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Green Berry Samuels (1806-1859) —
of Woodstock, Shenandoah
County, Va.
Born in Shenandoah
County, Va., February
1, 1806.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Virginia 18th District, 1839-41; delegate
to Virginia state constitutional convention, 1850-51; circuit
judge in Virginia, 1850; Judge, Virginia Court of Appeals, 1852.
Slaveowner.
Died in Richmond,
Va., January
5, 1859 (age 52 years, 338
days).
Interment at Emanuel
Lutheran Church Cemetery, Woodstock, Va.
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John Adams Sanders (b. 1866) —
also known as John A. Sanders —
of Nye
County, Nev.; Carson
City, Nev.
Born in Wythe
County, Va., October
16, 1866.
Democrat. Lawyer; Nye
County District Attorney, 1911-16; justice of
Nevada state supreme court, 1917-35; chief
justice of Nevada state supreme court, 1921-22, 1927-29, 1933-34.
Member, Phi
Kappa Psi; Freemasons;
Elks.
Burial location unknown.
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Presumably named
for: John
Adams |
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and Florence (Peirce) Sanders; married, July 17,
1910, to Maybelle Hunter Romeigh. |
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Richard John Santorum (b. 1958) —
also known as Rick Santorum —
of Pennsylvania.
Born in Winchester,
Va., May 10,
1958.
Republican. Administrative assistant to State Sen. J.
Doyle Corman, 1981-86; lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 18th District, 1991-95; U.S.
Senator from Pennsylvania, 1995-2007; defeated, 2006; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Pennsylvania, 2008;
candidate for Republican nomination for President, 2012,
2016.
Catholic.
Italian
ancestry.
Still living as of 2018.
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Robert Christopher Sarvis (b. 1976) —
also known as Robert C. Sarvis —
of Alexandria,
Va.
Born in Fairfax,
Va., September
15, 1976.
Lawyer; software
developer; Republican candidate for Virginia
state senate 35th District, 2011; Libertarian candidate for Governor of
Virginia, 2013; Libertarian candidate for U.S.
Senator from Virginia, 2014.
English,
Irish,
and Chinese
ancestry.
Still living as of 2014.
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Samuel Tredwell Sawyer (1800-1865) —
of Edenton, Chowan
County, N.C.; Norfolk,
Va.
Born in Edenton, Chowan
County, N.C., 1800.
Lawyer; member of North
Carolina house of commons, 1829-32; member of North
Carolina state senate, 1834; U.S.
Representative from North Carolina 1st District, 1837-39; newspaper
editor; U.S.
Collector of Customs, 1853-58; major in the Confederate Army
during the Civil War.
Slaveowner.
Died in Bloomfield, Essex
County, N.J., November
29, 1865 (age about 65
years).
Burial location unknown.
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George Blaine Schwabe (1886-1952) —
also known as George B. Schwabe —
of Nowata, Nowata
County, Okla.; Tulsa, Tulsa
County, Okla.
Born in Arthur, Vernon
County, Mo., July 26,
1886.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Oklahoma
state house of representatives, 1918-22; Speaker of
the Oklahoma State House of Representatives, 1921-22; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Oklahoma, 1920
(alternate), 1936
(member, Resolutions
Committee); U.S.
Representative from Oklahoma 1st District, 1945-49, 1951-52;
defeated, 1948; died in office 1952.
Died, from heart
disease, in Alexandria,
Va., April 2,
1952 (age 65 years, 251
days).
Interment at Memorial
Park Cemetery, Tulsa, Okla.
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Andrew Scott (1789-1851) —
of Ste. Genevieve, Ste.
Genevieve County, Mo.
Born in Hanover
County, Va., August
6, 1789.
Lawyer; justice of
Arkansas territorial supreme court, 1819-25; member of Arkansas
territorial House of Representatives, 1831.
Scottish
ancestry.
Killed Joseph
Selden, another Arkansas Territory judge, in a duel
on an island in the Mississippi River near Helena, Ark., May 26, 1824.
Died in Norristown, Pope
County, Ark., March
13, 1851 (age 61 years, 219
days).
Original interment at Dover
Cemetery, Pope County, Ark.; reinterment at Oakland
Cemetery, Russellville, Ark.
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Hugh Doggett Scott Jr. (1900-1994) —
also known as Hugh Scott —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in Fredericksburg,
Va., November
11, 1900.
Republican. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania, 1941-45, 1947-59 (7th District
1941-45, 6th District 1947-59); defeated, 1944; served in the U.S.
Navy during World War II; Chairman
of Republican National Committee, 1948-49; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1960,
1964,
1972
(delegation chair); speaker, 1956;
U.S.
Senator from Pennsylvania, 1959-77.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Amvets;
Sons
of the American Revolution; Lions; Society
of the Cincinnati; Friendly
Sons of St. Patrick; Alpha
Chi Rho; Tau
Kappa Alpha; Patriotic
Order Sons of America.
Died July 21,
1994 (age 93 years, 252
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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John Scott (1782-1861) —
of Ste. Genevieve, Ste.
Genevieve County, Mo.
Born in Hanover
County, Va., May 18,
1782.
Lawyer; U.S.
Attorney for Missouri, 1814-17; Delegate
to U.S. Congress from Missouri Territory, 1816-17, 1817-21; delegate
to Missouri state constitutional convention from Ste. Genevieve
County, 1820; U.S.
Representative from Missouri at-large, 1821-27.
Slaveowner.
Died in Ste. Genevieve, Ste.
Genevieve County, Mo., October
1, 1861 (age 79 years, 136
days).
Interment at Memorial
Cemetery, Ste. Genevieve, Mo.
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Robert Cortez Scott (b. 1947) —
also known as Robert C. Scott; Bobby Scott —
of Newport
News, Va.
Born in Washington,
D.C., April
30, 1947.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1978-83; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Virginia, 1980,
1996,
2000,
2004,
2008;
member of Virginia
state senate 2nd District, 1983-92; U.S.
Representative from Virginia 3rd District, 1993-; defeated, 1986.
Episcopalian.
African
ancestry. Member, NAACP; Alpha
Phi Alpha.
Still living as of 2014.
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William Lloyd Scott (1915-1997) —
of Fairfax,
Va.
Born in Williamsburg,
Va., July 1,
1915.
Republican. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during World War
II; U.S.
Representative from Virginia 8th District, 1967-73; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Virginia, 1972;
U.S.
Senator from Virginia, 1973-79.
Methodist.
Member, American Bar
Association; Lions; Forty and
Eight; American
Legion; Freemasons;
Shriners.
Died, of a chest
infection and Alzheimer's
disease, in the Fairfax Nursing
Center, Fairfax,
Va., February
14, 1997 (age 81 years, 228
days).
Interment at Fairfax
Memorial Park, Fairfax, Va.
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Cornelius Decator Scully (1878-1952) —
also known as Cornelius D. Scully —
of Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa.
Born in Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa., November
30, 1878.
Democrat. Lawyer; mayor
of Pittsburgh, Pa., 1936-46; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Pennsylvania, 1940,
1944.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Kappa
Sigma; Freemasons;
Eagles.
Died in Hillcrest Nursing
Home, Winchester,
Va., September
23, 1952 (age 73 years, 298
days).
Interment at Elmwood
Cemetery, Shepherdstown, W.Va.
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Relatives: Son
of John Sullivan Scully and Mary E. (Negley) Scully; married, June 10,
1905, to Rosalie Pendleton. |
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James Alexander Seddon (1815-1880) —
also known as James A. Seddon —
of Virginia.
Born in Falmouth, Stafford
County, Va., July 13,
1815.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Virginia 6th District, 1845-47, 1849-51;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Virginia, 1856;
Delegate
from Virginia to the Confederate Provisional Congress, 1861-62;
Confederate
Secretary of War, 1862-65.
Arrested
by Union
forces in May 1865 and imprisoned
until December.
Slaveowner.
Died in Goochland
County, Va., August
19, 1880 (age 65 years, 37
days).
Interment at Hollywood
Cemetery, Richmond, Va.
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Bernard Brockenbrough Semmes (1864-1917) —
also known as Bernard B. Semmes —
of Newport
News, Va.
Born in Lexington,
Va., September
22, 1864.
Lawyer; mayor
of Newport News, Va., 1912-16.
Died in Newport
News, Va., 1917
(age about
52 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Jacob K. Shafer (1823-1876) —
of Stockton, San
Joaquin County, Calif.; Idaho.
Born near Broadway, Rockingham
County, Va., December
26, 1823.
Went
to California for the 1849 Gold Rush; lawyer; mayor
of Stockton, Calif., 1852; San
Joaquin County Judge, 1853-62; Delegate
to U.S. Congress from Idaho Territory, 1869.
Died in Eureka, Eureka
County, Nev., November
22, 1876 (age 52 years, 332
days).
Interment at Masonic
Cemetery, Eureka, Nev.
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Abner Woodruff Sibal (1921-2000) —
also known as Abner W. Sibal —
of Norwalk, Fairfield
County, Conn.
Born in Ridgewood, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y., April
11, 1921.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II;
lawyer; member of Connecticut
state senate, 1956-60; U.S.
Representative from Connecticut 4th District, 1961-65; defeated,
1964, 1966; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Connecticut, 1964.
Died, of a heart
attack, in Alexandria,
Va., January
27, 2000 (age 78 years, 291
days).
Interment at Riverside
Cemetery, Norwalk, Conn.
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John Simpson (d. 1813) —
of Shelby
County, Ky.
Born in Virginia.
Lawyer; member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1806-11; served in the U.S. Army
during the War of 1812.
Killed in the Battle
of River Raisin, in Frenchtown (now Monroe), Monroe
County, Mich., January
22, 1813.
Original interment somewhere in Monroe, Mich.; reinterment in 1834 at Frankfort
Cemetery, Frankfort, Ky.
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Isaac Newton Skelton IV (1931-2013) —
also known as Ike Skelton —
of Jefferson City, Cole
County, Mo.; Lexington, Lafayette
County, Mo.; Blue Springs, Jackson
County, Mo.
Born in Lexington, Lafayette
County, Mo., December
20, 1931.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Missouri
state senate, 1971-77; U.S.
Representative from Missouri 4th District, 1977-; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Missouri, 1996,
2000,
2004,
2008.
Disciples
of Christ. Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; Sigma
Chi; Lions; Elks; Freemasons.
Died in Arlington, Arlington
County, Va., October
28, 2013 (age 81 years, 312
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Cornelius Hite Skinker (1863-1945) —
also known as Cornelius H. Skinker —
of Bolivar, Polk
County, Mo.
Born in Stafford
County, Va., September
20, 1863.
Republican. Lawyer; circuit judge in Missouri 18th Circuit,
1909-40; appointed 1909.
Died, from acute heart
failure due to chronic
myocarditis, in Bolivar, Polk
County, Mo., October
22, 1945 (age 82 years, 32
days).
Interment at Greenwood Cemetery, Bolivar, Mo.
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Charles Rice Slaughter (1819-1862) —
also known as Charles R. Slaughter —
of Campbell
County, Va.
Born in Virginia, September
29, 1819.
Lawyer; delegate
to Virginia secession convention from Campbell County, 1861.
Died in Lynchburg,
Va., February
10, 1862 (age 42 years, 134
days).
Interment at Presbyterian
Cemetery, Lynchburg, Va.
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Daniel French Slaughter Jr. (1925-1998) —
also known as D. French Slaughter, Jr. —
of Winchester,
Va.
Born in Culpeper, Culpeper
County, Va., May 20,
1925.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II;
lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Virginia 7th District, 1985-91; resigned 1991.
Died in Charlottesville,
Va., October
2, 1998 (age 73 years, 135
days).
Interment at Mitchells Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Mitchells, Va.
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Howard Worth Smith (1883-1976) —
also known as Howard W. Smith —
of Alexandria,
Va.; Broad Run, Fauquier
County, Va.
Born in Broad Run, Fauquier
County, Va., February
2, 1883.
Democrat. Lawyer; alternate delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Virginia, 1920;
circuit judge in Virginia, 1928-30; U.S.
Representative from Virginia, 1931-67 (8th District 1931-33,
at-large 1933-35, 8th District 1935-67).
Episcopalian.
Member, Elks; Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows.
Died in Alexandria,
Va., October
3, 1976 (age 93 years, 244
days).
Interment at Georgetown
Cemetery, Broad Run, Va.
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Willis Smith (1887-1953) —
of Raleigh, Wake
County, N.C.
Born in Norfolk,
Va., December
19, 1887.
Democrat. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during World War I;
member of North
Carolina state house of representatives, 1927-32; Speaker of
the North Carolina State House of Representatives, 1931-32;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from North Carolina, 1944
(member, Committee
on Rules and Order of Business), 1952;
U.S.
Senator from North Carolina, 1950-53; died in office 1953.
Methodist.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Judicature Society; Order of
the Coif; American
Legion; Forty and
Eight; Sigma
Phi Epsilon; Omicron
Delta Kappa; Phi
Delta Phi; Kiwanis.
Died in the Bethesda
Naval Hospital, Bethesda, Montgomery
County, Md., June 26,
1953 (age 65 years, 189
days).
Interment at Oakwood
Cemetery, Raleigh, N.C.
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John Fryatt Snodgrass (1804-1854) —
also known as John F. Snodgrass —
of Parkersburg, Wood
County, Va. (now W.Va.).
Born in Berkeley
County, Va. (now W.Va.), March 2,
1804.
Democrat. Lawyer; delegate
to Virginia state constitutional convention, 1850-51; U.S.
Representative from Virginia 11th District, 1853-54; died in
office 1854.
Slaveowner.
Died suddenly, while arguing a
case in court, in Parkersburg, Wood
County, Va (now W.Va.), June 5,
1854 (age 50 years, 95
days).
Interment at Riverview
Cemetery, Parkersburg, W.Va.; cenotaph at Congressional
Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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John William Snow (b. 1939) —
also known as John W. Snow —
of Richmond,
Va.
Born in Toledo, Lucas
County, Ohio, August
2, 1939.
Lawyer; chairman and chief executive officer of CSX railroad;
charged
with driving
while intoxicated,
in West Valley City, Utah, 1982;; U.S.
Secretary of the Treasury, 2003-06; director, Marathon Oil Co.
Episcopalian.
Member, Delta
Tau Delta.
Still living as of 2020.
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Stephen Valentine Southall (1830-1913) —
also known as S. V. Southall —
of Charlottesville,
Va.
Born in Charlottesville,
Va., April
27, 1830.
Democrat. Lawyer; served in the Confederate Army during the
Civil War; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Virginia,
1876;
delegate to Gold Democrat National Convention from Virginia, 1896.
Died in Lynchburg,
Va., March
20, 1913 (age 82 years, 327
days).
Interment at Maplewood
Cemetery, Charlottesville, Va.
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Samuel Lewis Southard (1787-1842) —
also known as Samuel L. Southard —
of Hunterdon
County, N.J.; Trenton, Mercer
County, N.J.
Born in Basking Ridge, Somerset
County, N.J., June 9,
1787.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of New
Jersey state house of assembly from Hunterdon County, 1815;
resigned 1815; associate
justice of New Jersey state supreme court, 1815-20; candidate for
Presidential Elector for New Jersey; U.S.
Senator from New Jersey, 1821-23, 1833-42; died in office 1842;
U.S.
Secretary of the Navy, 1823-29; New
Jersey state attorney general, 1829-33; Governor of
New Jersey, 1832-33; chancellor
of New Jersey court of chancery, 1832-33.
Slaveowner.
Died in Fredericksburg,
Va., June 26,
1842 (age 55 years, 17
days).
Interment at Congressional
Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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William Belser Spong Jr. (1920-1997) —
also known as William B. Spong, Jr. —
of Portsmouth,
Va.
Born in Portsmouth,
Va., September
29, 1920.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1954-55; member of Virginia
state senate, 1956-66; U.S.
Senator from Virginia, 1966-73; defeated, 1972; trustee,
Portsmouth General Hospital.
Member, Order of
the Coif; Phi
Alpha Delta; Omicron
Delta Kappa; Pi
Kappa Alpha.
Died of a ruptured
aneurysm, at Maryview Medical
Center, Portsmouth,
Va., October
8, 1997 (age 77 years, 9
days).
Interment at University
of Virginia Cemetery, Charlottesville, Va.
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Frederick Perry Stanton (1814-1894) —
also known as Frederick P. Stanton —
of Memphis, Shelby
County, Tenn.
Born in Alexandria, D.C. (now Va.), December
22, 1814.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Tennessee 10th District, 1845-55; secretary
of Kansas Territory, 1857; Governor
of Kansas Territory, 1857, 1857.
Slaveowner.
Died near Ocala, Marion
County, Fla., June 4,
1894 (age 79 years, 164
days).
Interment at South
Lake Weir Cemetery, South Lake Weir, Fla.
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Richard Henry Stanton (1812-1891) —
also known as Richard H. Stanton —
of Maysville, Mason
County, Ky.
Born in Alexandria, D.C. (now Va.), September
9, 1812.
Democrat. Lawyer; newspaper
editor; postmaster;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Kentucky, 1844,
1852,
1868;
U.S.
Representative from Kentucky 10th District, 1849-55; defeated,
1855; candidate for Presidential Elector for Kentucky; circuit judge
in Kentucky, 1868-74.
Slaveowner.
Died in Maysville, Mason
County, Ky., March
20, 1891 (age 78 years, 192
days).
Interment at Maysville
Cemetery, Maysville, Ky.
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Andrew Stevenson (1784-1857) —
of Richmond,
Va.
Born in Culpeper
County, Va., January
21, 1784.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1809-16, 1818-21; Speaker of
the Virginia State House of Delegates, 1812-15; U.S.
Representative from Virginia, 1821-34 (23rd District 1821-23,
16th District 1823-25, 9th District 1825-33, 11th District 1833-34);
Speaker
of the U.S. House, 1827-34; U.S. Minister to Great Britain, 1836-41.
Slaveowner.
Died in Albemarle
County, Va., January
21, 1857 (age 73 years, 0
days).
Interment at Enniscothy
Cemetery, Albemarle County, Va.
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John White Stevenson (1812-1886) —
also known as John W. Stevenson —
of Covington, Kenton
County, Ky.
Born in Richmond,
Va., May 2,
1812.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1845-48; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Kentucky, 1848,
1852,
1856,
1880
(Permanent
Chair); delegate
to Kentucky state constitutional convention, 1849; U.S.
Representative from Kentucky 10th District, 1857-61; Lieutenant
Governor of Kentucky, 1867; Governor of
Kentucky, 1867-71; U.S.
Senator from Kentucky, 1871-77.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Bar
Association.
Slaveowner.
Died in Covington, Kenton
County, Ky., August
10, 1886 (age 74 years, 100
days).
Interment at Spring
Grove Cemetery, Cincinnati, Ohio.
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Montfort Stokes (1762-1842) —
of Wilkesboro, Wilkes
County, N.C.
Born in Lunenburg
County, Va., March
12, 1762.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Senator from North Carolina, 1816-23; Governor of
North Carolina, 1830-32.
Slaveowner.
Died November
4, 1842 (age 80 years, 237
days).
Interment at Fort
Gibson National Cemetery, Fort Gibson, Okla.
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Joel E. Stollings (1833-1897) —
of Boone
County, W.Va.
Born in Logan
County, Va. (now W.Va.), August
12, 1833.
Lawyer; member of West
Virginia state senate, 1872, 1881-84 (8th District 1872, 1881-82,
7th District 1883-84).
Died September
27, 1897 (age 64 years, 46
days).
Interment somewhere
in Madison, W.Va.
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George William Summers (1804-1868) —
also known as George W. Summers —
of Kanawha
County, Va. (now W.Va.).
Born in Virginia, 1804.
Lawyer; member of Virginia state legislature, 1840; U.S.
Representative from Virginia, 1841-45 (19th District 1841-43,
14th District 1843-45); delegate
to Virginia secession convention from Kanawha County, 1861.
Slaveowner.
Died in 1868
(age about
64 years).
Interment at Walnut
Grove Cemetery, Putnam County, W.Va.
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George Sutherland (1862-1942) —
of Salt Lake City, Salt Lake
County, Utah.
Born in Buckinghamshire, England,
March
25, 1862.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Utah
state senate, 1896; U.S.
Representative from Utah at-large, 1901-03; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Utah, 1904,
1908,
1912,
1916;
U.S.
Senator from Utah, 1905-17; defeated, 1916; Associate
Justice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1922-38; took senior status 1938.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Bar
Association.
Died in Stockbridge, Berkshire
County, Mass., July 18,
1942 (age 80 years, 115
days).
Originally entombed at Abbey
Mausoleum (which no longer exists), Arlington, Va.; reinterment
at Cedar
Hill Cemetery, Suitland, Md.
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Claude Augustus Swanson (1862-1939) —
also known as Claude A. Swanson —
of Chatham, Pittsylvania
County, Va.
Born in Swansonville, Pittsylvania
County, Va., March
31, 1862.
Democrat. Newspaper
editor; lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Virginia 5th District, 1893-1906; resigned
1906; Governor of
Virginia, 1906-10; defeated, 1901; U.S.
Senator from Virginia, 1910-33; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Virginia, 1912
(speaker),
1916,
1920,
1924,
1928,
1932;
U.S.
Secretary of the Navy, 1933-39; died in office 1939.
Southern
Methodist. Member, Freemasons.
Died near Criglersville, Madison
County, Va., July 7,
1939 (age 77 years, 98
days).
Entombed at Hollywood
Cemetery, Richmond, Va.
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