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Thomas Allen (1813-1882) —
of Missouri.
Born in Pittsfield, Berkshire
County, Mass., August
29, 1813.
Democrat. Railroad
builder; member of Missouri
state senate, 1850-54; U.S.
Representative from Missouri 2nd District, 1881-82; died in
office 1882.
Member, Kappa Alpha Society.
Died in Washington,
D.C., April 8,
1882 (age 68 years, 222
days).
Interment at Pittsfield
Cemetery, Pittsfield, Mass.
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Leander Babcock (1811-1864) —
of Oswego, Oswego
County, N.Y.
Born in Paris, Oneida
County, N.Y., March 1,
1811.
Democrat. Mayor of
Oswego, N.Y., 1850; U.S.
Representative from New York 23rd District, 1851-53.
Member, Kappa Alpha Society.
Died in Richfield Springs, Otsego
County, N.Y., August
18, 1864 (age 53 years, 170
days).
Interment at Riverside
Cemetery, Scriba town, Oswego County, N.Y.
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Charles Lewis Beale (1824-1900) —
also known as Charles L. Beale —
of Kinderhook, Columbia
County, N.Y.
Born in Canaan, Columbia
County, N.Y., March 5,
1824.
Republican. U.S.
Representative from New York 12th District, 1859-61.
Member, Kappa Alpha Society.
Died in Hudson, Columbia
County, N.Y., January
29, 1900 (age 75 years, 330
days).
Interment at Kinderhook
Cemetery, Kinderhook, N.Y.
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William John Bennett (b. 1943) —
also known as William J. Bennett; Bill
Bennett —
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., July 3,
1943.
U.S.
Secretary of Education, 1985-88; director, U.S. Office of
National Drug Control Policy ("Drug Czar"), 1989-91; radio show
host; television
commentator.
Catholic.
Member, Kappa Alpha Society.
In 2003, news media reported that Bennett had lost
millions gambling in Las Vegas, a minor scandal
in light of his advocacy for self-discipline and other virtues; he acknowledged
that he had done "too much gambling" and that it "set a bad example".
Still living as of 2010.
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Gabriel Bouck (1828-1904) —
of Oshkosh, Winnebago
County, Wis.
Born in Fultonham, Schoharie
County, N.Y., December
16, 1828.
Democrat. Wisconsin
state attorney general, 1858-60; member of Wisconsin
state assembly, 1860, 1874; U.S.
Representative from Wisconsin 6th District, 1877-81.
Member, Kappa Alpha Society.
Died in Oshkosh, Winnebago
County, Wis., February
21, 1904 (age 75 years, 67
days).
Interment at Riverside
Cemetery, Oshkosh, Wis.
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Edward Stuyvesant Bragg (1827-1912) —
also known as Edward S. Bragg —
of Fond du Lac, Fond du Lac
County, Wis.
Born in Unadilla, Otsego
County, N.Y., February
20, 1827.
Son of Joel Bragg and Margaretha (Kohl) Bragg.
Democrat. Lawyer; Fond du
Lac County District Attorney, 1854-56; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Wisconsin, 1860,
1872,
1880,
1884,
1892,
1896;
general in the Union Army during the Civil War; postmaster;
member of Wisconsin
state senate, 1868-69; U.S.
Representative from Wisconsin, 1877-83, 1885-87 (5th District
1877-83, 2nd District 1885-87); U.S. Minister to Mexico, 1888-89; U.S. Consul General in Havana, 1902-03; Hong Kong, 1903-06.
Member, Kappa Alpha Society.
In 1884, made a famous speech supporting Grover
Cleveland, in which he declared: "We love him for the enemies he
has made," meaning the Tammany Hall organization in New York.
Died in Fond du Lac, Fond du Lac
County, Wis., June 20,
1912 (age 85 years, 121
days).
Interment at Rienzi
Cemetery, Fond du Lac, Wis.
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Edward McPhail Bridgforth (1906-1951) —
also known as E. M. Bridgforth —
of Kenbridge, Lunenburg
County, Va.
Born in Kenbridge, Lunenburg
County, Va., June 16,
1906.
Democrat. Farmer; oil company
agent; member of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1950-51; died in office 1951.
Methodist.
Member, Kappa Alpha Society; Ruritan.
Died December
16, 1951 (age 45 years, 183
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Philip Marshall Brown (1875-1966) —
of Princeton, Mercer
County, N.J.; Washington,
D.C.; Williamstown, Berkshire
County, Mass.
Born in Hampden, Penobscot
County, Maine, July 31,
1875.
Son of David Wilbur Brown and Clara Herrick (Hill) Brown.
U.S. Minister to Honduras, 1908-10; university
professor.
Episcopalian.
Member, Urban
League; Kappa Alpha Society.
Died, in a nursing
home at Williamstown, Berkshire
County, Mass., May 10,
1966 (age 90 years, 283
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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John Michael Carroll (1823-1901) —
also known as John M. Carroll —
of New York.
Born in Springfield, Otsego
County, N.Y., April 27,
1823.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from New York 18th District, 1871-73.
Member, Kappa Alpha Society.
Died in Johnstown, Fulton
County, N.Y., May 8,
1901 (age 78 years, 11
days).
Interment at Johnstown
Cemetery, Johnstown, N.Y.
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James Dixon (1814-1873) —
of Enfield, Hartford
County, Conn.; Hartford, Hartford
County, Conn.
Born in Enfield, Hartford
County, Conn., August 5,
1814.
Lawyer;
member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Enfield, 1837-38; U.S.
Representative from Connecticut 1st District, 1845-49; member of
Connecticut
state senate 1st District, 1849, 1854; U.S.
Senator from Connecticut, 1857-69.
Episcopalian.
Member, Kappa Alpha Society.
Died in Hartford, Hartford
County, Conn., March 27,
1873 (age 58 years, 234
days).
Interment at Cedar
Hill Cemetery, Hartford, Conn.
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Charles Tappan Dunwell (1852-1908) —
also known as Charles T. Dunwell —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Newark, Wayne
County, N.Y., February
13, 1852.
Son of Almerin Dunwell and Elizabeth (Hill) Dunwell.
Republican. Lawyer; insurance
agent; member of New York
Republican State Committee, 1891-92; U.S.
Representative from New York 3rd District, 1903-08; died in
office 1908.
Member, Kappa Alpha Society.
Died in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., June 12,
1908 (age 56 years, 120
days).
Interment at The
Evergreens Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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Rodney P. Frelinghuysen (b. 1946) —
of Morristown, Morris
County, N.J.; Morris Plains, Morris
County, N.J.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., April 29,
1946.
Son of Peter
Hood Ballantine Frelinghuysen, Jr..
Republican. Member of New
Jersey state house of assembly, 1983-94; U.S.
Representative from New Jersey 11th District, 1995-; delegate to
Republican National Convention from New Jersey, 2004,
2008.
Episcopalian.
Member, American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Kappa Alpha Society.
Still living as of 2009.
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Herbert James Hagerman (1871-1935) —
also known as Herbert J. Hagerman —
of Roswell, Chaves
County, N.M.; Santa Fe, Santa Fe
County, N.M.
Born in Milwaukee, Milwaukee
County, Wis., December
15, 1871.
Son of James J. Hagerman and Anna (Osborne) Hagerman.
Republican. Lawyer; Governor of
New Mexico Territory, 1906-07.
Member, Kappa Alpha Society.
Died in Santa Fe, Santa Fe
County, N.M., January
28, 1935 (age 63 years, 44
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Lewis Henry (1885-1941) —
of New York.
Born in New York, 1885.
Republican. U.S.
Representative from New York 37th District, 1922-23.
Member, Kappa Alpha Society.
Died in 1941
(age about
56 years).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Elmira, N.Y.
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Nelson Karr Hopkins —
also known as Nelson K. Hopkins —
of Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y.
New York
state comptroller, 1872-75.
Member, Kappa Alpha Society.
Burial
location unknown.
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Henry Martyn Hoyt (1830-1892) —
of Wilkes-Barre, Luzerne
County, Pa.
Born in Kingston, Luzerne
County, Pa., June 8,
1830.
Son of Ziba Hoyt (1788-1853) and Nancy (Herbert) Hoyt.
Republican. Lawyer;
general in the Union Army during the Civil War; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1868;
Pennsylvania
Republican state chair, 1875-76; Governor of
Pennsylvania, 1879-83.
Member, Kappa Alpha Society.
Died in Wilkes-Barre, Luzerne
County, Pa., December
1, 1892 (age 62 years, 176
days).
Interment at Forty
Fort Cemetery, Forty Fort, Pa.
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Ward Hunt (1810-1886) —
of Oneida
County, N.Y.
Born June 14,
1810.
Member of New York
state assembly from Oneida County, 1839; mayor of
Utica, N.Y., 1844; judge of
New York Court of Appeals, 1865-72; chief
judge of New York Court of Appeals, 1868-69; Justice
of U.S. Supreme Court, 1872-82.
Episcopalian.
Member, Kappa Alpha Society.
Died March 24,
1886 (age 75 years, 283
days).
Interment at Forest
Hill Cemetery, Utica, N.Y.
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Preston King (1806-1865) —
of Ogdensburg, St.
Lawrence County, N.Y.
Born in Ogdensburg, St. Lawrence
County, N.Y., October
14, 1806.
Lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from St. Lawrence County, 1835-38; postmaster;
U.S.
Representative from New York 18th District, 1843-47, 1849-53;
delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1856
(member, Platform
Committee), 1860,
1864;
U.S.
Senator from New York, 1857-63; Presidential Elector for New
York, 1864;
U.S. Collector of
Customs, 1865; died in office 1865.
Member, Kappa Alpha Society.
Tied bags of lead shot to his body, jumped
from the ferryboat Paterson, between New York and Hoboken, and
drowned
in the Lower Hudson
River, November
12, 1865 (age 59 years, 29
days).
Interment at Ogdensburg
Cemetery, Ogdensburg, N.Y.
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Abraham Lansing —
of Albany, Albany
County, N.Y.
New York
state treasurer, 1874; member of New York
state senate 17th District, 1882-83.
Member, Kappa Alpha Society.
Interment at Albany
Rural Cemetery, Menands, N.Y.
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Levi Augustus Mackey (1819-1889) —
also known as Levi A. Mackey —
of Lock Haven, Clinton
County, Pa.
Born in Whitedeer Township, Union
County, Pa., November
25, 1819.
Lawyer;
delegate to Whig National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1852; mayor
of Lock Haven, Pa., 1870; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Pennsylvania, 1872;
U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 20th District, 1875-79;
defeated, 1868.
Member, Kappa Alpha Society.
Died in Lock Haven, Clinton
County, Pa., February
8, 1889 (age 69 years, 75
days).
Interment at Highland
Cemetery, Lock Haven, Pa.
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Jesse Olds Norton (1812-1875) —
also known as Jesse O. Norton —
of Joliet, Will
County, Ill.
Born in Vermont, 1812.
Republican. Delegate
to Illinois state constitutional convention Iroquois and Will
counties, 1847; member of Illinois state legislature; U.S.
Representative from Illinois, 1853-57, 1863-65 (3rd District
1853-57, 6th District 1863-65); delegate to Republican National
Convention from Illinois, 1856.
Member, Kappa Alpha Society.
Died in 1875
(age about
63 years).
Interment at Oakwood
Cemetery, Joliet, Ill.
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Edward Overton, Jr. (1836-1903) —
of Towanda, Bradford
County, Pa.
Born in Pennsylvania, 1836.
Republican. U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 15th District, 1877-81.
Member, Kappa Alpha Society.
Died in 1903
(age about
67 years).
Interment at Oak
Hill Cemetery, Towanda, Pa.
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Charles Edward Pearce (1842-1902) —
also known as Charles E. Pearce —
of St.
Louis, Mo.
Born in Whitesboro, Oneida
County, N.Y., May 29,
1842.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Missouri,
1888;
U.S.
Representative from Missouri 12th District, 1897-1901.
Member, Kappa Alpha Society.
Died in St.
Louis, Mo., January
30, 1902 (age 59 years, 246
days).
Interment at Fort
Hill Cemetery, Auburn, N.Y.
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Rufus Wheeler Peckham (1809-1873) —
also known as Rufus W. Peckham —
of New York.
Born in Rensselaerville, Albany
County, N.Y., December
20, 1809.
Son of Peleg Peckham (1762-1828) and Desire (Watson) Peckham
(1767-1852).
Democrat. Lawyer; law
partner of Lyman
Tremain; U.S.
Representative from New York 14th District, 1853-55; Justice of
New York Supreme Court, 1861-69; judge of
New York Court of Appeals, 1870-73; died in office 1873.
Member, Kappa Alpha Society.
En route to Europe on the steamer Ville du Havre, he was among
226 passengers and crew who perished
when the steamer collided
with the Scottish sailing vessel Loch Earn, and sank, in the
North
Atlantic Ocean, November
22, 1873 (age 63 years, 337
days); his remains were never
found.
Cenotaph at Albany
Rural Cemetery, Menands, N.Y.
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Augustus Schell (1812-1884) —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Rhinebeck, Dutchess
County, N.Y., August 1,
1812.
Democrat. Lawyer;
director or trustee of several railroad
companies; New York
Democratic state chair, 1853-55; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from New York, 1856,
1860,
1876
(speaker);
U.S. Collector of
Customs, 1857-61; member of Democratic
National Committee from New York, 1872-76; Chairman of
Democratic National Committee, 1872-76; candidate for New York
state senate 7th District, 1877; candidate for mayor
of New York City, N.Y., 1878.
German
and Dutch
ancestry. Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; Kappa Alpha Society; Tammany
Hall.
Died, from complications of Bright's
disease, in New York, New York
County, N.Y., March 27,
1884 (age 71 years, 239
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Bronx, N.Y.
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Carlton Skinner (b. 1913) —
of San
Francisco, Calif.
Born in Palo Alto, Santa Clara
County, Calif., April 8,
1913.
Son of Macy Millmore Skinner and Marian Weymouth (Junkins) Skinner.
Democrat. Governor of
Guam, 1949-53; alternate delegate to Democratic National
Convention from California, 1956.
Member, American
Legion; Kappa Alpha Society.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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John Benedict Steele (1814-1866) —
also known as John B. Steele —
of New York.
Born in New York, 1814.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from New York, 1861-65 (11th District 1861-63,
13th District 1863-65).
Member, Kappa Alpha Society.
Died in 1866
(age about
52 years).
Interment at Wiltwyck
Cemetery, Kingston, N.Y.
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Horace White (1865-1943) —
of Syracuse, Onondaga
County, N.Y.
Born in Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y., October
7, 1865.
Son of Horace Keep White (1835-1916) and Marion (Strong) White
(1844-1875).
Republican. Member of New York
state senate, 1896-1908 (36th District 1896-1906, 38th District
1907-08); Lieutenant
Governor of New York, 1909-10; Governor of
New York, 1910-11.
Member, Kappa Alpha Society.
Died in New York City (unknown
county), N.Y., November
26, 1943 (age 78 years, 50
days).
Interment at Oakwood
Cemetery, Syracuse, N.Y.
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Clark Williams —
of New York.
New York
state comptroller, 1909-10.
Member, Kappa Alpha Society.
Burial
location unknown.
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