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Solomon P. Sharp (1780-1825) —
of Kentucky.
Born in Abingdon, Washington
County, Va., 1780.
Democrat. Member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1809; U.S.
Representative from Kentucky, 1813-17 (at-large 1813-15, 6th
District 1815-17); Kentucky
state attorney general, 1821-25.
Stabbed and killed, by
Jereboam O. Beauchamp, in Frankfort, Franklin
County, Ky., November
7, 1825 (age about 45
years).
Interment at Frankfort
Cemetery, Frankfort, Ky.
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John Gordon Chalmers (1803-1847) —
also known as John G. Chalmers —
of La Grange, Fayette
County, Tex.
Born in Halifax
County, Va., August
25, 1803.
Son of James Ronald Chalmers and Sarah Lanier (Williams) Chalmers.
Newspaper
editor; member of Virginia state legislature; Texas
Republic Secretary of the Treasury, 1841.
During a fight with Joshua Holden, he was Stabbed and mortally
wounded; he died soon after, January
1, 1847 (age 43 years, 129
days).
Interment at Oakwood
Cemetery, Austin, Tex.
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Moses W. Formwalt (1820-1852) —
of Atlanta, DeKalb County (now Fulton
County), Ga.
Born in Tennessee, 1820.
Tinsmith;
mayor
of Atlanta, Ga., 1848-49; deputy
sheriff.
Stabbed and killed by
a prisoner he was escorting, in May, 1852
(age about
31 years).
Interment at Oakland
Cemetery, Atlanta, Ga.
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John C. Bell (c.1831-1860) —
of El
Dorado County, Calif.
Born about 1831.
Member of California
state assembly 18th District, 1860; died in office 1860.
During an argument just outside the Assembly
session in the California
State Capitol, was shot and
stabbed by Dr. W. H. Stone, mortally
wounded, and died four days later, in Sacramento, Sacramento
County, Calif., April 15,
1860 (age about 29
years).
Interment at City
Cemetery, Sacramento, Calif.
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Josiah McNair Anderson (1807-1861) —
also known as Josiah M. Anderson —
of Fairview, Williamson
County, Tenn.
Born near Pikeville, Bledsoe
County, Tenn., November
29, 1807.
Whig. Lawyer;
member of Tennessee
state house of representatives, 1833-37; member of Tennessee
state senate, 1843-49; Speaker of
the Tennessee State Senate, 1843-45, 1847-49; U.S.
Representative from Tennessee 3rd District, 1849-51.
Just after having made a secession speech,
was stabbed and killed,
Looneys Creek, Marion
County, Tenn., November
8, 1861 (age 53 years, 344
days).
Interment a
private or family graveyard, Sequatchie County, Tenn.
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Jacob Haussling (1855-1921) —
also known as Jake Haussling —
of Newark, Essex
County, N.J.
Born in Newark, Essex
County, N.J., February
22, 1855.
Democrat. Essex
County Sheriff, 1881-83; mayor of
Newark, N.J., 1907-14; defeated, 1914.
Stabbed himself,
in Newark, Essex
County, N.J., February
25, 1921 (age 66 years, 3
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Donald R. Manes (1934-1986) —
also known as "The King of Queens" —
of Flushing, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y.; Jamaica, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., January
18, 1934.
Democrat. Lawyer; borough
president of Queens, New York, 1971-86; resigned 1986; delegate
to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1980,
1984.
On January 10, 1986, he was found driving erratically and bleeding
from slashes to his wrist and ankle; at first he claimed he had been
abducted, but then admitted his wounds were self-inflicted; while he
was hospitalized, a criminal investigation
against him became public.
Stabbed himself
in the heart, and died soon after, at Booth Memorial Medical
Center, Flushing, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y., March 13,
1986 (age 52 years, 54
days).
Interment at Mt.
Ararat Cemetery, near Farmingdale, Long Island, N.Y.
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Nelson Gerard Gross (1932-1997) —
also known as Nelson G. Gross —
of Saddle River, Bergen
County, N.J.
Born January
9, 1932.
Son of Albert Gross.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of New
Jersey state house of assembly, 1962; delegate to Republican
National Convention from New Jersey, 1968;
chair
of Bergen County Republican Party, 1969; New Jersey
Republican state chair, 1969; candidate for U.S.
Senator from New Jersey, 1970; real estate
developer; restaurant
owner.
Jewish.
Indicted
in May 1973 on charges
of falsifying
a $5,000 contribution to the 1969 campaign of Gov. William
T. Cahill, conspiring to commit tax
evasion by disguising the contribution as a business expense, and
counseling a witness to commit perjury;
convicted
in March 1974, and sentenced
to two years jail;
served six months.
Kidnapped in Edgewater, N.J., robbed of $20,000, taken to New York,
and stabbed to death, in
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., September
17, 1997 (age 65 years, 251
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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