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William Charles Cole Claiborne (1775-1817) —
also known as William C. C. Claiborne —
of New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La.
Born in Sussex
County, Va., 1775.
Son of William Claiborne and Mary (Leigh) Claiborne.
Lawyer;
delegate
to Tennessee state constitutional convention, 1796; state court
judge in Tennessee, 1796; U.S.
Representative from Tennessee at-large, 1797-1801; Governor of
Mississippi Territory, 1801-04; Governor of
Orleans Territory, 1804-12; Governor of
Louisiana, 1812-16; U.S.
Senator from Louisiana, 1817; died in office 1817.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons.
Fought a duel
with Daniel Clark on June 8, 1807; he was wounded in the thigh.
Died of a liver ailment, in New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La., November
23, 1817 (age about 42
years).
Originally entombed at St.
Louis Cemetery No. 1, New Orleans, La.; re-entombed in 1872 at Metairie
Cemetery, New Orleans, La.
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Henry Schuyler Thibodeaux (1769-1827) —
of Louisiana.
Born in Albany, Albany
County, N.Y., January
1, 1769.
Member of Louisiana
state senate, 1812-24; Governor of
Louisiana, 1824.
Catholic.
Died, of an abscessed liver, near Bayou Terrebonne, Terrebonne
Parish, La., October
24, 1827 (age 58 years, 296
days).
Entombed at Halfway
Cemetery, Houma, La.
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John Cabell Breckinridge (1821-1875) —
also known as John C. Breckinridge —
of Lexington, Fayette
County, Ky.
Born near Lexington, Fayette
County, Ky., January
21, 1821.
Son of Joseph
Cabell Breckinridge and Mary Clay (Smith) Breckinridge.
Lawyer;
major in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War; member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1849-51; U.S.
Representative from Kentucky 8th District, 1851-55; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Kentucky, 1856;
Vice
President of the United States, 1857-61; Southern Democratic
candidate for President
of the United States, 1860; U.S.
Senator from Kentucky, 1861; general in the Confederate Army
during the Civil War; Confederate
Secretary of War, 1865.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons.
Expelled
from the U.S. Senate on December 4, 1861 for his participation in the
Confederate
military. Fled
to Cuba at the end of the war, and lived in England and Canada until
1869.
Died, from lung disease
and liver cirrhosis, in Lexington, Fayette
County, Ky., May 17,
1875 (age 54 years, 116
days).
Interment at Lexington
Cemetery, Lexington, Ky.
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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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Thomas Joseph Bradley (1870-1901) —
also known as Thomas J. Bradley —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., January
2, 1870.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from New York 9th District, 1897-1901.
Member, Tammany
Hall.
Died, from cirrhosis of the liver, in St. Vincent's Hospital,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., April 1,
1901 (age 31 years, 89
days).
Interment at Calvary
Cemetery, Woodside, Queens, N.Y.
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Frederic René Coudert (1832-1903) —
also known as Frederic R. Coudert —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., March 1,
1832.
Son of Charles Coudert.
Democrat. Lawyer;
government director, 1885-88, and receiver, 1892-98, of Union Pacific
Railroad;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1896.
Catholic.
French
ancestry.
Died, from heart and
liver troubles, in Washington,
D.C., December
20, 1903 (age 71 years, 294
days).
Interment at Calvary
Cemetery, Woodside, Queens, N.Y.
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Jotham P. Allds (1865-1923) —
of Norwich, Chenango
County, N.Y.
Born in Claremont, Sullivan
County, N.H., February
1, 1865.
Son of Jotham G. Allds and Lucy (Chase) Allds.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from Chenango County, 1896-1902; member of New York
state senate, 1903-10 (26th District 1903-06, 27th District
1907-08, 37th District 1909-10); resigned 1910; alternate delegate to
Republican National Convention from New York, 1908.
Accused
by Sen. Benn
Conger, in 1910, of accepting bribes
from bridge companies nine years earlier; following an investigation,
the State Senate found him
guilty by a vote of 40 to 9, and he resigned
to avoid expulsion.
Died, of liver disease, at Norwich Memorial Hospital,
Norwich, Chenango
County, N.Y., September
11, 1923 (age 58 years, 222
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Thomas Lee Woolwine (1874-1925) —
of Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif.
Born in Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn., October
31, 1874.
Democrat. Los
Angeles County District Attorney, 1915-23; became one of the
nation's best-known prosecutors; Democratic candidate for Governor of
California, 1918 (primary), 1922.
Episcopalian.
Died, of a liver ailment, in Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., July 8,
1925 (age 50 years, 250
days).
Interment at Mt.
Olivet Cemetery, Nashville, Tenn.
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Jacob Bunn, Jr. (1864-1926) —
of Springfield, Sangamon
County, Ill.
Born in Springfield, Sangamon
County, Ill., October
21, 1864.
Son of Jacob Bunn (1814-1897; industrialist) and Elizabeth (Ferguson)
Bunn.
Republican. President, Illinois Watch Co. (watch manufacturers);
president, Sangamo Electric Co.; president, Springfield Marine Bank;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Illinois, 1924.
Died, from cirrhosis of the liver, in Springfield, Sangamon
County, Ill., May 10,
1926 (age 61 years, 201
days).
Interment at Oak
Ridge Cemetery, Springfield, Ill.
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Relatives:
Married to Mildred Jeffress. |
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James William Zevely (1861-1927) —
also known as J. W. Zevely —
of Muskogee, Muskogee
County, Okla.; Washington,
D.C.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Linn, Osage
County, Mo., October
8, 1861.
Son of Thaddeus Zevely and Mary A. Zevely.
Democrat. Librarian;
secretary
of Missouri Democratic Party, 1888; Inspector in Charge for U.S.
Department of the Interior; lawyer;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Oklahoma, 1912,
1916;
as attorney for the Sinclair Consolidated Oil
Corporation, and for Harry F. Sinclair, he was a figure in the Teapot
Dome scandal of the 1920s.
The champion racehorse "Zev" (1920-1943) was named for
him by Harry F. Sinclair.
Died, of pernicious
anemia and liver cirrhosis, in East Hampton, Suffolk
County, Long Island, N.Y., June 10,
1927 (age 65 years, 245
days).
Interment somewhere
in Paris, Ky.
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Charles U. Becker (1868-1934) —
of Bolivar, Polk
County, Mo.
Born near New Haven, Franklin
County, Mo., October
21, 1868.
Son of Hermann Becker and Sarah (Maupin) Becker.
Republican. Member of Missouri
state house of representatives, 1913-19; secretary of
state of Missouri, 1921-33.
German
and French
ancestry.
Died, from cirrhosis of the liver, in Missouri Methodist Hospital,
St. Joseph, Buchanan
County, Mo., May 21,
1934 (age 65 years, 212
days).
Interment at Riverview
Cemetery, Jefferson City, Mo.
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Joseph Medill Patterson (1879-1946) —
also known as Joseph M. Patterson —
of Ossining, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., January
6, 1879.
Son of Joseph Wilson Patterson, Jr. and Elinor (Medill) Patterson.
Member of Illinois
state house of representatives, 1903; editor of
the Chicago Tribune, 1910-25; served in the U.S. Army during
World War I; founder (1919) and publisher
of the New York Daily News, the first successful American
tabloid newspaper.
Died, from a liver ailment, in Doctors Hospital,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., May 26,
1946 (age 67 years, 140
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Elinor Fatman Morgenthau (1892-1949) —
also known as Elinor F. Morgenthau; Elinor
Fatman —
of Hopewell Junction, Dutchess
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., February
19, 1892.
Daughter of Morris Fatman and Settie (Lehman) Fatman.
Democrat. Candidate for Presidential Elector for New York, 1924;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1928.
Female.
Jewish.
Died, from a liver ailment, in New York
Hospital, Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., September
21, 1949 (age 57 years, 214
days).
Interment at Mt.
Pleasant Cemetery, Hawthorne, N.Y.
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Joseph Raymond McCarthy (1908-1957) —
also known as Joseph R. McCarthy; Joe McCarthy;
"Tail-Gunner Joe" —
of Appleton, Outagamie
County, Wis.
Born in Grand Chute, Outagamie
County, Wis., November
14, 1908.
Republican. Circuit judge in Wisconsin, 1940-46; served in the U.S.
Marine Corps during World War II; U.S.
Senator from Wisconsin, 1947-57; died in office 1957; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Wisconsin, 1948.
Claimed in a 1950 speech that he had a list of 205 Communists
employed in the U.S. State Department; went on to conduct hearings
and investigations into alleged subersive activities and Communist
influence on society; with his sensationalist tactics and disregard
for fairness and due process, he dominated the American political
scene for a period of time, now called the McCarthy Era; public
opinion turned against him when he tried to investigate the Army; in
December 1953, the Senate voted 67-22 to censure
him for "contemptuous
conduct" and abuse
of select committee privilege.
Died of a liver ailment at Bethesda
Naval Hospital, Bethesda, Montgomery
County, Md., May 2,
1957 (age 48 years, 169
days).
Interment at St.
Mary's Cemetery, Appleton, Wis.
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James Martin Barnes (1899-1958) —
also known as James M. Barnes —
of Jacksonville, Morgan
County, Ill.
Born in Jacksonville, Morgan
County, Ill., January
9, 1899.
Son of Charles A. Barnes and Madge (Martin) Barnes.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War I; lawyer;
county judge in Illinois, 1926-34; U.S.
Representative from Illinois 20th District, 1939-43; defeated,
1942; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Illinois, 1944.
Presbyterian.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Legion; Freemasons;
Elks; Kiwanis.
Died, of a liver ailment, in Georgetown University Hospital,
Washington,
D.C., June 8,
1958 (age 59 years, 150
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Horace Elgin Dodge, Jr. (1900-1963) —
also known as Horace E. Dodge —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.; Grosse Pointe, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., August 2,
1900.
Son of Horace Elgin Dodge (1868-1920; auto manufacturer) and Anna
(Thomson) Dodge (1871-1970).
Republican. Founder, Dodge Boat
Works, 1923; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Michigan, 1924.
Died, from liver cirrhosis, at Jennings Memorial Hospital,
Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., December
22, 1963 (age 63 years, 142
days).
Entombed at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Detroit, Mich.
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Relatives:
Nephew of John
Francis Dodge (who married Matilda
Rausch); son of Horace Elgin Dodge (1868-1920; auto manufacturer)
and Anna (Thomson) Dodge (1871-1970); brother of Delphine Ione Dodge
(1899-1943; who married James
Henry Roberts Cromwell); married, June 21,
1921, to Lois Virginia Knowlson (1899-1973; divorced 1927);
married, May 17,
1928, to Muriel Sisman (born 1903; divorced 1938); married, May 16,
1940, to Martha 'Mickey' Devine (1912-1984; divorced 1944; murder
victim); married, May 26,
1945, to Clara Mae Tinsley (born c.1918; divorced 1953); married,
February
14, 1953, to Gregg Sherwood (born 1923; model and actress).
See Biddle-Read-Shippen-MacArthur
family of Pennsylvania. |
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memorial |
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Douglas MacArthur (1880-1964) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Little Rock, Pulaski
County, Ark., January
26, 1880.
Son of Arthur MacArthur and Mary Pinkney (Hardy) MacArthur.
Republican. General in the U.S. Army during World War I; general in
the U.S. Army during World War II; received the Medal
of Honor for his defense of the Philippines in 1942; repeatedly
disavowed any intention of becoming a candidate for any public
office, but his supporters persisted in putting his name forward; speaker, Republican National Convention, 1952 ;
candidate for U.S.
Senator from New York, 1956.
Died, from primary biliary cirrhosis (an auto-immune
disorder), in Washington,
D.C., April 5,
1964 (age 84 years, 70
days).
Entombed at MacArthur
Memorial, Norfolk, Va.; statue at United
States Military Academy, West Point, N.Y.
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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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Edwin Oldfather Reischauer (1910-1990) —
Born in Tokyo, Japan,
October
15, 1910.
Colonel in the U.S. Army during World War II; U.S. Ambassador to Japan, 1961-66.
Member, Council on
Foreign Relations; American
Historical Association.
With George McCune, developed a phonetic method for transliterating
Korean into the Roman alphabet.
Died, from complications of hepatitis, in San Diego, San Diego
County, Calif., September
1, 1990 (age 79 years, 321
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Paul Efthemios Tsongas (1941-1997) —
also known as Paul E. Tsongas —
of Lowell, Middlesex
County, Mass.
Born in Lowell, Middlesex
County, Mass., February
14, 1941.
Democrat. Served
in the Peace Corps; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 5th District, 1975-79; U.S.
Senator from Massachusetts, 1979-85; candidate for Democratic
nomination for President, 1992.
Greek
ancestry.
Died of liver damage caused by cancer
treatment, and pneumonia,
at Brigham and Women's Hospital,
Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., January
18, 1997 (age 55 years, 339
days).
Interment at Lowell
Cemetery, Lowell, Mass.
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William Goodloe (c.1920-1997) —
of Washington.
Born about 1920.
Member of Washington
state house of representatives; superior court judge in
Washington; justice of
Washington state supreme court, 1984-88.
Died of a liver disease, January
18, 1997 (age about 77
years).
Burial
location unknown.
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David Anderson (1937-1997) —
Born in Kirkcaldy, Fife, Scotland,
January
3, 1937.
Foreign Service officer; U.S. Ambassador to Yugoslavia, 1981-85.
Died of liver disease in Berlin, Germany,
July
4, 1997 (age 60 years, 182
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to Doris Helen Heitmann. |
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dossier |
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Alberto Natividad (c.1925-2000) —
of California.
Born about 1925.
Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; mayor
of Pico Rivera, Calif., 1990-91.
Hispanic
ancestry.
Died, of liver failure, in Pico Rivera, Los Angeles
County, Calif., July 5,
2000 (age about 75
years).
Burial
location unknown.
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James C. Reynolds (1941-2000) —
also known as Jim Reynolds; "Teddy
Bear" —
of Beaver Falls, Beaver
County, Pa.
Born in Beaver Falls, Beaver
County, Pa., July 17,
1941.
Mayor
of Beaver Falls, Pa., 1989-93.
Christian.
Died, from diabetes
and liver problems, in Beaver Falls, Beaver
County, Pa., December
7, 2000 (age 59 years, 143
days).
Interment at Beaver
Falls Cemetery, Chippewa Township, Beaver County, Pa.
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Kenneth P. Zebrowski (1945-2007) —
also known as Ken Zebrowski —
of New City, Rockland
County, N.Y.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., November
12, 1945.
Son of Vincent Zebrowski (died 1989) and Jean Zebrowski.
Lawyer;
Rockland
County Legislator, 1973-2003; board chairman and acting
president, Nyack Hospital;
candidate for New York
state senate, 1999, 2000; member of New York
state assembly 94th District, 2005-07; died in office 2007.
Catholic.
Died, of hepatitis C, in Nyack Hospital,
Nyack, Rockland
County, N.Y., March 18,
2007 (age 61 years, 126
days).
Interment at St.
Anthony's Cemetery, Nanuet, N.Y.
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Robert Anton Young III (1923-2007) —
also known as Robert A. Young III —
of St. Ann, St. Louis
County, Mo.
Born in St.
Louis, Mo., November
27, 1923.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; pipefitter;
member of Missouri
state house of representatives from St. Louis County 1st
District, 1957-63; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Missouri, 1960,
1964;
member of Missouri
state senate, 1963-77; U.S.
Representative from Missouri 2nd District, 1977-87; defeated,
1986.
Catholic.
Member, American
Legion; Lions; Knights
of Columbus; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Amvets.
The Robert A. Young Federal Building in St. Louis is named for
him.
Died, of liver failure, in St. Ann, St. Louis
County, Mo., October
17, 2007 (age 83 years, 324
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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