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<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <title>The Political Graveyard: Porter County, Ind.</title> <meta name="description" content="A database of political history and cemeteries, with brief biographical entries for 320,919 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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Buckley</b> — of Lansing, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/CO-lived.html">Cook County</a>, Ill. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/SG-born.html">Saginaw County</a>, Mich., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1894/05-15.html">May 15, 1894</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Illinois</a> 4th District, 1949-51; defeated, 1950. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/labor-unions.html">United Auto Workers</a>. Died in Hammond, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/LA-died.html">Lake County</a>, Ind., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1954/07-30.html">July 30, 1954</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/60.html">60 years, 76 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"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B001028">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=401978">Govtrack.us page</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/461/97.84.jpg" width=70 height=105 border=0 alt="Thomas S. Boyle"></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Thomas Stanton Boyle (1870-1941)</b> — also known as <b>Thomas S. Boyle</b> — of Whiting, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/LA-lived.html">Lake County</a>, Ind. Born in Middlesex, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/CU-born.html">Cumberland County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1870/index.html">1870</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/ofc/whiting.html">Mayor of Whiting, Ind.</a>, 1930-35; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Indiana, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1932/IN.html">1932</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/catholic.html">Catholic</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/knights-columbus.html">Knights of Columbus</a>. Died in Whiting, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/LA-died.html">Lake County</a>, Ind., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1941/07-04.html">July 4, 1941</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/71.html">about 71 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"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/77831867">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Image source:</i> Whiting Public Library</span></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> <b>James T. McNamara (1894-1950)</b> — of Whiting, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/LA-lived.html">Lake County</a>, Ind. Born in Cleveland, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/CU-born.html">Cuyahoga County</a>, Ohio, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1894/index.html">1894</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/ofc/whiting.html">Mayor of Whiting, Ind.</a>, 1935-48; delegate to Republican National Convention from Indiana, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1940/IN.html">1940</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1944/IN.html">1944</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/catholic.html">Catholic</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/irish.html">Irish</a> ancestry. Member, <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/am-legion.html">American Legion</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/knights-columbus.html">Knights of Columbus</a>. Died, from complications of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/tuberculosis.html">tuberculosis</a>, in Whiting, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/LA-died.html">Lake County</a>, Ind., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1950/index.html">1950</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/56.html">about 56 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"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/77864121">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <br clear="all"> <hr> <span style="font-size:16pt;"><b><a name="cms02344">Adams Cemetery</a></b></span><br> Valparaiso, Porter County, Indiana <br> <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td colspan=2><span style="font-size:14pt;">Politicians buried here:</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Gilbert Ashville Pierce (1839-1901)</b> — also known as <b>Gilbert A. Pierce</b> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/PO-lived.html">Porter County</a>, Ind.; Illinois; North Dakota; Minneapolis, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/HE-lived.html">Hennepin County</a>, Minn. Born in East Otto, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/CA-born.html">Cattaraugus County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1839/01-11.html">January 11, 1839</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/newspaper.html">journalist</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/newspaper.html">newspaper editor</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/writing.html">author</a>; colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/ofc/sthse.html">Indiana state house of representatives</a>, 1869; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DK/ofc/trgv.html">Governor of Dakota Territory</a>, 1884-86; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ND/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from North Dakota</a>, 1889-91; U.S. Minister to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/PT-diplomats.html ">Portugal</a>, 1893. Died at the Lexington <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/hotels.html">Hotel</a>, Chicago, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/CO-died.html">Cook County</a>, Ill., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1901/02-15.html">February 15, 1901</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/62.html">62 years, 35 days</a>). Interment at Adams 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"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ND/PI.html">Pierce County, N.Dak.</a> is named for him.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=P000334">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=408731">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://history.state.gov/departmenthistory/people/pierce-gilbert-ashville ?">U.S. State Dept career summary</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <br clear="all"> <hr> <span style="font-size:16pt;"><b><a name="cms00129">Graceland Cemetery</a></b></span><br> Valparaiso, Porter County, Indiana <br> <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td colspan=2><span style="font-size:14pt;">Politicians buried here:</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Edgar Dean Crumpacker (1851-1920)</b> — also known as <b>Edgar D. Crumpacker</b> — of Valparaiso, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/PO-lived.html">Porter County</a>, Ind. Born in Westville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/LP-born.html">LaPorte County</a>, Ind., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1851/05-27.html">May 27, 1851</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; prosecuting attorney 31st District, 1884-88; Judge, Indiana Appellate Court, 1891-93; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Indiana</a> 10th District, 1897-1913; defeated, 1912. Died in Valparaiso, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/PO-died.html">Porter County</a>, Ind., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1920/05-19.html">May 19, 1920</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/68.html">68 years, 358 days</a>). Interment at Graceland 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"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of Harriet (Emmons) Crumpacker and Theophilus Henton Crumpacker; married to Charlotte Ann Lucas; father of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/crowninshield-crystal.html#270.85.84">Maurice Edgar Crumpacker</a>; grandfather of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/crowninshield-crystal.html#091.90.02">Owen Windle Crumpacker</a>; first cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/crowninshield-crystal.html#417.33.78">Jonathan William Crumpacker</a>; first cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/crowninshield-crystal.html#383.71.24">Shepard J. Crumpacker Jr.</a>.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"> <i>Political family:</i> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10370.html">Crumpacker family</a> of Indiana.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=C000958">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=403070">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/6913754">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></span></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> <b>Robert Lendon Bibler (1905-1978)</b> — also known as <b>Robert L. Bibler</b> — of Valparaiso, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/PO-lived.html">Porter County</a>, Ind. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/FU-born.html">Fulton County</a>, Ind., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1905/10-01.html">October 1, 1905</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/PO-parties.html">Chair of Porter County Republican Party</a>, 1946-58; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Indiana, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1948/IN.html">1948</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/christian.html">Christian</a>. Died in Daytona Beach <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/misc-hospitals.html">Hospital</a>, Daytona Beach, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/VO-died.html">Volusia County</a>, Fla., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1978/02-13.html">February 13, 1978</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/72.html">72 years, 135 days</a>). Interment at Graceland 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"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of James Henry Bibler and Lola (Howard) Bibler; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1924/05-24.html">May 24, 1924</a>, to Marjorie Jane Waid; grandson of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/howard.html#295.74.84">Washington Irving Howard</a>; second cousin of June Lois Merriman (who married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pikiel-pinchot.html#254.24.68">Marion L. Pillsbury</a>).</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"> <i>Political family:</i> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/14303.html">Howard-Bibler-Merriman family</a> of Indiana.</span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <br clear="all"> <hr> <span style="font-size:16pt;"><b><a name="cms03370">Maplewood Cemetery</a></b></span><br> Valparaiso, Porter County, Indiana <br> <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td colspan=2><span style="font-size:14pt;">Politicians buried here:</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><a href="https://digitalgallery.nypl.org/nypldigital/id?1221912"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/229/68.65.jpg" width=70 height=128 border=0 alt="Mark L. De_Motte"></a></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Mark Lindsey De Motte (1832-1908)</b> — also known as <b>Mark L. De Motte</b> — of Valparaiso, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/PO-lived.html">Porter County</a>, Ind.; Lexington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/LA-lived.html">Lafayette County</a>, Mo. Born in Rockville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/PA-born.html">Parke County</a>, Ind., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1832/12-28.html">December 28, 1832</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; served in the Union Army during the Civil War; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/newspaper.html">newspaper editor and publisher</a>; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Missouri</a> 11th District, 1872, 1876; delegate to Republican National Convention from Missouri, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1876/MO.html">1876</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Indiana</a> 10th District, 1881-83; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/ofc/stsen.html">Indiana state senate</a>, 1887-89; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Indiana, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1888/IN.html">1888</a>; postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/ofc/valparaiso.html#2">Valparaiso, Ind.</a>, 1890-94. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/methodist.html">Methodist</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/french.html">French</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/low-countries.html">Dutch</a> ancestry. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>. Died in Valparaiso, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/PO-died.html">Porter County</a>, Ind., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1908/09-23.html">September 23, 1908</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/75.html">75 years, 270 days</a>). Interment at Maplewood 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"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of Rev. Daniel De Motte.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;">The <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-cities.html">town</a> of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/JS-names.html">DeMotte, Indiana</a>, is <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake.html">named for him</a>.</li> </span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=D000224">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=403316">Govtrack.us page</a></span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Image source:</i> New York Public Library</span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <br clear="all"> <hr> <span style="font-size:16pt;"><b><a name="cms03742">Blachly Cemetery</a></b></span><br> 368 Joliet Rd. <br> Near Valparaiso, Porter County, Indiana <br> <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td colspan=2><span style="font-size:14pt;">Politicians buried here:</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Earl Fredrick Landgrebe (1916-1986)</b> — also known as <b>Earl F. Landgrebe</b> — of Valparaiso, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/PO-lived.html">Porter County</a>, Ind. Born near Valparaiso, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/PO-born.html">Porter County</a>, Ind., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1916/01-21.html">January 21, 1916</a>. Republican. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/ofc/stsen.html">Indiana state senate</a>, 1959-68; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Indiana</a> 2nd District, 1969-75; defeated, 1974; delegate to Republican National Convention from Indiana, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1972/IN.html">1972</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/lutheran.html">Lutheran</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/rotary.html">Rotary</a>. Died in Valparaiso, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/PO-died.html">Porter County</a>, Ind., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1986/06-29.html">June 29, 1986</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/70.html">70 years, 159 days</a>). Interment at Blachly 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"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of Edward William Landgrebe and Benna Marie (Broderman) Landgrebe; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1936/07-12.html">July 12, 1936</a>, to Helen Lucille Field.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=L000049">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=406558">Govtrack.us page</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <br clear="all"> </td> <td width=180 align="center" valign="center"> <script type="text/javascript"> </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="https://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script> </td></tr></table> <table width=100%> <td align="center" valign="center"> <script type="text/javascript"> </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="https://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script> </td></table> <table width=100%> <tr><td align="center"><span style="font-size:20pt;"> <span style="font-family:garamond,serif"> <i>"Enjoy the hospitable entertainment of a political graveyard."</i></span></span><br> <span style="font-size:8pt;">Henry L. 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