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William Preston Lane Jr. (1892-1967) —
of Hagerstown, Washington
County, Md.
Born in Hagerstown, Washington
County, Md., May 12,
1892.
Democrat. Lawyer; attorney for several railroads;
served in the U.S. Army during World War I; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Maryland, 1928,
1940,
1944,
1948;
Maryland
state attorney general, 1930-34; candidate for Presidential
Elector for Maryland; member of Democratic
National Committee from Maryland, 1940-50; Governor of
Maryland, 1947-51; defeated, 1950.
Episcopalian.
Member, Phi
Kappa Psi; Phi
Delta Phi; American Bar
Association; Elks; Rotary.
Died in Hagerstown, Washington
County, Md., February
7, 1967 (age 74 years, 271
days).
Interment at Rose
Hill Cemetery, Hagerstown, Md.
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Loren H. Laughlin (1896-1966) —
of Beatrice, Gage
County, Neb.; Lincoln, Lancaster
County, Neb.
Born in Mt. Ayr, Ringgold
County, Iowa, August
13, 1896.
Republican. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during World War
I; member of Nebraska
state senate 16th District, 1925-29; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Nebraska, 1928,
1936;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from Nebraska 1st District, 1940; served in the
U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; senior claims commissioner,
Manila, Philippines, 1947-48; hearing examiner, Federal Trade
Commission, 1953-66.
Scotch-Irish
and German
ancestry. Member, American Bar
Association; American
Legion; Forty and
Eight; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Modern
Woodmen of America; Knights
of Pythias; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Sigma
Alpha Epsilon.
Died in Chevy Chase, Montgomery
County, Md., June 21,
1966 (age 69 years, 312
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Jerris G. Leonard (1931-2006) —
also known as Jerris Leonard —
of Milwaukee, Milwaukee
County, Wis.; Washington,
D.C.; Bethesda, Montgomery
County, Md.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., January
17, 1931.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Wisconsin
state assembly from Milwaukee County 19th District, 1957-60;
member of Wisconsin
state senate 4th District, 1961-68; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Wisconsin, 1968; administrator, Law Enforcement
Assistance Administration, 1971; alternate delegate to Republican
National Convention from District of Columbia, 1984.
Member, American Bar
Association.
Died in Washington,
D.C., July 27,
2006 (age 75 years, 191
days).
Interment at Mt.
Olivet Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Oscar Leser (b. 1870) —
of Maryland.
Born in St.
Louis, Mo., October
16, 1870.
Republican. Lawyer; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Maryland, 1938.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Judicature Society.
Interment at Druid
Ridge Cemetery, Pikesville, Md.
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Albert Levitt (1887-1968) —
of Redding, Fairfield
County, Conn.
Born in Woodbine, Carroll
County, Md., March
14, 1887.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; chaplain;
lawyer; law
professor; Independent Republican candidate for Connecticut
state house of representatives from Redding, 1930; Independent
candidate for Governor of
Connecticut, 1932; Independent Citizen candidate for U.S.
Representative from Connecticut 4th District, 1934; U.S.
District Judge for Virgin Islands, 1935-36; as judge in 1935,
ordered election officials in the U.S. Virgin Islands to allow women
to vote; candidate in Republican primary for U.S.
Senator from California, 1950; candidate in Republican primary
for U.S.
Senator from New Hampshire, 1960.
Died June 18,
1968 (age 81 years, 96
days).
Burial location unknown.
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David John Lewis (1869-1952) —
also known as David J. Lewis —
of Cumberland, Allegany
County, Md.
Born in Nuttals Bank, Centre
County, Pa., May 1,
1869.
Democrat. Coal miner;
lawyer; member of Maryland
state senate, 1902-04; U.S.
Representative from Maryland 6th District, 1911-17, 1931-39;
defeated, 1908; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Maryland, 1916 (Democratic), 1922, 1938; member,
U.S. Tariff Commission, 1921.
Died in Cumberland, Allegany
County, Md., August
12, 1952 (age 83 years, 103
days).
Interment at Hillcrest
Cemetery, Cumberland, Md.
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John Charles Linthicum (1867-1932) —
also known as J. Charles Linthicum —
of Baltimore,
Md.
Born in Linthicum Heights, Anne
Arundel County, Md., November
26, 1867.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Maryland
state house of delegates, 1904; member of Maryland
state senate, 1906-10; candidate for mayor
of Baltimore, Md., 1907; candidate for Presidential Elector for
Maryland; U.S.
Representative from Maryland 4th District, 1911-32; died in
office 1932; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Maryland, 1924.
Episcopalian.
Died in Baltimore,
Md., October
5, 1932 (age 64 years, 314
days).
Interment at Druid
Ridge Cemetery, Pikesville, Md.
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Benjamin Horsley Littleton (1889-1966) —
also known as Benjamin H. Littleton —
of Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Weatherford, Parker
County, Tex., August
27, 1889.
Lawyer; Judge
of U.S. Court of Claims, 1929-58.
Died July 6,
1966 (age 76 years, 313
days).
Interment at Fort
Lincoln Cemetery, Brentwood, Md.
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Relatives: Son
of Thomas Jefferson Littleton and Anna (McNutt)
Littleton. |
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James Lloyd (1756-1830) —
of Maryland.
Born near Chestertown, Kent
County, Md., 1756.
Democrat. Lawyer; served in the Continental Army during the
Revolutionary War; member of Maryland
state house of delegates, 1778-79, 1781-83, 1793, 1795; member of
Maryland
state senate, 1784-85; U.S.
Senator from Maryland, 1797-1800; general in the U.S. Army during
the War of 1812.
Episcopalian.
Slaveowner.
Died near Easton, Talbot
County, Md., September
20, 1830 (age about 74
years).
Interment at Clover Fields Farm Cemetery, Queenstown, Md.
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Lee Loevinger (1913-2004) —
of Minnesota; Washington,
D.C.; Chevy Chase, Montgomery
County, Md.
Born in St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn., April
24, 1913.
Democrat. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Navy during World War II;
justice
of Minnesota state supreme court, 1960-61; member, Federal
Communications Commission, 1963-68.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; Delta
Sigma Rho; Sigma
Xi; Sigma
Delta Chi; Tau
Kappa Alpha; Federal
Bar Association; American Bar
Association; American
Judicature Society; American
Academy of Political and Social Science.
Died April
26, 2004 (age 91 years, 2
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Gustavus Loevinger and Millie (Strouse) Loevinger; married, March 4,
1950, to Ruth E. Howe. |
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George Shannon Long (1883-1958) —
also known as George S. Long —
of Oklahoma; Monroe, Ouachita
Parish, La.; Pineville, Rapides
Parish, La.
Born in a log
cabin, Tunica, Winn
Parish, La., September
11, 1883.
Democrat. Dentist;
lawyer; member of Oklahoma
state house of representatives, 1920-22; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Louisiana, 1948;
U.S.
Representative from Louisiana 8th District, 1953-58; died in
office 1958.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in the Bethesda
Naval Hospital, Bethesda, Montgomery
County, Md., March
22, 1958 (age 74 years, 192
days).
Interment at Greenwood
Memorial Park, Pineville, La.
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Samuel Miller Breckinridge Long (1881-1958) —
also known as Breckinridge Long —
of St.
Louis, Mo.; Washington,
D.C.; Laurel, Prince
George's County, Md.
Born in St.
Louis, Mo., May 16,
1881.
Democrat. Lawyer; member, Committee to Notify Vice-Presidential Nominee,
Democratic National Convention, 1916 ; Democratic candidate for U.S.
Senator from Missouri, 1920, 1922 (primary); delegate to
Democratic National Convention from District of Columbia, 1928;
U.S. Ambassador to Italy, 1933-36.
Presbyterian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Phi
Delta Phi; Society
of the Cincinnati; American
Historical Association.
Died in Laurel, Prince
George's County, Md., September
26, 1958 (age 77 years, 133
days).
Interment at Washington
National Cathedral, Washington, D.C.
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Harold Orrin Lovre (1904-1972) —
also known as Harold O. Lovre —
of Hayti, Hamlin
County, S.Dak.; Watertown, Codington
County, S.Dak.
Born in Toronto, Deuel
County, S.Dak., January
30, 1904.
Republican. Lawyer; member of South
Dakota state senate 14th District, 1941-44; U.S.
Representative from South Dakota 1st District, 1949-57; alternate
delegate to Republican National Convention from South Dakota, 1956.
Member, Lambda
Chi Alpha; Phi
Delta Phi; Freemasons;
Elks.
Died in Silver Spring, Montgomery
County, Md., January
17, 1972 (age 67 years, 352
days).
Interment at Parklawn
Cemetery, Rockville, Md.
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Lloyd Lowndes Jr. (1845-1905) —
of Maryland.
Born in Clarksburg, Harrison
County, Va. (now W.Va.), February
21, 1845.
Republican. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Maryland 6th District, 1873-75; defeated,
1874; delegate to Republican National Convention from Maryland, 1880;
Governor
of Maryland, 1896-1900.
Episcopalian.
Member, Phi
Kappa Psi.
Died in Cumberland, Allegany
County, Md., January
8, 1905 (age 59 years, 322
days).
Interment at Rose
Hill Cemetery, Cumberland, Md.
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James Thomas Lynn (1927-2010) —
of Bethesda, Montgomery
County, Md.
Born in Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio, February
27, 1927.
Republican. Lawyer; U.S.
Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, 1973-75.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Council on
Foreign Relations.
Died December
6, 2010 (age 83 years, 282
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Frederick Robert Lynn and Dorthea Estelle (Petersen) Lynn;
married, June 5,
1954, to Joan Miller. |
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