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Joseph Henry Adams (c.1859-1924) —
also known as Joseph H. Adams —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Washington,
D.C., about 1859.
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 (age about 65
years).
Interment somewhere
in Washington, D.C.
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Robert Adams Jr. (1849-1906) —
also known as Bertie Adams —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., February
26, 1849.
Republican. Member of Pennsylvania
state senate 6th District, 1883-86; U.S. Minister to Brazil, 1889-90; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 2nd District, 1893-1906; died in
office 1906; drafted and introduced the declaration of war against
Spain, 1898.
Member, Society
of the Cincinnati; Sons of the Revolution; Sons of
the War of 1812; Society
of Colonial Wars.
Despondent over heavy losses in stock speculation and the prospect of
defeat at the polls, he killed
himself by pistol
shot, in his rooms at the Metropolitan Club, and died soon after
in Emergency Hospital,
Washington,
D.C., June 1,
1906 (age 57 years, 95
days).
Interment at Laurel
Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia, Pa.
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Russell Alexander Alger (1836-1907) —
also known as Russell A. Alger —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in a log
cabin, Lafayette Township, Medina
County, Ohio, February
27, 1836.
Republican. Lawyer;
general in the Union Army during the Civil War; lumber
business; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Michigan, 1884,
1896
(member, Committee
to Notify Vice-Presidential Nominee); Governor of
Michigan, 1885-86; candidate for Republican nomination for
President, 1888;
candidate for Presidential Elector for Michigan; U.S.
Secretary of War, 1897-99; U.S.
Senator from Michigan, 1902-07; appointed 1902; died in office
1907.
Member, Freemasons;
Grand
Army of the Republic; Sons of the American Revolution; Loyal
Legion.
Died in Washington,
D.C., January
24, 1907 (age 70 years, 331
days).
Entombed at Elmwood
Cemetery, Detroit, Mich.
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Henry Moore Baker (1841-1912) —
also known as Henry M. Baker —
of Bow, Merrimack
County, N.H.
Born in Bow, Merrimack
County, N.H., January
11, 1841.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of New
Hampshire state senate 9th District, 1891-92; U.S.
Representative from New Hampshire 2nd District, 1893-97; delegate
to New Hampshire state constitutional convention, 1902; member of
New
Hampshire state house of representatives, 1905-09.
Member, Sons of the American Revolution; Society
of Colonial Wars; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners.
Died in Washington,
D.C., May 30,
1912 (age 71 years, 140
days).
Interment at Alexander
Cemetery, Bow, N.H.
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James Montgomery Beck (1861-1936) —
also known as James M. Beck —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., July 9,
1861.
Republican. Lawyer; U.S.
Attorney for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, 1896-1900;
U.S. Solicitor General, 1921-25; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania, 1927-34 (1st District 1927-33,
2nd District 1933-34); resigned 1934.
Member, American
Philosophical Society; Sons of the Revolution.
Died in Washington,
D.C., April
12, 1936 (age 74 years, 278
days).
Interment at Rock
Creek Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Perry Belmont (1851-1947) —
of Babylon, Suffolk
County, Long Island, N.Y.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., December
28, 1851.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from New York 1st District, 1881-88; resigned
1888; defeated, 1902 (7th District); U.S. Minister to Spain, 1888-89; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
New York, 1892,
1896,
1900,
1904
(member, Committee
to Notify Vice-Presidential Nominee), 1912;
major in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; candidate for
Presidential Elector for New York.
Member, Sons of the Revolution; Society
of the Cincinnati; American
Legion.
Died in Newport, Newport
County, R.I., May 25,
1947 (age 95 years, 148
days).
Interment at Island
Cemetery, Newport, R.I.
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Samuel Greene Wheeler Benjamin (1837-1914) —
also known as S. G. W. Benjamin —
of New York; Washington,
D.C.; Burlington, Chittenden
County, Vt.
Born, of American parents, at Argos, Greece,
February
13, 1837.
Librarian;
author;
artist;
U.S. Minister to Persia, 1883-85; U.S. Consul General in Teheran, as of 1883-85.
Member, Sons of the Revolution; Society
of Colonial Wars; Phi
Beta Kappa; American
Forestry Association; Navy
League.
Died in Burlington, Chittenden
County, Vt., July 19,
1914 (age 77 years, 156
days).
Interment at Lakeview
Cemetery, Burlington, Vt.
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Thomas Hale Boggs, Sr. (1914-1972) —
also known as Hale Boggs —
of New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La.
Born in Long Beach, Harrison
County, Miss., February
15, 1914.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Louisiana 2nd District, 1941-43, 1947-72;
died in office 1972; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Louisiana, 1948,
1956,
1960,
1968;
Parliamentarian, 1964;
chair, Resolutions and Platform Committee, chair, 1968;
candidate for Governor of
Louisiana, 1952; Vice-Chair
of Democratic National Committee, 1957; member, President's
Commission on the Assassination of President KNDY, 1963-64.
Catholic.
Member, American
Legion; Amvets;
Catholic
War Veterans; Sons of the American Revolution; Knights
of Columbus; American Bar
Association; American
Judicature Society; Phi
Beta Kappa; Beta
Theta Pi; Omicron
Delta Kappa.
Disappeared
while on a campaign
flight from Anchorage to Juneau, and presumed killed in a plane
crash, somewhere in Alaska, October
16, 1972 (age 58 years, 244
days). The wreckage was never
found.
Cenotaph at Congressional
Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Relatives: Son
of William Robertson Boggs and Claire Josephine (Hale) Boggs;
married, January
22, 1938, to Corinne
Claiborne; father of Barbara
Boggs Sigmund, Thomas
Hale Boggs Jr. and Cokie Roberts. |
| | | Boggs Peak
in the Chugach Mountains, Anchorage,
Alaska, is named for
him. |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Wikipedia article — NNDB
dossier |
| | | Books about Thomas Hale Boggs: Gary
Boulard, The
Big Lie: Hale Boggs, Lucille May Grace, and Leander
Perez |
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Usher Lloyd Burdick (1879-1960) —
also known as Usher L. Burdick —
of Williston, Williams
County, N.Dak.
Born in Owatonna, Steele
County, Minn., February
21, 1879.
Republican. Member of North
Dakota state house of representatives, 1907-09; Lieutenant
Governor of North Dakota, 1911-12; Williams
County State's Attorney, 1913; law partner of ex-Gov. John
Burke in 1920s; U.S.
Representative from North Dakota at-large, 1935-45, 1949-59;
defeated, 1932; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention
from North Dakota, 1936.
Member, Freemasons;
Sons of the American Revolution; Farm
Bureau.
Died in Washington,
D.C., August
19, 1960 (age 81 years, 180
days).
Interment in private or family graveyard.
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Paul V. Collins (b. 1860) —
of St. Peter, Nicollet
County, Minn.; Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Camden, Preble
County, Ohio, July 22,
1860.
Newspaper
correspondent; newspaper
editor and publisher; alternate delegate to Republican National
Convention from Minnesota, 1888;
Progressive candidate for Governor of
Minnesota, 1912.
Presbyterian.
Member, Sons of the American Revolution.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Samuel Collins and Abigail Jane (Patton) Collins; married, June 20,
1889, to Mary Graves Rhoads. |
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Royal Samuel Copeland (1868-1938) —
also known as Royal S. Copeland —
of Bay City, Bay
County, Mich.; Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Suffern, Rockland
County, N.Y.
Born in Dexter, Washtenaw
County, Mich., November
7, 1868.
Homeopathic
physician; university
professor; mayor
of Ann Arbor, Mich., 1901-03; U.S.
Senator from New York, 1923-38; died in office 1938; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from New York, 1924
(member, Committee
on Permanent Organization), 1936;
candidate in Democratic primary for mayor
of New York City, N.Y., 1937.
Methodist.
English
ancestry. Member, Sons of the American Revolution; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Friendly
Sons of St. Patrick; Delta
Kappa Epsilon; Maccabees;
Knights
of Pythias; Elks; American
Public Health Association.
Died in Washington,
D.C., June 17,
1938 (age 69 years, 222
days).
Interment at Mahwah
Cemetery, Mahwah, N.J.
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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; candidate for Presidential Elector for North
Carolina; delegate to Democratic National Convention from District of
Columbia, 1940,
1944,
1948.
Episcopalian.
Member, Sons of the American Revolution; American
Legion; Sigma
Alpha Epsilon; Phi
Delta Phi; Freemasons;
Knights
of Pythias; Rotary.
Interment at Willowdale
Cemetery, Goldsboro, N.C.
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Charles Schuveldt Dewey (1880-1980) —
also known as Charles S. Dewey —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Cadiz, Harrison
County, Ohio, November
10, 1880.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; banker; Honorary
Consul for Ecuador in Chicago,
Ill., 1935; U.S.
Representative from Illinois 9th District, 1941-45; defeated,
1938, 1944.
Episcopalian.
Member, American
Legion; Sons of the American Revolution; Delta
Psi.
As Assistant Secretary of the Treasury in the 1920s, he was
responsible for the redesign and downsizing of U.S. paper currency.
Died in Washington,
D.C., December
27, 1980 (age 100 years,
47 days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Wade H. Ellis (b. 1866) —
of Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Covington, Kenton
County, Ky., December
31, 1866.
Republican. Lawyer; newspaper
editor; Ohio
state attorney general, 1904-08; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Ohio, 1908.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; Sons of the American Revolution; Union
League.
Burial location unknown.
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Presumably named
for: Wade
Hampton |
| | | Relatives: Son of A. C. Ellis and Kate
(Blackburn) Ellis; married, October
3, 1894, to Dessie Corwin Chase. |
| | | Image source: American Monthly Review
of Reviews, July 1908 |
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Edward Hart Fenn (1856-1939) —
also known as E. Hart Fenn —
of Wethersfield, Hartford
County, Conn.
Born in Hartford, Hartford
County, Conn., September
12, 1856.
Republican. Journalist;
member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Wethersfield, 1907-08,
1915-16; member of Connecticut
state senate 4th District, 1909-12; alternate delegate to
Republican National Convention from Connecticut, 1916;
U.S.
Representative from Connecticut 1st District, 1921-31.
Congregationalist.
Member, Sons of the Revolution; Grange.
Died in Washington,
D.C., February
23, 1939 (age 82 years, 164
days).
Interment at Spring
Grove Cemetery, Hartford, Conn.
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Frederick Alexander Fenning (1874-1944) —
also known as Frederick A. Fenning —
of Washington,
D.C.
Born in Washington,
D.C., October
23, 1874.
Republican. Member
District of Columbia board of commissioners, 1925-26; resigned
1926.
Presbyterian.
Member, Sons of the American Revolution.
Died in 1944
(age about
69 years).
Interment at Rock
Creek Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Hamilton Fish Jr. (1926-1996) —
of Millbrook, Dutchess
County, N.Y.
Born in Washington,
D.C., June 3,
1926.
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);
defeated, 1966; delegate to Republican National Convention from New
York, 1984.
Episcopalian.
Member, Sons of the American Revolution; Grange;
American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Elks; Freemasons;
Shriners.
Died in Washington,
D.C., July 23,
1996 (age 70 years, 50
days).
Interment at St.
Philip's Cemetery, Garrison, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of Hamilton
Fish Jr. (1888-1991) and Grace (Chapin) Fish; father of Hamilton
Fish (born 1951) and Alexa
Fish Ward; grandson of Alfred
Clark Chapin and Hamilton
Fish Jr. (1849-1936); grandnephew of Nicholas
Fish (1848-1902); great-grandson of Hamilton
Fish (1808-1893); second great-grandson of Nicholas
Fish (1758-1833); second great-grandnephew of Chester
William Chapin; third great-grandson of John
Kean (1756-1795); third great-grandnephew of Robert
Gilbert Livingston and Philip
Peter Livingston; fourth great-grandson of Gilbert
Livingston and Peter
Van Brugh Livingston; fourth great-grandnephew of John
Livingston, Robert
Livingston (1688-1775), Robert
Livingston (1708-1790), Philip
Livingston and William
Livingston; fifth great-grandson of Robert
Livingston the Elder and James
Alexander; fifth great-grandnephew of Pieter
Schuyler and Johannes
Schuyler (1668-1747); sixth great-grandson of Pieter
Stuyvesant and Pieter
Van Brugh; sixth great-grandnephew of Abraham
de Peyster, Johannes
Cuyler and Johannes
de Peyster; descendant *** of Lewis
Morris; first cousin twice removed of John
Kean (1852-1914) and Hamilton
Fish Kean; first cousin four times removed of Philip
Van Cortlandt, Pierre
Van Cortlandt Jr. and Charles
Ludlow Livingston; first cousin five times removed of Robert
R. Livingston (1718-1775), Peter
Robert Livingston (1737-1794), Walter
Livingston, John
Stevens III and Henry
Brockholst Livingston; first cousin six times removed of Robert
Livingston the Younger and Johannes
Schuyler (1697-1746); first cousin seven times removed of Nicholas
Bayard, David
Davidse Schuyler, Myndert
Davidtse Schuyler, Johannes
DePeyster, Cornelis
Cuyler and John
Cruger Jr.; second cousin once removed of Charles
Mann Hamilton and Robert
Winthrop Kean; second cousin four times removed of James
Jay, John
Jay, Robert
R. Livingston (1746-1813), Frederick
Jay, Edward
Livingston (1764-1836), Stephen
Van Rensselaer, Philip
Schuyler Van Rensselaer, Henry
Walter Livingston, Peter
Augustus Jay, Rensselaer
Westerlo, Edward
Philip Livingston, William
Alexander Duer, John
Duer and William
Jay; second cousin five times removed of Stephanus
Bayard, Pierre
Van Cortlandt, Philip
John Schuyler, Philip
P. Schuyler and Stephen
John Schuyler; third cousin of Thomas
Howard Kean; third cousin once removed of Jonathan
Mayhew Wainwright and Thomas
Howard Kean Jr.; third cousin twice removed of Gilbert
Livingston Thompson and Arthur
Beebe Chapin; third cousin thrice removed of Philip
Schuyler, Peter
Robert Livingston (1789-1859), Edward
Livingston (1796-1840), William
Duer, Henry
Bell Van Rensselaer, Denning
Duer, Henry
Brockholst Ledyard, David
Edgerton and John
Jay II. |
| | | Political families: Livingston-Schuyler
family of New York; Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin
family of Connecticut and New York; Roosevelt
family of New York (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | Cross-reference: Sue
W. Kelly |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — NNDB
dossier — Internet Movie Database
profile — Find-A-Grave
memorial — OurCampaigns
candidate detail |
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Hampson Gary (1873-1952) —
of Tyler, Smith
County, Tex.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Tyler, Smith
County, Tex., April
23, 1873.
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, 1917-18; U.S. Consul General in Cairo, 1917-20; U.S. Minister to Switzerland, 1920-21.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Phi
Beta Kappa; Alpha
Tau Omega; Sons of the Revolution; Society
of Colonial Wars.
Died April
18, 1952 (age 78 years, 361
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Franklin Mott Gunther (1885-1941) —
of Washington,
D.C.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., February
28, 1885.
Foreign Service officer; U.S. Minister to Egypt, 1928-30; Romania, 1937-41.
Member, American
Academy of Political and Social Science; Society
of Colonial Wars; Sons of the Revolution.
Died in Bucharest, Romania,
December
22, 1941 (age 56 years, 297
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Frank Warren Hackett (b. 1841) —
of Portsmouth, Rockingham
County, N.H.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Portsmouth, Rockingham
County, N.H., April
11, 1841.
Served in the Union Navy during the Civil War; lawyer;
member of New
Hampshire state house of representatives from Portsmouth, 1877;
U.S. Assistant Secretary of the Navy, 1900-01.
Episcopalian.
Member, Loyal
Legion; Sons of the Revolution.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of William Henry Young Hackett and Olive (Pickering) Hackett;
married, April
21, 1880, to Ida Craven. |
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Alexander Burton Hagner (1826-1915) —
of Washington,
D.C.
Born in Washington,
D.C., July 13,
1826.
Lawyer;
member of Maryland
state house of delegates, 1854; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Maryland 5th District, 1859 (American), 1874
(Republican); candidate for Presidential Elector for Maryland; Associate
Justice, U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia,
1879-1903; retired 1903.
Episcopalian.
Member, American
Historical Association; Sons of the American Revolution.
Died in Washington,
D.C., June 30,
1915 (age 88 years, 352
days).
Interment at Oak
Hill Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Chester Harding (1866-1936) —
of Washington,
D.C.; Vineyard Haven, Martha's Vineyard, Dukes
County, Mass.
Born in Enterprise, Clarke
County, Miss., December
31, 1866.
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers; member
District of Columbia board of commissioners, 1913-14; Governor of
Panama Canal Zone, 1917-21.
Unitarian.
Member, Sons of the Revolution.
Died November
11, 1936 (age 69 years, 316
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Horace Harding and Eliza Procter (Gould) Harding; married, July 15,
1895, to Flora Krum. |
| | | Image source: Library of
Congress |
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Harry Bartow Hawes (1869-1947) —
also known as Harry B. Hawes —
of St.
Louis, Mo.
Born in Covington, Kenton
County, Ky., November
15, 1869.
Democrat. Lawyer;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Missouri, 1904,
1928;
member, Committee to Notify Presidential Nominee, 1904,
1916;
member of Missouri
state house of representatives from St. Louis City 3rd District,
1917-18; served in the U.S. Army during World War I; U.S.
Representative from Missouri 11th District, 1921-26; U.S.
Senator from Missouri, 1926-33; resigned 1933.
Episcopalian.
Member, Sons of the American Revolution; Sons
of Confederate Veterans; American
Legion; Reserve
Officers Association; Military
Order of the World Wars; American Bar
Association; American
Society for International Law; American
Economic Association; Izaak
Walton League; Audubon
Society; American
Forestry Association; National Rifle
Association.
Died in Washington,
D.C., July 31,
1947 (age 77 years, 258
days).
Cremated;
ashes scattered in a private or family graveyard, Ripley County, Mo.
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Clarence Bussey Hewes (b. 1890) —
also known as Clarence B. Hewes —
of Jeanerette, Iberia
Parish, La.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Jeanerette, Iberia
Parish, La., February
1, 1890.
Republican. Foreign Service officer; lawyer;
alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from District of
Columbia, 1948,
1952.
Member, Sons of the American Revolution; Sigma
Alpha Epsilon.
Burial location unknown.
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David Jayne Hill (1850-1932) —
also known as David J. Hill —
of Lewisburg, Union
County, Pa.; Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Plainfield, Union
County, N.J., June 10,
1850.
Historian;
president,
Bucknell University, 1879-88; president,
University of Rochester, 1888-96; U.S. Minister to Switzerland, 1903-05; Netherlands, 1905-08; Luxembourg, 1905-08; U.S. Ambassador to Germany, 1908-11.
Member, American
Philosophical Society; American
Historical Association; Sons of the American Revolution.
Died in 1932
(age about
82 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Carlton Bailey Hurst (b. 1867) —
also known as Carl Bailey Hurst —
of Washington,
D.C.
Born in Bremen, Germany,
of American parents, August
16, 1867.
U.S. Consul in Catania, 1892-93; Crefeld, 1893-95; Prague, 1895-97; La Guaira, 1904-05; Plauen, 1905-10; Lyon, 1910-13; U.S. Consul General in Vienna, 1897-1903; Barcelona, 1913-20; Havana, as of 1921-26; Berlin, as of 1929.
Member, Sons of the American Revolution.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of John Fletcher Hurst and Catherine (LaMonte) Hurst; married, August
1, 1892, to Harriet Hamline Strobridge. |
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Louis Arthur Johnson (1891-1966) —
also known as Louis A. Johnson —
of Clarksburg, Harrison
County, W.Va.
Born in Roanoke,
Va., January
10, 1891.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Harrison County, 1917-18;
served in the U.S. Army during World War I; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from West Virginia, 1924;
National Commander, American Legion, 1932-33; Assistant Secretary of
War, 1937-40; U.S.
Secretary of Defense, 1949-50.
Episcopalian.
Member, American
Legion; American Bar
Association; Federal
Bar Association; Sons of the American Revolution; Delta
Chi; Delta
Sigma Rho; Tau
Kappa Alpha; Freemasons;
Elks; Rotary.
Died in Washington,
D.C., April
24, 1966 (age 75 years, 104
days).
Interment at Elkview
Masonic Cemetery, Clarksburg, W.Va.
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Julius Gareché Lay (1872-1939) —
also known as Julius G. Lay —
of Washington,
D.C.
Born in Washington,
D.C., August
9, 1872.
Republican. Foreign Service officer; U.S. Vice & Deputy Consul
General in Ottawa, 1893-96; U.S. Consul in Windsor, 1896-99; U.S. Consul General in Barcelona, 1899-1904; Canton, 1904-06; Cape Town, 1906-10; Rio de Janeiro, 1910-14; Berlin, as of 1916-17; Calcutta, as of 1926; U.S. Minister to Honduras, 1929-32; Uruguay, 1935-37.
Member, Sons of the American Revolution.
Died suddenly, following a heart
attack, in Prides Crossing, Beverly, Essex
County, Mass., August
28, 1939 (age 67 years, 19
days).
Interment at Rock
Creek Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Thomas O. Marvin (b. 1867) —
of Massachusetts; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Portsmouth, Rockingham
County, N.H., December
10, 1867.
Minister;
newspaper
editorial writer;
member, U.S. Tariff Commission, 1921-26.
Universalist.
Member, Sons of the Revolution; Theta
Delta Chi.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Thomas E. O. Marvin and Anne Maria (Lippitt) Marvin; married, November
15, 1894, to Flora Myrick Sugden. |
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Angus Wilton McLean (1870-1935) —
also known as Angus W. McLean —
of Lumberton, Robeson
County, N.C.
Born in Robeson
County, N.C., April
20, 1870.
Democrat. Lawyer; Robeson
County Attorney, 1892-1904; banker;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from North Carolina, 1904
(member, Committee
on Rules and Order of Business), 1912
(member, Committee
on Permanent Organization; speaker),
1932;
member of Democratic
National Committee from North Carolina, 1916-24; Governor of
North Carolina, 1925-29.
Presbyterian.
Scottish
ancestry. Member, American Bar
Association; American
Academy of Political and Social Science; Sons of the
Revolution; Knights
of Pythias; Sigma
Chi.
Died in Washington,
D.C., June 21,
1935 (age 65 years, 62
days).
Entombed at Meadowbrook
Cemetery, Lumberton, N.C.
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Robert Hayes McNeill (b. 1877) —
also known as Robert H. McNeill —
of Jefferson, Ashe
County, N.C.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Wilkes
County, N.C., April
25, 1877.
Republican. Candidate for superior court judge in North Carolina,
1901; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from North
Carolina, 1904,
1936,
1948,
1956;
candidate for Governor of
North Carolina, 1940.
Baptist.
Member, American Bar
Association; Sons of the American Revolution.
Burial location unknown.
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Matthew Mansfield Neely (1874-1958) —
also known as Matthew M. Neely —
of Fairmont, Marion
County, W.Va.
Born in Grove, Doddridge
County, W.Va., November
9, 1874.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; lawyer; mayor
of Fairmont, W.Va., 1908-10; U.S.
Representative from West Virginia 1st District, 1913-21, 1945-47;
defeated, 1920, 1946; U.S.
Senator from West Virginia, 1923-29, 1931-41, 1949-58; defeated,
1928; resigned 1941; defeated, 1942; died in office 1958; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from West Virginia, 1932,
1936,
1940,
1944
(member, Platform
and Resolutions Committee; member, Committee
to Notify Presidential Nominee), 1952,
1956;
Governor
of West Virginia, 1941-45.
Presbyterian.
Scotch-Irish
ancestry. Member, Sons of the American Revolution; Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; Elks; Knights
of Pythias; Moose; Eagles;
Delta
Chi; Phi
Sigma Kappa; Phi
Beta Kappa; Americans
for Democratic Action; United
Spanish War Veterans.
Died, from cancer,
in the Bethesda
Naval Hospital, Bethesda, Montgomery
County, Md., January
18, 1958 (age 83 years, 70
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Fairmont, W.Va.
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Lewis Seaman Patrick (1843-1913) —
also known as Lewis S. Patrick —
of Marinette, Marinette
County, Wis.
Born in Fishkill, Dutchess
County, N.Y., June 8,
1843.
Republican. Postmaster at Marinette,
Wis., 1890-94, 1898-1906; personal secretary to U.S. Sen. Isaac
Stephenson, 1907-13.
Member, Sons of the American Revolution.
Died, from heart
failure, in Washington,
D.C., July 2,
1913 (age 70 years, 24
days).
Interment at Forest
Home Cemetery, Marinette, Wis.
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Stanley Forman Reed (1884-1980) —
also known as Stanley F. Reed —
of Maysville, Mason
County, Ky.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Minerva, Mason
County, Ky., December
31, 1884.
Democrat. Lawyer;
counsel, Burley Tobacco
Growers Cooperative Association; member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1912-16; served in the U.S. Army
during World War I; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Kentucky, 1920,
1936;
U.S. Solicitor General, 1935-38; Associate
Justice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1938-57.
Protestant.
Member, American
Legion; Freemasons;
American Bar
Association; Society
of Colonial Wars; Sons of the American Revolution; Delta
Phi.
Died in Huntington, Suffolk
County, Long Island, N.Y., April 2,
1980 (age 95 years, 93
days).
Interment at Maysville
Cemetery, Maysville, Ky.
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Charles Hitchcock Sherrill (1867-1936) —
also known as Charles H. Sherrill —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Washington,
D.C., April
13, 1867.
Republican. Lawyer;
U.S. Minister to Argentina, 1909-10; general in the U.S. Army during World War
I; U.S. Ambassador to Turkey, 1932-33.
Presbyterian.
Member, Delta
Kappa Epsilon; Phi
Delta Phi; Sons of the Revolution; Society
of Colonial Wars; Society
of the War of 1812.
Died in Paris, France,
June
25, 1936 (age 69 years, 73
days).
Interment at South
End Cemetery, East Hampton, Long Island, N.Y.
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Stephen J. Spingarn (b. 1908) —
of Washington,
D.C.
Born in Bedford, Westchester
County, N.Y., September
1, 1908.
Democrat. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War II; administrative assistant
to President Harry
Truman, 1949-50; member, Federal Trade Commission, 1950-53.
Member, Phi
Alpha Delta; American Bar
Association; Federal
Bar Association; Sons of the American Revolution; American
Political Science Association.
Burial location unknown.
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