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Clarence Seward Darrow (1857-1938) —
also known as Clarence S. Darrow —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Kinsman, Trumbull
County, Ohio, April 18,
1857.
Son of Amirus Darrow and Emily (Eddy) Darrow.
Democrat. Lawyer;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from Illinois, 1896; member of Illinois
state house of representatives 17th District, 1903-05; delegate
to Democratic National Convention from Illinois, 1904,
1924.
Member, American Civil
Liberties Union.
Defense attorney for, among many others, Patrick Eugene Prendergast,
who murdered Chicago mayor Carter
H. Harrison. In 1911, he was charged
with bribing
jurors in a California case; tried and
acquitted; a second trial
resulted in a hung jury. Famously cross-examined William
Jennings Bryan during the 1925 "Scopes Monkey Trial.".
Died in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., March 13,
1938 (age 80 years, 329
days).
Cremated;
ashes scattered.
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Harry Micajah Daugherty (1860-1941) —
also known as Harry M. Daugherty —
of Washington Court House, Fayette
County, Ohio; Columbus, Franklin
County, Ohio.
Born in Washington Court House, Fayette
County, Ohio, January
26, 1860.
Son of John H. Daugherty and Jane A. (Draper) Daugherty.
Republican. Lawyer; Fayette
County Prosecuting Attorney; member of Ohio state
house of representatives, 1890-94; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Ohio, 1904,
1908,
1912,
1924;
U.S.
Attorney General, 1921-24.
Methodist.
Scotch-Irish
ancestry.
Subject of a Senate investigation
of his conduct
as Attorney General; resigned
under fire; indicted
on charges of conspiracy to defraud
the U.S. government, but acquitted in 1927.
Died in Columbus, Franklin
County, Ohio, October
12, 1941 (age 81 years, 259
days).
Interment at Washington
Cemetery, Washington Court House, Ohio.
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Samuel W. Davies (c.1776-1843) —
of Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio.
Born in England,
about 1776.
Mayor
of Cincinnati, Ohio, 1833-43.
Tried
by the city council in 1842 for mishandling
a bank riot, and found
guilty, but excused due to poor health.
Died December
22, 1843 (age about 67
years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Joseph Hamilton Daviess (1774-1811) —
also known as Joe Daviess —
of Danville, Boyle
County, Ky.; Lexington, Fayette
County, Ky.
Born in Bedford
County, Va., March 4,
1774.
Lawyer;
U.S.
Attorney for Kentucky, 1800-06; major in the U.S. Army during the
War of 1812.
Welsh
ancestry. Member, Freemasons.
Around 1801, he served as a second to John
Rowan in his duel
with James Chambers; after Chambers was killed, he fled
to avoid
prosecution as accomplice to murder,
and became a fugitive,
but when Rowan was arrested, he returned to act as Rowan's legal
counsel.
Shot
and killed
in the Battle of Tippecanoe, in what is now Tippecanoe
County, Ind., November
7, 1811 (age 37 years, 248
days).
Interment at Tippecanoe
Battlefield Park, Battle Ground, Ind.
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Angela Yvonne Davis (b. 1944) —
also known as Angela Davis —
Born in Birmingham, Jefferson
County, Ala., January
26, 1944.
Daughter of Sallye E. Davis.
Communist. Following a violent escape
attempt at the Marin County (California) Hall of Justice, August
7, 1970, in which several people were killed,
she was implicated
as an accomplice and fled;
later arrested
in New York, tried,
and acquitted in 1972; candidate for Vice
President of the United States, 1980, 1984; during the Communist
coup against Mikhail Gorbachev in 1991, she supported Gorbachev, and
subsequently left the Communist Party; university
professor.
Female.
African
ancestry.
Still living as of 2011.
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Edmund Jackson Davis (1827-1883) —
also known as Edmund J. Davis —
of Texas.
Born in St. Augustine, St. Johns
County, Fla., October
2, 1827.
Republican. District judge in Texas, 1856-61; general in the Union
Army during the Civil War; delegate
to Texas state constitutional convention, 1866; Governor of
Texas, 1870-74; defeated, 1873, 1880; member of Republican
National Committee from Texas, 1872-74; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Texas 10th District, 1882.
After his defeat as Governor, he refused to give up the office, and
barricaded
himself in the state capitol.
Died in Austin, Travis
County, Tex., February
7, 1883 (age 55 years, 128
days).
Interment at Texas
State Cemetery, Austin, Tex.
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George Davis (1820-1896) —
of Wilmington, New Hanover
County, N.C.
Born in Porter's Neck, Pender
County, N.C., March 1,
1820.
Lawyer;
Delegate
from North Carolina to the Confederate Provisional Congress,
1861-62; Senator
from North Carolina in the Confederate Congress, 1862-64; Confederate
Attorney General, 1864-65.
Episcopalian.
At the end of the Civil War, with other Confederate
officials, attempted
to flee overseas, but turned
himself in at Key West, Fla.; spent several months in prison at
Fort Hamilton; pardoned
in 1866.
Died in Wilmington, New Hanover
County, N.C., February
23, 1896 (age 75 years, 359
days).
Interment at Oakdale
Cemetery, Wilmington, N.C.; statue at Third
and Market Streets, Wilmington, N.C.
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Jefferson Davis (1862-1913) —
also known as Jeff Davis —
of Little Rock, Pulaski
County, Ark.
Born in Little River
County, Ark., May 6,
1862.
Son of Lewis W. Davis and Mary Davis.
Democrat. Arkansas
state attorney general, 1899-1901; Governor of
Arkansas, 1901-07; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Arkansas, 1904,
1912;
U.S.
Senator from Arkansas, 1907-13; died in office 1913; in December
1907, it was disclosed that he had hired his own
daughters for two positions on his Senate staff; the scandal discredited
him and ended his
influence in the Senate.
Died, from apoplexy,
in Little Rock, Pulaski
County, Ark., January
3, 1913 (age 50 years, 242
days).
Interment at Mt.
Holly Cemetery, Little Rock, Ark.
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Jefferson Finis Davis (1808-1889) —
also known as Jefferson Davis —
of Warrenton, Warren
County, Miss.; Warren
County, Miss.
Born in a log
cabin, Fairview, Christian County (now Todd
County), Ky., June 3,
1808.
Son of Samuel Emory Davis and Jane (Cook) Davis.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the Black Hawk War;
candidate for Mississippi
state house of representatives, 1843; Presidential Elector for
Mississippi, 1844;
U.S.
Representative from Mississippi at-large, 1845-46; served in the
U.S. Army during the Mexican War; U.S.
Senator from Mississippi, 1847-51, 1857-61; candidate for Governor of
Mississippi, 1851; U.S.
Secretary of War, 1853-57; President of
the Confederacy, 1861-65.
His portrait appeared on Confederate States 50
cent notes in 1861-64. Captured
by Union
forces in May 1865 and imprisoned
without trial for about two years.
Died of bronchitis
and malaria
in New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La., December
6, 1889 (age 81 years, 186
days).
Original interment at Metairie
Cemetery, New Orleans, La.; reinterment in 1893 at Hollywood
Cemetery, Richmond, Va.
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Relatives: Son
of Samuel Emory Davis and Jane (Cook) Davis; married, June 17,
1835, to Sarah Knox Taylor (1814-1835; daughter of Zachary
Taylor); married, February
25, 1845, to Varina Howell (1826-1906; granddaughter of Richard
Howell); uncle of Mary Bradford (who married Richard
Brodhead); granduncle of Jefferson
Davis Brodhead and Frances Eileen Hutt (who married Thomas
Edmund Dewey). See Livingston-Seymour-Lee-Williams
family of New York. |
| | | Cross-reference: Jesse
D. Bright — John
H. Reagan — Horace
Greeley — Solomon
Cohen — George
W. Jones — Samuel
A. Roberts — William
T. Sutherlin — Victor
Vifquain — Charles
O'Conor |
| | | Jeff Davis
County, Ga., Jefferson Davis
Parish, La., Jefferson Davis
County, Miss. and Jeff Davis
County, Tex. are named for him. |
| | | Other politicians named for him: J.
Davis Brodhead
— Jefferson
D. Hostetter
— Jeff
Davis
— Jefferson
Davis Parris
|
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Wikipedia
article — NNDB
dossier — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Books by Jefferson Davis: The
Rise and Fall of the Confederate Government
(1881) |
| | | Books about Jefferson Davis: William J.
Cooper, Jr., Jefferson
Davis, American : A Biography — Varina Davis, Jefferson
Davis : Ex-President of the Confederate States of America : A Memoir
by His Wife — William C. Davis, An
Honorable Defeat: The Last Days of the Confederate
Government — James Ronald Kennedy & Walter Donald
Kennedy, Was
Jefferson Davis Right? — Robert Penn Warren, Jefferson
Davis Gets His Citizenship Back — Herman Hattaway &
Richard E. Beringer, Jefferson
Davis, Confederate President — Felicity Allen, Jefferson
Davis: Unconquerable Heart |
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Jonathan McMillan Davis (1871-1943) —
also known as Jonathan M. Davis —
of Bronson, Bourbon
County, Kan.
Born in Bronson, Bourbon
County, Kan., April 27,
1871.
Son of Jonathan McMillan Davis and Eve (Holeman) Davis.
Farmer;
member of Kansas
state house of representatives, 1905-13; member of Kansas
state senate, 1913-17; Governor of
Kansas, 1923-25; defeated, 1920 (Democratic), 1926 (Democratic),
1936 (Democratic primary), 1938 (Independent); delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Kansas, 1924;
candidate for Democratic nomination for President, 1924;
Democratic candidate for U.S.
Senator from Kansas, 1930.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; Knights
of Pythias; Eagles; Moose; Elks; Kiwanis.
Arrested
the day after his gubernatorial term expired; indicted
twice for bribery;
tried
and acquitted both times.
Died June 27,
1943 (age 72 years, 61
days).
Interment at Bronson
Cemetery, Bronson, Kan.
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Lloyd Davis (c.1915-2001) —
of South Pasadena, Los Angeles
County, Calif.
Born in Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., about 1915.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; lawyer;
superior court judge in California, 1967-70.
Catholic.
Member, Sierra
Club.
On October 26, 1969, he stabbed
his wife, Mary Troja Davis, with a 9-inch butcher knife; she
recovered. Charged
with felony assault to commit murder;
tried
in 1970 and found not guilty by reason of insanity. Years later, he
attributed the incident to a skin cancer drug.
Died in South Pasadena, Los Angeles
County, Calif., December
22, 2001 (age about 86
years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Scott Winfield Davis —
also known as Scott W. Davis —
of Palo Alto, Santa Clara
County, Calif.
Arrested
in 1996, in Atlanta, Georgia, and charged
with killing
David Coffin and setting
fire to his home; the charges were later dropped for lack of
evidence; Independent candidate for Governor of
California, 2003.
Still living as of 2003.
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John W. Dawson (1820-1877) —
of Fort Wayne, Allen
County, Ind.
Born in Cambridge, Dearborn
County, Ind., October
21, 1820.
Farmer;
lawyer;
newspaper
editor; candidate for Indiana
state house of representatives, 1854; candidate for secretary of
state of Indiana, 1856; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Indiana, 1858; Governor of
Utah Territory, 1861.
In December, 1861, after less than a month as territorial governor,
fled
Utah amid controversy and scandal.
Just east of Salt Lake City, he was attacked
by three men and badly injured.
Died in Indiana, September
10, 1877 (age 56 years, 324
days).
Interment at Lindenwood
Cemetery, Fort Wayne, Ind.
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Jonathan Dayton (1760-1824) —
of New Jersey.
Born in Elizabeth, Union
County, N.J., October
16, 1760.
Son of Elias
Dayton.
Served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; member
of New Jersey state legislature, 1786-87, 1790; Delegate
to Continental Congress from New Jersey, 1787-89; member,
U.S. Constitutional Convention, 1787; U.S.
Representative from New Jersey at-large, 1791-99; Speaker of
the U.S. House, 1795-99; U.S.
Senator from New Jersey, 1799-1805; member of New
Jersey state house of assembly, 1814-15.
Episcopalian.
Member, Society
of the Cincinnati; Freemasons.
Arrested
in 1807 on charges
of conspiring with Aaron
Burr in treasonable
projects; gave bail and was released, but never brought to trial.
Died in Elizabeth, Union
County, N.J., October
9, 1824 (age 63 years, 359
days).
Entombed at St.
John's Churchyard, Elizabeth, N.J.
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C. Leon de Aryan —
of San Diego, San Diego
County, Calif.
Candidate for mayor
of San Diego, Calif., 1932.
Charged
with sedition
during World War II; the charges were eventually dropped.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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Eugene Victor Debs (1855-1926) —
also known as Eugene V. Debs —
of Terre Haute, Vigo
County, Ind.
Born in Terre Haute, Vigo
County, Ind., November
5, 1855.
Son of Daniel Debs and Marguerite (Betterich) Debs.
Locomotive
fireman on the Terre Haute and Indianapolis Railroad;
secretary-treasurer
of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen in 1880-93; member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1885; founder in
1893 and president
(1893-97) of the American Railway Union; arrested
during a strike
in 1894 and charged
with conspiracy
to commit murder; the charges were dropped, but he was jailed
for six months for contempt
of court; became a Socialist while incarcerated; candidate for President
of the United States, 1900 (Social Democratic), 1904 (Socialist),
1908 (Socialist), 1912 (Socialist), 1920 (Socialist); in 1905, was a
founder of
the Industrial Workers of the World ("Wobblies"), which hoped to
organize all workers in "One Big Union"; convicted
under the Sedition
and Espionage Act for an anti-war
speech he made in 1918, and sentenced
to ten years in federal prison;
released in 1921.
Member, Knights
of Pythias; American Civil
Liberties Union.
Died in Lindlahr Sanitarium,
Elmhurst, DuPage
County, Ill., October
20, 1926 (age 70 years, 349
days).
Interment at Highland
Lawn Cemetery, Terre Haute, Ind.
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Carl F. DeLano (1890-1952) —
of Cooper Township, Kalamazoo
County, Mich.
Born in Cooper Township, Kalamazoo
County, Mich., September
25, 1890.
Republican. Member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Kalamazoo County 2nd
District, 1931-38; defeated in primary, 1928; member of Michigan
state senate 6th District, 1939-45; resigned 1945; charged
on December 6, 1944, along with four other legislators, with accepting
bribes from naturopathic phyisicians; tried in
1945 and convicted;
sentenced
to three to five years in prison;
charged
on July 20, 1946 (along with 18 other legislators) with accepting
bribes to vote against a banking bill, but the entire case
collapsed when the star prosecution witness, Charles
F. Hemans, refused to testify.
Died in 1952
(age about
61 years).
Interment at Cooper
Township Cemetery, Cooper Township, Kalamazoo County, Mich.
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Relatives:
Married 1923
to Irene Lane. |
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Thomas Dale DeLay (b. 1947) —
also known as Tom DeLay; "The Hammer";
"Hot Tub Tom" —
of Lake Jackson, Brazoria
County, Tex.; Sugar Land, Fort Bend
County, Tex.
Born in Laredo, Webb
County, Tex., April 8,
1947.
Republican. Member of Texas
state house of representatives, 1979-85; U.S.
Representative from Texas 22nd District, 1985-; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Texas, 1988;
indicted
in 2005 on criminal conspiracy and money
laundering charges;
the conspiracy charge was later dismissed; trial pending.
Baptist.
Member, Rotary.
Still living as of 2009.
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Ronald Vernie Dellums (b. 1935) —
also known as Ronald V. Dellums —
of Berkeley, Alameda
County, Calif.; Oakland, Alameda
County, Calif.
Born in Oakland, Alameda
County, Calif., November
24, 1935.
Democrat. Social
worker; U.S.
Representative from California, 1971-98 (7th District 1971-75,
8th District 1975-93, 9th District 1993-98); arrested
during an anti-apartheid
protest outside the South African Embassy
in Washington, 1984; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
California, 1988,
1996,
2008.
Protestant.
African
ancestry. Member, Alpha
Phi Alpha.
Still living as of 2009.
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Frank P. Demarest —
of Mont Moor, Rockland
County, N.Y.; West Nyack, Rockland
County, N.Y.
Member of New York
state assembly from Rockland County, 1888-89, 1900.
Indicted
several times on various
offenses in 1891-03; tried in
1903 and acquitted; indicted
on fraud charges
in 1904; he had presented claims against the Town of Clarkstown for
services he had not provided; tried in
Rockland County and convicted
on November 18, 1904.
Burial
location unknown.
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Henry H. Denhardt (1876-1937) —
of Kentucky.
Born in Warren
County, Ky., 1876.
Democrat. Lieutenant
Governor of Kentucky, 1923-27.
Shot
and injured on Election Day 1931. After his girlfriend was killed in
November 1936, he was charged
with murder
and tried in
LaGrange, Ky.; the jury could not reach a verdict.
Before he could be tried a second time, he was shot and
killed,
at the Armstrong Hotel,
Shelbyville, Shelby
County, Ky., September
20, 1937 (age about 61
years).
Interment at Fairview
Cemetery, Bowling Green, Ky.
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E. J. Dennis (c.1876-1930) —
of Berkeley
County, S.C.
Born about 1876.
Member of South
Carolina state senate, 1910-30; died in office 1930.
Tried
and acquitted in 1929 for conspiracy to violate the alcohol
prohibition law.
Shot
and mortally
wounded by W. L. Thornley, on the street in front of the post
office in Moncks Corner, S.C., and died the next day in a hospital
at Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C., July 25,
1930 (age about 54
years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Eugene Dennis (1905-1961) —
also known as Francis Xavier Waldron —
Born in Seattle, King
County, Wash., August
10, 1905.
Communist. Union
organizer; fled
to the Soviet Union in 1929 to avoid prosecution;
General Secretary, Communist Party, 1946-59, and Chairman, 1959-61;
arrested
in 1948, along with other party leaders, and charged
with advocating
the violent overthrow of the United States; convicted
in 1949, and sentenced
to five years in prison.
Died January
31, 1961 (age 55 years, 174
days).
Interment at Forest
Home Cemetery, Forest Park, Ill.
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Harry Shuler Dent (1930-2007) —
also known as Harry S. Dent —
of Columbia, Richland
County, S.C.
Born in St. Matthews, Calhoun
County, S.C., February
21, 1930.
Son of Hampton N. Dent and Sallie P. Dent.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during the Korean conflict; South Carolina
Republican state chair, 1965-68; special counsel and political
advisor to President Richard
M. Nixon; pleaded
guilty in 1974 to a federal campaign
finance violation, and sentenced
to one month probation.
Baptist.
Member, Phi
Alpha Delta; Pi
Kappa Alpha.
Died, from complications of Alzheimer's
disease, in Columbia, Richland
County, S.C., September
28, 2007 (age 77 years, 219
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Carmine G. DeSapio (1908-2004) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., December
10, 1908.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York,
1944,
1948,
1952,
1956;
leader of Tammany Hall, 1949-61; leader of New
York County Democratic Party, 1955; member of Democratic
National Committee from New York, 1957; convicted
in 1969 on Federal bribery
conspiracy charges;
served two years in prison.
Italian
ancestry. Member, Tammany
Hall.
Died, in St. Vincent's Hospital,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., July 27,
2004 (age 95 years, 230
days).
Interment at Calvary
Cemetery, Woodside, Queens, N.Y.
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Samuel Aaron De Witt (1891-1963) —
also known as Samuel A. De Witt —
of Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y.; Queens, Queens
County, N.Y.
Born in 1891.
Socialist. Machinery
dealer; member of New York
state assembly from Bronx County 3rd District, 1920; expelled
1920; defeated, 1920 (Bronx County 3rd District), 1924 (Bronx County
7th District), 1926 (Bronx County 7th District), 1927 (Bronx County
3rd District), 1929 (Bronx County 3rd District), 1932 (Queens County
4th District), 1933 (Queens County 4th District); candidate for borough
president of Bronx, New York, 1925; candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York, 1928 (22nd District), 1934 (2nd
District), 1935 (2nd District).
Expelled
from the New York State Assembly over alleged disloyalty,
along with the other four Socialist members, April 1, 1920.
Died in 1963
(age about
72 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Lorenzo de Zavala (1788-1836) —
also known as Manuel Lorenzo Justiniano de Zavala y
Sáenz —
of Mérida, Yucatan;
La Porte, Harris
County, Tex.
Born in Tecoh, Yucatan,
October
3, 1788.
Son of Anastasio de Zavala y Velázquez and Maria
Bárbara Sáenz y Castro.
Active in politics in Mexico, 1812-34; imprisoned
in 1814-17 by Mexican authorities over his advocacy
of democratic reforms; delegate
to Texas Consultation of 1835 from District of Harrisburg, 1835;
delegate
to Texas Republic Republic constitutional convention from
District of Harrisburg, 1836; signer,
Texas Declaration of Independence, 1836; Vice
President of the Texas Republic, 1836.
Died, of pneumonia,
November
15, 1836 (age 48 years, 43
days).
Interment at de
Zavala Family Cemetery, La Porte, Tex.
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Relatives: Son
of Anastasio de Zavala y Velázquez and Maria Bárbara
Sáenz y Castro; married 1807 to Teresa
Correa y Correa (died 1831); married, November
12, 1831, to Emily West. |
| | | Zavala County,
Tex. is named for him. |
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Samuel Dickstein (1885-1954) —
also known as "Crook" —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born near Vilna, Lithuania,
February
5, 1885.
Son of Rabbi Israel Dickstein and Slata B. (Gordon) Dickstein.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from New York County 4th District, 1919-22; U.S.
Representative from New York, 1923-45 (12th District 1923-45,
19th District 1945); Justice of
New York Supreme Court 1st District, 1945-51.
Jewish.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
B'nai
B'rith; Knights
of Pythias; Elks; American Bar
Association; Veterans of
Foreign Wars.
According to old Russian records found in
the mid-1990s, he was a paid
agent of the Soviet intelligence service while in Congress, and
received some $12,000 in 1937-40 under the Soviet code-name "Crook".
Died, in Beth Israel Hospital,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., April 22,
1954 (age 69 years, 76
days).
Interment at Union
Field Cemetery, Ridgewood, Queens, N.Y.
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S. Samuel DiFalco (1906-1978) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Italy,
July
26, 1906.
Democrat. Lawyer;
candidate in primary for New York
state assembly, 1935; Justice of
New York Supreme Court 1st District, 1949-56; New
York County Surrogate, 1957-76.
Italian
ancestry. Member, Tammany
Hall.
Indicted
in May 1976, along with Justice Irving
Saypol, on official
misconduct charges,
in connection with an alleged scheme to obtain appraisal and auction
commissions for Saypol's son; the charges were later dismissed. Indicted
in February 1978 for criminal
contempt, in connection with his statements to a grand jury, but
died before trial.
Died, from a heart
attack, while dining
with friends at the Columbus Club, Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., June 28,
1978 (age 71 years, 337
days).
Interment at Gate
of Heaven Cemetery, Hawthorne, N.Y.
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Charles Coles Diggs, Sr. (1894-1967) —
also known as Charles C. Diggs, Sr. —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Tallula, Issaquena
County, Miss., January
2, 1894.
Mortician;
member of Michigan
state senate 3rd District, 1937-44; defeated in Democratic
primary, 1944; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Michigan, 1940;
charged
on January 22, 1944 (along with 19 other current and former state
legislators) with accepting
bribes; tried, convicted,
and sentenced
to 3-5 years in prison;
charged
in a different bribery
case in 1945; tried and
convicted;
charged
again on July 20, 1946 (along with 18 other legislators) with accepting
bribes to vote against a banking bill, but the entire case
collapsed when the star prosecution witness, Charles
F. Hemans, refused to testify; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Michigan 1st District, 1948 (Republican
primary), 1952 (Democratic primary).
African
ancestry. Member, Elks.
Died in 1967
(age about
73 years).
Interment at Detroit
Memorial Park, Warren, Mich.
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Charles Coles Diggs, Jr. (1922-1998) —
also known as Charles C. Diggs, Jr. —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., December
2, 1922.
Son of Charles
Coles Diggs, Sr..
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; mortician;
member of Michigan
state senate 3rd District, 1951-54; U.S.
Representative from Michigan 13th District, 1955-80; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Michigan, 1956,
1960,
1964;
candidate for Presidential Elector for Michigan, 1956.
Baptist.
African
ancestry. Member, Elks; Freemasons;
American
Legion.
First
chairman of the Congressional Black Caucus; charged
in March 1978 with taking kickbacks
from staff whose salaries he raised; convicted,
October 7, 1978, on eleven counts of mail fraud and filing false
payroll forms; insisted he had done nothing wrong, and was re-elected
while awaiting sentencing; censured
by the House on July 31, 1979; sentenced
to three years in prison
and served 14 months.
Died, of a stroke, at
Greater Southwest Community Hospital,
Washington,
D.C., August
24, 1998 (age 75 years, 265
days).
Interment at Detroit
Memorial Park, Warren, Mich.
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Sheila Ann Dixon (b. 1953) —
also known as Sheila Dixon; Sheila
Dixon-Smith —
of Baltimore,
Md.
Born in Baltimore,
Md., December
27, 1953.
Daughter of Philip Dixon, Sr. and Winona Dixon.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Maryland,
1988,
2004,
2008
(member, Credentials
Committee); mayor
of Baltimore, Md., 2007-10; resigned 2010.
Female.
African
Methodist Episcopal. African
ancestry.
Indicted
in January 2009, on perjury
theft,
and misconduct
charges,
over secretly
accepting more than $20,000 worth of gifts from developers doing
business with the city, and for using gift cards intended for needy
families to buy furs and
other expensive items for herself; the charges were dismissed in May,
but she was reindicted
in July; tried in
fall 2009; convicted
on one count of embezzlement,
and acquitted on other charges; pleaded
guilty to perjury,
and resigned
as mayor, as part as part of a plea
agreement.
Still living as of 2010.
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Farrell Dobbs (1907-1983) —
of Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn.; New York.
Born in Queen City, Schuyler
County, Mo., July 25,
1907.
Truck
driver; became involved with a militant Teamsters Union local in
Minneapolis in the 1930s, and helped lead a
general strike; joined the Socialist Workers Party in 1939; convicted
in 1941 of treason
under the anti-Communist Smith
Act, and served one year in prison;
Socialist Workers candidate for President
of the United States, 1948, 1952, 1956, 1960; national secretary
of the Socialist Workers Party, 1953-72.
Member, Teamsters
Union.
Died October
31, 1983 (age 76 years, 98
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Thomas Joseph Dodd (1907-1971) —
also known as Thomas J. Dodd —
of Lebanon, New London
County, Conn.; West Hartford, Hartford
County, Conn.
Born in Norwich, New London
County, Conn., May 15,
1907.
Son of Thomas
J. Dodd and Abigail (O'Sullivan) Dodd.
Lawyer;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Connecticut, 1948,
1952,
1956,
1960;
U.S.
Representative from Connecticut 1st District, 1953-57; U.S.
Senator from Connecticut, 1959-71; defeated, 1956 (Democratic),
1970 (Dodd Independent).
Catholic.
Member, American Bar
Association; Elks; Knights
of Columbus.
Censured
by the Senate on June 23, 1967 for financial improprieties, having diverted
some $116,000 in campaign and testimonial funds to his own use.
Died of a heart
attack, in Old Lyme, New London
County, Conn., May 24,
1971 (age 64 years, 9
days).
Interment at St.
Michael's New Cemetery, Pawcatuck, Stonington, Conn.
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John Charles Doerfer (1904-1992) —
also known as John C. Doerfer —
of West Allis, Milwaukee
County, Wis.; Miami, Miami-Dade
County, Fla.; Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.
Born in Milwaukee, Milwaukee
County, Wis., November
30, 1904.
Republican. Lawyer; member, Federal Communications
Commission, 1953-60; chair, Federal Communications
Commission, 1957-60; in 1960, he spent a week-long Florida
vacation on the yacht Lazy Girl, owned by his friend George B.
Storer, president of Storer Broadcasting; as a result, he was accused
of conflict
of interest and forced to
resign.
Died in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., June 5,
1992 (age 87 years, 188
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Edward Laurence Doheny (1856-1935) —
also known as Edward L. Doheny —
of Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif.
Born in Fond du Lac, Fond du Lac
County, Wis., August
10, 1856.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from California,
1920;
candidate for Democratic nomination for Vice President, 1920.
Indicted
in 1924 on federal bribery and
conspiracy charges;
he had given $100,000 to Secretary of the Interior Albert
B. Fall, and soon after received a valuable contract to develop
the Elk Hills Naval Petroleum Reserve in California. Though Fall was
convicted of taking a bribe, Doheny was found not guilty.
Died September
8, 1935 (age 79 years, 29
days).
Entombed in mausoleum at New
Calvary Cemetery, East Los Angeles, Calif.
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Stanley J. Dombrowski (1901-1977) —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., May 7,
1901.
Democrat. Member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Wayne County 1st District,
1935-44; defeated in primary, 1950; in 1943, he repudiated grand jury
testimony about being bribed,
pleaded
guilty to perjury,
and was sentenced
to prison;
charged
on January 22, 1944 (along with 19 other current and former state
legislators) with accepting
bribes; tried, convicted,
and sentenced
to 3-5 years in prison.
Died in 1977
(age about
76 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Raymond James Donovan (b. 1930) —
Born August
31, 1930.
U.S.
Secretary of Labor, 1981-85.
Charged
with fraud on
a subway construction project in the Bronx, New York City; tried in
1987 and found not guilty.
Still living as of 2009.
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Stephen Wallace Dorsey (1842-1916) —
also known as Stephen W. Dorsey —
of Helena (now part of Helena-West Helena), Phillips
County, Ark.; Little Rock, Pulaski
County, Ark.; Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif.
Born in Benson, Rutland
County, Vt., February
28, 1842.
Republican. U.S.
Senator from Arkansas, 1873-79; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Arkansas, 1880.
Indicted
in 1881 for his participation in the Star Route frauds
against the U.S. Post Office Department; tried
twice in 1882-83 and ultimately acquitted.
Died March 20,
1916 (age 74 years, 21
days).
Interment at Fairmount
Cemetery, Denver, Colo.
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James Kemp Doughton, Sr. (1884-1973) —
of Sparta, Alleghany
County, N.C.
Born in Alleghany
County, N.C., May 18,
1884.
Son of Rufus
A. Doughton.
Banker;
farmer;
member of North
Carolina state house of representatives, 1948-57; Speaker of
the North Carolina State House of Representatives, 1951-57.
Methodist.
Indicted
for bank
fraud in 1928; tried and
acquitted.
Died, of pneumonia,
in a hospital
at Sparta, Alleghany
County, N.C., March 17,
1973 (age 88 years, 303
days).
Interment at Shiloh
Methodist Church Cemetery, Sparta, N.C.
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Paul Louis Douglas (b. 1927) —
also known as Paul L. Douglas —
of Lincoln, Lancaster
County, Neb.
Born in Sioux Falls, Minnehaha
County, S.Dak., September
19, 1927.
Lancaster
County Attorney, 1960-74; Nebraska
state attorney general, 1975-84.
Eastern
Orthodox.
Impeached
by the Legislature in 1984 over his conduct
in office and dealings with an officer of a failed savings and
loan; acquitted by the state supreme court. Convicted
of perjury
in December, 1984 and resigned
as Attorney General, but the conviction was later overturned.
Still living as of 1984.
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David Dows (1885-1966) —
also known as "Big Dave" —
of Locust Valley, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y.; Bradley, Greenwood
County, S.C.
Born in Irvington, Westchester
County, N.Y., August
12, 1885.
Son of David Dows (1857-1899) and Jane (Strahan) Dows (1859-1945).
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; worked in iron and steel
mills; supervised construction
of steel
mills overseas; studied foreign industries as representative of a
steamship
line; horse
breeder; bank
director; Nassau
County Sheriff, 1932-34; delegate to Republican National
Convention from New York, 1944;
member, New York State Racing Commission, 1944-49; delegate to
Republican National Convention from South Carolina, 1956;
candidate for Presidential Elector for South Carolina, 1956.
Convicted
of assault
in 1913, over his treatment of a New York Times reporter who was
attempting to interview him.
Died in Hot Springs, Bath
County, Va., August
13, 1966 (age 81 years, 1
days).
Interment at Sleepy
Hollow Cemetery, Sleepy Hollow, N.Y.
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Anthony Dreier —
of Nanticoke, Luzerne
County, Pa.
Mayor
of Nanticoke, Pa., 1953; convicted
in 1953 on charges of soliciting
and accepting a bribe for a police appointment.
Still living as of 1953.
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Robert Jerry Dryfoos (1942-2006) —
also known as Robert J. Dryfoos —
of Forest Hills, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born August
11, 1942.
Democrat. Lawyer;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1972,
1980,
1988;
chief counsel for New York Lt. Gov. Mary
Ann Krupsak, 1975; member, New York City Council, 1980-91;
retired from office while under
investigation over alleged campaign
finance and federal
tax violations, but no charges were filed; lobbyist.
Jewish.
Member, Americans
for Democratic Action; American
Jewish Committee.
Died, from complications of a head
injury, in New York-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill
Cornell Medical
Center, Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., March 2,
2006 (age 63 years, 203
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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William Ewing Duffield (1922-2001) —
also known as William E. Duffield —
of Pennsylvania.
Born in Cherry Tree, Indiana
County, Pa., January
7, 1922.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; served in the
U.S. Army during the Korean conflict; lawyer;
member of Pennsylvania
state senate 32nd District, 1971-78.
Presbyterian.
Member, Veterans of
Foreign Wars; American
Legion; Freemasons;
Elks.
Disbarred
in 1975 for mishandling
cases and client funds; reinstated to the bar in 1978. Convicted
in 1980 on 11 federal counts of mail fraud and one count of perjury;
served six months in federal prison.
Disbarred
again in 1994 for mishandling
a murder case.
Died, of cancer and
strokes,
in Uniontown Hospital,
Uniontown, Fayette
County, Pa., January
14, 2001 (age 79 years, 7
days).
Interment at Sylvan
Heights Cemetery, Uniontown, Pa.
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Victor Hugo Duras —
also known as Victor H. Duras —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Nebraska.
Republican. Candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York 12th District, 1908; alternate
delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1912;
U.S. Vice & Deputy Consul in Liège, 1913-14; U.S. Vice Consul in Petrograd, 1914-15; arrested
in August, 1916, in Russia, on suspicion
of being a German spy;
freed in 1917.
Burial
location unknown.
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David Ferdinand Durenberger (b. 1934) —
also known as David F. Durenberger —
of South St. Paul, Dakota
County, Minn.; Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn.
Born in St. Cloud, Stearns
County, Minn., August
19, 1934.
Lawyer;
executive secretary to Gov. Harold
LeVander, 1967; U.S.
Senator from Minnesota, 1978-95.
Catholic.
Member, Jaycees;
Knights
of Columbus; Elks; Lions.
Investigated
in 1990 by the Senate Select Committee on Ethics over allegations
that he had broken rules restricting Senators' outside income, in
particular by laundering
about $100,000 in speaking fees into book royalties. Denounced
by unanimous vote of the Senate in July 1990 for bringing
"dishonor and disrepute" to the body. Subsequently he was
disbarred;
in 1995 he pleaded
guilty to five misdemeanor counts of misusing
his congressional expense account.
Still living as of 2009.
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John L. Duvall (1874-1962) —
of Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind.
Born in Tazewell
County, Ill., November
29, 1874.
Republican. Mayor
of Indianapolis, Ind., 1926-27; resigned 1927.
Convicted
in 1927 of violating the state corrupt practices act by taking
bribes from Ku Klux
Klan leader leader D. C. Stephenson; sentenced
to 30 days in jail, fined
$1,000, and forced to
resign as mayor.
Died February
25, 1962 (age 87 years, 88
days).
Interment at Crown
Hill Cemetery, Indianapolis, Ind.
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James J. Dworak (b. 1935) —
of Omaha, Douglas
County, Neb.
Born January
4, 1935.
Democrat. Undertaker;
mayor
of Omaha, Neb., 1961-65; defeated, 1965; indicted
on December 16, 1964, on charges
of seeking thousands of dollars in bribes
in connection with a rezoning request; tried in
1966 and acquitted.
Still living as of 1997.
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Robert Budd Dwyer (1939-1987) —
also known as R. Budd Dwyer —
of Pennsylvania.
Born in St. Charles, St. Charles
County, Mo., November
21, 1939.
Republican. Member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 1965-70; member of Pennsylvania
state senate 50th District, 1971-81; resigned 1981; Pennsylvania
state treasurer, 1981-87; died in office 1987.
Baptist.
Member, National
Education Association; Eagles; Theta
Chi; Jaycees.
Convicted
in December 1986 of bribery
and conspiracy in federal court.
About to be sentenced,
and widely expected to resign from office, he called a press
conference; there, in front of spectators and television cameras,
he insisted he was not guilty, and then shot and
killed
himself, in Harrisburg, Dauphin
County, Pa., January
22, 1987 (age 47 years, 62
days).
Interment at Blooming
Valley Cemetery, Blooming Valley, Pa.
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John Hugh Dyer, Jr. —
also known as Buddy Dyer —
of Orlando, Orange
County, Fla.
Born in Orlando, Orange
County, Fla.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Florida
state senate, 1993-2003; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Florida, 1996,
2004,
2008;
candidate for Florida
state attorney general, 2002; mayor of
Orlando, Fla., 2003-05, 2005-; indicted
March 10, 2005, for illegally paying
a campaign worker to collect
absentee ballots in the 2004 mayoral election; suspended
from office as mayor; on April 20, the charges were dropped, and he
was reinstated.
Member, Order of the
Coif; Phi
Delta Phi.
Still living as of 2009.
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