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John Osborn Laidley (1791-1863) —
Born in Morgantown, Monongalia
County, Va. (now W.Va.), April
28, 1791.
Lawyer; delegate
to Virginia state constitutional convention, 1829-30; Cabell
County Prosecuting Attorney.
Died in Cabell
County, Va (now W.Va.), 1863
(age about
72 years).
Burial location unknown.
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William Wilson Lamb (1803-1874) —
of Norfolk,
Va.
Born December
8, 1803.
Lawyer; superintendent
of schools; mayor
of Norfolk, Va., 1858-63, 1866; removed 1863.
Died August
6, 1874 (age 70 years, 241
days).
Interment at Cedar
Grove Cemetery, Norfolk, Va.
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William Lambert (1790-1853) —
of Richmond,
Va.
Born in 1790.
Lawyer; mayor
of Richmond, Va., 1840-53; died in office 1853.
Member, Freemasons.
Died March
24, 1853 (age about 62
years).
Original interment at St.
John's Church Cemetery, Church Hill, Richmond, Va.; reinterment
in 1892 at Hollywood
Cemetery, Richmond, Va.
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Sidney Floyd Landreth (1885-1977) —
also known as S. Floyd Landreth —
of Galax,
Va.
Born in Carroll
County, Va., March
27, 1885.
Republican. Lawyer; banker;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Virginia, 1912,
1932,
1940,
1944;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from Virginia 5th District, 1920; member of Virginia
state senate, 1944-65; candidate for Governor of
Virginia, 1945; Virginia
Republican state chair, 1952.
Died, in a nursing
home at Galax,
Va., October
7, 1977 (age 92 years, 194
days).
Interment at Felts
Memorial Cemetery, Galax, Va.
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Relatives: Son
of James Jonathan Landreth and Missouri Clementine (Phillippe)
Landreth; married to Lola Evelyn Lintecum. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Shelton Farrar Leake (1812-1884) —
of Virginia.
Born near Hillsboro, Albemarle
County, Va., November
30, 1812.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1842-43; U.S.
Representative from Virginia, 1845-47, 1859-61 (5th District
1845-47, 6th District 1859-61); Lieutenant
Governor of Virginia, 1852-56.
Slaveowner.
Died in Charlottesville,
Va., March 4,
1884 (age 71 years, 95
days).
Interment at Maplewood
Cemetery, Charlottesville, Va.
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Arthur Lee (1740-1792) —
of Virginia.
Born in Westmoreland
County, Va., December
20, 1740.
Physician;
lawyer; member of Virginia state legislature, 1781; Delegate
to Continental Congress from Virginia, 1782.
Died in Middlesex
County, Va., December
12, 1792 (age 51 years, 358
days).
Interment in private or family graveyard.
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Charles Lee (1758-1815) —
Born in Westmoreland
County, Va., July, 1758.
Lawyer; U.S.
Collector of Customs, 1789; U.S.
Attorney General, 1795-1801; U.S.
Secretary of State, 1800.
Died in Fauquier
County, Va., June 24,
1815 (age 56 years, 0
days).
Interment at Warrenton
Cemetery, Warrenton, Va.
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Relatives: Son
of Henry Lee (1730-1787) and Lucy (Grymes) Lee; brother of Henry
Lee (1756-1818), Richard
Bland Lee and Edmund
Jennings Lee; married 1789 to Anne
Lee; married 1809 to
Margaret Scott; grandnephew of Richard
Bland; granduncle of Fitzhugh
Lee; great-grandnephew of Richard
Randolph; first cousin once removed and son-in-law of Richard
Henry Lee; first cousin once removed of Francis
Lightfoot Lee, Arthur
Lee and Theodorick
Bland (1742-1790); first cousin twice removed of Peyton
Randolph (1721-1775); second cousin of Thomas
Sim Lee, John
Randolph of Roanoke and Henry
St. George Tucker; second cousin once removed of Thomas
Jefferson, Edmund
Jenings Randolph, Beverley
Randolph, John
Lee and Nathaniel
Beverly Tucker; second cousin twice removed of Francis
Preston Blair Lee; second cousin thrice removed of John
Lee Carroll and Edward
Brooke Lee; second cousin four times removed of William
Welby Beverley, Blair
Lee III and Edward
Brooke Lee Jr.; second cousin five times removed of Outerbridge
Horsey; third cousin of John
Marshall, James
Markham Marshall, Thomas
Mann Randolph Jr., Alexander
Keith Marshall, Martha
Jefferson Randolph, Dabney
Carr, Theodorick
Bland (1776-1846), Peyton
Randolph (1779-1828) and Zachary
Taylor; third cousin once removed of Thomas
Marshall, James
Keith Marshall, Francis
Wayles Eppes, Dabney
Smith Carr, Benjamin
Franklin Randolph, Meriwether
Lewis Randolph, George
Wythe Randolph, Thomas
Leonidas Crittenden, Edmund
Randolph and Carter
Henry Harrison; third cousin twice removed of Hancock
Lee Jackson, Thomas
Jefferson Coolidge, Edmund
Randolph Cocke, John
Augustine Marshall, Carter
Henry Harrison II and Frederick
Madison Roberts; third cousin thrice removed of Abraham
Lincoln, John
Gardner Coolidge, James
Sansome Lakin, Elliot
Woolfolk Major, Edgar
Bailey Woolfolk, Edith
Wilson, William
Marshall Bullitt, Alexander
Scott Bullitt and Francis
Beverley Biddle; fourth cousin of John
Wayles Eppes. |
| | | Political families: Harrison-Randolph-Marshall-Cabell
family of Virginia; Lee-Randolph
family; Biddle-Randolph
family of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Ballard-Gadsden-Randolph
family of West Virginia and South Carolina; Pendleton-Lee
family of Maryland; Walker-Randolph
family of Huntsville, Alabama (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
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Edmund Jennings Lee (1772-1843) —
of Alexandria, D.C. (now Va.).
Born in Prince
William County, Va., May 20,
1772.
Lawyer; mayor
of Alexandria, D.C., 1815-18.
Died in Alexandria,
Va., May 30,
1843 (age 71 years, 10
days).
Interment at Christ
Church Episcopal Cemetery, Alexandria, Va.
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Relatives: Son
of Henry Lee (1730-1787) and Lucy (Grymes) Lee; brother of Henry
Lee (1756-1818) and Charles
Lee; married to Sarah Caldwell Lee; grandnephew of Richard
Bland; granduncle of Fitzhugh
Lee; great-grandnephew of Richard
Randolph; first cousin once removed of Richard
Henry Lee, Francis
Lightfoot Lee, Arthur
Lee and Theodorick
Bland (1742-1790); first cousin twice removed of Peyton
Randolph (1721-1775); second cousin of Thomas
Sim Lee, John
Randolph of Roanoke and Henry
St. George Tucker; second cousin once removed of Thomas
Jefferson, Edmund
Jenings Randolph, Beverley
Randolph, John
Lee and Nathaniel
Beverly Tucker; second cousin twice removed of Francis
Preston Blair Lee; second cousin thrice removed of John
Lee Carroll and Edward
Brooke Lee; second cousin four times removed of William
Welby Beverley, Blair
Lee III and Edward
Brooke Lee Jr.; second cousin five times removed of Outerbridge
Horsey; third cousin of John
Marshall, James
Markham Marshall, Thomas
Mann Randolph Jr., Alexander
Keith Marshall, Martha
Jefferson Randolph, Dabney
Carr, Theodorick
Bland (1776-1846), Peyton
Randolph (1779-1828) and Zachary
Taylor; third cousin once removed of Thomas
Marshall, James
Keith Marshall, Francis
Wayles Eppes, Dabney
Smith Carr, Benjamin
Franklin Randolph, Meriwether
Lewis Randolph, George
Wythe Randolph, Thomas
Leonidas Crittenden, Edmund
Randolph and Carter
Henry Harrison; third cousin twice removed of Hancock
Lee Jackson, Thomas
Jefferson Coolidge, Edmund
Randolph Cocke, John
Augustine Marshall, Carter
Henry Harrison II and Frederick
Madison Roberts; third cousin thrice removed of Abraham
Lincoln, John
Gardner Coolidge, Elliot
Woolfolk Major, James
Sansome Lakin, Edgar
Bailey Woolfolk, Edith
Wilson, William
Marshall Bullitt, Alexander
Scott Bullitt and Francis
Beverley Biddle; fourth cousin of John
Wayles Eppes. |
| | | Political families: Lee-Randolph
family; Muhlenberg-Hiester
family of Pennsylvania (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | See also Wikipedia
article — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Norman Frederick Lent Jr. (1931-2012) —
also known as Norman F. Lent —
of East Rockaway, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y.
Born in Oceanside, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y., March
23, 1931.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during the Korean conflict;
lawyer; confidential law secretary to Justice Thomas
P. Farley, 1960-62; member of New York
state senate, 1963-70 (2nd District 1963-65, 6th District 1966,
7th District 1967-70); U.S.
Representative from New York, 1971-93 (5th District 1971-73, 4th
District 1973-93); delegate to Republican National Convention from
New York, 1972.
Methodist.
Member, American Bar
Association.
Died, from cancer,
in Arlington, Arlington
County, Va., June 11,
2012 (age 81 years, 80
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Dixon Hall Lewis (1802-1848) —
also known as Dixon H. Lewis —
of Montgomery, Montgomery
County, Ala.; Lowndesboro, Lowndes
County, Ala.
Born in Dinwiddie
County, Va., August
10, 1802.
Lawyer; member of Alabama
state house of representatives, 1826-28; U.S.
Representative from Alabama, 1829-44 (3rd District 1829-33, 4th
District 1833-41, at-large 1841-43, 3rd District 1843-44); U.S.
Senator from Alabama, 1844-48; died in office 1848.
He weighed as much as 500 pounds, and was probably the heaviest-ever
member of Congress.
Slaveowner.
Died in New York, New York
County, N.Y., October
25, 1848 (age 46 years, 76
days).
Interment at Green-Wood
Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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James Hamilton Lewis (1863-1939) —
also known as J. Hamilton Lewis; "Pink
Whiskers" —
of Seattle, King
County, Wash.; Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Danville,
Va., May 18,
1863.
Lawyer; member of Washington
territorial legislature, 1887-88; candidate for Governor of
Washington, 1892; candidate for Democratic nomination for Vice
President, 1896,
1900,
1920;
U.S.
Representative from Washington at-large, 1897-99; defeated
(People's), 1898; colonel in the U.S. Army during the
Spanish-American War; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Illinois, 1928,
1936;
Honorary Vice-President, 1904;
speaker, 1912;
candidate for Governor of
Illinois, 1908, 1920 (Democratic); U.S.
Senator from Illinois, 1913-19, 1931-39; defeated (Democratic),
1918; died in office 1939.
Died, of coronary
thrombosis, at Garfield Hospital,
Washington,
D.C., April 9,
1939 (age 75 years, 326
days).
Originally entombed at Abbey
Mausoleum (which no longer exists), Arlington, Va.; reinterment
to unknown location.
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Lunsford Lomax Lewis (1846-1920) —
also known as Lunsford L. Lewis —
of Richmond,
Va.
Born in Rockingham
County, Va., March
17, 1846.
Republican. Lawyer; Culpeper
County Commonwealth Attorney, 1870-74; U.S.
Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia, 1874-82, 1902-05,
1905-12; justice of
Virginia state supreme court, 1882-94; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Virginia 3rd District, 1896; candidate for Governor of
Virginia, 1905.
Died in Richmond,
Va., March
13, 1920 (age 73 years, 362
days).
Interment at Hollywood
Cemetery, Richmond, Va.
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William Henry Lewis (1868-1949) —
also known as William H. Lewis; Bill Lewis —
of Cambridge, Middlesex
County, Mass.; Dedham, Norfolk
County, Mass.
Born in Berkley, Norfolk County (now part of Norfolk),
Va., November
28, 1868.
Republican. As a student at Harvard, was the first
Black All-American football player (1892-93); lawyer; served
in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1902.
Baptist;
later Catholic.
African
ancestry.
Died, of heart
failure, in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., January
1, 1949 (age 80 years, 34
days).
Interment at Mt.
Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Mass.
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Relatives: Son
of Ashley Lewis and Josephine (Baker) Lewis; married, September
26, 1896, to Elizabeth Baker. |
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George Gordon Battle Liddy (1930-2021) —
also known as G. Gordon Liddy —
Born in Hoboken, Hudson
County, N.J., November
30, 1930.
Conservative. Served in the U.S. Army during the Korean conflict; FBI
agent; lawyer; candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York 28th District, 1968; organized and
directed the burglaries
of the Democratic National Committee headquarters in the Watergate
complex in May and June 1972; the resulting Watergate scandal
led to President Richard
Nixon's resignation in 1974; convicted
on charges of burglary
and wiretapping;
sentenced to 20 years in prison and fined $40,000; released in 1977
after serving four and a half years; became a popular radio talk
show host.
Irish
and Italian
ancestry.
Died in Mt. Vernon, Fairfax
County, Va., March
30, 2021 (age 90 years, 120
days).
Interment at St.
Peter's Cemetery, Poughkeepsie, N.Y.
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John A. Lile (b. 1897) —
of Lewisburg, Greenbrier
County, W.Va.
Born in University, Charlottesville,
Va., December
3, 1897.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; lawyer;
member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Greenbrier County, 1953-58.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Elks; Rotary;
Delta
Psi; American
Legion.
Burial location unknown.
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Moroni O. Litz (1874-1955) —
also known as M. O. Litz —
of Welch, McDowell
County, W.Va.
Born in Tazewell
County, Va., August
13, 1874.
Republican. School
principal; lawyer; judge of
West Virginia supreme court of appeals, 1923-36; appointed 1923;
defeated, 1936.
Died December
1, 1955 (age 81 years, 110
days).
Interment at Maplewood
Cemetery, Tazewell, Va.
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William Carter Love (1784-1835) —
of North Carolina.
Born near Norfolk (unknown
county), Va., 1784.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from North Carolina 10th District, 1815-17.
Died in Salisbury, Rowan
County, N.C., 1835
(age about
51 years).
Interment a
private or family graveyard, Rowan County, N.C.
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Edward Lucas (1780-1858) —
of Virginia.
Born near Shepherdstown, Jefferson
County, Va. (now W.Va.), October
20, 1780.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812;
lawyer; merchant;
member of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1819-22, 1830-31; U.S.
Representative from Virginia, 1833-37 (15th District 1833-35,
12th District 1835-37).
Slaveowner.
Died in Harpers Ferry, Jefferson
County, Va (now W.Va.), March 4,
1858 (age 77 years, 135
days).
Interment at Harper
Cemetery, Harpers Ferry, W.Va.
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William Lucas (1800-1877) —
of Charles Town, Jefferson
County, Va. (now W.Va.).
Born near Shepherdstown, Jefferson
County, Va. (now W.Va.), November
30, 1800.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1838-39; U.S.
Representative from Virginia, 1839-41, 1843-45 (15th District
1839-41, 10th District 1843-45); delegate
to Virginia state constitutional convention, 1850-51.
Slaveowner.
Died in Jefferson
County, W.Va., August
29, 1877 (age 76 years, 272
days).
Interment at Zion
Episcopal Churchyard, Charles Town, W.Va.
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Wendell L. Lund (c.1906-2004) —
of Escanaba, Delta
County, Mich.
Born about 1906.
Democrat. Lawyer; director of New Deal agencies in the 1930s;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from Michigan 11th District, 1940; candidate for
Presidential Elector for Michigan; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Michigan, 1948.
Died, in a nursing-care
facility in Williamsburg,
Va., December
25, 2004 (age about 98
years).
Burial location unknown.
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Ernest Lundeen (1878-1940) —
of Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn.; Wayzata, Hennepin
County, Minn.
Born in Beresford, Union
County, S.Dak., August
4, 1878.
Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War;
lawyer; member of Minnesota
state house of representatives District 42, 1911-14; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Minnesota, 1912
(alternate), 1916;
U.S.
Representative from Minnesota, 1917-19, 1933-37 (5th District
1917-19, at-large 1933-35, 3rd District 1935-37); defeated
(Independent), 1920; candidate for Governor of
Minnesota, 1928; U.S.
Senator from Minnesota, 1937-40; defeated, 1923 (Republican
primary), 1930 (Farmer-Labor); died in office 1940.
Methodist.
Swedish
ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Delta
Sigma Rho; United
Spanish War Veterans.
One of 25 passengers and crew killed in the crash
of a Pennsylvania Central Airlines transport plane, bound from
Washington to Pittsburgh, during an intense
storm, near Lovettsville, Loudoun
County, Va., August
31, 1940 (age 62 years, 27
days).
Interment at Fort
Snelling National Cemetery, Minneapolis, Minn.
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J. Michael Luttig (b. 1954) —
of Virginia.
Born in 1954.
Republican. Lawyer; law clerk to U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin
Scalia, 1982-83; and to Chief Justice Warren
Burger, 1984-85; Judge
of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit, 1991-.
Member, American Bar
Association.
Still living as of 1997.
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