| | 
Charles Oscar Andrews (1877-1946) —
also known as Charles O. Andrews —
of Orlando, Orange
County, Fla.
Born in Ponce de Leon, Holmes
County, Fla., March 7,
1877.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; lawyer;
judge of criminal court in Florida, 1910-11; circuit judge in
Florida, 1919-25; member of Florida
state house of representatives, 1925-27; U.S.
Senator from Florida, 1936-46; died in office 1946.
Presbyterian.
Member, Pi
Kappa Alpha; Freemasons;
Knights
of Pythias; Rotary.
Died in Washington,
D.C., September
18, 1946 (age 69 years, 195
days).
Interment at Greenwood
Cemetery, Orlando, Fla.
|
| |
Clarence J. Brown (1893-1965) —
of Blanchester, Clinton
County, Ohio.
Born in Blanchester, Clinton
County, Ohio, July 14,
1893.
Republican. Newspaper
publisher; Lieutenant
Governor of Ohio, 1919-23; secretary
of state of Ohio, 1927-33; candidate for Governor of
Ohio, 1934; delegate to Republican National Convention from Ohio,
1936
(member, Committee
to Notify Presidential Nominee), 1944,
1948,
1952
(member, Credentials
Committee; speaker),
1956,
1960,
1964;
U.S.
Representative from Ohio 7th District, 1939-65; died in office
1965; member of Republican
National Committee from Ohio, 1944-64; Vice-Chair
of Republican National Committee, 1959.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Elks; Eagles;
Junior
Order; Rotary; Exchange
Club.
Died in Washington,
D.C., August
23, 1965 (age 72 years, 40
days).
Interment at Odd
Fellows Cemetery, Blanchester, Ohio.
|
| |
Harold Hitz Burton (1888-1964) —
also known as Harold H. Burton —
of Salt Lake City, Salt Lake
County, Utah; Boise, Ada
County, Idaho; East Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio.
Born in Jamaica Plain, Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., June 22,
1888.
Republican. Lawyer;
assistant attorney, Utah Power &
Light Company and Utah Light &
Traction
Company, 1914-16; attorney, Idaho Power
Company and Boise Valley Traction
Company, 1916-17; served in the U.S. Army during World War I; member
of Ohio
state house of representatives, 1929; mayor
of Cleveland, Ohio, 1931-32, 1936-41; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Ohio, 1944;
speaker, 1936;
U.S.
Senator from Ohio, 1941-45; Associate
Justice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1945-58; took senior status 1958.
Unitarian.
Member, Freemasons;
American Bar
Association; American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Phi
Beta Kappa; Delta
Kappa Epsilon; Phi
Alpha Delta; Knights
of Pythias; Moose; Eagles;
Grange;
Rotary; Kiwanis;
Exchange
Club.
Died in Washington,
D.C., October
28, 1964 (age 76 years, 128
days).
Interment at Highland
Park Cemetery, Highland Hills, Ohio.
|
| |
Hugh Alfred Butler (1878-1954) —
also known as Hugh A. Butler —
of Omaha, Douglas
County, Neb.
Born in Missouri Valley, Harrison
County, Iowa, February
28, 1878.
Republican. Member of Republican
National Committee from Nebraska, 1936, 1947; U.S.
Senator from Nebraska, 1941-54; died in office 1954.
Congregationalist.
Member, Rotary; Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; Modern
Woodmen of America.
Died in Washington,
D.C., July 1,
1954 (age 76 years, 123
days).
Interment at Forest
Lawn Memorial Park, Omaha, Neb.
|
| |
Howard Aldridge Coffin (1877-1956) —
also known as Howard A. Coffin —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Middleboro, Plymouth
County, Mass., June 11,
1877.
Republican. Sales representative, Ginn & Company book
publishers, 1901-11; controller, Warren Motor Car
Company, 1911-13; regional manager, Firestone Tire
and Rubber
Company, 1913-18; secretary, Detroit Pressed
Steel Company, 1918-21; assistant to president, Cadillac Motor Car
Company, 1921-25; vice-president, later president, White Star Oil
Refining Company, 1925-33; division manager, Socony-Vacuum Oil
Company, 1933; U.S.
Representative from Michigan 13th District, 1947-49; defeated,
1944, 1948.
Baptist.
Member, Rotary.
Died in Washington,
D.C., February
28, 1956 (age 78 years, 262
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Detroit, Mich.
|
| |
Albert McDonald Cole (1901-1994) —
also known as Albert M. Cole —
of Holton, Jackson
County, Kan.
Born in Moberly, Randolph
County, Mo., October
13, 1901.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Kansas
state senate, 1930; U.S.
Representative from Kansas 1st District, 1945-53.
Member, Kappa
Sigma; Phi
Alpha Delta; Rotary.
Died in Washington,
D.C., June 5,
1994 (age 92 years, 235
days).
Burial location unknown.
|
| |
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.
|
| |
John Sherman Cooper (1901-1991) —
of Somerset, Pulaski
County, Ky.
Born in Somerset, Pulaski
County, Ky., August
23, 1901.
Republican. Member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1928-30; county judge in
Kentucky, 1930-38; candidate for Governor of
Kentucky, 1939; served in the U.S. Army during World War II; U.S.
Senator from Kentucky, 1946-49, 1952-55, 1956-73; defeated, 1948,
1954; delegate to Republican National Convention from Kentucky, 1948,
1956
(speaker),
1960
(member, Resolutions
Committee), 1972
(delegation chair); U.S. Ambassador to India, 1955-56; Nepal, 1955-56; East Germany, 1974-76; member, President's Commission on the
Assassination of President KNDY, 1963-64.
Baptist
or Episcopalian.
Member, American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Rotary; American Bar
Association; Beta
Theta Pi.
Died of heart
failure, in Washington,
D.C., February
21, 1991 (age 89 years, 182
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.; statue at Fountain
Square, Somerset, Ky.
|
| |
Albert Lyman Cox (b. 1883) —
also known as Albert L. Cox —
of Raleigh, Wake
County, N.C.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Raleigh, Wake
County, N.C., December
1, 1883.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of North
Carolina state house of representatives, 1909; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from North Carolina, 1912;
superior court judge in North Carolina, 1916-17; colonel in the U.S.
Army during World War I; candidate for Presidential Elector for North
Carolina; delegate to Democratic National Convention from District of
Columbia, 1940,
1944,
1948.
Episcopalian.
Member, Sons of
the American Revolution; American
Legion; Sigma
Alpha Epsilon; Phi
Delta Phi; Freemasons;
Knights
of Pythias; Rotary.
Interment at Willowdale
Cemetery, Goldsboro, N.C.
|
| |
Proctor Lambert Dougherty (b. 1873) —
also known as Proctor L. Dougherty —
of Washington,
D.C.
Born in Dorchester, Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., 1873.
Republican. Engineer;
Manager, Otis Elevator Co., 1919-26; member
District of Columbia board of commissioners, 1926-30; President
of the District of Columbia Board of Commissioners, 1926-30.
Congregationalist;
later Unitarian.
Member, Rotary.
Burial location unknown.
| |  |
Relatives: Son
of M. Angelo Dougherty and Mary Elizabeth (Proctor) Dougherty;
married, October
12, 1910, to Grace Cook Holmes. |
|
| |
James Henderson Duff (1883-1969) —
also known as James H. Duff; "Big
Red" —
of Carnegie, Allegheny
County, Pa.
Born in Mansfield (now part of Carnegie), Allegheny
County, Pa., January
21, 1883.
Republican. Lawyer;
candidate for Presidential Elector for Pennsylvania; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1932,
1936
(member, Committee
on Rules and Order of Business), 1940,
1948
(speaker),
1952,
1956;
Pennsylvania
state attorney general, 1943-47; Governor of
Pennsylvania, 1947-51; U.S.
Senator from Pennsylvania, 1951-57; defeated, 1956.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons;
Elks;
Rotary; Moose; Eagles.
Died in Washington,
D.C., December
20, 1969 (age 86 years, 333
days).
Interment at Chartiers
Cemetery, Pittsburgh, Pa.
|
| |
Henry Clarence Dworshak (1894-1962) —
also known as Henry C. Dworshak —
of Burley, Cassia
County, Idaho.
Born in Duluth, St. Louis
County, Minn., August
29, 1894.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; newspaper
publisher; U.S.
Representative from Idaho 2nd District, 1939-46; U.S.
Senator from Idaho, 1946-49, 1949-62; defeated, 1948; died in
office 1962; delegate to Republican National Convention from Idaho,
1948,
1960.
Member, American
Legion; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Elks; Odd
Fellows; Rotary.
Died in Washington,
D.C., July 23,
1962 (age 67 years, 328
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
|
| |
James William Fulbright (1905-1995) —
also known as J. William Fulbright —
of Fayetteville, Washington
County, Ark.
Born in Sumner, Chariton
County, Mo., April 9,
1905.
Democrat. Rhodes
scholar; lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Arkansas 3rd District, 1943-45; U.S.
Senator from Arkansas, 1945-74; resigned 1974; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Arkansas, 1948,
1956.
Disciples
of Christ. Member, Sigma
Chi; Rotary.
Died of a stroke,
in Washington,
D.C., February
9, 1995 (age 89 years, 306
days).
Interment at Evergreen
Cemetery, Fayetteville, Ark.
|
| |
George McMurtrie Godley II (1917-1999) —
also known as G. McMurtrie Godley —
of Washington,
D.C.; Morris, Otsego
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., August
23, 1917.
Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; Foreign Service officer;
U.S. Ambassador to Congo (Leopoldville), 1964-66; Laos, 1969-73; Lebanon, 1974-76.
Member, Rotary.
Died, of heart
failure, in A.O. Fox Memorial Hospital,
Oneonta, Otsego
County, N.Y., November
7, 1999 (age 82 years, 76
days).
Interment at Hillington
Cemetery, Morris, N.Y.
|
| |
Gilbert Gude (1923-2007) —
of Bethesda, Montgomery
County, Md.
Born in Washington,
D.C., March 9,
1923.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; member of Maryland
state house of delegates, 1953-58; member of Maryland
state senate, 1963-66; U.S.
Representative from Maryland 8th District, 1967-77; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Maryland, 1968,
1972.
Catholic.
Member, Rotary.
Died, from congestive
heart failure, in Washington,
D.C., June 7,
2007 (age 84 years, 90
days).
Burial location unknown.
|
| |
Harold Christian Hagen (1901-1957) —
also known as Harold C. Hagen —
of Crookston, Polk
County, Minn.
Born in Crookston, Polk
County, Minn., November
10, 1901.
Newspaper
publisher; executive secretary to U.S. Rep. Richard
T. Buckler, 1935-42; U.S.
Representative from Minnesota 9th District, 1943-55; defeated
(Republican), 1954, 1956.
Lutheran.
Norwegian
ancestry. Member, United
Commercial Travelers; Sons of
Norway; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Elks; Eagles;
Rotary.
Died in Washington,
D.C., March
19, 1957 (age 55 years, 129
days).
Interment at Oakdale
Cemetery, Crookston, Minn.
|
| |
Leighton A. Hope (b. 1921) —
of Cortland, Cortland
County, N.Y.
Born in Washington,
D.C., December
9, 1921.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; member
of New
York state senate 46th District, 1963-65.
Member, Rotary; American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
|
 |
Louis Arthur Johnson (1891-1966) —
also known as Louis A. Johnson —
of Clarksburg, Harrison
County, W.Va.
Born in Roanoke,
Va., January
10, 1891.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Harrison County, 1917-18;
served in the U.S. Army during World War I; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from West Virginia, 1924;
National Commander, American Legion, 1932-33; Assistant Secretary of
War, 1937-40; U.S.
Secretary of Defense, 1949-50.
Episcopalian.
Member, American
Legion; American Bar
Association; Federal
Bar Association; Sons of
the American Revolution; Delta
Chi; Delta
Sigma Rho; Tau
Kappa Alpha; Freemasons;
Elks;
Rotary.
Died in Washington,
D.C., April
24, 1966 (age 75 years, 104
days).
Interment at Elkview
Masonic Cemetery, Clarksburg, W.Va.
|
| |
Edward Gardiner Latch (1901-1993) —
also known as Edward G. Latch —
of Washington,
D.C.; Gaithersburg, Montgomery
County, Md.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., January
14, 1901.
Minister;
offered prayer, Republican National Convention,
1960 ; chaplain of the U.S. House of Representatives, 1966-78.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Rotary.
In 1971, he officiated at the marriage of President Richard
Nixon's daughter Patricia, to Edward Cox, in the White House.
Died in Gaithersburg, Montgomery
County, Md., April 9,
1993 (age 92 years, 85
days).
Interment at Flint Hill Cemetery, Oakton, Va.
|
 |
George Wilson Malone (1890-1961) —
also known as George W. Malone —
of Reno, Washoe
County, Nev.
Born in Fredonia, Wilson
County, Kan., August
7, 1890.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; alternate
delegate to Republican National Convention from Nevada, 1924,
1960;
U.S.
Senator from Nevada, 1947-59; defeated, 1934, 1944.
Member, American
Legion; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Elks; Eagles;
Rotary.
Died in Washington,
D.C., May 19,
1961 (age 70 years, 285
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
|
| |
Robert Takeo Matsui (1941-2005) —
also known as Robert T. Matsui —
of Sacramento, Sacramento
County, Calif.
Born in Sacramento, Sacramento
County, Calif., September
17, 1941.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from California, 1979-2005 (3rd District 1979-93,
5th District 1993-2005); died in office 2005; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from California, 1988
(speaker),
1996,
2000,
2004.
Methodist.
Japanese
ancestry. Member, Rotary; Council on
Foreign Relations.
Died, of pneumonia
and myelodysplastic
syndrome, in Bethesda
Naval Hospital, Bethesda, Montgomery
County, Md., January
1, 2005 (age 63 years, 106
days).
Interment at East
Lawn Memorial Park, Sacramento, Calif.
|
| |
Stewart Brett McKinney (1931-1987) —
also known as Stewart B. McKinney —
of Fairfield, Fairfield
County, Conn.; Westport, Fairfield
County, Conn.
Born in Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa., January
30, 1931.
Republican. Member of Connecticut
state house of representatives, 1967-71; U.S.
Representative from Connecticut 4th District, 1971-87; died in
office 1987; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Connecticut, 1972.
Bisexual.
Member, Rotary; American
Legion.
Died, from acquired immune
deficiency syndrome, Washington,
D.C., May 7,
1987 (age 56 years, 97
days).
Interment at Oak
Lawn Cemetery, Fairfield, Conn.
| | |
Relatives: Son
of James Polk McKinney and Clare Louise (Brett) McKinney; married, October
2, 1954, to Lucy Cunningham; father of John
P. McKinney. |
| | | The Stewart B. McKinney Transportation
Center (built 1987), in Stamford,
Connecticut, is named for
him. — The Stewart B. McKinney National
Wildlife Refuge (etablished 1972 as the Salt Meadow Wildlife
Refuge; renamed 1987), in Fairfield,
New
Haven, and Middlesex
counties, Connecticut, is named for
him. |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
|
| |
Michael Robert McNulty (b. 1947) —
also known as Michael R. McNulty —
of Green Island, Albany
County, N.Y.
Born in Troy, Rensselaer
County, N.Y., September
16, 1947.
Democrat. Green Island town supervisor, 1969-77 (at age 22, the
youngest elected town supervisor in the history of New York State);
delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1972,
1996,
2000,
2004,
2008;
member of New York
Democratic State Committee, 1974; member of New York
state assembly 106th District, 1983-88; U.S.
Representative from New York, 1989-2003 (23rd District 1989-93,
21st District 1993-2003).
Catholic.
Member, Rotary.
Still living as of 2014.
|
| |
John Jacob Rhodes III (1943-2011) —
also known as John J. Rhodes III —
of Mesa, Maricopa
County, Ariz.; Safford, Graham
County, Ariz.
Born in Mesa, Maricopa
County, Ariz., September
8, 1943.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during the Vietnam war; lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Arizona 1st District, 1987-93; defeated,
1992; delegate to Republican National Convention from Arizona, 2008.
Protestant.
Member, Rotary.
Suffered injuries in an automobile
accident, and died three months later as a result, in Washington,
D.C., January
20, 2011 (age 67 years, 134
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
|
| |
Lewis Baxter Schwellenbach (1894-1948) —
also known as Lewis B. Schwellenbach —
of Neppel (now Moses Lake), Grant
County, Wash.
Born in Superior, Douglas
County, Wis., September
20, 1894.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer; chair of
King County Democratic Party, 1928-30; candidate for Governor of
Washington, 1932; U.S.
Senator from Washington, 1935-40; U.S.
District Judge for the Eastern District of Washington, 1940-45;
resigned 1945; U.S.
Secretary of Labor, 1945-48; died in office 1948.
Episcopalian.
Member, American
Legion; American
Society for International Law; American
Academy of Political and Social Science; American Bar
Association; Rotary; Elks; Eagles.
Died in Walter
Reed Hospital, Washington,
D.C., June 10,
1948 (age 53 years, 264
days).
Interment at Evergreen-Washelli
Memorial Park, Seattle, Wash.
|
| |
Frederick Andrew Seaton (1909-1974) —
of Manhattan, Riley
County, Kan.; Hastings, Adams
County, Neb.
Born in Washington,
D.C., December
11, 1909.
Republican. Radio
announcer; sports
reporter; editor, manager, and publisher of newspapers;
vice-chair
of Kansas Republican Party, 1934-37; campaign secretary for Gov.
Alfred
M. Landon, 1936; member of Nebraska
unicameral legislature, 1945-49; U.S.
Senator from Nebraska, 1951-52; U.S.
Secretary of the Interior, 1956-61; candidate for Governor of
Nebraska, 1962.
Methodist
or Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Elks;
Rotary; Navy
League; American
Academy of Political and Social Science; Beta
Theta Pi; Pi
Kappa Delta.
Recipient, Medal
of Freedom.
Died in St. Mary's Hospital,
Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn., January
16, 1974 (age 64 years, 36
days).
Interment at Parkview
Cemetery, Hastings, Neb.
|
| |
Henry Perkins Smith III (1911-1995) —
also known as Henry P. Smith III —
of North Tonawanda, Niagara
County, N.Y.
Born in North Tonawanda, Niagara
County, N.Y., September
29, 1911.
Republican. Lawyer; mayor
of North Tonawanda, N.Y., 1961-63; Niagara
County Judge, 1963-64; U.S.
Representative from New York, 1965-75 (40th District 1965-73,
36th District 1973-75).
Presbyterian.
Member, Rotary.
Died in Washington,
D.C., October
1, 1995 (age 84 years, 2
days).
Interment at Rock
Creek Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
|
| |
Joseph Edward Talbot (1901-1966) —
also known as Joseph E. Talbot —
of Naugatuck, New Haven
County, Conn.
Born in Naugatuck, New Haven
County, Conn., March
18, 1901.
Republican. Lawyer;
candidate for Connecticut
state house of representatives from Naugatuck, 1932, 1934; county
judge in Connecticut, 1935-37; Connecticut
state treasurer, 1939-41; U.S.
Representative from Connecticut 5th District, 1942-47; candidate
for Governor of
Connecticut, 1946; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Connecticut, 1950.
Catholic.
Member, American Bar
Association; Rotary; Elks; Eagles;
Knights
of Columbus.
Died in Washington,
D.C., April
30, 1966 (age 65 years, 43
days).
Interment at St.
James' Cemetery, Naugatuck, Conn.
|
| |
Gary Eugene Taylor (b. 1953) —
also known as Gene Taylor —
of Bay St. Louis, Hancock
County, Miss.
Born in New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La., September
17, 1953.
Democrat. Member of Mississippi
state senate, 1984-89; U.S.
Representative from Mississippi, 1989-2003 (5th District
1989-2003, 4th District 2003); defeated, 1988; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Mississippi, 1996,
2000,
2004,
2008.
Catholic.
Member, American
Legion; Rotary.
Still living as of 2014.
|
| |
Guy Adrian Vander Jagt (1931-2007) —
also known as Guy Vander Jagt —
of Cadillac, Wexford
County, Mich.; Luther, Lake
County, Mich.
Born in Cadillac, Wexford
County, Mich., August
26, 1931.
Republican. Journalist;
news
director, WWTV, Cadillac, Mich.; lawyer;
member of Michigan
state senate 36th District, 1965-66; resigned 1966; U.S.
Representative from Michigan 9th District, 1966-93; defeated in
primary, 1992.
Presbyterian.
Dutch
ancestry. Member, Rotary; Freemasons.
Died, of pancreatic
cancer, in Washington,
D.C., June 22,
2007 (age 75 years, 300
days).
Interment at Maple
Hill Cemetery, Cadillac, Mich.
|
| |
Jesse Arthur Younger (1893-1967) —
also known as J. Arthur Younger —
of San Mateo, San Mateo
County, Calif.
Born in Albany, Linn
County, Ore., April
11, 1893.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; U.S.
Representative from California, 1953-67 (9th District 1953-63,
11th District 1963-67); died in office 1967; alternate delegate to
Republican National Convention from California, 1956.
Congregationalist.
Member, American
Legion; Rotary; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Newcomen
Society; Delta
Upsilon.
Died, of leukemia,
at Walter
Reed Army Hospital, Washington,
D.C., June 20,
1967 (age 74 years, 70
days).
Interment at Cypress
Lawn Memorial Park, Colma, Calif.
|
|
|
![[Amazon.com]](https://politicalgraveyard.com/images/a150X70b.gif)