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Frank Aldrich (b. 1850) —
of Washington,
D.C.; Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Pierpont, Ashtabula
County, Ohio, March
17, 1850.
Republican. Newspaper
editor; book
publisher; manager and electrician for the Hansen Battery Light and
Power Company, Washington, D.C., 1889-90; quartermaster-general
of the District of Columbia National Guard, 1890-92; invented
in 1893 and patented
a railroad car seal which became widely used; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Wayne County 1st District,
1899-1900.
Burial location unknown.
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Thomas Allen (1813-1882) —
of St.
Louis, Mo.
Born in Pittsfield, Berkshire
County, Mass., August
29, 1813.
Democrat. Lawyer;
railroad builder; member of Missouri
state senate, 1850-54; U.S.
Representative from Missouri 2nd District, 1881-82; died in
office 1882.
Member, Kappa
Alpha Society.
Slaveowner.
Died in Washington,
D.C., April 8,
1882 (age 68 years, 222
days).
Interment at Pittsfield
Cemetery, Pittsfield, Mass.
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John Strode Barbour Jr. (1820-1892) —
also known as John S. Barbour, Jr. —
of Alexandria,
Va.
Born in Culpeper
County, Va., December
29, 1820.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1847-51; president, Orange & Alexandria
Railroad, 1852; U.S.
Representative from Virginia 8th District, 1881-87; member of Democratic
National Committee from Virginia, 1884-92; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Virginia, 1888;
U.S.
Senator from Virginia, 1889-92; died in office 1892.
Slaveowner.
Died in Washington,
D.C., May 14,
1892 (age 71 years, 137
days).
Interment a
private or family graveyard, Prince George's County, Md.
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Archibald Meserole Bliss (1838-1923) —
also known as Archibald M. Bliss —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., January
25, 1838.
Delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1864,
1868;
Republican candidate for mayor
of Brooklyn, N.Y., 1867; U.S.
Representative from New York, 1875-83, 1885-89 (4th District
1875-83, 5th District 1885-89); delegate to Democratic National
Convention from New York, 1876,
1880,
1884;
vice-president, Bushwick Railroad Company, 1877; real estate
business.
Died in Washington,
D.C., March
19, 1923 (age 85 years, 53
days).
Interment at Cypress
Hills National Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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Henry Taylor Blow (1817-1875) —
also known as Henry T. Blow —
of St.
Louis, Mo.
Born in Southampton
County, Va., July 15,
1817.
Republican. Lead products
business; president, Iron Mountain Railroad; member of Missouri
state senate, 1854-58; U.S.
Representative from Missouri 2nd District, 1863-67; U.S. Minister
to Brazil, 1869-70; member
District of Columbia board of commissioners, 1874.
Slaveowner.
Died in Saratoga, Saratoga
County, N.Y., September
11, 1875 (age 58 years, 58
days).
Interment at Bellefontaine
Cemetery, St. Louis, Mo.
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Frank William Boykin (1885-1969) —
also known as Frank W. Boykin —
of Mobile, Mobile
County, Ala.
Born in Bladon Springs, Choctaw
County, Ala., February
21, 1885.
Democrat. Manufacturer of railway crossties; lumber and
timber business; shipbuilder;
U.S.
Representative from Alabama 1st District, 1935-63; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Alabama, 1944
(member, Platform
and Resolutions Committee).
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Order of the
Eastern Star; Shriners;
Elks; Woodmen;
Moose.
Died in Washington,
D.C., March
12, 1969 (age 84 years, 19
days).
Interment at Pine
Crest Cemetery, Mobile, Ala.
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James Nelson Burnes (1827-1889) —
also known as James N. Burnes —
of St. Joseph, Buchanan
County, Mo.
Born in Marion
County, Ind., August
22, 1827.
Democrat. Lawyer; banker;
railroad executive; candidate for Presidential Elector for
Missouri; common pleas court judge in Missouri, 1868-72; U.S.
Representative from Missouri 4th District, 1883-89; died in
office 1889.
Slaveowner.
Died in Washington,
D.C., January
23, 1889 (age 61 years, 154
days).
Entombed at Mt.
Mora Cemetery, St. Joseph, Mo.
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Pierce Butler (1866-1939) —
of St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Northfield, Rice
County, Minn., March
17, 1866.
Democrat. Lawyer; Ramsey
County Attorney, 1893-96; general counsel, Chicago & St. Paul
Railroad, 1899-1905; alternate delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Minnesota, 1916;
Associate
Justice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1922-39; died in office 1939.
Catholic.
Member, Phi
Kappa Psi.
Died in Washington,
D.C., November
16, 1939 (age 73 years, 244
days).
Interment at Calvary
Cemetery, St. Paul, Minn.
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Marion Maxwell Caskie (b. 1890) —
also known as Marion M. Caskie —
of Alabama; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Remington, Fauquier
County, Va., July 29,
1890.
Democrat. Staff for Southern Railway office in Washington,
1906-11; traffic manager for various enterprises; general manager,
state docks,
Port of Mobile, Ala.; vice-president, Waterman Steamship
Co.; member, Interstate Commerce Commission, 1935-40.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Dr. James Maxwell Caskie and Olivia (Rixey) Caskie; married, December
4, 1912, to Helen Elizabeth Suess. |
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William Dudley Chipley (1840-1897) —
also known as W. D. Chipley —
of Pensacola, Escambia
County, Fla.
Born in Columbus, Muscogee
County, Ga., June 6,
1840.
Democrat. Colonel in the Confederate Army during the Civil War;
fought against Reconstruction
along with other members of the Ku Klux
Klan; he was among those implicated
in the murder
of George
W. Ashburn in in 1868; tried in
a military court, but Georgia's re-admission to the Union ended
military jurisdiction, so he and his co-defendants were released;
general manager of the Pensacola Railroad; successfully
promoted the construction of the Pensacola and Atlanta
Railroad in 1881-83; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Florida, 1884,
1892;
mayor
of Pensacola, Fla., 1887-88; member of Florida
state senate, 1895-97.
Died in a hospital
at Washington,
D.C., December
1, 1897 (age 57 years, 178
days).
Interment at Linwood
Cemetery, Columbus, Ga.
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Powell Clayton (1833-1914) —
of Little Rock, Pulaski
County, Ark.; Eureka Springs, Carroll
County, Ark.
Born in Bethel, Delaware
County, Pa., August
7, 1833.
Republican. Engineer;
surveyor;
general in the Union Army during the Civil War; planter;
president and general manager, Eureka Springs Railway; Governor of
Arkansas, 1868-71; U.S.
Senator from Arkansas, 1871-77; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Arkansas, 1872
(delegation chair), 1876,
1880,
1884,
1888,
1892,
1896
(speaker),
1908,
1912;
member of Republican
National Committee from Arkansas, 1872-74, 1896-1912; U.S.
Minister to Mexico, 1897-98; U.S. Ambassador to Mexico, 1898-1905.
Died in Washington,
D.C., August
25, 1914 (age 81 years, 18
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Frederic René Coudert (1832-1903) —
also known as Frederic R. Coudert —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., March 1,
1832.
Democrat. Lawyer;
government director, 1885-88, and receiver, 1892-98, of Union Pacific
Railroad; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New
York, 1896.
Catholic.
French
ancestry.
Died, from heart and
liver
troubles, in Washington,
D.C., December
20, 1903 (age 71 years, 294
days).
Interment at Calvary
Cemetery, Woodside, Queens, N.Y.
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Henry Gassaway Davis (1823-1916) —
also known as Henry G. Davis —
of Piedmont, Mineral
County, W.Va.
Born near Woodstock, Howard
County, Md., November
16, 1823.
Democrat. Railroad promoter; member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Hampshire County, 1866;
member of West
Virginia state senate 10th District, 1869-71; U.S.
Senator from West Virginia, 1871-83; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from West Virginia, 1872,
1880,
1904
(member, Platform
and Resolutions Committee), 1912;
candidate for Vice
President of the United States, 1904.
Died in Washington,
D.C., March
11, 1916 (age 92 years, 116
days).
Interment at Maplewood
Cemetery, Elkins, W.Va.; statue at Davis Park, Charleston, W.Va.
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William Ward Duffield (b. 1823) —
also known as William W. Duffield —
of Michigan; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Carlisle, Cumberland
County, Pa., November
19, 1823.
Democrat. Civil
engineer; general in the Union Army during the Civil War; member
of Michigan
state senate 3rd District, 1879-80; chief engineer for
railways; superintendent, U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey,
1894-98.
Burial location unknown.
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David Maxwell Dunn (1818-1889) —
of Indiana.
Born in Jefferson
County, Ind., November
28, 1818.
Served in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War; member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1855; director, Logansport and
Pacific Railroad; colonel in the Union Army during the Civil
War; trustee, Wabash and Erie Canal,
1865-67; U.S. Consul in Charlottetown, 1871-83; Valparaiso, 1883.
Died in Washington,
D.C., August
20, 1889 (age 70 years, 265
days).
Interment at Oak
Hill Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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John Wilbur Dwight (1859-1928) —
also known as John W. Dwight —
of Dryden, Tompkins
County, N.Y.
Born in Dryden, Tompkins
County, N.Y., May 24,
1859.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from New York,
1888,
1892,
1900,
1904,
1920;
U.S.
Representative from New York, 1902-13 (26th District 1902-03,
30th District 1903-13); president, Virginia Blue Ridge
Railway, 1913-28.
Member, Union
League.
Died in Washington,
D.C., January
19, 1928 (age 68 years, 240
days).
Interment at Rock
Creek Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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John Milton Fessenden (1804-1883) —
also known as John M. Fessenden —
Born in Warren, Bristol
County, R.I., December
21, 1804.
Civil
engineer; worked on canals
and railroads; U.S. Consul in Dresden, 1850-54.
Died in Washington,
D.C., February
8, 1883 (age 78 years, 49
days).
Interment at Princeton
Cemetery, Princeton, N.J.
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Relatives: Son
of John Fessenden and Abigail Miller (Child) Fessenden; married, May 21,
1834, to Mary Pierce Bumstead; married, June 25,
1868, to Sarah Ann Murphy; second cousin twice removed of Henry
Nichols Blake; third cousin of Samuel
Clement Fessenden (1784-1869), Benjamin
Fessenden and Charles
Backus Hyde Fessenden; third cousin once removed of William
Pitt Fessenden, Walter
Fessenden, Samuel
Clement Fessenden (1815-1882), Thomas
Amory Deblois Fessenden, William
Fessenden Allen, Joseph
Palmer Fessenden and Samuel
Fessenden (1845-1903); third cousin twice removed of James
Deering Fessenden, Francis
Fessenden, Joshua
Abbe Fessenden, Samuel
Fessenden (1847-1908) and Oliver
Grosvenor Fessenden; third cousin thrice removed of Charles
Milton Fessenden; fourth cousin once removed of Timothy
Pitkin, Peter
Rawson Taft, Ebenezer
Oliver Grosvenor and Charles
Grenfill Washburn. |
| | Political families: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin
family of Connecticut and New York; Upham
family; Weeks-Bigelow-Andrew-Upham
family (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | See also Wikipedia
article — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Robert Virgil Fletcher (b. 1869) —
of Pontotoc, Pontotoc
County, Miss.; Jackson, Hinds
County, Miss.; Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Grant
County, Ky., September
27, 1869.
Democrat. Lawyer; Mississippi
state attorney general, 1907-08; justice of
Mississippi state supreme court, 1908-09; general attorney,
Illinois Central Railroad, 1911-19.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of John M. Fletcher and Mary (Luman) Fletcher; married, June 26,
1893, to Etta Childers. |
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Edwin St. John Greble Jr. (1887-1946) —
also known as E. St. J. Greble, Jr. —
of West Orange, Essex
County, N.J.
Born in San
Francisco, Calif., November
9, 1887.
Republican. Colonel in the U.S. Army during World War I; railroad
executive; delegate to Republican National Convention from New
Jersey, 1932.
Died, from a heart
ailment, in Emergency Hospital,
Washington,
D.C., December
31, 1946 (age 59 years, 52
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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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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Charles Belknap Henderson (1873-1954) —
also known as Charles B. Henderson —
of Elko, Elko
County, Nev.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in San Jose, Santa Clara
County, Calif., June 8,
1873.
Democrat. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; Elko
County District Attorney, 1901-05; member of Nevada
state house of representatives, 1905-07; U.S.
Senator from Nevada, 1918-21; appointed 1918; defeated, 1920;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Nevada, 1928,
1936;
president and director, Elko Telephone
and Telegraph Company; director, Western Pacific Railroad.
Episcopalian.
Member, Phi
Kappa Psi; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Elks.
Died in San
Francisco, Calif., November
8, 1954 (age 81 years, 153
days).
Interment at Elko
Cemetery, Elko, Nev.
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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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Theodore Leonard Irving (1898-1962) —
also known as Leonard Irving —
of Independence, Jackson
County, Mo.
Born in St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn., March
24, 1898.
Democrat. Railroad work; theater
manager; hotel
manager; construction
worker; president
and business
agent, Local 264, Construction and General Laborers Union; U.S.
Representative from Missouri 4th District, 1949-53; defeated,
1952.
Congregationalist.
Member, Eagles.
Died in Washington,
D.C., March 8,
1962 (age 63 years, 349
days).
Interment at Mt.
Moriah Cemetery, Kansas City, Mo.
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Samuel Austin Kendall (1859-1933) —
also known as Samuel A. Kendall —
of Jefferson, Greene
County, Iowa; Myersdale, Somerset
County, Pa.
Born in Greenville Township, Somerset
County, Pa., November
1, 1859.
Republican. School
teacher; superintendent
of schools; officer in lumber
manufacturing companies; president of two small railroads;
vice-president of Citizens National Bank of
Myersdale, Pa.; member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives from Somerset County, 1899-1902;
alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from
Pennsylvania, 1904,
1908,
1912;
U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania, 1919-33 (23rd District 1919-23,
24th District 1923-33); died in office 1933.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners.
Died of a self-inflicted
gunshot
wound, in the House Office
Building, Washington,
D.C., January
8, 1933 (age 73 years, 68
days).
Interment at Hochstetler
Cemetery, Greenville Township, Somerset County, Pa.
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William Mahone (1826-1895) —
of Virginia.
Born in Southampton
County, Va., December
1, 1826.
Civil
engineer; president, chief engineer, superintendent, Norfolk &
Petersburg Railroad; general in the Confederate Army during
the Civil War; president, Norfolk and Western Railroad; U.S.
Senator from Virginia, 1881-87.
Slaveowner.
Died in Washington,
D.C., October
8, 1895 (age 68 years, 311
days).
Interment at Blandford
Cemetery, Petersburg, Va.
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William Gibbs McAdoo (1863-1941) —
also known as William G. McAdoo —
of Chattanooga, Hamilton
County, Tenn.; New York, New York
County, N.Y.; Los Angeles, Los
Angeles County, Calif.; Santa Barbara, Santa
Barbara County, Calif.
Born near Marietta, Cobb
County, Ga., October
31, 1863.
Democrat. Lawyer; law
partner with William
McAdoo (no relation); attorney for railroads; president,
Hudson & Manhattan Railroad Co.; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from New York, 1904,
1912;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York 17th District, 1908; member of Democratic
National Committee from New York, 1912; U.S.
Secretary of the Treasury, 1913-18; candidate for Democratic
nomination for President, 1920,
1924;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from California, 1932,
1936;
U.S.
Senator from California, 1933-38; member of Democratic
National Committee from California, 1937-39.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Washington,
D.C., February
1, 1941 (age 77 years, 93
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Relatives: Son
of William Gibbs McAdoo (1820-1849) and Mary Faith (Floyd) McAdoo;
married, November
18, 1885, to Sarah Houston Fleming; married, May 7,
1914, to Eleanor Randolph Wilson (daughter of Woodrow
Wilson and Ellen
Wilson); married, September
14, 1935, to Doris Isabel Cross; great-grandson of John
Floyd. |
| | Political family: Harrison-Randolph-Marshall-Cabell
family of Virginia (subset of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | Cross-reference: Byron
R. Newton — Nat
Rogan |
| | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Wikipedia article — NNDB
dossier — Find-A-Grave
memorial — Federal
Reserve History |
| | Image source: Munsey's Magazine, May
1919 |
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Lee Slater Overman (1854-1930) —
also known as Lee S. Overman —
of Salisbury, Rowan
County, N.C.
Born in Salisbury, Rowan
County, N.C., January
3, 1854.
Democrat. School
teacher; private secretary to Gov. Z. B.
Vance, 1877-78, and to Gov. Thomas
J. Jarvis, 1879; lawyer;
member of North
Carolina state house of representatives from Rowan County,
1883-88, 1893-94, 1899-1900; Speaker of
the North Carolina State House of Representatives, 1893;
president, North Carolina Railroad, 1894; president, Saisbury
Savings Bank;
candidate for Presidential Elector for North Carolina; U.S.
Senator from North Carolina, 1903-30; died in office 1930;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from North Carolina, 1916.
Died, from a stomach
hemorrhage, in Washington,
D.C., December
12, 1930 (age 76 years, 343
days).
Interment at Chestnut
Hill Cemetery, Salisbury, N.C.
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Henry Clay Payne (1843-1904) —
also known as Henry C. Payne —
of Milwaukee, Milwaukee
County, Wis.
Born in Ashfield, Franklin
County, Mass., November
23, 1843.
Republican. Postmaster at Milwaukee,
Wis., 1876-85; president, Wisconsin Telephone
Company; president, Milwaukee Electric
Railway and Light
Company; president, American Street
Railway Association; receiver, Northern Pacific Railroad;
member of Republican
National Committee from Wisconsin, 1880-1904; Chairman
of Republican National Committee, 1904; Wisconsin
Republican state chair, 1892; U.S.
Postmaster General, 1902-04; died in office 1904.
Methodist.
Died in Washington,
D.C., October
4, 1904 (age 60 years, 316
days).
Interment at Forest
Home Cemetery, Milwaukee, Wis.
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Henry Kirke Porter (1840-1921) —
of Pennsylvania.
Born in Concord, Merrimack
County, N.H., November
24, 1840.
Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; locomotive
manufacturer; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 31st District, 1903-05;
defeated, 1904.
Died in Washington,
D.C., April
10, 1921 (age 80 years, 137
days).
Interment at Allegheny
Cemetery, Pittsburgh, Pa.
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Frederick Henry Prince (1859-1953) —
also known as Frederick H. Prince —
of Wenham, Essex
County, Mass.; Newport, Newport
County, R.I.; Biarritz, France.
Born in Winchester, Middlesex
County, Mass., 1859.
Republican. Financier;
owned or controlled stockyards,
meatpacking
plants, and railroads; one of the world's wealthiest men;
alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from
Massachusetts, 1928.
Episcopalian.
Died in Biarritz, France,
February
3, 1953 (age about 93
years).
Entombed at Washington
National Cathedral, Washington, D.C.
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William Lawrence Scott (1828-1891) —
also known as William L. Scott —
of Erie, Erie
County, Pa.
Born in Washington,
D.C., July 2,
1828.
Democrat. Mayor of
Erie, Pa., 1866, 1871; member of Democratic
National Committee from Pennsylvania, 1876-88; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1880
(speaker),
1888;
U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 27th District, 1885-89;
defeated, 1866, 1876; president, Erie & Pittsburgh
Railroad.
Died in Newport, Newport
County, R.I., September
19, 1891 (age 63 years, 79
days).
Interment at Erie
Cemetery, Erie, Pa.
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Harry Richard Sheppard (1885-1969) —
also known as Harry R. Sheppard —
of Yucaipa, San
Bernardino County, Calif.
Born in Mobile, Mobile
County, Ala., January
10, 1885.
Democrat. Railroad worker; beverage
business; U.S.
Representative from California, 1937-65 (19th District 1937-43,
21st District 1943-53, 27th District 1953-63, 33rd District 1963-65);
delegate to Democratic National Convention from California, 1940,
1944,
1956,
1960.
Member, Brotherhood
of Railroad Trainmen.
Died of pneumonia
at George Washington University Hospital,
Washington,
D.C., April
28, 1969 (age 84 years, 108
days).
Interment at National
Memorial Park, Near Falls Church, Fairfax County, Va.
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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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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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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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John Mellen Thurston (1847-1916) —
also known as John M. Thurston —
of Omaha, Douglas
County, Neb.
Born in Montpelier, Washington
County, Vt., August
21, 1847.
Republican. Lawyer;
general solicitor for Union Pacific Railroad; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Nebraska, 1872,
1888
(Temporary
Chair), 1896
(Permanent
Chair; chair, Committee
to Notify Presidential Nominee; speaker);
member of Nebraska
state house of representatives, 1875-77; candidate for
Presidential Elector for Nebraska; U.S.
Senator from Nebraska, 1895-1901; member of Republican
National Committee from Nebraska, 1896; candidate for Republican
nomination for Vice President, 1896.
Died in Omaha, Douglas
County, Neb., August
9, 1916 (age 68 years, 354
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Congressional
Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Carl Chester Van Dyke (1881-1919) —
also known as Carl C. Van Dyke —
of St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn.
Born in Alexandria, Douglas
County, Minn., February
18, 1881.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; school
teacher; railway mail clerk;
U.S.
Representative from Minnesota 4th District, 1915-19; died in
office 1919.
Episcopalian.
Member, United
Spanish War Veterans.
Died in Washington,
D.C., May 20,
1919 (age 38 years, 91
days).
Entombed in mausoleum at Forest
Lawn Memorial Park, Maplewood, Minn.
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Lewis Findlay Watson (1819-1890) —
also known as Lewis F. Watson —
of Warren, Warren
County, Pa.
Born in Crawford
County, Pa., April
14, 1819.
Republican. Lumber
business; oil
producer; railroad builder; banker; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 27th District, 1877-79, 1881-83,
1889-90; died in office 1890.
Died, of heart
disease, at the Shoreham Hotel, Washington,
D.C., August
25, 1890 (age 71 years, 133
days).
Interment at Oakland
Cemetery, Warren, Pa.
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George Leon Paul Weaver (1912-1995) —
also known as George L. P. Weaver —
of Washington,
D.C.
Born in Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa., May 8,
1912.
Democrat. Railroad worker; director,
civil rights committee, CIO; executive
secretary, civil rights committee, AFL-CIO, 1955-58; assistant to
the president, International Union of Electrical, Radio and Machine
Workers; U.S. Assistant Secretary of Labor for International Affairs,
1961-69; special assistant to the Director-General, International
Labor Organization; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
District of Columbia, 1960,
1964.
African
ancestry.
Died, from complications of emphysema
and asthma,
in George Washington University Hospital,
Washington,
D.C., July 14,
1995 (age 83 years, 67
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of George J. Weaver and Josephine (Snell) Weaver; married, September
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