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Theodore Carter Achilles (1905-1986) —
also known as Theodore C. Achilles —
of Washington,
D.C.
Born in Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y., December
29, 1905.
Newspaper
work; Foreign Service officer; U.S. Vice Consul in Havana, as of 1932; Rome, as of 1933; while serving as director of the State
Department's Division of Western European Affairs in 1947-49, was one
of the main architects of the North Atlantic Treaty, the founding
document of NationalO; U.S. Ambassador to Peru, 1956-60.
Member, Beta Theta Pi; Council on
Foreign Relations.
Suffered an embolism,
and died, in the Washington Hospital
Center, Washington,
D.C., April 8,
1986 (age 80 years, 100
days).
Entombed at St.
John's Church Cemetery, Lafayette Square, Washington, D.C.
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Thomas Hale Boggs, Sr. (1914-1972) —
also known as Hale Boggs —
of New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La.
Born in Long Beach, Harrison
County, Miss., February
15, 1914.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Louisiana 2nd District, 1941-43, 1947-72;
died in office 1972; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Louisiana, 1948,
1956,
1960,
1968;
Parliamentarian, 1964;
chair, Resolutions and Platform Committee, chair, 1968;
candidate for Governor of
Louisiana, 1952; Vice-Chair
of Democratic National Committee, 1957; member, President's
Commission on the Assassination of President KNDY, 1963-64.
Catholic.
Member, American
Legion; Amvets;
Catholic
War Veterans; Sons of
the American Revolution; Knights
of Columbus; American Bar
Association; American
Judicature Society; Phi
Beta Kappa; Beta Theta Pi; Omicron
Delta Kappa.
Disappeared
while on a campaign
flight from Anchorage to Juneau, and presumed killed in a plane
crash, somewhere in Alaska, October
16, 1972 (age 58 years, 244
days). The wreckage was never
found.
Cenotaph at Congressional
Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Relatives: Son
of William Robertson Boggs and Claire Josephine (Hale) Boggs;
married, January
22, 1938, to Corinne
Claiborne; father of Barbara
Boggs Sigmund, Thomas
Hale Boggs Jr. and Cokie Roberts. |
| | | Boggs Peak
in the Chugach Mountains, Anchorage,
Alaska, is named for
him. |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Wikipedia article — NNDB
dossier |
| | | Books about Thomas Hale Boggs: Gary
Boulard, The
Big Lie: Hale Boggs, Lucille May Grace, and Leander
Perez |
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John Sherman Cooper (1901-1991) —
of Somerset, Pulaski
County, Ky.
Born in Somerset, Pulaski
County, Ky., August
23, 1901.
Republican. Member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1928-30; county judge in
Kentucky, 1930-38; candidate for Governor of
Kentucky, 1939; served in the U.S. Army during World War II; U.S.
Senator from Kentucky, 1946-49, 1952-55, 1956-73; defeated, 1948,
1954; delegate to Republican National Convention from Kentucky, 1948,
1956
(speaker),
1960
(member, Resolutions
Committee), 1972
(delegation chair); U.S. Ambassador to India, 1955-56; Nepal, 1955-56; East Germany, 1974-76; member, President's Commission on the
Assassination of President KNDY, 1963-64.
Baptist
or Episcopalian.
Member, American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Rotary;
American Bar
Association; Beta Theta Pi.
Died of heart
failure, in Washington,
D.C., February
21, 1991 (age 89 years, 182
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.; statue at Fountain
Square, Somerset, Ky.
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Enoch Herbert Crowder (1859-1932) —
also known as Enoch Crowder —
of Kansas City, Jackson
County, Mo.
Born in Edinburg, Grundy
County, Mo., April
11, 1859.
Colonel in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; general in
the U.S. Army during World War I; U.S. Ambassador to Cuba, 1923-27.
Member, Beta Theta Pi.
Died in Washington,
D.C., May 7,
1932 (age 73 years, 26
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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John Anthony Danaher (1899-1990) —
also known as John A. Danaher —
of Hartford, Hartford
County, Conn.; Portland, Middlesex
County, Conn.
Born in Meriden, New Haven
County, Conn., January
9, 1899.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer; secretary
of state of Connecticut, 1933-35; U.S.
Senator from Connecticut, 1939-45; defeated, 1944; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Connecticut, 1944;
Judge
of U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, 1953-.
Catholic.
Member, American
Legion; Knights
of Columbus; American Bar
Association; American
Judicature Society; Grange;
Beta Theta Pi.
Died in Litchfield
County, Conn., September
22, 1990 (age 91 years, 256
days).
Interment at Sacred
Heart Cemetery, Meriden, Conn.
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William Orville Douglas (1898-1980) —
also known as William O. Douglas —
of New Haven, New Haven
County, Conn.; Goose Prairie, Yakima
County, Wash.
Born in Maine, Otter Tail
County, Minn., October
16, 1898.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer; law
professor; member, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission,
1936-39; chair, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, 1937-39; Associate
Justice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1939-75; candidate for Democratic
nomination for President, 1948.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons;
United
World Federalists; American Bar
Association; Beta Theta Pi; Phi
Alpha Delta; Delta
Sigma Rho; Phi
Beta Kappa.
Died in Washington,
D.C., January
19, 1980 (age 81 years, 95
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Relatives: Son
of William Douglas and Julia Bickford (Fiske) Douglas; married, August
16, 1923, to Mildred M. Riddle; married 1966 to
Kathleen Heffernan. |
| | | Cross-reference: Warren
Christopher — William
A. Norris |
| | | See also Wikipedia
article — NNDB
dossier — Arlington National
Cemetery unofficial website |
| | | Books by William O. Douglas: Of
Men and Mountains (1982) — My
wilderness: east to Katahdin (1961) — Go
East, Young Man (1974) — The
Court Years, 1939 to 1975: The Autobiography of William O.
Douglas (1980) |
| | | Books about William O. Douglas: Bruce
Allen Murphy, Wild
Bill : The Legend and Life of William O. Douglas —
Howard Ball & Phillip J. Cooper, Of
Power and Right: Hugo Black, William O. Douglas, and America's
Constitutional Revolution — James F. Simon, Independent
Journey: The Life of William O. Douglas |
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Fred Latimer Hadsel (b. 1916) —
also known as Fred L. Hadsel —
of Washington,
D.C.; Oxford, Butler
County, Ohio.
Born in Oxford, Butler
County, Ohio, March
11, 1916.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; U.S. Ambassador to Somalia, 1969-71; Ghana, 1971.
Protestant.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; Beta Theta Pi; Omicron
Delta Kappa; Phi
Eta Sigma.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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John Marshall (b. 1881) —
of Parkersburg, Wood
County, W.Va.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in New Cumberland, Hancock
County, W.Va., July 28,
1881.
Republican. Lawyer;
delegate to Republican National Convention from West Virginia, 1920,
1924,
1928
(speaker),
1936
(alternate).
Disciples
of Christ. Member, American Bar
Association; Beta Theta Pi; Delta
Chi; Elks; Navy
League.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Oliver S. Marshall and Elizabeth Hammond (Tarr) Marshall; married,
January
25, 1905, to Rebecca Paull. |
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Frederick Andrew Seaton (1909-1974) —
of Manhattan, Riley
County, Kan.; Hastings, Adams
County, Neb.
Born in Washington,
D.C., December
11, 1909.
Republican. Radio
announcer; sports
reporter; editor, manager, and publisher of newspapers;
vice-chair
of Kansas Republican Party, 1934-37; campaign secretary for Gov.
Alfred
M. Landon, 1936; member of Nebraska
unicameral legislature, 1945-49; U.S.
Senator from Nebraska, 1951-52; U.S.
Secretary of the Interior, 1956-61; candidate for Governor of
Nebraska, 1962.
Methodist
or Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Elks; Rotary;
Navy
League; American
Academy of Political and Social Science; Beta Theta Pi; Pi
Kappa Delta.
Recipient, Medal
of Freedom.
Died in St. Mary's Hospital,
Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn., January
16, 1974 (age 64 years, 36
days).
Interment at Parkview
Cemetery, Hastings, Neb.
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John William Warner III (1927-2021) —
also known as John W. Warner —
of Middleburg, Loudoun
County, Va.
Born in Washington,
D.C., February
18, 1927.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; served in
the U.S. Marine Corps during the Korean conflict; lawyer;
U.S. Secretary of the Navy, 1972-74; U.S.
Senator from Virginia, 1979-; appointed 1979.
Episcopalian.
Member, American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Beta Theta Pi.
Died in Alexandria,
Va., May 25,
2021 (age 94 years, 96
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Kenneth Spicer Wherry (1892-1951) —
also known as Kenneth S. Wherry —
of Pawnee City, Pawnee
County, Neb.
Born in Liberty, Gage
County, Neb., February
28, 1892.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; furniture
merchant; funeral
director; automobile
dealer; member of Nebraska
state senate, 1929-31; Nebraska
Republican state chair, 1939-42; U.S.
Senator from Nebraska, 1943-51; died in office 1951; speaker, Republican National Convention, 1948.
Presbyterian.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Legion; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Lions;
Kiwanis;
Beta Theta Pi.
Died in Washington,
D.C., November
29, 1951 (age 59 years, 274
days).
Interment at Pawnee
City Cemetery, Pawnee City, Neb.
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