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Benjamin Andrew (1730-1790) —
of Georgia.
Born in Dorchester, Charleston District (now Dorchester
County), S.C., 1730.
Delegate
to Continental Congress from Georgia, 1780.
Died on the floor of the Georgia House of
Representatives, in the then state capitol building,
Augusta, Richmond
County, Ga., December
16, 1790 (age about 60
years).
Burial
location unknown.
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John Caldwell (1757-1804) —
of Kentucky.
Born in Prince
Edward County, Va., 1757.
Member of Kentucky
state senate, 1792; Lieutenant
Governor of Kentucky, 1804; died in office 1804.
Died, of an "inflammation of the brain" (probably a stroke),
while presiding over the Kentucky State
Senate, at the then state capitol building, Frankfort, Franklin
County, Ky., 1804
(age about
47 years).
Interment at Frankfort
Cemetery, Frankfort, Ky.
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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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Muscoe Russell Hunter Garnett (1821-1864) —
of Virginia.
Born in Essex
County, Va., July 25,
1821.
Democrat. Delegate to
Virginia state constitutional convention, 1850-51; member of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1853-57; U.S.
Representative from Virginia 1st District, 1856-61; Representative
from Virginia in the Confederate Congress, 1862-64; died in
office 1864.
Contracted typhoid
fever while attending the Confederate
Congress, in the Virginia State Capitol, Richmond, Va.,
and died at his home in Essex
County, Va., February
14, 1864 (age 42 years, 204
days).
Interment a
private or family graveyard, Essex County, Va.
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Robert A. Alston (1832-1879) —
of Georgia.
Born in Milledgeville, Baldwin
County, Ga., 1832.
Member of Georgia
state house of representatives, 1878-79; died in office 1879.
Killed
in a gunfight
in the Georgia state capitol building, Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga., 1879
(age about
47 years).
Interment at Decatur
Cemetery, Decatur, Ga.
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Jeremiah Weldon South (1805-1880) —
also known as Jere South; "The Father of Breathitt
County" —
of Owsley
County, Ky.
Born in Madison
County, Ky., July 10,
1805.
Son of Samuel
South.
Member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1840; member of Kentucky
state senate, 1843-47.
Died on the floor of the Kentucky State
Senate, old State Capitol Building, Frankfort, Franklin
County, Ky., April 15,
1880 (age 74 years, 280
days).
Interment at Frankfort
Cemetery, Frankfort, Ky.
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William J. Goebel (1856-1900) —
of Kentucky.
Born in Sullivan
County, Pa., January
4, 1856.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Kentucky
state senate, 1887-99; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Kentucky, 1888;
delegate
to Kentucky state constitutional convention, 1890-91; Governor of
Kentucky, 1900; died in office 1900.
In 1895, he killed a factional rival, John Stanford, in a political
quarrel; never tried.
While contesting the outcome of a gubernatorial election, was shot and
mortally
wounded in front of the old Kentucky State Capitol; he was
declared elected and sworn in as Governor before he died four days
later, in Frankfort, Franklin
County, Ky., February
3, 1900 (age 44 years, 30
days).
Interment at Frankfort
Cemetery, Frankfort, Ky.; statue at Old
State Capitol Grounds, Frankfort, Ky.
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Leonidas Johnson Rountree (1868-1923) —
also known as Lee J. Rountree —
of Texas.
Born in Dripping Springs, Hays
County, Tex., July 15,
1868.
Newspaper
publisher; member of Texas
state house of representatives, 1921-23; died in office 1923.
Died of a stroke,
after giving a passionate speech in the House of
Representatives, in the Texas Capitol, Austin, Travis
County, Tex., May 2,
1923 (age 54 years, 291
days).
Interment at Bryan
City Cemetery, Bryan, Tex.
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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.
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
and mortally
wounded by Dr. 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 (age 42 years, 11
days).
Interment at State
Capitol Grounds, Baton Rouge, La.
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James E. McCullough (1888-1961) —
of Keene, Cheshire
County, N.H.
Born in 1888.
Republican. Delegate
to New Hampshire state constitutional convention from Keene 2nd
Ward, 1956; elected New
Hampshire state house of representatives from Keene 2nd Ward 1956.
Died in the state capitol building, Concord, Merrimack
County, N.H., 1961
(age about
73 years).
Interment at East
Leverett Cemetery, East Leverett, Leverett, Mass.
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William B. Hoyt (c.1938-1992) —
also known as Bill Hoyt —
of Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y.
Born about 1938.
Democrat. School
teacher; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New
York, 1972;
member of New York
state assembly 144th District, 1975-92; died in office 1992;
candidate for mayor of
Buffalo, N.Y., 1989.
Suffered a heart
attack and collapsed, during an Assembly
session, in the State Capitol Building, and died soon
after in the Albany Medical
Center, Albany, Albany
County, N.Y., March 25,
1992 (age about 54
years).
Burial
location unknown.
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