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Robert Worth Bingham (1871-1937) —
of Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky.; Glenview, Jefferson
County, Ky.
Born in Orange
County, N.C., November
8, 1871.
Lawyer;
publisher of Louisville Courier-Journal newspaper;
mayor
of Louisville, Ky., 1907; Republican candidate for Judge,
Kentucky Court of Appeals, 1910; circuit judge in Kentucky, 1911;
U.S. Ambassador to Great Britain, 1933-37.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Society
of Colonial Wars; Society of the Cincinnati; Sons of
the American Revolution; Phi
Beta Kappa; Alpha
Tau Omega.
Died in Baltimore,
Md., December
18, 1937 (age 66 years, 40
days).
Interment at Cave
Hill Cemetery, Louisville, Ky.
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Uriah Forrest (1756-1805) —
of Maryland.
Born near Leonardtown, St. Mary's
County, Md., 1756.
Served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; wounded
at the Battle of Brandywine, and lost a
leg; member of Maryland
state house of delegates, 1781-83, 1786-90; Delegate
to Continental Congress from Maryland, 1786-87; U.S.
Representative from Maryland 3rd District, 1793-94; member of Maryland
state senate, 1796-1800; state court judge in Maryland, 1799-1800.
Episcopalian.
Member, Society of the Cincinnati.
Slaveowner.
Died in Georgetown, Washington,
D.C., July 6,
1805 (age about 49
years).
Original interment at Old
Presbyterian Cemetery (which no longer exists), Georgetown,
Washington, D.C.; reinterment in 1883 at Oak
Hill Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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John Boynton Philip Clayton Hill (1879-1941) —
also known as John Philip Hill —
of Baltimore,
Md.
Born in Annapolis, Anne
Arundel County, Md., May 2,
1879.
Republican. Lawyer; U.S.
Attorney for Maryland, 1910-15; candidate for mayor
of Baltimore, Md., 1915; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Maryland, 1916;
colonel in the U.S. Army during World War I; U.S.
Representative from Maryland 3rd District, 1921-27; defeated,
1908, 1928, 1930, 1936; delegate
to Maryland convention to ratify 21st amendment 3rd District,
1933.
Episcopalian.
Member, Society of the Cincinnati; Society
of Colonial Wars; Alpha
Delta Phi; Phi
Delta Phi; Elks; Moose; Odd
Fellows.
Died in Washington,
D.C., May 23,
1941 (age 62 years, 21
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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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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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 Milligan McLane (1815-1898) —
also known as Robert M. McLane —
of Baltimore,
Md.; Paris, France.
Born in Wilmington, New Castle
County, Del., June 23,
1815.
Democrat. Member of Maryland
state house of delegates, 1845; U.S.
Representative from Maryland 4th District, 1847-51, 1879-83;
candidate for Presidential Elector for Maryland; Chairman
of Democratic National Committee, 1852-56; U.S. Diplomatic
Commissioner to China, 1854; U.S. Minister to Mexico, 1859-60; France, 1885-89; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Maryland, 1876
(speaker);
member of Maryland
state senate, 1878-80; Governor of
Maryland, 1884-85.
Episcopalian.
Member, Society of the Cincinnati.
Died in Paris, France,
April
16, 1898 (age 82 years, 297
days).
Interment at Green
Mount Cemetery, Baltimore, Md.
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John Holmes Overton (1875-1948) —
also known as John H. Overton —
of Alexandria, Rapides
Parish, La.
Born in Marksville, Avoyelles
Parish, La., September
17, 1875.
Democrat. Lawyer;
chief counsel defending Huey
Long during his 1929 impeachment trial; U.S.
Representative from Louisiana 8th District, 1931-33; U.S.
Senator from Louisiana, 1933-48; died in office 1948; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Louisiana, 1936.
Member, Sigma
Nu; Phi
Kappa Phi; Elks; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; American Bar
Association; Society of the Cincinnati; Sons of
the American Revolution.
Died, in Bethesda
Naval Hospital, Bethesda, Montgomery
County, Md., May 14,
1948 (age 72 years, 240
days).
Interment at Mt.
Olivet Episcopal Cemetery, Pineville, La.
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Blanchard Randall Jr. (b. 1894) —
of Baltimore,
Md.
Born in Catonsville, Baltimore
County, Md., March
28, 1894.
Republican. Candidate for mayor
of Baltimore, Md., 1935; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Maryland, 1944; alternate delegate to Republican
National Convention from Maryland, 1960.
Episcopalian.
Member, Society of the Cincinnati; Phi
Kappa Psi.
Burial location unknown.
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Tench Tilghman (1810-1874) —
of Oxford, Talbot
County, Md.
Born in Talbot
County, Md., March
25, 1810.
Served in the U.S. Army during the Black Hawk War; farmer;
brigadier general, Maryland militia, 1837-60; Maryland commissioner
of public works, 1841-51; president, Talbot Mutual Fire
Insurance Co., 1846-49; U.S. Consul in Mayagüez, 1849-52; president, Maryland and Delaware Railroad,
1855-61; U.S.
Collector of Customs, 1857-60.
Member, Society of the Cincinnati.
Died in Baltimore,
Md., December
22, 1874 (age 64 years, 272
days).
Interment at Oxford Cemetery, Oxford, Md.
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Somerville Pinkney Tuck (1848-1923) —
of Mansourah (Mansoura), Egypt;
Cairo, Egypt;
Alexandria, Egypt;
Menton, France.
Born in Annapolis, Anne
Arundel County, Md., September
24, 1848.
Democrat. Lawyer;
judge, International Court of First Instance, Egypt, 1894-1908; judge
International Court of Appeals, 1908-11.
Episcopalian.
Member, Society of the Cincinnati.
Died in Menton, France,
April
14, 1923 (age 74 years, 202
days).
Interment at St.
Barnabas Church Cemetery, Upper Marlboro, Md.
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