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Thomas Ludwig John D'Alesandro III (b. 1929) —
also known as Thomas D'Alesandro III —
of Baltimore,
Md.
Born in Baltimore,
Md., July 24,
1929.
Democrat. Lawyer; alternate delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Maryland, 1964;
mayor
of Baltimore, Md., 1967-71.
Catholic.
Italian
ancestry.
Still living as of 2018.
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Richard Dallam (born c.1865) —
of Harford
County, Md.
Born in Bel Air, Harford
County, Md., about 1865.
Lawyer; secretary
of state of Maryland, 1896-99.
Episcopalian.
Burial location unknown.
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William Daniel (c.1821-1897) —
of Maryland.
Born in Deal Island, Somerset
County, Md., about 1821.
Lawyer; member of Maryland
state house of delegates, 1853-57; member of Maryland
state senate, 1857; delegate
to Maryland state constitutional convention, 1864; Prohibition
candidate for Vice
President of the United States, 1884.
Died, of heart
disease, in Mt. Washington, Baltimore,
Md., October
13, 1897 (age about 76
years).
Burial location unknown.
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Image source:
American Prohibition Year Book 1912 |
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Larry S. Davidow (1895-1991) —
also known as Lazarus S. Davidow —
of Oakland
County, Mich.
Born in Baltimore,
Md., November
15, 1895.
Lawyer; delegate to Socialist National Convention from
Michigan, 1920; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Michigan, 1920 (Socialist, 13th District),
1926 (Republican primary, 1st District), 1938 (Democratic primary,
17th District), 1942 (Democratic primary, 17th District); candidate
in Republican primary for delegate
to Michigan state constitutional convention from Oakland County
5th District, 1961.
Died March 9,
1991 (age 95 years, 114
days).
Burial location unknown.
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James Hornor Davis II (1904-1963) —
also known as J. Hornor Davis II —
of Charleston, Kanawha
County, W.Va.
Born in Clarksburg, Harrison
County, W.Va., January
29, 1904.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Kanawha County, 1935-36,
1943-52, 1955-58; candidate for mayor
of Charleston, W.Va., 1935; chair of
Kanawha County Democratic Party, 1940-41; candidate for U.S.
Senator from West Virginia, 1952; member of West
Virginia state senate 8th District, 1959-62.
Episcopalian.
Member, Elks; Rotary;
Lions;
American Bar
Association; American
Judicature Society; Sons of
the American Revolution; Theta
Delta Chi; Phi
Beta Kappa; Phi
Alpha Delta.
Died in Mountain Lake Park, Garrett
County, Md., August
7, 1963 (age 59 years, 190
days).
Interment at Spring
Hill Cemetery, Charleston, W.Va.
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Lanny J. Davis —
of Potomac, Montgomery
County, Md.
Democrat. Lawyer; Democratic candidate for U.S.
Representative from Maryland 8th District, 1974 (primary), 1976;
member of Democratic
National Committee from Maryland, 1980-92; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Maryland, 1988;
special counsel to President Bill
Clinton, 1996-98.
Still living as of 1996.
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Westmoreland Davis (1859-1942) —
also known as Morley Davis —
of Leesburg, Loudoun
County, Va.
Born, of American parents, at sea in the North
Atlantic Ocean, August
21, 1859.
Democrat. Railway
clerk; lawyer; Governor of
Virginia, 1918-22; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Virginia, 1920.
Episcopalian.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa.
Died in Baltimore,
Md., September
7, 1942 (age 83 years, 17
days).
Interment a
private or family graveyard, Loudoun County, Va.
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William Mercer Owens Dawson (1853-1916) —
also known as William M. O. Dawson —
of Kingwood, Preston
County, W.Va.
Born in Bloomington, Garrett
County, Md., May 21,
1853.
Republican. Newspaper
editor; lawyer; chair of
Preston County Republican Party, 1875-88; member of West
Virginia state senate, 1881-88 (10th District 1881-82, 11th
District 1883-88); mayor of Kingwood, W.Va., 1890-91; West Virginia
Republican state chair, 1892-1904; secretary
of state of West Virginia, 1897-1905; Governor of
West Virginia, 1905-09.
Died in Charleston, Kanawha
County, W.Va., March
12, 1916 (age 62 years, 296
days).
Interment at Maplewood
Cemetery, Kingwood, W.Va.
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James Edward Day (1914-1996) —
also known as J. Edward Day —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.; Los Angeles, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Jacksonville, Morgan
County, Ill., October
11, 1914.
Democrat. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Navy during World War II;
alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Illinois,
1952;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from California, 1960;
U.S.
Postmaster General, 1961-63.
Methodist.
Member, American Bar
Association; Phi
Kappa Psi.
Implemented the ZIP code.
Died, of a heart
attack, in Hunt Valley, Prince
George's County, Md., October
29, 1996 (age 82 years, 18
days).
Interment at Monocacy Cemetery, Beallsville, Md.
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Matthew P. Deady (b. 1824) —
of Douglas
County, Ore.
Born in Maryland, 1824.
Democrat. Lawyer; delegate
to Oregon state constitutional convention from Douglas County,
1857.
Burial location unknown.
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Gordon Evans Dean (1905-1958) —
also known as Gordon E. Dean —
Born in Seattle, King
County, Wash., December
28, 1905.
Newspaper
reporter; lawyer; served in the U.S. Navy during World War
II; law
professor; member, U.S. Atomic Energy Commission, 1949-53; chair,
U.S. Atomic Energy Commission, 1950-53.
Killed when a Northeast Airlines plane, landing in heavy
fog, crashed
and burned,
about 300 yards short of the airport
runway, in Nantucket, Nantucket
County, Mass., August
15, 1958 (age 52 years, 230
days).
Interment at Fort
Lincoln Cemetery, Brentwood, Md.
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Howard A. Denis (b. 1939) —
also known as Howie Denis —
of Chevy Chase, Montgomery
County, Md.
Born November
21, 1939.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Maryland
state senate, 1977-94; appointed 1977; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Maryland, 1988,
1992,
1996,
2004,
2012.
Still living as of 2012.
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Relatives:
Married to Babette Wise. |
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Samuel K. Dennis (b. 1874) —
of Roland Park, Baltimore,
Md.
Born in Worcester
County, Md., September
28, 1874.
Democrat. Lawyer; secretary to Gov. John
Walter Smith, 1900-04; member of Maryland
state house of delegates, 1904; U.S.
Attorney for Maryland, 1915-20; state court judge in Maryland,
1928-36; law
professor.
Presbyterian.
Member, American Bar
Association.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Samuel K. Dennis and Sally Handy (Crisfield) Dennis; married, June 1,
1911, to Helen Gordon Moore. |
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Charles Ruthven Denny Jr. (b. 1912) —
also known as Charles R. Denny —
of Washington,
D.C.
Born in Baltimore,
Md., April
11, 1912.
Democrat. Lawyer; member, Federal Communications Commission,
1945-47; chair, Federal Communications Commission, 1946-47.
Member, Chi Phi.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Charles Ruthven Denny and Beulah (Byrd) Denny; married, December
31, 1937, to Betty Marie Woolsey. |
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Bernard S. Deutsch (b. 1884) —
of Riverdale, Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y.
Born in Maryland, 1884.
Democrat. Lawyer; Independent candidate for Justice of
New York Supreme Court 1st District, 1932.
Jewish.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Jewish Congress; Zionist
Organization of America.
Burial location unknown.
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Charles Samuel Dice (b. 1876) —
of Lewisburg, Greenbrier
County, W.Va.
Born in Rockville, Montgomery
County, Md., May 13,
1876.
Lawyer; circuit judge in West Virginia for the 20th Judicial
Circuit, 1910-16.
Burial location unknown.
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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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Joseph E. Dillon (d. 1990) —
of St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn.
Born in St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn.
Democrat. Lawyer; mayor
of St. Paul, Minn., 1954-60; alternate delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Minnesota, 1956.
Catholic.
Irish
ancestry.
Died in Potomac, Montgomery
County, Md., April
17, 1990.
Interment at Fort
Snelling National Cemetery, Minneapolis, Minn.
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Clement F. Dorsey (1778-1846) —
of Chaptico, St. Mary's
County, Md.
Born in Anne
Arundel County, Md., 1778.
Lawyer; member of Maryland
state house of delegates, 1807-13, 1818-19, 1821-23; served in
the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; member of Maryland
state senate, 1816-18; U.S.
Representative from Maryland 1st District, 1825-31; district
judge in Maryland, 1832-46.
Slaveowner.
Died while holding court
session, Port Tobacco, Charles
County, Md., August
8, 1846 (age about 68
years).
Interment at Summerseat Cemetery, Laurel Grove, Md.
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John W. Dorsey (b. 1852) —
also known as J. W. Dorsey —
of Elko, Elko
County, Nev.; San
Francisco, Calif.
Born in Harford
County, Md., June 4,
1852.
Democrat. Lawyer; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Nevada, 1888;
member, Committee on Permanent Organization, 1876.
Burial location unknown.
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Thomas Beale Dorsey (1780-1855) —
also known as Thomas B. Dorsey —
of Maryland.
Born in Annapolis, Anne
Arundel County, Md., October
17, 1780.
Lawyer; planter; U.S.
Attorney for Maryland, 1810-12; Maryland
state attorney general, 1822-24; Judge,
Maryland Court of Appeals, 1824-51.
Died in Ellicott City, Howard
County, Md., December
26, 1855 (age 75 years, 70
days).
Interment at St.
John's Cemetery, Ellicott City, Md.
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William Roderick Dorsey (b. 1868) —
also known as W. Roderick Dorsey —
of Baltimore,
Md.
Born in New Market, Frederick
County, Md., October
8, 1868.
Lawyer; U.S. Deputy Consul General in Shanghai, 1907-08; U.S. Vice & Deputy Consul General in Shanghai, 1908-12; U.S. Consul in Jerez de la Frontera, 1912-14; Tripoli, 1914-16; Rangoon, 1916-17; Quebec City, 1917-18; Shanghai, 1918-19; Florence, as of 1920-21; Catania, as of 1924; Tsingtao, as of 1926-27; Tsinan, as of 1929; U.S. Consul General in Genoa, as of 1932.
Burial location unknown.
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Irving Bedell Dudley (1861-1911) —
also known as Irving B. Dudley —
of San Diego, San Diego
County, Calif.
Born in Jefferson, Ashtabula
County, Ohio, November
30, 1861.
Republican. Lawyer; member of California
Republican State Executive Committee, 1896; U.S. Minister to Peru, 1897-1907; U.S. Ambassador to Brazil, 1907-11.
Died in Baltimore,
Md., November
27, 1911 (age 49 years, 362
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Allen Welsh Dulles (1893-1969) —
also known as Allen W. Dulles;
"Spymaster" —
of Auburn, Cayuga
County, N.Y.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Watertown, Jefferson
County, N.Y., April 7,
1893.
Republican. Foreign Service officer; lawyer; candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York 16th District, 1938; delegate to
Republican National Convention from New York, 1940;
director, U.S. Central Intelligence Agency, 1953-61; member,
President's Commission on the Assassination of President KNDY,
1963-64.
Presbyterian.
Member, Council on
Foreign Relations.
Died, from influenza
and pneumonia,
in Georgetown University Hospital,
Washington,
D.C., January
28, 1969 (age 75 years, 296
days).
Interment at Green
Mount Cemetery, Baltimore, Md.
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