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Clarence Seward Darrow (1857-1938) —
also known as Clarence S. Darrow —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Kinsman, Trumbull
County, Ohio, April
18, 1857.
Democrat. Lawyer;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from Illinois, 1896; member of Illinois
state house of representatives 17th District, 1903-05; delegate
to Democratic National Convention from Illinois, 1904,
1924.
Member, American Civil
Liberties Union.
Defense attorney for, among many others, Patrick Eugene Prendergast,
who murdered Chicago mayor Carter
H. Harrison. In 1911, he was charged
with bribing
jurors in a California case; tried
and acquitted; a second trial
resulted in a hung jury. Famously cross-examined William
Jennings Bryan during the 1925 "Scopes Monkey Trial.".
Died in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., March
13, 1938 (age 80 years, 329
days).
Cremated;
ashes scattered; statue at Rhea County Courthouse Grounds, Dayton, Tenn.
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Harry Micajah Daugherty (1860-1941) —
also known as Harry M. Daugherty —
of Washington Court House, Fayette
County, Ohio; Columbus, Franklin
County, Ohio.
Born in Washington Court House, Fayette
County, Ohio, January
26, 1860.
Republican. Lawyer; Fayette
County Prosecuting Attorney; member of Ohio
state house of representatives, 1890-94; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Ohio, 1904,
1908,
1912,
1924;
U.S.
Attorney General, 1921-24.
Methodist.
Scotch-Irish
ancestry.
Subject of a Senate investigation
of his conduct
as Attorney General; resigned
under fire; indicted
on charges of conspiracy to defraud
the U.S. government, but acquitted in 1927.
Died in Columbus, Franklin
County, Ohio, October
12, 1941 (age 81 years, 259
days).
Interment at Washington
Cemetery, Washington Court House, Ohio.
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Samuel W. Davies (c.1776-1843) —
of Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio.
Born in England,
about 1776.
Mayor
of Cincinnati, Ohio, 1833-43.
Tried
by the city council in 1842 for mishandling
a bank riot, and found
guilty, but excused due to poor health.
Died December
22, 1843 (age about 67
years).
Burial location unknown.
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Joseph Hamilton Daviess (1774-1811) —
also known as Joe Daviess —
of Danville, Boyle
County, Ky.; Lexington, Fayette
County, Ky.
Born in Bedford
County, Va., March 4,
1774.
Lawyer;
U.S.
Attorney for Kentucky, 1800-06; major in the U.S. Army during the
War of 1812.
Welsh
ancestry. Member, Freemasons.
Around 1801, he served as a second to John
Rowan in his duel
with James Chambers; after Chambers was killed, he fled
to avoid
prosecution as accomplice to murder,
and became a fugitive,
but when Rowan was arrested, he returned to act as Rowan's legal
counsel.
Shot
and killed
in the Battle of Tippecanoe, in what is now Tippecanoe
County, Ind., November
7, 1811 (age 37 years, 248
days).
Interment at Tippecanoe
Battlefield Park, Battle Ground, Ind.
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Angela Yvonne Davis (b. 1944) —
also known as Angela Davis —
Born in Birmingham, Jefferson
County, Ala., January
26, 1944.
Communist. Following a violent escape
attempt at the Marin County (California) Hall of Justice, August
7, 1970, in which several people were killed,
she was implicated
as an accomplice and fled;
later arrested
in New York, tried,
and acquitted in 1972; awarded the Lenin
Peace Prize in 1979; candidate for Vice
President of the United States, 1980, 1984; during the Communist
coup against Mikhail Gorbachev in 1991, she supported Gorbachev, and
subsequently left the Communist Party; university
professor.
Female.
African
ancestry.
Still living as of 2014.
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Benjamin Jefferson Davis Jr. (1903-1964) —
also known as Benjamin J. Davis, Jr.; Ben
Davis —
of Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga.; Harlem, Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Dawson, Terrell
County, Ga., September
8, 1903.
Communist. Lawyer;
candidate for New York
state senate 18th District, 1936; candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York at-large, 1942; candidate for New York
state attorney general, 1946; arrested
in 1948, along with other party leaders, and charged
with advocating
the violent overthrow of the United States; convicted
in 1949, and expelled
from his New York city council seat; served more than three years in
prison.
African
ancestry.
Died, from lung
cancer, in Beth Israel Hospital,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., August
22, 1964 (age 60 years, 349
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Edmund Jackson Davis (1827-1883) —
also known as Edmund J. Davis —
of Texas.
Born in St. Augustine, St. Johns
County, Fla., October
2, 1827.
Republican. District judge in Texas, 1856-61; general in the Union
Army during the Civil War; delegate
to Texas state constitutional convention, 1866; Governor of
Texas, 1870-74; defeated, 1873, 1880; member of Republican
National Committee from Texas, 1872-74; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Texas 10th District, 1882.
After his defeat as Governor, he refused to give up the office, and
barricaded
himself in the state capitol.
Died in Austin, Travis
County, Tex., February
7, 1883 (age 55 years, 128
days).
Interment at Texas
State Cemetery, Austin, Tex.
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George Davis (1820-1896) —
of Wilmington, New
Hanover County, N.C.
Born in Porter's Neck, Pender
County, N.C., March 1,
1820.
Lawyer;
Delegate
from North Carolina to the Confederate Provisional Congress,
1861-62; Senator
from North Carolina in the Confederate Congress, 1862-64; Confederate
Attorney General, 1864-65.
Episcopalian.
At the end of the Civil War, with other Confederate
officials, attempted
to flee overseas, but turned
himself in at Key West, Fla.; spent several months in prison
at Fort Hamilton; pardoned
in 1866.
Died in Wilmington, New Hanover
County, N.C., February
23, 1896 (age 75 years, 359
days).
Interment at Oakdale
Cemetery, Wilmington, N.C.; statue erected 1911 at Third
and Market Streets, Wilmington, N.C.
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Relatives: Son
of Thomas Frederick Davis and Sarah Isabella (Eagles) Davis;
half-brother and fourth cousin of Horatio
Davis; married, November
17, 1842, to Mary Adelaide Polk (first cousin once removed of Frank
Lyon Polk; second cousin once removed of James
Knox Polk and William
Hawkins Polk; third cousin of Marshall
Tate Polk); married, May 9,
1866, to Monimia Fairfax; great-grandnephew of Samuel
Ashe; cousin four different ways of John
Baptista Ashe (1748-1802), John
Baptista Ashe (1810-1857), Thomas
Samuel Ashe and William
Shepperd Ashe; cousin three different ways of Alfred
Moore Waddell; second cousin twice removed of William
Henry Hill. |
| | | 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). |
| | | The World War II Liberty
ship SS George Davis (built 1942 at Wilmington,
North Carolina; scrapped 1960) was named for
him. |
| | | See also Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Jefferson Davis (1862-1913) —
also known as Jeff Davis —
of Little Rock, Pulaski
County, Ark.
Born in Little
River County, Ark., May 6,
1862.
Democrat. Arkansas
state attorney general, 1899-1901; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Arkansas, 1900,
1904
(member, Committee
to Notify Presidential Nominee), 1912;
Governor
of Arkansas, 1901-07; U.S.
Senator from Arkansas, 1907-13; died in office 1913; in December
1907, it was disclosed that he had hired his own
daughters for two positions on his Senate staff; the scandal discredited
him and ended his
influence in the Senate.
Died, from apoplexy,
in Little Rock, Pulaski
County, Ark., January
3, 1913 (age 50 years, 242
days).
Interment at Mt.
Holly Cemetery, Little Rock, Ark.
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Jefferson Finis Davis (1808-1889) —
also known as Jefferson Davis —
of Warrenton, Warren
County, Miss.; Warren
County, Miss.
Born in a log
cabin, Fairview, Christian County (now Todd
County), Ky., June 3,
1808.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the Black Hawk War;
candidate for Mississippi
state house of representatives, 1843; candidate for Presidential
Elector for Mississippi; U.S.
Representative from Mississippi at-large, 1845-46; served in the
U.S. Army during the Mexican War; U.S.
Senator from Mississippi, 1847-51, 1857-61; candidate for Governor of
Mississippi, 1851; U.S.
Secretary of War, 1853-57; President
of the Confederacy, 1861-65.
Captured
by Union
forces in May 1865 and imprisoned
without trial for about two years.
Slaveowner.
Died of bronchitis
and malaria
in New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La., December
6, 1889 (age 81 years, 186
days).
Original interment at Metairie
Cemetery, New Orleans, La.; reinterment in 1893 at Hollywood
Cemetery, Richmond, Va.; memorial monument at Memorial Avenue, Richmond, Va.
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Relatives: Son
of Samuel Emory Davis and Jane (Cook) Davis; married, June 17,
1835, to Sarah Knox Taylor (daughter of Zachary
Taylor and Margaret
Taylor); married, February
25, 1845, to Varina Howell (granddaughter of Richard
Howell); uncle of Mary Bradford (who married Richard
Brodhead); granduncle of Jefferson
Davis Brodhead and Frances Eileen Hutt (who married Thomas
Edmund Dewey). |
| | | Political families: Taylor-Brodhead
family of Easton, Pennsylvania; Davis-Howell-Morgan-Agnew
family of New Orleans and Shreveport, Louisiana (subsets of the
Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | Cross-reference: Jesse
D. Bright — John
H. Reagan — Horace
Greeley — Solomon
Cohen — George
W. Jones — Samuel
A. Roberts — William
T. Sutherlin — Victor
Vifquain — Charles
O'Conor |
| | | Jeff Davis
County, Ga., Jefferson Davis
Parish, La., Jefferson Davis
County, Miss. and Jeff Davis
County, Tex. are named for him. |
| | | The World War II Liberty
ship SS Jefferson Davis (built 1942 at Mobile,
Alabama; scrapped 1961) was named for
him. |
| | | Other politicians named for him: J.
Davis Brodhead
— Jefferson
D. Hostetter
— Jefferson
D. Blount
— Jefferson
Davis Carwile
— Jeff
Davis
— Jefferson
D. Helms
— Jefferson
Davis Wiggins
— Jefferson
Davis Parris
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appeared on Confederate States 50 cent notes in 1861-64.
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biography — Govtrack.us
page — Wikipedia
article — NNDB
dossier — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Books by Jefferson Davis: The
Rise and Fall of the Confederate Government
(1881) |
| | | Books about Jefferson Davis: William J.
Cooper, Jr., Jefferson
Davis, American : A Biography — Varina Davis, Jefferson
Davis : Ex-President of the Confederate States of America : A Memoir
by His Wife — William C. Davis, An
Honorable Defeat: The Last Days of the Confederate
Government — James Ronald Kennedy & Walter Donald
Kennedy, Was
Jefferson Davis Right? — Robert Penn Warren, Jefferson
Davis Gets His Citizenship Back — Herman Hattaway &
Richard E. Beringer, Jefferson
Davis, Confederate President — Felicity Allen, Jefferson
Davis: Unconquerable Heart — Clint Johnson, Pursuit:
The Chase, Capture, Persecution, and Surprising Release of
Confederate President Jefferson Davis |
| | | Image source: Frank Leslie's
Illustrated Newspaper, March 9, 1861 |
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Jonathan McMillan Davis (1871-1943) —
also known as Jonathan M. Davis —
of Bronson, Bourbon
County, Kan.
Born in Bronson, Bourbon
County, Kan., April
27, 1871.
Democrat. Farmer;
member of Kansas
state house of representatives, 1905-13; member of Kansas
state senate, 1913-17; Governor of
Kansas, 1923-25; defeated, 1920, 1924, 1926, 1936 (primary), 1938
(Independent); delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Kansas, 1924
(member, Committee
on Permanent Organization); candidate for Democratic nomination
for President, 1924;
candidate for U.S.
Senator from Kansas, 1930.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; Knights
of Pythias; Eagles;
Moose;
Elks; Kiwanis.
Arrested
the day after his gubernatorial term expired; indicted
twice for bribery;
tried
and acquitted both times.
Died June 27,
1943 (age 72 years, 61
days).
Interment at Bronson
Cemetery, Bronson, Kan.
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Lloyd Davis (c.1915-2001) —
of South Pasadena, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., about 1915.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; lawyer;
superior court judge in California, 1967-70.
Catholic.
Member, Sierra
Club.
On October 26, 1969, he stabbed
his wife, Mary Troja Davis, with a 9-inch butcher knife; she
recovered. Charged
with felony assault to commit murder;
tried
in 1970 and found not guilty by reason of insanity. Years later, he
attributed the incident to a skin cancer drug.
Died in South Pasadena, Los Angeles
County, Calif., December
22, 2001 (age about 86
years).
Burial location unknown.
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Roger Alfred Davis (1889-1967) —
also known as Roger A. Davis —
of Hartly, Kent
County, Del.
Born in Delaware, March 2,
1889.
Grocer;
member of Delaware
state house of representatives from Kent County 4th District,
1931-32, 1953-54; arrested,
in April 1954, by Maryland State Police, on U.S. Route 50, and charged
with drunk
and reckless driving,
as well as disorderly
conduct; jailed
overnight, pleaded
guilty, and fined.
Died in Hartly, Kent
County, Del., December
6, 1967 (age 78 years, 279
days).
Interment at Odd Fellows Cemetery, Camden, Del.
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Scott Winfield Davis —
also known as Scott W. Davis —
of Palo Alto, Santa
Clara County, Calif.
Arrested
in 1996, in Atlanta, Georgia, and charged
with killing
David Coffin and setting
fire to his home; the charges were later dropped for lack of
evidence; Independent candidate for Governor of
California, 2003.
Still living as of 2003.
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John W. Dawson (1820-1877) —
of Fort Wayne, Allen
County, Ind.
Born in Cambridge, Dearborn
County, Ind., October
21, 1820.
Farmer;
lawyer;
newspaper
editor; candidate for Indiana
state house of representatives, 1854; candidate for secretary
of state of Indiana, 1856; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Indiana, 1858; Governor
of Utah Territory, 1861.
In December, 1861, after less than a month as territorial governor,
fled
Utah amid controversy and scandal.
Just east of Salt Lake City, he was attacked
by three men and badly injured.
Died in Indiana, September
10, 1877 (age 56 years, 324
days).
Interment at Lindenwood
Cemetery, Fort Wayne, Ind.
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Jonathan Dayton (1760-1824) —
of Elizabethtown, Essex County (now Elizabeth, Union
County), N.J.
Born in Elizabethtown, Essex County (now Elizabeth, Union
County), N.J., October
16, 1760.
Served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; member
of New
Jersey state house of assembly from Essex County, 1786-87, 1790,
1814-15; Delegate
to Continental Congress from New Jersey, 1787-89; member,
U.S. Constitutional Convention, 1787; U.S.
Representative from New Jersey at-large, 1791-99; Speaker of
the U.S. House, 1795-99; U.S.
Senator from New Jersey, 1799-1805.
Episcopalian.
Member, Society
of the Cincinnati; Freemasons.
Arrested
in 1807 on charges
of conspiring with Aaron
Burr in treasonable
projects; gave bail and was released, but never brought to trial.
Died in Elizabethtown, Essex County (now Elizabeth, Union
County), N.J., October
9, 1824 (age 63 years, 359
days).
Entombed at St.
John's Churchyard, Elizabeth, N.J.
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C. Leon de Aryan —
of San Diego, San Diego
County, Calif.
Candidate for mayor
of San Diego, Calif., 1932.
Charged
with sedition
during World War II; the charges were eventually dropped.
Burial location unknown.
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Eugene Victor Debs (1855-1926) —
also known as Eugene V. Debs —
of Terre Haute, Vigo
County, Ind.
Born in Terre Haute, Vigo
County, Ind., November
5, 1855.
Socialist. Locomotive
fireman on the Terre Haute and Indianapolis Railroad;
secretary-treasurer
of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen in 1880-93; member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1885; founder in
1893 and president
(1893-97) of the American Railway Union; arrested
during a strike
in 1894 and charged
with conspiracy
to commit murder; the charges were dropped, but he was jailed
for six months for contempt
of court; became a Socialist while incarcerated; candidate for President
of the United States, 1900 (Social Democratic), 1904 (Socialist),
1908 (Socialist), 1912 (Socialist), 1920 (Socialist); in 1905, was a
founder
of the Industrial Workers of the World ("Wobblies"), which hoped to
organize all workers in "One Big Union"; convicted
under the Sedition
and Espionage Act for an anti-war
speech he made in 1918, and sentenced
to ten years in federal prison;
released in 1921.
Member, Knights
of Pythias; American Civil
Liberties Union.
Died in Lindlahr Sanitarium,
Elmhurst, DuPage
County, Ill., October
20, 1926 (age 70 years, 349
days).
Interment at Highland
Lawn Cemetery, Terre Haute, Ind.
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Carl F. DeLano (1890-1952) —
of Cooper Township, Kalamazoo
County, Mich.
Born in Cooper Township, Kalamazoo
County, Mich., September
25, 1890.
Republican. Member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Kalamazoo County 2nd
District, 1931-38; defeated in primary, 1928; member of Michigan
state senate 6th District, 1939-45; resigned 1945; charged
on December 6, 1944, along with four other legislators, with accepting
bribes from naturopathic phyisicians; tried in
1945 and convicted;
sentenced
to three to five years in prison;
charged
on July 20, 1946 (along with 18 other legislators) with accepting
bribes to vote against a banking bill, but the entire case
collapsed when the star prosecution witness, Charles
F. Hemans, refused to testify.
Died in 1952
(age about
61 years).
Interment at Cooper
Township Cemetery, Cooper Township, Kalamazoo County, Mich.
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Relatives:
Married 1923 to Irene
Lane. |
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Thomas Dale DeLay (b. 1947) —
also known as Tom DeLay; "The Hammer";
"Hot Tub Tom" —
of Lake Jackson, Brazoria
County, Tex.; Sugar Land, Fort Bend
County, Tex.
Born in Laredo, Webb
County, Tex., April 8,
1947.
Republican. Member of Texas
state house of representatives, 1979-85; U.S.
Representative from Texas 22nd District, 1985-; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Texas, 1988;
indicted
in 2005 on criminal conspiracy and money
laundering charges;
the conspiracy charge was later dismissed; trial pending.
Baptist.
Member, Rotary.
Still living as of 2014.
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Ronald Vernie Dellums (1935-2018) —
also known as Ronald V. Dellums —
of Berkeley, Alameda
County, Calif.; Oakland, Alameda
County, Calif.
Born in Oakland, Alameda
County, Calif., November
24, 1935.
Democrat. Social
worker; U.S.
Representative from California, 1971-98 (7th District 1971-75,
8th District 1975-93, 9th District 1993-98); arrested
during an anti-apartheid
protest outside the South African Embassy
in Washington, 1984; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
California, 1988,
1996,
2008;
mayor
of Oakland, Calif., 2007-11.
Protestant.
African
ancestry. Member, Alpha
Phi Alpha.
Died in Washington,
D.C., July 30,
2018 (age 82 years, 248
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Frank P. Demarest —
of Mont Moor, Rockland
County, N.Y.; West Nyack, Rockland
County, N.Y.
Member of New York
state assembly from Rockland County, 1888-89, 1891, 1900.
Indicted
several times on various
offenses in 1891-03; tried in
1903 and acquitted; indicted
on fraud charges
in 1904; he had presented claims against the Town of Clarkstown for
services he had not provided; tried in
Rockland County and convicted
on November 18, 1904.
Burial location unknown.
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Charles W. Dempster (c.1879-1941) —
of Los Angeles, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie
County, Iowa, about 1879.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Montana
state house of representatives, 1901-02; Supreme Secretary of the
Fraternal Brotherhood, an insurance
union; on February 1, 1917, when he was ousted
by the brotherhood's Supreme Council on grounds of insubordination,
he drew
a revolver and held the council at bay for ten minutes; after
being disarmed by a private detective, he was arrested
for disturbing the peace; candidate for California
state senate 31st District, 1920; member of California
state assembly, 1931-34 (57th District 1931-32, 61st District
1933-34); candidate for mayor
of Los Angeles, Calif., 1932, 1933 (primary).
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Elks; Odd
Fellows; Eagles.
Died in Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., July 20,
1941 (age about 62
years).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to Grace Warner. |
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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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Henry Herman Denhardt (1876-1937) —
also known as Henry H. Denhardt —
of Bowling Green, Warren
County, Ky.
Born in Bowling Green, Warren
County, Ky., March 8,
1876.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War;
served in the U.S. Army during World War I; Lieutenant
Governor of Kentucky, 1923-27; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Kentucky, 1924;
shot
and injured on Election Day 1931.; his girlfriend, Mrs. Verna Garr
Taylor, was found shot to death in November 1936; he was charged
with murder
and tried in
New Castle, Ky.; the jury could not reach a verdict.
Before he could be tried a second time, he was shot and
killed,
at the Armstrong Hotel,
Shelbyville, Shelby
County, Ky., September
20, 1937 (age 61 years, 196
days).
Interment at Fairview
Cemetery, Bowling Green, Ky.
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Edward James Dennis (1877-1930) —
also known as E. J. Dennis —
of Berkeley
County, S.C.
Born in Macbeth, Berkeley
County, S.C., September
23, 1877.
Lawyer;
member of South
Carolina state house of representatives from Berkeley County,
1900-04, 1916-18; member of South
Carolina state senate from Berkeley County, 1904-06, 1910-14,
1918-22, 1926-30; died in office 1930.
Methodist.
Tried
and acquitted in 1929 for conspiracy to violate the alcohol
prohibition law.
Shot
and mortally
wounded by Webster Lee 'Sporty' Thornley, on the street in front
of the post
office in Moncks Corner, S.C., and died the next day in a hospital
at Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C., July 25,
1930 (age 52 years, 305
days). Thornley was tried and convicted of murder; Glenn D.
McKnight, who allegedly hired Thornley to murder Dennis, was tried
and not convicted.
Interment at St.
John's Baptist Churchyard, Pinopolis, S.C.
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Eugene Dennis (1905-1961) —
also known as Francis Xavier Waldron; Tim
Ryan —
Born in Seattle, King
County, Wash., August
10, 1905.
Communist. Union
organizer; fled
to the Soviet Union in 1929 to avoid prosecution;
returned to the U.S. in 1935; General Secretary, Communist Party,
1946-59, and Chairman, 1959-61; arrested
in 1948, along with other party leaders, and charged
with advocating
the violent overthrow of the United States; convicted
in 1949, and sentenced
to five years in prison.
Died, from cancer,
in Mount Sinai Hospital,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., January
31, 1961 (age 55 years, 174
days).
Interment at Forest
Home Cemetery, Forest Park, Ill.
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Harry Shuler Dent (1930-2007) —
also known as Harry S. Dent —
of Columbia, Richland
County, S.C.
Born in St. Matthews, Calhoun
County, S.C., February
21, 1930.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during the Korean conflict; South
Carolina Republican state chair, 1965-68; special counsel and
political advisor to President Richard
M. Nixon; pleaded
guilty in 1974 to a federal campaign
finance violation, and sentenced
to one month probation.
Baptist.
Member, Phi
Alpha Delta; Pi
Kappa Alpha.
Died, from complications of Alzheimer's
disease, in Columbia, Richland
County, S.C., September
28, 2007 (age 77 years, 219
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Hampton N. Dent and Sallie P. Dent; married to Betty
Francis. |
| | | See also NNDB
dossier |
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Carmine G. DeSapio (1908-2004) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., December
10, 1908.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York,
1944,
1948,
1952,
1956;
leader of Tammany Hall, 1949-61; leader of New
York County Democratic Party, 1955; member of Democratic
National Committee from New York, 1957; convicted
in 1969 on Federal bribery
conspiracy charges;
served two years in prison.
Italian
ancestry. Member, Tammany
Hall.
Died, in St. Vincent's Hospital,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., July 27,
2004 (age 95 years, 230
days).
Interment at Calvary
Cemetery, Woodside, Queens, N.Y.
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Samuel Aaron De Witt (1891-1963) —
also known as Samuel A. De Witt; Sam De
Witt —
of Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y.; Queens, Queens
County, N.Y.
Born in 1891.
Socialist. Machinery
dealer; poet; playwright;
member of New York
state assembly from Bronx County 3rd District, 1920; expelled
1920; resigned 1920; defeated, 1920 (Bronx County 3rd District), 1924
(Bronx County 7th District), 1926 (Bronx County 7th District), 1927
(Bronx County 3rd District), 1929 (Bronx County 3rd District), 1932
(Queens County 4th District), 1933 (Queens County 4th District);
candidate for borough
president of Bronx, New York, 1925; candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York, 1928 (22nd District), 1934 (2nd
District), 1935 (2nd District), 1936 (2nd District).
Expelled
from the New York State Assembly over alleged disloyalty,
along with the other four Socialist members, April 1, 1920;
re-elected to the same seat in a special election, but resigned in
protest when three other Socialist members were expelled again.
Died in Yonkers, Westchester
County, N.Y., January
22, 1963 (age about 71
years).
Burial location unknown.
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Lorenzo de Zavala (1788-1836) —
also known as Manuel Lorenzo Justiniano de Zavala y
Sáenz —
of Mérida, Yucatan;
La Porte, Harris
County, Tex.
Born in Tecoh, Yucatan,
October
3, 1788.
Active in politics in Mexico, 1812-34; imprisoned
in 1814-17 by Mexican authorities over his advocacy
of democratic reforms; delegate
to Texas Consultation of 1835 from District of Harrisburg, 1835;
delegate
to Texas Republic Republic constitutional convention from
District of Harrisburg, 1836; signer,
Texas Declaration of Independence, 1836; Vice
President of the Texas Republic, 1836.
Died, of pneumonia,
November
15, 1836 (age 48 years, 43
days).
Interment at de
Zavala Family Cemetery, La Porte, Tex.
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Relatives: Son
of Anastasio de Zavala=y=Velázquez and Maria Bárbara
Sáenz=y=Castro; married 1807 to Teresa
Correa=y=Correa; married, November
12, 1831, to Emily West. |
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Tex. is named for him. |
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Almar F. Dickson (1846-1915) —
of Edgartown, Martha's Vineyard, Dukes
County, Mass.; East Haddam, Middlesex
County, Conn.
Born in East Haddam, Middlesex
County, Conn., January
20, 1846.
Democrat. On August 1, 1874, in Oak Bluffs, Massachusetts, in
response to the suspected
seduction of his wife and her two sisters, he and his
brother-in-law Caleb Smith were among a group of five men who, at
midnight during a storm, attempted to kidnap at
gunpoint Samuel K. Elliot, one of the supposed perpetrators, so
they could tar and
feather him; Elliot successfully defended himself from the group,
and during the affray, Caleb Smith was shot dead; Elliot was ruled to
have acted in self-defense, and denied any improper relations with
the women; the scandal
was widely publicized in the press; Dickson and his wife were
divorced soon after; U.S. Consul in Gaspé Basin, 1887-1908; candidate for Connecticut
state house of representatives from East Haddam, 1910, 1912.
Died in Hartford, Hartford
County, Conn., April
17, 1915 (age 69 years, 87
days).
Interment at Moodus Cemetery, Moodus, East Haddam, Conn.
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Samuel Dickstein (1885-1954) —
also known as "Crook" —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born near Vilna, Lithuania,
February
5, 1885.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from New York County 4th District, 1919-22; U.S.
Representative from New York, 1923-45 (12th District 1923-45,
19th District 1945); Justice of
New York Supreme Court 1st District, 1945-53.
Jewish.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
B'nai
B'rith; Knights
of Pythias; Elks; American Bar
Association; Veterans of
Foreign Wars.
According to old Russian records found in
the mid-1990s, he was a paid
agent of the Soviet intelligence service while in Congress, and
received some $12,000 in 1937-40 under the Soviet code-name "Crook".
Died, in Beth Israel Hospital,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., April
22, 1954 (age 69 years, 76
days).
Interment at Union
Field Cemetery, Ridgewood, Queens, N.Y.
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S. Samuel DiFalco (1906-1978) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Italy,
July
26, 1906.
Democrat. Lawyer;
candidate for New York
state assembly, 1935; Justice of
New York Supreme Court 1st District, 1949-56; New
York County Surrogate, 1957-76.
Italian
ancestry. Member, Tammany
Hall.
Indicted
in May 1976, along with Justice Irving
Saypol, on official
misconduct charges,
in connection with an alleged scheme to obtain appraisal and auction
commissions for Saypol's son; the charges were later dismissed. Indicted
in February 1978 for criminal
contempt, in connection with his statements to a grand jury, but
died before trial.
Died, from a heart
attack, while dining
with friends at the Columbus Club, Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., June 28,
1978 (age 71 years, 337
days).
Interment at Gate
of Heaven Cemetery, Hawthorne, N.Y.
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Charles Coles Diggs Sr. (1894-1967) —
also known as Charles C. Diggs, Sr. —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Tallula, Issaquena
County, Miss., January
2, 1894.
Mortician;
member of Michigan
state senate 3rd District, 1937-44; defeated in Democratic
primary, 1944; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Michigan, 1940;
charged
on January 22, 1944 (along with 19 other current and former state
legislators) with accepting
bribes; tried,
convicted,
and sentenced
to 3-5 years in prison;
charged
in a different bribery
case in 1945; tried
and convicted;
charged
again on July 20, 1946 (along with 18 other legislators) with accepting
bribes to vote against a banking bill, but the entire case
collapsed when the star prosecution witness, Charles
F. Hemans, refused to testify; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Michigan 1st District, 1948 (Republican
primary), 1952 (Democratic primary).
African
ancestry. Member, Elks.
Died in 1967
(age about
73 years).
Interment at Detroit
Memorial Park East, Warren, Mich.
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Charles Coles Diggs Jr. (1922-1998) —
also known as Charles C. Diggs, Jr. —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., December
2, 1922.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; mortician;
member of Michigan
state senate 3rd District, 1951-54; U.S.
Representative from Michigan 13th District, 1955-80; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Michigan, 1956,
1960,
1964,
1968,
1976
(alternate); candidate for Presidential Elector for Michigan.
Baptist.
African
ancestry. Member, Elks; Freemasons;
American
Legion.
First
chairman of the Congressional Black Caucus; charged
in March 1978 with taking kickbacks
from staff whose salaries he raised; convicted,
October 7, 1978, on eleven counts of mail fraud and filing false
payroll forms; insisted he had done nothing wrong, and was re-elected
while awaiting sentencing; censured
by the House on July 31, 1979; sentenced
to three years in prison
and served 14 months.
Died, of a stroke,
at Greater Southwest Community Hospital,
Washington,
D.C., August
24, 1998 (age 75 years, 265
days).
Interment at Detroit
Memorial Park East, Warren, Mich.
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Sheila Ann Dixon (b. 1953) —
also known as Sheila Dixon; Sheila
Dixon-Smith —
of Baltimore,
Md.
Born in Baltimore,
Md., December
27, 1953.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Maryland,
1988,
2004,
2008
(member, Credentials
Committee); mayor
of Baltimore, Md., 2007-10; resigned 2010.
Female.
African
Methodist Episcopal. African
ancestry.
Indicted
in January 2009, on perjury
theft,
and misconduct
charges,
over secretly
accepting more than $20,000 worth of gifts from developers doing
business with the city, and for using gift cards intended for needy
families to buy furs
and other expensive items for herself; the charges were dismissed in
May, but she was reindicted
in July; tried in
fall 2009; convicted
on one count of embezzlement,
and acquitted on other charges; pleaded
guilty to perjury,
and resigned
as mayor, as part of a plea
agreement.
Still living as of 2010.
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Relatives:
Daughter of Philip Dixon, Sr. and Winona Dixon. |
| | | See also Wikipedia
article |
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Farrell Dobbs (1907-1983) —
of Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn.; New York.
Born in Queen City, Schuyler
County, Mo., July 25,
1907.
Socialist. Truck
driver; became involved with a militant Teamsters Union local in
Minneapolis in the 1930s, and helped lead a
general strike; joined the Socialist Workers Party in 1939; convicted
in 1941 of treason
under the anti-Communist Smith
Act, and served one year in prison;
Socialist Workers candidate for President
of the United States, 1948, 1952, 1956, 1960; national secretary
of the Socialist Workers Party, 1953-72; historian.
Member, Teamsters
Union.
Died in Pinole, Contra
Costa County, Calif., October
31, 1983 (age 76 years, 98
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Isaac T. Dobbs. |
| | | See also Wikipedia
article |
| | | Image source: The Militant, July 2,
1956 |
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Thomas Joseph Dodd (1907-1971) —
also known as Thomas J. Dodd —
of Lebanon, New London
County, Conn.; West Hartford, Hartford
County, Conn.; North Stonington, New London
County, Conn.
Born in Norwich, New London
County, Conn., May 15,
1907.
Democrat. FBI
special agent; lawyer;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Connecticut, 1948,
1952,
1956,
1960,
1968;
U.S.
Representative from Connecticut 1st District, 1953-57; U.S.
Senator from Connecticut, 1959-71; defeated, 1956, 1970 (Dodd
Independent).
Catholic.
Member, American Bar
Association; Elks; Knights
of Columbus.
Censured
by the Senate on June 23, 1967 for financial improprieties, having diverted
some $116,000 in campaign and testimonial funds to his own use.
Died of a heart
attack, in Old Lyme, New London
County, Conn., May 24,
1971 (age 64 years, 9
days).
Interment at St.
Michael's New Cemetery, Pawcatuck, Stonington, Conn.
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John Charles Doerfer (1904-1992) —
also known as John C. Doerfer —
of West Allis, Milwaukee
County, Wis.; Miami, Miami-Dade
County, Fla.; Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.
Born in Milwaukee, Milwaukee
County, Wis., November
30, 1904.
Republican. Lawyer;
member, Federal Communications Commission, 1953-60; chair, Federal
Communications Commission, 1957-60; in 1960, he spent a week-long
Florida vacation on the yacht Lazy Girl, owned by his friend
George B. Storer, president of Storer Broadcasting; as a result, he
was accused of conflict
of interest and forced to
resign.
Died in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., June 5,
1992 (age 87 years, 188
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Edward Laurence Doheny (1856-1935) —
also known as Edward L. Doheny —
of Los Angeles, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Fond du Lac, Fond du Lac
County, Wis., August
10, 1856.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from California,
1920;
candidate for Democratic nomination for Vice President, 1920.
Indicted
in 1924 on federal bribery
and conspiracy charges;
he had given $100,000 to Secretary of the Interior Albert
B. Fall, and soon after received a valuable contract to develop
the Elk Hills Naval Petroleum Reserve in California. Though Fall was
convicted of taking a bribe, Doheny was found not guilty.
Died September
8, 1935 (age 79 years, 29
days).
Entombed in mausoleum at Calvary
Cemetery, Los Angeles, Calif.
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Stanley J. Dombrowski (1901-1977) —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., May 7,
1901.
Democrat. Member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Wayne County 1st District,
1935-44; defeated in primary, 1950; in 1943, he repudiated grand jury
testimony about being bribed,
pleaded
guilty to perjury,
and was sentenced
to prison;
charged
on January 22, 1944 (along with 19 other current and former state
legislators) with accepting
bribes; tried,
convicted,
and sentenced
to 3-5 years in prison.
Died in 1977
(age about
76 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Raymond James Donovan (1930-2021) —
also known as Raymond J. Donovan —
of Short Hills, Essex
County, N.J.
Born in Bayonne, Hudson
County, N.J., August
31, 1930.
Insurance
business; construction
executive; U.S.
Secretary of Labor, 1981-85; in 1982, he was investigated
by a federal special prosecutor over allegations of links to organized
crime figures, but insufficient evidence was found for any
prosecution; indicted
in 1984 over alleged fraud on
a subway construction project in the Bronx, New York City; resigned
from the Cabinet; tried in
1987 and found not guilty; following his acquittal, he famously
asked, "Which office do I go to, to get my reputation back?".
Catholic.
Died, from congestive
heart failure, in New Vernon, Morris
County, N.J., June 2,
2021 (age 90 years, 275
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of David Donovan and Eleanor Donovan; married 1957 to
Catherine Sblendorio. |
| | | See also NNDB
dossier |
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Stephen Wallace Dorsey (1842-1916) —
also known as Stephen W. Dorsey —
of Helena (now part of Helena-West Helena), Phillips
County, Ark.; Little Rock, Pulaski
County, Ark.; Los Angeles, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Benson, Rutland
County, Vt., February
28, 1842.
Republican. U.S.
Senator from Arkansas, 1873-79; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Arkansas, 1876,
1880.
Indicted
in 1881 for his participation in the Star Route frauds
against the U.S. Post Office Department; tried
twice in 1882-83 and ultimately acquitted.
Died March
20, 1916 (age 74 years, 21
days).
Interment at Fairmount
Cemetery, Denver, Colo.
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James Kemp Doughton Sr. (1884-1973) —
of Sparta, Alleghany
County, N.C.
Born in Alleghany
County, N.C., May 18,
1884.
Banker;
farmer;
member of North
Carolina state house of representatives, 1948-57; Speaker of
the North Carolina State House of Representatives, 1951-57.
Methodist.
Indicted
for bank
fraud in 1928; tried
and acquitted.
Died, of pneumonia,
in a hospital
at Sparta, Alleghany
County, N.C., March
17, 1973 (age 88 years, 303
days).
Interment at Shiloh
Methodist Church Cemetery, Sparta, N.C.
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Paul Louis Douglas (b. 1927) —
also known as Paul L. Douglas —
of Lincoln, Lancaster
County, Neb.
Born in Sioux Falls, Minnehaha
County, S.Dak., September
19, 1927.
Lancaster
County Attorney, 1960-74; Nebraska
state attorney general, 1975-84.
Eastern
Orthodox.
Impeached
by the Legislature in 1984 over his conduct
in office and dealings with an officer of a failed savings and
loan; acquitted by the state supreme court. Convicted
of perjury
in December, 1984 and resigned
as Attorney General, but the conviction was later overturned.
Still living as of 1984.
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Edward J. Dowling (b. 1875) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., December
8, 1875.
Democrat. Lawyer;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1916;
member of New York
state senate 19th District, 1917-20; defeated, 1920.
Pleaded
guilty in 1934 for embezzling
$20,000 in Liberty bonds from an estate he represented as attorney;
made restitution,
resigned
his law license, and received a suspended sentence.
Burial location unknown.
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David Dows (1885-1966) —
also known as "Big Dave" —
of Locust Valley, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y.; Bradley, Greenwood
County, S.C.
Born in Irvington, Westchester
County, N.Y., August
12, 1885.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; worked in iron and steel
mills; supervised construction
of steel
mills overseas; studied foreign industries as representative of a
steamship
line; horse
breeder; bank
director; Nassau
County Sheriff, 1932-34; delegate to Republican National
Convention from New York, 1944;
member, New York State Racing Commission, 1944-49; delegate to
Republican National Convention from South Carolina, 1956;
South
Carolina Republican state chair, 1956-58; candidate for
Presidential Elector for South Carolina.
Convicted
of assault
in 1913, over his treatment of a New York Times reporter who was
attempting to interview him.
Died in Hot Springs, Bath
County, Va., August
13, 1966 (age 81 years, 1
days).
Interment at Sleepy
Hollow Cemetery, Sleepy Hollow, N.Y.
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Anthony Dreier —
of Nanticoke, Luzerne
County, Pa.
Mayor
of Nanticoke, Pa., 1953; convicted
in 1953 on charges of soliciting
and accepting a bribe for a police appointment.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Robert Jerry Dryfoos (1942-2006) —
also known as Robert J. Dryfoos —
of Forest Hills, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born August
11, 1942.
Democrat. Lawyer;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1972,
1980,
1988;
chief counsel for New York Lt. Gov. Mary
Ann Krupsak, 1975; member, New York City Council, 1980-91;
retired from office while under
investigation over alleged campaign
finance and federal
tax violations, but no charges were filed; lobbyist.
Jewish.
Member, Americans
for Democratic Action; American
Jewish Committee.
Died, from complications of a head
injury, in New York-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill
Cornell Medical
Center, Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., March 2,
2006 (age 63 years, 203
days).
Burial location unknown.
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William Edward Burghardt Du Bois (1868-1963) —
also known as W. E. B. Du Bois —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Accra, Ghana.
Born in Great Barrington, Berkshire
County, Mass., February
23, 1868.
College
professor; sociologist;
historian;
civil rights leader; Pan-Africanist; one of the founders of the
NAACP; received the Spingarn
Medal in 1920; member of New York American Labor Party Executive
Committee, 1949; American Labor candidate for U.S.
Senator from New York, 1950; in 1951, he and four other leaders
of the Peace Information Center, which was alleged
to be acting on behalf of the Soviet Union, were indicted
for their failure to register as foreign
agents; the case was dismissed in 1952, but his passport was
withheld until 1958; awarded the Lenin
Peace Prize in 1959.
African
ancestry. Member, NAACP.
In 1895, he was the first
African-American to receive a Ph.D. from Harvard University.
Died in Accra, Ghana,
August
27, 1963 (age 95 years, 185
days).
Entombed at Du Bois Memorial Centre, Accra, Ghana.
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William Duer (1747-1799) —
also known as "Philo-Publius" —
of New
York County, N.Y.
Born in Devon, England,
March
18, 1747.
Planter;
timber and
lumber merchant; delegate
to New York state constitutional convention, 1776; member of New York
state senate Eastern District, 1777; Delegate
to Continental Congress from New York, 1777; member of New York
state assembly from New York County, 1785-86; went bankrupt as a
result of the Panic of 1792, and was imprisoned
for debt.
Died, in debtor's
prison, New York, New York
County, N.Y., April
18, 1799 (age 52 years, 31
days).
Originally entombed at Old
St. Thomas Church, Manhattan, N.Y.; reinterment at Trinity
Cemetery, Manhattan, N.Y.
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William Ewing Duffield (1922-2001) —
also known as William E. Duffield —
of Pennsylvania.
Born in Cherry Tree, Indiana
County, Pa., January
7, 1922.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; served in the
U.S. Army during the Korean conflict; lawyer;
member of Pennsylvania
state senate 32nd District, 1971-78.
Presbyterian.
Member, Veterans of
Foreign Wars; American
Legion; Freemasons;
Elks.
Disbarred
in 1975 for mishandling
cases and client funds; reinstated to the bar in 1978. Convicted
in 1980 on 11 federal counts of mail fraud and one count of perjury;
served six months in federal prison.
Disbarred
again in 1994 for mishandling
a murder case.
Died, of cancer
and strokes,
in Uniontown Hospital,
Uniontown, Fayette
County, Pa., January
14, 2001 (age 79 years, 7
days).
Interment at Sylvan
Heights Cemetery, Oliver, Pa.
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Victor Hugo Duras —
also known as Victor H. Duras —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Nebraska.
Republican. Candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York, 1908 (12th District), 1910 (14th
District); alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from
New York, 1912;
U.S. Vice & Deputy Consul in Liège, 1913-14; U.S. Vice Consul in Petrograd, 1914-15; arrested
in August, 1916, in Russia, on suspicion
of being a German spy;
freed in 1917.
Burial location unknown.
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David Ferdinand Durenberger (b. 1934) —
also known as David F. Durenberger —
of South St. Paul, Dakota
County, Minn.; Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn.
Born in St. Cloud, Stearns
County, Minn., August
19, 1934.
Republican. Lawyer;
executive secretary to Gov. Harold
LeVander, 1967; U.S.
Senator from Minnesota, 1978-95.
Catholic.
Member, Jaycees;
Knights
of Columbus; Elks; Lions.
Investigated
in 1990 by the Senate Select Committee on Ethics over allegations
that he had broken rules restricting Senators' outside income, in
particular by laundering
about $100,000 in speaking fees into book royalties. Denounced
by unanimous vote of the Senate in July 1990 for bringing
"dishonor and disrepute" to the body. Subsequently he was
disbarred;
in 1995 he pleaded
guilty to five misdemeanor counts of misusing
his congressional expense account.
Still living as of 2014.
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John L. Duvall (1874-1962) —
of Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind.
Born in Tazewell
County, Ill., November
29, 1874.
Republican. Mayor
of Indianapolis, Ind., 1926-27; resigned 1927.
Convicted
in 1927 of violating the state corrupt practices act by taking
bribes from Ku Klux
Klan leader D. C. Stephenson; sentenced
to 30 days in jail, fined
$1,000, and forced to
resign as mayor.
Died February
25, 1962 (age 87 years, 88
days).
Interment at Crown
Hill Cemetery, Indianapolis, Ind.
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James J. Dworak (b. 1935) —
of Omaha, Douglas
County, Neb.
Born January
4, 1935.
Democrat. Undertaker;
mayor
of Omaha, Neb., 1961-65; defeated, 1965; indicted
on December 16, 1964, on charges
of seeking thousands of dollars in bribes
in connection with a rezoning request; tried in
1966 and acquitted.
Still living as of 1997.
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Robert Budd Dwyer (1939-1987) —
also known as R. Budd Dwyer —
of Pennsylvania.
Born in St. Charles, St. Charles
County, Mo., November
21, 1939.
Republican. Member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 1965-70; member of Pennsylvania
state senate 50th District, 1971-81; resigned 1981; Pennsylvania
state treasurer, 1981-87; died in office 1987.
Baptist.
Member, National
Education Association; Eagles;
Theta
Chi; Jaycees.
Convicted
in December 1986 of bribery
and conspiracy in federal court.
About to be sentenced,
and widely expected to resign from office, he called a press
conference; there, in front of spectators and television cameras,
he insisted he was not guilty, and then shot and
killed
himself, in Harrisburg, Dauphin
County, Pa., January
22, 1987 (age 47 years, 62
days).
Interment at Blooming
Valley Cemetery, Blooming Valley, Pa.
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John Hugh Dyer Jr. —
also known as Buddy Dyer —
of Orlando, Orange
County, Fla.
Born in Orlando, Orange
County, Fla.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Florida
state senate, 1993-2003; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Florida, 1996,
2004,
2008;
candidate for Florida
state attorney general, 2002; mayor
of Orlando, Fla., 2003-05, 2005-; indicted
March 10, 2005, for illegally paying
a campaign worker to collect
absentee ballots in the 2004 mayoral election; suspended
from office as mayor; on April 20, the charges were dropped, and he
was reinstated; candidate for Presidential Elector for Florida.
Member, Order of
the Coif; Phi
Delta Phi.
Still living as of 2012.
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