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Arthur MacArthur (1815-1896) —
of Milwaukee, Milwaukee
County, Wis.
Born in Glasgow, Scotland,
January
26, 1815.
Democrat. Lawyer; Lieutenant
Governor of Wisconsin, 1856-58; Governor of
Wisconsin, 1856; circuit judge in Wisconsin 2nd Circuit,
1856-69; justice of
District of Columbia supreme court, 1870.
Died August
26, 1896 (age 81 years, 213
days).
Interment at Rock
Creek Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Clark MacGregor (1922-2003) —
of Plymouth, Hennepin
County, Minn.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn., July 12,
1922.
Son of William Edwin MacGregor and Edith (Clark) MacGregor.
Republican. Major in the U.S. Army during World War II;
lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Minnesota 3rd District, 1961-71; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Minnesota, 1964,
1968;
candidate for U.S.
Senator from Minnesota, 1970.
Presbyterian.
Member, American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars.
Chairman of President Richard
M. Nixon's re-election campaign, July to November 1972.
Died, of respiratory
failure, in a hospital
at Pompano Beach, Broward
County, Fla., February
10, 2003 (age 80 years, 213
days).
Interment at Forest
Hill Cemetery, Duluth, Minn.
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Hervey Gilbert Machen (1916-1994) —
also known as Hervey Machen —
of Hyattsville, Prince
George's County, Md.
Born in Washington,
D.C., October
14, 1916.
Democrat. Lawyer; banker;
served in the U.S. Army during World War II; vice-chair of
Maryland Democratic Party, 1953-57; member of Maryland
state house of delegates, 1955-65; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Maryland, 1964;
U.S.
Representative from Maryland 5th District, 1965-69; defeated,
1968, 1970.
Episcopalian.
Member, Kiwanis;
Moose.
Died in Annapolis, Anne Arundel
County, Md., November
29, 1994 (age 78 years, 46
days).
Interment at St.
Barnabas Church Cemetery, Upper Marlboro, Md.
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Edmund William McGregor Mackey (1846-1884) —
of Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C.
Born in Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C., March 8,
1846.
Republican. Lawyer; delegate
to South Carolina state constitutional convention from Orangeburg
County, 1868; Charleston
County Sheriff, 1868-72; delegate to Republican National
Convention from South Carolina, 1872,
1880;
member of South
Carolina state house of representatives, 1873, 1877; U.S.
Representative from South Carolina, 1875-76, 1882-84 (2nd
District 1875-76, 1882-83, 7th District 1883-84); died in office 1884.
Died in Washington,
D.C., January
27, 1884 (age 37 years, 325
days).
Interment at Glenwood
Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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George Edward MacKinnon (1906-1995) —
also known as George E. MacKinnon —
of Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn.; Potomac, Allegany
County, Md.
Born in St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn., April 22,
1906.
Son of James Alexander Wiley MacKinnon and Cora Blanche (Asselstine)
MacKinnon.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Minnesota
state house of representatives, 1935-42; served in the U.S. Navy
during World War II; U.S.
Representative from Minnesota 3rd District, 1947-49; U.S.
Attorney for Minnesota, 1953-58; candidate for Governor of
Minnesota, 1958; Judge of
U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, 1969-.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Delta
Tau Delta; Phi
Delta Phi.
Died in Potomac, Allegany
County, Md., May 1,
1995 (age 89 years, 9
days).
Interment at Mound
Cemetery, Mound, Minn.
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Charles MacVeagh (1860-1931) —
of Washington,
D.C.
Born in West Chester, Chester
County, Pa., June 6,
1860.
Son of Isaac
Wayne MacVeagh and Letitia Miner (Lewis) MacVeagh.
Lawyer; general solicitor and assistant general counsel, U.S.
Steel
Corporation, 1901-25; U.S. Ambassador to Japan, 1925-29.
Episcopalian.
Member, Delta
Kappa Epsilon.
Died in Mission Canyon, Santa
Barbara County, Calif., December
4, 1931 (age 71 years, 181
days).
Interment at Church
of the Redeemer Cemetery, Bryn Mawr, Pa.
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Isaac Wayne MacVeagh (1833-1917) —
also known as Wayne MacVeagh —
of Chester
County, Pa.; Bryn Mawr, Montgomery
County, Pa.
Born in Phoenixville, Chester
County, Pa., April 19,
1833.
Son of Maj. John MacVeagh and Margaret (Lincoln) MacVeagh.
Republican. Lawyer; Chester
County District Attorney, 1859-64; served in the Union Army
during the Civil War; Pennsylvania
Republican state chair, 1863; U.S. Minister to Turkey, 1870-71; delegate to
Pennsylvania state constitutional convention, 1872; U.S.
Attorney General, 1881; U.S. Ambassador to Italy, 1893-97.
Methodist.
Member, Delta
Kappa Epsilon.
Died in Washington,
D.C., January
11, 1917 (age 83 years, 267
days).
Interment at Church
of the Redeemer Cemetery, Bryn Mawr, Pa.
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Ray John Madden (1892-1987) —
also known as Ray J. Madden —
of Omaha, Douglas
County, Neb.; Gary, Lake
County, Ind.
Born in Waseca, Waseca
County, Minn., February
25, 1892.
Son of John Madden and Mary Elizabeth (Burns) Madden.
Democrat. Lawyer; municipal judge in Nebraska, 1916; served in
the U.S. Navy during World War I; Lake
County Treasurer, 1938-42; U.S.
Representative from Indiana, 1943-77 (1st District 1943-63, 8th
District 1963-65, 1st District 1965-77); delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Indiana, 1952,
1956,
1960,
1964.
Member, American
Legion.
Died in Washington,
D.C., September
28, 1987 (age 95 years, 215
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Fletcher Maddox (b. 1860) —
of White Sulphur Springs, Meagher
County, Mont.; Great Falls, Cascade
County, Mont.
Born in Washington,
D.C., December
23, 1860.
Son of Thomas Harris Maddox and Marion Elizabeth (Fletcher) Maddox.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Montana
state senate, 1902-06; Montana
Republican state chair, 1906; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Montana, 1914.
Member, Freemasons;
Elks.
Burial
location unknown.
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Samuel Abbot Maginnis (1885-1941) —
also known as S. Abbot Maginnis —
of Salt Lake City, Salt Lake
County, Utah; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Zanesville, Muskingum
County, Ohio, October
23, 1885.
Son of William
Lyman Maginnis and Letie (Abbot) Maginnis.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S. Minister to Bolivia, 1919-21.
Member, Elks.
Died, in Emergency Hospital,
Washington,
D.C., September
25, 1941 (age 55 years, 337
days).
Interment at Cedar
Hill Cemetery, Suitland, Md.
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Rowland Blennerhassett Mahany (1864-1937) —
also known as Rowland B. Mahany —
of Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y., September
28, 1864.
Son of Kean Mahany and Catherine (Reynolds) Mahany.
Newspaper
editor; lawyer; U.S. Minister to Ecuador, 1892-93; U.S.
Representative from New York 32nd District, 1895-99; defeated,
1892, 1898; delegate to Democratic National Convention from District
of Columbia, 1924
(alternate), 1928.
Episcopalian.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; Psi
Upsilon.
Died in Washington,
D.C., May 2,
1937 (age 72 years, 216
days).
Interment at Congressional
Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Levi Maish (1837-1899) —
of York, York
County, Pa.
Born in Conewago Township, York
County, Pa., November
22, 1837.
Democrat. Colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War;
lawyer; member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives from York County, 1867-68; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 19th District, 1875-79, 1887-91.
Died in Washington,
D.C., February
26, 1899 (age 61 years, 96
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Charles Taylor Manatt (1936-2011) —
also known as Charles Manatt —
of Van Nuys, Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif.; Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., June 9,
1936.
Son of William Price Manatt and Lucille (Taylor) Manatt.
Democrat. Lawyer; candidate for Presidential Elector for
California, 1968;
California
Democratic state chair, 1971-73, 1975-77; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from California, 1972,
1988,
1996,
2000,
2004,
2008;
Temporary Chair, 1984;
member of Democratic
National Committee from California, 1976-82; Chairman of
Democratic National Committee, 1981-85; U.S. Ambassador to Dominican Republic, 1999-2001.
Methodist.
Member, American Bar
Association; Federal
Bar Association; Phi
Delta Phi; Delta
Sigma Rho; Phi
Kappa Phi; Delta
Chi; Freemasons.
Died in 2011
(age about
75 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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James Robert Mann (1856-1922) —
also known as James R. Mann —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born near Bloomington, McLean
County, Ill., October
20, 1856.
Republican. Lawyer; Chicago alderman, 1893-96; U.S.
Representative from Illinois, 1897-1922 (1st District 1897-1903,
2nd District 1903-22); died in office 1922; chair of
Cook County Republican Party, 1902.
Died in Washington,
D.C., November
30, 1922 (age 66 years, 41
days).
Interment at Oak
Woods Cemetery, Chicago, Ill.
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Vannoy Hartrog Manning (1839-1892) —
also known as Van H. Manning —
of Hamburg, Ashley
County, Ark.; Holly Springs, Marshall
County, Miss.
Born near Raleigh, Wake
County, N.C., July 26,
1839.
Democrat. Lawyer; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Arkansas, 1860;
colonel in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; U.S.
Representative from Mississippi 2nd District, 1877-83.
Died in Branchville, Prince
George's County, Md., November
2, 1892 (age 53 years, 99
days).
Interment at Glenwood
Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Charles Harley Mansur (1835-1895) —
also known as Charles H. Mansur —
of Chillicothe, Livingston
County, Mo.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., March 6,
1835.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Missouri 2nd District, 1887-93.
Died in Washington,
D.C., April 16,
1895 (age 60 years, 41
days).
Interment at Richmond
Cemetery, Richmond, Mo.
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Edward John Markey (b. 1946) —
also known as Edward J. Markey —
of Malden, Middlesex
County, Mass.; Medford, Middlesex
County, Mass.
Born in Malden, Middlesex
County, Mass., July 11,
1946.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1973-76; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 7th District, 1976-; delegate
to Democratic National Convention from Massachusetts, 1996,
2000,
2004,
2008.
Catholic.
Still living as of 2009.
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John Marshall (b. 1881) —
of Parkersburg, Wood
County, W.Va.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in New Cumberland, Hancock
County, W.Va., July 28,
1881.
Son of Oliver S. Marshall and Elizabeth Hammond (Tarr) Marshall.
Republican. Lawyer; delegate to Republican National Convention
from West Virginia, 1920,
1924,
1928,
1936
(alternate).
Disciples
of Christ. Member, American Bar
Association; Beta
Theta Pi; Delta
Chi; Elks; Navy
League.
Burial
location unknown.
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Thomas Riley Marshall (1854-1925) —
also known as Thomas R. Marshall —
of Columbia City, Whitley
County, Ind.
Born in North Manchester, Wabash
County, Ind., March 14,
1854.
Son of Daniel M. Marshall and Martha A. (Patterson) Marshall.
Democrat. Lawyer; Governor of
Indiana, 1909-13; candidate for Democratic nomination for
President, 1912;
Vice
President of the United States, 1913-21.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons; Phi
Beta Kappa; Phi
Gamma Delta.
Coined the saying: "What this country needs is a good five-cent
cigar.".
Died, from the effects of a heart
attack, in his room at the Willard Hotel, Washington,
D.C., June 1,
1925 (age 71 years, 79
days).
Entombed at Crown
Hill Cemetery, Indianapolis, Ind.
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John Andrew Martin (1868-1939) —
also known as John A. Martin —
of Pueblo, Pueblo
County, Colo.
Born in Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio, April 10,
1868.
Son of Hugh Martin and Ellen (Bohan) Martin.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Colorado
state house of representatives, 1901; U.S.
Representative from Colorado, 1909-13, 1933-39 (2nd District
1909-13, 3rd District 1933-39); died in office 1939.
Irish
ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Knights
of Pythias; American
Legion.
Died in Washington,
D.C., December
23, 1939 (age 71 years, 257
days).
Interment at Mountain
View Cemetery, Pueblo, Colo.
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Whitmell Pugh Martin (1867-1929) —
also known as Whitmell P. Martin; Whit P.
Martin —
of Thibodaux, Lafourche
Parish, La.
Born near Napoleonville, Assumption
Parish, La., August
12, 1867.
Son of Robert Campbell Martin and Margerite Chism (Littlejohn)
Martin.
Democrat. Chemist;
lawyer; District Attorney, 20th District of Louisiana,
1900-06; district judge in Louisiana 20th District, 1906-14; delegate
to Democratic National Convention from Louisiana, 1912
(alternate), 1920;
U.S.
Representative from Louisiana 3rd District, 1915-29; died in
office 1929.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Washington,
D.C., April 6,
1929 (age 61 years, 237
days).
Interment at St.
John's Episcopal Cemetery, Thibodaux, La.
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Robert Takeo Matsui (1941-2005) —
also known as Robert T. Matsui —
of Sacramento, Sacramento
County, Calif.
Born in Sacramento, Sacramento
County, Calif., September
17, 1941.
Son of Yasuji Matsui and Alice (Nagata) Matsui.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from California, 1979-2005 (3rd District 1979-93,
5th District 1993-2005); died in office 2005; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from California, 1988
(speaker),
1996,
2000,
2004.
Methodist.
Japanese
ancestry. Member, Rotary; Council on
Foreign Relations.
Died, of pneumonia
and myelodysplastic
syndrome, in Bethesda
Naval Hospital, Bethesda, Montgomery
County, Md., January
1, 2005 (age 63 years, 106
days).
Interment at East
Lawn Memorial Park, Sacramento, Calif.
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Virgil Maxcy (1785-1844) —
of Maryland.
Born in Attleboro, Bristol
County, Mass., May 5,
1785.
Son of Levi Maxcy and Ruth (Newell) Maxcy.
Lawyer; member of Maryland
state executive council, 1815; member of Maryland
state house of delegates; member of Maryland
state senate; U.S. Charge d'Affaires to Belgium, 1837-42.
Among those killed in the explosion
when a cannon accidentally
burst on board
the U.S.S. Princeton, on the Potomac River near Fort
Washington, Prince
George's County, Md., February
28, 1844 (age 58 years, 299
days).
Originally entombed at Congressional
Cemetery, Washington, D.C.; reinterment at a
private or family graveyard, Anne Arundel County, Md.
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William Gibbs McAdoo (1863-1941) —
also known as William G. McAdoo —
of Chattanooga, Hamilton
County, Tenn.; New York, New York
County, N.Y.; Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif.; Santa Barbara, Santa
Barbara County, Calif.
Born near Marietta, Cobb
County, Ga., October
31, 1863.
Son of William Gibbs McAdoo (1820-1849) and Mary Faith (Floyd) McAdoo
(1832-1913).
Democrat. Lawyer; law partner with William
McAdoo (no relation); attorney for railroads;
president, Hudson & Manhattan Railroad
Co.; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1904,
1912;
member of Democratic
National Committee from New York, 1912; U.S.
Secretary of the Treasury, 1913-18; candidate for Democratic
nomination for President, 1920,
1924;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from California, 1932,
1936;
U.S.
Senator from California, 1933-38; member of Democratic
National Committee from California, 1937.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Washington,
D.C., February
1, 1941 (age 77 years, 93
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Claire McCaskill (b. 1953) —
of Kansas City, Jackson
County, Mo.
Born in Rolla, Phelps
County, Mo., July 24,
1953.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Missouri
state house of representatives, 1982-88; Jackson
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1992-98; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Missouri, 1996,
2000,
2008
(delegation chair); Missouri
state auditor, 1998-2006; candidate for Governor of
Missouri, 2004; U.S.
Senator from Missouri, 2007-.
Female.
Still living as of 2009.
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Gerald S. McGowan (b. 1946) —
of Virginia.
Born in Birmingham, Oakland
County, Mich., 1946.
Served in the U.S. Army during the Vietnam war; lawyer; U.S.
Ambassador to Portugal, 1997-2001.
Still living as of 2001.
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Mike McIntyre (b. 1956) —
of Lumberton, Robeson
County, N.C.
Born in Lumberton, Robeson
County, N.C., August 6,
1956.
Democrat. Lawyer; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from North Carolina, 1980,
2000,
2004,
2008;
U.S.
Representative from North Carolina 7th District, 1997-.
Presbyterian.
Still living as of 2009.
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James Douglas McKevitt (1928-2000) —
also known as James D. McKevitt; Mike
McKevitt —
of Denver,
Colo.
Born in Spokane, Spokane
County, Wash., 1928.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during the Korean conflict;
lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Colorado 1st District, 1971-73; defeated,
1972; delegate to Republican National Convention from Colorado, 1972.
Episcopalian.
Suffered a heart
attack, and died at Sibley Memorial Hospital,
Washington,
D.C., September
28, 2000 (age about 72
years).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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James Clark McReynolds (1862-1946) —
also known as James C. McReynolds —
of Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn.
Born in Elkton, Todd
County, Ky., February
3, 1862.
Lawyer; university
professor; U.S.
Attorney General, 1913-14; Justice
of U.S. Supreme Court, 1914-41; took senior status 1941.
Disciples
of Christ.
Died in Washington,
D.C., August
24, 1946 (age 84 years, 202
days).
Interment at Glenwood
Cemetery, Elkton, Ky.
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Gregory Weldon Meeks (b. 1953) —
also known as Gregory W. Meeks —
of Far Rockaway, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y.
Born in East Harlem, Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., September
25, 1953.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of New York
state assembly 31st District, 1993-98; U.S.
Representative from New York 6th District, 1998-; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from New York, 2000,
2004,
2008;
member of Democratic
National Committee from New York, 2008.
African
Methodist Episcopal. African
ancestry. Member, Alpha
Phi Alpha; NAACP.
Still living as of 2009.
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Harold D. Melton —
Born in Washington,
D.C.
Lawyer; justice of
Georgia state supreme court, 2005-.
African
ancestry.
Still living as of 2008.
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William H. Michael (1845-1916) —
of Cherokee, Cherokee
County, Iowa; Sidney, Cheyenne
County, Neb.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Marysville, Union
County, Ohio, July 14,
1845.
Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; served in the Union
Navy during the Civil War; newspaper
editor and publisher; lawyer; U.S. Consul General in Calcutta, 1905-11.
Died in Washington,
D.C., May 17,
1916 (age 70 years, 308
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Abner Joseph Mikva (b. 1926) —
also known as Abner J. Mikva —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.; Evanston, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Milwaukee, Milwaukee
County, Wis., January
21, 1926.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II;
lawyer; member of Illinois
state house of representatives, 1956-66; U.S.
Representative from Illinois, 1969-73, 1975-79 (2nd District
1969-73, 10th District 1975-79); Judge of
U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, 1979-; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Illinois, 2008.
Jewish.
Member, American Bar
Association.
Still living as of 2009.
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Bert Henry Miller (1879-1949) —
also known as Bert H. Miller —
of St. Anthony, Fremont
County, Idaho; Boise, Ada
County, Idaho.
Born in St. George, Washington
County, Utah, December
15, 1879.
Democrat. Lawyer; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Idaho, 1912
(speaker);
Fremont
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1912-14; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Idaho, 1914, 1938; Idaho
state attorney general, 1933-37, 1941-45; candidate in primary
for Governor of
Idaho, 1936; justice of
Idaho state supreme court, 1945-48; resigned 1948; U.S.
Senator from Idaho, 1949; died in office 1949.
Died in Washington,
D.C., October
8, 1949 (age 69 years, 297
days).
Interment at Morris
Hill Cemetery, Boise, Idaho.
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George Miller III (b. 1945) —
of Martinez, Contra
Costa County, Calif.
Born in Richmond, Contra Costa
County, Calif., May 17,
1945.
Son of George
Miller, Jr..
Democrat. Lawyer; candidate for California
state senate, 1969; candidate for Presidential Elector for
California, 1972;
U.S.
Representative from California 7th District, 1975-; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from California, 1988
(speaker),
1996,
2000,
2004,
2008.
Catholic.
Still living as of 2009.
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Neville Miller (1894-1977) —
of Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky.
Born in Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky., February
17, 1894.
Son of Shackelford
Miller.
Democrat. Lawyer; first dean,
University of Louisville School of Law, 1930-33; mayor
of Louisville, Ky., 1933-37; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Kentucky, 1936;
president of the National Association of Broadcasters,
1938-44.
Presbyterian.
Died in Washington,
D.C., March 27,
1977 (age 83 years, 38
days).
Interment at Cave
Hill Cemetery, Louisville, Ky.
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George John Mitchell (b. 1933) —
also known as George J. Mitchell —
of South Portland, Cumberland
County, Maine; Washington,
D.C.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Waterville, Kennebec
County, Maine, August
20, 1933.
Son of George John Mitchell and Mary (Saad) Mitchell.
Democrat. Lawyer; aide to U.S. Sen. Edmund
Muskie, 1962-65; also deputy director of Muskie's
vice-presidential campaign in 1968, and presidential campaign in
1972; Maine
Democratic state chair, 1966-68; member of Democratic
National Committee from Maine, 1969-77; candidate for Governor of
Maine, 1974; U.S.
Attorney for Maine, 1977-79; U.S.
District Judge for Maine, 1979-80; U.S.
Senator from Maine, 1980-95; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Maine, 1996,
2000,
2004;
chairman, Walt
Disney Company (major movie
studio, operator of theme parks, and owner of the ABC television
network), 2004-07; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from New York, 2008.
Catholic.
Lebanese
and Irish
ancestry. Member, Council on
Foreign Relations.
Still living as of 2009.
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John Newton Mitchell (1913-1988) —
also known as John N. Mitchell —
of New York; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., September
15, 1913.
Son of Joseph Charles Mitchell and Margaret Agnes (McMahon) Mitchell.
Lawyer; served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; U.S.
Attorney General, 1969-72.
Member, American Bar
Association.
A central figure in the Watergate scandal.
Indicted
in 1973, along with Maurice
Stans, for perjury
and obstruction
over a contribution
from fugitive
financier Robert Vesco to President Richard
M. Nixon's re-election campaign; tried and
acquitted. Convicted
in February 1975 of conspiracy, obstruction
of justice and perjury,
over his role in the Watergate
break-in, and sentenced
to two and a half to eight years in prison;
served 19 months.
Suffered a heart
attack, and died later the same day, at George Washington
University Hospital,
Washington,
D.C., November
9, 1988 (age 75 years, 55
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Alan Bowlby Mollohan (b. 1943) —
also known as Alan B. Mollohan —
of Fairmont, Marion
County, W.Va.
Born in Fairmont, Marion
County, W.Va., May 14,
1943.
Son of Robert
Homer Mollohan.
Democrat. Lawyer; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from West Virginia, 1968,
1972,
1976,
1996,
2000,
2004,
2008;
U.S.
Representative from West Virginia 1st District, 1983-.
Baptist.
Still living as of 2009.
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John Stephen Monagan (1911-2005) —
also known as John S. Monagan —
of Waterbury, New Haven
County, Conn.
Born in Waterbury, New Haven
County, Conn., December
23, 1911.
Democrat. Lawyer; author; mayor
of Waterbury, Conn., 1943-48; defeated, 1947; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Connecticut, 1944,
1948,
1960;
U.S.
Representative from Connecticut 5th District, 1959-73; defeated,
1942.
Died in Washington,
D.C., October
23, 2005 (age 93 years, 304
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Dennis Moore (b. 1945) —
of Lenexa, Johnson
County, Kan.
Born in Anthony, Harper
County, Kan., November
8, 1945.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Kansas 3rd District, 1999-; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Kansas, 2000,
2004,
2008.
Protestant.
Still living as of 2009.
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Christopher S. Murphy (b. 1973) —
of Southington, Hartford
County, Conn.; Cheshire, New Haven
County, Conn.
Born in White Plains, Westchester
County, N.Y., August 3,
1973.
Son of Scott L. Murphy and Catherine (Lewczyk) Murphy.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives 81st District, 1999-2003; member
of Connecticut
state senate 16th District, 2003-06; U.S.
Representative from Connecticut 5th District, 2007-; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Connecticut, 2008.
Still living as of 2012.
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Dominic I. Murphy (1847-1930) —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., May 31,
1847.
Lawyer; commissioner, U.S. Pensions Office, 1896-97; editor
and publisher, The New Century weekly
journal, 1903-05; secretary of Isthmian Canal Commission,
1904-05; U.S. Consul in Bordeaux, 1905-09; SAINT Gall, 1909-14; Amsterdam, 1914-15; U.S. Consul General in Sofia, 1915-17; Stockholm, 1919-24.
Died April 13,
1930 (age 82 years, 317
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1904
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Patrick J. Murphy (b. 1973) —
of Bristol, Bucks
County, Pa.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., October
19, 1973.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 8th District, 2007-; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Pennsylvania, 2008.
Still living as of 2009.
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Edmund Sixtus Muskie (1914-1996) —
also known as Edmund S. Muskie; "Mr.
Clean" —
of Waterville, Kennebec
County, Maine.
Born in Rumford, Oxford
County, Maine, March 28,
1914.
Democrat. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Navy during World War II;
member of Maine
state house of representatives, 1947-51; member of Democratic
National Committee from Maine, 1952-54; Governor of
Maine, 1955-59; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Maine, 1956,
1964;
speaker, 1988;
U.S.
Senator from Maine, 1959-80; candidate for Vice
President of the United States, 1968; candidate for Democratic
nomination for President, 1972;
U.S.
Secretary of State, 1980-81.
Catholic.
Polish
ancestry. Member, Lions; Elks; Amvets; Phi
Beta Kappa.
Received the Presidential
Medal of Freedom in 1981.
Died of a heart
attack, in Georgetown University Medical
Center, Washington,
D.C., March 26,
1996 (age 81 years, 364
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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