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<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <title>The Political Graveyard: Milwaukee County, Wis.</title> <meta name="description" content="A database of political history and cemeteries, with brief biographical entries for 338,260 U.S. political figures, living and dead, from the 1700s to the present."> <meta name="keywords" content="political biography history genealogy cemeteries politics candidates congress senators legislators governors politicians biographies ancestors mayors birthplace geography elections"> <meta name="author" content="Lawrence Kestenbaum"> <script type="text/javascript"> var _gaq = _gaq || []; _gaq.push(['_setAccount', 'UA-7383562-1']); _gaq.push(['_trackPageview']); (function() { var ga = document.createElement('script'); ga.type = 'text/javascript'; ga.async = true; ga.src = ('https:' == document.location.protocol ? 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Olivet Cemetery</a> <li>Milwaukee <a href="#cms08916">Pinelawn Memorial Park</a> <li>Milwaukee <a href="#cms03704">St. Adalbert's Cemetery</a> <li>Milwaukee <a href="#cms01692">Union Cemetery</a> </ul> <hr> <a name="cms09808">Holy Sepulcher Cemetery</a> Cudahy, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td colspan=2>Politicians buried here:</td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Martin F. Howard (1892-1969) — of Milwaukee, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/MI-lived.html">Milwaukee County</a>, Wis. Born in Milwaukee, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/MI-born.html">Milwaukee County</a>, Wis., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1892/09-12.html">September 12, 1892</a>. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/electrician.html">electrician</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/autodealer.html">automobile dealer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/insurance.html">insurance business</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/manufacturing.html">manufacturer's sales agent</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/ofc/asmbly.html">Wisconsin state assembly</a> from Milwaukee County 17th District, 1935-38, 1947-52; defeated, 1938 (Democratic), 1952 (Republican), 1954 (Republican); Republican candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/ofc/stsen.html">Wisconsin state senate</a> 7th District, 1942, 1962. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/vfw.html">Veterans of Foreign Wars</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-legion.html">American Legion</a>. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1969/04-09.html">April 9, 1969</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/76.html">76 years, 209 days</a>). Interment at Holy Sepulcher Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin F. Howard">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/136202202">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <hr> <a name="cms10011">West Granville Cemetery</a> Granville, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td colspan=2>Politicians buried here:</td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Charles Frederich Henrizi (1867-1946) — also known as Charles F. Henrizi — of Menomonee Falls, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/WK-lived.html">Waukesha County</a>, Wis. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/GR-born.html">Germany</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1867/01-28.html">January 28, 1867</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/manufacturing.html">Manufacturer</a>; postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/ofc/menomoneefalls.html#2">Menomonee Falls, Wis.</a>, 1898-1910. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/german.html">German</a> ancestry. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>. Died in Menomonee Falls, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/WK-died.html">Waukesha County</a>, Wis., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1946/05-19.html">May 19, 1946</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/79.html">79 years, 111 days</a>). Interment at West Granville Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Married to Nettie Barndt.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/69248092">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <hr> <a name="cms04519">Unknown Location</a> Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td colspan=2>Politicians buried here:</td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/politicalgraveyard/8254108864/"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/117/29.60.jpg" width=70 height=99 border=0 alt="Julius P. Heil"></a></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Julius Peter Heil (1876-1949) — also known as Julius P. Heil; "Julius the Just" — of Whitefish Bay, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/MI-lived.html">Milwaukee County</a>, Wis.; Milwaukee, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/MI-lived.html">Milwaukee County</a>, Wis. Born in Duesmond an der Mosel, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/GR-born.html">Germany</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1876/07-24.html">July 24, 1876</a>. Republican. Founder and president of Heil Company (fabricating <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/railroading.html">railroad</a> cars and rails); <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Wisconsin</a>, 1939-43; defeated, 1942; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Wisconsin, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1940/WI.html">1940</a>; Republican Presidential Elector for Wisconsin, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/ofc/pr1944-election.html">1944</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/german.html">German</a> ancestry. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>. Died in Milwaukee, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/MI-died.html">Milwaukee County</a>, Wis., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1949/11-30.html">November 30, 1949</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/73.html">73 years, 129 days</a>). Interment somewhere. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://www.nga.org/governor/julius-peter-heil-2/">National Governors Association biography</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julius P. Heil">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/551/000206930">NNDB dossier</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Image source: Wisconsin Blue Book 1940</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <hr> <a name="cms04480">Arlington Park</a> Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td colspan=2>Politicians buried here:</td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/politicalgraveyard/8254107200/"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/437/45.18.jpg" width=70 height=104 border=0 alt="John C. Schafer"></a></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> John Charles Schafer (1893-1962) — also known as John C. Schafer — of Milwaukee, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/MI-lived.html">Milwaukee County</a>, Wis. Born in Milwaukee, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/MI-born.html">Milwaukee County</a>, Wis., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1893/05-07.html">May 7, 1893</a>. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/insurance.html">insurance business</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/ofc/asmbly.html">Wisconsin state assembly</a>, 1921; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Wisconsin</a> 4th District, 1923-33, 1939-41; defeated, 1940, 1952, 1954; delegate to Republican National Convention from Wisconsin, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1932/WI.html">1932</a>; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from Wisconsin</a>, 1957. Died in Pewaukee, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/WK-died.html">Waukesha County</a>, Wis., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1962/06-09.html">June 9, 1962</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/69.html">69 years, 33 days</a>). Interment at Arlington Park. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S000111">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=409620">Govtrack.us page</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Image source: Wisconsin Blue Book 1940</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <hr> <a name="cms01545">Calvary Cemetery</a> 5503 West Bluemound Road Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin See also <a href="http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=cr&CRid=87664&">Findagrave page</a> for this location. <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td colspan=2>Politicians buried here:</td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> John Black (c.1827-1899) — of Milwaukee, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/MI-lived.html">Milwaukee County</a>, Wis. Born about 1827. Democrat. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/ofc/stsen.html">Wisconsin state senate</a>, 1874-75; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/ofc/milwaukee.html">mayor of Milwaukee, Wis.</a>, 1878-80; Presidential Elector for Wisconsin, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/ofc/pr1892-meeting.html">1893</a>. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1899/index.html">1899</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/72.html">about 72 years</a>). Entombed at Calvary Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/8585138">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Solomon Juneau (1793-1856) — also known as Laurent-Salomon Juneau — of Milwaukee, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/MI-lived.html">Milwaukee County</a>, Wis. Born in L'Asumption, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/QB-born.html">Quebec</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1793/08-09.html">August 9, 1793</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/fur.html">Fur trader</a>; founder of Milwaukee; postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/ofc/milwaukee.html#2">Milwaukee, Wis.</a>, 1835-43; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/ofc/milwaukee.html">mayor of Milwaukee, Wis.</a>, 1846-47. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/catholic.html">Catholic</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/french.html">French</a> ancestry. Died, reportedly from <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/appendicitis.html">appendicitis</a>, in Keshena, Shawano County (now <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/ME-died.html">Menominee County</a>), Wis., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1856/11-14.html">November 14, 1856</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/63.html">63 years, 97 days</a>). Original interment in unknown location; reinterment in 1866 at Calvary Cemetery; cenotaph at <a href="#cms06534">Juneau Park</a>. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1820/">1820</a> to Josette Vieux; grandfather of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hurn-hutchin.html#512.80.54">Paul Oscar Adolph Husting</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/JU.html">Juneau County, Wis.</a> is named for him.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solomon Juneau">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/8477642">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Joseph Phillips (1825-1906) — of Milwaukee, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/MI-lived.html">Milwaukee County</a>, Wis. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1825/index.html">1825</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/ofc/milwaukee.html">Mayor of Milwaukee, Wis.</a>, 1870-71. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1906/09-13.html">September 13, 1906</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/81.html">about 81 years</a>). Interment at Calvary Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Father of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/phillips.html#573.79.08">Charles H. Phillips</a>.</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> William Joseph Cary (1865-1934) — also known as William J. Cary — of Milwaukee, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/MI-lived.html">Milwaukee County</a>, Wis. Born in Milwaukee, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/MI-born.html">Milwaukee County</a>, Wis., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1865/03-22.html">March 22, 1865</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/telephone.html">Telegraph operator</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/MI-officials.html">Milwaukee County Sheriff</a>, 1904-06; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Wisconsin</a> 4th District, 1907-19; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/MI-officials.html">Milwaukee County Clerk</a>, 1921-33. Died in Milwaukee, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/MI-died.html">Milwaukee County</a>, Wis., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1934/01-02.html">January 2, 1934</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/68.html">68 years, 286 days</a>). Interment at Calvary Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=C000218">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=402364">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/6854496">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Peter Victor Deuster (1831-1904) — also known as Peter V. Deuster — of Port Washington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/OZ-lived.html">Ozaukee County</a>, Wis.; Milwaukee, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/MI-lived.html">Milwaukee County</a>, Wis. Born near Aix-la-Chapelle, Prussia (now Aachen, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/GR-born.html">Germany</a>), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1831/02-13.html">February 13, 1831</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/newspaper.html">Newspaper editor</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/postal.html">postmaster</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/ofc/asmbly.html">Wisconsin state assembly</a>, 1863; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/ofc/stsen.html">Wisconsin state senate</a>, 1870-71; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Wisconsin</a> 4th District, 1879-85; U.S. Consul in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/GR-consuls.html ">Crefeld</a>, 1896-97. Died in Milwaukee, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/MI-died.html">Milwaukee County</a>, Wis., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1904/12-31.html">December 31, 1904</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/73.html">73 years, 322 days</a>). Entombed at Calvary Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=D000274">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=403409">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/6854498">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Charles H. Phillips (1859-1938) — of Milwaukee, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/MI-lived.html">Milwaukee County</a>, Wis. Born in Milwaukee, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/MI-born.html">Milwaukee County</a>, Wis., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1859/01-21.html">January 21, 1859</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/ofc/stsen.html">Wisconsin state senate</a> 6th District, 1933-36; defeated, 1936; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Wisconsin, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1936/WI.html">1936</a>. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1938/05-28.html">May 28, 1938</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/79.html">79 years, 127 days</a>). Interment at Calvary Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/phillips.html#996.65.88">Joseph Phillips</a>.</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Edward Francis Mertz (1890-1970) — also known as Edward F. Mertz — of Milwaukee, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/MI-lived.html">Milwaukee County</a>, Wis. Born in Milwaukee, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/MI-born.html">Milwaukee County</a>, Wis., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1890/08-15.html">August 15, 1890</a>. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/construction.html">building contractor</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/restaurant.html">restaurant</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/tavern-biz.html">tavern</a> operator; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Wisconsin, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1944/WI.html">1944</a> (alternate), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1948/WI.html">1948</a> (alternate), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1952/WI.html">1952</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/ofc/asmbly.html">Wisconsin state assembly</a>, 1949-56, 1965-68 (Milwaukee County 16th District 1949-54, Milwaukee County 1st District 1955-56, Milwaukee County 9th District 1965-68). <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/german.html">German</a> ancestry. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-legion.html">American Legion</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/40-8.html">Forty and Eight</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/eagles.html">Eagles</a>. Died in Milwaukee, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/MI-died.html">Milwaukee County</a>, Wis., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1970/05-03.html">May 3, 1970</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/79.html">79 years, 261 days</a>). Interment at Calvary Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Joseph M. Mertz and Catherine (Dickmann) Mertz; married to Meta Fluck.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward F. Mertz">Wikipedia article</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <hr> <a name="cms10237">Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist</a> Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td colspan=2>Politicians who have (or had) monuments here:</td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Samuel Alphonsus Stritch (1887-1958) — also known as Samuel Stritch — of Toledo, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/LU-lived.html">Lucas County</a>, Ohio; Milwaukee, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/MI-lived.html">Milwaukee County</a>, Wis.; Chicago, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/CO-lived.html">Cook County</a>, Ill. Born in Nashville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/DA-born.html">Davidson County</a>, Tenn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1887/08-17.html">August 17, 1887</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/clergy.html">Catholic priest</a>; bishop of Toledo, 1921-30; archbishop of Milwaukee, 1930-39; archbishop of Chicago, 1940-58; cardinal, 1946-58; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1952 /speakers.html">offered prayer</a>, Democratic National Convention, 1952 ; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1952 /speakers.html">offered prayer</a>, Republican National Convention, 1952. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/catholic.html">Catholic</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/irish.html">Irish</a> ancestry. Died in Rome, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/IT-died.html">Italy</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1958/05-27.html">May 27, 1958</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/70.html">70 years, 283 days</a>). Entombed at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/CO-buried.html#cms05404">Mt. Carmel Cemetery</a>, Hillside, Ill.; cenotaph at Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Garret Stritch and Katherine (O'Malley) Stritch.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel Stritch">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/8256358">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <hr> <a name="cms00501">Forest Home Cemetery</a> 2405 Forest Hoome Ave. Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin Founded 1850 Listed in National Register of Historic Places, 1980 <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td colspan=2>Politicians buried here:</td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Frank P. Zeidler (1912-2006) — of Milwaukee, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/MI-lived.html">Milwaukee County</a>, Wis. Born <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1912/09-20.html">September 20, 1912</a>. Socialist. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Wisconsin</a> 5th District, 1946; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/ofc/milwaukee.html">mayor of Milwaukee, Wis.</a>, 1948-60; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/offices/pres-vp.html">President of the United States</a>, 1976. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/lutheran.html">Lutheran</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/german.html">German</a> ancestry. Died, of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/heart.html">congestive heart failure</a>, in Milwaukee, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/MI-died.html">Milwaukee County</a>, Wis., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/2006/07-07.html">July 7, 2006</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/93.html">93 years, 290 days</a>). Interment at Forest Home Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Brother of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/zebb-ziegenheim.html#618.45.66">Carl Frederick Zeidler</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank P. Zeidler">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/14866748">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Harrison Ludington (1812-1891) — of Milwaukee, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/MI-lived.html">Milwaukee County</a>, Wis. Born in Kent town, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/PU-born.html">Putnam County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1812/07-30.html">July 30, 1812</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/ofc/milwaukee.html">Mayor of Milwaukee, Wis.</a>, 1871-72, 1873-74, 1875; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Wisconsin</a>, 1876-78. Died in Milwaukee, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/MI-died.html">Milwaukee County</a>, Wis., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1891/06-17.html">June 17, 1891</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/78.html">78 years, 322 days</a>). Interment at Forest Home Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Frederick Ludington and Susannah (Griffith) Ludington; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1838/03-25.html">March 25, 1838</a>, to Frances White; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1875/06-07.html">June 7, 1875</a>, to Eve Mary Tobey; uncle of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pataki-pattersen.html#105.17.74">Lewis Seaman Patrick</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://www.nga.org/governor/harrison-ludington/">National Governors Association biography</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harrison Ludington">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/6854510">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Thomas Hoyt Brown (1839-1908) — also known as Thomas H. Brown — of Milwaukee, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/MI-lived.html">Milwaukee County</a>, Wis. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1839/index.html">1839</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/ofc/milwaukee.html">Mayor of Milwaukee, Wis.</a>, 1880-82, 1888-90. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1908/index.html">1908</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/69.html">about 69 years</a>). Interment at Forest Home Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/8091630">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/politicalgraveyard/3464802834/"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/594/20.76.jpg" width=70 height=103 border=0 alt="Henry C. Payne"></a></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Henry Clay Payne (1843-1904) — also known as Henry C. Payne — of Milwaukee, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/MI-lived.html">Milwaukee County</a>, Wis. Born in Ashfield, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/FR-born.html">Franklin County</a>, Mass., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1843/11-23.html">November 23, 1843</a>. Republican. Postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/ofc/milwaukee.html#2">Milwaukee, Wis.</a>, 1876-85; president, Wisconsin <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/telephone.html">Telephone</a> Company; president, Milwaukee <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/streetcars.html">Electric Railway</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/utilities.html">Light</a> Company; president, American <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/streetcars.html">Street Railway</a> Association; receiver, Northern Pacific <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/railroading.html">Railroad</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/WI.html">Republican National Committee from Wisconsin</a>, 1880-1904; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/index.html">Chairman of Republican National Committee</a>, 1904; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/WI.html">Wisconsin Republican state chair</a>, 1892; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/offices/cabinet.html">U.S. Postmaster General</a>, 1902-04; died in office 1904. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/methodist.html">Methodist</a>. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DC/wa-died.html">Washington</a>, D.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1904/10-04.html">October 4, 1904</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/60.html">60 years, 316 days</a>). Interment at Forest Home Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Presumably named for: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/clarken-claytee.html#084.40.12">Henry Clay</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Orrin P. Payne and Eliza (Ames) Payne; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1867/10-15.html">October 15, 1867</a>, to Lydia W. Van Dyke.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">The World War II <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-ships.html">Liberty ship</a> SS Henry C. Payne (built 1943 at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/CC-names.html">Richmond, California</a>; scrapped 1967) was <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake.html">named for him</a>.</li> </td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry Clay Payne">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/6679513">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Image source: American Monthly Review of Reviews, January 1902</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Gerhard Adolph Bading (1870-1946) — also known as Gerhard A. Bading — of Milwaukee, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/MI-lived.html">Milwaukee County</a>, Wis. Born in Milwaukee, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/MI-born.html">Milwaukee County</a>, Wis., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1870/08-31.html">August 31, 1870</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/physician.html">Physician</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/ofc/milwaukee.html">mayor of Milwaukee, Wis.</a>, 1912-16; U.S. Minister to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/EC-diplomats.html ">Ecuador</a>, 1922-29. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/lutheran.html">Lutheran</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/ama.html">American Medical Association</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-legion.html">American Legion</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-public-health-assoc.html">American Public Health Association</a>. Died in Milwaukee <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/misc-hospitals.html">Hospital</a>, Milwaukee, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/MI-died.html">Milwaukee County</a>, Wis., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1946/04-11.html">April 11, 1946</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/75.html">75 years, 223 days</a>). Interment at Forest Home Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of John Bading and Dorothea (Ehlers) Bading; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1895/12-15.html">December 15, 1895</a>, to Carol Royal Clemmer.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://history.state.gov/departmenthistory/people/bading-gerhard-adolph ?">U.S. State Dept career summary</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/8477667">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> George H. Walker (1811-1866) — of Milwaukee, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/MI-lived.html">Milwaukee County</a>, Wis. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1811/index.html">1811</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/ofc/milwaukee.html">Mayor of Milwaukee, Wis.</a>, 1851-52, 1853-54. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1866/index.html">1866</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/55.html">about 55 years</a>). Interment at Forest Home Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/9513902">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Byron H. Kilbourn (1801-1870) — of Milwaukee, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/MI-lived.html">Milwaukee County</a>, Wis. Born in Granby, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/HA-born.html">Hartford County</a>, Conn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1801/09-08.html">September 8, 1801</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/ofc/milwaukee.html">Mayor of Milwaukee, Wis.</a>, 1848-49, 1854-55. Died in Milwaukee, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/MI-died.html">Milwaukee County</a>, Wis., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1870/12-16.html">December 16, 1870</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/69.html">69 years, 99 days</a>). Interment at Forest Home Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Lucy (Fitch) Kilbourn and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kidder-kilbourne.html#632.14.15">James Kilbourne (1770-1850)</a>; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1827/12-25.html">December 25, 1827</a>, to Mary Henrietta Cowles; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1838/06-15.html">June 15, 1838</a>, to Henrietta Maria Karrick; uncle of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kidder-kilbourne.html#651.74.46">James Kilbourne (1842-1919)</a>; third cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/eastman.html#792.68.25">Charles H. Eastman</a>; third cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/tagawa-talbird.html#869.84.38">John Taintor</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/tagawa-talbird.html#502.90.13">Roger Taintor</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/tagawa-talbird.html#704.11.74">Solomon Taintor</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/stratton.html#812.34.09">Jonathan Stratton</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/urbahns-uttley.html#735.11.63">Robert Cleveland Usher</a>; third cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/driver-dryzga.html#580.95.17">James Warren Driver</a>; fourth cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/tagawa-talbird.html#106.38.64">John Adams Taintor</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/tagawa-talbird.html#503.96.56">Henry G. Taintor</a>; fourth cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/boyles-bradburn.html#152.06.17">Jonathan Brace</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/allen8.html#349.75.29">Samuel Clesson Allen</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bronson.html#437.89.78">Greene Carrier Bronson</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/sternberg-steunenberg.html#468.49.89">Lemuel Stetson</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kidder-kilbourne.html#719.71.46">Samuel Lount Kilbourne</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/eastman.html#115.37.60">George Eastman</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political family: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-1593.html">Kilbourne-Kilbourn family</a> of Worthington, Ohio (subset of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Emil Wallber (1841-1923) — of Milwaukee, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/MI-lived.html">Milwaukee County</a>, Wis. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1841/index.html">1841</a>. Republican. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/ofc/asmbly.html">Wisconsin state assembly</a>, 1872; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/ofc/milwaukee.html">mayor of Milwaukee, Wis.</a>, 1884-88. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1923/index.html">1923</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/82.html">about 82 years</a>). Interment at Forest Home Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/9513796">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> John L. Bohn (1869-1955) — of Milwaukee, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/MI-lived.html">Milwaukee County</a>, Wis. Born <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1869/08-01.html">August 1, 1869</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/ofc/milwaukee.html">Mayor of Milwaukee, Wis.</a>, 1942-48. Died, of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/heart.html">heart failure</a>, in Milwaukee, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/MI-died.html">Milwaukee County</a>, Wis., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1955/04-20.html">April 20, 1955</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/85.html">85 years, 262 days</a>). Interment at Forest Home Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/14001990">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Ammi R. Butler (1821-1901) — of Milwaukee, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/MI-lived.html">Milwaukee County</a>, Wis. Born <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1821/09-04.html">September 4, 1821</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/ofc/milwaukee.html">Mayor of Milwaukee, Wis.</a>, 1876-78. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1901/04-04.html">April 4, 1901</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/79.html">79 years, 212 days</a>). Interment at Forest Home Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/9513781">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> John Maxwell Stowell (1823-1907) — also known as John M. Stowell — of Milwaukee, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/MI-lived.html">Milwaukee County</a>, Wis. Born in Alexander, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/GE-born.html">Genesee County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1823/03-09.html">March 9, 1823</a>. Democrat. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/ofc/asmbly.html">Wisconsin state assembly</a>, 1862; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/ofc/milwaukee.html">mayor of Milwaukee, Wis.</a>, 1882-84. Died in Milwaukee, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/MI-died.html">Milwaukee County</a>, Wis., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1907/04-30.html">April 30, 1907</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/84.html">84 years, 52 days</a>). Interment at Forest Home Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Azel Stowell and Abigail (Maxwell) Stowell; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1849/07-10.html">July 10, 1849</a>, to Eliza Ellen Downey; third cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/stoutenburgh-strang.html#046.51.95">Merrick Stowell</a>; fourth cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/stoutenburgh-strang.html#725.24.67">William Henry Harrison Stowell</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political family: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>..</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/9513826">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/politicalgraveyard/10507014883/"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/475/44.61.jpg" width=70 height=115 border=0 alt="George W. Peck"></a></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> George Wilbur Peck (1840-1916) — also known as George W. Peck — of Ripon, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/FD-lived.html">Fond du Lac County</a>, Wis.; Milwaukee, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/MI-lived.html">Milwaukee County</a>, Wis. Born in Henderson, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/JF-born.html">Jefferson County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1840/09-28.html">September 28, 1840</a>. Democrat. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/newspaper.html">newspaper publisher</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/ofc/milwaukee.html">mayor of Milwaukee, Wis.</a>, 1890; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Wisconsin</a>, 1891-95; defeated, 1894, 1904. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1916/04-16.html">April 16, 1916</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/75.html">75 years, 201 days</a>). Interment at Forest Home Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of David B. Peck and Alzina Peck; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1860/">1860</a> to Francena Rowley.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://www.nga.org/governor/george-w-peck/">National Governors Association biography</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/8091565">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Image source: The Parties and The Men (1896)</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> John James Tallmadge (1818-1873) — also known as John J. Tallmadge — of Milwaukee, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/MI-lived.html">Milwaukee County</a>, Wis. Born in Claverack, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/CO-born.html">Columbia County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1818/01-10.html">January 10, 1818</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/merchant.html">Merchant</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/ofc/milwaukee.html">mayor of Milwaukee, Wis.</a>, 1865-66; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Wisconsin</a>, 1867. Died in Summit, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/WK-died.html">Waukesha County</a>, Wis., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1873/10-16.html">October 16, 1873</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/55.html">55 years, 279 days</a>). Interment at Forest Home Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of James Tallmadge (1784-1855) and Anna (West) Tallmadge; married to Harriet A. Jacobs; grandnephew of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/tallmadge-tannehill.html#617.20.02">James Tallmadge (1743-1821)</a>; first cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/tallmadge-tannehill.html#288.54.59">Matthias Burnett Tallmadge</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/tallmadge-tannehill.html#455.30.99">James Tallmadge Jr.</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/tallmadge-tannehill.html#749.21.29">Joel Tallmadge Jr.</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/tallmadge-tannehill.html#548.45.59">Nathaniel Pitcher Tallmadge</a>; first cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/tallmadge-tannehill.html#048.03.47">Benjamin Tallmadge</a>; second cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/tallmadge-tannehill.html#568.36.60">Isaac Smith Tallmadge</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/tallmadge-tannehill.html#837.01.91">Daniel Webster Tallmadge</a>; second cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/tallmadge-tannehill.html#594.74.07">Frederick Augustus Tallmadge</a>; third cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lane.html#361.75.00">Millard Ellsworth Lane</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political family: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-1386.html">Tallmadge-Floyd family</a> of New York (subset of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/13720855">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Don Alonzo Joshua Upham (1809-1877) — also known as Don A. J. Upham — of Milwaukee, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/MI-lived.html">Milwaukee County</a>, Wis. Born in Weathersfield, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VT/WI-born.html">Windsor County</a>, Vt., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1809/05-31.html">May 31, 1809</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/ofc/milwaukee.html">Mayor of Milwaukee, Wis.</a>, 1849-50; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Wisconsin</a>, 1851; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/ofc/usatty.html">U.S. Attorney for Wisconsin</a>, 1857-61. Died in Milwaukee, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/MI-died.html">Milwaukee County</a>, Wis., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1877/06-19.html">June 19, 1877</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/68.html">68 years, 19 days</a>). Interment at Forest Home Cemetery; cenotaph at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VT/WI-buried.html#cms11316">Plain Cemetery</a>, Perkinsville, Weathersfield, Vt. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Joshua Upham and Phebe (Graves) Upham; married to Elizabeth Smith Jaques; first cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/upham.html#980.00.75">Charles Leslie Upham</a>; second cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/upham.html#129.99.58">Clarence Albert Upham</a>; third cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/upham.html#611.52.71">William Upham</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/upham.html#087.50.31">Alonzo Sidney Upham</a>; third cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/blodget-blouin.html#198.80.48">Isaiah Blood</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/upham.html#263.93.18">Calvin Hoadley Upham</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/upham.html#990.20.48">William Henry Upham</a>; third cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/upham.html#472.73.27">Frederic William Upham</a>; fourth cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/upham.html#176.96.95">Jabez Upham</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/upham.html#242.54.33">George Baxter Upham</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/upham.html#541.35.17">Nathaniel Upham</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/vincente-vliet.html#577.56.79">Samuel Finley Vinton</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/upham.html#946.78.15">Charles Wentworth Upham</a>; fourth cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/upham.html#786.35.15">Nathaniel Gookin Upham</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/upham.html#760.60.12">James Phineas Upham</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political families: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-1981.html">Upham #1 family</a> of Massachusetts and New Hampshire; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-2391.html">Upham #2 family</a> of Massachusetts (subsets of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/9513801">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> James Sproat Brown (1824-1878) — also known as James S. Brown — of Milwaukee, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/MI-lived.html">Milwaukee County</a>, Wis. Born in Hampden, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ME/PE-born.html">Penobscot County</a>, Maine, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1824/02-01.html">February 1, 1824</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/ofc/attygn.html">Wisconsin state attorney general</a>, 1848-50; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/ofc/milwaukee.html">mayor of Milwaukee, Wis.</a>, 1861-62; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Wisconsin</a> 1st District, 1863-65. Died in Chicago, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/CO-died.html">Cook County</a>, Ill., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1878/04-15.html">April 15, 1878</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/54.html">54 years, 73 days</a>). Interment at Forest Home Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B000922">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=401877">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/8477656">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> William Pitt Lynde (1817-1885) — also known as William P. Lynde — of Milwaukee, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/MI-lived.html">Milwaukee County</a>, Wis. Born in Sherburne, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/CN-born.html">Chenango County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1817/12-16.html">December 16, 1817</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/ofc/tatgn.html">Wisconsin territory attorney general</a>, 1845-46; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/ofc/usatty.html">U.S. Attorney for Wisconsin</a>, 1845-48; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Wisconsin</a>, 1848-49, 1875-79 (1st District 1848-49, 4th District 1875-79); candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/ofc/spju.html">justice of Wisconsin state supreme court</a>, 1849; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/ofc/milwaukee.html">mayor of Milwaukee, Wis.</a>, 1860-61; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/ofc/asmbly.html">Wisconsin state assembly</a>, 1866; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/ofc/stsen.html">Wisconsin state senate</a>, 1869-70. Died in Milwaukee, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/MI-died.html">Milwaukee County</a>, Wis., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1885/12-18.html">December 18, 1885</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/68.html">68 years, 2 days</a>). Interment at Forest Home Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Presumably named for: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/pols-named-for-famous.html">William Pitt</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=L000538">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=407022">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/8477650">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Horace Chase (1810-1886) — of Milwaukee, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/MI-lived.html">Milwaukee County</a>, Wis. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1810/index.html">1810</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/ofc/milwaukee.html">Mayor of Milwaukee, Wis.</a>, 1862-63. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1886/index.html">1886</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/76.html">about 76 years</a>). Interment at Forest Home Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/9513783">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Hans Crocker (1815-1889) — of Milwaukee, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/MI-lived.html">Milwaukee County</a>, Wis. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1815/index.html">1815</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/ofc/milwaukee.html">Mayor of Milwaukee, Wis.</a>, 1852-53; delegate to Republican National Convention from Wisconsin, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1860/WI.html">1860</a>. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1889/index.html">1889</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/74.html">about 74 years</a>). Interment at Forest Home Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/9513850">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Abner Kirby (1818-1893) — of Milwaukee, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/MI-lived.html">Milwaukee County</a>, Wis. Born <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1818/04-11.html">April 11, 1818</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/ofc/milwaukee.html">Mayor of Milwaukee, Wis.</a>, 1864-65. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1893/09-23.html">September 23, 1893</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/75.html">75 years, 165 days</a>). Interment at Forest Home Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/9513816">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Sherburn M. Becker (1877-1949) — of Milwaukee, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/MI-lived.html">Milwaukee County</a>, Wis. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1877/index.html">1877</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/ofc/milwaukee.html">Mayor of Milwaukee, Wis.</a>, 1906-08. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1949/index.html">1949</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/72.html">about 72 years</a>). Interment at Forest Home Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/9513808">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><a href="https://books.google.com/books?id=3GQFAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA440-IA3"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/421/01.23.jpg" width=70 height=82 border=0 alt="Matthew Hale Carpenter"></a></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Matthew Hale Carpenter (1824-1881) — also known as Matthew H. Carpenter; Decatur Merritt Hammond Carpenter — of Milwaukee, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/MI-lived.html">Milwaukee County</a>, Wis. Born in Moretown, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VT/WA-born.html">Washington County</a>, Vt., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1824/12-22.html">December 22, 1824</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from Wisconsin</a>, 1869-75, 1879-81; died in office 1881. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DC/wa-died.html">Washington</a>, D.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1881/02-24.html">February 24, 1881</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/56.html">56 years, 64 days</a>). Interment at Forest Home Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=C000171">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=402319">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/6854506">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Image source: James G. Blaine, Twenty Years of Congress, vol. 2 (1886)</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Emanuel Lorenz Philipp (1861-1925) — also known as Emanuel L. Philipp — of Milwaukee, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/MI-lived.html">Milwaukee County</a>, Wis. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/SK-born.html">Sauk County</a>, Wis., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1861/03-25.html">March 25, 1861</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/farmer.html">Farmer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/teacher.html">school teacher</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/telephone.html">telegraph operator</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/railroading.html">railway station agent</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lumber.html">lumber business</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/WI.html">Republican National Committee from Wisconsin</a>, 1908; Milwaukee <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawenforcement.html">Police</a> Commissioner, 1909-14; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Wisconsin</a>, 1915-21; delegate to Republican National Convention from Wisconsin, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1916/WI.html">1916</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/swiss.html">Swiss</a> ancestry. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/humane-soc.html">Humane Society</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>. Died in Milwaukee, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/MI-died.html">Milwaukee County</a>, Wis., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1925/06-15.html">June 15, 1925</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/64.html">64 years, 82 days</a>). Interment at Forest Home Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Luzi Philipp and Sabina (Ludwig) Philipp; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1887/10-27.html">October 27, 1887</a>, to Bertha Schweke.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://www.nga.org/governor/emanuel-l-philipp/">National Governors Association biography</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emanuel L. Philipp">Wikipedia article</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> William E. Smith (1824-1883) — of Fox Lake, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/DO-lived.html">Dodge County</a>, Wis.; Milwaukee, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/MI-lived.html">Milwaukee County</a>, Wis. Born in Kincardineshire, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/SD-born.html">Scotland</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1824/06-18.html">June 18, 1824</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/food.html">Wholesale grocer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/ofc/stsen.html">Wisconsin state senate</a>, 1860; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/ofc/trea.html">Wisconsin state treasurer</a>, 1866-70; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Wisconsin</a>, 1878-82. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1883/02-13.html">February 13, 1883</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/58.html">58 years, 240 days</a>). Interment at Forest Home Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://www.nga.org/governor/william-e-smith/">National Governors Association biography</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/8091626">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Francis Edward McGovern (1866-1946) — also known as Francis E. McGovern — of Milwaukee, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/MI-lived.html">Milwaukee County</a>, Wis. Born in Elkhorn, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/WL-born.html">Walworth County</a>, Wis., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1866/01-21.html">January 21, 1866</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Wisconsin</a>, 1911-15; defeated in primary, 1916; delegate to Republican National Convention from Wisconsin, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1912/WI.html">1912</a>; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from Wisconsin</a>, 1914. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1946/05-16.html">May 16, 1946</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/80.html">80 years, 115 days</a>). Interment at Forest Home Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://www.nga.org/governor/francis-e-mcgovern/">National Governors Association biography</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/7173394">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Isaac Pigeon Walker (1815-1872) — also known as Isaac P. Walker — of Springfield, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/SG-lived.html">Sangamon County</a>, Ill.; Milwaukee, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/MI-lived.html">Milwaukee County</a>, Wis. Born near Wheeling, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/OH-born.html">Ohio County</a>, Va. (now W.Va.), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1815/11-02.html">November 2, 1815</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/sthse.html">Illinois state house of representatives</a>, 1830; Democratic Presidential Elector for Illinois, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/pr1840-meeting.html">1840</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/ofc/trlg.html">Wisconsin territorial legislature</a>, 1847-48; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from Wisconsin</a>, 1848-55. Died in Milwaukee, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/MI-died.html">Milwaukee County</a>, Wis., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1872/03-29.html">March 29, 1872</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/56.html">56 years, 148 days</a>). Interment at Forest Home Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=W000055">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=411234">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/6854508">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> James William Dawes (1845-1918) — also known as James W. Dawes — of Crete, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NE/SL-lived.html">Saline County</a>, Neb. Born in McConnelsville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/MN-born.html">Morgan County</a>, Ohio, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1845/01-08.html">January 8, 1845</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NE/ofc/cncn3.html">delegate to Nebraska state constitutional convention</a>, 1875; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/NE.html">Nebraska Republican state chair</a>, 1876-82; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NE/ofc/stsen.html">Nebraska state senate</a>, 1877; delegate to Republican National Convention from Nebraska, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1880/NE.html">1880</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NE/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Nebraska</a>, 1883-87. Died in Milwaukee, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/MI-died.html">Milwaukee County</a>, Wis., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1918/10-08.html">October 8, 1918</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/73.html">73 years, 273 days</a>). Interment at Forest Home Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Dr. Edward M. Dawes and Caroline (Dana) Dawes.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NE/DW.html">Dawes County, Neb.</a> is named for him.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://www.nga.org/governor/james-william-dawes/">National Governors Association biography</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/9798196">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Henry Schoellkopf Reuss (1912-2002) — also known as Henry S. Reuss — of Milwaukee, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/MI-lived.html">Milwaukee County</a>, Wis. Born in Milwaukee, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/MI-born.html">Milwaukee County</a>, Wis., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1912/02-22.html">February 22, 1912</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; major in the U.S. Army during World War II; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/ofc/milwaukee.html">mayor of Milwaukee, Wis.</a>, 1948, 1960; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Wisconsin, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1952/WI.html">1952</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Wisconsin</a> 5th District, 1955-83. Died, of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/heart.html">congestive heart failure</a>, in a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/misc-hospitals.html">hospital</a> at San Rafael, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/MR-died.html">Marin County</a>, Calif., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/2002/01-12.html">January 12, 2002</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/89.html">89 years, 324 days</a>). <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/plcrem.html">Cremated</a>; ashes interred at Forest Home Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Gustav A. Reuss and Paula Schoellkopf Reuss; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1942/">1942</a> to Margaret Magrath.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">The Reuss Federal Plaza <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-buildings.html">office building</a> (built 1982, sold and renamed 2017), in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/MI-names.html">Milwaukee, Wisconsin</a>, was <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake.html">named for him</a>.</li> </td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Campaign slogan (1948): "Our Choice is Reuss."</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=R000165">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=409142">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/106/000206485">NNDB dossier</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Books by Henry S. Reuss: <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0299161900/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0299161900&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">When Government Was Good: Memories of a Life in Politics</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> John Lendrum Mitchell (1842-1904) — also known as John L. Mitchell — of Milwaukee, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/MI-lived.html">Milwaukee County</a>, Wis. Born in Milwaukee, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/MI-born.html">Milwaukee County</a>, Wis., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1842/10-19.html">October 19, 1842</a>. Democrat. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/ofc/stsen.html">Wisconsin state senate</a>, 1872-73, 1876-77; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/WI.html">Democratic National Committee from Wisconsin</a>, 1888; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Wisconsin</a> 4th District, 1891-93; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from Wisconsin</a>, 1893-99. Died in Milwaukee, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/MI-died.html">Milwaukee County</a>, Wis., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1904/06-29.html">June 29, 1904</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/61.html">61 years, 254 days</a>). Interment at Forest Home Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mitchell1.html#961.23.88">Alexander Mitchell</a>; father of Gen. Billy Mitchell.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political family: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10876.html">Mitchell-Reed family</a> of Milwaukee, Wisconsin.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=M000821">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=407796">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John L. Mitchell">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/6854545">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/politicalgraveyard/8253032641/"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/434/98.73.jpg" width=70 height=106 border=0 alt="Fred R. Zimmerman"></a></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Frederick Robert Zimmerman (1880-1954) — also known as Fred R. Zimmerman — of Milwaukee, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/MI-lived.html">Milwaukee County</a>, Wis. Born in Milwaukee, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/MI-born.html">Milwaukee County</a>, Wis., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1880/11-20.html">November 20, 1880</a>. Republican. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/ofc/asmbly.html">Wisconsin state assembly</a> from Milwaukee County 8th District, 1909-10; delegate to Republican National Convention from Wisconsin, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1916/WI.html">1916</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1920/WI.html">1920</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1924/WI.html">1924</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1940/WI.html">1940</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1944/WI.html">1944</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1948/WI.html">1948</a> (alternate), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1952/WI.html">1952</a> (alternate); <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/ofc/sos.html">secretary of state of Wisconsin</a>, 1923-27, 1939-54; died in office 1954; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Wisconsin</a>, 1927-29. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/german.html">German</a> ancestry. Died in Milwaukee, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/MI-died.html">Milwaukee County</a>, Wis., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1954/12-14.html">December 14, 1954</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/74.html">74 years, 24 days</a>). Interment at Forest Home Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Charles E. Zimmerman and Augusta (Fiesenhauser) Zimmerman; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1904/">1904</a> to Amanda Freedy; father of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/zimmerman.html#362.63.05">Robert Charles Zimmerman</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Cross-reference: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/johnathan-johnsen.html#956.43.57">Joshua L. Johns</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://www.nga.org/governor/fred-r-zimmerman/">National Governors Association biography</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fred R. Zimmerman">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/83575952">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Image source: Wisconsin Blue Book 1940</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> William Henry Stafford (1869-1957) — also known as William H. Stafford — of Milwaukee, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/MI-lived.html">Milwaukee County</a>, Wis. Born in Milwaukee, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/MI-born.html">Milwaukee County</a>, Wis., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1869/10-12.html">October 12, 1869</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Wisconsin</a> 5th District, 1903-11, 1913-19, 1921-23, 1929-33; defeated, 1922; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from Wisconsin</a>, 1938. Died in Milwaukee, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/MI-died.html">Milwaukee County</a>, Wis., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1957/04-22.html">April 22, 1957</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/87.html">87 years, 192 days</a>). Interment at Forest Home Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S000777">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=410243">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/6854519">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><a href="https://www.marxists.org/glossary/people/album/index.htm"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/303/64.59.jpg" width=70 height=98 border=0 alt="Victor L. Berger"></a></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Victor Luitpold Berger (1860-1929) — also known as Victor L. Berger — of Milwaukee, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/MI-lived.html">Milwaukee County</a>, Wis. Born in Nieder-Rehbach, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/AS-born.html">Austria</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1860/02-28.html">February 28, 1860</a>. Socialist. Emigrated to the United States in 1878; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/teacher.html">school teacher</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/newspaper.html">newspaper editor</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Wisconsin</a> 5th District, 1911-13, 1919, 1923-29; defeated, 1904, 1920; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from Wisconsin</a>, 1918; delegate to Socialist National Convention from Wisconsin, 1920; Chairman of Socialist Party, 1927-29. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/jewish.html">Jewish</a> ancestry. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/labor-unions.html">International Typographical Union</a>. He and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/debolt-deckard.html#554.09.01">Eugene V. Debs</a> founded the Socialist Party. He <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/protest.html">opposed</a> U.S. entry into World War I; in Chicago in 1918, he was <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">tried</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">convicted</a> under the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/sedition.html">Espionage Act</a>, and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">sentenced</a> to twenty years in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">prison</a>; elected to Congress anyway, he was <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">denied a seat</a> in 1919-21 to to alleged <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/sedition.html">disloyalty</a>. In 1921, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed his conviction; the cases against him were withdrawn; he resumed his seat in Congress in 1923. Injured in a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/railroad.html">streetcar accident</a>, and subsequently died, in Milwaukee, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/MI-died.html">Milwaukee County</a>, Wis., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1929/08-07.html">August 7, 1929</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/69.html">69 years, 160 days</a>). Interment at Forest Home Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Ignatz Berger and Julia Berger; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1897/12-04.html">December 4, 1897</a>, to Meta Schlicting.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Cross-reference: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kribbs-krzycki.html#088.20.46">William F. Kruse</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/gerard-gerrity.html#712.70.44">Adolph Germer</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/emest-engle.html#229.18.55">J. Louis Engdahl</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/tucker.html#474.61.81">Irwin St. John Tucker</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B000407">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=401395">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victor L. Berger">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/380/000167876">NNDB dossier</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/87">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Image source: Marxists Internet Archive</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Edward Voigt (1873-1934) — of Sheboygan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/SH-lived.html">Sheboygan County</a>, Wis. Born in Bremen, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/GR-born.html">Germany</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1873/12-01.html">December 1, 1873</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/SH-officials.html">Sheboygan County District Attorney</a>, 1905-11; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Wisconsin</a> 2nd District, 1917-27; circuit judge in Wisconsin 4th Circuit, 1929-34; died in office 1934. Died near Sheboygan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/SH-died.html">Sheboygan County</a>, Wis., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1934/08-26.html">August 26, 1934</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/60.html">60 years, 268 days</a>). Interment at Forest Home Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=V000110">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=411164">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/6854583">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Gerry Whiting Hazelton (1829-1920) — also known as Gerry W. Hazelton — of Columbus, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/CO-lived.html">Columbia County</a>, Wis. Born in Chester, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/RO-born.html">Rockingham County</a>, N.H., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1829/02-24.html">February 24, 1829</a>. Republican. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/ofc/stsen.html">Wisconsin state senate</a>, 1861-62; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/CO-officials.html">Columbia County District Attorney</a>, 1865; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/ofc/madison.html#4">U.S. Collector of Internal Revenue at Madison, Wisconsin</a>, 1866; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Wisconsin</a> 2nd District, 1871-75; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/ofc/usatty.html">U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Wisconsin</a>, 1876-85. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1920/09-29.html">September 29, 1920</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/91.html">91 years, 218 days</a>). Interment at Forest Home Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Brother of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hayworth-heacock.html#424.00.49">George Cochrane Hazelton</a>; nephew of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cochrane-coey.html#973.85.37">Clark Betton Cochrane</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political family: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10673.html">Hazelton family</a> of Chester, New Hampshire.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=H000419">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=405285">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/12713596">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Theobald Otjen (1851-1924) — of Milwaukee, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/MI-lived.html">Milwaukee County</a>, Wis. Born in West China, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/SC-born.html">St. Clair County</a>, Mich., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1851/10-27.html">October 27, 1851</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Wisconsin</a> 4th District, 1895-1907; defeated, 1892, 1893, 1906. Died in Milwaukee, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/MI-died.html">Milwaukee County</a>, Wis., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1924/04-11.html">April 11, 1924</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/72.html">72 years, 167 days</a>). Interment at Forest Home Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=O000132">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=408385">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/6854595">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> George Howard Paul (1826-1890) — also known as George H. Paul — of Burlington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VT/CH-lived.html">Chittenden County</a>, Vt.; Kenosha, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/KE-lived.html">Kenosha County</a>, Wis.; Milwaukee, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/MI-lived.html">Milwaukee County</a>, Wis. Born in Danville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VT/CA-born.html">Caledonia County</a>, Vt., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1826/03-14.html">March 14, 1826</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VT/ofc/burlington.html#2">Burlington, Vt.</a>, 1849; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/ofc/kenosha.html#2">Kenosha, Wis.</a>, 1853-61; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/ofc/milwaukee.html#2">Milwaukee, Wis.</a>, 1885-89; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/ofc/kenosha.html">mayor of Kenosha, Wis.</a>, 1857-59; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Wisconsin, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1864/WI.html">1864</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1872/WI.html">1872</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/newspaper.html">newspaper editor</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/teacher.html">superintendent of schools</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/ofc/rrco.html">Wisconsin railroad commissioner</a>, 1874-76; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/WI.html">Democratic National Committee from Wisconsin</a>, 1876; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/ofc/stsen.html">Wisconsin state senate</a>, 1878-81. Died in Kansas City, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/JA-died.html">Jackson County</a>, Mo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1890/05-18.html">May 18, 1890</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/64.html">64 years, 65 days</a>). Interment at Forest Home Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1855/">1855</a> to Pamela Susan Joy.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/83074956">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Alexander Mitchell (1817-1887) — of Milwaukee, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/MI-lived.html">Milwaukee County</a>, Wis. Born in Ellon, Aberdeenshire, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/SD-born.html">Scotland</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1817/10-17.html">October 17, 1817</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/banking.html">Banker</a>; president, Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/railroading.html">Railway</a>, 1864-87; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Wisconsin</a>, 1871-75 (1st District 1871-73, 4th District 1873-75); defeated, 1868; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Wisconsin, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1876/WI.html">1876</a> (member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1876/committees.html">Resolutions Committee</a>). <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/scottish.html">Scottish</a> ancestry. Died in New York, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/NY-died.html">New York County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1887/04-19.html">April 19, 1887</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/69.html">69 years, 184 days</a>). Interment at Forest Home Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of John Mitchell and Margaret (Lendrum) Mitchell; married to Martha Reed (sister of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/reed4.html#974.43.19">Harrison Reed</a>); father of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mitchell5.html#318.02.96">John Lendrum Mitchell</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political family: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10876.html">Mitchell-Reed family</a> of Milwaukee, Wisconsin.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">The <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-cities.html">city</a> of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SD/DA-names.html">Mitchell, South Dakota</a>, is <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake.html">named for him</a>.  — The <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-cities.html">city</a> of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SD/HS-names.html">Alexandria, South Dakota</a>, is <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake.html">named for him</a>.  — The World War II <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-ships.html">Liberty ship</a> SS Alexander Mitchell (built 1943 at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/CC-names.html">Richmond, California</a>; scrapped 1967) was <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake.html">named for him</a>.</li> </td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=M000802">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=407778">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander Mitchell (Wisconsin politician)">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/12713573">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Harrison Carroll Hobart (1815-1902) — also known as Harrison C. Hobart — of Sheboygan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/SH-lived.html">Sheboygan County</a>, Wis.; Chilton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/CA-lived.html">Calumet County</a>, Wis.; Milwaukee, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/MI-lived.html">Milwaukee County</a>, Wis. Born <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1815/01-31.html">January 31, 1815</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/ofc/stsen.html">Wisconsin state senate</a> 1st District, 1848; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/ofc/asmbly.html">Wisconsin state assembly</a>, 1849, 1859, 1867 (Sheboygan County 1849, Calumet County 1859, Milwaukee County 1867); candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Wisconsin</a>, 1859, 1865; colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1902/01-23.html">January 23, 1902</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/86.html">86 years, 357 days</a>). Interment at Forest Home Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/6690017">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Albert Smith (1805-1870) — of Batavia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/GE-lived.html">Genesee County</a>, N.Y. Born in New York, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1805/06-22.html">June 22, 1805</a>. Republican. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/asmbly.html">New York state assembly</a> from Genesee County, 1842; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from New York</a> 33rd District, 1843-47. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1870/08-27.html">August 27, 1870</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/65.html">65 years, 66 days</a>). Interment at Forest Home Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S000512">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=409998">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/6855087">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Daniel Wells Jr. (1808-1902) — of Milwaukee, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/MI-lived.html">Milwaukee County</a>, Wis. Born in West Waterville (now Oakland), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ME/KE-born.html">Kennebec County</a>, Maine, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1808/07-16.html">July 16, 1808</a>. Democrat. Probate judge in Wisconsin, 1838; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/ofc/trcn.html">member Wisconsin territorial council</a>, 1838-40; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Wisconsin</a> 1st District, 1853-57. President of three <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/railroading.html">railroads</a>. Died in Milwaukee, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/MI-died.html">Milwaukee County</a>, Wis., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1902/03-18.html">March 18, 1902</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/93.html">93 years, 245 days</a>). Interment at Forest Home Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=W000281">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=411446">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/6855072">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Edward Dwight Holton (1815-1892) — also known as Edward D. Holton — of Milwaukee, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/MI-lived.html">Milwaukee County</a>, Wis. Born in Lancaster, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/CO-born.html">Coos County</a>, N.H., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1815/04-28.html">April 28, 1815</a>. Abolitionist; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/grain.html">wheat trader</a>; Liberty candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/ofc/cgdel.html">Delegate to U.S. Congress from Wisconsin Territory</a>, 1845; founder, Milwaukee and Prairie du Chien <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/railroading.html">Railroad</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/banking.html">banker</a>; Free Soil candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Wisconsin</a>, 1853; Presidential Elector for Wisconsin, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/ofc/pr1856-meeting.html">1856</a>; delegate to Republican National Convention from Wisconsin, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1856/WI.html">1856</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/ofc/asmbly.html">Wisconsin state assembly</a> from Milwaukee County 4th District, 1860. Died, from <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/malaria.html">malaria</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/infection.html">erysipelas</a>, in Savannah, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/CT-died.html">Chatham County</a>, Ga., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1892/04-21.html">April 21, 1892</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/76.html">76 years, 359 days</a>). Interment at Forest Home Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1845/10-14.html">October 14, 1845</a>, to Lucinda Millard.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">The <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-cities.html">city</a> of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KS/JA-names.html">Holton, Kansas</a>, is <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake.html">named for him</a>.  — Holton Hall, at the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-colleges.html">University</a> of Wisconsin <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/MI-names.html">Milwaukee</a>, is <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake.html">named for him</a>.  — Holton <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-roads.html">Street</a>, in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/MI-names.html">Milwaukee, Wisconsin</a>, is <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake.html">named for him</a>.</li> </td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward D. Holton">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/8468777">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><a href="https://images.findagrave.com/photos/2023/29/111191592_198ddac9-8af8-4274-9bc0-e0da27f22b72.jpeg"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/648/12.69.jpg" width=70 height=102 border=0 alt="Louis G. Bohmrich"></a></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Louis G. Bohmrich (1855-1925) — of Milwaukee, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/MI-lived.html">Milwaukee County</a>, Wis. Born in Cologne (Köln), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/GR-born.html">Germany</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1855/10-26.html">October 26, 1855</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/chemical.html">Chemist</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">lawyer</a>; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Wisconsin</a>, 1900; Democratic Presidential Elector for Wisconsin, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/ofc/pr1912-election.html">1912</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/german.html">German</a> ancestry. Died, from <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/cancer.html">cancer</a>, in Milwaukee, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/MI-died.html">Milwaukee County</a>, Wis., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1925/05-04.html">May 4, 1925</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/69.html">69 years, 190 days</a>). Interment at Forest Home Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/111191592">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Image source: Notable Men of Wisconsin (1902)</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Charles E. Hammersley (1881-1957) — of Milwaukee, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/MI-lived.html">Milwaukee County</a>, Wis. Born in Madison, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/DA-born.html">Dane County</a>, Wis., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1881/10-02.html">October 2, 1881</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Wisconsin</a>, 1930; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Wisconsin, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1932/WI.html">1932</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1936/WI.html">1936</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1940/WI.html">1940</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/congregationalist.html">Congregationalist</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/aba.html">American Bar Association</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/elks.html">Elks</a>. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1957/index.html">1957</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/75.html">about 75 years</a>). Interment at Forest Home Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Edward C. Hammersley and Ella (Viall) Hammersley; married to Althea Reineking.</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Edmund T. Melms (c.1875-1933) — of Milwaukee, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/MI-lived.html">Milwaukee County</a>, Wis. Born about 1875. Socialist. Social Democratic candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/ofc/asmbly.html">Wisconsin state assembly</a> from Milwaukee County 11th District, 1902; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/MI-officials.html">Milwaukee County Sheriff</a>, 1915-17; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/ofc/stsen.html">Wisconsin state senate</a>, 1918; delegate to Socialist National Convention from Wisconsin, 1920; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Wisconsin</a> 4th District, 1922, 1926. Socialist leader in Wisconsin and nationally; opponent of U.S. participation in World War I. Died in Milwaukee, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/MI-died.html">Milwaukee County</a>, Wis., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1933/01-06.html">January 6, 1933</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/58.html">about 58 years</a>). Interment at Forest Home Cemetery. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Edward Phelps Allis (1824-1889) — of Wisconsin. Born in Cazenovia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/MA-born.html">Madison County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1824/05-12.html">May 12, 1824</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/manufacturing.html">Manufacturer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/banking.html">banker</a>; Greenback candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Wisconsin</a>, 1877, 1881. Died in Milwaukee, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/MI-died.html">Milwaukee County</a>, Wis., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1889/04-01.html">April 1, 1889</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/64.html">64 years, 324 days</a>). Interment at Forest Home Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Jere Allis and Mary (White) Allis; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1848/">1848</a> to Margaret Watson.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/24">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> John Ogden Bigelow (1844-1903) — also known as John O. Bigelow — of New Orleans, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/LA/OR-lived.html">Orleans Parish</a>, La. Born in LaPorte, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/LP-born.html">LaPorte County</a>, Ind., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1844/05-15.html">May 15, 1844</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/finance.html">Stockbroker</a>; treasurer, New Orleans stock exchange; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/AR-consuls.html">Consul for Argentina</a> in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/LA/OR-consuls.html">New Orleans, La.</a>, 1885-1903. Died in Hot Springs, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AR/GA-died.html">Garland County</a>, Ark., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1903/02-24.html">February 24, 1903</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/58.html">58 years, 285 days</a>). Interment at Forest Home Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Abijah Bigelow and Rebecca Edwards (Ogden) Bigelow; married to Jean Ogden; third cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/thayer.html#242.70.35">Alexander Wheelock Thayer</a>; third cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/read.html#516.26.90">Nathan Read</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/thayer.html#389.64.69">Alexander Cook Thayer</a>; third cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bigelow.html#472.42.97">Timothy Bigelow</a>; fourth cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/heathman-hedlund.html#229.65.01">Rufus Heaton</a>; fourth cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bigelow.html#508.73.59">John Prescott Bigelow</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/weeks.html#656.56.77">Edgar Weeks</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/walbridge.html#865.62.29">John Hill Walbridge</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/walbridge.html#870.72.95">Henry E. Walbridge</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/weeks.html#098.67.90">John Wingate Weeks</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political family: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>..</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/85761498">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/380/87.84.jpg" width=70 height=100 border=0 alt="Winfred D. Cox"></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Winfred D. Cox (1858-1921) — of Wisconsin. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1858/index.html">1858</a>. Wisconsin Prohibition state chair, 1908; Prohibition candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Wisconsin</a>, 1908. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1921/index.html">1921</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/63.html">about 63 years</a>). Interment at Forest Home Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/101855397">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Image source: The National Prohibitionist, June 11, 1908</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Eugene Stanhope Elliott (1842-1902) — also known as Eugene S. Elliott — of Milwaukee, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/MI-lived.html">Milwaukee County</a>, Wis. Born in Lowell, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/LS-born.html">La Salle County</a>, Ill., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1842/08-13.html">August 13, 1842</a>. Republican. Organizer and first president, American Whist League; delegate to Republican National Convention from Wisconsin, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1896/WI.html">1896</a>; circuit judge in Wisconsin 2nd Circuit, 1900. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/knights-templar.html">Knights Templar</a>. Died, from <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/heart.html">heart failure</a>, in Milwaukee, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/MI-died.html">Milwaukee County</a>, Wis., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1902/01-02.html">January 2, 1902</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/59.html">59 years, 142 days</a>). Interment at Forest Home Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of George Washington Elliott and Susan Caroline (Bates) Elliott; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1865/">1865</a> to Catherine Elizabeth Dousman.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/85796439">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> LeRoy J. Simmons (1905-1973) — of Milwaukee, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/MI-lived.html">Milwaukee County</a>, Wis. Born in Milwaukee, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/MI-born.html">Milwaukee County</a>, Wis., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1905/07-25.html">July 25, 1905</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/postal.html">Postal clerk</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/insurance.html">insurance agent</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/ofc/asmbly.html">Wisconsin state assembly</a> from Milwaukee County 6th District, 1945-52. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/african.html">African</a> ancestry. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1973/05-08.html">May 8, 1973</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/67.html">67 years, 287 days</a>). Entombed at Forest Home Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/104965895">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> John Nazro (1826-1888) — of Milwaukee, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/MI-lived.html">Milwaukee County</a>, Wis. Born in Santo Domingo (now <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/DR-born.html">Dominican Republic</a>), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1826/index.html">1826</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/ofc/milwaukee.html#7">U.S. Collector of Customs at Milwaukee, Wis., Wisconsin</a>, 1876-79. Died in Milwaukee, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/MI-died.html">Milwaukee County</a>, Wis., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1888/02-06.html">February 6, 1888</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/61.html">about 61 years</a>). Interment at Forest Home Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/109146420">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> John Rugee (1827-1894) — of Milwaukee, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/MI-lived.html">Milwaukee County</a>, Wis. Born in Lübeck, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/GR-born.html">Germany</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1827/01-03.html">January 3, 1827</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/architect.html">Architect</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/ofc/asmbly.html">Wisconsin state assembly</a>, 1861; Presidential Elector for Wisconsin, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/ofc/pr1884-meeting.html">1884</a>. Designed breweries, churches, grain elevators, and many bridges. Died of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/cancer.html">cancer</a>, in Redlands, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/SB-died.html">San Bernardino County</a>, Calif., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1894/03-07.html">March 7, 1894</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/67.html">67 years, 63 days</a>). Interment at Forest Home Cemetery. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Frank Siller (1835-1911) — also known as Francis von Siller — of Dubuque, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/DB-lived.html">Dubuque County</a>, Iowa; Milwaukee, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/MI-lived.html">Milwaukee County</a>, Wis. Born in St. Petersburg, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/RU-born.html">Russia</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1835/05-27.html">May 27, 1835</a>. Naturalized U.S. citizen; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/grain.html">grain shipper</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/banking.html">bank director</a>; U.S. Consular Agent in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/EZ-consuls.html ">Haida</a>, 1898-1905. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/german.html">German</a> ancestry. Died in Eberswalde, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/GR-died.html">Germany</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1911/04-10.html">April 10, 1911</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/75.html">75 years, 318 days</a>). <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/plcrem.html">Cremated</a>; ashes interred at Forest Home Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1860/">1860</a> to Sarah Baldwin.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/96270598">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td colspan=2>Other politicians who have (or had) monuments here:</td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Carl Frederick Zeidler (1908-1942) — also known as Carl Zeidler; "Singing Mayor"; "Boy Mayor" — of Milwaukee, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/MI-lived.html">Milwaukee County</a>, Wis. Born in Milwaukee, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/MI-born.html">Milwaukee County</a>, Wis., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1908/01-04.html">January 4, 1908</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/ofc/milwaukee.html">Mayor of Milwaukee, Wis.</a>, 1940-42; resigned 1942; served in the U.S. Navy during World War II. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/world-war-ii.html">Killed</a> when the munitions <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/boat.html">ship</a> La Salle was struck by torpedos, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/fire.html">exploded</a>, and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/drowning.html">sank</a>, about 350 miles southeast of the Cape of Good Hope, in the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WW/IN-died.html">Indian Ocean</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1942/11-07.html">November 7, 1942</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/34.html">34 years, 307 days</a>); his remains were <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/never-found.html">never found</a>. Cenotaph at Forest Home Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Brother of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/zebb-ziegenheim.html#155.22.16">Frank P. Zeidler</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Carl F. Zeidler <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-parks.html">Park</a> (now Zeidler Union Square), in downtown <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/MI-names.html">Milwaukee, Wisconsin</a>, is <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake.html">named for him</a>.</li> </td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl Zeidler">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/13991497">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <hr> <a name="cms02226">Holy Cross Cemetery</a> Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td colspan=2>Politicians buried here:</td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/877/36.80.jpg" width=70 height=103 border=0 alt="Daniel W. Hoan"></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Daniel Webster Hoan (1881-1961) — also known as Daniel W. Hoan — of Milwaukee, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/MI-lived.html">Milwaukee County</a>, Wis. Born in Waukesha, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/WK-born.html">Waukesha County</a>, Wis., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1881/03-12.html">March 12, 1881</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/labor.html">attorney</a> for Wisconsin Federation of Labor, 1908-10; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/ofc/milwaukee.html">mayor of Milwaukee, Wis.</a>, 1916-40; defeated, 1948; Democratic candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Wisconsin</a>, 1944, 1946; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Wisconsin, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1948/WI.html">1948</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1952/WI.html">1952</a> (alternate); Democratic candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Wisconsin</a> 10th District, 1948; candidate in Democratic primary for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from Wisconsin</a>, 1950; Democratic candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/ofc/stsen.html">Wisconsin state senate</a> 8th District, 1952. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/methodist.html">Methodist</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/knights-pythias.html">Knights of Pythias</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/elks.html">Elks</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/eagles.html">Eagles</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/woodmen.html">Woodmen</a>. Died in Milwaukee, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/MI-died.html">Milwaukee County</a>, Wis., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1961/06-11.html">June 11, 1961</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/80.html">80 years, 91 days</a>). Interment at Holy Cross Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Presumably named for: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/webster.html#062.19.45">Daniel Webster</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Daniel Webster Hoan and Margaret Augusta (Hood) Hoan; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1909/10-09.html">October 9, 1909</a>, to Agnes B. Magner; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1944/04-08.html">April 8, 1944</a>, to Gladys Arthur.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Cross-reference: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/paca-paganelli.html#293.40.02">Joseph A. Padway</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel Hoan">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/13723971">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Image source: Detroit Free Press, October 2, 1932</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Raymond Joseph Cannon (1894-1951) — also known as Raymond J. Cannon — of Milwaukee, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/MI-lived.html">Milwaukee County</a>, Wis. Born in Ironwood, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/GO-born.html">Gogebic County</a>, Mich., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1894/08-26.html">August 26, 1894</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/ofc/spju.html">justice of Wisconsin state supreme court</a>, 1930; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Wisconsin</a> 4th District, 1933-39; defeated, 1938, 1944; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Wisconsin</a>, 1940, 1942. Professional <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/pro-sports.html">baseball</a> player, 1908-22; attorney for Joe Jackson, winning damages for breach of contract against the Chicago White Sox <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/pro-sports.html">baseball team</a>; legal advisor to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/pro-sports.html">boxer</a> Jack Dempsey. Died in Milwaukee, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/MI-died.html">Milwaukee County</a>, Wis., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1951/11-25.html">November 25, 1951</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/57.html">57 years, 91 days</a>). Interment at Holy Cross Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=C000124">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=402275">Govtrack.us page</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/527/80.95.jpg" width=70 height=118 border=0 alt="Charles J. Kersten"></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Charles Joseph Kersten (1902-1972) — also known as Charles J. Kersten — of Milwaukee, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/MI-lived.html">Milwaukee County</a>, Wis.; Whitefish Bay, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/MI-lived.html">Milwaukee County</a>, Wis. Born in Chicago, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/CO-born.html">Cook County</a>, Ill., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1902/05-26.html">May 26, 1902</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Wisconsin</a> 5th District, 1947-49, 1951-55; defeated, 1948, 1954, 1956. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1972/10-31.html">October 31, 1972</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/70.html">70 years, 158 days</a>). Interment at Holy Cross Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Married to Mary Edith McKinnon.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=K000150">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=406314">Govtrack.us page</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Image source: Wisconsin Blue Book 1954</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> John Colonel Karel (1873-1938) — also known as John C. Karel; "Ikey" — of Milwaukee, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/MI-lived.html">Milwaukee County</a>, Wis. Born in Schuyler, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NE/CO-born.html">Colfax County</a>, Neb., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1873/index.html">1873</a>. Democrat. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/ofc/asmbly.html">Wisconsin state assembly</a>, 1901; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/MI-officials.html">Milwaukee County Judge</a>, 1907-38; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Wisconsin</a>, 1912, 1914; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Wisconsin, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1916/WI.html">1916</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/catholic.html">Catholic</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/czech-slovak.html">Bohemian</a> ancestry. Died in a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/misc-hospitals.html">hospital</a> at Milwaukee, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/MI-died.html">Milwaukee County</a>, Wis., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1938/12-04.html">December 4, 1938</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/65.html">about 65 years</a>). Interment at Holy Cross Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kaneaster-karns.html#824.98.03">John Karel</a>; married to Josephine A. Henssler.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/233439054">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> John M. Callahan — of Milwaukee, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/MI-lived.html">Milwaukee County</a>, Wis. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Wisconsin, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1924/WI.html">1924</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1928/WI.html">1928</a>; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/ofc/sos.html">secretary of state of Wisconsin</a>, 1924; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/WI.html">Wisconsin Democratic state chair</a>, 1925-27. Interment at Holy Cross Cemetery. </td></tr> </table> <hr> <a name="cms06534">Juneau Park</a> Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td colspan=2>Politicians who have (or had) monuments here:</td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Solomon Juneau (1793-1856) — also known as Laurent-Salomon Juneau — of Milwaukee, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/MI-lived.html">Milwaukee County</a>, Wis. Born in L'Asumption, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/QB-born.html">Quebec</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1793/08-09.html">August 9, 1793</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/fur.html">Fur trader</a>; founder of Milwaukee; postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/ofc/milwaukee.html#2">Milwaukee, Wis.</a>, 1835-43; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/ofc/milwaukee.html">mayor of Milwaukee, Wis.</a>, 1846-47. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/catholic.html">Catholic</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/french.html">French</a> ancestry. Died, reportedly from <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/appendicitis.html">appendicitis</a>, in Keshena, Shawano County (now <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/ME-died.html">Menominee County</a>), Wis., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1856/11-14.html">November 14, 1856</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/63.html">63 years, 97 days</a>). Original interment in unknown location; reinterment in 1866 at <a href="#cms01545">Calvary Cemetery</a>; cenotaph at Juneau Park. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1820/">1820</a> to Josette Vieux; grandfather of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hurn-hutchin.html#512.80.54">Paul Oscar Adolph Husting</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/JU.html">Juneau County, Wis.</a> is named for him.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solomon Juneau">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/8477642">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <hr> <a name="cms08280">Lincoln Memorial Cemetery</a> 6400 West Burleigh Street Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td colspan=2>Politicians buried here:</td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Henry William Diederich (1845-1926) — also known as Henry W. Diederich — of New York, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/NY-lived.html">New York County</a>, N.Y.; Fort Wayne, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/AL-lived.html">Allen County</a>, Ind. Born in Pittsburgh, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/AL-born.html">Allegheny County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1845/11-13.html">November 13, 1845</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/clergy.html">Pastor</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/faculty.html">college professor</a>; U.S. Consul in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/GR-consuls.html ">Leipzig</a>, 1889-93; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/GR-consuls.html ">Magdeburg</a>, 1897-99; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/GR-consuls.html ">Bremen</a>, 1899-1906; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/ON-consuls.html ">Sarnia</a>, 1919-24; U.S. Consul General in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/BG-consuls.html ">Antwerp</a>, 1906-17. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/lutheran.html">Lutheran</a>. Died in Wauwatosa, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/MI-died.html">Milwaukee County</a>, Wis., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1926/02-08.html">February 8, 1926</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/80.html">80 years, 87 days</a>). Interment at Lincoln Memorial Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Clara M. (Wessler) Diederich and Nicholas H. Diederich; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1870/08-23.html">August 23, 1870</a>, to Margaret Stutz.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/94776427">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/politicalgraveyard/8254106420/"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/824/23.76.jpg" width=70 height=109 border=0 alt="George Hampel"></a></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> George Hampel (1885-1954) — of Milwaukee, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/MI-lived.html">Milwaukee County</a>, Wis. Born in Milwaukee, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/MI-born.html">Milwaukee County</a>, Wis., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1885/08-27.html">August 27, 1885</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/accounting.html">Accountant</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/printing.html">bookseller</a>; Social Democratic candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/ofc/trea.html">Wisconsin state treasurer</a>, 1914; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/MI-officials.html">Milwaukee County Clerk</a>, 1919-20; delegate to Socialist National Convention from Wisconsin, 1920; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/ofc/asmbly.html">Wisconsin state assembly</a>, 1931-32; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/ofc/stsen.html">Wisconsin state senate</a> 6th District, 1937-44; defeated, 1932 (Socialist), 1944. Died, in St. Joseph's <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/misc-hospitals.html">Hospital</a>, Milwaukee, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/MI-died.html">Milwaukee County</a>, Wis., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1954/05-15.html">May 15, 1954</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/68.html">68 years, 261 days</a>). Interment at Lincoln Memorial Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George Hampel (legislator)">Wikipedia article</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Image source: Wisconsin Blue Book 1940</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <hr> <a name="cms03862">Mt. Olivet Cemetery</a> Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td colspan=2>Politicians buried here:</td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> John Charles Brophy (1901-1976) — also known as John C. Brophy — of Milwaukee, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/MI-lived.html">Milwaukee County</a>, Wis. Born in Eagle, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/WL-born.html">Walworth County</a>, Wis., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1901/10-08.html">October 8, 1901</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Wisconsin</a> 4th District, 1947-49; defeated, 1948, 1950. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/catholic.html">Catholic</a>. Died in Milwaukee, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/MI-died.html">Milwaukee County</a>, Wis., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1976/12-26.html">December 26, 1976</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/75.html">75 years, 79 days</a>). Interment at Mt. Olivet Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of John R. Brophy and Sarah (Howard) Brophy; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1924/10-18.html">October 18, 1924</a>, to Marie Pechauer.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B000891">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=401848">Govtrack.us page</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <hr> <a name="cms08916">Pinelawn Memorial Park</a> 10700 West Capitol Drive Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin See also <a href="http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=cr&CRid=641587&">Findagrave page</a> for this location. <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td colspan=2>Politicians buried here:</td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/politicalgraveyard/8276637528/"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/382/12.58.jpg" width=70 height=103 border=0 alt="Ben Rubin"></a></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Ben Rubin (1887-1942) — of Milwaukee, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/MI-lived.html">Milwaukee County</a>, Wis. Born <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1887/12-20.html">December 20, 1887</a>. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/ofc/asmbly.html">Wisconsin state assembly</a> from Milwaukee County 6th District, 1931-32, 1937-42; died in office 1942. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1942/02-24.html">February 24, 1942</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/54.html">54 years, 66 days</a>). Interment at Pinelawn Memorial Park. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/94448800">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Image source: Wisconsin Blue Book 1940</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <hr> <a name="cms03704">St. Adalbert's Cemetery</a> Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td colspan=2>Politicians buried here:</td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/340/90.89.jpg" width=70 height=104 border=0 alt="Clement J. Zablocki"></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Clement John Zablocki (1912-1983) — also known as Clement J. Zablocki — of Milwaukee, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/MI-lived.html">Milwaukee County</a>, Wis. Born in Milwaukee, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/MI-born.html">Milwaukee County</a>, Wis., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1912/11-18.html">November 18, 1912</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/teacher.html">School teacher</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/music.html">organist</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/ofc/stsen.html">Wisconsin state senate</a> 3rd District, 1943-48; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Wisconsin</a> 4th District, 1949-83; died in office 1983; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Wisconsin, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1952/WI.html">1952</a>; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from Wisconsin</a>, 1957. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DC/wa-died.html">Washington</a>, D.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1983/12-03.html">December 3, 1983</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/71.html">71 years, 15 days</a>). Interment at St. Adalbert's Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1937/05-26.html">May 26, 1937</a>, to Blanche M. Janic.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=Z000001">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=411994">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/6855233">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Image source: Wisconsin Blue Book 1954</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Thaddeus Francis Boleslaw Wasielewski (1904-1976) — also known as Thaddeus F. B. Wasielewski; Thad Wasielewski — of Milwaukee, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/MI-lived.html">Milwaukee County</a>, Wis. Born in Milwaukee, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/MI-born.html">Milwaukee County</a>, Wis., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1904/12-02.html">December 2, 1904</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Wisconsin</a> 4th District, 1941-47; defeated (Independent), 1946. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/catholic.html">Catholic</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/polish.html">Polish</a> ancestry. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/aba.html">American Bar Association</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/elks.html">Elks</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/lions.html">Lions</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/eagles.html">Eagles</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/polish-nat-alliance.html">Polish National Alliance</a>. Died in Milwaukee, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/MI-died.html">Milwaukee County</a>, Wis., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1976/04-25.html">April 25, 1976</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/71.html">71 years, 145 days</a>). Interment at St. Adalbert's Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=W000183">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=411356">Govtrack.us page</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> John Casimir Kleczka (1885-1959) — also known as John C. Kleczka — of Milwaukee, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/MI-lived.html">Milwaukee County</a>, Wis. Born in Milwaukee, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/MI-born.html">Milwaukee County</a>, Wis., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1885/05-06.html">May 6, 1885</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/ofc/stsen.html">Wisconsin state senate</a> 8th District, 1909-12; delegate to Republican National Convention from Wisconsin, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1912/WI.html">1912</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/MI-officials.html">Milwaukee County Circuit Court Commissioner</a>, 1914-18; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Wisconsin</a> 4th District, 1919-23; state court judge in Wisconsin, 1930. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1959/04-21.html">April 21, 1959</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/73.html">73 years, 350 days</a>). Interment at St. Adalbert's Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Michael Kleczka and Agnes Kleczka; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1911/10-18.html">October 18, 1911</a>, to Wanda Lukomski.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=K000260">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=406418">Govtrack.us page</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/660/09.09.jpg" width=70 height=116 border=0 alt="Roman R. Blenski"></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Roman Richard Blenski (1917-2002) — also known as Roman R. Blenski — of Milwaukee, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/MI-lived.html">Milwaukee County</a>, Wis. Born in Milwaukee, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/MI-born.html">Milwaukee County</a>, Wis., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1917/01-24.html">January 24, 1917</a>. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/ofc/asmbly.html">Wisconsin state assembly</a> from Milwaukee County 17th District, 1945-46; defeated (Democratic), 1938, 1948; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/ofc/stsen.html">Wisconsin state senate</a> 7th District, 1949-54; candidate for circuit judge in Wisconsin 2nd Circuit, 1954; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Wisconsin</a> 4th District, 1960 (Democratic primary), 2000 (Republican primary); Independent candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from Wisconsin</a>, 1974. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/polish.html">Polish</a> ancestry. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/eagles.html">Eagles</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/polish-nat-alliance.html">Polish National Alliance</a>. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/2002/08-30.html">August 30, 2002</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/85.html">85 years, 218 days</a>). Interment at St. Adalbert's Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bleakley-blews.html#508.79.30">Michael Francis Blenski</a> and Hattie Jadwiga (Rozanowski) Blenski; brother of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bleakley-blews.html#209.48.87">Michael Francis Blenski Jr.</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political family: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/22919.html">Blenski family</a> of Milwaukee, Wisconsin.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman R. Blenski">Wikipedia article</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Image source: Wisconsin Blue Book 1954</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Michael Francis Blenski (1862-1932) — also known as Michael F. Blenski — of Milwaukee, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/MI-lived.html">Milwaukee County</a>, Wis. Born in Stargardt, West Prussia (now Starogard Gdanski, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/PL-born.html">Poland</a>), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1862/09-27.html">September 27, 1862</a>. Democrat. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/ofc/asmbly.html">Wisconsin state assembly</a>, 1893-94; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/ofc/ltgov.html">Lieutenant Governor of Wisconsin</a>, 1906; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Wisconsin, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1912/WI.html">1912</a> (member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1912/committees.html">Committee to Notify Vice-Presidential Nominee</a>). <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/polish.html">Polish</a> ancestry. Died in Milwaukee, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/MI-died.html">Milwaukee County</a>, Wis., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1932/03-23.html">March 23, 1932</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/69.html">69 years, 178 days</a>). Interment at St. Adalbert's Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Father of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bleakley-blews.html#209.48.87">Michael Francis Blenski Jr.</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bleakley-blews.html#660.09.09">Roman Richard Blenski</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political family: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/22919.html">Blenski family</a> of Milwaukee, Wisconsin.</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> George Sokolowski (1917-1984) — of Milwaukee, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/MI-lived.html">Milwaukee County</a>, Wis. Born in South Milwaukee, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/MI-born.html">Milwaukee County</a>, Wis., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1917/04-21.html">April 21, 1917</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/machinist.html">Machinist</a>; served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/ofc/asmbly.html">Wisconsin state assembly</a>; elected 1950, 1952, 1954, 1956, 1958. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/polish.html">Polish</a> ancestry. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/labor-unions.html">United Steelworkers of America</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/vfw.html">Veterans of Foreign Wars</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/foresters.html">Catholic Order of Foresters</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/polish-nat-alliance.html">Polish National Alliance</a>. Died in May, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1984/index.html">1984</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/67.html">67 years, 0 days</a>). Interment at St. Adalbert's Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/141889593">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Alexis L. Galezewski — of Chicago, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/CO-lived.html">Cook County</a>, Ill. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Illinois, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1932/IL.html">1932</a>. Interment at St. Adalbert's Cemetery. </td></tr> </table> <hr> <a name="cms01692">Union Cemetery</a> Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td colspan=2>Politicians buried here:</td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> William G. Rauschenberger (1855-1919) — of Milwaukee, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/MI-lived.html">Milwaukee County</a>, Wis. Born <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1855/12-06.html">December 6, 1855</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/ofc/milwaukee.html">Mayor of Milwaukee, Wis.</a>, 1896-98. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1919/04-06.html">April 6, 1919</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/63.html">63 years, 121 days</a>). Interment at Union Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/13724258">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Henry Smith (1838-1916) — of Milwaukee, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/MI-lived.html">Milwaukee County</a>, Wis. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/ba-born.html">Baltimore</a>, Md., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1838/07-22.html">July 22, 1838</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/architect.html">Architect</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/construction.html">builder</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/ofc/asmbly.html">Wisconsin state assembly</a>, 1878; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Wisconsin</a> 4th District, 1887-89. Died in Milwaukee, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/MI-died.html">Milwaukee County</a>, Wis., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1916/09-16.html">September 16, 1916</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/78.html">78 years, 56 days</a>). <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/plcrem.html">Cremated</a>; ashes interred at Union Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S000546">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=410028">Govtrack.us page</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Christian Widule (1845-1916) — of Milwaukee, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/MI-lived.html">Milwaukee County</a>, Wis. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/GR-born.html">Germany</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1845/07-19.html">July 19, 1845</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/drugs.html">Druggist</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/ofc/asmbly.html">Wisconsin state assembly</a>, 1879; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/ofc/stsen.html">Wisconsin state senate</a>, 1887-89. Suffered a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/stroke.html">stroke</a> while at work as assistant postmaster of Milwaukee, and died in the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/postoffices.html">post office</a>, Milwaukee, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/MI-died.html">Milwaukee County</a>, Wis., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1916/10-09.html">October 9, 1916</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/71.html">71 years, 82 days</a>). 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