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James Michael Quigley (1918-2011) —
also known as James M. Quigley —
of East Pennsboro Township, Cumberland
County, Pa.; Kensington, Montgomery
County, Md.
Born in Mt. Carmel, Northumberland
County, Pa., March
30, 1918.
Democrat. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Navy during World War II;
U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 19th District, 1955-57, 1959-61;
defeated, 1956, 1960; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Pennsylvania, 1960
(alternate), 1964.
Died in Washington,
D.C., December
15, 2011 (age 93 years, 260
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Percy Edwards Quin (1872-1932) —
also known as Percy E. Quin —
of McComb, Pike
County, Miss.
Born near Liberty, Amite
County, Miss., October
30, 1872.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Mississippi
state house of representatives, 1900-02; U.S.
Representative from Mississippi 7th District, 1913-32; died in
office 1932.
Baptist.
Died in Washington,
D.C., February
4, 1932 (age 59 years, 97
days).
Interment at Natchez
City Cemetery, Natchez, Miss.
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John Anthony Quitman (1799-1858) —
also known as John A. Quitman —
of Mississippi.
Born in Rhinebeck, Dutchess
County, N.Y., September
1, 1799.
Democrat. Lawyer; cotton and
sugar planter;
member of Mississippi
state house of representatives, 1826-27; delegate
to Mississippi state constitutional convention, 1832; member of
Mississippi
state senate, 1835-36; Governor of
Mississippi, 1835-36, 1850-51; state court judge in Mississippi,
1838; general in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War; candidate for
Democratic nomination for Vice President, 1848,
1856;
U.S.
Representative from Mississippi 5th District, 1855-58; died in
office 1858.
Member, Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons.
Slaveowner.
While in Washington, D.C., for the inauguration of President James
Buchanan, he became ill with "National Hotel disease" (attributed
to poison,
but probably dysentery),
and subsequently died, near Natchez, Adams
County, Miss., July 17,
1858 (age 58 years, 319
days).
Interment at Natchez
City Cemetery, Natchez, Miss.; cenotaph at Congressional
Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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James Willard Ragsdale (1872-1919) —
also known as J. Willard Ragsdale —
of Florence, Florence
County, S.C.
Born in Timmonsville, Florence
County, S.C., December
14, 1872.
Democrat. Lawyer; banker;
member of South
Carolina state house of representatives from Florence County,
1898-1900; member of South
Carolina state senate, 1902-04; U.S.
Representative from South Carolina 6th District, 1913-19; died in
office 1919.
Methodist.
Died in Washington,
D.C., July 23,
1919 (age 46 years, 221
days).
Interment at Mt.
Hope Cemetery, Florence, S.C.
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John Edward Raker (1863-1926) —
also known as John E. Raker —
of Alturas, Modoc
County, Calif.
Born near Knoxville, Knox
County, Ill., February
22, 1863.
Democrat. Lawyer; candidate for California
state senate, 1898; superior court judge in California, 1905-10;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from California, 1908,
1916
(member, Platform
and Resolutions Committee); California
Democratic state chair, 1908-10; U.S.
Representative from California, 1911-26 (1st District 1911-13,
2nd District 1913-26); died in office 1926.
Member, Odd
Fellows; Freemasons.
Died in Washington,
D.C., January
22, 1926 (age 62 years, 334
days).
Interment at Susanville
Cemetery, Susanville, Calif.
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Christian William Ramseyer (1875-1943) —
also known as C. William Ramseyer —
of Bloomfield, Davis
County, Iowa.
Born near Collinsville, Butler
County, Ohio, March
13, 1875.
Republican. School
teacher; lawyer; Davis
County Attorney, 1911-15; U.S.
Representative from Iowa 6th District, 1915-33.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Political Science Association.
Died in Washington,
D.C., November
1, 1943 (age 68 years, 233
days).
Interment at Odd
Fellows Cemetery, Bloomfield, Iowa.
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Charles Bernard Rangel (b. 1930) —
also known as Charles B. Rangel —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York City (unknown
county), N.Y., June 11,
1930.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the Korean conflict;
lawyer; member of New York
state assembly 72nd District, 1967-70; U.S.
Representative from New York, 1971-2003 (18th District 1971-73,
19th District 1973-83, 16th District 1983-93, 15th District
1993-2003); delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York,
1980,
1984,
1988
(speaker),
1996,
2000,
2004,
2008.
Catholic.
African
ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Trilateral
Commission; Alpha
Phi Alpha; NAACP.
Still living as of 2014.
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Jamin Ben Raskin (b. 1962) —
also known as Jamie Raskin —
of Annapolis, Anne
Arundel County, Md.
Born in Washington,
D.C., December
13, 1962.
Democrat. Lawyer; law
professor; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Democrats Abroad, 2004;
member of Maryland
state senate, 2007-16; alternate delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Maryland, 2008;
U.S.
Representative from Maryland 8th District, 2017-.
Jewish.
Still living as of 2018.
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Henry Riggs Rathbone (1870-1928) —
also known as Henry R. Rathbone —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.; Kenilworth, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Washington,
D.C., February
12, 1870.
Republican. Lawyer; alternate delegate to Republican National
Convention from Illinois, 1916;
U.S.
Representative from Illinois at-large, 1923-28; defeated in
primary, 1918; died in office 1928.
Member, Delta
Kappa Epsilon; Phi
Delta Phi; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Odd
Fellows; Knights
of Pythias.
Died in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., July 15,
1928 (age 58 years, 154
days).
Interment at Rosehill
Cemetery, Chicago, Ill.
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Joseph L. Rauh Jr. (1911-1992) —
of Washington,
D.C.
Born in Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio, January
3, 1911.
Democrat. Lawyer; colonel in the U.S. Army during World War
II; delegate to Democratic National Convention from District of
Columbia, 1948,
1952,
1960,
1964,
1980
(alternate); candidate for Presidential Elector for District of
Columbia.
Jewish.
Member, Americans
for Democratic Action.
Died September
3, 1992 (age 81 years, 244
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Isidor Rayner (1850-1912) —
of Baltimore,
Md.
Born in Baltimore,
Md., April
11, 1850.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Maryland
state house of delegates, 1878-80; member of Maryland
state senate, 1886-87; U.S.
Representative from Maryland 4th District, 1887-89, 1891-95; Maryland
state attorney general, 1899-1903; U.S.
Senator from Maryland, 1905-12; died in office 1912; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Maryland, 1912
(member, Platform
and Resolutions Committee; speaker).
Jewish.
Died in Washington,
D.C., November
25, 1912 (age 62 years, 228
days).
Interment at Rock
Creek Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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George Read (1733-1798) —
of New Castle, New Castle
County, Del.
Born near North East, Cecil
County, Md., September
18, 1733.
Lawyer; Delegate
to Continental Congress from Delaware, 1774-77; signer,
Declaration of Independence, 1776; delegate
to Delaware state constitutional convention, 1776; member of Delaware
state legislative council from New Castle County, 1776-79,
1782-83; President
of Delaware, 1777-78; member of Delaware
house of assembly, 1779-80; member,
U.S. Constitutional Convention, 1787; U.S.
Senator from Delaware, 1789-93; justice of
Delaware state supreme court, 1793-98.
Episcopalian.
Slaveowner.
Died in New Castle, New Castle
County, Del., September
21, 1798 (age 65 years, 3
days).
Interment at Immanuel
Churchyard, New Castle, Del.; memorial monument at Constitution Gardens, Washington, D.C.
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Daniel Alden Reed (1875-1959) —
also known as Daniel A. Reed —
of Dunkirk, Chautauqua
County, N.Y.
Born in Sheridan, Chautauqua
County, N.Y., September
15, 1875.
Republican. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from New York, 1919-59 (43rd District 1919-45,
45th District 1945-53, 43rd District 1953-59); died in office 1959.
Unitarian.
Member, Freemasons;
Delta
Chi; Elks.
Died, of a heart
attack, in Walter
Reed Army Medical Center, Washington,
D.C., February
19, 1959 (age 83 years, 157
days).
Interment at Sheridan
Cemetery, Sheridan, N.Y.
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John Francis Reed (b. 1949) —
also known as Jack Reed —
of Jamestown, Newport
County, R.I.
Born in Providence, Providence
County, R.I., November
12, 1949.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Rhode
Island state senate, 1985-90; U.S.
Representative from Rhode Island 2nd District, 1991-97; delegate
to Democratic National Convention from Rhode Island, 1996,
2000,
2004,
2008,
2012;
U.S.
Senator from Rhode Island, 1997-.
Catholic.
Still living as of 2014.
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Stanley Forman Reed (1884-1980) —
also known as Stanley F. Reed —
of Maysville, Mason
County, Ky.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Minerva, Mason
County, Ky., December
31, 1884.
Democrat. Lawyer; counsel, Burley Tobacco
Growers Cooperative Association; member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1912-16; served in the U.S. Army
during World War I; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Kentucky, 1920,
1936;
U.S. Solicitor General, 1935-38; Associate
Justice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1938-57.
Protestant.
Member, American
Legion; Freemasons;
American Bar
Association; Society
of Colonial Wars; Sons of
the American Revolution; Delta
Phi.
Died in Huntington, Suffolk
County, Long Island, N.Y., April 2,
1980 (age 95 years, 93
days).
Interment at Maysville
Cemetery, Maysville, Ky.
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Harry Mason Reid (1939-2021) —
also known as Harry Reid —
of Las Vegas, Clark
County, Nev.; Searchlight, Clark
County, Nev.; Henderson, Clark
County, Nev.
Born in Searchlight, Clark
County, Nev., December
2, 1939.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Nevada
state house of representatives, 1969-70; Lieutenant
Governor of Nevada, 1970-74; candidate for mayor
of Las Vegas, Nev., 1975; U.S.
Representative from Nevada 1st District, 1983-87; U.S.
Senator from Nevada, 1987-; defeated, 1974; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Nevada, 1996,
2000,
2004,
2008;
member of Democratic
National Committee from Nevada, 2008.
Mormon.
Died, from pancreatic
cancer, in Henderson, Clark
County, Nev., December
28, 2021 (age 82 years, 26
days).
Burial location unknown.
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George Hughes Revercomb (1929-1993) —
of District of Columbia.
Born in Charleston, Kanawha
County, W.Va., June 3,
1929.
Lawyer; superior court judge in District of Columbia, 1970-85;
U.S.
District Judge for the District of Columbia, 1985-93; died in
office 1993.
Presbyterian.
Member, American Bar
Association.
Died, of cancer,
at Sibley Memorial Hospital,
Washington,
D.C., August
1, 1993 (age 64 years, 59
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Charles Edward Rhetts (1910-1971) —
of Washington,
D.C.
Born in Columbus, Bartholomew
County, Ind., May 21,
1910.
Lawyer; U.S. Ambassador to Liberia, 1962-64.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa.
Died in 1971
(age about
61 years).
Burial location unknown.
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John Jacob Rhodes III (1943-2011) —
also known as John J. Rhodes III —
of Mesa, Maricopa
County, Ariz.; Safford, Graham
County, Ariz.
Born in Mesa, Maricopa
County, Ariz., September
8, 1943.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during the Vietnam war;
lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Arizona 1st District, 1987-93; defeated,
1992; delegate to Republican National Convention from Arizona, 2008.
Protestant.
Member, Rotary.
Suffered injuries in an automobile
accident, and died three months later as a result, in Washington,
D.C., January
20, 2011 (age 67 years, 134
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Marion Edwards Rhodes (1868-1928) —
also known as Marion E. Rhodes —
of Potosi, Washington
County, Mo.
Born near Glenallen, Bollinger
County, Mo., January
4, 1868.
Republican. School
teacher; lawyer; Washington
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1900-04; member of Missouri
Republican State Committee, 1902-04; U.S.
Representative from Missouri 13th District, 1905-07, 1919-23;
defeated, 1906, 1916, 1922; mayor of Potosi, Mo., 1908-09; delegate
to Republican National Convention from Missouri, 1908;
member of Missouri
state house of representatives from Washington County, 1909-10.
Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons.
Died in Washington,
D.C., December
25, 1928 (age 60 years, 356
days).
Interment at Masonic
Cemetery, Potosi, Mo.
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Warren Walter Rich (1863-1916) —
also known as Warren W. Rich —
of Hamilton, Madison
County, N.Y.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Hamilton, Madison
County, N.Y., September
18, 1863.
Lawyer; U.S. Consular Agent in Salina Cruz, 1907-08; U.S. Vice & Deputy Consul in Salina Cruz, 1908-14; U.S. Vice Consul in Salina Cruz, as of 1916.
Died, from tuberculosis,
in Delaware, August
17, 1916 (age 52 years, 334
days).
Interment at Glenwood
Cemetery, Smyrna, Del.
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Albert Gallatin Riddle (1816-1902) —
also known as Albert G. Riddle —
of Geauga
County, Ohio; Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Monson, Hampden
County, Mass., May 28,
1816.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Ohio
state house of representatives, 1848-50; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 19th District, 1861-63; U.S. Consul in
Matanzas, 1863-64.
Died in Washington,
D.C., May 16,
1902 (age 85 years, 353
days).
Interment at Rock
Creek Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Stacy Joy Ritter (b. 1960) —
also known as Stacy J. Ritter —
of Parkland, Broward
County, Fla.
Born in Washington,
D.C., June 8,
1960.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Florida
state house of representatives 96th District, 1997-; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Florida, 2000,
2004,
2008.
Female.
Jewish.
Member, Phi
Alpha Delta.
Still living as of 2008.
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John Glover Roberts Jr. (b. 1955) —
also known as John Roberts —
Born in Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y., January
27, 1955.
Lawyer; Judge
of U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, 2003-05; Chief
Justice of U.S. Supreme Court, 2005-.
Catholic.
Member, Federalist
Society.
Still living as of 2020.
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Aubrey Eugene Robinson Jr. (1922-2000) —
of District of Columbia.
Born in Madison, Morris
County, N.J., March
30, 1922.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; lawyer; U.S.
District Judge for the District of Columbia, 1966-93.
African
ancestry. Member, Alpha
Phi Alpha.
Died, of a heart
attack, in Washington,
D.C., February
27, 2000 (age 77 years, 334
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Joseph Taylor Robinson (1872-1937) —
also known as Joseph T. Robinson; Joe T.
Robinson —
of Lonoke, Lonoke
County, Ark.; Little Rock, Pulaski
County, Ark.
Born near Lonoke, Lonoke
County, Ark., August
26, 1872.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Arkansas
state house of representatives, 1895; candidate for Presidential
Elector for Arkansas; U.S.
Representative from Arkansas 6th District, 1903-13; resigned
1913; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Arkansas, 1908,
1912
(speaker),
1924,
1928,
1936;
Governor
of Arkansas, 1913; resigned 1913; U.S.
Senator from Arkansas, 1913-37; died in office 1937; candidate
for Vice
President of the United States, 1928.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Washington,
D.C., July 14,
1937 (age 64 years, 322
days).
Interment at Roselawn
Memorial Park, Little Rock, Ark.
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Spottswood William Robinson III (1916-1998) —
also known as Spottswood W. Robinson III —
of Richmond,
Va.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Richmond,
Va., July 26,
1916.
Lawyer; law
professor; member, U.S. Civil Rights Commission, 1961-63; U.S.
District Judge for the District of Columbia, 1964-66; Judge
of U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, 1966-89; took
senior status 1989; senior judge, 1989-98.
Member, American Bar
Association.
Died in Richmond,
Va., October
11, 1998 (age 82 years, 77
days).
Burial location unknown.
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John Arnold Rockwell (1803-1861) —
also known as John A. Rockwell —
of Norwich, New London
County, Conn.
Born in Norwich, New London
County, Conn., August
27, 1803.
Lawyer; member of Connecticut
state senate 8th District, 1839; U.S.
Representative from Connecticut 3rd District, 1845-49.
Died in Washington,
D.C., February
10, 1861 (age 57 years, 167
days).
Interment at Yantic
Cemetery, Norwich, Conn.
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Relatives: Son
of Charles Rockwell and Sally (Arnold) Rockwell; married to Mary
Watkinson Perkins; third cousin once removed of Elijah
Abel, Joseph
Churchill Strong, Ebenezer
Strong and Bela
Edgerton; third cousin twice removed of Josiah
Cowles; third cousin thrice removed of Matthew
Griswold, Erastus
Wolcott and Oliver
Wolcott Sr.; fourth cousin of Alfred
Peck Edgerton and Joseph
Ketchum Edgerton; fourth cousin once removed of John
Davenport, James
Davenport, John
Taintor, Daniel
Chapin, Henry
Huntington, Roger
Taintor, Gurdon
Huntington, Augustus
Seymour Porter, Solomon
Taintor, Peter
Buell Porter, Calvin
Fillmore, Orsamus
Cook Merrill, Abel
Huntington, Timothy
Merrill, Daniel
Upson, Phineas
Lyman Tracy, Albert
Haller Tracy, Asa H.
Otis, Theodore
Sill, Oliver
Morgan Hungerford, Julius
Levi Strong and Luther
S. Pitkin. |
| | | Political families: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin
family of Connecticut and New York; Conger-Hungerford
family of Connecticut and New York; Bolton-Whitney-Brainard-Wolcott
family of Ohio and New York; Wolcott-Griswold-Packwood-Brandegee
family of Connecticut (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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John Jacob Rogers (1881-1925) —
also known as John J. Rogers —
of Lowell, Middlesex
County, Mass.
Born in Lowell, Middlesex
County, Mass., August
18, 1881.
Republican. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 5th District, 1913-25; died in
office 1925; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention
from Massachusetts, 1924.
Congregationalist.
Sponsor and longtime advocate of legislation to reform the U.S.
foreign service, finally enacted in 1924.
Died in Washington,
D.C., March
28, 1925 (age 43 years, 222
days).
Interment at Lowell
Cemetery, Lowell, Mass.
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Wilhelmina Jackson Rolark (1916-2006) —
also known as Wilhelmina J. Rolark; M. Wilhelmina
Jackson —
of Washington,
D.C.
Born in Portsmouth,
Va., September
12, 1916.
Democrat. Lawyer; co-founder of Washington Informer newspaper;
member, Washington, D.C. city council, 1977-92; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from District of Columbia, 1980.
Female.
African
ancestry.
Inducted in 2001 to the Washington, D.C. Hall of
Fame.
Died, of colon
cancer, in Greater Southeast Community Hospital,
Washington,
D.C., February
14, 2006 (age 89 years, 155
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to Calvin Rolark. |
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Roy R. Romer (b. 1928) —
of Denver,
Colo.; Los Angeles, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Garden City, Finney
County, Kan., October
31, 1928.
Democrat. Lawyer; farm
implement dealer; helped develop Centennial Airport;
ran a flying
school; owned a ski resort; member of Colorado
state house of representatives, 1959-63; member of Colorado
state senate, 1963-67; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Colorado, 1966; Colorado
state treasurer, 1977-87; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Colorado, 1980,
1996,
2000,
2008;
speaker, 1988;
Governor
of Colorado, 1987-99; Chairman
of Democratic National Committee, 1997-99; school superintendent
for Los Angeles, 2001-06; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from California, 2004.
Presbyterian.
Still living as of 2014.
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John James Rooney (1903-1975) —
also known as John J. Rooney —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., November
29, 1903.
Democrat. Lawyer; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from New York, 1944,
1952
(alternate), 1964;
U.S.
Representative from New York, 1944-74 (4th District 1944-45, 12th
District 1945-53, 14th District 1953-74).
Catholic.
Member, Elks; Ancient
Order of Hibernians; Knights
of Columbus.
Died in Washington,
D.C., October
26, 1975 (age 71 years, 331
days).
Interment at Holy
Cross Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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Franklin Delano Roosevelt (1882-1945) —
also known as Franklin D. Roosevelt;
"F.D.R." —
of Hyde Park, Dutchess
County, N.Y.
Born in Hyde Park, Dutchess
County, N.Y., January
30, 1882.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of New York
state senate 26th District, 1911-13; resigned 1913; U.S.
Assistant Secretary of the Navy, 1913-20; candidate for Vice
President of the United States, 1920; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from New York, 1920,
1924,
1928;
speaker, 1944;
contracted polio in the early 1920s; as a result, his legs were
paralyzed for the rest of his life; Governor of
New York, 1929-33; President
of the United States, 1933-45; died in office 1945; on February
15, 1933, in Miami, Fla., he and Chicago mayor Anton
J. Cermak were shot
at by Guiseppe Zangara; Cermak was hit and mortally wounded.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons;
Alpha
Delta Phi; Phi
Beta Kappa; Elks; Grange;
Knights
of Pythias.
Led the nation through the Depression and World War II.
Died of a cerebral
hemorrhage, in Warm Springs, Meriwether
County, Ga., April
12, 1945 (age 63 years, 72
days).
Interment at Roosevelt
Home, Hyde Park, N.Y.; memorial monument at Federal Triangle, Washington, D.C.; memorial monument at West
Potomac Park, Washington, D.C.
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Relatives: Son
of James Roosevelt (1828-1900) and Sara (Delano) Roosevelt; married,
March
17, 1905, to Eleanor
Roosevelt (niece of Theodore
Roosevelt (1858-1919); first cousin of Corinne
Douglas Robinson); father of James
Roosevelt (1907-1991), Elliott
Roosevelt and Franklin
Delano Roosevelt Jr.; half-uncle of Helen
Roosevelt Robinson; second great-grandson of Edward
Hutchinson Robbins; first cousin of Warren
Delano Robbins and Katharine
Price Collier St. George; first cousin once removed of Helen
Lloyd Aspinwall (who married Francis
Emanuel Shober); first cousin twice removed of Elizabeth
Kortright; first cousin four times removed of Ebenezer
Huntington; first cousin six times removed of Benjamin
Huntington; second cousin of Caroline Astor Drayton (who married
William
Phillips); second cousin once removed of Samuel
Laurence Gouverneur; second cousin thrice removed of Nicholas
Roosevelt Jr. and Jabez
Williams Huntington; second cousin five times removed of Samuel
Huntington, George
Washington, Joshua
Coit, Henry
Huntington, Gurdon
Huntington and Samuel
Gager; third cousin twice removed of Philip
DePeyster and James
I. Roosevelt; third cousin thrice removed of Sulifand
Sutherland Ross; fourth cousin once removed of Ulysses
Simpson Grant, Robert
Barnwell Roosevelt, Roger
Wolcott and Theodore
Roosevelt (1858-1919). |
| | | Political families: Roosevelt
family of New York; Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin
family of Connecticut and New York (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | Cross-reference: Ross
T. McIntire — Milton
Lipson — W.
W. Howes — Bruce
Barton — Hamilton
Fish, Jr. — Joseph
W. Martin, Jr. — Samuel
I. Rosenman — Rexford
G. Tugwell — Raymond
Moley — Adolf
A. Berle — George
E. Allen — Lorence
E. Asman — Grenville
T. Emmet — Eliot
Janeway — Jonathan
Daniels — Ralph
Bellamy — Wythe
Leigh Kinsolving |
| | | The Franklin Delano Roosevelt Bridge
(opened 1962), over Lubec Narrows, between Lubec,
Maine and Campobello
Island, New Brunswick, Canada, is named for
him. — The borough
of Roosevelt,
New Jersey (originally Jersey Homesteads; renamed 1945), is named for
him. — F. D. Roosevelt Airport,
on the Caribbean island of Sint
Eustatius, is named for
him. — The F. D. Roosevelt Teaching
Hospital, in Banská
Bystrica, Slovakia, is named for
him. |
| | | Other politicians named for him: Frank
Garrison
— Franklin
D. Roosevelt Keesee
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appears on the U.S. dime (ten cent coin). |
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Governors Association biography — Wikipedia
article — NNDB
dossier — Internet Movie Database
profile — Find-A-Grave
memorial — OurCampaigns
candidate detail |
| | | Books about Franklin D. Roosevelt:
James MacGregor Burns & Susan Dunn, The
Three Roosevelts: Patrician Leaders Who Transformed
America — Doris Kearns Goodwin, No
Ordinary Time : Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt: The Home Front in
World War II — Joseph Alsop & Roland Gelatt, FDR
: 1882-1945 — Bernard Bellush, Franklin
Roosevelt as Governor of New York — Robert H. Jackson,
That
Man : An Insider's Portrait of Franklin D. Roosevelt —
Jonas Klein, Beloved
Island : Franklin & Eleanor and the Legacy of
Campobello — Conrad Black, Franklin
Delano Roosevelt : Champion of Freedom — Charles
Peters, Five
Days in Philadelphia: The Amazing "We Want Willkie!" Convention of
1940 and How It Freed FDR to Save the Western World —
Steven Neal, Happy
Days Are Here Again : The 1932 Democratic Convention, the Emergence
of FDR--and How America Was Changed Forever — H. W.
Brands, Traitor
to His Class: The Privileged Life and Radical Presidency of Franklin
Delano Roosevelt — Hazel Rowley, Franklin
and Eleanor: An Extraordinary Marriage — Alan
Brinkley, Franklin
Delano Roosevelt — Stanley Weintraub, Young
Mr. Roosevelt: FDR's Introduction to War, Politics, and
Life — Karen Bornemann Spies, Franklin
D. Roosevelt (for young readers) |
| | | Critical books about Franklin D.
Roosevelt: Jim Powell, FDR's
Folly: How Roosevelt and His New Deal Prolonged the Great
Depression — John T. Flynn, The
Roosevelt Myth — Burton W. Folsom, New
Deal or Raw Deal?: How FDR's Economic Legacy Has Damaged
America |
| | | Fiction about Franklin D. Roosevelt:
Philip Roth, The
Plot Against America: A Novel |
| | | Image source: New York Red Book
1936 |
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Daniel Calhoun Roper (1867-1943) —
also known as Daniel C. Roper —
of Washington,
D.C.
Born in Marlboro
County, S.C., April 1,
1867.
Democrat. Lawyer; publicist;
member of South
Carolina state house of representatives from Marlboro County,
1892-94; U.S. Commissioner of Internal Revenue, 1917-20; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from District of Columbia, 1924
(member, Credentials
Committee), 1932,
1936;
U.S.
Secretary of Commerce, 1933-38; U.S. Minister to Canada, 1939.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Sigma
Alpha Epsilon; Phi
Beta Kappa.
Died, from leukemia,
in Washington,
D.C., April
11, 1943 (age 76 years, 10
days).
Interment at Rock
Creek Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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John Marshall Rose (1856-1923) —
also known as John M. Rose —
of Johnstown, Cambria
County, Pa.
Born in Johnstown, Cambria
County, Pa., May 18,
1856.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 1889; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 19th District, 1917-23.
Died in Washington,
D.C., April
22, 1923 (age 66 years, 339
days).
Interment at Grandview
Cemetery, Southmont, Pa.
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Benjamin Stanley Rosenthal (1923-1983) —
also known as Benjamin S. Rosenthal —
of New York.
Born in New York City (unknown
county), N.Y., June 8,
1923.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; lawyer;
U.S.
Representative from New York, 1962-83 (6th District 1962-63, 8th
District 1963-83, 7th District 1983); died in office 1983.
Jewish.
Died in Washington,
D.C., January
4, 1983 (age 59 years, 210
days).
Interment at Beth-David
Cemetery, Elmont, Long Island, N.Y.
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John Wesley Ross (1841-1902) —
also known as John W. Ross —
of Washington,
D.C.
Born June 23,
1841.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Illinois
state house of representatives, 1869; postmaster at Washington,
D.C., 1888-90; member
District of Columbia board of commissioners, 1890-1902; died in
office 1902; President
of the District of Columbia Board of Commissioners, 1893-98.
Died July 29,
1902 (age 61 years, 36
days).
Interment at Oak
Hill Cemetery, Lewistown, Ill.
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Charles Frederick Carson Ruff (1939-2000) —
also known as Charles F. C. Ruff —
of Washington,
D.C.
Born in Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio, August
1, 1939.
Lawyer; his legs were
paralyzed by illness in the mid-1960s; U.S.
Attorney for the District of Columbia, 1979-81; President Bill
Clinton's White House Counsel, 1997-99.
Died, from a heart
attack, in Washington,
D.C., November
19, 2000 (age 61 years, 110
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Charles Albert Ruppersberger III (b. 1946) —
also known as C. A. 'Dutch' Ruppersberger —
of Baltimore,
Md.; Cockeysville, Baltimore
County, Md.
Born in Baltimore,
Md., January
31, 1946.
Democrat. Lawyer; Baltimore
County Executive, 1994-2002; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Maryland, 1996,
2000,
2004,
2008;
U.S.
Representative from Maryland 2nd District, 2003-.
Methodist.
Still living as of 2014.
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Charles Wells Russell (1856-1927) —
also known as Charles W. Russell —
of Washington,
D.C.
Born in Wheeling, Ohio
County, Va. (now W.Va.), March
10, 1856.
Lawyer; author;
U.S. Minister to Persia, 1909-14.
Died April 5,
1927 (age 71 years, 26
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Richard Brevard Russell Jr. (1897-1971) —
also known as Richard B. Russell, Jr. —
of Winder, Barrow
County, Ga.
Born in Winder, Barrow
County, Ga., November
2, 1897.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Georgia
state house of representatives from Barrow County, 1921-31; Speaker of
the Georgia State House of Representatives, 1927-31; Governor of
Georgia, 1931-33; U.S.
Senator from Georgia, 1933-71; died in office 1971; candidate for
Democratic nomination for President, 1952;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Georgia, 1952;
member, President's Commission on the Assassination of President
KNDY, 1963-64.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; Kiwanis;
Sigma
Alpha Epsilon; American
Legion; Forty and
Eight; American Bar
Association.
Died in Washington,
D.C., January
21, 1971 (age 73 years, 80
days).
Interment at Russell
Memorial Park, Winder, Ga.; statue at State
Capitol Grounds, Atlanta, Ga.
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Relatives: Son
of Richard
Brevard Russell and Ina (Dillard) Russell; brother of Robert
Lee Russell; uncle of Robert
Lee Russell Jr.. |
| | | Political family: Russell
family of Winder, Georgia. |
| | | The Russell Senate Office
Building (built 1903-08; named 1972), in Washington,
D.C., is named for
him. — The Richard B. Russell Federal
Building and Courthouse
(built 1978-79), in Atlanta,
Georgia, is named for
him. |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — National
Governors Association biography — Wikipedia
article — NNDB
dossier — OurCampaigns
candidate detail |
| | | Books about Richard B. Russell, Jr.:
Gilbert C. Fite, Richard
B. Russell, Jr., Senator from Georgia — Sally Russell,
Richard
Brevard Russell, Jr.: A Life of Consequence |
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Samuel Rutherford (1870-1932) —
of Forsyth, Monroe
County, Ga.
Born near Culloden, Crawford
County, Ga., March
15, 1870.
Democrat. Lawyer; banker;
member of Georgia
state house of representatives, 1896-97, 1921-24; member of Georgia
state senate, 1909-10; U.S.
Representative from Georgia 6th District, 1925-32; died in office
1932.
Died in Washington,
D.C., February
4, 1932 (age 61 years, 326
days).
Interment at Oakland
Cemetery, Forsyth, Ga.
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Edward Rutledge (1749-1800) —
of Charleston, Charleston District (now Charleston
County), S.C.
Born in Christ Church Parish, Charleston District (now part of Charleston
County), S.C., November
23, 1749.
Lawyer; law partner of Charles
Cotesworth Pinckney; Delegate
to Continental Congress from South Carolina, 1774-76; signer,
Declaration of Independence, 1776; member of South
Carolina state house of representatives from St. Philip & St.
Michael, 1787-96; delegate
to South Carolina convention to ratify U.S. constitution, 1788;
candidate for Presidential Elector for South Carolina; member of South
Carolina state senate from St. Philip & St. Michael, 1796-98; Governor of
South Carolina, 1798-1800; died in office 1800.
Scotch-Irish
and English
ancestry.
Died, from apoplexy,
in Charleston, Charleston District (now Charleston
County), S.C., January
23, 1800 (age 50 years, 61
days).
Interment at St.
Philip's Churchyard, Charleston, S.C.; memorial monument at Constitution Gardens, Washington, D.C.
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