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Meriwether Lewis (1774-1809) —
of Missouri.
Born near Ivy, Albemarle
County, Va., August
18, 1774.
Governor
of Louisiana (Missouri) Territory, 1807-09; died in office 1809.
Member, Freemasons.
Commanded expedition with William
Clark to Oregon, 1803-04. His portrait (along with Clark's)
appeared on the $10
U.S. Note from 1898 to 1927.
Died of gunshot
wounds under mysterious
circumstances (murder or
suicide?)
at Grinder's Stand, an inn on the Natchez Trace near
Hohenwald, Lewis
County, Tenn., October
11, 1809 (age 35 years, 54
days).
Interment at Meriwether
Lewis Park, Near Hohenwald, Lewis County, Tenn.
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David Humphreys (1752-1818) —
of Connecticut.
Born in Derby, New Haven
County, Conn., July 10,
1752.
Colonel in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; U.S.
Minister to Portugal, 1791-97; Spain, 1796-1801; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives, 1812-14.
Imported the Merino sheep to the U.S.
Died in his hotel room, in New Haven, New Haven
County, Conn., February
21, 1818 (age 65 years, 226
days).
Interment at Grove
Street Cemetery, New Haven, Conn.
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Robert Brank Vance (1793-1827) —
of Nashville, Nash
County, N.C.
Born near Asheville, Buncombe
County, N.C., 1793.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from North Carolina 12th District, 1823-25.
Mortally wounded in a duel with
Samuel
P. Carson, who had defeated him for Congress; died the next day
at a hotel in Henderson
County, N.C., 1827
(age about
34 years).
Interment a
private or family graveyard, Buncombe County, N.C.
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Nathaniel Allen (1780-1832) —
of Ontario
County, N.Y.
Born in East Bloomfield, Ontario
County, N.Y., 1780.
Blacksmith;
postmaster;
member of New York
state assembly from Ontario County, 1811-12; Ontario
County Sheriff, 1815-19; U.S.
Representative from New York 21st District, 1819-21.
Died in the Gault House hotel, Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky., December
22, 1832 (age about 52
years).
Interment at Episcopal
Church Churchyard, Allens Hill, N.Y.
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George F. Shannon (c.1785-1836) —
also known as "Peg Leg" —
of St. Charles, St. Charles
County, Mo.
Born in a log
cabin in Washington
County, Pa., about 1785.
Youngest member of the Lewis
and Clark
expedition, 1804-06; lawyer;
member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1820-24; circuit judge in
Kentucky; U.S.
Attorney for Missouri, 1829-34.
Irish
ancestry. Member, Freemasons.
Wounded in a skirmish with Indians in 1807 and lost a
leg. Shannon's Creek, a tributary of the Yellowstone River, is
named
for him.
Died, in a hotel at Palmyra, Marion
County, Mo., August
30, 1836 (age about 51
years).
Interment at Massey
Mill Cemetery, Near Palmyra, Marion County, Mo.
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Aaron Burr (1756-1836) —
also known as Aaron Edwards —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Newark, Essex
County, N.J., February
6, 1756.
Son of Aaron Burr .
Democrat. Colonel in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary
War; lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly, 1784-85, 1797-99, 1800-01 (New York County
1784-85, 1797-99, Orange County 1800-01); New York
state attorney general, 1789-91; appointed 1789; U.S.
Senator from New York, 1791-97; Vice
President of the United States, 1801-05.
Presbyterian.
Killed Alexander
Hamilton in a duel,
July 11, 1804. Tried for
treason
in 1807 and acquitted.
Died, after several strokes,
at the Winants or Port Richmond Hotel, Port Richmond, Staten
Island, Richmond
County, N.Y., September
14, 1836 (age 80 years, 221
days).
Interment at Princeton
Cemetery, Princeton, N.J.
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Relatives: Son
of Aaron Burr ; nephew of Pierpont
Edwards; brother of Sarah Burr (1754-1797; who married Tapping
Reeve); married 1782 to
Theodosia Prevos (died 1794); married 1833 to Eliza
(Bowen) Jumel (1775-1865); first cousin of Theodore
Dwight and Henry
Waggaman Edwards; father of Theodosia Burr (1783-1813; who
married Joseph
Alston). See Edwards-Wagner-Burr-Alston
family of New York. |
| | | Cross-reference: Jonathan
Dayton — Nathaniel
Pendleton — John
Smith — John
Tayler — Walter
D. Corrigan, Sr. — Cowles
Mead — Luther
Martin — William
P. Van Ness — Samuel
Swartwout |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Wikipedia
article — NNDB
dossier |
| | | Books about Aaron Burr: Milton Lomask,
Aaron
Burr: The Years from Princeton to Vice President, 1756-1805 (out
of print) — Milton Lomask, Aaron
Burr: The Conspiracy and Years of Exile, 1805-1836 (out of
print) — Joseph Wheelan, Jefferson's
Vendetta : The Pursuit of Aaron Burr and the
Judiciary — Buckner F. Melton Jr., Aaron
Burr : Conspiracy to Treason — Thomas Fleming, Duel:
Alexander Hamilton, Aaron Burr, and the Future of
America — Arnold A. Rogow, A
Fatal Friendship: Alexander Hamilton and Aaron
Burr |
| | | Fiction about Aaron Burr: Gore Vidal,
Burr |
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Kenneth Lewis Anderson (1805-1845) —
of Texas.
Born in North Carolina, September
11, 1805.
Member of Texas
Republic House of Representatives, 1841-42; Vice
President of the Texas Republic, 1844-45; died in office 1845.
Died at the Fanthorp Inn, in Fanthorp (now Anderson), Grimes
County, Tex., July 3,
1845 (age 39 years, 295
days).
Interment at Fanthorp
Cemetery, Anderson, Tex.
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Thomas Holdsworth Blake (1792-1849) —
also known as Thomas H. Blake —
of Terre Haute, Vigo
County, Ind.
Born in Frederick
County, Md., July 25,
1792.
Lawyer;
Presidential Elector for Indiana, 1816;
U.S.
Attorney for Indiana, 1817-18; state court judge in Indiana,
1818; member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1819-20, 1823-24; member of Indiana
state senate, 1821-22, 1829-30; U.S.
Representative from Indiana 1st District, 1827-29; candidate for
U.S.
Senator from Indiana, 1831, 1838.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons.
Died of cholera
in a hotel at Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio, November
28, 1849 (age 57 years, 126
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Terre Haute, Ind.
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John Thomson Mason (1787-1850) —
also known as John T. Mason —
of near Leesburg, Loudoun
County, Va.; Lexington, Fayette
County, Ky.; Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born near Leesburg, Loudoun
County, Va., January
8, 1787.
Son of Mary Elizabeth (Armistead) Mason (1760-1825) and Stevens
Thomson Mason (1760-1803).
Secretary
of Michigan Territory, 1830-31.
Died, of malaria,
in the Fremont House hotel, Galveston, Galveston
County, Tex., April 17,
1850 (age 63 years, 99
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Isaac Johnson (1803-1853) —
of Louisiana.
Born November
1, 1803.
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 (age 49 years, 134
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Alexander Keith McClung (1809-1855) —
also known as Alexander K. McClung; "The Black Knight
of the South" —
of Mississippi.
Born in Virginia, 1809.
Son of William
McClung.
Lawyer;
colonel in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War; U.S. Charge
d'Affaires to Bolivia, 1849-51.
Killed his opponents in a number of duels.
Died from a self-inflicted
gunshot,
with a dueling pistol, in a hotel room at Jackson, Hinds
County, Miss., March 23,
1855 (age about 45
years).
Interment at Friendship
Cemetery, Columbus, Miss.
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Anson Jones (1798-1858) —
of Texas.
Born in Great Barrington, Berkshire
County, Mass., January
20, 1798.
Served in the Texas Army during the Texas War of Independence; member
of Texas
Republic Senate from District of Brazoria, 1839-41; Texas
Republic Secretary of State, 1841-44; President
of the Texas Republic, 1844-45.
Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows.
Committed suicide
by gunshot,
in the Rice Hotel, Houston, Harris
County, Tex., January
9, 1858 (age 59 years, 354
days).
Interment at Glenwood
Cemetery, Houston, Tex.
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John Tyler (1790-1862) —
also known as "The Accidental
President" —
of Williamsburg,
Va.
Born in Charles City
County, Va., March 29,
1790.
Son of John
Tyler (1747-1813) and Mary (Armistead) Tyler.
Whig. Lawyer;
member of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1811-16, 1823-25, 1839-40; served in
the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; U.S.
Representative from Virginia 23rd District, 1817-21; Governor of
Virginia, 1825-27; U.S.
Senator from Virginia, 1827-36; delegate to
Virginia state constitutional convention, 1829-30; delegate to
Whig National Convention from Virginia, 1839 (Convention
Vice-President); Vice
President of the United States, 1841; defeated, 1836; President
of the United States, 1841-45; delegate
to Virginia secession convention, 1861; Delegate
from Virginia to the Confederate Provisional Congress, 1861-62;
died in office 1862.
Episcopalian.
English
ancestry.
A bill to impeach
him was defeated in the House of Representatives in January 1843.
Died, probably from a stroke, in
a hotel room at Richmond,
Va., January
18, 1862 (age 71 years, 295
days).
Interment at Hollywood
Cemetery, Richmond, Va.
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Relatives: Son
of John
Tyler (1747-1813) and Mary (Armistead) Tyler; son-in-law of David
Gardiner; married, March 20,
1813, to Letitia Christian; married, June 26,
1844, to Julia Gardiner (1820-1889); father of David
Gardiner Tyler. See Livingston-Seymour-Lee-Williams
family of New York. |
| | | Cross-reference: Benjamin
Tappan |
| | | Tyler County,
Tex. is named for him. |
| | | Other politicians named for him: John
T. Rich
— John
T. Cutting
— John
Tyler Cooper
— John
Tyler Hammons
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| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — National
Governors Association biography — Wikipedia
article — NNDB
dossier |
| | | Books about John Tyler: Oliver P.
Chitwood, John
Tyler : Champion of the Old South — Norma Lois
Peterson, Presidencies
of William Henry Harrison and John Tyler — Jane C.
Walker, John
Tyler : A President of Many Firsts — Edward P. Crapol,
John
Tyler, the Accidental President |
| | | Image source: Portrait & Biographical
Album of Washtenaw County (1891) |
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James Keenan (1823-1862) —
of Pennsylvania.
Born in Youngstown, Westmoreland
County, Pa., September
17, 1823.
Served in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War; Westmoreland
County Register and Recorder, 1849-53; Adjutant
General of Pennsylvania, 1852; U.S. Consul in Hong Kong, 1853-62.
Died, after an illness at sea, at Blanchard's Hotel, New York,
New York
County, N.Y., May 22,
1862 (age 38 years, 247
days).
Interment at Greensburg
Cemetery, Greensburg, Pa.
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Luther Bradish (1783-1863) —
of Malone, Franklin
County, N.Y.
Born in Cummington, Hampshire
County, Mass., September
15, 1783.
Son of Col. John Bradish and Hannah (Warner) Bradish.
Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; member of New York
state assembly from Franklin County, 1828-30, 1836-38; Speaker of
the New York State Assembly, 1838; Lieutenant
Governor of New York, 1837-42; candidate for Governor of
New York, 1842.
Died, in Ocean House hotel, Newport, Newport
County, R.I., August
30, 1863 (age 79 years, 349
days).
Interment at Green-Wood
Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of Col. John Bradish and Hannah (Warner) Bradish; married 1814 to Helen
Elizabeth Gibbs; married 1839 to Mary
Eliza Hart. |
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Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865) —
also known as "Honest Abe"; "Old
Abe"; "The Rail-Splitter"; "The
Illinois Baboon" —
of Spencer
County, Ind.; Springfield, Sangamon
County, Ill.
Born in a log
cabin, Hardin County (part now in Larue
County), Ky., February
12, 1809.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during the Black Hawk War; lawyer;
member of Illinois
state house of representatives, 1834-41; U.S.
Representative from Illinois 7th District, 1847-49; candidate for
Republican nomination for Vice President, 1856;
candidate for U.S.
Senator from Illinois, 1858; President
of the United States, 1861-65; died in office 1865.
English
ancestry.
His election as president in 1860 precipitated the Civil War;
determined to preserve the Union, he led the North to victory on the
battlefield, freed the slaves in the conquered states, and in doing
this, redefined American nationhood.
Shot
by the assassin
John Wilkes Booth, during a play at
Ford's Theater,
in Washington,
D.C., April 14, 1865; died at Peterson's Boarding House,
across the street, the following day, April 15,
1865 (age 56 years, 62
days). He was elected in 1900 to the Hall
of Fame for Great Americans. His portrait appears on the U.S. penny
(one
cent coin) since 1909, and on the $5
bill since 1913. From the 1860s until 1927, his portrait also
appeared on U.S. notes
and certificates of various denominations from $1
to $500.
Interment at Oak
Ridge Cemetery, Springfield, Ill.; memorial monument at National
Mall, Washington, D.C.; statue erected 1868 at Judiciary
Park, Washington, D.C.
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Relatives:
Married, November
4, 1842, to Mary Ann Todd (1818-1882; grandniece of David
Rittenhouse Porter; sister-in-law of Ninian
Wirt Edwards; half-sister-in-law of N. H.
R. Dawson); father of Robert
Todd Lincoln. See Porter-Edwards-Lincoln-Todd
family. |
| | | Cross-reference: Clement
Claiborne Clay, Jr. — Isham
N. Haynie — William
M. Stone — John
Pitcher — Stephen
Miller — John
T. Stuart — William
H. Seward — Henry
L. Burnett — Judah
P. Benjamin — Robert
Toombs — Richard
Taylor Jacob — George
W. Jones — James
Adams — John
G. Nicolay — Edward
Everett — Stephen
T. Logan — Francis
P. Blair — John
Hay |
| | | Lincoln counties in Ark., Colo., Idaho, Kan., La., Minn., Miss., Mont., Neb., Nev., N.M., Okla., Ore., Wash., W.Va., Wis. and Wyo. are
named for him. |
| | | Other politicians named for him: Abraham
L. Keister
— Abraham
L. Brick
— Abraham
L. Kellogg
— Abraham
Lincoln Bernstein
— A.
Lincoln Reiley
— A.
L. Helmick
— A.
Lincoln Acker
— A.
L. Auth
— A.
Lincoln Niditch
— Abraham
Lincoln Freedman
— A.
L. Marovitz
— Lincoln
Gordon
— Abraham
Lincoln Tosti
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| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Wikipedia
article — NNDB
dossier — Internet Movie Database
profile — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Books about Abraham Lincoln: David
Herbert Donald, Lincoln —
George Anastaplo, Abraham
Lincoln : A Constitutional Biography — G. S. Boritt,
ed., The
Lincoln Enigma : The Changing Faces of an American
Icon — Albert J. Beveridge, Abraham
Lincoln 1809-1858 (out of print) — Geoffrey Perret, Lincoln's
War : The Untold Story of America's Greatest President as Commander
in Chief — David Herbert Donald, We
Are Lincoln Men : Abraham Lincoln and His Friends —
Edward Steers, Jr., Blood
on the Moon: The Assassination of Abraham Lincoln —
Mario Cuomo, Why
Lincoln Matters : Today More Than Ever — Michael W.
Kauffman, American
Brutus : John Wilkes Booth and the Lincoln
Conspiracies — Doris Kearns Goodwin, Team
of Rivals : The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln —
Joshua Wolf Shenk, Lincoln's
Melancholy : How Depression Challenged a President and Fueled His
Greatness — John Channing Briggs, Lincoln's
Speeches Reconsidered — Ronald C. White, Jr., The
Eloquent President : A Portrait of Lincoln Through His
Words — Harold Holzer, Lincoln
at Cooper Union : The Speech That Made Abraham Linco ln
President — Michael Lind, What
Lincoln Believed : The Values and Convictions of America's Greatest
President — Doris Kearns Goodwin, Team
of Rivals : The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln —
Michael Burlingame, ed., Abraham
Lincoln: The Observations of John G. Nicolay and John
Hay — Thomas J. Craughwell, Stealing
Lincoln's Body — Roy Morris, Jr., The
Long Pursuit: Abraham Lincoln's Thirty-Year Struggle with Stephen
Douglas for the Heart and Soul of America — Karen
Judson, Abraham
Lincoln (for young readers) |
| | | Critical books about Abraham Lincoln:
Thomas J. DiLorenzo, The
Real Lincoln : A New Look at Abraham Lincoln, His Agenda, and an
Unnecessary War |
| | | Fiction about Abraham Lincoln: Gore
Vidal, Lincoln:
A Novel |
| | | Image source: Portrait & Biographical
Album of Washtenaw County (1891) |
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Thomas W. Freeman (1824-1865) —
of Missouri.
Born in Anderson
County, Ky., 1824.
Delegate
from Missouri to the Confederate Provisional Congress, 1861-62;
Representative
from Missouri in the Confederate Congress, 1862-64.
Died, of a "bilious
fever", in the Southwestern Hotel, St.
Louis, Mo., October
24, 1865 (age about 41
years).
Interment at Bellefontaine
Cemetery, St. Louis, Mo.
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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 (age 38 years, 296
days).
Original interment at Linden
Grove Cemetery, Covington, Ky.; reinterment in 1917 at Highland
Cemetery, Fort Mitchell, Ky.
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Hiram Walbridge (1821-1870) —
of New York.
Born in Ithaca, Tompkins
County, N.Y., February
2, 1821.
Son of Chester Walbridge (1791-1860) and Mary (Walbridge) Walbridge
(1795-1867).
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from New York 3rd District, 1853-55.
Died, at the Astor House hotel, New York, New York
County, N.Y., December
6, 1870 (age 49 years, 307
days).
Interment at Glenwood
Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Clement Laird Vallandigham (1820-1871) —
also known as Clement L. Vallandigham —
of Ohio.
Born in New Lisbon (now Lisbon), Columbiana
County, Ohio, July 29,
1820.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Ohio state
house of representatives, 1845-46; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Ohio, 1856,
1864,
1868;
U.S.
Representative from Ohio 3rd District, 1858-63; defeated, 1852,
1854, 1862; candidate for Governor of
Ohio, 1863.
Leader of the pro-Southern "Copperheads" during the Civil War; arrested
by the Union military authorities in 1863 for treasonable
utterances, and banished
to the Confederate States; returned to the North by way of Canada.
Accidentally
shot
himself, while practicing a courtroom
demonstration he planned as part of a defense in a murder trial (not
actually in court at the time, contrary to legend), and died of his
wound the next day, in the Lebanon House hotel, Lebanon, Warren
County, Ohio, June 17,
1871 (age 50 years, 323
days).
Interment at Woodland
Cemetery, Dayton, Ohio.
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Joseph R. Waldrop (1825-1872) —
of Alabama.
Born in Mississippi, 1825.
Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; member of Alabama
state house of representatives, 1869.
Methodist.
Member, Ku
Klux Klan.
Shot
and killed
while getting off his horse in front of a boarding house in
Escatawpa, Washington
County, Ala., 1872
(age about
47 years).
Interment at Old
Escatawpa Cemetery, Escatawpa, Ala.
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Harrison Taylor (1810-1876) —
of Maysville, Mason
County, Ky.
Born in Lewis
County, Ky., August
19, 1810.
Son of Joseph Taylor and Elizabeth (Harrison) Taylor.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1836, 1862-67; Speaker of
the Kentucky State House of Representatives, 1863-67; district
Commonwealth Attorney, 1839-50; candidate for delegate to
Kentucky state constitutional convention, 1850; member of Kentucky
state senate, 1858-61; Presidential Elector for Kentucky, 1864;
candidate for Lieutenant
Governor of Kentucky, 1867.
Died in a hotel at Brooksville, Bracken
County, Ky., November
28, 1876 (age 66 years, 101
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1840
to Charlotte J. Duke. |
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John Morrissey (1831-1878) —
also known as "Old Smoke" —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Tempolemore, County Tipperary, Ireland,
February
12, 1831.
Son of Timothy Morrissey.
Democrat. Champion heavyweight
boxer of the U.S. in 1852-59; proprietor of gambling houses; U.S.
Representative from New York 5th District, 1867-71; member of New York
state senate, 1876-78 (4th District 1876-77, 7th District 1878);
died in office 1878.
Catholic.
Irish
ancestry. Member, Tammany
Hall.
Died at Adelphi Hotel, Saratoga Springs, Saratoga
County, N.Y., May 1,
1878 (age 47 years, 78
days).
Interment at St.
Peter's Cemetery, Troy, N.Y.
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John Milton Elliott (1820-1879) —
of Kentucky.
Born in Scott
County, Va., May 20,
1820.
Son of John Elliott and Jane Elliott.
Democrat. Member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1847, 1860-61; U.S.
Representative from Kentucky 6th District, 1853-59; Delegate
from Kentucky to the Confederate Provisional Congress, 1861-62;
Representative
from Kentucky in the Confederate Congress, 1862-65; circuit judge
in Kentucky, 1868-74; Judge,
Kentucky Court of Appeals, 1876-79; died in office 1879.
Expelled
from the Kentucky legislature in 1861 for supporting
the Confederacy.
Shot
and killed by
Col. Thomas Buford, in front of the ladies' entrance to the Capitol
Hotel, in Frankfort, Franklin
County, Ky., March 26,
1879 (age 58 years, 310
days).
Interment at Frankfort
Cemetery, Frankfort, Ky.; statue at Boyd
County Courthouse Grounds, Catlettsburg, Ky.
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Zachariah Chandler (1813-1879) —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Bedford, Hillsborough
County, N.H., December
10, 1813.
Son of Samuel Chandler and Margaret (Orr) Chandler.
Republican. Mayor of
Detroit, Mich., 1851-52; Whig candidate for Governor of
Michigan, 1852; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Michigan, 1856;
member of Republican
National Committee from Michigan, 1856-60, 1870-72; Chairman of
Republican National Committee, 1876-79; U.S.
Senator from Michigan, 1857-75, 1879; died in office 1879; U.S.
Secretary of the Interior, 1875-77; Michigan
Republican state chair, 1878-79.
Died, from a brain
hemorrhage, in his room at the Grand Pacific Hotel,
Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., November
1, 1879 (age 65 years, 326
days).
Interment at Elmwood
Cemetery, Detroit, Mich.
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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 (age 62 years, 65
days).
Interment at Mountain
View Cemetery, Oakland, Calif.
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Charles Edmund Boyle (1836-1888) —
also known as Charles E. Boyle —
of Uniontown, Fayette
County, Pa.
Born in Uniontown, Fayette
County, Pa., February
4, 1836.
Son of Bernard Boyle (diedl 1839).
Democrat. Newspaper
editor and publisher; lawyer; Fayette
County District Attorney, 1863-65; member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives from Fayette County, 1866-67;
candidate for Pennsylvania
state auditor general, 1868; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Pennsylvania, 1876,
1880,
1888;
U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 21st District, 1883-87;
territorial court judge in Washington, 1888; died in office 1888.
Episcopalian.
Died, of pneumonia,
in the Occidental Hotel, Seattle, King
County, Wash., December
15, 1888 (age 52 years, 315
days).
Interment at Oak
Grove Cemetery, Uniontown, Pa.
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Lyman Kidder Bass (1836-1889) —
also known as Lyman K. Bass —
of New York.
Born in Alden, Erie
County, N.Y., November
13, 1836.
Republican. Lawyer; Erie
County District Attorney, 1865; delegate to Republican National
Convention from New York, 1868;
U.S.
Representative from New York, 1873-77 (31st District 1873-75,
32nd District 1875-77); law partner with Grover
Cleveland and Wilson
S. Bissell, 1873-82; attorney for many railroads.
Died, of consumption,
in the Buckingham Hotel, New York, New York
County, N.Y., May 11,
1889 (age 52 years, 179
days).
Interment at Forest
Lawn Cemetery, Buffalo, N.Y.
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William Cassius Goodloe (1841-1889) —
also known as W. Cassius Goodloe —
of Lexington, Fayette
County, Ky.
Born in Madison
County, Ky., June 27,
1841.
Son of D. I. Goodloe.
Republican. Lawyer; newspaper
publisher; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Kentucky, 1868,
1872
(delegation chair), 1884,
1888;
member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1871; defeated, 1867; member of
Republican
National Committee from Kentucky, 1872-; member of Kentucky
state senate, 1873; candidate for Kentucky
state attorney general, 1875; U.S. Minister to Belgium, 1878-80.
Episcopalian.
Member, Loyal
Legion.
During a violent encounter in the lobby of the Lexington Post
Office, he repeatedly
stabbed and ultimately killed a political enemy, Col. Armistead
Swope, who meanwhile shot and
badly
wounded him; before any prosecution
could ensue, he died of his own wounds two days later, in the Phoenix
Hotel, Lexington, Fayette
County, Ky., November
8, 1889 (age 48 years, 134
days).
Interment at Lexington
Cemetery, Lexington, Ky.
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John Charles Frémont (1813-1890) —
also known as "The Pathfinder"; "The
Champion of Freedom" —
Born in Savannah, Chatham
County, Ga., January
21, 1813.
Son of Jean Charles Frémont and Ann Whiting (Pryor)
Frémont.
Republican. Explorer;
Military
Governor of California, 1847; arrested
for mutiny,
1847; court-martialed;
found
guilty of mutiny,
disobedience,
and conduct
prejudicial to order; penalty remitted by Pres. James
K. Polk; U.S.
Senator from California, 1850-51; candidate for President
of the United States, 1856; general in the Union Army during the
Civil War; Governor of
Arizona Territory, 1878-81; speaker, Republican National Convention, 1888.
Episcopalian.
French
ancestry.
Died, of peritonitis,
in a hotel room at New York, New York
County, N.Y., July 13,
1890 (age 77 years, 173
days).
Original interment at Trinity
Cemetery, Manhattan, N.Y.; reinterment in 1891 at Rockland
Cemetery, Nyack, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of Jean Charles Frémont and Ann Whiting (Pryor)
Frémont; married, October
19, 1841, to Jessie Benton (daughter of Thomas
Hart Benton). |
| | | Cross-reference: Selah
Hill |
| | | Fremont County,
Colo., Fremont County,
Idaho, Fremont County,
Iowa and Fremont County,
Wyo. are named for him. |
| | | Politician named for him: John F.
Hill
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| | | Campaign slogan (1856): "Free Soil,
Free Men, Fremont." |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Wikipedia
article — NNDB
dossier — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Books by John C. Fremont: Memoirs
of My Life and Times |
| | | Books about John C. Fremont: Tom
Chaffin, Pathfinder:
John Charles Fremont and the Course of American
Empire — David Roberts, A
Newer World : Kit Carson, John C. Fremont and the Claiming of the
American West — Andrew Rolle, John
Charles Fremont: Character As Destiny |
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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 (age 71 years, 133
days).
Interment at Oakland
Cemetery, Warren, Pa.
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Charles A. Binder (c.1858-1891) —
also known as John Roth —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, about 1858.
Son of Margaret Binder.
Lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from New York County 10th District, 1884, 1886.
German
ancestry.
Accused
in 1891 of embezzling
$20,000 from the estate of Barbara Hausman; fled
and became a fugitive,
traveling under the alias "John Roth".
Committed suicide
by gunshot,
in his room at the Sheridan House Hotel, and died there early
the next morning, in Elizabeth, Union
County, N.J., May 17,
1891 (age about 33
years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Hobart B. Bigelow (1834-1891) —
of New Haven, New Haven
County, Conn.
Born in North Haven, New Haven
County, Conn., May 16,
1834.
Republican. Member of Connecticut
state house of representatives, 1875; mayor
of New Haven, Conn., 1878; Governor of
Connecticut, 1881-83; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Connecticut, 1880.
Died at the New Haven House hotel, New Haven, New Haven
County, Conn., October
12, 1891 (age 57 years, 149
days).
Interment at Evergreen
Cemetery, New Haven, Conn.
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James Baldwin Dorman (1828-1893) —
of Rockbridge
County, Va.
Born in Lexington,
Va., July 25,
1828.
Son of Charles
P. Dorman.
Member of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1848-51; delegate
to Virginia secession convention, 1861; major in the Confederate
Army during the Civil War.
Died at the Virginia Hotel, Staunton,
Va., August 4,
1893 (age 65 years, 10
days).
Interment at Stonewall
Jackson Memorial Cemetery, Lexington, Va.
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George Knox Shiel (1825-1893) —
also known as George K. Shiel —
of Oregon.
Born in Ireland,
1825.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Oregon at-large, 1861-63.
While slightly intoxicated, fell over a
railing, fourteen feet down into a window well, at the entrance to
the Hotel Williamett, broke his neck, and died, in Salem, Marion
County, Ore., December
12, 1893 (age about 68
years).
Interment at Pioneer
Cemetery, Salem, Ore.
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Martin Van Buren Edgerly (1833-1895) —
also known as M. V. B. Edgerly —
of Pittsfield, Merrimack
County, N.H.; Manchester, Hillsborough
County, N.H.
Born September
26, 1833.
Democrat. President, Massachusetts Mutual Life
Insurance Company; president, Des Moines, Kansas City & Arcola Railroad;
member of Democratic
National Committee from New Hampshire, 1876; candidate for Governor of
New Hampshire, 1882.
Died, from an abcess
in his right ear, in a hotel at New York, New York
County, N.Y., March 18,
1895 (age 61 years, 173
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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John Louis O'Sullivan (1813-1895) —
also known as John L. O'Sullivan —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born, of American parents, in the North
Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Gibraltar, November
15, 1813.
Democrat. Member of New York
state assembly, 1841-42; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from New York, 1844;
U.S. Charge d'Affaires to Portugal, 1854; U.S. Minister to Portugal, 1854-58.
Episcopalian;
later Catholic.
Cofounder and editor of The United States Magazine
and Democratic Review, a journal that published the works of
Emerson, Hawthorne and Whitman, as well as political essays on
Jacksonian Democracy, 1837-46. Early advocate in 1840s for abolition
of the death penalty. Invented the term "manifest destiny" to explain
and justify the westward expansion of the United States. Took part in
the failed expedition of Narcisco Lopez to take Cuba from Spanish
rule; as a result, was charged
in federal court in New York with violation
of the Neutrality Act; tried and
acquitted in March 1852.
Died, of influenza
and the effects of an earlier stroke, in
a residential hotel in New York, New York
County, N.Y., March 24,
1895 (age 81 years, 129
days).
Interment at Moravian
Cemetery, New Dorp, Staten Island, N.Y.
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Charles Adams (1845-1895) —
also known as Karl Adam Schwanbeck —
of Colorado Springs, El Paso
County, Colo.
Born in Pomerania, Germany,
December
19, 1845.
Son of Karl Heinrich Schwanbeck and Maria J. (Markman) Schwanbeck.
Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; U.S. Minister to Bolivia, 1880-82.
Killed in the disaster at the Gumry Hotel, when a boiler
explosion caused most of the building to collapse
and burn,
killing 22 people, in Denver,
Colo., August
19, 1895 (age 49 years, 243
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Jeremiah Halsey (1822-1896) —
of Norwich, New London
County, Conn.
Born February
8, 1822.
Lawyer;
member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Norwich, 1852-53, 1859-60.
Died, in the Hotel Hamilton, Washington,
D.C., February
8, 1896 (age 74 years, 0
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to Elizabeth Fairchild. |
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Charles Addison Chickering (1843-1900) —
also known as Charles A. Chickering —
of Copenhagen, Lewis
County, N.Y.
Born in Harrisburg, Lewis
County, N.Y., November
26, 1843.
Republican. Member of New York
state assembly from Lewis County, 1879-81; U.S.
Representative from New York 24th District, 1893-1900; died in
office 1900.
Member, Freemasons.
Died from injuries received in a fall from a
window of the Grand Union Hotel in New York, New York
County, N.Y., February
13, 1900 (age 56 years, 79
days).
Interment at Riverside
Cemetery, Copenhagen, N.Y.
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Frederick Smyth (1832-1900) —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in County Galway, Ireland,
1832.
Democrat. Lawyer;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1876;
Presidential Elector for New York, 1876;
Justice
of New York Supreme Court 1st District, 1896-1900; died in office
1900.
Episcopalian;
later Catholic.
Member, Tammany
Hall.
Suffered a debilitating attack
of vertigo, from which he never completely recovered, contracted
pneumonia,
and died, in the Dennis Hotel, Atlantic City, Atlantic
County, N.J., August
18, 1900 (age about 68
years).
Interment at Green-Wood
Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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Gilbert Ashville Pierce (1839-1901) —
also known as Gilbert A. Pierce —
of Porter
County, Ind.; Illinois; North Dakota; Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn.
Born in East Otto, Cattaraugus
County, N.Y., January
11, 1839.
Republican. Lawyer; journalist;
newspaper
editor; author;
colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War; member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1869; Governor of
Dakota Territory, 1884-86; U.S.
Senator from North Dakota, 1889-91; U.S. Minister to Portugal, 1893.
Died at the Lexington Hotel, Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., February
15, 1901 (age 62 years, 35
days).
Interment at Adams
Cemetery, Valparaiso, Ind.
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Adelbert Stone Hay (1876-1901) —
also known as Adelbert S. Hay —
Born in 1876.
Son of John
Milton Hay and Clara Louise (Stone) Hay.
U.S. Consul in Pretoria, 1901.
Fell to his
death from a third-floor window of the New Haven House
hotel, New Haven, New Haven
County, Conn., June 23,
1901 (age about 24
years).
Interment at Lake
View Cemetery, Cleveland, Ohio.
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John Richard Barret (1825-1903) —
also known as John R. Barret —
of St.
Louis, Mo.
Born in Greensburg, Green
County, Ky., August
21, 1825.
Democrat. Member of Missouri
state house of representatives, 1852; U.S.
Representative from Missouri 1st District, 1859-60, 1860-61.
Died, in the Buckingham Hotel, Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., November
2, 1903 (age 78 years, 73
days).
Interment at Cave
Hill Cemetery, Louisville, Ky.
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Charles Eugene Bentley (1841-1905) —
of Clinton, Clinton
County, Iowa; Butler
County, Neb.; 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 (age 63 years, 280
days).
Interment at Blue
Valley Cemetery, Surprise, Neb.
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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 (age about 66
years).
Interment at The
Evergreens Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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Henry Cullen Adams (1850-1906) —
also known as Henry C. Adams —
of Madison, Dane
County, Wis.
Born in Verona, Oneida
County, N.Y., November
28, 1850.
Son of Benjamin Franklin Adams and Caroline Melissa Adams.
Republican. Dairy farmer;
member of Wisconsin
state assembly, 1883-86; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Wisconsin, 1888;
Wisconsin Dairy and Food Commissioner, 1895-1902; U.S.
Representative from Wisconsin 2nd District, 1903-06; died in
office 1906.
Died, from intestinal
illness, in Auditorium Hotel, Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., July 9,
1906 (age 55 years, 223
days).
Interment at Forest
Hill Cemetery, Madison, Wis.
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George Edward Cole (1826-1906) —
also known as George E. Cole —
of Oregon; Walla Walla, Walla Walla
County, Wash.
Born in Trenton Falls, Oneida
County, N.Y., December
23, 1826.
Member of Oregon
territorial House of Representatives, 1851-53; Delegate
to U.S. Congress from Washington Territory, 1863-65; Governor of
Washington Territory, 1866-67.
Died in a hotel in Portland, Multnomah
County, Ore., December
3, 1906 (age 79 years, 345
days).
Interment at Lone
Fir Cemetery, Portland, Ore.
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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).
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 (age 51 years, 184
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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John Frank Wilson (1846-1911) —
also known as John F. Wilson —
Born near Pulaski, Giles
County, Tenn., May 7,
1846.
Colonel in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; lawyer;
member of Arkansas
state house of representatives, 1877; state court judge in
Arizona, 1893; Arizona
territory attorney general, 1896; Delegate
to U.S. Congress from Arizona Territory, 1899.
Died, probably from apoplexy,
in the Prescott Hotel, Prescott, Yavapai
County, Ariz., April 7,
1911 (age 64 years, 335
days).
Interment at Mountain
View Cemetery, Prescott, Ariz.
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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 (age 54 years, 293
days).
Interment at Ogdensburg
Cemetery, Ogdensburg, N.Y.
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John Caldwell Calhoun Mayo (1864-1914) —
also known as John C. C. Mayo —
of Paintsville, Johnson
County, Ky.
Born in Johnson
County, Ky., September
16, 1864.
Democrat. School
teacher; coal mining
baron; reputed to be the wealthiest man and largest landholder in
Kentucky; philanthropist; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Kentucky, 1908,
1912;
member of Democratic
National Committee from Kentucky, 1912-14.
Methodist.
Died, from Bright's
disease and peritonitis,
in the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel, Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., May 11,
1914 (age 49 years, 237
days).
Interment at Mayo
Cemetery, Paintsville, Ky.
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George Pelton Lawrence (1859-1917) —
also known as George P. Lawrence —
of North Adams, Berkshire
County, Mass.
Born in Adams, Berkshire
County, Mass., May 19,
1859.
Son of Dr. George C. Lawrence (died 1883) and Jane E. (Pelton)
Lawrence (born 1829).
Republican. Lawyer;
district judge in Massachusetts, 1885-94; member of Massachusetts
state senate, 1895-97; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 1st District, 1897-1913.
Under stress as head of a World War I draft exemption board, he jumped
from an eighth-floor window and fell to his
death, at the Belmont Hotel, Atlantic City, Atlantic
County, N.J., November
21, 1917 (age 58 years, 186
days).
Interment at Hill
Side Cemetery, North Adams, Mass.
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Jesse Johnson (1842-1918) —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.; Orford, Grafton
County, N.H.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Bradford, Orange
County, Vt., February
20, 1842.
Republican. Lawyer;
delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1888;
U.S.
Attorney for the Eastern District of New York, 1889-94; delegate
to New York state constitutional convention at-large, 1894; Justice of
New York Supreme Court 2nd District, 1897-98; defeated, 1883.
Died, in the St. George Hotel, Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., October
31, 1918 (age 76 years, 253
days).
Interment at Green-Wood
Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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Relatives:
Married to Sarah E. Russell and Mary A. Prichard. |
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Seth Bullock (1847-1919) —
of Helena, Lewis and
Clark County, Mont.; Deadwood, Lawrence
County, S.Dak.
Born in Ontario,
July
23, 1847.
Republican. Member of Montana
territorial senate, 1871-72; Lewis
and Clark County Sheriff, 1873; hardware
dealer; hotel
owner; served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War;
alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from South
Dakota, 1916.
Died, in the Bullock Hotel, Deadwood, Lawrence
County, S.Dak., September, 1919
(age 72
years, 0 days).
Interment at Mt.
Moriah Cemetery, Deadwood, S.Dak.
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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 (age 70 years, 153
days).
Interment at Green-Wood
Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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James Clifford McNally (1865-1920) —
also known as James C. McNally —
of Salt Lake City, Salt Lake
County, Utah; Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa.
Born in Staffordshire, England,
May
12, 1865.
Lawyer;
U.S. Consul General in Bogotá, 1898-99; Guatemala City, 1899-1902; U.S. Consul in Liège, 1902-07; Nanking, 1907-10; Tsingtao, 1910-14; U.S. Vice Consul in Hamburg, 1917; Curacao, 1919.
Died, in the Hotel Ostend, Atlantic City, Atlantic
County, N.J., August 5,
1920 (age 55 years, 85
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Allen Miller Fletcher (1853-1922) —
also known as Allen M. Fletcher —
of Proctorsville, Cavendish, Windsor
County, Vt.
Born in Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind., September
25, 1853.
Republican. Farmer;
member of Vermont
state house of representatives from Cavendish, 1902-03, 1906,
1908, 1910; member of Vermont
state senate, 1904-05; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Vermont, 1908;
Governor
of Vermont, 1912-15.
Congregationalist.
Died, from a cerebral
hemorrhage, in the Berwick Hotel, Rutland, Rutland
County, Vt., May 11,
1922 (age 68 years, 228
days).
Interment at Crown
Hill Cemetery, Indianapolis, Ind.
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Warren Gamaliel Harding (1865-1923) —
also known as Warren G. Harding —
of Marion, Marion
County, Ohio.
Born in Blooming Grove, Morrow
County, Ohio, November
2, 1865.
Son of Phoebe Elizabeth (Dickerson) Harding (1843-1910) and George
Tryon Harding (1844-1928).
Republican. Newspaper
publisher; member of Ohio state
senate 13th District, 1901-03; Lieutenant
Governor of Ohio, 1904-06; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Ohio, 1904
(alternate), 1912,
1916
(Temporary
Chair; Permanent
Chair; speaker);
candidate for Governor of
Ohio, 1910; U.S.
Senator from Ohio, 1915-21; President
of the United States, 1921-23; died in office 1923.
Baptist.
English
ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Elks; Knights
of Pythias; Phi
Alpha Delta.
First
president ever to have his voice broadcast on the radio, June 14,
1922.
Died in a room at the Palace Hotel, San
Francisco, Calif., August 2,
1923 (age 57 years, 273
days); the claim that he was poisoned by his wife is not accepted
by historians.
Original interment at Marion
Cemetery, Marion, Ohio; reinterment in 1927 at Harding
Memorial Tomb, Marion, Ohio.
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Relatives:
Married, July 8,
1891, to Florence Mabel Kling (1860-1924). |
| | | Harding County,
N.M. is named for him. |
| | | Personal motto: "Remember there are two
sides to every question. Get both." |
| | | Campaign slogan (1920): "Back to
normalcy with Harding." |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Wikipedia
article — NNDB
dossier — Internet Movie Database
profile |
| | | Books about Warren G. Harding: Francis
Russell, The
Shadow of Blooming Grove : Warren G. Harding In His Times (out of
print) — Robert K. Murray, The
Harding Era : Warren G. Harding and His
Administration — Eugene P. Trani & David L. Wilson, The
Presidency of Warren G. Harding — Harry M. Daugherty,
Inside
Story of the Harding Tragedy — Charles L. Mee, The
Ohio Gang : The World of Warren G. Harding (out of
print) — John W. Dean, Warren
G. Harding — Robert H. Ferrell, The
Strange Deaths of President Harding — Russell Roberts,
Warren
G. Harding (for young readers) |
| | | Critical books about Warren G. Harding:
Nathan Miller, Star-Spangled
Men : America's Ten Worst Presidents |
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Evan S. Tyler (1843-1923) —
of Owatonna, Steele
County, Minn.; Fargo, Cass
County, N.Dak.
Born in Damascus, Wayne
County, Pa., March 22,
1843.
Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; civil
engineer; merchant;
banker;
mayor
of Fargo, N.Dak., 1876-77; member of North
Dakota state house of representatives, 1889, 1895-96.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners.
Died, in the Metropole Hotel, Fargo, Cass
County, N.Dak., August
24, 1923 (age 80 years, 155
days).
Interment at Spring
Grove Cemetery, Delavan, Wis.
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Relatives:
Married to Clara Estella Barnes. |
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John G. A. Leishman (1857-1924) —
of Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa.
Born in Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa., March 28,
1857.
Republican. President, Carnegie Steel
Company, 1886-97; U.S. Minister to Switzerland, 1897-1901; Turkey, 1900-06; U.S. Ambassador to Turkey, 1906-09; Italy, 1909-11; Germany, 1911-13.
Died, from heart
disease, in his suite at the Hotel Parc Palace, Monte
Carlo, Monaco,
March
27, 1924 (age 66 years, 365
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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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 (age 73 years, 74
days).
Interment at Battle
Grove Cemetery, Cynthiana, Ky.
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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.
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 (age 71 years, 79
days).
Entombed at Crown
Hill Cemetery, Indianapolis, Ind.
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Arthur Bailly-Blanchard (1855-1925) —
also known as Arthur Baily-Blanchard —
of Louisiana.
Born in New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La., October
1, 1855.
Son of T. Bailly-Blanchard, Jr. and Jeanne Eliza (Field)
Bailly-Blanchard.
Democrat. Foreign Service officer; U.S. Minister to Haiti, 1914-21.
Catholic.
Died, in his room at the Mount Royal Hotel, Montreal, Quebec,
August
22, 1925 (age 69 years, 325
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Charles Germman Burton (1846-1926) —
also known as Charles G. Burton —
of Nevada, Vernon
County, Mo.; Kansas City, Jackson
County, Mo.
Born in Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio, April 4,
1846.
Son of Leonard Burton and Laura (Wilson) Burton.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Missouri,
1884,
1900;
U.S.
Representative from Missouri 15th District, 1895-97; U.S. Collector of Internal
Revenue for the 6th Missouri District, 1909.
Died, of uremia
from nephritis,
in the Chatham Hotel, Kansas City, Jackson
County, Mo., February
25, 1926 (age 79 years, 327
days).
Interment at Deepwood
Cemetery, Nevada, Mo.
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Lawrence James Flaherty (1878-1926) —
of San
Francisco, Calif.
Born in San Mateo, San Mateo
County, Calif., July 4,
1878.
Republican. Cement
mason; president,
San Francisco Building Trades Council; member of California
state senate, 1915-22; U.S.
Representative from California 5th District, 1925-26; died in
office 1926.
Died, in the Hotel Marseilles, Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., June 13,
1926 (age 47 years, 344
days).
Interment at Holy
Cross Cemetery, Colma, Calif.
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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.
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 (age about 40
years).
Interment at Calvary
Cemetery, Woodside, Queens, N.Y.
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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 (age 63 years, 40
days).
Interment at Everett
Cemetery, Rockingham, N.C.
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Walter Henry Sanborn (1845-1928) —
of St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn.
Born in Epsom, Merrimack
County, N.H., October
19, 1845.
Son of Henry F. Sanborn and Eunice (Davis) Sanborn.
School
principal; lawyer; U.S.
District Judge for Minnesota, 1892-1903; Judge of
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 8th Circuit, 1903-28.
Member, Union
League; Sons of
the American Revolution.
Died, in the Angus Hotel, St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn., May 10,
1928 (age 82 years, 204
days).
Interment at Oakland
Cemetery, St. Paul, Minn.
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Edward Wilkerson (1853-1929) —
of Kansas.
Born in Spring Hill, Washington Township, Warren
County, Ohio, 1853.
Member of Kansas state legislature.
Died at the Denver Hotel, Wilmington, Clinton
County, Ohio, 1929
(age about
76 years).
Interment at Miami
Cemetery, Waynesville, Ohio.
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Ulysses Simpson Grant, Jr. (1852-1929) —
also known as Ulysses S. Grant, Jr.; Buck
Grant —
of San Diego, San Diego
County, Calif.
Born in Bethel, Clermont
County, Ohio, July 22,
1852.
Son of Ulysses
Simpson Grant and Julia (Dent) Grant (1826-1902).
Republican. Lawyer;
delegate to Republican National Convention from California, 1896
(Convention
Vice-President), 1900;
Presidential Elector for California, 1904,
1908.
Died of throat
cancer, in the Sandberg Lodge, Sandberg, Los Angeles
County, Calif., September
25, 1929 (age 77 years, 65
days).
Interment at Greenwood
Memorial Park, San Diego, Calif.
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Walter Halben Butler (1852-1931) —
also known as Walter H. Butler —
of Iowa.
Born in Springboro, Crawford
County, Pa., February
13, 1852.
Son of Hiram Butler and Mary (Temple) Butler.
Democrat. Banker; U.S.
Representative from Iowa 4th District, 1891-93.
Died, from myocarditis
and heart
dilatation, in Roosevelt Hotel, Kansas City, Jackson
County, Mo., April 24,
1931 (age 79 years, 70
days).
Interment at Forest
Hill Cemetery, Kansas City, Mo.
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John Proctor Clarke (1856-1932) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Larchmont, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born in Florence, Italy,
of American parents, April 23,
1856.
Son of Isaac Edwards Clarke and Mary (Proctor) Clarke.
Republican. Lawyer; Justice of
New York Supreme Court 1st District, 1900-26; appointed 1900;
Justice of the Appellate Division of the New York Supreme Court 1st
Department, 1905-26.
Member, Union
League; American Bar
Association.
Died, of pneumonia,
in the Murray Hill Hotel, Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., January
12, 1932 (age 75 years, 264
days).
Interment somewhere
in Northampton, Mass.
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Relatives: Son
of Isaac Edwards Clarke and Mary (Proctor) Clarke; married, June 25,
1884, to Sarah M. Parker (died 1924); married, July 8,
1924, to Ida (Hatch) Cambell (c.1875-1938; killed in automobile
accident). |
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Augustus F. Daix, Jr. (1866-1932) —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., October
3, 1866.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Pennsylvania
state senate 7th District, 1913-32; died in office 1932.
Died, from heart
disease, in the New Clarion Hotel, Atlantic City, Atlantic
County, N.J., May 5,
1932 (age 65 years, 215
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Godfrey Gummer Goodwin (1873-1933) —
also known as Godfrey G. Goodwin —
of Cambridge, Isanti
County, Minn.
Born in Nicollet
County, Minn., January
11, 1873.
Republican. Lawyer; Isanti
County Attorney, 1899-1907, 1912-25; U.S.
Representative from Minnesota 10th District, 1925-33; died in
office 1933.
Died when he jumped or
fell
from a fifth-floor window at the Hotel Driscoll, Washington,
D.C., February
16, 1933 (age 60 years, 36
days).
Interment at Lakewood
Cemetery, Minneapolis, Minn.
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Charles Nathaniel Haskell (1860-1933) —
also known as Charles N. Haskell —
of Muskogee, Muskogee
County, Okla.
Born in Leipsic, Putnam
County, Ohio, March 13,
1860.
Democrat. Lawyer; oil
business; delegate to
Oklahoma state constitutional convention, 1906; Governor of
Oklahoma, 1907-11; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Oklahoma, 1928.
Died, of pneumonia,
in the Skirvin Hotel, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
County, Okla., July 5,
1933 (age 73 years, 114
days).
Interment at Greenhill
Cemetery, Muskogee, Okla.
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D. Knox Hanna (d. 1934) —
of Tuscola
County, Mich.
Republican. Tuscola
County Sheriff, 1911-14; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Tuscola County, 1933-34; died
in office 1934.
Killed in the Kerns Hotel fire,
Lansing, Ingham
County, Mich., December
13, 1934.
Burial
location unknown.
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Walter J. Cookson (1876-1936) —
of Worcester, Worcester
County, Mass.
Born April 17,
1876.
Republican. Mayor
of Worcester, Mass., 1936; died in office 1936.
Died, from a heart
attack, in his hotel room at the Republican National
Convention, in Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio, June 11,
1936 (age 60 years, 55
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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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.
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 (age 58 years, 264
days).
Interment at Forest
Hills Cemetery, Chattanooga, Tenn.
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Henry H. Denhardt (1876-1937) —
of Kentucky.
Born in Warren
County, Ky., 1876.
Democrat. Lieutenant
Governor of Kentucky, 1923-27.
Shot
and injured on Election Day 1931. After his girlfriend was killed in
November 1936, he was charged
with murder
and tried in
LaGrange, Ky.; the jury could not reach a verdict.
Before he could be tried a second time, he was shot and
killed,
at the Armstrong Hotel, Shelbyville, Shelby
County, Ky., September
20, 1937 (age about 61
years).
Interment at Fairview
Cemetery, Bowling Green, Ky.
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Grenville Temple Emmet (1877-1937) —
also known as Grenville T. Emmet —
of Katonah, Westchester
County, N.Y.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New Rochelle, Westchester
County, N.Y., August 2,
1877.
Son of Richard Stockton Emmet (1821-1902) and Catherine 'Kitty'
(Temple) Emmet (1842-1895).
Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; lawyer; law
partner of Franklin
D. Roosevelt, 1921-23; U.S. Minister to Netherlands, 1934-37; Austria, 1937, died in office 1937.
Died, of pneumonia,
in the Hotel Bristol, Vienna, Austria,
September
26, 1937 (age 60 years, 55
days).
Interment at St.
Matthew's Churchyard, Bedford, N.Y.
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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.
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 (age 68 years, 77
days).
Interment at The
Evergreens Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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Nathan Lieberman (c.1888-1939) —
also known as Leonard Madden —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born about 1888.
Republican. Lawyer;
alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from New York,
1912;
member of New York
state assembly from New York County 17th District, 1921.
Member, Freemasons;
Elks.
In March 1939, he was charged,
along with two others, over a stock
fraud scheme; he pleaded not guilty and was released on bail;
meanwhile, in a separate case, he was indicted in Broome County.
Died, apparently of pneumonia
while attempting to commit
suicide with poison, in
his room at the Tudor Hotel (where he had registered under the
assumed name "Leonard Madden"), Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., March 12,
1939 (age about 51
years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Carl Edgar Mapes (1874-1939) —
also known as Carl E. Mapes —
of Grand Rapids, Kent
County, Mich.
Born in Eaton
County, Mich., December
26, 1874.
Son of Selah Warrington Mapes (1836-1920) and Sarah Ann (Brooks)
Mapes (1839-1917).
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Kent County 1st District,
1905-06; member of Michigan
state senate 16th District, 1909-12; U.S.
Representative from Michigan 5th District, 1913-39; died in
office 1939.
Congregationalist.
Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; Woodmen.
Suffered a heart
attack, and died, in his hotel room at New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La., December
12, 1939 (age 64 years, 351
days).
Interment at Oak
Hill Cemetery, Grand Rapids, Mich.
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Max David Steuer (1871-1940) —
also known as Max D. Steuer —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Hungary,
September
6, 1871.
Son of Aaron Steuer and Dinah (Goodman) Steuer.
Democrat. Lawyer;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1916,
1932,
1936;
delegate
to New York state constitutional convention 19th District, 1938.
Jewish.
Member, Tammany
Hall; American Bar
Association; B'nai
B'rith.
Died, from a heart
attack, on the porch of the Wentworth Hall Hotel, Jackson,
Carroll
County, N.H., August
21, 1940 (age 68 years, 350
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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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.
Democrat. Went to
the Klondike for the 1898 Gold Rush; lawyer;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Nevada, 1912
(member, Committee
to Notify Presidential Nominee; speaker),
1916
(member, Platform
and Resolutions Committee), 1924,
1928,
1936,
1940;
U.S.
Senator from Nevada, 1913-40; defeated, 1910; died in office 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 (age 68 years, 52
days).
Entombed in mausoleum at Masonic
Memorial Gardens, Reno, Nev.
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Frank Lee Houx (1854-1941) —
also known as Frank L. Houx —
of Wyoming.
Born in Lexington, Lafayette
County, Mo., December
12, 1854.
Democrat. Mayor of
Cody, Wyo., 1901, 1905-09; secretary of
state of Wyoming, 1911-19; Governor of
Wyoming, 1917-19; defeated, 1918.
Presbyterian.
Died in the Irma Hotel, Cody, Park
County, Wyo., April 3,
1941 (age 86 years, 112
days).
Interment at Cody
Cemetery, Cody, Wyo.
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Alva Blanchard Adams (1875-1941) —
also known as Alva B. Adams —
of Pueblo, Pueblo
County, Colo.
Born in Del Norte, Rio Grande
County, Colo., October
29, 1875.
Son of Ella (Nye) Adams and Alva
Adams.
Democrat. Lawyer;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Colorado, 1916
(member, Committee
on Rules and Order of Business), 1936;
U.S.
Senator from Colorado, 1923-24, 1933-41; defeated, 1924; died in
office 1941.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Elks.
Died, from heart
disease, in the Wardman Park Hotel, Washington,
D.C., December
1, 1941 (age 66 years, 33
days).
Entombed at Roselawn
Cemetery, Pueblo, Colo.
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Abram Klenert (1869-1943) —
of Paterson, Passaic
County, N.J.
Born in Paterson, Passaic
County, N.J., February
16, 1869.
Son of Victor Klenert (c.1837-1926) and Rose Klenert.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of New
Jersey state house of assembly from Passaic County, 1907;
defeated, 1909; common pleas court judge in New Jersey, 1913;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from New Jersey 7th District, 1928.
Jewish.
Member, Knights
of Pythias.
Died, in his apartment at the Alexander Hamilton Hotel,
Paterson, Passaic
County, N.J., March 8,
1943 (age 74 years, 20
days).
Interment at Mt.
Neboh Cemetery, Paterson, N.J.
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Relatives:
Married to Bessie Woods. |
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Frank Orren Lowden (1861-1943) —
also known as Frank O. Lowden —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.; Oregon, Ogle
County, Ill.
Born in Sunrise, Chisago
County, Minn., January
26, 1861.
Son of Lorenzo Orren Lowden and Nancy Elizabeth (Breg) Lowden.
Republican. School
teacher; lawyer; law
professor; director, National Bank of the
Republic; delegate to Republican National Convention from Illinois,
1900,
1904;
member of Republican
National Committee from Illinois, 1904-12; U.S.
Representative from Illinois 13th District, 1906-11; Governor of
Illinois, 1917-21; candidate for Republican nomination for
President, 1920,
1928.
Member, American Bar
Association.
Died, from rectal
cancer, in El Conquistador Hotel, Tucson, Pima
County, Ariz., March 20,
1943 (age 82 years, 53
days).
Interment at Graceland
Cemetery, Chicago, Ill.
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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.
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 (age 58 years, 198
days).
Entombed at Riverview
Cemetery, South Bend, Ind.
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Charles Armijo Woodruff (1884-1945) —
also known as Charles A. Woodruff —
Born in 1884.
U.S. Navy officer; Governor of
American Samoa; captain in Merchant Marine.
Committed suicide
by hanging,
in his room at the Hotel Bossert, Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., November
22, 1945 (age about 61
years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Carter Glass (1858-1946) —
also known as "Father of the Federal Reserve";
"Pluck" —
of Lynchburg,
Va.
Born in Lynchburg,
Va., January
4, 1858.
Son of Robert
Henry Glass.
Democrat. Newspaper
publisher; member of Virginia
state senate, 1899-1902; delegate to
Virginia state constitutional convention, 1901-02; U.S.
Representative from Virginia 6th District, 1902-18; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Virginia, 1916,
1920,
1924,
1928,
1932,
1940,
1944;
member of Democratic
National Committee from Virginia, 1916-28; U.S.
Secretary of the Treasury, 1918-20; U.S.
Senator from Virginia, 1920-46; died in office 1946; candidate
for Democratic nomination for President, 1920.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons.
Died, from congestive
heart failure, in his room at the Mayflower Hotel, Washington,
D.C., May 28,
1946 (age 88 years, 144
days).
Interment at Spring
Hill Cemetery, Lynchburg, Va.
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William Bross Lloyd (1875-1946) —
also known as William B. Lloyd; "The Millionaire
Socialist" —
of Winnetka, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., February
27, 1875.
Son of Henry Demarest Lloyd (social reformer, author) and Jessie
(Bross) Lloyd.
Socialist. Candidate for U.S.
Senator from Illinois, 1918; arrested
in downtown Chicago, 1918, for refusing to remove a red
flag from his limo; co-founder of Communist Labor Party, 1919; indicted
for sedition,
1920; represented at trial by
Clarence
Darrow; convicted,
sentenced
to 1-5 years in prison;
his sentence was commuted in 1922.
Died, of cancer, in
the Ritz-Carlton Hotel, Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., June 30,
1946 (age 71 years, 123
days).
Cremated;
ashes scattered in North Atlantic Ocean.
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Relatives:
Grandson of William
Bross; son of Henry Demarest Lloyd (social reformer, author) and
Jessie (Bross) Lloyd; married to Lola Maverick (divorced 1916) and
Madge Bird. |
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Michael Kenna (1857-1946) —
also known as "Hinky-Dink" —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., 1857.
Democrat. Saloon
keeper; cigar
dealer; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Illinois,
1908,
1912,
1920,
1924,
1928,
1932,
1940.
Died, in the Blackstone Hotel, Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., October
9, 1946 (age about 89
years).
Interment at Calvary
Cemetery, Evanston, Ill.
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Oliver Max Gardner (1882-1947) —
also known as O. Max Gardner —
of Shelby, Cleveland
County, N.C.
Born in Shelby, Cleveland
County, N.C., March 22,
1882.
Son of Oliver Perry Gardner (M.D.) and Margaret (Blanton) Gardner.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; lawyer; chair of
Cleveland County Democratic Party, 1907-08; member of North Carolina
Democratic State Executive Committee, 1910-14; member of North
Carolina state senate, 1911, 1915; Lieutenant
Governor of North Carolina, 1917-21; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from North Carolina, 1924,
1932,
1940,
1944;
Governor
of North Carolina, 1929-33; defeated, 1920.
Baptist.
Member, American Bar
Association; Sigma
Nu; Odd
Fellows; Elks.
Died, from coronary
thrombosis, in his suite at the St. Regis Hotel,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., February
6, 1947 (age 64 years, 321
days).
Interment at Sunset
Cemetery, Shelby, N.C.
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Joseph Aloysius O'Hara (1869-1948) —
also known as Joseph A. O'Hara —
of New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La.
Born in New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La., January
25, 1869.
Son of Joseph O'Hara and Annie G. O'Hara.
Democrat. Physician;
Orleans Parish Coroner, 1908-24 president, Louisiana state board of
health, 1928-40; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Louisiana, 1936.
Catholic.
Member, Knights
of Columbus; Elks.
Died, at Hotel Dieu, New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La., February
25, 1948 (age 79 years, 31
days).
Interment at Metairie
Cemetery, New Orleans, La.
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Relatives: Son
of Joseph O'Hara and Annie G. O'Hara; married to Mary Theresa
Cosgrove; father of William
Joseph O'Hara. |
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Charles Boettcher (1852-1948) —
of Cheyenne, Laramie
County, Wyo.; Boulder, Boulder
County, Colo.; Leadville, Lake
County, Colo.; Denver,
Colo.
Born in Kölleda, Germany,
April
8, 1852.
Son of Frederick Boettcher and Susanna Boettcher.
Republican. Hardware
business; co-founder and vice-president, Great Western Sugar Co.;
co-founder and president Ideal Cement
Company; vice-president, Brown Palace Hotel
Company; real estate
investor; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Colorado, 1916
(alternate), 1928.
German
ancestry.
Died, in his suite at the Brown Palace Hotel, Denver,
Colo., July 2,
1948 (age 96 years, 85
days).
Entombed in mausoleum at Fairmount
Cemetery, Denver, Colo.
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Jerome H. Kohn (c.1900-1948) —
of Hartford, Hartford
County, Conn.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., about 1900.
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 (age about 48
years).
Interment at Beth
Israel Cemetery, Hartford, Conn.
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Relatives:
Married to Alice Bussy. |
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Harry E. Lewis (c.1880-1948) —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., about 1880.
Son of Leopold Lewis and Emma (Lowenthal) Lewis.
Republican. Lawyer; Justice of
New York Supreme Court 2nd District, 1922-48; died in office
1948; delegate
to New York state constitutional convention at-large, 1938;
Justice of the Appellate Division of the New York Supreme Court 2nd
Department, 1943-48; died in office 1948.
Jewish.
Died, from a heart
attack, in his cottage at the Saranac Inn, Upper Saranac
Lake, Franklin
County, N.Y., August
23, 1948 (age about 68
years).
Interment at Mt.
Carmel Cemetery, Glendale, Queens, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of Leopold Lewis and Emma (Lowenthal) Lewis; married to Rose Nathan;
brother of Oscar
A. Lewis. |
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Walter Gresham Andrews (1889-1949) —
also known as Walter G. Andrews —
of Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y.
Born in Evanston, Cook
County, Ill., July 16,
1889.
Son of William Henry Andrews and Kate (Gresham) Andrews.
Republican. Athletic
coach; major in the U.S. Army during World War I; sales
manager; U.S.
Representative from New York, 1931-49 (40th District 1931-45,
42nd District 1945-49).
Presbyterian.
Member, American
Legion; Freemasons.
Died, from a heart
attack, in a hotel at Daytona Beach, Volusia
County, Fla., March 5,
1949 (age 59 years, 232
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Old
Fort Niagara Cemetery, Youngstown, N.Y.
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John Christoph Blucher Ehringhaus (1882-1949) —
also known as J. C. B. Ehringhaus —
of Elizabeth City, Pasquotank
County, N.C.; Raleigh, Wake
County, N.C.
Born in Elizabeth City, Pasquotank
County, N.C., February
5, 1882.
Son of Erskine Ehringhaus and Carrie Colville (Mathews) Ehringhaus.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of North
Carolina state house of representatives, 1905-08; Solicitor, 1st
District, 1910-22; Governor of
North Carolina, 1933-37; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from North Carolina, 1940,
1944,
1948.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Phi
Beta Kappa; Delta
Kappa Epsilon; Theta
Nu Epsilon; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Odd
Fellows; Elks.
Died, of a heart
attack, in his suite at the Sir Walter Hotel, Raleigh, Wake
County, N.C., July 31,
1949 (age 67 years, 176
days).
Interment at Episcopal
Cemetery, Elizabeth City, N.C.
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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.
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 (age 53 years, 106
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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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 (age 73 years, 175
days).
Interment at Evergreen-Lakeside
Cemetery, Muskegon, Mich.
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Philip Murray (1886-1952) —
of Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa.
Born in Blantyre, Scotland,
May
25, 1886.
Son of William Murray and Rose (Layden) Murray.
Democrat. Miner; president,
local union of the United Mine Workers of America (UMWA), 1905; district
president in 1912; vice-president
in 1917; chairman,
Steelworkers Organizing Committee (SWOC); (SWOC), 1935-42, and president of
the successor United Steelworkers of America, 1942-52 president,
Congress of Industrial Organizations, 1940; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1940,
1944,
1952.
Catholic.
Irish
ancestry.
Died, from a heart
attack, in his room at the Mark Hopkins Hotel, San
Francisco, Calif., November
9, 1952 (age 66 years, 168
days).
Interment at St.
Ann's Cemetery, Castle Shannon, Pa.
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Harold Giles Hoffman (1896-1954) —
also known as Harold G. Hoffman —
of South Amboy, Middlesex
County, N.J.
Born in South Amboy, Middlesex
County, N.J., February
7, 1896.
Son of Frank Hoffman and Ada Crawford (Thom) Hoffman.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; real estate
business; banker; newspaper
columnist and radio
commentator; member of New
Jersey state house of assembly from Middlesex County, 1923-24; mayor
of South Amboy, N.J., 1925-27; U.S.
Representative from New Jersey 3rd District, 1927-31; New Jersey
Commissioner of Motor Vehicles, 1930-35; Governor of
New Jersey, 1935-38; delegate to Republican National Convention
from New Jersey, 1936;
colonel in the U.S. Army during World War II.
Methodist.
Member, Junior
Order; Patriotic
Order Sons of America; American
Legion; Freemasons;
Elks; Eagles; Royal
Arcanum.
Suspended
in 1954 as head of the New Jersey unemployment compensation system
for an investigation
of financial irregularities. Subsequently, when he died, his written
confession
of embezzlement
schemes was disclosed.
Died, of a heart
attack, in his room at the Blake Hotel, Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., June 4,
1954 (age 58 years, 117
days).
Interment at Christ
Church Cemetery, South Amboy, N.J.
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Melville Jefferson France (1878-1955) —
also known as Melville J. France —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., October
29, 1878.
Son of Thomas Jefferson France and Addie (Clark) France.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Attorney for the Eastern District of New York, 1915-19.
Presbyterian.
Member, American Bar
Association.
Died, in the Cornwallis Inn, Kentville, Nova
Scotia, July 22,
1955 (age 76 years, 266
days).
Interment somewhere
in Walton, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of Thomas Jefferson France and Addie (Clark) France; married, October
29, 1904, to Annie Franklin Wilson (died 1949; newspaper
reporter); married, December
22, 1953, to Adele (Dyott) Hart. |
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Ray Thompson (1911-1957) —
of North Dakota.
Born in Barney, Richland
County, N.Dak., November
3, 1911.
Member of North
Dakota state house of representatives, 1945; North
Dakota state treasurer, 1953-54.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Eagles.
Died of a heart
attack, in a hotel at Bismarck, Burleigh
County, N.Dak., January
27, 1957 (age 45 years, 85
days).
Interment at Wahpeton
Memorial Gardens Cemetery, Wahpeton, N.Dak.
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Homer C. Fritsch (1894-1957) —
of Grosse Pointe Park, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Piqua, Miami
County, Ohio, July 23,
1894.
Chemist;
executive vice-president, Parke Davis pharmaceutical
company; village
president of Grosse Pointe Park, Michigan, 1948-50; mayor
of Grosse Pointe Park, Mich., 1950-57; died in office 1957.
Member, American
Chemical Society; Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons; Shriners.
Collapsed and died in the lobby of the Ritz Carlton Hotel,
Montreal, Quebec,
April
8, 1957 (age 62 years, 259
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Detroit, Mich.
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Thomas J. Spellacy (1880-1957) —
also known as "Long Tom" —
of Hartford, Hartford
County, Conn.
Born in Hartford, Hartford
County, Conn., 1880.
Democrat. Lawyer; newspaper
publisher; member of Connecticut
state senate, 1907-11; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Connecticut, 1912
(alternate; Honorary
Vice-President; speaker),
1920,
1924
(delegation chair), 1936,
1940;
U.S.
Attorney for Connecticut, 1915-18; candidate for Governor of
Connecticut, 1918; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Connecticut, 1922; member of Democratic
National Committee from Connecticut, 1925-29; mayor
of Hartford, Conn., 1935-43; defeated, 1912; resigned 1943;
defeated, 1945; member of Connecticut
Democratic State Central Committee, 1940-41; Connecticut
Insurance Commissioner, 1955-57.
Died, of a heart
attack, in his room at the Commodore Hotel, Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., December
5, 1957 (age about 77
years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to Elizabeth Gill. |
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Lois Irene Marshall (1873-1958) —
also known as Lois Irene Kimsey —
of Columbia City, Whitley
County, Ind.; Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind.; Phoenix, Maricopa
County, Ariz.
Born May 9,
1873.
Daughter of William Edward Kimsey and Elizabeth (Dale) Kimsey.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Indiana, 1928.
Female.
Suffered a stroke in
her hotel suite, and died a few days later, in Good Samaritan
Hospital,
Phoenix, Maricopa
County, Ariz., January
6, 1958 (age 84 years, 242
days).
Interment at Crown
Hill Cemetery, Indianapolis, Ind.
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Garrett E. Lyons (d. 1960) —
of Wilmington, New Castle
County, Del.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Delaware,
1956;
Delaware
Democratic state chair, 1958-60.
Died, from a heart
attack, in his hotel room at Miami Beach, Dade County (now
Miami-Dade
County), Fla., February
6, 1960.
Burial
location unknown.
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Philip B. Perlman (1890-1960) —
of Baltimore,
Md.
Born in Baltimore,
Md., March 5,
1890.
Son of Benjamin Perlman and Rose (Nathan) Perlman.
Democrat. Newspaper
reporter; lawyer; secretary of
state of Maryland, 1920-23; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Maryland, 1932,
1940,
1948,
1952;
U.S. Solicitor General,
1947-52.
Jewish.
Member, American Bar
Association; Federal
Bar Association; Order of the
Coif.
Died, of an apparent heart
attack, in his room at the Shoreham Hotel, Washington,
D.C., July 31,
1960 (age 70 years, 148
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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William Bondy (1870-1964) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., April 9,
1870.
Son of Salaman Bondy and Amelia (Lederer) Bondy.
Republican. Lawyer;
delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1916;
U.S.
District Judge for the Southern District of New York, 1923-56;
took senior status 1956.
Jewish.
Member, American Bar
Association.
Died, from arteriosclerosis,
in the Sherry-Netherland Hotel, Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., March 30,
1964 (age 93 years, 356
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Herbert Clark Hoover (1874-1964) —
also known as Herbert Hoover; "The Great
Engineer"; "The Grand Old Man" —
of Palo Alto, Santa Clara
County, Calif.; Pasadena, Los Angeles
County, Calif.
Born in West Branch, Cedar
County, Iowa, August
10, 1874.
Son of Jesse Clark Hoover (1847-1880) and Hulda Randall (Minthorn)
Hoover (1848-1883).
Republican. Mining engineer;
candidate for Republican nomination for President, 1920;
U.S.
Secretary of Commerce, 1921-28; President
of the United States, 1929-33; defeated, 1932; speaker, Republican National Convention, 1960.
Quaker.
Swiss
and Dutch
ancestry.
Inducted into the National Mining Hall of
Fame, Leadville, Colorado.
Died, of intestinal
cancer, in his suite at the Waldorf Towers Hotel, New
York, New
York County, N.Y., October
20, 1964 (age 90 years, 71
days).
Interment at Herbert
Hoover National Historic Site, West Branch, Iowa.
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Relatives: Son
of Jesse Clark Hoover (1847-1880) and Hulda Randall (Minthorn) Hoover
(1848-1883); distant cousin of Charles
Lewis Hoover; married, February
10, 1899, to Lou Henry (1874-1944); father of Herbert
Clark Hoover, Jr.. See Hoover
family of California. |
| | | Cross-reference: Horace
A. Mann — Walter
H. Newton — Christian
A. Herter — Lewis
L. Strauss |
| | | Campaign slogan (1928): "A chicken in
every pot." |
| | | See also Wikipedia
article — NNDB
dossier — Internet Movie Database
profile — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Books by Herbert Hoover: The
Ordeal of Woodrow Wilson |
| | | Books about Herbert Hoover: Martin L.
Fausold, The
Presidency of Herbert C. Hoover — Joan Hoff Wilson, Herbert
Hoover : Forgotten Progressive — George H. Nash, Life
of Herbert Hoover : The Humanitarian, 1914-1917 —
George H. Nash, The
Life of Herbert Hoover : Masters of Emergencies,
1917-1918 — David Holford, Herbert
Hoover (for young readers) |
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William Romano (1911-1966) —
of Van Dyke (now part of Warren), Macomb
County, Mich.
Born in Cherokee, Crawford
County, Kan., January
22, 1911.
Democrat. Deputy
sheriff; police
chief; restaurant
business; shoe
merchant; member of Michigan
state house of representatives, 1945-64 (Macomb County 2nd
District 1945-54, Macomb County 1st District 1955-64); member of Michigan
state senate 27th District, 1965-66.
Catholic.
Member, Knights
of Columbus; Eagles.
At the scene of a hotel fire, he lifted up a heavy fire hose
which had pinned a woman to a car; then suffered a fatal heart
attack, 1966
(age about
55 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Victor L'Episcopo Anfuso (1905-1966) —
also known as Victor L. Anfuso —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Gagliano Castelferrato, Sicily, Italy,
March
10, 1905.
Son of Salvatore Anfuso and Marianina Anfuso.
Democrat. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War II; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from New York, 1948
(alternate), 1952,
1956,
1960;
U.S.
Representative from New York 8th District, 1951-53, 1955-63; Justice of
New York Supreme Court, 1963-66; died in office 1966.
Italian
ancestry. Member, Federal
Bar Association.
Suffered a heart
attack during a meeting at the Warwick Hotel, and died
soon after, in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., December
28, 1966 (age 61 years, 293
days).
Interment at St.
John's Cemetery, Middle Village, Queens, N.Y.
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Martin Charles Ansorge (1882-1967) —
also known as Martin C. Ansorge —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Corning, Steuben
County, N.Y., January
1, 1882.
Son of Mark Perry Ansorge and Jennie (Bach) Ansorge.
Republican. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War I; U.S.
Representative from New York 21st District, 1921-23; defeated,
1912, 1914, 1916, 1922; candidate for Justice of
New York Supreme Court 1st District, 1928, 1929; director, United
Air
Lines, 1934-51.
Jewish.
Member, Freemasons;
Elks; American
Legion.
Co-sponsor of the Edge-Ansorge bill to create the New York Port
Authority. Represented Henry
Ford in negotiations over his formal apology for anti-Semitic
books and articles he had published.
Died, in the Ansonia Hotel, Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., February
4, 1967 (age 85 years, 34
days).
Interment at Temple
Israel Cemetery, Hastings-on-Hudson, N.Y.
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Thomas Edmund Dewey (1902-1971) —
also known as Thomas E. Dewey —
of Pawling, Dutchess
County, N.Y.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Owosso, Shiawassee
County, Mich., March 24,
1902.
Son of George
Martin Dewey and Annie (Thomas) Dewey.
Republican. Lawyer; U.S.
Attorney for the Southern District of New York, 1933; New
York County District Attorney, 1937-41; candidate for Republican
nomination for President, 1940;
Governor
of New York, 1943-55; defeated, 1938; candidate for President
of the United States, 1944, 1948; delegate to Republican National
Convention from New York, 1952,
1956.
Episcopalian.
English
and French
ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
American Bar
Association; Council on
Foreign Relations; Farm
Bureau; Grange; Phi Mu
Alpha; Phi
Delta Phi.
Died, from a heart
attack, in his room at the Seaview Hotel, Bal Harbor, Dade
County (now Miami-Dade
County), Fla., March 16,
1971 (age 68 years, 357
days).
Entombed in mausoleum at Pawling
Cemetery, Pawling, N.Y.
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Relatives:
Nephew of Edmond
O. Dewey; son of George
Martin Dewey and Annie (Thomas) Dewey; married, June 16,
1928, to Frances Eileen Hutt (c.1903-1970; grandniece of Jefferson
Finis Davis). See Livingston-Seymour-Lee-Williams
family of New York. |
| | | Cross-reference: Herbert
Brownell, Jr. — Charles
C. Wing — Martin
T. Manton — Herman
Methfessel |
| | | See also National
Governors Association biography — Wikipedia
article — NNDB
dossier |
| | | Books about Thomas E. Dewey: Mary M.
Stolberg, Fighting
Organized Crime : Politics, Justice, and the Legacy of Thomas E.
Dewey — Barry K. Beyer, Thomas
E. Dewey, 1937-1947 : A Study in Political Leadership (out of
print) — Richard Norton Smith, Thomas
E. Dewey and His Times (out of print) |
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William Burnett Benton (1900-1973) —
also known as William Benton —
of Southport, Fairfield, Fairfield
County, Conn.
Born in Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn., April 1,
1900.
Son of Charles William Benton and Elma (Hixson) Benton.
Democrat. Advertising
business; introduced sound effects into television commercials;
popularized the "Amos 'n' Andy" radio show; vice-president,
University of Chicago, 1937-45; publisher of the Encyclopedia
Brittanica; U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for Public Affairs,
1945-47; U.S.
Senator from Connecticut, 1949-53; defeated, 1952; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Connecticut, 1952,
1956,
1960.
Episcopalian.
Member, American
Legion; Council on
Foreign Relations; Zeta Psi.
The William Benton Museum of Art at the University of Connecticut is
named
for him.
Died, in the Waldorf Towers Hotel, Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., March 18,
1973 (age 72 years, 351
days).
Cremated;
ashes scattered.
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James Aloysius Farley (1888-1976) —
also known as James A. Farley —
of Stony Point, Rockland
County, N.Y.; Haverstraw, Rockland
County, N.Y.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Grassy Point, Rockland
County, N.Y., May 30,
1888.
Son of James Farley and Ellen (Goldrick) Farley.
Democrat. Chair of
Rockland County Democratic Party, 1919-29; member of New York
state assembly from Rockland County, 1923; defeated, 1923;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1924,
1928,
1932,
1936,
1940,
1944,
1948,
1952,
1956,
1960,
1964,
1968;
secretary
of New York Democratic Party, 1928-30; New York
Democratic state chair, 1930-44; Chairman of
Democratic National Committee, 1932-40; Presidential Elector for
New York, 1932;
U.S.
Postmaster General, 1933-40; delegate to
New York convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933; chairman, Coca-Cola
Export Corporation, 1940-73.
Catholic.
Irish
ancestry. Member, Ancient
Order of Hibernians; Eagles; Elks; Redmen; Knights
of Columbus; Friendly
Sons of St. Patrick; American
Academy of Political and Social Science.
Died, from cardiac
arrest, in his suite at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., June 9,
1976 (age 88 years, 10
days).
Interment at Gate
of Heaven Cemetery, Hawthorne, N.Y.
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Wilbur Joseph Cohen (1913-1987) —
also known as Wilbur J. Cohen —
of Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich.
Born in Milwaukee, Milwaukee
County, Wis., June 10,
1913.
U.S.
Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare, 1968-69.
Jewish.
Member, Americans
for Democratic Action.
Leading expert on Social Security.
Died in a hotel room in Seoul, South
Korea, May 17,
1987 (age 73 years, 341
days).
Interment at Garden
of Memories Cemetery, Kerrville, Tex.
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Joseph Harvey Farris (1922-1997) —
also known as Joe H. Farris —
of Charleston, Kanawha
County, W.Va.
Born in Charleston, Kanawha
County, W.Va., April 14,
1922.
Radio and
television personality; sports
announcer; member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Kanawha County, 1991-97;
died in office 1997.
Episcopalian.
Lebanese
ancestry. Member, Lions.
Found dead in a hotel room probably from cardiac
arrythmia, in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., August
10, 1997 (age 75 years, 118
days).
Interment at Sunset
Memorial Park, South Charleston, W.Va.
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Scott Benton White (1970-2011) —
also known as Scott White —
of Seattle, King
County, Wash.
Born in Olympia, Thurston
County, Wash., June 8,
1970.
Democrat. Member of Washington
state house of representatives 46th District, 2009-11; member of
Washington
state senate 46th District, 2011; died in office 2011.
Died, from an enlarged
heart condition, in a hotel room at Suncadia Resort, Cle
Elum, Kittitas
County, Wash., October
21, 2011 (age 41 years, 135
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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