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Politician members in the District of Columbia

William B. Bankhead William Brockman Bankhead (1874-1940) — also known as William B. Bankhead — of Jasper, Walker County, Ala. Born in Moscow (now Sulligent), Lamar County, Ala., April 12, 1874. Democrat. Lawyer; member of Alabama state house of representatives, 1900-02; speaker, Democratic National Convention, 1912 ; U.S. Representative from Alabama, 1917-40 (10th District 1917-33, 7th District 1933-40); died in office 1940; Speaker of the U.S. House, 1936-40; died in office 1940. Methodist. Member, Phi Delta Theta; Freemasons; Odd Fellows; Junior Order; Woodmen. Died in Washington, D.C., September 15, 1940 (age 66 years, 156 days). Interment at Oak Hill Cemetery, Jasper, Ala.
  Relatives: Son of John Hollis Bankhead and Tallulah James (Brockman) Bankhead; brother of Louise Bankhead (who married William Hayne Perry) and John Hollis Bankhead II; married, January 31, 1900, to Adalaide Eugene Sledge; father of Tallulah Bankhead; uncle of Walter Will Bankhead.
  Political family: Bankhead family of Jasper, Alabama.
  Cross-reference: Carter Manasco
  The William B. Bankhead National Forest (established as Alabama National Forest 1918; given current name 1942), in Franklin, Lawrence, and Winston counties, Alabama, is named for him.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Image source: Library of Congress
  Richard Walker Bolling (1916-1991) — also known as Richard Bolling — of Kansas City, Jackson County, Mo. Born in New York City (unknown county), N.Y., May 17, 1916. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; U.S. Representative from Missouri 5th District, 1949-83. Episcopalian. Member, Americans for Democratic Action; Phi Delta Theta; Phi Beta Kappa. Died, apparently from a heart attack, in Washington, D.C., April 21, 1991 (age 74 years, 339 days). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of Richard Walker Bolling (1882-1929) and Florence (Easton) Bolling; married, June 7, 1945, to Barbara Stratton; married, February 29, 1984, to Nona (Goddard) Herndon; grandnephew of Richard Wilde Walker (1857-1936); great-grandson of Richard Wilde Walker (1823-1874); great-grandnephew of Percy Walker and Leroy Pope Walker; second great-grandson of John Williams Walker; first cousin once removed of Douglass Townshend Bolling; first cousin twice removed of John Williams Walker Fearn; first cousin four times removed of Beverley Randolph; second cousin thrice removed of John Wayles Eppes; second cousin four times removed of Theodorick Bland; third cousin twice removed of Francis Wayles Eppes; third cousin thrice removed of John Randolph of Roanoke and Henry St. George Tucker.
  Political families: Harrison-Randolph-Marshall-Cabell family of Virginia; Lee-Randolph family; Biddle-Randolph family of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Ballard-Gadsden-Randolph family of West Virginia and South Carolina; Pendleton-Lee family of Maryland; Walker-Randolph family of Huntsville, Alabama (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier — Find-A-Grave memorial — OurCampaigns candidate detail
  Hiram A. Boucher (1896-1967) — of Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minn.; Silver Spring, Montgomery County, Md. Born in Eureka, McPherson County, S.Dak., December 14, 1896. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; Foreign Service officer; U.S. Vice Consul in Barcelona, 1921-24; U.S. Consul in Dublin, 1924-27; Cobh, 1928-29; Rome, 1929-36; Geneva, 1936-41; Auckland, 1941-45; U.S. Consul General in Rio de Janeiro, 1945-47. Member, Phi Delta Theta. Died November 15, 1967 (age 70 years, 336 days). Interment at Rock Creek Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
  Relatives: Son of Lyman Trumbull Boucher and Helen Augusta (Melville) Boucher; married, April 11, 1925, to Rosa E. Stokes.
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  Linton McGee Collins (1902-1972) — also known as Linton M. Collins — of Miami, Miami-Dade County, Fla.; Washington, D.C. Born in Reidsville, Tattnall County, Ga., June 21, 1902. Lawyer; Judge of U.S. Court of Claims, 1964-72; died in office 1972. Baptist. Member, American Bar Association; Federal Bar Association; Phi Delta Theta; Rotary. Died in Washington, D.C., April 12, 1972 (age 69 years, 296 days). Interment at Crescent Hill Cemetery, Helen, Ga.
  Relatives: Son of Beulah Edna (Rogers) Collins and Ernest Clyde Collins; married, January 30, 1934, to Josephine Staten Hardman (daughter of Lamartine Griffin Hardman).
  Political family: Collins-Hardman family of Helen, Georgia.
  See also federal judicial profile — Find-A-Grave memorial — Biographical Directory of Federal Judges
  Dwight Filley Davis (1879-1945) — also known as Dwight F. Davis — of St. Louis, Mo. Born in St. Louis, Mo., July 5, 1879. Lawyer; colonel in the U.S. Army during World War I; U.S. Secretary of War, 1925-29; Governor-General of the Philippine Islands, 1929-32. Baptist. Member, Alpha Delta Phi; Phi Delta Theta; Phi Delta Phi; American Legion. Founder of the Davis Cup tennis tournament. Died in Washington, D.C., November 28, 1945 (age 66 years, 146 days). Interment at Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
  Relatives: Son of John Tilden Davis and Maria (Filley) Davis; married, November 15, 1905, to Helen Brooks; married, May 8, 1936, to Pauline Morton Sabin.
  Political family: McCormick-Guggenheim-Morton-Medill family of Illinois and New York.
  See also Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Leverett Edwards (b. 1902) — of Oklahoma; Washington, D.C. Born in New Cordell, Washita County, Okla., January 20, 1902. Oklahoma state attorney general, 1926-27. Member, Phi Delta Phi; Phi Delta Theta; American Bar Association. Burial location unknown.
  Charles Burke Elbrick (1908-1983) — also known as C. Burke Elbrick — of Louisville, Jefferson County, Ky.; Washington, D.C. Born in Louisville, Jefferson County, Ky., March 25, 1908. Foreign Service officer; U.S. Vice Consul in Panama, 1931-32; Southampton, 1932-34; Port-au-Prince, 1937; Lisbon, 1940-41; U.S. Consul in Warsaw, 1945; U.S. Ambassador to Portugal, 1958-63; Yugoslavia, 1964; Brazil, 1969-70. Member, Phi Delta Theta. Died in 1983 (age about 75 years). Interment at Brookside Cemetery, Gilbertsville, N.Y.
  Relatives: Son of Charles J. Elbrick and Lillian (Burke) Elbrick; married, July 27, 1932, to Elvira Lindsay Johnson.
  See also U.S. State Dept career summary — NNDB dossier
  Harold LeClair Ickes (1874-1952) — also known as Harold L. Ickes — of Hubbard Woods, Cook County, Ill.; Winnetka, Cook County, Ill.; Olney, Montgomery County, Md. Born in Frankstown, Blair County, Pa., March 15, 1874. Lawyer; delegate to Republican National Convention from Illinois, 1920; U.S. Secretary of the Interior, 1933-46; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Illinois, 1936, 1940, 1944; newspaper columnist. Presbyterian. Scottish and German ancestry. Member, American Civil Liberties Union; American Bar Association; Phi Delta Theta; Phi Delta Phi. Died, in Emergency Hospital, Washington, D.C., February 3, 1952 (age 77 years, 325 days). Interment at Sandy Spring Friends Cemetery, Sandy Spring, Md.
  Relatives: Son of Jesse Boone Williams Ickes and Martha Ann (McCune) Ickes; married 1911 to Anna Wilmarth Thompson; married, May 24, 1938, to Jane Dahlman; father of Harold McEwen Ickes; nephew by marriage of John Clarence Cudahy.
  Political family: Ickes family.
  See also Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Edwin McCammon Martin (1908-2002) — also known as Edwin M. Martin — of Ohio; Paris, France. Born in Dayton, Montgomery County, Ohio, May 21, 1908. Economist; Foreign Service officer; U.S. Ambassador to Argentina, 1964-68. Member, Phi Beta Kappa; Council on Foreign Relations; Audubon Society; Phi Delta Theta; Delta Sigma Rho. Died, of pneumonia, in Washington, D.C., January 12, 2002 (age 93 years, 236 days). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of Harry Judson Martin and Clara (McCammon) Martin; married, October 3, 1936, to Margaret Milburn.
  See also U.S. State Dept career summary — NNDB dossier
  Frederick Moore Vinson (1890-1953) — also known as Fred M. Vinson — of Louisa, Lawrence County, Ky.; Ashland, Boyd County, Ky. Born in Louisa, Lawrence County, Ky., January 22, 1890. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer; U.S. Representative from Kentucky, 1924-29, 1931-38 (9th District 1924-29, 1931-33, at-large 1933-35, 8th District 1935-38); defeated, 1928; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Kentucky, 1936; Judge of U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, 1938-43; U.S. Secretary of the Treasury, 1945-46; Chief Justice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1946-53; died in office 1953. Methodist. Member, American Bar Association; Freemasons; Phi Delta Theta. Died in Washington, D.C., September 8, 1953 (age 63 years, 229 days). Interment at Pinehill Cemetery, Louisa, Ky.
  Relatives: Married, January 24, 1923, to Roberta Dixon.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier
  Books about Fred M. Vinson: Melvin I. Urofsky, Division and Discord : The Supreme Court Under Stone and Vinson, 1941-1953 — James E. St. Clair & Linda C. Gugin, Chief Justice Fred M. Vinson of Kentucky: A Political Biography
  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.
  Relatives: Son of Robley D. Walter and Susie E. Walter; married, December 19, 1925, to May M. Doyle.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page
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