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Politicians who Died in Miscellaneous Hospitals

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• Henry Clark Gilbert (1818-1864) — also known as Henry C. Gilbert — of Coldwater, Branch County, Mich. Born in Salina (now part of Syracuse), Onondaga County, N.Y., July 14, 1818. Democrat. Candidate for Michigan state house of representatives, 1849; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Michigan, 1852; colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War. Mortally wounded at the battle of Resaca, Georgia, and died nine days later at the Military Hospital, Chattanooga, Hamilton County, Tenn., May 24, 1864. Interment at Oak Grove Cemetery, Coldwater, Mich.
  
  
• John C. Niglutsch (d. 1887) — of New York, New York County, N.Y. Clerk at Castle Garden; organist; member of New York state assembly from New York County 10th District, 1882. Shot himself, apparently in a paranoid state, and died soon after, in Bellevue Hospital, New York, New York County, N.Y., November 8, 1887. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Isaac Bell, Jr. (1846-1889) — of Newport, Newport County, R.I. Born in New York, New York County, N.Y., November 6, 1846. Son of Isaac Bell; married 1878 to Jeanette Gordon Bennett (daughter of James Gordon Bennett (1795-1872; founder, New York Herald)). Democrat. Cotton broker; U.S. Minister to Netherlands, 1885-88; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Rhode Island, 1888. Died, from complications of typhoid fever, and pyaemia, in St. Luke's Hospital, New York, New York County, N.Y., January 20, 1889. Interment at Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
  • See also: Wikipedia article.
  
  
• John Palmer Usher (1818-1889) — of Terre Haute, Vigo County, Ind.; Lawrence, Douglas County, Kan. Born in Brookfield, Madison County, N.Y., January 18, 1818. Member of Indiana state house of representatives, 1850-51; candidate for U.S. Representative from Indiana, 1856; Indiana state attorney general, 1861-62; U.S. Secretary of the Interior, 1863-65. Died of cancer at University Hospital, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pa., April 13, 1889. Interment at Oak Hill Cemetery, Lawrence, Kan.
  
  
• William Preston Taulbee (1851-1890) — also known as William P. Taulbee — of Salyersville, Magoffin County, Ky. Born in Morgan County, Ky., October 22, 1851. Democrat. U.S. Representative from Kentucky 10th District, 1885-89. Shot by Charles E. Kincaid, a journalist with whom he had quarreled, at the U.S. Capitol Building, and died eleven days later at Providence Hospital, Washington, D.C., March 11, 1890. Interment in private or family graveyard.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Edward Patrick Hagan (1846-1893) — also known as Edward P. Hagan; Eddy Hagan — of New York, New York County, N.Y. Born in New York, New York County, N.Y., February 1, 1846. Member of New York state assembly from New York County 16th District, 1879-80, 1885-89; member of New York state senate 9th District, 1892-93. Irish ancestry. Member, Tammany Hall. Died, following a laparotomy for an intestinal obstruction, in Roosevelt Hospital, New York, New York County, N.Y., February 20, 1893. Interment at Calvary Cemetery, Woodside, Queens, N.Y.
  
  
• Charles Stewart (1836-1895) — of Houston, Harris County, Tex. Born in Memphis, Shelby County, Tenn., May 30, 1836. Democrat. Delegate to Texas secession convention, 1861; served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; member of Texas state senate, 1878-82; U.S. Representative from Texas 1st District, 1883-93. Died in Santa Rosa Hospital, San Antonio, Bexar County, Tex., September 21, 1895. Interment at Glenwood Cemetery, Houston, Tex.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Henry Woltman (d. 1895) — of New York, New York County, N.Y. Member of New York state assembly from New York County 12th District, 1867, 1869. "Right-hand man" to Tammany leader Richard Croker. Died, from heart disease, in Bellevue Hospital, New York, New York County, N.Y., October 11, 1895. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Louis Charles Latham (1840-1895) — also known as Louis C. Latham — of Plymouth, Washington County, N.C.; Greenville, Pitt County, N.C. Born in Plymouth, Washington County, N.C., September 11, 1840. Democrat. Major in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; member of North Carolina house of commons, 1864; member of North Carolina state senate, 1870; U.S. Representative from North Carolina 1st District, 1881-83, 1887-89. Died in Johns Hopkins University Hospital, Baltimore, Md., October 16, 1895. Interment at City Cemetery, Greenville, N.C.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Pierce Manning Butler Young (1836-1896) — also known as Pierce M. B. Young — of Cartersville, Bartow County, Ga. Born in Spartanburg, Spartanburg County, S.C., November 15, 1836. Democrat. General in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; U.S. Representative from Georgia, 1868-69, 1870-75 (6th District 1868-69, 7th District 1870-75); delegate to Democratic National Convention from Georgia, 1876; U.S. Minister to Guatamala, 1893-96; Honduras, 1893-96. Died in Presbyterian Hospital, New York, New York County, N.Y., July 6, 1896. Interment at Oak Hill Cemetery, Cartersville, Ga.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• John Edmund Bacon (1830-1897) — also known as John E. Bacon — of South Carolina. Born in South Carolina, 1830. Married, October 1, 1859, to Rebecca Calhoun Pickens (daughter of Francis Wilkinson Pickens). U.S. Charge d'Affaires to Paraguay, 1885-88; Uruguay, 1885-88; U.S. Minister to Uruguay, 1888; Paraguay, 1888. Died, in Columbia Hospital, Columbia, Richland County, S.C., February 19, 1897. Burial location unknown.
  • See also Butler-Straus-Belmont-Pickens family of New York
  • See also: Wikipedia article.
  
  
• Isaac Cox (c.1825-1898) — of Josephine County, Ore.; Siskiyou County, Calif. Born in Massachusetts. Member of Oregon state legislature, 1864-68. Died, from heart disease in the Sonoma County Hospital, Sonoma County, Calif., July 16, 1898. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Stevenson Archer (1828-1898) — of Bel Air, Harford County, Md. Born near Churchville, Harford County, Md., February 28, 1828. Grandson of John Archer; son of Stevenson Archer (1786-1848). Lawyer; member of Maryland state house of delegates, 1854; U.S. Representative from Maryland 2nd District, 1867-75; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Maryland, 1868, 1876; Maryland state treasurer, 1886-90; Maryland Democratic state chair, 1887-89. In April, 1890, following an investigation which revealed a shortage of $132,000, he was arrested, removed from office as State Treasurer, and charged with embezzlement. He pleaded guilty and wrote to the court: "No part of the State's money or securities was ever used by me in gambling, stock speculation, or for political purposes; nor have I at this time one dollar of it left." Sentenced to five years in prison. Due to his failing health, was pardoned by Gov. Frank Brown in May 1894. Died, in Baltimore City Hospital, Baltimore, Md., August 2, 1898. Interment at Presbyterian Cemetery, Churchville, Md.
  • See also Archer family of Maryland
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• 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. Interment at Calvary Cemetery, Woodside, Queens, N.Y.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• William A. French (1849-1903) — also known as Billy French — of Dundee, Monroe County, Mich.; Bell, Presque Isle County, Mich. Born in Pelham, Ontario, March 2, 1849. Republican. Member of Michigan state house of representatives from Monroe County 2nd District, 1883-84; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Michigan, 1884; Michigan land commissioner, 1894-1900; appointed 1894. Member, Freemasons. Died, of cancer, in St. Mary's Hospital, Saginaw, Saginaw County, Mich., February 28, 1903. Interment at Maple Grove Cemetery, Dundee, Mich.
  
  
• James Brennan (d. 1905) — of Albany, Albany County, N.Y. Democrat. Member of New York state assembly from Albany County 3rd District, 1894. Died, in the Albany Hospital, Albany, Albany County, N.Y., September 11, 1905. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• William Thomas Clark (1831-1905) — of Texas. Born in Norwalk, Fairfield County, Conn., June 29, 1831. Republican. U.S. Representative from Texas 3rd District, 1869-72. Died in a hospital, at New York, New York County, N.Y., October 12, 1905. Interment at Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Henry Champney Loomis (1834-1905) — also known as Henry C. Loomis — of Winfield, Cowley County, Kan. Born in Otto Township, Cattaraugus County, N.Y., March 16, 1834. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; mayor of Winfield, Kan., 1896-98. Member, Grand Army of the Republic; Freemasons; Elks; Redmen. Died in St. Mary's Hospital, Winfield, Cowley County, Kan., October 14, 1905. Interment at Union Cemetery, Winfield, Kan.
  
  
• Horace Austin (1831-1905) — of St. Peter, Nicollet County, Minn.; Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minn.; Mound, Hennepin County, Minn. Born in Canterbury, Windham County, Conn., October 15, 1831. Republican. Lawyer; district judge in Minnesota 6th District, 1865-69; Governor of Minnesota, 1870-74; member of Minnesota railroad and warehouse commission, 1887; appointed 1887. Died, in St. Barnabas Hospital, Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minn., November 2, 1905. Cremated; ashes interred at Oakland Cemetery, St. Paul, Minn.
  • See also: National Governors Association biography.
  
  
• Robert Adams, Jr. (1849-1906) — also known as Bertie Adams — of Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pa. Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pa., February 26, 1849. Republican. Member of Pennsylvania state senate, 1883-86; U.S. Minister to Brazil, 1889-90; U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania 2nd District, 1893-1906; died in office 1906; Drafted and introduced the declaration of war against Spain in 1898. Author of act declaring war on Spain, 1898. Despondent over heavy losses in stock speculation and the prospect of defeat at the polls, he shot himself with a pistol, in his rooms at the Metropolitan Club, and died soon after in Emergency Hospital, Washington, D.C., June 1, 1906. Interment at Laurel Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia, Pa.
  • See also: congressional biography; Wikipedia article; NNDB dossier; Find-A-Grave page.
  
  
• George G. Sumner (1841-1906) — of Bolton, Tolland County, Conn.; Hartford, Hartford County, Conn. Born in Hebron, Tolland County, Conn., January 14, 1841. Son-in-law of David Gallup. Democrat. Lawyer; member of Connecticut state house of representatives, 1867; mayor of Hartford, Conn., 1878-80; Lieutenant Governor of Connecticut, 1883-85; member of Connecticut state senate 1st District, 1887-88. Died, in a hospital at Hartford, Hartford County, Conn., September 20, 1906. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• John Henry Ketcham (1832-1906) — also known as John H. Ketcham — of Dover Plains, Dutchess County, N.Y. Born in Dover Plains, Dutchess County, N.Y., December 21, 1832. Father of Henry B. Ketcham. Republican. Member of New York state assembly from Dutchess County 1st District, 1856-57; member of New York state senate 11th District, 1860-61; general in the Union Army during the Civil War; U.S. Representative from New York, 1865-73, 1877-93, 1897-1906 (12th District 1865-73, 13th District 1877-85, 16th District 1885-93, 18th District 1897-1903, 21st District 1903-06); died in office 1906; member District of Columbia board of commissioners, 1874-77. Suffered a fall about 1903, which affected his health, and died three years later, in St. Elizabeth's Hospital, Manhattan, New York County, N.Y., November 4, 1906. Interment at Valley View Cemetery, Dover Plains, N.Y.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Theodore Frelinghuysen Singiser (1845-1907) — of Idaho. Born in Churchtown, Cumberland County, Pa., March 15, 1845. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; secretary of Idaho Territory, 1880; Delegate to U.S. Congress from Idaho Territory, 1883. Died in Mercy Hospital, Chicago, Cook County, Ill., January 23, 1907. Interment at Chestnut Hill Cemetery, Mechanicsburg, Pa.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Lyman Warren Bliss (1836-1907) — also known as Lyman W. Bliss; "Doctor Joy" — of Saginaw, Saginaw County, Mich. Born in Peterboro, Madison County, N.Y., July 12, 1836. Son of Lyman Bliss and Anna M. (Chaffee) Bliss; married, July 27, 1858, to Mary Jerome (1838-1872); married, September 18, 1877, to Harriett (Granger) Miller (died 1887); married, November 2, 1892, to May Cummiskey; brother of Aaron Thomas Bliss. Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; physician; lumber business; mayor of Saginaw, Mich., 1879-81, 1888-89; defeated, 1890. Died in a hospital at San Antonio, Bexar County, Tex., February 19, 1907. Interment at Oakwood Cemetery, Saginaw, Mich.
  
  
• James M. Varnum (1848-1907) — of New York, New York County, N.Y. Born in New York, New York County, N.Y., 1848. Married 1899 to Mary Witherspoon Dickey. Republican. Lawyer; member of New York state assembly from New York County 11th District, 1879-80; candidate for New York state attorney general, 1889; candidate for Justice of New York Supreme Court 1st District, 1890; New York County Surrogate, 1899. Member, Society of the Cincinnati; Society of Colonial Wars. Badly injured when his car collided with a streetcar, and died soon after, in Roosevelt Hospital, Manhattan, New York County, N.Y., March 26, 1907. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Patrick Henry McCarren (c.1850-1909) — also known as Patrick H. McCarren; "Friend of the Sugar Trust" — of Brooklyn, Kings County, N.Y. Born in East Cambridge, Cambridge, Middlesex County, Mass. Married to Kate Hogan (died 1883). Democrat. Cooper; member of New York state assembly from Kings County 6th District, 1882-83, 1889; member of New York state senate, 1890-93, 1896-1909 (4th District 1890-93, 7th District 1896-1909); died in office 1909; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1904. Catholic. Irish ancestry. Political boss who dominated Brooklyn politics for twenty years. Died, from intestinal degeneration, complicated by appendicitis and myocarditis, in St. Catherine's Hospital, Williamsburg, Brooklyn, Kings County, N.Y., October 23, 1909. Interment at Calvary Cemetery, Woodside, Queens, N.Y.
  
  
• Edward Theodore Bartlett (1841-1910) — also known as Edward T. Bartlett — of New York, New York County, N.Y. Born in Skaneateles, Onondaga County, N.Y., June 14, 1841. Great-grandson of Josiah Bartlett; son of Dr. Levi Bartlett (physician) and Harriette Elizabeth (Hopkins) Bartlett. Republican. Lawyer; candidate for Justice of New York Supreme Court, 1891; judge of New York Court of Appeals, 1894-1910; died in office 1910. French and English ancestry. Member, Sons of the American Revolution; Union League. Died, of heart disease, in Albany Hospital, Albany, Albany County, N.Y., May 3, 1910. Interment somewhere in Skaneateles, N.Y.
  • See also Bartlett-O'Rear family of Kentucky and New Hampshire
  
  
• James A. Rierdon (c.1866-1911) — of New York, New York County, N.Y. Member of New York state assembly from New York County 2nd District, 1899-1901. Died, in St. Vincent's Hospital, Manhattan, New York County, N.Y., July 22, 1911. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Robert Gunn Bremner (1874-1914) — of New Jersey. Born in Keiss, Caithness, Scotland, December 17, 1874. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; U.S. Representative from New Jersey 7th District, 1913-14; died in office 1914. Scottish ancestry. Died in a hospital at Baltimore, Md., February 5, 1914. Interment at Laurel Grove Cemetery, Totowa, N.J.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Albert E. Crabtree (d. 1915) — of Bronx, New York County (now Bronx County), N.Y. Member of New York state assembly from New York County 31st District, 1898. Catholic. Member, Knights of Columbus. Died in St. Francis Hospital, Manhattan, New York County, N.Y., December 9, 1915. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Thomas Henry Anderson (1848-1916) — also known as Thomas H. Anderson — of Cambridge, Guernsey County, Ohio; Washington, D.C. Born in Belmont County, Ohio, June 6, 1848. Son of John Anderson and Amelia (Dallas) Anderson; married 1879 to Laura B. Augustine. Lawyer; U.S. Minister to Bolivia, 1889-92; U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia, 1899-1901; justice of District of Columbia supreme court, 1901-16; died in office 1916. Died, in a hospital at Denver, Colo., October 1, 1916. Burial location unknown.
  • See also: federal judicial profile.
  
  
• Will H. Parry (d. 1917) — of Seattle, King County, Wash. Member, Federal Trade Commission, 1915-17; died in office 1917. Died, in a hospital at Washington, D.C., April 21, 1917. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Gilbert S. Gilbertson (1863-1917) — of Winnebago County, Iowa. Born in Spring Grove, Houston County, Minn., October 17, 1863. Nephew of Timan Gilbertson. Iowa state treasurer, 1901-07. Died, in Iowa Lutheran Hospital, Des Moines, Polk County, Iowa, November 24, 1917. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• William Patterson Borland (1867-1919) — also known as William P. Borland — of Kansas City, Jackson County, Mo. Born in Leavenworth, Leavenworth County, Kan., October 14, 1867. Son of William Patterson Borland and Elizabeth (Hassan) Borland; married, April 27, 1904, to Ona Winants. Democrat. Lawyer; law professor; U.S. Representative from Missouri 5th District, 1909-19; died in office 1919. Presbyterian. Member, Freemasons. Died, of bronchial pneumonia, in U.S. Army Field Hospital No. 31, near Coblenz (Koblenz), Germany, February 20, 1919. Interment at Elmwood Cemetery, Kansas City, Mo.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Robert Bacon (1860-1919) — of New York, New York County, N.Y. Born in Jamaica Plain, Boston, Suffolk County, Mass., July 5, 1860. Son of William B. Bacon and Emily C. (Low) Bacon; married, October 10, 1883, to Martha Waldron Cowdin; father of Robert Low Bacon and Gaspar Griswold Bacon. Republican. Financier; U.S. Secretary of State, 1909; U.S. Ambassador to France, 1909-12; candidate in primary for U.S. Senator from New York, 1916; colonel in the U.S. Army during World War I. Presbyterian. English ancestry. Died, from complications following surgery for mastoiditis, in the New York Eye and Ear Infirmary, Manhattan, New York County, N.Y., May 29, 1919. Interment at Mt. Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Mass.
  • See also Bacon family of Massachusetts and New York
  • See also: NNDB dossier.
  
  
• 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. First cousin of George Vail; son of Davis Vail and Phebe (Quinby) Vail; married, August 3, 1869, to Emma Louisa Righter (1844-1905); married, July 27, 1907, to Mabel Rutledge Sanderson (died 1950). 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. Interment at Vail Memorial Cemetery, Parsippany, N.J.
  • See also: Wikipedia article; Find-A-Grave page.
  
  
• Edward D. Roberts (1864-1920) — of Colton, San Bernardino County, Calif. Born in Cambria, Columbia County, Wis., July 18, 1864. Republican. California state treasurer, 1911-15. Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons; Shriners; Elks. Died, three days after surgery for acute appendicitis, at Ramona Hospital, San Bernardino, San Bernardino County, Calif., August 4, 1920. Entombed at Inglewood Park Cemetery, Inglewood, Calif.
  • See also: Wikipedia article.
  
  
• George Washington Fithian (1854-1921) — also known as George W. Fithian — of Newton, Jasper County, Ill. Born near Willow Hill, Jasper County, Ill., July 4, 1854. Democrat. U.S. Representative from Illinois 16th District, 1889-95; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Illinois, 1912, 1916, 1920; member of Illinois Democratic State Central Committee, 1919. Died of pneumonia, in a hospital at Memphis, Shelby County, Tenn., January 21, 1921. Interment at Riverside Cemetery, Newton, Ill.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Franklin Knight Lane (1864-1921) — of San Francisco, Calif.; Manhattan, New York County, N.Y. Born near Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, July 15, 1864. Son of Dr. C. S. Lane and C. W. H. Lane; married, April 11, 1893, to Anne Wintermute. Democrat. Newspaper reporter; lawyer; candidate for Governor of California, 1902; member, Interstate Commerce Commission, 1906-13; U.S. Secretary of the Interior, 1913-20. Died, of a heart attack 12 days after appendicitis surgery, at the Mayo Hospital, Rochester, Olmsted County, Minn., May 18, 1921. Cremated.
  • See also: NNDB dossier.
  
  
• Edward Douglass White (1845-1921) — of Louisiana. Born near Thibodaux, Lafourche Parish, La., November 3, 1845. Grandson of James White; son of Edward Douglass White (1795-1847). Democrat. Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; member of Louisiana state senate, 1874; justice of Louisiana state supreme court, 1879-80; U.S. Senator from Louisiana, 1891-94; Justice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1894-1910; Chief Justice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1910-21; died in office 1921. Catholic. Died, following unspecified surgery, at Garfield Hospital, Washington, D.C., May 19, 1921. Interment at Oak Hill Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
  • See also White family of Louisiana
  • See also: congressional biography; Wikipedia article; NNDB dossier.
  • Books about Edward Douglass White: Robert Baker Highsaw, Edward Douglass White: Defender of the Conservative Faith
  
  
• Michael J. Dady (c.1850-1921) — of Brooklyn, Kings County, N.Y. Born in Brooklyn, Kings County, N.Y. Republican. Contractor; delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1904, 1908, 1912, 1916; Presidential Elector for New York, 1920. Died, of pneumonia, in St. Mary's Hospital, Brooklyn, Kings County, N.Y., June 2, 1921. Interment at Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
  
  
• John Kendrick Bangs (1862-1922) — of Yonkers, Westchester County, N.Y.; Ogunquit, Wells, York County, Maine. Born in Yonkers, Westchester County, N.Y., May 27, 1862. Son of Francis N. Bangs and Amelia Francis (Bull) Bangs; married, March 3, 1886, to Agnes Lawson Hyde; married, April 27, 1904, to Mary Blakeney Gray. Democrat. Magazine editor; author; playwright; candidate for mayor of Yonkers, N.Y., 1894; candidate in primary for U.S. Representative from Maine 1st District, 1921. Died, from intestinal cancer, in City Hospital, Atlantic City, Atlantic County, N.J., January 21, 1922. Interment at Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
  
  
• James Alfred Emerson (1865-1922) — also known as James A. Emerson — of Warrensburg, Warren County, N.Y. Born in Warrensburg, Warren County, N.Y., April 25, 1865. Son of Albert Emerson; brother of Louis Woodard Emerson. Republican. Lumber business; clothing manufacturer; steamboat business; hotel owner; banker; member of New York state senate, 1907-18 (32nd District 1907-08, 33rd District 1909-18); as an opponent of alcohol prohibition in 1918, he was called "wringing wet" (in contrast to prohibition advocates, who were "desert dry"). Became ill, from heart disease and gastritis, while on board the steamship Porto Rico, and died soon after, in Long Island Hospital, Brooklyn, Kings County, N.Y., January 31, 1922. Interment at Warrensburg Cemetery, Warrensburg, N.Y.
  
  
• Fleming Duncan Cheshire (1849-1922) — also known as Fleming D. Cheshire — Born in Brooklyn, Kings County, N.Y., March 4, 1849. Merchant; U.S. Vice Consul in Foochow, 1878; U.S. Consul General in Mukden, 1904-06; Canton, 1912-15. Methodist. Died in a hospital at Manhattan, New York County, N.Y., June 13, 1922. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Charles Frederick Heilman (c.1872-1922) — also known as Charles F. Heilman — of Evansville, Vanderburgh County, Ind. Republican. Mayor of Evansville, Ind., 1910-14; delegate to Republican National Convention from Indiana, 1912. Died, in Deaconess Hospital, Evansville, Vanderburgh County, Ind., October 6, 1922. Interment at Oak Hill Cemetery, Evansville, Ind.
  
  
• Charles Brainard Taylor Moore (1853-1923) — of Decatur, Macon County, Ill. Born in 1853. U.S. Navy officer; Governor of American Samoa. Died, in the Philadelphia Naval Hospital, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pa., April 4, 1923. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Jesse Milton Coburn (1853-1923) — also known as J. Milton Coburn — of South Norwalk (now part of Norwalk), Fairfield County, Conn. Born in Pittsfield, Merrimack County, N.H., March 27, 1853. Son of Rev. Jesse Milton Coburn and Almira (Morse) Coburn; married, August 4, 1879, to Abbie M. Cutler. Republican. Physician; mayor of South Norwalk, Conn., 1899-1900. Congregationalist. Member, Odd Fellows. Died in Bridgeport Hospital, Bridgeport, Fairfield County, Conn., August 13, 1923. Interment at Mountain Grove Cemetery, Bridgeport, Conn.
  
  
• 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. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Walter M. Taussig (1862-1923) — of Yonkers, Westchester County, N.Y. Born in St. Louis, Mo., June 10, 1862. Son of Dr. William Taussig; brother of Jennie Taussig (sister-in-law of Louis Dembitz Brandeis). Democrat. President, Wiesbuch & Hilger, hardware exporters; vice-president, American Chain Company; president, Challenge Cutlery Company; mayor of Yonkers, N.Y., 1922-23; defeated, 1923; died in office 1923. Shot himself in the head, in the garage of his home, and died forty minutes later, in St. John's Hospital, Yonkers, Westchester County, N.Y., November 21, 1923. Burial location unknown.
  • See also Nagel-Brandeis-Taussig family of Missouri
  
  
• Albert Alexander Blakeney (1850-1924) — also known as Albert A. Blakeney — of Franklinville, Baltimore County, Md.; Baltimore, Md. Born in Baltimore, Md., September 28, 1850. Republican. U.S. Representative from Maryland 2nd District, 1901-03, 1921-23; defeated, 1922; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Maryland, 1916. Died at Franklin Square Hospital, Baltimore, Md., October 15, 1924. Interment at Green Mount Cemetery, Baltimore, Md.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Michael Henry O'Hara (1854-1924) — also known as M. H. O'Hara — of Kenmare, Ward County, N.Dak. Born in Vermont, September 17, 1854. Married, November 25, 1878, to Mary Ann Quimby. Democrat. Hotel owner; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from North Dakota, 1912. Died, in Kenmare Hospital, Kenmare, Ward County, N.Dak., October 18, 1924. Interment at St. Agnes Catholic Cemetery, Kenmare, N.Dak.
  
  
• Harold Marsh Sewall (1860-1924) — also known as Harold M. Sewall — of Bath, Sagadahoc County, Maine. Born in Bath, Sagadahoc County, Maine, January 3, 1860. Son of Emma Duncan (Crocker) Sewall and Arthur Sewall; married, September 14, 1893, to Camilla Loyall Ashe; father of Camilla Loyall Ashe Sewall (who married Walter Evans Edge). Republican. U.S. Vice Consul in Liverpool, 1885-87; lawyer; member of Maine state house of representatives, 1896, 1903-07; delegate to Republican National Convention from Maine, 1896, 1916; U.S. Minister to Hawaiian Islands, 1897-98; member of Maine state senate, 1907-09; candidate for U.S. Representative from Maine 2nd District, 1914; member of Republican National Committee from Maine, 1924. Died, in a private hospital in Manhattan, New York County, N.Y., October 28, 1924. Interment at Oak Grove Cemetery, Bath, Maine.
  • See also Sewall family of Maine
  
  
• Henry Cabot Lodge (1850-1924) — of Nahant, Essex County, Mass. Born in Boston, Suffolk County, Mass., May 12, 1850. Great-grandson of George Cabot; son of John Ellerton Lodge (1807-1862) and Anna Sophie (Cabot) Lodge (1821-1900); married, June 29, 1871, to Anna Cabot Mills 'Nannie' Davis (1850-1915) (granddaughter of Elijah Hunt Mills; daughter of Admiral Charles Henry Davis; sister-in-law of Brooks Adams); father of Constance Lodge (1872-1941) (who married Augustus Peabody Gardner) and George 'Bay' Lodge (1873-1909) (grandson-in-law of Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen); grandfather of Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr. and John Davis Lodge; great-grandfather of William Amory Gardner Minot and George Cabot Lodge. Republican. Lawyer; member of Massachusetts state house of representatives, 1880-81; Massachusetts Republican state chair, 1883; U.S. Representative from Massachusetts 6th District, 1887-93; resigned 1893; U.S. Senator from Massachusetts, 1893-1924; died in office 1924; delegate to Republican National Convention from Massachusetts, 1896 (Speaker), 1904, 1908, 1916, 1920, 1924. Member, American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Died, after a severe stroke, at Charlesgate Hospital, Cambridge, Middlesex County, Mass., November 9, 1924. Interment at Mt. Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Mass.
  • Cross-reference: Louis A. Coolidge; Albert Henry Washburn
  • See also Livingston-Lee-Clay-Williams family
  • See also: congressional biography; NNDB dossier.
  
  
• Theodore Frank Appleby (1864-1924) — also known as T. Frank Appleby — of Asbury Park, Monmouth County, N.J. Born in Old Bridge, Middlesex County, N.J., October 10, 1864. Son of Theodore Frelinguysen Appleby and Margaret Susanna (Mount) Appleby; married, April 10, 1889, to Alice C. Hoffman; father of Stewart Hoffman Appleby. Republican. Real estate and insurance business; delegate to Republican National Convention from New Jersey, 1896; mayor of Asbury Park, N.J., 1908-12; U.S. Representative from New Jersey 3rd District, 1921-23; defeated, 1922. Methodist. Member, Freemasons. Died, of heart trouble, in Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, Md., December 15, 1924. Interment at Chestnut Hill Cemetery, Old Bridge, N.J.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Frederick W. Knowlton (1856-1925) — of Old Town, Penobscot County, Maine. Born in Sangerville, Piscataquis County, Maine, 1856. Democrat. Lawyer; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Maine, 1916. Member, Delta Kappa Epsilon. Died, of appendicitis, in Penobscot General Hospital, Old Town, Penobscot County, Maine, January 12, 1925. Interment at Lawndale Cemetery, Old Town, Maine.
  
  
• Asa Francis Smith (c.1847-1925) — also known as Asa F. Smith — of Brooklyn, Kings County, N.Y. Born in Beverly, Essex County, Mass. Lawyer; Prohibition candidate for New York state assembly from Kings County 17th District, 1902; candidate for Justice of New York Supreme Court 2nd District, 1919, 1920 (Prohibition). Died, a week after being overcome by fumes from his gas stove, in Prospect Heights Hospital, Brooklyn, Kings County, N.Y., January 16, 1925. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Lewis Dewart Apsley (1852-1925) — also known as Lewis D. Apsley — of Hudson, Middlesex County, Mass. Born in Northumberland, Northumberland County, Pa., September 29, 1852. Son of George Apsley and Anna C. (Wenck) Apsley. Republican. Manufacturer; founder and president of Apsley Rubber Co. (later Firestone-Apsley); U.S. Representative from Massachusetts 4th District, 1893-97; delegate to Republican National Convention from Massachusetts, 1904. Died, in a private American hospital, Colón, Panama, April 11, 1925. Interment at Forestvale Cemetery, Hudson, Mass.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Edwin Freemont Ladd (1859-1925) — also known as Edwin F. Ladd — of Fargo, Cass County, N.Dak. Born in Starks, Somerset County, Maine, December 13, 1859. Son of John Ladd and Rosilla (Locke) Ladd; married, August 16, 1893, to Rizpah Sprogle. Republican. Chemist; college professor; U.S. Senator from North Dakota, 1921-25; died in office 1925. Died in Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, Md., June 22, 1925. Interment at Glenwood Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• 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 and Mary D. (McIlvaine) Parsons; married, September 1, 1900, to Elsie Worthington Clews. 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. Cremated; ashes interred at Lenox Cemetery, Lenox, Mass.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Meyer London (1871-1926) — of Manhattan, New York County, N.Y. Born in Kalvaria, Russia, December 29, 1871. Socialist. Immigrated to the United States in 1891; became a citizen in 1896; lawyer; candidate for Justice of New York Supreme Court 1st District, 1911, 1925 (Socialist); U.S. Representative from New York 12th District, 1915-19, 1921-23; defeated, 1922. Jewish. Struck by a car as he was crossing First Avenue, near Eighteenth Street, in Manhattan, and died soon after at Bellevue Hospital, New York, New York County, N.Y., June 6, 1926. Interment at Mt. Carmel Cemetery, Glendale, Queens, N.Y.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• James Smith Havens (1859-1927) — also known as James S. Havens — of Rochester, Monroe County, N.Y. Born in Weedsport, Cayuga County, N.Y., May 28, 1859. Married 1894 to Caroline Prindle Sammons. Democrat. Lawyer; vice-president and secretary of Kodak Company; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1904, 1920; U.S. Representative from New York 32nd District, 1910-11. Died, in Strong Memorial Hospital, Rochester, Monroe County, N.Y., February 27, 1927. Originally entombed at Mt. Hope Cemetery, Rochester, N.Y.; reinterment to unknown location.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• John Melvin Willison (1849-1927) — also known as John M. Willison — of Pennfield Township, Calhoun County, Mich. Born in Johnstown Township, Barry County, Mich., May 21, 1849. Brother of Frank Leslie Willison. Democrat. School teacher; farmer; candidate for Michigan state senate 9th District, 1902. Quaker. Member, Freemasons. Died, at Nichols Hospital, Battle Creek, Calhoun County, Mich., May 24, 1927. Interment at Hicks Cemetery, Pennfield Township, Calhoun County, Mich.
  
  
• George Smith Patton (1856-1927) — also known as George S. Patton; Frenchy Patton; George William Patton — of San Marino, Los Angeles County, Calif. Born in Charleston, Kanawha County, Va. (now W.Va.), September 30, 1856. Son of George Smith Patton (1833-1864); married to Ruth Wilson (daughter of Benjamin Davis Wilson); father of Gen. George S. Patton, Jr. (1885-1945). Democrat. Los Angeles County District Attorney, 1884-86; delegate to Democratic National Convention from California, 1892; candidate for U.S. Representative from California 6th District, 1894; candidate for U.S. Senator from California, 1916. Episcopalian. Scottish ancestry. Died at Good Samaritan Hospital, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, Calif., June 10, 1927. Interment at Church of Our Savior Cemetery, San Gabriel, Calif.
  
  
• Charles William Vermilion (1866-1927) — also known as Charles W. Vermilion — of Centerville, Appanoose County, Iowa. Born in Centerville, Appanoose County, Iowa, November 6, 1866. Son of William F. Vermilion. Lawyer; district judge in Iowa, 1901-23; justice of Iowa state supreme court, 1923-27; died in office 1927. Presbyterian. Died, in Iowa Methodist Hospital, Des Moines, Polk County, Iowa, September 2, 1927. Interment at Oakland Cemetery, Centerville, Iowa.
  
  
• Edward Fletcher Brush (c.1847-1927) — also known as Edward F. Brush — of Mt. Vernon, Westchester County, N.Y. Born in Dublin, Ireland. Father of Walton Brush (U.S. Marine, killed in action in France, 1918). Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; physician; mayor of Mt. Vernon, N.Y., 1892-94, 1904-07, 1918-19; defeated (Republican), 1901. Died, in a hospital in Manhattan, New York County, N.Y., October 3, 1927. Interment at Oakwood Cemetery, Mt. Kisco, N.Y.
  
  
• 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. Interment at Mt. Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Mass.
  
  
• Richard C. Flannigan (d. 1928) — of Norway, Dickinson County, Mich. Republican. Delegate to Michigan state constitutional convention 31st District, 1907-08; circuit judge in Michigan 25th Circuit, 1910-27; appointed 1910; resigned 1927; justice of Michigan state supreme court, 1927-28; appointed 1927; died in office 1928; chief justice of Michigan state supreme court, 1928; died in office 1928. Died, of cancer, in a hospital at Chicago, Cook County, Ill., February 17, 1928. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Julius Halpern (c.1859-1928) — of Manhattan, New York County, N.Y. Born in Russia. Socialist. Physician; candidate for U.S. Representative from New York 17th District, 1920; candidate for New York state assembly from New York County 15th District, 1921. Jewish. Member, American Medical Association. Died, of cancer, in St. Luke's Hospital, Manhattan, New York County, N.Y., March 24, 1928. Interment at Mt. Carmel Cemetery, Glendale, Queens, N.Y.
  
  
• James Ambrose Gallivan (1866-1928) — also known as James A. Gallivan — of Boston, Suffolk County, Mass. Born in Boston, Suffolk County, Mass., October 22, 1866. Son of James S. Gallivan and Mary (Flynn) Gallivan; married to Louise A. Burke. Democrat. Newspaper reporter; member of Massachusetts state house of representatives; member of Massachusetts state senate; U.S. Representative from Massachusetts 12th District, 1914-28; died in office 1928; candidate for mayor of Boston, Mass., 1917. Staunch opponent of alcohol prohibition. Died, from heart disease, in Ring Hospital, Arlington, Middlesex County, Mass., April 3, 1928. Interment at Holyhood Cemetery, Brookline, Mass.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• John Alden Dix (1860-1928) — also known as John A. Dix — of Thomson, Washington County, N.Y.; Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara County, Calif. Born in Glens Falls, Warren County, N.Y., December 25, 1860. Nephew of John Adams Dix; son of James Lawton Dix and Laura (Stevens) Dix; married 1889 to Gertrude Thomson. Democrat. Banker; lumber business; paper manufacturer; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1904, 1912; candidate for Lieutenant Governor of New York, 1908; New York Democratic state chair, 1910; Governor of New York, 1911-12. Died, from heart disease, in Harbor Hospital, Manhattan, New York County, N.Y., April 9, 1928. Interment at Albany Rural Cemetery, Menands, N.Y.
  • Cross-reference: Lawrence Gresser
  • See also Dix family of New York
  • See also: National Governors Association biography.
  
  
• Alois B. Renehan (1869-1928) — of New Mexico. Born in Alexandria, Va., January 6, 1869. Democrat. Candidate for member New Mexico territorial council, 1896; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from New Mexico Territory, 1904; member of New Mexico state house of representatives, 1915; member of New Mexico state senate; elected 1924. Died in a hospital at Dayton, Montgomery County, Ohio, April 20, 1928. Interment at Fairview Cemetery, Santa Fe, N.M.
  
  
• Homer Warren (1855-1928) — of Detroit, Wayne County, Mich. Born in Shelby Township, Macomb County, Mich., December 1, 1855. Republican. Real estate broker; treasurer of Michigan Republican Party, 1903. Member, Freemasons. Died in Detroit Diagnostic Hospital, Detroit, Wayne County, Mich., August 17, 1928. Entombed in mausoleum at Woodlawn Cemetery, Detroit, Mich.
  
  
• Charles Arnette Towne (1858-1928) — also known as Charles A. Towne — of Duluth, St. Louis County, Minn.; New York, New York County, N.Y.; Tucson, Pima County, Ariz. Born near Pontiac, Oakland County, Mich., November 21, 1858. Son of Judson Towne and Laura (Fargo) Towne. Lawyer; U.S. Representative from Minnesota 6th District, 1895-97; U.S. Senator from Minnesota, 1900-01; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1904; U.S. Representative from New York 14th District, 1905-07. Died, from asthma and pneumonia, in Southern Methodist Hospital, Tucson, Pima County, Ariz., October 22, 1928. Interment at Evergreen Cemetery, Tucson, Ariz.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Charles Lee Faust (1879-1928) — also known as Charles L. Faust — of St. Joseph, Buchanan County, Mo. Born near Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio, April 24, 1879. Son of Wilson S. Faust and Ellen May Faust. Republican. Lawyer; U.S. Representative from Missouri 4th District, 1921-28; died in office 1928. Died at U.S. Naval Hospital, Washington, D.C., December 17, 1928. Interment at Highland Cemetery, Highland, Kan.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• William Charles Adamson (1854-1929) — also known as William C. Adamson — of Carrollton, Carroll County, Ga. Born in Bowdon, Carroll County, Ga., August 13, 1854. Son of John W. Adamson and Mary A. (McDaniel) Adamson; married, January 29, 1885, to Minna Reese (died 1912); married, January 1, 1917, to Ellen (Zellars) Camp. Democrat. Lawyer; city judge in Georgia, 1885-89; Presidential Elector for Georgia, 1892; U.S. Representative from Georgia 4th District, 1897-1917; Judge of U.S. Customs Court, 1926-28. Methodist. Member, Freemasons; Royal Arcanum; Knights of Pythias. Died, of pneumonia, in Presbyterian Hospital, Manhattan, New York County, N.Y., January 3, 1929. Interment at City Cemetery, Carrollton, Ga.
  • See also: congressional biography; Find-A-Grave page.
  
  
• Carville Dickinson Benson (1872-1929) — also known as Carville D. Benson — of Baltimore, Md. Born near Halethorpe, Baltimore County, Md., August 24, 1872. Democrat. Member of Maryland state house of delegates, 1904-10, 1918; member of Maryland state senate, 1912-14; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Maryland, 1916, 1924; U.S. Representative from Maryland 2nd District, 1918-21; defeated, 1920. Died in Mercy Hospital, Baltimore, Md., February 8, 1929. Interment at Cedar Hill Cemetery, Baltimore, Md.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Steven Beckwith Ayres (1861-1929) — also known as Steven B. Ayres — of New York. Born in Fort Dodge, Webster County, Iowa, October 27, 1861. Son of Stephen Ayres and Artemisia (Dunlap) Ayres. Real estate business; advertising business; U.S. Representative from New York 18th District, 1911-13; defeated, 1912. Member, Psi Upsilon. Died, in Park West Hospital, Manhattan, New York County, N.Y., June 1, 1929. Interment at Clearwater Cemetery, Clearwater, Fla.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Maurice Bloch (c.1891-1929) — of Manhattan, New York County, N.Y. Born in New York, New York County, N.Y. Married 1923 to Madelaine Neuberger. Democrat. Lawyer; member of New York state assembly, 1915-29 (New York County 22nd District 1915-17, New York County 16th District 1918-29); died in office 1929; campaign manager for U.S. Senator Robert F. Wagner, 1926. Jewish. Member, Elks; B'nai B'rith; Odd Fellows; Freemasons; Tammany Hall. Died, from an embolus of the heart, following a appendicitis surgery, in Roosevelt Hospital, Manhattan, New York County, N.Y., December 5, 1929. Interment at Cypress Hills Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
  
  
• Herbert Bronson Shonk (1881-1930) — also known as Herbert B. Shonk — of Scarsdale, Westchester County, N.Y. Born in Plymouth, Luzerne County, Pa., October 28, 1881. Son of George Washington Shonk; married 1907 to Gertrude Knight (daughter of Erastus Cole Knight). Republican. Lawyer; oil business; major in the U.S. Army during World War I; member of New York state assembly from Westchester County 2nd District, 1923-30; died in office 1930. Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons; American Legion; Alpha Delta Phi; Phi Beta Kappa. Died, following a heart attack, in White Plains Hospital, White Plains, Westchester County, N.Y., 1930. Interment at St. James the Less Cemetery, Scarsdale, N.Y.
  • See also Shonk-Knight family of New York
  
  
• Peter J. Hamill (c.1886-1930) — of Manhattan, New York County, N.Y. Born in New York, New York County, N.Y. Democrat. Lawyer; insurance business; member of New York state assembly, 1916-30 (New York County 2nd District 1916-17, New York County 1st District 1918-30); died in office 1930. Member, Tammany Hall. Died, from complications of appendicitis surgery, in Polyclinic Hospital, Manhattan, New York County, N.Y., January 13, 1930. Interment at Holy Cross Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
  
  
• William M. Bennett (1869-1930) — of Manhattan, New York County, N.Y. Born in Nashville, Davidson County, Tenn., July 11, 1869. Republican. Lawyer; member of New York state assembly from New York County 15th District, 1908-10; member of New York state senate 18th District, 1915-16; candidate in primary for Governor of New York, 1916; Republican candidate for mayor of New York City, N.Y., 1917, 1921 (primary), 1925 (primary); candidate in primary for Lieutenant Governor of New York, 1918, 1920. Suffered a stroke of paralysis in his office, and died soon after in Broad Street Hospital, Manhattan, New York County, N.Y., January 16, 1930. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• George John Kindel (1855-1930) — also known as George J. Kindel — of Denver, Colo. Born in Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio, March 2, 1855. U.S. Representative from Colorado 1st District, 1913-15; defeated, 1916 (Liberal), 1927 (Independent); Kindel Commercial Equality candidate for U.S. Senator from Colorado, 1914. Injured in an automobile accident near Hillrose, Colo., and subsequently died in a hospital at Brush, Morgan County, Colo., February 28, 1930. Interment at Fairmount Cemetery, Denver, Colo.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• James J. Byrne (1863-1930) — of Brooklyn, Kings County, N.Y. Born in Brooklyn, Kings County, N.Y., April 8, 1863. Son of Richard Byrne and Bridget (Lawrey) Byrne; married 1906 to May A. Sesnon (sister-in-law of John Henry McCooey); uncle by marriage of John Henry McCooey, Jr.. Democrat. Member of New York state assembly from Kings County 9th District, 1905; borough president of Brooklyn, New York, 1926-30; died in office 1930. Catholic. Irish ancestry. Member, Elks; Knights of Columbus. Died, from gallstones, in Brooklyn Hospital, Brooklyn, Kings County, N.Y., March 14, 1930. Interment at Holy Cross Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
  • See also McCooey-Byrne family of New York
  
  
• 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; married 1886 to Lilly Pronich. 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 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. Interment at Beth Olom Cemetery, Glendale, Queens, N.Y.
  
  
• E. J. Dennis (c.1876-1930) — of Berkeley County, S.C. Member of South Carolina state senate, 1910-30; died in office 1930. Tried and acquitted in 1929 for conspiracy to violate the alcohol prohibition law. Shot and severely wounded by W. L. Thornley, on the street in front of the post office in Moncks Corner, S.C., and died the next day in a hospital at Charleston, Charleston County, S.C., July 25, 1930. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Alfred Rider Page (1859-1931) — also known as Alfred R. Page — of Brooklyn, Kings County, N.Y.; Manhattan, New York County, N.Y.; Bronx, Bronx County, N.Y. Born in Carlinville, Macoupin County, Ill., October 7, 1859. Son of Charles Page and Angeline (Rider) Page; married 1886 to Elizabeth M. Rose. Republican. Lawyer; member of New York state senate 19th District, 1905-08; delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1908; Justice of New York Supreme Court 1st District, 1910-23; resigned 1923; Justice of the Appellate Division of the New York Supreme Court 1st Department, 1916-23; law partner of George L. Ingraham, 1923-25. Christian Reformed. Member, Chi Psi; Freemasons. Died, of pneumonia, in Southampton Hospital, Southampton, Suffolk County, Long Island, N.Y., February 3, 1931. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Abel E. Blackmar (c.1859-1931) — of Brooklyn, Kings County, N.Y. Born in Newark, Wayne County, N.Y. Married 1888 to Adelle Marx. Lawyer; Justice of New York Supreme Court 2nd District, 1908-22; defeated, 1906; appointed 1908; Justice of the Appellate Division of the New York Supreme Court, 1917-22; director, Interborough Rapid Transit Company, 1922-31. Member, Delta Kappa Epsilon; Phi Beta Kappa; American Bar Association. Died, in Brooklyn Hospital, Brooklyn, Kings County, N.Y., February 14, 1931. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• William Philip Boland (1863-1931) — also known as William P. Boland — of Scranton, Lackawanna County, Pa. Born in County Sligo, Ireland, January 6, 1863. Brother of Christopher G. Boland; first cousin of Patrick Joseph Boland. Progressive. Candidate for U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania 11th District, 1924. Catholic. Member, Elks. Died, of a heart condition, at Clara Barton Hospital, Hollywood, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, Calif., February 27, 1931. Interment at St. Catherine's Cemetery, Moscow, Pa.
  • See also Boland family of Pennsylvania
  
  
• Daniel Nash Morgan (1844-1931) — also known as Daniel N. Morgan — of Bridgeport, Fairfield County, Conn. Born in Newtown, Fairfield County, Conn., August 18, 1844. Democrat. Banker; mayor of Bridgeport, Conn., 1880-81; member of Connecticut state house of representatives, 1883; member of Connecticut state senate 14th District, 1885-86, 1893; resigned 1893; Treasurer of the United States, 1893-97; candidate for Governor of Connecticut, 1898. Member, Sons of the Revolution. While crossing a street, he was hit by an automobile, was badly injured, and died twelve days later, in Bridgeport Hospital, Bridgeport, Fairfield County, Conn., May 30, 1931. Interment at Mountain Grove Cemetery, Bridgeport, Conn.
  
  
• Fletcher Hale (1883-1931) — of Laconia, Belknap County, N.H. Born in Portland, Cumberland County, Maine, January 22, 1883. Son of Frederick Fletcher Hale and Adelaide L. (MacLellan) Hale; married, March 29, 1913, to Alice N. Armstrong. Republican. Lawyer; delegate to New Hampshire state constitutional convention, 1918; U.S. Representative from New Hampshire 1st District, 1925-31; died in office 1931. Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons; Elks; Odd Fellows; American Bar Association. Died in the Brooklyn Naval Hospital, Brooklyn, Kings County, N.Y., October 22, 1931. Interment at Union Cemetery, Laconia, N.H.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Thaddeus Horatius Caraway (1871-1931) — also known as Thaddeus H. Caraway — of Jonesboro, Craighead County, Ark. Born in Stoddard County, Mo., October 17, 1871. Son of Dr. Tolbert F. Caraway and Mary Ellen (Scales) Caraway; married, February 5, 1902, to Hattie Ophelia Wyatt. Democrat. Lawyer; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Arkansas, 1912, 1924 (member, Platform Committee); U.S. Representative from Arkansas 1st District, 1913-21; U.S. Senator from Arkansas, 1921-31; died in office 1931. Member, Knights of Pythias; Elks; American Bar Association. Died, from heart disease, in a hospital at Little Rock, Pulaski County, Ark., November 6, 1931. Interment at West Lawn Cemetery, Jonesboro, Ark.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Major L. Dunham (1850-1932) — of Grand Rapids, Kent County, Mich. Born near Highland, Livingston County, Mich., March 19, 1850. Son of John Dunham and Mary (McDermott) Dunham; uncle of John M. Dunham. Superior court judge in Michigan of Grand Rapids, 1916-22; resigned 1922; circuit judge in Michigan 17th Circuit, 1922-32; appointed 1922; died in office 1932. Died, from sinus complications, in Blodgett Hospital, Grand Rapids, Kent County, Mich., 1932. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Edward McMath Beers (1877-1932) — also known as Edward M. Beers — of Mt. Union, Huntingdon County, Pa. Born in Nossville, Huntingdon County, Pa., May 27, 1877. Son of Anderson Beers and Mary E. Beers; married 1910 to Iva Clarissa Ewing. Republican. Farmer; director Grange Trust Company, Huntingdon, Pa.; director, First National Bank, Mt. Union, Pa.; county judge in Pennsylvania, 1914-23; U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania 18th District, 1923-32; died in office 1932. Methodist. Died, of influenza, in the Naval Hospital, Washington, D.C., April 21, 1932. Interment at Odd Fellows Cemetery, Mt. Union, Pa.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Ralph Dayton Cole (1873-1932) — also known as Ralph D. Cole — of Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio. Born in Vanlue, Hancock County, Ohio, November 30, 1873. Brother of Raymond Clinton Cole. Republican. Member of Ohio state house of representatives, 1900; U.S. Representative from Ohio 8th District, 1905-11; delegate to Republican National Convention from Ohio, 1916, 1924, 1928. Injured in an automobile accident near Parkman, Ohio, and died in the hospital at Warren, Trumbull County, Ohio, October 15, 1932. Interment at Maple Grove Cemetery, Findlay, Ohio.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Robert Reyburn Butler (1881-1933) — also known as Robert R. Butler — of Condon, Gilliam County, Ore.; The Dalles, Wasco County, Ore. Born in Butler, Johnson County, Tenn., September 24, 1881. Grandson of Roderick Randum Butler. Republican. Lawyer; Presidential Elector for Oregon, 1908, 1916; circuit judge in Oregon, 1909-11; member of Oregon state senate, 1913-17, 1925-28; U.S. Representative from Oregon 2nd District, 1928-33; died in office 1933. Member, Freemasons; Odd Fellows; Knights of Pythias; Elks; Sigma Alpha Epsilon. Died of heart disease and pneumonia, at Providence Hospital, Washington, D.C., January 7, 1933. Interment at Odd Fellows Cemetery, The Dalles, Ore.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• William Stryker Gummere (1852-1933) — also known as William S. Gummere — of Newark, Essex County, N.J. Born in Trenton, Mercer County, N.J., June 24, 1852. Son of Barker Gummere and Elizabeth (Stryker) Gummere (1826-1898); brother of Samuel René Gummeré and Barker Gummere, Jr.. Republican. Circuit judge in New Jersey; associate justice of New Jersey state supreme court, 1895-1901; appointed 1895; chief justice of New Jersey state supreme court, 1901-. Died, of pneumonia, in St. Barnabas Hospital, Newark, Essex County, N.J., January 26, 1933. Interment at Princeton Cemetery, Princeton, N.J.
  • See also Gummere family of New Jersey
  
  
• Henry A. Huber (1869-1933) — also known as "The Great Pacificator" — of Stoughton, Dane County, Wis. Born in Evergreen, Allegheny County, Pa., November 6, 1869. Republican. Lawyer; member of Wisconsin state assembly, 1904; member of Wisconsin state senate, 1913-25; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Wisconsin, 1924; Lieutenant Governor of Wisconsin, 1925-33. Died, of a heart ailment, at Madison General Hospital, Madison, Dane County, Wis., January 31, 1933. Interment at Riverside Cemetery, Stoughton, Wis.
  
  
• Fred Atwater (c.1871-1933) — of Bridgeport, Fairfield County, Conn. Born in Birmingham (now part of Derby), New Haven County, Conn. Son of Henry Atwater and Josie (Wells) Atwater. Democrat. Founder and president, Columbia Nut and Bolt Company; mayor of Bridgeport, Conn., 1921-23; defeated, 1927; member of Connecticut state senate 21st District, 1931; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Connecticut, 1932. Member, Freemasons; Scottish Rite Masons; Kiwanis. Died, from diabetes and a heart ailment, in Bridgeport Hospital, Bridgeport, Fairfield County, Conn., February 23, 1933. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Peter August Hatting (1867-1933) — also known as Peter A. Hatting — of Bronx, Bronx County, N.Y. Born in New York, New York County, N.Y., November 15, 1867. Married to Rose L. Magee (died 1937). Democrat. Lawyer; Justice of New York Supreme Court 1st District, 1924-33; died in office 1933. German ancestry. Died, from diabetes and osteomyelitis and complications from the amputation of his left leg, in Post-Graduate Hospital, Manhattan, New York County, N.Y., February 28, 1933. Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery, Bronx, N.Y.
  
  
• Karl Cortlandt Schuyler (1877-1933) — also known as Karl C. Schuyler — of Colorado. Born in Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colo., April 3, 1877. Republican. U.S. Senator from Colorado, 1932-33; defeated, 1932. Struck by an automobile, and subsequently died in Lenox Hill Hospital, New York, New York County, N.Y., July 31, 1933. Interment at Fairmount Cemetery, Denver, Colo.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• George L. Record (c.1859-1933) — of Jersey City, Hudson County, N.J. Born in Auburn, Androscoggin County, Maine. Lawyer; Republican candidate for New Jersey state senate, 1901; Republican candidate for New Jersey state house of assembly, 1908; Republican candidate for U.S. Representative from New Jersey, 1910; delegate to Republican National Convention from New Jersey, 1912; Presidential Elector for New Jersey, 1916; candidate for U.S. Senator from New Jersey, 1918 (Republican primary), 1924 (Progressive). Died, from a cerebral hemorrhage, in State Street Hospital, Portland, Cumberland County, Maine, September 27, 1933. Interment at New York Bay Cemetery, Jersey City, N.J.
  
  
• Nahum Josiah Bachelder (1854-1934) — also known as Nahum J. Bachelder — of East Andover, Andover, Merrimack County, N.H. Born in Andover, Merrimack County, N.H., September 3, 1854. Son of William Adams Bachelder and Adeline E. (Shaw) Bachelder; married, June 30, 1887, to Mary A. Putney. Republican. Farmer; Governor of New Hampshire, 1903-05. Congregationalist. Member, Grange; Freemasons. Died, in Eliot Hospital, Manchester, Hillsborough County, N.H., April 22, 1934. Interment at Proctor Cemetery, Andover, N.H.
  • See also: National Governors Association biography.
  
  
• 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; married to Florence Wall. 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; associate 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. Interment somewhere in Carthage, N.C.
  
  
• Walter Franklin Brawner (1873-1934) — also known as Walter Brawner — of Phoenix, Maricopa County, Ariz. Born in Frankfort, Franklin County, Ky., October 28, 1873. Son of Alex G. Brawner and Hannah Catherine (Morgan) Brawner; brother of Frances Brawner Weedon. Democrat. Brick contractor; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Arizona, 1912, 1924; Phoenix chief of police. Died, of complications of appendicitis surgery, in St. Joseph's Hospital, Phoenix, Maricopa County, Ariz., May 27, 1934. Interment at Frankfort Cemetery, Frankfort, Ky.
  
  
• George Franklin Brumm (1878-1934) — also known as George F. Brumm — of Minersville, Schuylkill County, Pa. Born in Minersville, Schuylkill County, Pa., January 24, 1878. Son of Charles Napoleon Brumm and Virginia (James) Brumm. Republican. Lawyer; solicitor for Miners State Bank; U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania 13th District, 1923-27, 1929-34; died in office 1934. Episcopalian. Died, in Methodist Hospital, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pa., May 29, 1934. Interment at Charles Baber Cemetery, Pottsville, Pa.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Frank J. Corr (1877-1934) — of Chicago, Cook County, Ill. Born in Brooklyn, Kings County, N.Y., January 12, 1877. Mayor of Chicago, Ill., 1933. Died, from complication of diabetes, in Presbyterian Hospital, Chicago, Cook County, Ill., June 3, 1934. Interment at Holy Sepulchre Cemetery, Alsip, Ill.
  • See also: Find-A-Grave page.
  
  
• Thomas Chalkley Coffin (1887-1934) — also known as Thomas C. Coffin — of Pocatello, Bannock County, Idaho. Born in Caldwell, Canyon County, Idaho, October 25, 1887. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; lawyer; mayor of Pocatello, Idaho, 1931-33; U.S. Representative from Idaho 2nd District, 1933-34; died in office 1934. Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons; Shriners; Elks. Struck by an automobile on a driveway in the south grounds of the U.S. Capitol, June 4, 1934, and died four days later at Providence Hospital, Washington, D.C., June 8, 1934. Interment at Mountainview Cemetery, Pocatello, Idaho.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Edward J. Ahearn (1891-1934) — also known as Eddie Ahearn — of Manhattan, New York County, N.Y. Born in New York, New York County, N.Y., June 15, 1891. Son of John Francis Ahearn; brother of William J. Ahearn. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1928, 1932; member of New York Democratic State Committee, 1930; member of New York state senate 14th District, 1931-32. Member, Tammany Hall. Died, of peritonitis, at Post-Graduate Hospital, Manhattan, New York County, N.Y., August 23, 1934. Burial location unknown.
  • See also Ahearn family of New York
  
  
• Frederick Landis (1872-1934) — also known as Fred Landis — of Logansport, Cass County, Ind. Born in Sevenmile, Butler County, Ohio, August 18, 1872. Brother of Charles Beary Landis. Republican. U.S. Representative from Indiana 11th District, 1903-07; defeated, 1906; candidate for Governor of Indiana, 1912, 1928. Died in a hospital at Logansport, Cass County, Ind., November 6, 1934. Interment at Mt. Hope Cemetery, Logansport, Ind.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Thomas B. Davis (1878-1935) — also known as "Emperor of Tug River" — of Logan County, W.Va. Born in New Hope, Augusta County, Va., May 28, 1878. Democrat. Adjutant General of West Virginia, 1918-21. Died, in St. Francis Hospital, Charleston, Kanawha County, W.Va., February 10, 1935. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Walter Marion Chandler (1867-1935) — also known as Walter M. Chandler — of Dallas, Dallas County, Tex.; Manhattan, New York County, N.Y. Born in Yazoo County, Miss., December 8, 1867. Son of King David Chandler and Mary Frances (Harrison) Chandler. Republican. Cowboy; school teacher; lawyer; U.S. Representative from New York 19th District, 1913-19, 1921-23; defeated, 1922, 1924. Died, from a heart attack and intestinal malady, in Post-Graduate Hospital, Manhattan, New York County, N.Y., March 16, 1935. Interment at Evergreen Cemetery, Jacksonville, Fla.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Melville Clyde Kelly (1883-1935) — also known as M. Clyde Kelly — of Edgewood, Allegheny County, Pa. Born in Bloomfield, Muskingum County, Ohio, August 4, 1883. Son of William B. Kelly and Mary C. (Clark) Kelly; married 1917 to Vida Ruth Clementson. Republican. Newspaper editor and publisher; member of Pennsylvania state house of representatives, 1910-13; U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania, 1913-15, 1917-35 (30th District 1913-15, 1917-23, 33rd District 1923-33, 31st District 1933-35). Presbyterian. Member, Sons of the American Revolution. Accidentally shot while cleaning a rifle, and died in a hospital at Punxsutawney, Jefferson County, Pa., April 29, 1935. Interment at Mahoning Union Cemetery, Marchand, Pa.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Joseph Flanagan (1876-1935) — of Long Island City, Queens, Queens County, N.Y. Born in Brooklyn, Kings County, N.Y., January 20, 1876. Married, December 25, 1903, to Mary Cragen. Real estate business; member of New York state assembly from Queens County 2nd District, 1907; Queens Borough Secretary, 1910-28. Died, in Flushing Hospital, Flushing, Queens, Queens County, N.Y., June 25, 1935. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Huey Pierce Long (1893-1935) — also known as Huey P. Long; "The Kingfish" — of New Orleans, Orleans Parish, La. Born near Winnfield, Winn Parish, La., August 30, 1893. Son of Huey Pierce Long and Caledonia (Tison) Long; brother of George Shannon Long and Earl Kemp Long (who married Blanche B. Revere); married, April 12, 1913, to Rose McConnell; father of Russell Billiu Long; cousin of Gillis William Long and Speedy Oteria Long. Democrat. Lawyer; Governor of Louisiana, 1928-32; member of Democratic National Committee from Louisiana, 1928; U.S. Senator from Louisiana, 1932-35; died in office 1935. Baptist. Member, Elks. Impeached by the Louisiana House in 1929 over multiple charges including his attempt to impose an oil tax and his unauthorized demolition of the governor's mansion, but not convicted by the Senate. Shot, apparently by Carl Weiss (who was immediately killed at the scene), in the Louisiana State Capitol Building, September 8, 1935, and died two days later at Our Lady of the Lake Hospital, Baton Rouge, East Baton Rouge Parish, La., September 10, 1935. Interment at State Capitol Grounds, Baton Rouge, La.
  • Cross-reference: Cecil Morgan; John H. Overton; Harvey G. Fields; Gerald L. K. Smith
  • See also Long family of Louisiana
  • See also: congressional biography; National Governors Association biography; Wikipedia article; NNDB dossier; Internet Movie Database profile.
  • Books by Huey P. Long: Every Man a King : The Autobiography of Huey P. Long
  • Books about Huey P. Long: T. Harry Williams, Huey Long; David R. Collins, Huey P. Long : Talker and Doer (for young readers)
  
  
• William John Cooper (1882-1935) — of California. Born in Sacramento, Sacramento County, Calif., November 24, 1882. California superintendent of public instruction, 1927-29; appointed 1927; resigned 1929. Member, Freemasons. Suffered a stroke while driving, and died nine days later, in a hospital at Kearney, Buffalo County, Neb., September 19, 1935. Interment at Mountain View Cemetery, Oakland, Calif.
  
  
• John A. Pilgard (c.1866-1935) — of Hartford, Hartford County, Conn. Born in Denmark. Democrat. Grocer; banker; elected mayor of Hartford, Conn. 1935, but died before taking office. Danish ancestry. Died, following gall bladder surgery, in St. Francis Hospital, Hartford, Hartford County, Conn., November 14, 1935. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Thomas David Schall (1878-1935) — also known as Thomas D. Schall — of Excelsior, Hennepin County, Minn. Born in Reed City, Osceola County, Mich., June 4, 1878. Son of David Schall and Mary Ellen (Jordan) Schall; married 1907 to Margaret Huntley. Republican. Lawyer; U.S. Representative from Minnesota 10th District, 1915-25; U.S. Senator from Minnesota, 1925-35; died in office 1935. Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons. Blinded by an electric shock in 1907. Hit by an automobile, on the Washington-Baltimore Boulevard, near Cottage City, Maryland, suffered severe injuries, and died three days later, in Casualty Hospital, Washington, D.C., December 22, 1935. Interment at Lakewood Cemetery, Minneapolis, Minn.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Harvey Parnell (1880-1936) — of Dermott, Chicot County, Ark. Born near Orlando, Cleveland County, Ark., February 28, 1880. Member of Arkansas state house of representatives, 1919-22; member of Arkansas state senate, 1923-26; Lieutenant Governor of Arkansas, 1927-28; Governor of Arkansas, 1928-33. Methodist. Member, Freemasons. In 1928, he was charged with violating the Corrupt Practices Act (early campaign finance law) by spending more than $5,000 on his campaign; the charges were later dropped. Died, following two heart attacks, in St. Vincent's Infirmary, Little Rock, Pulaski County, Ark., January 16, 1936. Interment at Roselawn Memorial Park, Little Rock, Ark.
  • Cross-reference: Lamar Williamson
  • See also: National Governors Association biography.
  
  
• Roy Dikeman Chapin (1880-1936) — of Grosse Pointe Farms, Wayne County, Mich. Born in Lansing, Ingham County, Mich., February 23, 1880. Son of Edwin C. Chapin and Ella (King) Chapin; married, November 4, 1914, to Inez Tiedeman. President, Hudson Motor Car Company; U.S. Secretary of Commerce, 1932-33. Member, Phi Delta Theta. Died, from pneumonia, in Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, Wayne County, Mich., February 16, 1936. Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery, Detroit, Mich.
  • See also: NNDB dossier.
  
  
• Guy Van Amrige (1868-1936) — of Manhattan, New York County, N.Y. Born in New York, New York County, N.Y., 1868. Son of Howard Van Amrige (died 1915; Dean of Columbia College). Republican. Lawyer; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1908; magistrate. Member, Society of Colonial Wars. Died, of appendicitis, in St. Vincent's Hospital, Manhattan, New York County, N.Y., April 3, 1936. Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery, Bronx, N.Y.
  
  
• Horatio J. Abbott (1876-1936) — of Ann Arbor, Washtenaw County, Mich. Born in Clayton, Lenawee County, Mich., March 26, 1876. Son of Aaron Abbott and Mabel (Johnson) Abbott; married, November 29, 1905, to Florence A. Sutton. Democrat. Builder; merchant; oil distributor; Washtenaw County Register of Deeds, 1909-12; postmaster; member of Michigan Democratic State Central Committee, 1915; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Michigan, 1920, 1928, 1932; candidate for Michigan state senate 12th District, 1924; Michigan Democratic state chair, 1925-29; candidate for University of Michigan board of regents, 1929; candidate in primary for U.S. Representative from Michigan 2nd District, 1932; member of Democratic National Committee from Michigan, 1933-36. Methodist. Member, Freemasons; Order of the Eastern Star. Died, from a cerebral hemorrhage, in St. Joseph Mercy Hospital, Ann Arbor, Washtenaw County, Mich., April 24, 1936. Interment at Washtenong Memorial Park, Ann Arbor Township, Washtenaw County, Mich.
  • See also: Find-A-Grave page.
  
  
• Walter Clifford Brown (1890-1936) — also known as Walter C. Brown — of Warrenville, Ashford, Windham County, Conn. Born in Willimantic, Windham County, Conn., September 28, 1890. Republican. Member of Connecticut state house of representatives, 1921; member of Connecticut state senate 28th District, 1929-31. Baptist. Member, Exchange Club; Grange. Died, in the Windham Community Memorial Hospital, Willimantic, Windham County, Conn., June 25, 1936. Interment at Warrenville Cemetery, Warrenville, Ashford, Conn.
  
  
• Daniel Webster Hamilton (1861-1936) — also known as Daniel W. Hamilton — of Sigourney, Keokuk County, Iowa. Born near Dixon, Ogle County, Ill., December 20, 1861. Democrat. U.S. Representative from Iowa 6th District, 1907-09; state court judge in Iowa, 1918. Died in a hospital at Rochester, Olmsted County, Minn., August 21, 1936. Interment at No. 16 Cemetery, Near Thornburg, Keokuk County, Iowa.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• 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; married, June 7, 1899, to Charlotte Brown. 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. Interment at Mt. Olivet Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Utah.
  • See also: National Governors Association biography; Wikipedia article; NNDB dossier.
  
  
• Fred Warren Green (1871-1936) — also known as Fred W. Green — of Ionia, Ionia County, Mich. Born in Manistee, Manistee County, Mich., October 19, 1871. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; delegate to Republican National Convention from Michigan, 1912, 1920, 1928, 1932, 1936; mayor of Ionia, Mich., 1913-22; treasurer of Michigan Republican Party, 1915-19; Governor of Michigan, 1927-30. Presbyterian. Member, Freemasons; Elks; Rotary. Died, following a heart attack, at Munising Hospital, Munising, Alger County, Mich., November 30, 1936. Entombed in mausoleum at Highland Park Cemetery, Ionia, Mich.
  • Cross-reference: Howard C. Lawrence
  • See also: National Governors Association biography.
  
  
• Joseph M. Weiss (1856-1937) — of Chippewa County, Mich.; Detroit, Wayne County, Mich. Born in Detroit, Wayne County, Mich., May 25, 1856. Lawyer; Chippewa County Prosecuting Attorney, 1877-78; one of the founders of professional baseball in Detroit; helped organize the Cass Baseball Club in 1881; Wayne County Circuit Court Commissioner; member of Michigan state senate 2nd District, 1891-94; member of Michigan state house of representatives from Wayne County 1st District, 1907-08. Jewish. Died, in Harper Hospital, Detroit, Wayne County, Mich., January 11, 1937. Interment at Woodmere Cemetery, Detroit, Mich.
  
  
• James S. Parker (1872-1937) — of Flint, Genesee County, Mich. Born near Corunna, Shiawassee County, Mich., January 15, 1872. Republican. Lawyer; colonel in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; Genesee County Prosecuting Attorney, 1909-13; circuit judge in Michigan 7th Circuit, 1925-37; died in office 1937. Member, Freemasons; Knights Templar; Elks; Knights of Pythias. Died, of a heart ailment, in Owosso Memorial Hospital, Owosso, Shiawassee County, Mich., January 13, 1937. Interment at Glenwood Cemetery, Flint, Mich.
  
  
• James C. Cropsey (1873-1937) — of Brooklyn, Kings County, N.Y. Born in New Utrecht (now part of Brooklyn), Kings County, N.Y., 1873. Son of William Cropsey and Mary Voorhies (Church) Cropsey; married 1898 to Florence Graecen. Republican. New York City Police Commissioner, 1910-11; Kings County District Attorney, 1912-16; Justice of New York Supreme Court 2nd District, 1920-37; died in office 1937; Justice of the Appellate Division of the New York Supreme Court 2nd Department, 1937; died in office 1937. Dutch ancestry. Died, from a glandular ailment, in Brooklyn Hospital, Brooklyn, Kings County, N.Y., June 16, 1937. Cremated.
  
  
• Grayson Mallet-Prevost Murphy (1878-1937) — also known as Grayson M. P. Murphy — of Manhattan, New York County, N.Y. Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pa., December 19, 1878. Son of Howard Murphy and Anita (Mallet-Prevost) Murphy; married, April 19, 1906, to Maud Donaldson; father of Grayson Mallet-Prevost Murphy, Jr.. Republican. Colonel in the U.S. Army during World War I; Commissioner of the American Red Cross in Europe, 1917; financier; director, Bethlehem Steel Corporation, Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company, Anaconda Copper Mining Company, National Aviation Corporation; delegate to New York convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933. Died, of bronchial pneumonia, in Doctors Hospital, Manhattan, New York County, N.Y., October 18, 1937. Interment at Kensico Cemetery, Valhalla, N.Y.
  
  
• Wilbur Louis Adams (1884-1937) — also known as Wilbur L. Adams — of Wilmington, New Castle County, Del.; Georgetown, Sussex County, Del. Born in Georgetown, Sussex County, Del., October 23, 1884. Son of William Dunning Adams and Sarah Lavinia (Thompson) Adams. Democrat. Lawyer; candidate for Delaware state attorney general, 1924; U.S. Representative from Delaware at-large, 1933-35; candidate for U.S. Senator from Delaware, 1934. Member, Phi Kappa Psi; Freemasons. Died in Beebe Hospital, Lewes, Sussex County, Del., December 4, 1937. Interment at Union Cemetery, Georgetown, Del.
  • See also: congressional biography; Find-A-Grave page.
  
  
• George William Weadock (1853-1937) — also known as George W. Weadock — of Saginaw, Saginaw County, Mich. Born in St. Marys, Auglaize County, Ohio, November 6, 1853. Son of Lewis Weadock and Mary (Cullen) Weadock; brother of Thomas Addis Emmet Weadock; married, September 16, 1878, to Anna Elizabeth Tarsney (died 1893) (sister of John Charles Tarsney and Timothy Edward Tarsney); married, April 14, 1896, to Mary Grace McTavish; father of George Leo Weadock; grandfather of George William Weadock II. Democrat. Lawyer; mayor of Saginaw, Mich., 1890-92; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Michigan, 1928; candidate for justice of Michigan state supreme court, 1929; Presidential Elector for Michigan, 1932. Catholic. Member, Rotary; Elks; American Bar Association; Knights of Columbus. Died in St. Mary's Hospital, Saginaw, Saginaw County, Mich., December 4, 1937. Interment at Calvary Cemetery, Saginaw, Mich.
  • See also Weadock-Tarsney family of Michigan
  
  
• John Joseph Boylan (1878-1938) — also known as John J. Boylan — of Manhattan, New York County, N.Y. Born in New York, New York County, N.Y., September 20, 1878. Son of Patrick Boylan and Elizabeth (McElroy) Boylan. Democrat. Real estate business; member of New York state assembly from New York County 11th District, 1910-12; member of New York state senate, 1913-22 (15th District 1913-18, 13th District 1919-22); U.S. Representative from New York 15th District, 1923-38; died in office 1938. Catholic. Irish ancestry. Member, Tammany Hall; Ancient Order of Hibernians; Redmen. Died, in French Hospital, Manhattan, New York County, N.Y., October 5, 1938. Interment at Calvary Cemetery, Woodside, Queens, N.Y.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• John Barrett (1866-1938) — of Portland, Multnomah County, Ore.; Grafton, Windham County, Vt.; Coral Gables, Miami-Dade County, Fla.; Manhattan, New York County, N.Y. Born in Grafton, Windham County, Vt., November 28, 1866. Son of Charles Barrett and Caroline (Sanford) Barrett; married 1934 to Mary (Tanner) Cady (died 1937). Newspaper correspondent; newspaper editor; U.S. Minister to Siam, 1894-98; Argentina, 1903-04; Panama, 1904-05; Colombia, 1905-06; U.S. Consul General in Bangkok, 1894-98; director general, Pan American Union, 1907-20. Died, of bronchial pneumonia, in a hospital at Bellows Falls, Rockingham, Windham County, Vt., October 17, 1938. Interment at Grafton Village Cemetery, Grafton, Vt.
  • See also: Find-A-Grave page.
  
  
• Earl A. Smith (1876-1938) — of Manhattan, New York County, N.Y. Born in Lawrence, Essex County, Mass., December 14, 1876. Son of George H. Smith and Elizabeth (Hart) Smith; married 1906 to Florence Rochotte. Lawyer; member of New York state assembly, 1917-19 (New York County 23rd District 1917, New York County 22nd District 1918-19); magistrate. Member, Elks; Knights of Columbus; Tammany Hall. Died, in St. Elizabeth's Hospital, Manhattan, New York County, N.Y., November 28, 1938. Interment somewhere in Milford, Pa.
  
  
• James Hamilton Lewis (1863-1939) — also known as J. Hamilton Lewis; "Pink Whiskers" — of Seattle, King County, Wash.; Chicago, Cook County, Ill. Born in Danville, Va., May 18, 1863. Son of John Cable Lewis (Major in Confederate Army in Civil War; died from war wounds); married 1896 to Rose Lawton Douglas. Lawyer; member of Washington territorial legislature, 1887-88; candidate for Governor of Washington, 1892; U.S. Representative from Washington at-large, 1897-99; defeated (People's), 1898; colonel in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; candidate for Democratic nomination for Vice President, 1900, 1920; candidate for Governor of Illinois, 1908, 1920 (Democratic); U.S. Senator from Illinois, 1913-19, 1931-39; defeated (Democratic), 1918; died in office 1939; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Illinois, 1928, 1936. Died, of coronary thrombosis, at Garfield Hospital, Washington, D.C., April 9, 1939. Originally entombed at Abbey Mausoleum (which no longer exists), Arlington, Va.; reinterment to unknown location.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Jacob Roll (1875-1939) — also known as Jake Roll — of Newport, Campbell County, Ky. Born in Ohio, September 19, 1875. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Kentucky, 1928. Catholic. Member, Elks; Eagles; Moose. Died, of cancer, at St. Elizabeth's Hospital, Covington, Kenton County, Ky., April 18, 1939. Interment at St. Stephen's Cemetery, Fort Thomas, Ky.
  
  
• Victor Benson (1873-1939) — of Iron River, Iron County, Mich. Born in Sweden, December 22, 1873. Married 1901 to Hilda Anderson. Republican. Farmer; miller; member of Michigan state house of representatives from Iron County, 1939; defeated, 1936; died in office 1939. Swedish ancestry. Died, in Sparrow Hospital, Lansing, Ingham County, Mich., April 26, 1939. Interment somewhere in Iron River, Mich.
  
  
• B. Duncan McClave (1889-1939) — of Cliffside Park, Bergen County, N.J. Born in Cliffside Park, Bergen County, N.J., April 29, 1889. Son of Stephen Wood McClave; brother of Roscoe P. McClave. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; delegate to Republican National Convention from New Jersey, 1924. Died at Englewood Hospital, Englewood, Bergen County, N.J., May 8, 1939. Interment at Fairview Cemetery, Fairview, N.J.
  • See also McClave family of New Jersey
  
  
• Salvatore A. Cotillo (1886-1939) — of Manhattan, New York County, N.Y. Born in Italy, November 19, 1886. Democrat. Lawyer; member of New York state assembly from New York County 28th District, 1913, 1915-16; member of New York state senate, 1917-23 (20th District 1917-18, 18th District 1919-23); delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1920; Justice of New York Supreme Court 1st District, 1924-39; died in office 1939. Italian ancestry. Member, Sons of Italy. Died, following an operation for a chest tumor, in Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center, Manhattan, New York County, N.Y., July 27, 1939. Interment at Gate of Heaven Cemetery, Hawthorne, N.Y.
  
  
• Robert William Bonynge (1863-1939) — also known as Robert W. Bonynge — of Denver, Colo.; Manhattan, New York County, N.Y. Born in New York, New York County, N.Y., September 8, 1863. Son of Robert Bonynge and Susan (Burchell) Bonynge; married 1886 to Mary Alida Riblet (died 1937). Republican. Lawyer; member of Colorado state house of representatives, 1893-94; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Colorado, 1896; U.S. Representative from Colorado 1st District, 1904-09; defeated, 1900. Member, American Bar Association; Union League. Died, in Presbyterian Hospital, Manhattan, New York County, N.Y., September 22, 1939. Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery, Bronx, N.Y.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• George Washington Edmonds (1864-1939) — also known as George W. Edmonds — of Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pa. Born in Pottsville, Schuylkill County, Pa., February 22, 1864. Son of Henry R. Edmonds and Catherine Ann (Huntzinger) Edmonds; married, June 14, 1899, to Julia H. Riley; brother of Franklin Spencer Edmonds. Republican. Druggist; coal dealer; U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania 4th District, 1913-25, 1933-35. Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons. Died, in Jefferson Hospital, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pa., September 28, 1939. Interment at West Laurel Hill Cemetery, Bala Cynwyd, Pa.
  • See also: congressional biography; Wikipedia article.
  
  
• Heywood Campbell Broun (1888-1939) — also known as Heywood Broun — of New York; Stamford, Fairfield County, Conn. Born in Brooklyn, Kings County, N.Y., December 7, 1888. Son of Heywood Cox Broun and Henriette (Brose) Broun; married 1917 to Ruth Hale (divorced 1933); married 1935 to Constance (Madison) Dooley (actress). Socialist. Candidate for U.S. Representative from New York 17th District, 1930. Catholic. Member, American Civil Liberties Union. Sportswriter; columnist for New York newspapers; founder of the American Newspaper Guild in 1933 and its first president; expelled from Socialist Party in 1933. Died, of pneumonia, in the Harkness Pavilion of the Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center, Manhattan, New York County, N.Y., December 18, 1939. Interment at Gate of Heaven Cemetery, Hawthorne, N.Y.
  • See also: NNDB dossier.
  • Books by Heywood Broun: Collected Edition of Heywood Broun (1941); Christians only : a study in prejudice
  • Books about Heywood Broun: Richard O'Connor, Heywood Broun : A Biography
  
  
• George Henry Heinke (1882-1940) — also known as George H. Heinke — of Nebraska City, Otoe County, Neb. Born near Dunbar, Otoe County, Neb., July 22, 1882. Republican. Lawyer; Otoe County Prosecuting Attorney, 1919-23, 1927-35; U.S. Representative from Nebraska 1st District, 1939-40; died in office 1940. Injured in an automobile collision during a snowstorm, and died a week later in a hospital at Morrilton, Conway County, Ark., January 2, 1940. Interment at Wyuka Cemetery, Nebraska City, Neb.
  • See also: congressional biography; Wikipedia article; Find-A-Grave page.
  
  
• Raymond Vail Ingersoll (1875-1940) — also known as Raymond V. Ingersoll — of Brooklyn, Kings County, N.Y. Born in Corning, Steuben County, N.Y., April 3, 1875. Son of Andrew Jackson Ingersoll and Ellen (Vail) Ingersoll; married, September 29, 1908, to Marion Crary. Democrat. Lawyer; campaign manager for Alfred E. Smith, 1924; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1928; borough president of Brooklyn, New York, 1934-40; died in office 1940. Member, Phi Beta Kappa; Phi Delta Theta. Died, following surgery, in Long Island College Hospital, Brooklyn, Kings County, N.Y., February 24, 1940. Interment at Friends Burying Ground, Prospect Park, Brooklyn, N.Y.
  
  
• Earl Cooley (1880-1940) — of Trinidad, Las Animas County, Colo. Born in Richmond, McHenry County, Ill., March 27, 1880. Major in the U.S. Army during World War I; Lieutenant Governor of Colorado, 1921-23. Died in Fitzsimmons General Hospital, Adams County, Colo., May 6, 1940. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• David Franklin Houston (1866-1940) — also known as David F. Houston — of Manhattan, New York County, N.Y. Born in Monroe, Union County, N.C., February 17, 1866. Son of William H. Houston and Cornelia Anne (Stevens) Houston; married, December 11, 1895, to Helen Beall (1873-1940). Superintendent of schools; university professor; president, Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas, 1902-05; president, University of Texas, 1905-08; chancellor, Washington University, St. Louis, 1908-16; U.S. Secretary of Agriculture, 1913-20; U.S. Secretary of the Treasury, 1920-21; vice president, American Telephone and Telegraph Co. and president, Bell Telephone Securities Co.; president, Mutual Life Insurance Company of New York, 1930-1940; director, United States Steel Corporation. Member, American Economic Association. Died, from heart disease, at the Harkness Pavilion of the Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center, Manhattan, New York County, N.Y., September 2, 1940. Interment at Memorial Cemetery, near Cold Spring Harbor, Long Island, N.Y.
  • See also: Wikipedia article; NNDB dossier.
  
  
• Robert L. Vann (1879-1940) — of Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pa.; Oakmont, Allegheny County, Pa. Born in Ahoskie, Hertford County, N.C., August 27, 1879. Son of Lucy Peoples; married 1910 to Jessie Matthews. Lawyer; newspaper editor and publisher; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1924; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1936. Black. The Robert L. Vann Elementary School in Pittsburgh is named for him. Died, at Shadyside Hospital, Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pa., October 24, 1940. Entombed at Homewood Cemetery, Pittsburgh, Pa.
  
  
• Roland N. Holsaple (1876-1940) — also known as R. N. Holsaple — of Litchfield, Hillsdale County, Mich.; Petoskey, Emmet County, Mich.; Traverse City, Grand Traverse County, Mich.; Grand Rapids, Kent County, Mich.; South Dakota; Des Moines, Polk County, Iowa; Minnesota; Cass City, Tuscola County, Mich. Born in Monroeville, Allen County, Ind., April 11, 1876. Married, May 11, 1899, to Gertrude Ann Perry. Republican. Minister; candidate in primary for Lieutenant Governor of Michigan, 1940. Member, Anti-Saloon League. Died, of pneumonia, in Pleasant Home Hospital, Cass City, Tuscola County, Mich., October 31, 1940. Interment at Elkland Township Cemetery, Near Cass City, Tuscola County, Mich.
  
  
• Key Pittman (1872-1940) — of Nome, Nome census area, Alaska; Tonopah, Nye County, Nev. Born in Vicksburg, Warren County, Miss., September 19, 1872. Son of William Buckner Pittman and Catherine (Key) Pittman; married, July 7, 1900, to Mimosa June Gates; brother of Vail Montgomery Pittman. Democrat. Went to the Klondike for the 1898 Gold Rush; lawyer; U.S. Senator from Nevada, 1913-40; defeated, 1910; died in office 1940; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Nevada, 1916, 1924, 1928, 1936, 1940. Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons; Sigma Alpha Epsilon. It was rumored for years that he died before his final election in 1940, and that party leaders kept his body on ice in a hotel bathtub until he was re-elected; this story has been disproven. In fact, he suffered a severe heart attack before the election, at the Riverside Hotel, and died after the election at the Washoe General Hospital, Reno, Washoe County, Nev., November 10, 1940. Entombed in mausoleum at Masonic Memorial Gardens, Reno, Nev.
  • See also: congressional biography; Wikipedia article; NNDB dossier; Find-A-Grave page.
  
  
• James McLachlan (1852-1940) — of Pasadena, Los Angeles County, Calif. Born in Scotland, August 1, 1852. Republican. U.S. Representative from California, 1895-97, 1901-11 (6th District 1895-97, 1901-03, 7th District 1903-11). Died in a hospital at Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, Calif., November 21, 1940. Entombed at Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, Calif.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Harry William Hutton (1853-1940) — also known as Harry W. Hutton; Harry Percy William Hillsdon — of San Francisco, Calif. Born in Tring, Hertfordshire, England, September 23, 1853. Lawyer; Independent candidate for U.S. Representative from California 4th District, 1928. Member, Odd Fellows. Police commissioner of San Francisco 1901-03. Died, in Mount Zion Hospital, San Francisco, Calif., December 9, 1940. Entombed at Mt. Olivet Mausoleum, Colma, Calif.
  
  
• Harry Tuck Sherman (c.1867-1941) — of Bucksport, Hancock County, Maine. Born in Bucksport, Hancock County, Maine. Married to Ellen F. Gray; father of Donald Tuck Sherman and Jack Tuck Sherman. U.S. Deputy Consul General in Antwerp, 1902-06; U.S. Vice & Deputy Consul General in Antwerp, 1907-14; U.S. Vice Consul in Antwerp, 1916-32; Ghent, 1932. Died, in Orange Memorial Hospital, Orange, Essex County, N.J., March 5, 1941. Burial location unknown.
  • See also Sherman family of New Jersey
  
  
• Herschel L. Carnahan (c.1879-1941) — also known as H. L. Carnahan — of Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, Calif. Born in Aledo, Mercer County, Ill. Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from California, 1920; Lieutenant Governor of California, 1928-31; candidate for Presidential Elector for California, 1940. Shot himself in the head, at his downtown law office, and died shortly after at Georgia Street Receiving Hospital, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, Calif., March 13, 1941. Entombed in mausoleum at Evergreen Cemetery, Riverside, Calif.
  
  
• Bird Sim Coler (1867-1941) — also known as Bird S. Coler — of Brooklyn, Kings County, N.Y.; Mt. Vernon, Westchester County, N.Y. Born in Champaign, Champaign County, Ill., October 9, 1867. Son of William N. Coler. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1896, 1904; candidate for Governor of New York, 1902; borough president of Brooklyn, New York, 1906-09; candidate for New York state comptroller, 1918. Died, in Caledonia Hospital, Brooklyn, Kings County, N.Y., June 12, 1941. Interment at Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
  
  
• Andrew Jackson Houston (1854-1941) — of La Porte, Harris County, Tex. Born in Independence, Washington County, Tex., June 21, 1854. Son of Samuel Houston. Democrat. U.S. Senator from Texas, 1941; died in office 1941. Died in a hospital at Baltimore, Md., June 26, 1941. Interment at Texas State Cemetery, Austin, Tex.
  • See also Daniel-Houston family of Texas
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Sol Ullman (c.1893-1941) — of Manhattan, New York County, N.Y. Born in New York, New York County, N.Y. Son of Samuel Ullman and Kate Ullman; married to Esther or Estelle Blau. Republican. Lawyer; member of New York state assembly from New York County 6th District, 1919-23; defeated, 1923; indicted by a Federal grand jury in 1921 on charges of conspiring to create a falsified income tax return for a manufacturing company; a trial resulted in a directed verdict of acquittal due to insufficient evidence; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1928; candidate for U.S. Representative from New York 14th District, 1928. Jewish. Member, American Bar Association; Freemasons. Arrested and indicted in 1939 on charges of protecting a physician who performed illegal abortions; in 1941, a dentist was convicted as Ullman's agent in soliciting protection money from physicians, and during the pendency of the criminal charges, disbarment proceedings were brought against him. However, he was never tried, and his obituary states that he was "exonerated". Died, in Lenox Hill Hospital, Manhattan, New York County, N.Y., July 6, 1941. Entombed at Union Field Cemetery, Ridgewood, Queens, N.Y.
  
  
• Archie Dovell Sanders (1857-1941) — also known as Archie D. Sanders — of Stafford, Genesee County, N.Y. Born in Stafford, Genesee County, N.Y., June 17, 1857. Son of Elizabeth (Dovell) Sanders and John Sanders; uncle of Harry D. Sanders. Republican. Farmer; member of New York state assembly from Genesee County, 1896-97; delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1896, 1924, 1932, 1936 (alternate), 1940 (alternate); member of New York Republican State Committee, 1900-01; member of New York state senate 44th District, 1915-16; U.S. Representative from New York 39th District, 1917-33; chair of Genesee County Republican Party, 1929, 1939. Died, in Strong Memorial Hospital, Rochester, Monroe County, N.Y., July 15, 1941. Interment at Stafford Rural Cemetery, Stafford, N.Y.
  • See also Sanders family of New York
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• John Fitzgibbons (1868-1941) — of Oswego, Oswego County, N.Y. Born in Glenmore, Oneida County, N.Y., July 10, 1868. Democrat. Mayor of Oswego, N.Y., 1910-11, 1918-21; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1932; U.S. Representative from New York at-large, 1933-35. Died in a hospital at Buffalo, Erie County, N.Y., August 4, 1941. Interment at St. Peter's Cemetery, Oswego, N.Y.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• James Linville Bumgarner, Jr. (1867-1941) — also known as Linville Bumgarner — of Wilkesboro, Wilkes County, N.C. Born in Millers Creek, Wilkes County, N.C., July 7, 1867. Son of Rev. James L. Bumgarner and Phoebe Hincher Bumgarner; married 1889 to Bessie R. McNeil. Republican. Member of North Carolina state house of representatives from Wilkes County, 1913; member of North Carolina state senate. Baptist. Died, of following an attack of apoplexy (a stroke), in Wilkes Hospital, Wilkesboro, Wilkes County, N.C., November 1, 1941. Interment at Mountain Park Cemetery, Wilkesboro, N.C.
  
  
• Hardy Maxey Swift (1870-1942) — of Illinois. Born in Jefferson County, Ill., August 29, 1870. Mayor of Mt. Vernon, Ill., 1911, 1927-29; member of Illinois state house of representatives, 1934. Methodist. Member, Redmen; Elks; Woodmen; Lions. Died, of injuries sustained in an automobile accident, in Thompson Hospital, Mt. Vernon, Jefferson County, Ill., February 15, 1942. Interment at Oakwood Cemetery, Mt. Vernon, Ill.
  
  
• Andrew Houston Longino (1855-1942) — of Mississippi. Born in Lawrence County, Miss., May 16, 1855. Member of Mississippi state senate, 1880-84; U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Mississippi, 1888-89; Governor of Mississippi, 1900-04. Italian ancestry. Died in Baptist Hospital, Jackson, Hinds County, Miss., February 24, 1942. Interment at Cedarlawn Cemetery, Jackson, Miss.
  • See also: National Governors Association biography.
  
  
• John Mary Morin (1868-1942) — also known as John M. Morin — of Missoula, Missoula County, Mont.; Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pa. Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pa., April 18, 1868. Son of Martin Joseph Morin and Rose Joyce Morin; married 1897 to Eleanor C. Hickey. Republican. Steelworker; member, Central Trades Council of Pittsburgh; director of public safety, Pittsburgh, 1909-13; U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania, 1913-29 (at-large 1913-15, 31st District 1915-23, 34th District 1923-29). Irish ancestry. Member, Eagles. Died in Marine Hospital, Baltimore, Md., March 3, 1942. Interment at Calvary Cemetery, Pittsburgh, Pa.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• John Henry Morehead (1861-1942) — also known as John H. Morehead — of Falls City, Richardson County, Neb. Born near Columbia, Lucas County, Iowa, December 3, 1861. Son of Andrew Morehead and Frances (Cooper) Morehead; married, February 14, 1885, to Minnie Weisenreder. Democrat. Merchant; farmer; banker; Richardson County Treasurer, 1896-99; mayor, Falls City, Neb., 1900; member of Nebraska state senate, 1911; Governor of Nebraska, 1913-17; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Nebraska, 1916 (alternate), 1940; candidate for U.S. Senator from Nebraska, 1918; U.S. Representative from Nebraska 1st District, 1923-35. Presbyterian. Died in a hospital at St. Joseph, Buchanan County, Mo., May 31, 1942. Interment at Steele Cemetery, Falls City, Neb.
  • See also: congressional biography; National Governors Association biography.
  
  
• Harry Kopp (1881-1943) — of Manhattan, New York County, N.Y. Born in Russia, February 27, 1881. Republican. Lawyer; member of New York state assembly from New York County 6th District, 1910-12; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1916. Jewish. Died, of cancer, in a hospital, New York, New York County, N.Y., October, 1943. Interment at Mt. Hebron Cemetery, Flushing, Queens, N.Y.
  
  
• Carolyn Caldwell (1871-1943) — of Lake George, Warren County, N.Y. Born in Walden, Orange County, N.Y., October 15, 1871. Daughter of Frederick Sedelmeyer and Gertrude (Mehew) Sedelmeyer; married to George Caldwell. Democrat. Restaurant owner; member of New York Democratic State Committee, 1942. Female. Died, of chronic myocarditis, in Glens Falls Hospital, Glens Falls, Warren County, N.Y., 1943. Interment at Evergreen Cemetery, Warrensburg, N.Y.
  
  
• Charles Anson Bond (1873-1943) — of Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio. Born in Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio, February 3, 1873. Mayor of Columbus, Ohio, 1908-09. Methodist. Executive of the Bond Clothing Company. Died in the Wyoming Valley Homeopathic Hospital, Wilkes-Barre, Luzerne County, Pa., January 5, 1943. Interment at Green Lawn Cemetery, Columbus, Ohio.
  
  
• Charles Kramer (1879-1943) — of Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, Calif. Born in Paducah, McCracken County, Ky., April 18, 1879. Democrat. Lawyer; U.S. Representative from California 13th District, 1933-43; defeated, 1942, 1943; delegate to Democratic National Convention from California, 1936; candidate for mayor of Los Angeles, Calif., 1941. Catholic. Member, Elks; Moose; Knights of Columbus. Died in Cedar Lodge Hospital, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, Calif., January 20, 1943. Entombed in mausoleum at New Calvary Cemetery, East Los Angeles, Calif.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Peter H. Ruvolo (c.1895-1943) — of Brooklyn, Kings County, N.Y. Born in Italy. Married to Catherine E. Foran. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer; member of New York state assembly from Kings County 22nd District, 1938; member of New York state senate, 1939; resigned 1939; municipal judge in New York, 1940-43. Catholic. Italian ancestry. Died, of a heart ailment, in Lutheran Hospital, Brooklyn, Kings County, N.Y., January 27, 1943. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Louis Henry Fead (1877-1943) — also known as Louis H. Fead — of Newberry, Luce County, Mich.; Pleasant Ridge, Oakland County, Mich. Born in Lexington, Sanilac County, Mich., May 2, 1877. Son of John Lawrence Fead and Augusta (Walther) Fead; married 1919 to Marion McPherson. Republican. Lawyer; Luce County Prosecuting Attorney, 1901-12; vice-president, Newberry State Bank; circuit judge in Michigan 11th Circuit, 1913-28; resigned 1928; worked with the Red Cross in France during and after World War I; justice of Michigan state supreme court, 1928-37; appointed 1928; defeated, 1937; chief justice of Michigan state supreme court, 1928, 1937. Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons; Rotary; Kiwanis; Lions. Died, from a heart attack while suffering from throat cancer, in the University Hospital, Ann Arbor, Washtenaw County, Mich., February 4, 1943. Interment at Deepdale Memorial Park, Near Lansing, Eaton County, Mich.
  
  
• Franklin Ely Atwood (1878-1943) — also known as Frank Ely Atwood — of Carrollton, Carroll County, Mo.; Jefferson City, Cole County, Mo. Born in Carrollton, Carroll County, Mo., October 5, 1878. Son of Jacob Smith Atwood and Nancy (Goodson) Atwood; married, October 22, 1908, to Agnes Rea Luscombe. Republican. Lawyer; Carroll County Prosecuting Attorney, 1915-19; delegate to Missouri state constitutional convention, 1922; justice of Missouri state supreme court, 1925-35. Baptist. Member, American Bar Association; Order of the Coif; American Judicature Society; Freemasons; Phi Gamma Delta; Phi Delta Phi. Died, from coronary thrombosis, in Atwood Hospital, Carrollton, Carroll County, Mo., March 5, 1943. Interment at Oak Hill Cemetery, Carrollton, Mo.
  • See also: Find-A-Grave page.
  
  
• Charles Lilly Culbert (1866-1943) — also known as Charles L. Culbert — of Jackson, Amador County, Calif. Born in Amador City, Amador County, Calif., September 25, 1866. Democrat. Amador County Clerk, 1894-1906; banker; delegate to Democratic National Convention from California, 1916, 1928; Presidential Elector for California, 1940. Member, Native Sons of the Golden West; Freemasons. Died, in Sutter Hospital, Sacramento, Sacramento County, Calif., April 7, 1943. Interment at Oak Knoll Cemetery, Amador City, Calif.
  
  
• John Calhoun Phillips (1870-1943) — also known as John C. Phillips — of Phoenix, Maricopa County, Ariz. Born in Vermont, Fulton County, Ill., November 13, 1870. Son of William Henry Phillips and Elizabeth (Wood) Phillips. Republican. Lawyer; Governor of Arizona, 1929-31. Suffered a heart attack, while fishing on Lake Mary, and died soon after, in Flagstaff Hospital, Flagstaff, Coconino County, Ariz., June 25, 1943. Interment somewhere in Prescott, Ariz.
  • See also: National Governors Association biography; Wikipedia article.
  
  
• Timothy Thomas Ansberry (1871-1943) — also known as Timothy T. Ansberry — of Defiance, Defiance County, Ohio; Washington, D.C. Born in Defiance, Defiance County, Ohio, December 24, 1871. Son of Edmond Ansberry and Elizabeth (Fitzpatrick) Ansberry; married 1904 to Nelle Kettenring. Democrat. Lawyer; Defiance County Prosecuting Attorney, 1895-1903; U.S. Representative from Ohio 5th District, 1907-15; defeated, 1904; Judge, Ohio Court of Appeals, 1915-16; Presidential Elector for Ohio, 1916; delegate to Democratic National Convention from District of Columbia, 1920; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Ohio, 1924 (alternate), 1928; law partner of Joseph E. Davies. Catholic. Member, Knights of Columbus. Died following a gall bladder operation complicated by heart disease, in Doctors Hospital, Manhattan, New York County, N.Y., July 5, 1943. Interment at Mt. Olivet Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Joseph Weldon Bailey, Jr. (1892-1943) — also known as Joseph W. Bailey, Jr. — of Dallas, Dallas County, Tex. Born in Gainesville, Cooke County, Tex., December 15, 1892. Son of Joseph Weldon Bailey and Ellen (Murray) Bailey; married, November 6, 1924, to Roberta Lewis. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer; U.S. Representative from Texas at-large, 1933-35; served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II. Presbyterian. Died in military service, of pneumonia following injuries he suffered in a collision, in the military hospital at Camp Howze, near Gainesville, Cooke County, Tex., July 17, 1943. Original interment at Fairview Cemetery, Gainesville, Tex.; reinterment in 1958 at Sparkman Hillcrest Memorial Park, Dallas, Tex.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Philas Stratton Jones (1867-1943) — also known as Philas S. Jones — of Wilburton, Latimer County, Okla.; Muskogee, Muskogee County, Okla. Born in Kentucky, September 30, 1867. Republican. Candidate for U.S. Representative from Oklahoma 3rd District, 1922; delegate to Republican National Convention from Oklahoma, 1924. Baptist. Member, Freemasons. Died, of arteriosclerosis, in a hospital at Muskogee, Muskogee County, Okla., July 27, 1943. Interment at Memorial Park Cemetery, Muskogee, Okla.
  
  
• Henry Hughes Hough (1871-1943) — of Manhattan, New York County, N.Y. Born in St. Pierre and Miquelon, January 8, 1871. Married, April 16, 1901, to Flaurence Oliphant Ward. Served in the U.S. Navy during the Spanish-American War; Governor of U.S. Virgin Islands. Died, in Roosevelt Hospital, Manhattan, New York County, N.Y., September 9, 1943. Burial location unknown.
  • See also: Wikipedia article.
  
  
• Anson F. Keeler (c.1888-1943) — of South Norwalk, Norwalk, Fairfield County, Conn. Born in Brooklyn, Kings County, N.Y. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; laundry owner; mayor of Norwalk, Conn., 1927-31; member of Connecticut state senate 26th District, 1931; Connecticut state comptroller, 1933-35. Member, Freemasons; Shriners; Elks; Moose; Redmen. Died, from a heart ailment, in Veterans Hospital, Newington, Hartford County, Conn., September 29, 1943. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Arthur D. Gallery (1861-1943) — of Caro, Tuscola County, Mich. Born in Eaton Rapids, Eaton County, Mich., October 28, 1861. Married, June 30, 1897, to Anna Mead. Newspaper publisher; Dry candidate for delegate to Michigan convention to ratify 21st amendment from Tuscola County, 1933. Congregationalist; later Presbyterian. Member, Freemasons; Royal Arch Masons; Knights Templar; Rotary. Died, in Caro Community Hospital, Caro, Tuscola County, Mich., October 3, 1943. Interment at Rose Hill Cemetery, Eaton Rapids, Mich.
  
  
• Charlotte Sleeth Farrar (d. 1943) — also known as Charlotte Farrar; Charlotte Sleeth — of Manhattan, New York County, N.Y. Born in Rushville, Rush County, Ind. Daughter of George Sleeth; married to Herbert Farrar; sister of Mary Sleeth. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1924, 1932 (alternate); member of New York Republican State Committee, 1930; Presidential Elector for New York, 1940. Female. Died, of heart trouble, in New York Infirmary for Women and Children, Manhattan, New York County, N.Y., October 15, 1943. Interment at East Hill Cemetery, Rushville, Ind.
  • See also Sleeth family of Indiana
  
  
• Thomas Arthur Turner (1878-1943) — also known as Arthur Turner — of Jonesboro, Craighead County, Ark.; San Diego, San Diego County, Calif. Born in Corydon, Henderson County, Ky., February 11, 1878. Grandson of James Albert Turner. Lawyer; member of Arkansas state senate, 1908-11. Christian. Member, Freemasons; Elks. Died, of arteriosclerosis, in a hospital at San Diego, San Diego County, Calif., October 22, 1943. Interment at Glen Abbey Memorial Park, San Diego, Calif.
  
  
• Edward F. Boyle (c.1876-1943) — of Manhattan, New York County, N.Y. Born in New York, New York County, N.Y. Married 1900 to Helen Kennedy (died 1902); married 1906 to Josephine Martin. Democrat. Borough president of Manhattan, New York, 1919; defeated, 1919; resigned 1919; presiding justice of Children's Court (later Domestic Relations Court). Member, Tammany Hall. Died, in St. Clare's Hospital, Manhattan, New York County, N.Y., December 14, 1943. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Floyd W. Annabel (c.1886-1944) — of Bath, Steuben County, N.Y. Born in Howard (unknown county), N.Y. Married to Olive Dutcher. Democrat. Lawyer; Justice of New York Supreme Court 7th District, 1935; appointed 1935; defeated, 1935. Member, Rotary; Freemasons; Odd Fellows. Died, of pneumonia, in Bath Hospital, Bath, Steuben County, N.Y., January 13, 1944. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Clarence V. Mooney (c.1888-1944) — of Asbury Park, Monmouth County, N.J. Born in Spring Lake, Monmouth County, N.J. Police officer; mayor of Asbury Park, N.J., 1941-44; died in office 1944. Suffered a heart attack, and died soon after, in Fitkin Hospital, Asbury Park, Monmouth County, N.J., January 13, 1944. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• William Carter Burdett (1884-1944) — also known as William C. Burdett — of Knoxville, Knox County, Tenn. Born in Nashville, Davidson County, Tenn., February 3, 1884. Son of William Potter Burdett and Serafina (Carter) Burdett; married 1918 to Elizabeth Hardwick Burke; father of William Carter Burdett, Jr.. Mining engineer; served in the U.S. Army during World War I; Foreign Service officer; U.S. Consul in Ensenada, 1919-22; Seville, 1922-25; Brussels, 1925-30; U.S. Consul General in Callao-Lima, 1930-35; Buenos Aires, 1935-38; Rio de Janeiro, 1939; U.S. Minister to New Zealand, 1943-44, died in office 1944. Died, in a hospital at Wellington, New Zealand, January 14, 1944. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Thomas Edward Campbell (1878-1944) — also known as Thomas E. Campbell — of Phoenix, Maricopa County, Ariz.; Prescott, Yavapai County, Ariz.; Tucson, Pima County, Ariz. Born in Prescott, Yavapai County, Ariz., January 18, 1878. Son of Daniel Campbell and Eliza (O'Flynn) Campbell; married, June 18, 1900, to Eleanor Gayle Allen. Republican. Candidate for U.S. Representative from Arizona, 1914; Governor of Arizona, 1917, 1919-23; defeated, 1936; member of Republican National Committee from Arizona, 1924-28; delegate to Republican National Convention from Arizona, 1940. Died, from a cerebral hemorrhage, in St. Joseph's Hospital, Phoenix, Maricopa County, Ariz., March 1, 1944. Interment at Mountain View Cemetery, Prescott, Ariz.
  • See also: National Governors Association biography.
  
  
• Sydney Smyth (d. 1944) — of Manila, Philippines. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Philippine Islands, 1916. Captured when the Japanese invaded the Philippines, and held at the Santo Tomas Interment Camp (University of Santo Tomas, Manila, Philippines). Died, as a prisoner of war, in San Lazaro Hospital, Manila, Philippines, April 6, 1944. Original interment at La Loma Cemetery, Manila, Philippines; reinterment at Basilica of Our Lady of Mount Carmel, Quezon City, Philippines.
  
  
• William Dennison Stephens (1859-1944) — also known as William D. Stephens — of Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, Calif. Born in Eaton, Preble County, Ohio, December 26, 1859. Married, June 17, 1891, to Flora Rawson (died 1931). Republican. Merchant; mayor of Los Angeles, Calif., 1909; U.S. Representative from California, 1911-16 (7th District 1911-13, 10th District 1913-16); resigned 1916; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from California, 1912; Lieutenant Governor of California, 1916-17; Governor of California, 1917-23. Member, Freemasons; Knights Templar. Died, from a heart ailment, in the Santa Fe Hospital, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, Calif., April 25, 1944. Interment at Angelus-Rosedale Cemetery, Los Angeles, Calif.
  • See also: congressional biography; National Governors Association biography.
  
  
• Augustus F. Fey (1861-1944) — also known as Gus Fey — of Carbondale, Lackawanna County, Pa. Born in Hawley, Wayne County, Pa., February 3, 1861. Blacksmith; mayor of Carbondale, Pa., 1928-32. Presbyterian. Died, in Moses Taylor Hospital, Scranton, Lackawanna County, Pa., July 2, 1944. Interment at Maplewood Cemetery, Carbondale, Pa.
  
  
• Richard Patrick Freeman (1869-1944) — also known as Richard P. Freeman — of New London, New London County, Conn. Born in New London, New London County, Conn., April 24, 1869. Republican. U.S. Representative from Connecticut 2nd District, 1915-33. Died in a veteran's hospital at Newington, Hartford County, Conn., July 8, 1944. Interment at Cedar Grove Cemetery, New London, Conn.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• John Steven McGroarty (1862-1944) — of California. Born in Foster Township, Luzerne County, Pa., August 20, 1862. Democrat. U.S. Representative from California 11th District, 1935-39; candidate in primary for secretary of state of California, 1938. Catholic. Elected poet laureate of California by the state legislature in 1933. Died, at St. Vincent's Hospital, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, Calif., August 7, 1944. Interment at New Calvary Cemetery, East Los Angeles, Calif.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Charles Horace Stranahan (1845-1944) — also known as Horace C. Stranahan — of Hood River County, Ore. Born in Potsdam, St. Lawrence County, N.Y., February 15, 1845. Son of James K. Stranahan (1807-1896) and Permelia A. (Reynolds) Stranahan (1812-1891); married, November 11, 1869, to Margaret Anne McKinley (1849-1929). Republican. Farmer; member of Oregon state house of representatives, 1913. Died, in Vancouver General Hospital, Vancouver, Clark County, Wash., November 7, 1944. Interment at Idlewild Cemetery, Hood River, Ore.
  
  
• Smith Wildman Brookhart (1869-1944) — also known as Smith W. Brookhart — of Washington, Washington County, Iowa. Born near Arbela, Scotland County, Mo., February 2, 1869. Son of Abram Colar Brookhart and Cynthia (Wildman) Brookhart; married, June 22, 1897, to Jennie Hearne. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; school teacher; lawyer; farmer; U.S. Senator from Iowa, 1922-26, 1927-33. Member, Farm Bureau; American Legion; National Rifle Association; Knights of Pythias. Died, from heart disease, in the Veterans Administration hospital in Whipple, Yavapai County, Ariz., November 15, 1944. Interment at Elm Grove Cemetery, Washington, Iowa.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  • Books about Smith Wildman Brookhart: George W. McDaniel, Smith Wildman Brookhart : Iowa's Renegade Republican
  
  
• Charles Gallahue Ingraham (1868-1944) — also known as Charles G. Ingraham — of Hastings, Adams County, Neb. Born in Missouri, December 2, 1868. Mayor of Hastings, Neb., 1913-15, 1923-25, 1933-35; defeated, 1935. Died in Mary Lanning Memorial Hospital, Hastings, Adams County, Neb., December 22, 1944. Interment at Parkview Cemetery, Hastings, Neb.
  
  
• Allison D. Gibbs (d. 1945) — Married to Eva Johnson (daughter of Elias Finley Johnson and Clara Annis Smith Johnson). Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Philippine Islands, 1920. While a prisoner of the Japanese during World War II, was killed by Allied bombing of the hospital where he was held, in Baguio, Benguet Province, Philippines, March 15, 1945. Cremated; ashes interred at Mt. Olivet Columbarium, Colma, Calif.
  • See also Johnson family of California
  
  
• 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. Interment at Maple Hill Cemetery, Fairfield, Ill.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Adolph Berky (1897-1945) — also known as Adolph Berkowitz — of Bangor, Northampton County, Pa.; Tucson, Pima County, Ariz. Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pa., April 19, 1897. Real estate agent; member of Arizona state house of representatives, 1942-45; died in office 1945. Jewish. Died, from meningitis and tuberculosis, in St. Mary's Hospital, Tucson, Pima County, Ariz., May 17, 1945. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Ralph Fulton Lozier (1866-1945) — also known as Ralph F. Lozier — of Carrollton, Carroll County, Mo. Born near Hardin, Ray County, Mo., January 28, 1866. Democrat. U.S. Representative from Missouri, 1923-35 (2nd District 1923-33, at-large 1933-35); delegate to Democratic National Convention from Missouri, 1928; state court judge in Missouri, 1936. Died in St. Luke's Hospital, Kansas City, Jackson County, Mo., May 28, 1945. Interment at Oak Hill Cemetery, Carrollton, Mo.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Henry Waters Taft (1859-1945) — also known as Henry W. Taft — of Manhattan, New York County, N.Y. Born in Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio, May 27, 1859. Grandson of Peter Rawson Taft; son of Alphonso Taft and Louisa Maria (Torrey) Taft; half-brother of Charles Phelps Taft; brother of William Howard Taft; married, March 28, 1883, to Julia Walbridge Smith (died 1942); father of Walbridge S. Taft; uncle of Robert Alphonso Taft and Charles Phelps Taft II; granduncle of William Howard Taft III, Robert Taft, Jr. and Seth Chase Taft; great-granduncle of Robert Alphonso Taft II. Republican. Lawyer; counsel, New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad; director, Central Savings Bank of New York; trustee, Mutual Life Insurance Company;; candidate for Justice of New York Supreme Court, 1898; delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1920, 1924. Member, American Bar Association; Skull and Bones; Psi Upsilon. Tripped and fell on April 27, suffered a hip injury, and subsequently died as a result, in St. Luke's Hospital, Manhattan, New York County, N.Y., August 11, 1945. Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery, Bronx, N.Y.
  • See also Taft family of Ohio
  • See also: Wikipedia article.
  
  
• John Donnan Fredericks (1869-1945) — also known as John D. Fredericks — of Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, Calif.; Bel Air, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, Calif. Born in Burgettstown, Washington County, Pa., September 10, 1869. Son of James T. Fredericks and Mary (Patterson) Fredericks; married 1896 to Agnes M. Blakeley. Republican. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; Los Angeles County District Attorney, 1903-15; candidate for Governor of California, 1914; U.S. Representative from California 10th District, 1923-27. Presbyterian. Member, Freemasons; Knights Templar; Shriners. Died, following a heart attack, at Good Samaritan Hospital, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, Calif., August 26, 1945. Interment at Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, Calif.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• John R. MacDonald (1857-1946) — of Flint, Genesee County, Mich. Born in Moretown, Washington County, Vt., March 30, 1857. Progressive. Mayor of Flint, Mich., 1914-15. Scottish ancestry. Member, Freemasons; Shriners; Knights of Pythias. Injured in a fall at his home, and died at Hurley d Hospital, Flint, Genesee County, Mich., January 1946. Cremated; ashes interred at Avondale Cemetery, Flint, Mich.
  
  
• Elliott Northcott (1869-1946) — of Huntington, Cabell County, W.Va. Born in Clarksburg, Harrison County, W.Va., April 26, 1869. Son of Robert Saunders Northcott (Civil War general) and Mary (Cunningham) Northcott; married, September 1, 1893, to Lola Beardsley. Republican. Lawyer; member of West Virginia Republican State Executive Committee, 1900-08; West Virginia Republican state chair, 1904-08; U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of West Virginia, 1905-09, 1922-27; U.S. Minister to Colombia, 1909-10; Nicaragua, 1911; Venezuela, 1911-13; Judge of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit, 1927-39. Died, of pneumonia, in a hospital at Arcadia, DeSoto County, Fla., January 3, 1946. Interment at Spring Hill Cemetery, Huntington, W.Va.
  
  
• Robert Griffith Houston (1867-1946) — also known as Robert G. Houston — of Georgetown, Sussex County, Del. Born in Milton, Sussex County, Del., October 13, 1867. Nephew of John Wallace Houston. U.S. Representative from Delaware at-large, 1925-33; delegate to Republican National Convention from Delaware, 1928; Independent Republican candidate for U.S. Senator from Delaware, 1936. Died in a hospital at Lewes, Sussex County, Del., January 29, 1946. Interment at Presbyterian Cemetery, Lewes, Del.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Harold Clement McGugin (1893-1946) — also known as Harold McGugin — of Coffeyville, Montgomery County, Kan. Born near Liberty, Montgomery County, Kan., November 22, 1893. Republican. Lawyer; member of Kansas state house of representatives, 1927; U.S. Representative from Kansas 3rd District, 1931-35; served in the U.S. Army during World War II. Member, Odd Fellows; American Legion. While in military service in France during World War II, contracted an incurable disease; died in the Army and Navy Hospital, Hot Springs, Garland County, Ark., March 7, 1946. Interment at Restlawn Cemetery, Coffeyville, Kan.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Harry Howland Mason (1873-1946) — also known as Harry H. Mason — of Illinois. Born in McLean County, Ill., December 16, 1873. Democrat. U.S. Representative from Illinois 21st District, 1935-37. Died in a hospital at Springfield, Sangamon County, Ill., March 10, 1946. Interment at Prairie Rest Cemetery, Delavan, Ill.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• William Olin Burgin (1877-1946) — also known as William O. Burgin — of Lexington, Davidson County, N.C. Born near Marion, McDowell County, N.C., July 28, 1877. Married to Edith Leigh Greer. Democrat. Mayor of Thomasville, N.C., 1906-10; member of North Carolina state house of representatives, 1931; member of North Carolina state senate, 1933; U.S. Representative from North Carolina 8th District, 1939-46; died in office 1946. Died, of a heart ailment, in a hospital at Washington, D.C., April 11, 1946. Interment at Lexington Cemetery, Lexington, N.C.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Gerhard Adolph Bading (1870-1946) — also known as Gerhard A. Bading — of Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, Wis. Born in Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, Wis., August 31, 1870. Son of John Bading and Dorothea (Ehlers) Bading; married, December 15, 1895, to Carol Royal Clemmer. Physician; mayor of Milwaukee, Wis., 1912-16; U.S. Minister to Ecuador, 1922-29. Lutheran. Member, American Medical Association; American Legion; American Public Health Association. Died in Milwaukee Hospital, Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, Wis., April 11, 1946. Interment at Forest Home Cemetery, Milwaukee, Wis.
  • See also: Find-A-Grave page.
  
  
• Alexander Biemeret (1877-1946) — of Green Bay, Brown County, Wis. Born in Green Bay, Brown County, Wis., February 28, 1877. Son of John B. Biemeret and Catherine (LaHaye) Biemeret. Mayor of Green Bay, Wis., 1938-45. Died, following a heart attack, in a hospital at Green Bay, Brown County, Wis., May 29, 1946. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• William Franklin Allen (1883-1946) — also known as William F. Allen; "Lovebird Allen" — of Seaford, Sussex County, Del. Born in Bridgeville, Sussex County, Del., January 19, 1883. Son of William Franklin 'Frank' Allen and Mollie (Smith) Allen; married, April 16, 1905, to Mary Addie Davis. Telegrapher; fruit and produce dealer; real estate business; oil business; member of Delaware state senate, 1925-29; U.S. Representative from Delaware at-large, 1937-39; Liberal Democratic candidate for U.S. Senator from Delaware, 1940. Methodist. Member, Freemasons; Shriners; Kiwanis. Died in a hospital at Lewes, Sussex County, Del., June 14, 1946. Interment at Odd Fellows Cemetery, Seaford, Del.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Selden E. Bacon (1861-1946) — of Pleasantville, Westchester County, N.Y. Born in New Haven, New Haven County, Conn., September 28, 1861. Son of Rev. Leonard Woolsey Bacon and Susan (Bacon) Bacon; married, October 24, 1894, to Sarah Blair Fairchild (died 1902); married, July 25, 1903, to Josephine Dodge Daskam (1876-1961; author). Lawyer; delegate to New York convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933. Member, American Bar Association. Died, in Northern Westchester Hospital, Mt. Kisco, Westchester County, N.Y., June 25, 1946. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• William James Gallagher (1875-1946) — also known as William J. Gallagher — of Minnesota. Born in Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minn., May 13, 1875. Son of Patrick J. Gallagher and Louisa (Knaeble) Gallagher; married, June 6, 1936, to Mabel Pierson. U.S. Representative from Minnesota 3rd District, 1945-46; defeated (Democratic), 1942; died in office 1946. Died in a hospital at Rochester, Olmsted County, Minn., August 13, 1946. Interment at Crystal Lake Cemetery, Minneapolis, Minn.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Benjamin Irving Taylor (1877-1946) — also known as Benjamin I. Taylor — of Harrison, Westchester County, N.Y. Born in New York, New York County, N.Y., December 21, 1877. Son of Maurice H. Taylor and Ella (Archer) Taylor; married to Harriet Tyler Bulkley. Democrat. Lawyer; banker; U.S. Representative from New York 25th District, 1913-15. Member, Elks; Freemasons; Redmen; Royal Arcanum; Foresters. Died, in United Hospital, Port Chester, Westchester County, N.Y., September 5, 1946. Interment at Kensico Cemetery, Valhalla, N.Y.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Leslie V. Bateman (c.1871-1946) — of Mt. Vernon, Westchester County, N.Y. Born in New York, New York County, N.Y. Son of Stephen Bateman and Margaret Bateman; married to Mary Templeton Tamblyn. Democrat. Fuel oil business; mayor of Mt. Vernon, N.Y., 1932-35; defeated, 1935; Westchester County rationing administrator during World War II. Member, Rotary; Freemasons. Died, in Mt. Vernon Hospital, Mt. Vernon, Westchester County, N.Y., September 13, 1946. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Herbert Males (1875-1946) — of Evansville, Vanderburgh County, Ind. Born in Evansville, Vanderburgh County, Ind., July 19, 1875. Son of Thornton Males and Emma Males. Republican. Vanderburgh County Sheriff, 1919-23; mayor of Evansville, Ind., 1926-30. Member, Freemasons; Shriners. Died, in Deaconess Hospital, Evansville, Vanderburgh County, Ind., September 19, 1946. Interment at Oak Hill Cemetery, Evansville, Ind.
  
  
• Frederick E. Weeks (c.1871-1946) — of White Plains, Westchester County, N.Y. Born in Westchester County, N.Y. Son of Abiel Weeks and Elmira F. (Miller) Weeks; married to Catherine A. Halpin. Republican. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; Westchester County District Attorney, 1915-17, 1922; mayor of White Plains, N.Y., 1920-25. Member, Freemasons. Died, in St. Agnes Hospital, White Plains, Westchester County, N.Y., September 27, 1946. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• William Bernard Barry (1902-1946) — also known as William B. Barry — of St. Albans, Queens, Queens County, N.Y. Born in County Mayo, Ireland, July 21, 1902. Son of Thomas J. Barry and Catherine J. (Hennelly) Barry; married, February 7, 1934, to Emily B. La Mude. Democrat. Lawyer; U.S. Representative from New York, 1935-46 (2nd District 1935-45, 4th District 1945-46); died in office 1946. Catholic. Member, Elks. Died, from pneumonia, in St. Vincent's Hospital, New York, New York County, N.Y., October 20, 1946. Interment at Mount St. Mary's Cemetery, Flushing, Queens, N.Y.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Willis Kingsley Gillette (c.1866-1946) — also known as Willis K. Gillette — of Rochester, Monroe County, N.Y. Born in Milford, Otsego County, N.Y. Married to Clara Davis. Lawyer; Monroe County Sheriff, 1909-11; Monroe County Judge, 1917-27; Justice of New York Supreme Court 7th District, 1928-36. Died, in St. Mary's Hospital, Rochester, Monroe County, N.Y., October 21, 1946. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Walter Perry Johnson (1887-1946) — also known as Walter P. Johnson — of Germantown, Montgomery County, Md. Born near Humboldt, Allen County, Kan., November 6, 1887. Son-in-law of Edwin Ewing Roberts. Republican. Candidate for U.S. Representative from Maryland 6th District, 1940. Professional baseball pitcher with Washington Senators, 1907-27; won 417 games, second only to Cy Young; held major league record in career strikeouts (3508) from 1921 until 1983; holds record for career shutouts (110) and other records; was pitcher at the 1910 baseball game at which William H. Taft became the first President to attend Opening Day; also was manager of the Washington Senators and the Cleveland Indians; elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1936. Died, of a brain tumor in Georgetown Hospital, Washington, D.C., December 10, 1946. Interment at Union Cemetery, Rockville, Md.
  • See also: NNDB dossier.
  
  
• Cornelius A. Moylan (1898-1946) — of Hartford, Hartford County, Conn. Born in Hartford, Hartford County, Conn., January 23, 1898. Married to Anne M. Durkin. Republican. Lawyer; member of Connecticut state senate 1st District, 1939-40; mayor of Hartford, Conn., 1945-46; died in office 1946. Died, following an abdominal operation, in St. Francis Hospital, Hartford, Hartford County, Conn., December 24, 1946. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• George Thomas Bardwell (1901-1947) — also known as George Bardwell; Thomas George Bardwell — of Denver, Colo. Born in Lake City, Hinsdale County, Colo., October 18, 1901. Son of George D. Bardwell (1866-1908) and Hannah J. (Cunningham) Bardwell (1873-1924); married, April 4, 1923, to Avelina Rella (divorced 1934). Communist. Candidate for U.S. Representative from Colorado 1st District, 1934; arrested and prosecuted in the 1930s in connection with a strike; acquitted. Died in a hospital, Denver, Colo., January 19, 1947. Interment at Mt. Olivet Cemetery, Wheat Ridge, Colo.
  
  
• Herman M. Albert (1901-1947) — of Bronx, Bronx County, N.Y. Born in Manhattan, New York County, N.Y., August 15, 1901. Son of Adolph Albert and Rose (Alter) Albert. Democrat. Lawyer; member of New York state assembly from Bronx County 4th District, 1926-33; Bronx County Register, 1933-41. Jewish. Died, in Montefiore Hospital, Bronx, Bronx County, N.Y., February 4, 1947. Interment at Mt. Zion Cemetery, Maspeth, Queens, N.Y.
  
  
• H. Allen Barton (1893-1947) — of Greenwich, Fairfield County, Conn. Born in Greenwich, Fairfield County, Conn., February 28, 1893. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; lawyer; member of Connecticut state senate 27th District, 1931; editor of Connecticut Bar Journal, 1943-44. Died, of a cerebral hemorrhage, in Greenwich Hospital, Greenwich, Fairfield County, Conn., February 5, 1947. Cremated; ashes interred at Union Cemetery, Greenwich, Conn.
  
  
• Frank Graham Finlayson (1864-1947) — also known as Frank G. Finlayson — of Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, Calif. Born in Bendigo, Victoria, Australia, March 24, 1864. Son of James Ross Finlayson and Elizabeth (Goodsir) Finlayson; married, July 10, 1895, to Agnes Thayer. Republican. Lawyer; member of California state assembly, 1893-94; superior court judge in California, 1911-19; Judge, California Court of Appeal, 1919-26; justice of California state supreme court, 1926. Episcopalian. Member, American Bar Association; Freemasons. Died, of pneumonia, at Good Samaritan Hospital, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, Calif., February 9, 1947. Cremated.
  
  
• Ada Belle Mills Nale (1882-1947) — also known as Ada Belle Mills — of West Plains, Howell County, Mo.; Atlanta, Macon County, Mo.; Carrollton, Carroll County, Mo.; Dutch Flat, Placer County, Calif. Born in Gallatin County, Ill., October 6, 1882. Daughter of Joseph L. Mills and Lavina E. (Allyn) Mills; married, June 25, 1902, to George Bafford Nale. Democrat. School teacher; postmaster; member of Missouri Democratic State Central Committee. Female. Died, of liver cancer, in Sutter Hospital, Sacramento, Sacramento County, Calif., March 4, 1947. Interment at Sierra View Memorial Patk, Marysville, Calif.
  
  
• 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; married, September 8, 1898, to Agnes D. Eaton. Democrat. Lawyer; mayor of Hammond, Ind., 1904-11; superior court judge in Indiana, 1911-14, 1934-46. 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. Interment at Oak Hill Cemetery, Hammond, Ind.
  
  
• John Harvey Tolan (1877-1947) — also known as John H. Tolan — of Oakland, Alameda County, Calif. Born in Minnesota, 1877. Democrat. U.S. Representative from California 7th District, 1935-47. Suffered a heart attack when his 2-year-old granddaughter disappeared from the family's summer vacation home; she was found unharmed, one mile from the cabin, but he died the next day at Westwood General Hospital, Westwood, Lassen County, Calif., June 30, 1947. Interment at Holy Sepulchre Cemetery, Hayward, Calif.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Theodore Gilmore Bilbo (1877-1947) — also known as Theodore G. Bilbo — of Poplarville, Pearl River County, Miss. Born near Poplarville, Pearl River County, Miss., October 13, 1877. Son of James Oliver Bilbo and Beedy (Wallace) Bilbo; married, May 25, 1898, to Lillian S. Herrington; married, January 27, 1903, to Linda R. Gaddy. Democrat. School teacher; lawyer; farmer; member of Mississippi state senate, 1908-12; Lieutenant Governor of Mississippi, 1912-16; Governor of Mississippi, 1916-20, 1928-32; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Mississippi, 1928, 1936, 1940, 1944; U.S. Senator from Mississippi, 1935-47; died in office 1947. Baptist. Member, Freemasons; Knights Templar; Shriners; Elks; Odd Fellows. Author of the book Take Your Choice: Separation or Mongrelization, which advocated deportation of all American blacks to Africa. During the 1946 campaign, in a radio address, he called on "every red-blooded Anglo-Saxon man in Mississippi to resort to any means to keep hundreds of Negroes from the polls in the July 2 primary. And if you don't know what that means, you are just not up to your persuasive measures." After he won re-election, the Senate, appalled at his racist views and tactics, refused to seat him, and started an investigation. Died, of mouth cancer, in a hospital at New Orleans, Orleans Parish, La., August 21, 1947. Interment at Juniper Grove Cemetery, Near Poplarville, Pearl River County, Miss.
  • See also: congressional biography; National Governors Association biography; NNDB dossier.
  
  
• James H. Hudson (c.1878-1947) — of Guilford, Piscataquis County, Maine. Born in Guilford, Piscataquis County, Maine. Son of Henry Hudson; married 1904 to Mary McKown. Republican. Piscataquis County Attorney, 1913-19; probate judge in Maine; justice of Maine state supreme court, 1933-47; died in office 1947. Member, Freemasons; Knights of Pythias; Delta Kappa Epsilon. Suffered a heart attack, and died three days later, in Augusta General Hospital, Augusta, Kennebec County, Maine, August 21, 1947. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• George Hartshorn Hodges (1866-1947) — also known as George H. Hodges — of Olathe, Johnson County, Kan. Born in Orion, Richland County, Wis., February 6, 1866. Democrat. Mayor of Olathe, Kan.; member of Kansas state senate, 1905; Governor of Kansas, 1913-15; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Kansas, 1920; candidate for U.S. Senator from Kansas, 1920. Died in a hospital at Kansas City, Jackson County, Mo., October 7, 1947. Interment at Olathe Cemetery, Olathe, Kan.
  • See also: National Governors Association biography.
  
  
• Lauritz Selmer Swenson (1865-1947) — also known as Lauritz S. Swenson — of Albert Lea, Freeborn County, Minn.; Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minn. Born in New Sweden, Nicollet County, Minn., June 12, 1865. Son of Swen Swenson; nephew of Lars Swenson; brother of Carl Ludvig Swenson and Oscar Adolph Swenson. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Minnesota, 1896 (member, Committee on Permanent Organization), 1908 (alternate); U.S. Minister to Denmark, 1897-1905; Switzerland, 1910-11; Norway, 1911-13, 1921-30; Netherlands, 1931-34. Lutheran. Died, of heart disease, in a hospital at Oslo, Norway, November 3, 1947. Interment at Norseland Lutheran Cemetery, Lake Prairie Township, Nicollet County, Minn.
  • See also Swenson family of Minnesota
  
  
• James John Davis (1873-1947) — also known as James J. Davis — of Elwood, Madison County, Ind.; Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pa. Born in Tredegar, Wales, October 27, 1873. Son of David James Davis and Esther Ford (Nicholls) Davis; married, November 26, 1914, to Jean Rodenbaugh. Republican. Madison County Recorder, 1903-07; U.S. Secretary of Labor, 1921-30; resigned 1930; delegate to Republican National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1928, 1940; U.S. Senator from Pennsylvania, 1930-45; defeated, 1944. Baptist. Member, Moose; Veterans of Foreign Wars; Freemasons; Shriners; Grotto; Odd Fellows; Knights of Pythias; Elks; Eagles; Foresters; Woodmen; Maccabees; Delta Sigma Phi. Died in a hospital at Takoma Park, Montgomery County, Md., November 22, 1947. Interment at Uniondale Cemetery, Pittsburgh, Pa.
  • See also: congressional biography; NNDB dossier; Internet Movie Database profile.
  
  
• Nicholas Murray Butler (1862-1947) — of Manhattan, New York County, N.Y. Born in Elizabeth, Union County, N.J., April 2, 1862. Son of Henry L. Butler and Mary J. (Murray) Butler; married 1887 to Susanna Edwards Schuyler (died 1903); married, March 5, 1907, to Kate La Montagne. Republican. University professor; delegate to Republican National Convention from New Jersey, 1888; President of Columbia University, 1901-45; delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1904, 1912, 1916, 1920, 1924, 1928, 1932; candidate for Vice President of the United States, 1912; candidate for Republican nomination for President, 1920; co-recipient of Nobel Peace Prize in 1931; elected (Wet) delegate to New York convention to ratify 21st amendment 1933, but did not serve; blind in his later years. Episcopalian. Member, American Philosophical Society; American Historical Association; Psi Upsilon; Phi Beta Kappa. Died, of bronchio-pneumonia, in St. Luke's Hospital, Manhattan, New York County, N.Y., December 7, 1947. Interment at Cedar Lawn Cemetery, Paterson, N.J.
  • See also: NNDB dossier.
  
  
• Clarence Eugene Hancock (1885-1948) — also known as Clarence E. Hancock — of Syracuse, Onondaga County, N.Y. Born in Syracuse, Onondaga County, N.Y., February 13, 1885. Son of Theodore E. Hancock and Martha B. (Connelly) Hancock; married, October 5, 1912, to Emily W. Shonk. Republican. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during World War I; U.S. Representative from New York, 1927-47 (35th District 1927-45, 36th District 1945-47); alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1928. Presbyterian. Member, Phi Beta Kappa; Phi Delta Phi; Alpha Delta Phi. Died in a hospital at Washington, D.C., January 3, 1948. Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery, Syracuse, N.Y.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Ralph Emerson Bailey (1878-1948) — of Sikeston, Scott County, Mo. Born in Cainsville, Harrison County, Mo., July 14, 1878. Son of John L. Bailey and Honora (Reeves) Bailey. Republican. Lawyer; U.S. Representative from Missouri 14th District, 1925-27. Died, from acute vascular collapse as a result of an adverse reaction to a blood transfusion, in St. Francis Hospital, Cape Girardeau, Cape Girardeau County, Mo., April 8, 1948. Interment at City Cemetery, Sikeston, Mo.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Robert Lee Williams (1868-1948) — also known as Robert L. Williams — of Durant, Bryan County, Okla. Born near Brundidge, Pike County, Ala., December 20, 1868. Democrat. Methodist minister; lawyer; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Indian Territory, 1900, 1904; member of Democratic National Committee from Indian Territory, 1904-07; delegate to Oklahoma state constitutional convention, 1906; justice of Oklahoma state supreme court, 1907-14; Governor of Oklahoma, 1915-19; U.S. District Judge for the Eastern District of Oklahoma, 1919-37; Judge of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit, 1937-39. Methodist. Durant's public library is named for him. Died, of pneumonia, at Wilson N. Jones Hospital, Sherman, Grayson County, Tex., April 10, 1948. Interment at Highland Cemetery, Durant, Okla.
  
  
• William H. Elmendorf (c.1867-1948) — of Evansville, Vanderburgh County, Ind. Married to Lillie Jourdan. Democrat. Blacksmith; mayor of Evansville, Ind., 1922-26; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Indiana, 1924. Died, in Deaconess Hospital, Evansville, Vanderburgh County, Ind., May 12, 1948. Interment at Locust Hill Cemetery, Evansville, Ind.
  
  
• James Robert Barkley (1869-1948) — of Iowa. Born in a log cabin in Davis County, Iowa, February 13, 1869. Lawyer; member of Iowa state senate 3rd District, 1945-47. Presbyterian. Member, Freemasons; Woodmen; Odd Fellows. Died in Iowa Methodist Hospital, Des Moines, Polk County, Iowa, July 26, 1948. Interment at Oakland Cemetery, Moulton, Iowa.
  
  
• Henry W. Wright (1868-1948) — of Los Angeles County, Calif. Born near Ionia, Chickasaw County, Iowa, March 4, 1868. Republican. Real estate business; member of California state assembly, 1915-22; Speaker of the California State Assembly, 1919-22. Methodist. Died at Huntington Memorial Hospital, Pasadena, Los Angeles County, Calif., August 19, 1948. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Alexander Akerman (1869-1948) — of Cartersville, Bartow County, Ga.; Macon, Bibb County, Ga.; Kissimmee, Osceola County, Fla.; Orlando, Orange County, Fla. Born in Elberton, Elbert County, Ga., October 9, 1869. Son of Amos Tappan Akerman and Martha Rebecca (Galloway) Akerman; married 1890 to Minnie C. Edwards (1872-1955). Republican. Lawyer; delegate to Republican National Convention from Georgia, 1908; U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Georgia, 1912-14; U.S. District Judge for the Southern District of Florida, 1929-39; took senior status 1939; delegate to Republican National Convention from Florida, 1948. Died, after undergoing an operation for an intestinal disorder, in Orange Memorial Hospital, Orlando, Orange County, Fla., August 21, 1948. Interment at Greenwood Cemetery, Orlando, Fla.
  • See also: federal judicial profile; Find-A-Grave page.
  
  
• Douglas Mathewson (c.1870-1948) — of Bronx, Bronx County, N.Y. Born in New York, New York County, N.Y. Married to Mary Dillingham. Republican. Lawyer; member of New York state assembly from New York County 35th District, 1897; defeated, 1895; borough president of Bronx, New York, 1914-17; candidate for Justice of New York Supreme Court 1st District, 1925. Scotch-Irish ancestry. Died, in St. Barnabas Hospital, Bronx, Bronx County, N.Y., September 24, 1948. Interment at Kensico Cemetery, Valhalla, N.Y.
  
  
• Patrick F. Calpin (1872-1948) — of Scranton, Lackawanna County, Pa. Born in Bellevue, Scranton, Lackawanna County, Pa., March 25, 1872. Son of Patrick M. Calpin. Democrat. Member of Pennsylvania state senate, 1903-06; Lackawanna County Sheriff; candidate for U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania 10th District, 1910. Catholic. Member, Friendly Sons of St. Patrick; Ancient Order of Hibernians; Elks. Suffered a stroke at Scranton City Hall, and died later the same day at State Hospital, Scranton, Lackawanna County, Pa., December 3, 1948. Interment at Cathedral Cemetery, Scranton, Pa.
  
  
• Cornelius Newton Bliss, Jr. (1874-1949) — also known as Cornelius N. Bliss, Jr. — of Manhattan, New York County, N.Y. Born in New York, New York County, N.Y., April 13, 1874. Son of Cornelius Newton Bliss and Elizabeth Mary (Plummer) Bliss (1837-1923); married 1906 to Zaidee C. Cobb. Republican. Business executive; philanthropist; delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1916 (alternate), 1924, 1928; Treasurer of Republican National Committee, 1916. Member, Union League. Died, in Roosevelt Hospital, Manhattan, New York County, N.Y., April 5, 1949. Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery, Bronx, N.Y.
  • See also Bliss family of New York
  
  
• Frank Murphy (1890-1949) — also known as William Francis Murphy; Francis William Murphy — of Detroit, Wayne County, Mich. Born in Sand Beach (now Harbor Beach), Huron County, Mich., April 13, 1890. Son of John F. Murphy and Mary (Brennan) Murphy. Democrat. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during World War I; candidate for U.S. Representative from Michigan 1st District, 1920; recorder's court judge in Michigan, 1924-30; resigned 1930; mayor of Detroit, Mich., 1930-33; Governor of the Philippine Islands, 1933-35; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Michigan, 1936; Governor of Michigan, 1937-38; defeated, 1938; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Philippine Islands, 1936; U.S. Attorney General, 1939-40; Justice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1940-49; died in office 1949. Catholic. Irish ancestry. Died, from a heart attack, at Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, Wayne County, Mich., July 19, 1949. Interment at Our Lady of Lake Huron Cemetery, Harbor Beach, Mich.
  • See also: National Governors Association biography; Wikipedia article; NNDB dossier; Find-A-Grave page.
  
  
• Richard Joseph Welch (1869-1949) — also known as Richard J. Welch — of San Francisco, Calif. Born in New York, 1869. Republican. Insurance broker; real estate business; member of California state senate, 1901-13; U.S. Representative from California 5th District, 1926-49; died in office 1949. Catholic. Member, Moose; Elks; Eagles. While traveling by train, suffered a heart attack, and died the next day, in a hospital at Needles, San Bernardino County, Calif., September 10, 1949. Interment at Holy Cross Cemetery, Colma, Calif.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Walter A. Blackburn (1874-1949) — of Marion, Crittenden County, Ky.; Paducah, McCracken County, Ky. Born in Fredonia, Caldwell County, Ky., October 1, 1874. Son of Rev. Elisha Bell Blackburn and Mary Jane (McGough) Blackburn; married 1898 to Cora C. Hurley. Republican. Lawyer; county judge in Kentucky, 1906-10; president, People's National Bank, Paducah, 1926-31; candidate in primary for mayor of Paducah, Ky., 1935; delegate to Republican National Convention from Kentucky, 1936. Baptist. Died, in Illinois Central Hospital, Paducah, McCracken County, Ky., October 30, 1949. Interment at Maplelawn Park Cemetery, Paducah, Ky.
  
  
• Charles Evans Hughes, Jr. (1889-1950) — of Riverdale, Bronx, Bronx County, N.Y. Born in New York, New York County, N.Y., November 30, 1889. Son of Charles Evans Hughes and Antoinette (Carter) Hughes; married to Marjory Bruce Stuart; father of Henry Stuart Hughes. Republican. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during World War I; U.S. Solicitor General, 1929-30; director, New York Life Insurance Company. Member, Phi Beta Kappa; Delta Upsilon; Sons of the American Revolution. Died, following surgery for a brain tumor, in Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center, Manhattan, New York County, N.Y., January 21, 1950. Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery, Bronx, N.Y.
  • See also Hughes family of Massachusetts
  • See also: Wikipedia article.
  
  
• Ralph E. Lowell (c.1897-1950) — of Cortland, Cortland County, N.Y. Republican. Mayor of Cortland, N.Y., 1926-28; resigned 1928. Died, in the County Hospital, Cortland, Cortland County, N.Y., January 24, 1950. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• William F. Hagarty (1877-1950) — of Brooklyn, Kings County, N.Y. Born in Dayton, Montgomery County, Ohio, 1877. Son of Cornelius E. Hagarty; married 1942 to Mary E. McGrath. Democrat. Lawyer; member, board of managers, Holy Family Hospital; Justice of New York Supreme Court 2nd District, 1923-47; Justice of the Appellate Division of the New York Supreme Court 2nd Department, 1927-47. Catholic. Member, Friendly Sons of St. Patrick; Catholic Lawyers Guild. Died, in Long Island College Hospital, Brooklyn, Kings County, N.Y., January 30, 1950. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Charles Calvert Ellis (1874-1950) — also known as Charles C. Ellis — of Huntingdon, Huntingdon County, Pa. Born in Washington, D.C., July 21, 1874. Son of Henry Jennings Ellis and Kate Calvert (Kane) Ellis; married, December 25, 1902, to Emma Susan Nice. School teacher; pastor; college professor; president, Juniata College, 1930-43; Dry candidate for delegate to Pennsylvania convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933. Brethren. Died, in Presbyterian Hospital, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pa., June 27, 1950. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Henry Hesterberg (c.1882-1950) — of Brooklyn, Kings County, N.Y. Born in Flatbush, Brooklyn, Kings County, N.Y. Son of Henry Hesterberg . Democrat. Borough president of Brooklyn, New York, 1930-33; defeated, 1933; member of New York Democratic State Committee, 1930-36, 1948; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1932, 1936, 1940. Died, in Midwood Hospital, Brooklyn, Kings County, N.Y., July 3, 1950. Interment at Holy Cross Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
  
  
• Thomas C. Kadien, Jr. (c.1890-1950) — of Astoria, Queens, Queens County, N.Y. Born in Long Island City, Queens, Queens County, N.Y. Son of Thomas C. Kadien, Sr. (died 1932) and May (Dennen) Kadien (died 1917); married to Marie J. Allen. Democrat. Lawyer; Justice of New York Supreme Court, 1935-48 (2nd District 1935-48, 10th District 1948); defeated, 1948. Died, in St. John's Hospital, Long Island City, Queens, Queens County, N.Y., September 22, 1950. Interment at Calvary Cemetery, Woodside, Queens, N.Y.
  
  
• Dudley Field Malone (1882-1950) — of Manhattan, New York County, N.Y.; Westwood, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, Calif. Born in New York, New York County, N.Y., June 3, 1882. Son of William C. Malone and Rose (McKenny) Malone; married 1908 to May O'Gorman (daughter of James Aloysius O'Gorman); married, December 14, 1921, to Doris Stevens (writer, economist); married, January 29, 1930, to Edna Louise Johnson (actress). Lawyer; U.S. Collector of Customs for New York, N.Y., 1913-17; resigned 1917; resigned to protest Wilson Administration's failure to advocate Woman Suffrage Amendment; Farmer-Labor candidate for Governor of New York, 1920; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1932; legal counsel for Twentieth Century-Fox movie studio; played Winston Churchill in the 1943 movie Mission to Moscow. Catholic. Died, from a heart attack, in Culver City Hospital, Culver City, Los Angeles County, Calif., October 5, 1950. Interment at Holy Cross Cemetery, Culver City, Calif.
  
  
• Louis R. Bick (c.1883-1950) — of Brooklyn, Kings County, N.Y. Born in Brooklyn, Kings County, N.Y. Son of Albert Bick (c.1857-1927). Republican. U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of New York, 1915; candidate for New York state assembly from Kings County 21st District, 1932. Member, Freemasons. Died, in Prospect Heights Hospital, Brooklyn, Kings County, N.Y., November 2, 1950. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Douglas H. Grieve (c.1881-1951) — of Bronx, Bronx County, N.Y. Republican. Engineer; candidate for New York state senate 21st District, 1928; candidate for borough president of Bronx, New York, 1937. Protestant. Died, in Westchester Square Hospital, Bronx, Bronx County, N.Y., January 13, 1951. Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery, Bronx, N.Y.
  
  
• Charles Hiram Randall (1865-1951) — also known as Charles H. Randall — of Kimball, Kimball County, Neb.; Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, Calif. Born in Auburn, Nemaha County, Neb., July 23, 1865. Son of Rev. Elias J. Randall and Sarah F. (Schooley) Randall; married, November 15, 1885, to May E. Stanley. Newspaper editor and publisher; member of California state assembly, 1911-12; defeated, 1950; U.S. Representative from California 9th District, 1915-21; defeated, 1920 (9th District), 1921 (9th District), 1922 (9th District), 1924 (9th District), 1926 (9th District), 1932 (13th District), 1934 (13th District), 1940 (13th District), 1944 (20th District); Prohibition candidate for U.S. Senator from California, 1928. Methodist. Died at General Hospital, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, Calif., February 18, 1951. Interment at Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, Calif.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Araminta Cooper Kern (c.1866-1951) — also known as Araminta C. Kern; Araminta Cooper; Mrs. John W. Kern — of Indianapolis, Marion County, Ind. Married, December 23, 1885, to John Worth Kern; mother of John Worth Kern, Jr.. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Indiana, 1928. Female. Died, in Methodist Hospital, Indianapolis, Marion County, Ind., March 4, 1951. Burial location unknown.
  • See also Kern family of Indiana
  
  
• John Harley Burke (1894-1951) — also known as John H. Burke — of Long Beach, Los Angeles County, Calif. Born in Excelsior, Richland County, Wis., June 2, 1894. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer; oil producer; real estate business; U.S. Representative from California 18th District, 1933-35. Died in a hospital at Long Beach, Los Angeles County, Calif., May 14, 1951. Interment at New Calvary Cemetery, East Los Angeles, Calif.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Robert H. Menegay (c.1904-1951) — of Louisville, Stark County, Ohio. Barber; member of Ohio state house of representatives, 1947-48. Catholic. Member, Rotary; Knights of Columbus. Died, of a heart ailment, in Mercy Hospital, Louisville, Stark County, Ohio, August 2, 1951. Interment at St. Louis Catholic Church Cemetery, Louisville, Ohio.
  
  
• John Joseph McGrath (1872-1951) — also known as John J. McGrath — of Hillsborough, San Mateo County, Calif. Born in Limerick, Ireland, July 23, 1872. Democrat. U.S. Representative from California 8th District, 1933-39; defeated, 1938; delegate to Democratic National Convention from California, 1936. Died at Mills Memorial Hospital, San Mateo, San Mateo County, Calif., August 25, 1951. Interment at St. John's Cemetery, San Mateo, Calif.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Harvey Gordon Starkweather (1868-1951) — also known as Harvey G. Starkweather — of Milwaukie, Clackamas County, Ore. Born June 20, 1868. Married to Alice M. Risley (died 1920). Democrat. Candidate for U.S. Representative from Oregon 1st District, 1928. Died, from coronary seclusion and arterial sclerosis, at Portland General Hospital, Portland, Multnomah County, Ore., November 13, 1951. Cremated.
  
  
• Frederick Madison Roberts (1879-1952) — also known as Frederick M. Roberts; Fred Roberts — of Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, Calif. Born in Chillicothe, Ross County, Ohio, September 14, 1879. Great-grandson of Thomas Jefferson; son of Ellen Wayles (Hemings) Roberts. Republican. Mortician; member of California state assembly, 1919-34; defeated, 1934; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from California, 1940, 1944, 1948; candidate for U.S. Representative from California 14th District, 1946. Black. Methodist. Member, NAACP; Urban League. First African-American state legislator in California; descendancy from Thomas Jefferson confirmed by DNA evidence in 1998. Died, from injuries received in an automobile accident the day before, in Los Angeles County General Hospital, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, Calif., July 19, 1952. Interment at Evergreen Cemetery, Los Angeles, Calif.
  • See also Livingston-Lee-Clay-Williams family
  
  
• Irwin Steingut (1893-1952) — of Brooklyn, Kings County, N.Y. Born in New York, New York County, N.Y., October 17, 1893. Son of Simon Steingut and Lena (Wolbach) Steingut; married, June 12, 1914, to Rae Kaufman; father of Stanley Steingut. Democrat. Newspaper reporter; real estate and insurance business; member of New York state assembly from Kings County 18th District, 1922-52; died in office 1952; Speaker of the New York State Assembly, 1935; delegate to New York convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1936, 1940, 1944, 1948; member of New York Democratic State Committee, 1936, 1948. Jewish. Member, Elks; Freemasons; Knights of Pythias. Died, from a heart attack, in Long Island College Hospital, Brooklyn, Kings County, N.Y., September 26, 1952. Interment at Montefiore Cemetery, St. Albans, Queens, N.Y.
  • See also: Wikipedia article; Find-A-Grave page.
  
  
• Harry Streett Baldwin (1894-1952) — also known as H. Streett Baldwin — of Towson, Baltimore County, Md.; Hydes, Baltimore County, Md. Born in Baldwin, Baltimore County, Md., August 21, 1894. Son of Harry W. Baldwin and Mary Elizabeth (Whiteford) Baldwin; married, July 14, 1917, to Mary Virginia Smith. Democrat. Member of Maryland state house of delegates, 1931-33; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Maryland, 1940, 1944, 1952; U.S. Representative from Maryland 2nd District, 1943-47. Presbyterian. Member, Elks; Odd Fellows. Died, following a cerebral hemorrhage, in Union Memorial Hospital, Baltimore, Md., October 19, 1952. Interment at Chestnut Grove Cemetery, Jacksonville, Md.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Tracy Freeman Crandall (1884-1952) — also known as Tracy F. Crandall — of Howell, Livingston County, Mich. Born in Howell Township, Livingston County, Mich., January 16, 1884. Son of Frank R. Crandall and Libbie (Richmond) Crandall; married, February 27, 1907, to Ada E. Howe. Republican. Farmer; director, First National Bank of Howell; member of Michigan state house of representatives from Livingston County, 1931-32; defeated, 1932, 1940. Methodist. English ancestry. Member, Freemasons. Died, in St. Lawrence Hospital, Lansing, Ingham County, Mich., December 6, 1952. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Henry Minett (1857-1952) — Born in Louisville, Jefferson County, Ky., 1857. U.S. Navy commander; Governor of American Samoa. Died, in Veterans Administration Hospital, Asheville, Buncombe County, N.C., December 20, 1952. Interment at Cave Hill Cemetery, Louisville, Ky.
  • See also: Wikipedia article.
  
  
• Arthur Monroe Free (1879-1953) — also known as Arthur M. Free — of San Jose, Santa Clara County, Calif. Born in San Jose, Santa Clara County, Calif., July 15, 1879. Son of George A. Free and Ellen Elizabeth (Littlefield) Free; married, November 11, 1905, to Mabel Carolyn Boscow. Republican. Lawyer; Santa Clara County District Attorney, 1907-19; U.S. Representative from California 8th District, 1921-33; defeated, 1932. Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons; Knights Templar; Shriners; Elks; Odd Fellows; Kiwanis. Suffered a skull fracture in a fall on a flight of stairs at home, and died the next day at San Jose Hospital, San Jose, Santa Clara County, Calif., April 1, 1953. Interment at Oak Hill Memorial Park, San Jose, Calif.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Milton K. Young (1868-1953) — of Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, Calif. Born in Litchfield, Montgomery County, Ill., April 7, 1868. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from California, 1908, 1912, 1932; candidate for Presidential Elector for California, 1928; Democratic candidate for Governor of California, 1930, 1934 (primary). Member, Freemasons; Shriners; Elks. Died at St. Vincent's Hospital, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, Calif., April 9, 1953. Interment at Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, Calif.
  
  
• Ray LeGrande Riley (d. 1953) — also known as Ray L. Riley — of California. Republican. California state controller, 1921-37; candidate in primary for U.S. Senator from California, 1938. Died in a hospital at New York, New York County, N.Y., May 19, 1953. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• John Jay Dorman (c.1871-1953) — also known as John J. Dorman — of Brooklyn, Kings County, N.Y. Brother of Agnes Dorman (who married Charles J. Druhan). Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1912 (alternate), 1916, 1924 (alternate), 1928 (alternate), 1932 (alternate), 1936 (alternate), 1940 (alternate), 1944 (alternate), 1948, 1952 (alternate); chair of Kings County Democratic Party, 1923-53; New York City Fire Commissioner, 1926-33; vice-president, Commercial State Bank and Trust Company. Catholic. Member, Knights of Columbus; Elks; Moose. Died, in St. Mary's Hospital, Brooklyn, Kings County, N.Y., June 21, 1953. Interment at Calvary Cemetery, Woodside, Queens, N.Y.
  • See also: Wikipedia article.
  
  
• Edward J. Flynn (1891-1953) — of Bronx, Bronx County, N.Y. Born in New York, New York County (part now in Bronx, Bronx County), N.Y., September 22, 1891. Son of Henry T. Flynn and Sarah (Mallon) Flynn; married, June 15, 1927, to Helen Margaret Jones. Democrat. Lawyer; law partner of Monroe Goldwater; member of New York state assembly from Bronx County 2nd District, 1918-21; Bronx County Sheriff, 1922-25; chair of Bronx County Democratic Party, 1922-40; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1924, 1928, 1932, 1936, 1940, 1944, 1948, 1952; New York City Chamberlain, 1926-28; secretary of state of New York, 1929-39; member of New York Democratic State Committee, 1930; delegate to New York convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933; Chairman of Democratic National Committee, 1940-43; leader of Bronx County Democratic Party, 1941-53; member of Democratic National Committee from New York, 1944-45. Catholic. Irish ancestry. Died, probably from a heart ailment, in St. Vincent's Hospital, Dublin, Ireland, August 18, 1953. Burial location unknown.
  • See also: Wikipedia article.
  
  
• Daniel Thomas McCarty (1912-1953) — also known as Dan McCarty — of Florida. Born in Fort Pierce, St. Lucie County, Fla., January 18, 1912. Democrat. Member of Florida state house of representatives, 1937-41; Speaker of the Florida State House of Representatives, 1941; served in the U.S. Army during World War II; Governor of Florida, 1953; defeated in primary, 1948; died in office 1953. Died, of pneumonia following a heart attack, in a hospital at Tallahassee, Leon County, Fla., September 28, 1953. Interment at Palms Cemetery, Near Ankona, St. Lucie County, Fla.
  • See also: National Governors Association biography.
  
  
• Jesse W. Barrett (1884-1953) — of St. Louis, Mo. Born in Canton, Lewis County, Mo., March 17, 1884. Son of Harry Hooven Barrett and Jeanette Amelia (Bushman) Barrett; married, June 19, 1912, to Ethelyn Louthan (died 1913); married, February 21, 1925, to Mary Louise Church. Republican. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during World War I; secretary of Missouri Republican Party, 1919; Missouri state attorney general, 1921-25; candidate for nomination for U.S. Senator from Missouri, 1922; candidate for Governor of Missouri, 1936. Methodist. Member, American Bar Association; Freemasons; Shriners; Newcomen Society; American Academy of Political and Social Science; American Legion; Forty and Eight; Phi Sigma Kappa. Suffered a heart attack, and was dead on arrival at St. Louis City Hospital, St. Louis, Mo., November 12, 1953. Interment at Forest Grove Cemetery, Canton, Mo.
  
  
• Charles G. Covert (c.1863-1953) — also known as "Mr. Republican" — of Evansville, Vanderburgh County, Ind. Republican. Newspaper editor; sheriff; mayor of Evansville, Ind., 1901-06. Member, Freemasons; Knights of Pythias; Elks; Redmen; Royal Arcanum; Foresters. Died in Deaconess Hospital, Evansville, Vanderburgh County, Ind., November 18, 1953. Interment at Oak Hill Cemetery, Evansville, Ind.
  
  
• William Du Hamel Denney (1873-1953) — also known as William D. Denney — of Dover, Kent County, Del. Born near Dover, Kent County, Del., March 31, 1873. Son of William Denney and Anna (du Hamel) Denney; married, October 27, 1917, to Alice Godwin. Republican. Insurance business; member of Delaware state house of representatives, 1904-06; delegate to Republican National Convention from Delaware, 1908 (alternate), 1924, 1928; served in the U.S. Army during World War I; Governor of Delaware, 1921-25; Delaware Republican state chair, 1926-27. Episcopalian. Member, American Legion; Freemasons. Died in the Veterans Administration Hospital, Elsmere, New Castle County, Del., November 21, 1953. Interment at Christ Church Cemetery, Dover, Del.
  • See also: National Governors Association biography.
  
  
• John J. Fogarty (c.1898-1954) — of Yonkers, Westchester County, N.Y. Born in New York, New York County, N.Y. Married, July 12, 1930, to Remi C. Gilligan. Republican. Lawyer; mayor of Yonkers, N.Y., 1928-31. Died, in St. John's Riverside Hospital, Yonkers, Westchester County, N.Y., January 1, 1954. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• George Dwight Schermerhorn (1886-1954) — also known as George D. Schermerhorn — of Reading, Hillsdale County, Mich. Born in Reading, Hillsdale County, Mich., October 8, 1886. Son of George Darwin Schermerhorn and Fanny (Roberts) Schermerhorn; married, January 8, 1913, to Hazel Wilma Fenton. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; president, Acme Chair Company; candidate for Michigan state senate 10th District, 1932; delegate to Michigan convention to ratify 21st amendment from Hillsdale County, 1933; candidate for University of Michigan board of regents, 1947. Member, American Legion. Died, from coronary occlusion and from carcinoma of tongue and jaw, in Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, Wayne County, Mich., April 21, 1954. Interment at Oak Grove Cemetery, Hillsdale, Mich.
  
  
• Guy Patterson Gannett (1881-1954) — also known as Guy P. Gannett — of Augusta, Kennebec County, Maine; Cape Elizabeth, Cumberland County, Maine. Born in Augusta, Kennebec County, Maine, November 27, 1881. Son of William H. Gannett and Sarah N. (Hill) Gannett; married, June 6, 1905, to Anne Johnson Macomber (daughter of George E. Macomber); married, June 4, 1952, to Pamelia L. Wells. Republican. Publisher of newspapers and owner of radio stations; member of Maine state house of representatives, 1917-18; member of Maine state senate 7th District, 1919-20; member of Republican National Committee from Maine, 1920-28. Died, from a heart ailment, in Doctors Hospital, Manhattan, New York County, N.Y., April 24, 1954. Burial location unknown.
  • See also Gannett-Macomber family of Maine
  
  
• 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. Interment at Lindenwood Cemetery, Fort Wayne, Ind.
  • See also: Wikipedia article.
  
  
• Frank Hague Eggers (1901-1954) — also known as Frank H. Eggers — of Jersey City, Hudson County, N.J. Born in Jersey City, Hudson County, N.J., February 22, 1901. Nephew of Frank Hague. Democrat. Mayor of Jersey City, N.J., 1947-49; defeated, 1949; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New Jersey, 1948. Catholic. Died, of cerebral thrombosis, in Jersey City Medical Center, Jersey City, Hudson County, N.J., July 8, 1954. Interment at Holy Name Cemetery, Jersey City, N.J.
  
  
• Arthur Edson Blair Moody (1902-1954) — also known as Blair Moody — of Michigan. Born in New Haven, New Haven County, Conn., February 13, 1902. Father of Blair Moody, Jr.. Democrat. Newspaper reporter; U.S. Senator from Michigan, 1951-52; defeated, 1952, 1954; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Michigan, 1952. Member, Phi Beta Kappa. Died, during his campaign for the Democratic nomination for U.S. Senator, of a heart ailment and pneumonia, in University Hospital, Ann Arbor, Washtenaw County, Mich., July 20, 1954. Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery, Detroit, Mich.
  • Cross-reference: Billie S. Farnum
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Willis Winter Bradley (1884-1954) — also known as Willis W. Bradley — of Long Beach, Los Angeles County, Calif. Born in Ransomville, Niagara County, N.Y., June 28, 1884. Son of Willis W. Bradley and Sarah Anne (Johnson) Bradley; married, October 16, 1907, to Sue Worthington Cox. Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; Governor of Guam, 1929-31; U.S. Representative from California 18th District, 1947-49; defeated, 1948; member of California state assembly, 1953-54; died in office 1954. Member, American Legion; Veterans of Foreign Wars; Disabled American Veterans; Freemasons; Knights Templar; Shriners; Elks; Moose. Received the Medal of Honor, for action on U.S.S. Pittsburgh, July 23, 1917. Suffered a heart attack during the noon recess of a legislative hearing, and died soon after at Cottage Hospital, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara County, Calif., August 27, 1954. Interment at Fort Rosecrans National Cemetery, San Diego, Calif.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• August Claessens (1885-1954) — of Manhattan, New York County, N.Y.; Bronx, Bronx County, N.Y.; Brooklyn, Kings County, N.Y. Born in 1885. Married 1912 to Hilda Goldstein; married to Anna Glassman. School teacher; member of New York state assembly from New York County 17th District, 1918-20, 1922; expelled 1920; defeated, 1920 (New York County 17th District), 1922 (New York County 17th District), 1923 (New York County 17th District), 1925 (Bronx County 4th District), 1938 (Kings County 14th District), 1954 (Kings County 14th District); candidate for U.S. Representative from New York, 1924 (Socialist, 23rd District), 1928 (Socialist, 14th District), 1934 (Socialist, at-large), 1946 (Liberal, 10th District), 1948 (Liberal, 8th District), 1950 (Liberal, 8th District); American Labor candidate for New York state senate 11th District, 1940. Expelled from the New York State Assembly over alleged disloyalty, along with the other four Socialist members, April 1, 1920. Died, following a heart attack, at Brooklyn Jewish Hospital, Brooklyn, Kings County, N.Y., December 9, 1954. Interment at Cedar Grove Cemetery, Flushing, Queens, N.Y.
  
  
• Thomas Francis Burchill (1882-1955) — also known as Thomas F. Burchill — of Manhattan, New York County, N.Y.; Belle Harbor, Queens, Queens County, N.Y. Born in New York, New York County, N.Y., August 3, 1882. Son of John Burchill and Mary (Wholey) Burchill; brother of Joseph Burchill (killed in action, World War II); married to Margaret McMahon (c1884-1968). Democrat. Auctioneer; appraiser; insurance business; member of New York state assembly from New York County 3rd District, 1920-24; member of New York state senate 13th District, 1925-38; U.S. Representative from New York 15th District, 1943-45. Catholic. Member, Knights of Columbus; Friendly Sons of St. Patrick; Elks. Died, following a heart attack, in St. Joseph Hospital, Far Rockaway, Queens, Queens County, N.Y., March 26, 1955. Interment at Gate of Heaven Cemetery, Hawthorne, N.Y.
  • See also: congressional biography; Find-A-Grave page.
  
  
• Wellington Wells (1868-1955) — also known as Bill Wells — of Boston, Suffolk County, Mass. Born in Arlington, Middlesex County, Mass., April 18, 1868. Son-in-law of David Josiah Brewer. Republican. Lawyer; member of Massachusetts state senate. Baptist; later Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons. Died, in Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Suffolk County, Mass., May 23, 1955. Interment at Forest Hills Cemetery, Jamaica Plain, Boston, Mass.
  • See also Field-Brewer family
  
  
• Mark M. Fagan (1869-1955) — of Jersey City, Hudson County, N.J. Born in Jersey City, Hudson County, N.J., September 29, 1869. Republican. Undertaker; mayor of Jersey City, N.J., 1902-07, 1913-17; defeated, 1907, 1909; delegate to Republican National Convention from New Jersey, 1904. Catholic. Irish ancestry. Died in a hospital at Jersey City, Hudson County, N.J., July 16, 1955. Interment at Holy Name Cemetery, Jersey City, N.J.
  
  
• William Edward Barton (1868-1955) — of Houston, Texas County, Mo. Born in Pickens District (now Pickens County), S.C., April 11, 1868. Son of William Barton and Harriett (King) Barton; cousin of Courtney Walker Hamlin; married, December 19, 1900, to Marietta Tweed. Democrat. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; Texas County Prosecuting Attorney, 1901-02; circuit judge in Missouri 19th Circuit, 1923-28, 1934-46; U.S. Representative from Missouri 16th District, 1931-33. Baptist. Member, Freemasons; Knights Templar; Shriners; Odd Fellows; Woodmen. Died, from cerebral thrombosis, in Springfield Baptist Hospital, Springfield, Greene County, Mo., July 29, 1955. Interment at Houston Cemetery, Houston, Mo.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• R. Foster Piper (1889-1955) — of Hamburg, Erie County, N.Y.; Buffalo, Erie County, N.Y. Born in Duke Center, McKean County, Pa., August 9, 1889. Married 1911 to Winifred Fish (divorced); married to Helen A. Morse. Republican. Lawyer; member of New York state assembly from Erie County 8th District, 1930-40; Justice of New York Supreme Court 8th District, 1941-55; died in office 1955; Justice of the Appellate Division of the New York Supreme Court 4th Department, 1949. Died, in a hospital at Buffalo, Erie County, N.Y., August 18, 1955. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Devere Allen (1891-1955) — of Wilton, Fairfield County, Conn. Born in Providence, Providence County, R.I., June 24, 1891. Son of Henry L. Allen and Sarah Elizabeth (Champlin) Allen; married, August 22, 1917, to Marie Hollister. Editor for various publications, including The Nation; overseas correspondent for newspapers and magazines; author; Socialist candidate for U.S. Senator from Connecticut, 1932, 1934; Labor candidate for Governor of Connecticut, 1938, 1940. Member, League for Industrial Democracy; American Academy of Political and Social Science; Phi Beta Kappa. Died in a hospital at Westerly, Washington County, R.I., August 27, 1955. Interment at Wheeler Cemetery, North Stonington, Conn.
  
  
• Charles H. Martens (c.1883-1955) — of East Orange, Essex County, N.J. Republican. Mayor of East Orange, N.J., 1919-52. Member, Freemasons. Died, in East Orange General Hospital, East Orange, Essex County, N.J., September 23, 1955. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Bertrand Wesley Gearhart (1890-1955) — also known as Bertrand W. Gearhart; Bud Gearhart — of Fresno, Fresno County, Calif. Born in Fresno, Fresno County, Calif., May 31, 1890. Son of John Wesley Gearhart and Mary Elizabeth (Johnson) Gearhart. Republican. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during World War I; delegate to California convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933; U.S. Representative from California 9th District, 1935-49; defeated, 1948; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from California, 1948. Member, Elks; American Legion; Native Sons of the Golden West; Sons of the American Revolution; Zeta Psi; Phi Delta Phi. Among the founders of the American Legion. Died in a hospital at San Francisco, Calif., October 11, 1955. Interment at Mountain View Cemetery, Fresno, Calif.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Charles Ulrick Bay (1888-1955) — also known as Charles U. Bay — of Manhattan, New York County, N.Y. Born in Rensselaer, Rensselaer County, N.Y., September 5, 1888. Son of Jens Christopher Bay and Marie (Hauan) Bay; married 1942 to Josephine Holt Perfect. Founder, Bay Company, manufacturer of medical supplies; partner, A. M. Kidder & Co., stockbrokers; founder, Bay Petroleum Corporation; stockholder and director, New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad; director, First National Bank and Trust Company of Bridgeport; also involved with the Connecticut Railway and Lighting Company; U.S. Ambassador to Norway, 1946-53. Episcopalian. Norwegian ancestry. Died, in the Harkness Pavilion of the Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center, Manhattan, New York County, N.Y., December 31, 1955. Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery, Bronx, N.Y.
  
  
• Cyrus Chace Miller (c.1867-1956) — also known as Cyrus C. Miller — of Bronx, Bronx County, N.Y. Born in Claverack, Columbia County, N.Y. Son of Jacob F. Miller. Lawyer; borough president of Bronx, New York, 1910-13. Died, in St. Luke's Hospital, New York, New York County, N.Y., January 21, 1956. Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery, Bronx, N.Y.
  
  
• Robert Morss Lovett (1870-1956) — of Chicago, Cook County, Ill. Born in Boston, Suffolk County, Mass., December 25, 1870. Secretary of the U.S. Virgin Islands, 1939-43; Governor of U.S. Virgin Islands, 1940-41; removed from office as Secretary of the Virgin Islands, and barred from federal employment, by action of the U.S. Congress in 1943, over his ties to left-wing and purportedly Communist individuals and groups; the action was later struck down by the U.S. Supreme Court as an unconstitutional bill of attainder, and he received about $2,000 in salary owed to him. Died, in St. Joseph's Hospital, Chicago, Cook County, Ill., February 8, 1956. Burial location unknown.
  • See also: Wikipedia article.
  
  
• James Henry Hyer (1903-1956) — also known as James H. Hyer; Jimmy Hyer — of Athens, Greene County, N.Y. Born in Athens, Greene County, N.Y., March 8, 1903. Democrat. Lawyer; candidate for New York state senate 29th District, 1932. Catholic. Irish ancestry. Member, Elks; Knights of Columbus; Grange. Died, from an acute myocardial infarct, in Albany Hospital, Albany, Albany County, N.Y., April 7, 1956. Interment at St. Patrick's Cemetery, Catskill, N.Y.
  
  
• Leo R. Sack (1889-1956) — of Pennsylvania. Born in Tupelo, Lee County, Miss., July 9, 1889. Major in the U.S. Army during World War I; newspaper reporter; newspaper editor; U.S. Minister to Costa Rica, 1933-37. Jewish. Died, of a kidney ailment, in Cedars of Lebanon Hospital, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, Calif., April 15, 1956. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Ralph Henry Ackerman (1892-1957) — also known as Ralph H. Ackerman — of Walterboro, Colleton County, S.C. Born in West Hoboken (now part of Union City), Hudson County, N.J., July 23, 1892. Son of Alva Scott Ackerman and Grace (Knox) Ackerman; married, January 14, 1916, to Jessica M. Simmons. Foreign Service officer; U.S. Ambassador to Dominican Republic, 1948-52. Died, in Colleton County Hospital, Walterboro, Colleton County, S.C., January 12, 1957. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Albert Johnson (1869-1957) — of Hoquiam, Grays Harbor County, Wash. Born in Springfield, Sangamon County, Ill., March 5, 1869. Son of Charles W. Johnson and Anna E. (Ogden) Johnson; married, August 16, 1904, to Jennie S. Smith. Republican. Newspaper editor; U.S. Representative from Washington, 1913-33 (2nd District 1913-15, 3rd District 1915-33); defeated, 1932. Member, Loyal Legion; Freemasons; Knights Templar. Died in the American Lake veterans hospital, Fort Lewis, Pierce County, Wash., January 17, 1957. Interment at Sunset Memorial Park, Hoquiam, Wash.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• William J. Ahearn (c.1894-1957) — of Manhattan, New York County, N.Y. Son of John Francis Ahearn; brother of Edward J. Ahearn. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1936, 1940, 1944. Member, Tammany Hall. Died, in the Veterans Administration Hospital, New York, New York County, N.Y., March 7, 1957. Burial location unknown.
  • See also Ahearn family of New York
  
  
• Edward William Fehling (1880-1957) — also known as Edward W. Fehling — of St. Johns, Clinton County, Mich. Born in Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis., June 27, 1880. Son of Otto Fehling and Helen (Newman) Fehling; married, June 7, 1908, to Mary G. Boyle (1881-1960). Republican. Lawyer; Clinton County Prosecuting Attorney, 1915-20; director and attorney for Farmers State Savings Bank, and State Bank of St. Johns; member of Michigan state senate 15th District, 1935-38; delegate to Republican National Convention from Michigan, 1936; candidate in primary for Lieutenant Governor of Michigan, 1938; candidate in primary for circuit judge in Michigan 29th Circuit, 1941. Congregationalist. Member, Freemasons; Knights Templar; Order of the Eastern Star; Odd Fellows; Grange. Died, in Clinton Memorial Hospital, St. Johns, Clinton County, Mich., August 10, 1957. Interment at Sowle Cemetery, Near Maple Rapids, Clinton County, Mich.
  
  
• Charles G. Johnson (1880-1957) — also known as Gus Johnson — of California. Born October 12, 1880. Republican. California state treasurer, 1923-56; resigned 1956. Resigned under fire in 1956, while subject of an inquiry into over $100,000 in unpaid personal loans from banks with state-deposited funds; no charges were ever filed. Died, four days after suffering a stroke, at Sutter Hospital, Sacramento, Sacramento County, Calif., October 14, 1957. Burial location unknown.
  • See also: Wikipedia article.
  
  
• Robert Edward Glover (1864-1957) — of Portsmouth, Va. Born in Portsmouth, Va., August 29, 1864. Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Virginia, 1920. Member, Freemasons. Died, in Kecoughtan Veterans Administration Hospital, Hampton, Va., October 22, 1957. Interment at Oak Grove Cemetery, Portsmouth, Va.
  
  
• Joseph Clark Baldwin III (1897-1957) — of Manhattan, New York County, N.Y. Born in New York City (unknown county), N.Y., January 11, 1897. Son of Joseph Clark Baldwin and Fanny (Taylor) Baldwin; married, December 5, 1923, to Marthe Guillon-Verne (niece of Jules Verne (1828-1905; author)). Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; newspaper reporter; business executive; member of New York state senate 17th District, 1935-36; defeated (Republican), 1936; delegate to New York state constitutional convention, 1938; U.S. Representative from New York 17th District, 1941-47; defeated (American Labor), 1946. Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons; Elks. Died, in the Veterans Administration Hospital, Manhattan, New York County, N.Y., October 27, 1957. Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery, Bronx, N.Y.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• F. Harold Van Orman (c.1885-1958) — of Evansville, Vanderburgh County, Ind. Married 1913 to Susie Beeler. Republican. Hotelier; Lieutenant Governor of Indiana, 1925-29; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Indiana, 1936. Died, in Boehne Hospital, Evansville, Vanderburgh County, Ind., January 6, 1958. Interment at Oak Hill Cemetery, Evansville, Ind.
  
  
• Lois Irene Marshall (1873-1958) — also known as Lois Irene Kimsey — of Columbia City, Whitley County, Ind.; Indianapolis, Marion County, Ind.; Phoenix, Maricopa County, Ariz. Born May 9, 1873. Daughter of William Edward Kimsey and Elizabeth (Dale) Kimsey; married, October 2, 1895, to Thomas Riley Marshall. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Indiana, 1928. Female. Suffered a stroke in her hotel suite, and died a few days later, in Good Samaritan Hospital, Phoenix, Maricopa County, Ariz., January 6, 1958. Interment at Crown Hill Cemetery, Indianapolis, Ind.
  • See also: Wikipedia article; Find-A-Grave page.
  
  
• Robert E. Manley (c.1876-1958) — Born in Cattaraugus, Cattaraugus County, N.Y. Lawyer; U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, 1930. Died, in University Hospital, Manhattan, New York County, N.Y., January 18, 1958. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Joseph Vinc Frnka (1880-1958) — also known as Joseph V. Frnka; Joe V. Frnka — of Columbus, Colorado County, Tex. Born in Industry, Austin County, Tex., March 7, 1880. Son of Josef Frnka and Anna (Kynsak) Frnka. Democrat. Lawyer; member of Texas state house of representatives, 1923-27; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Texas, 1944. Member, Freemasons; Lions. Died, in Columbus Hospital, Columbus, Colorado County, Tex., January 29, 1958. Interment at Odd Fellows Rest Cemetery, Columbus, Tex.
  
  
• Edward R. Rayher (1883-1958) — of Manhattan, New York County, N.Y.; Hartsdale, Westchester County, N.Y. Born in New York, New York County, N.Y., August 20, 1883. Republican. Lawyer; member of New York state assembly from New York County 9th District, 1921-22. Died, in St. Joseph's Hospital, Paterson, Passaic County, N.J., May 12, 1958. Interment at Cypress Hills Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
  
  
• 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; married, July 15, 1945, to Betty Grove. 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. Interment at Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Thomas J. Curran (1898-1958) — of Manhattan, New York County, N.Y. Born in Manhattan, New York County, N.Y., November 28, 1898. Married 1926 to Margaret Farley; father of Paul J. Curran. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; school teacher; lawyer; chair of New York County Republican Party, 1940-58; secretary of state of New York, 1943-55; delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1944, 1948, 1952 (alternate), 1956; candidate for U.S. Senator from New York, 1944; member of New York Republican State Executive Committee, 1945. Catholic. Irish ancestry. Died, from a heart ailment, in St. Vincent's Hospital, Manhattan, New York County, N.Y., July 29, 1958. Interment at Calvary Cemetery, Woodside, Queens, N.Y.
  • See also: Wikipedia article.
  
  
• Frederick William Mansfield (1877-1958) — also known as Frederick W. Mansfield — of Boston, Suffolk County, Mass. Born in East Boston, Boston, Suffolk County, Mass., March 26, 1877. Son of Michael Read Mansfield and Catherine (McDonough) Mansfield; married, June 29, 1904, to Helena Elizabeth Roe; father of Walter Roe Mansfield. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during the Spanish-American War; pharmacist; lawyer; candidate for Governor of Massachusetts, 1910, 1916, 1917; Massachusetts state treasurer, 1941; defeated, 1914; mayor of Boston, Mass., 1934-37; defeated, 1929. Catholic. Irish ancestry. Member, Veterans of Foreign Wars; American Bar Association; Ancient Order of Hibernians; Knights of Columbus; Foresters; United Spanish War Veterans. Died, in St. Elizabeth's Hospital, Boston, Suffolk County, Mass., November 6, 1958. Interment at Holyhood Cemetery, Brookline, Mass.
  
  
• Samuel H. Caddy (c.1884-1959) — also known as Sam Caddy; "The Grand Old Man of Kentucky Labor" — of Lexington, Fayette County, Ky. Born in Staffordshire, England. Democrat. Union organizer and labor leader; district president, United Mine Workers of America; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Kentucky, 1936, 1940, 1952. Methodist. Member, Freemasons; Shriners. Died, at Good Samaritan Hospital, Lexington, Fayette County, Ky., January 24, 1959. Interment at Lexington Cemetery, Lexington, Ky.
  
  
• MacGillivray Milne (1882-1959) — Born in Gauley Bridge, Fayette County, W.Va., August 19, 1882. Married, July 2, 1917, to Natalie Elise Blauvelt. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; Governor of American Samoa. Died, in Oak Knoll Hospital, Oakland, Alameda County, Calif., January 26, 1959. Interment somewhere in Tenafly, N.J.
  
  
• John William Minton (1875-1959) — also known as J. W. Minton — of Hemphill, Sabine County, Tex. Born in Geneva, Sabine County, Tex., December 31, 1875. Democrat. Lawyer; president, Hemphill State Bank; one of the organizers of the Sabine Citizens Telephone Co.; member of Texas state house of representatives, 1910-11; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Texas, 1940 (alternate), 1952. Baptist. Died, as a result of a heart attack, in City Hospital, Nacogdoches, Nacogdoches County, Tex., April 19, 1959. Interment at Hemphill City Cemetery, Hemphill, Tex.
  
  
• James Denver Driskill (1888-1959) — of Waldron, Hillsdale County, Mich. Born in Ohio, March 11, 1888. Son of Joseph Driskill and Arabella (Shepard) Driskill. Minister; Dry candidate for delegate to Michigan convention to ratify 21st amendment from Hillsdale County, 1933. Died, from coronary thrombosis, in Thorn Memorial Hospital, Hudson, Lenawee County, Mich., June 25, 1959. Interment at Waldron Cemetery, Waldron, Mich.
  
  
• Howard Wilmert Ameli (1881-1959) — also known as Howard W. Ameli — of Brooklyn, Kings County, N.Y. Born in Brooklyn, Kings County, N.Y., October 12, 1881. Son of Alonzo Ameli and Jessie Isabel (Robinson) Ameli; married, August 10, 1918, to Flora E. Maus. Republican. Lawyer; law partner of Abner C. Surpless; served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of New York, 1929-34. Methodist. Member, American Bar Association; Federal Bar Association; American Legion; Sons of Union Veterans; Military Order of the World Wars; Delta Chi; Freemasons. Died, in Methodist Hospital, Brooklyn, Kings County, N.Y., July 29, 1959. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• 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; married, September 19, 1906, to Mamie White. 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. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• William Elmer Evans (1876-1959) — also known as William E. Evans — of Glendale, Los Angeles County, Calif. Born in London, Laurel County, Ky., November 13, 1876. Republican. Lawyer; delegate to Republican National Convention from California, 1924; U.S. Representative from California, 1927-35 (9th District 1927-33, 11th District 1933-35); defeated, 1934. Christian. Member, Freemasons; Elks. Died at Good Samaritan Hospital, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, Calif., November 12, 1959. Interment at Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, Calif.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Edwin Louis Garvin (1877-1960) — also known as Edwin L. Garvin — of Brooklyn, Kings County, N.Y. Born in Flatbush, Brooklyn, Kings County, N.Y., October 25, 1877. Son of Oliver Chauncey Garvin and Caroline (Selover) Garvin; married, November 22, 1904, to Ida Elizabeth Crane (sister of Frederick Evan Crane). Democrat. Lawyer; special sessions court judge in New York, 1915-18; U.S. District Judge for the Eastern District of New York, 1918-25; receiver, New York, Westchester & Boston Railway, 1937; Justice of New York Supreme Court 2nd District, 1941-47; defeated, 1920. Member, American Bar Association; Psi Upsilon; Phi Delta Phi. Died, in Brookhaven Memorial Hospital, Bellport, Suffolk County, Long Island, N.Y., 1960. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Peter P. Smith (c.1877-1960) — of Brooklyn, Kings County, N.Y. Born in Brooklyn, Kings County, N.Y. Democrat. Lawyer; Justice of New York Supreme Court 2nd District, 1933-45; appointed 1933; Justice of the Appellate Division of the New York Supreme Court, 1936. Member, Friendly Sons of St. Patrick. Suffered a heart attack, and died a few hours later, in Methodist Hospital, Brooklyn, Kings County, N.Y., February 3, 1960. Interment at Holy Cross Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
  
  
• Walter H. Toberman (1879-1960) — also known as "Mr. Democrat" — of Missouri. Born in Montgomery County, Ill., April 19, 1879. Democrat. Secretary of state of Missouri, 1949-60; died in office 1960. Died at Memorial Community Hospital, Jefferson City, Cole County, Mo., February 13, 1960. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Louis Westcott Myers (1872-1960) — of California. Born in Lake Mills, Jefferson County, Wis., September 6, 1872. Superior court judge in California, 1913-23; justice of California state supreme court, 1923-26; chief justice of California state supreme court, 1924-26. Died at Good Samaritan Hospital, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, Calif., February 15, 1960. Interment at Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, Calif.
  
  
• Roy T. Yates (1895-1960) — of Passaic County, N.J.; Manhattan, New York County, N.Y. Born in Paterson, Passaic County, N.J., August 8, 1895. Married to Elsie Southrope. Republican. Banker; member of New Jersey Republican State Committee, 1925-27; member of New Jersey state senate from Passaic County, 1928-31; resigned 1931. Member, Freemasons; Junior Order; Patriotic Order Sons of America. Shot in the abdomen, on August 14, 1931, by Miss Ruth Cranmer, in her apartment in Manhattan, New York; this incident led to the discovery that Miss Cranmer, apparently his mistress, had also received checks from the State of New Jersey; the New Jersey State Senate Judiciary committee began an investigation into whether Sen. Yates should be impeached; but then he resigned. Died, of a heart ailment, in Doctors Hospital, Manhattan, New York County, N.Y., March 8, 1960. Interment somewhere in Easton, Conn.
  
  
• Henry Skillman Breckinridge (1886-1960) — also known as Henry Breckinridge; Henry Breckenridge — of Lexington, Fayette County, Ky.; Manhattan, New York County, N.Y.; Fresh Meadows, Queens, Queens County, N.Y. Born in Chicago, Cook County, Ill., May 25, 1886. Great-grandson of John Breckinridge; grandnephew of Joseph Cabell Breckinridge (1788-1823); grandson of Robert Jefferson Breckinridge; first cousin once removed of John Cabell Breckinridge; nephew of Robert Jefferson Breckinridge, Jr. and William Campbell Preston Breckinridge; son of Joseph Cabell Breckinridge (1842-1921) and Louise Ludlow (Dudley) Breckinridge (1849-1911); second cousin of Clifton Rodes Breckinridge; married, July 7, 1910, to Ruth (Bradley) Woodman (divorced 1925); married, August 5, 1927, to Aida (de Acosta) Root (divorced 1947); married, March 27, 1947, to Margaret Lucy Smith. Democrat. Assistant Secretary of War, 1913-16; served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer; attorney for Charles A. Lindbergh, 1932; Constitutional candidate for U.S. Senator from New York, 1934; candidate for Democratic nomination for President, 1936. Presbyterian. Member, American Bar Association; Sons of the American Revolution; Military Order of the World Wars; American Legion; Loyal Legion; Navy League. Died, in St. Vincent's Hospital, Manhattan, New York County, N.Y., May 3, 1960. Burial location unknown.
  • See also Livingston-Lee-Clay-Williams family
  • See also: Wikipedia article.
  
  
• Daniel Ellison (1886-1960) — of Baltimore, Md. Born in Russia, February 14, 1886. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Maryland, 1932, 1948 (alternate); U.S. Representative from Maryland 4th District, 1943-45; defeated, 1936, 1940, 1944; member of Maryland state senate, 1947-50. Jewish. Died in Sinai Hospital, Baltimore, Md., August 20, 1960. Interment at Hebrew Friendship Cemetery, Baltimore, Md.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Earl Kemp Long (1895-1960) — also known as Earl Long — of Winnfield, Winn Parish, La. Born in Winnfield, Winn Parish, La., August 26, 1895. Son of Huey Pierce Long and Caledonia (Tison) Long; brother of George Shannon Long and Huey Pierce Long (1893-1935) (who married Rose McConnell); married, August 17, 1932, to Blanche B. Revere; uncle of Russell Billiu Long; cousin of Speedy Oteria Long. Democrat. Lieutenant Governor of Louisiana; Governor of Louisiana, 1939-40, 1948-52, 1956-60; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Louisiana, 1956; candidate for U.S. Representative from Louisiana 8th District, 1960. In 1959, after making a speech defending the rights of blacks to vote, was committed to a state mental hospital by his wife Blanche R. Long; he used his gubernatorial powers to obtain his release. Suffered a heart attack while campaigning, but refused medical attention until the polls had closed; died a few days later, in Baptist Hospital, Alexandria, Rapides Parish, La., September 5, 1960. Interment at Earl K. Long Memorial Park, Winnfield, La.
  • See also Long family of Louisiana
  • See also: National Governors Association biography; NNDB dossier; Internet Movie Database profile.
  
  
• Leigh Jarvis Young (1883-1960) — also known as Leigh J. Young — of Ann Arbor, Washtenaw County, Mich. Born March 31, 1883. Son of David Whitcomb Young and Mary (Jarvis) Young; married to Frances Speed Graham. Republican. University professor; mayor of Ann Arbor, Mich., 1941-45. Died, of heart disease, in St. Joseph Mercy Hospital, Ann Arbor, Washtenaw County, Mich., December 24, 1960. Cremated.
  
  
• M. William Bray (1889-1961) — also known as Bill Bray — of Utica, Oneida County, N.Y. Born in Churubusco, Clinton County, N.Y., September 25, 1889. Son of John Bray and Hannah Bray; married 1948 to Catherine Clare Coleman. Democrat. Lawyer; chair of Oneida County Democratic Party, 1924-27; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1928, 1932, 1940, 1948; New York Democratic state chair, 1928-30; Lieutenant Governor of New York, 1933-38. Irish ancestry. Member, American Bar Association. Died, in St. Elizabeth's Hospital, Utica, Oneida County, N.Y., January 17, 1961. Burial location unknown.
  • See also: Wikipedia article.
  
  
• Roy McKittrick (1888-1961) — of Salisbury, Chariton County, Mo. Born in Guthridge Mills, Chariton County, Mo., August 24, 1888. Democrat. Lawyer; member of Missouri state senate 6th District, 1929-32; Missouri state attorney general, 1933-45; candidate for U.S. Senator from Missouri, 1944; candidate for nomination for Governor of Missouri, 1948. Baptist. Member, Freemasons. Died, in a hospital at Phoenix, Maricopa County, Ariz., January 22, 1961. Interment at Salisbury City Cemetery, Salisbury, Mo.
  
  
• Taylor Hudnall Stukes (1893-1961) — also known as Taylor H. Stukes — of Manning, Clarendon County, S.C. Born in Manning, Clarendon County, S.C., June 1, 1893. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer; member of South Carolina state house of representatives, 1923-27; member of South Carolina state senate, 1927-40; South Carolina Democratic state chair, 1938-40; justice of South Carolina state supreme court, 1940-56; chief justice of South Carolina state supreme court, 1956-61. Presbyterian. Member, Freemasons; Rotary. Died, from an aortic aneurysm, in Medical University Hospital, Charleston, Charleston County, S.C., February 20, 1961. Interment at Clarenden Memorial Gardens, Manning, S.C.
  
  
• Ben Hulse (c.1895-1961) — of El Centro, Imperial County, Calif. Republican. Member of California state senate, 1945-57; President pro Tempore of the California State Senate, 1955-57; delegate to Republican National Convention from California, 1956. Died, five days after emergency surgery for a perforated stomach ulcer, at Community Hospital, El Centro, Imperial County, Calif., March 2, 1961. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Clarence Edwards Case (1877-1961) — also known as Clarence E. Case — of Somerville, Somerset County, N.J. Born in Jersey City, Hudson County, N.J., September 24, 1877. Son of Philip Case and Amanda V. (Edwards) Case; married, January 29, 1913, to Anna Gist Rogers (died 1922); married, July 25, 1925, to Ruth (Weldon) Griggs (died 1959). Republican. Lawyer; Somerset County Judge, 1910-13; member of New Jersey state senate from Somerset County, 1918-29; Governor of New Jersey, 1920; associate justice of New Jersey state supreme court, 1929-46, 1948-52; chief justice of New Jersey state supreme court, 1946-48. Christian Reformed. Member, American Bar Association; Freemasons; Elks; Knights of Pythias; Phi Beta Kappa; Delta Upsilon; Phi Delta Phi; Rotary. Died, from a heart ailment, in Somerset Hospital, Somerville, Somerset County, N.J., September 3, 1961. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Vincent H. Auleta (1886-1961) — also known as Vincenzo Auleta — of Manhattan, New York County, N.Y.; Astoria, Queens, Queens County, N.Y. Born in New York, New York County, N.Y., April 6, 1886. Married to Anna J. Schoenherr. Democrat. School teacher; lawyer; member of New York state assembly from New York County 18th District, 1926-30; candidate for U.S. Representative from New York 20th District, 1930. Italian ancestry. Died, in University Hospital, Manhattan, New York County, N.Y., September 29, 1961. Interment at Calvary Cemetery, Woodside, Queens, N.Y.
  
  
• Earle Coke Bridges (1892-1961) — also known as E. Coke Bridges — of Heath Springs, Lancaster County, S.C. Born in Lancaster County, S.C., December 2, 1892. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; member of South Carolina state house of representatives; member of South Carolina state senate, 1934-38; delegate to Democratic National Convention from South Carolina, 1944; candidate for Lieutenant Governor of South Carolina, 1946. Died, at the Marion Sims Hospital, Lancaster County, S.C., October 12, 1961.