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Richard Steere Aldrich (1884-1941) —
also known as Richard S. Aldrich —
of Providence, Providence
County, R.I.; Warwick, Kent
County, R.I.
Born in Washington,
D.C., February
29, 1884.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Rhode
Island state house of representatives, 1915-16; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Rhode Island, 1916,
1920
(member, Credentials
Committee), 1924;
member of Rhode
Island state senate, 1917-18; U.S.
Representative from Rhode Island 2nd District, 1923-33; director,
Providence Journal newspaper,
Providence National Bank, Providence Washington Insurance
Co.
Died in Providence, Providence
County, R.I., December
25, 1941 (age 57 years, 0
days).
Interment at Swan
Point Cemetery, Providence, R.I.
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Edward McMathers Beers (1877-1932) —
also known as Edward M. Beers —
of Mt. Union, Huntingdon
County, Pa.
Born in Nossville, Huntingdon
County, Pa., May 27,
1877.
Republican. Farmer; hotel
manager; director Grange Trust Company, Huntingdon, Pa.;
director, First National Bank, Mt. Union, Pa.; mayor of Mt.
Union, Pa., 1910-14; county judge in Pennsylvania, 1914-23; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 18th District, 1923-32; died in
office 1932.
Methodist.
Died, of influenza,
in the Naval Hospital,
Washington,
D.C., April
21, 1932 (age 54 years, 330
days).
Interment at Mt.
Union Cemetery, Mt. Union, Pa.
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Ezra Brainerd Jr. (b. 1878) —
of Muskogee, Muskogee
County, Okla.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Middlebury, Addison
County, Vt., August
26, 1878.
Republican. Lawyer;
general counsel and vice-president, First National Bank of
Muskogee; director, Farmers National Bank of Fort Gibson;
director, First National Bank of Braggs; member, Interstate
Commerce Commission, 1927-33.
Presbyterian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Chi Psi;
Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Ezra Brainerd and Frances Viola (Rockwell) Brainerd; married, April
15, 1908, to Edith Maris Hubbard. |
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Josiah Henry Brinker (1851-1920) —
of Sparta, Chickasaw
County, Miss.; West Point, Clay
County, Miss.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Houston, Chickasaw
County, Miss., October
2, 1851.
Democrat. Merchant;
cotton
dealer; banker; postmaster at West
Point, Miss., 1887; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Mississippi, 1892;
U.S. Superintendent of Documents, Government Printing Office, 1913.
Baptist.
Died in 1920
(age about
68 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Henry Harrison Brinker and Kezziah A. (Kilgore) Brinker; married,
December
8, 1870, to Mary A. Montgomery; married, July 17,
1911, to Henrietta (Thomas) Greenwood. |
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Anson Brown (1800-1840) —
of Ballston Spa, Saratoga
County, N.Y.
Born in Charlton, Saratoga
County, N.Y., 1800.
Lawyer;
one of the first directors of the Ballston Spa State Bank in
1830; U.S.
Representative from New York 11th District, 1839-40; died in
office 1840.
Died in Ballston Spa, Saratoga
County, N.Y., June 14,
1840 (age about 39
years).
Interment at Ballston
Spa Cemetery, Ballston Spa, N.Y.; cenotaph at Congressional
Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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James Nelson Burnes (1827-1889) —
also known as James N. Burnes —
of St. Joseph, Buchanan
County, Mo.
Born in Marion
County, Ind., August
22, 1827.
Democrat. Lawyer;
banker; railroad
executive; candidate for Presidential Elector for Missouri;
common pleas court judge in Missouri, 1868-72; U.S.
Representative from Missouri 4th District, 1883-89; died in
office 1889.
Slaveowner.
Died in Washington,
D.C., January
23, 1889 (age 61 years, 154
days).
Entombed at Mt.
Mora Cemetery, St. Joseph, Mo.
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Milo DeWitt Campbell (1851-1923) —
also known as Milo D. Campbell —
of Coldwater, Branch
County, Mich.
Born in Quincy, Branch
County, Mich., October
25, 1851.
Farmer;
lawyer;
bank director; member of Michigan
state house of representatives, 1885; mayor
of Coldwater, Mich., 1902-05; president, National Milk
Producers Association; member, Federal Reserve Board, 1923.
Died in Washington,
D.C., March
22, 1923 (age 71 years, 148
days).
Interment at Oak
Grove Cemetery, Coldwater, Mich.
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Henry David Cooke (1825-1881) —
also known as Henry D. Cooke —
of Washington,
D.C.
Born in Sandusky, Erie
County, Ohio, November
23, 1825.
Republican. Newspaper
editor and publisher; banker; Governor of
the District of Columbia, 1871-73; member of Republican
National Committee from District of Columbia, 1872-.
Died, from Bright's
disease, in Washington,
D.C. February
24, 1881 (age 55 years, 93
days).
Interment at Oak
Hill Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Fred Lewis Crawford (1888-1957) —
also known as Fred L. Crawford —
of Saginaw, Saginaw
County, Mich.
Born near Dublin, Erath
County, Tex., May 5,
1888.
Republican. Accountant;
builder, financier, and operator of beet sugar
mills; director, Michigan National Bank; director, Petroleum
Transit Corporation; U.S.
Representative from Michigan 8th District, 1935-53; defeated in
primary, 1952.
Methodist.
Member, Elks.
Died in Washington,
D.C., April
13, 1957 (age 68 years, 343
days).
Interment at Cedar
Hill Cemetery, Suitland, Md.
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Charles Schuveldt Dewey (1880-1980) —
also known as Charles S. Dewey —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Cadiz, Harrison
County, Ohio, November
10, 1880.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I;
banker; Honorary
Consul for Ecuador in Chicago,
Ill., 1935; U.S.
Representative from Illinois 9th District, 1941-45; defeated,
1938, 1944.
Episcopalian.
Member, American
Legion; Sons of
the American Revolution; Delta
Psi.
As Assistant Secretary of the Treasury in the 1920s, he was
responsible for the redesign and downsizing of U.S. paper currency.
Died in Washington,
D.C., December
27, 1980 (age 100 years,
47 days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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William Wade Dudley (b. 1842) —
of Richmond, Wayne
County, Ind.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Weathersfield Bow, Weathersfield, Windsor
County, Vt., August
27, 1842.
Republican. Colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War; wounded
at the battle of Gettysburg, 1863, and lost his
right leg; Wayne
County Clerk of Courts, 1866-74; milling
business; lawyer;
banker; U.S. Marshal, District of Indiana, 1879-81; U.S.
Commissioner of Pensions, 1881-85; Treasurer
of Republican National Committee, 1888.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1864 to
Theresa Fiske. |
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Davis Elkins (1876-1959) —
of Morgantown, Monongalia
County, W.Va.
Born in Washington,
D.C., January
24, 1876.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War;
banker; U.S.
Senator from West Virginia, 1911, 1919-25; delegate to Republican
National Convention from West Virginia, 1916;
major in the U.S. Army during World War I.
Died, from bronchial
pneumonia, cardio-renal
disease, and senility,
in Westbrook Sanatorium,
Richmond,
Va., January
5, 1959 (age 82 years, 346
days).
Interment at Maplewood
Cemetery, Elkins, W.Va.
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Franklin Harper Elmore (1799-1850) —
also known as Franklin H. Elmore —
of South Carolina.
Born in Laurensville, Laurens District (now Laurens, Laurens
County), S.C., October
15, 1799.
Lawyer;
banker; U.S.
Representative from South Carolina, 1836-39 (4th District
1836-37, 3rd District 1837-39); U.S.
Senator from South Carolina, 1850; died in office 1850.
Slaveowner.
Died in Washington,
D.C., May 29,
1850 (age 50 years, 226
days).
Interment at Presbyterian
Churchyard, Columbia, S.C.
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Woodbridge Nathan Ferris (1853-1928) —
also known as Woodbridge N. Ferris; "The Big Rapids
Schoolmaster"; "The Good Grey
Governor" —
of Big Rapids, Mecosta
County, Mich.
Born in a log
cabin near Spencer, Tioga
County, N.Y., January
6, 1853.
Democrat. School
teacher; superintendent
of schools; founder and president,
Ferris Institute, later Ferris State University; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Michigan 11th District, 1892; candidate for
Michigan
superintendent of public instruction, 1902; candidate for University
of Michigan board of regents, 1907; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Michigan, 1912
(Honorary
Vice-President), 1916,
1924;
Governor
of Michigan, 1913-16; defeated, 1904, 1920; president, Big Rapids
Savings Bank; U.S.
Senator from Michigan, 1923-28; died in office 1928; candidate
for Democratic nomination for President, 1924.
Died, of bronchial
pneumonia, in Washington,
D.C., March
23, 1928 (age 75 years, 77
days).
Interment at Highland
View Cemetery, Big Rapids, Mich.
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Hampson Gary (1873-1952) —
of Tyler, Smith
County, Tex.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Tyler, Smith
County, Tex., April
23, 1873.
Democrat. Lawyer;
vice-president, Royall National Bank; director, Guaranty State
Bank; served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War;
member of Texas
state house of representatives, 1901-02; member of Texas
Democratic State Executive Committee, 1902-04; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Texas, 1908;
U.S. Diplomatic Agent to Egypt, 1917-18; U.S. Consul General in Cairo, 1917-20; U.S. Minister to Switzerland, 1920-21.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Phi
Beta Kappa; Alpha
Tau Omega; Sons of
the Revolution; Society
of Colonial Wars.
Died April
18, 1952 (age 78 years, 361
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Charles Carroll Glover Jr. (b. 1888) —
of Washington,
D.C.
Born in Washington,
D.C., January
1, 1888.
Republican. Investment banker; delegate to Republican National
Convention from District of Columbia, 1924
(alternate), 1940;
member, Committee to Notify Vice-Presidential Nominee, 1928;
member, Resolutions Committee, 1940.
Member, Alpha
Delta Phi; Phi
Delta Phi.
Burial location unknown.
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George Graham (1770-1830) —
of Fairfax
County, Va.
Born in Dumfries, Prince
William County, Va., May 16,
1770.
Member of Virginia
state house of delegates from Fairfax County, 1808-09; U.S.
Secretary of War, 1816-17; U.S. Special Diplomatic Agent to Texas Republic, 1818; president, Washington branch, Bank
of the United States, 1819-23; Commissioner of the General Land
Office, 1823-30; died in office 1830.
Died in Montgomery
County, Md., August
8, 1830 (age 60 years, 84
days).
Original interment at Oak
Hill Cemetery, Washington, D.C.; reinterment in 1906 at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Marcus Alonzo Hanna (1837-1904) —
also known as Marcus A. Hanna; Mark Hanna;
"Dollar Mark" —
of Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio.
Born in New Lisbon (now Lisbon), Columbiana
County, Ohio, September
24, 1837.
Republican. Partner in wholesale
grocery; head of M. A. Hanna and Co., coal
dealers; director, Globe Ship
Manufacturing Co.; president, Union National Bank;
president, Cleveland City Railroad
Co. president, Chapin Mining Co.;
Chairman
of Republican National Committee, 1896-1904; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Ohio, 1896
(member, Committee
to Notify Presidential Nominee; speaker);
U.S.
Senator from Ohio, 1897-1904; died in office 1904.
Died in Washington,
D.C., February
15, 1904 (age 66 years, 144
days).
Entombed at Lake
View Cemetery, Cleveland, Ohio.
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Robert Newton Harper (b. 1861) —
also known as Robert N. Harper —
of Washington,
D.C.
Born near Leesburg, Loudoun
County, Va., January
31, 1861.
Democrat. Druggist;
banker; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
District of Columbia, 1920.
Burial location unknown.
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Daniel Hiester (1774-1834) —
of West Chester, Chester
County, Pa.
Born in Chester
County, Pa., 1774.
Chester
County Prothonotary and Clerk, 1800-09; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 3rd District, 1809-11;
banker; chief
burgess of West Chester, Pennsylvania, 1815-17.
Died in Hagerstown, Washington
County, Md., March 8,
1834 (age about 59
years).
Interment at Congressional
Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Adolph August Hoehling (1868-1941) —
also known as Adolph A. Hoehling —
of Washington,
D.C.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., November
3, 1868.
Republican. Lawyer; justice of
District of Columbia supreme court, 1921-28; resigned 1928;
banker.
Episcopalian.
Member, Psi
Upsilon; Phi
Delta Phi.
Died in Washington,
D.C., February
17, 1941 (age 72 years, 106
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Relatives: Son
of Adolph August Hoehling (1839-1920; Rear Admiral, U.S. Navy) and
Annie (Tilghman) Hoehling; married, June 9,
1906, to Louise G. Carrington. |
| | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Frank Joseph Hogan (1877-1944) —
also known as Frank J. Hogan —
of Washington,
D.C.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., January
12, 1877.
Republican. Lawyer;
general counsel, Capital Traction
Company; general counsel, Riggs National Bank; attorney for Albert
B. Fall, Edward
L. Doheny during the Teapot Dome trials; delegate to Republican
National Convention from District of Columbia, 1920
(member, Committee
on Permanent Organization; member, Resolutions
Committee); president, American Bar Association, 1938-39.
Catholic.
Member, American Bar
Association.
Died in Washington,
D.C., May 15,
1944 (age 67 years, 124
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Maurice E. Hogan and Mary (McSwiney) Hogan; married 1899 to Mary
Cecile Adair; first cousin of James
Francis Byrnes. |
| | Image source: Time Magazine, March 11,
1935 |
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James Herron Hopkins (1832-1904) —
of Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa.
Born in Washington, Washington
County, Pa., November
3, 1832.
Democrat. Lawyer;
banker; manufacturer;
mining
business; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 22nd District, 1875-77, 1883-85.
Died in North Hatley, Quebec,
June
17, 1904 (age 71 years, 227
days).
Interment at Oak
Hill Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Lynn Sedwick Hornor (1874-1933) —
also known as Lynn S. Hornor —
of Clarksburg, Harrison
County, W.Va.
Born in Clarksburg, Harrison
County, W.Va., November
3, 1874.
Democrat. Banker; U.S.
Representative from West Virginia 3rd District, 1931-33; died in
office 1933.
Died in Washington,
D.C., September
23, 1933 (age 58 years, 324
days).
Interment at Odd
Fellows Cemetery, Clarksburg, W.Va.
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John Thomas Morris Johnston Jr. (1856-1930) —
also known as John T. M. Johnston —
of St.
Louis, Mo.; Kansas City, Jackson
County, Mo.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Ashland, Boone
County, Mo., March
17, 1856.
Democrat. Merchant;
banker; minister;
pastor, First Baptist Church, Jefferson City, Mo., 1887-97; chaplain
of Missouri Senate and Missouri State Prison; pastor, Delmar Avenue
Baptist Church, St. Louis, Mo., 1897-1907; offered prayer, Democratic National Convention,
1904 ; college
professor; president, Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City,
1910-14; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Missouri, 1916.
Baptist.
Died, from pneumonia,
in Washington,
D.C., September
9, 1930 (age 74 years, 176
days).
Interment at New Salem Baptist Church Cemetery, Ashland, Mo.
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Samuel Austin Kendall (1859-1933) —
also known as Samuel A. Kendall —
of Jefferson, Greene
County, Iowa; Myersdale, Somerset
County, Pa.
Born in Greenville Township, Somerset
County, Pa., November
1, 1859.
Republican. School
teacher; superintendent
of schools; officer in lumber
manufacturing companies; president of two small railroads;
vice-president of Citizens National Bank of Myersdale, Pa.;
member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives from Somerset County, 1899-1902;
alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from
Pennsylvania, 1904,
1908,
1912;
U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania, 1919-33 (23rd District 1919-23,
24th District 1923-33); died in office 1933.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners.
Died of a self-inflicted
gunshot
wound, in the House Office
Building, Washington,
D.C., January
8, 1933 (age 73 years, 68
days).
Interment at Hochstetler
Cemetery, Greenville Township, Somerset County, Pa.
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John Jay Knox Jr. (1828-1892) —
Born in Knoxboro, Oneida
County, N.Y., March
19, 1828.
Banker; U.S. Comptroller of the Currency, 1872-84.
Died in New York, New York
County, N.Y., February
9, 1892 (age 63 years, 327
days).
Interment at Oak
Hill Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Hervey Gilbert Machen (1916-1994) —
also known as Hervey Machen —
of Hyattsville, Prince
George's County, Md.
Born in Washington,
D.C., October
14, 1916.
Democrat. Lawyer;
banker; served in the U.S. Army during World War II; vice-chair of
Maryland Democratic Party, 1953-57; member of Maryland
state house of delegates, 1955-65; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Maryland, 1964;
U.S.
Representative from Maryland 5th District, 1965-69; defeated,
1968, 1970.
Episcopalian.
Member, Kiwanis;
Moose.
Died in Annapolis, Anne
Arundel County, Md., November
29, 1994 (age 78 years, 46
days).
Interment at St.
Barnabas Church Cemetery, Upper Marlboro, Md.
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Martin Barnaby Madden (1855-1928) —
also known as Martin B. Madden —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Wolviston, England,
March
21, 1855.
Republican. Stone quarry
business; director, Metropolitan Trust and Savings Bank;
member Chicago City Council, 1889-97; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Illinois, 1896
(speaker),
1900,
1912,
1916,
1924;
U.S.
Representative from Illinois 1st District, 1905-28; died in
office 1928.
Died in the House Appropriations Committee meeting room, in the U.S.
Capitol Building, Washington,
D.C., April
27, 1928 (age 73 years, 37
days).
Interment at Fairview
Cemetery, Near Hinsdale, DuPage County, Ill.
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George Ewing Martin (1857-1948) —
also known as George E. Martin —
of Lancaster, Fairfield
County, Ohio.
Born in Lancaster, Fairfield
County, Ohio, November
23, 1857.
Lawyer;
banker; candidate for Presidential Elector for Ohio; common
pleas court judge in Ohio 7th District, 1904-11; Associate
Judge of U.S. Court of Customs Appeals, 1911-23; Presiding
Judge of U.S. Court of Customs Appeals, 1923-24; Chief
Justice of U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, 1924-37;
took senior status 1937.
Died in Washington,
D.C., April
14, 1948 (age 90 years, 143
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Hugh McCulloch (1808-1895) —
of Fort Wayne, Allen
County, Ind.; Washington,
D.C.; Vansville, Prince
George's County, Md.
Born in Kennebunk, York
County, Maine, December
7, 1808.
Republican. Lawyer;
banker; U.S. Comptroller of the Currency, 1863-65; U.S.
Secretary of the Treasury, 1865-69, 1884-85.
Died in Vansville, Prince
George's County, Md., May 24,
1895 (age 86 years, 168
days).
Interment at Rock
Creek Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Relatives: Son
of Hugh McCulloch (1773-1830) and Abigail (Perkins) McCulloch;
married, June 23,
1834, to Eunice Hardy; married, March
21, 1838, to Susan Maria Man. |
| | McCulloch Hall (dormitory, built 1926), at
Harvard University
Business School, Boston,
Massachusetts, is named for
him. — The World War II Liberty
ship SS Hugh McCulloch (built 1943 at Richmond,
California; scrapped 1962) was named for
him. |
| | Coins and currency: His portrait
appeared on $20 U.S. national bank notes in 1902.
|
| | See also Wikipedia
article — NNDB
dossier — Find-A-Grave
memorial — Comptrollers
of the Currency |
| | Image source: Life and Work of James G.
Blaine (1893) |
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Angus Wilton McLean (1870-1935) —
also known as Angus W. McLean —
of Lumberton, Robeson
County, N.C.
Born in Robeson
County, N.C., April
20, 1870.
Democrat. Lawyer; Robeson
County Attorney, 1892-1904; banker; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from North Carolina, 1904
(member, Committee
on Rules and Order of Business), 1912
(member, Committee
on Permanent Organization; speaker),
1932;
member of Democratic
National Committee from North Carolina, 1916-24; Governor of
North Carolina, 1925-29.
Presbyterian.
Scottish
ancestry. Member, American Bar
Association; American
Academy of Political and Social Science; Sons of
the Revolution; Knights
of Pythias; Sigma
Chi.
Died in Washington,
D.C., June 21,
1935 (age 65 years, 62
days).
Entombed at Meadowbrook
Cemetery, Lumberton, N.C.
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Andrew William Mellon (1855-1937) —
also known as Andrew W. Mellon —
of Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa.
Born in Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa., March
24, 1855.
Republican. Banker; co-founder,
Mellon Institute of Industrial Research, which later became Carnegie
Mellon University; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Pennsylvania, 1920,
1924
(speaker),
1928;
U.S.
Secretary of the Treasury, 1921-32; U.S. Ambassador to Great Britain, 1932-33.
Episcopalian.
Died in Southampton, Suffolk
County, Long Island, N.Y., August
26, 1937 (age 82 years, 155
days).
Original interment at Allegheny
Cemetery, Pittsburgh, Pa.; subsequent interment at a
private or family graveyard, Fauquier County, Va.; reinterment at
Trinity
Episcopal Church Cemetery, Upperville, Va.; memorial monument at
Federal Triangle, Washington, D.C.
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Relatives: Son
of Thomas Mellon and Sarah Jane (Negley) Mellon; married 1900 to Nora
McMullen; father of Ailsa Mellon (who married David
Kirkpatrick Este Bruce); uncle of William
Larimer Mellon; granduncle of Richard
Mellon Scaife. |
| | Political family: Bruce-Mellon
family of Virginia. |
| | Cross-reference: J.
McKenzie Moss |
| | Carnegie Mellon University,
in Pittsburgh,
Pennsylvania, is partly named for
him. — Mellon Hall (dormitory, built 1926), at
Harvard University
Business School, Boston,
Massachusetts, is named for
him. |
| | See also Wikipedia
article — U.S. State Dept career summary — NNDB
dossier — Find-A-Grave
memorial — Federal
Reserve History |
| | Books about Andrew Mellon: David
Cannadine, Mellon
: An American Life |
| | Image source: American Review of
Reviews, March 1922 |
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William Rush Merriam (1849-1931) —
also known as William R. Merriam —
of St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Wadham's Mills, Essex
County, N.Y., July 26,
1849.
Republican. Banker; member of Minnesota
state house of representatives, 1883-84, 1887-88 (District 27
1883-84, District 26 1887-88); Speaker of
the Minnesota State House of Representatives, 1887-88; Governor of
Minnesota, 1889-93; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Minnesota, 1896
(member, Resolutions
Committee); director, U.S. Census, 1899-1903.
Died in Port Sewall, Martin
County, Fla., February
18, 1931 (age 81 years, 207
days).
Interment at Rock
Creek Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Eugene Isaac Meyer (1875-1959) —
also known as Eugene Meyer —
of Mt. Kisco, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born in Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., October
31, 1875.
Republican. Stockbroker;
banker; instrumental in the merger of five chemical companies
to create Allied Chemical
and Dye Corporation, 1920; delegate to Republican National Convention
from New York, 1928;
Chairman of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System,
1930-33; bought the Washington Post newspaper
in 1933, and was its publisher
until 1946; president, World Bank, 1946.
Jewish.
Died, from heart
disease and cancer,
at George Washington University Hospital,
Washington,
D.C., July 17,
1959 (age 83 years, 259
days).
Interment at Kensico
Cemetery, Valhalla, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of Marc Eugene Meyer and Harriet (Newmark) Meyer; married 1910 to Agnes
Elizabeth Ernst; father of Katherine Graham. |
| | See also Wikipedia
article — NNDB
dossier |
| | Image source: Time Magazine, May 31,
1932 |
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Lee Slater Overman (1854-1930) —
also known as Lee S. Overman —
of Salisbury, Rowan
County, N.C.
Born in Salisbury, Rowan
County, N.C., January
3, 1854.
Democrat. School
teacher; private secretary to Gov. Z. B.
Vance, 1877-78, and to Gov. Thomas
J. Jarvis, 1879; lawyer;
member of North
Carolina state house of representatives from Rowan County,
1883-88, 1893-94, 1899-1900; Speaker of
the North Carolina State House of Representatives, 1893;
president, North Carolina Railroad,
1894; president, Saisbury Savings Bank; candidate for
Presidential Elector for North Carolina; U.S.
Senator from North Carolina, 1903-30; died in office 1930;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from North Carolina, 1916.
Died, from a stomach
hemorrhage, in Washington,
D.C., December
12, 1930 (age 76 years, 343
days).
Interment at Chestnut
Hill Cemetery, Salisbury, N.C.
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Daniel D. Page (1790-1869) —
of St.
Louis, Mo.
Born in Parsonfield, York
County, Maine, March 5,
1790.
Baker;
tobacco
trader; flour mill
business; banker; mayor
of St. Louis, Mo., 1829-33.
Died in Washington,
D.C., April
29, 1869 (age 79 years, 55
days).
Interment at Bellefontaine
Cemetery, St. Louis, Mo.
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Alexander Mitchell Palmer (1872-1936) —
also known as A. Mitchell Palmer; "The Fighting
Quaker" —
of Stroudsburg, Monroe
County, Pa.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Moosehead, Luzerne
County, Pa., May 4,
1872.
Democrat. Lawyer;
bank director; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 26th District, 1909-15; member
of Democratic
National Committee from Pennsylvania, 1912-20; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1912
(speaker),
1916
(member, Platform
and Resolutions Committee); candidate for U.S.
Senator from Pennsylvania, 1914; U.S. Alien Property Custodian,
1917-19; U.S.
Attorney General, 1919-21; target of assassination
attempts in 1919; instigator of the "Palmer Raids" in 1919-20, in
which over 10,000 legal immigrants were arrested and held for
deportation; most were eventually released; candidate for Democratic
nomination for President, 1920;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from District of Columbia,
1932.
Quaker.
Member, American Bar
Association; Phi
Kappa Psi; Phi
Beta Kappa.
Died, from a heart
condition following surgery for appendicitis,
in Emergency Hospital,
Washington,
D.C., May 11,
1936 (age 64 years, 7
days).
Interment at Laurelwood
Cemetery, Stroudsburg, Pa.
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Preston Bierce Plumb (1837-1891) —
also known as Preston B. Plumb —
of Emporia, Lyon
County, Kan.
Born in Delaware
County, Ohio, October
12, 1837.
Republican. Newspaper
editor and publisher; lawyer;
colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War; member of Kansas
state house of representatives, 1863, 1867-68; Lyon
County Prosecuting Attorney; banker; U.S.
Senator from Kansas, 1877-91; died in office 1891; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Kansas, 1880.
Died in Washington,
D.C., December
20, 1891 (age 54 years, 69
days).
Interment at Maplewood
Memorial Lawn Cemetery, Emporia, Kan.
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James Willard Ragsdale (1872-1919) —
also known as J. Willard Ragsdale —
of Florence, Florence
County, S.C.
Born in Timmonsville, Florence
County, S.C., December
14, 1872.
Democrat. Lawyer;
banker; member of South
Carolina state house of representatives from Florence County,
1898-1900; member of South
Carolina state senate, 1902-04; U.S.
Representative from South Carolina 6th District, 1913-19; died in
office 1919.
Methodist.
Died in Washington,
D.C., July 23,
1919 (age 46 years, 221
days).
Interment at Mt.
Hope Cemetery, Florence, S.C.
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William Barret Ridgely (1853-1920) —
also known as William B. Ridgely —
of Springfield, Sangamon
County, Ill.
Born in Springfield, Sangamon
County, Ill., July 19,
1853.
Republican. Vice-president, Springfield Iron
Company; banker; postmaster at Springfield,
Ill., 1897-99; U.S. Comptroller of the Currency, 1901-08;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Illinois, 1908.
Died in Washington,
D.C., April
30, 1920 (age 66 years, 286
days).
Interment at Oak
Ridge Cemetery, Springfield, Ill.
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Relatives: Son
of Charles Ridgely and Jane Maria (Barret) Ridgely; married, October
24, 1882, to Eleanor M. 'Ella' Cullom (daughter of Shelby
Moore Cullom); married, December
30, 1905, to Kate Deering; nephew of Redick
McKee Ridgely; second great-grandnephew of Samuel
Huntington; first cousin twice removed of Nathaniel
Huntington, James
Huntington and Elisha
Mills Huntington; first cousin thrice removed of Samuel
H. Huntington; first cousin five times removed of Benjamin
Huntington; second cousin twice removed of Joseph
Lyman Huntington; second cousin four times removed of Joshua
Coit, Henry
Huntington and Gurdon
Huntington; third cousin of Edwin
Reed Ridgely and Austin
Eugene Lathrop; third cousin once removed of Collins
Dwight Huntington, George
Milo Huntington and Helen
Huntington Hull; third cousin thrice removed of John
Davenport, Ebenezer
Huntington, James
Davenport, Asahel
Otis, Augustus
Seymour Porter, Samuel
Lathrop, Peter
Buell Porter, Abel
Huntington, Zina
Hyde Jr. and Benjamin
Nicoll Huntington; fourth cousin once removed of John
Hall Brockway, Abial
Lathrop and Hilliard
Samuel Ridgely. |
| | Political family: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin
family of Connecticut and New York (subset of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | See also Wikipedia
article — Find-A-Grave
memorial — Comptrollers
of the Currency |
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Samuel Rutherford (1870-1932) —
of Forsyth, Monroe
County, Ga.
Born near Culloden, Crawford
County, Ga., March
15, 1870.
Democrat. Lawyer;
banker; member of Georgia
state house of representatives, 1896-97, 1921-24; member of Georgia
state senate, 1909-10; U.S.
Representative from Georgia 6th District, 1925-32; died in office
1932.
Died in Washington,
D.C., February
4, 1932 (age 61 years, 326
days).
Interment at Oakland
Cemetery, Forsyth, Ga.
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Pauline Morton Sabin (1887-1955) —
also known as Pauline M. Sabin; Pauline Morton;
Pauline Smith; Mrs. Charles H. Sabin; Mrs. Dwight F.
Davis —
of Southampton, Suffolk
County, Long Island, N.Y.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., April
23, 1887.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from New York,
1924,
1928;
member of Republican
National Committee from New York, 1924-28; delegate
to New York convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933.
Female.
Episcopalian.
A leader of the Women's Organization for National Prohibition Reform.
Died in Washington,
D.C., December
27, 1955 (age 68 years, 248
days).
Interment somewhere
in Southampton, Long Island, N.Y.
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John S. R. Shad (1923-1994) —
of Washington,
D.C.
Born in 1923.
Investment banker; chair, U.S. Securities and Exchange
Commission, 1981-87; U.S. Ambassador to Netherlands, 1987-89.
Died in 1994
(age about
71 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Leslie Mortier Shaw (1848-1932) —
also known as Leslie M. Shaw —
of Denison, Crawford
County, Iowa.
Born in Morristown, Lamoille
County, Vt., November
2, 1848.
Republican. Lawyer;
banker; Governor of
Iowa, 1898-1902; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Iowa, 1900;
U.S.
Secretary of the Treasury, 1902-07; candidate for Republican
nomination for President, 1908.
Methodist.
Died in Washington,
D.C., March
28, 1932 (age 83 years, 147
days).
Interment at Oakland
Cemetery, Denison, Iowa.
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Samuel Spencer (b. 1910) —
of Washington,
D.C.
Born in Washington,
D.C., December
8, 1910.
Republican. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; member
District of Columbia board of commissioners, 1953-56; President
of the District of Columbia Board of Commissioners, 1953-56;
delegate to Republican National Convention from District of Columbia,
1956;
president and chairman, Tennessee Railroad
Co.; director, Riggs National Bank; director, Garfield Hospital
and Children's Hospital;
president, Washington Hospital.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Society
of the Cincinnati; Phi
Beta Kappa.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Henry Benning Spencer and Katharine (Price) Spencer; married, June 28,
1935, to Dora White. |
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John McKee Spratt Jr. (b. 1942) —
also known as John M. Spratt, Jr. —
of York, York
County, S.C.
Born in Charlotte, Mecklenburg
County, N.C., November
1, 1942.
Democrat. Lawyer;
banker; delegate to Democratic National Convention from South
Carolina, 1964
(alternate), 1996
(speaker),
2000,
2004,
2008;
U.S.
Representative from South Carolina 5th District, 1983-.
Presbyterian.
Still living as of 2014.
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Sidney Fletcher Taliaferro (1885-1971) —
also known as Sidney F. Taliaferro —
of Washington,
D.C.
Born in Salem,
Va., March 4,
1885.
Democrat. Lawyer; law
professor; banker; member
District of Columbia board of commissioners, 1926-30; director,
Washington Gas
Light Co. and Georgetown Gas
Light Co.; board member, Columbia Hospital.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Delta
Chi; Freemasons.
Died in Washington,
D.C., June 21,
1971 (age 86 years, 109
days).
Interment at Rock
Creek Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Relatives: Son
of Van Tromp Taliaferro and Sallie (Pendleton) Taliaferro; married,
October
3, 1916, to Elizabeth Kirkwood Fulton; grandson of Albert
Gallatin Pendleton; grandnephew of John
Strother Pendleton; third great-grandnephew of Edmund
Pendleton; first cousin twice removed of Aylett
Hawes Buckner; first cousin four times removed of John
Pendleton Jr. and Nathaniel
Pendleton; first cousin five times removed of William
Grayson; second cousin twice removed of Philip
Coleman Pendleton; second cousin thrice removed of Philip
Clayton Pendleton, Zachary
Taylor, Edmund
Henry Pendleton and Nathanael
Greene Pendleton; second cousin four times removed of John
Penn, James
Madison, William
Taylor Madison, George
Madison, Alfred
William Grayson and Beverly
Robinson Grayson; second cousin five times removed of John
Walker, John
Tyler and Francis
Walker; third cousin once removed of Charles
Rittenhouse Pendleton; third cousin twice removed of Henry
Gaines Johnson, George
Hunt Pendleton and Joseph
Henry Pendleton; fourth cousin once removed of William
Barret Pendleton, Francis
Key Pendleton and John
Overton Pendleton. |
| | Political family: Pendleton-Lee
family of Maryland (subset of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Roger Brooke Taney (1777-1864) —
also known as Roger B. Taney —
of Baltimore,
Md.
Born in Calvert
County, Md., March
17, 1777.
Lawyer;
member of Maryland
state house of delegates, 1799-1800; bank director; member
of Maryland
state senate, 1816-21; Maryland
state attorney general, 1827-31; U.S.
Attorney General, 1831-33; U.S.
Secretary of the Treasury, 1833-34; Chief
Justice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1836-64; died in office 1864.
Catholic.
First
Catholic to hold a U.S. cabinet position.
Died in Washington,
D.C., October
12, 1864 (age 87 years, 209
days).
Interment at St.
John's Catholic Church Cemetery, Frederick, Md.; statue at State
House Grounds, Annapolis, Md.
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Relatives: Son
of Michael Taney and Monica (Brooke) Taney; married, January
7, 1806, to Anne Phoebe Charlton Key (sister of Francis
Scott Key; niece of Philip
Barton Key (1757-1815); aunt of Philip
Barton Key (1818-1859)). |
| | Political family: Pendleton-Lee
family of Maryland (subset of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | Cross-reference: John
Merryman |
| | Taney County,
Mo. is named for him. |
| | Epitaph: "He was a profound and able
lawyer, an upright and fearless judge, a pious and exemplary
Christian." |
| | See also Wikipedia
article — NNDB
dossier — Find-A-Grave
memorial — Biographical
Directory of Federal Judges |
| | Books by Roger Taney: Memoir
of Roger Brooke Taney : Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the U.
S. |
| | Books about Roger Taney: Bernard
Christian Steiner, Life
of Roger Brooke Taney, Chief Justice of the United States Supreme
Court — Charles Smith, Roger
B. Taney : Jacksonian Jurist — Suzanne Freedman, Roger
Taney : The Dred Scott Legacy (for young readers) |
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John W. Thomas (1874-1945) —
also known as John Thomas —
of Gooding, Gooding
County, Idaho.
Born in Phillips
County, Kan., January
4, 1874.
Republican. School
teacher; superintendent
of schools; banker; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Idaho, 1920
(member, Committee
on Rules and Order of Business), 1932,
1936
(member, Resolutions
Committee; speaker),
1940
(member, Resolutions
Committee), 1944;
member of Republican
National Committee from Idaho, 1924-33; U.S.
Senator from Idaho, 1928-33, 1940-45; defeated, 1932; died in
office 1945.
Died in Washington,
D.C., November
10, 1945 (age 71 years, 310
days).
Interment at Elmwood
Cemetery, Gooding, Idaho.
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Morris King Udall (1922-1998) —
also known as Morris K. Udall; Mo Udall —
of Tucson, Pima
County, Ariz.
Born in St. Johns, Apache
County, Ariz., June 15,
1922.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; played
professional basketball
with the Denver Nuggets, 1948-49; lawyer;
co-founder and director, Bank of Tucson; Pima
County Attorney, 1953-54; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Arizona, 1956,
1972;
speaker, 1984,
1988;
U.S.
Representative from Arizona 2nd District, 1961-91; candidate for
Democratic nomination for President, 1976.
Mormon.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Judicature Society; American
Legion; Phi
Kappa Phi; Phi
Delta Phi.
Lost
an eye in an accident when he was a boy. Received the Presidential
Medal of Freedom in 1996.
Died, of Parkinson's
disease, in the Veterans Administration Hospital,
Washington,
D.C., December
12, 1998 (age 76 years, 180
days).
Cremated;
ashes scattered in a
private or family graveyard, Pima County, Ariz.; cenotaph at St.
Johns Cemetery, St. Johns, Ariz.
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Francis Eugene Walter (1894-1963) —
also known as Francis E. Walter —
of Easton, Northampton
County, Pa.
Born in Easton, Northampton
County, Pa., May 26,
1894.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; lawyer;
trustee, Easton Hospital;
bank director; Northampton
County Solicitor, 1928-33; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Pennsylvania, 1928,
1948
(alternate), 1952,
1956,
1960;
U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania, 1933-63 (21st District 1933-45,
20th District 1945-53, 15th District 1953-63); died in office 1963.
Lutheran.
Member, Elks; Odd
Fellows; Eagles;
Junior
Order; Phi
Delta Theta; Phi
Alpha Delta.
Died, of leukemia,
in Washington,
D.C., May 31,
1963 (age 69 years, 5
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Lewis Findlay Watson (1819-1890) —
also known as Lewis F. Watson —
of Warren, Warren
County, Pa.
Born in Crawford
County, Pa., April
14, 1819.
Republican. Lumber
business; oil
producer; railroad
builder; banker; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 27th District, 1877-79, 1881-83,
1889-90; died in office 1890.
Died, of heart
disease, at the Shoreham Hotel, Washington,
D.C., August
25, 1890 (age 71 years, 133
days).
Interment at Oakland
Cemetery, Warren, Pa.
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William Howard Wheat (1879-1944) —
also known as William H. Wheat —
of Rantoul, Champaign
County, Ill.
Born in Kahoka, Clark
County, Mo., February
19, 1879.
Republican. Banker; U.S.
Representative from Illinois 19th District, 1939-44; defeated,
1936; died in office 1944.
Died in Washington,
D.C., January
16, 1944 (age 64 years, 331
days).
Interment at Maplewood
Cemetery, Rantoul, Ill.
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Zalmon Wildman (1775-1835) —
of Danbury, Fairfield
County, Conn.
Born in Danbury, Fairfield
County, Conn., February
16, 1775.
Democrat. Hat
manufacturer; banker; postmaster at Danbury,
Conn., 1808-35; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives, 1818-19; U.S.
Representative from Connecticut at-large, 1835; died in office
1835.
Died in Washington,
D.C., December
10, 1835 (age 60 years, 297
days).
Interment at Wooster
Cemetery, Danbury, Conn.; cenotaph at Congressional
Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Thomas Murray Wilson (1881-1967) —
also known as Thomas M. Wilson —
of Washington,
D.C.
Born in Memphis, Shelby
County, Tenn., July 29,
1881.
Farmer;
banker; served in the U.S. Army during World War I; U.S.
Consul in Hankow, 1919-20; Madras, 1921-22; Bombay, 1922-23; U.S. Consul General in Sydney, as of 1938-40; U.S. Minister to Iraq, 1942.
Died in 1967
(age about
85 years).
Burial location unknown.
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George Washington Wright (1816-1885) —
also known as George W. Wright —
of San
Francisco, Calif.; Washington,
D.C.; Dorchester, Norfolk County (now part of Boston, Suffolk
County), Mass.
Born in Concord, Middlesex
County, Mass., June 4,
1816.
Merchant;
banker; went
to California for the 1849 Gold Rush; U.S.
Representative from California at-large, 1850-51.
Died in Dorchester, Norfolk County (now part of Boston, Suffolk
County), Mass., April 7,
1885 (age 68 years, 307
days).
Interment at Sleepy
Hollow Cemetery, Concord, Mass.
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