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Cornelius Harnett (1723-1781) —
of North Carolina.
Born near Edenton, Chowan
County, N.C., April 20,
1723.
Delegate
to Continental Congress from North Carolina, 1777.
Captured by the British in January 1781, and died
as a
prisoner, of disease contracted in captivity, in
Wilmington, New Hanover
County, N.C., April 20,
1781 (age 58 years, 0
days).
Interment at St.
James' Churchyard, Wilmington, N.C.
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Samuel Shepardson (1757-1813) —
of Guilford, Windham
County, Vt.
Born in Attleboro, Bristol
County, Mass., February
10, 1757.
Son of John
Shepardson.
Member of Vermont
Governor's Council, 1803-08; Presidential Elector for Vermont, 1808.
Died, from spotted fever, in Guilford, Windham
County, Vt., February
28, 1813 (age 56 years, 18
days).
Interment at Old
Cemetery, Guilford, Vt.
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Married to Anna Barney. |
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Benjamin Pond (1768-1814) —
of Essex
County, N.Y.
Born in Stockbridge, Berkshire
County, Mass., 1768.
Democrat. Member of New York
state assembly from Essex County, 1807-10; U.S.
Representative from New York 8th District, 1811-13; served in the
U.S. Army during the War of 1812.
Suffered exposure and disease at the seige of Plattsburg, and
died
as a result, in Schroom, Essex
County, N.Y., October
6, 1814 (age about 46
years).
Original interment at Pine
Ridge Cemetery, North Hudson, N.Y.; reinterment in 1923 at Riverside
Cemetery, Elizabethtown, N.Y.
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Joseph Cabell Breckinridge (1788-1823) —
of Kentucky.
Born in Albemarle
County, Va., July 24,
1788.
Son of John
Breckinridge.
Speaker
of the Kentucky State House of Representatives, 1817-18; secretary of
state of Kentucky, 1820-23; died in office 1823.
Presbyterian.
Died in an epidemic, September
1, 1823 (age 35 years, 39
days).
Interment at Lexington
Cemetery, Lexington, Ky.
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George Izard (1776-1828) —
of Arkansas.
Born in England,
October
21, 1776.
Son of Ralph
Izard.
General in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; Governor of
Arkansas Territory, 1825-28; died in office 1828.
Died of an illness caused by the gout, in Little Rock, Pulaski
County, Ark., November
22, 1828 (age 52 years, 32
days).
Original interment in unknown location; reinterment in 1843 at Mt.
Holly Cemetery, Little Rock, Ark.
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William Washington Gordon (1796-1842) —
of Savannah, Chatham
County, Ga.
Born in Screven
County, Ga., January
17, 1796.
Son of Ambrose Gordon (1751-1804) and Elizabeth (Meade) Gordon.
Lawyer;
mayor
of Savannah, Ga., 1834-36; member of Georgia
state house of representatives, 1835; member of Georgia
state senate, 1838; founder and president of the Central Railroad
and Banking Co.
Died, from bilious pleurisy, in Savannah, Chatham
County, Ga., March 22,
1842 (age 46 years, 64
days).
Original interment at Colonial
Park Cemetery, Savannah, Ga.; reinterment at Laurel
Grove Cemetery, Savannah, Ga.; memorial monument at Wright
Square, Savannah, Ga.
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Thomas William Gilpin (1806-1848) —
also known as Thomas W. Gilpin —
of Delaware.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., 1806.
U.S. Consul in Belfast, 1830-42, 1845-47.
Died, of convulsions, in Belfast, Ireland (now Northern
Ireland), January
4, 1848 (age about 41
years).
Interment at Clifton
Street Cemetery, Belfast, Northern Ireland.
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George R. Dwyer (d. 1854) —
of Massachusetts.
U.S. Consul in Lourenco Marques, 1853-54, died in office 1854.
Died, of coast fever, in Lourenco Marques, East Africa (now
Maputo, Mozambique),
June
24, 1854.
Burial
location unknown.
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Chauncey M. Abbott (c.1821-1863) —
of Niles, Cayuga
County, N.Y.
Born about 1821.
Member of New York
state assembly from Cayuga County 2nd District, 1858-59; member
of New
York state senate 25th District, 1862-63; died in office 1863.
Worked outdoors at the polls on election day, 1863, and reportedly
became ill from "over-exertion and exposure to the inclemency of
the weather"; he died suddenly, of "neuralgia", on November
11, 1863 (age about 42
years).
Interment at Westfall
Cemetery, Twelve Corners, N.Y.
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Francis M. Rotch (c.1822-1863) —
of Morris, Otsego
County, N.Y.
Born about 1822.
Son of Francis Rotch.
Farmer;
member of New York
state senate 20th District, 1860-61; colonel in the Union Army
during the Civil War.
Contracted an unspecified disease while with the Army of the
Potomac during the Civil
War, and died from it about a year later, in Morris, Otsego
County, N.Y., November
28, 1863 (age about 41
years).
Interment at Hillington
Cemetery, Morris, N.Y.
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Thomas W. Freeman (1824-1865) —
of Missouri.
Born in Anderson
County, Ky., 1824.
Delegate
from Missouri to the Confederate Provisional Congress, 1861-62;
Representative
from Missouri in the Confederate Congress, 1862-64.
Died, of a "bilious fever", in the Southwestern Hotel, St.
Louis, Mo., October
24, 1865 (age about 41
years).
Interment at Bellefontaine
Cemetery, St. Louis, Mo.
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Israel DeWolf Andrews (d. 1871) —
also known as Israel D. Andrews —
of Maine.
Born in Campbell Island, New
Brunswick.
Son of Israel Andrews and Elizabeth Andrews.
Naturalized U.S. citizen; imprisoned
for debt more
than once; U.S. Consul in SAINT John, 1843-48; U.S. Special Diplomatic Agent to Canada, 1849-54; U.S. Consul General in Toronto, 1855-57; successfully advocated for reciprocal trade
agreements.
Died, reportedly due to alcoholism, in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., February
17, 1871.
Burial
location unknown.
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Alexander H. Newcomb (1824-1888) —
of Toledo, Lucas
County, Ohio.
Born in New York, 1824.
Republican. Mayor of
Toledo, Ohio, 1860-61.
Died, from nervous prostration, in Toledo, Lucas
County, Ohio, August
28, 1888 (age about 64
years).
Interment at Forest
Cemetery, Toledo, Ohio.
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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.
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 (age 42 years, 75
days).
Interment at Green-Wood
Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of Isaac Bell; married 1878 to
Jeanette Gordon Bennett (daughter of James Gordon Bennett (1795-1872;
founder, New York Herald)). |
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Samuel Thomas Baird (1861-1899) —
also known as Samuel T. Baird —
of Bastrop, Morehouse
Parish, La.
Born in Oak Ridge, Morehouse
Parish, La., May 5,
1861.
Democrat. Lawyer;
District Attorney, 6th District, 1884-88; district judge in Louisiana
6th District, 1888-92; member of Louisiana
state senate, 1896; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Louisiana, 1896;
U.S.
Representative from Louisiana 5th District, 1897-99; died in
office 1899.
Died, from endocarditis
and rheumatism, in Washington,
D.C., April 22,
1899 (age 37 years, 352
days).
Interment at Christ
Church Cemetery, Bastrop, La.
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Lewis Baker (1832-1899) —
of Wheeling, Ohio
County, W.Va.; St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn.
Born in Belmont
County, Ohio, November
11, 1832.
Democrat. Newspaper
editor; member of West
Virginia state senate 1st District, 1871-72; President
of the West Virginia State Senate, 1872; West Virginia
Democratic state chair, 1872-76; member of Democratic
National Committee from West Virginia, 1884-88; Minnesota
Democratic state chair, 1892; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Minnesota, 1892;
U.S. Minister to Costa Rica, 1893-97; Salvador, 1893-97; Nicaragua, 1893-97.
Died, from pernicious anemia, in Washington,
D.C., April 30,
1899 (age 66 years, 170
days).
Interment at Greenwood
Cemetery, Wheeling, W.Va.
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Frederick Smyth (1832-1900) —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in County Galway, Ireland,
1832.
Democrat. Lawyer;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1876;
Presidential Elector for New York, 1876;
Justice
of New York Supreme Court 1st District, 1896-1900; died in office
1900.
Episcopalian;
later Catholic.
Member, Tammany
Hall.
Suffered a debilitating attack of vertigo, from which he never
completely recovered, contracted pneumonia,
and died, in the Dennis Hotel,
Atlantic City, Atlantic
County, N.J., August
18, 1900 (age about 68
years).
Interment at Green-Wood
Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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Charles Simeon Baker (1839-1902) —
also known as Charles S. Baker —
of Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y.
Born in Churchville, Monroe
County, N.Y., February
18, 1839.
Republican. Member of New York
state assembly, 1879; member of New York
state senate 29th District, 1884-85; U.S.
Representative from New York 30th District, 1885-91.
Died, from paralysis of the throat, in Washington,
D.C., April 21,
1902 (age 63 years, 62
days).
Interment at Mt.
Hope Cemetery, Rochester, N.Y.
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William Boyd Allison (1829-1908) —
also known as William B. Allison —
of Ashland, Ashland
County, Ohio; Dubuque, Dubuque
County, Iowa.
Born in a log
cabin in Perry, Wayne
County, Ohio, March 2,
1829.
Son of John Allison and Mary Allison.
Republican. Lawyer;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Iowa, 1860,
1904;
colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War; U.S.
Representative from Iowa 3rd District, 1863-71; U.S.
Senator from Iowa, 1873-1908; died in office 1908; candidate for
Republican nomination for President, 1888,
1896.
Died, from kidney
disease and prostate enlargement, in Dubuque, Dubuque
County, Iowa, August 4,
1908 (age 79 years, 155
days).
Interment at Linwood
Cemetery, Dubuque, Iowa.
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Charles James Hughes, Jr. (1853-1911) —
also known as Charles J. Hughes, Jr. —
of Arapahoe
County, Colo.; Denver,
Colo.
Born in Kingston, Caldwell
County, Mo., February
16, 1853.
Democrat. Lawyer;
candidate for Presidential Elector for Colorado, 1888;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Colorado, 1908;
U.S.
Senator from Colorado, 1909-11; died in office 1911.
Member, Phi
Kappa Psi.
Died, from pernicious anemia and myelitis, in Denver,
Colo., January
11, 1911 (age 57 years, 329
days).
Interment at Fairmount
Cemetery, Denver, Colo.
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Louis Henri Aymé (1855-1912) —
also known as Louis H. Aymé —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., May 29,
1855.
Son of Dr. Henry Aymé and Elizabeth Geraldine (Fitzgerald)
Aymé.
Republican. Ethnologist;
newspaper
correspondent; U.S. Consul in Mérida, 1880-84; Guadeloupe, 1898-99; Pará, 1903-06; U.S. Consul General in Lisbon, 1906-12, died in office 1912.
Member, Loyal
Legion; Sons
of Veterans.
Died, from "locomotor ataxia" (presumably syphilis), in
Lisbon, Portugal,
May
16, 1912 (age 56 years, 353
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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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.
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. Member, Delta
Kappa Epsilon.
Died, from infection
following surgery for mastoiditis, in the New York Eye and Ear
Infirmary,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., May 29,
1919 (age 58 years, 328
days).
Original interment at Mt.
Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Mass.; reinterment at Walnut Hills Cemetery, Brookline, Mass.
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John Anderson Bensel (1863-1922) —
also known as John A. Bensel —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Bernardsville, Somerset
County, N.J.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., 1863.
Son of Brownlee Bensel and Mary Maclay (Hogg) Bensel.
Democrat. Engineer;
worked for the Pennsylvania Railroad;
in charge of construction on New York City's North River waterfront,
1889-95; New York
state engineer and surveyor, 1911-14; major in the U.S. Army
during World War I.
Died, of myelitis, in Bernardsville, Somerset
County, N.J., June 19,
1922 (age about 58
years).
Interment at Green-Wood
Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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Relatives:
Married 1896
to Ella Louise Day. |
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Robert Bruce McCoy (1867-1926) —
of Sparta, Monroe
County, Wis.
Born in Kenosha, Kenosha
County, Wis., September
5, 1867.
Son of Bruce Elisha McCoy.
Democrat. Lawyer; newspaper
publisher; Monroe
County Judge; served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American
War; served in the U.S. Army during World War I; candidate for Governor of
Wisconsin, 1920.
Fort McCoy, Wisconsin, is named for
him.
Died, of pernicious anemia, January
5, 1926 (age 58 years, 122
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1893
to Lillian Riege. |
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Eugene Blackburn Gary (1854-1926) —
of Abbeville, Abbeville
County, S.C.
Born in Abbeville, Abbeville
County, S.C., August
22, 1854.
Son of F. F. Gary and Caroline (Blackburn) Gary.
Lawyer;
Lieutenant
Governor of South Carolina, 1891-93; justice of
South Carolina state supreme court, 1893-1912; chief
justice of South Carolina state supreme court, 1912-26.
Died, from encephalitis lethargica, in Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga., December
10, 1926 (age 72 years, 110
days).
Interment at Upper
Long Cane Cemetery, Abbeville, S.C.
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James William Zevely (1861-1927) —
also known as J. W. Zevely —
of Muskogee, Muskogee
County, Okla.; Washington,
D.C.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Linn, Osage
County, Mo., October
8, 1861.
Son of Thaddeus Zevely and Mary A. Zevely.
Democrat. Librarian;
secretary
of Missouri Democratic Party, 1888; Inspector in Charge for U.S.
Department of the Interior; lawyer;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Oklahoma, 1912,
1916;
as attorney for the Sinclair Consolidated Oil
Corporation, and for Harry F. Sinclair, he was a figure in the Teapot
Dome scandal of the 1920s.
The champion racehorse "Zev" (1920-1943) was named for
him by Harry F. Sinclair.
Died, of pernicious anemia and liver
cirrhosis, in East Hampton, Suffolk
County, Long Island, N.Y., June 10,
1927 (age 65 years, 245
days).
Interment somewhere
in Paris, Ky.
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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.
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
(age about
82 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Loren Edgar Wheeler (1862-1932) —
also known as Loren E. Wheeler —
of Springfield, Sangamon
County, Ill.
Born in Havana, Mason
County, Ill., October
7, 1862.
Republican. Mayor
of Springfield, Ill., 1897-1901; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Illinois, 1900;
U.S.
Representative from Illinois 21st District, 1915-23, 1925-27;
defeated, 1922, 1926.
Died, of pernicious anemia, in Springfield, Sangamon
County, Ill., January
8, 1932 (age 69 years, 93
days).
Interment at Oak
Ridge Cemetery, Springfield, Ill.
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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.
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 (age 65 years, 105
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Bronx, N.Y.
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Relatives:
Married to Rose L. Magee (died 1937). |
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Cyrenus Garritt Darling (1856-1933) —
also known as Cyrenus G. Darling —
of Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich.
Born in Bethel, Sullivan
County, N.Y., 1856.
Son of Walter Darling and Eliza (Starr) Darling.
Republican. Physician;
university
professor; mayor
of Ann Arbor, Mich., 1894-95; defeated, 1909, 1911.
Member, American Medical
Association.
Died, from pernicious anemia, April 21,
1933 (age about 76
years).
Interment at Forest
Hill Cemetery, Ann Arbor, Mich.
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Relatives:
Married 1884
to Augusta M. Payne. |
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Curtis Arnoux Peters (c.1879-1933) —
also known as Curtis A. Peters —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born about 1879.
Democrat. Lawyer;
campaign manager, Thomas
C. T. Crain for Supreme Court, 1924; Justice of
New York Supreme Court 1st District, 1927-33; died in office 1933.
Died, of tolsythemia vera, in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., December
17, 1933 (age about 54
years).
Interment at Kensico
Cemetery, Valhalla, N.Y.
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Relatives:
Father of Peter Arno (1904-1968; cartoonist). |
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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.
Republican. New York City Police
Commissioner, 1910-11; Kings
County District Attorney, 1912-16; Justice of
New York Supreme Court 2nd District, 1917-37; 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 (age about 63
years).
Cremated.
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Relatives:
Married 1898
to Florence Graecen. |
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Jacob Ruppert, Jr. (1867-1939) —
also known as Jacob Ruppert; Jake Ruppert —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., August 5,
1867.
Son of Jacob Ruppert and Anna (Gillig) Ruppert.
Democrat. Brewer; U.S.
Representative from New York, 1899-1907 (15th District 1899-1903,
16th District 1903-07); owner and president, New York Yankees baseball
team, 1915-39; president, Astoria Silk
Mills; vice-president, Beck Flaming Arc-Light Co.; director,
Yorkville Bank;
director, Casualty Insurance
Company of America; director, German Hospital;
trustee, Lenox Hill Hospital.
Catholic.
German
ancestry.
Died, from phlebitis, in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., January
13, 1939 (age 71 years, 161
days).
Entombed at Kensico
Cemetery, Valhalla, N.Y.
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Samuel Davis Wilson (1881-1939) —
also known as S. Davis Wilson —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., August
31, 1881.
Mayor
of Philadelphia, Pa., 1936-39; died in office 1939; candidate in
Democratic primary for U.S.
Senator from Pennsylvania, 1938; twice indicted
by a grand jury in 1938-39 on charges
related to vice and
gambling in Philadelphia; never tried.
Died, from cerebral
thrombosis and hypertension, in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., August
19, 1939 (age 57 years, 353
days).
Cremated.
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Edward Walter Curley (1873-1940) —
also known as Edward W. Curley —
of Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y.
Born in Easton, Northampton
County, Pa., May 23,
1873.
Democrat. Builder;
president, Stanley Hoist and Machine Company; U.S.
Representative from New York 22nd District, 1935-40; died in
office 1940.
Member, Eagles.
Died, from a heart
attack, while seriously ill from a throat ailment, in
Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y., January
6, 1940 (age 66 years, 228
days).
Interment at Kensico
Cemetery, Valhalla, N.Y.
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John W. Farley (1878-1942) —
of Memphis, Shelby
County, Tenn.
Born March 4,
1878.
Republican. Lawyer;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from Tennessee, 1916; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Tennessee, 1916
(alternate), 1924.
Member, Kappa
Alpha Order; Freemasons.
Led drive to establish
the West Tennessee Normal School (now University of Memphis) in 1912.
Died, of pneumonia
and severe arthritis, November, 1942
(age 64
years, 0 days).
Interment at Elmwood
Cemetery, Memphis, Tenn.
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Jay Pierrepont Moffat (1896-1943) —
also known as "Pierrepontifex Maximus" —
of Hancock, Hillsborough
County, N.H.
Born in Rye, Westchester
County, N.Y., July 18,
1896.
Son of R. Burnham Moffat (1861-1916) and Ellen Low (Pierrepont)
Moffat.
Foreign Service officer; U.S. Consul General in Sydney, 1935-37; U.S. Minister to Canada, 1940-43, died in office 1943; Luxembourg, 1941-43, died in office 1943.
Died, following surgery for phlebitis, in Ottawa, Ontario,
January
24, 1943 (age 46 years, 190
days).
Cremated.
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Thomas P. Gunning (1882-1943) —
of Princeton, Bureau
County, Ill.
Born near Neponset, Bureau
County, Ill., June 26,
1882.
Republican. Dentist;
member of Illinois
state senate 37th District, 1931-43; died in office 1943.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; Elks; American
Dental Association.
Never recovered fully from surgery to remove a cataract, and died
from multiple ailments, in Princeton, Bureau
County, Ill., November
8, 1943 (age 61 years, 135
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Adolph Berky (1897-1945) —
also known as Al Berky; Adolph Berkowitz —
of Bangor, Northampton
County, Pa.; Tucson, Pima
County, Ariz.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., April 19,
1897.
Democrat. 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 (age 48 years, 28
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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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 (age 52 years, 105
days).
Interment at Restlawn
Cemetery, Coffeyville, Kan.
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Cornelius A. Moylan (1898-1946) —
of Hartford, Hartford
County, Conn.
Born in Hartford, Hartford
County, Conn., January
23, 1898.
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 (age 48 years, 335
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to Anne M. Durkin. |
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Raymond Thomas Nagle (1897-1950) —
also known as Raymond T. Nagle; Ray Nagle —
of Helena, Lewis and
Clark County, Mont.
Born in Helena, Lewis and
Clark County, Mont., June 2,
1897.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer;
member of Montana
state house of representatives; Montana
state attorney general, 1933-36.
Catholic.
Irish
ancestry. Member, American
Legion; Knights
of Columbus; American Bar
Association.
Died, from periarteritis nodosa, in Brookmont, Montgomery
County, Md., March 6,
1950 (age 52 years, 277
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Paul Sutton (1910-1970) —
of Michigan.
Born in Albuquerque, Bernalillo
County, N.M., May 4,
1910.
Democrat. Radio
actor; portrayed "Sergeant Preston of the Yukon"; also actor
in many movies
of the 1930s and 1940s; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Michigan 18th District, 1954, 1956.
Died, of muscular dystrophy, in Ferndale, Oakland
County, Mich., January
31, 1970 (age 59 years, 272
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Richard S. Caliguiri (1931-1988) —
of Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa.
Born October
20, 1931.
Mayor
of Pittsburgh, Pa., 1977-88; defeated in Democratic primary,
1973, 1977; died in office 1988.
Died, of amyloidosis, May 6,
1988 (age 56 years, 199
days).
Interment at Calvary
Cemetery, Pittsburgh, Pa.
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Louis J. Tullio (1916-1990) —
of Erie, Erie
County, Pa.
Born May 17,
1916.
Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Pennsylvania, 1964;
mayor of
Erie, Pa., 1966-89; resigned 1989.
Italian
ancestry.
Died, of amyloidosis, in Erie, Erie
County, Pa., April 17,
1990 (age 73 years, 335
days).
Interment at Calvary
Cemetery, Erie, Pa.
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Max Bloom (c.1909-1990) —
of Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y.
Born about 1909.
Liberal. Lawyer;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York 25th District, 1950; candidate for
borough
president of Bronx, New York, 1957; criminal court judge in New
York, 1962-69; Justice of
New York Supreme Court 1st District, 1970-86; defeated, 1964,
1965; Justice of the Appellate Division of the New York Supreme
Court, 1979-86; vice-chair
of New York Liberal Party, 1987.
Died, from a neurological disorder, in Columbia-Presbyterian
Medical
Center, Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., October
10, 1990 (age about 81
years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Angelo C. Petromelis (c.1928-1994) —
of College Point, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., about 1928.
Democrat.
Greek
ancestry.
Chairman of New York State Crime Victims Board.
Died, of kidney
failure caused by a blood disorder, in North Shore Hospital,
Manhasset, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y., September
25, 1994 (age about 66
years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Maurice Larry Lawrence (1926-1996) —
also known as M. Larry Lawrence —
of San Diego, San Diego
County, Calif.; Coronado, San Diego
County, Calif.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., August
16, 1926.
Son of Sidney A. Lawrence and Tillie P. Astor Lawrence.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from California,
1964,
1968,
1972;
candidate for Presidential Elector for California, 1972;
U.S. Ambassador to Switzerland, 1994-96, died in office 1996.
Jewish.
Member, Zeta
Beta Tau.
Falsely
claimed to have served and been injured in the Merchant
Marine during World War
II; this was discovered
a year after his death.
Died, of leukemia
and blood dyscrasia, in Berne, Switzerland,
January
9, 1996 (age 69 years, 146
days).
Original interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.; reinterment in 1997 at El
Camino Cemetery, San Diego, Calif.
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Barbara Charline Jordan (1936-1996) —
also known as Barbara Jordan —
of Houston, Harris
County, Tex.
Born in Houston, Harris
County, Tex., February
21, 1936.
Democrat. Member of Texas
state senate, 1967; U.S.
Representative from Texas 18th District, 1973-79; speaker, Democratic National Convention, 1988.
Female.
African
ancestry. Lesbian.
Received the Spingarn
Medal in 1992, and the Presidential
Medal of Freedom in 1994.
Died of leukemia
and multiple sclerosis, January
17, 1996 (age 59 years, 330
days).
Interment at Texas
State Cemetery, Austin, Tex.
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William Amoss (c.1937-1997) —
of Maryland.
Born about 1937.
Member of Maryland
state house of delegates, 1975-83; member of Maryland
state senate, 1983-97.
Died, of complications of myelofibrosis, in Fallston, Harford
County, Md., October
8, 1997 (age about 60
years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Donald Ray Foster (1937-2000) —
of Lewistown, Fergus
County, Mont.
Born in Gooding, Gooding
County, Idaho, April 18,
1937.
Democrat. Delegate to
Montana state constitutional convention, 1972; member of Montana
state senate, 1974-76.
Catholic.
Member, Alpha
Sigma Phi; Rotary.
Died, of hemochromatosis, in St. Vincent's Hospital,
Billings, Yellowstone
County, Mont., January
22, 2000 (age 62 years, 279
days).
Interment at Calvary
Cemetery, Billings, Mont.
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Maurine Brown Neuberger (1907-2000) —
also known as Maurine Neuberger; Maurine Brown; Mrs.
Richard L. Neuberger —
of Portland, Multnomah
County, Ore.
Born in Cloverdale, Tillamook
County, Ore., January
9, 1907.
Daughter of Walter T. Brown and Ethel (Kelty) Brown.
Democrat. School
teacher; writer; photographer;
member of Oregon
state house of representatives, 1951-56; U.S.
Senator from Oregon, 1960-67; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Oregon, 1964.
Female.
Unitarian.
Member, Americans
for Democratic Action; Theta
Sigma Phi; Delta
Kappa Gamma; American
Association of University Women.
Third woman to win a full term in the U.S. Senate.
Died, of a bone marrow disorder, in a nursing
home at Portland, Multnomah
County, Ore., February
22, 2000 (age 93 years, 44
days).
Interment at Beth
Israel Cemetery, Portland, Ore.
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Robert Patrick Casey (1932-2000) —
also known as Robert P. Casey; Bob Casey;
"Spike" —
of Scranton, Lackawanna
County, Pa.
Born in Jackson Heights, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y., January
9, 1932.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Pennsylvania
state senate 22nd District, 1963-68; alternate delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1964;
delegate
to Pennsylvania state constitutional convention, 1967-68; Pennsylvania
state auditor general, 1969-77; candidate for Pennsylvania
state treasurer, 1980; Governor of
Pennsylvania, 1987-95; defeated in primary, 1966, 1970, 1978.
Catholic.
Member, American Bar
Association; Friendly
Sons of St. Patrick.
Died, of amyloidosis and complications of prostate
cancer, in Mercy Hospital,
Scranton, Lackawanna
County, Pa., May 30,
2000 (age 68 years, 142
days).
Interment at St.
Catherine's Cemetery, Moscow, Pa.
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Juanita Elizabeth Terry Williams (1925-2000) —
of Savannah, Chatham
County, Ga.; Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga.; Decatur, DeKalb
County, Ga.
Born January
3, 1925.
Member of Georgia
state house of representatives 54th District, 1985-93.
Female.
African
ancestry.
Died, of thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura (a type of
anemia), at Emory University Hospital,
Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga., August
23, 2000 (age 75 years, 233
days).
Entombed at Lincoln
Cemetery, Atlanta, Ga.
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Frank Lynn Whitbeck (1916-2002) —
also known as Frank L. Whitbeck —
of Little Rock, Pulaski
County, Ark.
Born in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
County, Okla., February
29, 1916.
Democrat. Insurance
executive; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Arkansas, 1952;
candidate for Governor of
Arkansas, 1968.
Episcopalian.
Member, Rotary; Freemasons;
Alpha
Kappa Psi.
Died, from complications of leukemia
and a blood disease, in Little Rock, Pulaski
County, Ark., May 31,
2002 (age 86 years, 0
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Edward Charles Pierce (1930-2002) —
also known as Edward C. Pierce —
of Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich.
Born in Three Rivers, St. Joseph
County, Mich., January
3, 1930.
Democrat. Physician;
Democratic candidate for U.S.
Representative from Michigan 2nd District, 1974 (primary), 1976;
member of Michigan
state senate 18th District, 1979-82; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Michigan, 1980;
candidate in primary for Governor of
Michigan, 1982; mayor
of Ann Arbor, Mich., 1985-87; defeated, 1967, 1987.
Died, from complications of Legionnaire's disease, in Ann
Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich., July 4,
2002 (age 72 years, 182
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Forest
Hill Cemetery, Ann Arbor, Mich.
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Laurence Ingram Radway (1919-2003) —
also known as Laurence Radway —
of Hanover, Grafton
County, N.H.; West Lebanon, Lebanon, Grafton
County, N.H.
Born in Staten Island, Richmond
County, N.Y., February
2, 1919.
Son of Frederick Radway and Dorothy Radway.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; university
professor; chair of
Grafton County Democratic Party, 1958-62; member of New Hampshire
Democratic State Committee, 1958-62; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from New Hampshire, 1964,
1972
(alternate); candidate in primary for U.S.
Senator from New York, 1972.
Protestant.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; American
Political Science Association; Council on
Foreign Relations.
Died, from complications
of abdominal surgery, in Lebanon, Grafton
County, N.H., May 7,
2003 (age 84 years, 94
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Paul Franzenburg (1916-2004) —
of Conrad, Grundy
County, Iowa.
Born in Conrad, Grundy
County, Iowa, November
18, 1916.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; Iowa state
treasurer, 1965-69; candidate for Governor of
Iowa, 1968, 1972.
Methodist
or Presbyterian.
Member, Lions; American
Legion.
Died, from complications of a hip replacement and congestive
heart failure, in the Iowa Jewish Senior Life Center nursing
home, Des Moines, Polk
County, Iowa, October
31, 2004 (age 87 years, 348
days).
Interment at Conrad
Cemetery, Conrad, Iowa.
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Robert Takeo Matsui (1941-2005) —
also known as Robert T. Matsui —
of Sacramento, Sacramento
County, Calif.
Born in Sacramento, Sacramento
County, Calif., September
17, 1941.
Son of Yasuji Matsui and Alice (Nagata) Matsui.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from California, 1979-2005 (3rd District 1979-93,
5th District 1993-2005); died in office 2005; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from California, 1988
(speaker),
1996,
2000,
2004.
Methodist.
Japanese
ancestry. Member, Rotary; Council on
Foreign Relations.
Died, of pneumonia
and myelodysplastic syndrome, in Bethesda
Naval Hospital, Bethesda, Montgomery
County, Md., January
1, 2005 (age 63 years, 106
days).
Interment at East
Lawn Memorial Park, Sacramento, Calif.
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Vincent H. Buck (1926-2005) —
of Ypsilanti, Washtenaw
County, Mich.; Ypsilanti Township, Washtenaw
County, Mich.; Traverse City, Grand
Traverse County, Mich.
Born March 7,
1926.
Republican. Realtor;
mayor
of Ypsilanti, Mich., 1964-65.
Presbyterian.
Died, of multiple sclerosis, in Traverse City, Grand
Traverse County, Mich., March 20,
2005 (age 79 years, 13
days).
Interment at Highland
Cemetery, Ypsilanti, Mich.
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Mary A. Ryan (1940-2006) —
of Texas.
Born in New York City (unknown
county), N.Y., October
1, 1940.
U.S. Consul General in Monterrey, 1971-73; U.S. Ambassador to Swaziland, 1988-90.
Female.
Catholic.
Died, of myelofibrosis, in Washington,
D.C., April 25,
2006 (age 65 years, 206
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Winthrop Paul Rockefeller (1948-2006) —
also known as Win Paul Rockefeller —
of Little Rock, Pulaski
County, Ark.
Born in New York City (unknown
county), N.Y., September
17, 1948.
Son of Winthrop
Rockefeller and Barbara (Sears) Rockefeller.
Republican. Rancher; Arkansas
Republican state chair, 1994; Lieutenant
Governor of Arkansas, 1996-2006; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Arkansas, 2004.
Methodist.
Member, National Rifle
Association.
Died, from a blood disorder and complications of pneumonia,
in Little Rock, Pulaski
County, Ark., July 16,
2006 (age 57 years, 302
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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