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Dean Gooderham Acheson (1893-1971) —
also known as Dean Acheson —
of Washington,
D.C.
Born in Middletown, Middlesex
County, Conn., April
11, 1893.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; lawyer;
private secretary to U.S. Supreme Court Justice Louis
D. Brandeis, 1919-21; undersecretary of treasury, 1933; U.S.
Secretary of State, 1949-53.
Episcopalian.
English ancestry. Member, American Bar
Association; American
Academy of Arts and Sciences; Delta
Kappa Epsilon; Council on
Foreign Relations.
Received the Presidential
Medal of Freedom in 1964; received a Pulitzer
Prize in History, 1970, for his book Present At The Creation:
My Years In The State Department.
Died, probably from a heart
attack, over his desk in his study,
Sandy Spring, Montgomery
County, Md., October
12, 1971 (age 78 years, 184
days).
Interment at Oak
Hill Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Talbot Jones Albert (1847-1919) —
also known as Talbot J. Albert —
of Baltimore,
Md.
Born in Baltimore,
Md., February
16, 1847.
Republican. Lawyer;
U.S. Consul in Brunswick, 1897-1916; Hanover, 1916.
German
and English ancestry.
Died in Atlantic City, Atlantic
County, N.J., March
18, 1919 (age 72 years, 30
days).
Interment at Green
Mount Cemetery, Baltimore, Md.
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Charles Benedict Calvert (1808-1864) —
of Maryland.
Born in Prince
George's County, Md., August
24, 1808.
Member of Maryland
state house of delegates, 1839, 1843-44; U.S.
Representative from Maryland 6th District, 1861-63.
English and Belgian
ancestry.
In 1856, he founded
of Maryland Agricultural College, later University of Maryland.
Slaveowner.
Died in Prince
George's County, Md., May 12,
1864 (age 55 years, 262
days).
Interment at Calvert
Cemetery, Riverdale, Md.
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George Henry Calvert (1803-1889) —
of Baltimore,
Md.; Newport, Newport
County, R.I.
Born in Prince
George's County, Md., January
2, 1803.
Newspaper
editor; writer; poet; university
professor; mayor
of Newport, R.I., 1854.
English and Belgian
ancestry.
Died May 24,
1889 (age 86 years, 142
days).
Burial location unknown.
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George Whitney Cooke (b. 1856) —
of Bowman's Creek, Wyoming
County, Pa.; Johnson City, Washington
County, Tenn.
Born in Wyoming
County, Pa., October
3, 1856.
Engineer;
surveyor;
member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 1891.
English ancestry. Member, Freemasons.
Died in Washington,
D.C.
Interment at Cedar
Hill Cemetery, Suitland, Md.
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Relatives:
Married to Emma Florence Clark. |
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John Dickinson (1732-1808) —
also known as "Penman of the
Revolution" —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.; Wilmington, New Castle
County, Del.
Born near Trappe, Talbot
County, Md., November
13, 1732.
Planter;
lawyer;
Delegate
to Continental Congress from Pennsylvania, 1774-76; Delegate
to Continental Congress from Delaware, 1779; member of Delaware
state legislative council from New Castle County, 1781; President
of Delaware, 1781-83; President
of Pennsylvania, 1782-85; member,
U.S. Constitutional Convention, 1787; member of Delaware
state senate from New Castle County, 1793.
Quaker;
later Episcopalian.
English ancestry. Member, Freemasons.
Died in Wilmington, New Castle
County, Del., February
14, 1808 (age 75 years, 93
days).
Interment at Friends
Burial Ground, Wilmington, Del.
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Maurice Duckworth du Bois (1907-2000) —
also known as Maurice du Bois —
of Baltimore,
Md.
Born in Mechanicsville, St. Mary's
County, Md., November
17, 1907.
Honorary
Consul for Venezuela in Baltimore,
Md., 1933-37.
French
and English ancestry.
Died in South Carolina, January
24, 2000 (age 92 years, 68
days).
Interment at Moreland Memorial Park, Parkville, Md.
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Joshua Hopkins Marvil (1825-1895) —
of Laurel, Sussex
County, Del.
Born near Laurel, Sussex
County, Del., September
3, 1825.
Governor
of Delaware, 1895; died in office 1895.
Methodist.
English and French
ancestry.
Died, from heart
disease and erysipelas,
in Laurel, Sussex
County, Del., April 8,
1895 (age 69 years, 217
days).
Interment at Laurel
Hill Cemetery, Laurel, Del.
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John Sidney McCain III (1936-2018) —
also known as John S. McCain —
of Tempe, Maricopa
County, Ariz.; Phoenix, Maricopa
County, Ariz.
Born in Coco Solo, Canal Zone (now Cativá, Panama),
August
29, 1936.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during the Vietnam War; U.S.
Representative from Arizona 1st District, 1983-87; U.S.
Senator from Arizona, 1987-; candidate for Republican nomination
for President, 2000;
candidate for President
of the United States, 2008.
Episcopalian.
Scotch-Irish
and English ancestry.
Died in Cornville, Yavapai
County, Ariz., August
25, 2018 (age 81 years, 361
days).
Interment at Naval
Academy Cemetery, Annapolis, Md.
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Relatives: Son
of John S. McCain, Jr. and Roberta (Wright) McCain; married, July 3,
1965, to Carol Shepp; married, May 17,
1980, to Cindy Lou Hensley. |
| | | Campaign slogan (2008): "Country
first." |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Wikipedia article — Ballotpedia
article — NNDB
dossier — Internet Movie Database
profile — OurCampaigns
candidate detail |
| | | Books by John McCain: Faith
of My Fathers (1999) — Worth
the Fighting for: A Memoir, with Mark Salter (2002) —
Why
Courage Matters : The Way to a Braver Life, with Mark Salter
(2004) — Hard
Call: The Art of Great Decisions, with Mark Salter
(2008) |
| | | Books about John McCain: Robert
Timberg, John
McCain : An American Odyssey — Paul Alexander, Man
of the People: The Life of John McCain — Scott Farris,
Almost
President: The Men Who Lost the Race but Changed the
Nation |
| | | Critical books about John McCain: Cliff
Schecter, The
Real McCain: Why Conservatives Don't Trust Him and Why Independents
Shouldn't — David Brock and Paul Waldman, Free
Ride : John McCain and the Media — Matt Welch, McCain
: The Myth of a Maverick |
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Harry Stewart New (1858-1937) —
also known as Harry S. New —
of Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind.
Born in Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind., December
31, 1858.
Republican. Newspaper
editor and publisher; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Indiana, 1896,
1912,
1920,
1924;
member of Indiana
state senate, 1897-99; served in the U.S. Army during the
Spanish-American War; member of Republican
National Committee from Indiana, 1900-12; Chairman
of Republican National Committee, 1907-08; U.S.
Senator from Indiana, 1917-23; U.S.
Postmaster General, 1923-29.
Disciples
of Christ. English and Welsh
ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Sigma
Chi.
Died in Baltimore,
Md., May 9,
1937 (age 78 years, 129
days).
Interment at Crown
Hill Cemetery, Indianapolis, Ind.
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Aquila Paca (1738-1788) —
Born in Baltimore,
Md., June 21,
1738.
Member of Maryland
state executive council, 1783-84.
English and Italian
ancestry.
Died in 1788
(age about
50 years).
Burial location unknown.
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William Paca (1740-1799) —
of Annapolis, Anne
Arundel County, Md.
Born in Abingdon, Baltimore County (now Harford
County), Md., October
31, 1740.
Lawyer;
planter;
delegate
to Maryland state constitutional convention, 1774-76; Delegate
to Continental Congress from Maryland, 1774-80; signer,
Declaration of Independence, 1776; member of Maryland
state senate, 1777-79; Governor of
Maryland, 1782-85; delegate
to Maryland convention to ratify U.S. constitution, 1788; U.S.
District Judge for Maryland, 1789-99; died in office 1799.
Anglican.
English and Italian
ancestry.
Died in Queenstown, Queen
Anne's County, Md., October
23, 1799 (age 58 years, 357
days).
Interment at Wye Plantation, Queenstown, Md.; memorial monument at Constitution Gardens, Washington, D.C.
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Isaac Shelby (1750-1826) —
Born in Frederick County (part now in Washington
County), Md., December
11, 1750.
Colonel in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; member
of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1779; member of North
Carolina state house of representatives, 1782; delegate
to Kentucky state constitutional convention, 1792; Governor of
Kentucky, 1792-96, 1812-16; general in the U.S. Army during the
War of 1812.
Welsh
and English ancestry.
Died of a broken blood
vessel in the head, in Lincoln
County, Ky., July 18,
1826 (age 75 years, 219
days).
Interment at Shelby Traveller's Rest Burying Ground, Stanford, Ky.
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Relatives: Son
of Evan Shelby and Letitia 'Leddy' (Cox) Shelby; married, April
19, 1783, to Susannah Hart; father of Susanna Hart Shelby (who
married James
Shannon); grandfather of Anna Nelson Shelby (who married Beriah
Magoffin); great-grandfather of Beriah
Magoffin Jr.. |
| | | Political family: Shannon-Shelby
family. |
| | | Shelby counties in Ala., Ill., Ind., Iowa, Ky., Mo., Ohio, Tenn. and Tex. are
named for him. |
| | | The town
of Shelby,
New York, is named for
him. — The city
of Shelbyville,
Illinois, is named for
him. — The city
of Shelbyville,
Indiana, is named for
him. — The city
of Shelbyville,
Missouri, is named for
him. — The city
of Shelbyville,
Tennessee, is named for
him. — The World War II Liberty
ship SS Isaac Shelby (built 1944 at Brunswick,
Georgia; mined and wrecked in the Tyrrhenian
Sea, 1945) was named for
him. |
| | | See also National Governors
Association biography — Wikipedia
article — NNDB
dossier — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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William Smallwood (1732-1792) —
of Charles
County, Md.
Born in Charles
County, Md., 1732.
Tobacco
grower;
merchant;
general in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; Governor of
Maryland, 1785-88; member of Maryland
state senate, 1791-92.
Anglican.
English ancestry. Member, Freemasons.
Died in Charles
County, Md., February
14, 1792 (age about 59
years).
Interment at Smallwood State Park, Rison, Md.
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Henry Litchfield West (1859-1940) —
of Washington,
D.C.
Born in Factoryville, Staten Island, Richmond
County, N.Y., August
20, 1859.
Democrat. Newspaper
editor; member
District of Columbia board of commissioners, 1902-10.
Methodist;
later Congregationalist.
English ancestry.
Died in West Haven, Dorchester
County, Md., September
3, 1940 (age 81 years, 14
days).
Interment at Oak
Hill Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Relatives: Son
of Robert Athow West and Elizabeth (Cook) West; married, July 25,
1882, to Mary Hope White. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Image source: Men of Mark in America
(1906) |
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Harry Huntington Whiteley (1882-1957) —
also known as Harry H. Whiteley —
of Rogers City, Presque
Isle County, Mich.; Dowagiac, Cass
County, Mich.
Born in Gaylord, Otsego
County, Mich., May 7,
1882.
Republican. Newspaper
publisher; member of Michigan
state house of representatives, 1915-16; member of Michigan
state senate 7th District, 1923-24; alternate delegate to
Republican National Convention from Michigan, 1924.
English ancestry.
Died in Maryland, April
25, 1957 (age 74 years, 353
days).
Interment at Maple
Grove Cemetery, Mason, Mich.
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