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William Churchill Houston (c.1746-1788) —
of Somerset
County, N.J.
Born in South Carolina, about 1746.
Member of New
Jersey state house of assembly from Somerset County, 1777-78; Delegate
to Continental Congress from New Jersey, 1779-81, 1784-85; member,
U.S. Constitutional Convention, 1787.
Presbyterian.
Died of tuberculosis, August
12, 1788 (age about 42
years).
Burial
location unknown.
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James Bowdoin (1726-1790) —
of Massachusetts.
Born August 7,
1726.
Delegate
to Massachusetts state constitutional convention, 1779-80; Governor of
Massachusetts, 1785-87; delegate to
Massachusetts convention to ratify U.S. constitution, 1788.
French
ancestry. Member, American
Academy of Arts and Sciences.
Bowdoin College in Maine was named for
him.
Died, of consumption (tuberculosis), in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., November
6, 1790 (age 64 years, 91
days).
Interment at Old
Granary Burying Ground, Boston, Mass.
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John Shepardson (d. 1802) —
of Guilford, Windham
County, Vt.
Justice
of Vermont state supreme court, 1778-79; member of Vermont
Governor's Council.
Died, of consumption (tuberculosis), in Brattleboro, Windham
County, Vt., January
3, 1802.
Burial
location unknown.
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George Madison (1763-1816) —
of Kentucky.
Born in 1763.
Served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; Kentucky
auditor of public accounts, 1796-1816; major in the U.S. Army
during the War of 1812; Governor of
Kentucky, 1816; died in office 1816.
Died of tuberculosis, October
14, 1816 (age about 53
years).
Interment at Frankfort
Cemetery, Frankfort, Ky.
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James Monroe (1758-1831) —
of Virginia.
Born in Westmoreland
County, Va., April 28,
1758.
Son of Spence Monroe and Elizabeth (Jones) Monroe.
Colonel in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; lawyer;
member of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1782, 1786, 1810-11; Delegate
to Continental Congress from Virginia, 1783-86; U.S.
Senator from Virginia, 1790-94; U.S. Minister to France, 1794-96; Great Britain, 1803-07; Governor of
Virginia, 1799-1802, 1811; U.S.
Secretary of State, 1811-14, 1815-17; U.S.
Secretary of War, 1814-15; President
of the United States, 1817-25; delegate to
Virginia state constitutional convention, 1829.
Episcopalian.
English
ancestry. Member, Freemasons.
Elected to the Hall
of Fame for Great Americans in 1930. His portrait appeared on the
U.S. $100
silver certificate in the 1880s and 1890s.
Died, probably of tuberculosis, in New York, New York
County, N.Y., July 4,
1831 (age 73 years, 67
days).
Originally entombed at New
York Marble Cemetery, Manhattan, N.Y.; subsequently entombed at
New
York City Marble Cemetery, Manhattan, N.Y.; reinterment in 1858
at Hollywood
Cemetery, Richmond, Va.
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Relatives:
Nephew of Joseph
Jones; son of Spence Monroe and Elizabeth (Jones) Monroe; married
1786 to
Eliza Kortright; distant cousin of Thomas
Bell Monroe; uncle of James
Monroe (1799-1870); second great-granduncle of Theodore
Douglas Robinson and Corinne
Robinson Alsop. See Livingston-Seymour-Lee-Williams
family of New York. |
| | | Monroe counties in Ala., Ark., Fla., Ga., Ill., Ind., Iowa, Ky., Mich., Miss., Mo., N.Y., Ohio, Pa., Tenn., W.Va. and Wis. are
named for him. |
| | | Other politicians named for him: James
Monroe
— James
Monroe
— James
M. Pendleton
— James
M. Jackson
— James
Monroe Letts
— James
M. Ritchie
— James
M. Comly
— James
Monroe Buford
— James
M. Seibert
— James
M. Lown
— James
M. Miller
— James
Monroe Hale
— James
Monroe Spears
— James
M. Lown, Jr.
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| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — National
Governors Association biography — Wikipedia
article — NNDB
dossier |
| | | Books about James Monroe: Harry Ammon,
James
Monroe: The Quest for National Identity |
| | | Image source: Portrait & Biographical
Album of Washtenaw County (1891) |
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John Breathitt (1786-1834) —
of Kentucky.
Born in Loudoun
County, Va., September
9, 1786.
Son of William Breathitt (1757-1817) and Elizabeth Dawson (Whitsett)
Breathitt (1765-1834).
Member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1811; Lieutenant
Governor of Kentucky, 1828-32; Governor of
Kentucky, 1832-34; died in office 1834.
Presbyterian.
Died of tuberculosis in Frankfort, Franklin
County, Ky., February
21, 1834 (age 47 years, 165
days).
Original interment at Breathitt
Cemetery, Near Russellville, Logan County, Ky.; reinterment at Maple
Grove Cemetery, Russellville, Ky.
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Philip Jeremiah Schuyler (1768-1835) —
also known as Philip J. Schuyler —
of Dutchess
County, N.Y.
Born in Albany, Albany
County, N.Y., January
21, 1768.
Son of Philip
John Schuyler.
Republican. Member of New York
state assembly from Dutchess County, 1797-98; U.S.
Representative from New York 5th District, 1817-19.
Died, of consumption (tuberculosis), in New York, New York
County, N.Y., February
21, 1835 (age 67 years, 31
days).
Original interment at New
York Marble Cemetery, Manhattan, N.Y.; subsequent interment at a
private or family graveyard, Dutchess County, N.Y.; reinterment
at Poughkeepsie
Rural Cemetery, Poughkeepsie, N.Y.
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William Gordon Cooke (1808-1847) —
of Texas.
Born in Fredericksburg,
Va., March 26,
1808.
Served in the Texas Army during the Texas War of Independence; member
of Texas
Republic House of Representatives, 1844-45; Texas
Republic Secretary of War and Marine, 1845-46; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Texas, 1846; Adjutant
General of Texas, 1846-47; died in office 1847.
Member, Freemasons.
Cooke Avenue in San Antonio is named for
him.
Died of tuberculosis, at Seguin, Guadalupe
County, Tex., December
24, 1847 (age 39 years, 273
days).
Original interment somewhere
in Geronimo, Tex.; reinterment in 1937 at Texas
State Cemetery, Austin, Tex.
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James Cochrane Dobbin (1814-1857) —
also known as James C. Dobbin —
of Fayetteville, Cumberland
County, N.C.
Born in Fayetteville, Cumberland
County, N.C., January
17, 1814.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from North Carolina 5th District, 1845-47; member
of North
Carolina house of commons from Cumberland County, 1848-51; U.S.
Secretary of the Navy, 1853-57.
Died, from tuberculosis, in Fayetteville, Cumberland
County, N.C., August 4,
1857 (age 43 years, 199
days).
Interment at Cross
Creek Cemetery No. 1, Fayetteville, N.C.
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Frederick George Louis Beuhring (1791-1859) —
also known as Frederick G. L. Beuhring; F. G. L.
Beuhring; Frederik Georg Ludwig Bürhing —
of Cabell
County, Va. (now W.Va.).
Born in Scharmbeck, Germany,
March
31, 1791.
Served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; member of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1822-23, 1829-30, 1835-36, 1844.
Lutheran.
German
ancestry.
Died, of consumption (tuberculosis), in Cabell
County, Va (now W.Va.), June 27,
1859 (age 68 years, 88
days).
Interment at Spring
Hill Cemetery, Huntington, W.Va.
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Charles Edward Travis (1829-1860) —
also known as Charles E. Travis —
Born in Alabama, August 8,
1829.
Son of Rosanna (Cato) Travis and William
Barret Travis.
Member of Texas
state house of representatives, 1853-54.
Court-martialed
and discharged
from the U.S. Cavalry, on charges of conduct
unbecoming an officer and a gentleman, based on incidents of
alleged slander,
unauthorized
absence, and cheating
at cards.
Died, of consumption (tuberculosis) in Washington
County, Tex., 1860
(age about
30 years).
Interment at Masonic
Cemetery, Chappell Hill, Tex.
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James Charles Wilson (1818-1860) —
of Texas.
Born in Yorkshire, England,
August
21, 1818.
Served in the Texas Army during the Texas War of Independence; member
of Texas
state house of representatives, 1849-50; member of Texas
state senate, 1851-53.
Methodist.
Volunteer on the Somervell Expedition in 1842; captured at Mier,
Mexico, and held at Perote Prison until his escape in 1843; famed
orator in support of Texas annexation to the U.S. and, later,
secession to join the Confederacy.
Died of tuberculosis, at Gonzales, Gonzales
County, Tex., February
7, 1860 (age 41 years, 170
days).
Original interment at Askey
Cemetery, Gonzales, Tex.; reinterment in 1936 at Texas
State Cemetery, Austin, Tex.
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James Brown Clay (1817-1864) —
of Kentucky.
Born in Washington,
D.C., November
9, 1817.
Son of Henry
Clay (1777-1852).
Democrat. U.S. Charge d'Affaires to Portugal, 1849-50; U.S.
Representative from Kentucky 8th District, 1857-59.
Died of tuberculosis, in Montreal, Quebec,
January
26, 1864 (age 46 years, 78
days).
Interment at Lexington
Cemetery, Lexington, Ky.
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Samuel Snowden Maffit (1819-1864) —
also known as Samuel S. Maffit —
of Elkton, Cecil
County, Md.
Born March 18,
1819.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Maryland,
1860;
Maryland
state comptroller, 1862-64.
Died, of consumption (tuberculosis), in Elkton, Cecil
County, Md., May 24,
1864 (age 45 years, 67
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Pendleton Murrah (1824-1865) —
of Texas.
Born in 1824.
Governor
of Texas, 1863-65.
Died, from consumption, in Monterrey, Nuevo
León, August 4,
1865 (age about 41
years).
Interment at Panteon
Municipal Cemetery, Monterrey, Nuevo León.
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William Johnston (1819-1866) —
of Ohio.
Born in Ireland,
1819.
Democrat. Lawyer;
candidate for Governor of
Ohio, 1850; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 8th District, 1863-65; defeated, 1864.
Died of consumption (tuberculosis), in Mansfield, Richland
County, Ohio, May 1,
1866 (age about 46
years).
Interment at Mansfield
Cemetery, Mansfield, Ohio.
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William Ward Orme (1832-1866) —
also known as William W. Orme —
of Bloomington, McLean
County, Ill.
Born in Washington,
D.C., February
17, 1832.
Lawyer;
delegate
to Illinois state constitutional convention McLean County, 1862;
general in the Union Army during the Civil War.
Died, probably from tuberculosis, in Bloomington, McLean
County, Ill., September
13, 1866 (age 34 years, 208
days).
Interment at Evergreen
Memorial Cemetery, Bloomington, Ill.
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John Aaron Rawlins (1831-1869) —
Born in Galena, Jo Daviess
County, Ill., February
13, 1831.
General in the Union Army during the Civil War; U.S.
Secretary of War, 1869; died in office 1869.
Died, of consumption (tuberculosis), in Washington,
D.C., September
6, 1869 (age 38 years, 205
days).
Original interment at Congressional
Cemetery, Washington, D.C.; reinterment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.; statue erected 1874 at Rawlins
Park, Washington, D.C.
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Abraham G. Mayers (1809-1870) —
of Fort Smith, Sebastian
County, Ark.
Born in Hagerstown, Washington
County, Md., 1809.
Postmaster;
candidate for Representative
from Arkansas in the Confederate Congress 2nd District, 1861.
Died, from consumption, in Fort Smith, Sebastian
County, Ark., 1870
(age about
61 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Henry Dana Washburn (1832-1871) —
also known as Henry D. Washburn —
of Clinton, Vermillion
County, Ind.
Born in Windsor, Windsor
County, Vt., March 28,
1832.
Republican. General in the Union Army during the Civil War; U.S.
Representative from Indiana 7th District, 1866-69.
As Surveyor-General of Montana Territory in 1870, led the Washburn
Expedition into what is now Yellowstone National Park.
Died of tuberculosis, in Clinton, Vermillion
County, Ind., January
26, 1871 (age 38 years, 304
days).
Interment at Riverside
Cemetery, Clinton, Ind.
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Benjamin H. Steele (c.1835-1873) —
Born in Vermont, about 1835.
Republican. Justice of
Vermont state supreme court, 1865-69; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Vermont, 1872.
Died, of consumption, in Minnesota, 1873
(age about
38 years).
Interment somewhere
in Hartland, Vt.
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John Thomas Croxton (1836-1874) —
also known as John T. Croxton —
of Paris, Bourbon
County, Ky.
Born near Paris, Bourbon
County, Ky., November
20, 1836.
Republican. Lawyer;
general in the Union Army during the Civil War; Kentucky
Republican state chair, 1868; U.S. Minister to Bolivia, 1873-74, died in office 1874.
Member, Freemasons.
Died, from consumption (tuberculosis), in La Paz, Bolivia,
April
16, 1874 (age 37 years, 147
days).
Interment at Paris
Cemetery, Paris, Ky.
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Peter W. Gray (1819-1874) —
of Texas.
Born in Fredericksburg,
Va., December
12, 1819.
Member of Texas
Republic House of Representatives; member of Texas
state senate, 1851-53; state court judge in Texas, 1854-61; Representative
from Texas in the Confederate Congress, 1862-64; justice of
Texas state supreme court, 1874.
Died of tuberculosis, in Houston, Harris
County, Tex., October
3, 1874 (age 54 years, 295
days).
Interment at Glenwood
Cemetery, Houston, Tex.
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Justin E. Colburn (c.1844-1878) —
Born in Vermont, about 1844.
Private secretary to U.S. Sen. William
Sprague, 1869; newspaper
correspondent; U.S. Consul General in Mexico City, 1878, died in office 1878.
Died, of consumption (tuberculosis), in Mexico City (Ciudad de
México), Distrito
Federal, December
2, 1878 (age about 34
years).
Interment at American
Cemetery, Ciudad de México, Distrito Federal.
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Charles Locke (1811-1881) —
of Shiawassee
County, Mich.
Born in Madison
County, N.Y., May 11,
1811.
Member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Shiawassee County 2nd
District, 1867-68.
Died, of consumption (tuberculosis), in Perry, Shiawassee
County, Mich., May 8,
1881 (age 69 years, 362
days).
Interment at Roselawn
Cemetery, Perry, Mich.
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Louis Alfred Wiltz (1843-1881) —
also known as Louis A. Wiltz —
of New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La.
Born in New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La., January
21, 1843.
Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; mayor
of New Orleans, La., 1872-74; Speaker of
the Louisiana State House of Representatives, 1875; Lieutenant
Governor of Louisiana; elected 1876; delegate to
Louisiana state constitutional convention, 1879; Governor of
Louisiana, 1880-81; died in office 1881.
Died, of tuberculosis, October
16, 1881 (age 38 years, 268
days).
Interment at St.
Louis Cemetery No. 1, New Orleans, La.
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Samuel Wylie Greer (1826-1882) —
of Leavenworth, Leavenworth
County, Kan.; Winfield, Cowley
County, Kan.
Born in Allegheny
County, Pa., June 2,
1826.
Kansas
Territory superintendent of schools, 1858-61; served in the Union
Army during the Civil War.
Member, Grand
Army of the Republic.
Died, from consumption (tuberculosis), in Winfield, Cowley
County, Kan., September
30, 1882 (age 56 years, 120
days).
Interment at Union
Cemetery, Winfield, Kan.
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Thomas Dunlap (1832-1885) —
of Sutter Creek, Amador
County, Calif.
Born in West Salem, Wayne
County, Ohio, March 30,
1832.
Member of California
state assembly 16th District, 1875-80.
Protestant.
Member, Freemasons.
Died, of consumption (tuberculosis), in Bieber, Lassen
County, Calif., September
15, 1885 (age 53 years, 169
days).
Interment at Pine
Grove Cemetery, McArthur, Calif.
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Robert Johnston (1818-1885) —
of Virginia.
Born in Rockbridge
County, Va., October
14, 1818.
Member of Virginia state legislature; Delegate
from Virginia to the Confederate Provisional Congress, 1861-62;
Representative
from Virginia in the Confederate Congress, 1862-65; state court
judge in Virginia, 1880-85.
Died, of tuberculosis, at Harrisonburg,
Va., November
6, 1885 (age 67 years, 23
days).
Interment at Woodbine
Cemetery, Harrisonburg, Va.
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Lyman Kidder Bass (1836-1889) —
also known as Lyman K. Bass —
of New York.
Born in Alden, Erie
County, N.Y., November
13, 1836.
Republican. Lawyer; Erie
County District Attorney, 1865; delegate to Republican National
Convention from New York, 1868;
U.S.
Representative from New York, 1873-77 (31st District 1873-75,
32nd District 1875-77); law partner with Grover
Cleveland and Wilson
S. Bissell, 1873-82; attorney for many railroads.
Died, of consumption, in the Buckingham Hotel, New
York, New
York County, N.Y., May 11,
1889 (age 52 years, 179
days).
Interment at Forest
Lawn Cemetery, Buffalo, N.Y.
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Earley Franklin Poppleton (1834-1899) —
of Delaware, Delaware
County, Ohio.
Born in Richland
County, Ohio, September
29, 1834.
Democrat. Member of Ohio state legislature; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 9th District, 1875-77.
Died of consumption (tuberculosis), May 6,
1899 (age 64 years, 219
days).
Interment at Oak
Grove Cemetery, Delaware, Ohio.
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William Haselden Ellerbe (1862-1899) —
of South Carolina.
Born in Marion, Marion
County, S.C., April 7,
1862.
Son of William S. Ellerbe (1832-1899) and Sarah E. (Haselden) Ellerbe
(1833-1891).
South
Carolina state comptroller general, 1891-95; Governor of
South Carolina, 1897-99; died in office 1899.
Died, of consumption (tuberculosis), in Sellers, Marion
County, S.C., June 2,
1899 (age 37 years, 56
days).
Interment at Haselden
Cemetery, Latta, S.C.
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John Howell Carroll (c.1865-1903) —
also known as J. Howell Carroll —
of Maryland.
Born about 1865.
Son of Charles Tucker Carroll and Susan (Howell) Carroll
(c.1836-1914).
U.S. Consul in Cadiz, 1897-98.
Died, of consumption, in Mentone (Menton), France,
February
7, 1903 (age about 38
years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Marshall Arnold (1845-1913) —
of Missouri.
Born in St. Francois
County, Mo., October
21, 1845.
Son of Elisha Arnold and Elvira M. (Calland) Arnold.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Missouri
state house of representatives, 1877-79; U.S.
Representative from Missouri 14th District, 1891-95; defeated,
1894.
Died, of phthisis pulmonalis (tuberculosis), in Benton,
Scott
County, Mo., June 12,
1913 (age 67 years, 234
days).
Interment at Benton
Cemetery, Benton, Mo.
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John M. Eshleman (1876-1916) —
also known as Jack Eshleman —
of California.
Born in Villa Ridge, Pulaski
County, Ill., June 14,
1876.
Republican. Member of California
state assembly 52nd District; elected 1906; delegate to
Republican National Convention from California, 1912;
Lieutenant
Governor of California, 1915-16; died in office 1916.
Member, Freemasons.
Eshleman Hall at University of California Berkeley is named for
him.
Died, of tuberculosis, in a train
station at at Indio, Riverside
County, Calif., February
28, 1916 (age 39 years, 259
days).
Original interment in unknown location; reinterment at Sunset
View Cemetery, El Cerrito, Calif.
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James Edwin Ellerbe (1867-1916) —
also known as J. Edwin Ellerbe —
of Marion, Marion
County, S.C.
Born in Sellers, Marion
County, S.C., January
12, 1867.
Son of William S. Ellerbe and Sarah Elizabeth (Haselden) Ellerbe.
Democrat. Farmer; merchant;
member of South
Carolina state house of representatives, 1894-96; delegate to
South Carolina state constitutional convention, 1895; U.S.
Representative from South Carolina 6th District, 1905-13.
Methodist.
Died, of pulmonary tuberculosis, in Asheville, Buncombe
County, N.C., October
17, 1916 (age 49 years, 279
days).
Interment at Haselden
Cemetery, Latta, S.C.
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John Worth Kern (1849-1917) —
also known as John W. Kern —
of Kokomo, Howard
County, Ind.; Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind.
Born in Alto, Howard
County, Ind., December
20, 1849.
Son of Dr. Jacob Kern and Nancy (Ligget) Kern.
Democrat. Lawyer;
candidate for Indiana
state house of representatives, 1870; Indiana
reporter of state courts, 1885-89; member of Indiana
state senate, 1893-97; candidate for Governor of
Indiana, 1900, 1904; candidate for Vice
President of the United States, 1908; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Indiana, 1908,
1912
(chair, Platform
and Resolutions Committee; speaker),
1916;
U.S.
Senator from Indiana, 1911-17; defeated, 1916.
Member, American Bar
Association; Knights
of Pythias; Freemasons.
Died of tuberculosis and uremic
poisoning, in Asheville, Buncombe
County, N.C., August
17, 1917 (age 67 years, 240
days).
Original interment at a
private or family graveyard, Botetourt County, Va.; reinterment
in 1929 at Crown
Hill Cemetery, Indianapolis, Ind.
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Job Harriman (1861-1925) —
of Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif.
Born in Clinton
County, Ind., January
15, 1861.
Minister;
lawyer;
Socialist Labor candidate for Governor of
California, 1898; Socialist candidate for Vice
President of the United States, 1900; Socialist candidate for mayor
of Los Angeles, Calif., 1911, 1913.
Christian;
later Agnostic.
Founder, in 1914, of the Llano de Rio utopian community in Antelope
Valley, Calif. (relocated to Louisiana in 1918).
Died, from tuberculosis, in Sierra Madre, Los Angeles
County, Calif., October
26, 1925 (age 64 years, 284
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Elias Gerson Reiger (1892-1931) —
also known as E. Gerson Reiger —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born July 2,
1892.
Republican. Lawyer; social
worker; candidate for New York
state senate 12th District, 1922.
Died, of tuberculosis, 1931
(age about
38 years).
Interment at Mt.
Judah Cemetery, Ridgewood, Queens, N.Y.
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Relatives:
Married to Augusta Reiger. |
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Bernard Downing (1869-1931) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., August
14, 1869.
Son of Charles Downing and Margaret (Oakes) Downing.
Democrat. Accountant;
member of New York
state senate, 1917-31 (11th District 1917-18, 14th District
1919-31); died in office 1931.
Catholic.
Irish
ancestry.
Died, of tuberculosis, in the Loomis Sanitarium,
Liberty, Sullivan
County, N.Y., May 25,
1931 (age 61 years, 284
days).
Interment at Calvary
Cemetery, Woodside, Queens, N.Y.
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William Barbour Pedigo (1870-1932) —
also known as W. B. Pedigo; "Bill
Bob" —
of Patrick
County, Va.; Parkersburg, Wood
County, W.Va.; Wausau, Marathon
County, Wis.
Born, in a log
cabin, at Elamsville, Patrick
County, Va., January
28, 1870.
Republican. Lawyer; Patrick
County Commonwealth Attorney, 1895-99; candidate in primary for
West
Virginia state house of delegates, 1906; mayor
of Parkersburg, W.Va., 1907-11.
Baptist.
French
ancestry.
Died, of tuberculosis, in Tampa, Hillsborough
County, Fla., October
23, 1932 (age 62 years, 269
days).
Interment at Myrtle
Hill Memorial Park, Tampa, Fla.
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Morris Hillquit (1869-1933) —
also known as Moses Hillkowitz —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Riga, Latvia,
1869.
Son of Benjamin Hillquit and Rebecca (Levene) Hillquit.
Socialist. Immigrated to the United States in 1885; lawyer;
leader of "Kangaroo" faction which left the Socialist Labor Party and
marged with the Social Democratic Party to form the Socialist Party
of America in 1901; served as the Socialist Party's first national
secretary; candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York, 1906, 1908, 1920; candidate for judge of
New York Court of Appeals, 1910; candidate for mayor
of New York City, N.Y., 1917; delegate to Socialist National
Convention from New York, 1920; candidate for Justice of
New York Supreme Court 1st District, 1931.
Jewish.
Member, American Civil
Liberties Union.
Died, of tuberculosis, in 1933
(age about
64 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Cosmo A. Cilano (1893-1937) —
of Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y.
Born in Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y., March 22,
1893.
Republican. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; member of New York
state assembly from Monroe County 3rd District, 1925-28; member
of New
York state senate 45th District, 1929-34.
Catholic.
Member, American
Legion; Moose; Elks; Knights
of Columbus.
Died, of tuberculosis, in 1937
(age about
44 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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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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Adolph Berky (1897-1945) —
also known as Al Berky; Adolph Berkowitz —
of Bangor, Northampton
County, Pa.; Tucson, Pima
County, Ariz.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., April 19,
1897.
Democrat. Real estate
agent; member of Arizona
state house of representatives, 1942-45; died in office 1945.
Jewish.
Died, from meningitis
and tuberculosis, in St. Mary's Hospital,
Tucson, Pima
County, Ariz., May 17,
1945 (age 48 years, 28
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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John Looney (1865-1947) —
also known as Patrick John Looney —
of Rock Island, Rock Island
County, Ill.
Born in Ottawa, La Salle
County, Ill., October
5, 1865.
Son of Patrick Looney and Margaret Looney.
Lawyer;
newspaper
publisher; indicted
with others in 1897 over a scheme to defraud
the city of Rock Island in connection with a storm drain construction
project; convicted,
but the verdict was overturned on appeal; candidate for Illinois
state house of representatives, 1900; created and led a crime
syndicate in northwest Illinois, with interests in gambling,
prostitution,
extortion,
and eventually bootlegging
and automobile
theft; indicted
in 1907 on 37 counts of bribery,
extortion,
and libel,
but acquitted; shot
and wounded by hidden snipers on two occasions in 1908; on February
22, 1909, he was shot
and wounded in a gunfight with business rival W. W. Wilmerton; on
March 22, 1912, after publishing
personal attacks on Rock Island Mayor Henry
M. Schriver, he was arrested,
brought to the police station, and severely
beaten by the mayor himself; subsequent rioting killed two men
and injured nine others; resumed control of the Rock Island rackets
in 1921; in 1922, he was indicted
for the murder
of saloon keeper William Gabel, who had provided evidence against
Looney to federal agents; arrested
in Belen, N.M., in 1924, and later convicted
of conspiracy and murder;
sentenced
to 5 years in prison
for conspiracy and 14 years for murder;
served 8 1/2 years.
Irish
ancestry.
Died, of tuberculosis, in a sanitarium
at El Paso, El Paso
County, Tex., 1947
(age about
81 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Alfred Willoughby Smith (1870-1947) —
also known as Alfred W. Smith —
of Middlebury, Addison
County, Vt.
Born in Odessa, Russia (now Ukraine),
of American parents, September
22, 1870.
Son of Timothy
Clark Smith and Kathleen (Crout) Smith.
Lawyer;
lecturer;
U.S. Vice & Deputy Consul in Odessa, 1906-11; U.S. Vice & Deputy Consul General in Moscow, 1914.
Died, of pulmonary tuberculosis, in the Vermont Sanatorium,
Pittsford, Rutland
County, Vt., March 14,
1947 (age 76 years, 173
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Cordell Hull (1871-1955) —
also known as "Father of the United
Nations" —
of Carthage, Smith
County, Tenn.
Born in a log
cabin at Olympus, Overton County (now Pickett
County), Tenn., October
2, 1871.
Son of William Hull and Elizabeth (Riley) Hull.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Tennessee
state house of representatives, 1893-97; served in the U.S. Army
during the Spanish-American War; circuit judge in Tennessee, 1903-07;
U.S.
Representative from Tennessee 4th District, 1907-21, 1923-31;
defeated, 1920; member of Democratic
National Committee from Tennessee, 1914-24; Chairman of
Democratic National Committee, 1921-24; candidate for Democratic
nomination for President, 1928,
1940,
1944;
U.S.
Senator from Tennessee, 1931-33; U.S.
Secretary of State, 1933-44; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Tennessee, 1936.
Baptist;
later Episcopalian.
Received the Nobel
Peace Prize in 1945.
Died, of heart
disease and tuberculosis, at Bethesda
Naval Hospital, Bethesda, Montgomery
County, Md., July 23,
1955 (age 83 years, 294
days).
Entombed at Washington
National Cathedral, Washington, D.C.
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Anna Eleanor Roosevelt (1884-1962) —
also known as Eleanor Roosevelt —
of Hyde Park, Dutchess
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., October
11, 1884.
Daughter of Elliott Bulloch Roosevelt (1860-1894) and Anna (Hall)
Roosevelt (1863-1892).
Democrat. Delegate to the United Nations General Assembly, 1945-53;
speaker, Democratic National Convention, 1952,
1956;
member, President's
Commission on the Status of Women, 1961-62.
Female.
Member, League
of Women Voters; NAACP.
Died, of tuberculosis, in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., November
7, 1962 (age 78 years, 27
days).
Interment at Roosevelt
Home, Hyde Park, N.Y.
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Robert W. Colflesh (1900-1967) —
of Des Moines, Polk
County, Iowa.
Born in Des Moines, Polk
County, Iowa, January
31, 1900.
Son of Frank Marvin Colflesh and Alice (Davis) Colflesh.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer; U.S.
Attorney for the Southern District of Iowa, 1932-34; candidate in
primary for Governor of
Iowa, 1934; delegate to Republican National Convention from Iowa,
1936.
Church
of Christ. Member, American Bar
Association.
Died, of tuberculosis, in Des Moines, Polk
County, Iowa, April 17,
1967 (age 67 years, 76
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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George S. S. Codington —
also known as G. S. S. Codington —
of Medary, Brookings
County, Dakota Territory (now S.Dak.).
Minister;
member of Dakota
territorial House of Representatives, 1877-78.
Congregationalist
or Presbyterian.
Died of tuberculosis in Wisconsin.
Burial
location unknown.
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Eli Bosenbury —
of Clinton, Hunterdon
County, N.J.
Member of New Jersey
state senate from Hunterdon County, 1880-82.
Died, of consumption, in Clinton, Hunterdon
County, N.J.
Interment at Clinton
Presbyterian Churchyard, Clinton, N.J.
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