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Harper Annat</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ashlock-athelston.html#645.57.04">Reubin O'Donovan Askew</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/aubert-austen.html#725.84.85">Donna Harper Ausman</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/battles-baxmeyer.html#258.43.13">Harper Baughman</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/beall.html#395.50.48">James Harper Beall Jr.</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/blandford-blaz.html#355.04.21">Leslie Harper Blatteau</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bragaw-brancato.html#569.67.84">Dale Harper Bragg</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/brookshire-brough.html#753.21.98">Harper Brosius</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/brouillard-browman.html#104.42.71">Harper A. Brower</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/califano-callaghan.html#393.22.05">George Washington Calkin</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/churchwell-ciro.html#946.79.15">Clinton Albert Cilley</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cox.html#341.96.09">Joseph Harper Cox</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/crowninshield-crystal.html#535.36.49">Harper Crozer</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/davenport.html#913.68.19">Harper Davenport</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/driver-dryzga.html#848.31.94">Fred Harper Drury</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/elmore.html#608.51.07">Franklin Harper Elmore</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/graham5.html#969.70.55">James Harper Graham</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/haack-hackenberg.html#509.14.49">John Jakob Haas</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/halsey.html#122.61.53">Howard Harper Halsey</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/harreld-harrigan.html#953.85.97">Linda Harper-Brown</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/heaney-heartwell.html#211.47.88">James Lawrence Heard</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/heaney-heartwell.html#087.40.74">William Henry Heard</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hotchkiss-hougen.html#275.40.30">William Berkeley Hotchkiss</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/louanner-louwet.html#884.04.88">Zachariah Joshua Loussac</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/martin6.html#336.45.96">Luther H. O. Martin Jr.</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/masone-masten.html#718.19.09">Benjamin Harper Massey</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mccorquodale-mccuiston.html#062.53.58">Wade Hampton McCree Jr.</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/meredith.html#353.93.27">Jesse Harper Meredith</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/onen-orner.html#686.89.19">Harper M. Orahood</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/palmer-parillo.html#784.13.58">Anne Marie Palmer-Harper</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/partington-pastuszka.html#270.75.08">George Washington Paschal</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/reed4.html#897.00.38">Harper Julius Reed</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/rogers4.html#997.17.25">Harper Rogers</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/rogers4.html#521.29.24">Harper W. Rogers</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/siaca-siewert.html#748.36.07">Harper Sibley Jr.</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/smyth.html#680.64.08">Harper Garcia Smyth</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/sparling-spellman.html#217.24.36">Robert Goodloe Harper Speed</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/starr.html#369.98.86">James Harper Starr</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/stilgenbauer-stockslager.html#530.31.09">Thomas Buchanan Stockham Jr.</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/tagawa-talbird.html#596.46.56">Giles Russell Taggart</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/trumbull.html#557.43.76">John Harper Trumbull</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/wallace.html#248.01.14">William Ross Wallace</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/waters-wates.html#547.99.99">Pearle Harper Wates</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/white8.html#994.20.28">Sam White</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/woodnutt-woodrum.html#795.69.53">Lucian Dallas Woodruff</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="885.02.21">Harper, A. J.</a> — of Mexia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/LM-lived.html">Limestone County</a>, Tex. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/ofc/stsen.html">Texas state senate</a> 12th District, 1903-06. 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="362.01.01">Harper, Alex, Sr.</a> — of Florida. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Florida, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/2000/FL.html">2000</a>. Still living as of 2000. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="524.26.98">Harper, Alexander</a> (1786-1860) — of Ohio. Born near Belfast, Ireland (now <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/UL-born.html">Northern Ireland</a>), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1786/02-05.html">February 5, 1786</a>. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/ofc/sthse.html">Ohio state house of representatives</a>, 1820; state court judge in Ohio, 1822; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Ohio</a>, 1837-39, 1843-47, 1851-53 (12th District 1837-39, 14th District 1843-47, 1851-53). Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1860/12-01.html">December 1, 1860</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/74.html">74 years, 300 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/MU-buried.html#cms00705">Greenwood Cemetery</a>, Zanesville, Ohio. <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=H000219">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=405097">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="705.49.44">Harper, Alphonso R.</a> — of Detroit, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/WY-lived.html">Wayne County</a>, Mich. Democrat. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/MI.html">Michigan Democratic State Central Committee</a>, 1961; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Michigan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1964/MI.html">1964</a>. Still living as of 2003. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="208.08.42">Harper, Anna B.</a> — of Brooklyn, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/KI-lived.html">Kings County</a>, N.Y. Democrat. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/NY.html">New York Democratic State Committee</a>, 1936; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1936/NY.html">1936</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1940/NY.html">1940</a>. <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="909.93.90">Harper, Arthur Cyprian</a> (1866-1948) — also known as Arthur C. Harper — of Los Angeles, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/LA-lived.html">Los Angeles County</a>, Calif.; Bakersfield, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/KE-lived.html">Kern County</a>, Calif. Born in Columbus, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MS/LO-born.html">Lowndes County</a>, Miss., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1866/index.html">1866</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/hardware.html">Hardware business</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/losangeles.html">mayor of Los Angeles, Calif.</a>, 1906-09; resigned 1909; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">resigned</a> from office as mayor under threat of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">recall</a> over corruption <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">scandals</a>. Died in Palmdale, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/LA-died.html">Los Angeles County</a>, Calif., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1948/12-25.html">December 25, 1948</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/82.html">about 82 years</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/LA-buried.html#cms01088">Angelus-Rosedale Cemetery</a>, Los Angeles, Calif. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur Cyprian Harper">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/7692565">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="240.08.72">Harper, Asher</a> — of Delhi Township, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/IN-lived.html">Ingham County</a>, Mich. Prohibition candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/delhi-twp.html">supervisor of Delhi Township, Michigan</a>, 1891. 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="646.06.54">Harper, Bardon H.</a> — of Mouth of Seneca, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/PE-lived.html">Pendleton County</a>, W.Va. Republican. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/WV.html">West Virginia Republican State Executive Committee</a>, 1967. Still living as of 1967. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="570.27.16">Harper, Brigitte</a> — Republican. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OK/ofc/sthse.html">Oklahoma state house of representatives</a> 73rd District, 2002. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. Still living as of 2002. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="089.13.31">Harper, Mrs. Buena M.</a> — of California. Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from California, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1940/CA.html">1940</a>. <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="368.17.15">Harper, C. O.</a> — of Robinson, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/CA-lived.html">Crawford County</a>, Ill. Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Illinois, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1912/IL.html">1912</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="529.47.98">Harper, C. S.</a> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/WP-lived.html">Wapello County</a>, Iowa. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/ofc/cr21.html">Delegate to Iowa convention to ratify 21st amendment</a> from Wapello 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="166.75.24">Harper, Charles</a> — of Jenkintown, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/MO-lived.html">Montgomery County</a>, Pa. Republican. Postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/jenkintown.html#3">Jenkintown, Pa.</a>, 1871-85. 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="865.25.80">Harper, Charles E.</a> — of Salisbury, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/WI-lived.html">Wicomico County</a>, Md. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/ofc/salisbury.html">Mayor of Salisbury, Md.</a>, 1904-10. 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="815.76.49">Harper, Charles P.</a> — of Middlebury, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/NH-lived.html">New Haven County</a>, Conn. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/farmer.html">Farmer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/sthse.html">Connecticut state house of representatives</a> from Middlebury, 1937-42. 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="121.90.41">Harper, Charlotte</a> — of Tennessee. Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Tennessee, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/2000/TN.html">2000</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. Still living as of 2000. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="706.84.04">Harper, Chester D.</a> — of Detroit, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/WY-lived.html">Wayne County</a>, Mich. Democrat. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/cncn7.html">delegate to Michigan state constitutional convention</a> from Wayne County 5th District, 1961. Still living as of 1961. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="215.02.73">Harper, Clarence P.</a> — U.S. Vice Consul in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/SD-consuls.html ">Edinburgh</a>, as of 1927. 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="414.70.95">Harper, D.</a> — of Leadsville, Va. (now Elkins, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/RN-lived.html">Randolph County</a>, W.Va.). Postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/ofc/elkins.html#4">Leadsville, Va.</a>, 1848-51. 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="340.83.37">Harper, Dave</a> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AK/an-lived.html">Anchorage</a>, Alaska. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Alaska, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1968/AK.html">1968</a>. Still living as of 1968. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="153.55.66">Harper, David</a> — of Hartsville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/TR-lived.html">Trousdale County</a>, Tenn. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Tennessee, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/2008/TN.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="278.99.70">Harper, Deidre</a> — Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Colorado, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/2012/CO.html">2012</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. Still living as of 2012. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="488.43.88">Harper, Dice</a> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/RN-lived.html">Randolph County</a>, W.Va. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/ofc/sthse.html">West Virginia state house of delegates</a> from Randolph County, 1933; resigned 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> Harper, Dick See <a href="#406.56.40">Twyman W. Harper</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Harper, Donna See <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/aubert-austen.html#725.84.85">Donna Harper Ausman</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="687.00.11">Harper, E. A.</a> — of Palatka, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/PU-lived.html">Putnam County</a>, Fla. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/ofc/palatka.html">Mayor of Palatka, Fla.</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="220.35.96">Harper, E. R.</a> — of Akron, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/SU-lived.html">Summit County</a>, Ohio. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/ofc/akron.html">Mayor of Akron, Ohio</a>, 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="280.05.39">Harper, Earl</a> — of Kinston, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/LR-lived.html">Lenoir County</a>, N.C. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/ofc/kinston.html">mayor of Kinston, N.C.</a>, 2009. Still living as of 2009. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="998.07.32">Harper, Elizabeth</a> — of Flushing, Queens, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/QU-lived.html">Queens County</a>, N.Y. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1988/NY.html">1988</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/african.html">African</a> ancestry. 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="338.57.77">Harper, Elizabeth J.</a> — of Pittsburgh, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/AL-lived.html">Allegheny County</a>, Pa. Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Pennsylvania, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1972/PA.html">1972</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="005.45.59">Harper, Emma</a> — of Seneca, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/OC-lived.html">Oconee County</a>, S.C. Postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/ofc/seneca.html#2">Seneca, S.C.</a>, 1901. <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="736.17.53">Harper, Erastus R.</a> (1857-1927) — of Akron, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/SU-lived.html">Summit County</a>, Ohio; Gunnison, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/GU-lived.html">Gunnison County</a>, Colo. Born in Michigan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1857/07-14.html">July 14, 1857</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/ofc/ltgov.html">Lieutenant Governor of Colorado</a>, 1907-09. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/de-died.html">Denver</a>, Colo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1927/05-12.html">May 12, 1927</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/69.html">69 years, 302 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="752.12.68">Harper, Etta</a> — of Benton Harbor, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/BE-lived.html">Berrien County</a>, Mich. Candidate in primary for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/bentonharbor.html">mayor of Benton Harbor, Mich.</a>, 2007. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. Still living as of 2007. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Harper, Eula G. See <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/morrison.html#976.07.08">Eula G. Morrison</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="429.37.11">Harper, F. A.</a> — of Tinley Park, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/CO-lived.html">Cook County</a>, Ill. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/tinleypark.html">Village president of Tinley Park, Illinois</a>, 1938. 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="768.53.59">Harper, F. Willard</a> — of Allentown, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/LE-lived.html">Lehigh County</a>, Pa. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/allentown.html">Mayor of Allentown, Pa.</a>, 1964-66. Still living as of 1966. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="715.91.52">Harper, Foy</a> — Candidate for Presidential Elector for Georgia. 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="348.08.59">Harper, Francis Jacob</a> (1800-1837) — also known as Francis J. Harper — of Pennsylvania. Born in Philadelphia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/PH-born.html">Philadelphia County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1800/03-05.html">March 5, 1800</a>. Democrat. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/sthse.html">Pennsylvania state house of representatives</a>, 1832; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/stsen.html">Pennsylvania state senate</a> 2nd District, 1834-36; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania</a> 3rd District, 1837; died in office 1837. Died in Philadelphia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/PH-died.html">Philadelphia County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1837/03-18.html">March 18, 1837</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/37.html">37 years, 13 days</a>). Original interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/PH-buried.html#cms03663">Frankford Cemetery</a>, Frankford, Philadelphia, Pa.; reinterment in 1848 at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DC/wa-buried.html#cms00416">Congressional Cemetery</a>, Washington, D.C. <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=H000220">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=405098">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="290.11.36">Harper, Frederick C.</a> — of Port Townsend, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WA/JF-lived.html">Jefferson County</a>, Wash. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/WAcc nPTW">U.S. Collector of Customs</a>, 1909. 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="884.37.58">Harper, Frederick James</a> — Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/ED-born.html">England</a>. U.S. Consular Agent in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/CE-consuls.html ">Coquimbo</a>, 1916-18. 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="153.57.91">Harper, George</a> — Libertarian. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Texas</a> 22nd District, 1988. 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="299.45.38">Harper, George</a> — Republican. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Texas</a> 14th District, 2012. Still living as of 2012. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="434.81.60">Harper, George A.</a> — of Watertown, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/LI-lived.html">Litchfield County</a>, Conn. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/watertown.html">First selectman of Watertown, Connecticut</a>, 1897-99; Progressive candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/sthse.html">Connecticut state house of representatives</a> from Watertown, 1912. 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="401.95.73">Harper, George B.</a> (b. 1918) — of Layton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/SU-lived.html">Sussex County</a>, N.J. Born in Hackensack, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/BE-born.html">Bergen County</a>, N.J., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1918/12-05.html">December 5, 1918</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/engineer.html">Engineer</a>; delegate to Republican National Convention from New Jersey, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1952/NJ.html">1952</a> (alternate), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1956/NJ.html">1956</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1964/NJ.html">1964</a> (alternate), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1968/NJ.html">1968</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1972/NJ.html">1972</a> (alternate); member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/ofc/stsen.html">New Jersey state senate</a> from Sussex County, 1954-64; resigned 1964; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/SU-parties.html">chair of Sussex County Republican Party</a>, 1959. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/elks.html">Elks</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</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="280.97.80">Harper, George F.</a> — of Madison, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/JF-lived.html">Jefferson County</a>, Ind. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/JF-parties.html">Chair of Jefferson County Republican Party</a>, 1905. 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="825.86.33">Harper, George H.</a> — of Chambersburg, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/FR-lived.html">Franklin County</a>, Pa. Whig. Postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/chambersburg.html#3">Chambersburg, Pa.</a>, 1841-42. 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="513.42.53">Harper, George W.</a> — of Robinson, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/CA-lived.html">Crawford County</a>, Ill. Republican. Candidate for Presidential Elector for Illinois. 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="194.43.19">Harper, George Washington Finley</a> (1834-1921) — also known as George W. F. Harper — of Lenoir, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/CD-lived.html">Caldwell County</a>, N.C. Born in Fairfield Plantation, Wilkes County (now <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/CD-born.html">Caldwell County</a>), N.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1834/07-07.html">July 7, 1834</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/merchant.html">Merchant</a>; major in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/ofc/lenoir.html">mayor of Lenoir, N.C.</a>, 1872-73, 1886-87; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/ofc/sthse.html">North Carolina state house of representatives</a>, 1880-81; delegate to Democratic National Convention from North Carolina, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1888/NC.html">1888</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/presbyterian.html">Presbyterian</a>. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1921/03-16.html">March 16, 1921</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/86.html">86 years, 252 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/CD-buried.html#cms07276">Bellview Cemetery</a>, Lenoir, N.C. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Presumably named for: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/washington.html#466.36.08">George Washington</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of James Harper and Caroline (Finley) Harper; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1859/">1859</a> to Ella A. Rankin.</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="635.96.87">Harper, Gregg Livingston</a> (b. 1956) — also known as Gregg Harper — of Pearl, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MS/RA-lived.html">Rankin County</a>, Miss. Born in Jackson, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MS/HI-born.html">Hinds County</a>, Miss., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1956/06-01.html">June 1, 1956</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MS/RA-parties.html">chair of Rankin County Republican Party</a>, 2000-07; delegate to Republican National Convention from Mississippi, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/2000/MS.html">2000</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/2004/MS.html">2004</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/2008/MS.html">2008</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/2012/MS.html">2012</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MS/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Mississippi</a> 3rd District, 2009-. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/baptist.html">Baptist</a>. Still living as of 2018. <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=H001045">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gregg Harper">Wikipedia article</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="056.66.54">Harper, H. C.</a> — of Sioux City, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/WO-lived.html">Woodbury County</a>, Iowa. Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Iowa, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1952/IA.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> Harper, Harry See <a href="#902.66.08">W. Harry Harper</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="423.02.84">Harper, Harry A.</a> — Republican. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from New Jersey</a>, 1948. 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="968.19.81">Harper, Harry C.</a> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/BE-lived.html">Bergen County</a>, N.J. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/BE-officials.html">Bergen County Sheriff</a>, 1928. 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="084.63.35">Harper, Henry</a> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/CH-lived.html">Charleston County</a>, S.C. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/ofc/sthse.html">South Carolina state house of representatives</a> from Charleston County, 1876-78. 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="964.76.95">Harper, Henry</a> — of Thompson, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/WI-lived.html">Windham County</a>, Conn. Democrat. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/sthse.html">Connecticut state house of representatives</a> from Thompson, 1926. 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="854.50.54">Harper, Henry H.</a> — of Buffalo, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ER-lived.html">Erie County</a>, N.Y. Democrat. Candidate for Presidential Elector for New York. 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="240.19.58">Harper, Henry Holcomb</a> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/AB-lived.html">Abbeville County</a>, S.C. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/ofc/sthse.html">South Carolina state house of representatives</a> from Abbeville County, 1878-80. 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="402.66.50">Harper, Herbert</a> — of Bronx, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/BX-lived.html">Bronx County</a>, N.Y. American Labor candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/asmbly.html">New York state assembly</a> from Bronx County 7th District, 1954. 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="190.74.27">Harper, Hershell S.</a> — of Broken Arrow, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OK/TU-lived.html">Tulsa County</a>, Okla. Republican. Postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OK/ofc/brokenarrow.html#2">Broken Arrow, Okla.</a>, 1956-90 (acting, 1956-57). 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="527.96.25">Harper, Hugh A.</a> (b. 1885) — of Lancaster, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/GT-lived.html">Grant County</a>, Wis. Born in Lancaster, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/GT-born.html">Grant County</a>, Wis., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1885/12-24.html">December 24, 1885</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/farmer.html">Farmer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/ofc/asmbly.html">Wisconsin state assembly</a>, 1931-36, 1945-52, 1957-64 (Grant County 2nd District 1931-36, 1945-52, Grant County 1957-64); defeated (Independent), 1952; Progressive candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/ofc/stsen.html">Wisconsin state senate</a> 16th District, 1940. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/farm-bureau.html">Farm Bureau</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="596.91.11">Harper, J. C.</a> — Republican. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Alabama</a> 4th District, 1922. 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="293.50.98">Harper, J. F.</a> — of Newberry, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/LU-lived.html">Luce County</a>, Mich. Candidate for Presidential Elector for Michigan. 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="853.30.33">Harper, J. J.</a> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/JO-lived.html">Johnston County</a>, N.C. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/ofc/stsen.html">North Carolina state senate</a> 17th District, 1881-82. 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="949.02.79">Harper, J. M.</a> — of Spencer, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/RO-lived.html">Roane County</a>, W.Va. Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from West Virginia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1920/WV.html">1920</a>; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/ofc/sthse.html">West Virginia state house of delegates</a> from Roane County, 1950. 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="870.76.73">Harper, Jack</a> — of Michigan. Candidate for Presidential Elector for Michigan. Still living as of 1980. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="645.28.86">Harper, Jack W.</a> — of Glendale, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AZ/MA-lived.html">Maricopa County</a>, Ariz. Republican. Elected <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AZ/ofc/stsen.html">Arizona state senate</a> 4th District 2002. Still living as of 2002. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="536.76.08">Harper, James</a> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/pm-lived.html">Portsmouth</a>, Va. Postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/ofc/portsmouth.html#2">Portsmouth, Va.</a>, 1790-95. 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="672.09.59">Harper, James</a> (1780-1873) — of Pennsylvania. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/EI-born.html">Ireland</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1780/03-28.html">March 28, 1780</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania</a> 2nd District, 1833-37. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1873/03-31.html">March 31, 1873</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/93.html">93 years, 3 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/PH-buried.html#cms00362">Laurel Hill Cemetery</a>, Philadelphia, 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=H000221">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=405099">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="533.32.95">Harper, James</a> (1795-1869) — of New York, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/NY-lived.html">New York County</a>, N.Y. Born in Newtown, Queens, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/QU-born.html">Queens County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1795/04-13.html">April 13, 1795</a>. One of the founders of Harper and Brothers, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/printing.html">publishers</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/newyorkcity.html">mayor of New York City, N.Y.</a>, 1844-45. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1869/03-27.html">March 27, 1869</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/73.html">73 years, 348 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/KI-buried.html#cms00142">Green-Wood Cemetery</a>, Brooklyn, N.Y. <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="#301.92.42">Philip Jacob Arcularius Harper</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/James Harper %28publisher%29">Wikipedia article</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="415.68.89">Harper, James</a> — U.S. Vice Consul in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/EI-consuls.html ">Sligo</a>, 1847-71. 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="164.70.94">Harper, James</a> — of Cambridge, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/WA-lived.html">Washington County</a>, N.Y. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1872/NY.html">1872</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="470.26.72">Harper, James</a> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NE/BL-lived.html">Butler County</a>, Neb. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NE/ofc/cncn3.html">Delegate to Nebraska state constitutional convention</a>, 1875. 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="391.93.38">Harper, James Clarence</a> (1819-1890) — also known as James C. Harper — of Patterson, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/CD-lived.html">Caldwell County</a>, N.C. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/CU-born.html">Cumberland County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1819/12-06.html">December 6, 1819</a>. Member of North Carolina state legislature, 1865; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from North Carolina</a> 7th District, 1871-73. Slaveowner. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1890/01-08.html">January 8, 1890</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/70.html">70 years, 33 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/CD-buried.html#cms03804">Harpers Chapel Cemetery</a>, Patterson, N.C. <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=H000222">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=405100">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="229.96.01">Harper, James D.</a> — of Minden, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/LA/WE-lived.html">Webster Parish</a>, La. Postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/LA/ofc/minden.html#2">Minden, La.</a>, 1871. 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="401.30.43">Harper, James T.</a> — of Highland Park, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/WY-lived.html">Wayne County</a>, Mich. Independent American candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/sthse.html">Michigan state house of representatives</a> from Wayne County 15th District, 1960. Still living as of 1960. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="490.42.65">Harper, James W.</a> — U.S. Consul in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/GR-consuls.html ">Munich</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="630.99.84">Harper, Jane C.</a> — Republican. Candidate for Presidential Elector for Colorado. <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="630.99.16">Harper, Jesse C.</a> — of Ashland, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KS/CK-lived.html">Clark County</a>, Kan. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Kansas, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1936/KS.html">1936</a> (member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1936/committees.html">Committee on Rules and Order of Business</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="146.55.72">Harper, Joe</a> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/sf-lived.html">San Francisco</a>, Calif. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from California, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/2008/CA.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="184.81.16">Harper, Joel L.</a> — of Fairfax Court House, Fairfax County (now <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/ff-lived.html">Fairfax</a>), Va. Postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/ofc/fairfax.html#3">Fairfax Court House, Va.</a>, 1825-27. 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="757.56.15">Harper, John</a> — of Chester, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/DE-lived.html">Delaware County</a>, Pa. Postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/chester.html#2">Chester, Pa.</a>, 1784-88. 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="900.18.05">Harper, John</a> — Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/stsen.html">Pennsylvania state senate</a>, 1834-38 (8th District 1834-37, 7th District 1837-38). 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="123.64.95">Harper, John</a> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/de-lived.html">Denver</a>, Colo. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/ofc/denver.html">Mayor of Denver, Colo.</a>, 1871-72. 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="633.33.63">Harper, John</a> — of Versailles, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/RI-lived.html">Ripley County</a>, Ind. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/RI-parties.html">Chair of Ripley County Republican Party</a>, 1905. 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="391.31.29">Harper, John</a> — Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/stsen.html">Michigan state senate</a> 12th District, 1910, 1914. 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="680.51.47">Harper, John</a> — of Kentucky. Republican. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Kentucky</a>, 1987. Still living as of 1987. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="363.62.06">Harper, John Adams</a> (1779-1816) — of New Hampshire. Born in Derryfield (now Manchester), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/HI-born.html">Hillsborough County</a>, N.H., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1779/11-02.html">November 2, 1779</a>. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/ofc/sthse.html">New Hampshire state house of representatives</a>, 1809; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from New Hampshire</a> at-large, 1811-13. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1816/06-18.html">June 18, 1816</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/36.html">36 years, 229 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/BE-buried.html#cms03507">Union Cemetery</a>, Laconia, N.H. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Presumably named for: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/adams5.html#675.84.63">John Adams</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=H000223">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=405101">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="751.43.37">Harper, John D.</a> — of Trinidad, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/LA-lived.html">Las Animas County</a>, Colo. Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Colorado, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1920/CO.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="915.27.87">Harper, John H.</a> — of South Bend, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/SJ-lived.html">St. Joseph County</a>, Ind. Postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/ofc/southbend.html#2">South Bend, Ind.</a>, 1841-45; delegate to Republican National Convention from Indiana, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1856/IN.html">1856</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="117.89.25">Harper, John Roy</a> — of Irmo, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/LX-lived.html">Lexington County</a>, S.C. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from South Carolina, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1996/SC.html">1996</a> (alternate), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/2000/SC.html">2000</a>. Still living as of 2000. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="690.04.17">Harper, John W.</a> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/BO-lived.html">Broome County</a>, N.Y. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/asmbly.html">New York state assembly</a> from Broome County, 1817-18. 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="438.82.32">Harper, Joseph</a> — of Nevada, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/VE-lived.html">Vernon County</a>, Mo. Democrat. Postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/nevada.html#2">Nevada, Mo.</a>, 1914-18. 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="584.31.58">Harper, Joseph Morrill</a> (1787-1865) — also known as Joseph M. Harper — of Canterbury, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/ME-lived.html">Merrimack County</a>, N.H. Born in Limerick, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ME/YO-born.html">York County</a>, Maine, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1787/06-21.html">June 21, 1787</a>. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/physician.html">physician</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/ofc/sthse.html">New Hampshire state house of representatives</a>, 1826-27; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/ofc/stsen.html">New Hampshire state senate</a> 4th District, 1829-31; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/ofc/gov.html">Governor of New Hampshire</a>, 1831; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from New Hampshire</a> at-large, 1831-35. Died in Canterbury, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/ME-died.html">Merrimack County</a>, N.H., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1865/01-15.html">January 15, 1865</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/77.html">77 years, 208 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/ME-buried.html#cms03573">Village Cemetery</a>, Canterbury, N.H. <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=H000224">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=405102">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://www.nga.org/governor/joseph-morrill-harper/">National Governors Association biography</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="839.56.41">Harper, Joseph W.</a> (1826-1886) — Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1826/index.html">1826</a>. U.S. Consul in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/GR-consuls.html ">Munich</a>, 1880-86, died in office 1886. Died, of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/kidney.html">Bright's disease</a>, in Munich (München), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/GR-died.html">Germany</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1886/12-08.html">December 8, 1886</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/60.html">about 60 years</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/WE-buried.html#cms01193">Sleepy Hollow Cemetery</a>, Sleepy Hollow, N.Y. <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 Fletcher Harper; married to Ellen Urling Smith.</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="630.81.35">Harper, Joshua</a> — of Illinois. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/cncn2.html">Delegate to Illinois state constitutional convention</a> Henry and Knox counties, 1847. 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="277.40.92">Harper, Ken</a> — of Mississippi. Democrat. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MS/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from Mississippi</a>, 1994. Still living as of 1994. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="638.87.15">Harper, Kenneth F.</a> — of Lakeside Park, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/KE-lived.html">Kenton County</a>, Ky. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Kentucky, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1972/KY.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="199.21.95">Harper, Kyle D.</a> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/RA-lived.html">Raleigh 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 Raleigh County, 1929-30. 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="390.93.23">Harper, L. C.</a> — of Texas. Republican. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Texas</a> 13th District, 1944. 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="797.84.10">Harper, L. G.</a> — of Hedgesville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/BE-lived.html">Berkeley County</a>, W.Va. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/BE-parties.html">Chair of Berkeley County Republican Party</a>, 1917. 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="788.36.19">Harper, L. P.</a> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/sf-lived.html">Suffolk</a>, Va. Postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/ofc/suffolk.html#2">Suffolk, Va.</a>, 1901. 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="083.15.78">Harper, Larry R.</a> — of Hawkinsville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/PL-lived.html">Pulaski County</a>, Ga. Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Georgia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/2008/GA.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="893.82.11">Harper, M. G.</a> — of Princeton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/MR-lived.html">Mercer County</a>, W.Va. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/ofc/princeton.html">Mayor of Princeton, W.Va.</a>, 1934. 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="030.07.00">Harper, Margaret</a> — of Seiling, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OK/DW-lived.html">Dewey County</a>, Okla. Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Oklahoma, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1940/OK.html">1940</a>. <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="769.45.82">Harper, Mrs. Matthew, Jr.</a> — of Jackson, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MS/HI-lived.html">Hinds County</a>, Miss. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Mississippi, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1956/MS.html">1956</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. Still living as of 1956. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="084.35.47">Harper, Merritt N.</a> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/KZ-lived.html">Kalamazoo County</a>, Mich. Republican. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/cncn7.html">delegate to Michigan state constitutional convention</a> from Kalamazoo County 2nd District, 1961. Still living as of 1961. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Harper, Mitch See <a href="#618.93.69">Mitchell V. Harper</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="618.93.69">Harper, Mitchell V.</a> (b. 1956) — also known as Mitch Harper — of Fort Wayne, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/AL-lived.html">Allen County</a>, Ind. Born in Fort Wayne, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/AL-born.html">Allen County</a>, Ind., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1956/index.html">1956</a>. Republican. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/ofc/sthse.html">Indiana state house of representatives</a>, 1978-90; candidate for Presidential Elector for Indiana; delegate to Republican National Convention from Indiana, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/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="478.38.70">Harper, Nathan</a> — of Plainfield, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/UN-lived.html">Union County</a>, N.J. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/ofc/plainfield.html">Mayor of Plainfield, N.J.</a>, 1879-80. 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="762.60.33">Harper, O. B.</a> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/MS-lived.html">Mason County</a>, W.Va. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/ofc/sthse.html">West Virginia state house of delegates</a> from Mason County, 1905-08. 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="050.31.94">Harper, Oscar C.</a> — U.S. Vice Consul in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/HH-consuls.html ">Ciudad Juarez</a>, as of 1919-24; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/CL-consuls.html ">Piedras Negras</a>, as of 1926-29; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/TA-consuls.html ">Nuevo Laredo</a>, as of 1932-38. 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="884.56.62">Harper, P. O.</a> — of West Point, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/CU-lived.html">Cullman County</a>, Ala. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Alabama, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1860/AL.html">1860</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> Harper, Pat See <a href="#370.81.31">Patricia Harper</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="370.81.31">Harper, Patricia</a> — also known as Pat Harper — Republican. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/ofc/sbe.html">Texas state board of education</a> 9th District, 2002. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. Still living as of 2002. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="158.92.29">Harper, Paul</a> — Republican. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/ofc/sthse.html">West Virginia state house of delegates</a> 3rd District, 1964. Still living as of 1964. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="196.60.56">Harper, Paul F.</a> — Liberal. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from New York</a> 5th District, 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="301.92.42">Harper, Philip Jacob Arcularius</a> (1824-1896) — also known as Philip J. A. Harper — of New York, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/NY-lived.html">New York County</a>, N.Y.; Hempstead, Queens County (now <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/NA-lived.html">Nassau County</a>), Long Island, N.Y. Born <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1824/10-21.html">October 21, 1824</a>. Member of the firm Harper and Brothers, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/printing.html">publishers</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/hempstead.html#2">village president of Hempstead, New York</a>, 1870. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/methodist.html">Methodist</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>. Died, from <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/heart.html">heart</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/kidney.html">kidney</a> trouble, in Hempstead, Queens County (now <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/NA-died.html">Nassau County</a>), Long Island, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1896/03-06.html">March 6, 1896</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/71.html">71 years, 137 days</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="#533.32.95">James Harper</a>; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1846/06-30.html">June 30, 1846</a>, to Harriet Mead; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1858/06-29.html">June 29, 1858</a>, to Augusta M. Thorne.</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="456.19.53">Harper, Raymond C.</a> — of Paducah, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/MC-lived.html">McCracken County</a>, Ky. Democrat. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/ofc/rrco.html">Kentucky railroad commissioner</a> 1st District, 1975. Still living as of 1975. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="076.57.45">Harper, Richard H.</a> — of Grand Rapids, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/KE-lived.html">Kent 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 Kent County 1st District, 1961; candidate in Democratic primary for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Michigan</a> 5th District, 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="437.28.30">Harper, Robert</a> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/BO-lived.html">Broome County</a>, N.Y. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/asmbly.html">New York state assembly</a> from Broome County, 1842, 1854. 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="135.56.25">Harper, Robert</a> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/AL-lived.html">Albany County</a>, N.Y. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/asmbly.html">New York state assembly</a> from Albany County 4th District, 1852. 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="497.45.46">Harper, Robert Goodloe</a> (1765-1825) — of Charleston, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/CH-lived.html">Charleston County</a>, S.C.; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/ba-lived.html">Baltimore</a>, Md. Born near Fredericksburg, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/SP-born.html">Spotsylvania County</a>, Va., January, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1765/index.html">1765</a>. Served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">lawyer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/ofc/sthse.html">South Carolina state house of representatives</a>, 1790-95; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from South Carolina</a>, 1795-1801 (2nd District 1795, 1st District 1795-97, at-large 1797-99, 1st District 1799-1801); general in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from Maryland</a>, 1816; received 3 electoral votes for Vice-President, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/offices/pres-vp-1816.html">1816</a>; received one electoral vote for Vice-President, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/offices/pres-vp-1820.html">1820</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/ofc/stsen.html">Maryland state senate</a>, 1819-20. Slaveowner. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/ba-died.html">Baltimore</a>, Md., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1825/01-14.html">January 14, 1825</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/60.html">about 60 years</a>). Original interment in private or family graveyard; reinterment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/ba-buried.html#cms00372">Green Mount Cemetery</a>, Baltimore, 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: Son of Jesse Harper and Emily Diana (Goodloe) Harper; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1801/05-01.html">May 1, 1801</a>, to Catherine Carroll (daughter of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/carroll.html#667.25.10">Charles Carroll of Carrollton</a>); granduncle of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/sparling-spellman.html#217.24.36">Robert Goodloe Harper Speed</a>; great-granduncle of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/sparling-spellman.html#798.41.08">Robert Loring Speed</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/10001-0016.html">Lee-Randolph family</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0012.html">Harrison-Randolph-Marshall-Cabell family</a> of Virginia; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0003.html">Livingston-Schuyler family</a> of New York; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0045.html">Jackson-Lee family</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0015.html">Walker-Meriwether-Kellogg family</a> of Virginia; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0460.html">Carroll family</a> of Maryland; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0375.html">Bullitt-Speed-Fry-Henry family</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0031.html">Breckinridge-Preston-Cabell-Floyd 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">Cross-reference: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/smith5.html#037.21.71">John Smith</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">The <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-cities.html">town</a> of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/LB-names.html">Harper, Liberia</a>, is <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake.html">named for him</a>.</li> </td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=H000225">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=405103">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert Goodloe Harper">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/6654141">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="405.02.97">Harper, Robert M.</a> — of East Moline, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/RI-lived.html">Rock Island County</a>, Ill. Democrat. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/stsen.html">Illinois state senate</a> 33rd District; elected 1934; defeated, 1938; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Illinois, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1940/IL.html">1940</a>; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Illinois</a> 14th District, 1942. 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="634.60.21">Harper, Robert Newton</a> (b. 1861) — also known as Robert N. Harper — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DC/wa-lived.html">Washington</a>, D.C. Born near Leesburg, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/LO-born.html">Loudoun County</a>, Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1861/01-31.html">January 31, 1861</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/drugs.html">Druggist</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/banking.html">banker</a>; delegate to Democratic National Convention from District of Columbia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1920/DC.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="399.83.27">Harper, Roland G.</a> — of Beaumont, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/JF-lived.html">Jefferson County</a>, Tex. Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Texas, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1960/TX.html">1960</a>. Still living as of 1960. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="754.40.50">Harper, Rowe</a> — of Owensboro, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/DA-lived.html">Daviess County</a>, Ky. Republican. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/ofc/sos.html">secretary of state of Kentucky</a>, 1979. Still living as of 1979. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="010.57.10">Harper, Roy Winfield</a> — also known as Roy W. Harper — of Caruthersville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/PM-lived.html">Pemiscot County</a>, Mo. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/PM-parties.html">Chair of Pemiscot County Democratic Party</a>, 1939; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Missouri, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1940/MO.html">1940</a>. Interment <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/PM-buried.html#cms06517">somewhere</a> in Steele, Mo. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="241.53.56">Harper, Russell W.</a> — of Ottumwa, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/WP-lived.html">Wapello County</a>, Iowa. Republican. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/ofc/stsen.html">Iowa state senate</a> 49th District, 1970. Still living as of 1970. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="953.22.70">Harper, Ruth</a> — Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Pennsylvania, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1972/PA.html">1972</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="275.11.51">Harper, Ruth B.</a> — of Philadelphia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/PH-lived.html">Philadelphia County</a>, Pa. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Pennsylvania, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1996/PA.html">1996</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. Still living as of 1996. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="786.49.93">Harper, Ruth Flores</a> — of Solana Beach, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/SD-lived.html">San Diego County</a>, Calif. Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from California, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1972/CA.html">1972</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="636.93.37">Harper, S.</a> — of Hendricks, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/TU-lived.html">Tucker County</a>, W.Va. Democrat. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/WV.html">West Virginia Democratic State Executive Committee</a>, 1945. 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="876.52.24">Harper, Samuel</a> — of Houston, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/HR-lived.html">Harris County</a>, Tex. Republican. Postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/ofc/houston.html#2">Houston, Tex.</a>, 1866-69. 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="861.87.48">Harper, Samuel A.</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/ofc/usatty.html">U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin</a>, 1890-94. 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="708.99.41">Harper, Samuel B.</a> — of Bristol, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/HA-lived.html">Hartford County</a>, Conn. Republican. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/sthse.html">Connecticut state house of representatives</a> from Bristol, 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="370.97.07">Harper, Samuel Hadden</a> (1783-1837) — also known as Samuel H. Harper — of New Orleans, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/LA/OR-lived.html">Orleans Parish</a>, La. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/AG-born.html">Augusta County</a>, Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1783/index.html">1783</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/LA/ofc/neworleans.html#3">Register of U.S. Land Office at New Orleans, Louisiana</a>, 1816; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/LA/ofc/usdjud.html">U.S. District Judge for the Eastern District of Louisiana</a>, 1829-37; died in office 1837; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/LA/ofc/usdjud.html">U.S. District Judge for the Western District of Louisiana</a>, 1829-37; died in office 1837. Died in Madisonville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/LA/ST-died.html">St. Tammany Parish</a>, La., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1837/07-19.html">July 19, 1837</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/54.html">about 54 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.fjc.gov/servlet/nGetInfo?jid=981&cid=999&ctype=na&instate=na">federal judicial profile</a> — <a href="https://www.fjc.gov/history/judges/harper-samuel-hadden">Biographical Directory of Federal Judges</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="888.83.15">Harper, Sharon</a> — Republican. Candidate for Presidential Elector for Arizona. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</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="721.04.07">Harper, Sharon M.</a> — of California. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from California, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/2000/CA.html">2000</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. Still living as of 2000. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="272.36.84">Harper, T. B.</a> — of Lincoln, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/PL-lived.html">Placer County</a>, Calif. Postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/lincoln.html#2">Lincoln, Calif.</a>, 1887. 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="980.19.45">Harper, Terry</a> — of Hanford, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/KI-lived.html">Kings County</a>, Calif. Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from California, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1972/CA.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="542.73.00">Harper, Thelma</a> — of Nashville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/DA-lived.html">Davidson County</a>, Tenn.; Whites Creek, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/DA-lived.html">Davidson County</a>, Tenn. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Tennessee, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1980/TN.html">1980</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1996/TN.html">1996</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/2000/TN.html">2000</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/2004/TN.html">2004</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/2008/TN.html">2008</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</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="102.58.85">Harper, Thomas</a> — also known as Tom Harper — of Fort Smith, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AR/SB-lived.html">Sebastian County</a>, Ark. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/AR.html">Arkansas Democratic state chair</a>, 1955-58; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Arkansas, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1956/AR.html">1956</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1960/AR.html">1960</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/AR.html">Democratic National Committee from Arkansas</a>, 1963. 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="761.87.15">Harper, Thomas B.</a> (d. 1910) — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/MO-lived.html">Montgomery County</a>, Pa. Republican. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/stsen.html">Pennsylvania state senate</a> 12th District, 1909-10; died in office 1910. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1910/05-18.html">May 18, 1910</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="519.76.59">Harper, Thomas L.</a> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/BE-lived.html">Bates County</a>, Mo. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/sthse.html">Missouri state house of representatives</a> from Bates County, 1901-04. 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="261.37.31">Harper, Thomas M.</a> — Socialist. Candidate for Presidential Elector for California. 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> Harper, Tom See <a href="#102.58.85">Thomas Harper</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="462.69.84">Harper, Toni</a> — of Virginia. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Virginia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/2000/VA.html">2000</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. Still living as of 2000. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="406.56.40">Harper, Twyman W.</a> — also known as Dick Harper — of Nevada, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/VE-lived.html">Vernon County</a>, Mo. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/farmer.html">Stockman</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/sthse.html">Missouri state house of representatives</a> from Vernon County, 1925-28, 1931-32; defeated, 1942. 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="342.18.59">Harper, Vincent M.</a> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ME-lived.html">Mercer County</a>, Mo. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/sthse.html">Missouri state house of representatives</a> from Mercer County, 1893-94. 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="051.83.58">Harper, Virginia</a> — of Davis, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/YO-lived.html">Yolo County</a>, Calif. Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from California, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1964/CA.html">1964</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. Still living as of 1964. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="209.68.34">Harper, W. C.</a> — Candidate for Presidential Elector for Florida. 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="761.76.26">Harper, W. H.</a> — of Columbus, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/MU-lived.html">Muscogee County</a>, Ga. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/ofc/columbus.html">Mayor of Columbus, Ga.</a>, 1841. 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="902.66.08">Harper, W. Harry</a> — of Kewanee, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/HE-lived.html">Henry County</a>, Ill. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Illinois, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1960/IL.html">1960</a> (alternate), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1964/IL.html">1964</a>. Still living as of 1964. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="642.88.83">Harper, W. T.</a> — of Ottumwa, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/WP-lived.html">Wapello County</a>, Iowa. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Iowa, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1916/IA.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="348.90.60">Harper, W. W.</a> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/PE-lived.html">Pendleton County</a>, W.Va. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/ofc/sthse.html">West Virginia state house of delegates</a> from Pendleton County, 1923-26. 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="931.42.00">Harper, Walter S.</a> — of Meadville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/CR-lived.html">Crawford County</a>, Pa. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/meadville.html">Mayor of Meadville, Pa.</a>, 1882-83. 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> Harper, Willard See <a href="#768.53.59">F. Willard Harper</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="730.70.31">Harper, Willard</a> — Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/sppi.html">California superintendent of public instruction</a>, 1966, 1970. Still living as of 1970. <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.ourcampaigns.com/CandidateDetail.html?CandidateID=159155">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> <a name="487.27.09">Harper, William</a> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/MN-lived.html">Montgomery County</a>, N.Y. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/asmbly.html">New York state assembly</a>, 1781-82, 1783-87, 1788-89 (Tryon County 1781-82, 1783-84, Montgomery County 1784-87, 1788-89); <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/cnrt.html">delegate to New York convention to ratify U.S. constitution</a> from Montgomery County, 1788. 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="926.25.54">Harper, William</a> (1790-1847) — of South Carolina. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/AC-born.html">Antigua</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1790/01-17.html">January 17, 1790</a>. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/ofc/sthse.html">South Carolina state house of representatives</a>, 1816-18, 1827-28; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from South Carolina</a>, 1826; state court judge in South Carolina, 1830. Slaveowner. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/FA-died.html">Fairfield County</a>, S.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1847/10-10.html">October 10, 1847</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/57.html">57 years, 266 days</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://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=H000226">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=405104">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William Harper (South Carolina)">Wikipedia article</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="902.34.90">Harper, William</a> — of Shreveport, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/LA/CA-lived.html">Caddo Parish</a>, La. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Louisiana, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1880/LA.html">1880</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1888/LA.html">1888</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1896/LA.html">1896</a>. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/818/73.68.jpg" width=70 height=106 border=0 alt="William Harper"></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="818.73.68">Harper, William</a> (1861-1930) — of Philadelphia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/PH-lived.html">Philadelphia County</a>, Pa.; Newport, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/PE-lived.html">Perry County</a>, Pa. Born in Shippensburg, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/CU-born.html">Cumberland County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1861/07-24.html">July 24, 1861</a>. Chief, Bureau of Information, Philadelphia Commercial Museum; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/CO-consuls.html">Consul for Colombia</a> in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/PH-consuls.html">Philadelphia, Pa.</a>, 1900-07. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/scottish.html">Scottish</a> ancestry. Died, from <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/colon-cancer.html">rectal cancer</a>, in New Bloomfield, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/PE-died.html">Perry County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1930/11-18.html">November 18, 1930</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/69.html">69 years, 117 days</a>). Interment <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/PE-buried.html# ">somewhere</a> in New Bloomfield, 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">Relatives: Son of David Harper and Nancy Davidson 'Nannie' (Work) Harper; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1887/04-12.html">April 12, 1887</a>, to Rosalie Sully Wheeler; married to Bessie Shepard Welch.</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: Philadelphia Inquirer, March 27, 1900</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="216.68.11">Harper, William</a> — of Roseville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/MA-lived.html">Macomb County</a>, Mich. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/roseville.html#2">Village president of Roseville, Michigan</a>, 1947. 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="498.55.95">Harper, William B.</a> — of Seneca Falls, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/SE-lived.html">Seneca County</a>, N.Y. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/asmbly.html">New York state assembly</a> from Seneca County, 1907-08. 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="642.22.37">Harper, William C.</a> — Prohibition candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/stsen.html">New York state senate</a> 21st District, 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="595.43.42">Harper, William E.</a> — 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#2">City president of Coronado, California</a>, 1922-24. 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="116.61.45">Harper, William Edward</a> — of Chicago, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/CO-lived.html">Cook County</a>, Ill. Candidate for Presidential Elector for Illinois. 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="326.95.03">Harper, William H.</a> — of Lima, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/AL-lived.html">Allen County</a>, Ohio. Republican. Postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/ofc/lima.html#2">Lima, Ohio</a>, 1866-69. 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="761.18.00">Harper, William L.</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/ofc/usatty.html">U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Georgia</a>, 1977-81. Still living as of 1981. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="805.64.58">Harper, William S.</a> — of Hamden, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/NH-lived.html">New Haven County</a>, Conn. Republican. Independent Republican candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/sthse.html">Connecticut state house of representatives</a> from Hamden, 1932. 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="007.25.93">Harper, William Thomas</a> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/CH-lived.html">Charleston County</a>, S.C. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/ofc/sthse.html">South Carolina state house of representatives</a> from Charleston County, 1922-24. 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