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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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 |
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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. Keister
— Abraham
L. Tucker
— Abraham
L. Brick
— Abraham
L. Kellogg
— Abraham
Lincoln Bernstein
— A.
Lincoln Reiley
— A.
L. Helmick
— Abraham
L. Sutton
— A.
Lincoln Acker
— Abraham
L. Osgood
— Abraham
L. Witmer
— Abraham
L. Phillips
— Abraham
L. Payton
— A.
L. Auth
— A.
Lincoln Moore
— A.
Lincoln Niditch
— Abraham
L. Rubenstein
— Abraham
L. Davis, Jr.
— Abraham
L. Freedman
— A.
L. Marovitz
— Lincoln
Gordon
— Abraham
L. Banner
— Abraham
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) |
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Relatives: Son
of Thomas Jefferson Littleton and Anna (McNutt)
Littleton. |
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Relatives: Son
of Gustavus Loevinger and Millie (Strouse) Loevinger; married, March 4,
1950, to Ruth E. Howe. |
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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