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Patricia McGowan Wald (b. 1928) —
also known as Patricia Ann McGowan —
of Chevy Chase, Montgomery
County, Md.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Torrington, Litchfield
County, Conn., September
16, 1928.
Lawyer; Judge
of U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, 1979-.
Female.
Member, American Bar
Association.
Still living as of 1991.
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Relatives:
Daughter of Joseph F. McGowan and Margaret (O'Keefe) McGowan;
married, June 22,
1952, to Robert Lewis Wald. |
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Daniel Walker (b. 1922) —
of Deerfield, Lake
County, Ill.
Born in Washington,
D.C., August
6, 1922.
Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; served in the U.S. Navy
during the Korean conflict; lawyer; administrative assistant
to Gov. Adlai
E. Stevenson, 1952; Governor of
Illinois, 1973-77.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Society for International Law; Order of
the Coif.
Still living as of 2014.
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Robert John Walker (1801-1869) —
also known as Robert J. Walker —
of Madisonville, Madison
County, Miss.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Northumberland, Northumberland
County, Pa., July 19,
1801.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Senator from Mississippi, 1835-45; resigned 1845; U.S.
Secretary of the Treasury, 1845-49; Governor
of Kansas Territory, 1857; newspaper
publisher.
Slaveowner.
Died in Washington,
D.C., November
11, 1869 (age 68 years, 115
days).
Interment at Oak
Hill Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Francis Eugene Walter (1894-1963) —
also known as Francis E. Walter —
of Easton, Northampton
County, Pa.
Born in Easton, Northampton
County, Pa., May 26,
1894.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; lawyer;
trustee, Easton Hospital;
bank
director; Northampton
County Solicitor, 1928-33; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Pennsylvania, 1928,
1948
(alternate), 1952,
1956,
1960;
U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania, 1933-63 (21st District 1933-45,
20th District 1945-53, 15th District 1953-63); died in office 1963.
Lutheran.
Member, Elks; Odd
Fellows; Eagles;
Junior
Order; Phi
Delta Theta; Phi
Alpha Delta.
Died, of leukemia,
in Washington,
D.C., May 31,
1963 (age 69 years, 5
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Edward Cary Walthall (1831-1898) —
also known as Edward C. Walthall —
of Grenada, Grenada
County, Miss.
Born in Richmond,
Va., April 4,
1831.
Democrat. Lawyer; law partner of Flavius
J. Lovejoy; general in the Confederate Army during the Civil War;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Mississippi, 1876,
1880;
U.S.
Senator from Mississippi, 1885-94, 1895-98; died in office 1898.
Slaveowner.
Died in Washington,
D.C., April
21, 1898 (age 67 years, 17
days).
Interment at Hillcrest
Cemetery, Holly Springs, Miss.
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Clifford Stevens Walton (1861-1912) —
of Washington,
D.C.
Born in Chardon, Geauga
County, Ohio, March 2,
1861.
Lawyer; Consul
for Peru in Washington,
D.C., 1898-1902.
Died, from bronchial
pneumonia, in Washington,
D.C., May 15,
1912 (age 51 years, 74
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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John William Warner III (1927-2021) —
also known as John W. Warner —
of Middleburg, Loudoun
County, Va.
Born in Washington,
D.C., February
18, 1927.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; served in
the U.S. Marine Corps during the Korean conflict; lawyer; U.S.
Secretary of the Navy, 1972-74; U.S.
Senator from Virginia, 1979-; appointed 1979.
Episcopalian.
Member, American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Beta
Theta Pi.
Died in Alexandria,
Va., May 25,
2021 (age 94 years, 96
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Charles Warren (1868-1954) —
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., March 9,
1868.
Democrat. Lawyer; private secretary to Gov. William
Eustis Russell, 1893-94; candidate for Massachusetts
state senate, 1894, 1895; author; historian;
assistant U.S. Attorney General, 1914-18; received a Pulitzer
Prize in history, 1923, for his book History of the United
States Supreme Court.
Died in Washington,
D.C., August
16, 1954 (age 86 years, 160
days).
Interment at Vine
Hills Cemetery, Plymouth, Mass.
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Earl Warren (1891-1974) —
also known as "Superchief" —
of Oakland, Alameda
County, Calif.
Born in Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., March
19, 1891.
Republican. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during World War
I; Alameda
County District Attorney, 1925-39; delegate to Republican
National Convention from California, 1928
(alternate), 1932;
Temporary Chair, 1944;
California
Republican state chair, 1934-36; member of Republican
National Committee from California, 1936-38; California
state attorney general, 1939-43; Governor of
California, 1943-53; candidate for Presidential Elector for
California; candidate for Vice
President of the United States, 1948; Chief
Justice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1953-69; chair, President's
Commission on the Assassination of President KNDY, 1963-64.
Norwegian
ancestry. Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Elks; American
Academy of Arts and Sciences; American
Philosophical Society; Phi
Delta Phi; Sigma
Phi; Exchange
Club.
Awarded the Presidential
Medal of Freedom posthumously in 1981.
Died in Washington,
D.C., July 9,
1974 (age 83 years, 112
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Lindsay Carter Warren (1889-1976) —
also known as Lindsay C. Warren —
of Washington, Beaufort
County, N.C.
Born in Washington, Beaufort
County, N.C., December
16, 1889.
Democrat. Lawyer; chair of
Beaufort County Democratic Party, 1912-25; member of North
Carolina state senate, 1917-19, 1959; member of North
Carolina state house of representatives, 1923; U.S.
Representative from North Carolina 1st District, 1925-40;
resigned 1940; delegate to Democratic National Convention from North
Carolina, 1932,
1940;
U.S. Comptroller General 1940-54.
Episcopalian.
Member, Alpha
Tau Omega; Freemasons;
Elks.
Died in Washington,
D.C., December
28, 1976 (age 87 years, 12
days).
Interment at Oakdale
Cemetery, Washington, N.C.
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George Thomas Washington (1908-1971) —
of Santa Barbara, Santa
Barbara County, Calif.
Born in Cuyahoga Falls, Summit
County, Ohio, June 24,
1908.
Rhodes
scholar; lawyer; Judge
of U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, 1949-65.
Member, Society
of the Cincinnati; American Bar
Association; Phi
Beta Kappa; Order of
the Coif.
Died August
21, 1971 (age 63 years, 58
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Presumably named
for: George
Washington |
| | | Relatives: Son of William Morrow
Washington and Janet Margaret (Thomas) Washington; married 1953 to Helen
Goodner. |
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Horace Lee Washington (1864-1938) —
Born in Washington,
D.C., June 4,
1864.
Lawyer; U.S. Vice & Deputy Consul General in Cairo, 1894-96; U.S. Consul in Alexandretta, 1896-99; Valencia, 1899-1900; Geneva, 1901-05; Liverpool, 1909-22; U.S. Consul General in Cape Town, 1905-06; Marseille, 1908-09; Liverpool, as of 1924; London, as of 1926-27.
Died August
27, 1938 (age 74 years, 84
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Walter Edward Washington (1915-2003) —
also known as Walter Washington —
of Washington,
D.C.
Born in Dawson, Terrell
County, Ga., April
15, 1915.
Democrat. Lawyer; mayor
of Washington, D.C., 1975-79; defeated in primary, 1978.
African
ancestry.
Died, in Howard University Hospital,
Washington,
D.C., October
27, 2003 (age 88 years, 195
days).
Interment at Lincoln
Memorial Cemetery, Suitland, Md.
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James Eli Watson (1864-1948) —
also known as James E. Watson —
of Rushville, Rush
County, Ind.
Born in Winchester, Randolph
County, Ind., November
2, 1864.
Republican. Lawyer; candidate for Presidential Elector for
Indiana; U.S.
Representative from Indiana, 1895-97, 1899-1909 (4th District
1895-97, 6th District 1899-1909); defeated, 1896; candidate for Governor of
Indiana, 1908; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Indiana, 1912,
1920
(chair, Resolutions
Committee), 1924,
1932,
1936,
1940,
1944;
U.S.
Senator from Indiana, 1916-33; defeated, 1932; candidate for
Republican nomination for President, 1928.
Member, Knights
of Pythias; Phi
Kappa Psi.
Died in Washington,
D.C., July 29,
1948 (age 83 years, 270
days).
Interment at Cedar
Hill Cemetery, Suitland, Md.
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Melvin L. Watt (b. 1945) —
also known as Mel Watt —
of Charlotte, Mecklenburg
County, N.C.
Born in Steele Creek, Mecklenburg
County, N.C., August
26, 1945.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of North
Carolina state senate, 1985-87; U.S.
Representative from North Carolina 12th District, 1993-; delegate
to Democratic National Convention from North Carolina, 1996,
2000,
2004,
2008.
Presbyterian.
African
ancestry.
Still living as of 2014.
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Henry Arnold Waxman (b. 1939) —
also known as Henry A. Waxman —
of Los Angeles, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., September
12, 1939.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of California
state assembly, 1969-74; U.S.
Representative from California, 1975-2015 (24th District 1975-93,
29th District 1993-2003, 30th District 2003-13, 33rd District
2013-15); delegate to Democratic National Convention from California,
1988,
1996,
2000,
2004,
2008.
Jewish.
Member, American
Jewish Congress; Sierra
Club.
Still living as of 2019.
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James Moore Wayne (1790-1867) —
also known as James M. Wayne —
of Savannah, Chatham
County, Ga.
Born in Savannah, Chatham
County, Ga., 1790.
Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; member
of Georgia
state house of representatives, 1815-16; mayor
of Savannah, Ga., 1817-19; state court judge in Georgia, 1820-22;
U.S.
Representative from Georgia at-large, 1829-35; Associate
Justice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1835-67; died in office 1867.
Episcopalian.
Slaveowner.
Died in Washington,
D.C., July 5,
1867 (age about 77
years).
Interment at Laurel
Grove North Cemetery, Savannah, Ga.
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James Henry Webb Jr. (b. 1946) —
also known as Jim Webb —
of Falls
Church, Va.
Born in St. Joseph, Buchanan
County, Mo., February
9, 1946.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during the Vietnam War;
lawyer; author; screenwriter;
journalist;
U.S. Secretary of the Navy, 1987-88; U.S.
Senator from Virginia, 2007-13; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Virginia, 2008;
candidate for Democratic nomination for President, 2016.
Scotch-Irish
ancestry.
Still living as of 2016.
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Daniel Webster (1782-1852) —
also known as "Black Dan"; "Defender of the
Constitution"; "Great Expounder of the
Constitution" —
of Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.; Marshfield, Plymouth
County, Mass.
Born in Salisbury (part now in Franklin), Merrimack
County, N.H., January
18, 1782.
Whig. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from New Hampshire at-large, 1813-17; delegate
to New Hampshire state constitutional convention, 1820; candidate
for Presidential Elector for New Hampshire; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 1st District, 1823-27; resigned
1827; U.S.
Senator from Massachusetts, 1827-41, 1845-50; candidate for President
of the United States, 1836; U.S.
Secretary of State, 1841-43, 1850-52; died in office 1852.
Presbyterian.
English
ancestry.
Elected to the Hall
of Fame for Great Americans in 1900.
Died in Marshfield, Plymouth
County, Mass., October
24, 1852 (age 70 years, 280
days).
Interment at Winslow
Cemetery, Marshfield, Mass.; statue erected 1900 at Scott
Circle, Washington, D.C.; statue at State House Grounds, Boston, Mass.
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Relatives: Son
of Ebenezer Webster and Abigail (Eastman) Webster; married, May 29,
1808, to Grace Fletcher; second cousin once removed of Hiram
Augustus Huse; second cousin twice removed of Edwin
George Eastman; third cousin twice removed of Alonzo
Mark Leffingwell; third cousin thrice removed of Henry
Nichols Blake and John
Leffingwell Randolph; fourth cousin once removed of Jedediah
Sabin, Charles
Rowell and Amos
Tuck. |
| | | Political families: Saltonstall-Weeks
family of Massachusetts; Vanderbilt-Tuck-Pickering-Webster
family; Eastman-Webster-Blake-Rowell
family; Vanderbilt-Colby-Burden-French
family of New York City, New York (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | Webster counties in Ga., Iowa, Ky., La., Miss., Mo., Neb. and W.Va. are
named for him. |
| | | Other politicians named for him: Daniel
Webster Wilder
— Daniel
W. Mills
— Daniel
W. Jones
— Daniel
Webster Comstock
— Daniel
W. Waugh
— Daniel
W. Tallmadge
— Daniel
Webster Heagy
— Daniel
W. Whitmore
— Daniel
W. Hamilton
— Daniel
W. Allaman
— Webster
Turner
— Dan
W. Turner
— Daniel
W. Hoan
— Daniel
W. Ambrose, Jr.
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| | | Coins and currency: His portrait
appeared on the $10 U.S. note from the 1860s until the early 20th
century. |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Wikipedia article — NNDB
dossier — OurCampaigns
candidate detail |
| | | Books about Daniel Webster: Robert
Vincent Remini, Daniel
Webster : The Man and His Time — Maurice G. Baxter, One
and Inseparable : Daniel Webster and the Union —
Robert A. Allen, Daniel
Webster, Defender of the Union — Richard N. Current,
Daniel
Webster and the Rise of National Conservatism —
Merrill D. Peterson, The
Great Triumvirate: Webster, Clay, and Calhoun — John
F. Kennedy, Profiles
in Courage |
| | | Image source: Life and Work of James G.
Blaine (1893) |
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George Thomas Weitzel (1873-1936) —
also known as George T. Weitzel —
of Missouri.
Born in Frankfort, Franklin
County, Ky., June 23,
1873.
Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War;
lawyer; U.S. Minister to Nicaragua, 1911-13.
Died in Washington,
D.C., January
1, 1936 (age 62 years, 192
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Peter Francis Welch (b. 1947) —
also known as Peter Welch —
of Hartland, Windsor
County, Vt.
Born in Springfield, Hampden
County, Mass., May 2,
1947.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Vermont
state senate, 1981-89, 2002-07; U.S.
Representative from Vermont at-large, 2007-; defeated in primary,
1988; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Vermont, 2008.
Still living as of 2018.
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Lawrence Weldon (1829-1905) —
of Clinton, DeWitt
County, Ill.; Bloomington, McLean
County, Ill.
Born in Zanesville, Muskingum
County, Ohio, August
9, 1829.
Republican. Lawyer; candidate for Presidential Elector for
Illinois; member of Illinois
state house of representatives, 1861; U.S.
Attorney for the Eastern District of Illinois, 1861-66; Judge
of U.S. Court of Claims, 1883-1905; died in office 1905.
Died in Washington,
D.C., April
10, 1905 (age 75 years, 244
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Robert Wexler (b. 1961) —
of Boca Raton, Palm Beach
County, Fla.
Born in Queens, Queens
County, N.Y., January
2, 1961.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Florida
state senate, 1990-96; U.S.
Representative from Florida 19th District, 1997-; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Florida, 2000,
2004,
2008.
Jewish.
Still living as of 2014.
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Burton Kendall Wheeler (1882-1975) —
also known as Burton K. Wheeler —
of Butte, Silver Bow
County, Mont.
Born in Hudson, Middlesex
County, Mass., February
27, 1882.
Lawyer; member of Montana
state house of representatives, 1911-13; U.S.
Attorney for Montana, 1913-18; U.S.
Senator from Montana, 1923-47; Democratic candidate for Governor of
Montana, 1920; Progressive candidate for Vice
President of the United States, 1924; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Montana, 1932,
1936,
1940.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Elks.
Died, from a stroke,
in Washington,
D.C., January
6, 1975 (age 92 years, 313
days).
Interment at Rock
Creek Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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John Hill Wheeler (1806-1882) —
also known as John H. Wheeler —
of Lincoln
County, N.C.
Born in Murfreesboro, Hertford
County, N.C., August
2, 1806.
Lawyer; historian;
planter;
member of North
Carolina house of commons, 1828-31, 1852-53 (Hertford County
1828-31, Lincoln County 1852-53); superintendent of the U.S. Mint at
Charlotte, N.C., 1837-41; North
Carolina state treasurer, 1843-45; U.S. Minister to Nicaragua, 1854-56.
Slaveowner.
Died in Washington,
D.C., December
7, 1882 (age 76 years, 127
days).
Interment at Oak
Hill Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Wayne Bidwell Wheeler (1869-1927) —
also known as Wayne B. Wheeler —
of Ohio.
Born in Brookfield, Trumbull
County, Ohio, November
10, 1869.
Lawyer; leader of the movement to bring about national
prohibition of alcohol.
Member, Anti-Saloon
League.
Died September
5, 1927 (age 57 years, 299
days).
Interment at Green
Lawn Cemetery, Columbus, Ohio.
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Samuel Estill Whitaker (1886-1967) —
of Riverview (now part of Chattanooga), Hamilton
County, Tenn.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Winchester, Franklin
County, Tenn., September
25, 1886.
Democrat. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during World War I;
mayor
of Riverview, Tenn., 1925-29; Judge
of U.S. Court of Claims, 1939-64; took senior status 1964.
Presbyterian.
Died in Washington,
D.C., March
26, 1967 (age 80 years, 182
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Sheldon Whitehouse (b. 1955) —
of Newport, Newport
County, R.I.
Born in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., October
20, 1955.
Democrat. Lawyer; clerk for Judge Richard
Neely, 1982-83; executive counsel and director of policy for Gov.
Bruce
Sundlun, 1991-92; director, Rhode Island Department of Business
Regulation, 1992-94; U.S.
Attorney for Rhode Island, 1994-98; Rhode
Island state attorney general, 1999-2003; candidate for Governor of
Rhode Island, 2002; U.S.
Senator from Rhode Island, 2007-; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Rhode Island, 2008,
2012.
Still living as of 2018.
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Elisha Whittlesey (1783-1863) —
of Canfield, Mahoning
County, Ohio.
Born in Washington, Litchfield
County, Conn., October
19, 1783.
School
teacher; lawyer; Mahoning
County Prosecuting Attorney; served in the U.S. Army during the
War of 1812; member of Ohio
state house of representatives, 1820-21; U.S.
Representative from Ohio, 1823-38 (13th District 1823-33, 16th
District 1833-38); resigned 1838; First Comptroller, U.S. Treasury,
1849-57, 1861-63.
Died in Washington,
D.C., January
7, 1863 (age 79 years, 80
days).
Interment at Canfield
Village Cemetery, Canfield, Ohio.
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Robert Charles Wickliffe (1874-1912) —
also known as Robert C. Wickliffe —
of St. Francisville, West
Feliciana Parish, La.
Born in Bardstown, Nelson
County, Ky., May 1,
1874.
Democrat. Lawyer; delegate
to Louisiana state constitutional convention, 1898; served in the
U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; district attorney, 24th
Judicial District, 1902-06; U.S.
Representative from Louisiana 6th District, 1909-12; died in
office 1912; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Louisiana, 1912.
While walking on the Southern Railway track in Potomac Park, was struck and
killed by a train, in a train, Washington,
D.C., June 11,
1912 (age 38 years, 41
days).
Interment at Cave
Hill Cemetery, Louisville, Ky.
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Alpheus Starkey Williams (1810-1878) —
also known as Alpheus S. Williams —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Saybrook, Middlesex
County, Conn., September
20, 1810.
Democrat. Lawyer; newspaper
editor; probate judge in Michigan, 1839; recorder's court judge
in Michigan, 1842; colonel in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War;
postmaster at Detroit,
Mich., 1849-53; general in the Union Army during the Civil War;
candidate for Governor of
Michigan, 1866; U.S. Minister to Salvador, 1866-69; U.S.
Representative from Michigan 1st District, 1875-78; died in
office 1878.
Suffered a stroke
and died in the U.S. Capitol
Building, Washington,
D.C., December
21, 1878 (age 68 years, 92
days).
Interment at Elmwood
Cemetery, Detroit, Mich.; statue erected 1921 at Belle
Isle Park, Detroit, Mich.
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James Alexander Williamson (1829-1902) —
also known as James A. Williamson —
of Iowa.
Born in Columbia, Adair
County, Ky., February
8, 1829.
Lawyer; Iowa
Democratic state chair, 1859; general in the Union Army during
the Civil War; delegate to Republican National Convention from Iowa,
1864;
Commissioner of the General Land Office, 1876-81; received the Medal
of Honor in 1895 for actions at Chickasaw Bayou, Mississippi,
December 1862.
Died in Jamestown, Newport
County, R.I., September
7, 1902 (age 73 years, 211
days).
Interment at Rock
Creek Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Edwin Willits (1830-1896) —
of Monroe, Monroe
County, Mich.
Born in Otto, Cattaraugus
County, N.Y., April
24, 1830.
Republican. Lawyer; newspaper
editor; Monroe
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1860-62; member of Michigan
state board of education, 1861-72; postmaster;
member of Michigan
state constitutional commission 2nd District, 1873; U.S.
Representative from Michigan 2nd District, 1877-83.
Presbyterian.
Died in Washington,
D.C., October
22, 1896 (age 66 years, 181
days).
Interment at Woodland
Cemetery, Monroe, Mich.
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James Wilson (1742-1798) —
of Reading, Berks
County, Pa.; Carlisle, Cumberland
County, Pa.; Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in Carskerdo, Fife, Scotland,
September
14, 1742.
Lawyer; Delegate
to Continental Congress from Pennsylvania, 1775; signer,
Declaration of Independence, 1776; member,
U.S. Constitutional Convention, 1787; Associate
Justice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1789-98; died in office 1798.
Episcopalian.
Died in Edenton, Chowan
County, N.C., August
28, 1798 (age 55 years, 348
days).
Original interment at a
private or family graveyard, Chowan County, N.C.; reinterment in
1906 at Christ
Church Burial Ground, Philadelphia, Pa.; memorial monument at Constitution Gardens, Washington, D.C.
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John Wilson (1807-1876) —
of Washington,
D.C.
Born in Ireland,
1807.
Lawyer; Commissioner of the General Land Office, 1852-55;
Third Auditor of the U.S. Treasury, 1864-69.
Died in Washington,
D.C., January
10, 1876 (age about 68
years).
Interment at Rock
Creek Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Otis Theodore Wingo (1877-1930) —
also known as Otis Wingo —
of De Queen, Sevier
County, Ark.
Born in Weakley
County, Tenn., June 18,
1877.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Arkansas
state senate, 1907-08; U.S.
Representative from Arkansas 4th District, 1913-30; died in
office 1930.
Died October
21, 1930 (age 53 years, 125
days).
Interment at Rock
Creek Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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William Wirt (1772-1834) —
of Virginia.
Born near Bladensburg, Prince
George's County, Md., November
8, 1772.
Lawyer; prosecuting attorney at the treason trial of Aaron
Burr, 1807; U.S.
Attorney for Virginia, 1816-17; U.S.
Attorney General, 1817-29; Anti-Masonic candidate for President
of the United States, 1832.
Presbyterian.
German
and Swiss
ancestry.
Died in Washington,
D.C., February
18, 1834 (age 61 years, 102
days).
Interment at Congressional
Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Relatives: Son
of Jacob Wirt and Henrietta Wirt; married, May 28,
1795, to Mildred 'Millie' Gilmer (niece of John
Walker and Francis
Walker; aunt of Thomas
Walker Gilmer); married, September
7, 1802, to Elizabeth Washington Gamble (sister-in-law of William
Henry Cabell); father of Catherine Gratten Wirt (who married Alexander
Randall); grandfather of John
Wirt Randall; great-grandfather of Hannah
Parker Randall (who married William
Bladen Lowndes). |
| | | Wirt County,
W.Va. is named for him. |
| | | Other politicians named for him: Wirt
Adams
— William
Wirt Virgin
— William
Wirt Watkins
— William
Wirt Vaughan
— William
W. Warren
— William
Wirt Culbertson
— William
Wirt Herod
— William
W. Dixon
— William
Wirt Henderson
— William
W. Hastings
— W.
Wirt Courtney
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| | | See also Wikipedia
article — NNDB
dossier — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Books about William Wirt: Gregory Kurt
Glassner, Adopted
Son: The Life, Wit & Wisdom of William Wirt,
1772-1834 |
| | | Image source: The South in the Building
of the Nation (1909) |
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Robert Ellsworth Wise Jr. (b. 1948) —
also known as Bob Wise —
of Charleston, Kanawha
County, W.Va.; Clendenin, Kanawha
County, W.Va.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Washington,
D.C., January
6, 1948.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of West
Virginia state senate 17th District, 1981-82; resigned 1982; U.S.
Representative from West Virginia, 1983-2001 (3rd District
1983-93, 2nd District 1993-2001); delegate to Democratic National
Convention from West Virginia, 1996,
2000,
2004;
Governor
of West Virginia, 2001-05.
Member, American Bar
Association.
In 2003, he was accused
of having an extramarital
affair with a married female state employee; he admitted
the affair, and dropped
his campaign for re-election.
Still living as of 2014.
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Simon Wolf (b. 1836) —
of Washington,
D.C.
Born in Himzweiler, Bavaria, Germany,
October
28, 1836.
Republican. Lawyer; District of Columbia Recorder of Deeds,
1869-78; insurance
business; U.S. Consul General in Cairo, 1881-82.
Jewish.
German
ancestry. Member, B'nai
B'rith.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Levi Wolf and Amalia Wolf. |
| | | Image source: Men of Mark in America
(1906) |
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Clifton Alexander Woodrum III (b. 1938) —
also known as Clifton A. Woodrum III; Chip
Woodrum —
of Roanoke,
Va.
Born in Washington,
D.C., July 23,
1938.
Democrat. Lawyer; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Virginia, 1972;
Virginia
Democratic state chair, 1972-76; member of Virginia
state house of delegates 16th District, 1980-.
Member, American Bar
Association; Association
of Trial Lawyers of America; Sigma
Alpha Epsilon; Phi
Alpha Delta.
Still living as of 2001.
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William Burnham Woods (1824-1887) —
of Newark, Licking
County, Ohio; Mobile, Mobile
County, Ala.; Montgomery, Montgomery
County, Ala.
Born in Newark, Licking
County, Ohio, August
3, 1824.
Lawyer; mayor of
Newark, Ohio, 1856-58; member of Ohio
state house of representatives, 1858-62; general in the Union
Army during the Civil War; Judge
of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit, 1869-80; Associate
Justice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1880-87; died in office 1887.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Washington,
D.C., May 14,
1887 (age 62 years, 284
days).
Interment at Cedar
Hill Cemetery, Newark, Ohio.
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Gilbert Motier Woodward (1835-1913) —
also known as Gilbert M. Woodward —
of Wisconsin.
Born in Washington,
D.C., December
25, 1835.
Democrat. Lawyer; served in the Union Army during the Civil
War; La
Crosse County District Attorney, 1866-73; mayor
of La Crosse, Wis., 1874-75; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Wisconsin, 1880,
1888;
U.S.
Representative from Wisconsin 7th District, 1883-85; candidate
for Governor of
Wisconsin, 1886.
Died in La Crosse, La Crosse
County, Wis., March
13, 1913 (age 77 years, 78
days).
Interment at Oak
Grove Cemetery, La Crosse, Wis.
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John Crafts Wright (1783-1861) —
also known as John C. Wright —
of Troy, Rensselaer
County, N.Y.; Steubenville, Jefferson
County, Ohio.
Born in Wethersfield, Hartford
County, Conn., August
17, 1783.
Newspaper
editor; lawyer; U.S.
Attorney for Ohio, 1818-23; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 11th District, 1823-29; defeated, 1828;
justice
of Ohio state supreme court, 1831-35.
Died in Washington,
D.C., February
13, 1861 (age 77 years, 180
days).
Interment at Spring
Grove Cemetery, Cincinnati, Ohio.
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Albert Russell Wynn (b. 1951) —
also known as Albert R. Wynn —
of Largo, Prince
George's County, Md.; Mitchellville, Prince
George's County, Md.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., September
10, 1951.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Maryland
state house of delegates, 1983-86; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Maryland, 1984,
1988,
1996,
2000,
2004;
member of Maryland
state senate, 1987-92; U.S.
Representative from Maryland 4th District, 1993-.
Baptist.
African
ancestry. Member, Kappa
Alpha Psi.
Still living as of 2014.
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Sidney Richard Yates (1909-2000) —
also known as Sidney R. Yates —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., August
27, 1909.
Democrat. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Navy during World War II;
U.S.
Representative from Illinois 9th District, 1949-63, 1965-99;
candidate for U.S.
Senator from Illinois, 1962; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Illinois, 1964,
1996.
Jewish.
Member, Council on
Foreign Relations; American Bar
Association.
Died, of kidney
failure and complications of pneumonia,
in Sibley Hospital,
Washington,
D.C., October
5, 2000 (age 91 years, 39
days).
Interment at Memorial
Park Cemetery, Skokie, Ill.
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Stephen Marvin Young (1889-1984) —
also known as Stephen M. Young —
of Cleveland Heights, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio; Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio; Shaker Heights, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio.
Born near Norwalk, Huron
County, Ohio, May 4,
1889.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Ohio
state house of representatives, 1913-17; served in the U.S. Army
during World War I; candidate for Ohio
state attorney general, 1922, 1956; candidate for secretary
of state of Ohio, 1926; Democratic candidate for Governor of
Ohio, 1930 (primary), 1936; U.S.
Representative from Ohio at-large, 1933-37, 1941-43, 1949-51;
defeated, 1938, 1942, 1950; colonel in the U.S. Army during World War
II; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Ohio, 1948
(alternate), 1960,
1964;
U.S.
Senator from Ohio, 1959-71; candidate for Democratic nomination
for President, 1968.
Died in Washington,
D.C., December
1, 1984 (age 95 years, 211
days).
Interment at Norwalk
Cemetery, Norwalk, Ohio.
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David Levy Yulee (1810-1886) —
also known as David Levy; "Father of Florida's
Railroads" —
of St. Augustine, St. Johns
County, Fla.; Homosassa, Citrus
County, Fla.
Born in St. Thomas, Virgin
Islands, June 12,
1810.
Republican. Lawyer; delegate
to Florida state constitutional convention from St. Johns County,
1838-39; Delegate
to U.S. Congress from Florida Territory, 1841-45; U.S.
Senator from Florida, 1845-51, 1855-61; imprisoned
as a Confederate
at Fort Pulaski, Fla. for a time after the Civil War.
Jewish.
Slaveowner.
Died in New York, New York
County, N.Y., October
10, 1886 (age 76 years, 120
days).
Interment at Oak
Hill Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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James William Zevely (1861-1927) —
also known as J. W. Zevely —
of Muskogee, Muskogee
County, Okla.; Washington,
D.C.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Linn, Osage
County, Mo., October
8, 1861.
Democrat. Librarian;
secretary
of Missouri Democratic Party, 1888; Inspector in Charge for U.S.
Department of the Interior; lawyer; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Oklahoma, 1912,
1916;
as attorney for the Sinclair Consolidated Oil
Corporation, and for Harry F. Sinclair, he was a figure in the Teapot
Dome scandal of the 1920s.
Died, of pernicious
anemia and liver
cirrhosis, in East Hampton, Suffolk
County, Long Island, N.Y., June 10,
1927 (age 65 years, 245
days).
Interment somewhere
in Paris, Ky.
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Relatives: Son
of Thaddeus Zevely and Mary A. Zevely; married, June 23,
1908, to Janie C. Clay. |
| | | The champion racehorse
"Zev" (1920-1943) was named for
him by Harry F. Sinclair. |
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Orville Zimmerman (1880-1948) —
of Kennett, Dunklin
County, Mo.
Born near Glenallen, Bollinger
County, Mo., December
31, 1880.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Missouri 10th District, 1935-48; died in
office 1948.
Methodist.
Member, Lions; American
Legion; Freemasons.
Died in Washington,
D.C., April 7,
1948 (age 67 years, 98
days).
Interment at Oak
Ridge Cemetery, Kennett, Mo.
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