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George Washington (1732-1799) —
also known as "Father of His Country" —
of Virginia.
Born in Westmoreland
County, Va., February
22, 1732.
Son of Augustine Washington (1694-1743) and Mary (Ball) Washington
(c.1709-1789).
Delegate
to Continental Congress from Virginia, 1774-75; general in the
Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; member,
U.S. Constitutional Convention, 1787; President
of the United States, 1789-97.
Episcopalian.
English
ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Society
of the Cincinnati; American
Academy of Arts and Sciences.
As the leader of the Revolution, he could have been King; instead, he
served as the first
President and stepped down after two terms. Elected to the Hall
of Fame for Great Americans in 1900. His portrait appears on the
U.S. quarter
(25
cent coin), and on the one
dollar bill. His portrait also appeared on various other
denominations of U.S. currency,
and on the Confederate States $50
note during the Civil War.
Died, probably from acute bacterial epiglottitis, at Mt.
Vernon, Fairfax
County, Va., December
14, 1799 (age 67 years, 295
days).
Entombed at Mt.
Vernon, Mt. Vernon, Va.; statue erected 1860 at Washington
Circle, Washington, D.C.; memorial monument at National
Mall, Washington, D.C.
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Relatives: Son
of Augustine Washington (1694-1743) and Mary (Ball) Washington
(c.1709-1789); married, January
6, 1759, to Martha (Dandridge) Custis (1731-1802); uncle of Bushrod
Washington; uncle by marriage of Burwell
Bassett; granduncle of George
Corbin Washington; granduncle by marriage of Charles
Magill Conrad; second cousin five times removed of Horace
Lee Washington. See Livingston-Seymour-Lee-Williams
family of New York. |
| | | Cross-reference: Henry
Lee — Joshua
Fry — Alexander
Dimitry — Tobias
Lear — David
Matthews — Rufus
Putnam |
| | | Washington counties in Ala., Ark., Colo., Fla., Ga., Idaho, Ill., Ind., Iowa, Kan., Ky., La., Maine, Md., Minn., Miss., Mo., Neb., N.Y., N.C., Ohio, Okla., Ore., Pa., R.I., Tenn., Tex., Utah, Vt., Va. and Wis. are
named for him. |
| | | Other politicians named for him: George
Washington Lent Marr
— George
Washington Heard
— George
Washington Barnett
— George
Washington Davis
— George
W. Owen
— George
W. Toland
— George
W. Lay
— George
W. Patterson
— George
W. B. Towns
— George
Washington Adams
— George
Washington Hockley
— George
W. Smyth
— G.
W. Ingersoll
— George
W. Hopkins
— George
Washington Montgomery
— George
W. Kittredge
— George
Washington Jones
— George
W. Harrison
— George
Washington Ewing
— George
W. Morrison
— George
Washington Woodward
— George
Washington Wright
— George
Washington Triplett
— George
Washington Glasscock
— George
Washington Holman
— George
Washington Dunlap
— George
Washington Warren
— George
Washington Hill
— George
Washington Logan
— George
W. Getchell
— George
Washington Wright
— George
W. Julian
— George
Washington Dyal
— George
Washington Ladd
— George
W. Peck
— George
Washington Nesmith
— George
W. Morgan
— George
Washington Brooks
— George
Washington Cowles
— George
W. Geddes
— George
Washington Whitmore
— George
Washington Bridges
— George
W. Cate
— George
W. Houk
— George
W. Webber
— George
Washington Fairbrother
— George
Washington Glick
— George
Washington Jones
— George
Washington Baker
— George
W. Shell
— George
W. Anderson
— George
W. Crouse
— George
W. Hulick
— George
W. F. Harper
— George
Washington McCrary
— George
W. Gordon
— George
W. Kingsbury
— George
W. Covington
— George
Washington Fleeger
— George
W. Steele
— George
W. Wilson
— George
W. E. Dorsey
— George
W. Plunkitt
— George
W. Furbush
— George
W. Sutton
— George
W. Curtin
— George W.
Ray
— George
W. Allen
— George
W. Roosevelt
— George
W. Smith
— George
W. Kipp
— George
W. Campbell
— George
W. Taylor
— George
W. Stone
— George
W. Shonk
— George
W. Cook
— George
W. Murray
— George
W. Faris
— George
W. Fithian
— George
W. Prince
— George
W. Buckner
— George
W. Cromer
— George
W. Donaghey
— George
W. Aldridge
— George
Washington Goethals
— George
W. Armstrong
— George
Washington Oakes
— George
Washington Hays
— George
W. Edmonds
— George
W. Lindsay
— George
Washington Jones
— George
W. Darden
— George
W. Gibbons
— George
W. List
— George
W. Rauch
— George
W. Michell
— George
Washington Jackson
— George
W. Blanchard
— George
Washington Herz
— George
W. Bristow
— George
Washington Hardy
— George
W. Ballard
— George
W. McKown
— George
Thomas Washington
— George
W. Collins
— George
A. Washington
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| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Wikipedia
article — NNDB
dossier |
| | | Books about George Washington: Richard
Brookhiser, Founding
Father: Rediscovering George Washington — James Thomas
Flexner, Washington:
The Indispensable Man — Willard Sterne Randall, George
Washington : A Life — Richard Norton Smith, Patriarch
: George Washington and the New American Nation —
Henry Wiencek, An
Imperfect God : George Washington, His Slaves, and the Creation of
America — James MacGregor Burns, George
Washington — Joseph J. Ellis, His
Excellency, George Washington — Gore Vidal, Inventing
A Nation: Washington, Adams, Jefferson — Wendie C.
Old, George
Washington (for young readers) |
| | | Image source: Portrait & Biographical
Album of Washtenaw County (1891) |
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Francis Scott Key (1779-1843) —
of District of Columbia.
Born in Carroll
County, Md., August 1,
1779.
Son of John Ross Key (1754-1821) and Ann (Charlton) Key.
Lawyer;
U.S.
Attorney for the District of Columbia, 1833-41.
During the war of 1812, while on a mission to obtain the release of a
prisoner from British forces, witnessed the bombardment of Fort
McHenry from the deck of the British ship Surprise; that
night, September 13-14, 1814, he wrote a poem "The Spangled Banner".
The poem was published soon afterward, rapidly gained popularity, and
became the lyrics to the U.S. national anthem.
Died, from pleurisy, in Baltimore,
Md., January
11, 1843 (age 63 years, 163
days).
Originally entombed at Old
St. Paul's Cemetery, Baltimore, Md.; later interred in 1866 at Mt.
Olivet Cemetery, Frederick, Md.; memorial monument at Golden
Gate Park, San Francisco, Calif.
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Elisha Mills Huntington (1806-1862) —
also known as Elisha M. Huntington —
of Terre Haute, Vigo
County, Ind.
Born in Otsego
County, N.Y., March 26,
1806.
Member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1832-36; circuit judge in
Indiana, 1837-41; delegate to Whig National Convention from Indiana,
1839 (Convention Vice-President); U.S.
District Judge for Indiana, 1842-62; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Indiana, 1860.
Catholic.
Died of a lung ailment, in St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn., October
26, 1862 (age 56 years, 214
days).
Interment at St.
Joseph's Cemetery, Terre Haute, Ind.
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Lawrence Washington Hall (1819-1863) —
of Bucyrus, Crawford
County, Ohio.
Born in Lake
County, Ohio, 1819.
Democrat. Lawyer;
common pleas court judge in Ohio, 1852-57; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 9th District, 1857-59; defeated, 1858.
Imprisoned
for alleged disloyalty
to the Union in 1862.
Died of a lung hemorrhage, Bucyrus, Crawford
County, Ohio, January
18, 1863 (age about 43
years).
Original interment at Oakwood
Cemetery, Bucyrus, Ohio; reinterment at Forest
Lawn Cemetery, Buffalo, N.Y.
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Joseph Pratt Allyn (1833-1869) —
also known as Joseph P. Allyn —
of Hartford, Hartford
County, Conn.
Born in Hartford, Hartford
County, Conn., March 9,
1833.
Son of Timothy
M. Allyn.
Justice
of Arizona territorial supreme court, 1863-67.
Died, probably from a pulmonary ailment, in Paris, France,
May
24, 1869 (age 36 years, 76
days).
Interment at Spring
Grove Cemetery, Hartford, Conn.
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Anson Burlingame (1820-1870) —
of Cambridge, Middlesex
County, Mass.
Born in New Berlin, Chenango
County, N.Y., November
14, 1820.
Son of Freelove (Angell) Burlingame (1798-1860) and Joel
Burlingame.
Lawyer;
member of Massachusetts
state senate, 1852; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 5th District, 1855-61; U.S.
Minister to China, 1861-67.
Died, from congestion of the lungs, in St. Petersburg, Russia,
February
23, 1870 (age 49 years, 101
days).
Interment at Mt.
Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Mass.
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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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Harvey Gridley Eastman (1832-1878) —
also known as H. G. Eastman —
of Poughkeepsie, Dutchess
County, N.Y.
Born in Marshall, Oneida
County, N.Y., November
16, 1832.
Son of Horace H. Eastman (1807-1898) and Mary A. (Gridley) Eastman
(1812-1888).
Republican. College
professor; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention
from New York, 1868;
mayor
of Poughkeepsie, N.Y., 1869; member of New York
state assembly from Dutchess County, 1872-74.
Died, from congestion of the lungs, in Denver,
Colo., July 13,
1878 (age 45 years, 239
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Martin Nachtmann (1836-1886) —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Germany,
September
29, 1836.
Printer;
real
estate and insurance
business; member of New York
state assembly from New York County 8th District, 1869-71, 1877.
Died, from bronchitis, in New York, New York
County, N.Y., December
7, 1886 (age 50 years, 69
days).
Interment at Lutheran
All Faiths Cemetery, Middle Village, Queens, N.Y.
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Thomas H. O'Neall (1813-1889) —
of Tippecanoe
County, Ind.
Born in Newberry District (now Newberry
County), S.C., September
20, 1813.
Farmer;
member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1849-51.
Quaker
or Methodist.
Irish
ancestry.
Died, from congestion of the lungs, in Stockwell, Tippecanoe
County, Ind., March 31,
1889 (age 75 years, 192
days).
Interment at Fairview
Cemetery, Stockwell, Ind.
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Jefferson Finis Davis (1808-1889) —
also known as Jefferson Davis —
of Warrenton, Warren
County, Miss.; Warren
County, Miss.
Born in a log
cabin, Fairview, Christian County (now Todd
County), Ky., June 3,
1808.
Son of Samuel Emory Davis and Jane (Cook) Davis.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the Black Hawk War;
candidate for Mississippi
state house of representatives, 1843; Presidential Elector for
Mississippi, 1844;
U.S.
Representative from Mississippi at-large, 1845-46; served in the
U.S. Army during the Mexican War; U.S.
Senator from Mississippi, 1847-51, 1857-61; candidate for Governor of
Mississippi, 1851; U.S.
Secretary of War, 1853-57; President of
the Confederacy, 1861-65.
His portrait appeared on Confederate States 50
cent notes in 1861-64. Captured
by Union
forces in May 1865 and imprisoned
without trial for about two years.
Died of bronchitis and malaria
in New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La., December
6, 1889 (age 81 years, 186
days).
Original interment at Metairie
Cemetery, New Orleans, La.; reinterment in 1893 at Hollywood
Cemetery, Richmond, Va.
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Relatives: Son
of Samuel Emory Davis and Jane (Cook) Davis; married, June 17,
1835, to Sarah Knox Taylor (1814-1835; daughter of Zachary
Taylor); married, February
25, 1845, to Varina Howell (1826-1906; granddaughter of Richard
Howell); uncle of Mary Bradford (who married Richard
Brodhead); granduncle of Jefferson
Davis Brodhead and Frances Eileen Hutt (who married Thomas
Edmund Dewey). See Livingston-Seymour-Lee-Williams
family of New York. |
| | | Cross-reference: Jesse
D. Bright — John
H. Reagan — Horace
Greeley — Solomon
Cohen — George
W. Jones — Samuel
A. Roberts — William
T. Sutherlin — Victor
Vifquain — Charles
O'Conor |
| | | Jeff Davis
County, Ga., Jefferson Davis
Parish, La., Jefferson Davis
County, Miss. and Jeff Davis
County, Tex. are named for him. |
| | | Other politicians named for him: J.
Davis Brodhead
— Jefferson
D. Hostetter
— Jeff
Davis
— Jefferson
Davis Parris
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| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Wikipedia
article — NNDB
dossier — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Books by Jefferson Davis: The
Rise and Fall of the Confederate Government
(1881) |
| | | Books about Jefferson Davis: William J.
Cooper, Jr., Jefferson
Davis, American : A Biography — Varina Davis, Jefferson
Davis : Ex-President of the Confederate States of America : A Memoir
by His Wife — William C. Davis, An
Honorable Defeat: The Last Days of the Confederate
Government — James Ronald Kennedy & Walter Donald
Kennedy, Was
Jefferson Davis Right? — Robert Penn Warren, Jefferson
Davis Gets His Citizenship Back — Herman Hattaway &
Richard E. Beringer, Jefferson
Davis, Confederate President — Felicity Allen, Jefferson
Davis: Unconquerable Heart |
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James Otis (1836-1898) —
of New York.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., October
12, 1836.
Son of James William Otis (1800-1869) and Martha (Church) Otis.
Republican. Colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War; member of
New
York state senate 1st District, 1884-85.
Member, Union
League.
Died, from congestion of the lungs, in Bellport, Suffolk
County, Long Island, N.Y., July 22,
1898 (age 61 years, 283
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Bartlett Woods (1818-1903) —
also known as "Grand Old Man of Lake
County" —
of Ross, Lake
County, Ind.
Born in Winchelsea, Sussex, England,
July
10, 1818.
Member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1861, 1865.
Member, Grange.
Died, of pleurisy, in Merrillville, Lake
County, Ind., May 1,
1903 (age 84 years, 295
days).
Interment at Maplewood
Cemetery, Crown Point, Ind.
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Samuel Milton Jones (1846-1904) —
also known as Samuel M. Jones; "Golden
Rule" —
of Toledo, Lucas
County, Ohio.
Born near Beddgelert, Wales,
August
3, 1846.
Son of Hugh Samuel Jones and Margaret (Williams) Jones.
Oil
producer; manufacturer;
mayor
of Toledo, Ohio, 1897-1904; died in office 1904; candidate for Governor of
Ohio, 1900.
Died, from a lung abscess, in Toledo, Lucas
County, Ohio, July 12,
1904 (age 57 years, 344
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Toledo, Ohio.
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William Alvord (1833-1904) —
of San
Francisco, Calif.
Born in Albany, Albany
County, N.Y., January
3, 1833.
Mayor
of San Francisco, Calif., 1871-73.
Died, of heart
failure due to bronchial troubles, in San
Francisco, Calif., December
21, 1904 (age 71 years, 353
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Lloyd Wheaton Bowers (1859-1910) —
also known as Lloyd W. Bowers —
of Winona, Winona
County, Minn.
Born in Springfield, Hampden
County, Mass., March 9,
1859.
Son of Samuel Dwight Bowers (born 1825) and Martha Wheaton (Dowd)
Bowers (born 1834).
Lawyer;
general counsel, Chicago & North Western Railway,
1893-1909; U.S. Solicitor
General, 1909-10; died in office 1910.
Member, Skull and
Bones.
Died, from a heart
attack, while suffering from bronchitis, in the Touraine
Hotel,
Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., September
9, 1910 (age 51 years, 184
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Benjamin H. Barrows (1847-1910) —
of Omaha, Douglas
County, Neb.
Born near Davenport, Scott
County, Iowa, December
30, 1847.
Son of Willard Barrows and Ann Barrows.
Newspaper
reporter; member of University
of Nebraska board of regents, 1875-76; U.S. Consul in Dublin, 1876-86; librarian;
U.S. Surveyor of
Customs, 1903-10; died in office 1910.
Died, from bronchitis and heart
disease, in Omaha, Douglas
County, Neb., December
30, 1910 (age 63 years, 0
days).
Interment at Prospect
Hill Cemetery, Omaha, Neb.
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Relatives: Son
of Willard Barrows and Ann Barrows; married 1878 to Lizzie
Phelan (died 1886); married to Gertrude Carpenter Fitzpatrick;
brother of Caroline Barrows (who married Joseph
Hopkins Millard). See Millard-Barrows
family of Nebraska. |
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John Francis Ahearn (1853-1920) —
also known as John F. Ahearn —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., April 18,
1853.
Democrat. Member of New York
state assembly from New York County 4th District, 1882; member of
New
York state senate, 1890-1902 (6th District 1890-93, 8th District
1894-95, 10th District 1896-1902); delegate to Democratic National
Convention from New York, 1896,
1912,
1916,
1920;
borough
president of Manhattan, New York, 1904-09; delegate
to New York state constitutional convention 11th District, 1915.
Member, Tammany
Hall.
Following an investigation,
Gov. Charles
Evans Hughes denounced his administration as "flagrantly inefficient
and wasteful" and ordered him removed from
office as Manhattan Borough President on December 9, 1907.
Following a long legal battle, he finally left office in 1909.
Died, of pleurisy, in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., December
19, 1920 (age 67 years, 245
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Nathan Matthews, Jr. (1854-1927) —
of Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., March 28,
1854.
Democrat. Lawyer;
candidate for Presidential Elector for Massachusetts, 1888;
mayor
of Boston, Mass., 1891-94.
Episcopalian.
Died, of a pulmonary embolism, in Massachusetts General Hospital,
Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., December
11, 1927 (age 73 years, 258
days).
Interment at Mt.
Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Mass.
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Lawrence Wisniewski (1855-1928) —
of Foley, Benton
County, Minn.
Born in Posen, Prussia (now Poznan, Poland),
August
4, 1855.
Son of John Wisniewski and Katherine (Kruk) Wisniewski.
Democrat. Farmer; Benton
County Treasurer; member of Minnesota
Democratic State Central Committee, 1906-10; candidate for
Presidential Elector for Minnesota, 1908;
member of Minnesota
state house of representatives 47th District, 1911-12; president,
State Bank of
Foley.
Polish
ancestry.
Died, of pleurisy, in Foley, Benton
County, Minn., April 3,
1928 (age 72 years, 243
days).
Interment at Foley
Cemetery, Foley, Minn.
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Relatives:
Married to Paulina Siegmund. |
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Nathan Bijur (1862-1930) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., June 1,
1862.
Son of Asher Bijur and Pauline (Sondheim) Bijur.
Republican. Lawyer; took
part in railroad
reorganizations and the creation of the Southern Railway;
Justice
of New York Supreme Court 1st District, 1910-30; died in office
1930; Justice of the Appellate Division of the New York Supreme Court
1st Department, 1926-30; died in office 1930.
Jewish.
Member, American
Jewish Committee; American
Society for International Law; American Bar
Association; Phi
Beta Kappa.
Died, from pleurisy and empyema, in St. Luke's Hospital,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., July 8,
1930 (age 68 years, 37
days).
Interment at Beth
Olom Cemetery, Glendale, Queens, N.Y.
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Relatives:
Married 1886
to Lilly Pronich. |
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McQuown F. Gose (1859-1942) —
also known as Mack F. Gose —
of Pomeroy, Garfield
County, Wash.; Olympia, Thurston
County, Wash.
Born in Sullivan
County, Mo., July 8,
1859.
Republican. Lawyer; justice of
Washington state supreme court; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Washington, 1932.
Died, from bronchial
asthma and bronchiectasis, in Pomeroy, Garfield
County, Wash., January
31, 1942 (age 82 years, 207
days).
Interment somewhere
in Pomeroy, Wash.
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James Vandaveer Heidinger (1882-1945) —
also known as James V. Heidinger —
of Fairfield, Wayne
County, Ill.
Born near Mt. Erie, Wayne
County, Ill., July 17,
1882.
Son of William B. Heidinger and Elizabeth (Vandaveer) Heidinger.
Republican. Lawyer;
county judge in Illinois, 1915-26; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Illinois, 1928,
1932
(alternate); U.S.
Representative from Illinois 24th District, 1941-45; defeated,
1930, 1934; died in office 1945.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners.
Died, from pulmonary fibrosis, in Good Samaritan Hospital,
Phoenix, Maricopa
County, Ariz., March 22,
1945 (age 62 years, 248
days).
Interment at Maple
Hill Cemetery, Fairfield, Ill.
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Frank Hague (1876-1956) —
also known as "Sphinx of Jersey City"; "The
Boss"; "The Leader" —
of Jersey City, Hudson
County, N.J.
Born in Jersey City, Hudson
County, N.J., January
17, 1876.
Son of John D. Hague and Maragaret (Fagen) Hague.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from New Jersey,
1916,
1932;
mayor
of Jersey City, N.J., 1917-47; member of Democratic
National Committee from New Jersey, 1922-52; Vice-Chair
of Democratic National Committee, 1929.
Catholic.
Irish
ancestry. Member, Elks; Knights
of Columbus.
Powerful leader of Hudson County Democratic "machine"; famously
quoted as declaring "I am the law!" Indicted
for various crimes but never convicted.
Died, from complications of bronchitis and asthma, in
New York, New York
County, N.Y., January
1, 1956 (age 79 years, 349
days).
Entombed at Holy
Name Cemetery, Jersey City, N.J.
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John Clinton Porter (c.1871-1959) —
also known as John C. Porter —
of Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif.
Born in Leon, Decatur
County, Iowa, about 1871.
Democrat. Mayor
of Los Angeles, Calif., 1929-33; defeated, 1933, 1941.
Member, Ku
Klux Klan.
Died, of a lung and heart
condition, in Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., May 27,
1959 (age about 88
years).
Interment at Forest
Lawn Memorial Park - Hollywood Hills, Los Angeles, Calif.
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John Francis Neylan (1885-1960) —
of San
Francisco, Calif.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., November
6, 1885.
Republican. Newspaper
reporter; lawyer; newspaper
publisher; counsel to, and close associate of, William
Randolph Hearst; delegate to Republican National Convention from
California, 1920;
member, University of California Board of Regents, 1928-55; candidate
for Presidential Elector for California, 1940.
Irish
ancestry.
Died, from a pulmonary condition, in University Hospital,
San
Francisco, Calif., August
19, 1960 (age 74 years, 287
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Thomas David Craven (1900-1961) —
of Laramie, Albany
County, Wyo.
Born in Chaska, Carver
County, Minn., March 11,
1900.
Merchant;
mayor
of Laramie, Wyo., 1945.
Catholic.
Irish
ancestry.
Died, of a pulmonary embolus, at Kassis Department
Store, Laramie, Albany
County, Wyo., August
14, 1961 (age 61 years, 156
days).
Interment at Green
Hill Cemetery, Laramie, Wyo.
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Oren Ethelbirt Long (1889-1965) —
also known as Oren E. Long —
of Honolulu, Island of Oahu, Honolulu
County, Hawaii.
Born in Altoona, Wilson
County, Kan., March 4,
1889.
Son of George Riley Long and Malissa Jeanette (Johnson) Long.
Democrat. Secretary
of Hawaii Territory, 1946-51; Governor of
Hawaii Territory, 1951-55; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Hawaii Territory, 1952;
member of Hawaii
territorial senate, 1956-59; U.S.
Senator from Hawaii, 1959-63; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Hawaii, 1960.
Disciples
of Christ. Member, Freemasons;
Lions.
Died, following an attack of asthmatic
bronchitis, in Honolulu, Island of Oahu, Honolulu
County, Hawaii, May 6,
1965 (age 76 years, 63
days).
Interment at Oahu
Cemetery, Honolulu, Island of Oahu, Hawaii.
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Richard F. Cleveland (c.1898-1974) —
of Maryland.
Born in Princeton, Mercer
County, N.J., about 1898.
Son of Grover
Cleveland.
Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War I; delegate
to Maryland state constitutional convention, 1967.
Died of chronic pulmonary illness, in Baltimore,
Md., January
10, 1974 (age about 76
years).
Interment a
private or family graveyard, Carroll County, N.H.
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David John Pizzoli (1913-1976) —
also known as David J. Pizzoli —
of Atlas, Northumberland
County, Pa.
Born in Atlas, Northumberland
County, Pa., January
16, 1913.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Pennsylvania, 1948.
Catholic.
Member, Knights
of Columbus; American
Legion.
Died, of heart and
lung problems, in Mahoning Township, Montour
County, Pa., September
3, 1976 (age 63 years, 231
days).
Interment at St.
Peter's Cemetery, Mt. Carmel Township, Northumberland County, Pa.
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Richard Saltonstall (1897-1982) —
of Sherborn, Middlesex
County, Mass.
Born in Chestnut Hill, Newton, Middlesex
County, Mass., July 23,
1897.
Son of Richard Middlecott Saltonstall and Eleanor (Brooks)
Saltonstall.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; investment
banker; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Massachusetts, 1952,
1956
(alternate).
Unitarian.
Died, while suffering from respiratory problems, in Sherborn,
Middlesex
County, Mass., May 4,
1982 (age 84 years, 285
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Erastus Corning II (1909-1983) —
of Albany, Albany
County, N.Y.
Born in Albany, Albany
County, N.Y., October
7, 1909.
Son of Edwin
Corning and Louise (Maxwell) Corning.
Democrat. Insurance
broker; member of New York
state assembly from Albany County 1st District, 1936; member of
New
York state senate 30th District, 1937-41; resigned 1941; mayor of
Albany, N.Y., 1942-83; died in office 1983; served in the U.S.
Army during World War II; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from New York, 1944,
1948,
1952,
1956,
1960,
1964,
1972,
1980;
candidate for Lieutenant
Governor of New York, 1946; member of New York
Democratic State Committee, 1964; delegate
to New York state constitutional convention 40th District, 1967.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; Chi Psi.
Died, of cardio-pulmonary
failure, in University Hospital,
Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., May 28,
1983 (age 73 years, 233
days).
Interment at Albany
Rural Cemetery, Menands, N.Y.
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Frederick Valdemar Erastus Peterson (1903-1983) —
also known as Val Peterson —
of Elgin, Antelope
County, Neb.; Hastings, Adams
County, Neb.
Born in Oakland, Burt
County, Neb., July 18,
1903.
Son of Henry C. Peterson and Hermanda (Swanberg) Peterson.
Republican. School
teacher; athletic
coach; newspaper
publisher; secretary to Gov. Dwight
Griswold, 1941-42; served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War
II; Governor of
Nebraska, 1947-53; member, Commission on
Intergovernmental Relations, 1953-55; U.S. Ambassador to Denmark, 1957-61; Finland, 1969-73; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Nebraska, 1960,
1972;
insurance
executive.
Lutheran.
Member, Rotary; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Jesters;
Eagles;
American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars.
Died, from Alzheimer's
disease and respiratory failure, in Fremont, Dodge
County, Neb., October
17, 1983 (age 80 years, 91
days).
Interment at Oakdale
Cemetery, Oakdale, Neb.
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John Bowden Connally, Jr. (1917-1993) —
also known as John B. Connally —
of Fort Worth, Tarrant
County, Tex.
Born near Floresville, Wilson
County, Tex., February
27, 1917.
Son of John Bowden Connally, Sr. and Lela (Wright) Connally.
Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Texas, 1956,
1964;
Governor
of Texas, 1963-69; U.S.
Secretary of the Treasury, 1971-72; candidate for Republican
nomination for President, 1980.
Methodist.
Shot
and wounded in Dallas, Tex., November 22, 1963, in the same volley of
gunfire that killed President John
F. Kennedy. Prosecuted
for bribery
conspiracy in connection with milk price supports; acquitted.
Died of pulmonary fibrosis, in Methodist Hospital,
Houston, Harris
County, Tex., June 15,
1993 (age 76 years, 108
days).
Interment at Texas
State Cemetery, Austin, Tex.; statue at Sam
Houston Park, Houston, Tex.
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Dixy Lee Ray (1914-1994) —
also known as Marguerite Ray —
of Washington.
Born in Tacoma, Pierce
County, Wash., September
3, 1914.
Democrat. University
professor; marine
biologist; host of weekly television
show "Animals of the Sea," on KCTS-TV in Seattle; member, U.S. Atomic Energy
Commission, 1972-75; chair, U.S. Atomic Energy
Commission, 1973-75; Governor of
Washington, 1977-81; defeated in primary, 1980.
Female.
Died, from a bronchial infection,
in Fox Island, Pierce
County, Wash., January
2, 1994 (age 79 years, 121
days).
Interment at Fox
Island Cemetery, Fox Island, Wash.
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Everett D. Mereness (c.1910-1994) —
of Sharon Springs, Schoharie
County, N.Y.
Born about 1910.
Democrat. Candidate for New York
state senate 39th District, 1938; chair of
Schoharie County Democratic Party, 1942.
Died, of pulmonary fibrosis, February
12, 1994 (age about 84
years).
Interment somewhere
in Scottsdale, Ariz.
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Terrel Howard Bell (1921-1996) —
also known as Terrel H. Bell —
of Salt Lake City, Salt Lake
County, Utah.
Born in Lava Hot Springs, Bannock
County, Idaho, November
11, 1921.
Son of Willard Dewain Bell and Alta (Martin) Bell.
Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II; school
teacher; superintendent
of schools; Utah
superintendent of public instruction, 1963-70; U.S.
Secretary of Education, 1981-84.
Mormon.
Died of pulmonary fibrosis in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake
County, Utah, June 22,
1996 (age 74 years, 224
days).
Interment at Larkin
Sunset Gardens, Sandy, Utah.
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Eileen Roberta Donovan (1915-1996) —
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., 1915.
Served in Women's Army Corps in World War II; Foreign Service
officer; U.S. Ambassador to Barbados, 1969-74.
Female.
Died, of chronic respiratory obstructive disease, in Spring
Hill, Hernando
County, Fla., December
19, 1996 (age about 81
years).
Burial
location unknown.
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James Maitland Stewart (1908-1997) —
also known as Jimmy Stewart —
Born in Indiana, Indiana
County, Pa., May 20,
1908.
Son of Alexander Maitland Stewart and Ruth (Jackson) Stewart.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; one of
America's most famous film
actors; speaker, Republican National Convention, 1972.
Scottish
ancestry. Member, Moose.
Recipient, Medal
of Freedom, 1985.
Died, from pulmonary embolism and cardiac
arrest, in Beverly Hills, Los Angeles
County, Calif., July 2,
1997 (age 89 years, 43
days).
Interment at Forest
Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, Calif.
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Joseph Francis Smith (1920-1999) —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., January
24, 1920.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; member of Pennsylvania
state senate 4th District, 1971-80; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 3rd District, 1981-83.
Member, Veterans of
Foreign Wars; American
Legion.
Died, of respiratory failure, at Northeastern Hospital,
Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., May 14,
1999 (age 79 years, 110
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Frederick C. Malkus, Jr. (1913-1999) —
Born in Baltimore,
Md., July 1,
1913.
Democrat. Major in the U.S. Army during World War II; member of Maryland
state house of delegates, 1947-51; member of Maryland
state senate 37th District, 1951-94.
Methodist.
Died, of pulmonary fibrosis, at Dorchester General Hospital,
Cambridge, Dorchester
County, Md., November
9, 1999 (age 86 years, 131
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Bill Lancaster (c.1932-2000) —
of Duarte, Los Angeles
County, Calif.
Born about 1932.
Republican. Member of California
state assembly, 1973-92.
Died, of a heart
attack while being treated for a lung infection, at the
Inter-Community Campus of Citrus Valley Medical
Center, Covina, Los Angeles
County, Calif., January
2, 2000 (age about 68
years).
Burial
location unknown.
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William Edward Simon (1927-2000) —
also known as William E. Simon —
Born in Paterson, Passaic
County, N.J., November
27, 1927.
U.S.
Secretary of the Treasury, 1974-77.
Member, Delta
Kappa Epsilon.
Also served as federal "energy czar".
Died, of complications from pulmonary fibrosis, Santa Barbara,
Santa
Barbara County, Calif., June 3,
2000 (age 72 years, 189
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Griffin Smith (1915-2000) —
of Arkansas.
Born in Paragould, Greene
County, Ark., October
24, 1915.
Son of Griffin
Smith (1885-1955).
Lawyer;
justice
of Arkansas state supreme court, 1951; defeated, 1958.
Member, American Bar
Association.
Died, of lung
cancer and pulmonary fibrosis, in Little Rock, Pulaski
County, Ark., July 11,
2000 (age 84 years, 261
days).
Interment at Roselawn
Memorial Park, Little Rock, Ark.
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Relatives:
Father of Griffin Smith (speechwriter for Pres. Jimmy
Carter, 1977-78; executive editor, Arkansas Democrat
Gazette). |
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Thomas F. Schweigert (1917-2001) —
of Petoskey, Emmet
County, Mich.
Born in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., September
29, 1917.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; forester; surveyor;
member of Michigan
state senate, 1961-70 (29th District 1961-64, 37th District
1965-70).
Christian
Scientist. Member, Freemasons;
Kiwanis;
Elks; Veterans of
Foreign Wars.
Died, of respiratory failure, at Northern Michigan Hospital,
Petoskey, Emmet
County, Mich., 2001
(age about
83 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Leonard Freel Woodcock (1911-2001) —
also known as Leonard Woodcock —
of Grosse Pointe Park, Wayne
County, Mich.; Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich.
Born in Providence, Providence
County, R.I., February
15, 1911.
Son of Ernest Woodcock and Margaret (Freel) Woodcock.
Democrat. Automobile
worker; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Michigan,
1952,
1956,
1960;
member of Wayne State
University board of governors; elected 1959; president,
United Auto
Workers, 1970-77; candidate for Presidential Elector for Michigan, 1976;
U.S. Ambassador to China, 1979-81.
Member, United
Auto Workers; NAACP; American Civil
Liberties Union.
Died, of pulmonary complications, in Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich., January
16, 2001 (age 89 years, 336
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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John S. Justin, Jr. (1917-2001) —
of Fort Worth, Tarrant
County, Tex.
Born in Nocona, Montague
County, Tex., January
17, 1917.
Son of John S. Justin, Sr. and Ruby (Love) Justin.
Business
executive; mayor
of Fort Worth, Tex., 1961-63.
Died, of respiratory failure, in Fort Worth, Tarrant
County, Tex., February
26, 2001 (age 84 years, 40
days).
Interment at Greenwood
Memorial Park, Fort Worth, Tex.
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Frank Marsh (1924-2001) —
of Lincoln, Lancaster
County, Neb.
Born in Norfolk, Madison
County, Neb., April 27,
1924.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; secretary of
state of Nebraska, 1953-71; Lieutenant
Governor of Nebraska, 1971-75; Nebraska
state treasurer, 1975-81, 1987-91; defeated, 1990.
Methodist.
Welsh
and English
ancestry. Member, American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Sertoma;
Alpha
Phi Omega.
Died, of pulmonary fibrosis, Lincoln, Lancaster
County, Neb., March 10,
2001 (age 76 years, 317
days).
Interment at Wyuka
Cemetery, Lincoln, Neb.
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Gordon R. Hahn (1919-2001) —
of Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif.
Born in Kindersley, Saskatchewan,
April
5, 1919.
Republican. Real estate
business; member of California
state assembly, 1947-53; candidate for Presidential Elector for
California, 1948.
Christian.
Died, of respiratory failure from pneumonia,
in Torrance, Los Angeles
County, Calif., March 29,
2001 (age 81 years, 358
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Mary C. Walters (1922-2001) —
of Albuquerque, Bernalillo
County, N.M.
Born in 1922.
Lawyer;
delegate
to New Mexico state constitutional convention, 1969; Judge, New Mexico Court of
Appeals, 1978-84; justice of
New Mexico state supreme court, 1984-89.
Female.
Served as a transport pilot, for the Women's Auxiliary Service
Pilots, during World War II.
Died, from complications of bronchitis, April 4,
2001 (age about 78
years).
Interment at Santa
Fe National Cemetery, Santa Fe, N.M.
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Clinton W. White (1921-2001) —
of Oakland, Alameda
County, Calif.
Born October
8, 1921.
Lawyer;
superior court judge in California, 1977-78; Judge,
California Court of Appeal, 1978-95.
African
ancestry.
Died, of diabetes
related respiratory arrest, at Kaiser Permanente Medical
Center, Oakland, Alameda
County, Calif., May 22,
2001 (age 79 years, 226
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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John Herbert Holdridge (1924-2001) —
also known as John H. Holdridge —
of California.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., August
21, 1924.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; Foreign Service officer;
U.S. Ambassador to Singapore, 1975-78; Indonesia, 1982-86.
Accompanied Henry
A. Kissinger on a secret trip to China in 1971 which laid the
groundwork for President Richard
M. Nixon's visit to China the following year.
Died, of pulmonary fibrosis, at Sibley Memorial Hospital,
Washington,
D.C., July 12,
2001 (age 76 years, 325
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Richard M. Maher (1933-2001) —
of Livonia, Wayne
County, Mich.; Farmington Hills, Oakland
County, Mich.
Born in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., February
20, 1933.
Lawyer;
recorder's court judge in Michigan, 1965-68; circuit
judge in Michigan 3rd Circuit, 1969-74; Judge,
Michigan Court of Appeals 1st District, 1975-91.
Catholic.
Irish
ancestry. Member, Polish
National Alliance; American Bar
Association; American
Judicature Society; Delta
Theta Phi.
Died, of respiratory failure, in St. Mary Mercy Hospital,
Livonia, Wayne
County, Mich., July 20,
2001 (age 68 years, 150
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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William Avery Crawford (1915-2001) —
also known as William A. Crawford —
of Washington,
D.C.
Born in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., January
14, 1915.
Son of Pauline Avery Crawford (poet and columnist).
Foreign Service officer; U.S. Vice Consul in Havana, 1943; U.S. Minister to Romania, 1961-64; U.S. Ambassador to Romania, 1964-65.
Died, of cardio-pulmonary
disease, in Bethesda, Montgomery
County, Md., December
14, 2001 (age 86 years, 334
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Clark MacGregor (1922-2003) —
of Plymouth, Hennepin
County, Minn.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn., July 12,
1922.
Son of William Edwin MacGregor and Edith (Clark) MacGregor.
Republican. Major in the U.S. Army during World War II; lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Minnesota 3rd District, 1961-71; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Minnesota, 1964,
1968;
candidate for U.S.
Senator from Minnesota, 1970.
Presbyterian.
Member, American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars.
Chairman of President Richard
M. Nixon's re-election campaign, July to November 1972.
Died, of respiratory failure, in a hospital
at Pompano Beach, Broward
County, Fla., February
10, 2003 (age 80 years, 213
days).
Interment at Forest
Hill Cemetery, Duluth, Minn.
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William V. Kozerski (1921-2003) —
of Hamtramck, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Hamtramck, Wayne
County, Mich., February
8, 1921.
Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; traffic rate
analyst for Chrysler
Corporation; mayor
of Hamtramck, Mich., 1975-79.
Catholic.
Polish
ancestry. Member, Polish
National Alliance; Veterans of
Foreign Wars.
Died, from respiratory and heart
disease, in Sinai-Grace Hospital,
Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., February
24, 2003 (age 82 years, 16
days).
Interment at Mt.
Olivet Cemetery, Detroit, Mich.
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Eladio Armesto Garcia (1936-2003) —
of Miami, Miami-Dade
County, Fla.; Miami Lakes, Miami-Dade
County, Fla.
Born in Bayamo, Cuba, November
27, 1936.
Republican. Real
estate and insurance
business; newspaper
publisher; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Florida, 1984,
1988,
1992;
member of Florida
state house of representatives 117th District, 1993-94; defeated,
1976.
Catholic.
Cuban
ancestry.
Died, of respiratory arrest and cancer, in
Zion, Lake
County, Ill., March 24,
2003 (age 66 years, 117
days).
Interment at Miami
Memorial Park, Miami, Fla.
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William Thacher Longstreth (1920-2003) —
also known as W. Thacher Longstreth —
of Chestnut Hill, Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in Haverford, Delaware
County, Pa., November
4, 1920.
Son of William Collins Longstreth and Nella (Thacher) Longstreth.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; advertising
business; candidate for mayor
of Philadelphia, Pa., 1955, 1971.
Quaker.
Member, Urban
League.
Died, of a pulmonary embolism, while hospitalized for pneumonia
and suffering from Parkinson's
disease, in Naples Community Hospital,
Naples, Collier
County, Fla., April 11,
2003 (age 82 years, 158
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Luis Alberto Ferré (1904-2003) —
also known as Luis A. Ferré; "Don
Luis" —
of Ponce, Ponce
Municipio, Puerto Rico.
Born in Ponce, Ponce
Municipio, Puerto Rico, February
17, 1904.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Puerto
Rico, 1964;
Governor
of Puerto Rico, 1969-73.
French
ancestry.
Died, of pneumonia
and respiratory failure, in a hospital
at San Juan, San Juan
Municipio, Puerto Rico, October
21, 2003 (age 99 years, 246
days).
Interment somewhere
in Ponce, Puerto Rico.
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Eileen L. Marz (1931-2004) —
also known as Eileen Marz; Eileen Probst —
of Bloomfield Hills, Oakland
County, Mich.; East Lansing, Ingham
County, Mich.
Born in Lansing, Ingham
County, Mich., 1931.
Daughter of Harold Probst and Julia Probst.
Democrat. Candidate in primary for Michigan
state senate 16th District, 1966; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Michigan, 1972
(alternate), 1980;
member of Michigan
Democratic State Central Committee, 1979.
Female.
Died, of respiratory failure following heart
surgery, March 1,
2004 (age about 72
years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1955
to Roger Marz. |
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Edward Ross Roybal (1916-2005) —
also known as Edward R. Roybal —
of Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif.
Born in Albuquerque, Bernalillo
County, N.M., February
10, 1916.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; candidate for
Lieutenant
Governor of California, 1954; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from California, 1956,
1960,
1964,
1988
(speaker);
U.S.
Representative from California, 1963-93 (30th District 1963-75,
25th District 1975-93).
Catholic.
Hispanic
ancestry. Member, American
Legion; Knights
of Columbus; Optimist
Club.
Died, from respiratory failure and pneumonia,
in Huntington Hospital,
Pasadena, Los Angeles
County, Calif., October
24, 2005 (age 89 years, 256
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Susan Bieke Neilson (1956-2006) —
of Grosse Pointe Woods, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich., August
27, 1956.
Daughter of Ronald Bieke and Sheila Bieke.
Lawyer;
circuit
judge in Michigan 3rd Circuit, 1991-2005; appointed 1991; Judge of
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit, 2005-06; died in
office 2006.
Female.
Catholic.
Member, Soroptimists;
Phi
Beta Kappa; Catholic
Lawyers Society.
Died, of pulmonary failure due to myelodysplastic
syndrome, in Harper Hospital,
Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., January
25, 2006 (age 49 years, 151
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Robert J. Thompson (c.1938-2006) —
also known as Bob Thompson —
of West Goshen Township, Chester
County, Pa.
Born in West Chester, Chester
County, Pa., about 1938.
Son of Joseph H. Thompson and Winifred Thompson.
Republican. Photographer;
Chester
County Commissioner, 1979-86; member of Pennsylvania
state senate 19th District, 1995-2006; died in office 2006.
Presbyterian.
Member, Rotary.
Died, from complications of pulmonary fibrosis, at the
University of Pennsylvania Hospital,
Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., January
26, 2006 (age about 68
years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to Nancy Blackman. |
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Faizi Husain (1952-2006) —
also known as Faz Husain —
of Ypsilanti, Washtenaw
County, Mich.
Born in Patna, Bihar, India,
January
21, 1952.
Son of Safdar Husain.
Pizzeria
owner; Independent candidate for mayor
of Ypsilanti, Mich., 1993.
Muslim.
Indian
subcontinent ancestry.
Died, of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, in University Hospital,
Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich., March 9,
2006 (age 54 years, 47
days).
Interment at Highland
Cemetery, Ypsilanti, Mich.
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Relatives:
Grandson of Tajamul Husain (Member of Parliament,
India). |
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George William Miller (1925-2006) —
also known as G. William Miller —
Born in Sapulpa, Creek
County, Okla., March 9,
1925.
Lawyer;
chairman of Federal Reserve, 1978-79; U.S.
Secretary of the Treasury, 1979-81.
Died, from idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, March 17,
2006 (age 81 years, 8
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Robert Nicholas Giaimo (1919-2006) —
also known as Robert N. Giaimo —
of North Haven, New Haven
County, Conn.
Born in New Haven, New Haven
County, Conn., October
15, 1919.
Son of Rosario Giaimo and Rose (Scarpulla) Giaimo.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Connecticut 3rd District, 1959-81; delegate
to Democratic National Convention from Connecticut, 1960.
Italian
ancestry.
Died, of lung ailments, in the Virginia Medical
Center, Arlington, Arlington
County, Va., May 24,
2006 (age 86 years, 221
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Thomas Lee Judge (1934-2006) —
also known as Thomas L. Judge —
of Montana.
Born in Helena, Lewis and
Clark County, Mont., October
12, 1934.
Member of Montana
state house of representatives, 1961-67; member of Montana
state senate, 1967-69; Lieutenant
Governor of Montana, 1969-73; Governor of
Montana, 1973-81.
Died, from pulmonary fibrosis, in Chandler Regional Hospital,
Chandler, Maricopa
County, Ariz., September
8, 2006 (age 71 years, 331
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Gerry Eastman Studds (1937-2006) —
also known as Gerry E. Studds —
of Cohasset, Norfolk
County, Mass.
Born in Mineola, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y., May 12,
1937.
Democrat. Foreign Service officer; member of White House staff during
the administration of President John
F. Kennedy, 1962-63; legislative assistant to U.S. Sen. Harrison
A. Williams, 1964; state coordinator for U.S. Sen. Eugene
J. McCarthy's presidential primary campaign, 1968; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Massachusetts, 1968,
1996;
U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts, 1973-97 (12th District
1973-83, 10th District 1983-97).
Episcopalian.
Gay.
First
openly gay member of Congress. Censured
by the House of Representatives on July 20, 1983, for having sexual
relations with a teenage House page ten years earlier.
Died, of respiratory failure, in Boston Medical
Center, Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., October
14, 2006 (age 69 years, 155
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Charles Whitlow Norwood, Jr. (1941-2007) —
also known as Charlie Norwood —
of Evans, Columbia
County, Ga.
Born in Valdosta, Lowndes
County, Ga., July 27,
1941.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during the Vietnam war; dentist; U.S.
Representative from Georgia, 1995-2007 (10th District 1995-2003,
9th District 2003-07, 10th District 2007); died in office 2007.
Methodist.
Member, American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars.
Died, from lung
cancer and idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, in Augusta, Richmond
County, Ga., February
13, 2007 (age 65 years, 201
days).
Interment at Westover
Memorial Park, Augusta, Ga.
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Covey Thomas Oliver (1913-2007) —
Born in Laredo, Webb
County, Tex., 1913.
University
professor; U.S. Ambassador to Colombia, 1964-66.
Member, American
Society for International Law; Council on
Foreign Relations; Phi
Beta Kappa; Order of the
Coif.
Died, of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, near Easton,
Talbot
County, Md., February
22, 2007 (age about 93
years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Jennifer Blackburn Dunn (1941-2007) —
also known as Jennifer Dunn —
of Bellevue, King
County, Wash.
Born in Seattle, King
County, Wash., July 29,
1941.
Republican. Washington
Republican state chair, 1981-92; U.S.
Representative from Washington 8th District, 1993-2005; delegate
to Republican National Convention from Washington, 2004.
Female.
Episcopalian.
Died, from a pulmonary embolism, in Alexandria,
Va., September
5, 2007 (age 66 years, 38
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Christian Archibald Herter, Jr. (1919-2007) —
also known as Christian A. Herter, Jr. —
of Newton, Middlesex
County, Mass.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., January
29, 1919.
Son of Mary Caroline (Pratt) Herter and Christian
Archibald Herter.
Republican. Major in the U.S. Army during World War II; lawyer;
administrative assistant to U.S. Vice President Richard
M. Nixon, 1953-54; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Massachusetts, 1956,
1960;
candidate for Massachusetts
state attorney general, 1958; vice-president, Socony Mobil Oil Company,
1961-67; director, Berkshire Life
Insurance Company; law
professor.
Member, American Bar
Association; Council on
Foreign Relations; Phi
Beta Kappa.
Died, from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, in Washington,
D.C., September
16, 2007 (age 88 years, 230
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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David Dunlop Newsom (1918-2008) —
also known as David D. Newsom —
of California.
Born in Richmond, Contra Costa
County, Calif., January
6, 1918.
Son of Fred Newsom and Ivy (Dunlop) Newsom.
Newspaper
reporter; served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; newspaper
publisher; Foreign Service officer; U.S. Ambassador to Libya, 1965-69; Indonesia, 1973; Philippines, 1977-78.
Died, from respiratory failure, in Charlottesville,
Va., March 30,
2008 (age 90 years, 84
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Anthony Tony Tarracino (1916-2008) —
also known as Tony Tarracino; "Captain Tony";
"The Conscience of Key West" —
of Key West, Monroe
County, Fla.
Born in Elizabeth, Union
County, N.J., August
10, 1916.
Beaten
and left for dead by Mafia colleagues in New Jersey in the 1940s;
charter
boat captain; saloon
keeper; mayor of
Key West, Fla., 1989-91; defeated, 1991.
Italian
ancestry.
Died, from a heart and
lung condition, in Lower Keys Medical
Center, Key West, Monroe
County, Fla., November
1, 2008 (age 92 years, 83
days).
Cremated.
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Charles Nesbitt Wilson (1933-2010) —
also known as Charles Wilson; Charlie Wilson;
"Good Time Charlie" —
of Lufkin, Angelina
County, Tex.
Born in Trinity, Trinity
County, Tex., June 1,
1933.
Democrat. Lumber
business; member of Texas
state house of representatives, 1961-66; member of Texas
state senate, 1966-72; U.S.
Representative from Texas 2nd District, 1973-96; resigned 1996;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Texas, 1996.
Methodist.
Died, from cardio-pulmonary
arrest, in Lufkin Memorial Hospital,
Lufkin, Angelina
County, Tex., February
10, 2010 (age 76 years, 254
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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