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Kenneth Lee Salazar (b. 1955) —
also known as Ken Salazar —
of Denver,
Colo.
Born in Alamosa, Alamosa
County, Colo., March 2,
1955.
Democrat. Lawyer; chief legal counsel for Gov. Roy
Romer, 1986-90; executive director, Colorado Department of
Natural Resources, 1990-94; Colorado
state attorney general, 1999-2005; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Colorado, 2000,
2004,
2008;
U.S.
Senator from Colorado, 2005-09; resigned 2009; U.S.
Secretary of the Interior, 2009-13.
Still living as of 2014.
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William Charles Salmon (1868-1925) —
of Columbia, Maury
County, Tenn.
Born near Paris, Henry
County, Tenn., April 3,
1868.
Democrat. School
teacher; lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during World War
I; U.S.
Representative from Tennessee 7th District, 1923-25.
Disciples
of Christ. Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; Elks.
Died in Washington,
D.C., May 13,
1925 (age 57 years, 40
days).
Interment at Rose
Hill Cemetery, Columbia, Tenn.
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James Everett Sanders (1882-1950) —
also known as Everett Sanders —
of Terre Haute, Vigo
County, Ind.
Born in a log
cabin near Coalmont, Clay
County, Ind., March 8,
1882.
Republican. School
teacher; lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Indiana 5th District, 1917-25; secretary to
President Calvin
Coolidge, 1925-29; Chairman
of Republican National Committee, 1932-34.
Baptist.
Member, Elks.
Died, from a heart
ailment, in his law
office, in Washington,
D.C., May 12,
1950 (age 68 years, 65
days).
Interment at Highland
Lawn Cemetery, Terre Haute, Ind.
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Max A. Sandlin (b. 1952) —
of Marshall, Harrison
County, Tex.
Born in Texarkana, Miller
County, Ark., September
29, 1952.
Democrat. Lawyer; county judge in Texas, 1986-96; U.S.
Representative from Texas 1st District, 1997-; defeated, 2004;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Texas, 2000,
2004.
Baptist.
Still living as of 2014.
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Edward Terry Sanford (1865-1930) —
also known as Edward T. Sanford —
of Knoxville, Knox
County, Tenn.
Born in Knoxville, Knox
County, Tenn., July 23,
1865.
Lawyer; U.S.
District Judge for the Eastern District of Tennessee, 1908-23; U.S.
District Judge for the Middle District of Tennessee, 1908-23; Associate
Justice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1923-30; died in office 1930.
Episcopalian.
Died in Washington,
D.C., March 8,
1930 (age 64 years, 228
days).
Interment at Greenwood
Cemetery, Knoxville, Tenn.
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David Saperstein —
of Washington,
D.C.
Democrat. Rabbi;
lawyer; director, Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism;
offered prayer, Democratic National Convention,
2008.
Jewish.
Still living as of 2009.
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John P. Sarbanes (b. 1962) —
of Baltimore,
Md.
Born in Baltimore,
Md., May 22,
1962.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Maryland 3rd District, 2007-; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Maryland, 2008.
Still living as of 2008.
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Paul Spyros Sarbanes (b. 1933) —
also known as Paul S. Sarbanes —
of Baltimore,
Md.
Born in Salisbury, Wicomico
County, Md., February
3, 1933.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Maryland
state house of delegates, 1967-70; U.S.
Representative from Maryland, 1971-77 (4th District 1971-73, 3rd
District 1973-77); U.S.
Senator from Maryland, 1977-; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Maryland, 1988,
1996,
2000,
2004.
Greek
Orthodox. Greek
ancestry. Member, American Bar
Association.
Still living as of 2014.
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John Joseph Scanlan (b. 1892) —
Born in Washington,
D.C., July 11,
1892.
Lawyer; U.S. Vice Consul in Paris, 1918-19.
Burial location unknown.
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Thomas David Schall (1878-1935) —
also known as Thomas D. Schall —
of Excelsior, Hennepin
County, Minn.
Born in Reed City, Osceola
County, Mich., June 4,
1878.
Republican. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Minnesota 10th District, 1915-25; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Minnesota, 1920;
U.S.
Senator from Minnesota, 1925-35; defeated in primary, 1923; died
in office 1935.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons.
Blinded
by an electric shock from a cigar lighter, 1907.
Hit by
an automobile, on the Washington-Baltimore Boulevard, near
Cottage City, Maryland, suffered severe injuries, and died three days
later, in Casualty Hospital,
Washington,
D.C., December
22, 1935 (age 57 years, 201
days).
Interment at Lakewood
Cemetery, Minneapolis, Minn.
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Robert Cumming Schenck (1809-1890) —
also known as Robert C. Schenck —
of Dayton, Montgomery
County, Ohio.
Born in Franklin, Warren
County, Ohio, October
4, 1809.
Lawyer; member of Ohio
state house of representatives, 1839-43; U.S.
Representative from Ohio, 1843-51, 1863-71 (3rd District 1843-51,
1863-67, 5th District 1867-69, 3rd District 1869-71); U.S. Minister
to Brazil, 1851-53; Great Britain, 1870-76; general in the Union Army during the
Civil War.
While U.S. minister to Great Britain in 1871, he promoted the sale of
shares in the Emma Silver Mine Company, of which was a director;
quietly sold his own shares before news about the mine's depletion
caused their value to collapse. His diplomatic immunity enabled him
to avoid facing fraud charges
in a British court.
Died in Washington,
D.C., March
23, 1890 (age 80 years, 170
days).
Interment at Woodland
Cemetery, Dayton, Ohio.
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Adam B. Schiff (b. 1960) —
of Burbank, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Framingham, Middlesex
County, Mass., June 20,
1960.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of California
state senate, 1996-2001; U.S.
Representative from California, 2001-08 (27th District 2001-03,
29th District 2003-08); delegate to Democratic National Convention
from California, 2004,
2008
(member, Platform
Committee).
Jewish.
Still living as of 2008.
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Fred Severene Schow (b. 1886) —
also known as Fred S. Schow —
of Washington,
D.C.
Born in Richmond, Cache
County, Utah, July 4,
1886.
Democrat. Furniture
salesman; accountant;
lawyer; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention
from District of Columbia, 1932.
German
ancestry.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of August S. Schow and Marie (Francis) Schow; married 1912 to Marian
Merrill. |
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Alfred Schücking (1818-1898) —
of Washington,
D.C.
Born in Münster, Prussia (now Germany),
1818.
Lawyer; Vice-Consul
for Netherlands in Washington,
D.C., 1863-95; Consular
Agent for Germany in Washington,
D.C., 1873-97.
Died in Washington,
D.C., October
12, 1898 (age about 80
years).
Interment at Glenwood
Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Charles Ellis Schumer (b. 1950) —
also known as Charles E. Schumer; Chuck
Schumer —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., November
23, 1950.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of New York
state assembly 45th District, 1975-80; U.S.
Representative from New York, 1981-99 (16th District 1981-83,
10th District 1983-93, 9th District 1993-99); delegate to Democratic
National Convention from New York, 1984,
1988
(member, Rules
Committee; speaker),
1996,
2000,
2004,
2008;
U.S.
Senator from New York, 1999-.
Jewish.
Member, Knights
of Pythias.
Still living as of 2014.
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Lewis Baxter Schwellenbach (1894-1948) —
also known as Lewis B. Schwellenbach —
of Neppel (now Moses Lake), Grant
County, Wash.
Born in Superior, Douglas
County, Wis., September
20, 1894.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer;
chair
of King County Democratic Party, 1928-30; candidate for Governor of
Washington, 1932; U.S.
Senator from Washington, 1935-40; U.S.
District Judge for the Eastern District of Washington, 1940-45;
resigned 1945; U.S.
Secretary of Labor, 1945-48; died in office 1948.
Episcopalian.
Member, American
Legion; American
Society for International Law; American
Academy of Political and Social Science; American Bar
Association; Rotary;
Elks; Eagles.
Died in Walter
Reed Hospital, Washington,
D.C., June 10,
1948 (age 53 years, 264
days).
Interment at Evergreen-Washelli
Memorial Park, Seattle, Wash.
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Robert Cortez Scott (b. 1947) —
also known as Robert C. Scott; Bobby Scott —
of Newport
News, Va.
Born in Washington,
D.C., April
30, 1947.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1978-83; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Virginia, 1980,
1996,
2000,
2004,
2008;
member of Virginia
state senate 2nd District, 1983-92; U.S.
Representative from Virginia 3rd District, 1993-; defeated, 1986.
Episcopalian.
African
ancestry. Member, NAACP; Alpha
Phi Alpha.
Still living as of 2014.
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Lewis William Seidman (1921-2009) —
also known as L. William Seidman —
of Ada, Kent
County, Mich.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Grand Rapids, Kent
County, Mich., April
29, 1921.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; accountant;
lawyer; economist;
candidate for Michigan
state auditor general, 1962; economic advisor to President Gerald
Ford, 1974-76, and to Ronald
Reagan, 1982-84; chairman, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation,
1985-91; chairman, Resolution Trust Corporation, 1989-91; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Michigan, 1976.
Died May 13,
2009 (age 88 years, 14
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Cato Hedden Sells (1859-1948) —
also known as Cato Sells —
of Vinton, Benton
County, Iowa; Washington,
D.C.; Fort Worth, Tarrant
County, Tex.
Born in Vinton, Benton
County, Iowa, October
6, 1859.
Democrat. Lawyer; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Iowa, 1888;
U.S.
Attorney for the Northern District of Iowa, 1894-98; member of Democratic
National Committee from Texas, 1912; U.S. Commissioner of Indian
Affairs, 1913-21; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Texas, 1924.
Died in Fort Worth, Tarrant
County, Tex., December
30, 1948 (age 89 years, 85
days).
Interment at Cleburne
Memorial Cemetery, Cleburne, Tex.
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Henry William Seymour (1834-1906) —
also known as Henry W. Seymour —
of Sault Ste. Marie, Chippewa
County, Mich.
Born in Brockport, Monroe
County, N.Y., July 21,
1834.
Lawyer; farmer; lumber
manufacturer; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Cheboygan District, 1881-82;
member of Michigan
state senate, 1883-84, 1887-88 (31st District 1883-84, 30th
District 1887-88); resigned 1888; U.S.
Representative from Michigan 11th District, 1888-89; defeated
(Democratic), 1896.
Died in Washington,
D.C., April 7,
1906 (age 71 years, 260
days).
Interment at Lakeview
Cemetery, Brockport, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of William Henry Seymour and Nancy (Pixley) Seymour; married, October
27, 1869, to Isabel Randell; married, June 30,
1875, to Elizabeth Craig; married, June 29,
1880, to Harriet L. Gillette; grandnephew of Moses
Seymour; first cousin once removed of Horatio
Seymour (1778-1857) and Henry
Seymour; second cousin of Origen
Storrs Seymour, Horatio
Seymour (1810-1886), George
Seymour and McNeil
Seymour; second cousin once removed of Edward
Woodruff Seymour, Joseph
Battell, Morris
Woodruff Seymour, Horatio
Seymour Jr. and Norman
Alexander Seymour; second cousin twice removed of Thomas
Seymour; second cousin thrice removed of William
Pitkin; third cousin of Hezekiah
Cook Seymour; third cousin once removed of Silas
Seymour, William
Chapman Williston and Augustus
Sherrill Seymour; third cousin twice removed of Josiah
Cowles, Daniel
Pitkin and Orlo
Erland Wadhams; third cousin thrice removed of Dalton
G. Seymour; fourth cousin of David
Lowrey Seymour and Thomas
Henry Seymour; fourth cousin once removed of Timothy
Pitkin, Orsamus
Cook Merrill, Timothy
Merrill, Ela
Collins and Caleb
Seymour Pitkin. |
| | | Political families: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin
family of Connecticut and New York; Murphy-Merrill
family of Harbor Beach, Michigan (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page |
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William Lewis Sharkey (1798-1873) —
also known as William L. Sharkey —
of Vicksburg, Warren
County, Miss.
Born in Sumner
County, Tenn., July 12,
1798.
Served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; lawyer; member
of Mississippi
state house of representatives, 1828-29; circuit judge in
Mississippi, 1832; justice of
Mississippi state supreme court, 1832-51; U.S. Consul in Havana, 1851-53; Governor of
Mississippi, 1865.
Died in Washington,
D.C., March
30, 1873 (age 74 years, 261
days).
Interment at Greenwood
Cemetery, Jackson, Miss.
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Leslie Mortier Shaw (1848-1932) —
also known as Leslie M. Shaw —
of Denison, Crawford
County, Iowa.
Born in Morristown, Lamoille
County, Vt., November
2, 1848.
Republican. Lawyer; banker; Governor of
Iowa, 1898-1902; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Iowa, 1900;
U.S.
Secretary of the Treasury, 1902-07; candidate for Republican
nomination for President, 1908.
Methodist.
Died in Washington,
D.C., March
28, 1932 (age 83 years, 147
days).
Interment at Oakland
Cemetery, Denison, Iowa.
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Seth Shepard (1847-1917) —
of Galveston, Galveston
County, Tex.; Dallas, Dallas
County, Tex.
Born in Brenham, Washington
County, Tex., April
23, 1847.
Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; lawyer;
member of Texas
state senate, 1874-75; Associate
Justice of U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, 1893-1905,
1905-17; retired 1917.
Died in Washington,
D.C., December
3, 1917 (age 70 years, 224
days).
Burial location unknown.
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John Morris Sheppard (1875-1941) —
also known as Morris Sheppard —
of Texarkana, Bowie
County, Tex.
Born in Wheatville, Morris
County, Tex., May 28,
1875.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Texas, 1902-13 (4th District 1902-03, 1st
District 1903-13); U.S.
Senator from Texas, 1913-41; died in office 1941.
Methodist.
Member, Woodmen of
the World; Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; Redmen;
Elks; Knights
of Pythias; Kappa
Alpha Order; Phi
Beta Kappa.
Died, from a brain
hemorrhage, in Walter
Reed Hospital, Washington,
D.C., April 9,
1941 (age 65 years, 316
days).
Interment at Hillcrest
Cemetery, Texarkana, Tex.
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Bradley J. Sherman (b. 1954) —
also known as Brad Sherman —
of Sherman Oaks, Los Angeles, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., October
24, 1954.
Democrat. Lawyer; accountant;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from California, 1996,
2000,
2004,
2008;
U.S.
Representative from California, 1997-2008 (24th District
1997-2003, 27th District 2003-08).
Jewish.
Still living as of 2014.
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John Sherman (1823-1900) —
also known as "The Ohio Icicle" —
of Mansfield, Richland
County, Ohio.
Born in Lancaster, Fairfield
County, Ohio, May 10,
1823.
Republican. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 13th District, 1855-61; U.S.
Senator from Ohio, 1861-77, 1881-97; U.S.
Secretary of the Treasury, 1877-81; candidate for Republican
nomination for President, 1880,
1884,
1888;
U.S.
Secretary of State, 1897-98.
Methodist.
Died in Washington,
D.C., October
22, 1900 (age 77 years, 165
days).
Interment at Mansfield
Cemetery, Mansfield, Ohio.
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Relatives: Son
of Mary (Hoyt) Sherman and Charles
Robert Sherman; brother of Charles
Taylor Sherman, William
Tecumseh Sherman and Lampson
Parker Sherman; married, August
31, 1848, to Margaret Sarah Cecilia Stewart; uncle of Mary Hoyt
Sherman (who married Nelson
Appleton Miles); sixth great-grandson of Thomas
Welles; second cousin of David
Munson Osborne; second cousin once removed of Thomas
Mott Osborne; second cousin twice removed of Charles
Devens Osborne and Lithgow
Osborne; second cousin thrice removed of Pierpont
Edwards and Aaron
Burr; third cousin of Phineas
Taylor Barnum; third cousin once removed of Ezekiel
Gilbert Stoddard and Blanche
M. Woodward; third cousin twice removed of John
Davenport, James
Davenport, Theodore
Dwight, Henry
Waggaman Edwards, Ira
Yale, Louis
Ezekiel Stoddard and Asbury
Elliott Kellogg; third cousin thrice removed of Jonathan
Brace, Chauncey
Goodrich and Elizur
Goodrich; fourth cousin of Philo
Fairchild Barnum, Andrew
Gould Chatfield, Henry
Jarvis Raymond and Edwin
Olmstead Keeler; fourth cousin once removed of Charles
Yale, Theodore
Davenport, David
Lowrey Seymour, Chauncey
Mitchell Depew, Fred
Lockwood Keeler and Thomas
McKeen Chidsey. |
| | | Political families: Otis
family of Connecticut; Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin
family of Connecticut and New York (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | The World War II Liberty
ship SS John Sherman (built 1943 at Richmond,
California; sold 1947; scrapped 1967) was named for
him. |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Wikipedia article — NNDB
dossier — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Image source: The Parties and The Men
(1896) |
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Charles Hitchcock Sherrill (1814-1887) —
also known as Charles H. Sherrill —
of Albany, Albany
County, N.Y.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Sandy Hill (now Hudson Falls), Washington
County, N.Y., March
24, 1814.
Republican. Lawyer; member of New York
canal commission, 1857-59; lobbyist
for railroad
interests.
Died, from heart
disease, in Washington,
D.C., January
4, 1887 (age 72 years, 286
days).
Interment at South
End Cemetery, East Hampton, Long Island, N.Y.
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Charles Hitchcock Sherrill (1867-1936) —
also known as Charles H. Sherrill —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Washington,
D.C., April
13, 1867.
Republican. Lawyer; U.S. Minister to Argentina, 1909-10; general in the U.S. Army during World War
I; U.S. Ambassador to Turkey, 1932-33.
Presbyterian.
Member, Delta
Kappa Epsilon; Phi
Delta Phi; Sons of
the Revolution; Society
of Colonial Wars; Society
of the War of 1812.
Died in Paris, France,
June
25, 1936 (age 69 years, 73
days).
Interment at South
End Cemetery, East Hampton, Long Island, N.Y.
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Thetus Willrette Sims (1852-1939) —
also known as Thetus W. Sims —
of Linden, Perry
County, Tenn.
Born in Wayne
County, Tenn., April
25, 1852.
Democrat. Lawyer; superintendent
of schools; candidate for Presidential Elector for Tennessee; U.S.
Representative from Tennessee 8th District, 1897-1921.
Died in 1939
(age about
87 years).
Interment at Rock
Creek Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Nicholas John Sinnott (1870-1929) —
also known as Nicholas J. Sinnott —
of The Dalles, Wasco
County, Ore.
Born in The Dalles, Wasco
County, Ore., December
6, 1870.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Oregon
state senate, 1909-12; U.S.
Representative from Oregon 2nd District, 1913-28; Judge
of U.S. Court of Claims, 1928-29; died in office 1929.
Died in Washington,
D.C., July 20,
1929 (age 58 years, 226
days).
Interment at St.
Peters Cemetery, The Dalles, Ore.
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Isaac Newton Skelton IV (1931-2013) —
also known as Ike Skelton —
of Jefferson City, Cole
County, Mo.; Lexington, Lafayette
County, Mo.; Blue Springs, Jackson
County, Mo.
Born in Lexington, Lafayette
County, Mo., December
20, 1931.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Missouri
state senate, 1971-77; U.S.
Representative from Missouri 4th District, 1977-; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Missouri, 1996,
2000,
2004,
2008.
Disciples
of Christ. Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; Sigma
Chi; Lions; Elks; Freemasons.
Died in Arlington, Arlington
County, Va., October
28, 2013 (age 81 years, 312
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Adam Smith (b. 1965) —
of Tacoma, Pierce
County, Wash.
Born in Washington,
D.C., June 15,
1965.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Washington
state senate, 1991-96; U.S.
Representative from Washington 9th District, 1997-; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Washington, 2000,
2004,
2008.
Christian.
Still living as of 2014.
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Arthur Mumford Smith (1903-1968) —
also known as Arthur M. Smith —
of Dearborn, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Scott, LaGrange
County, Ind., September
19, 1903.
Lawyer; Associate
Judge of U.S. Court of Customs and Patent Appeals, 1959-68; died
in office 1968.
Died in Washington,
D.C., November
20, 1968 (age 65 years, 62
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Donald Stuart Smith (c.1929-2002) —
also known as Donald Smith —
of District of Columbia.
Born in New York, about 1929.
Lawyer; superior court judge in District of Columbia, 1972-87.
Member, American
Legion.
Died, of kidney
failure, at Sibley Memorial Hospital,
Washington,
D.C., April 9,
2002 (age about 73
years).
Burial location unknown.
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Green Clay Smith (1826-1895) —
also known as Green C. Smith —
of Covington, Kenton
County, Ky.
Born in Richmond, Madison
County, Ky., July 4,
1826.
Served in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War; lawyer; member
of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1861; general in the Union Army
during the Civil War; U.S.
Representative from Kentucky 6th District, 1863-66; Governor
of Montana Territory, 1866-68; Prohibition candidate for President
of the United States, 1876.
Baptist.
Died in Washington,
D.C., June 29,
1895 (age 68 years, 360
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Hamilton Smith (1804-1875) —
of Cannelton, Perry
County, Ind.
Born in Durham, Strafford
County, N.H., September
19, 1804.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1859; alternate delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Indiana, 1864.
Died in Washington,
D.C., February
7, 1875 (age 70 years, 141
days).
Interment at Old
Cliff Cemetery, Cannelton, Ind.
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Henry Perkins Smith III (1911-1995) —
also known as Henry P. Smith III —
of North Tonawanda, Niagara
County, N.Y.
Born in North Tonawanda, Niagara
County, N.Y., September
29, 1911.
Republican. Lawyer; mayor
of North Tonawanda, N.Y., 1961-63; Niagara
County Judge, 1963-64; U.S.
Representative from New York, 1965-75 (40th District 1965-73,
36th District 1973-75).
Presbyterian.
Member, Rotary.
Died in Washington,
D.C., October
1, 1995 (age 84 years, 2
days).
Interment at Rock
Creek Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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James Smith (1719-1806) —
of Pennsylvania.
Born in Dublin, Ireland,
September
17, 1719.
Lawyer; Delegate
to Continental Congress from Pennsylvania, 1776; signer,
Declaration of Independence, 1776; member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 1780.
Presbyterian.
Died in York, York
County, Pa., July 11,
1806 (age 86 years, 297
days).
Interment at First
Presbyterian Churchyard, York, Pa.; memorial monument at Constitution Gardens, Washington, D.C.
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James Francis Smith (1859-1928) —
Born in San
Francisco, Calif., January
28, 1859.
Lawyer; colonel in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American
War; associate justice of Philippines Supreme Corut, 1901-03; Governor-General
of the Philippine Islands, 1906-09; Associate
Judge of U.S. Court of Customs Appeals, 1910-28; died in office
1928.
Member, Native
Sons of the Golden West.
Died in Washington,
D.C., June 29,
1928 (age 69 years, 153
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Lawrence Henry Smith (1892-1958) —
also known as Lawrence H. Smith —
of Racine, Racine
County, Wis.
Born in Racine, Racine
County, Wis., September
15, 1892.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I;
lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Wisconsin 1st District, 1941-58; died in
office 1958.
Member, American
Legion.
Died in the U.S. Capitol
Building, Washington,
D.C., January
22, 1958 (age 65 years, 129
days).
Interment at West
Lawn Memorial Park, Racine, Wis.
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Nathan Smith (1770-1835) —
of New Haven, New Haven
County, Conn.
Born in Woodbury, Litchfield
County, Conn., January
8, 1770.
Whig. Lawyer; New
Haven County Prosecuting Attorney, 1817-35; delegate
to Connecticut state constitutional convention, 1818; candidate
for Governor of
Connecticut, 1825; member of Connecticut
state senate at-large, 1827; U.S.
Attorney for Connecticut, 1829; U.S.
Senator from Connecticut, 1833-35; died in office 1835.
Died in Washington,
D.C., December
6, 1835 (age 65 years, 332
days).
Interment at Grove
Street Cemetery, New Haven, Conn.; cenotaph at Congressional
Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Constantine Joseph Smyth (1859-1924) —
also known as Constantine J. Smyth —
of Omaha, Douglas
County, Neb.
Born in County Cavan, Ireland,
December
4, 1859.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Nebraska
state house of representatives, 1887; Nebraska
state attorney general, 1897-1900; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Nebraska, 1904,
1912
(member, Committee
to Notify Presidential Nominee); Chief
Justice of U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, 1917-24;
died in office 1924.
Catholic.
Member, Knights
of Columbus.
Died April
14, 1924 (age 64 years, 132
days).
Interment at Holy
Sepulchre Cemetery, Omaha, Neb.
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John Fryatt Snodgrass (1804-1854) —
also known as John F. Snodgrass —
of Parkersburg, Wood
County, Va. (now W.Va.).
Born in Berkeley
County, Va. (now W.Va.), March 2,
1804.
Democrat. Lawyer; delegate
to Virginia state constitutional convention, 1850-51; U.S.
Representative from Virginia 11th District, 1853-54; died in
office 1854.
Slaveowner.
Died suddenly, while arguing a
case in court, in Parkersburg, Wood
County, Va (now W.Va.), June 5,
1854 (age 50 years, 95
days).
Interment at Riverview
Cemetery, Parkersburg, W.Va.; cenotaph at Congressional
Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Jerry Curtis South (1867-1930) —
also known as Jerry C. South —
of Mountain Home, Baxter
County, Ark.
Born in Frankfort, Franklin
County, Ky., March
24, 1867.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Arkansas state legislature,
1891-1901; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Arkansas,
1892,
1896,
1904
(speaker),
1908,
1912
(member, Credentials
Committee), 1916
(member, Platform
and Resolutions Committee); served in the U.S. Army during the
Spanish-American War.
Disciples
of Christ. Member, Freemasons.
Died in Washington,
D.C., September
24, 1930 (age 63 years, 184
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Samuel Lewis Southard (1787-1842) —
also known as Samuel L. Southard —
of Hunterdon
County, N.J.; Trenton, Mercer
County, N.J.
Born in Basking Ridge, Somerset
County, N.J., June 9,
1787.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of New
Jersey state house of assembly from Hunterdon County, 1815;
resigned 1815; associate
justice of New Jersey state supreme court, 1815-20; candidate for
Presidential Elector for New Jersey; U.S.
Senator from New Jersey, 1821-23, 1833-42; died in office 1842;
U.S.
Secretary of the Navy, 1823-29; New
Jersey state attorney general, 1829-33; Governor of
New Jersey, 1832-33; chancellor
of New Jersey court of chancery, 1832-33.
Slaveowner.
Died in Fredericksburg,
Va., June 26,
1842 (age 55 years, 17
days).
Interment at Congressional
Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Zachary T. Space (b. 1961) —
also known as Zack Space —
of Dover, Tuscarawas
County, Ohio.
Born in Dover, Tuscarawas
County, Ohio, January
27, 1961.
Democrat. Lawyer; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Ohio, 1996,
2008;
U.S.
Representative from Ohio 18th District, 2007-.
Greek
ancestry.
Still living as of 2014.
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William Spaid (1904-1971) —
of Pima
County, Ariz.
Born in Washington,
D.C., 1904.
Democrat. Lawyer; Speaker of
the Arizona State House of Representatives, 1940.
Presbyterian.
Died in 1971
(age about
67 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Stephen Milancthon Sparkman (1849-1929) —
also known as Stephen M. Sparkman —
of Tampa, Hillsborough
County, Fla.
Born in Hernando
County, Fla., July 29,
1849.
Democrat. Lawyer; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Florida, 1892;
U.S.
Representative from Florida 1st District, 1895-1917.
Died in Washington,
D.C., September
26, 1929 (age 80 years, 59
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Tampa, Fla.
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Karen Lorraine Jacqueline Speier (b. 1950) —
also known as Jackie Speier —
of Washington,
D.C.
Born in San
Francisco, Calif., May 14,
1950.
Democrat. Lawyer; staff member for U.S. Rep. Leo J.
Ryan, 1973-78; traveled on a mission to Guyana in 1978, to
investigate allegations of abuse and coercion in the People's Temple
settlement there; shot five
times by security guards, who also shot and killed Congressman
Ryan and four others; member of California
state assembly 19th District, 1986-98; member of California
state senate 8th District, 1998-2006; candidate for Lieutenant
Governor of California, 2006; U.S.
Representative from California 12th District, 2008-; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from California, 2008.
Female.
Armenian
and Jewish
ancestry.
Still living as of 2014.
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Samuel Spencer (b. 1910) —
of Washington,
D.C.
Born in Washington,
D.C., December
8, 1910.
Republican. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Navy during World War
II; member
District of Columbia board of commissioners, 1953-56; President
of the District of Columbia Board of Commissioners, 1953-56;
delegate to Republican National Convention from District of Columbia,
1956;
president and chairman, Tennessee Railroad
Co.; director, Riggs National Bank;
director, Garfield Hospital
and Children's Hospital;
president, Washington Hospital.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Society
of the Cincinnati; Phi
Beta Kappa.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Henry Benning Spencer and Katharine (Price) Spencer; married, June 28,
1935, to Dora White. |
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Stephen J. Spingarn (b. 1908) —
of Washington,
D.C.
Born in Bedford, Westchester
County, N.Y., September
1, 1908.
Democrat. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during World War II;
administrative assistant to President Harry
Truman, 1949-50; member, Federal Trade Commission, 1950-53.
Member, Phi
Alpha Delta; American Bar
Association; Federal
Bar Association; Sons of
the American Revolution; American
Political Science Association.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of J. E. Spingarn and Amy Judith Spingarn. |
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Francis Barretto Spinola (1821-1891) —
also known as Francis B. Spinola —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.; New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Stony Brook, Suffolk
County, Long Island, N.Y., March
19, 1821.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of New York
state assembly, 1856, 1877, 1881, 1883 (Kings County 2nd District
1856, New York County 16th District 1877, 1881, 1883); member of New York
state senate 3rd District, 1858-61; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from New York, 1860;
general in the Union Army during the Civil War; U.S.
Representative from New York 10th District, 1887-91; died in
office 1891.
Died in Washington,
D.C., April
14, 1891 (age 70 years, 26
days).
Interment at Green-Wood
Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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John McKee Spratt Jr. (b. 1942) —
also known as John M. Spratt, Jr. —
of York, York
County, S.C.
Born in Charlotte, Mecklenburg
County, N.C., November
1, 1942.
Democrat. Lawyer; banker;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from South Carolina, 1964
(alternate), 1996
(speaker),
2000,
2004,
2008;
U.S.
Representative from South Carolina 5th District, 1983-.
Presbyterian.
Still living as of 2014.
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William McKendree Springer (1836-1903) —
also known as William M. Springer —
of Springfield, Sangamon
County, Ill.
Born in Sullivan
County, Ind., May 30,
1836.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Illinois
Democratic State Committee, 1860-62; member of Illinois
state house of representatives, 1871-72; defeated, 1860; U.S.
Representative from Illinois, 1875-95 (12th District 1875-83,
13th District 1883-95); U.S.
District Judge for Indian Territory, 1895-99.
Died, of pneumonia,
in Washington,
D.C., December
4, 1903 (age 67 years, 188
days).
Interment at Oak
Ridge Cemetery, Springfield, Ill.
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Harley Orrin Staggers Jr. (b. 1951) —
also known as Harley O. Staggers, Jr. —
of Keyser, Mineral
County, W.Va.
Born in Washington,
D.C., February
22, 1951.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of West
Virginia state senate 16th District, 1980-82; appointed 1980;
resigned 1982; U.S.
Representative from West Virginia 2nd District, 1983-93.
Catholic.
Member, American Bar
Association; Association
of Trial Lawyers of America; Moose; Lions; Jaycees.
Still living as of 2014.
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Lynn Upshaw Stambaugh (1890-1971) —
also known as Lynn U. Stambaugh —
of North Dakota.
Born in Abilene, Dickinson
County, Kan., July 4,
1890.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer;
Independent candidate for U.S.
Senator from North Dakota, 1944.
Member, Sigma
Chi; Phi
Delta Phi; American
Legion.
Died in Washington,
D.C., May 27,
1971 (age 80 years, 327
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Relatives: Son
of Winfield Scott Stambaugh; married 1915 to Enid
Ericson. |
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Kenneth Winston Starr (b. 1946) —
also known as Kenneth W. Starr —
of Washington,
D.C.
Born in Vernon, Wilbarger
County, Tex., July 21,
1946.
Lawyer; Judge
of U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, 1983-89; resigned
1989; U.S. Solicitor General, 1989-93.
Member, American Bar
Association; Order of
the Coif; Phi
Delta Phi; Delta
Phi Epsilon; Federalist
Society.
Independent counsel appointed to investigate President Bill
Clinton's involvement in the Whitewater land deal and the Monica
Lewinsky scandal.
Still living as of 2014.
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Charles Manly Stedman (1841-1930) —
also known as Charles M. Stedman —
of Wilmington, New
Hanover County, N.C.; Greensboro, Guilford
County, N.C.
Born in Pittsboro, Chatham
County, N.C., January
29, 1841.
Democrat. Major in the Confederate Army during the Civil War;
lawyer; delegate to Democratic National Convention from North
Carolina, 1880;
Lieutenant
Governor of North Carolina, 1885-89; candidate for Governor of
North Carolina, 1888; U.S.
Representative from North Carolina 5th District, 1911-30; died in
office 1930.
Died in Washington,
D.C., September
23, 1930 (age 89 years, 237
days).
Interment at Cross
Creek Cemetery No. 1, Fayetteville, N.C.
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Thomas Sterling (1851-1930) —
of Springfield, Sangamon
County, Ill.; Redfield, Spink
County, S.Dak.; Vermillion, Clay
County, S.Dak.
Born near Amanda, Fairfield
County, Ohio, February
20, 1851.
Republican. Lawyer; delegate
to South Dakota state constitutional convention, 1889; member of
South
Dakota state senate 30th District, 1889-90; dean,
college of law, University of South Dakota, 1901-11; U.S.
Senator from South Dakota, 1913-25; delegate to Republican
National Convention from South Dakota, 1916.
Congregationalist.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Odd
Fellows; Ancient
Order of United Workmen; American Bar
Association; American
Political Science Association.
Died in 1930
(age about
79 years).
Interment at Cedar
Hill Cemetery, Suitland, Md.
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Thaddeus Stevens (1792-1868) —
of Gettysburg, Adams
County, Pa.; Lancaster, Lancaster
County, Pa.
Born in Danville, Caledonia
County, Vt., April 4,
1792.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 1833-35, 1837, 1841; delegate
to Pennsylvania state constitutional convention, 1838; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania, 1849-53, 1859-68 (8th District
1849-53, 9th District 1859-68); died in office 1868; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1856
(speaker),
1860.
Died in Washington,
D.C., August
11, 1868 (age 76 years, 129
days).
Interment at Shreiner-Concord
Cemetery, Lancaster, Pa.; cenotaph at Congressional
Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Harlan Fiske Stone (1872-1946) —
also known as Harlan F. Stone —
Born in Chesterfield, Cheshire
County, N.H., October
11, 1872.
Lawyer; Dean of
Columbia University Law School; U.S.
Attorney General, 1924-25; Associate
Justice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1925-41; Chief
Justice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1941-46; died in office 1946.
Episcopalian.
Suffered a cerebral
hemorrhage, in
court, while reading his dissent in the case of Girouard v.
United States, and died later that day, in Washington,
D.C., April
22, 1946 (age 73 years, 193
days).
Interment at Rock
Creek Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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William Joel Stone (1848-1918) —
also known as William J. Stone —
of Nevada, Vernon
County, Mo.; St.
Louis, Mo.; Jefferson City, Cole
County, Mo.
Born near Richmond, Madison
County, Ky., May 7,
1848.
Democrat. Lawyer; Vernon
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1873-74; candidate for Presidential
Elector for Missouri; U.S.
Representative from Missouri 12th District, 1885-91; Governor of
Missouri, 1893-97; member of Democratic
National Committee from Missouri, 1896-1904; Vice-Chair
of Democratic National Committee, 1900-04; U.S.
Senator from Missouri, 1903-18; died in office 1918; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Missouri, 1904,
1912
(speaker),
1916
(member, Platform
and Resolutions Committee).
Died in Washington,
D.C., April
14, 1918 (age 69 years, 342
days).
Interment at Deepwood
Cemetery, Nevada, Mo.
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Christian Markle Straub (1804-1860) —
also known as Christian M. Straub —
of Orwigsburg, Schuylkill
County, Pa.; Pottsville, Schuylkill
County, Pa.
Born in Milton, Northumberland
County, Pa., 1804.
Democrat. Lawyer; Schuylkill
County Prothonotary, 1845; Schuylkill
County Sheriff, 1849; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 11th District, 1853-55; member
of Pennsylvania
state senate, 1856-58 (28th District 1856-57, 7th District 1858).
German
ancestry.
Died in Washington,
D.C., June 7,
1860 (age about 55
years).
Interment somewhere
in Pottsville, Pa.
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Oscar Solomon Straus (1850-1926) —
also known as Oscar S. Straus —
of New York.
Born in Germany,
December
23, 1850.
Progressive. Lawyer; U.S. Minister to Turkey, 1887-89, 1898-99; U.S.
Secretary of Commerce and Labor, 1906-09; U.S. Ambassador to Turkey, 1909-10; candidate for Governor of
New York, 1912; candidate for delegate
to New York state constitutional convention at-large, 1914.
Jewish.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa.
First
Jewish U.S. cabinet member.
Died in New York City (unknown
county), N.Y., May 3,
1926 (age 75 years, 131
days).
Interment at Beth
El Cemetery, Glendale, Queens, N.Y.; memorial monument at Federal Triangle, Washington, D.C.
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Paul Eric Strauss (b. 1964) —
also known as Paul Strauss —
of Washington,
D.C.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., April
11, 1964.
Democrat. Lawyer; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from District of Columbia, 1996
(alternate), 2000,
2004,
2008.
Still living as of 2008.
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Bartholomew Thomas Stupak (b. 1952) —
also known as Bart Stupak —
of Menominee, Menominee
County, Mich.
Born in Milwaukee, Milwaukee
County, Wis., February
29, 1952.
Democrat. Police
officer; lawyer; member of Michigan
state house of representatives 109th District, 1989-90; candidate
for Michigan
state senate 38th District, 1990; U.S.
Representative from Michigan 1st District, 1993-2011; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Michigan, 1996,
2000,
2004,
2008.
Catholic.
Member, National Rifle
Association; Knights
of Columbus; Elks.
Still living as of 2014.
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John Berchmans Sullivan (1897-1951) —
also known as John B. Sullivan —
of St.
Louis, Mo.
Born in Sedalia, Pettis
County, Mo., October
10, 1897.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Missouri 11th District, 1941-43, 1945-47,
1949-51; defeated, 1942, 1946; died in office 1951.
Catholic.
Member, American Bar
Association; Federal
Bar Association; American
Arbitration Association; American
Legion; Forty and
Eight; Delta
Sigma Phi; Delta
Theta Phi; Elks.
Died in Washington,
D.C., January
29, 1951 (age 53 years, 111
days).
Interment at Calvary
Cemetery, St. Louis, Mo.
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Cyrus Adams Sulloway (1839-1917) —
also known as Cyrus A. Sulloway —
of Manchester, Hillsborough
County, N.H.
Born in Grafton, Grafton
County, N.H., June 8,
1839.
Republican. Lawyer; member of New
Hampshire state house of representatives, 1872-73, 1887-93; U.S.
Representative from New Hampshire 1st District, 1895-1913,
1915-17; defeated, 1912; died in office 1917.
Died in Washington,
D.C., March
11, 1917 (age 77 years, 276
days).
Interment at Franklin
Cemetery, Franklin, N.H.
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Charles Sumner (1811-1874) —
of Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., January
6, 1811.
Lawyer; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts, 1848; U.S.
Senator from Massachusetts, 1851-74; died in office 1874.
In May, 1856, he suffered severe injuries in an assault by South
Carolina Rep. Preston
S. Brooks, who was furious over an anti-slavery speech.
Died in Washington,
D.C., March
11, 1874 (age 63 years, 64
days).
Interment at Mt.
Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Mass.; statue erected 1879 at Boston Public Garden, Boston, Mass.
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Michael Lynn Synar (1950-1996) —
also known as Mike Synar —
of Muskogee, Muskogee
County, Okla.
Born in Vinita, Craig
County, Okla., October
17, 1950.
Democrat. Rancher; real estate
broker; lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Oklahoma 2nd District, 1979-95.
Died, of brain
cancer, in Washington,
D.C., January
9, 1996 (age 45 years, 84
days).
Interment at Memorial
Park Cemetery, Muskogee, Okla.
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