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Arbogast</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/baker4.html#161.38.37">George J. Baker</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bell.html#954.61.87">Joshua Fry Bell</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cunningham.html#481.25.58">Paul Harvey Cunningham</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/gilberta-gilgun.html#373.33.48">Fry W. Giles</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kendall.html#427.24.33">Nathan Edward Kendall</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/knowles-knowlton.html#994.24.47">Edward Peck Knowles</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/livingstone-llewllyn.html#083.61.25">William Henry Harrison Llewellyn</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/longan-looker.html#091.69.63">Ernest J. Lonis</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mcduffee-mcfarlan.html#246.44.28">Neil Hosler McElroy</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/miller2.html#387.47.33">Daniel Fry Miller</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/patty-payn.html#069.09.81">James Paull</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/sloan.html#791.16.66">George W. Sloan</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/sparling-spellman.html#727.99.67">James Speed</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/stevenson-steward.html#467.74.11">Letitia Stevenson</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/todhunter-tomlin.html#777.54.77">Esther Howell Toland</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="721.99.86">Fry, Abraham S.</a> — of California, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/WA-lived.html">Washington County</a>, Pa. Republican. Postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/california.html#3">California, Pa.</a>, 1864-69. 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> <a name="328.37.15">Fry, Albert B.</a> (d. 1933) — of Coronado, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/SD-lived.html">San Diego County</a>, Calif. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/coronado.html">Mayor of Coronado, Calif.</a>, 1932-33; died in office 1933. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1933/12-04.html">December 4, 1933</a>. 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> <a name="405.38.02">Fry, Archibald</a> — of Plainfield, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/WI-lived.html">Windham County</a>, Conn. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/stsen.html">Connecticut state senate</a> 13th District, 1853. 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> <a name="087.83.85">Fry, Carl L.</a> — of Northville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/FU-lived.html">Fulton County</a>, N.Y. Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1912/NY.html">1912</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1924/NY.html">1924</a>. 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> <a name="843.76.74">Fry, Charles C.</a> — of Lynn, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/ES-lived.html">Essex County</a>, Mass. Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Massachusetts, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1900/MA.html">1900</a>. 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> <a name="279.44.28">Fry, Charles E.</a> — of Springfield, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/CK-lived.html">Clark County</a>, Ohio. Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Ohio, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1972/OH.html">1972</a>. Still living as of 1972. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="661.85.54">Fry, Charles W.</a> — of Chicago, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/CO-lived.html">Cook County</a>, Ill. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/cr21.html">Delegate to Illinois convention to ratify 21st amendment</a>, 1933. 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> <a name="602.83.89">Fry, Christopher M.</a> — of Bloomfield Hills, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/OA-lived.html">Oakland County</a>, Mich. Socialist. Workers World candidate for Presidential Elector for Michigan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/pr1980-election.html">1980</a> (on behalf of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/griswold.html#256.99.52">Deirdre Griswold</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/holmes.html#624.70.81">Larry Holmes</a>); Workers World candidate for Presidential Elector for Michigan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/pr1988-election.html">1988</a>. Still living as of 1988. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="200.21.11">Fry, Cloid, Sr.</a> — of near Harrington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/KE-lived.html">Kent County</a>, Del. Republican. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/ofc/sthse.html">Delaware state house of representatives</a> from Kent County 9th District, 1950. Presumed deceased. 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> <a name="182.92.59">Fry, Craig R.</a> — of Mishawaka, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/SJ-lived.html">St. Joseph County</a>, Ind. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Indiana, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/2000/IN.html">2000</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/2008/IN.html">2008</a>. Still living as of 2008. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="453.80.42">Fry, Daniel</a> — Universal candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/offices/pres-vp.html">Vice President of the United States</a>, 1972. Still living as of 1972. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="368.02.28">Fry, Daniel J.</a> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OR/MA-lived.html">Marion County</a>, Ore. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Oregon, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1928/OR.html">1928</a>. 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> <a name="211.04.99">Fry, Donald C.</a> — of Bel Air, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/HA-lived.html">Harford County</a>, Md. Democrat. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/ofc/stsen.html">Maryland state senate</a> 35th District; elected 1998. Still living as of 1998. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="389.83.01">Fry, Dorothy Whipple</a> — of Brookline, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/NO-lived.html">Norfolk County</a>, Mass. Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Massachusetts, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1924/MA.html">1924</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1928/MA.html">1928</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. 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> <a name="739.90.96">Fry, E. R.</a> — of North Dakota. Socialist. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ND/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from North Dakota</a>, 1916. 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> <a name="350.78.71">Fry, Ed M.</a> — of Sallisaw, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OK/SQ-lived.html">Sequoyah County</a>, Okla. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Oklahoma, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1916/OK.html">1916</a>. 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> <a name="647.83.61">Fry, Edward J.</a> (d. 1945) — of Lansing, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/IN-lived.html">Ingham County</a>, Mich. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/MI.html">Michigan Democratic state chair</a>, 1937-39; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Michigan</a>, 1944. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1945/index.html">1945</a>. 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> <a name="506.09.77">Fry, F. H.</a> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/WA-lived.html">Wayne County</a>, W.Va. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/ofc/sthse.html">West Virginia state house of delegates</a> from Wayne County, 1925-26. 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> <a name="106.80.71">Fry, Fox</a> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/WA-lived.html">Wayne County</a>, W.Va. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/ofc/sthse.html">West Virginia state house of delegates</a> from Wayne County, 1977-78. Still living as of 1978. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Fry, George See <a href="#183.28.22">N. George Fry</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="557.05.63">Fry, Harold C.</a> — of Camp Hill, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/CU-lived.html">Cumberland County</a>, Pa. Republican. Postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/camphill.html#3">Camp Hill, Pa.</a>, 1924-33 (acting, 1924). 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> <a name="365.77.45">Fry, Harvey J., Jr.</a> — of Corpus Christi, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/NU-lived.html">Nueces County</a>, Tex. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Texas, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1952/TX.html">1952</a> (alternate), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1956/TX.html">1956</a>. Presumed deceased. 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> <a name="759.46.39">Fry, Henry</a> (1738-1823) — of Virginia. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/ES-born.html">Essex County</a>, Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1738/10-30.html">October 30, 1738</a>. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/ofc/burg.html">Virginia House of Burgesses</a>, 1765. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/methodist.html">Methodist</a>. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/MD-died.html">Madison County</a>, Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1823/09-06.html">September 6, 1823</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/84.html">84 years, 311 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/MD-buried.html#cms07565">Fry Family Cemetery</a>, Madison County, Va. <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="#461.56.33">Joshua Fry</a>; brother of <a href="#943.66.62">John Fry</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/10001-3329.html">Fry family</a> of Virginia (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> <a name="007.73.52">Fry, Henry H.</a> — of Columbia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/LA-lived.html">Lancaster County</a>, Pa. Republican. Postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/columbia.html#4">Columbia, Pa.</a>, 1861-62. 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> <a name="374.53.24">Fry, Howard M.</a> — of Reading, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/BE-lived.html">Berks County</a>, Pa. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Pennsylvania, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1972/PA.html">1972</a>. Still living as of 1972. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="103.72.66">Fry, Jacob</a> — Anti-Masonic candidate for Presidential Elector for Illinois, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/pr1832-election.html">1832</a>. 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> <a name="705.55.08">Fry, Jacob, Jr.</a> (1802-1866) — of Pennsylvania. Born in Trappe, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/MO-born.html">Montgomery County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1802/06-10.html">June 10, 1802</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/teacher.html">School teacher</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/merchant.html">merchant</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/MO-officials.html">Montgomery County Clerk of Courts</a>, 1830-33; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania</a> 5th District, 1835-39; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/sthse.html">Pennsylvania state house of representatives</a>, 1853-54; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/audgen.html">Pennsylvania state auditor general</a>, 1857-60. Died in Trappe, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/MO-died.html">Montgomery County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1866/11-28.html">November 28, 1866</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/64.html">64 years, 171 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/MO-buried.html#cms03618">Lutheran Cemetery</a>, Trappe, Pa. <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=F000396">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=404338">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> <a name="163.41.68">Fry, Jan Elizabeth</a> — Independent candidate for Presidential Elector for California, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/pr2016-election.html">2016</a> (on behalf of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mcmillen-mcmullin.html#103.14.01">Evan McMullin</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/johnson6.html#728.35.14">Nathan Johnson</a>). <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. Still living as of 2016. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="496.10.96">Fry, Joel</a> — of Irene, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SD/TU-lived.html">Turner County</a>, S.Dak. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SD/ofc/sthse.html">South Dakota state house of representatives</a> 5th District, 1895-96. 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> <a name="943.66.62">Fry, John</a> (1737-1778) — of Virginia. Born <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1737/04-07.html">April 7, 1737</a>. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/ofc/burg.html">Virginia House of Burgesses</a>, 1761-65. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/episcopalian.html">Anglican</a>. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1778/index.html">1778</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/41.html">about 41 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">Relatives: Son of <a href="#461.56.33">Joshua Fry</a>; brother of <a href="#759.46.39">Henry Fry</a>; great-grandfather of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/sparling-spellman.html#727.99.67">James Speed</a> and <a href="#750.32.35">Speed Smith Fry</a>; second great-grandfather of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/stevenson-steward.html#467.74.11">Letitia Stevenson</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/buffum-bulloch.html#506.21.96">William Christian Bullitt (1856-1914)</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/buffum-bulloch.html#140.75.64">William Marshall Bullitt</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/buffum-bulloch.html#072.12.75">Alexander Scott Bullitt</a>; third great-grandfather of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/stevenson-steward.html#422.48.51">Lewis Green Stevenson</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/buffum-bulloch.html#559.12.89">William Christian Bullitt (1891-1967)</a>; fourth great-grandfather of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/stevenson-steward.html#447.89.39">Adlai Ewing Stevenson II</a>; fifth great-grandfather of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/stevenson-steward.html#909.04.44">Adlai Ewing Stevenson III</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/10001-1234.html">Clay family</a> of Kentucky; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-3329.html">Fry family</a> of Virginia (subsets 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> <a name="965.55.54">Fry, John</a> — United Christian candidate for Presidential Elector for Illinois, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/pr1908-election.html">1908</a>. 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> <a name="662.44.80">Fry, John A.</a> — of Ephrata, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/LA-lived.html">Lancaster County</a>, Pa. Democrat. Postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/ephrata.html#3">Ephrata, Pa.</a>, 1894-98. 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> <a name="811.54.84">Fry, Joseph, Jr.</a> (1781-1860) — of Fryburg (now Coopersburg), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/LE-lived.html">Lehigh County</a>, Pa. Born in Upper Saucon Township, Northampton County (now <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/LE-born.html">Lehigh County</a>), Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1781/08-04.html">August 4, 1781</a>. Democrat. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/sthse.html">Pennsylvania state house of representatives</a>, 1816-17; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/stsen.html">Pennsylvania state senate</a>, 1817-25 (8th District 1817-22, 12th District 1822-25); <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania</a> 7th District, 1827-31; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/cncn.html">delegate to Pennsylvania state constitutional convention</a>, 1837-38. Died in Allentown, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/LE-died.html">Lehigh County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1860/08-15.html">August 15, 1860</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/79.html">79 years, 11 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/LE-buried.html#cms00540">Union and West End Cemetery</a>, Allentown, Pa. <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=F000397">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=404339">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> <a name="895.94.59">Fry, Joseph D.</a> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/BE-lived.html">Berkeley County</a>, W.Va. Democrat. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/ofc/sthse.html">West Virginia state house of delegates</a> from Berkeley County, 1937-38; appointed 1937; defeated, 1938. 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> <a name="944.96.95">Fry, Joseph L.</a> — of Charleston, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/KA-lived.html">Kanawha County</a>, W.Va. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/ofc/charleston.html">Mayor of Charleston, W.Va.</a>, 1888-90. 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> <a name="144.69.40">Fry, Joseph P.</a> — of Allentown, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/LE-lived.html">Lehigh County</a>, Pa. Republican. Postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/allentown.html#2">Allentown, Pa.</a>, 1922-27 (acting, 1922-23). 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> <a name="461.56.33">Fry, Joshua</a> (1699-1754) — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/AB-lived.html">Albemarle County</a>, Va. Born in Crewkerne, Somerset, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/ED-born.html">England</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1699.html">1699</a>. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/ofc/burg.html">Virginia House of Burgesses</a>, 1740. Surveyor and co-author with Peter Jefferson (<a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/jasen-jeffreys.html#647.96.43">Thomas Jefferson</a>'s father) of a famous early map titled "Map of the Most Inhabited part of Virginia, containing the whole province of Maryland with Part of Pensilvania, New Jersey and North Carolina." Upon his death, the young <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/washington.html#466.36.08">George Washington</a> took command of Virginia's military forces. Died, of injuries received in a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/falls.html">fall</a> from his <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/horse.html">horse</a>, near Cumberland, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/AL-died.html">Allegany County</a>, Md., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1754/05-31.html">May 31, 1754</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/54.html">about 54 years</a>). Original interment <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/AL-buried.html#cms05820">somewhere</a> in Allegany County, Md.; reinterment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/AL-buried.html#cms01085">Rose Hill Cemetery</a>, Cumberland, Md. <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="#943.66.62">John Fry</a> and <a href="#759.46.39">Henry Fry</a>; second great-grandfather of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/sparling-spellman.html#727.99.67">James Speed</a> and <a href="#750.32.35">Speed Smith Fry</a>; third great-grandfather of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/stevenson-steward.html#467.74.11">Letitia Stevenson</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/buffum-bulloch.html#506.21.96">William Christian Bullitt (1856-1914)</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/buffum-bulloch.html#140.75.64">William Marshall Bullitt</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/buffum-bulloch.html#072.12.75">Alexander Scott Bullitt</a>; fourth great-grandfather of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/stevenson-steward.html#422.48.51">Lewis Green Stevenson</a>, Olive Speed (who married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/sackett.html#776.03.66">Frederic Moseley Sackett Jr.</a>) and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/buffum-bulloch.html#559.12.89">William Christian Bullitt (1891-1967)</a>; fifth great-grandfather of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/stevenson-steward.html#447.89.39">Adlai Ewing Stevenson II</a>; sixth great-grandfather of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/stevenson-steward.html#909.04.44">Adlai Ewing Stevenson III</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/10001-1234.html">Clay family</a> of Kentucky; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-3329.html">Fry family</a> of Virginia (subsets 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> <a name="839.18.64">Fry, Joshua</a> — of Kentucky. Presidential Elector for Kentucky, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/ofc/pr1824-meeting.html">1824</a>. 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> <a name="082.85.47">Fry, Julius C.</a> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/WA-lived.html">Wayne County</a>, W.Va. Democrat. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/ofc/sthse.html">West Virginia state house of delegates</a> from Wayne County, 1955-56. Presumed deceased. 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> <a name="533.39.58">Fry, Kenneth E.</a> — of Potterville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/EA-lived.html">Eaton County</a>, Mich. Candidate in Republican primary for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/cncn7.html">delegate to Michigan state constitutional convention</a> from Eaton District, 1961; Democratic candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/stsen.html">Michigan state senate</a> 30th District, 1978. Still living as of 1978. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="618.57.09">Fry, Leslie</a> — of Reno, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NV/WA-lived.html">Washoe County</a>, Nev. Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Nevada, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1956/NV.html">1956</a>. Presumed deceased. 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> <a name="257.49.39">Fry, Lewis C.</a> — Socialist. Socialist Labor candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Missouri</a>, 1896, 1900; Socialist Labor candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Missouri</a> 12th District, 1898. 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> <a name="353.57.42">Fry, Lorena R.</a> — of Reading, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/BE-lived.html">Berks County</a>, Pa. Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Pennsylvania, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1932/PA.html">1932</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1936/PA.html">1936</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. 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> <a name="058.34.17">Fry, Lucian</a> — of Welch, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/MD-lived.html">McDowell County</a>, W.Va. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/MD-parties.html">Chair of McDowell County Democratic Party</a>, 1942. Presumed deceased. 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> <a name="501.78.33">Fry, Lucian</a> — of East Lynn, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/WA-lived.html">Wayne County</a>, W.Va.; Wayne, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/WA-lived.html">Wayne County</a>, W.Va. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/WA-parties.html">Chair of Wayne County Democratic Party</a>, 1961-63, 1969-70, 1975, 1983; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/WV.html">West Virginia Democratic State Executive Committee</a>, 1961; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/ofc/sthse.html">West Virginia state house of delegates</a>, 1979-82, 1985-86 (Wayne County 1979-82, 14th District 1985-86). Still living as of 1986. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="912.11.29">Fry, Lydia</a> — of Fennville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/AL-lived.html">Allegan County</a>, Mich. Democrat. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/MI.html">Michigan Democratic State Central Committee</a>, 1937. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. Presumed deceased. 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> <a name="183.28.22">Fry, N. George</a> — of Chicago, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/CO-lived.html">Cook County</a>, Ill. Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Illinois, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1916/IL.html">1916</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1920/IL.html">1920</a>. 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> <a name="633.65.02">Fry, Owin J.</a> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/SE-lived.html">Seneca County</a>, Ohio. People's candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/ofc/sthse.html">Ohio state house of representatives</a> from Seneca County, 1897. 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> <a name="332.07.49">Fry, Paul Philbert</a> (1892-1981) — also known as Paul Fry — of Linton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/GE-lived.html">Greene County</a>, Ind. Born in Jonesville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/BA-born.html">Bartholomew County</a>, Ind., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1892/07-18.html">July 18, 1892</a>. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Indiana, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1948/IN.html">1948</a>. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1981/10-30.html">October 30, 1981</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/89.html">89 years, 104 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/GE-buried.html# ">Lebanon Cemetery</a>, Midland, Ind. <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 Lucile Marshall.</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/17408223">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> <a name="131.31.50">Fry, Phillip</a> — of Fremont, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/NE-lived.html">Newaygo County</a>, Mich. Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Michigan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1952/MI.html">1952</a>. Presumed deceased. 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> <a name="480.23.68">Fry, Rhodom T.</a> — of Olney, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/RL-lived.html">Richland County</a>, Ill. Republican. Postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/olney.html#2">Olney, Ill.</a>, 1891-93. 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> <a name="050.77.86">Fry, Roy E.</a> — of Sidney, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/SH-lived.html">Shelby County</a>, Ohio. Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Ohio, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1956/OH.html">1956</a>. Presumed deceased. 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> <a name="750.32.35">Fry, Speed Smith</a> (1817-1892) — also known as Speed S. Fry — of Danville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/BY-lived.html">Boyle County</a>, Ky. Born in Mercer County (part now in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/BY-born.html">Boyle County</a>), Ky., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1817/09-09.html">September 9, 1817</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; served in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War; general in the Union Army during the Civil War; widely credited as having killed Confederate Gen. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/zimmermann-zywicki.html#450.87.60">Felix Zolicoffer</a>, during the battle at Mill Springs, Kentucky; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Kentucky</a>, 1866; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Kentucky, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1884/KY.html">1884</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/presbyterian.html">Presbyterian</a>. Died, in the Kentucky <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/nursing-homes.html">Soldiers' Home</a>, of which he was superintendent, Harrods Creek, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/JF-died.html">Jefferson County</a>, Ky., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1892/08-01.html">August 1, 1892</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/74.html">74 years, 327 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/BY-buried.html#cms00498">Bellevue Cemetery</a>, Danville, Ky. <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 Thomas Walker Fry and Elizabeth Julia (Smith) Fry; married to Cynthia A. Hope; nephew of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/smith5.html#268.55.00">John Speed Smith</a>; uncle of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/stevenson-steward.html#467.74.11">Letitia Barbour Green</a> (who married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/stevenson-steward.html#602.27.45">Adlai Ewing Stevenson</a>); granduncle of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/stevenson-steward.html#422.48.51">Lewis Green Stevenson</a>; great-grandson of <a href="#943.66.62">John Fry</a>; great-granduncle of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/stevenson-steward.html#447.89.39">Adlai Ewing Stevenson II</a>; second great-grandson of <a href="#461.56.33">Joshua Fry</a>; second great-granduncle of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/stevenson-steward.html#909.04.44">Adlai Ewing Stevenson III</a>; first cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/sparling-spellman.html#727.99.67">James Speed</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/smith4.html#297.00.52">Green Clay Smith</a>; first cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/buffum-bulloch.html#506.21.96">William Christian Bullitt (1856-1914)</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/buffum-bulloch.html#140.75.64">William Marshall Bullitt</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/buffum-bulloch.html#072.12.75">Alexander Scott Bullitt</a>; first cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/buffum-bulloch.html#559.12.89">William Christian Bullitt (1891-1967)</a>; second cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/henry.html#420.57.73">Robert Pryor Henry</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/henry.html#915.76.70">John Flournoy Henry</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/henry.html#916.73.04">Gustavus Adolphus Henry</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/fleury-flye.html#913.23.45">Thomas Stanhope Flournoy</a>; third cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/sparling-spellman.html#217.24.36">Robert Goodloe Harper Speed</a>; third cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/sparling-spellman.html#798.41.08">Robert Loring Speed</a>; third cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/buckner.html#854.96.20">Richard Aylett Buckner</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/10001-1234.html">Clay family</a> of Kentucky; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-2515.html">Bullitt family</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-3329.html">Fry family</a> of Virginia (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://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Speed S. Fry">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/5894037">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> <a name="442.12.19">Fry, Sydney W.</a> — of Brooklyn, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/KI-lived.html">Kings County</a>, N.Y. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/asmbly.html">New York state assembly</a> from Kings County 12th District, 1911. 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> <a name="482.75.51">Fry, Theodore I.</a> (1881-1962) — also known as "Mr. Democrat" — of Fremont, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/NE-lived.html">Newaygo County</a>, Mich. Born in Fremont, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/NE-born.html">Newaygo County</a>, Mich., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1881/07-25.html">July 25, 1881</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/banking.html">Banker</a>; director, Fremont <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/food.html">Canning</a> Company; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/trea.html">Michigan state treasurer</a>, 1933-38, 1941-42; defeated, 1938, 1942; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Michigan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1936/MI.html">1936</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1940/MI.html">1940</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1944/MI.html">1944</a> (alternate), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1956/MI.html">1956</a> (alternate); Democratic Presidential Elector for Michigan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/pr1944-meeting.html">1944</a> (voted for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/roosevelt.html#876.28.99">Franklin D. Roosevelt</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/trippe-trumbo.html#556.54.36">Harry S. Truman</a>). Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/shriners.html">Shriners</a>. Died, in Gerber <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/misc-hospitals.html">Hospital</a>, Fremont, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/NE-died.html">Newaygo County</a>, Mich., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1962/01-28.html">January 28, 1962</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/80.html">80 years, 187 days</a>). 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> <a name="905.91.50">Fry, Thomas</a> — of East Greenwich, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/RI/KE-lived.html">Kent County</a>, R.I. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/RI/ofc/dspkr.html">Speaker of the Rhode Island House of Deputies</a>, 1713-14, 1717-18, 1722, 1724, 1725-26, 1727, 1729-30. 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> <a name="695.53.18">Fry, Thomas S.</a> (d. 1902) — of Mobile, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/MO-lived.html">Mobile County</a>, Ala. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/ofc/mobile.html">Mayor of Mobile, Ala.</a>, 1900-02; died in office 1902. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1902/02-06.html">February 6, 1902</a>. 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> <a name="203.15.61">Fry, Todd</a> — of Belleville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/WY-lived.html">Wayne County</a>, Mich. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/vanburen-twp.html#2">Mayor of Belleville, Mich.</a>, 1950-52. Presumed deceased. 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> <a name="303.64.34">Fry, Tova</a> — Peace and Freedom candidate for Presidential Elector for California, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/pr2020-election.html">2020</a> (on behalf of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lanigan-larkey.html#361.59.35">Gloria E. La Riva</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/freeman.html#539.50.86">Sunil Freeman</a>). Still living as of 2020. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="201.29.20">Fry, Velma</a> — Republican. Republican Presidential Elector for Iowa, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/ofc/pr1972-meeting.html">1972</a> (voted for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/nixon.html#870.67.93">Richard M. Nixon</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/afan-aieta.html#856.26.45">Spiro T. Agnew</a>). <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. Still living as of 1972. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="209.20.04">Fry, Wilfred W.</a> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/CA-lived.html">Camden County</a>, N.J. Dry candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/ofc/cr21.html">delegate to New Jersey convention to ratify 21st amendment</a> from Camden County, 1933. 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> <a name="445.67.44">Fry, William</a> — Democrat. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/stsen.html">Pennsylvania state senate</a> 9th District, 1853-55. 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> <a name="711.89.64">Fry, William E.</a> — of Freeport, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ST-lived.html">Stephenson County</a>, Ill. Republican. Republican Presidential Elector for Illinois, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/pr1904-meeting.html">1905</a>. 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> <a name="212.77.90">Fry, William H.</a> — U.S. Consul in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/PU-consuls.html ">Lambayeque</a>, as of 1884. 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> <a name="630.30.53">Fry, William J.</a> — Democrat. Democratic Presidential Elector for Ohio, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/ofc/pr1848-meeting.html">1848</a>. Burial location unknown. </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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