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Politicians Who Died of Heart Disease

Very incomplete list!

Circulatory system diseases except stroke.

in chronological order

• De Witt Clinton (1769-1828) — also known as "Father of the Erie Canal" — of New York, New York County, N.Y. Born in Napanoch, Ulster County, N.Y., March 2, 1769. Son of James Clinton and Mary (De Witt) Clinton (1737-1795); nephew of George Clinton; married, February 13, 1796, to Maria Franklin (died 1818); married, May 8, 1819, to Catherine Jones; sister of Mary Clinton Norton (who married Ambrose Spencer (1765-1848)) and Katharine Clinton Norton (who married Ambrose Spencer (1765-1848)); cousin of George Clinton, Jr.; half-brother of James Graham Clinton. Democrat. Lawyer; member of New York state assembly from New York County, 1797-98; member of New York state senate Southern District, 1798-1802, 1805-11; delegate to New York state constitutional convention, 1801; U.S. Senator from New York, 1802-03; mayor of New York City, N.Y., 1803-07, 1808-10, 1811-15; Lieutenant Governor of New York, 1811-13; candidate for President of the United States, 1812; Governor of New York, 1817-23, 1825-28; died in office 1828. Member, Freemasons. Chief advocate for the Erie Canal, completed 1825. His portrait appeared on the $1,000 U.S. Note from about 1898 to about 1905. Died, from heart failure, in Albany, Albany County, N.Y., February 11, 1828. Original interment at Clinton Cemetery, Little Britain, N.Y.; reinterment at Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y. Clinton counties in Ill., Ind., Iowa, Ky., Mich., Mo. and Pa., and DeWitt County, Ill., are named for him.
  • See also Clinton family of New York
  • See also: congressional biography; National Governors Association biography; Wikipedia article; NNDB dossier; Find-A-Grave page.
  • Books about De Witt Clinton: Evan Cornog, The Birth of Empire : DeWitt Clinton and the American Experience, 1769-1828
  
  
• William Crawford Linton (1795-1835) — of Indiana. Born in Lancaster County, Pa., 1795. Brother-in-law of Thomas Holdsworth Blake. Member of Indiana state senate, 1828-31; candidate for U.S. Representative from Indiana, 1833. Presbyterian. Died of a heart attack in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pa., January 31, 1835. Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery, Terre Haute, Ind.
  
  
• John Maugridge Snowden (1776-1845) — also known as John M. Snowden — of Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pa. Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pa., 1776. Newspaper publisher; mayor of Pittsburgh, Pa., 1825-28; state court judge in Pennsylvania, 1840-45. Presbyterian. Died of heart disease, April 2, 1845. Interment at Concord Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Carrick, Pa.
  
  
• Andrew Jackson (1767-1845) — also known as "Old Hickory"; "The Farmer of Tennessee"; "King Andrew the First" — of Tennessee. Born, in a log cabin, in The Waxhaws, Lancaster County, S.C., March 15, 1767. Son of Andrew Jackson and Elizabeth (Hutchinson) Jackson; married to Rachel (Donelson) Robards; uncle of Andrew Jackson Donelson. Democrat. Lawyer; U.S. Attorney for Tennessee, 1790-97; U.S. Representative from Tennessee at-large, 1796-97; U.S. Senator from Tennessee, 1797-98, 1823-25; justice of Tennessee state supreme court, 1798; general in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; Governor of Florida Territory, 1821; President of the United States, 1829-37. Presbyterian. English ancestry. Member, Freemasons. Killed Charles Dickinson in a pistol duel, May 30, 1806; also duelled with Thomas Hart Benton. Censured by the U.S. Senate in 1834 over his removal of federal deposits from the Bank of the United States. On January 30, 1835, while attending funeral services at the Capitol Building for Rep. Warren R. Davis of South Carolina, he was shot at with two guns -- which both misfired -- by Richard Lawrence, a house painter (later found not guilty by reason of insanity). Died, of dropsy (congestive heart failure), in Nashville, Davidson County, Tenn., June 8, 1845. Elected to the Hall of Fame for Great Americans in 1910. His portrait appears on the U.S. $20 bill; from the 1860s until 1927, his portrait appeared on on U.S. notes and certificates of various denominations from $5 to $10,000. In 1861, his portrait appeared on Confederate States $1,000 notes. Interment at The Hermitage, Nashville, Tenn.; statue erected 1853 at Lafayette Park, Washington, D.C.; statue erected 1856 at Jackson Square, New Orleans, La. Jackson counties in Ala., Ark., Colo., Fla., Ill., Ind., Iowa, Kan., Ky., La., Mich., Miss., Mo., N.C., Ohio, Okla., Ore., Tenn., Tex., W.Va. and Wis., and Hickory County, Mo., are named for him.
  • Cross-reference: Francis P. Blair
  • See also: congressional biography; Wikipedia article; NNDB dossier; Find-A-Grave page.
  • Books about Andrew Jackson: Robert Vincent Remini, The Life of Andrew Jackson; Robert Vincent Remini, Andrew Jackson : The Course of American Freedom, 1822-1832; Robert Vincent Remini, Andrew Jackson : The Course of American Democracy, 1833-1845; Robert Vincent Remini, Andrew Jackson : The Course of American Empire, 1767-1821; Andrew Burstein, The Passions of Andrew Jackson; David S. Heidler & Jeanne T. Heidler, Old Hickory's War: Andrew Jackson and the Quest for Empire; Donald B. Cole, The Presidency of Andrew Jackson; H. W. Brands, Andrew Jackson : His Life and Times
  
  
• Thomas Stockton (1781-1846) — of Delaware. Born in New Castle County, Del., April 1, 1781. Second cousin of John Stockton. Served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; Governor of Delaware, 1845-46; died in office 1846. Episcopalian. Member, Society of the Cincinnati. Died, of heart disease, in New Castle County, Del., March 1, 1846. Interment at Immanuel Churchyard, New Castle, Del.
  • See also: National Governors Association biography.
  
  
• Isaac Johnson (1803-1853) — of Louisiana. Born November 1, 1803. Uncle of Anna Ruffin Dawson (who married Robert Charles Wickliffe). Member of Louisiana state house of representatives; secretary of state of Louisiana; Governor of Louisiana, 1846-50; Louisiana state attorney general. Episcopalian. Died, of a heart attack, in a hotel at New Orleans, Orleans Parish, La., March 15, 1853. Burial location unknown.
  • See also Wickliffe family of Kentucky and Louisiana
  • See also: National Governors Association biography.
  
  
• John Manners (1786-1853) — of Hunterdon County, N.J. Born in Hunterdon County, N.J., April 8, 1786. First cousin of David Stout Manners; first cousin thrice removed of Horace Griggs Prall. Member of New Jersey state senate from Hunterdon County, 1850-52. Baptist. Died, from "affection of the heart," in Clinton, Hunterdon County, N.J., June 24, 1853. Interment at Mercer Cemetery, Trenton, N.J.
  • See also Manners family of New Jersey
  
  
• Hosea Jefferson Dean (1806-1855) — also known as H. J. Dean — of Spartanburg, Spartanburg District (now Spartanburg County), S.C. Born in Spartanburg District (now Spartanburg County), S.C., July 11, 1806. Grandnephew of Samuel Farrow; son of John Dean (1776-1852) and Mary (Farrow) Dean (1780-1830); married, October 14, 1834, to Elizabeth Ellen Mills (1810-1838); married, August 9, 1840, to Mary Stewart Owen (1822-1886). Lawyer; Spartanburg District Commissioner in Equity, 1832-44; member of South Carolina state house of representatives, 1850-52; Clerk, South Carolina House of Representatives, 1853. Baptist. Died, of heart disease, in White Sulphur Springs, Greenbrier County, Va. (now W.Va.), August 3, 1855. Interment at Oak Hill Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
  
  
• James Tillinghast Archer (1819-1859) — also known as James T. Archer — of Florida. Born in Gillisonville, Jasper County, S.C., May 15, 1819. Son of Hugh Archer and Susan Matilda (Tillinghast) Archer; married to Mary Brown. Lawyer; U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Florida, 1840; secretary of state of Florida, 1845-48. The town of Archer, Florida is named for him. Died, of heart disease, in Tallahassee, Leon County, Fla., June 1, 1859. Interment at Old City Cemetery, Tallahassee, Fla.
  • See also: Find-A-Grave page.
  
  
• Mirabeau Buonaparte Lamar (1798-1859) — also known as Mirabeau B. Lamar — of Texas. Born near Louisville, Jefferson County, Ga., August 16, 1798. Brother of Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar (1797-1834); uncle of Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar (1825-1893). Member of Georgia state senate, 1829-30; candidate for U.S. Representative from Georgia, 1832, 1834; colonel in the Texas Army during the Texas War of Independence; Texas Republic Secretary of War, 1836; Vice President of the Texas Republic, 1836-38; President of the Texas Republic, 1838-41; colonel in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War; member of Texas state legislature, 1847; U.S. Minister to Costa Rica, 1858-59; Nicaragua, 1858-59. Member, Freemasons. Died of a heart attack, near Richmond, Fort Bend County, Tex., December 19, 1859. Interment at Morton Cemetery, Richmond, Tex. Lamar County, Tex. is named for him.
  • See also Lamar family of Georgia
  
  
• Martin Van Buren (1782-1862) — also known as "The Little Magician"; "Old Kinderhook"; "Red Fox of Kinderhook"; "Matty Van"; "American Talleyrand"; "Blue Whiskey Van" — of Kinderhook, Columbia County, N.Y. Born in Kinderhook, Columbia County, N.Y., December 5, 1782. Son of Abraham Van Buren and Maria Hoes (Van Alen) Van Buren; married to the sister-in-law of Moses I. Cantine; half-brother of James Isaac Van Alen; married, February 21, 1807, to Hannah Hoes (died 1819); father of John Van Buren. Lawyer; Columbia County Surrogate, 1808-13; member of New York state senate Middle District, 1812-20; New York state attorney general, 1815-19; appointed 1815; delegate to New York state constitutional convention, 1821; U.S. Senator from New York, 1821-28; Governor of New York, 1829; U.S. Secretary of State, 1829-31; U.S. Minister to Great Britain, 1831-32; Vice President of the United States, 1833-37; President of the United States, 1837-41; defeated, 1840 (Democratic), 1848 (Free Soil); candidate for Democratic nomination for President, 1844. Christian Reformed. Dutch ancestry. Died, reportedly due to asthma, but more likely some kind of heart failure, in Kinderhook, Columbia County, N.Y., July 24, 1862. Interment at Kinderhook Cemetery, Kinderhook, N.Y. Van Buren County, Ark., Van Buren County, Iowa, Van Buren County, Mich. and Van Buren County, Tenn. are named for him.
  • Cross-reference: Sanford W. Smith
  • See also Cantine-VanBuren family of New York
  • See also: congressional biography; National Governors Association biography; Wikipedia article; NNDB dossier.
  • Books about Martin Van Buren: Major L. Wilson, The Presidency of Martin Van Buren; Joel H. Silbey, Martin Van Buren and the Emergence of American Popular Politics; Jerome Mushkat & Robert G. Rayback, Martin Van Buren : Law, Politics, and the Shaping of Republican Ideology; John Niven, Martin Van Buren : The Romantic Age of American Politics; Ted Widmer, Martin Van Buren
  
  
• Charles Sweetser (1808-1864) — of Delaware, Delaware County, Ohio. Born in Dummerston, Windham County, Vt., 1808. Democrat. U.S. Representative from Ohio 10th District, 1849-53. Died of heart disease, April 14, 1864. Interment at Oak Grove Cemetery, Delaware, Ohio.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Eli Metcalfe Bruce (1828-1866) — of Nicholas County, Ky. Born near Flemingsburg, Fleming County, Ky., February 22, 1828. Delegate to Kentucky secession convention, 1861; Representative from Kentucky in the Confederate Congress, 1862-65. Died suddenly, of heart disease, at the Southern Hotel, New York, New York County, N.Y., December 15, 1866. Original interment at Linden Grove Cemetery, Covington, Ky.; reinterment in 1917 at Highland Cemetery, Fort Mitchell, Ky.
  
  
• William Patterson (1790-1868) — of Ohio. Born in Maryland, 1790. Democrat. U.S. Representative from Ohio 14th District, 1833-37. Died of heart disease, in Van Wert, Van Wert County, Ohio, August 17, 1868. Interment at Mansfield Cemetery, Mansfield, Ohio.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Andrew Jackson Donelson (1799-1871) — also known as Andrew J. Donelson — of Nashville, Davidson County, Tenn.; Memphis, Shelby County, Tenn. Born August 25, 1799. Nephew of Andrew Jackson. Whig. Lawyer; U.S. Charge d'Affaires to Texas Republic, 1844-45; U.S. Minister to Prussia, 1846-49; candidate for Vice President of the United States, 1856. Died, of a heart attack, in Memphis, Shelby County, Tenn., June 26, 1871. Interment at Elmwood Cemetery, Memphis, Tenn.
  • Books about Andrew Jackson Donelson: Mark R. Cheathem, Old Hickory's Nephew: The Political and Private Struggles of Andrew Jackson Donelson
  
  
• Digby Valentine Bell (1804-1871) — also known as Digby V. Bell — of Ada, Kent County, Mich. Born in St. Christopher, November 10, 1804. Member of Michigan state house of representatives from Ionia District, 1840; member of Michigan state senate 5th District, 1842-43; Michigan land commissioner, 1844-46; Michigan state auditor general, 1846-48; resigned 1848. Died, of coronary thrombosis, in Battle Creek, Calhoun County, Mich., October 28, 1871. Interment at Oak Hill Cemetery, Battle Creek, Mich.
  
  
• John White Geary (1819-1873) — also known as John W. Geary — of San Francisco, Calif. Born near Mt. Pleasant, Westmoreland County, Pa., December 30, 1819. Colonel in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War; went to California for the 1849 Gold Rush; candidate for Governor of California, 1849; mayor of San Francisco, Calif., 1850-51; Governor of Kansas Territory, 1856-57; general in the Union Army during the Civil War; Governor of Pennsylvania, 1867-73. Methodist. Died after suffering a heart attack, in Harrisburg, Dauphin County, Pa., February 8, 1873. Interment at Harrisburg Cemetery, Harrisburg, Pa. Geary County, Kan. is named for him.
  • See also: National Governors Association biography; NNDB dossier.
  
  
• Charles H. Clark (d. 1873) — of Rochester, Monroe County, N.Y. Lawyer; mayor of Rochester, N.Y., 1858. Died, of heart disease, in Rochester, Monroe County, N.Y., November 20, 1873. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Rix Robinson (1789-1875) — also known as "Wabesha" — of Michigan. Born in 1789. Circuit judge in Michigan, 1844; member of Michigan state senate, 1846-49 (5th District 1846, 7th District 1847-49); Presidential Elector for Michigan, 1848; delegate to Michigan state constitutional convention, 1850. Indian trader in the 1820s and 1830s; became a close associate of the Ottawa Indian tribe, and a negotiator on its behalf; he married two Ottawa women, and was also known by an Ottawa name, "Wabesha". Died, of "dropsy" (probably congestive heart failure), Ada, Kent County, Mich., January 13, 1875. Interment at Ada Cemetery, Ada, Mich.
  
  
• Edward Kent (1802-1877) — of Bangor, Penobscot County, Maine. Born January 8, 1802. Father of Edward Kent, Jr.. Mayor of Bangor, Maine, 1836-37; Governor of Maine, 1838-39, 1841-42; defeated, 1836, 1838, 1839, 1841; delegate to Republican National Convention from Maine, 1856 (Speaker); justice of Maine state supreme court, 1859-73. Died of heart failure, May 19, 1877. Interment at Mt. Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Mass.
  • See also: National Governors Association biography.
  
  
• Eugene T. Bell (d. 1880) — U.S. Consul General in Budapest, 1880. Died suddenly, of heart disease, in Vienna, Austria, 1880. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• James Richard Slack (1818-1881) — also known as J. R. Slack — of Huntington, Huntington County, Ind. Born in Bucks County, Pa., September 28, 1818. Democrat. Lawyer; candidate for U.S. Representative from Indiana, 1854, 1880; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Indiana, 1856; member of Indiana state senate; general in the Union Army during the Civil War; circuit judge in Indiana, 1872-78. General Slack Park in Huntington, Ind. is named for him. Died, of a heart attack, in Chicago, Cook County, Ill., July 28, 1881. Interment at Mt. Hope Cemetery, Huntington, Ind.
  
  
• Judah Philip Benjamin (1811-1884) — also known as Judah P. Benjamin; Philippe Benjamin; "Poo Bah of the Confederacy" — of New Orleans, Orleans Parish, La.; London, England; Paris, France. Born in Christiansted, St. Croix, Virgin Islands, August 6, 1811. Son of Philip Benjamin and Rebecca (de Mendes) Benjamin; cousin of Henry Michael Hyams; married 1833 to Natalie St. Martin. Lawyer; member of Louisiana state house of representatives, 1842-44; delegate to Louisiana state constitutional convention, 1845; Presidential Elector for Louisiana, 1848; U.S. Senator from Louisiana, 1853-61; Confederate Attorney General, 1861; Confederate Secretary of War, 1861-62; Confederate Secretary of State, 1862-65. Jewish. His portrait appeared on the Confederate States two-dollar note in 1861-64. He fled to Europe in 1865 to avoid arrest by Union forces; he was suspected of involvement in the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln. Fell from a tram car about 1880, and suffered multiple injuries; also developed kidney and heart problems, and died in Paris, France, May 6, 1884. Interment at Père la Chaise Cemetery, Paris, France.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  • Books about Judah P. Benjamin: Robert Douthat Meade, Judah P. Benjamin: Confederate Statesman; Eli N. Evans, Judah P. Benjamin : The Jewish Confederate
  
  
• Henry Perrin Coon (1822-1884) — of San Francisco, Calif. Born in Columbia County, N.Y., September 30, 1822. Physician; state court judge in California, 1856-60; mayor of San Francisco, Calif., 1863-67. Presbyterian. Died of heart failure in the Palace Hotel, San Francisco, Calif., December 4, 1884. Interment at Mountain View Cemetery, Oakland, Calif.
  
  
• Cornelius Kingsland Garrison (1809-1885) — of San Fernando, Los Angeles County, Calif. Born near West Point, Orange County, N.Y., March 1, 1809. Banker; mayor of San Francisco, Calif., 1853-54. Died, of a heart attack, in New York, New York County, N.Y., May 1, 1885. Interment at Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
  
  
• Thomas Andrews Hendricks (1819-1885) — also known as Thomas A. Hendricks — of Indianapolis, Marion County, Ind. Born near Zanesville, Muskingum County, Ohio, September 7, 1819. Nephew of Thomas Hendricks and William Hendricks; son of John Hendricks; cousin of Abram Hendricks, William Hendricks, Jr. and Abram W. Hendricks; first cousin of William Chalmers Hendricks. Democrat. Member of Indiana state house of representatives, 1848-49; delegate to Indiana state constitutional convention, 1850-51; U.S. Representative from Indiana, 1851-55 (5th District 1851-53, 6th District 1853-55); defeated, 1854; U.S. Senator from Indiana, 1863-69; candidate for Democratic nomination for President, 1868, 1876, 1884; Governor of Indiana, 1873-77; defeated, 1860, 1868; Vice President of the United States, 1885; defeated, 1876; died in office 1885. Presbyterian; later Episcopalian. Member, Odd Fellows. His portrait appeared on the U.S. $10 silver certificate in about 1887-1914. Died, apparently from a heart attack, in Indianapolis, Marion County, Ind., November 25, 1885. Interment at Crown Hill Cemetery, Indianapolis, Ind.
  • See also Hendricks family of Indiana and Pennsylvania
  • See also: congressional biography; National Governors Association biography; Wikipedia article; NNDB dossier.
  
  
• B. F. Cheatham (1821-1886) — of Nashville, Davidson County, Tenn. Born in Nashville, Davidson County, Tenn., 1821. Married 1867 to Anna Robertson. Colonel in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War; candidate for mayor of Nashville, Tenn., 1857; general in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; postmaster. Died, from heart disease, in Nashville, Davidson County, Tenn., September 4, 1886. Interment at Mt. Olivet Cemetery, Nashville, Tenn.
  
  
• John Thompson Hoffman (1828-1888) — also known as John T. Hoffman — of New York, New York County, N.Y. Born in Sing Sing (now Ossining), Westchester County, N.Y., January 10, 1828. Son of Adrian Kissam Hoffman (physician). Democrat. Lawyer; mayor of New York City, N.Y., 1866-68; Governor of New York, 1869-72; defeated, 1866. Died, from heart disease, in Wiesbaden, Germany, March 24, 1888. Interment at Dale Cemetery, Ossining, N.Y.
  • See also: National Governors Association biography; Wikipedia article.
  
  
• Jacob Barker Ham (c.1824-1888) — also known as Jacob B. Ham — of Lewiston, Androscoggin County, Maine. Republican. Mayor of Lewiston, Maine, 1863-64. Died, of heart failure, September 4, 1888. Interment at Riverside Cemetery, Lewiston, Maine.
  
  
• John Cardwell (1837-1890) — of Austin, Travis County, Tex. Born in Lexington, Oglethorpe County, Ga., January 28, 1837. Married, January 6, 1860, to Margaret Dunlap. Newspaper editor; U.S. Consul General in Cairo, 1885-89. Died, of heart disease, in Richmond, Fort Bend County, Tex., April 17, 1890. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Lewis Findlay Watson (1819-1890) — also known as Lewis F. Watson — of Pennsylvania. Born in Crawford County, Pa., April 14, 1819. Republican. Lumber business; oil producer; railroad builder; banker; U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania 27th District, 1877-79, 1881-83, 1889-90; died in office 1890. Died, of heart disease, at the Shoreham Hotel, Washington, D.C., August 25, 1890. Interment at Oakland Cemetery, Warren, Pa.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• William Worth Belknap (1829-1890) — also known as William W. Belknap — of Iowa. Born in Newburgh, Orange County, N.Y., September 22, 1829. Son of William Goldsmith Belknap (Mexican War general) and Ann (Clark) Belknap; married to Cora LeRoy, Carrie Thompson and Mrs. John Bower; father of Hugh Reid Belknap. Lawyer; member of Iowa state house of representatives, 1857-58; general in the Union Army during the Civil War; U.S. Secretary of War, 1869-76. Impeached in 1876 by the House of Representatives for taking bribes; resigned on March 2, 1876. Despite arguments that the Senate lacked jurisdiction after his resignation, an impeachment trial was held; on August 1, the Senate voted 35 to 25 for his conviction, short of the necessary two-thirds. Died, of an apparent heart attack, in Washington, D.C., October 13, 1890. Interment at Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
  • See also: Wikipedia article; NNDB dossier.
  
  
• William Windom (1827-1891) — of Winona, Winona County, Minn. Born in Belmont County, Ohio, May 10, 1827. Republican. U.S. Representative from Minnesota, 1859-69 (at-large 1859-63, 1st District 1863-69); member of Republican National Committee from Minnesota, 1866-68; U.S. Senator from Minnesota, 1870-71, 1871-81, 1881-83; candidate for Republican nomination for President, 1880; U.S. Secretary of the Treasury, 1881, 1889-91; died in office 1891. Quaker. His portrait appeared on the U.S. $2 silver certificate in the 1890s. Died, from heart disease, at the annual banquet of the New York Board of Trade and Transportation, just after finishing a speech, in New York, New York County, N.Y., January 29, 1891. Interment at Rock Creek Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
  • See also: congressional biography; Wikipedia article; NNDB dossier.
  
  
• Phineas Taylor Barnum (1810-1891) — also known as P. T. Barnum; "Prince of Humbugs" — of Fairfield, Fairfield County, Conn.; Bridgeport, Fairfield County, Conn. Born in Bethel, Fairfield County, Conn., July 5, 1810. Son of Philo Barnum; third cousin once removed of William Henry Barnum. Republican. Entrepreneur, impressario, museum owner, founder of the Barnum & Bailey circus, known as "The Greatest Show on Earth"; member of Connecticut state house of representatives, 1865-66, 1877-79; mayor of Bridgeport, Conn., 1875-76. Died, of heart failure, in Bridgeport, Fairfield County, Conn., April 7, 1891. Interment at Mountain Grove Cemetery, Bridgeport, Conn.; statue at Seaside Park, Bridgeport, Conn.
  • See also: Wikipedia article; NNDB dossier; Internet Movie Database profile.
  • Books by P. T. Barnum: The Life of P. T. Barnum: Written by Himself
  
  
• Daniel Azro Millington (1823-1891) — of Winfield, Cowley County, Kan. Born in Hubbardton, Rutland County, Vt., May 16, 1823. Mayor of Winfield, Kan., 1875-76. Died of heart failure, in Winfield, Cowley County, Kan., May 7, 1891. Interment at Union Cemetery, Winfield, Kan.
  
  
• William Allen (c.1822-1891) — of Northampton, Hampshire County, Mass. Born in Brunswick, Cumberland County, Maine. Grandson of John Wheelock (president, Dartmouth College); son of Rev. William Allen Allen (president, Bowdoin College). Lawyer; superior court judge in Massachusetts, 1872-81; justice of Massachusetts state supreme court, 1881-91; died in office 1891. Died, from neuralgia of the heart, in Northampton, Hampshire County, Mass., June 4, 1891. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• James Daly (1843-1892) — of New York, New York County, N.Y. Born in Ireland, 1843. Democrat. Member of New York state assembly from New York County 14th District, 1874-75, 1878; member of New York state senate 7th District, 1882-87. Died, of grippe and heart failure, in New York, New York County, N.Y., March 20, 1892. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Daniel A. Cony (1837-1892) — of Augusta, Kennebec County, Maine. Born May 5, 1837. Son of Samuel Cony; married to Mary Jones. Republican. Grain merchant; banker; mayor of Augusta, Maine, 1875. Died, from heart disease, in Augusta, Kennebec County, Maine, July 23, 1892. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• James Sidney Hinton (1834-1892) — of Indianapolis, Marion County, Ind. Born near Raleigh, Wake County, N.C., December 25, 1834. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Indiana, 1872; member of Indiana state house of representatives, 1881. Black. Member, Freemasons; Odd Fellows. First black member of the Indiana legislature. Died of a heart attack while making a speech, in Brazil, Clay County, Ind., November 6, 1892. Interment at Crown Hill Cemetery, Indianapolis, Ind.
  
  
• William H. Wickham (1832-1893) — of New York, New York County, N.Y. Born in Smithtown, Suffolk County, Long Island, N.Y., July 30, 1832. Son of Daniel H. Wickham and Ruth Wickham. Democrat. Ticket agent for a steamship company; diamond dealer; president of New-York Fire Department, 1860; mayor of New York City, N.Y., 1875-76; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1876. Died, of heart disease and Bright's disease, in New York, New York County, N.Y., January 13, 1893. Interment somewhere in Smithtown, Long Island, N.Y.
  
  
• Rutherford Birchard Hayes (1822-1893) — also known as Rutherford B. Hayes; "Rutherfraud B. Hayes"; "His Fraudulency" — of Ohio. Born in Delaware, Delaware County, Ohio, October 4, 1822. Married, December 30, 1852, to Lucy Ware Webb Hayes; father of Webb Cook Hayes. Republican. Lawyer; general in the Union Army during the Civil War; U.S. Representative from Ohio 2nd District, 1865-67; Governor of Ohio, 1868-72, 1876-77; President of the United States, 1877-81. Methodist. Scottish ancestry. Member, Loyal Legion; Grand Army of the Republic; Odd Fellows. Stricken by a heart attack at the railroad station in Cleveland, Ohio, and died that night in Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio, January 17, 1893. Original interment at Oakwood Cemetery, Fremont, Ohio; reinterment in 1915 at Spiegel Grove, Fremont, Ohio. Hayes County, Neb. is named for him.
  • Cross-reference: Leopold Markbreit; James M. Comly
  • See also: congressional biography; Wikipedia article; NNDB dossier.
  • Books about Rutherford B. Hayes: Ari Hoogenboom, Rutherford B. Hayes: Warrior and President; Hans Trefousse, Rutherford B. Hayes: 1877 - 1881; William H. Rehnquist, Centennial Crisis : The Disputed Election of 1876
  
  
• Robert D. McKune (c.1823-1894) — of Scranton, Lackawanna County, Pa.; Wilkes-Barre, Luzerne County, Pa. Went to California for the 1849 Gold Rush; mayor of Scranton, Pa., 1877. While attempting to quell a riot in 1877, he was attacked, and his skull was fractured. Died, of heart failure, in Newburgh, Orange County, N.Y., October 9, 1894. Interment somewhere in Scranton, Pa.
  
  
• Frederick Augustus Washington Bailey Douglass (1817-1895) — also known as Frederick Douglass — of Rochester, Monroe County, N.Y.; Washington, D.C. Born in slavery in Maryland, 1817. Republican. Presidential Elector for New York, 1872; U.S. Charge d'Affaires to Santo Domingo, 1889-91; U.S. Minister to Haiti, 1889-91. Black. Lecturer and advocate of the abolition of slavery, starting in 1841. Publisher of The North Star, an abolitionist paper. In 1848, he attended the meeting in Seneca Falls, N.Y., which started the women's rights movement. Died, of a heart attack, in Washington, D.C., February 20, 1895. Interment at Mt. Hope Cemetery, Rochester, N.Y.; statue erected 1899 at Highland Park, Rochester, N.Y.
  • Books by Frederick Douglass: Life and Times of Frederick Douglass; Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, An American Slave: Written by Himself
  
  
• Henry Woltman (d. 1895) — of New York, New York County, N.Y. Member of New York state assembly from New York County 12th District, 1867, 1869. "Right-hand man" to Tammany leader Richard Croker. Died, from heart disease, in Bellevue Hospital, New York, New York County, N.Y., October 11, 1895. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Elisha Peyre Ferry (1825-1895) — also known as Elisha P. Ferry — of Waukegan, Lake County, Ill. Born in Monroe County, Mich., August 9, 1825. Democrat. Presidential Elector for Illinois, 1852; village president of Waukegan, Illinois, 1856-57; mayor of Waukegan, Ill., 1859; delegate to Illinois state constitutional convention Lake County, 1862; Governor of Washington Territory, 1872-80; Governor of Washington, 1889-93. Died of pneumonia and heart failure, October 14, 1895. Interment at Lake View Cemetery, Seattle, Wash. Ferry County, Wash. is named for him.
  
  
• Theodore Runyon (1822-1896) — of Newark, Essex County, N.J. Born in Somerville, Somerset County, N.J., October 25, 1822. Democrat. Lawyer; Presidential Elector for New Jersey, 1860; general in the Union Army during the Civil War; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New Jersey, 1864; mayor of Newark, N.J., 1864-66; candidate for Governor of New Jersey, 1865; U.S. Minister to Germany, 1893; U.S. Ambassador to Germany, 1893-96, died in office 1896. French Huguenot ancestry. Died, of heart failure, in Berlin, Germany, January 27, 1896. Interment at Mt. Pleasant Cemetery, Newark, N.J.
  
  
• Philip Jacob Arcularius Harper (1824-1896) — also known as Philip J. A. Harper — of New York, New York County, N.Y.; Hempstead, Queens County (now Nassau County), Long Island, N.Y. Born October 21, 1824. Son of James Harper; married, June 30, 1846, to Harriet Mead (1825-1856); married, June 29, 1858, to Augusta M. Thorne (died 1911). Member of the firm Harper and Brothers, publishers; village president of Hempstead, New York. Methodist. Member, Freemasons. Died, from heart and kidney trouble, in Hempstead, Queens County (now Nassau County), Long Island, N.Y., March 6, 1896. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• John J. McAfee (1836-1896) — of Kentucky. Born in Mercer County, Ky., 1836. Son-in-law of Humphrey Marshall. Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; member of Kentucky state house of representatives, 1871-73. Died, of heart trouble, Louisville, Jefferson County, Ky., April 4, 1896. Interment at New Providence Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Near McAfee, Mercer County, Ky.
  • See also Livingston-Lee-Clay-Williams family
  
  
• James Mitchell Ashley (1824-1896) — of Lucas County, Ohio. Born near Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pa., November 14, 1824. Great-grandfather of Thomas William Ludlow Ashley. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Ohio, 1856 (Speaker); U.S. Representative from Ohio, 1859-69 (5th District 1859-63, 10th District 1863-69); defeated, 1868, 1890, 1892; Governor of Montana Territory, 1869. Unitarian. Died of a heart attack in Ann Arbor, Washtenaw County, Mich., September 16, 1896. Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery, Toledo, Ohio.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  • Books about James M. Ashley: Robert E. Horowitz, Great Impeacher: A Political Biography of James M. Ashley
  
  
• William D. Aldrich (c.1851-1897) — of Warrensburg, Warren County, N.Y. Born in Thurman, Warren County, N.Y. Son of Daniel Aldrich and Catherine Aldrich. Member of New York state assembly from Warren County, 1888. Died, of heart failure, 1897. Interment somewhere in Warrensburg, N.Y.
  
  
• Charles H. Scribner (1826-1897) — of Toledo, Lucas County, Ohio. Born in Norwalk, Fairfield County, Conn., 1826. Democrat. Delegate to Ohio state constitutional convention from Lucas County, 1873; circuit judge in Ohio 6th Circuit, 1888-97; died in office 1897. Died, of heart disease, in Toledo, Lucas County, Ohio, February 25, 1897. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Maurice Carey Blake (1815-1897) — also known as Maurice C. Blake — of San Francisco, Calif. Born in Otisville (unknown county), Maine, October 20, 1815. Republican. Lawyer; member of California state assembly 5th District, 1857-58; mayor of San Francisco, Calif., 1881-83; delegate to Republican National Convention from California, 1884. Died, of a heart attack, in San Francisco, Calif., September 26, 1897. Interment at Mt. Tamalpais Cemetery, San Rafael, Calif.
  
  
• William Daniel (c.1821-1897) — of Maryland. Born in Deal Island, Somerset County, Md. Lawyer; member of Maryland state house of delegates, 1853-57; member of Maryland state senate, 1857; delegate to Maryland state constitutional convention, 1864; Prohibition candidate for Vice President of the United States, 1884. Died, of heart disease, in Mt. Washington, Baltimore, Md., October 13, 1897. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• M. G. Troup (c.1841-1898) — of Winfield, Cowley County, Kan. Born in Ohio. Mayor of Winfield, Kan., 1881-82. Died, of heart disease, in Winfield, Cowley County, Kan., February 6, 1898. Interment at Union Cemetery, Winfield, Kan.
  
  
• Benjamin Joseph Franklin (1839-1898) — of Kansas City, Jackson County, Mo. Born near Maysville, Mason County, Ky., 1839. Father of Alfred Franklin. Democrat. Member of Kansas state senate, 1860; served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; U.S. Representative from Missouri 8th District, 1875-79; U.S. Consul in Hankow, 1885-90; Governor of Arizona Territory, 1896-97. Episcopalian. Died of heart disease, May 18, 1898. Interment at Rosedale Cemetery, Phoenix, Ariz.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Isaac Cox (c.1825-1898) — of Josephine County, Ore.; Siskiyou County, Calif. Born in Massachusetts. Member of Oregon state legislature, 1864-68. Died, from heart disease in the Sonoma County Hospital, Sonoma County, Calif., July 16, 1898. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Abraham Oakey Hall (1826-1898) — also known as A. Oakey Hall; "Elegant Oakey" — of New York, New York County, N.Y. Born in Albany, Albany County, N.Y., July 26, 1826. Republican. Newspaper reporter; lawyer; delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1856; mayor of New York City, N.Y., 1869-72; indicted and tried in 1871-73 on charges of covering up corruption during his mayoralty; acquitted. Presbyterian; later Catholic. English, Welsh, and French ancestry. Died, of heart disease, in Manhattan, New York County, N.Y., October 7, 1898. Entombed at Trinity Cemetery, Manhattan, N.Y.
  • See also: Find-A-Grave page.
  
  
• Jonathan Russell Bullock (1815-1899) — also known as J. Russell Bullock — of Alton, Madison County, Ill.; Bristol, Bristol County, R.I. Born in Bristol, Bristol County, R.I., September 6, 1815. Lawyer; member of Rhode Island state house of representatives, 1844-46; member of Rhode Island state senate, 1859-60; Lieutenant Governor of Rhode Island, 1860-61; justice of Rhode Island state supreme court, 1862-64; U.S. District Judge for Rhode Island, 1865-69; resigned 1869. Died, of heart disease, in Bristol, Bristol County, R.I., May 7, 1899. Interment at Juniper Hill Cemetery, Bristol, R.I.
  • See also: federal judicial profile.
  
  
• Amos L. Rollins (1826-1900) — of Alton, Belknap County, N.H. Born in Alton, Belknap County, N.H., December 11, 1826. Member of New Hampshire state senate 4th District, 1895-96. Died, of heart failure, in Alton, Belknap County, N.H., February 22, 1900. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Elliot Newman Bowman (1826-1900) — also known as Elliot N. Bowman — of Fountain County, Ind. Born in Greene County, Tenn., October 11, 1826. Son of John Bowman and Rebecca (Newman) Bowman; married, May 23, 1866, to Harriet A. (Spinning) Jarvis (1838-1901). Democrat. Lawyer; merchant; hotel owner; Fountain County Circuit Court Clerk, 1871-78; member of Indiana state house of representatives, 1891; deputy auditor, U.S. Navy, 1893; Sixth Auditor, U.S. Treasury. Died, from a heart attack, in Covington, Fountain County, Ind., May 21, 1900. Interment at Prescott Grove Cemetery, Covington, Ind.
  
  
• Lorenzo Dow Lewelling (1846-1900) — of Wichita, Sedgwick County, Kan. Born in Salem, Henry County, Iowa, December 21, 1846. Candidate for secretary of state of Kansas, 1886; Governor of Kansas, 1893-95; member of Kansas state senate, 1896. Died of heart disease in Arkansas City, Cowley County, Kan., September 3, 1900. Interment at Maple Grove Cemetery, Wichita, Kan.
  • See also: National Governors Association biography; Find-A-Grave page.
  
  
• Charles Albert Busiel (1842-1901) — also known as Charles A. Busiel — of Laconia, Belknap County, N.H. Born in Meredith, Belknap County, N.H., November 24, 1842. Married 1864 to Eunice Elizabeth Preston. Manufacturer; president, Laconia National Bank and City Savings Bank; president, Lake Shore Railroad; director, Concord & Montreal Railroad; member of New Hampshire state house of representatives, 1878-79; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New Hampshire, 1880; mayor of Laconia, N.H., 1893-95; Governor of New Hampshire, 1895-97. Died, about two weeks after the drowning of his six-year-old grandson and namesake, of heart disease, August 29, 1901. Entombed in mausoleum at Union Cemetery, Laconia, N.H.
  • See also: National Governors Association biography.
  
  
• Charles Bartlett Andrews (1834-1902) — also known as Charles B. Andrews — of Litchfield, Litchfield County, Conn. Born in Sunderland, Franklin County, Mass., November 4, 1834. Republican. Lawyer; member of Connecticut state senate 15th District, 1868-69; member of Connecticut state house of representatives, 1878; Governor of Connecticut, 1879-81; superior court judge in Connecticut, 1881-89; chief justice of Connecticut Supreme Court, 1889-1901; resigned 1901; delegate to Connecticut state constitutional convention, 1902. Died, from heart disease, in Litchfield, Litchfield County, Conn., September 12, 1902. Interment at East Cemetery, Litchfield, Conn.
  • See also: National Governors Association biography; Find-A-Grave page.
  
  
• Alfred Eliab Buck (1832-1902) — also known as Alfred E. Buck; A. E. Buck — of Alabama; Atlanta, Fulton County, Ga. Born in Foxcroft (now part of Dover-Foxcroft), Piscataquis County, Maine, February 7, 1832. Married 1864 to Ellen B. Boker. Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; Presidential Elector for Alabama, 1868; U.S. Representative from Alabama 1st District, 1869-71; Georgia Republican state chair, 1896; delegate to Republican National Convention from Georgia, 1896; U.S. Minister to Japan, 1897. Died suddenly, from paralysis of the heart, while on an imperial duck shoot, near Tokyo, Japan, December 4, 1902. Interment at Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• John Beard Allen (1845-1903) — also known as John B. Allen — of Seattle, King County, Wash. Born in Crawfordsville, Montgomery County, Ind., May 18, 1845. Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; lawyer; U.S. Attorney for Washington, 1875-85; Delegate to U.S. Congress from Washington Territory, 1889; U.S. Senator from Washington, 1889-93. Died, from angina pectoris, in Seattle, King County, Wash., January 28, 1903. Interment at Lake View Cemetery, Seattle, Wash.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• George Addison Whiting (1827-1903) — also known as George A. Whiting — of California. Born in Holliston, Middlesex County, Mass., September 20, 1827. Member of California state assembly 12th District, 1871-73. Congregationalist. Member, Freemasons; Odd Fellows. Died, of heart disease, in Holliston, Middlesex County, Mass., September 14, 1903. Interment at Lake Grove Cemetery, Holliston, Mass.
  
  
• Frederic René Coudert (1832-1903) — also known as Frederic R. Coudert — of Manhattan, New York County, N.Y. Born in New York, New York County, N.Y., March 1, 1832. Son of Charles Coudert; married to Elizabeth McCredy; grandfather of Frederic René Coudert, Jr.. Democrat. Lawyer; government director, 1885-88, and receiver, 1892-98, of Union Pacific Railroad; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1896. Catholic. French ancestry. Died, from heart and liver troubles, in Washington, D.C., December 20, 1903. Interment at Calvary Cemetery, Woodside, Queens, N.Y.
  • See also Coudert-Tracy family of New York
  
  
• William Darius Bishop (1827-1904) — also known as William D. Bishop — of Bridgeport, Fairfield County, Conn. Born in Bloomfield, Essex County, N.J., September 14, 1827. Democrat. U.S. Representative from Connecticut 4th District, 1857-59; defeated, 1858, 1902; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Connecticut, 1860; member of Connecticut state senate 10th District, 1866, 1877-78; member of Connecticut state house of representatives, 1871. Died, of chronic endocarditis, in Bridgeport, Fairfield County, Conn., February 4, 1904. Cremated; ashes interred at Mountain Grove Cemetery, Bridgeport, Conn.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• James Philip Eagle (1837-1904) — also known as James P. Eagle — of Little Rock, Pulaski County, Ark. Born in Maury County, Tenn., August 10, 1837. Son of James Eagle and Charity (Swaim) Eagle; married 1882 to Mary Kavanaugh Oldham (1854-1903) (sister of William Kavanaugh Oldham). Colonel in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; minister; planter; delegate to Arkansas state constitutional convention, 1874; Governor of Arkansas, 1889-93. Baptist. Died, of heart failure, December 20, 1904. Interment at Mt. Holly Cemetery, Little Rock, Ark.
  • See also: National Governors Association biography.
  
  
• William Alvord (1833-1904) — of San Francisco, Calif. Born in Albany, Albany County, N.Y., January 3, 1833. Mayor of San Francisco, Calif., 1871-73. Died, of heart failure due to bronchial troubles, in San Francisco, Calif., December 21, 1904. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Charles Eugene Bentley (1841-1905) — of Lincoln, Lancaster County, Neb. Born in Warners, Onondaga County, N.Y., April 30, 1841. Baptist minister; Prohibition candidate for President of the United States, 1896. Baptist. Died, from a heart attack, in a lodging house at Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, Calif., February 4, 1905. Interment at Blue Valley Cemetery, Surprise, Neb.
  • See also: Find-A-Grave page.
  
  
• Jacob Worth (1838-1905) — of Brooklyn, Kings County, N.Y. Born in New York, New York County, N.Y., 1838. Republican. Member of New York state assembly, 1864-66, 1868, 1873-76, 1878 (Kings County 7th District 1864-66, Kings County 6th District 1868, 1873-76, 1878); member of New York state senate 4th District, 1886-89; candidate for U.S. Representative from New York 5th District, 1900. Died, of a heart attack, at the Eastman Hotel, Hot Springs, Garland County, Ark., February 21, 1905. Interment at The Evergreens Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
  
  
• Patrick Henry McCarren (c.1850-1909) — 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. Married to Kate Hogan (died 1883). 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, 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. Interment at Calvary Cemetery, Woodside, Queens, N.Y.
  
  
• Eben Alexander (1851-1910) — of Chapel Hill, Orange County, N.C. Born in Knoxville, Knox County, Tenn., March 9, 1851. Grandson of Adam Rankin Alexander; son of Judge Ebenezer Alexander and Margaret White (McClung) Alexander; married, October 15, 1874, to Marion Smith. University professor; U.S. Minister to Greece, 1893-97; Romania, 1893-97; Serbia, 1893-97; U.S. Consul General in Athens, 1893-97; Bucharest, 1893-97; Belgrade, 1893-97. Died suddenly of heart disease, in Knoxville, Knox County, Tenn., March 12, 1910. Interment at Old Gray Cemetery, Knoxville, Tenn.
  
  
• Edward T. Rose (1857-1910) — of Athens, Athens County, Ohio. Born August 8, 1857. Lawyer; mayor of Athens, Ohio, 1888-90, 1899-1902. Died, of a heart condition, March 27, 1910. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Edward B. Pond (1833-1910) — of San Francisco, Calif. Born in Belleville, Jefferson County, N.Y., September 7, 1833. Democrat. Mayor of San Francisco, Calif., 1887-91; candidate for Governor of California, 1890. Unitarian. Died, of a heart attack, in San Francisco, Calif., April 22, 1910. Interment at Mountain View Cemetery, Oakland, Calif.
  
  
• Edward Theodore Bartlett (1841-1910) — also known as Edward T. Bartlett — of New York, New York County, N.Y. Born in Skaneateles, Onondaga County, N.Y., June 14, 1841. Great-grandson of Josiah Bartlett; son of Dr. Levi Bartlett (physician) and Harriette Elizabeth (Hopkins) Bartlett. Republican. Lawyer; candidate for Justice of New York Supreme Court, 1891; judge of New York Court of Appeals, 1894-1910; died in office 1910. French and English ancestry. Member, Sons of the American Revolution; Union League. Died, of heart disease, in Albany Hospital, Albany, Albany County, N.Y., May 3, 1910. Interment somewhere in Skaneateles, N.Y.
  • See also Bartlett-O'Rear family of Kentucky and New Hampshire
  
  
• Lloyd Wheaton Bowers (1859-1910) — also known as Lloyd W. Bowers — of Winona, Winona County, Minn. Born in Springfield, Hampden County, Mass., March 9, 1859. Son of Samuel Dwight Bowers (born 1825) and Martha Wheaton (Dowd) Bowers (born 1834); married, September 7, 1887, to Louisa Bennett Wilson (died 1897) (daughter of Thomas Wilson); married 1906 to Charlotte Josephine (Lewis) Watson; father of Martha Wheaton Bowers (1889-1958) (who married Robert Alphonso Taft). Lawyer; general counsel, Chicago & North Western Railway, 1893-1909; U.S. Solicitor General, 1909-10; died in office 1910. Member, Skull and Bones. Died, from a heart attack, while suffering from bronchitis, in the Touraine Hotel, Boston, Suffolk County, Mass., September 9, 1910. Burial location unknown.
  • See also Taft family of Ohio
  • See also: Wikipedia article.
  
  
• Edwin Ames Jaggard (1859-1911) — also known as Edwin A. Jaggard — of St. Paul, Ramsey County, Minn. Born in Altoona, Blair County, Pa., June 21, 1859. Son of Clement Jaggard and Annie Jane (Wright) Jaggard; married 1890 to Anna May Averill (daughter of John Thomas Averill). District judge in Minnesota 2nd District, 1899-1904; justice of Minnesota state supreme court, 1905-11; died in office 1911. Died, of heart failure, in Hamilton, Bermuda, February 13, 1911. Burial location unknown.
  • See also Averill family of Minnesota
  
  
• Cornelius Newton Bliss (1833-1911) — also known as Cornelius N. Bliss — of New York, New York County, N.Y. Born in Fall River, Bristol County, Mass., January 26, 1833. Son of Asahel Newton Bliss and Irene Borden (Luther) Bliss; fourth cousin once removed of Albert Bliss; married, March 30, 1859, to Elizabeth Mary Plummer (1837-1923); father of Cornelius Newton Bliss, Jr.. Republican. Dry goods merchant; banker; New York Republican state chair, 1887-89; Treasurer of Republican National Committee, 1892-1904; U.S. Secretary of the Interior, 1897-99; delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1900, 1904. English ancestry. Member, Union League. Died, from heart disease, in Manhattan, New York County, N.Y., October 9, 1911. Entombed at Woodlawn Cemetery, Bronx, N.Y.
  • See also Bliss family of New York
  • See also: Find-A-Grave page.
  
  
• George Roland Malby (1857-1912) — also known as George R. Malby — of Ogdensburg, St. Lawrence County, N.Y. Born in Canton, St. Lawrence County, N.Y., September 16, 1857. Republican. Lawyer; member of New York state assembly, 1891-95 (St. Lawrence County 1st District 1891-92, St. Lawrence County 1893-95); delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1904, 1908, 1912; U.S. Representative from New York 26th District, 1907-12; died in office 1912. Died, from heart disease, in his room at the Murray Hill Hotel, Manhattan, New York County, N.Y., July 5, 1912. Interment at Ogdensburg Cemetery, Ogdensburg, N.Y.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Alfred James Brown (1856-1913) — of Colorado. Born in Binghamton, Broome County, N.Y., March 23, 1856. Physician; member of Colorado state legislature. Member, Freemasons; Knights of Pythias. Died, of heart failure, at his drugstore in Higbee, Randolph County, Mo., February 17, 1913. Interment at Eel River Cemetery, Columbia City, Ind.
  
  
• William Jay Gaynor (1848-1913) — also known as William J. Gaynor — of Brooklyn, Kings County, N.Y. Born in Whitestown, Oneida County, N.Y., 1848. Lawyer; Justice of New York Supreme Court 2nd District, 1894-1907; mayor of New York City, N.Y., 1910-13; died in office 1913. Shot in the throat by a James J. Gallagher, a former city employee, on August 9, 1910. Died, from a heart attack, on board the steamship Baltic, in the North Atlantic Ocean, September 10, 1913. Interment at Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
  • See also: Wikipedia article.
  
  
• Joseph William Craven (1854-1913) — also known as Joseph W. Craven — of Norwood (now part of Norwood Young America), Carver County, Minn. Born in Milford, Penobscot County, Maine, March 19, 1854. Uncle of Thomas David Craven. Democrat. Member of Minnesota state senate 37th District, 1891-93; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Minnesota, 1904; candidate for U.S. Representative from Minnesota, 1904, 1910. Catholic. Irish ancestry. Died, of apoplexy (stroke), with contributory arteriosclerosis, in Norwood (now part of Norwood Young America), Carver County, Minn., December 21, 1913. Interment at Catholic Church Cemetery, Norwood, Minn.
  
  
• George Morgan Thomas (1828-1914) — also known as George M. Thomas — of Vanceburg, Lewis County, Ky. Born near Poplar Flat, Lewis County, Ky., November 23, 1828. Son of Elijah H. Thomas and Mary Arminta (Boggs) Thomas. Republican. Lawyer; member of Kentucky state house of representatives, 1859-63, 1872-73; county judge in Kentucky, 1868; candidate for Lieutenant Governor of Kentucky, 1871; circuit judge in Kentucky, 1874-80; U.S. Attorney for Kentucky, 1881-85; delegate to Republican National Convention from Kentucky, 1884; U.S. Representative from Kentucky 9th District, 1887-89; defeated, 1870. Died, reportedly from angina pectoris, in Vanceburg, Lewis County, Ky., January 7, 1914. Interment at Woodland Cemetery, Vanceburg, Ky.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Fred A. Busse (1866-1914) — of Chicago, Cook County, Ill. Born in Chicago, Cook County, Ill., March 3, 1866. Married 1908 to Josephine Lee. Republican. Hardware business; coal dealer; member of Illinois state house of representatives, 1895-98; member of Illinois state senate, 1899-1900; Illinois state treasurer, 1903-05; member of Illinois Republican State Committee, 1905; postmaster; mayor of Chicago, Ill., 1907-11; delegate to Republican National Convention from Illinois, 1908; member of Illinois Republican State Central Committee, 1910. German ancestry. Member, Freemasons. Died, from valvular heart disease, in Chicago, Cook County, Ill., July 9, 1914. Interment at Graceland Cemetery, Chicago, Ill.
  
  
• Arthur Orin Bement (1847-1915) — also known as Arthur O. Bement — of Lansing, Ingham County, Mich. Born in Fostoria, Seneca County, Ohio, May 22, 1847. Republican. Mayor of Lansing, Mich., 1892-93. Congregationalist. Member, Freemasons; Knights Templar; Grand Army of the Republic. Founder, with his father, of the E. Bement Sons implement and stove manufacturing firm. Died, of heart trouble, in Lansing, Ingham County, Mich., January 26, 1915. Interment at Mt. Hope Cemetery, Lansing, Mich.
  • See also: Find-A-Grave page.
  
  
• George Madison Roberts (1830-1915) — also known as George M. Roberts — of San Benito County, Calif. Born in Mercer County, Ky., June 11, 1830. Democrat. Member of California state assembly 6th District, 1875-77. Member, Odd Fellows. Died, of congestive heart failure, in San Jose, Santa Clara County, Calif., December 26, 1915. Interment at Odd Fellows Cemetery, Hollister, Calif.
  
  
• Joseph Hodges Choate (1832-1917) — of Manhattan, New York County, N.Y. Born in Salem, Essex County, Mass., January 24, 1832. Grandson of George Choate (1760?-?); son of George Choate (1796-1880) and Margaret Manning (Hodges) Choate; nephew of Rufus Choate; brother of William Gardner Choate; married, October 16, 1861, to Caroline Dutcher Sterling. Lawyer; delegate to New York state constitutional convention at-large, 1894; U.S. Ambassador to Great Britain, 1899-1905. English ancestry. Member, American Philosophical Society; American Bar Association; Union League. Died, of a heart attack, in Manhattan, New York County, N.Y., May 14, 1917. Interment at Stockbridge Cemetery, Stockbridge, Mass.
  • Cross-reference: William Phillips
  • See also Choate family of Massachusetts
  • See also: Wikipedia article; NNDB dossier.
  
  
• Harrison Gray Otis (1837-1917) — of Louisville, Jefferson County, Ky.; Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, Calif. Born in Washington County, Ohio, February 10, 1837. Second cousin twice removed of Samuel Alleyne Otis and Ralph Chester Otis; third cousin once removed of Harrison Gray Otis (1765-1848) and Norton Prentiss Otis; son of Sarah (Dyer) Otis (1789-1879) and Stephen Otis (born 1784); second cousin of Oran Gray Otis and David Perry Otis; third cousin of Asa H. Otis; fourth cousin of John Otis, William Shaw Chandler Otis, Harris F. Otis and James Otis; married, September 11, 1859, to Eliza A. Wetherby (died 1904); second cousin once removed of Lauren Ford Otis. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Kentucky, 1860; served in the Union Army during the Civil War; newspaper publisher; general in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War. Died, from a rupture of the heart, in Hollywood, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, Calif., July 30, 1917. Burial location unknown.
  • See also Otis family of New York
  
  
• John Joseph Adams (1848-1919) — also known as John J. Adams — of New York. Born in Douglas Town, New Brunswick, September 16, 1848. Democrat. Lawyer; U.S. Representative from New York, 1883-87 (8th District 1883-85, 7th District 1885-87). Died suddenly, of heart disease (a year after suffering a stroke of paralysis), in the Ansonia Hotel, Manhattan, New York County, N.Y., February 16, 1919. Interment at Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
  • See also: congressional biography; Find-A-Grave page.
  
  
• William Waldorf Astor (1848-1919) — also known as "Viscount Astor" — of New York, New York County, N.Y.; Taplow, Buckinghamshire, England. Born in New York, New York County, N.Y., March 31, 1848. Son of John Jacob Astor III (1822-1890); married, June 6, 1878, to Mary Dahlgren Paul (1858-1894). Member of New York state assembly from New York County 11th District, 1878; member of New York state senate 10th District, 1880-81; U.S. Minister to Italy, 1882-85; renounced his American citizenship and became a British subject in 1899; became a Baron in 1916 and a Viscount in 1917; member of the British House of Lords. Heir to Astor family fortune of about $100 million; moved to England in 1890 and became a British subject. Died, of heart disease, in Brighton, England, October 18, 1919. Cremated.
  • See also: Wikipedia article; NNDB dossier.
  
  
• Jacob H. Marks (1864-1920) — of Chicago, Cook County, Ill. Born in Chicago, Cook County, Ill., 1864. Republican. Member of Illinois Republican State Central Committee, 1910. Jewish. Member, Maccabees. Died, of endocarditis, in Chicago, Cook County, Ill., March 6, 1920. Interment at Ridgelawn Cemetery, Chicago, Ill.
  
  
• Roger C. Sullivan (1861-1920) — of Chicago, Cook County, Ill. Born in Belvidere, Boone County, Ill., February 3, 1861. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Illinois, 1904, 1912, 1916; candidate for U.S. Senator from Illinois, 1914. Died, of heart failure, in Chicago, Cook County, Ill., April 14, 1920. Interment at Mt. Carmel Cemetery, Riverside, Ill.
  
  
• Theodore Newton Vail (1845-1920) — also known as Theodore N. Vail — of Lyndonville, Lyndon, Caledonia County, Vt. Born in Minerva, Stark County, Ohio, July 16, 1845. First cousin of George Vail; son of Davis Vail and Phebe (Quinby) Vail; married, August 3, 1869, to Emma Louisa Righter (1844-1905); married, July 27, 1907, to Mabel Rutledge Sanderson (died 1950). Republican. General superintendent, U.S. Railway Mail Service, 1876-79; president, American Telephone and Telegraph Co., 1885-89 and 1907-19; founder of Western Electric and of Bell Labs; built an electric railway system in Buenos Aires, Argentina, 1890-1904; farmer; delegate to Republican National Convention from Vermont, 1916. Member, Union League. Died, from kidney and cardiac complications, in Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, Md., April 16, 1920. Interment at Vail Memorial Cemetery, Parsippany, N.J.
  • See also: Wikipedia article; Find-A-Grave page.
  
  
• August Henry Bolte (1854-1920) — also known as August H. Bolte — of Franklin County, Mo. Born September 23, 1854. Democrat. Lawyer; Lieutenant Governor of Missouri, 1897-1901. German ancestry. Died, from valvular heart disease and nephritis, in St. Louis, Mo., June 24, 1920. Interment somewhere in Washington, Mo.
  
  
• Franklin Knight Lane (1864-1921) — of San Francisco, Calif.; Manhattan, New York County, N.Y. Born near Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, July 15, 1864. Son of Dr. C. S. Lane and C. W. H. Lane; married, April 11, 1893, to Anne Wintermute. Democrat. Newspaper reporter; lawyer; candidate for Governor of California, 1902; member, Interstate Commerce Commission, 1906-13; U.S. Secretary of the Interior, 1913-20. Died, of a heart attack 12 days after appendicitis surgery, at the Mayo Hospital, Rochester, Olmsted County, Minn., May 18, 1921. Cremated.
  • See also: NNDB dossier.
  
  
• George Washington Stone (1849-1921) — also known as George W. Stone — of Michigan. Born in New Bern, Craven County, N.C., August 27, 1849. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; Michigan state auditor general, 1891-92. Died of a heart attack while playing the drum in an Armistice Day parade, in Lansing, Ingham County, Mich., November 11, 1921. Interment at Mt. Hope Cemetery, Lansing, Mich.
  • See also: Find-A-Grave page.
  
  
• 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; brother of Louis Woodard 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. Interment at Warrensburg Cemetery, Warrensburg, N.Y.
  
  
• George Washington Aldridge (1856-1922) — also known as George W. Aldridge — of Rochester, Monroe County, N.Y. Born in Michigan City, LaPorte County, Ind., December 28, 1856. Married to Mary Mack (c.1855-1935). Republican. Manufacturer; mayor of Rochester, N.Y., 1894; New York State Superintendent of Public Works, 1895-99; delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1896, 1900, 1904, 1908, 1912, 1916, 1920; candidate for U.S. Representative from New York, 1910; U.S. Collector of Customs for New York, N.Y., 1921-22; died in office 1922. Member, Freemasons; Sons of the American Revolution; Odd Fellows; Elks; Knights of Pythias. Died suddenly, from heart attack or stroke, while golfing at the Biltmore Country Club, near Rye, Westchester County, N.Y., June 13, 1922. Interment at Mt. Hope Cemetery, Rochester, N.Y.
  
  
• Garret James Garretson (1847-1922) — also known as Garret J. Garretson — of Newtown, Queens, Queens County, N.Y.; Elmhurst, Queens, Queens County, N.Y. Born in Newtown, Queens, Queens County, N.Y., 1847. Married 1876 to Eliza L. Eastman (died 1888); married 1897 to Sara Wilson. Republican. Queens County School Commissioner, 1873-75; Queens County Surrogate, 1880; Queens County Judge, 1886-96; Justice of New York Supreme Court 2nd District, 1897-1913. Died, from a heart attack, in Amagansett, Suffolk County, Long Island, N.Y., July 9, 1922. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Claude B. Terrell (1871-1922) — of Bedford, Trimble County, Ky. Born in Trimble County, Ky., 1871. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Kentucky, 1904, 1912; member of Kentucky state house of representatives. Died, of heart disease, in Louisville, Jefferson County, Ky., July 18, 1922. Interment at Odd Fellows Cemetery, Trimble County, Ky.
  
  
• Edgar Backus Schermerhorn (1851-1923) — also known as Edgar B. Schermerhorn — of Galena, Cherokee County, Kan. Born in Channahon, Will County, Ill., November 19, 1851. Founder, city of Galena; organizer, Citizens Bank of Galena; member of Kansas state house of representatives, 1903-05; Chairman, Kansas Board of Control, 1905-11. Episcopalian. Dutch ancestry. Member, Freemasons; Knights Templar; Shriners; Elks; Knights of Pythias; Ancient Order of United Workmen. Schermerhorn Park (land he donated) is named for him. Died, of heart failure, in Galena, Cherokee County, Kan., February 1, 1923. Entombed at Mt. Hope Cemetery, Joplin, Mo.
  
  
• John M. C. Smith (1853-1923) — of Charlotte, Eaton County, Mich. Born in Belfast, Ireland (now Northern Ireland), February 6, 1853. Married 1887 to Lena Parkhurst. Republican. Lawyer; Eaton County Prosecuting Attorney, 1885-88; delegate to Michigan state constitutional convention 15th District, 1907-08; U.S. Representative from Michigan 3rd District, 1911-21, 1921-23; died in office 1923. Scotch-Irish ancestry. Died, of heart disease, in Charlotte, Eaton County, Mich., March 30, 1923. Interment at Maple Hill Cemetery, Charlotte, Mich.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Michael H. Kiley (1861-1923) — of Cazenovia, Madison County, N.Y. Born in Horicon, Warren County, N.Y., August 28, 1861. Republican. Lawyer; Madison County District Attorney, 1899; Justice of New York Supreme Court 6th District, 1913-23; died in office 1923. Died, of heart disease, in Cazenovia, Madison County, N.Y., May 19, 1923. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Francis Elisha Baker (1860-1924) — of Goshen, Elkhart County, Ind. Born in Goshen, Elkhart County, Ind., October 20, 1860. Son of John Harris Baker and Harriet (Defrees) Baker; nephew of Lucien Baker; married, February 21, 1888, to May Irwin. Lawyer; justice of Indiana state supreme court, 1899-1902; Judge of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit, 1902-24; died in office 1924. Member, Phi Beta Kappa. Died, from endocarditis, March 15, 1924. Interment somewhere in Goshen, Ind.
  • See also Baker family of Indiana
  • See also: federal judicial profile.
  
  
• Marcus Aurelius Smith (1851-1924) — also known as Marcus A. Smith; Mark A. Smith — of Tombstone, Cochise County, Ariz.; Tucson, Pima County, Ariz. Born near Cynthiana, Harrison County, Ky., January 24, 1851. Democrat. Delegate to U.S. Congress from Arizona Territory, 1887-95, 1897-99, 1901-03, 1905-09; U.S. Senator from Arizona, 1912-21; defeated, 1920. Died, from heart disease, in his hotel room at Washington, D.C., April 7, 1924. Interment at Battle Grove Cemetery, Cynthiana, Ky.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Henry C. Schock (1858-1924) — of Mount Joy, Lancaster County, Pa. Born November 19, 1858. Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1920. Died, from a heart attack, in Mount Joy, Lancaster County, Pa., September 29, 1924. Interment at Mount Joy Cemetery, Mount Joy, Pa.
  
  
• Leopold David (1878-1924) — of Anchorage, Alaska. Born in Brooklyn, Kings County, N.Y., 1878. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; lawyer; mayor of Anchorage, Alaska, 1920-23; trustee, Alaska Agricultural College and School of Mines (now University of Alaska), 1923-25. Jewish. Died, of heart failure, November 21, 1924. Interment at Anchorage Memorial Park Cemetery, Anchorage, Alaska.
  • See also: Wikipedia article.
  
  
• Theodore Frank Appleby (1864-1924) — also known as T. Frank Appleby — of Asbury Park, Monmouth County, N.J. Born in Old Bridge, Middlesex County, N.J., October 10, 1864. Son of Theodore Frelinguysen Appleby and Margaret Susanna (Mount) Appleby; married, April 10, 1889, to Alice C. Hoffman; father of Stewart Hoffman Appleby. Republican. Real estate and insurance business; delegate to Republican National Convention from New Jersey, 1896; mayor of Asbury Park, N.J., 1908-12; U.S. Representative from New Jersey 3rd District, 1921-23; defeated, 1922. Methodist. Member, Freemasons. Died, of heart trouble, in Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, Md., December 15, 1924. Interment at Chestnut Hill Cemetery, Old Bridge, N.J.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• James Edwin Campbell (1843-1924) — also known as James E. Campbell — of Hamilton, Butler County, Ohio. Born in Middletown, Butler County, Ohio, July 7, 1843. Nephew of Lewis Davis Campbell. Democrat. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; U.S. Representative from Ohio, 1884-89 (7th District 1884-85, 3rd District 1885-87, 7th District 1887-89); defeated, 1906; Governor of Ohio, 1890-92; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Ohio, 1912, 1924. Died, of chronic myocarditis, in Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio, December 17, 1924. Interment at Green Lawn Cemetery, Columbus, Ohio.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Ben Franklin Caldwell (1848-1924) — of Chatham, Sangamon County, Ill. Born near Carrollton, Greene County, Ill., August 2, 1848. Democrat. Member of Illinois state house of representatives, 1882-86; member of Illinois state senate, 1890-94; U.S. Representative from Illinois, 1899-1905, 1907-09 (17th District 1899-1903, 21st District 1903-05, 1907-09); defeated, 1904; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Illinois, 1912. Member, Freemasons. Died, of miocarditis, in Springfield, Sangamon County, Ill., December 29, 1924. Interment at Oak Ridge Cemetery, Springfield, Ill.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Charles Francis Craver (1842-1925) — of Grinnell, Poweshiek County, Iowa; Harvey, Cook County, Ill.; Tulsa, Tulsa County, Okla. Born in Franklinville, Gloucester County, N.J., September 3, 1842. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; member of Iowa state house of representatives, 1876. Methodist. One of the founders of Craver & Steele, farm equipment manufacturers; invented the first successful twelve-foot binder for cutting and binding small grain; later, he was an oil producer based in Oklahoma. Died, of heart trouble, in Tulsa, Tulsa County, Okla., May 12, 1925. Interment at Rose Hill Memorial Park, Tulsa, Okla.
  
  
• Nelson Appleton Miles (1839-1925) — also known as Nelson A. Miles — Born in Westminster, Worcester County, Mass., August 8, 1839. Nephew by marriage of William Tecumseh Sherman and John Sherman; married 1868 to Mary Hoyt Sherman. Democrat. General in the Union Army during the Civil War; received the Medal of Honor in 1892 for action at the battle of Chancellorsville, 1863; general in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; candidate for Democratic nomination for President, 1904. Suffered a heart attack and died, while attending a circus, in Washington, D.C., May 15, 1925. Interment at Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
  • See also Livingston-Lee-Clay-Williams family
  
  
• Thomas Riley Marshall (1854-1925) — also known as Thomas R. Marshall — of Columbia City, Whitley County, Ind. Born in North Manchester, Wabash County, Ind., March 14, 1854. Son of Daniel M. Marshall and Martha A. (Patterson) Marshall; married, October 2, 1895, to Lois Irene Kimsey and Lois Irene Kimsey (1873-1958). Democrat. Lawyer; Governor of Indiana, 1909-13; candidate for Democratic nomination for President, 1912; Vice President of the United States, 1913-21. Presbyterian. Member, Freemasons; Scottish Rite Masons; Phi Beta Kappa; Phi Gamma Delta. Coined the saying: "What this country needs is a good five-cent cigar.". Died, from the effects of a heart attack, in his room at the Willard Hotel, Washington, D.C., June 1, 1925. Entombed at Crown Hill Cemetery, Indianapolis, Ind.
  • See also: congressional biography; National Governors Association biography; Wikipedia article; NNDB dossier; Find-A-Grave page.
  
  
• Robert Marion LaFollette (1855-1925) — also known as Robert M. LaFollette; "Fighting Bob"; "Battling Bob" — of Madison, Dane County, Wis. Born in Primrose, Dane County, Wis., June 14, 1855. Son of Josiah LaFollette and Mary (Furgeson) LaFollette; married, December 31, 1881, to Belle Case (first woman to graduate from the University of Wisconsin law school); father of Robert Marion LaFollette, Jr. and Philip Fox LaFollette; grandfather of Bronson Cutting LaFollette. Lawyer; Dane County District Attorney, 1880-84; U.S. Representative from Wisconsin 3rd District, 1885-91; delegate to Republican National Convention from Wisconsin, 1896, 1904; Governor of Wisconsin, 1901-06; U.S. Senator from Wisconsin, 1906-25; died in office 1925; candidate for Republican nomination for President, 1908, 1916; Progressive candidate for President of the United States, 1924. French ancestry. Died of heart disease complicated by asthma and pneumonia, in Washington, D.C., June 18, 1925. Interment at Forest Hill Cemetery, Madison, Wis.
  • See also LaFollette family of Wisconsin
  • See also: congressional biography; Wikipedia article.
  • Books about Robert M. LaFollette: Nancy C. Unger, Fighting Bob La Follette : The Righteous Reformer; Bernard A. Weisberger, The LaFollettes of Wisconsin : Love and Politics in Progressive America
  
  
• John A. McCurdy (1841-1925) — of Ohio. Born in Staunton Township, Miami County, Ohio, March 26, 1841. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; member of Ohio state house of representatives, 1897. Member, Grand Army of the Republic; Odd Fellows; Junior Order. Died, of cardiac decompensation, in Troy, Miami County, Ohio, August 26, 1925. Interment at Riverside Cemetery, Troy, Ohio.
  
  
• Julius M. Mayer (1865-1925) — of Manhattan, New York County, N.Y. Born in New York, New York County, N.Y., September 5, 1865. Son of J. Daniel Mayer and Fannie M. (Marshuetz) Mayer. Republican. Lawyer; delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1904, 1908; New York state attorney general, 1905-06; U.S. District Judge for the Southern District of New York, 1912-21; Judge of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit, 1921-24. Jewish. Member, American Bar Association; Phi Beta Kappa; Phi Delta Theta; Freemasons; Shriners. Died, from heart disease, in Manhattan, New York County, N.Y., November 30, 1925. Interment at Mt. Hope Cemetery, Hastings-on-Hudson, N.Y.
  
  
• Benjamin Britton Chandler (1854-1925) — of Henry, Williamsburg County, S.C. Born in South Carolina, November 7, 1854. Member of South Carolina state house of representatives, 1924-25; died in office 1925. Suffered a heart attack, and died soon after, at Henry, Williamsburg County, S.C., December 13, 1925. Interment at Union United Methodist Church Cemetery, Near Hemingway, Georgetown County, S.C.
  
  
• Martin Behrman (1864-1926) — of New Orleans, Orleans Parish, La. Born in New York, New York County, N.Y., October 14, 1864. Democrat. Delegate to Louisiana state constitutional convention, 1898, 1921; Louisiana state auditor, 1904-05; mayor of New Orleans, La., 1904-20, 1925-26; defeated, 1920; died in office 1926; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Louisiana, 1912, 1924; Louisiana Democratic state chair, 1925. Died, of heart disease, in New Orleans, Orleans Parish, La., January 12, 1926. Interment at Metairie Cemetery, New Orleans, La.
  • Books by Martin Behrman: Martin Behrman of New Orleans : Memoirs of a City Boss (out of print)
  
  
• Charles Roswell Henry (1856-1926) — also known as Charles R. Henry — of Au Sable, Iosco County, Mich.; Alpena, Alpena County, Mich. Born in Lake Ridge, Macon Township, Lenawee County, Mich., December 29, 1856. Father of Carl R. Henry. Lawyer; member of Michigan state senate 29th District, 1885. Congregationalist. Member, Freemasons. Died of apoplexy (cerebral hemorrhage), after a period of heart trouble, in Alpena, Alpena County, Mich., February 26, 1926. Interment at Evergreen Cemetery, Alpena, Mich.
  
  
• Alton Brooks Parker (1852-1926) — also known as Alton B. Parker — of Kingston, Ulster County, N.Y.; Esopus, Ulster County, N.Y. Born near Cortland, Cortland County, N.Y., May 14, 1852. Son of John Brooks Parker and Harriet F. (Stratton) Parker; married, October 16, 1873, to Mary Louise Schoonmaker (died 1917); married, January 16, 1923, to Amelia Day Campbell. Democrat. Lawyer; Ulster County Surrogate, 1877-85; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1884, 1908, 1912; Justice of New York Supreme Court 3rd District, 1885-97; chief judge of New York Court of Appeals, 1897-1904; resigned 1904; candidate for President of the United States, 1904; law partner of William F. Sheehan and Edward W. Hatch, 1905-12. Member, American Bar Association. Died, from heart disease, while riding in his automobile through Central Park, Manhattan, New York County, N.Y., May 10, 1926. Interment at Wiltwyck Cemetery, Kingston, N.Y.
  • Cross-reference: George L. Ingraham
  
  
• Albert Baird Cummins (1850-1926) — also known as Albert B. Cummins — of Des Moines, Polk County, Iowa. Born near Carmichaels, Greene County, Pa., February 15, 1850. Son of Thomas Layton Cummins and Sarah (Baird) Cummins; married, June 24, 1874, to Ida L. Gallery. Republican. Lawyer; member of Iowa state house of representatives, 1888; member of Republican National Committee from Iowa, 1896-1900; delegate to Republican National Convention from Iowa, 1896, 1924; Governor of Iowa, 1902-08; U.S. Senator from Iowa, 1908-26; died in office 1926; candidate for Republican nomination for President, 1916. Congregationalist. Died of a heart attack, in Des Moines, Polk County, Iowa, July 30, 1926. Interment at Woodland Cemetery, Des Moines, Iowa.
  • See also: congressional biography; National Governors Association biography.
  
  
• Robert Wodrow Archbald (1848-1926) — also known as Robert W. Archbald — of Scranton, Lackawanna County, Pa. Born in Carbondale, Lackawanna County, Pa., September 10, 1848. Son of James Archbald and Augusta (Frothingham) Archbald; married, January 21, 1875, to Elizabeth B. Cannon. Lawyer; common pleas court judge in Pennsylvania, 1884-88; district judge in Pennsylvania, 1888-1901; U.S. District Judge for the Middle District of Pennsylvania, 1901-11; Judge of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 3rd Circuit, 1911-13; removed 1913. Impeached by the U.S. House of Representatives in 1912 on conflict of interest charges; convicted (removed from office) by the U.S. Senate on four articles of impeachment. Died, from a heart attack, in Martha's Vineyard, Dukes County, Mass., August 19, 1926. Burial location unknown.
  • See also: federal judicial profile.
  
  
• Walter Husted Jaycox (1863-1927) — also known as Walter H. Jaycox — of Patchogue, Suffolk County, Long Island, N.Y. Born in Wassaic, Dutchess County, N.Y., September 3, 1863. Son of Lorin R. Jaycox and Hannah A. (Darling) Jaycox; married, December 3, 1890, to Inez Leaming. Republican. Lawyer; Suffolk County District Attorney, 1893-99; Suffolk County Judge, 1902-05; Justice of New York Supreme Court 2nd District, 1905-27; appointed 1905; died in office 1927; Justice of the Appellate Division of the New York Supreme Court 2nd Department, 1921-27; died in office 1927. Member, Elks; Freemasons; Knights Templar; Shriners; Sons of the Revolution. Died, of heart disease, en route to his home, in the automobile of Justice Leander B. Faber, in Hempstead, Nassau County, Long Island, N.Y., February 3, 1927. Interment at Cedar Grove Cemetery, Patchogue, Long Island, N.Y.
  
  
• William Joseph Fallon (1886-1927) — also known as William J. Fallon; "The Great Mouthpiece"; "Broadway's Cicero" — of Mamaroneck, Westchester County, N.Y. Born in New York, New York County, N.Y., 1886. Son of Joseph M. Fallon; married to Agnes Rafter. Republican. Lawyer; member of New York state assembly from Westchester County 2nd District, 1918; charged in 1924 with bribing a juror; tried and acquitted. Died, of heart disease, in the Hotel Oxford, Manhattan, New York County, N.Y., April 29, 1927. Interment at Calvary Cemetery, Woodside, Queens, N.Y.
  • Books about William J. Fallon: Gene Fowler, The Great Mouthpiece : A Life Story of William J. Fallon
  
  
• Herbert Wolcott Bowen (1856-1927) — also known as Herbert W. Bowen — of New York; Woodstock, Windham County, Conn. Born in Brooklyn, Kings County, N.Y., February 29, 1856. Son of Henry Chandler Bowen and Lucy Maria (Tappan) Bowen; married, January 25, 1902, to Carolyn Mae Clegg; brother of Grace Aspinwall Bowen (who married Arthur Sherburne Hardy). Lawyer; U.S. Consul in Barcelona, 1890-95; U.S. Consul General in Barcelona, 1895-98; last American official to leave Spain before the Spanish American War; U.S. Minister to Persia, 1899-1901; Venezuela, 1901-05. English ancestry. Died, of heart disease, Woodstock, Windham County, Conn., May 29, 1927. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Joseph Blanchard LaChapelle (1860-1927) — of Ashland, Saunders County, Neb. Born in St. Albans, Franklin County, Vt., December 30, 1860. Member of Nebraska state house of representatives, 1927. Member, Odd Fellows; Knights of Pythias. Died, of heart trouble, in Ashland, Saunders County, Neb., September 6, 1927. Interment at Glenwood Cemetery, Glenwood, Iowa.
  
  
• George W. Baker (1863-1928) — of Brooklyn, Kings County, N.Y. Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pa., November 12, 1863. Son of George Baker and Sarah (Randell) Baker; married to Isabel C. Huggins. Republican. Shoe manufacturer; candidate for borough president of Brooklyn, New York, 1921. Congregationalist. Member, Freemasons. Died, from heart disease, in Brooklyn, Kings County, N.Y., January 20, 1928. Interment at Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
  
  
• William Nash Everett (1864-1928) — of North Carolina. Born in Rockingham, Richmond County, N.C., December 29, 1864. Member of North Carolina state senate, 1917; member of North Carolina state house of representatives, 1919; secretary of state of North Carolina, 1923-28; died in office 1928. Died of a heart attack in his room at the Sir Walter Raleigh Hotel, Raleigh, Wake County, N.C., February 7, 1928. Interment at Everett Cemetery, Rockingham, N.C.
  
  
• James Ambrose Gallivan (1866-1928) — also known as James A. Gallivan — of Boston, Suffolk County, Mass. Born in Boston, Suffolk County, Mass., October 22, 1866. Son of James S. Gallivan and Mary (Flynn) Gallivan; married to Louise A. Burke. Democrat. Newspaper reporter; member of Massachusetts state house of representatives; member of Massachusetts state senate; U.S. Representative from Massachusetts 12th District, 1914-28; died in office 1928; candidate for mayor of Boston, Mass., 1917. Staunch opponent of alcohol prohibition. Died, from heart disease, in Ring Hospital, Arlington, Middlesex County, Mass., April 3, 1928. Interment at Holyhood Cemetery, Brookline, Mass.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• James Harrison Oliver (1857-1928) — also known as J. H. Oliver — of Charles City County, Va. Born in Houston County, Ga., 1857. As a naval commander, he was arrested and court-martialed over his role in a 1904 collision in Delaware Bay; acquitted and reinstated; Governor of U.S. Virgin Islands. Died, of heart disease, in Charles City County, Va., April 6, 1928. Burial location unknown.
  • See also: Wikipedia article.
  
  
• John Alden Dix (1860-1928) — also known as John A. Dix — of Thomson, Washington County, N.Y.; Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara County, Calif. Born in Glens Falls, Warren County, N.Y., December 25, 1860. Nephew of John Adams Dix; son of James Lawton Dix and Laura (Stevens) Dix; married 1889 to Gertrude Thomson. Democrat. Banker; lumber business; paper manufacturer; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1904, 1912; candidate for Lieutenant Governor of New York, 1908; New York Democratic state chair, 1910; Governor of New York, 1911-12. Died, from heart disease, in Harbor Hospital, Manhattan, New York County, N.Y., April 9, 1928. Interment at Albany Rural Cemetery, Menands, N.Y.
  • Cross-reference: Lawrence Gresser
  • See also Dix family of New York
  • See also: National Governors Association biography.
  
  
• William J. Behan (1840-1928) — of New Orleans, Orleans Parish, La. Born in New Orleans, Orleans Parish, La., September 25, 1840. Son of John Holland Behan and Katherine Behan; married, June 7, 1866, to Kate Walker; father of Louis Joseph Behan. General in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; merchant; manufacturer; grocery business; mayor of New Orleans, La., 1882-84; delegate to Republican National Convention from Louisiana, 1896; Louisiana Republican state chair, 1900-12; Republican candidate for Governor of Louisiana, 1904. Irish ancestry. Member, United Confederate Veterans. Died, from a heart attack, in New Orleans, Orleans Parish, La., May 4, 1928. Interment at Greenwood Cemetery, New Orleans, La.
  
  
• Tirey L. Ford (1857-1928) — also known as T. L. Ford — of California. Born in Monroe County, Mo., 1857. California state attorney general, 1899-1902. Charged with offering a bribe; tried and acquitted in 1907. Died, of a heart attack, in San Francisco, Calif., June 26, 1928. Interment at Holy Cross Cemetery, Colma, Calif.
  
  
• George Brinton McClellan Harvey (1864-1928) — also known as George Harvey — of Deal, Monmouth County, N.J. Born in Peacham, Caledonia County, Vt., February 16, 1864. Son of Duncan Harvey and Margaret S. (Varnum) Harvey; married, October 13, 1887, to Alma A. Parker. Newspaper reporter; New Jersey Insurance Commissioner, 1890-91; builder and president of electric railroads, 1894-98; editor and publisher, North American Review and Harper's Weekly; U.S. Ambassador to Great Britain, 1921-23. Died, from a heart attack and asthma, in Dublin, Cheshire County, N.H., August 20, 1928. Interment at Peacham Cemetery, Peacham, Vt.
  
  
• Robert Lansing (1864-1928) — of Watertown, Jefferson County, N.Y. Born in Watertown, Jefferson County, N.Y., October 17, 1864. Son of John Lansing and Maria L. (Dodge) Lansing; married, January 15, 1890, to Eleanor Foster (daughter of John Watson Foster). Lawyer; U.S. Secretary of State, 1915-20. Member, American Political Science Association; Psi Upsilon. Died, of myocarditis, in Washington, D.C., October 30, 1928. Interment at Brookside Cemetery, Watertown, N.Y.
  • Cross-reference: Richard Crane
  • See also Dulles-Foster-Lansing family of New York
  • See also: Wikipedia article; NNDB dossier; Find-A-Grave page.
  
  
• Sanford W. Smith (1869-1929) — of Chatham, Columbia County, N.Y. Born in Kinderhook, Columbia County, N.Y., August 19, 1869, reportedly in the same house where President Martin Van Buren was born in 1782. Republican. Lawyer; member of New York state assembly from Columbia County, 1901; member of New York state senate, 1906-08 (24th District 1906, 25th District 1907-08); Judge of New York Court of Claims, 1918-27; delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1924; Justice of New York Supreme Court 3rd District, 1928; appointed 1928. Member, Freemasons; Shriners; Knights of Pythias. Died, of a heart attack, in Chatham, Columbia County, N.Y., January 24, 1929. Interment at Chatham Cemetery, Chatham, N.Y.
  
  
• Walter Roscoe Stubbs (1858-1929) — also known as W. R. Stubbs — of Lawrence, Douglas County, Kan. Born near Richmond, Wayne County, Ind., November 7, 1858. Son of John T. Stubbs and Esther (Bailey) Stubbs; married 1886 to Stella Hostettler. Republican. Rancher; member of Kansas state house of representatives, 1903-07; Speaker of the Kansas State House of Representatives, 1905-06; Kansas Republican state chair, 1904-08; Governor of Kansas, 1909-13; candidate for U.S. Senator from Kansas, 1912. Quaker. Member, Freemasons. Died, after a short illness and some heart trouble, in Topeka, Shawnee County, Kan., March 25, 1929. Interment at Lawrence Cemetery, Lawrence, Kan.
  • Cross-reference: John S. Dawson
  • See also: National Governors Association biography.
  
  
• Myron Timothy Herrick (1854-1929) — also known as Myron T. Herrick — of Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio; Cleveland Heights, Cuyahoga County, Ohio. Born in Huntington, Lorain County, Ohio, October 9, 1854. Son of Timothy R. Herrick and Mary L. Herrick; married, June 30, 1880, to Carolyn M. Parmely (died 1918). Republican. Lawyer; banker; secretary-treasurer and president, Society for Savings, Cleveland; director and board chairman of railroad; delegate to Republican National Convention from Ohio, 1888, 1892, 1896, 1904, 1908, 1920; Presidential Elector for Ohio, 1892; member of Republican National Committee from Ohio, 1901; Governor of Ohio, 1904-06; U.S. Ambassador to France, 1912-14, 1921-29, died in office 1929; candidate for U.S. Senator from Ohio, 1916. Member, American Bankers Association. Died of a heart attack in Paris, France, March 31, 1929. Interment at Lake View Cemetery, Cleveland, Ohio.
  
  
• W. B. Phillips (1860-1929) — of Mt. Vernon, Jefferson County, Ill. Born in Franklin County, Ill., February 5, 1860. Member of Illinois state house of representatives 56th District, 1919-29; died in office 1929. Member, Woodmen; Knights of Pythias. Died of a heart attack, Mt. Vernon, Jefferson County, Ill., April 19, 1929. Interment at Oakwood Cemetery, Mt. Vernon, Ill.
  
  
• John Franklin Alexander Strong (1856-1929) — also known as J. F. A. Strong — of Iditarod, Yukon-Koyukuk census area, Alaska. Born in Salmon Center, New Brunswick, October 15, 1856. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Alaska Territory, 1912; Governor of Alaska Territory, 1913-18. Died of a heart attack, in Seattle, King County, Wash., July 27, 1929. Cremated.
  • See also: NNDB dossier.
  
  
• John W. Bailey (1859-1929) — of Battle Creek, Calhoun County, Mich. Born in Battle Creek, Calhoun County, Mich., 1859. Democrat. Mayor of Battle Creek, Mich., 1890, 1909-11, 1913-15, 1927-29; died in office 1929; member of Michigan Democratic State Central Committee, 1917-19; candidate for Governor of Michigan, 1918; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Michigan, 1920, 1924 (alternate), 1928; candidate for U.S. Senator from Michigan, 1928. Died, from heart disease, in Battle Creek, Calhoun County, Mich., August 9, 1929. Interment at Oak Hill Cemetery, Battle Creek, Mich.
  • See also: Find-A-Grave page.
  
  
• Charles Howard Thomas (1870-1929) — also known as Charles H. Thomas — of Hastings, Barry County, Mich. Born in Yankee Springs Township, Barry County, Mich., 1870. Lawyer; Barry County Prosecuting Attorney; delegate to Michigan state constitutional convention 15th District, 1907-08. Member, Maccabees. Died, of stomach cancer and heart problems, in Traverse City, Grand Traverse County, Mich., November 20, 1929. Interment at Riverside Cemetery, Hastings, Mich.
  
  
• Maurice Bloch (c.1891-1929) — of Manhattan, New York County, N.Y. Born in New York, New York County, N.Y. Married 1923 to Madelaine Neuberger. Democrat. Lawyer; member of New York state assembly, 1915-29 (New York County 22nd District 1915-17, New York County 16th District 1918-29); died in office 1929; campaign manager for U.S. Senator Robert F. Wagner, 1926. Jewish. Member, Elks; B'nai B'rith; Odd Fellows; Freemasons; Tammany Hall. Died, from an embolus of the heart, following a appendicitis surgery, in Roosevelt Hospital, Manhattan, New York County, N.Y., December 5, 1929. Interment at Cypress Hills Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
  
  
• Herbert Bronson Shonk (1881-1930) — also known as Herbert B. Shonk — of Scarsdale, Westchester County, N.Y. Born in Plymouth, Luzerne County, Pa., October 28, 1881. Son of George Washington Shonk; married 1907 to Gertrude Knight (daughter of Erastus Cole Knight). Republican. Lawyer; oil business; major in the U.S. Army during World War I; member of New York state assembly from Westchester County 2nd District, 1923-30; died in office 1930. Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons; American Legion; Alpha Delta Phi; Phi Beta Kappa. Died, following a heart attack, in White Plains Hospital, White Plains, Westchester County, N.Y., 1930. Interment at St. James the Less Cemetery, Scarsdale, N.Y.
  • See also Shonk-Knight family of New York
  
  
• Martin J. Cavanaugh (1866-1930) — of Ann Arbor, Washtenaw County, Mich. Born in Manchester Township, Washtenaw County, Mich., July 23, 1866. Son of Mathew Cavanaugh (died 1891) and Mary (Dealy) Cavanaugh; married, November 6, 1889, to Mary C. Seery; brother of Thomas J. Cavanaugh. Democrat. Lawyer; law partner of William W. Wedemeyer, and later George J. Burke; candidate for circuit judge in Michigan 22nd Circuit, 1899; delegate to Michigan state constitutional convention 10th District, 1907-08; candidate for justice of Michigan state supreme court, 1909. Irish ancestry. Died, from a coronary occlusion, January 23, 1930. Burial location unknown.
  • See also Cavanaugh family of Michigan
  
  
• John Beal Smith (1846-1930) — of Texas. Born in Bainbridge, Decatur County, Ga., March 28, 1846. Son of John Titus Smith. Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; member of Texas state legislature, 1911. Presbyterian. Died, of valvular heart disease, February 8, 1930. Interment at Glenwood Cemetery, Crockett, Tex.
  
  
• James Peter Glynn (1867-1930) — also known as James P. Glynn — of Winsted, Litchfield County, Conn. Born in Winsted, Litchfield County, Conn., November 12, 1867. Republican. Lawyer; U.S. Representative from Connecticut 5th District, 1915-23, 1925-30; defeated, 1922; died in office 1930. While traveling back to Washington from the funeral of Rep. J. A. Hughes in Huntington, W.Va., suffered a heart attack in the smoking car on the train, and died, near Brandy Station, Culpeper County, Va., March 6, 1930. Interment at New St. Joseph's Cemetery, Winsted, Conn.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Clinton J. Sharrett (c.1877-1930) — of Port Richmond, Staten Island, Richmond County, N.Y. Republican. Chair of Richmond County Republican Party, 1923-30; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1928. Member, Freemasons. Died, of heart disease, Port Richmond, Staten Island, Richmond County, N.Y., March 6, 1930. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• D. Harry Ralston (1863-1930) — of Brooklyn, Kings County, N.Y. Born in Baltimore, Md., January 22, 1863. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1904 (alternate), 1908 (alternate), 1924; member of New York state assembly from Kings County 1st District, 1907. Member, Elks. Died, from a heart ailment and a cerebral hemorrhage, in Brooklyn, Kings County, N.Y., April 4, 1930. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• J. E. T. Bowden (c.1857-1930) — of Jacksonville, Duval County, Fla. Born in Spartanburg, Spartanburg County, S.C. Democrat. Promoter of the Corbett-Mitchell boxing match in Jacksonville, January 25, 1894; mayor of Jacksonville, Fla., 1899-1901, 1915-17; taxicab owner; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Florida, 1904, 1908, 1916, 1920, 1924. Died, of a heart attack, in Jacksonville, Duval County, Fla., November 19, 1930. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• William Philip Boland (1863-1931) — also known as William P. Boland — of Scranton, Lackawanna County, Pa. Born in County Sligo, Ireland, January 6, 1863. Brother of Christopher G. Boland; first cousin of Patrick Joseph Boland. Progressive. Candidate for U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania 11th District, 1924. Catholic. Member, Elks. Died, of a heart condition, at Clara Barton Hospital, Hollywood, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, Calif., February 27, 1931. Interment at St. Catherine's Cemetery, Moscow, Pa.
  • See also Boland family of Pennsylvania
  
  
• Bird J. Vincent (1880-1931) — of Saginaw, Saginaw County, Mich. Born in Brandon Township, Oakland County, Mich., March 6, 1880. Married to L. Maud Hinds. Republican. Saginaw County Prosecuting Attorney, 1915-17; served in the U.S. Army during World War I; U.S. Representative from Michigan 8th District, 1923-31; died in office 1931. Died, from heart disease, aboard ship, the naval transport Henderson en route from Hawaii to San Francisco, in the North Pacific Ocean, July 18, 1931. Interment at Forest Lawn Cemetery, Saginaw, Mich.
  • Cross-reference: Willard J. Nash
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Cornelius T. Driscoll (c.1845-1931) — of New Haven, New Haven County, Conn. Mayor of New Haven, Conn., 1899-1901. Catholic. Member, Knights of Columbus. One of the founders of the Knights of Columbus. Died, from heart disease, in Milford, New Haven County, Conn., August 15, 1931. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Silas E. Hedges (1847-1931) — of Athens, Athens County, Ohio. Born in Ohio, September 26, 1847. Mayor of Athens, Ohio, 1907-10. Died, of a heart attack, September 11, 1931. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Peter Joseph Dooling (1857-1931) — also known as Peter J. Dooling — of New York, New York County, N.Y.; Manhattan, New York County, N.Y. Born in New York, New York County, N.Y., February 15, 1857. Father of James J. Dooling. Democrat. Real estate business; member of New York state senate 16th District, 1903-05; U.S. Representative from New York, 1913-21 (16th District 1913-19, 15th District 1919-21); defeated, 1920; member of New York Democratic State Committee, 1930. Member, Tammany Hall. Died, from arteriosclerosis, in Manhattan, New York County, N.Y., October 18, 1931. Interment at Calvary Cemetery, Woodside, Queens, N.Y.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Thaddeus Horatius Caraway (1871-1931) — also known as Thaddeus H. Caraway — of Jonesboro, Craighead County, Ark. Born in Stoddard County, Mo., October 17, 1871. Son of Dr. Tolbert F. Caraway and Mary Ellen (Scales) Caraway; married, February 5, 1902, to Hattie Ophelia Wyatt. Democrat. Lawyer; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Arkansas, 1912, 1924 (member, Platform Committee); U.S. Representative from Arkansas 1st District, 1913-21; U.S. Senator from Arkansas, 1921-31; died in office 1931. Member, Knights of Pythias; Elks; American Bar Association. Died, from heart disease, in a hospital at Little Rock, Pulaski County, Ark., November 6, 1931. Interment at West Lawn Cemetery, Jonesboro, Ark.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Fred Prehn (1860-1932) — of Marathon City, Marathon County, Wis. Born in Manitowoc County, Wis., May 5, 1860. Father of Arthur William Prehn. Republican. Merchant; member of Wisconsin state assembly, 1905-07. Lutheran. German ancestry. Died, from heart disease, in Wausau, Marathon County, Wis., 1932. Interment at St. Mathew's Lutheran Cemetery, Marathon City, Wis.
  
  
• Moses Alexander (1853-1932) — of Chillicothe, Livingston County, Mo.; Boise, Ada County, Idaho. Born in Germany, November 13, 1853. Son of Nathan Alexander and Emma Alexander; married, December 4, 1876, to Helena Keastner. Democrat. Clothing merchant; mayor of Chillicothe, Mo., 1887; mayor of Boise, Idaho, 1897-99, 1901-03; Governor of Idaho, 1915-19; defeated, 1908; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Idaho, 1924. Jewish. Member, Freemasons; B'nai B'rith. Died, of a heart attack, in Boise, Ada County, Idaho, January 4, 1932. Interment at Morris Hill Cemetery, Boise, Idaho.
  • See also: National Governors Association biography.
  
  
• Samuel Arthur Beardsley (1856-1932) — also known as Samuel A. Beardsley — of Utica, Oneida County, N.Y.; Manhattan, New York County, N.Y. Born in Utica, Oneida County, N.Y., December 1, 1856. Son of Arthur Moore Beardsley and Louise Howland (Adams) Beardsley; married, September 14, 1881, to Elizabeth Ann Hopper (died 1916); married 1927 to Lillian Valérie Ella Walpole-Moore. Democrat. Lawyer; incorporated New York Gas, Electric Light, Heat & Power Co., which later became the New York Edison Co.; director of several other utilities; member of New York Democratic State Committee, 1889-92; secretary of New York Democratic Party, 1889-92; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1904, 1908, 1912. Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons; Elks; Redmen. Died, from a heart attack, in Manhattan, New York County, N.Y., April 28, 1932. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• George Moultrie Napier (1863-1932) — also known as George M. Napier — of Monroe, Walton County, Ga.; Atlanta, Fulton County, Ga.; Decatur, DeKalb County, Ga. Born in Lafayette, Walker County, Ga., March 28, 1863. Son of Nathan Campbell Napier and Julia Louise (Sharpe) Napier; married, December 16, 1905, to Frances Nunnally. Democrat. Lawyer; Georgia state attorney general, 1921-32; died in office 1932. Methodist. Member, Freemasons; Shriners. Died, of a heart attack, in Decatur, DeKalb County, Ga., May 4, 1932. Interment at Rest Haven Cemetery, Monroe, Ga.
  
  
• Oramel Hinckley Simpson (1870-1932) — of Louisiana. Born in Washington, St. Landry Parish, La., March 20, 1870. Son of Samuel F. Simpson and Mary Esther (Beer) Simpson; married 1899 to Louise E. Pichet (1874-1944). Democrat. Lawyer; Lieutenant Governor of Louisiana, 1924-26; Governor of Louisiana, 1926-28; defeated in primary, 1928. Methodist. Died, from a heart seizure, in New Orleans, Orleans Parish, La., November 17, 1932. Entombed at Greenwood Cemetery, New Orleans, La.
  • See also: National Governors Association biography; Wikipedia article.
  
  
• Alfred Gaither Allen (1867-1932) — also known as Alfred G. Allen — of Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio. Born near Wilmington, Clinton County, Ohio, July 23, 1867. Son of Isaac B. Allen and Eliza W. (Gaither) Allen; married, December 10, 1901, to Clara B. Forbes. Democrat. Lawyer; U.S. Representative from Ohio 2nd District, 1911-17; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Ohio, 1920. Methodist. Member, Freemasons; Phi Delta Phi; American Bar Association; Elks. Died of angina pectoris, in Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio, December 9, 1932. Interment at Sugar Grove Cemetery, Wilmington, Ohio.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• John Calvin Coolidge (1872-1933) — also known as Calvin Coolidge; "Silent Cal"; "Cautious Cal" — of Northampton, Hampshire County, Mass. Born in Plymouth, Windsor County, Vt., July 4, 1872. Cousin of William Wallace Stickney; married, October 4, 1905, to Grace Anna Goodhue (1879-1957); fourth cousin of Richard B. Coolidge and Arthur William Coolidge; father of John Coolidge (son-in-law of John Harper Trumbull). Republican. Lawyer; member of Massachusetts state house of representatives, 1907; mayor of Northampton, Mass., 1910-11; member of Massachusetts state senate, 1912-15; Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts, 1916-19; Governor of Massachusetts, 1919-21; Vice President of the United States, 1921-23; President of the United States, 1923-29. Congregationalist. English ancestry. Died of coronary thrombosis in Northampton, Hampshire County, Mass., January 5, 1933. Interment at Plymouth Notch Cemetery, Plymouth, Vt.
  • Cross-reference: John W. Langley; Everett Sanders
  • See also Coolidge family
  • See also: congressional biography; National Governors Association biography; Wikipedia article; NNDB dossier; Internet Movie Database profile.
  • Books by Calvin Coolidge: The Autobiography of Calvin Coolidge (1929, out of print)
  • Books about Calvin Coolidge: Peter Hannaford, ed., The Quotable Calvin Coolidge : Sensible Words for the New Century; Robert H. Ferrell, The Presidency of Calvin Coolidge; Robert Sobel, Coolidge: An American Enigma; David Greenberg, Coolidge
  • Critical books about Calvin Coolidge: Nathan Miller, Star-Spangled Men : America's Ten Worst Presidents
  
  
• John L. Miller (c.1863-1933) — of Corning, Steuben County, N.Y. Born in Woodhull, Steuben County, N.Y. Republican. Mayor of Corning, N.Y., 1903-04, 1930-33; died in office 1933; member of New York state assembly from Steuben County 1st District, 1909-10. Died, from a heart ailment, in Sayre, Bradford County, Pa., January 6, 1933. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Robert Reyburn Butler (1881-1933) — also known as Robert R. Butler — of Condon, Gilliam County, Ore.; The Dalles, Wasco County, Ore. Born in Butler, Johnson County, Tenn., September 24, 1881. Grandson of Roderick Randum Butler. Republican. Lawyer; Presidential Elector for Oregon, 1908, 1916; circuit judge in Oregon, 1909-11; member of Oregon state senate, 1913-17, 1925-28; U.S. Representative from Oregon 2nd District, 1928-33; died in office 1933. Member, Freemasons; Odd Fellows; Knights of Pythias; Elks; Sigma Alpha Epsilon. Died of heart disease and pneumonia, at Providence Hospital, Washington, D.C., January 7, 1933. Interment at Odd Fellows Cemetery, The Dalles, Ore.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Henry A. Huber (1869-1933) — also known as "The Great Pacificator" — of Stoughton, Dane County, Wis. Born in Evergreen, Allegheny County, Pa., November 6, 1869. Republican. Lawyer; member of Wisconsin state assembly, 1904; member of Wisconsin state senate, 1913-25; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Wisconsin, 1924; Lieutenant Governor of Wisconsin, 1925-33. Died, of a heart ailment, at Madison General Hospital, Madison, Dane County, Wis., January 31, 1933. Interment at Riverside Cemetery, Stoughton, Wis.
  
  
• Fred Atwater (c.1871-1933) — of Bridgeport, Fairfield County, Conn. Born in Birmingham (now part of Derby), New Haven County, Conn. Son of Henry Atwater and Josie (Wells) Atwater. Democrat. Founder and president, Columbia Nut and Bolt Company; mayor of Bridgeport, Conn., 1921-23; defeated, 1927; member of Connecticut state senate 21st District, 1931; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Connecticut, 1932. Member, Freemasons; Scottish Rite Masons; Kiwanis. Died, from diabetes and a heart ailment, in Bridgeport Hospital, Bridgeport, Fairfield County, Conn., February 23, 1933. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Thomas James Walsh (1859-1933) — also known as Thomas J. Walsh — of Helena, Lewis and Clark County, Mont. Born in Two Rivers, Manitowoc County, Wis., June 12, 1859. Son of Felix Walsh and Bridget (Comer) Walsh; married, August 15, 1889, to Eleanor C. McClements (died 1917). Democrat. Lawyer; candidate for U.S. Representative from Montana, 1906; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Montana, 1912, 1916, 1920, 1924, 1928, 1932; U.S. Senator from Montana, 1913-33; died in office 1933. Member, American Bar Association. While en route to Washington to accept appointment as U.S. Attorney General, died suddenly of a heart attack, on a train of the Atlantic Coast Line near Wilson, Wilson County, N.C., March 2, 1933. Interment at Resurrection Cemetery, Helena, Mont.
  • See also: congressional biography; NNDB dossier.
  • Books about Thomas J. Walsh: J. Leonard Bates, Senator Thomas J. Walsh of Montana
  
  
• Robert Beecher Howell (1864-1933) — also known as Robert B. Howell — of Omaha, Douglas County, Neb. Born in Adrian, Lenawee County, Mich., January 21, 1864. Son of Andrew Howell; married to Alice (Chase) Cullingham. Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during the Spanish-American War; member of Nebraska state senate, 1902-04; member of Republican National Committee from Nebraska, 1912-24; candidate for Governor of Nebraska, 1914; U.S. Senator from Nebraska, 1923-33; died in office 1933. Died, from pneumonia and a heart attack, in Walter Reed Army Hospital, Washington, D.C., March 11, 1933. Interment at Forest Lawn Cemetery, Omaha, Neb.
  • See also: congressional biography; Wikipedia article.
  
  
• Clay Stone Briggs (1876-1933) — of Galveston, Galveston County, Tex. Born in Galveston, Galveston County, Tex., January 8, 1876. Son of George Dempster Briggs and Olive (Branch) Briggs; married, August 17, 1927, to Lois Slayton Woodworth. Democrat. Lawyer; member of Texas state house of representatives, 1906-08; district judge in Texas 10th District, 1909-19; U.S. Representative from Texas 7th District, 1919-33; died in office 1933. Episcopalian. Died of a heart attack, in Washington, D.C., April 29, 1933. Interment at Oakwood Cemetery, Syracuse, N.Y.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Wallace Rider Farrington (1871-1933) — of Hawaii. Born in Orono, Penobscot County, Maine, May 3, 1871. Married to Catherine McAlpine Crane (died 1953); father of Joseph Rider Farrington. Governor of Hawaii Territory, 1921-29. Congregationalist. Farrington Hall at the University of Hawaii is named for him. Died of heart disease in Honolulu, Island of Oahu, Honolulu County, Hawaii, October 6, 1933. Burial location unknown.
  • See also Farrington family of Hawaii
  
  
• William Nuckles Doak (1882-1933) — also known as William N. Doak — of Roanoke, Va.; McLean, Fairfax County, Va. Born in Rural Retreat, Wythe County, Va., December 12, 1882. Son of Canaro Draton Doak and Elizabeth (Dutton) Doak; married, October 15, 1908, to Emma Marie Cricher. Republican. Vice-president, Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen, 1916-28; delegate to Republican National Convention from Virginia, 1916 (alternate), 1932; candidate for U.S. Representative from Virginia 6th District, 1920; candidate for U.S. Senator from Virginia, 1924; U.S. Secretary of Labor, 1930-33. Member, Freemasons; Shriners. Died of heart disease, in McLean, Fairfax County, Va., October 23, 1933. Interment at Methodist Church Cemetery, Rural Retreat, Va.
  • See also: NNDB dossier.
  
  
• John Henry McCooey (1864-1934) — also known as John H. McCooey; "Tammany's Uncle John" — of Brooklyn, Kings County, N.Y. Born in New York, New York County, N.Y., June 18, 1864. Son of John H. McCooey and Anna (Hanlon) McCooey; married, January 17, 1899, to Catharine I. Sesnon (sister-in-law of James J. Byrne); father of John Henry McCooey, Jr.. Democrat. Shipyard worker; candidate for borough president of Brooklyn, New York, 1909; chair of Kings County Democratic Party, 1910-34; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1912, 1916, 1920, 1924, 1928, 1932; member of New York Democratic State Committee, 1930; member of Democratic National Committee from New York, 1933-34; delegate to New York convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933. Catholic. Irish ancestry. Died, of myocarditis, in Brooklyn, Kings County, N.Y., January 21, 1934. Interment at Holy Cross Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
  • See also McCooey-Byrne family of New York
  
  
• Daniel Phoenix Ingraham (1874-1934) — also known as Phoenix Ingraham — of Manhattan, New York County, N.Y. Born in New York, New York County, N.Y., October 23, 1874. Grandson of Daniel Phoenix Ingraham (1804-1881); son of George Landon Ingraham. Lawyer; Justice of New York Supreme Court 1st District, 1924-34; died in office 1934. Member, Freemasons; Sons of the Revolution; Society of the Cincinnati; Tammany Hall. Died, from a heart attack, in Manhattan, New York County, N.Y., April 30, 1934. Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery, Bronx, N.Y.
  • See also Ingraham family of New York
  
  
• Simon Louis Adler (1867-1934) — also known as Simon L. Adler — of Rochester, Monroe County, N.Y. Born in Seneca Falls, Seneca County, N.Y., August 30, 1867. Son of Lewis Adler and Anne (Zalinksi) Adler. Republican. Lawyer; member of New York state assembly from Monroe County 2nd District, 1911-26; U.S. District Judge for the Western District of New York, 1927-34; died in office 1934. Jewish. Suffered a heart attack at breakfast, and died soon after, in Rochester, Monroe County, N.Y., May 23, 1934. Interment at Mt. Hope Cemetery, Rochester, N.Y.
  • See also: federal judicial profile; Find-A-Grave page.
  
  
• Robert Duncan Coombs (1873-1934) — also known as Robert D. Coombs — of Paramus, Bergen County, N.J. Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pa., September 15, 1873. Married to Harriet Lord. Republican. Engineer; mayor of Paramus, N.J., 1933-34; died in office 1934. Died, of heart disease, in Paramus, Bergen County, N.J., October 22, 1934. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• George Breisacher (c.1865-1934) — of Bergenfield, Bergen County, N.J. Mayor of Bergenfield, N.J., 1912-13; postmaster. Died, from heart disease, in Bergenfield, Bergen County, N.J., November 28, 1934. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• George Wylie Paul Hunt (1859-1934) — also known as George W. P. Hunt — of Globe, Gila County, Ariz. Born in Huntsville, Randolph County, Mo., November 1, 1859. Son of George Washington Hunt and Sarah Elizabeth (Yates) Hunt; married, February 24, 1904, to Helen Duett Ellison (died 1931). Democrat. Rancher; merchant; member of Arizona territorial legislature, 1892-1900, 1904-10; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Arizona Territory, 1900; delegate to Arizona state constitutional convention, 1910; Governor of Arizona, 1912-17, 1917-19, 1923-29, 1931-33; U.S. Minister to Siam, 1920-21. Member, Sons of the American Revolution; Freemasons; Odd Fellows. Died, from a heart attack, in Phoenix, Maricopa County, Ariz., December 24, 1934. Interment at Papago Park, Phoenix, Ariz.
  • See also: National Governors Association biography.
  
  
• David Monroe Barnwell (1875-1935) — of Fresno, Fresno County, Calif. Born in Comanche County, Tex., October 20, 1875. Democrat. Fresno County Clerk, 1910-33; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from California, 1932. Member, Freemasons; Shriners. U.S. Comptroller of Customs, San Francisco, 1933. Died, of a heart attack, in Fresno, Fresno County, Calif., 1935. Interment at Mountain View Cemetery, Fresno, Calif.
  
  
• Anthony Jerome Griffin (1866-1935) — also known as Anthony J. Griffin; "Altair" — of New York, New York County, N.Y. Born in New York, New York County, N.Y., April 1, 1866. Son of James A. Griffin and Ann (Zeluiff) Griffin; married 1895 to Katharine L. Byrne. Democrat. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; newspaper editor; member of New York state senate 22nd District, 1911-14; delegate to New York state constitutional convention 22nd District, 1915; U.S. Representative from New York 22nd District, 1917-35; died in office 1935. Member, American Bar Association. Died, of heart disease, in Bronx, Bronx County, N.Y., January 13, 1935. Interment at Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
  • See also: congressional biography; Wikipedia article.
  
  
• Frank E. Clark (c.1859-1935) — of Bridgeport, Fairfield County, Conn. Democrat. Mayor of Bridgeport, Conn., 1895-97. Died, from a heart ailment, in Bridgeport, Fairfield County, Conn., January 14, 1935. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Franklin Swift Billings (1862-1935) — also known as Franklin S. Billings — of Woodstock, Windsor County, Vt. Born in New Bedford, Bristol County, Mass., May 11, 1862. Son of Franklin Noble Billings and Nancy (Swift) Billings; married, July 12, 1892, to Bessie Hewitt Vail (died 1917); married 1919 to Gertrude (Curtis) Todd. Republican. Member of Vermont state house of representatives, 1910-12, 1910, 1921-23; Speaker of the Vermont State House of Representatives, 1921-23; Lieutenant Governor of Vermont, 1923-25; Governor of Vermont, 1925-27; delegate to Vermont convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933. Episcopalian. Died, of a heart attack, in Joseph Carbino's repair shop, Woodstock, Windsor County, Vt., January 16, 1935. Burial location unknown.
  • See also: National Governors Association biography; Find-A-Grave page.
  
  
• Robert Livingston Beeckman (1866-1935) — also known as R. Livingston Beeckman — of Newport, Newport County, R.I. Born in New York, New York County, N.Y., April 15, 1866. Descendant of Robert Livingston, Philip Livingston and Robert R. Livingston; son of Gilbert Livingston Beeckman and Margaret Atherton (Foster) Beeckman; married, October 8, 1902, to Eleanor Thomas (died 1920); married 1923 to Edna (Marston) Burke; uncle of Katherine Steward (who married of Hallett C. Johnson). Republican. Stockbroker; member of Rhode Island state house of representatives, 1909-11; member of Rhode Island state senate, 1912-14; delegate to Republican National Convention from Rhode Island, 1912, 1924; Governor of Rhode Island, 1915-21; candidate for U.S. Senator from Rhode Island, 1922. Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons. Died, of apparently of a heart attack, in Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara County, Calif., January 21, 1935. Interment at Sleepy Hollow Cemetery, Sleepy Hollow, N.Y.
  • See also Livingston-Lee-Clay-Williams family
  • See also: National Governors Association biography.
  
  
• 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. Interment at Evergreen Cemetery, Jacksonville, Fla.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Edwin Porch Morrow (1877-1935) — also known as Edwin P. Morrow — of Somerset, Pulaski County, Ky. Born in Somerset, Pulaski County, Ky., November 28, 1877. Son of Thomas Zantzinger Morrow; nephew of William O'Connell Bradley; first cousin of Christine Bradley South. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Kentucky, 1911-14; delegate to Republican National Convention from Kentucky, 1916, 1920, 1928 (alternate), 1932; Governor of Kentucky, 1919-23; defeated, 1915; candidate for U.S. Representative from Kentucky, 1934. Presbyterian. Member, Freemasons; Odd Fellows; Knights of Pythias; Elks. Died of a heart attack, in Frankfort, Franklin County, Ky., June 15, 1935. Interment at Frankfort Cemetery, Frankfort, Ky.
  • See also South-Cockrell-Hargis-Morrow family of Kentucky
  • See also: National Governors Association biography.
  
  
• Paul M. Crandell (c.1877-1935) — of New Rochelle, Westchester County, N.Y. Born in New York, New York County, N.Y. Lawyer; mayor of New Rochelle, N.Y., 1934-35; appointed 1934; nominated, but died before the election 1935; died in office 1935. After completing a speech at a meeting of the New Rochelle Teachers Club, at Albert Leonard Junior High School, suffered a heart attack and died, from coronary thrombosis, in New Rochelle, Westchester County, N.Y., October 23, 1935. Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery, Bronx, N.Y.
  
  
• Frank Henry Cooney (1872-1935) — also known as Frank H. Cooney — of Missoula, Missoula County, Mont. Born in Norwood, Ontario, December 31, 1872. Son of John W. Cooney and Mary (O'Callaghan) Cooney; married, December 27, 1899, to Emma May Poindexter. Democrat. Lieutenant Governor of Montana, 1933; defeated, 1924; Governor of Montana, 1933-35; died in office 1935. Catholic. Died of heart failure in Great Falls, Cascade County, Mont., December 15, 1935. Interment at St. Mary's Cemetery, Missoula, Mont.
  • See also: National Governors Association biography.
  
  
• Louis F. Haffen (1854-1935) — of Melrose, Westchester County (now part of Bronx, Bronx County), N.Y.; Bronx, Bronx County, N.Y. Born in Melrose, Westchester County (now part of Bronx, Bronx County), N.Y., November 6, 1854. Son of Mathias Haffen and Catherine (Hayes) Haffen; married 1886 to Caroline Kurz. Democrat. Civil engineer; engineer, New York City Department of Parks, 1883-93; commissioner of street improvement in Annexed Territory (Bronx), 1893-98; borough president of Bronx, New York, 1898-1909; removed 1909; removed from office by Gov. Charles Evans Hughes over maladministration charges, 1909; delegate to New York state constitutional convention 22nd District, 1915; member of New York Democratic State Committee, 1930. Catholic. German and Irish ancestry. Member, Royal Arcanum; Tammany Hall. Haffen Park, Bronx, is named for him. Died, from arteriosclerosis, in Bronx, Bronx County, N.Y., December 25, 1935. Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery, Bronx, N.Y.
  
  
• Charles A. Buffum (1870-1936) — of Long Beach, Los Angeles County, Calif. Born in La Fayette, Stark County, Ill., January 30, 1870. Merchant; mayor of Long Beach, Calif., 1921-24. Died, of a heart ailment, in October, 1936. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Wesley Lloyd (1883-1936) — of Tacoma, Pierce County, Wash. Born in Arvonia, Osage County, Kan., July 24, 1883. Democrat. U.S. Representative from Washington 6th District, 1933-36; died in office 1936. Member, Freemasons; Eagles; Elks. Died of a heart attack in Washington, D.C., January 10, 1936. Interment at Tacoma Cemetery, Tacoma, Wash.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• John F. Hylan (1868-1936) — of Brooklyn, Kings County, N.Y. Born in Hunter, Greene County, N.Y., April 20, 1868. Son of Thomas H. Hylan; married to Marian O'Hara. Democrat. Mayor of New York City, N.Y., 1918-25; defeated in primary, 1925. Catholic. Irish ancestry. Died of a heart attack in Forest Hills, Queens, Queens County, N.Y., January 12, 1936. Interment at St. John's Cemetery, Middle Village, Queens, N.Y.
  • See also: Wikipedia article.
  
  
• Harvey Parnell (1880-1936) — of Dermott, Chicot County, Ark. Born near Orlando, Cleveland County, Ark., February 28, 1880. Member of Arkansas state house of representatives, 1919-22; member of Arkansas state senate, 1923-26; Lieutenant Governor of Arkansas, 1927-28; Governor of Arkansas, 1928-33. Methodist. Member, Freemasons. In 1928, he was charged with violating the Corrupt Practices Act (early campaign finance law) by spending more than $5,000 on his campaign; the charges were later dropped. Died, following two heart attacks, in St. Vincent's Infirmary, Little Rock, Pulaski County, Ark., January 16, 1936. Interment at Roselawn Memorial Park, Little Rock, Ark.
  • Cross-reference: Lamar Williamson
  • See also: National Governors Association biography.
  
  
• Scott Cordelle Bone (1860-1936) — of Alaska. Born in Shelby County, Ind., February 15, 1860. Newspaper editor; Governor of Alaska Territory, 1921-25. Disciples of Christ. Died of a heart attack, in Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara County, Calif., January 27, 1936. Interment at Santa Barbara Cemetery, Santa Barbara, Calif.
  • See also: NNDB dossier.
  
  
• Charles Curtis (1860-1936) — also known as "Square Shooter"; "The Whisperer" — of Topeka, Shawnee County, Kan. Born in a log cabin at Eugene (now part of Topeka), Shawnee County, Kan., January 25, 1860; his mother was one-quarter blood Kansa/Osage Indian. Great-great-great-grandson of "White Hair" Pawhuska (Great Osage chief for whom Pawhuska, Okla. is named); son of Oren A. Curtis and Helen (Pappan) Curtis; married, November 27, 1884, to Annie E. Baird (1861-1924). Republican. Lawyer; Shawnee County Prosecuting Attorney, 1884-88; U.S. Representative from Kansas, 1893-1907 (4th District 1893-99, 1st District 1899-1907); resigned 1907; U.S. Senator from Kansas, 1907-13, 1915-29; delegate to Republican National Convention from Kansas, 1908; candidate for Republican nomination for President, 1924; Vice President of the United States, 1929-33; defeated, 1932. Protestant. English, French, and Kansa/Osage Indian ancestry. Died of a heart attack, in Washington, D.C., February 8, 1936. Interment at Topeka Cemetery, Topeka, Kan.
  • See also: congressional biography; Wikipedia article; NNDB dossier; Internet Movie Database profile.
  
  
• Wilson G. Sarig (1874-1936) — of Pennsylvania. Born in Lenhardtsville, Berks County, Pa., March 7, 1874. School teacher; Speaker of the Pennsylvania State House of Representatives, 1935-36. Died of a heart ailment, March 14, 1936. Interment at Laureldale Cemetery, Laureldale, Pa.
  
  
• John Hammill (1875-1936) — of Britt, Hancock County, Iowa. Born in Linden, Iowa County, Wis., October 14, 1875. Republican. Lawyer; member of Iowa state senate, 1908-12; Lieutenant Governor of Iowa, 1921-25; Governor of Iowa, 1925-31; candidate in primary for U.S. Senator from Iowa, 1930; delegate to Republican National Convention from Iowa, 1936. Member, Freemasons. Died, of a heart attack, in Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minn., April 6, 1936. Interment somewhere in Britt, Iowa.
  • See also: National Governors Association biography.
  
  
• Abram Piatt Andrew, Jr. (1873-1936) — also known as A. Piatt Andrew, Jr. — of Gloucester, Essex County, Mass. Born in LaPorte, LaPorte County, Ind., February 12, 1873. Son of Abram Piatt Andrew and Helen (Merrell) Andrew. Republican. Colonel in the U.S. Army during World War I; U.S. Representative from Massachusetts 6th District, 1921-36; died in office 1936; delegate to Republican National Convention from Massachusetts, 1924, 1928. Presbyterian. Member, American Legion; Freemasons; Military Order of the World Wars. Died, from influenza and arteriosclerosis, in Gloucester, Essex County, Mass., June 3, 1936. Cremated; ashes scattered.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Donn M. Roberts (1867-1936) — of Indiana. Born in Annapolis, Crawford County, Ill., September 28, 1867. Mayor of Terre Haute, Ind., 1913-15. Convicted of bribery in 1915 and spent three and a half years in prison; convicted of embezzlement in 1936 and sentenced to prison. Released from prison following a heart attack, and died a few days later, in Terre Haute, Vigo County, Ind., August 3, 1936. Interment at St. Joseph's Cemetery, Terre Haute, Ind.
  
  
• Elijah Sherman Grammer (1868-1936) — of Washington. Born in Quincy, Hickory County, Mo., April 3, 1868. Republican. Major in the U.S. Army during World War I; U.S. Senator from Washington, 1932-33. Died of coronary thrombosis, in Seattle, King County, Wash., November 19, 1936. Interment at Lake View Cemetery, Seattle, Wash.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Fred Warren Green (1871-1936) — also known as Fred W. Green — of Ionia, Ionia County, Mich. Born in Manistee, Manistee County, Mich., October 19, 1871. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; delegate to Republican National Convention from Michigan, 1912, 1920, 1928, 1932, 1936; mayor of Ionia, Mich., 1913-22; treasurer of Michigan Republican Party, 1915-19; Governor of Michigan, 1927-30. Presbyterian. Member, Freemasons; Elks; Rotary. Died, following a heart attack, at Munising Hospital, Munising, Alger County, Mich., November 30, 1936. Entombed in mausoleum at Highland Park Cemetery, Ionia, Mich.
  • Cross-reference: Howard C. Lawrence
  • See also: National Governors Association biography.
  
  
• Jerome Taylor Congleton (1876-1936) — also known as Jerome T. Congleton — of Newark, Essex County, N.J. Born in Newark, Essex County, N.J., August 25, 1876. Son of Joseph Norton Congleton and Mary Isabel (Wade) Congleton; married, October 16, 1901, to Jessie Oakley Tobin. Republican. Lawyer; mayor of Newark, N.J., 1928-33. Methodist or Episcopalian. Member, American Bar Association; Elks. Died, from a heart attack, while sitting in his car, in Newark, Essex County, N.J., December 10, 1936. Interment at Evergreen Cemetery, Hillside, N.J.
  
  
• James S. Parker (1872-1937) — of Flint, Genesee County, Mich. Born near Corunna, Shiawassee County, Mich., January 15, 1872. Republican. Lawyer; colonel in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; Genesee County Prosecuting Attorney, 1909-13; circuit judge in Michigan 7th Circuit, 1925-37; died in office 1937. Member, Freemasons; Knights Templar; Elks; Knights of Pythias. Died, of a heart ailment, in Owosso Memorial Hospital, Owosso, Shiawassee County, Mich., January 13, 1937. Interment at Glenwood Cemetery, Flint, Mich.
  
  
• Lamartine Griffin Hardman (1856-1937) — of Commerce, Jackson County, Ga. Born in Commerce, Jackson County, Ga., April 14, 1856. Son of William Benjamin Johnson Hardman and Sarah Elizabeth (Colquitt) Hardman; married, March 26, 1907, to Emma Wiley Griffin; father of Josephine Staten Hardman (who married Linton McGee Collins) and Josephine Collins. Democrat. Physician; business executive; member of Georgia state house of representatives, 1902-07; member of Georgia state senate, 1908-10; Governor of Georgia, 1927-31. Baptist. Member, American Medical Association. Died of a heart ailment, February 18, 1937. Interment at Gray Hill Cemetery, Commerce, Ga.
  • See also Collins-Hardman family of Georgia
  • See also: National Governors Association biography.
  
  
• Benjamin Baker Moeur (1869-1937) — also known as Benjamin B. Moeur — of Tempe, Maricopa County, Ariz. Born in Decherd, Franklin County, Tenn., December 22, 1869. Son of John Baptist Moeur and Esther Kelley (Knight) Moeur. Democrat. Physician; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Arizona, 1924; Governor of Arizona, 1933-37. Died, from coronary thrombosis, in Tempe, Maricopa County, Ariz., March 16, 1937. Interment at Double Butte Cemetery, Tempe, Ariz.
  • See also: National Governors Association biography.
  
  
• David Glenn Moore (1873-1937) — also known as D. Glenn Moore — of Pennsylvania. Born in Lawrence, Washington County, Pa., November 1, 1873. Member of Pennsylvania state house of representatives, 1924-30; Dry candidate for delegate to Pennsylvania convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933. Presbyterian. Died of a heart attack or stroke when he went down to check the furnace on a chilly morning, in Washington, Washington County, Pa., April 5, 1937. Interment at City Cemetery, Washington, Pa.
  
  
• Nathan Lynn Bachman (1878-1937) — also known as Nathan L. Bachman — of Chattanooga, Hamilton County, Tenn. Born in Chattanooga, Hamilton County, Tenn., August 2, 1878. Son of Dr. Jonathan Waverly Bachman (minister) and Eva D. Bachman; married, January 7, 1904, to Pearl McMannen Duke. Democrat. Lawyer; circuit judge in Tennessee, 1908-12; justice of Tennessee state supreme court, 1918-24; U.S. Senator from Tennessee, 1933-37; died in office 1937. Died, from a heart attack in his room at the Continental Hotel, Washington, D.C., April 23, 1937. Interment at Forest Hills Cemetery, Chattanooga, Tenn.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• John J. Nolan (c.1860-1937) — of Evansville, Vanderburgh County, Ind. Democrat. Member of Indiana state house of representatives, 1889; mayor of Evansville, Ind., 1909-10. Catholic. Died, of heart disease, June 26, 1937. Interment at St. Joseph Catholic Cemetery, Evansville, Ind.
  
  
• Caleb Howard Baumes (1865-1937) — also known as Caleb H. Baumes — of Newburgh, Orange County, N.Y. Born in Bethlehem, Albany County, N.Y., March 31, 1865. Son of Peter H. Baumes and Mary E. (Wiltsie) Baumes; married, March 17, 1883, to Carrie S. Ten Eyck. Republican. School teacher; bookkeeper; lawyer; member of New York state assembly from Orange County 1st District, 1909-13; delegate to New York state constitutional convention 25th District, 1915; member of New York state senate 27th District, 1919-30; candidate for Lieutenant Governor of New York, 1930. Methodist. Member, Freemasons; Odd Fellows; Elks; Knights of Pythias. Author of "Baumes Law" which provided for mandatory life sentences for fourth felony offenders. Died, of a heart attack, on a New York Central train, near Hudson, Columbia County, N.Y., September 25, 1937. Interment at Cedar Hill Cemetery, Newburgh, N.Y.
  
  
• Ogden Livingston Mills (1884-1937) — also known as Ogden L. Mills — of Manhattan, New York County, N.Y. Born in Newport, Newport County, R.I., August 23, 1884. Married 1911 to Margaret S. Rutherfurd (divorced 1920); married 1924 to Dorothy (Randolph) Fell. Republican. Lawyer; delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1912, 1916, 1920, 1924, 1928, 1932, 1936; member of New York state senate 17th District, 1915-17; served in the U.S. Army during World War I; U.S. Representative from New York 17th District, 1921-27; candidate for Governor of New York, 1926; U.S. Secretary of the Treasury, 1932-33. Died, from a heart attack, in Manhattan, New York County, N.Y., October 11, 1937. Interment at St. James Churchyard, Staatsburg, N.Y.
  • See also: congressional biography; NNDB dossier.
  
  
• William Forte Willett, Jr. (1869-1938) — also known as William Willett, Jr. — of Far Rockaway, Queens, Queens County, N.Y.; Woodmere, Nassau County, Long Island, N.Y. Born in Brooklyn, Kings County, N.Y., November 27, 1869. Son of William Willett and Marion Willett; married 1895 to Marie R. Van Tassel. Democrat. Lawyer; U.S. Representative from New York 14th District, 1907-11; defeated, 1904; candidate for Justice of New York Supreme Court 2nd District, 1911; indicted in 1912 on charges that he bought the nomination for Supreme Court justice; tried and convicted in 1914, sentenced to one year in prison and fined $1,000; released on parole in 1916. Member, Freemasons; Odd Fellows; Elks. Died, from a heart attack, in his room at the Hotel McAlpin, Manhattan, New York County, N.Y., February 12, 1938. Interment at The Evergreens Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
  • Cross-reference: William Berri; Joseph Cassidy
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• David King Udall (1851-1938) — of St. Johns, Apache County, Ariz. Born in St. Louis, Mo., September 7, 1851. Son of David Udall and Eliza (King) Udall; married, February 1, 1875, to Eliza Luella Stewart (1855-1937) (sister of William Thomas Stewart (1853-1935)); married 1882 to Ida Frances Hunt (1858-1915) (granddaughter of Jefferson Hunt); married 1903 to Mary Ann (Linton) Morgan (widow of John Hamilton Morgan); brother of Mary Ann Udall (who married William Thomas Stewart (1853-1935)); father of John Hunt Udall, Levi Stewart Udall, Jesse Addison Udall and Don Taylor Udall; grandfather of John Nicholas Udall, Stewart Lee Udall and Morris King Udall; great-grandfather of Thomas S. Udall, Mark E. Udall and Gordon Harold Smith. Member of Arizona territorial legislature, 1899. Mormon. Indicted in 1884 on charges of polygamy and unlawful cohabitation; not convicted because his second wife Ida could not be found to testify against him. Convicted in 1885 of perjury in connection with a land claim, and sentenced to three years in prison. On December 12, 1885, he received a "full and unconditional pardon" from President Grover Cleveland, Cleveland, and was released from prison. Died, as a result of an accidental fall and myocardial insufficiency, in St. Johns, Apache County, Ariz., February 18, 1938. Interment at St. Johns Cemetery, St. Johns, Ariz.
  • See also Udall family of Arizona
  • See also: Wikipedia article.
  
  
• Benjamin Franklin Murphy (1867-1938) — also known as B. Frank Murphy — of Steubenville, Jefferson County, Ohio. Born in Steubenville, Jefferson County, Ohio, December 24, 1867. Son of Charles F. Murphy and Mary E. (Beasley) Murphy; married to Mame M. Barcus. Republican. Shoe store owner; real estate business; U.S. Representative from Ohio 18th District, 1919-33; defeated, 1932, 1934; delegate to Republican National Convention from Ohio, 1936. Methodist. Died, of myocarditis, in Takoma Park, Montgomery County, Md., March 6, 1938. Interment at Union Cemetery, Steubenville, Ohio.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Benjamin Nathan Cardozo (1870-1938) — also known as Benjamin N. Cardozo — of New York, New York County, N.Y. Born in New York, New York County, N.Y., May 24, 1870. Son of Albert Cardozo and Rebecca Washington (Nathan) Cardozo (died 1879). Lawyer; Justice of New York Supreme Court 1st District, 1914-17; judge of New York Court of Appeals, 1914-26; chief judge of New York Court of Appeals, 1927-32; Justice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1932-38. Jewish. Suffered a heart attack in 1937, and a stroke in early 1938, and died a few months later, in Port Chester, Westchester County, N.Y., July 9, 1938. Interment at Beth Olom Cemetery, Glendale, Queens, N.Y.
  • See also: Wikipedia article; NNDB dossier; Find-A-Grave page.
  • Books by Benjamin Cardozo: The Nature of the Judicial Process
  • Books about Benjamin Cardozo: Andrew L. Kaufman, Cardozo; Richard A. Posner, Cardozo : A Study in Reputation; Richard Polenberg, The World of Benjamin Cardozo: Personal Values and the Judicial Process
  
  
• Samuel Insull (1879-1938) — of Chicago, Cook County, Ill.; Kenilworth, Cook County, Ill.; near Libertyville, Lake County, Ill. Born in London, England, November 11, 1879. Son of Samuel Insull and Emma (Short) Insull; married, May 24, 1899, to Margaret A. Bird. Republican. Associate of Thomas Edison and executive of electric utilities; one of the founders of the company that became General Electric; also had major holdings in railroads; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Illinois, 1904; when his utility holding company collapsed, wiping out the stockholders, he fled the country; indicted in 1932 on fraud and embezzlement charges; ultimately extradited from Turkey in 1934; tried in Chicago and found not guilty. Congregationalist. Member, Union League. Died from a heart attack, in the Place de la Concorde station on the Paris Métro subway system, Paris, France, July 16, 1938. Interment at Putney Vale Cemetery, London, England.
  • Cross-reference: Forest A. Harness
  • See also: Wikipedia article.
  
  
• Robert Low Bacon (1884-1938) — also known as Robert L. Bacon — of Westbury, Nassau County, Long Island, N.Y. Born in Jamaica Plain, Boston, Suffolk County, Mass., July 23, 1884. Son of Martha Waldron (Cowdin) Bacon and Robert Bacon; married, April 14, 1913, to Virginia Murray; brother of Gaspar Griswold Bacon. Republican. Banker; colonel in the U.S. Army during World War I; delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1920; U.S. Representative from New York 1st District, 1923-38; died in office 1938. Episcopalian. Member, American Legion; Freemasons; Knights Templar; Shriners; Elks; Moose. Died, of a heart attack, at the state police barracks, Lake Success, Nassau County, Long Island, N.Y., September 12, 1938. Interment at Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
  • See also Bacon family of Massachusetts and New York
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• William Louis Boatright (1876-1938) — also known as William L. Boatright — of Golden, Jefferson County, Colo. Born in Gentry County, Mo., June 14, 1876. Son of James B. Boatright and Hattie A. (Christian) Boatright; married, February 7, 1898, to Minnie E. Stump. Republican. Lawyer; Colorado state attorney general, 1925-28; candidate for Governor of Colorado, 1928. Baptist. Member, Freemasons; Shriners; Woodmen; Kiwanis; American Bar Association. Died, of a heart ailment, in Golden, Jefferson County, Colo., November 25, 1938. Interment at Crown Hill Cemetery, Denver, Colo.
  
  
• Robert Welch Herrick (1868-1938) — also known as Robert Herrick — Born in Cambridge, Middlesex County, Mass., April 21, 1868. Son of William Augustus Herrick; married, June 19, 1894, to Harriett Peabody Emery. Novelist; university professor; secretary of the U.S. Virgin Islands, 1935-38; Governor of U.S. Virgin Islands, 1935. Died, from a heart attack, in Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas, Virgin Islands, December 23, 1938. Burial location unknown.
  • See also: Wikipedia article.
  
  
• Edward Codrington Carrington, Jr. (1872-1938) — also known as Edward C. Carrington, Jr. — of Baltimore, Md.; Manhattan, New York County, N.Y. Born in Washington, D.C., April 10, 1872. Grandson of Edward Carrington; son of Edward Codrington Carrington and Florida Troupe (Harrison) Carrington; married, October 5, 1899, to Ethel Stuart Coyle (divorced 1919); married 1920 to Anna Walsh Snyder (divorced 1927); married 1936 to Alice W. Preston (daughter of James Harry Preston). Republican. Lawyer; financier; delegate to Republican National Convention from Maryland, 1912; candidate for U.S. Senator from Maryland, 1914; candidate for borough president of Manhattan, New York, 1931. Episcopalian. Died, following a heart attack, in Baltimore, Md., December 30, 1938. Burial location unknown.
  • See also Preston-Carrington family of Maryland
  
  
• Emery R. Beal (1865-1939) — of Ypsilanti, Washtenaw County, Mich. Born in Plainfield, Kent County, Mich., December 5, 1865. Son of Joseph Beal and Martha Beal; married to Minnie Beal. Republican. Druggist; mayor of Ypsilanti, Mich., 1922-23; defeated, 1928. Died, from heart disease, in Ypsilanti, Washtenaw County, Mich., March 3, 1939. Interment at Highland Cemetery, Ypsilanti, Mich.
  
  
• Joseph S. Hofman (1873-1939) — of Seward, Kenai Peninsula Borough, Alaska. Born in Austria, May 14, 1873. Democrat. Hotelier; member of Alaska territorial House of Representatives 3rd District, 1933-36; Speaker of Alaska Territory House of Representatives, 1935-36; member of Alaska territorial senate 3rd District, 1939; died in office 1939. Died, of a heart attack, in Seward, Kenai Peninsula Borough, Alaska, March 29, 1939. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• James Hamilton Lewis (1863-1939) — also known as J. Hamilton Lewis; "Pink Whiskers" — of Seattle, King County, Wash.; Chicago, Cook County, Ill. Born in Danville, Va., May 18, 1863. Son of John Cable Lewis (Major in Confederate Army in Civil War; died from war wounds); married 1896 to Rose Lawton Douglas. Lawyer; member of Washington territorial legislature, 1887-88; candidate for Governor of Washington, 1892; U.S. Representative from Washington at-large, 1897-99; defeated (People's), 1898; colonel in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; candidate for Democratic nomination for Vice President, 1900, 1920; candidate for Governor of Illinois, 1908, 1920 (Democratic); U.S. Senator from Illinois, 1913-19, 1931-39; defeated (Democratic), 1918; died in office 1939; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Illinois, 1928, 1936. Died, of coronary thrombosis, at Garfield Hospital, Washington, D.C., April 9, 1939. Originally entombed at Abbey Mausoleum (which no longer exists), Arlington, Va.; reinterment to unknown location.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Will C. Wood (c.1881-1939) — of San Francisco, Calif. Born in Elmira, Solano County, Calif. Republican. California superintendent of public instruction, 1919-27; resigned 1927; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from California, 1928. Member, Freemasons; Elks; Native Sons of the Golden West. Died, of a heart ailment, in Piedmont, Alameda County, Calif., May 15, 1939. Interment at Mountain View Cemetery, Oakland, Calif.
  
  
• Sadie Koenig (c.1876-1939) — also known as Sadie Prince — of Manhattan, New York County, N.Y. Married, June 26, 1898, to Samuel S. Koenig. Republican. Presidential Elector for New York, 1920; member of New York Republican State Committee, 1930. Female. Jewish. Died, from a heart attack, in Manhattan, New York County, N.Y., June 18, 1939. Interment at Union Field Cemetery, Ridgewood, Queens, N.Y.
  
  
• William Henry Langdon (1873-1939) — also known as William H. Langdon — of San Francisco, Calif.; Modesto, Stanislaus County, Calif. Born in Alameda County, Calif., September 25, 1873. Republican. Superior court judge in California, 1915-19; Judge, California Court of Appeal 1st District, 1919-27; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from California, 1920; justice of California state supreme court, 1927-39; died in office 1939. Died of a heart attack, in Hillsborough, San Mateo County, Calif., August 10, 1939. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• John Taylor Adams (1862-1939) — also known as John T. Adams — of Dubuque, Dubuque County, Iowa. Born in Dubuque, Dubuque County, Iowa, December 22, 1862. Son of Shubael P. Adams and Diana R. (Taylor) Adams; married, May 19, 1902, to Winifred Rose. Republican. Door and sash manufacturer; member of Republican National Committee from Iowa, 1912-24; Chairman of Republican National Committee, 1921-24; Vice-Chair of Republican National Committee, 1917-21. Died, following a heart attack, in Dubuque, Dubuque County, Iowa, October 28, 1939. Interment at Linwood Cemetery, Dubuque, Iowa.
  • See also: Find-A-Grave page.
  
  
• J. Henry Bacheller (1869-1939) — also known as Harry Bacheller — of Newark, Essex County, N.J. Born in Newark, Essex County, N.J., February 1, 1869. President, Fidelity Union Trust Co.; member of New Jersey state house of assembly from Essex County, 1900-02; member of New Jersey state senate from Essex County, 1903-05. Baptist. English, Scottish, and French ancestry. Member, Freemasons. Died, of heart disease, in Newark, Essex County, N.J., December 12, 1939. Interment at Mt. Pleasant Cemetery, Newark, N.J.
  
  
• William Irving Sirovich (1882-1939) — also known as William I. Sirovich — of Manhattan, New York County, N.Y. Born in York, York County, Pa., March 18, 1882. Son of Jacob Sirovich and Rose (Weinstock) Sirovich. Physician; playwright; Independence League candidate for New York state treasurer, 1908, 1910; superintendent, Peoples Hospital, 1911-29; president, Industrial National Bank; U.S. Representative from New York 14th District, 1927-39; defeated (Democratic), 1924; died in office 1939. Jewish. Member, Freemasons; Odd Fellows. Died, of a heart attack, while taking a bath at home, Manhattan, New York County, N.Y., December 17, 1939. Interment at Mt. Hebron Cemetery, Flushing, Queens, N.Y.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• 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. Interment at Riverside Cemetery, Plattsburgh, N.Y.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Edward Walter Curley (1873-1940) — also known as Edward W. Curley — of Bronx, Bronx County, N.Y. Born in Easton, Northampton County, Pa., May 23, 1873. Democrat. Builder; president, Stanley Hoist and Machine Company; U.S. Representative from New York 22nd District, 1935-40; died in office 1940. Member, Eagles. Died, from a heart attack, while seriously ill from a throat ailment, in Bronx, Bronx County, N.Y., January 6, 1940. Interment at Kensico Cemetery, Valhalla, N.Y.
  • See also: congressional biography; Wikipedia article.
  
  
• Henry Robertson Barrett (1869-1940) — also known as Henry R. Barrett — of White Plains, Westchester County, N.Y. Born in Bedford, Westchester County, N.Y., August 19, 1869. Nephew of William Henry Robertson; son of Joseph Barrett and Emma (Robertson) Barrett; married to Anna R. Parker (died 1914) and Elizabeth J. Endriss. Republican. Lawyer; delegate to New York state constitutional convention 24th District, 1915; delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1916, 1924 (alternate), 1932 (alternate). Presbyterian. Member, American Bar Association; Delta Kappa Epsilon; Elks. Died, from a heart attack, in White Plains, Westchester County, N.Y., February 4, 1940. Interment at Kensico Cemetery, Valhalla, N.Y.
  
  
• Allan Louis Benson (1871-1940) — also known as Allan L. Benson — of Yonkers, Westchester County, N.Y. Born in Plainwell, Allegan County, Mich., November 6, 1871. Son of Adelbert L. Benson and Rose (Morris) Benson; married, November 19, 1899, to Mary Hugh. Socialist. Newspaper reporter; newspaper editor; candidate for President of the United States, 1916. Resigned from the Socialist Party in 1918 over its non-support of American participation in World War I. Died, of coronary thrombosis, in Yonkers, Westchester County, N.Y., August 19, 1940. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• David Franklin Houston (1866-1940) — also known as David F. Houston — of Manhattan, New York County, N.Y. Born in Monroe, Union County, N.C., February 17, 1866. Son of William H. Houston and Cornelia Anne (Stevens) Houston; married, December 11, 1895, to Helen Beall (1873-1940). Superintendent of schools; university professor; president, Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas, 1902-05; president, University of Texas, 1905-08; chancellor, Washington University, St. Louis, 1908-16; U.S. Secretary of Agriculture, 1913-20; U.S. Secretary of the Treasury, 1920-21; vice president, American Telephone and Telegraph Co. and president, Bell Telephone Securities Co.; president, Mutual Life Insurance Company of New York, 1930-1940; director, United States Steel Corporation. Member, American Economic Association. Died, from heart disease, at the Harkness Pavilion of the Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center, Manhattan, New York County, N.Y., September 2, 1940. Interment at Memorial Cemetery, near Cold Spring Harbor, Long Island, N.Y.
  • See also: Wikipedia article; NNDB dossier.
  
  
• George Bruce Cortelyou (1862-1940) — also known as George B. Cortelyou — of Huntington Bay, Suffolk County, Long Island, N.Y. Born in New York, New York County, N.Y., July 26, 1862. Son of Peter C. Cortelyou, Jr. and Rose (Seary) Cortelyou; married, September 15, 1888, to Lily Morris Hinds. Republican. Financier; U.S. Secretary of Commerce and Labor, 1903-04; Chairman of Republican National Committee, 1904-07; U.S. Postmaster General, 1905-07; U.S. Secretary of the Treasury, 1907-09; president, Consolidated Gas Co., New York, 1909-35. Died, following two heart attacks, in Huntington Bay, Suffolk County, Long Island, N.Y., October 23, 1940. Interment at Memorial Cemetery, near Cold Spring Harbor, Long Island, N.Y.
  • See also: Wikipedia article; NNDB dossier.
  
  
• Key Pittman (1872-1940) — of Nome, Nome census area, Alaska; Tonopah, Nye County, Nev. Born in Vicksburg, Warren County, Miss., September 19, 1872. Son of William Buckner Pittman and Catherine (Key) Pittman; married, July 7, 1900, to Mimosa June Gates; brother of Vail Montgomery Pittman. Democrat. Went to the Klondike for the 1898 Gold Rush; lawyer; U.S. Senator from Nevada, 1913-40; defeated, 1910; died in office 1940; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Nevada, 1916, 1924, 1928, 1936, 1940. Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons; Sigma Alpha Epsilon. It was rumored for years that he died before his final election in 1940, and that party leaders kept his body on ice in a hotel bathtub until he was re-elected; this story has been disproven. In fact, he suffered a severe heart attack before the election, at the Riverside Hotel, and died after the election at the Washoe General Hospital, Reno, Washoe County, Nev., November 10, 1940. Entombed in mausoleum at Masonic Memorial Gardens, Reno, Nev.
  • See also: congressional biography; Wikipedia article; NNDB dossier; Find-A-Grave page.
  
  
• Charles Henry Bartlett (1872-1941) — also known as Charles H. Bartlett — of Evanston, Cook County, Ill. Born in Evanston, Cook County, Ill., September 4, 1872. Lawyer; mayor of Evanston, Ill., 1925-37. Presbyterian. Member, Elks; Freemasons; Knights Templar; Shriners; Odd Fellows; Rotary; Sigma Chi. Died, of a heart attack, in Evanston, Cook County, Ill., January 21, 1941. Interment at Rosehill Cemetery, Chicago, Ill.
  
  
• Kenneth Farrand Simpson (1895-1941) — also known as Kenneth F. Simpson — of Manhattan, New York County, N.Y. Born in New York, New York County, N.Y., May 4, 1895. Married 1922 to Helen Louise Knickerbacker Porter. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; chair of New York County Republican Party, 1935-40; delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1936, 1940; U.S. Representative from New York 17th District, 1941; died in office 1941. Member, Phi Beta Kappa; Skull and Bones; American Legion; Friendly Sons of St. Patrick. Died, from a heart attack, in Manhattan, New York County, N.Y., January 25, 1941. Interment at Hudson City Cemetery, Hudson, N.Y.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Commodore Bruce Roberts (1875-1941) — also known as C. B. Roberts — of Fortine, Lincoln County, Mont.; Shelby, Toole County, Mont. Born in Newcastle Township, Fulton County, Ind., December 9, 1875. Son of George Wilson Roberts (1849-1920) and Lavinia Jane (Eley) Roberts (1849-1918); nephew of Ning S. Eley; married, August 30, 1903, to Annis Elliott (1880-1963). Republican. Lumber business; realtor; banker; member of Montana state senate, 1915-18. Died, of a heart attack, in LaPorte, LaPorte County, Ind., June 3, 1941. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Francis Eugene Bouck (1873-1941) — also known as Francis E. Bouck — of Leadville, Lake County, Colo.; Denver, Colo. Born in New York, New York County, N.Y., November 25, 1873. Son of Dr. Francis Anthony Bouck and Pauline Emilie (Raefle) Bouck; married, November 29, 1900, to Mabel Frankland Worcester (died); married, August 20, 1917, to Harriet Wolcott Vaile. Democrat. Lawyer; district judge in Colorado 5th District, 1918-33; justice of Colorado state supreme court, 1933-41; died in office 1941; chief justice of Colorado Supreme Court, 1941; died in office 1941. Presbyterian. Member, American Bar Association; Phi Delta Phi; Freemasons; Elks; Royal Arcanum. Died, from a heart ailment, in Denver, Colo., November 24, 1941. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• James Alphonsus Hamill (1877-1941) — also known as James A. Hamill — of Jersey City, Hudson County, N.J. Born in Jersey City, Hudson County, N.J., March 30, 1877. Son of Alexander Hamill and Meave Hamill; married 1907 to Mary Mylott. Democrat. Lawyer; member of New Jersey state house of assembly, 1902-07; U.S. Representative from New Jersey, 1907-21 (10th District 1907-13, 12th District 1913-21); delegate to Democratic National Convention from New Jersey, 1908; corporation counsel of Jersey City, 1927-41. Member, American Bar Association; Elks. Died, from pneumonia and thrombosis, in Jersey City, Hudson County, N.J., December 15, 1941. Interment at Holy Name Cemetery, Jersey City, N.J.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Michael J. Gillen (1884-1942) — of Brooklyn, Kings County, N.Y. Born in Brooklyn, Kings County, N.Y., 1884. Married, February 4, 1917, to Mary Agnes Burke. Democrat. Insurance business; real estate broker; member of New York state assembly from Kings County 3rd District, 1926-42; died in office 1942. Member, Elks. Died, of a heart attack, in an automobile as he was leaving a dance, in Brooklyn, Kings County, N.Y., February 1, 1942. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Louis B. Ward (c.1892-1942) — of Michigan. Business representative for "radio priest" Charles Coughlin; candidate for U.S. Senator from Michigan, 1936 (Democratic primary), 1936 (The Third Party), 1940 (Democratic primary). Died, of a heart attack, in the New York Central railroad station, Syracuse, Onondaga County, N.Y., April 20, 1942. Interment at Glenwood Cemetery, Watertown, N.Y.
  
  
• Christopher Daniel Sullivan (1870-1942) — also known as Christopher D. Sullivan — of Manhattan, New York County, N.Y. Born in New York, New York County, N.Y., July 14, 1870. Married to Nell Donohue (died 1910). Democrat. Real estate business; member of New York state senate, 1907-16 (13th District 1907-08, 11th District 1909-16); delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1916, 1924 (alternate), 1928, 1940; U.S. Representative from New York 13th District, 1917-41; leader of New York County Democratic Party, 1940-41. Catholic. Irish ancestry. Member, Tammany Hall. Died, of a heart attack, in his office at the Second Assembly District Tammany Club, in Manhattan, New York County, N.Y., August 3, 1942. Interment at Calvary Cemetery, Woodside, Queens, N.Y.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Carolyn Caldwell (1871-1943) — of Lake George, Warren County, N.Y. Born in Walden, Orange County, N.Y., October 15, 1871. Daughter of Frederick Sedelmeyer and Gertrude (Mehew) Sedelmeyer; married to George Caldwell. Democrat. Restaurant owner; member of New York Democratic State Committee, 1942. Female. Died, of chronic myocarditis, in Glens Falls Hospital, Glens Falls, Warren County, N.Y., 1943. Interment at Evergreen Cemetery, Warrensburg, N.Y.
  
  
• Clifford Brittin Wilson (1879-1943) — also known as Clifford B. Wilson — of Bridgeport, Fairfield County, Conn.; Weston, Fairfield County, Conn. Born in Bridgeport, Fairfield County, Conn., December 2, 1879. Son of James A. Wilson (died 1897) and Mary E. (Wordin) Wilson (died 1915); married, November 10, 1914, to Anastasia C. Dorsey. Republican. Lawyer; mayor of Bridgeport, Conn., 1911-21; defeated, 1921, 1935; Lieutenant Governor of Connecticut, 1915-21. Member, Freemasons; Knights Templar; Scottish Rite Masons; Shriners; Odd Fellows; Elks; Sons of Veterans (later SUVCW). Died, from a heart attack, in Weston, Fairfield County, Conn., January 1, 1943. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Vincent A. Scully (1896-1943) — of Waterbury, New Haven County, Conn. Born in 1896. Son of Martin A. Scully; married to Mary Deeley. Democrat. Lawyer; mayor of Waterbury, Conn., 1940-43; died in office 1943. Member, Elks. Died, five days after a heart attack, in Waterbury, New Haven County, Conn., January 9, 1943. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Peter H. Ruvolo (c.1895-1943) — of Brooklyn, Kings County, N.Y. Born in Italy. Married to Catherine E. Foran. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer; member of New York state assembly from Kings County 22nd District, 1938; member of New York state senate, 1939; resigned 1939; municipal judge in New York, 1940-43. Catholic. Italian ancestry. Died, of a heart ailment, in Lutheran Hospital, Brooklyn, Kings County, N.Y., January 27, 1943. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Louis Henry Fead (1877-1943) — also known as Louis H. Fead — of Newberry, Luce County, Mich.; Pleasant Ridge, Oakland County, Mich. Born in Lexington, Sanilac County, Mich., May 2, 1877. Son of John Lawrence Fead and Augusta (Walther) Fead; married 1919 to Marion McPherson. Republican. Lawyer; Luce County Prosecuting Attorney, 1901-12; vice-president, Newberry State Bank; circuit judge in Michigan 11th Circuit, 1913-28; resigned 1928; worked with the Red Cross in France during and after World War I; justice of Michigan state supreme court, 1928-37; appointed 1928; defeated, 1937; chief justice of Michigan state supreme court, 1928, 1937. Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons; Rotary; Kiwanis; Lions. Died, from a heart attack while suffering from throat cancer, in the University Hospital, Ann Arbor, Washtenaw County, Mich., February 4, 1943. Interment at Deepdale Memorial Park, Near Lansing, Eaton County, Mich.
  
  
• Franklin Ely Atwood (1878-1943) — also known as Frank Ely Atwood — of Carrollton, Carroll County, Mo.; Jefferson City, Cole County, Mo. Born in Carrollton, Carroll County, Mo., October 5, 1878. Son of Jacob Smith Atwood and Nancy (Goodson) Atwood; married, October 22, 1908, to Agnes Rea Luscombe. Republican. Lawyer; Carroll County Prosecuting Attorney, 1915-19; delegate to Missouri state constitutional convention, 1922; justice of Missouri state supreme court, 1925-35. Baptist. Member, American Bar Association; Order of the Coif; American Judicature Society; Freemasons; Phi Gamma Delta; Phi Delta Phi. Died, from coronary thrombosis, in Atwood Hospital, Carrollton, Carroll County, Mo., March 5, 1943. Interment at Oak Hill Cemetery, Carrollton, Mo.
  • See also: Find-A-Grave page.
  
  
• Harry Lane Englebright (1884-1943) — also known as Harry L. Englebright — of Nevada City, Nevada County, Calif. Born in Nevada City, Nevada County, Calif., January 2, 1884. Son of William Fellows Englebright and Kittie F. (Holland) Englebright; married, December 14, 1912, to Marie Grace Jackson. Republican. Mining engineer; U.S. Representative from California 2nd District, 1926-43; died in office 1943. Episcopalian. Member, Elks; Eagles; Redmen; Native Sons of the Golden West. Died, of an acute heart condition, at Bethesda Naval Hospital, Bethesda, Montgomery County, Md., May 13, 1943. Interment at Pine Grove Cemetery, Nevada City, Calif.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Edwin Taylor Pollock (1870-1943) — also known as E. T. Pollock — Born in Mt. Gilead, Morrow County, Ohio, October 25, 1870. Married, December 5, 1893, to Beatrice E. Law Hale. Served in the U.S. Navy during the Spanish-American War; Governor of U.S. Virgin Islands; served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; Governor of American Samoa. Died, from cardiac arrythmia and auricular fibrillation, in Washington, D.C., June 6, 1943. Interment at Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
  • See also: Wikipedia article.
  
  
• Thomas Raymond Ball (1896-1943) — also known as Thomas R. Ball — of Old Lyme, New London County, Conn. Born in New York, New York County, N.Y., February 12, 1896. Son of Thomas Watson Ball and Alice Lynde (Raymond) Ball; married, December 18, 1934, to Elvira Urisarri de Polo. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; architect; member of Connecticut state house of representatives, 1927-37; U.S. Representative from Connecticut 2nd District, 1939-41; defeated, 1940. Episcopalian. Member, American Institute of Architects; Sons of the American Revolution; American Legion; Freemasons; Odd Fellows; Elks; Grange; Society of Colonial Wars. Died, of a heart attack, in Old Lyme, New London County, Conn., June 16, 1943. Interment at Duck River Cemetery, Old Lyme, Conn.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• John Calhoun Phillips (1870-1943) — also known as John C. Phillips — of Phoenix, Maricopa County, Ariz. Born in Vermont, Fulton County, Ill., November 13, 1870. Son of William Henry Phillips and Elizabeth (Wood) Phillips. Republican. Lawyer; Governor of Arizona, 1929-31. Suffered a heart attack, while fishing on Lake Mary, and died soon after, in Flagstaff Hospital, Flagstaff, Coconino County, Ariz., June 25, 1943. Interment somewhere in Prescott, Ariz.
  • See also: National Governors Association biography; Wikipedia article.
  
  
• Timothy Thomas Ansberry (1871-1943) — also known as Timothy T. Ansberry — of Defiance, Defiance County, Ohio; Washington, D.C. Born in Defiance, Defiance County, Ohio, December 24, 1871. Son of Edmond Ansberry and Elizabeth (Fitzpatrick) Ansberry; married 1904 to Nelle Kettenring. Democrat. Lawyer; Defiance County Prosecuting Attorney, 1895-1903; U.S. Representative from Ohio 5th District, 1907-15; defeated, 1904; Judge, Ohio Court of Appeals, 1915-16; Presidential Elector for Ohio, 1916; delegate to Democratic National Convention from District of Columbia, 1920; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Ohio, 1924 (alternate), 1928; law partner of Joseph E. Davies. Catholic. Member, Knights of Columbus. Died following a gall bladder operation complicated by heart disease, in Doctors Hospital, Manhattan, New York County, N.Y., July 5, 1943. Interment at Mt. Olivet Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Nathaniel Jarrett Webb (1891-1943) — also known as N. J. Webb — of Newport News, Va. Born in Prince George County, Va., April 25, 1891. Son of James Duncan Webb (1848-1933) and Helen Howerton (Rives) Webb (1851-1930); married to Lalie Lett (1899-1992) (niece of Robert Walker Perkins). Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; school teacher; athletic coach; lawyer; member of Virginia state house of delegates, 1936-39. Methodist. Died, of a heart attack, in Isle of Wight County, Va., July 18, 1943. Interment at Greenlawn Cemetery, Newport News, Va.
  
  
• Philas Stratton Jones (1867-1943) — also known as Philas S. Jones — of Wilburton, Latimer County, Okla.; Muskogee, Muskogee County, Okla. Born in Kentucky, September 30, 1867. Republican. Candidate for U.S. Representative from Oklahoma 3rd District, 1922; delegate to Republican National Convention from Oklahoma, 1924. Baptist. Member, Freemasons. Died, of arteriosclerosis, in a hospital at Muskogee, Muskogee County, Okla., July 27, 1943. Interment at Memorial Park Cemetery, Muskogee, Okla.
  
  
• Friend William Richardson (1865-1943) — also known as Friend W. Richardson; William Richardson — of California. Born in Michigan, December 1, 1865. Son of William Richardson and Rhoda (Dye) Richardson; married to Augusta Felder. Republican. Newspaper publisher; California state treasurer, 1915-23; Governor of California, 1923-27. Quaker. Member, Elks; Freemasons; Knights Templar; Order of the Eastern Star; Shriners; Odd Fellows; Woodmen; Rotary; Kiwanis; Moose. Died, of a heart ailment, in Berkeley, Alameda County, Calif., September 5, 1943. Cremated; ashes interred at Chapel of the Chimes, Oakland, Calif.
  • Cross-reference: Fletcher Bowron
  • See also: National Governors Association biography; Wikipedia article.
  
  
• Anson F. Keeler (c.1888-1943) — of South Norwalk, Norwalk, Fairfield County, Conn. Born in Brooklyn, Kings County, N.Y. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; laundry owner; mayor of Norwalk, Conn., 1927-31; member of Connecticut state senate 26th District, 1931; Connecticut state comptroller, 1933-35. Member, Freemasons; Shriners; Elks; Moose; Redmen. Died, from a heart ailment, in Veterans Hospital, Newington, Hartford County, Conn., September 29, 1943. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Charlotte Sleeth Farrar (d. 1943) — also known as Charlotte Farrar; Charlotte Sleeth — of Manhattan, New York County, N.Y. Born in Rushville, Rush County, Ind. Daughter of George Sleeth; married to Herbert Farrar; sister of Mary Sleeth. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1924, 1932 (alternate); member of New York Republican State Committee, 1930; Presidential Elector for New York, 1940. Female. Died, of heart trouble, in New York Infirmary for Women and Children, Manhattan, New York County, N.Y., October 15, 1943. Interment at East Hill Cemetery, Rushville, Ind.
  • See also Sleeth family of Indiana
  
  
• Thomas Arthur Turner (1878-1943) — also known as Arthur Turner — of Jonesboro, Craighead County, Ark.; San Diego, San Diego County, Calif. Born in Corydon, Henderson County, Ky., February 11, 1878. Grandson of James Albert Turner. Lawyer; member of Arkansas state senate, 1908-11. Christian. Member, Freemasons; Elks. Died, of arteriosclerosis, in a hospital at San Diego, San Diego County, Calif., October 22, 1943. Interment at Glen Abbey Memorial Park, San Diego, Calif.
  
  
• Peter B. Carey (1886-1943) — of Chicago, Cook County, Ill. Born in Chicago, Cook County, Ill., November 3, 1886. Married to Mary Frances Angsten. Democrat. President, Chicago Board of Trade, 1932-35; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Illinois, 1932, 1936, 1940; delegate to Illinois convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933; Cook County Sheriff, 1942-43. Died, amidst a scandal in his department, from a heart ailment, in Sacred Heart Sanitarium, Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, Wis., November 1, 1943. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• William Warren Barbour (1888-1943) — also known as W. Warren Barbour; "The Champ" — of Rumson, Monmouth County, N.J.; Locust, Monmouth County, N.J. Born in Monmouth Beach, Monmouth County, N.J., July 31, 1888. Son of William J. Barbour and Adelaide (Sprague) Barbour; married, December 1, 1921, to Elysabeth C. Carrere. Republican. Manufacturer; business executive; delegate to Republican National Convention from New Jersey, 1928; U.S. Senator from New Jersey, 1931-37, 1938-43; appointed 1931; defeated, 1936; died in office 1943. Presbyterian. Member, Elks; Moose; Society of Colonial Wars. Amateur heavyweight boxing champion of the U.S. and Canada in 1910-11. Died, from coronary thrombosis, in Washington, D.C., November 22, 1943. Interment at Cedar Lawn Cemetery, Paterson, N.J.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Henry Bascom Steagall (1873-1943) — also known as Henry B. Steagall — of Ozark, Dale County, Ala. Born in Clopton, Dale County, Ala., May 19, 1873. Son of William Collinsworth Steagall and Mary Jane (Peacock) Steagall; married, December 27, 1900, to Sallie Mae Thompson (died). Democrat. Lawyer; member of Alabama state house of representatives, 1906-07; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Alabama, 1912 (alternate), 1940; U.S. Representative from Alabama 3rd District, 1915-43; died in office 1943. Methodist. Member, Freemasons; Woodmen. Died, of a heart ailment, November 22, 1943. Interment at City Cemetery, Ozark, Ala.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• J. Sidney Bernstein (1877-1943) — of Manhattan, New York County, N.Y. Born May 9, 1877. Son of Joseph Bernstein and Jeanette Bernstein; married, January 1, 1905, to Idalia Rosenblum. Democrat. Lawyer; member of New York state assembly from New York County 31st District, 1906; defeated, 1904; delegate to New York state constitutional convention 19th District, 1915; Justice of New York Supreme Court 1st District, 1940-43. Jewish. Member, Tammany Hall; Redmen. Died, from a heart attack, in Manhattan, New York County, N.Y., December 9, 1943. Interment at Mt. Hope Cemetery, Hastings-on-Hudson, N.Y.
  
  
• George Otis Smith (1871-1944) — of Skowhegan, Somerset County, Maine. Born in Hodgdon, Aroostook County, Maine, February 22, 1871. Son of Joseph O. Smith and Emma (Mayo) Smith; married, November 18, 1896, to Grace M. Coburn (1871-1931). Republican. Geologist; director, U.S. Geological Survey, 1907-30 (except 1922-23); chair, Federal Power Commission, 1930-33; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Maine, 1936. Baptist. Member, American Forestry Association; Phi Beta Kappa. Suffered a heart attack during a meeting of the board of directors of the Central Maine Power Company, and died soon after, in Augusta, Kennebec County, Maine, January 10, 1944. Interment at Southside Cemetery, Skowhegan, Maine.
  • See also: Wikipedia article; Find-A-Grave page.
  
  
• Clarence V. Mooney (c.1888-1944) — of Asbury Park, Monmouth County, N.J. Born in Spring Lake, Monmouth County, N.J. Police officer; mayor of Asbury Park, N.J., 1941-44; died in office 1944. Suffered a heart attack, and died soon after, in Fitkin Hospital, Asbury Park, Monmouth County, N.J., January 13, 1944. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• James Berg (c.1876-1944) — of Mt. Vernon, Westchester County, N.Y. Born in Reading, Berks County, Pa. Married 1904 to Adeline Brommer. Republican. Minister; mayor of Mt. Vernon, N.Y., 1928-31; defeated, 1911; resigned 1931; executive secretary, Westchester Sanitary Commission, 1931-39. Lutheran. Member, Freemasons; Odd Fellows; Elks; Patriotic Order Sons of America. Died, from a heart attack, during services at the Church of the Good Shepherd, Mt. Vernon, Westchester County, N.Y., March 19, 1944. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Eaton Dudley Sargent (1870-1944) — also known as Eaton D. Sargent — of Nashua, Hillsborough County, N.H. Born in Bradford, Orange County, Vt., August 13, 1870. Democrat. Mayor of Nashua, N.H., 1924-27; candidate for Governor of New Hampshire, 1926, 1928; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New Hampshire, 1928; candidate for U.S. Representative from New Hampshire 2nd District, 1930. Member, Freemasons; Rotary. Died of heart failure while pruning an orange tree, in Crescent City, Putnam County, Fla., March 27, 1944. Interment at Edgewood Cemetery, Nashua, N.H.
  
  
• William Dennison Stephens (1859-1944) — also known as William D. Stephens — of Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, Calif. Born in Eaton, Preble County, Ohio, December 26, 1859. Married, June 17, 1891, to Flora Rawson (died 1931). Republican. Merchant; mayor of Los Angeles, Calif., 1909; U.S. Representative from California, 1911-16 (7th District 1911-13, 10th District 1913-16); resigned 1916; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from California, 1912; Lieutenant Governor of California, 1916-17; Governor of California, 1917-23. Member, Freemasons; Knights Templar. Died, from a heart ailment, in the Santa Fe Hospital, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, Calif., April 25, 1944. Interment at Angelus-Rosedale Cemetery, Los Angeles, Calif.
  • See also: congressional biography; National Governors Association biography.
  
  
• James Oliver II (1885-1944) — of South Bend, St. Joseph County, Ind. Born November 3, 1885. Son of Joseph Doty Oliver and Anna Gertude (Wells) Oliver; married to Louise Yarrington. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Indiana, 1936 (alternate), 1940. Suffered a heart attack and died, at the Claypool Hotel, Indianapolis, Marion County, Ind., May 19, 1944. Entombed at Riverview Cemetery, South Bend, Ind.
  • See also Brown-McMillin-Oliver-Wells family of Tennessee
  
  
• John Stephen Shea (d. 1944) — also known as John S. Shea; "The Sheriff" — of New York, New York County, N.Y. Born in New York, New York County, N.Y. Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1908, 1916. Catholic. Irish ancestry. Died, of a heart attack, in New York, New York County, N.Y., June 3, 1944. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Theodore Roosevelt, Jr. (1887-1944) — of Oyster Bay, Nassau County, Long Island, N.Y. Born in Oyster Bay, Nassau County, Long Island, N.Y., September 13, 1887. Great-great-great-grandson of Archibald Bulloch; grandnephew of Robert Barnwell Roosevelt; son of Theodore Roosevelt and Edith Kermit (Carow) Roosevelt; half-brother of Alice Lee Roosevelt (who married Nicholas Longworth); married, June 20, 1910, to Eleanor Butler Alexander. Republican. Farmer; colonel in the U.S. Army during World War I; member of New York state assembly from Nassau County 2nd District, 1920-21; delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1924, 1928, 1940; candidate for Governor of New York, 1924; Governor of Puerto Rico, 1929-32; general in the U.S. Army during World War II. Member, American Legion. Principal founder of the American Legion in 1919. Participated in the invasion of Nazi-occupied France, on D-Day, June 6, 1944, and received a posthumous Medal of Honor for his actions that day; died a month later, of exhaustion and heart failure, in Normandy, France, July 12, 1944. Interment at Normandy American Cemetery, Collevelle-sur-Mer, France.
  • See also Livingston-Lee-Clay-Williams family
  
  
• Neil L. Lora (1895-1944) — of Lima, Allen County, Ohio. Born in Rockport, Allen County, Ohio, April 4, 1895. Lawyer; piano player; played in his own band in the 1920s; municipal judge in Ohio, 1932-39; common pleas court judge in Ohio, 1939-44. Methodist. Died, from a coronary thrombosis, in Lima, Allen County, Ohio, September 4, 1944. Interment at Rockport Cemetery, Rockport, Ohio.
  
  
• Wendell Lewis Willkie (1892-1944) — also known as Wendell L. Willkie — of Akron, Summit County, Ohio. Born in Elwood, Madison County, Ind., February 18, 1892. Son of Herman Francis Willkie and Henrietta (Trisch) Willkie; married to Edith Wilk; father of Philip H. Willkie. Lawyer; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Ohio, 1924; Republican candidate for President of the United States, 1940. Episcopalian. German ancestry. Member, Freemasons. Died, of complications from a heart attack, in New York, New York County, N.Y., October 8, 1944. Interment at East Hill Cemetery, Rushville, Ind.
  • Cross-reference: Mary Sleeth
  • See also: NNDB dossier; Internet Movie Database profile.
  • Books about Wendell Willkie: Charles Peters, Five Days in Philadelphia: The Amazing "We Want Willkie!" Convention of 1940 and How It Freed FDR to Save the Western World; Steve Neal, Dark Horse: A Biography of Wendell Willkie
  
  
• Smith Wildman Brookhart (1869-1944) — also known as Smith W. Brookhart — of Washington, Washington County, Iowa. Born near Arbela, Scotland County, Mo., February 2, 1869. Son of Abram Colar Brookhart and Cynthia (Wildman) Brookhart; married, June 22, 1897, to Jennie Hearne. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; school teacher; lawyer; farmer; U.S. Senator from Iowa, 1922-26, 1927-33. Member, Farm Bureau; American Legion; National Rifle Association; Knights of Pythias. Died, from heart disease, in the Veterans Administration hospital in Whipple, Yavapai County, Ariz., November 15, 1944. Interment at Elm Grove Cemetery, Washington, Iowa.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  • Books about Smith Wildman Brookhart: George W. McDaniel, Smith Wildman Brookhart : Iowa's Renegade Republican
  
  
• Frank Murphy (1897-1944) — of Detroit, Wayne County, Mich. Born in Rensselaer, Rensselaer County, N.Y., May 15, 1897. Married to Constance Kirchner. Democrat. Accountant; Lieutenant Governor of Michigan, 1941-42; defeated, 1942; charged with bribery in 1944; pleaded guilty. Catholic. Member, Knights of Columbus; Gamma Eta Gamma. Died, from a heart ailment, December 25, 1944. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• John Reynard Todd (c.1868-1945) — also known as John R. Todd — of Summit, Union County, N.J.; Manhattan, New York County, N.Y. Born in Johnstown (unknown county), Wis. Son of Rev. James Doeg Todd and Susan (Webster) Todd; married to Alice Peck Bray (c.1866-1956); father of Webster Bray Todd; grandfather of Christine Todd Whitman. Republican. Lawyer; president of the Todd Robertson Todd construction and engineering firm; delegate to Republican National Convention from New Jersey, 1928, 1932, 1940. Member, Union League. Died, of a heart attack, in Manhattan, New York County, N.Y., May 12, 1945. Burial location unknown.
  • See also Whitman-Todd-Schley-Banks family of New Jersey and New York
  
  
• Andrew Jackson Stewart (1872-1945) — of Bluefield, Mercer County, W.Va. Born near Louisa, Lawrence County, Ky., November 26, 1872. Son of Leander Cox Stewart and Ellen Frances (Savage) Stewart; married, October 1, 1896, to Lola Montry Boyd. Coal mine superintendent; mayor of Bluefield, W.Va., 1924-28. Methodist. Member, Freemasons; Scottish Rite Masons; Shriners; Kiwanis. Died, from asthma and a heart condition, in Bluefield, Mercer County, W.Va., June 12, 1945. Interment at Monte Vista Park Cemetery, Bluefield, W.Va.
  
  
• John Donnan Fredericks (1869-1945) — also known as John D. Fredericks — of Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, Calif.; Bel Air, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, Calif. Born in Burgettstown, Washington County, Pa., September 10, 1869. Son of James T. Fredericks and Mary (Patterson) Fredericks; married 1896 to Agnes M. Blakeley. Republican. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; Los Angeles County District Attorney, 1903-15; candidate for Governor of California, 1914; U.S. Representative from California 10th District, 1923-27. Presbyterian. Member, Freemasons; Knights Templar; Shriners. Died, following a heart attack, at Good Samaritan Hospital, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, Calif., August 26, 1945. Interment at Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, Calif.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Irving Lehman (1876-1945) — of Manhattan, New York County, N.Y. Born in New York, New York County, N.Y., January 28, 1876. Son of Mayer Lehman and Babette (Newgass) Lehman; married, June 26, 1901, to Sissie Straus (sister of Nathan Straus, Jr.); brother of Herbert Henry Lehman. Justice of New York Supreme Court 1st District, 1900-24; judge of New York Court of Appeals, 1924-39; chief judge of New York Court of Appeals, 1940-45. Jewish. Member, American Bar Association. Died, of a heart ailment, in Port Chester, Westchester County, N.Y., September 22, 1945. Interment at Cypress Hills Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
  • See also Butler-Straus-Belmont-Pickens family of New York
  
  
• Leonard Fish Wing (1893-1945) — also known as Leonard F. Wing — of Rutland, Rutland County, Vt. Born in Ira, Rutland County, Vt., November 12, 1893. Son of David E. Wing and Dora M. (Fish) Wing. Republican. Vermont Republican state chair, 1926; delegate to Republican National Convention from Vermont, 1940; general in the U.S. Army during World War II. Died, of a heart attack, in Rutland, Rutland County, Vt., December 19, 1945. Interment at Evergreen Cemetery, Rutland, Vt.
  
  
• William Olin Burgin (1877-1946) — also known as William O. Burgin — of Lexington, Davidson County, N.C. Born near Marion, McDowell County, N.C., July 28, 1877. Married to Edith Leigh Greer. Democrat. Mayor of Thomasville, N.C., 1906-10; member of North Carolina state house of representatives, 1931; member of North Carolina state senate, 1933; U.S. Representative from North Carolina 8th District, 1939-46; died in office 1946. Died, of a heart ailment, in a hospital at Washington, D.C., April 11, 1946. Interment at Lexington Cemetery, Lexington, N.C.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Jacob Franklin Spears, Sr. (1899-1946) — also known as J. Franklin Spears — of San Antonio, Bexar County, Tex.; Tarpon Springs, Pinellas County, Fla. Born in Darlington County, S.C., October 6, 1899. Son of James Monroe Spears. Colonel in the U.S. Army during World War I; mayor of Tarpon Springs, Fla., 1921; member of Texas state house of representatives, 1934-36; member of Texas state senate, 1937-46. Member, Freemasons; Knights of Pythias; Elks; Eagles; Redmen; Odd Fellows. Died, from a heart attack, in San Antonio, Bexar County, Tex., May 29, 1946. Interment at Mission Burial Park South, San Antonio, Tex.
  
  
• Alexander Biemeret (1877-1946) — of Green Bay, Brown County, Wis. Born in Green Bay, Brown County, Wis., February 28, 1877. Son of John B. Biemeret and Catherine (LaHaye) Biemeret. Mayor of Green Bay, Wis., 1938-45. Died, following a heart attack, in a hospital at Green Bay, Brown County, Wis., May 29, 1946. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Carrie Chapman Catt (1859-1947) — also known as Carrie Lane; Carrie Chapman — of Mason City, Cerro Gordo County, Iowa; New Rochelle, Westchester County, N.Y. Born in Ripon, Fond du Lac County, Wis., January 9, 1859. Daughter of Lucius Lane and Maria (Clinton) Lane; married, February 12, 1885, to Leo Chapman (died 1886); married, June 10, 1890, to George Catt (died 1905). School teacher; superintendent of schools; president, National American Woman Suffrage Association, 1900-04 (succeeding Susan B. Anthony) and 1915-20; founder of the League of Women Voters; Dry candidate for delegate to New York convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933. Female. Member, League of Women Voters. Died, from a heart attack, in New Rochelle, Westchester County, N.Y., March 9, 1947. Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery, Bronx, N.Y.
  • See also: Wikipedia article; Find-A-Grave page.
  
  
• John Harvey Tolan (1877-1947) — also known as John H. Tolan — of Oakland, Alameda County, Calif. Born in Minnesota, 1877. Democrat. U.S. Representative from California 7th District, 1935-47. Suffered a heart attack when his 2-year-old granddaughter disappeared from the family's summer vacation home; she was found unharmed, one mile from the cabin, but he died the next day at Westwood General Hospital, Westwood, Lassen County, Calif., June 30, 1947. Interment at Holy Sepulchre Cemetery, Hayward, Calif.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• William Rock Painter (1863-1947) — also known as William R. Painter — of Carrollton, Carroll County, Mo. Born in Carrollton, Carroll County, Mo., August 27, 1863. Son of Samuel Lee Painter and Sallie Ann (Rock) Painter; married to Cora Herndon (1865-1944). Democrat. Civil engineer; printing business; Lieutenant Governor of Missouri, 1913-17; member of Missouri state senate 8th District, 1917-29. Presbyterian. Member, Freemasons; Knights Templar; Shriners; Elks. Died, from a myocardial infarction, in Carrollton, Carroll County, Mo., July 1, 1947. Interment at Oak Hill Cemetery, Carrollton, Mo.
  • See also: Find-A-Grave page.
  
  
• James H. Hudson (c.1878-1947) — of Guilford, Piscataquis County, Maine. Born in Guilford, Piscataquis County, Maine. Son of Henry Hudson; married 1904 to Mary McKown. Republican. Piscataquis County Attorney, 1913-19; probate judge in Maine; justice of Maine state supreme court, 1933-47; died in office 1947. Member, Freemasons; Knights of Pythias; Delta Kappa Epsilon. Suffered a heart attack, and died three days later, in Augusta General Hospital, Augusta, Kennebec County, Maine, August 21, 1947. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Lauritz Selmer Swenson (1865-1947) — also known as Lauritz S. Swenson — of Albert Lea, Freeborn County, Minn.; Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minn. Born in New Sweden, Nicollet County, Minn., June 12, 1865. Son of Swen Swenson; nephew of Lars Swenson; brother of Carl Ludvig Swenson and Oscar Adolph Swenson. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Minnesota, 1896 (member, Committee on Permanent Organization), 1908 (alternate); U.S. Minister to Denmark, 1897-1905; Switzerland, 1910-11; Norway, 1911-13, 1921-30; Netherlands, 1931-34. Lutheran. Died, of heart disease, in a hospital at Oslo, Norway, November 3, 1947. Interment at Norseland Lutheran Cemetery, Lake Prairie Township, Nicollet County, Minn.
  • See also Swenson family of Minnesota
  
  
• Robert Ailshie (1908-1947) — of Boise, Ada County, Idaho. Born in Boise, Ada County, Idaho, February 16, 1908. Son of James Franklin Ailshie and Lucie (Bundren) Ailshie (c.1867-1947). Republican. Lawyer; Idaho state attorney general, 1947; died in office 1947. Protestant. Member, American Bar Association. Died, of a heart attack, in Boise, Ada County, Idaho, November 16, 1947. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Frank E. McAllister (c.1888-1948) — of Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, Mich. Mayor of Kalamazoo, Mich., 1939-41. Died of a heart attack, on a train in Chicago, Cook County, Ill., 1948. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Eva McCall Hamilton (1871-1948) — also known as Eva M. Hamilton — of Grand Rapids, Kent County, Mich. Born in Memphis, St. Clair County, Mich., December 13, 1871. Niece of Thomas W. McCall. Republican. Member of Michigan state senate 16th District, 1921-22; defeated in primary, 1922. Female. First woman elected to Michigan Senate. Died, of heart failure, in Grand Rapids, Kent County, Mich., January 28, 1948. Cremated.
  
  
• Ralph Emerson Bailey (1878-1948) — of Sikeston, Scott County, Mo. Born in Cainsville, Harrison County, Mo., July 14, 1878. Son of John L. Bailey and Honora (Reeves) Bailey. Republican. Lawyer; U.S. Representative from Missouri 14th District, 1925-27. Died, from acute vascular collapse as a result of an adverse reaction to a blood transfusion, in St. Francis Hospital, Cape Girardeau, Cape Girardeau County, Mo., April 8, 1948. Interment at City Cemetery, Sikeston, Mo.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Jerome H. Kohn (c.1900-1948) — of Hartford, Hartford County, Conn. Born in New York, New York County, N.Y. Married to Alice Bussy. Democrat. Tobacco business; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Connecticut, 1944, 1948. Jewish. While serving as a delegate to the Democratic National Convention, he died, apparently of a heart attack, in his hotel room in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pa., July 12, 1948. Interment at Beth Israel Cemetery, Hartford, Conn.
  
  
• Alice Smith Merrill Horne (1868-1948) — also known as Alice Merrill Horne — of Utah. Born in Fillmore, Millard County, Utah, January 2, 1868. School teacher; member of Utah state house of representatives, 1898. Female. Mormon. Horne Hall at Brigham Young University is named for her. Died, of a heart attack, October 7, 1948. Interment at Salt Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Utah.
  
  
• William Henry Lewis (1868-1949) — also known as William H. Lewis; Bill Lewis — of Cambridge, Middlesex County, Mass.; Dedham, Norfolk County, Mass. Born in Berkley, Norfolk County (now part of Norfolk), Va., November 28, 1868. Son of Ashley Lewis and Josephine (Baker) Lewis; married, September 26, 1896, to Elizabeth Baker. Republican. As a student at Harvard, was the first black All-American football player (1892-93); lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; member of Massachusetts state house of representatives, 1902. Black. Baptist; later Catholic. Died, of heart failure, in Boston, Suffolk County, Mass., January 1, 1949. Interment at Mt. Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Mass.
  
  
• George M. Barnard (1881-1949) — of New Castle, Henry County, Ind. Born in New Castle, Henry County, Ind., June 6, 1881. Son of William O. Barnard and Mary V. (Ballenger) Barnard; married, October 4, 1911, to Marion Hannah Dingee. Republican. Lawyer; Henry County Prosecuting Attorney, 1906-10; mayor of New Castle, Ind., 1910-14; member, Interstate Commerce Commission, 1944-49; died in office 1949. Quaker. Died, from a heart attack, in Washington, D.C., January 2, 1949. Interment at Longwood Cemetery, Longwood, Pa.
  • See also: Find-A-Grave page.
  
  
• Harlan Besson (1887-1949) — of Hoboken, Hudson County, N.J.; Frenchtown, Hunterdon County, N.J. Born in Hoboken, Hudson County, N.J., July 1, 1887. Son of Samuel Austin Besson (c.1854-1937) and Arabella (Roseberry) Besson; cousin of J. W. Rufus Besson; married, May 14, 1913, to Addie Case. Republican. Lawyer; candidate for U.S. Representative from New Jersey 11th District, 1912; served in the U.S. Army during World War I; U.S. Attorney for New Jersey, 1932-35. Presbyterian. Member, Delta Upsilon; Freemasons; Reserve Officers Association. Died, of heart disease, in Frenchtown, Hunterdon County, N.J., January 9, 1949. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• 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. 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. Interment at Sunset View Cemetery, El Cerrito, Calif.
  
  
• Joseph Melville Broughton (1888-1949) — also known as J. Melville Broughton — of Wake County, N.C. Born in Raleigh, Wake County, N.C., November 17, 1888. Son of Joseph Melville Broughton and Sallie (Harris) Broughton; married, December 14, 1916, to Alice Harper Willson; father of Joseph Melville Broughton, Jr.. Democrat. School teacher; lawyer; member of North Carolina state senate, 1927-29; Presidential Elector for Nebraska, 1936; Governor of North Carolina, 1941-45; delegate to Democratic National Convention from North Carolina, 1944, 1948; U.S. Senator from North Carolina, 1948-49; died in office 1949. Baptist. Member, American Bar Association; Freemasons; Woodmen; Junior Order. Died, of a heart attack, in Washington, D.C., March 6, 1949. Interment at Montlawn Memorial Park, Raleigh, N.C.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Sol Bloom (1870-1949) — of Manhattan, New York County, N.Y. Born in Pekin, Tazewell County, Ill., March 9, 1870. Son of Garrison Bloom and Sara Bloom; married 1897 to Evelyn Hechheimer (1876-1941). Democrat. Play producer; entertainment manager; songwriter; furniture business; real estate business; U.S. Representative from New York, 1923-49 (19th District 1923-45, 20th District 1945-49); died in office 1949; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1944. Jewish. Member, Freemasons; Shriners; Elks; Moose; Redmen. Died, from a heart attack, in the U.S. Naval Hospital, Bethesda, Montgomery County, Md., March 7, 1949. Interment at Mt. Eden Cemetery, Westchester Hills, N.Y.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• James William Cherry (1872-1949) — also known as James W. Cherry — of Utah; Mesa, Maricopa County, Ariz. Born in Hancock County, Ill., April 5, 1872. Son of A. N. Cherry and Mary (Banks) Cherry. Republican. Justice of Utah state supreme court, 1923-33; chief justice of Utah state supreme court, 1929-33. Unitarian. Member, Freemasons. Died, of cardiac asthma, in Mesa, Maricopa County, Ariz., March 23, 1949. Cremated; ashes interred at Manti City Cemetery, Manti, Utah.
  
  
• Robert Simpson Wood (1887-1949) — of Athens, Athens County, Ohio. Born in Athens, Athens County, Ohio, 1887. Nephew of James Perry Wood. Dairy farmer; served in the U.S. Army during World War I; mayor of Athens, Ohio, 1930-31. Died, of an apparent heart attack, in Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio, April 19, 1949. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Charles Lewis Hoover (1872-1949) — also known as Charles L. Hoover — of Edgemont, Fall River County, S.Dak.; Springfield, Greene County, Mo.; Manhattan, New York County, N.Y. Born in Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa, January 11, 1872. Son of Samuel A. Hoover and Miriam J. (Beardsley) Hoover; married to Harriet White (died 1898); married, October 1, 1901, to Helen E. Lowrie; distant cousin of Herbert Clark Hoover. Superintendent of schools; botanist; linguist; divisional superintendent of schools, Philippine Islands, 1902-09; U.S. Consul in Madrid, 1909-12; Carlsbad, 1912-14; Prague, 1914-16; Sao Paulo, 1916-20; Danzig, 1922; Batavia, 1926; U.S. Consul General in Amsterdam, 1928-32. Presbyterian. Died, from a heart attack, in Manhattan, New York County, N.Y., April 30, 1949. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Frank Murphy (1890-1949) — also known as William Francis Murphy; Francis William Murphy — of Detroit, Wayne County, Mich. Born in Sand Beach (now Harbor Beach), Huron County, Mich., April 13, 1890. Son of John F. Murphy and Mary (Brennan) Murphy. Democrat. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during World War I; candidate for U.S. Representative from Michigan 1st District, 1920; recorder's court judge in Michigan, 1924-30; resigned 1930; mayor of Detroit, Mich., 1930-33; Governor of the Philippine Islands, 1933-35; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Michigan, 1936; Governor of Michigan, 1937-38; defeated, 1938; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Philippine Islands, 1936; U.S. Attorney General, 1939-40; Justice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1940-49; died in office 1949. Catholic. Irish ancestry. Died, from a heart attack, at Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, Wayne County, Mich., July 19, 1949. Interment at Our Lady of Lake Huron Cemetery, Harbor Beach, Mich.
  • See also: National Governors Association biography; Wikipedia article; NNDB dossier; Find-A-Grave page.
  
  
• Richard Joseph Welch (1869-1949) — also known as Richard J. Welch — of San Francisco, Calif. Born in New York, 1869. Republican. Insurance broker; real estate business; member of California state senate, 1901-13; U.S. Representative from California 5th District, 1926-49; died in office 1949. Catholic. Member, Moose; Elks; Eagles. While traveling by train, suffered a heart attack, and died the next day, in a hospital at Needles, San Bernardino County, Calif., September 10, 1949. Interment at Holy Cross Cemetery, Colma, Calif.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Robert Emmet Hannegan (1903-1949) — also known as Robert E. Hannegan — of St. Louis, Mo. Born in St. Louis, Mo., June 30, 1903. Son of John Patrick Hannegan and Anna (Holden) Hannegan; married, November 14, 1929, to Irma Protzmann. Democrat. Lawyer; member of Missouri state house of representatives; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Missouri, 1940; U.S. Commissioner of Internal Revenue, 1943; Chairman of Democratic National Committee, 1944-47; U.S. Postmaster General, 1945-47; part owner of the St. Louis Cardinals baseball team, 1947-49. Catholic. Irish ancestry. Member, American Bar Association; Sigma Nu Phi. Died suddenly from a heart ailment, in St. Louis, Mo., October 6, 1949. Interment at Calvary Cemetery, St. Louis, Mo.
  
  
• Robert Tyng Bushnell (1896-1949) — also known as Robert T. Bushnell — of West Newton, Newton, Middlesex County, Mass. Born in New York, New York County, N.Y., July 9, 1896. Son of Robert Stowe Bushnell and Mary Rockland (Tyng) Bushnell; married, June 30, 1924, to Sylvia P. Folsom. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer; Middlesex County District Attorney, 1927-31; Massachusetts state attorney general, 1941-45. Member, American Bar Association; Freemasons; Odd Fellows. Died, from a heart attack, in his suite at the Royalton Hotel, Manhattan, New York County, N.Y., October 23, 1949. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Walter Eli Clark (1869-1950) — also known as Walter E. Clark — of Washington, D.C.; Alaska; Charleston, Kanawha County, W.Va. Born in Ashford, Windham County, Conn., January 7, 1869. Son of Oren Andrus Clark and Emily Jeannette (Jones) Clark; married, June 15, 1898, to Lucy Harrison Norvell. Newspaper reporter; Governor of Alaska District, 1909-12; Governor of Alaska Territory, 1912-13; newspaper editor. Presbyterian or Congregationalist. Member, Chi Psi. Died of a heart attack, in Charleston, Kanawha County, W.Va., February 4, 1950. Burial location unknown.
  • See also: NNDB dossier.
  
  
• James Everett Sanders (1882-1950) — also known as Everett Sanders — of Terre Haute, Vigo County, Ind. Born in a log cabin near Coalmont, Clay County, Ind., March 8, 1882. Son of James Sanders and Melissa Everal (Stark) Sanders; married, December 13, 1903, to Ella Neal; married to Hilda Sims. Republican. School teacher; lawyer; U.S. Representative from Indiana 5th District, 1917-25; secretary to President Calvin Coolidge, 1925-29; Chairman of Republican National Committee, 1932-34. Baptist. Member, Elks. Died, from a heart ailment, in his law office, in Washington, D.C., May 12, 1950. Interment at Highland Lawn Cemetery, Terre Haute, Ind.
  • See also: congressional biography; NNDB dossier.
  
  
• Frederick M. Ahern (c.1886-1950) — also known as Fred M. Ahern — of Brooklyn, Kings County, N.Y. Republican. Lawyer; member of New York state assembly from Kings County 10th District, 1911-12, 1914-17. Catholic. Died, of a heart attack, in Manhattan, New York County, N.Y., September 17, 1950. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Dudley Field Malone (1882-1950) — of Manhattan, New York County, N.Y.; Westwood, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, Calif. Born in New York, New York County, N.Y., June 3, 1882. Son of William C. Malone and Rose (McKenny) Malone; married 1908 to May O'Gorman (daughter of James Aloysius O'Gorman); married, December 14, 1921, to Doris Stevens (writer, economist); married, January 29, 1930, to Edna Louise Johnson (actress). Lawyer; U.S. Collector of Customs for New York, N.Y., 1913-17; resigned 1917; resigned to protest Wilson Administration's failure to advocate Woman Suffrage Amendment; Farmer-Labor candidate for Governor of New York, 1920; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1932; legal counsel for Twentieth Century-Fox movie studio; played Winston Churchill in the 1943 movie Mission to Moscow. Catholic. Died, from a heart attack, in Culver City Hospital, Culver City, Los Angeles County, Calif., October 5, 1950. Interment at Holy Cross Cemetery, Culver City, Calif.
  
  
• Thomas Day Thacher (1881-1950) — also known as Thomas D. Thacher — of Manhattan, New York County, N.Y. Born in Tenafly, Bergen County, N.J., September 10, 1881. Great-great-grandson of Roger Sherman; grandnephew of Sherman Day; second cousin of Simeon Eben Baldwin, Rockwood Hoar, Sherman Hoar and Maxwell Evarts; son of Thomas Thacher and Sarah McCulloh (Green) Thacher; married to Eunice Booth Burrall (died 1943); married, July 20, 1945, to Eleanor M. Lloyd; first cousin of Roger Kent. Republican. Lawyer; U.S. District Judge for the Southern District of New York, 1925-30; U.S. Solicitor General, 1930-33; judge of New York Court of Appeals, 1943-48; appointed 1943. Died, of coronary thrombosis, in Manhattan, New York County, N.Y., November 12, 1950. Interment at Brookside Cemetery, Englewood, N.J.
  • See also Hoar-Baldwin-Foster-Sherman family of Massachusetts
  • See also: Wikipedia article.
  
  
• Thomas Ray Hamer (1864-1950) — also known as Thomas R. Hamer — of St. Anthony, Fremont County, Idaho. Born in Vermont, Fulton County, Ill., May 4, 1864. Nephew of Thomas Lyon Hamer; son of Thomas Hamer. Republican. Lawyer; member of Idaho state house of representatives, 1896; served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; U.S. Representative from Idaho at-large, 1909-11; served in the U.S. Army during World War I. Died, from heart disease, in Butler Rest Home in Phoenix, Maricopa County, Ariz., December 22, 1950. Cremated.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Sumner Ely Wetmore Kittelle (1867-1950) — also known as Sumner E. W. Kittelle — Born in Peekskill, Westchester County, N.Y., June 14, 1867. Married to Elizabeth R. De Laney. Served in the U.S. Navy during the Spanish-American War; served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; Governor of U.S. Virgin Islands. Died probably from a heart attack, in Washington, D.C., December 29, 1950. Burial location unknown.
  • See also: Wikipedia article.
  
  
• John Taylor Brown (1876-1951) — also known as John T. Brown — of Mechanicsburg, Champaign County, Ohio. Born in Plain City, Madison County, Ohio, March 14, 1876. Republican. Member of Ohio state house of representatives, 1921-28; Lieutenant Governor of Ohio, 1929-31; defeated, 1930; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Ohio, 1940. Methodist. Member, Knights of Pythias; Sons of the American Revolution; Freemasons; Grange; Farm Bureau. Enshrined in Ohio Agricultural Hall of Fame, 1968. Died, of heart failure, in Mechanicsburg, Champaign County, Ohio, January 18, 1951. Interment at Maple Grove Cemetery, Mechanicsburg, Ohio.
  
  
• Malcolm E. Nichols (1876-1951) — of Boston, Suffolk County, Mass. Born in Portland, Cumberland County, Maine, May 8, 1876. Son of Edwin T. Nichols and Helen J. G. (Pingree) Nichols; married, December 16, 1915, to Edith M. Williams (died 1925). Republican. Newspaper reporter; lawyer; member of Massachusetts state house of representatives, 1907-09; member of Massachusetts state senate, 1914, 1917-19; mayor of Boston, Mass., 1926-29; defeated, 1933, 1937, 1941. Swedenborgian. English ancestry. Member, Freemasons; Shriners; Elks. Died, of a heart attack, in Jamaica Plain, Boston, Suffolk County, Mass., February 7, 1951. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Frank Eugene McKee (1877-1951) — also known as Frank E. McKee — of North Muskegon, Muskegon County, Mich. Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pa., August 22, 1877. Republican. Member of Michigan state senate 23rd District, 1943-44, 1951; defeated in primary, 1944; died in office 1951. Episcopalian. Scotch-Irish, Swiss, German, and English ancestry. Member, Freemasons; Shriners; Rotary. Frank E. McKee School in North Muskegon is named for him. Died, of a heart attack, in a room at the Porter Hotel, Lansing, Ingham County, Mich., February 13, 1951. Interment at Evergreen-Lakeside Cemetery, Muskegon, Mich.
  
  
• Arthur William Prehn (1884-1951) — also known as Arthur W. Prehn; A. W. Prehn — of Wausau, Marathon County, Wis. Born in Marathon City, Marathon County, Wis., December 1, 1884. Son of Fred Prehn. Republican. Lawyer; delegate to Republican National Convention from Wisconsin, 1912, 1936, 1944; Marathon County District Attorney, 1922-25; member of Wisconsin Republican State Central Committee, 1936. Presbyterian. German ancestry. Member, Freemasons; Shriners; Rotary; Elks; Odd Fellows; Moose; Eagles. Died, of heart failure, in Indian Rocks Beach, Pinellas County, Fla., March 24, 1951. Interment at