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Jesse Corcoran Adkins (1879-1955) —
of Chevy Chase, Montgomery
County, Md.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Knoxville, Knox
County, Tenn., April
13, 1879.
Republican. Lawyer; law
professor; justice of
District of Columbia supreme court, 1930-36; U.S.
District Judge for the District of Columbia, 1936-46; took senior
status 1946.
Disciples of Christ. Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons;
Phi
Alpha Delta.
Died in Washington,
D.C., March
29, 1955 (age 75 years, 350
days).
Interment at Rock
Creek Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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William Frederick Milton Arny (1813-1881) —
of Bloomington, McLean
County, Ill.; Lawrence, Douglas
County, Kan.
Born in Georgetown, Washington,
D.C., May 9,
1813.
Republican. U.S. Indian Agent in various capacities, 1861-62 and
1867-75; secretary
of New Mexico Territory, 1862-67.
Disciples of Christ.
Died in Topeka, Shawnee
County, Kan., September
18, 1881 (age 68 years, 132
days).
Interment at Santa
Fe National Cemetery, Santa Fe, N.M.
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Jeremiah Sullivan Black (1810-1883) —
also known as Jeremiah S. Black —
of Somerset, Somerset
County, Pa.; Washington,
D.C.; York, York
County, Pa.
Born in Stonycreek Township, Somerset
County, Pa., January
10, 1810.
Democrat. Lawyer;
district judge in Pennsylvania, 1842-51; chief
justice of Pennsylvania state supreme court, 1851-54; U.S.
Attorney General, 1857-60; U.S.
Secretary of State, 1860-61; delegate
to Pennsylvania state constitutional convention, 1873.
Disciples of Christ. Scotch-Irish
and German
ancestry.
Died in York, York
County, Pa., August
19, 1883 (age 73 years, 221
days).
Interment at Prospect
Hill Cemetery, York, Pa.
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James William Fulbright (1905-1995) —
also known as J. William Fulbright —
of Fayetteville, Washington
County, Ark.
Born in Sumner, Chariton
County, Mo., April 9,
1905.
Democrat. Rhodes
scholar; lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Arkansas 3rd District, 1943-45; U.S.
Senator from Arkansas, 1945-74; resigned 1974; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Arkansas, 1948,
1956.
Disciples of Christ. Member, Sigma
Chi; Rotary.
Died of a stroke,
in Washington,
D.C., February
9, 1995 (age 89 years, 306
days).
Interment at Evergreen
Cemetery, Fayetteville, Ark.
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James Abram Garfield (1831-1881) —
also known as James A. Garfield —
of Hiram, Portage
County, Ohio.
Born in a log
cabin near Orange, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio, November
19, 1831.
Republican. Lawyer; college
professor; president,
Eclectic University (now Hiram College); member of Ohio
state senate, 1859-61; general in the Union Army during the Civil
War; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 19th District, 1863-81; President
of the United States, 1881; died in office 1881.
Disciples of Christ. English
ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Delta
Upsilon.
Shot
by the assassin
Charles J. Guiteau, in the Baltimore & Potomac Railroad
Station, Washington, D.C., July 2, 1881, and died from the
effects of the wound and infection,
in Elberon, Monmouth
County, N.J., September
19, 1881 (age 49 years, 304
days).
Entombed at Lake
View Cemetery, Cleveland, Ohio; statue erected 1887 at Garfield
Circle, Washington, D.C.; statue at Golden
Gate Park, San Francisco, Calif.
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Relatives: Son
of Abram Garfield and Elizabeth (Ballou) Garfield; married, November
11, 1858, to Lucretia
Rudolph; father of Harry
Augustus Garfield and James
Rudolph Garfield; fourth cousin of Eli
Thayer; fourth cousin once removed of John
Alden Thayer. |
| | Political families: Conger-Hungerford
family of Connecticut and New York; Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin
family of Connecticut and New York (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | Cross-reference: William
S. Maynard |
| | Garfield counties in Colo., Mont., Neb., Okla., Utah and Wash. are
named for him. |
| | Garfield Mountain,
in the Cascade Range, King
County, Washington, is named for
him. — The city
of Garfield,
New Jersey, is named for
him. |
| | Politician named for him: James
G. Stewart
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| | Coins and currency: His portrait
appeared on the U.S. $20 gold certificate in 1898-1905.
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| | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Wikipedia article — NNDB
dossier — Find-A-Grave
memorial — OurCampaigns
candidate detail |
| | Books about James A. Garfield: Allan
Peskin, Garfield:
A Biography — Justus D. Doenecke, The
Presidencies of James A. Garfield and Chester A.
Arthur |
| | Image source: James G. Blaine, Twenty
Years of Congress, vol. 2 (1886) |
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Joseph Rucker Lamar (1857-1916) —
also known as Joseph R. Lamar —
of Augusta, Richmond
County, Ga.
Born in Ruckersville, Elbert
County, Ga., October
14, 1857.
Lawyer;
member of Georgia
state house of representatives, 1886-89; justice of
Georgia state supreme court, 1903-05; Associate
Justice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1911-16.
Disciples of Christ. Member, Freemasons.
Died in Washington,
D.C., January
2, 1916 (age 58 years, 80
days).
Interment at Summerville
Cemetery, Augusta, Ga.
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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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James Clark McReynolds (1862-1946) —
also known as James C. McReynolds —
of Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn.
Born in Elkton, Todd
County, Ky., February
3, 1862.
Lawyer;
university
professor; U.S.
Attorney General, 1913-14; Associate
Justice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1914-41; took senior status 1941.
Disciples of Christ.
Died in Washington,
D.C., August
24, 1946 (age 84 years, 202
days).
Interment at Glenwood
Cemetery, Elkton, Ky.
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Gilbert Owen Nations (b. 1866) —
also known as Gilbert O. Nations —
of Farmington, St.
Francois County, Mo.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Perry
County, Mo., August
18, 1866.
Lawyer;
probate judge in Missouri, 1903-11; university
professor; American candidate for President
of the United States, 1924.
Disciples of Christ. Member, Freemasons.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of James W. Nations and Caroline L. (Hart) Nations; married, December
5, 1886, to Sallie E. McFarland. |
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William Charles Salmon (1868-1925) —
of Columbia, Maury
County, Tenn.
Born near Paris, Henry
County, Tenn., April 3,
1868.
Democrat. School
teacher; lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War I; U.S.
Representative from Tennessee 7th District, 1923-25.
Disciples of Christ. Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; Elks.
Died in Washington,
D.C., May 13,
1925 (age 57 years, 40
days).
Interment at Rose
Hill Cemetery, Columbia, Tenn.
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Isaac Newton Skelton IV (1931-2013) —
also known as Ike Skelton —
of Jefferson City, Cole
County, Mo.; Lexington, Lafayette
County, Mo.; Blue Springs, Jackson
County, Mo.
Born in Lexington, Lafayette
County, Mo., December
20, 1931.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Missouri
state senate, 1971-77; U.S.
Representative from Missouri 4th District, 1977-; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Missouri, 1996,
2000,
2004,
2008.
Disciples of Christ. Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; Sigma
Chi; Lions; Elks; Freemasons.
Died in Arlington, Arlington
County, Va., October
28, 2013 (age 81 years, 312
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Jerry Curtis South (1867-1930) —
also known as Jerry C. South —
of Mountain Home, Baxter
County, Ark.
Born in Frankfort, Franklin
County, Ky., March
24, 1867.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Arkansas state legislature, 1891-1901; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Arkansas, 1892,
1896,
1904
(speaker),
1908,
1912
(member, Credentials
Committee), 1916
(member, Platform
and Resolutions Committee); served in the U.S. Army during the
Spanish-American War.
Disciples of Christ. Member, Freemasons.
Died in Washington,
D.C., September
24, 1930 (age 63 years, 184
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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