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Corliss Lamont (1902-1995) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Englewood, Bergen
County, N.J., March 28,
1902.
Son of Thomas William Lamont (1870-1948) and Florence Haskell
(Corliss) Lamont (died 1952).
Author;
lecturer;
arrested
on June 27, 1934, while picketing
in support of a labor
union at a furniture plant in Jersey City, N.J.; president,
National Council of American-Soviet Friendship; this organization and
its leaders were investigated
for subversion
by the U.S. House Committee on Un-American Activities; charged
in 1946 with contempt
of Congress for his refusal to provide records demanded by the
committee; in 1951, the U.S. State Department denied a
passport to him, based on his membership in what were deemed "Communist-front
organizations"; on August 17, 1954, the U.S. Senate cited him
with contempt
of Congress for refusing to testify before Sen. Joseph
R. McCarthy's subcommittee; subsequently indicted;
pleaded not guilty; the indictment was dismissed in 1955; the Court
of Appeals upheld the dismissal in 1956; candidate for U.S.
Senator from New York, 1952 (American Labor), 1958 (Independent
Socialist).
Member, American Civil
Liberties Union; NAACP; Phi
Beta Kappa; American
Academy of Political and Social Science.
Died, of heart
failure, in Ossining, Westchester
County, N.Y., April 26,
1995 (age 93 years, 29
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Thomas William Lamont (1870-1948) and Florence Haskell (Corliss)
Lamont (died 1952); married, June 8,
1928, to Margaret Hayes Irish (c.1905-1977); married 1962 to Helen
Lamb (died 1975); married 1986 to Beth
Keehner; uncle of Ned
Lamont. |
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James Henry Lane (1814-1866) —
also known as James H. Lane; "Liberator of
Kansas"; "Fighting Jim" —
of Lawrenceburg, Dearborn
County, Ind.; Lawrence, Douglas
County, Kan.
Born in Lawrenceburg, Dearborn
County, Ind., June 22,
1814.
Son of Amos
Lane and Mary (Foote) Lane.
Served in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War; Lieutenant
Governor of Indiana, 1849-53; U.S.
Representative from Indiana 4th District, 1853-55; delegate to
Kansas state constitutional convention, 1855, 1857; Kansas
Democratic state chair, 1855; U.S.
Senator from Kansas, 1861-66; died in office 1866; general in the
Union Army during the Civil War.
Member, Freemasons.
Deranged and charged
with financial irregularities, he committed
suicide by gunshot
on July 1, 1866, and died ten days later, near Fort Leavenworth, Leavenworth
County, Kan., July 11,
1866 (age 52 years, 19
days).
Interment at Oak
Hill Cemetery, Lawrence, Kan.
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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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John Wesley Langley (1868-1932) —
also known as John W. Langley —
of Prestonsburg, Floyd
County, Ky.; Pikeville, Pike
County, Ky.
Born in Floyd
County, Ky., January
14, 1868.
Republican. Member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1886-90; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Kentucky, 1888,
1900,
1916;
U.S.
Representative from Kentucky 10th District, 1907-26; defeated,
1896; resigned 1926.
Convicted
in 1924 of conspiracy to transport
and sell liquor re-elected while his appeal was pending, but resigned
from Congress in 1926; sentenced
to a term in federal prison.
Granted clemency by President Calvin
Coolidge.
Died, of pneumonia,
in Pikeville, Pike
County, Ky., January
17, 1932 (age 64 years, 3
days).
Interment at Langley
Cemetery, Middle Creek, Ky.
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Thomas Peter Lantos (1928-2008) —
also known as Tom Lantos; Tamas Peter
Lantos —
of Millbrae, San Mateo
County, Calif.; Hillsborough, San Mateo
County, Calif.; San Mateo, San Mateo
County, Calif.
Born in Budapest, Hungary,
February
1, 1928.
Democrat. University
professor; television
news commentator; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
California, 1976,
1988,
1996,
2000,
2004;
U.S.
Representative from California, 1981-2008 (11th District 1981-93,
12th District 1993-2008); died in office 2008.
Jewish.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; Sigma
Alpha Mu.
Arrested
for disorderly conduct in April 2006, while taking part civil
disobedience action to protest
genocide in Darfur, in front of the Sudanese embassy
in Washington, D.C.
Died, of cancer
of the esophagus, in Bethesda
Naval Medical Center, Bethesda, Montgomery
County, Md., February
11, 2008 (age 80 years, 10
days).
Interment at Congressional
Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Lyndon Hermyle LaRouche, Jr. (b. 1922) —
also known as Lyndon LaRouche; Lyn Marcus —
of New York City (unknown
county), N.Y.; Leesburg, Loudoun
County, Va.
Born in Rochester, Strafford
County, N.H., September
8, 1922.
Son of Jessie Lenore (Weir) LaRouche (1893-1978) and Lyndon H.
LaRouche, Sr. (1896-1983).
Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; U.S. Labor candidate for
President
of the United States, 1976; candidate for Democratic nomination
for President, 1980,
1984,
1988,
1992,
1996,
2000;
indicted,
with others, on fraud and
conspiracy charges
in 1986 over solicitation of loans from supporters without intending
to repay them; also charged
with obstruction
of justice over destruction of financial records; tried in
federal court in Boston; a mistrial was declared in 1988; re-indicted
in federal court in Virginia on charges
of conspiracy, mail fraud, and tax
evasion; convicted
and sentenced
to fifteen years in prison;
released on parole in 1994; Independent candidate for U.S.
Representative from Virginia 10th District, 1990.
Still living as of 2009.
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Peggy A. Lautenschlager (b. 1955) —
also known as Peg Lautenschlager —
of Fond du Lac, Fond du Lac
County, Wis.
Born in Fond du Lac, Fond du Lac
County, Wis., November
22, 1955.
Democrat. Lawyer; Winnebago
County District Attorney, 1985-88; member of Wisconsin
state assembly, 1989-93; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Wisconsin 6th District, 1992; U.S.
Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, 1993-2001; Wisconsin
state attorney general, 2003-07; defeated in primary, 2006; in
February 2004, en route from Madison to Fond du Lac, she accidentally
drove a state-owned car into a ditch; pleaded
guilty to driving
while intoxicated
and refusing
a blood test; lost her
license for a year, paid a fine of
$784, and a self-imposed
penalty of $3,250; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Wisconsin, 2004,
2008.
Female.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa.
Still living as of 2011.
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Joseph H. Lawlor (born c.1878) —
of Waterbury, New Haven
County, Conn.
Born in Waterbury, New Haven
County, Conn., about 1878.
Democrat. Member of Connecticut
state senate 16th District, 1925-31.
Charged
in 1938 with accepting a
bribe in 1935.
Burial
location unknown.
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Maurice Larry Lawrence (1926-1996) —
also known as M. Larry Lawrence —
of San Diego, San Diego
County, Calif.; Coronado, San Diego
County, Calif.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., August
16, 1926.
Son of Sidney A. Lawrence and Tillie P. Astor Lawrence.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from California,
1964,
1968,
1972;
candidate for Presidential Elector for California, 1972;
U.S. Ambassador to Switzerland, 1994-96, died in office 1996.
Jewish.
Member, Zeta
Beta Tau.
Falsely
claimed to have served and been injured in the Merchant
Marine during World War
II; this was discovered
a year after his death.
Died, of leukemia
and blood
dyscrasia, in Berne, Switzerland,
January
9, 1996 (age 69 years, 146
days).
Original interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.; reinterment in 1997 at El
Camino Cemetery, San Diego, Calif.
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Daniel J. Leary —
of Waterbury, New Haven
County, Conn.
Democrat. Brewer; carbonated
beverage business; Waterbury city controller, 1930-37; delegate
to Democratic National Convention from Connecticut, 1932.
Charged
in May, 1938, along with Mayor T.
Frank Hayes and 25 others, with conspiracy to cheat
and defraud the city of Waterbury of more than a million dollars;
tried
in 1938-39 and convicted;
sentenced
to 10-to-15 years in prison;
his plea for a reduced sentence was rejected by the State Board of
Pardons in 1949.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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Raymond Francis Lederer (b. 1938) —
also known as Raymond F. Lederer —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., May 19,
1938.
Democrat. Member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 1974; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 3rd District, 1977-81.
Implicated
in the Abscam sting, in which FBI agents impersonating Arab
businessmen offered bribes
to political figures; indicted
May 28, 1981; convicted
of bribery
January 9, 1981; sentenced
to three years in prison
and fined
$20,000; resigned
from Congress on April 29, 1981; began his prison sentence July 7,
1983.
Still living as of 1998.
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John Doyle Lee (1812-1877) —
also known as John D. Lee —
Born in Kaskaskia, Randolph
County, Ill., September
12, 1812.
Member of Utah
territorial House of Representatives, 1858.
Mormon.
Involved in the Mountain Meadows massacre on September 11, 1857, when
a Mormon militia and/or Paiute Indian tribesmen (accounts differ)
slaughtered about 120 settlers who had been traveling through Utah by
wagon train; indicted
for murder
almost twenty years later, and tried in
1875; the first trial ended in a hung jury; retried
in 1876; convicted
and sentenced to
death; released for a time in order to settle his business
affairs; executed
by firing squad, at Mountain Meadows, Washington
County, Utah, March 23,
1877 (age 64 years, 192
days).
Interment at Panguitch
Cemetery, Panguitch, Utah.
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William Shannon Lerach (b. 1946) —
also known as William S. Lerach; Bill
Lerach —
of Rancho Santa Fe, San Diego
County, Calif.
Born in 1946.
Democrat. Lawyer;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from California, 1996.
Plead
guilty in 2007 to federal charges
of conspiracy to commit obstruction
of justice and making false
declarations under oath in connection with a kickback
scheme; sentenced
to two years in prison, fined $250,000, and ordered to do 1,000 hours
of community service.
Still living as of 2010.
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Robert W. Levy (b. 1947) —
also known as Bob Levy —
of Atlantic City, Atlantic
County, N.J.
Born in Atlantic City, Atlantic
County, N.J., May 16,
1947.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the Vietnam war; mayor
of Atlantic City, N.J., 2005-07; resigned 2007.
Falsely
claimed to have served in the U.S. Army U.S. Army
Special Forces (Green Berets); admitted
that he used false information in his service record to obtain
benefits; disappeared
on September 26, 2007; his lawyer announced on October 10 that he had
resigned;
pleaded
guilty in November to defrauding
the Department of Veterans Affairs, sentenced
to three years probation,
fined,
and ordered to pay restitution.
Still living as of 2008.
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Roy C. Lewellen —
also known as Bill Lewellen —
of Marianna, Lee
County, Ark.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Arkansas
state senate.
Refused to take a blood-alcohol
test following a November 1998 accident in which he struck a
woman with his Cadillac, dragging her 55 feet; his driver's license
was suspended
for six months. A charge of driving
while intoxicated
was dismissed.
Still living as of 2000.
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Herbert E. Lewis (d. 1972) —
of Long Beach, Los Angeles
County, Calif.
Born in Ontario.
Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; served in
the U.S. Army during World War I; mayor
of Long Beach, Calif., 1945-47.
A member of the "Solid Five," a bloc on the Long Beach city council;
all were recalled
from office in 1947.
Died in 1972.
Burial
location unknown.
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Nathan Lieberman (c.1888-1939) —
also known as Leonard Madden —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born about 1888.
Republican. Lawyer;
alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from New York,
1912;
member of New York
state assembly from New York County 17th District, 1921.
Member, Freemasons;
Elks.
In March 1939, he was charged,
along with two others, over a stock
fraud scheme; he pleaded not guilty and was released on bail;
meanwhile, in a separate case, he was indicted in Broome County.
Died, apparently of pneumonia
while attempting to commit
suicide with poison, in
his room at the Tudor Hotel
(where he had registered under the assumed name "Leonard Madden"),
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., March 12,
1939 (age about 51
years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Albert Jason Lima (1907-1989) —
also known as Albert J. Lima —
of San
Francisco, Calif.; Oakland, Alameda
County, Calif.
Born in Mendocino
County, Calif., August
31, 1907.
Communist. Candidate for U.S.
Representative from California 1st District, 1940, 1942;
candidate for Presidential Elector for California, 1972.
Convicted
in 1952 of conspiracy to overthrow
the United States government; the verdict was overturned on appeal.
Died, of cancer, in
Oakland, Alameda
County, Calif., June 3,
1989 (age 81 years, 276
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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William Bross Lloyd (1875-1946) —
also known as William B. Lloyd; "The Millionaire
Socialist" —
of Winnetka, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., February
27, 1875.
Son of Henry Demarest Lloyd (social reformer, author) and Jessie
(Bross) Lloyd.
Socialist. Candidate for U.S.
Senator from Illinois, 1918; arrested
in downtown Chicago, 1918, for refusing to remove a red
flag from his limo; co-founder of Communist Labor Party, 1919; indicted
for sedition,
1920; represented at trial by
Clarence
Darrow; convicted,
sentenced
to 1-5 years in prison;
his sentence was commuted in 1922.
Died, of cancer, in
the Ritz-Carlton Hotel,
Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., June 30,
1946 (age 71 years, 123
days).
Cremated;
ashes scattered in North Atlantic Ocean.
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Relatives:
Grandson of William
Bross; son of Henry Demarest Lloyd (social reformer, author) and
Jessie (Bross) Lloyd; married to Lola Maverick (divorced 1916) and
Madge Bird. |
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Jerry Thomson Logie (1887-1966) —
also known as Jerry T. Logie —
of Bay City, Bay
County, Mich.
Born in Grand Rapids, Kent
County, Mich., 1887.
Republican. Pharmacist;
member of Michigan
state senate 24th District, 1939-44; 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.
Died in 1966
(age about
79 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Alexander Long (1816-1886) —
of Ohio.
Born in Greenville, Mercer
County, Pa., December
24, 1816.
Democrat. Member of Ohio state
house of representatives, 1848; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 2nd District, 1863-65; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Ohio, 1864;
candidate for Governor of
Ohio, 1865.
Censured
by the House of Representatives during the Civil War, for treasonable
utterances.
Died in Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio, November
28, 1886 (age 69 years, 339
days).
Interment at Spring
Grove Cemetery, Cincinnati, Ohio.
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Huey Pierce Long (1893-1935) —
also known as Huey P. Long; "The
Kingfish" —
of New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La.
Born near Winnfield, Winn
Parish, La., August
30, 1893.
Son of Huey Pierce Long and Caledonia (Tison) Long.
Democrat. Lawyer; Governor of
Louisiana, 1928-32; member of Democratic
National Committee from Louisiana, 1928; U.S.
Senator from Louisiana, 1932-35; died in office 1935.
Baptist.
Member, Elks.
Impeached
by the Louisiana House in 1929 over multiple charges including his
attempt to impose an oil tax and his unauthorized demolition of the
governor's mansion, but not convicted by the Senate.
Shot
and mortally
wounded by Dr. Carl Weiss (who was immediately killed at the
scene), in the Louisiana State
Capitol Building, September 8, 1935, and died two days later at
Our Lady of the Lake Hospital,
Baton Rouge, East Baton
Rouge Parish, La., September
10, 1935 (age 42 years, 11
days).
Interment at State
Capitol Grounds, Baton Rouge, La.
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John Looney (1865-1947) —
also known as Patrick John Looney —
of Rock Island, Rock Island
County, Ill.
Born in Ottawa, La Salle
County, Ill., October
5, 1865.
Son of Patrick Looney and Margaret Looney.
Lawyer;
newspaper
publisher; indicted
with others in 1897 over a scheme to defraud
the city of Rock Island in connection with a storm drain construction
project; convicted,
but the verdict was overturned on appeal; candidate for Illinois
state house of representatives, 1900; created and led a crime
syndicate in northwest Illinois, with interests in gambling,
prostitution,
extortion,
and eventually bootlegging
and automobile
theft; indicted
in 1907 on 37 counts of bribery,
extortion,
and libel,
but acquitted; shot
and wounded by hidden snipers on two occasions in 1908; on February
22, 1909, he was shot
and wounded in a gunfight with business rival W. W. Wilmerton; on
March 22, 1912, after publishing
personal attacks on Rock Island Mayor Henry
M. Schriver, he was arrested,
brought to the police station, and severely
beaten by the mayor himself; subsequent rioting killed two men
and injured nine others; resumed control of the Rock Island rackets
in 1921; in 1922, he was indicted
for the murder
of saloon keeper William Gabel, who had provided evidence against
Looney to federal agents; arrested
in Belen, N.M., in 1924, and later convicted
of conspiracy and murder;
sentenced
to 5 years in prison
for conspiracy and 14 years for murder;
served 8 1/2 years.
Irish
ancestry.
Died, of tuberculosis,
in a sanitarium
at El Paso, El Paso
County, Tex., 1947
(age about
81 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Byron Low Tax Looper (b. 1964) —
also known as Byron Anthony Looper —
of Cookeville, Putnam
County, Tenn.
Born in Putnam
County, Tenn., September
15, 1964.
Democratic candidate for Georgia
state house of representatives, 1987; Republican candidate for Tennessee
state house of representatives, 1992; Republican candidate for Tennessee
state senate, 1998.
Changed his middle name from Anthony to Low Tax. He was indicted
in March, 1998, on 14 counts of official
misconduct as Putnam County Tax Assessor. On October 19, 1998, he
shot
and killed Tommy
Burks, his opponent for a state senate seat; he was arrested
soon after and charged
with murder.
He lost the November 1998 senate election to Burks' widow, who ran as
a write-in candidate with the support of both parties. In August,
2000, he was tried for
murder,
convicted,
and sentenced
to life in prison
without parole.
Still living as of 2008.
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William Lorimer (1861-1934) —
also known as "The Blond Boss" —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Manchester, England,
April
27, 1861.
Republican. Real estate
business; contractor;
U.S.
Representative from Illinois, 1895-1901, 1903-09 (2nd District
1895-1901, 6th District 1903-09); delegate to Republican National
Convention from Illinois, 1896,
1904,
1908;
U.S.
Senator from Illinois, 1909-12.
He was accused
of bribery
in winning election to the Senate; in 1912, the Senate invalidated
his election.
Died September
13, 1934 (age 73 years, 139
days).
Interment at Calvary
Cemetery, Evanston, Ill.
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John L. Lotsch (1881-1967) —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.; Scranton, Lackawanna
County, Pa.
Born February
15, 1881.
Republican. Lawyer;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York 6th District, 1928.
Arrested
and indicted
in 1935 on federal charges
of taking
bribes while serving as a special master overseeing a patent
case; the case was dismissed in 1936, but he was immediately reindicted
on an extortion
charge;
that indictment was thrown out by the Court of Appeals. Charged
in 1938, with other officials of a defunct Brooklyn bank, with
conspiracy to violate federal banking
laws by accepting fees for granting loans; tried and
convicted
on three counts; sentenced
to serve one year in jail;
also disbarred.
Pleaded
guilty in 1939 to charges
that he bribed
federal judge Martin
T. Manton, and testified at the judge's bribery trial.
Died in 1967
(age about
86 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Robert Morss Lovett (1870-1956) —
of Lake Zurich, Lake
County, Ill.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., December
25, 1870.
Son of Augustus Sidney Lovett and Elizabeth (Russell) Lovett.
University
professor; novelist;
playwright;
secretary
of the U.S. Virgin Islands, 1939-43; Governor of
U.S. Virgin Islands, 1940-41; removed from
office as Secretary of the Virgin Islands, and barred
from federal employment, by action of the U.S. Congress in 1943, over
his ties to left-wing
and purportedly Communist
individuals and groups; the action was later struck down by the U.S.
Supreme Court as an unconstitutional bill of attainder, and he
received about $2,000 in salary owed to him.
Atheist.
Died, in St. Joseph's Hospital,
Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., February
8, 1956 (age 85 years, 45
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Isaac Low (1735-1791) —
of New York.
Born in Raritan Landing (now part of Piscataway), Middlesex
County, N.J., April 13,
1735.
Delegate
to Continental Congress from New York, 1774.
Was opposed to armed conflict with Great Britain; accused
of treason
and imprisoned;
his property was confiscated
through a bill of
attainder in 1779; moved to England in 1783.
Died in Cowes, Isle of Wight, England,
July
25, 1791 (age 56 years, 103
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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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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Donald Edgar Lukens (b. 1931) —
also known as Donald E. Lukens; Buz Lukens —
of Middletown, Butler
County, Ohio.
Born in Harveysburg, Warren
County, Ohio, February
11, 1931.
Son of William Arthur Lukens and Edith (Greene) Lukens.
Republican. U.S.
Representative from Ohio, 1967-71, 1987-90 (24th District
1967-71, 8th District 1987-90); member of Ohio state
senate, 1975.
Member, Sertoma;
Farm
Bureau; Delta
Chi; Order of
Ahepa; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Kiwanis;
Toastmasters.
Convicted
in 1989 on a misdemeanor charge of
contributing to the delinquency of a minor, by having sex
with a 16 year old girl; sentenced
to 30 days in jail. Indicted
in February 1995 on five counts of bribery
and conspiracy; a jury in October 1995 found him not guilty on three
counts but was unable to reach a verdict on the other two; a mistrial
was declared. Reindicted
in March 1996; tried and
convicted.
Still living as of 2009.
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Joseph P. Luna —
of Lodi, Bergen
County, N.J.
Democrat. Mayor of
Lodi, N.J., 1944-51; defeated, 1951; indicted
in 1951 on charges
of failure
to enforce gambling laws; the charges were dropped in 1955; recalled from
office as borough councilman in 1960.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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Richard George Luxford (1917-1986) —
also known as Richard G. Luxford —
of Littleton, Arapahoe
County, Colo.
Born in Colorado, March 20,
1917.
Son of George
Alfred Luxford and Maude (Robinson) Luxford.
Republican. Lawyer;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from Colorado 1st District, 1950; in 1981, his law
license was suspended
by the Colorado Supreme Court, over three counts of professional
misconduct involving the cashing of bad checks and failing to
repay loans from clients.
Member, Phi
Delta Phi.
Died in January, 1986
(age 68
years, 0 days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Caleb Lyon (1822-1875) —
of Lyonsdale, Lewis
County, N.Y.
Born in Lyonsdale, Lewis
County, N.Y., December
7, 1822.
Son of Caleb
Lyon (1784?-?).
Member of New York
state assembly from Lewis County, 1851; resigned 1851; member of
New
York state senate 21st District, 1851; U.S.
Representative from New York 23rd District, 1853-55; Governor of
Idaho Territory, 1864-66.
In 1866, an audit
revealed that he had embezzled
$46,418 in federal funds intended for the Nez Perce Indians, but he
was never convicted.
Died in Staten Island, Richmond
County, N.Y., September
8, 1875 (age 52 years, 275
days).
Interment at Green-Wood
Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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Matthew Lyon (1749-1822) —
of Eddyville, Lyon
County, Ky.
Born in County Wicklow, Ireland,
July
14, 1749.
Served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; member
of Vermont
state house of representatives, 1779-83; U.S.
Representative from Vermont 1st District, 1797-1801; member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1802; U.S.
Representative from Kentucky 1st District, 1803-11; defeated,
1810.
Convicted
and jailed in 1789 under the Sedition
Act.
Died in Spadra Bluff, Johnson
County, Ark., August 1,
1822 (age 73 years, 18
days).
Original interment at Spadra
Bluff Cemetery, Spadra Bluff, Ark.; reinterment in 1833 at Eddyville
Cemetery, Eddyville, Ky.
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