55 Notable alumni of
Allegheny College
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Allegheny College is 1413th in the world, 498th in North America, and 467th in the United States by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 55 notable alumni from Allegheny College sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff.
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William McKinley
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- statespersonpoliticianlawyer
- Biography
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William McKinley was an American politician who served as the 25th president of the United States from 1897 until his assassination in 1901. A member of the Republican Party, he led a realignment that made Republicans largely dominant in the industrial states and nationwide for decades. He presided over victory in the Spanish–American War of 1898; gained control of Hawaii, Puerto Rico, the Philippines and Cuba; restored prosperity after a deep depression; rejected the inflationary monetary policy of free silver, keeping the nation on the gold standard; and raised protective tariffs.
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Trent Reznor
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- guitaristpianistvocalistsinger-songwritercomposer
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Michael Trent Reznor is an American musician, singer, songwriter, record producer, and composer. He serves as the lead vocalist, multi-instrumentalist, and principal songwriter of the industrial rock band Nine Inch Nails, which he founded in 1988 and of which he was the sole official member until 2016. The first Nine Inch Nails album, Pretty Hate Machine (1989), was a commercial and critical success. Reznor has since released 11 more Nine Inch Nails studio albums.
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R. Budd Dwyer
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- politicianteacher
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Robert Budd Dwyer was an American politician. He served from 1965 to 1971 as a Republican member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives and from 1971 to 1981 as a member of the Pennsylvania State Senate representing the state's 50th district. Dwyer then served as the 67th state treasurer of Pennsylvania from January 20, 1981, until January 22, 1987, when he committed suicide during a live press conference.
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Clarence Darrow
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- lawyerjuristwriterpolitician
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Clarence Seward Darrow was an American lawyer who became famous in the 19th century for high profile representations of trade union causes, and in the 20th century century for several criminal matters, including the Leopold and Loeb murder trial, the Scopes "monkey" trial, and the Ossian Sweet defense. He was a leading member of the American Civil Liberties Union and a prominent advocate for Georgist economic reform. Darrow was also well known as a public speaker, debater, and miscellaneous writer. He is considered by some legal analysts and lawyers to be the greatest lawyer of the 20th century. He was posthumously inducted into the Trial Lawyer Hall of Fame.
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Ida Tarbell
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- historianwriterinvestigative journalistbiographerjournalist
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Ida Minerva Tarbell was an American writer, investigative journalist, biographer and lecturer. She was one of the leading muckrakers and reformers of the Progressive Era of the late 19th and early 20th centuries and was a pioneer of investigative journalism.
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Ben Burtt
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- voice actorsound designeractorfilm directoraudio engineer
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Benjamin Burtt Jr. is an American sound designer, film director and editor, screenwriter, and voice actor. As a sound designer, his credits include the Star Wars and Indiana Jones film series, Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978), E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982), WALL-E (2008), and Star Trek (2009).
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Marco Arment
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- podcasterbloggerwritersoftware developer
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Marco Arment is an American iOS developer and web developer, podcaster, technology writer and former magazine editor. As a developer, he is best known for being chief technology officer for Tumblr and creating Instapaper and Overcast.
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Glenn Beckert
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- baseball player
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Glenn Alfred Beckert was an American professional baseball player. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a second baseman for the Chicago Cubs for nine seasons from 1965 to 1973, before ending his career with the San Diego Padres in 1975. He was a four-time All-Star and a Gold Glove Award winner.
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Stan Drayton
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- American football coach
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Stanley Drayton is an American football coach. He is currently the head coach at Temple University. He formerly served as the associate head coach, running backs coach, and run game coordinator at The University of Texas at Austin and also coached running backs for the Chicago Bears and Ohio State.
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Raymond P. Shafer
- Enrolled in Allegheny College
- 1934-1938 graduated with Bachelor of Arts
- Occupations
- politicianlawyermilitary officer
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Raymond Philip Shafer was an American attorney and politician who served as the 39th governor of Pennsylvania from 1967 to 1971. Prior to that, he served as the 23rd lieutenant governor of Pennsylvania from 1963 to 1967 and as a Pennsylvania state senator from 1959 to 1962. He was a national leader of the moderate wing of the Republican Party in the late 1960s.
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William B. Allison
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- politicianlawyer
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William Boyd Allison was an American politician. An early leader of the Iowa Republican Party, he represented northeastern Iowa in the United States House of Representatives before representing his state in the United States Senate. By the 1890s, Allison had become one of the "big four" key Republicans who largely controlled the Senate, along with Orville H. Platt of Connecticut, John Coit Spooner of Wisconsin and Nelson W. Aldrich of Rhode Island.
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Brad Will
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- journalistenvironmentalistphotographerdirector
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Bradley Roland Will was an American activist, videographer and journalist. He was affiliated with Indymedia. On October 27, 2006, during a labor dispute in the Mexican city of Oaxaca, Will was shot twice, possibly by government-aligned paramilitaries, resulting in his death.
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Brooke McEldowney
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- comics artist
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Brooke McEldowney is a writer and musician, known as the creator of the comics 9 Chickweed Lane and Pibgorn.
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Matt Berkey
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- poker player
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Matthew Berkey is an American professional poker player from Leechburg, Pennsylvania who focuses on live no limit hold 'em cash games.
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Alex Steffen
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- environmentalistwriter
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Alex Steffen is an American futurist and advocate of 'bright green environmentalism' who writes and speaks about sustainability and the future of the planet. He emphasizes the importance of imagining persuasive, positive possible futures: "It's literally true that we can't build what we can't imagine,... The fact that we haven't compellingly imagined a thriving, dynamic, sustainable world is a major reason we don't already live in one."
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Paul Siple
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- explorergeographer
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Paul Allman Siple was an American Antarctic explorer and geographer who took part in six Antarctic expeditions, including the two Byrd expeditions of 1928–1930 and 1933–1935, representing the Boy Scouts of America as an Eagle Scout. In addition to being an Eagle Scout, Siple was also a Sea Scout. His first and third books covered these adventures. With Charles F. Passel he developed the wind chill factor, and Siple coined the term.
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Paul Ssemogerere
- Years
- 1932-2022 (aged 90)
- Occupations
- politician
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Paul Kawanga Ssemogerere was a Ugandan politician who was the leader of the Democratic Party for 25 years, and one of the main players in Ugandan politics until his retirement in 2005.
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Benjamin F. Martin
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- politicianlawyerteacher
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Benjamin Franklin Martin was a nineteenth-century politician, lawyer and teacher from Virginia and West Virginia.
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Victoria Lipnic
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Victoria Ann Lipnic is an American lawyer and public figure. She served in multiple senior United States government positions. She was Commissioner of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), nominated to two terms by President Barack Obama, 2010 – 2020.) She served as Chair (Acting) of the EEOC under President Donald J. Trump from 2017 – 2019. Prior to her appointments to the EEOC, she was Assistant Secretary of Labor under President George W. Bush. The United States Senate confirmed her unanimously to each of these positions.
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Jon M. Davis
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- military personnel
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Jon M. Davis is a retired United States Marine Corps lieutenant general. His last assignment in the Marine Corps was as the Deputy Commandant for Aviation.
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Henry David Cooke
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- journalistbusinesspersonpolitician
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Henry David Cooke was an American financier, journalist, railroad executive, and politician. He was the younger brother of Philadelphia financier Jay Cooke. A member of the Republican political machine in post-Civil War Washington, D.C., Cooke was appointed first territorial governor of the District of Columbia by Ulysses S. Grant.
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Salome Samadashvili
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- politician
- Biography
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Salome Samadashvili is a Georgian politician and former diplomat who has served as a United National Movement (UNM) Member of Parliament (MP) since 2020. She previously was an MP from 2004 to 2005 and again from 2016 until 2020.
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Robert J. Corbett
- Enrolled in Allegheny College
- Studied in 1927
- Occupations
- clerkpoliticianteacher
- Biography
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Robert James Corbett was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.
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Afua Osei
- Born in
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United States - Occupations
- businessperson
- Biography
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Afua Osei is an entrepreneur, investor and public speaker who co-founded She Leads Africa, a media company for millennial African women.
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W. Scott Hardy
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- judgelawyer
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William Scott Hardy is a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania.
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James Mills Thoburn
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- priestbiographermissionary
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James Mills Thoburn was an American bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church as well as an author. He did missionary work in India.
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Thomas Tipton
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- politicianlawyer
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Thomas Weston Tipton was a Senator from Nebraska.
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Jay Luvaas
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- university teachermilitary historian
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Jay Luvaas was an American military historian who was an expert on the American Civil War and the history of military theory. He was the first civilian to hold a visiting professorship of military history at West Point, and was a professor of military history at the United States Army War College in Carlisle, Pennsylvania. He was the founder of the modern military staff ride, and was a two-time recipient of the Outstanding Civilian Service Medal of the Department of the Army.
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Aylett R. Cotton
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- lawyerpoliticianjudgeteacher
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Aylett Rains Cotton was an American politician, lawyer, judge, educator and miner active in Iowa and Northern California.
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Allison White
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- politicianlawyer
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Allison White was a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.
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Lloyd Lowndes Jr
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- politicianlawyer
- Biography
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Lloyd Lowndes Jr., a member of the United States Republican Party, was an American attorney and politician, the 43rd Governor of Maryland from 1896 to 1900 and a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from the sixth district of Maryland from 1873 to 1875.
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William Alfred Quayle
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- biographerpoet
- Biography
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William Alfred Quayle was an American Bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church, elected in 1908.
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Jane Earll
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- politician
- Biography
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Jane M. Earll is an American attorney, politician and former Republican member of the Pennsylvania State Senate who represented the 49th District from 1997 to 2013.
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Charles N. Crosby
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- politician
- Biography
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Charles Noel Crosby was a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania and an American football coach in the early years of the sport.
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Frank A. Montgomery
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- autobiographerpolitician
- Biography
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Frank Alexander Montgomery was an American politician best known for his memoir of life as a Confederate cavalry officer in the Western Theater of the American Civil War (1861–1865) called Reminiscences of a Mississippian in Peace and War (1901).
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Peter Moore Speer
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- politicianlawyer
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Peter Moore Speer was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.
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Edward Gay Rohrbough
- Enrolled in Allegheny College
- Studied in 1900
- Occupations
- bankerpoliticianteacher
- Biography
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Edward Gay Rohrbough was a Republican United States Representative from West Virginia. He was born in 1874, near Buckhannon, West Virginia, in Upshur County, West Virginia. He served in the Seventy-eighth and Eightieth Congress. He died December 12, 1956.
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George A. Cobham, Jr
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- military officer
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George Ashworth Cobham Jr. commanded the 111th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry in the American Civil War and rose to brigade command before being killed in battle.
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Gerald E. McClearn
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- psychologistbehavior geneticist
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Gerald "Jerry" McClearn was an American behavior geneticist and professor emeritus of health and human development and biobehavioral health at the Pennsylvania State University.
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Erastus Wentworth
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- Christian minister
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Erastus Wentworth was an educator, a Methodist Episcopal minister, and a missionary to Fuzhou, China.
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Henry Donnel Foster
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- politicianlawyer
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Henry Donnel Foster was a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.
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John F. Murtaugh
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- 1874-1918 (aged 44)
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- politician
- Biography
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John Francis Murtaugh was an American lawyer and politician from New York.
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W. S. Boreland
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- head coach
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Walter Siverly Borland was an American college football and college baseball coach. He served as the head football coach at Louisiana State University from 1901 to 1903, compiling a record of 15–7. Borland was also the head coach of the LSU baseball team from 1902 to 1903, tallying a mark of 10–11–1. Borland was a graduate of Allegheny College in 1900. While at Allegheny College, he was captain of the baseball team and sophomore class president in 1898. He was a member of Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity at Allegheny College. He died in 1959 and was buried in Oil City, Pennsylvania.
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Marvin O. Bridges
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- player of American football
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Marvin Orestus Bridges was an American football, basketball, and baseball player and football coach. He served in the Spanish-American War, and is buried at Arlington National Cemetery.
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Milton Barnes
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- politicianlawyer
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Milton Barnes was a Republican politician who was Ohio Secretary of State from 1877 to 1881.
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Amos Myers
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- 1824-1893 (aged 69)
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- politicianlawyer
- Biography
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Amos Myers was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.
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Bernadette Geyer
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- 1968-.. (age 56)
- Occupations
- writerpoet
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Bernadette K. Geyer is a poet, writer, translator, and editor in Berlin, Germany.
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Daniel Brodhead Heiner
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- politicianlawyer
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Daniel Brodhead Heiner was an American lawyer and politician who served as a two-term Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania from 1893 to 1897.
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Arthur Laban Bates
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- politicianlawyer
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Arthur Laban Bates was a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from the state of Pennsylvania.
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Victor M. Rice
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- 1818-1869 (aged 51)
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Victor Moreau Rice was an American educator and politician from New York.
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James M. Williams
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- politicianlawyer
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James M. Williams was a politician from Cleveland, Ohio, United States. He was a member of the Ohio House of Representatives and the Ohio State Senate, and was President of the Senate for two years.
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Samuel Bernard Dick
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- politician
- Biography
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Samuel Bernard Dick was an American politician who served as a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania from 1879 to 1881.
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Larry Boylan
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Laurence Charles Boylan was an American educator most notably for serving as an administrator at what is now known as Emporia State University. Before serving as president of the Kansas State Teachers College (KSTC), Boylan was the Dean of Graduate Studies at KSTC and served at a couple of different institutions before coming to Emporia.
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Janette Hill Knox
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- temperance workersocial reformerwriternewspaper editorlecturer
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Janette Hill Knox was an American temperance reformer, suffragist, teacher, author and editor.
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John Sherrod
- Enrolled in Allegheny College
- In 1947 graduated with bachelor's degree in mathematics
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- information scientistmeteorologistlibrarian
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John Sherrod was an American meteorologist and information scientist.
