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Ned H. Ragland (b. 1909) —
of Beckley, Raleigh
County, W.Va.
Born in Lynchburg,
Va., August
18, 1909.
Democrat. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Navy during World War II;
member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Raleigh County, 1957-58.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Elks; Lions.
Burial location unknown.
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George Wythe Randolph (1818-1867) —
also known as George W. Randolph —
of Richmond,
Va.
Born near Charlottesville, Albemarle
County, Va., March
10, 1818.
Lawyer; delegate
to Virginia secession convention from Richmond city, 1861;
general in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; Confederate
Secretary of War, 1862; after the collapse of the Confederacy,
fled
to Europe to avoid
capture; pardoned
in 1866.
Episcopalian.
Died of pulmonary
pneumonia, near Charlottesville, Albemarle
County, Va., April 3,
1867 (age 49 years, 24
days).
Interment at Monticello
Graveyard, Near Charlottesville, Albemarle County, Va.
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Relatives: Son
of Thomas
Mann Randolph Jr. and Martha
Jefferson Randolph; brother of Benjamin
Franklin Randolph, Meriwether
Lewis Randolph and Virginia Jefferson Randolph (who married Nicholas
Philip Trist); uncle of Thomas
Jefferson Coolidge; grandson of Thomas
Jefferson; granduncle of John
Gardner Coolidge; great-grandson of Archibald
Cary; second great-grandson of Richard
Randolph; first cousin of Francis
Wayles Eppes; first cousin once removed of Dabney
Carr, John
Wayles Eppes and Frederick
Madison Roberts; first cousin twice removed of John
Randolph of Roanoke; first cousin thrice removed of Richard
Bland and Peyton
Randolph (1721-1775); second cousin of Dabney
Smith Carr; second cousin once removed of John
Marshall, James
Markham Marshall and Alexander
Keith Marshall; second cousin twice removed of Theodorick
Bland, Edmund
Jenings Randolph, Beverley
Randolph and Edith
Wilson; third cousin of Thomas
Marshall, John
Jordan Crittenden, Thomas
Turpin Crittenden, Robert
Crittenden, James
Keith Marshall and Carter
Henry Harrison; third cousin once removed of Henry
Lee, Charles
Lee, Edmund
Jennings Lee, Peyton
Randolph (1779-1828), Henry
St. George Tucker, Benjamin
William Sheridan Cabell, Alexander
Parker Crittenden, Thomas
Leonidas Crittenden, Thomas
Theodore Crittenden, John
Augustine Marshall and Carter
Henry Harrison II; third cousin twice removed of Thomas
Theodore Crittenden Jr., William
Marshall Bullitt and Alexander
Scott Bullitt; fourth cousin of Edmund
Randolph, Nathaniel
Beverly Tucker, William
Lewis Cabell and George
Craighead Cabell; fourth cousin once removed of Thomas
Jones Hardeman, Bailey
Hardeman, Fitzhugh
Lee, Edmund
Randolph Cocke, Benjamin
Earl Cabell and William
Henry Robertson. |
| | | 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; Walker-Randolph
family of Huntsville, Alabama (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
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appeared on Confederate States $100 notes in 1862-64.
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William Richard Ratchford (1934-2011) —
also known as William R. Ratchford —
of Danbury, Fairfield
County, Conn.
Born in Danbury, Fairfield
County, Conn., May 24,
1934.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives, 1962-74; Speaker of
the Connecticut State House of Representatives, 1969-73; delegate
to Democratic National Convention from Connecticut, 1972,
1984;
U.S.
Representative from Connecticut 5th District, 1979-85; defeated,
1974, 1984.
Member, Chi Phi.
Died, from Parkinson's
disease, Arlington, Arlington
County, Va., January
2, 2011 (age 76 years, 223
days).
Burial location unknown.
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George Anderson Revercomb —
also known as George A. Revercomb —
of Covington,
Va.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Virginia
state senate 7th District, 1904-05; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Virginia, 1912.
Burial location unknown.
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William Chapman Revercomb (1895-1979) —
also known as Chapman Revercomb —
of Charleston, Kanawha
County, W.Va.
Born in Covington,
Va., July 20,
1895.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I;
lawyer; candidate for Presidential Elector for Virginia;
member of West Virginia
Republican State Executive Committee, 1933-34; U.S.
Senator from West Virginia, 1943-49, 1956-59; defeated, 1948,
1958; delegate to Republican National Convention from West Virginia,
1944,
1956
(speaker),
1968,
1972;
candidate for Governor of
West Virginia, 1960.
Presbyterian.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Legion; Phi
Kappa Sigma; Phi
Delta Phi; Delta
Sigma Rho; Elks; Moose; Omicron
Delta Kappa; Rotary.
Died in Charleston, Kanawha
County, W.Va., October
6, 1979 (age 84 years, 78
days).
Interment at Sunset
Memorial Park, South Charleston, W.Va.
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William Francis Rhea (1858-1931) —
also known as William F. Rhea —
of Bristol,
Va.; Richmond,
Va.
Born in Washington
County, Va., April
20, 1858.
Democrat. Lawyer; Washington
County Judge, 1880-85; member of Virginia
state senate, 1885-88; U.S.
Representative from Virginia 9th District, 1899-1903.
Died, from lobar
pneumonia, in Richmond,
Va., March
23, 1931 (age 72 years, 337
days).
Interment at Hollywood
Cemetery, Richmond, Va.
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Charles Hardin Richeson (1868-1941) —
also known as Charles H. Richeson —
of Potosi, Washington
County, Mo.
Born in Amherst, Amherst
County, Va., August
5, 1868.
Democrat. Lawyer; chair of
Washington County Democratic Party, 1921; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Missouri, 1928.
Died in Potosi, Washington
County, Mo., June 29,
1941 (age 72 years, 328
days).
Interment at New
Masonic Cemetery, Potosi, Mo.
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Harrison Holt Riddleberger (1844-1890) —
also known as Harrison H. Riddleberger —
of Edinburg, Shenandoah
County, Va.; Woodstock, Shenandoah
County, Va.
Born in Edinburg, Shenandoah
County, Va., October
4, 1844.
Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; newspaper
editor; lawyer; member of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1871-75; candidate for Presidential
Elector for Virginia; Shenandoah
County Commonwealth Attorney, 1876-80; member of Virginia
state senate, 1879-82; U.S.
Senator from Virginia, 1883-89.
German
ancestry.
Died in Woodstock, Shenandoah
County, Va., January
24, 1890 (age 45 years, 112
days).
Interment at Cedarwood
Cemetery, Edinburg, Va.
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Albert Cabell Ritchie (1876-1936) —
also known as Albert C. Ritchie —
of Baltimore,
Md.; Annapolis, Anne
Arundel County, Md.
Born in Richmond,
Va., August
29, 1876.
Democrat. Lawyer; Maryland
state attorney general, 1915-19; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Maryland, 1916
(member, Committee
on Rules and Order of Business), 1924,
1928;
Governor
of Maryland, 1920-35; defeated, 1934; candidate for Democratic
nomination for President, 1924,
1932.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Academy of Political and Social Science; Delta
Phi.
Died, of a parlytic
stroke, in Baltimore,
Md., February
24, 1936 (age 59 years, 179
days).
Interment at Green
Mount Cemetery, Baltimore, Md.
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Spencer Roane (1762-1822) —
Born in Tappahannock, Essex
County, Va., April 4,
1762.
Lawyer; member of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1783-84; member of Virginia
Governor's Council, 1785-86; Judge, Virginia Court of Appeals,
1794-1822; died in office 1822.
Presbyterian.
Scottish
ancestry. Member, Phi
Beta Kappa.
Died in Warm Springs, Bath
County, Va., September
4, 1822 (age 60 years, 153
days).
Interment a private or family graveyard, Bath County, Va.
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Charles Spittal Robb (b. 1939) —
also known as Chuck Robb —
of McLean, Fairfax
County, Va.
Born in Phoenix, Maricopa
County, Ariz., June 26,
1939.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during the Vietnam War;
lawyer; Lieutenant
Governor of Virginia, 1978-82; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Virginia, 1980,
1996
(delegation chair), 2000;
Governor
of Virginia, 1982-86; U.S.
Senator from Virginia, 1989-2001; defeated, 2000.
Member, American Bar
Association; Council on
Foreign Relations; Trilateral
Commission; Chi Phi.
Still living as of 2022.
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Absalom Willis Robertson (1887-1971) —
also known as A. Willis Robertson —
of Lexington,
Va.
Born in Martinsburg, Berkeley
County, W.Va., May 27,
1887.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Virginia
state senate 22nd District, 1916-22; major in the U.S. Army
during World War I; U.S.
Representative from Virginia, 1933-46 (at-large 1933-35, 7th
District 1935-46); U.S.
Senator from Virginia, 1946-67; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Virginia, 1948,
1952,
1956.
Baptist.
Member, Pi
Kappa Alpha; Omicron
Delta Kappa; Phi
Beta Kappa; Phi
Alpha Delta; Sons of
the American Revolution; Society
of the Cincinnati; Freemasons;
Sons
of Confederate Veterans.
Died in Lexington,
Va., November
1, 1971 (age 84 years, 158
days).
Interment at Stonewall
Jackson Memorial Cemetery, Lexington, Va.
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Spottswood William Robinson III (1916-1998) —
also known as Spottswood W. Robinson III —
of Richmond,
Va.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Richmond,
Va., July 26,
1916.
Lawyer; law
professor; member, U.S. Civil Rights Commission, 1961-63; U.S.
District Judge for the District of Columbia, 1964-66; Judge
of U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, 1966-89; took
senior status 1989; senior judge, 1989-98.
Member, American Bar
Association.
Died in Richmond,
Va., October
11, 1998 (age 82 years, 77
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Wilhelmina Jackson Rolark (1916-2006) —
also known as Wilhelmina J. Rolark; M. Wilhelmina
Jackson —
of Washington,
D.C.
Born in Portsmouth,
Va., September
12, 1916.
Democrat. Lawyer; co-founder of Washington Informer newspaper;
member, Washington, D.C. city council, 1977-92; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from District of Columbia, 1980.
Female.
African
ancestry.
Inducted in 2001 to the Washington, D.C. Hall of
Fame.
Died, of colon
cancer, in Greater Southeast Community Hospital,
Washington,
D.C., February
14, 2006 (age 89 years, 155
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to Calvin Rolark. |
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Erskine Mayo Ross (1845-1928) —
of Los Angeles, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Culpeper
County, Va., June 30,
1845.
Democrat. Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War;
lawyer; justice of
California state supreme court, 1880-86; U.S.
District Judge for the Southern District of California, 1887-95;
Judge of U.S. Circuit Court for the 9th Circuit, 1895-1911; Judge
of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit, 1895-1925; took
senior status 1925.
Member, Alpha
Tau Omega.
Died in Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., December
10, 1928 (age 83 years, 163
days).
Interment at Hollywood
Forever Cemetery, Hollywood, Los Angeles, Calif.
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Walter Vergil Ross (b. 1896) —
also known as Walter V. Ross —
of Bluefield, Mercer
County, W.Va.
Born in Henry, Franklin
County, Va., September
7, 1896.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer;
Mercer
County Prosecuting Attorney; chair of
Mercer County Democratic Party, 1929-32; member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Mercer County, 1941-48,
1963-64.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Elks; Moose; Phi
Gamma Delta; Phi
Alpha Delta; American
Legion.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Charles Lee Ross and Annie E. (Frith) Ross; married to Katherine
McClung. |
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Lovell Harrison Rousseau (1818-1869) —
also known as Lovell H. Rousseau —
of Bloomfield, Greene
County, Ind.; Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky.
Born near Stanford, Lincoln
County, Ky., August
4, 1818.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1844-45; served in the U.S. Army
during the Mexican War; member of Indiana
state senate, 1847-49; member of Kentucky
state senate, 1860-61; general in the Union Army during the Civil
War; U.S.
Representative from Kentucky 5th District, 1865-66, 1866-67;
resigned 1866; on June 14, 1866, he assaulted
Iowa Rep. Josiah
B. Grinnell with the iron handle of his cane; reprimanded
by the House of Representatives, and resigned,
but was elected to fill his own vacancy.
Slaveowner.
Died in New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La., January
7, 1869 (age 50 years, 156
days).
Original interment and cenotaph at Cave
Hill Cemetery, Louisville, Ky.; reinterment in 1892 at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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William Waller Rucker (1855-1936) —
also known as William W. Rucker —
of Keytesville, Chariton
County, Mo.
Born near Covington, Alleghany
County, Va., February
1, 1855.
Democrat. Lawyer; Chariton
County Prosecuting Attorney; circuit judge in Missouri, 1892-98;
U.S.
Representative from Missouri 2nd District, 1899-1923; defeated in
primary, 1922.
Died in 1936
(age about
81 years).
Interment at City
Cemetery, Keytesville, Mo.
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George Lewis Ruffin (1834-1886) —
of Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.
Born in Richmond,
Va., December
16, 1834.
Lawyer; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1869-71; Labor Reform candidate
for Massachusetts
state attorney general, 1871; municipal judge in Massachusetts,
1883.
African
ancestry.
First
Black graduate of Harvard Law School, 1869.
Died in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., November
19, 1886 (age 51 years, 338
days).
Interment at Mt.
Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Mass.
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Richard Laidley Ruffner (1894-1965) —
also known as Richard Ruffner —
of Alexandria,
Va.
Born in Charleston, Kanawha
County, W.Va., September
30, 1894.
Lawyer; president, Alexandria National Bank; mayor
of Alexandria, Va., 1937-40.
Died in Alexandria,
Va., August
11, 1965 (age 70 years, 315
days).
Interment at Ivy
Hill Cemetery, Alexandria, Va.
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Charles Wells Russell (1818-1867) —
also known as Charles W. Russell —
of Wheeling, Ohio
County, Va. (now W.Va.); Baltimore,
Md.
Born in Sistersville, Tyler
County, Va. (now W.Va.), July 22,
1818.
Democrat. Lawyer; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Virginia, 1860;
Delegate
from Virginia to the Confederate Provisional Congress, 1861-62;
Representative
from Virginia in the Confederate Congress, 1862-65.
Died November
22, 1867 (age 49 years, 123
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Woodlawn, Md.
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John Warwick Rust (1881-1958) —
of Fairfax,
Va.
Born in Nineveh, Warren
County, Va., November
8, 1881.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Virginia
state senate, 1932-39 (30th District 1932-35, 29th District
1936-39).
Episcopalian.
Member, Sons
of Confederate Veterans.
Died in Fairfax,
Va., November
18, 1958 (age 77 years, 10
days).
Interment somewhere
in Fairfax, Va.
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