The Political Graveyard: Politicians Who Died of Smallpox

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Politicians Who Died of Smallpox

Very incomplete list!

in chronological order

Josias Lyndon (1704-1778) — of Newport, Newport County, R.I.; Warren, Bristol County, R.I. Born March 10, 1704. Governor of Rhode Island, 1768-69. Died, of smallpox, March 30, 1778 (age 74 years, 20 days). Interment at Kickemuit Cemetery, Warren, R.I.

Andrew Kennedy (1810-1847) — of Muncietown (now Muncie), Delaware County, Ind. Born in Dayton, Montgomery County, Ohio, July 24, 1810. Democrat. Member of Indiana state senate, 1836-40; candidate for Presidential Elector for Indiana, 1840; U.S. Representative from Indiana, 1841-47 (5th District 1841-43, 10th District 1843-47). Died of smallpox, in Indianapolis, Marion County, Ind., December 31, 1847 (age 37 years, 160 days). Original interment at Greenlawn Cemetery (which no longer exists), Indianapolis, Ind.; reinterment at Beech Grove Cemetery, Muncie, Ind.

		Relatives: Cousin of David Colbreth Broderick and Case Broderick; father of Evender Chalane Kennedy. See Broderick-Kennedy family of Indiana.
		See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page

Theodore C. Hamm (d. 1914) — U.S. Consul in Durango, 1914, died in office 1914. Died, of smallpox, in Durango, Durango, November 6, 1914. Burial location unknown.

Charles Patrick McKiernan (1887-1916) — also known as Charles P. McKiernan — of New York City (unknown county), N.Y. Born in Naugatuck, New Haven County, Conn., February 13, 1887. U.S. Vice Consul in Canton, 1916; Chungking, 1916, died in office 1916. Died, of smallpox, in Chungking (Chongqing), China, May 28, 1916 (age 29 years, 105 days). Burial location unknown.

John Davis O'Rear (1870-1918) — also known as John D. O'Rear — of Mexico, Audrain County, Mo. Born in Audrain County, Mo., March 21, 1870. U.S. Minister to Bolivia, 1913-18, died in office 1918. Died of smallpox, in La Paz, Bolivia, July 14, 1918 (age 48 years, 115 days). Interment somewhere in La Paz, Bolivia.

Relatives: Great-grandson of Josiah Bartlett; third cousin of Edward Clay O'Rear. See Bartlett-O'Rear family of Kentucky and New Hampshire.

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