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  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. Lawyer; U.S. Ambassador to Greece, 1962-65. Episcopalian. Member, Council on Foreign Relations. Died in 1987 (age about 83 years). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of Henry Richardson Labouisse and Frances Devereux (Huger) Labouisse; married, June 29, 1935, to Elizabeth Scriven Clark; married, November 19, 1954, to Eve Curie.
  See also U.S. State Dept career summary
  Bronson Cutting LaFollette (b. 1936) — also known as Bronson C. LaFollette — of Madison, Dane County, Wis. Born in Washington, D.C., February 2, 1936. Democrat. Lawyer; Wisconsin state attorney general, 1965-69, 1974-87; candidate for Governor of Wisconsin, 1968. Still living as of 2000.
  Presumably named for: Bronson M. Cutting
  Relatives: Son of Robert Marion LaFollette Jr. and Rachel Wilson (Young) LaFollette; nephew of Philip Fox LaFollette; grandson of Robert Marion LaFollette.
  Political family: LaFollette family of Madison, Wisconsin (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also Wikipedia article
Robert M. LaFollette Robert Marion LaFollette (1855-1925) — also known as Robert M. LaFollette; "Fighting Bob"; "Battling Bob" — of Madison, Dane County, Wis. Born in Primrose, Dane County, Wis., June 14, 1855. Lawyer; Dane County District Attorney, 1880-84; U.S. Representative from Wisconsin 3rd District, 1885-91; delegate to Republican National Convention from Wisconsin, 1896 (member, Resolutions Committee; speaker), 1904; Governor of Wisconsin, 1901-06; U.S. Senator from Wisconsin, 1906-25; died in office 1925; candidate for Republican nomination for President, 1908, 1916; Progressive candidate for President of the United States, 1924. French ancestry. Died of heart disease complicated by asthma and pneumonia, in Washington, D.C., June 18, 1925 (age 70 years, 4 days). Interment at Forest Hill Cemetery, Madison, Wis.
  Relatives: Son of Josiah LaFollette and Mary (Ferguson) LaFollette (who later married John Z. Saxton); married, December 31, 1881, to Belle Case; father of Robert Marion LaFollette Jr. and Philip Fox LaFollette; uncle of Charles Sumner Eastman; grandfather of Bronson Cutting LaFollette.
  Political family: LaFollette family of Madison, Wisconsin (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — National Governors Association biography — Wikipedia article
  Books about Robert M. LaFollette: Nancy C. Unger, Fighting Bob La Follette : The Righteous Reformer — Bernard A. Weisberger, The LaFollettes of Wisconsin : Love and Politics in Progressive America
  Image source: American Monthly Review of Reviews, September 1902
  Joseph Rucker Lamar (1857-1916) — also known as Joseph R. Lamar — of Augusta, Richmond County, Ga. Born in Ruckersville, Elbert County, Ga., October 14, 1857. Lawyer; member of Georgia state house of representatives, 1886-89; justice of Georgia state supreme court, 1903-05; Associate Justice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1911-16. Disciples of Christ. Member, Freemasons. Died in Washington, D.C., January 2, 1916 (age 58 years, 80 days). Interment at Summerville Cemetery, Augusta, Ga.
  Relatives: Son of James Sanford Lamar and Mary Margaret (Rucker) Lamar; married, January 30, 1879, to Clarinda Huntington Pendleton; third cousin once removed of Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar (1797-1834) and Mirabeau Buonaparte Lamar; fourth cousin of Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar (1825-1893) and William McKendree Robbins; fourth cousin once removed of Gaston Ahi Robbins.
  Political family: Lamar family of Georgia.
  See also Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Norman B. Landreau (d. 1950) — of Washington, D.C. Democrat. Lawyer; delegate to Democratic National Convention from District of Columbia, 1932. Died September 25, 1950. Interment at Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
  Stephen Wallace Langmade (1914-1962) — also known as Stephen W. Langmade — of Phoenix, Maricopa County, Ariz. Born in Washington, D.C., August 22, 1914. Democrat. Lawyer; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Arizona, 1948; Arizona Democratic state chair, 1948-50; member of Democratic National Committee from Arizona, 1954. Died in 1962 (age about 47 years). Burial location unknown.
  Robert Lansing (1864-1928) — of Watertown, Jefferson County, N.Y. Born in Watertown, Jefferson County, N.Y., October 17, 1864. Lawyer; U.S. Secretary of State, 1915-20. Member, American Political Science Association; Psi Upsilon. Died, of myocarditis, in Washington, D.C., October 30, 1928 (age 64 years, 13 days). Interment at Brookside Cemetery, Watertown, N.Y.
  Relatives: Son of John Lansing and Maria Lay (Dodge) Lansing; brother of Emma Sterling Lansing; married, January 15, 1890, to Eleanor Foster (daughter of John Watson Foster); grandson of Robert Lansing (1799-1878); grandnephew of Frederick Lansing (1806-1861); great-grandnephew of John Ten Eyck Lansing Jr. and Abraham Gerritse Lansing; first cousin once removed of Frederick Lansing (1838-1894); first cousin twice removed of Gerrit Yates Lansing; second cousin of Stuart Douglas Lansing; second cousin once removed of Abraham Lansing and Agnes Phelps Lansing; second cousin four times removed of Abraham Jacob Lansing; third cousin thrice removed of Cornelius Lansing.
  Political families: Lansing family of New York; Foster-Dulles family of Watertown and New York City, New York; Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family of Connecticut and New York (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  Cross-reference: Richard Crane — Thomas Burke
  See also Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier — Find-A-Grave memorial
  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.
  Patrick Joseph Leahy (b. 1940) — also known as Patrick J. Leahy — of Burlington, Chittenden County, Vt. Born in Montpelier, Washington County, Vt., March 31, 1940. Democrat. Lawyer; Chittenden County State's Attorney, 1966-75; U.S. Senator from Vermont, 1975-; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Vermont, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008. Catholic. Irish and Italian ancestry. Still living as of 2014.
  Relatives: Son of Howard Leahy and Alba (Zambon) Leahy; married, August 25, 1962, to Marcelle Pomerleau.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — NNDB dossier — Internet Movie Database profile
  Edmund Jennings Lee (1772-1843) — of Alexandria, D.C. (now Va.). Born in Prince William County, Va., May 20, 1772. Lawyer; mayor of Alexandria, D.C., 1815-18. Died in Alexandria, Va., May 30, 1843 (age 71 years, 10 days). Interment at Christ Church Episcopal Cemetery, Alexandria, Va.
  Relatives: Son of Henry Lee (1730-1787) and Lucy (Grymes) Lee; brother of Henry Lee (1756-1818) and Charles Lee; married to Sarah Caldwell Lee; grandnephew of Richard Bland; granduncle of Fitzhugh Lee; great-grandnephew of Richard Randolph; first cousin once removed of Richard Henry Lee, Francis Lightfoot Lee, Arthur Lee and Theodorick Bland (1742-1790); first cousin twice removed of Peyton Randolph (1721-1775); second cousin of Thomas Sim Lee, John Randolph of Roanoke and Henry St. George Tucker; second cousin once removed of Thomas Jefferson, Edmund Jenings Randolph, Beverley Randolph, John Lee and Nathaniel Beverly Tucker; second cousin twice removed of Francis Preston Blair Lee; second cousin thrice removed of John Lee Carroll and Edward Brooke Lee; second cousin four times removed of William Welby Beverley, Blair Lee III and Edward Brooke Lee Jr.; second cousin five times removed of Outerbridge Horsey; third cousin of John Marshall, James Markham Marshall, Thomas Mann Randolph Jr., Alexander Keith Marshall, Martha Jefferson Randolph, Dabney Carr, Theodorick Bland (1776-1846), Peyton Randolph (1779-1828) and Zachary Taylor; third cousin once removed of Thomas Marshall, James Keith Marshall, Francis Wayles Eppes, Dabney Smith Carr, Benjamin Franklin Randolph, Meriwether Lewis Randolph, George Wythe Randolph, Thomas Leonidas Crittenden, Edmund Randolph and Carter Henry Harrison; third cousin twice removed of Hancock Lee Jackson, Thomas Jefferson Coolidge, Edmund Randolph Cocke, John Augustine Marshall, Carter Henry Harrison II and Frederick Madison Roberts; third cousin thrice removed of Abraham Lincoln, John Gardner Coolidge, Elliot Woolfolk Major, James Sansome Lakin, Edgar Bailey Woolfolk, Edith Wilson, William Marshall Bullitt, Alexander Scott Bullitt and Francis Beverley Biddle; fourth cousin of John Wayles Eppes.
  Political families: Lee-Randolph family; Muhlenberg-Hiester family of Pennsylvania (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Irvine Luther Lenroot (1869-1949) — also known as Irvine L. Lenroot — of Superior, Douglas County, Wis. Born in Superior, Douglas County, Wis., January 31, 1869. Republican. Lawyer; member of Wisconsin state assembly from Douglas County 1st District, 1901-07; Speaker of the Wisconsin State Assembly, 1903-07; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Wisconsin, 1908; U.S. Representative from Wisconsin 11th District, 1909-18; U.S. Senator from Wisconsin, 1918-27; candidate for Republican nomination for Vice President, 1920; Associate Judge of U.S. Court of Customs and Patent Appeals, 1929-44; retired 1944. Congregationalist. Swedish ancestry. Died in Washington, D.C., January 26, 1949 (age 79 years, 361 days). Interment at Greenwood Cemetery, Superior, Wis.
  Relatives: Son of Lars Lenroot and Fredrica Lenroot; married to Clara Clough; married 1943 to Eleanore Von Eltz; uncle of Arthur Alvin Lenroot Jr..
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — federal judicial profile — Wikipedia article
  Books about Irvine L. Lenroot: Herbert F. Margulies, Senator Lenroot of Wisconsin: A political biography, 1900-1929
  Jerris G. Leonard (1931-2006) — also known as Jerris Leonard — of Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, Wis.; Washington, D.C.; Bethesda, Montgomery County, Md. Born in Chicago, Cook County, Ill., January 17, 1931. Republican. Lawyer; member of Wisconsin state assembly from Milwaukee County 19th District, 1957-60; member of Wisconsin state senate 4th District, 1961-68; candidate for U.S. Senator from Wisconsin, 1968; administrator, Law Enforcement Assistance Administration, 1971; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from District of Columbia, 1984. Member, American Bar Association. Died in Washington, D.C., July 27, 2006 (age 75 years, 191 days). Interment at Mt. Olivet Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
  Relatives: Son of Jerris G. Leonard and Marie (Reville) Leonard; married, August 22, 1953, to Mariellen C. Mathie.
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
Rufus E. Lester Rufus Ezekiel Lester (1837-1906) — also known as Rufus E. Lester — of Savannah, Chatham County, Ga. Born near Waynesboro, Burke County, Ga., December 12, 1837. Democrat. Lawyer; served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; member of Georgia state senate, 1870-79; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Georgia, 1876; mayor of Savannah, Ga., 1883-89; U.S. Representative from Georgia 1st District, 1889-1906; died in office 1906. Slaveowner. Died in Washington, D.C., June 16, 1906 (age 68 years, 186 days). Interment at Bonaventure Cemetery, Savannah, Ga.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page
  Image source: Autobiographies and Portraits of the President, Cabinet, etc. (1899)
  Sander Martin Levin (b. 1931) — also known as Sander M. Levin — of Berkley, Oakland County, Mich.; Bloomfield Hills, Oakland County, Mich.; Southfield, Oakland County, Mich.; Royal Oak, Oakland County, Mich.; Roseville, Macomb County, Mich. Born in Detroit, Wayne County, Mich., September 6, 1931. Democrat. Lawyer; chair of Oakland County Democratic Party, 1961-64; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Michigan, 1964, 1968, 1976 (alternate), 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008; member of Michigan state senate 15th District, 1965-70; Michigan Democratic state chair, 1968-69; candidate for Governor of Michigan, 1970, 1974; U.S. Representative from Michigan, 1983-2019 (17th District 1983-93, 12th District 1993-2013, 9th District 2013-19). Jewish. Still living as of 2019.
  Relatives: Brother of Carl Milton Levin; nephew of Theodore Levin; first cousin of Charles Leonard Levin and Joseph Levin.
  Political family: Levin family of Detroit, Michigan.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier — Internet Movie Database profile
James Hamilton Lewis James Hamilton Lewis (1863-1939) — also known as J. Hamilton Lewis; "Pink Whiskers" — of Seattle, King County, Wash.; Chicago, Cook County, Ill. Born in Danville, Va., May 18, 1863. Lawyer; member of Washington territorial legislature, 1887-88; candidate for Governor of Washington, 1892; candidate for Democratic nomination for Vice President, 1896, 1900, 1920; U.S. Representative from Washington at-large, 1897-99; defeated (People's), 1898; colonel in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Illinois, 1928, 1936; Honorary Vice-President, 1904; speaker, 1912; candidate for Governor of Illinois, 1908, 1920 (Democratic); U.S. Senator from Illinois, 1913-19, 1931-39; defeated (Democratic), 1918; died in office 1939. Died, of coronary thrombosis, at Garfield Hospital, Washington, D.C., April 9, 1939 (age 75 years, 326 days). Originally entombed at Abbey Mausoleum (which no longer exists), Arlington, Va.; reinterment to unknown location.
  Relatives: Son of John Cable Lewis; married 1896 to Rose Lawton Douglas.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article
  Image source: Autobiographies and Portraits of the President, Cabinet, etc. (1899)
Abraham Lincoln Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865) — also known as "Honest Abe"; "Old Abe"; "The Rail-Splitter"; "The Illinois Baboon" — of New Salem, Menard County, Ill.; Springfield, Sangamon County, Ill. Born in a log cabin, Hardin County (part now in Larue County), Ky., February 12, 1809. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during the Black Hawk War; postmaster; lawyer; member of Illinois state house of representatives, 1834-41; U.S. Representative from Illinois 7th District, 1847-49; candidate for Republican nomination for Vice President, 1856; candidate for U.S. Senator from Illinois, 1858; President of the United States, 1861-65; died in office 1865; His election as president in 1860 precipitated the Civil War; determined to preserve the Union, he led the North to victory on the battlefield, freed the slaves in the conquered states, and in doing this, redefined American nationhood. He was. English ancestry. Elected in 1900 to the Hall of Fame for Great Americans. Shot by the assassin John Wilkes Booth, during a play at Ford's Theater, in Washington, D.C., April 14, 1865; died at Peterson's Boarding House, across the street, the following day, April 15, 1865 (age 56 years, 62 days). Interment at Oak Ridge Cemetery, Springfield, Ill.; memorial monument at National Mall, Washington, D.C.; statue erected 1868 at Judiciary Park, Washington, D.C.
  Relatives: Son of Thomas Lincoln and Nancy (Hanks) Lincoln; married, November 4, 1842, to Mary Ann Todd (sister-in-law of Ninian Wirt Edwards; half-sister-in-law of Nathaniel Henry Rhodes Dawson and Benjamin Hardin Helm; half-sister of Emilie Pariet Todd; aunt of Martha Dee Todd; grandniece of David Rittenhouse Porter); father of Robert Todd Lincoln; second cousin four times removed of Richard Henry Lee, Francis Lightfoot Lee and Arthur Lee; third cousin twice removed of Levi Lincoln; third cousin thrice removed of Thomas Sim Lee, Henry Lee, Charles Lee, Edmund Jennings Lee and Zachary Taylor; fourth cousin once removed of Levi Lincoln Jr. and Enoch Lincoln.
  Political families: Lincoln-Lee family; Walker-Helm-Lincoln-Brown family of Kentucky; Edwards-Cook family (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  Cross-reference: Clement Claiborne Clay, Jr. — Isham N. Haynie — William M. Stone — John Pitcher — Stephen Miller — John T. Stuart — William H. Seward — Henry L. Burnett — Judah P. Benjamin — Robert Toombs — Richard Taylor Jacob — George W. Jones — James Adams — John G. Nicolay — Edward Everett — Stephen T. Logan — Francis P. Blair — John Hay — Henry Reed Rathbone — James A. Ekin — Frederick W. Seward — John H. Surratt — John H. Surratt, Jr. — James Shields — Emily T. Helm — John A. Campbell — John Merryman — Barnes Compton
  Lincoln counties in Ark., Colo., Idaho, Kan., La., Minn., Miss., Mont., Neb., Nev., N.M., Okla., Ore., Wash., W.Va., Wis. and Wyo. are named for him.
  The city of Lincoln, Nebraska, is named for him.  — Lincoln Memorial University, in Harrogate, Tennessee, is named for him.  — Lincoln University, in Jefferson City, Missouri, is named for him.  — Lincoln University, near Oxford, Pennsylvania, is named for him.
  Other politicians named for him: Abraham L. KeisterAbraham L. TuckerAbraham L. BrickAbraham L. KelloggAbraham Lincoln BernsteinA. Lincoln ReileyA. L. HelmickAbraham L. SuttonA. Lincoln AckerAbraham L. OsgoodAbraham L. WitmerAbraham L. PhillipsAbraham L. PaytonA. L. AuthA. Lincoln MooreA. Lincoln NiditchAbraham L. RubensteinAbraham L. Davis, Jr.Abraham L. FreedmanA. L. MarovitzLincoln GordonAbraham L. BannerAbraham Lincoln Tosti
  Coins and currency: His portrait has appeared on the U.S. penny (one cent coin) since 1909, and on the $5 bill since 1913. From the 1860s until 1927, his portrait also appeared on U.S. notes and certificates of various denominations from $1 to $500.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier — Internet Movie Database profile — Find-A-Grave memorial — OurCampaigns candidate detail
  Books about Abraham Lincoln: David Herbert Donald, Lincoln — George Anastaplo, Abraham Lincoln : A Constitutional Biography — G. S. Boritt, ed., The Lincoln Enigma : The Changing Faces of an American Icon — Albert J. Beveridge, Abraham Lincoln 1809-1858 — Geoffrey Perret, Lincoln's War : The Untold Story of America's Greatest President as Commander in Chief — David Herbert Donald, We Are Lincoln Men : Abraham Lincoln and His Friends — Edward Steers, Jr., Blood on the Moon: The Assassination of Abraham Lincoln — Mario Cuomo, Why Lincoln Matters : Today More Than Ever — Michael W. Kauffman, American Brutus : John Wilkes Booth and the Lincoln Conspiracies — Doris Kearns Goodwin, Team of Rivals : The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln — Joshua Wolf Shenk, Lincoln's Melancholy : How Depression Challenged a President and Fueled His Greatness — John Channing Briggs, Lincoln's Speeches Reconsidered — Ronald C. White, Jr., The Eloquent President : A Portrait of Lincoln Through His Words — Harold Holzer, Lincoln at Cooper Union : The Speech That Made Abraham Linco ln President — Michael Lind, What Lincoln Believed : The Values and Convictions of America's Greatest President — Doris Kearns Goodwin, Team of Rivals : The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln — Michael Burlingame, ed., Abraham Lincoln: The Observations of John G. Nicolay and John Hay — Thomas J. Craughwell, Stealing Lincoln's Body — Roy Morris, Jr., The Long Pursuit: Abraham Lincoln's Thirty-Year Struggle with Stephen Douglas for the Heart and Soul of America — John Stauffer, Giants: The Parallel Lives of Frederick Douglass and Abraham Lincoln — Karen Judson, Abraham Lincoln (for young readers) — Maira Kalman, Looking at Lincoln (for young readers)
  Critical books about Abraham Lincoln: Thomas J. DiLorenzo, The Real Lincoln : A New Look at Abraham Lincoln, His Agenda, and an Unnecessary War
  Fiction about Abraham Lincoln: Gore Vidal, Lincoln: A Novel
  Image source: Portrait & Biographical Album of Washtenaw County (1891)
  Frederick Lippitt (1916-2005) — of Providence, Providence County, R.I. Born in Washington, D.C., December 29, 1916. Lawyer; member of Rhode Island state house of representatives, 1961-83; candidate for mayor of Providence, R.I., 1984, 1990. Died in Providence, Providence County, R.I., May 11, 2005 (age 88 years, 133 days). Interment at Swan Point Cemetery, Providence, R.I.
  Relatives: Son of Henry Frederick Lippitt and Lucy Hayes (Herron) Lippitt; nephew of Charles Warren Lippitt and Helen Herron Taft (who married William Howard Taft); grandson of Henry Lippitt and John Williamson Herron; grandnephew of William Collins; great-grandson of Ela Collins; first cousin of Robert Alphonso Taft and Charles Phelps Taft II; first cousin once removed of William Howard Taft III, Robert Taft Jr., John Lester Hubbard Chafee and Seth Chase Taft; first cousin twice removed of Robert Alphonso Taft III and Lincoln Davenport Chafee; first cousin six times removed of William Greene; second cousin twice removed of Andrew Clark Lippitt; second cousin four times removed of Josiah Cowles; second cousin five times removed of William Pitkin and William Greene Jr.; third cousin once removed of Costello Lippitt.
  Political family: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family of Connecticut and New York (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial — OurCampaigns candidate detail
  Edward Campbell Little (1858-1924) — also known as Edward C. Little — of Kansas City, Wyandotte County, Kan. Born in Newark, Licking County, Ohio, December 14, 1858. Republican. Lawyer; delegate to Republican National Convention from Kansas, 1892; colonel in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; candidate for justice of Kansas state supreme court, 1914; U.S. Representative from Kansas 2nd District, 1917-24; died in office 1924. Member, Phi Kappa Psi. Died in Washington, D.C., June 27, 1924 (age 65 years, 196 days). Interment at Abilene Cemetery, Abilene, Kan.
  Relatives: Married to Edna Margaret Steele.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page
  Benjamin Horsley Littleton (1889-1966) — also known as Benjamin H. Littleton — of Nashville, Davidson County, Tenn.; Washington, D.C. Born in Weatherford, Parker County, Tex., August 27, 1889. Lawyer; Judge of U.S. Court of Claims, 1929-58. Died July 6, 1966 (age 76 years, 313 days). Interment at Fort Lincoln Cemetery, Brentwood, Md.
  Relatives: Son of Thomas Jefferson Littleton and Anna (McNutt) Littleton.
James T. Lloyd James Tilghman Lloyd (1857-1944) — also known as James T. Lloyd — of Monticello, Lewis County, Mo.; Shelbyville, Shelby County, Mo.; Washington, D.C.; Canton, Lewis County, Mo. Born in Canton, Lewis County, Mo., August 28, 1857. Democrat. Deputy sheriff; lawyer; Shelby County Prosecuting Attorney, 1889-93; U.S. Representative from Missouri 1st District, 1897-1917; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Missouri, 1908. Injured in an automobile accident, and subsequently died as a result, in a nursing home at Quincy, Adams County, Ill., April 3, 1944 (age 86 years, 219 days). Interment at Forest Grove Cemetery, Canton, Mo.
  Relatives: Married to Mary Bruce Graves.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Image source: Autobiographies and Portraits of the President, Cabinet, etc. (1899)
John Davis Lodge John Davis Lodge (1903-1985) — of Westport, Fairfield County, Conn. Born in Washington, D.C., October 20, 1903. Republican. Lawyer; professional actor in 1933-40, appearing in movies such as Little Women, The Scarlet Empress, The Little Colonel, and In Like Flint; served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; U.S. Representative from Connecticut 4th District, 1947-51; Governor of Connecticut, 1951-55; delegate to Republican National Convention from Connecticut, 1952 (speaker), 1960; U.S. Ambassador to Spain, 1955-61; Argentina, 1969-73; Switzerland, 1983-85; candidate for U.S. Senator from Connecticut, 1964; delegate to Connecticut state constitutional convention 4th District, 1965. Member, American Legion; Veterans of Foreign Wars; Phi Beta Kappa. Collapsed while finishing a speech to the Women's National Republican Club, and died less than an hour later at St. Clare's Hospital, Manhattan, New York County, N.Y., October 29, 1985 (age 82 years, 9 days). Interment at Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
  Relatives: Son of George Cabot 'Bay' Lodge and Mathilda Elizabeth Frelinghuysen (Davis) Lodge; brother of Henry Cabot Lodge Jr.; married, July 6, 1929, to Francesca Braggiotti (brother of Dorilio Chadwick Braggiotti); aunt of Constance Lodge (who married Augustus Peabody Gardner); uncle of George Cabot Lodge; grandson of Henry Cabot Lodge and John Davis (1851-1902); grandnephew of Frederick Frelinghuysen (1848-1924); great-grandson of Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen; great-grandnephew of John Chandler Bancroft Davis and Horace Davis; second great-grandson of Elijah Hunt Mills and John Davis (1787-1854); second great-grandnephew of Theodore Frelinghuysen and George Bancroft; third great-grandson of George Cabot and Frederick Frelinghuysen (1753-1804); first cousin once removed of Peter Hood Ballantine Frelinghuysen and William Amory Gardner Minot; first cousin thrice removed of Isaac Davis; second cousin of Henry Osborne Havemeyer Frelinghuysen and Peter Hood Ballantine Frelinghuysen Jr.; second cousin once removed of Josiah Quincy and Rodney P. Frelinghuysen; second cousin twice removed of Edward Livingston Davis and Joseph Sherman Frelinghuysen; third cousin once removed of Livingston Davis; third cousin thrice removed of Elisha Hunt Allen and Gouverneur Morris; fourth cousin once removed of John Lee Saltonstall.
  Political families: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family of Connecticut and New York; Livingston-Schuyler family of New York; Davis family of Massachusetts; Saltonstall-Davis-Frelinghuysen-Appleton family of Massachusetts (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  Campaign slogan (1950): "The Man You Can Believe."
  Campaign slogan (1954): "The Man Who Gets Things Done."
  Epitaph: "To be useful to our fellow man is a noble aspiration. A life of service is still a life well spent."
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — National Governors Association biography — Wikipedia article — U.S. State Dept career summary — NNDB dossier — Internet Movie Database profile — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Image source: Connecticut Register and Manual 1950
  Lee Loevinger (1913-2004) — of Minnesota; Washington, D.C.; Chevy Chase, Montgomery County, Md. Born in St. Paul, Ramsey County, Minn., April 24, 1913. Democrat. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; justice of Minnesota state supreme court, 1960-61; member, Federal Communications Commission, 1963-68. Member, Phi Beta Kappa; Delta Sigma Rho; Sigma Xi; Sigma Delta Chi; Tau Kappa Alpha; Federal Bar Association; American Bar Association; American Judicature Society; American Academy of Political and Social Science. Died April 26, 2004 (age 91 years, 2 days). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of Gustavus Loevinger and Millie (Strouse) Loevinger; married, March 4, 1950, to Ruth E. Howe.
  Zoe Lofgren (b. 1947) — of San Jose, Santa Clara County, Calif. Born in San Mateo, San Mateo County, Calif., December 21, 1947. Democrat. Lawyer; delegate to Democratic National Convention from California, 1976, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008; U.S. Representative from California 16th District, 1995-. Female. Lutheran. Member, Phi Alpha Delta. Still living as of 2014.
  Relatives: Daughter of Milton R. Lofgren and Mary Violet Lofgren; married, October 22, 1978, to John Marshall Collins.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — NNDB dossier
  Marvel Mills Logan (1874-1939) — also known as M. M. Logan — of Bowling Green, Warren County, Ky. Born near Brownsville, Edmonson County, Ky., January 7, 1874. Democrat. Lawyer; Kentucky state attorney general, 1916-17; Judge, Kentucky Court of Appeals, 1926; U.S. Senator from Kentucky, 1931-39; died in office 1939; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Kentucky, 1932, 1936. Baptist. Member, Freemasons; Odd Fellows; Elks. Died in Washington, D.C., October 3, 1939 (age 65 years, 269 days). Interment at Fairview Baptist Church Cemetery, Near Brownsville, Edmonson County, Ky.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page
  Augustine Lonergan (1874-1947) — of Hartford, Hartford County, Conn. Born in Thompson, Windham County, Conn., May 20, 1874. Democrat. Lawyer; U.S. Representative from Connecticut 1st District, 1913-15, 1917-21, 1931-33; defeated, 1910, 1914; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Connecticut, 1920, 1936; U.S. Senator from Connecticut, 1933-39; defeated, 1920, 1928, 1938. Catholic. Died in Washington, D.C., October 18, 1947 (age 73 years, 151 days). Interment at Mt. St. Benedict Cemetery, Bloomfield, Conn.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Gillis William Long (1923-1985) — also known as Gillis W. Long — of Alexandria, Rapides Parish, La. Born in Winnfield, Winn Parish, La., May 4, 1923. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; lawyer; U.S. Representative from Louisiana 8th District, 1963-65, 1973-85; died in office 1985; candidate for Governor of Louisiana, 1963; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Louisiana, 1964. Baptist. Member, American Bar Association; Veterans of Foreign Wars; American Legion; Omicron Delta Kappa; Delta Kappa Epsilon; Lions. Died in Washington, D.C., January 20, 1985 (age 61 years, 261 days). Interment at Alexandria National Cemetery, Pineville, La.
  Relatives: Son of Floyd Harrison Long and Birdie (Shumake) Long; married, June 21, 1947, to Mary Catherine Small; second cousin once removed of George Shannon Long, Huey Pierce Long and Earl Kemp Long; third cousin of Russell Billiu Long and Speedy Oteria Long.
  Political family: Long family of Louisiana.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page
  John Gore Long (1846-1903) — also known as John G. Long — of St. Augustine, St. Johns County, Fla. Born in Wilmington, New Hanover County, N.C., August 19, 1846. Republican. Lawyer; State's Attorney, 7th Judicial Circuit, 1870-75; delegate to Republican National Convention from Florida, 1876, 1896 (member, Credentials Committee); member of Republican National Committee from Florida, 1896-1901; U.S. Diplomatic Agent to Egypt, 1899-1902; U.S. Consul General in Cairo, 1899-1902. Suffered an accidental fall from the front steps of the house where he was staying, fractured his skull, and died soon after, in Dunbar, Scotland, July 28, 1903 (age 56 years, 343 days). Interment at Rock Creek Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
  Relatives: Son of Gabriel Long and Elizabeth Ann (Gore) Long.
  See also U.S. State Dept career summary — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Russell Billiu Long (1918-2003) — also known as Russell B. Long; Huey Pierce Long III — of Baton Rouge, East Baton Rouge Parish, La. Born in Shreveport, Caddo Parish, La., November 3, 1918. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; lawyer; U.S. Senator from Louisiana, 1948-87; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Louisiana, 1952, 1960, 1968. Methodist. Member, American Legion; Lions; Elks; Order of the Coif; Delta Kappa Epsilon; Tau Kappa Alpha; Omicron Delta Kappa. Died in Washington, D.C., May 9, 2003 (age 84 years, 187 days). Interment at Roselawn Memorial Park, Baton Rouge, La.
  Relatives: Son of Rose McConnell Long and Huey Pierce Long; married, June 3, 1939, to Katherine Mae Hattic; married, December 23, 1969, to Carolyn Bason; nephew of George Shannon Long and Earl Kemp Long; third cousin of Gillis William Long and Speedy Oteria Long.
  Political family: Long family of Louisiana.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier — Internet Movie Database profile — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Books about Russell Long: Robert T. Mann, Legacy to Power : Senator Russell Long of Louisiana
  Samuel Miller Breckinridge Long (1881-1958) — also known as Breckinridge Long — of St. Louis, Mo.; Washington, D.C.; Laurel, Prince George's County, Md. Born in St. Louis, Mo., May 16, 1881. Democrat. Lawyer; member, Committee to Notify Vice-Presidential Nominee, Democratic National Convention, 1916 ; Democratic candidate for U.S. Senator from Missouri, 1920, 1922 (primary); delegate to Democratic National Convention from District of Columbia, 1928; U.S. Ambassador to Italy, 1933-36. Presbyterian. Member, American Bar Association; Phi Delta Phi; Society of the Cincinnati; American Historical Association. Died in Laurel, Prince George's County, Md., September 26, 1958 (age 77 years, 133 days). Interment at Washington National Cathedral, Washington, D.C.
  Relatives: Son of William Strudwick Long and Margaret Miller (Breckinridge) Long; married 1912 to Christine Alexander Graham.
  See also U.S. State Dept career summary — NNDB dossier
  William Jones Lowndes (1782-1822) — also known as William Lowndes — of South Carolina. Born in South Carolina, February 11, 1782. Democrat. Lawyer; planter; member of South Carolina state house of representatives, 1806-08; U.S. Representative from South Carolina, 1811-22 (4th District 1811-13, 2nd District 1813-22). Slaveowner. Died aboard a ship in the North Atlantic Ocean while en route to England, October 27, 1822 (age 40 years, 258 days). Buried at sea in North Atlantic Ocean; cenotaph at Congressional Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
  Relatives: Son of Rawlins Lowndes and Sarah (Jones) Lowndes; brother of Thomas Lowndes; married 1802 to Elizabeth Brewton Pinckney (daughter of Thomas Pinckney); second great-granduncle of Burnet Rhett Maybank; third great-granduncle of Burnet Rhett Maybank Jr.; first cousin twice removed of Charles Pinckney Brown.
  Political families: DeSaussure-Lowndes-Aiken-Rhett family of Charleston, South Carolina; Pinckney-Middleton family of Charleston, South Carolina (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  Lowndes counties in Ala., Ga. and Miss. are named for him.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Hall Stoner Lusk (1883-1983) — also known as Hall S. Lusk — of Portland, Multnomah County, Ore.; Beaverton, Washington County, Ore. Born in Washington, D.C., September 21, 1883. Democrat. Lawyer; candidate for Oregon state house of representatives, 1922; circuit judge in Oregon, 1930-37; justice of Oregon state supreme court, 1937-60; retired 1960; U.S. Senator from Oregon, 1960-61. Died in Beaverton, Washington County, Ore., May 15, 1983 (age 99 years, 236 days). Interment at Mt. Calvary Cemetery, Portland, Ore.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — NNDB dossier — OurCampaigns candidate detail
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