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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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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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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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Jennifer P. Dougherty (b. 1961) —
of Frederick, Frederick
County, Md.
Born in Alexandria,
Va., 1961.
Democrat. Restaurant
business; mayor
of Frederick, Md., 2002-06; defeated in primary, 2005; delegate
to Democratic National Convention from Maryland, 2004.
Female.
Irish ancestry.
Still living as of 2006.
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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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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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George Gordon Battle Liddy (1930-2021) —
also known as G. Gordon Liddy —
Born in Hoboken, Hudson
County, N.J., November
30, 1930.
Conservative. Served in the U.S. Army during the Korean conflict; FBI
agent; lawyer;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York 28th District, 1968; organized and
directed the burglaries
of the Democratic National Committee headquarters in the Watergate
complex in May and June 1972; the resulting Watergate scandal
led to President Richard
Nixon's resignation in 1974; convicted
on charges of burglary
and wiretapping;
sentenced to 20 years in prison and fined $40,000; released in 1977
after serving four and a half years; became a popular radio talk
show host.
Irish and Italian
ancestry.
Died in Mt. Vernon, Fairfax
County, Va., March
30, 2021 (age 90 years, 120
days).
Interment at St.
Peter's Cemetery, Poughkeepsie, N.Y.
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Shirley MacLaine (b. 1934) —
also known as Shirley MacLean Beaty —
of Encino, Los Angeles, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Richmond,
Va., April
24, 1934.
Democrat. Actress;
honored guest, Democratic National Convention,
1960 ; delegate to Democratic National Convention from California, 1968,
1972.
Female.
English,
Irish, and Scottish
ancestry.
Still living as of 2019.
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Terence R. McAuliffe (b. 1957) —
also known as Terry McAuliffe —
of Washington,
D.C.; McLean, Fairfax
County, Va.
Born in Syracuse, Onondaga
County, N.Y., February
9, 1957.
Democrat. Chairman
of Democratic National Committee, 2001-05; member of Democratic
National Committee from Virginia, 2004; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Virginia, 2004,
2008;
Governor
of Virginia, 2014-18; defeated in primary, 2009.
Irish ancestry.
Still living as of 2018.
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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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Robert Francis McDonnell (b. 1954) —
also known as Bob McDonnell —
of Glen Allen, Henrico
County, Va.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., June 15,
1954.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Virginia
state house of delegates 84th District, 1992-2005; Virginia
state attorney general, 2006-09; resigned 2009; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Virginia, 2008
(delegation chair); Governor of
Virginia, 2010-14; he and his wife were indicted
in January 2014 for receiving improper
gifts; convicted
in September 2014; sentenced
to two years in prison; in June 2016, the U.S. Supreme Court
unanimously overturned his conviction.
Irish and Alsatian
ancestry.
Still living as of 2018.
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Brian Joseph Moran (b. 1959) —
also known as Brian Moran —
of Alexandria,
Va.
Born in Natick, Middlesex
County, Mass., September
9, 1959.
Democrat. Member of Virginia
state house of delegates 46th District, 1996-2008; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Virginia, 2004;
candidate for Governor of
Virginia, 2009; Virginia
Democratic state chair, 2010-12.
Irish ancestry.
Still living as of 2021.
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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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Presley Neville O'Bannon (1776-1850) —
also known as "The Hero of Deme" —
of Russellville, Logan
County, Ky.
Born in Fauquier
County, Va., 1776.
During the war against the Barbary pirates, as lieutenant, he led a
detachment of U.S. Marines and assorted mercenaries to Deme, in North
Africa, in 1805, to rescue an American crew held captive by the Pasha
of Tripoli; the words "to the shores of Tripoli" in the Marine Hymn
commemorate these events; member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1812, 1817, 1820-21; member of Kentucky
state senate, 1824-26.
Irish ancestry.
Died in Henry
County, Ky., September
12, 1850 (age about 74
years).
Original interment in unknown location; reinterment in 1919 at Frankfort
Cemetery, Frankfort, Ky.
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Donald Thomas Regan (1918-2003) —
also known as Donald T. Regan; Don Regan —
Born in Cambridge, Middlesex
County, Mass., December
21, 1918.
Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II; U.S.
Secretary of the Treasury, 1981-85; White House Chief of Staff
for President Ronald
Reagan, 1985-87.
Irish ancestry. Member, Council on
Foreign Relations; Pi
Kappa Alpha.
Died, of cancer
and heart
failure, in a hospital
at Williamsburg,
Va., June 10,
2003 (age 84 years, 171
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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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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Robert Christopher Sarvis (b. 1976) —
also known as Robert C. Sarvis —
of Alexandria,
Va.
Born in Fairfax,
Va., September
15, 1976.
Lawyer;
software
developer; Republican candidate for Virginia
state senate 35th District, 2011; Libertarian candidate for Governor of
Virginia, 2013; Libertarian candidate for U.S.
Senator from Virginia, 2014.
English,
Irish, and Chinese
ancestry.
Still living as of 2014.
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William Erskine Stevenson (1820-1883) —
also known as William E. Stevenson —
of Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa.; Parkersburg, Wood
County, W.Va.
Born in Warren, Warren
County, Pa., March
18, 1820.
Republican. Cabinetmaker;
farmer;
member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 1857; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Virginia, 1860;
delegate
to West Virginia state constitutional convention, 1863; member of
West
Virginia state senate 5th District, 1863-68; President
of the West Virginia State Senate, 1865-68; candidate for
Presidential Elector for West Virginia; Governor of
West Virginia, 1869-71; defeated, 1870.
Irish ancestry.
Died in Parkersburg, Wood
County, W.Va., November
29, 1883 (age 63 years, 256
days).
Interment at Riverview
Cemetery, Parkersburg, W.Va.
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