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Henry Knox (1750-1806) —
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., July 25,
1750.
General in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; U.S.
Secretary of War, 1789-94.
Member, Society
of the Cincinnati.
He brought 59 cannon from Fort Ticonderoga to Dorchester, Mass.,
leading the British forces to evacuate Boston on March 17, 1776.
Swallowed a small chicken bone that damaged his intestines,
and died three days later of peritonitis,
in Thomaston, Knox
County, Maine, October
21, 1806 (age 56 years, 88
days).
Interment at Elm
Grove Cemetery, Thomaston, Maine.
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John Breckinridge (1760-1806) —
of Kentucky.
Born near Staunton, Augusta
County, Va., December
2, 1760.
Son of Letitia 'Lettice' (Preston) Breckinridge (1728-1798) and
Robert Breckinridge .
Democrat. Served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary
War; lawyer; U.S.
Attorney for Kentucky, 1793-94; Kentucky
state attorney general, 1793-97; member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1798-1801; Speaker of
the Kentucky State House of Representatives, 1799-1801; delegate to
Kentucky state constitutional convention, 1799; U.S.
Senator from Kentucky, 1801-05; U.S.
Attorney General, 1805-06; died in office 1806.
Presbyterian.
Died, from a stomach infection, in near Lexington, Fayette
County, Ky., December
14, 1806 (age 46 years, 12
days).
Original interment at a
private or family graveyard, Fayette County, Ky.; reinterment at
Lexington
Cemetery, Lexington, Ky.
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Zachary Taylor (1784-1850) —
also known as "Old Rough and Ready" —
Born in Orange
County, Va., November
24, 1784.
Whig. Major in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; colonel in the
U.S. Army during the Black Hawk War; general in the U.S. Army during
the Mexican War; President
of the United States, 1849-50; died in office 1850.
Episcopalian.
Died, probably of gastroenteritis, in the White
House, Washington,
D.C., July 9,
1850 (age 65 years, 227
days). Based on the theory that he was poisoned, his remains
were tested for arsenic in 1991; the results tended to disconfirm the
theory.
Original interment at Congressional
Cemetery, Washington, D.C.; reinterment in private or family
graveyard; reinterment in 1926 at Zachary
Taylor National Cemetery, Louisville, Ky.
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Relatives:
Second cousin once removed of Richard
Henry Lee; second cousin of James
Madison; third cousin of Henry
Lee, Charles
Lee and Richard
Bland Lee; married, June 21,
1810, to Margaret Mackall 'Peggy' Smith (1778-1852; niece of Benjamin
Mackall IV and Thomas
Mackall); father of Sarah Knox Taylor (who married Jefferson
Finis Davis); granduncle of Edmund
Haynes Taylor, Jr.; third cousin twice removed of Fitzhugh
Lee; first cousin thrice removed of Elliot
Woolfolk Major; second cousin thrice removed of Edgar
Bailey Woolfolk; ancestor of Victor
D. Crist. See Livingston-Seymour-Lee-Williams
family of New York. |
| | | Cross-reference: David
R. Atchison — Thomas
Ewing |
| | | Taylor counties in Fla., Ga., Iowa and Ky. are named
for him. |
| | | Campaign slogan (1848): "General Taylor
never surrenders." |
| | | See also Wikipedia
article — NNDB
dossier |
| | | Books about Zachary Taylor: K. Jack
Bauer, Zachary
Taylor: Soldier, Planter, Statesman of the Old
Southwest — Elbert B. Smith, The
Presidencies of Zachary Taylor and Millard
Fillmore |
| | | Image source: Portrait & Biographical
Album of Washtenaw County (1891) |
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Charles Paine (1799-1853) —
of Northfield, Washington
County, Vt.
Born in Williamstown, Orange
County, Vt., April 15,
1799.
Son of Elijah
Paine.
Whig. Woollen
manufacturer; hotelier;
merchant;
member of Vermont
state house of representatives, 1828-29; delegate to Whig
National Convention from Vermont, 1839 (Convention Secretary); Governor of
Vermont, 1841-43; railroad
builder.
Died, from dysentery, in Waco, McLennan
County, Tex., July 6,
1853 (age 54 years, 82
days).
Interment at Elmwood
Cemetery, Northfield, Vt.
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Henry Watkins Collier (1801-1855) —
of Tuscaloosa, Tuscaloosa
County, Ala.
Born in Lunenburg
County, Va., January
17, 1801.
Lawyer;
member of Alabama
state house of representatives, 1826; circuit judge in Alabama,
1828-36; associate
justice of Alabama state supreme court, 1836-37; chief
justice of Alabama state supreme court, 1837-49; Governor of
Alabama, 1849-53.
Methodist.
Died, of "cholera morbus" (gastroenteritis), in
Bailey Springs, Lauderdale
County, Ala., August
28, 1855 (age 54 years, 223
days).
Interment at Evergreen
Cemetery, Tuscaloosa, Ala.
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James Henry Hammond (1807-1864) —
of South Carolina.
Born in Newberry District (now Newberry
County), S.C., November
15, 1807.
Lawyer;
U.S.
Representative from South Carolina 4th District, 1835-36; Governor of
South Carolina, 1842-44; defeated, 1840; U.S.
Senator from South Carolina, 1857-60.
Died, of a stomach disorder, at Beech Island, Aiken
County, S.C., November
13, 1864 (age 56 years, 364
days).
Interment at Beech
Island Cemetery, Beech Island, S.C.
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Robert Noble Hudson (1819-1889) —
of Indiana.
Born in Brookville, Franklin
County, Ind., November
7, 1819.
Member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1851-52, 1855; colonel in the
Union Army during the Civil War.
Uncovered a canal bond fraud in 1859-60, thus saving the state of
Indiana more than $1.2 million.
Died, of a stomach ailment, in Terre Haute, Vigo
County, Ind., August
30, 1889 (age 69 years, 296
days).
Interment at Highland
Lawn Cemetery, Terre Haute, Ind.
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Edward Patrick Hagan (1846-1893) —
also known as Edward P. Hagan; Eddy Hagan —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., February
1, 1846.
Son of Mary (Powell) Hagan.
Member of New York
state assembly from New York County 16th District, 1879-80,
1885-89; member of New York
state senate 9th District, 1892-93; died in office 1893.
Catholic.
Irish
ancestry. Member, Tammany
Hall.
Died, following a laparotomy for an intestinal obstruction, in
Roosevelt Hospital,
New York, New York
County, N.Y., February
20, 1893 (age 47 years, 19
days).
Interment at Calvary
Cemetery, Woodside, Queens, N.Y.
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Hugh Reid Belknap (1860-1901) —
also known as Hugh R. Belknap —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Keokuk, Lee
County, Iowa, September
1, 1860.
Son of William
Worth Belknap.
Republican. U.S.
Representative from Illinois 3rd District, 1895-99; defeated,
1898.
Died, from intestinal trouble, in Calamba, Laguna, Philippines,
November
12, 1901 (age 41 years, 72
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Henry Cullen Adams (1850-1906) —
also known as Henry C. Adams —
of Madison, Dane
County, Wis.
Born in Verona, Oneida
County, N.Y., November
28, 1850.
Son of Benjamin Franklin Adams and Caroline Melissa Adams.
Republican. Dairy farmer;
member of Wisconsin
state assembly, 1883-86; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Wisconsin, 1888;
Wisconsin Dairy and Food Commissioner, 1895-1902; U.S.
Representative from Wisconsin 2nd District, 1903-06; died in
office 1906.
Died, from intestinal illness, in Auditorium Hotel,
Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., July 9,
1906 (age 55 years, 223
days).
Interment at Forest
Hill Cemetery, Madison, Wis.
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Patrick Henry McCarren (1849-1909) —
also known as Patrick H. McCarren; "Friend of the
Sugar Trust" —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in East Cambridge, Cambridge, Middlesex
County, Mass., June 18,
1849.
Democrat. Cooper;
member of New York
state assembly from Kings County 6th District, 1882-83, 1889;
member of New York
state senate, 1890-93, 1896-1909 (4th District 1890-93, 7th
District 1896-1909); died in office 1909; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from New York, 1892,
1904.
Catholic.
Irish
ancestry.
Political boss who dominated Brooklyn politics for twenty years.
Died, from intestinal degeneration, complicated by appendicitis
and myocarditis,
in St. Catherine's Hospital,
Williamsburg, Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., October
23, 1909 (age 60 years, 127
days).
Interment at Calvary
Cemetery, Woodside, Queens, N.Y.
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Presumably named
for: Patrick
Henry |
| | | Relatives: Married to Kate Hogan (died
1883). |
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James Marshall Hanger (1833-1912) —
also known as Marshall Hanger —
Born near Waynesboro, Augusta
County, Va., November
12, 1833.
Son of Peter Hanger (1795-1869) and Martha Elizabeth 'Patsy'
(Crawford) Hanger (1797-1864).
Lawyer;
served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; member of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1869-76; Speaker of
the Virginia State House of Delegates, 1876; U.S. Consul in Bermuda, 1894-98.
Died, of intestinal paralysis and gangrene,
in King's Daughters Hospital,
Staunton,
Va., August
26, 1912 (age 78 years, 288
days).
Interment at Thornrose
Cemetery, Staunton, Va.
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William Francis Glasby (1825-1912) —
also known as William F. Glasby —
of East Saginaw (now part of Saginaw), Saginaw
County, Mich.
Born in New York, March 7,
1825.
Son of Patrick Glasby and Polly (Coon) Glasby.
Contractor;
mayor
of East Saginaw, Mich., 1863-64.
Died, from enteritis, in Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., November
21, 1912 (age 87 years, 259
days).
Interment at Odd
Fellows Cemetery, Los Angeles, Calif.
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John C. Callbreath (1826-1916) —
of Stanislaus
County, Calif.; Wrangell (unknown
county), Wash.
Born in New York, January
16, 1826.
Son of Thomas Callbreath and Mary (Finch) Callbreath.
Member of California
state assembly 7th District, 1856-57.
Died, from a gastric ulcer, in the Kenney nursing
home, Seattle, King
County, Wash., April 6,
1916 (age 90 years, 81
days).
Interment at Lake
View Cemetery, Seattle, Wash.
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William D. Wood (1858-1917) —
of Seattle, King
County, Wash.
Born December
1, 1858.
Lawyer;
real
estate developer; King
County Probate Judge, 1884; mayor of
Seattle, Wash., 1896-97; appointed 1896; went to
the Klondike for the 1898 Gold Rush.
Died, from an intestinal ailment, in Seattle, King
County, Wash., March 23,
1917 (age 58 years, 112
days).
Interment at Lake
View Cemetery, Seattle, Wash.
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James Alfred Emerson (1865-1922) —
also known as James A. Emerson —
of Warrensburg, Warren
County, N.Y.
Born in Warrensburg, Warren
County, N.Y., April 25,
1865.
Son of Albert Emerson.
Republican. Lumber
business; clothing
manufacturer; steamboat
business; hotel
owner; banker;
member of New York
state senate, 1907-18 (32nd District 1907-08, 33rd District
1909-18); as an opponent of alcohol prohibition in 1918, he was
called "wringing wet" (in contrast to prohibition advocates, who were
"desert dry").
Became ill, from heart
disease and gastritis, while on board
the steamship Porto Rico, and died soon after, in Long Island
Hospital,
Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., January
31, 1922 (age 56 years, 281
days).
Interment at Warrensburg
Cemetery, Warrensburg, N.Y.
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Hilem F. Paddock (1871-1922) —
of Saginaw, Saginaw
County, Mich.
Born in Canandaigua, Ontario
County, N.Y., November
10, 1871.
Son of Charles H. Paddock and Helen R. Paddock.
Saginaw
County Treasurer; mayor of
Saginaw, Mich., 1915-.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons;
Elks; Moose; Odd
Fellows.
Died, from gastritis, in Saginaw, Saginaw
County, Mich., December
2, 1922 (age 51 years, 22
days).
Interment at Brady
Hill Cemetery, Saginaw, Mich.
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Edgar Addison Bancroft (1857-1925) —
also known as Edgar A. Bancroft —
of Galesburg, Knox
County, Ill.; Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Galesburg, Knox
County, Ill., November
20, 1857.
Son of Addison N. Bancroft (1820-1879) and Catharine (Blair) Bancroft
(1822-1874).
Republican. Lawyer;
solicitor in Illinois for Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad;
vice-president and general solicitor for Chicago and Western Indiana
Railroad
and the Belt Railway
Company; general counsel, International Harvester Company, farm
equipment and truck
manufacturer; Presidential Elector for Illinois, 1888;
U.S. Ambassador to Japan, 1924-25, died in office 1925.
Died, from an intestinal hemorrhage, in Karuizawa, Japan,
July
27, 1925 (age 67 years, 249
days).
Interment at Hope
Cemetery, Galesburg, Ill.
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Charles D. Donohue (c.1881-1928) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., about 1881.
Democrat. Lawyer;
alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York,
1912;
member of New York
state assembly, 1913-23 (New York County 9th District 1913-17,
New York County 5th District 1918-23); Justice of
New York Supreme Court 1st District, 1924-28; died in office 1928.
Member, Friendly
Sons of St. Patrick.
Died, from acute indigestion, in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., March 5,
1928 (age about 47
years).
Interment at Calvary
Cemetery, Woodside, Queens, N.Y.
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Charles Francis Brown (1844-1929) —
of Newburgh, Orange
County, N.Y.
Born in Newburgh, Orange
County, N.Y., September
12, 1844.
Son of John
W. Brown and Eliza (Reeve) Brown.
Democrat. Lawyer; secretary of
New York Democratic Party, 1874, 1880-82; Orange
County District Attorney, 1875-77; Orange
County Judge, 1878-82; Justice of
New York Supreme Court, 1883-96; judge of
New York Court of Appeals, 1889-92; Justice of the Appellate
Division of the New York Supreme Court 2nd Department, 1893-96;
general counsel, Metropolitan Street
Railway Co., 1897-1901.
Presbyterian.
Member, Delta
Kappa Epsilon.
Died, from an intestinal malady, in Newburgh, Orange
County, N.Y., June 19,
1929 (age 84 years, 280
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Charles Hahn Albrecht (1885-1929) —
also known as Charles H. Albrecht —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., February
22, 1885.
Lawyer;
U.S. Vice Consul in Santo Domingo, 1913-15; U.S. Consul in Reval, 1920-22; Danzig, 1922-23; Bangkok, 1923-26; Nairobi, 1926-29, died in office 1929.
Died, from a gastric ailment, in Nairobi, Kenya,
August
7, 1929 (age 44 years, 166
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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George White Baxter (1855-1929) —
also known as George W. Baxter —
of Denver,
Colo.; Knoxville, Knox
County, Tenn.
Born in Hendersonville, Henderson
County, N.C., January
7, 1855.
Son of John
Baxter.
Democrat. Governor of
Wyoming Territory, 1886; delegate to
Wyoming state constitutional convention, 1889; candidate for Governor of
Wyoming, 1890; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Wyoming, 1893; alternate delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Tennessee, 1912.
Episcopalian.
Died, after suffering a gastric hemorrhage, in New York, New York
County, N.Y., December
18, 1929 (age 74 years, 345
days).
Interment at Old
Gray Cemetery, Knoxville, Tenn.
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Frank L. Young (1860-1930) —
of Ossining, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born in Port Byron, Cayuga
County, N.Y., October
31, 1860.
Son of Levi W. Young and Margaret (Lane) Young.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from Westchester County 3rd District, 1909-12;
alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from New York,
1912;
delegate
to New York state constitutional convention 24th District, 1915;
Justice
of New York Supreme Court 9th District, 1923-30; died in office
1930.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons;
Royal
Arcanum.
Died, from acute indigestion, in Ossining, Westchester
County, N.Y., May 21,
1930 (age 69 years, 202
days).
Interment at Dale
Cemetery, Ossining, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of Levi W. Young and Margaret (Lane) Young; married to Mary Yawger
and Mary Lockwood; married 1916 to Mary E.
Cummings. |
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Walter Marion Chandler (1867-1935) —
also known as Walter M. Chandler —
of Dallas, Dallas
County, Tex.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Yazoo
County, Miss., December
8, 1867.
Son of King David Chandler and Mary Frances (Harrison) Chandler.
Republican. Cowboy; school
teacher; lawyer; U.S.
Representative from New York 19th District, 1913-19, 1921-23;
defeated, 1922, 1924.
Died, from a heart
attack and intestinal malady, in Post-Graduate Hospital,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., March 16,
1935 (age 67 years, 98
days).
Interment at Evergreen
Cemetery, Jacksonville, Fla.
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Harry Terhune (d. 1935) —
of Middletown, Orange
County, N.Y.
Republican. Pharmacist;
mayor
of Middletown, N.Y., 1934-35; died in office 1935.
Died, from a stomach ailment, in Middletown, Orange
County, N.Y., July 17,
1935.
Burial
location unknown.
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Thomas J. Hogan (d. 1938) —
of Long Beach, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y.
Democrat. Candidate in primary for mayor
of Long Beach, N.Y., 1929.
Died, from complications of stomach ulcers, in New York
Hospital, Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., January
18, 1938.
Burial
location unknown.
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Mason P. Rumney (1883-1944) —
of Grosse Pointe, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born December
4, 1883.
Son of John G. Rumney.
Steel
executive; mayor
of Grosse Pointe, Mich., 1939-44; died in office 1944.
Died, following surgery for a stomach ailment, in the Mayo Clinic,
Rochester, Olmsted
County, Minn., January
20, 1944 (age 60 years, 47
days).
Interment at Elmwood
Cemetery, Detroit, Mich.
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Relatives:
Married to Miriam Hull. |
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Alexander Akerman (1869-1948) —
of Cartersville, Bartow
County, Ga.; Macon, Bibb
County, Ga.; Kissimmee, Osceola
County, Fla.; Orlando, Orange
County, Fla.
Born in Elberton, Elbert
County, Ga., October
9, 1869.
Son of Amos
Tappan Akerman and Martha Rebecca (Galloway) Akerman.
Republican. Lawyer;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Georgia, 1908;
U.S.
Attorney for the Southern District of Georgia, 1912-14; U.S.
District Judge for the Southern District of Florida, 1929-39;
took senior status 1939; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Florida, 1948.
Died, after undergoing an operation for an intestinal
disorder, in Orange Memorial Hospital,
Orlando, Orange
County, Fla., August
21, 1948 (age 78 years, 317
days).
Interment at Greenwood
Cemetery, Orlando, Fla.
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Max Radin (1880-1950) —
of Berkeley, Alameda
County, Calif.
Born in Kempen, Poland,
March
29, 1880.
Son of Rabbi Adolph Moses Radin (1848-1909) and Johanna (Theodor)
Radin.
Democrat. Lawyer; law
professor; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
California, 1940.
Jewish.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; American Bar
Association; American
Association of University Professors.
Died, from an intestinal obstruction, in Berkeley, Alameda
County, Calif., June 22,
1950 (age 70 years, 85
days).
Interment at Forest
Lawn Cemetery, Saginaw, Mich.
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Relatives: Son
of Rabbi Adolph Moses Radin (1848-1909) and Johanna (Theodor) Radin;
married, July 2,
1909, to Rose Jaffe (1889-1918); married, June 30,
1922, to Dorothea Prall (1889-1948; sister-in-law of Sherwood
Anderson (1876-1941; novelist)). |
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Frank Buchanan (1902-1951) —
of McKeesport, Allegheny
County, Pa.
Born in McKeesport, Allegheny
County, Pa., December
1, 1902.
Son of Thomas Buchanan and Mary (Campbell) Buchanan.
Democrat. School
teacher; athletic
coach; automobile
dealer; mayor
of McKeesport, Pa., 1942; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Pennsylvania, 1944;
U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 33rd District, 1946-51; died in
office 1951.
Protestant.
Member, American
Economic Association; Phi
Gamma Delta; Elks; Eagles; Moose; Lions.
Died, from esophageal and gastric bleeding, in the naval
hospital at Bethesda, Montgomery
County, Md., April 27,
1951 (age 48 years, 147
days).
Interment at Mt.
Vernon Cemetery, near McKeesport, Elizabeth Township, Allegheny
County, Pa.
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Herbert Bayard Swope (1882-1958) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Sands Point, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y.
Born in St.
Louis, Mo., January
5, 1882.
Son of Isaac Swope and Ida Swope.
Democrat. Newspaper
reporter and editor; received the Pulitzer
Prize in 1917 for a series of articles titled "Inside the German
Empire"; executive editor, New York World, 1920-29; under his
leadership, the newspaper won a Pulitzer
Prize for meritorious public service in 1922, for reporting on
the Ku Klux Klan; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New
York, 1932,
1936,
1940;
elected (Wet) delegate to
New York convention to ratify 21st amendment 1933, but did not
serve.
English,
German,
and Jewish
ancestry.
Died, from pneumonia,
following surgery for an intestinal ailment, in Doctors Hospital,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., June 20,
1958 (age 76 years, 166
days).
Cremated.
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Relatives: Son
of Isaac Swope and Ida Swope; brother of Gerard B. Swope (1872-1957;
president of General Electric, 1922-39); married 1912 to
Margaret Honeyman Powell (1890-1967). |
| | | See also Wikipedia
article |
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Ben Hulse (c.1895-1961) —
of El Centro, Imperial
County, Calif.
Born about 1895.
Republican. Member of California
state senate, 1945-57; President
pro tempore of the California State Senate, 1955-57; delegate to
Republican National Convention from California, 1956.
Died, five days after emergency surgery for a perforated stomach
ulcer, at Community Hospital,
El Centro, Imperial
County, Calif., March 2,
1961 (age about 66
years).
Burial
location unknown.
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John Milan Ashbrook (1928-1982) —
also known as John M. Ashbrook; "The Small Paul
Revere" —
of Johnstown, Licking
County, Ohio.
Born in Johnstown, Licking
County, Ohio, September
21, 1928.
Son of William
Albert Ashbrook and Marie Swank Ashbrook.
Republican. Newspaper
publisher; lawyer;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Ohio, 1956
(alternate), 1960
(alternate), 1964;
member of Ohio state
house of representatives, 1957-60; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 17th District, 1961-82; died in office
1982; candidate for Republican nomination for President, 1972.
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
of Pythias; Kiwanis;
Elks; Lions; Delta
Theta Phi; Sigma
Delta Chi.
Suffered a massive gastrointestinal bleed, and died soon
after, in Licking Memorial Hospital,
Newark, Licking
County, Ohio, April 24,
1982 (age 53 years, 215
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Green
Hill Cemetery, Johnstown, Ohio.
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Richard S. Cohen (c.1937-1998) —
of Augusta, Kennebec
County, Maine.
Born about 1937.
Maine
state attorney general, 1979-80; U.S.
Attorney for Maine, 1981-93.
Died of Crohn's disease, April 13,
1998 (age about 61
years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Eugene H. Nickerson (1918-2002) —
of Roslyn Harbor, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y.
Born in Orange, Essex
County, N.J., August 2,
1918.
Democrat. Lawyer; law
clerk for U.S. Supreme Court Justice Harlan
F. Stone; Nassau
County Executive, 1962-70; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from New York, 1964,
1972;
Judge
of U.S. District Court, 1977.
His right arm
was paralyzed by polio in his youth. Nassau Beach Park was named for
him in 2002.
Died, from complications of ulcer surgery, in St. Luke's Hospital,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., January
1, 2002 (age 83 years, 152
days).
Interment somewhere
in Nassau County, N.Y.
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John Patrick Murtha, Jr. (1932-2010) —
also known as John P. Murtha; Jack Murtha;
"King of Pork" —
of Johnstown, Cambria
County, Pa.
Born in New Martinsville, Wetzel
County, W.Va., June 17,
1932.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during the Vietnam War;
member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 1969-74; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 12th District, 1974-; delegate
to Democratic National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1996,
2000,
2004,
2008.
Catholic.
Implicated
in the Abscam sting, in which FBI agents impersonating Arab
businessmen offered bribes
to political figures; never charged, but cited by the grand jury in
1980 as an unindicted
co-conspirator.
During gall bladder surgery, suffered an intestinal cut, which
led to infection;
he subsequently died at Virginia Medical
Center, Arlington, Arlington
County, Va., February
8, 2010 (age 77 years, 236
days).
Interment at Grandview
Cemetery, Johnstown, Pa.
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