Very incomplete list!
in chronological order
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Waightstill Avery (1741-1821) —
of Burke
County, N.C.
Born in Groton, New London
County, Conn., May 10,
1741.
Lawyer;
colonel in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; member
of North
Carolina house of commons, 1776, 1782-83, 1793; North
Carolina state attorney general, 1777-79; member of North
Carolina state senate, 1796.
Fought a pistol
duel with Andrew
Jackson in 1788; neither man was injured.
Died in the judge's
chambers at the Burke County Courthouse, Morganton, Burke
County, N.C., March
13, 1821 (age 79 years, 307
days).
Interment at Swan
Ponds Plantation Cemetery, Morganton, N.C.
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Relatives: Son
of Jerusha (Morgan) Avery and Humphrey Avery; married, October
3, 1778, to Leah Probart Franks; father of Elizabeth Avery (who
married William
Ballard Lenoir); grandfather of Isaac
Thomas Lenoir and William
Waigstill Avery; granduncle of Lorenzo
Burrows; first cousin four times removed of Horace
Billings Packer; second cousin once removed of Noyes
Barber; second cousin twice removed of Daniel
Packer, Asa
Packer, Edwin
Barber Morgan, Christopher
Morgan, Edwin
Denison Morgan and Alfred
Avery Burnham; second cousin thrice removed of Judson
B. Phelps, Morgan
Gardner Bulkeley, William
Henry Bulkeley, Robert
Asa Packer and William
Frederick Morgan Rowland; second cousin four times removed of Henry
Brewster Stanton, Jonathan
R. Herrick, Erskine
Mason Phelps and Spencer
Gale Frink; second cousin five times removed of D-Cady
Herrick, Herman
Arod Gager, Walter
Richmond Herrick and Burdette
Burt Bliss; third cousin twice removed of Nathan
Belcher, Samuel
Townsend Douglass, Silas
Hamilton Douglas and Joshua
Perkins; third cousin thrice removed of Charles
Phelps Huntington, George
Mortimer Beakes, George
Douglas Perkins, Chauncey
C. Pendleton, Daniel
Parrish Witter, Albert
Lemando Bingham, Cornelia
Cole Fairbanks, Llewellyn
James Barden and Henry
Woolsey Douglas. |
| | | Political family: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin
family of Connecticut and New York (subset of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | Avery County,
N.C. is named for him. |
| | | See also Wikipedia
article — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Thomas Marshall (1784-1835) —
Born in Richmond,
Va., July 21,
1784.
Delegate
to Virginia state constitutional convention, 1829.
During a storm,
he took shelter in the burned ruins of the Baltimore County
Courthouse, and was struck in the head by a brick dislodged by lightning;
he suffered a fractured skull, and died a week later, in Baltimore,
Md., June 29,
1835 (age 50 years, 343
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of John
Marshall and Mary Willis (Ambler) Marshall; brother of James
Keith Marshall; married, October
19, 1809, to Margaret W. Lewis; nephew of James
Markham Marshall and Alexander
Keith Marshall; grandson of Jacquelin
Ambler; great-grandnephew of Robert
Carter Nicholas (1729-1780); second great-grandnephew of Richard
Randolph; first cousin once removed of John
Augustine Marshall; first cousin twice removed of George
Nicholas, Wilson
Cary Nicholas, John
Nicholas, William
Marshall Bullitt and Alexander
Scott Bullitt; first cousin thrice removed of Richard
Bland, Peyton
Randolph (1721-1775) and Benjamin
Harrison (1726-1791); second cousin of William
Marshall Ambler; second cousin once removed of Thomas
Mann Randolph Jr., Peyton
Randolph (1779-1828) and Robert
Carter Nicholas (1787-1857); second cousin twice removed of Theodorick
Bland, Thomas
Jefferson, Edmund
Jenings Randolph, Beverley
Randolph, Carter
Bassett Harrison, William
Henry Harrison and John
Randolph of Roanoke; third cousin of Benjamin
Franklin Randolph, Meriwether
Lewis Randolph, Peter
Myndert Dox, George
Wythe Randolph and Edmund
Randolph; third cousin once removed of Henry
Lee, Charles
Lee, Burwell
Bassett, Edmund
Jennings Lee, Martha
Jefferson Randolph, Dabney
Carr, Henry
St. George Tucker, John
Scott Harrison, Thomas
Jefferson Coolidge, Edmund
Randolph Cocke and Harry
Bartow Hawes; third cousin twice removed of John
Gardner Coolidge and Francis
Beverley Biddle; fourth cousin of Francis
Wayles Eppes, Dabney
Smith Carr, Nathaniel
Beverly Tucker, Carter
Henry Harrison and Benjamin
Harrison (1833-1901); fourth cousin once removed of John
Wayles Eppes, Fitzhugh
Lee, Connally
Findlay Trigg, Russell
Benjamin Harrison, Carter
Henry Harrison II, Richard
Evelyn Byrd, Frederick
Madison Roberts and William
Welby Beverley. |
| | | Political families: Pendleton-Lee
family of Maryland; Lee-Randolph
family; Harrison-Randolph-Marshall-Cabell
family of Virginia; Blackburn-Slaughter-Buckner-Madison
family of Kentucky (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
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Damien Marchessault (1818-1868) —
also known as Damien Marchesseau —
of Los Angeles, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Saint-Antoine-sur-Richelieu, Quebec,
April
1, 1818.
Democrat. Mayor
of Los Angeles, Calif., 1859-60, 1861-65, 1867.
French
Canadian ancestry.
Died, from a self-inflicted
gunshot
wound, in the Council Room of Los Angeles City Hall, Los
Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., January
20, 1868 (age 49 years, 294
days).
Burial location unknown.
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James Buchanan Marcum (1858-1903) —
also known as J. B. Marcum —
of Kentucky.
Born January
9, 1858.
Republican. Kentucky
Republican state chair, 1903.
Shot
and killed,
by Curtis Jett and Tom White, at the behest of county judge James
H. Hargis, on the steps of the Breathitt County
Courthouse, Jackson, Breathitt
County, Ky., May 4,
1903 (age 45 years, 115
days).
Interment at Sewell
Cemetery, Jackson, Ky.
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James Noble Adam (1842-1912) —
also known as James N. Adam —
of Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y.
Born in Peebles, Scotland,
March
1, 1842.
Democrat. Dry goods
merchant; mayor
of Buffalo, N.Y., 1906-09.
Presbyterian.
Scottish
ancestry.
Suffered a stroke of
apoplexy, while visiting his successor's office
in Buffalo City Hall, and died the next day, in Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y., February
9, 1912 (age 69 years, 345
days).
Interment at St. Cuthbert's Churchyard, Edinburgh, Scotland.
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Herbert Porter Bissell (1856-1919) —
also known as Herbert P. Bissell —
of East Aurora, Erie
County, N.Y.; Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y.
Born in New London, Oneida
County, N.Y., August
30, 1856.
Democrat. Lawyer;
candidate for mayor
of Buffalo, N.Y., 1901; vice-president, Niagara Gorge Railroad;
also counsel to the Buffalo Traction
Co.; Justice of
New York Supreme Court 8th District, 1912-19; died in office 1919.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Sons of
the American Revolution; Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons; Knights
Templar.
While presiding at a trial, in court,
in the Niagara County Courthouse, he suffered a heart
attack and died, in Lockport, Niagara
County, N.Y., April
30, 1919 (age 62 years, 243
days).
Interment at Oakwood
Cemetery, East Aurora, N.Y.
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Lyman McCarl (1859-1920) —
of Quincy, Adams
County, Ill.
Born in Richfield Township, Adams
County, Ill., May 3,
1859.
Democrat. County judge in Illinois, 1910-20; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Illinois, 1916.
Unitarian.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
of Pythias; Elks.
Died from a stroke,
in his office
at the Adams County Courthouse, Quincy, Adams
County, Ill., April
13, 1920 (age 60 years, 346
days).
Interment at Woodland
Cemetery, Quincy, Ill.
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James Cowgill (1848-1922) —
also known as Jim Cowgill —
of Caldwell
County, Mo.; Kansas City, Jackson
County, Mo.
Born in Henry
County, Ind., April 2,
1848.
Democrat. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; farmer; stockman;
member of Missouri
state house of representatives from Caldwell County, 1891-92; Missouri
railroad and warehouse commissioner, 1893-97; Missouri
state treasurer, 1909-13; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Missouri, 1916;
Missouri
Democratic state chair, 1916; mayor
of Kansas City, Mo., 1918-22; died in office 1922.
Died suddenly, from a cerebral
hemorrhage, in his office
at City Hall, Kansas City, Jackson
County, Mo., January
20, 1922 (age 73 years, 293
days).
Interment at Elmwood
Cemetery, Kansas City, Mo.
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Relatives: Son
of William M. Cowgill and Roda Cowgill; married, September
22, 1867, to Ella Myers. |
| | | See also Wikipedia
article |
| | | Image source: Souvenir of the Missouri
Legislature 1897 |
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David Fulton Rice (1889-1929) —
of Centerville, Appanoose
County, Iowa.
Born near Exline, Appanoose
County, Iowa, September
13, 1889.
Democrat. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War I; member of Iowa
state house of representatives, 1925.
Methodist.
Member, Knights
of Pythias; Freemasons;
American
Legion.
Shot
and killed by
a disgruntled law client, George Domyancich, as he was leaving the
Appanoose County Courthouse, Centerville, Appanoose
County, Iowa, February
28, 1929 (age 39 years, 168
days).
Interment at Oakland
Cemetery, Centerville, Iowa.
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Joseph Weldon Bailey (1862-1929) —
also known as Joseph W. Bailey —
of Gainesville, Cooke
County, Tex.; Dallas, Dallas
County, Tex.
Born near Crystal Springs, Copiah
County, Miss., October
6, 1862.
Democrat. Lawyer;
candidate for Presidential Elector for Texas; U.S.
Representative from Texas 5th District, 1891-1901; U.S.
Senator from Texas, 1901-13; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Texas, 1904
(member, Platform
and Resolutions Committee); candidate for Governor of
Texas, 1920.
Died, from a coronary
embolism, in a courtroom
while defending a client, in the Grayson County Courthouse,
Sherman, Grayson
County, Tex., April
13, 1929 (age 66 years, 189
days).
Interment at Fairview
Cemetery, Gainesville, Tex.
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Motley H. Flint (1864-1930) —
of Los Angeles, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Somerville, Middlesex
County, Mass., February
19, 1864.
Republican. Postmaster at Los
Angeles, Calif., 1904-10; banker;
provided critical support for the Warner Brothers Movie
studio in its early years; one of the promoters of Julian
Petroleum Corporation, a Ponzi
scheme which collapsed in 1927; about 40,000 investors lost their
money; tainted by the scandal,
he moved to Europe for a time.
Member, Freemasons.
Called as a witness in a civil suit involving David
O. Selznick; after his testimony, as he returned to the audience
section of the courtroom,
in Los Angeles City Hall, he was shot and
killed
by Frank Keaton, in Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., July 14,
1930 (age 66 years, 145
days). Keaton, who had lost his money in Julian Petroleum, was
immediately arrested, and subsequently tried, convicted, and hanged.
Entombed in mausoleum at Forest
Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, Calif.
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John Stanley Addis (1889-1937) —
also known as John S. Addis —
of New Milford, Litchfield
County, Conn.
Born in New Milford, Litchfield
County, Conn., April 4,
1889.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from New Milford, 1911-16;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Connecticut, 1916
(member, Committee
to Notify Vice-Presidential Nominee); delegate
to Connecticut convention to ratify 21st amendment 32nd District,
1933; Connecticut
state treasurer, 1935-37; died in office 1937.
Member, Freemasons.
Died, from a heart
attack, in the town clerk's office,
New Milford Town Hall, New Milford, Litchfield
County, Conn., September
29, 1937 (age 48 years, 178
days).
Interment at Center
Cemetery, New Milford, Conn.
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Raymond L. Jaegers (1903-1946) —
of New Albany, Floyd
County, Ind.
Born in New Albany, Floyd
County, Ind., June 23,
1903.
Republican. Floyd
County Sheriff, 1939-42; mayor
of New Albany, Ind., 1943-46; died in office 1946.
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons;
Order of the
Eastern Star.
Died from a self-inflicted
gunshot,
in his City Hall office,
New Albany, Floyd
County, Ind., September
5, 1946 (age 43 years, 74
days).
Interment at Fairview
Cemetery, New Albany, Ind.
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Patrick F. Calpin (1872-1948) —
of Scranton, Lackawanna
County, Pa.
Born in Bellevue, Scranton, Lackawanna
County, Pa., March
25, 1872.
Democrat. Member of Pennsylvania
state senate 20th District, 1903-06; Lackawanna
County Sheriff; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 10th District, 1910.
Catholic.
Member, Friendly
Sons of St. Patrick; Ancient
Order of Hibernians; Elks.
Suffered a stroke at
Scranton City Hall, and died later the same day at State Hospital,
Scranton, Lackawanna
County, Pa., December
3, 1948 (age 76 years, 253
days).
Interment at Cathedral
Cemetery, Scranton, Pa.
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Relatives: Son
of Patrick M. Calpin. |
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Nathaniel John Holmberg (1878-1951) —
also known as N. J. Holmberg —
of Renville, Renville
County, Minn.
Born near Renville, Renville
County, Minn., July 24,
1878.
Republican. Farmer;
member of Minnesota
state house of representatives District 22, 1907-14; member of
Minnesota
state senate 23rd District, 1915-18; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Minnesota at-large, 1932; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Minnesota, 1934 (Republican), 1936 (Independent);
member of Minnesota
railroad and warehouse commission, 1941-47.
Lutheran.
Member, Freemasons.
Died, right after having given a speech
about city parks, in the City
Council Chambers, City Hall, St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn., June 13,
1951 (age 72 years, 324
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Allison D. Wade (1902-1954) —
of Warren, Warren
County, Pa.
Born in Warren, Warren
County, Pa., September
17, 1902.
Republican. District judge in Pennsylvania 37th District, 1942-54;
died in office 1954; alternate delegate to Republican National
Convention from Pennsylvania, 1944.
Shot
and killed in
his courtroom,
in the Warren County Courthouse, by Norman W. Moon, Warren, Warren
County, Pa., January
13, 1954 (age 51 years, 118
days). Moon, who attempted suicide at the time of his arrest,
believed the judge was involved with his ex-wife, and would
personally benefit from ordering payment of alimony. Moon was
convicted of first degree murder and sentenced to death; the sentence
was commuted to a mental institution by Gov. George
M. Leader, and then to life imprisonment.
Interment at Oakland
Cemetery, Warren, Pa.
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Relatives: Son
of Harrison Douglas Wade and Alice Cary (Jones) Wade; married to Ruth
Tillotson. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Wilburn Elmer Flannery (1904-1958) —
also known as W. E. 'Bill' Flannery —
of Man, Logan
County, W.Va.
Born in Jacobs, Carter
County, Ky., August
6, 1904.
Democrat. School teacher
and principal; lawyer;
member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Logan County, 1945-58;
died in office 1958; Speaker of
the West Virginia State House of Delegates, 1949-58; died in
office 1958.
Methodist.
Irish
ancestry.
Died, of a heart
attack, at the Logan County Courthouse, Logan, Logan
County, W.Va., March 7,
1958 (age 53 years, 213
days).
Interment at Highland
Memory Gardens, Godby, W.Va.
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Relatives: Son
of William H. Flannery and Mollie (Porter) Flannery; married 1932 to Mildred
Burton Davis. |
| | | Image source: West Virginia Blue Book
1951 |
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Paul Allen Wallace (1901-1958) —
also known as Paul A. Wallace —
of Wallace, Marlboro
County, S.C.
Born in Bennettsville, Marlboro
County, S.C., July 15,
1901.
Democrat. Member of South
Carolina state senate from Marlboro County, 1947-58; died in
office 1958; delegate to Democratic National Convention from South
Carolina, 1956.
On the night of the 1958 Democratic primary, he and others gathered
in the sheriff's office
at the Marlboro County Courthouse to hear election returns on
the radio; he had just learned he had won renomination, when Court
Clerk Henry A. Rogers entered the room and shot him
four times; he died
about twenty minutes later, in the emergency room of a nearby hospital,
in Bennettsville, Marlboro
County, S.C., June 10,
1958 (age 56 years, 330
days). On June 27, Rogers hanged himself in the South Carolina
state mental hospital.
Interment at Wallace Baptist Church Cemetery, Wallace, S.C.
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Bernard Austin (1896-1959) —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Russia,
1896.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; accountant;
lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from Kings County 4th District, 1935-59; died in
office 1959.
Jewish.
Member, American
Legion; Knights
of Pythias; Freemasons;
Elks; Federal
Bar Association.
After giving a short speech at the swearing-in
of City Court Justice Louis
B. Heller, he collapsed and died from a heart
attack, in the Central Courts Building, Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., January
6, 1959 (age about 62
years).
Interment at Beth-David
Cemetery, Elmont, Long Island, N.Y.
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Michael J. Montesano (c.1895-1961) —
of Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y.
Born about 1895.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer;
candidate for New York
state senate 48th District, 1930; Erie
County Surrogate, 1939-40; circuit judge in New York 8th
District, 1955-56; candidate for Justice of
New York Supreme Court 8th District, 1956; alternate delegate to
Democratic National Convention from New York, 1960.
Member, American
Legion.
Collapsed and died, apparently of a heart
attack, while appearing in a court
case in City Hall, Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y., August
24, 1961 (age about 66
years).
Burial location unknown.
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George Jackson Allen (1907-1964) —
also known as George J. Allen —
of Livingston, Park
County, Mont.
Born in Livingston, Park
County, Mont., October
7, 1907.
Lawyer;
member of Montana
state house of representatives, 1941; district judge in Montana
6th District, 1956-64; appointed 1956; died in office 1964.
Died, from a heart
attack, in the Park County Courthouse, Livingston, Park
County, Mont., December
18, 1964 (age 57 years, 72
days).
Interment at Mountain
View Cemetery, Livingston, Mont.
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Relatives: Son
of Elbert Fisher Allen and Faith Lenora (Jackson) Allen; married to
Doris May Ward. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Image source: Great Falls (Mont.)
Tribune, December 20, 1964 |
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David Scull (1917-1968) —
of Silver Spring, Montgomery
County, Md.
Born in Overbrook, Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., September
16, 1917.
Republican. Major in the U.S. Army during World War II; real estate
business; chair of
Montgomery County Republican Party, 1958-60; Maryland
Republican state chair, 1962-64; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Maryland at-large, 1964; member and chair,
Montgomery County Council, 1967-68.
Prominent civil rights advocate; successfully fought for a Montgomery
County law against racial discrimination in housing.
Suffered a heart
attack during the noon recess of a County
Council meeting, in the Montgomery County Building,
Rockville; never regained consciousness; died soon after in Suburban
Hospital,
Bethesda, Montgomery
County, Md., January
23, 1968 (age 50 years, 129
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Sandy Spring Friends Cemetery, Sandy Spring, Md.
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Francis Marion Bistline (1896-1969) —
also known as Francis M. Bistline; F. M.
Bistline —
of Pocatello, Bannock
County, Idaho.
Born in Ransom, Ness
County, Kan., March
25, 1896.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer;
member of Idaho
state house of representatives, 1937-47; Speaker of
the Idaho State House of Representatives, 1941-43; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Idaho, 1940,
1944
(member, Platform
and Resolutions Committee); member of Democratic
National Committee from Idaho, 1944-48.
Congregationalist.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Judicature Society; American
Legion; Forty and
Eight; Sons of
the American Revolution; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Lions;
Elks; Sigma
Nu; Phi
Alpha Delta.
While defending a client in a murder case, he suddenly collapsed and
died from a heart
attack, in the courtroom
at the Bingham County Courthouse, Blackfoot, Bingham
County, Idaho, January
20, 1969 (age 72 years, 301
days).
Interment at Mountain
View Cemetery, Pocatello, Idaho.
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George Richard Moscone (1929-1978) —
also known as George Moscone —
of San
Francisco, Calif.
Born in San
Francisco, Calif., November
24, 1929.
Democrat. Candidate for California
state assembly, 1960; member of California
state senate, 1966-75; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from California, 1968,
1972;
mayor
of San Francisco, Calif., 1976-78; died in office 1978.
Shot
and killed,
along with Supervisor Harvey Milk, by Supervisor Dan White, in his office
in San Francisco City Hall, San
Francisco, Calif., November
27, 1978 (age 49 years, 3
days).
Interment at Holy
Cross Catholic Cemetery, Colma, Calif.
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Gustav J. Akerland (1920-1981) —
of Annapolis, Anne
Arundel County, Md.
Born September
14, 1920.
Republican. Mayor
of Annapolis, Md., 1981.
A month after becoming acting mayor, he was found wounded by a self-inflicted
gunshot,
on the floor of his office
in the Annapolis municipal building, and died a few days later
without regaining consciousness, in Anne Arundel General Hospital,
Annapolis, Anne
Arundel County, Md., April
15, 1981 (age 60 years, 213
days).
Burial location unknown.
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David J. Dwork (c.1941-1997) —
of Mahwah, Bergen
County, N.J.
Born about 1941.
Mayor
of Mahwah, N.J., 1991-97; died in office 1997.
Shot
and killed
himself in his office
in the Town Hall, Mahwah, Bergen
County, N.J., August
18, 1997 (age about 56
years).
Burial location unknown.
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