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Paul Case Aiken (1910-1974) —
also known as Paul C. Aiken —
of Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio; Macksville, Stafford
County, Kan.; Arlington, Arlington
County, Va.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Macksville, Stafford
County, Kan., July 24,
1910.
Democrat. Lawyer; business
executive; Assistant U.S. Postmaster
General, 1947-50; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Kansas, 1948;
candidate for U.S.
Senator from Kansas, 1950.
Member, Order of
the Coif; Phi Beta Kappa; Sigma
Phi Epsilon.
Died, from multiple
myeloma, in Washington,
D.C., May 25,
1974 (age 63 years, 305
days).
Cremated.
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Charles H. Ambler (b. 1876) —
of Pleasants
County, W.Va.; Ashland, Hanover
County, Va.; Morgantown, Monongalia
County, W.Va.
Born in Ohio, August
12, 1876.
Democrat. School
teacher; Pleasants
County Sheriff, 1900-01; member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Monongalia County, 1951-54.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; Maccabees;
Sigma
Nu; Phi Beta Kappa; Tau
Kappa Alpha.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Lutellis Ambler and Ella Rebecca (Wells) Ambler; married, September
4, 1920, to Helen Mary Carle. |
| | | Image source: West Virginia Blue Book
1951 |
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Edward Almer Ames Jr. (1903-1987) —
also known as E. Almer Ames, Jr. —
of Accomac, Accomack
County, Va.
Born in Onley, Accomack
County, Va., January
22, 1903.
Democrat. Lawyer; Accomack
County Commonwealth Attorney, 1943-55; vice-president, First
National Bank,
Onancock, Va.; chair of
Accomack County Democratic Party, 1948-67; alternate delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Virginia, 1952;
member of Virginia
state senate 1st District, 1956-67; member of Virginia
Democratic State Central Committee, 1956.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons;
Rotary;
Ruritan;
Order of
the Coif; American Bar
Association; Phi Beta Kappa; Phi
Delta Phi.
Died in May, 1987
(age 84
years, 0 days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Edward Almer Ames and Lena E. (Trower) Ames; married, January
8, 1936, to Elizabeth Johnson Melson. |
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Thurman Wesley Arnold (1891-1969) —
also known as Thurman W. Arnold —
of Laramie, Albany
County, Wyo.; New Haven, New Haven
County, Conn.; Washington,
D.C.; Alexandria,
Va.
Born in Laramie, Albany
County, Wyo., June 2,
1891.
Democrat. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War I; member of Wyoming
state house of representatives, 1921; mayor
of Laramie, Wyo., 1923-24; dean,
College of Law, West Virginia University, 1927-30; professor of
law, Yale University, from 1931; Judge
of U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, 1943-45; resigned
1945.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Phi Beta Kappa; Elks; Lions.
Suffered a heart
attack, and died two months later, in Alexandria,
Va., November
7, 1969 (age 78 years, 158
days).
Interment at Green
Hill Cemetery, Laramie, Wyo.
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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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Joseph Walker Barr (1918-1996) —
also known as Joseph W. Barr —
of Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind.; Hume, Fauquier
County, Va.
Born in Vincennes, Knox
County, Ind., January
17, 1918.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; movie
theater owner; U.S.
Representative from Indiana 11th District, 1959-61; defeated,
1960; chairman, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, 1964-65; U.S.
Secretary of the Treasury, 1968-69.
Member, Phi Beta Kappa; Phi
Kappa Psi.
Died, of a heart
attack, in Playa del Carmen, Quintana
Roo, February
23, 1996 (age 78 years, 37
days).
Interment at Leeds
Episcopal Church Cemetery, Hume, Va.
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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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Donald Sternoff Don Beyer Jr. (b. 1950) —
also known as Don Beyer —
of Alexandria,
Va.
Born, of American parents, in Trieste, Italy,
June
20, 1950.
Democrat. Automobile
dealer; Lieutenant
Governor of Virginia, 1990-98; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Virginia, 1996;
member, Credentials Committee, 2008;
candidate for Governor of
Virginia, 1997; U.S. Ambassador to Switzerland, 2009-13; U.S.
Representative from Virginia 8th District, 2015-.
Member, Phi Beta Kappa.
Still living as of 2018.
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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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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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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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Joseph Howard Chitwood (b. 1877) —
also known as Joseph H. Chitwood —
of Franklin
County, Va.; Roanoke,
Va.
Born in Rocky Mount, Franklin
County, Va., March
14, 1877.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Virginia
state house of delegates from Franklin County, 1908-09; U.S.
Attorney for the Western District of Virginia, 1920-21, 1934-40.
Baptist.
Member, Phi Beta Kappa; Theta
Delta Chi.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Henry Clay Chitwood and Gillie Anne (Divers) Chitwood; married, September
12, 1913, to Ruth Elizabeth Peddicord. |
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Lloyd Church (c.1890-1948) —
also known as "Lulu Lloyd" —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Norfolk,
Va., about 1890.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer; Justice of
New York Supreme Court 1st District, 1935-41, 1942-48; resigned
1941; died in office 1948; candidate for New York City Controller,
1941.
Episcopalian.
Member, Phi Beta Kappa; Phi
Alpha Delta; Friendly
Sons of St. Patrick; Elks; Tammany
Hall.
Died, from a cerebral
hemorrhage, on board the ocean
liner President Cleveland, en route from Yokohama to
Shanghai, in the North
Pacific Ocean, August
2, 1948 (age about 58
years).
Interment at Long
Island National Cemetery, East Farmingdale, Long Island, N.Y.
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Relatives:
Father of Lloyd Church, Jr. |
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Bennett Champ Clark (1890-1954) —
also known as Joel Bennett Clark —
of St.
Louis, Mo.
Born in Bowling Green, Caroline
County, Va., January
8, 1890.
Democrat. Lawyer;
colonel in the U.S. Army during World War I; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Missouri, 1928,
1936,
1940,
1944
(member, Committee
on Rules and Order of Business; speaker);
U.S.
Senator from Missouri, 1931-45; defeated in primary, 1944; Judge
of U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, 1945.
Presbyterian.
Member, American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; American Bar
Association; Order of
the Coif; Phi Beta Kappa; Delta
Tau Delta; Phi
Delta Phi; Delta
Sigma Rho.
Died in Gloucester, Essex
County, Mass., July 13,
1954 (age 64 years, 186
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Benjamin Wilson Coleman (b. 1869) —
also known as Ben W. Coleman —
of Ely, White Pine
County, Nev.; Carson
City, Nev.
Born in Ballsville, Powhatan
County, Va., July 1,
1869.
Lawyer;
district judge in Nevada 9th District, 1911-15; justice of
Nevada state supreme court, 1915-36; chief
justice of Nevada state supreme court, 1919-20, 1925-27, 1931-33.
Member, Phi Beta Kappa; Pi Gamma
Mu; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Knights
of Pythias.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of John Coleman and Arabella (Smith) Coleman; married, June 6,
1906, to Martha L. Attleton. |
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William Thaddeus Coleman Jr. (1920-2017) —
also known as William T. Coleman, Jr. —
Born in Germantown, Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., July 7,
1920.
Republican. Lawyer; U.S.
Secretary of Transportation, 1975-77.
African
ancestry. Member, Trilateral
Commission; Alpha
Phi Alpha; Phi Beta Kappa.
Died, from complications of Alzheimer's
disease, in Alexandria,
Va., March
31, 2017 (age 96 years, 267
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Emily Couric (1947-2001) —
of Charlottesville,
Va.
Born in Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga., June 5,
1947.
Democrat. Member of Virginia
state senate 25th District, 1996-2001; died in office 2001; Virginia
Democratic state chair, 2001.
Female.
Member, Phi Beta Kappa.
Died, of pancreatic
cancer, Charlottesville,
Va., October
18, 2001 (age 54 years, 135
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Sister of Katie Couric. |
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Thaddeus Franklin Daniel (1900-1942) —
also known as T. Franklin Daniel —
of Lynchburg,
Va.
Born in Brunswick
County, Va., February
25, 1900.
Democrat. Member of Virginia
state house of delegates from Lynchburg city, 1934-42; died in
office 1942.
Methodist.
Member, Phi Beta Kappa; Tau
Kappa Alpha.
Shot
and killed,
along with Lynchburg city attorney T. G. Hobbs, by Warren Guy Myers,
in his office,
in Lynchburg,
Va., June 30,
1942 (age 42 years, 125
days). Myers was judged to be insane, committed to the
Southwestern State Hospital, and died in 1963.
Interment at Macedonia United Methodist Church Cemetery, Brunswick County,
Va.
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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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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. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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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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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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John William Eggleston (1886-1976) —
also known as John W. Eggleston —
of Norfolk,
Va.
Born in Charlotte Court House, Charlotte
County, Va., June 18,
1886.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Virginia
state senate 2nd District, 1932-35; justice of
Virginia state supreme court, 1935-40; appointed 1935.
Presbyterian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Phi Beta Kappa; Omicron
Delta Kappa; Kappa
Sigma; Phi
Delta Phi; Freemasons.
Died in 1976
(age about
90 years).
Interment at Forest
Lawn Cemetery, Norfolk, Va.
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Robert C. Frasure (1942-1995) —
of Falls
Church, Va.
Born in Morgantown, Monongalia
County, W.Va., April
20, 1942.
Foreign Service officer; U.S. Ambassador to Estonia, 1992-94.
Member, Phi Beta Kappa.
Killed when the vehicle he was riding in plunged
down a ravine and exploded,
on Mount Igman, near Sarajevo, Bosnia and
Herzegovina, August
19, 1995 (age 53 years, 121
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Charles O'Conor Goolrick (1876-1960) —
also known as C. O'Conor Goolrick —
of Fredericksburg,
Va.
Born in Fredericksburg,
Va., November
25, 1876.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Virginia
state house of delegates from Spotsylvania County &
Fredericksburg city, 1908-09; member of Virginia
state senate 13th District, 1915-23; candidate for Presidential
Elector for Virginia; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Virginia, 1924;
delegate
to Virginia convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons;
Elks;
Phi Beta Kappa.
Died June 4,
1960 (age 83 years, 192
days).
Interment at Oak Hill Cemetery, Fredericksburg, Va.
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Herbert Bailey Gregory (b. 1884) —
also known as Herbert B. Gregory —
of Roanoke,
Va.
Born in Westmoreland
County, Va., April
10, 1884.
Democrat. Lawyer;
circuit judge in Virginia 20th Circuit, 1923-26; judge, Law and
Chancery Court, City of Roanoke, 1926-30; justice of
Virginia state supreme court, 1930-40; appointed 1930.
Methodist.
Member, Kappa
Sigma; Phi
Delta Phi; Omicron
Delta Kappa; Phi Beta Kappa; Freemasons.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Werter Hancock Gregory and Sallie James (Payne) Gregory; married,
October
26, 1916, to Margaret Kossen. |
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Maynard Holbrook Jackson Jr. (1938-2003) —
also known as Maynard H. Jackson;
"Buzzy" —
of Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga.
Born in Dallas, Dallas
County, Tex., March
23, 1938.
Democrat. Lawyer;
candidate for U.S.
Senator from Georgia, 1968; mayor
of Atlanta, Ga., 1974-82, 1990-94; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Georgia, 1976,
1980,
1996,
2000;
candidate for Presidential Elector for Georgia; member of Democratic
National Committee from Georgia, 1993.
African
ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Phi Beta Kappa.
Collapsed (heart
attack) after getting off a plane at Reagan National Airport,
and died soon after, at Virginia Medical
Center, Arlington, Arlington
County, Va., June 23,
2003 (age 65 years, 92
days).
Interment at Oakland
Cemetery, Atlanta, Ga.
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William Patton Kent (1857-1936) —
also known as William P. Kent —
of Wytheville, Wythe
County, Va.; Staunton,
Va.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Wytheville, Wythe
County, Va., March 8,
1857.
Republican. Lawyer; newspaper
editor; livestock
raiser; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from
Virginia, 1896;
served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; U.S. Consul
General in Guatemala City, 1906-09; candidate for Lieutenant
Governor of Virginia, 1906; candidate for Governor of
Virginia, 1909; U.S. Consul in Newchwang, 1910-14; Leipzig, as of 1916-17; Berne, as of 1919; Belfast, 1920-23; Hamilton, 1923-24.
Protestant.
Member, Phi Beta Kappa; Freemasons;
Knights
of Pythias.
Died, from pneumonia,
in the Mount Alto Veterans Hospital,
Washington,
D.C., March 3,
1936 (age 78 years, 361
days).
Interment at East
End Cemetery, Wytheville, Va.
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William Lamb (1835-1909) —
also known as "The Hero of Fort Fisher" —
of Norfolk,
Va.
Born in Norfolk,
Va., September
27, 1835.
Newspaper
publisher; merchant;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Virginia, 1856,
1876;
candidate for Presidential Elector for Virginia; colonel in the
Confederate Army during the Civil War; steamship
agent; importer
and exporter; banker; Vice-Consul
for Sweden & Norway in Norfolk,
Va., 1876-1903; Vice-Consul
for Germany in Norfolk,
Va., 1880-1903; mayor
of Norfolk, Va., 1880-86; Virginia
Republican state chair, 1895-97; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Virginia, 1896
(member, Committee
on Rules and Order of Business; speaker).
Episcopalian.
Member, Phi Beta Kappa; Theta
Delta Chi; Odd
Fellows; Redmen.
Died in Norfolk,
Va., March
23, 1909 (age 73 years, 177
days).
Interment at Elmwood
Cemetery, Norfolk, Va.
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Thomas Peter Lantos (1928-2008) —
also known as Tom Lantos; Tamas Peter
Lantos —
of Millbrae, San Mateo
County, Calif.; Hillsborough, San Mateo
County, Calif.; San Mateo, San Mateo
County, Calif.
Born in Budapest, Hungary,
February
1, 1928.
Democrat. University
professor; television
news commentator; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
California, 1976,
1988,
1996,
2000,
2004;
U.S.
Representative from California, 1981-2008 (11th District 1981-93,
12th District 1993-2008); died in office 2008.
Jewish.
Member, Phi Beta Kappa; Sigma
Alpha Mu.
Arrested
for disorderly conduct in April 2006, while taking part civil
disobedience action to protest
genocide in Darfur, in front of the Sudanese embassy
in Washington, D.C.
Died, of cancer
of the esophagus, in Bethesda
Naval Medical Center, Bethesda, Montgomery
County, Md., February
11, 2008 (age 80 years, 10
days).
Interment at Congressional
Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Richard Green Lugar (1932-2019) —
also known as Richard G. Lugar —
of Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind.
Born in Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind., April 4,
1932.
Republican. Rhodes
scholar; mayor
of Indianapolis, Ind., 1968-75; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Indiana, 1968,
1972;
U.S.
Senator from Indiana, 1977-; defeated, 1974; candidate for
Republican nomination for President, 1996.
Methodist.
Member, Phi Beta Kappa; Omicron
Delta Kappa; Pi
Delta Epsilon; Pi
Sigma Alpha; Beta
Theta Pi; Rotary;
Blue
Key.
Died in Annandale, Fairfax
County, Va., April
28, 2019 (age 87 years, 24
days).
Burial location unknown.
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William Taylor Madison (1762-1843) —
also known as William Madison —
of Madison
County, Va.
Born in Orange
County, Va., May 1,
1762.
Served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; member
of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1791-94, 1804-11 (Culpeper County
1791-94, Madison County 1804-11); general in the U.S. Army during the
War of 1812.
Member, Phi Beta Kappa.
Died in Madison
County, Va., July 19,
1843 (age 81 years, 79
days).
Interment at Montpelier
Plantation, Montpelier Station, Va.
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Relatives: Son
of James Madison (1723-1801) and Eleanor Rose (Conway) Madison;
brother of James
Madison (1751-1836) (who married Dolley
Madison); married, December
20, 1783, to Francis Throckmorton; first cousin once removed of
George
Madison; first cousin twice removed of Edmund
Pendleton; second cousin of Zachary
Taylor; second cousin once removed of John
Penn, John
Pendleton Jr., Nathaniel
Pendleton and Coleby
Chew; second cousin twice removed of Henry
Gaines Johnson, John
Strother Pendleton, Albert
Gallatin Pendleton and Samuel
Bullitt Churchill; second cousin thrice removed of George
Cassety Pendleton, Hubbard
T. Smith, Charles
M. Pendleton, Elliot
Woolfolk Major, Edgar
Bailey Woolfolk and Daniel
Micajah Pendleton; second cousin four times removed of Charles
Sumner Pendleton and Sidney
Fletcher Taliaferro; third cousin of Clement
F. Dorsey, Philip
Clayton Pendleton, Edmund
Henry Pendleton and Nathanael
Greene Pendleton; third cousin once removed of Gabriel
Slaughter, Andrew
Dorsey, Philip
Coleman Pendleton, George
Hunt Pendleton and Joseph
Henry Pendleton; third cousin twice removed of Robert
Pryor Henry, John
Flournoy Henry, Gustavus
Adolphus Henry, David
Shelby Walker, Alexander
Warfield Dorsey, William
Barret Pendleton, Francis
Key Pendleton, Charles
Rittenhouse Pendleton and John
Overton Pendleton; third cousin thrice removed of Charles
Rice Slaughter, James
David Walker, David
Shelby Walker Jr. and Eli
Huston Brown Jr.; fourth cousin once removed of Charles
Willing Byrd. |
| | | Political families: Blackburn-Slaughter-Buckner-Madison
family of Kentucky; Pendleton-Lee
family of Maryland (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | See also Wikipedia
article — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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John Marshall (1755-1835) —
of Virginia.
Born in Germantown, Fauquier
County, Va., September
24, 1755.
Served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; lawyer;
member of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1782-96; U.S.
Attorney for Virginia, 1789; U.S.
Representative from Virginia at-large, 1799-1800; U.S.
Secretary of State, 1800-01; Chief
Justice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1801-35; died in office 1835;
received 4 electoral votes for Vice-President, 1816.
Episcopalian.
Scottish
ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Phi Beta Kappa.
Elected to the Hall
of Fame for Great Americans in 1900.
Slaveowner.
Died in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., July 6,
1835 (age 79 years, 285
days).
Interment at Shockoe
Hill Cemetery, Richmond, Va.
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Relatives: Son
of Thomas Marshall (1730-1802) and Mary Randolph (Keith) Marshall;
brother-in-law of William
McClung, George
Keith Taylor and Joseph
Hamilton Daviess; brother of James
Markham Marshall and Alexander
Keith Marshall (1770-1825); married, January
3, 1783, to Mary Willis Ambler (daughter of Jacquelin
Ambler); father of Thomas
Marshall (1784-1835), Mary Marshall (who married Jacquelin
Burwell Harvie) and James
Keith Marshall; uncle and first cousin once removed of Thomas
Alexander Marshall; uncle of Edward
Colston, Thomas
Francis Marshall, Alexander
Keith Marshall (1808-1884), Alexander
Keith McClung, Charles
Alexander Marshall and Edward
Colston Marshall; granduncle by marriage of Humphrey
Marshall (1812-1872); granduncle of John
Augustine Marshall; great-grandfather of Lewis
Minor Coleman; great-grandnephew of Richard
Randolph; great-granduncle of Hudson
Snowden Marshall, William
Marshall Bullitt and Alexander
Scott Bullitt; first cousin and brother-in-law of Humphrey
Marshall (1760-1841); first cousin once removed of William
Marshall Anderson and Charles
Anderson; first cousin twice removed of Richard
Bland and Peyton
Randolph (1721-1775); second cousin of Thomas
Mann Randolph Jr.; second cousin once removed of Theodorick
Bland, Thomas
Jefferson, Edmund
Jenings Randolph, Beverley
Randolph, John
Randolph of Roanoke, Benjamin
Franklin Randolph, Meriwether
Lewis Randolph and George
Wythe Randolph; second cousin twice removed of Thomas
Jefferson Coolidge; second cousin thrice removed of John
Gardner Coolidge; third cousin of Henry
Lee, Charles
Lee, Edmund
Jennings Lee, Martha
Jefferson Randolph, Dabney
Carr, Peyton
Randolph (1779-1828) and Henry
St. George Tucker; third cousin once removed of Francis
Wayles Eppes, Dabney
Smith Carr, Edmund
Randolph, Nathaniel
Beverly Tucker and Carter
Henry Harrison; third cousin twice removed of Fitzhugh
Lee, Edmund
Randolph Cocke, Carter
Henry Harrison II and Frederick
Madison Roberts; third cousin thrice removed of Edith
Wilson and Francis
Beverley Biddle; fourth cousin of John
Wayles Eppes. |
| | | Political families: Harrison-Randolph-Marshall-Cabell
family of Virginia; Tuck-Claude
family of Annapolis, Maryland (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | Marshall counties in Ala., Ill., Ind., Iowa, Ky., Miss., Tenn. and W.Va. are
named for him. |
| | | The World War II Liberty
ship SS John Marshall (built 1941-42 at Mobile,
Alabama; scrapped 1971) was named for
him. |
| | | Other politicians named for him: John
Marshall Stone
— John
Marshall Martin
— John
Marshall Harlan
— J.
Marshall Hagans
— John
M. Claiborne
— John
M. Hamilton
— John
M. Raymond
— John M.
Rose
— John
M. Slaton
— John
M. Wolverton
— John
M. Robsion
— John
Marshall Hutcheson
— John
M. Butler
— John
Marshall Harlan
— John
M. Robsion, Jr.
— John
Marshall Briley
— John
Marshall Lindley
|
| | | Coins and currency: His portrait
appeared on the $20 U.S. Treasury note in the 1880s, and on the
$500 bill in the early 20th century. |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — federal
judicial profile — Wikipedia
article — NNDB
dossier — Find-A-Grave
memorial — Biographical
Directory of Federal Judges |
| | | Books about John Marshall: Jean Edward
Smith, John
Marshall : Definer of a Nation — Charles F. Hobson, The
Great Chief Justice : John Marshall and the Rule of
Law — Albert J. Beveridge, The
Life of John Marshall: The Building of the Nation
1815-1835 — Albert J. Beveridge, The
Life of John Marshall: Conflict and Construction
1800-1815 — Albert J. Beveridge, The
Life of John Marshall: Politician, Diplomatist, Statesman
1789-1801 — Albert J. Beveridge, The
Life of John Marshall: Frontiersman, Soldier,
Lawmaker — David Scott Robarge, A
Chief Justice's Progress: John Marshall from Revolutionary Virginia
to the Supreme Court — R. Kent Newmyer, John
Marshall and the Heroic Age of the Supreme Court |
| | | Image source: New York Public
Library |
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George Crews McGhee (1912-2005) —
also known as George C. McGhee —
of Texas.
Born in Waco, McLennan
County, Tex., March
10, 1912.
Rhodes
scholar; geologist;
oil
producer; served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; U.S.
Ambassador to Turkey, 1952-53; Germany, 1963-68; , 1968-69.
Member, Phi Beta Kappa; Council on
Foreign Relations.
Died, from pneumonia,
in Loudoun Hospital
Center, Leesburg, Loudoun
County, Va., July 4,
2005 (age 93 years, 116
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Robert Latham Owen (1856-1947) —
also known as Robert L. Owen —
of Muskogee, Muskogee
County, Okla.
Born in Lynchburg,
Va., February
2, 1856.
Democrat. Lawyer; banker;
member of Democratic
National Committee from Oklahoma, 1892-96; U.S.
Senator from Oklahoma, 1907-25; candidate for Democratic
nomination for President, 1920;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Oklahoma, 1924
(member, Platform
and Resolutions Committee).
Episcopalian.
Scotch-Irish
and Cherokee
Indian ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Elks; Moose; Modern
Woodmen of America; Alpha
Tau Omega; Phi Beta Kappa.
Died July 19,
1947 (age 91 years, 167
days).
Interment at Spring
Hill Cemetery, Lynchburg, Va.
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George Campbell Peery (1873-1952) —
also known as George C. Peery —
of Tazewell, Tazewell
County, Va.
Born in Cedar Bluff, Tazewell
County, Va., October
28, 1873.
Democrat. School
principal; lawyer;
vice-president, Norton Hardware
Company; director of coal mining
companies and a railroad;
candidate for Presidential Elector for Virginia; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Virginia, 1920,
1924
(member, Committee
on Permanent Organization); U.S.
Representative from Virginia 9th District, 1923-29; Governor of
Virginia, 1934-38; delegate
to Virginia limited constitutional convention 18th District, 1945.
Southern
Methodist. Member, Kappa
Sigma; Phi Beta Kappa.
Died in Richlands, Tazewell
County, Va., October
14, 1952 (age 78 years, 352
days).
Interment at Maplewood
Cemetery, Tazewell, Va.
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Lewis Franklin Powell Jr. (1907-1998) —
also known as Lewis F. Powell, Jr. —
of Virginia.
Born in Suffolk,
Va., September
19, 1907.
Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; member,
Virginia state constitutional commission, 1967-68; Associate
Justice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1972-87.
Presbyterian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Phi Beta Kappa.
Died of pneumonia,
in Richmond,
Va., August
25, 1998 (age 90 years, 340
days).
Interment at Hollywood
Cemetery, Richmond, Va.
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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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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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Marion Gordon Robertson (b. 1930) —
also known as Pat Robertson —
Born in Lexington,
Va., March
22, 1930.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during the Korean
conflict; minister;
host of the "700 Club" television
show; founder and chairman, Christian Broadcasting
Network; founder, Christian Coalition; candidate for Republican
nomination for President, 1988.
Member, Phi Beta Kappa.
Still living as of 2020.
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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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John Kaye Tabor (1921-1999) —
also known as John K. Tabor —
of Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Uniontown, Fayette
County, Pa., April
19, 1921.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; lawyer; Pennsylvania
secretary of internal affairs, 1967-68; Pennsylvania Secretary of
Labor and Industry, 1968-69; candidate for mayor
of Pittsburgh, Pa., 1969; U.S. Undersecretary of Commerce,
1973-75.
Member, Phi Beta Kappa.
Died, following a stroke,
while also suffering from Parkinson's
disease, in the Woodbine Rehabilitation
and Healthcare Center, Alexandria,
Va., September
6, 1999 (age 78 years, 140
days).
Burial location unknown.
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James Clinton Turk (1923-2014) —
also known as James C. Turk —
of Radford,
Va.
Born in Roanoke
County, Va., May 3,
1923.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; lawyer;
member of Virginia
state senate, 1960-72 (21st District 1960-63, 20th District
1964-65, 13th District 1966-71, 37th District 1972); delegate to
Republican National Convention from Virginia, 1964;
U.S.
District Judge for the Western District of Virginia, 1972-2002;
took senior status 2002.
Member, Phi Beta Kappa; Omicron
Delta Kappa; Order of
the Coif.
Died in Radford,
Va., July 6,
2014 (age 91 years, 64
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Bushrod Washington (1762-1829) —
of Alexandria,
Va.; Richmond,
Va.
Born in Westmoreland
County, Va., June 5,
1762.
Lawyer;
member of Virginia state legislature, 1787; delegate
to Virginia convention to ratify U.S. constitution from
Westmoreland County, 1788; Associate
Justice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1798-1829; died in office 1829.
Episcopalian.
Member, Phi Beta Kappa.
Slaveowner.
Died in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., November
26, 1829 (age 67 years, 174
days).
Entombed at Mt.
Vernon, Fairfax County, Va.
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