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• David Campion Acheson (b. 1921) — of Washington, D.C. Born in Washington, D.C., November 4, 1921. Son of Dean Gooderham Acheson. U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia, 1961-65. Episcopalian. Still living as of 1967.
  
  
• Dean Gooderham Acheson (1893-1971) — also known as Dean Acheson — Born in Middletown, Middlesex County, Conn., April 11, 1893. Son of Edward Campion Acheson and Eleanor (Gooderham) Acheson; married, May 5, 1917, to Alice Stanley (1895-1996; artist); father of David Campion Acheson. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; lawyer; private secretary to U.S. Supreme Court Justice Louis D. Brandeis, 1919-21; undersecretary of treasury, 1933; U.S. Secretary of State, 1949-53. Episcopalian. Member, American Academy of Arts and Sciences; American Bar Association; Council on Foreign Relations; Delta Kappa Epsilon. Received the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1964; received a Pulitzer Prize in History, 1970, for his book Present At The Creation: My Years In The State Department. Died, probably from a heart attack, in Sandy Spring, Montgomery County, Md., October 12, 1971. Interment at Oak Hill Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
  • Cross-reference: Lucius D. Battle
  • See also: Wikipedia article; Find-A-Grave page.
  • Books by Dean Acheson: Present at the Creation : My Years in the State Department (1969)
  • Books about Dean Acheson: Walter Isaacson, The Wise Men : Six Friends and the World They Made; Robert L. Beisner, Dean Acheson : A Life in the Cold War
  
  
• Joseph Henry Adams (c.1859-1924) — also known as Joseph H. Adams — of Manhattan, New York County, N.Y. Born in Washington, D.C. Republican. Lawyer; member of New York state assembly from New York County 21st District, 1904. Episcopalian. Member, Sons of the Revolution. Died in Manhattan, New York County, N.Y., August 19, 1924. Interment somewhere in Washington, D.C.
  
  
• Arthur Ainslie Ageton (1900-1971) — also known as Arthur A. Ageton — of Annapolis, Anne Arundel County, Md.; Washington, D.C. Born in Fromberg, Carbon County, Mont., October 25, 1900. Son of Peter Benjamin Ageton and Minnie Anna (Drummond) Ageton; married, November 24, 1933, to Jo Lucille Gallion. Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; rear admiral; U.S. Ambassador to Paraguay, 1954-57; university professor. Episcopalian. Died, in Bethesda Naval Hospital, Bethesda, Montgomery County, Md., April 23, 1971. Burial location unknown.
  • Books by Arthur A. Ageton: Admiral Ambassador to Russia, with William H. Standley (1955); The Naval Officer's Guide (1944); Naval Leadership and the American Bluejacket (1944)
  • Fiction by Arthur A. Ageton: Hit the Beach (1961); The Jungle Seas (1954)
  
  
• Larz Anderson (1866-1937) — of Brookline, Norfolk County, Mass.; Washington, D.C. Born in Paris, France of American parents, August 15, 1866. Son of Gen. Nicholas Longworth Anderson and Elizabeth Coles (Kilgour) Anderson; married to Isabel Perkins Anderson (author). Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; U.S. Minister to Belgium, 1911-12; U.S. Ambassador to Japan, 1912-13. Episcopalian. Member, Loyal Legion; Society of the Cincinnati. Died in White Sulphur Springs, Greenbrier County, W.Va., April 13, 1937. Interment at Washington National Cathedral, Washington, D.C.
  
  
• James Anton (b. 1914) — of Washington, D.C. Born in Concord, Merrimack County, N.H., March 22, 1914. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; member of New Hampshire state house of representatives, 1946-47. Episcopalian. Member, American Legion; Veterans of Foreign Wars; Eagles. Still living as of 1967.
  
  
• Thurman Wesley Arnold (1891-1969) — also known as Thurman W. Arnold — of Laramie, Albany County, Wyo.; New Haven, New Haven County, Conn.; Washington, D.C.; Alexandria, Va. Born in Laramie, Albany County, Wyo., June 2, 1891. Son of Constantine Peter Arnold and Annie (Brockway) Arnold; married, September 7, 1917, to Frances Longan. Democrat. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during World War I; member of Wyoming state house of representatives, 1921; mayor of Laramie, Wyo., 1923-24; dean, College of Law, West Virginia University, 1927-30; professor of law, Yale University, from 1931; Judge of U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, 1943-45; resigned 1945. Episcopalian. Member, American Bar Association; Elks; Lions; Phi Beta Kappa. Suffered a heart attack, and died two months later, in Alexandria, Va., November 7, 1969. Burial location unknown.
  • See also: federal judicial profile.
  
  
• Henry Baldwin (1780-1844) — of Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pa. Born in New Haven, New Haven County, Conn., January 14, 1780. Son of Henry Baldwin and Theodora (Wolcott) Baldwin; half-brother of Abraham Baldwin. Lawyer; U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania 14th District, 1817-22; Justice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1830-44; died in office 1844. Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons. Died in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pa., April 21, 1844. Original interment at Oak Hill Cemetery, Washington, D.C.; reinterment at Greendale Cemetery, Meadville, Pa.
  • See also Baldwin family of Connecticut
  • See also: congressional biography; federal judicial profile; Find-A-Grave page.
  
  
• Philip Pendleton Barbour (1783-1841) — of Virginia. Born near Gordonsville, Orange County, Va., May 25, 1783. Son of Col. Thomas Barbour and Mary (Thomas) Barbour; brother of James Barbour; married 1804 to Frances Johnson; cousin of John Strode Barbour. Democrat. Lawyer; member of Virginia state house of delegates, 1812-14; U.S. Representative from Virginia, 1814-25, 1827-30 (10th District 1814-15, 11th District 1815-25, 1827-30); Speaker of the U.S. House, 1821-23; state court judge in Virginia, 1825-27; delegate to Virginia state constitutional convention, 1829-30; U.S. District Judge for the Eastern District of Virginia, 1830-36; Justice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1836-41; died in office 1841. Episcopalian. Died in Washington, D.C., February 25, 1841. Interment at Congressional Cemetery, Washington, D.C. Barbour County, W.Va. is named for him.
  • See also Barbour family of Virginia
  • See also: congressional biography; federal judicial profile; Wikipedia article; Find-A-Grave page.
  
  
• Charles A. Bay (1886-1978) — Born in Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio, June 6, 1886. U.S. Vice Consul in Dublin, 1920-22; U.S. Consul in Corinto, 1926; Tientsin, 1927; Bangkok, 1929; Seville, 1938; U.S. Consul General in Milan, 1946-48. Episcopalian. Died in Lahaska, Bucks County, Pa., June 2, 1978. Interment at Rock Creek Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
  
  
• Birch Evans Bayh III (b. 1955) — also known as Evan Bayh — of Indianapolis, Marion County, Ind. Born near Terre Haute, Vigo County, Ind., December 26, 1955. Son of Birch Evans Bayh, Jr.; married to Susan Breshears. Democrat. Lawyer; secretary of state of Indiana, 1986-89; Governor of Indiana, 1989-97; U.S. Senator from Indiana, 1999-; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Indiana, 2000, 2004. Episcopalian. Member, Phi Kappa Psi. Still living as of 2007.
  • See also: congressional biography; votes in Congress from the Washington Post; National Governors Association biography; Internet Movie Database profile.
  
  
• Samuel Willard Beakes (1861-1927) — also known as Samuel W. Beakes — of Ann Arbor, Washtenaw County, Mich. Born in Burlingham, Sullivan County, N.Y., January 11, 1861. Son of George M. Beakes and Elizabeth (Bull) Beakes; married, July 6, 1886, to Annie S. Beakes (daughter of Hiram J. Beakes). Democrat. Lawyer; private secretary to Judge Thomas M. Cooley; newspaper editor and publisher; mayor of Ann Arbor, Mich., 1888-90; postmaster; U.S. Representative from Michigan 2nd District, 1913-17, 1917-19; defeated, 1916, 1918; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Michigan, 1916. Episcopalian. Died in Washington, D.C., February 9, 1927. Interment at Forest Hill Cemetery, Ann Arbor, Mich.
  • See also Beakes family of New York
  • See also: congressional biography; Find-A-Grave page.
  
  
• Ralph Elihu Becker (1907-1994) — also known as Ralph E. Becker — of Port Chester, Westchester County, N.Y.; Washington, D.C. Born in New York, New York County, N.Y., January 29, 1907. Son of Max Joseph Becker and Rose (Becker) Becker; married to Ann Marie Watters. Republican. Lawyer; delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1936; served in the U.S. Army during World War II; candidate for Presidential Elector for District of Columbia, 1972; U.S. Ambassador to Honduras, 1976-77. Jewish; later Episcopalian. Lithuanian and Belarusian ancestry. Member, American Bar Association; American Judicature Society; Federal Bar Association; National Trust for Historic Preservation; American Legion; Jewish War Veterans; Freemasons; Shriners; B'nai B'rith; Elks. Donor of the Ralph E. Becker Collection of Political Americana to the Smithsonian Institution; a sponsor of the Antarctic-South Pole Operation Deep Freeze expedition, 1963; a mountain in Antarctica is named for him. Died, from congestive heart failure, in George Washington University Hospital, Washington, D.C., August 24, 1994. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Alvin M. Bentley, Jr. (b. 1941) — of Owosso, Shiawassee County, Mich. Born in Washington, D.C., May 27, 1941. Son of Arvilla (Duecher) Bentley and Alvin Morell Bentley; married, October 7, 1961, to Sue Ann Meiers. Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Michigan, 1968; chair of Shiawassee County Republican Party, 1968-73. Episcopalian. Member, Farm Bureau. Still living as of 1973.
  
  
• Montgomery Blair (1813-1883) — of Missouri; Maryland. Born in Franklin County, Ky., May 10, 1813. Son of Eliza (Gist) Blair and Francis Preston Blair; brother of Francis Preston Blair, Jr.. Republican. Lawyer; U.S. Attorney for Missouri, 1840-44; common pleas court judge in Missouri, 1843-49; delegate to Republican National Convention from Maryland, 1860; U.S. Postmaster General, 1861-64; member of Maryland state house of delegates, 1878; candidate for U.S. Representative from Maryland, 1882. Episcopalian. Died in Silver Spring, Montgomery County, Md., July 27, 1883. Interment at Rock Creek Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
  • See also Blair family
  
  
• Richard Walker Bolling (1916-1991) — also known as Richard Bolling — of Kansas City, Jackson County, Mo. Born in New York, New York County, N.Y., May 17, 1916. Great-great-grandson of John Williams Walker; great-grandnephew of Percy Walker; son of Richard Walker Bolling and Florence (Easton) Bolling; married, June 7, 1945, to Barbara Stratton. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; U.S. Representative from Missouri 5th District, 1949-83. Episcopalian. Member, Americans for Democratic Action; Phi Beta Kappa; Phi Delta Theta. Died, apparently from a heart attack, in Washington, D.C., April 21, 1991. Burial location unknown.
  • See also Walker family of Alabama
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Herbert Covington Bonner (1891-1965) — also known as Herbert C. Bonner — of Washington, Beaufort County, N.C. Born in Washington, Beaufort County, N.C., May 16, 1891. Son of Herbert M. Bonner and Hannah (Hare) Bonner; married to Eva Hassell Hackney. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; U.S. Representative from North Carolina 1st District, 1940-65; died in office 1965; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from North Carolina, 1944. Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons; Shriners; Elks. Died in Walter Reed Army Hospital, Washington, D.C., November 7, 1965. Interment at Oakdale Cemetery, Washington, N.C.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Clay Stone Briggs (1876-1933) — of Galveston, Galveston County, Tex. Born in Galveston, Galveston County, Tex., January 8, 1876. Son of George Dempster Briggs and Olive (Branch) Briggs; married, August 17, 1927, to Lois Slayton Woodworth. Democrat. Lawyer; member of Texas state house of representatives, 1906-08; district judge in Texas 10th District, 1909-19; U.S. Representative from Texas 7th District, 1919-33; died in office 1933. Episcopalian. Died of a heart attack, in Washington, D.C., April 29, 1933. Interment at Oakwood Cemetery, Syracuse, N.Y.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Edward William Brooke III (b. 1919) — also known as Edward W. Brooke — of Newton Center, Newton, Middlesex County, Mass. Born in Washington, D.C., October 26, 1919. Son of Edward W. Brooke and Helen (Seldon) Brooke; married, June 7, 1947, to Remigia Ferrari Scacco. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; lawyer; candidate for secretary of state of Massachusetts, 1960; Massachusetts state attorney general, 1963-67; U.S. Senator from Massachusetts, 1967-79; defeated, 1978. Black. Episcopalian. Member, American Academy of Arts and Sciences; American Bar Association; Amvets; Alpha Phi Alpha. First black U.S. Senator in the 20th century; recipient of the Spingarn Medal in 1967. Still living as of 1998.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Philip Marshall Brown (1875-1966) — of Princeton, Mercer County, N.J.; Washington, D.C. Born in Hampden, Penobscot County, Maine, July 31, 1875. Son of David Wilbur Brown and Clara Herrick (Hill) Brown. U.S. Minister to Honduras, 1908-10; university professor. Episcopalian. Member, Urban League; Kappa Alpha Society. Died in 1966. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• David Kirkpatrick Este Bruce (1898-1977) — also known as David K. E. Bruce — of Baltimore, Md.; Virginia. Born in Baltimore, Md., February 12, 1898. Son of William Cabell Bruce and Louise Este (Fisher) Bruce; brother of James Bruce; married, May 29, 1926, to Ailsa Mellon (daughter of Andrew William Mellon); married to Evangeline Bell. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer; member of Maryland state house of delegates, 1924-26; U.S. Vice Consul in Rome, 1926; member of Virginia state house of delegates, 1939-42; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Virginia, 1940; served in the U.S. Army during World War II; U.S. Ambassador to France, 1949-52; Germany, 1957-59; Great Britain, 1961-69; U.S. Liaison to China, 1973-74. Episcopalian. Member, Council on Foreign Relations. Received the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1976. Died December 5, 1977. Interment at Oak Hill Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
  • See also Bruce family of Maryland
  
  
• Richard Hudson Bryan (b. 1937) — also known as Richard H. Bryan — of Nevada. Born in Washington, D.C., July 16, 1937. Democrat. Lawyer; member of Nevada state senate, 1972-78; Nevada state attorney general, 1979-83; defeated, 1974; Governor of Nevada, 1983-89; U.S. Senator from Nevada, 1989-2001; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Nevada, 2000. Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons; Shriners; Alpha Tau Omega. Still living as of 2001.
  • See also: congressional biography; votes in Congress from the Washington Post.
  
  
• Charles Henry Burke (1861-1944) — also known as Charles H. Burke — of Pierre, Hughes County, S.Dak. Born in Genesee County, N.Y., April 1, 1861. Son of Walter Burke and Sarah T. (Beckwith) Burke; married to Caroline Schlosser. Republican. Member of South Dakota state house of representatives, 1895-97; U.S. Representative from South Dakota, 1899-1907, 1909-15 (at-large 1899-1907, 1909-13, 2nd District 1913-15); candidate for U.S. Senator from South Dakota, 1914; U.S. Commissioner of Indian Affairs, 1921. Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons; Knights Templar; Shriners; Ancient Order of United Workmen; Elks. Died in Washington, D.C., April 7, 1944. Interment at Riverside Cemetery, Pierre, S.Dak.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Sherman Everett Burroughs (1870-1923) — also known as Sherman E. Burroughs — of Manchester, Hillsborough County, N.H. Born in Dunbarton, Merrimack County, N.H., February 6, 1870. Son of John H. Burroughs and Helen M. (Baker) Burroughs; married 1898 to Helen S. Phillips. Republican. Private secretary to U.S. Rep. Henry M. Baker, 1894-97; lawyer; member of New Hampshire state house of representatives, 1901-02; member, New Hampshire state board of charities and corrections, 1901-17; member, New Hampshire state board of equalization, 1909-10; U.S. Representative from New Hampshire 1st District, 1917-23; died in office 1923. Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons. Died in Washington, D.C., January 27, 1923. Interment at Pine Grove Cemetery, Manchester, N.H.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Homer Morrison Byington (b. 1879) — also known as Homer M. Byington — of Norwalk, Fairfield County, Conn. Born in Washington, D.C., September 19, 1879. Son of George Richmond Byington and Emma Marsalena (Morrison) Byington; married 1903 to Jeannette Lindsley Gregory; father of Homer Morrison Byington, Jr.. U.S. Vice Consul in Naples, 1900-08; Rome, 1908-09; U.S. Consul in Bristol, 1909-13; Leeds, 1913-17; Hull, 1917-19; Palermo, 1919-20; Naples, 1920-21; U.S. Consul General in Naples, 1923-29; Antwerp, 1935; Montreal, 1936-43. Episcopalian. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Katharine Edgar Byron (1903-1976) — also known as Katharine E. Byron; Katharine Edgar — of Williamsport, Washington County, Md.; Washington, D.C. Born in Detroit, Wayne County, Mich., October 25, 1903. Granddaughter of Louis Emory McComas; daughter of Gen. Clinton Goodloe Edgar and Mary (McComas) Edgar; married to William Devereux Byron; mother of Goodloe Edgar Byron (who married Beverly Barton Butcher). Democrat. U.S. Representative from Maryland 6th District, 1941-43. Female. Episcopalian. Died in Washington, D.C., December 28, 1976. Interment at Riverview Cemetery, Williamsport, Md.
  • See also Byron family of Maryland
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Edward Codrington Carrington, Jr. (1872-1938) — also known as Edward C. Carrington, Jr. — of Baltimore, Md.; Manhattan, New York County, N.Y. Born in Washington, D.C., April 10, 1872. Grandson of Edward Carrington; son of Edward Codrington Carrington and Florida Troupe (Harrison) Carrington; married, October 5, 1899, to Ethel Stuart Coyle (divorced 1919); married 1920 to Anna Walsh Snyder (divorced 1927); married 1936 to Alice W. Preston (daughter of James Harry Preston). Republican. Lawyer; financier; delegate to Republican National Convention from Maryland, 1912; candidate for U.S. Senator from Maryland, 1914; candidate for borough president of Manhattan, New York, 1931. Episcopalian. Died, following a heart attack, in Baltimore, Md., December 30, 1938. Burial location unknown.
  • See also Preston-Carrington family of Maryland
  
  
• William Richards Castle, Jr. (1878-1963) — of Washington, D.C. Born in Honolulu, Island of Oahu, Honolulu County, Hawaii, June 19, 1878. Son of William Richards Castle and Ida Beatrice (Lowrey) Castle; married, June 3, 1902, to Margaret Farlow. Republican. U.S. Ambassador to Japan, 1929-30. Episcopalian. Member, American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Died in 1963. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Salmon Portland Chase (1808-1873) — also known as Salmon P. Chase; "Old Mr. Greenbacks" — of Ohio. Born in Cornish, Sullivan County, N.H., January 13, 1808. Nephew of Dudley Chase; cousin of Dudley Chase Denison; father-in-law of William Sprague. Republican. U.S. Senator from Ohio, 1849-55, 1861; Governor of Ohio, 1856-60; candidate for Republican nomination for President, 1856, 1860; U.S. Secretary of the Treasury, 1861-64; Chief Justice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1864-73; died in office 1873. Episcopalian. His portrait appeared on various U.S. currency, including one-dollar and ten-dollar notes in the 1860s, and the $10,000 bill from 1918 to 1946. Died in New York, New York County, N.Y., May 7, 1873. Original interment at Oak Hill Cemetery, Washington, D.C.; reinterment at Spring Grove Cemetery, Cincinnati, Ohio. Chase County, Kan. is named for him.
  • See also Chase-Sprague family
  • See also: congressional biography; Wikipedia article; Find-A-Grave page.
  • Books about Salmon P. Chase: Frederick J. Blue, Salmon P. Chase : A Life in Politics; John Niven, Salmon P. Chase : A Biography (out of print); Albert B. Hart, Salmon P. Chase; Doris Kearns Goodwin, Team of Rivals : The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln
  
  
• Thomas Chalkley Coffin (1887-1934) — also known as Thomas C. Coffin — of Pocatello, Bannock County, Idaho. Born in Caldwell, Canyon County, Idaho, October 25, 1887. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; lawyer; mayor of Pocatello, Idaho, 1931-33; U.S. Representative from Idaho 2nd District, 1933-34; died in office 1934. Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons; Shriners; Elks. Struck by an automobile on a driveway in the south grounds of the U.S. Capitol, June 4, 1934, and died four days later at Providence Hospital, Washington, D.C., June 8, 1934. Interment at Mountainview Cemetery, Pocatello, Idaho.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• John Sherman Cooper (1901-1991) — of Somerset, Pulaski County, Ky. Born in Somerset, Pulaski County, Ky., August 23, 1901. Son of John Cooper. Republican. Member of Kentucky state house of representatives, 1928-30; county judge in Kentucky, 1930-38; candidate for Governor of Kentucky, 1939; served in the U.S. Army during World War II; U.S. Senator from Kentucky, 1946-49, 1952-55, 1956-73; defeated, 1948, 1954; delegate to Republican National Convention from Kentucky, 1948, 1956, 1960, 1972; U.S. Ambassador to India, 1955-56; Nepal, 1955-56; East Germany, 1974-76. Baptist or Episcopalian. Member, American Bar Association; American Legion; Veterans of Foreign Wars; Rotary; Beta Theta Pi. Died of heart failure, in Washington, D.C., February 21, 1991. Interment at Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
  • Cross-reference: William Butts Macomber, Jr.
  • See also: congressional biography; Internet Movie Database profile.
  
  
• James Harry Covington (1870-1942) — also known as J. Harry Covington — of Easton, Talbot County, Md. Born in Easton, Talbot County, Md., May 3, 1870. Democrat. U.S. Representative from Maryland 1st District, 1909-14; resigned 1914; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Maryland, 1912; justice of District of Columbia supreme court, 1914-18. Episcopalian. Died in Washington, D.C., February 4, 1942. Interment at Spring Hill Cemetery, Easton, Md.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Albert Lyman Cox (b. 1883) — also known as Albert L. Cox — of Raleigh, Wake County, N.C.; Washington, D.C. Born in Raleigh, Wake County, N.C., December 1, 1883. Democrat. Lawyer; member of North Carolina state house of representatives, 1909; delegate to Democratic National Convention from North Carolina, 1912; superior court judge in North Carolina, 1916-17; colonel in the U.S. Army during World War I; Presidential Elector for North Carolina, 1920; delegate to Democratic National Convention from District of Columbia, 1940, 1944, 1948. Episcopalian. Member, American Legion; Freemasons; Knights of Pythias; Rotary; Phi Delta Phi; Sigma Alpha Epsilon. Interment at Willowdale Cemetery, Goldsboro, N.C.
  
  
• Christopher C. Cox (1816-1882) — of Maryland. Born in Baltimore, Md., August 28, 1816. Lieutenant Governor of Maryland, 1865-68. Episcopalian. Died in Washington, D.C., November 25, 1882. Interment somewhere in Easton, Md.
  
  
• William Radford Coyle (1878-1962) — also known as William R. Coyle — of Bethlehem, Northampton County, Pa. Born in Washington, D.C., July 10, 1878. Son of Randolph Coyle and Mary (Radford) Coyle; married, December 21, 1904, to Jane Weston Dodson. Republican. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War I; U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania 30th District, 1925-27, 1929-33; delegate to Republican National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1944. Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons. Died in Bethlehem, Northampton County, Pa., January 30, 1962. Interment at Nisky Hill Cemetery, Bethlehem, Pa.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Julian Carey Dixon (1934-2000) — also known as Julian C. Dixon — of Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, Calif. Born in Washington, D.C., August 8, 1934. Democrat. Lawyer; member of California state assembly, 1973-78; U.S. Representative from California, 1979-2000 (28th District 1979-93, 32nd District 1993-2000); died in office 2000; delegate to Democratic National Convention from California, 2000. Black. Episcopalian. Member, Alpha Phi Alpha. Died, following a heart attack, at a hospital in Marina del Rey, Los Angeles County, Calif., December 8, 2000. Interment at Inglewood Park Cemetery, Inglewood, Calif.
  • See also: congressional biography; votes in Congress from the Washington Post; Wikipedia article; Find-A-Grave page.
  
  
• George Fiske Dudley (b. 1867) — of Washington, D.C. Born in Centerville, Wayne County, Ind., September 25, 1867. Republican. Episcopal priest; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from District of Columbia, 1932. Episcopalian. Member, Loyal Legion; Freemasons; Knights Templar; Lions. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Sam Farr (b. 1941) — of Carmel, Monterey County, Calif. Born in San Francisco, Calif., July 4, 1941. Democrat. Served in the Peace Corps; member of California state assembly, 1981-93; U.S. Representative from California 17th District, 1993-; delegate to Democratic National Convention from California, 2000, 2004. Episcopalian. Still living as of 2008.
  • See also: congressional biography; votes in Congress from the Washington Post.
  
  
• Stephen Johnson Field (1816-1899) — also known as Stephen J. Field — of Yuba County, Calif. Born in Haddam, Middlesex County, Conn., November 4, 1816. Uncle of David Josiah Brewer. Member of California state assembly 14th District, 1851-52; justice of California state supreme court, 1857-63; chief justice of California state supreme court, 1859-63; Justice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1863-97. Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons. Died in Washington, D.C., April 9, 1899. Interment at Rock Creek Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
  • Cross-reference: David S. Terry
  • See also Field-Brewer family
  • Books about Stephen J. Field: Paul Kens, Justice Stephen Field : Shaping Liberty from the Gold Rush to the Gilded Age
  
  
• Hamilton Fish, Jr. (1926-1996) — of Millbrook, Dutchess County, N.Y. Born in Washington, D.C., June 3, 1926. Descendant of Lewis Morris; great-grandson of Hamilton Fish (1808-1893); grandson of Alfred Clark Chapin and Hamilton Fish, Jr. (1849-1936); grandnephew of Nicholas Fish; son of Hamilton Fish, Jr. (1888-1991) and Grace (Chapin) Fish; father of Hamilton Fish (1954?-). Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; lawyer; U.S. Representative from New York, 1969-95 (28th District 1969-73, 25th District 1973-83, 21st District 1983-93, 19th District 1993-95); delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1984. Episcopalian. Member, Grange; American Legion; Veterans of Foreign Wars; Freemasons; Shriners; Elks. Died July 24, 1996. Interment at St. Philip's Cemetery, Garrison, N.Y.
  • Cross-reference: Sue W. Kelly
  • See also Livingston-Lee-Clay-Williams family
  • See also: congressional biography; votes in Congress from the Washington Post.
  
  
• John Clifford Folger (1896-1981) — Born in Sheldon, O'Brien County, Iowa, May 28, 1896. U.S. Ambassador to Belgium, 1957-59. Episcopalian. Died in 1981. Entombed at Washington National Cathedral, Washington, D.C.
  
  
• Uriah Forrest (1746-1805) — of Maryland. Born in St. Mary's County, Md., 1746. Member of Maryland state house of delegates, 1781-83, 1786-90; Delegate to Continental Congress from Maryland, 1786-87; U.S. Representative from Maryland 3rd District, 1793-94; member of Maryland state senate, 1796-1800; state court judge in Maryland, 1799-1800. Episcopalian. Died in Washington, D.C., July 6, 1805. Original interment at Presbyterian Burial Ground, Georgetown, Washington, D.C.; reinterment in 1883 at Oak Hill Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• William Holt Gale (b. 1864) — also known as William H. Gale — of Washington, D.C. Born in New York, New York County, N.Y., January 26, 1864. Son of William Gale and Elizabeth Varian (Naylor) Gale; married, August 5, 1905, to Corinne Blackburn (daughter of Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn). Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; U.S. Consul in Puerto Plata, 1906-07; Malta, 1907-10; U.S. Consul General in Athens, 1910-14; Munich, 1916-17; Copenhagen, 1919-20; Hong Kong, 1921-24; Amsterdam, 1926; Budapest, 1927-29. Episcopalian. Member, Theta Xi. Burial location unknown.
  • See also Blackburn family of Kentucky
  
  
• Stephen Warfield Gambrill (1873-1938) — also known as Stephen W. Gambrill — of Baltimore, Md.; near Laurel, Howard County, Md. Born near Savage, Howard County, Md., October 2, 1873. Son of Stephen Gambrill and Kate (Gorman) Gambrill; married 1900 to Haddie D. Gorman (died 1923). Democrat. Lawyer; member of Maryland state house of delegates, 1920-22; member of Maryland state senate, 1924; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Maryland, 1924; U.S. Representative from Maryland 5th District, 1924-38; died in office 1938. Episcopalian. Died in Washington, D.C., December 19, 1938. Interment at Cedar Hill Cemetery, Suitland, Md.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Clyde Davis Garrett (b. 1887) — also known as Clyde D. Garrett — of Chevy Chase, Montgomery County, Md.; Washington, D.C. Born in Washington, D.C., October 25, 1887. Republican. Lawyer; District of Columbia Republican Party secretary, 1937; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from District of Columbia, 1940. Episcopalian. Member, Alpha Delta Sigma; Theta Delta Chi. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Hampson Gary (1873-1952) — of Tyler, Smith County, Tex.; Washington, D.C. Born in Tyler, Smith County, Tex., April 23, 1873. Son of Franklin Newman Gary and Martha Isabella (Boren) Gary; married, December 18, 1901, to Bessie Royall. Democrat. Lawyer; vice-president, Royall National Bank; director, Guaranty State Bank; served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; member of Texas state house of representatives, 1901-02; member of Texas Democratic State Executive Committee, 1902-04; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Texas, 1908; U.S. Diplomatic Agent to Egypt, 1917; U.S. Consul General in Cairo, 1919-20; U.S. Minister to Switzerland, 1920-21. Episcopalian. Member, American Bar Association; Society of Colonial Wars; Sons of the Revolution; Alpha Tau Omega; Phi Beta Kappa. Died April 18, 1952. Interment at Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
  
  
• Oliver Gasch (c.1906-1999) — of Washington, D.C. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia, 1956-61; U.S. District Judge for the District of Columbia, 1965-81. Episcopalian. Died, following heart surgery, at Georgetown University Hospital, Washington, D.C., July 9, 1999. Burial location unknown.
  • Cross-reference: Peter D. Hoagland
  
  
• Elbridge Gerry (1744-1814) — of Massachusetts. Born in Marblehead, Essex County, Mass., July 17, 1744. Grandfather of Elbridge Gerry (1813-1886); great-grandfather of Peter Goelet Gerry. Delegate to Continental Congress from Massachusetts, 1776-80, 1782-85; signer, Declaration of Independence, 1776; signer, Articles of Confederation, 1777; member of Massachusetts state house of representatives, 1786; member, U.S. Constitutional Convention, 1787; U.S. Representative from Massachusetts 3rd District, 1789-93; Governor of Massachusetts, 1810-12; defeated, 1801, 1812; Vice President of the United States, 1813-14; died in office 1814. Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons. The word gerrymander ("Gerry" plus "salamander") was coined to describe an oddly shaped Massachusetts senate district his party created in 1811, and later came to mean any unfair districting. Died in Washington, D.C., November 23, 1814. Interment at Congressional Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
  • See also Gerry family
  • See also: congressional biography; National Governors Association biography; Wikipedia article.
  • Books about Elbridge Gerry: George Athan Billias, Elbridge Gerry, Founding Father and Republican Statesman (out of print)
  
  
• Charles Hopper Gibson (1842-1900) — also known as Charles H. Gibson — of Easton, Talbot County, Md. Born near Centreville, Queen Anne's County, Md., January 19, 1842. Cousin of Henry Richard Gibson. Democrat. U.S. Representative from Maryland 1st District, 1885-91; U.S. Senator from Maryland, 1891-97. Episcopalian. Died in Washington, D.C., March 31, 1900. Interment at Chesterfield Cemetery, Centreville, Md.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Charles W. Gilchrist (1936-1999) — Born in Washington, D.C., November 12, 1936. Lawyer; member of Maryland state senate 17th District, 1975-78. Episcopalian. Member, American Bar Association. Died in Baltimore, Md., June 24, 1999. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Thomas Alan Goldsborough (1877-1951) — also known as T. Alan Goldsborough — of Denton, Caroline County, Md. Born in Greensboro, Caroline County, Md., September 16, 1877. Great-great-great-grandson of Robert Goldsborough; great-grandson of Charles Goldsborough; son of Washington E. Goldsborough and Martha P. (Laird) Goldsborough; married, June 16, 1909, to Laura Hall. Democrat. Lawyer; Caroline County State's Attorney, 1904-08; U.S. Representative from Maryland 1st District, 1921-39; Judge of U.S. District Court, 1939-41. Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons. Died in Washington, D.C., June 16, 1951. Interment at Denton Cemetery, Denton, Md.
  • See also Goldsborough family of Maryland
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Charles Ellsworth Goodell (1926-1987) — also known as Charles E. Goodell — of New York. Born in Jamestown, Chautauqua County, N.Y., March 16, 1926. Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; served in the U.S. Air Force during the Korean conflict; U.S. Representative from New York, 1959-68 (43rd District 1959-63, 38th District 1963-68); U.S. Senator from New York, 1968-71; defeated, 1970. Episcopalian. Died in Washington, D.C., January 21, 1987. Interment at Lakeview Cemetery, Jamestown, N.Y.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Michael Hahn (1830-1886) — of Louisiana. Born in Bavaria, Germany, November 24, 1830. U.S. Representative from Louisiana, 1862-63, 1885-86 (at-large 1862-63, 2nd District 1885-86); died in office 1886; Governor of Louisiana; member of Louisiana state house of representatives, 1872-76; Speaker of the Louisiana State House of Representatives, 1875; district judge in Louisiana 26th District, 1879-85. Episcopalian. Died in Washington, D.C., March 15, 1886. Interment at Metairie Cemetery, New Orleans, La.
  • See also: congressional biography; National Governors Association biography.
  
  
• Alexander Hamilton (1757-1804) — of New York County, N.Y. Born in Charles Town, Nevis, January 11, 1757. Son of James Hamilton and Rachel (Faucette) Hamilton; married 1780 to Elizabeth Schuyler (daughter of Philip John Schuyler; sister of Philip Jeremiah Schuyler); father of William Stephen Hamilton. Delegate to Continental Congress from New York, 1782; member of New York state assembly from New York County, 1786-87; member, U.S. Constitutional Convention, 1787; U.S. Secretary of the Treasury, 1789-95. Episcopalian. Scottish and French ancestry. Member, Society of the Cincinnati; Freemasons. Elected to the Hall of Fame for Great Americans in 1915. His portrait appears on the U.S. $10 bill; from the 1860s to the 1920s, his portrait also appeared on U.S. notes and certificates of various denominations from $2 to $1,000. Shot and mortally wounded in a duel with Aaron Burr on July 11, 1804, and died the next day in New York, New York County, N.Y., July 12, 1804. Interment at Trinity Churchyard, Manhattan, N.Y.; statue at Treasury Building Grounds, Washington, D.C. Hamilton counties in Fla., Ill., Ind., Kan., Neb., N.Y., Ohio and Tenn. are named for him.
  • Cross-reference: Nathaniel Pendleton; Robert Troup; John Tayler
  • See also Schuyler family of New York
  • See also: congressional biography; Wikipedia article; Find-A-Grave page.
  • Books about Alexander Hamilton: Richard Brookhiser, Alexander Hamilton, American; Forrest McDonald, Alexander Hamilton: A Biography; Gertrude Atherton, Conqueror : Dramatized Biography of Alexander Hamilton; Ron Chernow, Alexander Hamilton; Thomas Fleming, Duel: Alexander Hamilton, Aaron Burr, and the Future of America; Arnold A. Rogow, A Fatal Friendship: Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr; Willard Sterne Randall, Alexander Hamilton: A Life; John Harper, American Machiavelli : Alexander Hamilton and the Origins of U.S. Foreign Policy; Stephen F. Knott, Alexander Hamilton and the Persistence of Myth; Charles Cerami, Young Patriots: The Remarkable Story of Two Men. Their Impossible Plan and The Revolution That Created The Constitution
  
  
• William Henry Harrison (1773-1841) — also known as "Tippecanoe"; "Old Tip"; "Farmer of North Bend"; "General Mum" — of Vincennes, Knox County, Ind.; Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio. Born in Berkeley, Charles City County, Va., February 9, 1773. Son of Benjamin Harrison (1726-1791) and Elizabeth (Bassett) Harrison; brother of Carter Bassett Harrison; first cousin of Beverley Randolph and Burwell Bassett; married 1795 to Anna Symmes (daughter of John Cleves Symmes); father of John Scott Harrison; first cousin once removed of Carter Henry Harrison; grandfather of Benjamin Harrison (1833-1901); great-grandfather of Russell Benjamin Harrison; first cousin twice removed of Carter Henry Harrison II; great-great-grandfather of William Henry Harrison (1896-1990). Whig. Secretary of Northwest Territory, 1798-99; Delegate to U.S. Congress from Northwest Territory, 1799-1800; Governor of Indiana Territory, 1801-12; general in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; U.S. Representative from Ohio 1st District, 1816-19; member of Ohio state senate, 1819-21; candidate for Governor of Ohio, 1820; U.S. Senator from Ohio, 1825-28; U.S. Minister to Gran Colombia, 1828-29; President of the United States, 1841; defeated, 1836; died in office 1841. Episcopalian. English ancestry. Died of pneumonia, at the White House, Washington, D.C., April 4, 1841. Interment at Harrison Tomb, North Bend, Ohio. Harrison counties in Ind., Iowa, Miss. and Ohio are named for him.
  • See also Livingston-Lee-Clay-Williams family
  • See also: congressional biography; Wikipedia article.
  • Books about William Henry Harrison: Freeman Cleaves, Old Tippecanoe: William Henry Harrison and His Time; Norma Lois Peterson, Presidencies of William Henry Harrison and John Tyler; David Lillard, William Henry Harrison (for young readers)
  
  
• Dow Watters Harter (1885-1971) — also known as Dow W. Harter — of Akron, Summit County, Ohio. Born in Akron, Summit County, Ohio, January 2, 1885. Son of Josiah J. Harter and Anna Lillian (Watters) Harter; married 1911 to Winifred Marie Cole. Democrat. Member of Ohio state house of representatives, 1919-20; U.S. Representative from Ohio 14th District, 1933-43. Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons; Eagles; Elks; Moose. Died in Washington, D.C., September 4, 1971. Interment at Rock Creek Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Charles Belknap Henderson (1873-1954) — also known as Charles B. Henderson — of Elko, Elko County, Nev.; Washington, D.C. Born in San Jose, Santa Clara County, Calif., June 8, 1873. Grandson of Lewis Rice Bradley; son of Jefferson Henderson and Sarah W. (Bradley) Henderson; married 1901 to Ethel Smith. Democrat. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; member of Nevada state house of representatives, 1905-07; U.S. Senator from Nevada, 1918-21; defeated, 1920; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Nevada, 1928, 1936. Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons; Shriners; Elks; Phi Kappa Psi. Died November 8, 1954. Interment at Elko Cemetery, Elko, Nev.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• John Boynton Philip Clayton Hill (1879-1941) — also known as John Philip Hill — of Baltimore, Md. Born in Annapolis, Anne Arundel County, Md., May 2, 1879. Son of Charles E. Hill and Kate Watts (Clayton) Hill; married, October 28, 1913, to Suzanne Howell Carroll (1889-1962) (great-great-great-granddaughter of Charles Carroll of Carrollton; daughter of John Howell Carroll). Republican. Lawyer; U.S. Attorney for Maryland, 1910-15; candidate for mayor of Baltimore, Md., 1915; delegate to Republican National Convention from Maryland, 1916; colonel in the U.S. Army during World War I; U.S. Representative from Maryland 3rd District, 1921-27; defeated, 1908, 1928, 1930, 1936; delegate to Maryland convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933. Episcopalian. Member, Society of Colonial Wars; Society of the Cincinnati; Elks; Moose; Odd Fellows; Alpha Delta Phi; Phi Delta Phi. Died in Washington, D.C., May 23, 1941. Interment at Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
  • See also Livingston-Lee-Clay-Williams family
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Peter D. Hoagland (1941-2007) — of Nebraska. Born in Omaha, Douglas County, Neb., November 17, 1941. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the Vietnam war; lawyer; law clerk for U.S. District Judge Oliver Gasch, 1969-70; member of Nebraska unicameral legislature 6th District, 1979-86; U.S. Representative from Nebraska 2nd District, 1989-95; defeated, 1994. Episcopalian. Member, American Bar Association; Common Cause. Died, from Parkinson's disease, in Washington, D.C., October 30, 2007. Burial location unknown.
  • See also: congressional biography; votes in Congress from the Washington Post; Wikipedia article; NNDB dossier.
  
  
• Adolph A. Hoehling (b. 1868) — of Washington, D.C. Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pa., November 3, 1868. Son of Rear Adm. Adolph August Hoehling and Annie (Rudduck) Hoehling. Lawyer; justice of District of Columbia supreme court, 1921-28; resigned 1928; banker. Episcopalian. Member, Phi Delta Phi; Psi Upsilon. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• 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. Entombed at Washington National Cathedral, Washington, D.C.
  • Cross-reference: Thomas K. Finletter
  • See also: congressional biography; Wikipedia article.
  • Books by Cordell Hull: The Memoirs of Cordell Hull
  • Books about Cordell Hull: Julius William Pratt, Cordell Hull, 1933-44 (out of print)
  
  
• Robert Houghwout Jackson (1892-1954) — also known as Robert H. Jackson — Born in Spring Creek, Warren County, Pa., February 13, 1892. U.S. Attorney General, 1940-41; Justice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1941-54; died in office 1954. Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons. Died in Washington, D.C., October 9, 1954. Interment at Maple Grove Cemetery, Frewsburg, N.Y.
  
  
• Thorsten Valentine Kalijarvi (1897-1980) — of Washington, D.C.; Barnstable, Barnstable County, Mass. Born in Gardner, Worcester County, Mass., December 22, 1897. Son of Gustaf Kalijarvi and Ida Christina (Kuniholm) Kalijarvi; married, September 4, 1926, to Dorothy Corbett Knight. University professor; U.S. Ambassador to El Salvador, 1957-61. Episcopalian. Member, American Arbitration Association; American Legion; Phi Kappa Phi; Pi Gamma Mu. Died in 1980. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Nicholas de Belleville Katzenbach (b. 1922) — also known as Nicholas de B. Katzenbach — of Washington, D.C.; New Jersey. Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pa., January 17, 1922. Son of Edward Lawrence Katzenbach and Marie Louise (Hilson) Katzenbach; married, June 8, 1946, to Lydia King Phelps Stokes. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; Rhodes scholar; lawyer; law professor; U.S. Attorney General, 1965-66; Presidential Elector for New Jersey, 1996. Episcopalian. Member, American Bar Association; American Judicature Society; Council on Foreign Relations. Still living as of 2003.
  
  
• John Kee (1874-1951) — of Bluefield, Mercer County, W.Va. Born in Glenville, Gilmer County, W.Va., August 22, 1874. Son of Jasper Newton Kee and Louisa (Campbell) Kee; married, September 7, 1926, to Maude Elizabeth Frazier; father of James Kee. Democrat. Lawyer; member of West Virginia state senate 7th District, 1923-26; U.S. Representative from West Virginia 5th District, 1933-51; defeated, 1928; died in office 1951. Episcopalian. Member, Elks; Kiwanis; Knights of Pythias; Moose; Odd Fellows. Died in Washington, D.C., May 8, 1951. Interment at Monte Vista Park Cemetery, Bluefield, W.Va.
  • See also Kee family of West Virginia
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Henry Richardson Labouisse, Jr. (1904-1987) — also known as Henry R. Labouisse, Jr. — of Washington, D.C.; Manhattan, New York County, N.Y. Born in New Orleans, Orleans Parish, La., February 11, 1904. Son of Henry Richardson Labouisse and Frances Devereux (Huger) Labouisse; married, June 29, 1935, to Elizabeth Scriven Clark (died 1945); married, November 19, 1954, to Eve Curie. Lawyer; U.S. Ambassador to Greece, 1962-65. Episcopalian. Member, Council on Foreign Relations. Died in 1987. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• William Sterling Byrd Lacy (1910-1979) — also known as William S. B. Lacy — of Virginia; Washington, D.C. Born in Mesa, Mesa County, Colo., February 5, 1910. Son of Sterling Byrd Lacy and Della Margaret (Lumsden) Lacy; married, July 24, 1935, to Margaret Agnes Innes; married, September 24, 1943, to Kirsten Magelssen. Secretary to U.S. Sen Alva B. Adams, 1933-34; economist; U.S. Ambassador to South Korea, 1955. Episcopalian. Member, Phi Gamma Delta. Died in 1979. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• John Ellsworth Laskey (b. 1868) — also known as John E. Laskey — of Washington, D.C. Born in Washington, D.C., October 27, 1868. Democrat. Lawyer; U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia, 1914-21; delegate to Democratic National Convention from District of Columbia, 1920. Episcopalian. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Blair Lee III (1916-1985) — of Silver Spring, Montgomery County, Md. Born in Silver Spring, Montgomery County, Md., May 19, 1916. Grandson of Francis Preston Blair Lee; son of Elizabeth (Wilson) Lee and Edward Brooke Lee; brother of Edward Brooke Lee, Jr.; married, July 6, 1944, to Mathilde Boal. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; newspaper editor; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Maryland, 1948, 1960, 1964, 1968 (alternate), 1972; member of Maryland state house of delegates, 1955-62; member of Maryland state senate, 1967-69; secretary of state of Maryland, 1969-71; Lieutenant Governor of Maryland, 1971-79; Governor of Maryland, 1977-79. Episcopalian. Died October 25, 1985. Interment at Rock Creek Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
  • See also Livingston-Lee-Clay-Williams family
  • See also: National Governors Association biography.
  
  
• Francis Preston Blair Lee (1857-1944) — also known as Blair Lee — of Silver Spring, Montgomery County, Md. Born in Silver Spring, Montgomery County, Md., August 9, 1857. Great-grandson of Richard Henry Lee; married to Anne Clymer Brooke; father of Edward Brooke Lee; grandfather of Edward Brooke Lee, Jr. and Blair Lee III. Democrat. Member of Maryland state senate, 1906-12; candidate for nomination for Governor of Maryland, 1911; U.S. Senator from Maryland, 1914-17; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Maryland, 1916. Episcopalian. Died in Norwood, Montgomery County, Md., December 25, 1944. Interment at Rock Creek Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
  • See also Livingston-Lee-Clay-Williams family
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Ethel Louise Leonard (b. 1919) — also known as Louise Leonard; Ethel Louise McVey — of Harpers Ferry, Jefferson County, W.Va. Born in Washington, D.C., October 7, 1919. Daughter of Roy Leslie McVey and Florence Alberta (Bellows) McVey; married, January 23, 1948, to Robert P. Leonard. Republican. Candidate for West Virginia state house of delegates from Jefferson County, 1968; member of West Virginia state senate 16th District, 1971-74; defeated, 1974; delegate to Republican Natio