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George Whelan Anderson Jr. (1906-1992) —
also known as George W. Anderson, Jr. —
of Washington,
D.C.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., December
15, 1906.
U.S. Chief of Naval Operations, 1961-63; U.S. Ambassador to Portugal, 1963-66.
Catholic. Member, Council on
Foreign Relations; Knights
of Columbus.
Died, of congestive
heart failure, in the Arleigh Burke Pavilion nursing
home, McLean, Fairfax
County, Va., March
20, 1992 (age 85 years, 96
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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William Richard Arnold (1881-1965) —
also known as William R. Arnold —
of Arlington, Arlington
County, Va.
Born in Wooster, Wayne
County, Ohio, June 10,
1881.
Democrat. Catholic
priest; chaplain;
U.S. Army Chief of Chaplains, 1937-45 (with rank ultimately of Major
General); Bishop and Military Delegate of the Armed Forces (appointed
by Pope Pius XII), 1945-65; offered prayer, Democratic National Convention,
1948.
Catholic.
Died, in St. Clare's Hospital,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., January
7, 1965 (age 83 years, 211
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Katharine Cooke Blow (1897-1965) —
also known as Katharine C. Blow; Katharine Rowland
Cooke; Mrs. George W. Blow —
of Yorktown, York
County, Va.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., April
21, 1897.
Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Virginia, 1948,
1956;
candidate for Virginia
state house of delegates, 1949; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Virginia, 1950.
Female.
Catholic. Irish
ancestry. Member, National
Trust for Historic Preservation.
Staff writer for
The New Yorker magazine,
1936-42.
Died in Yorktown, York
County, Va., March
25, 1965 (age 67 years, 338
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Robert Heron Bork (1927-2012) —
also known as Robert H. Bork —
of Washington,
D.C.
Born in Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa., March 1,
1927.
Lawyer;
law
professor; U.S. Solicitor General, 1973-77; U.S.
Attorney General, 1973-74; Judge
of U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, 1982-88; resigned
1988.
Catholic. Member, Federalist
Society; Phi
Gamma Delta.
Nominated for Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, 1987;
rejected by the Senate.
Died in Arlington, Arlington
County, Va., December
19, 2012 (age 85 years, 293
days).
Interment at Fairfax
Memorial Park, Fairfax, Va.
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William Joseph Brennan Jr. (1906-1997) —
also known as William J. Brennan, Jr. —
of New Jersey.
Born in Newark, Essex
County, N.J., April
25, 1906.
Lawyer;
major in the U.S. Army during World War II; superior court judge in
New Jersey, 1949-52; associate
justice of New Jersey state supreme court, 1952-56; Associate
Justice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1956-90; took senior status 1990.
Catholic. Irish
ancestry.
Received the Presidential
Medal of Freedom.
Died in a nursing
home in Arlington, Arlington
County, Va., July 24,
1997 (age 91 years, 90
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Relatives: Son
of William J. Brennan and Agnes (McDermott) Brennan; married, May 5,
1928, to Marjorie Leonard. |
| | | Cross-reference: Michael
Chertoff — Abraham
David Sofaer |
| | | See also federal
judicial profile — Wikipedia article — Ballotpedia article — NNDB
dossier — Find-A-Grave
memorial — Arlington National
Cemetery unofficial website |
| | | Books about William J. Brennan: Kim
Isaac Eisler, A
Justice for All: William J. Brennan, Jr., and the Decisions That
Transformed America — David E. Marion, The
Jurisprudence of Justice William J. Brennan, Jr. —
Hunter R. Clark, Justice
Brennan: The Great Conciliator — Charles M. Haar &
Jerold S. Kayden, Landmark
Justice: The Influence of William J. Brennan on America's
Communities — Frank I. Michelman, Brennan
and Democracy |
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Beverly Leonidas Clarke (1809-1860) —
also known as Beverly L. Clarke —
of Franklin, Simpson
County, Ky.
Born in Winterfield, Chesterfield
County, Va., February
11, 1809.
Democrat. Member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1841-42; U.S.
Representative from Kentucky 2nd District, 1847-49; defeated,
1851; delegate
to Kentucky state constitutional convention, 1849; candidate for
Governor
of Kentucky, 1855; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Kentucky, 1856;
U.S. Minister to Guatemala, 1858-60, died in office 1860; Honduras, 1858-60, died in office 1860.
Protestant;
later Catholic.
Slaveowner.
Died in Guatemala,
March
17, 1860 (age 51 years, 35
days).
Original interment somewhere in Guatemala; reinterment at Frankfort
Cemetery, Frankfort, Ky.
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Patrick Andrew Collins (1844-1905) —
also known as Patrick A. Collins —
of Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.
Born in Fermoy, County Cork, Ireland,
March
12, 1844.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1868-69; member of Massachusetts
state senate, 1870-71; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Massachusetts, 1876,
1880,
1888,
1892,
1904;
U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 4th District, 1883-89; U.S.
Consul General in London, 1893-97; mayor of
Boston, Mass., 1902-05; defeated, 1899; died in office 1905.
Catholic. Irish
ancestry.
Died in Hot Springs, Bath
County, Va., September
13, 1905 (age 61 years, 185
days).
Interment at Holyhood
Cemetery, Brookline, Mass.; memorial monument at Commonwealth Avenue Mall, Boston, Mass.
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Gerald E. Connolly (b. 1950) —
also known as Gerry Connolly —
of Mantua, Fairfax
County, Va.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., March
30, 1950.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Virginia,
2004;
U.S.
Representative from Virginia 11th District, 2009-.
Catholic.
Still living as of 2014.
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Joseph Crowley (b. 1962) —
of Elmhurst, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y.; Flushing, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y.
Born in Queens, Queens
County, N.Y., March
16, 1962.
Democrat. Member of New York
state assembly 30th District, 1987-98; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from New York, 1996,
2000,
2004,
2008;
U.S.
Representative from New York 7th District, 1999-.
Catholic. Member, Knights
of Columbus; Veterans of
Foreign Wars.
Still living as of 2014.
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Oliver Perry Ditch (b. 1937) —
also known as Oliver P. Ditch —
of Woodbridge, Prince
William County, Va.; Elkridge, Howard
County, Md.
Born in Lafayette, Lafayette
Parish, La., September
29, 1937.
Republican. Colonel, U.S. Air Force; data systems
manager for Hughes Aircraft
Co.; web
site developer; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Virginia, 2008;
alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Maryland,
2012.
Catholic.
Still living as of 2012.
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Owen Joseph Donley (d. 1995) —
also known as Owen J. Donley —
of Elk Point, Union
County, S.Dak.; Alexandria,
Va.; Virginia
Beach, Va.
Born in Elk Point, Union
County, S.Dak.
Democrat. Lawyer; Union
County State's Attorney; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from South Dakota, 1960;
chief of staff to U.S. Sen. George
McGovern, 1963-71; also worked on the Senator's campaigns for
U.S. Senate and President.
Catholic.
Died while recovering from heart
surgery, in Jackson, Madison
County, Tenn., June 20,
1995.
Burial location unknown.
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Herman Peter Eberharter (1892-1958) —
also known as Herman P. Eberharter —
of Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa.
Born in Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa., April
29, 1892.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer;
member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 1935-36; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania, 1937-58 (32nd District 1937-43,
31st District 1943-45, 32nd District 1945-53, 28th District 1953-58);
died in office 1958.
Catholic.
Died in Arlington, Arlington
County, Va., September
9, 1958 (age 66 years, 133
days).
Interment at Mt.
Carmel Cemetery, Pittsburgh, Pa.
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Earl Hebert (1902-1991) —
of Ecorse, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Bay City, Bay
County, Mich., July 3,
1902.
Democrat. Member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Wayne County 4th District,
1949-54.
Catholic. Member, Eagles.
Died in Fort Belvoir, Fairfax
County, Va., June 1,
1991 (age 88 years, 333
days).
Interment at Holy
Sepulchre Cemetery, Southfield, Mich.
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Margaret Mary Heckler (1931-2018) —
also known as Margaret M. Heckler; Margaret Mary
O'Shaughnessy —
of Wellesley, Norfolk
County, Mass.
Born in Flushing, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y., June 21,
1931.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Massachusetts
Governor's Council, 1963-66; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 10th District, 1967-83;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Massachusetts, 1972;
U.S.
Secretary of Health and Human Services, 1983-85; U.S. Ambassador
to Ireland, 1985-89.
Female.
Catholic.
Died in Arlington, Arlington
County, Va., August
6, 2018 (age 87 years, 46
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Denis Michael Hurley (1843-1899) —
also known as Denis M. Hurley —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Limerick, Ireland,
March
14, 1843.
Republican. Carpenter;
building
contractor; candidate for New York
state assembly from Kings County 1st District, 1881; U.S.
Representative from New York 2nd District, 1895-99; defeated,
1898; died in office 1899; alternate delegate to Republican National
Convention from New York, 1896.
Catholic. Irish
ancestry. Member, Union
League.
Suffered a stroke of
paralysis on November 10, 1898, and died three months later, in
Hot Springs, Bath
County, Va., February
26, 1899 (age 55 years, 349
days).
Interment at Holy
Cross Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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Mary Loretta Landrieu (b. 1955) —
also known as Mary L. Landrieu —
of Baton Rouge, East Baton
Rouge Parish, La.
Born in Arlington, Arlington
County, Va., November
23, 1955.
Democrat. Real estate
agent; member of Louisiana
state house of representatives, 1980-88; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Louisiana, 1980,
2000,
2004,
2008;
Louisiana
state treasurer, 1988-95; candidate for Presidential Elector for
Louisiana; candidate for Governor of
Louisiana, 1995; U.S.
Senator from Louisiana, 1997-.
Female.
Catholic. Member, League of Women
Voters; Delta
Gamma.
Still living as of 2014.
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Robert Emmet Lee (1912-1993) —
also known as Robert E. Lee —
of Illinois; Arlington, Arlington
County, Va.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., March
31, 1912.
Republican. FBI
special agent; member, Federal Communications Commission,
1953-81; chair, Federal Communications Commission, 1981.
Catholic. Irish
ancestry.
Died, of liver
cancer, in a hospital
at Arlington, Arlington
County, Va., April 5,
1993 (age 81 years, 5
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Patrick J. Lee and Delia (Ryan) Lee; married 1936 to Wilma
Rector. |
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William Henry Lewis (1868-1949) —
also known as William H. Lewis; Bill Lewis —
of Cambridge, Middlesex
County, Mass.; Dedham, Norfolk
County, Mass.
Born in Berkley, Norfolk County (now part of Norfolk),
Va., November
28, 1868.
Republican. As a student at Harvard, was the first
Black All-American football player (1892-93); lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1902.
Baptist;
later Catholic. African
ancestry.
Died, of heart
failure, in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., January
1, 1949 (age 80 years, 34
days).
Interment at Mt.
Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Mass.
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Relatives: Son
of Ashley Lewis and Josephine (Baker) Lewis; married, September
26, 1896, to Elizabeth Baker. |
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Matthew Gilbert Martinez (1929-2011) —
also known as Matthew G. Martinez —
of Monterey Park, Los
Angeles County, Calif.; Fredericksburg,
Va.
Born in Walsenburg, Huerfano
County, Colo., February
14, 1929.
Furniture
upholstery business; mayor
of Monterey Park, Calif., 1974-75, 1980; member of California
state assembly, 1981-82; U.S.
Representative from California, 1982-2001 (30th District 1982-93,
31st District 1993-2001); defeated in Republican primary, 2000;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from California, 1988,
1996.
Catholic. Hispanic
ancestry. Member, Rotary;
National
Rifle Association.
Died, from congestive
heart failure, in Fredericksburg,
Va., October
15, 2011 (age 82 years, 243
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Eugene Joseph McCarthy (1916-2005) —
also known as Eugene J. McCarthy; "Clean
Gene" —
of St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn.
Born in Watkins, Meeker
County, Minn., March
29, 1916.
Democrat. School
teacher; university
professor; U.S.
Representative from Minnesota 4th District, 1949-59; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Minnesota, 1952
(alternate), 1960,
1964;
U.S.
Senator from Minnesota, 1959-71; candidate for Democratic
nomination for President, 1968,
1972,
1992;
candidate for President
of the United States, 1968, 1976 (Independent).
Catholic. Irish and
German
ancestry. Member, Americans
for Democratic Action; Phi
Kappa Theta.
Died, from complications of Parkinson's
disease, in the Georgetown Retirement
Residence, Washington,
D.C., December
10, 2005 (age 89 years, 256
days).
Interment at St.
Paul's Episcopal Churchyard, Woodville, Va.
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Richard Dean McCarthy (1927-1995) —
also known as Max McCarthy —
of Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y.
Born in Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y., September
24, 1927.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; served in the
U.S. Army during the Korean conflict; U.S.
Representative from New York 39th District, 1965-71; candidate
for U.S.
Senator from New York, 1970; Washington bureau chief for the
Buffalo News newspaper,
1978-89.
Catholic. Member, American
Legion.
Died, of Lou
Gehrig's disease, in Arlington, Arlington
County, Va., May 5,
1995 (age 67 years, 223
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Joseph Michael McDade (1931-2017) —
also known as Joseph M. McDade —
of Clarks Summit, Lackawanna
County, Pa.
Born in Scranton, Lackawanna
County, Pa., September
29, 1931.
Republican. Lawyer;
clerk to U.S. District Judge John
W. Murphy; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 10th District, 1963-99.
Catholic. Member, Knights
of Columbus; Elks; American Bar
Association; National Rifle
Association.
Died in Fairfax,
Va., September
24, 2017 (age 85 years, 360
days).
Burial location unknown.
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John McEnery (1833-1891) —
of Louisiana.
Born in Virginia, 1833.
Democrat. Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; Governor of
Louisiana, 1873; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Louisiana, 1880.
Catholic.
Died in New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La., March
28, 1891 (age about 57
years).
Interment at Metairie
Cemetery, New Orleans, La.
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James Patrick Moran Jr. (b. 1945) —
also known as James P. Moran, Jr.; Jim
Moran —
of Alexandria,
Va.
Born in Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y., May 16,
1945.
Democrat. Mayor
of Alexandria, Va., 1985-91; U.S.
Representative from Virginia 8th District, 1991-; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Virginia, 1996,
2000,
2004,
2008.
Catholic. Irish
ancestry.
Pleaded
no contest to a misdemeanor conflict
of interest charge
and was forced to
resign as vice mayor of Alexandria, in June 1984.
Still living as of 2014.
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Vincent B. Murphy (b. 1888) —
of Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y.
Born in Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y., January
4, 1888.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; member of New York
state assembly from Monroe County 3rd District, 1922-24; New York
state comptroller, 1925-26; defeated, 1926; delegate
to New York convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933.
Catholic. Member, Knights
of Columbus.
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Relatives: Son
of Daniel B. Murphy. |
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John Patrick Murtha Jr. (1932-2010) —
also known as John P. Murtha; Jack Murtha;
"King of Pork" —
of Johnstown, Cambria
County, Pa.
Born in New Martinsville, Wetzel
County, W.Va., June 17,
1932.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during the Vietnam War;
member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 1969-74; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 12th District, 1974-; delegate
to Democratic National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1984,
1996,
2000,
2004,
2008.
Catholic.
Implicated
in the Abscam sting, in which FBI agents impersonating Arab
businessmen offered bribes
to political figures; never charged, but cited by the grand jury in
1980 as an unindicted
co-conspirator.
During gall bladder surgery, suffered an intestinal
cut, which led to infection;
he subsequently died at Virginia Medical
Center, Arlington, Arlington
County, Va., February
8, 2010 (age 77 years, 236
days).
Interment at Grandview
Cemetery, Southmont, Pa.
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Thomas Fortune Ryan (1851-1928) —
also known as Thomas F. Ryan —
of Hempstead, Queens County (now Nassau
County), Long Island, N.Y.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Oak Ridge, Nelson
County, Va.
Born in Lovingston, Nelson
County, Va., October
17, 1851.
Democrat. Financier;
organizer and consolidator of streetcar
companies in New York City; owned controlling interest in Equitable
Life
Assurance Society; co-founder, American Tobacco
Company; engaged in mining
development in Africa; one of the richest men in America at the time;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Virginia, 1904,
1912.
Catholic. Irish
ancestry.
Died in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., November
23, 1928 (age 77 years, 37
days).
Entombed at Oak
Ridge Estate Cemetery, Oak Ridge, Va.
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Richard John Santorum (b. 1958) —
also known as Rick Santorum —
of Pennsylvania.
Born in Winchester,
Va., May 10,
1958.
Republican. Administrative assistant to State Sen. J.
Doyle Corman, 1981-86; lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 18th District, 1991-95; U.S.
Senator from Pennsylvania, 1995-2007; defeated, 2006; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Pennsylvania, 2008;
candidate for Republican nomination for President, 2012,
2016.
Catholic. Italian
ancestry.
Still living as of 2018.
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John William Smith (1792-1845) —
also known as John W. Smith; William John Smith;
"El Colorado" —
of Ralls
County, Mo.; San Antonio, Bexar
County, Tex.
Born in Virginia, March 4,
1792.
Ralls
County Sheriff and Tax Collector, 1823-26; merchant;
surveyor;
served in the Texas Army during the Texas War of Independence; mayor
of San Antonio, Tex., 1837-38, 1840-41, 1842-44; member of Texas
Republic Senate from District of Bexar, 1842-45; died in office
1845.
Catholic.
In 1836, he was the last messenger from the Alamo, San Antonio Tex.,
before it fell to the Mexican Army in the battle there.
Died, probably of pneumonia,
in Washington, Washington
County, Tex., January
12, 1845 (age 52 years, 314
days).
Original interment at Washington-on-the-Brazos
State Park, Washington, Tex.; reinterment at Washington
Cemetery, Washington, Tex.
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Relatives: Son
of John Smith and Isabel Smith; married 1821 to
Harriet Stone; married 1830 to Maria
de Jesús Delgado Curbelo. |
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