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Joseph McDowell, Jr. (1756-1801) —
also known as "Quaker Meadows Joe" —
of North Carolina.
Born in Frederick
County, Va., February
15, 1756.
Son of Joseph McDowell (1715-1771) and Margaret (O'Neill) McDowell
(1723-1780).
Colonel in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; planter;
member of North
Carolina house of commons, 1785-88, 1791-92; delegate to
North Carolina convention to ratify U.S. constitution, 1789; U.S.
Representative from North Carolina 1st District, 1797-99.
Died, of apoplexy, in Morganton, Burke
County, N.C., February
5, 1801 (age 44 years, 355
days).
Interment at Quaker
Meadows Cemetery, Near Morganton, Burke County, N.C.
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Benjamin Logan (c.1742-1802) —
Born in Augusta
County, Va., about 1742.
Son of David Logan (1706-1757) and Jane (McKinley) Logan.
Member of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1781-87; delegate to
Kentucky state constitutional convention, 1791-92; member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1792-95.
Presbyterian.
Died, from a stroke of apoplexy, near Stanford, Shelby
County, Ky., December
11, 1802 (age about 60
years).
Interment a
private or family graveyard, Shelby County, Ky.
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Relatives:
Married 1772
to Ann Montgomery. |
| | | Logan counties in Ky. and Ohio are
named for him. |
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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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Isaac Shelby (1750-1826) —
Born in North Mountain, Washington
County, Md., December
11, 1750.
Colonel in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; member
of Virginia state legislature, 1779; member of North Carolina state
legislature, 1779; delegate to
Kentucky state constitutional convention, 1792; Governor of
Kentucky, 1792-96, 1812-16.
Died of a broken blood vessel in the head, July 18,
1826 (age 75 years, 219
days).
Interment a
private or family graveyard, Lincoln County, Ky.
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Oran Gray Otis (1795-1836) —
of Ballston Spa, Saratoga
County, N.Y.
Born December
5, 1795.
Son of Perez Otis (1773-1851) and Deborah (Gillett) Otis (1776-1858).
Lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from Saratoga County, 1831-32.
Died, of apoplexy, in Hartford, Hartford
County, Conn., June 28,
1836 (age 40 years, 206
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Aaron Burr (1756-1836) —
also known as Aaron Edwards —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Newark, Essex
County, N.J., February
6, 1756.
Son of Aaron Burr .
Democrat. Colonel in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary
War; lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly, 1784-85, 1797-99, 1800-01 (New York County
1784-85, 1797-99, Orange County 1800-01); New York
state attorney general, 1789-91; appointed 1789; U.S.
Senator from New York, 1791-97; Vice
President of the United States, 1801-05.
Presbyterian.
Killed Alexander
Hamilton in a duel,
July 11, 1804. Tried for
treason
in 1807 and acquitted.
Died, after several strokes, at the Winants or Port Richmond
Hotel,
Port Richmond, Staten Island, Richmond
County, N.Y., September
14, 1836 (age 80 years, 221
days).
Interment at Princeton
Cemetery, Princeton, N.J.
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Relatives: Son
of Aaron Burr ; nephew of Pierpont
Edwards; brother of Sarah Burr (1754-1797; who married Tapping
Reeve); married 1782 to
Theodosia Prevos (died 1794); married 1833 to Eliza
(Bowen) Jumel (1775-1865); first cousin of Theodore
Dwight and Henry
Waggaman Edwards; father of Theodosia Burr (1783-1813; who
married Joseph
Alston). See Edwards-Wagner-Burr-Alston
family of New York. |
| | | Cross-reference: Jonathan
Dayton — Nathaniel
Pendleton — John
Smith — John
Tayler — Walter
D. Corrigan, Sr. — Cowles
Mead — Luther
Martin — William
P. Van Ness — Samuel
Swartwout |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Wikipedia
article — NNDB
dossier |
| | | Books about Aaron Burr: Milton Lomask,
Aaron
Burr: The Years from Princeton to Vice President, 1756-1805 (out
of print) — Milton Lomask, Aaron
Burr: The Conspiracy and Years of Exile, 1805-1836 (out of
print) — Joseph Wheelan, Jefferson's
Vendetta : The Pursuit of Aaron Burr and the
Judiciary — Buckner F. Melton Jr., Aaron
Burr : Conspiracy to Treason — Thomas Fleming, Duel:
Alexander Hamilton, Aaron Burr, and the Future of
America — Arnold A. Rogow, A
Fatal Friendship: Alexander Hamilton and Aaron
Burr |
| | | Fiction about Aaron Burr: Gore Vidal,
Burr |
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Joseph Roffignac (1766-1846) —
also known as Louis Philippe Joseph de Rouffignac —
of New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La.
Born in Angoulême, France,
1766.
Mayor
of New Orleans, La., 1820-28.
French
ancestry.
Fled
France in 1789 to escape the
guillotine, presumably over disloyalty
to the revolutionary regime.
Suffered a stroke, and dropped the gun he was holding, which
accidentally
discharged, shooting
him in the head and killing him, in Périgueux, France,
1846
(age about
80 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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John Quincy Adams (1767-1848) —
also known as "Old Man Eloquent"; "The
Accidental President"; "The Massachusetts
Madman" —
of Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.; Quincy, Norfolk
County, Mass.
Born in Braintree (part now in Quincy), Norfolk
County, Mass., July 11,
1767.
Son of John
Adams and Abigail (Smith) Adams (1744-1818).
Lawyer;
U.S. Minister to Netherlands, 1794-97; Prussia, 1797-1801; Russia, 1809-14; Great Britain, 1815-17; member of Massachusetts
state senate, 1802; U.S.
Senator from Massachusetts, 1803-08; resigned 1808; U.S.
Secretary of State, 1817-25; President
of the United States, 1825-29; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts, 1831-48 (11th District
1831-33, 12th District 1833-43, 8th District 1843-48); died in office
1848; candidate for Governor of
Massachusetts, 1834.
Unitarian.
English
ancestry. Member, American
Academy of Arts and Sciences.
Elected to the Hall
of Fame for Great Americans in 1905.
Suffered a stroke while speaking on the floor of the U.S. House of
Representatives, February 21, 1848, and died two days later in
the Speaker's office,
U.S. Capitol
Building, Washington,
D.C., February
23, 1848 (age 80 years, 227
days).
Original interment at Hancock
Cemetery, Quincy, Mass.; reinterment at United
First Parish Church, Quincy, Mass.; cenotaph at Congressional
Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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James Miller (1776-1851) —
Born in Peterborough, Hillsborough
County, N.H., April 25,
1776.
Colonel in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; Governor of
Arkansas Territory, 1819-24; elected U.S.
Representative from New Hampshire 1824, but never took office.
Died, following a series of strokes, at Temple, Hillsborough
County, N.H., July 7,
1851 (age 75 years, 73
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Charles Gordon Atherton (1804-1853) —
also known as Charles G. Atherton; "Gag
Atherton" —
of Nashua, Hillsborough
County, N.H.
Born in Amherst, Hillsborough
County, N.H., July 4,
1804.
Son of Charles
Humphrey Atherton and Mary Ann (Toppan) Atherton.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of New
Hampshire state house of representatives, 1830, 1833-35; Speaker of
the New Hampshire State House of Representatives, 1833-35; U.S.
Representative from New Hampshire at-large, 1837-43; U.S.
Senator from New Hampshire, 1843-49, 1853; died in office 1853;
delegate
to New Hampshire state constitutional convention, 1850.
Suffered a stroke of paralysis while attending court,
and died soon after, in Manchester, Hillsborough
County, N.H., November
15, 1853 (age 49 years, 134
days).
Interment at Nashua
Cemetery, Nashua, N.H.
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Robert Harris Archer (1775-1857) —
of Baltimore,
Md.; Harford
County, Md.
Born in Harford
County, Md., August
28, 1775.
Son of John
Archer.
Member of Maryland
state house of delegates, 1800; orphan's court judge in Maryland,
1825-29.
Presbyterian.
Died, of apoplexy, May 19,
1857 (age 81 years, 264
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Robert Taylor Conrad (1810-1858) —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., June 10,
1810.
Whig. Mayor
of Philadelphia, Pa., 1854-56.
Author
of poems and plays.
Died, of apoplexy (stroke), June 17,
1858 (age 48 years, 7
days).
Interment at Laurel
Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia, Pa.
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John Tyler (1790-1862) —
also known as "The Accidental
President" —
of Williamsburg,
Va.
Born in Charles City
County, Va., March 29,
1790.
Son of John
Tyler (1747-1813) and Mary (Armistead) Tyler.
Whig. Lawyer;
member of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1811-16, 1823-25, 1839-40; served in
the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; U.S.
Representative from Virginia 23rd District, 1817-21; Governor of
Virginia, 1825-27; U.S.
Senator from Virginia, 1827-36; delegate to
Virginia state constitutional convention, 1829-30; delegate to
Whig National Convention from Virginia, 1839 (Convention
Vice-President); Vice
President of the United States, 1841; defeated, 1836; President
of the United States, 1841-45; delegate
to Virginia secession convention, 1861; Delegate
from Virginia to the Confederate Provisional Congress, 1861-62;
died in office 1862.
Episcopalian.
English
ancestry.
A bill to impeach
him was defeated in the House of Representatives in January 1843.
Died, probably from a stroke, in a hotel room
at Richmond,
Va., January
18, 1862 (age 71 years, 295
days).
Interment at Hollywood
Cemetery, Richmond, Va.
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Relatives: Son
of John
Tyler (1747-1813) and Mary (Armistead) Tyler; son-in-law of David
Gardiner; married, March 20,
1813, to Letitia Christian; married, June 26,
1844, to Julia Gardiner (1820-1889); father of David
Gardiner Tyler. See Livingston-Seymour-Lee-Williams
family of New York. |
| | | Cross-reference: Benjamin
Tappan |
| | | Tyler County,
Tex. is named for him. |
| | | Other politicians named for him: John
T. Rich
— John
T. Cutting
— John
Tyler Cooper
— John
Tyler Hammons
|
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — National
Governors Association biography — Wikipedia
article — NNDB
dossier |
| | | Books about John Tyler: Oliver P.
Chitwood, John
Tyler : Champion of the Old South — Norma Lois
Peterson, Presidencies
of William Henry Harrison and John Tyler — Jane C.
Walker, John
Tyler : A President of Many Firsts — Edward P. Crapol,
John
Tyler, the Accidental President |
| | | Image source: Portrait & Biographical
Album of Washtenaw County (1891) |
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John Allen Wilcox (1819-1864) —
Born in Greene
County, N.C., April 18,
1819.
Colonel in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War; member of
Mississippi state legislature; U.S.
Representative from Mississippi 2nd District, 1851-53; delegate
to Texas secession convention, 1861; Representative
from Texas in the Confederate Congress, 1862-64; died in office
1864.
Died, of apoplexy, in Richmond,
Va., February
7, 1864 (age 44 years, 295
days).
Interment at Hollywood
Cemetery, Richmond, Va.
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Byron Diman (1795-1865) —
of Bristol, Bristol
County, R.I.
Born in Bristol, Bristol
County, R.I., August 5,
1795.
Delegate to Whig National Convention from Rhode Island, 1839; Lieutenant
Governor of Rhode Island, 1840-42, 1843-46; Governor of
Rhode Island, 1846-47; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Rhode Island, 1856.
Died, of apoplexy (stroke), in Bristol, Bristol
County, R.I., August 1,
1865 (age 69 years, 361
days).
Interment at Juniper
Hill Cemetery, Bristol, R.I.
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Alfred Parish Stone (1813-1865) —
of Ohio.
Born in Worthington, Hampshire
County, Mass., June 28,
1813.
Son of John Stone and Lora (Parish) Stone.
U.S.
Representative from Ohio 16th District, 1844-45; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Ohio, 1856
(speaker);
Ohio
treasurer of state, 1857-62.
Died, from congestion of the brain, Columbus, Franklin
County, Ohio, August 2,
1865 (age 52 years, 35
days).
Original interment at Green
Lawn Cemetery, Columbus, Ohio; reinterment in 1888 at Forest
Lawn Cemetery, Buffalo, N.Y.
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John Russell (1827-1869) —
of Champaign
County, Ohio.
Born in Concord Township, Champaign
County, Ohio, September
22, 1827.
Son of Robert Russell (1783-1873) and Mary Ann (Miller) Russell
(1788-1881).
Republican. Champaign
County Clerk of Courts, 1854-63; secretary of
state of Ohio, 1868-69; elected Ohio state
senate 1869, but died before taking office.
Methodist.
Died, from a stroke, December
16, 1869 (age 42 years, 85
days).
Interment at Oak
Dale Cemetery, Urbana, Ohio.
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Delos Rodeyn Ashley (1828-1873) —
also known as Delos R. Ashley —
of Monterey, Monterey
County, Calif.; Virginia City, Storey
County, Nev.
Born in Arkansas Post, Arkansas
County, Ark., February
19, 1828.
Republican. Member of California
state assembly 3rd District, 1854-56; member of California
state senate, 1856-57; California
state treasurer, 1862-63; U.S.
Representative from Nevada at-large, 1865-69.
Died of apoplexy (stroke), in San
Francisco, Calif., July 18,
1873 (age 45 years, 149
days).
Original interment at Calvary
Cemetery (which no longer exists), San Francisco, Calif.;
reinterment in 1938 at Holy
Cross Cemetery, Colma, Calif.
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Millard Fillmore (1800-1874) —
also known as "The Accidental
President" —
of East Aurora, Erie
County, N.Y.; Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y.
Born in Cayuga
County, N.Y., January
7, 1800.
Son of Nathaniel Fillmore and Phoebe (Millard) Fillmore.
Whig. Lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from Erie County, 1829-31; U.S.
Representative from New York, 1833-35, 1837-43 (32nd District
1833-35, 1837-41, 38th District 1841-43); candidate for Governor of
New York, 1844; New York
state comptroller, 1848-49; Vice
President of the United States, 1849-50; President
of the United States, 1850-53; defeated, 1852, 1856.
Unitarian.
English
ancestry.
Died, after a series of strokes, in Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y., March 8,
1874 (age 74 years, 60
days).
Interment at Forest
Lawn Cemetery, Buffalo, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of Nathaniel Fillmore and Phoebe (Millard) Fillmore; married, February
5, 1826, to Abigail Powers (died 1853); married, February
10, 1858, to Caroline (Carmichael) McIntosh. |
| | | Cross-reference: Edward
H. Thompson |
| | | Fillmore counties in Minn. and Neb., and Millard County,
Utah, are named for him. |
| | | Other politicians named for him: Millard
F. Dunlap
— Millard
F. Caldwell, Jr.
|
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Wikipedia
article — NNDB
dossier |
| | | Books about Millard Fillmore: Robert J.
Raybach, Millard
Fillmore : Biography of a President — Elbert B. Smith,
The
Presidencies of Zachary Taylor and Millard
Fillmore |
| | | Image source: Portrait & Biographical
Album of Washtenaw County (1891) |
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Charles James Brenham (1817-1875) —
of San
Francisco, Calif.
Born in Frankfort, Franklin
County, Ky., November
6, 1817.
Mayor
of San Francisco, Calif., 1851, 1852-53.
Died, of apoplexy, in San
Francisco, Calif., May 10,
1875 (age 57 years, 185
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Andrew Johnson (1808-1875) —
of Carthage, Moore
County, N.C.; Greeneville, Greene
County, Tenn.
Born in Raleigh, Wake
County, N.C., December
29, 1808.
Mayor
of Greeneville, Tenn., 1830; member of Tennessee
state house of representatives, 1835; member of Tennessee
state senate, 1841; U.S.
Representative from Tennessee 1st District, 1843-53; Governor of
Tennessee, 1853-57, 1862-65; U.S.
Senator from Tennessee, 1857-62, 1875; died in office 1875; Vice
President of the United States, 1865; President
of the United States, 1865-69; candidate for Democratic
nomination for President, 1868.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar.
In 1868, was impeached
by the House of Representatives; tried and
acquitted by the Senate, which voted 35 to 19 (short of the required
two-thirds) on three of the eleven articles of impeachment.
Died, after a series of strokes, at his daughter's home in Carter
County, Tenn., July 31,
1875 (age 66 years, 214
days).
Interment at Andrew
Johnson National Cemetery, Greeneville, Tenn.
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Henry Wilson (1812-1875) —
also known as Jeremiah Jones Colbaith —
of Natick, Middlesex
County, Mass.
Born in Farmington, Strafford
County, N.H., February
16, 1812.
Member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1841-42; member of Massachusetts
state senate, 1844-46, 1850-52; delegate to Whig National
Convention from Massachusetts, 1848; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts, 1852; delegate to
Massachusetts state constitutional convention, 1853; candidate
for Governor of
Massachusetts, 1853; U.S.
Senator from Massachusetts, 1855-73; speaker, Republican National Convention, 1856 ;
candidate for Republican nomination for Vice President, 1868;
Vice
President of the United States, 1873-75; died in office 1875.
Congregationalist.
Died, of a stroke, in the U.S. Capitol
Building, Washington,
D.C., November
22, 1875 (age 63 years, 279
days).
Interment at Dell
Park Cemetery, Natick, Mass.
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Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton (1823-1877) —
also known as Oliver P. Morton —
of Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind.
Born in Salisbury, Wayne
County, Ind., August 4,
1823.
Republican. Circuit judge in Indiana, 1852; Lieutenant
Governor of Indiana, 1861; Governor of
Indiana, 1861-67; defeated, 1856; U.S.
Senator from Indiana, 1867-77; died in office 1877; member of Republican
National Committee from Indiana, 1872-; candidate for Republican
nomination for President, 1876.
His legs were
paralyzed after a stroke in 1865; suffered another stroke
in 1877, and died soon after, in Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind., November
1, 1877 (age 54 years, 89
days).
Interment at Crown
Hill Cemetery, Indianapolis, Ind.; statue at Vicksburg
National Military Park, Vicksburg, Miss.; statue at Statehouse
Grounds, Indianapolis, Ind.
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Charles Magill Conrad (1804-1878) —
of Louisiana.
Born in Winchester,
Va., December
24, 1804.
Lawyer;
fought a duel
and killed his opponent; member of Louisiana
state house of representatives, 1840-42; U.S.
Senator from Louisiana, 1842-43; delegate to
Louisiana state constitutional convention, 1844; U.S.
Representative from Louisiana 2nd District, 1849-50; U.S.
Secretary of War, 1850-53; Delegate
from Louisiana to the Confederate Provisional Congress, 1861-62;
Representative
from Louisiana in the Confederate Congress, 1862-65.
Suffered a stroke while testifying in court,
and died a few days later, in New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La., February
11, 1878 (age 73 years, 49
days).
Originally entombed at Girod
Street Cemetery (which no longer exists), New Orleans, La.;
re-entombed in 1957 at Hope
Mausoleum, New Orleans, La.
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William Fitch Allen (1808-1878) —
also known as William F. Allen —
of Oswego, Oswego
County, N.Y.
Born in Windham, Windham
County, Conn., July 28,
1808.
Son of Abner Harry Allen and Cynthia (Palmer) Allen.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from Oswego County, 1843-44; U.S.
Attorney for the Northern District of New York, 1845-47; Justice of
New York Supreme Court 5th District, 1847-67; New York
state comptroller, 1868-70; judge of
New York Court of Appeals, 1870-78; defeated, 1863; died in
office 1878.
Died, from "congestion of the brain", in Oswego, Oswego
County, N.Y., June 3,
1878 (age 69 years, 310
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Alpheus Starkey Williams (1810-1878) —
also known as Alpheus S. Williams —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Saybrook, Middlesex
County, Conn., September
20, 1810.
Democrat. Lawyer; newspaper
editor; probate judge in Michigan, 1839; recorder's court judge
in Michigan, 1842; colonel in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War;
postmaster;
general in the Union Army during the Civil War; candidate for Governor of
Michigan, 1866; U.S. Minister to Salvador, 1866-69; U.S.
Representative from Michigan 1st District, 1875-78; died in
office 1878.
Suffered a stroke and died in the U.S. Capitol
Building, Washington,
D.C., December
21, 1878 (age 68 years, 92
days).
Interment at Elmwood
Cemetery, Detroit, Mich.; statue erected 1921 at Belle
Isle Park, Detroit, Mich.
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Zachariah Chandler (1813-1879) —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Bedford, Hillsborough
County, N.H., December
10, 1813.
Son of Samuel Chandler and Margaret (Orr) Chandler.
Republican. Mayor of
Detroit, Mich., 1851-52; Whig candidate for Governor of
Michigan, 1852; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Michigan, 1856;
member of Republican
National Committee from Michigan, 1856-60, 1870-72; Chairman of
Republican National Committee, 1876-79; U.S.
Senator from Michigan, 1857-75, 1879; died in office 1879; U.S.
Secretary of the Interior, 1875-77; Michigan
Republican state chair, 1878-79.
Died, from a brain hemorrhage, in his room at the Grand
Pacific Hotel,
Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., November
1, 1879 (age 65 years, 326
days).
Interment at Elmwood
Cemetery, Detroit, Mich.
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Eugene Casserly (1820-1883) —
of California.
Born in Mullingar, County Westmeath, Ireland,
November
13, 1820.
Son of Patrick S. Casserly.
Democrat. U.S.
Senator from California, 1869-73.
Died of apoplexy (stroke), in San
Francisco, Calif., January
14, 1883 (age 62 years, 62
days).
Original interment at Calvary
Cemetery (which no longer exists), San Francisco, Calif.;
reinterment in 1904 at Holy
Cross Cemetery, Colma, Calif.
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Isaiah Rynders (d. 1885) —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York,
1860.
Member, Tammany
Hall.
Leader of the notorious "Five Points Gang" in New York
City.
Died, of apoplexy (stroke), in New York, New York
County, N.Y., January
20, 1885.
Burial
location unknown.
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George W. Chadwick (1825-1885) —
of Chadwicks Mills, Oneida
County, N.Y.
Born in Sauquoit, Oneida
County, N.Y., June 16,
1825.
Republican. President and general manager, Willowvale Bleachery;
director, Oneida National Bank;
director, Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad;
member of New York
state assembly from Oneida County 1st District, 1871, 1874.
Episcopalian.
Died, from "congestion of the brain" (probably stroke), in
Chadwicks Mills, Oneida
County, N.Y., December
4, 1885 (age 60 years, 171
days).
Interment at Sauquoit
Valley Cemetery, Clayville, N.Y.
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James Carroll Robinson (1823-1886) —
also known as James C. Robinson —
of Marshall, Clark
County, Ill.
Born near Paris, Edgar
County, Ill., August
19, 1823.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War; U.S.
Representative from Illinois, 1859-65, 1871-75 (7th District
1859-63, 11th District 1863-65, 8th District 1871-73, 12th District
1873-75); candidate for Governor of
Illinois, 1864.
Died, of "congestion of the brain" (presumably a stroke or
cerebral hemorrhage), in Springfield, Sangamon
County, Ill., November
3, 1886 (age 63 years, 76
days).
Interment at Oak
Ridge Cemetery, Springfield, Ill.
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Chester Alan Arthur (1829-1886) —
also known as Chester A. Arthur; Chester Abell Arthur;
"The Gentleman Boss"; "His
Accidency"; "Elegant Arthur"; "Our
Chet"; "Dude President" —
of New York.
Born in Fairfield, Franklin
County, Vt., October
5, 1829.
Son of Rev. William Arthur (1796-1875) and Malvina (Stone) Arthur
(1802-1869).
Republican. Lawyer; U.S. Collector of Customs,
1870-78; New York
Republican state chair, 1879-81; delegate to Republican National
Convention from New York, 1880;
Vice
President of the United States, 1881; President
of the United States, 1881-85; candidate for Republican
nomination for President, 1884.
Episcopalian.
Member, Loyal
Legion; Psi
Upsilon; Union
League.
Died, of Bright's
disease and a cerebral hemorrhage, in New York, New York
County, N.Y., November
18, 1886 (age 57 years, 44
days).
Interment at Albany
Rural Cemetery, Menands, N.Y.; statue at Madison
Square Park, Manhattan, N.Y.
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Relatives:
Married, October
25, 1859, to Ellen Lewis "Nell" Herndon
(1837-1880). |
| | | Arthur County,
Neb. is named for him. |
| | | Other politicians named for him: Chester
A. Heitman
— Chester
A. Johnson
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| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Wikipedia
article — NNDB
dossier |
| | | Books about Chester A. Arthur: Thomas
C. Reeves, Gentleman
Boss : The Life of Chester Alan Arthur — Justus D.
Doenecke, The
Presidencies of James A. Garfield and Chester A.
Arthur — George Frederick Howe, Chester
A. Arthur, A Quarter-Century of Machine Politics —
Zachary Karabell, Chester
Alan Arthur — Paul Joseph, Chester
Arthur (for young readers) |
| | | Image source: Portrait & Biographical
Album of Washtenaw County (1891) |
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Thomas Carney (1824-1888) —
of Leavenworth, Leavenworth
County, Kan.
Born near Tipton, Delaware
County, Ohio, August
20, 1824.
Republican. Member of Kansas
state house of representatives, 1861; Governor of
Kansas, 1863-65; mayor
of Leavenworth, Kan., 1865.
Died, of apoplexy (stroke), in Leavenworth, Leavenworth
County, Kan., July 28,
1888 (age 63 years, 343
days).
Interment at Mt.
Muncie Cemetery, Leavenworth, Kan.
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Westbrook Devine (1822-1888) —
of Eureka Township, Montcalm
County, Mich.; Belding, Ionia
County, Mich.
Born in Ulster
County, N.Y., August 4,
1822.
Farmer;
Montcalm
County Register of Deeds, 1851-54; Montcalm
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1855; member of Michigan
state senate 28th District, 1863-66.
Stricken with paralysis, and died almost a year later, in
Grand Rapids, Kent
County, Mich., September
13, 1888 (age 66 years, 40
days).
Interment at Portland
Cemetery, Portland, Mich.
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Harrison Eaton (1817-1889) —
of Amherst, Hillsborough
County, N.H.
Born in Hillsborough, Hillsborough
County, N.H., December
9, 1817.
Member of New
Hampshire state house of representatives from Amherst, 1873-74,
1885; member of New
Hampshire state senate 7th District, 1877-78.
Congregationalist.
Died, of paralytic shock (stroke), in Amherst, Hillsborough
County, N.H., March 9,
1889 (age 71 years, 90
days).
Interment at Meadow
View Cemetery, Amherst, N.H.
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Edward Alysworth Perry (1831-1889) —
also known as Edward A. Perry —
of Florida.
Born March 15,
1831.
General in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; Governor of
Florida, 1885-89.
Died, of a stroke, at Kerrville, Kerr
County, Tex., October
15, 1889 (age 58 years, 214
days).
Interment at St.
John's Cemetery, Pensacola, Fla.
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Levin Woolford (1819-1890) —
of Princess Anne, Somerset
County, Md.
Born near Princess Anne, Somerset
County, Md., 1819.
Son of Dr. John Woolford and Ann Irving (Gillis) Woolford.
Democrat. Lawyer; Somerset
County Circuit Court Clerk, 1851-69; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Maryland, 1860;
Maryland
state comptroller, 1870-78; Maryland state tax commissioner,
1878-90; banker.
Episcopalian.
Died of a stroke, in Princess Anne, Somerset
County, Md., September
30, 1890 (age about 71
years).
Interment at St.
Andrew's Churchyard, Princess Anne, Md.
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Relatives: Son
of Dr. John Woolford and Ann Irving (Gillis) Woolford; married to
Miss Atkinson and Annie E. Waters. |
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David W. Patterson (c.1813-1892) —
of Lancaster
County, Pa.
Born about 1813.
Member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 1847; Lancaster
County District Attorney, 1853; delegate to
Pennsylvania state constitutional convention, 1872; Lancaster
County Associate Judge, 1874-92.
Died, of "paralysis" (probably a stroke), February
21, 1892 (age about 79
years).
Burial
location unknown.
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John Wilkerson Kendall (1834-1892) —
also known as John W. Kendall —
of West Liberty, Morgan
County, Ky.
Born in Morgan
County, Ky., June 26,
1834.
Democrat. Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; member
of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1867-71; U.S.
Representative from Kentucky 10th District, 1891-92; died in
office 1892.
Stricken with apoplexy, and died later that day, in Washington,
D.C., March 7,
1892 (age 57 years, 255
days).
Interment at Barber
Cemetery, West Liberty, Ky.
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Samuel W. Taylor (1833-1892) —
of Washington,
D.C.; New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Washington,
D.C., February
11, 1833.
Merchant;
Prominent in Washington local politics.
Died, from apoplexy, in New York, New York
County, N.Y., July 31,
1892 (age 59 years, 171
days).
Interment at Mt.
Olivet Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Augustus A. Brush (d. 1894) —
Born in Dutchess
County, N.Y.
Republican. Member of New York
state assembly from Dutchess County 1st District, 1867-68;
Warden, Sing Sing prison, 1880-91.
Suffered a stroke of paralysis, and died one week later, in
Hopewell Junction, Dutchess
County, N.Y., March 29,
1894.
Burial
location unknown.
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Frank Hatton (1846-1894) —
of Burlington, Des Moines
County, Iowa.
Born in Cambridge, Guernsey
County, Ohio, April 28,
1846.
Republican. Newspaper
editor; U.S.
Postmaster General, 1884-85.
Died, from a stroke, in his office at
the Washington Post, Washington,
D.C., April 30,
1894 (age 48 years, 2
days).
Interment at Rock
Creek Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Amos Chafee Barstow (1813-1894) —
also known as Amos Barstow —
of Providence, Providence
County, R.I.
Born in Providence, Providence
County, R.I., April 30,
1813.
Son of Nathaniel Barstow and Sophia (Chafee) Barstow.
Manufacturer;
founder, Barstow Stove Company; president, City National Bank of
Providence; president, Mechanics Savings Bank;
president, Providence Gas
Company; president, Mechanics Mutual Fire
Insurance Company; co-owner, Providence Warehouse
Company; mayor
of Providence, R.I., 1858; member of Rhode
Island state house of representatives; Speaker of
the Rhode Island State House of Representatives, 1870-71.
Died, from a stroke of apoplexy, in Providence, Providence
County, R.I., September
5, 1894 (age 81 years, 128
days).
Interment at Swan
Point Cemetery, Providence, R.I.
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William Lucas Corbett (1826-1895) —
also known as William L. Corbett —
of Clarion, Clarion
County, Pa.
Born in Clarion, Clarion
County, Pa., February
12, 1826.
Son of Isaac B. Corbett (1783-1842) and Margaret (Lucas) Corbett
(1785-1848).
Democrat. Lawyer;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1868;
delegate
to Pennsylvania state constitutional convention, 1873; member of
Pennsylvania
state senate 38th District, 1877-78; district judge in
Pennsylvania 18th District, 1885.
Suffered a stroke of paralysis, and died two weeks later, in
Clarion, Clarion
County, Pa., February
5, 1895 (age 68 years, 358
days).
Interment at Clarion
Cemetery, Clarion, Pa.
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Adam Badeau (1831-1895) —
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., December
29, 1831.
Son of Nicholas Badeau.
General in the Union Army during the Civil War; U.S. Consul General
in London, 1870-81; Havana, 1882-84; author; historian.
Died, from a stroke of apoplexy, in Ridgewood, Bergen
County, N.J., March 19,
1895 (age 63 years, 80
days).
Interment at Dutch
Reformed Churchyard, Sleepy Hollow, N.Y.
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John Louis O'Sullivan (1813-1895) —
also known as John L. O'Sullivan —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born, of American parents, in the North
Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Gibraltar, November
15, 1813.
Democrat. Member of New York
state assembly, 1841-42; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from New York, 1844;
U.S. Charge d'Affaires to Portugal, 1854; U.S. Minister to Portugal, 1854-58.
Episcopalian;
later Catholic.
Cofounder and editor of The United States Magazine
and Democratic Review, a journal that published the works of
Emerson, Hawthorne and Whitman, as well as political essays on
Jacksonian Democracy, 1837-46. Early advocate in 1840s for abolition
of the death penalty. Invented the term "manifest destiny" to explain
and justify the westward expansion of the United States. Took part in
the failed expedition of Narcisco Lopez to take Cuba from Spanish
rule; as a result, was charged
in federal court in New York with violation
of the Neutrality Act; tried and
acquitted in March 1852.
Died, of influenza
and the effects of an earlier stroke, in a residential hotel in
New York, New York
County, N.Y., March 24,
1895 (age 81 years, 129
days).
Interment at Moravian
Cemetery, New Dorp, Staten Island, N.Y.
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James Falconer Wilson (1828-1895) —
also known as James F. Wilson; "Jefferson
Jim" —
of Fairfield, Jefferson
County, Iowa.
Born in Newark, Licking
County, Ohio, October
19, 1828.
Republican. Delegate
to Iowa state constitutional convention 6th District, 1857;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Iowa, 1860,
1888;
member of Iowa state legislature; U.S.
Representative from Iowa 1st District, 1861-69; U.S.
Senator from Iowa, 1883-95.
Died, from paralysis of the brain, in Fairfield, Jefferson
County, Iowa, April 22,
1895 (age 66 years, 185
days).
Interment at Evergreen
Cemetery, Fairfield, Iowa.
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John Forrester Andrew (1850-1895) —
also known as John F. Andrew —
of Massachusetts.
Born in Hingham, Plymouth
County, Mass., November
26, 1850.
Son of John
Albion Andrew.
Lawyer;
member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1880-82; member of Massachusetts
state senate, 1884-85; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Massachusetts, 1884;
Democratic candidate for Governor of
Massachusetts, 1886; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 3rd District, 1889-93; defeated
(Democratic), 1892.
Died, from a stroke of apoplexy, in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., May 30,
1895 (age 44 years, 185
days).
Interment at Mt.
Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Mass.
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Luzon Burritt Morris (1827-1895) —
also known as Luzon B. Morris —
of Seymour, New Haven
County, Conn.; New Haven, New Haven
County, Conn.
Born in Newtown, Fairfield
County, Conn., April 16,
1827.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Connecticut
state house of representatives, 1855-56, 1870, 1876, 1880-81;
probate judge in Connecticut, 1857-63; member of Connecticut
state senate 4th District, 1874; Governor of
Connecticut, 1893-95; defeated, 1888, 1890.
Died, of apoplexy (stroke), August
22, 1895 (age 68 years, 128
days).
Interment at Evergreen
Cemetery, New Haven, Conn.
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Joseph N. Belden (c.1836-1896) —
of Bridgeport, Fairfield
County, Conn.; Trumbull, Fairfield
County, Conn.
Born about 1836.
Candidate for U.S. Congress and State Senate on Populist and
Prohibition tickets.
Died, probably from a stroke, in Trumbull, Fairfield
County, Conn., April 15,
1896 (age about 60
years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Henry Elisha Martin (1847-1898) —
of Menominee, Menominee
County, Mich.; Stevens Point, Portage
County, Wis.; Fond du Lac, Fond du Lac
County, Wis.
Born in Whitehall, Washington
County, N.Y., May 4,
1847.
Son of Alwyn Martin and Laura Ann (Jillson) Martin.
Lumber
business; mayor
of Stevens Point, Wis., 1889.
Presbyterian.
Died, from congestion of the brain, in Fond du Lac, Fond du Lac
County, Wis., March 26,
1898 (age 50 years, 326
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Claude Matthews (1845-1898) —
of Indiana.
Born in Bath
County, Ky., December
14, 1845.
Member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1876; secretary of
state of Indiana, 1891-93; Governor of
Indiana, 1893-97.
Matthews, Indiana is named for
him.
Suffered a stroke while making a
speech in Veedersburg, Ind., and died three days later, April 28,
1898 (age 52 years, 135
days).
Interment at City
Cemetery, Clinton, Ind.
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Ebenezer Wilson Poe (1846-1898) —
also known as Ebenezer W. Poe —
of Ohio.
Born in Ayersville, Defiance
County, Ohio, November
11, 1846.
Son of George L. Poe and Jane (Wilson) Poe.
Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; Ohio auditor
of state, 1888-96.
Died, of apoplexy (stroke), on June 19,
1898 (age 51 years, 220
days).
Interment at Green
Lawn Cemetery, Columbus, Ohio.
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Samuel Petitt Oyler (1819-1898) —
of Franklin, Johnson
County, Ind.
Born in Hawkhurst, Kent, England,
August
26, 1819.
Republican. Lawyer;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Indiana, 1860;
colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War; member of Indiana
state senate, 1865-67; defeated, 1860; circuit judge in Indiana,
1869-70.
Universalist.
Member, Odd
Fellows; Knights
of Pythias; Grand
Army of the Republic.
Led the charge at Missionary Ridge, Georgia, November 25, 1863.
Died, of a stroke, at Franklin, Johnson
County, Ind., September
6, 1898 (age 79 years, 11
days).
Interment at Greenlawn
Cemetery, Franklin, Ind.
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John Dozier Broome (d. 1898) —
also known as John D. Broome —
of DeLand, Volusia
County, Fla.; Orlando, Orange
County, Fla.
Son of James
Emilius Broome.
Lawyer;
delegate
to Florida state constitutional convention, 1885; circuit judge
in Florida, 1887-98; died in office 1898.
Died, apparently due to a stroke and Bright's
disease, in Sewanee, Franklin
County, Tenn., November
4, 1898.
Burial
location unknown.
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Arthur Sewall (1835-1900) —
of Bath, Sagadahoc
County, Maine.
Born in Bath, Sagadahoc
County, Maine, November
25, 1835.
Democrat. Shipbuilder;
part owner of the Bath Iron Works;
president, Maine Central Railroad;
director for other railroads;
president, Bath National Bank;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Maine, 1876,
1888;
member of Democratic
National Committee from Maine, 1888-96; candidate for Vice
President of the United States, 1896.
Swedenborgian.
Suffered a stroke of apoplexy and died three days later, in
Small Point, Sagadahoc
County, Maine, September
5, 1900 (age 64 years, 284
days).
Interment at Oak
Grove Cemetery, Bath, Maine.
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Henry Rutgers Beekman (1845-1900) —
also known as Henry R. Beekman —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., December
8, 1845.
Son of William F. Beekman and Catharine A. Beekman.
Lawyer;
New York City Park Commissioner, 1885-87; president, New York City
Board of Aldermen, 1887-88; New York City Corporation Counsel,
1888-89; superior court judge in New York, 1895; Justice of
New York Supreme Court 1st District, 1896-1900; died in office
1900.
Dutch
ancestry. Member, Psi
Upsilon.
Died, from a stroke of apoplexy, in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., December
17, 1900 (age 55 years, 9
days).
Interment at Green-Wood
Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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Relatives:
Married 1870
to Isabella Lawrence. |
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Hiram Rhodes Revels (1827-1901) —
of Mississippi.
Born in Fayetteville, Cumberland
County, N.C., September
27, 1827.
Republican. Member of Mississippi
state senate, 1870; U.S.
Senator from Mississippi, 1870-71; secretary of
state of Mississippi, 1873.
African
and Lumbee
Indian ancestry.
First
black member of the U.S. Senate.
Died, from a stroke, while attending a church conference,
in Aberdeen, Monroe
County, Miss., January
16, 1901 (age 73 years, 111
days).
Interment at Hillcrest
Cemetery, Holly Springs, Miss.
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George Pickering Glazier (1841-1901) —
also known as George P. Glazier —
of Chelsea, Washtenaw
County, Mich.
Born in Boston, Erie
County, N.Y., April 5,
1841.
Son of George M. Glazier and Anna Maria Glazier.
Republican. Druggist; banker; farmer.
Stricken with paralysis, and died six hours later, in Chelsea,
Washtenaw
County, Mich., March 5,
1901 (age 59 years, 334
days).
Interment at Oak
Grove Cemetery, Chelsea, Mich.
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James Lawrence Blair (1854-1904) —
also known as James L. Blair —
of St.
Louis, Mo.
Born in St.
Louis, Mo., April 2,
1854.
Son of Francis
Preston Blair, Jr..
Lawyer;
president, St. Louis Board of Police Commissioners, 1884; general
counsel, St. Louis World's Fair (Louisiana Purchase Exposition),
1901-03; indicted
in December, 1903, for forgery
of two deeds of trust to obtain
a loan from an estate he managed.
Member, American Bar
Association; Loyal
Legion; Sons of
the Revolution.
Died, either from suicide
(which he attempted at least twice near the end of his life) or from
"congestion of the brain", in Eustis, Lake
County, Fla., January
16, 1904 (age 49 years, 289
days).
Interment at Bellefontaine
Cemetery, St. Louis, Mo.
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George Kilborn Nash (1842-1904) —
also known as George K. Nash —
of Columbus, Franklin
County, Ohio.
Born in York Township, Medina
County, Ohio, August
14, 1842.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; lawyer; Franklin
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1871-74; Ohio
state attorney general, 1880-83; defeated, 1877; justice of
Ohio state supreme court, 1883-85; Governor of
Ohio, 1900-04; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Ohio, 1900.
Died, of apoplexy, in Columbus, Franklin
County, Ohio, October
28, 1904 (age 62 years, 75
days).
Interment at Green
Lawn Cemetery, Columbus, Ohio.
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William Campbell Preston Breckinridge (1837-1904) —
also known as William C. P. Breckinridge —
of Lexington, Fayette
County, Ky.
Born in Baltimore,
Md., August
28, 1837.
Son of Robert
Jefferson Breckinridge.
Colonel in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; lawyer;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Kentucky, 1876;
U.S.
Representative from Kentucky 7th District, 1885-95; defeated
(National Democratic), 1896.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar.
In 1894, he was successfully sued for breach of promise by a former
mistress; he acknowledged the affair, affair, but the scandal
ended his political career.
Died, of apoplexy, in Lexington, Fayette
County, Ky., November
18, 1904 (age 67 years, 82
days).
Interment at Lexington
Cemetery, Lexington, Ky.
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Charles A. Lighthipe (1824-1905) —
of Orange, Essex
County, N.J.
Born in Orange, Essex
County, N.J., October
11, 1824.
Hat
maker and manufacturer of hat-forming
machines; director, Morris and Essex Railroad;
director, American Insurance
Company of Newark; organizer, Citizens Gas
Company of Newark; member of New
Jersey state house of assembly.
Episcopalian.
Suffered a paralytic stroke, and died two years later, in
Orange, Essex
County, N.J., February
14, 1905 (age 80 years, 126
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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William Cullen Bryant (1849-1905) —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., August 1,
1849.
Republican. Newspaper
publisher; delegate to Republican National Convention from New
York, 1900.
Episcopalian.
Died, of apoplexy, in Dr. Cooley's Sanitarium,
Plainfield, Union
County, N.J., February
15, 1905 (age 55 years, 198
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Edward Cooper (1824-1905) —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., October
26, 1824.
Son of Peter
Cooper.
Democrat. Early manufacturer of wrought iron;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1860,
1876,
1888
(member, Resolutions
Committee); mayor
of New York City, N.Y., 1879-80.
Died, of an apoplectic stroke, in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., February
25, 1905 (age 80 years, 122
days).
Interment at Green-Wood
Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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James Edward O'Hara (1844-1905) —
of North Carolina.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., February
26, 1844.
Republican. Member of North
Carolina state house of representatives, 1868-69; delegate to
North Carolina state constitutional convention, 1875; U.S.
Representative from North Carolina 2nd District, 1883-87;
defeated, 1886; delegate to Republican National Convention from North
Carolina, 1884.
African
ancestry.
Died of a stroke, September
15, 1905 (age 61 years, 201
days).
Interment at Greenwood
Cemetery, New Bern, N.C.
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John G. Peene (d. 1905) —
of Yonkers, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Son of Capt. Joseph Peene.
Republican. Steamboat
business; mayor of
Yonkers, N.Y., 1894-95; delegate to Republican National
Convention from New York, 1896.
Died, of apoplexy, as he supervised unloading of barges, in
Yonkers, Westchester
County, N.Y., November
28, 1905.
Burial
location unknown.
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George Anderson Mercer (1835-1907) —
also known as George A. Mercer —
of Savannah, Chatham
County, Ga.
Born in Savannah, Chatham
County, Ga., 1835.
Democrat. Colonel in the Confederate Army during the Civil War;
member of Georgia state legislature; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Georgia, 1892.
Episcopalian.
Died from "congestion of the brain" (probably a stroke), in
Savannah, Chatham
County, Ga., October
23, 1907 (age about 72
years).
Interment at Bonaventure
Cemetery, Savannah, Ga.
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Newton Edmunds (1819-1908) —
of Yankton, Yankton
County, Dakota Territory (now S.Dak.).
Born in Hartland, Niagara
County, N.Y., May 31,
1819.
Republican. Governor of
Dakota Territory, 1863-66; member of Republican National
Committee from Dakota Territory, 1866-70; member
Dakota territorial council, 1879-80.
Died, following a series of paralytic strokes, in Yankton, Yankton
County, S.Dak., February
13, 1908 (age 88 years, 258
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Edwin Bird Allen (1836-1908) —
also known as Edwin B. Allen —
of Wichita, Sedgwick
County, Kan.
Born near Oberlin, Lorain
County, Ohio, March 7,
1836.
Republican. Physician;
Sedgwick
County Coroner, 1870-71; mayor of
Wichita, Kan., 1871-72; member of Kansas
state house of representatives, 1872-76, 1883-84; secretary of
state of Kansas, 1885-89.
Member, Freemasons.
Died, of a cerebral hemorrhage, in the State Hospital for
Insane, St. Joseph, Buchanan
County, Mo., March 31,
1908 (age 72 years, 24
days).
Interment at Highland
Cemetery, Wichita, Kan.
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Henry Martin Daniel (1829-1908) —
also known as Henry M. Daniel —
of Fillmore
County, Minn.; North Yamhill, Yamhill
County, Ore.
Born in Danville,
Va., March 26,
1829.
Son of William Daniel and Lucinda (Miller) Daniel.
Democrat. Sawmill and
grist mill
owner; member of Minnesota
state house of representatives 3rd District, 1873.
English
ancestry. Member, Freemasons.
Suffered a stroke of paralysis, and died four days later, in
McMinnville, Yamhill
County, Ore., December
16, 1908 (age 79 years, 265
days).
Interment at Masonic
Cemetery, McMinnville, Ore.
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Charles Henderson Yoakum (1849-1909) —
also known as C. H. Yoakum —
of Emory, Rains
County, Tex.; Greenville, Hunt
County, Tex.; Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif.
Born in Tehuacana, Lincoln County (now Limestone
County), Tex., July 10,
1849.
Lawyer;
Rains
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1876; District Attorney 8th
District, 1886-90; member of Texas
state senate 5th District, 1893-94; U.S.
Representative from Texas 3rd District, 1895-97.
Died, from a stroke of apoplexy, in Fort Worth, Tarrant
County, Tex., January
1, 1909 (age 59 years, 175
days).
Interment at Myrtle
Cemetery, Ennis, Tex.
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William Insco Buchanan (1853-1909) —
also known as William I. Buchanan —
of Piqua, Miami
County, Ohio; Sioux City, Woodbury
County, Iowa; Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y.
Born near Covington, Miami
County, Ohio, September
10, 1853.
U.S. Minister to Argentina, 1894-99; Panama, 1903-04.
Collapsed and died, apparently from a stroke, on a sidewalk at
Park Lane, London, England,
October
17, 1909 (age 56 years, 37
days).
Interment at Forest
Lawn Cemetery, Buffalo, N.Y.
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Relatives:
Married 1878
to Lulu Williams. |
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Bradley Barlow Smalley (1835-1909) —
also known as Bradley B. Smalley —
of Burlington, Chittenden
County, Vt.
Born in Jericho, Chittenden
County, Vt., November
26, 1835.
Son of Laura (Barlow) Smalley (1809-1879) and David
Allen Smalley.
Democrat. Lawyer;
clerk, U.S. District Court for Vermont, 1861-85; member of Vermont
state house of representatives from Burlington, 1874, 1878;
member of Democratic
National Committee from Vermont, 1876; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Vermont, 1876
(speaker);
U.S. Collector of
Customs, 1885-88.
Episcopalian.
Died, from a cerebral hemorrhage, November
6, 1909 (age 73 years, 345
days).
Interment at Greenmount
Cemetery, Burlington, Vt.
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Edward Payson Allen (1839-1909) —
also known as Edward P. Allen —
of Ypsilanti, Washtenaw
County, Mich.
Born in Sharon, Washtenaw
County, Mich., October
28, 1839.
Son of Louis Allen and Eliza (Merwin) Allen.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; lawyer; Washtenaw
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1873-74; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Washtenaw County 1st
District, 1877-80; defeated, 1902; mayor
of Ypsilanti, Mich., 1880-81, 1899-1900; U.S.
Representative from Michigan 2nd District, 1887-91; defeated,
1884, 1890; member of Michigan
state board of agriculture, 1899-1903; appointed 1899.
Died, from apoplexy (stroke), in Ypsilanti, Washtenaw
County, Mich., November
25, 1909 (age 70 years, 28
days).
Interment at Highland
Cemetery, Ypsilanti, Mich.
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Nathaniel Barnes (1847-1910) —
of Kansas City, Wyandotte
County, Kan.
Born in Somerset, Perry
County, Ohio, November
9, 1847.
Son of Weaver Barnes and Chrislann (Vanatta) Barnes.
Republican. Coffee
broker; mayor
of Kansas City, Kan., 1893-95; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Kansas, 1896.
Died, from a cerebral hemorrhage, in Kansas City, Jackson
County, Mo., February
11, 1910 (age 62 years, 94
days).
Interment at Huron
Indian Cemetery, Kansas City, Kan.
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Charles Melton Jones (1829-1910) —
also known as C. M. Jones —
of Emerson, Bartow
County, Ga.
Born in DeKalb
County, Ga., July 29,
1829.
DeKalb
County Sheriff; colonel in the Confederate Army during the Civil
War; member of Georgia state legislature, 1882; Populist candidate
for Georgia
state treasurer, 1895.
Methodist.
Member, United
Confederate Veterans; Freemasons.
Died, after a series of strokes, in Emerson, Bartow
County, Ga., June 25,
1910 (age 80 years, 331
days).
Interment at Emerson
Cemetery, Emerson, Ga.
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Henry Martin Nevius (1841-1911) —
also known as Henry M. Nevius —
of Monmouth
County, N.J.
Born in Freehold, Monmouth
County, N.J., January
30, 1841.
Major in the Union Army during the Civil War; lawyer;
member of New Jersey
state senate from Monmouth County, 1888-90.
Member, Grand
Army of the Republic.
Wounded several times during the Civil War and lost his
left arm.
Died, of a stroke, January
30, 1911 (age 70 years, 0
days).
Interment at Fair
View Cemetery, Middletown, N.J.
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John Frank Wilson (1846-1911) —
also known as John F. Wilson —
Born near Pulaski, Giles
County, Tenn., May 7,
1846.
Colonel in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; lawyer;
member of Arkansas
state house of representatives, 1877; state court judge in
Arizona, 1893; Arizona
territory attorney general, 1896; Delegate
to U.S. Congress from Arizona Territory, 1899.
Died, probably from apoplexy, in the Prescott Hotel,
Prescott, Yavapai
County, Ariz., April 7,
1911 (age 64 years, 335
days).
Interment at Mountain
View Cemetery, Prescott, Ariz.
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Norman Jay Colman (1827-1911) —
also known as Norman J. Colman —
of New Albany, Floyd
County, Ind.; St.
Louis, Mo.
Born near Richfield Springs, Otsego
County, N.Y., May 16,
1827.
Son of Hamilton Colman and Nancy (Sprague) Colman.
Democrat. Lawyer;
colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War; Lieutenant
Governor of Missouri, 1875-77; defeated, 1868; U.S.
Secretary of Agriculture, 1889.
Member, Freemasons.
Editor and publisher of an agricultural newspaper.
Died, of apoplexy, in St.
Louis, Mo., November
3, 1911 (age 84 years, 171
days).
Interment at Bellefontaine
Cemetery, St. Louis, Mo.
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Relatives: Son
of Hamilton Colman and Nancy (Sprague) Colman; married 1851 to Clara
Porter (died 1863); married 1866 to
Catherine 'Kate' Wright (died 1897). |
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Thomas Francis Gilroy (1840-1911) —
also known as Thomas F. Gilroy —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Ireland,
June
3, 1840.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York,
1888
(alternate), 1896;
mayor
of New York City, N.Y., 1893-94.
Irish
ancestry. Member, Tammany
Hall.
Died, from apoplexy, in Far Rockaway, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y., December
1, 1911 (age 71 years, 181
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Bronx, N.Y.
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William Brooks Sorsby (1858-1912) —
also known as William B. Sorsby —
of Mississippi.
Born in Mississippi, 1858.
Republican. U.S. Minister to Bolivia, 1902-08.
Suffered a stroke of paralysis in 1908, and died from
complications, in New York
Hospital, Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., March 26,
1912 (age about 53
years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Jefferson Davis (1862-1913) —
also known as Jeff Davis —
of Little Rock, Pulaski
County, Ark.
Born in Little River
County, Ark., May 6,
1862.
Son of Lewis W. Davis and Mary Davis.
Democrat. Arkansas
state attorney general, 1899-1901; Governor of
Arkansas, 1901-07; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Arkansas, 1904,
1912;
U.S.
Senator from Arkansas, 1907-13; died in office 1913; in December
1907, it was disclosed that he had hired his own
daughters for two positions on his Senate staff; the scandal discredited
him and ended his
influence in the Senate.
Died, from apoplexy, in Little Rock, Pulaski
County, Ark., January
3, 1913 (age 50 years, 242
days).
Interment at Mt.
Holly Cemetery, Little Rock, Ark.
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Alfred James Brown (1856-1913) —
of Colorado.
Born in Binghamton, Broome
County, N.Y., March 23,
1856.
Son of David Brown.
Physician;
druggist;
member of Colorado state legislature.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
of Pythias.
Died, of cerebral apoplexy, at his drugstore
in Higbee, Randolph
County, Mo., February
17, 1913 (age 56 years, 331
days).
Interment at Eel
River Cemetery, Columbia City, Ind.
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Joseph William Craven (1854-1913) —
also known as Joseph W. Craven —
of Norwood (now part of Norwood Young America), Carver
County, Minn.
Born in Milford, Penobscot
County, Maine, March 19,
1854.
Democrat. Member of Minnesota
state senate 37th District, 1891-93; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Minnesota, 1904;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from Minnesota, 1904, 1910.
Catholic.
Irish
ancestry.
Died, of apoplexy (stroke), with contributory arteriosclerosis,
in Norwood (now part of Norwood Young America), Carver
County, Minn., December
21, 1913 (age 59 years, 277
days).
Interment at Catholic
Church Cemetery, Norwood, Minn.
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Peter E. Hanson (1845-1914) —
of Litchfield, Meeker
County, Minn.
Born in Voldsjo, Sweden,
June
12, 1845.
Member of Minnesota
state senate, 1895-98; secretary of
state of Minnesota, 1901-07.
Died, of apoplexy (stroke), in San Diego, San Diego
County, Calif., February
11, 1914 (age 68 years, 244
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Robert Nall Bodine (1837-1914) —
also known as Robert N. Bodine —
of Paris, Monroe
County, Mo.
Born near Paris, Monroe
County, Mo., December
17, 1837.
Democrat. Lawyer; Monroe
County Prosecuting Attorney; member of Missouri
state house of representatives, 1895-97; U.S.
Representative from Missouri 2nd District, 1897-99.
Died, following a stroke of paralysis, in Paris, Monroe
County, Mo., March 16,
1914 (age 76 years, 89
days).
Interment at Walnut
Grove Cemetery, Paris, Mo.
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Samuel Byrns (1848-1914) —
of Missouri.
Born in Jefferson
County, Mo., March 4,
1848.
Son of Thomas Byrns and Margaret (Bowles) Byrns.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Missouri
state house of representatives, 1876-77; member of Missouri
state senate, 1878; member of Missouri
Democratic State Central Committee, 1886-88; U.S.
Representative from Missouri 10th District, 1891-93.
Died, from a cerebral hemorrhage, in De Soto, Jefferson
County, Mo., July 9,
1914 (age 66 years, 127
days).
Interment at Hillsboro
Cemetery, Hillsboro, Mo.
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James Austin Connolly (1843-1914) —
also known as James A. Connolly —
of Springfield, Sangamon
County, Ill.
Born in Newark, Essex
County, N.J., March 8,
1843.
Son of William Connolly and Margaret (Maguire) Connolly.
Republican. Lawyer;
colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War; member of Illinois
state house of representatives, 1873-76; U.S.
Attorney for the Eastern District of Illinois, 1876-85, 1889-93;
U.S.
Representative from Illinois 17th District, 1895-99; defeated,
1886.
Member, Grand
Army of the Republic.
Died, of cerebral hemorrhage, in Springfield, Sangamon
County, Ill., December
15, 1914 (age 71 years, 282
days).
Entombed in mausoleum at Oak
Ridge Cemetery, Springfield, Ill.
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Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich (1841-1915) —
also known as Nelson W. Aldrich; "General Manager of
the United States" —
of Providence, Providence
County, R.I.; Warwick, Kent
County, R.I.
Born in Foster, Providence
County, R.I., November
6, 1841.
Son of Anan E. Aldrich (1807-1892) and Abby Ann (Burgess) Aldrich
(1809-1888).
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; grocer;
director, Roger Williams Bank;
president, First National Bank of
Providence; trustee, Providence, Hartford and Fishkill Railroad;
organizer and president, United Traction
and Electric
Company; member of Rhode
Island state house of representatives, 1875-77; Speaker of
the Rhode Island State House of Representatives, 1876-77; U.S.
Representative from Rhode Island 1st District, 1879-81; U.S.
Senator from Rhode Island, 1881-1911; author of Aldrich-Vreeland
Currency Act and Payne-Aldrich Tariff Act.
English
ancestry. Member, Freemasons.
Died, from an apoplectic stroke, in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., April 16,
1915 (age 73 years, 161
days).
Interment at Swan
Point Cemetery, Providence, R.I.
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Emlin McClain (1851-1915) —
of Des Moines, Polk
County, Iowa; Iowa City, Johnson
County, Iowa.
Born in Salem, Columbiana
County, Ohio, November
25, 1851.
Son of William McClain.
Republican. Lawyer;
private secretary to U.S. Sen. George
G. Wright, 1875-77; law
professor; justice of
Iowa state supreme court, 1901-12; chief
justice of Iowa state supreme court, 1906-12.
Scotch-Irish
ancestry. Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; Beta
Theta Pi; Phi
Delta Phi; American Bar
Association.
Died suddenly, of apoplexy, in Iowa City, Johnson
County, Iowa, May 25,
1915 (age 63 years, 181
days).
Interment at Oakland
Cemetery, Iowa City, Iowa.
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Winfield Scott Hammond (1863-1915) —
also known as Winfield S. Hammond —
of St. James, Watonwan
County, Minn.
Born in Southborough, Worcester
County, Mass., November
17, 1863.
Son of John W. Hammond and Ellen Panton (Harding) Hammond.
Democrat. School
principal; superintendent
of schools; lawyer; Watonwan
County Attorney, 1895-96, 1901-04; U.S.
Representative from Minnesota 2nd District, 1907-15; defeated,
1892; resigned 1915; speaker, Democratic National Convention, 1908 ;
Governor
of Minnesota, 1915; died in office 1915.
Member, Sons of
the American Revolution.
Died, from apoplexy, in Clinton, East
Feliciana Parish, La., December
30, 1915 (age 52 years, 43
days).
Interment at Mt.
Hope Cemetery, St. James, Minn.
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William Ripley Brown (1840-1916) —
also known as William R. Brown —
of Emporia, Lyon
County, Kan.; Hutchinson, Reno
County, Kan.; El Reno, Canadian
County, Okla.
Born in Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y., July 16,
1840.
Son of John Brown and Mary (Ripley) Brown.
Republican. Lawyer;
district judge in Kansas, 1867-77; U.S.
Representative from Kansas 3rd District, 1875-77; probate judge
in Oklahoma, 1894-98.
Died, from a cerebral hemorrhage, in Kansas City, Jackson
County, Mo., March 4,
1916 (age 75 years, 232
days).
Interment at Lawrence
Cemetery, Lawrence, Kan.
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William Jayne (1826-1916) —
of Springfield, Sangamon
County, Ill.
Born in Springfield, Sangamon
County, Ill., October
8, 1826.
Mayor
of Springfield, Ill., 1859-61; member of Illinois
state senate, 1860-61; Governor of
Dakota Territory, 1861-63; Delegate
to U.S. Congress from Dakota Territory, 1863-64.
Died, of apoplexy (stroke), in Springfield, Sangamon
County, Ill., March 20,
1916 (age 89 years, 164
days).
Interment at Oak
Ridge Cemetery, Springfield, Ill.
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Oscar Frederick Gunz (1854-1916) —
also known as Oscar F. Gunz —
of Rutherford, Bergen
County, N.J.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., September
15, 1854.
Engineer;
mayor
of Rutherford, N.J., 1914-15.
Suffered a cerebral hemorrhage, and died three months later,
March
22, 1916 (age 61 years, 189
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Christian Widule (1845-1916) —
of Milwaukee, Milwaukee
County, Wis.
Born in Germany,
July
19, 1845.
Republican. Druggist;
member of Wisconsin
state assembly, 1879; member of Wisconsin
state senate, 1887-89.
Suffered a stroke while at work as assistant postmaster of
Milwaukee, and died in the post
office, Milwaukee, Milwaukee
County, Wis., October
9, 1916 (age 71 years, 82
days).
Interment at Union
Cemetery, Milwaukee, Wis.
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Elmer Bragg Adams (1842-1916) —
of St.
Louis, Mo.
Born in North Pomfret, Pomfret, Windsor
County, Vt., October
27, 1842.
Son of Jarvis Adams and Eunice (Mitchell) Adams.
Lawyer;
circuit judge in Missouri, 1879-84; U.S.
District Judge for the Eastern District of Missouri, 1895-1905;
Judge
of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 8th Circuit, 1905-16; died in
office 1916.
Presbyterian.
Died, from cerebral edema, in St.
Louis, Mo., October
24, 1916 (age 73 years, 363
days).
Interment somewhere
in Woodstock, Vt.
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Alexander Caldwell (1830-1917) —
of Leavenworth, Leavenworth
County, Kan.
Born in Drakes Ferry, Huntingdon
County, Pa., March 1,
1830.
Son of James Caldwell.
Republican. Banker; U.S.
Senator from Kansas, 1871-73; resigned 1873.
Died, from a cerebral hemorrhage, in St. Joseph's Hospital,
Kansas City, Jackson
County, Mo., May 19,
1917 (age 87 years, 79
days).
Interment at Mt.
Muncie Cemetery, Leavenworth, Kan.
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Lauren Ford Otis (1842-1917) —
also known as Lauren F. Otis —
of Allegan
County, Mich.
Born near Syracuse, Onondaga
County, N.Y., September
10, 1842.
Son of Newton Otis and Elizabeth D. (Eager) Otis.
Republican. Dry goods
merchant; fruit
grower; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Allegan County 1st District,
1895-98.
Died, of apoplexy, November
19, 1917 (age 75 years, 70
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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John Green Brady (1848-1918) —
also known as John G. Brady —
of Alaska.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., May 25,
1848.
Governor
of Alaska Territory, 1897-1906.
Presbyterian.
Forced to
resign as governor in 1906, after an inquiry
about his involvement with the Reynolds-Alaska Development Company.
Ill with diabetes,
he suffered a stroke and died in Sitka,
Alaska, December
17, 1918 (age 70 years, 206
days).
Interment at National
Cemetery, Sitka, Alaska.
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John Joseph Adams (1848-1919) —
also known as John J. Adams —
of New York.
Born in Douglas Town, New
Brunswick, September
16, 1848.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from New York, 1883-87 (8th District 1883-85, 7th
District 1885-87).
Died suddenly, of heart
disease (a year after suffering a stroke of paralysis), in
the Ansonia Hotel,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., February
16, 1919 (age 70 years, 153
days).
Interment at Green-Wood
Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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John Coit Spooner (1843-1919) —
also known as John C. Spooner; "The Tinker of
Legislation" —
of Hudson, St. Croix
County, Wis.; Madison, Dane
County, Wis.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Lawrenceburg, Dearborn
County, Ind., January
6, 1843.
Son of Philip L. Spooner (judge) and Lydia (Coit) Spooner.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; lawyer;
private and military secretary to Gov. Lucius
Fairchild; member of Wisconsin
state assembly, 1872; general solicitor, Omaha Railroad,
1880; U.S.
Senator from Wisconsin, 1885-91, 1897-1907; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Wisconsin, 1888
(delegation chair), 1892
(delegation chair); candidate for Governor of
Wisconsin, 1892.
Died, of pneumonia
and apoplexy, in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., June 11,
1919 (age 76 years, 156
days).
Interment at Forest
Hill Cemetery, Madison, Wis.
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Sumner Wallace (1856-1920) —
of Rochester, Strafford
County, N.H.
Born in Berwick, York
County, Maine, March 7,
1856.
Son of Ebenezer Gowell Wallace and Sarah Esther (Greenfield) Wallace.
Republican. Shoe
manufacturer; director of banks, railroads,
and electric
utilities; member of New
Hampshire state house of representatives, 1885; member of New
Hampshire Governor's Council, 1899-1900; delegate to Republican
National Convention from New Hampshire, 1904;
Presidential Elector for New Hampshire, 1908.
Member, Theta
Delta Chi; Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows.
Died, of a cerebral hemorrhage, in Lake Wales, Polk
County, Fla., January
11, 1920 (age 63 years, 310
days).
Interment at Rochester
Cemetery, Rochester, N.H.
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Lyman McCarl (1859-1920) —
of Quincy, Adams
County, Ill.
Born in Richfield Township, Adams
County, Ill., May 3,
1859.
Democrat. County judge in Illinois, 1910-20; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Illinois, 1916.
Unitarian.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
of Pythias; Elks.
Died from a stroke, in his office at
the Adams County
Courthouse, Quincy, Adams
County, Ill., April 13,
1920 (age 60 years, 346
days).
Interment at Woodland
Cemetery, Quincy, Ill.
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Joseph Cassidy (c.1866-1920) —
also known as "Curley Joe"; "The King of
Queens" —
of Long Island City (now part of Queens), Queens
County, N.Y.; Far Rockaway, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y.
Born about 1866.
Democrat. Borough
president of Queens, New York, 1902-05; defeated, 1905, 1909;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1904;
leader of
Queens County Democratic Party, 1910-11; indicted
in 1912 for selling
a nomination for for Supreme Court Justice to William
Willett; convicted
in 1914, and sentenced
to one year to eighteen months in prison;
released in 1916.
Suffered a stroke of apoplexy, and died soon after, in Far
Rockaway, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y., November
21, 1920 (age about 54
years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Charles Ferris Booher (1848-1921) —
also known as Charles F. Booher —
of St. Joseph, Buchanan
County, Mo.; Savannah, Andrew
County, Mo.
Born in East Groveland, Livingston
County, N.Y., January
31, 1848.
Son of Henry Booher and Catharine (Updegraft) Booher.
Democrat. Lawyer;
Presidential Elector for Missouri, 1880;
U.S.
Representative from Missouri 4th District, 1889, 1907-21; died in
office 1921.
German
and Swiss
ancestry.
Died, from a cerebral hemorrhage, in Savannah, Andrew
County, Mo., January
21, 1921 (age 72 years, 356
days).
Interment at City
Cemetery, Savannah, Mo.
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Levi Ankeny (1844-1921) —
of Lewiston, Nez Perce
County, Idaho; Walla Walla, Walla Walla
County, Wash.
Born near St. Joseph, Buchanan
County, Mo., August 1,
1844.
Republican. Mayor
of Lewiston, Idaho; banker;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Washington, 1900
(delegation chair), 1904;
U.S.
Senator from Washington, 1903-09; member of Republican
National Committee from Washington, 1904-08.
Died, following a stroke of paralysis, in Walla Walla, Walla Walla
County, Wash., March 29,
1921 (age 76 years, 240
days).
Interment at Mountain
View Cemetery, Walla Walla, Wash.
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Nicholas Jay Paul (1841-1921) —
also known as Nicholas J. Paul —
of St. Paul, Howard
County, Neb.
Born in Meigs
County, Ohio, July 27,
1841.
Probate judge in Nebraska, 1872-75; member of Nebraska
state house of representatives, 1877; Howard
County Treasurer, 1880-83; banker.
Member, Freemasons.
Died, of apoplexy, at his desk in his office,
in St. Paul, Howard
County, Neb., July 18,
1921 (age 79 years, 356
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Philander Chase Knox (1853-1921) —
also known as Philander C. Knox —
of Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa.
Born in Brownsville, Fayette
County, Pa., May 6,
1853.
Son of David Smith Knox (1805-1872) and Rebecca (Page) Knox
(1814-1889).
Republican. Lawyer; law
partner of James
H. Reed, 1877-1902; U.S.
Attorney General, 1901-04; U.S.
Senator from Pennsylvania, 1904-09, 1917-21; resigned 1909; died
in office 1921; candidate for Republican nomination for President, 1908,
1916;
U.S.
Secretary of State, 1909-13; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Pennsylvania, 1920.
Died, from a stroke of apoplexy, in Washington,
D.C., October
12, 1921 (age 68 years, 159
days).
Interment at Washington
Memorial Cemetery, Valley Forge, Pa.
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James Cowgill (1848-1922) —
of Kansas City, Jackson
County, Mo.
Born in Indiana, April 2,
1848.
Son of William Cowgill.
Democrat. Missouri
state treasurer, 1909-13; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Missouri, 1916;
mayor
of Kansas City, Mo., 1918-22; died in office 1922.
Died suddenly, from a cerebral hemorrhage, in his office at
City
Hall, Kansas City, Jackson
County, Mo., January
20, 1922 (age 73 years, 293
days).
Interment at Elmwood
Cemetery, Kansas City, Mo.
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Married to Ella Myers. |
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Allen Miller Fletcher (1853-1922) —
also known as Allen M. Fletcher —
of Proctorsville, Cavendish, Windsor
County, Vt.
Born in Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind., September
25, 1853.
Republican. Farmer;
member of Vermont
state house of representatives from Cavendish, 1902-03, 1906,
1908, 1910; member of Vermont
state senate, 1904-05; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Vermont, 1908;
Governor
of Vermont, 1912-15.
Congregationalist.
Died, from a cerebral hemorrhage, in the Berwick Hotel,
Rutland, Rutland
County, Vt., May 11,
1922 (age 68 years, 228
days).
Interment at Crown
Hill Cemetery, Indianapolis, Ind.
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George Washington Aldridge (1856-1922) —
also known as George W. Aldridge; "The Boss";
"The Big Fellow" —
of Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y.
Born in Michigan City, LaPorte
County, Ind., December
28, 1856.
Republican. Manufacturer;
mayor
of Rochester, N.Y., 1894; New York State Superintendent of Public
Works, 1895-99; delegate to Republican National Convention from New
York, 1896,
1900,
1904,
1908,
1912,
1916,
1920;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York, 1910; U.S. Collector of Customs,
1921-22; died in office 1922.
Member, Freemasons;
Sons
of the American Revolution; Odd
Fellows; Elks; Knights
of Pythias.
Died suddenly, from a heart
attack or stroke, while golfing at
the Biltmore Country Club, near Rye, Westchester
County, N.Y., June 13,
1922 (age 65 years, 167
days).
Interment at Mt.
Hope Cemetery, Rochester, N.Y.
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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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George Alexander (1839-1923) —
of Belle Plaine, Benton
County, Iowa; Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif.
Born in Glasgow, Scotland,
September
21, 1839.
Son of William Alexander and Mary Alexander.
Democrat. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; feed and
grain
business; mayor
of Los Angeles, Calif., 1909-13.
Scottish
ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Grand
Army of the Republic; Moose.
Suffered a stroke, and died two months later, in Los Angeles,
Los
Angeles County, Calif., August 2,
1923 (age 83 years, 315
days).
Interment at Angelus-Rosedale
Cemetery, Los Angeles, Calif.
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Henry Harrison Markham (1840-1923) —
also known as Henry H. Markham —
of Milwaukee, Milwaukee
County, Wis.; Pasadena, Los Angeles
County, Calif.
Born in Wilmington, Essex
County, N.Y., November
16, 1840.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; lawyer; gold
and silver mining
business; U.S.
Representative from California 6th District, 1885-87; Governor of
California, 1891-95.
Member, Freemasons.
Died, following a stroke, in Pasadena, Los Angeles
County, Calif., October
9, 1923 (age 82 years, 327
days).
Interment at Mountain
View Cemetery, Altadena, Calif.
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Christopher G. Boland (1854-1924) —
of Scranton, Lackawanna
County, Pa.
Born in Ireland,
December
26, 1854.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Pennsylvania, 1896.
Died of a cerebral hemorrhage, in Scranton, Lackawanna
County, Pa., June 17,
1924 (age 69 years, 174
days).
Interment at Cathedral
Cemetery, Scranton, Pa.
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Henry Cabot Lodge (1850-1924) —
of Nahant, Essex
County, Mass.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., May 12,
1850.
Son of John Ellerton Lodge (1820-1901) and Anna Sophie (Cabot) Lodge
(1821-1900).
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),
1900,
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 (age 74 years, 181
days).
Interment at Mt.
Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Mass.
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Henry Lincoln Johnson (1870-1925) —
of Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga.
Born in Augusta, Richmond
County, Ga., July 27,
1870.
Republican. Blacksmith;
lawyer;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Georgia, 1908,
1912,
1916,
1920,
1924;
Recorder of Deeds for the District of Columbia, 1912-16; member of Republican
National Committee from Georgia, 1920-24.
African
ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Knights
of Pythias; Elks; Odd
Fellows.
Suffered a stroke of apoplexy, and died a few days later in
Freedmen's Hospital,
Washington,
D.C., September
10, 1925 (age 55 years, 45
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married, September
28, 1903, to Georgia Douglas Camp (1880-1966;
poet). |
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Thomas Burke (1849-1925) —
of Seattle, King
County, Wash.
Born in Clinton
County, N.Y., December
22, 1849.
Son of James Burke and Bridget Della (Ryan) Burke.
Lawyer;
King
County Probate Judge, 1876-80; candidate for Delegate
to U.S. Congress from Washington Territory, 1880; chief
justice of Washington territorial supreme court, 1888-89.
While speaking at the semi-annual
meeting of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, he
suffered a stroke of apoplexy and died, in the offices
of the Carnegie Foundation, Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., December
4, 1925 (age 75 years, 347
days). Present at the meeting were Nicholas
Murray Butler (who caught him as he collapsed), Elihu
Root, Robert
Lansing, John
W. Davis, David
Jayne Hill, Gov. Andrew
Jackson Montague, Sen. LeRoy
Percy, and others.
Interment at Evergreen-Washelli
Memorial Park, Seattle, Wash.
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John Francis Hunter (d. 1926) —
of Mamaroneck, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Village
president of Mamaroneck, New York, 1912-25; defeated, 1925.
Died, of apoplexy, in Mamaroneck, Westchester
County, N.Y., January
1, 1926.
Burial
location unknown.
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Charles Roswell Henry (1856-1926) —
also known as Charles R. Henry —
of Au Sable, Iosco
County, Mich.; Alpena, Alpena
County, Mich.
Born in Lake Ridge, Macon Township, Lenawee
County, Mich., December
29, 1856.
Lawyer;
member of Michigan
state senate 29th District, 1885.
Congregationalist.
Member, Freemasons.
Died of apoplexy (cerebral hemorrhage), after a period of heart
trouble, in Alpena, Alpena
County, Mich., February
26, 1926 (age 69 years, 59
days).
Interment at Evergreen
Cemetery, Alpena, Mich.
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Sanford Ballard Dole (1844-1926) —
also known as Sanford B. Dole —
of Honolulu, Island of Oahu, Honolulu
County, Hawaii.
Born in Punahou, Island of Oahu, Honolulu
County, Hawaii, April 23,
1844.
Son of Daniel Dole and Emily (Ballard) Dole.
Lawyer;
President
of the Hawaii Republic, 1893-98; Governor of
Hawaii Territory, 1900-03; U.S.
District Judge for Hawaii, 1903-15.
Congregationalist.
Died, after a series of strokes, in Honolulu, Island of Oahu,
Honolulu
County, Hawaii, June 9,
1926 (age 82 years, 47
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Kawaiaho
Church Cemetery, Honolulu, Island of Oahu, Hawaii.
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Robert Todd Lincoln (1843-1926) —
Born in Springfield, Sangamon
County, Ill., August 1,
1843.
Son of Abraham
Lincoln and Mary (Todd) Lincoln.
Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; lawyer; U.S.
Secretary of War, 1881-85; U.S. Minister to Great Britain, 1889-93; president (1897-1911) and chairman
(1911-26) of the Pullman Palace Car Company, makers of railroad
cars; part owner of Chicago Edison Company electric
utility.
Died, from a cerebral hemorrhage, in Manchester, Bennington
County, Vt., July 25,
1926 (age 82 years, 358
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Agnes Mason Giddings (1867-1927) —
also known as Agnes Giddings; Agnes Eurelia Mason;
Mrs. E. C. Giddings; "Famous
Feminist" —
of Fort Collins, Larimer
County, Colo.
Born in a log
cabin, in Fort Collins, Larimer
County, Colo., October
31, 1867; she was the first
pioneer child born at Fort Collins, and the cabin is preserved at the
Fort Collins Historical Museum.
Daughter of Augustine Mason and Charlotte Mason.
Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from
Colorado, 1924;
Presidential Elector for Colorado, 1924.
Female.
Member, Order
of the Eastern Star.
Died, from a paralytic stroke, in Fort Collins, Larimer
County, Colo., June 18,
1927 (age 59 years, 230
days).
Interment at Grandview
Cemetery, Fort Collins, Colo.
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Austin Peay IV (1876-1927) —
also known as "The Maker of Modern
Tennessee" —
of Clarksville, Montgomery
County, Tenn.
Born in Christian
County, Ky., June 1,
1876.
Son of Austin Peay and Cornelia Frances (Leavell) Peay.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Tennessee
state house of representatives, 1901-05; Tennessee
Democratic state chair, 1905; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Tennessee, 1916
(Honorary
Vice-President), 1924;
Governor
of Tennessee, 1923-27; died in office 1927.
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons;
Elks; Knights
of Pythias; Kappa
Alpha Order.
Died, of a cerebral hemorrhage, at the Governor's
Residence, Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn., October
2, 1927 (age 51 years, 123
days).
Interment at Greenwood
Cemetery, Clarksville, Tenn.
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German Baxter Miller (d. 1928) —
also known as German B. Miller —
of Spears, Fayette
County, Ky.
Republican. Physician;
alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Kentucky,
1908.
Died, of cerebral apoplexy, in Jefferson
County, Ky., January
20, 1928.
Interment somewhere
in Fayette County, Ky.
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Frank Bartlett Willis (1871-1928) —
also known as Frank B. Willis —
of Delaware, Delaware
County, Ohio.
Born in Lewis Center, Delaware
County, Ohio, December
28, 1871.
Son of Jay B. Willis and Lavinia Willis (1842-1915).
Republican. U.S.
Representative from Ohio 8th District, 1911-15; Governor of
Ohio, 1915-17; defeated, 1916, 1918; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Ohio, 1916,
1920,
1924;
U.S.
Senator from Ohio, 1921-28; died in office 1928.
Died suddenly, from a cerebral hemorrhage, as he was about to
give a presidential campaign
speech, at Ohio Wesleyan University, Delaware, Delaware
County, Ohio, March 30,
1928 (age 56 years, 93
days).
Interment at Oak
Grove Cemetery, Delaware, Ohio.
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Edwin W. Fiske (c.1861-1928) —
of Mt. Vernon, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born about 1861.
Democrat. Real estate
business; mayor
of Mt. Vernon, N.Y., 1896-1903, 1910-17; defeated, 1894, 1917,
1923, 1927.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Elks; Foresters.
Suffered a stroke and died, in Mt. Vernon, Westchester
County, N.Y., May 30,
1928 (age about 67
years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to Annie Smith. |
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Thomas F. Larkin (c.1872-1928) —
of Yonkers, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born about 1872.
Democrat. Contractor;
business partner of James
J. Lynch; mayor of
Yonkers, N.Y., 1928; died in office 1928; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from New York, 1928.
Died, of apoplexy, while playing
golf, at the 13th tee of the Briarcliff Lodge golf course, in
Briarcliff Manor, Westchester
County, N.Y., July 25,
1928 (age about 56
years).
Interment at St.
Mary's Cemetery, Yonkers, N.Y.
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Lewis M. Swasey (c.1859-1929) —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., about 1859.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from New York,
1912,
1916
(alternate), 1920,
1924,
1928.
Member, Elks; Moose; Royal
Arcanum.
Died, of apoplexy, in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., June 2,
1929 (age about 70
years).
Burial
location unknown.
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John Gardner Murray (1857-1929) —
of Birmingham, Jefferson
County, Ala.; Baltimore,
Md.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Lonaconing, Allegany
County, Md., August
31, 1857.
Son of James Murray (1830-1878) and Ann (Kirkwood) Murray
(1830-1888).
Democrat. Episcopal
priest; Bishop of Maryland, 1911-29; Presiding Bishop of the
United States, 1926-29; speaker, Democratic National Convention, 1912.
Methodist;
later Episcopalian.
Scottish
ancestry.
Died, of a stroke, during a session
of the House of Bishops, in St. James Church,
Atlantic City, Atlantic
County, N.J., October
3, 1929 (age 72 years, 33
days).
Interment at Druid
Ridge Cemetery, Pikesville, Md.
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Relatives: Son
of James Murray (1830-1878) and Ann (Kirkwood) Murray (1830-1888);
married, October
13, 1881, to Harriet May 'Hattie' Sprague (1860-1884; drowned in
steamboat accident); married, December
4, 1889, to Clara Alice Hunsicker (1864-1937). |
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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; defeated (Independence
League), 1912; 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 (age 60 years, 189
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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James Charles Dahlman (1856-1930) —
also known as James C. Dahlman; "Cowboy
Mayor" —
of Chadron, Dawes
County, Neb.; Omaha, Douglas
County, Neb.
Born in Texas, December
15, 1856.
Son of Charles Dahlman and Mary Dahlman.
Democrat. Dawes
County Sheriff, 1888-94; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Nebraska, 1892,
1896,
1928;
mayor, Chadron, Neb., 1894-95; Nebraska
Democratic state chair, 1896-1900; member of Democratic
National Committee from Nebraska, 1900-08; mayor of
Omaha, Neb., 1906-18, 1921-30; died in office 1930; candidate
for Governor of
Nebraska, 1910.
Suffered an apoplectic stroke, and died the next say, in
Excelsior Springs, Clay
County, Mo., January
21, 1930 (age 73 years, 37
days).
Interment at Forest
Lawn Memorial Park, Omaha, Neb.
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James D. Brooker (1863-1930) —
of Cass City, Tuscola
County, Mich.
Born in Mallorytown, Ontario,
March
18, 1863.
Son of James Brooker (1831-1918) and Lois (Thompson) Brooker
(1842-1916).
Republican. Lawyer; one
of the organizers of the Cass City Telephone
Company, later president and manager; Tuscola
County Prosecuting Attorney; alternate delegate to Republican
National Convention from Michigan, 1920.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons.
Suffered a stroke, and died four days later, in Cass City, Tuscola
County, Mich., February
15, 1930 (age 66 years, 334
days).
Interment at Elkland
Township Cemetery, Near Cass City, Tuscola County, Mich.
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David Henry Ralston (1863-1930) —
also known as D. Harry Ralston —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Baltimore,
Md., January
22, 1863.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from New York,
1904
(alternate), 1908
(alternate), 1924;
member of New York
state assembly from Kings County 1st District, 1907.
Member, Elks.
Died, from a heart
ailment and a cerebral hemorrhage, in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., April 4,
1930 (age 67 years, 72
days).
Interment at Green-Wood
Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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Stephen Hugh Claycomb (1847-1930) —
of Jasper
County, Mo.
Born in Missouri, August
11, 1847.
Son of George W. Claycomb and Elizabeth Claycomb.
Democrat. Lawyer; Lieutenant
Governor of Missouri, 1889-93.
Died, from a cerebral hemorrhage and pneumonia,
in Joplin, Jasper
County, Mo., June 6,
1930 (age 82 years, 299
days).
Interment at Ozark
Memorial Park, Joplin, Mo.
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William Stanley Hollis (1866-1930) —
also known as W. Stanley Hollis —
of Massachusetts; Chevy Chase, Montgomery
County, Md.
Born in Chelsea, Suffolk
County, Mass., April 4,
1866.
Son of Capt. George Fearing Hollis and Eliza A. (Simmons) Hollis.
U.S. Consul in Mozambique Island, 1894; Lourenco Marques, 1898-1909; Dundee, 1909-10; U.S. Consul General in Beirut, 1911-17; London, 1919-20; Lisbon, 1920-27.
In September, 1894, in Mozambique, he shot and wounded a local
resident who he thought was a burglar; arrested
and tried by
Portugese authorities, convicted
of homicide,
and sentenced
to six months in prison.
Died, following a stroke, in Chevy Chase, Montgomery
County, Md., June 8,
1930 (age 64 years, 65
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Capt. George Fearing Hollis and Eliza A. (Simmons) Hollis; married
1898 to Lena
Cogswell Hobbs; married 1918 to Alice
Davidson. |
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Carlos Avery (1868-1930) —
of Hutchinson, McLeod
County, Minn.; Rockville Centre, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y.
Born in Minooka, Grundy
County, Ill., January
25, 1868.
Newspaper
editor and publisher; naturalist;
Minnesota Fish and Game Commissioner; candidate for Governor of
Minnesota, 1924.
Died, from a stroke of apoplexy, in Rockville Centre, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y., October
4, 1930 (age 62 years, 252
days).
Interment at Oakland
Cemetery, Hutchinson, Minn.
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James B. Furber (c.1868-1930) —
of Rahway, Union
County, N.J.; Linden, Union
County, N.J.
Born in Allegan, Allegan
County, Mich., about 1868.
Traveling salesman for National Cash Register Company; newspaper
publisher; real estate
developer; lawyer; mayor of
Rahway, N.J., 1906, 1922-24; resigned 1906; charged
with assault
in connection with his participation in a Socialist
rally in Rahway, N.J., May 31, 1919, which was ended by spraying
the speaker and audience with a fire hose; Socialist candidate for U.S.
Representative from New Jersey 5th District, 1920; Progressive
candidate for Presidential Elector for New Jersey, 1924;
elected (Democratic) mayor of
Linden, N.J. 1930, but died before taking office.
Suffered a paralytic stroke, while addressing a
meeting of the Parent Democratic Club, and died soon after in St.
Elizabeth Hospital,
Elizabeth, Union
County, N.J., November
12, 1930 (age about 62
years).
Burial
location unknown.
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George Weissinger Smith (1864-1931) —
of Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky.
Born in Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky., October
10, 1864.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1898; mayor
of Louisville, Ky., 1917-21.
Died, from a cerebral hemorrhage, in Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky., January
28, 1931 (age 66 years, 110
days).
Interment at Cave
Hill Cemetery, Louisville, Ky.
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Herbert A. McGregor (c.1874-1931) —
of Winfield, Cowley
County, Kan.
Born about 1874.
Mayor
of Winfield, Kan., 1913-16.
Died, of a cerebral hemorrhage, in Wichita, Sedgwick
County, Kan., August
26, 1931 (age about 57
years).
Interment at Union
Cemetery, Winfield, Kan.
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Dwight Whitney Morrow (1873-1931) —
also known as Dwight W. Morrow —
of Englewood, Bergen
County, N.J.
Born in Huntington, Cabell
County, W.Va., January
11, 1873.
Republican. Lawyer; banker;
U.S. Ambassador to Mexico, 1927-30; U.S.
Senator from New Jersey, 1930-31; died in office 1931.
Dwight Morrow High School, in Englewood, N.J., is named for
him.
Suffered a cerebral hemorrhage, and died soon after, in
Englewood, Bergen
County, N.J., October
5, 1931 (age 58 years, 267
days).
Interment at Brookside
Cemetery, Englewood, N.J.
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William Oscar Atkeson (1854-1931) —
also known as William O. Atkeson —
of Butler, Bates
County, Mo.
Born near Buffalo, Putnam
County, Va. (now W.Va.), August
24, 1854.
Son of Thomas Atkeson and Virginia (Brown) Atkeson.
Republican. Lawyer; Bates
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1891-92; U.S.
Representative from Missouri 6th District, 1921-23; defeated,
1922.
Member, Odd
Fellows; Woodmen.
Died, from a cerebral hemorrhage, in Butler, Bates
County, Mo., October
16, 1931 (age 77 years, 53
days).
Interment at Oak
Hill Cemetery, Butler, Mo.
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William Wrigley, Jr. (1861-1932) —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., September
30, 1861.
Republican. Founder, Wrigley chewing
gum company; owner, Chicago Cubs baseball
team; owner, Arizona Biltmore Hotel,
Phoenix, Ariz.; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Illinois, 1916,
1920,
1924,
1928.
Owner of the Chicago Cubs baseball
team.
Died, from a stroke, in Phoenix, Maricopa
County, Ariz., January
26, 1932 (age 70 years, 118
days).
Originally entombed at Wrigley
Memorial and Botanical Gardens, Avalon, Calif.; re-entombed in
mausoleum at Forest
Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, Calif.
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Norman C. Stevens (c.1884-1932) —
of Hartford, Hartford
County, Conn.
Born in Jersey City, Hudson
County, N.J., about 1884.
Republican. Insurance
executive; mayor
of Hartford, Conn., 1924-28.
Member, Freemasons.
Died, from a cerebral hemorrhage, in Hartford, Hartford
County, Conn., November
12, 1932 (age about 48
years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Theron Akin (1855-1933) —
of Akin (now Fort Johnson), Montgomery
County, N.Y.; Amsterdam, Montgomery
County, N.Y.
Born in Johnstown, Fulton
County, N.Y., May 23,
1855.
Son of Ethan Akin (1820-1898) and Susan (St. John) Akin (1822-1908).
Democrat. Dentist; U.S.
Representative from New York 25th District, 1911-13; defeated,
1912, 1914; mayor
of Amsterdam, N.Y., 1920-23; defeated, 1927.
Died, from a stroke of paralysis, in Amsterdam, Montgomery
County, N.Y., March 26,
1933 (age 77 years, 307
days).
Interment at Pine
Grove Cemetery, Tribes Hill, N.Y.
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John Howard McLean (1860-1933) —
also known as John H. McLean —
of Iron Mountain, Dickinson
County, Mich.; Ironwood, Gogebic
County, Mich.
Born in Neenah, Winnebago
County, Wis., June 6,
1860.
Republican. Mining and
railroad
executive; founder
of Iron Mountain Press newspaper;
Dickinson
County Treasurer, 1897-98; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Michigan, 1904.
Catholic;
later Protestant.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners.
Died, of a stroke, in Hollywood, Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., May 6,
1933 (age 72 years, 334
days).
Interment at Fort
Howard Cemetery, Green Bay, Wis.
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Charles Howard Kline (1870-1933) —
also known as Charles H. Kline —
of Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa.
Born in Indiana, Indiana
County, Pa., December
25, 1870.
Son of Anna Margaret (Custer) Kline (1838-1902) and Wellington B.
Kline (1840-1904).
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives from Allegheny County, 1905-06;
member of Pennsylvania
state senate 38th District, 1907-18; mayor
of Pittsburgh, Pa., 1926-33; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Pennsylvania, 1928.
Died, of apoplexy, in Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa., July 22,
1933 (age 62 years, 209
days).
Interment at Allegheny
Cemetery, Pittsburgh, Pa.
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Relatives:
Married to Katharine Johnson. |
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Samuel Aaron Baker (1874-1933) —
also known as Sam Aaron Baker —
of Jefferson City, Cole
County, Mo.
Born in Patterson, Wayne
County, Mo., November
7, 1874.
Son of Samuel Aaron Baker and Mary Amanda (McGhee) Baker.
Republican. School teacher
and principal; Missouri
superintendent of schools, 1919-23; Governor of
Missouri, 1925-29; director, Cortez-King Brand Mining Co.;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Missouri, 1928.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Knights
of Pythias; Rotary.
Died, from a cerebral hemorrhage, in Jefferson City, Cole
County, Mo., September
16, 1933 (age 58 years, 313
days).
Interment at Riverview
Cemetery, Jefferson City, Mo.
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George L. Record (c.1859-1933) —
of Jersey City, Hudson
County, N.J.
Born in Auburn, Androscoggin
County, Maine, about 1859.
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 (age about 74
years).
Interment at Bayview
- New York Bay Cemetery, Jersey City, N.J.
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Howard Beecher Tuttle (c.1863-1933) —
also known as Howard B. Tuttle —
of Naugatuck, New Haven
County, Conn.
Born in Naugatuck, New Haven
County, Conn., about 1863.
Son of Bronson Beecher Tuttle and Mary Ann (Wilcox) Tuttle.
Chairman, Eastern Malleable
Iron Company; chairman, Naugatuck National Bank;
member of Connecticut
state senate; warden
of Naugatuck, Connecticut, 1920.
Suffered a stroke at luncheon in the Waterbury Country Club,
and died seven days later, in Middlebury, New Haven
County, Conn., September
29, 1933 (age about 70
years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to Jeannette Seymour. |
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Thomas A. McWhinney (c.1863-1933) —
of Lawrence, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y.; Atlantic Beach, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., about 1863.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War;
postmaster;
automobile
dealer; member of New York
state assembly, 1915-23 (Nassau County 1915-17, Nassau County 1st
District 1918-23); indicted
in 1920 on charges
that he and others had tipped off
gamblers to planned police raids; tried and
found not guilty.
Member, Elks; Royal
Arcanum; United
Spanish War Veterans; Foresters;
Redmen.
Suffered a stroke, and died, in Atlantic Beach, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y., November
25, 1933 (age about 70
years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to Lidie Wright. |
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Victor James Dowling (1866-1934) —
also known as Victor J. Dowling —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., July 20,
1866.
Son of Denis Dowling and Eliza Fierlants (Faider) Dowling.
Democrat. Lawyer; law
partner of William
Q. Titus, 1887-1901; member of New York
state assembly, 1894; member of New York
state senate 18th District, 1901-04; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from New York, 1904;
Justice
of New York Supreme Court 1st District, 1905-31; resigned 1931;
Justice of the Appellate Division of the New York Supreme Court 1st
Department, 1911-31.
Catholic.
Member, Tammany
Hall.
Stricken with a cerebral hemorrhage in the office of
the Interborough Rapid Transit Company, and died soon after, in
Harbor Sanitarium,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., March 23,
1934 (age 67 years, 246
days).
Interment at Gate
of Heaven Cemetery, Hawthorne, N.Y.
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Relatives:
Married, June 16,
1891, to Mary Agnes Ford (died 1920). |
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George Cromwell (1860-1934) —
of Dongan Hills, Staten Island, Richmond
County, N.Y.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., July 3,
1860.
Son of Henry Bowman Cromwell (founder of Cromwell Steamship Company)
and Sarah (Seaman) Cromwell.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from Richmond County, 1888; candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York 1st District, 1888; borough
president of Richmond, New York, 1898-1913; defeated, 1921;
delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1912,
1916,
1920,
1924;
member of New York
state senate 23rd District, 1915-18.
Congregationalist.
Member, Freemasons;
Delta
Kappa Epsilon; Elks.
Suffered a stroke, and died a week later, in Dongan Hills,
Staten Island, Richmond
County, N.Y., September
17, 1934 (age 74 years, 76
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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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 (age 52 years, 299
days).
Interment at Mountain
View Cemetery, Oakland, Calif.
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William Wallace Atterbury (1866-1935) —
also known as William W. Atterbury; "The Railroad
General" —
of Radnor, Delaware
County, Pa.
Born in New Albany, Floyd
County, Ind., January
31, 1866.
Republican. General in the U.S. Army during World War I; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1920.
Member, American
Philosophical Society; American
Academy of Political and Social Science.
President, Pennsylvania Railroad;
during World War I, organized U.S. military railroad
operations in France; two World War II army camps were named for
him.
Died, of apoplexy, in Radnor, Delaware
County, Pa., September
20, 1935 (age 69 years, 232
days).
Interment at Old
St. David's Churchyard Cemetery, Radnor, Pa.
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Maurice E. Connolly (1881-1935) —
of Corona, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y.; Forest Hills Gardens, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y.
Born in Corona, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y., 1881.
Son of Maurice Connolly and Mary Jane Connolly.
Democrat. Lawyer; borough
president of Queens, New York, 1911-28; resigned 1928; delegate
to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1912,
1916,
1924;
resigned
as borough president in April, 1928 during an investigation
of a sewer graft scandal;
convicted
in October 1928 of conspiracy to defraud
the city; sentenced
to one year in prison
and fined
$500; following an unsuccessful appeal, he served the prison
sentence in 1930-31.
Irish
ancestry.
Died, from a cerebral hemorrhage, in Forest Hills Gardens,
Queens, Queens
County, N.Y., November
24, 1935 (age about 54
years).
Interment at Mount
St. Mary Cemetery, Flushing, Queens, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of Maurice Connolly and Mary Jane Connolly; married to Helen M.
Connell; father of Helen F. Connolly (daughter-in-law of Leander
B. Faber). |
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J. W. Rufus Besson (c.1871-1936) —
of Tenafly, Bergen
County, N.J.
Born about 1871.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of New
Jersey state house of assembly, 1903-04; district judge in New
Jersey; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New Jersey,
1920.
French
Huguenot ancestry. Member, Sons of
the Revolution.
Died, following a series of apoplectic strokes, in Tenafly, Bergen
County, N.J., January
12, 1936 (age about 65
years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Oscar Kelly Allen (1882-1936) —
also known as O. K. Allen —
of Louisiana.
Born in a log
cabin in Winn
Parish, La., August 8,
1882.
Son of Asa Levi Allen and Sophronia (Perkins) Allen.
School
teacher; member of Louisiana
state senate; Governor of
Louisiana, 1932-36; died in office 1936.
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons.
Died, from a cerebral hemorrhage, in the Louisiana Governor's
mansion, Baton Rouge, East Baton
Rouge Parish, La., January
28, 1936 (age 53 years, 173
days).
Interment at Winnfield
Cemetery, Winnfield, La.
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Albert Cabell Ritchie (1876-1936) —
also known as Albert C. Ritchie —
of Baltimore,
Md.; Annapolis, Anne
Arundel County, Md.
Born in Richmond,
Va., August
29, 1876.
Son of Albert
Ritchie and Elizabeth Caskie (Cabell) Ritchie.
Democrat. Lawyer; Maryland
state attorney general, 1915-19; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Maryland, 1916
(member, Committee
on Rules and Order of Business), 1924,
1928;
Governor
of Maryland, 1920-35; defeated, 1934; candidate for Democratic
nomination for President, 1924,
1932.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Academy of Political and Social Science; Delta
Phi.
Died, of a parlytic stroke, in Baltimore,
Md., February
24, 1936 (age 59 years, 179
days).
Interment at Green
Mount Cemetery, Baltimore, Md.
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Waldo A. Evans (1869-1936) —
Born in Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind., November
26, 1869.
Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; Governor of
American Samoa; commander of Great Lakes Naval Training Station,
1922-25; Governor of
U.S. Virgin Islands; appointed 1927.
Died, following a stroke, in Des Moines, Polk
County, Iowa, April 15,
1936 (age 66 years, 141
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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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.
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 (age 60 years, 29
days).
Interment at Washtenong
Memorial Park, Ann Arbor Township, Washtenaw County, Mich.
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Theodore Jonathan Struve (1868-1936) —
also known as Theodore J. Struve; Yonathon Theodor
Struve —
of Haifa, Palestine (now Israel).
Born in Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y., November
2, 1868.
Son of Andrew Peter Struve (died 1906) and Friederika (Kuhn) Struve
(1841-1879).
Importing
business; U.S. Consular Agent in Haifa, 1906-16.
German
ancestry.
Died, from apoplexia, in Haifa, Palestine (now Israel),
October
10, 1936 (age 67 years, 343
days).
Interment at German Cemetery, Haifa, Israel.
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Russell Benedict (1859-1936) —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.; Great Neck Estates, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., November
25, 1859.
Son of Seth Williston Benedict (1803-1869) and Anna Elizabeth
(Russell) Benedict.
Republican. Lawyer; Justice of
New York Supreme Court 2nd District, 1912-25.
Member, American Bar
Association; Society
of Colonial Wars; Sons of
the Revolution.
Died, from a cerebral hemorrhage, in Great Neck Estates, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y., November
29, 1936 (age 77 years, 4
days).
Interment at Green-Wood
Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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David Glenn Moore (1873-1937) —
also known as D. Glenn Moore —
of Pennsylvania.
Born in Lawrence, Washington
County, Pa., November
1, 1873.
Member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 1924-30; Dry candidate for delegate to
Pennsylvania convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933.
Presbyterian.
Died of a heart
attack or stroke when he went down to check the furnace on
a chilly morning, in Washington, Washington
County, Pa., April 5,
1937 (age 63 years, 155
days).
Interment at City
Cemetery, Washington, Pa.
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Clarence W. Smith (1853-1937) —
of Wells, Hamilton
County, N.Y.; Johnstown, Fulton
County, N.Y.
Born in Jay, Essex
County, N.Y., October
19, 1853.
Son of Eli Smith and Mary (Atwood) Smith.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from Fulton and Hamilton counties, 1902-03; mayor
of Johnstown, N.Y., 1914-15, 1918-19.
Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows.
Died, from complications of a stroke, in Mount Stewart, Prince
Edward Island, June 24,
1937 (age 83 years, 248
days).
Interment at Central
Cemetery, Jay, N.Y.
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Relatives:
Married to Cora E. Bruce. |
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Paul Bonynge (c.1876-1937) —
of Mineola, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y.; Locust Valley, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., about 1876.
Son of Albert Bonynge and Louise (Latham) Bonynge.
Democrat. Lawyer; Justice of
New York Supreme Court 2nd District, 1933-37; died in office
1937; Justice of the Appellate Division of the New York Supreme Court
2nd Department, 1937; died in office 1937.
Suffered a cerebral hemorrhage, and died nine days later, in
Locust Valley, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y., June 29,
1937 (age about 61
years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to Anne C. Robinson. |
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James J. Dooling (1893-1937) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., July 2,
1893.
Son of Peter
Joseph Dooling and Mary (Flanagan) Dooling.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer;
leader of Tammany Hall, 1934-37; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from New York, 1936.
Catholic.
Irish
ancestry. Member, Tammany
Hall; Friendly
Sons of St. Patrick.
Died, of a stroke, in Belle Harbor, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y., July 26,
1937 (age 44 years, 24
days).
Interment at Calvary
Cemetery, Woodside, Queens, N.Y.
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Charles Fremont Amidon (1856-1937) —
of Fargo, Cass
County, N.Dak.
Born in Clymer, Chautauqua
County, N.Y., August
17, 1856.
Son of John Smith Amidon and Charlotte A. (Curtis) Amidon.
Lawyer;
U.S.
District Judge for North Dakota, 1896-1928; took senior status
1928.
Died, from tuberculosis
and a cerebral hemorrhage, in Tucson, Pima
County, Ariz., December
26, 1937 (age 81 years, 131
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Pierre P. Garven (1872-1938) —
also known as Pierre Prosper Garvin —
of Bayonne, Hudson
County, N.J.
Born in Bayonne, Hudson
County, N.J., June 9,
1872.
Republican. Lawyer; mayor of
Bayonne, N.J., 1906-10, 1915-19; alternate delegate to Republican
National Convention from New Jersey, 1916.
Suffered a stroke, and died soon after, in the Jersey City Medical
Center, Jersey City, Hudson
County, N.J., March 3,
1938 (age 65 years, 267
days).
Interment at Bayview
- New York Bay Cemetery, Jersey City, N.J.
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Heber Manning Wells (1859-1938) —
also known as Heber M. Wells —
of Utah.
Born in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake
County, Utah, August
11, 1859.
Republican. Candidate for mayor
of Salt Lake City, Utah, 1892; delegate to
Utah state constitutional convention, 1895; Governor of
Utah, 1896-1905; banker.
Mormon.
Died of a stroke, March 12,
1938 (age 78 years, 213
days).
Interment at Salt
Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Utah.
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Paul Martin Pearson (1871-1938) —
Born in Litchfield, Montgomery
County, Ill., October
22, 1871.
College
professor; author; Governor of
U.S. Virgin Islands, 1931-35; forced to
resign in July, 1935 during a Congressional investigation
of financial
mismanagement in the Islands government.
Suffered a stroke, and died a month later, March 26,
1938 (age 66 years, 155
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Charles Heling (1880-1938) —
of Lindenhurst, Suffolk
County, Long Island, N.Y.
Born in Babylon town, Suffolk
County, Long Island, N.Y., March 1,
1880.
Son of Valentine Heling (born 1844) and Catherina Heling.
Democrat. Undertaker;
contractor;
banker;
mayor
of Lindenhurst, N.Y., 1931-37; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from New York, 1932.
German
ancestry.
Suffered a stroke, and died a few hours later, in Lindenhurst,
Suffolk
County, Long Island, N.Y., June 21,
1938 (age 58 years, 112
days).
Interment at Breslau
Cemetery, North Lindenhurst, Long Island, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of Valentine Heling (born 1844) and Catherina Heling; married to
Elizabeth Wolter (1879-1915) and Josephine Roubal. |
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Benjamin Nathan Cardozo (1870-1938) —
also known as Benjamin N. Cardozo —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., May 24,
1870.
Son of Albert
Cardozo and Rebecca Washington (Nathan) Cardozo (died 1879).
Lawyer;
Justice
of New York Supreme Court 1st District, 1914-17; judge of
New York Court of Appeals, 1914-26; chief
judge of New York Court of Appeals, 1927-32; Justice
of U.S. Supreme Court, 1932-38.
Jewish.
Suffered a heart
attack in 1937, and a stroke in early 1938, and died a few
months later, in Port Chester, Westchester
County, N.Y., July 9,
1938 (age 68 years, 46
days).
Interment at Beth
Olom Cemetery, Glendale, Queens, N.Y.
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James Rockwell Sheffield (1864-1938) —
also known as James R. Sheffield —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Dubuque, Dubuque
County, Iowa, August
13, 1864.
Son of Frederick William Hotchkiss Sheffield and Sarah (Kellogg)
Sheffield.
Republican. Lawyer;
private secretary to U.S. Sen. William
B. Allison; member of New York
state assembly, 1904; delegate to Republican National Convention
from New York, 1916,
1920,
1924,
1936;
U.S. Ambassador to Mexico, 1924-27; delegate to
New York convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933.
English
and Scottish
ancestry. Member, Union
League.
Died, from a cerebral hemorrhage, in Saranac Inn, Franklin
County, N.Y., September
2, 1938 (age 74 years, 20
days).
Interment somewhere
in Utica, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of Frederick William Hotchkiss Sheffield and Sarah (Kellogg)
Sheffield; married, November
2, 1898, to Edith Tod (granddaughter of David
Tod). |
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Duncan T. O'Brien (1895-1938) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., March 28,
1895.
Son of Dr. Michael C. O'Brien.
Democrat. Secretary-treasurer, Amelia Island Fig Preserving
Company; insurance
broker; member of New York
state senate 19th District, 1923-38.
Catholic.
Irish
ancestry. Member, Knights
of Columbus; Elks; Redmen.
Died, of a cerebral hemorrhage, September
14, 1938 (age 43 years, 170
days).
Interment at St.
Raymond's Cemetery, Bronx, N.Y.
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Edward Dickinson Duffield (1871-1938) —
also known as Edward D. Duffield —
of South Orange, Essex
County, N.J.
Born in Princeton, Mercer
County, N.J., March 3,
1871.
Son of John Thomas Duffield and Sarah Elizabeth (Green) Duffield.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of New
Jersey state house of assembly, 1904-05; village
president of South Orange, New Jersey, 1917; delegate to
Republican National Convention from New Jersey, 1920,
1936;
president, Prudential Insurance
Company, 1922-38; acting
president, Princeton University, 1932-33; director, American Telephone
and Telegraph
Company.
Presbyterian.
Member, American Bar
Association.
Suffered a stroke, and died the next day, in South Orange, Essex
County, N.J., September
17, 1938 (age 67 years, 198
days).
Interment at Princeton
Cemetery, Princeton, N.J.
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Relatives: Son
of John Thomas Duffield and Sarah Elizabeth (Green) Duffield;
married, April 21,
1897, to Josephine Reade Curtis; married 1916 to Barbara
Freeman. |
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Charles D. Capelle (1882-1939) —
of Independence, Jackson
County, Mo.
Born August 5,
1882.
Son of John O. Capelle and Bettie (Duncan) Capelle.
Mayor
of Independence, Mo., 1922-24; member of Missouri
state house of representatives, 1933-34.
Died, from a cerebral hemorrhage, in Independence Sanitarium,
Independence, Jackson
County, Mo., May 14,
1939 (age 56 years, 282
days).
Interment at Oak
Grove Cemetery, Oak Grove, Mo.
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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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Alexander McIntyre Stirton (1872-1939) —
also known as Alexander M. Stirton —
of Michigan.
Born in Brooke Township, Lambton County, Ontario,
October
11, 1872.
Socialist. Candidate for Governor of
Michigan, 1908; candidate for Michigan
state board of education, 1909.
Methodist.
Suffered a stroke, and died eight months later, October
17, 1939 (age 67 years, 6
days).
Interment at Oakview
Cemetery, Royal Oak, Mich.
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Relatives:
Married to Bertha Williams. |
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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.
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 (age 74 years, 117
days).
Interment at Mountain
Park Cemetery, Wilkesboro, N.C.
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Relatives:
Married 1889
to Bessie R. McNeil. |
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Ernest Campbell Norvell (1870-1941) —
of Tennessee.
Born in Bedford
County, Tenn., December
16, 1870.
Republican. Member of Tennessee
state house of representatives, 1917-25.
Episcopalian.
Member, Junior
Order; Woodmen;
Odd
Fellows.
Died, of a cerebral hemorrhage, in Tracy City, Grundy
County, Tenn., December
28, 1941 (age 71 years, 12
days).
Interment at Tracy
City Cemetery, Tracy City, Tenn.
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Henry Hooper Blood (1872-1942) —
also known as Henry H. Blood —
of Utah.
Born in Kaysville, Davis
County, Utah, October
1, 1872.
Son of Allan Blood.
Democrat. Governor of
Utah, 1933-41.
Died, from a cerebral hemorrhage, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake
County, Utah, June 19,
1942 (age 69 years, 261
days).
Interment at Kaysville
City Cemetery, Kaysville, Utah.
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Ragnvald Anderson Nestos (1877-1942) —
of Minot, Ward
County, N.Dak.
Born in Voss, Norway,
April
12, 1877.
Son of Andres R. Nestos and Herborg (Saue) Nestos.
Republican. Naturalized U.S. citizen; lawyer;
member of North
Dakota state house of representatives, 1911-12; Ward
County State's Attorney, 1913-16; candidate in primary for U.S.
Senator from North Dakota, 1916, 1928; Governor of
North Dakota, 1921-25; defeated in primary, 1924.
Lutheran.
Norwegian
ancestry. Member, Phi
Delta Theta; Delta
Sigma Rho; Rotary.
Suffered a stroke, and died three days later, in a hospital
at Minot, Ward
County, N.Dak., July 15,
1942 (age 65 years, 94
days).
Interment at Sunset
Memorial Gardens, Minot, N.Dak.
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Frank Henry Buck (1887-1942) —
also known as Frank H. Buck —
of Vacaville, Solano
County, Calif.
Born near Vacaville, Solano
County, Calif., September
23, 1887.
Son of Frank Henry Buck and Annie Elizabeth (Stevenson) Buck.
Democrat. Lawyer; fruit
grower; director of oil and lumber
companies; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
California, 1928
(alternate), 1936,
1940;
U.S.
Representative from California 3rd District, 1933-42; died in
office 1942.
Presbyterian.
Member, Elks; Eagles; Theta
Delta Chi.
Died, of "apoplexy" (stroke), in Washington,
D.C., September
17, 1942 (age 54 years, 359
days).
Interment at Vacaville-Elmira
Cemetery, Vacaville, Calif.
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Henry W. Kiel (1871-1942) —
also known as "Father of the Municipal
Opera" —
of St.
Louis, Mo.
Born in St.
Louis, Mo., February
21, 1871.
Son of Henry F. Kiel and Minnie C. (Daues) Kiel.
Republican. Bricklayer;
brick
contractor; Presidential Elector for Missouri, 1908;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Missouri, 1912;
mayor
of St. Louis, Mo., 1913-25; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Missouri, 1932.
Lutheran.
Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; Knights
of Pythias; Moose; Royal
Arcanum.
The Municipal Auditorium in St. Louis was named for
him.
Died, from complications of a stroke, November
26, 1942 (age 71 years, 278
days).
Entombed in mausoleum at Oak
Grove Cemetery, St. Louis County, Mo.
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Boyle Workman (1868-1942) —
of Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif.
Born in Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., September
20, 1868.
Son of William
Henry Workman and Maria Elizabeth (Boyle) Workman (1847-1933).
Candidate for mayor
of Los Angeles, Calif., 1929.
Died, of a brain hemorrhage, in Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., December
25, 1942 (age 74 years, 96
days).
Interment at Evergreen
Cemetery, Los Angeles, Calif.
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James Robert Claiborne (1882-1944) —
also known as James R. Claiborne —
of St.
Louis, Mo.; University City, St. Louis
County, Mo.
Born in St.
Louis, Mo., June 22,
1882.
Son of James R. Claiborne and Frances 'Fannie' (Moore) Claiborne.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Missouri, 1933-37 (at-large 1933-35, 12th
District 1935-37).
Died, from a cerebral hemorrhage, in University City, St. Louis
County, Mo., February
16, 1944 (age 61 years, 239
days).
Interment at Oak
Grove Cemetery, St. Louis County, Mo.
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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.
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; member, U.S. Civil Service
Commission, 1932; 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 (age 66 years, 43
days).
Interment at Mountain
View Cemetery, Prescott, Ariz.
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William Taylor Daniels (1859-1944) —
of Iowa.
Born in Jackson
County, Ohio, September
23, 1859.
Republican. Farmer;
member of Iowa state
house of representatives, 1911-14.
Methodist.
Member, Odd
Fellows; Freemasons.
Died, of apoplexy (stroke), in Moulton, Appanoose
County, Iowa, May 4,
1944 (age 84 years, 224
days).
Interment at Oakland
Cemetery, Moulton, Iowa.
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Norman Hezekiah Davis (1878-1944) —
also known as Norman Davis —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Tullahoma, Coffee
County, Tenn.; Alexandria,
Va.
Born in Bedford
County, Tenn., August 9,
1878.
Son of Machin Hezekiah Davis and Christina Lee (Shofner) Davis.
Democrat. Banker;
Assistant Secretary of the Treasury, 1919-20; Undersecretary of
State, 1920-21; U.S. delegate to international conferences; delegate
to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1928;
U.S. Ambassador to , 1933-38; chairman, American Red Cross, 1938-44, and also of
International Red Cross, 1939-44.
Member, Council on
Foreign Relations.
Died, from a cerebral hemorrhage, in Hot Springs, Bath
County, Va., July 2,
1944 (age 65 years, 328
days).
Interment at Oakwood
Cemetery, Tullahoma, Tenn.
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Miles M. Callaghan (1868-1944) —
of Reed City, Osceola
County, Mich.
Born in Portland, Ionia
County, Mich., October
7, 1868.
Republican. Hardware
dealer; fruit
farmer; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Osceola District, 1929-36,
1943-44; resigned 1944; member of Michigan
state senate 28th District, 1937-40; defeated in primary, 1940;
charged
on January 22, 1944 (along with 19 other current and former state
legislators) with accepting
bribes; pleaded
guilty and testified against others.
Suffered a stroke, and died, in Reed City, Osceola
County, Mich., August
22, 1944 (age 75 years, 320
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Franklin Delano Roosevelt (1882-1945) —
also known as Franklin D. Roosevelt;
"F.D.R." —
of Hyde Park, Dutchess
County, N.Y.
Born in Hyde Park, Dutchess
County, N.Y., January
30, 1882.
Son of James Roosevelt (1828-1900) and Sara (Delano) Roosevelt
(1854-1941).
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of New York
state senate 26th District, 1911-13; resigned 1913; U.S.
Assistant Secretary of the Navy, 1913-20; candidate for Vice
President of the United States, 1920; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from New York, 1920,
1924,
1928;
contracted polio in the early 1920s; as a result, his legs were
paralyzed for the rest of his life; Governor of
New York, 1929-33; President
of the United States, 1933-45; died in office 1945; on February
15, 1933, in Miami, Fla., he and Chicago mayor Anton
J. Cermak were shot
at by Guiseppe Zangara; Cermak was hit and mortally wounded.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons;
Alpha
Delta Phi; Phi
Beta Kappa; Elks; Grange; Knights
of Pythias.
Served as president during the Depression and World War II. His
portrait appears on the U.S. dime
(ten
cent coin).
Died of a cerebral hemorrhage, in Warm Springs, Meriwether
County, Ga., April 12,
1945 (age 63 years, 72
days).
Interment at Roosevelt
Home, Hyde Park, N.Y.
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Relatives:
Second great-grandson of Edward
Hutchinson Robbins; son of James Roosevelt (1828-1900) and Sara
(Delano) Roosevelt (1854-1941); fourth cousin once removed of Theodore
Roosevelt (1858-1919); half-uncle of Helen
Roosevelt Robinson; married, March 17,
1905, to Anna
Eleanor Roosevelt (niece of Theodore
Roosevelt (1858-1919); first cousin of Corinne
Douglas Robinson); second cousin of Caroline Astor Drayton (who
married William
Phillips); first cousin of Warren
Delano Robbins and Katharine
Price Collier St. George; father of James
Roosevelt (1907-1991), Elliott
Roosevelt and Franklin
Delano Roosevelt, Jr.. See Livingston-Seymour-Lee-Williams
family of New York. |
| | | Cross-reference: Ross
T. McIntire — Milton
Lipson — W.
W. Howes — Bruce
Barton — Hamilton
Fish, Jr. — Joseph
W. Martin, Jr. — Samuel
I. Rosenman — Rexford
G. Tugwell — Raymond
Moley — Adolf
A. Berle — George
E. Allen — Lorence
E. Asman — Grenville
T. Emmet |
| | | See also National
Governors Association biography — Wikipedia
article — NNDB
dossier — Internet Movie Database
profile — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Books about Franklin D. Roosevelt:
James MacGregor Burns & Susan Dunn, The
Three Roosevelts: Patrician Leaders Who Transformed
America — Doris Kearns Goodwin, No
Ordinary Time : Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt: The Home Front in
World War II — Joseph Alsop & Roland Gelatt, FDR
: 1882-1945 — Bernard Bellush, Franklin
Roosevelt as Governor of New York — Robert H. Jackson,
That
Man : An Insider's Portrait of Franklin D. Roosevelt —
Jonas Klein, Beloved
Island : Franklin & Eleanor and the Legacy of
Campobello — Conrad Black, Franklin
Delano Roosevelt : Champion of Freedom — Charles
Peters, Five
Days in Philadelphia: The Amazing "We Want Willkie!" Convention of
1940 and How It Freed FDR to Save the Western World —
Steven Neal, Happy
Days Are Here Again : The 1932 Democratic Convention, the Emergence
of FDR--and How America Was Changed Forever — Karen
Bornemann Spies, Franklin
D. Roosevelt (for young readers) |
| | | Critical books about Franklin D.
Roosevelt: Jim Powell, FDR's
Folly: How Roosevelt and His New Deal Prolonged the Great
Depression — John T. Flynn, The
Roosevelt Myth |
| | | Fiction about Franklin D. Roosevelt:
Philip Roth, The
Plot Against America: A Novel |
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James Hobart Allport (1874-1945) —
also known as James H. Allport —
of Barnesboro, Cambria
County, Pa.
Born in Philipsburg, Centre
County, Pa., April 13,
1874.
Son of Dr. Hobart Allport (1848-1893) and Edith Susannah (Nevling)
Allport (1850-1919).
Republican. Engineer;
coal mining
business; brick and clay
tile manufacturer; banker;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1928,
1932.
Suffered a stroke, and died a week later, in the Philipsburg
State Hospital,
Philipsburg, Centre
County, Pa., June 11,
1945 (age 71 years, 59
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Henry Morgenthau (1856-1946) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Mannheim, Germany,
April
26, 1856.
Son of Lazarus Morgenthau and Babette (Guggenheim) Morgenthau.
Lawyer;
U.S. Ambassador to Turkey, 1913-16; director, Underwood Typewriter Company;
director, Equitable Life
Assurance Society of U.S.; president, Herald Square Realty
Company; director, Mt. Sinai Hospital.
Jewish.
Died following a cerebral hemorrhage, in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., November
25, 1946 (age 90 years, 213
days).
Interment at Mt.
Pleasant Cemetery, Hawthorne, N.Y.
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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, 1931-32; candidate for Connecticut
state house of representatives from Greenwich, 1932; editor of
Connecticut Bar Journal, 1943-44.
Died, of a cerebral hemorrhage, in Greenwich Hospital,
Greenwich, Fairfield
County, Conn., February
5, 1947 (age 53 years, 342
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Union
Cemetery, Greenwich, Conn.
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Henry Ford (1863-1947) —
of Dearborn, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Greenfield Township (now part of Detroit), Wayne
County, Mich., July 30,
1863.
Son of William Ford (1826-1905) and Mary (Litogot) Ford
(c.1839-1876).
Engineer;
inventor;
founder, Ford Motor
Company, 1903; candidate for Republican nomination for President,
1916;
Democratic candidate for U.S.
Senator from Michigan, 1918.
Episcopalian.
Scotch-Irish
and Belgian
ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons; Sigma
Alpha Epsilon.
Publisher, in 1919-27, of the Dearborn Independent newspaper,
which promoted anti-Semitic
ideas through articles such as "The International Jew: The World's
Problem," which were reprinted as pamphlets and books. In 1927, a libel
lawsuit against Ford over these writings led him to shut down
the paper and publicly recant
its contents.
Died, from a stroke, in Dearborn, Wayne
County, Mich., April 7,
1947 (age 83 years, 251
days).
Interment at Ford
Cemetery, Detroit, Mich.
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Relatives: Son
of William Ford (1826-1905) and Mary (Litogot) Ford (c.1839-1876);
married, April 11,
1888, to Clara Jane Bryant (1866-1950); uncle of Clarence
M. Ford. |
| | | Cross-reference: James
Couzens — Herman
Bernstein — Alfred
J. Murphy — Martin
C. Ansorge |
| | | Personal motto:
"Efficiency." |
| | | See also Wikipedia
article — NNDB
dossier — Internet Movie Database
profile |
| | | Books about Henry Ford: Douglas
Brinkley, Wheels
for the World : Henry Ford, His Company, and a Century of Progress,
1903-2003 — William A. Levinson, Henry
Ford's Lean Vision — Pat McCarthy, Henry
Ford : Building Cars for Everyone (for young
readers) — David Weitzman, Model
T : How Henry Ford Built a Legend (for young
readers) |
| | | Critical books about Henry Ford: Max
Wallace, The
American Axis : Henry Ford, Charles Lindbergh, and the Rise of the
Third Reich — Neil Baldwin, Henry
Ford and the Jews : The Mass Production of Hate |
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Henry de Forest Baldwin (1862-1947) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Clinton, Clinton
County, Iowa, November
7, 1862.
Son of Simeon Baldwin and Mary Sarah (Marvin) Baldwin.
Lawyer;
candidate for Justice of
New York Supreme Court 1st District, 1911.
Member, Council on
Foreign Relations; Skull and
Bones.
Died, following a stroke, in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., May 18,
1947 (age 84 years, 192
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Frank Austin Norton (1867-1947) —
also known as Frank Norton —
of Ypsilanti, Washtenaw
County, Mich.
Born in Ypsilanti, Washtenaw
County, Mich., June 1,
1867.
Son of Austin B. Norton and Sarah J. (Knapp) Norton.
Republican. Stonemason;
florist;
mayor
of Ypsilanti, Mich., 1912-14.
Methodist.
Died, from a stroke, while hospitalized for senile
psychosis, at Ypsilanti State Psychiatric
Hospital, York Township, Washtenaw
County, Mich., October
2, 1947 (age 80 years, 123
days).
Interment at Highland
Cemetery, Ypsilanti, Mich.
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William B. Baum (1856-1947) —
also known as Billy Baum —
of Saginaw, Saginaw
County, Mich.
Born in Frankenmuth, Saginaw
County, Mich., January
23, 1856.
Son of Martin B. Baum (1834-1890) and Katherina Baum (1835-1901).
Democrat. Hotel-keeper;
insurance
agent; mayor
of East Saginaw, Mich., 1888-90; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Saginaw County 1st District,
1893-94; mayor of
Saginaw, Mich., 1896-1904, 1906-08; defeated, 1915; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Michigan, 1904.
German
ancestry. Member, Elks; Knights
of Pythias; Freemasons;
Maccabees;
Foresters.
Died, of a cerebral hemorrhage, in Saginaw, Saginaw
County, Mich., October
23, 1947 (age 91 years, 273
days).
Interment at Forest
Lawn Cemetery, Saginaw, Mich.
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Relatives: Son
of Martin B. Baum (1834-1890) and Katherina Baum (1835-1901);
married, January
12, 1882, to Maria 'Mary' Schneckenberger (1855-1923); married 1924 to Nellie
J. Moore. |
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Lloyd Church (c.1890-1948) —
also known as "Lulu Lloyd" —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Norfolk,
Va., about 1890.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer; Justice of
New York Supreme Court 1st District, 1935-41, 1942-48; resigned
1941; died in office 1948; candidate for New York City Controller,
1941.
Episcopalian.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; Phi
Alpha Delta; Friendly
Sons of St. Patrick; Elks; Tammany
Hall.
Died, from a cerebral hemorrhage, on board the ocean
liner President Cleveland, en route from Yokohama to
Shanghai, in the North
Pacific Ocean, August 2,
1948 (age about 58
years).
Interment at Long
Island National Cemetery, near Farmingdale, Long Island, N.Y.
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Relatives:
Father of Lloyd Church, Jr. (Army lieutenant, killed in action in
Europe, 1945). |
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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 20th District, 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 (age 76 years, 253
days).
Interment at Cathedral
Cemetery, Scranton, Pa.
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Booker Dalton (1869-1948) —
of Stuart, Patrick
County, Va.
Born, in a log
house, in Patrick
County, Va., December
13, 1869.
Son of Willis Dalton (1836-1909) and Lucy Ann (Howell) Dalton
(1844-1916).
Farmer;
District Commissioner of Revenue, 1910-12, 1923-26; member of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1913-15; Patrick
County Commissioner of Revenue, 1927-39.
Primitive
Baptist.
Lost
one eye in an accident.
Died, from a stroke, in Stuart, Patrick
County, Va., December
13, 1948 (age 79 years, 0
days).
Interment at Stuart
Cemetery, Stuart, Va.
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Relatives: Son
of Willis Dalton (1836-1909) and Lucy Ann (Howell) Dalton
(1844-1916); married, February
14, 1894, to Lilla Susan Shockley (1875-1970); father of Grady
W. Dalton. |
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Charles Merritt McFatridge (1871-1949) —
of Moravia, Appanoose
County, Iowa.
Born in Monroe
County, Iowa, August
14, 1871.
Real
estate and insurance
business; member of Iowa state
house of representatives, 1937.
Member, Freemasons.
Died, of cerebral thrombosis, in Moravia, Appanoose
County, Iowa, January
1, 1949 (age 77 years, 140
days).
Interment at Hillcrest
Cemetery, Moravia, Iowa.
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Herron Dennis Murphree (1886-1949) —
also known as H. Dennis Murphree —
of Mississippi.
Born in Pittsboro, Calhoun
County, Miss., January
6, 1886.
Lieutenant
Governor of Mississippi, 1927, 1943; Governor of
Mississippi, 1927-28, 1943-44.
Died of a stroke, February
9, 1949 (age 63 years, 34
days).
Interment at Pittsboro
Cemetery, Pittsboro, Miss.
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Charles Dewey Hilles (1867-1949) —
also known as Charles D. Hilles —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Belmont
County, Ohio, June 23,
1867.
Son of Samuel Hilles and Elizabeth (Lee) Hilles.
Republican. Secretary to President William
Howard Taft, 1911-12; Chairman of
Republican National Committee, 1912-16; delegate to Republican
National Convention from New York, 1916
(member, Arrangements
Committee; speaker),
1920,
1924,
1928,
1932,
1936,
1940;
member of Republican
National Committee from New York, 1924-38; Vice-Chair
of Republican National Committee, 1925; delegate to
New York convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933.
Member, Loyal
Legion.
Suffered a stroke, and died two months later, in Speonk, Suffolk
County, Long Island, N.Y., August
27, 1949 (age 82 years, 65
days).
Cremated.
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Relatives:
Married 1896
to Dollie Bell Whiley (died 1949). |
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Henry Justin Allen (1868-1950) —
also known as Henry J. Allen —
of Wichita, Sedgwick
County, Kan.
Born in Pittsfield, Warren
County, Pa., September
11, 1868.
Son of John Allen and Rebecca (Goodin) Allen.
Republican. Newspaper
editor and publisher; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Kansas, 1912,
1936;
Governor
of Kansas, 1919-23; U.S.
Senator from Kansas, 1929-30; defeated, 1930.
Methodist.
Member, Delta
Tau Delta; Kiwanis.
Inducted to the Kansas Newspaper Hall of
Fame.
Died of cerebral thrombosis, in Wichita, Sedgwick
County, Kan., January
17, 1950 (age 81 years, 128
days).
Interment at Maple
Grove Cemetery, Wichita, Kan.
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Charles A. Harwood (1880-1950) —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.; Harrison, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., 1880.
Son of Israel Harwood and Johanna Harwood.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from Kings County 10th District, 1910; U.S.
District Judge for Canal Zone, 1937-38; Governor of
U.S. Virgin Islands, 1941-46.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Legion; Phi
Beta Kappa; Delta
Kappa Epsilon; Freemasons;
Shriners.
Died, from a cerebral hemorrhage, in Harrison, Westchester
County, N.Y., October
23, 1950 (age about 70
years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Dennis Joseph Dougherty (1865-1951) —
also known as Dennis Dougherty —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in Ashland, Schuylkill
County, Pa., August
16, 1865.
Son of Patrick Dougherty and Bridget (Henry) Dougherty.
Catholic
priest; bishop of Buffalo, N.Y., 1916-18; archbishop of
Philadelphia, Pa., 1918-51; cardinal, 1921-51; speaker, Democratic National Convention, 1948 ;
speaker, Republican National Convention, 1948.
Catholic.
Irish
ancestry.
Died, from a stroke, in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., May 31,
1951 (age 85 years, 288
days).
Entombed at Cathedral
Basilica of Sts. Peter and Paul, Philadelphia, Pa.
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Ella Alexander Boole (1858-1952) —
also known as Ella A. Boole; Ella
Alexander —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Van Wert, Van Wert
County, Ohio, July 26,
1858.
Daughter of Col. Isaac N. Alexander and Rebecca (Alban) Alexander.
President, Women's Christian Temperance Union; candidate for U.S.
Senator from New York, 1920 (Republican primary), 1920
(Prohibition); Dry candidate for delegate to
New York convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933.
Female.
Member, Women's
Christian Temperance Union.
Died, of a stroke, in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., March 13,
1952 (age 93 years, 231
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married, July 3,
1883, to Rev. William H. Boole (died 1896). |
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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.
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 (age 58 years, 59
days).
Interment at Chestnut
Grove Cemetery, Jacksonville, Md.
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William Little Frierson (1868-1953) —
also known as William L. Frierson —
of Chattanooga, Hamilton
County, Tenn.
Born in Shelbyville, Bedford
County, Tenn., September
3, 1868.
Son of Robert Payne Frierson (1843-1893) and Mary (Little) Frierson.
Lawyer;
mayor
of Chattanooga, Tenn., 1905-07; U.S. Solicitor General,
1920-21.
Member, American Bar
Association.
Died, from a cerebral hemorrhage, in Chattanooga, Hamilton
County, Tenn., May 25,
1953 (age 84 years, 264
days).
Interment at Forest
Hills Cemetery, Chattanooga, Tenn.
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Bernard Samuel (1880-1954) —
also known as Barney Samuel —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., March 9,
1880.
Son of Samuel Samuel and Christina (Streeton) Samuel.
Mayor
of Philadelphia, Pa., 1941-52; speaker, Republican National Convention, 1948 ;
speaker, Democratic National Convention, 1948.
Died, from a stroke, in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., January
12, 1954 (age 73 years, 309
days).
Interment at Arlington
Cemetery, Drexel Hill, Pa.
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Clyde Roark Hoey (1877-1954) —
also known as Clyde R. Hoey —
of Shelby, Cleveland
County, N.C.
Born in Shelby, Cleveland
County, N.C., December
11, 1877.
Son of Samuel Alberta Hoey and Mary Charlotte (Roark) Hoey.
Democrat. Newspaper
editor; lawyer;
member of North
Carolina state house of representatives, 1899-1902; member of North
Carolina state senate, 1903-06; U.S.
Representative from North Carolina 9th District, 1919-21; Governor of
North Carolina, 1937-41; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from North Carolina, 1940,
1944,
1948,
1952;
member of Democratic
National Committee from North Carolina, 1941-44; U.S.
Senator from North Carolina, 1945-54; died in office 1954; member, Commission on
Intergovernmental Relations, 1953-54; died in office 1954.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; Woodmen;
Junior
Order; Knights
of Pythias; Omicron
Delta Kappa; Sigma
Chi.
Died from a stroke, at his desk in his congressional office,
in Washington,
D.C., May 12,
1954 (age 76 years, 152
days).
Interment at Sunset
Cemetery, Shelby, N.C.
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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.
Democrat. Lawyer;
criminal court judge in New Jersey, 1929-34; district judge in New
Jersey, 1934; served in the U.S. Coast Guard during World War II; delegate
to New Jersey state constitutional convention from Hudson County,
1947; mayor
of Jersey City, N.J., 1947-49; defeated, 1949; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from New Jersey, 1948.
Catholic.
Member, Amvets; American Bar
Association.
Died, of cerebral thrombosis, in Jersey City Medical
Center, Jersey City, Hudson
County, N.J., July 8,
1954 (age 53 years, 136
days).
Interment at Holy
Name Cemetery, Jersey City, N.J.
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Relatives:
Nephew of Frank
Hague; married to Mary L. McDonald. |
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Robert T. Oestreicher (1897-1955) —
of Columbus, Franklin
County, Ohio.
Born in Nelsonville, Athens
County, Ohio, February
28, 1897.
Automobile
dealer; mayor
of Columbus, Ohio, 1953.
Christian
Reformed.
Died, of cerebral thrombosis, in Columbus, Franklin
County, Ohio, February
19, 1955 (age 57 years, 356
days).
Interment at Green
Lawn Cemetery, Columbus, Ohio.
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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.
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 (age 87 years, 109
days).
Interment at Houston
Cemetery, Houston, Mo.
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Edward Arnold (1890-1956) —
also known as Gunther Edward Arnold Schneider —
of Encino, Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., February
18, 1890.
Son of Carl Schneider and Elizabeth (Ohse) Schneider.
Republican. Actor;
appeared in more than 150 movies,
most during 1932-56; president,
Screen Actors Guild, 1940-42; candidate for Presidential Elector for
California, 1944.
German
ancestry. Member, Screen
Actors Guild.
Died, from a cerebral hemorrhage, in Encino, Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., April 26,
1956 (age 66 years, 68
days).
Interment at San
Fernando Mission Cemetery, San Fernando, Calif.
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James Middleton Cox (1870-1957) —
also known as James M. Cox —
of Dayton, Montgomery
County, Ohio.
Born in Jacksonburgh, Butler
County, Ohio, March 31,
1870.
Son of Gilbert Cox and Eliza A. Cox.
Democrat. Newspaper
publisher; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 3rd District, 1909-13; Governor of
Ohio, 1913-15, 1917-21; defeated, 1914; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Ohio, 1916;
candidate for President
of the United States, 1920.
Episcopalian
or Brethren.
Suffered a stroke, and died three days later, in Dayton, Montgomery
County, Ohio, July 15,
1957 (age 87 years, 106
days).
Interment at Woodland
Cemetery, Dayton, Ohio.
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Alfred Egidio Modarelli (1898-1957) —
also known as Alfred E. Modarelli —
of Union City, Hudson
County, N.J.
Born in Union City, Hudson
County, N.J., November
27, 1898.
Son of Michael Modarelli and Rosa C. (Ricciulli) Modarelli.
Lawyer;
municipal judge in New Jersey, 1925-34; U.S.
Attorney for New Jersey, 1948-51; U.S.
District Judge for New Jersey, 1951-57; died in office 1957.
Member, American
Legion; Elks; American Bar
Association.
Suffered a stroke, and died four hours later, in Christ Hospital,
Jersey City, Hudson
County, N.J., September
22, 1957 (age 58 years, 299
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Charles G. Johnson (1880-1957) —
also known as Gus Johnson —
of Sacramento, Sacramento
County, Calif.
Born October
12, 1880.
Republican. California
state treasurer, 1923-56; resigned 1956; alternate delegate to
Republican National Convention from California, 1932.
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 (age 77 years, 2
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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George W. Merck (1894-1957) —
of West Orange, Essex
County, N.J.; Rupert, Bennington
County, Vt.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., March 29,
1894.
Son of George Merck and Friedrike (Schenck) Merck.
Republican. Chemist;
president (1925-49) and chairman (1949-57), Merck & Co., pharmaceutical
makers; delegate to Republican National Convention from New Jersey,
1948;
alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Vermont, 1956.
Suffered a cerebral hemorrhage, and died the next day, in
Orange Memorial Hospital,
Orange, Essex
County, N.J., November
9, 1957 (age 63 years, 225
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Minor L. Moore (1876-1958) —
of California.
Born in Waco, McLennan
County, Tex., December
5, 1876.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from California, 1928;
candidate for U.S.
Senator from California, 1928; superior court judge in
California, 1931-39; Judge,
California Court of Appeal, 1939-58; died in office 1958.
Suffered a stroke, and died about two months later, in a sanitarium
in Sunland, Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., January
4, 1958 (age 81 years, 30
days).
Interment at Forest
Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, Calif.
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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.
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 (age 84 years, 242
days).
Interment at Crown
Hill Cemetery, Indianapolis, Ind.
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Joseph Edward Davies (1876-1958) —
also known as Joseph E. Davies —
of Wisconsin; Washington,
D.C.; Palm Beach, Palm Beach
County, Fla.
Born in Watertown, Jefferson
County, Wis., November
29, 1876.
Son of Edward Davies and Rahel (Paynter) Davies.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Democratic
National Committee from Wisconsin, 1912; law partner of Timothy
T. Ansberry; member,
Federal Trade Commission, 1915-18; chair, Federal Trade
Commission, 1915-16; economic advisor to President Woodrow
Wilson at the Paris peace conference after World War I; candidate
for U.S.
Senator from Wisconsin, 1918; Vice-Chair
of Democratic National Committee, 1936; U.S. Ambassador to Soviet Union, 1936-38; Belgium, 1938-39; U.S. Minister to Luxembourg, 1938-39.
Congregationalist.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; Delta
Upsilon; Sigma
Delta Chi.
Died, of bronchial
pneumonia following a stroke, in Washington,
D.C., May 9,
1958 (age 81 years, 161
days).
Entombed at Washington
National Cathedral, Washington, D.C.
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Albert Cohn (c.1885-1959) —
of Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born about 1885.
Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from
New York, 1928;
Justice
of New York Supreme Court 1st District, 1929-55; appointed 1929;
Justice of the Appellate Division of the New York Supreme Court 1st
Department, 1936-49.
Jewish.
Died, from a stroke, in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., January
8, 1959 (age about 74
years).
Interment at Cypress
Hills Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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Relatives:
Married to Dora Marcus; father of Roy M. Cohn (1927-1986; lawyer and
associate of U.S. Sen. Joseph
R. McCarthy). |
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Vernal Rosecranz Davy (1862-1959) —
also known as V. R. Davy —
of Evart, Osceola
County, Mich.
Born in Warren, Macomb
County, Mich., August
17, 1862.
Son of Isaiah Josiah Davy (1822-1891) and Sophronia (Denison) Davy
(1827-1920).
Republican. Merchant;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Michigan, 1912.
Died, of a cerebral embolism, April 19,
1959 (age 96 years, 245
days).
Interment at Forest
Hill Cemetery, Evart, Mich.
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Leslie Aris Wikel (1884-1959) —
also known as Leslie A. Wikel —
of Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich.
Born in Union City, Randolph
County, Ind., November
19, 1884.
Son of Wiley Wikel and Lola Wikel.
Democrat. Druggist;
candidate in primary for Michigan
state senate 12th District, 1948; candidate for mayor
of Ann Arbor, Mich., 1949.
Died, following a stroke, in Whitehall Convalescent
Home, Pittsfield Township, Washtenaw
County, Mich., June 9,
1959 (age 74 years, 202
days).
Interment at Forest
Hill Cemetery, Ann Arbor, Mich.
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Relatives:
Married to Lucy L. Goodlander. |
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Richard Lewis Neuberger (1912-1960) —
also known as Richard L. Neuberger —
of Portland, Multnomah
County, Ore.
Born in Portland, Multnomah
County, Ore., December
26, 1912.
Son of Isaac Neuberger and Ruth (Lewis) Neuberger.
Democrat. Newspaper
reporter; member of Oregon
state house of representatives, 1941-42; served in the U.S. Army
during World War II; member of Oregon
state senate 13th District, 1948-54; U.S.
Senator from Oregon, 1955-60; died in office 1960; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Oregon, 1956
(delegation chair).
Jewish.
Member, Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Grange.
Died of a cerebral hemorrhage, in Portland, Multnomah
County, Ore., March 9,
1960 (age 47 years, 74
days).
Interment at Beth
Israel Cemetery, Portland, Ore.
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Ray Atherton (1883-1960) —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Brookline, Norfolk
County, Mass., March 28,
1883.
Architect;
Foreign Service officer; U.S. Minister to Bulgaria, 1937-39; Denmark, 1939-40; Luxembourg, 1943; Canada, 1943; U.S. Ambassador to Canada, 1943-48.
Died, of a cerebral hemorrhage, in Washington,
D.C., March 14,
1960 (age 76 years, 352
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to Maude Honeywell. |
| | | See also NNDB
dossier |
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Reeve Schley (1881-1960) —
of Far Hills, Somerset
County, N.J.
Born in Canandaigua, Ontario
County, N.Y., April 28,
1881.
Son of William T. Schley.
Republican. Lawyer; banker;
delegate to Republican National Convention from New Jersey, 1936,
1940,
1944;
Lend-Lease Administrator in charge of Soviet supplies, 1942.
Died, of a cerebral hemorrhage, in Far Hills, Somerset
County, N.J., June 26,
1960 (age 79 years, 59
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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John Dob Blanton (1870-1960) —
also known as John D. Blanton —
of Marion, McDowell
County, N.C.
Born in Dysartville, McDowell
County, N.C., November
12, 1870.
Son of William Miller Blanton (1832-1916) and Josephine (Setzer)
Blanton (1839-1925).
Democrat. Merchant;
member of North
Carolina state senate 27th District, 1935.
Baptist.
Died, from a cerebrovascular accident, in Marion General Hospital,
Marion, Marion
County, S.C., July 3,
1960 (age 89 years, 234
days).
Interment at Oak Grove Cemetery, Marion, N.C.
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John Berridge McCuish (1906-1962) —
also known as John McCuish —
of Newton, Harvey
County, Kan.
Born in Leadville, Lake
County, Colo., June 22,
1906.
Republican. Newspaper
editor; delegate to Republican National Convention from Kansas,
1936,
1948;
Lieutenant
Governor of Kansas, 1955-57; Governor of
Kansas, 1957.
Died, of a stroke, in Newton, Harvey
County, Kan., March 12,
1962 (age 55 years, 263
days).
Interment at Greenwood
Cemetery, Newton, Kan.
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Henry Fountain Ashurst (1874-1962) —
also known as Henry F. Ashurst; "The Cowboy
Senator"; "Fountain"; "Dean of
Inconsistency"; "Five-Syllable Henry";
"Silver-Tongued Sunbeam of the Painted
Desert" —
of Prescott, Yavapai
County, Ariz.
Born near Winnemucca, Humboldt
County, Nev., September
13, 1874.
Son of William Henry Ashurst and Sarah Elizabeth (Bogard) Ashurst.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Arizona
territorial House of Representatives, 1896; member of Arizona
territorial senate, 1902; Coconino
County District Attorney, 1905-08; delegate to
Arizona state constitutional convention, 1911; U.S.
Senator from Arizona, 1912-41.
Catholic.
Famed for saying "No senator can change his mind quicker than I." Actor
in cameo role in the 1962 movie
Advise & Consent.
Suffered a stroke, and died two weeks later, in Georgetown
University Hospital,
Washington,
D.C., May 31,
1962 (age 87 years, 260
days).
Interment at Mountain
View Cemetery, Prescott, Ariz.
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Fred Christian Fischer (1879-1963) —
also known as Fred C. Fischer —
of Belleville, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Flat Rock, Wayne
County, Mich., November
12, 1879.
Son of Fred Fischer and Eleanor (Alexander) Fischer.
Republican. School teacher
and principal; alternate delegate to Republican National
Convention from Michigan, 1920;
candidate in primary for U.S.
Representative from Michigan 16th District, 1934; Wayne
County Superintendent of Schools, 1935-54.
Methodist.
German
ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Odd
Fellows.
A library in Belleville, Michigan, and an elementary school in
Taylor, Michigan, are named for
him.
Died, from a stroke, in St. Joseph's Hospital,
Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich., 1963
(age about
83 years).
Interment at Hillside
Cemetery, Belleville, Mich.
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Bernard J. Berry (1913-1963) —
of Jersey City, Hudson
County, N.J.
Born in Jersey City, Hudson
County, N.J., July 3,
1913.
Democrat. Mayor
of Jersey City, N.J., 1953-57; defeated, 1957, 1961; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from New Jersey, 1956.
Catholic.
Member, Knights
of Columbus.
Died, from a cerebral hemorrhage, in St. Francis Hospital,
Jersey City, Hudson
County, N.J., January
6, 1963 (age 49 years, 187
days).
Interment at Holy
Name Cemetery, Jersey City, N.J.
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Edward Francis Feely (1880-1964) —
also known as Edward F. Feely —
of Washington,
D.C.
Born in Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y., March 6,
1880.
Son of Dennis C. Feely and Katherine (Fleming) Feely.
Republican. Exporter;
U.S. Minister to Bolivia, 1930-33.
Member, Council on
Foreign Relations; Delta
Kappa Epsilon; Theta
Nu Epsilon.
Died of a stroke, at St. Mary's Hospital,
Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y., August
30, 1964 (age 84 years, 177
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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James Joseph Broderick (1887-1964) —
also known as James J. Broderick —
of Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., August 5,
1887.
Son of Patrick Broderick and Mary (Gallagher) Broderick.
Republican. Candidate for New York
state senate 21st District, 1936; member of New York
Republican State Committee, 1950; delegate to Republican National
Convention from New York, 1952
(alternate), 1956.
Catholic.
Irish
ancestry.
Died, of a stroke, in Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y., September
28, 1964 (age 77 years, 54
days).
Interment at Calvary
Cemetery, Woodside, Queens, N.Y.
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Relatives:
Married to May Flanagan. |
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Seth Gordon Persons (1902-1965) —
also known as Gordon Persons —
of Alabama.
Born in Montgomery, Montgomery
County, Ala., February
5, 1902.
Democrat. Governor of
Alabama, 1951-55.
Died, of a stroke, in Montgomery, Montgomery
County, Ala., May 29,
1965 (age 63 years, 113
days).
Interment at Greenwood
Cemetery, Montgomery, Ala.
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Frank Edward Jarvis (1883-1966) —
of Winfield, Cowley
County, Kan.
Born in Winfield, Cowley
County, Kan., November
23, 1883.
Mayor
of Winfield, Kan., 1941.
Died, of a stroke, in Winfield, Cowley
County, Kan., November
21, 1966 (age 82 years, 363
days).
Interment at Highland
Cemetery, Winfield, Kan.
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Max Jacob Bierschwale (1887-1967) —
also known as Max J. Bierschwale —
of Fredericksburg, Gillespie
County, Tex.
Born in Fredericksburg, Gillespie
County, Tex., January
4, 1887.
Son of William Bierschwale (1858-1932) and Lina (Jung) Bierschwale
(1861-1944).
Republican. Insurance
business; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Texas 21st District, 1936, 1938; chair of
Gillespie County Republican Party, 1950.
Catholic.
German
ancestry.
Died, following a series of strokes, due to arteriosclerotic
heart disease, in the Kopp Nursing
Home, near Fredericksburg, Gillespie
County, Tex., May 27,
1967 (age 80 years, 143
days).
Interment at St.
Mary Cemetery, Fredericksburg, Tex.
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Harry Hines Woodring (1890-1967) —
also known as Harry H. Woodring —
of Neodesha, Wilson
County, Kan.; Topeka, Shawnee
County, Kan.
Born in Elk City, Montgomery
County, Kan., May 31,
1890.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; Governor of
Kansas, 1931-33; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Kansas, 1936,
1940,
1948;
U.S.
Secretary of War, 1936-40.
Congregationalist.
Member, American
Legion.
Suffered a stroke while recovering from burns, and
died in Topeka, Shawnee
County, Kan., September
9, 1967 (age 77 years, 101
days).
Interment at Mt.
Hope Cemetery, Topeka, Kan.
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Charlotta Amanda Spears Bass (1874-1969) —
also known as Charlotta Bass —
of California.
Born February
14, 1874.
Editor and
publisher of the California Eagle, 1912-1951.; Independent
Progressive candidate for U.S.
Representative from California 14th District, 1950; Progressive
candidate for Vice
President of the United States, 1952.
Female.
African
ancestry.
Died, of a cerebral hemorrhage, at the Su Ray Convalescent
Home, Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., April 12,
1969 (age 95 years, 57
days).
Interment at Evergreen
Cemetery, Los Angeles, Calif.
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Joseph Patrick Kennedy, Sr. (1888-1969) —
also known as Joseph P. Kennedy; Joe
Kennedy —
of Brookline, Norfolk
County, Mass.; Bronxville, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., September
6, 1888.
Son of Mary Augusta (Hickey) Kennedy (1857-1923) and Patrick
Joseph Kennedy (1858-1929).
Supervisor of the shipyard
at Quincy, Mass.; banker; stockbroker;
owner and financier of movie
studios in the 1920s; organized the merger that created
Radio-Keith-Orpheum (RKO) in 1928; chair, U.S. Securities and
Exchange Commission, 1934-35; U.S. Ambassador to Great Britain, 1938-40.
Catholic.
Irish
ancestry.
Died, of complications from a stroke, in Hyannis Port,
Barnstable, Barnstable
County, Mass., November
18, 1969 (age 81 years, 73
days).
Interment at Holyhood
Cemetery, Brookline, Mass.
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Relatives: Son
of Mary Augusta (Hickey) Kennedy (1857-1923) and Patrick
Joseph Kennedy (1858-1929); married, October
7, 1914, to Rose Elizabeth Fitzgerald (1890-1995; daughter of John
Francis Fitzgerald); father of Joseph
Patrick Kennedy, Jr., John
Fitzgerald Kennedy, Eunice Mary Kennedy (1921-2009; who married
Robert
Sargent Shriver, Jr.), Patricia
Kennedy Lawford, Robert
Francis Kennedy, Jean
Kennedy Smith and Edward
Moore Kennedy; grandfather of Kathleen
Kennedy Townsend, Joseph
Patrick Kennedy II, Mark
Kennedy Shriver and Patrick
Joseph Kennedy (1967-). See Kennedy
family of Massachusetts and New York. |
| | | See also Wikipedia
article — NNDB
dossier — Internet Movie Database
profile — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Books about Joseph P. Kennedy: Richard
J. Whalen, The
Founding Father : The Story of Joseph P. Kennedy, A Study in Power,
Wealth, and Family Ambition |
| | | Critical books about Joseph P. Kennedy:
Ronald Kessler, The
Sins of the Father : Joseph P. Kennedy and the Dynasty He
Founded — Ted Schwarz, Joseph
P. Kennedy : The Mogul, the Mob, the Statesman, and the Making of an
American Myth |
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Adolf Augustus Berle, Jr. (1895-1971) —
also known as Adolf A. Berle; A. A. Berle —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., January
29, 1895.
Son of Adolf Augustus Berle (born 1866; clergyman) and Augusta
(Wright) Berle.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer; economist;
law
professor; member of the "Brain Trust" which advised President Franklin
D. Roosevelt; American Labor candidate for delegate
to New York state constitutional convention at-large, 1937; U.S.
Ambassador to Brazil, 1945-46.
Congregationalist.
Member, American
Academy of Arts and Sciences; Council on
Foreign Relations; American
Philosophical Society; Phi
Beta Kappa.
Died, from a stroke, in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., February
17, 1971 (age 76 years, 19
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Walter Augustus Huxman (1887-1972) —
also known as Walter Huxman —
of Hutchinson, Reno
County, Kan.
Born near Pretty Prairie, Reno
County, Kan., February
16, 1887.
Democrat. Lawyer;
candidate for justice of
Kansas state supreme court, 1928; Governor of
Kansas, 1937-39; Judge of
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit, 1939-57; took senior
status 1957.
Disciples
of Christ.
Suffered an apparent stroke and died in a hospital
at Topeka, Shawnee
County, Kan., June 25,
1972 (age 85 years, 130
days).
Interment at Memorial
Park Cemetery, Topeka, Kan.
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Charles Albert Sink (1879-1972) —
also known as Charles A. Sink —
of Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich.
Born in Westernville, Oneida
County, N.Y., July 4,
1879.
Son of Herman Sink and Caroline (Gleasman) Sink.
Republican. Member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Washtenaw County 1st
District, 1919-20, 1925-26; member of Michigan
state senate 12th District, 1921-22, 1927-30; candidate in
primary for Lieutenant
Governor of Michigan, 1932; member of Michigan
Republican State Central Committee, 1936; alternate delegate to
Republican National Convention from Michigan, 1948.
Congregationalist.
Member, Rotary; Freemasons;
Acacia;
Phi
Mu Alpha; Phi
Kappa Phi.
Died, from a stroke, in St. Joseph Mercy Hospital,
Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich., December
17, 1972 (age 93 years, 166
days).
Entombed at Washtenong
Memorial Park, Ann Arbor Township, Washtenaw County, Mich.
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Robert Keaton Christenberry (1899-1973) —
also known as Robert K. Christenberry —
of Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio; Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.; Peoria, Peoria
County, Ill.; Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Fort Lauderdale, Broward
County, Fla.
Born in Huntingdon, Carroll
County, Tenn., January
27, 1899.
Son of William Calvin Christenberry and Rebecca Arminta (Keaton)
Christenberry.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War I; lost his
right hand and wrist in a grenade explosion; U.S. Vice Consul in
Vladivostok, 1919; hotel
manager and executive; candidate for mayor
of New York City, N.Y., 1957; New York City postmaster, 1958-66.
Presbyterian.
Member, Disabled
American Veterans; American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Jesters.
Suffered a stroke, and died two months later, in Methodist Hospital,
Memphis, Shelby
County, Tenn., April 13,
1973 (age 74 years, 76
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Cecil Rhodes King (1898-1974) —
also known as Cecil R. King —
of Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif.; Inglewood, Los Angeles
County, Calif.
Born in Fort Niagara, Niagara
County, N.Y., January
13, 1898.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; member of California
state assembly, 1933-35, 1937-42; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from California, 1940,
1944,
1948
(alternate), 1960,
1964;
U.S.
Representative from California 17th District, 1942-69.
Died of a stroke at a convalescent
hospital in Inglewood, Los Angeles
County, Calif., March 17,
1974 (age 76 years, 63
days).
Interment at Inglewood
Park Cemetery, Inglewood, Calif.
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Frank Smithwick Hogan (1902-1974) —
also known as Frank S. Hogan; "Mr.
Integrity" —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Waterbury, New Haven
County, Conn., January
17, 1902.
Democrat. Lawyer; New
York County District Attorney, 1941-73; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from New York, 1944,
1952,
1956,
1960,
1964;
candidate for U.S.
Senator from New York, 1958.
Catholic.
Irish
ancestry. Member, American Bar
Association.
Died, following lung
cancer surgery and a stroke, in St. Luke's Hospital,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., April 2,
1974 (age 72 years, 75
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Burton Kendall Wheeler (1882-1975) —
also known as Burton K. Wheeler —
of Butte, Silver Bow
County, Mont.
Born in Hudson, Middlesex
County, Mass., February
27, 1882.
Lawyer;
member of Montana
state house of representatives, 1911-13; U.S.
Attorney for Montana, 1913-18; U.S.
Senator from Montana, 1923-47; candidate for Governor of
Montana, 1920; Progressive candidate for Vice
President of the United States, 1924; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Montana, 1932,
1936,
1940.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Elks.
Died, from a stroke, in 1975
(age about
93 years).
Interment at Rock
Creek Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Jesse Ormondroyd (1897-1975) —
of Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich.
Born in Pennsylvania, February
7, 1897.
Son of Herbert Ormondroyd and Jeannette (Wrighton) Ormondroyd.
Democrat. Professor
of mechanical
engineering, University of Michigan; candidate for mayor
of Ann Arbor, Mich., 1953.
Died, following a stroke, at St. Joseph Mercy Hospital,
Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich., February
6, 1975 (age 77 years, 364
days).
Cremated.
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Relatives:
Married to Kathleen Felton. |
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Philip Bancroft (1881-1975) —
of San
Francisco, Calif.; Walnut Creek, Contra
Costa County, Calif.
Born in San
Francisco, Calif., June 30,
1881.
Son of Hubert Howe Bancroft and Matilda Cooley (Griffing) Bancroft.
Republican. Lawyer;
delegate to Republican National Convention from California, 1908,
1936;
served in the U.S. Army during World War I; farmer;
Republican candidate for U.S.
Senator from California, 1938, 1944 (primary).
Member, American
Legion; Farm
Bureau; Grange; Rotary.
Suffered a stroke and died three days later, in Walnut Creek,
Contra
Costa County, Calif., August
11, 1975 (age 94 years, 42
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Neal Shaw Blaisdell (1902-1975) —
also known as Neal S. Blaisdell —
of Honolulu, Island of Oahu, Honolulu
County, Hawaii.
Born in Honolulu, Island of Oahu, Honolulu
County, Hawaii, November
6, 1902.
Son of William Wallace Blaisdell and Malia K. (Merseberg) Blaisdell.
Republican. School
teacher; member of Hawaii
territorial House of Representatives, 1944-46; member of Hawaii
territorial senate, 1946-50; mayor
of Honolulu, Hawaii, 1955-69.
The Neal S. Blaisdell Convention Center in Honolulu is named for
him.
Died, from a probable brain hemorrhage, in Honolulu, Island of
Oahu, Honolulu
County, Hawaii, November
5, 1975 (age 72 years, 364
days).
Interment at Oahu
Cemetery, Honolulu, Island of Oahu, Hawaii.
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Clinton Presba Anderson (1895-1975) —
also known as Clinton P. Anderson —
of Albuquerque, Bernalillo
County, N.M.
Born in Centerville, Turner
County, S.Dak., October
23, 1895.
Son of Andrew Jay Anderson and Hattie Belle (Presba) Anderson.
Democrat. Newspaper
editor; insurance
business; New Mexico
Democratic state chair, 1928-39; New Mexico
state treasurer, 1933-34; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from New Mexico, 1936,
1944,
1948,
1952,
1960;
U.S.
Representative from New Mexico at-large, 1941-45; U.S.
Secretary of Agriculture, 1945-48; U.S.
Senator from New Mexico, 1949-73.
Presbyterian.
Member, Rotary; Freemasons;
Elks; Delta
Theta Phi.
Died, following a stroke, in Albuquerque, Bernalillo
County, N.M., November
11, 1975 (age 80 years, 19
days).
Interment at Fairview
Memorial Park, Albuquerque, N.M.
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William Nelson Greer (1909-1979) —
also known as William N. Greer; Bill Greer —
of Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas, Virgin
Islands.
Born in Wilber, Saline
County, Neb., September
29, 1909.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Virgin
Islands, 1952,
1956.
Built and owned radio
station WSTA.
Died, of leukemia
and a stroke, in Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas, Virgin
Islands, April 7,
1979 (age 69 years, 190
days).
Interment at Western
Municipal Cemetery, Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas, Virgin Islands.
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Mary Pickford Rogers (1892-1979) —
also known as Gladys Louise Smith; Mary Pickford;
"America's Sweetheart"; "Little
Mary"; "Blondilocks" —
of Beverly Hills, Los Angeles
County, Calif.
Born in Toronto, Ontario,
April
8, 1892.
Daughter of John Charles Smith and Charlotte (Hennessy) Smith.
Republican. Professional actress
in 1908-33; appeared in more than 250 films;
co-founder (with Douglas Fairbanks, D. W. Griffith, and Charlie
Chaplin), United Artists motion
picture company; also co-founder of Motion
Picture Academy; candidate for Presidential Elector for
California, 1944.
Female.
English
and Irish
ancestry.
Died, of a cerebral hemorrhage, in Santa Monica Hospital,
Santa Monica, Los Angeles
County, Calif., May 29,
1979 (age 87 years, 51
days).
Interment at Forest
Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, Calif.
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Relatives:
Daughter of John Charles Smith and Charlotte (Hennessy) Smith;
married, January
7, 1911, to Owen Moore (director;
divorced 1920); married, March 28,
1920, to Douglas Fairbanks (actor;
divorced 1936); married, June 26,
1937, to Charles 'Buddy' Rogers (actor). |
| | | See also Wikipedia
article — NNDB
dossier — Internet Movie Database
profile — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Books about Mary Pickford: Kevin
Brownlow, Mary
Pickford Rediscovered — Eileen Whitfield, Pickford:
The Woman Who Made Hollywood |
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Carlos M. Rios (1914-1980) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Ponce, Ponce
Municipio, Puerto Rico, March 5,
1914.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; president,
Independent Theater Employees Union; member of New York
state assembly from New York County 10th District, 1963-65.
Protestant.
Puerto
Rican ancestry.
Died, following a stroke, in the Veterans Administration Hospital,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., June 6,
1980 (age 66 years, 93
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to Candida Santos. |
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George David Aiken (1892-1984) —
also known as George D. Aiken —
of Putney, Windham
County, Vt.
Born in Dummerston, Windham
County, Vt., August
20, 1892.
Son of Edward Webster Aiken (1860-1943) and Myra (Cook) Aiken.
Republican. Farmer;
member of Vermont
state house of representatives, 1931-35; Speaker of
the Vermont State House of Representatives, 1933-35; Lieutenant
Governor of Vermont, 1935-37; Governor of
Vermont, 1937-41; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Vermont, 1940;
U.S.
Senator from Vermont, 1941-75.
Protestant.
Member, Farm
Bureau; Grange; Odd
Fellows.
Died, following a cerebral vascular accident (stroke),
in the Heaton House nursing
home, Montpelier, Washington
County, Vt., November
19, 1984 (age 92 years, 91
days).
Interment at Mt.
Pleasant Cemetery, Putney, Vt.
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Guy Hamilton Jones, Sr. (1911-1986) —
also known as Guy H. Jones, Sr.; Mutt
Jones —
of Conway, Faulkner
County, Ark.
Born in Faulkner
County, Ark., June 29,
1911.
Democrat. School
teacher; lawyer;
member of Arkansas
state senate, 1952-60, 1964-74; candidate in primary for Governor of
Arkansas, 1954.
As a state senator, he was instrumental in securing many state
agencies for Conway and Faulkner County. Convicted
in 1973 on federal
tax charges;
expelled
from the Arkansas Senate in 1974.
Suffered heart
attacks and a stroke, and subsequently died, in Conway, Faulkner
County, Ark., August
10, 1986 (age 75 years, 42
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Walter Roe Mansfield (1911-1987) —
of New York; New Canaan, Fairfield
County, Conn.; Stamford, Fairfield
County, Conn.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., July 1,
1911.
Son of Frederick
William Mansfield and Helena E. (Roe) Mansfield.
Republican. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II; U.S.
District Judge for the Southern District of New York, 1966-71; Judge of
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit, 1971-81.
Presbyterian.
Member, American Bar
Association.
Died, of a stroke, in Christchurch, New
Zealand, January
7, 1987 (age 75 years, 190
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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John Howard Pyle (1906-1987) —
also known as Howard Pyle —
of Tempe, Maricopa
County, Ariz.
Born in Sheridan, Sheridan
County, Wyo., March 25,
1906.
Republican. Governor of
Arizona, 1951-55.
Suffered a stroke, and died about a month later, in hospital
at Tempe, Maricopa
County, Ariz., November
29, 1987 (age 81 years, 249
days).
Interment at Double
Butte Cemetery, Tempe, Ariz.
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Marion Price Daniel (1910-1988) —
also known as Price Daniel —
of Liberty, Liberty
County, Tex.
Born in Dayton, Liberty
County, Tex., October
10, 1910.
Son of Marion Price Daniel and Nannie (Partlow) Daniel.
Democrat. Lawyer; newspaper
publisher; member of Texas
state house of representatives, 1939-45; Speaker of
the Texas State House of Representatives, 1943-45; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Texas, 1940,
1948,
1964;
served in the U.S. Army during World War II; Texas
state attorney general, 1947-53; U.S.
Senator from Texas, 1953-57; Governor of
Texas, 1957-63; justice of
Texas state supreme court, 1971-; appointed 1971.
Baptist.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Rotary; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Elks; Woodmen;
Sigma
Delta Chi; Pi
Kappa Delta.
Died, from a stroke, in Liberty, Liberty
County, Tex., August
25, 1988 (age 77 years, 320
days).
Interment a
private or family graveyard, Liberty County, Tex.
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Kingman Brewster, Jr. (1919-1988) —
of New Haven, New Haven
County, Conn.; Oxford, England.
Born in Longmeadow, Hampden
County, Mass., June 17,
1919.
Son of Kingman Brewster and Florence Foster (Besse) Brewster.
Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; lawyer; law
professor; President
of Yale University, 1963-77; U.S. Ambassador to Great Britain, 1977-81.
Member, Common
Cause.
Died, from a brain hemorrhage, in John Radcliffe Hospital,
Oxford, England,
November
8, 1988 (age 69 years, 144
days).
Interment at Grove
Street Cemetery, New Haven, Conn.
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Dominic Olejniczak (1908-1989) —
of Green Bay, Brown
County, Wis.
Born in Green Bay, Brown
County, Wis., August
18, 1908.
Son of John A. Olejniczak and Victoria Olejniczak.
Real
estate broker; mayor
of Green Bay, Wis., 1945-55.
Catholic.
Member, Knights
of Columbus; Elks.
Board president of the Green Bay Packers football
team; headed the search committee which brought Vince Lombardi as
head coach and general manager.
Died, following a series of strokes, in 1989
(age about
80 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Enzo Gaspari (1915-1989) —
of Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y.; Albany, Albany
County, N.Y.
Born in Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y., February
26, 1915.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of New York
state senate 27th District, 1951-52; member of New York
state assembly from Bronx County 11th District, 1955-56;
defeated, 1956.
Died, from a stroke, in St. Peter's Hospital,
Albany, Albany
County, N.Y., April 13,
1989 (age 74 years, 46
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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James Roosevelt (1907-1991) —
also known as Jimmy Roosevelt —
of Brookline, Norfolk
County, Mass.; Beverly Hills, Los Angeles
County, Calif.; Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif.
Born in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., December
23, 1907.
Son of Franklin
Delano Roosevelt and Anna
Eleanor Roosevelt.
Democrat. Insurance
business; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Massachusetts, 1936;
served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from California, 1948,
1952
(alternate), 1956,
1960,
1964;
member of Democratic
National Committee from California, 1948-52; candidate for Governor of
California, 1950; U.S.
Representative from California 26th District, 1955-65; candidate
for mayor
of Los Angeles, Calif., 1965.
Episcopalian.
Member, American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Americans
for Democratic Action.
Died, from complications of a stroke and Parkinson's
disease, in Newport Beach, Orange
County, Calif., August
13, 1991 (age 83 years, 233
days).
Interment at Pacific
View Memorial Park, Newport Beach, Calif.
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Relatives:
Second cousin five times removed of Nicholas
Roosevelt, Jr.; second great-grandnephew of James
I. Roosevelt; great-grandnephew of Robert
Barnwell Roosevelt; grandnephew of Theodore
Roosevelt; son of Franklin
Delano Roosevelt and Anna
Eleanor Roosevelt; first cousin once removed of Alice
Lee Roosevelt Longworth, Theodore
Roosevelt, Jr. and William
Sheffield Cowles; married, June 4,
1930, to Betsey Maria Cushing (1908-1998; divorced 1940; who
later married John
Hay Whitney); married, April 14,
1941, to Romelle Theresa Schneider (divorced 1955); married, July 2,
1956, to Gladys Irene Owens (divorced 1969); married, October
3, 1969, to Mary Lena Winskill; brother of Elliott
Roosevelt and Franklin
Delano Roosevelt, Jr.. See Livingston-Seymour-Lee-Williams
family of New York. |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Wikipedia
article — Internet Movie Database
profile |
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Helen Polonsky (d. 1991) —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York,
1972,
1980.
Female.
Died, of a blood clot in the brain, November
29, 1991.
Interment somewhere
in Pittsfield, Mass.
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Charles David Breitel (1908-1991) —
also known as Charles D. Breitel —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., December
13, 1908.
Son of Herman L. Breitel and Regina D. (Zuckerberg) Breitel.
Republican. Lawyer; Justice of
New York Supreme Court 1st District, 1950, 1951-58; appointed
1950; defeated, 1950; appointed 1951; Justice of the Appellate
Division of the New York Supreme Court, 1952; judge of
New York Court of Appeals, 1966; appointed 1966; chief
judge of New York Court of Appeals, 1973-79.
Jewish.
Member, American
Jewish Committee.
Died, following strokes and heart
failure, in Mary Manning Walsh Nursing
Home, Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., December
1, 1991 (age 82 years, 353
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Hugh Meade Alcorn, Jr. (1907-1992) —
also known as H. Meade Alcorn, Jr. —
of Suffield, Hartford
County, Conn.
Born in Suffield, Hartford
County, Conn., October
20, 1907.
Son of Hugh
Mead Alcorn and Cora Terry (Wells) Alcorn.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Suffield, 1937-42; Speaker of
the Connecticut State House of Representatives, 1941-42; delegate
to Republican National Convention from Connecticut, 1940,
1944
(alternate), 1948,
1952,
1956,
1960;
Hartford
County State's Attorney, 1942-48; candidate for Lieutenant
Governor of Connecticut, 1948; member of Connecticut
Republican State Central Committee, 1948-57; member of Republican
National Committee from Connecticut, 1953-61; Chairman of
Republican National Committee, 1957-59; delegate
to Connecticut state constitutional convention 6th District, 1965.
Congregationalist.
Member, American Bar
Association; Rotary; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Phi
Beta Kappa; Elks; Sons
of Union Veterans; Sons of
the American Revolution; Grange.
Died, from a stroke, in Suffield, Hartford
County, Conn., January
13, 1992 (age 84 years, 85
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Suffield, Conn.
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Joseph H. Goldenhersh (1914-1992) —
of Belleville, St. Clair
County, Ill.
Born in East St. Louis, St. Clair
County, Ill., November
2, 1914.
Lawyer;
Judge, Illinois Appellate Court, 1964-70; justice of
Illinois state supreme court 5th District, 1970-87.
Jewish.
Member, American Bar
Association.
Died, of a stroke following heart
surgery, March 11,
1992 (age 77 years, 130
days).
Interment at Beth
Hamedrosh Hagodol Cemetery, Ladue, Mo.
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Gale William McGee (1915-1992) —
also known as Gale W. McGee —
of Laramie, Albany
County, Wyo.
Born in Lincoln, Lancaster
County, Neb., March 17,
1915.
Democrat. U.S.
Senator from Wyoming, 1959-77; defeated, 1976.
Died, of pneumonia,
following surgery for a brain aneurysm, in Suburban Hospital,
Bethesda, Montgomery
County, Md., April 9,
1992 (age 77 years, 23
days).
Interment at Oak
Hill Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Jacob Dyneley Beam (1908-1993) —
also known as Jacob D. Beam —
of Princeton, Mercer
County, N.J.
Born in Princeton, Mercer
County, N.J., March 24,
1908.
Son of Jacob Newton Beam and Mary (Prince) Beam.
Foreign Service officer; U.S. Vice Consul in Geneva, 1931-34; U.S. Consul in Batavia, 1949; U.S. Ambassador to Poland, 1957-61; Czechoslovakia, 1966-69; Soviet Union, 1969-73.
Died, from a stroke, in a hospital
at Rockville, Montgomery
County, Md., August
16, 1993 (age 85 years, 145
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to Margaret Glassford. |
| | | See also NNDB
dossier |
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Joseph Hurst Ball (1905-1993) —
also known as Joseph H. Ball —
of St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn.; Stillwater, Washington
County, Minn.
Born in Crookston, Polk
County, Minn., November
3, 1905.
Son of Joseph Ball and Florence E. (Hurst) Ball.
Republican. Newspaper
reporter; U.S.
Senator from Minnesota, 1940-42, 1943-49; defeated, 1948;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Minnesota, 1944.
Protestant.
Died of a stroke, in Chevy Chase, Montgomery
County, Md., December
18, 1993 (age 88 years, 45
days).
Interment at Prospect
Hill Cemetery, Front Royal, Va.
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Thomas John Watson, Jr. (1914-1993) —
also known as Thomas J. Watson, Jr. —
of Connecticut.
Born January
14, 1914.
Son of Thomas John Watson, Sr. (1874-1956) and Jeanette (Kittredge)
Watson.
President, IBM,
1952-71; U.S. Ambassador to Soviet Union, 1979-81.
Recipient, Medal
of Freedom, 1964.
Died, from complications of a stroke, in Greenwich, Fairfield
County, Conn., December
31, 1993 (age 79 years, 351
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Saul Weprin (1927-1994) —
of Fresh Meadows, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., August 5,
1927.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly 24th District, 1971-94; died in office 1994; Speaker of
the New York State Assembly, 1991-94; died in office 1994;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1984,
1988;
Presidential Elector for New York, 1992.
Jewish.
Died, from complications of a stroke, in Long Island Jewish Medical
Center, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y., February
11, 1994 (age 66 years, 190
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Thomas D. Hamilton, Jr. (c.1930-1994) —
also known as Tom Hamilton —
of Chula Vista, San Diego
County, Calif.
Born in Pecos, Reeves
County, Tex., about 1930.
Pharmacist;
mayor
of Chula Vista, Calif., 1970-74.
Methodist.
Died, of diabetes
and strokes, at Sharp Medical
Center, Chula Vista, San Diego
County, Calif., March 26,
1994 (age about 64
years).
Interment at Glen
Abbey Memorial Park, San Diego, Calif.
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Richard Milhous Nixon (1913-1994) —
also known as Richard M. Nixon; "Tricky
Dick"; "Searchlight" —
of Whittier, Los Angeles
County, Calif.
Born in Yorba Linda, Orange
County, Calif., January
9, 1913.
Son of Francis Anthony 'Frank' Nixon (1878-1956) and Hannah (Milhous)
Nixon (1885-1967).
Republican. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; U.S.
Representative from California 12th District, 1947-50; U.S.
Senator from California, 1950-53; appointed 1950; resigned 1953;
delegate to Republican National Convention from California, 1952,
1956;
Vice
President of the United States, 1953-61; President
of the United States, 1969-74; defeated, 1960; candidate for Governor of
California, 1962; candidate for Republican nomination for
President, 1964.
Quaker.
Member, American
Legion.
Discredited by the Watergate scandal,
as many of his subordinates were charged with crimes; in July 1974,
the U.S. House Judiciary Committee voted three articles of
impeachment against him, over obstruction
of justice, abuse
of power, and contempt
of Congress; soon after, a tape recording emerged which directly
implicated
him in the Watergate
break-in; with impeachment certain, he resigned;
pardoned
in 1974 by President Gerald
R. Ford.
Died, from a stroke, at New York
Hospital/Cornell Medical Center, Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., April 22,
1994 (age 81 years, 103
days).
Interment at Richard
Nixon Library and Birthplace, Yorba Linda, Calif.
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Relatives: Son
of Francis Anthony 'Frank' Nixon (1878-1956) and Hannah (Milhous)
Nixon (1885-1967); married, June 21,
1940, to Thelma
Catherine Ryan; father of Julie Nixon (granddaughter-in-law of Dwight
David Eisenhower; daughter-in-law of John
Sheldon Doud Eisenhower). See Eisenhower-Nixon
family. |
| | | Cross-reference: Maurice
H. Stans — John
H. Holdridge — Clark
MacGregor — Harry
L. Sears — Harry S.
Dent — Christian
A. Herter, Jr. — John
N. Mitchell — G.
Bradford Cook — Raymond
Moley — Patrick
J. Buchanan — Nils
A. Boe — Murray
M. Chotiner — Richard
Blumenthal |
| | | Campaign slogan (1968): "Nixon's the
One!" |
| | | Epitaph: "The greatest honor history
can bestow is the title of peacemaker." |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Wikipedia
article — NNDB
dossier — Internet Movie Database
profile — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Books by Richard M. Nixon: RN
: The Memoirs of Richard Nixon (1978) — Beyond
Peace (1994) — 1999:
Victory Without War (1988) — Leaders
(1982) — Memoirs —
Six
Crises (1962) — The
Challenges We Face (1960) — In
the Arena: A Memoir of Victory, Defeat and Renewal
(1990) — No
More Vietnams (1985) — The
Poetry of Richard Milhous Nixon (1974) — Real
Peace (1984) — The
Real War (1980) — Seize
The Moment: America's Challenge in a One-Superpower World
(1992) |
| | | Books about Richard M. Nixon: Melvin
Small, The
Presidency of Richard Nixon — Joan Hoff, Nixon
Reconsidered — Jonathan Aitken, Nixon
: A Life — Garry Wills, Nixon
Agonistes : The Crisis of the Self-Made Man — Thomas
Monsell, Nixon
on Stage and Screen : The Thirty-Seventh President As Depicted in
Films, Television, Plays and Opera — Stephen E.
Ambrose, Nixon
: Education of a Politician, 1913-1962 — Richard
Reeves, President
Nixon: Alone in the White House — Roger Morris, Richard
Milhous Nixon: The Rise of an American Politician —
Robert Mason, Richard
Nixon and the Quest for a New Majority — Jules
Witcover, Very
Strange Bedfellows : The Short and Unhappy Marriage of Richard Nixon
& Spiro Agnew |
| | | Critical books about Richard M. Nixon:
Nathan Miller, Star-Spangled
Men : America's Ten Worst Presidents — Lance Morrow,
The
Best Year of Their Lives: Kennedy, Johnson, and Nixon in 1948:
Learning the Secrets of Power |
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Margaret Towsley (1906-1994) —
also known as Margaret Grace Dow —
of Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich.
Born January
3, 1906.
Daughter of Herbert Henry Dow (1866-1930; founder, Dow Chemical).
Republican. First
woman member of the Ann Arbor City Council; candidate for
Presidential Elector for Michigan, 1964.
Female.
Died, of a stroke, at St. Joseph Mercy Hospital,
Superior Township, Washtenaw
County, Mich., May 2,
1994 (age 88 years, 119
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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James William Fulbright (1905-1995) —
also known as J. William Fulbright —
of Fayetteville, Washington
County, Ark.
Born in Sumner, Chariton
County, Mo., April 9,
1905.
Son of Jay Fulbright and Roberta (Waugh) Fulbright.
Democrat. Rhodes
scholar; lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Arkansas 3rd District, 1943-45; U.S.
Senator from Arkansas, 1945-74; resigned 1974; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Arkansas, 1948,
1956.
Disciples
of Christ. Member, Sigma
Chi; Rotary.
Died of a stroke, in Washington,
D.C., February
9, 1995 (age 89 years, 306
days).
Interment at Evergreen
Cemetery, Fayetteville, Ark.
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Leslie Aspin (1938-1995) —
also known as Les Aspin —
of Racine, Racine
County, Wis.
Born in Milwaukee, Milwaukee
County, Wis., July 21,
1938.
Democrat. Rhodes
scholar; U.S.
Representative from Wisconsin 1st District, 1971-93; U.S.
Secretary of Defense, 1993-94.
Member, Council on
Foreign Relations; Zeta Psi.
Died, from a stroke, at Georgetown University Medical
Center, Washington,
D.C., May 21,
1995 (age 56 years, 304
days).
Interment at Wisconsin
Memorial Park, Brookfield, Wis.
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Oveta Culp Hobby (1905-1995) —
also known as Oveta Culp —
of Houston, Harris
County, Tex.
Born in Killeen, Bell
County, Tex., January
19, 1905.
Daughter of I. W. Culp and Emma (Hoover) Culp.
Democrat. Served in Women's Army Corps in World War II; president,
editor and publisher of Houston Post newspaper;
director, radio
station KPRC; U.S.
Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare, 1953-55; member, Commission on
Intergovernmental Relations, 1953-55.
Female.
Episcopalian.
Member, Junior
League.
Died, from a stroke, in Houston, Harris
County, Tex., August
16, 1995 (age 90 years, 209
days).
Interment at Glenwood
Cemetery, Houston, Tex.
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Frank Grant Sawyer (1918-1996) —
also known as F. Grant Sawyer —
of Elko, Elko
County, Nev.
Born in Twin Falls, Twin Falls
County, Idaho, December
14, 1918.
Son of Harry W. Sawyer and Bula (Cameron) Sawyer.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; lawyer; Elko
County District Attorney, 1950-58; Nevada
Democratic state chair, 1955; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Nevada, 1956;
Governor
of Nevada, 1959-67; defeated, 1966.
Baptist.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Judicature Society; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Amvets; American
Legion; Lions; Eagles.
Died, of complications from a stroke, in Las Vegas, Clark
County, Nev., February
19, 1996 (age 77 years, 67
days).
Interment at Palm
Valley View Memorial Park, Las Vegas, Nev.
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James Castle Turner (c.1917-1996) —
also known as J. C. Turner; "Mr.
Labor" —
of Washington,
D.C.
Born in Beaumont, Jefferson
County, Tex., about 1917.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from District of
Columbia, 1952,
1956,
1960,
1964.
Member, Urban
League.
President
of the International Union of Operating Engineers, 1975-85.
Died, after a series of strokes, in Day Shore Convalescent
Center, North Miami Beach, Miami-Dade
County, Fla., April 13,
1996 (age about 79
years).
Burial
location unknown.
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William Hughes Mulligan (1918-1996) —
also known as William H. Mulligan —
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., March 5,
1918.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; law
professor; dean, Fordham Law School; candidate for delegate
to New York state constitutional convention at-large, 1966; Judge of
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit, 1971-81.
Catholic.
Died, from complications of a stroke, at Lawrence Hospital,
Bronxville, Westchester
County, N.Y., May 13,
1996 (age 78 years, 69
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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James Lee Rankin (1907-1996) —
also known as J. Lee Rankin —
of Lincoln, Lancaster
County, Neb.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Weston, Fairfield
County, Conn.; Los Gatos, Santa Clara
County, Calif.
Born in Hartington, Cedar
County, Neb., July 7,
1907.
Son of Herman P. Rankin and Lois (Gable) Rankin.
Republican. Lawyer; U.S. Solicitor General,
1956-61; general counsel for the Warren Commission; New York City
Corporation Counsel, 1966-72; candidate for delegate
to New York state constitutional convention at-large, 1966.
Congregationalist.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Judicature Society; Phi
Delta Phi.
Died, following a series of strokes, in Batterson's Convalescent
Home at Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz
County, Calif., June 28,
1996 (age 88 years, 357
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Pamela Harriman (1920-1997) —
also known as Pamela Beryl Digby; Pamela Churchill;
Pamela Hayward —
Born in Farnborough, Hampshire, England,
March
20, 1920.
Daughter of Edward Kenelm Digby (1894-1964; Baron) and Constance
Pamela Alice (Bruce) Digby.
Naturalized U.S. citizen; U.S. Ambassador to France, 1993-97, died in office 1997.
Female.
Catholic.
Suffered a stroke while swimming
in the pool at the Paris Ritz Hotel, and
died at the American Hospital,
near Paris, France,
February
5, 1997 (age 76 years, 322
days).
Interment at Arden
Farm Graveyard, Arden, N.Y.
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Relatives:
Daughter of Edward Kenelm Digby (1894-1964; Baron) and Constance
Pamela Alice (Bruce) Digby; married, October
4, 1939, to Randolph Churchill (son of Winston Churchill
(1874-1965; British Prime Minister)); married, May 4,
1960, to Leland Hayward (1902-1971; grandson of Monroe
Leland Hayward); married, September
27, 1971, to William
Averell Harriman. See Livingston-Seymour-Lee-Williams
family of New York. |
| | | See also Wikipedia
article — NNDB
dossier — Internet Movie Database
profile |
| | | Books about Pamela Harriman: Sally
Bedell Smith, Reflected
Glory : The Life of Pamela Churchill Harriman |
| | | Critical books about Pamela Harriman:
Christopher Ogden, Life
of the Party : The Biography of Pamela Digby
Churchill |
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Ernest Goodman (c.1907-1997) —
of Michigan.
Born in Hemlock, Saginaw
County, Mich., about 1907.
Progressive. Lawyer; associate general
counsel, United Auto Workers; candidate for Michigan
state attorney general, 1948.
Member, National
Lawyers Guild.
Died, from a cerebral hemorrhage, in Harper Hospital,
Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., March 26,
1997 (age about 90
years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Henry A. Mucci (1909-1997) —
of Connecticut.
Born in Bridgeport, Fairfield
County, Conn., 1909.
Democrat. Colonel in the U.S. Army during World War II; led famed
raid in 1945 on a Japanese prison camp in the Philippines which
rescued the survivors of the Bataan Death March; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Connecticut 4th District, 1946.
Italian
ancestry.
Route 25 from Bridgeport to Newtown was named for
him in 1974.
Died, of a stroke, in Florida, April 20,
1997 (age about 87
years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Thomas Henry Donald Mahoney (1913-1997) —
of Massachusetts.
Born November
4, 1913.
Member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1971-79.
Suffered a stroke, and died at Stanford Medical
Center, Palo Alto, Santa Clara
County, Calif., April 21,
1997 (age 83 years, 168
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Elbridge Durbrow (1903-1997) —
of San
Francisco, Calif.
Born in San
Francisco, Calif., September
21, 1903.
Foreign Service officer; U.S. Vice Consul in Warsaw, 1930-32; Bucharest, 1932; Moscow, 1934-37; U.S. Consul in Moscow, 1937; Naples, 1937-39; Lisbon, 1940; Leghorn, 1940-41; U.S. Ambassador to Vietnam, 1957-61.
Died of complications from a stroke, in Walnut Creek, Contra Costa
County, Calif., May 16,
1997 (age 93 years, 237
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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John Franklin Forrest (1927-1997) —
also known as Jack Forrest —
of Colorado Springs, El Paso
County, Colo.
Born in Mexia, Limestone
County, Tex., June 20,
1927.
Son of Robert E. Forrest and Gertrude (Klug) Forrest.
Served in the U.S. Army during the Korean conflict; served in the
U.S. Army during the Vietnam war; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Colorado, 1986.
Died, following a series of strokes, May 27,
1997 (age 69 years, 341
days).
Interment at Evergreen
Cemetery, Colorado Springs, Colo.
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Relatives:
Married 1949
to Patricia Smith. |
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Benson Ellison Lane Timmons III (1916-1997) —
also known as Benson E. L. Timmons; Lane
Timmons —
of Florida.
Born in Sapulpa, Creek
County, Okla., 1916.
Rhodes
scholar; colonel in the U.S. Army during World War II; Foreign
Service officer; U.S. Ambassador to Haiti, 1963-67.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa.
Died, of a stroke he suffered while recovering from pneumonia,
at Southampton Hospital,
Southampton, Suffolk
County, Long Island, N.Y., June 11,
1997 (age about 80
years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Frank Ellis Smith (1918-1997) —
also known as Frank E. Smith —
of Greenwood, Leflore
County, Miss.
Born in Sidon, Leflore
County, Miss., 1918.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; member of Mississippi
state senate, 1948-50; U.S.
Representative from Mississippi 3rd District, 1951-63; delegate
to Democratic National Convention from Mississippi, 1952,
1956,
1960.
Died of complications from a series of strokes, in Jackson, Hinds
County, Miss., August 2,
1997 (age about 79
years).
Burial
location unknown.
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George William Crockett, Jr. (1909-1997) —
also known as George W. Crockett, Jr. —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Jacksonville, Duval
County, Fla., August
10, 1909.
Democrat. Recorder's court judge in Michigan, 1966-78; U.S.
Representative from Michigan 13th District, 1980-91; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Michigan, 1984;
arrested
during an anti-apartheid
protest outside the South African Embassy
in Washington, 1984.
Baptist.
African
ancestry. Member, Kappa
Alpha Psi; National
Lawyers Guild.
Served four months in federal prison
for contempt
of court in 1950, following his defense of a Communist leader on
trial in New York for advocating the overthrow of the government.
Among the founders of the nation's first
interracial law firm.
Ill with bone
cancer in 1997, he suffered a stroke and died five days
later, in Washington Home and Hospice,
Washington,
D.C., September
7, 1997 (age 88 years, 28
days).
Cremated.
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Robert Hector O'Brien (1904-1997) —
also known as Robert H. O'Brien —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Seattle, King
County, Wash.
Born in Helena, Lewis and
Clark County, Mont., September
15, 1904.
Son of Joseph Grant O'Brien and Margaret (Flanagan) O'Brien.
Mining engineer;
lawyer;
member, U.S. Securities and
Exchange Commission, 1942-44; special assistant to Barney
Balaban, president of Paramount Pictures,
and director, Paramount International Films;
when the companies split in 1949, he became secretary-treasurer of
the movie
theater chain, United Paramount Theaters; following a merger with
American Broadcasting Company, he became financial vice-president of
the ABC television
network; in 1957, he joined the Loew's movie
theater chain as vice-president and treasurer; president of the
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer movie
studio, 1963-69.
Catholic.
Member, American Bar
Association; Sigma
Chi; Phi
Delta Phi; Friendly
Sons of St. Patrick.
Died, of a stroke, in Seattle, King
County, Wash., October
6, 1997 (age 93 years, 21
days).
Interment somewhere
in Butte, Mont.
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Douglas MacArthur II (1909-1997) —
of Washington,
D.C.
Born in Bryn Mawr, Montgomery
County, Pa., July 5,
1909.
Son of Arthur MacArthur (1876-1923) and Mary Hendry (McCalla)
MacArthur (1877-1959).
Foreign Service officer; U.S. Vice Consul in Vancouver, 1935; Naples, 1937-38; Paris, 1944; U.S. Ambassador to Japan, 1957-61; Belgium, 1961-65; Austria, 1967-69; Iran, 1969-72.
Member, Council on
Foreign Relations.
Died, after a stroke and heart
attack, in Georgetown University Hospital,
Washington,
D.C., November
15, 1997 (age 88 years, 133
days).
Interment at Rock
Creek Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Edna Flannery Kelly (1906-1997) —
also known as Edna F. Kelly; Edna Patricia
Flannery —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in East Hampton, Suffolk
County, Long Island, N.Y., August
20, 1906.
Daughter of Patrick Joseph Flannery and Mary Ellen (McCarthy)
Flannery.
Democrat. Member of New York
Democratic State Committee, 1948; U.S.
Representative from New York, 1949-69 (10th District 1949-63,
12th District 1963-69); delegate to Democratic National Convention
from New York, 1956
(alternate), 1968;
member of Democratic
National Committee from New York, 1956-68.
Female.
Died of cancer and
a series of strokes, in Alexandria,
Va., December
14, 1997 (age 91 years, 116
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Walter Boyd Brown, Sr. (1920-1998) —
also known as Walter Brown, Sr.; W. B.
Brown —
of Winnsboro, Fairfield
County, S.C.
Born in Smallwood, Fairfield
County, S.C., May 16,
1920.
Son of Boyd
Brown.
Democrat. Member of South
Carolina state house of representatives; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from South Carolina, 1960,
1964,
1968;
first director of South Carolina Department of General Services;
vice-president of Norfolk Southern Corporation (formerly Southern Railway).
Presbyterian.
Blind
in one eye. The Walter Boyd Brown Industrial Park was named for
him.
Died, following a stroke, at Fairfield Memorial Hospital,
Winnsboro, Fairfield
County, S.C., March 9,
1998 (age 77 years, 297
days).
Interment at Bethel
Cemetery, Winnsboro, S.C.
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Samuel William Yorty (1909-1998) —
also known as Samuel W. Yorty; Sam Yorty;
"Traveling Sam" —
of Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif.
Born in Lincoln, Lancaster
County, Neb., October
1, 1909.
Son of Frank Patrick Yorty and Johanna (Egan) Yorty.
Democrat. Member of California
state assembly, 1936, 1948; Democratic candidate for U.S.
Senator from California, 1940 (primary), 1954; served in the U.S.
Army Air Force in World War II; U.S.
Representative from California, 1951-55 (14th District 1951-53,
26th District 1953-55); mayor
of Los Angeles, Calif., 1961-73; defeated, 1973, 1981; candidate
for Democratic nomination for President, 1972;
talk
show host.
Died of pneumonia,
following a stroke, in Studio City, Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., June 5,
1998 (age 88 years, 247
days).
Cremated;
ashes scattered.
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Peter Paul O'Dwyer (1907-1998) —
also known as Paul O'Dwyer —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Bohola, County Mayo, Ireland,
June
29, 1907.
Democrat. Candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York 21st District, 1948; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from New York, 1964;
candidate in primary for mayor
of New York City, N.Y., 1965; candidate for U.S.
Senator from New York, 1968.
Member, National
Lawyers Guild.
Suffered a stroke, and later died, in Goshen, Orange
County, N.Y., June 23,
1998 (age 90 years, 359
days).
Interment at Bohola
Graveyard, Bohola, County Mayo, Ireland.
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Charles Coles Diggs, Jr. (1922-1998) —
also known as Charles C. Diggs, Jr. —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., December
2, 1922.
Son of Charles
Coles Diggs, Sr..
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; mortician;
member of Michigan
state senate 3rd District, 1951-54; U.S.
Representative from Michigan 13th District, 1955-80; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Michigan, 1956,
1960,
1964;
candidate for Presidential Elector for Michigan, 1956.
Baptist.
African
ancestry. Member, Elks; Freemasons;
American
Legion.
First
chairman of the Congressional Black Caucus; charged
in March 1978 with taking kickbacks
from staff whose salaries he raised; convicted,
October 7, 1978, on eleven counts of mail fraud and filing false
payroll forms; insisted he had done nothing wrong, and was re-elected
while awaiting sentencing; censured
by the House on July 31, 1979; sentenced
to three years in prison
and served 14 months.
Died, of a stroke, at Greater Southwest Community Hospital,
Washington,
D.C., August
24, 1998 (age 75 years, 265
days).
Interment at Detroit
Memorial Park, Warren, Mich.
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Samuel Roman (1910-1998) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born, in a hospital,
in New York, New York
County, N.Y., August
26, 1910.
Republican. Member of New York
state assembly from New York County 15th District, 1947-54;
defeated, 1944, 1954.
Jewish.
Member, B'nai
B'rith.
Author and sponsor of nation's first law
against racial discrimination in places of public accomodation, 1953.
Died, of a stroke, in Spring Valley, Rockland
County, N.Y., September
11, 1998 (age 88 years, 16
days).
Interment at Riverside
Cemetery, Saddle Brook, N.J.
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Dorothy B. Haskell Bradley (c.1914-1998) —
also known as Dorothy B. Bradley; Dorothy
Haskell —
of California.
Born in Whittier, Los Angeles
County, Calif., about 1914.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from
California, 1976
(alternate), 1980.
Female.
Died, of complications from cancer and
strokes, in San Diego, San Diego
County, Calif., December
13, 1998 (age about 84
years).
Entombed in mausoleum at Greenwood
Memorial Park, San Diego, Calif.
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Aloyisus Leon Higginbotham, Jr. (1928-1998) —
also known as A. Leon Higginbotham, Jr. —
of Pennsylvania.
Born in Trenton, Mercer
County, N.J., February
25, 1928.
Member, Federal Trade
Commission, 1962-64; U.S.
District Judge for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, 1964-77;
Judge
of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 3rd Circuit, 1977-93.
African
ancestry.
Received the Presidential
Medal of Freedom in 1995; received the Spingarn
Medal in 1996.
Died, following a series of strokes, in a hospital
at Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., December
14, 1998 (age 70 years, 292
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Wilson Camanza Riles (1917-1999) —
also known as Wilson Riles —
of California.
Born near Alexandria, Rapides
Parish, La., June 27,
1917.
Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; California
superintendent of public instruction, 1971-83; defeated, 1982.
African
ancestry.
Died, following a series of strokes and heart
attacks, at Mercy Hospital,
Sacramento, Sacramento
County, Calif., April 1,
1999 (age 81 years, 278
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to Mary Louise Phillips. |
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G. Herbert Mallett (c.1906-1999) —
of Rutherford, Bergen
County, N.J.
Born about 1906.
Mayor
of Rutherford, N.J., 1960-64; member of New
Jersey state house of assembly, 1964-66.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons;
Elks.
Died, of a stroke, at Valley Hospital,
Ridgewood, Bergen
County, N.J., June 2,
1999 (age about 93
years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Leonard Price Stavisky (1925-1999) —
also known as Leonard P. Stavisky —
of Beechhurst, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y.; Flushing, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y.
Born in Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y., September
11, 1925.
Democrat. University
professor; member of New York
state assembly, 1966-83 (26th District 1966, 23rd District
1967-72, 26th District 1973-83); member of New York
state senate, 1983-99 (12th District 1983-94, 16th District
1995-99); died in office 1999.
Jewish.
Member, B'nai
B'rith.
Died, from complications of a cerebral hemorrhage, in a hospital
at Queens, Queens
County, N.Y., June 19,
1999 (age 73 years, 281
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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John Kaye Tabor (1921-1999) —
also known as John K. Tabor —
of Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Uniontown, Fayette
County, Pa., April 19,
1921.
Son of Edward O. Tabor.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; lawyer; Pennsylvania
secretary of internal affairs, 1967-68; Pennsylvania Secretary of
Labor and Industry, 1968-69; candidate for mayor
of Pittsburgh, Pa., 1969; U.S. Undersecretary of Commerce,
1973-75.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa.
Died, following a stroke, while also suffering from Parkinson's
disease, in the Woodbine Rehabilitation
and Healthcare Center, Alexandria,
Va., September
6, 1999 (age 78 years, 140
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Elliot Lee Richardson (1920-1999) —
also known as Elliot L. Richardson —
of Brookline, Norfolk
County, Mass.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., July 20,
1920.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; U.S.
Attorney for Massachusetts, 1959-61; Lieutenant
Governor of Massachusetts, 1965-67; Massachusetts
state attorney general, 1967-69; defeated in primary, 1962;
resigned 1969; U.S.
Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare, 1970-73; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Massachusetts, 1972;
U.S.
Secretary of Defense, 1973; U.S.
Attorney General, 1973; U.S. Ambassador to Great Britain, 1975-76; , 1977-80; U.S.
Secretary of Commerce, 1976-77; candidate in primary for U.S.
Senator from Massachusetts, 1984.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons;
Council on
Foreign Relations.
Received the Presidential
Medal of Freedom in 1999.
Died, of a cerebral hemorrhage, at Massachusetts General Hospital,
Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., December
31, 1999 (age 79 years, 164
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Harold H. Greene (1923-2000) —
also known as Heinz Gruenhaus —
of District of Columbia.
Born in Frankfurt am Main, Germany,
February
6, 1923.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; superior court judge in
District of Columbia, 1966-78; U.S.
District Judge for the District of Columbia, 1978-95.
Jewish.
Presided over AT&T telephone antitrust case and break-up.
Died, of a cerebral hemorrhage, in Washington,
D.C., January
29, 2000 (age 76 years, 357
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Earl F. Riley (c.1921-2000) —
of California.
Born in Greensburg, Decatur
County, Ind., about 1921.
Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; lawyer;
candidate for California
state assembly, 1958; superior court judge in California, 1971-87.
Died, of a cerebral hemorrhage, in Kona, Island of Hawaii, Hawaii
County, Hawaii, February
13, 2000 (age about 79
years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Edward J. Healey (1924-2000) —
of Florida.
Born in Elmhurst, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y., July 26,
1924.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; member of Florida
state house of representatives, 1974-80, 1982-84, 1986-2000 (81st
District 1974-80, 86th District 1982-84, 1986-2000); defeated, 1972
(81st District), 1980 (81st District), 1984 (86th District); died in
office 2000.
Catholic.
Member, Knights
of Columbus; Elks; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; American
Association of Retired Persons; Audubon
Society; American
Legion; Sierra
Club; Urban
League; Common
Cause.
While attending a primary victory rally
for Al Gore, suffered a cerebral hemorrhage, and died the next
day at a hospital
at Tallahassee, Leon
County, Fla., March 15,
2000 (age 75 years, 233
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Horace Elmo Nichols (c.1913-2000) —
also known as H. E. 'Nick' Nichols —
of Rome, Floyd
County, Ga.
Born in Alabama, about 1913.
Lawyer;
superior court judge in Georgia, 1948; circuit judge in Georgia Rome
Circuit, 1953; Judge,
Georgia Court of Appeals; justice of
Georgia state supreme court, 1966-75, 1980; chief
justice of Georgia Supreme Court, 1975-80.
Died, of a stroke, in a hospice
at Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga., June 8,
2000 (age about 87
years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Wallace H. Savage (1912-2000) —
of Dallas, Dallas
County, Tex.
Born November
21, 1912.
Democrat. Mayor of
Dallas, Tex., 1949-51; alternate delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Texas, 1952;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from Texas 5th District, 1954.
Died, of pneumonia
and a stroke, in Dallas, Dallas
County, Tex., June 20,
2000 (age 87 years, 212
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Frank John Willems (1919-2000) —
of Paris, Logan
County, Ark.
Born in Paris, Logan
County, Ark., June 23,
1919.
Member of Arkansas
state house of representatives, 1973-99.
Catholic.
Died, of a stroke, in Paris, Logan
County, Ark., July 14,
2000 (age 81 years, 21
days).
Interment at St.
Benedict Cemetery, Subiaco, Ark.
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Paul Douglas Coverdell (1939-2000) —
also known as Paul Coverdell —
of Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga.
Born in Des Moines, Polk
County, Iowa, January
20, 1939.
Republican. Member of Georgia
state senate, 1971-89; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Georgia, 1977; Georgia
Republican state chair, 1985-87; U.S.
Senator from Georgia, 1993-2000; died in office 2000.
Methodist.
Member, Phi
Kappa Psi.
Director of the Peace Corps, 1989-91.
Died, of complications from a cerebral hemorrhage, at Piedmont
Hospital,
Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga., July 18,
2000 (age 61 years, 180
days).
Cremated.
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James Hobson Morrison (1908-2000) —
also known as James H. Morrison; Jimmy
Morrison —
of Hammond, Tangipahoa
Parish, La.
Born in Hammond, Tangipahoa
Parish, La., December
8, 1908.
Democrat. Lawyer;
candidate for Governor of
Louisiana, 1940, 1944, 1948; U.S.
Representative from Louisiana 6th District, 1943-67; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Louisiana, 1956,
1960.
Died, after a heart
attack and a series of strokes, in Hammond, Tangipahoa
Parish, La., July 20,
2000 (age 91 years, 225
days).
Interment at Episcopal
Church Cemetery, Hammond, La.
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Marion Tinsley Bennett (1914-2000) —
also known as Marion T. Bennett —
of Springfield, Greene
County, Mo.; Chevy Chase, Montgomery
County, Md.
Born in Buffalo, Dallas
County, Mo., June 6,
1914.
Son of Philip
Allen Bennett.
Republican. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Missouri 6th District, 1943-49; defeated,
1948; Judge of
U.S. Court of Claims, 1972-82; Judge of
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, 1982-86; took
senior status 1986.
Methodist.
Member, Exchange
Club; Delta
Theta Phi.
Co-author of the G.I. Bill of Rights.
Died, of complications from a stroke, in Inova Mount Vernon Hospital,
Alexandria,
Va., September
6, 2000 (age 86 years, 92
days).
Interment at Hazelwood
Cemetery, Springfield, Mo.
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William James McCuen (c.1943-2000) —
also known as Bill McCuen —
of Hot Springs, Garland
County, Ark.; Heber Springs, Cleburne
County, Ark.
Born in Fort Smith, Sebastian
County, Ark., about 1943.
Democrat. School
teacher; Arkansas
land commissioner, 1981-85; secretary of
state of Arkansas, 1985-94; defeated in primary, 1994; candidate
for U.S.
Representative from Arkansas 4th District, 1992.
After leaving office as Secretary of State, he admitted
accepting kickbacks
from two supporters he gave jobs, and not
paying taxes on the money. He also admitted
to conspiring with a political consultant to split $53,560 embezzled
from the state in a sham transaction. He was indicted
on corruption charges
in 1995. On January 5, 1996, he pleaded
guilty to felony counts of tax
evasion and accepting a kickback;
he pleaded
no contest to a misdemeanor count of trading
in public office. Sentenced
to 17 years in prison,
and fined.
Released on parole (due to illness) in February 1999.
Died of colon
cancer and a stroke, in Heber Springs, Cleburne
County, Ark., September
9, 2000 (age about 57
years).
Interment somewhere
in Van Buren, Ark.
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George Christopher (1907-2000) —
also known as George Christopheles —
of San
Francisco, Calif.
Born in Arcadia, Greece,
December
8, 1907.
Son of James Christopheles and Mary (Koines) Christopheles.
Republican. Naturalized U.S. citizen; accountant;
delegate to Republican National Convention from California, 1956
(alternate), 1960;
Presidential Elector for California, 1956;
mayor
of San Francisco, Calif., 1956-64; defeated, 1951; candidate in
primary for U.S.
Senator from California, 1958; candidate for Lieutenant
Governor of California, 1962; candidate in primary for Governor of
California, 1966.
Greek
ancestry.
As mayor, was instrumental in convincing the New York Giants baseball
team to move to San Francisco, as well as the construction of
Candlestick Park for the team.
Died, from a stroke, in San
Francisco, Calif., September
14, 2000 (age 92 years, 281
days).
Interment at Greek
Orthodox Memorial Park, Colma, Calif.
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Arthur H. Davis, Jr. (1917-2000) —
of Golden, Jefferson
County, Colo.
Born in Brockton, Plymouth
County, Mass., 1917.
Real
estate developer; U.S. Ambassador to Paraguay, 1982-85; Panama, 1986-90.
Died, following a stroke, November
24, 2000 (age about 83
years).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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James Charles Corman (1920-2000) —
also known as James C. Corman; Jim Corman —
of Van Nuys, Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif.; Reseda, Los Angeles
County, Calif.
Born in Galena, Cherokee
County, Kan., October
20, 1920.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II; served
in the U.S. Marine Corps during the Korean conflict; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from California, 1960,
1964;
U.S.
Representative from California, 1961-81 (22nd District 1961-75,
21st District 1975-81).
Methodist.
Member, Lions; American
Legion; Elks; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; American Bar
Association.
Floor manager in U.S. House for Civil Rights Act and Voting Rights
Act in 1960s; member of the Kerner Commission on Civil Disorders.
The federal building in Van Nuys, Calif., was named for
him in 2001.
Died, following a cerebral hemorrhage, in a hospital
at Arlington, Arlington
County, Va., December
30, 2000 (age 80 years, 71
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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William Ewing Duffield (1922-2001) —
also known as William E. Duffield —
of Pennsylvania.
Born in Cherry Tree, Indiana
County, Pa., January
7, 1922.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; served in the
U.S. Army during the Korean conflict; lawyer;
member of Pennsylvania
state senate 32nd District, 1971-78.
Presbyterian.
Member, Veterans of
Foreign Wars; American
Legion; Freemasons;
Elks.
Disbarred
in 1975 for mishandling
cases and client funds; reinstated to the bar in 1978. Convicted
in 1980 on 11 federal counts of mail fraud and one count of perjury;
served six months in federal prison.
Disbarred
again in 1994 for mishandling
a murder case.
Died, of cancer and
strokes, in Uniontown Hospital,
Uniontown, Fayette
County, Pa., January
14, 2001 (age 79 years, 7
days).
Interment at Sylvan
Heights Cemetery, Uniontown, Pa.
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Katherine Czarnecki (1911-2001) —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Serbia,
May
28, 1911.
Republican. Candidate for delegate
to Michigan state constitutional convention from Wayne County 7th
District, 1961.
Female.
Catholic
or Eastern
Orthodox.
Died, from complications of a stroke, at Woodward Hills Convalescent
Home, Bloomfield Hills, Oakland
County, Mich., July 18,
2001 (age 90 years, 51
days).
Interment at Mt.
Olivet Cemetery, Detroit, Mich.
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Paul Lee Williams (1933-2001) —
of Alexander, Pulaski
County, Ark.
Born in Rolla, Hot Spring
County, Ark., October
13, 1933.
Democrat. Member of Arkansas
state house of representatives, 1973-78.
Baptist.
Member, Teamsters
Union.
Died, of complications from a stroke, in Alexander, Pulaski
County, Ark., July 19,
2001 (age 67 years, 279
days).
Interment at Pinecrest
Memorial Park, Near Alexander, Saline County, Ark.
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Floyd Davidson Spence (1928-2001) —
also known as Floyd Spence —
of Lexington, Lexington
County, S.C.
Born in Columbia, Richland
County, S.C., April 9,
1928.
Son of James Wilson Spence and Addie (Lucas) Spence.
Served in the U.S. Army during the Korean conflict; lawyer;
member of South
Carolina state house of representatives, 1957-62; delegate to
Republican National Convention from South Carolina, 1964,
1972
(delegation chair), 1988;
member of South
Carolina state senate, 1967-70; U.S.
Representative from South Carolina 2nd District, 1971-2001; died
in office 2001.
Lutheran.
Member, Sons
of Confederate Veterans; Farm
Bureau; American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Forty and
Eight; American Bar
Association; American
Judicature Society; Association
of Trial Lawyers of America; Kappa
Alpha Order.
Died, following surgery to remove a blood clot from his brain,
in St. Dominic-Jackson Memorial Hospital,
Jackson, Hinds
County, Miss., August
16, 2001 (age 73 years, 129
days).
Interment at St.
Peter's Lutheran Church Cemetery, Lexington, S.C.
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William Aloysius Ryan (1919-2001) —
also known as William A. Ryan; Bill Ryan —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Morgantown, Monongalia
County, W.Va., May 2,
1919.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II; President and
financial
secretary, United Auto Workers Local 104; editor of The Wage
Earner newspaper;
member of Michigan
state house of representatives, 1958-82 (Wayne County 3rd
District 1958-64, 3rd District 1965-72, 14th District 1973-82); Speaker of
the Michigan State House of Representatives, 1969-74.
Catholic.
Member, United
Auto Workers.
Died following a stroke, in the Martin Luther Holt nursing
home, Holt, Ingham
County, Mich., October
9, 2001 (age 82 years, 160
days).
Entombed in mausoleum at St.
Joseph Cemetery, Lansing, Mich.
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Earl R. Larson (1911-2001) —
of Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn.
Born in Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn., December
18, 1911.
Son of Axel R. Larson and Hannah (Johnson) Larson.
Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; U.S.
District Judge for Minnesota, 1961-77; took senior status 1977.
Member, American Civil
Liberties Union.
Died, of a stroke, at Walker Methodist Health
Center, Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn., October
31, 2001 (age 89 years, 317
days).
Interment at Sunset
Memorial Park Cemetery, St. Anthony, Minn.
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Robert Christian Eckhardt (1913-2001) —
also known as Bob Eckhardt —
of Houston, Harris
County, Tex.
Born in Austin, Travis
County, Tex., July 16,
1913.
Democrat. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; member of Texas
state house of representatives, 1959-66; U.S.
Representative from Texas 8th District, 1967-81; defeated, 1980.
Author of the War Powers Act and the Toxic Substances Act.
Died, of a hemorrhagic stroke, in Seton Hospital,
Austin, Travis
County, Tex., November
13, 2001 (age 88 years, 120
days).
Interment at Austin
Memorial Cemetery, Austin, Tex.
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Paul Jones Fannin (1907-2002) —
also known as Paul J. Fannin —
of Phoenix, Maricopa
County, Ariz.
Born in Ashland, Boyd
County, Ky., January
29, 1907.
Son of Thomas Newton Fannin and Katherine (Davis) Fannin.
Republican. Chemical
and petroleum
business; Governor of
Arizona, 1959-65; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Arizona, 1960,
1964
(delegation chair); U.S.
Senator from Arizona, 1965-77.
Methodist.
Member, Elks; Moose; Rotary; Kappa
Sigma.
Died, from a stroke, in Phoenix, Maricopa
County, Ariz., January
13, 2002 (age 94 years, 349
days).
Interment at Greenwood
Memory Lawn Cemetery, Phoenix, Ariz.
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Ronald E. Forcht (c.1936-2002) —
of Butler, Butler
County, Pa.
Born in Butler, Butler
County, Pa., about 1936.
Republican. Automobile
dealer; mayor of
Butler, Pa., 1982-86.
Died, of a brain hemorrhage, in St. Francis Hospital,
Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa., April 8,
2002 (age about 66
years).
Interment at Calvary
Cemetery, Butler, Pa.
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J. William Petro (c.1940-2002) —
of Ohio.
Born about 1940.
U.S.
Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio, 1982-84.
Fired
as U.S. attorney amid charges
that he leaked
confidential information; found
guilty of criminal
contempt of court in 1985.
Died, of a cerebral hemorrhage, May 23,
2002 (age about 62
years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Henry J. Cianfrani (1923-2002) —
also known as "Buddy Brown"; "The
Pizza" —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in a hospital,
Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., March 19,
1923.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1956,
1960,
1964;
member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 1963-66; member of Pennsylvania
state senate 1st District, 1967-78.
Catholic.
Member, Veterans of
Foreign Wars; American
Legion; Sons of
Italy.
Convicted
in 1977 on federal charges of racketeering and mail fraud for padding
his Senate payroll; sentenced
to five years in federal prison;
served 27 months; released in 1980.
Died, following a stroke, in Hahnemann University Hospital,
Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., July 3,
2002 (age 79 years, 106
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Wallace G. Wilkinson (1941-2002) —
also known as "The Weasel" —
of Lexington, Fayette
County, Ky.
Born in Casey
County, Ky., December
12, 1941.
Democrat. Governor of
Kentucky, 1987-91.
During bankruptcy proceedings in 2001, it was revealed that Wilkinson
had been operating a Ponzi
scheme, and that his liabilities exceeded his assets by $300
million; he repeatedly refused to answer questions under oath,
invoking his Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination.
However, he died before any prosecution could take place.
Died, of lymphatic
cancer and a stroke, in St. Joseph Hospital,
Lexington, Fayette
County, Ky., July 5,
2002 (age 60 years, 205
days).
Entombed at Sarasota Memorial Park, Sarasota, Fla.
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Stephen P. Yokich (1935-2002) —
of St. Clair Shores, Macomb
County, Mich.
Born in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., August
20, 1935.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Michigan,
1980,
1984,
2000;
President
of the United Auto Workers, 1995-2002.
Serbian
and Lebanese
ancestry. Member, United
Auto Workers.
Suffered a stroke, and died the next day, at St. John Hospital,
Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., August
16, 2002 (age 66 years, 361
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Carter Lane Burgess (1916-2002) —
also known as Carter L. Burgess —
of Roanoke,
Va.
Born in Roanoke,
Va., December
31, 1916.
Insurance
agent; colonel in the U.S. Army during World War II; while
stationed in England, he delivered a message from Gen. Dwight
D. Eisenhower to Gen. Charles de Gaulle, then in North Africa,
informing him of the plans to invade Normandy; business
executive; chief executive officer of Trans World Airlines
(TWA), 1956-57; U.S. Ambassador to Argentina, 1968-69.
Episcopalian.
Died, following two strokes, at Pheasant Ridge Nursing
Home, Roanoke,
Va., August
18, 2002 (age 85 years, 230
days).
Interment at Evergreen
Burial Park, Roanoke, Va.
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Billie McClain Carr (1928-2002) —
also known as Billie Carr; Billie Jean McClain;
"The Godmother" —
of Houston, Harris
County, Tex.
Born in Houston, Harris
County, Tex., June 1,
1928.
Democrat. Member of Texas
Democratic State Executive Committee, 1964-66; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Texas, 1972,
1996,
2000;
member of Democratic
National Committee from Texas, 1972-2000.
Female.
Died, of complications from a stroke, in Houston, Harris
County, Tex., September
9, 2002 (age 74 years, 100
days).
Interment at Forest
Park Cemetery, Houston, Tex.
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Joseph Jacob Foss (1915-2003) —
also known as Joe Foss; "The American Ace of
Aces" —
of Sioux Falls, Minnehaha
County, S.Dak.; Scottsdale, Maricopa
County, Ariz.
Born in Sioux Falls, Minnehaha
County, S.Dak., April 17,
1915.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II;
received the Medal
of Honor for action over Guadalcanal in 1942-43; delegate to
Republican National Convention from South Dakota, 1948
(alternate), 1956;
member of South
Dakota state house of representatives 10th District, 1949-50,
1953-54; Governor of
South Dakota, 1955-59; candidate for U.S.
Representative from South Dakota, 1958; Commissioner, American Football
League, 1960; elected to National Aviation Hall of
Fame, 1984; president, National Rifle Association, 1988-90.
Methodist.
Member, American
Legion; National Rifle
Association; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Elks.
Died, from the effects of a stroke, in Scottsdale, Maricopa
County, Ariz., January
1, 2003 (age 87 years, 259
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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James Pershing Harrelson (1919-2003) —
also known as James P. Harrelson; J. P. Harrelson;
"Preacher" —
of Walterboro, Colleton
County, S.C.
Born in Mullins, Marion
County, S.C., June 28,
1919.
Son of Carson A. Harrelson and Bertha Mae Harrelson.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; Baptist
minister; lawyer;
member of South
Carolina state house of representatives, 1957-60, 1991-94; member
of South
Carolina state senate, 1963-76; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from South Carolina, 1964,
1968,
1972.
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Woodmen;
Elks; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; American Bar
Association.
Recipient of the Order of the Palmetto, South Carolina's highest
civilian award.
Died, from strokes and Parkinson's
disease, in Roper Hospital,
Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C., April 30,
2003 (age 83 years, 306
days).
Interment at Black
Creek Baptist Church Cemetery, Walterboro, S.C.
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Frank Lewis O'Bannon (1930-2003) —
also known as Frank L. O'Bannon —
of Indiana.
Born in Corydon, Harrison
County, Ind., January
30, 1930.
Son of Faith (Dropsey) O'Bannon and Robert
Presley O'Bannon.
Democrat. Newspaper
publisher; member of Indiana
state senate, 1971-89; Lieutenant
Governor of Indiana, 1989-97; Governor of
Indiana, 1997-2003; died in office 2003; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Indiana, 2000.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Rotary;
Phi
Delta Phi; Phi
Gamma Delta; American Bar
Association; American
Judicature Society; American
Legion.
Suffered a major stroke, and subsequently died, in
Northwestern Memorial Hospital,
Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., September
13, 2003 (age 73 years, 226
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Cedar
Hill Cemetery, Corydon, Ind.; statue at Old
Courthouse Square, Corydon, Ind.
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Samuel Schwartzkopf (1916-2004) —
also known as Sam Schwartzkopf —
of Lincoln, Lancaster
County, Neb.
Born in Lincoln, Lancaster
County, Neb., January
12, 1916.
Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; mayor of
Lincoln, Neb., 1967-75; defeated, 1975.
Died, from complications related to a stroke, diabetes,
and pneumonia,
June
5, 2004 (age 88 years, 145
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Image source:
City of Lincoln |
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Frank Jefferson Horton (1919-2004) —
also known as Frank Horton —
of Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y.; Bentonville, Warren
County, Va.
Born in Cuero, DeWitt
County, Tex., December
12, 1919.
Republican. Major in the U.S. Army during World War II; lawyer; U.S.
Representative from New York, 1963-93 (36th District 1963-73,
34th District 1973-83, 29th District 1983-93).
Presbyterian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; American
Legion; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners.
Died, following a stroke, in a hospital
at Winchester,
Va., August
30, 2004 (age 84 years, 262
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Jack J. Garris (1919-2005) —
also known as Jack John Garatzgeone —
of Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich.
Born in New York City (unknown
county), N.Y., October
16, 1919.
Son of John Garatzogeone and Constance (Maniatakos) Garatzogeone.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; lawyer; Washtenaw
County Circuit Court Commissioner, 1955; candidate for mayor
of Ann Arbor, Mich., 1971.
Eastern
Orthodox. Greek
ancestry. Member, American Bar
Association; Association
of Trial Lawyers of America; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; American
Legion; Delta
Theta Phi; Jaycees.
Died, of a stroke, while suffering from Parkinson's
disease, in St. Joseph Mercy Hospital,
Superior Township, Washtenaw
County, Mich., February
21, 2005 (age 85 years, 128
days).
Interment at Forest
Hill Cemetery, Ann Arbor, Mich.
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Relatives:
Married 1948
to Helen Cazepis. |
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Tillie Kidd Fowler (1942-2005) —
also known as Tillie K. Fowler; Tillie
Kidd —
of Jacksonville, Duval
County, Fla.
Born in Milledgeville, Baldwin
County, Ga., December
23, 1942.
Daughter of Edwards
Culver Kidd, Jr..
Republican. Lawyer;
legislative assistant to U.S. Rep. Robert
G. Stephens, Jr., 1967-70; U.S.
Representative from Florida 4th District, 1993-2001; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Florida, 2004.
Female.
Episcopalian.
Member, Junior
League.
Died, of a brain hemorrhage, in Jacksonville, Duval
County, Fla., March 2,
2005 (age 62 years, 69
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Lloyd Millard Bentsen, Jr. (1921-2006) —
also known as Lloyd M. Bentsen —
of Houston, Harris
County, Tex.; Austin, Travis
County, Tex.
Born in Mission, Hidalgo
County, Tex., February
11, 1921.
Son of Lloyd M. Bentsen, Sr. and Edna Ruth (Colbath) Bentsen.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; lawyer;
county judge in Texas, 1946-48; U.S.
Representative from Texas 15th District, 1948-55; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Texas, 1956,
1980;
member, Arrangements Committee, 1984;
speaker, 1988;
president, Lincoln Liberty Life
Insurance Company; U.S.
Senator from Texas, 1971-93; candidate for Democratic nomination
for President, 1976;
candidate for Vice
President of the United States, 1988; U.S.
Secretary of the Treasury, 1993-94.
Baptist
or Presbyterian.
Danish
ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Sigma
Nu; Elks.
Died, of complications from a 1998 stroke, in Houston, Harris
County, Tex., May 23,
2006 (age 85 years, 101
days).
Interment at Forest
Park Cemetery, Houston, Tex.
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George Armistead Smathers (1913-2007) —
also known as George A. Smathers; "Georgeous
George" —
of Miami, Dade County (now Miami-Dade
County), Fla.
Born in Atlantic City, Atlantic
County, N.J., November
14, 1913.
Son of Franklin Smathers and Lura (Jones) Smathers.
Democrat. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II; U.S.
Representative from Florida 4th District, 1947-51; U.S.
Senator from Florida, 1951-69; alternate delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Florida, 1952,
1956;
candidate for Democratic nomination for President, 1960,
1968;
lobbyist.
Methodist;
later United
Church of Christ. Member, Jaycees;
Elks; Kiwanis.
Suffered a stroke, and subsequently died, in Indian Creek, Miami-Dade
County, Fla., January
20, 2007 (age 93 years, 67
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Joseph Johanik (1927-2007) —
of Westmont, DuPage
County, Ill.; Lombard, DuPage
County, Ill.
Born in 1927.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; carpenter;
hardware
store owner; village
president of Westmont, Illinois, 1961-65.
Czech
ancestry. Member, Moose; Veterans of
Foreign Wars.
Died, from a brain hemorrhage, in Central DuPage Hospital,
Winfield, DuPage
County, Ill., May 4,
2007 (age about 79
years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Simon Hirsch Galperin, Jr. (1931-2007) —
also known as Si Galperin, Jr. —
of Charleston, Kanawha
County, W.Va.
Born in Charleston, Kanawha
County, W.Va., August 5,
1931.
Son of Simon H. Galperin (1893-1984) and Fan (Lavenstein) Galperin.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during the Korean conflict; real estate
business; member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Kanawha County, 1967-70;
member of West
Virginia state senate 17th District, 1971-82.
Jewish.
Member, Izaak
Walton League; B'nai
B'rith.
Died, from complications of a stroke, June 17,
2007 (age 75 years, 316
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Simon H. Galperin (1893-1984) and Fan (Lavenstein) Galperin;
married, June 18,
1958, to Rose Marie Rogers; married to Maureen
Supcoe. |
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Maurice Marshall Bernbaum (1910-2008) —
also known as Maurice M. Bernbaum —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., February
15, 1910.
Son of Louis Bernbaum and Anne (Warsaw) Bernbaum.
Foreign Service officer; U.S. Vice Consul in Vancouver, 1936-38; Singapore, 1938-41; Caracas, 1942-45; Managua, 1947; U.S. Consul in Quito, 1948-50; U.S. Ambassador to Ecuador, 1960-65; Venezuela, 1965-69.
Died, from cerebralvascular disease and dementia,
in Mitchellville, Prince
George's County, Md., March 9,
2008 (age 98 years, 23
days).
Interment at Rock
Creek Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Stephanie Tubbs Jones (1949-2008) —
of Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio.
Born in Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio, September
10, 1949.
Democrat. Lawyer;
common pleas court judge in Ohio, 1983-91; candidate for justice of
Ohio state supreme court, 1990; Cuyahoga
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1991-99; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Ohio, 1996,
2000,
2004,
2008;
U.S.
Representative from Ohio 11th District, 1999-; member of Democratic
National Committee from Ohio, 2004-08.
Female.
Baptist.
African
ancestry. Member, Delta
Sigma Theta; NAACP.
Suffered a cerebral hemorrhage, and died the next day, in a hospital
at East Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio, August
20, 2008 (age 58 years, 345
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Cecil Harland Underwood (1922-2008) —
also known as Cecil H. Underwood —
of Sistersville, Tyler
County, W.Va.; Huntington, Cabell
County, W.Va.; Wheeling, Ohio
County, W.Va.
Born in Josephs Mills, Tyler
County, W.Va., November
5, 1922.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; minister;
member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Tyler County, 1945-56; Governor of
West Virginia, 1957-61, 1997-2001; defeated, 1964, 1976, 2000;
delegate to Republican National Convention from West Virginia, 1960
(Temporary
Chair), 1972,
2000;
candidate for U.S.
Senator from West Virginia, 1960; candidate for Presidential
Elector for West Virginia, 1968.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Elks; Moose; Junior
Order; Pi
Kappa Delta; Farm
Bureau.
He was both the youngest (in 1957) and the oldest (in 2001) governor
in West Virginia history.
Died, following a series of strokes, in Memorial Hospital
of the Charleston Area Medical Center, Charleston, Kanawha
County, W.Va., November
24, 2008 (age 86 years, 19
days). His body was
donated to the School of Medicine at Marshall University.
Cenotaph at Spring
Hill Cemetery, Josephs Mills, W.Va.
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Marilyn Chambers (1952-2009) —
also known as Marilyn Ann Briggs; Evelyn Lang;
Marilyn Chambers Taylor —
Born in Providence, Providence
County, R.I., April 22,
1952.
Model;
Actress
in pornographic
movies;
gun
dealer; Personal Choice candidate for Vice
President of the United States, 2004.
Female.
Bisexual.
Died, from a cerebral hemorrhage and an aneurysm,
in Santa Clarita, Los Angeles
County, Calif., April 12,
2009 (age 56 years, 355
days).
Cremated;
ashes scattered in North Pacific Ocean.
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Gene C. Amondson (1943-2009) —
of Vashon, King
County, Wash.
Born in Morton, Lewis
County, Wash., October
15, 1943.
Son of Owen Amondson and Ruby Amondson.
Minister;
Prohibition candidate for President
of the United States, 2004, 2008.
Methodist.
Norwegian
and German
ancestry.
Suffered a brain aneurism, and died soon after, at Harborview
Medical
Center, Seattle, King
County, Wash., July 20,
2009 (age 65 years, 278
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Robert Buford DeBlieux (1933-2010) —
also known as Bobby DeBlieux —
of Natchitoches, Natchitoches
Parish, La.
Born in Natchitoches, Natchitoches
Parish, La., January
26, 1933.
Son of Jefferson Davis DeBlieux (1904-1984) and Marie Dell (Roubieu)
DeBlieux (1907-2002).
Democrat. Hardware
business; historian;
author;
mayor
of Natchitoches, La., 1976-80; Louisiana State Historic
Preservation Officer, 1980-88.
Catholic.
Member, American
Legion.
Died, from a cerebral hemorrhage, in Our Lady of the Lake Medical
Center, Baton Rouge, East Baton
Rouge Parish, La., January
31, 2010 (age 77 years, 5
days).
Interment at American
Cemetery, Natchitoches, La.
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