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Joel Barlow (1754-1812) —
of Hartford, Hartford
County, Conn.
Born in Redding, Fairfield
County, Conn., March
24, 1754.
Served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War;
chaplain; writer; poet; lawyer;
U.S. Consul in Cadiz, 1792-93; U.S. Consul General in Algiers, 1796-97; U.S. Minister to France, 1811-12, died in office 1812.
Member, Society
of the Cincinnati; Freemasons.
He was sent to Algeria to negotiate for the release of those held
prisoner by the Barbary pirates, and was protected by a detachment of
U.S. Marines. The words "to the shores of Tripoli" in the U.S.
Marine Hymn are a reference to this incident.
Died, of pneumonia
or exposure,
in Zarnowiec, Poland,
December
24, 1812 (age 58 years, 275
days).
Interment at Churchyard,
Zarnowiec, Poland; cenotaph at Great
Pasture Road Cemetery, Redding, Conn.
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Alfred Beckley (1802-1888) —
of Raleigh, Raleigh
County, W.Va.
Born in Washington,
D.C., May 26,
1802.
Democrat. Physician;
preacher; general in the Confederate Army during the Civil
War; delegate to Democratic National Convention from West Virginia,
1876.
Died in Raleigh
County, W.Va., May 26,
1888 (age 86 years, 0
days).
Interment at Wildwood
Cemetery, Beckley, W.Va.
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Relatives:
Married to Emily Craig. |
| | | Epitaph: "Thou shalt have sweetly
rest / In the calmest repose / Undisturbed by life's
cares / And unpierced by its woes." |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Samuel Brenton (1810-1857) —
of Indiana.
Born in Gallatin
County, Ky., November
22, 1810.
Minister; lawyer;
member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1838-39, 1840-41; U.S.
Representative from Indiana 10th District, 1851-53, 1855-57;
defeated, 1852; died in office 1857.
Methodist.
Member, Odd
Fellows.
Died, of pneumonia,
in Fort Wayne, Allen
County, Ind., March
29, 1857 (age 46 years, 127
days).
Interment at Lindenwood
Cemetery, Fort Wayne, Ind.; cenotaph at Congressional
Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Frank Milton Bristol (1851-1932) —
also known as Frank M. Bristol —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.; Evanston, Cook
County, Ill.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Jeddo, Orleans
County, N.Y., January
4, 1851.
Republican. Minister; offered prayer, Republican National Convention,
1884 ; bishop.
Methodist.
Member, Phi
Kappa Sigma.
Died in 1932
(age about
81 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Image source:
American Monthly Review of Reviews, July 1908 |
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Alpha Brown —
of Washington,
D.C.
Minister; Independent candidate for mayor
of Washington, D.C., 1998.
Still living as of 1998.
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Emanuel Cleaver II (b. 1944) —
of Kansas City, Jackson
County, Mo.
Born in Waxahachie, Ellis
County, Tex., October
26, 1944.
Democrat. Pastor; radio show
host; mayor
of Kansas City, Mo., 1991-99; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Missouri, 1996
(speaker),
2004,
2008;
member of Democratic
National Committee from Missouri, 2004; U.S.
Representative from Missouri 5th District, 2005-.
African
ancestry. Member, Alpha
Phi Alpha.
Still living as of 2017.
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Robert Frederick Drinan (1920-2007) —
also known as Robert F. Drinan; "Our Father Who Art In
Congress" —
of Newton, Middlesex
County, Mass.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., November
15, 1920.
Democrat. Catholic priest; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts, 1971-81 (3rd District 1971-73,
4th District 1973-81); delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Massachusetts, 1972;
law
professor.
Catholic.
Member, Americans
for Democratic Action.
Died, from pneumonia
and congestive
heart failure, in Sibley Memorial Hospital,
Washington,
D.C., January
28, 2007 (age 86 years, 74
days).
Burial location unknown.
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George Fiske Dudley (b. 1867) —
also known as George F. Dudley —
of Washington,
D.C.
Born in Centerville, Wayne
County, Ind., September
25, 1867.
Episcopal priest; speaker, Democratic National Convention, 1912 ;
alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from District of
Columbia, 1932.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Lions; Loyal
Legion.
Burial location unknown.
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Charles Aubrey Eaton (1868-1953) —
also known as Charles A. Eaton;
"Doc" —
of Natick, Middlesex
County, Mass.; Toronto, Ontario;
Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio; Watchung, North Plainfield, Somerset
County, N.J.
Born in Pugwash, Nova
Scotia, March
29, 1868.
Republican. Baptist minister; magazine
editor; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from
New Jersey, 1920,
1924;
U.S.
Representative from New Jersey, 1925-53 (4th District 1925-33,
5th District 1933-53).
Baptist.
Member, Union
League.
Died in Washington,
D.C., January
23, 1953 (age 84 years, 300
days).
Interment at Hillside
Cemetery, Scotch Plains, N.J.
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Charles Calvert Ellis (1874-1950) —
also known as Charles C. Ellis —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.; Huntingdon, Huntingdon
County, Pa.
Born in Washington,
D.C., July 21,
1874.
School
teacher; pastor; college
professor; president,
Juniata College, 1930-43; Dry candidate for delegate
to Pennsylvania convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933.
Brethren.
Died, in Presbyterian Hospital,
Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., June 27,
1950 (age 75 years, 341
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Henry Jennings Ellis and Kate Calvert (Kane) Ellis; married, December
25, 1902, to Emma Susan Nice. |
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Walter Edward Fauntroy (b. 1933) —
also known as Walter E. Fauntroy —
of Washington,
D.C.
Born in Washington,
D.C., February
6, 1933.
Democrat. Baptist minister; Delegate
to U.S. Congress from the District of Columbia, 1971-91;
candidate for Democratic nomination for President, 1972;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from District of Columbia,
1972,
1980,
1988
(speaker);
arrested
during an anti-apartheid
sit-in at the South African Embassy
in Washington, 1984; candidate for mayor
of Washington, D.C., 1990.
Baptist.
African
ancestry. Member, Kappa
Alpha Psi.
Charged
in federal court on March 22, 1995 with making false statements on financial
disclosure forms, including a claimed donation of almost $24,000
to the New Bethel Baptist Church where he served as pastor, to make
it appear that he had complied with House rules limiting outside
income, and that he had failed
to disclose a June 1988 loan of $24,200. Pleaded
guilty to one felony count, and sentenced
to probation.
Still living as of 2014.
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Orin Fowler (1791-1852) —
of Plainfield, Windham
County, Conn.; Fall River, Bristol
County, Mass.
Born in Lebanon, New London
County, Conn., July 29,
1791.
Missionary; minister; member of Massachusetts
state senate, 1848; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts, 1849-52 (9th District 1849-51,
2nd District 1851-52); died in office 1852.
Congregationalist.
Died in Washington,
D.C., September
3, 1852 (age 61 years, 36
days).
Interment at North
Burial Ground, Fall River, Mass.; cenotaph at Congressional
Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Charles Waters Gilchrist (1936-1999) —
also known as Charles W. Gilchrist; Charlie
Gilchrist —
Born in Washington,
D.C., November
12, 1936.
Lawyer;
member of Maryland
state senate 17th District, 1975-78; Montgomery
County Executive, 1978; Episcopal priest.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Phi
Beta Kappa.
Died in Baltimore,
Md., June 24,
1999 (age 62 years, 224
days).
Interment at Monocacy Cemetery, Beallsville, Md.
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Relatives: Son
of Eleanor Yates (Waters) Gilchrist and Ralph Alexander
Gilchrist. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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E. Franklin Jackson —
of Washington,
D.C.
Democrat. Minister; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from District of Columbia, 1960,
1964
(alternate), 1968;
member of Democratic
National Committee from District of Columbia, 1968.
Still living as of 1968.
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William H. Jernagin —
of Washington,
D.C.
Republican. Minister; delegate to Republican National
Convention from District of Columbia, 1928
(alternate), 1932.
African
ancestry.
Burial location unknown.
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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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Edward Gardiner Latch (1901-1993) —
also known as Edward G. Latch —
of Washington,
D.C.; Gaithersburg, Montgomery
County, Md.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., January
14, 1901.
Minister; offered prayer, Republican National Convention,
1960 ; chaplain of the U.S. House of Representatives, 1966-78.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Rotary.
In 1971, he officiated at the marriage of President Richard
Nixon's daughter Patricia, to Edward Cox, in the White House.
Died in Gaithersburg, Montgomery
County, Md., April 9,
1993 (age 92 years, 85
days).
Interment at Flint Hill Cemetery, Oakton, Va.
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Owen Lovejoy (1811-1864) —
of Princeton, Bureau
County, Ill.
Born in Albion, Kennebec
County, Maine, January
6, 1811.
Republican. Minister; member of Illinois
state house of representatives, 1854-56; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Illinois, 1856
(speaker);
U.S.
Representative from Illinois, 1857-64 (3rd District 1857-63, 5th
District 1863-64); died in office 1864.
Congregationalist.
Died in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., March
25, 1864 (age 53 years, 79
days).
Interment at Oakland
Cemetery, Princeton, Ill.; cenotaph at Congressional
Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Thomas O. Marvin (b. 1867) —
of Massachusetts; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Portsmouth, Rockingham
County, N.H., December
10, 1867.
Minister; newspaper
editorial writer;
member, U.S. Tariff Commission, 1921-26.
Universalist.
Member, Sons of
the Revolution; Theta
Delta Chi.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Thomas E. O. Marvin and Anne Maria (Lippitt) Marvin; married, November
15, 1894, to Flora Myrick Sugden. |
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Albert Joseph McCartney (1878-1965) —
of Sharon, Mercer
County, Pa.; Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.; Santa Monica, Los
Angeles County, Calif.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Logan
County, Ohio, July 3,
1878.
Republican. Minister; pastor, Covenant-First Presbyterian
Church (later National Presbyterian Church), 1930-50; offered prayer,
Republican National Convention, 1936,
1940;
commander, U.S. Navy Chaplain Corps, during World War II.
Presbyterian.
Scottish
ancestry.
Died, in George Washington University Hospital,
Washington,
D.C., August
20, 1965 (age 87 years, 48
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Richard T. McSorley (1914-2002) —
of Washington,
D.C.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., October
2, 1914.
Democrat. Jesuit priest; university
professor; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention
from District of Columbia, 1968.
Died in Washington,
D.C., October
17, 2002 (age 88 years, 15
days).
Interment at Georgetown University Jesuit Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Douglas Moore (b. 1928) —
of Washington,
D.C.
Born in 1928.
Pastor; Independent candidate for Delegate
to U.S. Congress from the District of Columbia, 1971; candidate
in Democratic primary for mayor
of Washington, D.C., 2002.
Methodist.
African
ancestry.
Still living as of 2002.
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Peter Parker (1804-1888) —
of Massachusetts.
Born in Framingham, Middlesex
County, Mass., June 18,
1804.
Physician;
minister; U.S. Diplomatic Commissioner to China, 1855-57.
Died in Washington,
D.C., January
10, 1888 (age 83 years, 206
days).
Interment at Oak
Hill Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Carl Christopher Perkins (b. 1954) —
also known as Carl C. Perkins; Chris
Perkins —
of Leburn, Knott
County, Ky.
Born in Washington,
D.C., August
6, 1954.
Democrat. Member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1981-84; U.S.
Representative from Kentucky 7th District, 1985-93; pleaded
guilty in 1994 to bank
fraud in connection with the House banking scandal;
he wrote overdrafts totaling about $300,000 (covered by the House
bank) and made false statements to obtain
loans from commercial banks; also pleaded
guilty to charges of filing false statements with the Federal
Election Commission and false financial
disclosure reports; sentenced
to 21 months in prison;
in March 2000, pleaded
guilty to criminal
contempt of court for lying to a federal probation officer about
his income; minister.
Baptist;
later Presbyterian.
Still living as of 2014.
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Channing Emery Phillips (1928-1987) —
also known as Channing E. Phillips —
of Washington,
D.C.; New York.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., March
23, 1928.
Democrat. Minister; candidate for Democratic nomination for
President, 1968;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from District of Columbia,
1968.
United
Church of Christ. African
ancestry.
Died, from cancer,
at the Columbia-Presbyterian Medical
Center, Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., November
11, 1987 (age 59 years, 233
days).
Burial location unknown.
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David Saperstein —
of Washington,
D.C.
Democrat. Rabbi; lawyer;
director, Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism; offered prayer, Democratic National Convention,
2008.
Jewish.
Still living as of 2009.
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William Preston Taulbee (1851-1890) —
also known as William P. Taulbee —
of Salyersville, Magoffin
County, Ky.
Born in Morgan
County, Ky., October
22, 1851.
Democrat. Ordained minister; lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Kentucky 10th District, 1885-89.
Shot
and mortally
wounded, by Charles E. Kincaid, a journalist with whom he had
quarreled, in the U.S.
Capitol Building, and died eleven days later at Providence Hospital,
Washington,
D.C., March
11, 1890 (age 38 years, 140
days). Kincaid pleaded self-defense and was found not guilty of
murder in 1891.
Interment a
private or family graveyard, Morgan County, Ky.
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Thomas Weston Tipton (1817-1899) —
also known as Thomas W. Tipton —
of Brownville, Nemaha
County, Neb.
Born in Cadiz, Harrison
County, Ohio, August
5, 1817.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Ohio
state house of representatives, 1845; ordained minister;
delegate
to Nebraska state constitutional convention, 1859, 1867; U.S.
Senator from Nebraska, 1867-75; candidate for Governor of
Nebraska, 1880.
Methodist;
later Congregationalist.
Died in Washington,
D.C., November
26, 1899 (age 82 years, 113
days).
Interment at Rock
Creek Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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George T. Walsh (1873-1933) —
of Houston, Harris
County, Tex.
Born in Washington,
D.C., July 25,
1873.
Democrat. Catholic priest; pastor, Church of the Annunciation,
Houston, Tex., 1914-33; offered prayer, Democratic National Convention,
1928.
Catholic.
Died November
25, 1933 (age 60 years, 123
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Charles S. Williams —
of Washington,
D.C.
Democrat. Minister; alternate delegate to Democratic National
Convention from District of Columbia, 1968.
Still living as of 1968.
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Smallwood Edmond Williams (b. 1907) —
also known as Smallwood E. Williams —
of Washington,
D.C.
Born in Lynchburg,
Va., October
17, 1907.
Democrat. Minister; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from District of Columbia, 1964,
1972.
Pentecostal.
African
ancestry. Member, NAACP; Urban
League.
Presiding Bishop, Bible Way Church of Our Lord Jesus Christ.
Burial location unknown.
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William Williams (1731-1811) —
of Lebanon, New London
County, Conn.
Born in Lebanon, New London
County, Conn., April
28, 1731.
Merchant;
pastor; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives, 1757; Delegate
to Continental Congress from Connecticut, 1776; signer,
Declaration of Independence, 1776; member of Connecticut
council of assistants, 1776-79, 1784-1802.
Congregationalist.
Died August
2, 1811 (age 80 years, 96
days).
Interment at Trumbull
Cemetery, Lebanon, Conn.; memorial monument at Constitution Gardens, Washington, D.C.
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John Witherspoon (1723-1794) —
of Princeton, Somerset County (now Mercer
County), N.J.
Born in Gifford, Haddingtonshire, Scotland,
February
5, 1723.
Presbyterian minister; Delegate
to Continental Congress from New Jersey, 1776; signer,
Declaration of Independence, 1776; member of New
Jersey state house of assembly from Somerset County, 1783, 1789;
delegate
to New Jersey convention to ratify U.S. constitution from
Somerset County, 1787.
Presbyterian.
Scottish
ancestry.
Became blind
in 1792.
Died near Princeton, Mercer
County, N.J., November
15, 1794 (age 71 years, 283
days).
Interment at Princeton
Cemetery, Princeton, N.J.; memorial monument at Constitution Gardens, Washington, D.C.
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