Very incomplete list!
in chronological order
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Victor Ponet (1836-1914) —
of Sherman (now West Hollywood), Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Belgium,
1836.
Real
estate developer; Consular
Agent for Belgium in Los
Angeles, Calif., 1894-99; Vice-Consul
for Belgium in Los
Angeles, Calif., 1900-03.
Belgian
ancestry.
Died, from prostate cancer and liver
cancer, in Sherman (now West Hollywood), Los Angeles
County, Calif., February
8, 1914 (age about 77
years).
Interment at Calvary
Cemetery, Los Angeles, Calif.
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Lucas Lugers (1853-1927) —
also known as Luke Lugers —
of Holland, Ottawa
County, Mich.
Born in a log
house, Laketown Township, Allegan
County, Mich., February
2, 1853.
Republican. Lumber
business; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Ottawa County 1st District,
1899-1902; member of Michigan
state senate 23rd District, 1907-08.
Christian
Reformed. Dutch
ancestry.
Died, of prostate cancer, in Holland, Ottawa
County, Mich., December
25, 1927 (age 74 years, 326
days).
Interment at Graafschap
Cemetery, Holland, Mich.
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Relatives: Son
of Benjamin Lugers and Henrietta (Brinkman) Lugers; married to
Lucretia A. Ellenbaas. |
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Isom P. Langley (1851-1930) —
of Hot Springs, Garland
County, Ark.; Lebanon, Laclede
County, Mo.
Born in Clark
County, Ark., September
2, 1851.
Preacher;
newspaper
editor; lawyer; farmer;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from Arkansas, 1886 (Labor, 4th District), 1890
(Populist, 2nd District), 1890 (Republican, 2nd District); member of
Missouri
state house of representatives from Laclede County, 1919-20.
Baptist.
Member, Knights
of Labor.
Died, from prostate cancer, in Jefferson City, Cole
County, Mo., July 13,
1930 (age 78 years, 314
days).
Interment at Riverview
Cemetery, Jefferson City, Mo.
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Levi Sampson Rice (1855-1934) —
also known as Levi S. Rice —
of Bessemer, Gogebic
County, Mich.
Born in Lapeer
County, Mich., November
5, 1855.
Democrat. Hotelier;
lawyer;
postmaster at Bessemer,
Mich., 1894-97, 1915-18; candidate for Michigan
state senate 32nd District, 1906; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Michigan 12th District, 1932.
Member, Odd
Fellows; Eagles.
Died, from stomach
cancer and prostate cancer, in Bessemer, Gogebic
County, Mich., March 5,
1934 (age 78 years, 120
days).
Interment at Hillcrest Cemetery, Bessemer, Mich.
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Edward Bundy Manwaring (1851-1934) —
also known as Edward B. Manwaring —
of Menomonie, Dunn
County, Wis.; Superior, Douglas
County, Wis.; Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich.
Born in Windsor, Broome
County, N.Y., March
26, 1851.
Lawyer;
fruit
grower;
member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Washtenaw County 1st
District, 1921-24; defeated (Progressive), 1912.
English
ancestry.
Died, from prostate cancer, in the University of Michigan Hospital,
Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich., November
1, 1934 (age 83 years, 220
days).
Interment at Evergreen Cemetery, Menomonie, Wis.
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Relatives: Son
of Edward Scoville Manwaring and Sarah Jane (Bundy) Manwaring;
married to Syndonia Barwise. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Clemente Nicolini (1853-1938) —
of Galveston, Galveston
County, Tex.
Born in Sestri Levante, Liguria, Italy,
January
13, 1853.
Steamship
agent; importer
and exporter; Consular
Agent for Italy in Galveston,
Tex., 1887-1903; Consul
for Mexico in Galveston,
Tex., 1895-96.
Catholic.
Italian
ancestry.
Died, from prostate cancer and senility,
in St. Mary's Infirmary,
Galveston, Galveston
County, Tex., July 9,
1938 (age 85 years, 177
days).
Interment at Calvary
Catholic Cemetery, Galveston, Tex.
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Relatives: Son
of Frank Nicolini and Rosa (Rossi) Nicolini; married to Carmelita
Linaro. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Eugene James Kirby (1859-1938) —
also known as Eugene J. Kirby —
of Covert, Van Buren
County, Mich.
Born in Flowerfield, St. Joseph
County, Mich., August
30, 1859.
Republican. Dairy farmer; fruit
grower;
bank
director; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Van Buren County, 1921-26;
defeated in primary, 1926.
English
ancestry. Member, Odd
Fellows.
Died, from uremia
and prostate cancer, in City Hospital,
South Haven, Van Buren
County, Mich., December
24, 1938 (age 79 years, 116
days).
Interment at Oakridge
Cemetery, Marshall, Mich.
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William Charles Manchester (1873-1943) —
also known as William C. Manchester —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.; Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich.
Born near Canfield, Mahoning
County, Ohio, December
25, 1873.
Republican. Lawyer; delegate
to Michigan state constitutional convention 4th District,
1907-08; delegate to Republican National Convention from Michigan, 1908;
member of Michigan
Republican State Central Committee, 1910-14.
Presbyterian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Elks; Kappa
Sigma.
Died, of prostate cancer, in Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich., May 17,
1943 (age 69 years, 143
days).
Cremated;
ashes scattered in a private or family graveyard, Mahoning County, Ohio.
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Relatives: Son
of Hugh A. Manchester and Rosannah (Squires) Manchester; married, December
27, 1898, to Margaret Katherine MacGregor. |
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Louis Bernard Nagler (1871-1947) —
also known as Louis B. Nagler —
of Madison, Dane
County, Wis.
Born in St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn., February
28, 1871.
Republican. Journalist;
author;
alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Wisconsin,
1940.
German
ancestry.
Died of prostate cancer, in Polk
County, Wis., May 8,
1947 (age 76 years, 69
days).
Interment at Oak Grove Cemetery, East Farmington, Wis.
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Relatives: Son
of Louis J. Nagler and Catherine (Schottmuller) Nagler; married, June 20,
1912, to Ellen Torelle. |
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Herman G. Hutt (1872-1952) —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.; West Chester, Chester
County, Pa.
Born July 11,
1872.
News
dealer; member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives from Philadelphia County, 1901-06;
burgess
of West Chester, Pennsylvania, 1922-25.
Died, from prostate cancer, in Chester County Hospital,
West Chester, Chester
County, Pa., June 13,
1952 (age 79 years, 338
days).
Interment at Oaklands
Cemetery, West Chester, Pa.
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George Thomas Myers (1873-1952) —
also known as George T. Myers —
of Macks Creek, Camden
County, Mo.
Born in Quincy, Hickory
County, Mo., March
15, 1873.
Democrat. Physician;
surgeon;
pharmacist;
member of Missouri
state house of representatives from Camden County, 1933-34;
defeated, 1934, 1936; postmaster.
Member, Freemasons.
Died, from acute cardiac
failure following prostate cancer surgery, in St. John's
Hospital,
Springfield, Greene
County, Mo., December
15, 1952 (age 79 years, 275
days).
Interment at Macks Creek Cemetery, Macks Creek, Mo.
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William Howard (1875-1953) —
of Darlington, Darlington
County, S.C.
Born in Sumter
County, S.C., 1875.
Republican. Minister;
delegate to Republican National Convention from South Carolina, 1924,
1928
(member, Committee
on Rules and Order of Business), 1936
(alternate); printing
business.
Baptist.
African
ancestry.
Died, from uremia
due to prostate adenoma, in Saunders Memorial Hospital,
Florence, Florence
County, S.C., May 21,
1953 (age about 77
years).
Interment at Darlington Memorial Cemetery, Darlington, S.C.
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Frederic Magoun Miller (1896-1958) —
also known as Frederic M. Miller —
of Des Moines, Polk
County, Iowa.
Born in Des Moines, Polk
County, Iowa, February
18, 1896.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer; justice of
Iowa state supreme court, 1939-46.
Member, Freemasons;
American Bar
Association.
Died, of prostate cancer, in Des Moines, Polk
County, Iowa, June 8,
1958 (age 62 years, 110
days).
Interment at Glendale
Cemetery, Des Moines, Iowa.
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Lewis C. Reimann (1890-1961) —
of Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich.
Born in Stambaugh (now part of Iron River), Iron
County, Mich., September
22, 1890.
Democrat. Dry candidate for delegate
to Michigan convention to ratify 21st amendment from Washtenaw
County, 1933; candidate for mayor
of Ann Arbor, Mich., 1951; candidate for Michigan
state senate 33rd District, 1954.
Presbyterian.
Member, Kiwanis.
Died, from prostate cancer, in Ann Arbor Township, Washtenaw
County, Mich., August
20, 1961 (age 70 years, 332
days).
Interment at Washtenong
Memorial Park, Ann Arbor Township, Washtenaw County, Mich.
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Relatives: Son
of Ludwig Reimann and Augusta (Schoenion) Reimann; married to Pearle
Shewell. |
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Harold Clayton Lloyd (1893-1971) —
also known as Harold Lloyd —
of Beverly Hills, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Burchard, Pawnee
County, Neb., April
20, 1893.
Republican. Actor,
comedian,
film
producer; appeared in over 200 motion
pictures; one of the founders,
in 1927, of the Academy of Motion
Picture Arts and Sciences; alternate delegate to Republican
National Convention from California, 1948,
1952.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners.
Lost
two fingers in a 1919 accident.
Died, of prostate cancer, in Beverly Hills, Los Angeles
County, Calif., March 8,
1971 (age 77 years, 322
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Adam Clayton Powell Jr. (1908-1972) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New Haven, New Haven
County, Conn., November
29, 1908.
Democrat. Baptist
minister; U.S.
Representative from New York, 1945-71 (22nd District 1945-53,
16th District 1953-63, 18th District 1963-71); delegate to Democratic
National Convention from New York, 1952,
1960,
1964;
cited
for contempt
of court in 1966 for refusing to pay damages in a lawsuit against
him; on February 28, 1967, he was expelled
from the House of Representatives on charges
of unbecoming
conduct and misusing
public funds; the Supreme Court overturned the expulsion in 1969.
Baptist.
African
ancestry. Member, Alpha
Phi Alpha; Elks.
Died, of prostate cancer, in Jackson Memorial Hospital,
Miami, Dade County (now Miami-Dade
County), Fla., April 4,
1972 (age 63 years, 127
days).
Cremated;
ashes scattered in a
private or family graveyard, Bahamas.
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Relatives: Son
of Adam Clayton Powell, Sr. and Mattie (Fletcher) Powell; married, March 8,
1933, to Isabel Washington; married, August
1, 1945, to Hazel Scott; married, December
15, 1960, to Yvette Marjorie Diago (Flores) Powell; father of Adam
Clayton Powell IV. |
| | | Adam Clayton Powell Jr. Boulevard
(formerly part of Seventh Avenue), in Manhattan,
New York, is named for
him. — The Adam Clayton Powell State
Office Building (opened 1974 as the Harlem State Office Building;
renamed 1983), in Manhattan,
New York, is named for
him. |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Wikipedia article — NNDB
dossier |
| | | Books by Powell,Adam Clayton,Jr.: Adam
by Adam: The Autobiography of Adam Clayton Powell,
Jr. |
| | | Books about Powell,Adam Clayton,Jr.:
Tisha Hamilton, Adam
Clayton Powell, Jr.: The Political Biography of an American
Dilemma — Wil Haygood, King
of the Cats: The Life and Times of Adam Clayton Powell,
Jr. |
| | | Image source: Library of
Congress |
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John W. Metzger (1914-1984) —
of Denver,
Colo.
Born in a sod
hut on the prairie near Sterling, Logan
County, Colo., April 4,
1914.
Democrat. Lawyer;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Colorado, 1948;
Colorado
state attorney general, 1949-50; candidate for Governor of
Colorado, 1952.
Died, of prostate cancer, in Denver,
Colo., January
25, 1984 (age 69 years, 296
days).
Entombed in mausoleum at Fairmount
Cemetery, Denver, Colo.
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George Miller O'Brien (1917-1986) —
also known as George M. O'Brien —
of Illinois.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., June 17,
1917.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; member
of Illinois
state house of representatives, 1970-71; U.S.
Representative from Illinois, 1973-86 (17th District 1973-83, 4th
District 1983-86); died in office 1986.
Died, from prostate cancer, at the National Cancer Institute,
Bethesda, Montgomery
County, Md., July 18,
1986 (age 69 years, 31
days).
Interment at Resurrection
Cemetery, Lockport, Ill.
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Emerson Hugh De Lacy (1910-1986) —
also known as Hugh De Lacy —
of Seattle, King
County, Wash.; Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio.
Born in Seattle, King
County, Wash., May 9,
1910.
Democrat. College
instructor; machinist;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Washington, 1940;
U.S.
Representative from Washington 1st District, 1945-47; defeated,
1946; carpenter.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; International
Association of Machinists.
Died, from prostate cancer, in Dominican Hospital,
Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz
County, Calif., August
19, 1986 (age 76 years, 102
days).
Interment at Home of Peace Cemetery, Santa Cruz, Calif.
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Leon Baqueiro Poullada (1913-1987) —
also known as Leon B. Poullada —
of California; St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn.
Born in Santa Rosa, Guadalupe
County, N.M., April
13, 1913.
Colonel in the U.S. Army during World War II; Foreign Service
officer; U.S. Ambassador to Togo, 1961-64.
Died of prostate cancer, in St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn., July 17,
1987 (age 74 years, 95
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Jesse Marvin Unruh (1922-1987) —
also known as Jesse M. Unruh; Jess Unruh; "Big
Daddy" —
of Los Angeles, Los
Angeles County, Calif.; Inglewood, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Newton, Harvey
County, Kan., September
30, 1922.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; economist;
member of California
state assembly, 1955-70; Speaker of
the California State Assembly, 1962-68; candidate for
Presidential Elector for California; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from California, 1960,
1964,
1968
(speaker);
candidate for Governor of
California, 1970; candidate for mayor
of Los Angeles, Calif., 1973; California
state treasurer, 1975-87; died in office 1987.
Protestant.
Member, American
Legion.
Died, of prostate cancer, in Marina del Rey, Los Angeles
County, Calif., August
4, 1987 (age 64 years, 308
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Santa Monica, Calif.
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Sigurd Anderson (1904-1990) —
of Webster, Day
County, S.Dak.
Born in Arendal, Norway,
January
22, 1904.
Republican. Lawyer; Day
County State's Attorney, 1939-40; served in the U.S. Navy during
World War II; South
Dakota state attorney general, 1947-51; member of South Dakota
Republican State Executive Committee, 1947-48; Governor of
South Dakota, 1951-55; member, Federal Trade Commission, 1955-64;
circuit judge in South Dakota, 1970.
Lutheran.
Norwegian
ancestry. Member, American Bar
Association; Federal
Bar Association; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Farm
Bureau; American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Kiwanis;
Phi
Beta Kappa; Delta
Theta Phi; Pi
Kappa Delta.
Died, from prostate cancer and pneumonia,
in Lake Area Hospital,
Webster, Day
County, S.Dak., December
21, 1990 (age 86 years, 333
days).
Interment at Webster Cemetery, Webster, S.Dak.
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Otis Milton Smith (1922-1994) —
also known as Otis M. Smith —
of Flint, Genesee
County, Mich.
Born in Memphis, Shelby
County, Tenn., February
20, 1922.
Democrat. Lawyer; Michigan
state auditor general, 1959-61; alternate delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Michigan, 1960;
justice
of Michigan state supreme court, 1961-66; appointed 1961;
defeated, 1966; first
Black member of the Michigan Supreme Court; member of University
of Michigan board of regents, 1967-71; candidate for Presidential
Elector for Michigan; vice-president and general counsel of General
Motors.
African
ancestry. Member, Urban
League; Kiwanis.
Died, of prostate cancer, in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., June 29,
1994 (age 72 years, 129
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Linus Carl Pauling (1901-1994) —
also known as Linus Pauling —
of California.
Born in Portland, Multnomah
County, Ore., February
28, 1901.
Chemist;
university
professor; candidate for U.S.
Senator from California, 1962; received the Nobel
Prize in Chemistry in 1954, the Nobel
Peace Prize in 1962, and the Lenin
Peace Prize in 1968-69.
Unitarian;
later Atheist.
Died, from prostate cancer, in Big Sur, Monterey
County, Calif., August
19, 1994 (age 93 years, 172
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Oswego Pioneer Cemetery, Lake Oswego, Ore.
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Dean Anderson Gallo (1935-1994) —
also known as Dean A. Gallo —
of West Orange, Essex
County, N.J.; Parsippany, Morris
County, N.J.
Born in Hackensack, Bergen
County, N.J., November
23, 1935.
Republican. Realtor;
member of New
Jersey state house of assembly, 1976-84; U.S.
Representative from New Jersey 11th District, 1985-94; died in
office 1994.
Methodist.
Died, of prostate cancer, in Denville, Morris
County, N.J., November
6, 1994 (age 58 years, 348
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Orval Eugene Faubus (1910-1994) —
also known as Orval Faubus —
of Huntsville, Madison
County, Ark.
Born in Combs, Madison
County, Ark., January
7, 1910.
Democrat. Major in the U.S. Army during World War II; Governor of
Arkansas, 1955-67; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Arkansas, 1956;
National States Rights candidate for President
of the United States, 1960.
Baptist.
Member, Lions; American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Freemasons;
Sons
of Confederate Veterans; Disabled
American Veterans; Elks.
Died of prostate cancer, in Conway, Faulkner
County, Ark., December
14, 1994 (age 84 years, 341
days).
Interment at Combs
Cemetery, Combs, Ark.
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Richard Anthony Moore (1914-1995) —
of Washington,
D.C.
Born in 1914.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; U.S. Ambassador to Ireland, 1989-92.
Died, of prostate cancer, in Washington,
D.C., January
27, 1995 (age about 80
years).
Burial location unknown.
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William Lyman Soards (1942-1996) —
also known as William L. Soards —
of Indiana.
Born in Crawfordsville, Montgomery
County, Ind., July 26,
1942.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1975-85; member of Indiana
state senate, 1985-94; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Indiana, 1988.
Died, of prostate cancer, in a hospital
at Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind., January
26, 1996 (age 53 years, 184
days).
Interment at Waynetown
Masonic Cemetery, Waynetown, Ind.
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Jerome Warner (1927-1997) —
of Waverly, Lancaster
County, Neb.
Born in Waverly, Lancaster
County, Neb., November
23, 1927.
Member of Nebraska
unicameral legislature, 1960.
Died of prostate cancer, in Lincoln, Lancaster
County, Neb., April
20, 1997 (age 69 years, 148
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Joseph Lawrence Alioto (1916-1998) —
also known as Joseph L. Alioto —
of San
Francisco, Calif.
Born in San
Francisco, Calif., February
12, 1916.
Democrat. Lawyer; mayor
of San Francisco, Calif., 1968-76; candidate for Governor of
California, 1974.
Catholic.
Italian
ancestry.
Indicted
in 1971 on federal charges
of bribery,
conspiracy, and mail fraud; acquitted in 1972.
Died, of prostate cancer and pneumonia,
in San
Francisco, Calif., January
29, 1998 (age 81 years, 351
days).
Interment at Cypress
Lawn Memorial Park, Colma, Calif.; cenotaph at Holy
Cross Catholic Cemetery, Colma, Calif.
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Thomas Gerard Dunn (1921-1998) —
also known as Thomas G. Dunn; Tom Dunn —
of Elizabeth, Union
County, N.J.
Born April 9,
1921.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; mayor
of Elizabeth, N.J., 1964-92; defeated, 1961, 1992; member of New
Jersey state senate 21st District, 1974-77; defeated (Re-elect
Experience, Courage), 1977; member of New
Jersey state house of assembly 20th District, 1991-93.
Member, International
Brotherhood of Electrical Workers.
Died, from prostate cancer, in Elizabeth, Union
County, N.J., February
11, 1998 (age 76 years, 308
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Kenneth J. Cory (1937-1998) —
also known as Ken Cory —
of Garden Grove, Orange
County, Calif.
Born in September, 1937.
Democrat. Member of California
state assembly, 1967-74; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from California, 1968,
1972;
California
state controller, 1975-87.
Died, of prostate cancer, in Loomis, Placer
County, Calif., November
13, 1998 (age 61 years, 0
days).
Burial location unknown.
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James McClure Clarke (1917-1999) —
also known as James M. Clarke —
of Fairview, Buncombe
County, N.C.
Born in Manchester, Bennington
County, Vt., June 12,
1917.
Democrat. Member of North Carolina state legislature, 1950; U.S.
Representative from North Carolina 11th District, 1983-85,
1987-91; defeated, 1984, 1990.
Died of prostate cancer, in Fairview, Buncombe
County, N.C., April
13, 1999 (age 81 years, 305
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Robert Berkey Crosby (1911-2000) —
also known as Robert B. Crosby; "The Boy Governor from
North Platte" —
of North Platte, Lincoln
County, Neb.; Lincoln, Lancaster
County, Neb.
Born in North Platte, Lincoln
County, Neb., March
26, 1911.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Nebraska
unicameral legislature, 1941-45; served in the U.S. Navy during
World War II; Lieutenant
Governor of Nebraska, 1947-49; Governor of
Nebraska, 1953-55; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Nebraska, 1954; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Nebraska, 1956
(member, Resolutions
Committee), 1960
(member, Resolutions
Committee), 1964,
1972,
1976.
Catholic.
Member, American Bar
Association; Kiwanis;
American
Legion; Elks.
Died, of Parkinson's
disease and prostate cancer, in Madonna Rehabilitation Hospital,
Lincoln, Lancaster
County, Neb., January
7, 2000 (age 88 years, 287
days).
Interment at Lincoln
Memorial Park, Lincoln, Neb.
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Clennon Washington King Jr. (c.1921-2000) —
also known as Clennon King; "The Black Don
Quixote" —
of Miami, Miami-Dade
County, Fla.
Born about 1921.
Minister;
Independent Afro-American candidate for President
of the United States, 1960; candidate for mayor of
Miami, Fla., 1996.
African
ancestry.
Attempted
to enroll in the then-all-white University of Mississippi in
1958, and was sent to the state's insane
asylum; attempted to join and integrate Jimmy
Carter's all-white Baptist Church in Plains, Ga., on the eve of
the 1976 presidential election. Jailed
on numerous occasions for his flamboyant tactics.
Died, of prostate cancer, in Miami, Miami-Dade
County, Fla., February
12, 2000 (age about 79
years).
Interment at Riverside
Cemetery, Albany, Ga.
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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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Herbert Harvell Bateman (1928-2000) —
also known as Herbert H. Bateman —
of Newport
News, Va.
Born in Elizabeth City, Pasquotank
County, N.C., August
7, 1928.
Served in the U.S. Air Force during the Korean conflict; lawyer;
member of Virginia
state senate, 1968-82 (27th District 1968-71, 2nd District
1972-82); resigned 1982; candidate in Republican primary for Lieutenant
Governor of Virginia, 1981; U.S.
Representative from Virginia 1st District, 1983-2000; died in
office 2000.
Member, Jaycees;
American
Legion; American
Judicature Society; Omicron
Delta Kappa; Phi
Delta Phi; Pi
Kappa Alpha.
Died, of lung
cancer and prostate cancer, at Loudoun Hospital
Center, Leesburg, Loudoun
County, Va., September
11, 2000 (age 72 years, 35
days).
Interment at Peninsula
Memorial Park, Newport News, Va.
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John George Schmitz (1930-2001) —
also known as John G. Schmitz —
of California.
Born in Milwaukee, Milwaukee
County, Wis., August
12, 1930.
Member of California
state senate, 1965-70, 1979; U.S.
Representative from California 35th District, 1970-73; defeated
in Republican primary, 1972, 1976, 1984; American Independent
candidate for President
of the United States, 1972; reprimanded
by the California Senate in 1982 over a press release issued by his
office, which characterized a critic and her supporters with crude
slurs; candidate in Republican primary for U.S.
Senator from California, 1982.
Catholic.
Member, Young
Americans for Freedom; John
Birch Society; National Rifle
Association; American
Legion; Military
Order of the World Wars; Knights
of Columbus; Order
of Alhambra; Toastmasters.
Died, of prostate cancer, in the National
Naval Medical Center, Bethesda, Montgomery
County, Md., January
10, 2001 (age 70 years, 151
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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John William Gardner (1912-2002) —
also known as John W. Gardner —
of Scarsdale, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born in Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., October
8, 1912.
Republican. University
professor; served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II;
U.S.
Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare, 1965-68.
Member, Council on
Foreign Relations; Sigma
Xi; Kappa
Delta Pi; American
Psychological Association; Common
Cause.
Received the Presidential
Medal of Freedom in 1964; founder of Common Cause in 1970.
Died, from complications of prostate cancer, in Palo Alto, Santa Clara
County, Calif., February
16, 2002 (age 89 years, 131
days).
Burial location unknown.
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John Westergaard (1931-2003) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born July 2,
1931.
Democrat. Candidate for New York
state senate, 1960; campaign treasurer for Daniel
Patrick Moynihan, 1965-94; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from New York, 1996.
Norwegian
ancestry.
The Securities and Exchange Commission filed civil fraud charges
against him in 2000; Paul
J. Curran volunteered to serve as defense counsel pro bono; in
2001, the fraud charges were withdrawn, and the case was settled with
no penalty.
Died, of prostate cancer, at Calvary Hospice,
Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y., January
31, 2003 (age 71 years, 213
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Edward Richard Dudley (1911-2005) —
also known as Edward R. Dudley —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in South Boston, Halifax
County, Va., March
11, 1911.
Democrat. Lawyer;
U.S. Minister to Liberia, 1948-49; U.S. Ambassador to Liberia, 1949-53; borough
president of Manhattan, New York, 1961-64; appointed 1961;
candidate for New York
state attorney general, 1962; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from New York, 1964;
Justice
of New York Supreme Court 1st District, 1965-85.
African
ancestry.
Died, of prostate cancer, in St. Luke's Hospital,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., February
10, 2005 (age 93 years, 336
days).
Burial location unknown.
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George Clement Furton (1923-2006) —
also known as George C. Furton —
of Chesterfield Township, Macomb
County, Mich.
Born in New Baltimore, Macomb
County, Mich., October
24, 1923.
Republican. Member of Michigan
state house of representatives 75th District, 1985-86; defeated,
1982, 1986; Chesterfield Township Treasurer, 1988-96.
Died, of prostate cancer, in Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich., March
22, 2006 (age 82 years, 149
days).
Interment at St.
Mary's Cemetery, New Baltimore, Mich.
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Chic Hecht (1928-2006) —
also known as Mayer Jacob Hecht —
of Las Vegas, Clark
County, Nev.
Born in Cape Girardeau, Cape
Girardeau County, Mo., November
30, 1928.
Republican. Member of Nevada
state senate, 1967-75; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Nevada, 1972;
U.S.
Senator from Nevada, 1983-89; defeated, 1988; U.S. Ambassador to
Bahamas, 1989-93.
Jewish.
Died, of prostate cancer, in Las Vegas, Clark
County, Nev., May 15,
2006 (age 77 years, 166
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Thomas J. Manton (1932-2006) —
of Woodside, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y.; Forest Hills, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y.; Astoria, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y.
Born in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., November
3, 1932.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during the Korean conflict;
lawyer;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1984,
1988,
1996,
2000,
2004;
U.S.
Representative from New York, 1985-99 (9th District 1985-93, 7th
District 1993-99); candidate for Presidential Elector for New York;
member of Democratic
National Committee from New York, 2004.
Catholic.
Irish
ancestry. Member, American Bar
Association; Catholic
War Veterans.
Died, of prostate cancer, in Calvary Hospital,
Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y., July 22,
2006 (age 73 years, 261
days).
Interment at Calvary
Cemetery, Woodside, Queens, N.Y.
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George Becker (1928-2007) —
of Allison Park, Allegheny
County, Pa.; West Deer, Allegheny
County, Pa.
Born in Madison, Madison
County, Ill., October
20, 1928.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the Korean conflict; steelworker;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1984
(alternate), 1996,
2000;
president,
United Steelworkers of America, 1993-2000.
Member, United
Steelworkers of America.
Died, of prostate cancer, in West Deer, Allegheny
County, Pa., February
3, 2007 (age 78 years, 106
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of George Becker and Frances Becker; married 1950 to Jane
Goforth. |
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article |
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Charles Anthony Gillespie Jr. (1935-2008) —
also known as Charles A. Gillespie, Jr.; Tony
Gillespie —
of California.
Born in Long Beach, Los Angeles
County, Calif., March
22, 1935.
Republican. Foreign Service officer; U.S. Ambassador to Colombia, 1985-88; Chile, 1988-91.
Died, of prostate cancer, in Scripps Memorial Hospital,
La Jolla, San Diego
County, Calif., March 7,
2008 (age 72 years, 351
days).
Burial location unknown.
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James Roderick Lilley (1928-2009) —
also known as James R. Lilley —
of Maryland.
Born in Tsingtao (Qingdao), China,
of American parents, January
15, 1928.
Republican. Director, American Institute in Taiwan (de facto U.S.
embassy), 1981-84; U.S. Ambassador to South Korea, 1986-89; China, 1989-91.
Died, from complications of prostate cancer, in Sibley Hospital,
Washington,
D.C., November
12, 2009 (age 81 years, 301
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Deon H. Swift II (1947-2009) —
also known as "Butch" —
of Attica, Fountain
County, Ind.
Born in Lafayette, Tippecanoe
County, Ind., October
22, 1947.
Republican. Facilities supervisor for Harrison Steel
Castings Co.; mayor of
Attica, Ind., 2000-09.
Died, from prostate cancer, in a Home Hospital,
Lafayette, Tippecanoe
County, Ind., December
10, 2009 (age 62 years, 49
days).
Interment at Riverside Cemetery, Attica, Ind.
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Earle Elias Morris Jr. (1928-2011) —
also known as Earle E. Morris, Jr. —
of Pickens, Pickens
County, S.C.
Born in Pickens, Pickens
County, S.C., July 14,
1928.
Democrat. Banker; merchant;
member of South
Carolina state house of representatives, 1951-54; member of South
Carolina state senate, 1954-70 (Pickens County 1954-66, 2nd
District 1966-70); delegate to Democratic National Convention from
South Carolina, 1956,
1968,
1972;
South
Carolina Democratic state chair, 1966-68; Lieutenant
Governor of South Carolina, 1971-74; South
Carolina state comptroller general, 1976-99; convicted
in 2004 of securities
fraud following the collapse of Carolina Investors, though he
denied any intent to defraud anyone; sentenced
to 44 months in prison.
Presbyterian.
Member, Lions; Elks; Moose; Woodmen of
the World; Jaycees;
Kiwanis;
Blue
Key; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Phi
Kappa Phi.
Died, from prostate cancer, in Lexington, Lexington
County, S.C., February
11, 2011 (age 82 years, 212
days).
Entombed in mausoleum at Bush River Memorial Gardens, Columbia, S.C.
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Robert Orris Blake (1921-2015) —
also known as Robert O. Blake —
Born in Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., April 7,
1921.
Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; Foreign Service officer;
U.S. Ambassador to Mali, 1970-73.
Died, from prostate cancer, December
28, 2015 (age 94 years, 265
days).
Burial location unknown.
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David Ted Eyre (1946-2017) —
also known as D. Ted Eyre —
of Murray, Salt Lake
County, Utah.
Born in Rawlins, Carbon
County, Wyo., August
14, 1946.
Served in the U.S. Army during the Vietnam war; airline
pilot; mayor of
Murray, Utah, 2014-17; died in office 2017.
Died, from prostate cancer, in Murray, Salt Lake
County, Utah, August
25, 2017 (age 71 years, 11
days).
Burial location unknown.
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John David Dingell Jr. (1926-2019) —
also known as John D. Dingell; "Big John";
"The Truck" —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.; Trenton, Wayne
County, Mich.; Dearborn, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Colorado Springs, El Paso
County, Colo., July 8,
1926.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Michigan, 1955-2003 (15th District 1955-65,
16th District 1965-2003, 15th District 2003); delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Michigan, 1956,
1960,
1968,
1984,
1988,
1996,
2000,
2004,
2008.
Catholic.
Polish
and Scotch-Irish
ancestry. Member, Polish
Legion of American Veterans; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; American
Legion; Knights
of Columbus; National Rifle
Association.
Died, from prostate cancer, in Dearborn, Wayne
County, Mich., February
7, 2019 (age 92 years, 214
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Relatives: Son
of Grace Blossom (Bigler) Dingell and John
David Dingell; married 1952 to Helen
Henebry; married 1981 to Deborah
Ann Insley; father of Christopher
D. Dingell. |
| | | Political family: Dingell
family of Detroit, Michigan. |
| | | Cross-reference: Doug
Ross |
| | | John Dingell Drive,
in Detroit Metro Airport,
Romulus,
Michigan, is named for
him. — The John D. Dingell VA
Medical Center, in Detroit,
Michigan, is named for
him. — The John D. Dingell Jr. Memorial Bridges,
which take Stadium Boulevard over State Street and the Ann Arbor
Railroad tracks, in Ann Arbor,
Michigan, are named for
him. |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Wikipedia article — Ballotpedia
article — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Image source: Michigan Manual
1957-58 |
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