Very incomplete list!
in chronological order
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Hubbard T. Smith (1854-1903) —
Born in Indiana, 1854.
Songwriter;
U.S. Deputy Consul General in Paris, 1896; Constantinople, 1896-97; Cairo, 1902-03, died in office 1903; U.S. Vice Consul in Osaka, 1898-99; Hiogo, 1898-99; Canton, 1899-1900.
Died, from Bright's
disease or kidney cancer, in a hospital
at Genoa (Genova), Italy,
February
10, 1903 (age about 48
years).
Interment at Greenlawn
Cemetery, Vincennes, Ind.
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Relatives: Son
of Hubbard Madison Smith and Nannie Willis (Pendleton) Smith; first
cousin four times removed of Edmund
Pendleton, John
Walker and Francis
Walker; second cousin thrice removed of John
Penn, John
Pendleton Jr., James
Madison, Nathaniel
Pendleton, William
Taylor Madison, Meriwether
Lewis and Zachary
Taylor; third cousin of James
Benjamin Garnett; third cousin twice removed of Philip
Clayton Pendleton, Edmund
Henry Pendleton, Nathanael
Greene Pendleton, Thomas
Walker Gilmer and Coleby
Chew; third cousin thrice removed of Robert
Brooke, George
Madison and Richard
Aylett Buckner; fourth cousin of George
Cassety Pendleton, Charles
M. Pendleton and Daniel
Micajah Pendleton; fourth cousin once removed of Henry
Gaines Johnson, John
Strother Pendleton, Albert
Gallatin Pendleton, Philip
Coleman Pendleton, George
Hunt Pendleton, Joseph
Henry Pendleton and Charles
Sumner Pendleton. |
| | | Political family: Pendleton-Lee
family of Maryland (subset of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Image source: Philadelphia Times,
October 5, 1890 |
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John Anderson McDowell (1853-1927) —
also known as John A. McDowell —
of Millersburg, Holmes
County, Ohio; Ashland, Ashland
County, Ohio.
Born in Killibuck, Holmes
County, Ohio, September
25, 1853.
Democrat. School teacher
and principal; superintendent
of schools; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 17th District, 1897-1901.
Died, from a heart
problem and bladder cancer, in the Cleveland Clinic Hospital,
Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio, October
2, 1927 (age 74 years, 7
days).
Interment at Oak
Hill Cemetery, Millersburg, Ohio.
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Meredith Pinxton Snyder (1859-1937) —
also known as Meredith P. Snyder; Pinky
Snyder —
of Los Angeles, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Winston-Salem, Forsyth
County, N.C., October
22, 1859.
Democrat. Mayor
of Los Angeles, Calif., 1896-98, 1900-04, 1919-21; defeated,
1898, 1904, 1917, 1921.
Protestant.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Knights
of Pythias; Elks.
Died of bladder cancer, in Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., April 7,
1937 (age 77 years, 167
days).
Interment at Hollywood
Forever Cemetery, Hollywood, Los Angeles, Calif.
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Core Serena Ireland (1874-1943) —
also known as Core S. Ireland —
of Urbana, Champaign
County, Ohio.
Born in Terre Haute, Champaign
County, Ohio, September
24, 1874.
Republican. School
teacher; banker;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Ohio, 1916,
1932,
1936.
Died, from bladder cancer and uremia,
in Urbana, Champaign
County, Ohio, August
19, 1943 (age 68 years, 329
days).
Interment at Oak
Dale Cemetery, Urbana, Ohio.
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Charles Barnett Goodspeed (1885-1947) —
also known as C. B. Goodspeed —
of Columbus, Franklin
County, Ohio; Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio, February
8, 1885.
Republican. Steel
executive; Treasurer
of Republican National Committee, 1936-41.
Died, from bladder cancer and uremia,
in the Castle Hot Springs Hotel,
Castle Hot Springs, Yavapai
County, Ariz., February
23, 1947 (age 62 years, 15
days).
Interment at Green
Lawn Cemetery, Columbus, Ohio.
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Relatives: Son
of Wilbur Fisk Goodspeed and Harriet (Howe) Goodspeed; married, November
18, 1916, to Elizabeth B. Fuller. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Image source: Official Report of the
22nd Republican National Convention (1940) |
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Wilson Bell (1897-1947) —
of Potosi, Washington
County, Mo.; Jefferson City, Cole
County, Mo.
Born in Potosi, Washington
County, Mo., May 24,
1897.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; Missouri
state treasurer, 1941-45; secretary
of state of Missouri, 1945-47; died in office 1947.
Died, from metastasis of hydronephroma (renal cell carcinoma,
i.e., kidney cancer), in Jefferson City, Cole
County, Mo., May 20,
1947 (age 49 years, 361
days).
Interment somewhere
in Potosi, Mo.
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Relatives: Son
of Henry Bell and Mamie (Crane) Bell. |
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Frederick Ernest Nolting (1872-1955) —
also known as Fred E. Nolting —
of Richmond,
Va.
Born in Richmond,
Va., December
6, 1872.
Investment
banker; Honorary
Consul for Belgium in Richmond,
Va., 1935-44.
Died, from bladder cancer, in St. Luke's Hospital,
Richmond,
Va., January
6, 1955 (age 82 years, 31
days).
Interment at Hollywood
Cemetery, Richmond, Va.
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Marcus Daly (1908-1969) —
of Lincroft, Monmouth
County, N.J.
Born in Long Branch, Monmouth
County, N.J., September
18, 1908.
Republican. College
professor; Director General, Intergovernmental Committee for
European Migration, 1958-61; candidate for U.S.
Representative from New Jersey 3rd District, 1964.
Catholic.
Member, Holy
Name Society.
Died, from bladder cancer, in Monmouth Medical
Center, Long Branch, Monmouth
County, N.J., July 25,
1969 (age 60 years, 310
days).
Interment at Calvary
Cemetery, Woodside, Queens, N.Y.
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Edward G. Robinson (1893-1973) —
also known as Emanuel Goldenberg —
Born in Bucharest, Romania,
December
12, 1893.
Democrat. Actor;
honored guest, Democratic National Convention,
1960.
Jewish.
Romanian
ancestry.
Died, from bladder cancer, in Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., January
26, 1973 (age 79 years, 45
days).
Entombed at Beth
El Cemetery, Glendale, Queens, N.Y.
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Lewis G. Christman (1888-1979) —
of Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich.
Born in Archbold, Fulton
County, Ohio, March
10, 1888.
Republican. Lawyer; business
executive; banker;
member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Washtenaw County 1st
District, 1945-54; member of Michigan
state senate 33rd District, 1955-60; candidate for delegate
to Michigan state constitutional convention from 33rd Senatorial
District, 1961.
Presbyterian.
Member, Elks; Freemasons;
Exchange
Club.
Died, from complications of bladder cancer, in the Huron View
Lodge nursing
home, Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich., June 29,
1979 (age 91 years, 111
days).
Interment at Washtenong
Memorial Park, Ann Arbor Township, Washtenaw County, Mich.
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Relatives: Son
of Philip D. Christman and Rachel (Sprow) Christman; married to
Arietta O. VanNess. |
| | | Image source: Michigan Manual
1957-58 |
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Meade Henry Esposito (1909-1993) —
also known as Meade H. Esposito; Amadeo Henry
Esposito —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., December
28, 1909.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York,
1964;
vice-president, Lafayette National Bank,
1965; insurance
broker; leader of
Kings County Democratic Party, 1969-83.
Catholic.
Italian
ancestry. Member, NAACP.
Indicted
in 1987 on federal charges
that he had given bribes
to U.S. Rep. Mario
Biaggi in in return for influence
on federal contracts for a Brooklyn ship-repair
company; convicted
on September 22, 1987 of giving an illegal
gratuity; fined
$500,000; indicted
in 1988 on bribery
and tax
charges,
but the case was dismissed due to his age and poor health.
Died, from renal
failure caused by a heart
attack, while suffering from lung
cancer and bladder cancer, in North Shore University Hospital,
Manhasset, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y., September
3, 1993 (age 83 years, 249
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Felicia Esposito; married to Anne De Cunzo. |
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Albert Shanker (1928-1997) —
of Mamaroneck, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., September
14, 1928.
Democrat. School
teacher; president,
American Federation of Teachers, 1974-97; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from New York, 1980,
1984
(speaker),
1988,
1996.
Jewish.
Russian
ancestry. Member, American
Federation of Teachers.
Died, of complications from bladder cancer, at Memorial
Sloan-Kettering Cancer
Center, Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., February
22, 1997 (age 68 years, 161
days).
Interment at King David Cemetery, Putnam Valley, N.Y.
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Joe Serna Jr. (c.1939-1999) —
of Sacramento, Sacramento
County, Calif.
Born in Stockton, San Joaquin
County, Calif., about 1939.
Democrat. Served
in the Peace Corps; college
professor; mayor
of Sacramento, Calif., 1993-99; died in office 1999; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from California, 1996.
Hispanic
ancestry.
Died of kidney cancer and complications of diabetes,
in Sacramento, Sacramento
County, Calif., November
7, 1999 (age about 60
years).
Burial location unknown.
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Biagio DiLieto (1922-1999) —
also known as Ben DiLieto —
of New Haven, New Haven
County, Conn.
Born November
25, 1922.
Democrat. Police
chief; mayor
of New Haven, Conn., 1980-89; defeated in primary, 1977.
Catholic.
Italian
ancestry.
Died of lung
and bladder cancer, at Connecticut Hospice,
Branford, New Haven
County, Conn., November
8, 1999 (age 76 years, 348
days).
Interment at St.
Lawrence Cemetery, West Haven, Conn.
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Francis Xavier McCloskey (1939-2003) —
also known as Frank McCloskey —
of Bloomington, Monroe
County, Ind.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., June 12,
1939.
Democrat. Mayor
of Bloomington, Ind., 1972-82; alternate delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Indiana, 1972;
U.S.
Representative from Indiana 8th District, 1983-85, 1985-95;
defeated, 1970, 1994.
Catholic.
Died, of bladder cancer, November
2, 2003 (age 64 years, 143
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Warren Minor Christopher (1925-2011) —
also known as Warren Christopher; "The
Cardinal" —
of Los Angeles, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Scranton, Bowman
County, N.Dak., October
27, 1925.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; lawyer; law
clerk to U.S. Supreme Court Justice William
O. Douglas, 1949-50; special counsel to Gov. Edmund
G. Brown, 1959; deputy U.S. Attorney General, 1967-69; deputy
U.S. Secretary of State, 1977-81; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from California, 1964;
U.S.
Secretary of State, 1993-97.
Methodist.
Member, American Bar
Association; Order of
the Coif; Council on
Foreign Relations; American
Philosophical Society.
Received the Presidential
Medal of Freedom on January 16, 1981.
Died, from kidney and bladder cancer, in Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., March
18, 2011 (age 85 years, 142
days).
Burial location unknown.
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