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Elbridge Gerry (1744-1814) —
of Massachusetts.
Born in Marblehead, Essex
County, Mass., July 17,
1744.
Delegate
to Continental Congress from Massachusetts, 1776-80, 1782-85; signer,
Declaration of Independence, 1776; signer,
Articles of Confederation, 1777; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1786; member,
U.S. Constitutional Convention, 1787; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 3rd District, 1789-93; Governor of
Massachusetts, 1810-12; defeated, 1801, 1812; Vice
President of the United States, 1813-14; died in office 1814.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons.
The word gerrymander ("Gerry" plus "salamander") was coined to
describe an oddly shaped Massachusetts senate district his party
created in 1811, and later came to mean any unfair districting.
Died in Washington,
D.C., November
23, 1814 (age 70 years, 129
days).
Interment at Congressional Cemetery.
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William Wirt (1772-1834) —
of Virginia.
Born near Bladensburg, Prince
George's County, Md., November
8, 1772.
U.S.
Attorney for Virginia, 1816-17; U.S.
Attorney General, 1817-29; Anti-Masonic candidate for President
of the United States, 1832.
Presbyterian.
Died in Washington,
D.C., February
18, 1834 (age 61 years, 102
days).
Interment at Congressional Cemetery.
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William Pinkney (1764-1822) —
of Annapolis, Anne
Arundel County, Md.
Born in Annapolis, Anne Arundel
County, Md., March 17,
1764.
Son of Jonathan Pinkney and Ann (Rind) Pinkney.
Delegate
to Maryland convention to ratify U.S. constitution, 1788; member
of Maryland
state house of delegates, 1790-92, 1795 (Harford County 1790-92,
Anne Arundel County 1795); U.S.
Representative from Maryland, 1791, 1815-16 (at-large 1791, 5th
District 1815-16); member of Maryland
state executive council, 1792-95; mayor
of Annapolis, Md., 1795-1800; Maryland
state attorney general, 1805-06; U.S. Minister to Great Britain, 1808-11; Russia, 1816-18; member of Maryland
state senate from Western Shore, 1811; U.S.
Attorney General, 1811-14; major in the U.S. Army during the War
of 1812; U.S.
Senator from Maryland, 1819-22; died in office 1822.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Washington,
D.C., February
25, 1822 (age 57 years, 345
days).
Interment at Congressional Cemetery.
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John Forsyth (1780-1841) —
of Augusta, Richmond
County, Ga.
Born in Fredericksburg,
Va., October
22, 1780.
Democrat. Lawyer; Georgia
state attorney general, 1808; U.S.
Representative from Georgia, 1813-18, 1823-27 (at-large 1813-18,
1823-25, 2nd District 1825-27, at-large 1827); resigned 1827; U.S.
Senator from Georgia, 1818-19, 1829-34; U.S. Minister to Spain, 1819-23; Governor of
Georgia, 1827-29; U.S.
Secretary of State, 1834-41.
Died in Washington,
D.C., October
21, 1841 (age 60 years, 364
days).
Interment at Congressional Cemetery.
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Philip Pendleton Barbour (1783-1841) —
of Lucketsville (unknown
county), Va.
Born near Gordonsville, Orange
County, Va., May 25,
1783.
Son of Col. Thomas Barbour and Mary (Thomas) Barbour.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1812-14; U.S.
Representative from Virginia, 1814-25, 1827-30 (10th District
1814-15, 11th District 1815-25, 1827-30); Speaker of
the U.S. House, 1821-23; state court judge in Virginia, 1825-27;
delegate
to Virginia state constitutional convention, 1829-30; U.S.
District Judge for the Eastern District of Virginia, 1830-36; Justice
of U.S. Supreme Court, 1836-41; died in office 1841.
Episcopalian.
Died in Washington,
D.C., February
25, 1841 (age 57 years, 276
days).
Interment at Congressional Cemetery.
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Samuel Lewis Southard (1787-1842) —
also known as Samuel L. Southard —
of Trenton, Mercer
County, N.J.
Born in Basking Ridge, Somerset
County, N.J., June 9,
1787.
Son of Henry
Southard.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of New
Jersey state house of assembly, 1815; associate
justice of New Jersey state supreme court, 1815-20; Presidential
Elector for New Jersey, 1820;
U.S.
Senator from New Jersey, 1821-23, 1833-42; died in office 1842;
U.S.
Secretary of the Navy, 1823-29; New
Jersey state attorney general, 1829-33; Governor of
New Jersey, 1832-33.
Died in Fredericksburg,
Va., June 26,
1842 (age 55 years, 17
days).
Interment at Congressional Cemetery.
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Buckner Thruston (1763-1845) —
of Lexington, Fayette
County, Ky.
Born in Gloucester
County, Va., February
9, 1763.
Democrat. Member of Virginia state legislature, 1789; district judge
in Kentucky, 1791; circuit judge in Kentucky, 1802-03; U.S.
Senator from Kentucky, 1805-09; Judge of
U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, 1810-45; died in
office 1845.
Died in Washington,
D.C., August
30, 1845 (age 82 years, 202
days).
Interment at Congressional Cemetery.
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James Jackson (1757-1806) —
of Georgia.
Born in Devon, England,
September
21, 1757.
Delegate
to Georgia state constitutional convention, 1777; U.S.
Representative from Georgia at-large, 1789-91; U.S.
Senator from Georgia, 1793-95, 1801-06; died in office 1806; Governor of
Georgia, 1798-1801.
Killed George
Wells in a duel
in 1780; injured in both knees.
Died in Washington,
D.C., March 19,
1806 (age 48 years, 179
days).
Original interment at Rock Creek Cemetery;
reinterment in 1832 at Congressional Cemetery.
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Horatio King (1811-1897) —
Born June 21,
1811.
U.S.
Postmaster General, 1861.
Died May 20,
1897 (age 85 years, 333
days).
Interment at Congressional Cemetery.
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John Gaillard (1765-1826) —
of Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C.; Pendleton, Anderson
County, S.C.
Born in South Carolina, September
5, 1765.
Democrat. Member of South
Carolina state house of representatives, 1794-96; member of South
Carolina state senate, 1796-1804; U.S.
Senator from South Carolina, 1804-26; died in office 1826.
Died in Washington,
D.C., February
28, 1826 (age 60 years, 176
days).
Interment at Congressional Cemetery.
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James Noble (1785-1831) —
of Brookville, Franklin
County, Ind.
Born near Berryville, Clarke
County, Va., December
16, 1785.
Lawyer;
member of Indiana
territorial House of Representatives, 1813-14; member
Indiana territorial council, 1815; circuit judge in Indiana,
1815; delegate
to Indiana state constitutional convention, 1816; member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1816; U.S.
Senator from Indiana, 1816-31; died in office 1831.
Scottish
ancestry. Member, Freemasons.
Died in Washington,
D.C., February
26, 1831 (age 45 years, 72
days).
Interment at Congressional Cemetery.
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Uriah Tracy (1755-1807) —
of Litchfield, Litchfield
County, Conn.
Born in Connecticut, 1755.
Member of Connecticut state legislature, 1788; U.S.
Representative from Connecticut at-large, 1793-96; U.S.
Senator from Connecticut, 1796-1807; died in office 1807.
Died July 19,
1807 (age about 52
years).
Interment at Congressional Cemetery.
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Joseph Inslee Anderson (1757-1837) —
also known as Joseph Anderson —
of Tennessee.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., November
5, 1757.
Son of William Anderson and Elizabeth (Inslee) Anderson.
Major in Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; lawyer; justice of
Southwest Territory supreme court, 1791; delegate to
Tennessee state constitutional convention, 1796; U.S.
Senator from Tennessee, 1797-1815; Comptroller of the U.S.
Treasury, 1815-36.
Member, Society
of the Cincinnati.
Died in Washington,
D.C., April 17,
1837 (age 79 years, 163
days).
Interment at Congressional Cemetery.
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James Burrill, Jr. (1772-1820) —
of Providence, Providence
County, R.I.
Born in Providence, Providence
County, R.I., April 25,
1772.
Rhode
Island state attorney general, 1797-1812; member of Rhode
Island state house of representatives; Speaker of
the Rhode Island State House of Representatives, 1814-16; U.S.
Senator from Rhode Island, 1817-20; died in office 1820.
Died in Washington,
D.C., December
25, 1820 (age 48 years, 244
days).
Interment at Congressional Cemetery.
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William Upham (1792-1853) —
of Vermont.
Born in Massachusetts, 1792.
Member of Vermont state legislature; U.S.
Senator from Vermont, 1843-53; died in office 1853.
Died in 1853
(age about
61 years).
Interment at Congressional Cemetery.
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William Pope Duval (1784-1854) —
also known as William P. Duval —
Born in Virginia, 1784.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from Kentucky at-large, 1813-15; U.S.
District Judge for the Eastern District of Florida, 1821-22; Governor of
Florida Territory, 1822-34; delegate
to Florida state constitutional convention from Calhoun County,
1838-39; member of Florida
state senate, 1839-42.
Was the model for Washington Irving's character "Ralph Ringwood" and
James K. Paulding's character "Nimrod Wildfire".
Died in Washington,
D.C., March 19,
1854 (age about 69
years).
Interment at Congressional Cemetery.
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Theodorick Bland (1742-1790) —
of Virginia.
Born in Cawsons, Prince
George County, Va., March 21,
1742.
Son of Frances (Bolling) Bland and Theodorick Bland (1719-1790).
Served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; Delegate
to Continental Congress from Virginia, 1780-83; delegate to
Virginia state constitutional convention, 1788; U.S.
Representative from Virginia at-large, 1789-90; died in office
1790.
Died in New York, New York
County, N.Y., June 1,
1790 (age 48 years, 72
days).
Original interment at Trinity
Churchyard, Manhattan, N.Y.; reinterment in 1828 at Congressional
Cemetery.
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William Allen Trimble (1786-1821) —
of Ohio.
Born in Woodford
County, Ky., April 4,
1786.
Lawyer;
major in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; U.S.
Senator from Ohio, 1819-21; died in office 1821.
Died, from his war
wounds, in Washington,
D.C., December
13, 1821 (age 35 years, 253
days).
Interment at Congressional Cemetery.
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William Cranch (1769-1855) —
of District of Columbia.
Born in Weymouth, Norfolk
County, Mass., July 17,
1769.
Judge
of U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, 1801, 1806.
Died September
1, 1855 (age 86 years, 46
days).
Interment at Congressional Cemetery.
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Francis Malbone (1759-1809) —
of Rhode Island.
Born in Newport, Newport
County, R.I., March 20,
1759.
U.S.
Representative from Rhode Island at-large, 1793-97; member of Rhode
Island state house of representatives, 1807; U.S.
Senator from Rhode Island, 1809; died in office 1809.
Died on the steps of the U.S.
Capitol Building, Washington,
D.C., June 4,
1809 (age 50 years, 76
days).
Interment at Congressional Cemetery.
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Richard Montgomery Young (1798-1861) —
also known as Richard M. Young —
of Jonesboro, Union
County, Ill.
Born in Fayette
County, Ky., February
20, 1798.
Democrat. Member of Illinois
state house of representatives, 1820-22; circuit judge in
Illinois, 1825-37; Presidential Elector for Illinois, 1828;
U.S.
Senator from Illinois, 1837-43; justice of
Illinois state supreme court, 1843-47.
Died in Washington,
D.C., November
28, 1861 (age 63 years, 281
days).
Interment at Congressional Cemetery.
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John Dawson (1762-1814) —
of Virginia.
Born in Virginia, 1762.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1786-89; Delegate
to Continental Congress from Virginia, 1788; delegate to
Virginia convention to ratify U.S. constitution, 1788; U.S.
Representative from Virginia, 1797-1814 (at-large 1797-1807, 10th
District 1807-14); died in office 1814.
Died in Washington,
D.C., March 31,
1814 (age about 51
years).
Interment at Congressional Cemetery.
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Lemuel Jackson Bowden (1815-1864) —
of Virginia.
Born in Williamsburg,
Va., January
16, 1815.
Republican. Member of Virginia state legislature; U.S.
Senator from Virginia, 1863-64; died in office 1864.
Died in Washington,
D.C., January
2, 1864 (age 48 years, 351
days).
Interment at Congressional Cemetery.
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William Nathaniel Roach (1840-1902) —
also known as William N. Roach —
of Larimore, Grand Forks
County, N.Dak.
Born in District of Columbia, 1840.
Democrat. Member of North Dakota state legislature; U.S.
Senator from North Dakota, 1893-99.
Died in 1902
(age about
62 years).
Interment at Congressional Cemetery.
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John Mellen Thurston (1847-1916) —
also known as John M. Thurston —
of Omaha, Douglas
County, Neb.
Born in Vermont, 1847.
Republican. Member of Nebraska
state house of representatives, 1875; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Nebraska, 1888;
Temporary Chair, 1888;
Permanent Chair, 1896;
speaker, 1896;
chair, Committee to Notify Presidential Nominee, chair, 1896;
U.S.
Senator from Nebraska, 1895-1901; member of Republican
National Committee from Nebraska, 1896.
Died August 9,
1916 (age about 69
years).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Congressional Cemetery.
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Samuel Alleyne Otis (1740-1814) —
of Massachusetts.
Born in Barnstable, Barnstable
County, Mass., November
24, 1740.
Son of James Otis (1702-1778) and Mary (Alleyne) Otis.
Member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1776; delegate to
Massachusetts state constitutional convention; Delegate
to Continental Congress from Massachusetts, 1787.
Died April 22,
1814 (age 73 years, 149
days).
Interment at Congressional Cemetery.
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Relatives: Son
of James Otis (1702-1778) and Mary (Alleyne) Otis; married, December
31, 1764, to Elizabeth Gray (died 1779); married, March 28,
1782, to Mary (Smith) Gray; father of Harrison
Gray Otis (1765-1848); second cousin twice removed of Oran
Gray Otis, Asa H.
Otis, John
Otis, William
Shaw Chandler Otis, David
Perry Otis, Harris
F. Otis, James
Otis (1826-1875) and Harrison
Gray Otis (1837-1917); second cousin thrice removed of Charles
Augustus Otis, Sr., George
Lorenzo Otis, John
Grant Otis, Norton
Prentiss Otis, Lauren
Ford Otis and Charles
Eugene Otis; great-grandfather of James
Otis (1836-1898); second cousin four times removed of Ralph
Chester Otis; third great-grandfather of Robert
Helyer Thayer. See Otis
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Richard Stanford (1767-1816) —
of Hawfields, Alamance
County, N.C.
Born near Vienna, Dorchester
County, Md., March 2,
1767.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from North Carolina, 1797-1816 (4th District
1797-99, at-large 1799-1803, 8th District 1803-05, at-large 1805-07,
8th District 1807-09, at-large 1809-11, 8th District 1811-13,
at-large 1813-15, 8th District 1815-16); died in office 1816.
Died in Georgetown, Washington,
D.C., April 9,
1816 (age 49 years, 38
days).
Interment at Congressional Cemetery.
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Henry Gaither Worthington (1828-1909) —
also known as Henry G. Worthington —
of San
Francisco, Calif.; Austin, Lander
County, Nev.; Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C.
Born in Cumberland, Allegany
County, Md., February
9, 1828.
Republican. Member of California
state assembly 8th District, 1862-63; U.S.
Representative from Nevada at-large, 1864-65; U.S. Minister to Argentina, 1868-69; Uruguay, 1868-69; U.S.
Collector of Customs, 1873-77.
Died in Washington,
D.C., July 29,
1909 (age 81 years, 170
days).
Interment at Congressional Cemetery.
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Thomas Tudor Tucker (1745-1828) —
of South Carolina.
Born in Port Royal, Bermuda,
June
25, 1745.
Physician;
member of South Carolina state legislature, 1776, 1782-83, 1785,
1787-88; Delegate
to Continental Congress from South Carolina, 1787-88; U.S.
Representative from South Carolina at-large, 1789-93; treasurer
of the United States, 1801-28.
Died in Washington,
D.C., May 2,
1828 (age 82 years, 312
days).
Interment at Congressional Cemetery.
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Lemuel Dale Evans (1810-1877) —
also known as Lemuel D. Evans —
of Texas.
Born in Tennessee, January
8, 1810.
Lawyer;
U.S.
Representative from Texas 1st District, 1855-57; justice of
Texas state supreme court, 1870-73; chief
justice of Texas state supreme court, 1870-71.
Died in Washington,
D.C., July 1,
1877 (age 67 years, 174
days).
Interment at Congressional Cemetery.
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Alexander Cameron Hunt (1825-1894) —
of Freeport, Stephenson
County, Ill.; Denver,
Colo.
Born in Hammondsport, Steuben
County, N.Y., December
25, 1825.
Candidate for Delegate
to U.S. Congress from Colorado Territory, 1866; Governor of
Colorado Territory, 1867-69.
Died in Washington,
D.C., May 14,
1894 (age 68 years, 140
days).
Interment at Congressional Cemetery.
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Thomas Blount (1759-1812) —
of Tarboro, Edgecombe
County, N.C.
Born in Craven County (part now in Pitt
County), N.C., May 10,
1759.
Son of Jacob Blount and Barbara (Gray) Blount.
Democrat. Served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary
War; member of North
Carolina house of commons, 1788; U.S.
Representative from North Carolina, 1793-99, 1805-09, 1811-12
(at-large 1793-97, 9th District 1797-99, at-large 1805-07, 3rd
District 1807-09, 1811-12); died in office 1812.
Died in Washington,
D.C., February
7, 1812 (age 52 years, 273
days).
Interment at Congressional Cemetery.
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John Smilie (1741-1812) —
of Fayette City, Fayette
County, Pa.
Born in Ireland,
1741.
Democrat. Member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 1784-86; delegate to
Pennsylvania state constitutional convention, 1790; member of Pennsylvania
state senate, 1790-93; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania, 1793-95, 1799-1812 (8th
District 1793-95, 11th District 1799-1803, 9th District 1803-12);
died in office 1812.
Died in Washington,
D.C., December
30, 1812 (age about 71
years).
Interment at Congressional Cemetery.
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William Armisted Burwell (1780-1821) —
also known as William A. Burwell —
of Rocky Mount, Franklin
County, Va.
Born near Boydton, Mecklenburg
County, Va., March 15,
1780.
Democrat. Member of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1804-06; U.S.
Representative from Virginia, 1806-21 (at-large 1806-07, 13th
District 1807-15, 14th District 1815-21); died in office 1821.
Died February
16, 1821 (age 40 years, 338
days).
Interment at Congressional Cemetery.
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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.
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Thomas Peter Lantos (1928-2008) —
also known as Tom Lantos; Tamas Peter
Lantos —
of Millbrae, San Mateo
County, Calif.; Hillsborough, San Mateo
County, Calif.; San Mateo, San Mateo
County, Calif.
Born in Budapest, Hungary,
February
1, 1928.
Democrat. University
professor; television
news commentator; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
California, 1976,
1988,
1996,
2000,
2004;
U.S.
Representative from California, 1981-2008 (11th District 1981-93,
12th District 1993-2008); died in office 2008.
Jewish.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; Sigma
Alpha Mu.
Arrested
for disorderly conduct in April 2006, while taking part civil
disobedience action to protest
genocide in Darfur, in front of the Sudanese embassy
in Washington, D.C.
Died, of cancer
of the esophagus, in Bethesda
Naval Medical Center, Bethesda, Montgomery
County, Md., February
11, 2008 (age 80 years, 10
days).
Interment at Congressional Cemetery.
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James Gillespie (c.1742-1805) —
of North Carolina.
Born in Kenansville, Duplin
County, N.C., about 1742.
Delegate
to North Carolina state constitutional convention, 1776; member
of North
Carolina house of commons, 1779-83; member of North
Carolina state senate, 1784-86; U.S.
Representative from North Carolina, 1793-99, 1803-05 (at-large
1793-97, 6th District 1797-99, 5th District 1803-05); died in office
1805.
Died in Washington,
D.C., January
11, 1805 (age about 63
years).
Original interment at Old Presbyterian
Cemetery (which no longer exists); reinterment in 1893 at
Congressional Cemetery.
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Alexander Smyth (1765-1830) —
of Wythe
County, Va.
Born in Ireland,
1765.
Member of Virginia state legislature, 1792; member of Virginia
state senate, 1808; U.S.
Representative from Virginia, 1817-25, 1827-30 (6th District
1817-21, 22nd District 1821-25, 1827-30); died in office 1830.
Died in Washington,
D.C., April 17,
1830 (age about 64
years).
Interment at Congressional Cemetery.
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George Edward Mitchell (1781-1832) —
also known as George E. Mitchell —
of Elkton, Cecil
County, Md.
Born in Head of Elk (now Elkton), Cecil
County, Md., March 3,
1781.
Democrat. Member of Maryland
state house of delegates, 1806-09; member of Maryland
state executive council, 1809-12; colonel in the U.S. Army during
the War of 1812; U.S.
Representative from Maryland 6th District, 1823-27, 1829-32; died
in office 1832; candidate for Governor of
Maryland, 1829.
Died in Washington,
D.C., June 28,
1832 (age 51 years, 117
days).
Interment at Congressional Cemetery.
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Elijah Brigham (1751-1816) —
of Massachusetts.
Born in Westborough (part now in Northborough), Worcester
County, Mass., July 7,
1751.
Merchant;
member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1791-93; common pleas court judge
in Massachusetts, 1795-1811; member of Massachusetts
state senate, 1796, 1798, 1801-05, 1807-10; member of Massachusetts
Governor's Council, 1799-1800, 1806; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts, 1811-16 (10th District
1811-13, at-large 1813-15, 12th District 1815-16); died in office
1816.
Died in Washington,
D.C., February
22, 1816 (age 64 years, 230
days).
Interment at Congressional Cemetery.
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Christopher Rankin (1788-1826) —
of Natchez, Adams
County, Miss.
Born in Pennsylvania, 1788.
Democrat. Member of Mississippi
territorial House of Representatives, 1813; Mississippi
territory attorney general Western District, 1814-17; member of
Mississippi state legislature; U.S.
Representative from Mississippi at-large, 1819-26; died in office
1826.
Died in 1826
(age about
38 years).
Interment at Congressional Cemetery.
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George Holcombe (1786-1828) —
of Allentown, Monmouth
County, N.J.
Born in New Jersey, 1786.
Democrat. Member of New Jersey state legislature; U.S.
Representative from New Jersey, 1821-28 (at-large 1821-23, 2nd
District 1823-25, at-large 1825-28); died in office 1828.
Died January
14, 1828 (age about 41
years).
Interment at Congressional Cemetery.
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Daniel Azro Ashley Buck (1789-1841) —
also known as D. Azro A. Buck —
of Chelsea, Orange
County, Vt.
Born in Norwich, Windsor
County, Vt., April 19,
1789.
Son of Daniel
Buck.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; lawyer;
member of Vermont
state house of representatives, 1816-26, 1828-30, 1833-35; Speaker of
the Vermont State House of Representatives, 1820-22, 1825-26,
1829; Orange
County State's Attorney, 1819-22, 1830-34; Presidential Elector
for Vermont, 1820;
U.S.
Representative from Vermont, 1823-25, 1827-29 (4th District
1823-25, 5th District 1827-29).
Died in Washington,
D.C., December
24, 1841 (age 52 years, 249
days).
Interment at Congressional Cemetery.
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William Lee Ball (1781-1824) —
of Nuttsville, Lancaster
County, Va.
Born in Lancaster
County, Va., January
2, 1781.
Son of John Ball (1746-1814) and Mary Ann (Thrift) Ball (1750-1804).
Democrat. Member of Virginia state legislature; U.S.
Representative from Virginia, 1817-24 (9th District 1817-21, 13th
District 1821-24); died in office 1824.
Died in Washington,
D.C., February
28, 1824 (age 43 years, 57
days).
Interment at Congressional Cemetery.
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James Blair (c.1790-1834) —
of South Carolina.
Born in The Waxhaws, Lancaster
County, S.C., about 1790.
Democrat. Planter; sheriff;
U.S.
Representative from South Carolina, 1821-22, 1829-34 (9th
District 1821-22, 8th District 1829-34); resigned 1822; died in
office 1834.
Died in Washington,
D.C., April 1,
1834 (age about 44
years).
Interment at Congressional Cemetery.
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Tilman Bacon Parks (1872-1950) —
also known as Tilman B. Parks —
of Hope, Hempstead
County, Ark.; Camden, Ouachita
County, Ark.
Born near Lewisville, Lafayette
County, Ark., May 14,
1872.
Son of William P. Parks and Mattie (Douglass) Parks.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Arkansas
state house of representatives, 1901-04, 1909-10; Presidential
Elector for Arkansas, 1904;
prosecuting attorney; U.S.
Representative from Arkansas 7th District, 1921-37.
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; Knights
of Pythias; Woodmen;
Elks; Lions.
Died in Washington,
D.C., February
12, 1950 (age 77 years, 274
days).
Interment at Congressional Cemetery.
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Nathaniel Hazard (1776-1820) —
of Newport, Newport
County, R.I.; Middletown, Newport
County, R.I.
Born in Newport, Newport
County, R.I., 1776.
Son of George Hazard (1724-1791).
Democrat. Member of Rhode
Island state house of representatives, 1810-19; Speaker of
the Rhode Island State House of Representatives, 1810, 1818-19;
U.S.
Representative from Rhode Island at-large, 1819-20; died in
office 1820.
Died in Washington,
D.C., December
17, 1820 (age about 44
years).
Interment at Congressional Cemetery.
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Joseph Lawrence (1786-1842) —
of Washington, Washington
County, Pa.
Born near Hunterstown, Adams
County, Pa., 1786.
Whig. Member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 1818; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania, 1825-29, 1841-42 (15th District
1825-29, 21st District 1841-42); died in office 1842; Pennsylvania
state treasurer, 1835-36; delegate to Whig National Convention
from Pennsylvania, 1839.
Died April 17,
1842 (age about 55
years).
Interment at Congressional Cemetery.
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Ezra Darby (1768-1808) —
of Scotch Plains, Union
County, N.J.
Born in Scotch Plains, Union
County, N.J., June 7,
1768.
Democrat. Member of New
Jersey state house of assembly, 1802-04; U.S.
Representative from New Jersey, 1805-08 (1st District 1805-07,
at-large 1807-08); died in office 1808.
Died in Washington,
D.C., January
27, 1808 (age 39 years, 234
days).
Interment at Congressional Cemetery.
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Warren Ransom Davis (1793-1835) —
also known as Warren R. Davis —
of Pendleton, Anderson
County, S.C.
Born in Columbia, Richland
County, S.C., May 8,
1793.
Lawyer;
U.S.
Representative from South Carolina 6th District, 1827-35; died in
office 1835.
Died in Washington,
D.C., January
29, 1835 (age 41 years, 266
days). His funeral service at the U.S. Capitol was disrupted when
Richard Lawrence, a house painter, fired two guns at President Andrew
Jackson.
Interment at Congressional Cemetery.
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James Bennett Hunt (1799-1857) —
also known as James B. Hunt —
of Pontiac, Oakland
County, Mich.
Born in Demerara (now part of Guyana),
August
13, 1799.
Democrat. State court judge in Michigan, 1836; U.S.
Representative from Michigan 3rd District, 1843-47.
Died in Washington,
D.C., August
15, 1857 (age 58 years, 2
days).
Interment at Congressional Cemetery.
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Levi Casey (c.1752-1807) —
of South Carolina.
Born in South Carolina, about 1752.
General in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; member
of South
Carolina state senate, 1781-82, 1800-02; state court judge in
South Carolina, 1785; member of South
Carolina state house of representatives, 1786-88, 1792-95,
1798-99; U.S.
Representative from South Carolina 6th District, 1803-07; died in
office 1807.
Died in Washington,
D.C., February
3, 1807 (age about 55
years).
Interment at Congressional Cemetery.
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Jesse Slocumb (1780-1820) —
of North Carolina.
Born in Spring Bank, Wayne
County, N.C., 1780.
U.S.
Representative from North Carolina 4th District, 1817-20; died in
office 1820.
Died December
20, 1820 (age about 40
years).
Interment at Congressional Cemetery.
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David Walker (d. 1820) —
of Kentucky.
Born in Brunswick
County, Va.
Served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; member
of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1793-96; served in the U.S. Army
during the War of 1812; U.S.
Representative from Kentucky 6th District, 1817-20; died in
office 1820.
Died in Washington,
D.C., March 1,
1820.
Interment at Congressional Cemetery.
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Philip Doddridge (1773-1832) —
of Virginia.
Born in Bedford
County, Va., May 17,
1773.
Member of Virginia state legislature; U.S.
Representative from Virginia 18th District, 1829-32; died in
office 1832.
Died in Washington,
D.C., November
19, 1832 (age 59 years, 186
days).
Interment at Congressional Cemetery.
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William Taylor (1788-1846) —
of Virginia.
Born in Alexandria,
Va., April 5,
1788.
Democrat. Member of Virginia state legislature, 1821; U.S.
Representative from Virginia, 1843-46 (2nd District 1843-45, 11th
District 1845-46); died in office 1846.
Died January
17, 1846 (age 57 years, 287
days).
Interment at Congressional Cemetery.
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Benjamin Thompson (1798-1852) —
of Charlestown (now part of Boston), Suffolk
County, Mass.
Born in Charlestown (now part of Boston), Suffolk
County, Mass., August 5,
1798.
Member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1830-31, 1833-36; member of Massachusetts
state senate, 1841; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts, 1845-47, 1851-52 (4th District
1845-47, 9th District 1851-52); died in office 1852.
Died in Charlestown (now part of Boston), Suffolk
County, Mass., September
24, 1852 (age 54 years, 50
days).
Interment at Congressional Cemetery.
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James Jones (d. 1801) —
of Georgia.
Born in Maryland.
Republican. Member of Georgia
state house of representatives, 1796-98; delegate to
Georgia state constitutional convention, 1798; U.S.
Representative from Georgia at-large, 1799-1801; died in office
1801.
Died January
11, 1801.
Interment at Congressional Cemetery.
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Joab Lawler (1796-1838) —
of Alabama.
Born in Union
County, N.C., June 12,
1796.
Member of Alabama
state house of representatives, 1826; member of Alabama
state senate, 1831; U.S.
Representative from Alabama 3rd District, 1835-38; died in office
1838.
Died May 8,
1838 (age 41 years, 330
days).
Interment at Congressional Cemetery.
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Felix Grundy McConnell (1809-1846) —
also known as Felix G. McConnell —
of Talladega, Talladega
County, Ala.
Born in Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn., April 1,
1809.
Democrat. Member of Alabama
state house of representatives, 1838; member of Alabama
state senate, 1839; U.S.
Representative from Alabama 7th District, 1843-46; died in office
1846.
Died September
10, 1846 (age 37 years, 162
days).
Interment at Congressional Cemetery.
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Edward Bradley (1808-1847) —
of Marshall, Calhoun
County, Mich.
Born in East Bloomfield, Ontario
County, N.Y., 1808.
Democrat. Common pleas court judge in New York, 1836; Calhoun
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1842; member of Michigan
state senate 4th District, 1843; U.S.
Representative from Michigan 2nd District, 1847; died in office
1847.
Died in New York, New York
County, N.Y., August 5,
1847 (age about 39
years).
Interment at Congressional Cemetery.
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Philip Stuart (1761-1830) —
also known as Philip Stewart —
of Port Tobacco, Charles
County, Md.
Born in Stafford County (part now in King George
County), Va., February
22, 1761.
Served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; member
of Maryland
state house of delegates, 1800-06, 1808-09; U.S.
Representative from Maryland 1st District, 1811-19; general in
the U.S. Army during the War of 1812.
Died in Washington,
D.C., August
14, 1830 (age 69 years, 173
days).
Interment at Congressional Cemetery.
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Jeremiah McLene (1767-1837) —
of Ohio.
Born in Pennsylvania, 1767.
Democrat. Secretary of
state of Ohio, 1808-31; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 8th District, 1833-37.
Died in 1837
(age about
70 years).
Interment at Congressional Cemetery.
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William Stephen Morgan (1801-1878) —
of Virginia.
Born in Virginia, 1801.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from Virginia, 1835-39 (16th District 1835-37,
14th District 1837-39); member of Virginia state legislature.
Died in 1878
(age about
77 years).
Interment at Congressional Cemetery.
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George Mumford (d. 1818) —
of North Carolina.
Born in Rowan
County, N.C.
Democrat. Member of North
Carolina house of commons, 1810-11; U.S.
Representative from North Carolina 10th District, 1817-18; died
in office 1818.
Died in 1818.
Interment at Congressional Cemetery.
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Charles Clement Johnston (1795-1832) —
of Virginia.
Born in Longwood, Prince
Edward County, Va., April 30,
1795.
U.S.
Representative from Virginia 22nd District, 1831-32; died in
office 1832.
Drowned
near one of the docks in Alexandria,
Va., June 17,
1832 (age 37 years, 48
days).
Interment at Congressional Cemetery.
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Thomas Day Singleton (d. 1833) —
of South Carolina.
Born near Kingstree, Williamsburg
County, S.C.
Member of South
Carolina state house of representatives, 1826-33; U.S.
Representative from South Carolina 3rd District, 1833; died in
office 1833.
Died in Raleigh, Wake
County, N.C., November
25, 1833.
Interment at Congressional Cemetery.
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Littleton Purnell Dennis (1786-1834) —
of Maryland.
Born in Worcester
County, Md., July 21,
1786.
Member of Maryland
state house of delegates, 1810, 1815-16, 1819-21; member of Maryland
state senate, 1826-33; U.S.
Representative from Maryland 1st District, 1833-34; died in
office 1834.
Died in Washington,
D.C., April 14,
1834 (age 47 years, 267
days).
Interment at Congressional Cemetery.
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Francis Jacob Harper (1800-1837) —
also known as Francis J. Harper —
of Pennsylvania.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., March 5,
1800.
Democrat. Member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 1832; member of Pennsylvania
state senate 2nd District, 1834-36; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 3rd District, 1837; died in
office 1837.
Died in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., March 18,
1837 (age 37 years, 13
days).
Original interment at Frankford
Cemetery, Frankford, Philadelphia, Pa.; reinterment in 1848 at
Congressional Cemetery.
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Timothy Jarvis Carter (1800-1838) —
of Maine.
Born in Bethel, Oxford
County, Maine, August
18, 1800.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from Maine 2nd District, 1837-38; died in office
1838.
Died in Washington,
D.C., March 14,
1838 (age 37 years, 208
days).
Interment at Congressional Cemetery.
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Albert Galliton Harrison (1800-1839) —
of Missouri.
Born in Mt. Sterling, Montgomery
County, Ky., June 26,
1800.
U.S.
Representative from Missouri at-large, 1835-39.
Died in Fulton, Callaway
County, Mo., September
7, 1839 (age 39 years, 73
days).
Interment at Congressional Cemetery.
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Henry Frick (1795-1844) —
of Milton, Northumberland
County, Pa.
Born in Northumberland, Northumberland
County, Pa., March 17,
1795.
Served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; newspaper
publisher; member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 1828-31; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 13th District, 1843-44; died in
office 1844.
Died in Washington,
D.C., March 1,
1844 (age 48 years, 350
days).
Interment at Congressional Cemetery.
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Frank Morey (1840-1889) —
of Louisiana.
Born in Massachusetts, 1840.
Republican. Member of Louisiana state legislature; U.S.
Representative from Louisiana 5th District, 1869-76.
Died in 1889
(age about
49 years).
Interment at Congressional Cemetery.
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Thomas Hartley Crawford (1786-1863) —
also known as Thomas H. Crawford —
of Chambersburg, Franklin
County, Pa.
Born in Chambersburg, Franklin
County, Pa., November
14, 1786.
U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 11th District, 1829-33; member
of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 1833; judge in District of
Columbia, 1845.
Died in Washington,
D.C., January
27, 1863 (age 76 years, 74
days).
Interment at Congressional Cemetery.
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Philip Bond Fouke (1818-1876) —
also known as Philip B. Fouke —
of Belleville, St. Clair
County, Ill.
Born in Kaskaskia, Randolph
County, Ill., January
23, 1818.
Democrat. Civil
engineer; newspaper
publisher; lawyer;
prosecuting attorney for 2nd circuit, 1846-50; member of Illinois
state house of representatives, 1851; U.S.
Representative from Illinois 8th District, 1859-63; colonel in
the Union Army during the Civil War.
Died in Washington,
D.C., October
3, 1876 (age 58 years, 254
days).
Interment at Congressional Cemetery.
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Charles Case (1817-1883) —
of Fort Wayne, Allen
County, Ind.
Born in Austinburg, Ashtabula
County, Ohio, December
21, 1817.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from Indiana 10th District, 1857-61.
Died in Brighton, Washington
County, Iowa, June 30,
1883 (age 65 years, 191
days).
Interment at Congressional Cemetery.
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Daniel Hiester (1774-1834) —
of Pennsylvania.
Born in Chester
County, Pa., 1774.
Son of John
Hiester.
U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 3rd District, 1809-11.
Died March 8,
1834 (age about 59
years).
Interment at Congressional Cemetery.
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Selah Reeve Hobbie (1797-1854) —
of Newburgh, Orange
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, 1797.
Member of New York state legislature; U.S.
Representative from New York 11th District, 1827-29.
Died in Washington,
D.C., 1854
(age about
57 years).
Interment at Congressional Cemetery.
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John Walker Maury (c.1809-1855) —
also known as John W. Maury —
of Washington,
D.C.
Born about 1809.
Son of William Grymes Maury (1784-1860) and Ann Hoomes 'Nancy'
(Woolfolk) Maury (1793-1856).
Mayor
of Washington, D.C., 1852-54.
Died in Washington,
D.C., February
2, 1855 (age about 46
years).
Interment at Congressional Cemetery.
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John Edward Bouligny (1824-1864) —
also known as John E. Bouligny —
of New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La.
Born in New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La., February
5, 1824.
U.S.
Representative from Louisiana 1st District, 1859-61.
Died in Washington,
D.C., February
20, 1864 (age 40 years, 15
days).
Interment at Congressional Cemetery.
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Jacob Broom (1808-1864) —
of Pennsylvania.
Born in Baltimore,
Md., July 25,
1808.
Son of James
Madison Broom.
Lawyer;
U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 4th District, 1855-57.
Died in Washington,
D.C., November
28, 1864 (age 56 years, 126
days).
Interment at Congressional Cemetery.
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Charles West Kendall (1828-1914) —
of Sacramento, Sacramento
County, Calif.; Hamilton (unknown
county), Nev.; Denver,
Colo.
Born in Searsmont, Waldo
County, Maine, April 22,
1828.
Democrat. Went
to California for the 1849 Gold Rush; newspaper
editor; lawyer;
member of California
state assembly 12th District, 1862-63; U.S.
Representative from Nevada at-large, 1871-75.
Died in Mt. Rainier, Prince
George's County, Md., June 25,
1914 (age 86 years, 64
days).
Interment at Congressional Cemetery.
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William Helmick (1817-1888) —
of Ohio.
Born near Canton, Stark
County, Ohio, September
6, 1817.
Republican. U.S.
Representative from Ohio 15th District, 1859-61.
Died March 31,
1888 (age 70 years, 207
days).
Interment at Congressional Cemetery.
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Clyde Howard Tavenner (1882-1942) —
also known as Clyde H. Tavenner —
of Cordova, Rock Island
County, Ill.
Born in Cordova, Rock Island
County, Ill., February
4, 1882.
Son of John E. Tavenner and Lucinda (Vanderburgh) Tavenner.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from Illinois 14th District, 1913-17.
Died February
6, 1942 (age 60 years, 2
days).
Interment at Congressional Cemetery.
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Samuel N. Smallwood —
of Washington,
D.C.
Mayor
of Washington, D.C., 1819-22, 1824.
Interment at Congressional Cemetery.
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William Winston Seaton —
of Washington,
D.C.
Mayor
of Washington, D.C., 1840-50.
Interment at Congressional Cemetery.
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Charles Horace Upton (1812-1877) —
of Virginia.
Born in Massachusetts, 1812.
Republican. U.S.
Representative from Virginia 7th District, 1861-62.
Died in 1877
(age about
65 years).
Interment at Congressional Cemetery.
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Roger C. Weightman —
of Washington,
D.C.
Mayor
of Washington, D.C., 1824-27.
Interment at Congressional Cemetery.
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Joseph Gales, Jr. —
of Washington,
D.C.
Mayor
of Washington, D.C., 1827-30.
Interment at Congressional Cemetery.
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James G. Berret —
of Washington,
D.C.
Democrat. Mayor
of Washington, D.C., 1858-61; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from District of Columbia, 1868.
Interment at Congressional Cemetery.
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Benjamin G. Orr —
of Washington,
D.C.
Mayor
of Washington, D.C., 1817-19.
Interment at Congressional Cemetery.
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John Thomas Towers —
of Washington,
D.C.
Mayor
of Washington, D.C., 1854-56.
Interment at Congressional Cemetery.
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Sayles J. Bowen —
of Washington,
D.C.
Republican. Member of Republican
National Committee from District of Columbia, 1866-72; delegate
to Republican National Convention from District of Columbia, 1868,
1880
(alternate); mayor
of Washington, D.C., 1868-70.
Interment at Congressional Cemetery.
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Daniel Rapine —
of Washington,
D.C.
Mayor
of Washington, D.C., 1812-13.
Interment at Congressional Cemetery.
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Narsworthy Hunter (d. 1802) —
of Mississippi.
Born in Virginia.
Delegate
to U.S. Congress from Mississippi Territory, 1801-02; died in
office 1802.
Died in Washington,
D.C., March 11,
1802.
Interment at Congressional Cemetery.
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Augustus W. Scharit —
of Missouri.
U.S. Consul in Falmouth, 1854-63.
Interment at Congressional Cemetery.
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William Otto Anderson (1920-1964) —
also known as William O. Anderson —
of Shelbyville, Shelby
County, Ind.
Born in Shelbyville, Shelby
County, Ind., August
21, 1920.
Son of Bertie Anderson (1895-1945) and Gertie Bernice (Bennett)
Anderson (1898-1988).
U.S. Naval Reserve Intelligence Officer, 1943; U.S. Vice Consul in Cape Town, 1945-48; U.S. Consul in Singapore, 1954-56.
Methodist.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa.
Died, following a myocardial
infarction, in Suburban Hospital,
Bethesda, Montgomery
County, Md., January
1, 1964 (age 43 years, 133
days).
Interment at Congressional Cemetery.
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Relatives:
Married, August
29, 1942, to Annie Vergene Marguerite Owens (born
1919). |
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buried here: |
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Zachary Taylor (1784-1850) —
also known as "Old Rough and Ready" —
Born in Orange
County, Va., November
24, 1784.
Whig. Major in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; colonel in the
U.S. Army during the Black Hawk War; general in the U.S. Army during
the Mexican War; President
of the United States, 1849-50; died in office 1850.
Episcopalian.
Died, probably of gastroenteritis,
in the White
House, Washington,
D.C., July 9,
1850 (age 65 years, 227
days). Based on the theory that he was poisoned, his remains
were tested for arsenic in 1991; the results tended to disconfirm the
theory.
Original interment at Congressional Cemetery; reinterment in private
or family graveyard; reinterment in 1926 at Zachary
Taylor National Cemetery, Louisville, Ky.
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Relatives:
Second cousin once removed of Richard
Henry Lee; second cousin of James
Madison; third cousin of Henry
Lee, Charles
Lee and Richard
Bland Lee; married, June 21,
1810, to Margaret Mackall 'Peggy' Smith (1778-1852; niece of Benjamin
Mackall IV and Thomas
Mackall); father of Sarah Knox Taylor (who married Jefferson
Finis Davis); granduncle of Edmund
Haynes Taylor, Jr.; third cousin twice removed of Fitzhugh
Lee; first cousin thrice removed of Elliot
Woolfolk Major; second cousin thrice removed of Edgar
Bailey Woolfolk; ancestor of Victor
D. Crist. See Livingston-Seymour-Lee-Williams
family of New York. |
| | | Cross-reference: David
R. Atchison — Thomas
Ewing |
| | | Taylor counties in Fla., Ga., Iowa and Ky. are named
for him. |
| | | Campaign slogan (1848): "General Taylor
never surrenders." |
| | | See also Wikipedia
article — NNDB
dossier |
| | | Books about Zachary Taylor: K. Jack
Bauer, Zachary
Taylor: Soldier, Planter, Statesman of the Old
Southwest — Elbert B. Smith, The
Presidencies of Zachary Taylor and Millard
Fillmore |
| | | Image source: Portrait & Biographical
Album of Washtenaw County (1891) |
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George Clinton (1739-1812) —
of Ulster
County, N.Y.; New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Little Britain, Orange
County, N.Y., July 26,
1739.
Delegate
to Continental Congress from New York, 1775-76; Governor of
New York, 1777-95, 1801-04; delegate to
New York convention to ratify U.S. constitution from Ulster
County, 1788; member of New York
state assembly from New York County, 1800-01; Vice
President of the United States, 1805-12; died in office 1812.
Christian
Reformed. Member, Freemasons.
Died in Washington,
D.C., April 20,
1812 (age 72 years, 269
days).
Original interment at Congressional Cemetery; reinterment in 1908 at
First
Reformed Dutch Churchyard, Kingston, N.Y.
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Abel Parker Upshur (1790-1844) —
of Virginia.
Born in Northampton
County, Va., June 17,
1790.
Son of Littleton
Upshur.
Member of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1812-13, 1824-27; state court judge in
Virginia, 1826-41; delegate to
Virginia state constitutional convention, 1829-30; U.S.
Secretary of the Navy, 1841-43; U.S.
Secretary of State, 1843-44; died in office 1844.
Episcopalian.
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 53 years, 256
days).
Originally entombed at Congressional Cemetery; later interred in 1874
at Oak Hill Cemetery.
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John Aaron Rawlins (1831-1869) —
Born in Galena, Jo Daviess
County, Ill., February
13, 1831.
General in the Union Army during the Civil War; U.S.
Secretary of War, 1869; died in office 1869.
Died, of consumption (tuberculosis),
in Washington,
D.C., September
6, 1869 (age 38 years, 205
days).
Original interment at Congressional Cemetery; reinterment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.; statue erected 1874 at Rawlins Park.
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Thomas Walker Gilmer (1802-1844) —
of Virginia.
Born in Gilmerton, Albemarle
County, Va., April 6,
1802.
Lawyer;
member of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1829-36, 1838-39; Speaker of
the Virginia State House of Delegates, 1838-39; Governor of
Virginia, 1840-41; U.S.
Representative from Virginia, 1841-44 (12th District 1841-43, 5th
District 1843-44); U.S.
Secretary of the Navy, 1844; died in office 1844.
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 41 years, 328
days).
Originally entombed at Congressional Cemetery; reinterment at a
private or family graveyard, Albemarle County, Va.
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James Pinckney Henderson (1808-1858) —
also known as J. Pinckney Henderson —
of Marshville (unknown
county), Tex.
Born in Lincolnton, Lincoln
County, N.C., March 31,
1808.
Lawyer;
general in the Texas Army during the Texas War of Independence; Attorney
General of the Texas Republic, 1836-37; Texas
Republic Secretary of State, 1837; delegate
to Texas state constitutional convention, 1845; Governor of
Texas, 1846-47; general in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War;
U.S.
Senator from Texas, 1857-58; died in office 1858.
Died in Washington,
D.C., June 4,
1858 (age 50 years, 65
days).
Original interment and cenotaph at Congressional Cemetery;
reinterment in 1930 at Texas
State Cemetery, Austin, Tex.
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Robert Byington Mitchell (1823-1882) —
of Mt. Gilead, Morrow
County, Ohio.
Born in Mansfield, Richland
County, Ohio, April 4,
1823.
Served in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War; member of Kansas
territorial legislature, 1857-58; treasurer
of Kansas Territory, 1859-61; general in the Union Army during
the Civil War; Governor of
New Mexico Territory, 1866-69.
Died in Washington,
D.C., January
26, 1882 (age 58 years, 297
days).
Original interment at Congressional Cemetery; reinterment in 1895 at
Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Richard Bland Lee (1761-1827) —
Born in Prince
William County, Va., January
20, 1761.
Member of Virginia state legislature, 1784; U.S.
Representative from Virginia, 1789-95 (at-large 1789-91, 4th
District 1791-93, 17th District 1793-95); judge in District of
Columbia, 1827.
Died March 12,
1827 (age 66 years, 51
days).
Original interment in private or family graveyard; subsequent
interment at Congressional Cemetery; reinterment in 1975 at Sully,
Chantilly, Va.
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James Lent (1782-1833) —
of Newtown, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y.
Born in Newtown, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y., 1782.
State court judge in New York, 1823; U.S.
Representative from New York 1st District, 1829-33; died in
office 1833.
Died in Washington,
D.C., February
22, 1833 (age about 50
years).
Original interment and cenotaph at Congressional Cemetery;
reinterment at Presbyterian
Cemetery, Newtown, Queens, N.Y.
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Barker Burnell (1798-1843) —
of Nantucket, Nantucket
County, Mass.
Born in Nantucket, Nantucket
County, Mass., January
30, 1798.
Whig. Member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1819; delegate to
Massachusetts state constitutional convention, 1820; member of Massachusetts
state senate, 1824-25; delegate to Whig National Convention from
Massachusetts, 1839 (member, Balloting Committee; speaker); U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts, 1841-43 (11th District
1841-43, 10th District 1843); died in office 1843.
Died in Washington,
D.C., June 15,
1843 (age 45 years, 136
days).
Original interment and cenotaph at Congressional Cemetery;
reinterment in 1844 at Prospect
Hill Cemetery, Nantucket, Mass.
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David Spangler Kaufman (1813-1851) —
also known as David S. Kaufman —
of Nacogdoches, Nacogdoches
County, Tex.
Born in Boiling Springs, Cumberland
County, Pa., December
18, 1813.
Democrat. Member of Texas
Republic House of Representatives, 1839-41; member of Texas
Republic Senate, 1843-45; U.S.
Representative from Texas 1st District, 1846-51; died in office
1851.
Jewish.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Washington,
D.C., January
31, 1851 (age 37 years, 44
days).
Original interment and cenotaph at Congressional Cemetery;
reinterment in 1932 at Texas
State Cemetery, Austin, Tex.
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Pierre Evariste Jean Baptiste Bossier (1797-1844) —
also known as Pierre E. J. B. Bossier —
of Louisiana.
Born in Natchitoches, Natchitoches
Parish, La., March 22,
1797.
Planter;
member of Louisiana
state senate, 1833-43; U.S.
Representative from Louisiana 4th District, 1843-44; died in
office 1844.
Died in Washington,
D.C., April 24,
1844 (age 47 years, 33
days).
Original interment and cenotaph at Congressional Cemetery;
reinterment at Catholic
Cemetery, Natchitoches, La.
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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; reinterment at a
private or family graveyard, Anne Arundel County, Md.
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Relatives:
Married to Mary Galloway. |
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David Gardiner (1784-1844) —
of New York.
Born in 1784.
Member of New York
state senate 1st District, 1824-27.
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 about 59
years).
Originally entombed at Congressional Cemetery; later interred at South
End Cemetery, East Hampton, Long Island, N.Y.
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John Quincy Adams (1767-1848) —
also known as "Old Man Eloquent"; "The
Accidental President"; "The Massachusetts
Madman" —
of Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.; Quincy, Norfolk
County, Mass.
Born in Braintree (part now in Quincy), Norfolk
County, Mass., July 11,
1767.
Son of John
Adams and Abigail (Smith) Adams (1744-1818).
Lawyer;
U.S. Minister to Netherlands, 1794-97; Prussia, 1797-1801; Russia, 1809-14; Great Britain, 1815-17; member of Massachusetts
state senate, 1802; U.S.
Senator from Massachusetts, 1803-08; resigned 1808; U.S.
Secretary of State, 1817-25; President
of the United States, 1825-29; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts, 1831-48 (11th District
1831-33, 12th District 1833-43, 8th District 1843-48); died in office
1848; candidate for Governor of
Massachusetts, 1834.
Unitarian.
English
ancestry. Member, American
Academy of Arts and Sciences.
Elected to the Hall
of Fame for Great Americans in 1905.
Suffered a stroke
while speaking on the floor of the U.S. House of
Representatives, February 21, 1848, and died two days later in
the Speaker's office,
U.S. Capitol
Building, Washington,
D.C., February
23, 1848 (age 80 years, 227
days).
Original interment at Hancock
Cemetery, Quincy, Mass.; reinterment at United
First Parish Church, Quincy, Mass.; cenotaph at Congressional
Cemetery.
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Henry Clay (1777-1852) —
also known as "The Sage of Ashland"; "The
Great Compromiser" —
of Lexington, Fayette
County, Ky.
Born in Hanover
County, Va., April 12,
1777.
Son of John Clay and Elizabeth (Hudson) Clay.
Member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1803; U.S.
Senator from Kentucky, 1806-07, 1810-11, 1831-42, 1849-52; died
in office 1852; U.S.
Representative from Kentucky, 1811-14, 1815-21, 1823-25 (5th
District 1811-13, at-large 1813-14, 2nd District 1815-21, 3rd
District 1823-25); Speaker of
the U.S. House, 1811-14, 1815-20, 1823-25; candidate for President
of the United States, 1824, 1832 (National Republican), 1844
(Whig); U.S.
Secretary of State, 1825-29; candidate for Whig nomination for
President, 1839.
Member, Freemasons.
In 1809, he fought a duel
with Humphrey
Marshall, in which both men were wounded. Elected to the Hall
of Fame for Great Americans in 1900. His portrait appeared on
some U.S. currency
issued in the 19th or early 20th century.
Died in Washington,
D.C., June 29,
1852 (age 75 years, 78
days).
Interment at Lexington
Cemetery, Lexington, Ky.; cenotaph at Congressional Cemetery.
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Relatives: Son
of John Clay and Elizabeth (Hudson) Clay; first cousin once removed
of Matthew
Clay (1754-1815) and Green
Clay; brother of Porter
Clay; third cousin of Clement
Comer Clay; second cousin of Matthew
Clay (1795?-1827), Brutus
Junius Clay (1808-1878) and Cassius
Marcellus Clay; father of Thomas
Hart Clay and James
Brown Clay; third cousin once removed of Clement
Claiborne Clay, Jr.; granduncle of Ellen Hart Ross (who married
James
Reily); second cousin once removed of Brutus
Junius Clay (1847-1932); grandfather of Henry
Clay (1849-1884). See Livingston-Seymour-Lee-Williams
family of New York. |
| | | Clay counties in Ala., Fla., Ga., Ill., Ind., Kan., Minn., Miss., Mo., Neb., N.C., S.Dak., Tenn., Tex. and W.Va. are
named for him. |
| | | Other politicians named for him: Henry
Clay Longnecker
— Henry
Clay Dean
— Henry
Clay Brockmeyer
— Henry
Clay Ewing
— Henry
Clay Caldwell
— Henry
Clay Hall
— Henry
Clay Gooding
— Henry
Clay Naill
— H.
Clay Harris
— Henry
Clay Miner
— Henry
C. Warmouth
— Henry
Clay Cleveland
— H.
Clay Evans
— Henry
C. Payne
— Henry
C. Bates
— Henry
C. McCormick
— Henry
C. Ide
— Henry
C. Simms
— Henry
Clay Ferguson
— Henry
C. Glover
— Henry
C. Hansbrough
— Henry
C. Snodgrass
— H.
Clay Maydwell
— Henry
C. Gleason
— Henry
C. Loudenslager
— H.
Clay Van Voorhis
— Henry
C. Clippinger
— H.
Clay Bascom
— H.
Clay Howard
— Henry
C. Hall
— H.
Clay Crawford
— Henry
Clay Meacham
— H.
Clay Heather
— H.
Clay Suter
— H.
Clay Warth
— Henry
Clay Elwood
— H.
Clay Kennedy
— H.
Clay Needham
— H.
Clay Mace
— H.
Clay Armstrong
— H.
Clay Baldwin
— H.
Clay Haynes
— H.
Clay Burkholder
— Mrs.
H. Clay Kauffman
— Henry
C. Greenberg
— H.
Clay Gardenhire, Jr.
— Henry
Clay Cox
— H. Clay
Myers, Jr.
— H.
Clay Johnson
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| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Wikipedia
article — NNDB
dossier |
| | | Books about Henry Clay: Robert Vincent
Remini, Henry
Clay: Statesman for the Union — Maurice G. Baxter, Henry
Clay the Lawyer — Richard B. Cheney & Lynne V. Cheney,
Kings
Of The Hill : How Nine Powerful Men Changed The Course of American
History — Merrill D. Peterson, The
Great Triumvirate: Webster, Clay, and Calhoun |
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John Caldwell Calhoun (1782-1850) —
also known as John C. Calhoun —
of South Carolina.
Born near Mt. Carmel, McCormick
County, S.C., March 18,
1782.
Member of South
Carolina state house of representatives, 1808; U.S.
Representative from South Carolina 6th District, 1811-17; U.S.
Secretary of War, 1817-25; Vice
President of the United States, 1825-32; U.S.
Senator from South Carolina, 1832-43, 1845-50; died in office
1850; U.S.
Secretary of State, 1844-45.
His portrait appeared on Confederate States $1000
notes in 1861 and $100
notes in 1862.
Died in Washington,
D.C., March 31,
1850 (age 68 years, 13
days).
Interment at St.
Philip's Churchyard, Charleston, S.C.; cenotaph at Congressional
Cemetery; memorial monument at Marion
Park, Charleston, S.C.
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Relatives:
Cousin of John
Ewing Colhoun and Joseph
Calhoun; father-in-law of Thomas
Green Clemson; granduncle of John
Temple Graves. See Calhoun
family of South Carolina. |
| | | Calhoun counties in Ala., Ark., Fla., Ga., Ill., Iowa, Mich., Miss., S.C., Tex. and W.Va. are
named for him. |
| | | Other politicians named for him: John
C. Johnson
— John
Calhoun Nicholls
— John
Calhoun Cook
— John
C. Sheppard
— John C.
Bell
— John
C. C. Mayo
— John
C. Phillips
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| | | Campaign slogan: "Liberty dearer than
union." |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Wikipedia
article — NNDB
dossier — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Books about John C. Calhoun: Margaret
L. Coit, John
C. Calhoun : American Portrait — Clyde N. Wilson, John
C. Calhoun — Merrill D. Peterson, The
Great Triumvirate: Webster, Clay, and Calhoun — Warren
Brown, John
C. Calhoun (for young readers) |
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Thomas Phillip O'Neill, Jr. (1912-1994) —
also known as Thomas P. O'Neill, Jr.;
"Tip" —
of Cambridge, Middlesex
County, Mass.
Born in Cambridge, Middlesex
County, Mass., December
9, 1912.
Son of Thomas P. O'Neill and Rose Anne (Tolan) O'Neill.
Democrat. Member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1936-52; Speaker of
the Massachusetts State House of Representatives, 1948-52;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Massachusetts, 1952,
1960,
1964;
Honorary Chair, 1984;
U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts, 1953-87 (11th District
1953-63, 8th District 1963-87); Speaker of
the U.S. House, 1977-87.
Catholic.
Received the Presidential
Medal of Freedom in 1991.
Died, of cardiac
arrest, in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., January
5, 1994 (age 81 years, 27
days).
Interment at Mt.
Pleasant Cemetery, Harwich Port, Harwich, Mass.; cenotaph at
Congressional Cemetery.
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John Fairfield (1797-1847) —
of Saco, York
County, Maine.
Born in Saco, York
County, Maine, January
30, 1797.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Maine, 1835-38 (3rd District 1835-37, 4th
District 1837-38); resigned 1838; Governor of
Maine, 1839-41, 1842-43; defeated, 1840; U.S.
Senator from Maine, 1843-47; died in office 1847.
Died in Washington,
D.C., December
24, 1847 (age 50 years, 328
days).
Interment at Laurel
Hill Cemetery, Saco, Maine; cenotaph at Congressional Cemetery.
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Josiah Stoddard Johnston (1784-1833) —
also known as Josiah S. Johnston —
of Alexandria, Rapides
Parish, La.
Born in Salisbury, Litchfield
County, Conn., November
24, 1784.
Democrat. Member of Orleans
territorial legislature, 1805; state court judge in Louisiana,
1812; U.S.
Representative from Louisiana at-large, 1821-23; U.S.
Senator from Louisiana, 1824-33; died in office 1833.
Killed by an explosion on
the steamboat
Lioness, on the Red River, in Louisiana, May 19,
1833 (age 48 years, 176
days).
Interment at Rapides
Cemetery, Pineville, La.; cenotaph at Congressional Cemetery.
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Elias Kent Kane (1794-1835) —
also known as Elias K. Kane —
of Kaskaskia, Randolph
County, Ill.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., June 7,
1794.
Democrat. Lawyer; delegate
to Illinois state constitutional convention Randolph County,
1818; secretary of
state of Illinois, 1818-22; member of Illinois
state house of representatives, 1824; U.S.
Senator from Illinois, 1825-35; died in office 1835.
Died in Washington,
D.C., December
12, 1835 (age 41 years, 188
days).
Original interment in private or family graveyard; reinterment at Evergreen
Cemetery, Chester, Ill.; cenotaph at Congressional Cemetery.
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Andrew Pickens Butler (1796-1857) —
of South Carolina.
Born in Edgefield, Edgefield District (now Edgefield
County), S.C., November
18, 1796.
Son of William
Butler (1759-1821).
Member of South
Carolina state house of representatives; member of South
Carolina state senate, 1824-33; common pleas court judge in South
Carolina, 1835-46; U.S.
Senator from South Carolina, 1846-57; died in office 1857.
Died near Edgefield, Edgefield District (now Edgefield
County), S.C., May 25,
1857 (age 60 years, 188
days).
Interment at Big
Creek Butler Churchyard, Edgefield, S.C.; cenotaph at
Congressional Cemetery.
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Thomas Jefferson Rusk (1803-1857) —
of Texas.
Born in South Carolina, December
5, 1803.
Democrat. Delegate
to Texas Consultation of 1835 from District of Nacogdoches, 1835;
delegate
to Texas Republic Republic constitutional convention from
District of Nacogdoches, 1836; signer,
Texas Declaration of Independence, 1836; general in the Texas
Army during the Texas War of Independence; Texas
Republic Secretary of War, 1836, 1836-37; member of Texas
Republic House of Representatives, 1837-38; justice of
Texas Republic supreme court, 1838-40; delegate
to Texas state constitutional convention, 1845; U.S.
Senator from Texas, 1846-57; died in office 1857.
Committed suicide,
in Nacogdoches, Nacogdoches
County, Tex., July 29,
1857 (age 53 years, 236
days).
Interment at Oak
Grove Cemetery, Nacogdoches, Tex.; cenotaph at Congressional
Cemetery; statue at Rusk
County Courthouse Grounds, Henderson, Tex.
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Moses Norris, Jr. (1799-1855) —
of Pittsfield, Merrimack
County, N.H.; Manchester, Hillsborough
County, N.H.
Born in New Hampshire, 1799.
Democrat. Member of New
Hampshire Governor's Council, 1841-42; U.S.
Representative from New Hampshire at-large, 1843-47; U.S.
Senator from New Hampshire, 1849-55; died in office 1855.
Died January
11, 1855 (age about 55
years).
Interment at Floral
Park Cemetery, Pittsfield, N.H.; cenotaph at Congressional
Cemetery.
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Nathan Fellows Dixon (1774-1842) —
of Rhode Island.
Born in Plainfield, Windham
County, Conn., December
13, 1774.
Member of Rhode Island state legislature; U.S.
Senator from Rhode Island, 1839-42; died in office 1842.
Died in Washington,
D.C., January
29, 1842 (age 67 years, 47
days).
Interment at River
Bend Cemetery, Westerly, R.I.; cenotaph at Congressional Cemetery.
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Nathan Smith (1770-1835) —
of New Haven, New Haven
County, Conn.
Born in Woodbury, Litchfield
County, Conn., January
8, 1770.
Whig. Lawyer; New
Haven County Prosecuting Attorney, 1817-35; delegate to
Connecticut state constitutional convention, 1818; candidate for
Governor
of Connecticut, 1825; member of Connecticut
state senate at-large, 1827; U.S.
Attorney for Connecticut, 1829; U.S.
Senator from Connecticut, 1833-35; died in office 1835.
Died in Washington,
D.C., December
6, 1835 (age 65 years, 332
days).
Interment at Grove
Street Cemetery, New Haven, Conn.; cenotaph at Congressional
Cemetery.
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Isaac Samuels Pennybacker (1805-1847) —
of Virginia.
Born in Virginia, 1805.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from Virginia 16th District, 1837-39; U.S.
Senator from Virginia, 1845-47; died in office 1847.
Died in 1847
(age about
42 years).
Interment at Woodbine
Cemetery, Harrisonburg, Va.; cenotaph at Congressional Cemetery.
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Chester Ashley (1790-1848) —
of Little Rock, Pulaski
County, Ark.
Born in Westfield, Hampden
County, Mass., June 1,
1790.
Son of Nancy (Pomeroy) Ashley (1761-1792) and William Ashley
(1763-1847).
Democrat. U.S.
Senator from Arkansas, 1844-48; died in office 1848.
Died in Washington,
D.C., April 29,
1848 (age 57 years, 333
days).
Interment at Mt.
Holly Cemetery, Little Rock, Ark.; cenotaph at Congressional
Cemetery.
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James Bell (1804-1857) —
of Laconia, Belknap
County, N.H.
Born in Francestown, Hillsborough
County, N.H., November
13, 1804.
Son of Samuel
Bell.
Member of New
Hampshire state house of representatives, 1846, 1850; delegate
to New Hampshire state constitutional convention, 1850; candidate
for Governor of
New Hampshire, 1854, 1855; U.S.
Senator from New Hampshire, 1855-57; died in office 1857.
Died in Laconia, Belknap
County, N.H., May 26,
1857 (age 52 years, 194
days).
Interment at Exeter
Cemetery, Exeter, N.H.; cenotaph at Congressional Cemetery.
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Josiah James Evans (1786-1858) —
of South Carolina.
Born in Marlboro District (now Marlboro
County), S.C., November
27, 1786.
Lawyer;
member of South
Carolina state house of representatives, 1812-13; circuit judge
in South Carolina, 1829-35; U.S.
Senator from South Carolina, 1853-58; died in office 1858.
Died in Washington,
D.C., May 6,
1858 (age 71 years, 160
days).
Interment a
private or family graveyard, Darlington County, S.C.; cenotaph at
Congressional Cemetery.
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Gabriel Holmes (1769-1829) —
of Clinton, Sampson
County, N.C.
Born in Sampson
County, N.C., 1769.
Lawyer;
Governor
of North Carolina, 1821-24; U.S.
Representative from North Carolina 5th District, 1825-29; died in
office 1829.
Died September
26, 1829 (age about 60
years).
Interment a
private or family graveyard, Sampson County, N.C.; cenotaph at
Congressional Cemetery.
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Thaddeus Betts (1789-1840) —
of Norwalk, Fairfield
County, Conn.
Born in Norwalk, Fairfield
County, Conn., February
4, 1789.
Member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Norwalk, 1815, 1830; member
of Connecticut
state senate, 1828, 1831 (at-large 1828, 12th District 1831); Lieutenant
Governor of Connecticut, 1832-33, 1834-35; U.S.
Senator from Connecticut, 1839-40; died in office 1840.
Died in Washington,
D.C., April 7,
1840 (age 51 years, 63
days).
Interment at Union
Cemetery, Norwalk, Conn.; cenotaph at Congressional Cemetery.
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John Anthony Quitman (1799-1858) —
also known as John A. Quitman —
of Mississippi.
Born in Rhinebeck, Dutchess
County, N.Y., September
1, 1799.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Mississippi
state house of representatives, 1826-27; delegate to
Mississippi state constitutional convention, 1832; member of Mississippi
state senate, 1835-36; Governor of
Mississippi, 1835-36, 1850-51; state court judge in Mississippi,
1838; general in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War; candidate for
Democratic nomination for Vice President, 1848,
1856;
U.S.
Representative from Mississippi 5th District, 1855-58; died in
office 1858.
Member, Freemasons.
Presumed to have been deliberately
poisoned
at a banquet during the inauguration of President James
Buchanan, in Washington, D.C., and subsequently died, near
Natchez, Adams
County, Miss., July 17,
1858 (age 58 years, 319
days).
Interment at Natchez
City Cemetery, Natchez, Miss.; cenotaph at Congressional Cemetery.
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Richard Irvine Manning (1789-1836) —
of South Carolina.
Born near Sumter, Sumter District (now Sumter
County), S.C., May 1,
1789.
Democrat. Member of South
Carolina state house of representatives, 1820; member of South
Carolina state senate, 1822; Governor of
South Carolina, 1824-26; U.S.
Representative from South Carolina, 1834-36 (8th District
1834-35, 7th District 1835-36); died in office 1836.
Died in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., May 1,
1836 (age 47 years, 0
days).
Interment at Trinity
Cathedral Cemetery, Columbia, S.C.; cenotaph at Congressional
Cemetery.
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Robert Rantoul, Jr. (1805-1852) —
of Massachusetts.
Born in Massachusetts, August
13, 1805.
Democrat. Member of Massachusetts state legislature; U.S.
Attorney for Massachusetts, 1845-50; U.S.
Senator from Massachusetts, 1851; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 4th District, 1851-52; died in
office 1852.
Died August 7,
1852 (age 46 years, 360
days).
Interment at Beverly
Central Cemetery, Beverly, Mass.; cenotaph at Congressional
Cemetery.
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Daniel Hiester (1747-1804) —
Born in Montgomery
County, Pa., June 25,
1747.
U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania, 1789-96 (at-large 1789-93, 4th
District 1793-95, 5th District 1795-96); U.S.
Representative from Maryland at-large, 1801-04; died in office
1804.
Christian
Reformed.
Died in Washington,
D.C., March 7,
1804 (age 56 years, 256
days).
Interment at Zion
Reformed Graveyard, Hagerstown, Md.; cenotaph at Congressional
Cemetery.
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Thomas Hartley (1748-1800) —
of Pennsylvania.
Born in Reading, Berks
County, Pa., August 7,
1748.
Colonel in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; member
of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 1778; delegate to
Pennsylvania state constitutional convention, 1787; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania, 1789-1800 (at-large 1789-93,
7th District 1793-95, 8th District 1795-1800); died in office 1800.
Died in York, York
County, Pa., December
21, 1800 (age 52 years, 136
days).
Interment at St.
John's Churchyard, York, Pa.; cenotaph at Congressional Cemetery.
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Peterson Goodwyn (1745-1818) —
of Petersburg,
Va.
Born in Dinwiddie
County, Va., 1745.
Democrat. Planter; lawyer;
colonel in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; member
of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1789-1802; U.S.
Representative from Virginia, 1803-18 (at-large 1803-07, 18th
District 1807-15, 19th District 1815-18); died in office 1818.
Died in Dinwiddie
County, Va., February
21, 1818 (age about 72
years).
Interment a
private or family graveyard, Dinwiddie County, Va.; cenotaph at
Congressional Cemetery.
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Richard Wylly Habersham (1786-1842) —
also known as Richard W. Habersham —
of Georgia.
Born in Savannah, Chatham
County, Ga., 1786.
U.S.
Attorney for Georgia, 1819-27; Georgia
state attorney general; U.S.
Representative from Georgia at-large, 1839-42; died in office
1842.
Died December
2, 1842 (age about 56
years).
Interment at Old
Cemetery, Clarkesville, Ga.; cenotaph at Congressional Cemetery.
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Lewis Williams (1782-1842) —
of Panther Creek, Surry
County, N.C.
Born in North Carolina, 1782.
Member of North Carolina state legislature; U.S.
Representative from North Carolina 13th District, 1815-42; died
in office 1842.
Died in 1842
(age about
60 years).
Interment at Panther
Creek Cemetery, Surry County, N.C.; cenotaph at Congressional
Cemetery.
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George Coke Dromgoole (1797-1847) —
of Virginia.
Born in Lawrenceville, Brunswick
County, Va., May 15,
1797.
Democrat. Member of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1823; member of Virginia
state senate, 1826; U.S.
Representative from Virginia, 1835-41, 1843-47 (6th District
1835-37, 5th District 1837-39, 6th District 1839-41, 2nd District
1843-47); died in office 1847.
Died in Brunswick
County, Va., April 27,
1847 (age 49 years, 347
days).
Interment in private or family graveyard; cenotaph at Congressional
Cemetery.
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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.
Son of William Robertson Boggs and Claire Josephine (Hale) Boggs.
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;
Parliamentarian, 1964;
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, Alaska, October
16, 1972, and presumed dead in a plane
crash (age 58 years, 244
days); apparently the wreckage was never
found.
Cenotaph at Congressional Cemetery.
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Isaac McKim (1775-1838) —
of Baltimore,
Md.
Born in Baltimore,
Md., July 21,
1775.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; member of
Maryland
state senate, 1821-23; U.S.
Representative from Maryland, 1823-25, 1833, 1835-38 (5th
District 1823-25, 1833, 4th District 1835-38); died in office 1838.
Episcopalian.
Died in Baltimore,
Md., April 1,
1838 (age 62 years, 254
days).
Interment at Old
St. Paul's Cemetery, Baltimore, Md.; cenotaph at Congressional
Cemetery.
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Thomas Henry Bayly (1810-1856) —
of Virginia.
Born in Accomack
County, Va., December
11, 1810.
Son of Thomas
Monteagle Bayly.
Member of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1836-42; superior court judge in
Virginia, 1842-44; U.S.
Representative from Virginia, 1844-56 (7th District 1844-53, 1st
District 1853-56); died in office 1856.
Died in Accomack
County, Va., June 23,
1856 (age 45 years, 195
days).
Interment at Mt.
Custis Cemetery, Accomac, Va.; cenotaph at Congressional Cemetery.
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Thaddeus Stevens (1792-1868) —
of Gettysburg, Adams
County, Pa.; Lancaster, Lancaster
County, Pa.
Born in Danville, Caledonia
County, Vt., April 4,
1792.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 1833-35, 1837, 1841; delegate to
Pennsylvania state constitutional convention, 1838; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania, 1849-53, 1859-68 (8th District
1849-53, 9th District 1859-68); died in office 1868; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1856
(speaker),
1860.
Died in Washington,
D.C., August
11, 1868 (age 76 years, 129
days).
Interment at Shreiner's
Cemetery, Lancaster, Pa.; cenotaph at Congressional Cemetery.
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Jacob Crowninshield (1770-1808) —
of Salem, Essex
County, Mass.
Born in Salem, Essex
County, Mass., March 31,
1770.
Democrat. Member of Massachusetts state legislature; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts, 1803-08 (at-large 1803-05, 2nd
District 1805-08); died in office 1808.
Died in Washington,
D.C., April 15,
1808 (age 38 years, 15
days).
Interment at Harmony
Grove Cemetery, Salem, Mass.; cenotaph at Congressional Cemetery.
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William Lowndes (1782-1822) —
of South Carolina.
Born in South Carolina, February
11, 1782.
Democrat. Member of South
Carolina state house of representatives, 1806; U.S.
Representative from South Carolina, 1811-22 (4th District
1811-13, 2nd District 1813-22).
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.
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Patrick Farrelly (1770-1826) —
of Meadville, Crawford
County, Pa.
Born in Ireland,
1770.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 1811-12; major in the U.S. Army
during the War of 1812; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania, 1821-26 (15th District 1821-23,
18th District 1823-26); died in office 1826.
Died in Meadville, Crawford
County, Pa., January
12, 1826 (age about 55
years).
Original interment at Old
Meadville Cemetery (which no longer exists), Meadville, Pa.;
reinterment at Greendale
Cemetery, Meadville, Pa.; cenotaph at Congressional Cemetery.
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James Meacham (1810-1856) —
of Vermont.
Born in Vermont, 1810.
U.S.
Representative from Vermont, 1849-56 (3rd District 1849-53, 1st
District 1853-56); died in office 1856.
Died in 1856
(age about
46 years).
Interment at West
Cemetery, Middlebury, Vt.; cenotaph at Congressional Cemetery.
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William Osborne Goode (1798-1859) —
of Virginia.
Born in Inglewood, Mecklenburg
County, Va., September
16, 1798.
Democrat. Member of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1822, 1824-32, 1839-40, 1845-46, 1852;
delegate
to Virginia state constitutional convention, 1829-30, 1850; U.S.
Representative from Virginia 4th District, 1841-43, 1853-59;
defeated, 1832; died in office 1859.
Died in Boydton, Mecklenburg
County, Va., July 3,
1859 (age 60 years, 290
days).
Interment a
private or family graveyard, Mecklenburg County, Va.; cenotaph at
Congressional Cemetery.
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Henry Grider (1796-1866) —
of Bowling Green, Warren
County, Ky.
Born in Kentucky, 1796.
Member of Kentucky state legislature; U.S.
Representative from Kentucky 3rd District, 1843-47, 1861-66; died
in office 1866.
Died in 1866
(age about
70 years).
Interment at Old
College Street Cemetery, Bowling Green, Ky.; cenotaph at
Congressional Cemetery.
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Nathan Bryan (1748-1798) —
of North Carolina.
Born in Craven County (part now in Jones
County), N.C., 1748.
Member of North
Carolina house of commons, 1787, 1791-94; U.S.
Representative from North Carolina, 1795-98 (at-large 1795-97,
10th District 1797-98); died in office 1798.
Died in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., June 4,
1798 (age about 49
years).
Original interment at Baptist
Burial Ground on Second Street, Philadelphia, Pa.; reinterment to
unknown location; cenotaph at Congressional Cemetery.
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John Linn (1763-1821) —
of New Jersey.
Born in Hardwick Township, Warren
County, N.J., December
3, 1763.
Served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; member
of New
Jersey state house of assembly from Sussex County, 1801-04;
common pleas court judge in New Jersey, 1805-21; died in office 1821;
Sussex
County Sheriff, 1812; U.S.
Representative from New Jersey, 1817-21 (10th District 1817-19,
1st District 1819-21); died in office 1821.
Died in Washington,
D.C., January
5, 1821 (age 57 years, 33
days).
Interment at North
Hardyston Cemetery, Hamburg, N.J.; cenotaph at Congressional
Cemetery.
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Thomas Tyler Bouldin (1781-1834) —
of Virginia.
Born near Charlotte Court House, Charlotte
County, Va., 1781.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from Virginia, 1829-33, 1833-34 (5th District
1829-33, 8th District 1833-34); died in office 1834.
Died while addressing the House of
Representatives in the U.S.
Capitol Building, Washington,
D.C., February
11, 1834 (age about 52
years).
Interment in private or family graveyard; cenotaph at Congressional
Cemetery.
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Henry Nes (1799-1850) —
of York, York
County, Pa.
Born in Pennsylvania, 1799.
U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 15th District, 1843-45, 1847-50;
died in office 1850.
Died September
10, 1850 (age about 51
years).
Interment at Prospect
Hill Cemetery, York, Pa.; cenotaph at Congressional Cemetery.
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John Gaines Miller (1812-1856) —
of Missouri.
Born in Kentucky, 1812.
Member of Missouri state legislature; U.S.
Representative from Missouri, 1851-56 (3rd District 1851-53, 5th
District 1853-56); died in office 1856.
Died in 1856
(age about
44 years).
Interment at Mt.
Olive Cemetery, Marshall, Mo.; cenotaph at Congressional Cemetery.
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Thomas Langrell Harris (1816-1858) —
also known as Thomas L. Harris —
of Illinois.
Born in Norwich, New London
County, Conn., October
29, 1816.
Democrat. Member of Illinois
state senate, 1846; U.S.
Representative from Illinois, 1849-51, 1855-58 (7th District
1849-51, 6th District 1855-58); died in office 1858; member of Illinois
Democratic State Committee, 1852-56.
Died November
24, 1858 (age 42 years, 26
days).
Interment at Rose
Hill Cemetery, Petersburg, Ill.; cenotaph at Congressional
Cemetery.
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Owen Lovejoy (1811-1864) —
of Princeton, Bureau
County, Ill.
Born in Albion, Kennebec
County, Maine, January
6, 1811.
Son of Elizabeth Gordon (Pattee) Lovejoy (1772-1857) and Rev. Daniel
Lovejoy (1776-1833).
Republican. Minister;
member of Illinois
state house of representatives, 1854-56; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Illinois, 1856
(speaker);
U.S.
Representative from Illinois, 1857-64 (3rd District 1857-63, 5th
District 1863-64); died in office 1864.
Congregationalist.
Died in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., March 25,
1864 (age 53 years, 79
days).
Interment at Oakland
Cemetery, Princeton, Ill.; cenotaph at Congressional Cemetery.
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Philip Johnson (1818-1867) —
of Pennsylvania.
Born in Polkville, Warren
County, N.J., January
17, 1818.
Member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 1853; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania, 1861-67 (13th District 1861-63,
11th District 1863-67); died in office 1867; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1864.
Died in Washington,
D.C., January
29, 1867 (age 49 years, 12
days).
Interment at Easton
Cemetery, Easton, Pa.; cenotaph at Congressional Cemetery.
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John Bennett Dawson (1798-1845) —
of Louisiana.
Born near Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn., March 17,
1798.
Democrat. Member of Louisiana state legislature; U.S.
Representative from Louisiana, 1841-45 (2nd District 1841-43, 3rd
District 1843-45); died in office 1845.
Died in St. Francisville, West
Feliciana Parish, La., June 26,
1845 (age 47 years, 101
days).
Interment at Grace
Episcopal Churchyard, St. Francisville, La.; cenotaph at
Congressional Cemetery.
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Samuel Brenton (1810-1857) —
of Indiana.
Born in Gallatin
County, Ky., November
22, 1810.
Minister;
lawyer;
member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1838-39, 1840-41; U.S.
Representative from Indiana 10th District, 1851-53, 1855-57;
defeated, 1852; died in office 1857.
Methodist.
Member, Odd
Fellows.
Died, of pneumonia,
in Fort Wayne, Allen
County, Ind., March 29,
1857 (age 46 years, 127
days).
Interment at Lindenwood
Cemetery, Fort Wayne, Ind.; cenotaph at Congressional Cemetery.
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Preston Smith Brooks (1819-1857) —
also known as Preston S. Brooks —
of South Carolina.
Born in Edgefield, Edgefield District (now Edgefield
County), S.C., August 5,
1819.
Son of Whitefield Brooks and Mary P. (Carroll) Brooks.
Lawyer;
member of South
Carolina state house of representatives, 1844; U.S.
Representative from South Carolina 4th District, 1853-56,
1856-57; died in office 1857.
Suffered a hip wound in a duel
with Louis
T. Wigfall, 1839, and could walk only with
a cane for the rest of his life. In May, 1856, furious over an
anti-slavery speech, he went to the Senate and beat
Senator Charles
Sumner with a cane, causing severe
injuries; an attempt to expel him
from Congress failed for lack of the necessary two-thirds vote, but
he resigned;
re-elected to his own vacancy.
Died in Washington,
D.C., January
27, 1857 (age 37 years, 175
days).
Interment at Willow
Brook Cemetery, Edgefield, S.C.; cenotaph at Congressional
Cemetery.
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Sampson Willis Harris (1809-1857) —
of Alabama.
Born in Elbert
County, Ga., February
23, 1809.
Democrat. Member of Alabama
state house of representatives, 1834, 1844; U.S.
Representative from Alabama, 1847-57 (3rd District 1847-55, 7th
District 1855-57).
Died April 1,
1857 (age 48 years, 37
days).
Interment at Oconee
Hill Cemetery, Athens, Ga.; cenotaph at Congressional Cemetery.
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John William Noell (1816-1863) —
also known as John W. Noell —
of Perryville, Perry
County, Mo.
Born in Virginia, 1816.
Democrat. Member of Missouri state legislature; U.S.
Representative from Missouri, 1859-63 (7th District 1859-63, 3rd
District 1863); died in office 1863.
Died March 14,
1863 (age about 46
years).
Interment at St.
Mary's Cemetery, Perryville, Mo.; cenotaph at Congressional
Cemetery.
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Orlando Kellogg (1809-1865) —
of Elizabethtown, Essex
County, N.Y.
Born in Elizabethtown, Essex
County, N.Y., June 18,
1809.
Republican. U.S.
Representative from New York, 1847-49, 1863-65 (14th District
1847-49, 16th District 1863-65); died in office 1865; delegate to
Republican National Convention from New York, 1860.
Died August
24, 1865 (age 56 years, 67
days).
Interment at Riverside
Cemetery, Elizabethtown, N.Y.; cenotaph at Congressional Cemetery.
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Henry Wilson (1778-1826) —
of Allentown, Lehigh
County, Pa.
Born in Pennsylvania, 1778.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 7th District, 1823-26; died in
office 1826.
Died in 1826
(age about
48 years).
Interment at Union
and West End Cemetery, Allentown, Pa.; cenotaph at Congressional
Cemetery.
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Robert Pryor Henry (1788-1826) —
also known as Robert P. Henry —
of Hopkinsville, Christian
County, Ky.
Born in Kentucky, 1788.
U.S.
Representative from Kentucky 12th District, 1823-26; died in
office 1826.
Died in 1826
(age about
38 years).
Interment at Pioneer
Cemetery, Hopkinsville, Ky.; cenotaph at Congressional Cemetery.
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Jonathan Hunt (1787-1832) —
of Vermont.
Born in Vernon, Windham
County, Vt., August
12, 1787.
Member of Vermont
state house of representatives, 1811, 1816-17, 1824; U.S.
Representative from Vermont 1st District, 1827-32; died in office
1832.
Died in Washington,
D.C., May 15,
1832 (age 44 years, 277
days).
Interment somewhere
in Brattleboro, Vt.; cenotaph at Congressional Cemetery.
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Daniel Putnam King (1801-1850) —
also known as Daniel P. King —
of South Danvers (now Peabody), Essex
County, Mass.
Born in Danvers, Essex
County, Mass., January
8, 1801.
Member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1836; member of Massachusetts
state senate, 1838; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 2nd District, 1843-50; died in
office 1850.
Died in South Danvers (now Peabody), Essex
County, Mass., July 25,
1850 (age 49 years, 198
days).
Interment at King
Cemetery, Peabody, Mass.; cenotaph at Congressional Cemetery.
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Orin Fowler (1791-1852) —
of Plainfield, Windham
County, Conn.; Fall River, Bristol
County, Mass.
Born in Lebanon, New London
County, Conn., July 29,
1791.
Missionary;
minister;
member of Massachusetts
state senate, 1848; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts, 1849-52 (9th District 1849-51,
2nd District 1851-52); died in office 1852.
Congregationalist.
Died in Washington,
D.C., September
3, 1852 (age 61 years, 36
days).
Interment at North
Burial Ground, Fall River, Mass.; cenotaph at Congressional
Cemetery.
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Brookins Campbell (1808-1853) —
of Tennessee.
Born in Washington
County, Tenn., 1808.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Tennessee
state house of representatives, 1835-39, 1841-47, 1851-52; Speaker of
the Tennessee State House of Representatives, 1845-47; major in
the U.S. Army during the Mexican War; U.S.
Representative from Tennessee 1st District, 1853; died in office
1853.
Died in Washington,
D.C., December
25, 1853 (age about 45
years).
Interment at Providence
Presbyterian Churchyard, Greeneville, Tenn.; cenotaph at
Congressional Cemetery.
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James Lockhart (1806-1857) —
of Indiana.
Born in Auburn, Cayuga
County, N.Y., February
13, 1806.
Democrat. State court judge in Indiana, 1846; delegate
to Indiana state constitutional convention, 1850-51; U.S.
Representative from Indiana 1st District, 1851-53, 1857; died in
office 1857.
Died in Evansville, Vanderburgh
County, Ind., September
7, 1857 (age 51 years, 206
days).
Interment at Oak
Hill Cemetery, Evansville, Ind.; cenotaph at Congressional
Cemetery.
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James Humphrey (1811-1866) —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Fairfield, Fairfield
County, Conn., October
9, 1811.
Republican. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from New York, 1859-61, 1865-66 (2nd District
1859-61, 3rd District 1865-66); died in office 1866.
Died in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., June 16,
1866 (age 54 years, 250
days).
Interment at Green-Wood
Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.; cenotaph at Congressional Cemetery.
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John Coffee (1782-1836) —
of Georgia.
Born in Prince
Edward County, Va., December
3, 1782.
Democrat. Member of Georgia state legislature; U.S.
Representative from Georgia at-large, 1833-36; died in office
1836.
Died near Jacksonville, Telfair
County, Ga., September
25, 1836 (age 53 years, 297
days).
Original interment at a
private or family graveyard, Telfair County, Ga.; reinterment in
1921 at McRae
City Cemetery, McRae, Ga.; cenotaph at Congressional Cemetery.
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George L. Kinnard (1803-1836) —
of Indiana.
Born in Pennsylvania, 1803.
Democrat. Member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1827; U.S.
Representative from Indiana 6th District, 1833-36; died in office
1836.
Died from injuries received in an explosion on
the steamer
Flora on the Ohio River, November
26, 1836 (age about 33
years).
Interment at Presbyterian
Burying Ground, Cincinnati, Ohio; cenotaph at Congressional
Cemetery.
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Jonathan Cilley (1802-1838) —
of Thomaston, Knox
County, Maine.
Born in Nottingham, Rockingham
County, N.H., July 2,
1802.
Lawyer;
member of Maine
state house of representatives, 1831-36; Speaker of
the Maine State House of Representatives, 1835-36; U.S.
Representative from Maine 3rd District, 1837-38; died in office
1838.
Killed in a duel by
Representative William
J. Graves of Kentucky, on the Marlboro Pike, in Prince
George's County, Md., February
24, 1838 (age 35 years, 237
days).
Interment at Elm
Grove Cemetery, Thomaston, Maine; cenotaph at Congressional
Cemetery.
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Charles Ogle (1798-1841) —
of Somerset, Somerset
County, Pa.
Born in Pennsylvania, 1798.
Son of Alexander
Ogle.
U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 18th District, 1837-41; died in
office 1841.
Died in 1841
(age about
43 years).
Interment at Union
Cemetery, Somerset, Pa.; cenotaph at Congressional Cemetery.
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James Wray Williams (1792-1842) —
of Maryland.
Born in Maryland, October
8, 1792.
Democrat. Member of Maryland
state house of delegates, 1825, 1837-39; Speaker of
the Maryland State House of Delegates, 1839; U.S.
Representative from Maryland 3rd District, 1841-42; died in
office 1842.
Died in Harford
County, Md., December
2, 1842 (age 50 years, 55
days).
Interment a
private or family graveyard, Harford County, Md.; cenotaph at
Congressional Cemetery.
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William Soden Hastings (1798-1842) —
of Massachusetts.
Born in Mendon, Worcester
County, Mass., June 3,
1798.
Son of Seth
Hastings.
Democrat. Member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1828; member of Massachusetts
state senate, 1829-33; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 9th District, 1837-42; died in
office 1842.
Died in Red Sulphur Springs, Monroe
County, Va (now W.Va.), June 17,
1842 (age 44 years, 14
days).
Interment at Old
Cemetery, Mendon, Mass.; cenotaph at Congressional Cemetery.
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James Augustus Black (1793-1848) —
of South Carolina.
Born near Abbeville, Ninety Six District (now Abbeville
County), S.C., 1793.
Served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; member of South
Carolina state house of representatives, 1826-28, 1832-35; U.S.
Representative from South Carolina 1st District, 1843-48; died in
office 1848.
Died in Washington,
D.C., April 3,
1848 (age about 54
years).
Interment at First
Presbyterian Church Graveyard, Columbia, S.C.; cenotaph at
Congressional Cemetery.
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Alexander Dromgoole Sims (1803-1848) —
of South Carolina.
Born in Virginia, 1803.
Democrat. Member of South Carolina state legislature; U.S.
Representative from South Carolina 4th District, 1845-48; died in
office 1848.
Died in 1848
(age about
45 years).
Interment at First
Baptist Cemetery, Darlington, S.C.; cenotaph at Congressional
Cemetery.
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Chester Pierce Butler (1798-1850) —
also known as Chester P. Butler —
of Wilkes-Barre, Luzerne
County, Pa.
Born in Wilkes-Barre, Luzerne
County, Pa., March 21,
1798.
Member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 1832; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 11th District, 1847-50; died in
office 1850.
Died in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., October
5, 1850 (age 52 years, 198
days).
Interment at Hollenback
Cemetery, Wilkes-Barre, Pa.; cenotaph at Congressional Cemetery.
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John Henry Harmanson (1803-1850) —
also known as John H. Harmanson —
of Simmesport, Avoyelles
Parish, La.
Born in Norfolk,
Va., January
15, 1803.
Democrat. Member of Louisiana
state senate, 1844; U.S.
Representative from Louisiana 3rd District, 1845-50; died in
office 1850.
Died in New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La., October
24, 1850 (age 47 years, 282
days).
Interment a
private or family graveyard, Pointe Coupee Parish, La.; cenotaph
at Congressional Cemetery.
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Charles Andrews (1814-1852) —
of Maine.
Born in Paris, Oxford
County, Maine, February
11, 1814.
Democrat. Member of Maine
state house of representatives, 1839-43; Speaker of
the Maine State House of Representatives, 1842; U.S.
Representative from Maine 4th District, 1851-52; died in office
1852.
Died in Paris, Oxford
County, Maine, April 30,
1852 (age 38 years, 79
days).
Interment at Hillside
Cemetery, Paris, Maine; cenotaph at Congressional Cemetery.
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Presley Underwood Ewing (1822-1854) —
of Kentucky.
Born in Russellville, Logan
County, Ky., September
1, 1822.
Member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1848-49; U.S.
Representative from Kentucky 3rd District, 1851-54; died in
office 1854.
Died in Mammoth Cave, Edmonson
County, Ky., September
27, 1854 (age 32 years, 26
days).
Interment at Maple
Grove Cemetery, Russellville, Ky.; cenotaph at Congressional
Cemetery.
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Silas Mainville Burroughs (1810-1860) —
also known as Silas M. Burroughs —
of Medina, Orleans
County, N.Y.
Born in Ovid, Seneca
County, N.Y., July 16,
1810.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from Orleans County, 1837, 1850-51, 1853; U.S.
Representative from New York 31st District, 1857-60; died in
office 1860.
Died in Medina, Orleans
County, N.Y., June 3,
1860 (age 49 years, 323
days).
Interment at Boxwood
Cemetery, Medina, N.Y.; cenotaph at Congressional Cemetery.
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William Wilson Potter (1792-1839) —
also known as William W. Potter —
of Bellefonte, Centre
County, Pa.
Born in Potters Mills, Centre
County, Pa., December
18, 1792.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 14th District, 1837-39; died in
office 1839.
Died in Bellefonte, Centre
County, Pa., October
28, 1839 (age 46 years, 314
days).
Interment at Union
Cemetery, Bellefonte, Pa.; cenotaph at Congressional Cemetery.
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Joseph Hopkins Peyton (1808-1845) —
of Tennessee.
Born in Tennessee, 1808.
Member of Tennessee state legislature; U.S.
Representative from Tennessee 8th District, 1843-45; died in
office 1845.
Died in 1845
(age about
37 years).
Interment a
private or family graveyard, Sumner County, Tenn.; cenotaph at
Congressional Cemetery.
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Thomas Lyon Hamer (1800-1846) —
also known as Thomas L. Hamer —
of Ohio.
Born in Northumberland
County, Pa., 1800.
Democrat. Member of Ohio state
house of representatives, 1825; Presidential Elector for Ohio, 1828;
U.S.
Representative from Ohio 5th District, 1833-39; served in the
U.S. Army during the Mexican War.
Died
in the military service at Monterrey, Nuevo
León, December
2, 1846 (age about 46
years).
Original interment somewhere
in near Monterrey, Nuevo León; reinterment at Georgetown
Cemetery, Georgetown, Ohio; cenotaph at Congressional Cemetery.
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Rodolphus Dickinson (1797-1849) —
of Ohio.
Born in Hatfield, Hampshire
County, Mass., December
28, 1797.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 6th District, 1847-49; died in office
1849.
Died in Washington,
D.C., March 20,
1849 (age 51 years, 82
days).
Original interment in unknown location; reinterment at Oakwood
Cemetery, Fremont, Ohio; cenotaph at Congressional Cemetery.
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Charles Denison (1818-1867) —
of Pennsylvania.
Born in Wyoming Valley, Luzerne
County, Pa., January
23, 1818.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 12th District, 1863-67; died in
office 1867; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Pennsylvania, 1864.
Died in Wilkes-Barre, Luzerne
County, Pa., June 27,
1867 (age 49 years, 155
days).
Interment at Forty
Fort Cemetery, Kingston, Pa.; cenotaph at Congressional Cemetery.
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Elijah Hise (1802-1867) —
of Russellville, Logan
County, Ky.
Born in Pennsylvania, 1802.
Democrat. U.S. Charge d'Affaires to Guatamala, 1848-49; member of Kentucky state legislature; U.S.
Representative from Kentucky 3rd District, 1866-67; died in
office 1867.
Died in 1867
(age about
65 years).
Interment at Maple
Grove Cemetery, Russellville, Ky.; cenotaph at Congressional
Cemetery.
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Benjamin Franklin Hopkins (1829-1870) —
also known as Benjamin F. Hopkins —
of Madison, Dane
County, Wis.
Born in New York, 1829.
Republican. Member of Wisconsin
state senate, 1862-63; member of Wisconsin
state assembly, 1866; U.S.
Representative from Wisconsin 2nd District, 1867-70; died in
office 1870.
Died in 1870
(age about
41 years).
Interment at Forest
Hill Cemetery, Madison, Wis.; cenotaph at Congressional Cemetery.
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James Johnson (1774-1826) —
of Kentucky.
Born in Orange
County, Va., January
1, 1774.
Democrat. Member of Kentucky
state senate, 1808; Presidential Elector for Kentucky, 1820;
U.S.
Representative from Kentucky 5th District, 1825-26; died in
office 1826.
Died in Washington,
D.C., August
13, 1826 (age 52 years, 224
days).
Interment in private or family graveyard; cenotaph at Congressional
Cemetery.
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David Dickson (d. 1836) —
of Jackson, Hinds
County, Miss.
Born in Georgia.
Physician;
delegate
to Mississippi state constitutional convention, 1817, 1832;
member of Mississippi
state senate, 1820-21; Lieutenant
Governor of Mississippi, 1821; secretary of
state of Mississippi, 1835; U.S.
Representative from Mississippi at-large, 1835-36; died in office
1836.
Died in Hot Springs, Garland
County, Ark., 1836.
Cenotaph at Congressional Cemetery.
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Alexander Hamilton Buell (1801-1853) —
also known as Alexander H. Buell —
of Herkimer
County, N.Y.
Born in Fairfield, Herkimer
County, N.Y., July 4,
1801.
Democrat. Member of New York
state assembly from Herkimer County, 1845; U.S.
Representative from New York 17th District, 1851-53; died in
office 1853.
Died in Washington,
D.C., January
29, 1853 (age 51 years, 209
days).
Interment at Episcopal
Cemetery, Fairfield, N.Y.; cenotaph at Congressional Cemetery.
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George Whitfield Scranton (1811-1861) —
of Pennsylvania.
Born in Connecticut, 1811.
Republican. U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 12th District, 1859-61; died in
office 1861.
Died in 1861
(age about
50 years).
Interment at Dunmore
Cemetery, Dunmore, Pa.; cenotaph at Congressional Cemetery.
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Thomas Estes Noell (1839-1867) —
also known as Thomas E. Noell —
of Perryville, Perry
County, Mo.
Born in Missouri, 1839.
Son of John
William Noell.
U.S.
Representative from Missouri 3rd District, 1865-67; died in
office 1867.
Died in 1867
(age about
28 years).
Interment at St.
Mary's Cemetery, Perryville, Mo.; cenotaph at Congressional
Cemetery.
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David Heaton (1823-1870) —
of North Carolina.
Born in Ohio, 1823.
Republican. Member of North Carolina state legislature; U.S.
Representative from North Carolina 2nd District, 1868-70; died in
office 1870.
Died in 1870
(age about
47 years).
Interment at National
Cemetery, New Bern, N.C.; cenotaph at Congressional Cemetery.
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Hedge Thompson (1780-1828) —
of Salem, Salem
County, N.J.
Born in New Jersey, 1780.
Member of New
Jersey state house of assembly from Salem County, 1805-06; state
court judge in New Jersey, 1815; U.S.
Representative from New Jersey at-large, 1827-28; died in office
1828.
Died July 23,
1828 (age about 48
years).
Interment at St.
John's Protestant Episcopal Churchyard, Salem, N.J.; cenotaph at
Congressional Cemetery.
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Benjamin F. Deming (1790-1834) —
of Vermont.
Born in Danville, Caledonia
County, Vt., 1790.
Probate judge in Vermont, 1821-33; U.S.
Representative from Vermont 5th District, 1833-34; died in office
1834.
Died in Saratoga Springs, Saratoga
County, N.Y., July 11,
1834 (age about 44
years).
Interment at Danville
Green Cemetery, Danville, Vt.; cenotaph at Congressional Cemetery.
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Charles Slade (d. 1834) —
of Illinois.
Born in England.
Democrat. Member of Illinois
state house of representatives, 1820, 1826; U.S.
Representative from Illinois 1st District, 1833-34; died in
office 1834.
Died near Vincennes, Knox
County, Ind., July 26,
1834.
Cenotaph at Congressional Cemetery.
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Zalmon Wildman (1775-1835) —
of Danbury, Fairfield
County, Conn.
Born in Danbury, Fairfield
County, Conn., February
16, 1775.
Democrat. Hat
manufacturer; banker;
member of Connecticut
state house of representatives, 1818-19; U.S.
Representative from Connecticut at-large, 1835; died in office
1835.
Died in Washington,
D.C., December
10, 1835 (age 60 years, 297
days).
Interment at Wooster
Cemetery, Danbury, Conn.; cenotaph at Congressional Cemetery.
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James Church Alvord (1808-1839) —
of Massachusetts.
Born in Greenwich, Hampshire
County, Mass., April 14,
1808.
Member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1837; member of Massachusetts
state senate, 1838; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 6th District, 1839; died in
office 1839.
Died in Greenfield, Franklin
County, Mass., September
27, 1839 (age 31 years, 166
days).
Interment at Federal
Street Cemetery, Greenfield, Mass.; cenotaph at Congressional
Cemetery.
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Simeon H. Anderson (1802-1840) —
of Kentucky.
Born near Lancaster, Garrard
County, Ky., March 2,
1802.
Member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1828-29, 1832, 1836-38; U.S.
Representative from Kentucky 5th District, 1839-40; died in
office 1840.
Died near Lancaster, Garrard
County, Ky., August
11, 1840 (age 38 years, 162
days).
Interment at Anderson
Family Cemetery, Lancaster, Ky.; cenotaph at Congressional
Cemetery.
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Anson Brown (1800-1840) —
of Ballston Spa, Saratoga
County, N.Y.
Born in Charlton, Saratoga
County, N.Y., 1800.
Lawyer;
one of the first directors of the Ballston Spa State Bank in
1830; U.S.
Representative from New York 11th District, 1839-40; died in
office 1840.
Died in Ballston Spa, Saratoga
County, N.Y., June 14,
1840 (age about 39
years).
Interment at Ballston
Spa Cemetery, Ballston Spa, N.Y.; cenotaph at Congressional
Cemetery.
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William Sterrett Ramsey (1810-1840) —
also known as William S. Ramsey —
of Carlisle, Cumberland
County, Pa.
Born in Carlisle, Cumberland
County, Pa., June 12,
1810.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 13th District, 1839-40; died in
office 1840.
Died in Baltimore,
Md., October
17, 1840 (age 30 years, 127
days).
Interment at Ashland
Cemetery, Carlisle, Pa.; cenotaph at Congressional Cemetery.
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Henry Black (1783-1841) —
of Pennsylvania.
Born near Somerset, Somerset
County, Pa., February
25, 1783.
Member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 1816-18; county judge in
Pennsylvania, 1820-40; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 18th District, 1841; died in
office 1841.
Died in Somerset, Somerset
County, Pa., November
28, 1841 (age 58 years, 276
days).
Interment a
private or family graveyard, Somerset County, Pa.; cenotaph at
Congressional Cemetery.
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Davis Dimock, Jr. (1801-1842) —
of Pennsylvania.
Born in Exeter, Luzerne
County, Pa., September
17, 1801.
Democrat. Lawyer; Susquehanna
County Treasurer, 1834; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 17th District, 1841-42; died in
office 1842.
Died in Montrose, Susquehanna
County, Pa., January
13, 1842 (age 40 years, 118
days).
Interment at Montrose
Cemetery, Montrose, Pa.; cenotaph at Congressional Cemetery.
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John Millen (1804-1843) —
of Georgia.
Born in Savannah, Chatham
County, Ga., 1804.
Democrat. Member of Georgia state legislature; U.S.
Representative from Georgia at-large, 1843; died in office 1843.
Episcopalian.
Died in 1843
(age about
39 years).
Interment at Laurel
Grove Cemetery, Savannah, Ga.; cenotaph at Congressional Cemetery.
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Heman Allen Moore (1809-1844) —
of Ohio.
Born in Plainfield, Washington
County, Vt., August
27, 1809.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from Ohio 10th District, 1843-44; died in office
1844.
Died April 3,
1844 (age 34 years, 220
days).
Interment at Green
Lawn Cemetery, Columbus, Ohio; cenotaph at Congressional Cemetery.
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Samuel Gardiner Wright (1781-1845) —
also known as Samuel G. Wright —
of Imlaystown, Monmouth
County, N.J.
Born in New Jersey, 1781.
U.S.
Representative from New Jersey 2nd District, 1845; died in office
1845.
Quaker.
Died July 30,
1845 (age about 64
years).
Interment at East
Branch Cemetery, Cox's Corner, N.J.; cenotaph at Congressional
Cemetery.
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Richard Platt Herrick (1791-1846) —
also known as Richard P. Herrick —
of Greenbush (now Rensselaer), Rensselaer
County, N.Y.
Born in Greenbush (now Rensselaer), Rensselaer
County, N.Y., March 23,
1791.
Member of New York
state assembly from Rensselaer County, 1839; U.S.
Representative from New York 12th District, 1845-46; died in
office 1846.
Died in Washington,
D.C., June 20,
1846 (age 55 years, 89
days).
Interment at Greenbush
Cemetery, Rensselaer, N.Y.; cenotaph at Congressional Cemetery.
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John Westbrook Hornbeck (1804-1848) —
of Pennsylvania.
Born in New Jersey, 1804.
U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 6th District, 1847-48; died in
office 1848.
Died in 1848
(age about
44 years).
Interment at Allentown
Cemetery, Allentown, Pa.; cenotaph at Congressional Cemetery.
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John Milton Holley (1802-1848) —
of New York.
Born in Connecticut, 1802.
Member of New York state legislature; U.S.
Representative from New York 27th District, 1847-48; died in
office 1848.
Died in 1848
(age about
46 years).
Interment at Rural
Cemetery, Lyons, N.Y.; cenotaph at Congressional Cemetery.
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Amos Eastman Wood (1810-1850) —
of Ohio.
Born in New York, 1810.
Democrat. Member of Ohio state legislature; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 6th District, 1849-50; died in office
1850.
Died in 1850
(age about
40 years).
Interment at Woodville
Cemetery, Woodville, Ohio; cenotaph at Congressional Cemetery.
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Henry Augustus Muhlenberg (1823-1854) —
also known as Henry A. Muhlenberg —
of Berks
County, Pa.
Born in Pennsylvania, 1823.
Son of Henry
Augustus Philip Muhlenberg.
Democrat. Member of Pennsylvania
state senate 5th District, 1850-52; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 8th District, 1853-54; died in
office 1854.
Died in 1854
(age about
31 years).
Interment at Charles
Evans Cemetery, Reading, Pa.; cenotaph at Congressional Cemetery.
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John Fryall Snodgrass (1804-1854) —
of Virginia.
Born in Berkeley
County, Va. (now W.Va.), March 2,
1804.
Democrat. Lawyer; delegate to
Virginia state constitutional convention, 1850-51; U.S.
Representative from Virginia 11th District, 1853-54; died in
office 1854.
Died suddenly, while arguing a
case in court, in Parkersburg, Wood
County, Va (now W.Va.), June 5,
1854 (age 50 years, 95
days).
Interment at Riverview
Cemetery, Parkersburg, W.Va.; cenotaph at Congressional Cemetery.
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John Gallagher Montgomery (1805-1857) —
of Pennsylvania.
Born in Northumberland, Northumberland
County, Pa., June 27,
1805.
Democrat. Member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 1855; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 12th District, 1857; died in
office 1857.
Presumed to have been deliberately
poisoned
at a banquet during the inauguration of President James
Buchanan, in Washington, D.C., and subsequently died, at
Danville, Montour
County, Pa., April 24,
1857 (age 51 years, 301
days).
Interment at Episcopal
Cemetery, Danville, Pa.; cenotaph at Congressional Cemetery.
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Cyrus Spink (1793-1859) —
of Ohio.
Born in Berkshire
County, Mass., March 24,
1793.
Member of Ohio state legislature; Presidential Elector for Ohio, 1844;
U.S.
Representative from Ohio 14th District, 1859; died in office 1859.
Died in Wooster, Wayne
County, Ohio, May 31,
1859 (age 66 years, 68
days).
Interment at Wooster
Cemetery, Wooster, Ohio; cenotaph at Congressional Cemetery.
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John Schwartz (1793-1860) —
of Pennsylvania.
Born in Pennsylvania, 1793.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 8th District, 1859-60; died in
office 1860.
Died in 1860
(age about
67 years).
Interment at Charles
Evans Cemetery, Reading, Pa.; cenotaph at Congressional Cemetery.
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Goldsmith Fox Bailey (1823-1862) —
of Massachusetts.
Born in Westmoreland, Cheshire
County, N.H., July 17,
1823.
Republican. Member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1857; member of Massachusetts
state senate, 1858-60; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 9th District, 1861-62; died in
office 1862.
Died in Fitchburg, Worcester
County, Mass., May 8,
1862 (age 38 years, 295
days).
Interment at Laurel
Hill Cemetery, Fitchburg, Mass.; cenotaph at Congressional
Cemetery.
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Thomas Buchecker Cooper (1823-1862) —
of Pennsylvania.
Born in Coopersburg, Lehigh
County, Pa., December
29, 1823.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 7th District, 1861-62; died in
office 1862.
Died in Coopersburg, Lehigh
County, Pa., April 4,
1862 (age 38 years, 96
days).
Interment at Woodland
Cemetery, Coopersburg, Pa.; cenotaph at Congressional Cemetery.
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Luther Hanchett (1825-1862) —
of Wisconsin.
Born in Middlebury, Portage
County, Ohio, October
25, 1825.
Republican. Member of Wisconsin
state senate, 1856-60; U.S.
Representative from Wisconsin 2nd District, 1861-62; died in
office 1862.
Died in Plover, Portage
County, Wis., November
24, 1862 (age 37 years, 30
days).
Interment at Plover
Cemetery, Plover, Wis.; cenotaph at Congressional Cemetery.
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Cornelius Springer Hamilton (1821-1867) —
of Union
County, Ohio.
Born in Gratiot, Muskingum
County, Ohio, January
2, 1821.
Republican. Delegate
to Ohio state constitutional convention from Union County,
1850-51; member of Ohio state
senate, 1856-57; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 8th District, 1867; died in office 1867.
Killed
by his insane son, in Marysville, Union
County, Ohio, December
22, 1867 (age 46 years, 354
days).
Interment at Oakdale
Cemetery, Marysville, Ohio; cenotaph at Congressional Cemetery.
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James Hinds (1833-1868) —
of Arkansas.
Born near Salem, Washington
County, N.Y., December
5, 1833.
Republican. U.S.
Representative from Arkansas 2nd District, 1868; died in office
1868.
Shot
and killed by
George A. Clark, who was drunk at the time, near Indian Bay, Monroe
County, Ark., October
22, 1868 (age 34 years, 322
days).
Interment somewhere
in East Norwich, Long Island, N.Y.; cenotaph at Congressional
Cemetery.
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Darwin Abel Finney (1814-1868) —
also known as Darwin A. Finney —
of Meadville, Crawford
County, Pa.
Born in Shrewsbury, Rutland
County, Vt., August
11, 1814.
Republican. Lawyer; burgess
of Meadville, Pennsylvania, 1848; member of Pennsylvania
state senate, 1856-61 (20th District 1856-57, 27th District
1858-61); U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 20th District, 1867-68; died in
office 1868.
Died in Brussels, Belgium,
August
25, 1868 (age 54 years, 14
days).
Interment at Greendale
Cemetery, Meadville, Pa.; cenotaph at Congressional Cemetery.
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Truman Harrison Hoag (1816-1870) —
of Ohio.
Born in New York, 1816.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from Ohio 10th District, 1869-70; died in office
1870.
Died in 1870
(age about
54 years).
Interment at Forest
Cemetery, Toledo, Ohio; cenotaph at Congressional Cemetery.
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Nicholas Joseph Begich (1932-1972) —
also known as Nick Begich —
of Anchorage,
Alaska.
Born in Eveleth, St. Louis
County, Minn., April 6,
1932.
Democrat. Member of Alaska
state senate, 1963-71; U.S.
Representative from Alaska at-large, 1971-72; died in office
1972; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Alaska, 1972.
Alaska
Native and Croatian
ancestry.
Begich Middle School in Anchorage is named for
him.
Disappeared
while on a campaign
flight from Anchorage to Juneau, Alaska, October
16, 1972, and presumed dead in a plane
crash (age 40 years, 193
days); apparently the wreckage was never
found.
Cenotaph at Congressional Cemetery.
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Edwin McMasters Stanton (1814-1869) —
also known as Edwin M. Stanton; "The Great
Energy" —
Born in Steubenville, Jefferson
County, Ohio, December
19, 1814.
U.S.
Attorney General, 1860-61; U.S.
Secretary of War, 1862-68.
Quaker.
His portrait appeared on the $1
U.S. Treasury Note in the 1880s and 1890s.
Died in Washington,
D.C., December
24, 1869 (age 55 years, 5
days).
Interment at Oak Hill Cemetery.
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Edward Douglass White (1845-1921) —
of Louisiana.
Born near Thibodaux, Lafourche
Parish, La., November
3, 1845.
Son of Edward
Douglass White (1795-1847).
Democrat. Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; member
of Louisiana
state senate, 1874; justice of
Louisiana state supreme court, 1879-80; U.S.
Senator from Louisiana, 1891-94; Justice
of U.S. Supreme Court, 1894-1910; Chief
Justice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1910-21; died in office 1921.
Catholic.
Died, following unspecified surgery, at Garfield Hospital,
Washington,
D.C., May 19,
1921 (age 75 years, 197
days).
Interment at Oak Hill Cemetery.
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Robert John Walker (1801-1869) —
also known as Robert J. Walker —
of Madisonville, Madison
County, Miss.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Northumberland, Northumberland
County, Pa., July 19,
1801.
Son of Jonathan
Hoge Walker and Lucretia (Duncan) Walker.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Senator from Mississippi, 1835-45; resigned 1845; U.S.
Secretary of the Treasury, 1845-49; Governor of
Kansas Territory, 1857; newspaper
publisher.
Died in Washington,
D.C., November
11, 1869 (age 68 years, 115
days).
Interment at Oak Hill Cemetery.
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John Henry Eaton (1790-1856) —
also known as John H. Eaton —
of Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn.
Born near Scotland Neck, Halifax
County, N.C., June 18,
1790.
Democrat. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; member of Tennessee
state house of representatives, 1815-16; U.S.
Senator from Tennessee, 1818-21, 1821-29; U.S.
Secretary of War, 1829-31; Governor of
Florida Territory, 1834-36; U.S. Minister to Spain, 1836-40.
Member, Freemasons.
Resigned
from Cabinet in 1831 during the scandal
(called the "Petticoat Affair") over past infedelities
of his second wife, Peggy Eaton.
Died in Washington,
D.C., November
17, 1856 (age 66 years, 152
days).
Interment at Oak Hill Cemetery.
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Dean Gooderham Acheson (1893-1971) —
also known as Dean Acheson —
of Washington,
D.C.
Born in Middletown, Middlesex
County, Conn., April 11,
1893.
Son of Edward Campion Acheson (1858-1934; Episcopal bishop of
Connecticut) and Eleanor Gertrude (Gooderham) Acheson (1870-1958).
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; lawyer;
private secretary to U.S. Supreme Court Justice Louis
D. Brandeis, 1919-21; undersecretary of treasury, 1933; U.S.
Secretary of State, 1949-53.
Episcopalian.
English
ancestry. Member, American Bar
Association; American
Academy of Arts and Sciences; Delta
Kappa Epsilon; Council on
Foreign Relations.
Received the Presidential
Medal of Freedom in 1964; received a Pulitzer
Prize in History, 1970, for his book Present At The Creation:
My Years In The State Department.
Died, probably from a heart
attack, over his desk in his study,
Sandy Spring, Montgomery
County, Md., October
12, 1971 (age 78 years, 184
days).
Interment at Oak Hill Cemetery.
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William Adams Richardson (1821-1896) —
of Massachusetts.
Born in Tyngsboro, Middlesex
County, Mass., November
2, 1821.
Republican. Probate judge in Massachusetts, 1856; U.S.
Secretary of the Treasury, 1873-74; while Secretary of the
Treasury, he hired John D. Sanborn to collect unpaid taxes and
receive a commission, some of which went as a kickback
to Richardson himself; this arrangement caused an uproar,
and Richardson resigned
under fire; Judge of
U.S. Court of Claims, 1874-96.
Unitarian.
Died in Washington,
D.C., October
19, 1896 (age 74 years, 352
days).
Interment at Oak Hill Cemetery.
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David Kirkpatrick Este Bruce (1898-1977) —
also known as David K. E. Bruce —
of Baltimore,
Md.; Charlotte Court House, Charlotte
County, Va.; Elkridge, Howard
County, Md.
Born in Baltimore,
Md., February
12, 1898.
Son of William
Cabell Bruce and Louise Este (Fisher) Bruce.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer; farmer;
member of Maryland
state house of delegates, 1924-26; U.S. Vice Consul in Rome, 1926; member of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1940-43; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Virginia, 1940;
served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; U.S. Ambassador to
France, 1949-52; Germany, 1957-59; Great Britain, 1961-69; U.S. Liaison to China, 1973-74.
Episcopalian.
Member, Council on
Foreign Relations.
Received the Presidential
Medal of Freedom in 1976.
Died, as a result of a heart
attack, in Georgetown University Medical
Center, Washington,
D.C., December
5, 1977 (age 79 years, 296
days).
Interment at Oak Hill Cemetery.
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William Henry Hunt (1823-1884) —
also known as William H. Hunt —
of Louisiana.
Born in Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C., June 12,
1823.
Colonel in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; Louisiana
state attorney general, 1876; Judge of
U.S. Court of Claims, 1878-81; U.S.
Secretary of the Navy, 1881-82; U.S. Minister to Russia, 1882-84, died in office 1884.
Died in St. Petersburg, Russia,
February
27, 1884 (age 60 years, 260
days).
Interment at Oak Hill Cemetery.
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James Noble Tyner (1826-1904) —
of Indiana.
Born in Brookville, Franklin
County, Ind., January
17, 1826.
Republican. U.S.
Representative from Indiana 8th District, 1869-75; U.S.
Postmaster General, 1876-77.
Died in Washington,
D.C., December
5, 1904 (age 78 years, 323
days).
Interment at Oak Hill Cemetery.
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Cornelius Peter Van Ness (1782-1852) —
also known as Cornelius P. Van Ness —
of Burlington, Chittenden
County, Vt.; New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Kinderhook, Columbia
County, N.Y., January
26, 1782.
Lawyer;
U.S.
Attorney for Vermont, 1810-13; U.S. Collector of Customs,
1813; member of Vermont
state house of representatives, 1820-21; chief
justice of Vermont Supreme Court, 1821-23; Governor of
Vermont, 1823-26; U.S. Minister to Spain, 1829-36; U.S.
Collector of Customs, 1844-45.
Dutch
ancestry.
Died in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., December
15, 1852 (age 70 years, 324
days).
Interment at Oak Hill Cemetery.
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John Barton Payne (1855-1935) —
of Kingwood, Preston
County, W.Va.; Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Pruntytown, Taylor
County, Va. (now W.Va.), January
26, 1855.
Son of Dr. Amos Payne and Elizabeth (Barton) Payne.
Democrat. Lawyer; chair of
Preston County Democratic Party, 1877-82; superior court judge in
Illinois, 1893-98; U.S.
Secretary of the Interior, 1920-21.
Methodist.
Member, American Bar
Association.
Died January
24, 1935 (age 79 years, 363
days).
Interment at Oak Hill Cemetery.
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Arthur Pue Gorman (1839-1906) —
of Laurel, Prince
George's County, Md.
Born in Woodstock, Howard
County, Md., March 11,
1839.
Democrat. Member of Maryland
state house of delegates, 1870-72; member of Maryland
state senate, 1876-82; U.S.
Senator from Maryland, 1881-99, 1903-06; died in office 1906;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Maryland, 1888
(member, Resolutions
Committee; speaker).
Presbyterian.
Died in Washington,
D.C., June 4,
1906 (age 67 years, 85
days).
Interment at Oak Hill Cemetery.
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Francis Griffith Newlands (1848-1917) —
also known as Francis G. Newlands —
of San
Francisco, Calif.; Reno, Washoe
County, Nev.
Born near Natchez, Adams
County, Miss., August
28, 1848.
Son of James Birney Newlands and Jessie (Barland) Newlands.
Lawyer;
trustee of the estate of U.S. Senator William
Sharon, 1886; U.S.
Representative from Nevada at-large, 1893-1903; U.S.
Senator from Nevada, 1903-17; died in office 1917; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Nevada, 1916.
Died December
24, 1917 (age 69 years, 118
days).
Interment at Oak Hill Cemetery; memorial monument at Chevy Chase Circle.
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David Levy Yulee (1810-1886) —
also known as David Levy; "Father of Florida's
Railroads" —
of St. Augustine, St. Johns
County, Fla.; Homosassa, Citrus
County, Fla.
Born in St. Thomas, Virgin
Islands, June 12,
1810.
Republican. Lawyer; delegate
to Florida state constitutional convention from St. Johns County,
1838-39; Delegate
to U.S. Congress from Florida Territory, 1841-45; U.S.
Senator from Florida, 1845-51, 1855-61.
Jewish.
Imprisoned
as a Confederate
at Fort Pulaski, Fla. for a time after the Civil War.
Died in New York, New York
County, N.Y., October
10, 1886 (age 76 years, 120
days).
Interment at Oak Hill Cemetery.
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John Rhoderic McPherson (1833-1897) —
also known as John R. McPherson —
of Jersey City, Hudson
County, N.J.
Born in New York, 1833.
Democrat. Member of New Jersey
state senate from Hudson County, 1872-74; U.S.
Senator from New Jersey, 1877-95.
Died in 1897
(age about
64 years).
Interment at Oak Hill Cemetery.
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Wilkinson Call (1834-1910) —
of Jacksonville, Duval
County, Fla.
Born in Russellville, Logan
County, Ky., January
9, 1834.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Florida, 1868;
U.S.
Senator from Florida, 1879-97.
Died August
24, 1910 (age 76 years, 227
days).
Interment at Oak Hill Cemetery.
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Gale William McGee (1915-1992) —
also known as Gale W. McGee —
of Laramie, Albany
County, Wyo.
Born in Lincoln, Lancaster
County, Neb., March 17,
1915.
Democrat. U.S.
Senator from Wyoming, 1959-77; defeated, 1976.
Died, of pneumonia,
following surgery for a brain
aneurysm, in Suburban Hospital,
Bethesda, Montgomery
County, Md., April 9,
1992 (age 77 years, 23
days).
Interment at Oak Hill Cemetery.
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Samuel Sprigg (c.1783-1855) —
of Maryland.
Born in Washington
County, Md., about 1783.
Son of Joseph Sprigg.
Governor
of Maryland, 1819-22; delegate
to Maryland state constitutional convention, 1850.
Episcopalian.
Died in Prince
George's County, Md., April 21,
1855 (age about 72
years).
Original interment at St.
Barnabas Church Cemetery, Upper Marlboro, Md.; reinterment at Oak
Hill Cemetery.
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John Pool (1826-1884) —
of North Carolina.
Born in North Carolina, 1826.
Member of North Carolina state legislature; U.S.
Senator from North Carolina, 1868-73.
Died in 1884
(age about
58 years).
Interment at Oak Hill Cemetery.
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Benjamin Franklin Rice (1828-1905) —
of Little Rock, Pulaski
County, Ark.
Born in New York, 1828.
Republican. Member of Arkansas state legislature; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Arkansas, 1868;
member of Republican
National Committee from Arkansas, 1868-72; U.S.
Senator from Arkansas, 1868-73.
Died in 1905
(age about
77 years).
Interment at Oak Hill Cemetery.
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George Radcliffe Colton (1865-1916) —
Born in Galesburg, Knox
County, Ill., April 10,
1865.
Son of Francis
Colton.
Member of Nebraska
state house of representatives, 1889-90; served in the U.S. Army
during the Spanish-American War; Governor of
Puerto Rico, 1909-13.
Died in Washington,
D.C., April 6,
1916 (age 50 years, 362
days).
Entombed at Oak Hill Cemetery.
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Uriah Forrest (c.1746-1805) —
of Maryland.
Born near Leonardtown, St. Mary's
County, Md., about 1746.
Member of Maryland
state house of delegates, 1781-83, 1786-90; Delegate
to Continental Congress from Maryland, 1786-87; U.S.
Representative from Maryland 3rd District, 1793-94; member of Maryland
state senate, 1796-1800; state court judge in Maryland, 1799-1800.
Episcopalian.
Died in Georgetown, Washington,
D.C., July 6,
1805 (age about 59
years).
Original interment at Old Presbyterian
Cemetery (which no longer exists); reinterment in 1883 at Oak
Hill Cemetery.
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Noah Haynes Swayne (1804-1884) —
also known as Noah H. Swayne —
of Franklin
County, Ohio.
Born in Frederick
County, Va., December
7, 1804.
Republican. Member of Ohio state
house of representatives, 1830; U.S.
Attorney for Ohio, 1830-39; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Ohio, 1856
(Convention
Vice-President); Justice
of U.S. Supreme Court, 1862-81.
Quaker.
Member, Freemasons.
Died June 8,
1884 (age 79 years, 184
days).
Interment at Oak Hill Cemetery.
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Samuel Hooper (1808-1875) —
of Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.
Born in Massachusetts, 1808.
Republican. Member of Massachusetts state legislature; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Massachusetts, 1860;
U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts, 1861-75 (5th District 1861-63,
4th District 1863-75); died in office 1875.
Died in 1875
(age about
67 years).
Interment at Oak Hill Cemetery.
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George Washington Roosevelt (1844-1907) —
also known as George W. Roosevelt —
of Pennsylvania.
Born in Chester, Delaware
County, Pa., February
14, 1844.
Son of Solomon Roosevelt (1807-1900) and Elizabeth (Morris) Roosevelt
(1811-1859).
Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; U.S. Consular Agent in
Sydney, 1877-78; U.S. Consul in Auckland, 1878-79; SAINT Helena, 1879-80; Matanzas, 1880-81; Bordeaux, 1881-89; Brussels, 1889-1905; U.S. Consul General in Brussels, 1906.
Received the Medal
of Honor in 1887 for action at Bull Run, Va., August 30, 1862,
and at Gettysburg, Pa., July 2, 1863; severely wounded and lost a
leg.
Died in Brussels, Belgium,
April
14, 1907 (age 63 years, 59
days).
Interment at Oak Hill Cemetery.
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Richard Cutts (1771-1845) —
of Pepperell, Middlesex
County, Mass.
Born in Saco, York
County, Maine, June 28,
1771.
Democrat. Member of Massachusetts state legislature; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts, 1801-13 (at-large 1801-05,
14th District 1805-13); imprisoned
for debt, 1828.
Died in Washington,
D.C., April 7,
1845 (age 73 years, 283
days).
Original interment at St. John's Church
Cemetery; reinterment in 1857 at Oak Hill Cemetery.
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George Corbin Washington (1789-1854) —
also known as George C. Washington —
of Rockville, Montgomery
County, Md.
Born near Oak Grove, Westmoreland
County, Va., August
20, 1789.
Member of Maryland
state house of delegates, 1816-19; U.S.
Representative from Maryland, 1827-33, 1835-37 (3rd District
1827-33, 5th District 1835-37); member of Maryland
state executive council, 1834-35.
Died in Georgetown, Washington,
D.C., July 17,
1854 (age 64 years, 331
days).
Interment at Oak Hill Cemetery.
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John Peter Van Ness (1770-1846) —
also known as John P. Van Ness —
of New York; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Claverly (now Ghent), Columbia
County, N.Y., 1770.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from New York 6th District, 1801-03; mayor
of Washington, D.C., 1830-34.
Dutch
ancestry.
Died in Washington,
D.C., March 7,
1846 (age about 75
years).
Entombed in mausoleum at Oak Hill Cemetery.
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Philip Barton Key (1818-1859) —
of Washington,
D.C.
Born in Georgetown, Washington,
D.C., April 5,
1818.
Son of Francis
Scott Key.
U.S.
Attorney for the District of Columbia, 1853-59; died in office
1859.
Shot
and killed by
Daniel
E. Sickles, in retaliation
for Key's affair
with his wife Teresa, at Lafayette Park, Washington,
D.C., February
27, 1859 (age 40 years, 328
days).
Interment at Oak Hill Cemetery; cenotaph at Westminster
Burying Ground, Baltimore, Md.
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George Peter (1779-1861) —
of Darnestown, Montgomery
County, Md.
Born in Washington,
D.C., September
28, 1779.
Democrat. Major in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; U.S.
Representative from Maryland 3rd District, 1816-19, 1825-27;
member of Maryland
state house of delegates from Montgomery County, 1819, 1823.
Episcopalian.
Died near Darnestown, Montgomery
County, Md., June 22,
1861 (age 81 years, 267
days).
Interment at Oak Hill Cemetery.
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Thomas James Duncan Fuller (1808-1876) —
of Calais, Washington
County, Maine.
Born in Hardwick, Caledonia
County, Vt., March 17,
1808.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Maine, 1849-57 (7th District 1849-53, 6th
District 1853-57).
Died near Upperville, Fauquier
County, Va., February
13, 1876 (age 67 years, 333
days).
Interment at Oak Hill Cemetery.
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Philip Barton Key (1757-1815) —
of Annapolis, Anne
Arundel County, Md.; Rockville, Montgomery
County, Md.
Born near Charlestown, Cecil
County, Md., April 12,
1757.
Son of Francis Key and Anne Arnold (Ross) Key.
Lawyer;
member of Maryland
state house of delegates, 1794-99; circuit judge in Maryland,
1804; U.S.
Representative from Maryland 3rd District, 1807-13.
Died in Georgetown, Washington,
D.C., July 28,
1815 (age 58 years, 107
days).
Original interment at a private or family
graveyard; reinterment at Oak Hill Cemetery.
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George Emrick Harris (1827-1911) —
of Mississippi.
Born in Orange
County, N.C., January
6, 1827.
Republican. Colonel in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; U.S.
Representative from Mississippi 1st District, 1870-73; Mississippi
state attorney general, 1873-77; Lieutenant
Governor of Mississippi, 1877-79.
Died in Washington,
D.C., March 19,
1911 (age 84 years, 72
days).
Interment at Oak Hill Cemetery.
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John James Hemphill (1849-1912) —
also known as John J. Hemphill —
of Chester, Chester
County, S.C.
Born in Chester, Chester
County, S.C., August
25, 1849.
Democrat. Member of South
Carolina state house of representatives, 1876; U.S.
Representative from South Carolina 5th District, 1883-93.
Died May 11,
1912 (age 62 years, 260
days).
Interment at Oak Hill Cemetery.
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Joseph Casey (1814-1879) —
of New Berlin, Union
County, Pa.
Born in Ringgold Manor, Washington
County, Md., December
17, 1814.
Lawyer;
U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 13th District, 1849-51; Judge of
U.S. Court of Claims, 1861.
Died February
10, 1879 (age 64 years, 55
days).
Interment at Oak Hill Cemetery.
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Hestor Lockhart Stevens (1803-1864) —
of Pontiac, Oakland
County, Mich.
Born in Lima, Livingston
County, N.Y., October
1, 1803.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from Michigan 4th District, 1853-55.
Died in Washington,
D.C., May 7,
1864 (age 60 years, 219
days).
Interment at Oak Hill Cemetery.
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Ebon Clarke Ingersoll (1831-1879) —
also known as Ebon C. Ingersoll; Clark
Ingersoll —
of Peoria, Peoria
County, Ill.
Born in Marshall, Oneida
County, N.Y., December
12, 1831.
Son of John Ingersoll (1792-1759) and Mary (Livingston) Ingersoll.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Illinois
state house of representatives, 1857; U.S.
Representative from Illinois 5th District, 1864-71; defeated,
1862.
Died in Washington,
D.C., May 31,
1879 (age 47 years, 170
days).
Interment at Oak Hill Cemetery.
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James Herron Hopkins (1832-1904) —
of Pennsylvania.
Born in Pennsylvania, 1832.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 22nd District, 1875-77, 1883-85.
Died in 1904
(age about
72 years).
Interment at Oak Hill Cemetery.
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George Eustis, Jr. (1828-1872) —
of Louisiana.
Born in New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La., September
28, 1828.
U.S.
Representative from Louisiana 1st District, 1855-59.
Died in Cannes, France,
March
15, 1872 (age 43 years, 169
days).
Interment at Oak Hill Cemetery.
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Henry W. Barry (1840-1875) —
of Mississippi.
Born in Schoharie
County, N.Y., 1840.
Republican. General in the Union Army during the Civil War; delegate to
Mississippi state constitutional convention, 1867; member of Mississippi
state senate, 1868; U.S.
Representative from Mississippi 3rd District, 1870-75.
Died in Washington,
D.C., June 7,
1875 (age about 34
years).
Interment at Oak Hill Cemetery.
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William McKee Dunn (1814-1887) —
of Madison, Jefferson
County, Ind.
Born in Hanover, Jefferson
County, Ind., December
12, 1814.
Son of Williamson
Dunn.
Republican. Member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1848-49; delegate
to Indiana state constitutional convention, 1850-51; U.S.
Representative from Indiana 3rd District, 1859-63; colonel in the
Union Army during the Civil War.
Died in Dunn Loring, Fairfax
County, Va., July 24,
1887 (age 72 years, 224
days).
Interment at Oak Hill Cemetery.
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James P. Heath (1777-1854) —
of Maryland.
Born in Delaware, December
21, 1777.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from Maryland 3rd District, 1833-35.
Died in Washington,
D.C., June 12,
1854 (age 76 years, 173
days).
Interment at Oak Hill Cemetery.
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Charles Pomeroy (1825-1891) —
of Iowa.
Born in Connecticut, 1825.
Republican. U.S.
Representative from Iowa 6th District, 1869-71.
Died in 1891
(age about
66 years).
Interment at Oak Hill Cemetery.
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William Slosson Lincoln (1813-1893) —
of New York.
Born in Berkshire (now Newark Valley), Tioga
County, N.Y., August
13, 1813.
Republican. U.S.
Representative from New York 26th District, 1867-69.
Died April 21,
1893 (age 79 years, 251
days).
Interment at Oak Hill Cemetery.
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James Lawson Norris (1845-1910) —
also known as James L. Norris —
of Washington,
D.C.
Born in Washington,
D.C., October
15, 1845.
Son of John Edmund Norris (1816-1887) and Eliza Tidings (Phillips)
Norris (1820-1873).
Democrat. Lawyer;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from District of Columbia,
1892,
1900,
1904;
member of Democratic
National Committee from District of Columbia, 1892-96; Treasurer
of Democratic National Committee, 1898-1900.
Member, Phi
Kappa Psi; Freemasons;
Royal
Arch Masons; Knights
Templar.
Died in Washington,
D.C., March 5,
1910 (age 64 years, 141
days).
Interment at Oak Hill Cemetery.
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William Washington Howes (1887-1962) —
also known as W. W. Howes —
of Wolsey, Beadle
County, S.Dak.; Huron, Beadle
County, S.Dak.
Born in Tomah, Monroe
County, Wis., February
16, 1887.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of South
Dakota state senate 22nd District, 1917-18; candidate for Governor of
South Dakota, 1920; South Dakota
Democratic state chair, 1923; member of Democratic
National Committee from South Dakota, 1924; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from South Dakota, 1924,
1940;
First Assistant U.S. Postmaster General; resigned in protest in 1940
when President Franklin
D. Roosevelt sought an unprecedented third term.
W. W. Howes Airport in Huron, S.D. (now Huron Regional Airport) was
named
for him.
Died in Washington,
D.C., January
15, 1962 (age 74 years, 333
days).
Interment at Oak Hill Cemetery.
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William Tyler Page (b. 1868) —
of Chevy Chase, Montgomery
County, Md.
Born in Frederick, Frederick
County, Md., October
19, 1868.
Son of Walker Yates Page and Nannie (Tyler) Page.
Republican. Candidate for U.S.
Representative from Maryland 2nd District, 1902; clerk of the
U.S. House of Representatives, 1919.
Episcopalian.
Interment at Oak Hill Cemetery.
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John Howard Payne (1791-1852) —
also known as John H. Payne —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., June 9,
1791.
Actor;
playwright;
author of the lines which were later adapted as the song "Home Sweet
Home"; U.S. Consul in Tunis, 1842-45, 1851-52, died in office 1852.
Inducted into the Songwriters Hall of
Fame, 1970.
Died in Tunis, Tunisia,
April
10, 1852 (age 60 years, 306
days).
Original interment at St.
George's Protestant Cemetery, Tunis, Tunisia; reinterment in 1883
at Oak Hill Cemetery; memorial monument at Prospect
Park, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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Southard Parker Warner (1881-1914) —
also known as Southard P. Warner —
of Washington,
D.C.
Born in Washington,
D.C., October
29, 1881.
Son of Mary Jacob (Parker) Warner (1846-1885) and Brainard Henry
Warner (1847-1916).
U.S. Consular Agent in Gera, 1904; U.S. Consul in Leipzig, 1904-09; Bahia, 1909-11; Harbin, 1914.
Died in Harbin, China,
May 9,
1914 (age 32 years, 192
days).
Interment at Oak Hill Cemetery.
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George Washington Montgomery (1804-1841) —
Born in Spain,
1804.
U.S. Consul in San Juan, 1835-38; Tampico, 1840-41.
Died in Washington,
D.C., June 5,
1841 (age about 36
years).
Entombed at Oak Hill Cemetery.
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John George Nicolay (1832-1901) —
also known as John G. Nicolay; Johann
Georg —
Born in Essingen, Germany,
February
26, 1832.
Newspaper
editor; private secretary to President Abraham
Lincoln, 1861-65; U.S. Consul in Paris, 1865-69.
Died in Washington,
D.C., September
26, 1901 (age 69 years, 212
days).
Interment at Oak Hill Cemetery.
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Francis Colton (1834-1913) —
Born in Maine, May 22,
1834.
U.S. Consul in Venice.
Died in Washington,
D.C., March 9,
1913 (age 78 years, 291
days).
Entombed at Oak Hill Cemetery.
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John Carter Ingersoll (1860-1903) —
also known as John C. Ingersoll —
of Washington,
D.C.
Born in Peoria, Peoria
County, Ill., March 20,
1860.
Son of Ebon
Clarke Ingersoll and Mary (Carter) Ingersoll.
U.S. Consul in Cartagena, 1902.
Died in Colón, Colombia (now Panama),
June
6, 1903 (age 43 years, 78
days).
Interment at Oak Hill Cemetery.
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Hosea Jefferson Dean (1806-1855) —
also known as H. J. Dean —
of Spartanburg, Spartanburg District (now Spartanburg
County), S.C.
Born in Spartanburg District (now Spartanburg
County), S.C., July 11,
1806.
Son of John Dean (1776-1852) and Mary (Farrow) Dean (1780-1830).
Lawyer;
Spartanburg District Commissioner in Equity, 1832-44; member of South
Carolina state house of representatives, 1850-52; Clerk, South
Carolina House of Representatives, 1853.
Baptist.
Died, of heart
disease, in White Sulphur Springs, Greenbrier
County, Va (now W.Va.), August 3,
1855 (age 49 years, 23
days).
Interment at Oak Hill Cemetery.
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Relatives:
Grandnephew of Samuel
Farrow; son of John Dean (1776-1852) and Mary (Farrow) Dean
(1780-1830); married, October
14, 1834, to Elizabeth Ellen Mills (1810-1838); married, August 9,
1840, to Mary Stewart Owen (1822-1886). |
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Arthur Peter (d. 1943) —
of Rockville, Montgomery
County, Md.
Son of George
Peter (1823-1893).
Democrat. Lawyer;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Maryland, 1904,
1912
(Honorary
Vice-President; speaker).
Died October
25, 1943.
Interment at Oak Hill Cemetery.
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Salmon Portland Chase (1808-1873) —
also known as Salmon P. Chase; "Old Mr.
Greenbacks" —
of Ohio.
Born in Cornish, Sullivan
County, N.H., January
13, 1808.
Republican. U.S.
Senator from Ohio, 1849-55, 1861; Governor of
Ohio, 1856-60; candidate for Republican nomination for President,
1856,
1860;
U.S.
Secretary of the Treasury, 1861-64; Chief
Justice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1864-73; died in office 1873.
Episcopalian.
His portrait appeared on various U.S. currency, including one-dollar
and ten-dollar
notes in the 1860s, and the $10,000
bill from 1918 to 1946.
Died in New York, New York
County, N.Y., May 7,
1873 (age 65 years, 114
days).
Original interment at Oak Hill Cemetery; reinterment at Spring
Grove Cemetery, Cincinnati, Ohio.
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James Gillespie Blaine (1830-1893) —
also known as James G. Blaine; "The Plumed
Knight"; "Belshazzar Blaine";
"Magnetic Man" —
of Augusta, Kennebec
County, Maine.
Born in West Brownsville, Washington
County, Pa., January
31, 1830.
Son of Ephraim Blaine and Maria (Gillespie) Blaine.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Maine, 1856
(Honorary
Secretary); member of Maine
state house of representatives, 1859-62; Speaker of
the Maine State House of Representatives, 1861-62; U.S.
Representative from Maine 3rd District, 1863-76; Speaker of
the U.S. House, 1869-75; candidate for Republican nomination for
President, 1876,
1880;
U.S.
Senator from Maine, 1876-81; U.S.
Secretary of State, 1881, 1889-92; candidate for President
of the United States, 1884.
Congregationalist.
Scotch-Irish
ancestry.
Died in Washington,
D.C., January
27, 1893 (age 62 years, 362
days).
Original interment at Oak Hill Cemetery; reinterment in 1920 at Blaine
Memorial Park, Augusta, Maine.
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Relatives: Son
of Ephraim Blaine and Maria (Gillespie) Blaine; nephew of Ellen
Blaine (who married John
Hoge Ewing); married, June 30,
1850, to Harriet Stonwood; father of Harriet Blaine (who married
Truxtun
Beale). See Beale-Blaine
family of Pennsylvania. |
| | | Cross-reference: Robert
G. Ingersoll |
| | | Blaine counties in Idaho, Mont., Neb. and Okla. are
named for him. |
| | | Politician named for him: J.
B. McLaughlin
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| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Wikipedia
article — NNDB
dossier |
| | | Books about James G. Blaine: Mark
Wahlgren Summers, Rum,
Romanism, & Rebellion : The Making of a President,
1884 — Edward P. Crapol, James
G. Blaine : Architect of Empire — Richard B. Cheney &
Lynne V. Cheney, Kings
Of The Hill : How Nine Powerful Men Changed The Course of American
History |
| | | Image source: William C. Roberts,
Leading Orators (1884) |
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Abel Parker Upshur (1790-1844) —
of Virginia.
Born in Northampton
County, Va., June 17,
1790.
Son of Littleton
Upshur.
Member of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1812-13, 1824-27; state court judge in
Virginia, 1826-41; delegate to
Virginia state constitutional convention, 1829-30; U.S.
Secretary of the Navy, 1841-43; U.S.
Secretary of State, 1843-44; died in office 1844.
Episcopalian.
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 53 years, 256
days).
Originally entombed at Congressional
Cemetery; later interred in 1874 at Oak Hill Cemetery.
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George Purnell Fisher (1817-1899) —
also known as George P. Fisher —
of Dover, Kent
County, Del.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Milford, Sussex
County, Del., October
13, 1817.
Republican. Member of Delaware
state house of representatives, 1843-44; secretary of
state of Delaware, 1846; Delaware
state attorney general, 1855-60; U.S.
Representative from Delaware at-large, 1861-63; defeated, 1862;
justice
of District of Columbia supreme court, 1863-70; U.S.
Attorney for the District of Columbia, 1870-76; alternate
delegate to Republican National Convention from Delaware, 1880.
Died in Washington,
D.C., February
10, 1899 (age 81 years, 120
days).
Original interment at Oak Hill Cemetery; reinterment at Methodist
Cemetery, Dover, Del.
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Henry Baldwin (1780-1844) —
of Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa.
Born in New Haven, New Haven
County, Conn., January
14, 1780.
Son of Henry Baldwin and Theodora (Wolcott) Baldwin.
Lawyer;
U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 14th District, 1817-22; Justice
of U.S. Supreme Court, 1830-44; died in office 1844.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., April 21,
1844 (age 64 years, 98
days).
Original interment at Oak Hill Cemetery; reinterment at Greendale
Cemetery, Meadville, Pa.
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William Windom (1827-1891) —
of Winona, Winona
County, Minn.
Born in Belmont
County, Ohio, May 10,
1827.
Republican. U.S.
Representative from Minnesota, 1859-69 (at-large 1859-63, 1st
District 1863-69); member of Republican
National Committee from Minnesota, 1866-68; U.S.
Senator from Minnesota, 1870-71, 1871-81, 1881-83; candidate for
Republican nomination for President, 1880;
U.S.
Secretary of the Treasury, 1881, 1889-91; died in office 1891.
Quaker.
His portrait appeared on the U.S. $2
silver certificate in the 1890s.
Fell dead, from heart
disease, at the annual
banquet of the New York Board of Trade and Transportation, just
after finishing a speech, in New York, New York
County, N.Y., January
29, 1891 (age 63 years, 264
days).
Interment at Rock Creek Cemetery.
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Harlan Fiske Stone (1872-1946) —
also known as Harlan F. Stone —
Born in Chesterfield, Cheshire
County, N.H., October
11, 1872.
Lawyer;
Dean of
Columbia University Law School; U.S.
Attorney General, 1924-25; Justice
of U.S. Supreme Court, 1925-41; Chief
Justice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1941-46; died in office 1946.
Episcopalian.
Died in Washington,
D.C., April 22,
1946 (age 73 years, 193
days).
Interment at Rock Creek Cemetery.
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Hugh McCulloch (1808-1895) —
Born in Kennebunk, York
County, Maine, December
7, 1808.
U.S.
Secretary of the Treasury, 1865-69.
Died in Holly Hill, Prince
George's County, Md., May 24,
1895 (age 86 years, 168
days).
Interment at Rock Creek Cemetery.
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Montgomery Blair (1813-1883) —
of Missouri; Maryland.
Born in Franklin
County, Ky., May 10,
1813.
Son of Francis
Preston Blair and Eliza Violet (Gist) Blair (1794-1877).
Lawyer;
U.S.
Attorney for Missouri, 1840-44; common pleas court judge in
Missouri, 1843-49; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Missouri, 1844,
1852;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Maryland, 1860;
U.S.
Postmaster General, 1861-64; member of Maryland
state house of delegates, 1878; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Maryland, 1882.
Episcopalian.
Died in Silver Spring, Montgomery
County, Md., July 27,
1883 (age 70 years, 78
days).
Entombed at Rock Creek Cemetery.
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Daniel Calhoun Roper (1867-1943) —
also known as Daniel C. Roper —
of Washington,
D.C.
Born in Marlboro
County, S.C., April 1,
1867.
Son of John Wesley Roper and Henrietta V. (McLaurin) Roper.
Democrat. Lawyer; publicist;
member of South
Carolina state house of representatives, 1892-94; U.S.
Commissioner of Internal Revenue, 1917-20; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from District of Columbia, 1924,
1932,
1936;
U.S.
Secretary of Commerce, 1933-38; U.S. Minister to Canada, 1939.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Sigma
Alpha Epsilon; Phi
Beta Kappa.
Died in Washington,
D.C., April 11,
1943 (age 76 years, 10
days).
Interment at Rock Creek Cemetery.
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Patricia Roberts Harris (1924-1985) —
also known as Patricia Roberts —
of Washington,
D.C.
Born in Mattoon, Coles
County, Ill., May 31,
1924.
Democrat. Presidential Elector for District of Columbia, 1964;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from District of Columbia,
1964;
U.S. Ambassador to Luxembourg, 1965-67; U.S.
Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, 1977-79; U.S.
Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare, 1979-80; U.S.
Secretary of Health and Human Services, 1980-81.
Female.
African
ancestry.
First
African-American woman cabinet member.
Died March 23,
1985 (age 60 years, 296
days).
Interment at Rock Creek Cemetery.
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Livingston Tallmadge Merchant (1903-1976) —
also known as Livingston T. Merchant —
of Washington,
D.C.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., November
23, 1903.
Foreign Service officer; U.S. Ambassador to Canada, 1956-58, 1961-62.
Member, Council on
Foreign Relations.
Died in 1976
(age about
72 years).
Interment at Rock Creek Cemetery.
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Ural Alexis Johnson (1908-1997) —
also known as U. Alexis Johnson —
of Washington,
D.C.; California.
Born in Falun, Saline
County, Kan., October
17, 1908.
Son of Carl Theodore Johnson and Ellen (Forsse) Johnson.
Foreign Service officer; U.S. Vice Consul in Seoul, 1938; Rio de Janeiro, 1943; U.S. Consul in Yokohama, 1947; U.S. Consul General in Yokohama, 1949; U.S. Ambassador to Czechoslovakia, 1953-58; Thailand, 1958-61; Japan, 1966-69; , 1973-77.
Survived a car
bombing at the U.S. Embassy in Vietnam.
Died, of pneumonia,
in Rex Convalescent
Center, Raleigh, Wake
County, N.C., March 24,
1997 (age 88 years, 158
days).
Interment at Rock Creek Cemetery.
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Douglas MacArthur II (1909-1997) —
of Washington,
D.C.
Born in Bryn Mawr, Montgomery
County, Pa., July 5,
1909.
Son of Arthur MacArthur (1876-1923) and Mary Hendry (McCalla)
MacArthur (1877-1959).
Foreign Service officer; U.S. Vice Consul in Vancouver, 1935; Naples, 1937-38; Paris, 1944; U.S. Ambassador to Japan, 1957-61; Belgium, 1961-65; Austria, 1967-69; Iran, 1969-72.
Member, Council on
Foreign Relations.
Died, after a stroke and
heart
attack, in Georgetown University Hospital,
Washington,
D.C., November
15, 1997 (age 88 years, 133
days).
Interment at Rock Creek Cemetery.
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Abraham Baldwin (1754-1807) —
of Augusta, Richmond
County, Ga.
Born in North Guilford, Guilford, New Haven
County, Conn., November
2, 1754.
Son of Michael Baldwin and Lucy (Dudley) Baldwin.
Served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; lawyer;
member of Georgia
state house of representatives, 1785; Delegate
to Continental Congress from Georgia, 1785, 1787-89; member,
U.S. Constitutional Convention, 1787; U.S.
Representative from Georgia at-large, 1789-99; U.S.
Senator from Georgia, 1799-1807; died in office 1807.
Congregationalist.
Member, Society
of the Cincinnati.
One of the founders,
and first president,
of Franklin College, which later became the University of Georgia.
Died in Washington,
D.C., March 4,
1807 (age 52 years, 122
days).
Interment at Rock Creek Cemetery; cenotaph at Greenfield
Hill Cemetery, Fairfield, Conn.
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Frank Hatton (1846-1894) —
of Burlington, Des Moines
County, Iowa.
Born in Cambridge, Guernsey
County, Ohio, April 28,
1846.
Republican. Newspaper
editor; U.S.
Postmaster General, 1884-85.
Died, from a stroke, in
his office at
the Washington Post, Washington,
D.C., April 30,
1894 (age 48 years, 2
days).
Interment at Rock Creek Cemetery.
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George Venable Allen (1903-1970) —
also known as George V. Allen —
of Durham, Durham
County, N.C.; Maryland; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Durham, Durham
County, N.C., November
3, 1903.
Son of Thomas Ellis Allen (1868-1959) and Harriet (Moore) Allen
(1871-1911).
School
teacher and principal; newspaper
reporter; Foreign Service officer; U.S. Vice Consul in Kingston, 1930; Shanghai, 1932; U.S. Consul in Cairo, 1936; U.S. Ambassador to Iran, 1946-48; Yugoslavia, 1949-53; India, 1953-54; Nepal, 1953-54; Greece, 1956-57; director, U.S. Information Agency, 1957-60;
president, Tobacco
Institute, 1960-66.
Methodist.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; Delta
Sigma Phi; United
World Federalists.
Died suddenly, from a coronary
occlusion, in Bahama, Durham
County, N.C., July 11,
1970 (age 66 years, 250
days).
Interment at Rock Creek Cemetery.
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Burton Kendall Wheeler (1882-1975) —
also known as Burton K. Wheeler —
of Butte, Silver Bow
County, Mont.
Born in Hudson, Middlesex
County, Mass., February
27, 1882.
Lawyer;
member of Montana
state house of representatives, 1911-13; U.S.
Attorney for Montana, 1913-18; U.S.
Senator from Montana, 1923-47; candidate for Governor of
Montana, 1920; Progressive candidate for Vice
President of the United States, 1924; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Montana, 1932,
1936,
1940.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Elks.
Died, from a stroke, in
1975
(age about
93 years).
Interment at Rock Creek Cemetery.
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William Dawson, Jr. (1885-1972) —
of Minnesota.
Born in St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn., August
11, 1885.
Son of William Dawson and Maria (Rice) Dawson.
Foreign Service officer; U.S. Vice & Deputy Consul General in SAINT Petersburg, 1908; Barcelona, 1908-10; Frankfort, 1910-13; U.S. Consul in Rosario, 1913-17; Montevideo, 1917-19; Danzig, 1919-21; Munich, 1921-22; U.S. Consul General in Mexico City, 1928-30; U.S. Minister to Ecuador, 1930-35; Colombia, 1934-37; Uruguay, 1937-39; U.S. Ambassador to Panama, 1939-41; Uruguay, 1941-46.
Episcopalian.
Member, Chi Psi.
Died in Blue Hill, Hancock
County, Maine, July 17,
1972 (age 86 years, 341
days).
Interment at Rock Creek Cemetery.
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James Kimbrough Jones (1839-1908) —
also known as James K. Jones —
of Washington, Hempstead
County, Ark.
Born in Marshall
County, Miss., September
29, 1839.
Democrat. Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; member
of Arkansas
state senate, 1873; U.S.
Representative from Arkansas 2nd District, 1881-85; U.S.
Senator from Arkansas, 1885-1903; Chairman of
Democratic National Committee, 1896-1900.
Died in Washington,
D.C., June 1,
1908 (age 68 years, 246
days).
Interment at Rock Creek Cemetery.
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James Kerr Kelly (1819-1903) —
also known as James K. Kelly —
of Clackamas
County, Ore.
Born in Blanchard, Centre
County, Pa., February
16, 1819.
Democrat. Went
to California for the 1849 Gold Rush; lawyer;
member of Oregon
territorial legislature, 1853; delegate
to Oregon state constitutional convention from Clackamas County,
1857; member of Oregon
state senate, 1860; U.S.
Attorney for Oregon, 1860-62; U.S.
Senator from Oregon, 1871-77; member of Democratic
National Committee from Oregon, 1876; justice of
Oregon state supreme court, 1878-80; chief
justice of Oregon state supreme court, 1878-80; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Oregon, 1888.
Died in Washington,
D.C., September
15, 1903 (age 84 years, 211
days).
Interment at Rock Creek Cemetery.
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Isidor Rayner (1850-1912) —
of Baltimore,
Md.
Born in Baltimore,
Md., April 11,
1850.
Son of William Solomon Rayner and Amalie (Jacobson) Rayner.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Maryland
state house of delegates, 1878-80; member of Maryland
state senate, 1886-87; U.S.
Representative from Maryland 4th District, 1887-89, 1891-95; Maryland
state attorney general, 1899-1903; U.S.
Senator from Maryland, 1905-12; died in office 1912; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Maryland, 1912
(member, Platform
and Resolutions Committee; speaker).
Jewish.
Died in Washington,
D.C., November
25, 1912 (age 62 years, 228
days).
Interment at Rock Creek Cemetery.
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William Manning Rountree (1917-1995) —
also known as William M. Rountree —
of Maryland; Florida.
Born in Swainsboro, Emanuel
County, Ga., March 28,
1917.
Son of William Manning Rountree (1877-1918) and Clyde (Branam)
Rountree (1878-1970).
Foreign Service officer; U.S. Ambassador to Pakistan, 1959-62; Sudan, 1962-65; South Africa, 1965-70; Brazil, 1970-73.
Died, of cancer, in
Shands Hospital,
Gainesville, Alachua
County, Fla., March 11,
1995 (age 77 years, 348
days).
Interment at Rock Creek Cemetery.
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Gerald Augustin Drew (1903-1970) —
also known as Gerald A. Drew —
of San
Francisco, Calif.
Born in San
Francisco, Calif., June 20,
1903.
Son of John S. Drew and Theresa M. (Fredericks) Drew.
U.S. Vice Consul in Pará, 1928-30; U.S. Consul in Quito, 1940-42; Guatemala City, 1942-44; Paris, 1944-46; U.S. Minister to Jordan, 1950; U.S. Ambassador to Bolivia, 1954-57; Haiti, 1957-60.
Member, Phi
Kappa Tau.
Died in 1970
(age about
67 years).
Interment at Rock Creek Cemetery.
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Francis Edward Meloy, Jr. (1917-1976) —
also known as Francis E. Meloy, Jr. —
of Washington,
D.C.
Born in Washington,
D.C., March 28,
1917.
Son of Francis E. Meloy, Sr. and Anne Teresa (Connor) Meloy.
Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; Foreign Service officer;
U.S. Vice Consul in Dhahran, 1946; personal assistant to Secretary of State Dean
Acheson, 1946-53; U.S. Ambassador to Dominican Republic, 1969-73; Guatamala, 1973-76; Lebanon, 1976, died in office 1976.
Kidnapped from his car, along with two others, and shot to
death,
in Beirut, Lebanon,
June
16, 1976 (age 59 years, 80
days).
Interment at Rock Creek Cemetery.
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Stephen Johnson Field (1816-1899) —
also known as Stephen J. Field —
of Yuba
County, Calif.
Born in Haddam, Middlesex
County, Conn., November
4, 1816.
Went
to California for the 1849 Gold Rush; member of California
state assembly 14th District, 1851-52; justice of
California state supreme court, 1857-63; chief
justice of California state supreme court, 1859-63; Justice
of U.S. Supreme Court, 1863-97; arrested
in San Francisco, August 16, 1889, on charges
of being party to the alleged murder
of David
S. Terry; released on bail; ultimately the killing was ruled to
be justifiable homicide.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Washington,
D.C., April 9,
1899 (age 82 years, 156
days).
Interment at Rock Creek Cemetery.
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Nathan Bay Scott (1842-1924) —
also known as Nathan B. Scott —
of Wheeling, Ohio
County, W.Va.
Born near Quaker City, Guernsey
County, Ohio, December
18, 1842.
Republican. Member of West
Virginia state senate 1st District, 1883-90; member of Republican
National Committee from West Virginia, 1888-1914; U.S.
Senator from West Virginia, 1899-1911.
Died January
2, 1924 (age 81 years, 15
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Rock Creek Cemetery.
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Waldemar John Gallman (1899-1980) —
also known as Waldemar J. Gallman —
of Wellsville, Allegany
County, N.Y.
Born in Wellsville, Allegany
County, N.Y., April 27,
1899.
Foreign Service officer; U.S. Consul in Danzig, 1938; London, 1943; U.S. Ambassador to Poland, 1948-50; South Africa, 1951-54; Iraq, 1954; Director General of the U.S. Foreign Service,
1958-61.
Died in Washington,
D.C., June 28,
1980 (age 81 years, 62
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Rock Creek Cemetery.
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Thomas Weston Tipton (1817-1899) —
also known as Thomas W. Tipton —
of Brownville, Nemaha
County, Neb.
Born in Ohio, 1817.
Democrat. Member of Ohio state legislature, 1845; U.S.
Senator from Nebraska, 1867-75; candidate for Governor of
Nebraska, 1880.
Died in 1899
(age about
82 years).
Interment at Rock Creek Cemetery.
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Nathan Oakes Murphy (1849-1908) —
also known as Nathan O. Murphy —
of Prescott, Yavapai
County, Ariz.; Phoenix, Maricopa
County, Ariz.
Born in Jefferson, Lincoln
County, Maine, October
14, 1849.
Republican. Secretary
of Arizona Territory, 1889; Governor of
Arizona Territory, 1892-93, 1898-1902; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Arizona Territory, 1892;
Delegate
to U.S. Congress from Arizona Territory, 1895-97; defeated, 1900.
Died in Coronado, San Diego
County, Calif., August
22, 1908 (age 58 years, 313
days).
Original interment at Masonic
Cemetery, San Diego, Calif.; reinterment at Rock Creek Cemetery.
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Robert Stockwell Reynolds Hitt (1876-1938) —
also known as R. S. Reynolds Hitt —
of Mt. Morris, Ogle
County, Ill.
Born in 1876.
Son of Robert
Roberts Hitt and Sallie A. (Reynolds) Hitt.
U.S. Minister to Panama, 1909-10; Guatamala, 1910-13.
Died in 1938
(age about
62 years).
Interment at Rock Creek Cemetery.
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Francis Preston Blair Lee (1857-1944) —
also known as Blair Lee —
of Silver Spring, Montgomery
County, Md.
Born in Silver Spring, Montgomery
County, Md., August 9,
1857.
Democrat. Member of Maryland
state senate, 1906-12; candidate for nomination for Governor of
Maryland, 1911; U.S.
Senator from Maryland, 1914-17; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Maryland, 1916.
Episcopalian.
First
U.S. Senator elected by the direct vote of the people, under the 17th
Amendment to the Constitution.
Died in Norwood, Montgomery
County, Md., December
25, 1944 (age 87 years, 138
days).
Interment at Rock Creek Cemetery.
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Myron Melvin Cowen (1898-1965) —
also known as Myron M. Cowen —
of Des Moines, Polk
County, Iowa; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Logan, Harrison
County, Iowa, January
25, 1898.
Son of Aaron Harry Cowen and Dora T. (Biala) Cowen.
Lawyer;
U.S. Ambassador to Australia, 1948-49; Philippines, 1949-51; Belgium, 1952-53.
Member, American Bar
Association.
Died, in Georgetown University Hospital,
Washington,
D.C., November
1, 1965 (age 67 years, 280
days).
Interment at Rock Creek Cemetery.
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Thomas Nelson Page (1853-1922) —
also known as Thomas N. Page —
of Washington,
D.C.
Born in Oakland Plantation, Hanover
County, Va., April 23,
1853.
Son of Maj. John Page and Elizabeth Burwell (Nelson) Page.
Lawyer;
author;
U.S. Ambassador to Italy, 1913-19.
Died in Oakland Plantation, Hanover
County, Va., November
1, 1922 (age 69 years, 192
days).
Interment at Rock Creek Cemetery.
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Relatives: Son
of Maj. John Page and Elizabeth Burwell (Nelson) Page; married 1886 to Anne
Seddon Bruce (died 1888); married 1893 to
Florence (Lathrop) Field. |
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dossier |
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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.
Son of James Nathan Beck and Margretta C. (Darling) Beck.
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.
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John Gordon Mein (1913-1968) —
of Maryland.
Born in Cadiz, Trigg
County, Ky., September
10, 1913.
Foreign Service officer; U.S. Ambassador to Guatamala, 1965-68, died in office 1968.
Shot
and killed by
terrorists who ambushed his limousine,
in Guatemala City, Guatemala,
August
28, 1968 (age 54 years, 353
days).
Interment at Rock Creek Cemetery.
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Winthrop Gilman Brown (1907-1987) —
also known as Winthrop G. Brown —
of Washington,
D.C.
Born in Seal Harbor, Hancock
County, Maine, July 12,
1907.
Son of William Adams Brown and Helen Gilman (Noyes) Brown.
Lawyer;
Foreign Service officer; U.S. Ambassador to Laos, 1960-62; South Korea, 1964-67.
Member, Zeta Psi.
Helped to coordinate the Lend-Lease program during World War II.
Died in 1987
(age about
79 years).
Interment at Rock Creek Cemetery.
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Leland Judd Barrows (1906-1988) —
also known as Leland J. Barrows —
of Kansas.
Born in Hutchinson, Reno
County, Kan., October
27, 1906.
Son of Eugene Barrows and Florence Emma (Judd) Barrows.
Newspaper
reporter; radio
broadcaster; Foreign Service officer; U.S. Ambassador to Cameroon, 1960-66; Togo, 1960-61.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; Council on
Foreign Relations.
Died in Washington,
D.C., March 3,
1988 (age 81 years, 128
days).
Interment at Rock Creek Cemetery.
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John Dewey Hickerson (1898-1989) —
also known as John D. Hickerson; Jack D.
Hickerson —
of Texas.
Born in Crawford, McLennan
County, Tex., January
26, 1898.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; Foreign Service officer;
U.S. Vice Consul in Rio de Janeiro, 1924; U.S. Consul in Pará, 1925; Ottawa, 1925-26; U.S. Ambassador to Finland, 1955-59; Philippines, 1959-61.
While serving as director of the State Department's Office of
European Affairs in 1947-49, he was one of the main architects of the
North Atlantic Treaty, the founding document of NATO.
Died in 1989
(age about
91 years).
Interment at Rock Creek Cemetery.
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Maurice Marshall Bernbaum (1910-2008) —
also known as Maurice M. Bernbaum —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., February
15, 1910.
Son of Louis Bernbaum and Anne (Warsaw) Bernbaum.
Foreign Service officer; U.S. Vice Consul in Vancouver, 1936-38; Singapore, 1938-41; Caracas, 1942-45; Managua, 1947; U.S. Consul in Quito, 1948-50; U.S. Ambassador to Ecuador, 1960-65; Venezuela, 1965-69.
Died, from cerebralvascular
disease and dementia,
in Mitchellville, Prince
George's County, Md., March 9,
2008 (age 98 years, 23
days).
Interment at Rock Creek Cemetery.
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Bishop Walden Perkins (1841-1894) —
also known as Bishop W. Perkins —
of Oswego, Labette
County, Kan.
Born in Kansas, 1841.
Republican. U.S.
Representative from Kansas, 1883-91 (at-large 1883-85, 3rd
District 1885-91); U.S.
Senator from Kansas, 1892-93.
Died in 1894
(age about
53 years).
Interment at Rock Creek Cemetery.
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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.
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Otis Theodore Wingo (1877-1930) —
also known as Otis Wingo —
of De Queen, Sevier
County, Ark.
Born in Weakley
County, Tenn., June 18,
1877.
Son of Theodore Wingo and Jane Wingo.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Arkansas
state senate, 1907-08; U.S.
Representative from Arkansas 4th District, 1913-30; died in
office 1930.
Died October
21, 1930 (age 53 years, 125
days).
Interment at Rock Creek Cemetery.
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John Marshall Harlan (1833-1911) —
of Kentucky.
Born in Boyle
County, Ky., June 1,
1833.
Son of James
Harlan.
County judge in Kentucky, 1858-59; U.S.
Attorney for Kentucky, 1861-63; Kentucky
state attorney general, 1861-65; Justice
of U.S. Supreme Court, 1877-1911.
Presbyterian.
Died October
14, 1911 (age 78 years, 135
days).
Interment at Rock Creek Cemetery.
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Louis Leon Ludlow (1873-1950) —
also known as Louis Ludlow —
of Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind.
Born near Connersville, Fayette
County, Ind., June 24,
1873.
Democrat. Newspaper
reporter; newspaper
correspondent; U.S.
Representative from Indiana, 1929-49 (7th District 1929-33, 12th
District 1933-43, 11th District 1943-49).
Methodist.
One of the leading isolationists in Congress; sponsor in 1935-41 of a
proposal to require a national referendum before the country could
declare war. Early advocate of an Equal Rights Amendment to give
women the same legal rights and privileges as men.
Died, probably from heart
trouble, in Washington,
D.C., November
28, 1950 (age 77 years, 157
days).
Interment at Rock Creek Cemetery.
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John Carl Williams Hinshaw (1894-1956) —
also known as Carl Hinshaw —
of Pasadena, Los Angeles
County, Calif.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., July 28,
1894.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; real
estate and insurance
business; U.S.
Representative from California, 1939-56 (11th District 1939-43,
20th District 1943-56); defeated, 1936; died in office 1956;
alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from California,
1948.
Died, of pneumonia
and congestive
heart failure, in the Bethesda
Naval Hospital, Bethesda, Montgomery
County, Md., August 5,
1956 (age 62 years, 8
days).
Interment at Rock Creek Cemetery.
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Dwight Johnson Porter (1916-2006) —
also known as Dwight J. Porter —
Born in Shawnee, Pottawatomie
County, Okla., April 12,
1916.
Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II; U.S. Ambassador
to Lebanon, 1965-70.
Died in Rancho Mirage, Riverside
County, Calif., June 4,
2006 (age 90 years, 53
days).
Interment at Rock Creek Cemetery.
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William Raymond Green (1856-1947) —
also known as William R. Green —
of Audubon, Audubon
County, Iowa; Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie
County, Iowa.
Born in Colchester, New London
County, Conn., November
7, 1856.
Son of Timothy Franklin Green and Sarah Maria (Raymond) Green.
Republican. Lawyer; economist;
district judge in Iowa 15th District, 1894-1911; U.S.
Representative from Iowa 9th District, 1911-28; Judge of
U.S. Court of Claims, 1928-40.
Member, Elks; Knights
of Pythias; Freemasons.
Died in Bellport, Suffolk
County, Long Island, N.Y., June 11,
1947 (age 90 years, 216
days).
Interment at Rock Creek Cemetery.
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James Dunbar Bell (1911-1979) —
of Washington,
D.C.; Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz
County, Calif.
Born in Lebanon, Grafton
County, N.H., July 1,
1911.
Son of Frank Upham Bell and Louise (Dunbar) Bell.
Democrat. Foreign Service officer; U.S. Ambassador to Malaysia, 1964; member of California
Democratic State Central Committee, 1971-72.
Member, Society
of the Cincinnati.
Died in Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz
County, Calif., April 14,
1979 (age 67 years, 287
days).
Interment at Rock Creek Cemetery.
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Relatives: Son
of Frank Upham Bell and Louise (Dunbar) Bell; married, December
4, 1934, to Helen Foy Johnstone (divorced 1960); married 1961 to
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Blair Lee III (1916-1985) —
of Silver Spring, Montgomery
County, Md.
Born in Silver Spring, Montgomery
County, Md., May 19,
1916.
Son of Elizabeth (Wilson) Lee and Edward
Brooke Lee.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; newspaper
editor; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Maryland,
1948,
1960,
1964,
1968
(alternate), 1972;
member of Maryland
state house of delegates, 1955-62; member of Maryland
state senate, 1967-69; secretary of
state of Maryland, 1969-71; Lieutenant
Governor of Maryland, 1971-79; Governor of
Maryland, 1977-79.
Episcopalian.
Died October
25, 1985 (age 69 years, 159
days).
Interment at Rock Creek Cemetery.
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John Emmett Carland (1853-1922) —
also known as John E. Carland —
of Burleigh
County, N.Dak.; Sioux Falls, Minnehaha
County, S.Dak.
Born in Oswego
County, N.Y., December
11, 1853.
Son of Capt. John Carland.
Lawyer;
U.S.
Attorney for Dakota Territory, 1885-88; justice of
Dakota territorial supreme court, 1888-89; delegate
to North Dakota state constitutional convention from Burleigh
County, 1889; U.S.
District Judge for South Dakota, 1896-1910; Judge of
U.S. Commerce Court, 1910-13.
Died November
11, 1922 (age 68 years, 335
days).
Interment at Rock Creek Cemetery.
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James Benjamin Aswell (1869-1931) —
also known as James B. Aswell —
of Natchitoches, Natchitoches
Parish, La.
Born in Jackson
Parish, La., December
23, 1869.
Son of Benjamin W. Aswell and Elizabeth (Lyles) Aswell.
Democrat. School teacher
and principal; Louisiana
superintendent of public instruction, 1904-08; Chancellor,
University of Mississippi, 1907; president,
Louisiana State Normal College, 1908-11; U.S.
Representative from Louisiana 8th District, 1913-31; died in
office 1931.
Baptist.
Died in Washington,
D.C., March 16,
1931 (age 61 years, 83
days).
Interment at Rock Creek Cemetery.
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Upton Beall Sinclair (1878-1968) —
also known as Upton Sinclair —
of California.
Born in Baltimore,
Md., September
20, 1878.
Novelist
and social crusader; author of
The Jungle, about the meat-packing industry in Chicago; arrested
in 1914 for picketing
in front of the Standard Oil Building in New York; Socialist
candidate for U.S.
Representative from California 10th District, 1920; Socialist
candidate for U.S.
Senator from California, 1922; candidate for Governor of
California, 1926 (Socialist), 1934 (Democratic); Socialist
candidate for Presidential Elector for California, 1928,
1932;
received the Pulitzer
Prize for fiction in 1943 for the novel
Dragon's Teeth.
Member, United
World Federalists; League
for Industrial Democracy; American Civil
Liberties Union.
Died in Bound Brook, Somerset
County, N.J., November
25, 1968 (age 90 years, 66
days).
Interment at Rock Creek Cemetery.
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Arthur Lincoln Richards (1907-1991) —
also known as Arthur L. Richards —
of Pasadena, Los Angeles
County, Calif.
Born in Emmett, Gem
County, Idaho, June 21,
1907.
Foreign Service officer; U.S. Vice Consul in Teheran, 1932; U.S. Ambassador to Ethiopia, 1960-62.
Died in Bethesda, Montgomery
County, Md., February
22, 1991 (age 83 years, 246
days).
Interment at Rock Creek Cemetery.
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William Clyde Trueheart (1918-1992) —
also known as William C. Trueheart; Bill
Trueheart —
of Washington,
D.C.
Born in Chester, Chesterfield
County, Va., December
18, 1918.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; Foreign Service officer;
U.S. Ambassador to Nigeria, 1969-71.
Died, of cancer, in
Sibley Hospital,
Washington,
D.C., December
24, 1992 (age 74 years, 6
days).
Interment at Rock Creek Cemetery.
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John Vines Wright (1828-1908) —
of Tennessee.
Born in Purdy, McNairy
County, Tenn., June 28,
1828.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from Tennessee 7th District, 1855-61; colonel in
the Confederate Army during the Civil War; Representative
from Tennessee in the Confederate Congress, 1862-65; justice of
Tennessee state supreme court; candidate for Governor of
Tennessee, 1880.
Died in Washington,
D.C., June 11,
1908 (age 79 years, 349
days).
Interment at Rock Creek Cemetery.
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William August Rodenberg (1865-1937) —
also known as William A. Rodenberg —
of East St. Louis, St. Clair
County, Ill.
Born in Chester, Randolph
County, Ill., October
30, 1865.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Illinois,
1896,
1908,
1916,
1920;
U.S.
Representative from Illinois, 1899-1901, 1903-13, 1915-23 (21st
District 1899-1901, 22nd District 1903-13, 1915-23).
Died in 1937
(age about
71 years).
Interment at Rock Creek Cemetery.
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Willis Van Devanter (1859-1941) —
of Cheyenne, Laramie
County, Wyo.
Born in Marion, Grant
County, Ind., April 17,
1859.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Wyoming
territorial legislature, 1888; justice of
Wyoming territorial supreme court, 1889; member of Republican
National Committee from Wyoming, 1896; federal
judge, 1903; Justice
of U.S. Supreme Court, 1910-37.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Washington,
D.C., February
8, 1941 (age 81 years, 297
days).
Interment at Rock Creek Cemetery.
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Stephen Wallace Dempsey (1862-1949) —
also known as S. Wallace Dempsey —
of Lockport, Niagara
County, N.Y.
Born in Hartland, Niagara
County, N.Y., May 8,
1862.
Republican. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from New York 40th District, 1915-31; alternate
delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1928.
Died in Washington,
D.C., March 1,
1949 (age 86 years, 297
days).
Interment at Rock Creek Cemetery.
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Addison Taylor Smith (1862-1956) —
also known as Addison T. Smith —
of Twin Falls, Twin Falls
County, Idaho.
Born near Cambridge, Guernsey
County, Ohio, September
5, 1862.
Republican. U.S.
Representative from Idaho, 1913-33 (at-large 1913-17, 2nd
District 1917-33).
Died of lung
cancer, in Washington,
D.C., July 5,
1956 (age 93 years, 304
days).
Interment at Rock Creek Cemetery.
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Benjamin Sumner Welles (1892-1961) —
also known as Sumner Welles —
of Oxon Hill, Prince
George's County, Md.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., October
14, 1892.
Son of Benjamin J. Welles (1857-1935) and Frances Wyeth (Swan) Welles
(1863-1911).
Democrat. U.S. Ambassador to Cuba, 1933; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Maryland, 1936,
1940;
U.S. Undersecretary of State, 1937-43.
Episcopalian.
Member, Council on
Foreign Relations.
Died September
24, 1961 (age 68 years, 345
days).
Interment at Rock Creek Cemetery.
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Stanton Judkins Peelle (1843-1928) —
also known as Stanton J. Peelle —
of Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind.; Chevy Chase, Montgomery
County, Md.
Born in Wayne
County, Ind., February
11, 1843.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; lawyer;
member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1877; U.S.
Representative from Indiana 7th District, 1881-84; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Indiana, 1888
(alternate), 1892;
Judge
of U.S. Court of Claims, 1892-1913; law
professor.
Presbyterian.
Died in Washington,
D.C., September
4, 1928 (age 85 years, 206
days).
Interment at Rock Creek Cemetery.
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Samuel Billingsley Hill (1875-1958) —
also known as Samuel B. Hill; Sam B. Hill —
of Waterville, Douglas
County, Wash.
Born in Franklin, Izard
County, Ark., April 2,
1875.
Democrat. Lawyer; Douglas
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1907-11; superior court judge in
Washington, 1917-23; U.S.
Representative from Washington 5th District, 1923-36; defeated,
1922; judge, U.S. Board of Tax Appeals (Tax Court), 1936-53.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Bethesda, Montgomery
County, Md., March 16,
1958 (age 82 years, 348
days).
Interment at Rock Creek Cemetery.
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Clare Hayes Timberlake (1907-1982) —
also known as Clare H. Timberlake —
of Jackson, Jackson
County, Mich.; Fort Sumner, Montgomery
County, Md.
Born in Jackson, Jackson
County, Mich., October
29, 1907.
Foreign Service officer; U.S. Vice Consul in Toronto, 1931; Buenos Aires, 1932; Zurich, 1938; U.S. Ambassador to Congo (Leopoldville), 1960-61.
Died in a nursing
home at Bethesda, Montgomery
County, Md., February
22, 1982 (age 74 years, 116
days).
Interment at Rock Creek Cemetery.
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George Willmot Renchard (1907-1982) —
also known as George W. Renchard —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., June 19,
1907.
Foreign Service officer; U.S. Vice Consul in Izmir, 1932; U.S. Consul in Algiers, 1944; Paris, 1944; U.S. Ambassador to Burundi, 1968-69.
Killed in an automobile
accident in Saudi
Arabia, January
15, 1982 (age 74 years, 210
days).
Interment at Rock Creek Cemetery.
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Benjamin Butterworth (1837-1898) —
of Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio.
Born near Maineville, Warren
County, Ohio, October
22, 1837.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Ohio state
senate, 1874-75; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 1st District, 1879-83, 1885-91; delegate
to Republican National Convention from Ohio, 1880;
U.S. Commissioner of Patents, 1896-98.
Died in Thomasville, Thomas
County, Ga., January
16, 1898 (age 60 years, 86
days).
Interment at Rock Creek Cemetery.
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Samuel Greeley Hilborn (1834-1899) —
also known as Samuel G. Hilborn —
of Vallejo, Solano
County, Calif.; San
Francisco, Calif.; Oakland, Alameda
County, Calif.
Born in Minot, Androscoggin
County, Maine, December
9, 1834.
Republican. Member of California
state assembly, 1875-79; delegate
to California state constitutional convention, 1879; alternate
delegate to Republican National Convention from California, 1880;
U.S.
Attorney for the Northern District of California, 1883-86; U.S.
Representative from California 3rd District, 1892-94, 1895-99.
Died in Washington,
D.C., April 19,
1899 (age 64 years, 131
days).
Interment at Rock Creek Cemetery.
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Richard Wellington Townshend (1840-1889) —
also known as Richard W. Townshend —
of Shawneetown, Gallatin
County, Ill.
Born in Prince
George's County, Md., April 13,
1840.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Illinois 19th District, 1877-89; died in
office 1889.
Died in Washington,
D.C., 1889
(age about
49 years).
Interment at Rock Creek Cemetery.
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Hubert Anton Casimir Dilger (1836-1911) —
also known as Hubert Dilger —
of Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio; Sangamon
County, Ill.; Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in Sulgen, Germany,
March
5, 1836.
Son of Eduard Dilger and Emmeline (Duerr) Dilger.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; Adjutant
General of Illinois, 1869-73; appointed 1869.
German
ancestry.
Received the Medal
of Honor in 1893 for action in the Battle of Chancellorsville,
May 2, 1863.
Died in Front Royal, Warren
County, Va., May 4,
1911 (age 75 years, 60
days).
Interment at Rock Creek Cemetery.
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Jesse Corcoran Adkins (1879-1955) —
of Chevy Chase, Montgomery
County, Md.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Knoxville, Knox
County, Tenn., April 13,
1879.
Son of Milton T. Adkins and Sarah Elizabeth (Walker) Adkins.
Republican. Lawyer; law
professor; justice of
District of Columbia supreme court, 1930-36; U.S.
District Judge for the District of Columbia, 1936-46; took senior
status 1946.
Disciples
of Christ. Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons;
Phi
Alpha Delta.
Died in Washington,
D.C., March 29,
1955 (age 75 years, 350
days).
Interment at Rock Creek Cemetery.
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Beriah Wilkins (1846-1905) —
of Uhrichsville, Tuscarawas
County, Ohio.
Born near Richwood, Union
County, Ohio, July 10,
1846.
Democrat. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; member of Ohio state
senate, 1880; U.S.
Representative from Ohio, 1883-89 (16th District 1883-85, 15th
District 1885-87, 16th District 1887-89).
Died in Washington,
D.C., June 7,
1905 (age 58 years, 332
days).
Interment at Rock Creek Cemetery.
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Joseph Weeks Babcock (1850-1909) —
also known as Joseph W. Babcock —
of Necedah, Juneau
County, Wis.
Born in Swanton, Franklin
County, Vt., March 6,
1850.
Republican. Lumber
business; member of Wisconsin
state assembly, 1889-92; U.S.
Representative from Wisconsin 3rd District, 1893-1907.
Died in Washington,
D.C., April 27,
1909 (age 59 years, 52
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Rock Creek Cemetery.
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Thetus Willrette Sims (1852-1939) —
also known as Thetus W. Sims —
of Linden, Perry
County, Tenn.
Born in Wayne
County, Tenn., April 25,
1852.
Democrat. Lawyer; superintendent
of schools; Presidential Elector for Tennessee, 1892;
U.S.
Representative from Tennessee 8th District, 1897-1921.
Died in 1939
(age about
87 years).
Interment at Rock Creek Cemetery.
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John William Boehne, Jr. (1895-1973) —
also known as John W. Boehne, Jr. —
of Evansville, Vanderburgh
County, Ind.
Born in Evansville, Vanderburgh
County, Ind., March 2,
1895.
Son of John
William Boehne, Sr. and Emilie (Ide) Boehne.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer; manufacturer;
U.S.
Representative from Indiana, 1931-43 (1st District 1931-33, 8th
District 1933-43); defeated, 1928 (1st District), 1942 (8th District).
Lutheran.
Member, Kiwanis.
Died in Irvington, Baltimore
County, Md., July 5,
1973 (age 78 years, 125
days).
Interment at Rock Creek Cemetery.
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Lewis Edwin Payson (1840-1909) —
also known as Lewis E. Payson —
of Pontiac, Livingston
County, Ill.
Born in Providence, Providence
County, R.I., September
17, 1840.
Republican. U.S.
Representative from Illinois, 1881-91 (8th District 1881-83, 9th
District 1883-91).
Died in Washington,
D.C., October
4, 1909 (age 69 years, 17
days).
Interment at Rock Creek Cemetery.
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Herbert Stewart Goold (1886-1971) —
also known as Herbert S. Goold —
of San
Francisco, Calif.
Born in San
Francisco, Calif., August
10, 1886.
Son of Edmond Louis Goold and Louise Keating (Stewart) Goold.
Lawyer;
U.S. Consul General in Beirut, 1931-34; Helsingfors, 1934-36; Toronto, 1937; Casablanca, 1937-38.
Died in Silver Spring, Montgomery
County, Md., April 20,
1971 (age 84 years, 253
days).
Interment at Rock Creek Cemetery.
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John Wilbur Dwight (1859-1928) —
also known as John W. Dwight —
of Dryden, Tompkins
County, N.Y.
Born in Dryden, Tompkins
County, N.Y., May 24,
1859.
Son of Jeremiah
Wilbur Dwight and Rebecca A. Dwight.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from New York,
1888,
1892,
1900,
1904,
1920;
U.S.
Representative from New York, 1902-13 (26th District 1902-03,
30th District 1903-13); president, Virginia Blue Ridge Railway,
1913-28.
Member, Union
League.
Died in Washington,
D.C., January
19, 1928 (age 68 years, 240
days).
Interment at Rock Creek Cemetery.
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Israel Moore Foster (1873-1950) —
of Ohio.
Born in Athens, Athens
County, Ohio, January
12, 1873.
Republican. Lawyer; Athens
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1902-10; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 10th District, 1919-25; Commissioner,
U.S. Court of Claims, 1925-42.
Died in Washington,
D.C., June 10,
1950 (age 77 years, 149
days).
Interment at Rock Creek Cemetery.
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John Bullock Clark, Jr. (1831-1903) —
also known as John B. Clark, Jr. —
of Fayette, Howard
County, Mo.
Born in Fayette, Howard
County, Mo., January
14, 1831.
Son of John
Bullock Clark.
Republican. Lawyer;
general in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; member of Republican
National Committee from Missouri, 1870-72; U.S.
Representative from Missouri 11th District, 1873-83.
Died in Washington,
D.C., September
7, 1903 (age 72 years, 236
days).
Interment at Rock Creek Cemetery.
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Harry M. Clabaugh (1856-1914) —
of Westminster, Carroll
County, Md.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Cumberland, Allegany
County, Md., July 16,
1856.
Son of G. W. Clabaugh and Ellen Clabaugh.
Republican. Lawyer;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Maryland, 1884;
Maryland
Republican state chair, 1891-95; Maryland
state attorney general, 1895-99; justice of
District of Columbia supreme court, 1903.
Died in Washington,
D.C., March 6,
1914 (age 57 years, 233
days).
Interment at Rock Creek Cemetery.
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Relatives:
Married to Catherine Swope. |
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Alice Lee Roosevelt Longworth (1884-1980) —
also known as Alice Roosevelt Longworth; Alice Lee
Roosevelt; "Princess Alice" —
of Washington,
D.C.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., February
12, 1884.
Daughter of Theodore
Roosevelt and Alice Hathaway (Lee) Roosevelt (1861-1884).
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Ohio, 1936,
1940;
newspaper
columnist.
Female.
Died, from pneumonia,
emphysema,
and cardiac
arrest, in Washington,
D.C., February
20, 1980 (age 96 years, 8
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Rock Creek Cemetery.
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Relatives:
Second cousin four times removed of Nicholas
Roosevelt, Jr.; great-grandniece of James
I. Roosevelt; grandniece of Robert
Barnwell Roosevelt; daughter of Theodore
Roosevelt and Alice Hathaway (Lee) Roosevelt (1861-1884);
married, February
17, 1906, to Nicholas
Longworth; first cousin of Anna
Eleanor Roosevelt, Corinne
Robinson Alsop and William
Sheffield Cowles; half-sister of Theodore
Roosevelt, Jr.; first cousin once removed of James
Roosevelt, Elliott
Roosevelt and Franklin
Delano Roosevelt, Jr.. See Livingston-Seymour-Lee-Williams
family of New York. |
| | | See also Wikipedia
article — NNDB
dossier — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Books about Alice Roosevelt Longworth:
Carol Felsenthal, Princess
Alice: The Life and Times of Alice Roosevelt
Longworth |
| | | Image source: Time magazine, February
7, 1927 |
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William Farrington Aldrich (1853-1925) —
also known as William F. Aldrich —
of Aldrich, Shelby
County, Ala.
Born in Palmyra, Wayne
County, N.Y., March 11,
1853.
Son of William F. Aldrich and Louisa Maria (Klapp) Aldrich.
Republican. Civil
engineer; mining
business; manufacturer;
postmaster;
U.S.
Representative from Alabama 4th District, 1896-97, 1898-99,
1900-01; delegate to Republican National Convention from Alabama, 1900,
1904.
Died in Birmingham, Jefferson
County, Ala., October
30, 1925 (age 72 years, 233
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Rock Creek Cemetery.
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Dow Watters Harter (1885-1971) —
also known as Dow W. Harter —
of Akron, Summit
County, Ohio.
Born in Akron, Summit
County, Ohio, January
2, 1885.
Son of Josiah J. Harter and Anna Lillian (Watters) Harter.
Democrat. Member of Ohio state
house of representatives, 1919-20; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 14th District, 1933-43.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons;
Elks; Eagles; Moose.
Died in Washington,
D.C., September
4, 1971 (age 86 years, 245
days).
Interment at Rock Creek Cemetery.
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Peter Force (1790-1868) —
of Washington,
D.C.
Born November
26, 1790.
Son of William Force and Sarah (Ferguson) Force.
Served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; mayor
of Washington, D.C., 1836-40.
Died January
23, 1868 (age 77 years, 58
days).
Interment at Rock Creek Cemetery.
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Martin Franklin Conway (1827-1882) —
also known as Martin F. Conway —
of Topeka, Shawnee
County, Kan.; Lawrence, Douglas
County, Kan.
Born near Fallston, Harford
County, Md., November
19, 1827.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Kansas,
1856;
U.S.
Representative from Kansas at-large, 1859-63; U.S. Consul in Marseille, 1866.
Died in Washington,
D.C., February
15, 1882 (age 54 years, 88
days).
Interment at Rock Creek Cemetery.
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William Wirt Dixon (1838-1910) —
also known as William W. Dixon —
of Butte, Silver Bow
County, Mont.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., June 3,
1838.
Democrat. Member of Montana
territorial House of Representatives, 1871; delegate to
Montana state constitutional convention, 1883, 1889; U.S.
Representative from Montana at-large, 1891-93.
Died in Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., November
13, 1910 (age 72 years, 163
days).
Original interment at Old
Calvary Cemetery (which no longer exists), Los Angeles, Calif.;
reinterment in 1911 at Rock Creek Cemetery.
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Jeremiah Morrow Wilson (1828-1901) —
of Indiana.
Born in Ohio, 1828.
Republican. U.S.
Representative from Indiana 4th District, 1871-75.
Died in 1901
(age about
73 years).
Interment at Rock Creek Cemetery.
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Abner Taylor (1829-1903) —
of Illinois.
Born in Maine, 1829.
Republican. Member of Illinois state legislature, 1884; U.S.
Representative from Illinois 1st District, 1889-93.
Died April 13,
1903 (age about 73
years).
Interment at Rock Creek Cemetery.
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John Jay Kleiner (1845-1911) —
also known as John J. Kleiner —
of Evansville, Vanderburgh
County, Ind.
Born in West Hanover, Dauphin
County, Pa., February
8, 1845.
Democrat. Mayor
of Evansville, Ind., 1874-80; U.S.
Representative from Indiana 1st District, 1883-87.
Died in Takoma Park, Montgomery
County, Md., April 8,
1911 (age 66 years, 59
days).
Interment at Rock Creek Cemetery.
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Henry Perkins Smith III (1911-1995) —
also known as Henry P. Smith III —
of North Tonawanda, Niagara
County, N.Y.
Born in North Tonawanda, Niagara
County, N.Y., September
29, 1911.
Son of Henry Perkins Smith (1871-1939) and Ida Hale (Hubbell) Smith
(born 1874).
Republican. Lawyer; mayor
of North Tonawanda, N.Y., 1961-63; Niagara
County Judge, 1963-64; U.S.
Representative from New York, 1965-75 (40th District 1965-73,
36th District 1973-75).
Presbyterian.
Member, Rotary.
Died in Washington,
D.C., October
1, 1995 (age 84 years, 2
days).
Interment at Rock Creek Cemetery.
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Jasper Ewing Brady (1797-1871) —
of Pennsylvania.
Born in Sunbury, Northumberland
County, Pa., March 4,
1797.
Member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 1844; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 16th District, 1847-49.
Died in Washington,
D.C., January
26, 1871 (age 73 years, 328
days).
Original interment at City
Cemetery, Sunbury, Pa.; reinterment in 1893 at Rock Creek
Cemetery.
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Daniel Eton Somes (1815-1888) —
also known as Daniel E. Somes —
of Biddeford, York
County, Maine.
Born in Meredith (part now in Laconia), Belknap
County, N.H., May 20,
1815.
Republican. Mayor
of Biddeford, Maine, 1855-56; U.S.
Representative from Maine 1st District, 1859-61.
Died in Washington,
D.C., February
13, 1888 (age 72 years, 269
days).
Interment at Rock Creek Cemetery.
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George Taylor (1820-1894) —
of New York.
Born in Virginia, October
19, 1820.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from New York 2nd District, 1857-59.
Died January
18, 1894 (age 73 years, 91
days).
Interment at Rock Creek Cemetery.
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Albert Gallatin Riddle (1816-1902) —
also known as Albert G. Riddle —
of Geauga
County, Ohio; Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Monson, Hampden
County, Mass., May 28,
1816.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Ohio state
house of representatives, 1848-50; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 19th District, 1861-63; U.S. Consul in
Matanzas, 1863-64.
Died in Washington,
D.C., May 16,
1902 (age 85 years, 353
days).
Interment at Rock Creek Cemetery.
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Effiegene Locke Wingo (1883-1962) —
also known as Effie Gene Locke —
of De Queen, Sevier
County, Ark.
Born in Lockesburg, Sevier
County, Ark., April 13,
1883.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from Arkansas 4th District, 1930-33.
Female.
Died in Burlington, Ontario,
September
19, 1962 (age 79 years, 159
days).
Interment at Rock Creek Cemetery.
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George Congdon Gorham (1832-1909) —
also known as George C. Gorham —
of Marysville, Yuba
County, Calif.; Sacramento, Sacramento
County, Calif.; San
Francisco, Calif.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Greenport, Suffolk
County, Long Island, N.Y., July 5,
1832.
Newspaper
editor; Union candidate for Governor of
California, 1867; member of Republican
National Committee from California, 1868-.
Died in Washington,
D.C., February
11, 1909 (age 76 years, 221
days).
Interment at Rock Creek Cemetery.
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Edward Kernan Campbell (1858-1938) —
of Birmingham, Jefferson
County, Ala.
Born in Abingdon, Washington
County, Va., April 17,
1858.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Alabama, 1912;
Judge
of U.S. Court of Claims, 1913.
Died December
7, 1938 (age 80 years, 234
days).
Interment at Rock Creek Cemetery.
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Hiram A. Boucher (1896-1967) —
of Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn.; Silver Spring, Montgomery
County, Md.
Born in Eureka, McPherson
County, S.Dak., December
14, 1896.
Son of Lyman Trumbull Boucher and Helen Augusta (Melville) Boucher.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; Foreign Service officer;
U.S. Vice Consul in Barcelona, 1921-24; U.S. Consul in Dublin, 1924-27; Cobh, 1928-29; Rome, 1929-36; Geneva, 1936-41; Auckland, 1941-45; U.S. Consul General in Rio de Janeiro, 1945-47.
Member, Phi
Delta Theta.
Died November
15, 1967 (age 70 years, 336
days).
Interment at Rock Creek Cemetery.
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Matthew Gault Emery (1818-1901) —
of Washington,
D.C.
Born in Pembroke, Merrimack
County, N.H., September
28, 1818.
Republican. Mayor
of Washington, D.C., 1870-71.
Died in Washington,
D.C., October
12, 1901 (age 83 years, 14
days).
Interment at Rock Creek Cemetery.
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George Gregg Fuller (1886-1973) —
of Alexandria,
Va.
Born in Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y., October
29, 1886.
Son of George R. Fuller and Helen (Gregg) Fuller.
Officer of telephone
companies, 1910-13; U.S. Vice Consul in Oslo, 1920; Malmo, 1921; Reval, 1922; Jerusalem, 1923; Teheran, 1924-25; Berlin, 1926; U.S. Consul in Berlin, 1926; Niagara Falls, 1927; Kingston, 1929-32; Winnipeg, 1938-43; SAINT John, 1943-44; Antwerp, 1944-45; major in the U.S. Army during World War II;
U.S. Consul General in Tunis, 1946-48.
Member, Psi
Upsilon.
Died March 12,
1973 (age 86 years, 134
days).
Interment at Rock Creek Cemetery.
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Charles Alexander Bay (1886-1978) —
also known as Charles A. Bay —
of Five Corners, Bucks
County, Pa.
Born in Columbus, Franklin
County, Ohio, June 7,
1886.
Son of William Lewis Bay and Cecelia Sarah (Radenbach) Bay.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; U.S. Vice Consul in Dublin, 1920-22; Casablanca, 1923; Port-au-Prince, 1924; U.S. Consul in Tampico, 1924-26; Corinto, 1926; Tientsin, 1927; Bangkok, 1928-29; Seville, 1936-39; U.S. Consul General in Milan, 1946-48.
Episcopalian.
Died in Lahaska, Bucks
County, Pa., June 2,
1978 (age 91 years, 360
days).
Interment at Rock Creek Cemetery.
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John Baldwin Raymond (1844-1886) —
Born in Lockport, Niagara
County, N.Y., December
5, 1844.
Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; Delegate
to U.S. Congress from Dakota Territory, 1883-85.
Died in Fargo, Cass
County, Dakota Territory (now N.Dak.), January
3, 1886 (age 41 years, 29
days).
Interment at Rock Creek Cemetery.
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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.
Son of James A. Fenning and Mary (Anderson) Fenning.
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.
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Hoval A. Smith (1876-c.1954) —
of Arizona.
Born in Iowa, 1876.
Republican. Mining engineer;
candidate for U.S.
Senator from Arizona, 1911.
Norwegian
ancestry.
Advocated the annexation of Sonora from Mexico to the U.S.
Died about 1954 (age about 78
years).
Interment at Rock Creek Cemetery.
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Relatives:
Married to Nina R. Smith. |
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Edmund Brewer Montgomery (1891-1970) —
also known as Edmund B. Montgomery —
of Quincy, Adams
County, Ill.
Born in Quincy, Adams
County, Ill., September
18, 1891.
Son of Robert Wishard Montgomery and Cora May (Rogers) Montgomery.
Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; Foreign Service officer;
U.S. Vice Consul in Port Limon, 1919; Barranquilla, 1920-22; Montevideo, 1922; U.S. Consul in Rio de Janeiro, 1922-24; London, 1924; Madras, 1926-29; San Luis Potosi, 1938.
Unitarian.
Member, Zeta Psi.
Died in 1970
(age about
78 years).
Interment at Rock Creek Cemetery.
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J. Enos Ray (d. 1934) —
of Baltimore,
Md.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Maryland,
1924,
1928;
Maryland
Democratic state chair, 1925-34.
Died in 1934.
Interment at Rock Creek Cemetery.
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Francis Preston Blair (1791-1876) —
also known as Francis P. Blair —
of Maryland.
Born in Abingdon, Washington
County, Va., April 12,
1791.
Son of Eliza Preston (Smith) Blair (1762-1818) and James
Blair.
Newspaper
publisher; member of Pres. Andrew
Jackson's "Kitchen Cabinet" of trusted advisors;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Maryland, 1856
(member, Platform
Committee), 1860;
advisor to Pres. Abraham
Lincoln during Civil War.
Died in Silver Spring, Montgomery
County, Md., October
18, 1876 (age 85 years, 189
days).
Entombed at Rock Creek Cemetery.
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Gist Blair (1860-1940) —
of St.
Louis, Mo.; Silver Spring, Montgomery
County, Md.; Kensington, Montgomery
County, Md.
Born in Washington,
D.C., September
10, 1860.
Son of Montgomery
Blair and Mary Elizabeth (Woodbury) Blair (1821-1887).
Republican. Lawyer;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Maryland, 1912
(alternate), 1916.
Died in Washington,
D.C., December
16, 1940 (age 80 years, 97
days).
Entombed at Rock Creek Cemetery.
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Lewis T. Breuninger, Sr. (c.1893-1974) —
of Washington,
D.C.
Born in Washington,
D.C., about 1893.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from District
of Columbia, 1956;
member of Republican
National Committee from District of Columbia, 1960-68.
Methodist.
Member, Kiwanis.
Died of a heart
attack, January
27, 1974 (age about 81
years).
Interment at Rock Creek Cemetery.
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John C. Shillock (d. 1980) —
U.S. Vice Consul in Buenos Aires, 1931-32.
Died April 2,
1980.
Interment at Rock Creek Cemetery.
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William C. Affeld, Jr. (1906-1985) —
of Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn.; Bethesda, Montgomery
County, Md.
Born October
20, 1906.
U.S. Vice Consul in Kobe, 1938.
Died in 1985
(age about
78 years).
Interment at Rock Creek Cemetery.
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Malcolm Stuart McConihe —
also known as Malcolm S. McConihe —
of Washington,
D.C.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from District of
Columbia, 1932,
1936,
1940,
1944.
Interment at Rock Creek Cemetery.
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George W. Paschal (b. 1812) —
of Texas.
Born in Greene
County, Ga., November
23, 1812.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Texas, 1868.
Interment at Rock Creek Cemetery.
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James Jackson (1757-1806) —
of Georgia.
Born in Devon, England,
September
21, 1757.
Delegate
to Georgia state constitutional convention, 1777; U.S.
Representative from Georgia at-large, 1789-91; U.S.
Senator from Georgia, 1793-95, 1801-06; died in office 1806; Governor of
Georgia, 1798-1801.
Killed George
Wells in a duel
in 1780; injured in both knees.
Died in Washington,
D.C., March 19,
1806 (age 48 years, 179
days).
Original interment at Rock Creek Cemetery; reinterment in 1832 at Congressional Cemetery.
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Hannis Taylor (1851-1922) —
of Alabama.
Born in 1851.
Son of Richard Nixon Taylor and Susan (Stevenson) Taylor.
U.S. Minister to Spain, 1893-97.
Author
of a biography of Cicero and numerous other books.
Died in 1922
(age about
71 years).
Originally entombed at Rock Creek Cemetery; reinterment at Fort
Lincoln Cemetery, Brentwood, Md.
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