Politicians Who Died of Malaria
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Politicians Who Died of Malaria
in chronological order
Meriwether Lewis Randolph (1810-1837) —
of Whelan Springs, Clark
County, Ark.
Born near Charlottesville, Albemarle
County, Va., 1810.
Son of Thomas
Mann Randolph.
Secretary
of Arkansas Territory, 1835-36.
Died, of malaria, in Whelan Springs, Clark
County, Ark., September
24, 1837 (age about 27
years).
Interment a
private or family graveyard, Clark County, Ark.
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John Kirby Allen (1810-1838) —
of Texas.
Born in Canaseraga, Allegany
County, N.Y., 1810.
Major in the Texas Army during the Texas War of Independence; member
of Texas
Republic House of Representatives, 1836.
One of the founders of the city of Houston.
Died of malaria, August
15, 1838 (age about 28
years).
Interment at Founders
Memorial Park, Houston, Tex.
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John Thomson Mason (1787-1850) —
also known as John T. Mason —
of near Leesburg, Loudoun
County, Va.; Lexington, Fayette
County, Ky.; Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born near Leesburg, Loudoun
County, Va., January
8, 1787.
Son of Mary Elizabeth (Armistead) Mason (1760-1825) and Stevens
Thomson Mason (1760-1803).
Secretary
of Michigan Territory, 1830-31.
Died, of malaria, in the Fremont House hotel,
Galveston, Galveston
County, Tex., April 17,
1850 (age 63 years, 99
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Robert Ludwell Yates Peyton (1822-1863) —
of Missouri.
Born in Loudoun
County, Va., February
8, 1822.
Member of Missouri
state senate, 1858; colonel in the Confederate Army during the
Civil War; Delegate
from Missouri to the Confederate Provisional Congress, 1862; Senator
from Missouri in the Confederate Congress, 1862-63; died in
office 1863.
Died, apparently of malaria contracted while while defending
Vicksburg, in Bladon Springs, Choctaw
County, Ala., September
3, 1863 (age 41 years, 207
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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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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Eugene Schuyler (1840-1890) —
of New York.
Born in 1840.
U.S. Diplomatic Agent to Romania, 1880; U.S. Consul General in Bucharest, 1880-82; Athens, 1882-84; U.S. Charge d'Affaires to Romania, 1880-82; U.S. Minister to Romania, 1882-84; Serbia, 1882-84; Greece, 1882-84.
Died, of malarial fever, in Venice, Italy,
July
16, 1890 (age about 50
years).
Interment at Protestant
Cemetery, San Michele, Venice, Italy.
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Thomas J. Surpless (c.1875-1911) —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., about 1875.
Son of James Surpless (died 1909; hardware merchant).
Republican. Lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from Kings County 6th District, 1906-09.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners.
Died, from the effects of malaria and typhoid
fever, in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., December
23, 1911 (age about 36
years).
Burial
location unknown.
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