Very incomplete list!
in chronological order
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Silas Deane (1737-1789) —
of Connecticut.
Born in Groton, New London
County, Conn., December
24, 1737.
Delegate
to Continental Congress from Connecticut, 1774-76.
Died on board ship (the Boston Packet), en route from
Gravesend to Boston, in the North
Atlantic Ocean, September
23, 1789 (age 51 years, 273
days).
Interment at St.
George's Churchyard, Deal, Kent, England.
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Winthrop Sargent (1753-1820) —
of Ohio.
Born in Gloucester, Essex
County, Mass., May 1,
1753.
Ship
captain; major in Continental Army during the Revolutionary War;
secretary
of Northwest Territory, 1788-98; Governor
of Mississippi Territory, 1798-1801; planter.
Died on board ship at sea in the Gulf of
Mexico, June 3,
1820 (age 67 years, 33
days).
Interment at Gloucester
Plantation Cemetery, Natchez, Miss.
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William Jones Lowndes (1782-1822) —
also known as William Lowndes —
of South Carolina.
Born in South Carolina, February
11, 1782.
Democrat. Lawyer; planter;
member of South
Carolina state house of representatives, 1806-08; U.S.
Representative from South Carolina, 1811-22 (4th District
1811-13, 2nd District 1813-22).
Slaveowner.
Died aboard a ship in the North
Atlantic Ocean while en route to England, October
27, 1822 (age 40 years, 258
days).
Buried at sea in North Atlantic Ocean; cenotaph at Congressional
Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Charles Gerrit De Witt (1789-1839) —
also known as Charles G. De Witt —
of Kingston, Ulster
County, N.Y.
Born in Greenhill, Ulster
County, N.Y., November
7, 1789.
Lawyer;
newspaper
editor; U.S.
Representative from New York 7th District, 1829-31; U.S. Charge
d'Affaires to Central America, 1833-39.
Died on board a river steamer on the Hudson River near
Newburgh, Orange
County, N.Y., April
12, 1839 (age 49 years, 156
days).
Interment at Dutch
Reformed Cemetery, Hurley, N.Y.
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Thomas Walker Gilmer (1802-1844) —
of Virginia.
Born in Gilmerton, Albemarle
County, Va., April 6,
1802.
Lawyer;
member of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1829-36, 1838-39; Speaker of
the Virginia State House of Delegates, 1838-39; Governor of
Virginia, 1840-41; U.S.
Representative from Virginia, 1841-44 (12th District 1841-43, 5th
District 1843-44); U.S.
Secretary of the Navy, 1844; died in office 1844.
Slaveowner.
Among those killed in the explosion
when a cannon
accidentally
burst on board the U.S.S. Princeton, on the Potomac
River near Fort Washington, Prince
George's County, Md., February
28, 1844 (age 41 years, 328
days).
Originally entombed at Congressional
Cemetery, Washington, D.C.; reinterment at a
private or family graveyard, Albemarle County, Va.
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Relatives: Son
of George Gilmer and Elizabeth Anderson (Hudson) Gilmer; married to
Anne Elizabeth Baker; nephew of Mildred Gilmer (who married William
Wirt); grandnephew of John
Walker and Francis
Walker; second cousin once removed of Meriwether
Lewis; second cousin twice removed of Aylett
Hawes; third cousin once removed of Robert
Brooke, George
Madison, Richard
Aylett Buckner, Richard
Hawes and Albert
Gallatin Hawes; third cousin twice removed of Hubbard
T. Smith; third cousin thrice removed of Archer
Woodford; fourth cousin of Zachary
Taylor, Francis
Taliaferro Helm, Aylette
Buckner, David
Shelby Walker and Aylett
Hawes Buckner; fourth cousin once removed of John
Strother Pendleton, Albert
Gallatin Pendleton, Charles
John Helm, Hubbard
Dozier Helm, James
David Walker, David
Shelby Walker Jr. and Harry
Bartow Hawes. |
| | | Political families: Walker-Meriwether-Kellogg
family of Virginia; Jackson-Lee
family; Demarest-Meriwether-Lewis
family of New Jersey; Harrison-Randolph-Marshall-Cabell
family of Virginia; Lee-Randolph
family; Walker-Helm-Lincoln-Brown
family of Kentucky; Washington-Walker
family of Virginia; Pendleton-Lee
family of Maryland; Clay
family of Kentucky; Lewis-Pollard
family of Texas (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
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W.Va. is named for him. |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — National
Governors Association biography — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Abel Parker Upshur (1790-1844) —
of Virginia.
Born in Northampton
County, Va., June 17,
1790.
Lawyer;
member of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1812-13, 1824-27; state court judge in
Virginia, 1826-41; delegate
to Virginia state constitutional convention, 1829-30; U.S.
Secretary of the Navy, 1841-43; U.S.
Secretary of State, 1843-44; died in office 1844.
Episcopalian.
Among those killed in the explosion
when a cannon
accidentally
burst on board the U.S.S. Princeton, on the Potomac
River near Fort Washington, Prince
George's County, Md., February
28, 1844 (age 53 years, 256
days).
Originally entombed at Congressional
Cemetery, Washington, D.C.; reinterment in 1874 at Oak
Hill Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Virgil Maxcy (1785-1844) —
of Maryland.
Born in Attleboro, Bristol
County, Mass., May 5,
1785.
Lawyer;
member of Maryland
state executive council, 1815; member of Maryland
state house of delegates, 1820; member of Maryland
state senate, 1820; U.S. Charge d'Affaires to Belgium, 1837-42.
Among those killed in the explosion
when a cannon
accidentally
burst on board the U.S.S. Princeton, on the Potomac
River near Fort Washington, Prince
George's County, Md., February
28, 1844 (age 58 years, 299
days).
Originally entombed at Congressional
Cemetery, Washington, D.C.; reinterment at a
private or family graveyard, Anne Arundel County, Md.
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David Gardiner (1784-1844) —
of New York.
Born in East Hampton, Suffolk
County, Long Island, N.Y., May 29,
1784.
Member of New York
state senate 1st District, 1824-27.
Among those killed in the explosion
when a cannon
accidentally
burst on board the U.S.S. Princeton, on the Potomac
River near Fort Washington, Prince
George's County, Md., February
28, 1844 (age 59 years, 275
days).
Originally entombed at Congressional
Cemetery, Washington, D.C.; later interred at South
End Cemetery, East Hampton, Long Island, N.Y.
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Robert Hanna Hammond (1791-1847) —
also known as Robert H. Hammond —
of Milton, Northumberland
County, Pa.
Born in Milton, Northumberland
County, Pa., April
28, 1791.
Northumberland
County Register and Recorder; postmaster;
U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 16th District, 1837-41; served
in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War.
Wounded during the Mexican
War; ordered home on sick leave, but died of his wounds en route,
aboard the steamship Orleans, in the North
Atlantic Ocean, June 2,
1847 (age 56 years, 35
days).
Interment at Milton
Cemetery, Milton, Pa.
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Henry Swearingen (1792-1849) —
of Steubenville, Jefferson
County, Ohio.
Born in Brooke
County, Va. (now W.Va.), 1792.
Democrat. Jefferson
County Sheriff; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 19th District, 1838-41.
Died on board ship, At Sea
en route from California, January, 1849
(age about
56 years).
Buried at sea.
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Samuel Royal Thurston (1816-1851) —
of Oregon.
Born in Monmouth, Kennebec
County, Maine, April
15, 1816.
Lawyer;
newspaper
editor; Delegate
to U.S. Congress from Oregon Territory, 1849-51.
Died aboard the steamer California, in the North
Pacific Ocean, April 9,
1851 (age 34 years, 359
days).
Original interment somewhere
in Acapulco de Juárez, Guerrero; reinterment in 1853 at Pioneer
Cemetery, Salem, Ore.
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Alexander Somervell (1796-1854) —
of Texas.
Born in Maryland, June 11,
1796.
Colonel in the Texas Army during the Texas War of Independence; Texas
Republic Secretary of War, 1836; member of Texas
Republic Senate from District of Colorado and Austin, 1836-38.
Died under mysterious
circumstances in 1854
(age about
58 years); his body was found lashed to the timbers of a capsized
boat.
Burial location unknown.
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Robert M. Palmer (1820-1862) —
of Pottsville, Schuylkill
County, Pa.
Born in 1820.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from
Pennsylvania, 1856,
1860;
member of Pennsylvania
state senate 7th District, 1859-61; U.S. Minister to Argentina, 1861-62.
Died aboard ship in the Atlantic
Ocean while returning from Argentina, April
26, 1862 (age about 41
years).
Buried at sea in Atlantic Ocean.
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John Calvin Mason (1802-1865) —
of Owingsville, Bath
County, Ky.
Born near Mt. Sterling, Montgomery
County, Ky., August
4, 1802.
Democrat. Member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1839; U.S.
Representative from Kentucky 9th District, 1849-53, 1857-59;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Kentucky, 1856,
1860.
Slaveowner.
Died while en route from Texas to Kentucky, on board a steamer
on the Mississippi River, near New Orleans (unknown
parish), La., August, 1865
(age about
62 years).
Interment at Frankfort
Cemetery, Frankfort, Ky.
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John Van Buren (1810-1866) —
also known as "Prince John" —
of Albany, Albany
County, N.Y.
Born in Hudson, Columbia
County, N.Y., February
10, 1810.
Lawyer;
New
York state attorney general, 1845-47; appointed 1845; defeated,
1847, 1865; in September 1845, during a trial, he and opposing
counsel Ambrose
L. Jordan came to
blows in the courtroom; both were sentenced
to 24 hours solitary confinement in jail; his resignation
as Attorney General was refused by the governor.
Died, from exposure,
on board the ship Scotia, en route from Liverpool to
New York, in the North
Atlantic Ocean, October
13, 1866 (age 56 years, 245
days).
Interment at Albany
Rural Cemetery, Menands, N.Y.
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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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George W. Guess (c.1829-1868) —
of Dallas, Dallas
County, Tex.
Born in North Carolina, about 1829.
Lawyer;
colonel in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; mayor of
Dallas, Tex., 1866-68.
Member, Freemasons.
Died of sunstroke,
aboard a steamboat on the Mississippi River, at a wharf in
Memphis, Shelby
County, Tenn., July 18,
1868 (age about 39
years).
Interment at Elmwood
Cemetery, Memphis, Tenn.
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Richard Foster Perkins (1809-1868) —
also known as Richard F. Perkins —
of Augusta, Kennebec
County, Maine; San
Francisco, Calif.
Born in Bridgewater, Plymouth
County, Mass., November
12, 1809.
Lawyer;
postmaster at Augusta,
Maine, 1842-43; San
Francisco, Calif., 1864-68; member of Maine
state house of representatives, 1844-45.
Died aboard the passenger ship Colorado, on a voyage
from San Francisco to New York, in the North
Pacific Ocean, October
13, 1868 (age 58 years, 336
days).
Buried at sea in North Pacific Ocean.
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Alexander Parker Crittenden (1816-1870) —
also known as Alexander P. Crittenden —
of Santa
Clara County, Calif.; San
Francisco, Calif.; Virginia City, Storey
County, Nev.
Born in Lexington, Fayette
County, Ky., January
14, 1816.
Lawyer;
went
to California for the 1849 Gold Rush; member of California
state assembly, 1849-51, 1852-53 (Los Angeles District 1849-51,
5th District 1852-53).
Shot
and mortally
wounded by his ex-lover, Laura D. Fair, on board a ferry
boat in San Francisco Bay, and died two days later, in San
Francisco, Calif., November
5, 1870 (age 54 years, 295
days). Fair was tried, found guilty, and sentenced to death, but
the state supreme court ordered a new trial, and she was acquitted.
Interment at Cypress
Lawn Memorial Park, Colma, Calif.
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Benjamin F. Ferris (c.1806-1876) —
also known as B. F. Ferris; H. A. Johnson —
of Oakland, Alameda
County, Calif.
Born in New York, about 1806.
Justice of the Peace, 1853 to about 1860; mayor
of Oakland, Calif., 1865-66; banker.
While traveling under the pseudonym 'H. A. Johnson', aboard the
steamer Amador on the Sacramento River, he killed
himself by taking
poison, tying his feet together, and then jumping or falling
overboard to drown
in the river, near Sacramento, Sacramento
County, Calif., May 20,
1876 (age about 70
years).
Interment at Mountain
View Cemetery, Oakland, Calif.
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Joseph Eggleston Segar (1804-1880) —
of Virginia.
Born in King
William County, Va., June 1,
1804.
Member of Virginia state legislature, 1836; U.S.
Representative from Virginia 1st District, 1861-63.
Slaveowner.
Died en route from Norfolk, Va. to Washington, D.C., on the
steamer George Leary, probably in Chesapeake
Bay, April
30, 1880 (age 75 years, 334
days).
Interment at St. John's Church Cemetery, Hampton, Va.
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Benjamin M. Davis (c.1816-1892) —
of Springwells Township (now part of Detroit), Wayne
County, Mich.; Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born about 1816.
Florist;
supervisor
of Springwells Township, Michigan, 1859-60.
Congregationalist.
While on a boat, he fell,
suffered a head injury, and died, in Georgian
Bay, August
15, 1892 (age about 76
years).
Burial location unknown.
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Augustine Heard (1827-1905) —
of Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Ipswich, Essex
County, Mass., December
7, 1827.
Merchant;
U.S. Minister to Korea, 1890-93.
Died on board the steamship Konig Albert, in the North
Atlantic Ocean, en route from Naples to New York, December
14, 1905 (age 78 years, 7
days).
Interment at Highland Cemetery, Ipswich, Mass.
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Hermann Oelrichs (1850-1906) —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Baltimore,
Md., June 8,
1850.
Democrat. Steamship
agent; banker;
member of Democratic
National Committee from New York, 1888.
German
ancestry.
Died, from liver
trouble, on board the S.S. Kaiser Wilhelm der
Grosse, in the North
Atlantic Ocean, September
1, 1906 (age 56 years, 85
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Bronx, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of Henry Ferdinand Oelrichs and Julia Matilda (May) Oelrichs; married
1890 to
Theresa Alice 'Tessie' Fair (daughter of James
Graham Fair). |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Image source: Washington Times,
September 4, 1906 |
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Charles Frederick Manderson (1837-1911) —
also known as Charles F. Manderson —
of Canton, Stark
County, Ohio; Omaha, Douglas
County, Neb.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., February
9, 1837.
Republican. Lawyer;
colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War; Stark
County Prosecuting Attorney; delegate
to Nebraska state constitutional convention, 1871; delegate
to Nebraska state constitutional convention, 1875; U.S.
Senator from Nebraska, 1883-95; general solicitor, western
region, Burlington Railway
System, 1895.
Member, American Bar
Association; Loyal
Legion; Grand
Army of the Republic.
Died on board the steamship Cedric, in the harbor at
Liverpool, England,
September
28, 1911 (age 74 years, 231
days).
Interment at Forest
Lawn Memorial Park, Omaha, Neb.
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Joseph Pulitzer (1847-1911) —
Born in Hungary,
April
10, 1847.
Democrat. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; member of
Missouri state legislature, 1869; delegate
to Missouri state constitutional convention 31st District, 1875;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Missouri, 1880
(member, Resolutions
Committee; speaker);
U.S.
Representative from New York 9th District, 1885-86.
Jewish.
Died aboard his yacht in the harbor of Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C., October
29, 1911 (age 64 years, 202
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Bronx, N.Y.
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William Watson McIntire (1850-1912) —
also known as William W. McIntire —
of Baltimore,
Md.
Born in Chambersburg, Franklin
County, Pa., June 30,
1850.
Republican. Machinist;
insurance
agent; lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Maryland 4th District, 1897-99.
Episcopalian.
Scotch-Irish
and German
ancestry.
Died on a boat while fishing
in the Middle River (or Gunpowder River), Baltimore
County, Md., March
30, 1912 (age 61 years, 274
days).
Interment at Loudon
Park Cemetery, Baltimore, Md.
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Orlando Harrison Baker (1830-1913) —
also known as Orlando H. Baker —
of Indianola, Warren
County, Iowa.
Born in Union
County, Ind., September
16, 1830.
College
professor; newspaper
editor; U.S. Consul in Copenhagen, 1892-94; Sydney, 1900-08; Sandakan, 1908-13, died in office 1913.
Died, from uremia,
on board the steamship Thomas, en route to San
Francisco, in the North
Pacific Ocean, August
6, 1913 (age 82 years, 324
days).
Interment at Odd
Fellows Cemetery, Indianola, Iowa.
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William Jay Gaynor (1849-1913) —
also known as William J. Gaynor; "Brother Adrian
Denys" —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Oriskany, Oneida
County, N.Y., February
2, 1849.
Democrat. Lawyer; Justice of
New York Supreme Court 2nd District, 1894-1909; Justice of the
Appellate Division of the New York Supreme Court 2nd Department,
1908-09; mayor
of New York City, N.Y., 1910-13; died in office 1913; shot
in the throat by James J. Gallagher, a former city employee, on
August 9, 1910.
Irish
ancestry.
Died, from a heart
attack, on board the steamship Baltic, in the North
Atlantic Ocean, September
10, 1913 (age 64 years, 220
days).
Interment at Green-Wood
Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.; memorial monument at Cadman Plaza Park, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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Paul Oscar Adolph Husting (1866-1917) —
also known as Paul O. Husting —
of Mayville, Dodge
County, Wis.
Born in Fond du Lac, Fond du Lac
County, Wis., April
25, 1866.
Democrat. Lawyer; Dodge
County District Attorney, 1903-06; member of Wisconsin
state senate 13th District, 1907-14; U.S.
Senator from Wisconsin, 1915-17; died in office 1917; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Wisconsin, 1916
(member, Platform
and Resolutions Committee).
French,
Luxemburgian,
and Menominee
Indian ancestry.
Accidentally
shot
in the back by his brother Gustave, when he stood up in his
boat while duck
hunting on Rush Lake, and died soon after in a nearby farmhouse,
near Pickett, Winnebago
County, Wis., October
21, 1917 (age 51 years, 179
days).
Interment at Graceland
Cemetery, Mayville, Wis.
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Wilhelm Christian Magelssen (1873-1919) —
also known as William C. Magelssen —
of Bratsberg, Fillmore
County, Minn.
Born in Bratsberg, Fillmore
County, Minn., October
19, 1873.
U.S. Vice & Deputy Consul in Beirut, 1899-1905; in Beirut, in August 1903, he was shot
at but not injured; press reports incorrectly reported that he
was dead; U.S. Vice & Deputy Consul General in Beirut, 1905-06; U.S. Consul in Baghdad, 1906-09; Colombo, 1909-11; Melbourne, 1911-17.
Lutheran.
Norwegian
ancestry. Member, Freemasons.
Died, from heart
disease, on board the steamship Sonoma, in the North
Pacific Ocean, October
17, 1919 (age 45 years, 363
days).
Interment at Highland Prairie Lutheran Church Cemetery, Near Peterson,
Fillmore County, Minn.
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Peter Stenger Grosscup (1852-1921) —
of Ashland, Ashland
County, Ohio; Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Ashland, Ashland
County, Ohio, February
15, 1852.
Lawyer;
U.S.
District Judge for the Northern District of Illinois, 1892-99;
Judge of U.S. Circuit Court for the 7th Circuit, 1899-1911; resigned
1911; Judge
of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit, 1899-1911; resigned
1911.
Died aboard ship, on the R.M.S. Caronia, en route from
New York, N.Y., to Southampton, England, in the North
Atlantic Ocean, October
1, 1921 (age 69 years, 228
days).
Burial location unknown.
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James Alfred Emerson (1865-1922) —
also known as James A. Emerson —
of Warrensburg, Warren
County, N.Y.
Born in Warrensburg, Warren
County, N.Y., April
25, 1865.
Republican. Lumber
business; woollen
manufacturer; steamboat
business; hotel
owner; banker;
member of New York
state senate, 1907-18 (32nd District 1907-08, 33rd District
1909-18); as an opponent of alcohol prohibition in 1918, he was
called "wringing wet" (in contrast to prohibition advocates, who were
"desert dry").
Became ill, from heart
disease and gastritis,
while on board the steamship Porto Rico, and died soon
after, in Long Island Hospital,
Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., January
31, 1922 (age 56 years, 281
days).
Interment at Warrensburg
Cemetery, Warrensburg, N.Y.
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Elon Rouse Brown (1857-1922) —
also known as Elon R. Brown —
of Watertown, Jefferson
County, N.Y.
Born in Stone Mills, Orleans, Jefferson
County, N.Y., October
7, 1857.
Republican. Lawyer;
counsel to the Rome, Watertown & Ogdensburg Railroad;
delegate
to New York state constitutional convention 22nd District, 1894;
member of New York
state senate 35th District, 1898-1904, 1913-18; delegate to
Republican National Convention from New York, 1900,
1904,
1916,
1920.
Opposed woman suffrage and alcohol prohibition.
While duck
hunting from a small boat, he suffered a heart
attack and died, at Fox Island, Cape Vincent, Jefferson
County, N.Y., September
24, 1922 (age 64 years, 352
days).
Interment at Brookside
Cemetery, Watertown, N.Y.
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Joseph Edward Fletcher (1866-1924) —
also known as Joseph E. Fletcher; "The
Colonel" —
of Bristol, Bristol
County, R.I.
Born in Bradford, England,
June
9, 1866.
Republican. Head of the Coronet Worsted
Company of Mapleville, R.I., the Plainfield Worsted
Company of Plainfield, Conn., the Central Yarn Company,
of Central Valley, Conn., and the Allentown Woolen
Company of Wickford, R.I. Was also president of the American
Association of Woolen and Worsted
Manufacturers; delegate to Republican National Convention from Rhode
Island, 1900,
1908;
candidate for Presidential Elector for Rhode Island.
Died on board the yacht Juniata, at Pawtucket, Providence
County, R.I., September
28, 1924 (age 58 years, 111
days).
Interment at Swan
Point Cemetery, Providence, R.I.
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Louis Adams Frothingham (1871-1928) —
also known as Louis A. Frothingham —
of Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.; Easton, Bristol
County, Mass.
Born in Jamaica Plain, Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., July 13,
1871.
Republican. Lawyer;
private secretary to U.S. Rep. W.
C. Lovering, 1897; served in the U.S. Marine Corps during
Spanish-American War; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives Eleventh Suffolk District,
1901-05; Speaker of
the Massachusetts State House of Representatives, 1904-05;
candidate for mayor of
Boston, Mass., 1905; Lieutenant
Governor of Massachusetts, 1909-12; candidate for Governor of
Massachusetts, 1911; alternate delegate to Republican National
Convention from Massachusetts, 1916;
major in the U.S. Army during World War I; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 14th District, 1921-28; died in
office 1928.
Unitarian.
Member, American
Legion.
Died, on board the yacht Winsone, at North Haven, Knox
County, Maine, August
23, 1928 (age 57 years, 41
days).
Interment at Village
Cemetery, North Easton, Easton, Mass.
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Otto Tremont Bannard (1854-1929) —
also known as Otto T. Bannard —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., April
28, 1854.
Republican. Lawyer; banker;
director, Niagara Fire
Insurance Co., Dolphin Jute
Mills, and Jersey United Gas and
Electric Co.; delegate to Republican National Convention from New
York, 1908,
1912,
1916;
candidate for mayor
of New York City, N.Y., 1909.
Died, of bronchial
pneumonia, on the ocean liner President Cleveland,
en route from Seattle to Manila, in the North
Pacific Ocean, January
15, 1929 (age 74 years, 262
days).
Interment at Grove
Street Cemetery, New Haven, Conn.
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Relatives: Son
of John W. Bannard and Eliza Landon (Stone) Bannard. |
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Frank Putnam Flint (1862-1929) —
also known as Frank P. Flint —
of Los Angeles, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in North Reading, Middlesex
County, Mass., July 15,
1862.
Republican. Lawyer;
delegate to Republican National Convention from California, 1896
(alternate), 1920,
1928;
U.S.
Attorney for the Southern District of California, 1897-1901; U.S.
Senator from California, 1905-11.
While on a world tour, died on the ocean liner President
Polk, probably in the South China
Sea, while approaching Manila, Philippines, February
11, 1929 (age 66 years, 211
days).
Entombed in mausoleum at Forest
Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, Calif.
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Bird J. Vincent (1880-1931) —
of Saginaw, Saginaw
County, Mich.
Born in Brandon Township, Oakland
County, Mich., March 6,
1880.
Republican. Saginaw
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1915-17; served in the U.S. Army
during World War I; U.S.
Representative from Michigan 8th District, 1923-31; died in
office 1931.
Died, from heart
disease, aboard ship, the naval transport USS
Henderson en route from Hawaii to San Francisco, in the North
Pacific Ocean, July 18,
1931 (age 51 years, 134
days).
Interment at Forest
Lawn Cemetery, Saginaw, Mich.
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George Charles Hanson (1883-1935) —
also known as George C. Hanson —
of Bridgeport, Fairfield
County, Conn.
Born in Bridgeport, Fairfield
County, Conn., October
11, 1883.
Engineer;
U.S. Deputy Consul General in Shanghai, 1911-12; U.S. Vice & Deputy Consul in Chefoo, 1912-13; Dalny, 1913-14; Newchwang, 1914; U.S. Vice & Deputy Consul General in Tientsin, 1914-15; U.S. Consul in Swatow, 1915-17; Chungking, 1917-18; Foochow, 1918-21; Harbin, 1921-31; U.S. Consul General in Harbin, 1931-33; Moscow, 1934-35; Salonika, 1935, died in office 1935.
Presbyterian.
Member, Alpha
Delta Sigma; Delta
Tau Delta; American
Academy of Political and Social Science.
Killed by a self-inflicted
gunshot,
aboard the steamship President Polk, en route from
Marseilles to New York, in the North
Atlantic Ocean, September
2, 1935 (age 51 years, 326
days).
Interment somewhere
in Fairfield, Conn.
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Relatives: Son
of Charles C. Hanson and Josephine (Stegkemper)
Hanson. |
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Vivian Burnett (1876-1937) —
of Denver,
Colo.; Plandome Manor, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y.
Born in Paris, France,
April
5, 1876.
Newspaper
reporter; author; editor; music
composer; Dry candidate for delegate
to New York convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933.
Christian
Scientist.
Model for the title character in his mother's book, Little Lord
Fauntleroy.
While sailing his yawl, Delight III, he helped rescue
people from an overturned sailboat, and then collapsed and died,
probably of a heart
attack, on Long Island
Sound, July 25,
1937 (age 61 years, 111
days).
Interment at Roslyn
Cemetery, Roslyn, Long Island, N.Y.
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David Wilmer Steele (1899-1940) —
also known as David W. Steele —
of Ocean View, Sussex
County, Del.
Born in Sussex
County, Del., 1899.
Republican. Poultry
raiser; banker;
member of Delaware
state senate from Sussex County 4th District, 1937-40; died in
office 1940.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Tall
Cedars of Lebanon.
While fishing
off the coast of Ocean City, Maryland, he and his wife were killed in
an explosion
and fire aboard their cruiser, the Lure, in the North
Atlantic Ocean, October
7, 1940 (age about 41
years).
Interment at Mariners Bethel United Methodist Church Cemetery, Ocean View,
Del.
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William Preston Blocker (1892-1947) —
also known as William P. Blocker —
of Hondo, Medina
County, Tex.
Born in Hondo, Medina
County, Tex., September
30, 1892.
Democrat. School
teacher; salesman;
U.S. Vice & Deputy Consul in Ciudad Porfirio Diaz, 1913-14; U.S. Vice Consul in Piedras Negras, 1916-19; U.S. Consul in Piedras Negras, 1919-23; Guaymas, 1923-24; Mazatlan, 1925-29; Ciudad Juarez, 1929-32; Monterrey, as of 1938; U.S. Consul General in Ciudad Juarez, 1938-43.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons;
Rotary.
Died, following a heart
attack, on board the U.S. Transport St. Mihiel, on
which he had been scheduled to sail to Panama, at New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La., February
28, 1947 (age 54 years, 151
days).
Interment at Evergreen
Alameda Cemetery, El Paso, Tex.
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Lloyd Church (c.1890-1948) —
also known as "Lulu Lloyd" —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Norfolk,
Va., about 1890.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer; Justice of
New York Supreme Court 1st District, 1935-41, 1942-48; resigned
1941; died in office 1948; candidate for New York City Controller,
1941.
Episcopalian.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; Phi
Alpha Delta; Friendly
Sons of St. Patrick; Elks; Tammany
Hall.
Died, from a cerebral
hemorrhage, on board the ocean liner President
Cleveland, en route from Yokohama to Shanghai, in the North
Pacific Ocean, August
2, 1948 (age about 58
years).
Interment at Long
Island National Cemetery, East Farmingdale, Long Island, N.Y.
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Father of Lloyd Church, Jr. |
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Joseph Flack (1894-1955) —
of Grenoble, Bucks
County, Pa.; Doylestown, Bucks
County, Pa.
Born in Grenoble, Bucks
County, Pa., December
5, 1894.
U.S. Vice Consul in Liverpool, 1917-19; U.S. Ambassador to Bolivia, 1946-49; Costa Rica, 1949-50; Poland, 1950-55; shot
at, and nearly hit, at the U.S. Embassy in La Paz, Bolivia,
during the 1946 revolution.
Died, from a coronary
thrombosis, aboard the ocean liner United States,
in the North
Atlantic Ocean, May 8,
1955 (age 60 years, 154
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Henry Francis Grady (1882-1957) —
also known as Henry F. Grady —
of San
Francisco, Calif.
Born in San
Francisco, Calif., February
12, 1882.
Democrat. U.S. Ambassador to India, 1947-48; Greece, 1948-50; Iran, 1950-51; U.S. Minister to Nepal, 1948.
Member, American
Economic Association; Beta
Gamma Sigma; Delta
Sigma Pi; Lambda
Chi Alpha; Phi
Gamma Mu.
Died, of a heart
attack, on the ocean liner President Wilson, in the
Pacific
Ocean, September
14, 1957 (age 75 years, 214
days).
Interment at Holy
Cross Catholic Cemetery, Colma, Calif.
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Willa Lybrand Fulmer (1884-1968) —
also known as Willa E. Lybrand —
of Orangeburg, Orangeburg
County, S.C.
Born in Wagener, Aiken
County, S.C., February
3, 1884.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from South Carolina 2nd District, 1943-45.
Female.
Died on board a ship en route to Europe, in the North
Atlantic Ocean, May 13,
1968 (age 84 years, 100
days).
Interment at Memorial
Park Cemetery, Orangeburg, S.C.
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Chester Craig Hosmer (1915-1982) —
also known as Craig Hosmer —
of Long Beach, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Brea, Orange
County, Calif., May 6,
1915.
Republican. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; U.S.
Representative from California, 1953-74 (18th District 1953-63,
32nd District 1963-74); defeated, 1950; resigned 1974; alternate
delegate to Republican National Convention from California, 1956.
Member, Phi
Kappa Psi.
Died of a heart
attack, aboard the cruise ship Azure Seas, in the
North
Pacific Ocean off the coast of California, en route to Mexico, October
11, 1982 (age 67 years, 158
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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George McInvale Grant (1897-1982) —
also known as George M. Grant —
of Troy, Pike
County, Ala.
Born in Louisville, Barbour
County, Ala., July 11,
1897.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer; chair of
Pike County Democratic Party, 1927-37; member of Alabama
Democratic State Executive Committee, 1935-38; U.S.
Representative from Alabama, 1938-65 (2nd District 1938-63,
at-large 1963-65).
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Woodmen;
American
Legion; Pi
Kappa Phi; Kiwanis.
Died, from a heart
attack, on a cruise aboard the Queen Elizabeth II,
en route to New York, probably in the North
Atlantic Ocean, November
4, 1982 (age 85 years, 116
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Homer Morrison Byington Jr. (1908-1987) —
also known as Homer M. Byington, Jr. —
of Norwalk, Fairfield
County, Conn.
Born in Naples, Italy
of American parents, May 31,
1908.
Foreign Service officer; U.S. Consul in Naples, 1938-39; U.S. Ambassador to Malaya, 1957-61; U.S. Consul General in Naples, 1963-73.
Protestant.
Received the Medal
of Freedom in 1946.
Died, of a heart
attack, aboard the Vista Fjord, a Norwegian cruise
ship, in the North
Atlantic Ocean, November
2, 1987 (age 79 years, 155
days).
Interment at St.
Georges Cemetery, St. Georges, Del.
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John Erwin Bibby (1920-2003) —
also known as John E. Bibby —
of Brookings, Brookings
County, S.Dak.
Born in Brookings, Brookings
County, S.Dak., November
21, 1920.
Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II; creamery
manager; mens wear
retailer; banker;
member of South
Dakota state house of representatives, 1963-74; member of South
Dakota state senate, 1975-82.
Methodist.
Member, Rotary;
Jaycees;
Elks; Veterans of
Foreign Wars.
Suffered cardiac
arrest while sailing on Green Lake, Spicer, Minn., and
died two weeks later, in Brookings Hospital,
Brookings, Brookings
County, S.Dak., July 26,
2003 (age 82 years, 247
days).
Interment at Greenwood
Cemetery, Brookings, S.Dak.
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Relatives: Son
of Irwin John 'Jake' Bibby and Ruth Edith (Erwin) Bibby; married 1947 to Jean
Frances Starksen; married 1993 to Mary
McClure; father of John Francis 'Jay' Bibby. |
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