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Charles Eames (1812-1867) —
of Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in New Braintree, Worcester
County, Mass., March
20, 1812.
Lawyer; newspaper
editor; U.S. Charge d'Affaires to Venezuela, 1854; U.S. Minister to Venezuela, 1854.
Died in Washington,
D.C., March
16, 1867 (age 54 years, 361
days).
Burial location unknown.
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John Henry Eaton (1790-1856) —
also known as John H. Eaton —
of Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn.
Born near Scotland Neck, Halifax
County, N.C., June 18,
1790.
Democrat. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during the War of
1812; member of Tennessee
state house of representatives, 1815-16; U.S.
Senator from Tennessee, 1818-21, 1821-29; U.S.
Secretary of War, 1829-31; Governor
of Florida Territory, 1834-36; U.S. Minister to Spain, 1836-40.
Member, Freemasons.
Resigned
from Cabinet in 1831 during the scandal
(called the "Petticoat Affair") over past infedelities
of his second wife, Peggy Eaton.
Slaveowner.
Died in Washington,
D.C., November
17, 1856 (age 66 years, 152
days).
Interment at Oak
Hill Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Maria Echaveste (b. 1954) —
of Washington,
D.C.; Berkeley, Alameda
County, Calif.
Born in Texas, 1954.
Democrat. Lawyer; assistant and Deputy Chief of Staff for
President Bill
Clinton, 1998-2001; member of Democratic
National Committee from District of Columbia, 2004; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from District of Columbia, 2004;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from California, 2008.
Female.
Mexican
ancestry.
Still living as of 2008.
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Morris Michael Edelstein (1888-1941) —
also known as M. Michael Edelstein —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Meseritz (Międzyrzec), Poland,
February
5, 1888.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from New York 14th District, 1940-41; died in
office 1941.
Jewish.
Completed delivery of a speech on the floor of the U.S. House of
Representatives, and then died nearby in the House cloakroom, in
the U.S.
Capitol Building, Washington,
D.C., June 4,
1941 (age 53 years, 119
days).
Interment at Mt.
Zion Cemetery, Maspeth, Queens, N.Y.
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Henry White Edgerton (1888-1970) —
of Washington,
D.C.
Born in Rush Center, Rush
County, Kan., October
20, 1888.
Lawyer; law
professor; Judge
of U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, 1938-63.
Member, American Bar
Association; Phi
Beta Kappa; Phi
Delta Phi.
Died February
23, 1970 (age 81 years, 126
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Charles Eugene Edgerton and Annie Benedict (White) Edgerton;
married, June 28,
1913, to Alice Durand. |
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John Reid Edwards (b. 1953) —
also known as John Edwards; Johnny Reid Edwards;
"Silk Pony"; "The Breck
Girl" —
of North Carolina.
Born in Seneca, Oconee
County, S.C., June 10,
1953.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Senator from North Carolina, 1999-2005; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from North Carolina, 2000,
2004;
candidate for Democratic nomination for President, 2004,
2008;
candidate for Vice
President of the United States, 2004; in August 2008, he acknowledged
an extramarital
affair with filmmaker Rielle Hunter, though at first he denied
having fathered her baby; this revelation discredited
him and ended his
political career.
Methodist.
In June, 2011, he was indicted
in federal court on campaign
finance charges, based on the argument that the donations he
received in 2007-08 to cover up his affair were illegal
contributions to his presidential campaign.
Still living as of 2014.
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Stephen Benton Elkins (1841-1911) —
also known as Stephen B. Elkins —
of Messilla, Dona Ana
County, N.M.; Santa Fe, Santa Fe
County, N.M.; Elkins, Randolph
County, W.Va.
Born near New Lexington, Perry
County, Ohio, September
26, 1841.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War;
lawyer; member of New Mexico
territorial House of Representatives, 1864-65; New
Mexico territory attorney general, 1867; U.S.
Attorney for New Mexico, 1867-70; Delegate
to U.S. Congress from New Mexico Territory, 1873-77; U.S.
Secretary of War, 1891-93; U.S.
Senator from West Virginia, 1895-1911; died in office 1911.
Died in Washington,
D.C., January
4, 1911 (age 69 years, 100
days).
Interment at Maplewood
Cemetery, Elkins, W.Va.
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Clyde Taylor Ellis (1908-1980) —
also known as Clyde T. Ellis —
of Bentonville, Benton
County, Ark.
Born near Garfield, Benton
County, Ark., December
21, 1908.
Democrat. Superintendent
of schools; lawyer; member of Arkansas
state house of representatives, 1933-35; member of Arkansas
state senate, 1935-39; U.S.
Representative from Arkansas 3rd District, 1939-43; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Arkansas, 1940;
candidate for U.S.
Senator from Arkansas, 1942; served in the U.S. Navy during World
War II.
Christian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Tau
Kappa Alpha; Blue
Key; Freemasons.
Died in Washington,
D.C., February
9, 1980 (age 71 years, 50
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Wade H. Ellis (b. 1866) —
of Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Covington, Kenton
County, Ky., December
31, 1866.
Republican. Lawyer; newspaper
editor; Ohio
state attorney general, 1904-08; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Ohio, 1908.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; Sons of
the American Revolution; Union
League.
Burial location unknown.
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Presumably named
for: Wade
Hampton |
| | | Relatives: Son of A. C. Ellis and Kate
(Blackburn) Ellis; married, October
3, 1894, to Dessie Corwin Chase. |
| | | Image source: American Monthly Review
of Reviews, July 1908 |
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Keith Maurice Ellison (b. 1963) —
also known as Keith Ellison —
of Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn.
Born in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., August
4, 1963.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Minnesota
state house of representatives District 58-B, 2003-06; delegate
to Democratic National Convention from Minnesota, 2004,
2008;
U.S.
Representative from Minnesota 5th District, 2007-.
Muslim.
African
ancestry.
First
Muslim elected to the U.S. Congress; first
African-American elected to the U.S. House from Minnesota.
Still living as of 2016.
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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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John Arthur Elston (1874-1921) —
also known as John A. Elston; J. A. Elston —
of Berkeley, Alameda
County, Calif.
Born in Woodland, Yolo
County, Calif., February
10, 1874.
Republican. School
teacher; lawyer; U.S.
Representative from California 6th District, 1915-21; died in
office 1921.
Killed
himself by drowning
in the Potomac River, Washington,
D.C., December
15, 1921 (age 47 years, 308
days). In his suicide note, he wrote that he was "caught in a
chain of circumstances that spelled ruin.".
Cremated.
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Clair Engle (1911-1964) —
of Red Bluff, Tehama
County, Calif.
Born in Bakersfield, Kern
County, Calif., September
21, 1911.
Democrat. Lawyer; Tehama
County District Attorney, 1934-42; member of California
state senate, 1943; U.S.
Representative from California 2nd District, 1943-59; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from California, 1948
(alternate), 1956,
1960;
U.S.
Senator from California, 1959-64; died in office 1964.
Died, of a brain
tumor, in Washington,
D.C., July 30,
1964 (age 52 years, 313
days).
Interment at Oak
Hill Cemetery, Red Bluff, Calif.
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Joseph Wilson Ervin (1901-1945) —
of North Carolina.
Born in Morganton, Burke
County, N.C., March 3,
1901.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from North Carolina 10th District, 1945; died in
office 1945.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Washington,
D.C., December
25, 1945 (age 44 years, 297
days).
Interment at Forest
Hill Cemetery, Morganton, N.C.
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Edward Everett Eslick (1872-1932) —
also known as Edward E. Eslick —
of Pulaski, Giles
County, Tenn.
Born near Pulaski, Giles
County, Tenn., April
19, 1872.
Democrat. Lawyer; alternate delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Tennessee, 1916;
U.S.
Representative from Tennessee 7th District, 1925-32; died in
office 1932.
Died suddenly while addressing the U.S. House of
Representatives, in the U.S. Capitol
Building, Washington,
D.C., June 14,
1932 (age 60 years, 56
days).
Interment at Maplewood
Cemetery, Pulaski, Tenn.
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John Morgan Evans (1863-1946) —
also known as John M. Evans —
of Missoula, Missoula
County, Mont.
Born in Sedalia, Pettis
County, Mo., January
7, 1863.
Democrat. Lawyer; mayor
of Missoula, Mont., 1911-12; U.S.
Representative from Montana, 1913-21, 1923-33 (at-large 1913-17,
1st District 1917-21, 1923-33); alternate delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Montana, 1932.
Died in Washington,
D.C., March
12, 1946 (age 83 years, 64
days).
Interment at Missoula
Cemetery, Missoula, Mont.
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Josiah James Evans (1786-1858) —
also known as Josiah J. Evans —
of Society Hill, Darlington
County, S.C.
Born in Marlborough District (now Marlboro
County), S.C., November
27, 1786.
Lawyer; member of South
Carolina state house of representatives, 1812-13; circuit judge
in South Carolina, 1829-35; U.S.
Senator from South Carolina, 1853-58; died in office 1858.
Slaveowner.
Died in Washington,
D.C., May 6,
1858 (age 71 years, 160
days).
Interment a
private or family graveyard, Darlington County, S.C.; cenotaph at
Congressional
Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Lane Allen Evans (b. 1951) —
also known as Lane A. Evans —
of Rock Island, Rock
Island County, Ill.
Born in Rock Island, Rock Island
County, Ill., August
4, 1951.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Illinois 17th District, 1983-; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Illinois, 1996,
2000,
2004.
Catholic.
Still living as of 2014.
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Lemuel Dale Evans (1810-1877) —
also known as Lemuel D. Evans —
of Arkansas; Marshall, Harrison
County, Tex.
Born in Tennessee, January
8, 1810.
Lawyer; Independent candidate for U.S.
Representative from Arkansas at-large, 1842; U.S.
Representative from Texas 1st District, 1855-57; justice of
Texas state supreme court, 1870-73; chief
justice of Texas state supreme court, 1870-71.
Died in Washington,
D.C., July 1,
1877 (age 67 years, 174
days).
Interment at Congressional
Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Charles Fahy (1892-1979) —
of Santa Fe, Santa Fe
County, N.M.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Rome, Floyd
County, Ga., August
27, 1892.
Lawyer; served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; general
counsel, National Labor Relations Board, 1935; U.S. Solicitor
General, 1941-45; legal advisor to the military government of
Germany, 1945-46; Judge
of U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, 1949-67.
Catholic.
Irish
ancestry. Member, American Bar
Association.
Died, in Georgetown University Hospital,
Washington,
D.C., September
17, 1979 (age 87 years, 21
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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John Fairfield (1797-1847) —
of Saco, York
County, Maine.
Born in Saco, York
County, Maine, January
30, 1797.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Maine, 1835-38 (3rd District 1835-37, 4th
District 1837-38); resigned 1838; Governor of
Maine, 1839-41, 1842-43; defeated, 1840; U.S.
Senator from Maine, 1843-47; died in office 1847.
Died in Washington,
D.C., December
24, 1847 (age 50 years, 328
days).
Interment at Laurel
Hill Cemetery, Saco, Maine; cenotaph at Congressional
Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Eni Fa'aua'a Hunkin Faleomavaega Jr. (b. 1943) —
also known as Eni F. H. Faleomavaega —
of Vailoatai, American
Samoa.
Born in Vailoatai Village, American
Samoa, August
15, 1943.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the Vietnam war;
lawyer; Lieutenant
Governor of American Samoa, 1985-89; Delegate
to U.S. Congress from American Samoa, 1989-2015; defeated, 2014;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from American Samoa, 1996,
2000,
2004,
2008.
Mormon.
Still living as of 2015.
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Guy Farmer (1912-1995) —
of West Virginia; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Wythe
County, Va., September
13, 1912.
Republican. Miner; Rhodes
scholar; lawyer; member, National Labor Relations Board,
1953-55; chair, National Labor Relations Board, 1953-55.
Died October
4, 1995 (age 83 years, 21
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Patrick Joseph Farrell (b. 1861) —
also known as Patrick J. Farrell —
of Newport, Orleans
County, Vt.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Stanstead, Quebec,
May
10, 1861.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Vermont
Democratic State Committee, 1892-1902; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Vermont, 1896;
member, Interstate Commerce Commission, 1928-34.
Catholic.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of James Farrell and Rose Ann Theresa (Hart) Farrell; married, August
9, 1883, to Sarah M. Brady. |
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Patrick Farrelly (1770-1826) —
of Meadville, Crawford
County, Pa.
Born in Ireland,
1770.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 1811-12; major in the U.S. Army
during the War of 1812; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania, 1821-26 (15th District 1821-23,
18th District 1823-26); died in office 1826.
Died in Meadville, Crawford
County, Pa., January
12, 1826 (age about 55
years).
Original interment at Old
Meadville Cemetery (which no longer exists), Meadville, Pa.;
reinterment at Greendale
Cemetery, Meadville, Pa.; cenotaph at Congressional
Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Charles Lee Faust (1879-1928) —
also known as Charles L. Faust —
of St. Joseph, Buchanan
County, Mo.
Born near Bellefontaine, Logan
County, Ohio, April
24, 1879.
Republican. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Missouri 4th District, 1921-28; died in
office 1928.
Died at U.S. Naval Hospital,
Washington,
D.C., December
17, 1928 (age 49 years, 237
days).
Interment at Highland
Cemetery, Highland, Kan.
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Russell Dana Feingold (b. 1953) —
also known as Russell D. Feingold; Russ
Feingold —
of Wisconsin.
Born in Janesville, Rock
County, Wis., March 2,
1953.
Democrat. Rhodes
scholar; lawyer; member of Wisconsin
state senate, 1983-93; U.S.
Senator from Wisconsin, 1993-; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Wisconsin, 1996,
2000,
2004,
2008.
Jewish.
Still living as of 2014.
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Philip Richard Fendall (1794-1868) —
also known as Philip R. Fendall —
of Washington,
D.C.
Born in Alexandria,
Va., December
18, 1794.
Lawyer; U.S.
Attorney for the District of Columbia, 1841-45, 1849-53.
Died in Washington,
D.C., February
16, 1868 (age 73 years, 60
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Philip Richard Fendall (1734-1805) and Mary (Lee)
Fendall. |
| | | See also Wikipedia article |
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Darwin Abel Finney (1814-1868) —
also known as Darwin A. Finney —
of Meadville, Crawford
County, Pa.
Born in Shrewsbury, Rutland
County, Vt., August
11, 1814.
Republican. Lawyer; burgess
of Meadville, Pennsylvania, 1848; member of Pennsylvania
state senate, 1856-61 (20th District 1856-57, 27th District
1858-61); U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 20th District, 1867-68; died in
office 1868.
Died in Brussels, Belgium,
August
25, 1868 (age 54 years, 14
days).
Interment at Greendale
Cemetery, Meadville, Pa.; cenotaph at Congressional
Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Hamilton Fish Jr. (1926-1996) —
of Millbrook, Dutchess
County, N.Y.
Born in Washington,
D.C., June 3,
1926.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II;
lawyer; U.S.
Representative from New York, 1969-95 (28th District 1969-73,
25th District 1973-83, 21st District 1983-93, 19th District 1993-95);
defeated, 1966; delegate to Republican National Convention from New
York, 1984.
Episcopalian.
Member, Sons of
the American Revolution; Grange;
American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Elks; Freemasons;
Shriners.
Died in Washington,
D.C., July 23,
1996 (age 70 years, 50
days).
Interment at St.
Philip's Cemetery, Garrison, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of Hamilton
Fish Jr. (1888-1991) and Grace (Chapin) Fish; father of Hamilton
Fish (born 1951) and Alexa
Fish Ward; grandson of Alfred
Clark Chapin and Hamilton
Fish Jr. (1849-1936); grandnephew of Nicholas
Fish (1848-1902); great-grandson of Hamilton
Fish (1808-1893); second great-grandson of Nicholas
Fish (1758-1833); second great-grandnephew of Chester
William Chapin; third great-grandson of John
Kean (1756-1795); third great-grandnephew of Robert
Gilbert Livingston and Philip
Peter Livingston; fourth great-grandson of Gilbert
Livingston and Peter
Van Brugh Livingston; fourth great-grandnephew of John
Livingston, Robert
Livingston (1688-1775), Robert
Livingston (1708-1790), Philip
Livingston and William
Livingston; fifth great-grandson of Robert
Livingston the Elder and James
Alexander; fifth great-grandnephew of Pieter
Schuyler and Johannes
Schuyler (1668-1747); sixth great-grandson of Pieter
Stuyvesant and Pieter
Van Brugh; sixth great-grandnephew of Abraham
de Peyster, Johannes
Cuyler and Johannes
de Peyster; descendant *** of Lewis
Morris; first cousin twice removed of John
Kean (1852-1914) and Hamilton
Fish Kean; first cousin four times removed of Philip
Van Cortlandt, Pierre
Van Cortlandt Jr. and Charles
Ludlow Livingston; first cousin five times removed of Robert
R. Livingston (1718-1775), Peter
Robert Livingston (1737-1794), Walter
Livingston, John
Stevens III and Henry
Brockholst Livingston; first cousin six times removed of Robert
Livingston the Younger and Johannes
Schuyler (1697-1746); first cousin seven times removed of Nicholas
Bayard, David
Davidse Schuyler, Myndert
Davidtse Schuyler, Johannes
DePeyster, Cornelis
Cuyler and John
Cruger Jr.; second cousin once removed of Charles
Mann Hamilton and Robert
Winthrop Kean; second cousin four times removed of James
Jay, John
Jay, Robert
R. Livingston (1746-1813), Frederick
Jay, Edward
Livingston (1764-1836), Stephen
Van Rensselaer, Philip
Schuyler Van Rensselaer, Henry
Walter Livingston, Peter
Augustus Jay, Rensselaer
Westerlo, Edward
Philip Livingston, William
Alexander Duer, John
Duer and William
Jay; second cousin five times removed of Stephanus
Bayard, Pierre
Van Cortlandt, Philip
John Schuyler, Philip
P. Schuyler and Stephen
John Schuyler; third cousin of Thomas
Howard Kean; third cousin once removed of Jonathan
Mayhew Wainwright and Thomas
Howard Kean Jr.; third cousin twice removed of Gilbert
Livingston Thompson and Arthur
Beebe Chapin; third cousin thrice removed of Philip
Schuyler, Peter
Robert Livingston (1789-1859), Edward
Livingston (1796-1840), William
Duer, Henry
Bell Van Rensselaer, Denning
Duer, Henry
Brockholst Ledyard, David
Edgerton and John
Jay II. |
| | | Political families: Livingston-Schuyler
family of New York; Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin
family of Connecticut and New York; Roosevelt
family of New York (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | Cross-reference: Sue
W. Kelly |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — NNDB
dossier — Internet Movie Database
profile — Find-A-Grave
memorial — OurCampaigns
candidate detail |
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William Cochrane Fitts (1866-1954) —
also known as William C. Fitts —
of Birmingham, Jefferson
County, Ala.
Born January
29, 1866.
Lawyer; Alabama
state attorney general, 1894-98; delegate
to Alabama state constitutional convention, 1901.
Died in Washington,
D.C., February
26, 1954 (age 88 years, 28
days).
Interment at Oak
Hill Cemetery, Birmingham, Ala.
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William Sinton Fitzgerald (1880-1937) —
also known as William Fitzgerald —
of Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio.
Born in Washington,
D.C., October
6, 1880.
Republican. Lawyer; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Ohio, 1920;
mayor
of Cleveland, Ohio, 1920-21.
Member, Freemasons.
Died October
3, 1937 (age 56 years, 362
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Duncan Upshaw Fletcher (1859-1936) —
also known as Duncan U. Fletcher —
of Jacksonville, Duval
County, Fla.
Born near Americus, Sumter
County, Ga., January
6, 1859.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Florida
state house of representatives, 1893; mayor
of Jacksonville, Fla., 1893-95, 1901-03; Florida
Democratic state chair, 1905-08; U.S.
Senator from Florida, 1909-36; died in office 1936.
Unitarian.
Member, Freemasons;
American Bar
Association.
Died in Washington,
D.C., June 17,
1936 (age 77 years, 163
days).
Interment at Evergreen
Cemetery, Jacksonville, Fla.
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Robert Virgil Fletcher (b. 1869) —
of Pontotoc, Pontotoc
County, Miss.; Jackson, Hinds
County, Miss.; Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Grant
County, Ky., September
27, 1869.
Democrat. Lawyer; Mississippi
state attorney general, 1907-08; justice of
Mississippi state supreme court, 1908-09; general attorney,
Illinois Central Railroad,
1911-19.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of John M. Fletcher and Mary (Luman) Fletcher; married, June 26,
1893, to Etta Childers. |
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Thomas Stephen Foley (1929-2013) —
also known as Thomas S. Foley; Tom Foley —
of Spokane, Spokane
County, Wash.
Born in Spokane, Spokane
County, Wash., March
26, 1929.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Washington 5th District, 1965-95; defeated,
1994; Speaker of
the U.S. House, 1989-95; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Washington, 1996,
2000,
2004,
2008;
speaker, 1988;
U.S. Ambassador to Japan, 1997-2001.
Member, Grange;
Elks; Moose; Council on
Foreign Relations; Trilateral
Commission.
Died, from pneumonia
and complications of a stroke,
in Washington,
D.C., October
18, 2013 (age 84 years, 206
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Solomon Foot (1802-1866) —
of Rutland, Rutland
County, Vt.
Born in Cornwall, Addison
County, Vt., November
19, 1802.
School
teacher; lawyer; member of Vermont
state house of representatives, 1833, 1836-38; Speaker of
the Vermont State House of Representatives, 1838; delegate
to Vermont state constitutional convention, 1836; U.S.
Representative from Vermont 1st District, 1843-47; U.S.
Senator from Vermont, 1851-66; died in office 1866; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Vermont, 1864.
Died in Washington,
D.C., March
28, 1866 (age 63 years, 129
days).
Interment at Evergreen
Cemetery, Rutland, Vt.
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Harold Eugene Ford Jr. (b. 1970) —
also known as Harold E. Ford, Jr. —
of Memphis, Shelby
County, Tenn.
Born in Memphis, Shelby
County, Tenn., May 11,
1970.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Tennessee 9th District, 1997-; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Tennessee, 2000,
2004.
Baptist.
African
ancestry.
Still living as of 2014.
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Thomas H. Ford (1814-1868) —
of Mansfield, Richland
County, Ohio; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Rockingham
County, Va., August
23, 1814.
Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War; Lieutenant
Governor of Ohio, 1856-58; colonel in the Union Army during the
Civil War.
Died in Washington,
D.C., February
29, 1868 (age 53 years, 190
days).
Interment at Mansfield
Cemetery, Mansfield, Ohio.
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John Forsyth (1780-1841) —
of Augusta, Richmond
County, Ga.
Born in Fredericksburg,
Va., October
22, 1780.
Democrat. Lawyer; Georgia
state attorney general, 1808; U.S.
Representative from Georgia, 1813-18, 1823-27 (at-large 1813-18,
1823-25, 2nd District 1825-27, at-large 1827); resigned 1827; U.S.
Senator from Georgia, 1818-19, 1829-34; U.S. Minister to Spain, 1819-23; Governor of
Georgia, 1827-29; U.S.
Secretary of State, 1834-41.
Slaveowner.
Died in Washington,
D.C., October
21, 1841 (age 60 years, 364
days).
Interment at Congressional
Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Abe Fortas (1910-1982) —
also known as "Fiddlin' Abe Fortas" —
Born in Memphis, Shelby
County, Tenn., June 19,
1910.
Lawyer; Associate
Justice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1965-69.
Jewish.
Member, American Bar
Association; Order of
the Coif; Federal
Bar Association.
Died in Washington,
D.C., April 5,
1982 (age 71 years, 290
days).
Cremated.
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Abel Lawrence Foster (1802-1877) —
also known as A. Lawrence Foster —
of Morrisville, Madison
County, N.Y.; Fairfax
County, Va.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Littleton, Middlesex
County, Mass., September
17, 1802.
Whig. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from New York 23rd District, 1841-43.
Died in Washington,
D.C., May 21,
1877 (age 74 years, 246
days).
Interment at Glenwood
Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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David Johnson Foster (1857-1912) —
also known as David J. Foster —
of Burlington, Chittenden
County, Vt.
Born in Barnet, Caledonia
County, Vt., June 27,
1857.
Republican. Lawyer; Chittenden
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1886-90; member of Vermont
state senate, 1892-94; Vermont Commissioner of Taxes, 1894-98;
chair, board of railroad commissioners, 1898-1900; U.S.
Representative from Vermont 1st District, 1901-12; died in office
1912.
Died in Washington,
D.C., March
21, 1912 (age 54 years, 268
days).
Interment at Lakeview
Cemetery, Burlington, Vt.
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Israel Moore Foster (1873-1950) —
of Ohio.
Born in Athens, Athens
County, Ohio, January
12, 1873.
Republican. Lawyer; Athens
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1902-10; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 10th District, 1919-25; Commissioner,
U.S. Court of Claims, 1925-42.
Died in Washington,
D.C., June 10,
1950 (age 77 years, 149
days).
Interment at Rock
Creek Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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John Watson Foster (1836-1917) —
also known as John W. Foster —
of Evansville, Vanderburgh
County, Ind.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Pike
County, Ind., March 2,
1836.
Republican. Lawyer; colonel in the Union Army during the Civil
War; newspaper
editor; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from
Indiana, 1868;
postmaster at Evansville,
Ind., 1869-73; Indiana
Republican state chair, 1872; U.S. Minister to Mexico, 1873-80; Russia, 1880-81; Spain, 1883-85; U.S.
Secretary of State, 1892-93.
Presbyterian.
Member, Loyal
Legion.
Died in Washington,
D.C., November
15, 1917 (age 81 years, 258
days).
Interment at Oak
Hill Cemetery, Evansville, Ind.
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Philip Bond Fouke (1818-1876) —
also known as Philip B. Fouke —
of Belleville, St. Clair
County, Ill.
Born in Kaskaskia, Randolph
County, Ill., January
23, 1818.
Democrat. Civil
engineer; newspaper
publisher; lawyer; prosecuting attorney for 2nd circuit,
1846-50; member of Illinois
state house of representatives, 1851; U.S.
Representative from Illinois 8th District, 1859-63; colonel in
the Union Army during the Civil War.
Died in Washington,
D.C., October
3, 1876 (age 58 years, 254
days).
Interment at Congressional
Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Joseph Smith Fowler (1820-1902) —
also known as Joseph S. Fowler —
of Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Steubenville, Jefferson
County, Ohio, August
31, 1820.
Republican. College
professor; president,
Howard Female College, Gallatin, Tenn., 1856-61; lawyer; U.S.
Senator from Tennessee, 1866-71; member of Republican
National Committee from Tennessee, 1866-68; candidate for
Presidential Elector for Tennessee.
Died in Washington,
D.C., April 1,
1902 (age 81 years, 213
days).
Interment at Lexington
Cemetery, Lexington, Ky.
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Barney Frank (b. 1940) —
of Newton, Middlesex
County, Mass.
Born in Bayonne, Hudson
County, N.J., March
31, 1940.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1973-80; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 4th District, 1981-; delegate
to Democratic National Convention from Massachusetts, 1996,
2000,
2004,
2008.
Jewish.
Gay.
Admitted
in 1990 to having paid Stephen L. Gobie, a male
prostitute, for sex, subsequently hiring Gobie as his personal
assistant, and getting 33 parking tickets dismissed for him; Gobie
also used the congressman's apartment for prostitution. A move to expel
Frank from the House of Representatives failed on a 38 to 390 vote; a
motion to censure
him failed 141-287; finally, the House voted to reprimand
him by a vote of 408 to 18.
Still living as of 2014.
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James Archibald Frear (1861-1939) —
also known as James A. Frear —
of Hudson, St. Croix
County, Wis.
Born in Hudson, St. Croix
County, Wis., October
24, 1861.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Wisconsin
state assembly from St. Croix County, 1903-04; member of Wisconsin
state senate, 1905-06; secretary
of state of Wisconsin, 1907-13; U.S.
Representative from Wisconsin, 1913-35 (10th District 1913-33,
9th District 1933-35).
Died in Washington,
D.C., May 28,
1939 (age 77 years, 216
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Ezra Bartlett French (1810-1880) —
also known as Ezra B. French —
of Damariscotta, Lincoln
County, Maine.
Born in Landaff, Grafton
County, N.H., September
23, 1810.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Maine
state house of representatives, 1838-40; member of Maine
state senate, 1842-45; secretary
of state of Maine, 1845-50; newspaper
editor; U.S.
Representative from Maine 3rd District, 1859-61.
Died in Washington,
D.C., April
24, 1880 (age 69 years, 214
days).
Interment at Hillside
Cemetery, Damariscotta, Maine.
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Jonas Martin Frost (b. 1942) —
also known as Martin Frost —
of Dallas, Dallas
County, Tex.
Born in Glendale, Los Angeles
County, Calif., January
1, 1942.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Texas 24th District, 1979-; defeated, 2004;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Texas, 1988
(co-chair, Rules
Committee; speaker),
1996,
2000,
2004.
Jewish.
Member, American
Jewish Committee.
Still living as of 2014.
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Matthew Frumin (born c.1959) —
of Bingham Farms, Oakland
County, Mich.; Washington,
D.C.
Born about 1959.
Democrat. Lawyer; Special Assistant to the Undersecretary of
State for Global Affairs, 1998-2000; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Michigan 11th District, 2000.
Still living as of 2014.
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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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Thomas James Duncan Fuller (1808-1876) —
also known as Thomas J. D. Fuller —
of Calais, Washington
County, Maine.
Born in Hardwick, Caledonia
County, Vt., March
17, 1808.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Maine, 1849-57 (7th District 1849-53, 6th
District 1853-57).
Died near Upperville, Fauquier
County, Va., February
13, 1876 (age 67 years, 333
days).
Interment at Oak
Hill Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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William Elijah Fuller (1846-1918) —
also known as William E. Fuller —
of West Union, Fayette
County, Iowa.
Born in Howard, Centre
County, Pa., March
30, 1846.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Iowa
state house of representatives, 1876-77; U.S.
Representative from Iowa 4th District, 1885-89.
Died in Washington,
D.C., April
23, 1918 (age 72 years, 24
days).
Interment at West
Union Cemetery, West Union, Iowa.
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