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Thurman Wesley Arnold (1891-1969) —
also known as Thurman W. Arnold —
of Laramie, Albany
County, Wyo.; New Haven, New Haven
County, Conn.; Washington,
D.C.; Alexandria,
Va.
Born in Laramie, Albany
County, Wyo., June 2,
1891.
Democrat. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War I; member of Wyoming
state house of representatives, 1921; mayor
of Laramie, Wyo., 1923-24; dean, College of Law, West
Virginia University, 1927-30; professor of law, Yale
University, from 1931; Judge
of U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, 1943-45; resigned
1945.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Phi
Beta Kappa; Elks; Lions.
Suffered a heart
attack, and died two months later, in Alexandria,
Va., November
7, 1969 (age 78 years, 158
days).
Interment at Green
Hill Cemetery, Laramie, Wyo.
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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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Pasco Middleton Bowman II (b. 1933) —
Born in Harrisonburg,
Va., 1933.
Lawyer;
law professor; Judge
of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 8th Circuit, 1983-2003; took
senior status 2003.
Still living as of 2003.
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David Alan Brat (b. 1964) —
also known as Dave Brat —
Born in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., July 27,
1964.
Republican. Economist;
college professor; U.S.
Representative from Virginia 7th District, 2014-.
Still living as of 2018.
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John White Brockenbrough (1806-1877) —
of Virginia.
Born in Hanover
County, Va., December
23, 1806.
Lawyer;
newspaper
editor; law professor; U.S.
District Judge for the Western District of Virginia, 1846-61;
resigned 1861; Delegate
from Virginia to the Confederate Provisional Congress, 1861-62;
Confederate
District Judge, 1861.
Died in Lexington,
Va., February
20, 1877 (age 70 years, 59
days).
Interment at Stonewall
Jackson Memorial Cemetery, Lexington, Va.
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Sherrod Brown (b. 1952) —
of Lorain, Lorain
County, Ohio.
Born in Mansfield, Richland
County, Ohio, November
9, 1952.
Democrat. University faculty; member of Ohio
state house of representatives, 1975-82; secretary
of state of Ohio, 1983-91; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 13th District, 1993-; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Ohio, 1996,
2000,
2004,
2008.
Lutheran.
Still living as of 2014.
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Walter Holden Capps (1934-1997) —
also known as Walter H. Capps —
of Santa Barbara, Santa
Barbara County, Calif.
Born in Omaha, Douglas
County, Neb., May 5,
1934.
Democrat. University professor; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from California, 1996;
U.S.
Representative from California 22nd District, 1997; defeated,
1994; died in office 1997.
Suffered a heart
attack while on a
flight from California to Washington, D.C., and died shortly
afterward in a hospital
at Reston, Fairfax
County, Va., October
28, 1997 (age 63 years, 176
days).
Interment at Santa
Barbara Cemetery, Santa Barbara, Calif.
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Ramsey Clark (1927-2021) —
also known as William Ramsey Clark —
of near Falls Church, Fairfax
County, Va.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Dallas, Dallas
County, Tex., December
18, 1927.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Attorney General, 1967-69; law professor; Democratic
candidate for U.S.
Senator from New York, 1974, 1976 (primary); delegate to
Democratic National Convention from New York, 1976.
Member, American Bar
Association; Federal
Bar Association; American
Judicature Society; Delta
Tau Delta.
Defended many controversial figures during his legal and political
career, including David Koresh, Lyndon
LaRouche, Leonard
Peltier, Radovan Karadzic, Slobodan Milosevic, and Saddam Hussein.
Died in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., April 9,
2021 (age 93 years, 112
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Arthur Bledsoe Cooke (b. 1869) —
also known as Arthur B. Cooke —
of Spartanburg, Spartanburg
County, S.C.; Pasadena, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Meltons, Louisa
County, Va., June 15,
1869.
Democrat. College professor; U.S. Consul in Patras, 1910-19; Swansea, 1919-26; Plymouth, 1926-34.
Methodist.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of George Washington Cooke and Sallie Farrar (Anderson) Cooke;
married, September
26, 1899, to Stella Viola Crider. |
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Jabez Lamar Monroe Curry (1825-1903) —
also known as Jabez L. M. Curry —
of Talladega, Talladega
County, Ala.; Washington,
D.C.
Born near Double Branches, Lincoln
County, Ga., June 5,
1825.
Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War; member of Alabama
state house of representatives, 1847-48, 1853-57; U.S.
Representative from Alabama 7th District, 1857-61; Delegate
from Alabama to the Confederate Provisional Congress, 1861-62; Representative
from Alabama in the Confederate Congress 4th District, 1862-64;
defeated, 1863; colonel in the Confederate Army during the Civil War;
president,
Howard College, Alabama, 1866-68; college professor; U.S.
Minister to Spain, 1885-88.
Baptist.
Slaveowner.
Died near Asheville, Buncombe
County, N.C., February
12, 1903 (age 77 years, 252
days).
Interment at Hollywood
Cemetery, Richmond, Va.
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Armistead Mason Dobie (1881-1962) —
of Charlottesville,
Va.
Born in Norfolk,
Va., April
15, 1881.
Democrat. Lawyer;
law professor; Judge
of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit, 1939-56.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Phi
Gamma Delta; Phi
Delta Phi; Phi
Beta Kappa.
Died in Charlottesville,
Va., August
7, 1962 (age 81 years, 114
days).
Interment at University
of Virginia Cemetery, Charlottesville, Va.
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Relatives: Son
of Richard Augustus Dobie and Margaret Kearns (Cooke)
Dobie. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Henry Keeling Ellyson (1823-1890) —
also known as Henry K. Ellyson —
of Richmond,
Va.
Born in Richmond,
Va., July 31,
1823.
Printer;
lecturer; newspaper
publisher; director of banks, insurance
companies, and the Richmond & Petersburg Railroad;
president, Virginia Steamboat
Co.; Henrico
County Sheriff, 1857-65; mayor
of Richmond, Va., 1870-71.
Baptist.
Died in Richmond,
Va., November
27, 1890 (age 67 years, 119
days).
Interment at Hollywood
Cemetery, Richmond, Va.
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David B. Funderburk (b. 1944) —
of North Carolina.
Born in Langley Field (now Langley Air Force Base), Hampton,
Va., April
28, 1944.
Republican. University professor; U.S. Ambassador to Romania, 1981-85; U.S.
Representative from North Carolina 2nd District, 1995-97;
defeated, 1996.
Still living as of 1998.
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Wilson Nathaniel Howell (b. 1939) —
also known as W. Nathaniel Howell; Nat
Howell —
Born in Portsmouth,
Va., September
14, 1939.
Foreign Service officer; U.S. Ambassador to Kuwait, 1987-91; university professor.
Still living as of 2014.
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Cloyce Kenneth Huston (1900-1986) —
also known as Cloyce K. Huston —
of Crawfordville, Washington
County, Iowa.
Born in Crawfordville, Washington
County, Iowa, May 12,
1900.
University faculty; U.S. Vice Consul in Cairo, 1927-28; Aden, 1928-30; Genoa, 1930-32; Tirana, 1932-33; U.S. Consul in Bucharest, as of 1938.
Died in 1986
(age about
86 years).
Interment at Warrenton
Cemetery, Warrenton, Va.
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Charles Pinckney James (1818-1899) —
Born in Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio, May 11,
1818.
Law professor; Associate
Justice, U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia,
1879-92; retired 1892.
Died in Leesburg, Loudoun
County, Va., August
9, 1899 (age 81 years, 90
days).
Interment at Grove
Street Cemetery, New Haven, Conn.
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Thomas Peter Lantos (1928-2008) —
also known as Tom Lantos; Tamas Peter
Lantos —
of Millbrae, San Mateo
County, Calif.; Hillsborough, San Mateo
County, Calif.; San Mateo, San Mateo
County, Calif.
Born in Budapest, Hungary,
February
1, 1928.
Democrat. University professor; television
news commentator; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
California, 1976,
1988,
1996,
2000,
2004;
U.S.
Representative from California, 1981-2008 (11th District 1981-93,
12th District 1993-2008); died in office 2008.
Jewish.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; Sigma
Alpha Mu.
Arrested
for disorderly conduct in April 2006, while taking part civil
disobedience action to protest
genocide in Darfur, in front of the Sudanese embassy
in Washington, D.C.
Died, of cancer
of the esophagus, in Bethesda
Naval Medical Center, Bethesda, Montgomery
County, Md., February
11, 2008 (age 80 years, 10
days).
Interment at Congressional
Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Joseph Warren Madden (1890-1972) —
also known as J. Warren Madden —
of Falls
Church, Va.
Born in Damascus, Stephenson
County, Ill., January
17, 1890.
Democrat. Law professor; member, National Labor Relations
Board, 1935-40; chair, National Labor Relations Board, 1935-40; Judge
of U.S. Court of Claims, 1941-61; took senior status 1961.
Presbyterian.
Member, Delta
Upsilon; Phi
Alpha Delta; Order of
the Coif.
Received the Medal
of Freedom in 1947.
Died in San
Francisco, Calif., February
17, 1972 (age 82 years, 31
days).
Interment somewhere
in Falls Church, Va.
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James William Marshall (1822-1910) —
also known as James W. Marshall —
of Carlisle, Cumberland
County, Pa.
Born in Clarke
County, Va., August
14, 1822.
College professor; U.S. Consul in Leeds, 1861-64; U.S.
Postmaster General, 1874.
Died in Washington,
D.C., February
5, 1910 (age 87 years, 175
days).
Interment somewhere
in Carlisle, Pa.
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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 McIlwaine (1834-1913) —
of Prince
Edward County, Va.
Born in Petersburg,
Va., May 20,
1834.
Democrat. Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; chaplain;
minister;
college professor; president,
Hampton-Sydney College, 1883-1904; delegate
to Virginia state constitutional convention from Prince Edward
County, 1901-02.
Presbyterian.
Scotch-Irish
ancestry. Member, Beta
Theta Pi.
Died in Richmond,
Va., August
9, 1913 (age 79 years, 81
days).
Interment at Blandford
Cemetery, Petersburg, Va.
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James Powers Moody (1935-2019) —
also known as James P. Moody; Jim Moody —
of Milwaukee, Milwaukee
County, Wis.
Born in Richlands, Tazewell
County, Va., September
2, 1935.
Democrat. Served
in the Peace Corps; university professor; member of Wisconsin
state assembly, 1977-78; member of Wisconsin
state senate 9th District, 1979-82; U.S.
Representative from Wisconsin 5th District, 1983-93.
Died in Bethesda, Montgomery
County, Md., March
22, 2019 (age 83 years, 201
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Robert Page Walter Morris (1853-1924) —
also known as R. Page W. Morris —
of Lynchburg,
Va.; Duluth, St. Louis
County, Minn.
Born in Lynchburg,
Va., June 30,
1853.
Republican. College professor; lawyer;
postmaster at Lynchburg,
Va., 1883-85; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Virginia 6th District, 1884; district judge
in Minnesota 11th District, 1895-96; U.S.
Representative from Minnesota 6th District, 1897-1903; U.S.
District Judge for Minnesota, 1903-23; took senior status 1923.
Arrested
in Salt Lake City, 1921, following an accident in which his
car struck a pedestrian, Mrs. Elizabeth Holmes.
Died in Rochester, Olmsted
County, Minn., December
16, 1924 (age 71 years, 169
days).
Interment at Forest
Hill Cemetery, Duluth, Minn.
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Thomas Walker Page (1866-1937) —
Born in Cobham, Albemarle
County, Va., December
4, 1866.
Economist;
university professor; chair, U.S. Tariff Commission, 1920-22.
Episcopalian.
Member, American
Economic Association; American
Historical Association.
Died in 1937
(age about
70 years).
Interment at Grace Episcopal Church Cemetery, Cismont, Va.
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Spottswood William Robinson III (1916-1998) —
also known as Spottswood W. Robinson III —
of Richmond,
Va.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Richmond,
Va., July 26,
1916.
Lawyer;
law professor; member, U.S. Civil Rights Commission, 1961-63;
U.S.
District Judge for the District of Columbia, 1964-66; Judge
of U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, 1966-89; took
senior status 1989; senior judge, 1989-98.
Member, American Bar
Association.
Died in Richmond,
Va., October
11, 1998 (age 82 years, 77
days).
Burial location unknown.
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John W. Slayton (1863-1935) —
of New Castle, Lawrence
County, Pa.; McKeesport, Allegheny
County, Pa.; Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa.
Born in Virginia, 1863.
Socialist. Carpenter;
lecturer; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania, 1900 (at-large), 1924 (35th
District); candidate for Governor of
Pennsylvania, 1902, 1910, 1926; delegate to Socialist National
Convention from Pennsylvania, 1912; candidate for Presidential
Elector for Pennsylvania; candidate for justice of
Pennsylvania state supreme court, 1930, 1932.
Member, Carpenters
Union.
Died in Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa., June 5,
1935 (age about 71
years).
Burial location unknown.
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Thomas H. Steele (b. 1887) —
of Statesville, Iredell
County, N.C.
Born in Virginia, August
26, 1887.
Democrat. Writer; accountant;
lecturer; member of North
Carolina state senate 25th District, 1935.
Baptist.
Member, Rotary;
Odd
Fellows; Patriotic
Order Sons of America.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of John H. Steele and Julia (Hensley) Steele; married to Grace Vawter
Bates. |
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Charles Tait (1768-1835) —
of Elbert
County, Ga.; Wilcox
County, Ala.
Born near Hanover, Hanover
County, Va., February
1, 1768.
Democrat. College professor; lawyer;
superior court judge in Georgia, 1803-09; U.S.
Senator from Georgia, 1809-19; U.S.
District Judge for Alabama, 1820-26; resigned 1826.
Slaveowner.
Died near Claiborne, Monroe
County, Ala., October
7, 1835 (age 67 years, 248
days).
Interment at Dry
Forks Cemetery, Camden, Ala.
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Sidney Fletcher Taliaferro (1885-1971) —
also known as Sidney F. Taliaferro —
of Washington,
D.C.
Born in Salem,
Va., March 4,
1885.
Democrat. Lawyer;
law professor; banker; member
District of Columbia board of commissioners, 1926-30; director,
Washington Gas
Light Co. and Georgetown Gas
Light Co.; board member, Columbia Hospital.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Delta
Chi; Freemasons.
Died in Washington,
D.C., June 21,
1971 (age 86 years, 109
days).
Interment at Rock
Creek Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Relatives: Son
of Van Tromp Taliaferro and Sallie (Pendleton) Taliaferro; married,
October
3, 1916, to Elizabeth Kirkwood Fulton; grandson of Albert
Gallatin Pendleton; grandnephew of John
Strother Pendleton; third great-grandnephew of Edmund
Pendleton; first cousin twice removed of Aylett
Hawes Buckner; first cousin four times removed of John
Pendleton Jr. and Nathaniel
Pendleton; first cousin five times removed of William
Grayson; second cousin twice removed of Philip
Coleman Pendleton; second cousin thrice removed of Philip
Clayton Pendleton, Zachary
Taylor, Edmund
Henry Pendleton and Nathanael
Greene Pendleton; second cousin four times removed of John
Penn, James
Madison, William
Taylor Madison, George
Madison, Alfred
William Grayson and Beverly
Robinson Grayson; second cousin five times removed of John
Walker, John
Tyler and Francis
Walker; third cousin once removed of Charles
Rittenhouse Pendleton; third cousin twice removed of Henry
Gaines Johnson, George
Hunt Pendleton and Joseph
Henry Pendleton; fourth cousin once removed of William
Barret Pendleton, Francis
Key Pendleton and John
Overton Pendleton. |
| | | Political family: Pendleton-Lee
family of Maryland (subset of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
|
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George Tucker (1775-1861) —
of Lynchburg,
Va.; Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in St. Georges, Bermuda,
August
20, 1775.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1815; U.S.
Representative from Virginia, 1819-25 (15th District 1819-21, 6th
District 1821-25); university professor.
Slaveowner.
Died in Sherwood, Albemarle
County, Va., April
10, 1861 (age 85 years, 233
days).
Interment at University
of Virginia Cemetery, Charlottesville, Va.
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Henry St. George Tucker (1780-1848) —
of Virginia.
Born in Chesterfield
County, Va., December
29, 1780.
Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; U.S.
Representative from Virginia 3rd District, 1815-19; member of Virginia
state senate, 1819-23; law professor; chancellor, 4th
District, 1824-31; Judge, Virginia Court of Appeals, 1831-41.
Slaveowner.
Died in Winchester,
Va., August
28, 1848 (age 67 years, 243
days).
Interment at Mt.
Hebron Cemetery, Winchester, Va.
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Relatives: Son
of Frances (Bland) Tucker and St.
George Tucker; half-brother of John
Randolph of Roanoke; married, September
23, 1806, to Ann Evelina Hunter; father of Nathaniel
Beverly Tucker and John
Randolph Tucker; nephew of Theodorick
Bland (1742-1790) and Thomas
Tudor Tucker; grandfather of Henry
St. George Tucker (1853-1932); grandnephew of Richard
Bland; great-grandnephew of Richard
Randolph; first cousin of George
Tucker; first cousin twice removed of Peyton
Randolph (1721-1775); second cousin of Henry
Lee, Charles
Lee and Edmund
Jennings Lee; second cousin once removed of Thomas
Jefferson, Edmund
Jenings Randolph and Beverley
Randolph; second cousin twice removed of Fitzhugh
Lee; second cousin four times removed of William
Welby Beverley; third cousin of John
Marshall, James
Markham Marshall, Thomas
Mann Randolph Jr., Alexander
Keith Marshall, Martha
Jefferson Randolph, Dabney
Carr, John
Wayles Eppes, Theodorick
Bland (1776-1846) and Peyton
Randolph (1779-1828); third cousin once removed of David
Meriwether (1755-1822), James
Meriwether (1755-1817), Meriwether
Lewis, Thomas
Marshall, Benjamin
William Sheridan Cabell, James
Keith Marshall, Francis
Wayles Eppes, Dabney
Smith Carr, Benjamin
Franklin Randolph, Meriwether
Lewis Randolph, George
Wythe Randolph, Edmund
Randolph and Carter
Henry Harrison; third cousin twice removed of William
Lewis Cabell, Thomas
Jefferson Coolidge, George
Craighead Cabell, Edmund
Randolph Cocke, John
Augustine Marshall, Carter
Henry Harrison II, Frederick
Madison Roberts and Douglass
Townshend Bolling; third cousin thrice removed of Thomas
Lawton Davis, Connally
Findlay Trigg, Benjamin
Earl Cabell, John
Gardner Coolidge, Edith
Wilson, William
Marshall Bullitt, Alexander
Scott Bullitt, Francis
Beverley Biddle and Richard
Walker Bolling; fourth cousin of James
Meriwether (1788-1852), David
Meriwether (1800-1893) and James
Archibald Meriwether; fourth cousin once removed of George
Rockingham Gilmer and Reuben
Handy Meriwether. |
| | | Political families: Harrison-Randolph-Marshall-Cabell
family of Virginia; Walker-Randolph
family of Huntsville, Alabama (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | Tucker County,
W.Va. is named for him. |
| | | The World War II Liberty
ship SS Henry St.G. Tucker (built 1942 at Baltimore,
Maryland; scrapped 1966) was named for
him. |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Henry St. George Tucker (1853-1932) —
of Staunton,
Va.; Lexington,
Va.
Born in Winchester,
Va., April 5,
1853.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Virginia 10th District, 1889-97, 1922-32;
died in office 1932; law professor; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Virginia, 1912.
Member, American Bar
Association.
Died in Lexington,
Va., July 23,
1932 (age 79 years, 109
days).
Interment at Stonewall
Jackson Memorial Cemetery, Lexington, Va.
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William E. Ward —
of Chesapeake,
Va.
University professor; mayor
of Chesapeake, Va., 1990-2004.
African
ancestry.
Still living as of 2004.
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George William Whitehurst (b. 1925) —
also known as G. William Whitehurst —
of Norfolk,
Va.
Born in Norfolk,
Va., March
12, 1925.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; college
professor; television
journalist; U.S.
Representative from Virginia 2nd District, 1969-87.
Still living as of 1998.
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Woodrow Wilson (1856-1924) —
also known as Thomas Woodrow Wilson; "Schoolmaster in
Politics" —
of New Jersey.
Born in Staunton,
Va., December
28, 1856.
Democrat. University professor; president
of Princeton University, 1902-10; Governor of
New Jersey, 1911-13; President
of the United States, 1913-21.
Presbyterian.
Member, Phi
Kappa Psi; Phi
Alpha Delta.
Recipient of Nobel
Peace Prize in 1919; elected to the Hall
of Fame for Great Americans in 1950.
Died in Washington,
D.C., February
3, 1924 (age 67 years, 37
days).
Entombed at Washington
National Cathedral, Washington, D.C.; statue erected 2011 at Main Railway Station, Prague, Czechia.
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Relatives: Son
of Rev. Joseph Ruggles Wilson and Janet 'Jessie' (Woodrow) Wilson;
married, June 24,
1885, to Ellen
Wilson; married, December
18, 1915, to Edith
Wilson; father of Eleanor Randolph Wilson (who married William
Gibbs McAdoo); grandfather of Woodrow
Wilson Sayre. |
| | | Political family: Harrison-Randolph-Marshall-Cabell
family of Virginia (subset of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | Cross-reference: William
C. Bullitt — Bainbridge
Colby — Joseph
E. Davies — Joseph
P. Tumulty — Thomas
H. Birch — Byron
R. Newton |
| | | Mount
Woodrow Wilson, in Fremont
County and Sublette
County, Wyoming, is named for
him. — Woodrow Wilson Plaza,
in the Federal Triangle, Washington,
D.C., is is named for
him. — Wilson Dam
(built 1924), on the Tennessee River in Colbert
and Lauderdale
counties, Alabama, as well as the Wilson Lake
reservoir, which extends into Lawrence
county, are named for
him. — Rambla
Presidente Wilson, in Montevideo,
Uruguay, is named for
him. |
| | | Other politicians named for him: Woodrow
W. Bean
— Woodrow
W. Jones
— Woodrow
W. Scott
— Tom
Woodrow Payne
— W.
W. Dumas
— Woodrow
Wilson Mann
— Woodrow
W. Lavender
— Woodrow
W. Baird
— Woodrow
W. Mathna
— Woodrow
W. Hulme
— Woodrow
W. Kline
— Woodrow
W. McDonald
— Woodrow
W. Hollan
— Woodrow
W. Carter
— Woodrow
W. Ferguson
— W.
Wilson Goode
— Woodrow
Wilson Storey
— Woodrow
W. Bean III
|
| | | Coins and currency: His portrait
appeared on the U.S. $100,000 gold certificate, which was issued
in 1934-45 for cash transactions between banks. |
| | | Campaign slogan (1916): "He kept us out
of war." |
| | | See also National
Governors Association biography — Wikipedia
article — NNDB
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| | | Books about Woodrow Wilson: Louis
Auchincloss, Woodrow
Wilson — Herbert Hoover, The
Ordeal of Woodrow Wilson — James Chace, 1912
: Wilson, Roosevelt, Taft and Debs : The Election that Changed the
Country — John Milton Cooper, Reconsidering
Woodrow Wilson: Progressivism, Internationalism, War, and
Peace — A. Scott Berg, Wilson —
Anne Schraff, Woodrow
Wilson (for young readers) |
| | | Critical books about Woodrow Wilson:
Jim Powell, Wilson's
War : How Woodrow Wilson's Great Blunder Led to Hitler, Lenin,
Stalin, and World War II |
| | | Image source: American Monthly Review
of Reviews, July 1902 |
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Richard Alsop Wise (1843-1900) —
of Williamsburg,
Va.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., September
2, 1843.
Republican. College professor; member of Virginia state
legislature, 1880; U.S.
Representative from Virginia 2nd District, 1898-99, 1900; died in
office 1900.
Died in Williamsburg,
Va., December
21, 1900 (age 57 years, 110
days).
Interment at Hollywood
Cemetery, Richmond, Va.
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Philip Young (1910-1987) —
of New York; Great Falls, Fairfax
County, Va.
Born in Lexington, Middlesex
County, Mass., May 9,
1910.
Republican. Economist;
served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; business
executive; dean of the Columbia University business
school, 1948-53; chair, U.S. Civil Service Commission, 1953-57; U.S.
Ambassador to Netherlands, 1957-60.
Died, from a heart
attack, in Arlington Hospital,
Arlington, Arlington
County, Va., January
15, 1987 (age 76 years, 251
days).
Burial location unknown.
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