Thursday, August 24, 2017

MacBeth Archibald Milne (1892-1978)

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Portrait from the Oregon Democratic Voter's Pamphlet, May 1942.   Oddly named Michigan native MacBeth Archibald Milne briefly ent...
Tuesday, August 22, 2017

Sturges Harlett Greene (1850-1943)

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Portrait from the History of the Bench and Bar of Oregon, 1910.    Sturges Harlett Greene was a longtime native of Iowa who, followin...
Tuesday, August 1, 2017

Guian Leeper Walker (1841-1921)

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Portrait courtesy of Find-A-Grave.    For many years a prominent political office holder in Cedar County, Missouri, Guian Leeper Walk...
Tuesday, July 25, 2017

Stillwell Heady Russell (1846-1914), Stillwell Heady (1782-1852)

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Portrait from the Inola Register, May 21, 1914.    Texas native Stillwell Heady Russell left an imprint in the political life of two ...
Tuesday, July 18, 2017

Taddy Owen James (1863-1934)

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Portrait from the Chronicles of Oklahoma,  Vol. 14, No.1, 1934.    The Oklahoma Constitutional Convention of 1906-07 could boast of a...
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Monday, July 17, 2017

Delphos Green Harned (1872-1949), Delphos Washburn Harrington (1867-1941)

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Portrait from the 1912 Oklahoma Red Book.   We continue our stay in Oklahoma for a peek at the life of Delphos Green Harned, a transp...
Friday, July 14, 2017

Clarous Rouser Johnston (1880-1936)

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Portrait from the 1905 Indiana law school composite.    Native Hoosier Clarous Rouser Johnston would find distinction in Oklahoma law...
Tuesday, July 11, 2017

Finette Benson Nichols (1864-1948)

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Portrait from 1945-46 Connecticut State Register.    The recent discovery of the name of Finette Benson Nichols comes as a welcome su...
Sunday, July 9, 2017

Eliphus Hibbard Rogers (1830-1881)

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Portrait from Andreas' History of the State of Nebraska.    I always welcome a new strange name discovery from Nebraska, and in t...