Very incomplete list!
in chronological order
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Thomas Lynch Jr. (1749-1779) —
of South Carolina.
Born in South Carolina, August
5, 1749.
Member of South Carolina state legislature, 1776; Delegate
to Continental Congress from South Carolina, 1776; signer,
Declaration of Independence, 1776.
While on an ocean
voyage to France, was lost at
sea, in the North
Atlantic Ocean, 1779
(age about
29 years). His remains were not recovered.
Memorial monument at Constitution Gardens, Washington, D.C.
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James Carr (1777-1818) —
of Massachusetts.
Born in Bangor, Penobscot
County, Maine, September
9, 1777.
Member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1806-11; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 17th District, 1815-17.
Drowned
in the Ohio River, at Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky., August
24, 1818 (age 40 years, 349
days). His body was apparently not recovered.
Cenotaph at Mt.
Hope Cemetery, Bangor, Maine.
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William Johnson (1771-1834) —
of Charleston, Charleston District (now Charleston
County), S.C.
Born in Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C., December
27, 1771.
Member of South
Carolina state house of representatives from St. Philip & St.
Michael, 1787-90, 1794-99; common pleas court judge in South
Carolina, 1799-1800; Associate
Justice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1804-34.
Presbyterian.
Died in New York, New York
County, N.Y., August
4, 1834 (age 62 years, 220
days). His remains were apparently lost in transit.
Cenotaph at St.
Philip's Churchyard, Charleston, S.C.
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Oliver Hillhouse Prince (1782-1837) —
also known as Oliver H. Prince —
of Macon, Bibb
County, Ga.
Born in Montville, New London
County, Conn., 1782.
Member of Georgia
state senate, 1824; U.S.
Senator from Georgia, 1828-29.
Perished
in the wreck
of the packet ship Home, in the North
Atlantic Ocean off Ocracoke Inlet, N.C., October
9, 1837 (age about 55
years); his remains were never recovered.
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William Beatty Rochester (1789-1838) —
also known as William B. Rochester —
of Bath, Steuben
County, N.Y.
Born in Hagerstown, Washington
County, Md., January
29, 1789.
Democrat. Member of New York
state assembly from Allegany and Steuben counties, 1816-18; U.S.
Representative from New York, 1821-23 (20th District 1821-23,
28th District 1823); candidate for Governor of
New York, 1826.
One of 128 people who perished
on the the steam packet ship Pulaski, en route from Charleston
to Baltimore, when it suffered a boiler
explosion and sank in the
North
Atlantic Ocean off the coast of North Carolina, June 14,
1838 (age 49 years, 136
days); his remains were never recovered.
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John Adams Cameron (1788-1838) —
also known as John A. Cameron —
of Fayetteville, Cumberland
County, N.C.; Florida.
Born in Mecklenburg
County, Va., 1788.
Newspaper
editor; member of North
Carolina house of commons from Fayetteville, 1810-12, 1820; major
in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; U.S. Consul in Veracruz, 1831-32; U.S.
District Judge for Florida, 1832-38.
Member, Freemasons.
Perished
in the wreck
of the steamer Pulaski, off the coast of North Carolina,
in the North
Atlantic Ocean, June 14,
1838 (age about 49
years). His remains were probably not recovered.
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Archibald McNeill (d. 1849) —
of North Carolina.
Born in Moore
County, N.C.
Member of North
Carolina house of commons, 1808-09; member of North
Carolina state senate, 1811-13, 1820-21; U.S.
Representative from North Carolina 7th District, 1821-23, 1825-27.
Slaveowner.
In 1849
he was captain of about one hundred men traveling from Texas to
California; struck by a desert
sandstorm in what is now Arizona, he and most of the men were
killed; his remains were not recovered.
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John B. Macy (1799-1856) —
of Fond du Lac, Fond du
Lac County, Wis.
Born in Nantucket, Nantucket
County, Mass., March
25, 1799.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from Wisconsin 3rd District, 1853-55.
Lost his life in the burning and
sinking
of the steamer
Niagara, a few miles from Port Washington, Wisconsin, in Lake
Michigan, September
24, 1856 (age 57 years, 183
days). His remains were not found.
Cenotaph at Forest
Lawn Cemetery, Buffalo, N.Y.
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Stephen Clarendon Phillips (1801-1857) —
also known as Stephen C. Phillips —
of Massachusetts.
Born in Salem, Essex
County, Mass., November
4, 1801.
Member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1824-29; member of Massachusetts
state senate, 1830; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 2nd District, 1834-38; mayor of
Salem, Mass., 1838-42; Free Soil candidate for Governor of
Massachusetts, 1848, 1849.
He was among 253 passengers and crew who perished in the burning of
the steamship
Montreal, on the St. Lawrence River, near Quebec City, Quebec,
June
26, 1857 (age 55 years, 234
days). His remains were never recovered.
Cenotaph at Harmony
Grove Cemetery, Salem, Mass.
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James Hamilton Jr. (1786-1857) —
of Charleston, Charleston District (now Charleston
County), S.C.
Born in Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C., May 8,
1786.
Major in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; lawyer; intendant
of Charleston, South Carolina, 1821-22; member of South
Carolina state house of representatives, 1820; U.S.
Representative from South Carolina 2nd District, 1822-29; Governor of
South Carolina, 1830-32.
Slaveowner.
While en route from New Orleans to Galveston, through some mishap, was
drowned
in the Gulf of
Mexico, November
15, 1857 (age 71 years, 191
days). His remains were probably never found.
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Thomas Francis Meagher (1823-1867) —
of Montana.
Born in Ireland,
August
3, 1823.
General in the Union Army during the Civil War; secretary
of Montana Territory, 1865; Governor
of Montana Territory, 1865-66.
Fell from a steamboat
into the Missouri River and presumably drowned,
at Fort Benton, Chouteau
County, Mont., July 1,
1867 (age 43 years, 332
days). His body was never found.
Statue at State
Capitol Grounds, Helena, Mont.
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Rufus Wheeler Peckham (1809-1873) —
also known as Rufus W. Peckham —
of Albany, Albany
County, N.Y.
Born in Rensselaerville, Albany
County, N.Y., December
20, 1809.
Democrat. Lawyer; law
partner of Lyman
Tremain; U.S.
Representative from New York 14th District, 1853-55; Justice of
New York Supreme Court, 1861-69; judge of
New York Court of Appeals, 1870-73; died in office 1873.
Member, Kappa
Alpha Society.
En route to Europe on the steamer Ville du Havre, he was among
226 passengers and crew who perished
when the steamer collided
with the Scottish sailing vessel Loch Earn, and sank, in
the North
Atlantic Ocean, November
22, 1873 (age 63 years, 337
days). His remains were never found.
Cenotaph at Albany
Rural Cemetery, Menands, N.Y.
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Charles Hutchins Doolittle (1816-1874) —
also known as Charles H. Doolittle —
of Utica, Oneida
County, N.Y.
Born in Herkimer, Herkimer
County, N.Y., February
19, 1816.
Lawyer;
mayor
of Utica, N.Y., 1853; Justice of
New York Supreme Court 5th District, 1869-74; died in office 1874.
While sailing from New York to Europe on the steamer
Abyssinia, he was lost overboard and presumed drowned,
in North
Atlantic Ocean, May 21,
1874 (age 58 years, 91
days). His body was not recovered.
Cenotaph at Forest
Hill Cemetery, Utica, N.Y.
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Thomas Taylor Minor (1844-1889) —
also known as Thomas T. Minor —
of Port Townsend, Jefferson
County, Wash.; Seattle, King
County, Wash.
Born, of American parents, in Manepy, Ceylon (now Sri
Lanka), February
20, 1844.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; physician;
one of the founders of the Seattle, Lake Shore and Eastern Railroad;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Washington Territory,
1880;
mayor
of Port Townsend, Wash., 1880-83; mayor
of Seattle, Wash., 1887-88.
Member, Freemasons.
Last seen traveling by canoe to Whidbey Island, with others, on a duck huting
trip, and was never
heard from again; presumed drowned
in a watercraft
accident, in Puget
Sound, December
2, 1889 (age 45 years, 285
days). His canoe was recovered, but his remains were not
found.
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Relatives: Son
of Eastman Strong Minor and Judith (Manchester) Minor; married, August
20, 1872, to Sarah Montgomery; grandfather of Thomas
Minor Pelly. |
| | | Political family: Moriarty-Minor
family of Seattle, Washington. |
| | | The T.T. Minor School
(built 1890, demolished 1940, rebuilt 1941, closed 2010, renovated
and reopened 2016), in Seattle,
Washington, is named for
him. — Minor Avenue,
in Seattle,
Washington, is named for
him. |
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article — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Albert Jennings Fountain (1838-1896) —
also known as Albert J. Fountain; Albert
Jennings —
of El Paso, El Paso
County, Tex.; Mesilla, Dona Ana
County, N.M.
Born in Staten Island, Richmond
County, N.Y., October
23, 1838.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; U.S.
Collector of Customs at El Paso; Assessor and Collector of Internal
Revenue for the Western District of Texas; member of Texas
state senate, 1869-70; fought a duel
with Frank Williams, and killed him; lawyer.
Presumed murdered
near White Sands, Dona Ana
County, N.M., February
1, 1896 (age 57 years, 101
days). His body was never found.
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Relatives: Son
of Solomon Jennings and Catherine (de la Fontaine) Jennings; married
1862 to
Mariana Perez. |
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Rounsevelle Wildman (1864-1901) —
of California.
Born in Batavia, Genesee
County, N.Y., March
19, 1864.
U.S. Consul in Singapore, 1889-97; U.S. Consul General in Hong Kong, 1897-1901, died in office 1901.
En route from Hong Kong to San Francisco on the SS City of Rio de
Janeiro, he and his family were among 135 who perished
when the ship struck a reef in dense
fog, and quickly sank, in San
Francisco Bay, February
22, 1901 (age 36 years, 340
days); his remains were not found.
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William Walter Wedemeyer (1873-1913) —
also known as William W. Wedemeyer —
of Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich.
Born in Washtenaw
County, Mich., March
22, 1873.
Republican. Lawyer; law
partner of Martin
J. Cavanaugh, from 1896; U.S. Consul in Georgetown, 1905; member of Michigan
Republican State Central Committee, 1907; U.S.
Representative from Michigan 2nd District, 1911-13; defeated,
1912; died in office 1913.
German
ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Knights
of Pythias.
Accidentally drowned
in the harbor at Colón, Panama,
January
2, 1913 (age 39 years, 286
days); his remains were never recovered.
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Frederick Van Dyne (1861-1915) —
Born in Palmyra, Wayne
County, N.Y., November
24, 1861.
U.S. Consul in Kingston, 1907-09; Lyon, 1915, died in office 1915.
While a passenger on the steamship Sant'Anna, en route from
New York to Naples, he jumped
overboard and was presumed drowned,
in the North
Atlantic Ocean, April
21, 1915 (age 53 years, 148
days); his remains were not recovered.
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Robert Ney McNeely (1883-1915) —
also known as Robert McNeely —
of Monroe, Union
County, N.C.
Born in Union
County, N.C., November
12, 1883.
Lawyer;
member of North
Carolina state house of representatives, 1909-10; U.S. Consul in
Aden, 1915, died in office 1915.
While en route to Aden as a passenger on the British liner
Persia, he was one of 385 passengers and crew who perished
when the ship was hit by a German
torpedo, and sank, in
the Mediterranean
Sea, December
20, 1915 (age 32 years, 38
days). His body was apparently not recovered.
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Alfred Louis Moreau Gottschalk (1873-1918) —
also known as Alfred L. M. Gottschalk —
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., February
8, 1873.
Newspaper
correspondent; sugar grower;
U.S. Consul in Callao, 1903-05; U.S. Consul General in Callao, 1905-06; Mexico City, 1906-08; , 1908-11; Rio de Janeiro, 1916-18, died in office 1918.
Member, Delta
Kappa Epsilon.
While en route from Bahia, Brazil to Baltimore on the U.S. Navy ship
Cyclops, during World
War I, he was one of 306 sailors and passengers who perished
when the ship sank, in
the North
Atlantic Ocean, March, 1918
(age 45
years, 0 days). The wreckage was never found.
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Relatives: Son
of L. G. Gottschalk and Louise de L. (Boucher)
Gottschalk. |
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Carl Frederick Zeidler (1908-1942) —
also known as Carl Zeidler; "Singing Mayor";
"Boy Mayor" —
of Milwaukee, Milwaukee
County, Wis.
Born in Milwaukee, Milwaukee
County, Wis., January
4, 1908.
Mayor
of Milwaukee, Wis., 1940-42; resigned 1942; served in the U.S.
Navy during World War II.
Killed
when the munitions ship La
Salle was struck by torpedos, exploded,
and sank,
about 350 miles southeast of the Cape of Good Hope, in the Indian
Ocean, November
7, 1942 (age 34 years, 307
days); his remains were never found.
Cenotaph at Forest
Home Cemetery, Milwaukee, Wis.
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Thomas Hale Boggs, Sr. (1914-1972) —
also known as Hale Boggs —
of New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La.
Born in Long Beach, Harrison
County, Miss., February
15, 1914.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Louisiana 2nd District, 1941-43, 1947-72;
died in office 1972; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Louisiana, 1948,
1956,
1960,
1968;
Parliamentarian, 1964;
chair, Resolutions and Platform Committee, chair, 1968;
candidate for Governor of
Louisiana, 1952; Vice-Chair
of Democratic National Committee, 1957; member, President's
Commission on the Assassination of President KNDY, 1963-64.
Catholic.
Member, American
Legion; Amvets;
Catholic
War Veterans; Sons of
the American Revolution; Knights
of Columbus; American Bar
Association; American
Judicature Society; Phi
Beta Kappa; Beta
Theta Pi; Omicron
Delta Kappa.
Disappeared
while on a campaign
flight from Anchorage to Juneau, and presumed killed in a plane
crash, somewhere in Alaska, October
16, 1972 (age 58 years, 244
days). The wreckage was never found.
Cenotaph at Congressional
Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Relatives: Son
of William Robertson Boggs and Claire Josephine (Hale) Boggs;
married, January
22, 1938, to Corinne
Claiborne; father of Barbara
Boggs Sigmund, Thomas
Hale Boggs Jr. and Cokie Roberts. |
| | | Boggs Peak
in the Chugach Mountains, Anchorage,
Alaska, is named for
him. |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Wikipedia article — NNDB
dossier |
| | | Books about Thomas Hale Boggs: Gary
Boulard, The
Big Lie: Hale Boggs, Lucille May Grace, and Leander
Perez |
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Nicholas Joseph Begich (1932-1972) —
also known as Nick Begich —
of Anchorage,
Alaska.
Born in Eveleth, St. Louis
County, Minn., April 6,
1932.
Democrat. Member of Alaska
state senate, 1963-71; U.S.
Representative from Alaska at-large, 1971-72; died in office
1972; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Alaska, 1972.
Alaska
Native and Croatian
ancestry.
Disappeared
while on a campaign
flight from Anchorage to Juneau, and presumed killed in a plane
crash, somewhere in Alaska, October
16, 1972 (age 40 years, 193
days). The wreckage was never found.
Cenotaph at Congressional
Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Henry Endicott Stebbins (1905-1973) —
also known as Henry E. Stebbins —
of Milton, Norfolk
County, Mass.
Born in Milton, Norfolk
County, Mass., June 16,
1905.
Foreign Service officer; U.S. Ambassador to Nepal, 1959-66; Uganda, 1966-69.
Apparently fell from
the deck of the ocean liner Leonardo da Vinci, and drowned,
in the North
Atlantic Ocean, March
28, 1973 (age 67 years, 285
days). His body was apparently never found.
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Lawrence Patton McDonald (1935-1983) —
also known as Larry McDonald —
of Georgia.
Born in Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga., April 1,
1935.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from Georgia 7th District, 1975-83; died in office
1983.
Member, John
Birch Society.
Killed when the Korean
Airlines jet on which he was a passenger was shot down
by the Soviet military, over the Sea of
Japan, September
1, 1983 (age 48 years, 153
days). His remains were never recovered.
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