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Torbert Hart Macdonald (1917-1976) —
also known as Torbert H. Macdonald —
of Malden, Middlesex
County, Mass.
Born in Everett, Middlesex
County, Mass., June 6,
1917.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; lawyer;
U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts, 1955-76 (8th District 1955-63,
7th District 1963-76); died in office 1976; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Massachusetts, 1956,
1960,
1964,
1968.
Died in Bethesda, Montgomery
County, Md., May 21,
1976 (age 58 years, 350
days).
Interment at Holy
Cross Cemetery, Malden, Mass.
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Hervey Gilbert Machen (1916-1994) —
also known as Hervey Machen —
of Hyattsville, Prince
George's County, Md.
Born in Washington,
D.C., October
14, 1916.
Democrat. Lawyer; banker;
served in the U.S. Army during World War II; vice-chair of
Maryland Democratic Party, 1953-57; member of Maryland
state house of delegates, 1955-65; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Maryland, 1964;
U.S.
Representative from Maryland 5th District, 1965-69; defeated,
1968, 1970.
Episcopalian.
Member, Kiwanis;
Moose.
Died in Annapolis, Anne
Arundel County, Md., November
29, 1994 (age 78 years, 46
days).
Interment at St.
Barnabas Church Cemetery, Upper Marlboro, Md.
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Benjamin Mackall IV (1745-1807) —
of Calvert
County, Md.
Born in Calvert
County, Md., August
14, 1745.
Lawyer; planter;
member of Maryland
state house of delegates, 1768-71, 1774-76; delegate
to Maryland state constitutional convention, 1776; Judge,
Maryland Court of Appeals, 1778-1806.
Anglican;
later Presbyterian.
Died in Calvert
County, Md., 1807
(age about
61 years).
Interment a
private or family graveyard, Calvert County, Md.
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George Edward MacKinnon (1906-1995) —
also known as George E. MacKinnon —
of Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn.; Potomac, Allegany
County, Md.
Born in St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn., April
22, 1906.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Minnesota
state house of representatives District 29, 1935-42; served in
the U.S. Navy during World War II; U.S.
Representative from Minnesota 3rd District, 1947-49; U.S.
Attorney for Minnesota, 1953-58; candidate for Governor of
Minnesota, 1958; Judge
of U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, 1969-83, 1969-;
took senior status 1983.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Delta
Tau Delta; Phi
Delta Phi.
Died in Potomac, Montgomery
County, Md., May 1,
1995 (age 89 years, 9
days).
Interment at Mound
Cemetery, Mound, Minn.
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Hector MacLean (1920-2012) —
of Lumberton, Robeson
County, N.C.
Born in Baltimore,
Md., September
15, 1920.
Democrat. Major in the U.S. Army during World War II; lawyer;
president, Bank of
Lumberton; president, Virginia and Carolina Southern Railroad;
mayor
of Lumberton, N.C., 1949-53; member of North
Carolina state senate, 1961-71; alternate delegate to Democratic
National Convention from North Carolina, 1964.
Presbyterian.
Died in Lumberton, Robeson
County, N.C., December
7, 2012 (age 92 years, 83
days).
Interment at Meadowbrook
Cemetery, Lumberton, N.C.
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John Van Antwerp MacMurray (1881-1960) —
also known as John Van A. MacMurray —
of Princeton, Mercer
County, N.J.; Lutherville, Baltimore
County, Md.; Norfolk, Litchfield
County, Conn.
Born in Schenectady, Schenectady
County, N.Y., October
6, 1881.
Lawyer; U.S. Consul General in Bangkok, 1907-08; U.S. Minister to China, 1925-29; Estonia, 1933-36; Latvia, 1933-36; Lithuania, 1933-36; U.S. Ambassador to Turkey, 1936-41.
Died in Norfolk, Litchfield
County, Conn., September
25, 1960 (age 78 years, 355
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Eugene Magee (d. 1835) —
Born in Baltimore,
Md.
Lawyer; delegate
to Mississippi state constitutional convention, 1832; member of
Mississippi
state senate, 1833-34.
Died in 1835.
Interment at Cedar
Hill Cemetery, Vicksburg, Miss.
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Samuel Abbot Maginnis (1885-1941) —
also known as S. Abbot Maginnis —
of Salt Lake City, Salt Lake
County, Utah; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Zanesville, Muskingum
County, Ohio, October
23, 1885.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S. Minister to Bolivia, 1919-21.
Member, Elks.
Died, in Emergency Hospital,
Washington,
D.C., September
25, 1941 (age 55 years, 337
days).
Interment at Cedar
Hill Cemetery, Suitland, Md.
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Alexander Contee Magruder (1779-1853) —
also known as Alexander C. Magruder —
of Annapolis, Anne
Arundel County, Md.
Born in Maryland, 1779.
Lawyer; member of Maryland
state executive council, 1812-15; member of Maryland
state senate, 1838-41; mayor
of Annapolis, Md., 1840-43; Judge, Maryland Court of Appeals,
1844-51.
Died in Fort Washington, Prince
George's County, Md., January
31, 1853 (age about 73
years).
Interment at Congressional
Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Patrick Magruder (1768-1819) —
of Maryland.
Born near Rockville, Montgomery
County, Md., 1768.
Lawyer; member of Maryland
state house of delegates, 1797; circuit judge in Maryland, 1802;
U.S.
Representative from Maryland at-large, 1805-07.
Slaveowner.
Died in Petersburg,
Va., December
24, 1819 (age about 51
years).
Interment a
private or family graveyard, Dinwiddie County, Va.
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Elbert Grant Manchester (1906-1995) —
also known as Elbert G. Manchester —
of Winsted, Litchfield
County, Conn.
Born October
12, 1906.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Winchester, 1939-40.
Died in Maryland, August
21, 1995 (age 88 years, 313
days).
Interment at Center
Cemetery, Winsted, Conn.
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Marvin Mandel (1920-2015) —
of Baltimore,
Md.
Born in Baltimore,
Md., April
19, 1920.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; lawyer;
member of Maryland
Democratic State Central Committee, 1951; member of Maryland
state house of delegates, 1952-69; Speaker of
the Maryland State House of Delegates, 1963-69; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Maryland, 1964,
1976;
Maryland
Democratic state chair, 1968-69; Governor of
Maryland, 1969-77, 1979.
Jewish.
Member, Omicron
Delta Kappa; American
Legion; Jewish
War Veterans; American Bar
Association.
Charged
with mail fraud, over his acceptance
of gifts from owners of the Marlboro Race Track, in return for
his support for legislation benefiting the track; tried
and convicted
in 1977; sentenced
to prison;
his conviction was later overturned.
Died in St. Mary's
County, Md., August
30, 2015 (age 95 years, 133
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Frank Fabian Mankiewicz (1924-2014) —
also known as Frank Mankiewicz —
of Los Angeles, Los
Angeles County, Calif.; Montgomery
County, Md.
Born in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., May 16,
1924.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; candidate for
California
state assembly, 1950; lawyer; author;
press secretary for Robert
F. Kennedy, 1966-68; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from California, 1968;
campaign manager for George
McGovern's presidential campaign, 1972; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Maryland 8th District, 1976; president,
National Public Radio,
1977-83.
Jewish.
Died, of heart
failure while suffering from lung
problems, in a hospital
at Washington,
D.C., October
23, 2014 (age 90 years, 160
days).
Interment at Rock
Creek Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Vannoy Hartrog Manning (1839-1892) —
also known as Van H. Manning —
of Hamburg, Ashley
County, Ark.; Holly Springs, Marshall
County, Miss.
Born near Raleigh, Wake
County, N.C., July 26,
1839.
Democrat. Lawyer; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Arkansas, 1860;
colonel in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; U.S.
Representative from Mississippi 2nd District, 1877-83.
Slaveowner.
Died in Branchville, Prince
George's County, Md., November
2, 1892 (age 53 years, 99
days).
Interment at Glenwood
Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Joseph Jefferson Mansfield (1861-1947) —
also known as Joseph J. Mansfield —
of Eagle Lake, Colorado
County, Tex.; Columbus, Colorado
County, Tex.
Born in Wayne, Wayne
County, Va. (now W.Va.), February
9, 1861.
Democrat. Lawyer; Colorado
County Attorney, 1892-96; Colorado
County Judge, 1896-1916; U.S.
Representative from Texas 9th District, 1917-47; died in office
1947.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Bethesda, Montgomery
County, Md., July 12,
1947 (age 86 years, 153
days).
Interment at Masonic
Cemetery, Eagle Lake, Tex.
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Ogle Marbury (1882-1973) —
of Prince
George's County, Md.
Born near Guilford, Howard
County, Md., August
23, 1882.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Maryland
state house of delegates, 1910-12; Maryland
state attorney general, 1919; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Maryland, 1920;
Judge,
Maryland Court of Appeals, 1941-52.
Episcopalian.
Died October
3, 1973 (age 91 years, 41
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Rev. Ogle Marbury and Eleanora Brevitt (MacKenzie) Marbury;
married to Eliza Gardner Cronmiller. |
| | | See also Wikipedia
article |
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David Everett Mark (b. 1923) —
of Bethesda, Montgomery
County, Md.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., November
15, 1923.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; lawyer; Foreign
Service officer; U.S. Ambassador to Burundi, 1974.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Marc Lincoln Marks (1927-2018) —
also known as Marc L. Marks —
of Pennsylvania.
Born in Farrell, Mercer
County, Pa., February
12, 1927.
Republican. Lawyer; Mercer
County Solicitor, 1960-68; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 24th District, 1977-83.
Jewish.
Died in Chevy Chase, Montgomery
County, Md., February
28, 2018 (age 91 years, 16
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Hudson Snowden Marshall (1870-1931) —
also known as H. Snowden Marshall —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Baltimore,
Md., January
15, 1870.
Lawyer; law partner of Bartow
S. Weeks, George
Gordon Battle, and James
A. O'Gorman; U.S.
Attorney for the Southern District of New York, 1913-17; in
1915-16, U.S. Rep. Frank
Buchanan (who was at the time being indicted by a federal grand
jury) introduced impeachment
resolutions against Marshall; the charges, including malfeasance
in the handling of past cases, were investigated
by a House Judiciary subcommittee, which held hearings in New York,
and inquired into the proceedings of the grand jury which had
indicted Rep. Buchanan; Marshall wrote a critical letter to the
subcommittee, impugning its motives; based on this letter, the full
House voted to find him in contempt
of Congress, and ordered his
arrest; on appeal, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the
authority of the House to punish for contempt extended only to
actions which directly interfered with its proceedings.
Member, American Bar
Association.
Died in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., May 29,
1931 (age 61 years, 134
days).
Interment at Kensico
Cemetery, Valhalla, N.Y.
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Luther Martin (1748-1826) —
of Somerset
County, Md.
Born in New Brunswick, Middlesex
County, N.J., February
20, 1748.
Lawyer; Maryland
state attorney general, 1778-1805, 1818-22; Delegate
to Continental Congress from Maryland, 1784; member,
U.S. Constitutional Convention, 1787; defense attorney for Samuel
Chase in his 1805 impeachment trial, and for Aaron
Burr in his 1807 treason trial.
Episcopalian.
Slaveowner.
Died in New York, New York
County, N.Y., July 10,
1826 (age 78 years, 140
days).
Interment at Trinity
Churchyard, Manhattan, N.Y.
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George Thomas Marye Jr. (1849-1933) —
also known as George T. Marye —
of Burlingame, San Mateo
County, Calif.
Born in Baltimore,
Md., December
13, 1849.
Democrat. Lawyer; banker;
candidate for Presidential Elector for California; California
Democratic state chair, 1888-93; U.S. Ambassador to Russia, 1914-16.
Anglican.
Member, Loyal
Legion.
Died September
2, 1933 (age 83 years, 263
days).
Interment at Cypress
Lawn Memorial Park, Colma, Calif.
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Charles McCurdy Mathias Jr. (1922-2010) —
also known as Charles McC. Mathias; Mac
Mathias —
of Frederick, Frederick
County, Md.; Chevy Chase, Montgomery
County, Md.
Born in Frederick, Frederick
County, Md., July 24,
1922.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II;
lawyer; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Maryland, 1956
(alternate), 1972;
member of Maryland
state house of delegates from Frederick County, 1959-60; U.S.
Representative from Maryland 6th District, 1961-69; U.S.
Senator from Maryland, 1969-87.
Episcopalian.
Member, Council on
Foreign Relations; Society
of the Cincinnati.
Died, from complications of Parkinson's
disease, in Chevy Chase, Montgomery
County, Md., January
25, 2010 (age 87 years, 185
days).
Interment at Mt.
Olivet Cemetery, Frederick, Md.
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Robert Takeo Matsui (1941-2005) —
also known as Robert T. Matsui —
of Sacramento, Sacramento
County, Calif.
Born in Sacramento, Sacramento
County, Calif., September
17, 1941.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from California, 1979-2005 (3rd District 1979-93,
5th District 1993-2005); died in office 2005; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from California, 1988
(speaker),
1996,
2000,
2004.
Methodist.
Japanese
ancestry. Member, Rotary;
Council on
Foreign Relations.
Died, of pneumonia
and myelodysplastic
syndrome, in Bethesda
Naval Hospital, Bethesda, Montgomery
County, Md., January
1, 2005 (age 63 years, 106
days).
Interment at East
Lawn Memorial Park, Sacramento, Calif.
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Virgil Maxcy (1785-1844) —
of Maryland.
Born in Attleboro, Bristol
County, Mass., May 5,
1785.
Lawyer; member of Maryland
state executive council, 1815; member of Maryland
state house of delegates, 1820; member of Maryland
state senate, 1820; U.S. Charge d'Affaires to Belgium, 1837-42.
Among those killed in the explosion
when a cannon
accidentally
burst on
board the U.S.S. Princeton, on the Potomac River near Fort
Washington, Prince
George's County, Md., February
28, 1844 (age 58 years, 299
days).
Originally entombed at Congressional
Cemetery, Washington, D.C.; reinterment at a
private or family graveyard, Anne Arundel County, Md.
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Joseph Raymond McCarthy (1908-1957) —
also known as Joseph R. McCarthy; Joe McCarthy;
"Tail-Gunner Joe" —
of Appleton, Outagamie
County, Wis.
Born in Grand Chute, Outagamie
County, Wis., November
14, 1908.
Republican. Lawyer; circuit judge in Wisconsin 10th Circuit,
1940-46; served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II; U.S.
Senator from Wisconsin, 1947-57; died in office 1957; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Wisconsin, 1948;
speaker, 1952.
Catholic.
Claimed in a 1950 speech that he had a list of 205 Communists
employed in the U.S. State Department; went on to conduct hearings
and investigations into alleged subersive activities and Communist
influence on society; with his sensationalist tactics and disregard
for fairness and due process, he dominated the American political
scene for a period of time, now called the McCarthy Era; public
opinion turned against him when he tried to investigate the Army; in
December 1953, the Senate voted 67-22 to censure
him for "contemptuous
conduct" and abuse
of select committee privilege.
Died of a liver
ailment at Bethesda
Naval Hospital, Bethesda, Montgomery
County, Md., May 2,
1957 (age 48 years, 169
days).
Interment at St.
Mary's Cemetery, Appleton, Wis.
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Susan K. McComas (b. 1951) —
of Bel Air, Harford
County, Md.
Born in Denver,
Colo., April 3,
1951.
Republican. Lawyer; town
commission chairman of Bel Air, Maryland, 1991-92, 1997-99, 2000;
member of Maryland
state house of delegates District 35-B, 2003-.
Female.
Still living as of 2014.
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Image source:
Maryland Manual On-Line |
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Joseph Walker McCorkle (1819-1884) —
also known as Joseph W. McCorkle; J. W.
McCorkle —
of Dayton, Montgomery
County, Ohio; Sutter
County, Calif.; Virginia City, Storey
County, Nev.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Piqua, Miami
County, Ohio, June 24,
1819.
Democrat. Lawyer; postmaster at Dayton,
Ohio, 1845-49; went
to California for the 1849 Gold Rush; member of California
state assembly 14th District, 1851-52; U.S.
Representative from California 2nd District, 1851-53.
Engaged in a duel
with U.S. Senator W.
M. Gwin, June 1, 1853; there were no injuries.
Died in Branchville, Prince
George's County, Md., March
18, 1884 (age 64 years, 268
days).
Interment at Forest
Hill Cemetery, Piqua, Ohio.
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Frank J. McCourt (1935-2004) —
of Baltimore,
Md.
Born in New London, New London
County, Conn., September
17, 1935.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Maryland
state house of delegates, 1963-67; member of Maryland
state senate District 8, 1967-70.
Member, Friendly
Sons of St. Patrick.
Died in 2004
(age about
68 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Hugh McCulloch (1808-1895) —
of Fort Wayne, Allen
County, Ind.; Washington,
D.C.; Vansville, Prince
George's County, Md.
Born in Kennebunk, York
County, Maine, December
7, 1808.
Republican. Lawyer; banker;
U.S. Comptroller of the Currency, 1863-65; U.S.
Secretary of the Treasury, 1865-69, 1884-85.
Died in Vansville, Prince
George's County, Md., May 24,
1895 (age 86 years, 168
days).
Interment at Rock
Creek Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Relatives: Son
of Hugh McCulloch (1773-1830) and Abigail (Perkins) McCulloch;
married, June 23,
1834, to Eunice Hardy; married, March
21, 1838, to Susan Maria Man. |
| | | McCulloch Hall (dormitory, built 1926), at
Harvard University
Business School, Boston,
Massachusetts, is named for
him. — The World War II Liberty
ship SS Hugh McCulloch (built 1943 at Richmond,
California; scrapped 1962) was named for
him. |
| | | Coins and currency: His portrait
appeared on $20 U.S. national bank notes in 1902.
|
| | | See also Wikipedia
article — NNDB
dossier — Find-A-Grave
memorial — Comptrollers
of the Currency |
| | | Image source: Life and Work of James G.
Blaine (1893) |
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William Watson McIntire (1850-1912) —
also known as William W. McIntire —
of Baltimore,
Md.
Born in Chambersburg, Franklin
County, Pa., June 30,
1850.
Republican. Machinist;
insurance
agent; lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Maryland 4th District, 1897-99.
Episcopalian.
Scotch-Irish
and German
ancestry.
Died on
a boat while fishing
in the Middle River (or Gunpowder River), Baltimore
County, Md., March
30, 1912 (age 61 years, 274
days).
Interment at Loudon
Park Cemetery, Baltimore, Md.
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David Gregg McIntosh Jr. (1877-c.1940) —
also known as David G. McIntosh, Jr. —
of Rodgers Forge, Towson, Baltimore
County, Md.
Born in Baltimore
County, Md., July 1,
1877.
Democrat. Lawyer; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Maryland, 1924,
1928,
1936.
Died about 1940 (age about 63
years).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of David Gregg McIntosh and Virginia J. (Pegram) McIntosh; married to
Charlotte P. Reiman. |
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William Augustus McKellip (1835-1904) —
also known as William A. McKellip —
of Westminster, Carroll
County, Md.
Born in Taneytown, Carroll
County, Md., December
25, 1835.
Republican. Lawyer; colonel in the Union Army during the Civil
War; Carroll
County Circuit Court Clerk, 1864-67; candidate for Maryland
state comptroller, 1869; U.S. Consul in Magdeburg, 1902-04, died in office 1904.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
of Pythias; Grand
Army of the Republic.
Died, from a stroke of
apoplexy, in Magdeburg, Germany,
April
3, 1904 (age 68 years, 100
days).
Interment at Westminster
Cemetery, Westminster, Md.
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Joseph Chambers McKibbin (1824-1896) —
of Downieville, Sierra
County, Calif.
Born in Chambersburg, Franklin
County, Pa., May 14,
1824.
Democrat. Went
to California for the 1849 Gold Rush; lawyer; member of California
state senate, 1852-53; U.S.
Representative from California at-large, 1857-59; defeated, 1858;
colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War; general
contractor.
Died in Marshall Hall, Charles
County, Md., July 1,
1896 (age 72 years, 48
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Louis McLane (1786-1857) —
of Wilmington, New Castle
County, Del.; Maryland.
Born in Smyrna, Kent
County, Del., May 28,
1786.
Democrat. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during the War of
1812; U.S.
Representative from Delaware at-large, 1817-27; U.S.
Senator from Delaware, 1827-29; U.S. Minister to Great Britain, 1829-31, 1845-46; U.S.
Secretary of the Treasury, 1831-33; U.S.
Secretary of State, 1833-34; delegate
to Maryland state constitutional convention, 1850.
Episcopalian.
Slaveowner.
Died in Baltimore,
Md., October
7, 1857 (age 71 years, 132
days).
Interment at Green
Mount Cemetery, Baltimore, Md.
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Robert Milligan McLane (1867-1904) —
also known as Robert M. McLane —
of Baltimore,
Md.
Born in Baltimore,
Md., November
30, 1867.
Democrat. Lawyer; mayor
of Baltimore, Md., 1903-04; died in office 1904.
Died from a self-inflicted
gunshot,
in Baltimore,
Md., May 30,
1904 (age 36 years, 182
days).
Interment at Green
Mount Cemetery, Baltimore, Md.
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Lloyd Meeds (1927-2005) —
of Everett, Snohomish
County, Wash.
Born in Dillon, Beaverhead
County, Mont., December
11, 1927.
Democrat. Gasoline
station business; lawyer; Snohomish
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1962-64; U.S.
Representative from Washington 2nd District, 1965-79.
Member, Kiwanis;
Eagles.
Died, of cancer,
in Church Creek, Dorchester
County, Md., August
17, 2005 (age 77 years, 249
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Hooper Steele Miles (1895-1964) —
also known as Hooper S. Miles —
of Salisbury, Wicomico
County, Md.
Born in Cambridge, Dorchester
County, Md., January
27, 1895.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Maryland
state house of delegates, 1925; banker; Maryland
state treasurer, 1935-63; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Maryland, 1936.
Died, in Johns Hopkins Hospital,
Baltimore,
Md., March 8,
1964 (age 69 years, 41
days).
Interment at Druid
Ridge Cemetery, Pikesville, Md.
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Daniel Fry Miller (1814-1895) —
also known as Daniel F. Miller; "Nestor of the Iowa
Bar" —
of Fort Madison, Lee
County, Iowa; Keokuk, Lee
County, Iowa.
Born in Cumberland, Allegany
County, Md., October
4, 1814.
Lawyer; member of Iowa
territorial House of Representatives, 1840; U.S.
Representative from Iowa 1st District, 1850-51; defeated (Whig),
1848; candidate for Presidential Elector for Iowa; mayor
of Fort Madison, Iowa, 1858-59; Independent candidate for justice of
Iowa state supreme court, 1860; mayor of
Keokuk, Iowa, 1873; member of Iowa
state house of representatives, 1894.
Died in Omaha, Douglas
County, Neb., December
9, 1895 (age 81 years, 66
days).
Interment at St.
Peter's Cemetery, Keokuk, Iowa.
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Michael Bowen Mitchell (b. 1945) —
also known as Michael B. Mitchell —
of Baltimore,
Md.
Born in Baltimore,
Md., November
7, 1945.
Lawyer; member of Maryland
state senate 39th District, 1987; indicted
in 1987, along with his brother, by a federal grand jury in
connection with the a bribery
investigation of Wedtech Corporation; convicted
of accepting
$50,000 to stop
the Congressional investigation of Wedtech; sentenced
to two and a half years in prison;
convicted
in 1988 of forging
documents to obtain
$77,000 in life insurance proceeds intended for the child of a murder
victim, and sentenced
to six years in prison.
Methodist.
Member, NAACP.
Still living as of 1988.
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John Joseph Moakley (1927-2001) —
also known as Joe Moakley —
of South Boston, Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., April
27, 1927.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; lawyer;
member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1953-63; member of Massachusetts
state senate, 1964-70; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Massachusetts, 1968,
1996;
U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 9th District, 1973-2001;
defeated in primary, 1970; died in office 2001.
Catholic.
Died, of leukemia,
at Bethesda
Naval Hospital, Bethesda, Montgomery
County, Md., May 28,
2001 (age 74 years, 31
days).
Interment at Blue
Hills Cemetery, Braintree, Mass.
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John Montgomery (1764-1828) —
of Bel Air, Harford
County, Md.; Baltimore,
Md.
Born in Carlisle, Cumberland
County, Pa., 1764.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Maryland
state house of delegates, 1793-98, 1800-05, 1819; U.S.
Representative from Maryland 6th District, 1807-11; Maryland
state attorney general, 1811-18; mayor
of Baltimore, Md., 1820-22, 1824-26.
Methodist.
Slaveowner.
Died in Baltimore,
Md., July 17,
1828 (age about 64
years).
Interment at Mt.
Carmel Methodist Church Cemetery, Emmorton, Md.
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James Wheaton Mott (1883-1945) —
also known as James W. Mott —
of Clatsop
County, Ore.; Salem, Marion
County, Ore.
Born near New Washington, Clearfield
County, Pa., November
12, 1883.
Republican. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Navy during World War
I; member of Oregon
state house of representatives, 1922-26, 1930; U.S.
Representative from Oregon 1st District, 1933-45; defeated in
primary, 1928; died in office 1945.
Presbyterian.
Member, American
Legion; Sigma
Chi; Elks; Kiwanis;
Acacia.
Died in Bethesda
Naval Hospital, Bethesda, Montgomery
County, Md., November
12, 1945 (age 62 years, 0
days).
Entombed in mausoleum at City
View Cemetery, Salem, Ore.
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Orrice Abram Murdock Jr. (1893-1979) —
also known as Abe Murdock —
of Beaver, Beaver
County, Utah.
Born in Austin, Lander
County, Nev., July 18,
1893.
Democrat. Lawyer; Beaver
County Attorney; U.S.
Representative from Utah 1st District, 1933-41; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Utah, 1940,
1944
(chair, Credentials
Committee; speaker),
1952;
U.S.
Senator from Utah, 1941-47; defeated, 1946; member, National
Labor Relations Board, 1947-57.
Mormon.
Died in Bethesda, Montgomery
County, Md., September
15, 1979 (age 86 years, 59
days).
Interment at Mountain
View Cemetery, Beaver, Utah.
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Francis Dominic Murnaghan Jr. (1920-2000) —
also known as Francis D. Murnaghan, Jr. —
of Baltimore,
Md.
Born in Baltimore,
Md., June 20,
1920.
Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; lawyer; candidate
for mayor
of Baltimore, Md., 1967; Judge
of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit, 1979-2000; died in
office 2000.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa.
Died in the Gilchrist Center for Hospice
Care, Baltimore,
Md., August
31, 2000 (age 80 years, 72
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Robert C. Murphy (1926-2000) —
of Baltimore,
Md.
Born in Baltimore,
Md., October
9, 1926.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; lawyer;
Maryland
state attorney general, 1966; chief
judge of Maryland Court of Appeals, 1972-96.
Catholic.
Died October
31, 2000 (age 74 years, 22
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Leo Joseph Murphy and Eva (LaFontaine) Murphy; married to Helen
Klopatch. |
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