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Green Berry Samuels (1806-1859) —
of Woodstock, Shenandoah
County, Va.
Born in Shenandoah
County, Va., February
1, 1806.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Virginia 18th District, 1839-41; delegate to
Virginia state constitutional convention, 1850-51; circuit judge
in Virginia, 1850; Judge,
Virginia Court of Appeals, 1852.
Died in Richmond,
Va., January
5, 1859 (age 52 years, 338
days).
Interment at Emanuel
Lutheran Church Cemetery, Woodstock, Va.
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John Adams Sanders (b. 1866) —
also known as John A. Sanders —
of Nye
County, Nev.; Carson
City, Nev.
Born in Wythe
County, Va., October
16, 1866.
Son of William C. Sanders and Florence (Peirce) Sanders.
Democrat. Lawyer; Nye
County District Attorney, 1911-16; justice of
Nevada state supreme court, 1917-35; chief
justice of Nevada state supreme court, 1921-22, 1927-29, 1933-34.
Member, Phi
Kappa Psi; Freemasons;
Elks.
Burial
location unknown.
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Richard John Santorum (b. 1958) —
also known as Rick Santorum —
of Pennsylvania.
Born in Winchester,
Va., May 10,
1958.
Republican. Administrative assistant to State Sen. J.
Doyle Corman, 1981-86; lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 18th District, 1991-95; U.S.
Senator from Pennsylvania, 1995-; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Pennsylvania, 2008.
Catholic.
Italian
ancestry.
Still living as of 2009.
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Samuel Tredwell Sawyer (1800-1865) —
of Edenton, Chowan
County, N.C.; Norfolk,
Va.
Born in Edenton, Chowan
County, N.C., 1800.
Lawyer; member of North
Carolina state house of representatives, 1829-32; member of North
Carolina state senate, 1834; U.S.
Representative from North Carolina 1st District, 1837-39; newspaper
editor; U.S. Collector
of Customs, 1853-58; major in the Confederate Army during the
Civil War.
Died in Bloomfield, Essex
County, N.J., November
29, 1865 (age about 65
years).
Burial
location unknown.
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George Blaine Schwabe (1886-1952) —
also known as George B. Schwabe —
of Nowata, Nowata
County, Okla.; Tulsa, Tulsa
County, Okla.
Born in Arthur, Vernon
County, Mo., July 26,
1886.
Son of George Washington Schwabe and Emily Ellen (Mose) Schwabe.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Oklahoma
state house of representatives, 1918-22; Speaker of
the Oklahoma State House of Representatives, 1921-22; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Oklahoma, 1920
(alternate), 1936;
U.S.
Representative from Oklahoma 1st District, 1945-49, 1951-52;
defeated, 1948; died in office 1952.
Died in Alexandria,
Va., April 2,
1952 (age 65 years, 251
days).
Interment at Memorial
Park Cemetery, Tulsa, Okla.
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Andrew Scott (1789-1851) —
of Ste. Genevieve, Ste.
Genevieve County, Mo.
Born in Hanover
County, Va., August 6,
1789.
Lawyer; justice of
Arkansas territorial supreme court, 1819-25; member of Arkansas
territorial House of Representatives, 1831.
Scottish
ancestry.
Killed Joseph
Selden, another Arkansas Territory judge, in a duel
on an island in the Mississippi River near Helena, Ark., May 26, 1824.
Died in Norristown, Pope
County, Ark., March 13,
1851 (age 61 years, 219
days).
Original interment at Dover
Cemetery, Pope County, Ark.; reinterment at Oakland
Cemetery, Russellville, Ark.
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Hugh Doggett Scott, Jr. (1900-1994) —
also known as Hugh Scott —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in Fredericksburg,
Va., November
11, 1900.
Republican. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania, 1941-45, 1947-59 (7th District
1941-45, 6th District 1947-59); defeated, 1944; served in the U.S.
Navy during World War II; Chairman of
Republican National Committee, 1948-49; U.S.
Senator from Pennsylvania, 1959-77; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1960,
1964,
1972
(delegation chair).
Episcopalian.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Amvets; Sons of
the American Revolution; Lions; Society
of the Cincinnati; Friendly
Sons of St. Patrick; Alpha
Chi Rho; Tau
Kappa Alpha; Patriotic
Order Sons of America.
Died July 21,
1994 (age 93 years, 252
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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John Scott (1785-1861) —
of Ste. Genevieve, Ste.
Genevieve County, Mo.
Born in Hanover
County, Va., May 18,
1785.
Lawyer; U.S.
Attorney for Missouri, 1814-17; Delegate
to U.S. Congress from Missouri Territory, 1816-17, 1817-21; delegate
to Missouri state constitutional convention from Ste. Genevieve
County, 1820; U.S.
Representative from Missouri at-large, 1821-27.
Died in Ste. Genevieve, Ste.
Genevieve County, Mo., October
1, 1861 (age 76 years, 136
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Robert Cortez Scott (b. 1947) —
also known as Robert C. Scott; Bobby Scott —
of Newport
News, Va.
Born in Washington,
D.C., April 30,
1947.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1978-83; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Virginia, 1980,
1996,
2000,
2004,
2008;
member of Virginia
state senate, 1983-92; U.S.
Representative from Virginia 3rd District, 1993-; defeated, 1986.
Episcopalian.
African
ancestry. Member, NAACP; Alpha
Phi Alpha.
Still living as of 2009.
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William Lloyd Scott (1915-1997) —
of Fairfax,
Va.
Born in Williamsburg,
Va., July 1,
1915.
Republican. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during World War
II; U.S.
Representative from Virginia 8th District, 1967-73; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Virginia, 1972;
U.S.
Senator from Virginia, 1973-79.
Methodist.
Member, American Bar
Association; Lions; Forty and
Eight; American
Legion; Freemasons;
Shriners.
Died, of a chest
infection and Alzheimer's
disease, in the Fairfax Nursing
Center, Fairfax,
Va., February
14, 1997 (age 81 years, 228
days).
Interment at Fairfax
Memorial Park, Fairfax, Va.
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Cornelius Decator Scully (1878-1952) —
also known as Cornelius D. Scully —
of Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa.
Born in Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa., November
30, 1878.
Son of John Sullivan Scully and Mary E. (Negley) Scully.
Democrat. Lawyer; mayor
of Pittsburgh, Pa., 1936-46; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Pennsylvania, 1940,
1944.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Kappa
Sigma; Freemasons;
Eagles.
Died in Hillcrest Nursing
Home, Winchester,
Va., September
23, 1952 (age 73 years, 298
days).
Interment at Elmwood
Cemetery, Shepherdstown, W.Va.
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James Alexander Seddon (1815-1880) —
also known as James A. Seddon —
of Virginia.
Born in Virginia, July 13,
1815.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Virginia 6th District, 1845-47, 1849-51;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Virginia, 1856;
Delegate
from Virginia to the Confederate Provisional Congress, 1861-62;
Confederate
Secretary of War, 1862-65.
Arrested
by Union
forces in May 1865 and imprisoned
until December.
Died in Goochland
County, Va., August
19, 1880 (age 65 years, 37
days).
Interment at Hollywood
Cemetery, Richmond, Va.
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John Edward Sheridan (1902-1987) —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in Waterbury, New Haven
County, Conn., September
15, 1902.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 4th District, 1939-47; defeated,
1946; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Pennsylvania,
1940,
1944
(alternate), 1948.
Died in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., November
12, 1987 (age 85 years, 58
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Abner Woodruff Sibal (1921-2000) —
also known as Abner W. Sibal —
of Norwalk, Fairfield
County, Conn.
Born in Ridgewood, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y., April 11,
1921.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II;
lawyer; member of Connecticut
state senate, 1956-60; U.S.
Representative from Connecticut 4th District, 1961-65; defeated,
1964; delegate to Republican National Convention from Connecticut, 1964.
Died, of a heart
attack, in Alexandria,
Va., January
27, 2000 (age 78 years, 291
days).
Interment at Riverside
Cemetery, Norwalk, Conn.
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Daniel Edgar Sickles (1819-1914) —
also known as Daniel E. Sickles; "Devil
Dan" —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., October
20, 1819.
Lawyer; member of New York
state assembly from New York County, 1847; member of New York
state senate 3rd District, 1856-57; U.S.
Representative from New York, 1857-61, 1893-95 (3rd District
1857-61, 10th District 1893-95); defeated, 1894; general in the Union
Army during the Civil War; delegate to Republican National Convention
from New York, 1868;
U.S. Minister to Spain, 1869-74; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
New York, 1892.
Member, Grand
Army of the Republic.
Shot and killed
Philip
Barton Key, his wife's lover and the son of the author of the
national anthem, at Lafayette Park, Washington, D.C, 1859; charged
with murder,
but with the help of his attorney Edwin
M. Stanton, was acquitted after the first
successful plea of temporary insanity in U.S. legal history.
Received the Medal
of Honor in 1897 for action at the Battle of Gettysburg, July 2,
1863; lost a
leg in that battle; his amputated leg was displayed at the Army
Medical Museum, where he frequently visited it in later years.
Died in New York, New York
County, N.Y., May 3,
1914 (age 94 years, 195
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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George Armistead Smathers (1913-2007) —
also known as George A. Smathers; "Georgeous
George" —
of Miami, Dade County (now Miami-Dade
County), Fla.
Born in Atlantic City, Atlantic
County, N.J., November
14, 1913.
Son of Franklin Smathers and Lura (Jones) Smathers.
Democrat. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World
War II; U.S.
Representative from Florida 4th District, 1947-51; U.S.
Senator from Florida, 1951-69; alternate delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Florida, 1952,
1956;
candidate for Democratic nomination for President, 1960,
1968;
lobbyist.
Methodist;
later United
Church of Christ. Member, Jaycees;
Elks; Kiwanis.
Suffered a stroke,
and subsequently died, in Indian Creek, Miami-Dade
County, Fla., January
20, 2007 (age 93 years, 67
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Green Clay Smith (1826-1895) —
also known as Green C. Smith —
of Covington, Kenton
County, Ky.
Born in Richmond, Madison
County, Ky., July 4,
1826.
Son of John
Speed Smith.
Served in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War; lawyer; member
of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1861; general in the Union Army
during the Civil War; U.S.
Representative from Kentucky 6th District, 1863-66; Governor of
Montana Territory, 1866-68; Prohibition candidate for President
of the United States, 1876.
Baptist.
Died in Washington,
D.C., June 29,
1895 (age 68 years, 360
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Howard Worth Smith (1883-1976) —
also known as Howard W. Smith —
of Alexandria,
Va.; Broad Run, Fauquier
County, Va.
Born in Broad Run, Fauquier
County, Va., February
2, 1883.
Democrat. Lawyer; alternate delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Virginia, 1920;
circuit judge in Virginia, 1928-30; U.S.
Representative from Virginia, 1931-67 (8th District 1931-33,
at-large 1933-35, 8th District 1935-67).
Episcopalian.
Member, Elks; Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows.
Died in Alexandria,
Va., October
3, 1976 (age 93 years, 244
days).
Interment at Georgetown
Cemetery, Broad Run, Va.
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Willis Smith (1887-1953) —
of Raleigh, Wake
County, N.C.
Born in Norfolk,
Va., December
19, 1887.
Son of Willis Smith and Mary Shaw (Creecy) Smith.
Democrat. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during World War I;
member of North
Carolina state house of representatives, 1927-32; Speaker of
the North Carolina State House of Representatives, 1931-32;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from North Carolina, 1944,
1952;
U.S.
Senator from North Carolina, 1950-53; died in office 1953.
Methodist.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Judicature Society; Order of the
Coif; American
Legion; Forty and
Eight; Sigma
Phi Epsilon; Omicron
Delta Kappa; Phi
Delta Phi; Kiwanis.
Died in the Bethesda
Naval Hospital, Bethesda, Montgomery
County, Md., June 26,
1953 (age 65 years, 189
days).
Interment at Oakwood
Cemetery, Raleigh, N.C.
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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, Washington, D.C.
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John William Snow (b. 1939) —
also known as John W. Snow —
of Richmond,
Va.
Born in Toledo, Lucas
County, Ohio, August 2,
1939.
Lawyer; charged
with driving
while intoxicated,
in West Valley City, Utah, 1982; chairman and chief executive officer
of CSX railroad;
U.S.
Secretary of the Treasury, 2003-06; director, Marathon Oil Co.
Episcopalian.
Member, Delta
Tau Delta.
Still living as of 2009.
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Jerry Curtis South (1867-1930) —
also known as Jerry C. South —
of Mountain Home, Baxter
County, Ark.
Born in Frankfort, Franklin
County, Ky., March 24,
1867.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Arkansas state legislature,
1891-1901; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Arkansas,
1892,
1896,
1900,
1904,
1908,
1912
(member, Credentials
Committee), 1916
(member, Platform
and Resolutions Committee); served in the U.S. Army during the
Spanish-American War.
Disciples
of Christ. Member, Freemasons.
Died in Washington,
D.C., September
24, 1930 (age 63 years, 184
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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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, Washington, D.C.
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William Belser Spong, Jr. (1920-1997) —
also known as William B. Spong, Jr. —
of Portsmouth,
Va.
Born in Portsmouth,
Va., September
29, 1920.
Son of William Belser Spong and Emily (Nichols) Spong.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1954-55; member of Virginia
state senate, 1956-66; U.S.
Senator from Virginia, 1966-73; defeated, 1972; trustee,
Portsmouth General Hospital.
Member, Order of the
Coif; Phi
Alpha Delta; Omicron
Delta Kappa; Pi
Kappa Alpha.
Died of a ruptured
aneurysm, at Maryview Medical
Center, Portsmouth,
Va., October
8, 1997 (age 77 years, 9
days).
Interment at University
of Virginia Cemetery, Charlottesville, Va.
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Lynn Upshaw Stambaugh (1890-1971) —
also known as Lynn U. Stambaugh —
of North Dakota.
Born in Abilene, Dickinson
County, Kan., July 4,
1890.
Son of Winfield Scott Stambaugh.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer;
Independent candidate for U.S.
Senator from North Dakota, 1944.
Member, Sigma
Chi; Phi
Delta Phi; American
Legion.
Died in Washington,
D.C., May 27,
1971 (age 80 years, 327
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Frederick Perry Stanton (1814-1894) —
also known as Frederick P. Stanton —
of Tennessee.
Born in Alexandria, D.C. (now Va.), December
22, 1814.
Son of Richard Stanton and Harriet (Perry) Stanton.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Tennessee 10th District, 1845-55; secretary
of Kansas Territory, 1857; Governor of
Kansas Territory, 1857, 1857.
Died near Ocala, Marion
County, Fla., June 4,
1894 (age 79 years, 164
days).
Interment at South
Lake Weir Cemetery, South Lake Weir, Fla.
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Richard Henry Stanton (1812-1891) —
also known as Richard H. Stanton —
of Maysville, Mason
County, Ky.
Born in Alexandria, D.C. (now Va.), September
9, 1812.
Son of Richard Stanton and Harriet (Perry) Stanton.
Democrat. Lawyer; newspaper
editor; postmaster;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Kentucky, 1844,
1852,
1868;
U.S.
Representative from Kentucky 10th District, 1849-55; defeated,
1855; Presidential Elector for Kentucky, 1856;
circuit judge in Kentucky, 1868-74.
Died in Maysville, Mason
County, Ky., March 20,
1891 (age 78 years, 192
days).
Interment at Maysville
Cemetery, Maysville, Ky.
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Laurence Adolph Steinhardt (1892-1950) —
also known as Laurence A. Steinhardt —
of New York.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., October
6, 1892.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer; U.S.
Minister to Sweden, 1933-37; U.S. Ambassador to Peru, 1937-39; Soviet Union, 1939-41; Turkey, 1942-45; Czechoslovakia, 1945-48; Canada, 1948-50, died in office 1950.
Jewish.
Member, American Bar
Association.
Died in a plane
crash near Ramsayville, Ontario,
March
28, 1950 (age 57 years, 173
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Frederick Steiwer (1883-1939) —
of Pendleton, Umatilla
County, Ore.; Portland, Multnomah
County, Ore.
Born near Jefferson, Marion
County, Ore., October
13, 1883.
Republican. School
teacher; lawyer; District Attorney, 1913-16; member of Oregon
state senate, 1917; served in the U.S. Army during World War I;
U.S.
Senator from Oregon, 1927-38.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons;
Woodmen;
Elks.
Died February
3, 1939 (age 55 years, 113
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Theodore Fulton Stevens (1923-2010) —
also known as Ted Stevens —
of Fairbanks, Fairbanks
North Star Borough, Alaska; Girdwood, Anchorage,
Alaska.
Born in Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind., November
18, 1923.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II;
lawyer; U.S.
Attorney for the 4th District of Alaska Territory, 1954-56;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Alaska, 1964,
1972
(delegation chair); member of Alaska
state house of representatives, 1965-68; U.S.
Senator from Alaska, 1968-2009; defeated, 1962; appointed 1968.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Rotary; American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars.
Indicted
in July 2008 on federal charges
of failing
to report gifts
from VECO Corporation and its CEO; tried and
convicted
in October 2008; his conviction was later vacated due to
prosecutorial misconduct. The Anchorage airport is named for
him.
Killed in a plane
crash, in Bristol Bay
Borough, Alaska, August 9,
2010 (age 86 years, 264
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Andrew Stevenson (1784-1857) —
of Richmond,
Va.
Born in Culpeper
County, Va., January
21, 1784.
Son of James Stevenson and Frances (Littlepage) Stevenson.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1809-16, 1818-21; Speaker of
the Virginia State House of Delegates, 1812-15; U.S.
Representative from Virginia, 1821-34 (23rd District 1821-23,
16th District 1823-25, 9th District 1825-33, 11th District 1833-34);
Speaker of
the U.S. House, 1827-34; U.S. Minister to Great Britain, 1836-41.
Died in Albemarle
County, Va., January
21, 1857 (age 73 years, 0
days).
Interment at Enniscothy
Cemetery, Albemarle County, Va.
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John White Stevenson (1812-1886) —
also known as John W. Stevenson —
of Covington, Kenton
County, Ky.
Born in Richmond,
Va., May 2,
1812.
Son of Andrew
Stevenson.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1845-48; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Kentucky, 1848,
1852,
1856,
1880;
delegate
to Kentucky state constitutional convention, 1849; U.S.
Representative from Kentucky 10th District, 1857-61; Lieutenant
Governor of Kentucky, 1867; Governor of
Kentucky, 1867-71; U.S.
Senator from Kentucky, 1871-77.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Bar
Association.
Died in Covington, Kenton
County, Ky., August
10, 1886 (age 74 years, 100
days).
Interment at Spring
Grove Cemetery, Cincinnati, Ohio.
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Montfort Stokes (1762-1842) —
of Wilkesboro, Wilkes
County, N.C.
Born in Lunenburg
County, Va., March 12,
1762.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Senator from North Carolina, 1816-23; Governor of
North Carolina, 1830-32.
Died November
4, 1842 (age 80 years, 237
days).
Interment at Fort
Gibson National Cemetery, Fort Gibson, Okla.
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Joel E. Stollings (1833-1897) —
of Boone
County, W.Va.
Born in Logan
County, Va. (now W.Va.), August
12, 1833.
Lawyer; member of West
Virginia state senate, 1872, 1881-84 (8th District 1872, 1881-82,
7th District 1883-84).
Died September
27, 1897 (age 64 years, 46
days).
Interment somewhere
in Madison, W.Va.
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George William Summers (1804-1868) —
of Kanawha
County, Va. (now W.Va.).
Born in Virginia, 1804.
Lawyer; member of Virginia state legislature; U.S.
Representative from Virginia, 1841-45 (19th District 1841-43,
14th District 1843-45); delegate
to Virginia secession convention, 1861.
Died in 1868
(age about
64 years).
Interment at Walnut
Grove Cemetery, Putnam County, W.Va.
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George Sutherland (1862-1942) —
of Salt Lake City, Salt Lake
County, Utah.
Born in Buckinghamshire, England,
March
25, 1862.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Utah state
senate, 1896; U.S.
Representative from Utah at-large, 1901-03; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Utah, 1904,
1908,
1912,
1916;
U.S.
Senator from Utah, 1905-17; defeated, 1916; Justice
of U.S. Supreme Court, 1922-38.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Bar
Association.
Died July 18,
1942 (age 80 years, 115
days).
Originally entombed at Abbey
Mausoleum (which no longer exists), Arlington, Va.; reinterment
at Cedar
Hill Cemetery, Suitland, Md.
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Claude Augustus Swanson (1862-1939) —
also known as Claude A. Swanson —
of Chatham, Pittsylvania
County, Va.
Born in Swansonville, Pittsylvania
County, Va., March 31,
1862.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Virginia 5th District, 1893-1906; resigned
1906; Governor of
Virginia, 1906-10; defeated, 1901; U.S.
Senator from Virginia, 1910-33; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Virginia, 1912
(speaker),
1916,
1920,
1924,
1928,
1932;
U.S.
Secretary of the Navy, 1933-39; died in office 1939.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons.
Died near Criglersville, Madison
County, Va., July 7,
1939 (age 77 years, 98
days).
Interment at Hollywood
Cemetery, Richmond, Va.
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