Very incomplete list!
in chronological order
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John Harrington Farley (1846-1922) —
also known as John H. Farley; "Honest
John" —
of Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio.
Born in Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio, February
5, 1846.
Democrat. Wholesale
grocer; brass foundry
business; banker;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Ohio, 1880;
mayor
of Cleveland, Ohio, 1883-84, 1899-1900.
Irish
and German
ancestry.
Suffered a stroke
while riding in a
streetcar, and died soon after in an ambulance en route to
a hospital, in Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio, February
9, 1922 (age 76 years, 4
days).
Interment at Woodland
Cemetery, Cleveland, Ohio.
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John Alvin Lingo Jr. (1873-1925) —
also known as John A. Lingo —
of Rehoboth, Sussex
County, Del.
Born in 1873.
Republican. Merchant;
member of Delaware
state house of representatives from Sussex County 10th District,
1925; died in office 1925.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons.
Accidentally swallowed poisonous
Lysol disinfectant, and died en route to a hospital, in his doctor's
car, near Lewes, Sussex
County, Del., December
14, 1925 (age about 52
years).
Interment at Millsboro
Cemetery, Millsboro, Del.
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Alton Brooks Parker (1852-1926) —
also known as Alton B. Parker; "Parker the
Silent" —
of Kingston, Ulster
County, N.Y.; Esopus, Ulster
County, N.Y.
Born in Cortland, Cortland
County, N.Y., May 14,
1852.
Democrat. Lawyer; Ulster
County Surrogate, 1877-85; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from New York, 1884,
1908,
1912
(Temporary
Chair; chair, Committee
to Notify Vice-Presidential Nominee; speaker);
Justice
of New York Supreme Court 3rd District, 1885-97; chief
judge of New York Court of Appeals, 1897-1904; resigned 1904;
candidate for President
of the United States, 1904; law partner of William
F. Sheehan and Edward
W. Hatch, 1905-12.
Member, American Bar
Association.
Died, from heart
disease, while riding in his automobile through Central
Park, Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., May 10,
1926 (age 73 years, 361
days).
Interment at Wiltwyck
Cemetery, Kingston, N.Y.
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Walter Husted Jaycox (1863-1927) —
also known as Walter H. Jaycox —
of Patchogue, Suffolk
County, Long Island, N.Y.
Born in Wassaic, Dutchess
County, N.Y., September
3, 1863.
Republican. Lawyer; Suffolk
County District Attorney, 1893-99; Suffolk
County Judge, 1902-05; Justice of
New York Supreme Court 2nd District, 1906-27; appointed 1906;
died in office 1927; Justice of the Appellate Division of the New
York Supreme Court 2nd Department, 1921-27; died in office 1927.
Member, Elks; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Sons
of the Revolution.
Died, of heart
disease, en route to his home, in the automobile of
Justice Leander
B. Faber, in Hempstead, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y., February
3, 1927 (age 63 years, 153
days).
Interment at Cedar
Grove Cemetery, Patchogue, Long Island, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of Lorin R. Jaycox and Hannah A. (Darling) Jaycox; married, December
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William Newell Vaile (1876-1927) —
also known as William N. Vaile —
of Denver,
Colo.
Born in Kokomo, Howard
County, Ind., June 22,
1876.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War;
lawyer;
U.S.
Representative from Colorado 1st District, 1919-27; defeated,
1916; died in office 1927.
Congregationalist.
Member, Sigma
Alpha Epsilon; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners;
United
Spanish War Veterans.
Died, from heart
disease, while riding in an automobile in or near Rocky
Mountain National Park, Colorado, July 2,
1927 (age 51 years, 10
days).
Interment at Fairmount
Cemetery, Denver, Colo.
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John Warren Gordon (1857-1931) —
also known as John W. Gordon; "Honest
John" —
of Barre, Washington
County, Vt.
Born in Vershire, Orange
County, Vt., September
16, 1857.
Granite
business; lawyer;
delegate to Gold Democrat National Convention from Vermont, 1896; mayor of
Barre, Vt., 1896-1900; member of Vermont
state senate, 1911-12; member of Vermont
state house of representatives, 1923-24, 1929-30.
Universalist.
Member, Odd
Fellows.
Died suddenly, probably from a heart
attack, in his car, on Elm Street, Montpelier, Washington
County, Vt., October
26, 1931 (age 74 years, 40
days).
Interment at Hope Cemetery, Barre, Vt.
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Anton Josef Cermak (1873-1933) —
also known as Anton J. Cermak; "Pushcart
Tony" —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Kladno, Bohemia (now Czechia),
May
9, 1873.
Democrat. Member of Illinois
state house of representatives, 1910; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Illinois, 1924,
1928,
1932;
candidate for U.S.
Senator from Illinois, 1928; mayor
of Chicago, Ill., 1931-33; died in office 1933.
Bohemian
ancestry.
On February 15, 1933, while he was standing on the running board of
an open car from which president-elect Franklin
D. Roosevelt had just given a speech, was shot and
badly
wounded by Italian-American bricklayer Guiseppe Zangara, who had
aimed for Roosevelt; over the next month, the wound became infected,
and he died, in Jackson Memorial Hospital,
Miami, Dade County (now Miami-Dade
County), Fla., March 6,
1933 (age 59 years, 301
days).
Entombed at Bohemian
National Cemetery, Chicago, Ill.
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Jerome Taylor Congleton (1876-1936) —
also known as Jerome T. Congleton —
of Newark, Essex
County, N.J.
Born in Newark, Essex
County, N.J., August
25, 1876.
Republican. Lawyer; mayor of
Newark, N.J., 1928-33; delegate to Republican National Convention
from New Jersey, 1932.
Methodist
or Episcopalian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Elks.
Died, from a heart
attack, while sitting in his car, in Newark, Essex
County, N.J., December
10, 1936 (age 60 years, 107
days).
Interment at Evergreen
Cemetery, Hillside, N.J.
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Byron W. Austin (1887-1937) —
of Miami, Dade County (now Miami-Dade
County), Fla.; Danbury, Fairfield
County, Conn.
Born in Danbury, Fairfield
County, Conn., 1887.
Democrat. Elected mayor
of Danbury, Conn. 1937, but died before taking office.
Died, probably by suicide,
from carbon
monoxide poisoning, in his car, in the garage of his
hunting lodge, in New Fairfield, Fairfield
County, Conn., about April 1,
1937 (age about 49
years).
Interment at Wooster
Cemetery, Danbury, Conn.
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John Henry Roraback (1870-1937) —
also known as J. Henry Roraback —
of North Canaan, Litchfield
County, Conn.
Born in Sheffield, Berkshire
County, Mass., April 5,
1870.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Connecticut
Republican State Central Committee, 1901; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Connecticut, 1908,
1912,
1916,
1920,
1924
(speaker),
1928,
1932,
1936
(member, Arrangements
Committee); Connecticut
Republican state chair, 1912-37; member of Republican
National Committee from Connecticut, 1920-32; president,
Connecticut Light and
Power Co., 1925-37; Vice-Chair
of Republican National Committee, 1932-36.
With his health compromised and activities limited by a severe streptococcus
infection, he killed
himself by gunshot,
while sitting in his car near his hunting lodge, in Harwinton,
Litchfield
County, Conn., May 19,
1937 (age 67 years, 44
days).
Interment at Mountain View Cemetery, North Canaan, Conn.
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Edward Livingston Robertson (1876-1937) —
also known as Edward L. Robertson —
of Syracuse, Onondaga
County, N.Y.
Born in St.
Louis, Mo., September
23, 1876.
Republican. Lawyer; Justice of
New York Supreme Court 5th District, 1935-37; died in office 1937.
Episcopalian.
Member, Chi Phi.
Attended a Cornell v. Syracuse football
game, and died shortly afterwards, from a cerebral
hemorrhage, in his car, on the Cornell University campus,
in Ithaca, Tompkins
County, N.Y., October
16, 1937 (age 61 years, 23
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Presumably named
for: Edward
Livingston |
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Rebecca (Duane) Robertson; married to Elizabeth
Comstock. |
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Frederick A. Chapman (1878-1938) —
also known as Fred A. Chapman —
of Ionia, Ionia
County, Mich.
Born in Leeds, England,
October
16, 1878.
Republican. Furniture
manufacturer; business partner of Gov. Fred
W. Green; bank
director; co-founder (1915) and manager (1915-38) of the Ionia
Free Fair; mayor of
Ionia, Mich., 1927-31; defeated, 1931; delegate
to Michigan convention to ratify 21st amendment from Ionia
County, 1933; warden of Michigan Reformatory at Ionia, 1936-37.
Catholic.
Member, Knights
of Columbus.
Suffered from an incurable stomach
ailment; while in his car, parked in his home garage, he
killed
himself with a shotgun,
in Ionia, Ionia
County, Mich., October
18, 1938 (age 60 years, 2
days).
Interment at Sts. Peter and Paul Catholic Cemetery, Ionia, Mich.
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Thad S. Snell Jr. (1884-1941) —
of Ida Grove, Ida
County, Iowa.
Born in Ida Grove, Ida
County, Iowa, December
12, 1884.
Republican. Lawyer;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Iowa, 1916
(alternate), 1928
(member, Committee
on Rules and Order of Business).
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons.
Suffered a fatal heart
attack, while driving his car, in Ida Grove, Ida
County, Iowa, April
14, 1941 (age 56 years, 123
days).
Interment at Ida
Grove Cemetery, Ida Grove, Iowa.
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Michael J. Gillen (1884-1942) —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., 1884.
Democrat. Insurance
business; real estate
broker; member of New York
state assembly from Kings County 3rd District, 1926-42; died in
office 1942.
Member, Elks.
Died, of a heart
attack, in an automobile as he was leaving a dance, in
Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., February
1, 1942 (age about 57
years).
Burial location unknown.
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Warren Green Hooper (1904-1945) —
also known as Warren G. Hooper —
of Albion, Calhoun
County, Mich.
Born in Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., May 2,
1904.
Republican. Newspaper
reporter; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Calhoun County 1st District,
1939-44; member of Michigan
state senate 9th District, 1945; died in office 1945.
Episcopalian.
Member, Theta
Kappa Nu; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar.
During a grand jury investigation,
admitted
to taking
bribes and was given immunity
from prosecution in return for his testimony against others;
however, four days before the hearing, he was shot and
killed
in his car, alongside highway M-99, near Springport, Jackson
County, Mich., January
11, 1945 (age 40 years, 254
days).
Interment at Riverside
Cemetery, Albion, Mich.
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Edmund Arthur Ball (1894-1947) —
also known as E. Arthur Ball —
of Muncie, Delaware
County, Ind.; Westwood, Bergen
County, N.J.
Born in Muncie, Delaware
County, Ind., December, 1894.
Democrat. Vice-president of the Ball Brothers glass
container company; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Indiana, 1940.
Died, from a heart
seizure brought on by influenza,
while seated in his parked car at the municipal
airport, in Millville, Cumberland
County, N.J., April
16, 1947 (age 52 years, 0
days).
Entombed at Beech
Grove Cemetery, Muncie, Ind.
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Godfried Ernest Gettel (1871-1949) —
also known as Godfried Gettel —
of Sebewaing, Huron
County, Mich.
Born in Sebewaing, Huron
County, Mich., February
26, 1871.
Republican. Farmer; banker;
member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Huron County, 1915-18,
1921-22; member of Michigan
state senate 20th District, 1923-26; defeated in primary, 1926;
Huron
County Road Commissioner, 1930-42.
Brethren.
German
ancestry.
Suffered a stroke
while driving a tractor, and died ten days later, in
Sebewaing, Huron
County, Mich., October
13, 1949 (age 78 years, 229
days).
Interment at Memorial
Cemetery, Sebewaing, Mich.
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Eberly Paul Burkholder (1898-1950) —
also known as E. Paul Burkholder —
of Dover, Kent
County, Del.
Born in West Earl Township, Lancaster
County, Pa., February
5, 1898.
Republican. Superintendent
of schools; member of Delaware
state senate from Kent County 1st District, 1947-50; died in
office 1950.
Methodist.
Member, Rotary;
Odd
Fellows.
Died, from a coronary
occlusion, in his parked car, in Dover, Kent
County, Del., September
18, 1950 (age 52 years, 225
days).
Interment at Cedar Hill Cemetery, Ephrata, Pa.
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Relatives: Son
of Jacob L. Burkholder and Delia B. (Eberly)
Burkholder. |
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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.
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Albert Love Patterson (c.1891-1954) —
also known as Albert L. Patterson —
of Phenix City, Russell
County, Ala.
Born about 1891.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer;
member of Alabama
state senate, 1940; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Alabama, 1952;
elected Alabama
state attorney general 1954, but died before taking office.
Shot
and killed
in his car, by an unknown assailant, in Phenix City, Russell
County, Ala., June 18,
1954 (age about 63
years).
Burial location unknown.
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Leon M. Layden (1893-1955) —
of Whitehall, Washington
County, N.Y.
Born in West Pawlet, Pawlet, Rutland
County, Vt., December
17, 1893.
Democrat. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War I; Washington
County Surrogate, 1926-28; alternate delegate to Democratic
National Convention from New York, 1940;
Justice
of New York Supreme Court 4th District, 1941; defeated, 1932;
appointed 1941; defeated, 1941.
Catholic.
Member, Knights
of Columbus; Elks; American
Legion.
Suffered a heart
attack, and died in an ambulance, en route from Whitehall
to the Glens Falls hospital, in Washington
County, N.Y., February
8, 1955 (age 61 years, 53
days).
Interment at Our Lady of Angels Cemetery, Whitehall, N.Y.
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Warren Dale Byrum (1887-1956) —
also known as Warren D. Byrum —
of Leslie, Ingham
County, Mich.; Onondaga, Ingham
County, Mich.
Born in Onondaga Township, Ingham
County, Mich., October
19, 1887.
Republican. School
teacher; insurance
business; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Ingham County 2nd District,
1919-24.
Congregationalist.
Member, Freemasons;
Elks.
Died, from a heart
attack, while driving a pickup truck, near Leslie, Ingham
County, Mich., June 1,
1956 (age 68 years, 226
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Leslie, Mich.
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John Cashmore (1895-1961) —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., June 7,
1895.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; aide to the
general manager of the New York Edison Company electric
utility; furniture
manufacturer; business
executive; member of New York
state assembly from Kings County 5th District, 1923; defeated,
1923; member of New York
Democratic State Committee, 1938-44; borough
president of Brooklyn, New York, 1940-61; died in office 1961;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1948,
1952,
1956,
1960;
candidate for U.S.
Senator from New York, 1952.
Member, American
Legion.
Collapsed from a heart
attack, in his car, and died soon after, in New York, New York
County, N.Y., May 7,
1961 (age 65 years, 334
days).
Interment at Canarsie
Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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Raymond Harold Johnston (1906-1962) —
also known as Raymond H. Johnston; Ray
Johnston —
of Concordia, Cloud
County, Kan.
Born near Concordia, Cloud
County, Kan., June 23,
1906.
Grocer; automobile
dealer; mayor
of Concordia, Kan., 1950-51, 1952-54, 1956-57, 1959-60, 1962;
died in office 1962.
Member, Elks; Rotary.
Died, from a heart
attack, while in an ambulance en route to a hospital, in
Concordia, Cloud
County, Kan., November
12, 1962 (age 56 years, 142
days).
Interment at St. Concordia Cemetery, Concordia, Kan.
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John Fitzgerald Kennedy (1917-1963) —
also known as John F. Kennedy; "J.F.K.";
"Lancer" —
of Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.
Born in Brookline, Norfolk
County, Mass., May 29,
1917.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 11th District, 1947-53; U.S.
Senator from Massachusetts, 1953-60; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Massachusetts, 1956;
candidate for Democratic nomination for Vice President, 1956;
received a 1957 Pulitzer
Prize for his book Profiles in Courage; President
of the United States, 1961-63; died in office 1963.
Catholic.
Irish
ancestry. Member, Knights
of Columbus; American
Legion; Elks.
Kennedy was posthumously awarded the Presidential
Medal of Freedom in 1963.
Shot
by a sniper,
Lee Harvey Oswald, while riding in a motorcade, and died in
Parkland Hospital,
Dallas, Dallas
County, Tex., November
22, 1963 (age 46 years, 177
days). Oswald was shot and killed two days later by Jack Ruby.
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.; memorial monument at John
F. Kennedy Memorial Plaza, Dallas, Tex.
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Relatives: Son
of Joseph
Patrick Kennedy, Sr. and Rose (Fitzgerald) Kennedy;
step-brother-in-law of Nina Gore Auchincloss (who married Newton
Ivan Steers Jr.); brother of Joseph
Patrick Kennedy Jr., Eunice Mary Kennedy (who married Robert
Sargent Shriver Jr.), Patricia
Kennedy Lawford (who married Peter
Lawford), Robert
Francis Kennedy, Jean
Kennedy Smith and Edward
Moore Kennedy (who married Virginia
Joan Bennett); married, September
12, 1953, to Jaqueline
Lee Bouvier (step-daughter of Hugh
Dudley Auchincloss; step-sister of Eugene
Luther Gore Vidal Jr. and Hugh
Dudley Auchincloss III); father of John
Fitzgerald Kennedy Jr.; uncle of Maria Owings Shriver (who
married Arnold
Alois Schwarzenegger), Kathleen
Kennedy Townsend, Joseph
Patrick Kennedy II, Mark
Kennedy Shriver and Patrick
Joseph Kennedy (born 1967); grandson of Patrick
Joseph Kennedy (1858-1929) and John
Francis Fitzgerald. |
| | | Political family: Kennedy
family. |
| | | Cross-reference: John
B. Connally — Henry
B. Gonzalez — Henry
M. Wade — Walter
Rogers — Gerry
E. Studds — James
B. McCahey, Jr. — Mark
Dalton — Waggoner
Carr — Theodore
C. Sorensen — Pierre
Salinger — John
Bartlow Martin — Abraham
Davenport |
| | | The John F. Kennedy Memorial Bridge
(opened 1963), which carries southbound I-65 over the Ohio River from
Jeffersonville,
Indiana, to Louisville,
Kentucky, is named for
him. |
| | | Coins and currency: His portrait
appears on the U.S. half dollar coin. |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Wikipedia article — NNDB
dossier — Internet Movie Database
profile — Find-A-Grave
memorial — OurCampaigns
candidate detail |
| | | Books by John F. Kennedy: Profiles
in Courage (1956) |
| | | Books about John F. Kennedy:
Christopher Loviny & Vincent Touze, JFK
: Remembering Jack — Robert Dallek, An
Unfinished Life : John F. Kennedy, 1917-1963 — Michael
O'Brien, John
F. Kennedy : A Biography — Sean J. Savage, JFK,
LBJ, and the Democratic Party — Thurston Clarke, Ask
Not : The Inauguration of John F. Kennedy and the Speech That Changed
America — Thomas Reeves, A
Question of Character : A Life of John F. Kennedy —
Chris Matthews, Jack
Kennedy: Elusive Hero — Shelley Sommer, John
F. Kennedy : His Life and Legacy (for young
readers) |
| | | Critical books about John F. Kennedy:
Seymour Hersh, The
Dark Side of Camelot — Lance Morrow, The
Best Year of Their Lives: Kennedy, Johnson, and Nixon in 1948:
Learning the Secrets of Power — Victor Lasky, JFK:
the Man and the Myth |
| | | Image source: Warren Commission report
(via Wikipedia) |
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Cyrus Scott Kump (1908-1964) —
also known as Cyrus S. Kump —
of Elkins, Randolph
County, W.Va.
Born in Elkins, Randolph
County, W.Va., October
26, 1908.
Democrat. Lawyer; bank
director; served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; chair of
Randolph County Democratic Party, 1949-50; alternate delegate to
Democratic National Convention from West Virginia, 1952;
candidate for Governor of
West Virginia, 1952; candidate for U.S.
Representative from West Virginia 2nd District, 1956.
Presbyterian.
Member, American
Legion; Elks; Rotary.
Died, from suffocation
caused by angioedema,
in a car en route to a hospital, in Elkins, Randolph
County, W.Va., February
25, 1964 (age 55 years, 122
days).
Interment at Maplewood
Cemetery, Elkins, W.Va.
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George Lincoln Rockwell (1918-1967) —
of Arlington, Arlington
County, Va.
Born in Bloomington, McLean
County, Ill., March 9,
1918.
Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; served in the U.S. Navy
during the Korean conflict; founder, in 1959, of the National
Committee to Free America from Jewish
Domination (later known as the American Nazi
Party); arrested
at various demonstrations
during the 1960s; American Nazi candidate for Governor of
Virginia, 1965.
Shot
and killed by
a sniper, later identified as John Patler, while driving his
car in the parking lot of Dominion Hills Shopping
Center, Arlington, Arlington
County, Va., August
25, 1967 (age 49 years, 169
days); Patler was convicted of the murder and sentenced to 20
years in prison. Rockwell's funeral procession was not allowed into
Culpeper National Cemetery because of Nazi emblems worn by his
supporters.
Cremated.
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John Gordon Mein (1913-1968) —
of Maryland.
Born in Cadiz, Trigg
County, Ky., September
10, 1913.
Foreign Service officer; U.S. Ambassador to Guatemala, 1965-68, died in office 1968.
Shot
and killed by
terrorists who ambushed his limousine, in Guatemala City, Guatemala,
August
28, 1968 (age 54 years, 353
days).
Interment at Rock
Creek Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Inger Stevens (1934-1970) —
also known as Inger Stensland; "Kay
Palmer" —
Born in Stockholm, Sweden,
October
18, 1934.
Democrat. Actress;
honored guest, Democratic National Convention,
1960.
Female.
Swedish
ancestry.
Died, from acute
barbiturate poisoning, (later ruled to be suicide),
in the ambulance on the way to the hospital, in Los Angeles,
Los
Angeles County, Calif., April
30, 1970 (age 35 years, 194
days).
Cremated;
ashes scattered in North Pacific Ocean.
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Harry Ennis Mayhew (1906-1972) —
also known as Harry E. Mayhew —
of Milford, Kent
County, Del.
Born in Milford, Sussex
County, Del., April
16, 1906.
Democrat. Trucking
business; coal and
ice dealer; member of Delaware
state house of representatives from Kent County 10th District,
1955-58; Speaker of
the Delaware State House of Representatives, 1957-58; member of
Delaware
state senate from Kent County 5th District, 1959-62; alternate
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Delaware, 1960.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons; Tall
Cedars of Lebanon; Shriners;
Rotary.
Suffered a heart
attack while he and his wife were driving home from
Wilmington, and was dead on arrival at Kent General Hospital,
Dover, Kent
County, Del., July 21,
1972 (age 66 years, 96
days).
Interment at Odd
Fellows Cemetery, Milford, Del.
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Esther Warner (1891-1980) —
also known as Esther P. Anderson; Mrs. Charles J.
Warner —
of Waverly, Lancaster
County, Neb.
Born in Virginia, Cass
County, Ill., January
12, 1891.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Nebraska,
1956,
1960
(member, Resolutions
Committee).
Female.
Member, Order
of the Eastern Star; Grange.
Died, probably from a heart
attack, while in an ambulance en route to a hospital, in
Lancaster
County, Neb., April
18, 1980 (age 89 years, 97
days).
Interment at Bethlehem Cemetery, Lancaster County, Neb.
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Aris Tee Allen (1910-1991) —
also known as Aris T. Allen —
of Annapolis, Anne
Arundel County, Md.
Born in San Antonio, Bexar
County, Tex., December
27, 1910.
Republican. Physician;
member of Maryland
state house of delegates, 1967-74, 1991; died in office 1991;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Maryland, 1972
(delegation chair); Maryland
Republican state chair, 1977-79; candidate for Lieutenant
Governor of Maryland, 1978; member of Maryland
state senate 30th District, 1979-81.
African
Methodist Episcopal. African
ancestry. Member, Alpha
Phi Alpha; American Medical
Association; American
Legion; NAACP.
Following a diagnosis of cancer,
he died from a self-inflicted
gunshot,
in his parked rental car, in Annapolis, Anne
Arundel County, Md., February
5, 1991 (age 80 years, 40
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Tommy Burks (1940-1998) —
of near Monterey, Putnam
County, Tenn.
Born in Cookeville, Putnam
County, Tenn., May 22,
1940.
Farmer;
member of Tennessee
state house of representatives, 1971-78; member of Tennessee
state senate, 1979-98; died in office 1998.
Church
of Christ. Member, Lions; Farm
Bureau.
Shot
and killed in
his pickup truck by his opponent for re-election, Byron
Low Tax Looper, near Monterey, Cumberland
County, Tenn., October
19, 1998 (age 58 years, 150
days).
Interment at Crestlawn
Memorial Cemetery, Cookeville, Tenn.
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Iola Kelley Banks (1933-2002) —
also known as Iola Banks —
of Fairbanks, Fairbanks
North Star Borough, Alaska; Kenai, Kenai
Peninsula Borough, Alaska.
Born in Arcadia, Bienville
Parish, La., August
10, 1933.
Democrat. School
teacher; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Alaska,
1976,
1980,
2000.
Female.
Baptist
or Methodist.
Member, Delta
Kappa Gamma; Phi
Beta Kappa.
Died in the ambulance en route to a hospital, near Soldotna,
Kenai
Peninsula Borough, Alaska, June 26,
2002 (age 68 years, 320
days).
Interment somewhere
in Lexington, Ky.
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