Index to Politicians: Casemore to Casey
CASEY: See also William Casey Marland, Hiram Casey Young.
Casey, Betty Lou Larson South Dakota state auditor, 1961-1963.
Still living as of 1963.
Casey, Bob See Robert Randolph 'Bob' Casey
Casey, Bob See Robert Patrick 'Bob' Casey
Casey, Charles P. of Carrollton, Ill. Alternate delegate to
Democratic National Convention
from Illinois at-large, 1948. Still living as of 1948.
Casey, D. C., Jr. of Mount Eden, Ky. Member of Kentucky state house
of representatives
33rd District; elected 1955. Still living as of 1955.
Casey, Franklin S. Delegate to Illinois state constitutional
convention, 1847. Burial location
unknown.
Casey, James J. Connecticut state comptroller, 1966-1967. Still
living as of 1975.
Casey, John Joseph (1875-1929) Born in Luzerne County, Pa., May 26,
1875. Member
of Pennsylvania state house of representatives, 1907; U.S.
Representative from
Pennsylvania, 1913-1917, 1919-1921, 1923-1925, 1927-1929 (11th
District 1913-1917,
1919-1921, 12th District 1923-1925, 1927-1929). Interment at St.
Mary's Cemetery,
Hanover Township, Luzerne County, Pa. (See also his congressional
biography.)
CASEY, John Joseph, 1875-1929
CASEY, John Joseph, a Representative from
Pennsylvania;
born in Wilkes-Barre Township, Luzerne County,
Pa., May 26,
1875; attended the public schools and St.
Marys parochial
school; member of the State house of
representatives
1907-1909; elected as a Democrat to the
Sixty-third and
Sixty-fourth Congresses (March 4, 1913-March 3,
1917);
unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1916
to the Sixty-fifth
Congress; appointed a member of the advisory
council to the
Secretary of Labor in 1918; appointed labor
advisor and
executive of the labor adjustment division,
Emergency Fleet
Corporation, United States Shipping Board,
during the First
World War; elected to the Sixty-sixth Congress
(March 4,
1919-March 3, 1921); unsuccessful candidate for
reelection in
1920 to the Sixty-seventh Congress; elected to
the Sixty-eighth
Congress (March 4, 1923-March 3, 1925);
unsuccessful
candidate for reelection in 1924 to the
Sixty-ninth Congress;
business agent for the Plumbers and Steam
Fitters Union;
elected to the Seventieth and Seventy-first
Congresses and
served from March 4, 1927, until his death at
Balboa, Canal
Zone, May 5, 1929; interment in St. Marys
Cemetery, Hanover
Township, Luzerne County, Pa.
Casey, Joseph (1814-1879) Born in Ringgold Manor, Md., December 17,
1814. U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 13th District, 1849-1851; Judge of
U.S. Court of Claims,
1861. Died February 10, 1879. Interment at Oak Hill Cemetery,
Washington, D.C. (See
also his congressional biography.)
CASEY, Joseph, 1814-1879
CASEY, Joseph, a Representative from
Pennsylvania; born at
Ringgold Manor, Washington County, Md.,
December 17, 1814;
studied law in Carlisle, Pa.; was admitted to
the bar in 1838 and
commenced practice in Bloomfield, Perry County,
Pa.; moved to
New Berlin, Pa., and resumed the practice of
law; elected as a
Whig to the Thirty-first Congress (March 4,
1849-March 3,
1851); declined to be a candidate for
renomination in 1850; again
engaged in the practice of his profession; in
1856 was appointed
reporter of the decisions of the supreme court
of Pennsylvania,
which position he held until 1861; was
appointed in 1861 by
President Lincoln one of the judges of the
court of claims; upon
the reorganization of that court in 1863 was
appointed chief
justice and was the first person to serve in
that capacity, holding
the position until December 1870, when he
resigned; engaged in
the practice of law in Washington, D.C., until
his death, February
10, 1879; interment in Oak Hill Cemetery.
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Casey, Joseph Edward (1898-1980) of Clinton, Mass. Born in
Massachusetts, December
17, 1898. U.S. Representative from Massachusetts 3rd District,
1935-1943; candidate for
U.S. Senator from Massachusetts, 1942; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from
Massachusetts at-large, 1948. Died September 1, 1980. Interment at
Arlington National
Cemetery, Arlington, Va. (See also his congressional biography.)
CASEY, Joseph, 1814-1879
CASEY, Joseph, a Representative from
Pennsylvania; born at
Ringgold Manor, Washington County, Md.,
December 17, 1814;
studied law in Carlisle, Pa.; was admitted to
the bar in 1838 and
commenced practice in Bloomfield, Perry County,
Pa.; moved to
New Berlin, Pa., and resumed the practice of
law; elected as a
Whig to the Thirty-first Congress (March 4,
1849-March 3,
1851); declined to be a candidate for
renomination in 1850; again
engaged in the practice of his profession; in
1856 was appointed
reporter of the decisions of the supreme court
of Pennsylvania,
which position he held until 1861; was
appointed in 1861 by
President Lincoln one of the judges of the
court of claims; upon
the reorganization of that court in 1863 was
appointed chief
justice and was the first person to serve in
that capacity, holding
the position until December 1870, when he
resigned; engaged in
the practice of law in Washington, D.C., until
his death, February
10, 1879; interment in Oak Hill Cemetery.
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Casey, Levi (1752?-1807) Born in South Carolina. Member of South
Carolina state
senate, 1781; state court judge, 1785; member of South Carolina
state house of
representatives, 1786; U.S. Representative from South Carolina 6th
District, 1803-1807.
Died February 3, 1807. Interment at Congressional Cemetery,
Washington, D.C. (See also
his congressional biography.)
CASEY, Levi, ca. 1752-1807
CASEY, Levi, a Representative from South
Carolina; born in
that State about 1752; served in the
Continental Army during the
Revolutionary War; elected brigadier general of
militia; justice of
Newberry County Court in 1785; member of the
State senate in
1781 and 1782 and 1800-1802; member of the
State house of
representatives 1786-1788, 1792-1795 and
1798-1799; elected
as a Republican to the Eighth and Ninth
Congresses and served
from March 4, 1803, until his death, before the
close of the Ninth
Congress; had been reelected to the Tenth
Congress; died in
Washington, D.C., February 3, 1807; interment
in the
Congressional Cemetery.
Casey, Lyman Rufus (1837-1914) Born in New York. U.S. Senator from
North Dakota,
1889-1893. Interment at Greenmount Cemetery, Baltimore, Md. (See
also his congressional
biography.)
CASEY, Lyman Rufus, 1837-1914
Years of Service: 1889-1893
Party: Republican
CASEY, Lyman Rufus, a Senator from North
Dakota; born
in York, Livingston County, N.Y., May 6, 1837;
moved with his
parents to Ypsilanti, Mich., in 1853; received
a classical
education; engaged in the hardware business for
many years;
moved to Carrington, Foster County, Territory
of Dakota, in
1882 and became a rancher; chairman of the
North Dakota
Committee on Irrigation; commissioner of Foster
County in 1887;
upon the admission of North Dakota as a State
into the Union
was elected as a Republican to the United
States Senate and
served from November 25, 1889, to March 3,
1893;
unsuccessful candidate for renomination in
1892; chairman,
Committee on Railroads (Fifty-second Congress);
moved to
New York City; returned to Washington, D.C.,
and died there
January 26, 1914; interment in Greenmount
Cemetery, Baltimore,
Md.
Casey, Mary Ann U.S. Ambassador to Algeria, 1991-1994. Still living
as of 1994.
Casey, Mildred of Chicago, Ill. Delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Illinois
1st District, 1948. Still living as of 1948.
Casey, Robert Patrick 'Bob' (1932- ) of Scranton, Pa. Born in
Jackson Heights, N.Y.,
January 9, 1932. Member of Pennsylvania state senate, 1962-1966;
delegate to
Pennsylvania state constitutional convention, 1967-1968;
Pennsylvania state auditor general,
1969-; Governor of Pennsylvania, 1987-; defeated in Democratic
primary, 1970. Still living
as of 1994.
Casey, Robert Randolph 'Bob' (1915-1986) of Houston, Tex. Born in
Joplin, Mo., July
27, 1915. Member of Texas state house of representatives,
1948-1949; county judge,
1950-1958; U.S. Representative from Texas 22nd District, 1959-1976.
Died in Houston,
Tex., April 17, 1986. Interment at Memorial Oaks Cemetery, Houston,
Tex. (See also his
congressional biography.)
CASEY, Robert Randolph, 1915-1986
CASEY, Robert Randolph, a Representative from
Texas;
born in Joplin, Jasper County, Mo., July 27,
1915; moved with
his parents to Houston, Tex., in 1930 and
graduated from San
Jacinto High School; student at the University
of Houston, also
the South Texas School of Law 1934-1940; was
admitted to the
Texas bar in 1940 and commenced the practice of
law in Alvin,
Tex.; served as city attorney of Alvin, Tex.,
in 1942 and 1943;
member of the school board; in 1943 returned to
Houston as an
assistant district attorney in Harris County in
charge of the civil
department; in 1948 was elected to the State
house of
representatives and served in the regular and
special sessions of
the fifty-first legislature; elected county
judge of Harris County in
1950, 1952, and again in 1954 for a four-year
term; member of
board of regents of the South Texas College of
Law, board of
directors of the Speech and Hearing Center, and
director of the
South Texas Law Journal, Inc.; elected as a
Democrat to the
Eighty-sixth and to the eight succeeding
Congresses and served
from January 3, 1959, until his resignation
January 22, 1976, to
become a Commissioner on the Federal Maritime
Commission;
was a resident of Houston, Tex.; died in
Houston April 17, 1986.
Casey, Samuel Lewis (1821-1902) Born in Kentucky. Member of
Kentucky state
legislature; U.S. Representative from Kentucky 1st District,
1862-1863. Cremated; ashes
interred at Caseyville Cemetery, Caseyville, Ky. (See also his
congressional biography.)
CASEY, Samuel Lewis, 1821-1902
CASEY, Samuel Lewis, a Representative from
Kentucky;
born near Caseyville, Union County, Ky.,
February 12, 1821;
attended the country schools; engaged in
mercantile pursuits;
member of the State house of representatives
1860-1862;
elected as a Unionist to the Thirty-seventh
Congress to fill the
vacancy caused by the expulsion of Henry C.
Burnett and served
from March 10, 1862, to March 3, 1863; retired
from active
business pursuits; died in St. Joseph, Mo.,
August 25, 1902; the
remains were cremated and the ashes interred in
Caseyville
Cemetery, Caseyville, Ky.
Casey, William Robert, Jr. (1944- ) U.S. Ambassador to Niger,
1982-1985. Still living
as of 1991.
Casey, Zadoc (1796-1862) Born in Greene County, Ga., March 7, 1796.
Member of
Illinois state house of representatives, 1822-1826, 1848-1852;
Speaker of the Illinois State
House of Representatives, 1852; member of Illinois state senate,
1826-1830, 1860-1862;
Lieutenant Governor of Illinois, 1830-1833; U.S. Representative
from Illinois 2nd District,
1833-1843; delegate to Illinois state constitutional convention,
1847; delegate to Illinois
state constitutional convention, 1860. Died in Caseyville, Ill.,
September 4, 1862. Interment
at Old Union Cemetery, Mount Vernon, Ill. (See also his
congressional biography.)
CASEY, Zadoc, 1796-1862
CASEY, Zadoc, a Representative from Illinois;
born in
Greene County, Ga., March 7, 1796; attended the
common
schools; moved to Illinois in 1819 and settled
near the present
site of Mount Vernon, Jefferson County; member
of the State
house of representatives 1822-1826; served in
the State senate
1826-1830; elected Lieutenant Governor of
Illinois in 1830;
volunteer in the Black Hawk War in 1832;
elected as a
Jacksonian to the Twenty-third and
Twenty-fourth Congresses,
as a Democrat to the Twenty-fifth and
Twenty-sixth Congresses,
and as an Independent Democrat to the
Twenty-seventh
Congress (March 4, 1833-March 3, 1843);
chairman,
Committee on Public Lands (Twenty-fifth
Congress), Committee
on Private Land Claims (Twenty-sixth Congress);
unsuccessful
candidate for reelection in 1842 to the
Twenty-eighth Congress;
delegate to the State constitutional
conventions in 1848 and
1860; again a member of the State house of
representatives
1848-1852, and served as speaker in 1852; again
served in the
State senate 1860-1862; retired to his farm,
Elm Hill, near
Mount Vernon, Ill.; died in Caseyville, St.
Clair County, Ill.,
which was named after him, September 4, 1862;
interment in old
Union Cemetery, near Mount Vernon, Ill.
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