Very incomplete list!
in chronological order
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William Churchill Houston (c.1746-1788) —
of Somerset
County, N.J.
Born in Sumter District (now Sumter
County), S.C., about 1746.
College
professor; served in the Continental Army during the
Revolutionary War; member of New
Jersey state house of assembly from Somerset County, 1777-78; Delegate
to Continental Congress from New Jersey, 1779-81, 1784-85; lawyer;
clerk, New Jersey Supreme Court, 1781-88; member,
U.S. Constitutional Convention, 1787.
Presbyterian.
Died of tuberculosis, while lodging at an inn in
Frankford, Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., August
12, 1788 (age about 42
years).
Interment at Mt.
Vernon Cemetery, Philadelphia, Pa.
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James Bowdoin (1726-1790) —
of Massachusetts.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., August
7, 1726.
Delegate
to Massachusetts state constitutional convention, 1779-80; Governor of
Massachusetts, 1785-87; delegate
to Massachusetts convention to ratify U.S. constitution, 1788.
French
ancestry. Member, American
Academy of Arts and Sciences.
Died, of consumption (tuberculosis), in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., November
6, 1790 (age 64 years, 91
days).
Interment at Old
Granary Burying Ground, Boston, Mass.
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John Shepardson (d. 1802) —
of Guilford, Windham
County, Vt.
Justice
of Vermont state supreme court, 1778-79; member of Vermont
Governor's Council, 1780.
Died, of consumption (tuberculosis), in Brattleboro, Windham
County, Vt., January
3, 1802.
Burial location unknown.
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Solomon D. Sutherland (1762-1802) —
of Dutchess
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, 1762.
Member of New York
state assembly from Dutchess County, 1795-96; member of New York
state senate Middle District, 1800-02; died in office 1802.
Died, from consumption, in Poughkeepsie, Dutchess
County, N.Y., September
10, 1802 (age about 40
years).
Interment at Sutherland Cemetery, Stanfordville, N.Y.
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George Madison (1763-1816) —
of Kentucky.
Born in Augusta County (part now in Rockingham
County), Va., June, 1763.
Served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; Kentucky
auditor of public accounts, 1796-1816; major in the U.S. Army
during the War of 1812; Governor of
Kentucky, 1816; died in office 1816.
Died of tuberculosis, in Paris, Bourbon
County, Ky., October
14, 1816 (age 53 years, 0
days).
Interment at Frankfort
Cemetery, Frankfort, Ky.
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Relatives: Son
of John Madison and Agatha (Strother) Madison; married, February
11, 1796, to Jane Smith; first cousin once removed of James
Madison and William
Taylor Madison; first cousin thrice removed of Henry
Gaines Johnson and James
Francis Buckner Jr.; second cousin once removed of John
Walker, John
Tyler (1747-1813), Francis
Walker, Clement
F. Dorsey and Zachary
Taylor; second cousin twice removed of Andrew
Dorsey, John
Strother Pendleton, Albert
Gallatin Pendleton and Aylett
Hawes Buckner; second cousin thrice removed of David
Shelby Walker and Alexander
Warfield Dorsey; second cousin four times removed of James
David Walker, David
Shelby Walker Jr., Eli
Huston Brown Jr., Sidney
Fletcher Taliaferro and Max
Rogers Strother; second cousin five times removed of Albin
Owings Jr. and Eli
Huston Brown III; third cousin of Robert
Brooke, Meriwether
Lewis, Richard
Aylett Buckner and John
Tyler (1790-1862); third cousin once removed of Francis
Taliaferro Helm, Thomas
Walker Gilmer, Aylette
Buckner, David
Gardiner Tyler and Lyon
Gardiner Tyler; third cousin twice removed of Charles
John Helm and Hubbard
Dozier Helm; third cousin thrice removed of Hubbard
T. Smith, Key
Pittman, Vail
Montgomery Pittman and Bronson
Murray Cutting. |
| | | Political families: Walker-Meriwether-Kellogg
family of Virginia; Tyler
family of Virginia; Pendleton-Lee
family of Maryland (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | See also National
Governors Association biography — Wikipedia
article — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Nathaniel Peabody (1741-1823) —
of Atkinson, Rockingham
County, N.H.
Born in Topsfield, Essex
County, Mass., March 1,
1741.
Served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; member
of New
Hampshire state house of representatives, 1776-79, 1781-85,
1787-90, 1793-96; Delegate
to Continental Congress from New Hampshire, 1779-80, 1785; delegate
to New Hampshire state constitutional convention, 1782-83; member
of New
Hampshire Governor's Council, 1784-86; member of New
Hampshire state senate from Rockingham County, 1785-86, 1790-93.
Confined
in a debtor's
prison
for about twenty years.
Died, from consumption (tuberculosis), in Exeter, Rockingham
County, N.H., June 7,
1823 (age 82 years, 98
days).
Interment at Oak Hill Cemetery, East Kingston, N.H.
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James Monroe (1758-1831) —
of Spotsylvania
County, Va.; Loudoun
County, Va.
Born in Westmoreland
County, Va., April
28, 1758.
Colonel in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; lawyer;
member of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1782, 1786, 1810-11; Delegate
to Continental Congress from Virginia, 1783-86; delegate
to Virginia convention to ratify U.S. constitution from
Spotsylvania County, 1788; U.S.
Senator from Virginia, 1790-94; U.S. Minister to France, 1794-96; Great Britain, 1803-07; Governor of
Virginia, 1799-1802, 1811; U.S.
Secretary of State, 1811-17; U.S.
Secretary of War, 1814-15; President
of the United States, 1817-25; delegate
to Virginia state constitutional convention, 1829.
Episcopalian.
English
ancestry. Member, Freemasons.
Elected to the Hall
of Fame for Great Americans in 1930.
Slaveowner.
Died, probably of tuberculosis, in New York, New York
County, N.Y., July 4,
1831 (age 73 years, 67
days).
Originally entombed at New
York Marble Cemetery, Manhattan, N.Y.; subsequently entombed at
New
York City Marble Cemetery, Manhattan, N.Y.; reinterment in 1858
at Hollywood
Cemetery, Richmond, Va.
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Relatives: Son
of Andrew Spence Monroe and Elizabeth (Jones) Monroe; married, February
16, 1786, to Eliza Kortright and Elizabeth
Kortright; father of Eliza Kortright Monroe (who married George
Hay) and Maria Hester Monroe (who married Samuel
Laurence Gouverneur); nephew of Joseph
Jones; uncle of Thomas
Bell Monroe and James
Monroe (1799-1870); granduncle of Victor
Monroe; great-grandnephew of Douglas Robinson (who married Corinne
Roosevelt Robinson); second great-granduncle of Theodore
Douglas Robinson and Corinne
Robinson Alsop; third great-granduncle of Corinne
A. Chubb and John
deKoven Alsop; first cousin once removed of William
Grayson; second cousin of Alfred
William Grayson and Beverly
Robinson Grayson; second cousin thrice removed of Carter
Henry Harrison II and John
Brady Grayson. |
| | | Political family: Monroe-Grayson-Roosevelt-Breckinridge
family of Virginia and Kentucky (subset of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | Monroe counties in Ala., Ark., Fla., Ga., Ill., Ind., Iowa, Ky., Mich., Miss., Mo., N.Y., Ohio, Pa., Tenn., W.Va. and Wis. are
named for him. |
| | | The city
of Monrovia,
Liberia, is named for
him. — Mount
Monroe, in the White Mountains, Coos
County, New Hampshire, is named for
him. — Fort
Monroe (military installation 1819-2011), at Old Point Comfort, Hampton,
Virginia, is named for
him. — The World War II Liberty
ship SS James Monroe (built 1942 at Terminal
Island, California; scrapped 1970) was named for
him. |
| | | Other politicians named for him: James
Monroe
— James
Monroe
— James
M. Pendleton
— James
M. Jackson
— James
Monroe Letts
— James
M. Ritchie
— James
M. Rosse
— James
M. Comly
— James
Monroe Buford
— James
M. Seibert
— J.
Monroe Driesbach
— James
M. Lown
— James
M. Miller
— James
Monroe Jones
— James
Monroe Hale
— James
Monroe Spears
— J.
M. Alford
— James
M. Lown, Jr.
— James
M. Miley
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appeared on the U.S. $100 silver certificate in the 1880s and
1890s. |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — National Governors
Association biography — Wikipedia
article — U.S. State Dept career summary — NNDB
dossier — Find-A-Grave
memorial — OurCampaigns
candidate detail |
| | | Books about James Monroe: Harry Ammon,
James
Monroe: The Quest for National Identity |
| | | Image source: Portrait & Biographical
Album of Washtenaw County (1891) |
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John Breathitt (1786-1834) —
of Kentucky.
Born in Loudoun
County, Va., September
9, 1786.
Member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1811; Lieutenant
Governor of Kentucky, 1828-32; Governor of
Kentucky, 1832-34; died in office 1834.
Presbyterian.
Died of tuberculosis in Frankfort, Franklin
County, Ky., February
21, 1834 (age 47 years, 165
days).
Original interment at Breathitt
Cemetery, Near Russellville, Logan County, Ky.; reinterment at Maple
Grove Cemetery, Russellville, Ky.
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Philip Jeremiah Schuyler (1768-1835) —
also known as Philip J. Schuyler —
of Dutchess
County, N.Y.
Born in Albany, Albany
County, N.Y., January
21, 1768.
Republican. Member of New York
state assembly from Dutchess County, 1797-98; U.S.
Representative from New York 5th District, 1817-19.
Slaveowner.
Died, of consumption (tuberculosis), in New York, New York
County, N.Y., February
21, 1835 (age 67 years, 31
days).
Original interment at New
York Marble Cemetery, Manhattan, N.Y.; subsequent interment at a
private or family graveyard, Dutchess County, N.Y.; reinterment
at Poughkeepsie
Rural Cemetery, Poughkeepsie, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of Philip
John Schuyler and Catherine (Van Rensselaer) Schuyler; brother of
Elizabeth Schuyler (who married Alexander
Hamilton); nephew of Stephen
John Schuyler, Jeremiah
Van Rensselaer and Robert
Van Rensselaer; uncle of Philip
Schuyler and James
Alexander Hamilton; grandson of Johannes
Schuyler (1697-1746); great-grandson of Stephanus
Van Cortlandt, Robert
Livingston the Younger and Johannes
Schuyler (1668-1747); great-grandnephew of Jacobus
Van Cortlandt; great-granduncle of Robert
Ray Hamilton; second great-grandson of Pieter
Schuyler (1657-1724); second great-grandnephew of Robert
Livingston the Elder; second great-granduncle of John
Eliot Thayer Jr.; first cousin of Pieter
Schuyler (1746-1792) and Jacob
Rutsen Van Rensselaer; first cousin once removed of Stephanus
Bayard, Volkert
Petrus Douw, Pierre
Van Cortlandt, Hendrick
Kiliaen Van Rensselaer, James
Livingston, Killian
Killian Van Rensselaer and Henry
Walter Livingston; first cousin twice removed of John
Livingston, Robert
Livingston (1688-1775), Gilbert
Livingston, Philip
P. Schuyler, Edward
Livingston (1796-1840) and Cortlandt
Schuyler Van Rensselaer; first cousin thrice removed of David
Davidse Schuyler and Myndert
Davidtse Schuyler; first cousin four times removed of Charles
Ludlow Livingston (born 1870) and Bronson
Murray Cutting; first cousin five times removed of Brockholst
Livingston; second cousin of Nicholas
Bayard, Robert
R. Livingston (1746-1813), Philip
Van Cortlandt, Leonard
Gansevoort, Leonard
Gansevoort Jr., Pierre
Van Cortlandt Jr., Edward
Livingston (1764-1836), Peter
Robert Livingston (1766-1847), Maturin
Livingston and James
Parker; second cousin once removed of Robert
Livingston (1708-1790), Peter
Van Brugh Livingston, Robert
Gilbert Livingston, Philip
Livingston, Robert
R. Livingston (1718-1775), William
Livingston, James
Jay, John
Jay, Frederick
Jay, Peter
Samuel Schuyler, Stephen
Van Rensselaer, Philip
Schuyler Van Rensselaer, Peter
Gansevoort, Peter
Robert Livingston (1789-1859), Gerrit
Smith, Elizabeth
Cady Stanton and John
Cortlandt Parker; second cousin twice removed of Matthew
Clarkson (1733-1800), Henry
Bell Van Rensselaer, James
Adams Ekin, John
Jacob Astor III, Richard
Wayne Parker and Charles
Wolcott Parker; second cousin thrice removed of Kiliaen
Van Rensselaer, William
Waldorf Astor, John
Sluyter Wirt, Peter
Goelet Gerry and Ogden
Livingston Mills; second cousin four times removed of William
Astor Chanler, Lewis
Stuyvesant Chanler, Robert
Reginald Livingston and John
Hubner II; third cousin of Peter
Robert Livingston (1737-1794), Walter
Livingston, Philip
Peter Livingston, Henry
Brockholst Livingston, Peter
Augustus Jay (1776-1843) and William
Jay; third cousin once removed of Matthew
Clarkson (1758-1825), Rensselaer
Westerlo, Edward
Philip Livingston, William
Alexander Duer, John
Duer, Charles
Ludlow Livingston (1800-1873), Hamilton
Fish, George
Washington Schuyler, John
Jay II and Philip
N. Schuyler; third cousin twice removed of Gilbert
Livingston Thompson, William
Duer, Denning
Duer, Henry
Brockholst Ledyard, Charles
Pinckney Brown, Eugene
Schuyler, Nicholas
Fish and Hamilton
Fish Jr. (1849-1936); third cousin thrice removed of John
Kean, Hamilton
Fish Kean, Jonathan
Mayhew Wainwright, Karl
Cortlandt Schuyler, Peter
Augustus Jay (1877-1933) and Hamilton
Fish Jr. (1888-1991). |
| | | Political family: Livingston-Schuyler
family of New York (subset of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Wikipedia article |
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Charles Ogle (1798-1841) —
of Somerset, Somerset
County, Pa.
Born in Somerset, Somerset
County, Pa., 1798.
Whig. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 18th District, 1837-41; died in
office 1841.
Noted for the "Gold Spoon Oration" which satirized President Martin
Van Buren's expensive tastes; though little of it was true, the
speech was widely reprinted and helped defeat Van Buren.
Died, from tuberculosis, in Somerset, Somerset
County, Pa., May 10,
1841 (age about 42
years).
Interment at Union
Cemetery, Somerset, Pa.; cenotaph at Congressional
Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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William Gordon Cooke (1808-1847) —
of Texas.
Born in Fredericksburg,
Va., March
26, 1808.
Served in the Texas Army during the Texas War of Independence; member
of Texas
Republic House of Representatives, 1844-45; Texas
Republic Secretary of War and Marine, 1845-46; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Texas, 1846; Adjutant
General of Texas, 1846-47; died in office 1847.
Member, Freemasons.
Died of tuberculosis, at Seguin, Guadalupe
County, Tex., December
24, 1847 (age 39 years, 273
days).
Original interment somewhere
in Geronimo, Tex.; reinterment in 1937 at Texas
State Cemetery, Austin, Tex.
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Ebenezer Mack (1791-1849) —
of Ithaca, Tompkins
County, N.Y.
Born May 9,
1791.
Democrat. Member of New York
state assembly from Tompkins County, 1830; postmaster at Ithaca,
N.Y., 1833-42; member of New York
state senate 6th District, 1834-37.
Died, from consumption, July 19,
1849 (age 58 years, 71
days).
Interment at Ithaca
City Cemetery, Ithaca, N.Y.
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Henry Augustus Muhlenberg (1823-1854) —
also known as Henry A. Muhlenberg —
of Berks, Berks
County, Pa.
Born in Reading, Berks
County, Pa., July 21,
1823.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Pennsylvania
state senate 5th District, 1850-52; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 8th District, 1853-54; died in
office 1854.
German
ancestry.
Died, from tuberculosis, in Washington,
D.C., January
9, 1854 (age 30 years, 172
days).
Interment at Charles
Evans Cemetery, Reading, Pa.; cenotaph at Congressional
Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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James Cochrane Dobbin (1814-1857) —
also known as James C. Dobbin —
of Fayetteville, Cumberland
County, N.C.
Born in Fayetteville, Cumberland
County, N.C., January
17, 1814.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from North Carolina 5th District, 1845-47; member
of North
Carolina house of commons from Cumberland County, 1848-51; U.S.
Secretary of the Navy, 1853-57.
Slaveowner.
Died, from tuberculosis, in Fayetteville, Cumberland
County, N.C., August
4, 1857 (age 43 years, 199
days).
Interment at Cross
Creek Cemetery No. 1, Fayetteville, N.C.
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Frederick George Louis Beuhring (1791-1859) —
also known as Frederick G. L. Beuhring; F. G. L.
Beuhring; Frederik Georg Ludwig Bürhing —
of Cabell
County, Va. (now W.Va.).
Born in Scharmbeck, Germany,
March
31, 1791.
Served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; member of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1822-23, 1829-30, 1835-36, 1844.
Lutheran.
German
ancestry.
Died, of consumption (tuberculosis), in Guayandotte, Va (now
Guyandotte, Cabell
County, W.Va.), June 27,
1859 (age 68 years, 88
days).
Interment at Spring
Hill Cemetery, Huntington, W.Va.
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Charles Edward Travis (1829-1860) —
also known as Charles E. Travis —
Born in Alabama, August
8, 1829.
Member of Texas
state house of representatives, 1853-54.
Court-martialed
and discharged
from the U.S. Cavalry, on charges of conduct
unbecoming an officer and a gentleman, based on incidents of
alleged slander,
unauthorized
absence, and cheating
at cards.
Died, of consumption (tuberculosis) in Washington
County, Tex., 1860
(age about
30 years).
Interment at Masonic
Cemetery, Chappell Hill, Tex.
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James Charles Wilson (1818-1860) —
of Texas.
Born in Yorkshire, England,
August
21, 1818.
Served in the Texas Army during the Texas War of Independence; member
of Texas
state house of representatives, 1849-50; member of Texas
state senate, 1851-53.
Methodist.
Volunteer on the Somervell Expedition in 1842; captured at Mier,
Mexico, and held at Perote Prison until his escape in 1843; famed
orator in support of Texas annexation to the U.S. and, later,
secession to join the Confederacy.
Died of tuberculosis, at Gonzales, Gonzales
County, Tex., February
7, 1860 (age 41 years, 170
days).
Original interment at Askey
Cemetery, Gonzales, Tex.; reinterment in 1936 at Texas
State Cemetery, Austin, Tex.
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James Brown Clay (1817-1864) —
of Kentucky.
Born in Washington,
D.C., November
9, 1817.
Democrat. Lawyer;
U.S. Charge d'Affaires to Portugal, 1849-50; U.S.
Representative from Kentucky 8th District, 1857-59.
Slaveowner.
Died of tuberculosis, in Montreal, Quebec,
January
26, 1864 (age 46 years, 78
days).
Interment at Lexington
Cemetery, Lexington, Ky.
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Samuel Snowden Maffit (1819-1864) —
also known as Samuel S. Maffit —
of Elkton, Cecil
County, Md.
Born March
18, 1819.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Maryland,
1860;
Maryland
state comptroller, 1862-64.
Died, of consumption (tuberculosis), in Elkton, Cecil
County, Md., May 24,
1864 (age 45 years, 67
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Pendleton Murrah (1824-1865) —
of Texas.
Born in 1824.
Governor
of Texas, 1863-65.
Died, from consumption, in Monterrey, Nuevo
León, August
4, 1865 (age about 41
years).
Interment at Panteon
Municipal Cemetery, Monterrey, Nuevo León.
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Gad Ely Upson (1823-1866) —
also known as Gad E. Upson —
of Fort Benton, Chouteau
County, Mont.
Born in Marion, Southington, Hartford
County, Conn., June 3,
1823.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War; U.S.
Indian agent; candidate for Delegate
to U.S. Congress from Montana Territory, 1865.
Died, from tuberculosis, in San
Francisco, Calif., March
28, 1866 (age 42 years, 298
days).
Interment at Sacramento
City Cemetery, Sacramento, Calif.
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Relatives: Son
of Lydia (Webster) Upson and Asahel Upson; brother of Charles
Upson; married, November
23, 1852, to Lucy Ann Langdon; great-grandson of Josiah
Cowles; second cousin of Calvin
Josiah Cowles and Christopher
Columbus Upson; second cousin once removed of Charles
Holden Cowles; second cousin twice removed of Daniel
Upson; second cousin thrice removed of John
Strong; second cousin four times removed of William
Pitkin; third cousin of Andrew
Seth Upson and Evelyn
M. Upson; third cousin once removed of William
Hanford Upson; third cousin twice removed of Henry
Champion, Epaphroditus
Champion, Daniel
Chapin, Samuel
Strong and Ela
Collins; third cousin thrice removed of Moses
Seymour and Simeon
Baldwin; fourth cousin of Harvey
Washington Upson; fourth cousin once removed of Graham
Hurd Chapin, George
Seymour, William
Collins, William
Sheffield Cowles, James
Wesley Upson and William
Hazlett Upson. |
| | | Political family: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin
family of Connecticut and New York (subset of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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William Johnston (1819-1866) —
of Ohio.
Born in Ireland,
1819.
Lawyer;
Whig candidate for Governor of
Ohio, 1850; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 8th District, 1863-65; defeated, 1864.
Died of consumption (tuberculosis), in Mansfield, Richland
County, Ohio, May 1,
1866 (age about 46
years).
Interment at Mansfield
Cemetery, Mansfield, Ohio.
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William Ward Orme (1832-1866) —
also known as William W. Orme —
of Bloomington, McLean
County, Ill.
Born in Washington,
D.C., February
17, 1832.
Lawyer;
delegate
to Illinois state constitutional convention from McLean County,
1862; general in the Union Army during the Civil War.
Died, probably from tuberculosis, in Bloomington, McLean
County, Ill., September
13, 1866 (age 34 years, 208
days).
Interment at Evergreen
Memorial Cemetery, Bloomington, Ill.
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John Aaron Rawlins (1831-1869) —
Born in Galena, Jo Daviess
County, Ill., February
13, 1831.
General in the Union Army during the Civil War; U.S.
Secretary of War, 1869; died in office 1869.
Died, of consumption (tuberculosis), in Washington,
D.C., September
6, 1869 (age 38 years, 205
days).
Original interment at Congressional
Cemetery, Washington, D.C.; reinterment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.; statue erected 1874 at Rawlins
Park, Washington, D.C.
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Abraham G. Mayers (1809-1870) —
of Fort Smith, Sebastian
County, Ark.
Born in Hagerstown, Washington
County, Md., 1809.
Democrat. Postmaster at Fort
Smith, Ark., 1859-64; candidate for Representative
from Arkansas in the Confederate Congress 2nd District, 1861.
Died, from consumption, in Fort Smith, Sebastian
County, Ark., 1870
(age about
61 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Henry Dana Washburn (1832-1871) —
also known as Henry D. Washburn —
of Clinton, Vermillion
County, Ind.
Born in Windsor, Windsor
County, Vt., March
28, 1832.
Republican. Lawyer;
general in the Union Army during the Civil War; U.S.
Representative from Indiana 7th District, 1866-69.
As Surveyor-General of Montana Territory in 1870, led the Washburn
Expedition into what is now Yellowstone National Park.
Died of tuberculosis, in Clinton, Vermillion
County, Ind., January
26, 1871 (age 38 years, 304
days).
Interment at Riverside
Cemetery, Clinton, Ind.
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Benjamin Hinton Steele (1837-1873) —
also known as Benjamin H. Steele —
of Derby Line, Derby, Orleans
County, Vt.
Born in Stanstead, Quebec,
February
6, 1837.
Republican. Justice of
Vermont state supreme court, 1865-69; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Vermont, 1872.
Died, of consumption, in Faribault, Rice
County, Minn., July 13,
1873 (age 36 years, 157
days).
Interment somewhere
in Hartland, Vt.
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Relatives:
Married, February
6, 1861, to Martha Sumner. |
| | | Image source: Men of Vermont
(1894) |
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John Thomas Croxton (1836-1874) —
also known as John T. Croxton —
of Paris, Bourbon
County, Ky.
Born near Paris, Bourbon
County, Ky., November
20, 1836.
Republican. Lawyer;
general in the Union Army during the Civil War; Kentucky
Republican state chair, 1868; U.S. Minister to Bolivia, 1873-74, died in office 1874.
Member, Freemasons.
Died, from consumption (tuberculosis), in La Paz, Bolivia,
April
16, 1874 (age 37 years, 147
days).
Interment at Paris
Cemetery, Paris, Ky.
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Peter W. Gray (1819-1874) —
of Texas.
Born in Fredericksburg,
Va., December
12, 1819.
Member of Texas
Republic House of Representatives, 1850; member of Texas
state senate, 1851-53; state court judge in Texas, 1854-61; Representative
from Texas in the Confederate Congress, 1862-64; justice of
Texas state supreme court, 1874.
Died of tuberculosis, in Houston, Harris
County, Tex., October
3, 1874 (age 54 years, 295
days).
Interment at Glenwood
Cemetery, Houston, Tex.
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Justin E. Colburn (c.1844-1878) —
Born in Vermont, about 1844.
Private secretary to U.S. Sen. William
Sprague, 1869; newspaper
correspondent; U.S. Consul General in Mexico City, 1878, died in office 1878.
Died, of consumption (tuberculosis), in Mexico City (Ciudad de
México), Distrito
Federal, December
2, 1878 (age about 34
years).
Interment at American
Cemetery, Ciudad de México, Distrito Federal.
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Charles Locke (1811-1881) —
of Shiawassee
County, Mich.
Born in Madison
County, N.Y., May 11,
1811.
Member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Shiawassee County 2nd
District, 1867-68.
Died, of consumption (tuberculosis), in Perry, Shiawassee
County, Mich., May 8,
1881 (age 69 years, 362
days).
Interment at Roselawn
Cemetery, Perry, Mich.
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John Judson Bagley (1832-1881) —
also known as John J. Bagley —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Medina, Orleans
County, N.Y., July 24,
1832.
Republican. Cigar
manufacturer; president, Michigan Mutual Life
Insurance Company, 1867-72; bank
director; Governor of
Michigan, 1873-76.
Unitarian.
Died, from tuberculosis, in San
Francisco, Calif., July 27,
1881 (age 49 years, 3
days).
Interment at Woodmere
Cemetery, Detroit, Mich.
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Louis Alfred Wiltz (1843-1881) —
also known as Louis A. Wiltz —
of New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La.
Born in New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La., January
21, 1843.
Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; mayor
of New Orleans, La., 1872-74; Speaker of
the Louisiana State House of Representatives, 1875; Lieutenant
Governor of Louisiana; elected 1876; delegate
to Louisiana state constitutional convention, 1879; Governor of
Louisiana, 1880-81; died in office 1881.
Died, of tuberculosis, October
16, 1881 (age 38 years, 268
days).
Interment at St.
Louis Cemetery No. 1, New Orleans, La.
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Samuel Wylie Greer (1826-1882) —
of Leavenworth, Leavenworth
County, Kan.; Winfield, Cowley
County, Kan.
Born in Allegheny
County, Pa., June 2,
1826.
Kansas
Territory superintendent of schools, 1858-61; served in the Union
Army during the Civil War.
Member, Grand
Army of the Republic.
Died, from consumption (tuberculosis), in Winfield, Cowley
County, Kan., September
30, 1882 (age 56 years, 120
days).
Interment at Union
Cemetery, Winfield, Kan.
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James Thomas Rapier (1837-1883) —
also known as James T. Rapier —
of Montgomery, Montgomery
County, Ala.
Born in Florence, Lauderdale
County, Ala., November
13, 1837.
Republican. School
teacher; newspaper
publisher; U.S.
Representative from Alabama 2nd District, 1873-75; U.S. Collector
of Internal Revenue for the 2nd Alabama District, 1879; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Alabama, 1880.
African
ancestry.
Died, from tuberculosis, in Montgomery, Montgomery
County, Ala., May 31,
1883 (age 45 years, 199
days).
Interment at Calvary
Cemetery, St. Louis, Mo.
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Thomas Dunlap (1832-1885) —
of Sutter Creek, Amador
County, Calif.
Born in West Salem, Wayne
County, Ohio, March
30, 1832.
Member of California
state assembly 16th District, 1875-80.
Protestant.
Member, Freemasons.
Died, of consumption (tuberculosis), in Bieber, Lassen
County, Calif., September
15, 1885 (age 53 years, 169
days).
Interment at Pine
Grove Cemetery, McArthur, Calif.
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Robert Johnston (1818-1885) —
of Virginia.
Born in Rockbridge
County, Va., October
14, 1818.
Member of Virginia state legislature, 1850; Delegate
from Virginia to the Confederate Provisional Congress, 1861-62;
Representative
from Virginia in the Confederate Congress, 1862-65; state court
judge in Virginia, 1880-85.
Died, of tuberculosis, at Harrisonburg,
Va., November
6, 1885 (age 67 years, 23
days).
Interment at Woodbine
Cemetery, Harrisonburg, Va.
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Lyman Kidder Bass (1836-1889) —
also known as Lyman K. Bass —
of New York.
Born in Alden, Erie
County, N.Y., November
13, 1836.
Republican. Lawyer; Erie
County District Attorney, 1865-72; delegate to Republican
National Convention from New York, 1868;
U.S.
Representative from New York, 1873-77 (31st District 1873-75,
32nd District 1875-77); defeated, 1870; law partner with Grover
Cleveland and Wilson
S. Bissell, 1873-82; attorney for many railroads.
Died, of consumption, in the Buckingham Hotel,
New York, New York
County, N.Y., May 11,
1889 (age 52 years, 179
days).
Interment at Forest
Lawn Cemetery, Buffalo, N.Y.
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Phillip S. Bolling (c.1849-1892) —
of Cumberland
County, Va.
Born in slavery
in Buckingham
County, Va., about 1849.
Brickmason;
member of Virginia
state house of delegates from Buckingham & Cumberland counties,
1883.
African
ancestry.
Died, from tuberculosis, in the Central Lunatic
Asylum, Petersburg,
Va., April
18, 1892 (age about 43
years).
Burial location unknown.
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Thomas McKee Bayne (1836-1894) —
also known as Thomas M. Bayne —
of Allegheny (now part of Pittsburgh), Allegheny
County, Pa.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Bellevue, Allegheny
County, Pa., June 14,
1836.
Republican. Lawyer;
colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War; Allegheny
County District Attorney, 1870-74; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 23rd District, 1877-91;
defeated, 1874; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Pennsylvania, 1884,
1888.
Alarmed about a tuberculosis-related lung hemorrhage, he killed
himself, by gunshot
to the head, in Washington,
D.C., June 16,
1894 (age 58 years, 2
days).
Interment at Union
Dale Cemetery, Pittsburgh, Pa.
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Richard Smith Leaming (1828-1895) —
also known as Richard S. Leaming —
of Dennisville, Cape May
County, N.J.
Born in South Dennis, Cape May
County, N.J., July 10,
1828.
Republican. Shipbuilder;
member of New
Jersey state house of assembly from Cape May County, 1871-73;
member of New
Jersey state senate from Cape May County, 1874-76.
Died, from consumption, in Dennisville, Cape May
County, N.J., May 25,
1895 (age 66 years, 319
days).
Interment at Union Cemetery, South Dennis, N.J.
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Isaac Thomas Giering (1853-1895) —
also known as Isaac T. Giering —
of Emmaus, Lehigh
County, Pa.
Born in Emmaus, Lehigh
County, Pa., November
11, 1853.
Republican. Painter;
postmaster at Emmaus,
Pa., 1878-79.
Died, from consumption, in Emmaus, Lehigh
County, Pa., August
9, 1895 (age 41 years, 271
days).
Interment at Emmaus Moravian Cemetery, Emmaus, Pa.
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Samuel Lowry Biggers (1862-1899) —
also known as Samuel L. Biggers —
of St.
Louis, Mo.; Old Orchard (now part of Webster Groves), St. Louis
County, Mo.
Born in St.
Louis, Mo., 1862.
Hardware
buyer; Consul
for Argentina in St.
Louis, Mo., 1895-98.
Died, from "quick consumption" (tuberculosis), in Union
Station, Kansas City, Jackson
County, Mo., 1899
(age about
37 years).
Interment at Bellefontaine
Cemetery, St. Louis, Mo.
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Earley Franklin Poppleton (1834-1899) —
of Delaware, Delaware
County, Ohio.
Born in Richland
County, Ohio, September
29, 1834.
Democrat. Member of Ohio state legislature, 1870; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 9th District, 1875-77.
Died of consumption (tuberculosis), May 6,
1899 (age 64 years, 219
days).
Interment at Oak
Grove Cemetery, Delaware, Ohio.
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William Haselden Ellerbe (1862-1899) —
of South Carolina.
Born in Marion, Marion
County, S.C., April 7,
1862.
South
Carolina state comptroller general, 1891-95; Governor of
South Carolina, 1897-99; died in office 1899.
Died, of consumption (tuberculosis), in Sellers, Marion
County, S.C., June 2,
1899 (age 37 years, 56
days).
Interment at Haselden
Cemetery, Latta, S.C.
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John Howell Carroll (1865-1903) —
also known as J. Howell Carroll —
of Maryland.
Born in Maryland, September
21, 1865.
U.S. Consul in Cadiz, 1897-1902.
Died, of consumption, in Mentone (Menton), France,
February
7, 1903 (age 37 years, 139
days).
Interment at Green
Mount Cemetery, Baltimore, Md.
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James M. Hinds (1859-1906) —
of Cookeville, Putnam
County, Tenn.
Born November
10, 1859.
Democrat. Postmaster at Cookeville,
Tenn., 1886-89, 1893-97.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons.
Died, from consumption, in Cookeville, Putnam
County, Tenn., January
24, 1906 (age 46 years, 75
days).
Interment at Cookeville
City Cemetery, Cookeville, Tenn.
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Relatives: Son
of Simeon Hinds and Mary (Masters) Hinds; married to Kate
Douglass. |
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memorial |
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Marshall Arnold (1845-1913) —
of Missouri.
Born in St.
Francois County, Mo., October
21, 1845.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Missouri
state house of representatives, 1877-79; U.S.
Representative from Missouri 14th District, 1891-95; defeated,
1894.
Died, of phthisis pulmonalis (tuberculosis), in Benton,
Scott
County, Mo., June 12,
1913 (age 67 years, 234
days).
Interment at Benton
Cemetery, Benton, Mo.
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Adolph E. Methudy (1876-1913) —
of St.
Louis, Mo.
Born in St.
Louis, Mo., September
7, 1876.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Missouri
state senate 30th District, 1907-12.
Died, from tuberculosis, in Highlands Sanatorium,
Highlands, Macon
County, N.C., December
16, 1913 (age 37 years, 100
days).
Entombed at Hillcrest
Abbey, St. Louis, Mo.
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Josiah Thomas Settle (1850-1915) —
also known as Josiah T. Settle; Joe Settle —
of Panola
County, Miss.; Memphis, Shelby
County, Tenn.
Born in Rockingham
County, N.C., September
30, 1850.
Republican. Lawyer;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Mississippi, 1876;
candidate for Presidential Elector for Mississippi; alternate
delegate to Republican National Convention from Tennessee, 1896,
1900,
1912.
African
ancestry.
Died, from tuberculosis, in Memphis, Shelby
County, Tenn., August
16, 1915 (age 64 years, 320
days).
Interment at Elmwood
Cemetery, Memphis, Tenn.
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Relatives: Son
of Josiah Thomas Settle (1799-1869) and Nancy Ann (Graves) Settle;
married to Theresa T. Vogelsang; married 1890 to
Frances McCullough. |
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memorial |
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John Morton Eshleman (1876-1916) —
also known as John M. Eshleman; Jack
Eshleman —
of California.
Born in Villa Ridge, Pulaski
County, Ill., June 14,
1876.
Republican. Member of California
state assembly 52nd District; elected 1906; delegate to
Republican National Convention from California, 1912;
Lieutenant
Governor of California, 1915-16; died in office 1916.
Member, Freemasons.
Died, of tuberculosis, in a train
station at at Indio, Riverside
County, Calif., February
28, 1916 (age 39 years, 259
days).
Original interment in unknown location; reinterment at Sunset
View Cemetery, El Cerrito, Calif.
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Murray Vandiver (1845-1916) —
of Havre de Grace, Harford
County, Md.
Born in Havre de Grace, Harford
County, Md., September
14, 1845.
Democrat. Lumber
business; member of Maryland
state house of delegates, 1876-80, 1892; Speaker of
the Maryland State House of Delegates, 1892; mayor
of Havre de Grace, Md., 1885-86; bank
director; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Maryland, 1892,
1896,
1900,
1904,
1908;
Maryland
Democratic state chair, 1897-1916; Maryland
state treasurer, 1900-16.
Died, from liver
problems and tuberculosis, in Blue Ridge Summit, Franklin
County, Pa., May 23,
1916 (age 70 years, 252
days).
Interment at Angel
Hill Cemetery, Havre de Grace, Md.
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Warren Walter Rich (1863-1916) —
also known as Warren W. Rich —
of Hamilton, Madison
County, N.Y.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Hamilton, Madison
County, N.Y., September
18, 1863.
Lawyer;
U.S. Consular Agent in Salina Cruz, 1907-08; U.S. Vice & Deputy Consul in Salina Cruz, 1908-14; U.S. Vice Consul in Salina Cruz, as of 1916.
Died, from tuberculosis, in Delaware, August
17, 1916 (age 52 years, 334
days).
Interment at Glenwood
Cemetery, Smyrna, Del.
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James Edwin Ellerbe (1867-1916) —
also known as J. Edwin Ellerbe —
of Marion, Marion
County, S.C.
Born in Sellers, Marion
County, S.C., January
12, 1867.
Democrat. Farmer; merchant;
member of South
Carolina state house of representatives from Marion County,
1894-96; delegate
to South Carolina state constitutional convention from Marion
County, 1895; U.S.
Representative from South Carolina 6th District, 1905-13.
Methodist.
Died, of pulmonary tuberculosis, in Asheville, Buncombe
County, N.C., October
17, 1916 (age 49 years, 279
days).
Interment at Haselden
Cemetery, Latta, S.C.
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John Worth Kern (1849-1917) —
also known as John W. Kern —
of Kokomo, Howard
County, Ind.; Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind.
Born in Alto, Howard
County, Ind., December
20, 1849.
Democrat. Lawyer;
candidate for Indiana
state house of representatives, 1870; Indiana
reporter of state courts, 1885-89; member of Indiana
state senate, 1893-97; candidate for Governor of
Indiana, 1900, 1904; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Indiana, 1904,
1908,
1912
(chair, Platform
and Resolutions Committee; speaker),
1916;
candidate for Vice
President of the United States, 1908; U.S.
Senator from Indiana, 1911-17; defeated, 1916.
Member, American Bar
Association; Knights
of Pythias; Freemasons.
Died of tuberculosis and uremic
poisoning, in Asheville, Buncombe
County, N.C., August
17, 1917 (age 67 years, 240
days).
Original interment at a
private or family graveyard, Botetourt County, Va.; reinterment
in 1929 at Crown
Hill Cemetery, Indianapolis, Ind.
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Peter Hanson Anker (1852-1922) —
also known as Peter Anker —
of Lovelock, Pershing
County, Nev.
Born in Denmark,
January
7, 1852.
Carpenter;
builder;
rancher;
Humboldt
County Commissioner, 1890-94; Vice-Consul
for Denmark in Lovelock,
Nev., 1895-1922; member of Nevada
state house of representatives, 1900.
Methodist.
Danish
ancestry.
Died, from pulmonary tuberculosis, in Lovelock, Pershing
County, Nev., August
12, 1922 (age 70 years, 217
days).
Interment at Big Meadow Cemetery, Lovelock, Nev.
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Charles Warner Landis (1867-1925) —
also known as Charles W. Landis —
of Osborne, Osborne
County, Kan.; San Diego, San Diego
County, Calif.
Born in Pennsylvania, October
21, 1867.
Republican. Newspaper
editor and publisher; banker;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Kansas, 1908.
Died, from tuberculosis, in Prescott, Yavapai
County, Ariz., May 11,
1925 (age 57 years, 202
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Philip Landis and Christiana (Shelly) Landis; married 1892 to Eva
Patterson. |
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Job Harriman (1861-1925) —
of Los Angeles, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Clinton
County, Ind., January
15, 1861.
Socialist. Minister;
lawyer;
Socialist Labor candidate for Governor of
California, 1898; candidate for Vice
President of the United States, 1900; candidate for mayor
of Los Angeles, Calif., 1911, 1913; member of Socialist National
Committee from California, 1911; delegate to Socialist National
Convention from California, 1912.
Christian;
later Agnostic.
Founder, in 1914, of the Llano de Rio utopian community in Antelope
Valley, Calif. (relocated to Louisiana in 1918).
Died, from tuberculosis, in Sierra Madre, Los Angeles
County, Calif., October
26, 1925 (age 64 years, 284
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Lovett Richard Potter (1892-1930) —
also known as Lovett R. Potter —
of Savannah, Chatham
County, Ga.
Born in Screven
County, Ga., February
29, 1892.
Vice-Consul
for Brazil in Savannah,
Ga., 1929.
Died, from pulmonary tuberculosis, in Savannah, Chatham
County, Ga., May 9,
1930 (age 38 years, 0
days).
Interment at Bonaventure
Cemetery, Savannah, Ga.
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Elias Gerson Reiger (1892-1931) —
also known as E. Gerson Reiger —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born July 2,
1892.
Republican. Lawyer; social
worker; candidate for New York
state senate 12th District, 1922; candidate for New York
state assembly from New York County 1st District, 1927.
Died, of tuberculosis, 1931
(age about
38 years).
Interment at Mt.
Judah Cemetery, Ridgewood, Queens, N.Y.
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Relatives:
Married to Augusta Reiger. |
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Bernard Downing (1869-1931) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., August
14, 1869.
Democrat. Accountant;
member of New York
state senate, 1917-31 (11th District 1917-18, 14th District
1919-31); died in office 1931.
Catholic.
Irish
ancestry.
Died, of tuberculosis, in the Loomis Sanitarium,
Liberty, Sullivan
County, N.Y., May 25,
1931 (age 61 years, 284
days).
Interment at Calvary
Cemetery, Woodside, Queens, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of Charles Downing and Margaret (Oakes) Downing. |
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William Barbour Pedigo (1870-1932) —
also known as W. B. Pedigo; "Bill
Bob" —
of Stuart, Patrick
County, Va.; Parkersburg, Wood
County, W.Va.; Wausau, Marathon
County, Wis.
Born, in a log
cabin, at Elamsville, Patrick
County, Va., January
28, 1870.
Republican. Lawyer; Patrick
County Commonwealth Attorney, 1895-99; alternate delegate to
Republican National Convention from Virginia, 1896;
candidate for West
Virginia state house of delegates, 1906; mayor
of Parkersburg, W.Va., 1907-11.
Baptist.
French
ancestry.
Died, of tuberculosis, in Tampa, Hillsborough
County, Fla., October
23, 1932 (age 62 years, 269
days).
Interment at Myrtle
Hill Memorial Park, Tampa, Fla.
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Relatives: Son
of Charles Lewis Pedigo and Sarah Amanda (Taylor) Pedigo; married 1896 to Lena
Attaway. |
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memorial |
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Morris Hillquit (1869-1933) —
also known as Moses Hillkowitz —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Riga, Latvia,
1869.
Socialist. Immigrated to the United States in 1885; lawyer;
leader of "Kangaroo" faction which left the Socialist Labor Party and
marged with the Social Democratic Party to form the Socialist Party
of America in 1901; served as the Socialist Party's first national
secretary; candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York, 1906 (9th District), 1908 (9th
District), 1916 (20th District), 1918 (20th District), 1920 (20th
District); candidate for judge of
New York Court of Appeals, 1910; candidate for mayor
of New York City, N.Y., 1917; delegate to Socialist National
Convention from New York, 1920; Chairman of Socialist Party, 1931;
candidate for Justice of
New York Supreme Court 1st District, 1931.
Jewish.
Member, American Civil
Liberties Union.
Died, of tuberculosis, in 1933
(age about
64 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Benjamin Hillquit and Rebecca (Levene) Hillquit; married, December
31, 1893, to Vera Levene. |
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Cosmo Anthony Cilano (1893-1937) —
also known as Cosmo A. Cilano —
of Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y.
Born in Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y., March
22, 1893.
Republican. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; member of New York
state assembly from Monroe County 3rd District, 1925-28; member
of New
York state senate 45th District, 1929-34.
Catholic.
Member, American
Legion; Moose; Elks; Knights
of Columbus.
Died, of tuberculosis, at the Ray Brook Sanitarium,
Ray Brook, Essex
County, N.Y., September
29, 1937 (age 44 years, 191
days).
Interment at Holy
Sepulchre Cemetery, Rochester, N.Y.
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Charles Fremont Amidon (1856-1937) —
of Fargo, Cass
County, N.Dak.
Born in Clymer, Chautauqua
County, N.Y., August
17, 1856.
Lawyer;
U.S.
District Judge for North Dakota, 1896-1928; took senior status
1928.
Died, from tuberculosis and a cerebral
hemorrhage, in Tucson, Pima
County, Ariz., December
26, 1937 (age 81 years, 131
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of John Smith Amidon and Charlotte A. (Curtis) Amidon; married, November
15, 1892, to Beulah R. McHenry. |
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John Looney (1865-1942) —
also known as Patrick John Looney —
of Rock Island, Rock
Island County, Ill.
Born in Ottawa, La Salle
County, Ill., October
5, 1865.
Lawyer;
newspaper
publisher; indicted
with others in 1897 over a scheme to defraud
the city of Rock Island in connection with a storm drain construction
project; convicted,
but the verdict was overturned on appeal; candidate for Illinois
state house of representatives, 1900; created and led a crime
syndicate in northwest Illinois, with interests in gambling,
prostitution,
extortion,
and eventually bootlegging
and automobile
theft; indicted
in 1907 on 37 counts of bribery,
extortion,
and libel,
but acquitted; shot
and wounded by hidden snipers on two occasions in 1908; on February
22, 1909, he was shot
and wounded in a gunfight with business rival W. W. Wilmerton; on
March 22, 1912, after publishing
personal attacks on Rock Island Mayor Henry
M. Schriver, he was arrested,
brought to the police station, and severely
beaten by the mayor himself; subsequent rioting killed two men
and injured nine others; resumed control of the Rock Island rackets
in 1921; in 1922, he was indicted
for the murder
of saloon keeper William Gabel, who had provided evidence against
Looney to federal agents; arrested
in Belen, N.M., in 1924, and later convicted
of conspiracy and murder;
sentenced
to 5 years in prison
for conspiracy and 14 years for murder;
served 8 1/2 years.
Irish
ancestry.
Died, of tuberculosis, in a sanitarium
at El Paso, El Paso
County, Tex., 1942
(age about
76 years).
Burial location unknown.
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John William Smith (1883-1942) —
also known as John W. Smith —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., 1883.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War;
steamfitter;
deputy
sheriff; member of Michigan
Republican State Central Committee, 1917-19; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Michigan, 1920
(member, Credentials
Committee); member of Michigan
state senate 2nd District, 1921-22; postmaster at Detroit,
Mich., 1922-24; mayor
of Detroit, Mich., 1924-28, 1933; defeated, 1927, 1929, 1930,
1937; candidate for Governor of
Michigan, 1934.
Died, from tuberculosis and diabetes,
in the Detroit Tuberculosis Sanitorium,
Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., June 17,
1942 (age about 58
years).
Interment at Mt.
Olivet Cemetery, Detroit, Mich.
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Clayson Wheeler Aldridge (1899-1944) —
also known as Clayson W. Aldridge —
of Rome, Oneida
County, N.Y.
Born in Rome, Oneida
County, N.Y., October
19, 1899.
Foreign Service officer; U.S. Vice Consul in Jerusalem, 1925-27; Aden, 1927-28; Athens, 1929; U.S. Consul in Athens, 1929; Singapore, 1939.
Died, from tuberculosis, in the U.S. Naval Hospital,
Corona, Riverside
County, Calif., March
30, 1944 (age 44 years, 163
days).
Interment at Rome
Cemetery, Rome, N.Y.
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Adolph Berky (1897-1945) —
also known as Al Berky; Adolph Berkowitz —
of Bangor, Northampton
County, Pa.; Tucson, Pima
County, Ariz.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., April
19, 1897.
Democrat. Real estate
agent; member of Arizona
state house of representatives, 1942-45; died in office 1945.
Jewish.
Died, from meningitis
and tuberculosis, in St. Mary's Hospital,
Tucson, Pima
County, Ariz., May 17,
1945 (age 48 years, 28
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Alfred Willoughby Smith (1870-1947) —
also known as Alfred W. Smith —
of Middlebury, Addison
County, Vt.
Born in Odessa, Russia (now Ukraine),
of American parents, September
22, 1870.
Lawyer;
lecturer;
U.S. Vice & Deputy Consul in Odessa, 1906-11; U.S. Vice & Deputy Consul General in Moscow, as of 1914.
Died, of pulmonary tuberculosis, in the Vermont Sanatorium,
Pittsford, Rutland
County, Vt., March
14, 1947 (age 76 years, 173
days).
Burial location unknown.
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James T. McNamara (1894-1950) —
of Whiting, Lake
County, Ind.
Born in Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio, 1894.
Republican. Mayor
of Whiting, Ind., 1935-48; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Indiana, 1940,
1944.
Catholic.
Irish
ancestry. Member, Elks; Eagles;
American
Legion; Knights
of Columbus.
Died, from complications of tuberculosis, in Whiting, Lake
County, Ind., 1950
(age about
56 years).
Interment at Calvary
Cemetery, Portage, Ind.
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Eleanor Roosevelt (1884-1962) —
also known as Anna Eleanor Roosevelt —
of Hyde Park, Dutchess
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., October
11, 1884.
Democrat. First Lady
of the United States, 1933-45; delegate to the United Nations
General Assembly, 1945-53; member, United Nations Commission on Human
Rights; newspaper
columnist;
speaker, Democratic National Convention, 1952,
1956,
1960;
member, President's Commission on the Status of Women, 1961-62.
Female.
Member, League of Women
Voters; NAACP.
Inducted, National
Women's Hall of Fame, 1973.
Died, of tuberculosis, in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., November
7, 1962 (age 78 years, 27
days).
Interment at Roosevelt
Home, Hyde Park, N.Y.
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Robert W. Colflesh (1900-1967) —
of Des Moines, Polk
County, Iowa.
Born in Des Moines, Polk
County, Iowa, January
31, 1900.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer; U.S.
Attorney for the Southern District of Iowa, 1932-34; candidate
for Governor of
Iowa, 1934; delegate to Republican National Convention from Iowa,
1936.
Church
of Christ. Member, American Bar
Association.
Died, of tuberculosis, in Des Moines, Polk
County, Iowa, April
17, 1967 (age 67 years, 76
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Frank Marvin Colflesh and Alice (Davis) Colflesh; married, September
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