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George Augustus Waggaman (c.1782-1843) —
also known as George A. Waggaman —
of New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La.
Born in Caroline
County, Md., about 1782.
Lawyer; sugar cane
planter;
served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; circuit judge in
Louisiana, 1818; secretary
of state of Louisiana, 1830-32; U.S.
Senator from Louisiana, 1831-35.
Slaveowner.
Mortally
wounded in a duel, and
died in New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La., March
31, 1843 (age about 61
years).
Original interment at Girod
Street Cemetery (which no longer exists), New Orleans, La.;
reinterment in 1957 at Hope
Mausoleum, New Orleans, La.
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Patricia McGowan Wald (b. 1928) —
also known as Patricia Ann McGowan —
of Chevy Chase, Montgomery
County, Md.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Torrington, Litchfield
County, Conn., September
16, 1928.
Lawyer; Judge
of U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, 1979-.
Female.
Member, American Bar
Association.
Still living as of 1991.
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Relatives:
Daughter of Joseph F. McGowan and Margaret (O'Keefe) McGowan;
married, June 22,
1952, to Robert Lewis Wald. |
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William Concannon Walsh (1890-1975) —
also known as William C. Walsh —
of Cumberland, Allegany
County, Md.
Born in Cumberland, Allegany
County, Md., April 2,
1890.
Democrat. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during World War I;
circuit judge in Maryland, 1921-26; chair of
Allegany County Democratic Party, 1922-24; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Maryland, 1924,
1928,
1932,
1940,
1944
(member, Committee
to Notify Presidential Nominee), 1964;
Maryland state insurance commissioner, 1931-35; Maryland
state attorney general, 1938-45; member board of directors,
Allegany Hospital.
Catholic.
Member, American Bar
Association; Rotary;
Knights
of Columbus; Elks.
Died in Cumberland, Allegany
County, Md., June 17,
1975 (age 85 years, 76
days).
Interment at Sts.
Peter and Paul Cemetery, Cumberland, Md.
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Relatives: Son
of William Edward Walsh and Mary C. (Concannon) Walsh; married, June 1,
1929, to Sarah Elizabeth Nee; grandson of William
Walsh. |
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Edwin Warfield (1848-1920) —
of Howard
County, Md.
Born in Howard
County, Md., May 7,
1848.
Democrat. Lawyer; Howard
County Register of Wills, 1874-81; member of Maryland
state senate, 1882-86; Surveyor of the Port of Baltimore,
1886-90; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Maryland, 1896;
Governor
of Maryland, 1904-08.
Presbyterian.
Member, Sons of
the American Revolution; American Bar
Association.
Died in Baltimore,
Md., March
31, 1920 (age 71 years, 329
days).
Interment a
private or family graveyard, Howard County, Md.
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Walter Edward Washington (1915-2003) —
also known as Walter Washington —
of Washington,
D.C.
Born in Dawson, Terrell
County, Ga., April
15, 1915.
Democrat. Lawyer; mayor
of Washington, D.C., 1975-79; defeated in primary, 1978.
African
ancestry.
Died, in Howard University Hospital,
Washington,
D.C., October
27, 2003 (age 88 years, 195
days).
Interment at Lincoln
Memorial Cemetery, Suitland, Md.
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James Eli Watson (1864-1948) —
also known as James E. Watson —
of Rushville, Rush
County, Ind.
Born in Winchester, Randolph
County, Ind., November
2, 1864.
Republican. Lawyer; candidate for Presidential Elector for
Indiana; U.S.
Representative from Indiana, 1895-97, 1899-1909 (4th District
1895-97, 6th District 1899-1909); defeated, 1896; candidate for Governor of
Indiana, 1908; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Indiana, 1912,
1920
(chair, Resolutions
Committee), 1924,
1932,
1936,
1940,
1944;
U.S.
Senator from Indiana, 1916-33; defeated, 1932; candidate for
Republican nomination for President, 1928.
Member, Knights
of Pythias; Phi
Kappa Psi.
Died in Washington,
D.C., July 29,
1948 (age 83 years, 270
days).
Interment at Cedar
Hill Cemetery, Suitland, Md.
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Edward Oscar Weant (1869-1930) —
also known as E. O. Weant —
of Westminster, Carroll
County, Md.
Born in Carroll
County, Md., November
28, 1869.
Democrat. Lawyer; Carroll
County State's Attorney, 1900-04, 1909-13; attorney or director
for several banks;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Maryland, 1924,
1928
(member, Committee
on Rules and Order of Business).
Christian
Reformed. Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons;
Knights
of Pythias; Elks.
Died June 28,
1930 (age 60 years, 212
days).
Interment at Westminster
Cemetery, Westminster, Md.
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Edward Oscar Weant Jr. (1918-1999) —
also known as Edward O. Weant, Jr. —
of Westminster, Carroll
County, Md.
Born in Westminster, Carroll
County, Md., April 9,
1918.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; lawyer;
member of Maryland
state senate, 1959-65; alternate delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Maryland, 1964;
circuit judge in Maryland, 1965-67.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars.
Died in Sykesville, Carroll
County, Md., February
10, 1999 (age 80 years, 307
days).
Interment at Westminster
Cemetery, Westminster, Md.
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Edwin Hanson Webster (1829-1893) —
also known as Edwin H. Webster —
of Bel Air, Harford
County, Md.
Born near Churchville, Harford
County, Md., March
31, 1829.
Republican. Lawyer; candidate for Presidential Elector for
Maryland; member of Maryland
state senate, 1856-58; U.S.
Representative from Maryland 2nd District, 1859-65; colonel in
the Union Army during the Civil War; U.S. Collector of
Customs, 1865-69, 1882-86; banker.
Presbyterian.
Died in Bel Air, Harford
County, Md., April
24, 1893 (age 64 years, 24
days).
Interment at Calvary
Cemetery, Near Churchville, Harford County, Md.
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Clarence Maurice Weidemeyer (1906-1983) —
also known as C. Maurice Weidemeyer —
of Annapolis, Anne
Arundel County, Md.
Born in Hebbville, Baltimore
County, Md., October
22, 1906.
Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during World War II;
Republican candidate for U.S.
Representative from Maryland 5th District, 1944, 1948; chair of
Anne Arundel County Republican Party, 1950; candidate for Maryland
state senate, 1950 (Republican), 1966 (Democratic); Republican
candidate for Maryland
state attorney general, 1958; member of Maryland
state house of delegates, 1963-66, 1971-74; defeated
(Democratic), 1974; alternate delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Maryland, 1972.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Royal
Arch Masons; Shriners;
Moose;
Elks.
Died of metastastic
liposarcoma, in Clearwater, Pinellas
County, Fla., February
7, 1983 (age 76 years, 108
days).
Interment at Lorraine
Cemetery, Woodlawn, Md.
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Relatives: Son
of Monterey F. W. Weidemeyer and Annie E. (Reiblich)
Weidemeyer. |
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Herman Welker (1906-1957) —
of Payette, Payette
County, Idaho.
Born in Cambridge, Washington
County, Idaho, December
11, 1906.
Republican. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World
War II; member of Idaho
state senate, 1948-50; U.S.
Senator from Idaho, 1951-57; defeated, 1956; speaker, Republican National Convention, 1956.
Died, from a brain
tumor, in Bethesda, Montgomery
County, Md., October
30, 1957 (age 50 years, 323
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Robert Wexler (b. 1961) —
of Boca Raton, Palm Beach
County, Fla.
Born in Queens, Queens
County, N.Y., January
2, 1961.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Florida
state senate, 1990-96; U.S.
Representative from Florida 19th District, 1997-; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Florida, 2000,
2004,
2008.
Jewish.
Still living as of 2014.
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Clifton Reginald Wharton, Sr. (1899-1990) —
also known as Clifton R. Wharton —
of Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.; California.
Born in Baltimore,
Md., May 11,
1899.
Lawyer; Foreign Service officer; U.S. Vice Consul in Monrovia, as of 1927-29; U.S. Consul in Las Palmas, as of 1932-38; Ponta Delgada, 1945-47; U.S. Minister to Romania, 1958-60; U.S. Ambassador to Norway, 1961-64.
African
ancestry.
Died in Phoenix, Maricopa
County, Ariz., April
25, 1990 (age 90 years, 349
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Charles Doughty White (b. 1875) —
also known as Charles D. White —
of Atlantic City, Atlantic
County, N.J.
Born in Denton, Caroline
County, Md., July 8,
1875.
Republican. Lawyer; hotel
proprietor; delegate to Republican National Convention from New
Jersey, 1916
(alternate), 1932;
member of New
Jersey state senate from Atlantic County, 1920-22; mayor
of Atlantic City, N.J., 1935-40.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Josiah White and Mary Kirby (Allen) White. |
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William Pinkney Whyte (1824-1908) —
also known as William Pinkney White —
of Baltimore,
Md.
Born in Baltimore,
Md., August
9, 1824.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Maryland
state house of delegates from Baltimore city, 1847-49; candidate
for U.S.
Representative from Maryland, 1851, 1857; Maryland
state comptroller, 1854-56; U.S.
Senator from Maryland, 1868-69, 1875-81, 1906-08; died in office
1908; Governor of
Maryland, 1872-74; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Maryland, 1880;
mayor
of Baltimore, Md., 1881-83; Maryland
state attorney general, 1887-91.
Episcopalian.
Died, of erysipelas,
in Baltimore,
Md., March
17, 1908 (age 83 years, 221
days).
Interment at Green
Mount Cemetery, Baltimore, Md.
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Joseph Augustus Wickes (b. 1826) —
also known as Joseph A. Wickes —
of Cumberland, Allegany
County, Md.; Chestertown, Kent
County, Md.
Born in Chestertown, Kent
County, Md., September
27, 1826.
Democrat. Lawyer; candidate for Presidential Elector for
Maryland; member of Maryland
state house of delegates, 1856; delegate
to Maryland state constitutional convention, 1867; circuit judge
in Maryland, 1867-96.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Joseph Wickes and Elizabeth (Chambers) Wickes; married 1848 to Anna
Maria Tilghman; married 1865 to Anne
Rebecca Wickes; married 1893 to Gladys
Robinson. |
| | | Image source: Men of Mark in Maryland
(1912) |
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Charles Anderson Wickliffe (1788-1869) —
also known as Charles A. Wickliffe —
of Bardstown, Nelson
County, Ky.
Born near Springfield, Washington
County, Ky., June 8,
1788.
Democrat. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during the War of
1812; member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1812-13, 1822-23, 1833-35; U.S.
Representative from Kentucky, 1823-33, 1861-63 (9th District
1823-33, 5th District 1861-63); Lieutenant
Governor of Kentucky, 1836-39; Governor of
Kentucky, 1839-40; U.S.
Postmaster General, 1841-45; delegate
to Kentucky state constitutional convention, 1849; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Kentucky, 1856.
Presbyterian.
Slaveowner.
Died near Ilchester, Howard
County, Md., October
31, 1869 (age 81 years, 145
days).
Interment at Bardstown
Cemetery, Bardstown, Ky.
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John Sluyter Wirt (1851-1904) —
also known as John S. Wirt —
of Elkton, Cecil
County, Md.
Born in Cecil
County, Md., November
16, 1851.
Democrat. Lawyer; chief legal counsel for the Baltimore & Ohio
Railroad;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Maryland, 1884,
1892;
member of Maryland
state senate; elected 1889; member of Maryland
state house of delegates; elected 1897.
Episcopalian.
Died, from kidney
disease, in Elkton, Cecil
County, Md., May 17,
1904 (age 52 years, 183
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of John Wesley Wirt and Margaret Savin (Biddle) Wirt; second
great-grandnephew of Stephanus
Bayard; fourth great-grandson of Stephanus
Van Cortlandt and Nicholas
Bayard (c.1644-1707); fourth great-grandnephew of Pieter
Schuyler (1657-1724), Jacobus
Van Cortlandt and Johannes
Schuyler (1668-1747); fifth great-grandnephew of Pieter
Stuyvesant; first cousin thrice removed of Nicholas
Bayard (1736-1802) and Richard
Bassett; first cousin four times removed of Pierre
Van Cortlandt, Philip
John Schuyler and Stephen
John Schuyler; first cousin five times removed of John
Livingston, Robert
Livingston (1688-1775), Gilbert
Livingston and Johannes
Schuyler (1697-1746); first cousin six times removed of David
Davidse Schuyler and Myndert
Davidtse Schuyler; second cousin once removed of James
Adams Ekin; second cousin thrice removed of Pieter
Schuyler (1746-1792), Philip
Van Cortlandt, Pierre
Van Cortlandt Jr., Philip
Jeremiah Schuyler and James
Parker; second cousin four times removed of Robert
Livingston (1708-1790), Peter
Van Brugh Livingston, Robert
Gilbert Livingston, Philip
Livingston, Robert
R. Livingston (1718-1775), William
Livingston, James
Jay, Philip
P. Schuyler, John
Jay and Frederick
Jay; third cousin once removed of Thomas
Clayton, Richard
Henry Bayard and James
Asheton Bayard Jr.; third cousin twice removed of Stephen
Van Rensselaer, Philip
Schuyler Van Rensselaer, Henry
Walter Livingston, Philip
Schuyler, James
Alexander Hamilton and John
Cortlandt Parker; third cousin thrice removed of Volkert
Petrus Douw, Peter
Robert Livingston, Jeremiah
Van Rensselaer, John
Bubenheim Bayard, Robert
Van Rensselaer, Walter
Livingston, Philip
Peter Livingston, Hendrick
Kiliaen Van Rensselaer, Robert
R. Livingston (1746-1813), James
Livingston, Henry
Brockholst Livingston, Peter
Samuel Schuyler, Killian
Killian Van Rensselaer, Edward
Livingston (1764-1836), Peter
Augustus Jay and William
Jay; fourth cousin of Thomas
Francis Bayard Sr.; fourth cousin once removed of Edward
Livingston (1796-1840), Henry
Bell Van Rensselaer, Richard
Wayne Parker, Charles
Wolcott Parker and Thomas
Francis Bayard Jr.. |
| | | Political families: Livingston-Schuyler
family of New York; VanRensselaer
family of Albany, New York (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | Image source: Rat-Tat (yearbook), St.
John's College, Annapolis (1898) |
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William Wirt (1772-1834) —
of Virginia.
Born near Bladensburg, Prince
George's County, Md., November
8, 1772.
Lawyer; prosecuting attorney at the treason trial of Aaron
Burr, 1807; U.S.
Attorney for Virginia, 1816-17; U.S.
Attorney General, 1817-29; Anti-Masonic candidate for President
of the United States, 1832.
Presbyterian.
German
and Swiss
ancestry.
Died in Washington,
D.C., February
18, 1834 (age 61 years, 102
days).
Interment at Congressional
Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Relatives: Son
of Jacob Wirt and Henrietta Wirt; married, May 28,
1795, to Mildred 'Millie' Gilmer (niece of John
Walker and Francis
Walker; aunt of Thomas
Walker Gilmer); married, September
7, 1802, to Elizabeth Washington Gamble (sister-in-law of William
Henry Cabell); father of Catherine Gratten Wirt (who married Alexander
Randall); grandfather of John
Wirt Randall; great-grandfather of Hannah
Parker Randall (who married William
Bladen Lowndes). |
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W.Va. is named for him. |
| | | Other politicians named for him: Wirt
Adams
— William
Wirt Virgin
— William
Wirt Watkins
— William
Wirt Vaughan
— William
W. Warren
— William
Wirt Culbertson
— William
Wirt Herod
— William
W. Dixon
— William
Wirt Henderson
— William
W. Hastings
— W.
Wirt Courtney
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| | | See also Wikipedia
article — NNDB
dossier — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Books about William Wirt: Gregory Kurt
Glassner, Adopted
Son: The Life, Wit & Wisdom of William Wirt,
1772-1834 |
| | | Image source: The South in the Building
of the Nation (1909) |
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John Sergeant Wise (1846-1913) —
also known as John S. Wise —
of Virginia.
Born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil,
December
27, 1846.
Republican. Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War;
lawyer; U.S.
Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia, 1882-83; U.S.
Representative from Virginia at-large, 1883-85; candidate for Governor of
Virginia, 1885.
Died near Princess Anne, Somerset
County, Md., May 12,
1913 (age 66 years, 136
days).
Interment at Hollywood
Cemetery, Richmond, Va.
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Jesse Paine Wolcott (1893-1969) —
also known as Jesse P. Wolcott —
of Port Huron, St. Clair
County, Mich.
Born in Gardner, Worcester
County, Mass., March 3,
1893.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I;
lawyer; St.
Clair County Prosecuting Attorney, 1927-30; U.S.
Representative from Michigan 7th District, 1931-57.
Universalist
or Congregationalist.
Member, Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Lions; Freemasons;
Knights
of Pythias; Odd
Fellows; Elks; American
Legion; Moose.
Died in Chevy Chase, Montgomery
County, Md., January
28, 1969 (age 75 years, 331
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Amos Walter Wright Woodcock (1883-1964) —
also known as Amos W. W. Woodcock —
of Salisbury, Wicomico
County, Md.
Born in Salisbury, Wicomico
County, Md., 1883.
Republican. Lawyer; major in the U.S. Army during World War I;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Maryland, 1920
(member, Committee
on Rules and Order of Business); U.S.
Attorney for Maryland, 1927-31; director, U.S. Bureau of
Prohibition, 1930-33; president,
St. John's College, Annapolis, 1934-37.
Died in 1964
(age about
81 years).
Interment at Parsons
Cemetery, Salisbury, Md.
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Levin Woolford (1819-1890) —
of Princess Anne, Somerset
County, Md.
Born near Princess Anne, Somerset
County, Md., 1819.
Democrat. Lawyer; Somerset
County Circuit Court Clerk, 1851-69; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Maryland, 1860;
Maryland
state comptroller, 1870-78; Maryland state tax commissioner,
1878-90; banker.
Episcopalian.
Died of a stroke,
in Princess Anne, Somerset
County, Md., September
30, 1890 (age about 71
years).
Interment at St.
Andrew's Churchyard, Princess Anne, Md.
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Relatives: Son
of Dr. John Woolford and Ann Irving (Gillis) Woolford; married to
Miss Atkinson and Annie E. Waters. |
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Thomas Contee Worthington (1782-1847) —
of Frederick, Frederick
County, Md.
Born near Annapolis, Anne
Arundel County, Md., November
25, 1782.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812;
lawyer; member of Maryland
state house of delegates, 1818; U.S.
Representative from Maryland 4th District, 1825-27; member of Maryland
state executive council, 1831-33.
Episcopalian.
Slaveowner.
Died in Frederick, Frederick
County, Md., April
12, 1847 (age 64 years, 138
days).
Interment at Mt.
Olivet Cemetery, Frederick, Md.
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Albert Russell Wynn (b. 1951) —
also known as Albert R. Wynn —
of Largo, Prince
George's County, Md.; Mitchellville, Prince
George's County, Md.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., September
10, 1951.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Maryland
state house of delegates, 1983-86; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Maryland, 1984,
1988,
1996,
2000,
2004;
member of Maryland
state senate, 1987-92; U.S.
Representative from Maryland 4th District, 1993-.
Baptist.
African
ancestry. Member, Kappa
Alpha Psi.
Still living as of 2014.
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