Very incomplete list!
in chronological order
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Cornelius Harnett (1723-1781) —
of North Carolina.
Born near Edenton, Chowan
County, N.C., April
20, 1723.
Delegate
to Continental Congress from North Carolina, 1777.
Captured by the British in January 1781, and died
as a prisoner, of disease
contracted in captivity, in Wilmington, New Hanover
County, N.C., April
20, 1781 (age 58 years, 0
days).
Interment at St.
James' Churchyard, Wilmington, N.C.
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William Duer (1747-1799) —
also known as "Philo-Publius" —
of New
York County, N.Y.
Born in Devon, England,
March
18, 1747.
Planter;
timber and
lumber merchant; delegate
to New York state constitutional convention, 1776; member of New York
state senate Eastern District, 1777; Delegate
to Continental Congress from New York, 1777; member of New York
state assembly from New York County, 1785-86; went bankrupt as a
result of the Panic of 1792, and was imprisoned
for debt.
Died, in debtor's prison, New York, New York
County, N.Y., April
18, 1799 (age 52 years, 31
days).
Originally entombed at Old
St. Thomas Church, Manhattan, N.Y.; reinterment at Trinity
Cemetery, Manhattan, N.Y.
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Ira J. Westover (d. 1836) —
Delegate
to Texas Consultation of 1835 from District of Goliad, 1835;
served in the Texas Army during the Texas War of Independence.
Following the Battle of Coleto, during the Texas
War of Independence, he was among those taken prisoner by the
Mexican Army; a few days later, he and almost 400 other
prisoners were shot to
death, an incident now known as the Goliad Massacre, in Goliad, Goliad
County, Tex., March
27, 1836.
Cremated.
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Joshua Chilton (1818-1862) —
of Shannon
County, Mo.
Born in Wayne
County, Tenn., September
28, 1818.
Democrat. Member of Missouri
state house of representatives from Shannon County, 1846-55;
member of Missouri
state senate 24th District, 1860-61.
Member, Freemasons.
Arrested
by Union troops as an alleged Southern
sympathizer, and while a prisoner, was shot and
killed,
near Rolla, Phelps
County, Mo., August
28, 1862 (age 43 years, 334
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Thomas Ruffin (1820-1863) —
of Goldsboro, Wayne
County, N.C.
Born in Louisburg, Franklin
County, N.C., September
9, 1820.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from North Carolina 2nd District, 1853-61; Delegate
from North Carolina to the Confederate Provisional Congress,
1861-62; colonel in the Confederate Army during the Civil War.
Slaveowner.
Mortally
wounded in a cavalry fight before the Battle of Bristoe Station,
and died while a prisoner of war, at Alexandria,
Va., October
13, 1863 (age 43 years, 34
days).
Interment a
private or family graveyard, Franklin County, N.C.
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William Magear Tweed (1823-1878) —
also known as William M. Tweed; William Marcy Tweed;
"Boss Tweed" —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., April 3,
1823.
Democrat. Chairmaker;
fire
fighter; U.S.
Representative from New York 5th District, 1853-55; member of New York
state senate 4th District, 1868-73.
Scotch-Irish
ancestry. Member, Odd
Fellows; Freemasons.
Convicted
of embezzlement
and sentenced
to twelve years in prison;
escaped;
captured
in Spain and brought back to New York.
Died in prison, in New York, New York
County, N.Y., April
12, 1878 (age 55 years, 9
days).
Interment at Green-Wood
Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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Stanley J. Pacholek (1890-1932) —
of Hamtramck, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Poland,
December
8, 1890.
Undertaker;
candidate for mayor
of Hamtramck, Mich., 1932 (primary), 1932.
Polish
ancestry.
Arrested
in April, 1932, for drunk
driving;
died by suicide
in his jail cell, by hanging
himself with his scarf, in Birmingham, Oakland
County, Mich., April
19, 1932 (age 41 years, 133
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Stephen J. Stilwell (1866-1942) —
of Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y.; Mamaroneck, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, May 10,
1866.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of New York
state senate 21st District, 1909-13; removed 1913; charged
in 1913 with extorting
a bribe
of $3,500 from George H. Kendall, president of the New York Bank Note
company, over a bill that Kendall supported; tried in
the State Senate and found not guilty on April 15 by a vote of 28 to
21; indicted
on May 12 by a grand jury for soliciting
a bribe; tried
soon after, and convicted
on May 24; this removed him from office; sentenced
to four to eight years in prison;
after his release, he moved to Mamaroneck and entered the real
estate business; indicted
in 1934 on charges that he defrauded
his former stenographer of $9,000 when she came to him seeking a
Naval Academy appointment for her son, but the case did not go to
trial; arrested
in March 1941 and indicted
in April on charges that he attempted to bribe
a Mamaroneck village trustee $1,000 to obtain a police job for an
associate; pleaded
guilty, but never sentenced; while incarcerated, his legs were
amputated.
Died, while a prisoner awaiting sentence, in Grasslands Hospital,
Valhalla, Westchester
County, N.Y., April
20, 1942 (age 75 years, 345
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Mary Delia (Archer) Stilwell and William Jewitt Stilwell; married,
February
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Sydney Smyth (d. 1944) —
of Manila, Philippines.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Philippine Islands,
1916
(member, Committee
on Rules and Order of Business).
Captured when the Japanese invaded the Philippines, and held at the
Santo Tomas Interment Camp (University of Santo Tomas, Manila,
Philippines). Died, as a prisoner of war, in San Lazaro Hospital,
Manila, Philippines,
April
6, 1944.
Original interment at La
Loma Cemetery, Manila, Philippines; reinterment at Basilica
of Our Lady of Mount Carmel, Quezon City, Philippines.
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Allison De France Gibbs (1868-1945) —
also known as Allison D. Gibbs —
Born in Rochester, Olmsted
County, Minn., April 3,
1868.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Philippine
Islands, 1920.
While a prisoner of the Japanese during World War II, was killed
by Allied bombing of
the hospital
where he was held, in Baguio, Benguet Province, Philippines,
March
15, 1945 (age 76 years, 346
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Mt.
Olivet Columbarium, Colma, Calif.
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Hyman E. Mintz (c.1909-1966) —
also known as Bucky Mintz —
of South Fallsburg, Sullivan
County, N.Y.
Born about 1909.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from Sullivan County, 1951-65.
Jewish.
Member, B'nai
B'rith.
Indicted
in 1965 on bribery
charges;
convicted
in February 1966, and sentenced
to a year in prison.
Died, following a heart
attack, while serving a prison sentence, in Bellevue Hospital,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., March
25, 1966 (age about 57
years).
Burial location unknown.
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Byron Low Tax Looper (1964-2013) —
also known as Byron Anthony Looper —
of Cookeville, Putnam
County, Tenn.
Born in Putnam
County, Tenn., September
15, 1964.
Democratic candidate for Georgia
state house of representatives, 1987; Republican candidate for Tennessee
state house of representatives, 1992; Republican candidate for Tennessee
state senate, 1998.
Changed his middle name from Anthony to Low Tax. He was indicted
in March, 1998, on 14 counts of official
misconduct as Putnam County Tax Assessor. On October 19, 1998, he
shot
and killed Tommy
Burks, his opponent for a state senate seat; he was arrested
soon after and charged
with murder.
He lost the November 1998 senate election to Burks' widow, who ran as
a write-in candidate with the support of both parties. In August,
2000, he was tried
for murder,
convicted,
and sentenced
to life in prison
without parole.
Died, as a prison inmate, in Morgan County Correctional
Complex, Wartburg, Morgan
County, Tenn., June 26,
2013 (age 48 years, 284
days).
Burial location unknown.
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