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John Hart (1713-1779) —
also known as "Honest John" —
of Hopewell, Mercer
County, N.J.
Born in Stonington, New London
County, Conn., 1713.
Delegate
to Continental Congress from New Jersey, 1776; signer,
Declaration of Independence, 1776; member of New Jersey state
legislature, 1776.
Died, from kidney failure, in Hopewell, Mercer
County, N.J., May 11,
1779 (age about 65
years).
Original interment at a
private or family graveyard, Mercer County, N.J.; reinterment in
1865 at First
Baptist Church Cemetery, Hopewell, N.J.
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Francis M. Dimond (1796-1859) —
of Bristol, Bristol
County, R.I.
Born in Bristol, Bristol
County, R.I., June 6,
1796.
Lieutenant
Governor of Rhode Island, 1853-54; Governor of
Rhode Island, 1853-54.
Died, of Bright's disease, in Bristol, Bristol
County, R.I., April 12,
1859 (age 62 years, 310
days).
Interment at Juniper
Hill Cemetery, Bristol, R.I.
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Benjamin Parke Avery (1828-1875) —
also known as Benjamin P. Avery —
of California.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., November
11, 1828.
Son of Samuel Putnam Avery and Hannah (Parke) Avery.
Went
to California for the 1849 Gold Rush; newspaper
editor; U.S. Minister to China, 1874-75, died in office 1875.
Died, of kidney disease, in Peking (Beijing), China,
November
8, 1875 (age 46 years, 362
days).
Interment at Mountain
View Cemetery, Oakland, Calif.
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Relatives:
Married 1861
to Mary A. Fuller. |
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Elon Farnsworth (1799-1877) —
of Michigan.
Born in Woodstock, Windsor
County, Vt., February
2, 1799.
Son of Stephen Farnsworth (1764-1829) and Deborah (Bennett)
Farnsworth (1765-1845).
Democrat. Member
Michigan territorial council 1st District, 1834-35; Chancellor of
Michigan, 1835-43, 1846-47; candidate for Governor of
Michigan, 1839; Michigan
state attorney general, 1843-45; member of University
of Michigan board of regents, 1846-57.
An organizer of the Michigan Central Railroad.
Died, from kidney disease, in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., March 24,
1877 (age 78 years, 50
days).
Interment at Elmwood
Cemetery, Detroit, Mich.
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Hugh Judson Kilpatrick (1836-1881) —
also known as Judson Kilpatrick;
"Kilcavalry" —
of New Jersey.
Born near Deckertown (now Sussex), Sussex
County, N.J., January
14, 1836.
General in the Union Army during the Civil War; U.S. Minister to Chile, 1866-70, 1881, died in office 1881; candidate for U.S.
Representative from New Jersey, 1880.
Died of a kidney ailment, in Chile,
December
2, 1881 (age 45 years, 322
days).
Interment at United States Military Academy Cemetery, West Point, N.Y.
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Edwin Denison Morgan (1811-1883) —
also known as Edwin D. Morgan —
of Hartford, Hartford
County, Conn.; New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Washington, Berkshire
County, Mass., February
8, 1811.
Merchant;
member of New York
state senate 6th District, 1850-53; New York
Republican state chair, 1856-58, 1874-75; Chairman of
Republican National Committee, 1856-64, 1872-76; speaker, Republican National Convention, 1856 ;
Governor
of New York, 1859-62; defeated (Republican), 1876; general in the
Union Army during the Civil War; U.S.
Senator from New York, 1863-69; member of Republican
National Committee from New York, 1872-.
Died of Bright's disease, in New York, New York
County, N.Y., February
14, 1883 (age 72 years, 6
days).
Entombed at Cedar
Hill Cemetery, Hartford, Conn.
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Robert Asa Packer (1842-1883) —
also known as R. A. Packer —
of Wysox, Bradford
County, Pa.
Born in Mauch Chunk (now Jim Thorpe), Carbon
County, Pa., November
18, 1842.
Son of Asa
Packer and Sarah Minerva (Blakeslee) Packer (1807-1882).
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Pennsylvania, 1876.
The Robert Packer Memorial Hospital is named for him. President of
the Northern Division of the Lehigh Valley Railroad.
Died, of Bright's disease, in Jacksonville, Duval
County, Fla., February
20, 1883 (age 40 years, 94
days).
Original interment at Tioga
Point Cemetery, Near Sayre, Bradford County, Pa.; reinterment in
1884 at Mauch
Chunk Cemetery, Jim Thorpe, Pa.
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Richard Dudley Hubbard (1818-1884) —
also known as Richard D. Hubbard —
of East Hartford, Hartford
County, Conn.; Hartford, Hartford
County, Conn.
Born in Berlin, Hartford
County, Conn., September
7, 1818.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Connecticut
state house of representatives, 1842-43, 1855, 1858; U.S.
Representative from Connecticut 1st District, 1867-69; delegate
to Democratic National Convention from Connecticut, 1876
(member, Resolutions
Committee); Governor of
Connecticut, 1877-79; defeated, 1878.
Died of Bright's disease, in Hartford, Hartford
County, Conn., February
28, 1884 (age 65 years, 174
days).
Interment at Cedar
Hill Cemetery, Hartford, Conn.; statue at State
Capitol Grounds, Hartford, Conn.
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Augustus Schell (1812-1884) —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Rhinebeck, Dutchess
County, N.Y., August 1,
1812.
Democrat. Lawyer;
director or trustee of several railroad
companies; New York
Democratic state chair, 1853-55; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from New York, 1856,
1860,
1876
(speaker);
U.S. Collector of
Customs, 1857-61; member of Democratic
National Committee from New York, 1872-76; Chairman of
Democratic National Committee, 1872-76; candidate for New York
state senate 7th District, 1877; candidate for mayor
of New York City, N.Y., 1878.
German
and Dutch
ancestry. Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; Kappa
Alpha Society; Tammany
Hall.
Died, from complications of Bright's disease, in New York, New York
County, N.Y., March 27,
1884 (age 71 years, 239
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Bronx, N.Y.
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Judah Philip Benjamin (1811-1884) —
also known as Judah P. Benjamin; Philippe Benjamin;
"Poo Bah of the Confederacy" —
of New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La.; London, England;
Paris, France.
Born in Christiansted, St. Croix, Virgin
Islands, August 6,
1811.
Son of Philip Benjamin and Rebecca (de Mendes) Benjamin.
Lawyer;
member of Louisiana
state house of representatives, 1842-44; delegate to
Louisiana state constitutional convention, 1845; Presidential
Elector for Louisiana, 1848;
U.S.
Senator from Louisiana, 1853-61; Confederate
Attorney General, 1861; Confederate
Secretary of War, 1861-62; Confederate
Secretary of State, 1862-65.
Jewish.
His portrait appeared on the Confederate States two-dollar
note in 1861-64. He fled
to Europe in 1865 to avoid
arrest by Union forces; he was suspected of involvement in the assassination
of President Abraham
Lincoln.
Fell
from a tram car
about 1880, and suffered multiple injuries; also developed
kidney and heart
problems, and died in Paris, France,
May 6,
1884 (age 72 years, 274
days).
Interment at Père
la Chaise Cemetery, Paris, France.
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William Hale (1837-1885) —
Born in New London, Henry
County, Iowa, November
18, 1837.
Lawyer;
member of Iowa state
house of representatives, 1863-66; Presidential Elector for Iowa,
1868;
Governor
of Wyoming Territory, 1882-85; died in office 1885.
Died, of Bright's disease, in Cheyenne, Laramie
County, Wyo., January
13, 1885 (age 47 years, 56
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Thomas Broderick (c.1817-1886) —
of Wilkes-Barre, Luzerne
County, Pa.
Born about 1817.
Son of James Broderick.
Coal mine
operator; mayor
of Wilkes-Barre, Pa., 1880-86; died in office 1886.
Died, from kidney disease, in Wilkes-Barre, Luzerne
County, Pa., February
7, 1886, (age about 69
years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Chester Alan Arthur (1829-1886) —
also known as Chester A. Arthur; Chester Abell Arthur;
"The Gentleman Boss"; "His
Accidency"; "Elegant Arthur"; "Our
Chet"; "Dude President" —
of New York.
Born in Fairfield, Franklin
County, Vt., October
5, 1829.
Son of Rev. William Arthur (1796-1875) and Malvina (Stone) Arthur
(1802-1869).
Republican. Lawyer; U.S. Collector of Customs,
1870-78; New York
Republican state chair, 1879-81; delegate to Republican National
Convention from New York, 1880;
Vice
President of the United States, 1881; President
of the United States, 1881-85; candidate for Republican
nomination for President, 1884.
Episcopalian.
Member, Loyal
Legion; Psi
Upsilon; Union
League.
Died, of Bright's disease and a cerebral
hemorrhage, in New York, New York
County, N.Y., November
18, 1886 (age 57 years, 44
days).
Interment at Albany
Rural Cemetery, Menands, N.Y.; statue at Madison
Square Park, Manhattan, N.Y.
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Relatives:
Married, October
25, 1859, to Ellen Lewis "Nell" Herndon
(1837-1880). |
| | | Arthur County,
Neb. is named for him. |
| | | Other politicians named for him: Chester
A. Heitman
— Chester
A. Johnson
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| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Wikipedia
article — NNDB
dossier |
| | | Books about Chester A. Arthur: Thomas
C. Reeves, Gentleman
Boss : The Life of Chester Alan Arthur — Justus D.
Doenecke, The
Presidencies of James A. Garfield and Chester A.
Arthur — George Frederick Howe, Chester
A. Arthur, A Quarter-Century of Machine Politics —
Zachary Karabell, Chester
Alan Arthur — Paul Joseph, Chester
Arthur (for young readers) |
| | | Image source: Portrait & Biographical
Album of Washtenaw County (1891) |
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Joseph W. Harper (1826-1886) —
Born in 1826.
Son of Fletcher Harper (died 1877).
U.S. Consul in Munich, 1880-86, died in office 1886.
Died, of Bright's disease, in Munich (München), Germany,
December
8, 1886 (age about 60
years).
Interment at Sleepy
Hollow Cemetery, Sleepy Hollow, N.Y.
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Relatives:
Married to Ellen Urling Smith. |
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Madison Miner Walden (1836-1891) —
also known as Madison M. Walden —
of Centerville, Appanoose
County, Iowa.
Born in Adams
County, Ohio, October
6, 1836.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; school
teacher; newspaper
editor and publisher; member of Iowa state
house of representatives 4th District, 1866-67, 1890; member of
Iowa
state senate 4th District, 1868-69; Lieutenant
Governor of Iowa, 1870-71; U.S.
Representative from Iowa 4th District, 1871-73.
Member, Grand
Army of the Republic; Freemasons.
Died, of Bright's disease, in Washington,
D.C., July 24,
1891 (age 54 years, 291
days).
Interment at Oakland
Cemetery, Centerville, Iowa.
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Samuel Clarke Pomeroy (1816-1891) —
also known as Samuel C. Pomeroy; "Subsidy
Pom" —
of Lawrence, Douglas
County, Kan.; Atchison, Atchison
County, Kan.
Born in Southampton, Hampshire
County, Mass., January
3, 1816.
Republican. Member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1852-53; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Kansas, 1856
(Convention
Vice-President); mayor
of Atchison, Kan., 1858-59; U.S.
Senator from Kansas, 1861-73; candidate for Republican nomination
for Vice President, 1868;
member of Republican
National Committee from Kansas, 1870-72.
Died, from Bright's disease, in Whitinsville, Northbridge, Worcester
County, Mass., August
27, 1891 (age 75 years, 236
days).
Interment at Forest
Hills Cemetery, Jamaica Plain, Boston, Mass.
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George Hewston (1826-1891) —
of San
Francisco, Calif.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., September
11, 1826.
Mayor
of San Francisco, Calif., 1875.
Died, of Bright's disease, in San
Francisco, Calif., September
4, 1891 (age 64 years, 358
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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James William Husted (1833-1892) —
also known as James W. Husted; "Bald
Eagle" —
of Peekskill, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born in Bedford, Westchester
County, N.Y., October
31, 1833.
Republican. Superintendent
of schools; lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly, 1869-81, 1884-92 (Westchester County 3rd District
1869-78, Rockland County 1879-80, Westchester County 3rd District
1881, 1884-92); died in office 1892; Speaker of
the New York State Assembly, 1874, 1876, 1878, 1886-87, 1890;
delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1884.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar.
Died, from kidney disease and heart
failure, in Peekskill, Westchester
County, N.Y., September
25, 1892 (age 58 years, 330
days).
Interment at Hillside
Cemetery, Cortlandt town, Westchester County, N.Y.
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William E. Tutherly (1823-1893) —
of Claremont, Sullivan
County, N.H.
Born in Unity, Sullivan
County, N.H., January
27, 1823.
Member of New
Hampshire state house of representatives, 1865-66, 1878; member
of New
Hampshire Governor's Council, 1867-69.
Died, of Bright's disease, in Claremont, Sullivan
County, N.H., January
8, 1893 (age 69 years, 347
days).
Interment at Pleasant
Street Cemetery, Claremont, N.H.
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William H. Wickham (1832-1893) —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Smithtown, Suffolk
County, Long Island, N.Y., July 30,
1832.
Son of Daniel H. Wickham and Ruth Wickham.
Democrat. Ticket agent for a steamship
company; diamond
dealer; president of New-York Fire Department, 1860; mayor
of New York City, N.Y., 1875-76; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from New York, 1876.
Died, of heart
disease and Bright's disease, in New York, New York
County, N.Y., January
13, 1893 (age 60 years, 167
days).
Interment somewhere
in Smithtown, Long Island, N.Y.
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Duncan Griffin (1818-1894) —
of Athol, Warren
County, N.Y.; Warrensburg, Warren
County, N.Y.
Born in Thurman, Warren
County, N.Y., July 10,
1818.
Member of New York
state assembly from Warren County, 1871.
Died, of uremia, 1894
(age about
75 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Philip Jacob Arcularius Harper (1824-1896) —
also known as Philip J. A. Harper —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.; Hempstead, Queens County (now Nassau
County), Long Island, N.Y.
Born October
21, 1824.
Son of James
Harper.
Member of the firm Harper and Brothers, publishers;
village
president of Hempstead, New York.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons.
Died, from heart and
kidney trouble, in Hempstead, Queens County (now Nassau
County), Long Island, N.Y., March 6,
1896 (age 71 years, 137
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Thomas A. Ledwith (1840-1898) —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., February
14, 1840.
Member of New York
state assembly from New York County 11th District, 1863;
candidate for mayor
of New York City, N.Y., 1870; member of New York
state senate 7th District, 1874-75.
Died of cirrhosis of
the liver and Bright's disease, in New York, New York
County, N.Y., April 1,
1898 (age 58 years, 46
days).
Interment at Calvary
Cemetery, Woodside, Queens, N.Y.
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John Dozier Broome (d. 1898) —
also known as John D. Broome —
of DeLand, Volusia
County, Fla.; Orlando, Orange
County, Fla.
Son of James
Emilius Broome.
Lawyer;
delegate
to Florida state constitutional convention, 1885; circuit judge
in Florida, 1887-98; died in office 1898.
Died, apparently due to a stroke and
Bright's disease, in Sewanee, Franklin
County, Tenn., November
4, 1898.
Burial
location unknown.
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Guido Marx (1827-1899) —
of Toledo, Lucas
County, Ohio.
Born in Germany,
June
28, 1827.
Republican. Merchant;
mayor
of Toledo, Ohio, 1875-77.
Died, of Bright's disease, in Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio, February
1, 1899 (age 71 years, 218
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Toledo, Ohio.
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Cassius Marcellus Clay (1810-1903) —
also known as Cassius M. Clay; "The Lion of White
Hall" —
of Madison
County, Ky.
Born in Madison
County, Ky., October
19, 1810.
Son of Green
Clay.
Probably the best-known Southern emancipationist; freed his own
slaves in 1844 and edited the only Southern antislavery newspaper
in 1845-47.; member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1835-37, 1840; delegate to Whig
National Convention from Kentucky, 1839 (speaker); shot
point-blank during a speech in 1843, he used a Bowie knife to cut off
the attacker's ear and nose and cut out one eye; tried for
mayhem
and found not guilty; served in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War;
candidate for Republican nomination for Vice President, 1860;
U.S. Minister to Russia, 1861-62, 1863-69; general in the Union Army during the
Civil War.
Died, of kidney failure, in Madison
County, Ky., July 22,
1903 (age 92 years, 276
days).
Interment at Richmond
Cemetery, Richmond, Ky.
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James Jerome Belden (1825-1904) —
also known as James J. Belden —
of Syracuse, Onondaga
County, N.Y.
Born in Fabius, Onondaga
County, N.Y., September
30, 1825.
Republican. Builder;
banker;
hotel
owner; mayor
of Syracuse, N.Y., 1877-78; U.S.
Representative from New York, 1887-95, 1897-99 (25th District
1887-93, 27th District 1893-95, 1897-99).
Member, Sons of
the American Revolution.
Died, of uremic poisoning, in Syracuse, Onondaga
County, N.Y., January
1, 1904 (age 78 years, 93
days).
Interment at Oakwood
Cemetery, Syracuse, N.Y.
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William Russell Grace (1832-1904) —
also known as William R. Grace —
of Callao, Peru;
New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Queenstown (now Cobh), Ireland,
May
10, 1832.
Son of James Grace and Ellen Mary (Russell) Grace.
Democrat. Steamship
business; mayor
of New York City, N.Y., 1881-82, 1885-86; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from New York, 1888.
Catholic.
Died, from pneumonia
and kidney problems, in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., March 21,
1904 (age 71 years, 316
days).
Interment at Holy
Cross Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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Albion Winegar Tourgee (1838-1905) —
also known as Albion W. Tourgee —
of Greensboro, Guilford
County, N.C.; Raleigh, Wake
County, N.C.; Denver,
Colo.; Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.; Mayville, Chautauqua
County, N.Y.
Born in Williamsfield, Ashtabula
County, Ohio, May 2,
1838.
Son of Louisa Emma (Winegar) Tourgee and Valentine Tourgee
(1814-1889).
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; lawyer; newspaper
editor; delegate to
North Carolina state constitutional convention, 1868, 1875;
superior court judge in North Carolina, 1868-75; candidate for U.S.
Representative from North Carolina, 1878; author;
U.S. Consul in Bordeaux, 1897-1905, died in office 1905.
French
Huguenot and Swiss
ancestry.
Died, of acute uremia, due to an infected
wound, in Bordeaux, France,
May
21, 1905 (age 67 years, 19
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Mayville
Cemetery, Mayville, N.Y.
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Reginald W. Laflin (1857-1906) —
of Wymore, Gage
County, Neb.
Born in Houston
County, Minn., May 18,
1857.
Mayor, Wymore, Neb., 1885-87; member of Nebraska
state house of representatives, 1901.
Died, of Bright's disease, in Wymore, Gage
County, Neb., April 16,
1906 (age 48 years, 333
days).
Interment at Wymore
Cemetery, Wymore, Neb.
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Charles M. Ferguson (c.1860-1906) —
of Texas.
Born in Houston, Harris
County, Tex., about 1860.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Texas, 1888,
1892,
1896,
1900,
1904.
Methodist.
African
ancestry. Member, Odd
Fellows.
Involved in the Jaybird-Woodpecker War during the 1880s in Fort Bend
County, Texas; forced to leave the county by the Jaybirds in 1888,
but later won an out-of-court settlement against Jaybird leaders.
Died, of complications of Bright's disease, in San Antonio, Bexar
County, Tex., July 21,
1906 (age about 46
years).
Interment somewhere
in Houston, Tex.
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Benjamin William Arnett (1838-1906) —
also known as Benjamin W. Arnett —
of Wilberforce, Greene
County, Ohio.
Born in Brownsville, Fayette
County, Pa., March 16,
1838.
Son of Samuel G. Arnett and Mary Louisa Arnett.
Republican. School teacher
and principal; ordained
minister; member of Ohio state
house of representatives from Greene County, 1886-87; first
black state legislator elected to represent a majority white
constituency; bishop; speaker, Republican National Convention, 1896.
African
Methodist Episcopal. African,
Scottish,
American
Indian, and Irish
ancestry.
Lost a
leg due to a tumor in 1858.
Died, of uremia, in Wilberforce, Greene
County, Ohio, October
9, 1906 (age 68 years, 207
days).
Interment at Tarbox
Cemetery, Wilberforce, Ohio.
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Samuel Hixson (1832-1907) —
of Centerville, Appanoose
County, Iowa.
Born in Preble
County, Ohio, September
20, 1832.
Farmer;
member of Iowa state
house of representatives, 1880.
Christian.
Died, of kidney trouble, in Centerville, Appanoose
County, Iowa, May 13,
1907 (age 74 years, 235
days).
Interment at Oakland
Cemetery, Centerville, Iowa.
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John Augustus Johnson (1842-1907) —
also known as John A. Johnson —
of Stillwater, Washington
County, Minn.; Fargo, Cass
County, N.Dak.
Born in Växjö, Sweden,
April
24, 1842.
Locomotive
engineer; farmer; Washington
County Sheriff, 1873; lawyer; farm
implement dealer; mayor of
Fargo, N.Dak., 1885-86, 1896-1902, 1906-07; died in office 1907.
Member, Odd
Fellows; Freemasons.
Died, of Bright's disease, June 14,
1907 (age 65 years, 51
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Myron Hawley McCord (1840-1908) —
Born in Ceres, McKean
County, Pa., November
26, 1840.
Republican. Member of Wisconsin
state senate, 1873-74; member of Wisconsin
state assembly, 1880-82; U.S.
Representative from Wisconsin 9th District, 1889-91; Governor of
Arizona Territory, 1897-98; colonel in the U.S. Army during the
Spanish-American War.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons.
Died of Bright's disease, in Phoenix, Maricopa
County, Ariz., April 27,
1908 (age 67 years, 153
days).
Interment at Merrill
Cemetery, Merrill, Wis.
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William Boyd Allison (1829-1908) —
also known as William B. Allison —
of Ashland, Ashland
County, Ohio; Dubuque, Dubuque
County, Iowa.
Born in a log
cabin in Perry, Wayne
County, Ohio, March 2,
1829.
Son of John Allison and Mary Allison.
Republican. Lawyer;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Iowa, 1860,
1904;
colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War; U.S.
Representative from Iowa 3rd District, 1863-71; U.S.
Senator from Iowa, 1873-1908; died in office 1908; candidate for
Republican nomination for President, 1888,
1896.
Died, from kidney disease and prostate
enlargement, in Dubuque, Dubuque
County, Iowa, August 4,
1908 (age 79 years, 155
days).
Interment at Linwood
Cemetery, Dubuque, Iowa.
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Meiko Meyer (1879-1908) —
of Michigan.
Born April 18,
1879.
Socialist Labor candidate for Governor of
Michigan, 1904.
Died, of Bright's disease, in Phoenix, Maricopa
County, Ariz., September
23, 1908 (age 29 years, 158
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Hector de Castro (1849-1909) —
Born in Constantinople (now Istanbul), Turkey,
June
30, 1849.
Republican. Naturalized U.S. citizen; U.S. Consul General in Rome, 1897-1908; Zurich, 1908-09, died in office 1909.
Member, Union
League.
Died, of nephritis, in Rome, Italy,
January
30, 1909 (age 59 years, 214
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Franklin Bartlett (1847-1909) —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Grafton, Worcester
County, Mass., September
10, 1847.
Son of William Osborne Bartlett (prominent lawyer).
Lawyer;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1892,
1896,
1904;
U.S.
Representative from New York 7th District, 1893-97; defeated
(Republican), 1896.
Member, Sons of
the Revolution; Society
of Colonial Wars; Delta
Kappa Epsilon.
Died, of a kidney disorder, in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., April 23,
1909 (age 61 years, 225
days).
Interment at Green-Wood
Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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Israel Wilson Durham (1855-1909) —
also known as Israel W. Durham; "Old Man";
"Peerless Leader" —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., October
24, 1855.
Son of Thomas Durham (1823-1908) and Jane Elizabeth (Norris) Durham
(1832-1871).
Republican. Philadelphia police magistrate, 1885-95; member of Pennsylvania
state senate, 1897-98, 1909 (6th District 1897-98, 2nd District
1909); died in office 1909; Pennsylvania State Insurance
Commissioner, 1900-05; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Pennsylvania, 1900,
1904,
1908.
President and principal owner of the Philadelphia Phillies professional
baseball team, 1909.
Died suddenly, from interstital nephritis, in Atlantic City,
Atlantic
County, N.J., June 28,
1909 (age 53 years, 247
days).
Interment at Mt.
Moriah Cemetery, West Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pa.
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Edward Moody McCook (1833-1909) —
also known as Edward M. McCook —
of Colorado.
Born in Steubenville, Jefferson
County, Ohio, June 15,
1833.
Republican. Member of Kansas
territorial House of Representatives, 1859; general in the Union
Army during the Civil War; U.S. Minister to Hawaiian Islands, 1866-68; Governor of
Colorado Territory, 1869-73, 1874-75; member of Republican
National Committee from Colorado Territory, 1872-.
Died of Bright's disease, in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., September
9, 1909 (age 76 years, 86
days).
Interment at Union
Cemetery, Steubenville, Ohio.
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Thomas Collier Platt (1833-1910) —
also known as Thomas C. Platt; Tom Platt; "The
Easy Boss"; "The Machiavelli of Tioga
County" —
of Owego, Tioga
County, N.Y.
Born in Owego, Tioga
County, N.Y., July 15,
1833.
Son of William Platt (1791-1855) and Lesbia (Hinchman) Platt
(1791-1859).
Republican. Lumber
business; Tioga
County Clerk, 1859-61; banker;
director and president, Southern Central Railroad;
U.S.
Representative from New York, 1873-77 (27th District 1873-75,
28th District 1875-77); delegate to Republican National Convention
from New York, 1876,
1880,
1884,
1888,
1892,
1896,
1900,
1904,
1908;
U.S.
Senator from New York, 1881, 1897-1909; resigned 1881.
Presbyterian.
In 1903, when he was about to marry his second wife, government clerk
Mae C. Wood, armed with a collection of love letters from Platt, threatened a
lawsuit for breach
of promise to marry; she was induced to drop the lawsuit,
reportedly for $5,000. In 1905, she sued a number of Republican
officials who, she claimed, had taken Platt's letters from her to
stop her from publishing them. She later went on to charge the
Senator with bigamy,
claiming that he had secretly
married her in 1901. This case was thrown out in 1908, and Miss
Wood was arrested and charged with perjury.
Died, from Bright's disease, in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., March 6,
1910 (age 76 years, 234
days).
Interment at Evergreen
Cemetery, Owego, N.Y.
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Hugh John Grant (c.1853-1910) —
also known as Hugh J. Grant —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., about 1853.
Democrat. Lawyer; real estate
business; New
York County Sheriff, 1886-88; mayor
of New York City, N.Y., 1889-92; defeated, 1884, 1894; delegate
to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1888,
1892,
1896.
Member, Tammany
Hall.
Died, of acute nephritis or Bright's disease, in
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., November
3, 1910 (age about 57
years).
Burial
location unknown.
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John Quincy Adams (1848-1911) —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Lancaster, Coos
County, N.H., October
26, 1848.
Son of Harvey Adams and Nancy Dustin (Rowell) Adams.
Democrat. Real estate
business; raised money to save "The Old Flag House", where Betsy
Ross is reputed to have sewed the first American flag; candidate for
U.S.
Representative from New York 14th District, 1896.
Methodist.
Member, Sons of
the American Revolution.
Died, of Bright's disease, in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., January
14, 1911 (age 62 years, 80
days).
Interment at Green-Wood
Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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Enoch Edgar Hume (1844-1911) —
also known as E. Edgar Hume; Edgar Enoch
Hume —
of Frankfort, Franklin
County, Ky.
Born near Bedford, Trimble
County, Ky., March 24,
1844.
Son of Lewis Hume.
Member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1875-77; mayor
of Frankfort, Ky., 1905-06.
Christian.
Member, Freemasons.
Died, from acute interstitial nephritis, in Frankfort, Franklin
County, Ky., July 5,
1911 (age 67 years, 103
days).
Interment at Frankfort
Cemetery, Frankfort, Ky.
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William Baruch Clagett (1854-1911) —
also known as William B. Clagett —
of Upper Marlboro, Prince
George's County, Md.
Born near Upper Marlboro, Prince
George's County, Md., August
13, 1854.
Tobacco
grower;
Maryland
state comptroller, 1910-11; appointed 1910; died in office 1911.
Died, from Bright's disease, July 25,
1911 (age 56 years, 346
days).
Interment at Trinity
Episcopal Church Cemetery, Upper Marlboro, Md.
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George Washington Gordon (1836-1911) —
also known as George W. Gordon —
of Memphis, Shelby
County, Tenn.
Born in Pulaski, Giles
County, Tenn., October
5, 1836.
Democrat. Civil
engineer; general in the Confederate Army during the Civil War;
lawyer;
Tennessee Railroad Commissioner, 1883-85; Special U.S. Indian Agent
in Arizona and Nevada, 1885-89; superintendent
of schools; U.S.
Representative from Tennessee 10th District, 1907-11; died in
office 1911.
Member, United
Confederate Veterans.
Died, from asthma and
uremia, in Memphis, Shelby
County, Tenn., August 9,
1911 (age 74 years, 308
days).
Interment at Elmwood
Cemetery, Memphis, Tenn.
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Augustus Daniel Splivalo (1840-1911) —
of California.
Born, of Italian and Dalmatian parents, in the South
Pacific Ocean off the coast of Chile, on his father's ship, the
Santa Teresa, May 24,
1840.
Lawyer;
member of California
state assembly 8th District, 1871-73.
Catholic.
Italian
and Dalmatian
ancestry. Member, Freemasons.
Died, of nephritis, in San
Francisco, Calif., December
12, 1911 (age 71 years, 202
days).
Interment at Holy
Cross Cemetery, Colma, Calif.
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William Allen Coy (1835-1912) —
also known as William A. Coy —
of Kansas City, Wyandotte
County, Kan.
Born in Portage
County, Ohio, November
30, 1835.
Son of Allen Coy and Sarah Coy.
Republican. Mayor
of Kansas City, Kan., 1889-91.
Died, of heart
disease and nephritis, in Kansas City, Jackson
County, Mo., March 27,
1912 (age 76 years, 118
days).
Interment at Mt.
Washington Cemetery, Independence, Mo.
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George Mosby Davison (1855-1912) —
also known as George M. Davison —
of Stanford, Lincoln
County, Ky.
Born in Stanford, Lincoln
County, Ky., March 23,
1855.
Son of Edward M. Davison and Martha (Vaughn) Davison.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Kentucky state legislature; U.S.
Representative from Kentucky 8th District, 1897-99; defeated,
1898.
Died, from Bright's disease, in Stanford, Lincoln
County, Ky., December
18, 1912 (age 57 years, 270
days).
Interment at Buffalo
Springs Cemetery, Stanford, Ky.
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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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John J. Delany (1860-1915) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., 1860.
Democrat. Lawyer; New
York City Corporation Counsel, 1904-06; Justice of
New York Supreme Court 1st District, 1911-15; died in office 1915.
Catholic.
Irish
ancestry. Member, Tammany
Hall; Knights
of Columbus.
Died, from uremic poisoning, in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., July 14,
1915 (age about 55
years).
Interment at Calvary
Cemetery, Woodside, Queens, N.Y.
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William Mills Ivins (1851-1915) —
also known as William M. Ivins —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Freehold, Monmouth
County, N.J., April 22,
1851.
Republican. Lawyer;
candidate for mayor
of New York City, N.Y., 1905.
Died, of Bright's disease, in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., July 23,
1915 (age 64 years, 92
days).
Interment at Green-Wood
Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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Louis Cameron Hughes (1842-1915) —
also known as Louis C. Hughes —
of Arizona.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., May 15,
1842.
Democrat. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; lawyer; Arizona
territory attorney general, 1873-74; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Arizona Territory, 1892;
Governor
of Arizona Territory, 1893-96.
Member, Ancient
Order of United Workmen.
Died, from chronic nephritis, in Tucson, Pima
County, Ariz., November
24, 1915 (age 73 years, 193
days).
Interment at Evergreen
Cemetery, Tucson, Ariz.
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Albert Wallace (1854-1916) —
of Rochester, Strafford
County, N.H.
Born in Berwick, York
County, Maine, June 6,
1854.
Son of Ebenezer Gowell Wallace and Sarah Esther (Greenfield) Wallace.
Republican. Shoe
manufacturer; member of New
Hampshire state senate 12th District, 1897-98; member of New
Hampshire state house of representatives, 1898; delegate to
Republican National Convention from New Hampshire, 1900.
Died, of Bright's disease, in Rochester, Strafford
County, N.H., September
28, 1916 (age 62 years, 114
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Frank Noyes Burdick (1839-1917) —
also known as F. N. Burdick —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.; Vermillion, Clay
County, S.Dak.; East Guilford, Guilford, Windham
County, Vt.
Born in Guilford, Windham
County, Vt., September
14, 1839.
Son of Thompson Edwin Burdick (1810-1892) and Elizabeth 'Betsy'
(Noyes) Burdick (1813-1901).
Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; physician;
newspaper
editor; member
Dakota territorial council, 1883-84.
Member, Grand
Army of the Republic.
Died, from arteriosclerosis
and interstitial nephritis, in Guilford, Windham
County, Vt., February
22, 1917 (age 77 years, 161
days).
Interment at Christ
Church Cemetery, Manhasset, Long Island, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of Thompson Edwin Burdick (1810-1892) and Elizabeth 'Betsy' (Noyes)
Burdick (1813-1901); married, September
2, 1862, to Amelia Bowker; married to Nina Davis
(1837-1916). |
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Friend." |
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memorial |
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William Francis Sheehan (1859-1917) —
also known as William F. Sheehan; "Blue-Eyed
Billy" —
of Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y., November
6, 1859.
Democrat. Lawyer; law
partner with Charles
F. Tabor, from 1883, Alton
B. Parker, 1905-12, Edward
W. Hatch, 1905-15, and George
L. Ingraham, 1916-17; member of New York
state assembly from Erie County 1st District, 1885-91; Speaker of
the New York State Assembly, 1891; member of New York
Democratic State Committee, 1889-93; member of Democratic
National Committee from New York, 1891, 1896; Lieutenant
Governor of New York, 1892-94; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from New York, 1892,
1912;
delegate
to New York state constitutional convention 15th District, 1915.
Irish
ancestry.
Died, from kidney disease, in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., March 14,
1917 (age 57 years, 128
days).
Interment at Holy
Cross Cemetery, Buffalo, N.Y.
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Marden Sabin (1840-1917) —
of Centreville, St. Joseph
County, Mich.
Born in Orland, Steuben
County, Ind., January
2, 1840.
Son of Stephen Choate Sabin (1812-1894) and Martha M. (Stocker) Sabin
(1819-1894).
Republican. Physician;
surgeon;
member of Michigan
state senate, 1891-94 (8th District 1891-92, 6th District
1893-94).
Died, from chronic interstitial nephritis, in Battle Creek, Calhoun
County, Mich., April 10,
1917 (age 77 years, 98
days).
Interment somewhere in Centreville, Mich.
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James Joseph Butler (1862-1917) —
also known as James J. Butler —
of St.
Louis, Mo.
Born in St.
Louis, Mo., August
29, 1862.
Son of Edward Butler and Ellen (O'Neill) Butler.
Democrat. Blacksmith;
lawyer;
U.S.
Representative from Missouri 12th District, 1901-03, 1903-05;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Missouri, 1904,
1908.
Died, from acute nephritis and diabetes,
in St.
Louis, Mo., May 31,
1917 (age 54 years, 275
days).
Interment at Calvary
Cemetery, St. Louis, Mo.
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John Worth Kern (1849-1917) —
also known as John W. Kern —
of Kokomo, Howard
County, Ind.; Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind.
Born in Alto, Howard
County, Ind., December
20, 1849.
Son of Dr. Jacob Kern and Nancy (Ligget) Kern.
Democrat. Lawyer;
candidate for Indiana
state house of representatives, 1870; Indiana
reporter of state courts, 1885-89; member of Indiana
state senate, 1893-97; candidate for Governor of
Indiana, 1900, 1904; candidate for Vice
President of the United States, 1908; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Indiana, 1908,
1912
(chair, Platform
and Resolutions Committee; speaker),
1916;
U.S.
Senator from Indiana, 1911-17; defeated, 1916.
Member, American Bar
Association; Knights
of Pythias; Freemasons.
Died of tuberculosis
and uremic poisoning, in Asheville, Buncombe
County, N.C., August
17, 1917 (age 67 years, 240
days).
Original interment at a
private or family graveyard, Botetourt County, Va.; reinterment
in 1929 at Crown
Hill Cemetery, Indianapolis, Ind.
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Ernest Lister (1870-1919) —
of Washington.
Born in Halifax, Yorkshire, England,
June
15, 1870.
Democrat. Real
estate and insurance
business; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Washington 2nd District, 1909; Governor of
Washington, 1913-19; died in office 1919.
Died, from heart and
kidney disease, in Seattle, King
County, Wash., June 14,
1919 (age 48 years, 364
days).
Interment at Tacoma
Cemetery, Tacoma, Wash.
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Theodore Newton Vail (1845-1920) —
also known as Theodore N. Vail —
of Lyndonville, Lyndon, Caledonia
County, Vt.
Born in Minerva, Stark
County, Ohio, July 16,
1845.
Son of Davis Vail and Phebe (Quinby) Vail.
Republican. General superintendent, U.S. Railway Mail Service,
1876-79; president, American Telephone
and Telegraph
Co., 1885-89 and 1907-19; founder of Western Electric and of Bell
Labs; built an electric
railway system in Buenos Aires, Argentina, 1890-1904; farmer;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Vermont, 1916.
Member, Union
League.
Died, from kidney and cardiac
complications, in Johns Hopkins Hospital,
Baltimore,
Md., April 16,
1920 (age 74 years, 275
days).
Interment at Vail
Memorial Cemetery, Parsippany, N.J.
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Edgar Charles Wakefield (1866-1920) —
also known as Edgar C. Wakefield —
of Gardiner, Kennebec
County, Maine.
Born in Gardiner, Kennebec
County, Maine, April 25,
1866.
Son of Charles E. Wakefield (1838-1921) and Louise (Wentworth)
Wakefield (1838-1919).
Lumber
dealer; U.S. Consular Agent in North Bay, 1906-11.
Died, from chronic interstitial nephritis, in Gardiner, Kennebec
County, Maine, May 25,
1920 (age 54 years, 30
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Charles E. Wakefield (1838-1921) and Louise (Wentworth) Wakefield
(1838-1919); married to Flora Beulah Wight; brother of Ernest
Alonzo Wakefield. |
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August Henry Bolte (1854-1920) —
also known as August H. Bolte —
of Franklin
County, Mo.; St.
Louis, Mo.
Born September
23, 1854.
Democrat. Lawyer; Lieutenant
Governor of Missouri, 1897-1901; alternate delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Missouri, 1916.
German
ancestry.
Died, from valvular heart
disease and nephritis, in St.
Louis, Mo., June 24,
1920 (age 65 years, 275
days).
Interment somewhere
in Washington, Mo.
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Charles Henry Salmon (1852-1920) —
also known as Charles H. Salmon —
Born in New Castle
County, Del., February
1, 1852.
Son of Mary (Plummer) Salmon (1817-1902) and John Salmon (1827-1878).
Democrat. Merchant;
alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Delaware,
1908.
Died, from uremic poisoning, in Summit Bridge, New Castle
County, Del., September
30, 1920 (age 68 years, 242
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married, July 11,
1878, to Isabelle Kelty (1857-1937). |
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John Barry Stanchfield (1855-1921) —
also known as John B. Stanchfield —
of Elmira, Chemung
County, N.Y.; New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Elmira, Chemung
County, N.Y., March 30,
1855.
Democrat. Mayor of
Elmira, N.Y., 1886-88; member of New York
state assembly from Chemung County, 1895-96; candidate for Governor of
New York, 1900; candidate for U.S.
Senator from New York, 1901; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from New York, 1904,
1912
(speaker);
delegate
to New York state constitutional convention 13th District, 1915.
Member, Freemasons;
Elks.
Died of kidney failure, in Islip, Suffolk
County, Long Island, N.Y., June 25,
1921 (age 66 years, 87
days).
Interment somewhere
in Elmira, N.Y.
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Archibald Johnson Sampson (1839-1921) —
also known as Archibald J. Sampson; A. J.
Sampson —
of Sedalia, Pettis
County, Mo.; Colorado; Phoenix, Maricopa
County, Ariz.
Born near Cadiz, Harrison
County, Ohio, June 21,
1839.
Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; Colorado
state attorney general, 1877-79; U.S. Minister to Ecuador, 1897-1905.
Member, Grand
Army of the Republic; Freemasons.
Died, from acute nephritis and pneumonia,
in Phoenix, Maricopa
County, Ariz., December
24, 1921 (age 82 years, 186
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Riverside
Cemetery, Denver, Colo.
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Relatives:
Married 1866
to Kate I. Turner (died 1886); married 1891 to Frances
S. Wood. |
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Fred Malthy Warner (1865-1923) —
also known as Fred M. Warner —
of Farmington, Oakland
County, Mich.
Born in Hickling, Nottinghamshire, England,
July
21, 1865.
Son of P.
Dean Warner.
Republican. Member of Michigan
state senate 12th District, 1895-98; secretary of
state of Michigan, 1901-04; Governor of
Michigan, 1905-10.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Knights
of Pythias; Elks; Maccabees.
Died of kidney failure, April 18,
1923 (age 57 years, 271
days).
Interment at Oak
Hill Cemetery, Farmington, Mich.
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Warren Stanford Stone (1860-1925) —
also known as Warren S. Stone —
of Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio.
Born in Ainsworth, Washington
County, Iowa, February
1, 1860.
Progressive. Locomotive
engineer; Grand Chief,
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers, 1903-25; candidate for
Presidential Elector for Ohio, 1924.
Died, of Bright's disease, in a hospital
at Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio, June 12,
1925 (age 65 years, 131
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1884
to Carrie E. Newell. |
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John Cosgrove (1839-1925) —
of Boonville, Cooper
County, Mo.
Born near Alexandria, Jefferson
County, N.Y., September
12, 1839.
Son of James Cosgrove.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Missouri 6th District, 1883-85.
Died, from acute nephritis and influenza,
in Boonville, Cooper
County, Mo., August
15, 1925 (age 85 years, 337
days).
Interment at Walnut
Grove Cemetery, Boonville, Mo.
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Herbert Parsons (1869-1925) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Rye, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., October
28, 1869.
Son of John E. Parsons (c.1830-1915) and Mary D. (McIlvaine) Parsons.
Republican. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from New York 13th District, 1905-11; delegate to
Republican National Convention from New York, 1908,
1912,
1916,
1920;
delegate
to New York state constitutional convention at-large, 1915;
colonel in the U.S. Army during World War I.
Presbyterian
or Episcopalian.
Member, Delta
Kappa Epsilon; Union
League.
Lost control of a motor
bicycle, fell,
suffered a ruptured kidney, and died as a result, in House of
Mercy Hospital,
Pittsfield, Berkshire
County, Mass., September
16, 1925 (age 55 years, 323
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Lenox
Cemetery, Lenox, Mass.
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Samuel Moffett Ralston (1857-1925) —
also known as Samuel M. Ralston —
of Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind.
Born near New Cumberland, Tuscarawas
County, Ohio, December
1, 1857.
Son of John Ralston (born 1811) and Sarah (Scott) Ralston (born
1821).
Democrat. Lawyer;
candidate for Indiana
state senate, 1888; Presidential Elector for Indiana, 1892;
candidate for secretary of
state of Indiana, 1896, 1898; Governor of
Indiana, 1913-17; U.S.
Senator from Indiana, 1923-25; died in office 1925; candidate for
Democratic nomination for President, 1924.
Presbyterian.
Scottish
ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Knights
of Pythias.
Died, from heart and
kidney diseases, near Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind., October
14, 1925 (age 67 years, 317
days).
Interment at Oak
Hill Cemetery, Lebanon, Ind.
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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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Alexander Gilmore Cochran (1846-1928) —
also known as Alexander G. Cochran —
of Pennsylvania; St.
Louis, Mo.
Born in Allegheny (now part of Pittsburgh), Allegheny
County, Pa., March 20,
1846.
Son of John Cochran and Ann (Richardson) Cochran.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 23rd District, 1875-77; delegate
to Democratic National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1876.
Member, Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons.
Died, from pyelo-nephrosis, in St. Luke's Hospital,
St.
Louis, Mo., May 1,
1928 (age 82 years, 42
days).
Interment at Bellefontaine
Cemetery, St. Louis, Mo.
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Charles Benjamin Griffith (1872-1928) —
also known as Charles B. Griffith —
of Fort Scott, Bourbon
County, Kan.
Born in Bourbon
County, Kan., August
28, 1872.
Republican. Lawyer; Bourbon
County Attorney, 1899-1900; member of Kansas
state house of representatives 18th District, 1921-22; Kansas
state attorney general, 1923-27.
Methodist.
Died, from Bright's disease, in Christ's Hospital,
Topeka, Shawnee
County, Kan., June 8,
1928 (age 55 years, 285
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to Eva Burkholder. |
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William Angus Hamilton (1867-1929) —
also known as William A. Hamilton —
of Williamsburg,
Va.
Born in 1867.
Son of William Hamilton and Anne (Fraser) Hamilton.
Republican. Presidential Elector for Virginia, 1928.
Died, of kidney disease, 1929
(age about
62 years).
Interment somewhere
in Williamsburg, Va.
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Relatives: Son
of William Hamilton and Anne (Fraser) Hamilton; married 1897 to Ruby
Plummer (divorced); married 1916 to Emma
Meyers. |
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Wesley Livsey Jones (1863-1932) —
also known as Wesley L. Jones —
of North Yakima, Yakima
County, Wash.; Seattle, King
County, Wash.
Born near Bethany, Moultrie
County, Ill., October
9, 1863.
Son of Wesley Jones and Phoebe (McKay) Jones.
Republican. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Washington at-large, 1899-1909; U.S.
Senator from Washington, 1909-32; died in office 1932.
Died, of heart and
kidney trouble, in Seattle, King
County, Wash., November
19, 1932 (age 69 years, 41
days).
Cremated.
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William Hartman Woodin (1868-1934) —
also known as William H. Woodin; Will
Woodin —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Berwick, Columbia
County, Pa., May 27,
1868.
Son of Clement Woodin.
President, American Car and Foundry Company, manufacturer of railroad
freight cars; music
composer; U.S.
Secretary of the Treasury, 1933.
Presbyterian.
Member, Lions; Union
League.
Died, from a throat
infection and nephritis, in the Manhattan Eye, Ear and
Throat Hospital,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., May 3,
1934 (age 65 years, 341
days).
Entombed at Pine
Grove Cemetery, Berwick, Pa.
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William Jackson Adams (1860-1934) —
also known as William J. Adams —
of Carthage, Moore
County, N.C.
Born in Rockingham, Richmond
County, N.C., January
27, 1860.
Son of Rev. S. D. Adams and Mary (Jackson) Adams.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of North
Carolina state house of representatives, 1893; member of North
Carolina state senate, 1895; superior court judge in North
Carolina, 1908-21; justice of
North Carolina state supreme court, 1927-34; died in office 1934.
Methodist.
Member, American Bar
Association.
Died, from complications of surgery for a kidney ailment, in
the Brady Urological Clinic of Johns Hopkins Hospital,
Baltimore,
Md., May 20,
1934 (age 74 years, 113
days).
Interment somewhere
in Carthage, N.C.
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Relatives:
Married to Florence Wall. |
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Charles Edward Allen (1891-1935) —
also known as Charles E. Allen —
of Maysville, Mason
County, Ky.
Born in Foster, Bracken
County, Ky., April 13,
1891.
Son of Benjamin Beverly Bruce Allen and Florence (Craig) Allen.
School
teacher and principal; railway
clerk; Foreign Service officer; U.S. Consular Agent in Adrianople, 1915-16; U.S. Vice Consul in Constantinople, 1916-17, 1919; Algiers, 1917-18; Nantes, 1918-19; U.S. Consul in Constantinople, 1919-21, 1923-29; Damascus, 1921-23; Istanbul, 1932; Gibraltar, 1934-35, died in office 1935.
Died, from nephritis, in Gibraltar, Gibraltar,
April
8, 1935 (age 43 years, 360
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Abraham Isaac Shiplacoff (1877-1936) —
also known as Abraham I. Shiplacoff —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Province of Chernigov, Russia,
December
25, 1877.
Socialist. Labor union
official; member of New York
state assembly from Kings County 23rd District, 1916-18;
defeated, 1922; delegate to Socialist National Convention from New
York, 1920; candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York, 1926 (10th District), 1928 (10th
District), 1930 (10th District), 1932 (9th District).
Jewish.
Died, of an infection
secondary to kidney stones, in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., February, 1936
(age 58
years, 0 days).
Interment at Mt.
Carmel Cemetery, Glendale, Queens, N.Y.
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James Alexander Barks (1879-1936) —
also known as James A. Barks —
of Cape Girardeau, Cape
Girardeau County, Mo.
Born in Millheim, Perry
County, Mo., August 7,
1879.
Son of Margaret Belinda (Blaylock) Barks (1843-1907) and Joseph Barks
(1851-1928).
School
teacher and principal; lawyer; mayor
of Cape Girardeau, Mo., 1921-29.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons.
Died, from septicemia
and acute nephritis, in Jefferson City, Cole
County, Mo., February
10, 1936 (age 56 years, 187
days).
Interment at Cape
County Memorial Park Cemetery, Cape Girardeau, Mo.
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George Henry Dern (1872-1936) —
also known as George H. Dern —
of Salt Lake City, Salt Lake
County, Utah.
Born in Dodge
County, Neb., September
8, 1872.
Son of John Dern and Elizabeth (Dern) Dern.
Democrat. General Manager of the Mercur Gold Mining and
Milling Company; joint inventor,
with Theodore P. Holt, of the Holt-Dern ore roaster; member of Utah state
senate, 1915-23; Governor of
Utah, 1925-33; U.S.
Secretary of War, 1933-36; died in office 1936; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Utah, 1936.
Congregationalist.
Member, Freemasons.
Died, in a hospital,
of influenza
and kidney failure, August
27, 1936 (age 63 years, 354
days).
Interment at Mt.
Olivet Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Utah.
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William Henry Faxon (1846-1939) —
also known as William H. Faxon —
of Chestertown, Warren
County, N.Y.
Born in Chestertown, Warren
County, N.Y., August
18, 1846.
Son of Charles Henry Faxon and Caroline A. (Smith) Faxon.
Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from
New York, 1916,
1920;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York 29th District, 1922.
Died, probably from pyelonephritis, August
21, 1939 (age 93 years, 3
days).
Interment at Leggett
Cemetery, Chestertown, N.Y.
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Franklin Darius Hale (1854-1940) —
also known as Franklin D. Hale —
of Lewiston, Androscoggin
County, Maine; Lunenburg, Essex
County, Vt.; Lyndon Center, Lyndon, Caledonia
County, Vt.
Born in Barnet, Caledonia
County, Vt., March 7,
1854.
Son of Sprague Taylor Hale and Nancy May (Moulton) Hale.
Republican. Lawyer; Essex
County State's Attorney, 1883-89; member of Vermont
state house of representatives from Lunenburgh, 1884; member of
Vermont
state senate from Essex County, 1886; Vermont
state auditor of accounts, 1892-98; U.S. Consul in Coaticook, 1902-08; Charlottetown, 1908-09; Trinidad, 1909-12; Huddersfield, 1912-17.
Congregationalist.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
of Honor.
Died, from uremia, due to chronic nephritis, in Lyndon
Center, Lyndon, Caledonia
County, Vt., April 21,
1940 (age 86 years, 45
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Sprague Taylor Hale and Nancy May (Moulton) Hale; married, November
2, 1881, to Adeline 'Addie' Silsby; married, November
26, 1907, to Jennie A. Silsby. |
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Herschel Whitfield Arant (1887-1941) —
also known as Herschel W. Arant —
of Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga.; Columbus, Franklin
County, Ohio.
Born in Church Hill, Tallapoosa
County, Ala., July 18,
1887.
Son of William Jackson Arant and Villulia (Akin) Arant.
Democrat. Lawyer; law
professor; Judge of
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit, 1939-41; died in
office 1941.
Methodist.
Member, American Bar
Association; Beta
Theta Pi; Order of the
Coif; Rotary.
Died, from a kidney ailment, in a hospital
at Columbus, Franklin
County, Ohio, January
14, 1941 (age 53 years, 180
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Henry Bruckner (1871-1942) —
of Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y.
Born in Bronx, New York County (now Bronx
County), N.Y., June 17,
1871.
Son of John A. Bruckner and Katharine (Schmidt) Bruckner.
Democrat. President, Bruckner Beverages;
director, Milton Realty
Co.; director, American Metal Cap Co.; member of New York
state assembly from New York County 35th District, 1901; New York
City Commissioner of Public Works, 1902-06; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from New York, 1912
(alternate), 1924,
1932
(alternate); U.S.
Representative from New York 22nd District, 1913-17; resigned
1917; borough
president of Bronx, New York, 1918-33.
Member, Freemasons;
Rotary;
Elks.
In 1932, the Seabury investigating committee, looking into corruption
in New York City, called him to testify about the wealth he had
accumulated; at the conclusion of the investigation, the committee called for
his removal as Borough President. The Bruckner Expressway in the
Bronx is named for
him.
Died, from chronic nephritis, in Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y., April 14,
1942 (age 70 years, 301
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Bronx, N.Y.
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John David Bingham (1884-1942) —
also known as John D. Bingham —
of Alpena, Alpena
County, Mich.
Born in Alpena, Alpena
County, Mich., May 16,
1884.
Son of John Bingham and Elizabeth Mulvena Bingham.
Republican. Superintendent, Michigan Alkali
Company; manager, Huron Port Cement;
director, Peoples State Bank; mayor of
Alpena, Mich., 1930-40.
Congregationalist.
Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; Eagles.
Died, from kidney failure, June 14,
1942 (age 58 years, 29
days).
Interment at Evergreen
Cemetery, Alpena, Mich.
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Dwight H. Brown (1887-1944) —
of Butler
County, Mo.
Born in Benton, Scott
County, Mo., January
12, 1887.
Son of William E. Brown and Anna (Colbert) Brown.
Democrat. Member of Missouri
state senate 21st District, 1925-28; secretary of
state of Missouri, 1933-44; defeated, 1928; died in office 1944.
Died, from acute nephritis, in Brandon Hospital,
Poplar Bluff, Butler
County, Mo., May 8,
1944 (age 57 years, 117
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Poplar Bluff, Mo.
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Alfred Thruston Burgevin (c.1871-1946) —
of Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky.
Born in Spiro, Le Flore
County, Okla., about 1871.
Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Kentucky, 1908;
criminal court judge in Kentucky, 1930.
Died, from uremia, in the Norton Infirmary,
Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky., November
10, 1946 (age about 75
years).
Interment at Cave
Hill Cemetery, Louisville, Ky.
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Lawrence Becker (1869-1947) —
of Montana; Hammond, Lake
County, Ind.; East Chicago, Lake
County, Ind.
Born in Finnentrop, Germany,
August
10, 1869.
Son of Eberhard Becker and Margaret (Alvers) Becker.
Democrat. Lawyer; mayor of
Hammond, Ind., 1904-11; superior court judge in Indiana, 1911-14,
1934-46; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Indiana, 1912
(member, Committee
on Rules and Order of Business).
Member, American
Political Science Association; American
Academy of Political and Social Science; Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows.
Died, following a kidney operation, in St. Catherine's Hospital,
East Chicago, Lake
County, Ind., March 12,
1947 (age 77 years, 214
days).
Interment at Oak
Hill Cemetery, Hammond, Ind.
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Casper G. Garrett (1865-1947) —
also known as C. G. Garrett —
of Columbia, Richland
County, S.C.
Born in Laurens
County, S.C., 1865.
Republican. Lawyer; teacher and
administrator, Allen University; alternate delegate to Republican
National Convention from South Carolina, 1928.
African
Methodist Episcopal. African
ancestry.
Died, from uremia, in Columbia, Richland
County, S.C., November
15, 1947 (age about 82
years).
Interment a
private or family graveyard, Richland County, S.C.
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Frederick Brinsmade Van Kleeck, Jr. (1871-1949) —
also known as Frederick B. Van Kleeck —
of White Plains, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born in White Plains, Westchester
County, N.Y., August
31, 1871.
Son of Frederick B. Van Kleeck and Alice (Penner) Van Kleeck.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; lawyer;
alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York,
1912,
1916.
Died, from renal failure, in Phoenix, Maricopa
County, Ariz., May 4,
1949 (age 77 years, 246
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Harry William Baals (1886-1954) —
also known as Harry W. Baals —
of Fort Wayne, Allen
County, Ind.
Born in Fort Wayne, Allen
County, Ind., November
16, 1886.
Republican. Postmaster;
lumber
business; mayor
of Fort Wayne, Ind., 1934-47, 1951-54; died in office 1954.
Lutheran.
Member, Freemasons;
Elks.
Died, from a kidney infection, in Parkview Memorial Hospital,
Fort Wayne, Allen
County, Ind., May 9,
1954 (age 67 years, 174
days).
Interment at Lindenwood
Cemetery, Fort Wayne, Ind.
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Osmund Fairworth Pool (1874-1955) —
also known as Osmund F. Pool —
of Taylorsville, Alexander
County, N.C.
Born in Alexander
County, N.C., February
24, 1874.
Son of James
Benjamin Pool and Elizabeth (Teague) Pool (1842-1906).
Republican. Dry goods
merchant; school teacher
and principal; hotel
owner; member of North
Carolina state house of representatives, 1925; delegate to
Republican National Convention from North Carolina, 1928;
postmaster.
Died, from nephrosclerosis, in Taylorsville, Alexander
County, N.C., February
25, 1955 (age 81 years, 1
days).
Interment at Taylorsville
Cemetery, Taylorsville, N.C.
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Leo R. Sack (1889-1956) —
of Pennsylvania; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Tupelo, Lee
County, Miss., July 9,
1889.
Son of Isaac Sack and Sarah Lee (Romansky) Sack.
Democrat. Major in the U.S. Army during World War I; newspaper
reporter; newspaper
editor; U.S. Minister to Costa Rica, 1933-37; public
relations business.
Jewish.
Member, Freemasons.
Died, of a kidney ailment, in Cedars of Lebanon Hospital,
Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., April 15,
1956 (age 66 years, 281
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Louis Burt Mayer (1884-1957) —
also known as Louis B. Mayer; Lazar Meir —
of Haverhill, Essex
County, Mass.; Santa Monica, Los Angeles
County, Calif.
Born in Dymer, Russia (now Ukraine),
July
12, 1884.
Son of Jacob Mayer and Sarah (Meltzer) Mayer.
Republican. Owned movie
theaters in New England; moved into the movie
production business starting in 1916; head of the
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) movie
studio, 1924-51; delegate to Republican National Convention from
California, 1928,
1932;
vice-chair
of California Republican Party, 1931-32; California
Republican state chair, 1932-33.
Jewish.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners.
Died, of leukemia
and a kidney infection, in Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., October
29, 1957 (age 73 years, 109
days).
Entombed in mausoleum at Home
of Peace Cemetery, Los Angeles, Calif.
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Relatives: Son
of Jacob Mayer and Sarah (Meltzer) Mayer; married, June 14,
1903, to Margaret Shenberg (divorced 1944) and Margaret
Shenberg (1883-1955); married, December
4, 1948, to Lorena L. Danker; father of Irene Gladys Mayer
(1907-1990; who married David
Oliver Selznick) and Edith 'Edie' Mayer (who married William
Goetz). See Mayer
family of California. |
| | | Cross-reference: Dore
Schary |
| | | See also Wikipedia
article — Internet Movie Database
profile |
| | | Books about Louis B. Mayer: Charles
Higham, Merchant
of Dreams: Louis B. Mayer, MGM, and the Secret
Hollywood — Gary Carey, All
the stars in heaven : Louis B. Mayer's MGM — Diana
Altman, Hollywood
East: Louis B. Mayer and the Origins of the Studio
System — Charles Higham, The
Merchant of Dreams: A Biography of Louis B. Mayer |
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John H. Muyskens (1887-1957) —
of Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich.
Born in Orange City, Sioux
County, Iowa, September
3, 1887.
Son of Henry H. Muyskens and Tietje (Cupido) Muyskens.
Democrat. University
professor; candidate in primary for mayor
of Ann Arbor, Mich., 1935; candidate in primary for U.S.
Senator from Michigan, 1936.
Died, from uremia, in St. Joseph Mercy Hospital,
Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich., December
10, 1957 (age 70 years, 98
days).
Cremated.
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Relatives:
Married to Mary G. Groen. |
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David Leigh Colvin (1880-1959) —
also known as D. Leigh Colvin —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Evanston, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in South Charleston, Clark
County, Ohio, January
28, 1880.
Son of David Taylor Colvin and Maria (Larkin) Colvin.
Candidate for U.S.
Senator from New York, 1916 (Prohibition), 1932 (Law
Preservation); Prohibition candidate for mayor
of New York City, N.Y., 1917; Prohibition candidate for Vice
President of the United States, 1920; Prohibition candidate for
U.S.
Representative from New York 11th District, 1922; Chairman of
Prohibition National Committee, 1926-32; Prohibition candidate for President
of the United States, 1936.
Methodist.
Member, Alpha
Tau Omega.
Died, from uremia, in Lawrence Hospital,
Bronxville, Westchester
County, N.Y., September
7, 1959 (age 79 years, 222
days).
Interment at Summit
Lawn Cemetery, Westfield, Ind.
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Edgar Willard Hiestand (1888-1970) —
also known as Edgar W. Hiestand —
of Altadena, Los Angeles
County, Calif.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., December
3, 1888.
Republican. U.S.
Representative from California 21st District, 1953-63; defeated,
1962; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from
California, 1960.
Member, Sons of
the American Revolution; Rotary; John
Birch Society.
Died, of a kidney infection and pneumonia,
at Huntington Memorial Hospital,
Pasadena, Los Angeles
County, Calif., August
19, 1970 (age 81 years, 259
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at San
Gabriel Cemetery, San Gabriel, Calif.
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Robert W. Mattson (1924-1982) —
of Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn.; Bloomington, Hennepin
County, Minn.
Born in a hospital
at Virginia, St. Louis
County, Minn., August
26, 1924.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; Minnesota
state attorney general, 1964-67.
Lutheran.
Finnish
ancestry. Member, Disabled
American Veterans.
Died, of kidney failure, in St. Mary's Hospital,
Rochester, Olmsted
County, Minn., March 14,
1982 (age 57 years, 200
days).
Interment somewhere
in Naples, Fla.
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Hugh J. Gallen (1924-1982) —
of Littleton, Grafton
County, N.H.
Born July 30,
1924.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from New
Hampshire, 1972,
1980;
member of Democratic
National Committee from New Hampshire, 1973; Governor of
New Hampshire, 1979-82.
Died of kidney and liver
failure at Brigham and Women's Hospital,
Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., December
29, 1982 (age 58 years, 152
days).
Interment at Glenwood
Cemetery, Littleton, N.H.
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Franklin Page (1890-1987) —
of North Dakota.
Born in Hamilton, Pembina
County, N.Dak., March 1,
1890.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; member of North
Dakota state house of representatives, 1935-39; member of North
Dakota state senate, 1941-57.
Methodist.
Died of kidney failure, at Cavalier, Pembina
County, N.Dak., November
17, 1987 (age 97 years, 261
days).
Interment at Hamilton
Cemetery, Hamilton, N.Dak.
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George Copeland Hawkins, Jr. (1918-1991) —
also known as George C. Hawkins, Jr. —
of Gadsden, Etowah
County, Ala.
Born in Elora, Lincoln
County, Tenn., December
4, 1918.
Democrat. Lawyer;
alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Alabama, 1948;
member of Alabama
state house of representatives; elected 1950, 1954; candidate in
primary for Governor of
Alabama, 1958; member of Alabama
state senate; elected 1962; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Alabama, 1964.
Methodist.
Member, Association
of Trial Lawyers of America; American Bar
Association.
Died, of kidney failure, August 9,
1991 (age 72 years, 248
days).
Interment at Forrest
Cemetery, Gadsden, Ala.
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Garret G. Ackerson, Jr. (1904-1992) —
of Hackensack, Bergen
County, N.J.; Lexington, Middlesex
County, Mass.
Born in Hackensack, Bergen
County, N.J., May 13,
1904.
Foreign Service officer; U.S. Vice Consul in Cape Town, 1928-29; U.S. Consul in Havana, 1943.
Died, from kidney failure and Parkinson's
disease, in Lexington, Middlesex
County, Mass., September
15, 1992 (age 88 years, 125
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to Rhodita Ellen Edwards and Suzanne Addor. |
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Meade Henry Esposito (1909-1993) —
also known as Meade H. Esposito; Amadeo Henry
Esposito —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., December
28, 1909.
Son of Felicia Esposito.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York,
1964;
vice-president, Lafayette National Bank, 1965;
insurance
broker; leader of
Kings County Democratic Party, 1969-83.
Catholic.
Italian
ancestry. Member, NAACP.
Indicted
in 1987 on federal charges
that he had given bribes
to U.S. Rep. Mario
Biaggi in in return for influence
on federal contracts for a Brooklyn ship-repair
company; convicted
on September 22, 1987 of giving an illegal
gratuity; fined
$500,000; indicted
in 1988 on bribery
and tax
charges,
but the case was dismissed due to his age and poor health.
Died, from renal failure caused by a heart
attack, while suffering from lung
cancer and bladder
cancer, in North Shore University Hospital,
Manhasset, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y., September
3, 1993 (age 83 years, 249
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to Anne De Cunzo. |
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Frank Vaughan Plummer (1918-1993) —
of Pennsylvania.
Born in Malden, Middlesex
County, Mass., November
23, 1918.
Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; district judge in
Pennsylvania, 1966-81.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons.
Died, of renal failure and other complications, in Downeast
Community Hospital,
Machias, Washington
County, Maine, November
5, 1993 (age 74 years, 347
days).
Interment at Blossom
Hill Cemetery, Concord, N.H.
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Angelo C. Petromelis (c.1928-1994) —
of College Point, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., about 1928.
Democrat.
Greek
ancestry.
Chairman of New York State Crime Victims Board.
Died, of kidney failure caused by a blood
disorder, in North Shore Hospital,
Manhasset, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y., September
25, 1994 (age about 66
years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Angelo Del Toro (c.1947-1994) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., about 1947.
Democrat. Member of New York
state assembly, 1975-94 (72nd District 1975-82, 68th District
1983-94); died in office 1994; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from New York, 1980,
1984,
1988.
Hispanic
ancestry.
Died, of a heart
attack during kidney dialysis, at Beth Israel Hospital,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., December
30, 1994 (age about 47
years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Arthur Sherwood Flemming (1905-1996) —
also known as Arthur S. Flemming —
of Kingston, Ulster
County, N.Y.; Washington,
D.C.; Eugene, Lane
County, Ore.
Born in Kingston, Ulster
County, N.Y., June 12,
1905.
Republican. Member, U.S.
Civil Service Commission, 1939-48; president,
Ohio-Wesleyan University, 1948-53; U.S.
Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare, 1958-61; president,
University of Oregon, 1961-68; president,
Macalester College, 1968-71.
Methodist.
Received the Medal
of Freedom in 1994.
Died of acute renal failure, at a retirement
home in Alexandria,
Va., September
7, 1996 (age 91 years, 87
days).
Interment at Montrepose
Cemetery, Kingston, N.Y.
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Coya Gjesdal Knutson (1912-1996) —
also known as Coya Knutson; Cornelia Geneive
Gjesdal —
of Oklee, Red Lake
County, Minn.
Born in Edmore, Ramsey
County, N.Dak., August
22, 1912.
Daughter of Christian Gjesdal and Christine (Anderson) Gjesdal.
Democrat. School
teacher; member of Minnesota
state house of representatives, 1951-54; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Minnesota, 1952,
1956;
U.S.
Representative from Minnesota 9th District, 1955-59.
Female.
Died of kidney failure at nursing
home in Edina, Hennepin
County, Minn., October
10, 1996 (age 84 years, 49
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Leonard Ray Blanton (1930-1996) —
also known as Ray Blanton —
of Adamsville, McNairy
County, Tenn.
Born in Hardin
County, Tenn., April 10,
1930.
Democrat. Member of Tennessee
state house of representatives, 1964-66; U.S.
Representative from Tennessee 7th District, 1967-73; defeated in
primary, 1988; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Tennessee, 1972; Governor of
Tennessee, 1975-79.
Methodist.
Member, Lions; Moose; Shriners;
Freemasons.
Ousted
as Governor amid charges of selling
pardons; later convicted
of conspiracy to sell
liquor licenses and served 23 months in prison.
Died, of kidney disease, at Jackson-Madison County Hospital,
Jackson, Madison
County, Tenn., November
22, 1996 (age 66 years, 226
days).
Interment at Shiloh
Church Cemetery, Shiloh, Tenn.
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Sidney Myer Aronovitz (1920-1997) —
also known as Sidney M. Aronovitz —
of Florida.
Born in Key West, Monroe
County, Fla., June 20,
1920.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; lawyer; U.S.
District Judge for the Southern District of Florida, 1976-88;
took senior status 1988.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Judicature Society.
Died of a kidney ailment, in Miami, Miami-Dade
County, Fla., January
8, 1997 (age 76 years, 202
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Patrick Layton Paulsen (1927-1997) —
also known as Pat Paulsen —
Born in South Bend, Pacific
County, Wash., July 6,
1927.
Actor;
comedian;
candidate for Republican nomination for President, 1972,
1976;
candidate for Democratic nomination for President, 1996.
Ill with colon
and brain
cancer, he died of complications from pneumonia
and kidney failure, in Tijuana, Baja
California, April 24,
1997 (age 69 years, 292
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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James Pasma (c.1933-1999) —
also known as Jim Pasma; "Mr.
Democrat" —
of Havre, Hill
County, Mont.
Born about 1933.
Democrat. Presidential Elector for Montana, 1992.
Died, of kidney disease, in Havre, Hill
County, Mont., November
2, 1999 (age about 66
years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Anthony Imperiale (1931-1999) —
of Newark, Essex
County, N.J.
Born in 1931.
Organized citizen patrols during the Newark riots of July 1967, which
brought him national fame as a "vigilante leader"; candidate for mayor of
Newark, N.J., 1970, 1974; member of New
Jersey state house of assembly, 1972-74, 1980-82; member of New Jersey
state senate 30th District, 1976; defeated, 1977; delegate to
Republican National Convention from New Jersey, 1980;
candidate in Republican primary for Governor of
New Jersey, 1981; People's Choice candidate for U.S.
Representative from New Jersey 10th District, 1988.
Died, from complications of kidney failure, in Livingston, Essex
County, N.J., December
26, 1999 (age about 68
years).
Interment at Holy
Cross Cemetery, North Arlington, N.J.
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J. Woodrow Lewis (c.1912-1999) —
Born about 1912.
Justice
of South Carolina state supreme court, 1964-84; chief
justice of South Carolina state supreme court, 1975-84.
Died, from heart and
kidney failure, in Darlington, Darlington
County, S.C., December
26, 1999 (age about 87
years).
Burial
location unknown.
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John Orlando Pastore (1907-2000) —
also known as John O. Pastore —
of Providence, Providence
County, R.I.; Cranston, Providence
County, R.I.
Born in Providence, Providence
County, R.I., March 17,
1907.
Son of Michele Pastore and Erminia (Asprinio) Pastore.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Rhode
Island state house of representatives, 1935-37; Lieutenant
Governor of Rhode Island, 1945; Governor of
Rhode Island, 1945-50; resigned 1950; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Rhode Island, 1948
(chair, Committee
on Permanent Organization), 1952,
1960,
1964
(Temporary
Chair); U.S.
Senator from Rhode Island, 1950-76.
Italian
ancestry.
Died, of kidney failure and Parkinson's
disease, in Scalabrini Villa nursing
home, North Kingstown, Washington
County, R.I., July 15,
2000 (age 93 years, 120
days).
Interment at St.
Ann's Cemetery, Cranston, R.I.
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Carl Thomas Rowan (1925-2000) —
also known as Carl T. Rowan —
of Washington,
D.C.
Born in Ravenscroft, White
County, Tenn., August
11, 1925.
Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; U.S. Ambassador to Finland, 1963-64.
African
ancestry. Member, Americans
for Democratic Action.
Widely syndicated newspaper
columnist,
author,
biographer,
television
and radio
commentator, founder of the Project Excellence scholarship program.
In 1988, he shot
and wounded an intruder in his backyard in Washington, D.C.; he
was arrested,
charged
with a weapons
violation, and tried;
the jury was unable to reach a verdict, and a mistrial was declared.
Died, of heart and
kidney ailments and diabetes,
at the Washington Hospital
Center, Washington,
D.C., September
23, 2000 (age 75 years, 43
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Sidney Richard Yates (1909-2000) —
also known as Sidney R. Yates —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., August
27, 1909.
Democrat. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; U.S.
Representative from Illinois 9th District, 1949-63, 1965-99;
candidate for U.S.
Senator from Illinois, 1962; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Illinois, 1964,
1996.
Jewish.
Member, Council on
Foreign Relations; American Bar
Association.
Died, of kidney failure and complications of pneumonia,
in Sibley Hospital,
Washington,
D.C., October
5, 2000 (age 91 years, 39
days).
Interment at Memorial
Park Cemetery, Skokie, Ill.
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William Hanes Ayres (1916-2000) —
also known as William H. Ayres —
of Akron, Summit
County, Ohio.
Born in Eagle Rock, Botetourt
County, Va., February
5, 1916.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 14th District, 1951-71.
Methodist.
Member, American
Legion; Amvets; Eagles; Moose.
Died, of heart and
kidney ailments, at Vantage House retirement
home, Columbia, Howard
County, Md., December
27, 2000 (age 84 years, 326
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Donald Stuart Smith (c.1929-2002) —
also known as Donald Smith —
of District of Columbia.
Born in New York, about 1929.
Lawyer;
superior court judge in District of Columbia, 1972-87.
Member, American
Legion.
Died, of kidney failure, at Sibley Memorial Hospital,
Washington,
D.C., April 9,
2002 (age about 73
years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Charles Ernest Chamberlain (1917-2002) —
also known as Charles E. Chamberlain; "The Automobile
Horn of Congress" —
of East Lansing, Ingham
County, Mich.
Born in Locke Township, Ingham
County, Mich., July 22,
1917.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Michigan 6th District, 1957-75.
Member, American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Sons of
the American Revolution; Kiwanis;
Society
of the Cincinnati.
Died, of renal failure and congestive
heart failure, in Leesburg, Loudoun
County, Va., November
25, 2002 (age 85 years, 126
days).
Interment at Evergreen
Cemetery, Lansing, Mich.
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Fontaine Maury Maverick, Jr. (1921-2003) —
also known as Maury Maverick, Jr. —
of Texas.
Born in San Antonio, Bexar
County, Tex., January
3, 1921.
Son of Fontaine
Maury Maverick and Terrell Louise (Dobbs) Maverick (1901-1994).
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II; lawyer;
member of Texas
state house of representatives, 1950-56; candidate in primary for
U.S.
Senator from Texas, 1961; columnist for the San Antonio
Express-News.
Died, from kidney failure after surgery, in San Antonio, Bexar
County, Tex., January
28, 2003 (age 82 years, 25
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Bertram L. Podell (1925-2005) —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, 1925.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly, 1955-67 (Kings County 21st District 1955-65, 53rd
District 1966, 44th District 1967); U.S.
Representative from New York 13th District, 1968-75; charged
in 1974 with conspiracy, the solicitation
and acceptance
of bribes, criminal conflict
of interest, and perjury;
on the tenth day of his trial, he
pleaded
guilty to conspiracy and conflict
of interest; sentenced
to six months in prison;
the prosecutor was Rudolph
W. Giuliani.
Jewish.
Died, of kidney failure, at Lenox Hill Hospital,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., August
17, 2005 (age about 80
years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Caspar Willard Weinberger (1917-2006) —
also known as Caspar W. Weinberger; Cap Weinberger;
"Cap the Knife" —
of San
Francisco, Calif.; Hillsborough, San Mateo
County, Calif.
Born in San
Francisco, Calif., August
18, 1917.
Son of Herman Weinberger.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; member of California
state assembly, 1953-56; delegate to Republican National
Convention from California, 1956
(alternate), 1960
(member, Committee
on Rules and Order of Business); California
Republican state chair, 1964; member, Federal Trade
Commission, 1969-70; chair, Federal Trade
Commission, 1970; chair, Federal Trade Commission; director, U.S.
Office of Management and Budget; U.S.
Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare, 1973-75; U.S.
Secretary of Defense, 1981-87.
Episcopalian.
Jewish
ancestry. Member, Phi
Beta Kappa.
Received the Presidential
Medal of Freedom in 1987. To forestall any prosecution
for alleged misdeeds in connection with the Iran-Contra affair, he
was pardoned
by President George
Bush in 1992.
Died, of kidney ailments and pneumonia,
in Eastern Maine Medical
Center, Bangor, Penobscot
County, Maine, March 28,
2006 (age 88 years, 222
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Norman Kingsley Mailer (1923-2007) —
also known as Norman Mailer —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Long Branch, Monmouth
County, N.J., January
31, 1923.
Son of Isaac Barnett 'Barney' Mailer and Fanny (Schneider) Mailer.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; novelist,
essayist,
magazine
editor, Hollywood
screenwriter,
director,
and actor;
among the founders of the Village Voice newspaper
in New York City, 1954-55; arrested
and jailed in
1967 in connection with an antiwar
protest; candidate for mayor
of New York City, N.Y., 1969.
Jewish
ancestry.
Won the Pulitzer
Prize for nonfiction in 1969 and for fiction in 1980.
Died, from acute renal failure, in Mount Sinai Hospital,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., November
10, 2007 (age 84 years, 283
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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John Logan Cashin, Jr. (1928-2011) —
also known as John L. Cashin, Jr. —
of Huntsville, Madison
County, Ala.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Huntsville, Madison
County, Ala., April 16,
1928.
Dentist;
candidate for mayor
of Huntsville, Ala., 1964; National Democratic candidate for Governor of
Alabama, 1970.
African
ancestry.
Convicted
of theft and
perjury
in 1982; served 17 months in federal
prison.
Died, of renal failure and pneumonia,
in Specialty Hospital
of Washington-Hadley, Washington,
D.C., March 21,
2011 (age 82 years, 339
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Jack Kevorkian (1928-2011) —
also known as "Dr. Death" —
Born in Pontiac, Oakland
County, Mich., May 26,
1928.
Son of Levon Kevorkian.
Physician;
euthanasia advocate whose campaign of assisted
suicides of terminally ill patients in 1989-99 brought him
national publicity; his medical license was revoked
in 1990; he faced numerous murder
charges
starting in 1993; acquitted by juries several times; convicted
in 1999 and sentenced
to 10 to 25 years in prison;
released in 2007; Independent candidate for U.S.
Representative from Michigan 9th District, 2008.
Atheist.
Armenian
ancestry.
Died, from kidney and heart
problems, in Beaumont Hospital,
Royal Oak, Oakland
County, Mich., June 3,
2011 (age 83 years, 8
days).
Interment at White
Chapel Memorial Cemetery, Troy, Mich.
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