Oliver Percy Archer (1869-1930) — also known as
O. P. Archer — of McAllen, Hidalgo
County, Tex. Born in 1869.
Mayor
of McAllen, Tex., 1913-23. Archer Park, which he donated to the
city of McAllen in 1917, was named for him in 1933. Died in 1930.
Burial
location unknown.
Edward Fitzgerald Beale (1822-1893) — Born in Washington,
D.C., February
4, 1822. Son of George Beale and Emily (Truxton) Beale; married
1849 to Mary
Edwards; father of Truxtun
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. Interment somewhere
in Chester, Pa.
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;
married 1928
to Helen Hemingway. 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, Council on
Foreign Relations; American
Legion; 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. Cremated; ashes
scattered.
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;
married, November
17, 1904, to Helen Zobel (c.1879-1930). 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;
Elks; Rotary. 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. Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Bronx, N.Y.
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; married 1862 to Mary P.
Reed. Republican. Lawyer; 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;
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. Interment at Spring
Hill Cemetery, Danville, Ill.
Thomas Lanier Clingman (1812-1897) — also known as
Thomas L. Clingman; "The Prince of
Politicians" — of Asheville, Buncombe
County, N.C. Born in Huntsville (unknown
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.
When the Civil War began, he left Washington but did not resign his
seat in the Senate; one of ten Southern
senatorsexpelled
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. Interment at Riverside
Cemetery, Asheville, N.C.
Douglas Conner — of Starkville, Oktibbeha
County, Miss. Democrat. Physician;
alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Mississippi, 1996.
Black.
Dr. Douglas Conner Drive in Starkville is named for him. Burial
location unknown.
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.
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Bronx, N.Y.
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. Interment at a
private or family graveyard, Lauderdale County, Miss. Dale County,
Ala. is named for him.
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); married 1937 to
Virginia Slater. 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.
Burial
location unknown.
John Wesley Dobbs (1882-1961) — also known as J.
W. Dobbs — of Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga. Born in Marietta, Cobb
County, Ga., 1882.
Grandfather of Maynard
Holbrook Jackson, Jr.. Republican. Co-founder of the Atlanta
Negro Voters League, 1946; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Georgia, 1948,
1952.
Black.
Member, Freemasons.
Houston Street in Atlanta was renamed for him in 1994. Died in
1961.
Burial
location unknown.
John A. Doelle (d. 1962) — of Michigan. 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.
Alexander William Doniphan (1808-1887) — of Liberty,
Clay
County, Mo.; Richmond, Ray
County, Mo. Born in Mason
County, Ky., July 9,
1808. Son-in-law of John
Thorton. 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.
Interment at Fairview
Cemetery, Liberty, Mo. Doniphan County,
Kan. is named for him.
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; mayor
of Charlotte, N.C., 1935-41; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from North Carolina, 1940.
Charlotte/Douglas International Airport was named for him in
1941. Died in 1982.
Interment at Elmwood
Cemetery, Charlotte, N.C.
James Edgar Evins — also known as J. Edgar
Evins — of Smithville, DeKalb
County, Tenn. Father of Joseph
Landon Evins. 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.
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. Married, September
4, 1862, to James Monroe Flower; mother of Harriet Flower
(daughter-in-law of John
Villiers Farwell) and Elliott Flower (1863-1920; author).
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. Burial
location unknown.
Don Lee Gevirts (1928-2001) — also known as Don
L. Gevirts — of California. Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., 1928.
U.S. Ambassador to Fiji, 1995; Nauru, 1995-97; Tonga, 1995; Tuvalu, 1995. 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. Interment at Santa
Barbara Cemetery, Santa Barbara, Calif.
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, New York, New York
County, N.Y., November
13, 1903. Interment at Rural
Cemetery, Worcester, Mass.
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; married
1903 to
Ellen Louise Cozad. 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. Interment at Lake
View Cemetery, Cleveland, Ohio.
Teresa P. Hughes — of Los Angeles, Los
Angeles County, Calif. Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y. Married to Frank E. Staggers. Democrat. Member of California
state assembly, 1975-92; member of California
state senate, 1993-2000; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from California, 2000.
Female.
Black.
An elementary school in Cudahy, California, was named for her
in 1988. Still living as of 2000.
George Lewis Ingalls (1914-2001) — also known as
George L. Ingalls —
