Very incomplete list!
in chronological order
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Cornelius Harnett (1723-1781) —
of North Carolina.
Born near Edenton, Chowan
County, N.C., April
20, 1723.
Delegate
to Continental Congress from North Carolina, 1777.
Captured by the British in January 1781, and died
as a
prisoner, of disease contracted in captivity, in
Wilmington, New Hanover
County, N.C., April
20, 1781 (age 58 years, 0
days).
Interment at St.
James' Churchyard, Wilmington, N.C.
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Samuel Shepardson (1757-1813) —
of Guilford, Windham
County, Vt.
Born in Attleboro, Bristol
County, Mass., February
10, 1757.
Member of Vermont
Governor's Council, 1803-08; candidate for Presidential Elector
for Vermont.
Died, from spotted fever, in Guilford, Windham
County, Vt., February
28, 1813 (age 56 years, 18
days).
Interment at Old
Cemetery, Guilford, Vt.
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Benjamin Pond (1768-1814) —
of Essex
County, N.Y.
Born in Stockbridge, Berkshire
County, Mass., 1768.
Democrat. Member of New York
state assembly from Essex County, 1807-10; U.S.
Representative from New York 8th District, 1811-13; served in the
U.S. Army during the War of 1812.
Suffered exposure and disease at the seige of Plattsburg, and
died
as a result, in Schroom, Essex
County, N.Y., October
6, 1814 (age about 46
years).
Original interment at Pine
Ridge Cemetery, North Hudson, N.Y.; reinterment in 1923 at Riverside
Cemetery, Elizabethtown, N.Y.
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Joseph Cabell Breckinridge (1788-1823) —
also known as Cabell Breckinridge —
of Kentucky.
Born in Albemarle
County, Va., July 24,
1788.
Major in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; Speaker of
the Kentucky State House of Representatives, 1817-18; secretary
of state of Kentucky, 1820-23; died in office 1823.
Presbyterian.
Died in an epidemic, in Frankfort, Franklin
County, Ky., September
1, 1823 (age 35 years, 39
days).
Original interment at a
private or family graveyard, Fayette County, Ky.; reinterment at
Lexington
Cemetery, Lexington, Ky.
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Relatives: Son
of John
Breckinridge and Mary Hopkins (Cabell) Brecinridge; brother of
Letitia Preston Breckinridge (who married Peter
Buell Porter and Alfred
William Grayson) and Robert
Jefferson Breckinridge; married to Mary Clay Smith; father of John
Cabell Breckinridge (who married Mary
Cyrene Burch); uncle of Peter
Augustus Porter (1827-1864), Robert
Jefferson Breckinridge Jr. and William
Campbell Preston Breckinridge; grandfather of Clifton
Rodes Breckinridge; grandnephew of William
Preston and William
Cabell; granduncle of Peter
Augustus Porter (1853-1925), Levin
Irving Handy, Desha
Breckinridge and Henry
Skillman Breckinridge; first cousin of James
Douglas Breckinridge and Benjamin
William Sheridan Cabell; first cousin once removed of William
Cabell Jr., Francis
Smith Preston, William
Henry Cabell, James
Patton Preston, Carter
Henry Harrison, William
Lewis Cabell and George
Craighead Cabell; first cousin twice removed of Benjamin
Earl Cabell and Carter
Henry Harrison II; first cousin thrice removed of Earle
Cabell; second cousin of William
Campbell Preston, James
McDowell, Frederick
Mortimer Cabell, John
Buchanan Floyd, John
Smith Preston, George
Rogers Clark Floyd and Edward
Carrington Cabell; second cousin once removed of John
William Leftwich. |
| | | Political families: Harrison-Randolph-Marshall-Cabell
family of Virginia; Breckinridge-Preston-Cabell-Floyd
family of Virginia; Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin
family of Connecticut and New York; Walker-Randolph
family of Huntsville, Alabama (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | Epitaph: "The Righteous Shall Be In
Everlasting Remembrance." |
| | | See also Wikipedia
article — Find-A-Grave
memorial — OurCampaigns
candidate detail |
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George Izard (1776-1828) —
of Arkansas.
Born in England,
October
21, 1776.
General in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; Governor
of Arkansas Territory, 1825-28; died in office 1828.
Died of an illness caused by the gout, in Little Rock, Pulaski
County, Ark., November
22, 1828 (age 52 years, 32
days).
Original interment in unknown location; reinterment in 1843 at Mt.
Holly Cemetery, Little Rock, Ark.
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William Washington Gordon (1796-1842) —
of Savannah, Chatham
County, Ga.
Born in Screven
County, Ga., January
17, 1796.
Lawyer;
mayor
of Savannah, Ga., 1834-36; member of Georgia
state house of representatives, 1835; member of Georgia
state senate, 1838; founder and president of the Central Railroad
and Banking Co.
Died, from bilious pleurisy, in Savannah, Chatham
County, Ga., March
22, 1842 (age 46 years, 64
days).
Original interment at Colonial
Park Cemetery, Savannah, Ga.; reinterment at Laurel
Grove North Cemetery, Savannah, Ga.; memorial monument at Wright
Square, Savannah, Ga.
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Thomas William Gilpin (1806-1848) —
also known as Thomas W. Gilpin —
of Delaware.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., 1806.
U.S. Consul in Belfast, 1830-42, 1845-47.
Died, of convulsions, in Belfast, Ireland (now Northern
Ireland), January
4, 1848 (age about 41
years).
Interment at Clifton
Street Cemetery, Belfast, Northern Ireland.
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George R. Dwyer (d. 1854) —
of Massachusetts.
U.S. Consul in Lourenco Marques, 1853-54, died in office 1854.
Died, of coast fever, in Lourenco Marques, East Africa (now
Maputo, Mozambique),
June
24, 1854.
Burial location unknown.
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Richard Irvine Manning (1817-1861) —
of Clarendon District (now Clarendon
County), S.C.
Born in Sumter District (now Sumter
County), S.C., December
22, 1817.
Planter;
member of South
Carolina state senate from Clarendon, 1858-61; died in office
1861; served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War.
Member, Society
of the Cincinnati.
Died, from a fever, in Clarendon District (now Clarendon
County), S.C., October
10, 1861 (age 43 years, 292
days).
Interment at Trinity
Episcopal Cathedral Cemetery, Columbia, S.C.
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Chauncey M. Abbott (c.1821-1863) —
of Niles, Cayuga
County, N.Y.
Born about 1821.
Member of New York
state assembly from Cayuga County 2nd District, 1858-59; member
of New
York state senate 25th District, 1862-63; died in office 1863.
Worked outdoors at the polls on election day, 1863, and reportedly
became ill from "over-exertion and exposure to the inclemency
of the weather"; he died suddenly, of "neuralgia", on November
11, 1863 (age about 42
years).
Interment at Westfall
Cemetery, Twelve Corners, N.Y.
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Francis M. Rotch (c.1822-1863) —
of Morris, Otsego
County, N.Y.
Born about 1822.
Farmer;
member of New York
state senate 20th District, 1860-61; colonel in the Union Army
during the Civil War.
Contracted an unspecified disease while with the Army of the
Potomac during the Civil
War, and died from it about a year later, in Morris, Otsego
County, N.Y., November
28, 1863 (age about 41
years).
Interment at Hillington
Cemetery, Morris, N.Y.
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Thomas W. Freeman (1824-1865) —
of Missouri.
Born in Anderson
County, Ky., 1824.
Delegate
from Missouri to the Confederate Provisional Congress, 1861-62;
Representative
from Missouri in the Confederate Congress, 1862-64.
Died, of a "bilious fever", in the Southwestern Hotel, St.
Louis, Mo., October
24, 1865 (age about 41
years).
Interment at Bellefontaine
Cemetery, St. Louis, Mo.
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Israel DeWolf Andrews (c.1813-1871) —
also known as Israel D. Andrews —
of Maine.
Born in New
Brunswick, about 1813.
Naturalized U.S. citizen; imprisoned
for debt more
than once; U.S. Consul in Saint John, 1843-48; U.S. Special Diplomatic Agent to Canada, 1849-54; U.S. Consul General in Toronto, 1855-57; successfully advocated for reciprocal trade
agreements.
Died, reportedly due to alcoholism, in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., February
17, 1871 (age about 58
years).
Interment at Hillside
Cemetery, Eastport, Maine.
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Ephraim Brevard Ewing (1819-1873) —
also known as Ephraim B. Ewing —
of Ray
County, Mo.
Born in Todd
County, Ky., March
16, 1819.
Lawyer;
secretary
of state of Missouri, 1849-53; Missouri
state attorney general, 1856-58; justice of
Missouri state supreme court, 1859-61; circuit judge in Missouri,
1873.
Died, from cerebrospinal meningitis, in Iron Mountain, St.
Francois County, Mo., June 2,
1873 (age 54 years, 78
days).
Interment at Bellefontaine
Cemetery, St. Louis, Mo.
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Francis Berton (c.1830-1885) —
of San
Francisco, Calif.
Born in Switzerland,
about 1830.
Banker;
Consul
for Switzerland in San
Francisco, Calif., 1867-85; Consul
for Portugal in San
Francisco, Calif., 1869-85.
Swiss
ancestry. Member, Freemasons.
Died, from "impoverishment of the blood" (anemia), in the
Grand Hotel, San
Francisco, Calif., April 1,
1885 (age about 55
years).
Original interment at Masonic
Cemetery (which no longer exists), San Francisco, Calif.;
reinterment to unknown location.
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Alexander H. Newcomb (1824-1888) —
of Toledo, Lucas
County, Ohio.
Born in New York, 1824.
Republican. Mayor of
Toledo, Ohio, 1860-61.
Died, from nervous prostration, in Toledo, Lucas
County, Ohio, August
28, 1888 (age about 64
years).
Interment at Forest
Cemetery, Toledo, Ohio.
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Isaac Bell Jr. (1846-1889) —
of Newport, Newport
County, R.I.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., November
6, 1846.
Democrat. Cotton
broker; U.S. Minister to Netherlands, 1885-88; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Rhode Island, 1888.
Died, from complications of typhoid
fever, and pyaemia, in St. Luke's Hospital,
New York, New York
County, N.Y., January
20, 1889 (age 42 years, 75
days).
Interment at Green-Wood
Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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Josiah Bushnell Grinnell (1821-1891) —
also known as Josiah B. Grinnell —
of Grinnell, Poweshiek
County, Iowa.
Born in New Haven, Addison
County, Vt., December
22, 1821.
Republican. Pastor;
abolitionist; member of Iowa
state senate, 1856-60; lawyer;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Iowa, 1860;
U.S.
Representative from Iowa 4th District, 1863-67; director, Rock
Island Railroad;
receiver, Iowa Central Railroad;
president, First National Bank of
Grinnell.
Congregationalist.
He claimed to be the original recipient of Horace
Greeley's famous advice to "Go West, young man.".
Died, from a throat ailment and asthma,
in Grinnell, Poweshiek
County, Iowa, March
31, 1891 (age 69 years, 99
days).
Interment at Hazelwood
Cemetery, Grinnell, Iowa.
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Sylvester Levin Giering (1823-1891) —
also known as Sylvester L. Giering —
of Emmaus, Lehigh
County, Pa.
Born in Emmaus, Lehigh
County, Pa., May 31,
1823.
Clock and
watch maker; postmaster at Emmaus,
Pa., 1856-60, 1861-78, 1879-85.
Died, from dropsy, in Emmaus, Lehigh
County, Pa., December
13, 1891 (age 68 years, 196
days).
Interment at Emmaus Moravian Cemetery, Emmaus, Pa.
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Samuel Thomas Baird (1861-1899) —
also known as Samuel T. Baird —
of Bastrop, Morehouse
Parish, La.
Born in Oak Ridge, Morehouse
Parish, La., May 5,
1861.
Democrat. Lawyer;
District Attorney, 6th District, 1884-88; district judge in Louisiana
6th District, 1888-92; member of Louisiana
state senate, 1896; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Louisiana, 1896;
U.S.
Representative from Louisiana 5th District, 1897-99; died in
office 1899.
Died, from endocarditis
and rheumatism, in Washington,
D.C., April
22, 1899 (age 37 years, 352
days).
Interment at Christ
Church Cemetery, Bastrop, La.
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Frederick Smyth (1832-1900) —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in County Galway, Ireland,
1832.
Democrat. Lawyer;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1876;
candidate for Presidential Elector for New York; Justice of
New York Supreme Court 1st District, 1896-1900; died in office
1900.
Episcopalian;
later Catholic.
Member, Tammany
Hall.
Suffered a debilitating attack of vertigo, from which he never
completely recovered, contracted pneumonia,
and died, in the Dennis Hotel,
Atlantic City, Atlantic
County, N.J., August
18, 1900 (age about 68
years).
Interment at Green-Wood
Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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William Clayton Pickersgill (1846-1901) —
also known as W. Clayton Pickersgill —
of San Rafael, Marin
County, Calif.
Born in Lancashire, England,
1846.
Consul-General
for Great Britain in San
Francisco, Calif., 1899-1901.
Died, from "African fever", in a sanitarium
at Alameda, Alameda
County, Calif., July 19,
1901 (age about 55
years).
Interment at Mt.
Tamalpais Cemetery, San Rafael, Calif.
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Relatives: Son
of Thomas Pickersgill; married to Agnes Merrington. |
| | | Epitaph: "Peace, perfect peace, with
loved ones far away? "In Jesus' keeping, we are safe & they." (lyrics
from a hymn by Edward Henry Bickersteth) |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Charles Simeon Baker (1839-1902) —
also known as Charles S. Baker —
of Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y.
Born in Churchville, Monroe
County, N.Y., February
18, 1839.
Republican. Member of New York
state assembly from Monroe County 2nd District, 1879-80, 1882;
member of New York
state senate 29th District, 1884-85; U.S.
Representative from New York 30th District, 1885-91.
Died, from paralysis of the throat, in Washington,
D.C., April
21, 1902 (age 63 years, 62
days).
Interment at Mt.
Hope Cemetery, Rochester, N.Y.
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William McKinley Osborne (1842-1902) —
also known as William M. Osborne —
of Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.
Born in Girard, Trumbull
County, Ohio, April
26, 1842.
Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; U.S. Consul General in
London, 1897-1902, died in office 1902.
Died, from Bright's
disease and dropsy, in Wimbledon, London, England,
April
29, 1902 (age 60 years, 3
days).
Interment at Mt.
Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Mass.
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William Boyd Allison (1829-1908) —
also known as William B. Allison —
of Ashland, Ashland
County, Ohio; Dubuque, Dubuque
County, Iowa.
Born in a log
cabin in Perry, Wayne
County, Ohio, March 2,
1829.
Republican. Lawyer;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Iowa, 1860,
1904;
colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War; U.S.
Representative from Iowa 3rd District, 1863-71; U.S.
Senator from Iowa, 1873-1908; died in office 1908; candidate for
Republican nomination for President, 1888,
1896.
Died, from kidney
disease and prostate enlargement, in Dubuque, Dubuque
County, Iowa, August
4, 1908 (age 79 years, 155
days).
Interment at Linwood
Cemetery, Dubuque, Iowa.
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Monroe Nichols (1859-1908) —
of Duluth, St. Louis
County, Minn.; Battle Creek, Calhoun
County, Mich.
Born in Clinton, Worcester
County, Mass., January
15, 1859.
Republican. Real estate
broker; lawyer;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Minnesota, 1896
(member, Committee
to Notify Presidential Nominee).
Died, from locomotor ataxia, in Battle Creek, Calhoun
County, Mich., September
16, 1908 (age 49 years, 245
days).
Interment at West Thompson Cemetery, Thompson, Conn.
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Martyn Livingston Agens (1855-1909) —
also known as M. Livy Agens —
of Ludington, Mason
County, Mich.
Born in Orange, Essex
County, N.J., June 17,
1855.
Republican. Fruit
farmer;
member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Mason County, 1905-09; died
in office 1909.
Scotch-Irish
ancestry. Member, Grange;
Odd
Fellows.
Died, from spinal meningitis and pneumonia,
in Lansing, Ingham
County, Mich., March
30, 1909 (age 53 years, 286
days).
Interment at Lakeview
Cemetery, Ludington, Mich.
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Relatives: Son
of Alexander Mason Agens and Georgia (Dean) Agens; married to Eva A.
Holmes. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Charles James Hughes Jr. (1853-1911) —
also known as Charles J. Hughes, Jr. —
of Arapahoe
County, Colo.; Denver,
Colo.
Born in Kingston, Caldwell
County, Mo., February
16, 1853.
Democrat. Lawyer;
candidate for Presidential Elector for Colorado; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Colorado, 1904
(secretary, Committee
on Permanent Organization), 1908;
U.S.
Senator from Colorado, 1909-11; died in office 1911.
Member, Phi
Kappa Psi.
Died, from pernicious
anemia and myelitis, in Denver,
Colo., January
11, 1911 (age 57 years, 329
days).
Interment at Fairmount
Cemetery, Denver, Colo.
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Louis Henri Aymé (1855-1912) —
also known as Louis H. Aymé —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., May 29,
1855.
Republican. Ethnologist;
newspaper
correspondent; U.S. Consul in Mérida, 1880-84; Guadeloupe, 1898-99; Pará, 1903-06; U.S. Consul General in Lisbon, 1906-12, died in office 1912.
Member, Loyal
Legion; Sons
of Veterans; American
Antiquarian Society; American
Society for International Law.
Died, from "locomotor ataxia" (presumably syphilis), in
Lisbon, Portugal,
May
16, 1912 (age 56 years, 353
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Bronx, N.Y.
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Dallas Burton Smith (1844-1913) —
also known as Dallas B. Smith —
of Opelika, Lee
County, Ala.
Born near Wedowee, Randolph
County, Ala., October
19, 1844.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; merchant;
postmaster at Opelika,
Ala., 1889-93, 1897-1913; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Alabama, 1896
(alternate), 1908.
Member, Elks; Grand
Army of the Republic; Loyal
Legion.
Died, from locomotor ataxia, in Opelika, Lee
County, Ala., January
25, 1913 (age 68 years, 98
days).
Interment at Rosemere
Cemetery, Opelika, Ala.
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John Anderson Bensel (1863-1922) —
also known as John A. Bensel —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Bernardsville, Somerset
County, N.J.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., 1863.
Democrat. Engineer;
worked for the Pennsylvania Railroad;
in charge of construction on New York City's North River waterfront,
1889-95; New York
state engineer and surveyor, 1911-14; major in the U.S. Army
during World War I.
Died, of myelitis, in Bernardsville, Somerset
County, N.J., June 19,
1922 (age about 58
years).
Interment at Green-Wood
Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of Brownlee Bensel and Mary Maclay (Hogg) Bensel; married 1896 to Ella
Louise Day. |
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James Peterson Butler (1843-1923) —
also known as J. P. Butler —
of Jamesville, Martin
County, N.C.
Born in North Carolina, May 18,
1843.
Republican. Merchant;
school
teacher; delegate to Republican National Convention from North
Carolina, 1896.
African
ancestry.
Died, from encephalitis, in Jamesville, Martin
County, N.C., March
18, 1923 (age 79 years, 304
days).
Interment somewhere in Jamesville, N.C.
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Relatives: Son
of Benjamin D. Butler and Malinda (Parker) Butler; married, September
28, 1893, to Caroline 'Lena' Nesfield. |
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Adolph Bernard Spreckels (1857-1924) —
also known as Adolph B. Spreckels —
of San
Francisco, Calif.
Born in San
Francisco, Calif., January
5, 1857.
Republican. President, Spreckels Sugar
Company; delegate to Republican National Convention from California,
1884;
angered by an article in the San Francisco Chronicle, on
November 19, 1884, he shot
and badly wounded the paper's publisher, M.
H. de Young; arrested
and charged
with attempted
murder; pleaded temporary insanity; tried in
1885 and found not guilty; president, San Francisco and San Mateo Electric
Railway; vice-president, Western Sugar
Company; vice-president, Oceanic Steamship
Company.
German
ancestry.
Died, from pneumonia
and syphilis, in San
Francisco, Calif., June 28,
1924 (age 67 years, 175
days).
Entombed at Cypress
Lawn Memorial Park, Colma, Calif.
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Relatives: Son
of Claus
Spreckels and Anna Christina (Mangels) Spreckels; brother of John
Diedrich Spreckels; married to Alma de
Bretteville. |
| | | Political family: Spreckels
family of San Francisco, California. |
| | | Spreckels Lake,
in Golden Gate Park, San
Francisco, California, is named for
him. — The Spreckels Organ Pavilion, an outdoor performance
venue, in Balboa Park, San Diego,
California, is named for
him and his brother. |
| | | See also Wikipedia
article — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Eugene Blackburn Gary (1854-1926) —
of Abbeville, Abbeville
County, S.C.
Born in Abbeville, Abbeville
County, S.C., August
22, 1854.
Lawyer;
member of South
Carolina state house of representatives from Abbeville County,
1889-90; Lieutenant
Governor of South Carolina, 1891-93; justice of
South Carolina state supreme court, 1893-1912; chief
justice of South Carolina state supreme court, 1912-26.
Died, from encephalitis lethargica, in Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga., December
10, 1926 (age 72 years, 110
days).
Interment at Upper
Long Cane Cemetery, Abbeville, S.C.
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Frank W. Adams (1854-1930) —
of Bolivar, Polk
County, Mo.
Born in Hayes, Middlesex, England,
October
11, 1854.
Republican. Mayor
of Bolivar, Mo., 1890; member of Missouri
state house of representatives from Polk County, 1921-22.
Died, from diabetes
and encephalitis, in Bolivar, Polk
County, Mo., July 12,
1930 (age 75 years, 274
days).
Interment at Greenwood Cemetery, Bolivar, Mo.
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Relatives: Son
of Joseph Adams and Jane Hannah (Hitchcock) Adams; married, October
29, 1884, to Jennie Oakey. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Image source: Missouri Official Manual
1921-22 |
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Major L. Dunham (1850-1932) —
of Grand Rapids, Kent
County, Mich.
Born near Highland, Livingston
County, Mich., March
19, 1850.
Republican. Superior court judge in Michigan of Grand Rapids,
1916-22; resigned 1922; circuit
judge in Michigan 17th Circuit, 1922-32; appointed 1922; died in
office 1932.
Died, from sinus complications, in Blodgett Hospital,
Grand Rapids, Kent
County, Mich., 1932
(age about
82 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of John Dunham and Mary (McDermott) Dunham; uncle of John
M. Dunham. |
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Peter August Hatting (1867-1933) —
also known as Peter A. Hatting —
of Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., November
15, 1867.
Democrat. Lawyer; Justice of
New York Supreme Court 1st District, 1924-33; died in office 1933.
German
ancestry.
Died, from diabetes
and osteomyelitis and complications from the amputation of his
left leg, in Post-Graduate Hospital,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., February
28, 1933 (age 65 years, 105
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Bronx, N.Y.
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Relatives:
Married to Rose L. Magee. |
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Curtis Arnoux Peters (c.1879-1933) —
also known as Curtis A. Peters —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born about 1879.
Democrat. Lawyer;
candidate for Presidential Elector for New York; campaign manager, Thomas
C. T. Crain for Supreme Court, 1924; Justice of
New York Supreme Court 1st District, 1927-33; died in office 1933.
Died, of tolsythemia vera, in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., December
17, 1933 (age about 54
years).
Interment at Kensico
Cemetery, Valhalla, N.Y.
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Relatives:
Father of Peter Arno. |
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James C. Cropsey (1873-1937) —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in New Utrecht (now part of Brooklyn), Kings
County, N.Y., 1873.
Republican. New York City Police
Commissioner, 1910-11; Kings
County District Attorney, 1912-16; Justice of
New York Supreme Court 2nd District, 1916-37; appointed 1916;
died in office 1937; Justice of the Appellate Division of the New
York Supreme Court 2nd Department, 1937; died in office 1937.
Dutch
ancestry.
Died, from a glandular ailment, in Brooklyn Hospital,
Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., June 16,
1937 (age about 63
years).
Cremated.
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Relatives: Son
of William Cropsey and Mary Voorhies (Church) Cropsey; married 1898 to
Florence Graecen. |
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Jacob Ruppert Jr. (1867-1939) —
also known as Jacob Ruppert; Jake Ruppert —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., August
5, 1867.
Democrat. Brewer;
U.S.
Representative from New York, 1899-1907 (15th District 1899-1903,
16th District 1903-07); candidate for delegate
to New York state constitutional convention at-large, 1914; owner
and president, New York Yankees baseball
team, 1915-39; president, Astoria Silk
Mills; vice-president, Beck Flaming Arc-Light Co.; director,
Yorkville Bank;
director, Casualty Insurance
Company of America; director, German Hospital;
trustee, Lenox Hill Hospital.
Catholic.
German
ancestry.
Died, from phlebitis, in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., January
13, 1939 (age 71 years, 161
days).
Entombed at Kensico
Cemetery, Valhalla, N.Y.
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Samuel Davis Wilson (1881-1939) —
also known as S. Davis Wilson —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., August
31, 1881.
Mayor
of Philadelphia, Pa., 1936-39; died in office 1939; candidate in
Democratic primary for U.S.
Senator from Pennsylvania, 1938; twice indicted
by a grand jury in 1938-39 on charges
related to vice and
gambling in Philadelphia; never tried.
Died, from cerebral
thrombosis and hypertension, in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., August
19, 1939 (age 57 years, 353
days).
Cremated.
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Edward Walter Curley (1873-1940) —
also known as Edward W. Curley —
of Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y.
Born in Easton, Northampton
County, Pa., May 23,
1873.
Democrat. Builder;
president, Stanley Hoist and Machine Company; U.S.
Representative from New York 22nd District, 1935-40; died in
office 1940.
Member, Eagles.
Died, from a heart
attack, while seriously ill from a throat ailment, in
Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y., January
6, 1940 (age 66 years, 228
days).
Interment at Kensico
Cemetery, Valhalla, N.Y.
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John W. Farley (1878-1942) —
of Memphis, Shelby
County, Tenn.
Born March 4,
1878.
Republican. Lawyer;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from Tennessee, 1916; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Tennessee, 1916
(alternate), 1924.
Member, Kappa
Alpha Order; Freemasons.
Led drive to establish
the West Tennessee Normal School (now University of Memphis) in 1912.
Died, of pneumonia
and severe arthritis, November, 1942
(age 64
years, 0 days).
Interment at Elmwood
Cemetery, Memphis, Tenn.
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Jay Pierrepont Moffat (1896-1943) —
also known as "Pierrepontifex Maximus" —
of Hancock, Hillsborough
County, N.H.
Born in Rye, Westchester
County, N.Y., July 18,
1896.
Foreign Service officer; U.S. Consul General in Sydney, 1935-37; U.S. Minister to Canada, 1940-43, died in office 1943; Luxembourg, 1941-43, died in office 1943.
Died, following surgery for phlebitis, in Ottawa, Ontario,
January
24, 1943 (age 46 years, 190
days).
Cremated.
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Thomas P. Gunning (1882-1943) —
of Princeton, Bureau
County, Ill.
Born near Neponset, Bureau
County, Ill., June 26,
1882.
Republican. Dentist;
member of Illinois
state senate 37th District, 1931-43; died in office 1943.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; Elks; American
Dental Association.
Never recovered fully from surgery to remove a cataract, and died
from multiple ailments, in Princeton, Bureau
County, Ill., November
8, 1943 (age 61 years, 135
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Harold Clement McGugin (1893-1946) —
also known as Harold McGugin —
of Coffeyville, Montgomery
County, Kan.
Born near Liberty, Montgomery
County, Kan., November
22, 1893.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Kansas
state house of representatives, 1927; U.S.
Representative from Kansas 3rd District, 1931-35; served in the
U.S. Army during World War II.
Member, Odd
Fellows; American
Legion.
While in military service in France during World
War II, contracted an incurable disease; died in the Army
and Navy Hospital,
Hot Springs, Garland
County, Ark., March 7,
1946 (age 52 years, 105
days).
Interment at Restlawn
Cemetery, Coffeyville, Kan.
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Cornelius A. Moylan (1898-1946) —
of Hartford, Hartford
County, Conn.
Born in Hartford, Hartford
County, Conn., January
23, 1898.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Connecticut
state senate 1st District, 1939-40; mayor
of Hartford, Conn., 1945-46; died in office 1946.
Died, following an abdominal operation, in St. Francis Hospital,
Hartford, Hartford
County, Conn., December
24, 1946 (age 48 years, 335
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to Anne M. Durkin. |
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Raymond Thomas Nagle (1897-1950) —
also known as Raymond T. Nagle; Ray Nagle —
of Helena, Lewis and
Clark County, Mont.
Born in Helena, Lewis and
Clark County, Mont., June 2,
1897.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer;
member of Montana
state house of representatives, 1925-30; Montana
state attorney general, 1933-36.
Catholic.
Irish
ancestry. Member, American
Legion; Knights
of Columbus; American Bar
Association; Phi
Sigma Kappa; Phi
Delta Phi.
Died, from periarteritis nodosa, in Brookmont, Montgomery
County, Md., March 6,
1950 (age 52 years, 277
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Relatives: Son
of Thomas Patrick Nagle and Mary Ann (Toole) Nagle; married, October
5, 1925, to Margaret Ann Walsh. |
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Cordell Hull (1871-1955) —
also known as "Father of the United
Nations" —
of Carthage, Smith
County, Tenn.
Born in a log
cabin at Olympus, Overton County (now Pickett
County), Tenn., October
2, 1871.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Tennessee
state house of representatives, 1893-97; served in the U.S. Army
during the Spanish-American War; circuit judge in Tennessee, 1903-07;
U.S.
Representative from Tennessee 4th District, 1907-21, 1923-31;
defeated, 1920; member of Democratic
National Committee from Tennessee, 1914-24; Chairman
of Democratic National Committee, 1921-24; candidate for
Democratic nomination for President, 1928,
1940,
1944;
U.S.
Senator from Tennessee, 1931-33; U.S.
Secretary of State, 1933-44; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Tennessee, 1936.
Baptist;
later Episcopalian.
Received the Nobel
Peace Prize in 1945.
Died, of heart
disease and sarcoidosis, at Bethesda
Naval Hospital, Bethesda, Montgomery
County, Md., July 23,
1955 (age 83 years, 294
days).
Entombed at Washington
National Cathedral, Washington, D.C.
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Relatives: Son
of William Hull and Elizabeth (Riley) Hull. |
| | | Cross-reference: Thomas
K. Finletter |
| | | Cordell Hull Dam
on the Cumberland River, and its impoundment, Cordell Hull Lake,
in Smith
and Jackson
counties, Tennessee, are named for
him. — The Cordell Hull State
Office Building (built 1952-54), in Nashville,
Tennessee, is named for
him. — Cordell Hull Highway,
in Barren
and Monroe
counties, Kentucky, is named for
him. |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Wikipedia article — NNDB
dossier — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Books by Cordell Hull: The
Memoirs of Cordell Hull |
| | | Books about Cordell Hull: Julius
William Pratt, Cordell
Hull, 1933-44 |
| | | Image source: U.S. postage stamp
(1963) |
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Rudolph Halley (1913-1956) —
also known as Rudy Halley —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Queens, Queens
County, N.Y., June 19,
1913.
Liberal. Lawyer;
counsel for two U.S. Senate investigative committees in the 1940s and
early 1950s; New York City Council President, 1951-53; candidate for
mayor
of New York City, N.Y., 1953.
Jewish.
Member, B'nai
B'rith.
Died, while under treatment for pancreatic pseudocysts, in
Mount Sinai Hospital,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., November
19, 1956 (age 43 years, 153
days).
Interment at Ferncliff
Cemetery, Hartsdale, N.Y.
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Edward J. Cronin (1912-1958) —
of Chelsea, Suffolk
County, Mass.; Peabody, Essex
County, Mass.
Born in Chelsea, Suffolk
County, Mass., February
25, 1912.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; lawyer; secretary
of state of Massachusetts, 1949-58; died in office 1958; delegate
to Democratic National Convention from Massachusetts, 1952,
1956.
Died, following throat surgery, in Quigley Memorial Hospital,
Chelsea, Suffolk
County, Mass., November
24, 1958 (age 46 years, 272
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Richard Bowditch Wigglesworth (1891-1960) —
also known as Richard B. Wigglesworth —
of Milton, Norfolk
County, Mass.
Born in Milton, Norfolk
County, Mass., April
25, 1891.
Republican. Lawyer;
private secretary to Philippines Governor-General W.
Cameron Forbes, 1913; served in the U.S. Army during World War I;
U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts, 1928-58 (14th District
1928-33, 13th District 1933-58); alternate delegate to Republican
National Convention from Massachusetts, 1948;
U.S. Ambassador to Canada, 1958-60, died in office 1960.
Unitarian.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Legion; Forty and
Eight; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Military
Order of the World Wars.
Died, from a stroke
while being treated for phlebitis, in Peter Bent Brigham Hospital,
Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., October
22, 1960 (age 69 years, 180
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Cyrus Scott Kump (1908-1964) —
also known as Cyrus S. Kump —
of Elkins, Randolph
County, W.Va.
Born in Elkins, Randolph
County, W.Va., October
26, 1908.
Democrat. Lawyer; bank
director; served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; chair of
Randolph County Democratic Party, 1949-50; alternate delegate to
Democratic National Convention from West Virginia, 1952;
candidate for Governor of
West Virginia, 1952; candidate for U.S.
Representative from West Virginia 2nd District, 1956.
Presbyterian.
Member, American
Legion; Elks; Rotary.
Died, from suffocation
caused by angioedema, in a car
en route to a hospital, in Elkins, Randolph
County, W.Va., February
25, 1964 (age 55 years, 122
days).
Interment at Maplewood
Cemetery, Elkins, W.Va.
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Paul Sutton (1910-1970) —
of Michigan.
Born in Albuquerque, Bernalillo
County, N.M., May 4,
1910.
Democrat. Radio
actor; portrayed "Sergeant Preston of the Yukon"; also actor
in many movies
of the 1930s and 1940s; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Michigan 18th District, 1954, 1956.
Died, of muscular dystrophy, in Ferndale, Oakland
County, Mich., January
31, 1970 (age 59 years, 272
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Richard S. Caliguiri (1931-1988) —
of Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa.
Born October
20, 1931.
Democrat. Mayor
of Pittsburgh, Pa., 1977-88; defeated in primary, 1973, 1977;
died in office 1988; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Pennsylvania, 1984.
Died, of amyloidosis, May 6,
1988 (age 56 years, 199
days).
Interment at Calvary
Cemetery, Pittsburgh, Pa.
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Louis J. Tullio (1916-1990) —
of Erie, Erie
County, Pa.
Born May 17,
1916.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Pennsylvania, 1964
(alternate), 1984;
mayor
of Erie, Pa., 1966-89; resigned 1989.
Italian
ancestry.
Died, of amyloidosis, in Erie, Erie
County, Pa., April
17, 1990 (age 73 years, 335
days).
Interment at Calvary
Cemetery, Erie, Pa.
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Max Bloom (c.1909-1990) —
of Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y.
Born about 1909.
Liberal. Lawyer;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York 25th District, 1950; candidate for
borough
president of Bronx, New York, 1957; criminal court judge in New
York, 1962-69; Justice of
New York Supreme Court 1st District, 1970-86; defeated, 1964,
1965; Justice of the Appellate Division of the New York Supreme
Court, 1979-86; vice-chair of New York Liberal Party, 1987.
Died, from a neurological disorder, in Columbia-Presbyterian
Medical
Center, Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., October
10, 1990 (age about 81
years).
Burial location unknown.
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Angelo C. Petromelis (c.1928-1994) —
of College Point, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., about 1928.
Democrat.
Greek
ancestry.
Chairman of New York State Crime Victims Board.
Died, of kidney
failure caused by a blood disorder, in North Shore Hospital,
Manhasset, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y., September
25, 1994 (age about 66
years).
Burial location unknown.
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Irving Loeb Goldberg (1906-1995) —
also known as Irving L. Goldberg —
Born in Port Arthur, Jefferson
County, Tex., June 29,
1906.
Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; Judge
of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit, 1966-95.
Jewish.
Died, from complications of a neurological disorder, in
Dallas, Dallas
County, Tex., February
11, 1995 (age 88 years, 227
days).
Interment at Emanu-El
Cemetery, Dallas, Tex.
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Maurice Larry Lawrence (1926-1996) —
also known as M. Larry Lawrence —
of San Diego, San Diego
County, Calif.; Coronado, San Diego
County, Calif.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., August
16, 1926.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from California,
1964,
1972;
candidate for Presidential Elector for California; U.S. Ambassador to
Switzerland, 1994-96, died in office 1996.
Jewish.
Member, Zeta
Beta Tau.
Falsely
claimed to have served and been injured in the Merchant
Marine during World War
II; this was discovered
a year after his death.
Died, of leukemia
and blood dyscrasia, in Berne, Switzerland,
January
9, 1996 (age 69 years, 146
days).
Original interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.; reinterment in 1997 at El
Camino Cemetery, San Diego, Calif.
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Barbara Charline Jordan (1936-1996) —
also known as Barbara Jordan —
of Houston, Harris
County, Tex.
Born in Houston, Harris
County, Tex., February
21, 1936.
Democrat. Member of Texas
state senate, 1967; U.S.
Representative from Texas 18th District, 1973-79; speaker, Democratic National Convention, 1988.
Female.
African
ancestry. Lesbian.
Inducted, National
Women's Hall of Fame, 1990; received the Spingarn
Medal in 1992, and the Presidential
Medal of Freedom in 1994.
Died of leukemia
and multiple sclerosis, January
17, 1996 (age 59 years, 330
days).
Interment at Texas
State Cemetery, Austin, Tex.
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William Amoss (c.1937-1997) —
of Maryland.
Born about 1937.
Member of Maryland
state house of delegates, 1975-83; member of Maryland
state senate, 1983-97.
Died, of complications of myelofibrosis, in Fallston, Harford
County, Md., October
8, 1997 (age about 60
years).
Burial location unknown.
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Donald Ray Foster (1937-2000) —
of Lewistown, Fergus
County, Mont.
Born in Gooding, Gooding
County, Idaho, April
18, 1937.
Democrat. Delegate
to Montana state constitutional convention, 1972; member of Montana
state senate, 1974-76.
Catholic.
Member, Alpha
Sigma Phi; Rotary.
Died, of hemochromatosis, in St. Vincent's Hospital,
Billings, Yellowstone
County, Mont., January
22, 2000 (age 62 years, 279
days).
Interment at Calvary
Cemetery, Billings, Mont.
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Maurine Brown Neuberger (1907-2000) —
also known as Maurine Neuberger; Maurine Brown; Mrs.
Richard L. Neuberger —
of Portland, Multnomah
County, Ore.
Born in Cloverdale, Tillamook
County, Ore., January
9, 1907.
Democrat. School
teacher; writer; photographer;
member of Oregon
state house of representatives, 1951-56; U.S.
Senator from Oregon, 1960-67; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Oregon, 1964.
Female.
Unitarian.
Member, Americans
for Democratic Action; Theta
Sigma Phi; Delta
Kappa Gamma; American
Association of University Women.
Third woman to win a full term in the U.S. Senate.
Died, of a bone marrow disorder, in a nursing
home at Portland, Multnomah
County, Ore., February
22, 2000 (age 93 years, 44
days).
Interment at Beth
Israel Cemetery, Portland, Ore.
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Robert Patrick Casey (1932-2000) —
also known as Robert P. Casey; Bob Casey;
"Spike" —
of Scranton, Lackawanna
County, Pa.
Born in Jackson Heights, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y., January
9, 1932.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Pennsylvania
state senate 22nd District, 1963-68; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1964
(alternate), 1968,
1992
(delegation chair); delegate
to Pennsylvania state constitutional convention, 1967-68; Pennsylvania
state auditor general, 1969-77; candidate for Pennsylvania
state treasurer, 1980; Governor of
Pennsylvania, 1987-95; defeated in primary, 1966, 1970, 1978.
Catholic.
Member, American Bar
Association; Friendly
Sons of St. Patrick.
Died, of amyloidosis and complications of prostate
cancer, in Mercy Hospital,
Scranton, Lackawanna
County, Pa., May 30,
2000 (age 68 years, 142
days).
Interment at St.
Catherine's Cemetery, Moscow, Pa.
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Juanita Elizabeth Terry Williams (1925-2000) —
of Savannah, Chatham
County, Ga.; Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga.; Decatur, DeKalb
County, Ga.
Born January
3, 1925.
Member of Georgia
state house of representatives 54th District, 1985-93.
Female.
African
ancestry.
Died, of thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura (a type of
anemia), at Emory University Hospital,
Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga., August
23, 2000 (age 75 years, 233
days).
Entombed at Lincoln
Cemetery, Atlanta, Ga.
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Frank Lynn Whitbeck (1916-2002) —
also known as Frank L. Whitbeck —
of Little Rock, Pulaski
County, Ark.
Born in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
County, Okla., February
29, 1916.
Democrat. Insurance
executive; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Arkansas, 1952;
candidate for Governor of
Arkansas, 1968.
Episcopalian.
Member, Rotary;
Freemasons;
Alpha
Kappa Psi.
Died, from complications of leukemia
and a blood disease, in Little Rock, Pulaski
County, Ark., May 31,
2002 (age 86 years, 0
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Edward Charles Pierce (1930-2002) —
also known as Edward C. Pierce —
of Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich.
Born in Three Rivers, St. Joseph
County, Mich., January
3, 1930.
Democrat. Physician;
Democratic candidate for U.S.
Representative from Michigan 2nd District, 1974 (primary), 1976;
member of Michigan
state senate 18th District, 1979-82; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Michigan, 1980;
candidate for Governor of
Michigan, 1982; mayor
of Ann Arbor, Mich., 1985-87; defeated, 1967, 1987.
Died, from complications of Legionnaire's disease, in Ann
Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich., July 4,
2002 (age 72 years, 182
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Forest
Hill Cemetery, Ann Arbor, Mich.
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Laurence Ingram Radway (1919-2003) —
also known as Laurence Radway —
of Hanover, Grafton
County, N.H.; West Lebanon, Lebanon, Grafton
County, N.H.
Born in Staten Island, Richmond
County, N.Y., February
2, 1919.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; university
professor; chair of
Grafton County Democratic Party, 1958-62; member of New Hampshire
Democratic State Committee, 1958-62; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from New Hampshire, 1964,
1972
(alternate); candidate for U.S.
Senator from New York, 1972.
Protestant.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; American
Political Science Association; Council on
Foreign Relations.
Died, from complications
of abdominal surgery, in Lebanon, Grafton
County, N.H., May 7,
2003 (age 84 years, 94
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Frederick Radway and Dorothy Radway; married, August
20, 1949, to Patricia Ann Headland. |
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Paul Franzenburg (1916-2004) —
of Conrad, Grundy
County, Iowa.
Born in Conrad, Grundy
County, Iowa, November
18, 1916.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; Iowa state
treasurer, 1965-69; candidate for Governor of
Iowa, 1968, 1972.
Methodist
or Presbyterian.
Member, Lions; American
Legion.
Died, from complications of a hip replacement and congestive
heart failure, in the Iowa Jewish Senior Life Center nursing
home, Des Moines, Polk
County, Iowa, October
31, 2004 (age 87 years, 348
days).
Interment at Conrad
Cemetery, Conrad, Iowa.
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Robert Takeo Matsui (1941-2005) —
also known as Robert T. Matsui —
of Sacramento, Sacramento
County, Calif.
Born in Sacramento, Sacramento
County, Calif., September
17, 1941.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from California, 1979-2005 (3rd District 1979-93,
5th District 1993-2005); died in office 2005; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from California, 1988
(speaker),
1996,
2000,
2004.
Methodist.
Japanese
ancestry. Member, Rotary;
Council on
Foreign Relations.
Died, of pneumonia
and myelodysplastic syndrome, in Bethesda
Naval Hospital, Bethesda, Montgomery
County, Md., January
1, 2005 (age 63 years, 106
days).
Interment at East
Lawn Memorial Park, Sacramento, Calif.
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Vincent H. Buck (1926-2005) —
of Ypsilanti, Washtenaw
County, Mich.; Ypsilanti Township, Washtenaw
County, Mich.; Traverse City, Grand
Traverse County, Mich.
Born March 7,
1926.
Republican. Realtor;
mayor
of Ypsilanti, Mich., 1964-65.
Presbyterian.
Died, of multiple sclerosis, in Traverse City, Grand
Traverse County, Mich., March
20, 2005 (age 79 years, 13
days).
Interment at Highland
Cemetery, Ypsilanti, Mich.
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Relatives:
Married to Suzanne Oakes. |
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Mary A. Ryan (1940-2006) —
of Texas.
Born in New York City (unknown
county), N.Y., October
1, 1940.
U.S. Consul General in Monterrey, 1971-73; U.S. Ambassador to Swaziland, 1988-90.
Female.
Catholic.
Died, of myelofibrosis, in Washington,
D.C., April
25, 2006 (age 65 years, 206
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Winthrop Paul Rockefeller (1948-2006) —
also known as Win Paul Rockefeller —
of Little Rock, Pulaski
County, Ark.
Born in New York City (unknown
county), N.Y., September
17, 1948.
Republican. Rancher; Arkansas
Republican state chair, 1994; Lieutenant
Governor of Arkansas, 1996-2006; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Arkansas, 2004.
Methodist.
Member, National Rifle
Association.
Died, from a blood disorder and complications of pneumonia,
in Little Rock, Pulaski
County, Ark., July 16,
2006 (age 57 years, 302
days).
Burial location unknown.
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James Donald Griffin (1929-2008) —
also known as James D. Griffin; Jimmy
Griffin —
of Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y.
Born in Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y., June 29,
1929.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during the Korean conflict;
member of New York
state senate 56th District, 1967-77; mayor
of Buffalo, N.Y., 1978-93.
Catholic.
Member, Knights
of Columbus; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; American
Legion; American
Association of Retired Persons.
Died, from Creutzfelt-Jakob disease, in the Father Baker Manor
nursing
home, Orchard Park, Erie
County, N.Y., May 25,
2008 (age 78 years, 331
days).
Interment at Holy
Cross Cemetery, Lackawanna, N.Y.
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