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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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Sol Bloom (1870-1949) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Pekin, Tazewell
County, Ill., March 9,
1870.
Democrat. Play
producer; entertainment
manager; songwriter;
furniture
business; real estate business; U.S.
Representative from New York, 1923-49 (19th District 1923-45,
20th District 1945-49); died in office 1949; alternate delegate to
Democratic National Convention from New York, 1944.
Jewish.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Elks; Moose; Redmen.
Died, from a heart
attack, in the U.S.
Naval Hospital, Bethesda, Montgomery
County, Md., March 7,
1949 (age 78 years, 363
days).
Interment at Mt.
Eden Cemetery, Westchester Hills, N.Y.
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Charles Henry Burke (1861-1944) —
also known as Charles H. Burke —
of Pierre, Hughes
County, S.Dak.
Born near Batavia, Genesee
County, N.Y., April 1,
1861.
Republican. Lawyer;
real estate investor; member of South
Dakota state house of representatives 26th District, 1895-98; U.S.
Representative from South Dakota, 1899-1907, 1909-15 (at-large
1899-1907, 1909-13, 2nd District 1913-15); candidate for U.S.
Senator from South Dakota, 1914; U.S. Commissioner of Indian
Affairs, 1921-29.
Episcopalian.
Member, Elks; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Ancient
Order of United Workmen.
Died in Washington,
D.C., April 7,
1944 (age 83 years, 6
days).
Interment at Riverside
Cemetery, Pierre, S.Dak.
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W. Ronald Evans —
of Washington,
D.C.
Republican. Real estate broker; delegate to Republican
National Convention from District of Columbia, 2004.
Still living as of 2004.
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James Gordon Finley (1885-1929) —
also known as James G. Finley —
of Washington,
D.C.
Born in Washington,
D.C., January
31, 1885.
Wholesale
grocery worker; real estate business; Foreign Service
officer; U.S. Vice Consul in Lyon, 1917-19; Marseille, 1919-21, 1929, died in office 1929; Lille, 1921-23, 1923; La Rochelle, 1923; Boulogne-sur-Mer, 1923; Patras, 1923-25; Montreal, 1925, 1925-26; Sherbrooke, 1925; Le Havre, 1928-29.
Died in Le Havre, France,
May
26, 1929 (age 44 years, 115
days).
Interment at Holy
Rood Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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John Ralph Gasque (1913-2004) —
also known as J. Ralph Gasque —
of Washington,
D.C.; Marion, Marion
County, S.C.
Born near Mullins, Marion
County, S.C., May 16,
1913.
Democrat. Lawyer; farmer;
real estate developer; member of South
Carolina state house of representatives from Marion County,
1945-48; member of South
Carolina state senate, 1949-52, 1956-76 (Marion County 1949-52,
1956-66, 9th District 1967-68, 16th District 1969-72, 11th District
1972-76); resigned 1976; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from South Carolina, 1960,
1964.
Member, Woodmen of
the World; Freemasons;
Order of the
Eastern Star; Shriners;
Sigma
Delta Kappa.
Died, in Marion Nursing
Center, Rains, Marion
County, S.C., April
26, 2004 (age 90 years, 346
days).
Interment at Devotion Gardens, Marion, S.C.; cenotaph at Little Zion Methodist Church Cemetery, Marion County, S.C.
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Relatives: Son
of Cordie Allison Gasque and Jennie (Price) Gasque. |
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memorial |
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Legislative Manual 1964 |
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John Carl Williams Hinshaw (1894-1956) —
also known as Carl Hinshaw —
of Pasadena, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., July 28,
1894.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; real
estate and insurance
business; U.S.
Representative from California, 1939-56 (11th District 1939-43,
20th District 1943-56); defeated, 1936; died in office 1956;
alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from California,
1948.
Died, of pneumonia
and congestive
heart failure, in the Bethesda
Naval Hospital, Bethesda, Montgomery
County, Md., August
5, 1956 (age 62 years, 8
days).
Interment at Rock
Creek Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Mary Loretta Landrieu (b. 1955) —
also known as Mary L. Landrieu —
of Baton Rouge, East Baton
Rouge Parish, La.
Born in Arlington, Arlington
County, Va., November
23, 1955.
Democrat. Real estate agent; member of Louisiana
state house of representatives, 1980-88; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Louisiana, 1980,
2000,
2004,
2008;
Louisiana
state treasurer, 1988-95; candidate for Presidential Elector for
Louisiana; candidate for Governor of
Louisiana, 1995; U.S.
Senator from Louisiana, 1997-.
Female.
Catholic.
Member, League of Women
Voters; Delta
Gamma.
Still living as of 2014.
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Edward Brooke Lee Jr. (1917-2004) —
also known as E. Brooke Lee, Jr. —
of Silver Spring, Montgomery
County, Md.; Washington,
D.C.; Chevy Chase, Montgomery
County, Md.
Born in Silver Spring, Montgomery
County, Md., October
25, 1917.
Real estate developer; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Maryland, 1944,
1952
(member, Credentials
Committee); marketing and accounting executive with Scott Paper
Company; candidate for mayor
of Washington, D.C., 1982; pleaded
guilty in July 1995 to misdemeanor child abuse after being charged
with fondling
a babysitter; reportedly fined
and given a suspended sentence; later settled a
civil suit against him by the babysitter's parents.
Died, from congestive
heart failure, in Chevy Chase, Montgomery
County, Md., August
20, 2004 (age 86 years, 300
days).
Interment at Rock
Creek Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Alexander Macomb (1748-1831) —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in County Antrim, Ireland (now Northern
Ireland), 1748.
Fur trader;
merchant;
land speculator; member of New York
state assembly from New York County, 1788-89, 1790-91.
Scotch-Irish
ancestry.
Died in Washington,
D.C., 1831
(age about
83 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Isaac E. Messmore (1821-1902) —
of La Crosse, La Crosse
County, Wis.; Washington,
D.C.; Grand Rapids, Kent
County, Mich.; Los Angeles, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Ontario,
August
21, 1821.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Wisconsin
state assembly, 1861; circuit judge in Wisconsin 6th Circuit,
1861-62; colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War; assistant
commissioner, U.S. Revenue Bureau; real estate developer; newspaper
editor and publisher; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Michigan, 1880
(member, Credentials
Committee); candidate for U.S.
Representative from California 6th District, 1894.
Died, from pneumonia,
in Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., January
8, 1902 (age 80 years, 140
days).
Interment at Angelus-Rosedale
Cemetery, Los Angeles, Calif.
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Karl Earl Mundt (1900-1974) —
also known as Karl E. Mundt —
of Madison, Lake
County, S.Dak.
Born in Humboldt, Minnehaha
County, S.Dak., June 3,
1900.
Republican. School
teacher; superintendent
of schools; real estate and insurance
business; U.S.
Representative from South Dakota 1st District, 1939-48; U.S.
Senator from South Dakota, 1948-73; delegate to Republican
National Convention from South Dakota, 1956.
Member, Izaak
Walton League; Kiwanis;
Delta
Sigma Rho; Pi
Kappa Delta; Tau
Kappa Alpha.
Died in Washington,
D.C., August
16, 1974 (age 74 years, 74
days).
Interment at Graceland
Cemetery, Madison, S.Dak.
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Benjamin Franklin Murphy (1867-1938) —
also known as B. Frank Murphy —
of Steubenville, Jefferson
County, Ohio.
Born in Steubenville, Jefferson
County, Ohio, December
24, 1867.
Republican. Shoe store
owner; real estate business; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 18th District, 1919-33; defeated, 1932,
1934; delegate to Republican National Convention from Ohio, 1936.
Methodist.
Died, of myocarditis,
in Takoma Park, Montgomery
County, Md., March 6,
1938 (age 70 years, 72
days).
Interment at Union
Cemetery, Steubenville, Ohio.
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David Ross Obey (b. 1938) —
also known as David R. Obey —
of Wausau, Marathon
County, Wis.
Born in Okmulgee, Okmulgee
County, Okla., October
3, 1938.
Democrat. Real estate broker; member of Wisconsin
state assembly, 1963-69; U.S.
Representative from Wisconsin 7th District, 1969-2011; delegate
to Democratic National Convention from Wisconsin, 1976,
1996,
2000,
2004,
2008.
Catholic.
Member, Optimist
Club; Knights
of Columbus.
Still living as of 2014.
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William Joseph Posey (b. 1947) —
also known as Bill Posey —
of Rockledge, Brevard
County, Fla.
Born in Washington,
D.C., December
18, 1947.
Republican. Real estate business; member of Florida
state house of representatives 32nd District, 1993-2000; member
of Florida
state senate, 2001-08 (15th District 2001-02, 24th District
2003-08); U.S.
Representative from Florida, 2009-20 (15th District 2009-13, 8th
District 2013-20).
Methodist.
English
and Jewish
ancestry. Member, Kiwanis.
Still living as of 2020.
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Carlton Prouty (1864-1931) —
of Winnetka, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Washington,
D.C., November
20, 1864.
Republican. Lawyer; insurance
business; real estate dealer; alternate delegate to
Republican National Convention from Illinois, 1908.
In May, 1913, he was fined
$500, and sentenced
to three months in the county
jail, for having violated the Illinois law which prohibits the remarriage
of divorced persons within one year; he had married his former
stenographer four days after being divorced from his first wife.
Died in Evanston, Cook
County, Ill., December
10, 1931 (age 67 years, 20
days).
Interment at Rosehill
Cemetery, Chicago, Ill.
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Daniel Joseph Riordan (1870-1923) —
also known as Daniel J. Riordan —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., July 7,
1870.
Democrat. Real estate and insurance
business; U.S.
Representative from New York, 1899-1901, 1906-23 (8th District
1899-1901, 1906-13, 11th District 1913-23); died in office 1923;
member of New York
state senate 10th District, 1903-06; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from New York, 1920.
Catholic.
Member, Tammany
Hall.
Died in Washington,
D.C., April
28, 1923 (age 52 years, 295
days).
Interment at Calvary
Cemetery, Woodside, Queens, N.Y.
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Alexander Robey Shepherd (1835-1902) —
also known as Alexander R. Shepherd; "Boss
Shepherd"; "The Father of Modern
Washington" —
of Washington,
D.C.; Batopilas, Chihuahua.
Born in Washington,
D.C., January
30, 1835.
Republican. Plumber;
real estate developer; Governor of
the District of Columbia, 1873-74.
Died, from appendicitis
and peritonitis,
in Batopilas, Chihuahua,
September
12, 1902 (age 67 years, 225
days).
Entombed at Rock
Creek Cemetery, Washington, D.C.; statue at John A. Wilson Building Grounds, Washington, D.C.
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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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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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