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Ralph Hedrick Bader (1888-1939) —
also known as Ralph H. Bader —
of McGaheysville, Rockingham
County, Va.
Born in McGaheysville, Rockingham
County, Va., June 8,
1888.
Democrat. Interpreter;
U.S. Vice Consul in Teheran, 1912-18; U.S. Consul in Teheran, 1918-20; Cairo, 1920-22; lawyer; member of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1928-30.
Evangelical
and Reformed Church. Member, Freemasons;
Junior
Order.
Died in Harrisonburg,
Va., June 7,
1939 (age 50 years, 364
days).
Interment at Mt.
Olivet Cemetery, McGaheysville, Va.
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Relatives: Son
of Arthur Samuel Bader and Margaret Elizabeth (Hedrick) Bader;
married 1920 to Pearle
Malvina Bacon. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Arthur Pendleton Bagby (1794-1858) —
also known as Arthur P. Bagby —
of Tuscaloosa, Tuscaloosa
County, Ala.
Born in Louisa
County, Va., 1794.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Alabama
state house of representatives, 1821-22, 1824, 1834-36; Speaker of
the Alabama State House of Representatives, 1822, 1836; member of
Alabama
state senate, 1825; Governor of
Alabama, 1837-41; U.S.
Senator from Alabama, 1841-48; resigned 1848; U.S. Minister to Russia, 1848-49.
Slaveowner.
Died in Mobile, Mobile
County, Ala., September
21, 1858 (age about 64
years).
Interment at Magnolia
Cemetery, Mobile, Ala.
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Floyd Caldwell Bagley (1922-2002) —
also known as Floyd C. Bagley —
of Dumfries, Prince
William County, Va.
Born in Gardiner, Kennebec
County, Maine, March
20, 1922.
Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II; lawyer;
served in the U.S. Marine Corps during the Korean conflict; member of
Virginia
state house of delegates, 1975-85.
Died, while suffering from dementia,
in the Fredericksburg Nursing
Home, Fredericksburg,
Va., December
5, 2002 (age 80 years, 260
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Robert Winston Bain (1915-1986) —
also known as R. Winston Bain —
of Portsmouth,
Va.
Born in Norfolk,
Va., December
18, 1915.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1950-53.
Episcopalian.
Member, Elks; Moose; Jaycees;
American
Legion; Marine
Corps League; Phi
Delta Phi; Kappa
Alpha Order.
Died September
2, 1986 (age 70 years, 258
days).
Interment at Oak
Grove Cemetery, Portsmouth, Va.
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Edward Dickinson Baker (1811-1861) —
also known as Edward D. Baker —
of Springfield, Sangamon
County, Ill.; Galena, Jo Daviess
County, Ill.; San
Francisco, Calif.; Oregon City, Clackamas
County, Ore.
Born in London, England,
February
24, 1811.
Lawyer; member of Illinois
state house of representatives, 1837-40; member of Illinois
state senate, 1841-45; U.S.
Representative from Illinois, 1845-46, 1849-51 (7th District
1845-46, 6th District 1849-51); resigned 1846; colonel in the U.S.
Army during the Mexican War; U.S.
Senator from Oregon, 1860-61; died in office 1861; general in the
Union Army during the Civil War.
Killed
in battle at Balls Bluff, Loudoun
County, Va., October
21, 1861 (age 50 years, 239
days).
Interment at San
Francisco National Cemetery, San Francisco, Calif.
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Relatives:
Married, April
27, 1831, to Mary A. Lee. |
| | | Baker County,
Ore. is named for him. |
| | | The city
of Baker
City, Oregon, is named for
him. — Fort
Baker (previously, Lime Point Military Reservation; renamed Fort
Baker in 1897; now part of Golden Gate National Recreation
Area), in Marin
County, California, is named for
him. — Baker Street,
in San
Francisco, California, is named for
him. |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page |
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John Baker (d. 1823) —
of Virginia.
Born in Frederick
County, Md.
Lawyer; member of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1798-99; U.S.
Representative from Virginia 2nd District, 1811-13.
Died in Shepherdstown, Jefferson
County, Va (now W.Va.), August
18, 1823.
Interment at Old
Episcopal Church Cemetery, Shepherdstown, W.Va.
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Moseley Baker (1802-1848) —
of Montgomery, Montgomery
County, Ala.; San Felipe, Austin
County, Tex.; Galveston
County, Tex.; Harris
County, Tex.
Born in Norfolk,
Va., September
20, 1802.
Lawyer; member of Alabama
state house of representatives, 1829; served in the Texas Army
during the Texas War of Independence; member of Texas
Republic House of Representatives, 1836, 1838-39; defeated, 1841;
candidate for Texas
Republic Senate, 1842.
Died, of yellow
fever, in Houston, Harris
County, Tex., November
4, 1848 (age 46 years, 45
days).
Original interment somewhere
in Houston, Tex.; reinterment at Texas
State Cemetery, Austin, Tex.
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Gerald L. Baliles (b. 1940) —
of Charlottesville,
Va.
Born in Patrick
County, Va., July 8,
1940.
Lawyer; Governor of
Virginia, 1986-90.
Member, Council on
Foreign Relations; American Bar
Association.
Still living as of 2014.
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Edward Ball (1811-1872) —
of Zanesville, Muskingum
County, Ohio.
Born near Falls Church, Fairfax
County, Va., November
6, 1811.
Farmer;
lawyer; member of Ohio
state house of representatives from Muskingum County, 1845-49,
1868-71; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 16th District, 1853-57.
Methodist.
Accidentally killed by a railroad
train near Zanesville, Muskingum
County, Ohio, November
22, 1872 (age 61 years, 16
days).
Interment at Greenwood
Cemetery, Zanesville, Ohio.
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Thomas Ball (1836-1917) —
of Galveston, Galveston
County, Tex.; San Diego, San Diego
County, Calif.
Born in Northumberland
County, Va., December
10, 1836.
Republican. Lawyer; served in the Confederate Army during the
Civil War; member of Texas
state senate, 1876.
Died in Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., May 11,
1917 (age 80 years, 152
days).
Interment at Hollywood
Forever Cemetery, Hollywood, Los Angeles, Calif.
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Relatives: Son
of Thomas Ball (1814-1849) and Maria Louise (Hurst) Ball; married, February
27, 1878, to Lalla Gresham. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Image source: History of the Bench and
Bar of Southern California (1909) |
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Sherman Hart Ballard (1894-1963) —
also known as Sherman H. Ballard —
of Peterstown, Monroe
County, W.Va.
Born in Peterstown, Monroe
County, W.Va., July 22,
1894.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I;
lawyer; member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Monroe County, 1941-44,
1947-50, 1953-54; defeated, 1938, 1950, 1954.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons;
Rotary;
Sigma
Nu; Phi
Delta Phi; American
Legion.
Died in Peterstown, Monroe
County, W.Va., December
25, 1963 (age 69 years, 156
days).
Interment at Peterstown
Cemetery, Rich Creek, Va.
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Wade Hampton Ballard III (1924-2006) —
also known as Wade H. Ballard III; Jim
Ballard —
of Peterstown, Monroe
County, W.Va.
Born November
30, 1924.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II;
lawyer; candidate for U.S.
Representative from West Virginia 5th District, 1964; chair of
Monroe County Republican Party, 1968; campaign manager for Gov.
Arch
A. Moore, 1968; U.S.
Attorney for the Southern District of West Virginia, 1969-70;
candidate for West
Virginia state senate 10th District, 1970.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Judicature Society; American
Legion; Sons of
the American Revolution; Rotary;
Odd
Fellows; Phi
Kappa Psi; Phi
Delta Phi; Omicron
Delta Kappa.
Died June 29,
2006 (age 81 years, 211
days).
Interment at Peterstown
Cemetery, Rich Creek, Va.
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James Barbour (1775-1842) —
of Barboursville, Orange
County, Va.
Born near Gordonsville, Orange
County, Va., June 10,
1775.
Whig. Lawyer; member of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1798-1812; Speaker of
the Virginia State House of Delegates, 1809; Governor of
Virginia, 1812-14; U.S.
Senator from Virginia, 1815-25; U.S.
Secretary of War, 1825-28; U.S. Minister to Great Britain, 1828-29; delegate to Whig National Convention
from Virginia, 1839 (Convention President; speaker).
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons.
Slaveowner.
Died in Barboursville, Orange
County, Va., June 7,
1842 (age 66 years, 362
days).
Interment at Barboursville
Vineyards and Winery, Barboursville, Va.
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James Barbour (1828-1895) —
of Brandy Station, Culpeper
County, Va.
Born in Catalpa, Culpeper
County, Va., February
26, 1828.
Democrat. Lawyer; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Virginia, 1860,
1880
(member, Resolutions
Committee); delegate
to Virginia secession convention from Culpeper County, 1861;
major in the Confederate Army during the Civil War.
Died in Jeffersonton, Culpeper
County, Va., October
29, 1895 (age 67 years, 245
days).
Interment at Fairview
Cemetery, Culpeper, Va.
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John Strode Barbour (1790-1855) —
of Culpeper, Culpeper
County, Va.
Born in Culpeper
County, Va., August
8, 1790.
Democrat. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during the War of
1812; member of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1813-16, 1820-23, 1833-34; U.S.
Representative from Virginia 15th District, 1823-25, 1827-33; delegate
to Virginia state constitutional convention, 1829-30; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Virginia, 1852.
Slaveowner.
Died in Culpeper
County, Va., January
12, 1855 (age 64 years, 157
days).
Interment at Fairview
Cemetery, Culpeper, Va.
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John Strode Barbour Jr. (1820-1892) —
also known as John S. Barbour, Jr. —
of Alexandria,
Va.
Born in Culpeper
County, Va., December
29, 1820.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1847-51; president, Orange & Alexandria
Railroad,
1852; U.S.
Representative from Virginia 8th District, 1881-87; member of Democratic
National Committee from Virginia, 1884-92; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Virginia, 1888;
U.S.
Senator from Virginia, 1889-92; died in office 1892.
Slaveowner.
Died in Washington,
D.C., May 14,
1892 (age 71 years, 137
days).
Interment a
private or family graveyard, Prince George's County, Md.
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Philip Pendleton Barbour (1783-1841) —
of Luckettsville, Orange
County, Va.
Born near Gordonsville, Orange
County, Va., May 25,
1783.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1812-14; U.S.
Representative from Virginia, 1814-25, 1827-30 (10th District
1814-15, 11th District 1815-25, 1827-30); Speaker of
the U.S. House, 1821-23; state court judge in Virginia, 1825-27;
delegate
to Virginia state constitutional convention, 1829-30; U.S.
District Judge for the Eastern District of Virginia, 1830-36;
candidate for Democratic nomination for Vice President, 1832;
Associate
Justice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1836-41; died in office 1841.
Episcopalian.
Slaveowner.
Died in Washington,
D.C., February
25, 1841 (age 57 years, 276
days).
Interment at Congressional
Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Alben William Barkley (1877-1956) —
also known as Alben W. Barkley; Willie Alben Barkley;
"Dear Alben"; "Little Alby";
"Veep" —
of Paducah, McCracken
County, Ky.
Born in a log
cabin near Lowes, Graves
County, Ky., November
24, 1877.
Democrat. Lawyer; McCracken
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1906-09; county judge in Kentucky,
1909-13; U.S.
Representative from Kentucky 1st District, 1913-27; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Kentucky, 1920,
1924,
1928,
1932,
1936,
1940,
1944
(speaker),
1948
(Temporary
Chair; chair, Committee
to Notify Vice-Presidential Nominee), 1952;
candidate for Governor of
Kentucky, 1923; U.S.
Senator from Kentucky, 1927-49, 1955-56; died in office 1956;
candidate for Democratic nomination for Vice President, 1944;
Vice
President of the United States, 1949-53.
Methodist.
Member, Delta
Tau Delta; Phi
Alpha Delta; Odd
Fellows; Elks.
Died of a heart
attack while speaking at the Washington and Lee University Mock
Democratic Convention,
Lexington,
Va., April
30, 1956 (age 78 years, 158
days).
Interment at Mt.
Kenton Cemetery, Near Paducah, McCracken County, Ky.
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Relatives: Son
of John Wilson Barkley and Electra Eliza (Smith) Barkley; married, June 23,
1903, to Dorothy Brower; married, November
18, 1949, to Jane Hadley and Jane
Hadley (1911-1964); father of Laura Louise Barkley (who married
Douglas
MacArthur II); grandfather of Alben
W. Barkley II. |
| | | Political family: Barkley-MacArthur
family (subset of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | C. V. Whitney's thoroughbread racehorse
"The Veep" (born 1948), was named for
him. |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Wikipedia article — NNDB
dossier — Internet Movie Database
profile — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Books about Alben W. Barkley: Polly Ann
Davis, Alben
W. Barkley, Senate Majority Leader and Vice
President — James K. Libbey, Dear
Alben : Mr. Barkley of Kentucky — Jane Hadley Barkley,
I
Married the Veep |
| | | Image source: Truman
Library |
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Alfred Dickinson Barksdale (1892-1972) —
of Lynchburg,
Va.
Born in Houston (now Halifax), Halifax
County, Va., July 17,
1892.
Democrat. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during World War I;
member of Virginia
state senate 12th District, 1924-27; circuit judge in Virginia
6th Circuit, 1938-39; U.S.
District Judge for the Western District of Virginia, 1939-57;
took senior status 1957.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Kappa
Alpha Order; Phi
Delta Phi; Phi
Beta Kappa.
Died in Lynchburg,
Va., August
16, 1972 (age 80 years, 30
days).
Interment at Spring
Hill Cemetery, Lynchburg, Va.
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William Randolph Barksdale (1849-1925) —
of Halifax
County, Va.
Born in Halifax
County, Va., January
6, 1849.
Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; lawyer;
banker;
Halifax
County Judge, 1874-80, 1886-1904; circuit judge in Virginia 6th
Circuit, 1905-25.
Died in Halifax
County, Va., April 5,
1925 (age 76 years, 89
days).
Burial location unknown.
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William Pelham Barr (b. 1950) —
also known as William Barr —
of Virginia.
Born in New York City (unknown
county), N.Y., May 23,
1950.
Lawyer; U.S.
Attorney General, 1991-93; vice-president and general counsel for
General Telephone
and Electronics (GTE), and later for Verizon Communications.
Still living as of 2020.
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Richard Walker Barton (1800-1859) —
also known as Richard W. Barton —
of Virginia.
Born in Frederick
County, Va., 1800.
Whig. Lawyer; member of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1823-24, 1832-35, 1839; U.S.
Representative from Virginia 15th District, 1841-43.
Slaveowner.
Died in Frederick
County, Va., March
15, 1859 (age about 58
years).
Interment a
private or family graveyard, Frederick County, Va.
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Francis Stebbins Bartow (1816-1861) —
also known as Francis S. Bartow —
of Georgia.
Born in Savannah, Chatham
County, Ga., September
6, 1816.
Lawyer; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Georgia 1st District, 1856; delegate
to Georgia secession convention, 1861; Delegate
from Georgia to the Confederate Provisional Congress, 1861; died
in office 1861; colonel in the Confederate Army during the Civil War.
Slaveowner.
Killed
by rifle
shot, while rallying his men on the Henry House Hill, during the
first battle of Manassas,
Va., July 21,
1861 (age 44 years, 318
days).
Interment at Laurel
Grove North Cemetery, Savannah, Ga.
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Relatives: Son
of Theodosius Bartow and Frances Louisa (Stebbins) Bartow; married,
April
18, 1844, to Louisa Green Berrien (daughter of John
Macpherson Berrien); first cousin twice removed of Theodosia
Bartow (who married Aaron
Burr). |
| | | Political families: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin
family of Connecticut and New York; Tallmadge-Floyd
family of New York; Burr-Alston-Wilson-Ballard
family of Charleston, South Carolina; Edwards-Davenport-Thompson-Hooker
family of Connecticut; Cornell-Schilplin-Washburn-Burr
family of New York; Berrien-Burr-Bartow-Biddle
family of Pennsylvania; Hamlin-Bemis
family of Bangor, Maine (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | Bartow County,
Ga. is named for him. |
| | | The city
of Bartow,
Florida, is named for
him. — The town
of Bartow,
Georgia, is named for
him. — The community
of Bartow,
West Virginia, is named for
him. — Bartow Elementary
School (now Otis J. Brock Elementary School), in Savannah,
Georgia, was formerly named for
him. — The World War II Liberty
ship SS Francis S. Bartow (built 1944 at Savannah,
Georgia; scrapped 1971) was named for
him. |
| | | See also Wikipedia
article — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Herbert Harvell Bateman (1928-2000) —
also known as Herbert H. Bateman —
of Newport
News, Va.
Born in Elizabeth City, Pasquotank
County, N.C., August
7, 1928.
Served in the U.S. Air Force during the Korean conflict;
lawyer; member of Virginia
state senate, 1968-82 (27th District 1968-71, 2nd District
1972-82); resigned 1982; candidate in Republican primary for Lieutenant
Governor of Virginia, 1981; U.S.
Representative from Virginia 1st District, 1983-2000; died in
office 2000.
Member, Jaycees;
American
Legion; American
Judicature Society; Omicron
Delta Kappa; Phi
Delta Phi; Pi
Kappa Alpha.
Died, of lung
cancer and prostate
cancer, at Loudoun Hospital
Center, Leesburg, Loudoun
County, Va., September
11, 2000 (age 72 years, 35
days).
Interment at Peninsula
Memorial Park, Newport News, Va.
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Frederick Bates (1777-1825) —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.; St.
Louis, Mo.
Born in Goochland
County, Va., June 23,
1777.
Lawyer; postmaster at Detroit,
Mich., 1802-05; justice of
Michigan territorial supreme court, 1805; secretary
of Missouri Territory, 1806; delegate
to Missouri state constitutional convention, 1820; Governor of
Missouri, 1824-25; died in office 1825.
Died in Chesterfield, St. Louis
County, Mo., August
4, 1825 (age 48 years, 42
days).
Interment at Thornhill
Cemetery in Faust Park, Near St. Louis, St. Louis County, Mo.
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George Gordon Battle (1868-1949) —
also known as "Mr. Chairman" —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Edgecombe
County, N.C., October
26, 1868.
Democrat. Lawyer; law partner of Bartow
S. Weeks, H.
Snowden Marshall, and James
A. O'Gorman; candidate for Presidential Elector for New York;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1920,
1928,
1932,
1936,
1940,
1944.
Member, Tammany
Hall.
Watergate conspirator G. Gordon Liddy was named after him.
Died, following a heart
attack, in a hospital
at Fredericksburg,
Va., April
29, 1949 (age 80 years, 185
days).
Interment at Hollywood
Cemetery, Richmond, Va.
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Relatives: Son
of Turner Westray Battle and Lavinia (Bassett) Daniel Battle;
married, April
12, 1898, to Martha Burwell Dabney Bagby. |
| | | Epitaph: "Throughout a long and
distinguished career as a greatly beloved and brilliant lawyer in the
city of New York, he never failed to defend the helpless and uphold
the rights of the poor and oppressed." |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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John Stewart Battle (1890-1972) —
also known as John S. Battle —
of Charlottesville,
Va.
Born in New Bern, Craven
County, N.C., July 11,
1890.
Democrat. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during World War I;
member of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1930-33; member of Virginia
state senate, 1934-49 (27th District 1934-35, 26th District
1936-49); Governor of
Virginia, 1950-54; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Virginia, 1952;
member, Commission on Intergovernmental Relations, 1953-55; candidate
for Democratic nomination for President, 1956.
Baptist.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; Alpha
Tau Omega; Freemasons.
Died April 9,
1972 (age 81 years, 273
days).
Interment at Monticello
Memorial Park, Charlottesville, Va.
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William Cullen Battle (b. 1920) —
of Charlottesville,
Va.
Born in Charlottesville,
Va., October
9, 1920.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; lawyer;
U.S. Ambassador to Australia, 1962-64.
Baptist.
Member, American Bar
Association.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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John Baylis (c.1727-1765) —
of Dumfries, Prince
William County, Va.
Born in Manassas,
Va., about 1727.
Lawyer; planter;
member of Virginia
House of Burgesses, 1761-65.
Anglican.
Killed
in a duel with
Cuthbert
Bullitt, in Prince
William County, Va., September
24, 1765 (age about 38
years).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of William Baylis; married 1754 to Jane
Blackburn. |
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Howard Randolph Bayne (1851-1933) —
also known as Howard R. Bayne —
of New Brighton, Staten Island, Richmond
County, N.Y.
Born in Winchester,
Va., May 11,
1851.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of New York
state senate 23rd District, 1909-12.
Episcopalian.
Member, Society
of Colonial Wars; Sons of
the Revolution; American Bar
Association.
Died in New Brighton, Staten Island, Richmond
County, N.Y., March
13, 1933 (age 81 years, 306
days).
Interment somewhere
in Richmond, Va.
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Relatives: Son
of Charles Bayne and Mary Ellen (Ashby) Bayne; married, April
27, 1886, to Lizzie S. Moore (daughter of Samuel Preston Moore);
married, February
17, 1932, to Amy (Hughes) D'Aeth. |
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Truxtun Beale (1856-1936) —
of San
Francisco, Calif.; Annapolis, Anne
Arundel County, Md.
Born in San
Francisco, Calif., March 6,
1856.
Republican. Lawyer; U.S. Minister to Persia, 1891-92; Greece, 1892-93; delegate to Republican National Convention
from California, 1912;
alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Maryland,
1920.
Died near Annapolis, Anne
Arundel County, Md., June 2,
1936 (age 80 years, 88
days).
Interment at Bruton
Parish Churchyard, Williamsburg, Va.
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Relatives: Son
of Edward
Fitzgerald Beale and Mary (Edwards) Beale; married, April
30, 1894, to Harriet 'Hattie' Blaine (daughter of James
Gillespie Blaine); married, April
23, 1903, to Marie Oge. |
| | | Political family: Beale-Blaine-Edwards
family of Chester, Pennsylvania (subset of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | Truxtun Avenue
and Beale Avenue,
in Bakersfield,
California, are named for
him. — Beale Park,
in Bakersfield,
California, is named for
him. |
| | | See also U.S. State Dept career summary — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Frank Bryant Beazley (1897-1973) —
also known as Frank B. Beazley —
of Bowling Green, Caroline
County, Va.
Born in Sparta, Caroline
County, Va., September
3, 1897.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer;
member of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1944-51.
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons; Shriners;
Elks; Ruritan;
Theta
Chi; Delta
Theta Phi.
Died December
17, 1973 (age 76 years, 105
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Sandra Shank Beckwith (b. 1943) —
of Ohio.
Born in Norfolk,
Va., February
4, 1943.
Lawyer; municipal judge in Ohio, 1977-79, 1982-87; common
pleas court judge in Ohio, 1987-89; U.S.
District Judge for the Southern District of Ohio, 1992-.
Female.
Still living as of 2000.
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Frederick Christopher Belen (1913-1999) —
also known as Frederick C. Belen —
of Arlington, Arlington
County, Va.
Born in Lansing, Ingham
County, Mich., December
25, 1913.
Lawyer; aide to U.S. Reps. Andrew
J. Transue and George
D. O'Brien; served in the U.S. Army during World War II.
Presbyterian.
Member, American
Legion; Disabled
American Veterans; Federal
Bar Association.
U.S. deputy postmaster general; chaired the committee which created
the ZIP code.
Died, of complications from Parkinson's
disease, in Arlington Hospital,
Arlington, Arlington
County, Va., October
13, 1999 (age 85 years, 292
days).
Interment at National
Memorial Park, Near Falls Church, Fairfax County, Va.
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Marion Tinsley Bennett (1914-2000) —
also known as Marion T. Bennett —
of Springfield, Greene
County, Mo.; Chevy Chase, Montgomery
County, Md.
Born in Buffalo, Dallas
County, Mo., June 6,
1914.
Republican. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Missouri 6th District, 1943-49; defeated,
1948; Judge
of U.S. Court of Claims, 1972-82; Judge
of U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, 1982-86; took
senior status 1986.
Methodist.
Member, Exchange
Club; Delta
Theta Phi.
Co-author of the G.I. Bill of Rights.
Died, of complications from a stroke,
in Inova Mount Vernon Hospital,
Alexandria,
Va., September
6, 2000 (age 86 years, 92
days).
Interment at Hazelwood
Cemetery, Springfield, Mo.
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George Mortimer Bibb (1776-1859) —
also known as George M. Bibb —
of Yellow Banks (now Owensboro), Daviess
County, Ky.
Born in Prince
Edward County, Va., October
30, 1776.
Lawyer; member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1806, 1817; U.S.
Attorney for Kentucky, 1807-08, 1819-24; Judge,
Kentucky Court of Appeals, 1808-10, 1828; U.S.
Senator from Kentucky, 1811-14, 1829-35; U.S.
Secretary of the Treasury, 1844-45.
Slaveowner.
Died in Georgetown, Washington,
D.C., April
14, 1859 (age 82 years, 166
days).
Interment at Frankfort
Cemetery, Frankfort, Ky.
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Asa Biggs (1811-1878) —
of Williamston, Martin
County, N.C.
Born in Williamston, Martin
County, N.C., February
4, 1811.
Democrat. Lawyer; delegate
to North Carolina state constitutional convention, 1835; member
of North
Carolina house of commons, 1840, 1842; member of North
Carolina state senate, 1844, 1854; U.S.
Representative from North Carolina 9th District, 1845-47; U.S.
Senator from North Carolina, 1855-58; U.S.
District Judge for North Carolina, 1858-61; resigned 1861; delegate
to North Carolina secession convention, 1861; Confederate
District Judge, 1861-65.
Slaveowner.
Died in Norfolk,
Va., March 6,
1878 (age 67 years, 30
days).
Interment at Elmwood
Cemetery, Norfolk, Va.
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Stanley F. Birch Jr. (b. 1945) —
of Gainesville, Hall
County, Ga.; Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga.
Born in Langley Field (now Langley Air Force Base), Hampton,
Va., August
29, 1945.
Law clerk for U.S. District Judge Sidney
O. Smith, Jr., 1972-74; lawyer; Judge
of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit, 1990-2010; retired
2010.
Still living as of 2014.
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Hugo Lafayette Black (1886-1971) —
also known as Hugo L. Black —
of Birmingham, Jefferson
County, Ala.; Alexandria,
Va.
Born in Harlan, Clay
County, Ala., February
27, 1886.
Democrat. Lawyer; police court judge in Alabama, 1910-11; Jefferson
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1915-17; served in the U.S. Army
during World War I; U.S.
Senator from Alabama, 1927-37; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Alabama, 1936;
Associate
Justice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1937-71; took senior status 1971.
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
of Pythias; Odd
Fellows; Ku Klux Klan.
Died, in Bethesda
Naval Hospital, Bethesda, Montgomery
County, Md., September
25, 1971 (age 85 years, 210
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Relatives: Son
of William La Fayette Black and Martha Ardella (Toland) Black;
married, February
23, 1921, to Josephine Patterson Foster; married, September
11, 1957, to Elizabeth Seay DeMeritte. |
| | | The Hugo L. Black U.S.
Courthouse, in Birmingham,
Alabama, is named for
him. |
| | | Epitaph: "Here lies a good
man." |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — federal
judicial profile — Wikipedia
article — NNDB
dossier — Find-A-Grave
memorial — Arlington National
Cemetery unofficial website |
| | | Books about Hugo L. Black: Roger K.
Newman, Hugo
Black : A Biography — Howard Ball, Hugo
L. Black : Cold Steel Warrior — James F Simon, The
antagonists: Hugo Black, Felix Frankfurter and civil liberties in
modern America — Howard Ball & Phillip J. Cooper, Of
Power and Right: Hugo Black, William O. Douglas, and America's
Constitutional Revolution |
| | | Image source: Library of
Congress |
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John Black (1800-1854) —
of Monroe, Franklin
County, Miss.; Winchester,
Va.
Born in Virginia, August
11, 1800.
School
teacher; lawyer; justice of
Mississippi state supreme court, 1826-32; U.S.
Senator from Mississippi, 1832-33, 1833-38; resigned 1838; sugar cane
planter.
Episcopalian.
Slaveowner.
Died in Winchester,
Va., August
29, 1854 (age 54 years, 18
days).
Interment at St. Stephen's Episcopal Church Cemetery, Innis, La.
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Richard Hayden Black (b. 1944) —
also known as Dick Black —
of Leesburg, Loudoun
County, Va.
Born in Baltimore,
Md., May 15,
1944.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during the Vietnam War;
lawyer; member of Virginia
state house of delegates 32nd District, 1998-2005; member of Virginia
state senate 13th District, 2012-.
Still living as of 2018.
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Samuel Watson Black (1816-1862) —
also known as Samuel W. Black —
of Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa.; Nebraska City, Otoe
County, Neb.
Born in Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa., September
3, 1816.
Lawyer; colonel in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania, 1852; justice of
Nebraska territorial supreme court, 1857-59; Governor
of Nebraska Territory, 1859-61; colonel in the Union Army during
the Civil War.
Killed
in battle at Gaines Mill (now part of Mechanicsville), Hanover
County, Va., June 27,
1862 (age 45 years, 297
days).
Interment at Allegheny
Cemetery, Pittsburgh, Pa.
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Harry Andrew Blackmun (1908-1999) —
also known as Harry A. Blackmun; "Hip Pocket
Harry"; "Minnesota Twin" —
of Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn.; Rochester, Olmsted
County, Minn.
Born in Nashville, Washington
County, Ill., November
12, 1908.
Lawyer; law clerk for U.S. Appeals Court Judge John
B. Sanborn, 1932-33; Judge
of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 8th Circuit, 1959-70; Associate
Justice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1970-94; took senior status 1994;
actor
in the 1997 movie
Amistad, as Justice Joseph
Story.
Methodist.
Member, American Bar
Association; Rotary;
Phi
Beta Kappa.
Died in Arlington, Arlington
County, Va., March 4,
1999 (age 90 years, 112
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Cralle Fauntleroy Blackwell (1897-1976) —
also known as C. F. Blackwell —
of Kenbridge, Lunenburg
County, Va.
Born in Lunenburg
County, Va., August
26, 1897.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer;
mayor of Kenbridge, Va., 1924-38; member of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1938-49.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
American
Legion; Sigma
Phi Epsilon.
Died January
14, 1976 (age 78 years, 141
days).
Burial location unknown.
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John Blair Jr. (1732-1800) —
of York
County, Va.
Born in Williamsburg,
Va., 1732.
Lawyer; member of Virginia
House of Burgesses, 1766-71; delegate
to Virginia state constitutional convention, 1776; member of Virginia
Governor's Council, 1776-78; state court judge in Virginia,
1777-78; Judge, Virginia Court of Appeals, 1779-89; member,
U.S. Constitutional Convention, 1787; delegate
to Virginia convention to ratify U.S. constitution from York
County, 1788; justice of
Virginia state supreme court, 1789; Associate
Justice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1789-95; resigned 1795.
Presbyterian
or Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons.
Slaveowner.
Died in Williamsburg,
Va., August
31, 1800 (age about 68
years).
Interment at Bruton
Parish Church Cemetery, Williamsburg, Va.
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Schuyler Otis Bland (1872-1950) —
also known as S. Otis Bland —
of Newport
News, Va.; Hampton,
Va.
Born in Gloucester
County, Va., May 4,
1872.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Virginia, 1918-50 (1st District 1918-33,
at-large 1933-35, 1st District 1935-50); died in office 1950.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; Kappa
Alpha Order.
Died in the Bethesda
Naval Hospital, Bethesda, Montgomery
County, Md., February
16, 1950 (age 77 years, 288
days).
Interment at Greenlawn
Memorial Park, Newport News, Va.
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Theodorick Bland (1776-1846) —
of Baltimore,
Md.
Born in Dinwiddie
County, Va., December
6, 1776.
Lawyer; member of Maryland
state house of delegates, 1809; district judge in Maryland,
1812-17; U.S.
District Judge for Maryland, 1819-24; resigned 1824.
Died, from heart
disease, in Annapolis, Anne
Arundel County, Md., November
16, 1846 (age 69 years, 345
days).
Interment at St.
Anne's Cemetery, Annapolis, Md.
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William Thomas Bland (1861-1928) —
also known as William T. Bland —
of Atchison, Atchison
County, Kan.; Kansas City, Jackson
County, Mo.; Orlando, Orange
County, Fla.
Born in Weston, Lewis
County, Va. (now W.Va.), January
21, 1861.
Democrat. Lawyer; mayor
of Atchison, Kan., 1894; district judge in Kansas, 1896-1901; U.S.
Representative from Missouri 5th District, 1919-21; defeated,
1920.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
of Pythias; Elks; Woodmen;
Moose;
Sons
of the American Revolution.
Died in Orlando, Orange
County, Fla., January
15, 1928 (age 66 years, 359
days).
Interment at Greenwood
Cemetery, Orlando, Fla.
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John B. Boatwright (1881-1965) —
of Buckingham, Buckingham
County, Va.
Born in Marion, Smyth
County, Va., November
27, 1881.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1922-23, 1936-59 (Buckingham &
Cumberland counties 1922-23, Appomattox & Buckingham counties
1936-43, Buckingham, Appomattox & Cumberland counties 1944-59).
Baptist.
Member, Modern
Woodmen of America; Ruritan.
Died March
28, 1965 (age 83 years, 121
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Thomas Stanhope Bocock (1815-1891) —
also known as Thomas S. Bocock —
of Appomattox, Appomattox
County, Va.
Born in Buckingham County (part now in Appomattox
County), Va., May 18,
1815.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1842-44, 1877-79 (Buckingham County
1842-44, Appomattox County 1877-79); Appomattox
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1845-46; U.S.
Representative from Virginia, 1847-61 (4th District 1847-53, 5th
District 1853-61); Delegate
from Virginia to the Confederate Provisional Congress, 1861-62;
Representative
from Virginia in the Confederate Congress, 1862-65; Speaker of
the House in the Confederate Congress, 1862-65; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Virginia, 1868,
1872,
1876,
1880.
Slaveowner.
Died in Appomattox
County, Va., August
5, 1891 (age 76 years, 79
days).
Interment a
private or family graveyard, Appomattox County, Va.
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George William Booker (1821-1883) —
also known as George W. Booker —
of Virginia.
Born near Stuart, Patrick
County, Va., December
5, 1821.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1865-67, 1871-73; Virginia
state attorney general, 1869; U.S.
Representative from Virginia 4th District, 1869-71; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Virginia, 1872.
Slaveowner.
Died in Martinsville,
Va., June 4,
1883 (age 61 years, 181
days).
Interment in private or family graveyard.
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Marshall Brunskill Booker (1880-1940) —
also known as Marshall B. Booker —
of Halifax, Halifax
County, Va.
Born in Gloucester
County, Va., November
26, 1880.
Democrat. Lawyer; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Virginia, 1916,
1920,
1940;
member of Virginia
state senate, 1920-29 (21st District 1920-23, 10th District
1924-29).
Died in 1940
(age about
59 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of George Edward Booker and Mary Frances (Eubanks) Booker; married,
January
10, 1917, to Sallie Edmunds. |
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Armistead L. Boothe (1907-1990) —
of Alexandria,
Va.
Born in Alexandria,
Va., September
23, 1907.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1948-55.
Episcopalian.
Member, Eagles;
Lions.
Died February
14, 1990 (age 82 years, 144
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Arthur Inghram Boreman (1823-1896) —
also known as Arthur I. Boreman —
of Parkersburg, Wood
County, W.Va.
Born in Waynesburg, Greene
County, Pa., July 24,
1823.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1855-61; circuit judge in Virginia,
1861-63; Governor of
West Virginia, 1863-69; U.S.
Senator from West Virginia, 1869-75; circuit judge in West
Virginia, 1889-96; died in office 1896.
Methodist.
Died in Parkersburg, Wood
County, W.Va., April
19, 1896 (age 72 years, 270
days).
Interment at Parkersburg
Memorial Gardens, Parkersburg, W.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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Albert Orlando Boschen (1873-1957) —
also known as Albert O. Boschen —
of Richmond,
Va.
Born in Richmond,
Va., June 25,
1873.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1918-21, 1924-27, 1934-53.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons;
Grotto.
Died August
15, 1957 (age 84 years, 51
days).
Interment at Hollywood
Cemetery, Richmond, Va.
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Relatives: Son
of Henry C. Boschen and Margaret (Frishkorn) Boschen; married, June 27,
1899, to Mamie Toomey. |
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Reva Zilpha Beck Bosone (1895-1983) —
also known as Reva Beck Bosone; Reva Zilpha
Beck —
of Salt Lake City, Salt Lake
County, Utah.
Born in American Fork, Utah
County, Utah, April 2,
1895.
Democrat. School
teacher; lawyer; member of Utah
state house of representatives, 1933-35; municipal judge in Utah,
1936-48; U.S.
Representative from Utah 2nd District, 1949-53; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Utah, 1952,
1956.
Female.
Member, Utah Hall of
Fame.
Died in Vienna, Fairfax
County, Va., July 21,
1983 (age 88 years, 110
days).
Interment at American
Fork Cemetery, American Fork, Utah.
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Charles Tyler Botts (c.1808-1884) —
also known as Charles T. Botts —
of Monterey, Monterey
County, Calif.
Born in Spotsylvania
County, Va., about 1808.
Lawyer; delegate
to California state constitutional convention from Monterey
District, 1849; district judge in California, 1850.
Died in San
Francisco, Calif., October
4, 1884 (age about 76
years).
Interment at Mountain
View Cemetery, Oakland, Calif.
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John Minor Botts (1802-1869) —
of Virginia.
Born in Dumfries, Prince
William County, Va., September
16, 1802.
Lawyer; member of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1833-39; U.S.
Representative from Virginia, 1839-43, 1847-49 (2nd District
1839-41, 11th District 1841-43, 6th District 1847-49); delegate
to Virginia state constitutional convention, 1850-51.
Slaveowner.
Died in Richmond,
Va., January
8, 1869 (age 66 years, 114
days).
Interment at Shockoe
Hill Cemetery, Richmond, Va.
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Frederick C. Boucher (b. 1946) —
also known as Rick Boucher —
of Abingdon, Washington
County, Va.
Born in Washington
County, Va., August
1, 1946.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Virginia
state senate 39th District, 1976-83; U.S.
Representative from Virginia 9th District, 1983-; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Virginia, 1996,
2000,
2004,
2008.
Methodist.
Member, Kappa
Alpha Order.
Still living as of 2014.
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George Lynn Bowman (b. 1874) —
also known as George L. Bowman —
of Kingfisher, Kingfisher
County, Okla.
Born in Harrisonburg,
Va., October
9, 1874.
Democrat. Lawyer; banker; Kingfisher
County Attorney, 1902-07; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Oklahoma, 1912,
1944,
1948;
member of Democratic
National Committee from Oklahoma, 1919-23.
Congregationalist.
Member, Modern
Woodmen of America; Freemasons;
Rotary.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of William Harpine Bowman and Frances (Hoffman) Bowman; married, October
7, 1913, to Lena Odessa Pollard. |
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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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John Boyle (1774-1834) —
of Lancaster, Garrard
County, Ky.
Born in Botetourt
County, Va., October
28, 1774.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1800; U.S.
Representative from Kentucky 2nd District, 1803-09; Judge,
Kentucky Court of Appeals, 1809-26; U.S.
District Judge for Kentucky, 1827-34; died in office 1834.
Slaveowner.
Died near Danville, Boyle
County, Ky., January
28, 1834 (age 59 years, 92
days).
Interment at Bellevue
Cemetery, Danville, Ky.
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Henry Brannon (1837-1914) —
of Weston, Lewis
County, W.Va.
Born in Winchester,
Va., November
27, 1837.
Lawyer; member of West
Virginia state house of delegates, 1870-71; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from West Virginia, 1872;
circuit judge in West Virginia, 1881; judge of
West Virginia supreme court of appeals, 1889-1912.
Died November
24, 1914 (age 76 years, 362
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Robert B. Brannon; married 1858 to Hetta
J. Arnold. |
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Elliott Muse Braxton (1823-1891) —
of Virginia.
Born in Mathews, Mathews
County, Va., October
8, 1823.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Virginia
state senate, 1852-56; major in the Confederate Army during the
Civil War; U.S.
Representative from Virginia 7th District, 1871-73.
Slaveowner.
Died in Fredericksburg,
Va., October
2, 1891 (age 67 years, 359
days).
Interment at Confederate
Cemetery, Fredericksburg, Va.
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John Breckinridge (1760-1806) —
of Kentucky.
Born near Staunton, Augusta
County, Va., December
2, 1760.
Democrat. Served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary
War; lawyer; U.S.
Attorney for Kentucky, 1793-94; Kentucky
state attorney general, 1793-97; member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1798-1801; Speaker of
the Kentucky State House of Representatives, 1799-1801; delegate
to Kentucky state constitutional convention, 1799; U.S.
Senator from Kentucky, 1801-05; U.S.
Attorney General, 1805-06; died in office 1806.
Presbyterian.
Slaveowner.
Died, from a stomach
infection, in near Lexington, Fayette
County, Ky., December
14, 1806 (age 46 years, 12
days).
Original interment at a
private or family graveyard, Fayette County, Ky.; reinterment at
Lexington
Cemetery, Lexington, Ky.
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Relatives: Son
of Robert Breckenridge and Letitia 'Lettice' (Preston) Breckenridge;
half-brother of Robert
Breckinridge; brother of James
Breckinridge; married, June 28,
1785, to Mary Hopkins Cabell; father of Letitia Preston
Breckinridge (who married Peter
Buell Porter and Alfred
William Grayson), Joseph
Cabell Breckinridge and Robert
Jefferson Breckinridge; nephew of William
Preston; uncle of James
Douglas Breckinridge; grandfather of John
Cabell Breckinridge (who married Mary
Cyrene Burch), Mary Cabell Breckinridge (who married Peter
Augustus Porter (1827-1864)), Robert
Jefferson Breckinridge Jr. and William
Campbell Preston Breckinridge; great-grandfather of Clifton
Rodes Breckinridge, Peter
Augustus Porter (1853-1925), Levin
Irving Handy, Desha
Breckinridge and Henry
Skillman Breckinridge; second great-grandfather of John
Bayne Breckinridge; cousin *** of John
Brown and James
Brown; first cousin of Francis
Smith Preston and James
Patton Preston; first cousin once removed of William
Campbell Preston, James
McDowell, John
Buchanan Floyd, John
Smith Preston and George
Rogers Clark Floyd. |
| | | 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; Monroe-Grayson-Roosevelt-Breckinridge
family of Virginia and Kentucky (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | Breckinridge
County, Ky. is named for him. |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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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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Richard Brent (1757-1814) —
of Virginia.
Born in Stafford
County, Va., 1757.
Lawyer; member of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1788, 1793-94, 1800-01; U.S.
Representative from Virginia, 1795-99, 1801-03 (18th District
1795-97, at-large 1797-99, 1801-03); member of Virginia
state senate, 1808-10; U.S.
Senator from Virginia, 1809-14; died in office 1814.
Slaveowner.
Died in Washington,
D.C., December
30, 1814 (age about 57
years).
Interment a
private or family graveyard, Stafford County, Va.
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Leonie M. Brinkema (b. 1944) —
of Virginia.
Born in Teaneck, Bergen
County, N.J., 1944.
Lawyer; U.S.
District Judge for the Eastern District of Virginia, 1993-.
Female.
Still living as of 2002.
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Willey Richard Broaddus Jr. (1895-1982) —
also known as W. R. Broaddus, Jr. —
of Martinsville,
Va.
Born in West Point, King
William County, Va., December
30, 1895.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer;
Henry
County Commonwealth Attorney, 1929-46; director, First National
Bank of
Martinsville; director, Bassett Furniture
Industries, Inc.; member of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1947-53; delegate
to Virginia limited constitutional convention 13th District,
1956; candidate for Presidential Elector for Virginia.
Baptist.
Member, American
Legion; Freemasons;
Pi
Kappa Alpha; Omicron
Delta Kappa; Knights
of Pythias; Kiwanis.
Died in Martinsville,
Va., September
14, 1982 (age 86 years, 258
days).
Interment at Oakwood
Cemetery, Martinsville, Va.
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James Overton Broadhead (1819-1898) —
also known as James O. Broadhead —
of Missouri.
Born in Charlottesville,
Va., May 29,
1819.
Democrat. Lawyer; delegate
to Missouri state constitutional convention 2nd District,
1845-46; member of Missouri
state house of representatives, 1846-47; member of Missouri
state senate, 1850-53; U.S.
Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, 1861; delegate
to Missouri state constitutional convention 30th District, 1875;
U.S.
Representative from Missouri 9th District, 1883-85; U.S. Minister
to Switzerland, 1893-95.
Slaveowner.
Died in St.
Louis, Mo., August
7, 1898 (age 79 years, 70
days).
Interment at Bellefontaine
Cemetery, St. Louis, Mo.
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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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William Brockenbrough (1778-1838) —
of Virginia.
Born in Essex
County, Va., July 10,
1778.
Lawyer; member of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1802-03, 1807-09.
Died in Richmond,
Va., December
10, 1838 (age 60 years, 153
days).
Burial location unknown.
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William Henry Brockenbrough (1812-1850) —
also known as William H. Brockenbrough —
of Tallahassee, Leon
County, Fla.
Born in Virginia, February
23, 1812.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Florida
state house of representatives, 1837; U.S.
Attorney for the Western District of Florida, 1838-40; member of
Florida
state senate, 1840-44; U.S.
Representative from Florida at-large, 1846-47.
Died in Tallahassee, Leon
County, Fla., January
28, 1850 (age 37 years, 339
days).
Interment at St.
John's Episcopal Cemetery, Tallahassee, Fla.
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Thornton Fleming Brodhead (1822-1862) —
also known as Thornton F. Brodhead —
of Pontiac, Oakland
County, Mich.; Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in South Newmarket, Rockingham
County, N.H., September
22, 1822.
Democrat. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during the Mexican
War; member of Michigan
state senate, 1850; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Michigan, 1852;
postmaster at Detroit,
Mich., 1853-57; colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War.
Gravely injured in the Second
Battle of Bull Run, and died soon after in Alexandria,
Va., September
2, 1862 (age 39 years, 345
days).
Interment at Elmwood
Cemetery, Detroit, Mich.
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Robert Lee Brokenburr (1886-1974) —
of Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind.
Born in Phoebus, Elizabeth City County (now part of Hampton),
Va., November
16, 1886.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Indiana
state senate, 1941-44.
African
Methodist Episcopal. African
ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Kappa
Alpha Psi.
Died March
24, 1974 (age 87 years, 128
days).
Interment at Crown
Hill Cemetery, Indianapolis, Ind.
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Robert Brooke (c.1760-1800) —
of Spotsylvania
County, Va.
Born in Spotsylvania
County, Va., about 1760.
Lawyer; member of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1791-94; Governor of
Virginia, 1794-96; Virginia
state attorney general, 1796-1800; died in office 1800.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Virginia, February
27, 1800 (age about 40
years).
Burial location unknown.
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Donald Glenn Brotzman (1922-2004) —
also known as Donald G. Brotzman —
of Boulder, Boulder
County, Colo.
Born near Sterling, Logan
County, Colo., June 28,
1922.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II;
lawyer; member of Colorado
state house of representatives, 1951-52; member of Colorado
state senate, 1953-56; candidate for Governor of
Colorado, 1956; U.S.
Attorney for Colorado, 1959-61; U.S.
Representative from Colorado 2nd District, 1963-65, 1967-75;
defeated, 1964.
Methodist.
Member, Elks; Rotary;
Freemasons;
American Bar
Association; American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Beta
Theta Pi; Phi
Delta Phi; Federal
Bar Association; Jaycees.
Died in Alexandria,
Va., September
15, 2004 (age 82 years, 79
days).
Interment at Green
Mountain Cemetery, Boulder, Colo.
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Aaron Venable Brown (1795-1859) —
also known as Aaron V. Brown —
of Tennessee.
Born in Brunswick
County, Va., August
15, 1795.
Democrat. Lawyer; law partner of James
K. Polk; member of Tennessee
state senate, 1821-25, 1826-27; member of Tennessee
state house of representatives, 1831-33; U.S.
Representative from Tennessee, 1839-45 (10th District 1839-43,
6th District 1843-45); Governor of
Tennessee, 1845-47; U.S.
Postmaster General, 1857-59; died in office 1859.
Methodist.
Slaveowner.
Died in Washington,
D.C., March 8,
1859 (age 63 years, 205
days).
Interment at Mt.
Olivet Cemetery, Nashville, Tenn.
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Del M. Mauhrine Brown —
of Hopewell,
Va.
Democrat. Lawyer; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Virginia, 1996;
candidate for Virginia
state house of delegates 75th District, 1997; publicly
admonished in June 2008 by the Virginia State Bar for lawyer
misconduct, over failure to file a timely notice of appeal on
behalf of three clients.
Still living as of 2008.
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James Brown (1766-1835) —
of Kentucky; New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La.
Born near Staunton, Augusta
County, Va., September
11, 1766.
Lawyer; U.S.
Attorney for Kentucky, 1791; secretary
of state of Kentucky, 1792-96; secretary
of Orleans Territory, 1804; U.S.
Attorney for Louisiana, 1805-08; U.S.
Senator from Louisiana, 1813-17, 1819-23; resigned 1823; U.S.
Minister to France, 1823-29.
Slaveowner.
Died in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., April 7,
1835 (age 68 years, 208
days).
Interment at Christ
Church Burial Ground, Philadelphia, Pa.
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John Brown (1757-1837) —
of Frankfort, Franklin
County, Ky.
Born in Staunton,
Va., September
12, 1757.
Served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War;
lawyer; member of Virginia
state senate, 1784-88; Delegate
to Continental Congress from Virginia, 1787-88; U.S.
Representative from Virginia, 1789-92 (at-large 1789-91, 2nd
District 1791-92); U.S.
Senator from Kentucky, 1792-1805.
Scotch-Irish
ancestry. Member, Freemasons.
Slaveowner.
Died in Lexington, Fayette
County, Ky., August
29, 1837 (age 79 years, 351
days).
Interment at Frankfort
Cemetery, Frankfort, Ky.
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Thomas Henry Bayly Browne (1844-1892) —
also known as Thomas H. B. Browne —
of Accomac, Accomack
County, Va.
Born in Accomac Court House, Accomack
County, Va., February
8, 1844.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War;
lawyer; Accomack
County Commonwealth Attorney; U.S.
Representative from Virginia 1st District, 1887-91.
Died in Accomac, Accomack
County, Va., August
27, 1892 (age 48 years, 201
days).
Interment at Mt.
Custis Cemetery, Accomac, Va.
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George Landon Browning —
also known as George L. Browning —
of Orange, Orange
County, Va.
Democrat. Lawyer; candidate for Presidential Elector for
Virginia; justice of
Virginia state supreme court, 1930-40; appointed 1930.
Episcopalian.
Member, Pi
Kappa Alpha; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of John Armistead Browning and Mary Lewis (Willis) Browning; married,
February
28, 1906, to Eva Byrd Hill Ransom. |
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David Kirkpatrick Este Bruce (1898-1977) —
also known as David K. E. Bruce —
of Baltimore,
Md.; Charlotte Court House, Charlotte
County, Va.; Elkridge, Howard
County, Md.
Born in Baltimore,
Md., February
12, 1898.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer;
farmer;
member of Maryland
state house of delegates, 1924-26; U.S. Vice Consul in Rome, as of 1926; member of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1940-43; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Virginia, 1940;
served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; U.S. Ambassador to
France, 1949-52; Germany, 1957-59; Great Britain, 1961-69; U.S. Liaison to China, 1973-74.
Episcopalian.
Member, Council on
Foreign Relations.
Received the Presidential
Medal of Freedom in 1976.
Died, as a result of a heart
attack, in Georgetown University Medical
Center, Washington,
D.C., December
5, 1977 (age 79 years, 296
days).
Interment at Oak
Hill Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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William Cabell Bruce (1860-1946) —
of Baltimore,
Md.; Ruxton, Baltimore
County, Md.
Born in Charlotte
County, Va., March
12, 1860.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Maryland
state senate, 1894-96; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Maryland, 1916
(member, Committee
to Notify Presidential Nominee), 1924;
U.S.
Senator from Maryland, 1923-29; defeated, 1928.
Episcopalian.
Recieved a Pulitzer
Prize in 1918 for his book Benjamin Franklin,
Self-Revealed.
Died in Ruxton, Baltimore
County, Md., May 9,
1946 (age 86 years, 58
days).
Interment at St.
Thomas Episcopal Church Cemetery, Owings Mills, Md.
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Albert Vickers Bryan (1899-1984) —
also known as Albert V. Bryan —
of Alexandria,
Va.
Born in Alexandria,
Va., July 23,
1899.
Lawyer; U.S.
District Judge for the Eastern District of Virginia, 1947-61; Judge
of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit, 1961-72; took
senior status 1972.
Died in Fairfax,
Va., March
13, 1984 (age 84 years, 234
days).
Interment at Ivy
Hill Cemetery, Alexandria, Va.
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Albert Vickers Bryan Jr. (b. 1926) —
also known as Albert V. Bryan, Jr. —
of Alexandria,
Va.
Born in Alexandria,
Va., November
8, 1926.
Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II; lawyer;
delegate
to Virginia limited constitutional convention 36th District,
1956; circuit judge in Virginia, 1962-71; U.S.
District Judge for the Eastern District of Virginia, 1971-91;
took senior status 1991.
Still living as of 2000.
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Silas Lillard Bryan (1822-1880) —
also known as Silas L. Bryan —
of Salem, Marion
County, Ill.
Born in Culpeper
County, Va., November
4, 1822.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Illinois
state senate, 1853-60 (3rd District 1853-54, 20th District
1855-60); circuit judge in Illinois, 1860; delegate
to Illinois state constitutional convention 9th District,
1869-70; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Illinois, 1872.
Baptist.
Died in Jacksonville, Morgan
County, Ill., March
30, 1880 (age 57 years, 147
days).
Interment at East
Lawn Cemetery, Salem, Ill.
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James Francis Buckner Jr. (1849-1923) —
also known as James F. Buckner —
of Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky.
Born in Hopkinsville, Christian
County, Ky., May 6,
1849.
Republican. Lawyer; U.S. Collector of Internal Revenue for the
5th Kentucky District, 1879; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Kentucky, 1880;
Honorary
Consul for Guatemala in Louisville,
Ky., 1896-99; Consul-General
for Central America in Louisville,
Ky., 1897-98; Consul-General
for Honduras in Louisville,
Ky., 1898-1907; Consul-General
for Nicaragua in Louisville,
Ky., 1899-1907.
Died, from angina
pectoris and cerebral
hemorrhage, in Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky., September
19, 1923 (age 74 years, 136
days).
Interment at Cave
Hill Cemetery, Louisville, Ky.
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Richard Aylett Buckner (1784-1847) —
also known as Richard A. Buckner —
of Greensburg, Green
County, Ky.
Born in Fauquier
County, Va., February
5, 1784.
Lawyer; member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1813-15, 1837-39; U.S.
Representative from Kentucky 8th District, 1823-29; Judge,
Kentucky Court of Appeals, 1831; candidate for Governor of
Kentucky, 1832; candidate for Presidential Elector for Kentucky;
circuit judge in Kentucky, 1845.
Slaveowner.
Died in Greensburg, Green
County, Ky., December
8, 1847 (age 63 years, 306
days).
Interment in private or family graveyard.
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Relatives: Son
of Aylette Buckner (1745-1807) and Judith Presley (Thornton) Buckner;
married, October
7, 1805, to Elizabeth Lewis Buckner; father of Aylette
Buckner (1806-1869); great-granduncle of Key
Pittman and Vail
Montgomery Pittman; first cousin twice removed of James
Francis Buckner Jr.; second cousin once removed of John
Walker and Francis
Walker; second cousin twice removed of Aylett
Hawes Buckner; third cousin of Robert
Brooke, George
Madison and Meriwether
Lewis; third cousin once removed of Zachary
Taylor, Robert
Pryor Henry, Francis
Taliaferro Helm, John
Flournoy Henry, Thomas
Walker Gilmer, Gustavus
Adolphus Henry and Thomas
Stanhope Flournoy; third cousin twice removed of John
Strother Pendleton, Albert
Gallatin Pendleton, James
Speed, Charles
John Helm and Hubbard
Dozier Helm; third cousin thrice removed of Hubbard
T. Smith. |
| | | Political families: Walker-Meriwether-Kellogg
family of Virginia; Blackburn-Slaughter-Buckner-Madison
family of Kentucky; Tyler
family of Virginia; Pendleton-Lee
family of Maryland (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Parker Wilson Buhrman (b. 1885) —
also known as Parker W. Buhrman —
of Botetourt
County, Va.
Born in Botetourt
County, Va., September
5, 1885.
School
teacher; lawyer; U.S. Consul in Malmo, 1918; Helsingfors, 1919-20; Ceiba, 1920-21; Soerabaya, 1921-23; Aleppo, 1923-25; Berlin, 1928-29; Casablanca, 1930-34; Cologne, 1935; U.S. Consul General in Lisbon, 1935; Sydney, as of 1938; Belfast, 1939-43.
Methodist.
Member, Kappa
Alpha Order; Phi
Delta Phi; Pi Gamma
Mu.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Joseph Blaine Buhrman and Sarah Elizabeth (Lemon) Buhrman;
married, August
30, 1935, to Helmi Ranta. |
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Cuthbert Bullitt (1740-1791) —
Born in Fauquier
County, Va., 1740.
Lawyer; planter;
shot and killed John
Baylis in a duel
on September 24, 1765; later tried
for the killing
and acquitted; delegate
to Virginia state constitutional convention, 1776.
Anglican;
later Episcopalian.
Died in Prince
William County, Va., August
27, 1791 (age about 51
years).
Burial location unknown.
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Samuel Swinfin Burdett (1836-1914) —
also known as Samuel S. Burdett —
of Osceola, St. Clair
County, Mo.; Washington,
D.C.; Glencarlyn, Arlington, Arlington
County, Va.
Born in Leicestershire, England,
February
21, 1836.
Republican. Lawyer; served in the Union Army during the Civil
War; delegate to Republican National Convention from Missouri, 1868;
U.S.
Representative from Missouri 5th District, 1869-73; defeated,
1872; Commissioner of the General Land Office, 1874-76.
English
ancestry. Member, Grand
Army of the Republic.
Died in Leicestershire, England,
September
24, 1914 (age 78 years, 215
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Warren Earl Burger (1907-1995) —
also known as Warren E. Burger —
of St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn.; Arlington, Arlington
County, Va.
Born in St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn., September
17, 1907.
Republican. Lawyer; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Minnesota, 1944,
1948
(alternate), 1952
(member, Credentials
Committee; speaker);
Judge
of U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, 1956-69; Chief
Justice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1969-86; took senior status 1986.
Presbyterian.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Judicature Society; Federal
Bar Association.
Received the Presidential
Medal of Freedom in 1988.
Died, of congestive
heart failure, in Alexandria,
Va., June 25,
1995 (age 87 years, 281
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Henry Cornelius Burnett (1825-1866) —
also known as Henry C. Burnett —
of Cadiz, Trigg
County, Ky.
Born in Essex
County, Va., October
5, 1825.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Kentucky 1st District, 1855-61; delegate
to Kentucky secession convention, 1861; served in the Confederate
Army during the Civil War; Delegate
from Kentucky to the Confederate Provisional Congress, 1861-62;
Senator
from Kentucky in the Confederate Congress, 1862-65.
Slaveowner.
Died in Hopkinsville, Christian
County, Ky., October
1, 1866 (age 40 years, 361
days).
Interment at East
End Cemetery, Cadiz, Ky.
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Thomas P. Burnett (1800-1845) —
of Mt. Hope Township, Grant
County, Wis.
Born in Pittsylvania
County, Va., September
3, 1800.
Lawyer; walked with a limp
due to a leg injury during a fire; present for the surrender of Black
Hawk (Indian chief), August 2, 1832; member
Wisconsin territorial council, 1836.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons.
Died, of typhoid,
in Mt. Hope Township, Grant
County, Wis., November
7, 1845 (age 45 years, 65
days).
Interment at Hermitage
Cemetery, Mt. Hope Township, Grant County, Wis.
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Hutchins Gordon Burton (c.1782-1836) —
of Warren
County, N.C.; Halifax, Halifax
County, N.C.
Born in Virginia, about 1782.
Lawyer; member of North
Carolina house of commons, 1809, 1817; North
Carolina state attorney general, 1810-16; U.S.
Representative from North Carolina 2nd District, 1819-24;
resigned 1824; Governor of
North Carolina, 1824-27.
Slaveowner.
Died in Iredell
County, N.C., April
21, 1836 (age about 54
years).
Interment at Unity
Churchyard, Beattys Ford, N.C.
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George Edward Bushnell (1887-1965) —
also known as George E. Bushnell —
of Highland Park, Wayne
County, Mich.; Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Roanoke,
Va., November
4, 1887.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer;
justice
of Michigan state supreme court, 1934-55; defeated, 1928;
resigned 1955; chief
justice of Michigan state supreme court, 1940, 1948.
Presbyterian.
Scottish
ancestry. Member, Sons of
the American Revolution; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners;
American Bar
Association; Delta
Theta Phi.
Died in Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio, September
30, 1965 (age 77 years, 330
days).
Interment at Elmwood
Cemetery, Detroit, Mich.
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Manley Caldwell Butler (1925-2014) —
also known as M. Caldwell Butler —
of Roanoke,
Va.
Born in Roanoke,
Va., June 2,
1925.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II;
lawyer; member of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1962-71; U.S.
Representative from Virginia 6th District, 1972-83.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Order of
the Coif; Phi
Beta Kappa; Tau
Kappa Alpha; Phi
Gamma Delta.
Died in Roanoke,
Va., July 29,
2014 (age 89 years, 57
days).
Burial location unknown.
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John Decker Butzner Jr. (1917-2006) —
also known as John D. Butzner, Jr. —
of Fredericksburg,
Va.
Born in Scranton, Lackawanna
County, Pa., October
2, 1917.
Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II;
circuit judge in Virginia, 1958-62; U.S.
District Judge for the Eastern District of Virginia, 1962-67; Judge
of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit, 1967-82; took
senior status 1982.
Presbyterian.
Died in Richmond,
Va., January
20, 2006 (age 88 years, 110
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Charles Willing Byrd (1770-1828) —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.; Hamilton
County, Ohio.
Born in Charles
City County, Va., July 26,
1770.
Lawyer; secretary
of Northwest Territory, 1800-03; delegate
to Ohio state constitutional convention from Hamilton County,
1802; Governor
of Northwest Territory, 1802-03; U.S.
District Judge for Ohio, 1803-28; died in office 1828.
Died in Sinking Spring, Highland
County, Ohio, August
25, 1828 (age 58 years, 30
days).
Interment at Byrd
Cemetery, Sinking Spring, Ohio.
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Relatives: Son
of William Evelyn Byrd and Mary Shippen (Willing) Byrd; married, April 6,
1797, to Sarah Waters Meade; married, October
8, 1818, to Hannah Miles; nephew of Thomas
Willing; grandson of Charles
Willing; grandnephew of Edward
Shippen (1703-1781) and William
Shippen; great-granduncle of Connally
Findlay Trigg and Richard
Evelyn Byrd; second great-grandson of Edward
Shippen (1639-1712); second great-granduncle of Harry
Flood Byrd; third great-granduncle of Harry
Flood Byrd Jr.; first cousin once removed of Edward
Shippen (1729-1806) and John
Brown Francis; first cousin twice removed of Edward
Overton Jr.; first cousin thrice removed of James
Rieman Macfarlane and Francis
Fisher Kane; first cousin five times removed of William
Welby Beverley; second cousin once removed of Edward
Shippen (1823-1904); second cousin twice removed of Bertha
Shippen Irving; second cousin thrice removed of Edmund
Pendleton; second cousin five times removed of William
Bradley Umstead and Angier
Biddle Duke; third cousin twice removed of John
Penn, John
Pendleton Jr. and Nathaniel
Pendleton; fourth cousin once removed of James
Madison, William
Taylor Madison, Philip
Clayton Pendleton, Zachary
Taylor, Edmund
Henry Pendleton and Nathanael
Greene Pendleton. |
| | | Political families: Pendleton-Lee
family of Maryland; Lee-Randolph
family; Harrison-Randolph-Marshall-Cabell
family of Virginia; Blackburn-Slaughter-Buckner-Madison
family of Kentucky (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | See also federal
judicial profile — Wikipedia
article — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Richard Evelyn Byrd (1860-1925) —
also known as Richard E. Byrd —
of Winchester,
Va.
Born in Austin, Travis
County, Tex., August
13, 1860.
Democrat. Lawyer; Frederick
County Commonwealth Attorney, 1884-1904; member of Virginia
state house of delegates from Frederick County & Winchester city,
1906-13; Speaker of
the Virginia State House of Delegates, 1908-13; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Virginia, 1912,
1920;
U.S.
Attorney for the Western District of Virginia, 1914-20.
Died in Richmond,
Va., October
25, 1925 (age 65 years, 73
days).
Interment at Mt.
Hebron Cemetery, Winchester, Va.
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Relatives: Son
of Col. William Byrd and Jennie (Rivers) Byrd; married, September
15, 1886, to Eleanor Bolling Flood (sister of Henry
De La Warr Flood); father of Harry
Flood Byrd and Richard Evelyn Byrd (1888-1957; polar explorer);
grandfather of Harry
Flood Byrd Jr.; great-grandnephew of Charles
Willing Byrd; first cousin four times removed of Benjamin
Harrison (1726-1791) and Robert
Carter Nicholas (1729-1780); second cousin of Lucia Cary Harrison
(who married Edmund
Randolph Cocke); second cousin thrice removed of George
Nicholas, Carter
Bassett Harrison, Wilson
Cary Nicholas, John
Nicholas and William
Henry Harrison; third cousin of Connally
Findlay Trigg; third cousin twice removed of Peyton
Randolph, Robert
Carter Nicholas (1787-1857) and John
Scott Harrison; third cousin thrice removed of Burwell
Bassett; fourth cousin once removed of Thomas
Marshall, James
Keith Marshall, Peter
Myndert Dox, Edmund
Randolph, Carter
Henry Harrison and Benjamin
Harrison (1833-1901). |
| | | Political families: Harrison-Randolph-Marshall-Cabell
family of Virginia; Clark-Thomson
family of Iowa and Virginia (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | Image source: Men of Mark in Virginia
(1906) |
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Robert Carlyle Byrd (1917-2010) —
also known as Robert C. Byrd; Cornelius Calvin Sale
Jr.; "King of Pork" —
of Sophia, Raleigh
County, W.Va.
Born in North Wilkesboro, Wilkes
County, N.C., November
20, 1917.
Democrat. Grocer;
lawyer; member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Raleigh County, 1947-50;
member of West
Virginia state senate 9th District, 1951-52; U.S.
Representative from West Virginia 6th District, 1953-59; U.S.
Senator from West Virginia, 1959-; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from West Virginia, 1960,
1996,
2000,
2004,
2008;
speaker, 1988.
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
of Pythias; Odd
Fellows; Elks; Moose; Eagles;
Lions;
Farm
Bureau; Tau
Kappa Epsilon; Ku Klux Klan.
Died in Fairfax,
Va., June 28,
2010 (age 92 years, 220
days).
Interment at Columbia
Gardens Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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