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Politicians: Death in Medical Offices

Very incomplete list!

in chronological order

	Wallace Edgar Pierce (1881-1940) — also known as Wallace E. Pierce — of Plattsburgh, Clinton County, N.Y. Born in Black Brook, Clinton County, N.Y., December 9, 1881. Republican. Lawyer; member of New York state assembly from Clinton County, 1917-19; chair of Clinton County Republican Party, 1927-40; U.S. Representative from New York 31st District, 1939-40; died in office 1940. Died, from a heart attack, in the Congressional physician's office, in the U.S. Capitol, Washington, D.C., January 3, 1940 (age 58 years, 25 days). Interment at Riverside Cemetery, Plattsburgh, N.Y.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page
	Edward Newton Ament (1860-1949) — also known as Edward N. Ament — of Berkeley, Alameda County, Calif. Born in Arcata, Humboldt County, Calif., July 30, 1860. Furniture business; mayor of Berkeley, Calif., 1932-39. Methodist; later Congregationalist. Member, Lions. Died, of heart failure, in his dentist's waiting room, Berkeley, Alameda County, Calif., February 24, 1949 (age 88 years, 209 days). Interment at Sunset View Cemetery, El Cerrito, Calif.   Relatives: Married 1889 to Florence Moody.   See also Wikipedia article
	Richard Joseph Daley (1902-1976) — also known as Richard J. Daley; "The Boss" — of Chicago, Cook County, Ill. Born in Chicago, Cook County, Ill., May 15, 1902. Democrat. Member of Illinois state house of representatives 9th District, 1936-38; member of Illinois state senate 9th District, 1939-47; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Illinois, 1948, 1952, 1956, 1960, 1964; mayor of Chicago, Ill., 1955-76; died in office 1976. Catholic. Irish ancestry. Member, Knights of Columbus. Stricken with a heart attack and died at his doctor's office, in Chicago, Cook County, Ill., December 20, 1976 (age 74 years, 219 days). Interment at Holy Sepulchre Cemetery, Alsip, Ill.   Relatives: Married, June 17, 1936, to Eleanor 'Sis' Guilfoyle (1907-2003); father of Richard Michael Daley and William Michael Daley. See Daley family of Illinois.   See also Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier — Internet Movie Database profile — Find-A-Grave memorial   Books about Richard J. Daley: Mike Royko, Boss : Richard J. Daley of Chicago — Adam Cohen & Elizabeth Taylor, American Pharaoh : Mayor Richard J. Daley : His Battle for Chicago and the Nation — Hugh Brogan, All Honorable Men : Huey Long, Robert Moses, Estes Kefauver, Richard J. Daley — Roger Biles, Richard J. Daley : Politics, Race, and the Governing of Chicago — Eugene C. Kennedy, Himself! The Life and Times of Richard J. Daley (out of print) — Len O'Connor, Requiem : The Decline and Demise of Mayor Daley and His Era (out of print) — F. Richard Ciccone, Daley : Power and Presidential Politics — Frank Sullivan, Legend: The Only Inside Story About Mayor Richard J. Daley — Milton Rakove, Don't Make No Waves, Don't Back No Losers : An Insider's Analysis of the Daley Machine

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