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Roger Lea MacBride (1929-1995) —
also known as Roger MacBride —
Born in New Rochelle, Westchester
County, N.Y., August
6, 1929.
Lawyer; member of Vermont
state house of representatives, 1962; candidate in Republican
primary for Governor of
Vermont, 1964; candidate for Presidential Elector for Virginia;
Libertarian candidate for President
of the United States, 1976.
Heir to the estate of Laura Ingalls Wilder, author of Little House
on the Prairie.
Died in Miami Beach, Miami-Dade
County, Fla., March 5,
1995 (age 65 years, 211
days).
Interment at Wicks Cemetery, Halifax, Vt.
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Relatives: Son
of William Burt MacBride and Elise Fairfax (Lea)
MacBride. |
| | | Epitaph: "The only force that can ever
defend freedom is an individual." |
| | | See also Wikipedia
article — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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William Alexander MacCorkle (1857-1930) —
also known as William A. MacCorkle —
of Charleston, Kanawha
County, W.Va.
Born near Lexington, Rockbridge
County, Va., May 7,
1857.
Democrat. Lawyer; prosecuting attorney; Governor of
West Virginia, 1893-97; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from West Virginia, 1904
(member, Committee
to Notify Presidential Nominee), 1912
(member, Credentials
Committee; speaker),
1920,
1924;
member of West
Virginia state senate 8th District, 1911-14; defeated, 1914.
Died in Charleston, Kanawha
County, W.Va., September
24, 1930 (age 73 years, 140
days).
Interment at Sunset
Memorial Park, South Charleston, W.Va.
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Charles Magill (1760-1827) —
of Winchester,
Va.
Born in County Antrim, Ireland (now Northern
Ireland), July 10,
1760.
Colonel in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War;
lawyer; planter;
member of Virginia
state senate, 1799-1800; Judge of U.S. Circuit Court for the 4th
Circuit, 1801-02; mayor
of Winchester, Va., 1805.
Scotch-Irish
ancestry.
Died in Winchester,
Va., April
18, 1827 (age 66 years, 282
days).
Interment at Mt.
Hebron Cemetery, Winchester, Va.
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Patrick Magruder (1768-1819) —
of Maryland.
Born near Rockville, Montgomery
County, Md., 1768.
Lawyer; member of Maryland
state house of delegates, 1797; circuit judge in Maryland, 1802;
U.S.
Representative from Maryland at-large, 1805-07.
Slaveowner.
Died in Petersburg,
Va., December
24, 1819 (age about 51
years).
Interment a
private or family graveyard, Dinwiddie County, Va.
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Robert Mallory (1815-1885) —
of La Grange, Oldham
County, Ky.
Born in Madison Court House, Madison
County, Va., November
15, 1815.
Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Kentucky, 1859-65 (7th District 1859-63, 5th
District 1863-65).
Slaveowner.
Died near La Grange, Oldham
County, Ky., August
11, 1885 (age 69 years, 269
days).
Interment a
private or family graveyard, Oldham County, Ky.
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Carter Manasco (1902-1992) —
of Jasper, Walker
County, Ala.
Born near Townley, Walker
County, Ala., January
3, 1902.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Alabama
state house of representatives, 1931-34; secretary to U.S. Rep.
William
B. Bankhead, 1933-40; U.S.
Representative from Alabama 7th District, 1941-49; legislative
counsel, National Coal
Association, 1949-85.
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Arlington, Arlington
County, Va., February
5, 1992 (age 90 years, 33
days).
Interment at Oak
Hill Cemetery, Jasper, Ala.
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William Hodges Mann (1843-1927) —
also known as W. Hodges Mann —
of Nottoway
County, Va.; Richmond,
Va.
Born in Williamsburg,
Va., July 30,
1843.
Democrat. Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War;
lawyer; Nottoway
County Judge, 1870-92; member of Virginia
state senate 28th District, 1904-09; Governor of
Virginia, 1910-14; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Virginia, 1912
(Honorary
Vice-President).
Presbyterian.
He was the last
Confederate veteran to serve as Governor of Virginia.
Died in Petersburg,
Va., December
12, 1927 (age 84 years, 135
days).
Interment at Blandford
Cemetery, Petersburg, Va.
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William Hodges Mann Jr. (1890-1953) —
of Petersburg,
Va.
Born in Petersburg,
Va., August
11, 1890.
Lawyer; mayor
of Petersburg, Va., 1946-50.
Died June 22,
1953 (age 62 years, 315
days).
Interment at Blandford
Cemetery, Petersburg, Va.
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P. B. Marple (b. 1819) —
of Coos
County, Ore.
Born in Virginia, 1819.
Democrat. Lawyer; delegate
to Oregon state constitutional convention from Coos County, 1857.
Burial location unknown.
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Henry L. Marsh III (b. 1933) —
of Richmond,
Va.
Born in Richmond,
Va., December
10, 1933.
Democrat. Lawyer; mayor
of Richmond, Va., 1977-82; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Virginia, 1980,
2004,
2008;
member of Virginia
state senate 16th District, 1992-2011.
Still living as of 2011.
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John Otho Marsh Jr. (1926-2019) —
also known as John O. Marsh, Jr. —
of Strasburg, Shenandoah
County, Va.
Born in Winchester,
Va., August
7, 1926.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; lawyer;
U.S.
Representative from Virginia 7th District, 1963-71; U.S.
Secretary of the Army, 1981-89.
Presbyterian.
Member, Jaycees;
American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; American Bar
Association; Freemasons;
Omicron
Delta Kappa; Phi
Kappa Psi; Phi
Delta Phi.
Died in Raphine, Rockbridge
County, Va., February
4, 2019 (age 92 years, 181
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Alexander Keith Marshall (1770-1825) —
of Kentucky.
Born in Fauquier
County, Va., January
11, 1770.
Lawyer; member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1797-1801.
Died in Mason
County, Ky., February
7, 1825 (age 55 years, 27
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Thomas Marshall (1730-1802) and Mary Randolph (Keith) Marshall;
brother of John
Marshall and James
Markham Marshall; uncle and first cousin once removed of Thomas
Alexander Marshall; uncle of Thomas
Marshall (1784-1835), Edward
Colston, James
Keith Marshall, Thomas
Francis Marshall, Alexander
Keith Marshall (1808-1884), Charles
Alexander Marshall and Edward
Colston Marshall; granduncle of John
Augustine Marshall; great-grandnephew of Richard
Randolph; great-granduncle of William
Marshall Bullitt and Alexander
Scott Bullitt; first cousin and brother-in-law of Humphrey
Marshall; first cousin twice removed of Richard
Bland and Peyton
Randolph (1721-1775); second cousin of Thomas
Mann Randolph Jr.; second cousin once removed of Theodorick
Bland, Thomas
Jefferson, Edmund
Jenings Randolph, Beverley
Randolph, John
Randolph of Roanoke, Benjamin
Franklin Randolph, Meriwether
Lewis Randolph and George
Wythe Randolph; second cousin twice removed of Thomas
Jefferson Coolidge; second cousin thrice removed of John
Gardner Coolidge; third cousin of Henry
Lee, Charles
Lee, Edmund
Jennings Lee, Martha
Jefferson Randolph, Dabney
Carr, Peyton
Randolph (1779-1828) and Henry
St. George Tucker; third cousin once removed of Francis
Wayles Eppes, Dabney
Smith Carr, Edmund
Randolph, Nathaniel
Beverly Tucker and Carter
Henry Harrison; third cousin twice removed of Fitzhugh
Lee, Edmund
Randolph Cocke, Carter
Henry Harrison II and Frederick
Madison Roberts; third cousin thrice removed of Edith
Wilson and Francis
Beverley Biddle; fourth cousin of John
Wayles Eppes. |
| | | Political families: Harrison-Randolph-Marshall-Cabell
family of Virginia; Lee-Randolph
family (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
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Carl Alfred Marshall (b. 1891) —
also known as Carl A. Marshall —
of Arlington, Arlington
County, Va.; McLean, Fairfax
County, Va.
Born in Carroll
County, Va., December
5, 1891.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I;
lawyer; real estate
business; candidate for Lieutenant
Governor of Virginia, 1925, 1945; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Virginia, 1948.
Protestant.
Member, Lions.
Burial location unknown.
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Humphrey Marshall (1760-1841) —
of Kentucky.
Born in Orlean, Fauquier
County, Va., 1760.
Served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War;
lawyer; delegate
to Virginia convention to ratify U.S. constitution from Fayette
County, 1788; member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1793-94, 1807-09; U.S.
Senator from Kentucky, 1795-1801.
In 1809, he opposed Henry
Clay's proposal to require all Kentucky legislators to wear
domestic homespun instead of British broadcloth; this clash resulted
in a duel
in which both men were wounded. Author of
the first
history of Kentucky, published in 1812.
Slaveowner.
Died near Lexington, Fayette
County, Ky., July 3,
1841 (age about 81
years).
Interment in private or family graveyard.
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John Marshall (1755-1835) —
of Virginia.
Born in Germantown, Fauquier
County, Va., September
24, 1755.
Served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War;
lawyer; member of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1782-96; U.S.
Attorney for Virginia, 1789; U.S.
Representative from Virginia at-large, 1799-1800; U.S.
Secretary of State, 1800-01; Chief
Justice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1801-35; died in office 1835;
received 4 electoral votes for Vice-President, 1816.
Episcopalian.
Scottish
ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Phi
Beta Kappa.
Elected to the Hall
of Fame for Great Americans in 1900.
Slaveowner.
Died in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., July 6,
1835 (age 79 years, 285
days).
Interment at Shockoe
Hill Cemetery, Richmond, Va.
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Relatives: Son
of Thomas Marshall (1730-1802) and Mary Randolph (Keith) Marshall;
brother-in-law of William
McClung, George
Keith Taylor and Joseph
Hamilton Daviess; brother of James
Markham Marshall and Alexander
Keith Marshall (1770-1825); married, January
3, 1783, to Mary Willis Ambler (daughter of Jacquelin
Ambler); father of Thomas
Marshall (1784-1835), Mary Marshall (who married Jacquelin
Burwell Harvie) and James
Keith Marshall; uncle and first cousin once removed of Thomas
Alexander Marshall; uncle of Edward
Colston, Thomas
Francis Marshall, Alexander
Keith Marshall (1808-1884), Alexander
Keith McClung, Charles
Alexander Marshall and Edward
Colston Marshall; granduncle by marriage of Humphrey
Marshall (1812-1872); granduncle of John
Augustine Marshall; great-grandfather of Lewis
Minor Coleman; great-grandnephew of Richard
Randolph; great-granduncle of Hudson
Snowden Marshall, William
Marshall Bullitt and Alexander
Scott Bullitt; first cousin and brother-in-law of Humphrey
Marshall (1760-1841); first cousin once removed of William
Marshall Anderson and Charles
Anderson; first cousin twice removed of Richard
Bland and Peyton
Randolph (1721-1775); second cousin of Thomas
Mann Randolph Jr.; second cousin once removed of Theodorick
Bland, Thomas
Jefferson, Edmund
Jenings Randolph, Beverley
Randolph, John
Randolph of Roanoke, Benjamin
Franklin Randolph, Meriwether
Lewis Randolph and George
Wythe Randolph; second cousin twice removed of Thomas
Jefferson Coolidge; second cousin thrice removed of John
Gardner Coolidge; third cousin of Henry
Lee, Charles
Lee, Edmund
Jennings Lee, Martha
Jefferson Randolph, Dabney
Carr, Peyton
Randolph (1779-1828) and Henry
St. George Tucker; third cousin once removed of Francis
Wayles Eppes, Dabney
Smith Carr, Edmund
Randolph, Nathaniel
Beverly Tucker and Carter
Henry Harrison; third cousin twice removed of Fitzhugh
Lee, Edmund
Randolph Cocke, Carter
Henry Harrison II and Frederick
Madison Roberts; third cousin thrice removed of Edith
Wilson and Francis
Beverley Biddle; fourth cousin of John
Wayles Eppes. |
| | | Political families: Harrison-Randolph-Marshall-Cabell
family of Virginia; Tuck-Claude
family of Annapolis, Maryland (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | Marshall counties in Ala., Ill., Ind., Iowa, Ky., Miss., Tenn. and W.Va. are
named for him. |
| | | The World War II Liberty
ship SS John Marshall (built 1941-42 at Mobile,
Alabama; scrapped 1971) was named for
him. |
| | | Other politicians named for him: John
Marshall Stone
— John
Marshall Martin
— John
Marshall Harlan
— J.
Marshall Hagans
— John
M. Claiborne
— John
M. Hamilton
— John
M. Raymond
— John M.
Rose
— John
M. Slaton
— John
M. Wolverton
— John
M. Robsion
— John
Marshall Hutcheson
— John
M. Butler
— John
Marshall Harlan
— John
M. Robsion, Jr.
— John
Marshall Briley
— John
Marshall Lindley
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| | | Coins and currency: His portrait
appeared on the $20 U.S. Treasury note in the 1880s, and on the
$500 bill in the early 20th century. |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — federal
judicial profile — Wikipedia
article — NNDB
dossier — Find-A-Grave
memorial — Biographical
Directory of Federal Judges |
| | | Books about John Marshall: Jean Edward
Smith, John
Marshall : Definer of a Nation — Charles F. Hobson, The
Great Chief Justice : John Marshall and the Rule of
Law — Albert J. Beveridge, The
Life of John Marshall: The Building of the Nation
1815-1835 — Albert J. Beveridge, The
Life of John Marshall: Conflict and Construction
1800-1815 — Albert J. Beveridge, The
Life of John Marshall: Politician, Diplomatist, Statesman
1789-1801 — Albert J. Beveridge, The
Life of John Marshall: Frontiersman, Soldier,
Lawmaker — David Scott Robarge, A
Chief Justice's Progress: John Marshall from Revolutionary Virginia
to the Supreme Court — R. Kent Newmyer, John
Marshall and the Heroic Age of the Supreme Court |
| | | Image source: New York Public
Library |
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Thurgood Marshall Jr. (b. 1956) —
of Falls
Church, Va.
Born in New York City (unknown
county), N.Y., 1956.
Democrat. Lawyer; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Virginia, 1996;
assistant to Pres. Bill
Clinton, 1997-2001.
African
and Filipino
ancestry. Member, American Bar
Association; National
Bar Association.
Still living as of 2007.
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Simon Bolivar Marye (1825-1868) —
also known as Simon B. Marye —
of Portland, Multnomah
County, Ore.
Born in Shenandoah
County, Va., June 7,
1825.
Lawyer; mayor
of Portland, Ore., 1852-53.
Died in Butte, Silver Bow
County, Mont., February
19, 1868 (age 42 years, 257
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Thomson Mason (1733-1785) —
of Virginia.
Born in Stafford
County, Va., August
14, 1733.
Lawyer; chief
justice of Virginia state supreme court, 1770.
Died in Stafford
County, Va., February
26, 1785 (age 51 years, 196
days).
Burial location unknown.
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John Mathews (1768-1849) —
of Lewisburg, Greenbrier
County, Va. (now W.Va.).
Born in Rockbridge
County, Va., October
30, 1768.
Surveyor;
lawyer; member of Virginia
state house of delegates from Greenbrier County, 1798-1802,
1803-05, 1813-15, 1816-17.
Scotch-Irish
ancestry.
Died in Lewisburg, Greenbrier
County, Va (now W.Va.), November
10, 1849 (age 81 years, 11
days).
Interment at Old
Stone Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Lewisburg, W.Va.
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Henry Lowndes Maury (1875-1959) —
also known as Henry L. Maury —
of Butte, Silver Bow
County, Mont.
Born in Albemarle
County, Va., November
20, 1875.
Lawyer; Socialist candidate for justice of
Montana state supreme court, 1906; member of Montana
state house of representatives, 1910; alternate delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Montana, 1928.
Died in Butte, Silver Bow
County, Mont., January
14, 1959 (age 83 years, 55
days).
Interment at Grace Episcopal Church Cemetery, Cismont, Va.
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Lewis Maxwell (1790-1862) —
of Virginia.
Born in Chester
County, Pa., April
17, 1790.
Lawyer; surveyor;
member of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1821-24; U.S.
Representative from Virginia 21st District, 1827-33.
Slaveowner.
Died in West Union, Doddridge
County, Va (now W.Va.), February
13, 1862 (age 71 years, 302
days).
Interment at Odd
Fellows Cemetery, West Union, W.Va.
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Robert Murphy Mayo (1836-1896) —
also known as Robert M. Mayo —
of Virginia.
Born in Hague, Westmoreland
County, Va., April
28, 1836.
Colonel in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; court
martialed in the Confederate
Army, 1863, for drunkenness,
and reduced in
rank; lawyer; member of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1881-82, 1885-88; U.S.
Representative from Virginia 1st District, 1883-84.
Member, American Bar
Association.
Slaveowner.
Died in Hague, Westmoreland
County, Va., March
29, 1896 (age 59 years, 336
days).
Interment at Yeocomico
Cemetery, Kinsale, Va.
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Alexander Keith McClung (1809-1855) —
also known as Alexander K. McClung; "The Black Knight
of the South" —
of Mississippi.
Born in Virginia, 1809.
Lawyer; colonel in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War; U.S.
Charge d'Affaires to Bolivia, 1849-51.
Killed his opponents in a number of duels.
Died from a self-inflicted
gunshot,
with a dueling pistol, in a hotel
room at Jackson, Hinds
County, Miss., March
23, 1855 (age about 45
years).
Interment at Friendship
Cemetery, Columbus, Miss.
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Joseph Michael McDade (1931-2017) —
also known as Joseph M. McDade —
of Clarks Summit, Lackawanna
County, Pa.
Born in Scranton, Lackawanna
County, Pa., September
29, 1931.
Republican. Lawyer; clerk to U.S. District Judge John
W. Murphy; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 10th District, 1963-99.
Catholic.
Member, Knights
of Columbus; Elks; American Bar
Association; National Rifle
Association.
Died in Fairfax,
Va., September
24, 2017 (age 85 years, 360
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Angus William McDonald (1829-1914) —
of Berryville, Clarke
County, Va.; Charles Town, Jefferson
County, W.Va.; Morgan
County, W.Va.
Born in Romney, Hampshire
County, Va. (now W.Va.), May 16,
1829.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1861; served in the Confederate Army
during the Civil War; member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Morgan County, 1895-96.
Died in Jefferson
County, W.Va., October
24, 1914 (age 85 years, 161
days).
Interment at Edge
Hill Cemetery, Charles Town, W.Va.
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Robert Francis McDonnell (b. 1954) —
also known as Bob McDonnell —
of Glen Allen, Henrico
County, Va.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., June 15,
1954.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Virginia
state house of delegates 84th District, 1992-2005; Virginia
state attorney general, 2006-09; resigned 2009; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Virginia, 2008
(delegation chair); Governor of
Virginia, 2010-14; he and his wife were indicted
in January 2014 for receiving improper
gifts; convicted
in September 2014; sentenced
to two years in prison; in June 2016, the U.S. Supreme Court
unanimously overturned his conviction.
Irish
and Alsatian
ancestry.
Still living as of 2018.
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Gerald S. McGowan (b. 1946) —
of Virginia.
Born in Birmingham, Oakland
County, Mich., 1946.
Served in the U.S. Army during the Vietnam war; lawyer; U.S.
Ambassador to Portugal, 1997-2001.
Still living as of 2001.
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William McPherson McIntosh (1815-1862) —
of Georgia.
Born in Elbert
County, Ga., February
14, 1815.
Democrat. Lawyer; planter;
member of Georgia
state house of representatives, 1846-47; member of Georgia
state senate, 1855-56; candidate for Presidential Elector for
Georgia; general in the Confederate Army during the Civil War.
Died from gunshot
wounds received at the Civil
War battle at Garnett's Farm, Henrico
County, Va., June, 1862
(age 47
years, 0 days).
Interment at Heard
Cemetery, Elberton, Ga.
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James Campbell McLaughlin (1858-1932) —
also known as James C. McLaughlin —
of Muskegon, Muskegon
County, Mich.
Born in Beardstown, Cass
County, Ill., January
26, 1858.
Republican. Lawyer; Muskegon
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1887-91; U.S.
Representative from Michigan 9th District, 1907-32; defeated,
1932; died in office 1932.
Died in Marion, Smyth
County, Va., November
29, 1932 (age 74 years, 308
days).
Interment at Evergreen
Cemetery, Muskegon, Mich.
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Clarence Watson Meadows (1904-1961) —
also known as Clarence W. Meadows —
of Beckley, Raleigh
County, W.Va.; Charleston, Kanawha
County, W.Va.; Fort Lauderdale, Broward
County, Fla.; Clifton Forge, Alleghany
County, Va.
Born in Beckley, Raleigh
County, W.Va., February
11, 1904.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Raleigh County, 1931-32;
Raleigh
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1933-36; West
Virginia state attorney general, 1937-42; circuit judge in West
Virginia, 1942-44; Governor of
West Virginia, 1945-49; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from West Virginia, 1948,
1952;
campaign manager for Claude
Pepper, in 1958 U.S. Senate campaign.
Baptist.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Judicature Society; Phi
Alpha Delta; Alpha
Kappa Psi; Pi
Kappa Alpha; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Elks; Moose; Lions; Rotary.
Died, following a heart
attack in Chesapeake and Ohio Hospital,
Clifton Forge, Alleghany
County, Va., September
12, 1961 (age 57 years, 213
days).
Interment at Wildwood
Cemetery, Beckley, W.Va.
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Charles Fenton Mercer (1778-1858) —
also known as Charles F. Mercer —
of Aldie, Loudoun
County, Va.
Born in Fredericksburg,
Va., June 16,
1778.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1810-17; colonel in the U.S. Army
during the War of 1812; U.S.
Representative from Virginia, 1817-39 (8th District 1817-21, 14th
District 1821-25, 19th District 1825-27, 14th District 1827-35, 15th
District 1835-37, 13th District 1837-39, 16th District 1839); delegate
to Virginia state constitutional convention, 1829.
Slaveowner.
Died in Howard (now part of Tysons Corner), Fairfax
County, Va., May 4,
1858 (age 79 years, 322
days).
Interment at Union
Cemetery, Leesburg, Va.
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Wyndham Robertson Meredith (1859-1940) —
also known as Wyndham R. Meredith —
of Richmond,
Va.
Born in Richmond,
Va., April 6,
1859.
Democrat. Lawyer; alternate delegate to Gold Democrat National
Convention from Virginia, 1896.
Died, from a cerebral
hemorrhage, while suffering from pneumonia
and heart
disease, in Johnston-Willis Hospital,
Richmond,
Va., January
12, 1940 (age 80 years, 281
days).
Interment at Hollywood
Cemetery, Richmond, Va.
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James Henry Miller (b. 1856) —
also known as James H. Miller —
of Hinton, Summers
County, W.Va.
Born in Greenbrier
County, Va. (now W.Va.), December
29, 1856.
Democrat. School
teacher; lawyer; bank
director; Summers
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1885-1900; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from West Virginia, 1896;
West
Virginia Democratic state chair, 1900-04; candidate for West
Virginia state auditor, 1900; circuit judge in West Virginia,
1905.
Burial location unknown.
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Joseph Miller (1819-1862) —
of Chillicothe, Ross
County, Ohio.
Born in Chillicothe, Ross
County, Ohio, September
9, 1819.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Ohio
state house of representatives, 1856; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 10th District, 1857-59; justice of
Nebraska territorial supreme court, 1859-60.
Died May 27,
1862 (age 42 years, 260
days).
Interment at Grandview
Cemetery, Chillicothe, Ohio.
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William Miller (1770-1825) —
of Warren
County, N.C.
Born in Southampton
County, Va., 1770.
Lawyer; North
Carolina state attorney general, 1810; Governor of
North Carolina, 1814-17.
Died in 1825
(age about
55 years).
Interment somewhere
in Warren County, N.C.
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James Monroe (1758-1831) —
of Spotsylvania
County, Va.; Loudoun
County, Va.
Born in Westmoreland
County, Va., April
28, 1758.
Colonel in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War;
lawyer; member of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1782, 1786, 1810-11; Delegate
to Continental Congress from Virginia, 1783-86; delegate
to Virginia convention to ratify U.S. constitution from
Spotsylvania County, 1788; U.S.
Senator from Virginia, 1790-94; U.S. Minister to France, 1794-96; Great Britain, 1803-07; Governor of
Virginia, 1799-1802, 1811; U.S.
Secretary of State, 1811-17; U.S.
Secretary of War, 1814-15; President
of the United States, 1817-25; delegate
to Virginia state constitutional convention, 1829.
Episcopalian.
English
ancestry. Member, Freemasons.
Elected to the Hall
of Fame for Great Americans in 1930.
Slaveowner.
Died, probably of tuberculosis,
in New York, New York
County, N.Y., July 4,
1831 (age 73 years, 67
days).
Originally entombed at New
York Marble Cemetery, Manhattan, N.Y.; subsequently entombed at
New
York City Marble Cemetery, Manhattan, N.Y.; reinterment in 1858
at Hollywood
Cemetery, Richmond, Va.
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Relatives: Son
of Andrew Spence Monroe and Elizabeth (Jones) Monroe; married, February
16, 1786, to Eliza Kortright and Elizabeth
Kortright; father of Eliza Kortright Monroe (who married George
Hay) and Maria Hester Monroe (who married Samuel
Laurence Gouverneur); nephew of Joseph
Jones; uncle of Thomas
Bell Monroe and James
Monroe (1799-1870); granduncle of Victor
Monroe; great-grandnephew of Douglas Robinson (who married Corinne
Roosevelt Robinson); second great-granduncle of Theodore
Douglas Robinson and Corinne
Robinson Alsop; third great-granduncle of Corinne
A. Chubb and John
deKoven Alsop; first cousin once removed of William
Grayson; second cousin of Alfred
William Grayson and Beverly
Robinson Grayson; second cousin thrice removed of Carter
Henry Harrison II and John
Brady Grayson. |
| | | Political family: Monroe-Grayson-Roosevelt-Breckinridge
family of Virginia and Kentucky (subset of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | Monroe counties in Ala., Ark., Fla., Ga., Ill., Ind., Iowa, Ky., Mich., Miss., Mo., N.Y., Ohio, Pa., Tenn., W.Va. and Wis. are
named for him. |
| | | The city
of Monrovia,
Liberia, is named for
him. — Mount
Monroe, in the White Mountains, Coos
County, New Hampshire, is named for
him. — Fort
Monroe (military installation 1819-2011), at Old Point Comfort, Hampton,
Virginia, is named for
him. — The World War II Liberty
ship SS James Monroe (built 1942 at Terminal
Island, California; scrapped 1970) was named for
him. |
| | | Other politicians named for him: James
Monroe
— James
Monroe
— James
M. Pendleton
— James
M. Jackson
— James
Monroe Letts
— James
M. Ritchie
— James
M. Rosse
— James
M. Comly
— James
Monroe Buford
— James
M. Seibert
— J.
Monroe Driesbach
— James
M. Lown
— James
M. Miller
— James
Monroe Jones
— James
Monroe Hale
— James
Monroe Spears
— J.
M. Alford
— James
M. Lown, Jr.
— James
M. Miley
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| | | Coins and currency: His portrait
appeared on the U.S. $100 silver certificate in the 1880s and
1890s. |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — National Governors
Association biography — Wikipedia
article — U.S. State Dept career summary — NNDB
dossier — Find-A-Grave
memorial — OurCampaigns
candidate detail |
| | | Books about James Monroe: Harry Ammon,
James
Monroe: The Quest for National Identity |
| | | Image source: Portrait & Biographical
Album of Washtenaw County (1891) |
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Thomas Bell Monroe (1791-1865) —
also known as Thomas B. Monroe —
of Frankfort, Franklin
County, Ky.
Born in Albemarle
County, Va., October
7, 1791.
Lawyer; member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1816; secretary
of state of Kentucky, 1823-24; U.S.
Attorney for Kentucky, 1833-34; U.S.
District Judge for Kentucky, 1834-61; resigned 1861; Delegate
from Kentucky to the Confederate Provisional Congress, 1861-62.
Died in Pass Christian, Harrison
County, Miss., December
24, 1865 (age 74 years, 78
days).
Interment at Live
Oak Cemetery, Pass Christian, Miss.
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Andrew Jackson Montague (1862-1937) —
also known as Andrew J. Montague;
"Jack" —
of Richmond,
Va.
Born in Campbell
County, Va., October
3, 1862.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Attorney for the Western District of Virginia, 1893-98; Virginia
state attorney general, 1898-1902; Governor of
Virginia, 1902-06; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Virginia, 1904
(Honorary
Vice-President), 1916;
U.S.
Representative from Virginia, 1913-37 (3rd District 1913-33,
at-large 1933-35, 3rd District 1935-37); died in office 1937.
Died in Urbanna, Middlesex
County, Va., January
24, 1937 (age 74 years, 113
days).
Interment at Christ
Church Episcopal Cemetery, Urbanna, Va.
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Robert Latane Montague (1819-1880) —
also known as Robert L. Montague —
of Middlesex
County, Va.
Born in Middlesex
County, Va., May 23,
1819.
Lawyer; member of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1850, 1872; Lieutenant
Governor of Virginia, 1860-64; delegate
to Virginia secession convention from Mathews & Middlesex
counties, 1861; Representative
from Virginia in the Confederate Congress, 1864-65; state court
judge in Virginia, 1875-80.
Baptist.
Died of erysipelas
infection, near Saluda, Middlesex
County, Va., March 2,
1880 (age 60 years, 284
days).
Original interment in private or family graveyard; reinterment at Christ
Church Episcopal Cemetery, Urbanna, Va.
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John Austin Moon (1855-1921) —
also known as John A. Moon —
of Chattanooga, Hamilton
County, Tenn.
Born in Albemarle
County, Va., April
22, 1855.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Tennessee
Democratic State Executive Committee, 1888; circuit judge in
Tennessee, 1889-94; U.S.
Representative from Tennessee 3rd District, 1897-1921; defeated,
1920; died in office 1921; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Tennessee, 1900.
Died June 26,
1921 (age 66 years, 65
days).
Interment at Forest
Hills Cemetery, Chattanooga, Tenn.
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Wyman Bradbury Seavy Moor (1811-1869) —
also known as Wyman B. S. Moor —
of Waterville, Kennebec
County, Maine; Bangor, Penobscot
County, Maine.
Born in Waterville, Kennebec
County, Maine, November
11, 1811.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Maine
state house of representatives, 1839; Maine
state attorney general, 1844-47; U.S.
Senator from Maine, 1848; railroad
construction superintendent; U.S. Consul General in Toronto, 1857-61.
Died in Lynchburg,
Va., March
10, 1869 (age 57 years, 119
days).
Interment at Pine
Grove Cemetery, Waterville, Maine.
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Laban Theodore Moore (1829-1892) —
also known as Laban T. Moore —
of Louisa, Lawrence
County, Ky.
Born in Wayne
County, Va. (now W.Va.), January
13, 1829.
Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Kentucky 9th District, 1859-61; member of Kentucky
state senate, 1860.
Slaveowner.
Died, of pneumonia,
at Catlettsburg, Boyd
County, Ky., November
9, 1892 (age 63 years, 301
days).
Interment at Ashland
Cemetery, Ashland, Ky.
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John Motley Morehead (1796-1866) —
of Guilford
County, N.C.
Born in Pittsylvania
County, Va., July 4,
1796.
Whig. Lawyer; railroad
promoter; member of North
Carolina house of commons, 1821, 1826-27, 1838; Governor of
North Carolina, 1841-45; Delegate
from North Carolina to the Confederate Provisional Congress,
1861-62.
Died in Alum Springs, Greenbrier
County, W.Va., August
27, 1866 (age 70 years, 54
days).
Interment at First
Presbyterian Churchyard, Greensboro, N.C.
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George Washington Morgan (1820-1893) —
also known as George W. Morgan —
of Mt. Vernon, Knox
County, Ohio.
Born in Washington, Washington
County, Pa., September
20, 1820.
Democrat. Served in the Texas Army during the Texas War of
Independence; lawyer; colonel in the U.S. Army during the
Mexican War; U.S. Consul in Marseille, 1855-58; U.S. Minister to Portugal, 1858-61; general in the Union Army during the Civil
War; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Ohio, 1864,
1876;
candidate for Governor of
Ohio, 1865; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 13th District, 1867-68, 1869-73.
Died in Fort Monroe, Elizabeth City County (now part of Hampton),
Va., July 26,
1893 (age 72 years, 309
days).
Interment at Mound
View Cemetery, Mt. Vernon, Ohio.
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Robert Page Walter Morris (1853-1924) —
also known as R. Page W. Morris —
of Lynchburg,
Va.; Duluth, St. Louis
County, Minn.
Born in Lynchburg,
Va., June 30,
1853.
Republican. College
professor; lawyer; postmaster at Lynchburg,
Va., 1883-85; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Virginia 6th District, 1884; district judge
in Minnesota 11th District, 1895-96; U.S.
Representative from Minnesota 6th District, 1897-1903; U.S.
District Judge for Minnesota, 1903-23; took senior status 1923.
Arrested
in Salt Lake City, 1921, following an accident in which his
car struck a pedestrian, Mrs. Elizabeth Holmes.
Died in Rochester, Olmsted
County, Minn., December
16, 1924 (age 71 years, 169
days).
Interment at Forest
Hill Cemetery, Duluth, Minn.
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Charles Krath Moser (b. 1877) —
also known as Charles K. Moser —
of San
Francisco, Calif.; Lewinsville, Fairfax
County, Va.
Born in Marion, Smyth
County, Va., August
27, 1877.
Manager of a fruit
drying company in California; newspaper
reporter; lawyer; U.S. Consul in Aden, 1909-11; Colombo, 1911-14; Harbin, 1914-19; Tiflis, as of 1921.
Burial location unknown.
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