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William Farrington Aldrich (1853-1925) —
also known as William F. Aldrich —
of Aldrich, Shelby
County, Ala.
Born in Palmyra, Wayne
County, N.Y., March
11, 1853.
Republican. Civil
engineer; mining business; manufacturer;
postmaster;
U.S.
Representative from Alabama 4th District, 1896-97, 1898-99,
1900-01; delegate to Republican National Convention from Alabama, 1900,
1904.
Died in Birmingham, Jefferson
County, Ala., October
30, 1925 (age 72 years, 233
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Rock
Creek Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Jonathan Bourne Jr. (1855-1940) —
of Portland, Multnomah
County, Ore.
Born in New Bedford, Bristol
County, Mass., February
23, 1855.
Lawyer;
mining business; president, Bourne Cotton
Mills, New Bedford, Mass.; member of Oregon
state house of representatives, 1885-86, 1897; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Oregon, 1888,
1892,
1896
(alternate); member of Republican
National Committee from Oregon, 1888-92; U.S.
Senator from Oregon, 1907-13; defeated (Progressive), 1912.
Died in Washington,
D.C., September
1, 1940 (age 85 years, 191
days).
Interment at Cedar
Hill Cemetery, Suitland, Md.
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John Michael Carmody (1881-1963) —
also known as John M. Carmody —
of Washington,
D.C.
Born in Towanda, Bradford
County, Pa., 1881.
Democrat. Engineer;
labor relations executive in coal industry; editor of Coal
Age trade
journal; member, National Labor Relations Board, 1935-36;
administrator, Rural Electrification Administration, 1937-39;
director, Federal Works Agency, 1939-41; member, U.S. Maritime
Commission, 1941-46.
Died November
10, 1963 (age about 82
years).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Michael John Carmody and Catherine 'Kate' (Collins) Carmody;
married, October
4, 1913, to Margaret Cross. |
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Guy Farmer (1912-1995) —
of West Virginia; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Wythe
County, Va., September
13, 1912.
Republican. Miner; Rhodes
scholar; lawyer;
member, National Labor Relations Board, 1953-55; chair, National
Labor Relations Board, 1953-55.
Died October
4, 1995 (age 83 years, 21
days).
Burial location unknown.
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John Hays Hammond (1855-1936) —
of San
Francisco, Calif.; South
Africa; Washington,
D.C.; Gloucester, Essex
County, Mass.
Born in San
Francisco, Calif., March
31, 1855.
Republican. Mining engineer;
worked on mines in Mexico and South Africa; worked for Cecil Rhodes;
in 1895, he took part in the Jameson raid, an attempt
to overthrow the Boer government in South Africa; was arrested
with other leaders and sentenced
to be hanged; his sentence was commuted, and he was eventually
released to return to the U.S.; candidate for Republican nomination
for Vice President, 1908;
chair, U.S. Coal Commission, 1922-23.
Member, American
Academy of Arts and Sciences.
Died, from coronary
occlusion, in Gloucester, Essex
County, Mass., June 8,
1936 (age 81 years, 69
days).
Interment at Green-Wood
Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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Marcus Alonzo Hanna (1837-1904) —
also known as Marcus A. Hanna; Mark Hanna;
"Dollar Mark" —
of Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio.
Born in New Lisbon (now Lisbon), Columbiana
County, Ohio, September
24, 1837.
Republican. Partner in wholesale
grocery; head of M. A. Hanna and Co., coal
dealers; director, Globe Ship
Manufacturing Co.; president, Union National Bank;
president, Cleveland City Railroad
Co. president, Chapin Mining Co.; Chairman
of Republican National Committee, 1896-1904; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Ohio, 1896
(member, Committee
to Notify Presidential Nominee; speaker);
U.S.
Senator from Ohio, 1897-1904; died in office 1904.
Died in Washington,
D.C., February
15, 1904 (age 66 years, 144
days).
Entombed at Lake
View Cemetery, Cleveland, Ohio.
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Ethan Allen Hitchcock (1835-1909) —
also known as Ethan A. Hitchcock —
of St.
Louis, Mo.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Mobile, Mobile
County, Ala., September
19, 1835.
Republican. Merchant;
partner in China trade; president of manufacturing,
mining, and railroad
companies; U.S. Minister to Russia, 1897-98; U.S. Ambassador to Russia, 1898-99; U.S.
Secretary of the Interior, 1899-1907.
Died April 9,
1909 (age 73 years, 202
days).
Burial location unknown.
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James Herron Hopkins (1832-1904) —
of Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa.
Born in Washington, Washington
County, Pa., November
3, 1832.
Democrat. Lawyer; banker; manufacturer;
mining business; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 22nd District, 1875-77, 1883-85.
Died in North Hatley, Quebec,
June
17, 1904 (age 71 years, 227
days).
Interment at Oak
Hill Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Michael Joseph Mansfield (1903-2001) —
also known as Mike Mansfield —
of Missoula, Missoula
County, Mont.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., March
16, 1903.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; mining
engineer;
university
professor; U.S.
Representative from Montana 1st District, 1943-53; defeated in
primary, 1940; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Montana, 1944,
1948,
1952,
1956,
1988,
1996,
2000;
U.S.
Senator from Montana, 1953-77; U.S. Ambassador to Japan, 1977-88.
Irish
ancestry. Member, Alpha
Tau Omega.
Received the Presidential
Medal of Freedom in 1989.
Died, of congestive
heart failure, at the Walter
Reed Army Hospital, Washington,
D.C., October
5, 2001 (age 98 years, 203
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Hoval A. Smith (1876-c.1954) —
of Arizona.
Born in Iowa, 1876.
Republican. Mining engineer;
candidate for U.S.
Senator from Arizona, 1911.
Norwegian
ancestry.
Advocated the annexation of Sonora from Mexico to the U.S.
Died about 1954 (age about 78
years).
Interment at Rock
Creek Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Relatives:
Married to Nina R. Smith. |
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Henry Clifford Stuart (1864-1952) —
also known as Henry C. Stuart; "Stuart
X" —
of Denver,
Colo.; Washington,
D.C.; Berkeley, Alameda
County, Calif.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., December
10, 1864.
Mining engineer;
real
estate investor; author;
director-general, Guaremala Central Railroad;
U.S. Vice Consul General in Guatemala City, 1885-86; U.S. Consul General in Guatemala City, 1893.
Died in Berkeley, Alameda
County, Calif., May 21,
1952 (age 87 years, 163
days).
Burial location unknown.
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