Charles Henry Van Wyck was a Representative from New York,a Senator from Nebraska,and a Union Army brigadier general in the American Civil War.
William Wallace Eaton was a United States representative and United States senator from Connecticut.
Bishop Walden Perkins was a United States representative and Senator from Kansas. Born in Rochester,Ohio,he attended the common schools and Knox College. He prospected for gold through California and New Mexico from 1860 to 1862 and served four years in the Union Army during the Civil War as sergeant,adjutant,and captain. He studied law in Ottawa,Illinois and was admitted to the bar in 1867,commencing the practice of law in Princeton,Indiana. He moved to Oswego,Kansas and continued practice;he was a local county attorney for the Missouri,Kansas &Texas Railroad for two years and prosecuting attorney of Labette County in 1869. He was a judge of the probate court of Labette County from 1870 to 1882,and became editor of the Oswego Register in 1873.
Frank Hereford was a United States representative and Senator from West Virginia.
John Chiles Houk was an American politician and a member of the United States House of Representatives for the 2nd congressional district of Tennessee.
Samuel West Peel was an American lawyer,politician,and jurist who served as a member of the United States House of Representatives from 1883 to 1893.
William Evans Arthur was a U.S. Representative from Kentucky.
Edward John King was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.
George Everett Adams was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.
George Washington Prince was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.
Greenbury Lafayette Fort was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.
John Breese Hay was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.
Lewis Edwin Payson was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.
Thomas Jefferson Henderson was a U.S. Representative from Illinois and a Union Army officer during the American Civil War.
Jasper Delos Ward was a U.S. Representative from Illinois. He is also the great great grandfather of Congressman Mike Ward,D-KY 3 (Louisville),1995-1997.
Henry Blackstone Banning was a lawyer and three-term U.S. Representative from Ohio,as well as an infantry officer in the Union Army during the American Civil War.
William David Hill was a U.S. Representative from Ohio.
Lewis Hanback was a U.S. Representative from Kansas.
Joseph Horace Lewis was an American lawyer,military leader and politician. He served as a brigadier general in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War,and later a U.S. Representative from Kentucky and justice of the Kentucky Court of Appeals,the court of last resort in Kentucky at the time.
Alfred Marion Craig was an American judge from Illinois. Born and raised in the state,he was first elected as Knox County judge before he was named to the Illinois Supreme Court in 1873. Craig served three nine-year terms there,as Chief Justice four times.
