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United States Representative from Delaware
( March 4, 1887 to March 3, 1891 )
  • His two daughters, Mary & Ida, were murdered after eating poison candy sent by a jealous lover of Mary's husband John.

  • Born:December 20, 1825 - Near New Castle, Delaware
  • Parents:Currently Unknown
  • Married:Rebecca Rowan - ( 1827-1901 - "View Online Memorial" )
  • Children:Henry - ( 1846-1886 - Marrried Clara B. _____ - "View Online Memorial" )
    Thomas M. - ( 1858-1861 - "View Online Memorial" )
    Ida H. - ( 1854-1898 - "Murdered" - married J. D. Deane - "View Online Memorial" )
    Mary Elizabeth - ( 1863-1898 - "Murdered" - married John P. Dunning - "View Online Memorial" )

  • Pursued an academic course in New Castle and Newark, Del., and was graduated from Jefferson College, Canonsburg, Pa.
  • Engaged in teaching in Indiana for several years
  • Returned to Delaware; studied law
  • Admitted to the Delaware bar in 1857 and commenced practice in Dover, Delaware
  • Served in the Delaware State House of Representatives in 1857
  • Clerk of the Delaware State House of Representatives in 1859, 1863, and 1871
  • Appointed United States Attorney for the District of Delaware in 1868 by President Andrew Johnson and served until 1872
  • Appointed Delaware State Attorney General by Governor James Ponder in 1874 and served until 1878
  • Elected as a Democrat to the Fiftieth and Fifty-first Congresses and served from March 4, 1887 to March 3, 1891; was not a candidate for renomination in 1890
  • Resumed the practice of law at Dover, De

  • Passed Away:Dover, Delaware, on June 1, 1902
  • Interred:Presbyterian Cemetery, Dover, Delaware
  • Home:Dover, Delaware - The Old Green

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United States Representative from Delaware
( March 4, 1891 to March 3, 1895 )
  • Born:September 3, 1842 - Milford, Delaware
  • Parents:Currently unknown
  • Married:Annie Bell Causey - ( Apr. 20, 1854 - May 7, 1918 - "View Online Memorial )
  • Children:Currently unknown

  • Attended a private school and Albany Academy, New York, and was graduated from the Pennsylvania Agricultural College
  • Engaged in agricultural pursuits
  • Served in the Delaware State Senate, 1875-1877
  • Delegate to the Democratic National Convention in 1884
  • Appointed internal-revenue collector for Delaware by "President Grover Cleveland" in 1885 and served until 1887
  • Elected as a Democrat to the Fifty-second and Fifty-third Congresses and served from March 4, 1891 to March 3, 1895; was not a candidate for renomination in 1894
  • Resumed agricultural pursuits
  • President of an insurance company

  • Passed Away:Milford, Delaware - October 1, 1908 - Age
  • Interred:Odd Fellows Cemetery, Milford, Delaware
  • Home:Currently unknown

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United States Representative from Delaware
( March 4, 1895 to March 3, 1897 )


          
    " Jonathan Spencer Willis "

  • Born:April 5, 1830 - Oxford, Talbot County, Maryland
  • Parents:Currently unknown
  • Married:Edith G. Willis - (1855 - 1914)
  • Children:Currently unknown

  • Attended the district schools and studied under private tutors
  • Taught school seven years and then entered the ministry of the Methodist Episcopal Church
  • Served charges in Maryland, Delaware, Philadelphia, Pa., New York City, and Stamford, Conn.; retired from the ministry in 1884
  • Settled on a farm near Milford, Del., and engaged in fruit growing
  • Unsuccessful Republican candidate for election in 1892 to the Fifty-third Congress being defeated by incumbant "John William Causey".
  • Elected as a Republican to the Fifty-fourth Congress by defeating future Congressman "Levin Irving Handy" and served from March 4, 1895 to March 3, 1897; unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1896 to the Fifty-fifth Congress being defeated by "Levin Irving Handy"
  • Engaged in agricultural pursuits

  • Passed Away:Milford, Delaware - November 24, 1903 - Age 73
  • Interred:Barrett’s Chapel Cemetery, near Frederica, Delaware
  • Home:Currently unknown

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United States Representative from Delaware
( March 4, 1897 to March 3, 1899 )
  • Born:December 24, 1861 - Berlin, Worcester County, Maryland


          
    " Levin Handy "

  • Parents:Currently unknown
  • Married:Mary Bell Handy - (1857 - 1933)
  • Children:Currently unknown

  • Attended the public schools in Maryland and New York
  • Taught school at Damos Quarter, Somerset County, Maryland
  • Elected principal of the high school at Smyrna, Delaware, in 1881
  • Superintendent of free schools in Kent County 1887-1890
  • Principal of Old Newark Academy, Newark, Delaware, 1890-1892
  • Editorial writer on the Wilmington Every Evening in 1894 and 1895
  • Unsuccessful candidate for election in 1894 to the Fifty-fourth Congress being defeated by "Jonathan S. Willis".
  • studied law
  • Admitted to the Delaware bar in 1899 and practiced in Wilmington, Delaware
  • Elected as a Democrat to the Fifty-fifth Congress by defeating incumbant "Jonathan S. Willis" and served from March 4, 1897 to March 3, 1899; unsuccessful candidate for reelection to the Fifty-sixth Congress being defeated by "John H. Hoffecker"
  • Unsuccessful candidate for Attorney General in 1904
  • Unsuccessful candidate for election to the Sixty-first Congress being defeated by "William H. Heald"
  • Delegate to the Democratic National Conventions in 1900, 1904, and 1908
  • Resumed the practice of law in Wilmington, Delaware

  • Passed Away:Wilmington, New Castle County, Delaware - February 3, 1922 - Age 60
  • Interred:Glenwood Cemetery, Smyrna, Delaware
  • Home:Currently unknown

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United States Representative from Delaware
( March 4, 1899 to June 16, 1900 )


          
    " John Henry Hoffecker "

  • Passed Away in Office

  • Born:September 12, 1827 - Mansion House, near Smyrna, Kent County, Delaware
  • Parents:Currently unknown
  • Married:Currently unknown
  • Children:Walter Oakley - ( 1854-1934 - "U.S. Congressman" )

  • Attended public and private schools; was graduated in civil engineering, and engaged in his profession in Smyrna in 1853
  • Delegate to the Republican National Convention in 1876 and 1884
  • Served in the Delaware State House of Representatives in 1888, and on January 1, 1889, was chosen Speaker of the House
  • President of the town council of Smyrna in 1878 and served continuously by reelection until 1898
  • Unsuccessful candidate for Governor in 1896 losing to "Ebe W. Tunnell"
  • Elected as a Republican to the Fifty-sixth Congress by defeating incumbant "Levin I. Handy" and served from March 4, 1899, until his death

  • Passed Away:Smyrna, Kent County, Delaware - June 16, 1900
  • Interred:Glenwood Cemetery, Smyrna, Delaware
  • Home:Currently unknown

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United States Representative from Delaware
( November 6, 1900 to March 3, 1901 )
  • Born:September 20, 1854 - near Smyrna, Kent County, Delaware
  • Parents:"John Henry Hoffecker" & _____
  • Married:Currently unknown
  • Children:Currently unknown

  • Attended the public schools in Smyrna and was graduated from Smyrna Seminary in 1872
  • In September 1873 entered Lehigh University, Bethlehem, Pa.; studied civil engineering and followed that profession
  • President of the Philadelphia & Smyrna Transportation Co.
  • Engaged in the general insurance business in 1884; also engaged in the canning industry and in banking
  • Elected as a Republican to the Fifty-sixth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of his father "John H. Hoffecker" and served from November 6, 1900, until March 3, 1901; was not a candidate for renomination in 1900
  • Resumed business activities in Smyrna, Delaware
  • Delegate to the Republican National Convention in 1908
  • Member of the Delaware State Highway Commission

  • Passed Away:Smyrna, Delaware - January 23, 1934 - Age 79
  • Interred:Glenwood Cemetery, Smyrna, Delaware
  • Home:Currently unknown

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U.S. Representative from Delaware
( March 3, 1903 - March 4, 1905 )
  • Born:July 10, 1847 - near Dagsboro, Delaware
  • Parents:Currently unknown
  • Married:Currently unknown
  • Children:Currently unknown

  • Attended the public schools and Newark Academy
  • Engaged in agricultural pursuits
  • Moved to Missouri in 1872
  • Returned to Delaware and settled in Millsboro, Delaware in 1875 and taught school for five years
  • Engaged in mercantile pursuits
  • Member of the Sussex County School Commission
  • Elected as a Democrat to the Fifty-eighth Congress and served from March 4, 1903 to March 3, 1905; was not a candidate for renomination in 1904
  • Engaged in lumber manufacturing and banking in Millsboro, Delaware

  • Passed Away:Milford, Delaware - April 5, 1925
  • Interred:Brotherhood Cemetery, Millsboro, Delaware
  • Home:Currently unknown

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U.S. Representative from Delaware
( March 4, 1905 - March 4, 1909 )


          
    " Hiram Rodney Burton "

  • Born: November 13, 1841, in Lewes, Delaware
  • Parents:Joshua Shephard & Ruth Rodney Burton
  • Married:Margaret _____
  • Children:Mary - ( Dec. 9,1886 - Dec. 12, 1886 - "View Online Memorial )
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  • Attended the public schools and St. Peter’s Academy at Lewes, Delaware
  • Taught for two years in the schools of Sussex County
  • Engaged in the dry goods business in Washington, D.C., 1862-1865
  • Graduated from the medical department of the University of Pennsylvania at Philadelphia in 1868 and practiced in Frankford, Delaware, from 1868 until 1872, when he moved back to Lewes, Delaware
  • Deputy Collector of customs for the port of Lewes 1877-1888
  • Acting assistant surgeon in the United States Marine Hospital Service 1890-1893, stationed at Lewes, Delaware
  • Unsuccessful candidate for the Delaware State Senate in 1898
  • Delegate to the Republican National Conventions in 1896, 1900, and 1908
  • Elected as a Republican to the Fifty-ninth and Sixtieth Congresses (March 4, 1905-March 3, 1909); unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1908 to the Sixty-first Congress
  • Resumed the practice of medicine in Lewes, Delaware
  • Director of the Lewes National Bank, Lewes, Delaware

  • Passed Away: Lewes, Delaware on June 17, 1927
  • Interment: St. Paul’s Episcopal Churchyard, Georgetown, Delaware
  • Home:Currently unknown

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U.S. Representative from Delaware - (1909 - 1913)
  • Born: August 27, 1864, in Wilmington, Delaware
  • Parents: Currently unknown
  • Married:Currently unknown
  • Children:Currently unknown

  • Graduated from the public schools of Wilmington, from the University of Delaware at Newark in 1883 and from the law department of George Washington University, Washington, D.C., in 1888
  • National Bank Examiner for the States of Montana, Idaho, Washington, and Oregon 1888-1892
  • Admitted to the Delaware bar and commenced practice in Wilmington, Delaware, in 1897
  • Postmaster of Wilmington, Delaware, 1901-1905
  • Elected as a Republican to the Sixty-first by defeating past Congressman "Levin I. Handy" and also to the Sixty-second Congresses (March 4, 1909-March 3, 1913); was not a candidate for renomination in 1912
  • Resumed the practice of law in Wilmington, Delaware
  • Engaged in banking; member of the board of trustees of the University of Delaware 1915-1939 and served as president from 1936 until his death

  • Passed Away: Wilmington, Delaware, on June 3, 1939
  • Interment:Wilmington and Brandywine Cemetery, Wilmington, Delaware
  • Home:Currently unknown

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U.S. Representative from Delaware - (1913 - 1915)
  • Born:August 6, 1865, in Blackbird Hundred, New Castle County, Delaware
  • Parents:Currently unknown
  • Married:Currently unknown
  • Children:Currently unknown

  • Attended the public schools; was graduated from the Wilmington Conference Academy at Dover, Delaware, in 1890
  • Engaged in mercantile pursuits
  • Teacher and Principal in the public schools at Port Penn and Marshallton, Delaware
  • Graduated from the law department of Washington and Lee University, Lexington, Va., in 1896
  • Admitted to the Delaware bar September 21, 1896, and commenced practice in Wilmington, Delaware
  • Served in the Delaware State House of Representatives 1908-1910
  • Elected as a Democrat to the Sixty-Third Congress by defeating future Congressman "Thomas W. Miller", son of "Governor Charles R. Miller" and served from March 4, 1913 to March 3, 1915; unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1914 to the Sixty-fourth Congress being defeated by "Thomas W. Miller"
  • Resumed the practice of law in Clayton, and Wilmington, Delaware

  • Passed Away:Clayton, Delaware, on March 16, 1942
  • Interment:Odd Fellows Cemetery, Smyrna, Delaware
  • Home:Currently unknown

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U.S. Representative from Delaware - (1915 - 1917)
  • Born:June 26, 1886, in Wilmington, Delaware
  • Parents:"Governor Charles R. Miller" & Abigail Morgan (Woodruff) Miller
  • Married:Currently unknown
  • Children:Currently unknown

  • Attended the Hotchkiss School; was graduated from Yale University in 1908
  • Interested in mining in Nevada since early youth
  • Employed as a steel roller by the Bethlehem Steel Co., in 1908 and 1909
  • Secretary to Representative "William H. Heald" of Delaware 1910-1912, and during this period studied law in Washington, D.C.
  • Secretary of the State of Delaware 1913-1915
  • Unsuccessful candidate for the Sixty-Third Congress being defeated by "Franklin Brockson"
  • Elected as a Republican to the Sixty-fourth Congress by defeating incumbant "Congressman Franklin Brockson" and served from March 4, 1915 to March 3, 1917; unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1916 to the Sixty-fifth Congress being defeated by "Alfred F. Polk"
  • During the First World War enlisted in July 1917 as a private in the Infantry of the United States Army; promoted to lieutenant colonel and served in France with the Seventy-ninth Division until discharged in September 1919
  • Awarded the Purple Heart
  • A founder and incorporator of the American Legion and vice chairman of the Paris caucus in March 1919
  • Alien Property Custodian 1921-1925
  • Member of the American Battle Monuments Commission 1923-1926
  • Founder Nevada State park system and chairman of the Nevada State Park Commission in 1935, 1936, 1953-1959, and 1967-1973
  • Staff field representative of the United States Veterans’ Employment Service, 1945-1957

  • Passed Away:Reno, NV., on May 5, 1973
  • Cremated:ashes interred in Masonic Memorial Gardens.
  • Home:Currently unknown

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U.S. Representative from Delaware - (1917 - 1919)
  • Born:October 11, 1869, in Frederica, Delaware
  • Parents:Currently unknown
  • Married:Currently unknown
  • Children:Currently unknown

  • Attended public and private schools; was graduated from Delaware College (now the University of Delaware), Newark, Del., in 1889; studied law
  • Admitted to the Delaware bar in 1892 and began practice in Georgetown, Delaware
  • Attorney for the Delaware State Senate in 1899
  • Member of the Georgetown Board of Education 1905-1912
  • Member and Secretary of the Board of Law Examiners of Sussex County 1914-1921
  • Elected as a Democrat to the Sixty-fifth Congress (March 4, 1917-March 3, 1919); was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1918 to the Sixty-sixth Congress
  • Resumed the practice of law
  • Moved to Wilmington, Del., in 1921 and continued the practice of his profession
  • Appointed United States Commissioner for the district of Delaware in 1929 and served until his retirement in 1951

  • Passed Away:Wilmington, Delaware, on February 14, 1955
  • Interment:Union Cemetery, Georgetown, Delaware
  • Home:Currently unknown

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