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John Gaillard (1765-1826) —
of Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C.; Pendleton, Anderson
County, S.C.
Born in St. Stephens Parish, Charleston District (now part of Berkeley
County), S.C., September
5, 1765.
Democrat. Lawyer; planter;
member of South
Carolina state house of representatives from St. Stephen,
1794-96; member of South
Carolina state senate from St. Stephen, 1796-1804; resigned 1804;
U.S.
Senator from South Carolina, 1804-26; died in office 1826.
Slaveowner.
Died in Washington,
D.C., February
26, 1826 (age 60 years, 174
days).
Interment at Congressional
Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Joseph Holt Gaines (1864-1951) —
also known as Joseph H. Gaines —
of Charleston, Kanawha
County, W.Va.
Born in Washington,
D.C., September
3, 1864.
Republican. Lawyer; U.S.
Attorney for West Virginia, 1897-1901; U.S.
Representative from West Virginia 3rd District, 1901-11; delegate
to Republican National Convention from West Virginia, 1920,
1924,
1928
(member, Committee
on Rules and Order of Business), 1932.
Died in Montgomery, Fayette
County, W.Va., April
12, 1951 (age 86 years, 221
days).
Interment at Spring
Hill Cemetery, Charleston, W.Va.
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Stephen Warfield Gambrill (1873-1938) —
also known as Stephen W. Gambrill —
of Baltimore,
Md.; near Laurel, Howard
County, Md.
Born near Savage, Howard
County, Md., October
2, 1873.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Maryland
state house of delegates, 1920-22; member of Maryland
state senate, 1924; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Maryland, 1924;
U.S.
Representative from Maryland 5th District, 1924-38; died in
office 1938.
Episcopalian.
Died in Washington,
D.C., December
19, 1938 (age 65 years, 78
days).
Interment at Cedar
Hill Cemetery, Suitland, Md.
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William Gwynn Gardiner (b. 1875) —
also known as W. Gwynn Gardiner —
of Washington,
D.C.
Born in Washington,
D.C., September
30, 1875.
Lawyer; member
District of Columbia board of commissioners, 1917-20.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Ignatius A. Gardiner and Olivia (Gwynn) Gardiner. |
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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
|
| | | Coins and currency: His portrait
appeared on the U.S. $20 gold certificate in 1898-1905.
|
| | | 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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James Rudolph Garfield (1865-1950) —
also known as James R. Garfield —
of Mentor, Lake
County, Ohio.
Born in Hiram, Portage
County, Ohio, October
17, 1865.
Lawyer; member of Ohio
state senate, 1896-99; member, U.S. Civil Service Commission,
1902-03; U.S.
Secretary of the Interior, 1907-09; Progressive candidate for Governor of
Ohio, 1914; candidate for Republican nomination for Vice
President, 1928;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Ohio, 1932.
Died in Washington,
D.C., March
24, 1950 (age 84 years, 158
days).
Interment at Mentor
Municipal Cemetery, Mentor, Ohio.
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Augustus Hill Garland (1832-1899) —
also known as Augustus H. Garland —
of Little Rock, Pulaski
County, Ark.
Born in Tipton
County, Tenn., June 11,
1832.
Democrat. Lawyer; candidate for Presidential Elector for
Arkansas; delegate
to Arkansas secession convention, 1861; Delegate
from Arkansas to the Confederate Provisional Congress, 1861-62;
Representative
from Arkansas in the Confederate Congress 3rd District, 1862-64;
Senator
from Arkansas in the Confederate Congress, 1864-65; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Arkansas, 1868;
Governor
of Arkansas, 1874-77; U.S.
Senator from Arkansas, 1877-85; U.S.
Attorney General, 1885-89.
Slaveowner.
Died suddenly while arguing a case before the Supreme
Court, in the U.S.
Capitol Building, Washington,
D.C., January
26, 1899 (age 66 years, 229
days).
Interment at Mt.
Holly Cemetery, Little Rock, Ark.
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Leslie Coombs Garnett (1876-1958) —
also known as Leslie C. Garnett —
of Mathews, Mathews
County, Va.; Chevy Chase, Montgomery
County, Md.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Mathews, Mathews
County, Va., December
15, 1876.
Democrat. Lawyer; candidate for Presidential Elector for
Virginia; Mathews
County Commonwealth Attorney, 1904-12; alternate delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Virginia, 1924;
U.S.
Attorney for the District of Columbia, 1934-37; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from District of Columbia, 1936,
1940.
Member, Phi
Kappa Sigma; Freemasons.
Died in Washington,
D.C., April
13, 1958 (age 81 years, 119
days).
Interment at Hollywood
Cemetery, Richmond, Va.
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Clyde Davis Garrett (b. 1887) —
also known as Clyde D. Garrett —
of Chevy Chase, Montgomery
County, Md.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Washington,
D.C., October
25, 1887.
Republican. Lawyer; District of
Columbia Republican Party secretary, 1937; alternate delegate to
Republican National Convention from District of Columbia, 1940.
Episcopalian.
Member, Theta
Delta Chi; Alpha
Delta Sigma.
Burial location unknown.
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Daniel Edward Garrett (1869-1932) —
also known as Daniel E. Garrett —
of Springfield, Robertson
County, Tenn.; Houston, Harris
County, Tex.
Born in Robertson
County, Tenn., April
28, 1869.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Tennessee
state house of representatives, 1893-97; member of Tennessee
state senate, 1903-05; U.S.
Representative from Texas, 1913-15, 1917-19, 1921-32 (at-large
1913-15, 1917-19, 8th District 1921-32); died in office 1932.
Died in Washington,
D.C., December
13, 1932 (age 63 years, 229
days).
Interment at Forest
Park Cemetery, Houston, Tex.
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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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Nelson Burr Gaskill (1875-1964) —
also known as Nelson B. Gaskill —
of Camden, Camden
County, N.J.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Mt. Holly, Burlington
County, N.J., September
12, 1875.
Republican. Lawyer; member, Federal Trade Commission, 1920-25;
chair, Federal Trade Commission, 1921-22.
Died October
6, 1964 (age 89 years, 24
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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John Ralph Gasque (1913-2004) —
also known as J. Ralph Gasque —
of Washington,
D.C.; Marion, Marion
County, S.C.
Born near Mullins, Marion
County, S.C., May 16,
1913.
Democrat. Lawyer; farmer; real estate
developer; member of South
Carolina state house of representatives from Marion County,
1945-48; member of South
Carolina state senate, 1949-52, 1956-76 (Marion County 1949-52,
1956-66, 9th District 1967-68, 16th District 1969-72, 11th District
1972-76); resigned 1976; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from South Carolina, 1960,
1964.
Member, Woodmen of
the World; Freemasons;
Order of the
Eastern Star; Shriners;
Sigma
Delta Kappa.
Died, in Marion Nursing
Center, Rains, Marion
County, S.C., April
26, 2004 (age 90 years, 346
days).
Interment at Devotion Gardens, Marion, S.C.; cenotaph at Little Zion Methodist Church Cemetery, Marion County, S.C.
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Relatives: Son
of Cordie Allison Gasque and Jennie (Price) Gasque. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Image source: South Carolina
Legislative Manual 1964 |
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Richard Andrew Gephardt (b. 1941) —
also known as Richard A. Gephardt; Dick
Gephardt —
of St.
Louis, Mo.
Born in St.
Louis, Mo., January
31, 1941.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Missouri 3rd District, 1977-2005; candidate
for Democratic nomination for President, 1988,
2004;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Missouri, 1996,
2000,
2004,
2008.
Baptist.
Member, Council on
Foreign Relations; Kiwanis.
Still living as of 2014.
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Charles Hopper Gibson (1842-1900) —
also known as Charles H. Gibson —
of Easton, Talbot
County, Md.
Born near Centreville, Queen
Anne's County, Md., January
19, 1842.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Maryland 1st District, 1885-91; U.S.
Senator from Maryland, 1891-97.
Episcopalian.
Died, from heart
disease, in Washington,
D.C., March
31, 1900 (age 58 years, 71
days).
Interment at Chesterfield
Cemetery, Centreville, Md.
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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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Ransom Hooker Gillet (1800-1876) —
also known as Ransom H. Gillet —
of Ogdensburg, St.
Lawrence County, N.Y.
Born in New Lebanon, Columbia
County, N.Y., January
27, 1800.
Democrat. Lawyer; postmaster at Ogdensburg,
N.Y., 1830-33; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
New York, 1832,
1840;
U.S.
Representative from New York 14th District, 1833-37.
Died in Washington,
D.C., October
24, 1876 (age 76 years, 271
days).
Interment at Glenwood
Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Kirsten E. Gillibrand (b. 1966) —
also known as Kirsten Elizabeth Rutnick —
of Greenport, Columbia
County, N.Y.
Born in Albany, Albany
County, N.Y., December
9, 1966.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from New York 20th District, 2007-09; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from New York, 2008;
U.S.
Senator from New York, 2009-; appointed 2009.
Female.
Still living as of 2014.
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Paul Eugene Gillmor (1939-2007) —
also known as Paul E. Gillmor —
of Old Fort, Seneca
County, Ohio.
Born in Tiffin, Seneca
County, Ohio, February
1, 1939.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Ohio
state senate, 1967-88; candidate for Governor of
Ohio, 1986; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 5th District, 1989-2007; died in office
2007.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons.
Died, from an accidental fall down
stairs, in Arlington, Arlington
County, Va., September
5, 2007 (age 68 years, 216
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Thomas Walker Gilmer (1802-1844) —
of Virginia.
Born in Gilmerton, Albemarle
County, Va., April 6,
1802.
Lawyer; member of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1829-36, 1838-39; Speaker of
the Virginia State House of Delegates, 1838-39; Governor of
Virginia, 1840-41; U.S.
Representative from Virginia, 1841-44 (12th District 1841-43, 5th
District 1843-44); U.S.
Secretary of the Navy, 1844; died in office 1844.
Slaveowner.
Among those killed in the explosion
when a cannon
accidentally
burst on
board the U.S.S. Princeton, on the Potomac River near Fort
Washington, Prince
George's County, Md., February
28, 1844 (age 41 years, 328
days).
Originally entombed at Congressional
Cemetery, Washington, D.C.; reinterment at a
private or family graveyard, Albemarle County, Va.
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Relatives: Son
of George Gilmer and Elizabeth Anderson (Hudson) Gilmer; married to
Anne Elizabeth Baker; nephew of Mildred Gilmer (who married William
Wirt); grandnephew of John
Walker and Francis
Walker; second cousin once removed of Meriwether
Lewis; second cousin twice removed of Aylett
Hawes; third cousin once removed of Robert
Brooke, George
Madison, Richard
Aylett Buckner, Richard
Hawes and Albert
Gallatin Hawes; third cousin twice removed of Hubbard
T. Smith; third cousin thrice removed of Archer
Woodford; fourth cousin of Zachary
Taylor, Francis
Taliaferro Helm, Aylette
Buckner, David
Shelby Walker and Aylett
Hawes Buckner; fourth cousin once removed of John
Strother Pendleton, Albert
Gallatin Pendleton, Charles
John Helm, Hubbard
Dozier Helm, James
David Walker, David
Shelby Walker Jr. and Harry
Bartow Hawes. |
| | | Political families: Walker-Meriwether-Kellogg
family of Virginia; Jackson-Lee
family; Demarest-Meriwether-Lewis
family of New Jersey; Harrison-Randolph-Marshall-Cabell
family of Virginia; Lee-Randolph
family; Walker-Helm-Lincoln-Brown
family of Kentucky; Washington-Walker
family of Virginia; Pendleton-Lee
family of Maryland; Clay
family of Kentucky; Lewis-Pollard
family of Texas (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | Gilmer County,
W.Va. is named for him. |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — National
Governors Association biography — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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James Peter Glynn (1867-1930) —
also known as James P. Glynn —
of Winsted, Litchfield
County, Conn.
Born in Winsted, Litchfield
County, Conn., November
12, 1867.
Republican. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Connecticut 5th District, 1915-23, 1925-30;
defeated, 1922; died in office 1930.
While traveling back to Washington from the funeral of Rep. J. A.
Hughes in Huntington, W.Va., suffered a heart
attack in the smoking car on the
train, and died, near Brandy Station, Culpeper
County, Va., March 6,
1930 (age 62 years, 114
days).
Interment at New
St. Joseph's Cemetery, Winsted, Conn.
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Arthur Joseph Goldberg (1908-1990) —
also known as Arthur J. Goldberg —
of Illinois; New York; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., August
8, 1908.
Democrat. Lawyer; major in the U.S. Army during World War II;
general
counsel, Congress of Industrial Organizations; helped merge that
group with the American Federation of Labor to form the AFL-CIO,
1955; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Illinois, 1960;
U.S.
Secretary of Labor, 1961-62; Associate
Justice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1962-65; U.S. Representative to United Nations, 1965-68; candidate for Governor of
New York, 1970; U.S. Ambassador to , 1977-78.
Jewish.
Member, American
Jewish Committee; Americans
for Democratic Action.
Received the Presidential
Medal of Freedom in 1978.
Died of coronary
artery disease, in Washington,
D.C., January
19, 1990 (age 81 years, 164
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Thomas Alan Goldsborough (1877-1951) —
also known as T. Alan Goldsborough —
of Denton, Caroline
County, Md.
Born in Greensboro, Caroline
County, Md., September
16, 1877.
Democrat. Lawyer; Caroline
County State's Attorney, 1904-08; U.S.
Representative from Maryland 1st District, 1921-39; Judge
of U.S. District Court, 1939-41.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Washington,
D.C., June 16,
1951 (age 73 years, 273
days).
Interment at Denton
Cemetery, Denton, Md.
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James William Good (1866-1929) —
also known as James W. Good; "Jimmy
Good" —
of Cedar Rapids, Linn
County, Iowa.
Born near Cedar Rapids, Linn
County, Iowa, September
24, 1866.
Republican. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Iowa 5th District, 1909-21; U.S.
Secretary of War, 1929; died in office 1929.
Presbyterian.
Swiss
ancestry. Member, Freemasons.
Died in Washington,
D.C., November
18, 1929 (age 63 years, 55
days).
Interment at Oak
Hill Cemetery, Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
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Charles Ellsworth Goodell (1926-1987) —
also known as Charles E. Goodell —
of Jamestown, Chautauqua
County, N.Y.
Born in Jamestown, Chautauqua
County, N.Y., March
16, 1926.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; served in
the U.S. Air Force during the Korean conflict; lawyer; chair of
Chautauqua County Republican Party, 1958-59; U.S.
Representative from New York, 1959-68 (43rd District 1959-63,
38th District 1963-68); delegate to Republican National Convention
from New York, 1964;
U.S.
Senator from New York, 1968-71; defeated, 1970.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Phi
Beta Kappa.
Died in Washington,
D.C., January
21, 1987 (age 60 years, 311
days).
Interment at Lake
View Cemetery, Jamestown, N.Y.
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Godfrey Gummer Goodwin (1873-1933) —
also known as Godfrey G. Goodwin —
of Cambridge, Isanti
County, Minn.
Born in Nicollet
County, Minn., January
11, 1873.
Republican. Lawyer; Isanti
County Attorney, 1899-1907, 1912-25; U.S.
Representative from Minnesota 10th District, 1925-33; died in
office 1933.
Died when he jumped
or fell
from a fifth-floor window at the Hotel
Driscoll, Washington,
D.C., February
16, 1933 (age 60 years, 36
days).
Interment at Lakewood
Cemetery, Minneapolis, Minn.
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Peterson Goodwyn (1745-1818) —
of Petersburg,
Va.
Born in Dinwiddie
County, Va., 1745.
Democrat. Planter;
lawyer; colonel in the Continental Army during the
Revolutionary War; member of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1789-1802; U.S.
Representative from Virginia, 1803-18 (at-large 1803-07, 18th
District 1807-15, 19th District 1815-18); died in office 1818.
Died in Dinwiddie
County, Va., February
21, 1818 (age about 72
years).
Interment a
private or family graveyard, Dinwiddie County, Va.; cenotaph at
Congressional
Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Herbert Stewart Goold (1886-1971) —
also known as Herbert S. Goold —
of San
Francisco, Calif.
Born in San
Francisco, Calif., August
10, 1886.
Lawyer; U.S. Consul General in Beirut, 1930-34; Helsingfors, 1934-36; Toronto, 1937; Casablanca, 1937-38.
Died in Silver Spring, Montgomery
County, Md., April
20, 1971 (age 84 years, 253
days).
Interment at Rock
Creek Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Barton Jennings Gordon (b. 1949) —
also known as Bart Gordon —
of Carthage, Smith
County, Tenn.; Murfreesboro, Rutherford
County, Tenn.
Born in Murfreesboro, Rutherford
County, Tenn., January
24, 1949.
Democrat. Lawyer; Tennessee
Democratic state chair, 1981-83; U.S.
Representative from Tennessee 6th District, 1985-; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Tennessee, 1996,
2000,
2004,
2008.
Methodist.
Member, Kappa
Alpha Order.
Still living as of 2014.
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Peyton Gordon (b. 1870) —
of Washington,
D.C.
Born in Washington,
D.C., April
30, 1870.
Republican. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during World War
I; U.S.
Attorney for the District of Columbia, 1921-28; justice of
District of Columbia supreme court, 1928-36.
Methodist.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Legion.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Malcolm Burkhead Gordon and Sarah (Thompson) Gordon; married, June 4,
1902, to Evelyn Briley. |
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Arthur Pue Gorman Jr. (1873-1919) —
also known as Arthur P. Gorman, Jr. —
of Laurel, Prince
George's County, Md.
Born in Howard
County, Md., March
27, 1873.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Maryland
state senate, 1904-10; candidate for Governor of
Maryland, 1911; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Maryland, 1912
(speaker).
Presbyterian.
Died, in Johns Hopkins Hospital,
Baltimore,
Md., September
3, 1919 (age 46 years, 160
days).
Interment at Oak
Hill Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Ashley Mulgrave Gould (b. 1859) —
also known as Ashley M. Gould —
of Washington,
D.C.
Born in Lower Horton, Nova
Scotia, October
8, 1859.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Maryland
state house of delegates, 1898; U.S.
Attorney for the District of Columbia, 1901-02; justice of
District of Columbia supreme court, 1902-16.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Charles Edward Gould and Mary Jane (Fuller) Gould; married, November
22, 1888, to Margaret Gray. |
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Daniel Robert Graham (b. 1936) —
also known as Bob Graham —
of Tallahassee, Leon
County, Fla.; Miami Lakes, Miami-Dade
County, Fla.
Born in Coral Gables, Dade County (now Miami-Dade
County), Fla., November
9, 1936.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Florida
state house of representatives, 1967-71; member of Florida
state senate, 1971-79; Governor of
Florida, 1979-87; U.S.
Senator from Florida, 1987-2005; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Florida, 1996,
2000,
2004,
2008;
candidate for Democratic nomination for President, 2004.
Congregationalist.
Still living as of 2014.
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Jim Graham —
of Washington,
D.C.
Democrat. Lawyer; executive director, Whitman-Walker Clinic,
1984-98; member, Washington, D.C. City Council, 1999-; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from District of Columbia, 2000.
Gay.
Still living as of 2006.
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William Johnson Graham (1872-1937) —
also known as William J. Graham —
of Aledo, Mercer
County, Ill.
Born near New Castle, Lawrence
County, Pa., February
7, 1872.
Republican. Lawyer; Mercer
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1901-09; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Illinois, 1912;
member of Illinois
state house of representatives, 1915-16; U.S.
Representative from Illinois 14th District, 1917-24; resigned
1924; Associate
Judge of U.S. Court of Customs Appeals, 1924-37; died in office
1937.
Died in Washington,
D.C., November
10, 1937 (age 65 years, 276
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Aledo
Cemetery, Aledo, Ill.
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Daniel Larned Davis Granger (1852-1909) —
also known as Daniel L. D. Granger —
of Providence, Providence
County, R.I.
Born in Providence, Providence
County, R.I., May 30,
1852.
Democrat. Lawyer; mayor
of Providence, R.I., 1901-03; U.S.
Representative from Rhode Island 1st District, 1903-09; died in
office 1909.
Died in Washington,
D.C., February
14, 1909 (age 56 years, 260
days).
Interment at Swan
Point Cemetery, Providence, R.I.
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James Polin Gray (b. 1945) —
also known as James P. Gray; Jim Gray —
of Newport Beach, Orange
County, Calif.
Born in Washington,
D.C., February
14, 1945.
Served
in the Peace Corps; lawyer; superior court judge in
California, 1989-2009; candidate in Republican primary for U.S.
Representative from California 46th District, 1998; Libertarian
candidate for U.S.
Senator from California, 2004; Libertarian candidate for Vice
President of the United States, 2012; candidate for Presidential
Elector for California.
Still living as of 2020.
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William Raymond Green (1856-1947) —
also known as William R. Green —
of Audubon, Audubon
County, Iowa; Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie
County, Iowa.
Born in Colchester, New London
County, Conn., November
7, 1856.
Republican. Lawyer; economist;
district judge in Iowa 15th District, 1894-1911; U.S.
Representative from Iowa 9th District, 1911-28; Judge
of U.S. Court of Claims, 1928-40.
Member, Elks; Knights
of Pythias; Freemasons.
Died in Bellport, Suffolk
County, Long Island, N.Y., June 11,
1947 (age 90 years, 216
days).
Interment at Rock
Creek Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Henry Fay Greene (1859-1915) —
also known as Henry F. Greene —
of Duluth, St. Louis
County, Minn.
Born in New Bern, Craven
County, N.C., May 30,
1859.
Lawyer; member, U.S. Civil Service Commission, 1903-07.
Died in Duluth, St. Louis
County, Minn., December
20, 1915 (age 56 years, 204
days).
Interment somewhere
in Washington, D.C.
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Richard Theodore Greener (b. 1844) —
also known as Richard T. Greener; R. T.
Greener —
of Washington,
D.C.; New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., January
30, 1844.
University
professor; lawyer; U.S. Consul in Bombay, 1898; U.S. Commercial Agent (Consul) in Vladivostok, 1898-1905.
African
ancestry.
First
Black graduate of Harvard, 1870.
Burial location unknown.
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Walter Gresham (1841-1920) —
of Galveston, Galveston
County, Tex.
Born in King and
Queen County, Va., July 22,
1841.
Democrat. Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War;
lawyer; district attorney, Galveston judicial district, 1872;
member of Texas
state house of representatives 65th District, 1887-88; U.S.
Representative from Texas 10th District, 1893-95.
Died in Washington,
D.C., November
6, 1920 (age 79 years, 107
days).
Interment at Lakeview
Cemetery, Galveston, Tex.
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Henry Grider (1796-1866) —
of Bowling Green, Warren
County, Ky.
Born in Garrard
County, Ky., July 16,
1796.
Whig. Served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; lawyer;
member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1827, 1831; U.S.
Representative from Kentucky 3rd District, 1843-47, 1861-66; died
in office 1866.
Slaveowner.
Died in Bowling Green, Warren
County, Ky., September
7, 1866 (age 70 years, 53
days).
Interment at Pioneer
Cemetery, Bowling Green, Ky.; cenotaph at Congressional
Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Duncan Lawrence Groner (1873-1957) —
also known as D. Lawrence Groner —
of Norfolk,
Va.
Born in Norfolk,
Va., September
6, 1873.
Republican. Lawyer; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Virginia, 1904,
1908,
1912,
1916,
1920
(member, Resolutions
Committee); U.S.
Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia, 1912-14, 1920,
1921; U.S.
District Judge for the Eastern District of Virginia, 1921-31; Judge
of U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, 1931-48; took
senior status 1948.
Died in Washington,
D.C., July 17,
1957 (age 83 years, 314
days).
Interment at Elmwood
Cemetery, Norfolk, Va.
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