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George Craighead Cabell (1836-1906) —
also known as George C. Cabell —
of Danville,
Va.
Born in Danville,
Va., January
25, 1836.
Democrat. Lawyer; newspaper
editor; colonel in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; U.S.
Representative from Virginia 5th District, 1875-87.
Died in Baltimore,
Md., June 23,
1906 (age 70 years, 149
days).
Interment at Green
Hill Cemetery, Danville, Va.
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Relatives: Son
of Benjamin
William Sheridan Cabell and Sarah Epes (Doswell) Cabell; brother
of William
Lewis Cabell; married to Mary Harrison Baird; nephew of Martha
Doswell (who married Collin
Buckner); uncle of Benjamin
Earl Cabell; granduncle of Earle
Cabell; great-grandnephew of William
Cabell; first cousin once removed of Joseph
Cabell Breckinridge and Robert
Jefferson Breckinridge; first cousin twice removed of William
Cabell Jr., William
Henry Cabell and Carter
Henry Harrison II; second cousin of John
Cabell Breckinridge, Carter
Henry Harrison, Peter
Augustus Porter (1827-1864), Robert
Jefferson Breckinridge Jr. and William
Campbell Preston Breckinridge; second cousin once removed of Frederick
Mortimer Cabell, Edward
Carrington Cabell, Clifton
Rodes Breckinridge, Peter
Augustus Porter (1853-1925), Levin
Irving Handy, Desha
Breckinridge and Henry
Skillman Breckinridge; second cousin twice removed of John
Randolph of Roanoke, Henry
De La Warr Flood and Joel
West Flood; second cousin thrice removed of Theodorick
Bland, Beverley
Randolph and Harry
Flood Byrd; second cousin four times removed of Harry
Flood Byrd Jr.; third cousin of John
William Leftwich; third cousin once removed of Thomas
Mann Randolph Jr. and Edith
Wilson; third cousin twice removed of Martha
Jefferson Randolph, John
Wayles Eppes and Henry
St. George Tucker; fourth cousin of Benjamin
Franklin Randolph, Meriwether
Lewis Randolph and George
Wythe Randolph; fourth cousin once removed of Francis
Wayles Eppes, Nathaniel
Beverly Tucker and Thomas
Jefferson Coolidge. |
| | | Political families: Harrison-Randolph-Marshall-Cabell
family of Virginia; Breckinridge-Preston-Cabell-Floyd
family of Virginia; Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin
family of Connecticut and New York; Monroe-Grayson-Roosevelt-Breckinridge
family of Virginia and Kentucky (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Albert Sidney Camp (1892-1954) —
also known as A. Sidney Camp —
of Newnan, Coweta
County, Ga.
Born near Moreland, Coweta
County, Ga., July 26,
1892.
Democrat. Lawyer; chair of
Coweta County Democratic Party, 1915-20; served in the U.S. Army
during World War I; member of Georgia
state house of representatives from Coweta County, 1923; resigned
1923; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Georgia, 1924,
1952;
U.S.
Representative from Georgia 4th District, 1939-54; died in office
1954.
Methodist.
Member, American
Legion; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Kiwanis.
Died in Bethesda, Montgomery
County, Md., July 24,
1954 (age 61 years, 363
days).
Interment at Oak
Hill Cemetery, Newnan, Ga.
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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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Benjamin Louis Cardin (b. 1943) —
also known as Benjamin L. Cardin —
of Baltimore,
Md.
Born in Baltimore,
Md., October
5, 1943.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Maryland
state house of delegates, 1967-86 (District 5 1967-74, District
42 1975-86); Speaker of
the Maryland State House of Delegates, 1979-86; U.S.
Representative from Maryland 3rd District, 1987-; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Maryland, 1988,
1996,
2000,
2004,
2008.
Jewish.
Member, American Bar
Association.
Still living as of 2014.
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David E. Carey —
of Bel Air, Harford
County, Md.
Born in Baltimore
County, Md.
Lawyer; town
commission chairman of Bel Air, Maryland, 2001-02, 2003-05,
2009-11.
Still living as of 2014.
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Thomas Petters Carnes (1762-1822) —
of Georgia.
Born in Maryland, 1762.
Lawyer; member of Georgia
state house of representatives, 1786-87, 1789, 1797, 1807-08; Georgia
state attorney general, 1789-92; U.S.
Representative from Georgia at-large, 1793-95; delegate
to Georgia state constitutional convention, 1798; circuit judge
in Georgia, 1798-1803, 1809-10.
Slaveowner.
Died in Franklin County (part now in Hart
County), Ga., May 5,
1822 (age about 59
years).
Interment a
private or family graveyard, Hart County, Ga.
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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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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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Relatives:
Daughter of Walter P. Carter and Zerita Joy Carter. |
| | | See also Wikipedia
article |
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Steven V. Carter (1915-1959) —
of Iowa.
Born in Carterville (now part of Provo), Utah
County, Utah, October
8, 1915.
Democrat. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Navy during World War II;
U.S.
Representative from Iowa 4th District, 1959; defeated, 1948,
1950, 1956; died in office 1959.
Died, of cancer,
in Bethesda
Naval Hospital, Bethesda, Montgomery
County, Md., November
4, 1959 (age 44 years, 27
days).
Interment at Leon
Cemetery, Leon, Iowa.
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George Cary (1789-1843) —
of Frederick, Frederick
County, Md.; Appling, Columbia
County, Ga.
Born near Allens Fresh, Charles
County, Md., August
7, 1789.
Lawyer; member of Georgia
state house of representatives, 1819-21, 1834; U.S.
Representative from Georgia at-large, 1823-27.
Slaveowner.
Died in Thomaston, Upson
County, Ga., September
10, 1843 (age 54 years, 34
days).
Interment at Methodist
Churchyard, Thomaston, Ga.
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Joseph Casey (1814-1879) —
of New Berlin, Union
County, Pa.
Born in Ringgold Manor, Washington
County, Md., December
17, 1814.
Whig. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 13th District, 1849-51; Judge
of U.S. Court of Claims, 1861-70.
Died February
10, 1879 (age 64 years, 55
days).
Interment at Oak
Hill Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Richard Caswell (1729-1789) —
of Dobbs County (part now in Lenoir
County), N.C.
Born in Harford County (part now in Baltimore
County), Md., August
3, 1729.
Lawyer; surveyor;
Delegate
to Continental Congress from North Carolina, 1774; Governor of
North Carolina, 1776-80, 1785-87; delegate
to North Carolina state constitutional convention, 1776; member
of North
Carolina state senate from Dobbs County, 1780-84, 1788-89; died
in office 1789.
Died in Fayetteville, Cumberland
County, N.C., November
10, 1789 (age 60 years, 99
days).
Interment at Caswell
Memorial Cemetery, Kinston, N.C.
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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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Virgil Munday Chapman (1895-1951) —
also known as Virgil Chapman —
of Irvine, Estill
County, Ky.; Paris, Bourbon
County, Ky.
Born in Middleton, Simpson
County, Ky., March
15, 1895.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Kentucky, 1925-29, 1931-49 (7th District
1925-29, 1931-33, at-large 1933-35, 6th District 1935-49); defeated,
1928; U.S.
Senator from Kentucky, 1949-51; died in office 1951.
Disciples
of Christ. Member, American Bar
Association; Alpha
Delta Sigma; Phi
Alpha Delta; Tau
Kappa Alpha; Order of
the Coif; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Odd
Fellows; Elks; Woodmen;
Maccabees;
Sons
of Confederate Veterans.
Died, from injuries received in an automobile
accident, in Bethesda
Naval Hospital, Bethesda, Montgomery
County, Md., March 8,
1951 (age 55 years, 358
days).
Interment at Paris
Cemetery, Paris, Ky.
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William Venroe Chappell Jr. (1922-1989) —
also known as William V. Chappell, Jr.; Bill
Chappell —
of Ocala, Marion
County, Fla.
Born in Kendrick, Marion
County, Fla., February
3, 1922.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; lawyer;
Marion
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1950-54; member of Florida
state house of representatives, 1954-64, 1967-68; Speaker of
the Florida State House of Representatives, 1961-63; U.S.
Representative from Florida 4th District, 1969-89; defeated, 1988.
Died in Bethesda, Montgomery
County, Md., March
30, 1989 (age 67 years, 55
days).
Interment at Kendrick
Memorial Gardens, Kendrick, Fla.
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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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Murray M. Chotiner (1909-1974) —
of Los Angeles, Los
Angeles County, Calif.; Pacific Palisades, Los Angeles, Los
Angeles County, Calif.; McLean, Fairfax
County, Va.
Born in Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa., October
4, 1909.
Republican. Lawyer; alternate delegate to Republican National
Convention from California, 1936,
1944,
1952,
1956;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from California 16th District, 1960.
Special counsel to President Richard
Nixon, 1970-71.
Injured in an automobile
accident on Chain Bridge Road, McLean, Va., in front of the home
of Massachusetts Sen. Edward
M. Kennedy, and died one week later, in Bethesda
Naval Hospital, Bethesda, Montgomery
County, Md., January
30, 1974 (age 64 years, 118
days).
Interment at National
Memorial Park, Near Falls Church, Fairfax County, Va.
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Jonathan Cilley (1802-1838) —
of Thomaston, Knox
County, Maine.
Born in Nottingham, Rockingham
County, N.H., July 2,
1802.
Lawyer; member of Maine
state house of representatives, 1831-36; Speaker of
the Maine State House of Representatives, 1835-36; U.S.
Representative from Maine 3rd District, 1837-38; died in office
1838.
Killed
in a duel by
Representative William
J. Graves of Kentucky, on the Marlboro Pike, in Prince
George's County, Md., February
24, 1838 (age 35 years, 237
days).
Interment at Elm
Grove Cemetery, Thomaston, Maine; cenotaph at Congressional
Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Benjamin Richard Civiletti (b. 1935) —
also known as Benjamin Civiletti —
Born in Peekskill, Westchester
County, N.Y., July 17,
1935.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Attorney General, 1979-81.
Catholic.
Still living as of 2020.
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Harry M. Clabaugh (1856-1914) —
of Westminster, Carroll
County, Md.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Cumberland, Allegany
County, Md., July 16,
1856.
Republican. Lawyer; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Maryland, 1884;
Maryland
Republican state chair, 1891-95; Maryland
state attorney general, 1895-99; justice of
District of Columbia supreme court, 1903.
Died in Washington,
D.C., March 6,
1914 (age 57 years, 233
days).
Interment at Rock
Creek Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Relatives: Son
of G. W. Clabaugh and Ellen Clabaugh; married to Catherine
Swope. |
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William Horace Clagett (1838-1901) —
also known as William H. Clagett —
of Humboldt City, Humboldt County (now Pershing
County), Nev.; Deer Lodge, Powell
County, Mont.
Born in Upper Marlboro, Prince
George's County, Md., September
21, 1838.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Nevada
territorial House of Representatives, 1862-63; member of Nevada
state house of representatives, 1864-65; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Montana Territory, 1868;
Delegate
to U.S. Congress from Montana Territory, 1871-73; defeated, 1872.
Died in Spokane, Spokane
County, Wash., August
3, 1901 (age 62 years, 316
days).
Interment at Greenwood
Memorial Terrace, Spokane, Wash.
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Moses Edwin Clapp (1851-1929) —
also known as Moses E. Clapp —
of Hudson, St. Croix
County, Wis.; Fergus Falls, Otter Tail
County, Minn.; St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn.
Born in Delphi, Carroll
County, Ind., May 21,
1851.
Republican. Lawyer; St.
Croix County Attorney, 1878-80; Minnesota
state attorney general, 1887-93; U.S.
Senator from Minnesota, 1901-17; defeated in primary, 1916;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Minnesota, 1904,
1912.
Died near Accotink, Fairfax
County, Va., March 6,
1929 (age 77 years, 289
days).
Interment at Fort
Lincoln Cemetery, Brentwood, Md.
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Linwood Leon Clark (1876-1965) —
also known as Linwood L. Clark —
of Baltimore,
Md.
Born in Aberdeen, Harford
County, Md., March
21, 1876.
Republican. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Maryland 2nd District, 1929-31; defeated,
1926, 1930; circuit judge in Maryland, 1935-38.
Methodist.
Died in Annapolis, Anne
Arundel County, Md., November
18, 1965 (age 89 years, 242
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Woodlawn, Md.
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Archibald Smith Clarke (1778-1821) —
also known as Archibald S. Clarke —
of Niagara
County, N.Y.
Born in Prince
George's County, Md., 1778.
Lawyer; member of New York
state assembly from Niagara County, 1808-11; member of New York
state senate Western District, 1812-16; U.S.
Representative from New York 21st District, 1816-17.
Died in Clarence, Erie
County, N.Y., November
28, 1821 (age about 43
years).
Interment at Ledge
Lawn Cemetery, Newstead town, Erie County, N.Y.
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Thomas Clayton (1777-1854) —
of Dover, Kent
County, Del.
Born in Massey, Kent
County, Md., July, 1777.
Lawyer; member of Delaware
state house of representatives, 1802-06, 1810, 1812-13; member of
Delaware
state senate, 1808, 1808, 1821; secretary
of state of Delaware, 1808-10; Delaware
state attorney general, 1810-15; U.S.
Representative from Delaware at-large, 1815-17; U.S.
Senator from Delaware, 1824-27, 1837-47; common pleas court judge
in Delaware, 1828; superior court judge in Delaware, 1832.
Presbyterian.
Slaveowner.
Died in New Castle, New Castle
County, Del., August
21, 1854 (age 77 years, 0
days).
Interment at Old
Presbyterian Cemetery, Dover, Del.
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Richard Folsom Cleveland (1897-1974) —
also known as Richard F. Cleveland —
of Baltimore,
Md.
Born in Princeton, Mercer
County, N.J., October
28, 1897.
Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War I; lawyer; delegate
to Maryland state constitutional convention, 1967.
Died of chronic
pulmonary illness, in Baltimore,
Md., January
10, 1974 (age 76 years, 74
days).
Interment at Fowlers Mill Cemetery, Tamworth, N.H.
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Charles Pearce Coady (1868-1934) —
also known as Charles P. Coady —
of Baltimore,
Md.
Born in Baltimore,
Md., February
22, 1868.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Maryland
state senate, 1908-12; U.S.
Representative from Maryland 3rd District, 1913-21; defeated,
1920.
Catholic.
Member, American Bar
Association; Elks.
Died in Baltimore,
Md., February
16, 1934 (age 65 years, 359
days).
Interment at New
Cathedral Cemetery, Baltimore, Md.
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Robert Baer Cohen (b. 1938) —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in Baltimore,
Md., March 9,
1938.
Republican. Lawyer; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 4th District, 1966.
Still living as of 2002.
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Harry A. Cole (1921-1999) —
of Baltimore,
Md.
Born in Washington,
D.C., January
1, 1921.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II;
lawyer; member of Maryland
state senate 4th District, 1955-58; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Maryland, 1956;
Judge,
Maryland Court of Appeals, 1977-90.
African
ancestry. Member, Urban
League; NAACP.
Died in Baltimore,
Md., February
14, 1999 (age 78 years, 44
days).
Interment at Baltimore
National Cemetery, Baltimore, Md.
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William Hinson Cole (1837-1886) —
of Kansas City, Wyandotte
County, Kan.; Baltimore,
Md.
Born in Baltimore,
Md., January
11, 1837.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Kansas
territorial House of Representatives, 1857; served in the
Confederate Army during the Civil War; U.S.
Representative from Maryland 3rd District, 1885-86; died in
office 1886.
Catholic.
Died in Washington,
D.C., July 8,
1886 (age 49 years, 178
days).
Interment at New
Cathedral Cemetery, Baltimore, 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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John Conard (1773-1857) —
also known as "The Fighting Quaker" —
of Pennsylvania.
Born in Plumstead Township, Bucks
County, Pa., November
15, 1773.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 1st District, 1813-15; district
judge in Pennsylvania, 1810.
Quaker.
Died in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., May 9,
1857 (age 83 years, 175
days).
Interment at St.
Mary Anne's Protestant Episcopal Churchyard, North East, Md.
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Omar Dwight Conger (1818-1898) —
also known as Omar D. Conger —
of Port Huron, St. Clair
County, Mich.
Born in Cooperstown, Otsego
County, N.Y., April 1,
1818.
Republican. Lawyer; lumber
business; St.
Clair County Judge, 1850-54; member of Michigan
state senate, 1855-59 (31st District 1855-56, 26th District
1857-59); candidate for Presidential Elector for Michigan; delegate
to Michigan state constitutional convention, 1867; U.S.
Representative from Michigan, 1869-81 (5th District 1869-73, 7th
District 1873-81); delegate to Republican National Convention from
Michigan, 1880;
U.S.
Senator from Michigan, 1881-87.
Died in Ocean City, Worcester
County, Md., July 11,
1898 (age 80 years, 101
days).
Interment at Lakeside
Cemetery, Port Huron, Mich.
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Silvio Ottavio Conte (1921-1991) —
also known as Silvio O. Conte —
of Pittsfield, Berkshire
County, Mass.
Born in Pittsfield, Berkshire
County, Mass., November
9, 1921.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II;
lawyer; member of Massachusetts
state senate, 1951-58; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 1st District, 1959-91; died in
office 1991; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Massachusetts, 1960
(member, Resolutions
Committee), 1972,
1988.
Catholic.
Died, from complications of cancer,
in Bethesda, Montgomery
County, Md., February
8, 1991 (age 69 years, 91
days).
Interment at St.
Joseph's Cemetery, Pittsfield, Mass.
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John James Conyers Jr. (1929-2019) —
also known as John Conyers, Jr. —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Highland Park, Wayne
County, Mich., May 16,
1929.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the Korean conflict;
lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Michigan, 1965-2017 (1st District 1965-93,
14th District 1993-2013, 13th District 2013-17); resigned 2017;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Michigan, 1968,
1972,
1976,
1984,
1988,
1996,
2000,
2004,
2008;
arrested
during an anti-apartheid
protest outside the South African Embassy in Washington, 1984;
candidate for mayor
of Detroit, Mich., 1989; in 2017, it was reported that a former
member of Conyers' staff had alleged
that he had sexually
harassed her, and had been paid a settlement of $27,000;
subsequently, the House Ethics Committee started an investigation
into multiple such allegations; he subsequently resigned
from Congress.
Baptist.
African
ancestry. Member, NAACP.
Recipient of the Spingarn
Medal, 2007.
Died in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., October
27, 2019 (age 90 years, 164
days).
Entombed at Detroit
Memorial Park East, Warren, Mich.
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David Cooper (1820-1875) —
of Pottsville, Schuylkill
County, Pa.; St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn.; Austin, Lander
County, Nev.; Salt Lake City, Salt Lake
County, Utah.
Born in Frederick
County, Md., July 2,
1820.
Lawyer; justice of
Minnesota territorial supreme court, 1849-53.
Died in 1875
(age about
54 years).
Burial location unknown.
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James Cooper (1810-1863) —
of Gettysburg, Adams
County, Pa.; Pottsville, Schuylkill
County, Pa.
Born in Frederick
County, Md., May 8,
1810.
Whig. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 12th District, 1839-43; Pennsylvania
state attorney general, 1848; resigned 1848; U.S.
Senator from Pennsylvania, 1849-55; general in the Union Army
during the Civil War.
Died in Columbus, Franklin
County, Ohio, March
28, 1863 (age 52 years, 324
days).
Interment at Mt.
Olivet Cemetery, Frederick, Md.
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Jere Cooper (1893-1957) —
of Dyersburg, Dyer
County, Tenn.
Born near Dyersburg, Dyer
County, Tenn., July 20,
1893.
Democrat. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during World War I;
U.S.
Representative from Tennessee, 1929-57 (9th District 1929-33, 8th
District 1933-43, 9th District 1943-53, 8th District 1953-57); died
in office 1957.
Presbyterian.
Member, American
Legion; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Kappa
Sigma; Maccabees.
Died in Bethesda, Montgomery
County, Md., December
18, 1957 (age 64 years, 151
days).
Interment at Fairview
Cemetery, Dyersburg, Tenn.
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John Jacob Cornwell (1867-1953) —
also known as John J. Cornwell —
of Romney, Hampshire
County, W.Va.
Born in Ritchie
County, W.Va., July 11,
1867.
Democrat. Lawyer; owner and editor of The Hampshire Review newspaper;
financed and built Hampshire Southern Railroad;
president, Bank of
Romney; director and general counsel, Baltimore and Ohio Railroad;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from West Virginia, 1896,
1912
(member, Platform
and Resolutions Committee), 1924
(member, Platform
and Resolutions Committee), 1932,
1940;
member of West
Virginia state senate, 1899-1906 (12th District 1899-1902, 15th
District 1903-06); Governor of
West Virginia, 1917-21; defeated, 1904.
Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; Elks.
Died in Cumberland, Allegany
County, Md., September
8, 1953 (age 86 years, 59
days).
Interment at Indian
Mound Cemetery, Romney, W.Va.
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George Washington Covington (1838-1911) —
also known as George W. Covington —
of Snow Hill, Worcester
County, Md.
Born in Berlin, Worcester
County, Md., September
12, 1838.
Democrat. Lawyer; delegate
to Maryland state constitutional convention, 1867; attorney for
Pennsylvania Railroad;
director, Delaware Railway
Company; U.S.
Representative from Maryland 1st District, 1881-85.
Presbyterian.
Died in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., April 6,
1911 (age 72 years, 206
days).
Interment at All
Hallows Cemetery, Snow Hill, Md.
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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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John King Cowen (1844-1904) —
also known as John K. Cowen —
of Mansfield, Richland
County, Ohio; Baltimore,
Md.
Born near Millersburg, Holmes
County, Ohio, October
28, 1844.
Democrat. School
teacher; lawyer; counsel, Baltimore & Ohio Railroad,
1872-76; general counsel, 1876-96; president, 1896-1901; U.S.
Representative from Maryland 4th District, 1895-97.
Died in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., April
26, 1904 (age 59 years, 181
days).
Interment at Oak
Hill Cemetery, Millersburg, Ohio.
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Edward Eugene Cox (1880-1952) —
also known as Edward E. Cox —
of Camilla, Mitchell
County, Ga.
Born near Camilla, Mitchell
County, Ga., April 3,
1880.
Democrat. Lawyer; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Georgia, 1908,
1936,
1952;
superior court judge in Georgia, 1912-16; U.S.
Representative from Georgia 2nd District, 1925-52; defeated,
1916; died in office 1952.
Baptist.
Member, Sigma
Alpha Epsilon; Freemasons;
Knights
of Pythias; Elks.
Died in Bethesda, Montgomery
County, Md., December
24, 1952 (age 72 years, 265
days).
Interment at Oakview
Cemetery, Camilla, Ga.
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Hanson Cleveland Coxe (b. 1859) —
also known as Hanson C. Coxe —
of New York.
Born in Baltimore,
Md., February
26, 1859.
Lawyer; U.S. Deputy Consul General in Paris, 1904-11.
Burial location unknown.
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William Craik (1761-1807) —
of Baltimore,
Md.; Frederick, Frederick
County, Md.
Born near Port Tobacco, Charles
County, Md., October
31, 1761.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Maryland
state house of delegates, 1789-92; district judge in Maryland 5th
District, 1793-96, 1801-02; U.S.
Representative from Maryland 3rd District, 1796-1801.
Slaveowner.
Died in Alexandria,
Va., February
9, 1807 (age 45 years, 101
days).
Interment a
private or family graveyard, Fairfax County, Va.
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Robert Crosser (1874-1957) —
of Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio.
Born in Holytown, Lanarkshire, Scotland,
June
7, 1874.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Ohio
state house of representatives, 1911-12; delegate
to Ohio state constitutional convention, 1912; U.S.
Representative from Ohio, 1913-19, 1923-55 (at-large 1913-15,
21st District 1915-19, 1923-55).
Scottish
ancestry.
Died in Bethesda, Montgomery
County, Md., June 3,
1957 (age 82 years, 361
days).
Interment at Highland
Park Cemetery, Highland Hills, Ohio.
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Warren N. Cuddy (b. 1886) —
of Anchorage,
Alaska.
Born in Abingdon, Harford
County, Md., October
11, 1886.
Republican. Lawyer; U.S.
Attorney for the 3rd District of Alaska Territory, 1928-33.
Member, Freemasons.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of George Lawson Cuddy and Sarah N. (James) Cuddy; married, August
16, 1916, to Lucy Hon. |
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Elijah Eugene Cummings (1951-2019) —
also known as Elijah E. Cummings —
of Baltimore,
Md.
Born in Baltimore,
Md., January
18, 1951.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Maryland
state house of delegates, 1983-96; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Maryland, 1996,
2000,
2004,
2008;
U.S.
Representative from Maryland 7th District, 1996-; member of Democratic
National Committee from Maryland, 2004.
Baptist.
African
ancestry. Member, Phi
Beta Kappa.
Died, in Johns Hopkins Hospital,
Baltimore,
Md., October
17, 2019 (age 68 years, 272
days).
Burial location unknown.
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