Very incomplete list!
in chronological order
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Albert Howell Horton (1837-1902) —
also known as Albert H. Horton —
of Atchison, Atchison
County, Kan.
Born in Brookfield, Madison
County, N.Y., March
12, 1837.
Republican. Lawyer;
candidate for Presidential Elector for Kansas; U.S.
Attorney for Kansas, 1869-73; member of Kansas
state house of representatives, 1873; member of Kansas
state senate; elected 1876; chief
justice of Kansas state supreme court, 1877-95; resigned 1895.
Died, from heart
disease and liver cancer, in Topeka, Shawnee
County, Kan., September
2, 1902 (age 65 years, 174
days).
Interment at Mt.
Vernon Cemetery, Atchison, Kan.
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James Kerr (1851-1908) —
of Clearfield, Clearfield
County, Pa.
Born in Reedsville, Mifflin
County, Pa., October
2, 1851.
Democrat. Coal
and lumber
business; Clearfield
County Prothonotary, 1880-83; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 28th District, 1889-91; delegate
to Democratic National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1900,
1904
(speaker);
member of Democratic
National Committee from Pennsylvania, 1908.
Died, following surgery for an liver cancer, in New Rochelle,
Westchester
County, N.Y., October
31, 1908 (age 57 years, 29
days).
Interment at Hillcrest
Cemetery, Clearfield, Pa.
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Lucian Dallas Woodruff (1845-1911) —
also known as Lucian D. Woodruff —
of Johnstown, Cambria
County, Pa.
Born in Landisburg, Perry
County, Pa., January
8, 1845.
Democrat. Printer;
newspaper
editor; member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 1879-82; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1884;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 20th District, 1892; postmaster
at Johnstown,
Pa., 1895-99; mayor
of Johnstown, Pa., 1899-1902; candidate for Presidential Elector
for Pennsylvania.
Died, from stomach
cancer and liver cancer, in Johnstown, Cambria
County, Pa., January
27, 1911 (age 66 years, 19
days).
Interment at Grandview
Cemetery, Southmont, Pa.
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Benjamin Dyer Manton (1829-1911) —
also known as Benjamin D. Manton —
of Providence, Providence
County, R.I.
Born in Providence, Providence
County, R.I., May 10,
1829.
U.S. Consul in Colonia, 1869-1906.
Died, from liver carcinoma, in Bridgetown, Barbados,
July
30, 1911 (age 82 years, 81
days).
Interment at Swan
Point Cemetery, Providence, R.I.
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Victor Ponet (1836-1914) —
of Sherman (now West Hollywood), Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Belgium,
1836.
Real
estate developer; Consular
Agent for Belgium in Los
Angeles, Calif., 1894-99; Vice-Consul
for Belgium in Los
Angeles, Calif., 1900-03.
Belgian
ancestry.
Died, from prostate
cancer and liver cancer, in Sherman (now West Hollywood),
Los
Angeles County, Calif., February
8, 1914 (age about 77
years).
Interment at Calvary
Cemetery, Los Angeles, Calif.
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Summit R. King (1846-1922) —
of Mason, Ingham
County, Mich.
Born in Rives Junction, Jackson
County, Mich., August
29, 1846.
Farmer;
contractor;
candidate for mayor of
Mason, Mich., 1905 (Prohibition), 1918 (People's).
Died, from liver cancer, in Fowlerville, Livingston
County, Mich., February
14, 1922 (age 75 years, 169
days).
Interment at Maple
Grove Cemetery, Mason, Mich.
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Relatives: Son
of Reuben Hurd King and Rebecca Emily (Smith) King; married 1868 to Ida E.
Coffey; married 1874 to Mattie
S. DuBois. |
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Samuel Danford Nicholson (1859-1923) —
also known as Samuel D. Nicholson —
of Leadville, Lake
County, Colo.
Born in Springfield, Prince
Edward Island, February
22, 1859.
Republican. President and general manager, Western Mining Co.;
director, Denver National Bank,
American National Bank
(Leadville, Colo.), First National Bank
(Monte Vista, Colo.); mayor
of Leadville, Colo., 1893-97; candidate for Governor of
Colorado, 1914, 1916; U.S.
Senator from Colorado, 1921-23; died in office 1923.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons;
Elks.
Died, from liver cancer, in Denver,
Colo., March
24, 1923 (age 64 years, 30
days).
Entombed at Fairmount
Cemetery, Denver, Colo.
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Charles Alexander Eggleton (1879-1936) —
also known as Charles A. Eggleton —
of Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky.
Born in Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky., May 15,
1879.
Tobacco
business; U.S. Vice Consul in Dakar, 1916-24.
Died, of liver cancer, in Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky., February
8, 1936 (age 56 years, 269
days).
Interment at Cave
Hill Cemetery, Louisville, Ky.
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Erastus Foster Post (1859-1937) —
also known as Erastus F. Post —
of Quogue, Suffolk
County, Long Island, N.Y.
Born in Quogue, Suffolk
County, Long Island, N.Y., July 3,
1859.
Farmer;
banker;
member of New York
state assembly from Suffolk County 1st District, 1896-98.
Died, from angina
pectoris and liver cancer, on board a train
near Rocky Mount, Edgecombe
County, N.C., March
30, 1937 (age 77 years, 270
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of George Oliver Post and Harriet (Foster) Post; married, November
12, 1885, to Anna Grace Foster; third cousin twice removed of Jotham
Post Jr.. |
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family of New York City, New York. |
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Addison Beecher Colvin (1858-1939) —
also known as Addison B. Colvin —
of Glens Falls, Warren
County, N.Y.
Born in Glens Falls, Warren
County, N.Y., December
15, 1858.
Republican. Newspaper
editor and publisher; New York
state treasurer, 1894-98; delegate to Republican National
Convention from New York, 1896.
Presbyterian.
Died, from liver cancer, in Glens Falls, Warren
County, N.Y., June 21,
1939 (age 80 years, 188
days).
Interment at Pineview
Cemetery, Glens Falls, N.Y.
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Ada Belle Mills Nale (1882-1947) —
also known as Ada Belle Mills —
of West Plains, Howell
County, Mo.; Atlanta, Macon
County, Mo.; Carrollton, Carroll
County, Mo.; Dutch Flat, Placer
County, Calif.
Born in Gallatin
County, Ill., October
6, 1882.
Democrat. School
teacher; postmaster;
member of Missouri
Democratic State Central Committee, 1920.
Female.
Died, of liver cancer, in Sutter Hospital,
Sacramento, Sacramento
County, Calif., March 4,
1947 (age 64 years, 149
days).
Interment at Sierra
View Memorial Patk, Marysville, Calif.
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Glenn Allan Abbey (1898-1962) —
also known as Glenn A. Abbey —
of Dodgeville, Iowa
County, Wis.
Born in Dodgeville, Iowa
County, Wis., June 11,
1898.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; Foreign Service officer;
U.S. Vice Consul in Johannesburg, 1928-31; U.S. Consul General in Salonika, 1949-51.
Died, from esophageal
cancer, with metastasis to the liver, in Santa Rosa Medical
Center, San Antonio, Bexar
County, Tex., January
28, 1962 (age 63 years, 231
days).
Interment at Mission
Burial Park South, San Antonio, Tex.
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John F. English (1926-1987) —
also known as Jack English —
of Syosset, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y.; Kismet, Suffolk
County, Long Island, N.Y.
Born in 1926.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; lawyer;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1960,
1964,
1980;
chair
of Nassau County Democratic Party, 1965.
Died, of liver cancer, in Mercy Hospital,
Rockville Centre, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y., November
7, 1987 (age about 61
years).
Burial location unknown.
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Fred Wolf Halstead (1927-1988) —
also known as Fred Halstead —
of New York; Los Angeles, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., April
21, 1927.
Socialist. Garment
cutter; anti-war organizer; Socialist Workers candidate for President
of the United States, 1968.
Died, of liver cancer, in Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., June 2,
1988 (age 61 years, 42
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Robert Emmet Lee (1912-1993) —
also known as Robert E. Lee —
of Illinois; Arlington, Arlington
County, Va.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., March
31, 1912.
Republican. FBI
special agent; member, Federal Communications Commission,
1953-81; chair, Federal Communications Commission, 1981.
Catholic.
Irish
ancestry.
Died, of liver cancer, in a hospital
at Arlington, Arlington
County, Va., April 5,
1993 (age 81 years, 5
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Patrick J. Lee and Delia (Ryan) Lee; married 1936 to Wilma
Rector. |
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John Francis Gerry (1925-1995) —
of New Jersey.
Born in Camden, Camden
County, N.J., November
17, 1925.
Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; superior court
judge in New Jersey, 1973-75; U.S.
District Judge for New Jersey, 1975-94.
Died, of liver cancer, in Moorestown, Burlington
County, N.J., March
10, 1995 (age 69 years, 113
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Francis P. Gerry and Grace (Hendrickson) Gerry; married to Jean
Elberson. |
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Hubert L. Will (1914-1995) —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born April
23, 1914.
Judge
of U.S. District Court, 1961-95; died in office 1995.
Died of liver cancer, in Oconomowoc, Waukesha
County, Wis., December
9, 1995 (age 81 years, 230
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Richard M. Matsuura (c.1933-1997) —
also known as Dickie Matsuura —
of Hilo, Island of Hawaii, Hawaii
County, Hawaii.
Born in Waialua, Island of Oahu, Honolulu
County, Hawaii, about 1933.
Democrat. Member of Hawaii
state house of representatives, 1983-84; member of Hawaii
state senate, 1985-97; resigned 1997.
Methodist.
Japanese
ancestry.
Died, of pancreatic
and liver cancer, in Hilo, Island of Hawaii, Hawaii
County, Hawaii, May 2,
1997 (age about 64
years).
Cremated.
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Rosemary R. Gunning (c.1905-1997) —
of Ridgewood, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., about 1905.
Member of New York
state assembly, 1969-75 (34th District 1969-72, 37th District
1973-75).
Female.
Died, of liver cancer, in Roslyn, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y., October
4, 1997 (age about 92
years).
Burial location unknown.
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Barbara Vickerman (1933-1997) —
also known as Barbara Lou Gilb —
of Minnesota.
Born in Tracy, Lyon
County, Minn., October
26, 1933.
Member of Minnesota
state house of representatives, 1993-97; died in office 1997.
Female.
Died of liver cancer, December
22, 1997 (age 64 years, 57
days).
Interment at Crestlawn
Memorial Gardens, Near Redwood Falls, Redwood County, Minn.
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Willard M. Munger (1911-1999) —
also known as Willard Munger; "Mr.
Environment" —
of Duluth, St. Louis
County, Minn.
Born in a log
house, Otter Tail
County, Minn., January
20, 1911.
Democrat. Member of Minnesota
state house of representatives, 1955-64, 1967-99 (District 59
1955-64, District 59-B 1967-72, District 7-A 1973-99); defeated,
1934, 1952; died in office 1999; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Minnesota, 1960;
candidate for Minnesota
state senate 59th District, 1964.
Served in the Minnesota House longer than anyone else in the state's
history.
Died, of liver cancer, in the hospice
unit of of St. Mary's Hospital, Duluth, St. Louis
County, Minn., July 11,
1999 (age 88 years, 172
days).
Interment at Oneota
Cemetery, Duluth, Minn.
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Ernest Palmer Jr. (c.1916-2000) —
of Fort Madison, Lee
County, Iowa.
Born in Evanston, Cook
County, Ill., about 1916.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; member of Iowa
state house of representatives from Lee County; elected 1950;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Iowa, 1952
(member, Committee
on Permanent Organization; speaker);
candidate for Governor of
Iowa, 1954.
Died of liver cancer, in Northfield, Cook
County, Ill., January
1, 2000 (age about 84
years).
Burial location unknown.
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Joan Finney (1925-2001) —
also known as Joan McInroy —
of Topeka, Shawnee
County, Kan.
Born in Topeka, Shawnee
County, Kan., February
12, 1925.
Candidate in Republican primary for U.S.
Representative from Kansas, 1972; Kansas
state treasurer, 1975-91; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Kansas, 1984,
2000;
Governor
of Kansas, 1991-95; candidate in Democratic primary for U.S.
Senator from Kansas, 1996.
Female.
Catholic.
Member, American
Legion Auxiliary.
First
woman governor of Kansas.
Died, from complications of liver cancer, in St. Francis Hospital
and Medical Center, Topeka, Shawnee
County, Kan., July 28,
2001 (age 76 years, 166
days).
Interment at Mt.
Calvary Cemetery, Topeka, Kan.
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Jack E. Legel (1936-2001) —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in 1936.
Democrat. Member of Michigan
state house of representatives 2nd District, 1975-80; defeated,
1966 (17th District), 1968 (17th District), 1970 (17th District),
1980 (2nd District), 1982 (3rd District), 1982 (1st District), 1984
(2nd District), 1986 (2nd District), 1992 (14th District); alternate
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Michigan, 1980;
candidate for Michigan
state senate 5th District, 1994.
Died, of liver cancer, in the Henry Ford Wyandotte Hospice,
Wyandotte, Wayne
County, Mich., November
14, 2001 (age about 65
years).
Interment at St.
Hedwig Cemetery, Dearborn Heights, Mich.
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Annette Noble Morgan (c.1938-2001) —
also known as Annette Morgan —
of Kansas City, Jackson
County, Mo.
Born in Kennett, Dunklin
County, Mo., about 1938.
Democrat. School
teacher; member of Missouri
state house of representatives 39th District, 1981-97.
Female.
Presbyterian.
Died, of liver cancer, in Research Medical
Center, Kansas City, Jackson
County, Mo., December
18, 2001 (age about 63
years).
Burial location unknown.
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Sam Solon (1931-2001) —
also known as "Senator Sam" —
of Duluth, St. Louis
County, Minn.
Born in Duluth, St. Louis
County, Minn., June 25,
1931.
Democrat. School
teacher; member of Minnesota
state house of representatives, 1971-72; member of Minnesota
state senate, 1973-2001; died in office 2001.
Eastern
Orthodox. Greek
ancestry.
Pleaded
guilty in 1995 to telecommunications fraud for letting his
ex-wife make $2,430 in calls on his State Senate telephone line; reprimanded
by the Senate in 1996.
Died, of liver cancer, in St. Mary's Medical
Center, Duluth, St. Louis
County, Minn., December
28, 2001 (age 70 years, 186
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Sedgwick William Green (1929-2002) —
also known as S. William Green; Bill Green —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., October
16, 1929.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly, 1965-68 (New York County 9th District 1965, 72nd
District 1966, 66th District 1967-68); U.S.
Representative from New York, 1978-93 (18th District 1978-83,
15th District 1983-93); defeated, 1968 (17th District), 1992 (14th
District); candidate for Governor of
New York, 1994.
Jewish.
Died, of liver cancer, at New York-Presbyterian Hospital,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., October
14, 2002 (age 72 years, 363
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Michael Everett (1948-2004) —
also known as Mike Everett —
of Marked Tree, Poinsett
County, Ark.
Born in Morton, Cross
County, Ark., 1948.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Arkansas
state senate, 1991-2002.
Methodist.
Member, Rotary.
Died, of liver cancer, at Marked Tree, Poinsett
County, Ark., September
15, 2004 (age about 56
years).
Burial location unknown.
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Daniel Baugh Brewster (1923-2007) —
also known as Daniel B. Brewster —
of Glyndon, Baltimore
County, Md.
Born in Baltimore
County, Md., November
23, 1923.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II; member
of Maryland
state house of delegates, 1951-58; U.S.
Representative from Maryland 2nd District, 1959-63; U.S.
Senator from Maryland, 1963-69; defeated, 1968; candidate for
Democratic nomination for President, 1964;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Maryland, 1964;
speaker, 1968.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Bar
Association.
Indicted
in 1969 on charges
of accepting
an illegal gratuity; after trial,
conviction,
and reversal, pleaded no
contest, 1975.
Died, of liver cancer, in Owings Mills, Baltimore
County, Md., August
19, 2007 (age 83 years, 269
days).
Interment at St.
Thomas Episcopal Church Cemetery, Owings Mills, Md.
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