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Gary Leonard Ackerman (b. 1942) —
also known as Gary L. Ackerman —
of Flushing, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y.; Jamaica Estates, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., November
19, 1942.
Democrat. School teacher; member of New York
state senate 12th District, 1979-83; U.S.
Representative from New York, 1983-2003 (7th District 1983-93,
5th District 1993-2003); delegate to Democratic National Convention
from New York, 1984,
1988
(speaker),
1996,
2000,
2004,
2008.
Jewish.
Member, B'nai
B'rith.
Still living as of 2014.
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Daniel Kahikina Akaka (1924-2018) —
also known as Daniel K. Akaka —
of Honolulu, Island of Oahu, Honolulu
County, Hawaii.
Born in Honolulu, Island of Oahu, Honolulu
County, Hawaii, September
11, 1924.
Democrat. School teacher and principal; candidate for Lieutenant
Governor of Hawaii, 1974; U.S.
Representative from Hawaii 2nd District, 1977-90; resigned 1990;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Hawaii, 1980,
1996,
2000,
2004,
2008;
U.S.
Senator from Hawaii, 1990-; appointed 1990.
Congregationalist.
Hawaiian
and Chinese
ancestry.
Died in Honolulu, Island of Oahu, Honolulu
County, Hawaii, April 6,
2018 (age 93 years, 207
days).
Interment at National
Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, Honolulu, Island of Oahu,
Hawaii.
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George Venable Allen (1903-1970) —
also known as George V. Allen —
of Durham, Durham
County, N.C.; Maryland; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Durham, Durham
County, N.C., November
3, 1903.
School teacher and principal; newspaper
reporter; Foreign Service officer; U.S. Vice Consul in Kingston, as of 1930; Shanghai, as of 1932; U.S. Consul in Cairo, as of 1936-38; U.S. Ambassador to Iran, 1946-48; Yugoslavia, 1949-53; India, 1953-54; Nepal, 1953-54; Greece, 1956-57; director, U.S. Information Agency, 1957-60;
president, Tobacco
Institute, 1960-66.
Methodist.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; Delta
Sigma Phi; United
World Federalists.
Died suddenly, from a coronary
occlusion, in Bahama, Durham
County, N.C., July 11,
1970 (age 66 years, 250
days).
Interment at Rock
Creek Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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James Benjamin Aswell (1869-1931) —
also known as James B. Aswell —
of Natchitoches, Natchitoches
Parish, La.
Born in Jackson
Parish, La., December
23, 1869.
Democrat. School teacher and principal; Louisiana
superintendent of public instruction, 1904-08; Chancellor,
University of Mississippi, 1907; president,
Louisiana State Normal College, 1908-11; U.S.
Representative from Louisiana 8th District, 1913-31; died in
office 1931.
Baptist.
Died in Washington,
D.C., March
16, 1931 (age 61 years, 83
days).
Interment at Rock
Creek Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Dorothy Wright Atkinson (b. 1911) —
also known as Dorothy W. Atkinson; Dorothy
Wright —
of Washington,
D.C.
Born in Washington,
D.C., October
31, 1911.
Democrat. School teacher; college
teacher; delegate to Democratic National Convention from District
of Columbia, 1960.
Female.
Baptist.
African
ancestry. Member, Delta
Sigma Theta; League of Women
Voters; Urban
League; American
Association of University Women.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Daughter of John L. Wright and Letitia (Ferguson) Wright; married, June 23,
1930, to R. R. Atkinson. |
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Jesse Battle Jr. (born c.1952) —
of Washington,
D.C.
Born about 1952.
Vocational counselor; Independent candidate for mayor
of Washington, D.C., 1994.
African
ancestry.
Still living as of 1994.
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Nancy E. Boyda (b. 1955) —
of Topeka, Shawnee
County, Kan.
Born in St.
Louis, Mo., August
2, 1955.
Democrat. Chemist;
school teacher; U.S.
Representative from Kansas 2nd District, 2007-; defeated, 2004;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Kansas, 2008.
Female.
Methodist.
Still living as of 2014.
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Joseph Melville Broughton (1888-1949) —
also known as J. Melville Broughton —
of Wake
County, N.C.
Born in Raleigh, Wake
County, N.C., November
17, 1888.
Democrat. School teacher; lawyer;
member of North
Carolina state senate, 1927-29; candidate for Presidential
Elector for North Carolina; Governor of
North Carolina, 1941-45; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from North Carolina, 1944,
1948
(member, Credentials
Committee); candidate for Democratic nomination for Vice
President, 1944;
U.S.
Senator from North Carolina, 1948-49; died in office 1949.
Baptist.
Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons;
Woodmen;
Junior
Order.
Died, of a heart
attack, in Washington,
D.C., March 6,
1949 (age 60 years, 109
days).
Interment at Montlawn
Memorial Park, Raleigh, N.C.
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Blanche Kelso Bruce (1841-1898) —
also known as Blanche K. Bruce —
of Floreyville (unknown
county), Miss.
Born in slavery
near Farmville, Prince
Edward County, Va., March 1,
1841.
Republican. School teacher; planter; Bolivar
County Sheriff and Tax Collector, 1872-75; U.S.
Senator from Mississippi, 1875-81; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Mississippi, 1880,
1884;
Register of the U.S. Treasury, 1881, 1897-98; District of Columbia
Recorder of Deeds, 1891-93.
African
ancestry.
Died in Washington,
D.C., March
17, 1898 (age 57 years, 16
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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William Bourke Cockran (1854-1923) —
also known as W. Bourke Cockran —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in County Sligo, Ireland,
February
28, 1854.
School teacher and principal; lawyer; U.S.
Representative from New York, 1887-89, 1891-95, 1904-09, 1921-23
(12th District 1887-89, 10th District 1891-93, 12th District 1893-95,
1904-09, 16th District 1921-23); defeated (Progressive), 1912; died
in office 1923; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New
York, 1888,
1892,
1904
(speaker),
1920.
Died in Washington,
D.C., March 1,
1923 (age 69 years, 1
days).
Interment at Gate
of Heaven Cemetery, Hawthorne, N.Y.
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Chester John Culver (b. 1966) —
also known as Chet Culver —
of Des Moines, Polk
County, Iowa.
Born in Washington,
D.C., January
25, 1966.
Democrat. School teacher; secretary
of state of Iowa, 1999-2006; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Iowa, 2000,
2004,
2008;
member of Democratic
National Committee from Iowa, 2004; Governor of
Iowa, 2007-11.
Presbyterian.
Still living as of 2014.
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James Henry Davidson (1858-1918) —
also known as James H. Davidson —
of Green Lake
County, Wis.; Oshkosh, Winnebago
County, Wis.
Born in Colchester, Delaware
County, N.Y., June 18,
1858.
Republican. School teacher; lawyer; Green
Lake County District Attorney; U.S.
Representative from Wisconsin, 1897-1913, 1917-18 (6th District
1897-1903, 8th District 1903-13, 6th District 1917-18); died in
office 1918.
Died in Washington,
D.C., August
6, 1918 (age 60 years, 49
days).
Interment at Riverside
Cemetery, Oshkosh, Wis.
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Debra DeLee (b. 1948) —
of Washington,
D.C.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., 1948.
Democrat. School teacher; lobbyist;
Chairman
of Democratic National Committee, 1994-95; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from District of Columbia, 1996,
2000;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Massachusetts, 2004,
2008;
president, Americans for Peace Now.
Female.
Jewish.
Member, National
Education Association.
Still living as of 2008.
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Charles Calvert Ellis (1874-1950) —
also known as Charles C. Ellis —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.; Huntingdon, Huntingdon
County, Pa.
Born in Washington,
D.C., July 21,
1874.
School teacher; pastor; college
professor; president,
Juniata College, 1930-43; Dry candidate for delegate
to Pennsylvania convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933.
Brethren.
Died, in Presbyterian Hospital,
Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., June 27,
1950 (age 75 years, 341
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Henry Jennings Ellis and Kate Calvert (Kane) Ellis; married, December
25, 1902, to Emma Susan Nice. |
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Clyde Taylor Ellis (1908-1980) —
also known as Clyde T. Ellis —
of Bentonville, Benton
County, Ark.
Born near Garfield, Benton
County, Ark., December
21, 1908.
Democrat. Superintendent of schools; lawyer;
member of Arkansas
state house of representatives, 1933-35; member of Arkansas
state senate, 1935-39; U.S.
Representative from Arkansas 3rd District, 1939-43; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Arkansas, 1940;
candidate for U.S.
Senator from Arkansas, 1942; served in the U.S. Navy during World
War II.
Christian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Tau
Kappa Alpha; Blue
Key; Freemasons.
Died in Washington,
D.C., February
9, 1980 (age 71 years, 50
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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John Arthur Elston (1874-1921) —
also known as John A. Elston; J. A. Elston —
of Berkeley, Alameda
County, Calif.
Born in Woodland, Yolo
County, Calif., February
10, 1874.
Republican. School teacher; lawyer; U.S.
Representative from California 6th District, 1915-21; died in
office 1921.
Killed
himself by drowning
in the Potomac River, Washington,
D.C., December
15, 1921 (age 47 years, 308
days). In his suicide note, he wrote that he was "caught in a
chain of circumstances that spelled ruin.".
Cremated.
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Woodbridge Nathan Ferris (1853-1928) —
also known as Woodbridge N. Ferris; "The Big Rapids
Schoolmaster"; "The Good Grey
Governor" —
of Big Rapids, Mecosta
County, Mich.
Born in a log
cabin near Spencer, Tioga
County, N.Y., January
6, 1853.
Democrat. School teacher; superintendent of schools;
founder and president,
Ferris Institute, later Ferris State University; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Michigan 11th District, 1892; candidate for
Michigan
superintendent of public instruction, 1902; candidate for University
of Michigan board of regents, 1907; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Michigan, 1912
(Honorary
Vice-President), 1916,
1924;
Governor
of Michigan, 1913-16; defeated, 1904, 1920; president, Big Rapids
Savings Bank; U.S.
Senator from Michigan, 1923-28; died in office 1928; candidate
for Democratic nomination for President, 1924.
Died, of bronchial
pneumonia, in Washington,
D.C., March
23, 1928 (age 75 years, 77
days).
Interment at Highland
View Cemetery, Big Rapids, Mich.
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Abigail Fillmore (1798-1853) —
also known as Abigail Powers —
of East Aurora, Erie
County, N.Y.; Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y.
Born in Stillwater, Saratoga
County, N.Y., March
13, 1798.
School teacher; Second Lady
of the United States, 1849-50; First Lady
of the United States, 1850-53.
Female.
Died, in the Willard Hotel, Washington,
D.C., March
30, 1853 (age 55 years, 17
days).
Interment at Forest
Lawn Cemetery, Buffalo, N.Y.
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Solomon Foot (1802-1866) —
of Rutland, Rutland
County, Vt.
Born in Cornwall, Addison
County, Vt., November
19, 1802.
School teacher; lawyer;
member of Vermont
state house of representatives, 1833, 1836-38; Speaker of
the Vermont State House of Representatives, 1838; delegate
to Vermont state constitutional convention, 1836; U.S.
Representative from Vermont 1st District, 1843-47; U.S.
Senator from Vermont, 1851-66; died in office 1866; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Vermont, 1864.
Died in Washington,
D.C., March
28, 1866 (age 63 years, 129
days).
Interment at Evergreen
Cemetery, Rutland, Vt.
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Idamae Garrott (1916-1999) —
also known as Idamae Riley —
Born in Washington,
D.C., December
24, 1916.
Democrat. School teacher; member of Maryland
state house of delegates, 1979-87; member of Maryland
state senate 19th District, 1987-94.
Female.
Member, League of Women
Voters.
Died in Silver Spring, Montgomery
County, Md., June 13,
1999 (age 82 years, 171
days).
Interment at St.
Mark's Apostolic Church Cemetery, Petersville, Md.
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Bernard Gotlieb (1893-1979) —
of Washington,
D.C.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., November
7, 1893.
School teacher; interpreter;
Foreign Service officer; U.S. Vice Consul in Baghdad, 1917; Cairo, 1918-21; U.S. Consul in Teheran, 1921-24; Halifax, 1924-26; Singapore, 1926-28; Wellington, 1928-33; Messina, 1933-34; Trieste, 1934-37; Nuevo Laredo, 1940-42; Santiago de Cuba, 1942-43; Havana, 1943-44; Windsor, 1944-47.
Jewish.
Died in Marin
County, Calif., March
15, 1979 (age 85 years, 128
days).
Interment at Ferncliff
Cemetery, Hartsdale, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of Maurice Henry Gotlieb and Rebecca (Wolff) Gotlieb; married, July 2,
1929, to Audrey Gwendoline Ormiston. |
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memorial |
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(1918) |
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Thomas Lyon Hamer (1800-1846) —
also known as Thomas L. Hamer —
of Georgetown, Brown
County, Ohio.
Born in Northumberland
County, Pa., July, 1800.
Democrat. School teacher; lawyer;
member of Ohio
state house of representatives, 1825, 1828-29; Speaker of
the Ohio State House of Representatives, 1829; candidate for
Presidential Elector for Ohio; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 5th District, 1833-39; general in the
U.S. Army during the Mexican War.
Nominated Ulysses
S. Grant to be a cadet at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point.
Died
in the military service, probably from dysentery,
at Monterrey, Nuevo
León, December
2, 1846 (age 46 years, 0
days).
Original interment somewhere
in near Monterrey, Nuevo León; reinterment at Old
Georgetown Cemetery, Georgetown, Ohio; cenotaph at Congressional
Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Beverly Frances High (b. 1944) —
also known as Beverly High —
of Washington,
D.C.
Born in Washington,
D.C., December
3, 1944.
Democrat. School teacher; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from District of Columbia, 1972.
Female.
Presbyterian.
African
ancestry. Member, Urban
League.
Still living as of 1973.
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Darlene Hooley (b. 1939) —
of West Linn, Clackamas
County, Ore.; Lake Oswego, Clackamas
County, Ore.
Born in Williston, Williams
County, N.Dak., April 4,
1939.
Democrat. School teacher; member of Oregon
state house of representatives, 1980-86; U.S.
Representative from Oregon 5th District, 1997-; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Oregon, 2000,
2004,
2008.
Female.
Lutheran.
Still living as of 2014.
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Patrick Henry Kelley (1867-1925) —
also known as Patrick H. Kelley —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.; Lansing, Ingham
County, Mich.
Born near Dowagiac, Cass
County, Mich., October
7, 1867.
Republican. School teacher and principal; superintendent of
schools; lawyer; law
partner of Seymour
H. Person; member of Michigan
state board of education, 1901-05; appointed 1901; resigned 1905;
Michigan
superintendent of public instruction, 1905-06; Lieutenant
Governor of Michigan, 1907-10; candidate for Governor of
Michigan, 1910; U.S.
Representative from Michigan, 1913-23 (at-large 1913-15, 6th
District 1915-23); candidate for U.S.
Senator from Michigan, 1922.
Irish
ancestry.
Died in Washington,
D.C., September
11, 1925 (age 57 years, 339
days).
Interment at Mt.
Hope Cemetery, Lansing, Mich.
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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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Dale Edward Kildee (b. 1929) —
also known as Dale E. Kildee —
of Flint, Genesee
County, Mich.
Born in Flint, Genesee
County, Mich., September
16, 1929.
Democrat. School teacher; member of Michigan
state house of representatives 81st District, 1965-74; delegate
to Democratic National Convention from Michigan, 1968,
1984,
1988,
1996,
2000,
2004,
2008;
member of Michigan
state senate 29th District, 1975-77; resigned 1977; U.S.
Representative from Michigan, 1977-2013 (7th District 1977-93,
9th District 1993-2003, 5th District 2003-13).
Catholic.
Member, Optimist
Club; Knights
of Columbus; American
Federation of Teachers; Urban
League; Phi
Delta Kappa; Elks.
Still living as of 2014.
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Nicholas V. Lampson (b. 1945) —
also known as Nick Lampson —
of Beaumont, Jefferson
County, Tex.
Born in Beaumont, Jefferson
County, Tex., February
14, 1945.
Democrat. School teacher; Jefferson
County Tax Assessor-Collector, 1977-95; U.S.
Representative from Texas 9th District, 1997-2005; defeated, 2004
(2nd District), 2008 (22nd District), 2012 (14th District); delegate
to Democratic National Convention from Texas, 2000,
2004,
2008.
Catholic.
Member, Knights
of Columbus.
Still living as of 2014.
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Dillard Brown Lasseter (1894-1973) —
also known as Dillard B. Lasseter —
of Cordele, Crisp
County, Ga.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Vienna, Dooly
County, Ga., July 21,
1894.
School teacher; interpreter;
U.S. Vice Consul in Tientsin, 1920-21; Antung, 1921-22; Nanking, 1922; Hankow, 1922-23; headed National Youth Administration in
Georgia; member, Regional War Manpower Commision; administrator, Farm
Security Administration, 1945-46; administrator, Farmers Home
Administration, 1946-53; lobbyist
for the American Trucking
Association.
Died in Washington,
D.C., November
2, 1973 (age 79 years, 104
days).
Interment at Oxford Historical Cemetery, Oxford, Ga.
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Marion Letcher (b. 1872) —
of Douglasville, Douglas
County, Ga.; Conyers, Rockdale
County, Ga.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Shorter, Macon
County, Ala., September
4, 1872.
School principal; served in the U.S. Army during the
Spanish-American War; president,
Douglasville College (Douglasville, Ga.), 1900-01; superintendent
of schools; U.S. Consul in Acapulco, 1909-11; Chihuahua, 1911-16; U.S. Consul General in Christiania, 1919-20; Callao-Lima, 1920; Copenhagen, as of 1921-26; Antwerp, as of 1929-32.
Burial location unknown.
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Eugene Joseph McCarthy (1916-2005) —
also known as Eugene J. McCarthy; "Clean
Gene" —
of St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn.
Born in Watkins, Meeker
County, Minn., March
29, 1916.
Democrat. School teacher; university
professor; U.S.
Representative from Minnesota 4th District, 1949-59; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Minnesota, 1952
(alternate), 1960,
1964;
U.S.
Senator from Minnesota, 1959-71; candidate for Democratic
nomination for President, 1968,
1972,
1992;
candidate for President
of the United States, 1968, 1976 (Independent).
Catholic.
Irish
and German
ancestry. Member, Americans
for Democratic Action; Phi
Kappa Theta.
Died, from complications of Parkinson's
disease, in the Georgetown Retirement
Residence, Washington,
D.C., December
10, 2005 (age 89 years, 256
days).
Interment at St.
Paul's Episcopal Churchyard, Woodville, Va.
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David Batcheller Mellish (1831-1874) —
also known as David B. Mellish —
of New York.
Born in Oxford, Worcester
County, Mass., January
2, 1831.
Republican. Printer;
school teacher; newspaper
reporter; appraiser;
U.S.
Representative from New York 9th District, 1873-74; died in
office 1874.
Died in Washington,
D.C., May 23,
1874 (age 43 years, 141
days).
Interment at Hillside
Cemetery, Auburn, Mass.
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Balthasar Henry Meyer (1866-1954) —
also known as Balthasar H. Meyer —
of Wisconsin.
Born near Mequon, Ozaukee
County, Wis., May 28,
1866.
School teacher and principal; university
professor; Wisconsin
railroad commissioner, 1905-10; member, Interstate Commerce
Commission, 1910-39.
Member, American
Economic Association; American
Academy of Political and Social Science.
Died in Washington,
D.C., February
9, 1954 (age 87 years, 257
days).
Burial location unknown.
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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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Richard Edmund Neal (b. 1949) —
also known as Richard E. Neal —
of Springfield, Hampden
County, Mass.
Born in Worcester, Worcester
County, Mass., February
14, 1949.
Democrat. School teacher; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Massachusetts, 1980,
1996,
2000,
2004,
2008;
mayor
of Springfield, Mass., 1983-89; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 2nd District, 1989-.
Catholic.
Still living as of 2014.
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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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Claude VanCleve Parsons (1895-1941) —
also known as Claude V. Parsons —
of Golconda, Pope
County, Ill.
Born near McCormick, Pope
County, Ill., October
7, 1895.
Democrat. Farmer;
superintendent of schools; U.S.
Representative from Illinois 24th District, 1930-41; defeated,
1940.
Protestant.
Member, Freemasons;
Order of the
Eastern Star; Odd
Fellows.
Died in Washington,
D.C., May 23,
1941 (age 45 years, 228
days).
Interment at Zion
Church Cemetery, Near Ozark, Johnson County, Ill.
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William J. Pascrell Jr. (b. 1937) —
also known as Bill Pascrell, Jr. —
of Paterson, Passaic
County, N.J.
Born in Paterson, Passaic
County, N.J., January
25, 1937.
Democrat. School teacher; member of New
Jersey state house of assembly, 1988-96; mayor
of Paterson, N.J., 1990-96; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from New Jersey, 1996,
2000,
2004,
2008;
U.S.
Representative from New Jersey, 1997-2019 (8th District
1997-2013, 9th District 2013-19).
Catholic.
Still living as of 2019.
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Christian William Ramseyer (1875-1943) —
also known as C. William Ramseyer —
of Bloomfield, Davis
County, Iowa.
Born near Collinsville, Butler
County, Ohio, March
13, 1875.
Republican. School teacher; lawyer; Davis
County Attorney, 1911-15; U.S.
Representative from Iowa 6th District, 1915-33.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Political Science Association.
Died in Washington,
D.C., November
1, 1943 (age 68 years, 233
days).
Interment at Odd
Fellows Cemetery, Bloomfield, Iowa.
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Marion Edwards Rhodes (1868-1928) —
also known as Marion E. Rhodes —
of Potosi, Washington
County, Mo.
Born near Glenallen, Bollinger
County, Mo., January
4, 1868.
Republican. School teacher; lawyer; Washington
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1900-04; member of Missouri
Republican State Committee, 1902-04; U.S.
Representative from Missouri 13th District, 1905-07, 1919-23;
defeated, 1906, 1916, 1922; mayor of Potosi, Mo., 1908-09; delegate
to Republican National Convention from Missouri, 1908;
member of Missouri
state house of representatives from Washington County, 1909-10.
Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons.
Died in Washington,
D.C., December
25, 1928 (age 60 years, 356
days).
Interment at Masonic
Cemetery, Potosi, Mo.
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William Charles Salmon (1868-1925) —
of Columbia, Maury
County, Tenn.
Born near Paris, Henry
County, Tenn., April 3,
1868.
Democrat. School teacher; lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War I; U.S.
Representative from Tennessee 7th District, 1923-25.
Disciples
of Christ. Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; Elks.
Died in Washington,
D.C., May 13,
1925 (age 57 years, 40
days).
Interment at Rose
Hill Cemetery, Columbia, Tenn.
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James Everett Sanders (1882-1950) —
also known as Everett Sanders —
of Terre Haute, Vigo
County, Ind.
Born in a log
cabin near Coalmont, Clay
County, Ind., March 8,
1882.
Republican. School teacher; lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Indiana 5th District, 1917-25; secretary to
President Calvin
Coolidge, 1925-29; Chairman
of Republican National Committee, 1932-34.
Baptist.
Member, Elks.
Died, from a heart
ailment, in his law
office, in Washington,
D.C., May 12,
1950 (age 68 years, 65
days).
Interment at Highland
Lawn Cemetery, Terre Haute, Ind.
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Lester L. Schnare (b. 1884) —
of Fitzgerald, Ben Hill
County, Ga.; Pensacola, Escambia
County, Fla.; Washington,
D.C.; Macon, Bibb
County, Ga.
Born in Mondovi, Buffalo
County, Wis., May 15,
1884.
School teacher; newspaper
editor; stenographer;
U.S. Vice Consul in Shanghai, 1916-17; Canton, 1917-18; Yokohama, 1918; U.S. Consul in Yokohama, 1920, 1921; Kobe, 1920-21, 1921-22; Swatow, 1922-23; Cartagena, 1923-27; Breslau, 1927-31; Hamburg, 1931-35; Milan, 1935-38.
Member, Freemasons.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
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William H. Simons —
also known as Bill Simons —
of Washington,
D.C.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; school
teacher; delegate to Democratic National Convention from District
of Columbia, 1968,
1980,
1996,
2000;
president,
Washington Teachers Union; vice-president,
American Federation of Teachers; arrested
during an anti-apartheid
protest outside the South African Embassy
in Washington, 1984; candidate for Presidential Elector for District
of Columbia.
African
ancestry.
Still living as of 2000.
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Thetus Willrette Sims (1852-1939) —
also known as Thetus W. Sims —
of Linden, Perry
County, Tenn.
Born in Wayne
County, Tenn., April
25, 1852.
Democrat. Lawyer;
superintendent of schools; candidate for Presidential Elector
for Tennessee; U.S.
Representative from Tennessee 8th District, 1897-1921.
Died in 1939
(age about
87 years).
Interment at Rock
Creek Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Henry Oscar Talle (1892-1969) —
also known as Henry O. Talle —
of Decorah, Winneshiek
County, Iowa.
Born near Albert Lea, Freeborn
County, Minn., January
12, 1892.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; school
teacher; superintendent of schools; college
professor; U.S.
Representative from Iowa, 1939-59 (4th District 1939-43, 2nd
District 1943-59); defeated, 1936 (4th District), 1958 (2nd District).
Lutheran.
Member, American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars.
Died in Washington,
D.C., March
14, 1969 (age 77 years, 61
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Jon Tester (b. 1956) —
Born in Havre, Hill
County, Mont., August
21, 1956.
Democrat. Farmer;
school teacher; member of Montana
state senate, 1999-2006; U.S.
Senator from Montana, 2007-; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Montana, 2008.
Still living as of 2014.
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John W. Thomas (1874-1945) —
also known as John Thomas —
of Gooding, Gooding
County, Idaho.
Born in Phillips
County, Kan., January
4, 1874.
Republican. School teacher; superintendent of schools;
banker;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Idaho, 1920
(member, Committee
on Rules and Order of Business), 1932,
1936
(member, Resolutions
Committee; speaker),
1940
(member, Resolutions
Committee), 1944;
member of Republican
National Committee from Idaho, 1924-33; U.S.
Senator from Idaho, 1928-33, 1940-45; defeated, 1932; died in
office 1945.
Died in Washington,
D.C., November
10, 1945 (age 71 years, 310
days).
Interment at Elmwood
Cemetery, Gooding, Idaho.
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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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Madison Miner Walden (1836-1891) —
also known as Madison M. Walden —
of Centerville, Appanoose
County, Iowa.
Born in Adams
County, Ohio, October
6, 1836.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; school
teacher; newspaper
editor and publisher; member of Iowa
state house of representatives 4th District, 1866-67, 1890;
member of Iowa
state senate 4th District, 1868-69; Lieutenant
Governor of Iowa, 1870-71; U.S.
Representative from Iowa 4th District, 1871-73.
Member, Grand
Army of the Republic; Freemasons.
Died, of Bright's
disease, in Washington,
D.C., July 24,
1891 (age 54 years, 291
days).
Interment at Oakland
Cemetery, Centerville, Iowa.
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Timothy James Walz (b. 1964) —
also known as Tim Walz —
of Mankato, Blue Earth
County, Minn.
Born in West Point, Cuming
County, Neb., April 6,
1964.
Democrat. School teacher; U.S.
Representative from Minnesota 1st District, 2007-; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Minnesota, 2008.
Still living as of 2018.
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Maxine Waters (b. 1938) —
also known as Maxine Moore Carr —
of Los Angeles, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in St.
Louis, Mo., August
15, 1938.
Democrat. School teacher; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from California, 1976,
1980,
1984,
1988,
1992,
1996,
2000,
2004,
2008;
member of California
state assembly 48th District, 1977-90; U.S.
Representative from California, 1991-2019 (29th District 1991-93,
35th District 1993-2013, 43rd District 2013-19); member of Democratic
National Committee from California, 2004-08.
Female.
Christian.
African
ancestry.
Still living as of 2019.
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Elisha Whittlesey (1783-1863) —
of Canfield, Mahoning
County, Ohio.
Born in Washington, Litchfield
County, Conn., October
19, 1783.
School teacher; lawyer; Mahoning
County Prosecuting Attorney; served in the U.S. Army during the
War of 1812; member of Ohio
state house of representatives, 1820-21; U.S.
Representative from Ohio, 1823-38 (13th District 1823-33, 16th
District 1833-38); resigned 1838; First Comptroller, U.S. Treasury,
1849-57, 1861-63.
Died in Washington,
D.C., January
7, 1863 (age 79 years, 80
days).
Interment at Canfield
Village Cemetery, Canfield, Ohio.
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Clement John Zablocki (1912-1983) —
also known as Clement J. Zablocki —
of Milwaukee, Milwaukee
County, Wis.
Born in Milwaukee, Milwaukee
County, Wis., November
18, 1912.
Democrat. School teacher; organist;
member of Wisconsin
state senate 3rd District, 1943-48; U.S.
Representative from Wisconsin 4th District, 1949-83; died in
office 1983; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Wisconsin, 1952;
candidate for U.S.
Senator from Wisconsin, 1957.
Died in Washington,
D.C., December
3, 1983 (age 71 years, 15
days).
Interment at St.
Adalbert's Cemetery, Milwaukee, Wis.
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