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George Venable Allen (1903-1970) —
also known as George V. Allen —
of Durham, Durham
County, N.C.; Maryland; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Durham, Durham
County, N.C., November
3, 1903.
School teacher and principal; newspaper
reporter; Foreign Service officer; U.S. Vice Consul in Kingston, as of 1930; Shanghai, as of 1932; U.S. Consul in Cairo, as of 1936-38; U.S. Ambassador to Iran, 1946-48; Yugoslavia, 1949-53; India, 1953-54; Nepal, 1953-54; Greece, 1956-57; director, U.S. Information Agency, 1957-60;
president, Tobacco
Institute, 1960-66.
Methodist.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; Delta
Sigma Phi; United
World Federalists.
Died suddenly, from a coronary
occlusion, in Bahama, Durham
County, N.C., July 11,
1970 (age 66 years, 250
days).
Interment at Rock
Creek Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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John Anton Blatnik (1911-1991) —
also known as John A. Blatnik —
of Chisholm, St. Louis
County, Minn.
Born in Chisholm, St. Louis
County, Minn., August
17, 1911.
Democrat. School teacher; member of Minnesota
state senate 60th District, 1941-46; served in the U.S. Army Air
Force in World War II; U.S.
Representative from Minnesota 8th District, 1947-75; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Minnesota, 1952
(member, Committee
on Permanent Organization), 1960,
1964
(delegation chair); member of Democratic
National Committee from Minnesota, 1963.
Died, from heart
failure, in Forest Heights, Prince
George's County, Md., December
17, 1991 (age 80 years, 122
days).
Interment somewhere
in Chisholm, Minn.
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Corinne Claiborne Boggs (1916-2013) —
also known as Corinne C. Boggs; Lindy Boggs; Marie
Corinne Morrison Claiborne; Corinne Claiborne; Mrs.
Hale Boggs —
of New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La.
Born in Pointe
Coupee Parish, La., March
13, 1916.
Democrat. School teacher; U.S.
Representative from Louisiana 2nd District, 1973-91; speaker,
Democratic National Convention, 1984,
1988;
U.S. Ambassador to Vatican, 1997-2001.
Female.
Catholic.
Died in Chevy Chase, Montgomery
County, Md., July 27,
2013 (age 97 years, 136
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Frank Buchanan (1902-1951) —
of McKeesport, Allegheny
County, Pa.
Born in McKeesport, Allegheny
County, Pa., December
1, 1902.
Democrat. School teacher; athletic
coach; automobile
dealer; mayor
of McKeesport, Pa., 1942; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Pennsylvania, 1944;
U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 33rd District, 1946-51; died in
office 1951.
Protestant.
Member, American
Economic Association; Phi
Gamma Delta; Elks; Eagles;
Moose;
Lions.
Died, from esophageal
and gastric bleeding, in the naval
hospital at Bethesda, Montgomery
County, Md., April
27, 1951 (age 48 years, 147
days).
Interment at Mt.
Vernon Cemetery, near McKeesport, Elizabeth Township, Allegheny
County, Pa.
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Andrey Bundley (born c.1961) —
of Baltimore,
Md.
Born about 1961.
Democrat. School principal; candidate for mayor
of Baltimore, Md., 2003, 2007.
African
ancestry.
Still living as of 2007.
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John King Cowen (1844-1904) —
also known as John K. Cowen —
of Mansfield, Richland
County, Ohio; Baltimore,
Md.
Born near Millersburg, Holmes
County, Ohio, October
28, 1844.
Democrat. School teacher; lawyer;
counsel, Baltimore & Ohio Railroad,
1872-76; general counsel, 1876-96; president, 1896-1901; U.S.
Representative from Maryland 4th District, 1895-97.
Died in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., April
26, 1904 (age 59 years, 181
days).
Interment at Oak
Hill Cemetery, Millersburg, Ohio.
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Idamae Garrott (1916-1999) —
also known as Idamae Riley —
Born in Washington,
D.C., December
24, 1916.
Democrat. School teacher; member of Maryland
state house of delegates, 1979-87; member of Maryland
state senate 19th District, 1987-94.
Female.
Member, League of Women
Voters.
Died in Silver Spring, Montgomery
County, Md., June 13,
1999 (age 82 years, 171
days).
Interment at St.
Mark's Apostolic Church Cemetery, Petersville, Md.
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Wayne Thomas Gilchrest (b. 1946) —
also known as Wayne T. Gilchrest —
of Kennedyville, Kent
County, Md.
Born in Rahway, Union
County, N.J., April
15, 1946.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during the Vietnam War;
school teacher; U.S.
Representative from Maryland 1st District, 1991-; defeated, 1988.
Methodist.
Member, American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars.
Still living as of 2014.
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Ulysses Samuel Guyer (1868-1943) —
also known as U. S. Guyer —
of Kansas City, Wyandotte
County, Kan.
Born near Pawpaw, Lee
County, Ill., December
13, 1868.
Republican. School principal; superintendent of
schools; lawyer; mayor
of Kansas City, Kan., 1909-10; U.S.
Representative from Kansas 2nd District, 1924-25, 1927-43;
defeated, 1911; died in office 1943.
Congregationalist.
Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; Knights
of Pythias; Woodmen.
Died in Bethesda, Montgomery
County, Md., June 5,
1943 (age 74 years, 174
days).
Interment at Fairview
Cemetery, St. John, Kan.
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Levin Irving Handy (1861-1922) —
also known as L. Irving Handy —
of Newark, New Castle
County, Del.
Born in Berlin, Worcester
County, Md., December
24, 1861.
Democrat. School teacher and principal; Kent
County Superintendent of Free Schools, 1887-90; lawyer; Delaware
Democratic state chair, 1892-96; newspaper
editorial writer; lecturer;
U.S.
Representative from Delaware at-large, 1897-99; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Delaware, 1900,
1904
(member, Committee
on Rules and Order of Business; speaker),
1908;
candidate for Delaware
state attorney general, 1904.
Died in Wilmington, New Castle
County, Del., February
3, 1922 (age 60 years, 41
days).
Interment at Glenwood
Cemetery, Smyrna, Del.
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Relatives: Son
of Rev. William Collins Handy and Marie (Breckinridge) Handy;
married, January
25, 1887, to Mary Corbit Bell; nephew of Robert
Jefferson Breckinridge Jr. and William
Campbell Preston Breckinridge; grandson of Robert
Jefferson Breckinridge; grandnephew of Joseph
Cabell Breckinridge, William
Campbell Preston and John
Smith Preston; great-grandson of John
Breckinridge and Francis
Smith Preston; great-grandnephew of James
Patton Preston; second great-grandson of William
Preston and William
Campbell; second great-grandnephew of William
Cabell and Patrick
Henry; first cousin of Desha
Breckinridge and Henry
Skillman Breckinridge; first cousin once removed of John
Cabell Breckinridge and Peter
Augustus Porter (1827-1864); first cousin twice removed of James
Douglas Breckinridge, Benjamin
William Sheridan Cabell, James
McDowell, John
Buchanan Floyd and George
Rogers Clark Floyd; first cousin thrice removed of William
Cabell Jr. and William
Henry Cabell; second cousin of Clifton
Rodes Breckinridge and Peter
Augustus Porter (1853-1925); second cousin once removed of Carter
Henry Harrison, William
Lewis Cabell and George
Craighead Cabell; second cousin twice removed of Valentine
Wood Southall, Frederick
Mortimer Cabell, Samuel
Meredith Garland (1802-1880) and Edward
Carrington Cabell; third cousin of Benjamin
Earl Cabell and Carter
Henry Harrison II; third cousin once removed of John
William Leftwich, Stephen
Valentine Southall and Earle
Cabell; third cousin thrice removed of Daniel
Carroll and Charles
Carroll of Carrollton; fourth cousin of Samuel
Meredith Garland (1861-1945); fourth cousin once removed of Reuben
Handy Meriwether. |
| | | Political families: Harrison-Randolph-Marshall-Cabell
family of Virginia; Breckinridge-Preston-Cabell-Floyd
family of Virginia; Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin
family of Connecticut and New York; Walker-Randolph
family of Huntsville, Alabama (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Image source: Autobiographies and
Portraits of the President, Cabinet, etc. (1899) |
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Rush Dew Holt (1905-1955) —
also known as Rush D. Holt —
of Weston, Lewis
County, W.Va.
Born in Weston, Lewis
County, W.Va., June 19,
1905.
School teacher; athletic
coach; member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Lewis County, 1931-35,
1942-50, 1955; defeated (Democratic), 1928; died in office 1955; U.S.
Senator from West Virginia, 1935-41; defeated in Democratic
primary, 1940; candidate for Governor of
West Virginia, 1944, 1952.
Member, Elks; Moose.
Died in Bethesda, Montgomery
County, Md., February
8, 1955 (age 49 years, 234
days).
Interment at Macpelah
Cemetery, Weston, W.Va.
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Frederick William Hossfeld (1854-1914) —
also known as Frederick W. Hossfeld —
of Clermont, Fayette
County, Iowa; Morganton, Burke
County, N.C.
Born near Coburg, Germany,
February
17, 1854.
Naturalized U.S. citizen; school teacher; U.S. Consul in Trieste, 1884-85, 1897-1906; private secretary to Iowa
Governors William
Larabee and Horace
Boies.
Died, from Bright's
disease, in John Hopkins Hospital,
Baltimore,
Md., September
4, 1914 (age 60 years, 199
days).
Interment at God's
Acre Cemetery, Clermont, Iowa.
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Darrell A. Malone (1908-1974) —
of Philippi, Barbour
County, W.Va.; Oakland, Garrett
County, Md.
Born in Mt. Clare, Harrison
County, W.Va., July 9,
1908.
Republican. School teacher; member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Barbour County, 1947-48;
defeated, 1948, 1950.
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in April, 1974
(age 65
years, 0 days).
Burial location unknown.
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Richard Edmund Neal (b. 1949) —
also known as Richard E. Neal —
of Springfield, Hampden
County, Mass.
Born in Worcester, Worcester
County, Mass., February
14, 1949.
Democrat. School teacher; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Massachusetts, 1980,
1996,
2000,
2004,
2008;
mayor
of Springfield, Mass., 1983-89; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 2nd District, 1989-.
Catholic.
Still living as of 2014.
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Lula Everett Powell (b. 1879) —
also known as Lula E. Powell —
of Baltimore,
Md.
Born in Baltimore,
Md., May 21,
1879.
Republican. School teacher; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Maryland, 1932;
secretary
of Maryland Republican Party, 1937; member of Republican
National Committee from Maryland, 1940-48.
Female.
Protestant.
Burial location unknown.
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Oscar L. Pulse (1851-1923) —
of Decatur
County, Ind.
Born in Hamilton
County, Ohio, February
14, 1851.
Democrat. School teacher; farmer; lumber
business; member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1883.
Methodist.
Dutch
and German
ancestry.
Died in Maryland, March
15, 1923 (age 72 years, 29
days).
Interment at South
Park Cemetery, Greensburg, Ind.
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Brazilla Carroll Reece (1889-1961) —
also known as B. Carroll Reece —
of Butler, Johnson
County, Tenn.; Johnson City, Washington
County, Tenn.
Born in a log
cabin near Butler, Johnson
County, Tenn., December
22, 1889.
Republican. School teacher; served in the U.S. Army during
World War I; lawyer; banker; U.S.
Representative from Tennessee 1st District, 1921-31, 1933-47,
1951-61; died in office 1961; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Tennessee, 1932,
1936,
1944,
1948
(speaker),
1956,
1960;
member of Republican
National Committee from Tennessee, 1939-40; Chairman
of Republican National Committee, 1946-48; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Tennessee, 1948; Tennessee
Republican state chair, 1958.
Baptist.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Economic Association; American
Statistical Association; American
Academy of Political and Social Science; Delta
Sigma Pi; Freemasons;
Shriners.
Died, in Bethesda
Naval Hospital, Bethesda, Montgomery
County, Md., March
19, 1961 (age 71 years, 87
days).
Interment at Monte
Vista Memorial Park, Johnson City, Tenn.
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Louis Seguenot (1833-1918) —
of St.
Louis, Mo.
Born in Autun, France,
August, 1833.
Naturalized U.S. citizen; school teacher; Consular
Agent for France in St.
Louis, Mo., 1888-1912; Consul
for Belgium in St.
Louis, Mo., 1903.
Died, from senility,
in Baltimore,
Md., March
17, 1918 (age 84 years, 0
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Gladys Noon Spellman (1918-1988) —
also known as Gladys Blossom Noon —
of Maryland.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., March 1,
1918.
Democrat. School teacher; U.S.
Representative from Maryland 5th District, 1975-81.
Female.
Jewish.
Removed from Congress in February 1981 by House resolution, due to
incapacitating illness.
Died in Rockville, Montgomery
County, Md., June 19,
1988 (age 70 years, 110
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Harley Orrin Staggers (1907-1991) —
also known as Harley O. Staggers —
of Keyser, Mineral
County, W.Va.
Born in Keyser, Mineral
County, W.Va., August
3, 1907.
Democrat. School teacher; athletic
coach; Mineral
County Sheriff, 1937-41; served in the U.S. Navy during World War
II; U.S.
Representative from West Virginia 2nd District, 1949-81; delegate
to Democratic National Convention from West Virginia, 1960,
1972,
1976.
Methodist.
Member, American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Disabled
American Veterans; Amvets;
Farm
Bureau; Moose; Lions; Elks; Knights
of Pythias.
Died, in Sacred Heart Hospital,
Cumberland, Allegany
County, Md., August
20, 1991 (age 84 years, 17
days).
Interment a private or family graveyard, Mineral County, W.Va.
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Antonio Borja Won Pat (1908-1987) —
also known as A. B. Won Pat —
of Agana (now Hagatna), Guam.
Born in Sumay, Guam,
December
10, 1908.
Democrat. School teacher and principal; alternate delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Guam, 1964;
Delegate
to U.S. Congress from Guam, 1973-85; defeated, 1984.
Guamanian
ancestry.
Died in Silver Spring, Montgomery
County, Md., May 1,
1987 (age 78 years, 142
days).
Interment at Veterans
Cemetery, Piti, Guam.
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