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Arthur MacArthur (1815-1896) —
of Milwaukee, Milwaukee
County, Wis.
Born in Glasgow, Scotland,
January
26, 1815.
Democrat. Lawyer; Lieutenant
Governor of Wisconsin, 1856-58; Governor of
Wisconsin, 1856; circuit judge in Wisconsin 2nd Circuit,
1856-69; Associate
Justice, U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia,
1870-87; retired 1887.
Died in Atlantic City, Atlantic
County, N.J., August
26, 1896 (age 81 years, 213
days).
Interment at Rock
Creek Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Clark MacGregor (1922-2003) —
of Plymouth, Hennepin
County, Minn.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn., July 12,
1922.
Republican. Major in the U.S. Army during World War II;
lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Minnesota 3rd District, 1961-71; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Minnesota, 1964,
1968;
candidate for U.S.
Senator from Minnesota, 1970.
Presbyterian.
Member, American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars.
Chairman of President Richard
M. Nixon's re-election campaign, July to November 1972.
Died, of respiratory
failure, in a hospital
at Pompano Beach, Broward
County, Fla., February
10, 2003 (age 80 years, 213
days).
Interment at Forest
Hill Cemetery, Duluth, Minn.
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Hervey Gilbert Machen (1916-1994) —
also known as Hervey Machen —
of Hyattsville, Prince
George's County, Md.
Born in Washington,
D.C., October
14, 1916.
Democrat. Lawyer; banker;
served in the U.S. Army during World War II; vice-chair of
Maryland Democratic Party, 1953-57; member of Maryland
state house of delegates, 1955-65; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Maryland, 1964;
U.S.
Representative from Maryland 5th District, 1965-69; defeated,
1968, 1970.
Episcopalian.
Member, Kiwanis;
Moose.
Died in Annapolis, Anne
Arundel County, Md., November
29, 1994 (age 78 years, 46
days).
Interment at St.
Barnabas Church Cemetery, Upper Marlboro, Md.
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Edmund William McGregor Mackey (1846-1884) —
also known as Edmund W. M. Mackey —
of Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C.
Born in Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C., March 8,
1846.
Republican. Lawyer; delegate
to South Carolina state constitutional convention from Orangeburg
County, 1868; Charleston
County Sheriff, 1868-72; delegate to Republican National
Convention from South Carolina, 1872,
1880;
member of South
Carolina state house of representatives from Charleston County,
1873-74; U.S.
Representative from South Carolina, 1875-76, 1882-84 (2nd
District 1875-76, 1882-83, 7th District 1883-84); died in office 1884.
Died in Washington,
D.C., January
27, 1884 (age 37 years, 325
days).
Interment at Glenwood
Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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George Edward MacKinnon (1906-1995) —
also known as George E. MacKinnon —
of Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn.; Potomac, Allegany
County, Md.
Born in St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn., April
22, 1906.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Minnesota
state house of representatives District 29, 1935-42; served in
the U.S. Navy during World War II; U.S.
Representative from Minnesota 3rd District, 1947-49; U.S.
Attorney for Minnesota, 1953-58; candidate for Governor of
Minnesota, 1958; Judge
of U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, 1969-83, 1969-;
took senior status 1983.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Delta
Tau Delta; Phi
Delta Phi.
Died in Potomac, Montgomery
County, Md., May 1,
1995 (age 89 years, 9
days).
Interment at Mound
Cemetery, Mound, Minn.
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Charles MacVeagh (1860-1931) —
of Washington,
D.C.
Born in West Chester, Chester
County, Pa., June 6,
1860.
Lawyer; general solicitor and assistant general counsel, U.S.
Steel
Corporation, 1901-25; U.S. Ambassador to Japan, 1925-29.
Episcopalian.
Member, Delta
Kappa Epsilon.
Died in Mission Canyon, Santa
Barbara County, Calif., December
4, 1931 (age 71 years, 181
days).
Interment at Church
of the Redeemer Cemetery, Bryn Mawr, Pa.
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Isaac Wayne MacVeagh (1833-1917) —
also known as Wayne MacVeagh —
of Chester
County, Pa.; Bryn Mawr, Montgomery
County, Pa.
Born in Phoenixville, Chester
County, Pa., April
19, 1833.
Republican. Lawyer; Chester
County District Attorney, 1859-64; served in the Union Army
during the Civil War; Pennsylvania
Republican state chair, 1863; U.S. Minister to Turkey, 1870-71; delegate
to Pennsylvania state constitutional convention, 1872; U.S.
Attorney General, 1881; U.S. Ambassador to Italy, 1893-97.
Methodist.
Member, Delta
Kappa Epsilon.
Died in Washington,
D.C., January
11, 1917 (age 83 years, 267
days).
Interment at Church
of the Redeemer Cemetery, Bryn Mawr, Pa.
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Relatives: Son
of Maj. John MacVeagh and Margaret (Lincoln) MacVeagh; brother of Franklin
MacVeagh; married, May 22,
1856, to Letitia Miner 'Letty' Lewis; married, December
27, 1866, to Virginia Rolette Cameron (daughter of Simon
Cameron); father of Charles
MacVeagh; grandfather of Lincoln
MacVeagh. |
| | | Political family: MacVeagh
family of Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania (subset of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | Epitaph: "Genial to his friends.
Enlightening to all. Keen eyed, clear spoken. He remembered, he
observed, he foresaw." |
| | | See also Wikipedia
article — U.S. State Dept career summary — NNDB
dossier — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Ray John Madden (1892-1987) —
also known as Ray J. Madden —
of Omaha, Douglas
County, Neb.; Gary, Lake
County, Ind.
Born in Waseca, Waseca
County, Minn., February
25, 1892.
Democrat. Lawyer; municipal judge in Nebraska, 1916; served in
the U.S. Navy during World War I; Lake
County Treasurer, 1938-42; U.S.
Representative from Indiana, 1943-77 (1st District 1943-63, 8th
District 1963-65, 1st District 1965-77); delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Indiana, 1952,
1956,
1960,
1964,
1968.
Member, American
Legion.
Died in Washington,
D.C., September
28, 1987 (age 95 years, 215
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Fletcher Maddox (b. 1860) —
of White Sulphur Springs, Meagher
County, Mont.; Great Falls, Cascade
County, Mont.
Born in Washington,
D.C., December
23, 1860.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Montana
state senate, 1902-06; Montana
Republican state chair, 1906; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Montana, 1914.
Member, Freemasons;
Elks.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Thomas Harris Maddox and Marion Elizabeth (Fletcher) Maddox;
married, March
31, 1887, to Jessie Coburn. |
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Samuel Abbot Maginnis (1885-1941) —
also known as S. Abbot Maginnis —
of Salt Lake City, Salt Lake
County, Utah; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Zanesville, Muskingum
County, Ohio, October
23, 1885.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S. Minister to Bolivia, 1919-21.
Member, Elks.
Died, in Emergency Hospital,
Washington,
D.C., September
25, 1941 (age 55 years, 337
days).
Interment at Cedar
Hill Cemetery, Suitland, Md.
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Alexander Contee Magruder (1779-1853) —
also known as Alexander C. Magruder —
of Annapolis, Anne
Arundel County, Md.
Born in Maryland, 1779.
Lawyer; member of Maryland
state executive council, 1812-15; member of Maryland
state senate, 1838-41; mayor
of Annapolis, Md., 1840-43; Judge, Maryland Court of Appeals,
1844-51.
Died in Fort Washington, Prince
George's County, Md., January
31, 1853 (age about 73
years).
Interment at Congressional
Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Charles Delahunt Mahaffie (b. 1884) —
also known as Charles D. Mahaffie —
of Washington,
D.C.
Born in Olathe, Johnson
County, Kan., December
5, 1884.
Democrat. Rhodes
scholar; lawyer; member, Interstate Commerce Commission,
1930-54.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of George B. Mahaffie and Mary Frances (Williams) Mahaffie; married,
August
25, 1928, to Isabel Cooper. |
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Rowland Blennerhassett Mahany (1864-1937) —
also known as Rowland B. Mahany —
of Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y., September
28, 1864.
Newspaper
editor; lawyer; U.S. Minister to Ecuador, 1892-93; U.S.
Representative from New York 32nd District, 1895-99; defeated
(Republican), 1892, 1898, 1900; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from District of Columbia, 1924
(alternate), 1928
(member, Committee
on Permanent Organization).
Episcopalian.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; Psi
Upsilon.
Died in Washington,
D.C., May 2,
1937 (age 72 years, 216
days).
Interment at Congressional
Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Frank Webster Mahin (1851-1936) —
also known as Frank W. Mahin —
of Clinton, Clinton
County, Iowa; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Muscatine, Muscatine
County, Iowa, November
6, 1851.
Republican. Lawyer; newspaper
editor and publisher; postmaster at Clinton,
Iowa, 1890-94; U.S. Consul in Reichenberg, 1897-1902; Nottingham, 1902-10; Amsterdam, 1910-13, 1915-24.
Member, Freemasons.
Prohibition advocate in 1890s; longtime friend of Samuel Clemens
(Mark Twain); was a passenger on a Dutch Ship, Queen
Wilhelmina, which was sunk by a German torpedo in the North Sea
in 1916; he and his wife escaped to a lifeboat and survived.
Died, from a heart
ailment, in Washington,
D.C., May 6,
1936 (age 84 years, 182
days).
Interment at Greenwood
Cemetery, Muscatine, Iowa.
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Relatives: Son
of Jacob Mahin and Elizabeth (Hare) Mahin; married 1879 to Abbie
A. Cadle. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Image source: Washington Post, May 7,
1936 |
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Levi Maish (1837-1899) —
of York, York
County, Pa.
Born in Conewago Township, York
County, Pa., November
22, 1837.
Democrat. Colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War;
lawyer; member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives from York County, 1867-68; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 19th District, 1875-79, 1887-91.
Died in Washington,
D.C., February
26, 1899 (age 61 years, 96
days).
Original interment at Oak
Hill Cemetery, Washington, D.C.; reinterment in 1919 at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Charles Taylor Manatt (1936-2011) —
also known as Charles Manatt —
of Van Nuys, Los Angeles, Los
Angeles County, Calif.; Los Angeles, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., June 9,
1936.
Democrat. Lawyer; candidate for Presidential Elector for
California; California
Democratic state chair, 1971-73, 1975-77; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from California, 1972,
1988,
1996,
2000,
2004,
2008;
Temporary Chair, 1984;
member of Democratic
National Committee from California, 1976-82; Chairman
of Democratic National Committee, 1981-85; U.S. Ambassador to Dominican Republic, 1999-2001.
Methodist.
Member, American Bar
Association; Federal
Bar Association; Phi
Delta Phi; Delta
Sigma Rho; Phi
Kappa Phi; Delta
Chi; Freemasons.
Died in 2011
(age about
75 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Frank Fabian Mankiewicz (1924-2014) —
also known as Frank Mankiewicz —
of Los Angeles, Los
Angeles County, Calif.; Montgomery
County, Md.
Born in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., May 16,
1924.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; candidate for
California
state assembly, 1950; lawyer; author;
press secretary for Robert
F. Kennedy, 1966-68; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from California, 1968;
campaign manager for George
McGovern's presidential campaign, 1972; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Maryland 8th District, 1976; president,
National Public Radio,
1977-83.
Jewish.
Died, of heart
failure while suffering from lung
problems, in a hospital
at Washington,
D.C., October
23, 2014 (age 90 years, 160
days).
Interment at Rock
Creek Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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James Robert Mann (1856-1922) —
also known as James R. Mann —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born near Bloomington, McLean
County, Ill., October
20, 1856.
Republican. Lawyer; Chicago alderman, 1893-96; U.S.
Representative from Illinois, 1897-1922 (1st District 1897-1903,
2nd District 1903-22); died in office 1922; chair of
Cook County Republican Party, 1902.
Namesake of the Mann Act (1910), which prohibited transport of "any
woman or girl" across state lines, "for the purpose of prostitution
or debauchery, or for any other immoral purpose.".
Died in Washington,
D.C., November
30, 1922 (age 66 years, 41
days).
Interment at Oak
Woods Cemetery, Chicago, Ill.
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Vannoy Hartrog Manning (1839-1892) —
also known as Van H. Manning —
of Hamburg, Ashley
County, Ark.; Holly Springs, Marshall
County, Miss.
Born near Raleigh, Wake
County, N.C., July 26,
1839.
Democrat. Lawyer; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Arkansas, 1860;
colonel in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; U.S.
Representative from Mississippi 2nd District, 1877-83.
Slaveowner.
Died in Branchville, Prince
George's County, Md., November
2, 1892 (age 53 years, 99
days).
Interment at Glenwood
Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Charles Harley Mansur (1835-1895) —
also known as Charles H. Mansur —
of Chillicothe, Livingston
County, Mo.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., March 6,
1835.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Missouri
Democratic State Committee, 1864-68; Livingston
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1875-79; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Missouri, 1884;
U.S.
Representative from Missouri 2nd District, 1887-93; defeated,
1872, 1880; Second Comptroller of the U.S. Treasury, 1893-94;
Assistant Comptroller, 1894-95.
Died in Washington,
D.C., April
16, 1895 (age 60 years, 41
days).
Interment at Richmond
Cemetery, Richmond, Mo.
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Edward John Markey (b. 1946) —
also known as Ed Markey —
of Malden, Middlesex
County, Mass.
Born in Malden, Middlesex
County, Mass., July 11,
1946.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1973-76; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 7th District, 1976-2013;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Massachusetts, 1996,
2000,
2004,
2008;
U.S.
Senator from Massachusetts, 2013-.
Catholic.
Still living as of 2017.
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John Marshall (b. 1881) —
of Parkersburg, Wood
County, W.Va.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in New Cumberland, Hancock
County, W.Va., July 28,
1881.
Republican. Lawyer; delegate to Republican National Convention
from West Virginia, 1920,
1924,
1928
(speaker),
1936
(alternate).
Disciples
of Christ. Member, American Bar
Association; Beta
Theta Pi; Delta
Chi; Elks; Navy
League.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Oliver S. Marshall and Elizabeth Hammond (Tarr) Marshall; married,
January
25, 1905, to Rebecca Paull. |
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Thomas Riley Marshall (1854-1925) —
also known as Thomas R. Marshall —
of Columbia City, Whitley
County, Ind.
Born in North Manchester, Wabash
County, Ind., March
14, 1854.
Democrat. Lawyer; Governor of
Indiana, 1909-13; candidate for Democratic nomination for
President, 1912,
1920;
Vice
President of the United States, 1913-21.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons; Moose; Phi
Beta Kappa; Phi
Gamma Delta.
Coined the saying: "What this country needs is a good five-cent
cigar.".
Died, from the effects of a heart
attack, in his room at the Willard Hotel, Washington,
D.C., June 1,
1925 (age 71 years, 79
days).
Originally entombed at Estates
of Serenity, Marion, Ind.; re-entombed at Crown
Hill Cemetery, Indianapolis, Ind.
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George Ewing Martin (1857-1948) —
also known as George E. Martin —
of Lancaster, Fairfield
County, Ohio.
Born in Lancaster, Fairfield
County, Ohio, November
23, 1857.
Lawyer; banker;
candidate for Presidential Elector for Ohio; common pleas court judge
in Ohio 7th District, 1904-11; Associate
Judge of U.S. Court of Customs Appeals, 1911-23; Presiding
Judge of U.S. Court of Customs Appeals, 1923-24; Chief
Justice of U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, 1924-37;
took senior status 1937.
Died in Washington,
D.C., April
14, 1948 (age 90 years, 143
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Isaac Jack Martin (1908-1966) —
also known as I. Jack Martin —
Born in Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio, July 18,
1908.
Lawyer; Associate
Judge of U.S. Court of Customs and Patent Appeals, 1958-66; died
in office 1966.
Jewish.
Member, Order of
the Coif.
Died in Washington,
D.C., November
5, 1966 (age 58 years, 110
days).
Interment at Walnut Hills United Jewish Cemetery, Cincinnati, Ohio.
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John Andrew Martin (1868-1939) —
also known as John A. Martin —
of Pueblo, Pueblo
County, Colo.
Born in Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio, April
10, 1868.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Colorado
state house of representatives, 1901; U.S.
Representative from Colorado, 1909-13, 1933-39 (2nd District
1909-13, 3rd District 1933-39); died in office 1939.
Irish
ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Knights
of Pythias; American
Legion.
Died in Washington,
D.C., December
23, 1939 (age 71 years, 257
days).
Interment at Mountain
View Cemetery, Pueblo, Colo.
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Lewis J. Martin (1844-1913) —
of Newton, Sussex
County, N.J.
Born near Deckertown (now Sussex), Sussex
County, N.J., February
22, 1844.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of New
Jersey state house of assembly from Sussex County, 1879-81;
county judge in New Jersey, 1881-96; member of New
Jersey state senate from Sussex County, 1898-1903; U.S.
Representative from New Jersey 6th District, 1913; died in office
1913.
Dropped dead, from heart
disease, in Union
Station, Washington,
D.C., May 5,
1913 (age 69 years, 72
days).
Interment at Newton
Cemetery, Newton, N.J.
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Whitmell Pugh Martin (1867-1929) —
also known as Whitmell P. Martin; Whit P.
Martin —
of Thibodaux, Lafourche
Parish, La.
Born near Napoleonville, Assumption
Parish, La., August
12, 1867.
Democrat. Chemist;
lawyer; District Attorney, 20th District of Louisiana,
1900-06; district judge in Louisiana 20th District, 1906-14; delegate
to Democratic National Convention from Louisiana, 1912
(alternate), 1920;
U.S.
Representative from Louisiana 3rd District, 1915-29; died in
office 1929.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Washington,
D.C., April 6,
1929 (age 61 years, 237
days).
Interment at St.
John's Episcopal Cemetery, Thibodaux, La.
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Robert Takeo Matsui (1941-2005) —
also known as Robert T. Matsui —
of Sacramento, Sacramento
County, Calif.
Born in Sacramento, Sacramento
County, Calif., September
17, 1941.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from California, 1979-2005 (3rd District 1979-93,
5th District 1993-2005); died in office 2005; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from California, 1988
(speaker),
1996,
2000,
2004.
Methodist.
Japanese
ancestry. Member, Rotary;
Council on
Foreign Relations.
Died, of pneumonia
and myelodysplastic
syndrome, in Bethesda
Naval Hospital, Bethesda, Montgomery
County, Md., January
1, 2005 (age 63 years, 106
days).
Interment at East
Lawn Memorial Park, Sacramento, Calif.
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Virgil Maxcy (1785-1844) —
of Maryland.
Born in Attleboro, Bristol
County, Mass., May 5,
1785.
Lawyer; member of Maryland
state executive council, 1815; member of Maryland
state house of delegates, 1820; member of Maryland
state senate, 1820; U.S. Charge d'Affaires to Belgium, 1837-42.
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 58 years, 299
days).
Originally entombed at Congressional
Cemetery, Washington, D.C.; reinterment at a
private or family graveyard, Anne Arundel County, Md.
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William Gibbs McAdoo (1863-1941) —
also known as William G. McAdoo —
of Chattanooga, Hamilton
County, Tenn.; New York, New York
County, N.Y.; Los Angeles, Los
Angeles County, Calif.; Santa Barbara, Santa
Barbara County, Calif.
Born near Marietta, Cobb
County, Ga., October
31, 1863.
Democrat. Lawyer; law partner with William
McAdoo (no relation); attorney for railroads;
president, Hudson & Manhattan Railroad
Co.; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1904,
1912;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York 17th District, 1908; member of Democratic
National Committee from New York, 1912; U.S.
Secretary of the Treasury, 1913-18; candidate for Democratic
nomination for President, 1920,
1924;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from California, 1932,
1936;
U.S.
Senator from California, 1933-38; member of Democratic
National Committee from California, 1937-39.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Washington,
D.C., February
1, 1941 (age 77 years, 93
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Relatives: Son
of William Gibbs McAdoo (1820-1849) and Mary Faith (Floyd) McAdoo;
married, November
18, 1885, to Sarah Houston Fleming; married, May 7,
1914, to Eleanor Randolph Wilson (daughter of Woodrow
Wilson and Ellen
Wilson); married, September
14, 1935, to Doris Isabel Cross; great-grandson of John
Floyd. |
| | | Political family: Harrison-Randolph-Marshall-Cabell
family of Virginia (subset of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | Cross-reference: Byron
R. Newton — Nat
Rogan |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Wikipedia article — NNDB
dossier — Find-A-Grave
memorial — Federal
Reserve History |
| | | Image source: Munsey's Magazine, May
1919 |
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Claire McCaskill (b. 1953) —
of Kansas City, Jackson
County, Mo.
Born in Rolla, Phelps
County, Mo., July 24,
1953.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Missouri
state house of representatives, 1982-88; Jackson
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1992-98; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Missouri, 1996,
2000,
2008
(delegation chair); Missouri
state auditor, 1998-2006; candidate for Governor of
Missouri, 2004; U.S.
Senator from Missouri, 2007-.
Female.
Still living as of 2014.
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Joseph Walker McCorkle (1819-1884) —
also known as Joseph W. McCorkle; J. W.
McCorkle —
of Dayton, Montgomery
County, Ohio; Sutter
County, Calif.; Virginia City, Storey
County, Nev.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Piqua, Miami
County, Ohio, June 24,
1819.
Democrat. Lawyer; postmaster at Dayton,
Ohio, 1845-49; went
to California for the 1849 Gold Rush; member of California
state assembly 14th District, 1851-52; U.S.
Representative from California 2nd District, 1851-53.
Engaged in a duel
with U.S. Senator W.
M. Gwin, June 1, 1853; there were no injuries.
Died in Branchville, Prince
George's County, Md., March
18, 1884 (age 64 years, 268
days).
Interment at Forest
Hill Cemetery, Piqua, Ohio.
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Hugh McCulloch (1808-1895) —
of Fort Wayne, Allen
County, Ind.; Washington,
D.C.; Vansville, Prince
George's County, Md.
Born in Kennebunk, York
County, Maine, December
7, 1808.
Republican. Lawyer; banker;
U.S. Comptroller of the Currency, 1863-65; U.S.
Secretary of the Treasury, 1865-69, 1884-85.
Died in Vansville, Prince
George's County, Md., May 24,
1895 (age 86 years, 168
days).
Interment at Rock
Creek Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Relatives: Son
of Hugh McCulloch (1773-1830) and Abigail (Perkins) McCulloch;
married, June 23,
1834, to Eunice Hardy; married, March
21, 1838, to Susan Maria Man. |
| | | McCulloch Hall (dormitory, built 1926), at
Harvard University
Business School, Boston,
Massachusetts, is named for
him. — The World War II Liberty
ship SS Hugh McCulloch (built 1943 at Richmond,
California; scrapped 1962) was named for
him. |
| | | Coins and currency: His portrait
appeared on $20 U.S. national bank notes in 1902.
|
| | | See also Wikipedia
article — NNDB
dossier — Find-A-Grave
memorial — Comptrollers
of the Currency |
| | | Image source: Life and Work of James G.
Blaine (1893) |
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Gerald S. McGowan (b. 1946) —
of Virginia.
Born in Birmingham, Oakland
County, Mich., 1946.
Served in the U.S. Army during the Vietnam war; lawyer; U.S.
Ambassador to Portugal, 1997-2001.
Still living as of 2001.
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Mike McIntyre (b. 1956) —
of Lumberton, Robeson
County, N.C.
Born in Lumberton, Robeson
County, N.C., August
6, 1956.
Democrat. Lawyer; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from North Carolina, 1980,
2000,
2004,
2008;
U.S.
Representative from North Carolina 7th District, 1997-.
Presbyterian.
Still living as of 2014.
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Thomas McKean (1734-1817) —
of New Castle, New Castle
County, Del.; Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in New London Township, Chester
County, Pa., March
19, 1734.
Lawyer; member of Delaware
colonial Assembly, 1765-76; common pleas court judge in Delaware,
1765-74; Delegate
to Continental Congress from Delaware, 1774-76; signer,
Declaration of Independence, 1776; served in the Continental Army
during the Revolutionary War; member of Delaware
house of assembly, 1777-83; President
of Delaware, 1777; chief
justice of Pennsylvania state supreme court, 1777-99; signer,
Articles of Confederation, 1781; delegate
to Pennsylvania state constitutional convention, 1789-90; Governor of
Pennsylvania, 1799-1808; impeached
by the Pennsylvania legislature in 1807, but no trial was ever held.
Scotch-Irish
ancestry.
Died in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., June 24,
1817 (age 83 years, 97
days).
Original interment at First
Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Philadelphia, Pa.; reinterment in
1843 at Laurel
Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia, Pa.; memorial monument at Constitution Gardens, Washington, D.C.
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James Douglas McKevitt (1928-2000) —
also known as James D. McKevitt; Mike
McKevitt —
of Denver,
Colo.
Born in Spokane, Spokane
County, Wash., 1928.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during the Korean conflict;
lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Colorado 1st District, 1971-73; defeated,
1972; delegate to Republican National Convention from Colorado, 1972.
Episcopalian.
Suffered a heart
attack, and died at Sibley Memorial Hospital,
Washington,
D.C., September
28, 2000 (age about 72
years).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Angus Wilton McLean (1870-1935) —
also known as Angus W. McLean —
of Lumberton, Robeson
County, N.C.
Born in Robeson
County, N.C., April
20, 1870.
Democrat. Lawyer; Robeson
County Attorney, 1892-1904; banker;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from North Carolina, 1904
(member, Committee
on Rules and Order of Business), 1912
(member, Committee
on Permanent Organization; speaker),
1932;
member of Democratic
National Committee from North Carolina, 1916-24; Governor of
North Carolina, 1925-29.
Presbyterian.
Scottish
ancestry. Member, American Bar
Association; American
Academy of Political and Social Science; Sons of
the Revolution; Knights
of Pythias; Sigma
Chi.
Died in Washington,
D.C., June 21,
1935 (age 65 years, 62
days).
Entombed at Meadowbrook
Cemetery, Lumberton, N.C.
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James Clark McReynolds (1862-1946) —
also known as James C. McReynolds —
of Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn.
Born in Elkton, Todd
County, Ky., February
3, 1862.
Lawyer; university
professor; U.S.
Attorney General, 1913-14; Associate
Justice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1914-41; took senior status 1941.
Disciples
of Christ.
Died in Washington,
D.C., August
24, 1946 (age 84 years, 202
days).
Interment at Glenwood
Cemetery, Elkton, Ky.
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Samuel Davis McReynolds (1872-1939) —
also known as Sam D. McReynolds —
of Pikeville, Bledsoe
County, Tenn.; Chattanooga, Hamilton
County, Tenn.
Born near Pikeville, Bledsoe
County, Tenn., April
16, 1872.
Democrat. Lawyer; circuit judge in Tennessee, 1903-23; U.S.
Representative from Tennessee 3rd District, 1923-39; died in
office 1939.
Died in Washington,
D.C., July 11,
1939 (age 67 years, 86
days).
Interment at Forest
Hills Cemetery, Chattanooga, Tenn.
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Gregory Weldon Meeks (b. 1953) —
also known as Gregory W. Meeks —
of Far Rockaway, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y.
Born in East Harlem, Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., September
25, 1953.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of New York
state assembly 31st District, 1993-98; U.S.
Representative from New York 6th District, 1998-; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from New York, 2000,
2004,
2008;
member of Democratic
National Committee from New York, 2008.
African
Methodist Episcopal. African
ancestry. Member, Alpha
Phi Alpha; NAACP.
Still living as of 2014.
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Amit Priyavadan Mehta (b. 1971) —
also known as Amit P. Mehta —
Born in Patan, Gujarat, India,
1971.
Lawyer; U.S.
District Judge for the District of Columbia, 2014-.
Indian
subcontinent ancestry. Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; Order of
the Coif.
Still living as of 2017.
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Josiah Meigs (1757-1822) —
of New Haven, New Haven
County, Conn.; St. Georges, Bermuda;
Athens, Clarke
County, Ga.
Born in Middletown, Middlesex
County, Conn., August
21, 1757.
Lawyer; newspaper
editor and publisher; acting president,
University of Georgia, 1801-10; U.S. Surveyor General, 1812-14;
Commissioner of the General Land Office, 1814-22; died in office 1822.
Member, American
Philosophical Society.
Died in Washington,
D.C., September
4, 1822 (age 65 years, 14
days).
Original interment at Holmead's Burying Ground, Washington, D.C.; reinterment in 1878
at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Relatives: Son
of Jonathan Meigs and Elizabeth (Hamlin) Meigs; brother of Return
Jonathan Meigs, Sr.; married 1782 to Clara
Benjamin; father of Henry
Meigs and Clara Meigs (who married John
Forsyth); uncle of Return
Jonathan Meigs Jr.; grandfather of Henry
Meigs Jr. and John
Forsyth Jr.; granduncle of Return
Jonathan Meigs III; first cousin once removed of Martin
Chittenden; first cousin twice removed of Chittenden
Lyon; second cousin twice removed of John
Willard; second cousin thrice removed of Roger
Calvin Leete; third cousin once removed of Elijah
Hunt Mills; third cousin twice removed of Elisha
Hotchkiss Jr., Elisha
Hunt Allen, Anson
Levi Holcomb, Gouverneur
Morris, Ensign
Hosmer Kellogg, William
Dean Kellogg and Charles
Jenkins Hayden; third cousin thrice removed of Charles
H. Eastman, William
Fessenden Allen, Rush
Green Leaming, Frederick
Walker Pitkin, Alvred
Bayard Nettleton, Robert
Cleveland Usher, Charles
M. Hotchkiss, Frederick
Hobbes Allen, Allen
Clarence Wilcox and Carl
Trumbull Hayden; fourth cousin of Thomas
Chittenden; fourth cousin once removed of Zina
Hyde Jr.. |
| | | Political families: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin
family of Connecticut and New York; Morris-Ingersoll
family of New York and Connecticut; Conger-Hungerford
family of Connecticut and New York; Livingston-Schuyler
family of New York (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
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of Meigs,
Georgia, is named for
him. |
| | | See also Wikipedia
article — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Return Jonathan Meigs III (1801-1891) —
also known as Return J. Meigs III —
of Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Winchester, Clark
County, Ky., April
14, 1801.
Lawyer; U.S. Indian Agent to Creek and Cherokee Nations, 1834;
U.S.
Attorney for the Middle District of Tennessee, 1841-42; member of
Tennessee
state senate, 1850; clerk of the District of Columbia Supreme
Court, 1863-91.
Died in Washington,
D.C., October
19, 1891 (age 90 years, 188
days).
Interment at Oak
Hill Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Harold D. Melton —
of Georgia.
Born in Washington,
D.C.
Lawyer; justice of
Georgia state supreme court, 2005-.
African
ancestry.
Still living as of 2008.
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Isaac E. Messmore (1821-1902) —
of La Crosse, La Crosse
County, Wis.; Washington,
D.C.; Grand Rapids, Kent
County, Mich.; Los Angeles, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Ontario,
August
21, 1821.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Wisconsin
state assembly, 1861; circuit judge in Wisconsin 6th Circuit,
1861-62; colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War; assistant
commissioner, U.S. Revenue Bureau; real estate
developer; newspaper
editor and publisher; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Michigan, 1880
(member, Credentials
Committee); candidate for U.S.
Representative from California 6th District, 1894.
Died, from pneumonia,
in Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., January
8, 1902 (age 80 years, 140
days).
Interment at Angelus-Rosedale
Cemetery, Los Angeles, Calif.
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William H. Michael (1845-1916) —
of Cherokee, Cherokee
County, Iowa; Sidney, Cheyenne
County, Neb.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Marysville, Union
County, Ohio, July 14,
1845.
Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; served in the Union
Navy during the Civil War; newspaper
editor and publisher; lawyer; U.S. Consul General in Calcutta, 1905-11.
Died in Washington,
D.C., May 17,
1916 (age 70 years, 308
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Abner Joseph Mikva (1926-2016) —
also known as Abner J. Mikva —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.; Evanston, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Milwaukee, Milwaukee
County, Wis., January
21, 1926.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II;
lawyer; member of Illinois
state house of representatives, 1956-66; U.S.
Representative from Illinois, 1969-73, 1975-79 (2nd District
1969-73, 10th District 1975-79); Judge
of U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, 1979-94; retired
1994; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Illinois, 2008.
Jewish.
Member, American Bar
Association.
Died in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., July 4,
2016 (age 90 years, 165
days).
Burial location unknown.
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John Millen (1804-1843) —
of Savannah, Chatham
County, Ga.
Born in Savannah, Chatham
County, Ga., 1804.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Georgia
state house of representatives, 1828, 1834-35, 1839-40; U.S.
Representative from Georgia at-large, 1843; died in office 1843.
Episcopalian.
Slaveowner.
Died in Savannah, Chatham
County, Ga., October
15, 1843 (age about 39
years).
Interment at Laurel
Grove North Cemetery, Savannah, Ga.; cenotaph at Congressional
Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Bert Henry Miller (1879-1949) —
also known as Bert H. Miller —
of St. Anthony, Fremont
County, Idaho; Boise, Ada
County, Idaho.
Born in St. George, Washington
County, Utah, December
15, 1879.
Democrat. Lawyer; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Idaho, 1912
(speaker);
Fremont
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1912-14; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Idaho, 1914, 1938; Idaho
state attorney general, 1933-37, 1941-45; candidate for Governor of
Idaho, 1936; justice of
Idaho state supreme court, 1945-48; resigned 1948; U.S.
Senator from Idaho, 1949; died in office 1949.
Died, from a heart
attack, in Washington,
D.C., October
8, 1949 (age 69 years, 297
days).
Interment at Morris
Hill Cemetery, Boise, Idaho.
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George Miller III (b. 1945) —
of Martinez, Contra
Costa County, Calif.
Born in Richmond, Contra
Costa County, Calif., May 17,
1945.
Democrat. Lawyer; candidate for California
state senate, 1969; candidate for Presidential Elector for
California; U.S.
Representative from California, 1975-2015 (7th District
1975-2013, 11th District 2013-15); delegate to Democratic National
Convention from California, 1988
(speaker),
1996,
2000,
2004,
2008.
Catholic.
Still living as of 2015.
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George William Miller (1925-2006) —
also known as G. William Miller —
of Providence, Providence
County, R.I.
Born in Sapulpa, Creek
County, Okla., March 9,
1925.
Democrat. Lawyer; executive with Textron, Inc.; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Rhode Island, 1968;
chairman of Federal Reserve, 1978-79; U.S.
Secretary of the Treasury, 1979-81.
Congregationalist.
Died, from idiopathic
pulmonary fibrosis, in Washington,
D.C., March
17, 2006 (age 81 years, 8
days).
Burial location unknown.
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John Gaines Miller (1812-1856) —
also known as John G. Miller —
of Boonville, Cooper
County, Mo.
Born in Danville, Boyle
County, Ky., November
29, 1812.
Lawyer; member of Missouri
state house of representatives from Cooper County, 1840-43; U.S.
Representative from Missouri, 1851-56 (3rd District 1851-53, 5th
District 1853-56); died in office 1856.
Slaveowner.
Died near Marshall, Saline
County, Mo., May 11,
1856 (age 43 years, 164
days).
Interment at Mt.
Olive Cemetery, Marshall, Mo.; cenotaph at Congressional
Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Neville Miller (1894-1977) —
of Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky.
Born in Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky., February
17, 1894.
Democrat. Lawyer; first dean,
University of Louisville School of Law, 1930-33; mayor
of Louisville, Ky., 1933-37; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Kentucky, 1936;
president of the National Association of Broadcasters,
1938-44.
Presbyterian.
Died in Washington,
D.C., March
27, 1977 (age 83 years, 38
days).
Interment at Cave
Hill Cemetery, Louisville, Ky.
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Robert Justin Miller (1888-1973) —
also known as Justin Miller —
of Hanford, Kings
County, Calif.; Pacific Palisades, Los Angeles, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Crescent City, Del Norte
County, Calif., November
17, 1888.
Lawyer; Kings
County District Attorney, 1915-18; law
professor; Associate
Justice of U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, 1937-45;
resigned 1945; chairman and general counsel, National Association of
Radio and
Television Broadcasters.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Federal
Bar Association; American
Judicature Society; Order of
the Coif; Delta
Sigma Rho; Delta
Chi; Alpha
Pi Zeta; Phi
Delta Phi; Phi
Kappa Phi; Pi
Sigma Alpha; Omicron
Delta Kappa; Phi
Beta Kappa; Pi Gamma
Mu; Sigma
Nu Phi.
Died, in a hospital
at Santa Monica, Los Angeles
County, Calif., January
17, 1973 (age 84 years, 61
days).
Interment at Grangeville
Cemetery, Armona, Calif.
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Samuel Freeman Miller (1816-1890) —
Born in Richmond, Madison
County, Ky., April 5,
1816.
Republican. Lawyer; Associate
Justice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1862-90; died in office 1890.
Unitarian.
Died in Washington,
D.C., October
13, 1890 (age 74 years, 191
days).
Interment at Oakland
Cemetery, Keokuk, Iowa.
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Wilbur Kingsbury Miller (1892-1976) —
also known as Wilbur K. Miller —
of Owensboro, Daviess
County, Ky.
Born in Owensboro, Daviess
County, Ky., October
9, 1892.
Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during World War I; Daviess
County Attorney, 1921-29; member, Kentucky Public Service
Commission, 1934-35; Judge,
Kentucky Court of Appeals, 1940-41; Associate
Justice of U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, 1945-64;
took senior status 1964.
Member, American
Legion.
Died January
24, 1976 (age 83 years, 107
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Samuel Milligan (1814-1874) —
of Greeneville, Greene
County, Tenn.
Born in Greene
County, Tenn., November
16, 1814.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Tennessee
state house of representatives, 1841-47; newspaper
editor; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Tennessee, 1860;
justice
of Tennessee state supreme court, 1864-68; Judge
of U.S. Court of Claims, 1868-74; died in office 1874.
Died in Washington,
D.C., April
20, 1874 (age 59 years, 155
days).
Burial location unknown.
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George John Mitchell (b. 1933) —
also known as George J. Mitchell —
of South Portland, Cumberland
County, Maine; Washington,
D.C.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Waterville, Kennebec
County, Maine, August
20, 1933.
Democrat. Lawyer; aide to U.S. Sen. Edmund
Muskie, 1962-65; also deputy director of Muskie's
vice-presidential campaign in 1968, and presidential campaign in
1972; Maine
Democratic state chair, 1966-68; member of Democratic
National Committee from Maine, 1969-77; candidate for Governor of
Maine, 1974; U.S.
Attorney for Maine, 1977-79; U.S.
District Judge for Maine, 1979-80; resigned 1980; U.S.
Senator from Maine, 1980-95; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Maine, 1984,
1996,
2000,
2004;
chairman, Walt
Disney Company (major movie
studio, operator of theme parks, and owner of the ABC television
network), 2004-07; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from New York, 2008.
Catholic.
Lebanese
and Irish
ancestry. Member, Council on
Foreign Relations.
Still living as of 2014.
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John Newton Mitchell (1913-1988) —
also known as John N. Mitchell —
of New York; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., September
15, 1913.
Lawyer; served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; U.S.
Attorney General, 1969-72.
Member, American Bar
Association.
A central figure in the Watergate scandal.
Indicted
in 1973, along with Maurice
Stans, for perjury
and obstruction
over a contribution
from fugitive
financier Robert Vesco to President Richard
M. Nixon's re-election campaign; tried
and acquitted. Convicted
in February 1975 of conspiracy, obstruction
of justice and perjury,
over his role in the Watergate
break-in, and sentenced
to two and a half to eight years in prison;
served 19 months.
Suffered a heart
attack, and died later the same day, at George Washington
University Hospital,
Washington,
D.C., November
9, 1988 (age 75 years, 55
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Alan Bowlby Mollohan (b. 1943) —
also known as Alan B. Mollohan —
of Fairmont, Marion
County, W.Va.
Born in Fairmont, Marion
County, W.Va., May 14,
1943.
Democrat. Lawyer; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from West Virginia, 1968,
1972,
1976,
1996,
2000,
2004,
2008;
U.S.
Representative from West Virginia 1st District, 1983-2011;
defeated in primary, 2010.
Baptist.
Still living as of 2014.
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John Stephen Monagan (1911-2005) —
also known as John S. Monagan —
of Waterbury, New Haven
County, Conn.
Born in Waterbury, New Haven
County, Conn., December
23, 1911.
Democrat. Lawyer; author; mayor
of Waterbury, Conn., 1943-47; defeated, 1947; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Connecticut, 1944
(member, Platform
and Resolutions Committee), 1948,
1960,
1968;
U.S.
Representative from Connecticut 5th District, 1959-73; defeated,
1942, 1972.
Died in Washington,
D.C., October
23, 2005 (age 93 years, 304
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Dennis Moore (b. 1945) —
of Lenexa, Johnson
County, Kan.
Born in Anthony, Harper
County, Kan., November
8, 1945.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Kansas 3rd District, 1999-; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Kansas, 2000,
2004,
2008.
Protestant.
Still living as of 2014.
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John Tyler Morgan (1824-1907) —
also known as John T. Morgan —
of Selma, Dallas
County, Ala.
Born in Athens, McMinn
County, Tenn., June 20,
1824.
Democrat. Lawyer; candidate for Presidential Elector for
Alabama; delegate
to Alabama secession convention, 1861; general in the Confederate
Army during the Civil War; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Alabama, 1876,
1900;
U.S.
Senator from Alabama, 1877-1907; died in office 1907.
Southern
Methodist. Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar.
Slaveowner.
Died in Washington,
D.C., June 11,
1907 (age 82 years, 356
days).
Interment at Live
Oak Cemetery, Selma, Ala.
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James Ward Morris (1890-1960) —
also known as James W. Morris —
of Tampa, Hillsborough
County, Fla.
Born in Smithfield, Johnston
County, N.C., November
14, 1890.
Democrat. Lawyer; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Florida, 1916,
1936
(alternate); served in the U.S. Army during World War I; Associate
Justice, U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia,
1939-60; died in office 1960.
Episcopalian.
Member, Alpha
Tau Omega; Knights
of Pythias; Elks.
Died November
15, 1960 (age 70 years, 1
days).
Interment at Myrtle
Hill Memorial Park, Tampa, Fla.
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John McKenzie Moss (1868-1929) —
also known as J. McKenzie Moss —
of Bowling Green, Warren
County, Ky.
Born in Bennettstown, Christian
County, Ky., January
3, 1868.
Republican. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Kentucky 3rd District, 1902-03; circuit judge
in Kentucky 8th Circuit, 1909-21; general counsel and deputy
commissioner, U.S. Bureau of Internal Revenue; Assistant U.S.
Secretary of the Treasury, under Andrew
W. Mellon, 1923-26; Judge
of U.S. Court of Claims, 1926-29; died in office 1929.
Died in Washington,
D.C., June 11,
1929 (age 61 years, 159
days).
Interment at La
Fayette Cemetery, Bennettstown, Ky.
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Henry Augustus Muhlenberg (1823-1854) —
also known as Henry A. Muhlenberg —
of Berks, Berks
County, Pa.
Born in Reading, Berks
County, Pa., July 21,
1823.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Pennsylvania
state senate 5th District, 1850-52; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 8th District, 1853-54; died in
office 1854.
German
ancestry.
Died, from tuberculosis,
in Washington,
D.C., January
9, 1854 (age 30 years, 172
days).
Interment at Charles
Evans Cemetery, Reading, Pa.; cenotaph at Congressional
Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Christopher S. Murphy (b. 1973) —
of Southington, Hartford
County, Conn.; Cheshire, New Haven
County, Conn.
Born in White Plains, Westchester
County, N.Y., August
3, 1973.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives 81st District, 1999-2003; member
of Connecticut
state senate 16th District, 2003-06; U.S.
Representative from Connecticut 5th District, 2007-; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Connecticut, 2008.
Still living as of 2014.
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Dominic I. Murphy (1847-1930) —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., May 31,
1847.
Lawyer; commissioner, U.S. Pensions Office, 1896-97; editor
and publisher, The New Century weekly
journal, 1903-05; secretary of Isthmian Canal Commission,
1904-05; U.S. Consul in Bordeaux, 1905-09; St. Gall, 1909-14; Amsterdam, 1914-15; U.S. Consul General in Sofia, 1915-17; Stockholm, 1919-24.
Died April
13, 1930 (age 82 years, 317
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1904 to Mrs.
Bessie T. Atkinson. |
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Patrick J. Murphy (b. 1973) —
of Bristol, Bucks
County, Pa.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., October
19, 1973.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 8th District, 2007-; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Pennsylvania, 2008.
Still living as of 2014.
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Edmund Sixtus Muskie (1914-1996) —
also known as Edmund S. Muskie; "Mr.
Clean" —
of Waterville, Kennebec
County, Maine.
Born in Rumford, Oxford
County, Maine, March
28, 1914.
Democrat. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Navy during World War II;
member of Maine
state house of representatives, 1947-51; member of Democratic
National Committee from Maine, 1952-54; Governor of
Maine, 1955-59; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Maine, 1956,
1964;
speaker, 1988;
U.S.
Senator from Maine, 1959-80; candidate for Vice
President of the United States, 1968; candidate for Democratic
nomination for President, 1972;
U.S.
Secretary of State, 1980-81.
Catholic.
Polish
ancestry. Member, Lions; Elks; Amvets;
Phi
Beta Kappa.
Received the Presidential
Medal of Freedom in 1981.
Died of a heart
attack, in Georgetown University Medical
Center, Washington,
D.C., March
26, 1996 (age 81 years, 364
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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