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William Allen (1704-1780) —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., August
5, 1704.
Merchant;
lawyer;
mayor
of Philadelphia, Pa., 1735-36.
Scotch-Irish
ancestry. Member, Freemasons.
Died in Mount Airy, Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., September
6, 1780 (age 76 years, 32
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Hunter Booker Andrews (1921-2005) —
also known as Hunter B. Andrews —
of Hampton,
Va.
Born in Hampton,
Va., May 28,
1921.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; lawyer;
member of Virginia
state senate, 1964-95 (31st District 1964-65, 28th District
1966-71, 1st District 1972-95); delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Virginia, 1980.
Episcopalian.
Member, Rotary;
American
Legion.
Died, from a heart
attack, in Hampton,
Va., January
13, 2005 (age 83 years, 230
days).
Interment at St. John's Church Cemetery, Hampton, Va.
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Henry Samuel Baird (1800-1875) —
also known as Henry S. Baird —
of Green Bay, Brown
County, Wis.
Born in Dublin, Ireland,
May
16, 1800.
Whig. Lawyer; Wisconsin
territory attorney general, 1836-39; delegate
to Wisconsin state constitutional convention, 1846; candidate for
Governor
of Wisconsin, 1853; mayor
of Green Bay, Wis., 1861-62.
Died in Green Bay, Brown
County, Wis., April
30, 1875 (age 74 years, 349
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Allouez, Wis.
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Joel Barlow (1754-1812) —
of Hartford, Hartford
County, Conn.
Born in Redding, Fairfield
County, Conn., March
24, 1754.
Served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; chaplain;
writer;
poet;
lawyer;
U.S. Consul in Cadiz, 1792-93; U.S. Consul General in Algiers, 1796-97; U.S. Minister to France, 1811-12, died in office 1812.
Member, Society
of the Cincinnati; Freemasons.
He was sent to Algeria to negotiate for the release of those held
prisoner by the Barbary pirates, and was protected by a detachment of
U.S. Marines. The words "to the shores of Tripoli" in the U.S.
Marine Hymn are a reference to this incident.
Died, of pneumonia
or exposure,
in Zarnowiec, Poland,
December
24, 1812 (age 58 years, 275
days).
Interment at Churchyard,
Zarnowiec, Poland; cenotaph at Great
Pasture Road Cemetery, Redding, Conn.
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Francis Stebbins Bartow (1816-1861) —
also known as Francis S. Bartow —
of Georgia.
Born in Savannah, Chatham
County, Ga., September
6, 1816.
Lawyer;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from Georgia 1st District, 1856; delegate
to Georgia secession convention, 1861; Delegate
from Georgia to the Confederate Provisional Congress, 1861; died
in office 1861; colonel in the Confederate Army during the Civil War.
Slaveowner.
Killed
by rifle
shot, while rallying his men on the Henry House Hill, during the
first battle of Manassas,
Va., July 21,
1861 (age 44 years, 318
days).
Interment at Laurel
Grove North Cemetery, Savannah, Ga.
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Relatives: Son
of Theodosius Bartow and Frances Louisa (Stebbins) Bartow; married,
April
18, 1844, to Louisa Green Berrien (daughter of John
Macpherson Berrien); first cousin twice removed of Theodosia
Bartow (who married Aaron
Burr). |
| | | Political families: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin
family of Connecticut and New York; Tallmadge-Floyd
family of New York; Burr-Alston-Wilson-Ballard
family of Charleston, South Carolina; Edwards-Davenport-Thompson-Hooker
family of Connecticut; Cornell-Schilplin-Washburn-Burr
family of New York; Berrien-Burr-Bartow-Biddle
family of Pennsylvania; Hamlin-Bemis
family of Bangor, Maine (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | Bartow County,
Ga. is named for him. |
| | | The city
of Bartow,
Florida, is named for
him. — The town
of Bartow,
Georgia, is named for
him. — The community
of Bartow,
West Virginia, is named for
him. — Bartow Elementary School (now Otis J.
Brock Elementary School), in Savannah,
Georgia, was formerly named for
him. — The World War II Liberty
ship SS Francis S. Bartow (built 1944 at Savannah,
Georgia; scrapped 1971) was named for
him. |
| | | See also Wikipedia
article — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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George Joseph Bates (1891-1949) —
also known as George J. Bates —
of Salem, Essex
County, Mass.
Born in Salem, Essex
County, Mass., February
25, 1891.
Republican. Member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives Eighteenth Essex District,
1918-24; mayor of
Salem, Mass., 1924-37; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 6th District, 1937-49; died in
office 1949.
Killed in an airplane
collision between an Eastern Air Lines DC-4 passenger airliner
and a war surplus P-38 fighter plane purchased by Bolivia, near
Washington National Airport,
Arlington, Arlington
County, Va., November
1, 1949 (age 58 years, 249
days).
Interment at St.
Mary's Cemetery, Salem, Mass.
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Nicholas Joseph Begich (1932-1972) —
also known as Nick Begich —
of Anchorage,
Alaska.
Born in Eveleth, St. Louis
County, Minn., April 6,
1932.
Democrat. Member of Alaska
state senate, 1963-71; U.S.
Representative from Alaska at-large, 1971-72; died in office
1972; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Alaska, 1972.
Alaska
Native and Croatian
ancestry.
Disappeared
while on a campaign
flight from Anchorage to Juneau, and presumed killed in a plane
crash, somewhere in Alaska, October
16, 1972 (age 40 years, 193
days). The wreckage was never
found.
Cenotaph at Congressional
Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Lloyd Campbell Bird (1894-1978) —
also known as Lloyd C. Bird —
of Richmond,
Va.
Born in Highland
County, Va., August
1, 1894.
Democrat. Member of Virginia
state senate 43rd District, 1943-50; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Virginia, 1944.
Methodist.
Member, Kiwanis;
American
Chemical Society.
Died in Chesterfield
County, Va., April
20, 1978 (age 83 years, 262
days).
Interment at Hollywood
Cemetery, Richmond, Va.
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David Augustus Boody (1837-1930) —
also known as David A. Boody; "Grand Old Man of
Brooklyn"; "Grand Old Man of Wall
Street" —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born, in a log
cabin built by his father, in Jackson, Waldo
County, Maine, August
13, 1837.
Democrat. Lawyer; banker; stockbroker;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1888;
U.S.
Representative from New York 2nd District, 1891; defeated
(Independent Democratic), 1882; resigned 1891; mayor
of Brooklyn, N.Y., 1892-93; defeated, 1893; candidate for
Presidential Elector for New York.
Presbyterian.
Died in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., January
20, 1930 (age 92 years, 160
days).
Interment at Green-Wood
Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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George Sewall Boutwell (1818-1905) —
also known as George S. Boutwell —
of Groton, Middlesex
County, Mass.
Born in Brookline, Norfolk
County, Mass., January
28, 1818.
Member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1842-50; Governor of
Massachusetts, 1851-53; delegate
to Massachusetts state constitutional convention, 1853; delegate
to Republican National Convention from Massachusetts, 1860,
1864
(alternate); first
U.S. Commissioner of Internal Revenue, 1862; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts, 1863-69 (7th District 1863-69,
9th District 1869); U.S.
Secretary of the Treasury, 1869-73; U.S.
Senator from Massachusetts, 1873-77.
Died, from pneumonia,
in Groton, Middlesex
County, Mass., February
27, 1905 (age 87 years, 30
days).
Interment at Groton
Cemetery, Groton, Mass.
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Nancy Merritt Boykin (1919-2006) —
also known as Nancy M. Boykin; Nancy Merritt; Nancy
Smith —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Washington,
D.C., March
20, 1919.
Republican. Social
worker; founder (1966) and head (1966-87) of Detroit Public
Schools Continuing Education for Girls; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Michigan, 1972
(alternate), 1976;
candidate for Presidential Elector for Michigan; member of Michigan
Republican State Central Committee, 1975-80, 1983-2006.
Female.
African
ancestry. Member, Phi
Delta Kappa; Alpha
Kappa Alpha.
Died January
28, 2006 (age 86 years, 314
days).
Interment at Detroit Memorial Park West, Redford Township, Wayne County,
Mich.
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Carl Brablec (1908-1986) —
of Lenawee
County, Mich.; Roseville, Macomb
County, Mich.
Born in Ogden Township, Lenawee
County, Mich., September
24, 1908.
Democrat. School teacher
and principal; superintendent
of schools; justice of the peace; candidate for Michigan
state house of representatives from Lenawee County, 1936; member
of University
of Michigan board of regents, 1958-66.
Methodist.
Moravian
ancestry. Member, Rotary;
Pi
Kappa Delta; Kappa
Delta Pi; Freemasons.
Died in 1986
(age about
77 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Ronald Harmon Brown (1941-1996) —
also known as Ronald H. Brown; Ron Brown —
of Washington,
D.C.
Born in Washington,
D.C., August
1, 1941.
Democrat. Lawyer; lobbyist;
Chairman
of Democratic National Committee, 1989-93; U.S.
Secretary of Commerce, 1993-96; died in office 1996.
African
ancestry. Member, Urban
League.
Killed in a plane
crash, during a storm,
in Croatia,
April
3, 1996 (age 54 years, 246
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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George Herbert Walker Bush (1924-2018) —
also known as George Bush; "Poppy";
"Sheepskin";
"Timberwolf" —
of Midland, Midland
County, Tex.; Houston, Harris
County, Tex.
Born in Milton, Norfolk
County, Mass., June 12,
1924.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Texas, 1964;
candidate for U.S.
Senator from Texas, 1964, 1970; U.S.
Representative from Texas 7th District, 1967-71; U.S.
Representative to United Nations, 1971-73; Chairman
of Republican National Committee, 1973-74; U.S. Liaison to China, 1974-75; director, U.S. Central Intelligence Agency,
1976-77; candidate for Republican nomination for President, 1980;
Vice
President of the United States, 1981-89; President
of the United States, 1989-93; defeated, 1992.
Episcopalian.
Member, American
Legion; Skull
and Bones; Council on
Foreign Relations; Delta
Kappa Epsilon; Society
of the Cincinnati; Phi
Beta Kappa.
Died in Houston, Harris
County, Tex., November
30, 2018 (age 94 years, 171
days).
Interment at George H. W. Bush Presidential Library and Museum, College
Station, Tex.
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Relatives: Son
of Prescott
Sheldon Bush and Dorothy (Walker) Bush; married, January
6, 1945, to Barbara
Pierce; father of George
Walker Bush (who married Laura
Lane Welch) and John
Ellis Bush; grandfather of George
Prescott Bush; first cousin thrice removed of David
Davis. |
| | | Political family: Bush
family of Texas and Massachusetts. |
| | | Cross-reference: Caspar
W. Weinberger — John
H. Sununu — Don
Evans — James
C. Oberwetter — Mary
McClure Bibby |
| | | The George Bush School of Government and
Public Service, at Texas A&M University,
College
Station, Texas, is named for
him. — George Bush High School, in Richmond,
Texas, is named for
him. — George Herbert Walker Bush Elementary
School, in Addison,
Texas, is named for
him. |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Wikipedia article — U.S. State Dept career summary — NNDB
dossier — Internet Movie Database
profile — Find-A-Grave
memorial — OurCampaigns
candidate detail |
| | | Books by George H. W. Bush: All
The Best, George Bush: My Life and Other Writings
(1999) — Looking
Forward (1987) — A
World Transformed (1998) |
| | | Books about George H. W. Bush: John
Robert Greene, The
Presidency of George Bush — Tim O'Shei & Joe Marren,
George
H. W. Bush (for young readers) |
| | | Critical books about George H. W. Bush:
Kevin Phillips, American
Dynasty: Aristocracy, Fortune, and the Politics of Deceit in the
House of Bush — Kitty Kelly, The
Family : The Real Story of the Bush Dynasty |
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Coleman Francis Carroll (1905-1977) —
also known as Coleman F. Carroll —
of Miami, Dade County (now Miami-Dade
County), Fla.
Born in Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa., February
9, 1905.
Republican. Catholic
priest; bishop of Miami, 1958-68; archbishop, 1968-77; offered prayer, Republican National Convention,
1968.
Catholic.
Irish
ancestry.
Died in Miami Beach, Dade County (now Miami-Dade
County), Fla., July 26,
1977 (age 72 years, 167
days).
Interment at Our Lady of Mercy Cemetery, Miami, Fla.
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Jerome Increase Case (1819-1891) —
also known as Jerome I. Case —
of Racine, Racine
County, Wis.
Born in Williamstown, Oswego
County, N.Y., December
11, 1819.
Inventor;
threshing
machine manufacturer; mayor of
Racine, Wis., 1856, 1858, 1860; member of Wisconsin
state senate, 1865-66; banker.
Died in Racine, Racine
County, Wis., December
22, 1891 (age 72 years, 11
days).
Entombed at Mound
Cemetery, Racine, Wis.; memorial monument at Monument Square, Racine, Wis.
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Lewis Cass (1782-1866) —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Exeter, Rockingham
County, N.H., October
9, 1782.
Democrat. Member of Ohio
state house of representatives, 1806; general in the U.S. Army
during the War of 1812; Governor
of Michigan Territory, 1813-31; U.S.
Secretary of War, 1831-36; U.S. Minister to France, 1836-42; member of University
of Michigan board of regents, 1843-44; appointed 1843; candidate
for Democratic nomination for President, 1844,
1852;
U.S.
Senator from Michigan, 1845-48, 1849-57; resigned 1848; candidate
for President
of the United States, 1848; U.S.
Secretary of State, 1857-60.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., June 17,
1866 (age 83 years, 251
days).
Interment at Elmwood
Cemetery, Detroit, Mich.
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Relatives: Son
of Jonathan Cass and Mary 'Molly' (Gilman) Cass; married to Elizabeth
Selden Spencer; father of Matilda Frances Cass (who married Henry
Brockholst Ledyard); second great-grandfather of Thomas
Cass Ballenger. |
| | | Political family: Livingston-Schuyler
family of New York (subset of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | Cass counties in Ill., Ind., Iowa, Mich., Minn., Mo., Neb. and Tex. are
named for him. |
| | | The town
and village
of Cassville,
Wisconsin, is named for
him. — The village
of Cass
City, Michigan, is named for
him. — The village
of Cassopolis,
Michigan, is named for
him. — The city
of Cassville,
Missouri, is named for
him. — Cass Lake,
and the adjoining city
of Cass
Lake, Minnesota, are named for
him. — Cass Lake, in Oakland
County, Michigan, is named for
him. — The Cass River,
in Tuscola
and Saginaw
counties, Michigan, is named for
him. — The Lewis Cass Building
(opened 1921 as the State Office Building; damaged in a fire in 1951;
rebuilt and named for Lewis Cass; changed to Elliott-Larsen Building
in 2020), in Lansing,
Michigan, was named for
him. — Cass Avenue,
Cass Park,
and Cass Technical High School, in Detroit,
Michigan, are named for
him. |
| | | Other politicians named for him: Lewis
Cass Wilmarth
— Lewis
C. Carpenter
— Lewis
C. Vandergrift
— Lewis
C. Tidball
— Lewis
Cass Wick
— Lewis
Cass Tidball II
— Lewis
C. Gabbert
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| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Wikipedia article — U.S. State Dept career summary — NNDB
dossier — Find-A-Grave
memorial — OurCampaigns
candidate detail |
| | | Books about Lewis Cass: Willard Carl
Klunder, Lewis
Cass and the Politics of Moderation — Frank Bury
Woodford, Lewis
Cass, the Last Jeffersonian |
| | | Image source: Library of
Congress |
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Howard Cattle (1904-1992) —
also known as Richard William Cattle —
of Chino, San
Bernardino County, Calif.
Born in Thunder Bay, Ontario,
December
23, 1904.
Dry
cleaning business; clothing
merchant; mayor of
Chino, Calif., 1956-59.
English
ancestry.
Died in San
Bernardino County, Calif., February
17, 1992 (age 87 years, 56
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Richard Henry Cattle and Janet Mary Florence (Proudfoot) Cattle;
married to Vera Pearl Cook. |
| | | Howard Cattle Elementary School, in Chino,
California, is named for
him. |
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Anton Josef Cermak (1873-1933) —
also known as Anton J. Cermak; "Pushcart
Tony" —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Kladno, Bohemia (now Czechia),
May
9, 1873.
Democrat. Member of Illinois
state house of representatives, 1910; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Illinois, 1924,
1928,
1932;
candidate for U.S.
Senator from Illinois, 1928; mayor
of Chicago, Ill., 1931-33; died in office 1933.
Bohemian
ancestry.
On February 15, 1933, while he was standing on the running board of
an open
car from which president-elect Franklin
D. Roosevelt had just given a speech, was shot and
badly
wounded by Italian-American bricklayer Guiseppe Zangara, who had
aimed for Roosevelt; over the next month, the wound became infected,
and he died, in Jackson Memorial Hospital,
Miami, Dade County (now Miami-Dade
County), Fla., March 6,
1933 (age 59 years, 301
days).
Entombed at Bohemian
National Cemetery, Chicago, Ill.
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Lawton Mainor Chiles Jr. (1930-1998) —
also known as Lawton Chiles; "Walkin'
Lawton" —
of Lakeland, Polk
County, Fla.
Born in Lakeland, Polk
County, Fla., April 3,
1930.
Democrat. Member of Florida
state house of representatives, 1959-67; member of Florida
state senate, 1967-71; U.S.
Senator from Florida, 1971-89; Governor of
Florida, 1991-98; died in office 1998; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Florida, 1996
(delegation chair).
Presbyterian.
Member, Alpha
Tau Omega.
Died, of a heart
condition, in the Governor's
Mansion, Tallahassee, Leon
County, Fla., December
12, 1998 (age 68 years, 253
days).
Original interment and cenotaph at Roselawn
Cemetery, Tallahassee, Fla.; reinterment at a
private or family graveyard, Leon County, Fla.
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Walter Louis Cohen (1860-1930) —
also known as Walter L. Cohen —
of New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La.
Born in New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La., January
22, 1860.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from
Louisiana, 1896,
1900,
1904,
1908,
1912,
1916,
1920
(member, Credentials
Committee), 1924,
1928;
life
insurance business.
Catholic.
African
and Jewish
ancestry.
Died in New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La., December
29, 1930 (age 70 years, 341
days).
Interment at St.
Louis Cemetery No. 3, New Orleans, La.
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Francis X. Collins —
of Salem, Essex
County, Mass.
Democrat. Mayor of
Salem, Mass., 1950-69; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Massachusetts, 1956,
1960,
1964
(alternate).
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Martha Layne Collins (b. 1936) —
of Versailles, Woodford
County, Ky.
Born in Bagdad, Shelby
County, Ky., December
7, 1936.
Democrat. School
teacher; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Kentucky, 1972,
1980;
Permanent Chair, 1984;
clerk of the Kentucky court of appeals; elected 1975; Lieutenant
Governor of Kentucky, 1979-83; Governor of
Kentucky, 1983-87.
Female.
Baptist.
Still living as of 2014.
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George Henry Corliss (1817-1888) —
also known as George H. Corliss —
of North Providence, Providence
County, R.I.
Born in Easton, Washington
County, N.Y., June 2,
1817.
Republican. Mechanical
engineer; inventor;
developed the Corliss steam engine; member of Rhode
Island state house of representatives, 1868-70; candidate for
Presidential Elector for Rhode Island.
Congregationalist.
Died in Providence, Providence
County, R.I., February
21, 1888 (age 70 years, 264
days).
Interment at Swan
Point Cemetery, Providence, R.I.
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William Ashmead Courtenay (1831-1908) —
of Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C.; Columbia, Richland
County, S.C.
Born in Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C., February
4, 1831.
Book
publisher; served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War;
mayor
of Charleston, S.C., 1879-87.
Died in Columbia, Richland
County, S.C., March
17, 1908 (age 77 years, 42
days).
Interment at Magnolia
Cemetery, Charleston, S.C.
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Wilbur Lucius Cross (1862-1948) —
also known as Wilbur L. Cross —
of New Haven, New Haven
County, Conn.
Born in Mansfield, Tolland
County, Conn., April
10, 1862.
Democrat. University
professor; Governor of
Connecticut, 1931-39; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Connecticut, 1932,
1936,
1940,
1944;
candidate for U.S.
Senator from Connecticut, 1946.
Member, American
Philosophical Society; Society
of the Cincinnati; Sons of
the American Revolution; Phi
Beta Kappa; Society
of Colonial Wars.
Died in New Haven, New Haven
County, Conn., October
5, 1948 (age 86 years, 178
days).
Interment at Evergreen
Cemetery, New Haven, Conn.
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Charles Wylie Dalrymple (1833-1907) —
also known as Charles W. Dalrymple —
of Albion, Calhoun
County, Mich.
Born in Wayne
County, N.Y., May 13,
1833.
Republican. Dry goods
merchant; postmaster at Albion,
Mich., 1861-66; mayor of
Albion, Mich., 1900-01; defeated, 1901.
Died in Albion, Calhoun
County, Mich., May 20,
1907 (age 74 years, 7
days).
Interment at Riverside
Cemetery, Albion, Mich.
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Edwin Denby (1870-1929) —
also known as Ned Denby —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Evansville, Vanderburgh
County, Ind., February
18, 1870.
Republican. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Navy during the Spanish-American War; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Wayne County 1st District,
1903-04; U.S.
Representative from Michigan 1st District, 1905-11; defeated,
1910; member of Michigan
Republican State Central Committee, 1917; U.S.
Secretary of the Navy, 1921-24; persuaded by Secretary of State
Albert
B. Fall to transfer control of the Navy's oil leases to the
Interior Department; Fall then accepted large bribes
to sell the leases to his friends, in what became known as the Teapot
Dome scandal;
in 1924, Denby was forced to
resign as Secretary of the Navy.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons;
Phi
Delta Phi.
Died in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., February
8, 1929 (age 58 years, 356
days).
Interment at Elmwood
Cemetery, Detroit, Mich.
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Joseph A. DePaolo Jr. (1908-1965) —
of Plantsville, Southington, Hartford
County, Conn.
Born in Southington, Hartford
County, Conn., 1908.
Democrat. Insurance
and real
estate business; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Southington, 1937-38,
1941-42; defeated, 1942; first
selectman of Southington, Connecticut, 1947-50; postmaster at Plantsville,
Conn., 1952; Southington town clerk, 1961-65.
Catholic.
Italian
ancestry. Member, Sons of
Italy; American
Legion.
Died in Southington, Hartford
County, Conn., May 21,
1965 (age about 56
years).
Interment at St.
Thomas Cemetery, Southington, Conn.
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John Wesley Dobbs (1882-1961) —
also known as J. W. Dobbs —
of Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga.
Born in Marietta, Cobb
County, Ga., March 6,
1882.
Republican. Co-founder of the Atlanta Negro Voters League, 1946;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Georgia, 1948,
1952
(member, Resolutions
Committee).
African
ancestry. Member, Prince
Hall Masons.
Died in Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga., August
30, 1961 (age 79 years, 177
days).
Interment at South View Cemetery, Atlanta, Ga.; statue at John Wesley Dobbs Plaza, Atlanta, Ga.
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John A. Doelle (1878-1962) —
of Michigan; Grosse Pointe Park, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born February
10, 1878.
Republican. Superintendent
of schools; member of Michigan
state board of agriculture, 1922; resigned 1922.
Died in Grosse Pointe Farms, Wayne
County, Mich., March 7,
1962 (age 84 years, 25
days).
Interment at Mountain
Home Cemetery, Kalamazoo, Mich.
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George Anthony Dondero (1883-1968) —
also known as George A. Dondero —
of Royal Oak, Oakland
County, Mich.
Born in Greenfield Township (now part of Detroit), Wayne
County, Mich., December
16, 1883.
Republican. Lawyer; mayor
of Royal Oak, Mich., 1921-23; U.S.
Representative from Michigan, 1933-57 (17th District 1933-53,
18th District 1953-57).
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Kiwanis.
Died in Royal Oak, Oakland
County, Mich., January
29, 1968 (age 84 years, 44
days).
Interment at Oakview
Cemetery, Royal Oak, Mich.
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James H. Donovan (1923-1990) —
of Chadwicks, Oneida
County, N.Y.
Born in Marcy, Oneida
County, N.Y., November
12, 1923.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II;
member of New York
state senate, 1966-90 (51st District 1966, 46th District 1967-82,
47th District 1983-90); died in office 1990; delegate to Republican
National Convention from New York, 1980.
Catholic.
Member, American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Knights
of Columbus.
Represented Oneida County in the New York State Senate longer than
any other senator in the history of the county.
Died, of colon
cancer, in Chadwicks, Oneida
County, N.Y., August
31, 1990 (age 66 years, 292
days).
Interment at St.
Mary's Cemetery, Clayville, N.Y.
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James Duane Doty (1799-1865) —
also known as James D. Doty —
of Neenah, Winnebago
County, Wis.; Salt Lake City, Salt Lake
County, Utah.
Born in Salem, Washington
County, N.Y., November
5, 1799.
Democrat. Lawyer; federal
judge, 1828-32; member
Michigan territorial council 7th District, 1834-35; Delegate
to U.S. Congress from Wisconsin Territory, 1839-41; Governor
of Wisconsin Territory, 1841-44; delegate
to Wisconsin state constitutional convention, 1846; U.S.
Representative from Wisconsin 3rd District, 1849-53; Governor
of Utah Territory, 1863-65; died in office 1865.
Presbyterian.
Died in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake
County, Utah, June 13,
1865 (age 65 years, 220
days).
Interment at Fort
Douglas Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Utah.
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Dennis Joseph Dougherty (1865-1951) —
also known as Dennis Dougherty; "The Great
Builder" —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in Ashland, Schuylkill
County, Pa., August
16, 1865.
Catholic
priest; bishop of Buffalo, N.Y., 1916-18; archbishop of
Philadelphia, Pa., 1918-51; cardinal, 1921-51; offered prayer,
Republican National Convention, 1940,
1948;
offered prayer, Democratic National Convention,
1948.
Catholic.
Irish
ancestry.
Died, from a stroke,
in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., May 31,
1951 (age 85 years, 288
days).
Entombed at Cathedral
Basilica of Sts. Peter and Paul, Philadelphia, Pa.
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Richard Moberley Dudley (1860-1925) —
also known as Richard M. Dudley —
of El Paso, El Paso
County, Tex.
Born in Waco, Madison
County, Ky., 1860.
Engineer;
banker;
member of Texas
state house of representatives, 1910; mayor of
El Paso, Tex., 1923-25; died in office 1925.
Died, following ulcer
surgery, in Hotel Dieu Hospital,
El Paso, El Paso
County, Tex., May 1,
1925 (age about 64
years).
Interment at Evergreen
Alameda Cemetery, El Paso, Tex.
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Wallace Rider Farrington (1871-1933) —
of Hawaii.
Born in Orono, Penobscot
County, Maine, May 3,
1871.
Governor
of Hawaii Territory, 1921-29.
Congregationalist.
Died of heart
disease in Honolulu, Island of Oahu, Honolulu
County, Hawaii, October
6, 1933 (age 62 years, 156
days).
Interment at Oahu
Cemetery, Honolulu, Island of Oahu, Hawaii.
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Relatives: Son
of Joseph Rider Farrington (1830-1897) and Ellen Elizabeth (Holyoke)
Farrington; married, October
26, 1896, to Catharine McAlpine Crane; father of Joseph
Rider Farrington (1897-1954); second cousin of Edward
Silsby Farrington; fourth cousin once removed of Calvin
Frisbie. |
| | | Political family: Farrington
family of Honolulu, Hawaii (subset of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | Farrington High School, in Honolulu,
Hawaii, is named for
him. — Farrington Street
and Farrington Highway,
in Honolulu,
Hawaii, are named for
him. — Farrington Hall auditorium
(built 1930, demolished in the 1970s), at the University
of Hawaii, Honolulu,
Hawaii, was named for
him. |
| | | See also Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Jacob Sloat Fassett (1853-1924) —
also known as J. Sloat Fassett —
of Elmira, Chemung
County, N.Y.
Born in Elmira, Chemung
County, N.Y., November
13, 1853.
Republican. Lawyer; newspaper
editor; Chemung
County District Attorney, 1879-80; delegate to Republican
National Convention from New York, 1880,
1892,
1904,
1908,
1916;
member of New York
state senate 27th District, 1884-91; Secretary
of Republican National Committee, 1888-92; U.S. Collector of
Customs, 1891; candidate for Governor of
New York, 1891; U.S.
Representative from New York 33rd District, 1905-11; defeated,
1910; banker; lumber
business.
Died in Vancouver, British
Columbia, April
21, 1924 (age 70 years, 160
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Elmira, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of Newton Pomeroy Fassett and Martha Ellen (Sloat) Fassett; married,
February
13, 1879, to Jennie L. Crocker (daughter of Edwin
Bryant Crocker; niece of Charles
Crocker); fourth cousin once removed of Zenas
Ferry Moody and Alfred
Clark Chapin. |
| | | Political families: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin
family of Connecticut and New York; Crocker-Whitehouse
family of Sacramento, California (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | The village
of Fassett,
Quebec, Canada, is named for
him. — Fassett Elementary School, in Elmira,
New York, is named for
him. — Fassett Commons, a building
at Elmira College,
Elmira,
New York, is named for
him. — The World War II Liberty
ship SS Jacob Sloat Fassett (built 1944 at Savannah,
Georgia; scrapped 1965) was named for
him. |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Fred Christian Fischer (1879-1963) —
also known as Fred C. Fischer —
of Belleville, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Flat Rock, Wayne
County, Mich., November
12, 1879.
Republican. School teacher
and principal; alternate delegate to Republican National
Convention from Michigan, 1920;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from Michigan 16th District, 1934; Wayne
County Superintendent of Schools, 1935-54.
Methodist.
German
ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Odd
Fellows.
Died, from a myocardial
infarction, in Ridgewood Osteopathic Hospital,
Superior Township, Washtenaw
County, Mich., April
20, 1963 (age 83 years, 159
days).
Interment at Hillside
Cemetery, Belleville, Mich.
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Relatives: Son
of Fred Fischer and Eleanor (Alexander) Fischer; married, June 24,
1908, to Reva Ruthruff. |
| | | Fred C. Fischer Elementary School
(built 1957, closed 2011), in Taylor,
Michigan, was named for
him. — The former Fred C. Fischer Library,
in Belleville,
Michigan, was named for
him. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Edwin Henry Fitler (1825-1896) —
also known as Edwin H. Fitler —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in Kensington (now part of Philadelphia), Philadelphia
County, Pa., December
2, 1825.
Republican. Rope and
cordage manufacturer; candidate for Presidential Elector for
Pennsylvania; mayor
of Philadelphia, Pa., 1887-91; candidate for Republican
nomination for President, 1888.
German
ancestry.
Died in Torresdale, Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., May 31,
1896 (age 70 years, 181
days).
Interment at Laurel
Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia, Pa.
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Charles W. Flanagan (c.1934-1995) —
of Pembroke Pines, Broward
County, Fla.
Born about 1934.
Republican. Mayor
of Pembroke Pines, Fla., 1971-76, 1982-95; died in office 1995;
candidate for Florida
state house of representatives 96th District, 1978.
Catholic.
Died, from cancer,
in Pembroke Pines, Broward
County, Fla., January
20, 1995 (age about 61
years).
Burial location unknown.
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Daniel John Flood (1903-1994) —
also known as Daniel J. Flood —
of Wilkes-Barre, Luzerne
County, Pa.
Born in Hazleton, Luzerne
County, Pa., November
26, 1903.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 11th District, 1945-47, 1949-53,
1955-80; defeated, 1946, 1952.
Catholic.
Member, American Bar
Association; Sigma
Alpha Epsilon; Delta
Sigma Rho; Lions; Elks; Moose; Eagles;
Knights
of Columbus.
Charged
in 1979 with taking
bribes; a trial
resulted in a hung jury; resigned
from the House in 1980; pleaded
guilty in February 1980 to a lesser charge of conspiracy to
violate federal campaign
finance laws, and sentenced
to one year probation.
Died in Wilkes-Barre, Luzerne
County, Pa., May 28,
1994 (age 90 years, 183
days).
Interment at St.
Mary's Cemetery, Hanover Township, Luzerne County, Pa.
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Lucy Louisa Flower (1837-1921) —
also known as Lucy L. Flower; Lucy Louisa Coues;
"The Mother of the Juvenile Court" —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., May 10,
1837.
Republican. School
teacher; social reformer; founder of nursing school; advocate for
the creation of a "parental court" to handle cases of delinquent
children; her efforts led to the world's first
juvenile court legislation, which created the Chicago Juvenile Court
in 1899; University
of Illinois trustee; elected 1894.
Female.
Died in Coronado, San Diego
County, Calif., April
27, 1921 (age 83 years, 352
days).
Interment at Graceland
Cemetery, Chicago, Ill.
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Relatives:
Married, September
4, 1862, to James Monroe Flower; mother of Harriet Flower
(daughter-in-law of John
Villiers Farwell) and Elliott Flower. |
| | | Political family: Farwell
family of Chicago, Illinois (subset of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | Lucy Flower Park,
on West Moffat Street, and Lucy Flower Technical High School
(opened, 1911; moved to new building, 1927; renamed Flower Vocational
High School, 1956; renamed Lucy Flower Career Academy High School,
1995; closed, 2003), both in Chicago,
Illinois, were named for
her. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Joseph Gales Jr. (1786-1860) —
of Washington,
D.C.
Born in Eckington, Derbyshire, England,
April
10, 1786.
Newspaper
publisher; mayor
of Washington, D.C., 1827-30.
Died in Washington,
D.C., July 21,
1860 (age 74 years, 102
days).
Interment at Congressional
Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Relatives: Son
of Joseph Gales and Winifred (Marshall) Gales; brother of Sarah
Weston Gales (who married of William
Winston Seaton); married to Sarah Juliana Maria
Lee. |
| | | Gales School (built 1881; used as a
school until 1944; now houses the Central Union Mission), in Washington,
D.C., is named for
him. |
| | | Epitaph: "For more than half a century,
the leading editor of the National Intelligencer: a journalist of the
highest integrity, ability, and accomplishments." |
| | | See also Wikipedia
article — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Image source: Perley's Reminiscences of
Sixty Years in the National Metropolis (1886) |
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Washington Gardner (1845-1928) —
of Albion, Calhoun
County, Mich.
Born in Morrow
County, Ohio, February
16, 1845.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; minister;
college
professor; secretary
of state of Michigan, 1894-98; defeated, 1890; appointed 1894; U.S.
Representative from Michigan 3rd District, 1899-1911; candidate
for Governor of
Michigan, 1916.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Grand
Army of the Republic; Royal
Arcanum.
Died in Albion, Calhoun
County, Mich., March
31, 1928 (age 83 years, 44
days).
Interment at Riverside
Cemetery, Albion, Mich.
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Jonathan Clarkson Gibbs (1821-1874) —
also known as Jonathan C. Gibbs —
of Tallahassee, Leon
County, Fla.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., September
28, 1821.
Minister;
delegate
to Florida state constitutional convention, 1868; secretary
of state of Florida, 1868-73; Florida
superintendent of public instruction, 1873-74.
Presbyterian.
African
ancestry.
Died in Tallahassee, Leon
County, Fla., August
14, 1874 (age 52 years, 320
days).
Burial location unknown.
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John Herschel Glenn Jr. (1921-2016) —
also known as John Glenn —
of New Concord, Muskingum
County, Ohio; Columbus, Franklin
County, Ohio.
Born in Cambridge, Guernsey
County, Ohio, July 18,
1921.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II; Astronaut;
in February 1962, first
American to orbit the earth; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Ohio, 1964,
1996,
2004,
2008;
U.S.
Senator from Ohio, 1975-99; candidate for Democratic nomination
for President, 1984;
received the Medal
of Freedom in 2012; also inducted to the International Air &
Space Hall of
Fame, the National Aviation Hall of
Fame, the International Space Hall of
Fame, and the U.S. Astronaut Hall of
Fame.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons.
Died in Columbus, Franklin
County, Ohio, December
8, 2016 (age 95 years, 143
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Relatives:
Married 1943 to Anna
Margaret Castor. |
| | | The John Glenn Columbus International
Airport (Port Columbus International Airport until 2016), in Columbus,
Ohio, is named for
him. — John Glenn High School, in New
Concord, Ohio, is named for
him. — John Glenn High School, in Westland,
Michigan, is named for
him. — John Glenn High School, in Bay City,
Michigan, is named for
him. — John Glenn High School, in Walkerton,
Indiana, is named for
him. — John Glenn High School, in Norwalk,
California, is named for
him. — John Glenn Middle School, in San
Angelo, Texas, is named for
him. — Colonel Glenn Road,
in Little
Rock, Arkansas, is named for
him. |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Wikipedia article — NNDB
dossier — Internet Movie Database
profile |
| | | Books by John Glenn: John
Glenn: A Memoir (1999) |
| | | Books about John Glenn: Robert Green,
John
Glenn : Astronaut and U.S. Senator (for young
readers) |
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Robert Broadnax Glenn (1854-1920) —
also known as Robert B. Glenn —
of Winston-Salem, Forsyth
County, N.C.
Born in Rockingham
County, N.C., August
11, 1854.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina, 1893-97;
member of North
Carolina state senate 26th District, 1899-1900; Governor of
North Carolina, 1905-09; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from North Carolina, 1912.
Member, Anti-Saloon
League.
Died, from a heart
attack, in his room at the Royal Alexandra Hotel,
Winnipeg, Manitoba,
May
16, 1920 (age 65 years, 279
days).
Interment at Salem
Cemetery, Winston-Salem, N.C.
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Monroe Goldwater (1885-1980) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., November
11, 1885.
Democrat. Lawyer; law
partner of Edward
J. Flynn; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New
York, 1944,
1948
(alternate), 1952
(alternate), 1956,
1960,
1964;
candidate for delegate
to New York state constitutional convention at-large, 1966.
Jewish.
Died in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., November
21, 1980 (age 95 years, 10
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Samuel Gompers (1850-1924) —
Born in London, England,
January
27, 1850.
Democrat. Cigar
maker; Founder and
president, American Federation of Labor; candidate for delegate
to New York state constitutional convention at-large, 1914.
Jewish.
Member, Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons.
Died in San Antonio, Bexar
County, Tex., December
13, 1924 (age 74 years, 321
days).
Interment at Sleepy
Hollow Cemetery, Sleepy Hollow, N.Y.; memorial monument at Gompers Square, Washington, D.C.; statue at Gompers Park, Chicago, Ill.
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John Gorrie (1803-1855) —
of Apalachicola, Franklin
County, Fla.
Born in Nevis,
October
3, 1803.
Physician;
postmaster at Apalachicola,
Fla., 1834-38; mayor
of Apalachicola, Fla., 1837-38; banker; inventor
of the first ice-making machine, patented in 1851.
Episcopalian.
Scottish
ancestry. Member, Freemasons.
Died in Apalachicola, Franklin
County, Fla., June 29,
1855 (age 51 years, 269
days).
Original interment at Magnolia Cemetery, Apalachicola, Fla.; reinterment at Gorrie Square, Apalachicola, Fla.
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Relatives:
Married 1838 to
Caroline Frances Myrick. |
| | | The John Gorrie Memorial Bridge
(built 1935; rebuilt 1988), which carries U.S. highways 98 and 319
across Apalachicola Bay, from Apalachicola to Eastpoint, in Franklin
County, Florida, is named for
him. — John Gorrie Junior High School (built
1923; closed 1997; now an apartment
building called The John Gorrie), in Jacksonville,
Florida, was named for
him. — Gorrie Elementary School (built 1889 as
Hyde Park School; renamed 1915), in Tampa,
Florida, is named for
him. — The World War II Liberty
ship SS John Gorrie (built 1942-43 at Jacksonville,
Florida; scrapped 1967) was named for
him. |
| | | See also Wikipedia
article — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Image source: Palm Beach (Fla.) Post,
October 17, 1993 |
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Edward F. Gorton (1854-1929) —
of Lake Forest, Lake
County, Ill.
Born in Ashtabula, Ashtabula
County, Ohio, May 6,
1854.
Lawyer;
mayor
of Lake Forest, Ill., 1895-1902.
Died in Italy,
March
10, 1929 (age 74 years, 308
days).
Interment at Lake
Forest Cemetery, Lake Forest, Ill.
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Horace Greeley (1811-1872) —
also known as "Old Honesty"; "Old White
Hat" —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.; Chappaqua, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born in Amherst, Hillsborough
County, N.H., February
3, 1811.
Founder and editor of the New York Tribune newspaper;
U.S.
Representative from New York 6th District, 1848-49; defeated
(Republican), 1870; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Oregon, 1860;
after the Civil War, became advocate of universal amnesty for
Confederates; offered bail in May 1867 for Jefferson
Davis; member of Republican
National Committee from New York, 1866-70; delegate
to New York state constitutional convention, 1867; candidate for
New
York state comptroller, 1869; Democratic candidate for President
of the United States, 1872.
Died in Pleasantville, Westchester
County, N.Y., November
29, 1872 (age 61 years, 300
days).
Interment at Green-Wood
Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.; statue at City Hall Park, Manhattan, N.Y.; statue at Herald Square, Manhattan, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of Zaccheus Greeley and Mary (Woodburn) Greeley; married, July 5,
1836, to Mary Y. Cheney; second cousin of Wallace
M. Greeley. |
| | | Cross-reference: Josiah
B. Grinnell |
| | | Greeley counties in Kan. and Neb. are
named for him. |
| | | The city
of Greeley,
Colorado, is named for
him. — Horace Greeley High School, in Chappaqua,
New York, is named for
him. — Mount
Horace Greeley, in Keweenaw
County, Michigan, is named for
him. — The World War II Liberty
ship SS Horace Greeley (built 1942 at Terminal
Island, California; scuttled with obsolete ammunition in the North
Atlantic Ocean, 1966) was named for
him. |
| | | Other politicians named for him: Horace
G. Snover
— Horace
G. Knowles
— Horace
Greeley Dawson, Jr.
|
| | | Personal motto: "Go West, young
man." |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Wikipedia article — NNDB
dossier |
| | | Books by Horace Greeley: American
conflict: A history of the Great Rebellion in the United States of
America, 1860-1865 (1869) — Recollections
Of A Busy Life |
| | | Books about Horace Greeley: Glyndon G.
Van Deusen, Horace
Greeley, Nineteenth Century Crusader — Harry J.
Maihafer, The
General and the Journalists: Ulysses S. Grant, Horace Greeley, and
Charles Dana — Wilbur J. Granberg, Spread
the truth : The life of Horace Greeley — Doris Faber,
Horace
Greeley: The People's Editor — Coy F. Cross, Go
West Young Man! : Horace Greeley's Vision for
America — J. Parton, The
Life of Horace Greeley, Editor of the New York
Tribune |
| | | Image source: Life and Work of James G.
Blaine (1893) |
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James Wilson Grimes (1816-1872) —
also known as James W. Grimes —
of Burlington, Des Moines
County, Iowa.
Born in Deering, Hillsborough
County, N.H., October
20, 1816.
Member of Iowa
territorial legislature, 1838-43; member of Iowa state
legislature, 1852-54; Governor of
Iowa, 1854-58; U.S.
Senator from Iowa, 1859-69.
Congregationalist.
Died in Burlington, Des Moines
County, Iowa, February
7, 1872 (age 55 years, 110
days).
Interment at Aspen
Grove Cemetery, Burlington, Iowa.
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Henry Allyn Haigh (1854-1942) —
also known as Henry A. Haigh —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Dearborn, Wayne
County, Mich., March
13, 1854.
Republican. Lawyer; law
partner of William
L. Carpenter, Flavius
L. Brooke, and John
Atkinson, starting in 1889; active in promotion and construction
of electric
railways, and officer for several railroad
companies; director of the Alpena Power
Company; stockholder and director of the Peninsular Savings Bank;
director and counsel of Continental Casualty insurance
company; candidate for Presidential Elector for Michigan; alternate
delegate to Republican National Convention from Michigan, 1896.
Episcopalian.
English
ancestry. Member, American
Public Health Association; American
Historical Association; Freemasons.
Died in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., May 16,
1942 (age 88 years, 64
days).
Interment at Northview
Cemetery, Dearborn, Mich.
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John Herman Hallstrom (1888-1961) —
also known as J. Herman Hallstrom —
of Rockford, Winnebago
County, Ill.
Born in Sweden,
November
18, 1888.
Progressive. Bricklayer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War I; mayor
of Rockford, Ill., 1921-27, 1929-33; defeated, 1927, 1933;
candidate for Presidential Elector for Illinois.
Swedish
ancestry.
Died in Rockford, Winnebago
County, Ill., November
14, 1961 (age 72 years, 361
days).
Interment at Scandanavian Cemetery, Rockford, Ill.
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Wade Hampton III (1818-1902) —
also known as "Savior of South
Carolina" —
of Columbia, Richland
County, S.C.; Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C.
Born in Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C., March
28, 1818.
Democrat. Member of South
Carolina state senate, 1858; general in the Confederate Army
during the Civil War; Governor of
South Carolina, 1876-79; defeated, 1865; U.S.
Senator from South Carolina, 1879-91; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from South Carolina, 1880;
U.S. Railroad Commissioner, 1893-97.
Episcopalian.
Awarded the Confederate Medal of Honor by the Sons of Confederate
Veterans. Lost a
leg in an accident in 1878.
Slaveowner.
Died in Columbia, Richland
County, S.C., April
11, 1902 (age 84 years, 14
days).
Interment at Trinity
Episcopal Cathedral Cemetery, Columbia, S.C.; statue at State
House Grounds, Columbia, S.C.
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Relatives: Son
of Wade
Hampton (1791-1858) and Ann (FitzSimons) Hampton; married, October
10, 1838, to Margaret Buchanan Frances Preston (daughter of Francis
Smith Preston; sister of William
Campbell Preston); married 1858 to Mary
Singleton McDuffie (daughter of George
McDuffie); nephew of Caroline Martha Hampton (who married John
Smith Preston) and Susan Frances Hampton (who married John
Laurence Manning); grandson of Wade
Hampton (1752-1835). |
| | | Political families: Breckinridge-Preston-Cabell-Floyd
family of Virginia; Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin
family of Connecticut and New York (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | Hampton County,
S.C. is named for him. |
| | | The town
of Hampton,
South Carolina, is named for
him. — Wade Hampton High School (built 1960,
rebuilt 2006), in Greenville,
South Carolina, is named for
him. — The Wade Hampton State
Office Building (opened 1940), in Columbia,
South Carolina, is named for
him. |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — National
Governors Association biography — Wikipedia
article — NNDB
dossier |
| | | Books about Wade Hampton: Walter Brian
Cisco, Wade
Hampton: Confederate Warrior, Conservative
Statesman |
| | | Image source: William C. Roberts,
Leading Orators (1884) |
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Warren Gamaliel Harding (1865-1923) —
also known as Warren G. Harding —
of Marion, Marion
County, Ohio.
Born in Blooming Grove, Morrow
County, Ohio, November
2, 1865.
Republican. Newspaper
publisher; member of Ohio
state senate 13th District, 1901-03; Lieutenant
Governor of Ohio, 1904-06; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Ohio, 1904
(alternate), 1912,
1916
(Temporary
Chair; Permanent
Chair; speaker);
candidate for Governor of
Ohio, 1910; U.S.
Senator from Ohio, 1915-21; President
of the United States, 1921-23; died in office 1923.
Baptist.
English
ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Elks; Moose; Knights
of Pythias; Phi
Alpha Delta.
First
president ever to have his voice broadcast on the radio, June 14,
1922.
Died, probably from a heart
attack, in a room at the Palace Hotel, San
Francisco, Calif., August
2, 1923 (age 57 years, 273
days). The claim that he was poisoned by his wife is not accepted
by historians.
Originally entombed at Marion
Cemetery, Marion, Ohio; reinterment in 1927 at Harding
Memorial Park, Marion, Ohio; memorial monument (now gone) at Woodland Park, Seattle, Wash.
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Relatives: Son
of Phoebe Elizabeth (Dickerson) Harding and George Tryon Harding;
married, July 8,
1891, to Florence
Harding. |
| | | Harding County,
N.M. is named for him. |
| | | Harding High School, in Bridgeport,
Connecticut, is named for
him. — Warren G. Harding High School, in Warren,
Ohio, is named for
him. — Warren G. Harding Middle School, in Frankford,
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, is named for
him. — The community
of Harding
Township, New Jersey (created 1922) is named for
him. — Warren Street,
G Street,
and Harding Street
(now Boardwalk), in Ketchikan,
Alaska, were all named for
him. — Harding Mountain,
in Chelan
County, Washington, is named for
him. — Mount
Harding, in Skagway,
Alaska, is named for
him. |
| | | Personal motto: "Remember there are two
sides to every question. Get both." |
| | | Campaign slogan (1920): "Back to
normalcy with Harding." |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Wikipedia article — NNDB
dossier — Internet Movie Database
profile — Find-A-Grave
memorial — OurCampaigns
candidate detail |
| | | Books about Warren G. Harding: Francis
Russell, The
Shadow of Blooming Grove : Warren G. Harding In His
Times — Robert K. Murray, The
Harding Era : Warren G. Harding and His
Administration — Eugene P. Trani & David L. Wilson, The
Presidency of Warren G. Harding — Harry M. Daugherty,
Inside
Story of the Harding Tragedy — Charles L. Mee, The
Ohio Gang : The World of Warren G. Harding — John W.
Dean, Warren
G. Harding — Robert H. Ferrell, The
Strange Deaths of President Harding — Russell Roberts,
Warren
G. Harding (for young readers) |
| | | Critical books about Warren G. Harding:
Nathan Miller, Star-Spangled
Men : America's Ten Worst Presidents |
| | | Image source: Library of
Congress |
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William Francis Harrity (1850-1912) —
also known as William F. Harrity —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in Wilmington, New Castle
County, Del., October
19, 1850.
Democrat. Lawyer;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1884,
1896;
postmaster at Philadelphia,
Pa., 1885-89; Pennsylvania
Democratic state chair, 1890; secretary
of the commonwealth of Pennsylvania, 1891-95; member of Democratic
National Committee from Pennsylvania, 1892-97; Chairman
of Democratic National Committee, 1892-96.
Died in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., April
12, 1912 (age 61 years, 176
days).
Interment at Holy
Sepulchre Cemetery, Cheltenham, Pa.
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Bret Harte (1836-1902) —
also known as Francis Brett Hart —
of Union (now Arcata), Humboldt
County, Calif.; London, England.
Born in Albany, Albany
County, N.Y., August
25, 1836.
Writer;
editor;
U.S. Consul in Crefeld, 1878-80; Glasgow, 1880-85.
English,
Dutch,
and Jewish
ancestry.
Died in Camberley, England,
May
2, 1902 (age 65 years, 250
days).
Interment at St.
Peter's Churchyard, Frimley, Surrey, England.
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Charles Nathaniel Haskell (1860-1933) —
also known as Charles N. Haskell —
of Muskogee, Muskogee
County, Okla.
Born in Leipsic, Putnam
County, Ohio, March
13, 1860.
Democrat. Lawyer; oil
business; delegate
to Oklahoma state constitutional convention, 1906; Governor of
Oklahoma, 1907-11; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Oklahoma, 1928.
Died, of pneumonia,
in the Skirvin Hotel,
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
County, Okla., July 5,
1933 (age 73 years, 114
days).
Interment at Greenhill
Cemetery, Muskogee, Okla.
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Dudley Chase Haskell (1842-1883) —
also known as Dudley C. Haskell —
of Lawrence, Douglas
County, Kan.
Born in Springfield, Windsor
County, Vt., March
23, 1842.
Republican. Member of Kansas
state house of representatives, 1872; U.S.
Representative from Kansas 2nd District, 1877-83; died in office
1883.
Died December
16, 1883 (age 41 years, 268
days).
Interment at Oak
Hill Cemetery, Lawrence, Kan.
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Rutherford Birchard Hayes (1822-1893) —
also known as Rutherford B. Hayes; "Rutherfraud B.
Hayes"; "His Fraudulency" —
of Ohio.
Born in Delaware, Delaware
County, Ohio, October
4, 1822.
Republican. Lawyer;
general in the Union Army during the Civil War; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 2nd District, 1865-67; Governor of
Ohio, 1868-72, 1876-77; President
of the United States, 1877-81.
Methodist.
Scottish
ancestry. Member, Loyal
Legion; Grand
Army of the Republic; Odd
Fellows; Delta
Kappa Epsilon.
Stricken by a heart
attack at the railroad
station in Cleveland, Ohio, and died that night in Fremont, Sandusky
County, Ohio, January
17, 1893 (age 70 years, 105
days).
Original interment and cenotaph at Oakwood
Cemetery, Fremont, Ohio; reinterment in 1915 at Rutherford
B. Hayes State Memorial Grounds, Fremont, Ohio.
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Relatives: Son
of Rutherford Hayes, Jr. and Sophia (Birchard) Hayes; married, December
30, 1852, to Lucy
Webb Hayes; father of James
Webb Cook Hayes. |
| | | Political family: Hayes
family of Fremont, Ohio. |
| | | Cross-reference: Leopold
Markbreit — James
M. Comly — Joseph
P. Bradley |
| | | Hayes County,
Neb. is named for him. |
| | | Rutherford B. Hayes High School, in Delaware,
Ohio, is named for
him. — The Presidente Hayes Department (province),
and its capital
city, Villa Hayes, in Paraguay,
are named for
him. — Hayes Hall
(built 1893), at Ohio State University,
Columbus,
Ohio, is named for
him. |
| | | Personal motto: "He serves his party
best who serves his country best." |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — National
Governors Association biography — Wikipedia
article — NNDB
dossier — Find-A-Grave
memorial — OurCampaigns
candidate detail |
| | | Books about Rutherford B. Hayes: Ari
Hoogenboom, Rutherford
B. Hayes: Warrior and President — Hans Trefousse, Rutherford
B. Hayes: 1877 - 1881 — William H. Rehnquist, Centennial
Crisis : The Disputed Election of 1876 |
| | | Image source: James G. Blaine, Twenty
Years of Congress, vol. 2 (1886) |
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Arthur Daniel Healey (1889-1948) —
also known as Arthur D. Healey —
of Somerville, Middlesex
County, Mass.
Born in Somerville, Middlesex
County, Mass., December
29, 1889.
Democrat. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War I; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 8th District, 1933-42;
defeated, 1922, 1924, 1928; U.S.
District Judge for Massachusetts, 1942-48; died in office 1948.
Catholic.
Member, American
Legion; Knights
of Columbus; Elks; Eagles;
Sigma
Alpha Epsilon.
Died in Somerville, Middlesex
County, Mass., September
16, 1948 (age 58 years, 262
days).
Interment at Oak
Grove Cemetery, Medford, Mass.
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Samuel G. Heiskell (1858-1923) —
of Knoxville, Knox
County, Tenn.
Born in Monroe
County, Tenn., 1858.
Lawyer;
historian;
member of Tennessee
state house of representatives, 1890; mayor
of Knoxville, Tenn., 1896-97, 1900-01, 1906-07, 1910-12, 1912-15.
Died in 1923
(age about
65 years).
Interment at Old
Gray Cemetery, Knoxville, Tenn.
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Abner Linwood Holton Jr. (b. 1923) —
also known as Linwood Holton —
of Roanoke,
Va.
Born in Big Stone Gap, Wise
County, Va., September
21, 1923.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; lawyer;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Virginia, 1960,
1972
(delegation chair); Governor of
Virginia, 1970-74; defeated, 1965; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Virginia, 1978.
Still living as of 2014.
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Herbert Clark Hoover (1874-1964) —
also known as Herbert Hoover; "The Great
Engineer"; "The Grand Old Man" —
of Palo Alto, Santa
Clara County, Calif.; Pasadena, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in West Branch, Cedar
County, Iowa, August
10, 1874.
Republican. Mining engineer;
candidate for Republican nomination for President, 1920;
U.S.
Secretary of Commerce, 1921-28; President
of the United States, 1929-33; defeated, 1932; speaker,
Republican National Convention, 1940,
1952,
1960.
Quaker.
Swiss
and Dutch
ancestry.
Inducted into the National Mining Hall of
Fame, Leadville, Colorado.
Died, of intestinal
cancer, in his suite at the Waldorf Towers Hotel,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., October
20, 1964 (age 90 years, 71
days).
Interment at Herbert
Hoover National Historic Site, West Branch, Iowa.
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Relatives: Son
of Jesse Clark Hoover and Hulda Randall (Minthorn) Hoover; married,
February
10, 1899, to Lou
Hoover; father of Herbert
Clark Hoover Jr.; distant cousin *** of Charles
Lewis Hoover. |
| | | Political family: Hoover
family of Palo Alto, California. |
| | | Cross-reference: Horace
A. Mann — Walter
H. Newton — Christian
A. Herter — Lewis
L. Strauss — Clarence
C. Stetson |
| | | Hoover Dam
(built 1931-36 as Boulder Dam; renamed 1947), on the Colorado River
between Clark
County, Nevada, and Mohave
County, Arizona, is named for
him. — Herbert Hoover High School, in Glendale,
California, is named for
him. — Herbert Hoover High School, in Des
Moines, Iowa, is named for
him. — Herbert Hoover High School, in San Diego,
California, is named for
him. — Herbert Hoover High School, in Fresno,
California, is named for
him. — Herbert Hoover High School, in Elkview,
West Virginia, is named for
him. — The minor
planets (asteroids) 932 Hooveria (discovered 1920), and
1363 Herberta (discovered 1935), are named for
him. |
| | | Campaign slogan (1928): "A chicken in
every pot." |
| | | See also Wikipedia
article — NNDB
dossier — Internet Movie Database
profile — Find-A-Grave
memorial — OurCampaigns
candidate detail |
| | | Books by Herbert Hoover: The
Ordeal of Woodrow Wilson |
| | | Books about Herbert Hoover: Martin L.
Fausold, The
Presidency of Herbert C. Hoover — Joan Hoff Wilson, Herbert
Hoover : Forgotten Progressive — George H. Nash, Life
of Herbert Hoover : The Humanitarian, 1914-1917 —
George H. Nash, The
Life of Herbert Hoover : Masters of Emergencies,
1917-1918 — William E. Leuchtenburg, Herbert
Hoover: The 31st President, 1929-1933 — Glen
Jeansonne, The
Life of Herbert Hoover: Fighting Quaker, 1928-1933 —
Kendrick A. Clements, The
Life of Herbert Hoover: Imperfect Visionary,
1918-1928 — David Holford, Herbert
Hoover (for young readers) |
| | | Image source: U.S. postage stamp
(1965) |
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Richard Bennett Hubbard Jr. (1832-1901) —
also known as Richard B. Hubbard, Jr. —
of Tyler, Smith
County, Tex.
Born in Walton
County, Ga., November
1, 1832.
Democrat. Lawyer;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Texas, 1856,
1880;
U.S.
Attorney for the Western District of Texas, 1857-59; member of Texas
state senate, 1859-62; colonel in the Confederate Army during the
Civil War; Lieutenant
Governor of Texas, 1873-76; Governor of
Texas, 1876-79; U.S. Minister to Japan, 1885.
Died July 12,
1901 (age 68 years, 253
days).
Interment at Oakwood
Cemetery, Tyler, Tex.
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Teresa Patterson Hughes (1932-2011) —
also known as Teresa P. Hughes; Teresa Cecilia
Patterson —
of Los Angeles, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., October
3, 1932.
Democrat. Member of California
state assembly 47th District, 1975-92; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from California, 1988,
2000;
member of California
state senate 25th District, 1993-2000.
Female.
African
ancestry.
Died in Castro Valley, Alameda
County, Calif., November
13, 2011 (age 79 years, 41
days).
Interment at Rose
Hills Memorial Park, Whittier, Calif.
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James Baxter Hunt Jr. (b. 1937) —
also known as James B. Hunt, Jr.; Jim Hunt —
of North Carolina.
Born in Greensboro, Guilford
County, N.C., May 16,
1937.
Democrat. Lieutenant
Governor of North Carolina, 1973-77; Governor of
North Carolina, 1977-85, 1993-2001; candidate for U.S.
Senator from North Carolina, 1984; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from North Carolina, 1996,
2000.
Presbyterian.
Still living as of 2014.
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The James B. Hunt, Jr.
Library,
at the North Carolina State University
Centennial Campus, Raleigh,
North Carolina, is named for
him. — Hunt Hall, a dormitory
at the University
of North Carolina Charlotte, in Charlotte,
North Carolina, is named for
him. — The James B. Hunt Jr. Residence
Hall, at the North Carolina School of Science and
Mathematics, in Durham,
North Carolina, is named for
him. |
| | | See also National Governors
Association biography — Wikipedia
article — NNDB
dossier — Internet Movie Database
profile |
| | | Books about James B. Hunt: Wayne
Grimsley, James
B. Hunt: A North Carolina Progressive — Gary Pearce,
Jim
Hunt: A Biography |
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Washington Irving (1783-1859) —
also known as "Dietrich Knickerbocker";
"Jonathan Oldstyle"; "Geoffrey
Crayon" —
of New York.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., April 3,
1783.
Essayist;
historian;
author
of The Legend of Sleepy Hollow and other stories; U.S.
Minister to Spain, 1842-46.
Elected to the Hall
of Fame for Great Americans in 1900.
Died in Tarrytown, Westchester
County, N.Y., November
28, 1859 (age 76 years, 239
days).
Interment at Sleepy
Hollow Cemetery, Sleepy Hollow, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of William Irving (1731-1807) and Sarah (Sanders) Irving; brother of
William
Irving (1766-1821), Peter
Irving and John
Treat Irving; great-granduncle of Robert
Broadnax Glenn. |
| | | Political family: Irving
family of New York City, New York. |
| | | Cross-reference: William
P. Duval |
| | | The city
of Irving,
Texas, is named for
him. — The village
of Irvington,
New York, is named for
him. — Washington Irving Elementary School, in
Edmond,
Oklahoma, is named for
him. |
| | | Other politicians named for him: Washington
Irving Howard
— W.
Irving Babcock
— Washington
I. Wallace
— W.
I. Babb
— Washington
Irving Gadbois
— Washington
I. Smith
— W.
Irving Vanderpoel
— Washington
I. Kilpatrick
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| | | See also Wikipedia
article — U.S. State Dept career summary — NNDB
dossier — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Books about Washington Irving: George
S. Hellman, Washington
Irving Esquire : Ambassador at Large from the New World to the
Old |
| | | Image source: U.S. postage stamp
(1940) |
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William Smith James (1914-1993) —
also known as William S. James —
of Havre de Grace, Harford
County, Md.
Born in Aberdeen, Harford
County, Md., February
14, 1914.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Maryland
state house of delegates, 1946-54; defeated, 1942; member of Maryland
state senate, 1954-74; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Maryland, 1964;
Maryland
Democratic state chair, 1971-75; Maryland
state treasurer, 1975-87.
Died in Aberdeen, Harford
County, Md., April
17, 1993 (age 79 years, 62
days).
Interment at Grove Cemetery, Aberdeen, Md.
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Marie Hilson Katzenbach (1882-1970) —
also known as Marie H. Katzenbach; Marie Louise Hunt
Hilson —
of Trenton, Mercer
County, N.J.
Born in Trenton, Mercer
County, N.J., December
8, 1882.
Librarian;
member, New Jersey State Board of Education, 1921-64; delegate
to New Jersey state constitutional convention from Mercer County,
1947.
Female.
French
ancestry. Member, Daughters of the
American Revolution; Colonial
Dames.
Died in Princeton, Mercer
County, N.J., February
4, 1970 (age 87 years, 58
days).
Interment at Ewing
Cemetery, Ewing, N.J.
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Lorna J. Kesterson (1925-2012) —
also known as Lorna Jolley —
of Henderson, Clark
County, Nev.
Born in St. George, Washington
County, Utah, December
30, 1925.
Newspaper
reporter; newspaper
editor; mayor
of Henderson, Nev., 1985-93.
Female.
Mormon.
Died, in her doctor's
office, Henderson, Clark
County, Nev., January
16, 2012 (age 86 years, 17
days).
Interment at Southern
Nevada Veterans Memorial Cemetery, Boulder City, Nev.
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William J. Knight (1929-2004) —
also known as Pete Knight —
of Palmdale, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Noblesville, Hamilton
County, Ind., November
18, 1929.
Served in the U.S. Air Force during the Vietnam War; mayor of
Palmdale, Calif., 1988-92; member of California
state assembly, 1993-96; member of California
state senate 17th District, 1997-2004; died in office 2004.
Member, Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Elks.
Air Force test
pilot who holds the speed record for winged aircraft: 4,250 mph
flying the Bell X-15.
Died, from acute
myelogenous leukemia, in City of Hope Hospital,
May
7, 2004 (age 74 years, 171
days).
Interment at Desert
Lawn Memorial Park, Palmdale, Calif.
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Frederick Kramer (1829-1896) —
of Little Rock, Pulaski
County, Ark.
Born in Halle, Germany,
December
22, 1829.
Banker;
mayor
of Little Rock, Ark., 1873-75, 1881-87.
Jewish.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Colorado Springs, El Paso
County, Colo., September
8, 1896 (age 66 years, 261
days).
Interment at Oakland
and Fraternal Historic Cemetery Park, Little Rock, Ark.
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Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar (1825-1893) —
also known as Lucius Q. C. Lamar —
of Covington, Newton
County, Ga.; Abbeville, Lafayette
County, Miss.; Oxford, Lafayette
County, Miss.
Born near Eatonton, Putnam
County, Ga., September
17, 1825.
Democrat. Lawyer; cotton planter; president,
University of Mississippi, 1849-52; member of Georgia
state house of representatives, 1853; U.S.
Representative from Mississippi 1st District, 1857-60, 1873-77;
colonel in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; delegate
to Mississippi state constitutional convention, 1865, 1868, 1875,
1877, 1881; U.S.
Senator from Mississippi, 1877-85; U.S.
Secretary of the Interior, 1885-88; Associate
Justice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1888-93; died in office 1893.
Methodist.
Member, Sigma
Alpha Epsilon.
Slaveowner.
Died in Vineville (now part of Macon), Bibb
County, Ga., January
23, 1893 (age 67 years, 128
days).
Original interment at Riverside
Cemetery, Macon, Ga.; reinterment in 1894 at St.
Peter's Cemetery, Oxford, Miss.
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Relatives: Son
of Lucius
Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar (1797-1834) and Sarah Williamson (Bird)
Lamar; married to Virginia Longstreet; nephew of Mirabeau
Buonaparte Lamar and Loretta Rebecca Lamar (who married Absalom
Harris Chappell); uncle of William
Bailey Lamar; fourth cousin of William
McKendree Robbins and Joseph
Rucker Lamar; fourth cousin once removed of Gaston
Ahi Robbins. |
| | | Political family: Lamar
family of Georgia. |
| | | Lamar counties in Ala., Ga. and Miss. are
named for him. |
| | | Lamar Hall,
at the University
of Mississippi, Oxford,
Mississippi, is named for
him. — Lamar River,
in Yellowstone National Park, Park
County, Wyoming, is named for
him. — Lamar Boulevard,
in Oxford,
Mississippi, is named for
him. — Lamar Avenue,
in Memphis,
Tennessee, is named for
him. — Lamar School (founded 1964), in Meridian,
Mississippi, is named for
him. |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — federal
judicial profile — Wikipedia article — Ballotpedia article — NNDB
dossier — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Books about Lucius Q. C. Lamar: John F.
Kennedy, Profiles
in Courage |
| | | Image source: James G. Blaine, Twenty
Years of Congress, vol. 2 (1886) |
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Albert Lange (1801-1869) —
of Terre Haute, Vigo
County, Ind.
Born in Charlottenburg, Prussia (now part of Berlin, Germany),
December
16, 1801.
Republican. He belonged to a secret society which advocated
a constitutional government for the German Empire; in 1824, the
conspiracy was uncovered; he was convicted
of treason
and sentenced
to fifteen years in in prison;
pardoned
in 1829, and left Germany for the United States; U.S. Consul in Amsterdam, 1849-50; Indiana
state auditor, 1861-63; mayor
of Terre Haute, Ind., 1863-67.
Died in Terre Haute, Vigo
County, Ind., July 25,
1869 (age 67 years, 221
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Terre Haute, Ind.
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John Larkin Jr. (1804-1896) —
of Chester, Delaware
County, Pa.
Born in Concord Township, Delaware
County, Pa., October
3, 1804.
Merchant;
river
transportation business; Delaware
County Sheriff, 1840; member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 1845-46; real estate
developer; mayor
of Chester, Pa., 1866-72; banker.
One of the founders of Chester Rural Cemetery.
Died in Chester, Delaware
County, Pa., July 22,
1896 (age 91 years, 293
days).
Interment at Chester
Rural Cemetery, Chester, Pa.
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Relatives: Son
of Martha (Thomas) Larkin and John Larkin; married, January
25, 1827, to Charlotte Johnson Morton; married, October
23, 1849, to Mary A. Boggs; ancestor *** of Joseph
Larkin Eyre. |
| | | Political family: Eyre
family of Chester, Pennsylvania. |
| | | Larkin School (built 1894, demolished
1988), in Chester,
Pennsylvania, was named for
him. |
| | | See also Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Asbury Churchwell Latimer (1851-1908) —
also known as Asbury C. Latimer —
of Belton, Anderson
County, S.C.
Born near Lowndesville, Abbeville
County, S.C., July 31,
1851.
Democrat. Farmer; chair of
Anderson County Democratic Party, 1890-93; U.S.
Representative from South Carolina 3rd District, 1893-1903; U.S.
Senator from South Carolina, 1903-08; died in office 1908.
Methodist.
Died, from appendicitis
and peritonitis,
in Providence Hospital,
Washington,
D.C., February
20, 1908 (age 56 years, 204
days).
Interment at Belton
Cemetery, Belton, S.C.
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John Harvey Lowery (1860-1941) —
also known as J. H. Lowery —
of Donaldsonville, Ascension
Parish, La.
Born in Plaquemine, Iberville
Parish, La., October
18, 1860.
Republican. Physician;
sugar grower;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Louisiana, 1916
(alternate), 1920,
1924,
1928,
1940.
Methodist.
African
ancestry. Member, Odd
Fellows.
Died, in Flint-Goodridge Hospital,
New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La., September
25, 1941 (age 80 years, 342
days).
Interment at Ascension
Catholic Cemetery, Donaldsonville, La.
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Relatives: Son
of John Harvey Lowery (1834-1907) and Elizabeth (Carson) Lowery;
married 1883 to
Elizabeth Conway; married, December
13, 1927, to Mary L. Brown. |
| | | Lowery Middle School, and Lowery
Elementary School, in Donaldsonville,
Louisiana, are named for
him. |
| | | Epitaph: "Though He Sleeps, His Memory
Doth Live, And Cheering Comfort To His Mourners
Give." |
| | | See also Wikipedia
article |
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Morgan Lewis Martin (1805-1887) —
also known as Morgan L. Martin —
of Green Bay, Brown
County, Wis.
Born in Martinsburg, Lewis
County, N.Y., March
31, 1805.
Democrat. Lawyer; member
Michigan territorial council 7th District, 1832-35; member of Wisconsin
territorial legislature, 1838; Delegate
to U.S. Congress from Wisconsin Territory, 1845-47; member of Wisconsin
state assembly, 1855, 1874; member of Wisconsin
state senate, 1858-59; major in the Union Army during the Civil
War; Brown
County Judge, 1875-87.
Died in Green Bay, Brown
County, Wis., December
10, 1887 (age 82 years, 254
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Allouez, Wis.
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Enoch Mather Marvin (1823-1877) —
also known as Enoch M. Marvin —
of St.
Louis, Mo.
Born in Warren
County, Mo., June 12,
1823.
Democrat. Methodist
bishop; chaplain of the Confederate Army during the Civil War; offered prayer, Democratic National Convention,
1876.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Royal
Arch Masons.
Died, of pneumonia,
in St.
Louis, Mo., November
26, 1877 (age 54 years, 167
days).
Interment at Bellefontaine
Cemetery, St. Louis, Mo.
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Calvin Robert McCullough (1902-1984) —
also known as Calvin R. McCullough —
of Holloway Terrace, New Castle
County, Del.
Born in Wilmington, New Castle
County, Del., September
29, 1902.
Democrat. Contractor;
bank
director; member of Delaware
state house of representatives from New Castle County 10th
District, 1949-50; member of Delaware
state senate, 1955-80 (New Castle County 5th District 1955-64,
11th District 1965-72, 12th District 1973-80); delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Delaware, 1968.
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons;
Moose.
Died, from cancer,
in Holloway Terrace, New Castle
County, Del., October
8, 1984 (age 82 years, 9
days).
Interment at Gracelawn Memorial Park, New Castle, Del.
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Douglas James McKay (1893-1959) —
also known as Douglas McKay —
of Salem, Marion
County, Ore.
Born in Portland, Multnomah
County, Ore., June 24,
1893.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; automobile
dealer; mayor of
Salem, Ore., 1933-34; member of Oregon
state senate 1st District, 1935; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Oregon, 1940
(alternate), 1952
(speaker);
Governor
of Oregon, 1949-52; resigned 1952; U.S.
Secretary of the Interior, 1953-56; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Oregon, 1956.
Scottish
ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Disabled
American Veterans; Purple
Heart.
Died in Salem, Marion
County, Ore., July 22,
1959 (age 66 years, 28
days).
Interment at Belcrest
Memorial Park, Salem, Ore.
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Frank Eugene McKee (1877-1951) —
also known as Frank E. McKee —
of North Muskegon, Muskegon
County, Mich.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., August
22, 1877.
Republican. Member of Michigan
state senate 23rd District, 1943-44, 1951; defeated in primary,
1944; died in office 1951.
Episcopalian.
Scotch-Irish,
Swiss,
German,
and English
ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Rotary.
Died, of a heart
attack, in a room at the Porter Hotel,
Lansing, Ingham
County, Mich., February
13, 1951 (age 73 years, 175
days).
Interment at Evergreen
Cemetery, Muskegon, Mich.
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William McKinley Jr. (1843-1901) —
also known as "Idol of Ohio" —
of Canton, Stark
County, Ohio.
Born in Niles, Trumbull
County, Ohio, January
29, 1843.
Republican. Major in the Union Army during the Civil War; lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Ohio, 1877-84, 1885-91 (17th District
1877-79, 16th District 1879-81, 17th District 1881-83, 18th District
1883-84, 20th District 1885-87, 18th District 1887-91); delegate to
Republican National Convention from Ohio, 1884,
1888;
Governor
of Ohio, 1892-96; President
of the United States, 1897-1901; died in office 1901.
Methodist.
Scotch-Irish
ancestry. Member, Loyal
Legion; Freemasons;
Grand
Army of the Republic; Knights
of Pythias; Sigma
Alpha Epsilon.
Shot
by the assassin
Leon Czolgosz, at a reception
in the Temple of Music, at the Pan American Exposition in Buffalo,
N.Y., September 6, 1901, and died eight days later, in Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y., September
14, 1901 (age 58 years, 228
days).
Originally entombed at West
Lawn Cemetery, Canton, Ohio; re-entombed in 1907 at McKinley
Monument, Canton, Ohio; statue at Lucas
County Courthouse Grounds, Toledo, Ohio.
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Relatives: Son
of William McKinley and Nancy Campbell (Allison) McKinley; married to
Ida
Saxton; first cousin of William
McKinley Osborne; fourth cousin once removed of Henry
Prather Fletcher. |
| | | Political family: McKinley
family of Canton, Ohio. |
| | | Cross-reference: Albert
Halstead — Loran
L. Lewis — George
B. Cortelyou — John
Goodnow |
| | | McKinley County,
N.M. is named for him. |
| | | Mount
McKinley (the highest peak in North America, now known by its
traditional name, Denali), in Denali
Borough, Alaska, was named for
him. — McKinley High School, in Honolulu,
Hawaii, is named for
him. |
| | | Other politicians named for him: William
McKinley Thomas
— William
McKinley Thomas
— William
M. Bell
— William
M. Branch
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| | | Coins and currency: His portrait
appeared on the U.S. $500 bill in 1928-46. |
| | | Campaign slogan (1896): "The Full
Dinner Pail." |
| | | Campaign slogan (1896): "The Advance
Agent of Prosperity." |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — National
Governors Association biography — Wikipedia
article — NNDB
dossier — Find-A-Grave
memorial — OurCampaigns
candidate detail |
| | | Books about William McKinley: Lewis L.
Gould, The
Presidency of William McKinley — Kevin Phillips, William
McKinley — H. Wayne Morgan, William
McKinley and His America |
| | | Image source: American Monthly Review
of Reviews, October 1901 |
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Charles Linza McNary (1874-1944) —
also known as Charles L. McNary —
of Salem, Marion
County, Ore.
Born near Salem, Marion
County, Ore., June 12,
1874.
Republican. Lawyer; law school
dean; justice of
Oregon state supreme court, 1913-14; appointed 1913; Oregon
Republican state chair, 1916-17; U.S.
Senator from Oregon, 1917-18, 1918-44; appointed 1917, 1918; died
in office 1944; candidate for Republican nomination for President, 1940;
candidate for Vice
President of the United States, 1940.
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; Elks; Grange.
Died in Fort Lauderdale, Broward
County, Fla., February
25, 1944 (age 69 years, 258
days).
Original interment at Pioneer
Cemetery, Salem, Ore.; reinterment at Belcrest
Memorial Park, Salem, Ore.
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Thomas Taylor Minor (1844-1889) —
also known as Thomas T. Minor —
of Port Townsend, Jefferson
County, Wash.; Seattle, King
County, Wash.
Born, of American parents, in Manepy, Ceylon (now Sri
Lanka), February
20, 1844.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; physician;
one of the founders of the Seattle, Lake Shore and Eastern Railroad;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Washington Territory,
1880;
mayor
of Port Townsend, Wash., 1880-83; mayor
of Seattle, Wash., 1887-88.
Member, Freemasons.
Last seen traveling by canoe to Whidbey Island, with others, on a duck huting
trip, and was never
heard from again; presumed drowned
in a watercraft
accident, in Puget
Sound, December
2, 1889 (age 45 years, 285
days). His canoe was recovered, but his remains were not
found.
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Relatives: Son
of Eastman Strong Minor and Judith (Manchester) Minor; married, August
20, 1872, to Sarah Montgomery; grandfather of Thomas
Minor Pelly. |
| | | Political family: Moriarty-Minor
family of Seattle, Washington. |
| | | The T.T. Minor School (built 1890,
demolished 1940, rebuilt 1941, closed 2010, renovated and reopened
2016), in Seattle,
Washington, is named for
him. — Minor Avenue,
in Seattle,
Washington, is named for
him. |
| | | See also Wikipedia
article — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Charles Robert Morehead Jr. (1836-1921) —
of El Paso, El Paso
County, Tex.
Born in Richmond, Ray
County, Mo., February
28, 1836.
Banker;
mayor
of El Paso, Tex., 1903-05.
Died in El Paso, El Paso
County, Tex., December
15, 1921 (age 85 years, 290
days).
Interment at Evergreen
Alameda Cemetery, El Paso, Tex.
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Dwight Whitney Morrow (1873-1931) —
also known as Dwight W. Morrow —
of Englewood, Bergen
County, N.J.
Born in Huntington, Cabell
County, W.Va., January
11, 1873.
Republican. Lawyer; banker;
U.S. Ambassador to Mexico, 1927-30; U.S.
Senator from New Jersey, 1930-31; died in office 1931.
Suffered a cerebral
hemorrhage, and died soon after, in Englewood, Bergen
County, N.J., October
5, 1931 (age 58 years, 267
days).
Interment at Brookside
Cemetery, Englewood, N.J.
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Charles Stewart Mott (1875-1973) —
also known as Charles S. Mott; C. S. Mott —
of Flint, Genesee
County, Mich.
Born in Newark, Essex
County, N.J., June 2,
1875.
Served in the U.S. Navy during the Spanish-American War; mayor of
Flint, Mich., 1912-14, 1918-19; defeated, 1914; candidate in
Republican primary for Governor of
Michigan, 1920; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Michigan, 1924,
1940;
candidate for Presidential Elector for Michigan.
Episcopalian.
Member, United
Spanish War Veterans; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; American
Legion; Freemasons;
Elks; Moose; Kiwanis;
Rotary.
Vice-president of General
Motors. Philanthropist; founder of Charles Stewart Mott
Foundation.
Died in Flint, Genesee
County, Mich., February
18, 1973 (age 97 years, 261
days).
Entombed at Glenwood
Cemetery, Flint, Mich.
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José Luis Alberto Muñoz=Marin
(1898-1980) —
also known as Luis Muñoz=Marin; "Father of
Modern Puerto Rico" —
Born in Old San Juan, San Juan
Municipio, Puerto Rico, February
18, 1898.
Author;
Governor
of Puerto Rico, 1949-65.
Puerto
Rican ancestry.
Died in San Juan, San Juan
Municipio, Puerto Rico, April
30, 1980 (age 82 years, 72
days).
Entombed at Mausoleo Luis Muñoz Rivera, Barranquitas, Puerto Rico.
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Relatives: Son
of Luis
Muñoz=Rivera and Amalia Marin=Castilla; married, July 1,
1919, to Muna Lee; father of Victoria
Melo=Muñoz. |
| | | Political family: Munoz
family. |
| | | The Luis Muñoz Marín
International Airport
(opened 1955 as Puerto Rico International Airport, renamed 1985), in
Carolina,
Puerto Rico, is named for
him. — Luis Muñoz Marín High
School, in Barranquitas,
Puerto Rico, is named for
him. |
| | | See also National
Governors Association biography — Wikipedia
article — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Pat Nixon (1912-1993) —
also known as Thelma Catherine Ryan;
"Starlight" —
of California.
Born in Ely, White Pine
County, Nev., March
16, 1912.
Republican. School
teacher; Second Lady
of the United States, 1953-61; First Lady
of the United States, 1969-74; speaker, Republican National Convention, 1972.
Female.
Protestant.
Irish
and German
ancestry.
Died, from lung
cancer, in Park Ridge, Bergen
County, N.J., June 22,
1993 (age 81 years, 98
days).
Interment at Richard
Nixon Library and Birthplace, Yorba Linda, Calif.
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Relatives:
Daughter of William M. Ryan, Sr. and Katherine (Halberstadt) Ryan;
married, June 21,
1940, to Richard
Milhous Nixon. |
| | | Political families: Eisenhower-Nixon
family; Carroll
family of Maryland (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | The Patricia Nixon Elementary School
(opened 1973; now Nixon Academy), in Cerritos,
California, is named for
her. — Pat Nixon Park
(established 1969), in Cerritos,
California, is named for
her. |
| | | Epitaph: "Even when people can't speak
your language, they can tell if you have love in your
heart." |
| | | See also Wikipedia
article — NNDB
dossier — Internet Movie Database
profile — Find-A-Grave
memorial — OurCampaigns
candidate detail |
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Barack Hussein Obama Jr. (b. 1961) —
also known as Barack Obama; "The Messiah";
"Renegade"; "The Loin
King" —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Honolulu, Island of Oahu, Honolulu
County, Hawaii, August
4, 1961.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Illinois
state senate 13th District, 1997-2004; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Illinois, 2004
(speaker),
2008;
U.S.
Senator from Illinois, 2005-08; resigned 2008; President
of the United States, 2009-17; received the Nobel
Peace Prize in 2009.
United
Church of Christ. Kenyan
ancestry.
Still living as of 2020.
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Relatives: Son
of Barack Hussein Obama, Sr. and Stanley Ann (Dunham) Obama; married,
October
18, 1992, to Michelle
LaVaughn Robinson. |
| | | Cross-reference: Joe
Wilson — Philip
J. Berg — Rod
Blagojevich — Timothy
W. Jones |
| | | Barack Obama Elementary School
(formerly J.E.B. Stuart Elementary School; renamed 2018), in Richmond,
Virginia, is named for
him. |
| | | Campaign slogan (2008): "Yes We
Can!" |
| | | Campaign slogan (2008): "Change We Can
Believe In." |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Wikipedia article — NNDB
dossier — Internet Movie Database
profile — OurCampaigns
candidate detail |
| | | Books by Barack Obama: Dreams
from My Father : A Story of Race and Inheritance
(2004) — The
Audacity of Hope : Thoughts on Reclaimig the American Dream
(2006) |
| | | Books about Barack Obama: Steve
Dougherty, Hopes
and Dreams: The Story of Barack Obama — David Mendell,
Obama:
From Promise to Power — John K. Wilson, Barack
Obama: This Improbable Quest — Shelby Steele, A
Bound Man: Why We Are Excited About Obama and Why He Can't
Win — Joseph Vogel, The
Obama Movement: Why Barack Obama Speaks to America's
Youth — Jodi Kantor, The
Obamas — David Maraniss, Barack
Obama: The Making of the Man — Jonathan Alter, The
Promise: President Obama, Year One — Pete Souza, The
Rise of Barack Obama — Jonathan Alter, The
Center Holds: Obama and His Enemies — Chuck Todd, The
Stranger: Barack Obama in the White House |
| | | Critical books about Barack Obama:
Webster Griffin Tarpley, Obama
- The Postmodern Coup: Making of a Manchurian
Candidate — Gordon Heslop, The
Hope of Audacity: Barack Obama, A Bad Choice — Edward
Klein, The
Amateur: Barack Obama in the White House — Michelle
Malkin, Culture
of Corruption: Obama and His Team of Tax Cheats, Crooks, and
Cronies — David Limbaugh, The
Great Destroyer: Barack Obama's War on the Republic —
David Limbaugh, Crimes
Against Liberty: An Indictment of President Barack
Obama — Dinesh D'Souza, The
Roots of Obama's Rage — David Freddoso, Gangster
Government: Barack Obama and the New Washington
Thugocracy — Stanley Kurtz, Radical-in-Chief:
Barack Obama and the Untold Story of American
Socialism — Jerome R. Corsi, The
Obama Nation: Leftist Politics and the Cult of
Personality — Jack Cashill, Deconstructing
Obama: The Life, Loves, and Letters of America's First Postmodern
President — Kate Obenshain, Divider-in-Chief:
The Fraud of Hope and Change — Dinesh D'Souza, Obama's
America: Unmaking the American Dream — Dinesh D'Souza,
The
Roots of Obama's Rage — Phyllis Schlafly & George
Neumayr, No
Higher Power: Obama's War on Religious Freedom |
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Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis (1929-1994) —
also known as Jackie Onassis; Jaqueline Lee Bouvier;
Jacqueline Kennedy —
Born in Southampton, Suffolk
County, Long Island, N.Y., July 28,
1929.
First
Lady of the United States, 1961-63.
Female.
Catholic.
Died, from non-Hodgkin
lymphoma, in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., May 19,
1994 (age 64 years, 295
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Relatives:
Step-daughter of Hugh
Dudley Auchincloss; daughter of John Vernou Bouvier and Janet
Norton (Lee) Bouvier; step-sister of Eugene
Luther Gore Vidal Jr. and Hugh
Dudley Auchincloss III; married, September
12, 1953, to John
Fitzgerald Kennedy (son of Joseph
Patrick Kennedy, Sr.; brother of Jean
Kennedy Smith; grandson of John
Francis Fitzgerald); married 1968 to
Aristotle Socrates Onassis; mother of John
Fitzgerald Kennedy Jr.. |
| | | Political family: Kennedy
family. |
| | | The Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis High
School for International Careers, in Manhattan,
New York, is named for
her. — Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy Onassis Hall,
at George Washington University,
Washington,
D.C., is named for
her. — Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis Reservoir,
in Central Park,
Manhattan,
New York, is named for
her. |
| | | See also Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave
memorial — OurCampaigns
candidate detail |
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John Rockey Park (1833-1900) —
also known as John R. Park —
of Salt Lake City, Salt Lake
County, Utah.
Born in Tiffin, Seneca
County, Ohio, May 7,
1833.
Republican. School
teacher; president,
University of Deseret (now University of Utah), 1869-92; Utah
superintendent of public instruction, 1895-1900; died in office
1900.
Mormon.
Died in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake
County, Utah, September
29, 1900 (age 67 years, 145
days).
Interment at Salt
Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Utah.
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Relatives: Son
of John Park and Anna Elizabeth (Waggoner) Park. |
| | | The Park Building
at the University
of Utah, Salt Lake
City, Utah, is named for
him. — Draper Park School (built 1912;
converted to city hall 1972; sold 2017), in Draper,
Utah, was named for
him. — Draper Park Middle School (built 2013),
in Draper,
Utah, is named for
him. — The World War II Liberty
ship SS John R. Park (built 1943 at Richmond,
California; torpedoed and lost in the English
Channel, 1945) was named for
him. |
| | | See also Wikipedia
article — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Image source: Salt Lake Herald,
September 30, 1900 |
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Wendell Phillips (1811-1884) —
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., November
29, 1811.
Lawyer;
abolitionist; orator;
candidate for Governor of
Massachusetts, 1870 (Labor Reform), 1877 (Greenback).
English
ancestry. Member, American
Anti-Slavery Society.
Died, from heart
disease, in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., February
2, 1884 (age 72 years, 65
days).
Interment at Milton
Cemetery, Milton, Mass.; statue erected 1915 at Boston Public Garden, Boston, Mass.
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James Knox Polk (1795-1849) —
also known as James K. Polk; "Young Hickory";
"Napoleon of the Stump" —
of Tennessee.
Born in Pineville, Mecklenburg
County, N.C., November
2, 1795.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Tennessee
state house of representatives, 1823-25; U.S.
Representative from Tennessee, 1825-39 (6th District 1825-33, 9th
District 1833-39); Speaker of
the U.S. House, 1835-39; Governor of
Tennessee, 1839-41; President
of the United States, 1845-49.
Presbyterian
or Methodist.
Scotch-Irish
ancestry. Member, Freemasons.
Slaveowner.
Died, of cholera,
in Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn., June 15,
1849 (age 53 years, 225
days).
Original interment at Polk Place Grounds (which no longer exists), Nashville, Tenn.;
reinterment in 1893 at Tennessee
State Capitol Grounds, Nashville, Tenn.; cenotaph at Polk Memorial Gardens, Columbia, Tenn.
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Relatives: Son
of Samuel Polk and Jane Gracy (Knox) Polk; brother of William
Hawkins Polk; married, January
1, 1824, to Sarah
Childress (daughter of Joel
Childress); nephew of Mary Ophelia Polk (who married Thomas
Jones Hardeman); uncle of Marshall
Tate Polk and Tasker
Polk; first cousin once removed of Edwin
Fitzhugh Polk; second cousin once removed of Mary Adelaide Polk
(who married George
Davis) and Richard
Tyler Polk; second cousin twice removed of Rufus
King Polk and Frank
Lyon Polk; second cousin thrice removed of Elizabeth
Polk Guest; second cousin four times removed of Raymond
R. Guest; third cousin once removed of Charles
Polk and Augustus
Caesar Dodge; fourth cousin of Trusten
Polk; fourth cousin once removed of Albert
Fawcett Polk. |
| | | Political families: Ashe-Polk
family of North Carolina; Polk
family; Manly-Haywood-Polk
family of Raleigh, North Carolina (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | Cross-reference: Aaron
V. Brown — John
Charles Frémont |
| | | Polk counties in Ark., Fla., Ga., Iowa, Minn., Neb., Ore., Tenn., Tex. and Wis. are
named for him. |
| | | The city
of Polk
City, Florida, is named for
him. — The city
of Polk
City, Iowa, is named for
him. — The borough
of Polk,
Pennsylvania, is named for
him. — James K. Polk Elementary School, in Alexandria,
Virginia, is named for
him. — James K. Polk Elementary School, in Fresno,
California, is named for
him. — The World War II Liberty
ship SS James K. Polk (built 1942 at Wilmington,
North Carolina; torpedoed in the North
Atlantic Ocean, 1943; towed away and scrapped) was named for
him. |
| | | Other politicians named for him: James
Knox Polk Hall
— James
P. Latta
— James
K. P. Fenner
— J.
K. P. Marshall
|
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — National
Governors Association biography — Wikipedia
article — NNDB
dossier — Find-A-Grave
memorial — OurCampaigns
candidate detail — Tennessee
Encyclopedia |
| | | Books about James K. Polk: Sam W.
Haynes, James
K. Polk and the Expansionist Impulse — Paul H.
Bergeron, The
Presidency of James K. Polk — Thomas M. Leonard, James
K. Polk : A Clear and Unquestionable Destiny — Eugene
Irving McCormac, James
K. Polk: A Political Biography to the Prelude to War
1795-1845 — Eugene Irving McCormac, James
K. Polk: A Political Biography to the End of a Career
1845-1849 — Richard B. Cheney & Lynne V. Cheney, Kings
Of The Hill : How Nine Powerful Men Changed The Course of American
History — John Seigenthaler, James
K. Polk: 1845 - 1849 |
| | | Image source: Portrait & Biographical
Album of Washtenaw County (1891) |
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John Henninger Reagan (1818-1905) —
also known as John H. Reagan —
of Palestine, Anderson
County, Tex.
Born in Sevierville, Sevier
County, Tenn., October
8, 1818.
Democrat. Member of Texas
state house of representatives, 1847; district judge in Texas,
1852-57; U.S.
Representative from Texas, 1857-61, 1875-87 (1st District
1857-61, 1875-83, 2nd District 1883-87); delegate
to Texas secession convention, 1861; Delegate
from Texas to the Confederate Provisional Congress, 1861; Confederate
Postmaster General, 1861-65; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Texas, 1872,
1904
(Honorary
Vice-President); delegate
to Texas state constitutional convention, 1875; U.S.
Senator from Texas, 1887-91.
Methodist.
Arrested
by Union
troops in May 1865, along with Jefferson
Davis, and imprisoned
for several months.
Slaveowner.
Died of pneumonia
in Palestine, Anderson
County, Tex., March 6,
1905 (age 86 years, 149
days).
Interment at East
Hill Cemetery, Palestine, Tex.
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Jacob Leonard Replogle (1876-1948) —
also known as J. Leonard Replogle —
of Westmont, Cambria
County, Pa.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Palm Beach, Palm Beach
County, Fla.
Born in New Enterprise, Bedford
County, Pa., May 6,
1876.
Republican. Steel
manufacturer; candidate for Presidential Elector for
Pennsylvania; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Florida, 1928
(alternate), 1932,
1936
(member, Committee
to Notify Presidential Nominee), 1940
(member, Committee
on Rules and Order of Business; member, Committee
to Notify Presidential Nominee), 1944;
candidate for Republican nomination for Vice President, 1932;
member of Republican
National Committee from Florida, 1940.
Died, from complications of influenza,
in the Savoy-Plaza Hotel,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., November
25, 1948 (age 72 years, 203
days).
Interment at Grandview
Cemetery, Southmont, Pa.
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Ann Richards (1933-2006) —
also known as Dorothy Ann Willis —
of Texas.
Born in Lakeview (now part of Lacy Lakeview), McLennan
County, Tex., September
1, 1933.
Democrat. Travis
County Commissioner, 1976-82; Texas
state treasurer, 1983-91; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Texas, 1988
(speaker);
Governor
of Texas, 1991-95; defeated, 1994.
Female.
Member, Council on
Foreign Relations.
Died, of esophageal
cancer, in Austin, Travis
County, Tex., September
13, 2006 (age 73 years, 12
days).
Interment at Texas
State Cemetery, Austin, Tex.
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Relatives:
Daughter of Cecil Willis and Iona (Warren) Willis; married 1953 to David
Richards; mother of Cecile
Richards. |
| | | The Ann Richards School for Young Women
Leaders, in Austin,
Texas, is named for
her. |
| | | See also National
Governors Association biography — NNDB
dossier — Internet Movie Database
profile — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Books by Ann Richards: Straight
from the Heart : My Life in Politics and Other Places
(1990) — I'm
Not Slowing Down : Winning My Battle With Osteoporosis, with
Richard U. Levine |
| | | Books about Ann Richards: Mike
Shropshire and Frank Schaeffer, The
Thorny Rose of Texas : An Intimate Portrait of Governor Ann
Richards — Celia Morris, Storming
the Statehouse : Running for Governor with Ann Richards and Dianne
Feinstein — Sue Tolleson-Rinehart and Jeanie R.
Stanley, Claytie
and the Lady : Ann Richards, Gender, and Politics in
Texas — Jan Reid, Let
the People In: The Life and Times of Ann Richards |
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John Rankin Rogers (1838-1901) —
also known as John R. Rogers —
of Washington.
Born September
4, 1838.
Governor
of Washington, 1897-1901; died in office 1901.
Died December
26, 1901 (age 63 years, 113
days).
Interment at Woodbine
Cemetery, Puyallup, Wash.
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Joseph Herman Romig (1872-1951) —
also known as Joseph H. Romig; "Dog-Team
Doctor" —
of San
Francisco, Calif.; Anchorage,
Alaska.
Born in Edwards
County, Ill., September
3, 1872.
Physician;
mayor
of Anchorage, Alaska, 1937-38.
Moravian
ancestry.
Died in Colorado Springs, El Paso
County, Colo., 1951
(age about
78 years).
Original interment somewhere
in Colorado Springs, Colo.; reinterment at Anchorage
Memorial Park Cemetery, Anchorage, Alaska.
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Daniel Calhoun Roper (1867-1943) —
also known as Daniel C. Roper —
of Washington,
D.C.
Born in Marlboro
County, S.C., April 1,
1867.
Democrat. Lawyer; publicist;
member of South
Carolina state house of representatives from Marlboro County,
1892-94; U.S. Commissioner of Internal Revenue, 1917-20; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from District of Columbia, 1924
(member, Credentials
Committee), 1932,
1936;
U.S.
Secretary of Commerce, 1933-38; U.S. Minister to Canada, 1939.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Sigma
Alpha Epsilon; Phi
Beta Kappa.
Died, from leukemia,
in Washington,
D.C., April
11, 1943 (age 76 years, 10
days).
Interment at Rock
Creek Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Leverett Saltonstall (1783-1845) —
of Salem, Essex
County, Mass.
Born in Haverhill, Essex
County, Mass., June 13,
1783.
Whig. Lawyer;
member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1813-14, 1816, 1822, 1829, 1834,
1844; member of Massachusetts
state senate, 1817-19; delegate
to Massachusetts state constitutional convention, 1820; mayor of
Salem, Mass., 1836-38; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 2nd District, 1838-43.
Died in Salem, Essex
County, Mass., May 8,
1845 (age 61 years, 329
days).
Interment at Harmony
Grove Cemetery, Salem, Mass.
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Wilson G. Sarig (1874-1936) —
of Lenhardtsville, Berks
County, Pa.
Born in Lenhardtsville, Berks
County, Pa., March 7,
1874.
Democrat. School
teacher; member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 1915-20, 1923-28, 1931-36 (Berks
County 2nd District 1915-20, Berks County 4th District 1923-28,
1931-36); defeated, 1928; died in office 1936; Speaker of
the Pennsylvania State House of Representatives, 1935-36; died in
office 1936; candidate for Pennsylvania
state senate, 1920; candidate for Pennsylvania
state auditor general, 1932.
Died of a heart
ailment, in Temple, Berks
County, Pa., March
14, 1936 (age 62 years, 7
days).
Interment at Laureldale
Cemetery, Laureldale, Pa.
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Carl Christian Schurz (1829-1906) —
also known as Carl Schurz —
of Watertown, Jefferson
County, Wis.; Milwaukee, Milwaukee
County, Wis.; St.
Louis, Mo.; New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Liblar (now part of Erfstadt), Germany,
March
2, 1829.
Republican. Lawyer;
candidate for Lieutenant
Governor of Wisconsin, 1857; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Wisconsin, 1860;
U.S. Minister to Spain, 1861; general in the Union Army during the Civil War; newspaper
editor; delegate to Republican National Convention from Missouri,
1868
(Temporary
Chair; speaker);
U.S.
Senator from Missouri, 1869-75; U.S.
Secretary of the Interior, 1877-81.
German
ancestry. Member, American
Philosophical Society.
Died in New York City (unknown
county), N.Y., May 14,
1906 (age 77 years, 73
days).
Interment at Sleepy
Hollow Cemetery, Sleepy Hollow, N.Y.; statue at Morningside
Park, Manhattan, N.Y.
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The community
of Schurz,
Nevada, is named for
him. — Mount
Schurz, in Park
County, Wyoming, is named for
him. — Carl Schurz Park,
in Manhattan,
New York, is named for
him. — Carl Schurz High School, in Chicago,
Illinois, is named for
him. — Schurz Elementary School, in Watertown,
Wisconsin, is named for
him. — Carl Schurz Elementary School, in New
Braunfels, Texas, is named for
him. |
| | | Politician named for him: Carl
S. Thompson
|
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Wikipedia article — U.S. State Dept career summary |
| | | Books about Carl Schurz: Hans Louis
Trefousse, Carl
Schurz: A Biography |
| | | Image source: William C. Roberts,
Leading Orators (1884) |
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Robert Thompson Secrest (1904-1994) —
also known as Robert T. Secrest —
of Caldwell, Noble
County, Ohio; Senecaville, Guernsey
County, Ohio.
Born in Senecaville, Guernsey
County, Ohio, January
22, 1904.
Democrat. School
principal; superintendent
of schools; member of Ohio state legislature, 1931-32; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 15th District, 1933-42, 1949-54,
1963-67; defeated, 1946; served in the U.S. Navy during World War II;
member, Federal Trade Commission, 1954-61.
Member, American
Legion; Amvets;
Forty and
Eight; Veterans of
Foreign Wars.
Died May 15,
1994 (age 90 years, 113
days).
Interment at Senecaville
Cemetery, Senacaville, Ohio.
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Eleanor Parker Sheppard (1907-1991) —
also known as Eleanor P. Sheppard; Eleanor
Parker —
of Richmond,
Va.
Born in Pelham, Mitchell
County, Ga., July 24,
1907.
Democrat. Mayor
of Richmond, Va., 1962-64; member of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1967-76.
Female.
Baptist.
First
woman mayor in Virginia.
Died in Richmond,
Va., March
13, 1991 (age 83 years, 232
days).
Interment at Forest Lawn Cemetery, Richmond, Va.
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Robert Sargent Shriver Jr. (1915-2011) —
also known as R. Sargent Shriver, Jr.;
"Sarge" —
Born in Westminster, Carroll
County, Md., November
9, 1915.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; lawyer;
organized and directed the Peace Corps, 1961-66; U.S. Ambassador to
France, 1968-70; candidate for Vice
President of the United States, 1972; candidate for Democratic
nomination for President, 1976.
Catholic.
German
ancestry. Member, Delta
Kappa Epsilon.
Received the Presidential
Medal of Freedom in 1994.
Died, from Alzheimer's
disease, in Suburban Hospital,
Bethesda, Montgomery
County, Md., January
18, 2011 (age 95 years, 70
days).
Interment at St. Francis Xavier Cemetery, Centerville, Mass.
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Relatives: Son
of Robert Sargent Shriver and Hilda (Shriver) Shriver; married, May 23,
1953, to Eunice Mary Kennedy (daughter of Joseph
Patrick Kennedy, Sr.; sister of John
Fitzgerald Kennedy, Patricia
Kennedy Lawford, Robert
Francis Kennedy, Jean
Kennedy Smith and Edward
Moore Kennedy; aunt of Kathleen
Kennedy Townsend); father of Maria Owings Shriver (who married Arnold
Alois Schwarzenegger) and Mark
Kennedy Shriver; nephew of James
Causten Shriver; grandson of Thomas
Herbert Shriver; great-grandson of Thomas
Johns Perry. |
| | | Political family: Kennedy
family. |
| | | Sargent Shriver Elementary School, in
Silver
Spring, Maryland, is named for
him. |
| | | See also Wikipedia
article — U.S. State Dept career summary — NNDB
dossier — Internet Movie Database
profile — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Books about R. Sargent Shriver: Scott
Stossel, Sarge:
The Life and Times of Sargent Shriver — Mark Shriver,
A
Good Man: Rediscovering My Father, Sargent
Shriver |
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Henry Hastings Sibley (1811-1891) —
also known as Henry H. Sibley —
of Sault Ste. Marie, Chippewa
County, Mich.; Mendota, Dakota
County, Minn.; St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn.
Born in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., February
20, 1811.
Democrat. Delegate
to U.S. Congress from Wisconsin Territory, 1848-49; Delegate
to U.S. Congress from Minnesota Territory, 1849-53; member of Minnesota
territorial House of Representatives 6th District, 1855; Governor of
Minnesota, 1858-60; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Minnesota, 1860;
general in the Union Army during the Civil War.
Died in St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn., February
18, 1891 (age 79 years, 363
days).
Interment at Oakland
Cemetery, St. Paul, Minn.
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Michael Hoke Smith (1855-1931) —
also known as M. Hoke Smith —
of Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga.
Born in Newton, Catawba
County, N.C., September
2, 1855.
Democrat. Lawyer; newspaper
publisher; U.S.
Secretary of the Interior, 1893-96; Governor of
Georgia, 1907-09, 1911; U.S.
Senator from Georgia, 1911-21.
Presbyterian.
Died in Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga., November
27, 1931 (age 76 years, 86
days).
Interment at Oakland
Cemetery, Atlanta, Ga.
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Ora Lynn Smith, Sr. (1879-1942) —
also known as O. L. Smith —
of Ithaca, Gratiot
County, Mich.; Dearborn, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Union City, Branch
County, Mich., October
8, 1879.
Republican. Lawyer; law
partner of George
P. Stone, 1913-14; Gratiot
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1914-21; U.S.
Attorney for the Eastern District of Michigan, 1927-28; candidate
for Governor of
Michigan, 1940.
Died November
27, 1942 (age 63 years, 50
days).
Interment at Moscow
Plains Cemetery, Moscow, Mich.
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Charles Arthur Sprague (1887-1969) —
also known as Charles A. Sprague —
of Salem, Marion
County, Ore.
Born in Lawrence, Douglas
County, Kan., November
12, 1887.
Republican. Newspaper
editor and publisher; Governor of
Oregon, 1939-43.
Presbyterian.
Member, Sigma
Delta Chi; Rotary.
Died in Salem, Marion
County, Ore., March
13, 1969 (age 81 years, 121
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Mount
Crest Abbey Mausoleum, Salem, Ore.
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John Diedrich Spreckels (1853-1926) —
also known as John D. Spreckels —
of San
Francisco, Calif.; Coronado, San Diego
County, Calif.
Born in Charleston, Charleston District (now Charleston
County), S.C., August
16, 1853.
Republican. Founder and president, Oceanic Steamship
Company; president, Western Sugar
Company; owned the Hotel de
Coronado, the San Diego Electric
Railway, newspapers
in San Francisco and San Diego; built the San Diego and Arizona Railway,
from San Diego to Calexico; delegate to Republican National
Convention from California, 1896,
1924;
member of Republican
National Committee from California, 1896.
German
ancestry.
Died in Coronado, San Diego
County, Calif., June 7,
1926 (age 72 years, 295
days).
Entombed at Cypress
Lawn Memorial Park, Colma, Calif.
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Relatives: Son
of Claus
Spreckels and Anna Christina (Mangels) Spreckels; brother of Adolph
Bernard Spreckels; married 1877 to Lillie
C. Siebein. |
| | | Political family: Spreckels
family of San Francisco, California. |
| | | The Spreckels Theatre,
in San
Diego, California, is named for
him. — Spreckels Elementary School, in San Diego,
California, is named for
him. — Spreckels Park,
in Coronado,
California, is named for
him. — The Spreckels Organ Pavilion, an outdoor performance
venue, in Balboa Park, San Diego,
California, is named for
him and his brother. |
| | | See also Wikipedia
article — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Amos Steck (1822-1908) —
of Denver,
Colo.
Born in Lancaster, Fairfield
County, Ohio, January
8, 1822.
Republican. Lawyer; went
to California for the 1849 Gold Rush; mayor of
Denver, Colo., 1863-64; chief
justice of Colorado territorial supreme court, 1870; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Colorado, 1880.
Died in Denver,
Colo., November
17, 1908 (age 86 years, 314
days).
Interment at Riverside
Cemetery, Denver, Colo.
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Isaac Ingalls Stevens (1818-1862) —
also known as Isaac I. Stevens —
of Washington.
Born in North Andover, Essex
County, Mass., March
25, 1818.
Major in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War; Governor
of Washington Territory, 1853-57; Delegate
to U.S. Congress from Washington Territory, 1857-61; general in
the Union Army during the Civil War.
Shot
and killed at the Civil
War battle of Chantilly, Fairfax
County, Va., September
1, 1862 (age 44 years, 160
days).
Interment at Island
Cemetery, Newport, R.I.; memorial monument at Ox Hill Battlefield Park, Fairfax County, Va.
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Relatives:
Cousin *** of Charles
Abbot Stevens and Moses
Tyler Stevens. |
| | | Political family: Stevens-Woodhull
family of New York City, New York. |
| | | Stevens counties in Minn. and Wash. are
named for him. |
| | | Fort
Stevens (established 1863; decomissioned 1947; now a state
park) in Warrenton,
Oregon, was named for
him. — Fort
Stevens (active during the Civil War, 1861-65; site now a park)
in Washington,
D.C., was named for
him. — The city
(and lake)
of Lake
Stevens, Washington, is named for
him. — The town
of Stevensville,
Montana, is named for
him. — Stevens Peak
(6,838 feet), in Shoshone
County, Idaho, is named for
him. — Stevens Peak
(5,372 feet), in Bingham
County, Idaho, is named for
him. — Upper Stevens Lake,
and Lower Stevens Lake,
in Shoshone
County, Idaho, are named for
him. — The Stevens Hall dormitory,
at Washington State University,
Pullman,
Washington, is named for
him. — Isaac I. Stevens Elementary School
(opened 1906, expanded 1928, renovated and reopened 2001), in Seattle,
Washington, is named for
him. — Stevens Middle School, in Port
Angeles, Washington, is named for
him. — Stevens Junior High School (now Middle
School), in Pasco,
Washington, is named for
him. — The World War II Liberty
ship SS Isaac I. Stevens (built 1943 at Portland,
Oregon; scrapped 1967) was named for
him. |
| | | Epitaph: "Who gave to the service of
his country a quick and comprehensive mind, a warm and generous
heart, a firm will, and a strong arm, and who fell while rallying his
command, with the flag of the Republic in his dying grasp, at the
battle of Chantilly, Va." |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Books about Isaac Ingalls Stevens:
Joseph Taylor Hazard, Companion
of Adventure: A Biography of Isaac Ingalls Stevens, First Governor of
Washington |
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John Peters Stevens (1868-1929) —
also known as J. P. Stevens —
of Fanwood, Union
County, N.J.; Plainfield, Union
County, N.J.
Born in North Andover, Essex
County, Mass., February
2, 1868.
Republican. Dry goods
merchant; postmaster at Fanwood,
N.J., 1901-03; founder of J.P. Stevens textile firm; alternate
delegate to Republican National Convention from New Jersey, 1920;
candidate for Presidential Elector for New Jersey.
Member, Union
League.
Died in Plainfield, Union
County, N.J., October
27, 1929 (age 61 years, 267
days).
Interment at Hillside
Cemetery, Scotch Plains, N.J.
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George Stoneman (1822-1894) —
of California.
Born in Busti, Chautauqua
County, N.Y., August
8, 1822.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War; general in
the Union Army during the Civil War; Governor of
California, 1883-87.
Died in Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y., September
5, 1894 (age 72 years, 28
days).
Interment at Bentley Cemetery, Lakewood, N.Y.
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Robert Stuart (1785-1848) —
of Michigan.
Born in Perthshire, Scotland,
February
19, 1785.
Explorer;
fur trader;
business partner of John Jacob Astor; Michigan
state treasurer, 1840-41.
Died in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., October
28, 1848 (age 63 years, 252
days).
Interment at Elmwood
Cemetery, Detroit, Mich.
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Roger Charles Sullivan (1861-1920) —
also known as Roger C. Sullivan —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Belvidere, Boone
County, Ill., February
3, 1861.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Illinois,
1892,
1900,
1904,
1908,
1912
(speaker),
1916;
delegate to Gold Democrat National Convention from Illinois, 1896;
member of Democratic
National Committee from Illinois, 1906; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Illinois, 1914.
Died, of heart
failure, in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., April
14, 1920 (age 59 years, 71
days).
Interment at Mt.
Carmel Cemetery, Hillside, Ill.
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Charles Sumner (1811-1874) —
of Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., January
6, 1811.
Lawyer;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts, 1848; U.S.
Senator from Massachusetts, 1851-74; died in office 1874.
In May, 1856, he suffered severe injuries in an assault by South
Carolina Rep. Preston
S. Brooks, who was furious over an anti-slavery speech.
Died in Washington,
D.C., March
11, 1874 (age 63 years, 64
days).
Interment at Mt.
Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Mass.; statue erected 1879 at Boston Public Garden, Boston, Mass.
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George Bell Swift (1845-1912) —
also known as George B. Swift —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio, December
14, 1845.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Illinois,
1892;
mayor
of Chicago, Ill., 1893, 1895-97.
Methodist.
Died in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., July 2,
1912 (age 66 years, 201
days).
Interment at Rosehill
Cemetery, Chicago, Ill.
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Robert Alphonso Taft (1889-1953) —
also known as Robert A. Taft; "Mr.
Republican"; "Mr. Integrity"; "Our
Illustrious Dunderhead" —
of Indian Hill, Hamilton
County, Ohio.
Born in Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio, September
8, 1889.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Ohio
state house of representatives, 1921-26; Speaker of
the Ohio State House of Representatives, 1926; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Ohio, 1928
(member, Resolutions
Committee; speaker),
1932,
1944;
member of Ohio
state senate, 1931-32; U.S.
Senator from Ohio, 1939-53; died in office 1953; candidate for
Republican nomination for President, 1940,
1944,
1948,
1952.
Episcopalian.
Member, Psi
Upsilon.
Co-sponsor of the Taft-Hartley Act.
Died, from malignant
tumors, in New York
Hospital, Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., July 31,
1953 (age 63 years, 326
days).
Interment at Indian
Hill Episcopal Church Cemetery, Indian Hill, Cincinnati, Ohio;
memorial monument at Capitol
Grounds, Washington, D.C.
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William Howard Taft (1857-1930) —
also known as William H. Taft; "Big
Bill" —
of Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio; New Haven, New Haven
County, Conn.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio, September
15, 1857.
Republican. Superior court judge in Ohio, 1887-90; U.S. Solicitor
General, 1890-92; Judge
of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit, 1892-1900; resigned
1900; law
professor; Governor-General
of the Philippine Islands, 1901-04; U.S.
Secretary of War, 1904-08; President
of the United States, 1909-13; defeated, 1912; Chief
Justice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1921-30; resigned 1930.
Unitarian.
English
ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Psi
Upsilon; Skull
and Bones; Phi
Alpha Delta; American Bar
Association.
Died in Washington,
D.C., March 8,
1930 (age 72 years, 174
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Relatives: Son
of Alphonso
Taft and Louisa Maria (Torrey) Taft; half-brother of Charles
Phelps Taft; brother of Henry
Waters Taft; married, June 19,
1886, to Helen
Louise Herron (daughter of John
Williamson Herron; sister-in-law of Henry
Frederick Lippitt; niece of William
Collins; aunt of Frederick
Lippitt; granddaughter of Ela
Collins); father of Robert
Alphonso Taft and Charles
Phelps Taft II; uncle of Walbridge
S. Taft; grandson of Peter
Rawson Taft; grandfather of William
Howard Taft III, Robert
Taft Jr. and Seth
Chase Taft; great-grandfather of Robert
Alphonso Taft III; second cousin twice removed of Willard
J. Chapin; fourth cousin once removed of William
Warner Hoppin, John
Milton Thayer, Edward
M. Chapin and George
Franklin Chapin. |
| | | Political family: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin
family of Connecticut and New York (subset of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | Cross-reference: Walter
P. Johnson — Fred
Warner Carpenter — Charles
D. Hilles |
| | | The former community
of Taft, now part of Lincoln
City, Oregon, was named for
him. — William Howard Taft High School, in San
Antonio, Texas, is named for
him. — William Howard Taft High School, in Bronx, New
York (closed 2008), was named for
him. — Taft High School, in Chicago,
Illinois, is named for
him. — William Howard Taft High School (opened
1960; became charter school 2013-14), in Los
Angees, California, is named for
him. |
| | | Epitaph: "#S#(1908) Progress and
Prosperity." |
| | | See also Wikipedia
article — Ballotpedia article — NNDB
dossier — Find-A-Grave
memorial — OurCampaigns
candidate detail — Biographical
Directory of Federal Judges — Arlington National
Cemetery unofficial website |
| | | Books about William Howard Taft: Paolo
Enrico Coletta, The
Presidency of William Howard Taft — James Chace, 1912
: Wilson, Roosevelt, Taft and Debs : The Election that Changed the
Country — Alpheus Thomas Mason, William
Howard Taft — Lewis L. Gould, The
William Howard Taft Presidency |
| | | Critical books about William Howard
Taft: Nathan Miller, Star-Spangled
Men : America's Ten Worst Presidents |
| | | Image source: American Monthly Review
of Reviews, August 1901 |
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James Strom Thurmond (1902-2003) —
also known as Strom Thurmond —
of Edgefield, Edgefield
County, S.C.; Aiken, Aiken
County, S.C.; Columbia, Richland
County, S.C.
Born in Edgefield, Edgefield
County, S.C., December
5, 1902.
School
teacher; superintendent
of schools; lawyer;
member of South
Carolina state senate from Edgefield County, 1933-38; resigned
1938; delegate to Democratic National Convention from South Carolina,
1936,
1948,
1952
(member, Committee
on Rules and Order of Business), 1956;
circuit judge in South Carolina, 1938-46; served in the U.S. Army
during World War II; Governor of
South Carolina, 1947-51; States Rights candidate for President
of the United States, 1948; U.S.
Senator from South Carolina, 1954-56, 1956-2003; received 14
electoral votes for Vice-President, 1960;
delegate to Republican National Convention from South Carolina, 1972,
1988.
Baptist.
Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Pi
Kappa Alpha.
Died in Edgefield, Edgefield
County, S.C., June 26,
2003 (age 100 years,
203 days).
Interment at Willow
Brook Cemetery, Edgefield, S.C.; statue erected 1999 at State
House Grounds, Columbia, S.C.
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Relatives: Son
of John William Thurmond and Eleanor Gertrude Thurmond; married 1968 to Nancy
Janice Moore; married 1947 to Jean
Crouch. |
| | | Cross-reference: Charles
E. Simons, Jr. — Joe
Wilson — John
Light Napier — Robert
Adams |
| | | Strom Thurmond Federal
Building and U.S.
Courthouse, in Columbia,
South Carolina, is named for
him. — Strom Thurmond High School, in Johnston,
South Carolina, is named for
him. |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — National
Governors Association biography — Wikipedia
article — NNDB
dossier — OurCampaigns
candidate detail |
| | | Books about Strom Thurmond: Essie May
Washington-Williams, Dear
Senator : A Memoir by the Daughter of Strom Thurmond —
Jack Bass & Marilyn W. Thompson, Strom:
The Complicated Personal and Political Life of Strom
Thurmond — R. J. Duke, The
Centennial Senator: True Stories of Strom Thurmond from the People
Who Knew Him Best — Joseph Crespino, Strom
Thurmond's America |
| | | Image source: Library of
Congress |
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Samuel Jones Tilden (1814-1886) —
also known as Samuel J. Tilden; "The Great
Reformer"; "The Great
Forecloser" —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New Lebanon, Columbia
County, N.Y., February
9, 1814.
Democrat. Delegate
to New York state constitutional convention, 1846; member of New York
state assembly, 1846, 1872 (New York County 1846, New York County
18th District 1872); delegate to Democratic National Convention from
New York, 1864;
New York
Democratic state chair, 1872-82; Governor of
New York, 1875-77; candidate for President
of the United States, 1876.
Died near Yonkers, Westchester
County, N.Y., August
4, 1886 (age 72 years, 176
days).
Interment at Cemetery
of the Evergreens, New Lebanon, N.Y.; statue erected 1926 at Riverside
Park, Manhattan, N.Y.
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Horace Mann Towner (1855-1937) —
also known as Horace M. Towner —
of Corning, Adams
County, Iowa.
Born in Belvidere, Boone
County, Ill., October
23, 1855.
Republican. Lawyer; Adams
County Superintendent of Schools, 1881-84; alternate delegate to
Republican National Convention from Iowa, 1888;
district judge in Iowa 3rd District, 1891-1910; U.S.
Representative from Iowa 8th District, 1911-23; Governor of
Puerto Rico, 1923-29.
Suffered a head injury in an accidental fall, and
died ten days later, in Corning, Adams
County, Iowa, November
23, 1937 (age 82 years, 31
days).
Interment at Walnut
Grove Cemetery, Corning, Iowa.
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Harry S. Truman (1884-1972) —
also known as "Give 'Em Hell Harry" —
of Independence, Jackson
County, Mo.
Born in Lamar, Barton
County, Mo., May 8,
1884.
Democrat. Major in the U.S. Army during World War I; county judge in
Missouri, 1922-24, 1926-34; U.S.
Senator from Missouri, 1935-45; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Missouri, 1940,
1944
(member, Platform
and Resolutions Committee), 1952,
1960;
Vice
President of the United States, 1945; President
of the United States, 1945-53; candidate for Democratic
nomination for President, 1952.
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons; Knights
Templar; American
Legion; Eagles;
Elks; Lambda
Chi Alpha; Phi
Alpha Delta.
Two members of a Puerto Rican nationalist group, Griselio Torresola
and Oscar Collazo, tried to shoot their way into Blair House,
temporary residence of the President, as part of an attempted
assassination, November 1, 1950. Torresola and a guard, Leslie
Coffelt, were killed. Collazo, wounded, was arrested, tried, and
convicted of murder.
Died at Research Hospital
and Medical Center, Kansas City, Jackson
County, Mo., December
26, 1972 (age 88 years, 232
days).
Interment at Truman
Presidential Library and Museum, Independence, Mo.; statue at Independence
Square, Independence, Mo.
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Relatives: Son
of John Anderson Truman and Martha Ellen (Young) Truman; married, June 28,
1919, to Elizabeth Virginia "Bess" Wallace and Elizabeth
Virginia Wallace (granddaughter of Benjamin
Franklin Wallace); grandnephew of James
C. Chiles. |
| | | Political family: Truman-Wallace
family of Independence, Missouri. |
| | | Cross-reference: Andrew
J. May — Milton
Lipson — Samuel
I. Rosenman — Stephen
J. Spingarn — James
M. Curley — George
E. Allen — George
E. Allen — Jonathan
Daniels |
| | | Truman State
University, Kirksville,
Missouri, is named for
him. — Truman College,
Chicago,
Illinois, is named for
him. — Harry S. Truman High School, in Levittown,
Pennsylvania, is named for
him. |
| | | Other politicians named for him: H.
Truman Chafin
— Harry
Truman Moore
|
| | | Personal motto: "The Buck Stops
Here." |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Wikipedia article — NNDB
dossier — Internet Movie Database
profile — Find-A-Grave
memorial — OurCampaigns
candidate detail |
| | | Books by Harry S. Truman: The
Autobiography of Harry S. Truman |
| | | Books about Harry S. Truman: David
McCullough, Truman —
Alonzo L. Hamby, Man
of the People : A Life of Harry S. Truman — Sean J.
Savage, Truman
and the Democratic Party — Ken Hechler, Working
With Truman : A Personal Memoir of the White House
Years — Alan Axelrod, When
the Buck Stops With You: Harry S. Truman on
Leadership — Ralph Keyes, The
Wit and Wisdom of Harry S. Truman — William Lee
Miller, Two
Americans: Truman, Eisenhower, and a Dangerous World —
Matthew Algeo, Harry
Truman's Excellent Adventure: The True Story of a Great American Road
Trip — David Pietrusza, 1948:
Harry Truman's Improbable Victory and the Year that Transformed
America |
| | | Image source: Who's Who in United
States Politics (1950) |
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James Milton Turner (1840-1915) —
also known as J. Milton Turner —
of Kansas City, Jackson
County, Mo.; St.
Louis, Mo.
Born in slavery
in St.
Louis, Mo., 1840.
Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; U.S. Minister to Liberia, 1871-78; stabbed
in the chest by George W. Medley, in St. Louis, October 9, 1872.
African
ancestry.
First
African-American to serve as a U.S. diplomat.
Died, as the result of a railroad
tank car explosion,
in Ardmore, Carter
County, Okla., November
1, 1915 (age about 75
years).
Interment at Father
Dickson's Cemetery, St. Louis, Mo.
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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
|
| | | 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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Martin Van Buren (1782-1862) —
also known as "The Little Magician"; "Old
Kinderhook"; "Red Fox of Kinderhook";
"Matty Van"; "American Talleyrand";
"Blue Whiskey Van" —
of Kinderhook, Columbia
County, N.Y.; Albany, Albany
County, N.Y.
Born in Kinderhook, Columbia
County, N.Y., December
5, 1782.
Lawyer;
Columbia
County Surrogate, 1808-13; member of New York
state senate Middle District, 1812-20; New York
state attorney general, 1815-19; appointed 1815; delegate
to New York state constitutional convention, 1821; U.S.
Senator from New York, 1821-28; Governor of
New York, 1829; U.S.
Secretary of State, 1829-31; U.S. Minister to Great Britain, 1831-32; Vice
President of the United States, 1833-37; President
of the United States, 1837-41; defeated, 1840 (Democratic), 1848
(Free Soil); candidate for Democratic nomination for President, 1844.
Christian
Reformed. Dutch
ancestry.
Slaveowner.
Died, reportedly due to asthma,
but more likely some kind of heart
failure, in Kinderhook, Columbia
County, N.Y., July 24,
1862 (age 79 years, 231
days).
Interment at Kinderhook
Cemetery, Kinderhook, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of Abraham Van Buren and Maria (Hoes) Van Alen Van Buren;
half-brother of James
Isaac Van Alen; married to the sister-in-law of Moses
I. Cantine; married, February
21, 1807, to Hannah Hoes; father of John
Van Buren; second cousin of Barent
Van Buren; second cousin twice removed of Dirck
Ten Broeck, Cornelis
Cuyler and Thomas
Brodhead Van Buren; second cousin thrice removed of Harold
Sheffield Van Buren; third cousin twice removed of Theodore
Roosevelt; fourth cousin of James
Livingston; fourth cousin once removed of Stephen
Van Rensselaer, Philip
Schuyler Van Rensselaer, Rensselaer
Westerlo, Edward
Philip Livingston and Peter
Gansevoort. |
| | | Political families: Livingston-Schuyler
family of New York; Cantine
family of Marbletown, New York (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | Cross-reference: Sanford
W. Smith — Jesse
Hoyt — Charles
Ogle |
| | | Van Buren
County, Ark., Van Buren
County, Iowa, Van Buren
County, Mich. and Van Buren
County, Tenn. are named for him. |
| | | The city
of Van
Buren, Arkansas, is named for
him. — The town
of Van
Buren, New York, is named for
him. — Mount
Van Buren, in Palmer
Land, Antarctica, is named for
him. — Martin Van Buren High School (opened
1955), in Queens Village, Queens,
New York, is named for
him. — The World War II Liberty
ship SS Martin Van Buren (built 1943 at Baltimore,
Maryland; torpedoed and lost 1944 in the North
Atlantic Ocean) was named for
him. |
| | | Other politicians named for him: M.
V. B. Edgerly
— M.
V. B. Jefferson
— M.
V. B. Bennett
— Van
B. Wisker
— Martin
V. B. Rowland
— Martin
V. B. Ives
— Martin
V. B. Clark
— Martin
V. Godbey
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| | | Opposition slogan (1840): "Van, Van, is
a used-up man." |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — National
Governors Association biography — Wikipedia
article — U.S. State Dept career summary — NNDB
dossier — Find-A-Grave
memorial — OurCampaigns
candidate detail |
| | | Books about Martin Van Buren: Major L.
Wilson, The
Presidency of Martin Van Buren — Joel H. Silbey, Martin
Van Buren and the Emergence of American Popular
Politics — Jerome Mushkat & Robert G. Rayback, Martin
Van Buren : Law, Politics, and the Shaping of Republican
Ideology — John Niven, Martin
Van Buren : The Romantic Age of American Politics —
Ted Widmer, Martin
Van Buren |
| | | Image source: Portrait & Biographical
Album of Washtenaw County (1891) |
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Robert Lee Vann (1879-1940) —
also known as Robert L. Vann —
of Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa.; Oakmont, Allegheny
County, Pa.
Born in Ahoskie, Hertford
County, N.C., August
27, 1879.
Lawyer;
newspaper
editor and publisher; alternate delegate to Republican National
Convention from Pennsylvania, 1924;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1936.
African
ancestry.
Died, at Shadyside Hospital,
Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa., October
24, 1940 (age 61 years, 58
days).
Entombed at Homewood
Cemetery, Pittsburgh, Pa.
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Relatives: Son
of Lucy Peoples; married 1910 to Jessie
Matthews. |
| | | The Robert L. Vann Elementary School
(built 1914 as Watt School; name changed to Vann 1941; closed and
sold 2011; now St. Benedict the Moor Catholic School), in Pittsburgh,
Pennsylvania, was named for
him. |
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Bruce Frank Vento (1940-2000) —
also known as Bruce F. Vento —
of St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn.
Born in St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn., October
7, 1940.
Democrat. Member of Minnesota
state house of representatives, 1971-76; U.S.
Representative from Minnesota 4th District, 1977-2000; died in
office 2000; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Minnesota, 1984,
1996,
2000.
Catholic.
German
and Italian
ancestry.
Died, of mesothelioma (lung
cancer caused by exposure to asbestos), St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn., October
10, 2000 (age 60 years, 3
days).
Interment at Forest
Lawn Memorial Park, Maplewood, Minn.
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Morrison Remick Waite (1816-1888) —
also known as Morrison R. Waite —
of Toledo, Lucas
County, Ohio.
Born in Lyme, New London
County, Conn., November
29, 1816.
Republican. Member of Ohio
state house of representatives, 1849-50; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Ohio, 1862; delegate
to Ohio state constitutional convention from Lucas County, 1873;
Chief
Justice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1874-88.
Episcopalian.
Died in Washington,
D.C., March
23, 1888 (age 71 years, 115
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Toledo, Ohio.
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Frank Bartlett Willis (1871-1928) —
also known as Frank B. Willis —
of Delaware, Delaware
County, Ohio.
Born in Lewis Center, Delaware
County, Ohio, December
28, 1871.
Republican. U.S.
Representative from Ohio 8th District, 1911-15; Governor of
Ohio, 1915-17; defeated, 1916, 1918; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Ohio, 1916,
1920,
1924;
U.S.
Senator from Ohio, 1921-28; died in office 1928; candidate for
Republican nomination for President, 1928.
Died suddenly, from a cerebral
hemorrhage, as he was about to give a presidential campaign
speech, at Ohio Wesleyan University, Delaware, Delaware
County, Ohio, March
30, 1928 (age 56 years, 93
days).
Interment at Oak
Grove Cemetery, Delaware, Ohio.
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George Wood Wingate (1840-1928) —
also known as George W. Wingate —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., July 1,
1840.
Democrat. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; lawyer; led
construction of elevated
railways in Brooklyn; marksmanship promoter; president, National
Rifle Association, 1886-1900; candidate for Presidential Elector for
New York.
Member, Grand
Army of the Republic; National Rifle
Association.
Died in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., March
22, 1928 (age 87 years, 265
days).
Interment at Friends
Burying Ground, Prospect Park, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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George Wolf (1777-1840) —
of Easton, Northampton
County, Pa.; Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in Allen Township, Northampton
County, Pa., August
12, 1777.
Democrat. Lawyer;
postmaster at Easton,
Pa., 1802-03; member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 1814; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 8th District, 1824-29; Governor of
Pennsylvania, 1829-35; defeated, 1835; comptroller of the U.S.
Treasury, 1836-38; U.S. Collector of Customs, 1838-40; died in office 1840.
German
ancestry.
Died in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., March
11, 1840 (age 62 years, 212
days).
Interment at Harrisburg
Cemetery, Harrisburg, Pa.
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Relatives: Son
of Maria Margaretta Wolf and George Wolf (1737-1808). |
| | | Wolf Township,
in Lycoming
County, Pennsylvania, is named for
him. — Wolf Hall,
at Penn State University,
State
College, Pennsylvania, is named for
him. — Governor Wolf Elementary School (built
1956), in Bethlehem,
Pennsylvania, is named for
him. — George Wolf Elementary School, in Bath,
Pennsylvania, is named for
him. — The Governor Wolf Building
(built 1893, a former school converted to apartments), in Easton,
Pennsylvania, is named for
him. |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — National Governors
Association biography — Wikipedia
article — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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John Howland Wood Jr. (1916-1979) —
also known as John H. Wood, Jr.; "Maximum
John" —
of San Antonio, Bexar
County, Tex.
Born in Rockport, Aransas
County, Tex., March
31, 1916.
Republican. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Texas, 1960;
U.S.
District Judge for the Western District of Texas, 1970-79; died
in office 1979.
Shot
and killed in
San Antonio, Bexar
County, Tex., May 29,
1979 (age 63 years, 59
days). The killer was Charles Harrelson, a contract killer who
was also the father of actor Woody Harrelson.
Burial location unknown.
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Silas Wood (1769-1847) —
of Huntington, Suffolk
County, Long Island, N.Y.
Born in West Hills, Suffolk
County, Long Island, N.Y., September
14, 1769.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from Suffolk County, 1795-98, 1799-1800; Suffolk
County District Attorney, 1818, 1821; U.S.
Representative from New York 1st District, 1819-29.
Died in Huntington, Suffolk
County, Long Island, N.Y., March 2,
1847 (age 77 years, 169
days).
Interment at Old
Burying Hill Cemetery, Huntington, Long Island, N.Y.
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Alexander Penn Wooldridge (1847-1930) —
also known as A. P. Wooldridge —
of Austin, Travis
County, Tex.
Born in New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La., April
13, 1847.
Lawyer;
bank
president; mayor of
Austin, Tex., 1909-19.
Died in Austin, Travis
County, Tex., September
8, 1930 (age 83 years, 148
days).
Interment at Oakwood
Cemetery, Austin, Tex.
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Gerald Lewis Wright (1933-2002) —
also known as Gerald L. Wright; Jerry
Wright —
of West Valley City, Salt Lake
County, Utah.
Born in Lyman, Uinta
County, Wyo., February
22, 1933.
Served in the U.S. Air Force during the Korean conflict; school
teacher; mayor
of West Valley City, Utah, 1994-2002; defeated, 1987; died in
office 2002.
Mormon.
Suffered a stroke,
and died, in LDS Hospital,
Salt Lake City, Salt Lake
County, Utah, July 25,
2002 (age 69 years, 153
days).
Interment at Valley View Memorial Park, West Valley City, Utah.
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Almer Michael Yealey (1873-1962) —
also known as A. M. Yealey —
of Florence, Boone
County, Ky.
Born in Union
County, Ohio, January
29, 1873.
Democrat. School teacher
and principal; mayor
of Florence, Ky., 1908, 1921-23, 1941-43, 1954.
German
ancestry.
Died in Boone
County, Ky., November
25, 1962 (age 89 years, 300
days).
Interment at Florence Cemetery, Florence, Ky.
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Owen Daniel Young (1874-1962) —
also known as Owen D. Young —
of Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Van Hornesville, Herkimer
County, N.Y., October
27, 1874.
Democrat. Lawyer; financier;
industrialist;
chairman, General Electric, 1922-39 and 1942-45; founded Radio
Corporation of America (RCA) and was chairman 1919-29; one of the
founders of the National Broadcasting
Company (NBC); author of the "Young Plan" in 1929 for settlement of
German war reparations; candidate for Democratic nomination for
President, 1932.
Member, American Bar
Association; Sons of
the American Revolution; Beta
Theta Pi; Phi
Beta Kappa; Phi
Delta Phi; Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; Grange.
Died in St. Augustine, St. Johns
County, Fla., July 11,
1962 (age 87 years, 257
days).
Interment at Van
Hornesville Cemetery, Van Hornesville, N.Y.
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