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(<a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/soundex/h.html#H450">Soundex H450</a>) — See also <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/halla-halsell.html#HALM">HALM</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/heft-heiple.html#HEIM">HEIM</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/heisel-hellyer.html#HELIM">HELIM</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/helme-hendershott.html#HELMAN">HELMAN</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/helme-hendershott.html#HELMAR">HELMAR</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/helme-hendershott.html#HELMBOLD">HELMBOLD</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/helme-hendershott.html#HELME">HELME</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/helme-hendershott.html#HELMER">HELMER</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/helme-hendershott.html#HELMES">HELMES</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/helme-hendershott.html#HELMICK">HELMICK</a>, <a 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href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hollowell-holmer.html#HOLM">HOLM</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hollowell-holmer.html#HOLME">HOLME</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hulme-humberto.html#HULM">HULM</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hulme-humberto.html#HULME">HULME</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mahady-mahone.html#MAHELM">MAHELM</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/meekins-mellen.html#MEHL">MEHL</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/veach-veltri.html#VELHELM">VELHELM</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/vilac-vinal.html#VILHELM">VILHELM</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/wilfley-wilkin.html#WILHELM">WILHELM</a>. </td></tr></table> <table align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> HELM: See also <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/baker9.html#095.43.69">Walter Arnold Baker</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bright-britten.html#040.20.71">Benjamin Helm Bristow</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/clarken-claytee.html#413.27.61">Jefferson Helm Claypool</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/harreld-harrigan.html#205.65.66">John William Harreld</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/holliman-hollon.html#885.89.38">David Pierre Hollis Jr.</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pratt.html#034.64.01">John Helm Pratt</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/yatron-yontes.html#633.68.00">George Helm Yeaman</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="573.05.65">Helm, Alpha G.</a> — of Buffalo, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ER-lived.html">Erie County</a>, N.Y. Prohibition candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/asmbly.html">New York state assembly</a> from Erie County 1st District, 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="688.96.86">Helm, Anna W.</a> — of Sturgis, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SD/ME-lived.html">Meade County</a>, S.Dak. Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from South Dakota, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1940/SD.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> Helm, Ben Hardin See <a href="#771.98.85">Benjamin Hardin Helm</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="771.98.85">Helm, Benjamin Hardin</a> (1831-1863) — also known as Ben Hardin Helm — Born in Bardstown, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/NE-born.html">Nelson County</a>, Ky., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1831/06-02.html">June 2, 1831</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/ofc/sthse.html">Kentucky state house of representatives</a>, 1855-56; declined appointment as paymaster of the Union Army; general in the Confederate Army during the Civil War. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/gunshot.html">Shot</a> during the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/civil-war.html">Battle of Chickamauga</a>, and died soon after, Chickamauga, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/WL-died.html">Walker County</a>, Ga., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1863/09-21.html">September 21, 1863</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/32.html">32 years, 111 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/HA-buried.html# ">Helm Cemetery</a>, Near Elizabethtown, Hardin County, Ky. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of <a href="#891.01.53">John Larue Helm</a> and Lucinda Barbour (Hardin) Helm; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1856/">1856</a> to <a href="#563.34.51">Emilie Pariet Todd</a> (half-sister-in-law of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lincoln.html#848.31.47">Abraham Lincoln</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/edwards6.html#527.37.13">Ninian Wirt Edwards</a>; sister-in-law of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dawson.html#705.45.25">Nathaniel Henry Rhodes Dawson</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/10001-0083.html">Lincoln-Lee family</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0153.html">Walker-Helm-Lincoln-Brown family</a> of Kentucky; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0337.html">Edwards-Cook family</a> (subsets of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/8925">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="965.24.66">Helm, Bill</a> — of Yuma, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AZ/YU-lived.html">Yuma County</a>, Ariz. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Arizona, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1956/AZ.html">1956</a>. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Helm, Blakey See <a href="#465.40.47">John Blakey Helm</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="226.63.29">Helm, Byron</a> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/OS-lived.html">Oswego County</a>, N.Y. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/asmbly.html">New York state assembly</a> from Oswego County 2nd District, 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> <a name="544.12.60">Helm, Carl F.</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> <a name="730.42.42">Helm, Carole A.</a> — of Pullman, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WA/WI-lived.html">Whitman County</a>, Wash. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WA/ofc/pullman.html">Mayor of Pullman, Wash.</a>, 1986-91; resigned 1991. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. Still living as of 1991. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="772.04.59">Helm, Charles John</a> (1817-1868) — also known as Charles J. Helm — of Newport, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/CA-lived.html">Campbell County</a>, Ky. Born in Hornellsville (now Hornell), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ST-born.html">Steuben County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1817/06-21.html">June 21, 1817</a>. Served in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War; U.S. Consul General in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/CU-consuls.html ">Havana</a>, 1858-61. Died in Havana (La Habana), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/CU-died.html">Cuba</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1868/02-26.html">February 26, 1868</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/50.html">50 years, 250 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/CA-buried.html#cms00098">Evergreen Cemetery</a>, Southgate, Ky. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Sallie Bankhead (McKinney) Helm and <a href="#279.31.86">Francis Taliaferro Helm</a>; brother of <a href="#617.52.86">Hubbard Dozier Helm</a>; first cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bronstein-brookover.html#987.19.36">Robert Brooke</a>; second cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/churchill.html#476.15.93">Samuel Bullitt Churchill</a>; second cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/walker5.html#399.89.85">John Walker</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/walker3.html#075.40.98">Francis Walker</a>; third cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/maddock-magerman.html#567.76.22">George Madison</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lewis6.html#668.97.58">Meriwether Lewis</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/buckner.html#854.96.20">Richard Aylett Buckner</a>; fourth cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/taylor9.html#681.60.97">Zachary Taylor</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/gilmann-gilmer.html#411.04.00">Thomas Walker Gilmer</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/buckner.html#403.69.94">Aylette Buckner</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/walker2.html#929.22.50">David Shelby Walker</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/10001-0015.html">Walker-Meriwether-Kellogg family</a> of Virginia; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0016.html">Lee-Randolph family</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0153.html">Walker-Helm-Lincoln-Brown family</a> of Kentucky; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0156.html">Washington-Walker family</a> of Virginia; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0149.html">Dorsey-Poffenbarger family</a> of Maryland; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0158.html">Pendleton-Lee family</a> of Maryland; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0349.html">Alston-Kenan family</a> of Milledgeville, Georgia; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0045.html">Jackson-Lee family</a> (subsets of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/73083607">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="402.80.25">Helm, Dury L.</a> — of Clifton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/BQ-lived.html">Bosque County</a>, Tex. Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Texas, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1940/TX.html">1940</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="623.67.21">Helm, E. R.</a> — of Trident, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MT/GA-lived.html">Gallatin County</a>, Mont. Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Montana, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1948/MT.html">1948</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="642.52.50">Helm, Edward G.</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"><a href="https://www.mrlincolnswhitehouse.org/emily-todd-helm/"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/563/34.51.jpg" width=70 height=104 border=0 alt="Emily T. Helm"></a></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="563.34.51">Helm, Emily Todd</a> (1836-1930) — also known as Emily T. Helm; Emilie Pariet Todd — of Elizabethtown, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/HA-lived.html">Hardin County</a>, Ky. Born in Lexington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/FA-born.html">Fayette County</a>, Ky., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1836/11-11.html">November 11, 1836</a>. Her husband was offered a position as paymaster of the Union Army, but chose to become a Confederate general, and was killed at the Battle of Chickamauga in 1863; she was granted safe passage to come to the White House and stay with President <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lincoln.html#848.31.47">Abraham Lincoln</a> and his family, despite harsh criticism in the Northern press for harboring a Confederate; postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/ofc/elizabethtown.html#2">Elizabethtown, Ky.</a>, 1883-96. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/un-dtrs-confederacy.html">United Daughters of the Confederacy</a>. Died in Lexington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/FA-died.html">Fayette County</a>, Ky., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1930/02-20.html">February 20, 1930</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/93.html">93 years, 101 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/FA-buried.html#cms00359">Lexington Cemetery</a>, Lexington, Ky. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Daughter of Robert Smith Todd and Elizabeth (Humphreys) Todd; half-sister of Elizabeth Parker Todd (who married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/edwards6.html#527.37.13">Ninian Wirt Edwards</a>) and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lincoln.html#849.06.72">Mary Ann Todd</a> (who married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lincoln.html#848.31.47">Abraham Lincoln</a>); sister of Elodie Breck Todd (who married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dawson.html#705.45.25">Nathaniel Henry Rhodes Dawson</a>); married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1856/">1856</a> to <a href="#771.98.85">Benjamin Hardin Helm</a> (son of <a href="#891.01.53">John Larue Helm</a>); aunt of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lincoln.html#608.41.50">Robert Todd Lincoln</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/todd.html#329.83.69">Martha Dee Todd</a>; grandniece of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/brown5.html#213.96.07">John Brown</a>; first cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/brown6.html#963.00.04">Mason Brown</a>; first cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/rilling-ripps.html#801.67.49">Arthur Rumney Ringwalt</a>; second cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/brown1.html#188.09.98">Benjamin Gratz Brown</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/10001-0083.html">Lincoln-Lee family</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0153.html">Walker-Helm-Lincoln-Brown family</a> of Kentucky; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0337.html">Edwards-Cook family</a> (subsets of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/7146459">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Image source: The Lehrman Institute</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="279.31.86">Helm, Francis Taliaferro</a> (1790-1871) — also known as Francis T. Helm — of Newport, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/CA-lived.html">Campbell County</a>, Ky. Born in Virginia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1790/index.html">1790</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/ofc/newport.html">Mayor of Newport, Ky.</a>, 1834-38, 1839-45; postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/ofc/newport.html#2">Newport, Ky.</a>, 1839-49. Died in Newport, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/CA-died.html">Campbell County</a>, Ky., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1871/12-06.html">December 6, 1871</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/81.html">about 81 years</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/CA-buried.html#cms00098">Evergreen Cemetery</a>, Southgate, Ky. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of William Helm and Matilda (Taliaferro) Helm; married to Sarah Bankhead McKinney; father of <a href="#772.04.59">Charles John Helm</a> and <a href="#617.52.86">Hubbard Dozier Helm</a>; first cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bronstein-brookover.html#987.19.36">Robert Brooke</a>; first cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/churchill.html#476.15.93">Samuel Bullitt Churchill</a>; second cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/walker5.html#399.89.85">John Walker</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/walker3.html#075.40.98">Francis Walker</a>; third cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/maddock-magerman.html#567.76.22">George Madison</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lewis6.html#668.97.58">Meriwether Lewis</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/buckner.html#854.96.20">Richard Aylett Buckner</a>; fourth cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/taylor9.html#681.60.97">Zachary Taylor</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/gilmann-gilmer.html#411.04.00">Thomas Walker Gilmer</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/buckner.html#403.69.94">Aylette Buckner</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/walker2.html#929.22.50">David Shelby Walker</a>; fourth cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pendleton.html#364.87.98">John Strother Pendleton</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pendleton.html#801.68.68">Albert Gallatin Pendleton</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/buckner.html#672.52.62">Aylett Hawes Buckner</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/walker5.html#946.40.55">James David Walker</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/walker2.html#336.61.00">David Shelby Walker Jr.</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political families: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0015.html">Walker-Meriwether-Kellogg family</a> of Virginia; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0016.html">Lee-Randolph family</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0153.html">Walker-Helm-Lincoln-Brown family</a> of Kentucky; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0156.html">Washington-Walker family</a> of Virginia; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0149.html">Dorsey-Poffenbarger family</a> of Maryland; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0158.html">Pendleton-Lee family</a> of Maryland; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0349.html">Alston-Kenan family</a> of Milledgeville, Georgia; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0045.html">Jackson-Lee family</a> (subsets of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/73154227">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="995.18.64">Helm, Frank</a> — of Modesto, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/SS-lived.html">Stanislaus County</a>, Calif. Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from California, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1964/CA.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="350.18.48">Helm, Frank A.</a> — of Corvallis, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OR/BE-lived.html">Benton County</a>, Ore. Postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OR/ofc/corvallis.html#2">Corvallis, Ore.</a>, 1889. 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="929.99.67">Helm, George</a> — of Elizabethtown, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/HA-lived.html">Hardin County</a>, Ky. Postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/ofc/elizabethtown.html#2">Elizabethtown, Ky.</a>, 1800-04. 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="776.85.03">Helm, Grover Cleveland</a> (1884-1955) — also known as Grover C. Helm — of Mackinaw, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/TA-lived.html">Tazewell County</a>, Ill.; Bloomington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ML-lived.html">McLean County</a>, Ill. Born in Streator, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/LS-born.html">La Salle County</a>, Ill., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1884/11-02.html">November 2, 1884</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/merchant.html">Merchant</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/banking.html">banker</a>; mayor of Mackinaw, Ill., 1912.; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/fruit-produce.html">wholesale produce business</a>; delegate to Republican National Convention from Illinois, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1952/IL.html">1952</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/christian.html">Christian</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/scottish.html">Scottish</a> ancestry. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-bankers-assoc.html">American Bankers Association</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/union-league.html">Union League</a>. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1955/index.html">1955</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/70.html">about 70 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">Presumably named for: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cleveland.html#531.34.01">Grover Cleveland</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 Alexander Helm and Marguerite (Rankin) Helm; married to Anna Puterbaugh.</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> Helm, H. D. See <a href="#617.52.86">Hubbard Dozier Helm</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="230.27.78">Helm, Harry</a> (1896-1970) — of Glens Falls, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/WR-lived.html">Warren County</a>, N.Y. Born in Grayville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/WT-born.html">White County</a>, Ill., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1896/index.html">1896</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/insurance.html">insurance business</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/glensfalls.html">mayor of Glens Falls, N.Y.</a>, 1962-63. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/rotary.html">Rotary</a>. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1970/index.html">1970</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/74.html">about 74 years</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="309.51.72">Helm, Harvey</a> (1865-1919) — of Stanford, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/LI-lived.html">Lincoln County</a>, Ky. Born in Danville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/BY-born.html">Boyle County</a>, Ky., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1865/12-02.html">December 2, 1865</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/ofc/sthse.html">Kentucky state house of representatives</a>, 1893-94; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/LI-officials.html">Lincoln County Attorney</a>, 1897-1905; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Kentucky, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1900/KY.html">1900</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Kentucky</a> 8th District, 1907-19; died in office 1919. Died in Columbus, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MS/LO-died.html">Lowndes County</a>, Miss., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1919/03-03.html">March 3, 1919</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/53.html">53 years, 91 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/LI-buried.html#cms03364">Buffalo Springs Cemetery</a>, Stanford, Ky. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=H000461">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=405326">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="617.52.86">Helm, Hubbard Dozier</a> (1821-1885) — also known as H. D. Helm — of Newport, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/CA-lived.html">Campbell County</a>, Ky. Born in Kentucky, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1821/02-21.html">February 21, 1821</a>. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Kentucky, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1860/KY.html">1860</a>. Died in Cincinnati, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/HA-died.html">Hamilton County</a>, Ohio, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1885/09-15.html">September 15, 1885</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/64.html">64 years, 206 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/CA-buried.html#cms00098">Evergreen Cemetery</a>, Southgate, Ky. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Sallie Bankhead (McKinney) Helm and <a href="#279.31.86">Francis Taliaferro Helm</a>; brother of <a href="#772.04.59">Charles John Helm</a>; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1842/">1842</a> to Elizabeth Stanton Tarvin; first cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bronstein-brookover.html#987.19.36">Robert Brooke</a>; second cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/churchill.html#476.15.93">Samuel Bullitt Churchill</a>; second cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/walker5.html#399.89.85">John Walker</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/walker3.html#075.40.98">Francis Walker</a>; third cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/maddock-magerman.html#567.76.22">George Madison</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lewis6.html#668.97.58">Meriwether Lewis</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/buckner.html#854.96.20">Richard Aylett Buckner</a>; fourth cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/taylor9.html#681.60.97">Zachary Taylor</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/gilmann-gilmer.html#411.04.00">Thomas Walker Gilmer</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/buckner.html#403.69.94">Aylette Buckner</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/walker2.html#929.22.50">David Shelby Walker</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/10001-0015.html">Walker-Meriwether-Kellogg family</a> of Virginia; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0016.html">Lee-Randolph family</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0153.html">Walker-Helm-Lincoln-Brown family</a> of Kentucky; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0156.html">Washington-Walker family</a> of Virginia; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0149.html">Dorsey-Poffenbarger family</a> of Maryland; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0158.html">Pendleton-Lee family</a> of Maryland; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0349.html">Alston-Kenan family</a> of Milledgeville, Georgia; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0045.html">Jackson-Lee family</a> (subsets of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/73157907">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> Helm, J. Blakey See <a href="#465.40.47">John Blakey Helm</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="932.94.20">Helm, Jefferson</a> (1803-1888) — of Indiana. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/MA-born.html">Mason County</a>, Ky., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1803/11-27.html">November 27, 1803</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/ofc/cncn.html">Delegate to Indiana state constitutional convention</a>, 1850-51; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/ofc/stsen.html">Indiana state senate</a>, 1853-55; served in the Union Army during the Civil War. Died in Rushville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/RU-died.html">Rush County</a>, Ind., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1888/01-14.html">January 14, 1888</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/84.html">84 years, 48 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: Grandfather of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/clarken-claytee.html#413.27.61">Jefferson Helm Claypool</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political family: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/11953.html">Claypool family</a> of Connersville, Indiana.</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="785.39.16">Helm, John B.</a> — of Elizabethtown, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/HA-lived.html">Hardin County</a>, Ky. Postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/ofc/elizabethtown.html#2">Elizabethtown, Ky.</a>, 1831-34. 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="805.92.13">Helm, John B.</a> — of Blacksburg, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/MO-lived.html">Montgomery County</a>, Va. Republican. Postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/ofc/blacksburg.html#2">Blacksburg, Va.</a>, 1865-85. 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="465.40.47">Helm, John Blakey</a> — also known as J. Blakey Helm — of Louisville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/JF-lived.html">Jefferson County</a>, Ky. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Kentucky, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1940/KY.html">1940</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/plcrem.html">Cremated</a>; ashes interred at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/JF-buried.html#cms00479">Cave Hill Cemetery</a>, Louisville, Ky. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="586.38.73">Helm, John Francis</a> — of Downingtown, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/CH-lived.html">Chester County</a>, Pa. Democrat. Postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/downingtown.html#3">Downingtown, Pa.</a>, 1964-70 (acting, 1964-66). 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="891.01.53">Helm, John Larue</a> (1802-1867) — of Kentucky. Born near Elizabethtown, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/HA-born.html">Hardin County</a>, Ky., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1802/07-04.html">July 4, 1802</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/ofc/sthse.html">Kentucky state house of representatives</a>, 1826; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/ofc/stsen.html">Kentucky state senate</a>, 1844-48; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/ofc/ltgov.html">Lieutenant Governor of Kentucky</a>, 1848-50; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Kentucky</a>, 1850-51, 1867; died in office 1867. Died in Elizabethtown, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/HA-died.html">Hardin County</a>, Ky., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1867/09-08.html">September 8, 1867</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/65.html">65 years, 66 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/HA-buried.html# ">Helm Cemetery</a>, Near Elizabethtown, Hardin County, Ky. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of George Helm and Rebecca (LaRue) Helm; married to Lucinda Barbour Hardin; father of <a href="#771.98.85">Benjamin Hardin Helm</a> (who married <a href="#563.34.51">Emily Todd Helm</a>); first cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hodge.html#504.21.67">Samuel LaRue Hodgen</a>; second cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/winterberg-wisdom.html#585.84.50">Charles G. Wintersmith</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/winterberg-wisdom.html#914.76.00">Robert Lawrence Wintersmith</a>; second cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/winterberg-wisdom.html#384.24.78">David Cooper Swan Wintersmith</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/10001-0153.html">Walker-Helm-Lincoln-Brown family</a> of Kentucky; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0200.html">Morehead-Wintersmith family</a> of Elizabethtown, Kentucky (subsets of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://www.nga.org/governor/john-larue-helm/">National Governors Association biography</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/6865234">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="364.54.37">Helm, Joseph Church</a> (b. 1848) — also known as Joseph C. Helm — of Colorado. Born in Chicago, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/CO-born.html">Cook County</a>, Ill., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1848/06-30.html">June 30, 1848</a>. Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">lawyer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/ofc/sthse.html">Colorado state house of representatives</a>, 1877; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/ofc/stsen.html">Colorado state senate</a>, 1879; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/ofc/spju.html">justice of Colorado state supreme court</a>, 1879-92, 1907-09; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/ofc/spcj.html">chief justice of Colorado Supreme Court</a>, 1889-92. 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 Ruggles Helm and Sarah A. (Bass) Helm; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1881/">1881</a> to Marcia Stewart.</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="425.00.41">Helm, Kurt G.</a> — Libertarian. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Texas</a> 4th District, 2006. Still living as of 2006. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="863.54.83">Helm, Lewis</a> — of Elizabethtown, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/HA-lived.html">Hardin County</a>, Ky. Postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/ofc/elizabethtown.html#2">Elizabethtown, Ky.</a>, 1834-38. 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="515.11.37">Helm, Louis F.</a> — of East Windsor, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/HA-lived.html">Hartford County</a>, Conn. Republican. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/sthse.html">Connecticut state house of representatives</a> from East Windsor; elected 1896. 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="559.62.94">Helm, Louis T.</a> — of Vernon, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/TO-lived.html">Tolland County</a>, Conn. Republican. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/sthse.html">Connecticut state house of representatives</a> from Vernon, 1906. 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="601.47.04">Helm, Mae</a> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DC/wa-lived.html">Washington</a>, D.C. Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from District of Columbia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1936/DC.html">1936</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="911.58.43">Helm, Marcus E.</a> — of East Windsor, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/HA-lived.html">Hartford County</a>, Conn. Republican. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/sthse.html">Connecticut state house of representatives</a> from East Windsor; elected 1908. 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="812.80.09">Helm, Neal</a> — of Missouri. Democrat. Co-chair, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1948 /committees.html">Committee to Notify Presidential Nominee</a>, Democratic National Convention, 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="270.29.75">Helm, Paul</a> — of Minnesota. American candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from Minnesota</a>, 1976, 1978. Still living as of 1978. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="629.17.57">Helm, Percy H.</a> — of Custer, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SD/CU-lived.html">Custer County</a>, S.Dak. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SD/ofc/stsen.html">South Dakota state senate</a> 42nd District, 1919-20. 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="848.30.27">Helm, Prank P.</a> — Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Kentucky, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1884/KY.html">1884</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="543.60.19">Helm, Ruth</a> — of Los Angeles, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/LA-lived.html">Los Angeles County</a>, Calif. Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from California, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1956/CA.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> Helm, Stuart See <a href="#459.63.96">W. Stuart Helm</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="969.73.36">Helm, Thomas J.</a> — of Rome, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/FL-lived.html">Floyd County</a>, Ga. Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Georgia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1892/GA.html">1892</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="459.63.96">Helm, W. Stuart</a> (b. 1908) — of Kittanning, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/AR-lived.html">Armstrong County</a>, Pa. Born in Cowansville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/AR-born.html">Armstrong County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1908/04-08.html">April 8, 1908</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/merchant.html">Merchant</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/sthse.html">Pennsylvania state house of representatives</a> from Armstrong County; elected 1940, 1942, 1944, 1946, 1948, 1950, 1952, 1954, 1956, 1960; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/spkr.html">Speaker of the Pennsylvania State House of Representatives</a>, 1957; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/audgen.html">Pennsylvania state auditor general</a>; elected 1964; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/soc.html">secretary of the commonwealth of Pennsylvania</a>, 1965-67. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/kiwanis.html">Kiwanis</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/elks.html">Elks</a>. 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