Very incomplete list!
in chronological order
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Farrand Fassett Merrill (1814-1859) —
also known as Farrand F. Merrill; Ferrand Fassett
Merrill —
of Vermont.
Born in Montpelier, Washington
County, Vt., October
24, 1814.
Lawyer;
secretary
of state of Vermont, 1849-53; Washington
County State's Attorney, 1854-56; member of Vermont
state house of representatives, 1856-57.
Died, from a stroke or
heart
attack, in his law office, Montpelier, Washington
County, Vt., May 2,
1859 (age 44 years, 190
days).
Interment at Green
Mount Cemetery, Montpelier, Vt.
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Relatives: Son
of Timothy
Merrill and Clara (Fassett) Merrill; married to Eliza Wright;
nephew of Orsamus
Cook Merrill; fifth great-grandson of Thomas
Welles; second cousin once removed of Jason
Kellogg; second cousin twice removed of Aaron
Kellogg; third cousin of Silas
Dewey Kellogg and William
Sheffield Cowles (1846-1923); third cousin once removed of Charles
Kellogg (1773-1842), Daniel
Fiske Kellogg, William
Pitt Kellogg and William
Sheffield Cowles (1898-1986); third cousin twice removed of Josiah
Cowles, Thomas
Seymour, Moses
Seymour, Charles
Collins Kellogg and Henry
Theodore Kellogg; third cousin thrice removed of Irene
Ellis Murphy; fourth cousin of Luther
Walter Badger, Elisha
Hotchkiss Jr., Greene
Carrier Bronson, Chester
Ashley, Daniel
Kellogg (1791-1875), Alvan
Kellogg, Alvah
Nash, John
Russell Kellogg, Day
Otis Kellogg, Dwight
Kellogg, George
Smith Catlin, Albert
Gallatin Kellogg, Francis
William Kellogg, Ensign
Hosmer Kellogg and Charles
Kellogg (1839-1903); fourth cousin once removed of Daniel
Chapin, Abel
Merrill, Gaylord
Griswold, Jeremiah
Mason, Stephen
Daniel Tilden, Morris
Woodruff, Horatio
Seymour, Elisha
Phelps, Henry
Seymour, Oliver
Owen Forward, Daniel
Upson, Walter
Forward, Chauncey
Forward, Orlando
Kellogg, William
Dean Kellogg, Stephen
Wright Kellogg, George
Bradley Kellogg, Daniel
Kellogg (1835-1918), Arthur
Tappan Kellogg, Selah
Merrill, Rowland
Case Kellogg, Arthur
Burnham Woodford and Benjamin
Baker Merrill. |
| | | Political family: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin
family of Connecticut and New York (subset of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
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memorial |
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Harvey Myers (1828-1874) —
of Kentucky.
Born February
10, 1828.
Lawyer;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from Kentucky 6th District, 1872.
Shot
and killed by
Col. William G. Terrell, whose wife he had represented in a divorce
case, in the Stevenson & Myers law office, Greer Building,
Covington, Kenton
County, Ky., March
28, 1874 (age 46 years, 46
days).
Interment at Highland
Cemetery, Fort Mitchell, Ky.
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Frank B. Arnold (1839-1890) —
also known as Michael Edwards; Benjamin Franklin
Arnold —
of Unadilla, Otsego
County, N.Y.
Born in County Clare, Ireland,
March
29, 1839.
Republican. School
teacher; lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from Otsego County 2nd District, 1885-87; member
of New
York state senate 23rd District, 1888-89; candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York 24th District, 1890, 1890.
Irish
ancestry.
Died from a self-inflicted
gunshot,
in his law office, Unadilla, Otsego
County, N.Y., December
11, 1890 (age 51 years, 257
days).
Interment at St.
Matthew's Cemetery, Unadilla, N.Y.
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Frank Hatton (1846-1894) —
of Burlington, Des Moines
County, Iowa.
Born in Cambridge, Guernsey
County, Ohio, April
28, 1846.
Republican. Newspaper
editor; U.S.
Postmaster General, 1884-85.
Died, from a stroke,
in his office at the Washington Post, Washington,
D.C., April
30, 1894 (age 48 years, 2
days).
Interment at Rock
Creek Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Charles Henry Voorhis (1833-1896) —
also known as Charles H. Voorhis —
of New Jersey.
Born in Spring Valley (now Paramus), Bergen
County, N.J., March
13, 1833.
Republican. Lawyer; banker;
delegate to Republican National Convention from New Jersey, 1864;
U.S.
Representative from New Jersey 5th District, 1879-81.
Indicted
in 1881 for bank
fraud over his actions as president of two banks, which later
became insolvent; tried
and found not guilty.
Fearing oncoming total blindness, he died from a self-inflicted
gunshot,
in his office at the Davidson Building, Jersey City, Hudson
County, N.J., April
15, 1896 (age 63 years, 33
days).
Original interment at Bayview
- New York Bay Cemetery, Jersey City, N.J.; reinterment at Hackensack
Cemetery, Hackensack, N.J.
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Henrique J. Laidley (1828-1904) —
also known as Henrique Laidley; Henry
Laidley —
of San
Francisco, Calif.
Born in Portugal,
June
24, 1828.
Debt
collector; Vice-Consul
for Portugal in San
Francisco, Calif., 1870-1904.
English
and Portugese
ancestry.
Died, from a heart
attack, in his consular office, in San
Francisco, Calif., December
7, 1904 (age 76 years, 166
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at San
Francisco Columbarium, San Francisco, Calif.
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George Wallace Delamater (1849-1907) —
also known as George W. Delamater —
of Meadville, Crawford
County, Pa.
Born in Meadville, Crawford
County, Pa., March
31, 1849.
Republican. Lawyer; banker; mayor
of Meadville, Pa., 1877; chair of
Crawford County Republican Party, 1878; candidate for
Presidential Elector for Pennsylvania; member of Pennsylvania
state senate 50th District, 1887-90; candidate for Governor of
Pennsylvania, 1890.
Died from a self-inflicted
gunshot
wound, in his office at the Diamond Banking Building,
Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa., August
7, 1907 (age 58 years, 129
days).
Interment at Greendale
Cemetery, Meadville, Pa.
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Paul Charles Barth (1858-1907) —
also known as Paul C. Barth —
of Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky.
Born in Germany,
December, 1858.
Mayor
of Louisville, Ky., 1905-07; removed from
office over alleged vote
fraud, 1907.
Killed
himself by gunshot,
in the lavatory of his office, Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky., August
21, 1907 (age 48 years, 0
days).
Interment at St.
Louis Cemetery, Louisville, Ky.
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Harvey Watterson (1879-1908) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky., February
12, 1879.
Democrat. Lawyer;
candidate for New York
state assembly, 1906.
While trying to close a window in his law office, he fell
through the window to his death 110 feet below, in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., November
11, 1908 (age 29 years, 273
days).
Interment at Cave
Hill Cemetery, Louisville, Ky.
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William C. Mains (c.1872-1909) —
of Mt. Vernon, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born about 1872.
Republican. Lawyer;
crusader against saloons in Mt. Vernon, N.Y.; member of New York
state assembly from Westchester County 1st District, 1901.
Died, from a self-inflicted
gunshot
wound, in his office at Mt. Vernon, Westchester
County, N.Y., January
23, 1909 (age about 37
years).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Rev. George P. Mains. |
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Henry Bischoff Jr. (1852-1913) —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., August
16, 1852.
Common pleas court judge in New York, 1895; Justice of
New York Supreme Court 1st District, 1896-1913; died in office
1913.
German
ancestry.
While taking an ascending elevator
to his office in the Emigrants Industrial Savings Bank
Building, he got off at the wrong floor, and while trying to re-enter
the elevator, he hit his head on a door frame, smashing some glass,
and fell about
150 feet down the elevator shaft to his death, in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., March
28, 1913 (age 60 years, 224
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Bronx, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of Henry Bischoff and Amelia (Bolte) Bischoff; married to Annie
Louise Moshier. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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John Charles Sheehan (1848-1916) —
also known as John C. Sheehan —
of New York.
Born in Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y., August
5, 1848.
Democrat. Lawyer; New
York City Police
Commissioner, 1892; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
New York, 1896;
vice-president and director, Long Acre Electric
Light & Power Company.
Catholic.
Irish
ancestry. Member, Tammany
Hall; Knights
of Columbus.
Died, from heart
failure, in his law office, Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., February
9, 1916 (age 67 years, 188
days).
Interment at Holy
Sepulchre Cemetery, New Rochelle, N.Y.
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Owen Thomas Rouse (1843-1919) —
also known as Owen T. Rouse —
of Paris, Monroe
County, Mo.; Moberly, Randolph
County, Mo.; Tucson, Pima
County, Ariz.
Born in Florence, Boone
County, Ky., January
4, 1843.
Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; member of Missouri
state senate 7th District, 1881-84; U.S.
Attorney for Arizona, 1885-89.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar.
Suffered a stroke of
apoplexy in his law office, was found unconscious, and
died a few hours later, in Tucson, Pima
County, Ariz., September
9, 1919 (age 76 years, 248
days).
Interment at Evergreen
Memorial Park, Tucson, Ariz.
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Relatives: Son
of Joshua Rouse and Tulitha (Souther) Rouse; married to Louise
Mosely. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Nicholas Jay Paul (1841-1921) —
also known as Nicholas J. Paul —
of St. Paul, Howard
County, Neb.
Born in Meigs
County, Ohio, July 27,
1841.
Probate judge in Nebraska, 1872-75; member of Nebraska
state house of representatives, 1877; Howard
County Treasurer, 1880-83; banker.
Member, Freemasons.
Died, of apoplexy,
at his desk in his office, in St. Paul, Howard
County, Neb., July 18,
1921 (age 79 years, 356
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Eugene Foster (1860-1928) —
of Gladwin, Gladwin
County, Mich.
Born in Caroga town, Fulton
County, N.Y., August
8, 1860.
Republican. Newspaper
editor; chair of
Gladwin County Republican Party, 1892-1928; alternate delegate to
Republican National Convention from Michigan, 1896;
delegate
to Michigan state constitutional convention 28th District,
1907-08; member of Michigan
state senate 28th District, 1909-12.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Royal
Arch Masons; Order of the
Eastern Star; Knights
of Pythias; Foresters;
Woodmen.
Died, probably from heart
disease, in his office at the Gladwin County Record
newspaper, Gladwin, Gladwin
County, Mich., October
2, 1928 (age 68 years, 55
days).
Interment at Highland Cemetery, Gladwin, Mich.
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Clarence Elwyn Pitts (1876-1928) —
also known as Clarence E. Pitts —
of Oswego, Oswego
County, N.Y.; Stuart, Martin
County, Fla.
Born in New Jersey, March
27, 1876.
Lawyer;
New York Prohibition state chair, 1909-11; Prohibition candidate for
Justice
of New York Supreme Court 5th District, 1909, 1910, 1913;
Prohibition candidate for delegate
to New York state constitutional convention at-large, 1914; Florida
Republican state chair, 1927.
Died in his law office, Stuart, Martin
County, Fla., December
22, 1928 (age 52 years, 270
days).
Interment at Fernhill Memorial Gardens, Stuart, Fla.
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Relatives: Son
of Rev. Edwin Basil Pitts and Jennie Irene (Scouton) Pitts; married
1899 to
Pearle Stranahan. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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William M. Bennett (1869-1930) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn., July 11,
1869.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from New York County 15th District, 1908-10;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York 15th District, 1910; member of New York
state senate 18th District, 1915-16; defeated (Independence
League), 1912; candidate for Governor of
New York, 1916; Republican candidate for mayor
of New York City, N.Y., 1917, 1921 (primary), 1925 (primary);
candidate for Lieutenant
Governor of New York, 1918, 1920.
Suffered a stroke of
paralysis in his office, and died soon after in Broad
Street Hospital,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., January
16, 1930 (age 60 years, 189
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Edward Gallatin Roberts (1878-1931) —
also known as Gallatin Roberts —
of Asheville, Buncombe
County, N.C.
Born in Flat Creek, Buncombe
County, N.C., October
26, 1878.
Democrat. School
teacher; lawyer; Buncombe
County Attorney, 1907-08; member of North
Carolina state house of representatives from Buncombe County,
1911-16; mayor
of Asheville, N.C., 1919-23, 1927-30; as mayor, he found that
millions of dollars of city money were held in the failing Asheville
Central Bank and Trust Company; rather than bringing the bank down
and losing the money, he helped sustain it for a while by maintaining
city deposits there.
Presbyterian.
Member, Odd
Fellows.
Following the collapse of Central Bank and Trust, and the city's loss
of $4 million in deposits, he was forced to
resign as mayor, and later indicted
over his alleged misuse
of city funds to support the bank; shot and
killed
himself in an office lavatory, Asheville, Buncombe
County, N.C., February
25, 1931 (age 52 years, 122
days).
Interment at Green Hills Cemetery, Asheville, N.C.
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Relatives: Son
of Jacob R. Roberts and Mary Elizabeth (Buckner) Roberts; married, January
19, 1907, to Mary Altha Sams. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Image source: Knoxville News-Sentinel,
May 13, 1931 |
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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.
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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 |
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Homer Hancock (1881-1931) —
of Jefferson, Jackson
County, Ga.
Born in Georgia, August
6, 1881.
Banker;
mayor of Jefferson, Georgia; Jackson
County Superior Court Clerk, 1917-20; member of Georgia
state house of representatives, 1927-30; member of Georgia
state senate 33rd District, 1931.
Presbyterian.
Died, from a self-inflicted
gunshot,
in the directors room of the Citizens Bank and Trust Company,
Jackson
County, Ga., March
28, 1931 (age 49 years, 234
days).
Interment at Woodbine Jefferson City Cemetery, Jefferson, Ga.
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Samuel Austin Kendall (1859-1933) —
also known as Samuel A. Kendall —
of Jefferson, Greene
County, Iowa; Myersdale, Somerset
County, Pa.
Born in Greenville Township, Somerset
County, Pa., November
1, 1859.
Republican. School
teacher; superintendent
of schools; officer in lumber
manufacturing companies; president of two small railroads;
vice-president of Citizens National Bank of
Myersdale, Pa.; member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives from Somerset County, 1899-1902;
alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from
Pennsylvania, 1904,
1908,
1912;
U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania, 1919-33 (23rd District 1919-23,
24th District 1923-33); died in office 1933.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners.
Died of a self-inflicted
gunshot
wound, in the House Office Building, Washington,
D.C., January
8, 1933 (age 73 years, 68
days).
Interment at Hochstetler
Cemetery, Greenville Township, Somerset County, Pa.
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Victor James Dowling (1866-1934) —
also known as Victor J. Dowling —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., July 20,
1866.
Democrat. Lawyer; law
partner of William
Q. Titus, 1887-1901; member of New York
state assembly from New York County 16th District, 1894; member
of New
York state senate 18th District, 1901-04; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from New York, 1904;
Justice
of New York Supreme Court 1st District, 1905-31; resigned 1931;
Justice of the Appellate Division of the New York Supreme Court 1st
Department, 1911-31.
Catholic.
Irish
ancestry. Member, Tammany
Hall; Friendly
Sons of St. Patrick.
Stricken with a cerebral
hemorrhage in the office of the Interborough Rapid Transit
Company, and died soon after, in Harbor Sanitarium,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., March
23, 1934 (age 67 years, 246
days).
Interment at Gate
of Heaven Cemetery, Hawthorne, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of Denis Dowling and Eliza Fierlants (Faider) Dowling; married, June 16,
1891, to Mary Agnes Ford. |
| | | See also Wikipedia
article |
| | | Image source: New York Times, March 24,
1934 |
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John A. Reeve (1859-1935) —
of Burlington, Hartford
County, Conn.
Born in New Haven, New Haven
County, Conn., July 25,
1859.
Democrat. Farmer; lumber
business; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Burlington, 1887, 1929-30;
probate judge in Connecticut, 1890.
Died, in his office, in Burlington, Hartford
County, Conn., January
15, 1935 (age 75 years, 174
days).
Interment at Center Cemetery, Burlington, Conn.
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Relatives:
Married to Annie Laura Lovett. |
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Marion Anthony Zioncheck (1901-1936) —
also known as Marion A. Zioncheck —
of Seattle, King
County, Wash.
Born in Kety, Galicia, Poland,
December
5, 1901.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from Washington 1st District, 1933-36; died in
office 1936.
While running
for re-election, he jumped
from the window of his campaign office in the Arctic Building,
and fell to
his death, in Seattle, King
County, Wash., August
7, 1936 (age 34 years, 246
days).
Interment at Evergreen-Washelli
Memorial Park, Seattle, Wash.
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Julius S. Berg (1895-1938) —
of Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., July 15,
1895.
Democrat. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War I; injured in combat and lost a
leg; member of New York
state assembly from Bronx County 3rd District, 1923-30; member of
New
York state senate 22nd District, 1931-38; died in office 1938.
Jewish.
Member, American
Legion; Jewish
War Veterans; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Disabled
American Veterans; Freemasons;
Elks; Knights
of Pythias.
Indicted
on charges
of receiving
money for his aid in procuring
liquor licenses and arranging for concessions at the New York
World's Fair; that same day, he killed
himself by gunshot,
in his law office, Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., July 20,
1938 (age 43 years, 5
days).
Interment at Mt.
Ararat Cemetery, East Farmingdale, Long Island, N.Y.
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Eugene P. Booze (c.1880-1939) —
of Mound Bayou, Bolivar
County, Miss.
Born in Mississippi, about 1880.
Republican. Farmer;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Mississippi, 1920,
1924,
1928,
1932,
1936.
Shot
by an unknown assailant as he was leaving his office, and died the
next day in a hospital
at Greenville, Washington
County, Miss., November
7, 1939 (age about 59
years).
Burial location unknown.
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Herschel L. Carnahan (c.1879-1941) —
also known as H. L. Carnahan —
of Los Angeles, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Aledo, Mercer
County, Ill., about 1879.
Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from
California, 1920;
Lieutenant
Governor of California, 1928-31; candidate for Presidential
Elector for California.
Suffered a self-inflicted
gunshot
wound in the head, at his downtown law office and died
shortly afterward, at Georgia Street Receiving Hospital,
Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., March
13, 1941 (age about 62
years).
Entombed in mausoleum at Evergreen
Memorial Park, Riverside, Calif.
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Thaddeus Franklin Daniel (1900-1942) —
also known as T. Franklin Daniel —
of Lynchburg,
Va.
Born in Brunswick
County, Va., February
25, 1900.
Democrat. Member of Virginia
state house of delegates from Lynchburg city, 1934-42; died in
office 1942.
Methodist.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; Tau
Kappa Alpha.
Shot
and killed,
along with Lynchburg city attorney T. G. Hobbs, by Warren Guy Myers,
in his office, in Lynchburg,
Va., June 30,
1942 (age 42 years, 125
days). Myers was judged to be insane, committed to the
Southwestern State Hospital, and died in 1963.
Interment at Macedonia United Methodist Church Cemetery, Brunswick County,
Va.
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Christopher Daniel Sullivan (1870-1942) —
also known as Christopher D. Sullivan —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., July 14,
1870.
Democrat. Real estate
business; member of New York
state senate, 1907-16 (13th District 1907-08, 11th District
1909-16); delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York,
1916,
1924
(alternate), 1928,
1940;
U.S.
Representative from New York 13th District, 1917-41; leader of New
York County Democratic Party, 1940-41.
Catholic.
Irish
ancestry. Member, Tammany
Hall.
Died, of a heart
attack, in his office at the Second Assembly District
Tammany Club, in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., August
3, 1942 (age 72 years, 20
days).
Interment at Calvary
Cemetery, Woodside, Queens, N.Y.
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Joseph A. Boyle (c.1883-1948) —
of Stamford, Fairfield
County, Conn.
Born in Stamford, Fairfield
County, Conn., about 1883.
Democrat. Mayor
of Stamford, Conn., 1930-34; Stamford Commissioner of Finance,
1934-36; Stamford Tax Assessor, 1937-48.
Died, from a heart
attack, at his office desk, in Stamford, Fairfield
County, Conn., May 25,
1948 (age about 65
years).
Burial location unknown.
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James Everett Sanders (1882-1950) —
also known as Everett Sanders —
of Terre Haute, Vigo
County, Ind.
Born in a log
cabin near Coalmont, Clay
County, Ind., March 8,
1882.
Republican. School
teacher; lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Indiana 5th District, 1917-25; secretary to
President Calvin
Coolidge, 1925-29; Chairman
of Republican National Committee, 1932-34.
Baptist.
Member, Elks.
Died, from a heart
ailment, in his law office, in Washington,
D.C., May 12,
1950 (age 68 years, 65
days).
Interment at Highland
Lawn Cemetery, Terre Haute, Ind.
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George James Burke, Sr. (1885-1950) —
also known as George J. Burke —
of Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich.
Born in Northfield Township, Washtenaw
County, Mich., December
5, 1885.
Democrat. Lawyer; Washtenaw
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1911-14; law partner of Martin
J. Cavanaugh; president, Citizens Mutual Auto Insurance
Co.; counsel and director, International Radio Co.;
director, Ann Arbor Trust
Company, Farmers and Mechanics Bank,
Michigan Life
Insurance Co.; candidate for Michigan
state attorney general, 1916; candidate for Presidential Elector
for Michigan; candidate for justice of
Michigan state supreme court, 1923, 1926; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Michigan, 1944
(member, Platform
and Resolutions Committee); served as a judge in the Nuremburg
war crimes trials.
Catholic.
Member, Knights
of Columbus; Elks; Rotary.
Died, in his law office, Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich., October
3, 1950 (age 64 years, 302
days).
Interment at St.
Thomas Catholic Cemetery, Ann Arbor, Mich.
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Charles Walter Tillett Jr. (1888-1952) —
also known as Charles W. Tillett, Jr. —
of Charlotte, Mecklenburg
County, N.C.
Born in Mangum, Richmond
County, N.C., February
6, 1888.
Democrat. Lawyer;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from North Carolina, 1928
(alternate), 1944.
Presbyterian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Phi
Beta Kappa; Sigma
Alpha Epsilon.
Major proponent of the United Nations.
While suffering from depression, he jumped
from the eighth floor of an office building, and fell to
his death, in Charlotte, Mecklenburg
County, N.C., December
23, 1952 (age 64 years, 321
days).
Interment at Elmwood
Cemetery, Charlotte, N.C.
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Guy Kurtz Bard (1895-1953) —
also known as Guy K. Bard —
of Lancaster, Lancaster
County, Pa.; Denver, Lancaster
County, Pa.; Ephrata, Lancaster
County, Pa.
Born in Lincoln, Lancaster
County, Pa., October
24, 1895.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer; chair of
Lancaster County Democratic Party, 1925-34; candidate for Lieutenant
Governor of Pennsylvania, 1930; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Pennsylvania, 1932;
U.S.
Attorney for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, 1937; Pennsylvania
state attorney general, 1938-39; U.S.
District Judge for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, 1939-52;
resigned 1952; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Pennsylvania, 1952.
Lutheran.
Member, American
Judicature Society; American
Legion; Freemasons;
Elks; Moose; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; American Bar
Association; American
Academy of Political and Social Science; Phi
Kappa Tau; Delta
Theta Phi.
Collapsed, probably from a heart
attack, in his law office, and died en route to Jefferson
Hospital,
Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., November
23, 1953 (age 58 years, 30
days).
Interment at Fairview
Cemetery, Denver, Pa.
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Clyde Roark Hoey (1877-1954) —
also known as Clyde R. Hoey —
of Shelby, Cleveland
County, N.C.
Born in Shelby, Cleveland
County, N.C., December
11, 1877.
Democrat. Newspaper
editor; lawyer;
member of North
Carolina state house of representatives, 1899-1902; member of North
Carolina state senate, 1903-06; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from North Carolina, 1904,
1940,
1944
(speaker),
1948,
1952;
U.S.
Representative from North Carolina 9th District, 1919-21; Governor of
North Carolina, 1937-41; member of Democratic
National Committee from North Carolina, 1941-44; U.S.
Senator from North Carolina, 1945-54; died in office 1954;
member, Commission on Intergovernmental Relations, 1953-54; died in
office 1954.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; Woodmen;
Junior
Order; Knights
of Pythias; Omicron
Delta Kappa; Sigma
Chi.
Died from a stroke,
at his desk in his congressional office, in Washington,
D.C., May 12,
1954 (age 76 years, 152
days).
Interment at Sunset
Cemetery, Shelby, N.C.
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Lester Callaway Hunt (1892-1954) —
of Lander, Fremont
County, Wyo.
Born in Isabel, Edgar
County, Ill., July 8,
1892.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; dentist;
member of Wyoming
state house of representatives, 1933-34; secretary
of state of Wyoming, 1935-43; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Wyoming, 1940,
1944
(speaker),
1948,
1952;
Governor
of Wyoming, 1943-49; U.S.
Senator from Wyoming, 1949-54; died in office 1954.
Member, Tau
Kappa Epsilon.
In despair over his poor health and threats to expose his son's
arrest for homosexual solicitation, he died from self-inflicted
rifle
shot, at his desk in the Senate Office Building, and died
soon after, in Casualty Hospital,
Washington,
D.C., June 19,
1954 (age 61 years, 346
days).
Interment at Beth
El Cemetery, Cheyenne, Wyo.
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Jean Baptiste Adoue Jr. (1884-1956) —
also known as J. B. Adoue, Jr. —
of Dallas, Dallas
County, Tex.
Born in Dallas, Dallas
County, Tex., November
4, 1884.
President, Dallas National Bank of
Commerce, 1924-56; chairman, Gulf Insurance
Company; chairman, Universal Life and Accident Insurance
Company; director, Graham-Brown Shoe
Company; director, First Texas Chemical
Company; director, Cosmopolitan Hotel
Company; mayor of
Dallas, Tex., 1951-53; defeated, 1949.
Episcopalian.
French
ancestry. Member, American Bar
Association; American
Arbitration Association; Rotary;
Phi
Delta Theta; Newcomen
Society.
Died, from a heart
attack, while working at his bank, in Dallas, Dallas
County, Tex., November
17, 1956 (age 72 years, 13
days).
Entombed in mausoleum at Crown
Hill Memorial Park, Dallas, Tex.
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Burton Gordon Cameron (1894-1957) —
also known as Burton G. Cameron —
of Grand Ledge, Eaton
County, Mich.; Charlotte, Eaton
County, Mich.
Born in Torch Lake, Antrim
County, Mich., February
17, 1894.
Republican. School
teacher; served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer;
member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Eaton County, 1927-28;
defeated in primary, 1924; Eaton
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1943-46.
Congregationalist.
Member, American
Legion; Freemasons.
Died, from a heart
ailment, in his law office, Charlotte, Eaton
County, Mich., February
1, 1957 (age 62 years, 350
days).
Interment at Maple
Hill Cemetery, Charlotte, Mich.
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Relatives: Son
of John Cameron and Effie (Salisbury) Cameron; married 1911 to
Katherine Burch; married 1945 to Helen
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William Lee Knous (1889-1959) —
also known as W. Lee Knous —
of Montrose, Montrose
County, Colo.
Born in Ouray, Ouray
County, Colo., February
2, 1889.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Colorado
state senate 17th District, 1930-37; justice of
Colorado state supreme court, 1937-47; chief
justice of Colorado Supreme Court, 1946-47; Governor of
Colorado, 1947-50; U.S.
District Judge for Colorado, 1950.
Suffered a heart
attack at his office, and died soon after in St. Joseph's
Hospital,
Denver,
Colo., December
11, 1959 (age 70 years, 312
days).
Entombed in mausoleum at Fairmount
Cemetery, Denver, Colo.
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Meyer Kestnbaum (1896-1960) —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., October
31, 1896.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; president, Hart,
Schaffner and Marx, clothing
manufacturers, from 1941; director, Chicago and North Western Railway;
chair, Commission on Intergovernmental Relations, 1954-55; special
assistant to Pres. Dwight
D. Eisenhower, 1955-60; accompanied Vice President Richard
M. Nixon on an official visit to Moscow, 1959.
Jewish.
Member, Council on
Foreign Relations.
Died, from a heart
attack, in his office, in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., December
14, 1960 (age 64 years, 44
days).
Interment at Rosehill
Cemetery, Chicago, Ill.
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Arthur Francis Lamey (1892-1963) —
also known as Arthur F. Lamey —
of Havre, Hill
County, Mont.; Billings, Yellowstone
County, Mont.
Born in Big Sandy, Chouteau
County, Mont., December
24, 1892.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War I; lawyer; Hill
County Attorney, 1923-27; Montana
Democratic state chair, 1938-44; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Montana, 1940,
1944
(delegation chair); candidate for Governor of
Montana, 1940, 1948.
Catholic.
Member, Rotary;
Elks; Eagles;
Knights
of Columbus.
Died, in his law office, Billings, Yellowstone
County, Mont., June 4,
1963 (age 70 years, 162
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of James H. Lamey and Mary J. (Glassford) Lamey; married to Frances
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Leo Bernard (1938-1966) —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., October
24, 1938.
Socialist. Socialist Workers candidate for U.S.
Representative from Michigan 17th District, 1964; candidate for
Presidential Elector for Michigan.
Shot
and killed,
by Edward Waniolek, a former taxicab driver who wanted to "kill some
Communists", in the offices of the Socialist Workers Party,
Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., May 16,
1966 (age 27 years, 204
days).
Burial location unknown.
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John W. Peters (c.1921-1970) —
of Webster Groves, St. Louis
County, Mo.
Born about 1921.
Republican. Nominated in primary for U.S.
Representative from Missouri 2nd District 1970, but died before
election.
Shot
and killed
himself, in his campaign office, Brentwood, St. Louis
County, Mo., September
27, 1970 (age about 49
years).
Burial location unknown.
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Dean Gooderham Acheson (1893-1971) —
also known as Dean Acheson —
of Washington,
D.C.
Born in Middletown, Middlesex
County, Conn., April
11, 1893.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; lawyer;
private secretary to U.S. Supreme Court Justice Louis
D. Brandeis, 1919-21; undersecretary of treasury, 1933; U.S.
Secretary of State, 1949-53.
Episcopalian.
English
ancestry. Member, American Bar
Association; American
Academy of Arts and Sciences; Delta
Kappa Epsilon; Council on
Foreign Relations.
Received the Presidential
Medal of Freedom in 1964; received a Pulitzer
Prize in History, 1970, for his book Present At The Creation:
My Years In The State Department.
Died, probably from a heart
attack, over his desk in his study, Sandy Spring, Montgomery
County, Md., October
12, 1971 (age 78 years, 184
days).
Interment at Oak
Hill Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Allard Kenneth Lowenstein (1929-1980) —
also known as Allard K. Lowenstein —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.; Long Beach, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y.
Born in Newark, Essex
County, N.J., January
16, 1929.
Democrat. Lawyer;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1960
(alternate), 1968,
1972;
U.S.
Representative from New York 5th District, 1969-71; defeated,
1970, 1972 (primary), 1972 (Liberal), 1974, 1976, 1978 (primary).
Jewish.
Member, Americans
for Democratic Action.
Shot
and mortally
wounded by Dennis Sweeney, in his law office in
Rockefeller Center, and died about seven hours later, in St. Clare's
Hospital,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., March
14, 1980 (age 51 years, 58
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Ray Charles Bliss (1907-1981) —
also known as Ray C. Bliss —
of Akron, Summit
County, Ohio.
Born in Akron, Summit
County, Ohio, December
16, 1907.
Republican. Insurance
business; chair of
Summit County Republican Party, 1942-60; member of Ohio
Republican State Central Committee, 1944-65; Ohio
Republican state chair, 1949-65; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Ohio, 1952
(member, Committee
on Rules and Order of Business), 1956,
1960,
1964,
1972;
member of Republican
National Committee from Ohio, 1952-80; Chairman
of Republican National Committee, 1965-69; Vice-Chair
of Republican National Committee, 1960-64.
Episcopalian.
German
ancestry. Member, Phi
Kappa Tau; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Kiwanis.
Suffered a heart
attack at his office, and died soon after at Akron City Hospital,
Akron, Summit
County, Ohio, August
6, 1981 (age 73 years, 233
days).
Interment at Mt.
Peace Cemetery, Akron, Ohio.
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Charles Clifton Finch (1927-1986) —
also known as Cliff Finch —
of Mississippi.
Born near Pope, Panola
County, Miss., April 4,
1927.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; member of Mississippi
state house of representatives, 1960; Panola
County District Attorney; candidate for Lieutenant
Governor of Mississippi, 1971; Governor of
Mississippi, 1976-80; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Mississippi, 1978; candidate for Democratic
nomination for President, 1980.
Died, of a heart
attack, in his law office, Batesville, Panola
County, Miss., April
22, 1986 (age 59 years, 18
days).
Interment at Magnolia
Cemetery, Batesville, Miss.
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Eleuthere Irenee du Pont (1921-1994) —
also known as Eleuthere I. du Pont;
"Brud" —
of Wilmington, New Castle
County, Del.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., May 21,
1921.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; banker; insurance
executive; treasurer of
Delaware Republican Party, 1956; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Delaware, 1956.
Died, from a heart
attack in his office, in Wilmington, New Castle
County, Del., March
29, 1994 (age 72 years, 312
days).
Burial location unknown.
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John W. Rollins Sr. (1916-2000) —
also known as "Big John" —
of Lewes, Sussex
County, Del.; Greenville, New Castle
County, Del.
Born in Keith, Catoosa
County, Ga., August
24, 1916.
Republican. Lieutenant
Governor of Delaware, 1953-57; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Delaware, 1956
(alternate), 1972;
candidate for Governor of
Delaware, 1960.
Died, while napping in his office, in Greenville, New Castle
County, Del., April 4,
2000 (age 83 years, 224
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Andrew Nichols (c.1937-2001) —
also known as Andy Nichols —
of Tucson, Pima
County, Ariz.
Born about 1937.
Democrat. Served
in the Peace Corps; physician;
medical
school professor; member of Arizona
state house of representatives 13th District, 1993-2000; delegate
to Democratic National Convention from Arizona, 2000;
member of Arizona
state senate 13th District, 2001; died in office 2001.
Disciples
of Christ.
Suffered a heart
attack, collapsed in his office at the Arizona State
Senate office building, and was pronounced dead on arrival at St.
Joseph's Hospital,
Phoenix, Maricopa
County, Ariz., April
19, 2001 (age about 64
years).
Burial location unknown.
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Arthur E. Teele (1946-2005) —
also known as Art Teele —
of Florida.
Born in Prince
George's County, Md., May 14,
1946.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during the Vietnam war; lawyer;
director, U.S. Urban Mass Transportation Administration, 1981-83;
candidate for Presidential Elector for Florida; as Miami city
commissioner in 1997-2004, he chaired the Community Redevelopment
Agency (CRA); an investigation
of corruption in the agency, started in 2003, led to charges
that he had accepted $135,000 in kickbacks
from two construction companies; as a result, he was removed from
office in 2004 by Gov. Jeb
Bush; in August, 2004, when he and his wife were under
surveillance, he drove his
car at a police detective in an attempt to run him
over, and also threatened
to kill police officers who had been following his wife during
the investigation; convicted
in March 2005 on charges
related to this incident; indicted
on July 14, 2005, on federal conspiracy and money
laundering charges, over a scheme to fraudulently obtain
contracts for electrical work at the Miami International Airport
through a "minority-owned" shell company; published police reports
revealed that he had put his mistress
on the CRA payroll, that he regularly bought and used cocaine,
and that he frequently made use of a male prostitute.
Church
of God in Christ. African
ancestry. Member, Kappa
Alpha Psi; NAACP; Freemasons.
Came to the offices of the Miami Herald newspaper, and
shot
himself
in the head with a semiautomatic pistol; he died two hours later in
the trauma unit of Jackson Memorial Hospital,
Miami, Miami-Dade
County, Fla., July 27,
2005 (age 59 years, 74
days).
Interment at Culley's MeadowWood Memorial Park, Tallahassee, Fla.
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Jerry Lamon Falwell (1933-2007) —
also known as Jerry Falwell —
Born in Lynchburg,
Va., August
11, 1933.
Republican. Pastor; television
evangelist; founder
(1971) of Liberty Baptist College, now Liberty University; also
served as its chancellor;
founder of the Moral Majority, political group advocating
conservative Christian views; speaker, Republican National Convention, 1996.
Baptist.
Member, National Rifle
Association.
Suffered cardiac
arrythmia, collapsed in his office at Liberty University,
and died soon after at Lynchburg General Hospital,
Lynchburg,
Va., May 15,
2007 (age 73 years, 277
days).
Interment at Montview
Grounds, Liberty University, Lynchburg, Va.
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