on the following committees: Agriculture, Banking and Insurance, the Judiciary, and Municipal Organizations. Hickman would also have some strangely name company amongst his fellow legislators, serving alongside Genubath Coke Williams, Littleberry James Haley, Cleophas Rhett McCrary, and Boswell DeGraffenreid Waddell, who was profiled here in November 2017.
  Several years after leaving the legislature Hickman returned to political life with his election in July 1914 as judge of the Birmingham Court of Common Pleas, 1st division. Succeeding outgoing judge Isaac Benners, Hickman served on the bench until his death on June 9, 1930, at his family home in Trussville. He was survived by his wife and two daughters and was interred at the Elmwood Cemetery in Birmingham.

From the Dothan Eagle, June 10, 1930.
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Atticus Dickson Kirby (1868-1960)

April 25, 2020, 12:11 pm
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Portrait from the Jackson County Chronicles, Vol 31, No. 1, 2019.

  While the name "Atticus" may be familiar to most as the first name of the beloved character Atticus Finch in Harper Lee's  To Kill A Mockingbird, that curious first name is seldom to be found amongst the annals of American politics. Three-term Alabama state representative Atticus Dickson Kirby is an exception to that rule, as he is the first "Atticus" to found by this author who served in some political capacity. Kirby had the honor of representing two different counties in the legislature (his first and second terms being spaced 24 years apart) and in the late 1930s briefly served as probate judge for Jackson County. 
   A native of Chattanooga County, Georgia, Atticus Dickson Kirby was born in the town of Summerville on June 16, 1868, the son of Francis Andrew Kirby and the former Harriet Ann Shropshire. Prominent in politics in his own right, Francis A. Kirby (1824-1885) represented Summerville in the Georgia State Assembly for fourteen years (1854-68) and for two years held the post of state superior court judge. 
  Atticus Kirby's formative years were spent in the town of his birth, where he attended local schools. From 1889-90 he was a student at Emory University in Atlanta and for a four year period in the late 1880s was employed by an uncle, J.W. Bale, in the city of Rome. This was followed by an eight-year stint as a traveling salesman from 1893-1901, and in April of the latter year married in Scottsboro, Alabama to Zaida Brown (1873-1967). The couple's near six-decade marriage would be childless.
   Kirby and his wife settled in Huntsville following their marriage, where he operated a mercantile store, and two years after his resettlement he was elected as secretary of the Retail Grocer's Association of Huntsville.

A Kirby-Brown wedding notice from the Birmingham Age-Herald, April 4, 1901.

   Having first entered politics in 1901 with a brief stint as a town councilman in his native Summerville, Kirby made his first entrance onto the Alabama political stage in November 1906 when he was elected to the Alabama House of Representatives, polling 1,219 votes. One of two Madison County legislators elected for the 1907-11 term, Kirby was named to the committees on Commerce and Common Carriers, Education, Labor and Immigration, and Municipal Organization. In 1934, twenty-three years after the conclusion of his first term, Kirby made his second run for the legislature, this time from Jackson County. After winning the May Democratic primary, Kirby went on to win the November general election, polling 2,726 votes. The 1935-39 session saw Kirby named to four new committees, those being the Military, Manufacturing, Public Buildings and Institutions, and Public Roads and Highways.
  Midway through his second term Kirby was appointed by then-Governor Bibb Graves as Probate Judge of Jackson County, succeeding Judge Ray McAnelly, who had resigned. Kirby sat on the bench until November 1938, and in November 1942 won a third term in the statehouse. During the 1943-47 session, Kirby again served on the Committee on Commerce and Common Carriers and was also named to the committees on Public Health, Public Welfare and Corrective Institutions, and Revision of Laws.
   Following his final term in the legislature, Kirby and his wife Zaida removed back to Scottsboro, where they resided at Brownwood, Zaida Brown Kirby's ancestral family home. He celebrated his 90th birthday in 1958 and died aged 91 in January 1960. Kirby's wife Zaida survived him by several years and following her death at 94 in 1967 was interred alongside him at the Cedar Hill Cemetery in Scottsboro.
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Prelate Demick Barker (1835-1928), Prelet Drake Conant (1822-1900)

April 28, 2020, 12:20 pm
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From the Memorial Record of Alabama, Vol. II, 1893.

   Although a native of New England, Prelate Demick Barker found his political and business fortunes in Alabama, where he first settled in 1857. Barker's long residency in the "Heart of Dixie" saw him become one of  Mobile's most honored sons, being appointed as Collector of Internal Revenue for his state and in 1890  entered into a two-decade-long tenure as U.S. Postmaster at Mobile. On the national political scene, Barker served eight years as a member of the Republican National Committee from Alabama and was an eight-time delegate from Alabama to the Republican National Convention.
  Born on September 29, 1835, Prelate Demick Barker's birth occurred (depending on the source) in either North Branford, Connecticut, or New York City. The son of John Brooks Barker (a ship captain) and the former Frances J. Appell, Barker's first name is a misnomer, as "prelate"is actually a title given to a high ranking clergyman, such as a bishop or cardinal. While this name is certainly unusual, research has shown Barker received his name in honor of Prelate Demick (1801-1885), a resident of New Haven, Connecticut. A beloved schoolmaster in his region, Demick was also the first U.S. Postmaster at North Branford and for a time served as Grand Master for the state Odd Fellows Lodge of Connecticut.
  Barker's formative years were spent in New Haven, Connecticut, where he attended the common schools and later was a student at the Stratford Academy. At age seventeen Barker left his native state for New York City, where he pursued a career in law. Studying in the office of Harris Wilson, Barker left that city after two years and briefly resided in Illinois and Wisconsin. 
  In 1857 Barker resettled in Alabama, and after establishing roots in Claiborne County took employment with the mercantile firm of McClure and Thames. At the dawn of the Civil War Barker (despite being from the North) cast his lot with the Confederacy, being named an assistant to post quartermaster C.E. Thomas at the latter's headquarter's in Selma. Barker remained in Selma for the duration of the war, and in August 1865 married Joan Elizabeth Ferguson (1842-1910). The couple was wed for over forty years and their union produced four children, Ellis Carson (1866-1898), Florence Jane, Joan Elizabeth (died 1910), and Olive Louise (1873-1960).
  Following his war service Prelate D. Barker began plotting his business fortune, and in the same year as his marriage entered into the cottonseed oil, lumber, and petroleum business in his region, work that would extend into the 1880s. This was followed by his being tapped to serve as the secretary and treasurer of the Selma and Meridian Railroad in 1869. His time in that post extended two years, and midway during his service was elected to his first political office, that of Dallas County Superintendent of Education.

From the Notable Men of Alabama, Volume I, 1904.

  Barker left the office of county superintendent in 1871 and in November 1873 entered into his first high profile political appointment, that of Collector of Internal Revenue for Alabama's 2nd district.** Appointed by President Grant, Barker succeeded Francis Widner, who had been suspended from office and died shortly thereafter. Barker's first stint in that post extended several years, and during his term saw Alabama's revenue districts consolidated into one district, thereby making him collector for the entire state. Following his resignation in the late 1870s, Barker joined with the Empire Refining Co. of New York as its secretary, serving from 1879-83.
  In 1883 Prelate Barker was reappointed as Alabama's Collector of Internal Revenue by President Chester Arthur. He would relocate to Montgomery to take office and served until the inauguration of President Cleveland in March 1885. This period also saw Barker enter into the cotton compress and storage business in Montgomery, and in 1890 received the appointment of U.S. Postmaster at Mobile by President Benjamin Harrison. Barker served until 1894 when his commission expired, and in 1897 was reappointed postmaster by President McKinley. His second stint in office extended until 1914, serving through the administrations of McKinley, Roosevelt, Taft, and the first year of the Wilson presidency.
  Beginning in 1888 the name of Prelate D. Barker became a familiar one at the Republican National Convention. All told, Barker was elected as a delegate to every Republican National Convention held between 1888 and 1920, excepting the 1904 convention held in Chicago. The 1900 RNC Convention in Philadelphia saw Barker chair the Alabama delegation and also served on the committee to notify President McKinley of his renomination, visiting the president at his home in Canton, Ohio. In addition to his being an eight-time RNC delegate, Barker represented Alabama on the Republican National Committee for eight years, 1908-16. 
   In 1910 tragedy struck Barker with the death of his wife of forty-five years, Joan. He would remarry in 1914 to a woman nearly forty years his junior, Grace Salome Pettit (1873-1942). A longstanding Mason and member of the Knights Templar, Barker continued residence in Mobile until his death at home on March 29, 1928, at age 92. He was survived by his wife Grace, with both being interred at the Magnolia Cemetery in Mobile.

From the History of Alabama and Dictionary of Alabama Biography, Vol. III, 1921.

** While nearly all sources record Prelate Barker's appointment as Collector of Internal Revenue as occurring in 1871, this is incorrect. Francis Widner was revenue collector in that year and served until his suspension (and later death) in 1873. Barker was appointed by President Grant to succeed him in November 1873, as per the record of the U.S. Court of Claims case log.

Portrait from the Representative Men and Old Families of Southeastern Massachusetts, 1912.

   Around the same time Prelate D. Barker was establishing a name for himself in Alabama, a man with a similar first name was doing the same in Massachusetts. That man was Prelet Drake Conant, a Fall River businessman who had fleeting political involvement in 1896 when he was a Prohibition Pary nominee for the Massachusetts state senate. Born in Attleboro, Massachusetts on September 22, 1822, Prelet D. Conant was the son of William and Achsah (Perry) Conant.
  Less than a year after he was born, Prelet suffered the death of his father and during his youth was employed as a spinner in a local cotton mill. He later learned the trade of carpenter and following his mother's death removed to Fall River, where he continued carpentry work. Conant married in Rehoboth, Massachusetts to Jane Munroe Rounds (1825-1905) in August 1843. The couple's lengthy union saw the births of a least three children, Mary Jane, Thomas Leprelet, and Minnie Ida.
  After a decade's residence in Fall River Conant removed to Tiverton, Rhode Island. where he engaged in the manufacture of sashes and blinds for several years. He removed back to Fall River sometime later and established himself in business in that town's Bowenville district. After a fire destroyed his business, Conant was forced to rebuild and by the early 1870s is recorded as operating the P.D. Conant and Co., dealing in "Builder's Supplies, Doors, Sash, Blinds, Hardware and Cutlery."
  Conant retired from business in 1886 and was active in Fall River fraternal groups, being a member of the Masonic and Odd Fellows lodges. A longtime agent for the Society For the Prevention of Cruelty to Children, Conant was also a former director of the Laurel Lake Mill, a vice president of the Citizen's Savings Bank, and a member of the Fall River Board of Trade.
   Prelet Conant's first entrance into politics came in 1856 when he began a long tenure as a justice of the peace, serving in both Massachusetts and Rhode Island. A leading temperance advocate in his city, Conant was called to elective office by the Prohibitionists in 1896, becoming their nominee for the Massachusetts state senate. Hoping to represent the state's 2nd senatorial district, Conant was one of four candidates vying for the seat. On election day he polled a distant fourth with 345 votes, losing out to former state representative William Moran, who triumphed with 5,289 votes.
  Four years following his senatorial loss, Prelet D. Conant died at his Fall River home on March 23, 1900, aged 77. He was survived by his wife Jane, and a burial location for both remains unknown at this time.
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Ricy Howell Jones (1856-1935)

April 30, 2020, 10:21 am
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Portrait from the History of the Bench and Bar of Utah, 1913.

  As April draws to a close we journey to Utah to examine the life of Ricy Howell Jones, a descendent of Utah pioneers who practiced law for nearly five decades. A resident of Box Elder County for many years, Jones served as Box Elder county attorney on multiple occasions and later held a seat in the Utah Territorial House of Representatives for one term in the late 1880s. Born of Welsh descent in Utah on May 10, 1856, Ricy Howell Jones was the son of Ricy Davis and Ann (Howell) Jones.
  Jones was a student in the common schools of the territory and from 1876-77 studied at the University of Utah. Deciding on a career in law, Jones relocated to Ogden to study law in the offices of Richards and Williams. After being admitted to practice he established his practice in Brigham City, where he continued his profession for nearly four decades. Jones married his first wife Mamie Houtz (1857-1883) in 1882, and in the year following his marriage suffered the death of his wife, who died two days after giving birth to a son, Ricy Houtz Jones, who died in infancy. Four years later he remarried to Fredricka Maria Widerborg (1864-1946), who survived him upon his death in 1935. The couple had six children.
  Born into a Mormon family, Jones was baptized into the Church of Latter-Day Saints in 1864, and in 1884 was called to his first mission.  He would preside over the Welsh Conference in the United Kingdom for two years, his mission concluding in June 1886. Before his travels in England Jones had entered the political life of Utah with his election as County Attorney of Box Elder County, serving from 1883-84. Following his return stateside he was again elected to that post, serving consecutive terms from 1886-91.

From the 1885 composite of American missionaries in England.

  Ricy H. Jones' highest degree of political prominence came in 1887 with his election to the Utah Territorial House of Representatives. His one term (1888-90) saw him named to the committees on the Judiciary, Private Corporations, Public Health, Public Printing, and Ways and Means, and in February 1888 "petitioned for the appropriation of $3,000" to be used to better the road systems in his county.
  After his one legislative term, Jones continued to reside and practice law in Box Elder County, where he was a member of the Brigham City Commerical Club. Around 1920 he and his wife relocated to Salt Lake City, where they resided until Ricy's death on June 21, 1935, at age 79. Fredericka Jones survived her husband by thirteen years and following her death in 1948 was interred alongside him at the Brigham City Cemetery.

From the Salt Lake Telegram, June 22, 1935.
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Olmstead Bishop Brown (1855-1937)

May 1, 2020, 11:36 am
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Portrait from the 1930 Nebraska Blue Book.

  Discovered a short while ago via a copy of the Nebraska State Blue Book of 1930, Olmstead Bishop "Bish" Brown was a one-term state representative from Scotts Bluff County who first won election to the legislature in 1928, at the ripe old age of 73. Born in Lake County, Illinois on March 30, 1855, Olmstead B. Brown was one of eight children born to Nelson Olmstead and Elizabeth Ann (Fuller) Brown.**
  While resources on Brown's formative years remain scant, he is noted as having attended the common schools of Illinois, and for the first half of his life rabbited around the United States. After taking up the study of photography, Brown operated in Kenosha, Wisconsin before moving to Chicago, and later resided in Atlanta, Georgia, and New Orleans.
  By the early 1880s, Brown had settled in Nebraska and married in Osceola County in December 1881 to Carthagenia "Cartha" Marker (1861-1926). The couple's forty-five-year union produced ten children, listed as follows in order of birth: Frank Leroy (1882-1892), Harley Dennis (born 1885), Clarence Earl (died in infancy in 1888), twins Homer James (1889-1892) and Hattie May (1899-1977), Chester Bernard (1891-1939), Beatrice Olive (1895-1990), Rush Gordon (1897-1991), Royal Simeon (1899-1920), and Florence Edith (1905-1996).
  Following his marriage, Brown elected to pursue farming, and he later established a photography studio in Osceola (located in Polk County), prior to removing with his family to Gering, back in Scotts Bluff County. Here Brown would develop a homestead that developed into a farm where he raised"pure blooded Duroc Jersey hogs and Jersey cattle", as well as grain.  
  Brown's residency in Gering saw him as one of the town's school directors and commissioners, and by 1910 he and his family are recorded as residents of Roosevelt in Sioux County (this per the 1910 census). Later the family would settle in Lyman (located in Scotts Bluff County) and Brown was still a resident of that town when he announced his candidacy for the Nebraska House of Representatives. Well into his seventh decade at the time, Brown hoped to represent the 98th legislative district and won the election that November. 
  Little is known of the particular's of Brown's term, which extended from 1929-31. Widowed in 1926, Brown remarried a year into his term to widow Abbie Skinner Biddlecom (1854-1939), to who he was wed until his death. Following the completion of his term Brown and his wife removed to Denver, Colorado, where he died aged 82 on June 1, 1937. He was later removed back to Nebraska for interment at the Forest Lawn Cemetery in Morrill. 

**While Findagrave and the Nebraska State Historical Society denote Brown's middle name as Bishop, an alternate middle name for him is recorded in the third volume of Shumway's History of Western Nebraska and Its People--Bishey. This name is believed to be a misspelling of Bishop, or a possible nickname, as Findgrave lists Brown's nickname of "Bish". All in all, very confusing!
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Bolivar Steadman Hurley (1888-1947), Bolivar Starke Head (1826-1916), Bolivar Edwards Kemp (1871-1933), Bolivar Edwards Kemp Jr. (1904-1965), Bolivar Lovell (1826-1893)

May 3, 2020, 9:31 am
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From the 1935 North Carolina Senate composite photograph.

  The name Simon Bolivar stands as one of prominence in Latin American history, and during a short life (he died aged 47 in 1830), this Venezuelan military leader led the fight to free the modern-day states of Bolivia, Columbia, Ecuador, Peru, Panama, and Venezuela from Spanish rule. From 1819-30 Bolivar would serve as the first president of Gran Columbia (comprising what would become Columbia, Ecuador, Panama, and Venezuela), the first union of independent nations in Latin American history. In the years following his death, numerous areas throughout the world were named in his honor, and it may come as some surprise that several American political figures were as well!
  The first of these men, Bolivar Steadman Hurley, was a Montgomery County, North Carolina based attorney who represented that county in both houses of the North Carolina legislature. A lifelong North Carolinian, Bolivar S. Hurley was born in the town of Troy on May 16, 1888, the son of Wilburn and Elizabeth Delina (Hines) Hurley. His early education was obtained at the Trinity Park School from 1904-07 and in September 1907 enrolled at the Trinty College, where he remained for three years. 
   Deciding to pursue a law degree, Hurley studied at both the Trinity College Law School and took a summer course at the Wake Forest Law School. After obtaining his degree, Hurley commenced practice in his hometown, and in 1912 entered into his first political office, that of mayor of Troy. Just 23 years old at the time of his election, Hurley served until 1914, and in November 1916 was elected to his first term in the North Carolina House of Representatives. Taking his seat at the start of the 1917-18 session, Hurley was named to the committees on Appropriations, Insurance, Justices of the Peace, Mines and Mining, Printing, and Public Roads and Turnpikes. This term also saw Hurley serve as part of a special house delegation to "inspect roads in Western North Carolina under construction by prisoners."
  Bolivar Hurley's first house term proved to be short, as he resigned in 1917 to join in the ongoing war effort. Enlisting in the U.S. Army, Hurley would undergo training at Camp Jackson, South Carolina, Camp Oglethorpe in Georgia, and Camp Perry, Ohio. He would attain the rank of First Lieutenant of Infantry and served overseas, returning to the United States in the summer of 1919.
   After his return to North Carolina, Hurley returned to practicing law and in 1924 won a second term in the state legislature. The 1925-27 term saw him serve on the committees on Claims, Constitutional Amendments, Election Laws, Finance, Immigration, Judiciary No. 1, Military Affairs, Privileges and Elections, and Public Welfare. In 1934 Hurley advanced to a seat in the state senate, winning election to that body in November of that year. During the 1935-37 session, Hurley was one of two senators representing the 18th senatorial district and would serve on the following committees: Banks and Currency; the Caswell Training School; Consolidated Statutes; Corporations; Counties, Cities and Towns; Enrolled Bills; Judiciary No. 1; Penal Institutions; Pensions and the Soldiers Home; Propositions and Grievances; Public Roads; and Public Utilities.
  Hurley's life after the conclusion of his senate service largely remains obscure, excepting notice of his 1941 disbarment from practicing law. The details surrounding Hurley's disbarment remain murky, though it has been found that the Council of the North Carolina Bar Association ordered the suspension of Hurley's law license in January of that year. A lifelong bachelor, Hurley later died on March 28, 1947, in Troy, and was interred at the Southside Cemetery in that town.

Portrait courtesy of Findagrave.

   During a long life that extended ninety years, Missouri native Bolivar Starke Head attained distinction through education and law, first being a professor of mathematics and astronomy at the University of Missouri. Following his tenure in that post, he turned his attention to local political office, serving at various times as school commissioner, justice of the peace, and probate court clerk prior to his election as probate judge of Randolph County in 1890. A native of Virginia, Bolivar Starke Head was born in Hanover County on October 16, 1826, the son of John (1800-83) and Adaline Starke Head (1806-75).
  Removing to Missouri with his family in 1831, Head's early education was obtained in that state and during his youth resided on a farm. In the late 1840s, he enrolled at the University of Missouri and in 1849 graduated first in his class. After briefly pursuing law studies in Fayette, Missouri, Head decided against a career in law and instead accepted the appointment of professor of mathematics and astronomy at his alma mater in 1851. Head's tenure at the university extended until 1860, and this post also saw him serving in the additional role of university librarian from 1853-60. As librarian, Head would compile the first catalog of the university's library and was talked of as a potential candidate for president of the university in 1859.
  Bolivar S. Head married to Amanda Margaret Snell (1837-1901) on July 13, 1858. The couple's 43-year marriage produced ten children, Ashby Snell (born 1859), George Lasley (born 1863), James Landon (1865-1940), Ovid Calhoun (born 1871), Emma Adaline (1875-1890); and five other children that died in infancy. 
   Turning to local politics in the 1870s, Head served as school commissioner for Randolph County from 1875-77, and from 1880-84 was a justice of the peace. Beginning in 1887 Head held the post of Randolph County probate court clerk, and in 1890 won election as County Judge of Probate. He was reelected in 1894 and served another four-year term. Following his leaving office Head resided in Moberly, Missouri, where he was that city's first engineer. Sources also denote Head's prior residence in the town of Rolla, where he practiced law for an indeterminate period.
  Widowed in 1901, Head survived his wife Amanda by fifteen years and celebrated his 90th birthday in October 1916. He died twelve days later on October 28, 1916, and at his death was acknowledged as the oldest member of the Randolph County bar. Both Head and his wife were interred at the Oakland Cemetery in Moberly.

From the 1876 Randolph County Atlas.

Portrait courtesy of the Library of Congress.

  Arguably the most notable of the men featured in this article, Bolivar Edwards Kemp was a lifelong Louisianan who represented his state's 6th congressional district in the U.S House of Representatives for eight years, dying in office in 1933. The son of William Breed Kemp and the former Elizabeth Nesom, Bolivar Edwards Kemp was born in Amite, Louisiana on December 28, 1871. He received his name in honor of Bolivar Edwards, long a prominent figure in Tangipahoa Parish. Edwards (1837-1903), was a leading lawyer in his region, being a two-time district attorney and in 1872 was elected to one term in the Louisiana House of Representatives.
  Kemp's early education saw him attend schools local to Amite and also had private tutoring. He would enroll at Tulane University in the 1890s where he read law, and following graduation was admitted to the state bar in 1897. He would partner with his father and brother Duncan Stuart Kemp, and after the death of his father in 1900 was a member of the firms of Kemp and Spiller, and Kemp and Buck. In 1903 he married Esther Edwards "Lallie" Conner (died 1943), to who he was wed until his death. The couple would have two children, Bolivar Edwards Jr. (1904-1965) and Eleanor Ogden Kemp Ellis (1910-2003).
  In addition to his law practice, Kemp was a booster for "agricultural and trucking industries" in his area, and in 1910 was appointed as a member of the Louisiana State University Board of Supervisors, where he served into the mid-1920s. In 1924 Kemp announced his bid for the U.S. House of Representatives, and in November of that year won the election, polling 10,216 votes.
  Kemp's first term saw him sit on the committees on Coinage, Weights, and Measures; Expenditures in the Interior Department; and Roads. He would be reelected to seven more terms in Congress, the last of which occurred in November 1932. Kemp died in office of a heart attack on June 19, 1933, aged 61. Following his death, a special election was to be held to fill his vacant seat, with Governor Oscar K. Allen designating Kemp's widow Lallie to be the Democratic nominee. This action did not sit well with the constituents of the 6th congressional district, who wanted to nominate their own congressman. Lallie Kemp would win this special election but on December 27, 1933, the citizenry held their own election, voting in former state representative Jared Young Sanders Jr. (1892-1960). 
  With an electoral quagmire now in full effect, the U.S. House of Representatives threw out the results of both elections and called for a new election to be held in April 1934. Lallie Kemp declined to be a candidate in that election, with victory going to Jared Y. Sanders. Following their respective deaths, Bolivar Kemp and his wife were interred at the Amite Cemetery in Tangipahoa County.

From the Abbeville Meridional, January 3, 1948.

   Political service continued in the Kemp family with Bolivar Edwards Kemp Jr., who served as Louisiana State Attorney General from 1948-52. Born in Amite on September 23, 1904,  Kemp attended Tulane University and earned his law degree from George Washington University in the 1920s. Kemp continued post-graduate work at the Lousiana State University, and in 1932 married Menette Wilson (1905-1981). 
  After graduating law school Kemp took office as assistant district attorney for Louisiana at New Orleans. Following his father's death in 1933 Kemp went on to serve the 24th judicial district as its District Attorney for eleven years. (1937-48.) He entered into the race for state attorney general in 1948 and after garnering the Republican nomination went on to defeat incumbent attorney general Frederick S. LeBlanc in November of that year. He served until 1952, being defeated by Fred LeBlanc, and later died in Louisiana on  October 27, 1965. He was survived by his wife and was later interred in the Kemp family plot in Amite.

Bolivar Lovell, 1826-1893.

  Cheshire County, New Hampshire native Bolivar Lovell held several political offices of note in that county, and reached his highest degree of political prominence with his service on the Governor's Council of New Hampshire, serving under Person Colby Cheney. The son of former county solicitor Aldis Lovell and the former Martha Willard, Bolivar Lovell was born in New Hampshire on August 30, 1826.
  A student in schools local to the Walpole, New Hampshire area, Lovell left that state at age sixteen to take employment at a general store in Providence, Rhode Island. After a three year residency, he removed back to New Hampshire to study law under the tutelage of his father, but his studies were put on hold when he received the appointment of deputy sheriff of Cheshire County at the youthful age of 21. He would serve in that capacity until 1855 when he was appointed county sheriff, a post he'd continue in for the next decade.
  Seven years after his appointment as sheriff, Lovell was named U.S. Assessor of Internal Revenue for New Hampshire's 3rd district. He left that post in 1870, and in the preceding year had been admitted to the state bar. He established his practice in the town of Alstead and returned to politics in 1873 when he was elected to the New Hampshire Executive Council. Also known as the Governor's Council, this body still exists today and comprises five councilors that function as an advisory board to the governor. In addition to that role, the council has veto power over gubernatorial pardons, serves as a watchdog of the treasury, and also contributes to judicial nominations and cabinet offices in the state.
  Lovell would serve on the council from 1873-74 under Governor Person Colby Cheney, who was profiled here in July 2011.  Following that office, Lovell was a member of the state Board of Equalization and Taxes from 1879-80, and in the last-named year resettled in Drewsville, where he built a large home. He resided there until his death on June 10, 1893. Lovell was survived by his wife Sarah (1829-1904), who he had married in 1848. Both were interred at the Drewsville Cemetery.
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Comfort Starr Burlingame (1853-1924), Comfort Starr Hyde (1784-1868), Comfort Starr Mygatt (1767-1823), Comfort Wood Dailey (1850-1908), Comfort Harvey Van Law (1869-1947), Comfort Sands (1748-1834)

May 6, 2020, 10:08 am
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From the Commemorative Biographical Record of Tolland and Wingham County, Connecticut, 1903.

  Male and female "virtue" names were at their most prevalent in 17th, 18th, and 19th century America, and while these word names are certainly laughable in some instances, it's worth noting that several examples of such names have been featured here in the past, Providence Ludlam, Welcome B. Sayles, Welcome Mowry, and Deliverance S. Priest being among them. The name Comfort is another curious virtue name, and with that comes several liked named American political figures! The first of these men, Comfort Starr Burlingame, was a lifelong resident of Connecticut who wore many hats during his life, being at various times a teacher, bank president, creamery agent, four-term state representative, and state dairy commissioner.
  Descended from a family with roots in Connecticut extending back to the early 17th century, Comfort Starr Burlingame was born in Canterbury on January 5, 1853, the son of Samuel and Judith (Hyde) Burlingame. A student is schools local to the Canterbury and Brooklyn areas,  Burlingame entered into a teaching career at age seventeen, teaching during the winter months at the Christian Corners district in Brooklyn, Connecticut. This was followed by stints at the North Society of Canterbury and the Allen Hill School, located in Brooklyn.
  With nearly a decade of teaching behind him, the 26-year-old Burlingame's name was put forward as a candidate for the Connecticut House of Representatives in 1878, and in that November won his first term. The session of 1879-80 saw Burlingame as the youngest Democratic member serving, and during this term was named to the committee on Manufactures. After winning two consecutive reelection bids in 1886 and 1888, Burlingame sat on the committee on New Counties and County Seats, and in the 1889 session introduced legislation that proved beneficial to the dairy operators in his state. Burlingame's 1889 bill (titled "An Act to Prevent Deception in the Manufacture and Sale of Butter and Cheese") also detailed that oleomargarine produced in the state be white in color, and after the bill was passed in the house and senate, it was promptly vetoed by Governor Morgan Bulkeley. Despite the veto, the bill was reintroduced in a later session of the legislature and was signed into law. 
  With three house terms behind him, Burlingame set his sights on a seat in the state senate in 1891 but would prove unsuccessful at the polls, failing to overcome the district's Republican majority. Following his defeat, he would be named to the Democratic State Central Committee, where he served from 1892-96.

From the Illustrated Popular Biography of Connecticut, 1891.

   In 1892 Burlingame won his fourth term in the legislature, and at the start of the 1893-94 session sat as a member of the committees on Cities and Boroughs. This committee service saw him have a hand in drafting a bill "governing the building of electric railways" in the state. Midway through his term, Burlingame's previous efforts on the behalf of Connecticut's dairymen were rewarded by Governor Luzon Burritt Morris, who appointed him as state dairy commissioner. Taking office in May 1894, Burlingame's two-year tenure saw his campaign "for the right to inspect milk at its source of production",  as well as the continued enforcement of the states "oleomargarine, molasses, and vinegar laws."
  Burlingame's life outside of politics is also of note, as he made substantial inroads into the business sector of his native Windham County. Beginning in the 1880s he was affiliated with the Brooklyn Creamery Association, of which he would serve as an agent, treasurer, and secretary. A charter member of the Canterbury Grange, Burlingame also held a membership in the Brooklyn Grange and was the clerk of the First Ecclesiastical Society of Brooklyn. In local banking circles, he was an incorporator of the Brooklyn Savings Bank and until 1893 served as a director for the Windham County National Bank. For an indeterminate period, Burlingame occupied a similar post in the Windham County Mutual Fire Insurance Company.
   A lifelong bachelor, Burlingame continued residence in Windham County until his death at age 71 on December 6, 1924. Described as a "quiet, unostentatious man, of courteous manner", he was interred at the Hyde Cemetery in his hometown of Canterbury.

  Two years prior to Comfort S. Burlingame's birth, his maternal grandfather, Comfort Starr Hyde (1784-1868), entered the political field, serving a term in the Connecticut house of representatives. No portrait of Hyde could be found to post here, and while little is known of his life, it is known that he was born in Canterbury on August 8, 1784. A veteran of the War of 1812, Hyde was a farmer for the majority of his life and married in the early 1810s married to Abigail Hough. The couple would have four children, including Judith Hyde (mother of Comfort Starr Burlingame).
  In addition to farming Hyde held several local political offices in Canterbury and in 1850 was elected as Democrat to the Connecticut legislature. His one term (1851-52) also saw him in the additional role as a county court commissioner for Windham County. Widowed in 1852, Hyde resided in Canterbury until his death at age 84 on August 27, 1868. He was later interred at the same cemetery as that of his grandson.

Portrait courtesy of Findagrave (painting by John Brewster, 18th century.)

  Another Connecticut "Comfort" that attained distinction in both politics and business was Comfort Starr Mygatt of Danbury. Born on August 23, 1763, in Danbury, Comfort S. Mygatt was the son of Eli and Abigail (Starr) Mygatt. Young Comfort began learning the trade of silversmith under his father (a Connecticut state representative) in the early 1780s. After mastering this trade, Mygatt worked under his father in gold and silversmithing in Danbury and later added the title of watch-maker to his resume. 
  Comfort Mygatt married in 1783 to Lucy Knapp (1766-1804), and the couple's two-decade union produced eight children. Following her death, Mygatt remarried the next year to Elizabeth Stewart Stiles (1777-1860), who would survive him. Their marriage saw the births of five further children, Eli (1807-1885), Hannah (1812-1840), Comfort (1815-1892), Julia Anna (1816-1832), and Amelia (1818-1907). 
  Mygatt entered politics in 1800 when he represented Danbury in the Connecticut General Assembly for one term. Five years after his term, Mygatt, desiring a new life for his family, made preparations for resettlement in Canfield, Ohio. Having visited that area a year previously, Mygatt liked what he saw and after disposing of his Connecticut property sent out a team of horses and oxen with his family's belongings. In early June 1807, he and his family began the trek to Ohio, reaching their destination in July.
  Soon after his resettlement in Canfield Mygatt entered into a partnership with local merchants Herman Canfield and Zalmon Fitch, operating a grocery, dry goods, and general store under the firm name of Mygatt, Canfield & Fitch. Two years later the partnership dissolved, with Mygatt continuing in business alone. In 1809 Mygatt was even talked of as a potential candidate for the U.S. Senate from Ohio, having a firm backer in Governor Samuel Trumbull, a personal acquaintance. Mygatt would turn down the honor, however, noting that his "political views were not in harmony with the majority of the people of the state of Ohio."
   Despite being too old to serve as a soldier, Mygatt aided his adopted home state during the War of 1812 by furnishing supplies to the army, and at the request of Major General Elisha Wadsworth journeyed to Pittsburgh to garner supplies that would then be used for Wadsworth and his men. Mygatt's later years were spent in his business in Canfield and following a trip through Columbus, Lancaster, and Zanesville took ill in the fall of 1823. He failed to recover and died in Canfield on October 17, 1823, aged 60. He was survived by his wife and several children, with burial taking place at the Canfield Village Cemetery.

Portrait from the Hampshire Review, April 22, 1908.

  From Connecticut, we journey south to West Virginia and Comfort Wood Dailey, long a leading attorney in that state. A two-term prosecuting attorney for Mineral County, Dailey went on to serve a single term in the West Virginia House of Delegates, was a Democratic National Convention delegate and presidential elector, and was president of the West Virginia State Bar Association. The son of Dr. Robert Wood and Rebecca (Taylor) Dailey, Comfort Wood Dailey was born on November 6, 1850, in Cumberland, Maryland. 
  Referred to by most sources as "C. Wood Dailey", our subject was a student at the Allegany County Academy in Maryland and after deciding on a career in law removed to what is now Romney, West Virginia. Here Dailey studied at the "classical academy" in town and read law with Judge James D. Armstrong. Admitted to the West Virginia bar in the early 1870s, Dailey established his practice in Romney and sometime later removed to Keyser in Mineral County, where he joined his brother Robert Wood Dailey in practice.
  Comfort Wood Dailey married to Jeannie Clark Garrison (1851-1931) in the mid-1870s and later had four children, including Katherine Gregory (1878-1901), Rebecca, Thomas Garrison, and Eleanor (1886-1972). Of these children, Thomas Garrison would follow his father into practicing law.
  Success came quickly to Dailey, "as he soon took rank among the ablest lawyers of that circuit", and following Judge Armstrong's death saw his brother Robert elected to succeed him. By the late 1870s, C. Wood Dailey had himself entered politics, winning election as prosecuting attorney for Mineral County. His full dates of service remain uncertain, but he was known to have been the incumbent in 1879 and served two terms. Dailey continued his political ascent in November 1882 with his election as Mineral County's representative to the West Virginia House of Delegates. Taking his seat at the start of the 1883-84 session, Dailey had some oddly named company on the house floor in Ohio County delegate Blackburn Barrett Dovener, a future Congressman from West Virginia who was profiled here in December 2015. In February 1883 both men were named to a special house committee to "inquire and report what legislation is necessary to compel the payment of foreign taxes by foreign corporations owning property in this State."
  After his return to Mineral County Dailey resumed practicing law and was induced to reenter politics in 1888, when he served as part of the West Virginia delegation to that year's Democratic National Convention in St. Louis where Grover Cleveland was renominated for the presidency. Dailey's time at the convention saw him named to the committee on permanent organization, and in 1892 aided his party as a presidential elector for West Virginia, again backing Grover Cleveland.
   Further honors would come Dailey's way with the construction of the West Virginia Central and Pittsburg Railroad in the early 1880s. He would be retained as that railway's counsel and was the "chief legal representative to several large private interests" during this period. In 1893 he relocated to Elkins and following the railroad's purchase by the Western Maryland Railway, resigned to take a legal post with the Coal and Coke Railroad developed by ex-U.S. Senator Henry Gassaway Davis (1823-1916).
  Still more honors were accorded to Dailey in the final years of his life with his election as president of the West Virginia Bar Association. He served a one year term in 1903 and is noted as having been "frequently urged" to accept the nomination for Congress from West Virginia's 2nd district. The last years of Dailey's life were spent in Elkins practicing law with his son Garrison, and he died at home on April 15, 1908, aged 57. He was interred at the Maplewood Cemetery in Elkins and was subsequently memorialized as:
"A man of exceptionally brilliant mind, splendid legal attainments, and one of the ablest and most forceful speakers West Virginia has had within years."
From the Moorfield Examiner, April 23, 1908.

Portrait from the 1909-10 Iowa Red Book.

  Another "Comfort" that attained prominence in law and politics was Comfort Harvey Van Law of Marshalltown, Iowa. A former instructor in Economics and city attorney for Marshalltown, Van Law was elected to one term in the Iowa State Senate in 1908. A lifelong Iowan, Van Law was born in Keokuk County on July 9, 1869, the son of Robert Rand and Catherine (Raymond) Van Law. His formative years were spent on his family's farm and would attend schools local to his county.
   At age eighteen Van Law began a teaching career in Keokuk and Poweshiek County, and during this period read law in his spare time. In 1892 he entered the Oskaloosa based law office of John Fletcher Lacey (1841-1913), a former state legislator and U.S. Representative from Iowa, and undertook further study at the Oskaloosa College. In late 1893 he enrolled at the University of Iowa and in 1896 graduated with his degree. The college's administration, impressed with Van Law's capabilities, later granted him a fellowship in political science, which in turn led to his being named an instructor in economics at the college.
  Admitted to the Iowa bar in 1897, Van Law removed to Marshalltown in June of the following year to begin practice. Comfort H. Van Law married in Iowa City on August 2, 1898, to Alice Luscomb. The couple were wed until Alice's death in 1933 and had four children, James, Ruth, Ted, and Alice. 
  Success came quickly to Van Law at the bar, and by 1901 had been elected to his first term as Marshalltown city attorney. He would be reelected unopposed in 1903, and in 1908 announced his candidacy for the Iowa state senate from the 28th senatorial district. That November he was opposed by Democrat James Stanton, and on election day Van Law emerged victorious, polling 3,313 votes to Stanton's 1,858. He began his term in January 1909 and during the 1909-13 session served on the following committees: Cities and Towns, Compensation of Public Offices, Congressional and Judicial Districts (chairman), the Judiciary, Labor, Mines and Mining, Pharmacy, Public Libraries.
  Van Law set his sights on higher office in March 1912 when he announced his candidacy for the Republican nomination for Lieutenant Governor of Iowa. In a lengthy writeup concerning his senatorial term and forthcoming campaign in the Marshalltown Evening Times, Van Law would remark:
"If nominated and elected to the position for which I announce my candidacy, I can but pledge a fidelity to the discharge of the duties of the office inspired by a purpose to serve to the utmost of my ability the people of my native state."
From the Marshalltown Times-Republican, March 1, 1912.

  Van Law's opponent for Lieutenant Governor in that year's Republican primary was William L. Harding, then an incumbent state representative from Woodbury County. That June Harding would win out over Van Law and in November won the general election. Harding later went on to win the governorship of Iowa in 1916 and served one term in office.
  Following his defeat, Van Law retired from politics and dedicated the remainder of his life to his law practice. This period saw him active in church work, being the board chairman of the Marshalltown Central Church of Christ for three decades and for twenty-five years taught bible classes. In 1915 he was named as a director for the Marshalltown Savings Bank, serving until his retirement in 1936. Widowed in 1933, Van Law never remarried following his wife's death and in 1940 was one of eleven men honored by the Greater Marshalltown Association for his long service to the city. In addition to the above, Van Law is noted as having kept a vast library of law books and had a particular fondness for trees.
  Comfort Harvey Van Law died at his home in Marshalltown on April 20, 1947, aged 77. He was survived by two of his children and was interred alongside his wife at the Riverside Cemetery in Marshalltown.

From the Marshalltown Times-Republican, April 21, 1947.


Portrait courtesy of Findagrave.

  A leading political figure in Revolutionary War-era New York, Comfort Sands etched his name into Empire State history books in 1776 when he assumed the role of New York state Auditor General, a post later to be known as state comptroller. The inaugural holder of that post, Sands had previously served as a member of the New York Provincial Congress and later served multiple terms in the state assembly during the 1780s. Born on the "Inland Farm" at Cow Neck, Long Island on February 26, 1748, Comfort Sands was one of eight children born to John and Elizabeth (Cornwell) Sands.
   Comfort Sands was bestowed his curious first name in honor of Comfort Starr (1706-1763), a leading Danbury, Connecticut citizen who was visiting the Sands family at the time of our subject's birth. Sands entered into the workforce at just twelve years of age, taking a clerkship under Cow Neck businessman Stephen Thorne. This was followed by clerkships under Sands' older brother Cornwell and Manhattan resident Joseph Drake, which extended to 1769.
  Comfort Sands married in Westchester County, New York in June 1769 to Sarah Dodge (1749-1795). The couple was wed until Sarah's death, and this marriage saw Sands become the father of fifteen children, listed as follows in order of birth: Henry (born 1770), Joseph (1772-1825), Cornelia (1773-1852), Henry (1775-1817), Frances (born 1776), Charles (1778-1797), Louis (1780-1809), Elizabeth (born 1781), Francis (1782-1799), Richardson (born 1783), Sidney (born 1785), Augustus (1786-1805). Harriett (born 1787), Sarah Maria (1788-1803), and Frederick William (born 1790). Following his wife's death, the fecund Sands remarried in 1797 to Cornelia Lott (1761-1856) and had three further children: Robert (1799-1832), Gertrude born 1801), and Julia Maria (born 1805).
  In the year of his marriage Comfort Sands went into business for himself in the mercantile trade, and within a few years of beginning operation "had acquired a large fortune." In November 1775 Sands was elected a member of the New York Provincial Congress, where he continued to serve until June of the following year. In 1776 he purchased a farm in New Rochelle, and soon after beginning construction on a new farmhouse was faced with the landing of British forces in the vicinity.
  1776 proved to be an important year for Sands, and in addition to his provincial congress service aided the Colonial war effort by procuring three ships that were to return from the West Indies with ammunition, medicine, and supplies. These ships, along with one of Sands' own boats, were intercepted by British naval forces. In July of that year, he was appointed as Auditor General of New York and served in that capacity until his resignation in March 1782. 
  A year following his resignation Sands partnered with his brother Joshua in a "foreign trade and land speculation" business, and in 1784 was elected to his first term in the New York State Assembly. He would serve a second term from 1788-89, and in 1784 began a fourteen-year tenure as a director for the Bank of New York. Sands would continue prominence in city civic affairs with his service as vice president of the New York Chamber of Commerce from 1793-94, and from 1794-98 was its president.
  From 1811-15 Comfort Sands resided in Brooklyn, and by 1825 had permanently resettled in Hoboken, New Jersey, where he died, aged 86, on September 22, 1834. His life had spanned from before the French and Indian War to the administration of Andrew Jackson and was first interred in a plot gifted by the city of Hoboken. Some years following his death, Sands' remains were re-interred at the "Hoboken Cemetery at New Durham."
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Orva Gilson Williams (1865-1930), Orva Chester Randall (1873-1963), Orva Gallogly (1867-1926)

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From "Profitable Advertising", June 1905.

   Unique in name and in line of work, Ohio native Orva Gilson Williams was long affiliated with the advertising novelty manufacturing business, and following his removal to Illinois continued success in his field, being the founder and president of the O.G. Williams Company. An active Democrat both prior to and after his resettlement in Illinois, Williams would enter politics in 1910, being an unsuccessful aspirant for Congress and two years later served as a Democratic National Convention delegate. 
  The son of Richard Gilson and Elmira (Frost) Williams, Orva Gilson Williams was born in Salineville, Ohio on April 25, 1865. He would study at Mt. Union College located in Alliance, Ohio, and also attended the Cincinnati Law School. Beginning in the early 1880s, Williams entered the advertising novelty business in Ravenna, Ohio, and later took employment with the Tuscarora Advertising Co. of Coshocton. He soon hit the road as a traveling salesman for that company, selling advertising novelties and signage. Traversing over thirty states and countless territories, Williams followed that route until joining the Standard Advertising Company in Coshocton, Ohio, and in 1894 had assumed the post of vice president and treasurer.
  Williams' four-year tenure with that company saw it achieve a "most phenomenal growth", and with his connection to its sales department, the business could boast of $400,000 in sales in 1898. At the time of Williams' departure the following year, they had "branch offices in fourteen cities and foreign countries"and employed over thirty salesmen. Orva Gilson Williams married to Josephine Stack Ryan (1859-1932) in 1894. The couple had three children, Elsie, Dorothy, and Orva Gilson II (1896-1938).
   After selling off his interest in the Standard Advertising Company in early 1899, Williams removed with his family to Chicago. Soon after his resettlement, he partnered with businessman Edward Donker to form the Donker & Williams Co., "Manufacturers and Importers of Advertising Specialities and Art Novelties." Incorporated in September 1899, Williams served that company as its secretary and treasurer, and in the succeeding years became a familiar name in Chicago civic affairs. He would hold a directorship in the Chicago Civic Federation, was chairman of the ways and means committee of the Chicago Association of Commerce, and was president of the Ohio Club of Chicago. Williams was also an active club-man in his adopted city, holding memberships in the Masonic Order, the Knights of Pythias, the Elks Lodge, the Iroquois Club, and the Chicago Athletic Association.
  Several years after the founding of the Donker Williams Co., Orva Williams left that business to form his own company, and by 1908 was president of the O.G. Williams Mfg. Co, dealing in "calenders, leather goods, general novelties, and signs." One of his highest business honors came in 1908 when he was elected president of the National Association of Novelty, Leather, and Celluloid Manufacturers at that organization's annual convention. His full dates of service remain unknown at this time.

From the Omaha Bee, July 21, 1910.

   Long an active Democrat, Williams was a firm backer of William Jennings Bryan's third presidential run in 1908, being affiliated with the National Businessmen's Bryan and Kern Association. After casting aside previous calls for him to run for public office, Orva Williams announced his bid for Congress in 1910. Hoping to garner the Democratic nomination for U.S. Representative from Illinois' 2nd district, Williams was one of two primary candidates hoping to oust seven-term Republican James Robert Mann that November. Unfortunately for Williams, he lost that race to John C. Vaughan, who would, in turn. lose the general election to Mann that November.
  Despite his congressional defeat, Williams later aided his party in a different capacity, and in 1912 served as part of the Illinois delegation to the Democratic National Convention in Baltimore, where Woodrow Wilson and Thomas R. Marshall were nominated as the party standard-bearers. This election year also saw Williams join the Illinois sector of the campaign of Ohio Governor Judson Harmon, then a candidate in the Democratic presidential primary race. 
  Williams' continued prominence in his field after his time as a delegate, serving on the board of directors of the Associated Advertising Clubs of America, and in 1918 was the president of the Council of State Societies of Chicago. He continued residence in Chicago, and on November 5, 1930, he lost his life in a tragic accident. While visiting Akron, Ohio Williams' car collided with another vehicle during a snowstorm, and he later succumbed to his injuries. Also injured in the crash was his sister Iola, a high school principal in the city. The driver of the other vehicle, J.A. Stewart, was subsequently charged with manslaughter, due to having "failed to observe a boulevard stop" before the crash.
  Williams was survived by his wife and children, and following funeral arrangements, his remains were removed to Alliance, Ohio for burial at the Alliance City Cemetery.

From the New Philadelphia, Ohio Daily Times, November 6, 1930.


From the Nebraska State Blue Book, 1930.

    The obscure Orva Chester Randall served Nebraska's 82nd legislative district in the state house of representatives for two terms, 1929-33. Born in Illinois in September 1873, Randall removed to Nebraska with his family at age 10. He would attend the Holdrege high school in Phelps County, and in 1896 married Minnie Cain (1878-1920), with who he had three sons, Leslie, Harry, and Ralph. Following his wife's death in 1920, Randall remarried in July of the following year to his wife's sister Nellie (1889-1957), who he also survived.
  A farmer for the majority of his life, Randall held the posts of secretary and treasurer of the Phelp's County Farmer's Union and later was secretary-treasurer of the Nebraska Farm Bureau. Prior to his legislative service, Randall held two local elective offices in Holdrege, serving on the township board and school board. Elected to his first term in the Nebraska House of Representatives in 1928, Randall served in the session of 1929-31 and won a second term in 1930. A former president of the Federal Land Bank of Holdrege, Randall resided in that town until his death at age 89 in July 1963. He was interred at the Prairie Home Cemetery in Holdrege. 
  In addition to the above, two sources, politicalgraveyard.com and Findagrave, record Randall under the first name Orvis. This is an error, as Randall himself notes his first name as Orva on his 1917 draft registration card. This name is also recorded in period sources such as the 1930 and 1932 Nebraska Blue Books, and the 1920 Census.

Portrait from the Souvenir of the Nebraska Legislature, 1901-02.

  Another "Orva" that entered Nebraska politics was Orva Gallogly, who was noted as a "firm friend of the farmers and stockmen" in the Nebraska Blue Book. A one-term member of that state's house of representatives, Gallogly was native of Wisconsin, being born in 1867, the son of Francis and Frances (Murphy) Gallogly. He removed to Iowa with his family at an early age, and by 1883 had resettled in Nebraska. 
  Establishing roots in Chapman in Merrick County, he farmed here and in May 1891 married to Frances Young (1869-1939), with whom he adopted a child. In 1898 he and his family relocated to Johnston in Brown County, where he was engaged in "cattle raising and the general merchandise business." In 1900 he was elected to the Nebraska House of Representatives as a representative from Brown and Rock County, and during the 1901-03 session was a member of the committees on Apportionment, Live Stock and Grazing, Penitentiaries, and chaired the Fish and Game committee.
  Little could be found on Gallogly's life after his time in state government. Sometime after his term he and his family moved to Idaho and following his resettlement was a dealer in livestock in Oakley, located in Cassia County. At an unknown date, Gallogly removed to Boise, where he died of stomach cancer at his home on February 1, 1926, aged 58. He was survived by his wife and was later interred at the Pleasant View Cemetery in Burley, Idaho.

From the Burley Bulletin, February 4, 1926.
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Rousseau Owen Crump (1843-1901), Rousseau Angelus Burch (1862-1944)

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Portrait courtesy of the Library of Congress.

  Another "old guard" strange name political figure is four-term Michigan congressman Rousseau Owen Crump, who was discovered via the politicalgraveyard website way back in the fall of 2000. Since that time, a fair amount of reading has been done on Crump, revealing him to be one of the standout business and political figures residing in Michigan's Bay County area at the turn of the 19th century. Following his permanent settlement in Michigan in the early 1880s, Crump would build up one of the largest box and package manufacturing facilities in America, and in the 1890s turned his attention to politics. He would win two terms as mayor of West Bay City, Michigan, and followed that post with his election to four consecutive terms in the U.S. House of Representatives, dying in office in April 1901.
  Born in Pittsford, New York on May 20, 1843, Rousseau Owen Crump was the son of Samuel (1817-1884) and Sarah (Cutting) Crump (1823-1863), natives of Kent and Suffolk County, England who had settled in New York a year prior to his birth. Crump's early education occurred in schools local to Pittsford and Rochester, and for a time joined his father in the latter's construction business. In young adulthood, Crum learned the trade of wagon and carriage building, as well as ship carpentry. After helping in the construction of a large vessel that would soon sail the Great Lakes, Crump went aboard as a ship-joiner in late 1864, work that would take him through Lakes Erie, Huron, and Michigan. 
  In the year following his time on the Great Lakes, Crump relocated to Indianapolis, Indiana, and in the spring of 1865, he took work as a salesman in the lumber yard of A.D. Strait. His stay in Indiana extended into 1866, after which he returned to New York and was soon employed by the Dart Bros. of Buffalo as a lumber buyer. This period of employment saw Crump do business with lumber dealers in Ontario, Canada, and after resigning from that business in 1868 married to Phebe Ann Tucker (1847-1923), a native of Craigsville, New York. The couple were wed until Crump's death and had five children, Shelley Chester (1869-1919), Mildred (1872-1906), Mabel (1875-1924), Enid (born 1883), and Susan Marion (1887-1919).
  Not long after his marriage, Rousseau Crump left New York to seek new opportunities in the midwest. He found one in Winona, Minnesota, and in 1868 began employment with the Laird Norton and Co. planing mill and lumber yard. His time here proved to be short, and in 1869 had moved to Plainwell, Michigan, where he went into the lumber business for himself. His time here extended until at least 1872 when due to health concerns, he returned to his old home in Pittsford. Here he would build up his own planing and lumber mill, and in 1877 entered into a consortium that erected a powder mill in Syracuse. After the mill was destroyed in an explosion that same year, Crump lost the capital he had put into the business, and looked to Canada for a new financial opportunity.
  In 1878 Crump sold off his New York business interests, and, after partnering with his maternal uncle, established himself in Simcoe, Ontario. Here the two men would build up "a general lumber, sash and door factory", and later added a stave and shingle business to their enterprise. Crump remained in Canada until 1881, and in that year took an extended tour of the Great Lakes region in Michigan with his wife. Crump's visit saw him favorably impressed with the business sagacity of Michigan's two Bay cities, and with that, the opportunity to move his business stateside. By September 1881 Crump and his uncle had moved their lumber mill to West Bay City, and in 1883 purchased his uncle's interest in the company. 

From the Congressional Memorial Address for Rousseau Crump, 1902.

   After permanently removing his business operations to Michigan, Crump branched out into manufacturing in 1884 with the incorporation of the Crump Manufacturing Co. This concern would grow to become one of the largest box and package producing businesses in the nation, and by 1900 could boast of employing over 100 workers. Crump himself would serve as its secretary and manager, with his brother Shelley Goodwin Crump (1846-1926) serving as company president. After purchasing more land in 1891, the company was expanded with the "erection of one of the largest and best built factories of its kind in the state", with Crump overseeing and supervising the construction himself. In addition to his box manufacturing enterprise, Crump returned to lumber dealing when he and his son Shelley established a sawmill and lumber plant in Roscommon, Michigan, operating under the firm name R.O. Crump & Son.
  "A Republican of the Stalwart type", Crump turned to politics in the late 1880s with his election to the West Bay City board of aldermen. Following an unsuccessful run for the Michigan legislature in 1890, Crump's name was put up for mayor of West Bay City, and in 1892 was elected by "a one hundred and fifty majority." He would win a second term in 1894, and in that same year received the Republican nomination for Congress from Michigan's 10th district. After winning the primary, Crump's previous business successes and mayoral tenure were prominently featured in a number of area newspapers, including the Gladwin County Recorder and Bay City Tribune. In a glowing character assessment, Crump was lauded by those papers, who noted:
"Mr. Crump possesses the faculty of making friends among all classes, and as the canvass progresses he is bound to increase his popularity to a great extent. Among the working classes he is well known, and every man who has worked for him is earnest in supporting his candidacy. Up the shore particularly, Mr. Crump has an extensive acquaintence, and great enthusiasm has resulted over his nomination. Mr. Crump will always be found working the interests of his district."

From the Gladwin County Record, August 5, 1898.

  Opposing Crump in that year's general election was another oddly named man, Worthy Lovell Churchill. Like Crump, Churchill was a leading politician in his region, having served two terms as mayor of Alpena, was Democratic presidential elector in 1892, and from 1876-77 had been a member of the Michigan house of representatives. In a unique contest that pitted a man named Rousseau against a man named Worthy, it was the more unusual name that won out, with Crump besting Churchill by a vote of 16,304 to 12,456.
  Taking his seat in January 1895, Crump resigned as mayor of West Bay City and during his first congressional term sat on the committees on Manufactures, and Mines and Mining. He would win a second term in November 1896, besting Democrat Charles Hampton by a nearly 2,000 vote margin. During the 1897-99 session he continued service on the committees on Manufactures, and Mines and Mining. This period of Crump's service occurred during the Spanish-American War, and following American occupation of the Philippines, Crump sounded off on his favoring a liberal policy as to their governing, remarking:
"We have got the islands and now it is a problem to provide for them. As a member of the committee on Manufactures I would like to see the islands brought into closer trade relations with the United States, and I think, as I said before, a liberal policy should be observed"
  November 1898 saw Crump coast to a third term in Congress, defeating Democrat Robert J. Kelly by over 3,200 votes, the "largest majority ever polled in the district"up to that time. Crump increased that margin two years later with his defeat of Lee E. Joslyn by over 8,000 votes and began his fourth term in January 1901. Despite an impressive victory, health concerns troubled Crump early in 1901, and after a trip to Florida failed to improve his health, he underwent treatment in Baltimore. The Alpena Evening Times noted Crump's affliction as possible stomach cancer, and after returning to West Bay City, Crump died at his home on April 18, 1901, aged 57.
  The loss of the popular Michigan congressman was widely lamented, with newspapers as far away as Maryland taking notice of his death. Crump was survived by his wife Phebe and his children, and following funeral arrangements was interred at the Elm Lawn Cemetery in Bay City. Crump was subsequently memorialized by a number of Michigan newspapers, including the Coleman Independent, which acknowledged that:
"In the death of Congressman Crump the people of this district have lost an earnest, consciencious Representative, one who was ever ready to do anything in his power for the people he represented. As a friend he was most loyal, and throughout the district, during his long term as Congressman, he made many personal friends, who learned to respect and admire him for his many noble qualities, and his death has brought deep regret to all."
From the Alpena Evening Times, May 1, 1901.


Portrait from the Handbook of the Kansas Legislature, 1903.

  One of the more unusual names you'll find while perusing a roster of past Kansas state supreme court justices, Rousseau Angelus Burch served thirty-five years on that court, and for his last two years on the bench sat as its Chief Justice. Defeated for reelection in 1936, Burch continued to serve the law in a different capacity after leaving the court, being named as Dean of the Washburn College School of Law. A native Hoosier, Rousseau Angelus Burch was born in Williamsport, Indiana on August 4, 1862, the son of Isaac and Mary (Schoonover) Burch. 
  Removing with his family to Salina County, Kansas in 1869, Burch was a student in schools local to that county, and after graduating high school followed a teaching career for three years. Like many of the men previously profiled here, Burch entered into law studies at an early age, first taking a "special course of study" in Valparaiso, Indiana for two years. This was followed by enrollment at the University of Michigan Law School, where he earned his degree in 1885.
  Returning to Salina, Burch established a law practice there, partnering with W.H. Bishop in the firm of Bishop & Burch. In September 1889 Burch married Clara Louise Teague (1860-1928), to who he was wed until her death. The couple had two children, Winnifred Teague (1890-1921) and Angelus Teague Burch (1895-1967). Following the dissolve of his previous firm, Burch and his brother Charles Wilkes partnered in the firm of Burch & Burch, which would continue until Rousseau's appointment to the supreme court.
  After nearly two decades of practicing law in Salina, Burch's name was put forward to succeed state supreme court justice Abram Halstead Ellis, who had died in office in September 1902. This honor came about "without his solicitation", and after being appointed to fill the vacancy by Governor William E. Stanley, he was nominated for a term of his own on the court by the Kansas Republican Central Committee and was elected that November.
  During his near four decades on the court, Burch authored over 1,900 opinions, many of which were progressive for the time. Amongst these opinions was the 1910 case Caser v. Lewin, in which Burch opined that:
"An employee could recover damages from his employer from injuries sustained when the employer failed to provide safeguards on machinery required by statute."
  Early in his court tenure, Burch would vote to uphold a then-existing law that allowed county boards of education to segregate elementary schools in the state. Despite this action, he later issued a dissenting opinion in a court case that upheld a statue centering on the segregation of the Kansas City, Kansas high school system. Burch proved progressive against the racial animus of the time, and during his early years of practicing law is recorded by the Yale Biographical Law Review as being one of three lawyers who rescued a black man from a lynch mob in Kansas.  After being elected to the court, Burch continued this attitude of racial equality, opposing a bill proposed by the Kansas legislature that would have made interracial marriage a crime. 
  Burch would continue to win reelection to the court and in 1921 was even talked of as a potential candidate for district court judge for Kansas, his name prominently mentioned by the Topeka State Journal. Burch's name achieved further notoriety in July 1935, upon the resignation of Chief Justice William Agnew Johnston (1848-1937), who had served on the court for fifty-one years (thirty-two of which had been as Chief Justice). Burch, as senior associate justice, was appointed to succeed him, and his tenure in that post extended until January 1937.

From the Topeka Daily State Journal, September 16, 1921.

   Burch's long tenure on the court came to an end when he was defeated for reelection in November 1936 by Harry Kyle Allen (1873-1959), a former Dean of the Washburn College Law School. Burch would be afforded a measure of consolation following his loss when he was appointed to succeed Allen as Washburn Law School Dean and served in that role until his injury in a car accident in 1938. He would resign that year, and in 1939 was dealt another blow when he suffered a paralytic stroke while visiting New York. This stroke affected Burch's speech and movement in his left arm, and after being removed back to Kansas is reported to have shown marked improvement in recovery.
  The latter period of Burch's life saw him as a member of the American Law Institute's National Governing Council, from which he retired in 1942. A 32nd degree Mason and Elks Lodge member (amongst other club memberships), Rousseau Angelus Burch died at his Topeka home on January 29, 1944, aged 81. Widowed in 1928, he had also been preceded in death by a daughter and was survived by his son Angelus. He was interred alongside his wife Clara at the Gypsum Hill Cemetery in Salina, Kansas.

From the Michigan Alumnus, 1944.
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Manoah Bostic Reese (1839-1917)

May 13, 2020, 1:20 pm
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From the Creighton Chronicle, May 20, 1913.
"In Judge Reese the republican party presents to the people of Nebraska a candidate who has often been tried and never found wanting; a man who laid down the judicial ermine he had worn for six years as spotless as when he first donned it. Coming unsought, and, in fact, in spite of repeated declinations, the nomination of Judge Reese by a unanimous vote of a representative and harmonious convention is an honor rarely conferred. It is an expression of confidence and esteem that comes to but few men in a lifetime."
  The above character assessment of Nebraska jurist Manoah Bostic Reese by the 1899 Omaha Daily Bee describes a man who, in the years following his removal to Nebraska, rose to become one of the towering figures at the state bar. A state constitutional convention delegate, district attorney, dean of the University of Nebraska College of Law, and associate justice of the state supreme court, Reese attained his highest degree of judicial prominence when he succeeded to the post of Chief Justice of the Nebraska supreme court in 1908, serving until his resignation several years later. A native of Illinois, Manoah Bostic Reese was born in Macoupin County on September 5, 1839, the son of Simon and Mary Ann (Steidley) Reese.
  The formative years of Manoah Reese were spent on a farm in Macoupin County, and his education was obtained in the county schools. He removed with his family to Clark County, Iowa in 1856, where he again resided on a farm. After studying in schools local to that area he attended a seminary in Osceola for two years, and at the dawn of the Civil War enlisted for service in the Union Army. Despite his wanting to serve, an arm injury Reese had sustained in his youth kept him out of action, and he returned home. During this period Reese decided to pursue a career in law. In the early 1860s, he entered the office of James Rice (1820-1907), who would go on to a political career of his own, serving as Clark County judge, and in both houses of the state legislature. 
  After completing his studies Reese was admitted to the Iowa bar in 1865 and soon joined with James Rice in a joint law practice in Osceola. On New Years Day 1862, Manoah B. Reese married in Iowa to Carrie Burrows (1840-1901). The couple was wed for nearly forty years and had four children, including Daisy and Henry Allen Reese (1869-1938).
  In the early 1870s, Reese and his family removed from Iowa to Nebraska, first settling in Plattsmouth. He would practice law there briefly,  and by 1874 was residing and practicing law in Wahoo (located in Saunders County.) Within a short period of establishing roots in that community, Reese had attracted attention, and in early 1875 his name was prominently mentioned for delegate to the Nebraska state constitutional convention that was to occur in May 1875. He would win election to that convention as a delegate from Saunders County and afterward continued his political rise with his successful campaign for District Attorney for Nebraska's 4th district in November 1876. He would win reelection to two further terms in 1878 and 1880 and resigned from office in November 1882.

Portrait from "Nebraskans: 1854-1904".

  After resigning, Reese returned to practicing law but was called to public service once again the following year, when he received the Republican nomination for associate justice of the state supreme court. While prominent and popular amongst Republicans in his region, that opinion was not shared by Democratic newspapers of the time, including the Plattsmouth Journal. In an October 1883 notice concerning the race for the supreme court, Reese was pilloried by the Journal as a "Third Rate Lawyer", and further noted that:
"The nomination of M.B. Reese for Supreme Judge is generally regarded as very weak and an improper one and is almost equivalent to defeat in advance. Reese was a resident of this city some ten years ago and is described as a third or fourth- rate lawyer, and a very poor scholar, as the city which he kept for a short time will show. The Republican delegates from Cass County came home pretty thorughly disgusted."
  The opinion of the Plattsmouth Journal notwithstanding, Reese would go on to win the election in November and took his seat as an associate justice in January 1884. He would serve one six-year term and was defeated for renomination in 1889, going "down before the powerful onslaughts of the railroad influences" at that year's Republican state convention. Just a few weeks following his defeat, Reese made preparations to remove his law practice to Lincoln, doing so in November 1889. 
  By 1891 Reese had returned to the public eye in a different capacity, that of lecturer at the University of Nebraska's College of Law. He would serve in that position until 1893 when he advanced to the post of Dean, where he remained until 1904. Reese's tenure as dean saw him establish "a regular series of textbook courses, staffed largely by practicing attorneys", and after stepping down in 1904 was presented with a gold cane for his decade of service. 
  In addition to success at the bar and in academia, Reese was a Mason of prominent standing in his state, having served one year (1886-87) as state Grand Master. Reese was active in religious work, and as a long-standing member of the Methodist Church, was selected as a delegate from Nebraska to the Methodist General Conference held in New York City in 1888. More honors were accorded to Reese in 1901, with his being a founding member of the Nebraska Prison Association, a body devoted to better the lives of former state convicts that had been discharged from Nebraska state prison. Reese would serve as that group's inaugural president beginning in 1901, and his long affiliation with it saw him receive "scores of letters" from redeemed prisoners testifying to his support.


From the Omaha Daily Bee, October 6, 1907.

  Following an unsuccessful candidacy for supreme court justice in 1899, Reese was induced to make another run for the court in 1907. In that year he was featured in a full front-page article touting his career in the Omaha Daily Bee of October 6th, and also had the backing of former Governor George L. Sheldon, who stated:
"Judge Reese has a spotless record, both public and private. He is a student, a scholar, and a tireless worker. He has always stood for the best interest of the people regardless of the consequences of himself. He has been opposed to machine rule in politics and has fought for years that the government and the people might be brought closer together. He will make a splendid record on the bench."
 That November Reese won the election and served as an associate justice through 1908, and in December of that year was elevated to the position of Chief Justice, following an amendment to the state constitution that enlarged the court's membership to six associate justices, and one chief justice. He would serve until his term expired in 1915, and spent the remainder of his life in Lincoln. The summer of 1917 saw his health begin to fail, and he later died at a Lincoln hospital on September 28th, aged 78. He had been predeceased by his wife Carrie in 1901 and was interred alongside her at the Maple Hill Cemetery in Osceola, Iowa.
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Novia Zembla Snell (1860-1927)

May 15, 2020, 2:29 pm
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Portrait from "Nebraskans: 1904-1914".

    One can only wonder how a space-age sounding name like Novia Zembla was viewed in 19th and early 20th century Nebraska, and hiding behind that unusual name is a man who had fleeting political involvement in Nebraska's capital city. Novia Zembla Snell was a native Missourian who, following removal to the Cornhusker State, became a leading lawyer in the city of Lincoln. After retiring from practice in the early 20th century Snell changed career paths and achieved further distinction in the insurance industry, being the founder of the Midwest Life Insurance Company of Lincoln. Snell earns placement here on the site due to his service as County Attorney of Lancaster County, a post he held for one term.
  Descended from pioneer Missouri settlers, Novia Zembla Snell was born in Harrison County on August 23, 1860, the son of James Harrison and Annliza (Dunkerson) Snell. The Snell family left Missouri in 1865 and would resettle in Ashland, Saunders County, Nebraska.  Young Novia was a student in the public schools of that town and enrolled at the University of Nebraska in 1878. Graduating with his bachelor of science degree in 1882, Snell would spend the remainder of that year working his father's hardware store before turning his attention to law studies in 1883.
  After relocating to Lincoln in Lancaster County, Snell began reading law in the offices of Lamb, Ricketts & Wilson, and in the following year was admitted to the Nebraska bar. By 1884 he had entered into a partnership with future Lincoln mayor Andrew Sawyer in the firm of Sawyer and Snell. Their partnership extended until 1903 and later added attorney Lincoln Frost to the firm. In September 1885 Snell married Flora Evelyn Frost (1859-1957), and the couple's four-decade-long marriage saw the births of four daughters, Hazel (1889-1954), Aline (1894-1895), Eleanor (1900-1993), and Flora (1902-1999). 
  In 1890 Snell made his lone foray into politics with his election as Lancaster County Attorney and served one term in office (1891-93), not being a candidate for re-election in 1892. Following the dissolve of the firm of Sawyer and Snell in 1903, Novia Z. Snell focused his efforts on a new career path: life insurance. Having first become interested in the subject several years prior, Snell became affiliated with the Security Mutual Life Insurance Company of Lincoln, serving as its attorney and treasurer. In 1903 he took on the presidency of that company, continuing in that post until 1906. In that year Snell branched out on his own, becoming the founder and organizer of the Midwest Life Insurance Company of Lincoln. He served as president of that company until his death and brought aboard his old law partner, Andrew Sawyer, as company secretary. 

Portrait from "Nebraskans 1856-1904"

  Novia Z. Snell experienced further prominence in the insurance business in 1913, when following the revision of then-existing Nebraska insurance laws, he and his company boomed the new revisions, and Snell himself took part in the statute revision commission that examined the constitutionality of the new insurance code. He would have a hand in several other business and banking concerns throughout the remainder of his life, including directorship in the First National Bank of Lincoln, the vice-presidency of the American Savings Bank, and the presidency of the Lincoln Overall and  Shirt Co. 
  Snell was also attentive to educational matters in his city, serving from 1915-21 on the Lincoln board of education. He held the presidency of the board for five of those six years,  and in 1915 began a one year term as president of the University of Nebraska Alumni Association. Active in other civic and fraternal groups in his region, Snell was a past president of the Charity Organization Society, a member of the Lincoln Commercial Club, and the Lincoln Kiwanis Club. In the year of his death, Snell was elected president of the executive board of the Nebraska State Historical Society.
   Following the death of his old friend and law partner Andrew Sawyer in 1924, Novia Z. Snell was one of a number of philanthropic benefactors that donated funds for the construction of a park in West Lincoln. This park, later to be known as the Sawyer Snell Park, still exists today, and is home to picnic areas, and baseball/softball fields. 
  The last months of Snell's life were marred by ill health, having suffered an attack of ptomaine poisoning following a visit to California in April 1927. After his return to Nebraska Snell's health failed to improve, and he died at his home in Lincoln on August 31, 1927, one week following his 67th birthday. His wife survived her husband by nearly thirty years, and after her death in May 1957 at age 98, she was interred alongside him at the Wyuka Cemetery in Lincoln.

From the Lincoln Evening State Journal, August 31, 1927.
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Eby Christian Eikenberry (1868-1953)

May 17, 2020, 8:00 am
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From the Co-operative Manager and Farmer, Vol. VI, November 1916.

  Eby Christian Eikenberry rose to become an honored son of Preble County, Ohio, gaining prominence in that county through several civic and business endeavors. A former president of the National Association of Grain Dealers, Eikenberry entered the political forum as mayor of Camden, Ohio, and later as a Democratic National Convention delegate. In the late 1920s, he was elected to the first of two terms in the Ohio House of Representatives, resigning during his second term. The son of Levi and Rebecca (Eby) Eikenberry, Eby Christian Eikenberry was born near West Alexandria, Ohio on November 21, 1868. As with a number of previous men featured here, Eikenberry's curious first name was given to him as it was his mother's maiden name.
  Both Eby and his younger brother Charles Murray Eikenberry (1875-1938) attended the public schools of Preble County, and both enrolled at the University of Ohio at Athens. Eby Eikenberry left that university in his junior year, and in 1895 took on the post of assistant cashier at the Commercial Bank of Camden, Ohio. He married in Ohio on April 23, 1896, to Anna Baird Phares (1870-1959), and the couple's near six-decade marriage produced one son, William (1906-2002). Eikenberry and his wife also adopted two foster children, Eugene and Enola Appleby.
  Prior to his marriage Eikenberry was elected as Preble County superintendent of education, serving from 1890-95. This would begin a long interest in educational affairs in his region, as he later served on the Camden, Ohio school board and from 1917-22 was president of the Preble County Board of Education. 
  In addition to his later political service, Eikenberry's main area of prominence was his long career as a grain merchant, a business that he first entered in 1897.  He would partner with his brother Charles Murray in the firm Eikenberry Bros. Co., dealing in flour, feed, and seeds. The brothers later added grain to their business, operating two-grain elevators in the towns of Camden and Collinsville. By 1914 Eby Eikenberry had joined another firm, Payne and Eikenberry, which, in addition to having a grain elevator in Collinsville, established another in Hamilton, Ohio.
  In 1912 Eikenberry was elected as president of the Ohio Grain Dealer's Association, and during his four-year term held the additional role of vice-president of the National Grain Dealer's Association, to which he'd been elected in 1914. In 1916 he was elected as president of that organization, and in 1917 was reelected at the group's annual convention held at the Hotel Statler in Buffalo, New York. In his 1917 annual convention address, Eikenberry made note of American entrance into the First World War; federal supervision of grain inspection following the passage of the Grain Grades Act; and the signing of the Food Control Bill by President Woodrow Wilson. During his address, Eikenberry further noted that:
"The history of the past year has no paralell in the records of the grain trade. The industry has undergone radical change in its conduct extending even to principles that hitherto have been regarded as fixed and fundemental. It is impossible to discuss the affairs of the National Association without recognition of the dominating political influences. War and its issues outstand; all else is comparitively insignificant...Crises in world affairs demand of individuals and groups of individuals much of labor and sacrifice of which the quality and importance can only be determined by the character of the finalities in which they are instrumental in shaping." 
Portrait from the Grain and Farm Service Centers, 1917.

  Further business success outside the grain industry would come to Eikenberry with his time as president and vice president of the First National Bank of Camden, and in 1920 was vice president of the Camden Loan and Building Association Co. He later succeeded to its presidency and also held directorships in the Hawthorne Milling Company of Cincinnati and the Ohio Grain Dealer's Mutal Fire Insurance Company. During WWI, he was affiliated with the Food and Drug Administration, serving as chairman of the Grain Advisory Committee.
  Eikenberry first entered the political life of Preble County with his election as county school superintendent, and from 1907-08 served as mayor of Camden. In 1912 he was an alternate delegate from Ohio to that year's Democratic National Convention in Baltimore, where Woodrow Wilson was nominated for president. Eikenberry set his sites on a seat in the Ohio General Assembly in 1930, and after winning the Democratic primary outlined a campaign platform in the Lewisburg Leader, which noted:
"Mr. Eikenberry has repeatedly declared that the farm and small home are bearing more than just their fair share of the tax burden and that every effort should be made in the formation of the new system to equalize the load with that carried by other forms of property. He maintains that this would be the most effective forms of farm relief."
From the Lewisburg Leader, 1930.

  Eikenberry went on to defeat Republican incumbent Arthur H. Morton that November and took his seat in January 1931. While an incumbent legislator, Eikenberry held the additional post of president of the Camden National Bank and in October 1931 was a featured speaker at the Preble County Banker's Association. In 1932 he was unopposed in his bid for reelection, and that November won a second term. Early in the 1933 session, he came out in favor of "measures sponsored by the Preble County Taxpayer's League", and also authored a bill "permitting building and loans to liquidate." In October 1933 Eikenberry resigned his seat due to his appointment as liquidating agent for the Brookville, Ohio Building and Loan Association, and served in that capacity for an indeterminate period.
  After leaving state government Eikenberry continued residence in Camden and in 1939 survived injuries that he sustained after being struck by a vehicle while crossing a street downtown. His later years saw him as a trustee for the Ohio University at Athens, having first been appointed to that board in 1913. He served until his death at the Mercy Hospital in Hamilton, Ohio on May 3, 1953, at age 84. Eikenberry was survived by his wife and children and was interred at the Greenwood Cemetery in Hamilton.

From the Lewisburg Leader, May 7, 1953.
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Ahiman Valentine Bohn (1836-1914), Ahiman Louis Miner (1804-1886)

May 20, 2020, 8:32 am
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From the Portrait and Biographical Record of the state of Colorado, 1899.

   A pioneer settler of Leadville, Colorado, Ahiman Valentine Bohn rose from humble beginnings in Ohio to make his name in railroading and mining in the Centennial State. Prior to his removal to Colorado, Bohn had served in the Civil War was involved in the coal business in Alabama and St. Louis, Missouri. Bohn entered politics late in life when he was elected to one term in the Colorado State Senate, representing the 6th district of Lake County, and during this term filled the additional role of U.S. Postmaster at Leadville. Born on November 12, 1835, in Massilon, Stark County, Ohio, Ahiman Valentine Bohn was the son of Valentine and Susan (Strickler) Bohn. Bestowed a unique first name, Ahiman is one of two figures mentioned in the Bible. The first Ahiman is mentioned as a giant who was seen by Caleb at Mount Hebron, and the second noted as a Levite temple gate-keeper under Nehemiah.
  A local political office holder in Stark County, Valentine Bohn (1793-1854) was a former county court and district court judge, and following his family's removal to Carroll County, Illinois, continued his political career, winning election as county clerk and county judge. Young Ahiman would attend the Mount Carroll High School and at age 20 left the family home to strike out on his own. He would first take work as an agent for the Illinois Central Railroad at Amboy and later worked in railway construction for the Hannibal and St. Joseph Railroad.
  Following the start of the Civil War Bohn enlisted in the 15th Regiment, Illinois Infantry, and was mustered in with that regiment in May 1861. He would serve through the war's duration, and with his regiment took part in the capture of Fort Donelson, the Battle of Shiloh, the Siege of Corinth, the Battle of Hatchie River, the Siege of Vicksburg, and the Battle of Bentonville. Enlisting as a private, Bohn attained the rank of major by the time of his discharge in late 1865. Ahiman V. Bohn married during his service in 1864 to Emma Kneisley (1839-1916). The couple were wed for fifty years and had three sons, Arthur Kneisley (1865-1906), John Valentine (1868-1909), and Charles Ahiman (1870-1963).
  After his return to civilian life, Bohn removed back to Ohio, and after settling in Dayton began to study at a commercial college in that city. His two-year residency in that city also saw him teach at that school, and in 1868 relocated to Missouri. He would enter the coal business in Kansas City, and made his first foray into the mining industry when he purchased an interest in coal mines on the Vandalia Railway. He continued in dealing coal after relocating to St. Louis, and while a resident of that city became a major promoter in the construction of a railroad reaching "from Cape Girardeau to the interior of Missouri." The project saw eighty miles of track laid, and following the financial panic of 1873, Bohn's finances in the project took a hit. 
  Bohn remained in St. Louis until 1874, and following removal to Alabama, he returned to his earlier interest in coal, "developing the coal fields along the South and North Railway". In 1878 he made the permanent move to Colorado, being recorded by the Leadville Herald Democrat as having "drove into Leadville from Denver with a wagonload of butter and eggs." Shortly after arrival, Bohn made the acquaintance of Horace Austin Warner Tabor (1830-1899), the "Bonanza King of Leadville" who later served as Lieutenant Governor and U.S. Senator from Colorado. Having earned a fortune from his silver mining interests, Taber brought Bohn into Colorado's mining industry, with Bohn later becoming the local manager for the Tabor-owned Matchless mine. Bihn would go into mining for himself sometime later, and through the succeeding years was the manager of the following mining properties: Small Hopes, Lucy B. Hussey, Shields, and the Star of Hope. Bohn would also be a founder of the Home Mining Company, which he later "left with little wealth accumulated from the genius of his organization." It was left to the Leadville Herald Democrat to describe Bohn's win-loss record in regards to his finances from mining, remarking:
"From all these mining ventures, Major Bohn held the reputation of having brought more revenue into the Leadville district than any other single individual. The only loser from these projects was himself."
From the Leadville Herald Democrat, September 7, 1905.

   In addition to his mining activities, Ahiman Bohn was long prominent in the affairs of the G.A.R. veterans organization, being a charter member of the James Garfield Lodge No. 9 in Leadville. From 1885-86 he was the G.A.R. department commander for the states of Colorado and Wyoming, and also attained high rank in the Leadville Elks Lodge, where he was a past exalted ruler from 1894-95.
  A longtime Republican, Bohn first voted for that party in 1856, the year of the first Republican presidential ticket. In 1906 Bohn entered into the race for the Colorado state senate from the 6th senatorial district and in November was opposed by Democrat Austin Blakey. On election day it was Bohn who won out, polling 2,297 votes to Blakey's 1,815. He would take his seat in January 1907 and at the start of the 1907-11 session was named to the following committees: County Affairs; Finance, Military Affairs; Mines and Mining; Privileges and Elections; Railroads and Corporations; and Supplies and Expenditures (chairman.) Bohn's time in the senate saw him virulently opposed to a bill proposed to state senator David Campbell that aimed to repeal "all Colorado statutes which require that all old soldiers and sailors entering the Solider's and Sailor's Home shall turn over their pensions to the commandant."This bill was the exact opposite of existing national laws that required pensioners to keep their own money, and as a veteran himself, Bohn aired his outrage in the February 26, 1909 edition of the Yuma Pioneer, remarking:
"The custom arose because it was feared that the old soldiers would go into town pension day and get drunk...Well, if they want to gt drunk, let them. They have a right to do so. They fought for the country and have a right to any pleasure they may get out of their pensions. It is nobody's business."
From the Leadville Herald Democrat, June 20, 1908.

  Midway through his senate term Bohn was appointed by President William Howard Taft as U.S. Postmaster at Leadville, and in July 1909 resigned his senate seat.  He served as postmaster through the Taft administration and stepped down several months into the Woodrow Wilson presidency in September 1913. Bohn continued residency in Leadville until January 1914, when he took an extended visit to Los Angeles, California, staying at the home of his niece. A week prior to his death his health began to fail, and he died at his niece's home on March 4, 1914, of the effects of asthma and heart trouble. He was survived by his wife and son Charles and was interred at the Angelus Rosedale Cemetery in Los Angeles.

From the New England Families, Genealogical and Memorial, Vol. III, 1914.

  Vermonter Ahiman Louis Miner is one of the true "old guard" names on The Strangest Names In American Political History, as he was first located via the Congressional Bioguide webpage in early 2000. In the twenty years since first locating his name, Miner has, like many other 19th century congressmen, been consigned to history's dustbin. Despite his many accomplishments being all but forgotten today, Miner was long a political power player in his state, as he was a multi-term member of both houses of the Vermont legislature, Rutland County attorney, justice of the peace, register and judge of probate, and for two years was clerk of the Vermont house of representatives. He reached his highest degree of political prominence with his election to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1850, where he served for one term.
  The son of Gideon and Rachel (Davison) Miner, Ahiman Louis Miner was born in Middletown, Rutland County, Vermont on September 23, 1804. His formative years were spent in that town, and during his youth attended the Caselton Seminary in Castleton, Vermont. After deciding not to pursue further study at the Middlebury College, Miner focused on law studies, entering the offices of Rollin and Mallory in Poultney. He was admitted to the state bar in 1832, and for three years practiced in Wallingford. Ahiman Miner married in Vermont in 1832 to Fanny Adams Beman (1811-1852). The couple were wed until Fanny's death and had five children, Fannie, Henry, Alice, Nathan Beeman, and Wilhelmina. Miner would remarry shortly after her death to Susan Sarah Roberts (1821-1913), with who he had three more children, Ahiman Louis (1854-1908), John Gideon, and George Roberts. 
  Around 1836 Miner left Wallingford and after locating in Manchester in Bennington County, established his law practice. Within a short period of his resettlement he had entered into his first political office, that of clerk for the Vermont House of Representatives, He held that post in the sessions of 1836-1837, and in the last-named year won a seat for himself in that body as a representative from Bennington County. During the 1838 term, he sat on the Judiciary Committee and would be returned to the legislature on three more occasions, serving in 1839-40, 1846-47, and 1854-55.
  Miner continued his climb up the state political ladder with his service in the state senate from 1840-41, and from 1843-45 served as State's Attorney for Bennington County. A seven-year stint as county register of probate followed, and beginning in 1846 he served a four-year term as county judge of probate. Miner would also be elected as a justice of the peace in 1846 and served in that capacity until his death.

Miner as he looked during his congressional service.

  In 1850 Miner's name was put forward as Whig candidate for the U.S House of Representatives, and in the early months of that contest was opposed by another Whig candidate, attorney Alanson P. Lyman. These dual Whig candidacies occurred due to dissension amongst the Whig ranks in Vermont's 1st congressional district. During the first round of balloting in September 1850, Lyman won out in the vote count, polling 3,693 to Miner's 3,591. The election was declared null as no candidate achieved a majority vote, with another election scheduled for November.
  Although Miner and Lyman remained above-board during the fracas, campaigners on their behalf slung mud at one another in newspapers of the time. Eventually, civil correspondence between the two men was published in the Rutland Herald in October 1850, in which Miner wrote to Lyman:
"Dear Sir: The situation in which the whig party of this place, in consequence of the use of both our names as candidates, seems to require some sacrifice on our part for the sake of harmony. Political and personal friends are in some instance becoming embittered, and a state of feeling exists which ought not to continue, if we can prevent it. I am not aware that the trouble has arisen through any action or agency of my own. I am nevertheless willing to use any honorable means to allay the excitement and restore quiet. I would therefore propose that we withdraw from the canvass, and recommend that some third person be put in nomination on whom all can unite."
 Despite Miner's proposal that both men withdraw for the sake of party harmony, the election in November again saw Miner and Lyman as candidates, and on November 5th it was Ahiman Miner who became Congressman-elect, besting Lyman by a vote of 4,320 to 4,099. Miner took his seat in January 1851 and during the 1851-53 session was a member of the Committee on Engravings. He was not a candidate for reelection in November 1852.
  Following his term in Congress Miner returned to practicing law and in December 1857 was appointed as receiver of the Danby Bank in Rutland County. In 1870 he flirted with another run for Congress and would enter that race as an Independent Republican candidate. He would lose that contest in November, placing third in a field of five candidates, with victory going to one term incumbent Charles Wesley Willard (1827-1880). Miner continued residence in Manchester until his death at age 81 on July 19, 1886, at his home. He was survived by his wife Sarah and was interred at the Dellwood Cemetery in Manchester.


Ahiman Miner in old age, courtesy of "Manchester" by the Manchester Historical Society, 2011. 

From the Middlebury Register, July 23, 1886.
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Goldsmith Whitehouse Hewitt (1834-1895), Goldsmith Fox Bailey (1823-1862), Goldsmith Coffeen Gilbert (ca. 1795-1844)

May 22, 2020, 6:41 am
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Portrait courtesy of the Library of Congress.

   A four-term U.S. Representative from Alabama, attorney Goldsmith Whitehouse Hewitt was also a multi-term state representative and senator from his home city of Birmingham. Like several other politicians profiled recently, Hewitt (along with his congressional counterpart Goldsmith Fox Bailey) are true "old guard" strange names, this author first locating their names via the Biographical Directory of Congress in 2000. 
  A lifelong Alabama resident, Goldsmith Whitehouse Hewitt was born in Elyton (now Birmingham), Alabama on February 14, 1834, the son of James Highnight (1804-1858) and Eleanor (Tarrant) Hewitt (1804-1854). Hewitt would receive his unusual name in honor of his paternal grandfather Goldsmith Whitehouse Hewitt (1766-1846), a veteran of the Revolutionary War. Hewitt's formative years were spent in Jefferson County, where he attended school. He would turn to law studies during his youth and entered the law office of local Judge William Swearingen Mudd (1816-1884) in the early 1850s. Hewitt continued his studies at the Cumberland University in Lebanon, Tennessee, and was admitted to the Alabama bar in 1856.
  In 1858  Hewitt married his first wife Sarah J, Morrow, to who he was wed until her death in 1863. This union produced one child, John J., and in 1868 he remarried to Harriet Earle (1835-1927), who survived him. The couple had three daughters, Eleanora (born 1869), Harriet Hampton (born 1872), and Pauline (1875-1877)
  Goldsmith W. Hewitt established himself in practice in Birmingham, joining the firm of Ernest and Earle. He later partnered with future state representative John Calhoun Morrow in a firm that extended until Hewitt's enlistment in the Confederate Army in 1861. A private in Co. B. of the Tenth Alabama Infantry, Hewitt was later promoted to captain in Co. G. of the 28th Alabama Infantry, and saw action in the battles of Seven Pines and Murfreesboro. He was wounded in action at the Battle of Chickasaw in September 1862, and these injuries proved so severe he was "disabled for further service."
  Following a period of recuperation, Hewitt returned to practicing law and in 1869 entered politics with his election to the Alabama House of Representatives from Birmingham. He served in the session of 1870-71 and in 1872 was elected to the state senate. The 1872-74 term saw Hewitt as a member of the committee on Local Legislation and a "joint committee to visit States prison and States prison convicts."  In 1874 he announced his candidacy for the U.S. House of Representatives from Alabama's 6th congressional district, and after winning the Democratic nomination was opposed by incumbent Republican Joseph Sloss in the November general election. Hewitt would defeat Sloss by a near 6,000 vote margin, and took his seat in January 1875.
  Hewitt's first house term saw him named to the Committee on Invalid Pensions and also introduced a bill (by unanimous consent), "for the relief of settlers on lands claimed by the North and South Alabama Railroad." Hewitt also introduced legislation aimed to "secure impartial administration of justice in the state of Alabama" by removing political influence from the state court system. 

Hewitt as he appeared during his congressional service. Courtesy of the Library of Congress.

  In November 1876 Hewitt was elected to a second term, unopposed, and would again serve on the committee on Invalid Pensions. During the 1877-79 term Hewitt introduced further legislation, including a bill that would pension veterans of the Mexican American War and the Oregon Indian Wars, "and to repeal the act forbidding pensions to all except those who took the union side in the civil war". He retired from Congress at the close of the session and wasn't a candidate for re-election in November 1878. He would be induced to run for Congress again in 1880 and that November was elected unopposed. He would win a fourth term in 1882, and these back to back terms saw him author a number of pieces of legislation, including:
"One to monetize silver, to prohibit the retirement of greenbacks, and to prohibit banks of issue, to suppress polygamy in Utah, to improve, by federal aid, the rivers and harbors of Alabama."
  Hewitt remained busy during his final house term, opposing the Reagan Interstate Commerce Bill as well as the senate amendments to the Mexican Contingent Fund. After leaving office Hewitt would remark that by lobbying against those amendments"he believes that his resistance saved a billion of dollars to the government." He would not be a candidate for reelection in November 1884.
  After his return to Alabama Hewitt joined the law firm of Hewitt, Walker, and Porter in Birmingham. Hewitt wasn't out of the political spotlight for long, however, and in 1886 was reelected to the Alabama House of Representatives. He served one four year term and was named to the committees on the Judiciary; Penitentiary and Criminal Administration; and Rules. He continued to reside in Birmingham after leaving office, and in November 1894 began to suffer health problems. These illnesses continued into the following year, and on My 28, 1895, Hewitt died at his home, the cause of death being given as heart disease. He was survived by his wife Harriet and was interred at the Oak Hill Cemetery in Birmingham. One week following his death, Hewitt was memorialized by his fellow bar members in a lengthy resolution in his memory, stating:
"His services as a legislator and as a soldier were so many and so valuable that they neither require nor permit detail at this time. His honorable scars and halting gate and the benefits of useful laws which he helped largely to enact, all of them in the interest of justice, honesty, and the common welfare, are an indefeasible title to the gratitude and loving remembrance of those whom he served so long, so faithfully, and so well."
From the Marshall County Independent, June 7, 1895.


Portrait from Fitchburg, Massachusetts, Past and Present, 1887.

   A decade prior to Goldsmith Whitehouse Hewitt's arrival on the national political scene, the voters of Massachusetts' 9th congressional district elected their own "Goldsmith" to the U.S. House of Representatives. That man was Goldsmith Fox Bailey, an attorney residing in Fitchburg. Prior to his congressional service Bailey had published a newspaper in Vermont and following settlement in Fitchburg won election to both houses of the Massachusetts legislature. With a bright political career ahead of him, Hewitt died while serving in Congress at the age of just 38, a victim of consumption.
  Born in East Westmoreland, New Hampshire on July 17, 1823, Goldsmith Fox Bailey was the son of Ebenezer and Lucy (Goldsmith) Bailey. Left fatherless at an early age, Bailey removed with his mother to Fitchburg, Massachusetts, where he attended school. After attaining maturity relocated to Bellows Falls, Vermont to learn the printing trade, and joined the staff of the Bellows Falls Gazette. By the early 1840s he had become the publisher of that paper, and in 1845 left printing behind to focus his efforts on law studies.
  After a period of study in Westminster, Vermont Bailey relocated back to Fitchburg, where he completed his studies in the law office of Torrey and Wood. He was admitted to the Massachusetts bar in 1848 and soon afterward joined the firm of N. Wood and Co. in Fitchburg. He practiced law in that city for several years afterward, and in 1856 was awarded an honorary Masters of Arts degree from Dartmouth College.
  Bailey entered Bay State politics with his appointment as U.S. Postmaster at Fitchburg, serving in that capacity from 1851-1853. In 1856 he received a nomination for the Massachusetts House of Representatives and was elected in the fall of that year. In November of the following year, he won his first term in the state senate and was elected to a second term in 1859. His time in that body saw him as a member (and later chairman) of the Judiciary committee. 
  Goldsmith W. Bailey achieved statewide political prominence in November 1860 with his election to the U.S. House of Representatives, defeating Constitutional Union candidate Eli Thayer by a vote of 9,745 to 7,949. At the start of the 1861-63 session he was named to the committee on Resources, but Bailey's "long delicate" health prevented him from taking an active part in congressional proceedings. Several months prior to his death he visited Cuba and Florida in the hopes warm climate would improve his health, but it failed to do so. He soon returned to his home in Fitchburg, where he died of consumption on May 8, 1862, aged just 38. A lifelong bachelor, Bailey was interred at the Laurel Hill Cemetery in Fitchburg and his brief career in national politics was memorialized by the Fitchburg Reville and the Brattleboro, Vermont Phoenix, noting:
"We cannot, within the brief limits of a newspaper article, do justice to the mind and character of Mr. Bailey; it is only those who knew his life and had access to his inner heart, who can truly appreciate his talents and worth. Yet even to strangers his power was obvious, whether as a lawyer, legislator, or in the social circle."
From the Brattleboro Phoenix May 22, 1862.


Portrait from the History of Delaware County, Indiana, 1881.

  Regarded by many as the founding father of Muncie, Indiana, Goldsmith Coffeen Gilbert was a native of New York who, following his removal to the Indiana Territory, became a pioneer settler and business figure in formative years of Muncie. The owner and operator of several business concerns in his adopted home city, Gilbert entered politics in the twilight of his life, winning election to two terms in Indiana House of Representatives from Delaware County. 
  Born in Washington County, New York, Gilbert's birth-year is variously given as 1793, 1795, and 1797. Following his mother's death, he was sent to live with his uncle and namesake, Goldsmith Coffeen, with whom he resided in Jefferson County. The pair later removed to Lebanon, Ohio circa 1813, and sometime later Gilbert traveled back to New York, where he married Mary Bishop (1797-1828), to who he was wed until her death. The couple had at least two children, Goldsmith (died 1836), and Mary Jane (1825-1904). Gilbert would remarry after his wife's death at an unknown date to Rachel Jewell, who survived him.
  Desiring to move westward after his marriage, Gilbert and his wife relocated to the Indiana Territory, and by 1823 he is recorded as operating a trading post on the Mississnewa River. Trading goods with the local native population, Gilbert's home, and trading post were later set aflame by intoxicated natives, and after receiving monetary compensation for his loss from the government, used those funds to begin the purchase of 672 acres of land called the "Hackley Reserve". This extensive acreage was owned by Rebecca Hackley, a mixed-race granddaughter of Little Turtle (ca. 1747-1812), a former chief of the Miami Indian tribe. Despite Gilbert's initial promise of $960 dollars for this land, it took many years for that sum to be paid in full to Hackley. 
  Within a short period, Gilbert had gone to work in earnest, dividing up portions of the 672 acres into lots, which evolved into what was then known as Muncietown. Gilbert would "dig a mill race on the peninsula of north Muncie" and later established a mill. Through the succeeding years, he saw the area blossom into a thriving community and had a hand in many of its early businesses. Amongst these businesses, the 1881 History of Delaware County denotes his involvement in the operation of a "saw-mill, a woolen factory, a distillery, a blacksmith shop, a hotel, and was a partner in a dry goods store."
  In 1827 Goldsmith C. Gilbert further aided his community when he became one of three men to donate land to be used as a construction site for the Delaware County seat. In 1841 he entered the political life of his state with his election to the Indiana House of Representatives. Taking his seat at the start of the 1841-43 session that December, Gilbert was named to the committee on Claims and advocated for legislation that would have chartered a railroad that connected Muncie to Ft. Wayne, Indiana. He won a second term in late 1843 and served on the committee on Elections into January 1844.
  With a bright career ahead of him in state government, Goldsmith Coffeen Gilbert died in office of pleurisy on January 20, 1844, his death occurring in Pendleton, Indiana following the close of the 1843-44 session. He was survived by his wife and daughter and was returned to Muncie for burial at the Beech Grove Cemetery. Nearly 180 years following his death, Gilbert remains a far from a forgotten figure in Muncie, having a street and a historic district in that city named in his honor, the latter being named to the National Register of Historic Places in 1988. 
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