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Robert Selden Rose (1774-1835) —
also known as Robert S. Rose —
of Seneca
County, N.Y.; Geneva, Ontario
County, N.Y.
Born in Amherst
County, Va., February
24, 1774.
Member of New York
state assembly from Seneca County, 1810-11, 1819-21; delegate
to New York state constitutional convention, 1821; U.S.
Representative from New York 26th District, 1823-27, 1829-31.
Died while attending a session of the circuit court, in
Waterloo, Seneca
County, N.Y., November
24, 1835 (age 61 years, 273
days).
Original interment at Old
Pulteney Street Cemetery (which no longer exists), Geneva, N.Y.;
reinterment in 1925 at Glenwood
Cemetery, Geneva, N.Y.
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Clement F. Dorsey (1778-1846) —
of Chaptico, St. Mary's
County, Md.
Born in Anne Arundel
County, Md., 1778.
Member of Maryland
state house of delegates, 1807-13, 1818-19, 1821-23; member of Maryland
state senate, 1816-18; U.S.
Representative from Maryland 1st District, 1825-31; district
judge in Maryland, 1832-46.
Died while holding court session, Port Tobacco, Charles
County, Md., August 8,
1846 (age about 68
years).
Interment a
private or family graveyard, St. Mary's County, Md.
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John D. Cummins (1791-1849) —
of Ohio.
Born in Pennsylvania, 1791.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from Ohio 16th District, 1845-49.
Died while attending a session of the circuit court,
Milwaukee, Milwaukee
County, Wis., September
11, 1849 (age about 58
years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Charles Gordon Atherton (1804-1853) —
also known as Charles G. Atherton; "Gag
Atherton" —
of Nashua, Hillsborough
County, N.H.
Born in Amherst, Hillsborough
County, N.H., July 4,
1804.
Son of Charles
Humphrey Atherton and Mary Ann (Toppan) Atherton.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of New
Hampshire state house of representatives, 1830, 1833-35; Speaker of
the New Hampshire State House of Representatives, 1833-35; U.S.
Representative from New Hampshire at-large, 1837-43; U.S.
Senator from New Hampshire, 1843-49, 1853; died in office 1853;
delegate
to New Hampshire state constitutional convention, 1850.
Suffered a stroke of
paralysis while attending court, and died soon after, in
Manchester, Hillsborough
County, N.H., November
15, 1853 (age 49 years, 134
days).
Interment at Nashua
Cemetery, Nashua, N.H.
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John Fryall Snodgrass (1804-1854) —
of Virginia.
Born in Berkeley
County, Va. (now W.Va.), March 2,
1804.
Democrat. Lawyer; delegate to
Virginia state constitutional convention, 1850-51; U.S.
Representative from Virginia 11th District, 1853-54; died in
office 1854.
Died suddenly, while arguing a case in court, in Parkersburg,
Wood
County, Va (now W.Va.), June 5,
1854 (age 50 years, 95
days).
Interment at Riverview
Cemetery, Parkersburg, W.Va.; cenotaph at Congressional
Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Willis Allen (1806-1859) —
of Illinois.
Born near Roanoke, Roanoke
County, Va., December
15, 1806.
Democrat. Member of Illinois
state house of representatives, 1838-40; Presidential Elector for
Illinois, 1844;
member of Illinois
state senate, 1845-49; delegate
to Illinois state constitutional convention Williamson, Franklin
and Jackson counties, 1847; U.S.
Representative from Illinois, 1851-55 (2nd District 1851-53, 9th
District 1853-55); circuit judge in Illinois, 1859; died in office
1859.
Member, Freemasons.
Died while holding court in Harrisburg, Saline
County, Ill., April 15,
1859 (age 52 years, 121
days).
Interment at Marion
Cemetery, Marion, Ill.
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Thomas Dickens Arnold (1798-1870) —
of Tennessee.
Born in Spotsylvania
County, Va., May 3,
1798.
U.S.
Representative from Tennessee, 1831-33, 1841-43 (2nd District
1831-33, 1st District 1841-43).
Survived an assassination attempt against him, at the U.S. Capitol,
1833.
Died while attending court in Jonesborough, Washington
County, Tenn., May 26,
1870 (age 72 years, 23
days).
Interment at Oak
Grove Cemetery, Greeneville, Tenn.
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Clement Laird Vallandigham (1820-1871) —
also known as Clement L. Vallandigham —
of Ohio.
Born in New Lisbon (now Lisbon), Columbiana
County, Ohio, July 29,
1820.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Ohio state
house of representatives, 1845-46; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Ohio, 1856,
1864,
1868;
U.S.
Representative from Ohio 3rd District, 1858-63; defeated, 1852,
1854, 1862; candidate for Governor of
Ohio, 1863.
Leader of the pro-Southern "Copperheads" during the Civil War; arrested
by the Union military authorities in 1863 for treasonable
utterances, and banished
to the Confederate States; returned to the North by way of Canada.
Accidentally
shot
himself, while practicing a courtroom demonstration he planned
as part of a defense in a murder trial (not actually in court at the
time, contrary to legend), and died of his wound the next day, in the
Lebanon House hotel,
Lebanon, Warren
County, Ohio, June 17,
1871 (age 50 years, 323
days).
Interment at Woodland
Cemetery, Dayton, Ohio.
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Francis Burton Craige (1811-1875) —
also known as F. Burton Craige —
of Salisbury, Rowan
County, N.C.
Born near Salisbury, Rowan
County, N.C., March 13,
1811.
Democrat. Member of North
Carolina state house of representatives, 1832-34; U.S.
Representative from North Carolina 7th District, 1853-61; delegate
to North Carolina secession convention, 1861; Delegate
from North Carolina to the Confederate Provisional Congress,
1861-62.
Died suddenly while attending court in Concord, Cabarrus
County, N.C., December
30, 1875 (age 64 years, 292
days).
Interment at Old
English Cemetery, Salisbury, N.C.
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Charles Magill Conrad (1804-1878) —
of Louisiana.
Born in Winchester,
Va., December
24, 1804.
Lawyer;
fought a duel
and killed his opponent; member of Louisiana
state house of representatives, 1840-42; U.S.
Senator from Louisiana, 1842-43; delegate to
Louisiana state constitutional convention, 1844; U.S.
Representative from Louisiana 2nd District, 1849-50; U.S.
Secretary of War, 1850-53; Delegate
from Louisiana to the Confederate Provisional Congress, 1861-62;
Representative
from Louisiana in the Confederate Congress, 1862-65.
Suffered a stroke
while testifying in court, and died a few days later, in New
Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La., February
11, 1878 (age 73 years, 49
days).
Originally entombed at Girod
Street Cemetery (which no longer exists), New Orleans, La.;
re-entombed in 1957 at Hope
Mausoleum, New Orleans, La.
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Theodoric Romeyn Westbrook (1821-1885) —
of New York.
Born in Fishkill, Dutchess
County, N.Y., November
20, 1821.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from New York 11th District, 1853-55; state court
judge in New York, 1873.
Died while holding court, in Troy, Rensselaer
County, N.Y., October
6, 1885 (age 63 years, 320
days).
Interment at Wiltwyck
Cemetery, Kingston, N.Y.
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Benjamin Franklin Butler (1818-1893) —
also known as Benjamin F. Butler; "The Bold and
Bilious Benjamin" —
of Lowell, Middlesex
County, Mass.
Born in Deerfield, Rockingham
County, N.H., November
5, 1818.
Lawyer;
member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1853; member of Massachusetts
state senate, 1859; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Massachusetts, 1860;
general in the Union Army during the Civil War; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts, 1867-75, 1877-79 (5th District
1867-73, 6th District 1873-75, 7th District 1877-79); defeated, 1874;
Governor
of Massachusetts, 1883-84; defeated, 1859 (Democratic), 1860
(Democratic), 1878 (Butler Democrat), 1879 (Butler Democrat), 1883
(Democratic); Greenback candidate for President
of the United States, 1884.
Died while attending court in Washington,
D.C., January
11, 1893 (age 74 years, 67
days).
Interment at Hildreth
Cemetery, Lowell, Mass.
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Augustus Hill Garland (1832-1899) —
also known as Augustus H. Garland —
of Little Rock, Pulaski
County, Ark.
Born in Tipton
County, Tenn., June 11,
1832.
Democrat. Lawyer;
Presidential Elector for Arkansas, 1860;
delegate
to Arkansas secession convention, 1861; Delegate
from Arkansas to the Confederate Provisional Congress, 1861-62;
Representative
from Arkansas in the Confederate Congress 3rd District, 1862-64;
Senator
from Arkansas in the Confederate Congress, 1864-65; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Arkansas, 1868;
Governor
of Arkansas, 1874-77; U.S.
Senator from Arkansas, 1877-85; U.S.
Attorney General, 1885-89.
Died suddenly while arguing a case before the Supreme Court,
in the U.S.
Capitol Building, Washington,
D.C., January
26, 1899 (age 66 years, 229
days).
Interment at Mt.
Holly Cemetery, Little Rock, Ark.
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Joseph Weldon Bailey (1863-1929) —
also known as Joseph W. Bailey —
of Gainesville, Cooke
County, Tex.; Dallas, Dallas
County, Tex.; Washington,
D.C.
Born near Crystal Springs, Copiah
County, Miss., October
6, 1863.
Democrat. Lawyer;
Presidential Elector for Georgia, 1884;
Presidential Elector for Texas, 1888;
U.S.
Representative from Texas 5th District, 1891-1901; U.S.
Senator from Texas, 1901-13; candidate for Governor of
Texas, 1920.
Died in a courtroom while defending a client, in Sherman, Grayson
County, Tex., April 13,
1929 (age 65 years, 189
days).
Interment at Fairview
Cemetery, Gainesville, Tex.
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Allison D. Wade (1902-1954) —
of Warren, Warren
County, Pa.
Born in Warren, Warren
County, Pa., September
17, 1902.
Son of Harrison Douglas Wade (1860-1928) and Alice Cary (Jones) Wade
(1869-1935).
Republican. District judge in Pennsylvania 37th District, 1942-54;
died in office 1954; alternate delegate to Republican National
Convention from Pennsylvania, 1944.
Shot
and killed in
his courtroom, in the Warren County
Courthouse, by Norman W. Moon, Warren, Warren
County, Pa., January
13, 1954 (age 51 years, 118
days). Moon, who attempted suicide at the time of his arrest,
believed the judge was involved with his ex-wife, and would
personally benefit from ordering payment of alimony. Moon was
convicted of first degree murder and sentenced to death; the sentence
was commuted to a mental institution by Gov. George
M. Leader, and then to life imprisonment.
Interment at Oakland
Cemetery, Warren, Pa.
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Michael J. Montesano (c.1895-1961) —
of Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y.
Born about 1895.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer;
candidate for New York
state senate 48th District, 1930; Erie
County Surrogate, 1939-40; circuit judge in New York 8th
District, 1955-56; candidate for Justice of
New York Supreme Court 8th District, 1956; alternate delegate to
Democratic National Convention from New York, 1960.
Member, American
Legion.
Collapsed and died, apparently of a heart
attack, while appearing in a court case in City
Hall, Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y., August
24, 1961 (age about 66
years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Francis Marion Bistline (1896-1969) —
also known as Francis M. Bistline; F. M.
Bistline —
of Pocatello, Bannock
County, Idaho.
Born in Ransom, Ness
County, Kan., March 25,
1896.
Son of John
M. Bistline and Martha (Shellenberger) Bistline.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer;
member of Idaho
state house of representatives, 1937-47; Speaker of
the Idaho State House of Representatives, 1941-43; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Idaho, 1940,
1944;
member of Democratic
National Committee from Idaho, 1944-48.
Congregationalist.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Judicature Society; American
Legion; Forty and
Eight; Sons of
the American Revolution; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Lions;
Elks; Sigma
Nu; Phi
Alpha Delta.
While defending a client in a murder case, he suddenly collapsed and
died from a heart
attack, in the courtroom at the Bingham County
Courthouse, Blackfoot, Bingham
County, Idaho, January
20, 1969 (age 72 years, 301
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Guy Axline (1898-1975) —
of Arizona.
Born September
4, 1898.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War I; lawyer;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from Arizona at-large, 1928.
Member, Rotary.
Died, of a coronary
infarction, in Navajo County Superior Court, Holbrook, Navajo
County, Ariz., November
17, 1975 (age 77 years, 74
days).
Interment at Holbrook
Cemetery, Holbrook, Ariz.
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