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Cuthbert Bullitt (1740-1791) —
Born in Fauquier
County, Va., 1740.
Lawyer;
planter;
shot and killed John
Baylis in a duel
on September 24, 1765; later tried
for the killing
and acquitted; delegate
to Virginia state constitutional convention, 1776.
Anglican;
later Episcopalian.
Died in Prince
William County, Va., August
27, 1791 (age about 51
years).
Burial location unknown.
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John Tyler (1790-1862) —
also known as "The Accidental
President" —
of Williamsburg,
Va.
Born in Charles
City County, Va., March
29, 1790.
Whig. Lawyer;
member of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1811-16, 1823-25, 1839-40; served in
the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; U.S.
Representative from Virginia 23rd District, 1817-21; Governor of
Virginia, 1825-27; U.S.
Senator from Virginia, 1827-36; delegate
to Virginia state constitutional convention, 1829-30; delegate to
Whig National Convention from Virginia, 1839 (Convention
Vice-President); Vice
President of the United States, 1841; defeated, 1836; President
of the United States, 1841-45; delegate
to Virginia secession convention from Charles City, James City &
New Kent counties, 1861; Delegate
from Virginia to the Confederate Provisional Congress, 1861-62;
died in office 1862.
Episcopalian.
English
ancestry.
A bill to impeach
him was defeated in the House of Representatives in January 1843.
Slaveowner.
Died, probably from a stroke,
in a hotel
room at Richmond,
Va., January
18, 1862 (age 71 years, 295
days).
Interment at Hollywood
Cemetery, Richmond, Va.
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Relatives: Son
of John
Tyler (1747-1813) and Mary (Armistead) Tyler; married, March
29, 1813, to Letitia
Tyler; married, June 26,
1844, to Julia
Tyler (daughter of David
Gardiner); father of David
Gardiner Tyler and Lyon
Gardiner Tyler; third cousin of George
Madison; third cousin once removed of Zachary
Taylor; third cousin twice removed of John
Strother Pendleton, Albert
Gallatin Pendleton and Aylett
Hawes Buckner; third cousin thrice removed of James
Francis Buckner Jr. and Bronson
Murray Cutting. |
| | | Political families: Saltonstall-Davis-Frelinghuysen-Appleton
family of Massachusetts; Conkling-Seymour
family of Utica, New York; Mapes-Jennings-Denby-Harrison
family of New York and Arizona; Tyler
family of Virginia (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | Cross-reference: Benjamin
Tappan |
| | | Tyler County,
Tex. is named for him. |
| | | John Tyler High
School, in Tyler,
Texas, is named for
him. — John Tyler Community
College, in Chester,
Virginia, is named for
him. |
| | | Other politicians named for him: John
T. Rich
— John
T. Cutting
— John
Tyler Cooper
— John
Tyler Hammons
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| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — National Governors
Association biography — Wikipedia
article — NNDB
dossier — Find-A-Grave
memorial — OurCampaigns
candidate detail |
| | | Books about John Tyler: Oliver P.
Chitwood, John
Tyler : Champion of the Old South — Norma Lois
Peterson, Presidencies
of William Henry Harrison and John Tyler — Jane C.
Walker, John
Tyler : A President of Many Firsts — Edward P. Crapol,
John
Tyler, the Accidental President — Gary May, John
Tyler: The 10th President, 1841-1845 — Donald Barr
Chidsey, And
Tyler Too |
| | | Image source: Portrait & Biographical
Album of Washtenaw County (1891) |
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John Singleton Mosby (1833-1916) —
also known as John S. Mosby; "The Gray
Ghost" —
of Bristol,
Va.; Warrenton, Fauquier
County, Va.
Born in Powhatan
County, Va., December
6, 1833.
In 1852, he shot
and wounded George R. Turpin, with whom he had quarreled; arrested
and tried,
ultimately convicted
only of the misdemeanor charge of unlawful
shooting and sentenced
to one year in jail; pardoned
by Gov. Joseph
Johnson in 1853; colonel in the Confederate Army during the Civil
War; U.S. Consul in Hong Kong, 1878-85.
Scottish
and Welsh
ancestry.
Died in Washington,
D.C., May 30,
1916 (age 82 years, 176
days).
Interment at Warrenton
Cemetery, Warrenton, Va.
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Charles James Faulkner (1806-1884) —
also known as Charles J. Faulkner —
of Martinsburg, Berkeley
County, Va. (now W.Va.).
Born in Martinsburg, Berkeley
County, Va. (now W.Va.), July 6,
1806.
Democrat. Member of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1829-34, 1848-49; member of Virginia
state senate, 1838-42; delegate
to Virginia state constitutional convention, 1850; U.S.
Representative from Virginia, 1851-59 (10th District 1851-53, 8th
District 1853-59); U.S. Minister to France, 1860; general in the Confederate Army during the Civil
War; delegate
to West Virginia state constitutional convention, 1872; U.S.
Representative from West Virginia 2nd District, 1875-77.
On his return from France in August 1861, was detained
as a prisoner of
state on charges
of negotiating arms sales for the Confederacy
while in Paris; released in December 1861 and negotiated his own
exchange for Alfred
Ely, a a Congressman from New York who had been taken prisoner by
the Confederates at Bull Run.
Slaveowner.
Died near Martinsburg, Berkeley
County, W.Va., November
1, 1884 (age 78 years, 118
days).
Interment a
private or family graveyard, Berkeley County, W.Va.
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James Murray Mason (1798-1871) —
also known as James M. Mason —
of Winchester,
Va.
Born in Georgetown, Washington,
D.C., November
3, 1798.
Member of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1826; delegate
to Virginia state constitutional convention, 1829; U.S.
Representative from Virginia 12th District, 1837-39; U.S.
Senator from Virginia, 1847-61; Delegate
from Virginia to the Confederate Provisional Congress, 1861; Confederate
States Envoy to England, 1861.
Author of the Fugitive Slave Law. When the Civil War began, he left
Washington but did not resign his seat in the Senate; one of ten Southern
senators expelled
in absentia on July 11, 1861.
Slaveowner.
Died April
28, 1871 (age 72 years, 176
days).
Interment at Christ
Church Episcopal Cemetery, Alexandria, Va.
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Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter (1809-1887) —
also known as Robert M. T. Hunter —
of Lloyds, Essex
County, Va.
Born near Loretto, Essex
County, Va., April
21, 1809.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1834-35; member of Virginia
state senate, 1835-37; U.S.
Representative from Virginia, 1837-43, 1845-47 (8th District
1837-39, 12th District 1839-41, 9th District 1841-43, 8th District
1845-47); Speaker of
the U.S. House, 1839-41; U.S.
Senator from Virginia, 1847-61; candidate for Democratic
nomination for President, 1860;
Delegate
from Virginia to the Confederate Provisional Congress, 1861-62;
Confederate
Secretary of State, 1861-62; Senator
from Virginia in the Confederate Congress, 1862-65; delegate
to Virginia state constitutional convention, 1867-68; Virginia
state treasurer, 1874-80.
When the Civil War began, he left Washington but did not resign his
seat in the Senate; he was one of ten Southern
senators expelled
in absentia on July 11, 1861. Arrested
in 1865 and imprisoned
without trial by federal
forces in Fort Pulaski, Tennessee, until 1866.
Slaveowner.
Died in Lloyds, Essex
County, Va., July 18,
1887 (age 78 years, 88
days).
Interment a
private or family graveyard, Essex County, Va.
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Robert Murphy Mayo (1836-1896) —
also known as Robert M. Mayo —
of Virginia.
Born in Hague, Westmoreland
County, Va., April
28, 1836.
Colonel in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; court
martialed in the Confederate
Army, 1863, for drunkenness,
and reduced in
rank; lawyer;
member of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1881-82, 1885-88; U.S.
Representative from Virginia 1st District, 1883-84.
Member, American Bar
Association.
Slaveowner.
Died in Hague, Westmoreland
County, Va., March
29, 1896 (age 59 years, 336
days).
Interment at Yeocomico
Cemetery, Kinsale, Va.
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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). |
| | | Coins and currency: His portrait
appeared on Confederate States $100 notes in 1862-64.
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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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John Henry Johnston —
also known as John H. Johnston —
of Danville,
Va.
Republican. Mayor
of Danville, Va., 1882-84; defeated (Independent), 1884; shot
and killed Chief of Police John E. Hatcher, during a disagreement
over the use of collected fines, on September 9, 1882; indicted
for murder
but released on $5,000 bail; tried in
December, and acquitted; postmaster at Danville,
Va., 1890-94.
Burial location unknown.
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John Hampton Hoge (1856-1903) —
also known as J. Hampton Hoge —
of Montgomery
County, Va.
Born in 1856.
Republican. In October 1893, he was appointed Consul at Amoy, China,
and set out for San Francisco en route to his post; just before
leaving town, he gave a bad
check to settle a debt; on the train to San Francisco, he was conspicuously
drunk on the entire journey; President Cleveland
rescinded
the appointment, and Hoge was ridiculed
in newspapers all over the U.S.; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Virginia 6th District, 1894, 1896; candidate
for Governor of
Virginia, 1901.
Died in 1903
(age about
47 years).
Interment at Westview Cemetery, Blacksburg, Va.
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James Harrison Oliver (1857-1928) —
also known as J. H. Oliver —
of Shirley, Charles
City County, Va.
Born in Houston
County, Ga., January
15, 1857.
As a naval commander, he was arrested
and court-martialed
over his
role in a 1904 collision in Delaware Bay; acquitted and
reinstated; Governor of
U.S. Virgin Islands.
Died, of heart
disease, in Charles
City County, Va., April 6,
1928 (age 71 years, 82
days).
Interment at Shirley Plantation Cemetery, Shirley, Va.
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Wythe Leigh Kinsolving (1878-1964) —
of St.
Louis, Mo.; Winchester, Franklin
County, Tenn.; Chattanooga, Hamilton
County, Tenn.; Jackson, Jackson
County, Mich.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Oakland, Garrett
County, Md.; Charlottesville,
Va.; Stanardsville, Greene
County, Va.
Born in Halifax, Halifax
County, Va., November
14, 1878.
Democrat. Episcopal
priest; rector of Epiphany Episcopal Church, Barton Heights, Va.,
until 1908, when he resigned
following a widely
reported fist
fight with his father-in-law, Rev. Dr. E. H. Pitt; composer;
poet;
translator;
prolific writer of opinion pieces for newspapers, expressing moderate
pacifist views, along with strong support for the League of Nations;
offered prayer, Democratic National Convention,
1924 ; in 1928, he toured the country giving speeches in support of
Democratic presidential nominee Al
Smith; initially supported President Franklin
Roosevelt and the New Deal, but in the late 1930s turned toward
isolationism and anti-Communism.
Episcopalian.
Died, from cerebral
vascular accident, while suffering from chronic
brain syndrome due to cerebral
arteriosclerosis, in DeJarnette State Sanatorium, a mental
hospital, in Augusta
County, Va., December
21, 1964 (age 86 years, 37
days).
Interment at Hollywood
Cemetery, Richmond, Va.
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Harold Knutson (1880-1953) —
of St. Cloud, Stearns
County, Minn.
Born in Skein, Norway,
October
20, 1880.
Republican. Newspaper
editor and publisher; U.S.
Representative from Minnesota, 1917-49 (6th District 1917-33,
at-large 1933-35, 6th District 1935-49); delegate to Republican
National Convention from Minnesota, 1940
(Honorary
Vice-President).
Lutheran.
Norwegian
ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; Elks.
On March 9, 1924, he and Leroy M. Hull, a 29-year-old clerk for the
Labor Department, sitting in his parked car alongside a rural road
near Arlington National Cemetery, were arrested
by officers of the Arlington County vice squad; he vainly offered a
$100 bribe,
but was charged,
apparently with sodomy
(press reports avoided mentioning the specific crime, only that it
was a "grave moral offense"), and jailed
overnight; tried
before a jury, and found not guilty.
Died, following a series of heart
attacks, in Wesley Memorial Hospital,
Wadena, Wadena
County, Minn., August
21, 1953 (age 72 years, 305
days).
Interment at North
Star Cemetery, St. Cloud, Minn.
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George Lincoln Rockwell (1918-1967) —
of Arlington, Arlington
County, Va.
Born in Bloomington, McLean
County, Ill., March 9,
1918.
Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; served in the U.S. Navy
during the Korean conflict; founder, in 1959, of the National
Committee to Free America from Jewish
Domination (later known as the American Nazi
Party); arrested
at various demonstrations
during the 1960s; American Nazi candidate for Governor of
Virginia, 1965.
Shot
and killed by
a sniper, later identified as John Patler, while driving his
car in the parking lot of Dominion Hills Shopping
Center, Arlington, Arlington
County, Va., August
25, 1967 (age 49 years, 169
days); Patler was convicted of the murder and sentenced to 20
years in prison. Rockwell's funeral procession was not allowed into
Culpeper National Cemetery because of Nazi emblems worn by his
supporters.
Cremated.
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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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James Patrick Moran Jr. (b. 1945) —
also known as James P. Moran, Jr.; Jim
Moran —
of Alexandria,
Va.
Born in Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y., May 16,
1945.
Democrat. Mayor
of Alexandria, Va., 1985-91; U.S.
Representative from Virginia 8th District, 1991-; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Virginia, 1996,
2000,
2004,
2008.
Catholic.
Irish
ancestry.
Pleaded
no contest to a misdemeanor conflict
of interest charge
and was forced to
resign as vice mayor of Alexandria, in June 1984.
Still living as of 2014.
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Richard Joyner Holland Sr. (1925-2000) —
also known as Richard J. Holland, Sr. —
of Windsor, Isle of
Wight County, Va.
Born in Suffolk,
Va., August
12, 1925.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; banker;
member of Virginia
state senate 15th District, 1980-2000; died in office 2000.
Congregationalist.
Acquitted of drunk
driving
in 1986, but convicted
of reckless
driving and refusal to
take a breath test; indicted
in federal court for 31 felony counts of bank
fraud; charges were dismissed in April 1998, and the prosecution
ruled to be vexatious; he and his son received a $570,000
reimbursement for legal fees.
Died in Windsor, Isle of
Wight County, Va., April
16, 2000 (age 74 years, 248
days).
Interment at Windsor
Cemetery, Windsor, Va.
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Lyndon Hermyle LaRouche Jr. (1922-2018) —
also known as Lyndon LaRouche; Lyn Marcus —
of New York City (unknown
county), N.Y.; Leesburg, Loudoun
County, Va.
Born in Rochester, Strafford
County, N.H., September
8, 1922.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; U.S. Labor candidate for
President
of the United States, 1976; candidate for Democratic nomination
for President, 1980,
1984,
1988,
1992,
1996,
2000,
2004;
indicted,
with others, on fraud
and conspiracy charges
in 1986 over solicitation of loans from supporters without intending
to repay them; also charged
with obstruction
of justice over destruction of financial records; tried in
federal court in Boston; a mistrial was declared in 1988; re-indicted
in federal court in Virginia on charges
of conspiracy, mail fraud, and tax
evasion; convicted
and sentenced
to fifteen years in prison;
released on parole in 1994; Independent candidate for U.S.
Representative from Virginia 10th District, 1990.
Died in 2018
(age about
95 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Oliver Laurence North (b. 1943) —
also known as Oliver L. North; Ollie North —
of Virginia.
Born in San Antonio, Bexar
County, Tex., October
7, 1943.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during the Vietnam War;
central figure in the Iran-Contra scandal
of 1986; he was in charge of a secret (and illegal) government
operation to sell
weapons to Iran and provide the profits to the then-unrecognized
Nicaraguan "contras", who were fighting a civil war against the
"Sandinista" government there; convicted
in 1989 on federal charges of obstructing
Congress, destroying documents, and accepting an illegal
gratuity; an appeals court later overturned the guilty verdict;
candidate for U.S.
Senator from Virginia, 1994; host of a radio talk
show in 1995-2003, and is a television
commentator.
Member, National Rifle
Association.
Still living as of 2014.
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Parker J. Bena (born c.1963) —
of Virginia
Beach, Va.
Born about 1963.
Republican. Candidate for Presidential Elector for Virginia.
Pleaded
guilty in 2001 to possession of child
pornography on his home computer; sentenced
to 30 months in federal prison
and fined
$18,000.
Still living as of 2001.
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Fenton L. Bland Jr. (b. 1962) —
of Petersburg,
Va.
Born in Petersburg,
Va., March 7,
1962.
Democrat. Mortician;
member of Virginia
state house of delegates 63rd District, 2002-05; resigned 2005;
alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Virginia,
2004;
pleaded
guilty, January 26, 2005 to one count of conspiracy to commit bank
fraud; sentenced
in April to 57 months in prison
and ordered to pay $1.2 million in restitution;
surrendered
his funeral director's license rather than contest charges of ethical
violations.
Baptist.
African
ancestry. Member, Kappa
Alpha Psi.
Still living as of 2006.
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Del M. Mauhrine Brown —
of Hopewell,
Va.
Democrat. Lawyer;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Virginia, 1996;
candidate for Virginia
state house of delegates 75th District, 1997; publicly
admonished in June 2008 by the Virginia State Bar for lawyer
misconduct, over failure to file a timely notice of appeal on
behalf of three clients.
Still living as of 2008.
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Vito John Fossella (b. 1965) —
also known as Vito Fossella —
of Staten Island, Richmond
County, N.Y.
Born in Staten Island, Richmond
County, N.Y., March 9,
1965.
Republican. Lawyer;
member, New York City Council, 1994-97; U.S.
Representative from New York 13th District, 1997-2009.
Catholic.
Italian
and Irish
ancestry.
In May, 2008, he was arrested
in Alexandria, Virginia, for driving
while intoxicated;
a week later, he admitted to an extramarital
affair with Air Force Lt. Col Laura Fay, and that he was the
father of her 3-year-old child; the scandal
led him to retire from
Congress.
Still living as of 2014.
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Robert Francis McDonnell (b. 1954) —
also known as Bob McDonnell —
of Glen Allen, Henrico
County, Va.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., June 15,
1954.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Virginia
state house of delegates 84th District, 1992-2005; Virginia
state attorney general, 2006-09; resigned 2009; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Virginia, 2008
(delegation chair); Governor of
Virginia, 2010-14; he and his wife were indicted
in January 2014 for receiving improper
gifts; convicted
in September 2014; sentenced
to two years in prison; in June 2016, the U.S. Supreme Court
unanimously overturned his conviction.
Irish
and Alsatian
ancestry.
Still living as of 2018.
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Charles Stanard Severance (b. 1960) —
also known as Charles S. Severance —
of Alexandria,
Va.
Born in Fairfax
County, Va., September
25, 1960.
Candidate for mayor
of Alexandria, Va., 1996, 2000 (Independent); Independent
candidate for U.S.
Representative from Virginia 8th District, 1996; during 2003-14,
he shot
and killed three people; he was arrested
in 2014, tried on
murder
and on felony
firearms charges, convicted
and sentenced to life in prison plus 48 years.
Still living as of 2022.
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