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<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <title>The Political Graveyard: Index to Politicians: Church</title> <meta name="description" content="A database of political history and cemeteries, with brief biographical entries for 320,919 U.S. political figures, living and dead, from the 1700s to the present."> <meta name="keywords" content="political biography history genealogy cemeteries politics candidates congress senators legislators governors politicians biographies ancestors mayors birthplace geography elections"> <meta name="author" content="Lawrence Kestenbaum"> <script type="text/javascript"> var _gaq = _gaq || []; _gaq.push(['_setAccount', 'UA-7383562-1']); _gaq.push(['_trackPageview']); (function() { var ga = document.createElement('script'); ga.type = 'text/javascript'; ga.async = true; ga.src = ('https:' == document.location.protocol ? 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Barrett</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/blight-block.html#935.40.13">Aaron Tyler Bliss</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cowart-cowpland.html#786.75.47">Ephraim Henry Cowles</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cronen-crosbie.html#715.30.59">James C. Cropsey</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/crowninshield-crystal.html#279.19.65">John Church Cruger</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/duane-dudkin.html#869.29.06">Edward Church Dubois</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/helm.html#364.54.37">Joseph Church Helm</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/howarth-howe.html#449.18.95">Church Howe</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/keathley-keena.html#663.70.37">Nathan Keator</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kidder-kilbourne.html#399.01.14">Luther Kidder</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/laws-lawyer.html#367.85.96">George Robert Lawton</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mahool-majka.html#241.42.28">Norman Kingsley Mailer</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/miller4.html#721.83.21">Georgana C. Miller</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/newton.html#652.66.55">Eben Newton</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/osborn.html#128.69.63">William Church Osborn</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/otis.html#658.12.04">James Otis</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ransome-rattliff.html#487.71.76">Frank Seth Ranson</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/saal-sacket.html#295.23.47">George Myron Sabin</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/seldenright-semrow.html#788.87.85">Judson Franklin Selleck</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/stafseth-standifer.html#351.06.19">Solomon Chester Stahlman</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/sthuette-stigler.html#931.15.16">Church R. Stidham</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="674.49.45">Church, A. H.</a> — of North Platte, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NE/LI-lived.html">Lincoln County</a>, Neb. District judge in Nebraska, 1889-92; appointed 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="697.41.28">Church, A. J.</a> — of Maryland. Prohibition candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Maryland</a> 4th District, 1902. 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="325.00.52">Church, A. M.</a> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/AL-lived.html">Alameda County</a>, Calif. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/asmbly.html">California state assembly</a> 9th District, 1867-69. 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="477.02.60">Church, Alonzo</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/ofc/vchan.html">Vice-chancellor of New Jersey court of chancery</a>, 1922-27. 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="981.19.91">Church, Alonzo C.</a> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/sl-lived.html">St. Louis</a>, Mo. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/sthse.html">Missouri state house of representatives</a> from St. Louis City 3rd District, 1891-92. 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="636.60.89">Church, Andrew H.</a> — of South River, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/MI-lived.html">Middlesex County</a>, N.J. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from New Jersey, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1900/NJ.html">1900</a> (alternate), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1904/NJ.html">1904</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="073.66.01">Church, Arthur B.</a> — of Hallowell, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ME/KE-lived.html">Kennebec County</a>, Maine. Republican. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ME/ofc/sthse.html">Maine state house of representatives</a> from Kennebec County (8th), 1931-32. 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="608.25.34">Church, Audrey Lee</a> — of Hundred, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/WE-lived.html">Wetzel County</a>, W.Va. Republican. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/WV.html">West Virginia Republican State Executive Committee</a>, 1949-55. <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="007.38.91">Church, Benjamin</a> — of New Bedford, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/BR-lived.html">Bristol County</a>, Mass. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/ofc/sthse.html">Massachusetts state house of representatives</a> from New Bedford; elected 1803. 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="637.26.29">Church, Bethine</a> — of Boise, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ID/AD-lived.html">Ada County</a>, Idaho. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Idaho, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/2000/ID.html">2000</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/2004/ID.html">2004</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. Still living as of 2004. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="969.15.15">Church, C. A.</a> — of Westport, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/BR-lived.html">Bristol County</a>, Mass. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Massachusetts, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1856/MA.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="358.36.28">Church, C. M.</a> — Farmer-Labor candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Iowa</a> 8th District, 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> Church, Carl See <a href="#607.90.34">Carlton O. Church</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="607.90.34">Church, Carlton O.</a> (b. 1868) — also known as Carl Church — of Whiting, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VT/AD-lived.html">Addison County</a>, Vt. Born in Leicester, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VT/AD-born.html">Addison County</a>, Vt., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1868/07-18.html">July 18, 1868</a>. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VT/ofc/sthse.html">Vermont state house of representatives</a>, 1908; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VT/ofc/stsen.html">Vermont state senate</a> from Addison County, 1923. 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="578.23.71">Church, Charles A.</a> — of Stockton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/CE-lived.html">Cedar County</a>, Mo. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/CE-parties.html">Chair of Cedar County Republican Party</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="681.12.24">Church, Charles F.</a> (b. 1837) — of Whiting, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VT/AD-lived.html">Addison County</a>, Vt. Born in Hancock, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VT/AD-born.html">Addison County</a>, Vt., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1837/02-14.html">February 14, 1837</a>. Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/farmer.html">farmer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VT/ofc/sthse.html">Vermont state house of representatives</a> from Whiting, 1888. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/unitarian.html">Universalist</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="238.45.69">Church, Clarence E.</a> — of Manhattan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/NY-lived.html">New York County</a>, N.Y. Prohibition candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/stsen.html">New York state senate</a> 17th District, 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="628.58.14">Church, Clifton J.</a> — of Chaplin, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/WI-lived.html">Windham County</a>, Conn. Republican. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/sthse.html">Connecticut state house of representatives</a> from Chaplin; elected 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="810.48.14">Church, Corbett</a> (1922-1969) — of Yukon, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/MD-lived.html">McDowell County</a>, W.Va. Born <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1922/07-17.html">July 17, 1922</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/teacher.html">School principal</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/ofc/sthse.html">West Virginia state house of delegates</a> from McDowell County, 1965-69; died in office 1969. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/lions.html">Lions</a>. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1969/index.html">1969</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/46.html">about 46 years</a>). Burial location unknown. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Rufus C. Church and Pearl (Dale) Church; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1945/12-24.html">December 24, 1945</a>, to Edith Wright.</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="716.99.68">Church, Cornelius A.</a> — of Morris, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/OG-lived.html">Otsego County</a>, N.Y. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/asmbly.html">New York state assembly</a> from Otsego County 2nd District, 1862-63. 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="134.29.66">Church, Denver Samuel</a> (1862-1952) — also known as Denver S. Church — of Fresno, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/FR-lived.html">Fresno County</a>, Calif. Born in Folsom City, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ST-born.html">Sacramento County</a>, Calif., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1862/12-11.html">December 11, 1862</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from California</a>, 1913-19, 1933-35 (7th District 1913-19, 9th District 1933-35); delegate to Democratic National Convention from California, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1916/CA.html">1916</a>; superior court judge in California, 1924-30. Died in Fresno, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/FR-died.html">Fresno County</a>, Calif., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1952/02-21.html">February 21, 1952</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/89.html">89 years, 72 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/FR-buried.html#cms00014">Belmont Memorial Cemetery</a>, Fresno, 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://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=C000387">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=402526">Govtrack.us page</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><a href="https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/micounty/arx3600.0001.001/256?page=root;rgn=full+text;size=100;view=image"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/882/01.59.jpg" width=70 height=116 border=0 alt="Earl T. Church"></a></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="882.01.59">Church, Earl Theodore</a> (1835-1906) — also known as Earl T. Church — of Charlotte, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/EA-lived.html">Eaton County</a>, Mich. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/SE-born.html">Seneca County</a>, Ohio, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1835/01-26.html">January 26, 1835</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/banking.html">Banker</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/charlotte.html#2">village president of Charlotte, Michigan</a>, 1871-72; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/sthse.html">Michigan state house of representatives</a> from Eaton County, 1872. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1906/02-14.html">February 14, 1906</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/71.html">71 years, 19 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 Earl Church and Calena (Titus) Church; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1894/02-24.html">February 24, 1894</a>, to Stella F. (Shaw) Higby.</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: Past and Present of Eaton County, Michigan (1906)</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="257.77.81">Church, Edgar Lee</a> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/IN-lived.html">Ingham County</a>, Mich. Democrat. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/sthse.html">Michigan state house of representatives</a> from Ingham County 1st District, 1950. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="831.32.64">Church, Edward</a> — of Georgia. Born in Fayal, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/AZ-born.html">Azores</a>, possibly of American parents. U.S. Consul in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/PT-consuls.html ">Lisbon</a>, 1792-97. 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="899.33.93">Church, Edwin F.</a> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ST-lived.html">Steuben County</a>, N.Y. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/asmbly.html">New York state assembly</a> from Steuben County 1st District, 1850. 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="568.48.88">Church, Elihu</a> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/MO-lived.html">Monroe County</a>, N.Y. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/asmbly.html">New York state assembly</a> from Monroe County, 1834. 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="487.68.94">Church, Elihu C.</a> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/JF-lived.html">Jefferson County</a>, N.Y. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/asmbly.html">New York state assembly</a>, 1842-43, 1858 (Jefferson County 1842-43, Jefferson County 2nd District 1858). 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="146.23.66">Church, Emerson G.</a> — of Tenafly, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/BE-lived.html">Bergen County</a>, N.J. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/ofc/tenafly.html">Mayor of Tenafly, N.J.</a>; elected 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="063.42.93">Church, Ezra P.</a> — of Bainbridge Centre, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/CN-lived.html">Chenango County</a>, N.Y. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/asmbly.html">New York state assembly</a> from Chenango County 2nd District, 1848. 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="768.25.97">Church, F. P.</a> — of San Leandro, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/AL-lived.html">Alameda County</a>, Calif. Postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/sanleandro.html#2">San Leandro, Calif.</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="861.09.46">Church, Felix Wesley</a> (d. 1939) — of Oklahoma. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OK/ofc/stsen.html">Oklahoma state senate</a>, 1937-39; died in office 1939. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1939/index.html">1939</a>. Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OK/OT-buried.html#cms05799">Grand Army of the Republic Cemetery</a>, Miami, Okla. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="671.95.31">Church, Frank B.</a> — of Wellsville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/AE-lived.html">Allegany County</a>, N.Y. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/cncn6.html">Delegate to New York state constitutional convention</a> 32nd District, 1894. 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="574.01.51">Church, Frank E.</a> — of Lansing Township, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/IN-lived.html">Ingham County</a>, Mich. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/lansing-twp.html">Supervisor of Lansing Township, Michigan</a>, 1921-22, 1923-25; defeated (Independent), 1925. 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="548.90.12">Church, Frank Forrester</a> (1924-1984) — also known as Frank Church; "Senator Sunday School"; "Frank Cathedral" — of Boise, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ID/AD-lived.html">Ada County</a>, Idaho. Born in Boise, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ID/AD-born.html">Ada County</a>, Idaho, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1924/07-25.html">July 25, 1924</a>. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ID/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from Idaho</a>, 1957-81; defeated, 1980; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Idaho, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1960/ID.html">1960</a>; candidate for Democratic nomination for President, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1976/index.html">1976</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-legion.html">American Legion</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/un-world-federalists.html">United World Federalists</a>. Died, of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/pancreatic-cancer.html">pancreatic cancer</a>, in Bethesda, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/MO-died.html">Montgomery County</a>, Md., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1984/04-07.html">April 7, 1984</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/59.html">59 years, 257 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ID/AD-buried.html#cms00524">Morris Hill Cemetery</a>, Boise, Idaho. <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 Frank Forrester Church and Laura (Bilderback) Church; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1947/06-21.html">June 21, 1947</a>, to Bethine Clark (daughter of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/clark2.html#473.37.04">Chase Addison Clark</a>; niece of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/clark1.html#981.18.82">Barzilla Worth Clark</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/11364.html">Clark family</a> of Boise and Idaho Falls, Idaho.</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/larkins-larrain.html#005.24.11">Larry LaRocco</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/brady.html#210.58.21">Jerry Brady</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/richardson.html#074.04.63">Betty H. Richardson</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=C000388">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=402527">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank Church">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/133/000055965">NNDB dossier</a> — <a href="https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0161365">Internet Movie Database profile</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">Books about Frank Church: F. Forrester Church, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0060390468/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0060390468&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">Father and Son : A Personal Biography of Senator Frank Church of Idaho</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="087.54.38">Church, Frank J.</a> (born c.1872) — of Pleasant Valley, Barkhamsted, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/LI-lived.html">Litchfield County</a>, Conn. Born in Barkhamsted, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/LI-born.html">Litchfield County</a>, Conn., about 1872. 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 Barkhamsted, 1921-24, 1937-40. 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="201.63.11">Church, Frank S.</a> — Progressive. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/stsen.html">Michigan state senate</a> 11th District, 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="565.07.95">Church, Frederic C.</a> — Republican. Candidate for Presidential Elector for Massachusetts. 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="699.80.36">Church, Frederick</a> — Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/ofc/sthse.html">Minnesota state house of representatives</a> District 6, 1891-92. 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">See also <a href="https://www.leg.state.mn.us/legdb/fulldetail?ID=11660">Minnesota Legislator record</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="954.59.69">Church, Gaylord</a> (1811-1869) — of Meadville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/CR-lived.html">Crawford County</a>, Pa. Born in Otsego, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/OG-born.html">Otsego County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1811/08-11.html">August 11, 1811</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/sthse.html">Pennsylvania state house of representatives</a>, 1840-42; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/meadville.html#2">burgess of Meadville, Pennsylvania</a>, 1842; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/spju.html">justice of Pennsylvania state supreme court</a>, 1858. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/episcopalian.html">Episcopalian</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/english.html">English</a> ancestry. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1869/09-29.html">September 29, 1869</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/58.html">58 years, 49 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/CR-buried.html#cms00484">Greendale Cemetery</a>, Meadville, 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 William Church and Wealthy (Palmer) Church; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1837/">1837</a> to Anna B. Pearson; father of <a href="#868.04.94">Pearson Church</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/36169329">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> Church, Georgana See <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/miller4.html#721.83.21">Georgana C. Miller</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="489.96.54">Church, George</a> — of Indiana. Prohibition candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Indiana</a> 4th District, 1900. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="533.92.31">Church, George</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, 1905-06. 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="228.19.12">Church, George L.</a> (b. 1828) — of West Fairlee, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VT/OR-lived.html">Orange County</a>, Vt. Born in Vershire, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VT/OR-born.html">Orange County</a>, Vt., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1828/index.html">1828</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/farmer.html">Farmer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VT/ofc/sthse.html">Vermont state house of representatives</a> from West Fairlee, 1886-88. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/spiritualist.html">Spiritualist</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="598.83.19">Church, George L.</a> — Democrat. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from New York</a> 30th District, 1904. 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="114.61.67">Church, H. M.</a> — of Holly, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/OA-lived.html">Oakland County</a>, Mich. Postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/holly.html#2">Holly, Mich.</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="925.36.60">Church, Hollis F.</a> — of South 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 South Windsor; elected 1928, 1930, 1934; defeated, 1936. 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="577.62.40">Church, Ira A.</a> — of Texarkana, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AR/ML-lived.html">Miller County</a>, Ark. Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Arkansas, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1888/AR.html">1888</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="003.66.92">Church, James A.</a> — of Sheridan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WY/SH-lived.html">Sheridan County</a>, Wyo. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WY/ofc/sheridan.html">Mayor of Sheridan, Wyo.</a>, 1916-17. 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="326.79.25">Church, James B.</a> — of New Cumberland, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/CU-lived.html">Cumberland County</a>, Pa. Democrat. Postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/newcumberland.html#3">New Cumberland, Pa.</a>, 1858-61. 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="993.76.68">Church, James C.</a> — of Brooklyn, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/KI-lived.html">Kings County</a>, N.Y. Independence League candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/nysc.html">Justice of New York Supreme Court</a> 2nd District, 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="765.88.31">Church, Jarvis S.</a> — Prohibition candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NE/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Nebraska</a>, 1874. 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="536.68.48">Church, Jeannette</a> — of Greenwood, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/JO-lived.html">Johnson County</a>, Ind. Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Indiana, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1972/IN.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="411.07.70">Church, Jesse T.</a> (b. 1949) — of Lincoln Park, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/WY-lived.html">Wayne County</a>, Mich. Born in Drummond Island, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/CP-born.html">Chippewa County</a>, Mich., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1949/11-14.html">November 14, 1949</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/misc-occ.html">Business owner</a>; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/sthse.html">Michigan state house of representatives</a> 25th District, 2000. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/moose.html">Moose</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/nra.html">National Rifle Association</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="980.85.35">Church, John</a> — U.S. Consul in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/EI-consuls.html ">Cork</a>, 1797-1815. 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="199.34.42">Church, John</a> — of Virginia City, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NV/ST-lived.html">Storey County</a>, Nev. Republican. Postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NV/ofc/virginiacity.html#2">Virginia City, Nev.</a>, 1863-65. 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="831.86.29">Church, John H. C.</a> — of Great Barrington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/BE-lived.html">Berkshire County</a>, Mass. Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Massachusetts, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1904/MA.html">1904</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="288.57.36">Church, John J.</a> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/sl-lived.html">St. Louis</a>, Mo. Republican. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/stsen.html">Missouri state senate</a> 6th District, 1950. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="066.38.78">Church, John S.</a> — of Hundred, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/WE-lived.html">Wetzel County</a>, W.Va. Republican. Candidate for Presidential Elector for West Virginia. 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="706.44.53">Church, Jonathan</a> — of Granby, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/HA-lived.html">Hartford County</a>, Conn. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/sthse.html">Connecticut state house of representatives</a> from Granby, 1828. 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="917.04.42">Church, Josiah W.</a> — of Wylie, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/CO-lived.html">Collin County</a>, Tex. Postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/ofc/wylie.html#2">Wylie, Tex.</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="752.47.60">Church, Karen</a> (born c.1948) — of Grand Marsh, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/AD-lived.html">Adams County</a>, Wis. Born about 1948. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Wisconsin, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/2004/WI.html">2004</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. Still living as of 2004. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="086.68.97">Church, Lawrence Smith</a> (1820-1870) — also known as Lawrence S. Church — of Woodstock, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/MH-lived.html">McHenry County</a>, Ill. Born in Nunda, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/LI-born.html">Livingston County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1820/03-08.html">March 8, 1820</a>. Republican. Colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War; postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/woodstock.html#3">Woodstock, Ill.</a>, 1867; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/cncn4.html">delegate to Illinois state constitutional convention</a> 54th District, 1869-70. Died in Woodstock, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/MH-died.html">McHenry County</a>, Ill., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1870/07-21.html">July 21, 1870</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/50.html">50 years, 135 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/MH-buried.html#cms07450">Oakland Cemetery</a>, Woodstock, Ill. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1844/06-28.html">June 28, 1844</a>, to Elizabeth Larraby Nixon.</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="233.94.84">Church, Lawrence W.</a> — Democrat. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/sthse.html">Michigan state house of representatives</a> from Eaton District, 1958, 1960. 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="335.33.43">Church, Leman</a> — of Canaan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/LI-lived.html">Litchfield County</a>, Conn. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/sthse.html">Connecticut state house of representatives</a> from Canaan, 1834-35. 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="883.54.83">Church, Leslie G.</a> — of Crystal City, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/JF-lived.html">Jefferson County</a>, Mo. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/crystalcity.html">Mayor of Crystal City, Mo.</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="937.02.16">Church, Lewis W.</a> — of Oxford, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/NH-lived.html">New Haven County</a>, Conn. Democrat. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/sthse.html">Connecticut state house of representatives</a> from Oxford, 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="675.03.62">Church, Lloyd</a> (c.1890-1948) — also known as "Lulu Lloyd" — of Manhattan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/NY-lived.html">New York County</a>, N.Y. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/no-born.html">Norfolk</a>, Va., about 1890. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/nysc.html">Justice of New York Supreme Court</a> 1st District, 1935-41, 1942-48; resigned 1941; died in office 1948; candidate for New York City Controller, 1941. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/episcopalian.html">Episcopalian</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/phi-beta-kappa.html">Phi Beta Kappa</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/phi-alpha-delta.html">Phi Alpha Delta</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/friendly-sons-st-patrick.html">Friendly Sons of St. Patrick</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/elks.html">Elks</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/tammany-hall.html">Tammany Hall</a>. Died, from a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/stroke.html">cerebral hemorrhage</a>, on board the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/on-ships.html">ocean liner</a> President Cleveland, en route from Yokohama to Shanghai, in the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WW/PA-died.html">North Pacific Ocean</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1948/08-02.html">August 2, 1948</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/58.html">about 58 years</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/SF-buried.html#cms04637">Long Island National Cemetery</a>, East Farmingdale, Long Island, 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 Lloyd Church, Jr.</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="306.55.08">Church, Louis K.</a> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/QU-lived.html">Queens County</a>, N.Y. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/asmbly.html">New York state assembly</a> from Queens County 1st District, 1883-85. 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="282.73.63">Church, Louis K.</a> (d. 1897) — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DK/ofc/tsju.html">Justice of Dakota territorial supreme court</a>, 1885-87; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DK/ofc/trgv.html">Governor of Dakota Territory</a>, 1887-89. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1897/index.html">1897</a>. Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WA/SN-buried.html#cms01186">Evergreen Cemetery</a>, Everett, Wash. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="998.39.94">Church, Lucius B.</a> — of Montana. Republican. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/MT.html">Republican National Committee from Montana Territory</a>, 1872-. 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="862.97.14">Church, Lyle S.</a> — of Flint, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/GE-lived.html">Genesee County</a>, Mich. Republican. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/sthse.html">Michigan state house of representatives</a> from Genesee County 1st District, 1940. 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="180.60.85">Church, Marguerite Stitt</a> (1892-1990) — also known as Marguerite S. Church; Marguerite Stitt; Mrs. Ralph E. Church — of Evanston, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/CO-lived.html">Cook County</a>, Ill. Born in New York, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/NY-born.html">New York County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1892/09-13.html">September 13, 1892</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/psych.html">Psychologist</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Illinois</a> 13th District, 1951-63; delegate to Republican National Convention from Illinois, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1964/IL.html">1964</a>; speaker, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1952/speakers.html">1952</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1960/speakers.html">1960</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/methodist.html">Methodist</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/lwv.html">League of Women Voters</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/phi-beta-kappa.html">Phi Beta Kappa</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/aauw.html">American Association of University Women</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/delta-kappa-gamma.html">Delta Kappa Gamma</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/zonta.html">Zonta</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/beta-sigma-phi.html">Beta Sigma Phi</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-legion-aux.html">American Legion Auxiliary</a>. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1990/05-26.html">May 26, 1990</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/97.html">97 years, 255 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/CO-buried.html#cms03001">Memorial Park Cemetery</a>, Skokie, Ill. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Daughter of William James Stitt and Adelaide (Forsythe) Stitt; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1918/12-21.html">December 21, 1918</a>, to <a href="#734.64.88">Ralph Edwin Church</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=C000389">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=402528">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="784.96.15">Church, Martin A.</a> — of Ypsilanti Township, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/WA-lived.html">Washtenaw County</a>, Mich. Republican. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/ypsilanti-twp.html">supervisor of Ypsilanti Township, Michigan</a>, 1992. Still living as of 1992. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="433.11.92">Church, Myron E.</a> (b. 1845) — of Waterville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VT/LA-lived.html">Lamoille County</a>, Vt. Born in Waterville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VT/LA-born.html">Lamoille County</a>, Vt., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1845/05-13.html">May 13, 1845</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/farmer.html">Farmer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VT/ofc/sthse.html">Vermont state house of representatives</a> from Waterville, 1888. 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="868.04.94">Church, Pearson</a> (born c.1838) — of Meadville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/CR-lived.html">Crawford County</a>, Pa. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ME-born.html">Mercer County</a>, Pa., about 1838. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/cncn.html">delegate to Pennsylvania state constitutional convention</a>, 1872-73; district judge in Pennsylvania 30th District, 1877. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/episcopalian.html">Episcopalian</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/royal-arch-masons.html">Royal Arch Masons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/knights-templar.html">Knights Templar</a>. 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="#954.59.69">Gaylord Church</a> and Church; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1868/">1868</a> to Kate Law.</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> Church, Mrs. Ralph E. See <a href="#180.60.85">Marguerite Stitt Church</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="734.64.88">Church, Ralph Edwin</a> (1883-1950) — also known as Ralph E. Church — of Evanston, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/CO-lived.html">Cook County</a>, Ill. Born near Catlin, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/VE-born.html">Vermilion County</a>, Ill., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1883/05-05.html">May 5, 1883</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/sthse.html">Illinois state house of representatives</a> 6th District, 1917-32; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Illinois</a>, 1935-41, 1943-50 (10th District 1935-41, 1943-49, 13th District 1949-50); defeated (Independent), 1932; died in office 1950; candidate in Republican primary for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from Illinois</a>, 1940. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/methodist.html">Methodist</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/aba.html">American Bar Association</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/shriners.html">Shriners</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/kiwanis.html">Kiwanis</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/delta-chi.html">Delta Chi</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/phi-kappa-psi.html">Phi Kappa Psi</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-soc-int-law.html">American Society for International Law</a>. Died in a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/meetings.html">committee meeting</a> in the House Office Building, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DC/wa-died.html">Washington</a>, D.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1950/03-21.html">March 21, 1950</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/66.html">66 years, 320 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/CO-buried.html#cms03001">Memorial Park Cemetery</a>, Skokie, Ill. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Henry George Church and Lola (Douglas) Church; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1918/12-21.html">December 21, 1918</a>, to <a href="#180.60.85">Marguerite Stitt</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=C000390">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=402529">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="682.19.64">Church, Richard C., Jr.</a> — of Miamisburg, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/MY-lived.html">Montgomery County</a>, Ohio. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/ofc/miamisburg.html">Mayor of Miamisburg, Ohio</a>, 2011-13. Still living as of 2014. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="886.67.88">Church, Robert R.</a> — of Memphis, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/SH-lived.html">Shelby County</a>, Tenn. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Tennessee, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1900/TN.html">1900</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1912/TN.html">1912</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1916/TN.html">1916</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1924/TN.html">1924</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1928/TN.html">1928</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1932/TN.html">1932</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1936/TN.html">1936</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1940/TN.html">1940</a>; speaker, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1920/speakers.html">1920</a>; member, Committee to Notify Presidential Nominee, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1928/committees.html">1928</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/african.html">African</a> ancestry. One of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/first.html">founders</a>, in 1916, of the Lincoln League, an African-American political organization in western Tennessee. 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="848.78.66">Church, Rosemarie</a> — of Glen Burnie, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/AA-lived.html">Anne Arundel County</a>, Md. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Maryland, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1988/MD.html">1988</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. Still living as of 1988. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="391.31.48">Church, S. M.</a> — of Rockport, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/PI-lived.html">Pike County</a>, Ill. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Illinois, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1856/IL.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="099.76.60">Church, Samuel</a> (1785-1854) — of Salisbury, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/LI-lived.html">Litchfield County</a>, Conn. Born in Salisbury, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/LI-born.html">Litchfield County</a>, Conn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1785/02-04.html">February 4, 1785</a>. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/sthse.html">Connecticut state house of representatives</a> from Salisbury, 1820-21, 1823-24, 1829, 1831; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/stsen.html">Connecticut state senate</a> at-large, 1825-27; superior court judge in Connecticut, 1833-54; died in office 1854. Died in Newtown, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/FA-died.html">Fairfield County</a>, Conn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1854/09-15.html">September 15, 1854</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/69.html">69 years, 223 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/LI-buried.html#cms00793">Salisbury Cemetery</a>, Salisbury, Conn. <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://findagrave.com/memorial/23680556">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="282.31.44">Church, Samuel Harden</a> — also known as Samuel H. Church — of Pittsburgh, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/AL-lived.html">Allegheny County</a>, Pa. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Pennsylvania, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1904/PA.html">1904</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/cr21.html">delegate to Pennsylvania convention to ratify 21st amendment</a>, 1933. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="383.03.99">Church, Sanford E.</a> (1815-1880) — of Albion, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/OL-lived.html">Orleans County</a>, N.Y. Born <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1815/04-18.html">April 18, 1815</a>. Democrat. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/asmbly.html">New York state assembly</a> from Orleans County, 1842; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/ltgov.html">Lieutenant Governor of New York</a>, 1851-54; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/comp.html">New York state comptroller</a>, 1858-59; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1860/NY.html">1860</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1864/NY.html">1864</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/coacj.html">chief judge of New York Court of Appeals</a>, 1870-80; died in office 1880. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1880/05-13.html">May 13, 1880</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/65.html">65 years, 25 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/OL-buried.html#cms00203">Mt. Albion Cemetery</a>, Albion, 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: First cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/allen9.html#018.07.04">William Fitch Allen</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="735.64.06">Church, Sanford T.</a> — of Albion, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/OL-lived.html">Orleans County</a>, N.Y. Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1920/NY.html">1920</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/nysc.html">Justice of New York Supreme Court</a> 8th District, 1927-28; defeated, 1921; appointed 1927; defeated, 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="148.21.85">Church, Seldon M.</a> — of Rockford, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/WN-lived.html">Winnebago County</a>, Ill. Whig. Postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/rockford.html#2">Rockford, Ill.</a>, 1841-43; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/cncn2.html">delegate to Illinois state constitutional convention</a> from Winnebago County, 1847. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/512/73.55.jpg" width=70 height=111 border=0 alt="Stanley W. Church"></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="512.73.55">Church, Stanley W.</a> (born c.1901) — of New Rochelle, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/WE-lived.html">Westchester County</a>, N.Y. Born about 1901. Democrat. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/stsen.html">New York state senate</a> 25th District, 1934; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/newrochelle.html">mayor of New Rochelle, N.Y.</a>, 1940-55, 1960-63, 1970; defeated, 1935, 1955; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1960/NY.html">1960</a>; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from New York</a> 26th District, 1962. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/baptist.html">Baptist</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 William E. Church and Florence (Carson) Church; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1937/10-09.html">October 9, 1937</a>, to Eleanor Cederholm; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1952/11-15.html">November 15, 1952</a>, to Dorothy Lee Budhazy; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1970/08-08.html">August 8, 1970</a>, to Rita (Diehl) Bobbing.</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: New York Times, November 8, 1939</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="895.07.36">Church, Thomas B.</a> — of Grand Rapids, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/KE-lived.html">Kent County</a>, Mich. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/cncn4.html">Delegate to Michigan state constitutional convention</a>, 1850; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/grandrapids.html">mayor of Grand Rapids, Mich.</a>, 1853-54; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Michigan</a>, 1858 (3rd District), 1860 (3rd District), 1862 (4th District). 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="231.82.65">Church, Uri T.</a> — of Torrington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/LI-lived.html">Litchfield County</a>, Conn. Democrat. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/sthse.html">Connecticut state house of representatives</a> from Torrington, 1902. 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="075.88.55">Church, William</a> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/CN-lived.html">Chenango County</a>, N.Y. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/asmbly.html">New York state assembly</a> from Chenango County, 1840. 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="021.41.14">Church, William Edgar</a> (1841-1917) — Born in Brooklyn, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/KI-born.html">Kings County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1841/12-07.html">December 7, 1841</a>. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DK/ofc/tsju.html">justice of Dakota territorial supreme court</a>, 1883-86. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1917/04-18.html">April 18, 1917</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/75.html">75 years, 132 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/CO-buried.html#cms00128">Graceland Cemetery</a>, Chicago, Ill. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="419.78.97">Church, William S.</a> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/MO-lived.html">Monroe County</a>, N.Y. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/asmbly.html">New York state assembly</a> from Monroe County 3rd District, 1888. 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="698.67.50">Church, William T.</a> — of Aledo, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ME-lived.html">Mercer County</a>, Ill. 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