Very incomplete list!
in chronological order
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Benjamin Andrew (1730-1790) —
of Georgia.
Born in Dorchester, Charleston District (now Dorchester
County), S.C., 1730.
Planter;
member of Georgia
State Executive Council, 1777; elected Delegate
to Continental Congress from Georgia 1780, but did not serve.
Died on the floor of the Georgia House of
Representatives, in the then state capitol building,
Augusta, Richmond
County, Ga., December
16, 1790 (age about 60
years).
Burial location unknown.
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John Caldwell (1757-1804) —
of Kentucky.
Born in Prince
Edward County, Va., 1757.
Member of Kentucky
state senate, 1792; Lieutenant
Governor of Kentucky, 1804; died in office 1804.
Died, of an "inflammation of the brain" (probably a stroke),
while presiding over the Kentucky State
Senate, at the then state capitol building, Frankfort, Franklin
County, Ky., 1804
(age about
47 years).
Interment at Frankfort
Cemetery, Frankfort, Ky.
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John C. Bell (c.1831-1860) —
of El
Dorado County, Calif.
Born about 1831.
Member of California
state assembly 18th District, 1860; died in office 1860.
During an argument just outside the Assembly
session in the California State Capitol, was shot and
stabbed
by Dr. W. H. Stone, mortally
wounded, and died four days later, in Sacramento, Sacramento
County, Calif., April
15, 1860 (age about 29
years).
Interment at Sacramento
City Cemetery, Sacramento, Calif.
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Muscoe Russell Hunter Garnett (1821-1864) —
also known as Muscoe R. H. Garnett —
of Essex
County, Va.
Born in Essex
County, Va., July 25,
1821.
Democrat. Delegate
to Virginia state constitutional convention, 1850-51; member of
Virginia
state house of delegates, 1853-57; U.S.
Representative from Virginia 1st District, 1856-61; delegate
to Virginia secession convention from Essex & King-and-Queen
counties, 1861; Representative
from Virginia in the Confederate Congress, 1862-64; died in
office 1864.
Slaveowner.
Contracted typhoid
fever while attending the Confederate
Congress, in the Virginia State Capitol, Richmond, Va.,
and died at his home in Essex
County, Va., February
14, 1864 (age 42 years, 204
days).
Interment a
private or family graveyard, Essex County, Va.
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Robert Augustus Alston (1832-1879) —
also known as Robert A. Alston —
of DeKalb
County, Ga.
Born in Milledgeville, Baldwin
County, Ga., 1832.
Lawyer;
farmer;
newspaper
publisher; served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War;
member of Georgia
state house of representatives, 1878-79; died in office 1879.
Methodist.
A farmer named Ed Cox, angry over the sale of a prison labor lease
which Alston had negotiated, armed himself, announced he would kill
Alston, sought him in the Georgia state capitol building, and
found him in the State Treasurer's office. Both men drew their
pistols. Alston was mortally wounded by a shot to
the head, and died later that day, in Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga., March
11, 1879 (age about 46
years). Cox was also shot and injured, but recovered, was
convicted of murder, and sentenced to life imprisonment.
Interment at Decatur
Cemetery, Decatur, Ga.
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Jeremiah Weldon South (1805-1880) —
also known as Jere South; "The Father of Breathitt
County" —
of Owsley
County, Ky.
Born in Madison
County, Ky., July 10,
1805.
Member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1840; member of Kentucky
state senate, 1843-47.
Died on the floor of the Kentucky State
Senate, old State Capitol Building, Frankfort, Franklin
County, Ky., April
15, 1880 (age 74 years, 280
days).
Interment at Frankfort
Cemetery, Frankfort, Ky.
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William Justus Goebel (1856-1900) —
also known as William J. Goebel; "Boss Bill";
"The Kenton King"; "William the
Conqueror" —
of Kentucky.
Born in Sullivan
County, Pa., January
4, 1856.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Kentucky
state senate, 1887-99; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Kentucky, 1888;
delegate
to Kentucky state constitutional convention, 1890-91; Governor of
Kentucky, 1900; died in office 1900.
In 1895, he killed a factional rival, John Stanford, in a political
quarrel; never tried.
While contesting the outcome of a gubernatorial election, was shot and
mortally
wounded in front of the old Kentucky State Capitol; he was
declared elected and sworn in as Governor before he died four days
later, in Frankfort, Franklin
County, Ky., February
3, 1900 (age 44 years, 30
days).
Interment at Frankfort
Cemetery, Frankfort, Ky.; statue at Old
State Capitol Grounds, Frankfort, Ky.
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William Amos Poynter (1848-1909) —
also known as William A. Poynter —
of Albion, Boone
County, Neb.
Born May 29,
1848.
Member of Nebraska
state house of representatives, 1885; member of Nebraska
state senate, 1891; Governor of
Nebraska, 1899-1901.
While making a
speech, in the Nebraska State Capitol, was stricken by
apoplexy, and died soon after, in Lincoln, Lancaster
County, Neb., April 5,
1909 (age 60 years, 311
days).
Interment at Wyuka
Cemetery, Lincoln, Neb.
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Leonidas Johnson Rountree (1868-1923) —
also known as Lee J. Rountree —
of Texas.
Born in Dripping Springs, Hays
County, Tex., July 15,
1868.
Newspaper
publisher; member of Texas
state house of representatives, 1921-23; died in office 1923.
Died of a stroke,
after giving a passionate speech in the House of
Representatives, in the Texas Capitol, Austin, Travis
County, Tex., May 2,
1923 (age 54 years, 291
days).
Interment at Bryan
City Cemetery, Bryan, Tex.
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Huey Pierce Long (1893-1935) —
also known as Huey P. Long; Hugh Pierce Long;
"The Kingfish" —
of Shreveport, Caddo
Parish, La.; New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La.
Born near Winnfield, Winn
Parish, La., August
30, 1893.
Democrat. Lawyer;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Louisiana, 1928;
Governor
of Louisiana, 1928-32; member of Democratic
National Committee from Louisiana, 1928; impeached
by the Louisiana House in 1929 over multiple charges including his
attempt to impose an oil tax and his unauthorized demolition of the
governor's mansion, but not convicted by the Senate; U.S.
Senator from Louisiana, 1932-35; died in office 1935.
Baptist.
Member, Elks.
Shot
and mortally
wounded by Dr. Carl Weiss (who was immediately killed at the
scene), in the Louisiana State Capitol Building, September 8,
1935, and died two days later at Our Lady of the Lake Hospital,
Baton Rouge, East Baton
Rouge Parish, La., September
10, 1935 (age 42 years, 11
days).
Interment at State
Capitol Grounds, Baton Rouge, La.
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Relatives: Son
of Hugh Pierce Long and Caledonia Palestine (Tison) Long; brother of
George
Shannon Long and Earl
Kemp Long (who married Blanche
B. Revere); married, April
12, 1913, to Rose
McConnell; father of Russell
Billiu Long; second cousin once removed of Gillis
William Long and Speedy
Oteria Long. |
| | | Political family: Long
family of Louisiana. |
| | | Cross-reference: Cecil
Morgan — John
H. Overton — Harvey
G. Fields — Gerald
L. K. Smith |
| | | The Huey P. Long - O.K. Allen Bridge
(opened 1940), which carries U.S. Highway 190 and a rail line over
the Mississippi River, between East Baton
Rouge Parish and West Baton
Rouge Parish, Louisiana, is partly named for
him. — Senador Huey Pierce Long, a street
in Asunsion,
Paraguay, is named for
him. |
| | | Campaign slogan: "Every Man a
King." |
| | | Campaign slogan: "Share Our
Wealth." |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — National
Governors Association biography — Wikipedia
article — NNDB
dossier — Internet Movie Database
profile |
| | | Books by Huey P. Long: Every
Man a King : The Autobiography of Huey P. Long |
| | | Books about Huey P. Long: T. Harry
Williams, Huey
Long — Harnett T. Kane, Huey
Long's Louisiana Hayride: The American Rehearsal for Dictatorship
1928-1940 — Richard D. White, Kingfish:
The Reign of Huey P. Long — David R. Collins, Huey
P. Long : Talker and Doer (for young readers) |
| | | Image source: KnowLA Encyclopedia of
Louisiana |
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James E. McCullough (1888-1961) —
of Keene, Cheshire
County, N.H.
Born in 1888.
Republican. Delegate
to New Hampshire state constitutional convention from Keene 2nd
Ward, 1956; elected New
Hampshire state house of representatives from Keene 2nd Ward 1956.
Died in the state capitol building, Concord, Merrimack
County, N.H., 1961
(age about
73 years).
Interment at East
Leverett Cemetery, East Leverett, Leverett, Mass.
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William B. Hoyt (c.1938-1992) —
also known as Bill Hoyt —
of Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y.
Born about 1938.
Democrat. School
teacher; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New
York, 1972;
member of New York
state assembly 144th District, 1975-92; died in office 1992;
candidate for mayor
of Buffalo, N.Y., 1989.
Suffered a heart
attack and collapsed, during an Assembly
session, in the State Capitol Building, and died soon
after in the Albany Medical
Center, Albany, Albany
County, N.Y., March
25, 1992 (age about 54
years).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to Susan Curran. |
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