Very incomplete list!
in chronological order
| | 
William Harris Wharton (1802-1839) —
of Texas.
Born in Virginia, 1802.
Delegate
to Texas Convention of 1832 from District of Victoria, 1832; delegate
to Texas Convention of 1833 from District of Victoria, 1833; delegate
to Texas Consultation of 1835 from District of Columbia, 1835;
member of Texas
Republic Senate from District of Brazoria, 1836, 1837-39; died in
office 1839.
Killed when he accidentally shot
himself while dismounting from his horse,
near Hempstead, Waller
County, Tex., March
14, 1839 (age about 36
years).
Interment at Restwood
Memorial Park, Clute, Tex.
|
| |
Thomas Walker Gilmer (1802-1844) —
of Virginia.
Born in Gilmerton, Albemarle
County, Va., April 6,
1802.
Lawyer;
member of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1829-36, 1838-39; Speaker of
the Virginia State House of Delegates, 1838-39; Governor of
Virginia, 1840-41; U.S.
Representative from Virginia, 1841-44 (12th District 1841-43, 5th
District 1843-44); U.S.
Secretary of the Navy, 1844; died in office 1844.
Slaveowner.
Among those killed in the explosion
when a cannon
accidentally burst on
board the U.S.S. Princeton, on the Potomac River near Fort
Washington, Prince
George's County, Md., February
28, 1844 (age 41 years, 328
days).
Originally entombed at Congressional
Cemetery, Washington, D.C.; reinterment at a
private or family graveyard, Albemarle County, Va.
| |  |
Relatives: Son
of George Gilmer and Elizabeth Anderson (Hudson) Gilmer; married to
Anne Elizabeth Baker; nephew of Mildred Gilmer (who married William
Wirt); grandnephew of John
Walker and Francis
Walker; second cousin once removed of Meriwether
Lewis; second cousin twice removed of Aylett
Hawes; third cousin once removed of Robert
Brooke, George
Madison, Richard
Aylett Buckner, Richard
Hawes and Albert
Gallatin Hawes; third cousin twice removed of Hubbard
T. Smith; third cousin thrice removed of Archer
Woodford; fourth cousin of Zachary
Taylor, Francis
Taliaferro Helm, Aylette
Buckner, David
Shelby Walker and Aylett
Hawes Buckner; fourth cousin once removed of John
Strother Pendleton, Albert
Gallatin Pendleton, Charles
John Helm, Hubbard
Dozier Helm, James
David Walker, David
Shelby Walker Jr. and Harry
Bartow Hawes. |
| | | Political families: Walker-Meriwether-Kellogg
family of Virginia; Jackson-Lee
family; Demarest-Meriwether-Lewis
family of New Jersey; Harrison-Randolph-Marshall-Cabell
family of Virginia; Lee-Randolph
family; Walker-Helm-Lincoln-Brown
family of Kentucky; Washington-Walker
family of Virginia; Pendleton-Lee
family of Maryland; Clay
family of Kentucky; Lewis-Pollard
family of Texas (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | Gilmer County,
W.Va. is named for him. |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — National
Governors Association biography — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
|
| |
Abel Parker Upshur (1790-1844) —
of Virginia.
Born in Northampton
County, Va., June 17,
1790.
Lawyer;
member of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1812-13, 1824-27; state court judge in
Virginia, 1826-41; delegate
to Virginia state constitutional convention, 1829-30; U.S.
Secretary of the Navy, 1841-43; U.S.
Secretary of State, 1843-44; died in office 1844.
Episcopalian.
Among those killed in the explosion
when a cannon
accidentally burst on
board the U.S.S. Princeton, on the Potomac River near Fort
Washington, Prince
George's County, Md., February
28, 1844 (age 53 years, 256
days).
Originally entombed at Congressional
Cemetery, Washington, D.C.; reinterment in 1874 at Oak
Hill Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
|
| |
Virgil Maxcy (1785-1844) —
of Maryland.
Born in Attleboro, Bristol
County, Mass., May 5,
1785.
Lawyer;
member of Maryland
state executive council, 1815; member of Maryland
state house of delegates, 1820; member of Maryland
state senate, 1820; U.S. Charge d'Affaires to Belgium, 1837-42.
Among those killed in the explosion
when a cannon
accidentally burst on
board the U.S.S. Princeton, on the Potomac River near Fort
Washington, Prince
George's County, Md., February
28, 1844 (age 58 years, 299
days).
Originally entombed at Congressional
Cemetery, Washington, D.C.; reinterment at a
private or family graveyard, Anne Arundel County, Md.
|
| |
David Gardiner (1784-1844) —
of New York.
Born in East Hampton, Suffolk
County, Long Island, N.Y., May 29,
1784.
Member of New York
state senate 1st District, 1824-27.
Among those killed in the explosion
when a cannon
accidentally burst on
board the U.S.S. Princeton, on the Potomac River near Fort
Washington, Prince
George's County, Md., February
28, 1844 (age 59 years, 275
days).
Originally entombed at Congressional
Cemetery, Washington, D.C.; later interred at South
End Cemetery, East Hampton, Long Island, N.Y.
|
| |
Joseph Roffignac (1766-1846) —
also known as Louis Philippe Joseph de Rouffignac —
of New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La.
Born in Angoulême, France,
1766.
Fled
France in 1789 to escape the
guillotine, presumably over disloyalty
to the revolutionary regime; mayor
of New Orleans, La., 1820-28.
French
ancestry.
Suffered a stroke,
and dropped the gun he was holding, which accidentally
discharged, shooting
him in the head and killing him, in Périgueux, France,
1846
(age about
80 years).
Burial location unknown.
|
| |
George Nixon Briggs (1796-1861) —
also known as George N. Briggs —
of Lanesborough, Berkshire
County, Mass.
Born in Adams, Berkshire
County, Mass., April
12, 1796.
Lawyer;
Berkshire
County Register of Deeds, 1824-31; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts, 1831-43 (9th District 1831-33,
7th District 1833-43); Governor of
Massachusetts, 1844-51; defeated (American), 1859; common pleas
court judge in Massachusetts, 1851-56; delegate
to Massachusetts state constitutional convention, 1853.
Killed by the accidental discharge of a "fowling piece" (shotgun),
in Pittsfield, Berkshire
County, Mass., September
11, 1861 (age 65 years, 152
days).
Interment at Pittsfield
Cemetery, Pittsfield, Mass.
|
| |
Richardson A. Scurry (1811-1862) —
of Texas.
Born in Gallatin, Sumner
County, Tenn., November
11, 1811.
Democrat. Served in the Texas Army during the Texas War of
Independence; judge of Texas Republic, 1840-41; member of Texas
Republic House of Representatives, 1842-44; U.S.
Representative from Texas 1st District, 1851-53; general in the
Confederate Army during the Civil War.
Accidentally shot
himself in the foot while hunting,
in August 1854; the wound never healed and became infected;
though his leg was later amputated, he died as a result in Hempstead,
Waller
County, Tex., April 9,
1862 (age 50 years, 149
days).
Interment at Hempstead
Cemetery, Hempstead, Tex.
|
| |
Charles Tillinghast James (1805-1862) —
also known as Charles T. James —
of Providence, Providence
County, R.I.
Born in West Greenwich Center, West Greenwich, Kent
County, R.I., September
15, 1805.
U.S.
Senator from Rhode Island, 1851-57.
Died of wounds that he received from the accidental explosion
of a cannon
shell of his own manufacture, with which he was experimenting, at
Sag Harbor, Suffolk
County, Long Island, N.Y., October
17, 1862 (age 57 years, 32
days).
Interment at Swan
Point Cemetery, Providence, R.I.
|
| |
George M. Carhart (d. 1863) —
of California.
Member of California
state assembly 21st District, 1853-54.
Accidentally shot and
killed while sleeping in Skinner's Saloon,
Bannock, Beaverhead
County, Mont., May 17,
1863.
Burial location unknown.
|
| |
Williamson Robert Winfield Cobb (1807-1864) —
also known as Williamson R. W. Cobb —
of Bellefonte, Jackson
County, Ala.
Born in Rhea
County, Tenn., June 8,
1807.
Democrat. Member of Alabama
state house of representatives, 1845; U.S.
Representative from Alabama, 1847-61 (6th District 1847-53, 8th
District 1853-55, 6th District 1855-61); Representative
from Alabama in the Confederate Congress 3rd District; defeated,
1861; elected 1863.
Slaveowner.
Killed by the accidental discharge of his own pistol,
while putting up a fence on his plantation near Bellefonte, Jackson
County, Ala., November
1, 1864 (age 57 years, 146
days).
Interment a
private or family graveyard, Madison County, Ala.
|
| |
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.
|
| |
Claiborne Hooper Phillips (1847-1886) —
of Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn.
Born in 1847.
Mayor
of Nashville, Tenn., 1883-86.
Accidentally shot and
killed while on a hunting
trip, near Britton, Marshall
County, Dakota Territory (now S.Dak.), September
10, 1886 (age about 39
years).
Burial location unknown.
|
| |
Datus Ensign Coon (1831-1893) —
also known as Datus E. Coon —
of Osage, Mitchell
County, Iowa; Mason City, Cerro
Gordo County, Iowa; Selma, Dallas
County, Ala.; San Diego, San Diego
County, Calif.
Born in DeRuyter, Madison
County, N.Y., February
20, 1831.
Republican. Newspaper
publisher; colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War; delegate
to Alabama state constitutional convention, 1868; member of Alabama
state senate, 1870; member of Alabama
state house of representatives, 1870; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Alabama, 1872;
U.S. Commercial Agent (Consul) in Baracoa, 1879-85.
Accidentally shot,
and died soon after, in San Diego, San Diego
County, Calif., December
17, 1893 (age 62 years, 300
days).
Interment at Mt.
Hope Cemetery, San Diego, Calif.
|
| |
Alson Bailey Abbott (1844-1894) —
also known as Alson B. Abbott —
of Queensbury, Warren
County, N.Y.; Glens Falls, Warren
County, N.Y.
Born in Andover, Essex
County, Mass., November
3, 1844.
Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from Warren County, 1878; president, Canton Bridge
Company.
While cleaning a shotgun
for hunting,
it accidentally discharged, killing him, in Glens Falls, Warren
County, N.Y., August
27, 1894 (age 49 years, 297
days).
Interment at Pineview
Cemetery, Queensbury, N.Y.
| | |
Relatives: Son
of William F. Abbott and Sarah Job (Abbott) Abbott; married 1873 to Sarah
Morgan. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
|
| |
Horace Riverside Buck (1853-1897) —
also known as Horace R. Buck —
of Helena, Lewis and
Clark County, Mont.
Born in Yazoo
County, Miss., September
18, 1853.
Member
Montana territorial council, 1884; district judge in Montana 1st
District, 1891-96; justice of
Montana state supreme court, 1897; died in office 1897.
Died, from a self-inflicted
gunshot
(possibly a gun accident), in Helena, Lewis and
Clark County, Mont., December
6, 1897 (age 44 years, 79
days).
Interment at Forestvale
Cemetery, Helena, Mont.
|
| |
Athelston Gaston (1838-1907) —
of Meadville, Crawford
County, Pa.
Born in Castile, Wyoming
County, N.Y., April
24, 1838.
Democrat. Mayor
of Meadville, Pa., 1891; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 26th District, 1899-1901.
Accidentally hit by gunshot
while on a hunting
trip at Lake Edward, Quebec,
September
23, 1907 (age 69 years, 152
days).
Interment at Greendale
Cemetery, Meadville, Pa.
|
 |
Paul Oscar Adolph Husting (1866-1917) —
also known as Paul O. Husting —
of Mayville, Dodge
County, Wis.
Born in Fond du Lac, Fond du Lac
County, Wis., April
25, 1866.
Democrat. Lawyer; Dodge
County District Attorney, 1903-06; member of Wisconsin
state senate 13th District, 1907-14; U.S.
Senator from Wisconsin, 1915-17; died in office 1917; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Wisconsin, 1916
(member, Platform
and Resolutions Committee).
French,
Luxemburgian,
and Menominee
Indian ancestry.
Accidentally shot in
the back by his brother Gustave, when he stood up in his
boat while duck
hunting on Rush Lake, and died soon after in a nearby farmhouse,
near Pickett, Winnebago
County, Wis., October
21, 1917 (age 51 years, 179
days).
Interment at Graceland
Cemetery, Mayville, Wis.
|
| |
Leonard Pikaart (1866-1924) —
of Paterson, Passaic
County, N.J.
Born in Paterson, Passaic
County, N.J., July 19,
1866.
Republican. Carpenter;
architect;
lawyer;
member of New
Jersey state house of assembly from Passaic County, 1910-12.
Dutch
ancestry. Member, Grange;
Junior
Order.
While repairing a chicken coop, he was accidentally shot in
the heart, and killed, by a rifle held by 12-year-old Edward Kupetz,
in Hopewell Junction, Dutchess
County, N.Y., October
26, 1924 (age 58 years, 99
days).
Interment at Cedar
Lawn Cemetery, Paterson, N.J.
|
 |
Edward Frederick Peters (1875-1931) —
also known as Edward F. Peters —
of Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio.
Born in Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio, January
29, 1875.
Democrat. Lawyer; Vice-Consul
for Uruguay in Cincinnati,
Ohio, 1902-07; Vice-Consul
for Honduras in Cincinnati,
Ohio, 1903; served in the U.S. Army during World War I.
Member, American Bar
Association.
Accidentally or deliberately
shot
himself, in his law
office, in Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio, March 4,
1931 (age 56 years, 34
days).
Interment at Spring
Grove Cemetery, Cincinnati, Ohio.
| | |
Relatives: Son
of Adolph Peters and Eva (Stermer) Peters; married 1900 to Bertha
M. Rice. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Image source: Cincinnati Post, March 4,
1931 |
|
 |
Robert Lee Henry (1864-1931) —
also known as Robert L. Henry —
of Texarkana, Bowie
County, Tex.; Waco, McLennan
County, Tex.
Born in Linden, Cass
County, Tex., May 12,
1864.
Democrat. Lawyer; mayor
of Texarkana, Tex., 1890-91; U.S.
Representative from Texas, 1897-1917 (7th District 1897-1903, 1st
District 1903-05, 11th District 1905-17); delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Texas, 1912
(member, Committee
on Rules and Order of Business; speaker).
Died from the accidental discharge of a pistol,
in Houston, Harris
County, Tex., July 9,
1931 (age 67 years, 58
days).
Interment at Rose
Hill Cemetery, Texarkana, Tex.
|
| |
Edward Coke Mann (1880-1931) —
of South Carolina.
Born in Lowndesville, Abbeville
County, S.C., November
21, 1880.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from South Carolina 8th District, 1919-21.
While returning from a hunting
trip, was accidentally shot and
killed, near Rowesville, Orangeburg
County, S.C., November
11, 1931 (age 50 years, 355
days).
Interment at Sunnyside
Cemetery, Orangeburg, S.C.
|
 |
Melville Clyde Kelly (1883-1935) —
also known as M. Clyde Kelly; "Father of Air
Mail" —
of Edgewood, Allegheny
County, Pa.
Born in Bloomfield, Muskingum
County, Ohio, August
4, 1883.
Republican. Newspaper
editor and publisher; member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 1911-12; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania, 1913-15, 1917-35 (30th District
1913-15, 1917-23, 33rd District 1923-33, 31st District 1933-35).
Presbyterian.
Member, Sons of
the American Revolution; Odd
Fellows; Knights
of Pythias; Royal
Arcanum.
On returning from a frog
hunting trip, was injured when a rifle he
was cleaning accidentally fired; he died one week later, in a
hospital
at Punxsutawney, Jefferson
County, Pa., April
29, 1935 (age 51 years, 268
days).
Interment at Mahoning
Union Cemetery, Marchand, Pa.
|
 |
John William Brown (c.1867-1941) —
also known as John W. Brown —
of Worcester, Worcester
County, Mass.; Woolwich, Sagadahoc
County, Maine.
Born in Canada,
about 1867.
Socialist. Naturalized U.S. citizen; carpenter;
labor
organizer; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 3rd District, 1904; candidate
for Governor of
Massachusetts, 1907; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Maine 3rd District, 1910; newspaper
columnist.
Member, United
Mine Workers.
While working on his hunting
rifle, it accidentally discharged, and he died soon after,
in Woolwich, Sagadahoc
County, Maine, June 19,
1941 (age about 74
years).
Burial location unknown.
|
| |
Paul Ranous Greever (1891-1943) —
also known as Paul R. Greever —
of Wyoming.
Born in Lansing, Leavenworth
County, Kan., September
28, 1891.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer; mayor of
Cody, Wyo., 1930-32; U.S.
Representative from Wyoming at-large, 1935-39; defeated, 1938.
Killed accidentally, while cleaning his shotgun,
in Cody, Park
County, Wyo., February
16, 1943 (age 51 years, 141
days).
Interment at Riverside
Cemetery, Cody, Wyo.
|
| |
Clellan S. Forsythe (1895-1953) —
of Syracuse, Onondaga
County, N.Y.
Born in Houtzdale, Clearfield
County, Pa., March 6,
1895.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; automobile
dealer; member of New York
state assembly from Onondaga County 2nd District, 1945-48.
Presbyterian.
Member, American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Freemasons.
On a hunting
trip, he suffered a heart
attack while sitting in his
Jeep, holding a shotgun,
which accidentally discharged, hitting him in the chest and
killing him, on Fox Island, Cape Vincent, Jefferson
County, N.Y., September
18, 1953 (age 58 years, 196
days).
Burial location unknown.
|
|
|
![[Amazon.com]](https://politicalgraveyard.com/images/a150X70b.gif)