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Jo Abbott (1840-1908) —
also known as Joseph Abbott —
of Hillsboro, Hill
County, Tex.
Born near Decatur, Morgan
County, Ala., January
15, 1840.
Son of William Abbott and Mary Abbott.
Democrat. Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; lawyer;
member of Texas
state house of representatives, 1869-71; district judge in Texas,
1879-84; U.S.
Representative from Texas 6th District, 1887-97.
Abbott, Texas is named for him.
Died in Hillsboro, Hill
County, Tex., February
11, 1908 (age 68 years, 27
days).
Interment at Old
Cemetery, Hillsboro, Tex.
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Michael J. Adanti (1940-2005) —
also known as "Red" —
of Ansonia, New Haven
County, Conn.; Shelton, Fairfield
County, Conn.
Born June 23,
1940.
Democrat. Played football
for the Ansonia Black Knights of the Atlantic Coast League; school
teacher; mayor of
Ansonia, Conn., 1973-77; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Connecticut 5th District, 1976; president,
Southern Connecticut State University, 1984-2003.
The student center at Southern Connecticut State University is
named for him.
Killed in an automobile
accident, in Sardinia,
July
31, 2005 (age 65 years, 38
days).
Interment at Mt.
St. Peter Catholic Cemetery, Derby, Conn.
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Ebenezer Allen (1804-1863) —
of Orono, Penobscot
County, Maine; Galveston, Galveston
County, Tex.
Born in Newport, Sullivan
County, N.H., April 8,
1804.
Lawyer;
Texas
Republic Secretary of State, 1844-45, 1845-46; Attorney
General of the Texas Republic, 1844-45; Texas
state attorney general, 1850-52; served in the Confederate Army
during the Civil War.
Allen, Texas is named for him.
Died in the Civil
War in Virginia, 1863
(age about
59 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Glenn Malcolm Anderson (1913-1994) —
also known as Glenn M. Anderson —
of Hawthorne, Los Angeles
County, Calif.; Harbor City, Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif.; San Pedro, Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif.
Born in Hawthorne, Los Angeles
County, Calif., February
21, 1913.
Son of William J. Anderson and Serene (Fister) Anderson.
Democrat. Mayor
of Hawthorne, Calif., 1940-42; served in the U.S. Army during
World War II; member of California
state assembly, 1943-50; chair of
Los Angeles County Democratic Party, 1948-50; California
Democratic state chair, 1950-52; candidate for California
state senate, 1950; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from California, 1956,
1960,
1964,
1988;
Lieutenant
Governor of California, 1959-67; U.S.
Representative from California, 1969-93 (17th District 1969-73,
35th District 1973-75, 32nd District 1975-93).
Episcopalian.
Member, American
Legion; Disabled
American Veterans; Amvets; Elks; Kiwanis;
Redmen;
Native
Sons of the Golden West; Toastmasters.
I-105 (Glenn Anderson Freeway Transitway) is named for him.
Died, from complications of Alzheimer's
disease, at San Pedro Peninsula Hospital
Pavilion, San Pedro, Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., December
13, 1994 (age 81 years, 295
days).
Interment at Green
Hills Memorial Park, Rancho Palos Verdes, Calif.
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James Tillinghast Archer (1819-1859) —
also known as James T. Archer —
of Florida.
Born in Gillisonville, Jasper
County, S.C., May 15,
1819.
Son of Hugh Archer and Susan Matilda (Tillinghast) Archer.
Lawyer;
U.S.
Attorney for the Western District of Florida, 1840; secretary of
state of Florida, 1845-48.
The town of Archer, Florida is named for him.
Died, of heart
disease, in Tallahassee, Leon
County, Fla., June 1,
1859 (age 40 years, 17
days).
Interment at Old
City Cemetery, Tallahassee, Fla.
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Oliver Percy Archer (1869-1930) —
also known as O. P. Archer —
of McAllen, Hidalgo
County, Tex.
Born in Garland, Tipton
County, Tenn., November
29, 1869.
Mayor
of McAllen, Tex., 1913-23.
Member, Rotary.
Archer Park, which he donated to the city of McAllen in 1917, was
named for him in 1933.
Died May 3,
1930 (age 60 years, 155
days).
Interment at Roselawn
Cemetery, McAllen, Tex.
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Samuel Ashe (1725-1813) —
of New
Hanover County, N.C.
Born in Bath, Beaufort
County, N.C., March 24,
1725.
Son of John Baptista Ashe .
Lawyer;
delegate
to North Carolina state constitutional convention, 1776; justice of
North Carolina state supreme court, 1777; Governor of
North Carolina, 1795-98.
Asheboro and Asheville in North Carolina are named for him.
Died in Rocky Point, Pender
County, N.C., February
3, 1813 (age 87 years, 316
days).
Interment at Ashe
Family Cemetery, Rocky Point, N.C.
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William Wallace Atterbury (1866-1935) —
also known as William W. Atterbury; "The Railroad
General" —
of Radnor, Delaware
County, Pa.
Born in New Albany, Floyd
County, Ind., January
31, 1866.
Republican. General in the U.S. Army during World War I; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1920.
Member, American
Philosophical Society; American
Academy of Political and Social Science.
President, Pennsylvania Railroad;
during World War I, organized U.S. military railroad
operations in France; two World War II army camps were named for
him.
Died, of apoplexy,
in Radnor, Delaware
County, Pa., September
20, 1935 (age 69 years, 232
days).
Interment at Old
St. David's Churchyard Cemetery, Radnor, Pa.
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Stephen Fuller Austin (1793-1836) —
also known as Stephen F. Austin; "Father of
Texas" —
Born in Wythe
County, Va., November
3, 1793.
Son of Moses Austin and Maria (Brown) Austin.
Member of Missouri
territorial legislature, 1814-19; delegate
to Texas Convention of 1832 from District of San Felipe de
Austin, 1832; took petition to Mexico City for the establishment of
Texas as a separate Mexican state, 1832; charged
with attempting
revolution, and imprisoned
until 1835; delegate
to Texas Convention of 1833 from District of Austin, 1833; delegate
to Texas Consultation of 1835 from District of San Felipe de
Austin, 1835; candidate for President
of the Texas Republic, 1836; Texas
Republic Secretary of State, 1836; died in office 1836.
Member, Freemasons.
The city of Austin, Texas, is named for him.
Died of pneumonia,
in Brazoria
County, Tex., December
27, 1836 (age 43 years, 54
days).
Original interment at Peach
Point Cemetery, Gulf Prairie, Tex.; reinterment in 1910 at Texas
State Cemetery, Austin, Tex.
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John Bazinet (1867-1953) —
of Glens Falls, Warren
County, N.Y.
Born in Mineville, Essex
County, N.Y., 1867.
Democrat. Mayor
of Glens Falls, N.Y., 1940-49.
Member, Knights
of Columbus; Elks.
A plaza in Glens Falls is named for him.
Died May 9,
1953 (age about 85
years).
Interment somewhere
in Glens Falls, N.Y.
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Edward Fitzgerald Beale (1822-1893) —
Born in Washington,
D.C., February
4, 1822.
Son of George Beale and Emily (Truxton) Beale.
Surveyor;
explorer;
led the experiment to use camels in the U.S. Army; during the Mexican
War, made six trips between Washington, D.C. and the Pacific coast,
relaying military information; thought to be the courier who brought
news to Washington of the discovery of gold in California; U.S.
Minister to Austria-Hungary, 1876-77.
Camp Beale (now Beale Air Force Base) is named for him.
Died in Washington,
D.C., April 22,
1893 (age 71 years, 77
days).
Interment somewhere
in Chester, Pa.
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Truxtun Beale (1856-1936) —
of San
Francisco, Calif.
Born in San
Francisco, Calif., March 6,
1856.
Son of Edward
Fitzgerald Beale and Mary (Edwards) Beale.
Republican. Lawyer; U.S.
Minister to Persia, 1891-92; Greece, 1892-93; delegate to Republican National Convention
from California, 1912.
Beale Park in Bakersfield is named for him.
Died near Annapolis, Anne Arundel
County, Md., June 2,
1936 (age 80 years, 88
days).
Interment at Bruton
Parish Churchyard, Williamsburg, Va.
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Charles E. Beatley, Jr. (1916-2003) —
also known as Charles E. Beatley; Chuck
Beatley —
of Alexandria,
Va.
Born in Ohio, May 17,
1916.
Democrat. Airline
pilot; mayor
of Alexandria, Va., 1967-76, 1979-85; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Virginia 8th District, 1986.
The Charles E. Beatley Central Library in Alexandria is named for
him.
Died December
29, 2003 (age 87 years, 226
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Ralph Elihu Becker (1907-1994) —
also known as Ralph E. Becker —
of Port Chester, Westchester
County, N.Y.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., January
29, 1907.
Son of Max Joseph Becker and Rose (Becker) Becker.
Republican. Lawyer;
delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1936;
served in the U.S. Army during World War II; candidate for
Presidential Elector for District of Columbia, 1972;
U.S. Ambassador to Honduras, 1976-77.
Jewish;
later Episcopalian.
Lithuanian
and Belarusian
ancestry. Member, American Bar
Association; American
Judicature Society; Federal
Bar Association; National
Trust for Historic Preservation; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Elks; Jewish
War Veterans; American
Legion; B'nai
B'rith; American
Jewish Committee.
Donor of the Ralph E. Becker Collection of Political Americana to the
Smithsonian Institution; a sponsor of the Antarctic-South Pole
Operation Deep Freeze expedition, 1963; a mountain in Antarctica is
named for him.
Died, from congestive
heart failure, in George Washington University Hospital,
Washington,
D.C., August
24, 1994 (age 87 years, 207
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Nicholas Joseph Begich (1932-1972) —
also known as Nick Begich —
of Anchorage,
Alaska.
Born in Eveleth, St. Louis
County, Minn., April 6,
1932.
Democrat. Member of Alaska
state senate, 1963-71; U.S.
Representative from Alaska at-large, 1971-72; died in office
1972; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Alaska, 1972.
Alaska
Native and Croatian
ancestry.
Begich Middle School in Anchorage is named for him.
Disappeared
while on a campaign
flight from Anchorage to Juneau, Alaska, October
16, 1972, and presumed dead in a plane
crash (age 40 years, 193
days); apparently the wreckage was never
found.
Cenotaph at Congressional
Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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William Burnett Benton (1900-1973) —
also known as William Benton —
of Southport, Fairfield, Fairfield
County, Conn.
Born in Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn., April 1,
1900.
Son of Charles William Benton and Elma (Hixson) Benton.
Democrat. Advertising
business; introduced sound effects into television commercials;
popularized the "Amos 'n' Andy" radio show; vice-president,
University of Chicago, 1937-45; publisher of the Encyclopedia
Brittanica; U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for Public Affairs,
1945-47; U.S.
Senator from Connecticut, 1949-53; defeated, 1952; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Connecticut, 1952,
1956,
1960.
Episcopalian.
Member, American
Legion; Council on
Foreign Relations; Zeta Psi.
The William Benton Museum of Art at the University of Connecticut is
named for him.
Died, in the Waldorf Towers Hotel,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., March 18,
1973 (age 72 years, 351
days).
Cremated;
ashes scattered.
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William H. Berkey (1874-1952) —
of Cassopolis, Cass
County, Mich.
Born in Cambria
County, Pa., February
24, 1874.
Son of Joshua Berkey and Barbara (Mahan) Berkey.
Republican. Newspaper
editor and publisher; farmer;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Michigan, 1920
(alternate), 1940;
member of Michigan
state board of agriculture, 1930-47; Dry candidate for delegate to
Michigan convention to ratify 21st amendment from Cass County,
1933.
Member, Freemasons.
Berkey Hall, a classroom and office building at Michigan State
University, is named for him.
Died in 1952
(age about
78 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Lloyd Campbell Bird (1894-1978) —
also known as Lloyd C. Bird —
of Richmond,
Va.
Born in Highland
County, Va., August 1,
1894.
Son of George Anson Bird and Mary Susan (Campbell) Bird.
Democrat. Member of Virginia
state senate 43rd District, 1943-50; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Virginia, 1944.
Methodist.
Member, Kiwanis;
American
Chemical Society.
L. C. Bird High School, in Chesterfield County, Va., is named for
him.
Died in Chesterfield
County, Va., April 20,
1978 (age 83 years, 262
days).
Interment at Hollywood
Cemetery, Richmond, Va.
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Robert R. Blacker —
of Manistee, Manistee
County, Mich.
Democrat. Secretary of
state of Michigan, 1891-92; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Michigan, 1896.
Manistee County's airport is named for him.
Burial
location unknown.
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Neal Shaw Blaisdell (1902-1975) —
also known as Neal S. Blaisdell —
of Honolulu, Island of Oahu, Honolulu
County, Hawaii.
Born in Honolulu, Island of Oahu, Honolulu
County, Hawaii, November
6, 1902.
Son of William Wallace Blaisdell and Malia K. (Merseberg) Blaisdell.
Republican. School
teacher; member of Hawaii
territorial House of Representatives, 1944-46; member of Hawaii
territorial senate, 1946-50; mayor
of Honolulu, Hawaii, 1955-69.
The Neal S. Blaisdell Convention Center in Honolulu is named for
him.
Died, from a probable brain
hemorrhage, in Honolulu, Island of Oahu, Honolulu
County, Hawaii, November
5, 1975 (age 72 years, 364
days).
Interment at Oahu
Cemetery, Honolulu, Island of Oahu, Hawaii.
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John Frederick Bohler (1885-1960) —
also known as J. Fred Bohler —
of Pullman, Whitman
County, Wash.
Born in Reading, Berks
County, Pa., April 14,
1885.
Athletic
coach; mayor of
Pullman, Wash., 1949-51.
Bohler Gymnasium at Washington State University is named for
him.
Died in Pullman, Whitman
County, Wash., July 12,
1960 (age 75 years, 89
days).
Interment at Associated
Order of United Workers Cemetery, Pullman, Wash.
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Harvey Wesley Bolin (1909-1978) —
also known as H. Wesley Bolin —
of Phoenix, Maricopa
County, Ariz.
Born in Butler, Bates
County, Mo., July 1,
1909.
Son of Doc Strother Bolin and Margaret (Combs) Bolin.
Democrat. Secretary of
state of Arizona, 1949-77; Governor of
Arizona, 1977-78; died in office 1978.
Congregationalist.
Member, Elks; Moose; Jaycees;
Kiwanis.
The plaza at the Arizona State Capitol is named for him.
Died, from a heart
attack, Phoenix, Maricopa
County, Ariz., March 4,
1978 (age 68 years, 246
days).
Interment at State
Capitol Grounds, Phoenix, Ariz.
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Ratliff Boon (1781-1844) —
of Boonville, Warrick
County, Ind.
Born in Franklin
County, N.C., January
18, 1781.
Served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; member of Indiana
territorial House of Representatives, 1814-15; member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1816-18; member of Indiana
state senate, 1818-19; Lieutenant
Governor of Indiana, 1819-22, 1822-24; Governor of
Indiana, 1822; U.S.
Representative from Indiana 1st District, 1825-27, 1829-39;
Presidential Elector for Indiana, 1828;
candidate for U.S.
Senator from Indiana, 1830, 1832, 1836, 1838.
Presbyterian.
Boonville, Indiana is named for him.
Died in Louisiana, Pike
County, Mo., November
20, 1844 (age 63 years, 307
days).
Original interment at Lousiana
Cemetery, Louisiana, Mo.; reinterment at Riverview
Cemetery, Louisiana, Mo.
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James Bowdoin (1726-1790) —
of Massachusetts.
Born August 7,
1726.
Delegate
to Massachusetts state constitutional convention, 1779-80; Governor of
Massachusetts, 1785-87; delegate to
Massachusetts convention to ratify U.S. constitution, 1788.
French
ancestry. Member, American
Academy of Arts and Sciences.
Bowdoin College in Maine was named for him.
Died, of consumption
(tuberculosis),
in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., November
6, 1790 (age 64 years, 91
days).
Interment at Old
Granary Burying Ground, Boston, Mass.
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Walter Bowne (1770-1846) —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Flushing, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y., September
26, 1770.
Son of James Bowne and Caroline (Rodman) Bowne.
Member of New York
state senate, 1816-24 (Southern District 1816-22, 1st District
1823-24); mayor
of New York City, N.Y., 1829-33.
Bowne Park, in Flushing, Queens, is named for him.
Died August
31, 1846 (age 75 years, 339
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Louis Dembitz Brandeis (1856-1941) —
also known as Louis D. Brandeis —
of Dedham, Norfolk
County, Mass.
Born in Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky., November
13, 1856.
Son of Adolph Brandeis (1822-1906) and Fredericka (Dembitz) Brandeis
(1829-1901).
Lawyer;
law clerk to Justice Horace
Gray, 1879-80; Justice
of U.S. Supreme Court, 1916-39; took senior status 1939.
Jewish.
Brandeis University in Waltham, Mass., and the Louis D. Brandeis
School of Law, in Louisville, Ky., are named for him.
Died in Washington,
D.C., October
5, 1941 (age 84 years, 326
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at University
of Louisville Law School, Louisville, Ky.
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Andrew Broaddus (1900-1972) —
of Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky.
Born in Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky., May 15,
1900.
Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; laundry
business; mayor
of Louisville, Ky., 1953-57.
A Coast Guard life-saving station is named for him.
Died, from a heart
attack, in Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky., September
7, 1972 (age 72 years, 115
days).
Interment at Cave
Hill Cemetery, Louisville, Ky.
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Charles M. Brown (1903-1995) —
also known as Charlie Brown —
of Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga.
Born in 1903.
Fulton
County Commissioner, 1941-48, 1966-79; member of Georgia
state senate, 1957-64.
Charlie Brown Field (Fulton County general aviation airport) is
named for him.
Died in 1995
(age about
92 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Walter Boyd Brown, Sr. (1920-1998) —
also known as Walter Brown, Sr.; W. B.
Brown —
of Winnsboro, Fairfield
County, S.C.
Born in Smallwood, Fairfield
County, S.C., May 16,
1920.
Son of Boyd
Brown.
Democrat. Member of South
Carolina state house of representatives; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from South Carolina, 1960,
1964,
1968;
first director of South Carolina Department of General Services;
vice-president of Norfolk Southern Corporation (formerly Southern Railway).
Presbyterian.
Blind
in one eye. The Walter Boyd Brown Industrial Park was named for
him.
Died, following a stroke, at
Fairfield Memorial Hospital,
Winnsboro, Fairfield
County, S.C., March 9,
1998 (age 77 years, 297
days).
Interment at Bethel
Cemetery, Winnsboro, S.C.
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Blanche Kelso Bruce (1841-1898) —
also known as Blanche K. Bruce —
of Floreyville (unknown
county), Miss.
Born in slavery
near Farmville, Prince
Edward County, Va., March 1,
1841.
Republican. School
teacher; planter; Bolivar
County Sheriff and Tax Collector, 1872-75; U.S.
Senator from Mississippi, 1875-81; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Mississippi, 1880,
1884;
Register of the U.S. Treasury, 1881, 1897-98; District of Columbia
Recorder of Deeds, 1891-93.
African
ancestry.
The Blanche K. Bruce Foundation (arts and high-risk youth) is
named for him.
Died in Washington,
D.C., March 17,
1898 (age 57 years, 16
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Henry Bruckner (1871-1942) —
of Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y.
Born in Bronx, New York County (now Bronx
County), N.Y., June 17,
1871.
Son of John A. Bruckner and Katharine (Schmidt) Bruckner.
Democrat. President, Bruckner Beverages;
director, Milton Realty
Co.; director, American Metal Cap Co.; member of New York
state assembly from New York County 35th District, 1901; New York
City Commissioner of Public Works, 1902-06; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from New York, 1912
(alternate), 1924,
1932
(alternate); U.S.
Representative from New York 22nd District, 1913-17; resigned
1917; borough
president of Bronx, New York, 1918-33.
Member, Freemasons;
Rotary;
Elks.
In 1932, the Seabury investigating committee, looking into corruption
in New York City, called him to testify about the wealth he had
accumulated; at the conclusion of the investigation, the committee called for
his removal as Borough President. The Bruckner Expressway in the
Bronx is named for him.
Died, from chronic
nephritis, in Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y., April 14,
1942 (age 70 years, 301
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Bronx, N.Y.
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Jared L. Brush (1835-1913) —
of Greeley, Weld
County, Colo.
Born in Clermont
County, Ohio, July 6,
1835.
Republican. Member of Colorado
state house of representatives, 1879-93; Lieutenant
Governor of Colorado, 1895-99; alternate delegate to Republican
National Convention from Colorado, 1912.
Brush, Colorado, is named for him.
Died in Greeley, Weld
County, Colo., April 24,
1913 (age 77 years, 292
days).
Interment at Linn
Grove Cemetery, Greeley, Colo.
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James Paul Buchanan (1867-1937) —
also known as James P. Buchanan —
of Brenham, Washington
County, Tex.
Born in Midway, Orangeburg District (now Orangeburg
County), S.C., April 30,
1867.
Democrat. Member of Texas
state house of representatives, 1906-13; U.S.
Representative from Texas 10th District, 1913-37; died in office
1937.
Buchanan Dam, near Burnet, Tex., is named for him.
Died in Washington,
D.C., February
22, 1937 (age 69 years, 298
days).
Interment at Prairie
Lea Cemetery, Brenham, Tex.
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Otway Burns (d. 1850) —
of North Carolina.
Member of North
Carolina house of commons, 1821-22, 1824-27, 1832; member of North
Carolina state senate, 1828-30, 1834.
Privateer
during the War of 1812. Two U.S. Navy destroyers were named for
him, in 1918 and in 1942.
Died in 1850.
Interment at Old
Burying Ground, Beaufort, N.C.
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Wellington R. Burt (1831-1919) —
also known as "The Lone Pine of
Michigan" —
of Saginaw, Saginaw
County, Mich.
Born in Pike, Wyoming
County, N.Y., August
26, 1831.
Son of Luther Burt.
Lumber and
timber business; railroad
builder; mayor
of East Saginaw, Mich., 1867-68; alternate delegate to Republican
National Convention from Michigan, 1880;
Fusion candidate for Governor of
Michigan, 1888; member of Michigan
state senate 22nd District, 1893-94; defeated (Democratic), 1904,
1908; Democratic candidate for U.S.
Representative from Michigan 8th District, 1900; Democratic
candidate for University
of Michigan board of regents, 1903; delegate
to Michigan state constitutional convention 22nd District,
1907-08; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Michigan, 1912
(member, Committee
to Notify Presidential Nominee).
Burt, Michigan is named for him.
Died March 2,
1919 (age 87 years, 188
days).
Interment at Forest
Lawn Cemetery, Saginaw, Mich.
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William Butler —
of Sangamon
County, Ill.
Illinois
state treasurer, 1859-63.
Camp Butler, Missouri, is named for him.
Interment at Oak
Ridge Cemetery, Springfield, Ill.
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Edward Norman Cahn (b. 1933) —
also known as Edward N. Cahn —
Born in Allentown, Lehigh
County, Pa., 1933.
Lawyer;
U.S.
District Judge for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, 1974-98;
retired 1998.
The Edward N. Cahn Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse, Allentown,
Pa., is named for him.
Still living as of 2010.
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Thomas E. Caldecott (1878-1951) —
of Berkeley, Alameda
County, Calif.
Born in Chester, England,
July
27, 1878.
Pharmacist;
mayor
of Berkeley, Calif., 1930-32.
Welsh
ancestry.
The Caldecott Tunnel in Oakland, Calif. is named for him.
Died, of a heart
attack, in Berkeley, Alameda
County, Calif., July 23,
1951 (age 72 years, 361
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Joseph Gurney Cannon (1836-1926) —
also known as Joseph G. Cannon; "Uncle
Joe" —
of Danville, Vermilion
County, Ill.
Born in Guilford, Guilford
County, N.C., May 7,
1836.
Son of Dr. Horace H. Cannon and Gulielma (Hollingsworth) Cannon.
Republican. Lawyer; Vermilion
County State's Attorney, 1861-68; U.S.
Representative from Illinois, 1873-91, 1893-1913, 1915-23 (14th
District 1873-83, 15th District 1883-91, 1893-95, 12th District
1895-1903, 18th District 1903-13, 1915-23); Speaker of
the U.S. House, 1903-11; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Illinois, 1904
(Permanent
Chair); candidate for Republican nomination for President, 1908.
Cannon House Office Building, in Washington, D.C., is named for
him.
Died in Danville, Vermilion
County, Ill., November
12, 1926 (age 90 years, 189
days).
Interment at Spring
Hill Cemetery, Danville, Ill.
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Burton W. Chace (1901-1972) —
of Long Beach, Los Angeles
County, Calif.
Born in Stanton, Stanton
County, Neb., July 6,
1901.
Republican. Lumber
dealer; mayor
of Long Beach, Calif., 1947-53; alternate delegate to Republican
National Convention from California, 1952;
member, Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors, 1953-72.
A park in Marina del Rey, Calif., is named for him.
Died in a car
accident, August
22, 1972 (age 71 years, 47
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Henry Champion (1751-1836) —
of Colchester, New London
County, Conn.
Born in Westchester, Colchester, New London
County, Conn., March 16,
1751.
Son of Henry Champion and Deborah (Brainard) Champion.
Major in Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; banker;
member of Connecticut
council of assistants, 1806-17; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Colchester, 1820.
Member, Society
of the Cincinnati.
The towns of Champion, N.Y. and Champion, Ohio, are named for
him.
Died July 13,
1836 (age 85 years, 119
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Charles Clarke Chapman (1853-1944) —
also known as Charles C. Chapman; "The Orange King of
California" —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.; Fullerton, Orange
County, Calif.
Born in Illinois, June 2,
1853.
Republican. Publishing
business; mayor
of Fullerton, Calif., 1904-06; delegate to Republican National
Convention from California, 1916,
1924.
Disciples
of Christ.
Chapman College (now Chapman University) was named for him in
1934.
Died in Orange
County, Calif., March 5,
1944 (age 90 years, 277
days).
Interment at Forest
Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, Calif.; statue at Chapman University Entrance, Orange, Calif.
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Andrew Gould Chatfield (1810-1875) —
also known as Andrew G. Chatfield —
of Addison, Steuben
County, N.Y.; Racine, Racine
County, Wis.; Belle Plaine, Scott
County, Minn.
Born in Butternuts, Otsego
County, N.Y., January
27, 1810.
Son of Enos Chatfield (1782-1858) and Hannah (Starr) Chatfield
(1782-1857).
Lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from Steuben County, 1839-41, 1846; justice of
Minnesota territorial supreme court, 1853-57.
Member, Freemasons.
Chatfield, Minnesota, is named for him.
Died in Belle Plaine, Scott
County, Minn., October
3, 1875 (age 65 years, 249
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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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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Thomas Green Clemson (1807-1888) —
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., July 1,
1807.
Mining engineer;
U.S. Charge d'Affaires to Belgium, 1844-51.
Among the founders
of the Maryland Agricultural College, now the University of Maryland.
Bequeathed his home and land holdings to the state of South Carolina
for the purpose of establishing
an agricultural college, which was named for him, and became
Clemson University.
Died April 6,
1888 (age 80 years, 280
days).
Interment at St.
Paul's Episcopal Churchyard, Pendleton, S.C.
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Thomas Lanier Clingman (1812-1897) —
also known as Thomas L. Clingman; "The Prince of
Politicians" —
of Asheville, Buncombe
County, N.C.
Born in Huntsville, Yadkin
County, N.C., July 27,
1812.
Democrat. Member of North Carolina state legislature; U.S.
Representative from North Carolina, 1843-45, 1847-58 (1st
District 1843-45, 1847-53, 8th District 1853-58); U.S.
Senator from North Carolina, 1858-61; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from North Carolina, 1868,
1876
(member, Resolutions
Committee).
When the Civil War began, he left Washington but did not resign his
seat in the Senate; one of ten Southern
senators expelled
in absentia on July 11, 1861. Clingman's Dome in the Great Smoky
Mountains is named for him.
Died in Morganton, Burke
County, N.C., November
3, 1897 (age 85 years, 99
days).
Interment at Riverside
Cemetery, Asheville, N.C.
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Lila Cockrell (b. 1922) —
of San Antonio, Bexar
County, Tex.
Born January
19, 1922.
Mayor
of San Antonio, Tex., 1975-81, 1989-91.
Female.
Member, Delta
Delta Delta.
The Lila Cockrell Theatre in San Antonio is named for her.
Still living as of 1991.
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Bertram Thomas Combs (1911-1991) —
also known as Bert T. Combs —
of Prestonsburg, Floyd
County, Ky.
Born in Manchester, Clay
County, Ky., August
13, 1911.
Son of Stephen Gibson Combs and Martha (Jones) Combs.
Democrat. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War II; Judge,
Kentucky Court of Appeals, 1951-55; state court judge in
Kentucky, 1957-59; Governor of
Kentucky, 1959-63; defeated, 1955, 1971; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Kentucky, 1960,
1964;
member of Democratic
National Committee from Kentucky, 1966; Judge of
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit, 1967-70.
Baptist.
Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Order of
the Coif; Phi
Delta Phi.
Bert T. Combs Lake was named for him.
Drowned
when his automobile
was washed from the roadway into the Red River, during a flood, near
Rosslyn, Powell
County, Ky., December
4, 1991 (age 80 years, 113
days).
Interment at Beech
Creek Cemetery, Manchester, Ky.
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Douglas Conner —
of Starkville, Oktibbeha
County, Miss.
Democrat. Physician;
alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Mississippi, 1996.
African
ancestry.
Dr. Douglas Conner Drive in Starkville is named for him.
Burial
location unknown.
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William Gordon Cooke (1808-1847) —
of Texas.
Born in Fredericksburg,
Va., March 26,
1808.
Served in the Texas Army during the Texas War of Independence; member
of Texas
Republic House of Representatives, 1844-45; Texas
Republic Secretary of War and Marine, 1845-46; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Texas, 1846; Adjutant
General of Texas, 1846-47; died in office 1847.
Member, Freemasons.
Cooke Avenue in San Antonio is named for him.
Died of tuberculosis,
at Seguin, Guadalupe
County, Tex., December
24, 1847 (age 39 years, 273
days).
Original interment somewhere
in Geronimo, Tex.; reinterment in 1937 at Texas
State Cemetery, Austin, Tex.
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Belle Cooledge (c.1885-1955) —
also known as "Auntie Belle" —
of Sacramento, Sacramento
County, Calif.
Born about 1885.
School
teacher; instructor, dean of women, and vice president of
Sacramento Junior College; mayor
of Sacramento, Calif., 1948-49.
Female.
The Belle Cooledge Branch Library is named for her.
Died in 1955
(age about
70 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Thomas McIntyre Cooley (1824-1898) —
also known as Thomas M. Cooley —
of Adrian, Lenawee
County, Mich.; Toledo, Lucas
County, Ohio; Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich.
Born in Attica, Wyoming
County, N.Y., January
6, 1824.
Son of Thomas Cooley (1778-1847) and Rachel (Hubbard) Cooley
(1790-1869).
Lawyer;
newspaper
editor; law partner of Charles
M. Croswell, 1855; reporter, Michigan Supreme Court, 1857-64; law
professor; justice of
Michigan state supreme court, 1865-85; chief
justice of Michigan state supreme court, 1868-69, 1876-77,
1884-85; member, Interstate
Commerce Commission, 1887-92.
Member, American Bar
Association.
Thomas M. Cooley Law School in Lansing, Mich. is named for
him.
Died in Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich., September
12, 1898 (age 74 years, 249
days).
Interment at Forest
Hill Cemetery, Ann Arbor, Mich.
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Jesse Sherwood Cooper, Jr. (1899-1971) —
of Delaware.
Born near Dover, Kent
County, Del., 1899.
Democrat. Delaware
state auditor, 1927; Delaware
state treasurer, 1945.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar.
In 1950, quietly helped Sen. John
J. Williams to expose corruption in the U.S. Internal Revenue
Service, but his role was not disclosed until after his death. The
Jesse S. Cooper Building in Dover, Del. was named for him by
the state of Delaware in 1971.
Died in 1971
(age about
72 years).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Bronx, N.Y.
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John Sherman Cooper (1901-1991) —
of Somerset, Pulaski
County, Ky.
Born in Somerset, Pulaski
County, Ky., August
23, 1901.
Son of John
Cooper.
Republican. Member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1928-30; county judge in
Kentucky, 1930-38; candidate for Governor of
Kentucky, 1939; served in the U.S. Army during World War II; U.S.
Senator from Kentucky, 1946-49, 1952-55, 1956-73; defeated, 1948,
1954; delegate to Republican National Convention from Kentucky, 1948,
1956,
1960
(member, Resolutions
Committee), 1972
(delegation chair); U.S. Ambassador to India, 1955-56; Nepal, 1955-56; East Germany, 1974-76; member, President's Commission
on the Assassination of President KNDY, 1963-64.
Baptist
or Episcopalian.
Member, American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Rotary; American Bar
Association; Beta
Theta Pi.
The John Sherman Cooper Power Plant in Somerset, Ky., is named for
him.
Died of heart
failure, in Washington,
D.C., February
21, 1991 (age 89 years, 182
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.; statue at Fountain
Square, Somerset, Ky.
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James Charles Corman (1920-2000) —
also known as James C. Corman; Jim Corman —
of Van Nuys, Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif.; Reseda, Los Angeles
County, Calif.
Born in Galena, Cherokee
County, Kan., October
20, 1920.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II; served
in the U.S. Marine Corps during the Korean conflict; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from California, 1960,
1964;
U.S.
Representative from California, 1961-81 (22nd District 1961-75,
21st District 1975-81).
Methodist.
Member, Lions; American
Legion; Elks; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; American Bar
Association.
Floor manager in U.S. House for Civil Rights Act and Voting Rights
Act in 1960s; member of the Kerner Commission on Civil Disorders.
The federal building in Van Nuys, Calif., was named for him in
2001.
Died, following a cerebral
hemorrhage, in a hospital
at Arlington, Arlington
County, Va., December
30, 2000 (age 80 years, 71
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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William A. Craven (1921-1999) —
also known as Bill Craven —
of Oceanside, San Diego
County, Calif.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., June 30,
1921.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II;
served in the U.S. Marine Corps during the Korean conflict; member of
California
state assembly, 1973-79; member of California
state senate, 1979-99.
Advocated and won the creation
of a California State University campus at San Marcos, where one of
the main buildings is named for him.
Died, of congestive
heart failure and complications of diabetes,
at the Villas de Carlsbad Health
Center, Carlsbad, San Diego
County, Calif., July 11,
1999 (age 78 years, 11
days).
Interment at Eternal
Hills, Oceanside, Calif.
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Daniel L. Crossman (1836-1901) —
also known as D. L. Crossman —
of Dansville, Ingham
County, Mich.; Williamston, Ingham
County, Mich.
Born in Cayuga
County, N.Y., November
4, 1836.
Republican. Postmaster;
miller; banker;
member of Michigan
state house of representatives, 1869; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Michigan, 1872;
clerk of the Michigan House of Representatives, 1873-91; Presidential
Elector for Michigan, 1876.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Royal
Arch Masons.
The village of Dansville, Michigan is named for him.
Died in Williamston, Ingham
County, Mich., March 7,
1901 (age 64 years, 123
days).
Entombed in mausoleum at Fairview
Cemetery, Dansville, Mich.
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George N. Culmback (1888-1960) —
of Everett, Snohomish
County, Wash.
Born in Jedsted, Denmark,
December
30, 1888.
Republican. Member of Washington
state house of representatives 38th District, 1926-32; mayor of
Everett, Wash., 1956-60; died in office 1960.
Culmback Dam is named for him.
Died in Everett, Snohomish
County, Wash., July 6,
1960 (age 71 years, 189
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Michael Curb (b. 1944) —
also known as Mike Curb —
of California; Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn.
Born in Savannah, Chatham
County, Ga., December
24, 1944.
Republican. Musician; record
company executive; race car
owner; member of Republican
National Committee from California, 1977; Lieutenant
Governor of California, 1979-83; defeated, 1986; candidate in
primary for Governor of
California, 1982.
The Curb Event Center at Belmont University, Nashville, Tenn., is
named for him. In 2003, he was inducted into the Georgia Music
Hall
of Fame.
Still living as of 2009.
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Sam Dale (1772-1841) —
Born in Rockbridge
County, Va., 1772.
Served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; member of Alabama
state legislature, 1819; member of Mississippi state legislature,
1836.
Sam Dale Memorial State Park, near Meridian, Miss., is named for
him.
Died near Daleville, Lauderdale
County, Miss., May 24,
1841 (age about 68
years).
Interment a
private or family graveyard, Lauderdale County, Miss.
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Charles Wylie Dalrymple (1833-1907) —
also known as Charles W. Dalrymple —
of Albion, Calhoun
County, Mich.
Born in Wayne
County, N.Y., May 13,
1833.
Son of David Dalrymple and Hannah (Douglas) Dalrymple (1804-1881).
Republican. Dry goods
merchant; postmaster;
mayor
of Albion, Mich., 1900.
Dalrymple Elementary School, in Albion, Mich., was named for
him.
Died in Albion, Calhoun
County, Mich., May 20,
1907 (age 74 years, 7
days).
Interment at Riverside
Cemetery, Albion, Mich.
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Relatives: Son
of David Dalrymple and Hannah (Douglas) Dalrymple (1804-1881);
married, November
27, 1866, to Jane Ellen Knickerbocker (1842-1891); married 1896 to Ann
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Jay Norwood Darling (1876-1962) —
also known as Jay N. Darling;
"Ding" —
of Des Moines, Polk
County, Iowa.
Born in Norwood, Charlevoix
County, Mich., October
21, 1876.
Son of Rev. Marcellus Warner Darling (1844-1913) and Clara (Woolson)
Darling (1848-1916).
Republican. Cartoonist;
received the Pulitzer
Prize for his political cartoons in 1924 and 1943; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Iowa, 1932;
founder and first president, National Wildlife Federation; head of
the U.S. Biological Survey (which later became the U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Service), 1934-35; obtained millions of acres for wildlife
refuges.
Member, Beta
Theta Pi.
The J. N. 'Ding' Darling National Wildlife Refuge, in Florida, is
named for him.
Died January
12, 1962 (age 85 years, 83
days).
Interment at Logan
Park Cemetery, Sioux City, Iowa.
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Gerald Desmond (1915-1964) —
also known as Jerry Desmond —
of Long Beach, Los Angeles
County, Calif.
Born in Long Beach, Los Angeles
County, Calif., April 12,
1915.
Son of Walter Desmond (1876-1951).
Democrat. Lawyer;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from California, 1956,
1960.
The Gerald Desmond Bridge in Long Beach is named for him.
Died in 1964
(age about
49 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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John Adams Dix (1798-1879) —
also known as John A. Dix —
of Cooperstown, Otsego
County, N.Y.; Albany, Albany
County, N.Y.; New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Boscawen, Merrimack
County, N.H., July 24,
1798.
Son of Col. Timothy Dix, Jr.
Democrat. Secretary of
state of New York, 1833-39; member of New York
state assembly from Albany County, 1842; U.S.
Senator from New York, 1845-49; U.S.
Secretary of the Treasury, 1861; general in the Union Army during
the Civil War; U.S. Minister to France, 1866-69; Governor of
New York, 1873-75; defeated, 1848, 1874; candidate for mayor
of New York City, N.Y., 1876.
Fort Dix, New Jersey, is named for him.
Died in New York, New York
County, N.Y., April 21,
1879 (age 80 years, 271
days).
Interment at Trinity
Cemetery, Manhattan, N.Y.
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John Wesley Dobbs (1882-1961) —
also known as J. W. Dobbs —
of Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga.
Born in Marietta, Cobb
County, Ga., 1882.
Republican. Co-founder of the Atlanta Negro Voters League, 1946;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Georgia, 1948,
1952.
African
ancestry. Member, Freemasons.
Houston Street in Atlanta was renamed for him in 1994.
Died in 1961
(age about
79 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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John A. Doelle (d. 1962) —
of Michigan; Grosse Pointe Park, Wayne
County, Mich.
Republican. Member of Michigan
state board of agriculture, 1922; resigned 1922.
The John A. Doelle School, in Tapiola, Michigan, is named for
him.
Died in Grosse Pointe Farms, Wayne
County, Mich., March 7,
1962.
Interment somewhere
in Kalamazoo, Mich.
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Alexander William Doniphan (1808-1887) —
of Liberty, Clay
County, Mo.; Richmond, Ray
County, Mo.
Born in Mason
County, Ky., July 9,
1808.
Democrat. Member of Missouri state legislature, 1836, 1840, 1854;
colonel in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Missouri, 1876.
Led Doniphan's Expedition into Mexico, 1846-47. Doniphan, Missouri is
named for him.
Died in 1887
(age about
78 years).
Interment at Fairview
Cemetery, Liberty, Mo.
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Richard Joseph Donovan (1926-1971) —
also known as Dick Donovan —
of California.
Born in New Rochelle Hospital,
New Rochelle, Westchester
County, N.Y., February
24, 1926.
Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; member of California
state assembly, 1965-69; municipal judge in California, 1969-71;
died in office 1971.
Catholic;
later Congregationalist.
Member, Elks; Kiwanis.
A California state prison was named for him.
Died, from a self-inflicted
gunshot
wound, at Chula Vista Community Hospital,
Chula Vista, San Diego
County, Calif., November
21, 1971 (age 45 years, 270
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Glen
Abbey Memorial Park, San Diego, Calif.
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Ben Elbert Douglas, Sr. (1894-1982) —
also known as Ben E. Douglas —
of Charlotte, Mecklenburg
County, N.C.
Born in Scotts Crossroad, Iredell
County, N.C., September
3, 1894.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; fur
merchant; mayor
of Charlotte, N.C., 1935-41; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from North Carolina, 1940,
1956.
Charlotte/Douglas International Airport was named for him in
1941.
Died in 1982
(age about
87 years).
Interment at Elmwood
Cemetery, Charlotte, N.C.
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Kelsey Harris Douglass (d. 1840) —
of Texas.
Member of Texas
Republic House of Representatives, 1837-38.
Member, Freemasons.
Douglass, Texas is named for him.
Died in 1840.
Interment at Oak
Grove Cemetery, Nacogdoches, Tex.
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John Goodchild Dow (1905-2003) —
also known as John G. Dow —
of Rockland
County, N.Y.
Born in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., May 6,
1905.
Son of Joy Wheeler Dow (born 1859) and Elizabeth (Goodchild) Dow.
Democrat. Candidate for New York
state senate 33rd District, 1954; candidate for New York
state assembly from Rockland County, 1956; U.S.
Representative from New York 27th District, 1965-69, 1971-73;
defeated, 1968, 1972, 1974, 1982, 1990; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from New York, 1968.
The Tappan Post Office building was named for him a few months
after he died.
Died in Suffern, Rockland
County, N.Y., March 11,
2003 (age 97 years, 309
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Francis Marion Drake (1830-1903) —
of Centerville, Appanoose
County, Iowa.
Born in Rushville, Schuyler
County, Ill., December
30, 1830.
Son of John Adams Drake and Harriet Jane (O'Neal) Drake.
Republican. General in the Union Army during the Civil War; lawyer; railroad
builder; philanthropist; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Iowa, 1888;
Governor
of Iowa, 1896-98.
Disciples
of Christ. Member, Grand
Army of the Republic; Loyal
Legion; Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows.
Drake University in Des Moines, Iowa is named for him.
Died, of diabetes,
in Centerville, Appanoose
County, Iowa, November
20, 1903 (age 72 years, 325
days).
Interment at Oakland
Cemetery, Centerville, Iowa.
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Alfred Eastlack Driscoll (1902-1975) —
also known as Alfred E. Driscoll —
of Haddonfield, Camden
County, N.J.
Born in Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa., October
25, 1902.
Son of Alfred Roble Driscoll and Mattie (Eastlack) Driscoll.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of New Jersey
state senate from Camden County, 1939-41; Governor of
New Jersey, 1947-54; delegate to Republican National Convention
from New Jersey, 1948,
1952;
member, Commission on
Intergovernmental Relations, 1953-55.
Presbyterian.
Member, Psi
Upsilon.
The Driscoll Bridge on the Garden State Parkway is named for
him.
Died March 9,
1975 (age 72 years, 135
days).
Interment at Haddonfield
Baptist Churchyard, Haddonfield, N.J.
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Germain P. Dupont (c.1915-1963) —
of Manchester, Hillsborough
County, N.H.
Born in Manchester, Hillsborough
County, N.H., about 1915.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; employed at J.
F. McElwain Shoe
Company; secretary-treasurer,
New Hampshire Shoe Workers Union; Hillsborough
County Commissioner, 1959-63; candidate in primary for mayor
of Manchester, N.H., 1963.
Catholic.
Member, Catholic
War Veterans; American
Legion; Disabled
American Veterans; Foresters.
Dupont Pool, a public swimming pool in Manchester, is named for
him.
Suffered a heart
attack at his home, and was dead on arrival at Notre Dame Hospital,
Manchester, Hillsborough
County, N.H., December
12, 1963 (age about 48
years).
Interment at Mt.
Calvary Cemetery, Manchester, N.H.
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Married to Laurette E. Prince. |
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Perry B. Duryea, Jr. (1921-2004) —
of Montauk, Suffolk
County, Long Island, N.Y.
Born in Montauk, Suffolk
County, Long Island, N.Y., October
18, 1921.
Son of Perry
B. Duryea.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; member of New York
state assembly, 1961-77 (Suffolk County 1st District 1961-65, 1st
District 1966-77); Speaker of
the New York State Assembly, 1969-73; delegate
to New York state constitutional convention 1st District, 1967;
member of New York
Republican State Central Committee, 1968; delegate to Republican
National Convention from New York, 1972;
candidate for Governor of
New York, 1978.
Member, American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Lions; Freemasons.
A New York State office building in Islip, L.I., is named for
him.
Died, from injuries suffered in a car
accident, January
11, 2004 (age 82 years, 85
days).
Interment at Fort
Hill Cemetery, Montauk, Long Island, N.Y.
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Married to Elizabeth Ann Weed. |
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Charles Hercules Ebbets (1859-1925) —
also known as Charles H. Ebbets; Charlie
Ebbets —
of Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., October
29, 1859.
Architect;
member of New York
state assembly from Kings County 12th District, 1896; owner,
Brooklyn Dodgers professional
baseball team, 1902-25; the team's home stadium, Ebbets Field,
which he built in 1912, was named for him.
Died, from heart
failure, April 18,
1925 (age 65 years, 171
days).
Interment at Green-Wood
Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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John M. Eshleman (1876-1916) —
also known as Jack Eshleman —
of California.
Born in Villa Ridge, Pulaski
County, Ill., June 14,
1876.
Republican. Member of California
state assembly 52nd District; elected 1906; delegate to
Republican National Convention from California, 1912;
Lieutenant
Governor of California, 1915-16; died in office 1916.
Member, Freemasons.
Eshleman Hall at University of California Berkeley is named for
him.
Died, of tuberculosis,
in a train
station at at Indio, Riverside
County, Calif., February
28, 1916 (age 39 years, 259
days).
Original interment in unknown location; reinterment at Sunset
View Cemetery, El Cerrito, Calif.
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John Evans (1814-1897) —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Waynesville, Warren
County, Ohio, March 9,
1814.
Republican. Governor of
Colorado Territory, 1862-65; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Colorado Territory, 1868
(member, Credentials
Committee; member, Committee
on Permanent Organization; speaker).
Methodist.
Evanston, Ill. was named for him.
Died in Denver,
Colo., July 3,
1897 (age 83 years, 116
days).
Interment at Riverside
Cemetery, Denver, Colo.
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James Edgar Evins —
also known as J. Edgar Evins —
of Smithville, DeKalb
County, Tenn.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Tennessee,
1940,
1944.
Edgar Evins State Park, in Silver Point, Tenn., is named for
him.
Entombed in mausoleum at Smithville
Town Cemetery, Smithville, Tenn.
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Wallace Rider Farrington (1871-1933) —
of Hawaii.
Born in Orono, Penobscot
County, Maine, May 3,
1871.
Son of Joseph Rider Farrington (1830-1897) and Ellen Elizabeth
(Holyoke) Farrington (1835-1895).
Governor
of Hawaii Territory, 1921-29.
Congregationalist.
Farrington Hall at the University of Hawaii is named for him.
Died of heart
disease in Honolulu, Island of Oahu, Honolulu
County, Hawaii, October
6, 1933 (age 62 years, 156
days).
Interment at Oahu
Cemetery, Honolulu, Island of Oahu, Hawaii.
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James Herman Faulkner, Sr. (1916-2008) —
also known as Jimmy Faulkner —
of Bay Minette, Baldwin
County, Ala.
Born in Lamar
County, Ala., March 1,
1916.
Son of Henry L. Faulkner and Ebbie (Johnson) Faulkner.
Democrat. Newspaper
publisher; insurance
agent; mayor of Bay Minette, Ala., 1941-43; member of Alabama
Democratic State Executive Committee, 1942; served in the U.S.
Army Air Force in World War II; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Alabama, 1948,
1952
(alternate); member of Alabama
state senate, 1950-54; owned a chain of seven radio
stations; bank
director.
Church
of Christ.
Alabama Christian College was renamed for him in 1985 as
Faulkner University.
Died, in Oakwood Nursing
Home, Bay Minette, Baldwin
County, Ala., August
22, 2008 (age 92 years, 174
days).
Interment at Bay
Minette Cemetery, Bay Minette, Ala.
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Fred Christian Fischer (1879-1963) —
also known as Fred C. Fischer —
of Belleville, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Flat Rock, Wayne
County, Mich., November
12, 1879.
Son of Fred Fischer and Eleanor (Alexander) Fischer.
Republican. School teacher
and principal; alternate delegate to Republican National
Convention from Michigan, 1920;
candidate in primary for U.S.
Representative from Michigan 16th District, 1934; Wayne
County Superintendent of Schools, 1935-54.
Methodist.
German
ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Odd
Fellows.
A library in Belleville, Michigan, and an elementary school in
Taylor, Michigan, are named for him.
Died, from a stroke, in
St. Joseph's Hospital,
Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich., 1963
(age about
83 years).
Interment at Hillside
Cemetery, Belleville, Mich.
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Bert Fish (1875-1943) —
of Florida.
Born in Bedford, Lawrence
County, Ind., October
8, 1875.
Superintendent
of schools; county judge in Florida, 1910-17, 1931-33; U.S.
Minister to Egypt, 1933; Saudi Arabia, 1939-41; Portugal, 1941-43, died in office 1943.
Fish Memorial Hospital (now Florida Hospital Fish Memorial) is
named for him.
Died in Lisbon, Portugal,
July
21, 1943 (age 67 years, 286
days).
Interment at Oakdale
Cemetery, DeLand, Fla.
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Frank Putnam Flint (1862-1929) —
also known as Frank P. Flint —
of Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif.
Born in North Reading, Middlesex
County, Mass., July 15,
1862.
Republican. Lawyer;
delegate to Republican National Convention from California, 1896
(alternate), 1920,
1928;
U.S.
Attorney for the Southern District of California, 1897-1901; U.S.
Senator from California, 1905-11.
Flintridge, California, is named for him.
While on a world tour, died on the ocean
liner President Polk, probably in the South China
Sea, while approaching Manila, Philippines, February
11, 1929 (age 66 years, 211
days).
Entombed in mausoleum at Forest
Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, Calif.
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Lucy Louisa Flower (1837-1921) —
also known as Lucy L. Flower; Lucy L. Coues;
"The Mother of the Juvenile Court" —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., May 10,
1837.
Republican. School
teacher; social reformer; founder of nursing school; advocate for
the creation of a "parental court" to handle cases of delinquent
children; her efforts led to the world's first
juvenile court legislation, which created the Chicago Juvenile Court
in 1899; University
of Illinois trustee; elected 1894.
Female.
Lucy L. Flower Vocational High School, and Lucy Flower Park, both in
Chicago, were named for her.
Died in Coronado, San Diego
County, Calif., April 27,
1921 (age 83 years, 352
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Robert Haines Frazier (b. 1899) —
also known as Robert H. Frazier —
of Greensboro, Guilford
County, N.C.
Born in Greensboro, Guilford
County, N.C., January
8, 1899.
Son of Cyrus Pigott Frazier and Lucetta (Churchill) Frazier.
Democrat. Lawyer; mayor
of Greensboro, N.C., 1951-55.
Quaker.
Member, American Bar
Association; Federal
Bar Association; American
Judicature Society; American
Society for International Law; Sons of
the American Revolution; Beta
Theta Pi; Phi
Delta Phi; Knights
of Pythias; Kiwanis.
Frazier Hall, at North Carolina A. & T. State University, is named
for him.
Burial
location unknown.
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Thomas Oscar Fuller, Sr. (1867-1942) —
of North Carolina.
Born in Franklinton, Franklin
County, N.C., October
25, 1867.
Member of North
Carolina state senate.
African
ancestry.
T.O. Fuller State Park in Memphis is named for him.
Died in Memphis, Shelby
County, Tenn., June 21,
1942 (age 74 years, 239
days).
Interment at New
Park Cemetery, Memphis, Tenn.
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Dean Anderson Gallo (1935-1994) —
also known as Dean A. Gallo —
of Parsippany-Troy Hills, Morris
County, N.J.; West Orange, Essex
County, N.J.; Parsippany, Morris
County, N.J.
Born in Hackensack, Bergen
County, N.J., November
23, 1935.
Republican. Realtor;
member of New
Jersey state house of assembly, 1976-84; U.S.
Representative from New Jersey 11th District, 1985-94; died in
office 1994.
Methodist.
The Dean and Betty Gallo Prostate Cancer Center at the Cancer
Institute of New Jersey is named for him and his wife.
Died, of prostate
cancer, November
6, 1994 (age 58 years, 348
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Don Lee Gevirts (1928-2001) —
also known as Don L. Gevirts —
of Montecito, Santa
Barbara County, Calif.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., 1928.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from California,
1988;
U.S. Ambassador to Fiji, 1995-97; Nauru, 1995-97; Tonga, 1995-97; Tuvalu, 1995-97.
Venture capitalist and philanthropist; the Graduate School of
Education at University of California Santa Barbara is named for
him.
Died, of a heart
attack, in Montecito, Santa
Barbara County, Calif., April 22,
2001 (age about 72
years).
Interment at Santa
Barbara Cemetery, Santa Barbara, Calif.
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Monroe Goldwater (1885-1980) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., November
11, 1885.
Democrat. Lawyer; law
partner of Edward
J. Flynn; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New
York, 1944,
1948
(alternate), 1952
(alternate), 1956,
1960,
1964;
candidate for delegate
to New York state constitutional convention at-large, 1966.
Jewish.
The Monroe Goldwater high school in Elat, Israel is named for
him.
Died in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., November
21, 1980 (age 95 years, 10
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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James H. Gray (1915-1986) —
of Albany, Dougherty
County, Ga.
Born in Westfield, Hampden
County, Mass., May 17,
1915.
Democrat. Editor and publisher of the Albany Herald newspaper;
owner of WALB radio and
television stations; alternate delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Georgia, 1952;
Georgia
Democratic state chair, 1960; candidate in primary for Governor of
Georgia, 1966; mayor of
Albany, Ga., 1974-86; died in office 1986.
The James H. Gray Civic Center in Albany is named for him.
Died, following a heart
attack, at the New England Medical
Center, Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., September
19, 1986 (age 71 years, 125
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to Cleair Ranger. |
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Andrew Haswell Green (1820-1903) —
also known as Andrew H. Green; "Father of Greater New
York"; "Handy Andy" —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born near Worcester, Worcester
County, Mass., October
6, 1820.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York,
1880;
delegate
to New York state constitutional convention 13th District, 1894.
Protestant.
Guided creation of Central Park in New York, and Niagara State
Preserve (first
state park in the U.S.); led crusade to consolidate the five boroughs
into today's New York City; helped create the New York Public
Library, the Bronx Zoo, and other cultural institutions. Green
Island, near Niagara Falls, is named for him.
Shot
and killed, by
a murderer who mistook him for someone else, in front of his home, on
Park Avenue, Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., November
13, 1903 (age 83 years, 38
days).
Interment at Rural
Cemetery, Worcester, Mass.
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Thomas Watt Gregory (1861-1933) —
also known as Thomas W. Gregory —
of Austin, Travis
County, Tex.
Born in Crawfordsville (unknown
county), Miss., November
6, 1861.
Son of Francis Robert Gregory (killed in Civil War) and Mary Cornelia
(Watt) Gregory.
Democrat. Lawyer;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Texas, 1904,
1912
(Honorary
Vice-President); U.S.
Attorney General, 1914-19.
Presbyterian.
Member, Alpha
Tau Omega.
A gymnasium at the University of Texas was named for him.
Died, of pneumonia,
February
26, 1933 (age 71 years, 112
days).
Interment somewhere
in Austin, Tex.
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Raymond R. Guest (1939-2001) —
also known as Andy Guest —
of Front Royal, Warren
County, Va.
Born in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., September
29, 1939.
Son of Elizabeth
Polk Guest and Raymond
Richard Guest.
Republican. Farmer; banker;
member of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1973-99.
Episcopalian.
Member, Elks; Rotary; Izaak
Walton League; Ruritan.
A state park in Warren County was named for him in 1995.
Died, of cancer, in
Front Royal, Warren
County, Va., April 2,
2001 (age 61 years, 185
days).
Interment at Old
Chapel Cemetery, Millwood, Va.
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Charles H. Haden II (1937-2004) —
of Morgantown, Monongalia
County, W.Va.; Charleston, Kanawha
County, W.Va.
Born in Morgantown, Monongalia
County, W.Va., April 16,
1937.
Son of Charles H. Haden and Beatrice (Costolo) Haden.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Monongalia County,
1963-64; defeated, 1964; candidate for West
Virginia state attorney general, 1968; West Virginia State Tax
Commissioner, 1969-72; judge of
West Virginia supreme court of appeals, 1972-75; appointed 1972;
resigned 1975; Judge of
U.S. District Court, 1975-2002.
Member, American Bar
Association.
The Charles H. Haden II Professorship of Law at West Virginia
University is named for him.
Died in Charleston, Kanawha
County, W.Va., March 20,
2004 (age 66 years, 339
days).
Cremated;
ashes scattered.
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Louis F. Haffen (1854-1935) —
of Melrose, Westchester County (now part of Bronx, Bronx
County), N.Y.; Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y.
Born in Melrose, Westchester County (now part of Bronx, Bronx
County), N.Y., November
6, 1854.
Son of Mathias Haffen and Catherine (Hayes) Haffen.
Democrat. Civil
engineer; engineer, New York City Department of Parks, 1883-93;
commissioner of street improvement in Annexed Territory (Bronx),
1893-98; borough
president of Bronx, New York, 1898-1909; removed 1909; removed from
office by Gov. Charles
Evans Hughes over maladministration
charges,
1909; delegate
to New York state constitutional convention 22nd District, 1915;
member of New York
Democratic State Committee, 1930.
Catholic.
German
and Irish
ancestry. Member, Royal
Arcanum; Tammany
Hall.
Haffen Park, Bronx, is named for him.
Died, from arteriosclerosis,
in Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y., December
25, 1935 (age 81 years, 49
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Bronx, N.Y.
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Relatives:
Married 1886
to Caroline Kurz. |
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Kenneth Frederick Hahn (1920-1997) —
also known as Kenneth Hahn; Kenny Hahn —
of Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif.
Born in Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., August
19, 1920.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; alternate
delegate to Democratic National Convention from California, 1952;
candidate in primary for U.S.
Senator from California, 1970.
Church
of Christ.
The Kenneth Hahn Recreation Area, the Kenneth Hahn Hall of
Administration, and the Kenneth Hahn Comprehensive Stroke and
Epilepsy Center at King/Drew Hospital, are named for him.
Died in Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., 1997
(age about
76 years).
Interment at Inglewood
Park Cemetery, Inglewood, Calif.
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Clarence Eugene Hancock (1885-1948) —
also known as Clarence E. Hancock —
of Syracuse, Onondaga
County, N.Y.
Born in Syracuse, Onondaga
County, N.Y., February
13, 1885.
Son of Theodore
E. Hancock and Martha B. (Connelly) Hancock.
Republican. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War I; U.S.
Representative from New York, 1927-47 (35th District 1927-45,
36th District 1945-47); alternate delegate to Republican National
Convention from New York, 1928.
Presbyterian.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; Phi
Delta Phi; Alpha
Delta Phi.
The airport in Syracuse was named for him.
Died in a hospital
at Washington,
D.C., January
3, 1948 (age 62 years, 324
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Syracuse, N.Y.
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Freeman P. Hankins (1917-c.1988) —
also known as Freeman Hankins —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in Brunswick, Glynn
County, Ga., September
30, 1917.
Son of Oliver Hankins and Anna (Pyles) Hankins.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; funeral
director; member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 1961-67; member of Pennsylvania
state senate 7th District, 1967-88.
Baptist.
African
ancestry. Member, American
Legion; Amvets; NAACP; Freemasons;
American
Woodmen; Elks.
In April, 2000, a Philadelphia branch post office was named for
him.
Died about 1988 (age about 71
years).
Interment somewhere
in Philadelphia, Pa.
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Phil Hardberger (b. 1934) —
of San Antonio, Bexar
County, Tex.
Born in Morton, Cochran
County, Tex., July 27,
1934.
Son of Homer Reeves Hardberger (1908-1986) and Bess (Scott)
Hardberger (1913-2008).
Democrat. Lawyer; mayor
of San Antonio, Tex., 2005-09.
Baptist.
Phil Hardberger Park, in San Antonio, is named for him.
Still living as of 2011.
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Ralph Chandler Harrison (1831-1918) —
also known as Ralph C. Harrison —
Born in Cornwall Bridge, Cornwall, Litchfield
County, Conn., October
22, 1831.
Son of Myron Harrison and Charlotte Elizabeth (Calhoun) Harrison.
Justice
of California state supreme court, 1891-1903; Judge,
California Court of Appeal, 1905-08.
The Ralph Chandler Harrison Memorial Library in Carmel, Calif. is
named for him.
Died in San
Francisco, Calif., July 18,
1918 (age 86 years, 269
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Philip Aloysius Hart (1912-1976) —
also known as Philip A. Hart —
of Birmingham, Oakland
County, Mich.; Mackinac Island, Mackinac
County, Mich.
Born in Bryn Mawr, Montgomery
County, Pa., December
10, 1912.
Democrat. Lawyer;
colonel in the U.S. Army during World War II; candidate for secretary of
state of Michigan, 1950; U.S.
Attorney for the Eastern District of Michigan, 1952-53; Lieutenant
Governor of Michigan, 1955-58; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Michigan, 1956,
1960,
1964;
U.S.
Senator from Michigan, 1959-76; died in office 1976.
Member, Urban
League.
The Hart Senate Office Building, in Washington, D.C., is named for
him.
Died in Washington,
D.C., December
26, 1976 (age 64 years, 16
days).
Interment at St.
Anne's Catholic Cemetery, Mackinac Island, Mich.
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Joshua T. Heald (1821-1887) —
of Wilmington, New Castle
County, Del.
Born in New Castle, New Castle
County, Del., May 26,
1821.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Delaware,
1860,
1868;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from Delaware, 1870.
Heald Street in Wilmington is named for him.
Died in Wilmington, New Castle
County, Del., July 23,
1887 (age 66 years, 58
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Charles Belknap Henderson (1873-1954) —
also known as Charles B. Henderson —
of Elko, Elko
County, Nev.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in San Jose, Santa Clara
County, Calif., June 8,
1873.
Son of Jefferson Henderson and Sarah W. (Bradley) Henderson.
Democrat. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; Elko
County District Attorney, 1901-05; member of Nevada
state house of representatives, 1905-07; U.S.
Senator from Nevada, 1918-21; appointed 1918; defeated, 1920;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Nevada, 1928,
1936;
president and director, Elko Telephone and
Telegraph Company; director, Western Pacific Railroad.
Episcopalian.
Member, Phi
Kappa Psi; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Elks.
The city of Henderson, Nevada, is named for him.
Died in San
Francisco, Calif., November
8, 1954 (age 81 years, 153
days).
Interment at Elko
Cemetery, Elko, Nev.
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Herbert Clark Hoover, Jr. (1903-1969) —
also known as Herbert Hoover, Jr. —
of Palo Alto, Santa Clara
County, Calif.; San Marino, Los Angeles
County, Calif.
Born in London, England,
August
4, 1903.
Son of Herbert
Clark Hoover and Lou (Henry) Hoover.
Republican. Petroleum geologist;
mining engineer;
inventor;
president, Aeronautical
Radio,
Inc., 1930; U.S. Undersecretary of State, 1954-57; director, Monsanto
Chemical
Company; director, Lockheed Aircraft
Corporation; director, Southern California Edison
Company; director, Hanna Mining
Company; director, Pacific Mutual Insurance
Company; delegate to Republican National Convention from California,
1960.
Herbert Hoover Jr. High School, in San Jose, Calif., is named for
him.
Died, of cancer, in
Huntington Community Hospital,
Pasadena, Los Angeles
County, Calif., April 9,
1969 (age 65 years, 248
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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William Rowland Hopkins (1869-1961) —
also known as W. R. Hopkins —
of Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio.
Born in Johnstown, Cambria
County, Pa., July 26,
1869.
Son of David J. Hopkins and Mary Jeffreys Hopkins.
Republican. Lawyer;
industrial real estate
developer; promoter of Cleveland Short Line Railroad;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Ohio, 1916;
Cleveland city manager, 1924-30; founder of Cleveland Municipal Airport,
later named for him.
Died February
9, 1961 (age 91 years, 198
days).
Interment at Lake
View Cemetery, Cleveland, Ohio.
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Relatives:
Married 1903
to Ellen Louise Cozad. |
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Alice Smith Merrill Horne (1868-1948) —
also known as Alice Merrill Horne —
of Utah.
Born in Fillmore, Millard
County, Utah, January
2, 1868.
School
teacher; member of Utah state
house of representatives, 1898.
Female.
Mormon.
Horne Hall at Brigham Young University is named for her.
Died, of a heart
attack, October
7, 1948 (age 80 years, 279
days).
Interment at Salt
Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Utah.
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Edward J. Howard —
of Sylacauga, Talladega
County, Ala.
Son of H. H.
Howard.
Mayor
of Sylacauga, Ala., 1948-59; resigned 1959.
Lake Howard (city reservoir) is named for him.
Interment somewhere
in Sylacauga, Ala.
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William Washington Howes (1887-1962) —
also known as W. W. Howes —
of Wolsey, Beadle
County, S.Dak.; Huron, Beadle
County, S.Dak.
Born in Tomah, Monroe
County, Wis., February
16, 1887.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of South
Dakota state senate 22nd District, 1917-18; candidate for Governor of
South Dakota, 1920; South Dakota
Democratic state chair, 1923; member of Democratic
National Committee from South Dakota, 1924; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from South Dakota, 1924,
1940;
First Assistant U.S. Postmaster General; resigned in protest in 1940
when President Franklin
D. Roosevelt sought an unprecedented third term.
W. W. Howes Airport in Huron, S.D. (now Huron Regional Airport) was
named for him.
Died in Washington,
D.C., January
15, 1962 (age 74 years, 333
days).
Interment at Oak
Hill Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Richard Bennet Hubbard (1832-1901) —
also known as Richard B. Hubbard —
of Tyler, Smith
County, Tex.
Born in Walton
County, Ga., November
1, 1832.
Son of Richard B. Hubbard and Seneca (Carter) Hubbard.
Democrat. Lawyer;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Texas, 1856,
1880;
U.S.
Attorney for the Western District of Texas, 1857-59; member of Texas
state senate, 1859-62; colonel in the Confederate Army during the
Civil War; Lieutenant
Governor of Texas, 1873-76; Governor of
Texas, 1876-79; U.S. Minister to Japan, 1885.
Hubbard Middle School, in Tyler, Texas, is named for him.
Died July 12,
1901 (age 68 years, 253
days).
Interment at Oakwood
Cemetery, Tyler, Tex.
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Robert Morton Hughes (1855-1940) —
also known as Robert M. Hughes —
Born in Abingdon, Washington
County, Va., September
10, 1855.
Son of Robert
William Hughes and Eliza (Johnston) Hughes.
Republican. Lawyer;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from Virginia, 1902, 1904.
The Robert M. Hughes Memorial Library at Old Dominion University,
Norfolk, Va., is named for him.
Died January
15, 1940 (age 84 years, 127
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Teresa P. Hughes —
of Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Democrat. Member of California
state assembly, 1975-92; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from California, 1988,
2000;
member of California
state senate, 1993-2000.
Female.
African
ancestry.
An elementary school in Cudahy, California, was named for her
in 1988.
Still living as of 2000.
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Relatives:
Married to Frank E. Staggers. |
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Claude Burton Hutchison (1885-1980) —
also known as Claude B. Hutchison —
of Berkeley, Alameda
County, Calif.
Born near Chillicothe, Livingston
County, Mo., April 9,
1885.
Son of William Moses Hutchison and Ada (Smith) Hutchison.
Botanist;
agricultural
economist; university
professor; mayor
of Berkeley, Calif., 1955-63.
Member, Alpha
Phi Omega.
Hutchison Hall, at the University of California at Davis, is named
for him.
Died August
25, 1980 (age 95 years, 138
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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George Lewis Ingalls (1914-2001) —
also known as George L. Ingalls —
of Binghamton, Broome
County, N.Y.
Born in Danielson, Killingly, Windham
County, Conn., June 7,
1914.
Son of Louis Sessions Ingalls and Mary Ethel (Gallup) Ingalls.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly, 1953-66 (Broome County 2nd District 1953-65,
125th District 1966).
Congregationalist.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; Phi
Kappa Phi; Phi
Delta Phi; Rotary; Jaycees;
American Bar
Association.
Trustee of the New York Power
Authority in 1967-90; in 1991, the powerhouse at the NYPA's
Blenheim-Gilboa Pumped Storage Power Project, in Schoharie County,
was named for him.
Died in Binghamton, Broome
County, N.Y., April 10,
2001 (age 86 years, 307
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Clinton Fillmore Irwin (b. 1854) —
also known as Clinton F. Irwin —
of Oklahoma; Elgin, Kane
County, Ill.
Born in Franklin Grove, Lee
County, Ill., January
1, 1854.
Son of Henry Irwin and Ann Elizabeth (McNeel) Irwin.
Justice
of Oklahoma state supreme court, 1899-1907; circuit judge in
Illinois 16th Circuit, 1913-19.
The town of Clinton, Oklahoma is named for him.
Burial
location unknown.
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John Birdwell Isbell (1872-1960) —
also known as John B. Isbell —
of Fort Payne, DeKalb
County, Ala.
Born in Asbury, Marshall
County, Ala., April 16,
1872.
Son of Elijah Miller Isbell and Elizabeth Jane (Dowdy) Isbell.
Republican. Lawyer;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Alabama, 1920
(alternate), 1932;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from Alabama, 1930; U.S.
Attorney for the Northern District of Alabama, 1931-33.
Isbell Airport at Fort Payne is named for him.
Died in Fort Payne, DeKalb
County, Ala., September
5, 1960 (age 88 years, 142
days).
Interment at Glenwood
Cemetery, Fort Payne, Ala.
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Leslie Jensen (1892-1964) —
of Hot Springs, Fall River
County, S.Dak.
Born in Hot Springs, Fall River
County, S.Dak., September
15, 1892.
Son of C. L. Jensen and Lillie May (Haxby) Jensen.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer; U.S. Collector of Internal
Revenue for South Dakota, 1921-34; president, People's Telephone and
Telegraph Co.; Governor of
South Dakota, 1937-39; candidate in primary for U.S.
Senator from South Dakota, 1938; colonel in the U.S. Army during
World War II.
Member, Freemasons;
Elks; American
Legion.
The Leslie Jensen Scenic Highway in South Dakota was named for
him.
Died in Rapid City, Pennington
County, S.Dak., December
14, 1964 (age 72 years, 90
days).
Interment at Evergreen
Cemetery, Hot Springs, S.Dak.
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Beauford Halbert Jester (1893-1949) —
also known as Beauford Jester —
of Corsicana, Navarro
County, Tex.
Born in Corsicana, Navarro
County, Tex., January
12, 1893.
Son of George
Taylor Jester.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; Governor of
Texas, 1947-49; died in office 1949; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Texas, 1948.
Methodist.
Member, American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Sons of
the American Revolution; Kappa
Sigma; Sigma
Delta Chi; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Elks; Rotary; Lions.
Jester Center at the University of Texas is named for him.
Died, aboard a Pullman railroad
car, near Houston, Harris
County, Tex., July 11,
1949 (age 56 years, 180
days).
Interment at Oakwood
Cemetery, Corsicana, Tex.
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Marie Hilson Katzenbach (1882-1970) —
also known as Marie H. Katzenbach; Marie Louise Hunt
Hilson —
of Trenton, Mercer
County, N.J.
Born in Trenton, Mercer
County, N.J., December
8, 1882.
Daughter of Cleveland Hilson and Matilda Emily (Hunt) Hilson.
Librarian;
member, New Jersey State Board of Education, 1921-64; delegate
to New Jersey state constitutional convention from Mercer County,
1947.
Female.
French
ancestry. Member, Daughters of the
American Revolution; Colonial
Dames.
The Marie H. Katzenbach School for the Deaf, in Trenton, N.J., is
named for her.
Died in Princeton, Mercer
County, N.J., February
4, 1970 (age 87 years, 58
days).
Interment at Ewing
Cemetery, Ewing Township, Mercer County, N.J.
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Henry W. Kiel (1871-1942) —
also known as "Father of the Municipal
Opera" —
of St.
Louis, Mo.
Born in St.
Louis, Mo., February
21, 1871.
Son of Henry F. Kiel and Minnie C. (Daues) Kiel.
Republican. Bricklayer;
brick
contractor; Presidential Elector for Missouri, 1908;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Missouri, 1912;
mayor
of St. Louis, Mo., 1913-25; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Missouri, 1932.
Lutheran.
Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; Knights
of Pythias; Moose; Royal
Arcanum.
The Municipal Auditorium in St. Louis was named for him.
Died, from complications of a stroke, November
26, 1942 (age 71 years, 278
days).
Entombed in mausoleum at Oak
Grove Cemetery, St. Louis County, Mo.
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William A. Kindred (c.1849-1891) —
of Fargo, Cass
County, Dakota Territory (now N.Dak.).
Born in Morris
County, N.J., about 1849.
Civil
engineer; railroad
builder; banker; mayor of
Fargo, N.Dak., 1882-83.
The town of Kindred, N.D. is named for him.
Died in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., May 8,
1891 (age about 42
years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Cyril Emmanuel King (1921-1978) —
also known as Cyril E. King —
Born in St. Croix, Virgin
Islands, April 7,
1921.
Son of Martin King and Melvina King.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; aide and staff member to
U.S. Sen. Hubert
Humphrey, 1949-61; secretary
of the U.S. Virgin Islands, 1961; Governor of
U.S. Virgin Islands, 1969, 1975-78; died in office 1978; member
of Virgin
Islands legislature, 1973-74.
African
ancestry.
The Cyril E. King Airport on St. Thomas, V.I., is named for
him.
Died in St. Thomas, Virgin
Islands, January
2, 1978 (age 56 years, 270
days).
Interment at King's
Hill Cemetery, St. Croix, Virgin Islands.
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Robert Carter Kirkwood (1909-1964) —
also known as Robert C. Kirkwood —
of Saratoga, Santa Clara
County, Calif.
Born in Mountain View, Santa Clara
County, Calif., August
30, 1909.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of California
state assembly, 1947-53; resigned 1953; alternate delegate to
Republican National Convention from California, 1952;
California
state auditor, 1953-58; appointed 1953; defeated, 1958; General
Manager, San Francisco Public Utilities Commission, 1959-64; a
hydroelectric plant in Alpine County is named for him.
Died in San
Francisco, Calif., May 5,
1964 (age 54 years, 249
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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William J. Knight (1929-2004) —
also known as Pete Knight —
of Palmdale, Los Angeles
County, Calif.
Born in Noblesville, Hamilton
County, Ind., November
18, 1929.
Served in the U.S. Air Force during the Vietnam War; mayor of
Palmdale, Calif., 1988-92; member of California
state assembly, 1993-96; member of California
state senate 17th District, 1997-2004; died in office 2004.
Member, Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Elks.
Air Force test pilot
who holds the speed record for winged aircraft: 4,250 mph flying the
Bell X-15. Pete Knight High School in Palmdale, Calif. is named
for him.
Died, from acute
myelogenous leukemia, in City of Hope Hospital,
May 7,
2004 (age 74 years, 171
days).
Interment at Desert
Lawn Memorial Park, Palmdale, Calif.
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Fredrick Kramer —
of Little Rock, Pulaski
County, Ark.
Mayor
of Little Rock, Ark., 1873-75, 1881-87.
German
ancestry.
Kramer Elementary School in Little Rock is named for him.
Burial
location unknown.
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Frederick Ernest Lackey —
also known as Dutch Lackey —
of Hopkinsville, Christian
County, Ky.
Son of Ernest
Lackey.
Democrat. Mayor
of Hopkinsville, Ky., 1958-65.
The Hopkinsville municipal building is named for him.
Burial
location unknown.
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Fiorello Henry LaGuardia (1882-1947) —
also known as Fiorello H. LaGuardia; "The Little
Flower" —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., December
11, 1882.
Son of Achille Luigi Carlo La Guardia and Irene Coen.
Republican. U.S. Consular Agent in Fiume, 1904-06; interpreter;
lawyer;
U.S.
Representative from New York, 1917-19, 1923-33 (14th District
1917-19, 20th District 1923-33); defeated, 1914; major in the U.S.
Army during World War I; delegate to Republican National Convention
from New York, 1920,
1928
(alternate), 1932
(alternate); mayor
of New York City, N.Y., 1934-45; defeated, 1921, 1929.
Episcopalian.
Italian
and Jewish
ancestry. Member, Freemasons.
LaGuardia Airport in Queens, N.Y., is named for him.
Died of pancreatic
cancer, in Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y., September
20, 1947 (age 64 years, 283
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Bronx, N.Y.
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Albert Lange (1801-1869) —
of Terre Haute, Vigo
County, Ind.
Born in Charlottenburg, Prussia (now part of Berlin, Germany),
December
16, 1801.
Republican. U.S. Consul in Amsterdam, 1849-50; Indiana
state auditor, 1861-63; mayor
of Terre Haute, Ind., 1863-67.
He belonged to a secret society which advocated
a constitutional government for the German Empire; in 1824, the
conspiracy was uncovered; he was convicted
of treason
and sentenced
to fifteen years in in prison;
pardoned
in 1829, and left Germany for the United States. A Terre Haute public
school was named for him in 1900.
Died in Terre Haute, Vigo
County, Ind., July 25,
1869 (age 67 years, 221
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Terre Haute, Ind.
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Amos Adams Lawrence (1814-1886) —
also known as Amos A. Lawrence —
Born in Groton, Middlesex
County, Mass., July 31,
1814.
Son of Amos Lawrence (1786-1852) and Sarah (Richards) Lawrence
(1790-1819).
Owner, Ipswich Mills, maker of knit
goods; abolitionist; candidate for Governor of
Massachusetts, 1858 (American), 1860 (Constitutional Union).
Episcopalian.
Lawrence, Kansas is named for him.
Died August
22, 1886 (age 72 years, 22
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Clarence Everett Lightner (1921-2002) —
also known as Clarence E. Lightner —
of Raleigh, Wake
County, N.C.
Born in Raleigh, Wake
County, N.C., August
15, 1921.
Son of Calvin E. Lightner and Mammie (Blackmon) Lightner.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; funeral
director; mayor of
Raleigh, N.C., 1973-75; member of North
Carolina state senate, 1977-78; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from North Carolina, 1996,
2000.
Presbyterian.
African
ancestry. Member, Omega
Psi Phi.
The Raleigh Law Enforcement Center was named for him in 2003.
Died July 8,
2002 (age 80 years, 327
days).
Interment at Mt.
Hope Cemetery, Raleigh, N.C.
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Glenard Paul Lipscomb (1915-1970) —
also known as Glenard P. Lipscomb —
of Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif.
Born in Jackson, Jackson
County, Mich., August
19, 1915.
Republican. Accountant;
served in the U.S. Army during World War II; member of California
state assembly, 1947-53; U.S.
Representative from California 24th District, 1953-70; died in
office 1970; delegate to Republican National Convention from
California, 1956,
1960
(member, Resolutions
Committee).
Baptist.
Member, American
Legion; Freemasons;
Kiwanis;
Elks.
Died, of intestinal
cancer, at Bethesda
Naval Hospital, Bethesda, Montgomery
County, Md., February
1, 1970 (age 54 years, 166
days). A U.S. Navy submarine was named for him.
Interment at Forest
Lawn Memorial Park - Hollywood Hills, Los Angeles, Calif.
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John Christian Lodge (1862-1950) —
also known as John C. Lodge —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., August
12, 1862.
Son of Dr. Edwin Albert Lodge and Christiana Hanson Lodge.
Newspaper
reporter; lumber
business; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Wayne County 1st District,
1909-10; mayor of
Detroit, Mich., 1922-23, 1924, 1927-29.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons.
Detroit's John C. Lodge Expressway is named for him.
Died February
6, 1950 (age 87 years, 178
days).
Interment at Elmwood
Cemetery, Detroit, Mich.
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Zachariah Joshua Loussac (1883-1965) —
also known as Z. J. Loussac —
of Anchorage,
Alaska; Seattle, King
County, Wash.
Born in Pokrov, Russia,
July
13, 1883.
Democrat. Druggist;
philanthropist; mayor
of Anchorage, Alaska, 1948-51; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Alaska Territory, 1952.
Jewish
ancestry. Member, Rotary.
The Z. J. Loussac Public Library in Anchorage is named for
him.
Died in Seattle, King
County, Wash., March 15,
1965 (age 81 years, 245
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Angelus
Memorial Park, Anchorage, Alaska.
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Joseph Echols Lowery (b. 1921) —
also known as Joseph E. Lowery —
of Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga.
Born in Huntsville, Madison
County, Ala., October
6, 1921.
Democrat. Pastor;
leader in the civil rights movement; co-founder of the Southern
Christian Leadership Conference; escaped death in 1963 when his hotel
room in Birmingham, Ala., was bombed,
and in 1979 when Klansmen in Decatur, Ala., opened
fire on Lowery and other protesters; arrested
while demonstrating
in support of a garbage workers' strike in Atlanta, 1968; arrested
during protests
in Cullman, Ala., 1978; arrested
while protesting
apartheid at the South African Embassy
in Washington, D.C., 1984; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Georgia, 2008;
speaker, 1988;
delivered eulogies at the funerals of Rosa Parks and Coretta
Scott King.
Methodist.
African
ancestry.
Joseph E. Lowery Boulevard in Atlanta is named for him.
Still living as of 2008.
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Seybourn Harris Lynne (1907-2000) —
also known as Seybourn H. Lynne —
of Birmingham, Jefferson
County, Ala.
Born in Decatur, Morgan
County, Ala., July 25,
1907.
Son of Seybourn Arthur Lynne and Annie Leigh (Harris) Lynne.
Democrat. Lawyer;
county judge in Alabama, 1934-40; circuit judge in Alabama, 1940-42;
served in the U.S. Army during World War II; U.S.
District Judge for the Northern District of Alabama, 1946-73;
took senior status 1973.
Baptist.
Member, American Bar
Association; Blue
Key; Pi
Kappa Alpha; Phi
Kappa Phi; Phi
Delta Phi; Omicron
Delta Kappa; Kiwanis.
In 1963, he prohibited Gov. George
C. Wallace from barring two black students from attending the
University of Alabama. In 1969, he ordered that Elmwood Cemetery in
Birmingham, Ala., be desegregated. The federal building in Decatur,
Ala. is named for him.
Died in Birmingham, Jefferson
County, Ala., September
10, 2000 (age 93 years, 47
days).
Interment at Decatur
Cemetery, Decatur, Ala.
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Relatives:
Married, June 16,
1937, to Katherine Donaldson Brandau. |
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Frederic Rand Mann (1903-1987) —
also known as Frederic R. Mann —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in Gomel, Russia,
September
13, 1903.
Son of Oscar Mann and Fannie (Fradkin) Mann.
Democrat. Naturalized U.S. citizen; cardboard
box manufacturer; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Pennsylvania, 1948;
U.S. Ambassador to Barbados, 1967-69; philanthropist.
Jewish.
The Frederic R. Mann auditorium in Tel Aviv, Israel is named for
him.
Died in 1987
(age about
83 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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J. Fred Manning —
of Lynn, Essex
County, Mass.
Mayor of
Lynn, Mass., 1930-39.
The former Manning Bowl football stadium, in Lynn, Mass., was
named for him.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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David Parshall Mapes (1798-1890) —
also known as David P. Mapes —
of Roxbury, Delaware
County, N.Y.; Ripon, Fond du Lac
County, Wis.
Born in Coxsackie, Greene
County, N.Y., January
10, 1798.
Son of Timothy Mapes and Hannah (Brown) Mapes.
Steamboat
business; member of New York
state assembly from Delaware County, 1831; merchant;
Presidential Elector for Wisconsin, 1848.
Principal founder
of Ripon College, 1850; Mapes Hall, on Ripon's campus, is named
for him.
Died in Fond du Lac, Fond du Lac
County, Wis., May 18,
1890 (age 92 years, 128
days).
Interment at Hillside Cemetery, Ripon, Wis.
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Relatives: Son
of Timothy Mapes and Hannah (Brown) Mapes; married, April 14,
1822, to Ruth Frisbee (1804-1854); married, January
26, 1855, to Mary C. Frisbee (1827-1863); married, November
9, 1864, to Emeline (Huntsinger) Wilson (1827-1882); married, September
15, 1883, to Augusta R. Miles (1837-1911); father of Fannie
Mapes (who married Otto
Christian Neuman); fourth cousin once removed of Bertha
Mapes; third cousin thrice removed of Irving
Anthony Jennings. See Beakes-Galloway-Mapes-Neuman
family of Michigan. |
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William T. Martin (d. 1866) —
of Columbus, Franklin
County, Ohio.
Born in Bedford
County, Pa.
Mayor
of Columbus, Ohio, 1824-26.
Martin Avenue in Columbus is named for him.
Died in Columbus, Franklin
County, Ohio, February
19, 1866.
Burial
location unknown.
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Enoch Mather Marvin (1823-1877) —
also known as Enoch M. Marvin —
of St.
Louis, Mo.
Born in Warren
County, Mo., June 12,
1823.
Son of Wells E. Marvin.
Democrat. Methodist
bishop; chaplain of the Confederate Army during the Civil War; speaker, Democratic National Convention, 1876.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Royal
Arch Masons.
Marvin College, Waxahachie, Tex., is named for him.
Died, of pneumonia,
in St.
Louis, Mo., November
26, 1877 (age 54 years, 167
days).
Interment at Bellefontaine
Cemetery, St. Louis, Mo.
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Martin Anthony Matich (1927-2008) —
also known as Martin Matich —
of Colton, San
Bernardino County, Calif.; San Bernardino, San
Bernardino County, Calif.
Born in Loma Linda, San
Bernardino County, Calif., September
6, 1927.
Son of John Matich and Williamina (Davidson) Matich.
Engineer;
grading
contractor; his company built over 1,000 miles of roads,
including major expressways and interchanges, as well as airport
runways, flood control channels, landfills, and major buildings; mayor of
Colton, Calif., 1958-60; director, San Bernardino Community Hospital.
Catholic.
Member, American
Society of Civil Engineers; Navy
League; American
Arbitration Association; Knights
of Columbus; Elks; Native
Sons of the Golden West.
A 22-mile section of Highway 30, from Redlands to Fontana, was
named for him in 2006.
Died in San Bernardino, San
Bernardino County, Calif., April 19,
2008 (age 80 years, 226
days).
Interment at Our Lady Queen of Peace Catholic Cemetery, Colton, Calif.
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Claude Matthews (1845-1898) —
of Indiana.
Born in Bath
County, Ky., December
14, 1845.
Member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1876; secretary of
state of Indiana, 1891-93; Governor of
Indiana, 1893-97.
Matthews, Indiana is named for him.
Suffered a stroke
while making a
speech in Veedersburg, Ind., and died three days later, April 28,
1898 (age 52 years, 135
days).
Interment at City
Cemetery, Clinton, Ind.
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Robert Bruce McCoy (1867-1926) —
of Sparta, Monroe
County, Wis.
Born in Kenosha, Kenosha
County, Wis., September
5, 1867.
Son of Bruce Elisha McCoy.
Democrat. Lawyer; newspaper
publisher; Monroe
County Judge; served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American
War; served in the U.S. Army during World War I; candidate for Governor of
Wisconsin, 1920.
Fort McCoy, Wisconsin, is named for him.
Died, of pernicious
anemia, January
5, 1926 (age 58 years, 122
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1893
to Lillian Riege. |
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Douglas James McKay (1893-1959) —
also known as Douglas McKay —
of Salem, Marion
County, Ore.
Born in Portland, Multnomah
County, Ore., June 24,
1893.
Son of E. D. McKay and Minnie (Musgrove) McKay.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; automobile
dealer; mayor of
Salem, Ore., 1933-34; member of Oregon
state senate 1st District, 1935; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Oregon, 1940
(alternate), 1952;
Governor
of Oregon, 1949-52; resigned 1952; U.S.
Secretary of the Interior, 1953-56; candidate in primary for U.S.
Senator from Oregon, 1956.
Scottish
ancestry.
Douglas McKay High School, in Salem, Ore., is named for him.
Died in Salem, Marion
County, Ore., July 22,
1959 (age 66 years, 28
days).
Interment at Belcrest
Memorial Park, Salem, Ore.
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Frank Eugene McKee (1877-1951) —
also known as Frank E. McKee —
of North Muskegon, Muskegon
County, Mich.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., August
22, 1877.
Republican. Member of Michigan
state senate 23rd District, 1943-44, 1951; defeated in primary,
1944; died in office 1951.
Episcopalian.
Scotch-Irish,
Swiss,
German,
and English
ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Rotary.
Frank E. McKee School in North Muskegon is named for him.
Died, of a heart
attack, in a room at the Porter Hotel,
Lansing, Ingham
County, Mich., February
13, 1951 (age 73 years, 175
days).
Interment at Evergreen-Lakeside
Cemetery, Muskegon, Mich.
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Stewart Brett McKinney (1931-1987) —
also known as Stewart B. McKinney —
of Fairfield, Fairfield
County, Conn.; Westport, Fairfield
County, Conn.
Born in Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa., January
30, 1931.
Republican. Member of Connecticut
state house of representatives, 1967-71; U.S.
Representative from Connecticut 4th District, 1971-87; died in
office 1987; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Connecticut, 1972.
Bisexual.
Member, Rotary; American
Legion.
The Stewart B. McKinney National Wildlife Refuge was named for
him in 1987.
Died of acquired immune
deficiency syndrome, Washington,
D.C., May 7,
1987 (age 56 years, 97
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Bob McWhorter (1891-1960) —
of Athens, Clarke
County, Ga.
Born June 4,
1891.
Son of Hamilton McWhorter (judge).
Law
professor; mayor of
Athens, Ga., 1939-47.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa.
Also famed as a college football player. McWhorter Hall (athletic
dormitory) at the University of Georgia was named for him.
Died June 29,
1960 (age 69 years, 25
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Hamilton McWhorter (judge); brother of Camilla Oliver McWhorter
(born 1884; who married Andrew
Cobb Erwin). See Cobb
family of Georgia. |
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Samuel Medary (1801-1864) —
also known as "The Wheel Horse of Ohio
Democracy" —
of Columbus, Franklin
County, Ohio.
Born in Montgomery Square, Montgomery
County, Pa., February
25, 1801.
Democrat. Member of Ohio state
house of representatives, 1834; member of Ohio state
senate, 1836; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Ohio, 1844,
1856,
1864;
Governor
of Minnesota Territory, 1857-58; Governor of
Kansas Territory, 1858-59, 1859-60, 1860, 1860; candidate for Governor of
Kansas, 1859.
Originated the slogan "Fifty-four forty or fight," calling for
aggressive action on the Oregon boundary question. Indicted
by a federal grand jury in 1864 for conspiracy
against the government; arrested;
released on bond; never tried. Medary, S.D., is named for him.
Died in Columbus, Franklin
County, Ohio, November
7, 1864 (age 63 years, 256
days).
Interment at Green
Lawn Cemetery, Columbus, Ohio.
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Schuyler Merritt (1853-1953) —
of Stamford, Fairfield
County, Conn.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., December
16, 1853.
Son of Matthew F. Merritt and Maria (Shaw) Merritt.
Republican. Manufacturer;
banker;
delegate
to Connecticut state constitutional convention, 1904; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Connecticut, 1908
(alternate), 1916;
U.S.
Representative from Connecticut 4th District, 1917-31, 1933-37.
Episcopalian.
Merritt Parkway, in southern Connecticut, was named for him.
Died in Stamford, Fairfield
County, Conn., April 1,
1953 (age 99 years, 106
days).
Interment at Woodland
Cemetery, Stamford, Conn.
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Thomas Elliott Millsop (1898-1967) —
also known as Thomas E. Millsop —
of Weirton, Hancock
County, W.Va.
Born in Sharon, Mercer
County, Pa., December
4, 1898.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War I; steel
executive; mayor of
Weirton, W.Va., 1947-55; candidate for Presidential Elector for
West Virginia, 1948;
delegate to Republican National Convention from West Virginia, 1952.
Member, American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Elks; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Lions;
Moose;
Eagles.
The Thomas E. Millsop Community Center in Weirton is named for
him.
Died September
12, 1967 (age 68 years, 282
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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John Milton (born c.1740) —
of Georgia.
Born about 1740.
Secretary
of state of Georgia, 1777-99; received 2 electoral votes, 1789.
Milton County, Ga. was named for him in 1857; it merged with
Fulton County in 1932.
Burial
location unknown.
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Dwight Whitney Morrow (1873-1931) —
also known as Dwight W. Morrow —
of Englewood, Bergen
County, N.J.
Born in Huntington, Cabell
County, W.Va., January
11, 1873.
Republican. Lawyer; banker;
U.S. Ambassador to Mexico, 1927-30; U.S.
Senator from New Jersey, 1930-31; died in office 1931.
Dwight Morrow High School, in Englewood, N.J., is named for
him.
Suffered a cerebral
hemorrhage, and died soon after, in Englewood, Bergen
County, N.J., October
5, 1931 (age 58 years, 267
days).
Interment at Brookside
Cemetery, Englewood, N.J.
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Wayne Lyman Morse (1900-1974) —
also known as Wayne L. Morse —
of Eugene, Lane
County, Ore.
Born in Verona, Dane
County, Wis., October
20, 1900.
Son of Wilbur Frank Morse (1859-1936) and Jessie F. (White) Morse.
Lawyer;
U.S.
Senator from Oregon, 1945-69; defeated (Democratic), 1968, 1972;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Oregon, 1952;
member, Commission on
Intergovernmental Relations, 1955; candidate for Democratic
nomination for President, 1960;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Oregon, 1964.
Congregationalist.
Member, Freemasons;
Americans
for Democratic Action.
The Wayne L. Morse U.S. Courthouse in Eugene, Oregon, is named for
him.
Was actively engaged in campaigning
for U.S. Senate when he died, in Portland, Multnomah
County, Ore., July 22,
1974 (age 73 years, 275
days).
Interment at Rest
Haven Memorial Park, Eugene, Ore.
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Frank Edward Moss (1911-2003) —
also known as Frank E. Moss; Ted Moss; "The
Conscience of the Senate" —
of Salt Lake City, Salt Lake
County, Utah.
Born in Holladay, Salt Lake
County, Utah, September
23, 1911.
Democrat. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Utah, 1952
(alternate), 1972;
candidate for Governor of
Utah, 1956; U.S.
Senator from Utah, 1959-77; defeated, 1976.
Mormon.
Member, American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Lions.
The Federal courthouse in Salt Lake City is named for him.
Died, from pneumonia,
in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake
County, Utah, January
29, 2003 (age 91 years, 128
days).
Interment at Salt
Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Utah.
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Henry A. Mucci (1909-1997) —
of Connecticut.
Born in Bridgeport, Fairfield
County, Conn., 1909.
Democrat. Colonel in the U.S. Army during World War II; led famed
raid in 1945 on a Japanese prison camp in the Philippines which
rescued the survivors of the Bataan Death March; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Connecticut 4th District, 1946.
Italian
ancestry.
Route 25 from Bridgeport to Newtown was named for him in 1974.
Died, of a stroke, in
Florida, April 20,
1997 (age about 87
years).
Burial
location unknown.
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José Luis Alberto Muñoz Marin
(1898-1980) —
also known as Luis Muñoz Marin; "Father of
Modern Puerto Rico" —
Born in Old San Juan, San Juan
Municipio, Puerto Rico, February
18, 1898.
Son of Luis
Muñoz Rivera and Amalia Marin Castilla.
Author;
Governor
of Puerto Rico, 1949-65.
Puerto
Rican ancestry.
The Luis Muñoz Marin International Airport in San Juan is
named for him, as is the Luis Muñoz Marín School
in Barranquitas.
Died April 30,
1980 (age 82 years, 72
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Alfred Paul Murrah (1904-1975) —
also known as Alfred P. Murrah —
of Oklahoma.
Born in Johnston
County, Okla., October
27, 1904.
Lawyer;
U.S.
District Judge for Oklahoma, 1937-40; Judge of
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit, 1940-70.
Methodist.
Member, American Bar
Association; Lambda
Chi Alpha; Phi
Alpha Delta; Freemasons.
Namesake of Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City,
destroyed by a bomb in April 1995.
Died October
30, 1975 (age 71 years, 3
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Daniel Newnan (c.1780-1851) —
of McDonough, Henry
County, Ga.
Born in North Carolina, about 1780.
U.S.
Representative from Georgia at-large, 1831-33.
Newnan, Ga., is named for him.
Died in Walker County (part now in Catoosa
County), Ga., January
16, 1851 (age about 71
years).
Interment at Newnan
Springs Churchyard, Newnan Springs, Ga.
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George Nicholas (c.1754-1799) —
Born in Williamsburg,
Va., about 1754.
Colonel in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; member
of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1781; delegate to
Virginia state constitutional convention, 1788; U.S.
Attorney for Kentucky, 1789, 1793; delegate to
Kentucky state constitutional convention, 1792; Kentucky
state attorney general, 1792.
Nicholasville, Kentucky, is named for him.
Died in June, 1799
(age about
45 years).
Interment at Old
Episcopal Cemetery, Lexington, Ky.
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Eugene H. Nickerson (1918-2002) —
of Roslyn Harbor, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y.
Born in Orange, Essex
County, N.J., August 2,
1918.
Democrat. Lawyer; law
clerk for U.S. Supreme Court Justice Harlan
F. Stone; Nassau
County Executive, 1962-70; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from New York, 1964,
1972;
Judge
of U.S. District Court, 1977.
His right arm
was paralyzed by polio in his youth. Nassau Beach Park was
named for him in 2002.
Died, from complications of ulcer
surgery, in St. Luke's Hospital,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., January
1, 2002 (age 83 years, 152
days).
Interment somewhere
in Nassau County, N.Y.
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Pat Nixon (1912-1993) —
also known as Thelma Catherine Ryan;
"Starlight" —
Born in Ely, White Pine
County, Nev., March 16,
1912.
Daughter of William M. Ryan, Sr. and Katherine (Halberstadt) Ryan.
Republican. School
teacher; speaker, Republican National Convention, 1972.
Female.
Protestant.
Irish
and German
ancestry.
The Pat Nixon Elementary School in Cerritos, California, is named
for her.
Died, from lung
cancer, in Park Ridge, Bergen
County, N.J., June 22,
1993 (age 81 years, 98
days).
Interment at Richard
Nixon Library and Birthplace, Yorba Linda, Calif.
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Presley Neville O'Bannon (1776-1850) —
also known as "The Hero of Deme" —
of Logan
County, Ky.
Born in Fauquier
County, Va., 1776.
During the war against the Barbary pirates, as lieutenant, he led a
detachment of U.S. Marines and assorted mercenaries to Deme, in North
Africa, in 1805, to rescue an American crew held captive by the Pasha
of Tripoli; the words "to the shores of Tripoli" in the Marine Hymn
commemorate these events; member of Kentucky state legislature.
Two warships were named for him.
Died September
12, 1850 (age about 74
years).
Original interment in unknown location; reinterment in 1919 at Frankfort
Cemetery, Frankfort, Ky.
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Jacqueline Cochran Odlum (1906-1980) —
also known as Jacqueline C. Odlum; Jackie Odlum;
Bessie Lee Pittman; Jacqueline Cochran —
Born in Muscogee, Escambia
County, Fla., May 11,
1906.
Daughter of Ira Pittman and Mary (Grant) Pittman.
Republican. Beautician;
airplane
pilot; during World War II, she trained many women pilots for
duty ferrying supplies; she was the first
woman ever to take off and land on an aircraft carrier, the first
woman pilot ever to break the sound barrier, and to exceed Mach 2; in
1952, she was one of the leaders of the "Draft Ike" movement to
nominate Dwight
D. Eisenhower for president; candidate for U.S.
Representative from California 29th District, 1956; elected to
Aviation Hall of
Fame, 1971.
Female.
Jacqueline Cochran Regional Airport in Thermal, Calif., is named
for her.
Died in Indio, Riverside
County, Calif., August 7,
1980 (age 74 years, 88
days).
Interment at Coachella
Valley Public Cemetery, Coachella, Calif.
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Harrison Gray Otis (1765-1848) —
of Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., October
8, 1765.
Son of Elizabeth (Gray) Otis and Samuel
Alleyne Otis.
Lawyer;
member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1796; U.S.
Attorney for Massachusetts, 1796; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts at-large, 1797-1801; member of
Massachusetts
state senate, 1805; common pleas court judge in Massachusetts,
1814; U.S.
Senator from Massachusetts, 1817-22; Federalist candidate for Governor of
Massachusetts, 1823; mayor of
Boston, Mass., 1829-31.
Harrison, Maine, is named for him.
Died in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., October
28, 1848 (age 83 years, 20
days).
Interment at Mt.
Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Mass.
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Relatives: Son
of Elizabeth (Gray) Otis and Samuel
Alleyne Otis; married, May 31,
1790, to Sally Foster (1770-1836); third cousin once removed of
Oran
Gray Otis, Asa H.
Otis, John
Otis, William
Shaw Chandler Otis, David
Perry Otis, Harris
F. Otis, James
Otis (1826-1875) and Harrison
Gray Otis (1837-1917); third cousin twice removed of Charles
Augustus Otis, Sr., George
Lorenzo Otis, John
Grant Otis, Norton
Prentiss Otis, Lauren
Ford Otis and Charles
Eugene Otis; grandfather of James
Otis (1836-1898); second great-grandfather of Robert
Helyer Thayer. See Otis
family of New York. |
| | | Politician named for him: Harrison
Gray Otis Blake
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| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Henry Thomas Oxnard (1860-1922) —
also known as Henry T. Oxnard —
of Oxnard, Ventura
County, Calif.; Upperville, Fauquier
County, Va.
Born in Marseille, France,
June
22, 1860.
Son of Thomas Oxnard and Louise Adeline (Brown) Oxnard.
Republican. President, later vice-president, American Beet Sugar
Company; delegate to Republican National Convention from California,
1908.
Oxnard, California, is named for him.
Died, from a heart
attack, at the University Club, Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., June 8,
1922 (age 61 years, 351
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married, November
15, 1900, to Marie Pichon. |
| | | Image source: American Monthly Review
of Reviews, April 1902 |
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Ralph Moses Paiewonsky (1907-1991) —
also known as Ralph Paiewonsky —
of Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas, Virgin
Islands.
Born in Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas, Virgin
Islands, November
9, 1907.
Son of Isaac Paiewonsky and Rebecca (Kushner) Paiewonsky.
Democrat. Manager or president of distillery,
movie
theaters, a liquor
store and a gift shop;
one of the organizers of the West Indies Bank and
Trust Co.; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Virgin
Islands, 1940,
1944,
1948,
1952,
1956,
1964,
1980;
member of Democratic National Committee from Virgin Islands, 1940-60;
Governor
of U.S. Virgin Islands, 1961-69.
Jewish.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners.
The Ralph M. Paiewonky Library, at the University of the Virgin
Islands, is named for him.
Died, of congestive
heart failure, in St. Thomas Hospital,
St. Thomas, Virgin
Islands, November
9, 1991 (age 84 years, 0
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Carroll Wilmot Parcher (1903-1992) —
also known as Carroll W. Parcher; "Mr.
Glendale" —
of Tujunga, Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif.; Glendale, Los Angeles
County, Calif.
Born in Glendale, Los Angeles
County, Calif., September
13, 1903.
Son of Wilmot
Parcher and Nannie (McBryde) Parcher.
Republican. Newspaper
editor-publisher, columnist;
candidate in primary for California
state assembly, 1936; delegate to Republican National Convention
from California, 1952,
1956
(alternate); mayor
of Glendale, Calif., 1977-78, 1979-81, 1984-85.
Member, Native
Sons of the Golden West; Sigma
Delta Chi; Kiwanis.
Parcher Plaza, in the Glendale Civic Center, is named for him.
Died, of cancer, in
Glendale Adventist Medical
Center, Glendale, Los Angeles
County, Calif., March 31,
1992 (age 88 years, 200
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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George Cooper Pardee (1857-1941) —
also known as George C. Pardee —
of Oakland, Alameda
County, Calif.
Born in San
Francisco, Calif., July 25,
1857.
Son of Enoch
Homer Pardee and Mary Elizabeth (Pardee) Pardee (1830-1870).
Physician;
mayor
of Oakland, Calif., 1893-95; delegate to Republican National
Convention from California, 1900,
1904,
1912,
1924;
Governor
of California, 1903-07; Presidential Elector for California, 1912;
Presidential Elector for California, 1924.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Order of the
Eastern Star; Kiwanis;
Native
Sons of the Golden West.
Pardee Dam on the Mokelumne River is named for him.
Died in Oakland, Alameda
County, Calif., September
1, 1941 (age 84 years, 38
days).
Interment at Mountain
View Cemetery, Oakland, Calif.
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Edwin Wendell Pauley, Sr. (1903-1981) —
also known as Edwin W. Pauley —
of Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif.; Beverly Hills, Los Angeles
County, Calif.
Born in Indiana, January
7, 1903.
Son of Elbert L. Pauley and Ellen (Van Petten) Pauley.
Democrat. President, Fortuna Petroleum,
and involved in other oil
companies; Regent, University of California, 1938-72; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from California, 1944,
1960,
1964;
member of Democratic
National Committee from California, 1947; part owner of the Los
Angeles Rams football
team; director, Western Airlines.
The Pauley Pavilion, at the University of California Los Angeles, is
named for him.
Died July 28,
1981 (age 78 years, 202
days).
Entombed in mausoleum at Forest
Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, Calif.
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Joel Roberts Poinsett (1779-1851) —
of Travelers Rest, Greenville
County, S.C.; Charleston, Charleston District (now Charleston
County), S.C.
Born in Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C., March 2,
1779.
Democrat. U.S. Consul General in Buenos Aires, 1811-14; member of South
Carolina state house of representatives, 1816-20; U.S.
Representative from South Carolina 1st District, 1821-25; U.S.
Minister to Mexico, 1825-29; U.S.
Secretary of War, 1837-41.
Member, Freemasons.
Gave important help to Latin American independence movements. The
poinsettia flower, which he introduced to the U.S., was named for
him.
Died near Statesburg, Sumter
County, S.C., December
12, 1851 (age 72 years, 285
days).
Interment at Church
of Holy Cross Episcopal Cemetery, Statesburg, S.C.
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Calvin Lewellyn Rampton (1913-2007) —
also known as Calvin L. Rampton; Cal
Rampton —
of Davis
County, Utah; Salt Lake City, Salt Lake
County, Utah.
Born in Bountiful, Davis
County, Utah, November
6, 1913.
Son of Lewellyn Smith Rampton and Janet (Campbell) Rampton.
Democrat. Lawyer;
administrative assistant to U.S. Rep. J.
W. Robinson, 1936-38; Davis
County Attorney, 1939-41; major in the U.S. Army during World War
II; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Utah, 1952,
1972;
Governor
of Utah, 1965-77.
Mormon.
The Calvin L. Rampton Complex of state office buildings was named
for him.
Died, of cancer, in
CareSource Hospice,
Holladay, Salt Lake
County, Utah, September
16, 2007 (age 93 years, 314
days).
Interment at Salt
Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Utah.
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Elmer Edwin Rasmuson (1909-2000) —
also known as Elmer E. Rasmuson —
of Alaska.
Born in Yakutat,
Alaska, February
15, 1909.
Son of Edward Anton Rasmuson (1882-1949) and Jenny (Olson) Rasmuson.
Republican. President, National Bank of
Alaska; regent, University of Alaska, 1950-69; philanthropist; mayor
of Anchorage, Alaska, 1964-67; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Alaska, 1968.
Swedish
ancestry.
The Rasmuson Library at the University of Alaska Fairbanks is
named for him.
Died, from congestive
heart failure, in Seattle, King
County, Wash., December
1, 2000 (age 91 years, 290
days).
Interment at Anchorage
Memorial Park Cemetery, Anchorage, Alaska.
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Whitelaw Reid (1837-1912) —
also known as James Whitelaw Reid;
"Agate" —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Cedarville, Greene
County, Ohio, October
27, 1837.
Republican. Newspaper
editor; librarian;
cotton planter;
U.S. Minister to France, 1889-92; candidate for Vice
President of the United States, 1892; U.S. Ambassador to Great Britain, 1905-12, died in office 1912.
Reid Hall, a dormitory at Miami University (built 1948, demolished
2006) was named for him.
Died in London, England,
December
15, 1912 (age 75 years, 49
days).
Interment at Sleepy
Hollow Cemetery, Sleepy Hollow, N.Y.
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Roland Roger Renne (1905-1989) —
also known as Roland Renne —
of Bozeman, Gallatin
County, Mont.
Born in Greenwich, Cumberland
County, N.J., December
12, 1905.
Son of Fred Christian Renne and Caroline Augusta (Young) Renne.
Economist;
college
professor; president,
Montana State College, Bozeman, 1943-64; candidate for Governor of
Montana, 1964.
Presbyterian
or Unitarian.
Member, Rotary; American
Economic Association; American
Academy of Political and Social Science; Phi
Beta Kappa; Phi
Kappa Phi; Alpha
Zeta.
The Renne Library at Montana State University is named for
him.
Died August
30, 1989 (age 83 years, 261
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Joseph Herman Romig (1872-1951) —
also known as Joseph H. Romig; "Dog-Team
Doctor" —
of San
Francisco, Calif.; Anchorage,
Alaska.
Born in Edwards
County, Ill., September
3, 1872.
Son of Joseph Romig and Margaret (Ricksecker) Romig.
Physician;
mayor
of Anchorage, Alaska, 1937-38.
Moravian
ancestry.
Romig Junior High School, in Anchorage, is named for him.
Died in Colorado Springs, El Paso
County, Colo., 1951
(age about
78 years).
Original interment somewhere
in Colorado Springs, Colo.; reinterment at Anchorage
Memorial Park Cemetery, Anchorage, Alaska.
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Richard Lowell Roudebush (1918-1995) —
also known as Richard L. Roudebush —
of Indiana.
Born near Noblesville, Hamilton
County, Ind., January
18, 1918.
Son of Roy Lehr Roudebush (1890-1974) and Melissa Mae (McMahan)
Roudebush.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; U.S.
Representative from Indiana, 1961-71 (6th District 1961-67, 10th
District 1967-69, 5th District 1969-71); candidate for U.S.
Senator from Indiana, 1970.
Member, Veterans of
Foreign Wars; American
Legion; Disabled
American Veterans; Farm
Bureau; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Elks; Kiwanis.
The Richard L. Roudebush V.A. Medical Center, Indianapolis, Ind., is
named for him.
Died in Sarasota, Sarasota
County, Fla., January
28, 1995 (age 77 years, 10
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Francis Muir Scarlett (1891-1971) —
also known as Frank M. Scarlett —
of Brunswick, Glynn
County, Ga.
Born in Brunswick, Glynn
County, Ga., June 9,
1891.
Son of Frank M. Scarlett and Bessie Brailsford (Bailey) Scarlett.
Democrat. Lawyer;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Georgia, 1924,
1936;
U.S.
District Judge for the Southern District of Georgia, 1946-68;
took senior status 1968.
Presbyterian.
Member, Alpha
Tau Omega; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Elks.
The federal building in Brunswick, Ga. is named for him.
Died November
18, 1971 (age 80 years, 162
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Frank M. Scarlett and Bessie Brailsford (Bailey) Scarlett;
married, June 15,
1923, to Mary Louisa Morgan (died 1962); married, May 29,
1965, to Mary Roberta Walker. |
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Edgar Backus Schermerhorn (1851-1923) —
also known as Edgar B. Schermerhorn —
of Galena, Cherokee
County, Kan.
Born in Channahon, Will
County, Ill., November
19, 1851.
Founder, city of Galena; organizer, Citizens Bank of
Galena; member of Kansas
state house of representatives, 1903-05; Chairman, Kansas Board
of Control, 1905-11.
Episcopalian.
Dutch
ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Elks; Knights
of Pythias; Ancient
Order of United Workmen.
Schermerhorn Park (land he donated) is named for him.
Died, of heart
failure, in Galena, Cherokee
County, Kan., February
1, 1923 (age 71 years, 74
days).
Entombed at Mt.
Hope Cemetery, Joplin, Mo.
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Robert Thompson Secrest (1904-1994) —
also known as Robert T. Secrest —
of Caldwell, Noble
County, Ohio; Senecaville, Guernsey
County, Ohio.
Born in Senecaville, Guernsey
County, Ohio, January
22, 1904.
Democrat. School
principal; superintendent
of schools; member of Ohio state legislature, 1931-32; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 15th District, 1933-42, 1949-54,
1963-67; defeated, 1946; served in the U.S. Navy during World War II;
member, Federal Trade
Commission, 1954-61.
Member, American
Legion; Amvets; Forty and
Eight; Veterans of
Foreign Wars.
Secrest Elementary School and the Secrest Senior Center are named
for him.
Died May 15,
1994 (age 90 years, 113
days).
Interment at Senecaville
Cemetery, Senacaville, Ohio.
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George F. Shannon (c.1785-1836) —
also known as "Peg Leg" —
of St. Charles, St. Charles
County, Mo.
Born in a log
cabin in Washington
County, Pa., about 1785.
Youngest member of the Lewis
and Clark
expedition, 1804-06; lawyer;
member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1820-24; circuit judge in
Kentucky; U.S.
Attorney for Missouri, 1829-34.
Irish
ancestry. Member, Freemasons.
Wounded in a skirmish with Indians in 1807 and lost a
leg. Shannon's Creek, a tributary of the Yellowstone River, is
named for him.
Died, in a hotel at
Palmyra, Marion
County, Mo., August
30, 1836 (age about 51
years).
Interment at Massey
Mill Cemetery, Near Palmyra, Marion County, Mo.
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Samuel Harvey Shapiro (1907-1987) —
also known as Samuel H. Shapiro; Israel
Shapiro —
of Kankakee, Kankakee
County, Ill.
Born in Estonia,
April
25, 1907.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; member of Illinois
state house of representatives, 1947-61; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Illinois, 1956
(alternate), 1960,
1964;
Lieutenant
Governor of Illinois, 1961-68; Governor of
Illinois, 1968-69.
Jewish.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Legion; Amvets; Moose; Kiwanis;
Elks; B'nai
B'rith; Alpha
Epsilon Pi.
The Samuel H. Shapiro Developmental Center (former Kankakee State
Hospital) was named for him.
Died in Kankakee, Kankakee
County, Ill., March 16,
1987 (age 79 years, 325
days).
Interment at Jewish
Waldheim Cemetery, Forest Park, Ill.
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Merrell Quentin Sharpe (1888-1962) —
also known as M. Q. Sharpe —
of Kennebec, Lyman
County, S.Dak.
Born in Marysville, Marshall
County, Kan., January
11, 1888.
Republican. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War I; South
Dakota state attorney general, 1929-33; Governor of
South Dakota, 1943-47; candidate in inconclusive primary 1942;
delegate to Republican National Convention from South Dakota, 1952.
Lake Sharpe, created by the Big Bend Dam, is named for him.
Died in Kennebec, Lyman
County, S.Dak., January
22, 1962 (age 74 years, 11
days).
Interment at Graceland Cemetery, Oacoma, S.Dak.
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James W. Shocknessy —
of Columbus, Franklin
County, Ohio.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Ohio, 1956,
1960,
1964.
The James W. Shocknessy Ohio Turnpike is named for him.
Still living as of 1964.
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Robert Sargent Shriver, Jr. (1915-2011) —
also known as R. Sargent Shriver, Jr.;
"Sarge" —
Born in Westminster, Carroll
County, Md., November
9, 1915.
Son of Robert Sargent Shriver (1880-1942) and Hilda (Shriver) Shriver
(1883-1977).
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; lawyer; U.S.
Ambassador to France, 1968-70; candidate for Vice
President of the United States, 1972; candidate for Democratic
nomination for President, 1976.
Catholic.
German
ancestry. Member, Delta
Kappa Epsilon.
Organized and directed the Peace Corps. Received the Presidential
Medal of Freedom in 1994. Sargent Shriver Elementary School, in
Silver Spring, Md., is named for him.
Died, from Alzheimer's
disease, in Suburban Hospital,
Bethesda, Montgomery
County, Md., January
18, 2011 (age 95 years, 70
days).
Interment at St. Francis Xavier Cemetery, Centerville, Mass.
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Benjamin Silliman (1779-1864) —
of New Haven, New Haven
County, Conn.
Born in North Stratford (now Trumbull), Fairfield
County, Conn., August 8,
1779.
Son of Gold Selleck Silliman (1732-1790) and Mary (Fish) Silliman.
Republican. Lawyer; chemist;
university
professor; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Connecticut, 1856.
The mineral sillimanite was named for him in 1850.
Died November
24, 1864 (age 85 years, 108
days).
Interment at Grove
Street Cemetery, New Haven, Conn.
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John Drake Sloat (1781-1867) —
Born in Sloatsburg, Rockland
County, N.Y., July 6,
1781.
Commodore in U.S. Navy; claimed California for the United States on
July 7, 1846; Military
Governor of California, 1846.
Dutch
ancestry.
Two U.S. warships, and elementary schools in Sacramento and in San
Francisco, were named for him.
Died in New Brighton, Staten Island, Richmond
County, N.Y., November
28, 1867 (age 86 years, 145
days).
Interment at Green-Wood
Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.; memorial monument at Presidio
of Monterey, Monterey, Calif.
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Ora Lynn Smith, Sr. (1879-1942) —
also known as O. L. Smith —
of Ithaca, Gratiot
County, Mich.; Dearborn, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Union City, Branch
County, Mich., October
8, 1879.
Son of James D. Smith and Henrietta (Miller) Smith.
Republican. Lawyer; law
partner of George
P. Stone, 1913-14; Gratiot
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1914-21; U.S.
Attorney for the Eastern District of Michigan, 1927-28; candidate
in primary for Governor of
Michigan, 1940.
O. L. Smith Elementary School in Dearborn is named for him.
Died November
27, 1942 (age 63 years, 50
days).
Interment at Moscow
Plains Cemetery, Moscow, Mich.
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Thomas A. Soetaert —
also known as Tony Soetaert —
of Shawnee, Johnson
County, Kan.
Mayor
of Shawnee, Kan., 1977-89.
The Soetaert Aquatic Center was named for him in 2001.
Still living as of 1989.
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Brent Spence (1874-1967) —
of Fort Thomas, Campbell
County, Ky.
Born in Newport, Campbell
County, Ky., December
24, 1874.
Democrat. Member of Kentucky state legislature; U.S.
Representative from Kentucky, 1931-63 (6th District 1931-33,
at-large 1933-35, 5th District 1935-63); defeated, 1928.
The I-75 bridge over the Ohio River, between Cincinnati and
Covington, is named for him.
Died in Fort Thomas, Campbell
County, Ky., September
18, 1967 (age 92 years, 268
days).
Interment at Evergreen
Cemetery, Southgate, Ky.
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Ronald B. Stafford (1935-2005) —
of Plattsburgh, Clinton
County, N.Y.
Born June 29,
1935.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of New York
state senate 42nd District, 1966-2002.
The Ronald B. Stafford Ice Arena in Plattsburgh, N.Y. was named
for him.
Died, of lung
cancer, in Plattsburgh, Clinton
County, N.Y., June 24,
2005 (age 69 years, 360
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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William Brown Stansbury (1923-1985) —
also known as William B. Stansbury —
of Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky.
Born in Corydon, Harrison
County, Ind., March 18,
1923.
Son of James Bernard Stansbury and Alliene (Brown) Stansbury.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; lawyer; chair of
Jefferson County Democratic Party, 1968-76; mayor
of Louisville, Ky., 1977-81; in 1978, during a firemen's strike,
he left the city, saying that he was going to a conference in
Atlanta; instead, he went to New Orleans for a tryst
with his administrative assistant; the scandal
led to an effort to impeach
him; soon after, a city official pleaded guilty to extorting
$16,000 from local businessmen; when questioned by a federal grand
jury as to whether this money came to his campaign
or to him personally, Stansbury refused to answer, claiming the Fifth
Amendment right against self-incrimination.
Member, Delta
Upsilon; American Bar
Association.
William B. Stansbury Park, along South Third Street in Louisville,
Ky., is named for him.
While crossing Bardstown Road to enter St. Francis of Assisi Church,
he was hit by a
car, and died soon after in Humana Hospital-University,
Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky., April 4,
1985 (age 62 years, 17
days); His mother was killed in the same accident, and his wife
was injured.
Interment at Calvary
Cemetery, Louisville, Ky.
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Amos Steck —
of Denver,
Colo.
Republican. Mayor of
Denver, Colo., 1863-64; chief
justice of Colorado territorial supreme court; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Colorado, 1880.
Steck Elementary School, Denver, is named for him.
Interment at Riverside
Cemetery, Denver, Colo.
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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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Walter Stiern (1914-1988) —
of Bakersfield, Kern
County, Calif.
Born in San Diego, San Diego
County, Calif., March 8,
1914.
Democrat. Veterinarian;
member of California
state senate, 1959-86 (34th District 1959-66, 18th District
1967-86); alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from
California, 1960.
The Walter W. Stiern Library at California State University
Bakersfield is named for him.
Died in Bakersfield, Kern
County, Calif., February
21, 1988 (age 73 years, 350
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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George M. Sullivan (born c.1922) —
of Fairbanks, Fairbanks
North Star Borough, Alaska; Anchorage,
Alaska.
Born about 1922.
Son of Harvey Sullivan.
Republican. Member of Alaska
state house of representatives, 1964; mayor
of Anchorage, Alaska, 1967-81.
The Sullivan Arena in Anchorage is named for him.
Still living as of 1981.
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Thaddeus Campbell Sweet (1872-1928) —
also known as Thaddeus C. Sweet —
of Phoenix, Oswego
County, N.Y.
Born in Phoenix, Oswego
County, N.Y., November
16, 1872.
Son of Anthony Wayne Sweet and Sarah Elizabeth (Campbell) Sweet.
Republican. Paper
manufacturer; member of New York
state assembly from Oswego County, 1910-20; Speaker of
the New York State Assembly, 1914-20; delegate to Republican
National Convention from New York, 1916,
1924;
U.S.
Representative from New York 32nd District, 1923-28; died in
office 1928.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Elks.
The Sweet Memorial Building (village hall), in Phoenix, N.Y., is
named for him.
Died as result of an airplane
accident in Whitney Point, Broome
County, N.Y., May 1,
1928 (age 55 years, 167
days).
Interment at Rural
Cemetery, Phoenix, N.Y.
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Newton Booth Tarkington (1869-1946) —
also known as Booth Tarkington —
of Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind.
Born in Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind., July 29,
1869.
Son of John
Stevenson Tarkington and Elizabeth (Booth) Tarkington.
Republican. Novelist;
member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1903-04.
Member, Sigma
Chi.
Won Pulitzer
Prize in fiction, 1919, for The Magnificent Ambersons and
in 1922 for Alice Adams. Tarkington Hall at Purdue University
is named for him.
Died in Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind., May 19,
1946 (age 76 years, 294
days).
Entombed at Crown
Hill Cemetery, Indianapolis, Ind.
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Mildred Frick Taylor (1905-1981) —
also known as Mildred F. Taylor —
of Lyons, Wayne
County, N.Y.
Born April 21,
1905.
Republican. Coal
dealer; delegate to Republican National Convention from New York,
1940,
1948,
1952
(alternate), 1960;
chair
of Wayne County Republican Party, 1943-56; member of New York
Republican State Executive Committee, 1945; member of New York
state assembly from Wayne County, 1947-60; Presidential Elector
for New York, 1956.
Female.
First
woman to be elected a Republican county chair in New York State. The
Mildred Frick Taylor Award, for significant contributions to the
Wayne County Historical Archive, is named for her.
Died, in Clifton Springs Hospital,
Clifton Springs, Ontario
County, N.Y., January
4, 1981 (age 75 years, 258
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to Paul Taylor (died 1969). |
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Vincent Thomas (1907-1980) —
also known as Vincent Thomasevich —
of San Pedro, Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif.
Born in Biloxi, Harrison
County, Miss., April 16,
1907.
Democrat. Member of California
state assembly, 1941-78; defeated, 1978; Presidential Elector for
California, 1940,
1944;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from California, 1948,
1960;
candidate for Presidential Elector for California, 1952.
Croatian
ancestry.
The Vincent Thomas Bridge in San Pedro is named for him.
Died in San Pedro, Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., 1980
(age about
73 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Llewellyn E. Thompson, Jr. (1904-1972) —
of Colorado; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Las Animas, Bent
County, Colo., August
24, 1904.
Accountant;
Foreign Service officer; U.S. Vice Consul in Colombo, 1929-32; Geneva, 1933-36; U.S. Consul in Geneva, 1937-38; Moscow, 1941-43; U.S. Ambassador to Austria, 1952-57; Soviet Union, 1957-62, 1966-69; , 1962-66.
Ambassador Thompson Boulevard (U.S. Highway 50), in Las Animas,
Colo., is named for him.
Died of cancer, February
6, 1972 (age 67 years, 166
days).
Interment at Las
Animas Cemetery, Las Animas, Colo.
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Clyde Tingley (1883-1960) —
of Albuquerque, Bernalillo
County, N.M.
Born near London, Madison
County, Ohio, January
5, 1883.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from New Mexico,
1928,
1936,
1948;
Governor
of New Mexico, 1935-39.
Tingley Coliseum, at the New Mexico State Fairgrounds, is named
for him.
Died in Albuquerque, Bernalillo
County, N.M., December
24, 1960 (age 77 years, 354
days).
Interment at Fairview
Memorial Park, Albuquerque, N.M.
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John Toman —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Illinois,
1928
(alternate), 1932,
1936,
1940,
1944;
delegate
to Illinois convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933; Cook
County Sheriff, 1934-38.
The Toman Branch of the Chicago Public Library was named for
him.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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Robert L. Vann (1879-1940) —
of Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa.; Oakmont, Allegheny
County, Pa.
Born in Ahoskie, Hertford
County, N.C., August
27, 1879.
Son of Lucy Peoples.
Lawyer;
newspaper
editor and publisher; alternate delegate to Republican National
Convention from Pennsylvania, 1924;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1936.
African
ancestry.
The Robert L. Vann Elementary School in Pittsburgh is named for
him.
Died, at Shadyside Hospital,
Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa., October
24, 1940 (age 61 years, 58
days).
Entombed at Homewood
Cemetery, Pittsburgh, Pa.
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Relatives:
Married 1910
to Jessie Matthews. |
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Henry M. Wade (1914-2001) —
also known as "The Chief" —
of Texas.
Born in Rockwall
County, Tex., November
11, 1914.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; lawyer; Dallas
County District Attorney, 1951-86; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Texas 5th District, 1956.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; Order of the
Coif.
As District Attorney, he prosecuted Jack Ruby in 1964 for the murder
of Lee Harvey Oswald, the assassin of President John
F. Kennedy. Also in his role as District Attorney, he was the
named defendant in the Supreme Court's landmark 1973 abortion
decision, Roe v. Wade. The Henry Wade Juvenile Center in Dallas is
named for him.
Died, from complications of Parkinson's
disease, in Dallas, Dallas
County, Tex., March 1,
2001 (age 86 years, 110
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Lurleen Burns Wallace (1926-1968) —
also known as Lurleen B. Wallace; Lurleen
Burns —
of Montgomery, Montgomery
County, Ala.
Born in Tuscaloosa, Tuscaloosa
County, Ala., September
19, 1926.
Democrat. Governor of
Alabama, 1967-68; died in office 1968.
Female.
Methodist.
The Lurleen Wallace Tumor Institute at the University of Alabama, and
Lake Lurleen, are named for her.
Died, of uterine
cancer, May 7,
1968 (age 41 years, 231
days).
Interment at Greenwood
Cemetery, Montgomery, Ala.
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Carlton Weaver (1881-1947) —
Born in Mt. Vernon, Franklin
County, Tex., August
25, 1881.
Newspaper
editor and publisher; delegate to
Oklahoma state constitutional convention, 1906; Speaker of
the Oklahoma State House of Representatives, 1930-31.
Lake Carlton in Oklahoma, is named for him.
Died in Wilburton, Latimer
County, Okla., August
17, 1947 (age 65 years, 357
days).
Interment at Robbers
Cave State Park, Near Wilburton, Latimer County, Okla.
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James A. Weaver (1826-1898) —
of Sulphur Springs, Hopkins
County, Tex.
Born in Oglethorpe
County, Ga., July 15,
1826.
Democrat. Hopkins
County Sheriff; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Texas, 1876.
The town of White Oaks, Texas was renamed for him as Weaver,
Texas, in 1888.
Died in Hopkins
County, Tex., February
27, 1898 (age 71 years, 227
days).
Interment at City
Cemetery, Sulphur Springs, Tex.
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Relatives:
Married to Sarah A. Butler (died 1872) and Elizabeth (Butler)
Lewis. |
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Robert Clifton Weaver (1907-1997) —
also known as Robert C. Weaver —
of Washington,
D.C.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Washington,
D.C., December
29, 1907.
Son of Mortimer G. Weaver and Florence (Freeman) Weaver.
Economist;
received the Spingarn
Medal in 1962; U.S.
Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, 1966-68; first
black cabinet member; president,
Baruch College, 1969; trustee, Mount Sinai Medical
Center.
Methodist.
African
ancestry. Member, NAACP; Americans
for Democratic Action.
The H.U.D. Headquarters building in Washington, D.C. was named for
him in 2000.
Died in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., July 17,
1997 (age 89 years, 200
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Hezekiah G. Wells (1812-1885) —
of Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo
County, Mich.
Born in Steubenville, Jefferson
County, Ohio, June 16,
1812.
Lawyer;
delegate
to Michigan state constitutional convention 11th District, 1835;
Whig candidate for U.S.
Representative from Michigan at-large, 1837, 1838; Presidential
Elector for Michigan, 1840;
delegate
to Michigan state constitutional convention, 1850; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Michigan, 1856;
Presidential Elector for Michigan, 1860;
member of Michigan
state board of agriculture, 1871-83; member of Michigan
state constitutional commission 4th District, 1873.
Episcopalian.
Wells Hall at Michigan State University is named for him.
Died in Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo
County, Mich., April 4,
1885 (age 72 years, 292
days).
Interment at Mountain
Home Cemetery, Kalamazoo, Mich.
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Relatives:
Married 1840
to Achsah Strong. |
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Albert H. Wheeler (1915-1994) —
of Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich.
Born in 1915.
Democrat. University
professor; mayor
of Ann Arbor, Mich., 1975-78; defeated, 1978.
Catholic.
African
ancestry.
Wheeler Park in Ann Arbor is named for him.
Died April 4,
1994 (age about 78
years).
Cremated;
ashes scattered.
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Robert Lee Williams (1868-1948) —
also known as Robert L. Williams —
of Durant, Bryan
County, Okla.
Born near Brundidge, Pike
County, Ala., December
20, 1868.
Son of Jonathan Williams and Sarah Julia (Paul) Williams.
Democrat. Methodist
minister; lawyer;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Indian Territory, 1900;
member of Democratic National Committee from Indian Territory,
1904-07; delegate to
Oklahoma state constitutional convention, 1906; justice of
Oklahoma state supreme court, 1907-14; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Oklahoma, 1912
(member, Platform
and Resolutions Committee; speaker);
Governor
of Oklahoma, 1915-19; U.S.
District Judge for the Eastern District of Oklahoma, 1919-37; Judge of
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit, 1937-39.
Methodist.
Member, American Bar
Association.
The Durant public library is named for him.
Died, of pneumonia,
at Wilson N. Jones Hospital,
Sherman, Grayson
County, Tex., April 10,
1948 (age 79 years, 112
days).
Interment at Highland
Cemetery, Durant, Okla.
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Benjamin Davis Wilson (1811-1878) —
also known as Benjamin D. Wilson; "Don
Benito" —
of Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif.
Born in Wilson
County, Tenn., December
1, 1811.
Mayor
of Los Angeles, Calif., 1851-52; member of California
state senate.
Mount Wilson, in the San Gabriel mountains, is named for him.
Died in San Gabriel, Los Angeles
County, Calif., March 11,
1878 (age 66 years, 100
days).
Interment at Church
of Our Savior Cemetery, San Gabriel, Calif.
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Nelson W. Wolff (b. 1940) —
of San Antonio, Bexar
County, Tex.
Born in 1940.
Democrat. Member of Texas
state house of representatives, 1971-73; member of Texas
state senate, 1973-75; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Texas 21st District, 1978; mayor
of San Antonio, Tex., 1991-95; owner of grocery stores.
Nelson W. Wolff Municipal Stadium, in San Antonio, is named for
him.
Still living as of 1997.
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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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Wilson W. Wyatt (1905-1996) —
of Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky.
Born in Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky., November
21, 1905.
Son of Richard H. Wyatt and Mary (Watkins) Wyatt.
Democrat. Lawyer; mayor
of Louisville, Ky., 1941-45; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Kentucky, 1944,
1948,
1952,
1960;
Lieutenant
Governor of Kentucky, 1959-63; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Kentucky, 1962; member of Democratic
National Committee from Kentucky, 1963.
Presbyterian.
Member, Americans
for Democratic Action; American Bar
Association; Rotary.
The law school building at the University of Louisville is named
for him.
Died in Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky., June 11,
1996 (age 90 years, 203
days).
Interment at Cave
Hill Cemetery, Louisville, Ky.
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A. M. Yealey —
of Florence, Boone
County, Ky.
School
teacher and principal; mayor
of Florence, Ky., 1908, 1921-23, 1941-43.
The A. M. Yealey Elementary School was named for him in 1962.
Burial
location unknown.
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Owen D. Young (1874-1962) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Van Hornesville, Herkimer
County, N.Y., October
27, 1874.
Democrat. Lawyer; financier;
industrialist;
chairman, General Electric, 1922-39 and 1942-45; founded Radio
Corporation of America (RCA) and was chairman 1919-29; one of the
founders of the National Broadcasting
Company (NBC); author of the "Young Plan" in 1929 for settlement of
German war reparations; candidate for Democratic nomination for
President, 1932.
The Owen D. Young Central School, in Van Hornesville, N.Y., is
named for him.
Died in St. Augustine, St. Johns
County, Fla., July 11,
1962 (age 87 years, 257
days).
Interment at Van
Hornesville Cemetery, Van Hornesville, N.Y.
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Robert Anton Young III (1923-2007) —
also known as Robert A. Young III —
of St. Ann, St. Louis
County, Mo.
Born in St.
Louis, Mo., November
27, 1923.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; pipefitter;
member of Missouri
state house of representatives from St. Louis County 1st
District, 1957-63; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Missouri, 1960,
1964;
member of Missouri
state senate, 1963-77; U.S.
Representative from Missouri 2nd District, 1977-87; defeated,
1986.
Catholic.
Member, American
Legion; Lions; Knights
of Columbus; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Amvets.
The Robert A. Young Federal Building in St. Louis is named for
him.
Died, of liver
failure, in St. Ann, St. Louis
County, Mo., October
17, 2007 (age 83 years, 324
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Carl Frederick Zeidler (1908-1942) —
also known as Carl Zeidler; "Singing Mayor";
"Boy Mayor" —
of Milwaukee, Milwaukee
County, Wis.
Born in Milwaukee, Milwaukee
County, Wis., January
4, 1908.
Mayor
of Milwaukee, Wis., 1940-42; resigned 1942; served in the U.S.
Navy during World War II.
Carl Zeidler Park, in downtown Milwaukee, is named for him.
Killed
when the munitions ship La
Salle was struck by torpedos, exploded,
and sank,
about 350 miles southeast of the Cape of Good Hope, in the Indian
Ocean, November
7, 1942 (age 34 years, 307
days); his remains were never
found.
Cenotaph at Forest
Home Cemetery, Milwaukee, Wis.
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James William Zevely (1861-1927) —
also known as J. W. Zevely —
of Muskogee, Muskogee
County, Okla.; Washington,
D.C.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Linn, Osage
County, Mo., October
8, 1861.
Son of Thaddeus Zevely and Mary A. Zevely.
Democrat. Librarian;
secretary
of Missouri Democratic Party, 1888; Inspector in Charge for U.S.
Department of the Interior; lawyer;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Oklahoma, 1912,
1916;
as attorney for the Sinclair Consolidated Oil
Corporation, and for Harry F. Sinclair, he was a figure in the Teapot
Dome scandal of the 1920s.
The champion racehorse "Zev" (1920-1943) was named for him by
Harry F. Sinclair.
Died, of pernicious
anemia and liver
cirrhosis, in East Hampton, Suffolk
County, Long Island, N.Y., June 10,
1927 (age 65 years, 245
days).
Interment somewhere
in Paris, Ky.
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