Very incomplete list!
in chronological order
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Joseph William Chinn (1866-1936) —
also known as Joseph W. Chinn —
of Warsaw, Richmond
County, Va.
Born in Tappahannock, Essex
County, Va., February
15, 1866.
Democrat. Lawyer; Richmond
County Commonwealth Attorney, 1891-1915; president, Northern Neck
State Bank,
Warsaw, Va., 1908-36; circuit judge in Virginia 12th Circuit,
1915-31; justice of
Virginia state supreme court, 1931-36; appointed 1931; died in
office 1936.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners.
Died, of emphysema, in Battle Creek, Calhoun
County, Mich., August
16, 1936 (age 70 years, 183
days).
Interment at St.
John's Episcopal Church Cemetery, Warsaw, Va.
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Orville Canada Bullington (1882-1956) —
also known as Orville Bullington —
of Wichita Falls, Wichita
County, Tex.
Born in Indian Springs, Vernon
County, Mo., February
10, 1882.
Republican. Lawyer;
president and chairman, Wichita Falls & Southern Railroad;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Texas, 1924
(member, Committee
on Rules and Order of Business), 1928
(member, Credentials
Committee), 1932,
1936
(member, Resolutions
Committee; speaker),
1940
(member, Resolutions
Committee), 1944,
1948;
candidate for Governor of
Texas, 1932; member of Texas
Republican State Committee, 1947-51; Texas
Republican state chair, 1951.
Member, American Bar
Association.
Died, from mesenteric
thrombosis while also suffering from emphysema, in Wichita
Falls, Wichita
County, Tex., November
24, 1956 (age 74 years, 288
days).
Entombed in mausoleum at Sparkman
Hillcrest Memorial Park, Dallas, Tex.
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Robert Ephram Abell (1887-1963) —
also known as Robert E. Abell —
of Chester, Chester
County, S.C.
Born in Chester
County, S.C., October
12, 1887.
Democrat. Surgeon;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from South Carolina, 1940.
Died, from a suspected coronary
occlusion, due to emphysema and pneumonia,
in Memorial Hospital,
Charlotte, Mecklenburg
County, N.C., March 9,
1963 (age 75 years, 148
days).
Interment at Evergreen
Cemetery, Chester, S.C.
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Relatives: Son
of Joshua L. Abell and Sophia (Erwin) Abell; married to Alice Hall
Glenn. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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John Smith Sample (1895-1963) —
also known as John S. Sample —
of Saco, Madison
County, Mo.; Jewett, Madison
County, Mo.; Mineral Point, Washington
County, Mo.
Born in Fredericktown, Madison
County, Mo., June 14,
1895.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; farmer; stockman;
member of Missouri
state house of representatives, 1941-48, 1954-58 (Madison County
1941-48, Washington County 1954-58); defeated, 1948; alternate
delegate to Republican National Convention from Missouri, 1948.
Member, Farm
Bureau; Freemasons.
Died, from cor
pulmonale, due to chronic emphysema and asthma,
in Bonne Terre Hospital,
Bonne Terre, St.
Francois County, Mo., May 31,
1963 (age 67 years, 351
days).
Interment at Marcus Memorial Cemetery, Fredericktown, Mo.
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Relatives: Son
of Ezekiel Alexander Sample and Ada Caroline (Smith) Sample; married
to Della Berry. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Charles Edward Creager (1873-1964) —
also known as Charles E. Creager —
of Muskogee, Muskogee
County, Okla.
Born near Dayton, Montgomery
County, Ohio, April
28, 1873.
Republican. U.S.
Representative from Oklahoma 3rd District, 1909-11.
Died, of emphysema, in Muskogee, Muskogee
County, Okla., January
11, 1964 (age 90 years, 258
days).
Interment at Greenhill
Cemetery, Muskogee, Okla.
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George Docking (1904-1964) —
of Lawrence, Douglas
County, Kan.
Born in Clay Center, Clay
County, Kan., February
23, 1904.
Democrat. Governor of
Kansas, 1957-61; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Kansas, 1960.
Died of respiratory emphysema in a hospital
at Kansas City, Wyandotte
County, Kan., January
20, 1964 (age 59 years, 331
days).
Interment at Highland
Park Cemetery, Kansas City, Kan.
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Harold Dunbar Cooley (1897-1974) —
also known as Harold D. Cooley —
of Nashville, Nash
County, N.C.
Born in Nashville, Nash
County, N.C., July 26,
1897.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; lawyer;
candidate for Presidential Elector for North Carolina; U.S.
Representative from North Carolina 4th District, 1934-67;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from North Carolina, 1964.
Baptist.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Judicature Society; Junior
Order; Phi
Delta Theta; Phi
Delta Phi.
Died of emphysema in Wilson, Wilson
County, N.C., January
15, 1974 (age 76 years, 173
days).
Interment at Forest
Hill Cemetery, Nashville, N.C.
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Alice Roosevelt Longworth (1884-1980) —
also known as Alice Lee Roosevelt; "Princess
Alice" —
of Washington,
D.C.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., February
12, 1884.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Ohio, 1936,
1940
(speaker);
newspaper
columnist.
Female.
Died, from pneumonia,
emphysema, and cardiac
arrest, in Washington,
D.C., February
20, 1980 (age 96 years, 8
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Rock
Creek Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Relatives:
Step-daughter of Edith
Roosevelt; daughter of Theodore
Roosevelt and Alice Hathaway (Lee) Roosevelt; half-sister of Theodore
Roosevelt Jr.; married, February
17, 1906, to Nicholas
Longworth; niece of Corinne
Roosevelt Robinson; grandniece of Robert
Barnwell Roosevelt; grandaunt of Susan
Roosevelt Weld; great-grandniece of James
I. Roosevelt; second great-grandniece of William
Bellinger Bulloch; third great-granddaughter of Archibald
Bulloch; first cousin of Theodore
Douglas Robinson, Eleanor
Roosevelt, Corinne
Robinson Alsop and William
Sheffield Cowles; first cousin once removed of James
Roosevelt, Elliott
Roosevelt, Corinne
A. Chubb, Franklin
Delano Roosevelt Jr. and John
deKoven Alsop; second cousin thrice removed of Philip
DePeyster; second cousin four times removed of Nicholas
Roosevelt Jr.. |
| | | Political families: Roosevelt
family of New York; Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin
family of Connecticut and New York; Monroe-Grayson-Roosevelt-Breckinridge
family of Virginia and Kentucky (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | See also Wikipedia article — NNDB
dossier — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Books about Alice Roosevelt Longworth:
Carol Felsenthal, Princess
Alice: The Life and Times of Alice Roosevelt
Longworth |
| | | Image source: Time magazine, February
7, 1927 |
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Leo Joseph Callanan (1900-1982) —
also known as Leo J. Callanan —
of Dorchester, Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.; Silver Spring, Montgomery
County, Md.
Born in South Boston, Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., January
18, 1900.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; Foreign Service officer;
U.S. Vice Consul in Genoa, 1924-26; Melbourne, 1926-27; Adelaide, 1926-29; Nassau, 1929-30; U.S. Consul in Port Said, as of 1931; Madras, as of 1932; Malaga, as of 1938; Oporto, as of 1940; Pernambuco, as of 1943; Victoria, as of 1947; U.S. Consul General in Hankow, as of 1949.
Catholic.
Irish
ancestry.
Died, from chronic emphysema, in Silver Spring, Montgomery
County, Md., January
5, 1982 (age 81 years, 352
days).
Interment at Gate
of Heaven Cemetery, Silver Spring, Md.
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Relatives: Son
of Edward John Callanan and Helena Clare (Murphy) Callanan; married,
February
20, 1935, to Helene English Bradley. |
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Horace Jeremiah Voorhis (1901-1984) —
also known as Jerry Voorhis —
of San Dimas, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Ottawa, Franklin
County, Kan., April 6,
1901.
Democrat. Candidate for California
state assembly, 1934; U.S.
Representative from California 12th District, 1937-47; defeated,
1946; delegate to Democratic National Convention from California, 1940.
Member, Americans
for Democratic Action.
Died, of emphysema, at Claremont Manor retirement
home, Claremont, Los Angeles
County, Calif., September
11, 1984 (age 83 years, 158
days).
Interment at Mountain
View Cemetery, Altadena, Calif.
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Lionel Cade (1918-1990) —
of Compton, Los
Angeles County, Calif.; Stockton, San
Joaquin County, Calif.
Born in Texas, August
14, 1918.
Accountant;
served in the U.S. Army during World War II; mayor
of Compton, Calif., 1977-81; defeated, 1973, 1981.
African
ancestry. Member, Rotary.
Died, while suffering from emphysema, April 3,
1990 (age 71 years, 232
days).
Interment at Forest
Lawn Memorial Park - Hollywood Hills, Los Angeles, Calif.
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Vincent Leonard Price Jr. (1911-1993) —
also known as Vincent Price —
Born in St.
Louis, Mo., May 27,
1911.
Democrat. Actor;
honored guest, Democratic National Convention,
1960.
Member, Alpha
Sigma Phi.
Died, from lung
cancer and emphysema, in Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., October
25, 1993 (age 82 years, 151
days).
Cremated;
ashes scattered in North Pacific Ocean.
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Relatives: Son
of Vincent Leonard Price, Sr. and Marguerite Cobb (Wilcox) Price;
married, April
23, 1938, to Edith Barrett; married, August
25, 1949, to Mary Grant; married, October
24, 1974, to Coral Browne. |
| | | See also Wikipedia
article — NNDB
dossier — Internet Movie Database
profile — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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George Leon Paul Weaver (1912-1995) —
also known as George L. P. Weaver —
of Washington,
D.C.
Born in Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa., May 8,
1912.
Democrat. Railroad
worker; director,
civil rights committee, CIO; executive
secretary, civil rights committee, AFL-CIO, 1955-58; assistant to
the president, International Union of Electrical, Radio and Machine
Workers; U.S. Assistant Secretary of Labor for International Affairs,
1961-69; special assistant to the Director-General, International
Labor Organization; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
District of Columbia, 1960,
1964.
African
ancestry.
Died, from complications of emphysema and asthma,
in George Washington University Hospital,
Washington,
D.C., July 14,
1995 (age 83 years, 67
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of George J. Weaver and Josephine (Snell) Weaver; married, September
7, 1941, to Mary F. Sullivan. |
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Coleman Alexander Young (1918-1997) —
also known as Coleman A. Young —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Tuscaloosa, Tuscaloosa
County, Ala., May 24,
1918.
Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; national
representative, UAW-CIO, 1946-47; director of
organization, Wayne County CIO Council, 1947-48; executive
secretary, National Negro Labor Council, 1951-55; candidate for
Michigan
state house of representatives, 1959, 1962 (Democratic primary);
delegate
to Michigan state constitutional convention from Wayne County 9th
District, 1961-62; member of Michigan
state senate 4th District, 1965-73; defeated (Progressive), 1948;
resigned 1973; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Michigan, 1968,
1972,
1976,
1980,
1984
(speaker),
1988
(speaker),
1996;
member of Democratic
National Committee from Michigan, 1969-81; mayor
of Detroit, Mich., 1974-94; candidate for Presidential Elector
for Michigan.
African
ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
NAACP.
Received the Spingarn
Medal in 1981.
Died, of emphysema, while hospitalized for heart
problems, at Sinai Hospital,
Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., November
29, 1997 (age 79 years, 189
days).
Interment at Elmwood
Cemetery, Detroit, Mich.
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Helen Cobb (c.1922-1999) —
of San Diego, San Diego
County, Calif.
Born in Wichita, Sedgwick
County, Kan., about 1922.
Candidate in primary for mayor
of San Diego, Calif., 1963.
Female.
Member, League of Women
Voters.
Indicted
in 1970 on bribery
conspiracy charges
in connection with the "Yellow Cab Scandal";
acquitted.
Died, from complications of emphysema and diabetes,
at Chase Medical
Center, El Cajon, San Diego
County, Calif., March 8,
1999 (age about 77
years).
Burial location unknown.
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Patricia Ruth Sher (c.1931-2001) —
also known as Patricia R. Sher; Patricia
Hesse —
of Silver Spring, Montgomery
County, Md.
Born in Washington,
D.C., about 1931.
Democrat. Member of Maryland
state house of delegates, 1979-90; member of Maryland
state senate, 1991-95; defeated in primary, 1994.
Female.
Died, of emphysema, in Holy Cross Hospital,
Silver Spring, Montgomery
County, Md., June 30,
2001 (age about 70
years).
Burial location unknown.
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Elizabeth Virginia Hallanan (1925-2004) —
also known as Elizabeth V. Hallanan —
of Charleston, Kanawha
County, W.Va.
Born in Charleston, Kanawha
County, W.Va., January
10, 1925.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Kanawha County, 1957;
defeated, 1954; resigned 1957; candidate for West
Virginia state senate 8th District, 1958; U.S.
District Judge for the Southern District of West Virginia,
1984-96.
Female.
Catholic.
Member, Pi Beta
Phi; American Bar
Association; Altrusa.
Died, from complications of emphysema, in Charleston, Kanawha
County, W.Va., June 8,
2004 (age 79 years, 150
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Frederick H. Hobbs (1934-2005) —
also known as Fred Hobbs —
of Pottsville, Schuylkill
County, Pa.
Born in Pottsville, Schuylkill
County, Pa., January
6, 1934.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Pennsylvania
state senate 29th District, 1967-76.
Presbyterian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Lions; Sons of
the American Revolution; Freemasons;
Amvets.
Died, of emphysema, in Pottsville Hospital,
Pottsville, Schuylkill
County, Pa., July 24,
2005 (age 71 years, 199
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Charles
Baber Cemetery, Pottsville, Pa.
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William Atchinson O'Neill (1930-2007) —
also known as William A. O'Neill —
of East Hampton, Middlesex
County, Conn.
Born in Hartford, Hartford
County, Conn., August
11, 1930.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Air Force during the Korean conflict; restaurant
owner; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives 52nd District; elected 1970; Governor of
Connecticut, 1980-91.
Died, from emphysema, in East Hampton, Middlesex
County, Conn., November
24, 2007 (age 77 years, 105
days).
Interment at Connecticut
State Veterans Cemetery, Middletown, Conn.
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Douglas Andrew Fraser (1916-2008) —
also known as Douglas A. Fraser; Doug
Fraser —
of Dearborn, Wayne
County, Mich.; Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Glasgow, Scotland,
December
18, 1916.
Democrat. Automobile
worker; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Michigan,
1960,
1968
(alternate), 1972,
1976;
president,
United Auto Workers, 1977-83.
Scottish
ancestry.
Died, from emphysema, in Providence Hospital,
Southfield, Oakland
County, Mich., February
23, 2008 (age 91 years, 67
days). His body was
donated to Wayne State University Medical School.
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William Frank Buckley Jr. (1925-2008) —
also known as William F. Buckley, Jr. —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Stamford, Fairfield
County, Conn.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., November
24, 1925.
Conservative. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; candidate
for mayor
of New York City, N.Y., 1965.
Catholic.
Irish
and Swiss
ancestry. Member, Skull
and Bones.
Leader of the conservative movement; founder and editor of
National Review magazine;
author
and lecturer; host of television
news show "Firing Line"; recipient of the Presidential
Medal of Freedom on November 18, 1991.
Died, probably of diabetes
and emphysema, in Stamford, Fairfield
County, Conn., February
27, 2008 (age 82 years, 95
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at St. Bernard Cemetery, Sharon, Conn.
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Relatives: Son
of William Frank Buckley, Sr. and Aloise (Steiner) Buckley; brother
of James
Lane Buckley and Patricia Lee Buckley (who married Leo
Brent Bozell); married 1950 to
Patricia Alden Austin Taylor. |
| | | Political family: Buckley
family of New York and Connecticut. |
| | | Cross-reference: Frederic
R. Coudert, Jr. |
| | | See also Wikipedia article — NNDB
dossier — Internet Movie Database
profile — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Books by William F. Buckley, Jr.: Getting
It Right (2003) — God
and Man at Yale : The Superstitions of 'Academic Freedom'
(1951) — Spytime
: The Undoing of James Jesus Angleton (2000) — Nearer,
My God : An Autobiography of Faith (1997) — The
Lexicon : A Cornucopia of Wonderful Words for the Inquisitive Word
Lover (1998) — Airborne
: A Sentimental Journey (1984) — In
Search of Anti-Semitism (1992) — Brothers
No More (1995) — Up
From Liberalism (1959) — The
Committee and its critics : a calm review of the House Committee on
Un-American Activities (1962) — Elvis
in the Morning (2001) — Execution
eve, and other contemporary ballads (1975) — Four
reforms : a guide for the seventies (1973) — Gratitude
: reflections on what we owe to our country (1990) —
Nuremberg
: the reckoning (2002) — Overdrive
: a personal documentary (1983) — United
Nations Journal : A Delegate's Odyssey (1974) — The
unmaking of a mayor (1966) — Ronald
Reagan: An American Hero (2001) — The
Reagan I Knew (2008) |
| | | Fiction by William F. Buckley, Jr.: Stained
Glass : A Blackford Oakes Novel — Marco
Polo, If You Can : A Blackford Oakes Mystery — Saving
the Queen : A Blackford Oakes Mystery — See
You Later, Alligator : A Blackford Oakes Mystery — Tucker's
Last Stand : A Blackford Oakes Mystery — Mongoose,
R.I.P. : A Blackford Oakes Mystery — A
Very Private Plot : A Blackford Oakes Mystery — High
Jinx : A Blackford Oakes Mystery — Who's
on First : A Blackford Oakes Mystery — The
Redhunter : a novel based on the life of Senator Joe
McCarthy |
| | | Books about William F. Buckley, Jr.:
John B. Judis, William
F. Buckley, Jr.: Patron Saint of the Conservatives —
Lee Edwards, William
F. Buckley Jr.: The Maker of a Movement — Carl T.
Bogus, Buckley:
William F. Buckley Jr. and the Rise of American
Conservatism |
| | | Critical books about William F. Buckley,
Jr.: David Miller, Chairman
Bill: A Biography of William F. Buckley, Jr. |
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Louis Gatewood Galbraith (1947-2012) —
also known as Gatewood Galbraith —
of Lexington, Fayette
County, Ky.
Born in Carlisle, Nicholas
County, Ky., January
23, 1947.
Lawyer;
candidate in Democratic primary for Kentucky
commissioner of agriculture, 1983; candidate for Governor of
Kentucky, 1991 (Democratic primary), 1995 (Democratic primary),
1995 (Independent), 1999 (Reform), 2007 (Democratic primary), 2011
(Independent); candidate for U.S.
Representative from Kentucky 6th District, 2000 (Reform), 2002
(Independent); Independent candidate for Kentucky
state attorney general, 2003.
Died, from emphysema, in Lexington, Fayette
County, Ky., January
3, 2012 (age 64 years, 345
days).
Burial location unknown.
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