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Philip Livingston (1716-1778) —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Albany, Albany
County, N.Y., January
15, 1716.
Son of Philip Livingston (1686-1749) and Catrina (Van Brugh)
Livingston (1689-1756).
Member of New York
colonial assembly, 1769, 1776; Delegate
to Continental Congress from New York, 1775-78; died in office
1778; signer,
Declaration of Independence, 1776; member of New York
state senate Southern District, 1777-78; died in office 1778.
Presbyterian.
Died while attending the sixth session of the Continental
Congress in York, York
County, Pa., June 12,
1778 (age 62 years, 148
days).
Entombed at Prospect
Hill Cemetery, York, Pa.
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Relatives:
Grandson of Robert
Livingston the Elder and Pieter
Van Brugh; nephew of John
Livingston, Robert
Livingston (1688-1775) and Gilbert
Livingston; son of Philip Livingston (1686-1749) and Catrina (Van
Brugh) Livingston (1689-1756); brother of Robert
Livingston (1708-1790), Peter
Van Brugh Livingston and William
Livingston; married, April 14,
1740, to Christina Ten Broeck (1718-1801); first cousin of Robert
R. Livingston (1718-1775); uncle by marriage (3) of James
Duane; uncle of Peter
R. Livingston, Walter
Livingston, Sarah Livingston (who married John
Jay), Susannah Livingston (who married John
Cleves Symmes), Susan Livingston (who married John
Kean), Catherine Livingston (who married Nicholas
Bayard) and Henry
Brockholst Livingston; first cousin once removed of Robert
R. Livingston (1746-1813) and Edward
Livingston; uncle by marriage (1) of William
Duer; grandfather of Stephen
Van Rensselaer, Rensselaer
Westerlo and Edward
Philip Livingston; granduncle of Henry
Walter Livingston; ancestor of Robert
Livingston Beeckman; fourth great-grandfather of John
Eliot Thayer, Jr.. See Livingston-Seymour-Lee-Williams
family of New York. |
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Samuel Hardy (c.1758-1785) —
of Virginia.
Born in Isle of
Wight County, Va., about 1758.
Member of Virginia state legislature, 1778; Lieutenant
Governor of Virginia, 1782; Delegate
to Continental Congress from Virginia, 1783-85; died in office
1785.
Died while attending the Continental Congress in Philadelphia,
Philadelphia
County, Pa., October
17, 1785 (age about 27
years).
Interment at Christ
Church Burial Ground, Philadelphia, Pa.
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Samuel John Atlee (1739-1786) —
of Pennsylvania.
Born in Trenton, Mercer
County, N.J., 1739.
Delegate
to Continental Congress from Pennsylvania, 1778; member of
Pennsylvania state legislature, 1782.
Died at a session of the Pennsylvania Assembly at
Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., November
25, 1786 (age about 47
years).
Interment at Christ
Church Burial Ground, Philadelphia, Pa.
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Abner Nash (1740-1786) —
of Craven
County, N.C.
Born near Farmville, Prince
Edward County, Va., August 8,
1740.
Lawyer;
member of Virginia
House of Burgesses, 1761-65; member of North
Carolina house of commons, 1777-78; member of North
Carolina state senate, 1779-80; Governor of
North Carolina, 1780-81; member of North Carolina state
legislature, 1782; Delegate
to Continental Congress from North Carolina, 1782-86; died in
office 1786.
Died while attending a session of the Continental Congress, in
New York, New York
County, N.Y., December
2, 1786 (age 46 years, 116
days).
Original interment at St.
Paul's Churchyard, Manhattan, N.Y.; reinterment at Pembroke
Plantation Cemetery, New Bern, N.C.
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Benjamin Andrew (1730-1790) —
of Georgia.
Born in Dorchester, Charleston District (now Dorchester
County), S.C., 1730.
Delegate
to Continental Congress from Georgia, 1780.
Died on the floor of the Georgia House of Representatives, in
the then state
capitol building, Augusta, Richmond
County, Ga., December
16, 1790 (age about 60
years).
Burial
location unknown.
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John Caldwell (1757-1804) —
of Kentucky.
Born in Prince
Edward County, Va., 1757.
Member of Kentucky
state senate, 1792; Lieutenant
Governor of Kentucky, 1804; died in office 1804.
Died, of an "inflammation of the brain" (probably a stroke),
while presiding over the Kentucky State Senate, at the then state
capitol building, Frankfort, Franklin
County, Ky., 1804
(age about
47 years).
Interment at Frankfort
Cemetery, Frankfort, Ky.
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Thomas Tyler Bouldin (1781-1834) —
of Virginia.
Born near Charlotte Court House, Charlotte
County, Va., 1781.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from Virginia, 1829-33, 1833-34 (5th District
1829-33, 8th District 1833-34); died in office 1834.
Died while addressing the House of Representatives in the U.S.
Capitol Building, Washington,
D.C., February
11, 1834 (age about 52
years).
Interment in private or family graveyard; cenotaph at Congressional
Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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John Quincy Adams (1767-1848) —
also known as "Old Man Eloquent"; "The
Accidental President"; "The Massachusetts
Madman" —
of Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.; Quincy, Norfolk
County, Mass.
Born in Braintree (part now in Quincy), Norfolk
County, Mass., July 11,
1767.
Son of John
Adams and Abigail (Smith) Adams (1744-1818).
Lawyer;
U.S. Minister to Netherlands, 1794-97; Prussia, 1797-1801; Russia, 1809-14; Great Britain, 1815-17; member of Massachusetts
state senate, 1802; U.S.
Senator from Massachusetts, 1803-08; resigned 1808; U.S.
Secretary of State, 1817-25; President
of the United States, 1825-29; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts, 1831-48 (11th District
1831-33, 12th District 1833-43, 8th District 1843-48); died in office
1848; candidate for Governor of
Massachusetts, 1834.
Unitarian.
English
ancestry. Member, American
Academy of Arts and Sciences.
Elected to the Hall
of Fame for Great Americans in 1905.
Suffered a stroke
while speaking on the floor of the U.S. House of
Representatives, February 21, 1848, and died two days later in
the Speaker's office,
U.S. Capitol
Building, Washington,
D.C., February
23, 1848 (age 80 years, 227
days).
Original interment at Hancock
Cemetery, Quincy, Mass.; reinterment at United
First Parish Church, Quincy, Mass.; cenotaph at Congressional
Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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John C. Bell (c.1831-1860) —
of El
Dorado County, Calif.
Born about 1831.
Member of California
state assembly 18th District, 1860; died in office 1860.
During an argument just outside the Assembly session in the California
State Capitol, was shot and
stabbed
by Dr. W. H. Stone, mortally
wounded, and died four days later, in Sacramento, Sacramento
County, Calif., April 15,
1860 (age about 29
years).
Interment at City
Cemetery, Sacramento, Calif.
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Muscoe Russell Hunter Garnett (1821-1864) —
of Virginia.
Born in Essex
County, Va., July 25,
1821.
Democrat. Delegate to
Virginia state constitutional convention, 1850-51; member of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1853-57; U.S.
Representative from Virginia 1st District, 1856-61; Representative
from Virginia in the Confederate Congress, 1862-64; died in
office 1864.
Contracted typhoid
fever while attending the Confederate Congress, in the
Virginia State
Capitol, Richmond, Va., and died at his home in Essex
County, Va., February
14, 1864 (age 42 years, 204
days).
Interment a
private or family graveyard, Essex County, Va.
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Jeremiah Weldon South (1805-1880) —
also known as Jere South; "The Father of Breathitt
County" —
of Owsley
County, Ky.
Born in Madison
County, Ky., July 10,
1805.
Son of Samuel
South.
Member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1840; member of Kentucky
state senate, 1843-47.
Died on the floor of the Kentucky State Senate, old State
Capitol Building, Frankfort, Franklin
County, Ky., April 15,
1880 (age 74 years, 280
days).
Interment at Frankfort
Cemetery, Frankfort, Ky.
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Leonidas Johnson Rountree (1868-1923) —
also known as Lee J. Rountree —
of Texas.
Born in Dripping Springs, Hays
County, Tex., July 15,
1868.
Newspaper
publisher; member of Texas
state house of representatives, 1921-23; died in office 1923.
Died of a stroke,
after giving a passionate speech in the House of
Representatives, in the Texas Capitol,
Austin, Travis
County, Tex., May 2,
1923 (age 54 years, 291
days).
Interment at Bryan
City Cemetery, Bryan, Tex.
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Edward Everett Eslick (1872-1932) —
also known as Edward E. Eslick —
of Pulaski, Giles
County, Tenn.
Born near Pulaski, Giles
County, Tenn., April 19,
1872.
Son of Merritt Eslick and Martha Virginia (Abernathy) Eslick.
Democrat. Lawyer;
alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Tennessee,
1916;
U.S.
Representative from Tennessee 7th District, 1925-32; died in
office 1932.
Died suddenly while addressing the U.S. House of
Representatives, in the U.S. Capitol
Building, Washington,
D.C., June 14,
1932 (age 60 years, 56
days).
Interment at Maplewood
Cemetery, Pulaski, Tenn.
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Morris Michael Edelstein (1888-1941) —
also known as M. Michael Edelstein —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Poland,
February
5, 1888.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from New York 14th District, 1940-41; died in
office 1941.
Jewish.
Completed delivery of a speech on the floor of the U.S. House of
Representatives, and then died nearby in the House cloakroom, in
the U.S.
Capitol Building, Washington,
D.C., June 4,
1941 (age 53 years, 119
days).
Interment at Mt.
Zion Cemetery, Maspeth, Queens, N.Y.
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Russell Vernon Mack (1891-1960) —
also known as Russell V. Mack —
of Hoquiam, Grays
Harbor County, Wash.
Born in Hillman, Montmorency
County, Mich., June 13,
1891.
Son of Cornelius W. Mack and Lucy (Deacon) Mack.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; newspaper
publisher; U.S.
Representative from Washington 3rd District, 1947-60; died in
office 1960.
Episcopalian.
Member, American
Legion; Elks.
Died suddenly, from a coronary
occlusion, on the floor of the U.S. House of
Representatives, in the U.S.
Capitol Building, Washington,
D.C., March 28,
1960 (age 68 years, 289
days).
Interment at Fern
Hill Cemetery, Aberdeen, Wash.
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William B. Hoyt (c.1938-1992) —
also known as Bill Hoyt —
of Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y.
Born about 1938.
Democrat. School
teacher; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New
York, 1972;
member of New York
state assembly 144th District, 1975-92; died in office 1992;
candidate for mayor of
Buffalo, N.Y., 1989.
Suffered a heart
attack and collapsed, during an Assembly session, in the
State
Capitol Building, and died soon after in the Albany Medical
Center, Albany, Albany
County, N.Y., March 25,
1992 (age about 54
years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Married to Susan Curran. |
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