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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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Brockman Adams (1927-2004) —
also known as Brock Adams —
of Seattle, King
County, Wash.; Stevensville, Queen
Anne's County, Md.
Born in Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga., January
13, 1927.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; lawyer; U.S.
Attorney for the Western District of Washington, 1961-64; U.S.
Representative from Washington 7th District, 1965-77; U.S.
Secretary of Transportation, 1977-79; resigned 1979; U.S.
Senator from Washington, 1987-93; speaker, Democratic National Convention, 1988 ;
in 1992, he was accused
by eight women of sexual
misconduct including sexual
harassment and rape;
he denied the allegations, and no charges were ever brought, but the
scandal
ended his political career.
Episcopalian. Member, American Bar
Association; Phi
Beta Kappa; Federal
Bar Association.
Died, from Parkinson's
disease, in Stevensville, Queen
Anne's County, Md., September
10, 2004 (age 77 years, 241
days).
Interment at Broad
Creek Cemetery, Stevensville, Md.
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Arthur Ainslie Ageton (1900-1971) —
also known as Arthur A. Ageton —
of Annapolis, Anne
Arundel County, Md.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Fromberg, Carbon
County, Mont., October
25, 1900.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; rear
admiral; U.S. Ambassador to Paraguay, 1954-57; university
professor.
Episcopalian.
Died, in Bethesda
Naval Hospital, Bethesda, Montgomery
County, Md., April
23, 1971 (age 70 years, 180
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Spiro Theodore Agnew (1918-1996) —
also known as Spiro T. Agnew; Spiro Theodore
Anagnostopoulos; "Spiro T. Eggplant";
"Nixon's Nixon"; "The White
Knight" —
of Towson, Baltimore
County, Md.
Born in Baltimore,
Md., November
9, 1918.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; served in
the U.S. Army during the Korean conflict; lawyer; Baltimore
County Executive, 1962-66; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Maryland, 1964;
Governor
of Maryland, 1967-69; Vice
President of the United States, 1969-73.
Episcopalian. Greek
ancestry. Member, Kiwanis;
American
Legion; Order of
Ahepa; Phi
Alpha Delta; Veterans of
Foreign Wars.
Was charged
with accepting bribes
and falsifying federal income
tax returns; pleaded no
contest to tax
evasion and resigned
as Vice-President, October 10, 1973; disbarred
by a Maryland court in 1974.
Died, of leukemia,
in Atlantic General Hospital,
Berlin, Worcester
County, Md., September
17, 1996 (age 77 years, 313
days).
Interment at Dulaney
Valley Memorial Gardens, Timonium, Md.
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Clarence Randolph Ahalt (1888-1962) —
also known as Clarence R. Ahalt —
of Arlington, Arlington
County, Va.; Leesburg, Loudoun
County, Va.
Born in Rockville, Montgomery
County, Md., May 28,
1888.
Republican. Lawyer; farmer; real estate
developer; candidate for Presidential Elector for Virginia; secretary of
Virginia Republican Party, 1933-35; Virginia
Republican state chair, 1935-44; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Virginia, 1940,
1944;
vice-chair
of Virginia Republican Party, 1944-48.
Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons;
Rotary.
Died in Leesburg, Loudoun
County, Va., October
15, 1962 (age 74 years, 140
days).
Interment at Union
Cemetery, Leesburg, Va.
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William Julian Albert (1816-1879) —
of Maryland.
Born in Baltimore,
Md., August
4, 1816.
Republican. Hardware
business; U.S.
Representative from Maryland 5th District, 1873-75; defeated,
1866, 1868.
Episcopalian.
Died in Baltimore,
Md., March
29, 1879 (age 62 years, 237
days).
Interment at Green
Mount Cemetery, Baltimore, Md.
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Robert Alexander (c.1740-1805) —
of Maryland.
Born in Elkton, Cecil
County, Md., about 1740.
Planter;
lawyer;
Delegate
to Continental Congress from Maryland, 1775-76.
Episcopalian.
When the Declaration of Independence was promulgated, fled
from Maryland to the British Fleet; in 1780, he was adjudged
guilty of high
treason, and his property was confiscated.
Died in London, England,
November
20, 1805 (age about 65
years).
Burial location unknown.
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George Beall (b. 1937) —
of Baltimore,
Md.
Born in Frostburg, Allegany
County, Md., August
17, 1937.
Republican. Lawyer;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Maryland, 1968;
U.S.
Attorney for Maryland, 1970-75.
Episcopalian. Member, Omicron
Delta Kappa; American Bar
Association.
Still living as of 1975.
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James Glenn Beall (1894-1971) —
also known as J. Glenn Beall —
of Frostburg, Allegany
County, Md.
Born in Frostburg, Allegany
County, Md., June 5,
1894.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; insurance
and real
estate business; member of Maryland
state senate, 1931-34; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Maryland, 1936,
1940
(member, Resolutions
Committee), 1956,
1960
(member, Credentials
Committee), 1964;
U.S.
Representative from Maryland 6th District, 1943-53; U.S.
Senator from Maryland, 1953-65; defeated, 1964; delegate
to Maryland state constitutional convention, 1967.
Episcopalian.
Died in Frostburg, Allegany
County, Md., January
14, 1971 (age 76 years, 223
days).
Interment at Frostburg
Memorial Park, Frostburg, Md.
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John Glenn Beall Jr. (1927-2006) —
also known as J. Glenn Beall, Jr. —
of Frostburg, Allegany
County, Md.
Born in Cumberland, Allegany
County, Md., June 19,
1927.
Republican. Insurance
business; member of Maryland
state house of delegates, 1963-68; U.S.
Representative from Maryland 6th District, 1969-71; U.S.
Senator from Maryland, 1971-77; defeated, 1976; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Maryland, 1972;
candidate for Governor of
Maryland, 1978.
Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons;
Shriners.
Died March
24, 2006 (age 78 years, 278
days).
Interment at Frostburg
Memorial Park, Frostburg, Md.
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Robert Worth Bingham (1871-1937) —
of Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky.; Glenview, Jefferson
County, Ky.
Born in Orange
County, N.C., November
8, 1871.
Lawyer;
publisher of Louisville Courier-Journal newspaper;
mayor
of Louisville, Ky., 1907; Republican candidate for Judge,
Kentucky Court of Appeals, 1910; circuit judge in Kentucky, 1911;
U.S. Ambassador to Great Britain, 1933-37.
Episcopalian. Member, American Bar
Association; Society
of Colonial Wars; Society
of the Cincinnati; Sons of
the American Revolution; Phi
Beta Kappa; Alpha
Tau Omega.
Died in Baltimore,
Md., December
18, 1937 (age 66 years, 40
days).
Interment at Cave
Hill Cemetery, Louisville, Ky.
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Montgomery Blair (1813-1883) —
of Missouri; Maryland.
Born in Franklin
County, Ky., May 10,
1813.
Lawyer;
U.S.
Attorney for Missouri, 1840-44; common pleas court judge in
Missouri, 1843-49; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Missouri, 1844,
1852;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Maryland, 1860;
U.S.
Postmaster General, 1861-64; member of Maryland
state house of delegates, 1878; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Maryland, 1882.
Episcopalian.
Died in Silver Spring, Montgomery
County, Md., July 27,
1883 (age 70 years, 78
days).
Entombed at Rock
Creek Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Gilson Grant Blake Jr. (1893-1970) —
also known as Gilson G. Blake, Jr. —
of Maryland; Asheville, Buncombe
County, N.C.
Born in Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y., February
7, 1893.
Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; Foreign Service officer;
U.S. Vice Consul in Newcastle, 1920-21, 1921; Adelaide, 1921; Melbourne, 1921-22; Ottawa, 1922-25; U.S. Consul in Georgetown, 1925-27; Geneva, 1927-36; Rome, 1936-42; Valparaiso, 1946-47; U.S. Consul General in Valparaiso, 1947-49.
Episcopalian. Member, Phi
Delta Theta; Rotary.
Died in December, 1970
(age 77
years, 0 days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Gilson Grant Blake and Alice Louise (Swan) Blake; married, August
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Thomas Holdsworth Blake (1792-1849) —
also known as Thomas H. Blake —
of Terre Haute, Vigo
County, Ind.
Born in Calvert
County, Md., June 14,
1792.
Lawyer;
candidate for Presidential Elector for Indiana; U.S.
Attorney for Indiana, 1817-18; state court judge in Indiana,
1818; member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1819-20, 1823-24; member of Indiana
state senate, 1821-22, 1829-30; U.S.
Representative from Indiana 1st District, 1827-29; Commissioner
of the General Land Office, 1842-45.
Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons.
Died of cholera
in a hotel at
Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio, November
28, 1849 (age 57 years, 167
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Terre Haute, Ind.
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Oden Bowie (1826-1894) —
of Maryland.
Born in Prince
George's County, Md., November
10, 1826.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War; member of
Maryland
state house of delegates, 1849; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Maryland, 1864;
member of Maryland
state senate, 1867; Governor of
Maryland, 1869-72.
Episcopalian.
Died in Prince
George's County, Md., December
4, 1894 (age 68 years, 24
days).
Interment a
private or family graveyard, Prince George's County, Md.
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Robert William Bowie (1750-1818) —
also known as Robert Bowie —
of Maryland.
Born in Prince
George's County, Md., March, 1750.
Member of Maryland
state house of delegates, 1785-90, 1801-03; justice of the peace;
Governor
of Maryland, 1803-06, 1811-12; candidate for Presidential Elector
for Maryland; member of Maryland
state senate, 1809-10.
Episcopalian.
Died in Prince
George's County, Md., January
8, 1818 (age 67 years, 0
days).
Interment at Bowie Family Cemetery, Croom, Md.
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Walter Bowie (1748-1810) —
of Maryland.
Born in Prince
George's County, Md., 1748.
Democrat. Member of Maryland
state house of delegates, 1777-97; state court judge in Maryland,
1791-92; member of Maryland
state senate, 1801-02; U.S.
Representative from Maryland at-large, 1802-05.
Episcopalian.
Slaveowner.
Died in Prince
George's County, Md., November
9, 1810 (age about 62
years).
Interment a
private or family graveyard, Prince George's County, Md.
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Edward Green Bradford Jr. (1878-1927) —
also known as Edward G. Bradford, Jr. —
of New
Castle County, Del.
Born in Wilmington, New Castle
County, Del., September
11, 1878.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Delaware
state house of representatives from New Castle County 7th
District, 1909-10, 1913-14.
Episcopalian.
Died in Baltimore,
Md., December
3, 1927 (age 49 years, 83
days).
Interment at Du
Pont de Nemours Cemetery, Wilmington, Del.
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Daniel Baugh Brewster (1923-2007) —
also known as Daniel B. Brewster —
of Glyndon, Baltimore
County, Md.
Born in Baltimore
County, Md., November
23, 1923.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II; member
of Maryland
state house of delegates, 1951-58; U.S.
Representative from Maryland 2nd District, 1959-63; U.S.
Senator from Maryland, 1963-69; defeated, 1968; candidate for
Democratic nomination for President, 1964;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Maryland, 1964;
speaker, 1968.
Episcopalian. Member, American Bar
Association.
Indicted
in 1969 on charges
of accepting
an illegal gratuity; after trial,
conviction,
and reversal, pleaded no
contest, 1975.
Died, of liver
cancer, in Owings Mills, Baltimore
County, Md., August
19, 2007 (age 83 years, 269
days).
Interment at St.
Thomas Episcopal Church Cemetery, Owings Mills, Md.
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Thomas Overton Brooks (1897-1961) —
also known as Overton Brooks —
of Shreveport, Caddo
Parish, La.
Born near Baton Rouge, East Baton
Rouge Parish, La., December
21, 1897.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Louisiana 4th District, 1937-61; died in
office 1961.
Episcopalian. Member, American
Legion; Forty and
Eight; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Elks; Kiwanis.
Died in Bethesda, Montgomery
County, Md., September
16, 1961 (age 63 years, 269
days).
Interment at Forest
Park East Cemetery, Shreveport, La.
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John Brewer Brown (1836-1898) —
also known as John B. Brown —
of Maryland.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., May 13,
1836.
Democrat. Member of Maryland
state house of delegates, 1870; member of Maryland
state senate, 1888-94; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Maryland, 1888
(member, Committee
on Permanent Organization); U.S.
Representative from Maryland 1st District, 1892-93.
Episcopalian.
Died in Centreville, Queen
Anne's County, Md., May 16,
1898 (age 62 years, 3
days).
Interment at Chesterfield
Cemetery, Centreville, Md.
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David Kirkpatrick Este Bruce (1898-1977) —
also known as David K. E. Bruce —
of Baltimore,
Md.; Charlotte Court House, Charlotte
County, Va.; Elkridge, Howard
County, Md.
Born in Baltimore,
Md., February
12, 1898.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer; farmer;
member of Maryland
state house of delegates, 1924-26; U.S. Vice Consul in Rome, as of 1926; member of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1940-43; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Virginia, 1940;
served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; U.S. Ambassador to
France, 1949-52; Germany, 1957-59; Great Britain, 1961-69; U.S. Liaison to China, 1973-74.
Episcopalian. Member, Council on
Foreign Relations.
Received the Presidential
Medal of Freedom in 1976.
Died, as a result of a heart
attack, in Georgetown University Medical
Center, Washington,
D.C., December
5, 1977 (age 79 years, 296
days).
Interment at Oak
Hill Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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James Bruce (1892-1980) —
of Eccleston, Baltimore
County, Md.; Finksburg, Carroll
County, Md.
Born in Baltimore,
Md., December
23, 1892.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; banker;
vice-president, National Dairy
Products Corp.; director, Republic Steel Co.;
director, Chicago, Rock Island, and Pacific Railway;
director, American Airlines;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Maryland, 1940
(alternate), 1952,
1956;
U.S. Ambassador to Argentina, 1947-49.
Episcopalian. Member, American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Moose.
Died July 17,
1980 (age 87 years, 207
days).
Interment somewhere
in Baltimore, Md.
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William Cabell Bruce (1860-1946) —
of Baltimore,
Md.; Ruxton, Baltimore
County, Md.
Born in Charlotte
County, Va., March
12, 1860.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Maryland
state senate, 1894-96; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Maryland, 1916
(member, Committee
to Notify Presidential Nominee), 1924;
U.S.
Senator from Maryland, 1923-29; defeated, 1928.
Episcopalian.
Recieved a Pulitzer
Prize in 1918 for his book Benjamin Franklin,
Self-Revealed.
Died in Ruxton, Baltimore
County, Md., May 9,
1946 (age 86 years, 58
days).
Interment at St.
Thomas Episcopal Church Cemetery, Owings Mills, Md.
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Beverly Barton Butcher Byron (b. 1932) —
also known as Beverly B. Byron; Beverly Barton
Butcher —
of Frederick, Frederick
County, Md.
Born in Baltimore,
Md., July 27,
1932.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from Maryland 6th District, 1979-93; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Maryland, 1988.
Female.
Episcopalian.
Still living as of 2014.
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Goodloe Edgar Byron (1929-1978) —
also known as Goodloe E. Byron —
of Frederick, Frederick
County, Md.
Born in Williamsport, Washington
County, Md., June 22,
1929.
Democrat. Lawyer; Frederick
County Attorney, 1959-62; member of Maryland
state house of delegates, 1963-66; member of Maryland
state senate District 2, 1967-70; U.S.
Representative from Maryland 6th District, 1971-78; defeated,
1968; died in office 1978.
Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Elks; Eagles;
Redmen;
Optimist
Club; Ruritan;
Kappa
Alpha Order.
Died near Williamsport, Washington
County, Md., October
11, 1978 (age 49 years, 111
days).
Interment at Antietam
National Cemetery, Sharpsburg, Md.
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Katharine Edgar Byron (1903-1976) —
also known as Katharine E. Byron; Katharine
Edgar —
of Williamsport, Washington
County, Md.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., October
25, 1903.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from Maryland 6th District, 1941-43.
Female.
Episcopalian.
Died in Washington,
D.C., December
28, 1976 (age 73 years, 64
days).
Interment at Riverview
Cemetery, Williamsport, Md.
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William Devereux Byron (1895-1941) —
also known as William D. Byron —
of Williamsport, Washington
County, Md.
Born in Danville,
Va., May 15,
1895.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; mayor of
Williamsport, Md., 1926-30; member of Maryland
state senate, 1930-34; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Maryland, 1936;
U.S.
Representative from Maryland 6th District, 1939-41; died in
office 1941.
Episcopalian.
Killed in an airplane
crash at Jonesboro, Clayton
County, Ga., February
27, 1941 (age 45 years, 288
days).
Interment at Riverview
Cemetery, Williamsport, Md.
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John Archibald Campbell (1811-1889) —
also known as John A. Campbell —
of Montgomery, Montgomery
County, Ala.; Baltimore,
Md.
Born in Washington, Wilkes
County, Ga., June 24,
1811.
Lawyer;
member of Alabama
state house of representatives, 1837; Associate
Justice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1853-61; Confederate States
Assistant Secretary of War, 1861-65; at the end of the Civil War, he
was suspected
of involvement in the assassination
of President Abraham
Lincoln; arrested
in May 1865; held in detention for five months, but never charged;
released in October 1865.
Episcopalian.
Died in Baltimore,
Md., March
12, 1889 (age 77 years, 261
days).
Interment at Green
Mount Cemetery, Baltimore, Md.
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Richard Bennett Carmichael (1807-1884) —
of Queenstown, Queen
Anne's County, Md.
Born in Centreville, Queen
Anne's County, Md., December
25, 1807.
Democrat. Member of Maryland
state house of delegates, 1831, 1841, 1867; U.S.
Representative from Maryland 2nd District, 1833-35; state court
judge in Maryland, 1858-64; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Maryland, 1864,
1876;
delegate
to Maryland state constitutional convention, 1867.
Episcopalian.
Slaveowner.
Died near Queenstown, Queen
Anne's County, Md., October
21, 1884 (age 76 years, 301
days).
Interment a
private or family graveyard, Queen Anne's County, Md.
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Edward Codrington Carrington Jr. (1872-1938) —
also known as Edward C. Carrington, Jr. —
of Baltimore,
Md.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Washington,
D.C., April
10, 1872.
Republican. Lawyer; financier;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Maryland, 1912;
candidate for U.S.
Senator from Maryland, 1914; candidate for borough
president of Manhattan, New York, 1931.
Episcopalian.
Died, following a heart
attack, in Baltimore,
Md., December
30, 1938 (age 66 years, 264
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Charles Carroll, Barrister (1723-1783) —
of Maryland.
Born in Annapolis, Anne
Arundel County, Md., March
22, 1723.
Delegate
to Continental Congress from Maryland, 1776-77; member of Maryland
state senate, 1777-83; died in office 1783.
Anglican.
Died in Baltimore,
Md., March
23, 1783 (age 60 years, 1
days).
Interment at St.
Anne's Churchyard, Annapolis, Md.
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James Carroll (1791-1873) —
of Maryland.
Born in Baltimore,
Md., December
2, 1791.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from Maryland 4th District, 1839-41.
Episcopalian.
Slaveowner.
Died in Baltimore,
Md., January
16, 1873 (age 81 years, 45
days).
Entombed at Old
St. Paul's Cemetery, Baltimore, Md.
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Thomas King Carroll (1793-1873) —
of Maryland.
Born in Somerset
County, Md., April
29, 1793.
Member of Maryland
state house of delegates, 1816-17; state court judge in Maryland,
1826-29; Governor of
Maryland, 1830-31.
Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons.
Died in Dorchester
County, Md., October
3, 1873 (age 80 years, 157
days).
Interment at Old
Trinity Church Cemetery, Near Cambridge, Dorchester County, Md.
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Jill P. Carter (b. 1964) —
of Baltimore,
Md.
Born in Baltimore,
Md., June 18,
1964.
Democrat. Journalist;
lawyer;
member of Maryland
state house of delegates 41st District, 2003-; candidate for mayor
of Baltimore, Md., 2007.
Female.
Episcopalian. African
ancestry.
Still living as of 2010.
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Daughter of Walter P. Carter and Zerita Joy Carter. |
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Elbert Nostrand Carvel (1910-2005) —
also known as Elbert N. Carvel; "Big
Bert" —
of Laurel, Sussex
County, Del.
Born in Shelter Island, Suffolk
County, N.Y., February
9, 1910.
Democrat. Fertilizer
manufacturer; Lieutenant
Governor of Delaware, 1945-49; Delaware
Democratic state chair, 1946-47, 1955; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Delaware, 1948,
1952,
1956,
1960;
Governor
of Delaware, 1949-53, 1961-65; defeated, 1952; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Delaware, 1958, 1964; candidate for Presidential
Elector for Delaware.
Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Lions;
Grange;
Sigma
Delta Kappa; Alpha
Zeta.
Died in Laurel, Sussex
County, Del., February
6, 2005 (age 94 years, 363
days).
Interment a
private or family graveyard, Queen Anne's County, Md.
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John Lester Hubbard Chafee (1922-1999) —
also known as John H. Chafee —
of Warwick, Kent
County, R.I.
Born in Providence, Providence
County, R.I., October
22, 1922.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II;
served in the U.S. Marine Corps during the Korean conflict; lawyer;
member of Rhode
Island state house of representatives, 1957-63; Governor of
Rhode Island, 1963-69; U.S.
Senator from Rhode Island, 1976-99; defeated, 1972; died in
office 1999.
Episcopalian. Member, American
Legion.
Died, of heart
failure, at the National
Naval Medical Center, Bethesda, Montgomery
County, Md., October
24, 1999 (age 77 years, 2
days).
Interment a
private or family graveyard, Kent County, R.I.; statue at Colt
State Park, Bristol, R.I.
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Ezekiel Forman Chambers (1788-1867) —
also known as Ezekiel F. Chambers —
of Chestertown, Kent
County, Md.
Born in Chestertown, Kent
County, Md., February
28, 1788.
Member of Maryland
state senate, 1821-29; U.S.
Senator from Maryland, 1826-34; state court judge in Maryland,
1834-51; delegate
to Maryland state constitutional convention, 1850; delegate
to Maryland state constitutional convention, 1864.
Episcopalian.
Slaveowner.
Died in Chestertown, Kent
County, Md., January
30, 1867 (age 78 years, 336
days).
Interment at Chester
Cemetery, Chestertown, Md.
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Jeremiah Townley Chase (1748-1828) —
also known as Jeremiah T. Chase —
of Annapolis, Anne
Arundel County, Md.
Born in Baltimore
County, Md., May 23,
1748.
Delegate
to Maryland state constitutional convention, 1776; member of Maryland
state house of delegates, 1777-79, 1788; mayor
of Annapolis, Md., 1783-84; Delegate
to Continental Congress from Maryland, 1783-84; delegate
to Maryland convention to ratify U.S. constitution, 1788;
candidate for Presidential Elector for Maryland; state court judge in
Maryland, 1806-26.
Episcopalian.
Died in Annapolis, Anne
Arundel County, Md., May 11,
1828 (age 79 years, 354
days).
Interment at City
Cemetery, Annapolis, Md.
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Samuel Chase (1741-1811) —
of Maryland.
Born near Princess Anne, Somerset
County, Md., April
17, 1741.
Delegate
to Continental Congress from Maryland, 1774-78, 1781-82, 1783-85;
signer,
Declaration of Independence, 1776; state court judge in Maryland,
1788; Associate
Justice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1796-1811; died in office 1811.
Episcopalian.
Articles of impeachment
were filed against him in 1804 on charges of malfeasance
in office; tried by
the Senate in 1805 and acquitted of all charges.
Died in Washington,
D.C., June 19,
1811 (age 70 years, 63
days).
Interment at Old
St. Paul's Cemetery, Baltimore, Md.; memorial monument at Constitution Gardens, Washington, D.C.
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Benjamin Chew (1722-1810) —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in Maryland, November
29, 1722.
Lawyer;
chief
justice of Pennsylvania state supreme court, 1774-77.
Quaker;
later Anglican.
Died in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., January
20, 1810 (age 87 years, 52
days).
Interment at St.
Peter's Episcopal Churchyard, Philadelphia, Pa.
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Gabriel Christie (1756-1808) —
of Maryland.
Born in Perryman, Harford
County, Md., November
29, 1756.
U.S.
Representative from Maryland 5th District, 1793-97, 1799-1801;
member of Maryland
state senate, 1802-06; U.S. Collector of
Customs, 1806-08; died in office 1808.
Episcopalian.
Slaveowner.
Died in Baltimore,
Md., April 1,
1808 (age 51 years, 124
days).
Interment at Spesutia
Churchyard, Perryman, Md.
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William Purrington Cole Jr. (1889-1957) —
also known as William P. Cole, Jr. —
of Towson, Baltimore
County, Md.
Born in Towson, Baltimore
County, Md., May 11,
1889.
Democrat. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War I; U.S.
Representative from Maryland 2nd District, 1927-29, 1931-43; Judge
of U.S. Customs Court, 1942-52; Associate
Judge of U.S. Court of Customs and Patent Appeals, 1952-57.
Episcopalian. Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons;
Order of the
Eastern Star; Odd
Fellows; Junior
Order; Phi
Kappa Sigma.
Died in Baltimore,
Md., September
22, 1957 (age 68 years, 134
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Barnes Compton (1830-1898) —
of Laurel, Prince
George's County, Md.
Born in Port Tobacco, Charles
County, Md., November
16, 1830.
Democrat. Member of Maryland
state house of delegates, 1860-61; in 1865, he was arrested
and imprisoned
under suspicion of involvement with the assassination
of President Abraham
Lincoln, but released after four days; member of Maryland
state senate, 1867-72; Maryland
state treasurer, 1874-85; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Maryland, 1880;
U.S.
Representative from Maryland 5th District, 1885-90, 1891-94.
Episcopalian.
Slaveowner.
Died in Laurel, Prince
George's County, Md., December
2, 1898 (age 68 years, 16
days).
Interment at Loudon
Park Cemetery, Baltimore, Md.
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Albert Constable (1805-1855) —
of Perryville, Cecil
County, Md.
Born near Charlestown, Cecil
County, Md., June 3,
1805.
Democrat. Candidate for Presidential Elector for Maryland; U.S.
Representative from Maryland 5th District, 1845-47; delegate
to Maryland state constitutional convention, 1850; state court
judge in Maryland, 1852-55.
Episcopalian.
Died in Camden, Camden
County, N.J., September
18, 1855 (age 50 years, 107
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Benjamin Contee (1755-1815) —
of Maryland.
Born in Prince
George's County, Md., 1755.
Delegate
to Continental Congress from Maryland, 1788; U.S.
Representative from Maryland at-large, 1789-91; state court judge
in Maryland, 1815.
Episcopalian.
Slaveowner.
Died near Port Tobacco, Charles
County, Md., November
30, 1815 (age about 60
years).
Interment a
private or family graveyard, Charles County, Md.
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Jeremiah Cosden (1768-1824) —
of Maryland.
Born in Elkton, Cecil
County, Md., 1768.
U.S.
Representative from Maryland 6th District, 1821-22.
Episcopalian.
Slaveowner.
Died in Baltimore,
Md., December
5, 1824 (age about 56
years).
Burial location unknown.
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James Harry Covington (1870-1942) —
also known as J. Harry Covington —
of Easton, Talbot
County, Md.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Easton, Talbot
County, Md., May 3,
1870.
Democrat. Lawyer; Talbot
County State's Attorney, 1903-09; U.S.
Representative from Maryland 1st District, 1909-14; resigned
1914; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Maryland, 1912
(chair, Committee
on Rules and Order of Business; speaker);
justice
of District of Columbia supreme court, 1914-18.
Episcopalian. Member, Kappa
Sigma.
Died in Washington,
D.C., February
4, 1942 (age 71 years, 277
days).
Interment at Spring
Hill Cemetery, Easton, Md.
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Christopher C. Cox (1816-1882) —
of Maryland.
Born in Baltimore,
Md., August
28, 1816.
Lieutenant
Governor of Maryland, 1865-68.
Episcopalian.
Died in Washington,
D.C., November
25, 1882 (age 66 years, 89
days).
Interment somewhere
in Easton, Md.
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