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Richard Howard Ichord II (1926-1992) —
also known as Richard H. Ichord; Dick
Ichord —
of Houston, Texas
County, Mo.; Tantallon, Prince
George's County, Md.
Born in Licking, Texas
County, Mo., June 27,
1926.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; college
instructor; lawyer; member of Missouri
state house of representatives from Texas County, 1953-60; Speaker of
the Missouri State House of Representatives, 1959-60; U.S.
Representative from Missouri 8th District, 1961-81; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Missouri, 1968.
Baptist.
Member, Veterans of
Foreign Wars; American
Legion; Freemasons;
Lions;
Odd
Fellows; Phi
Eta Sigma; Delta
Sigma Pi; Alpha
Pi Zeta; Beta
Gamma Sigma; Phi
Delta Phi.
Suffered a heart
attack, and died one week later, in a hospital
at Houston, Texas
County, Mo., December
25, 1992 (age 66 years, 181
days).
Interment at Pine
Lawn Cemetery, Houston, Mo.
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Harold LeClair Ickes (1874-1952) —
also known as Harold L. Ickes —
of Hubbard Woods, Cook
County, Ill.; Winnetka, Cook
County, Ill.; Olney, Montgomery
County, Md.
Born in Frankstown, Blair
County, Pa., March
15, 1874.
Lawyer; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Illinois, 1920;
U.S.
Secretary of the Interior, 1933-46; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Illinois, 1936,
1940,
1944;
newspaper
columnist.
Presbyterian.
Scottish
and German
ancestry. Member, American Civil
Liberties Union; American Bar
Association; Phi
Delta Theta; Phi
Delta Phi.
Died, in Emergency Hospital,
Washington,
D.C., February
3, 1952 (age 77 years, 325
days).
Interment at Sandy Spring Friends Cemetery, Sandy Spring, Md.
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Robert Whitney Imbrie (1883-1924) —
also known as Robert W. Imbrie —
of Baltimore,
Md.
Born in Washington,
D.C., April
23, 1883.
Lawyer; volunteer ambulance driver during World War I; U.S.
Vice Consul in Petrograd, 1917-18; Viborg, 1919-20; Constantinople, 1921; Angora, 1922-23; Teheran, 1924, died in office 1924.
Beaten
to death by a murderous
mob in Teheran, Persia (now Tehran, Iran),
July
18, 1924 (age 41 years, 86
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Daniel Ken Inouye (1924-2012) —
also known as Daniel K. Inouye —
of Honolulu, Island of Oahu, Honolulu
County, Hawaii.
Born in Honolulu, Island of Oahu, Honolulu
County, Hawaii, September
7, 1924.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; lawyer;
member of Hawaii
territorial House of Representatives, 1954-58; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Hawaii Territory, 1956;
member of Hawaii
territorial senate, 1958-59; U.S.
Representative from Hawaii at-large, 1959-63; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Hawaii, 1960,
1972,
1980,
1996,
2000,
2004,
2008
(delegation chair); Temporary Chair, 1968;
speaker, 1968;
Co-Chair, 1984;
U.S.
Senator from Hawaii, 1963-.
Methodist.
Japanese
ancestry. Member, American Bar
Association; Disabled
American Veterans; Phi
Delta Phi; Lions.
Lost
his right arm as the result of a combat injury in Italy during
World War II. His Distinguished Service Cross was upgraded in 2000
to a Medal
of Honor. First
American of Japanese descent to serve in Congress.
Died, from respiratory
failure, in Walter
Reed Hospital, Bethesda, Montgomery
County, Md., December
17, 2012 (age 88 years, 101
days).
Interment at National
Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, Honolulu, Island of Oahu,
Hawaii.
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George Jackson (1757-1831) —
of Clarksburg, Harrison
County, Va. (now W.Va.); Zanesville, Muskingum
County, Ohio.
Born in Cecil
County, Md., January
9, 1757.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1785-91, 1794; U.S.
Representative from Virginia, 1795-97, 1799-1803 (3rd District
1795-97, at-large 1799-1803); member of Ohio
state house of representatives, 1809-12.
Died in Zanesville, Muskingum
County, Ohio, May 17,
1831 (age 74 years, 128
days).
Interment a private or family graveyard, Muskingum County, Ohio.
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Thomas Penfield Jackson (1937-2013) —
Born in Washington,
D.C., January
10, 1937.
Lawyer; U.S.
District Judge for the District of Columbia, 1982-2002; took
senior status 2002; senior judge, 2002-04.
Member, Delta
Upsilon.
Died, of cancer,
in Compton, St. Mary's
County, Md., June 15,
2013 (age 76 years, 156
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Mary-Dulany James (b. 1960) —
of Havre de Grace, Harford
County, Md.
Born in Baltimore,
Md., February
1, 1960.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Maryland
state house of delegates, 1999-2014 (District 34 1999-2002,
District 34-A 2003-14); member of Maryland
state senate 34th District, 2023-; defeated, 2014, 2018.
Female.
Still living as of 2023.
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William Smith James (1914-1993) —
also known as William S. James —
of Havre de Grace, Harford
County, Md.
Born in Aberdeen, Harford
County, Md., February
14, 1914.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Maryland
state house of delegates, 1946-54; defeated, 1942; member of Maryland
state senate, 1954-74; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Maryland, 1964;
Maryland
Democratic state chair, 1971-75; Maryland
state treasurer, 1975-87.
Died in Aberdeen, Harford
County, Md., April
17, 1993 (age 79 years, 62
days).
Interment at Grove Cemetery, Aberdeen, Md.
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John Albert Janetzke Jr. (1882-1962) —
also known as John A. Janetzke, Jr. —
of Baltimore,
Md.
Born October
22, 1882.
Republican. Lawyer; insurance
business; member of Maryland
state house of delegates, 1911; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Maryland, 1932
(alternate), 1948;
police court magistrate, 1935-39, 1951-59; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Maryland 3rd District, 1938, 1940, 1948.
Member, Moose; Knights
of Pythias.
Died March
22, 1962 (age 79 years, 151
days).
Interment at Baltimore
Cemetery, Baltimore, Md.
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Abram Lingan Jarrett (1808-1894) —
also known as A. Lingan Jarrett —
Born in Harford
County, Md., 1808.
Lawyer; Harford
County Circuit Court Clerk, 1851-58, 1867-91; Maryland
state comptroller, 1861-62.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Bel Air, Harford
County, Md., February
18, 1894 (age about 85
years).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Abraham Jarrett and Elizabeth Dallam (Stump) Jarrett; married to
Mary Ann E. Jones. |
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David Jennings (1787-1834) —
of St. Clairsville, Belmont
County, Ohio.
Born in Readington Township, Hunterdon
County, N.J., 1787.
Lawyer; Belmont
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1815-25; member of Ohio
state senate, 1819-24; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 10th District, 1825-26; resigned 1826.
Died in Baltimore,
Md., 1834
(age about
47 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Hugh Judge Jewett (1817-1898) —
also known as Hugh Jewett —
of Zanesville, Muskingum
County, Ohio; Columbus, Franklin
County, Ohio; New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Harford
County, Md., July 1,
1817.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Ohio
state senate, 1853; U.S.
Attorney for the Southern District of Ohio, 1855-56; member of Ohio
state house of representatives, 1855, 1868-69; railroad
president; candidate for Governor of
Ohio, 1861; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 12th District, 1873-74; defeated, 1860
(16th District), 1870 (7th District); resigned 1874; candidate for
Democratic nomination for President, 1880.
Died in Augusta, Richmond
County, Ga., March 6,
1898 (age 80 years, 248
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Zanesville, Ohio.
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Joshua Husband Jewett (1815-1861) —
also known as Joshua Husband Jewitt —
of Elizabethtown, Hardin
County, Ky.
Born in Harford
County, Md., September
30, 1815.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Kentucky 5th District, 1855-59.
Slaveowner.
Died in Elizabethtown, Hardin
County, Ky., July 14,
1861 (age 45 years, 287
days).
Interment at Elizabethtown
City Cemetery, Elizabethtown, Ky.
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Kensey Johns Sr. (1759-1848) —
Born in Maryland, June 14,
1759.
Whig. Served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War;
lawyer; delegate
to Delaware state constitutional convention, 1792; chief
justice of Delaware state supreme court, 1799-1830; chancellor
of Delaware court of chancery, 1830-32.
Died in New Castle, New Castle
County, Del., December
21, 1848 (age 89 years, 190
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Bradley Tyler Johnson (1829-1903) —
also known as Bradley T. Johnson —
of Frederick, Frederick
County, Md.
Born in Frederick, Frederick
County, Md., September
29, 1829.
Democrat. Lawyer; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Maryland, 1860;
general in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; member of Virginia
state senate, 1875-79.
Died in Amelia, Amelia
County, Va., October
5, 1903 (age 74 years, 6
days).
Interment at Loudon
Park Cemetery, Baltimore, Md.
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Hiram Warren Johnson (1866-1945) —
also known as Hiram W. Johnson —
of San
Francisco, Calif.
Born in Sacramento, Sacramento
County, Calif., September
2, 1866.
Lawyer; Governor of
California, 1911-17; delegate to Republican National Convention
from California, 1912,
1920
(alternate); Progressive candidate for Vice
President of the United States, 1912; U.S.
Senator from California, 1917-45; died in office 1945; candidate
for Republican nomination for President, 1920,
1924.
Episcopalian.
Member, Native
Sons of the Golden West; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar.
Died, at the Bethesda
Naval Hospital, Bethesda, Montgomery
County, Md., August
6, 1945 (age 78 years, 338
days).
Interment at Cypress
Lawn Memorial Park, Colma, Calif.
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John Johnson (1770-1824) —
of Annapolis, Anne
Arundel County, Md.
Born in Annapolis, Anne
Arundel County, Md., September
12, 1770.
Lawyer; member of Maryland
state executive council, 1796-97; member of Maryland
state house of delegates, 1800; member of Maryland
state senate, 1801-05; mayor
of Annapolis, Md., 1804-05, 1810-11; candidate for Presidential
Elector for Maryland; Maryland
state attorney general, 1806-11; Judge,
Maryland Court of Appeals, 1811-21.
Died in Hancock, Washington
County, Md., July 30,
1824 (age 53 years, 322
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Reverdy Johnson (1796-1876) —
of Baltimore,
Md.
Born in Annapolis, Anne
Arundel County, Md., May 21,
1796.
Whig. Lawyer; member of Maryland
state senate, 1821-27; delegate to Whig National Convention from
Maryland, 1839 (member, Committee on Permanent Organization; member,
Committee to Notify Nominees; speaker); U.S.
Senator from Maryland, 1845-49, 1863-68; U.S.
Attorney General, 1849-50; member of Maryland
state house of delegates, 1861-62; U.S. Minister to Great Britain, 1868-69.
Episcopalian.
Slaveowner.
Died in Annapolis, Anne
Arundel County, Md., February
10, 1876 (age 79 years, 265
days).
Interment at Green
Mount Cemetery, Baltimore, Md.
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William Cost Johnson (1806-1860) —
of Maryland.
Born near Jefferson, Frederick
County, Md., January
14, 1806.
Whig. Lawyer; member of Maryland
state house of delegates, 1831-32, 1844; U.S.
Representative from Maryland, 1833-35, 1837-43 (16th District
1833-35, 5th District 1837-43); delegate
to Maryland state constitutional convention, 1836; delegate
to Maryland state constitutional convention, 1850.
Slaveowner.
Died in Washington,
D.C., April
14, 1860 (age 54 years, 91
days).
Interment at Reformed
Church Cemetery, Jefferson, Md.
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Isaac Dashiell Jones (1806-1893) —
also known as Isaac D. Jones —
of Maryland.
Born in Somerset County (part now in Wicomico
County), Md., November
1, 1806.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Maryland
state house of delegates, 1832-34, 1840-41, 1867; U.S.
Representative from Maryland 1st District, 1841-43; delegate
to Maryland state constitutional convention, 1864; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Maryland, 1864;
delegate
to Maryland state constitutional convention, 1867; Maryland
state attorney general, 1867-71; state court judge in Maryland,
1877.
Presbyterian.
Slaveowner.
Died in Baltimore,
Md., July 5,
1893 (age 86 years, 246
days).
Interment at Green
Mount Cemetery, Baltimore, Md.
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Robert Franklin Jones (1907-1968) —
also known as Robert F. Jones —
of Lima, Allen
County, Ohio; Silver Spring, Montgomery
County, Md.
Born in Cairo, Allen
County, Ohio, June 25,
1907.
Republican. Lawyer; Allen
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1935-39; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 4th District, 1939-47; member, Federal
Communications Commission, 1947-52.
Methodist;
later Baptist.
Member, Delta
Sigma Phi; American Bar
Association; Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons.
Died June 22,
1968 (age 60 years, 363
days).
Interment at Lima
Memorial Park Cemetery, Lima, Ohio.
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Spencer Cone Jones (1836-1915) —
also known as Spencer C. Jones —
of Rockville, Montgomery
County, Md.
Born in Rockville, Montgomery
County, Md., July 3,
1836.
Lawyer; served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War;
Montgomery
County State's Attorney, 1872-79; Maryland
state treasurer, 1892-96; mayor
of Rockville, Md., 1898-1901; member of Maryland
state senate, 1901-05.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
of Pythias.
Died in New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La., April 1,
1915 (age 78 years, 272
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Joseph H. Jones and Elizabeth (Clagett) Jones; married, December
21, 1871, to Ellen Brewer. |
| | | See also Wikipedia
article |
| | | Image source: Baltimore Sun, September
17, 1903 |
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Gabriel L. Kaplan (c.1901-1968) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Arlington, Arlington
County, Va.
Born in Callicoon Center, Sullivan
County, N.Y., about 1901.
Republican. Lawyer; delegate to Republican National Convention
from New York, 1940;
candidate for Justice of
New York Supreme Court 1st District, 1940; served in the U.S.
Army Air Force in World War II.
Died in Bethesda, Montgomery
County, Md., September
17, 1968 (age about 67
years).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to Adele Paley; married 1943 to Julia
Paley. |
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Thomas James Keating (1829-1898) —
of Centreville, Queen
Anne's County, Md.
Born in Smyrna, Kent
County, Del., May 3,
1829.
Democrat. Lawyer; newspaper
editor; Queen
Anne's County State's Attorney, 1860-76; delegate
to Maryland state constitutional convention, 1867; Maryland
state comptroller, 1878-84; banker; chair of
Queen Anne's County Democratic Party, 1893.
Episcopalian.
Died in Centreville, Queen
Anne's County, Md., June 1,
1898 (age 69 years, 29
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Michael Keating and Elizabeth Jane (Palmer) Keating; married 1862 to Sarah
F. Webster. |
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Russell Watson Keeney (1897-1958) —
also known as Russell W. Keeney —
of Wheaton, DuPage
County, Ill.
Born in Pittsfield, Pike
County, Ill., December
29, 1897.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I;
lawyer; law associate of U.S. Rep. Chauncey
W. Reed; county judge in Illinois, 1940-50; circuit judge in
Illinois, 1953-56; U.S.
Representative from Illinois 14th District, 1957-58; died in
office 1958.
Member, American
Legion; Forty and
Eight; Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; Moose; American Bar
Association.
Died in Bethesda, Montgomery
County, Md., January
11, 1958 (age 60 years, 13
days).
Interment at Naperville
Protestant Cemetery, Naperville, Ill.
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Carey Estes Kefauver (1903-1963) —
also known as Estes Kefauver —
of Chattanooga, Hamilton
County, Tenn.
Born near Madisonville, Monroe
County, Tenn., July 26,
1903.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Tennessee 3rd District, 1939-49; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Tennessee, 1944
(alternate; speaker),
1952;
U.S.
Senator from Tennessee, 1949-63; died in office 1963; candidate
for Democratic nomination for President, 1952,
1956;
candidate for Vice
President of the United States, 1956.
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons;
Lions;
American Bar
Association; Rotary;
Americans
for Democratic Action; American
Political Science Association; Kappa
Sigma; Phi
Delta Phi.
Died, from a ruptured
abdominal aortic aneurysm, at Bethesda
Naval Hospital, Bethesda, Montgomery
County, Md., August
10, 1963 (age 60 years, 15
days).
Interment a
private or family graveyard, Monroe County, Tenn.
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Relatives: Son
of Robert Cooke Kefauver and Phredonia Bradford (Estes) Kefauver;
married, August
8, 1935, to Nancy Patterson Pigott; first cousin once removed of
Joseph
Wingate Folk; second cousin thrice removed of Montgomery
Blair and Francis
Preston Blair Jr.; third cousin twice removed of James
Lawrence Blair, Francis
Preston Blair Lee and Gist
Blair; fourth cousin once removed of Edward
Brooke Lee. |
| | | Political family: Lee-Randolph
family (subset of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | The Estes Kefauver Federal
Building, in Nashville,
Tennessee, is named for
him. |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Wikipedia article — NNDB
dossier — Internet Movie Database
profile — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Books about Estes Kefauver: Hugh
Brogan, All
Honorable Men : Huey Long, Robert Moses, Estes Kefauver, Richard J.
Daley — Joseph Bruce Gorman, Kefauver:
A Political Biography |
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Charles West Kendall (1828-1914) —
of Sacramento, Sacramento
County, Calif.; Hamilton, White Pine
County, Nev.; Denver,
Colo.
Born in Searsmont, Waldo
County, Maine, April
22, 1828.
Democrat. Went
to California for the 1849 Gold Rush; newspaper
editor; lawyer; member of California
state assembly 12th District, 1862-63; U.S.
Representative from Nevada at-large, 1871-75.
Died in Mt. Rainier, Prince
George's County, Md., June 25,
1914 (age 86 years, 64
days).
Interment at Congressional
Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Francis Scott Key (1779-1843) —
of District of Columbia.
Born in Carroll
County, Md., August
1, 1779.
Lawyer; U.S.
Attorney for the District of Columbia, 1833-41.
During the war of 1812, while on a mission to obtain the release of a
prisoner from British forces, witnessed the bombardment of Fort
McHenry from the deck of the British ship Surprise; that
night, September 13-14, 1814, he wrote a poem "The Spangled Banner".
The poem was published soon afterward, rapidly gained popularity, and
became the lyrics to the U.S. national anthem.
Died, from pleurisy,
in Baltimore,
Md., January
11, 1843 (age 63 years, 163
days).
Originally entombed at Old
St. Paul's Cemetery, Baltimore, Md.; later interred in 1866 at Mt.
Olivet Cemetery, Frederick, Md.; memorial monument at Golden
Gate Park, San Francisco, Calif.
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Philip Key (1750-1820) —
of Maryland.
Born near Leonardtown, St. Mary's
County, Md., 1750.
Farmer;
lawyer; member of Maryland
state house of delegates, 1773-74, 1779-85, 1787-88, 1790,
1795-96; Speaker of
the Maryland State House of Delegates, 1795-96; U.S.
Representative from Maryland at-large, 1791-93.
Episcopalian.
Slaveowner.
Died in St. Mary's
County, Md., January
4, 1820 (age about 69
years).
Burial location unknown.
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Philip Barton Key (1757-1815) —
of Annapolis, Anne
Arundel County, Md.; Rockville, Montgomery
County, Md.
Born near Charlestown, Cecil
County, Md., April
12, 1757.
Lawyer; member of Maryland
state house of delegates, 1794-99; circuit judge in Maryland,
1804; U.S.
Representative from Maryland 3rd District, 1807-13.
Slaveowner.
Died in Georgetown, Washington,
D.C., July 28,
1815 (age 58 years, 107
days).
Original interment at a
private or family graveyard, Washington, D.C.; reinterment at Oak
Hill Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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William Huntington Kirkpatrick (1885-1970) —
also known as William H. Kirkpatrick —
of Easton, Northampton
County, Pa.
Born in Easton, Northampton
County, Pa., October
2, 1885.
Republican. Lawyer; colonel in the U.S. Army during World War
I; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 26th District, 1921-23;
defeated, 1922; federal
judge, 1927.
Died November
28, 1970 (age 85 years, 57
days).
Interment at Christ
Church Cemetery, Owensville, Md.
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Allan H. Kittleman —
of West Friendship, Howard
County, Md.; Friendship, Anne
Arundel County, Md.
Republican. Lawyer; chair of
Howard County Republican Party, 1992-97; member of Maryland
state senate 9th District, 2004-; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Maryland, 2012.
Presbyterian.
Still living as of 2012.
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Jacob Michael Kunkel (1822-1870) —
also known as Jacob M. Kunkel —
of Frederick, Frederick
County, Md.
Born in Frederick, Frederick
County, Md., July 13,
1822.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Maryland
state senate, 1852-53; U.S.
Representative from Maryland 5th District, 1857-61.
Episcopalian.
Slaveowner.
Died in Frederick, Frederick
County, Md., April 7,
1870 (age 47 years, 268
days).
Interment at Mt.
Olivet Cemetery, Frederick, Md.
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