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Frank Warren Hackett (b. 1841) —
of Portsmouth, Rockingham
County, N.H.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Portsmouth, Rockingham
County, N.H., April
11, 1841.
Served in the Union Navy during the Civil War; lawyer; member
of New
Hampshire state house of representatives from Portsmouth, 1877;
U.S. Assistant Secretary of the Navy, 1900-01.
Episcopalian.
Member, Loyal
Legion; Sons of
the Revolution.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of William Henry Young Hackett and Olive (Pickering) Hackett;
married, April
21, 1880, to Ida Craven. |
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Alexander Burton Hagner (1826-1915) —
of Washington,
D.C.
Born in Washington,
D.C., July 13,
1826.
Lawyer; member of Maryland
state house of delegates, 1854; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Maryland 5th District, 1859 (American), 1874
(Republican); candidate for Presidential Elector for Maryland; Associate
Justice, U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia,
1879-1903; retired 1903.
Episcopalian.
Member, American
Historical Association; Sons of
the American Revolution.
Died in Washington,
D.C., June 30,
1915 (age 88 years, 352
days).
Interment at Oak
Hill Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Eugene Hale (1836-1918) —
of Ellsworth, Hancock
County, Maine.
Born in Turner, Oxford County (now Androscoggin
County), Maine, June 9,
1836.
Republican. Lawyer; Hancock
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1858-66; member of Maine
state house of representatives, 1867-68, 1879-80; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Maine, 1868,
1876,
1880;
U.S.
Representative from Maine 5th District, 1869-79; defeated, 1878;
U.S.
Senator from Maine, 1881-1911.
English
ancestry.
Died in Washington,
D.C., October
27, 1918 (age 82 years, 140
days).
Interment at Woodbine
Cemetery, Ellsworth, Maine.
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Robert S. Hale (1889-1976) —
also known as Robert Hale —
of Portland, Cumberland
County, Maine.
Born in Portland, Cumberland
County, Maine, November
29, 1889.
Republican. Rhodes
scholar; lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during World War
I; member of Maine
state house of representatives, 1923-30; Speaker of
the Maine State House of Representatives, 1929-30; U.S.
Representative from Maine 1st District, 1943-59; defeated, 1958.
Congregationalist.
Member, American Bar
Association; Psi
Upsilon; Phi
Beta Kappa; American
Legion.
Died in Washington,
D.C., November
30, 1976 (age 87 years, 1
days).
Interment at Evergreen
Cemetery, Portland, Maine.
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Jeremiah Halsey (1822-1896) —
of Norwich, New London
County, Conn.
Born February
8, 1822.
Lawyer; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Norwich, 1852-53, 1859-60.
Died, in the Hotel
Hamilton, Washington,
D.C., February
8, 1896 (age 74 years, 0
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to Elizabeth Fairchild. |
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Thomas Lyon Hamer (1800-1846) —
also known as Thomas L. Hamer —
of Georgetown, Brown
County, Ohio.
Born in Northumberland
County, Pa., July, 1800.
Democrat. School
teacher; lawyer; member of Ohio
state house of representatives, 1825, 1828-29; Speaker of
the Ohio State House of Representatives, 1829; candidate for
Presidential Elector for Ohio; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 5th District, 1833-39; general in the
U.S. Army during the Mexican War.
Nominated Ulysses
S. Grant to be a cadet at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point.
Died
in the military service, probably from dysentery,
at Monterrey, Nuevo
León, December
2, 1846 (age 46 years, 0
days).
Original interment somewhere
in near Monterrey, Nuevo León; reinterment at Old
Georgetown Cemetery, Georgetown, Ohio; cenotaph at Congressional
Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Alexander Hamilton (1757-1804) —
also known as "Alexander the
Coppersmith" —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Charles Town, Nevis,
January
11, 1757.
Served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War;
lawyer; Delegate
to Continental Congress from New York, 1782-83; member of New York
state assembly from New York County, 1786-87; member,
U.S. Constitutional Convention, 1787; delegate
to New York convention to ratify U.S. constitution from New York
County, 1788; U.S.
Secretary of the Treasury, 1789-95.
Episcopalian.
Scottish
and French
ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Society
of the Cincinnati.
Elected to the Hall
of Fame for Great Americans in 1915.
Shot
and mortally
wounded in a duel with
Aaron
Burr, on July 11, 1804, and died the next day in New York, New York
County, N.Y., July 12,
1804 (age 47 years, 183
days).
Interment at Trinity
Churchyard, Manhattan, N.Y.; statue at Treasury
Building Grounds, Washington, D.C.; statue at Commonwealth Avenue Mall, Boston, Mass.
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Relatives: Son
of James Hamilton and Rachel (Faucette) Hamilton; married, December
14, 1780, to Elizabeth Schuyler (daughter of Philip
John Schuyler; sister of Philip
Jeremiah Schuyler); father of Alexander
Hamilton Jr., James
Alexander Hamilton and William
Stephen Hamilton; great-grandfather of Robert
Ray Hamilton; second great-grandfather of Laurens
M. Hamilton; ancestor *** of Robert
Hamilton Woodruff. |
| | | Political families: Livingston-Schuyler
family of New York; VanRensselaer
family of Albany, New York (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | Cross-reference: Nathaniel
Pendleton — Robert
Troup — John
Tayler — William
P. Van Ness |
| | | Hamilton counties in Fla., Ill., Ind., Kan., Neb., N.Y., Ohio and Tenn. are
named for him. |
| | | The city
of Hamilton,
Ohio, is named for
him. — Hamilton Hall (dormitory, built 1926), at
Harvard University
Business School, Boston,
Massachusetts, is named for
him. |
| | | Other politicians named for him: Alexander
H. Buell
— Alexander
H. Holley
— Hamilton
Fish
— Alexander
H. Stephens
— Alexander
H. Bullock
— Alexander
H. Bailey
— Alexander
H. Rice
— Alexander
Hamilton Jones
— Alexander
H. Waterman
— Alexander
H. Coffroth
— Alexander
H. Dudley
— Alexander
H. Revell
— Alexander
Hamilton Hargis
— Alexander
Hamilton Phillips
— Alex
Woodle
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| | | Coins and currency: His portrait
appears on the U.S. $10 bill; from the 1860s to the 1920s, his
portrait also appeared on U.S. notes and certificates of various
denominations from $2 to $1,000. |
| | | Personal motto: "Do it better
yet." |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Wikipedia
article — NNDB
dossier — Find-A-Grave
memorial — Historical
Society of the New York Courts |
| | | Books about Alexander Hamilton: Richard
Brookhiser, Alexander
Hamilton, American — Forrest McDonald, Alexander
Hamilton: A Biography — Gertrude Atherton, Conqueror
: Dramatized Biography of Alexander Hamilton — Ron
Chernow, Alexander
Hamilton — Thomas Fleming, Duel:
Alexander Hamilton, Aaron Burr, and the Future of
America — Arnold A. Rogow, A
Fatal Friendship: Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr —
Willard Sterne Randall, Alexander
Hamilton: A Life — John Harper, American
Machiavelli : Alexander Hamilton and the Origins of U.S. Foreign
Policy — Stephen F. Knott, Alexander
Hamilton and the Persistence of Myth — Charles Cerami,
Young
Patriots: The Remarkable Story of Two Men. Their Impossible Plan and
The Revolution That Created The Constitution — Donald
Barr Chidsey, Mr.
Hamilton and Mr. Jefferson |
| | | Critical books about Alexander
Hamilton: Thomas DiLorenzo, Hamilton's
Curse : How Jefferson's Arch Enemy Betrayed the American Revolution
-- and What It means for Americans Today |
| | | Image source: U.S. postage stamp
(1957) |
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Charles Sumner Hamlin (1861-1938) —
also known as Charles S. Hamlin —
of Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., August
30, 1861.
Democrat. Lawyer; candidate for Massachusetts
state senate, 1887; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Massachusetts, 1892
(alternate), 1904
(member, Platform
and Resolutions Committee); candidate for secretary
of state of Massachusetts, 1892; assistant secretary of U.S.
Treasury, 1893-97; various assignments as diplomatic commissioner,
1897; delegate to three peace conferences in 1907-11; member, Federal
Reserve Board, 1914-36.
Died in Washington,
D.C., April
25, 1938 (age 76 years, 238
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Forest
Hills Cemetery, Jamaica Plain, Boston, Mass.
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Edward Stowe Hamlin (1808-1894) —
of Elyria, Lorain
County, Ohio; Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio; Williamsburg,
Va.
Born in Hillsdale, Columbia
County, N.Y., July 6,
1808.
Whig. Lawyer; Lorain
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1833-35; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 21st District, 1844-45; newspaper
publisher.
Died in Washington,
D.C., November
23, 1894 (age 86 years, 140
days).
Interment at Cedar
Grove Cemetery, Williamsburg, Va.
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Clarence Eugene Hancock (1885-1948) —
also known as Clarence E. Hancock —
of Syracuse, Onondaga
County, N.Y.
Born in Syracuse, Onondaga
County, N.Y., February
13, 1885.
Republican. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army on the Mexican
border; served in the U.S. Army during World War I; U.S.
Representative from New York, 1927-47 (35th District 1927-45,
36th District 1945-47); alternate delegate to Republican National
Convention from New York, 1928.
Presbyterian.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; Phi
Delta Phi; Alpha
Delta Phi.
Died in a hospital
at Washington,
D.C., January
3, 1948 (age 62 years, 324
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Syracuse, N.Y.
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Robert Emmet Hannegan (1903-1949) —
also known as Robert E. Hannegan —
of St.
Louis, Mo.
Born in St.
Louis, Mo., June 30,
1903.
Democrat. Lawyer; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Missouri, 1940;
speaker, 1944;
U.S. Commissioner of Internal Revenue, 1943; Chairman
of Democratic National Committee, 1944-47; U.S.
Postmaster General, 1945-47; part owner of the St. Louis
Cardinals baseball
team, 1947-49.
Catholic.
Irish
ancestry. Member, American Bar
Association; Sigma
Nu Phi.
Died suddenly from a heart
ailment, in St.
Louis, Mo., October
6, 1949 (age 46 years, 98
days).
Interment at Calvary
Cemetery, St. Louis, Mo.
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Relatives: Son
of John Patrick Hannegan and Anna (Holden) Hannegan; married, November
14, 1929, to Irma Protzmann. |
| | | See also Wikipedia
article |
| | | Image source: Truman
Library |
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Thomas Richard Harkin (b. 1939) —
also known as Tom Harkin —
of Ames, Story
County, Iowa; Cumming, Warren
County, Iowa.
Born in Cumming, Warren
County, Iowa, November
19, 1939.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Iowa 5th District, 1975-85; defeated, 1972;
U.S.
Senator from Iowa, 1985-; candidate for Democratic nomination for
President, 1992;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Iowa, 1996,
2000,
2004,
2008.
Catholic.
Member, Delta
Sigma Phi.
Still living as of 2014.
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John Marshall Harlan (1833-1911) —
of Kentucky.
Born in Boyle
County, Ky., June 1,
1833.
Republican. Lawyer; county judge in Kentucky, 1858-59; U.S.
Attorney for Kentucky, 1861-63; Kentucky
state attorney general, 1861-65; colonel in the Union Army during
the Civil War; candidate for Governor of
Kentucky, 1871; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Kentucky, 1876
(delegation chair); Associate
Justice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1877-1911.
Presbyterian.
Died October
14, 1911 (age 78 years, 135
days).
Interment at Rock
Creek Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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John Marshall Harlan (1899-1971) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., May 20,
1899.
Rhodes
scholar; lawyer; served in the U.S. Army Air Force in
World War II; Judge
of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit, 1954-55; Associate
Justice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1955-71.
Presbyterian.
Member, American Bar
Association.
Died in Washington,
D.C., December
29, 1971 (age 72 years, 223
days).
Interment at Emmanuel
Church Cemetery, Weston, Conn.
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John Maynard Harlan (1864-1934) —
also known as John M. Harlan —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Frankfort, Franklin
County, Ky., December
21, 1864.
Republican. Lawyer; candidate for mayor
of Chicago, Ill., 1897, 1905 (Republican); Harding-Coolidge
Republican candidate for Governor of
Illinois, 1920.
Died in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., March
23, 1934 (age 69 years, 92
days).
Interment at Rock
Creek Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Jane Frank Harman (b. 1945) —
also known as Jane F. Harman; Jane Lakes; Jane
Frank —
of Venice, Los Angeles, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., June 28,
1945.
Democrat. Lawyer; legislative assistant to U.S. Sen. John
V. Tunney, 1972; counsel for congressional subcommittees; deputy
secretary to the Cabinet in the Jimmy
Carter White House, 1977-78; U.S.
Representative from California 36th District, 1993-99, 2001-;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from California, 1996,
2004,
2008;
candidate for Governor of
California, 1998.
Female.
Jewish.
Polish
and Russian
ancestry. Member, Council on
Foreign Relations.
Still living as of 2014.
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Byron Patton Harrison (1881-1941) —
also known as Pat Harrison —
of Gulfport, Harrison
County, Miss.
Born in Crystal Springs, Copiah
County, Miss., August
29, 1881.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Mississippi 6th District, 1911-19; U.S.
Senator from Mississippi, 1919-41; died in office 1941; delegate
to Democratic National Convention from Mississippi, 1920,
1924,
1928,
1936,
1940.
Methodist.
Member, Woodmen;
Knights
of Pythias; Elks; Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows.
Died in Washington,
D.C., June 22,
1941 (age 59 years, 297
days).
Interment at Evergreen
Cemetery, Gulfport, Miss.
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Alphonso Hart (1830-1910) —
of Ohio.
Born in Vienna, Trumbull
County, Ohio, July 4,
1830.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Ohio
state senate, 1865; Lieutenant
Governor of Ohio, 1874-76; law partner of Andrew
Squire, 1875-78; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 12th District, 1883-85; defeated, 1880.
Died in Washington,
D.C., December
23, 1910 (age 80 years, 172
days).
Interment at Maple
Grove Cemetery, Ravenna, Ohio.
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George Luzerne Hart Jr. (1905-1984) —
also known as George L. Hart, Jr. —
of Washington,
D.C.
Born in Roanoke,
Va., July 14,
1905.
Republican. Lawyer; colonel in the U.S. Army during World War
II; delegate to Republican National Convention from District of
Columbia, 1952
(member, Resolutions
Committee), 1956
(member, Credentials
Committee); District of
Columbia Republican Party chair, 1958; U.S.
District Judge for the District of Columbia, 1958-79; took senior
status 1979.
Died, in Washington University Medical
Center, Washington,
D.C., May 21,
1984 (age 78 years, 312
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Relatives: Son
of George Luzerne Hart and Lavela (Slicer) Hart; married, October
12, 1935, to Margaret Louise Neller. |
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Philip Aloysius Hart (1912-1976) —
also known as Philip A. Hart —
of Birmingham, Oakland
County, Mich.; Mackinac Island, Mackinac
County, Mich.
Born in Bryn Mawr, Montgomery
County, Pa., December
10, 1912.
Democrat. Lawyer; colonel in the U.S. Army during World War
II; candidate for secretary
of state of Michigan, 1950; U.S.
Attorney for the Eastern District of Michigan, 1952-53; Lieutenant
Governor of Michigan, 1955-58; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Michigan, 1956,
1960,
1964,
1968
(speaker),
1976;
U.S.
Senator from Michigan, 1959-76; died in office 1976.
Member, Urban
League.
Died in Washington,
D.C., December
26, 1976 (age 64 years, 16
days).
Interment at St.
Anne's Catholic Cemetery, Mackinac Island, Mich.
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Julian Hartridge (1829-1879) —
of Savannah, Chatham
County, Ga.
Born in Daufuskie Island, Beaufort
County, S.C., September
9, 1829.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Georgia
state house of representatives, 1858; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Georgia, 1860;
served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; Representative
from Georgia in the Confederate Congress, 1862-65; U.S.
Representative from Georgia 1st District, 1875-79; died in office
1879.
Slaveowner.
Died in Washington,
D.C., January
8, 1879 (age 49 years, 121
days).
Interment at Laurel
Grove North Cemetery, Savannah, Ga.
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Harry Bartow Hawes (1869-1947) —
also known as Harry B. Hawes —
of St.
Louis, Mo.
Born in Covington, Kenton
County, Ky., November
15, 1869.
Democrat. Lawyer; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Missouri, 1904,
1928;
member, Committee to Notify Presidential Nominee, 1904,
1916;
member of Missouri
state house of representatives from St. Louis City 3rd District,
1917-18; served in the U.S. Army during World War I; U.S.
Representative from Missouri 11th District, 1921-26; U.S.
Senator from Missouri, 1926-33; resigned 1933.
Episcopalian.
Member, Sons of
the American Revolution; Sons
of Confederate Veterans; American
Legion; Reserve
Officers Association; Military
Order of the World Wars; American Bar
Association; American
Society for International Law; American
Economic Association; Izaak
Walton League; Audubon
Society; American
Forestry Association; National Rifle
Association.
Died in Washington,
D.C., July 31,
1947 (age 77 years, 258
days).
Cremated;
ashes scattered in a private or family graveyard, Ripley County, Mo.
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Edward Dixon Hays (1872-1941) —
also known as Edward D. Hays —
of Jackson, Cape
Girardeau County, Mo.; Cape Girardeau, Cape
Girardeau County, Mo.
Born near Oak Ridge, Cape
Girardeau County, Mo., April
28, 1872.
Republican. Lawyer; probate judge in Missouri, 1907-18; U.S.
Representative from Missouri 14th District, 1919-23; defeated,
1922.
Died in Bethesda, Montgomery
County, Md., July 25,
1941 (age 69 years, 88
days).
Interment at Cedar
Hill Cemetery, Suitland, Md.
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David Heaton (1823-1870) —
of Middletown, Butler
County, Ohio; St. Anthony Falls, Hennepin
County, Minn.; New Bern, Craven
County, N.C.
Born in Hamilton, Butler
County, Ohio, March
10, 1823.
Republican. Lawyer; postmaster at Middletown,
Ohio, 1849-52; member of Ohio
state senate, 1855; member of Minnesota
state senate, 1859-63 (23rd District 1859-60, 4th District
1861-63); delegate
to North Carolina state constitutional convention, 1867; U.S.
Representative from North Carolina 2nd District, 1868-70; died in
office 1870.
Died in Washington,
D.C., June 25,
1870 (age 47 years, 107
days).
Interment at National
Cemetery, New Bern, N.C.; cenotaph at Congressional
Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Charles Belknap Henderson (1873-1954) —
also known as Charles B. Henderson —
of Elko, Elko
County, Nev.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in San Jose, Santa Clara
County, Calif., June 8,
1873.
Democrat. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during the
Spanish-American War; Elko
County District Attorney, 1901-05; member of Nevada
state house of representatives, 1905-07; U.S.
Senator from Nevada, 1918-21; appointed 1918; defeated, 1920;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Nevada, 1928,
1936;
president and director, Elko Telephone
and Telegraph Company; director, Western Pacific Railroad.
Episcopalian.
Member, Phi
Kappa Psi; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Elks.
Died in San
Francisco, Calif., November
8, 1954 (age 81 years, 153
days).
Interment at Elko
Cemetery, Elko, Nev.
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James Pinckney Henderson (1808-1858) —
also known as J. Pinckney Henderson —
of Marshville (unknown
county), Tex.
Born in Lincolnton, Lincoln
County, N.C., March
31, 1808.
Lawyer; general in the Texas Army during the Texas War of
Independence; Attorney
General of the Texas Republic, 1836-37; Texas
Republic Secretary of State, 1837; delegate
to Texas state constitutional convention, 1845; Governor of
Texas, 1846-47; general in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War;
U.S.
Senator from Texas, 1857-58; died in office 1858.
Slaveowner.
Died in Washington,
D.C., June 4,
1858 (age 50 years, 65
days).
Original interment and cenotaph at Congressional
Cemetery, Washington, D.C.; reinterment in 1930 at Texas
State Cemetery, Austin, Tex.
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John Brooks Henderson (1826-1913) —
also known as John B. Henderson —
of Louisiana, Pike
County, Mo.; St.
Louis, Mo.; Washington,
D.C.
Born near Danville, Pittsylvania
County, Va., November
16, 1826.
Lawyer; member of Missouri
state house of representatives, 1848-50, 1856-58; candidate for
Presidential Elector for Missouri; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Missouri, 1860;
U.S.
Senator from Missouri, 1862-69; Republican candidate for Governor of
Missouri, 1872; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Missouri, 1884.
Slaveowner.
Died in Washington,
D.C., April
12, 1913 (age 86 years, 147
days).
Interment at Green-Wood
Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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Thomas Jefferson Henderson (1824-1911) —
also known as Thomas J. Henderson —
of Princeton, Bureau
County, Ill.
Born in Brownsville, Haywood
County, Tenn., November
29, 1824.
Republican. Stark
County Clerk of the Court, 1849-53; lawyer; member of Illinois
state house of representatives, 1855-56; member of Illinois
state senate, 1857-60; colonel in the Union Army during the Civil
War; candidate for Presidential Elector for Illinois; U.S. Collector
of Internal Revenue for the 5th Illinois District, 1871; U.S.
Representative from Illinois, 1875-95 (6th District 1875-83, 7th
District 1883-95); delegate to Republican National Convention from
Illinois, 1896.
Member, Phi
Kappa Psi.
Died in Washington,
D.C., February
6, 1911 (age 86 years, 69
days).
Interment at Oakland
Cemetery, Princeton, Ill.
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Thomas Carey Hennings Jr. (1903-1960) —
also known as Thomas C. Hennings, Jr. —
of St.
Louis, Mo.
Born in St.
Louis, Mo., June 25,
1903.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Missouri 11th District, 1935-40; resigned
1940; circuit attorney, city of St. Louis, 1941-44; served in the
U.S. Navy during World War II; U.S.
Senator from Missouri, 1951-60; died in office 1960; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Missouri, 1952,
1956
(delegation chair).
Died in Washington,
D.C., September
13, 1960 (age 57 years, 80
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Emil William Henry (b. 1929) —
also known as E. William Henry —
of Tennessee; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Memphis, Shelby
County, Tenn., March 4,
1929.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the Korean conflict;
lawyer; member, Federal Communications Commission, 1962-66;
chair, Federal Communications Commission, 1963-66.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Order of
the Coif; Phi
Delta Phi; Chi Psi.
Still living as of 1967.
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Relatives: Son
of John Phillips Henry and Elizabeth (Tschudy) Henry; married, December
21, 1955, to Sherrye Eileen Patton. |
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Robert Pryor Henry (1788-1826) —
also known as Robert P. Henry —
of Hopkinsville, Christian
County, Ky.
Born in Scott
County, Ky., November
24, 1788.
Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; U.S.
Representative from Kentucky 12th District, 1823-26; died in
office 1826.
Slaveowner.
Died in Hopkinsville, Christian
County, Ky., August
25, 1826 (age 37 years, 274
days).
Interment at Pioneer
Cemetery, Hopkinsville, Ky.; cenotaph at Congressional
Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Hilary Abner Herbert (1834-1919) —
also known as Hilary A. Herbert —
of Greenville, Butler
County, Ala.; Montgomery, Montgomery
County, Ala.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Laurensville, Laurens District (now Laurens, Laurens
County), S.C., March
12, 1834.
Democrat. Lawyer; colonel in the Confederate Army during the
Civil War; U.S.
Representative from Alabama 2nd District, 1877-93; U.S.
Secretary of the Navy, 1893-97.
Slaveowner.
Died March 6,
1919 (age 84 years, 359
days).
Interment at Oakwood
Cemetery, Montgomery, Ala.
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Stephanie Herseth=Sandlin (b. 1970) —
also known as Stephanie Herseth —
of Brookings, Brookings
County, S.Dak.; Sioux Falls, Minnehaha
County, S.Dak.
Born near Houghton, Brown
County, S.Dak., December
3, 1970.
Democrat. Lawyer; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from South Dakota, 2004,
2008;
U.S.
Representative from South Dakota at-large, 2004-; defeated, 2002,
2010.
Female.
Lutheran.
Still living as of 2010.
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Ira Greenlief Hersey (1858-1943) —
also known as Ira G. Hersey —
of Houlton, Aroostook
County, Maine.
Born in Hodgdon, Aroostook
County, Maine, March
31, 1858.
Lawyer; Prohibition candidate for Governor of
Maine, 1886; member of Maine
state house of representatives, 1909-12; member of Maine
state senate, 1913-16; U.S.
Representative from Maine 4th District, 1917-29; Aroostook
County Probate Judge, 1934-42.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; Elks.
Died in Washington,
D.C., May 6,
1943 (age 85 years, 36
days).
Interment at Evergreen
Cemetery, Houlton, Maine.
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Christian Archibald Herter Jr. (1919-2007) —
also known as Christian A. Herter, Jr. —
of Newton, Middlesex
County, Mass.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., January
29, 1919.
Republican. Major in the U.S. Army during World War II;
lawyer; administrative assistant to U.S. Vice President Richard
M. Nixon, 1953-54; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Massachusetts, 1956,
1960;
candidate for Massachusetts
state attorney general, 1958; vice-president, Socony Mobil Oil
Company, 1961-67; director, Berkshire Life
Insurance Company; law
professor.
Member, American Bar
Association; Council on
Foreign Relations; Phi
Beta Kappa.
Died, from chronic
obstructive pulmonary disease, in Washington,
D.C., September
16, 2007 (age 88 years, 230
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Clarence Bussey Hewes (b. 1890) —
also known as Clarence B. Hewes —
of Jeanerette, Iberia
Parish, La.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Jeanerette, Iberia
Parish, La., February
1, 1890.
Republican. Foreign Service officer; lawyer; alternate
delegate to Republican National Convention from District of Columbia,
1948,
1952.
Member, Sons of
the American Revolution; Sigma
Alpha Epsilon.
Burial location unknown.
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Weldon Brinton Heyburn (1852-1912) —
also known as Weldon B. Heyburn —
of Wallace, Shoshone
County, Idaho.
Born in Chadds Ford Township, Delaware
County, Pa., May 23,
1852.
Republican. Lawyer; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Idaho Territory, 1888;
delegate
to Idaho state constitutional convention, 1889; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Idaho, 1892,
1900,
1904;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from Idaho, 1898; U.S.
Senator from Idaho, 1903-12; died in office 1912; member of Republican
National Committee from Idaho, 1904.
Died in Washington,
D.C., October
17, 1912 (age 60 years, 147
days).
Interment at Lafayette
Cemetery, Chadds Ford, Pa.
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Samuel Greeley Hilborn (1834-1899) —
also known as Samuel G. Hilborn —
of Vallejo, Solano
County, Calif.; San
Francisco, Calif.; Oakland, Alameda
County, Calif.
Born in Minot, Androscoggin
County, Maine, December
9, 1834.
Republican. Lawyer; member of California
state senate, 1875-79; delegate
to California state constitutional convention, 1879; alternate
delegate to Republican National Convention from California, 1880;
U.S.
Attorney for the Northern District of California, 1883-86; U.S.
Representative from California 3rd District, 1892-94, 1895-99.
Died in Washington,
D.C., April
19, 1899 (age 64 years, 131
days).
Interment at Rock
Creek Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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John Boynton Philip Clayton Hill (1879-1941) —
also known as John Philip Hill —
of Baltimore,
Md.
Born in Annapolis, Anne
Arundel County, Md., May 2,
1879.
Republican. Lawyer; U.S.
Attorney for Maryland, 1910-15; candidate for mayor
of Baltimore, Md., 1915; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Maryland, 1916;
colonel in the U.S. Army during World War I; U.S.
Representative from Maryland 3rd District, 1921-27; defeated,
1908, 1928, 1930, 1936; delegate
to Maryland convention to ratify 21st amendment 3rd District,
1933.
Episcopalian.
Member, Society
of the Cincinnati; Society
of Colonial Wars; Alpha
Delta Phi; Phi
Delta Phi; Elks; Moose; Odd
Fellows.
Died in Washington,
D.C., May 23,
1941 (age 62 years, 21
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Samuel Billingsley Hill (1875-1958) —
also known as Samuel B. Hill; Sam B. Hill —
of Waterville, Douglas
County, Wash.
Born in Franklin, Izard
County, Ark., April 2,
1875.
Democrat. Lawyer; Douglas
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1907-11; superior court judge in
Washington, 1917-23; U.S.
Representative from Washington 5th District, 1923-36; defeated,
1922; judge, U.S. Board of Tax Appeals (Tax Court), 1936-53.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Bethesda, Montgomery
County, Md., March
16, 1958 (age 82 years, 348
days).
Interment at Rock
Creek Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Mazie K. Hirono (b. 1947) —
of Honolulu, Island of Oahu, Honolulu
County, Hawaii.
Born in Fukushima, Japan,
November
3, 1947.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Hawaii
state house of representatives, 1981-94; Lieutenant
Governor of Hawaii, 1994-2002; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Hawaii, 1996,
2000,
2008;
candidate for Governor of
Hawaii, 2002; U.S.
Representative from Hawaii 2nd District, 2007-.
Female.
Buddhist.
Japanese
ancestry. Member, Phi
Beta Kappa.
Still living as of 2014.
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Elijah Hise (1802-1867) —
of Russellville, Logan
County, Ky.
Born in Allegheny
County, Pa., July 4,
1802.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1829; candidate for Lieutenant
Governor of Kentucky, 1836; U.S. Charge d'Affaires to Guatemala, 1848-49; U.S.
Representative from Kentucky 3rd District, 1866-67; died in
office 1867.
German
ancestry.
Slaveowner.
Died by a self-inflicted
pistol
shot, in Russellville, Logan
County, Ky., May 8,
1867 (age 64 years, 308
days). He left a note declaring that he had "lost all hope of
… saving the country from the impending disasters and ruin in
which despotic and unconstitutional rule has involved her." However,
later news
reports disclosed that he had been about to be indicted
for perjury
and tax
evasion, based on his statements as a candidate.
Interment at Maple
Grove Cemetery, Russellville, Ky.; cenotaph at Congressional
Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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William Hitz (b. 1872) —
of Washington,
D.C.
Born in Washington,
D.C., April
21, 1872.
Lawyer; justice of
District of Columbia supreme court, 1916-.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of John Hitz and Jane C. (Shanks) Hitz; married 1902 to Esther
Porter. |
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Peter D. Hoagland (1941-2007) —
of Nebraska.
Born in Omaha, Douglas
County, Neb., November
17, 1941.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the Vietnam war;
lawyer; law clerk for U.S. District Judge Oliver
Gasch, 1969-70; member of Nebraska
unicameral legislature 6th District, 1979-86; U.S.
Representative from Nebraska 2nd District, 1989-95; defeated,
1994.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Common
Cause.
Died, from Parkinson's
disease, in Washington,
D.C., October
30, 2007 (age 65 years, 347
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Selah Reeve Hobbie (1797-1854) —
of Delhi, Delaware
County, N.Y.
Born in Newburgh, Orange
County, N.Y., March
10, 1797.
Lawyer; Delaware
County District Attorney, 1823-27; U.S.
Representative from New York 11th District, 1827-29.
Died in Washington,
D.C., March
23, 1854 (age 57 years, 13
days).
Interment at Congressional
Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Paul W. Hodes (b. 1951) —
of Concord, Merrimack
County, N.H.
Born in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., March
21, 1951.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from New Hampshire 2nd District, 2007-; defeated,
2004; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New Hampshire,
2008.
Jewish.
Still living as of 2014.
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Adolph August Hoehling (1868-1941) —
also known as Adolph A. Hoehling —
of Washington,
D.C.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., November
3, 1868.
Republican. Lawyer; justice of
District of Columbia supreme court, 1921-28; resigned 1928; banker.
Episcopalian.
Member, Psi
Upsilon; Phi
Delta Phi.
Died in Washington,
D.C., February
17, 1941 (age 72 years, 106
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Relatives: Son
of Adolph August Hoehling (1839-1920; Rear Admiral, U.S. Navy) and
Annie (Tilghman) Hoehling; married, June 9,
1906, to Louise G. Carrington. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Clyde Roark Hoey (1877-1954) —
also known as Clyde R. Hoey —
of Shelby, Cleveland
County, N.C.
Born in Shelby, Cleveland
County, N.C., December
11, 1877.
Democrat. Newspaper
editor; lawyer; member of North
Carolina state house of representatives, 1899-1902; member of North
Carolina state senate, 1903-06; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from North Carolina, 1904,
1940,
1944
(speaker),
1948,
1952;
U.S.
Representative from North Carolina 9th District, 1919-21; Governor of
North Carolina, 1937-41; member of Democratic
National Committee from North Carolina, 1941-44; U.S.
Senator from North Carolina, 1945-54; died in office 1954;
member, Commission on Intergovernmental Relations, 1953-54; died in
office 1954.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; Woodmen;
Junior
Order; Knights
of Pythias; Omicron
Delta Kappa; Sigma
Chi.
Died from a stroke,
at his desk in his congressional office,
in Washington,
D.C., May 12,
1954 (age 76 years, 152
days).
Interment at Sunset
Cemetery, Shelby, N.C.
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Frank Joseph Hogan (1877-1944) —
also known as Frank J. Hogan —
of Washington,
D.C.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., January
12, 1877.
Republican. Lawyer; general counsel, Capital Traction
Company; general counsel, Riggs National Bank;
attorney for Albert
B. Fall, Edward
L. Doheny during the Teapot Dome trials; delegate to Republican
National Convention from District of Columbia, 1920
(member, Committee
on Permanent Organization; member, Resolutions
Committee); president, American Bar Association, 1938-39.
Catholic.
Member, American Bar
Association.
Died in Washington,
D.C., May 15,
1944 (age 67 years, 124
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Maurice E. Hogan and Mary (McSwiney) Hogan; married 1899 to Mary
Cecile Adair; first cousin of James
Francis Byrnes. |
| | | Image source: Time Magazine, March 11,
1935 |
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John Milton Holley (1802-1848) —
also known as John M. Holley —
of Lyons, Wayne
County, N.Y.
Born in Salisbury, Litchfield
County, Conn., November
10, 1802.
Whig. Lawyer; member of New York
state assembly from Wayne County, 1838, 1841; Wayne
County District Attorney, 1842-45; U.S.
Representative from New York 27th District, 1847-48; defeated,
1844; died in office 1848.
Died in Jacksonville, Duval
County, Fla., March 8,
1848 (age 45 years, 119
days).
Interment at Rural
Cemetery, Lyons, N.Y.; cenotaph at Congressional
Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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David Pierson Holloway (1809-1883) —
also known as David P. Holloway —
of Indiana.
Born in Waynesville, Warren
County, Ohio, December
7, 1809.
Newspaper
editor and publisher; member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1843-44; member of Indiana
state senate, 1844-52; candidate for Presidential Elector for
Indiana; U.S.
Representative from Indiana 5th District, 1855-57; lawyer.
Quaker.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Washington,
D.C., September
9, 1883 (age 73 years, 276
days).
Original interment at Maple
Grove Cemetery (which no longer exists), Richmond, Ind.;
reinterment at Earlham
Cemetery, Richmond, Ind.
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Gabriel Holmes (1769-1829) —
of Clinton, Sampson
County, N.C.
Born near Clinton, Sampson
County, N.C., 1769.
Lawyer; member of North
Carolina house of commons, 1794-95; member of North
Carolina state senate, 1797-1802, 1812-13; Governor of
North Carolina, 1821-24; U.S.
Representative from North Carolina 5th District, 1825-29; died in
office 1829.
Slaveowner.
Died near Clinton, Sampson
County, N.C., September
26, 1829 (age about 60
years).
Original interment at a
private or family graveyard, Sampson County, N.C.; reinterment in
1984 at John Sampson Cemetery, Clinton, N.C.; cenotaph at Congressional
Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. (1841-1935) —
also known as "The Great Dissenter" —
of Massachusetts.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., March 8,
1841.
Colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War; lawyer; justice of
Massachusetts state supreme court, 1882-1902; chief
justice of Massachusetts supreme judicial court, 1899-1902; Associate
Justice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1902-32; retired 1932.
Unitarian.
Elected to the Hall
of Fame for Great Americans in 1965.
Died, of pneumonia,
in Washington,
D.C., March 6,
1935 (age 93 years, 363
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Relatives: Son
of Dr. Oliver Wendell Holmes and Amelia Lee (Jackson) Holmes;
married, June 17,
1872, to Fanny Bowditch Dixwell; nephew of Ann Susan Holmes (who
married Charles
Wentworth Upham). |
| | | Political families: Upham
family; Saltonstall-Davis-Frelinghuysen-Appleton
family of Massachusetts; Bell-Upham
family of New Hampshire; Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin
family of Connecticut and New York (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | Cross-reference: Francis
Biddle — Laurence
Curtis — Lewis
Einstein — Erland
F. Fish |
| | | See also federal
judicial profile — Wikipedia article — Ballotpedia
article — NNDB
dossier — Find-A-Grave
memorial — Arlington National
Cemetery unofficial website |
| | | Books by Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.: The
Common Law |
| | | Books about Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.:
Gary J. Aichele, Oliver
Wendell Holmes, Jr. : Soldier, Scholar, Judge — G.
Edward White, Justice
Oliver Wendell Holmes: Law and the Inner Self —
Sheldon M. Novick, Honorable
Justice: The Life of Oliver Wendell Holmes — Liva
Baker, The
Justice from Beacon Hill: The Life and Times of Oliver Wendell
Holmes — James Bishop Peabody, The
Holmes-Einstein Letters : Correspondence of Mr. Justice Holmes and
Lewis Einstein 1903-1935 |
| | | Critical books about Oliver Wendell Holmes,
Jr.: Albert W. Alschuler, Law
Without Values : The Life, Work, and Legacy of Justice
Holmes |
| | | Image source: American Monthly Review
of Reviews, September 1902 |
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Eleanor Holmes=Norton (b. 1937) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Washington,
D.C., June 13,
1937.
Democrat. Lawyer; university
professor; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New
York, 1972;
Delegate
to U.S. Congress from the District of Columbia, 1991-; delegate
to Democratic National Convention from District of Columbia, 1996
(delegation chair), 2000,
2004,
2008.
Female.
Episcopalian.
African
ancestry. Member, Council on
Foreign Relations; American Civil
Liberties Union.
Still living as of 2019.
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Joseph Holt (1807-1894) —
of Elizabethtown, Hardin
County, Ky.; Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Breckinridge
County, Ky., January
6, 1807.
Lawyer; newspaper
editor; Jefferson
County Commonwealth Attorney, 1833-35; U.S. Commissioner of
Patents, 1857; U.S.
Postmaster General, 1859-60; U.S.
Secretary of War, 1861.
Died in Washington,
D.C., August
1, 1894 (age 87 years, 207
days).
Interment a
private or family graveyard, Breckinridge County, Ky.
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Joseph Lawrence Hooper (1877-1934) —
also known as Joseph L. Hooper —
of Battle Creek, Calhoun
County, Mich.
Born in Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio, December
22, 1877.
Republican. Lawyer; Calhoun
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1903-06; U.S.
Representative from Michigan 3rd District, 1925-34; died in
office 1934.
Congregationalist.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Washington,
D.C., February
22, 1934 (age 56 years, 62
days).
Interment at Oak
Hill Cemetery, Battle Creek, Mich.
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James Herron Hopkins (1832-1904) —
of Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa.
Born in Washington, Washington
County, Pa., November
3, 1832.
Democrat. Lawyer; banker; manufacturer;
mining
business; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 22nd District, 1875-77, 1883-85.
Died in North Hatley, Quebec,
June
17, 1904 (age 71 years, 227
days).
Interment at Oak
Hill Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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John Westbrook Hornbeck (1804-1848) —
of Allentown, Lehigh
County, Pa.
Born in Montague, Sussex
County, N.J., January
24, 1804.
Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 6th District, 1847-48; died in
office 1848.
Died in Allentown, Lehigh
County, Pa., January
16, 1848 (age 43 years, 357
days).
Interment at Allentown
Cemetery, Allentown, Pa.; cenotaph at Congressional
Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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George Washington Houk (1825-1894) —
also known as George W. Houk —
of Dayton, Montgomery
County, Ohio.
Born near Mt. Holly Springs, Cumberland
County, Pa., September
25, 1825.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Ohio
state house of representatives from Montgomery County, 1851-52;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Ohio, 1876;
candidate for Presidential Elector for Ohio; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 3rd District, 1891-94; died in office
1894.
Died in Washington,
D.C., February
9, 1894 (age 68 years, 137
days).
Interment at Woodland
Cemetery, Dayton, Ohio.
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Perry Wilbon Howard Jr. (1877-1961) —
also known as Perry W. Howard —
of Jackson, Hinds
County, Miss.
Born in Ebenezer, Holmes
County, Miss., June 14,
1877.
Republican. College
professor; lawyer; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Mississippi, 1912,
1916,
1924,
1928
(member, Credentials
Committee), 1932,
1936
(member, Resolutions
Committee), 1940
(member, Credentials
Committee), 1944,
1948,
1952
(member, Credentials
Committee), 1956;
member of Republican
National Committee from Mississippi, 1924-60.
Methodist.
African
ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Elks; Odd
Fellows; Knights
of Pythias; Woodmen.
Died in Washington,
D.C., February
1, 1961 (age 83 years, 232
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Timothy Otis Howe (1816-1883) —
also known as Timothy O. Howe —
of Green Bay, Brown
County, Wis.
Born in Livermore, Androscoggin
County, Maine, February
24, 1816.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Maine
state house of representatives, 1845; circuit judge in Wisconsin
4th Circuit, 1851-53; justice of
Wisconsin state supreme court, 1851-53; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Wisconsin, 1856;
U.S.
Senator from Wisconsin, 1861-79; U.S.
Postmaster General, 1882-83; died in office 1883.
Died in Washington,
D.C., March
25, 1883 (age 67 years, 29
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Allouez, Wis.
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William Washington Howes (1887-1962) —
also known as W. W. Howes —
of Wolsey, Beadle
County, S.Dak.; Huron, Beadle
County, S.Dak.
Born in Tomah, Monroe
County, Wis., February
16, 1887.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of South
Dakota state senate 22nd District, 1917-18; candidate for Governor of
South Dakota, 1920; South Dakota
Democratic state chair, 1923; member of Democratic
National Committee from South Dakota, 1924-40; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from South Dakota, 1924
(member, Committee
on Rules and Order of Business), 1940;
First Assistant U.S. Postmaster General; resigned in protest in 1940
when President Franklin
D. Roosevelt sought an unprecedented third term.
Died in Washington,
D.C., January
15, 1962 (age 74 years, 333
days).
Interment at Oak
Hill Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Steny Hamilton Hoyer (b. 1939) —
also known as Steny H. Hoyer —
of Berkshire, Prince
George's County, Md.; Mechanicsville, St. Mary's
County, Md.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., June 14,
1939.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Maryland
state senate District 4-C, 1967-78; candidate for Lieutenant
Governor of Maryland, 1978; U.S.
Representative from Maryland 5th District, 1981-; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Maryland, 1988,
1996,
2000,
2004,
2008
(speaker).
Baptist.
Danish
ancestry.
Still living as of 2019.
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Henry Martyn Hoyt (1856-1910) —
also known as Henry M. Hoyt —
Born in Wilkes-Barre, Luzerne
County, Pa., December
5, 1856.
Lawyer; U.S. Solicitor General, 1903-09.
Died, from peritonitis,
in Washington,
D.C., November
20, 1910 (age 53 years, 350
days).
Interment somewhere
in Wilkes-Barre, Pa.
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George Huddleston Jr. (1920-1971) —
of Birmingham, Jefferson
County, Ala.
Born in Birmingham, Jefferson
County, Ala., March
19, 1920.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; lawyer;
U.S.
Representative from Alabama, 1955-65 (9th District 1955-63,
at-large 1963-65).
Member, American Bar
Association; Phi
Beta Kappa; American
Legion.
Died in Washington,
D.C., September
14, 1971 (age 51 years, 179
days).
Interment at Elmwood
Cemetery, Birmingham, Ala.
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Cordell Hull (1871-1955) —
also known as "Father of the United
Nations" —
of Carthage, Smith
County, Tenn.
Born in a log
cabin at Olympus, Overton County (now Pickett
County), Tenn., October
2, 1871.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Tennessee
state house of representatives, 1893-97; served in the U.S. Army
during the Spanish-American War; circuit judge in Tennessee, 1903-07;
U.S.
Representative from Tennessee 4th District, 1907-21, 1923-31;
defeated, 1920; member of Democratic
National Committee from Tennessee, 1914-24; Chairman
of Democratic National Committee, 1921-24; candidate for
Democratic nomination for President, 1928,
1940,
1944;
U.S.
Senator from Tennessee, 1931-33; U.S.
Secretary of State, 1933-44; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Tennessee, 1936.
Baptist;
later Episcopalian.
Received the Nobel
Peace Prize in 1945.
Died, of heart
disease and sarcoidosis,
at Bethesda
Naval Hospital, Bethesda, Montgomery
County, Md., July 23,
1955 (age 83 years, 294
days).
Entombed at Washington
National Cathedral, Washington, D.C.
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Relatives: Son
of William Hull and Elizabeth (Riley) Hull. |
| | | Cross-reference: Thomas
K. Finletter |
| | | Cordell Hull Dam
on the Cumberland River, and its impoundment, Cordell Hull Lake,
in Smith
and Jackson
counties, Tennessee, are named for
him. — The Cordell Hull State
Office Building (built 1952-54), in Nashville,
Tennessee, is named for
him. — Cordell Hull Highway,
in Barren
and Monroe
counties, Kentucky, is named for
him. |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Wikipedia article — NNDB
dossier — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Books by Cordell Hull: The
Memoirs of Cordell Hull |
| | | Books about Cordell Hull: Julius
William Pratt, Cordell
Hull, 1933-44 |
| | | Image source: U.S. postage stamp
(1963) |
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James Humphrey (1811-1866) —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Fairfield, Fairfield
County, Conn., October
9, 1811.
Republican. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from New York, 1859-61, 1865-66 (2nd District
1859-61, 3rd District 1865-66); died in office 1866.
Died in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., June 16,
1866 (age 54 years, 250
days).
Interment at Green-Wood
Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.; cenotaph at Congressional
Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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William Ewart Humphrey (1862-1934) —
also known as William E. Humphrey —
of Crawfordsville, Montgomery
County, Ind.; Seattle, King
County, Wash.
Born near Alamo, Montgomery
County, Ind., March
31, 1862.
Republican. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Washington, 1903-17 (at-large 1903-09, 1st
District 1909-17); member, Federal Trade Commission, 1925-33; chair,
Federal Trade Commission, 1927-28, 1932.
Died in Washington,
D.C., February
14, 1934 (age 71 years, 320
days).
Interment at Oak
Hill Cemetery, Crawfordsville, Ind.
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Ward Hunt (1810-1886) —
of Utica, Oneida
County, N.Y.
Born in Utica, Oneida
County, N.Y., June 14,
1810.
Lawyer; member of New York
state assembly from Oneida County, 1839; mayor of
Utica, N.Y., 1844; judge of
New York Court of Appeals, 1865-70; chief
judge of New York Court of Appeals, 1868-69; Member of the New
York Commission of Appeals, 1870-72; Associate
Justice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1872-82.
Episcopalian.
Member, Kappa
Alpha Society.
Died in Washington,
D.C., March
24, 1886 (age 75 years, 283
days).
Interment at Forest
Hill Cemetery, Utica, N.Y.
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Samuel Huntington (1731-1796) —
of Norwich, New London
County, Conn.
Born in Windham, Windham
County, Conn., July 16,
1731.
Lawyer; superior court judge in Connecticut, 1773-85; Delegate
to Continental Congress from Connecticut, 1776-84; signer,
Declaration of Independence, 1776; member of Connecticut
council of assistants, 1776-83; Lieutenant
Governor of Connecticut, 1784-86; Governor of
Connecticut, 1786-96; died in office 1796; received 2 electoral
votes, 1789.
Congregationalist.
Died in Norwich, New London
County, Conn., January
5, 1796 (age 64 years, 173
days).
Interment at Norwichtown
Cemetery, Norwich, Conn.; memorial monument at Constitution Gardens, Washington, D.C.
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Relatives: Son
of Nathaniel Huntington (1691-1767) and Mehetabel (Thurston)
Huntington; married, January
5, 1761, to Martha Devotion; uncle and adoptive father of Samuel
H. Huntington; granduncle of Nathaniel
Huntington (1793-1828), James
Huntington, Joseph
Lyman Huntington and Elisha
Mills Huntington; great-granduncle of Collins
Dwight Huntington and George
Milo Huntington; second great-granduncle of William
Barret Ridgely; third great-granduncle of Helen
Huntington Hull; first cousin once removed of Benjamin
Huntington; second cousin of Henry
Huntington and Gurdon
Huntington; second cousin once removed of John
Davenport, Ebenezer
Huntington, Joshua
Coit, James
Davenport, Abel
Huntington and Benjamin
Nicoll Huntington; second cousin twice removed of William
Woodbridge, Zina
Hyde Jr., Jabez
Williams Huntington, Isaac
Backus, Theodore
Davenport, Charles
Phelps Huntington and Henry
Titus Backus; second cousin thrice removed of John
Hall Brockway, Robert
Coit Jr., Thomas
Worcester Hyde, Alonzo
Mark Leffingwell, Abial
Lathrop, Roger
Wolcott and William
Clark Huntington; second cousin four times removed of Alexander
Hamilton Waterman, Matthew
Griswold, George
Douglas Perkins, Charles
Edward Hyde, Herman
Arod Gager, Josiah
Quincy, William
Brainard Coit, Henry
Arthur Huntington, John
Sedgwick Hyde, Edward
Warden Hyde, John
Leffingwell Randolph, Arthur
Evarts Lord and George
Leffingwell Reed; second cousin five times removed of Charles
Grenfill Washburn, Edmond
Otis Dewey, Austin
Eugene Lathrop, George
Martin Dewey, Schuyler
Carl Wells, Franklin
Delano Roosevelt, John
Foster Dulles, James
Gillespie Blaine III, Allen
Welsh Dulles and Randolph
Appleton Kidder; third cousin of Samuel
Adams; third cousin once removed of Joseph
Allen, Chauncey
Goodrich, Elizur
Goodrich, Augustus
Seymour Porter (1769-1849), Samuel
Nicholls Smallwood and Peter
Buell Porter; third cousin twice removed of Samuel
Lathrop, Bela
Edgerton, Willard
J. Chapin, Augustus
Seymour Porter (1798-1872), Peter
Buell Porter Jr., Philo
Fairchild Barnum, Phineas
Taylor Barnum and Peter
Augustus Porter (1827-1864); third cousin thrice removed of Benjamin
Hard, Charles
Robert Sherman, Heman
Ticknor, Gideon
Hard, Norman
A. Phelps, Alphonso
Taft, Alfred
Peck Edgerton, Emerson
Wight, Joseph
Ketchum Edgerton, William
Henry Barnum, Ulysses
Simpson Grant, William
Vincent Wells, Augustus
Frank, Edward
M. Chapin, Elizur
Stillman Goodrich, Rhamanthus
Menville Stocker and Peter
Augustus Porter (1853-1925); fourth cousin once removed of Martin
Keeler and Thaddeus
Betts. |
| | | Political families: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin
family of Connecticut and New York; Adams-Waite-Forshee-Cowan
family of Dexter, Michigan (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | Huntington
County, Ind. is named for him. |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — National
Governors Association biography — Wikipedia article |
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Rosel Herschel Hyde (b. 1900) —
also known as Rosel H. Hyde —
of Idaho; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Bannock
County, Idaho, April
12, 1900.
Republican. Lawyer; member, Federal Communications Commission,
1946-69; chair, Federal Communications Commission, 1953-54, 1966-69.
Mormon.
Member, Federal
Bar Association.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of George T. Hyde and Emma (Nibley) Hyde; married, September
3, 1924, to Mary Henderson. |
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