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• Charles Wallace Adair, Jr. (b. 1914) — also known as Charles W. Adair, Jr. — of Arlington, Arlington County, Va.; Florida. Born in Xenia, Greene County, Ohio, January 26, 1914. Son of Charles Wallace Adair and Sarah Torrence (Goulard) Adair; married, November 28, 1947, to Caroline Lee Marshall. Foreign Service officer; U.S. Vice Consul in Nogales, 1940-41; Mexico City, 1941; Bombay, 1942-46; U.S. Ambassador to Panama, 1965-69; Uruguay, 1969-72. Episcopalian. Member, Phi Gamma Delta. Still living as of 1991.
  
  
• Clarence R. Ahalt (1888-1962) — of Arlington, Arlington County, Va.; Leesburg, Loudoun County, Va. Born in Rockville, Montgomery County, Md., May 28, 1888. Republican. Lawyer; farmer; candidate for Presidential Elector for Virginia, 1932; secretary of Virginia Republican Party, 1933-35; Virginia Republican state chair, 1935-44; delegate to Republican National Convention from Virginia, 1940, 1944; vice-chair of Virginia Republican Party, 1944-48. Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons; Rotary. Died in 1962. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• George Ainslie (1868-1931) — of Richmond, Va. Born in Richmond, Va., October 10, 1868. Son of George Alexander Ainslie and Janet (Currie) Ainslie; married 1893 to Marie Antoinette Burthe. Democrat. Police commissioner of Richmond, Va., 1903-06; mayor of Richmond, Va., 1912-24. Episcopalian. Member, Kappa Alpha Order. Died July 18, 1931. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• George Felix Allen, Jr. (b. 1952) — also known as George F. Allen, Jr. — of Virginia. Born in Whittier, Los Angeles County, Calif., March 8, 1952. Son of George Allen (Washington Redskins football coach) and Henriette (Lumbroso) Allen. Republican. Member of Virginia state legislature; U.S. Representative from Virginia 7th District, 1991-93; Governor of Virginia, 1994-98; U.S. Senator from Virginia, 2001-07; defeated, 2006. Episcopalian. Still living as of 2007.
  • See also: congressional biography; votes in Congress from the Washington Post; National Governors Association biography; Internet Movie Database profile.
  
  
• Robert Gray Allen (1902-1963) — also known as Robert G. Allen — of Greensburg, Westmoreland County, Pa. Born in Winchester, Middlesex County, Mass., August 24, 1902. Son of Arthur Harrison Allen and Sally (Gray) Allen; married, January 17, 1925, to Katharine Hancock Williamson. Democrat. Business executive; U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania 28th District, 1937-41. Episcopalian. Member, Eagles; Elks; Moose; Rotary. Died in Keene, Albemarle County, Va., August 9, 1963. Interment at Christ Episcopal Church, Keene, Va.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• William Knickle Allen (b. 1874) — also known as W. K. Allen — of Amherst, Amherst County, Va. Born in Amherst, Amherst County, Va., October 21, 1874. Son of Tinsley Lindsey Allen and Margaret (Gilmer) Allen; married, October 27, 1909, to Sallie Spotswood Huntt. Democrat. Lawyer; Presidential Elector for Virginia, 1904, 1924; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Virginia, 1940. Episcopalian. Member, American Bar Association; Phi Delta Phi. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Thomas Coleman Andrews (b. 1899) — also known as T. Coleman Andrews — of Richmond, Va. Born in Richmond, Va., February 19, 1899. Son of Cheatham William Andrews and Dora Lee (Pittman) Andrews; married, October 18, 1919, to Rae Wilson Reams; father of Thomas Coleman Andrews, Jr.. Accountant; Virginia state auditor, 1931-33; U.S. Commissioner of Internal Revenue, 1953-55; States Rights candidate for President of the United States, 1956. Episcopalian. Member, John Birch Society; Freemasons; Shriners. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown.
  • See also Andrews-Kemp family of Virginia
  
  
• Thurman Wesley Arnold (1891-1969) — also known as Thurman W. Arnold — of Laramie, Albany County, Wyo.; New Haven, New Haven County, Conn.; Washington, D.C.; Alexandria, Va. Born in Laramie, Albany County, Wyo., June 2, 1891. Son of Constantine Peter Arnold and Annie (Brockway) Arnold; married, September 7, 1917, to Frances Longan. Democrat. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during World War I; member of Wyoming state house of representatives, 1921; mayor of Laramie, Wyo., 1923-24; dean, College of Law, West Virginia University, 1927-30; professor of law, Yale University, from 1931; Judge of U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, 1943-45; resigned 1945. Episcopalian. Member, American Bar Association; Elks; Lions; Phi Beta Kappa. Suffered a heart attack, and died two months later, in Alexandria, Va., November 7, 1969. Burial location unknown.
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• Samuel Brashear Avis (1872-1924) — of Charleston, Kanawha County, W.Va. Born in Harrisonburg, Va., February 19, 1872. Son of Braxton D. Avis and Harriet Elizabeth (Wilson) Avis; married, December 6, 1899, to Florence Miriam Atkinson (daughter of George Wesley Atkinson). Republican. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; U.S. Representative from West Virginia 3rd District, 1913-15; delegate to Republican National Convention from West Virginia, 1916. Episcopalian. Killed by lightning in Charleston, Kanawha County, W.Va., June 8, 1924. Interment at Spring Hill Cemetery, Spring Hill, W.Va.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Robert Low Bacon (1884-1938) — also known as Robert L. Bacon — of Westbury, Nassau County, Long Island, N.Y. Born in Jamaica Plain, Boston, Suffolk County, Mass., July 23, 1884. Son of Martha Waldron (Cowdin) Bacon and Robert Bacon; married, April 14, 1913, to Virginia Murray. Republican. Banker; colonel in the U.S. Army during World War I; delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1920; U.S. Representative from New York 1st District, 1923-38; died in office 1938. Episcopalian. Member, American Legion; Freemasons; Knights Templar; Shriners; Elks; Moose. Died, of a heart attack, at the state police barracks, Lake Success, Nassau County, Long Island, N.Y., September 12, 1938. Interment at Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
  • See also Bacon family of New York
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• Richard Marshall Bagley, Sr. (c.1927-2001) — also known as Richard M. Bagley, Sr.; Dick Bagley — of Hampton, Va. Born in Newport News, Va. Democrat. Member of Virginia state house of delegates, 1966-86. Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons; Jesters; Rotary. Died, of pneumonia, at a hospital in Newport News, Va., December 13, 2001. Interment at St. John's Cemetery, Hampton, Va.
  
  
• Philip Pendleton Barbour (1783-1841) — of Virginia. Born near Gordonsville, Orange County, Va., May 25, 1783. Son of Col. Thomas Barbour and Mary (Thomas) Barbour; brother of James Barbour; married 1804 to Frances Johnson; cousin of John Strode 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. Interment at Congressional Cemetery, Washington, D.C. Barbour County, W.Va. is named for him.
  • See also Barbour family of Virginia
  • See also: congressional biography; federal judicial profile; Wikipedia article; Find-A-Grave page.
  
  
• Alfred Dickinson Barksdale (1892-1972) — of Lynchburg, Va. Born in Houston (now Halifax), Halifax County, Va., July 17, 1892. Son of William Randolph Barksdale and Hallie Poindexter (Craddock) Barksdale; married, December 15, 1934, to Louisa Estill Winfree. Democrat. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during World War I; member of Virginia state senate, 1924-27; circuit judge in Virginia 6th Circuit, 1938-39; U.S. District Judge for the Western District of Virginia, 1939-57; took senior status 1957. Episcopalian. Member, American Bar Association; Kappa Alpha Order; Phi Beta Kappa; Phi Delta Phi. Died in Lynchburg, Va., August 16, 1972. Interment at Spring Hill Cemetery, Lynchburg, Va.
  • See also: federal judicial profile.
  
  
• Henry Little Baxley (b. 1898) — of Warrenton, Fauquier County, Va.; Hume, Fauquier County, Va. Born in Markham, Fauquier County, Va., September 30, 1898. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; farmer; insurance business; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Virginia, 1944. Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• John Baylis (c.1727-1765) — of Dumfries, Prince William County, Va. Born in Manassas, Va. Son of William Baylis; married 1754 to Jane Blackburn. Lawyer; planter; member of Virginia House of Burgesses, 1761-65. Anglican. Killed in a duel with Cuthbert Bullitt, in Prince William County, Va., September 24, 1765. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Howard Randolph Bayne (b. 1851) — also known as Howard R. Bayne — of New Brighton, Staten Island, Richmond County, N.Y. Born in Winchester, Va., May 11, 1851. Son of Charles Bayne and Mary Ellen (Ashby) Bayne; married, April 27, 1886, to Lizzie S. Moore (daughter of Samuel Preston Moore (Confederate surgeon-general)). Democrat. Lawyer; member of New York state senate 23rd District, 1909-12. Episcopalian. Member, Society of Colonial Wars; Sons of the Revolution. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• John Blair, Jr. (1731-1800) — of Virginia. Born in Williamsburg, Va., 1731. Son of John Blair and Mary (Monro) Blair; married to Jean Balfour. Lawyer; member of Virginia House of Burgesses, 1766-71; delegate to Virginia state constitutional convention, 1776; member of Virginia Governor's Council, 1776-78; state court judge in Virginia, 1777-78; Judge, Virginia Court of Appeals, 1779-89; member, U.S. Constitutional Convention, 1787; justice of Virginia state supreme court, 1789; Justice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1789-95; resigned 1795. Presbyterian or Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons. Died in Williamsburg, Va., August 31, 1800. Interment at Bruton Parish Church Cemetery, Williamsburg, Va.
  • See also: federal judicial profile; Find-A-Grave page.
  
  
• George Blow, Jr. (1813-1894) — of Norfolk, Va. Born in Sussex County, Va., May 5, 1813. Third cousin of Henry Taylor Blow; grandfather of George Waller Blow (who married Katharine Rowland Cooke). Member of Texas Republic House of Representatives, 1840-41; delegate to Virginia secession convention, 1861; colonel in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; circuit judge in Virginia, 1870-86. Episcopalian. Died in Norfolk, Va., May 2, 1894. Interment at Elmwood Cemetery, Norfolk, Va.
  • See also Blow family of Virginia
  
  
• George Landon Browning — also known as George L. Browning — of Orange, Orange County, Va. Son of John Armistead Browning and Mary Lewis (Willis) Browning; married, February 28, 1906, to Eva Byrd Hill Ransom. Democrat. Lawyer; Presidential Elector for Virginia, 1924; justice of Virginia state supreme court, 1930-40; appointed 1930. Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons; Knights Templar; Pi Kappa Alpha. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• David Kirkpatrick Este Bruce (1898-1977) — also known as David K. E. Bruce — of Baltimore, Md.; Virginia. Born in Baltimore, Md., February 12, 1898. Son of William Cabell Bruce and Louise Este (Fisher) Bruce; brother of James Bruce; married, May 29, 1926, to Ailsa Mellon (daughter of Andrew William Mellon); married to Evangeline Bell. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer; member of Maryland state house of delegates, 1924-26; U.S. Vice Consul in Rome, 1926; member of Virginia state house of delegates, 1939-42; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Virginia, 1940; served in the U.S. Army during 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 December 5, 1977. Interment at Oak Hill Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
  • See also Bruce family of Maryland
  
  
• William Cabell Bruce (1860-1946) — of Baltimore, Md.; Ruxton, Baltimore County, Md. Born in Charlotte County, Va., March 12, 1860. Son of Charles Bruce and Sarah (Seddon) Bruce; married, October 15, 1887, to Louise E. Fisher; father of James Bruce and David Kirkpatrick Este Bruce. Democrat. Lawyer; member of Maryland state senate, 1894-96; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Maryland, 1916, 1924; U.S. Senator from Maryland, 1923-29; defeated, 1928. Episcopalian. Recieved a Pulitzer Prize in 1918 for his book Benjamin Franklin, Self-Revealed. Died in Ruxton, Baltimore County, Md., May 9, 1946. Interment at St. Thomas' Episcopal Church Cemetery, Garrison, Md.
  • See also Bruce family of Maryland
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• Cuthbert Bullitt (1740-1791) — Born in Prince William County, Va., 1740. Married, August 27, 1761, to Helen Scott; father of Alexander Scott Bullitt. Lawyer; planter; shot and killed John Baylis in a duel on September 24, 1765; later tried for the killing and acquitted; delegate to Virginia state constitutional convention, 1776. Anglican; later Episcopalian. Died in Prince William County, Va., 1791. Burial location unknown.
  • See also Livingston-Lee-Clay-Williams family
  
  
• Thomas Granville Burch (1869-1951) — also known as Thomas G. Burch — of Martinsville, Va. Born in Henry County, Va., July 3, 1869. Son of John W. Burch and Sarah Fannie Burch; married, April 22, 1903, to Mary Anson. Democrat. Banker; director, American Furniture Co.; director, The Henry (hotel); mayor of Martinsville, Va., 1912; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Virginia, 1924, 1940, 1944, 1948; U.S. Representative from Virginia, 1931-46 (5th District 1931-33, at-large 1933-35, 5th District 1935-46); U.S. Senator from Virginia, 1946. Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons; Elks; Kiwanis; Knights of Pythias; Odd Fellows; Redmen. Died in Martinsville, Va., March 20, 1951. Interment at Oakwood Cemetery, Martinsville, Va.
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• Carter Lane Burgess (1916-2002) — also known as Carter L. Burgess — of Roanoke, Va. Born in Roanoke, Va., 1916. Insurance agent; colonel in the U.S. Army during World War II; while stationed in England, he delivered a message from Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower to Gen. Charles de Gaulle, then in North Africa, informing him of the plans to invade Normandy; business executive; chief executive officer of Trans World Airlines (TWA), 1956-57; U.S. Ambassador to Argentina, 1968-69. Episcopalian. Died, following two strokes, at Pheasant Ridge Nursing Home, Roanoke, Va., August 18, 2002. Interment at Evergreen Burial Park, Roanoke, Va.
  
  
• Manley Caldwell Butler (b. 1925) — also known as M. Caldwell Butler — of Virginia. Born in Roanoke, Va., June 2, 1925. Republican. Member of Virginia state house of delegates, 1962; U.S. Representative from Virginia 6th District, 1972-83. Episcopalian. Member, American Bar Association. Still living as of 1998.
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• Harry Flood Byrd (1887-1966) — also known as Harry F. Byrd — of Winchester, Va.; Berryville, Clarke County, Va. Born in Martinsburg, Berkeley County, W.Va., June 10, 1887. Son of Richard Evelyn Byrd (1860-1925) and Eleanor Bolling (Flood) Byrd; nephew of Henry De La Warr Flood and Joel West Flood; married, October 7, 1913, to Anne Douglas Beverley; brother of Richard Evelyn Byrd (1888-1957; polar explorer); father of Harry Flood Byrd, Jr.. Newspaper publisher; fruit farmer; member of Virginia state senate, 1915-25; Virginia Democratic state chair, 1922-25; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Virginia, 1924, 1928, 1940, 1944, 1948, 1952; Governor of Virginia, 1926-30; member of Democratic National Committee from Virginia, 1928-40; Vice-Chair of Democratic National Committee, 1929; candidate for Democratic nomination for President, 1932; U.S. Senator from Virginia, 1933-65; States Rights candidate for President of the United States, 1956; received 15 electoral votes for President, 1960. Episcopalian. Member, Grange; Freemasons; Elks; Moose; United Commercial Travelers. Died in Berryville, Clarke County, Va., October 20, 1966. Interment at Mt. Hebron Cemetery, Winchester, Va.
  • See also Byrd-Clark-Flood-Thomson family of Virginia
  • See also: congressional biography; National Governors Association biography.
  
  
• Harry Flood Byrd, Jr. (b. 1914) — also known as Harry F. Byrd, Jr. — of Winchester, Va. Born in Winchester, Va., December 20, 1914. Grandson of Richard Evelyn Byrd; son of Harry Flood Byrd and Anne Douglas (Beverley) Byrd; married, August 9, 1941, to Gretchen Bigelow Thomson (1917-1989) (niece of James McIlhany Thomson; sister of James McIhany Thomson). Newspaper editor; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Virginia, 1940; member of Virginia state senate, 1947-65; U.S. Senator from Virginia, 1965-83. Episcopalian. Member, American Legion; Veterans of Foreign Wars; Eagles; Elks; Moose; Rotary. Still living as of 1998.
  • See also Byrd-Clark-Flood-Thomson family of Virginia
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• William Devereux Byron (1895-1941) — also known as William D. Byron — of Williamsport, Washington County, Md. Born in Danville, Va., May 15, 1895. Son of Col. Joseph C. Byron and Jane (Wilson) Byron; married to Katharine Edgar; father of Goodloe Edgar Byron (who married Beverly Barton Butcher). Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; member of Maryland state senate, 1930-34; U.S. Representative from Maryland 6th District, 1939-41; died in office 1941. Episcopalian. Killed in an airplane crash at Jonesboro, Clayton County, Ga., February 27, 1941. Interment at Riverview Cemetery, Williamsport, Md.
  • See also Byron family of Maryland
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Richard Keith Call (1792-1862) — also known as Richard K. Call — of Florida. Born near Petersburg, Dinwiddie County, Va., October 24, 1792. Uncle of Wilkinson Call; great-grandfather of Mary Call Darby (who married Thomas LeRoy Collins). Whig. Delegate to U.S. Congress from Florida Territory, 1823; U.S. Special Diplomatic Agent to Cuba, 1829-30; Governor of Florida Territory, 1836-39, 1841-44; candidate for Governor of Florida, 1845. Episcopalian. Died in Tallahassee, Leon County, Fla., September 14, 1862. Interment at a private or family graveyard, Leon County, Fla.
  • See also Walker-Call family
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Joseph William Chinn (1866-1936) — also known as Joseph W. Chinn — of Warsaw, Richmond County, Va. Born in Tappahannock, Essex County, Va., February 15, 1866. Son of Joseph William Chinn and Gaybriella (Brockenbrough) Chinn; married, December 14, 1899, to Sarah Fairfax Douglas (died 1932). Democrat. Lawyer; Richmond County Commonwealth Attorney, 1891-1915; president, Northern Neck State Bank, Warsaw, Va., 1908-36; circuit judge in Virginia 12th Circuit, 1915-31; justice of Virginia state supreme court, 1931-36; appointed 1931; died in office 1936. Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons; Knights Templar; Shriners. Died August 16, 1936. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• William Charles Cole Claiborne (1775-1817) — also known as William C. C. Claiborne — of New Orleans, Orleans Parish, La. Born in Sussex County, Va., 1775. Nephew of Thomas Claiborne; brother of Nathaniel Herbert Claiborne; uncle of John Francis Hamtramck Claiborne; great-great-granduncle of Herbert Claiborne Pell, Jr.; great-great-great-granduncle of Corinne Claiborne Boggs and Claiborne de Borda Pell. Delegate to Tennessee state constitutional convention, 1796; state court judge in Tennessee, 1796; U.S. Representative from Tennessee at-large, 1797-1801; Governor of Mississippi Territory, 1801-04; Governor of Orleans Territory, 1804-12; Governor of Louisiana, 1812-16; U.S. Senator from Louisiana, 1817; died in office 1817. Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons. Died of a liver ailment, in New Orleans, Orleans Parish, La., November 23, 1817. Original interment at St. Louis Cemetery No. 1, New Orleans, La.; reinterment in 1872 at Metairie Cemetery, New Orleans, La. Claiborne counties in La., Miss. and Tenn. are named for him.
  • See also Claiborne family
  • See also: congressional biography; National Governors Association biography.
  
  
• William Clark (1770-1838) — of Missouri. Born in Caroline County, Va., August 1, 1770. Grandfather-in-law of Edgar Parks Rucker. Governor of Missouri Territory, 1813-20; candidate for Governor of Missouri, 1820. Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons. Commanded expedition with Meriwether Lewis to Oregon, 1803-04. His portrait (along with Lewis) appeared on the $10 U.S. Note from 1898 to 1927. Died in St. Louis, Mo., September 1, 1838. Interment at Bellefontaine Cemetery, St. Louis, Mo. Clark counties in Ark., Mo. and Wash. are named for him; Lewis and Clark County, Mont. is named partly for him.
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• William Purrington Cole, Jr. (1889-1957) — also known as William P. Cole, Jr. — of Towson, Baltimore County, Md. Born in Towson, Baltimore County, Md., May 11, 1889. Son of William Purrington Cole and Ida Estelle (Stocksdale) Cole; married, June 27, 1918, to Edith Moore Cole. Democrat. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during World War I; U.S. Representative from Maryland 2nd District, 1927-29, 1931-43; Judge of U.S. Customs Court, 1942-52; Judge of U.S. Court of Customs and Patent Appeals, 1952-57. Episcopalian. Member, American Bar Association; Freemasons; Order of the Eastern Star; Junior Order; Odd Fellows; Phi Kappa Sigma. Died in Baltimore, Md., September 22, 1957. Interment at Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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• John Sherman Cooper (1901-1991) — of Somerset, Pulaski County, Ky. Born in Somerset, Pulaski County, Ky., August 23, 1901. Son of John Cooper. Republican. Member of Kentucky state house of representatives, 1928-30; county judge in Kentucky, 1930-38; candidate for Governor of Kentucky, 1939; served in the U.S. Army during World War II; U.S. Senator from Kentucky, 1946-49, 1952-55, 1956-73; defeated, 1948, 1954; delegate to Republican National Convention from Kentucky, 1948, 1956, 1960, 1972; U.S. Ambassador to India, 1955-56; Nepal, 1955-56; East Germany, 1974-76. Baptist or Episcopalian. Member, American Bar Association; American Legion; Veterans of Foreign Wars; Rotary; Beta Theta Pi. Died of heart failure, in Washington, D.C., February 21, 1991. Interment at Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
  • Cross-reference: William Butts Macomber, Jr.
  • See also: congressional biography; Internet Movie Database profile.
  
  
• Robert Lawrence Coughlin (1929-2001) — also known as R. Lawrence Coughlin — of Villanova, Delaware County, Pa. Born in Wilkes-Barre, Luzerne County, Pa., April 11, 1929. Nephew of Clarence Dennis Coughlin. Republican. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during the Korean conflict; lawyer; member of Pennsylvania state house of representatives, 1965-67; member of Pennsylvania state senate, 1967-69; U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania 13th District, 1969-93. Episcopalian. Member, American Bar Association; American Legion; Military Order of the World Wars; Jaycees. Died in Mathews, Mathews County, Va., November 30, 2001. Burial location unknown.
  • See also: congressional biography; votes in Congress from the Washington Post.
  
  
• Steve Camberling Cowper (b. 1938) — also known as Steve Cowper; "The High Plains Drifter" — of Fairbanks, Fairbanks North Star Borough, Alaska. Born in Petersburg, Va., August 21, 1938. Democrat. Lawyer; member of Alaska state house of representatives, 1975-78; Governor of Alaska, 1986-90. Episcopalian. Still living as of 1994.
  • See also: National Governors Association biography.
  
  
• Lawrence Pike Crain (1818-1859) — also known as Lawrence P. Crain — of Shreveport, Caddo Parish, La. Born in Fauquier County, Va., 1818. Democrat. Mayor of Shreveport, La., 1846-47; U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Louisiana, 1850-53. Episcopalian. Died in New Orleans, Orleans Parish, La., 1859. Interment at Oakland Cemetery, Shreveport, La.
  
  
• Hugh Smith Cumming, Jr. (1900-1986) — Born in Richmond, Va., March 10, 1900. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; U.S. Ambassador to Indonesia, 1953. Episcopalian. Member, Military Order of the World Wars; Zeta Psi. Died in 1986. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Peter Vivian Daniel (1784-1860) — of Virginia. Born in Stafford County, Va., April 24, 1784. Member of Virginia state legislature, 1809-12; Lieutenant Governor of Virginia, 1818; U.S. District Judge for the Eastern District of Virginia, 1836-41; Justice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1841-60. Episcopalian. Died May 31, 1860. Interment at Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond, Va.
  
  
• Colgate Whitehead Darden, Jr. (1897-1981) — also known as Colgate W. Darden, Jr. — of Norfolk, Va. Born in Southampton County, Va., February 11, 1897. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War I; member of Virginia state house of delegates, 1930-33; U.S. Representative from Virginia, 1933-37, 1939-41 (at-large 1933-35, 2nd District 1935-37, 1939-41); Governor of Virginia, 1942-46; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Virginia, 1944. Episcopalian. Died in Norfolk, Va., June 9, 1981. Interment in private or family graveyard.
  • See also: congressional biography; National Governors Association biography.
  
  
• Horatio Davis (1840-1912) — of Chatham, Pittsylvania County, Va.; Gainesville, Alachua County, Fla. Born in Wilmington, New Hanover County, N.C., May 16, 1840. Great-grandnephew of Samuel Ashe; cousin four different ways of John Baptista Ashe (1748-1802), John Baptista Ashe (1810-1857), Thomas Samuel Ashe and William Shepperd Ashe; second cousin twice removed of William Henry Hill; half-brother and fourth cousin of George Davis; cousin three different ways of Alfred Moore Waddell. Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; lawyer; county judge in Virginia, 1880-86; mayor of Gainesville, Fla., 1908-09. Episcopalian. Died in Gainesville, Alachua County, Fla., June 12, 1912. Interment at Evergreen Cemetery, Gainesville, Fla.
  • See also Polk-Ashe family of North Carolina
  
  
• Westmoreland Davis (1859-1942) — also known as Morley Davis — of Leesburg, Loudoun County, Va. Born, of American parents, at sea in the North Atlantic Ocean, August 21, 1859. Son of Thomas Gordon Davis and Annie Lewis (Morriss) Davis; married to Marguerite Inman. Democrat. Railway clerk; lawyer; Governor of Virginia, 1918-22; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Virginia, 1920. Episcopalian. Member, Phi Beta Kappa. Died September 7, 1942. Interment at a private or family graveyard, Loudoun County, Va.
  • See also: National Governors Association biography; Wikipedia article.
  
  
• Joseph Thomas Deal (1860-1942) — also known as Joseph T. Deal — of Norfolk, Va. Born near Surry, Surry County, Va., November 19, 1860. Son of John J. Deal and Virginia Elizabeth Deal; married, October 28, 1885, to Juliette D. Spartley. Democrat. Lumber business; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Virginia, 1908; member of Virginia state house of delegates, 1910-12; member of Virginia state senate, 1919; U.S. Representative from Virginia 2nd District, 1921-29. Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons; Knights Templar; Shriners. Died in Norfolk, Va., March 7, 1942. Interment at Forest Lawn Cemetery, Norfolk, Va.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Charles Harvey Denby (1830-1904) — also known as Charles H. Denby — of Evansville, Vanderburgh County, Ind. Born in Mt. Joy, Botetourt County, Va., June 16, 1830. Son-in-law of Graham Newell Fitch; father of Charles Denby and Edwin Denby. Democrat. Lawyer; member of Indiana state house of representatives, 1857; colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Indiana, 1876, 1884; U.S. Minister to China, 1885-98. Episcopalian. Died in Jamestown, Chautauqua County, N.Y., January 13, 1904. Interment at Oak Hill Cemetery, Evansville, Ind.
  • See also Denby-Fitch family of Indiana
  
  
• James William Denny (1838-1923) — of Baltimore, Md. Born in Frederick County, Va., November 20, 1838. Democrat. Major in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; member of Maryland state house of delegates, 1888; U.S. Representative from Maryland 4th District, 1899-1901, 1903-05. Episcopalian. Died in Baltimore, Md., April 12, 1923. Interment at Loudon Park Cemetery, Baltimore, Md.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Charles Schuveldt Dewey (1882-1980) — also known as Charles S. Dewey — of Chicago, Cook County, Ill. Born in Cadiz, Harrison County, Ohio, November 10, 1882. Father of Suzette de Marigny Dewey (who married Frederick Moulton Alger, Jr.). Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; U.S. Representative from Illinois 9th District, 1941-45; defeated, 1938, 1944. Episcopalian. Member, American Legion; Delta Psi. As Assistant Secretary of the Treasury in the 1920s, he was responsible for the redesign and downsizing of U.S. paper currency. Died December 27, 1980. Interment at Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
  • See also Alger family of Michigan
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Thomas Nelms Downing (1919-2001) — also known as Thomas N. Downing — of Newport News, Va. Born in Newport News, Va., January 2, 1919. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; lawyer; U.S. Representative from Virginia 1st District, 1959-77. Episcopalian. Member, American Bar Association; American Legion; Veterans of Foreign Wars; Lions. Died, from complications of intestinal surgery, in a hospital at Newport News, Va., October 23, 2001. Interment at Peninsula Memorial Park, Newport News, Va.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Joseph Eggleston (1754-1811) — of Virginia. Born in Virginia, 1754. Uncle of William Segar Archer; first cousin once removed of Joseph Cary Eggleston. Democrat. Member of Virginia state legislature; U.S. Representative from Virginia at-large, 1798-1801. Episcopalian. Member, Society of the Cincinnati. Died in 1811. Interment at Old Grub Hill Church Cemetery, Amelia Court House, Va.
  • See also Livingston-Lee-Clay-Williams family
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Henry Hammill Fowler (1908-2000) — also known as Henry H. Fowler; Joe Fowler — of Alexandria, Va. Born in Roanoke, Va., September 5, 1908. Son of Mack Johnson Fowler and Bertha (Browning) Fowler; married, October 19, 1938, to Trudye Pamela Hathcote. Democrat. Lawyer; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Virginia, 1956, 1960 (alternate); U.S. Secretary of the Treasury, 1965-69. Episcopalian. Member, American Bar Association; Americans for Democratic Action; Council on Foreign Relations; Phi Delta Phi; Pi Kappa Phi. Died, of pneumonia, in a nursing home at Falls Church, Va., January 3, 2000. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Lake Jenkins Frazier (b. 1898) — also known as Lake J. Frazier — of Winchester, Va.; Roswell, Chaves County, N.M. Born near Danville, Montour County, Pa., December 11, 1898. Son of Daniel Edward Frazier and Sarah Jane (Herr) Frazier; married 1921 to Helen P. Holshue. Democrat. Lawyer; probate judge in New Mexico, 1931-32; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New Mexico, 1948; mayor of Roswell, N.M., 1948-51. Episcopalian. Member, American Bar Association; American Legion; Disabled American Veterans; Sons of the American Revolution; Freemasons; Shriners; Elks; Kiwanis; Delta Theta Phi. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• John Fry (1737-1778) — of Virginia. Born April 7, 1737. Son of Joshua Fry; brother of Henry Fry. Member of Virginia House of Burgesses, 1761-65. Anglican. Died in 1778. Burial location unknown.
  • See also Fry family of Virginia
  
  
• Hampson Gary (1873-1952) — of Tyler, Smith County, Tex.; Washington, D.C. Born in Tyler, Smith County, Tex., April 23, 1873. Son of Franklin Newman Gary and Martha Isabella (Boren) Gary; married, December 18, 1901, to Bessie Royall. Democrat. Lawyer; vice-president, Royall National Bank; director, Guaranty State Bank; served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; member of Texas state house of representatives, 1901-02; member of Texas Democratic State Executive Committee, 1902-04; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Texas, 1908; U.S. Diplomatic Agent to Egypt, 1917; U.S. Consul General in Cairo, 1919-20; U.S. Minister to Switzerland, 1920-21. Episcopalian. Member, American Bar Association; Society of Colonial Wars; Sons of the Revolution; Alpha Tau Omega; Phi Beta Kappa. Died April 18, 1952. Interment at Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
  
  
• Walter John Giller (1938-2003) — also known as John Giller — of El Dorado, Union County, Ark. Born in El Dorado, Union County, Ark., December 28, 1938. Republican. Orthopedic surgeon; delegate to Arkansas state constitutional convention, 1979; candidate for Lieutenant Governor of Arkansas, 1980. Episcopalian. Died, of cancer, in Little Rock, Pulaski County, Ark., March 13, 2003. Interment at Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
  
  
• Guy Despard Goff (1866-1933) — also known as Guy D. Goff — of Clarksburg, Harrison County, W.Va. Born in Clarksburg, Harrison County, W.Va., September 13, 1866. Son of Laura E. (Despard) Goff and Nathan Goff, Jr.; married, September 8, 1906, to Anita F. Baker; father of Louise Goff Reece (who married Brazilla Carroll Reece). Republican. U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Wisconsin, 1911-15; U.S. Senator from West Virginia, 1925-31. Episcopalian. Died in Thomasville, Thomas County, Ga., January 7, 1933. Interment at Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
  • See also Goff-Reece family of West Virginia
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Charles O'Conor Goolrick (b. 1876) — also known as C. O'Conor Goolrick — of Fredericksburg, Va. Born in Fredericksburg, Va., November 25, 1876. Great-great-great-grandson of George Mason; first cousin thrice removed of Thomson Francis Mason and James Murray Mason; third cousin twice removed of Stevens Thomson Mason; son of John T. Goolrick and Frances Bernard (White) Goolrick; married, May 25, 1910, to Nannie Ficklen. Democrat. Lawyer; member of Virginia state house of delegates, 1908; member of Virginia state senate, 1915, 1923; Presidential Elector for Virginia, 1920; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Virginia, 1924. Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons; Elks; Phi Beta Kappa. Burial location unknown.
  • See also Mason family of Virginia
  
  
• Raymond R. Guest (1939-2001) — also known as Andy Guest — of Front Royal, Warren County, Va. Born in New York, New York County, N.Y., September 29, 1939. Son of Elizabeth Polk Guest and Raymond Richard Guest. Republican. Farmer; banker; member of Virginia state house of delegates, 1973-99. Episcopalian. Member, Izaak Walton League; Elks; Rotary; Ruritan. A state park in Warren County was named for him in 1995. Died, of cancer, in Front Royal, Warren County, Va., April 2, 2001. Burial location unknown.
  • See also Guest family of Virginia
  
  
• Jean Louise Harris (c.1931-2001) — of Richmond, Va.; Eden Prairie, Hennepin County, Minn. Born in Virginia. Republican. Physician; mayor of Eden Prairie, Minn., 1995-2001; died in office 2001; candidate in primary for Lieutenant Governor of Minnesota, 2000. Female. Black. Episcopalian or Lutheran. Died, of lung cancer, in a hospital at Eden Prairie, Hennepin County, Minn., December 14, 2001. Interment at Mt. Pleasant Cemetery, Eden Prairie, Minn.
  
  
• Albertis Sydney Harrison, Jr. (1907-1995) — also known as Albert S. Harrison, Jr. — of Virginia. Born in Brunswick County, Va., January 11, 1907. Democrat. Member of Virginia state senate, 1948-59; Virginia state attorney general, 1959-62; Governor of Virginia, 1962-66. Episcopalian. Member, American Bar Association. Died January 23, 1995. Interment at Oakwood Cemetery, Lawrenceville, Va.
  • See also: National Governors Association biography.
  
  
• William Henry Harrison (1773-1841) — also known as "Tippecanoe"; "Old Tip"; "Farmer of North Bend"; "General Mum" — of Vincennes, Knox County, Ind.; Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio. Born in Berkeley, Charles City County, Va., February 9, 1773. Son of Benjamin Harrison (1726-1791) and Elizabeth (Bassett) Harrison; brother of Carter Bassett Harrison; first cousin of Beverley Randolph and Burwell Bassett; married 1795 to Anna Symmes (daughter of John Cleves Symmes); father of John Scott Harrison; first cousin once removed of Carter Henry Harrison; grandfather of Benjamin Harrison (1833-1901); great-grandfather of Russell Benjamin Harrison; first cousin twice removed of Carter Henry Harrison II; great-great-grandfather of William Henry Harrison (1896-1990). Whig. Secretary of Northwest Territory, 1798-99; Delegate to U.S. Congress from Northwest Territory, 1799-1800; Governor of Indiana Territory, 1801-12; general in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; U.S. Representative from Ohio 1st District, 1816-19; member of Ohio state senate, 1819-21; candidate for Governor of Ohio, 1820; U.S. Senator from Ohio, 1825-28; U.S. Minister to Gran Colombia, 1828-29; President of the United States, 1841; defeated, 1836; died in office 1841. Episcopalian. English ancestry. Died of pneumonia, at the White House, Washington, D.C., April 4, 1841. Interment at Harrison Tomb, North Bend, Ohio. Harrison counties in Ind., Iowa, Miss. and Ohio are named for him.
  • See also Livingston-Lee-Clay-Williams family
  • See also: congressional biography; Wikipedia article.
  • Books about William Henry Harrison: Freeman Cleaves, Old Tippecanoe: William Henry Harrison and His Time; Norma Lois Peterson, Presidencies of William Henry Harrison and John Tyler; David Lillard, William Henry Harrison (for young readers)
  
  
• James Hay (1856-1931) — of Madison, Madison County, Va. Born in Millwood, Clarke County, Va., January 9, 1856. Son of William Hay and Emily (Lewis) Hay; married to Constance Latman, Frances Gordon and Eloise Cave. Democrat. Madison County Commonwealth Attorney, 1883-96; member of Virginia state house of delegates, 1885-89; member of Virginia state senate, 1893-96; U.S. Representative from Virginia 7th District, 1897-1916; resigned 1916; Judge of U.S. Court of Claims, 1916. Episcopalian. Member, Delta Kappa Epsilon. Died June 12, 1931. Interment at Cedar Hill Cemetery, Madison, Va.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Richard Henderson (1735-1785) — of North Carolina. Born in Hanover County, Va., April 20, 1735. Double first cousin of John Williams of Montpelier; first cousin of John Williams, Nathaniel Williams, Jr., Robert Williams and Joseph Williams of Shallow Ford; brother of Thomas Henderson; father of Archibald Henderson and Leonard Henderson. Lawyer; superior court judge in North Carolina, 1768-73; member of North Carolina state legislature. Anglican. Pioneer and colonizer in North Carolina, Tennessee, and Kentucky; organized what became known as the Transylvania Land Company, which made treaties with the Cherokees, hired Daniel Boone as advance agent to blaze a trail through the Cumberland Gap, and created Transylvania Colony in Kentucky and Tennessee. Died in Granville County, N.C., January 30, 1785. Interment at a private or family graveyard, Vance County, N.C.
  • See also Livingston-Lee-Clay-Williams family
  
  
• John Carlyle Herbert (1775-1846) — also known as John C. Herbert — of Vannsville (unknown county), Md. Born in Alexandria, Va., August 16, 1775. Member of Virginia state house of delegates, 1798-99; member of Maryland state house of delegates, 1808-13; Speaker of the Maryland State House of Delegates, 1812-13; served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; U.S. Representative from Maryland 2nd District, 1815-19; Presidential Elector for Maryland, 1824; member of Maryland state senate, 1826-30. Episcopalian. Died in Buchanan, Botetourt County, Va., September 1, 1846. Original interment at a private or family graveyard, Prince George's County, Md.; reinterment at Green Mount Cemetery, Baltimore, Md.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• John Boynton Philip Clayton Hill (1879-1941) — also known as John Philip Hill — of Baltimore, Md. Born in Annapolis, Anne Arundel County, Md., May 2, 1879. Son of Charles E. Hill and Kate Watts (Clayton) Hill; married, October 28, 1913, to Suzanne Howell Carroll (1889-1962) (great-great-great-granddaughter of Charles Carroll of Carrollton; daughter of John Howell Carroll). Republican. Lawyer; U.S. Attorney for Maryland, 1910-15; candidate for mayor of Baltimore, Md., 1915; delegate to Republican National Convention from Maryland, 1916; colonel in the U.S. Army during World War I; U.S. Representative from Maryland 3rd District, 1921-27; defeated, 1908, 1928, 1930, 1936; delegate to Maryland convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933. Episcopalian. Member, Society of Colonial Wars; Society of the Cincinnati; Elks; Moose; Odd Fellows; Alpha Delta Phi; Phi Delta Phi. Died in Washington, D.C., May 23, 1941. Interment at Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
  • See also Livingston-Lee-Clay-Williams family
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• John St. John Irby (1867-1924) — of Denver, Colo.; San Francisco, Calif. Born in Vernon Hill, Halifax County, Va., August 9, 1867. Son of Meade Adams Irby and Amanda Tanner (James) Irby; married, October 12, 1901, to Harriet Ryland. Democrat. Newspaper editor; private secretary to Mayor Robert W. Speer of Denver, 1904-12; member of Colorado state senate, 1909-13; private secretary to U.S. Senator James D. Phelan, 1915-17; U.S. Surveyor of Customs, Port of San Francisco, 1917-21. Episcopalian. Died in 1924. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• John Jay Jackson (1800-1877) — of Parkersburg, Wood County, W.Va. Born in Clarksburg, Harrison County, Va. (now W.Va.), February 13, 1800. Son of John George Jackson; married 1823 to Emma G. Beeson; married 1843 to Jane Gardner; father of John Jay Jackson, Jr., James Monroe Jackson and Jacob Beeson Jackson. Member of Virginia state house of delegates, 1838-44; delegate to Virginia secession convention, 1861. Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons. Died in Parkersburg, Wood County, W.Va., January 1, 1877. Interment at Riverview Cemetery, Parkersburg, W.Va.
  • See also Livingston-Lee-Clay-Williams family
  
  
• Henry Johnson (1783-1864) — of Donaldsonville, Ascension Parish, La.; New River (unknown parish), La. Born in Virginia, September 14, 1783. Delegate to Louisiana state constitutional convention, 1812; U.S. Senator from Louisiana, 1818-24, 1844-49; Governor of Louisiana, 1824-28; U.S. Representative from Louisiana 1st District, 1834-39. Episcopalian. Died in Pointe Coupee Parish, La., September 4, 1864. Interment in private or family graveyard.
  • See also: congressional biography; National Governors Association biography.
  
  
• Louis Arthur Johnson (1891-1966) — also known as Louis A. Johnson — of Clarksburg, Harrison County, W.Va. Born in Roanoke, Va., January 10, 1891. Son of Marcellus A. Johnson and Katherine Leftwich (Arthur) Johnson; married, February 7, 1920, to Ruth F. Maxwell. Democrat. Lawyer; member of West Virginia state house of delegates from Harrison County, 1917-18; served in the U.S. Army during World War I; delegate to Democratic National Convention from West Virginia, 1924; U.S. Secretary of Defense, 1949-50. Episcopalian. Member, American Bar Association; Federal Bar Association; American Legion; Sons of the American Revolution; Freemasons; Elks; Rotary; Delta Chi; Delta Sigma Rho; Tau Kappa Alpha. Died April 24, 1966. Interment at Elkview Cemetery, Clarksburg, W.Va.
  
  
• Charles Lemuel Kagey (1876-1941) — also known as Charles L. Kagey — of Hays City, Logan County, Kan.; Beloit, Mitchell County, Kan. Born in New Market, Shenandoah County, Va., December 22, 1876. Son of John H. Kagey and Emma F. (Fultz) Kagey; married, March 4, 1901, to Phebe M. Wanzer. Republican. Lawyer; Logan County Attorney, 1899-1900; U.S. Minister to Finland, 1921-25. Episcopalian. Member, American Bar Association. Died in 1941. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Maude Elizabeth Kee (1895-1975) — also known as Elizabeth Kee; Maude Etta Simpkins; Maude Elizabeth Frazier; Mrs. John Kee — of Bluefield, Mercer County, W.Va. Born in Radford, Va., June 7, 1895. Daughter of John Jesse Wade Simpkins and Cora French Hall Simpkins; married to Alan Frazier (divorced); married, September 7, 1926, to John Kee; mother of James Kee. Democrat. U.S. Representative from West Virginia 5th District, 1951-65. Female. Episcopalian. Member, Daughters of the American Revolution. Died in Bluefield, Mercer County, W.Va., February 15, 1975. Interment at Monte Vista Park Cemetery, Bluefield, W.Va.
  • See also Kee family of West Virginia
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Sidney Harrison Kelsey (b. 1910) — also known as Sidney H. Kelsey — of Norfolk, Va. Born in Norfolk, Va., November 29, 1910. Republican. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; candidate for U.S. Representative from Virginia 2nd District, 1946. Episcopalian. Member, American Legion; Disabled American Veterans; Veterans of Foreign Wars. Still living as of 1950.
  
  
• James Preston Kem (1890-1965) — also known as James P. Kem — of Kansas City, Jackson County, Mo. Born in Macon, Macon County, Mo., April 2, 1890. Son of James P. Kem and Evelyn (Lee) Kem; married 1920 to Mary Elizabeth Carroll. Republican. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during World War I; delegate to Republican National Convention from Missouri, 1944, 1948; U.S. Senator from Missouri, 1947-53; defeated, 1952. Episcopalian. Member, American Bar Association; Farm Bureau; American Legion; Freemasons. Died February 24, 1965. Interment at Middleburg Memorial Cemetery, Middleburg, Va.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Anthony Kennedy (1810-1892) — of Baltimore, Md. Born in Baltimore, Md., December 21, 1810. Brother of John Pendleton Kennedy. Member of Virginia state house of delegates, 1838-42; member of Maryland state house of delegates, 1856; U.S. Senator from Maryland, 1857-63; delegate to Maryland state constitutional convention, 1867. Episcopalian. Died in Annapolis, Anne Arundel County, Md., July 31, 1892. Interment at Green Mount Cemetery, Baltimore, Md.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• John Brown Kimberly (b. 1855) — also known as John B. Kimberly — of Fort Monroe, Elizabeth City County (now part of Hampton), Va. Born in Baltimore, Md., December 31, 1855. Son of William H. Kimberly and Ann (Brown) Kimberly; married, October 28, 1888, to Leonora V. Allen. Republican. Merchant; hotel owner; steamship agent; postmaster; director of banks and electric railways; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Virginia, 1916, 1924. Episcopalian. Member, Rotary. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• William Sterling Byrd Lacy (1910-1979) — also known as William S. B. Lacy — of Virginia; Washington, D.C. Born in Mesa, Mesa County, Colo., February 5, 1910. Son of Sterling Byrd Lacy and Della Margaret (Lumsden) Lacy; married, July 24, 1935, to Margaret Agnes Innes; married, September 24, 1943, to Kirsten Magelssen. Secretary to U.S. Sen Alva B. Adams, 1933-34; economist; U.S. Ambassador to South Korea, 1955. Episcopalian. Member, Phi Gamma Delta. Died in 1979. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Thomas Watkins Ligon (1810-1881) — also known as Thomas W. Ligon — of Ellicotts Mills (now Ellicott City), Howard County, Md. Born near Farmville, Prince Edward County, Va., May 10, 1810. Democrat. Member of Maryland state house of delegates, 1843; U.S. Representative from Maryland 3rd District, 1845-49; Governor of Maryland, 1854-58. Episcopalian. Died near Ellicott City, Howard County, Md., January 12, 1881. Interment at St. John's Cemetery, Near Ellicott City, Howard County, Md.
  • See also: congressional biography; National Governors Association biography.
  
  
• John A. Lile (b. 1897) —