leader Eliza George, Civil War nurse (1863–1865) Phil GiaQuinta, Indiana State Representative (2006–present) George W. Gillie, U.S. Representative (1939–1949) Timothy Goeglein, White House Office of Public Engagement and Intergovernmental Affairs Deputy Director (2001–2008) Allen Hamilton, Allen County sheriff (1824–1826), Fort Wayne Postmaster (1825–1831), Allen County Auditor, Clerk, and Recorder (1831–1838) Mitch Harper, Indiana State Representative (1978–1990), Fort Wayne City Councilman (2008–2016) Paul Helmke, Fort Wayne Mayor (1988–2000), President of Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence (2006–2011), Founder of the Civic Leaders Center at Indiana University (2013-). Tom Henry, Fort Wayne City Councilman (1984–2004), Fort Wayne Mayor (2008–present) Richard E. Hoagland, U.S. Ambassador to Tajikistan (2003–2006), U.S. Ambassador to Kazakhstan (2008–2011), Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asia (2013–2015) William J. Hosey, Fort Wayne Mayor (1905–1909, 1913–1917, 1921–1925, 1929–1934) Merchant W. Huxford, doctor, Fort Wayne Mayor (1845–1849) Samuel D. Jackson, U.S. Senator (1944) Paul G. Jasper, Justice of the Indiana Supreme Court (1949-1953) Matt Kelty, politician, architect Edward H. Kruse, U.S. Representative (1949–1951) Henry Lawton, U.S. Army General (1861–1865, 1867–1899), namesake of Lawton, Oklahoma Thomas R. Marshall, 27th Governor of Indiana (1909–1913), 28th U.S. Vice President (1913–1921) Hugh McCulloch, first Comptroller of the Currency (1863–1865), U.S. Secretary of the Treasury (1865–1869, 1884–1885) Robert Meyers, Fort Wayne Mayor (1954–1959), Allen County Superior Court Judge (1971–1985) Winfield Moses, Fort Wayne City Councilman (1972–1979), Mayor (1980–1987), Indiana State Representative (1992–2012) Cherrish Pryor, Indiana State Representative (2008–present) Ben Quayle, U.S. Representative (2011–2013) Graham Richard, entrepreneur, Fort Wayne Mayor (2000–2008) James M. Robinson, judge, U.S. Representative (1897–1905) Mark Souder, U.S. Representative (1995–2010) Harold J. Warner, Oregon Supreme Court Chief Justice (1955–1957) James Bain White, U.S. Representative (1887–1889) George W. Wood, first Fort Wayne Mayor (1840–1841) James Worden, twelfth Fort Wayne Mayor (1865-1866), Justice of the Indiana Supreme Court (1858-1865, 1871-1882) Religious leaders Herman Joseph Alerding, bishop of Roman Catholic Diocese of Fort Wayne-South Bend (1900–1924) John Chapman, Swedenborgian, nurseryman, missionary, famous American folklore figure Johnny Appleseed John Michael D'Arcy, auxiliary bishop of Archdiocese of Boston (1974–1985), bishop of Roman Catholic Diocese of Fort Wayne-South Bend (1985–2009) William Edward McManus, auxiliary bishop of Archdiocese of Chicago (1967–1976), bishop of Roman Catholic Diocese of Fort Wayne-South Bend (1976–1985) Archbishop John F. Noll, bishop of Roman Catholic Diocese of Fort Wayne-South Bend (1925–1956), founder of Our Sunday Visitor Wilhelm Sihler, Lutheran minister and founder of Concordia Theological Seminary Alexa Suelzer, Roman Catholic nun, author, educator,