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John Nichols Dalton (1931-1986) —
also known as John N. Dalton —
of Radford,
Va.
Born in Emporia,
Va., July 11,
1931.
Republican. Lawyer; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Virginia, 1960,
1964
(alternate), 1972
(alternate); treasurer of
Virginia Republican Party, 1960-61; member of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1966-72 (Montgomery County & Radford
city 1966-71, Carroll, Floyd, Montgomery & Wythe counties & Radford
city 1972); member of Virginia
state senate 37th District, 1972-73; Lieutenant
Governor of Virginia, 1974-78; Governor of
Virginia, 1978-82.
Baptist.
Member, Rotary;
Jaycees;
Freemasons;
Shriners;
American
Legion; Moose; Odd
Fellows; Farm
Bureau; Omicron
Delta Kappa.
Died in Radford,
Va., July 30,
1986 (age 55 years, 19
days).
Interment at Sunrise
Burial Park, Fairlawn, Va.
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Theodore Roosevelt Dalton (1901-1989) —
also known as Ted Dalton —
of Radford,
Va.
Born in Carroll
County, Va., July 3,
1901.
Republican. Lawyer; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Virginia, 1932
(alternate), 1944,
1952;
member of Virginia
state senate 21st District, 1944-59; candidate for Governor of
Virginia, 1953, 1957; U.S.
District Judge for the Western District of Virginia, 1959-76.
Died in Radford,
Va., October
30, 1989 (age 88 years, 119
days).
Burial location unknown.
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John Warwick Daniel (1842-1910) —
also known as John W. Daniel; "The Lame Lion of
Lynchburg" —
of Lynchburg,
Va.
Born in Lynchburg,
Va., September
5, 1842.
Democrat. Major in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; permanently
disabled by a war injury; lawyer; member of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1869-72; member of Virginia
state senate, 1875-81; candidate for Presidential Elector for
Virginia; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Virginia,
1880
(Convention
Vice-President), 1888,
1896
(Permanent
Chair), 1904
(member, Platform
and Resolutions Committee); candidate for Governor of
Virginia, 1881; U.S.
Representative from Virginia 6th District, 1885-87; U.S.
Senator from Virginia, 1887-1910; died in office 1910; delegate
to Virginia state constitutional convention from Campbell County,
1901-02.
Died in Lynchburg,
Va., June 29,
1910 (age 67 years, 297
days).
Interment at Spring
Hill Cemetery, Lynchburg, Va.
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Colgate Whitehead Darden Jr. (1897-1981) —
also known as Colgate W. Darden, Jr. —
of Norfolk,
Va.
Born in Southampton
County, Va., February
11, 1897.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War I;
lawyer; member of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1930-33; U.S.
Representative from Virginia, 1933-37, 1939-41 (at-large 1933-35,
2nd District 1935-37, 1939-41); Governor of
Virginia, 1942-46; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Virginia, 1944
(member, Platform
and Resolutions Committee; speaker);
president,
University of Virginia, 1947.
Episcopalian.
Died in Norfolk,
Va., June 9,
1981 (age 84 years, 118
days).
Interment a
private or family graveyard, Southampton County, Va.
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Ralph Hunter Daughton (1885-1958) —
of Norfolk,
Va.
Born in Washington,
D.C., September
23, 1885.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1933-44; U.S.
Representative from Virginia 2nd District, 1944-47.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Elks; Knights
of Pythias; Lions.
Died in Norfolk,
Va., December
22, 1958 (age 73 years, 90
days).
Interment at Mt.
Olivet Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Joseph Hamilton Daviess (1774-1811) —
also known as Joe Daviess —
of Danville, Boyle
County, Ky.; Lexington, Fayette
County, Ky.
Born in Bedford
County, Va., March 4,
1774.
Lawyer; U.S.
Attorney for Kentucky, 1800-06; major in the U.S. Army during the
War of 1812.
Welsh
ancestry. Member, Freemasons.
Around 1801, he served as a second to John
Rowan in his duel
with James Chambers; after Chambers was killed, he fled
to avoid
prosecution as accomplice to murder,
and became a fugitive,
but when Rowan was arrested, he returned to act as Rowan's legal
counsel.
Shot
and killed
in the Battle of Tippecanoe, in what is now Tippecanoe
County, Ind., November
7, 1811 (age 37 years, 248
days).
Interment at Tippecanoe
Battlefield Park, Battle Ground, Ind.
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Cushman Kellogg Davis (1838-1900) —
also known as Cushman K. Davis —
of St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn.
Born in Henderson, Jefferson
County, N.Y., June 16,
1838.
Republican. Lawyer; served in the Union Army during the Civil
War; member of Minnesota
state house of representatives District 1, 1867; U.S.
Attorney for Minnesota, 1868-73; Governor of
Minnesota, 1874-76; U.S.
Senator from Minnesota, 1887-1900; died in office 1900; delegate
to Republican National Convention from Minnesota, 1900.
Helped negotiate the Treaty of Paris which ended the Spanish-American
War, and gave Puerto Rico and the Philippines to the United States.
Died in St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn., November
27, 1900 (age 62 years, 164
days).
Originally entombed at Oakland
Cemetery, St. Paul, Minn.; later interred in 1901 at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Horatio Davis (1840-1912) —
of Chatham, Pittsylvania
County, Va.; Gainesville, Alachua
County, Fla.
Born in Wilmington, New Hanover
County, N.C., May 16,
1840.
Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; lawyer;
county judge in Virginia, 1880-86; mayor
of Gainesville, Fla., 1908-09.
Episcopalian.
Died in Gainesville, Alachua
County, Fla., June 12,
1912 (age 72 years, 27
days).
Interment at Evergreen
Cemetery, Gainesville, Fla.
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Thomas Terry Davis (1765-1807) —
Born in Fluvanna
County, Va., 1765.
Lawyer; member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1795-97; U.S.
Representative from Kentucky at-large, 1797-1803; justice of
Indiana territorial supreme court, 1803-07.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Jeffersonville, Clark
County, Ind., November
15, 1807 (age about 42
years).
Interment at Old City Cemetery, Jeffersonville, Ind.
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Westmoreland Davis (1859-1942) —
also known as Morley Davis —
of Leesburg, Loudoun
County, Va.
Born, of American parents, at sea in the North
Atlantic Ocean, August
21, 1859.
Democrat. Railway
clerk; lawyer; Governor of
Virginia, 1918-22; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Virginia, 1920.
Episcopalian.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa.
Died in Baltimore,
Md., September
7, 1942 (age 83 years, 17
days).
Interment a
private or family graveyard, Loudoun County, Va.
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John Dawson (1762-1814) —
of Spotsylvania
County, Va.
Born in Virginia, 1762.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1786-89; Delegate
to Continental Congress from Virginia, 1788; delegate
to Virginia convention to ratify U.S. constitution from
Spotsylvania County, 1788; U.S.
Representative from Virginia, 1797-1814 (at-large 1797-1807, 10th
District 1807-14); died in office 1814.
Died in Washington,
D.C., March
31, 1814 (age about 51
years).
Interment at Congressional
Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Marion Lindsay Dawson —
of Richmond,
Va.; Suffolk
County, N.Y.; Brooksville, Hernando
County, Fla.
Born in Scottsville, Albemarle
County, Va.
Lawyer; member of Florida
state house of representatives, 1915-19; campaign manager for
Gov. Cary
A. Hardee.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
of Pythias; Elks; Redmen.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1903 to Alice
Taylor. |
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James Ozro Day (b. 1888) —
also known as James O. Day —
of Mississippi; Arlington, Arlington
County, Va.
Born in Decatur, Newton
County, Miss., November
30, 1888.
Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during World War I; member of
Mississippi
state senate 27th District, 1928-32; circuit judge in
Mississippi, 1933; U.S.
Attorney for the Northern District of Mississippi, 1942-45.
Member, American
Legion; Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons; Lions.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Samuel Marion Day and Eliza P. (Clark) Day; married, October
1, 1918, to Maude Barbara Reeves. |
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Parke Poindexter Deans (b. 1880) —
also known as Parke P. Deans —
of Windsor, Isle of
Wight County, Va.; Richmond,
Va.
Born in Isle of
Wight County, Va., August
23, 1880.
Democrat. Lawyer; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Virginia, 1912.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to Lucy Saunderrs. |
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Robert Creigh Deeds (b. 1958) —
also known as R. Creigh Deeds —
of Millboro, Bath
County, Va.
Born in Richmond,
Va., January
4, 1958.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1992-2001; member of Virginia
state senate 25th District, 2001-; candidate for Virginia
state attorney general, 2005; candidate for Governor of
Virginia, 2009; on November 19, 2013, he was stabbed
multiple times by his mentally ill son Gus, who then killed himself.
Presbyterian.
Still living as of 2014.
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Charles Harvey Denby (1830-1904) —
also known as Charles H. Denby —
of Evansville, Vanderburgh
County, Ind.
Born in Mt. Joy, Botetourt
County, Va., June 16,
1830.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1857; colonel in the Union Army
during the Civil War; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Indiana, 1876,
1884;
U.S. Minister to China, 1885-98.
Episcopalian.
Died in Jamestown, Chautauqua
County, N.Y., January
13, 1904 (age 73 years, 211
days).
Interment at Oak
Hill Cemetery, Evansville, Ind.
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Burt Lincoln Dickinson —
of Marion, Smyth
County, Va.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Virginia
state senate 15th District, 1933-35.
Burial location unknown.
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Clement Cabell Dickinson (1849-1938) —
also known as Clement C. Dickinson —
of Clinton, Henry
County, Mo.
Born in Prince
Edward County, Va., December
6, 1849.
Democrat. School
teacher; lawyer; Henry
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1876-82; candidate for Presidential
Elector for Missouri; member of Missouri
state house of representatives from Henry County, 1901-02; member
of Missouri
state senate 16th District, 1903-06; U.S.
Representative from Missouri, 1910-21, 1923-29, 1931-35 (6th
District 1910-21, 1923-29, 1931-33, at-large 1933-35); defeated,
1920, 1928; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Missouri,
1928.
Died in Clinton, Henry
County, Mo., January
14, 1938 (age 88 years, 39
days).
Interment at Englewood
Cemetery, Clinton, Mo.
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Gustav Adolf Victor Hugo Dittmar (1845-1909) —
also known as Gustav Dittmar —
of Washington,
D.C.; Alexandria,
Va.
Born in Charlottenburg, Prussia (now part of Berlin, Germany),
June
14, 1845.
Patent attorney; notary
public; Consular
Agent for Germany in Washington,
D.C., 1899-1907.
Died, in Georgetown University Hospital,
Washington,
D.C., September
29, 1909 (age 64 years, 107
days).
Cremated.
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Willoughby Barrett Dobbs (1861-1931) —
also known as Willoughby B. Dobbs —
of Scottsville, Allen
County, Ky.; Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y.; Flushing, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y.
Born in Portsmouth,
Va., 1861.
Democrat. School
teacher; lawyer; newspaper
editor and publisher; chair of
Allen County Democratic Party, 1891-92; member of New York
state assembly from New York County 32nd District, 1907.
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons;
Royal
Arcanum; Knights
of Pythias.
Died, in Sherman Square Hospital,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., April 6,
1931 (age about 69
years).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Rev. Charles Edwin Willoughby Dobbs and Mary Elizabeth (Barrett)
Dobbs; married, June 7,
1884, to Mary Ready Ragland. |
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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. |
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Jonathan Prentiss Dolliver (1858-1910) —
also known as Jonathan P. Dolliver —
of Fort Dodge, Webster
County, Iowa.
Born near Kingwood, Preston
County, Va. (now W.Va.), February
6, 1858.
Republican. Lawyer; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Iowa, 1888,
1904;
U.S.
Representative from Iowa 10th District, 1889-1900; U.S.
Senator from Iowa, 1900-10; died in office 1910.
Died in Fort Dodge, Webster
County, Iowa, October
15, 1910 (age 52 years, 251
days).
Interment at Oakland
Cemetery, Fort Dodge, Iowa.
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Owen Joseph Donley (d. 1995) —
also known as Owen J. Donley —
of Elk Point, Union
County, S.Dak.; Alexandria,
Va.; Virginia
Beach, Va.
Born in Elk Point, Union
County, S.Dak.
Democrat. Lawyer; Union
County State's Attorney; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from South Dakota, 1960;
chief of staff to U.S. Sen. George
McGovern, 1963-71; also worked on the Senator's campaigns for
U.S. Senate and President.
Catholic.
Died while recovering from heart
surgery, in Jackson, Madison
County, Tenn., June 20,
1995.
Burial location unknown.
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George Washington Emery Dorsey (1842-1911) —
also known as George W. E. Dorsey —
of Fremont, Dodge
County, Neb.
Born in Waterford, Loudoun
County, Va., January
25, 1842.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War;
lawyer; banker; Nebraska
Republican state chair, 1882-84; U.S.
Representative from Nebraska 3rd District, 1885-91.
Congregationalist.
Member, Grand
Army of the Republic; Loyal
Legion; Odd
Fellows; Elks.
Died in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake
County, Utah, June 12,
1911 (age 69 years, 138
days).
Interment at Ridge
Cemetery, Fremont, Neb.
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Charles Downing (d. 1845) —
of St. Augustine, St. Johns
County, Fla.
Born in Virginia.
Lawyer; member
Florida territorial council, 1837; Delegate
to U.S. Congress from Florida Territory, 1837-41.
Died in St. Augustine, St. Johns
County, Fla., 1845.
Interment at Huguenot
Cemetery, St. Augustine, Fla.
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Thomas Joseph Downing (1867-1927) —
also known as Thomas J. Downing; Tom
Downing —
of McNeals Corner, Lancaster
County, Va.
Born May 25,
1867.
Lawyer; member of Virginia
state senate, 1920-27 (34th District 1920-23, 31st District
1924-27); died in office 1927.
Died in McNeals Corner, Lancaster
County, Va., December
24, 1927 (age 60 years, 213
days).
Interment at Downing Family Cemetery, McNeals Corner, Va.
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Thomas Nelms Downing (1919-2001) —
also known as Thomas N. Downing —
of Newport
News, Va.
Born in Newport
News, Va., January
2, 1919.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; lawyer;
U.S.
Representative from Virginia 1st District, 1959-77.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Lions; American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars.
Died, from complications of intestinal surgery, in a hospital
at Newport
News, Va., October
23, 2001 (age 82 years, 294
days).
Interment at Peninsula
Memorial Park, Newport News, Va.
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Clyde Gilman Doyle (1887-1963) —
also known as Clyde Doyle —
of Long Beach, Los
Angeles County, Calif.; South Gate, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Oakland, Alameda
County, Calif., July 11,
1887.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from California, 1945-47, 1949-63 (18th District
1945-47, 1949-53, 23rd District 1953-63); defeated, 1946; died in
office 1963; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
California, 1948,
1960.
Congregationalist.
Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Kiwanis.
Died of a heart
attack in Arlington, Arlington
County, Va., March
14, 1963 (age 75 years, 246
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Joseph Draper (1794-1834) —
of Virginia.
Born in Draper Valley, Pulaski
County, Va., December
25, 1794.
Served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; lawyer; member
of Virginia
state senate, 1828-30; U.S.
Representative from Virginia 22nd District, 1830-31, 1832-33.
Died in Wytheville, Wythe
County, Va., June 10,
1834 (age 39 years, 167
days).
Interment at Oglesbies
Cemetery, Draper Valley, Va.
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Patrick Henry Drewry (1875-1947) —
also known as Patrick H. Drewry —
of Petersburg,
Va.
Born in Petersburg,
Va., May 24,
1875.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Virginia
state senate 29th District, 1912-21; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Virginia, 1916,
1940,
1944;
U.S.
Representative from Virginia, 1920-47 (4th District 1920-33,
at-large 1933-35, 4th District 1935-47); died in office 1947.
Methodist.
Member, American
Historical Association; Sons
of Confederate Veterans; Sigma
Chi; Phi
Beta Kappa; Omicron
Delta Kappa.
Died in Petersburg,
Va., December
21, 1947 (age 72 years, 211
days).
Interment at Blandford
Cemetery, Petersburg, Va.
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Edward Richard Dudley (1911-2005) —
also known as Edward R. Dudley —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in South Boston, Halifax
County, Va., March
11, 1911.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S. Minister to Liberia, 1948-49; U.S. Ambassador to Liberia, 1949-53; borough
president of Manhattan, New York, 1961-64; appointed 1961;
candidate for New York
state attorney general, 1962; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from New York, 1964;
Justice
of New York Supreme Court 1st District, 1965-85.
African
ancestry.
Died, of prostate
cancer, in St. Luke's Hospital,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., February
10, 2005 (age 93 years, 336
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Cynthia Noland Dunbar (b. 1964) —
also known as Cynthia Dunbar —
of Richmond, Fort Bend
County, Tex.; Forest, Bedford
County, Va.
Born in Osage Beach, Camden
County, Mo., June 27,
1964.
Republican. Lawyer; author;
member of Texas state
board of education 10th District, 2007-10; member of Republican
National Committee from Virginia, 2016-; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Virginia 6th District, 2018.
Female.
Still living as of 2018.
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William Dunbar (1805-1861) —
of Alexandria,
Va.; New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La.; St.
Bernard Parish, La.
Born in Virginia, 1805.
Democrat. Lawyer; justice of
Louisiana state supreme court, 1852-53; U.S.
Representative from Louisiana 1st District, 1853-55; sugar cane
planter.
Slaveowner.
Died in St. Bernard
Parish, La., March
18, 1861 (age about 55
years).
Burial location unknown.
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William McKee Dunn (1814-1887) —
of Madison, Jefferson
County, Ind.
Born in Hanover, Jefferson
County, Ind., December
12, 1814.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1848-49; delegate
to Indiana state constitutional convention, 1850-51; U.S.
Representative from Indiana 3rd District, 1859-63; colonel in the
Union Army during the Civil War.
Died in Dunn Loring, Fairfax
County, Va., July 24,
1887 (age 72 years, 224
days).
Interment at Oak
Hill Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Clifford Judkins Durr (b. 1899) —
also known as Clifford J. Durr —
of Montgomery, Montgomery
County, Ala.; Milwaukee, Milwaukee
County, Wis.; Birmingham, Jefferson
County, Ala.; Alexandria,
Va.
Born in Montgomery, Montgomery
County, Ala., March 2,
1899.
Democrat. Lawyer; member, Federal Communications Commission,
1941-48.
Presbyterian.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; Sigma
Alpha Epsilon.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of John Wesley Durr and Lucy (Judkins) Durr; married, April 5,
1926, to Virginia Hurd Foster. |
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David Patterson Dyer (1838-1924) —
also known as David P. Dyer —
of St.
Louis, Mo.
Born in Henry
County, Va., February
12, 1838.
Republican. Lawyer; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Missouri, 1868
(member, Credentials
Committee), 1888,
1900;
U.S.
Representative from Missouri 9th District, 1869-71; defeated
(Liberal Republican), 1870; candidate for Governor of
Missouri, 1880; U.S.
Attorney for the Eastern District of Missouri, 1902-07; U.S.
District Judge for the Eastern District of Missouri, 1907.
Died in St.
Louis, Mo., April
29, 1924 (age 86 years, 77
days).
Interment at Bellefontaine
Cemetery, St. Louis, Mo.
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