Very incomplete list!
in chronological order
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Jacob F. Mintzing (d. 1842) —
of Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C.
Lumber
merchant; member of South
Carolina state house of representatives, 1820-35; mayor
of Charleston, S.C., 1840-42; died in office 1842.
Lutheran.
Died, from stomach cancer, March
14, 1842.
Interment at St. Johns Lutheran Church Cemetery, Charleston, S.C.
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Roderick White (c.1816-1856) —
of Olean, Cattaraugus
County, N.Y.
Born about 1816.
Lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from Cattaraugus County, 1845; member of New York
state senate 32nd District, 1856; died in office 1856.
Died, from stomach cancer, in Olean, Cattaraugus
County, N.Y., May 26,
1856 (age about 40
years).
Burial location unknown.
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Samuel White (1798-1871) —
of Novi Township (now Novi), Oakland
County, Mich.
Born in 1798.
Farmer;
delegate
to Michigan state constitutional convention 5th District, 1835;
supervisor
of Novi Township, Michigan, 1835-36, 1839-40, 1843-45.
Died, of stomach cancer, in Novi, Oakland
County, Mich., January
20, 1871 (age about 72
years).
Burial location unknown.
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Charles Hoeflinger (1832-1880) —
also known as Carl Hoeflinger —
of Wausau, Marathon
County, Wis.
Born in Obermarchtal, Germany,
September
13, 1832.
Democrat. Marathon
County Treasurer, 1857-63; member of Wisconsin
state assembly, 1862, 1870; mayor of
Wausau, Wis., 1875-76.
German
ancestry.
Died, from stomach cancer, September
21, 1880 (age 48 years, 8
days).
Interment at Pine
Grove Cemetery, Wausau, Wis.
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Relatives: Son
of Joseph Hoeflinger and Josephine Hoeflinger; married to Antoinette
Krembs; married 1864 to Anna
Krembs. |
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Samuel Campbell Dunn (1809-1881) —
of Indiana.
Born near Danville, Boyle
County, Ky., August
9, 1809.
Member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1839-40.
Presbyterian.
Died, from stomach cancer, in Franklin, Johnson
County, Ind., 1881
(age about
71 years).
Interment at Greenlawn
Cemetery, Franklin, Ind.
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William Wallace Ross (1828-1889) —
of Topeka, Shawnee
County, Kan.
Born in Huron, Erie
County, Ohio, December
25, 1828.
Republican. Newspaper
publisher; delegate
to Kansas state constitutional convention, 1857; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Kansas, 1860;
mayor
of Topeka, Kan., 1865-66.
Died, of stomach cancer, in Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., June 5,
1889 (age 60 years, 162
days).
Original interment at Evergreen
Cemetery, Los Angeles, Calif.; reinterment in 1924 at Hollywood
Forever Cemetery, Hollywood, Los Angeles, Calif.
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Frank McCoppin (1834-1897) —
of San
Francisco, Calif.
Born in County Longford, Ireland,
July
4, 1834.
Democrat. Mayor
of San Francisco, Calif., 1867-69; postmaster at San
Francisco, Calif., 1894-97.
Died, of stomach cancer, in San
Francisco, Calif., May 26,
1897 (age 62 years, 326
days).
Burial location unknown.
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John H. Cox (1833-1902) —
of Missouri.
Born in Berkeley
County, Va. (now W.Va.), November
10, 1833.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; member of
Missouri
state senate 5th District, 1864-66.
Methodist.
Died, of stomach cancer, in Trenton, Grundy
County, Mo., August
2, 1902 (age 68 years, 265
days).
Interment at Rose
Hill Cemetery, Brookfield, Mo.
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Lewis Wallace (1827-1905) —
also known as Lew Wallace —
of Crawfordsville, Montgomery
County, Ind.
Born in Brookville, Franklin
County, Ind., April
10, 1827.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War; member of
Indiana
state senate, 1857-59; general in the Union Army during the Civil
War; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Indiana, 1870; Governor
of New Mexico Territory, 1878-81; U.S. Minister to Turkey, 1881-85; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Indiana, 1896
(member, Resolutions
Committee).
Disciples
of Christ. Member, Grand
Army of the Republic; Freemasons.
Author
of Ben-Hur.
Died of stomach cancer at Crawfordsville, Montgomery
County, Ind., February
15, 1905 (age 77 years, 311
days).
Interment at Oak
Hill Cemetery, Crawfordsville, Ind.
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Arthur Label Bresler (1862-1908) —
also known as Arthur L. Bresler —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., July 8,
1862.
Honorary
Consul for Hawaiian Islands in Detroit,
Mich., 1895-1900; Consul-General
for Nicaragua in Detroit,
Mich., 1901-03; manager of DeForest wireless
telegraph
system.
German
ancestry.
Died, from stomach cancer, at the Hotel St.
Lorenz, East 72nd Street, Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., November
6, 1908 (age 46 years, 121
days). Initial reports that he had been poisoned were dispelled
by an autopsy.
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Detroit, Mich.
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John O. Morrison (1836-1908) —
of Richland, Pulaski
County, Mo.; Vernon
County, Mo.
Born in Fountain Run, Monroe
County, Ky., May 26,
1836.
Democrat. Banker;
member of Missouri
state house of representatives, 1889-90, 1907-08 (Pulaski County
1889-90, Vernon County 1907-08); died in office 1908.
Died, from stomach cancer, in Vernon
County, Mo., November
16, 1908 (age 72 years, 174
days).
Interment at Deepwood
Cemetery, Nevada, Mo.
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Lucian Dallas Woodruff (1845-1911) —
also known as Lucian D. Woodruff —
of Johnstown, Cambria
County, Pa.
Born in Landisburg, Perry
County, Pa., January
8, 1845.
Democrat. Printer;
newspaper
editor; member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 1879-82; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1884;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 20th District, 1892; postmaster
at Johnstown,
Pa., 1895-99; mayor
of Johnstown, Pa., 1899-1902; candidate for Presidential Elector
for Pennsylvania.
Died, from stomach cancer and liver
cancer, in Johnstown, Cambria
County, Pa., January
27, 1911 (age 66 years, 19
days).
Interment at Grandview
Cemetery, Southmont, Pa.
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Samuel Elias Hull (1843-1911) —
also known as Samuel E. Hull —
of Millbury, Worcester
County, Mass.
Born in Millbury, Worcester
County, Mass., August
12, 1843.
Republican. Cotton and
wool
dealer; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1900-01; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Massachusetts, 1904;
member of Massachusetts
state senate Fifth Worcester District, 1905-06.
Died, from stomach cancer, in Worcester, Worcester
County, Mass., May 18,
1911 (age 67 years, 279
days).
Interment at Millbury Central Cemetery, Millbury, Mass.
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Thomas Jefferson Brown (1836-1915) —
also known as Thomas J. Brown —
of Sherman, Grayson
County, Tex.
Born in Jasper
County, Ga., July 24,
1836.
Lawyer;
law partner of James
W. Throckmorton and Samuel
A. Roberts; served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War;
member of Texas
state house of representatives, 1889-92; district judge in Texas,
1892; justice of
Texas state supreme court, 1893-1911; chief
justice of Texas state supreme court, 1911-15; died in office
1915.
Died, of stomach cancer, in Greenville, Hunt
County, Tex., May 26,
1915 (age 78 years, 306
days).
Interment at West
Hill Cemetery, Sherman, Tex.
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Charles Arthur Conant (1861-1915) —
also known as Charles A. Conant —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Winchester, Middlesex
County, Mass., July 2,
1861.
Democrat. Candidate for Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1886; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 8th District, 1894; delegate to
Gold Democrat National Convention from Massachusetts, 1896; journalist;
author;
economist;
set up the currency system in the Philippine Islands; director of the
Manila Railroad
and the National Bank of
Nicaragua; treasurer of Morton Trust
Company of New York.
Member, American
Economic Association; American
Academy of Political and Social Science.
Died, from stomach cancer, in Havana (La Habana), Cuba,
July
5, 1915 (age 54 years, 3
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Charles E. Conant and Mary Crawford (Wallace)
Conant. |
| | | See also Wikipedia
article |
| | | Image source: American Monthly Review
of Reviews, July 1908 |
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Judson Seymour (1858-1915) —
of Day Township, Montcalm
County, Mich.
Born in Kent
County, Mich., November
14, 1858.
Farmer;
candidate for Michigan
state senate 18th District, 1910, 1914.
Died, from stomach cancer, in Day Township, Montcalm
County, Mich., October
11, 1915 (age 56 years, 331
days).
Interment at McBride
Cemetery, Day Township, Montcalm County, Mich.
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Lawton Thomas Hemans (1864-1916) —
also known as Lawton T. Hemans —
of Mason, Ingham
County, Mich.
Born in Collamer, Monroe
County, N.Y., November
4, 1864.
Democrat. School
teacher; lawyer; mayor of
Mason, Mich., 1892-93, 1899-1900, 1906-10; defeated, 1893; member
of Michigan
state house of representatives from Ingham County 2nd District,
1901-04; delegate
to Michigan state constitutional convention 14th District,
1907-08; candidate for Governor of
Michigan, 1908, 1910; chairman, Michigan Railroad Commission,
1911-16; candidate for circuit
judge in Michigan 30th Circuit, 1911; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Michigan, 1912.
Died, of stomach cancer, in a sanitarium
at Battle Creek, Calhoun
County, Mich., November
17, 1916 (age 52 years, 13
days).
Interment at Maple
Grove Cemetery, Mason, Mich.
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John Wilson (1849-1918) —
of Henry
County, Ill.; Kearney, Buffalo
County, Neb.
Born in Allegheny
County, Pa., February
21, 1849.
Republican. Deputy
sheriff; livery
business; Buffalo
County Sheriff, 1889-92; member of Nebraska
state house of representatives, 1893.
Scotch-Irish
ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Knights
of Pythias.
Died, of stomach cancer, in Kearney, Buffalo
County, Neb., January
13, 1918 (age 68 years, 326
days).
Interment at Kearney
Cemetery, Kearney, Neb.
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Relatives: Son
of Samuel Wilson and Mary (Owens) Wilson; married, May 25,
1881, to Rose M. Beecher. |
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Gustavo Preston (1856-1918) —
of Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.; Swampscott, Essex
County, Mass.
Born in Arroyo
Municipio, Puerto Rico, August
1, 1856.
Sugar and
molasses importer;
Consul
for Ecuador in Boston,
Mass., 1889-1907; Consul
for Argentina in Boston,
Mass., 1898.
Died, from stomach cancer, in Massachusetts Homeopathic Hospital,
Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., August
15, 1918 (age 62 years, 14
days).
Interment at Swampscott Cemetery, Swampscott, Mass.
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Edwin Jones (1862-1921) —
of Wellston, Jackson
County, Ohio; Jackson, Jackson
County, Ohio.
Born in Ohio, December
12, 1862.
Republican. Coal
operator; delegate to Republican National Convention from Ohio,
1908,
1920
(alternate).
Welsh
ancestry.
Died, from stomach cancer, in Grant Hospital,
Columbus, Franklin
County, Ohio, February
3, 1921 (age 58 years, 53
days).
Interment at Fairmount
Cemetery, Jackson, Ohio.
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Ellzy Van Buren Buckingham (1839-1922) —
also known as E. V. B. Buckingham —
of Willard, Huron
County, Ohio.
Born in Richmond, Huron
County, Ohio, August
11, 1839.
Democrat. Physician;
candidate for Ohio
state house of representatives from Huron County, 1897.
Died, from stomach cancer, in Willard, Huron
County, Ohio, June 5,
1922 (age 82 years, 298
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Ezekel Buckingham and Catherine Ann (Williams) Buckingham; married
1886 to
Effie Wilma Pitts; third cousin of Mary E. Buckingham (who married John
T. Carmody). |
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Heaton Willis Harris (1858-1928) —
also known as Heaton W. Harris —
of Alliance, Stark
County, Ohio.
Born near Alliance, Stark
County, Ohio, April
23, 1858.
Republican. Lawyer;
U.S. Consul in Mannheim, 1899-1907; Nuremberg, 1907-08; U.S. Consul General in , 1909-12; Frankfort, 1912-17; Stockholm, 1917-18; Havana, 1918-20.
Member, Sigma
Alpha Epsilon.
Died, from stomach cancer, in Alliance, Stark
County, Ohio, July 11,
1928 (age 70 years, 79
days).
Interment at Mt.
Union Cemetery, Alliance, Ohio.
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Charles Howard Thomas (1870-1929) —
also known as Charles H. Thomas —
of Hastings, Barry
County, Mich.
Born in Yankee Springs Township, Barry
County, Mich., 1870.
Lawyer;
Barry
County Prosecuting Attorney; delegate
to Michigan state constitutional convention 15th District,
1907-08.
Member, Maccabees.
Died, of stomach cancer and heart
problems, in Traverse City, Grand
Traverse County, Mich., November
20, 1929 (age about 59
years).
Interment at Riverside
Cemetery, Hastings, Mich.
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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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Floyd Björnstjerne Olson (1891-1936) —
also known as Floyd B. Olson —
of Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn.
Born in Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn., November
13, 1891.
Governor
of Minnesota, 1931-36; defeated (Farmer-Labor), 1924; died in
office 1936.
Died, from stomach cancer, in Rochester, Olmsted
County, Minn., August
22, 1936 (age 44 years, 283
days).
Interment at Lakewood
Cemetery, Minneapolis, Minn.
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John Henry Lehr (1862-1942) —
also known as John H. Lehr —
of Carter
County, Mo.
Born in Jacksonville, Pulaski
County, Ark., September
4, 1862.
Democrat. Farmer;
member of Missouri
state house of representatives from Carter County, 1917-20,
1923-26, 1931-32; defeated, 1920.
Died, from stomach cancer, in Van Buren, Carter
County, Mo., December
31, 1942 (age 80 years, 118
days).
Interment at Mt.
Carmel Cemetery, Near Ellsinore, Carter County, Mo.
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Harris Edward Denman (1874-1951) —
also known as Harry Denman —
of Farmington, St.
Francois County, Mo.
Born in Marquand, Madison
County, Mo., March
23, 1874.
Republican. Newspaper
publisher; member of Missouri
state house of representatives from St. Francois County, 1945-48,
1951; defeated, 1948; died in office 1951.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows.
Died, following surgery for stomach cancer, in Barnes Hospital,
St.
Louis, Mo., December
29, 1951 (age 77 years, 281
days).
Interment at Parkview Cemetery, Farmington, Mo.
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Glenn Allan Abbey (1898-1962) —
also known as Glenn A. Abbey —
of Dodgeville, Iowa
County, Wis.
Born in Dodgeville, Iowa
County, Wis., June 11,
1898.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; Foreign Service officer;
U.S. Vice Consul in Johannesburg, 1928-31; U.S. Consul General in Salonika, 1949-51.
Died, from esophageal cancer, with metastasis
to the liver, in Santa Rosa Medical
Center, San Antonio, Bexar
County, Tex., January
28, 1962 (age 63 years, 231
days).
Interment at Mission
Burial Park South, San Antonio, Tex.
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Newbold Morris (1902-1966) —
also known as Augustus Newbold Morris —
of New York City (unknown
county), N.Y.
Born in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., February
2, 1902.
Republican. Lawyer;
candidate for mayor
of New York City, N.Y., 1945, 1949 (Republican); New York City
Parks Commissioner, 1960-66.
Died, of stomach cancer, in St. Luke's Hospital,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., March
31, 1966 (age 64 years, 57
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Bronx, N.Y.
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Robert Beck White (1893-1967) —
also known as Robert B. White —
of Plainville, Hartford
County, Conn.; East Corinth, Corinth, Orange
County, Vt.
Born in East Hartford, Hartford
County, Conn., August
14, 1893.
Republican. Real
estate and insurance
business; farmer;
member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Plainville; elected 1926,
1928, 1930.
Died, from cancer of esophagus, in Barre City Hospital,
Barre, Washington
County, Vt., November
25, 1967 (age 74 years, 103
days).
Interment at East
Corinth Cemetery, East Corinth, Corinth, Vt.
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Relatives: Son
of Fred C. White and Hannah Belle (Reese) White. |
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William Henry Bates (1917-1969) —
also known as William H. Bates —
of Salem, Essex
County, Mass.
Born in Salem, Essex
County, Mass., April
26, 1917.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 6th District, 1950-69; died in
office 1969.
Died, from stomach cancer, in Bethesda
Naval Hospital, Bethesda, Montgomery
County, Md., June 22,
1969 (age 52 years, 57
days).
Interment at St.
Mary's Cemetery, Salem, Mass.
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Winston Lewis Prouty (1906-1971) —
also known as Winston L. Prouty —
of Newport, Orleans
County, Vt.
Born in Newport, Orleans
County, Vt., September
1, 1906.
Republican. Member of Vermont
state house of representatives, 1941, 1945-47; Speaker of
the Vermont State House of Representatives, 1947; U.S.
Representative from Vermont at-large, 1951-59; U.S.
Senator from Vermont, 1959-71; died in office 1971.
Congregationalist.
Died, of gastric cancer, in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., September
10, 1971 (age 65 years, 9
days).
Interment at Pine
Grove Cemetery, Newport, Vt.
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Robert Bernerd Anderson (1910-1989) —
also known as Robert B. Anderson —
of Texas.
Born in Burleson, Johnson
County, Tex., June 4,
1910.
School
teacher; lawyer;
member of Texas
state house of representatives, 1932; Received the Medal
of Freedom in 1955; U.S.
Secretary of the Treasury, 1957-61.
Methodist.
Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Phi
Delta Phi; Order of
the Coif.
Pleaded
guilty in 1987 to charges
of evading
taxes by illegally operating an offshore
bank; sentenced
to jail, house
arrest, and probation;
disbarred
in 1988.
Died, of complications from surgery on cancer of the
esophagus, in New York
Hospital, Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., August
14, 1989 (age 79 years, 71
days).
Interment at Rosehill Cemetery, Cleburne, Tex.
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Marshall G. West (1923-1990) —
of Oceana, Wyoming
County, W.Va.
Born in Guyan, Wyoming
County, W.Va., July 17,
1923.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; lawyer;
member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Wyoming County, 1959-62.
Baptist.
Member, Veterans of
Foreign Wars; American
Legion; Moose; Lions; Rotary.
Died, of stomach cancer, in Presbyterian Hospital,
Charlotte, Mecklenburg
County, N.C., January
10, 1990 (age 66 years, 177
days).
Cremated.
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Walter R. Tucker Jr. (1924-1990) —
of Compton, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Oklahoma, August
27, 1924.
Dentist;
pastor;
mayor
of Compton, Calif., 1981-90; defeated, 1977; died in office 1990.
Baptist.
African
ancestry. Member, Omega
Psi Phi.
Died, of stomach cancer, October
1, 1990 (age 66 years, 35
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Thomas James Mackell (1914-1992) —
also known as Thomas J. Mackell —
of Rego Park, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y.; Little Neck, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y.
Born in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., July 19,
1914.
Democrat. Police
detective; lawyer;
member of New York
state senate, 1955-66 (9th District 1955-65, 14th District 1966);
alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York,
1960,
1964;
Queens
County District Attorney, 1967-73.
Catholic.
Irish
ancestry. Member, Elks; Lions; Knights
of Columbus; American Bar
Association.
Resigned
as District Attorney in 1973, following his indictment
on charges of hindering
prosecution in a get-rich-quick scheme; he was tried and
convicted in 1974, but the verdict was reversed on appeal.
Died, from stomach cancer, in Douglaston Manor, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y., January
27, 1992 (age 77 years, 192
days).
Interment at Mount
St. Mary Cemetery, Flushing, Queens, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of Mary Ann (Keating) Mackell and Peter Francis Mackell; married 1939 to
Dorothea R. Lang. |
| | | Epitaph: "Loving Husband, Father and
Poppie." |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Stephen P. Clark (1923-1996) —
also known as Steve Clark —
of Miami, Dade County (now Miami-Dade
County), Fla.
Born November
19, 1923.
Democrat. Mayor of
Miami, Fla., 1967-70, 1993-96; died in office 1996; mayor
of Dade County, Fla., 1970-72, 1974-93.
Died of stomach cancer, June 4,
1996 (age 72 years, 198
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Paul Martin Tymniak (1945-1999) —
of Fairfield, Fairfield
County, Conn.
Born in Bridgeport, Fairfield
County, Conn., 1945.
Member of Connecticut
state house of representatives 133rd District, 1995-99; died in
office 1999.
Died, of stomach cancer, at Greenwich Hospital,
Greenwich, Fairfield
County, Conn., July 28,
1999 (age about 54
years).
Burial location unknown.
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Doris Allen (1936-1999) —
of California.
Born in Kansas City, Jackson
County, Mo., May 26,
1936.
Republican. Member of California
state assembly, 1982-95; Speaker of
the California State Assembly, 1995; candidate for California
state senate, 1990.
Female.
Was recalled
from office in 1995 after becoming Speaker with mainly Democratic
support.
Died, of stomach and colon
cancer, at a hospice
in Colorado Springs, El Paso
County, Colo., September
22, 1999 (age 63 years, 119
days).
Interment somewhere
in Cripple Creek, Colo.
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Robert Coldwell Wood (1923-2005) —
Born in St.
Louis, Mo., September
16, 1923.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; college
professor; U.S.
Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, 1969; president,
University of Massachusetts, 1970-77.
Died, from stomach cancer, in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., April 1,
2005 (age 81 years, 197
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Ann Richards (1933-2006) —
also known as Dorothy Ann Willis —
of Texas.
Born in Lakeview (now part of Lacy Lakeview), McLennan
County, Tex., September
1, 1933.
Democrat. Travis
County Commissioner, 1976-82; Texas
state treasurer, 1983-91; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Texas, 1988
(speaker);
Governor
of Texas, 1991-95; defeated, 1994.
Female.
Member, Council on
Foreign Relations.
Died, of esophageal cancer, in Austin, Travis
County, Tex., September
13, 2006 (age 73 years, 12
days).
Interment at Texas
State Cemetery, Austin, Tex.
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Relatives:
Daughter of Cecil Willis and Iona (Warren) Willis; married 1953 to David
Richards; mother of Cecile
Richards. |
| | | The Ann Richards School
for Young Women Leaders, in Austin,
Texas, is named for
her. |
| | | See also National
Governors Association biography — NNDB
dossier — Internet Movie Database
profile — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Books by Ann Richards: Straight
from the Heart : My Life in Politics and Other Places
(1990) — I'm
Not Slowing Down : Winning My Battle With Osteoporosis, with
Richard U. Levine |
| | | Books about Ann Richards: Mike
Shropshire and Frank Schaeffer, The
Thorny Rose of Texas : An Intimate Portrait of Governor Ann
Richards — Celia Morris, Storming
the Statehouse : Running for Governor with Ann Richards and Dianne
Feinstein — Sue Tolleson-Rinehart and Jeanie R.
Stanley, Claytie
and the Lady : Ann Richards, Gender, and Politics in
Texas — Jan Reid, Let
the People In: The Life and Times of Ann Richards |
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Thomas Peter Lantos (1928-2008) —
also known as Tom Lantos; Tamas Peter
Lantos —
of Millbrae, San Mateo
County, Calif.; Hillsborough, San Mateo
County, Calif.; San Mateo, San Mateo
County, Calif.
Born in Budapest, Hungary,
February
1, 1928.
Democrat. University
professor; television
news commentator; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
California, 1976,
1988,
1996,
2000,
2004;
U.S.
Representative from California, 1981-2008 (11th District 1981-93,
12th District 1993-2008); died in office 2008.
Jewish.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; Sigma
Alpha Mu.
Arrested
for disorderly conduct in April 2006, while taking part civil
disobedience action to protest
genocide in Darfur, in front of the Sudanese embassy
in Washington, D.C.
Died, of cancer of the esophagus, in Bethesda
Naval Medical Center, Bethesda, Montgomery
County, Md., February
11, 2008 (age 80 years, 10
days).
Interment at Congressional
Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Frank Raleigh Lautenberg (1924-2013) —
also known as Frank R. Lautenberg —
of Montclair, Essex
County, N.J.; Secaucus, Hudson
County, N.J.; Cliffside Park, Bergen
County, N.J.
Born in Paterson, Passaic
County, N.J., January
23, 1924.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; executive with
Automatic
Data Processing, a payroll services company; U.S.
Senator from New Jersey, 1982-2001, 2003-13; died in office 2013;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from New Jersey, 1996,
2000,
2004,
2008.
Jewish.
Member, American
Jewish Committee.
Died, from viral
pneumonia, while suffering with stomach cancer, in
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., June 3,
2013 (age 89 years, 131
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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