Very incomplete list!
in chronological order
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Robert Selden Rose (1774-1835) —
also known as Robert S. Rose —
of Seneca
County, N.Y.; Geneva, Ontario
County, N.Y.
Born in Amherst
County, Va., February
24, 1774.
Member of New York
state assembly from Seneca County, 1810-11, 1819-21; delegate
to New York state constitutional convention, 1821; U.S.
Representative from New York 26th District, 1823-27, 1829-31.
Slaveowner.
Died while attending a session of the circuit court, in
Waterloo, Seneca
County, N.Y., November
24, 1835 (age 61 years, 273
days).
Original interment at Old
Pulteney Street Cemetery (which no longer exists), Geneva, N.Y.;
reinterment in 1925 at Glenwood
Cemetery, Geneva, N.Y.
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Clement F. Dorsey (1778-1846) —
of Chaptico, St. Mary's
County, Md.
Born in Anne
Arundel County, Md., 1778.
Lawyer;
member of Maryland
state house of delegates, 1807-13, 1818-19, 1821-23; served in
the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; member of Maryland
state senate, 1816-18; U.S.
Representative from Maryland 1st District, 1825-31; district
judge in Maryland, 1832-46.
Slaveowner.
Died while holding court session, Port Tobacco, Charles
County, Md., August
8, 1846 (age about 68
years).
Interment at Summerseat Cemetery, Laurel Grove, Md.
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John D. Cummins (1791-1849) —
of New Philadelphia, Tuscarawas
County, Ohio.
Born in Pennsylvania, 1791.
Democrat. Lawyer; Tuscarawas
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1836-41; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 16th District, 1845-49.
Died while attending a session of the circuit court,
Milwaukee, Milwaukee
County, Wis., September
11, 1849 (age about 58
years).
Burial location unknown.
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Charles Gordon Atherton (1804-1853) —
also known as Charles G. Atherton; "Gag
Atherton"; "Shifty Atherton" —
of Nashua, Hillsborough
County, N.H.
Born in Amherst, Hillsborough
County, N.H., July 4,
1804.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of New
Hampshire state house of representatives, 1830, 1833-35; Speaker of
the New Hampshire State House of Representatives, 1833-35; U.S.
Representative from New Hampshire at-large, 1837-43; U.S.
Senator from New Hampshire, 1843-49, 1853; died in office 1853;
delegate
to New Hampshire state constitutional convention, 1850.
Suffered a stroke of
paralysis while attending court, and died soon after, in
Manchester, Hillsborough
County, N.H., November
15, 1853 (age 49 years, 134
days).
Interment at Nashua
Cemetery, Nashua, N.H.
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John Fryatt Snodgrass (1804-1854) —
also known as John F. Snodgrass —
of Parkersburg, Wood
County, Va. (now W.Va.).
Born in Berkeley
County, Va. (now W.Va.), March 2,
1804.
Democrat. Lawyer; delegate
to Virginia state constitutional convention, 1850-51; U.S.
Representative from Virginia 11th District, 1853-54; died in
office 1854.
Slaveowner.
Died suddenly, while arguing a case in court, in Parkersburg,
Wood
County, Va (now W.Va.), June 5,
1854 (age 50 years, 95
days).
Interment at Riverview
Cemetery, Parkersburg, W.Va.; cenotaph at Congressional
Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Willis Allen (1806-1859) —
of Marion, Williamson
County, Ill.
Born near Roanoke, Roanoke
County, Va., December
15, 1806.
Democrat. Member of Illinois
state house of representatives, 1838-40; candidate for
Presidential Elector for Illinois; member of Illinois
state senate, 1845-49; delegate
to Illinois state constitutional convention Williamson, Franklin
and Jackson counties, 1847; U.S.
Representative from Illinois, 1851-55 (2nd District 1851-53, 9th
District 1853-55); circuit judge in Illinois, 1859; died in office
1859.
Member, Freemasons.
Died while holding court in Harrisburg, Saline
County, Ill., April
15, 1859 (age 52 years, 121
days).
Interment at Marion
Cemetery, Marion, Ill.
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Thomas Dickens Arnold (1798-1870) —
of Tennessee.
Born in Spotsylvania
County, Va., May 3,
1798.
U.S.
Representative from Tennessee, 1831-33, 1841-43 (2nd District
1831-33, 1st District 1841-43).
Survived an assassination attempt against him, at the U.S. Capitol,
1833.
Slaveowner.
Died while attending court in Jonesborough, Washington
County, Tenn., May 26,
1870 (age 72 years, 23
days).
Interment at Oak
Grove Cemetery, Greeneville, Tenn.
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Clement Laird Vallandigham (1820-1871) —
also known as Clement L. Vallandigham —
of Ohio.
Born in New Lisbon (now Lisbon), Columbiana
County, Ohio, July 29,
1820.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Ohio
state house of representatives, 1845-46; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Ohio, 1856,
1864,
1868;
U.S.
Representative from Ohio 3rd District, 1858-63; defeated, 1852,
1854, 1862; candidate for Governor of
Ohio, 1863.
Leader of the pro-Southern "Copperheads" during the Civil War; arrested
by the Union military authorities in 1863 for treasonable
utterances, and banished
to the Confederate States; returned to the North by way of Canada.
Accidentally
shot
himself, while practicing a courtroom demonstration he planned
as part of a defense in a murder trial (not actually in court at the
time, contrary to legend), and died of his wound the next day, in the
Lebanon House hotel,
Lebanon, Warren
County, Ohio, June 17,
1871 (age 50 years, 323
days).
Interment at Woodland
Cemetery, Dayton, Ohio.
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Francis Burton Craige (1811-1875) —
also known as F. Burton Craige —
of Salisbury, Rowan
County, N.C.
Born near Salisbury, Rowan
County, N.C., March
13, 1811.
Democrat. Member of North
Carolina house of commons, 1832-34; U.S.
Representative from North Carolina 7th District, 1853-61; delegate
to North Carolina secession convention, 1861; Delegate
from North Carolina to the Confederate Provisional Congress,
1861-62.
Slaveowner.
Died suddenly while attending court in Concord, Cabarrus
County, N.C., December
30, 1875 (age 64 years, 292
days).
Interment at Old
English Cemetery, Salisbury, N.C.
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Charles Magill Conrad (1804-1878) —
of Louisiana.
Born in Winchester,
Va., December
24, 1804.
Lawyer;
fought a duel
and killed his opponent; member of Louisiana
state house of representatives, 1840-42; U.S.
Senator from Louisiana, 1842-43; delegate
to Louisiana state constitutional convention, 1844; U.S.
Representative from Louisiana 2nd District, 1849-50; U.S.
Secretary of War, 1850-53; Delegate
from Louisiana to the Confederate Provisional Congress, 1861-62;
Representative
from Louisiana in the Confederate Congress, 1862-65.
Slaveowner.
Suffered a stroke
while testifying in court, and died a few days later, in New
Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La., February
11, 1878 (age 73 years, 49
days).
Originally entombed at Girod
Street Cemetery (which no longer exists), New Orleans, La.;
re-entombed in 1957 at Hope
Mausoleum, New Orleans, La.
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Theodoric Romeyn Westbrook (1821-1885) —
also known as Theodoric R. Westbrook —
of Kingston, Ulster
County, N.Y.
Born in Fishkill, Dutchess
County, N.Y., November
20, 1821.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from New York 11th District, 1853-55; Justice of
New York Supreme Court 3rd District, 1874.
Died while holding court, in Troy, Rensselaer
County, N.Y., October
6, 1885 (age 63 years, 320
days).
Interment at Wiltwyck
Cemetery, Kingston, N.Y.
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Benjamin Franklin Butler (1818-1893) —
also known as Benjamin F. Butler; "The Bold and
Bilious Benjamin"; "Beast
Butler" —
of Lowell, Middlesex
County, Mass.
Born in Deerfield, Rockingham
County, N.H., November
5, 1818.
Lawyer;
member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1853; member of Massachusetts
state senate, 1859; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Massachusetts, 1860;
general in the Union Army during the Civil War; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts, 1867-75, 1877-79 (5th District
1867-73, 6th District 1873-75, 7th District 1877-79); defeated, 1874;
Governor
of Massachusetts, 1883-84; defeated, 1859 (Democratic), 1860
(Democratic), 1878 (Butler Democrat), 1879 (Butler Democrat), 1883
(Democratic); Greenback candidate for President
of the United States, 1884.
Died while attending court in Washington,
D.C., January
11, 1893 (age 74 years, 67
days).
Interment at Hildreth
Cemetery, Lowell, Mass.
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Augustus Hill Garland (1832-1899) —
also known as Augustus H. Garland —
of Little Rock, Pulaski
County, Ark.
Born in Tipton
County, Tenn., June 11,
1832.
Democrat. Lawyer;
candidate for Presidential Elector for Arkansas; delegate
to Arkansas secession convention, 1861; Delegate
from Arkansas to the Confederate Provisional Congress, 1861-62;
Representative
from Arkansas in the Confederate Congress 3rd District, 1862-64;
Senator
from Arkansas in the Confederate Congress, 1864-65; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Arkansas, 1868;
Governor
of Arkansas, 1874-77; U.S.
Senator from Arkansas, 1877-85; U.S.
Attorney General, 1885-89.
Slaveowner.
Died suddenly while arguing a case before the Supreme Court,
in the U.S.
Capitol Building, Washington,
D.C., January
26, 1899 (age 66 years, 229
days).
Interment at Mt.
Holly Cemetery, Little Rock, Ark.
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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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Frederick Manwell Calder (1861-1921) —
also known as Frederick M. Calder —
of Utica, Oneida
County, N.Y.
Born in New York Mills, Oneida
County, N.Y., March
20, 1861.
Republican. Lawyer; chair of
Oneida County Republican Party, 1891-92; Justice of
New York Supreme Court 5th District, 1921; died in office 1921.
Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows.
Died, from cerebral
apoplexy, while presiding in court, in Utica, Oneida
County, N.Y., January
17, 1921 (age 59 years, 303
days).
Interment at Forest
Hill Cemetery, Utica, N.Y.
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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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Harlan Fiske Stone (1872-1946) —
also known as Harlan F. Stone —
Born in Chesterfield, Cheshire
County, N.H., October
11, 1872.
Lawyer;
Dean of
Columbia University Law School; U.S.
Attorney General, 1924-25; Associate
Justice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1925-41; Chief
Justice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1941-46; died in office 1946.
Episcopalian.
Suffered a cerebral
hemorrhage, in court, while reading his dissent in the
case of Girouard v. United States, and died later that day, in
Washington,
D.C., April
22, 1946 (age 73 years, 193
days).
Interment at Rock
Creek Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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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
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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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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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Guy Axline (1898-1975) —
of Arizona.
Born September
4, 1898.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War I; lawyer;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from Arizona at-large, 1928.
Member, Rotary.
Died, of a coronary
infarction, in Navajo County Superior Court, Holbrook, Navajo
County, Ariz., November
17, 1975 (age 77 years, 74
days).
Interment at Holbrook
Cemetery, Holbrook, Ariz.
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