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Horace Porter (1837-1921) —
Born in Huntingdon, Huntingdon
County, Pa., April 15,
1837.
Son of David
Rittenhouse Porter.
General in the Union Army during the Civil War; received the Medal
of Honor for action at Chickamauga, September 20, 1863; executive
secretary to Pres. Ulysses
S. Grant, 1869-73; vice-president, Pullman Palace Car Co. (railroad
cars); president, New York West Shore & Buffalo Railroad;
U.S. Ambassador to France, 1897-1905.
Member, Union
League.
Died May 29,
1921 (age 84 years, 44
days).
Interment at Old
First Methodist Churchyard, West Long Branch, N.J.
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Horatio Collins King (1837-1918) —
also known as Horatio C. King —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Portland, Cumberland
County, Maine, December
22, 1837.
Son of Horatio
King and Anne (Collins) King.
Lawyer;
major in the Union Army during the Civil War; Democratic candidate
for secretary of
state of New York, 1895; Independent Democratic candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York 3rd District, 1897; Progressive
candidate for New York
state comptroller, 1912.
Congregationalist.
Member, Freemasons;
Elks; Loyal
Legion; Grand
Army of the Republic; Sons of
the American Revolution; Phi
Beta Kappa.
Received Medal of Honor for action near Dinwiddie Court House,
Va., March 29, 1865.
Died November
15, 1918 (age 80 years, 328
days).
Interment at Green-Wood
Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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Victor Vifquain (1836-1907) —
of Saline
County, Neb.
Born in Brussels, Belgium,
May
20, 1836.
Colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War; involved in
unsuccessful effort to kidnap Confederate president Jefferson
Davis, 18 received the Medal of Honor for his actions in
the assault of Fort Blakely, Alabama, April 9, 1865; newspaper
publisher; delegate
to Nebraska state constitutional convention, 1871; Saline
County Surveyor, 1871; U.S. Consul in Barranquilla, 1886-88; Colón, 1888-90; Adjutant
General of Nebraska, 1890-92; U.S. Consul General in Panama, 1893-97; colonel in the U.S. Army during the
Spanish-American War.
Died January
7, 1907 (age 70 years, 232
days).
Interment at Calvary
Cemetery, Lincoln, Neb.
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William H. Withington (1835-1903) —
of Jackson
County, Mich.
Born in Dorchester, Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., February
1, 1835.
Colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War; recipient, Medal
of Honor; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Jackson County, 1873-74;
member of Michigan
state senate 6th District, 1891-92.
Died in Jackson, Jackson
County, Mich., June 27,
1903 (age 68 years, 146
days).
Interment at Mt.
Evergreen Cemetery, Jackson, Mich.
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James H. Harris (d. 1898) —
of North Carolina.
Born in St. Mary's
County, Md.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; received
the Medal of Honor in 1874 for action at New Market Heights,
Virginia, September 29, 1864; delegate to Republican National
Convention from North Carolina, 1868,
1880,
1884,
1888.
African
ancestry.
Died January
28, 1898.
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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John Frederick Hartranft (1830-1889) —
also known as John F. Hartranft —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in New Hanover Township, Montgomery
County, Pa., December
16, 1830.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; Pennsylvania
state auditor general, 1866-72; Governor of
Pennsylvania, 1873-79; candidate for Republican nomination for
President, 1876;
U.S. Collector of
Customs, 1880-83.
Received the Medal of Honor in 1886 for action at Bull Run,
Va., July 21, 1861.
Died October
17, 1889 (age 58 years, 305
days).
Interment at Montgomery
Cemetery, Norristown, Pa.
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George Washington Roosevelt (1844-1907) —
also known as George W. Roosevelt —
of Pennsylvania.
Born in Chester, Delaware
County, Pa., February
14, 1844.
Son of Solomon Roosevelt (1807-1900) and Elizabeth (Morris) Roosevelt
(1811-1859).
Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; U.S. Consular Agent in
Sydney, 1877-78; U.S. Consul in Auckland, 1878-79; SAINT Helena, 1879-80; Matanzas, 1880-81; Bordeaux, 1881-89; Brussels, 1889-1905; U.S. Consul General in Brussels, 1906.
Received the Medal of Honor in 1887 for action at Bull Run,
Va., August 30, 1862, and at Gettysburg, Pa., July 2, 1863; severely
wounded and lost a
leg.
Died in Brussels, Belgium,
April
14, 1907 (age 63 years, 59
days).
Interment at Oak
Hill Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Matthew Stanley Quay (1833-1904) —
also known as Matthew S. Quay —
of Beaver, Beaver
County, Pa.
Born in Dillsburg, York
County, Pa., September
30, 1833.
Republican. Lawyer; Beaver
County Prothonotary, 1856-61; colonel in the Union Army during
the Civil War; member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives from Beaver County, 1865-67;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1872,
1876,
1880,
1892,
1900;
secretary
of the commonwealth of Pennsylvania, 1873-78, 1879-82; Pennsylvania
Republican state chair, 1878-79, 1902-03; Pennsylvania
state treasurer, 1886-87; U.S.
Senator from Pennsylvania, 1887-99, 1901-04; died in office 1904;
Chairman
of Republican National Committee, 1888-91; candidate for
Republican nomination for President, 1896;
member of Republican
National Committee from Pennsylvania, 1896.
American
Indian ancestry. Member, Freemasons.
Received the Medal of Honor in 1888 for action at
Fredericksburg, Va., December 13, 1862.
Died May 28,
1904 (age 70 years, 241
days).
Interment at Beaver
Cemetery, Beaver, Pa.
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Robert Burns Brown (1844-1916) —
also known as Robert B. Brown —
of Zanesville, Muskingum
County, Ohio.
Born in New Concord, Muskingum
County, Ohio, October
2, 1844.
Son of Alexander Brown and Margaret (Lorimer) Brown.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; newspaper
editor and publisher; candidate for Governor of
Ohio, 1912; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention
from Ohio, 1916.
Member, Grand
Army of the Republic.
Received the Medal of Honor in 1890 for actions at Missionary
Ridge, Tennessee, November 25, 1863.
Died in Zanesville, Muskingum
County, Ohio, July 30,
1916 (age 71 years, 302
days).
Interment at Greenwood
Cemetery, Zanesville, Ohio.
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Newton Martin Curtis (1835-1910) —
also known as N. Martin Curtis —
of Ogdensburg, St.
Lawrence County, N.Y.
Born in De Peyster, St. Lawrence
County, N.Y., May 21,
1835.
Republican. General in the Union Army during the Civil War; member of
New
York state assembly from St. Lawrence County 1st District,
1884-90; U.S.
Representative from New York 22nd District, 1891-97.
Received the Medal of Honor in 1891 for action at Fort Fisher,
N.C., January 15, 1865.
Died in New York, New York
County, N.Y., January
8, 1910 (age 74 years, 232
days).
Interment at Ogdensburg
Cemetery, Ogdensburg, N.Y.
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Byron M. Cutcheon (1836-1908) —
of Ypsilanti, Washtenaw
County, Mich.; Manistee, Manistee
County, Mich.; Grand Rapids, Kent
County, Mich.
Born in Pembroke, Merrimack
County, N.H., May 11,
1836.
Son of James M. Cutcheon and Hannah (Tripp) Cutcheon.
Republican. Colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War; lawyer;
Presidential Elector for Michigan, 1868;
Manistee
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1873-74; member of University
of Michigan board of regents, 1875-81; postmaster;
U.S.
Representative from Michigan 9th District, 1883-91; defeated,
1890.
Member, Grand
Army of the Republic; Sons of
the American Revolution; Loyal
Legion.
Received the Medal of Honor in 1891 for action at the Battle
of Horseshoe Bend, Ky., May 10, 1863.
Died in Ypsilanti, Washtenaw
County, Mich., April 12,
1908 (age 71 years, 337
days).
Interment at Highland
Cemetery, Ypsilanti, Mich.
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Martin Thomas McMahon (1838-1906) —
also known as Martin T. McMahon —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Laprairie, Quebec,
March
21, 1838.
Lawyer;
general in the Union Army during the Civil War; U.S. Minister to Paraguay, 1868-69; member of New York
state assembly from New York County 7th District, 1891; member of
New
York state senate, 1892-95 (8th District 1892-93, 7th District
1894-95).
Received the Medal of Honor in 1891 for action at White Oak
Swamp, Virginia, June 30, 1862.
Died in New York, 1906
(age about
68 years).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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John Henry Moffitt (1843-1926) —
also known as John H. Moffitt —
of Chateaugay Lake, Franklin
County, N.Y.
Born near Chazy, Clinton
County, N.Y., January
8, 1843.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; U.S.
Representative from New York 21st District, 1887-91.
Received the Medal of Honor in 1891 for action at Gaines Mill,
Va., June 27, 1862.
Died in Plattsburgh, Clinton
County, N.Y., August
14, 1926 (age 83 years, 218
days).
Interment at Mt.
Carmel Cemetery, Plattsburgh, N.Y.
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Samuel Everett Pingree (1832-1922) —
also known as Samuel E. Pingree —
of Hartford, Windsor
County, Vt.
Born in Salisbury, Merrimack
County, N.H., August 2,
1832.
Son of Stephen Pingree and Judith (True) Pingree.
Republican. Lawyer;
colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Vermont, 1868;
Windsor
County State's Attorney, 1868-69; Lieutenant
Governor of Vermont, 1882-84; Governor of
Vermont, 1884-86; received the Medal of Honor in 1891 for
action at Lee's Mills, Virginia, April 16, 1862.
Baptist.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; Delta
Kappa Epsilon.
Died June 1,
1922 (age 89 years, 303
days).
Interment at Hartford
Cemetery, Hartford, Vt.
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Andrew Davidson (b. 1840) —
of Cooperstown, Otsego
County, N.Y.
Born in Morebattle, Roxburghshire, Scotland,
February
12, 1840.
Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; member of New York
state senate 23rd District, 1884-85.
Scottish
ancestry.
Received the Medal of Honor in 1892 for action at Petersburg,
Va., July 30, 1864.
Interment at Lakewood
Cemetery, Cooperstown, N.Y.
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Jacob G. Frick (b. 1838) —
of Pottsville, Schuylkill
County, Pa.
Born in Northumberland
County, Pa., January
23, 1838.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from
Pennsylvania, 1860,
1868;
colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War; received the Medal
of Honor in 1892 for action at Fredericksburg, Va., December 13,
1862, and at Chancellorsville, Va., May 5, 1863.
Interment at Presbyterian
Cemetery, Pottsville, Pa.
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Nelson Appleton Miles (1839-1925) —
also known as Nelson A. Miles —
Born in Westminster, Worcester
County, Mass., August 8,
1839.
Democrat. General in the Union Army during the Civil War; received
the Medal of Honor in 1892 for action at the battle of
Chancellorsville, 1863; general in the U.S. Army during the
Spanish-American War; candidate for Democratic nomination for
President, 1904.
Suffered a heart
attack and died, while attending a circus,
in Washington,
D.C., May 15,
1925 (age 85 years, 280
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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John McAllister Schofield (1831-1906) —
also known as John M. Schofield —
Born in Gerry, Chautauqua
County, N.Y., September
29, 1831.
General in the Union Army during the Civil War; U.S.
Secretary of War, 1868-69.
Member, Loyal
Legion.
Received the Medal of Honor in 1892 for action at Wilsons
Creek, Mo., August 10, 1861.
Died in St. Augustine, St. Johns
County, Fla., March 4,
1906 (age 74 years, 156
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Henry Harrison Bingham (1841-1912) —
also known as Henry H. Bingham —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., December
4, 1841.
Republican. Colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War; postmaster;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1872,
1876,
1884,
1888,
1892,
1896
(alternate; chair, Committee
on Rules and Order of Business; speaker),
1900,
1904;
U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 1st District, 1879-1912; died in
office 1912.
Member, Phi
Kappa Psi.
Received the Medal of Honor in 1893 for action at Wilderness,
Va., May 6, 1864.
Died in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., March 22,
1912 (age 70 years, 109
days).
Interment at Laurel
Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia, Pa.
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John Charles Black (1839-1915) —
also known as John C. Black —
of Danville, Vermilion
County, Ill.
Born in Lexington, Holmes
County, Miss., January
27, 1839.
Son of Rev. John Black and Josephine (Culbertson) Black.
Colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War; Democratic candidate
for Lieutenant
Governor of Illinois, 1872; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Illinois, 1884;
U.S. Commissioner of Pensions, 1885-89; candidate for Democratic
nomination for Vice President, 1888;
U.S.
Representative from Illinois at-large, 1893-95; defeated
(Democratic), 1866, 1880, 1884; U.S.
Attorney for the Northern District of Illinois, 1895-99; delegate
to Gold Democrat National Convention from Illinois, 1896; member, U.S. Civil Service
Commission, 1903-07.
Member, Loyal
Legion; Grand
Army of the Republic.
Received the Medal of Honor in 1893 for action at Prairie
Grove, Ark., December 7, 1862.
Died in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., August
17, 1915 (age 76 years, 202
days).
Interment at Spring
Hill Cemetery, Danville, Ill.
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Hubert Anton Casimir Dilger (1836-1911) —
also known as Hubert Dilger —
of Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio; Sangamon
County, Ill.; Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in Sulgen, Germany,
March
5, 1836.
Son of Eduard Dilger and Emmeline (Duerr) Dilger.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; Adjutant
General of Illinois, 1869-73; appointed 1869.
German
ancestry.
Received the Medal of Honor in 1893 for action in the Battle
of Chancellorsville, May 2, 1863.
Died in Front Royal, Warren
County, Va., May 4,
1911 (age 75 years, 60
days).
Interment at Rock
Creek Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Guy Vernor Henry (1839-1899) —
also known as Guy V. Henry —
Born in Fort Smith, Sebastian
County, Ark., March 9,
1839.
Colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War; received the Medal
of Honor in 1893 for action at the Battle of Cold Harbor, June 1,
1864; colonel in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; Governor of
Puerto Rico, 1898-99.
Died in Washington,
D.C., October
27, 1899 (age 60 years, 232
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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William Young Warren Ripley (1832-1905) —
also known as William Y. W. Ripley —
of Vermont.
Born in Middlebury, Addison
County, Vt., December
31, 1832.
Son of William Young Ripley (1797-1875) and Jane Betsey (Warren)
Ripley (1808-1884).
Republican. General in the Union Army during the Civil War; delegate
to Republican National Convention from Vermont, 1868;
Presidential Elector for Vermont, 1880.
Received the Medal of Honor in 1893 for action in the Battle
of Malvern Hill, Va., July 1, 1862.
Died in Rutland, Rutland
County, Vt., December
16, 1905 (age 72 years, 350
days).
Interment at Evergreen
Cemetery, Rutland, Vt.
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Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain (1828-1914) —
also known as Joshua L. Chamberlain —
of Brunswick, Cumberland
County, Maine.
Born in Brewer, Penobscot
County, Maine, September
8, 1828.
Son of Joshua Chamberlain and Sarah Dupree (Brastow) Chamberlain.
General in the Union Army during the Civil War; Governor of
Maine, 1867-71; president,
Bowdoin College; U.S.
Surveyor of Customs, 1909.
Member, Grand
Army of the Republic; Loyal
Legion; American
Historical Association.
Received the Medal of Honor in 1893 for action as commander of
the 20th Maine, at Battle of Gettysburg, Pa., July 2, 1863.
Died February
24, 1914 (age 85 years, 169
days).
Interment at Pine
Grove Cemetery, Brunswick, Maine.
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Adelbert Ames (1835-1933) —
of Lowell, Middlesex
County, Mass.
Born in Rockland, Knox
County, Maine, October
31, 1835.
Republican. General in the Union Army during the Civil War; Governor of
Mississippi, 1868-70, 1874-76; U.S.
Senator from Mississippi, 1870-74; general in the U.S. Army
during the Spanish-American War.
Received the Medal of Honor in 1894 for action in the Battle
of Bull Run, July 21, 1861.
Died in Ormond (now Ormond Beach), Volusia
County, Fla., April 12,
1933 (age 97 years, 163
days).
Interment at Hildreth
Cemetery, Lowell, Mass.
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Amos Jay Cummings (1841-1902) —
also known as Amos J. Cummings —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Conklin, Broome
County, N.Y., May 15,
1841.
Democrat. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; U.S.
Representative from New York, 1887-89, 1889-94, 1895-1902 (6th
District 1887-89, 9th District 1889-93, 11th District 1893-94, 10th
District 1895-1902); died in office 1902; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from New York, 1892,
1896.
Received Medal of Honor in 1894 for action at Salem Heights,
Va., May 4, 1863.
Died in Baltimore,
Md., May 2,
1902 (age 60 years, 352
days).
Interment at Clinton
Cemetery, Irvington, N.J.
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John Cleveland Robinson (1817-1897) —
of Binghamton, Broome
County, N.Y.
Born in Binghamton, Broome
County, N.Y., April 10,
1817.
Served in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War; general in the Union
Army during the Civil War; Lieutenant
Governor of New York, 1873-74.
Member, Grand
Army of the Republic.
Received the Medal of Honor in 1894 for action at Laurel Hill,
Va., May 8, 1864.
Died February
18, 1897 (age 79 years, 314
days).
Interment at Spring
Forest Cemetery, Binghamton, N.Y.; statue at Gettysburg
National Military Park, Gettysburg, Pa.
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Benjamin Franklin Tracy (1830-1915) —
also known as Benjamin F. Tracy —
of Tioga
County, N.Y.; Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.; New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Owego, Tioga
County, N.Y., April 26,
1830.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from Tioga County, 1862; general in the Union Army
during the Civil War; U.S.
Attorney for the Eastern District of New York, 1866-77; judge of
New York Court of Appeals, 1881-83; U.S.
Secretary of the Navy, 1889-93; Presidential Elector for New
York, 1896;
candidate for mayor
of New York City, N.Y., 1897.
Received the Medal of Honor in 1895 for action at Wilderness,
Va., May 6, 1864.
Died in Tioga
County, N.Y., August 6,
1915 (age 85 years, 102
days).
Interment at Green-Wood
Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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Thomas Wilson Bradley (1844-1920) —
also known as Thomas W. Bradley —
of Walden, Orange
County, N.Y.
Born in Yorkshire, England,
April
6, 1844.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; member of
New
York state assembly, 1876; delegate to Republican National
Convention from New York, 1884
(alternate), 1892,
1896,
1900,
1908;
U.S.
Representative from New York 20th District, 1903-13.
Member, Loyal
Legion.
Received the Medal of Honor in 1896 for action at
Chancellorsville, Va., May 3, 1863.
Died in Walden, Orange
County, N.Y., May 30,
1920 (age 76 years, 54
days).
Interment at Wallkill
Valley Cemetery, Walden, N.Y.
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William Joyce Sewell (1835-1901) —
also known as William J. Sewell —
of Camden, Camden
County, N.J.
Born in Castlebar, County Mayo, Ireland,
December
6, 1835.
Republican. Colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War; railroad
executive; member of New Jersey
state senate from Camden County, 1873-81; delegate to Republican
National Convention from New Jersey, 1876,
1880,
1884,
1888,
1892,
1896
(speaker),
1900;
U.S.
Senator from New Jersey, 1881-87, 1895-1901; died in office 1901.
Received the Medal of Honor in 1896 for action at
Chancellorsville, Va., May 3, 1863.
Died in Camden, Camden
County, N.J., December
27, 1901 (age 66 years, 21
days).
Interment at Harleigh
Cemetery, Camden, N.J.
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Robert S. Robertson (1839-1906) —
of Fort Wayne, Allen
County, Ind.
Born in Argyle, Washington
County, N.Y., April 16,
1839.
Colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War; Lieutenant
Governor of Indiana, 1887-89.
Received the Medal of Honor in 1897 for action at Corbins
Bridge, Va., May 8, 1864.
Died August
25, 1906 (age 67 years, 131
days).
Interment at Lindenwood
Cemetery, Fort Wayne, Ind.
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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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Voltaire Paine Twombly (1842-1918) —
also known as Voltaire P. Twombly —
of Van
Buren County, Iowa.
Born in Farmington, Van Buren
County, Iowa, February
21, 1842.
Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; Iowa state
treasurer, 1885-91.
Received the Medal of Honor in 1897 for action at the battle
of Fort Donelson, February 15, 1862.
Died in Des Moines, Polk
County, Iowa, February
24, 1918 (age 76 years, 3
days).
Interment at Pitsburg
Rural Cemetery, Keosauqua, Iowa.
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Henry Algernon du Pont (1838-1926) —
also known as Henry A. du Pont —
of Wilmington, New Castle
County, Del.; Winterthur, New Castle
County, Del.
Born in Eleutherian Mills, New Castle
County, Del., July 30,
1838.
Son of Henry du Pont (1812-1889) and Louisa (Gerhard) du Pont.
Republican. Colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War; received
the Medal of Honor in 1898 for his handling of the retreat at
the Battle of Cedar Creek, Va., October 19, 1864; president,
Wilmington and Northern Railroad,
1879-1899; delegate to Republican National Convention from Delaware,
1896,
1908,
1912;
U.S.
Senator from Delaware, 1906-17; defeated, 1916.
Episcopalian.
Died in Winterthur, New Castle
County, Del., December
31, 1926 (age 88 years, 154
days).
Interment at du
Pont Cemetery, Christiana, Del.
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Charles Edward Phelps (1833-1908) —
also known as Charles E. Phelps —
of Baltimore,
Md.
Born in Guilford, Windham
County, Vt., May 1,
1833.
Son of John Phelps (1777-1849) and Almira (Hart) Phelps (1793-1884).
General in the Union Army during the Civil War; U.S.
Representative from Maryland 3rd District, 1865-69; municipal
judge in Maryland, 1882-1908.
Episcopalian.
Received the Medal of Honor in 1898 for action at Laurel Hill,
Va., May 8, 1864.
Died in Baltimore,
Md., December
27, 1908 (age 75 years, 240
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Woodlawn, Md.
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Theodore Roosevelt (1858-1919) —
also known as "T.R."; "Teddy";
"The Colonel"; "The Hero of San Juan
Hill"; "The Rough Rider";
"Trust-Buster"; "The Happy
Warrior"; "The Bull Moose" —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.; Oyster Bay, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., October
27, 1858.
Son of Theodore Roosevelt, Sr. (1831-1878) and Martha (Bulloch)
Roosevelt (1835-1884).
Member of New York
state assembly from New York County 21st District, 1882-84;
delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1884,
1900;
candidate for mayor
of New York City, N.Y., 1886; colonel in the U.S. Army during the
Spanish-American War; Governor of
New York, 1899-1901; Vice
President of the United States, 1901; President
of the United States, 1901-09; defeated (Progressive), 1912;
candidate for Republican nomination for President, 1916.
Christian
Reformed. Dutch
ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Phi
Beta Kappa; Delta
Kappa Epsilon; Alpha
Delta Phi; Union
League.
Received the Medal of Honor for leading a charge up San Juan
Hill during battle there, July 1, 1898. While campaigning for
president in Milwaukee, Wis., on October 14, 1912, was shot
in the chest by John F. Schrank; despite the injury, he continued his
speech for another hour and a half before seeking medical attention.
Awarded Nobel
Peace Prize in 1906; elected to the Hall
of Fame for Great Americans in 1950.
Died in Oyster Bay, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y., January
6, 1919 (age 60 years, 71
days).
Interment at Youngs
Memorial Cemetery, Oyster Bay, Long Island, N.Y.
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Relatives:
Second great-grandson of Archibald
Bulloch; second cousin thrice removed of Nicholas
Roosevelt, Jr.; third cousin twice removed of Martin
Van Buren; grandnephew of James
I. Roosevelt; nephew of Robert
Barnwell Roosevelt; son of Theodore Roosevelt, Sr. (1831-1878)
and Martha (Bulloch) Roosevelt (1835-1884); brother of Anna L.
Roosevelt (1855-1931; who married William
Sheffield Cowles (1847-1923)); married, October
27, 1880, to Alice Hathaway Lee (1861-1884); married, December
2, 1886, to Edith Kermit Carow (1861-1948); fourth cousin once
removed of Franklin
Delano Roosevelt (1882-1945); uncle of Theodore
Douglas Robinson, Anna Eleanor Roosevelt (1884-1962; who married
Franklin
Delano Roosevelt (1882-1945)), Anna
Eleanor Roosevelt (1884-1962), Corinne
Robinson Alsop and William
Sheffield Cowles (1898-1986); father of Alice
Lee Roosevelt (who married Nicholas
Longworth) and Theodore
Roosevelt, Jr.; granduncle of James
Roosevelt, Elliott
Roosevelt, Franklin
Delano Roosevelt, Jr. and John
deKoven Alsop; great-grandfather-in-law of William
Floyd Weld. See Livingston-Seymour-Lee-Williams
family of New York. |
| | | Cross-reference: Gifford
Pinchot — David
J. Leahy — William
Barnes, Jr. — Oliver
D. Burden — William
J. Youngs — George
B. Cortelyou — Mason
Mitchell — Frederic
MacMaster — John
Goodnow — William
Loeb, Jr. |
| | | Roosevelt counties in Mont. and N.M. are
named for him. |
| | | Other politicians named for him: Theodore
Bassett
— Theodore
R. McKeldin
— Theodore
R. Kupferman
— Theodore
Roosevelt Britton, Jr.
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| | | Personal motto: "Speak softly and carry
a big stick." |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — National
Governors Association biography — Wikipedia
article — NNDB
dossier — Internet Movie Database
profile — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Books about Theodore Roosevelt: James
MacGregor Burns & Susan Dunn, The
Three Roosevelts: Patrician Leaders Who Transformed
America — H. W. Brands, T.R
: The Last Romantic — Edmund Morris, Theodore
Rex — Edmund Morris, The
Rise of Theodore Roosevelt — John Morton Blum, The
Republican Roosevelt — Richard D. White, Jr., Roosevelt
the Reformer : Theodore Roosevelt as Civil Service Commissioner,
1889-1895 — Frederick W. Marks III, Velvet
on Iron : The Diplomacy of Theodore Roosevelt — James
Chace, 1912
: Wilson, Roosevelt, Taft and Debs : The Election that Changed the
Country — Patricia O'Toole, When
Trumpets Call : Theodore Roosevelt After the White
House — Candice Millard, The
River of Doubt : Theodore Roosevelt's Darkest
Journey — Lewis Einstein, Roosevelt
: His Mind in Action (out of print) |
| | | Image source: American Monthly Review
of Reviews, October 1901 |
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Leonard Wood (1860-1927) —
Born in Winchester, Cheshire
County, N.H., October
9, 1860.
Son of Charles Jewett Wood and Caroline E. (Hagar) Wood.
Republican. Physician;
received the Medal of Honor in 1898 for his actions during an
Indian war in 1886; served in the U.S. Army during the
Spanish-American War; commander of the "Rough Riders"; Military
Governor of Cuba, 1899-1902; major general in the Philippine-American
War, 1902-06; first Army Chief of Staff; candidate for Republican
nomination for President, 1920;
Governor-General of the Philippines, 1921-27.
English
ancestry.
Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri, is named for
him.
Died, following surgery for a brain
tumor, in the Peter Bent Brigham Hospital,
Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., August 6,
1927 (age 66 years, 301
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Richmond Pearson Hobson (1870-1937) —
also known as Richmond P. Hobson —
of Greensboro, Hale
County, Ala.
Born in Greensboro, Hale
County, Ala., August
17, 1870.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during the Spanish-American War;
Presidential Elector for Alabama, 1904;
U.S.
Representative from Alabama 6th District, 1907-15.
Received the Medal of Honor in 1933 for action at Santiago de
Cuba in February, 1898.
Died in New York, New York
County, N.Y., March 16,
1937 (age 66 years, 211
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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William Edgar Simonds (1842-1903) —
also known as William E. Simonds —
of Canton, Hartford
County, Conn.
Born in Collinsville, Canton, Hartford
County, Conn., November
24, 1842.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Connecticut
state house of representatives, 1885; Speaker of
the Connecticut State House of Representatives, 1885; U.S.
Representative from Connecticut 1st District, 1889-91.
Received the Medal of Honor in 1899 for actions at the Battle
of Irish Bend, Louisiana, April 14, 1863.
Died in Hartford, Hartford
County, Conn., March 14,
1903 (age 60 years, 110
days).
Interment at Canton
Center Cemetery, Canton, Conn.
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John McCreath Farquhar (1832-1918) —
also known as John M. Farquhar —
of Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y.
Born near Ayr, Scotland,
April
17, 1832.
Son of John Farquhar and Marion (McCreath) Farquhar.
Republican. Major in the Union Army during the Civil War; U.S.
Representative from New York 32nd District, 1885-91; member, U.S.
Industrial Commission, 1898-1902.
Member, International
Typographical Union.
Received the Medal of Honor in 1902, for action at Stone
River, Tenn., December 31, 1862.
Died in Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y., April 24,
1918 (age 86 years, 7
days).
Interment at Forest
Lawn Cemetery, Buffalo, N.Y.
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Webb Cook Hayes (1856-1934) —
also known as Webb C. Hayes —
of Fremont, Sandusky
County, Ohio.
Born in Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio, March 20,
1856.
Son of Rutherford
Birchard Hayes.
Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; member of
Ohio state legislature.
Received the Medal of Honor in 1902 for action at Vigan,
Luzon, Philippines, December 4, 1899.
Died July 26,
1934 (age 78 years, 128
days).
Interment at Spiegel
Grove, Fremont, Ohio.
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Smedley Darlington Butler (1881-1940) —
also known as Smedley Butler; "The Fighting
Quaker"; "Old Gimlet Eye" —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in West Chester, Chester
County, Pa., July 30,
1881.
Son of Thomas
Stalker Butler and Maud Mary (Darlington) Butler.
Republican. Major general in U.S. Marine Corps; received a Medal
of Honor for the capture of Veracruz, Mexico, 1914; received
another for the capture of Fort Riviere, Haiti, 1915; Philadelphia police
commissioner, 1924-25; arrested
and court-martialed
in 1931 over his unauthorized
disclosure
of an incident unflattering to Italian dictator Italian Benito
Mussolini; retired from the service rather than apologize to
Mussolini; candidate in primary for U.S.
Senator from Pennsylvania, 1932.
Quaker.
Died in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., June 21,
1940 (age 58 years, 327
days).
Interment at Oaklands
Cemetery, West Chester, Pa.
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Willis Winter Bradley (1884-1954) —
also known as Willis W. Bradley —
of Long Beach, Los Angeles
County, Calif.
Born in Ransomville, Niagara
County, N.Y., June 28,
1884.
Son of Willis W. Bradley and Sarah Anne (Johnson) Bradley.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; Governor of
Guam, 1929-31; U.S.
Representative from California 18th District, 1947-49; defeated,
1948; member of California
state assembly, 1953-54; died in office 1954.
Member, American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Disabled
American Veterans; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Elks; Moose.
Received the Medal of Honor, for action on U.S.S.
Pittsburgh, July 23, 1917.
Suffered a heart
attack during the noon recess of a legislative hearing,
and died soon after at Cottage Hospital,
Santa Barbara, Santa
Barbara County, Calif., August
27, 1954 (age 70 years, 60
days).
Interment at Fort
Rosecrans National Cemetery, San Diego, Calif.
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William Joseph Donovan (1883-1959) —
also known as William J. Donovan; "Wild
Bill" —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y., January
1, 1883.
Son of Timothy P. Donovan and Anna (Lennon) Donovan.
Republican. Lawyer;
colonel in the U.S. Army during World War I; candidate for Lieutenant
Governor of New York, 1922; U.S.
Attorney for the Western District of New York, 1922-24; candidate
for Governor of
New York, 1932; general in the U.S. Army during World War II;
U.S. Ambassador to Thailand, 1953-54.
Catholic.
Member, Phi
Kappa Psi; Phi
Delta Phi.
Received the Medal of Honor for action during World War I.
During World War II, he founded and led the U.S. Office of Strategic
Services, which later became the Central Intelligence Agency.
Died at Walter
Reed Army Medical Center, Washington,
D.C., February
8, 1959 (age 76 years, 38
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Edouard Victor Michel Izac (1891-1990) —
also known as Edouard V. M. Izac —
of San Diego, San Diego
County, Calif.
Born in Cresco, Howard
County, Iowa, December
18, 1891.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; U.S.
Representative from California, 1937-47 (20th District 1937-43,
23rd District 1943-47); defeated, 1934, 1946; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from California, 1940,
1944.
Received the Medal of Honor for actions as a German prisoner
of war in 1918.
Died in Fairfax,
Va., January
18, 1990 (age 98 years, 31
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Douglas MacArthur (1880-1964) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Little Rock, Pulaski
County, Ark., January
26, 1880.
Son of Arthur MacArthur and Mary Pinkney (Hardy) MacArthur.
Republican. General in the U.S. Army during World War I; general in
the U.S. Army during World War II; received the Medal of Honor
for his defense of the Philippines in 1942; repeatedly disavowed any
intention of becoming a candidate for any public office, but his
supporters persisted in putting his name forward; speaker, Republican National Convention, 1952 ;
candidate for U.S.
Senator from New York, 1956.
Died, from primary biliary
cirrhosis (an auto-immune disorder), in Washington,
D.C., April 5,
1964 (age 84 years, 70
days).
Entombed at MacArthur
Memorial, Norfolk, Va.; statue at United
States Military Academy, West Point, N.Y.
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Maurice L. Britt (1919-1995) —
also known as Footsie Britt —
of Arkansas.
Born in Carlisle, Lonoke
County, Ark., June 29,
1919.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; Lieutenant
Governor of Arkansas, 1967-71; candidate for Governor of
Arkansas, 1986.
Baptist.
Member, American
Legion; Rotary; Kiwanis.
Professional football
player for the Detroit Lions. Wounded during World War II and lost his
right arm. Received the Medal of Honor for action at
Mignano, Italy, in November 1943.
Died November
26, 1995 (age 76 years, 150
days).
Interment at National
Cemetery, Little Rock, Ark.
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Joseph Jacob Foss (1915-2003) —
also known as Joe Foss; "The American Ace of
Aces" —
of Sioux Falls, Minnehaha
County, S.Dak.; Scottsdale, Maricopa
County, Ariz.
Born in Sioux Falls, Minnehaha
County, S.Dak., April 17,
1915.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II;
received the Medal of Honor for action over Guadalcanal in
1942-43; delegate to Republican National Convention from South
Dakota, 1948
(alternate), 1956;
member of South
Dakota state house of representatives 10th District, 1949-50,
1953-54; Governor of
South Dakota, 1955-59; candidate for U.S.
Representative from South Dakota, 1958; Commissioner, American Football
League, 1960; elected to National Aviation Hall of
Fame, 1984; president, National Rifle Association, 1988-90.
Methodist.
Member, American
Legion; National Rifle
Association; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Elks.
Died, from the effects of a stroke, in
Scottsdale, Maricopa
County, Ariz., January
1, 2003 (age 87 years, 259
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Clyde L. Choate (1920-2001) —
of Anna, Union
County, Ill.
Born in West Frankfort, Franklin
County, Ill., June 28,
1920.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; member of Illinois
state house of representatives, 1947-79 (50th District 1947-57,
58th District 1957-67, 59th District 1967-79); delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Illinois, 1956
(alternate), 1964,
1972.
Member, American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Disabled
American Veterans; Elks; Moose; Purple
Heart.
Received the Medal of Honor for action near Bruyeres, France,
October 25, 1944. The state mental hospital in Anna, Illinois was named for
him.
Died October
5, 2001 (age 81 years, 99
days).
Interment at Anna
City Cemetery, Anna, Ill.
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Peter Joseph Dalessandro (b. 1918) —
also known as Peter J. Dalessandro —
of Watervliet, Albany
County, N.Y.
Born in Watervliet, Albany
County, N.Y., May 19,
1918.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; member of New York
state senate, 1947-57 (35th District 1947-54, 36th District
1955-57); resigned 1957.
Italian
ancestry. Member, Amvets; Catholic
War Veterans; Elks; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; American
Legion.
Received the Medal of Honor for action near Kalterherberg,
Germany, December 22, 1944.
Still living as of 1957.
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Nathan Green Gordon (b. 1916) —
of Morrilton, Conway
County, Ark.
Born in Morrilton, Conway
County, Ark., September
4, 1916.
Democrat. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; Lieutenant
Governor of Arkansas, 1947-67; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Arkansas, 1960.
Received the Medal of Honor for action in Kavieng Harbor in
the Bismarck Sea, February 15, 1944.
Still living as of 1967.
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Theodore Roosevelt, Jr. (1887-1944) —
of Oyster Bay, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y.
Born in Oyster Bay, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y., September
13, 1887.
Son of Theodore
Roosevelt and Edith Kermit (Carow) Roosevelt (1861-1948).
Republican. Farmer;
colonel in the U.S. Army during World War I; member of New York
state assembly from Nassau County 2nd District, 1920-21; delegate
to Republican National Convention from New York, 1924,
1928,
1940;
candidate for Governor of
New York, 1924; Governor of
Puerto Rico, 1929-32; general in the U.S. Army during World War
II.
Member, American
Legion.
Principal founder of the American Legion in 1919.
Participated in the invasion of Nazi-occupied France, on D-Day, June
6, 1944, and received a posthumous Medal of Honor for his
actions that day; died
a month later, of exhaustion and heart
failure, in Normandy, France,
July
12, 1944 (age 56 years, 303
days).
Interment at Normandy
American Cemetery, Collevelle-sur-Mer, France.
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Joseph Robert Kerrey (b. 1943) —
also known as Bob Kerrey —
of Nebraska.
Born in Lincoln, Lancaster
County, Neb., August
27, 1943.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during the Vietnam War; Governor of
Nebraska, 1983-87; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Nebraska, 1996,
2000;
speaker, 1988;
U.S.
Senator from Nebraska, 1989-; candidate for Democratic nomination
for President, 1992.
Congregationalist.
Member, Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Disabled
American Veterans; American
Legion; Lions; Sertoma.
Received the Medal of Honor for action at Nha Trang Bay,
Vietnam, 1969, when he lost a
leg.
Still living as of 2009.
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James Bond Stockdale (1923-2005) —
also known as James B. Stockdale —
Born in Abingdon, Knox
County, Ill., December
23, 1923.
U.S. Navy pilot and vice admiral; received the Medal of Honor
in 1976 for his actions as a prisoner of war in Vietnam.; candidate
for Vice
President of the United States, 1992.
Member, Alpha
Tau Omega.
Died, probably from Alzheimer's
disease, in Coronado, San Diego
County, Calif., July 5,
2005 (age 81 years, 194
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Daniel Ken Inouye (b. 1924) —
also known as Daniel K. Inouye —
of Honolulu, Island of Oahu, Honolulu
County, Hawaii.
Born in Honolulu, Island of Oahu, Honolulu
County, Hawaii, September
7, 1924.
Son of Hyotaro I. Inouye and Kame Imanaga Inouye.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; lawyer;
member of Hawaii
territorial House of Representatives, 1954-58; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Hawaii Territory, 1956;
member of Hawaii
territorial senate, 1958-59; U.S.
Representative from Hawaii at-large, 1959-63; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Hawaii, 1960,
1972,
1980,
1996,
2000,
2004,
2008
(delegation chair); Co-Chair, 1984;
U.S.
Senator from Hawaii, 1963-.
Methodist.
Japanese
ancestry. Member, American Bar
Association; Disabled
American Veterans; Phi
Delta Phi; Lions.
Lost
his right arm as the result of a combat injury in Italy during
World War II. His Distinguished Service Cross was upgraded in 2000
to a Medal of Honor. First
American of Japanese descent to serve in Congress.
Still living as of 2012.
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William Perkins Black (1842-1916) —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Woodford
County, Ky., November
11, 1842.
Son of Rev. John Black and Josephine (Culbertson) Black.
Democrat. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; received the
Medal of Honor for action at Pea Ridge, Ark., March 7, 1862;
lawyer;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from Illinois, 1886.
Member, Grand
Army of the Republic.
Died January
3, 1916 (age 73 years, 53
days).
Interment at Graceland
Cemetery, Chicago, Ill.
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