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<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <title>The Political Graveyard: Royal League, politicians</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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Born in Manitowoc, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/MN-born.html">Manitowoc County</a>, Wis., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1857/06-12.html">June 12, 1857</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/newspaper.html">newspaper editor and publisher</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/MN-officials.html">Manitowoc County Judge</a>, 1888-94; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/ofc/ltgov.html">Lieutenant Governor of Wisconsin</a>, 1895-99; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/banking.html">banker</a>; delegate to Republican National Convention from Wisconsin, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1904/WI.html">1904</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/german.html">German</a> ancestry. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/odd-fellows.html">Odd Fellows</a>; Royal League; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-historical-assoc.html">American Historical Association</a>. Died in Manitowoc, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/MN-died.html">Manitowoc County</a>, Wis., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1939/index.html">1939</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/82.html">about 82 years</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/MN-buried.html#cms02022">Evergreen Cemetery</a>, Manitowoc, Wis. <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 August Frederick Baensch and Gesine (Schuette) Baensch; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1882/11-13.html">November 13, 1882</a>, to Ida Koehler.</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/57903575">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/3409862227/"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/252/40.74.jpg" width=70 height=96 border=0 alt="Edward J. Brundage"></a></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Edward Jackson Brundage (1869-1934) — also known as Edward J. Brundage — of Chicago, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/CO-lived.html">Cook County</a>, Ill.; Lake Forest, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/LA-lived.html">Lake County</a>, Ill. Born in Campbell, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ST-born.html">Steuben County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1869/05-13.html">May 13, 1869</a>. Republican. <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> 6th District, 1899-1900, 1903-04; delegate to Republican National Convention from Illinois, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1916/IL.html">1916</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1928/IL.html">1928</a> (alternate); <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/attygn.html">Illinois state attorney general</a>, 1917-25; corporate counsel, Chicago, Milwaukee, and St. Paul <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/railroading.html">Railway</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/protestant.html">Protestant</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/scottish-rite-masons.html">Scottish Rite Masons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/knights-templar.html">Knights Templar</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/knights-pythias.html">Knights of Pythias</a>; Royal League. Died from a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/suicide.html">self-inflicted</a> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/gunshot.html">gunshot wound</a>, in Lake Forest, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/LA-died.html">Lake County</a>, Ill., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1934/01-20.html">January 20, 1934</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/64.html">64 years, 252 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/CO-buried.html#cms00293">Rosehill Cemetery</a>, Chicago, Ill. <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 Victor D. Brundage and Maria L. (Armstrong) Brundage; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1913/12-17.html">December 17, 1913</a>, to Germaine Vernier.</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 J. Brundage">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/97702988">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: Illinois Blue Book 1919</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 Gallagher (1850-1930) — of Chicago, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/CO-lived.html">Cook County</a>, Ill. Born in Concord, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/ME-born.html">Merrimack County</a>, N.H., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1850/07-06.html">July 6, 1850</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/hats.html">Hat business</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/banking.html">bank director</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Illinois</a> 8th District, 1909-21. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/catholic.html">Catholic</a>. Member, Royal League; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/ord-heptasophs.html">Improved Order of Heptasophs</a>. Died in San Antonio, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/BX-died.html">Bexar County</a>, Tex., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1930/02-04.html">February 4, 1930</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/79.html">79 years, 213 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/CO-buried.html#cms03623">St. Boniface Cemetery</a>, Chicago, Ill. <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 Gallagher and Margaret (Tighe) Gallagher; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1886/10-12.html">October 12, 1886</a>, to Margaretta Borsch.</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=G000018">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=404395">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> Richard Nelson Gardner (1881-1953) — also known as Richard N. Gardner; Dick Gardner — of Staples, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/TO-lived.html">Todd County</a>, Minn. Born in Northampton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/HM-born.html">Hampshire County</a>, Mass., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1881/index.html">1881</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/ofc/stsen.html">Minnesota state senate</a> 51st District, 1931-43; resigned 1943. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/congregationalist.html">Congregationalist</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/scottish-rite-masons.html">Scottish Rite Masons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/royal-arch-masons.html">Royal Arch Masons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/knights-templar.html">Knights Templar</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/shriners.html">Shriners</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/rotary.html">Rotary</a>; Royal League; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/knights-pythias.html">Knights of Pythias</a>. Died in St. Paul, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/RA-died.html">Ramsey County</a>, Minn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1953/12-04.html">December 4, 1953</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/72.html">about 72 years</a>). Burial location unknown. <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.leg.state.mn.us/legdb/fulldetail?ID=12956">Minnesota Legislator record</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 Frederick Haas (1857-1928) — also known as Joseph F. Haas — of Chicago, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/CO-lived.html">Cook County</a>, Ill. Born in Chicago, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/CO-born.html">Cook County</a>, Ill., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1857/11-13.html">November 13, 1857</a>. Republican. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/stsen.html">Illinois state senate</a> 25th District, 1903-06; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/CO-officials.html">Cook County Clerk</a>, 1906-10; Republican Presidential Elector for Illinois, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/pr1908-meeting.html">1909</a>; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Illinois, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1912/IL.html">1912</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/CO-officials.html">Cook County Recorder of Deeds</a>, 1917. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/german.html">German</a> ancestry. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/royal-arcanum.html">Royal Arcanum</a>; Royal League. Died in Chicago, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/CO-died.html">Cook County</a>, Ill., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1928/03-14.html">March 14, 1928</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/70.html">70 years, 122 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/CO-buried.html#cms00128">Graceland Cemetery</a>, Chicago, Ill. <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 Elizabeth (Segesser) Haas and Frederick Haas; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1878/">1878</a> to Wilhelmina Rhoema 'Minnie' McKenzie.</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/212000356">Find-A-Grave memorial</a> — <a href="https://www.ourcampaigns.com/CandidateDetail.html?CandidateID=241930">OurCampaigns candidate detail</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> Andrew Custer Metzger (b. 1873) — also known as Andrew C. Metzger — of Chicago, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/CO-lived.html">Cook County</a>, Ill. Born in Chicago, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/CO-born.html">Cook County</a>, Ill., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1873/10-18.html">October 18, 1873</a>. Republican. Partner in Walsh & Metzger <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/plumbing-heating.html">plumbing and heating</a> firm; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/IL.html">Illinois Republican State Central Committee</a>, 1925, 1941; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Illinois, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1928/IL.html">1928</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/cr21.html">delegate to Illinois convention to ratify 21st amendment</a>, 1933. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/baptist.html">Baptist</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/knights-templar.html">Knights Templar</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/shriners.html">Shriners</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/odd-fellows.html">Odd Fellows</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/knights-pythias.html">Knights of Pythias</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/royal-arcanum.html">Royal Arcanum</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/woodmen.html">Woodmen</a>; Royal League. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> August William Miller (b. 1861) — also known as August W. Miller — of Chicago, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/CO-lived.html">Cook County</a>, Ill. Born in Chicago, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/CO-born.html">Cook County</a>, Ill., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1861/06-08.html">June 8, 1861</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/clothing.html">Wholesale milliner</a>; delegate to Republican National Convention from Illinois, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1904/IL.html">1904</a> (alternate), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1908/IL.html">1908</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1916/IL.html">1916</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/royal-arcanum.html">Royal Arcanum</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/foresters.html">Foresters</a>; Royal League. Burial location unknown. <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 M. Miller and Barbara (Blettner) Miller; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1884/">1884</a> to Pauline Steinhagen.</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> Frank J. Ryan (b. 1861) — of Chicago, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/CO-lived.html">Cook County</a>, Ill. Born in Tipperary, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/EI-born.html">Ireland</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1861/03-30.html">March 30, 1861</a>. Democrat. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/sthse.html">Illinois state house of representatives</a> 11th District, 1911-16, 1919-22; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/stsen.html">Illinois state senate</a> 11th District; elected 1922. <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/knights-columbus.html">Knights of Columbus</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/anc-ord-hibernians.html">Ancient Order of Hibernians</a>; Royal League. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Adolph Joachim Sabath (1866-1952) — also known as Adolph J. Sabath; A. J. Sabath — of Chicago, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/CO-lived.html">Cook County</a>, Ill. Born in Zabori, Bohemia (now <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/EZ-born.html">Czechia</a>), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1866/04-04.html">April 4, 1866</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; municipal judge in Illinois, 1895-97; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Illinois, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1904/IL.html">1904</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1920/IL.html">1920</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1924/IL.html">1924</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1928/IL.html">1928</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1932/IL.html">1932</a> (alternate), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1936/IL.html">1936</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1940/IL.html">1940</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1944/IL.html">1944</a> (<a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1944/speakers.html">speaker</a>); <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Illinois</a>, 1907-52 (5th District 1907-49, 7th District 1949-52); died in office 1952. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/jewish.html">Jewish</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/czech-slovak.html">Bohemian</a> ancestry. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/elks.html">Elks</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/knights-pythias.html">Knights of Pythias</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/woodmen.html">Woodmen</a>; Royal League. Died in the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/walter-reed.html">Bethesda Naval Hospital</a>, Bethesda, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/MO-died.html">Montgomery County</a>, Md., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1952/11-06.html">November 6, 1952</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/86.html">86 years, 216 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/CO-buried.html#cms01868">Forest Home Cemetery</a>, Forest Park, Ill. <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 Joachim Sabath and Barbara (Eissenschimmel) Sabath; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1917/12-31.html">December 31, 1917</a>, to Mae Ruth Fuerst.</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=S000001">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=409522">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/11790525">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/3409861149/"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/578/68.55.jpg" width=70 height=106 border=0 alt="Fred E. Sterling"></a></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Frederick E. Sterling (b. 1869) — also known as Fred E. Sterling — of Rockford, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/WN-lived.html">Winnebago County</a>, Ill. Born in Dixon, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/LE-born.html">Lee County</a>, Ill., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1869/06-29.html">June 29, 1869</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/newspaper.html">Newspaper editor and publisher</a>; delegate to Republican National Convention from Illinois, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1912/IL.html">1912</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1920/IL.html">1920</a> (member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1920/committees.html">Credentials Committee</a>); member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/IL.html">Illinois Republican State Central Committee</a>, 1914-16; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/IL.html">Illinois Republican state chair</a>, 1916; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/trea.html">Illinois state treasurer</a>, 1919-21; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/ltgov.html">Lieutenant Governor of Illinois</a>, 1921-33. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/congregationalist.html">Congregationalist</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/knights-templar.html">Knights Templar</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/scottish-rite-masons.html">Scottish Rite Masons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/shriners.html">Shriners</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/knights-pythias.html">Knights of Pythias</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/odd-fellows.html">Odd Fellows</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/woodmen.html">Modern Woodmen</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/moose.html">Moose</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/kiwanis.html">Kiwanis</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/elks.html">Elks</a>; Royal League. Burial location unknown. <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">Image source: Illinois Blue Book 1919</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> Robert M. Sweitzer (1868-1938) — also known as "Johnny Roach" — of Chicago, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/CO-lived.html">Cook County</a>, Ill. Born in Chicago, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/CO-born.html">Cook County</a>, Ill., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1868/05-10.html">May 10, 1868</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/coffee-tea.html">Tea merchant</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/clothing.html">dry goods salesman</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/CO-officials.html">Cook County Clerk</a>, 1911-34; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Illinois, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1912/IL.html">1912</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1916/IL.html">1916</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1920/IL.html">1920</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1924/IL.html">1924</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1928/IL.html">1928</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1932/IL.html">1932</a>; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/chicago.html">mayor of Chicago, Ill.</a>, 1915, 1919; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/CO-officials.html">Cook County Treasurer</a>, 1934-35; in 1935, over $400,000 was <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">found missing</a> from the real estate tax redemption fund, which he was thought to have <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/embezzlement.html">embezzled</a>; he was <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">removed from office</a> as county treasurer, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">indicted</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">tried</a>, and found not guilty by a jury. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/catholic.html">Catholic</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/german.html">German</a> ancestry. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/elks.html">Elks</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/moose.html">Moose</a>; Royal League; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/knights-columbus.html">Knights of Columbus</a>. Died, in St. Anne's <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/misc-hospitals.html">Hospital</a>, Chicago, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/CO-died.html">Cook County</a>, Ill., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1938/04-06.html">April 6, 1938</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/69.html">69 years, 331 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/CO-buried.html#cms02556">All Saints Catholic Cemetery</a>, Des Plaines, Ill. <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 Martin Johann Sweitzer and Sarah (Lamping) Sweitzer; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1904/08-03.html">August 3, 1904</a>, to Alice Kevil.</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/Robert Sweitzer">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/80478089">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> </td> <td width=180 align="center" valign="center"> </td></tr></table> <hr> <table width=100%> <tr><td align="center"> "Enjoy the hospitable entertainment of a political graveyard." Henry L. 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