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Sol Wachtler —
of Manhasset, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y.
Judge
of New York Court of Appeals, 1972; chief
judge of New York Court of Appeals, 1985-93.
In 1993, he was sentenced
to 15 months in prison
for extortion
in connection with his harassment
of an ex-lover.
Still living as of 1993.
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Alfred Moore Waddell (1834-1912) —
also known as Alfred M. Waddell —
of Wilmington, New
Hanover County, N.C.
Born in Hillsborough, Orange
County, N.C., September
16, 1834.
Democrat. Lawyer; newspaper
editor and publisher; colonel in the Confederate Army during the
Civil War; U.S.
Representative from North Carolina 3rd District, 1871-79;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from North Carolina, 1880
(member, Resolutions
Committee), 1896;
notorious
leader of the overthrow of Wilmington's elected city government by white
supremacists on November 10, 1898; forced the incumbent mayor to
resign at gunpoint, and took his place; the offices of the Wilmington
Daily Record newspaper were burned,
and as many as 300 Black citizens of Wilmington were murdered;
mayor
of Wilmington, N.C., 1898-1906.
Died in Wilmington, New Hanover
County, N.C., March
17, 1912 (age 77 years, 183
days).
Interment at Oakdale
Cemetery, Wilmington, N.C.
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Joe David Waggonner Jr. (1918-2007) —
also known as Joe Waggonner, Jr. —
of Plain Dealing, Bossier
Parish, La.
Born near Plain Dealing, Bossier
Parish, La., September
7, 1918.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; served in the
U.S. Navy during the Korean conflict; wholesale petroleum
products distribution business; member, Louisiana state board of
education, 1960-61; U.S.
Representative from Louisiana 4th District, 1961-79.
Methodist.
Member, American
Legion; Forty and
Eight; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Elks; Lions; Kappa
Sigma.
Arrested
in Washington, D.C., 1976, for soliciting
a policewoman posing as a prostitute.
Died in Shreveport, Caddo
Parish, La., October
7, 2007 (age 89 years, 30
days).
Interment at Plain
Dealing Cemetery, Plain Dealing, La.
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James Valentine Wagner (1848-1903) —
also known as James V. Wagner —
of Baltimore,
Md.
Born in Baltimore,
Md., November
8, 1848.
Cashier, National Marine Bank; Honorary
Consul for Nicaragua in Baltimore,
Md., 1891-96; Honorary
Consul for Venezuela in Baltimore,
Md., 1901-03.
Died, from pneumonia,
in Baltimore,
Md., January
31, 1903 (age 54 years, 84
days). Following his death, it was discovered
that he had embezzled
about $30,000 from the bank.
Interment at Green
Mount Cemetery, Baltimore, Md.
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Louis Waldman (1892-1982) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Yancherudnia, Russia (now Ukraine),
January
5, 1892.
Socialist. Civil
engineer; lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from New York County 8th District, 1918, 1920;
expelled 1920, 1920; defeated, 1920; candidate for New York
state senate 14th District, 1922; candidate for New York
state attorney general, 1924; candidate for Justice of
New York Supreme Court 2nd District, 1927 (Socialist), 1937
(American Labor); candidate for Governor of
New York, 1928, 1930, 1932; delegate
to New York convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933.
Jewish
and Ukrainian
ancestry.
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, and expelled
again on September 21.
Suffered a severe stroke,
and died four years later, in the Jewish Home
and Hospital for the Aged, Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., September
12, 1982 (age 90 years, 250
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Dublin J. Walker (born c.1837) —
of Chester
County, S.C.
Born in South Carolina, about 1837.
Republican. Chester
County School Commissioner, 1870-74; member of South
Carolina state senate from Chester County, 1874-77; indicted
in 1875 for issuing fraudulent
teacher pay certificates; convicted
in September 1875; sentenced
to 12 months in prison; Gov. Daniel
H. Chamberlain commuted his sentence, then granted him a full
pardon; arrested
in April 1877 on the same charge, and resigned
from the Senate.
African
ancestry.
Burial location unknown.
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James John Joseph Walker (1881-1946) —
also known as James J. Walker; Jimmy Walker;
"Beau James"; "The Night
Mayor" —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., June 19,
1881.
Democrat. Lawyer; songwriter;
member of New York
state assembly from New York County 5th District, 1910-14; member
of New
York state senate, 1915-25 (13th District 1915-18, 12th District
1919-25); resigned 1925; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from New York, 1924,
1928
(member, Committee
on Rules and Order of Business), 1932;
mayor
of New York City, N.Y., 1926-32; resigned 1932.
Catholic.
Irish
ancestry. Member, Elks.
Resigned
as mayor during an investigation
of corruption in his administration.
Died in New York, New York
County, N.Y., November
18, 1946 (age 65 years, 152
days).
Interment at Gate
of Heaven Cemetery, Hawthorne, N.Y.
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John Lewis Waller (1850-1907) —
also known as John L. Waller —
of Topeka, Shawnee
County, Kan.; Wyandotte (now part of Kansas City), Wyandotte
County, Kan.; Yonkers, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born in slavery
in New
Madrid County, Mo., January
12, 1850.
Republican. Barber; lawyer;
candidate for Presidential Elector for Kansas; U.S. Consul in Tamatave, 1891-93; in March 1895, during France's military
takeover of Madagascar from the Hova monarchy, he was arrested
by French forces and tried in
a French military court, purportedly for the offense of corresponding
with (or spying
for) the Hovas, but more likely because the Queen of the Hovas had
granted him 2.5 square miles, rich with rubber and mahogany trees; sentenced
to twenty years in a French prison; his case became an international
cause celebre, and the U.S. government protested his imprisonment;
ultimately pardoned
in February 1896 by French president Félix Faure, and freed
after ten months in prison, in exchange for U.S. acquiesance to
French rule over Madagascar; served in the U.S. Army during the
Spanish-American War; newspaper
editor.
Died, from pneumonia,
in Yonkers, Westchester
County, N.Y., October
13, 1907 (age 57 years, 274
days).
Interment at Oakland
Cemetery, Yonkers, N.Y.
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Edward John Walsh (1904-1975) —
also known as Edward J. Walsh —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., October
22, 1904.
Democrat. Automobile
worker; constable; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Wayne County 1st District,
1933-44; removed 1944; 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
on December 6, 1944 (along with four other legislators) with accepting
bribes from naturopathic physicians; tried in
1945, but the jury was unable to reach a verdict; retried
and convicted;
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 1975
(age about
70 years).
Burial location unknown.
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John Edward Walsh (b. 1960) —
also known as John E. Walsh —
Born in Butte, Silver Bow
County, Mont., November
3, 1960.
Democrat. Lieutenant
Governor of Montana, 2013-14; U.S.
Senator from Montana, 2014-15; appointed 2014; in 2014, allegations
that he had plagiarized
part of a research paper led him to drop out
of the race for U.S. Senator, and the revocation
of his Master's degree.
Still living as of 2015.
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Michael Walsh (1810-1859) —
also known as Mike Walsh —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Youghal, County Cork, Ireland,
May
4, 1810.
Democrat. Convicted
about 1845 for publication of a libel;
member of New York
state assembly, 1847-48, 1852 (New York County 1847, New York
County 12th District 1848, 1852); U.S.
Representative from New York 4th District, 1853-55.
Died in New York, New York
County, N.Y., March
17, 1859 (age 48 years, 317
days).
Interment at Green-Wood
Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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David Lee Walters (b. 1951) —
also known as David Walters —
of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
County, Okla.
Born in Canute, Washita
County, Okla., November
20, 1951.
Democrat. Governor of
Oklahoma, 1991-95; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Oklahoma, 2002; member, Rules Committee, Democratic National
Convention, 2008.
While Governor, pleaded
guilty to a misdemeanor election
law violation.
Still living as of 2014.
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John Calloway Walton (1881-1949) —
also known as Jack C. Walton; "Rarin'
Jack" —
of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
County, Okla.
Born near Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind., March 6,
1881.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; engineer;
mayor
of Oklahoma City, Okla., 1919-23; Governor of
Oklahoma, 1923; impeached
and removed from
office as Governor, 1923; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Oklahoma, 1924.
Died in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
County, Okla., November
25, 1949 (age 68 years, 264
days).
Interment at Rose
Hill Burial Park, Oklahoma City, Okla.
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Henry Clay Warmoth (1842-1931) —
also known as Henry C. Warmoth —
of Lawrence, Plaquemines
Parish, La.
Born in McLeansboro, Hamilton
County, Ill., May 9,
1842.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from
Louisiana, 1868,
1880,
1888,
1896
(member, Resolutions
Committee), 1900,
1908,
1912;
Governor
of Louisiana, 1868-72; U.S. Collector of
Customs, 1888-92.
Episcopalian.
Impeached
as Governor in 1872 during election contest over successor.
Died in New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La., September
30, 1931 (age 89 years, 144
days).
Interment at Metairie
Cemetery, New Orleans, La.
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Marvin Leon Warner (1919-2002) —
also known as Marvin L. Warner —
of Ohio.
Born in Birmingham, Jefferson
County, Ala., 1919.
Major in the U.S. Army during World War II; U.S. Ambassador to Switzerland, 1977-79.
One of 13 part-owners of the New York Yankees baseball
team in 1973-75, and was also part owner of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers
and Birmingham Stallions football
teams. Horses he owned or bred competed in the Kentucky Derby. His
first wife later married Albert Sabin, inventor of the oral polio
vaccine. Head of the Cincinnati-based Home State Savings Bank when it
collapsed in 1985, touching off a run on other Ohio banks. Convicted
on fraud
charges in 1987 and served 28 months in prison.
Also charged
in federal court, but acquitted.
On a visit to witness a launch of the space shuttle Atlantis,
suffered a heart
attack and died, at Cape Canaveral, Brevard
County, Fla., April 8,
2002 (age about 82
years).
Interment at Lakeside
Cemetery, Miami, Fla.
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Thomas Edward Watson (1856-1922) —
also known as Thomas E. Watson —
of Thomson, McDuffie
County, Ga.
Born in Columbia
County, Ga., September
5, 1856.
Lawyer;
member of Georgia
state house of representatives, 1882-83; candidate for
Presidential Elector for Georgia; U.S.
Representative from Georgia 10th District, 1891-93; Populist
candidate for Vice
President of the United States, 1896; Populist candidate for President
of the United States, 1904, 1908; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Georgia, 1912;
controversial for his writings attacking
the Catholic Church; arrested
in 1912 on obscenity
charges
over three chapters in his book The Catholic Hierarchy; tried
and acquitted in 1916; U.S.
Senator from Georgia, 1921-22; died in office 1922.
Died September
26, 1922 (age 66 years, 21
days).
Interment at Thomson
Cemetery, Thomson, Ga.
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Thomas Hill Watts (1819-1892) —
also known as Thomas H. Watts —
of Alabama.
Born near Greenville, Butler
County, Ala., January
3, 1819.
Lawyer;
member of Alabama
state house of representatives, 1842-45, 1880-81; member of Alabama
state senate, 1847-53; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Alabama 1st District, 1855; delegate
to Alabama secession convention, 1861; colonel in the Confederate
Army during the Civil War; Confederate
Attorney General, 1862-63; Governor of
Alabama, 1863-65; arrested
by Union
forces in Union Springs, Alabama, in May 1865; imprisoned
for a few weeks.
Baptist.
Slaveowner.
Died in Montgomery, Montgomery
County, Ala., September
16, 1892 (age 73 years, 257
days).
Interment at Oakwood
Cemetery, Montgomery, Ala.
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William L. Webster (b. 1953) —
of Jasper
County, Mo.
Born September
17, 1953.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Missouri
state house of representatives, 1981-84; Missouri
state attorney general, 1985-93; candidate for Governor of
Missouri, 1992.
Member, American Bar
Association.
Pleaded
guilty in 1993 to embezzlement
and conspiracy, and sentenced
to two years in prison.
Still living as of 1993.
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Edmund C. Weeks (1829-1907) —
of Tallahassee, Leon
County, Fla.
Born in Massachusetts, March
10, 1829.
Republican. Major in the Union Army during the Civil War; court-martialed
in 1864, charged
with killing
a sentry, conduct
unbecoming an officer, and conduct
prejudicial to order and discipline; the trial lasted 53 days;
witnesses against him were reported to be "rebel
refugees and deserters"; the military court found him not guilty
on all charges; Lieutenant
Governor of Florida, 1870; Leon
County Sheriff, 1873-74; member of Florida
state house of representatives, 1877, 1885; postmaster at Tallahassee,
Fla., 1890; U.S. Marshall for Northern District of Florida; U.S.
Surveyor-General for Florida, 1902-05.
Died in Tallahassee, Leon
County, Fla., April
12, 1907 (age 78 years, 33
days).
Interment at Old
City Cemetery, Tallahassee, Fla.
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Caspar Willard Weinberger (1917-2006) —
also known as Caspar W. Weinberger; Cap Weinberger;
"Cap the Knife" —
of San
Francisco, Calif.; Hillsborough, San Mateo
County, Calif.
Born in San
Francisco, Calif., August
18, 1917.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; member of California
state assembly, 1953-56; delegate to Republican National
Convention from California, 1956
(alternate), 1960
(member, Committee
on Rules and Order of Business); California
Republican state chair, 1964; member, Federal Trade Commission,
1969-70; chair, Federal Trade Commission, 1970; chair, Federal Trade
Commission; director, U.S. Office of Management and Budget; U.S.
Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare, 1973-75; U.S.
Secretary of Defense, 1981-87.
Episcopalian.
Jewish
ancestry. Member, Phi
Beta Kappa.
Received the Presidential
Medal of Freedom in 1987. To forestall any prosecution
for alleged misdeeds in connection with the Iran-Contra affair, he
was pardoned
by President George
Bush in 1992.
Died, of kidney
ailments and pneumonia,
in Eastern Maine Medical
Center, Bangor, Penobscot
County, Maine, March
28, 2006 (age 88 years, 222
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Anthony David Weiner (b. 1964) —
also known as Anthony D. Weiner; "Carlos
Danger" —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.; Forest Hills, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y.; Kew Gardens, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., September
4, 1964.
Democrat. Staff for U.S. Rep. Charles
E. Schumer, 1985-91; member, New York city council, 1992-98 (at
age 27, the youngest member ever elected); U.S.
Representative from New York 9th District, 1999-2011; resigned
2011; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 2000,
2004,
2008;
candidate for mayor
of New York City, N.Y., 2005, 2013; in 2011, a scandal
developed over his Internet communications with much younger women,
including sexually
suggestive and sexually
explicit photos and texts; after initially denying
responsibility, he admitted that the photos were of him, and that he
had sent them; resigned
from Congress in June 2011; in July 2013, more pictures and sexting,
sent under the name "Carlos Danger", were revealed, which discredited
his mayoral candidacy; in September 2017, he pleaded
guilty to a federal charge
of transferring obscene
material to a minor; sentenced
to 21 months in prison.
Jewish.
Still living as of 2018.
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Melvyn I. Weiss (b. 1935) —
of Oyster Bay Cove, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y.
Born in Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y., August
1, 1935.
Democrat. Lawyer;
alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York,
1996.
Pleaded
guilty in 2008 to federal charges of making illegal
kickbacks to clients to induce them to sue; sentenced
to 30 months in prison,
fined
$250,000, and ordered to pay restitution
of $9.75 million.
Still living as of 2010.
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Paul David Wellstone (1944-2002) —
also known as Paul Wellstone; "Senator
Welfare" —
of Minnesota.
Born in Washington,
D.C., July 21,
1944.
Democrat. College
professor; arrested
during a Vietnam
War protest at the federal building in Minneapolis, 1970; arrested
again during a protest of
farm foreclosures at a bank in Paynesville, Minn., 1984;
candidate for Minnesota
state auditor, 1982; member of Democratic
National Committee from Minnesota, 1984-91; U.S.
Senator from Minnesota, 1991-2002; died in office 2002; delegate
to Democratic National Convention from Minnesota, 1996,
2000.
Jewish.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa.
Killed in a plane
crash, along with his wife and daughter, near Eveleth, St. Louis
County, Minn., October
25, 2002 (age 58 years, 96
days).
Interment at Lakewood
Cemetery, Minneapolis, Minn.
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Daniel W. West (b. 1909) —
of Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn.; Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Algood, Putnam
County, Tenn., September
5, 1909.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Michigan,
1960,
1964
(alternate); member of Michigan
state house of representatives, 1963-65 (Wayne County 6th
District 1963-64, 24th District 1965); defeated in primary, 1954
(Wayne County 6th District), 1956 (Wayne County 6th District), 1958
(Wayne County 6th District), 1960 (Wayne County 6th District), 1965
(24th District).
Convicted
of various crimes, including burglary,
larceny,
and forgery,
in Minnesota, Iowa, and Washington, D.C., and was sentenced to prison
in those places; came to Michigan and assumed the identity of a
deceased New York attorney of the same name; indicted
in late 1964 on state charges
of voter
registration fraud and federal charges
of income
tax fraud and forgery;
in January 1965, his seat in the Michigan House was declared
vacant.
Burial location unknown.
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James Elton West (1951-2006) —
also known as James E. West; Jim West —
of Spokane, Spokane
County, Wash.
Born in Salem, Marion
County, Ore., March
28, 1951.
Republican. Deputy
sheriff; member of Washington
state house of representatives, 1982-86; member of Washington
state senate 6th District, 1986-2003; mayor
of Spokane, Wash., 2004-05.
Member, Rotary;
Gay.
Following a scandal
involving use
of his position to obtain
sex with young men, and an FBI investigation,
he was recalled
from office as mayor in 2005.
Died, from complications of colon
cancer, in the University of Washington Medical
Center, Seattle, King
County, Wash., July 22,
2006 (age 55 years, 116
days).
Burial location unknown.
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John Westergaard (1931-2003) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born July 2,
1931.
Democrat. Candidate for New York
state senate, 1960; campaign treasurer for Daniel
Patrick Moynihan, 1965-94; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from New York, 1996.
Norwegian
ancestry.
The Securities and Exchange Commission filed civil fraud charges
against him in 2000; Paul
J. Curran volunteered to serve as defense counsel pro bono; in
2001, the fraud charges were withdrawn, and the case was settled with
no penalty.
Died, of prostate
cancer, at Calvary Hospice,
Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y., January
31, 2003 (age 71 years, 213
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Bruce Weyhrauch —
of Juneau,
Alaska.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Alaska
state house of representatives 4th District, 2003-07; arrested
in May 2007, along with Pete
Kott and Vic
Kohring, and charged
with bribery
and extortion
over soliciting and receiving money and favors from VECO Corporation
in return for votes on an oil tax; trial pending.
Still living as of 2009.
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Isadore A. Weza (b. 1906) —
of Ontonagon, Ontonagon
County, Mich.
Born near Ontonagon, Ontonagon
County, Mich., March
22, 1906.
Democrat. School
teacher; superintendent
of schools; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Ontonagon District, 1937-40;
charged
on January 22, 1944 (along with 19 other current and former state
legislators) with accepting
bribes, but not tried and convicted with the others.
Burial location unknown.
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Charles Stuart Wharton (1875-1939) —
also known as Charles S. Wharton —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Aledo, Mercer
County, Ill., April
22, 1875.
Republican. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Illinois 4th District, 1905-07; in February,
1928, a group of masked men stopped a train at Evergreen Park,
Illinois, and robbed
it of over $130,000; after the robbery, they met at Wharton's home to
divide up the proceeds, leaving him $4,000; in June, after being implicated
by two of the robbers, he was indicted
by a federal grand jury, tried
and convicted,
and sentenced
to two years in federal
prison.
Died in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., September
4, 1939 (age 64 years, 135
days).
Interment at Mt.
Hope Cemetery, Chicago, Ill.
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Thomas J. Whelan (1922-2002) —
of Jersey City, Hudson
County, N.J.
Born January
28, 1922.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; mayor
of Jersey City, N.J., 1963-71; removed 1971; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from New Jersey, 1964.
Catholic.
Tried
on federal charges
of extortion
and conspiracy; convicted
and sentenced
to 15 years in prison.
Died following a heart
attack, in a nursing
home in Naples, Collier
County, Fla., July 31,
2002 (age 80 years, 184
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Charlotte Anita Whitney (c.1868-1955) —
also known as Anita Whitney —
of California.
Born about 1868.
Communist. Social
worker; in 1919, she gave a radical
speech in Oakland, California; as a result, she was arrested,
tried,
and found
guilty of violating the state's syndicalism
law; pardoned
by Governor C. C.
Young.; candidate for U.S.
Senator from California, 1928, 1940 (Communist).
Female.
Died in San
Francisco, Calif., February
4, 1955 (age about 87
years).
Burial location unknown.
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Ray E. Whitney (1878-1970) —
of Onondaga Township, Ingham
County, Mich.
Born in Onondaga Township, Ingham
County, Mich., April
23, 1878.
Republican. Farmer; real estate
dealer; candidate for Michigan
state house of representatives from Ingham County 2nd District,
1942, 1944; in July 1944, he was accused
of sending out postcards falsely
claiming the endorsement of several prominent Republicans; arraigned
in August 1944 for felony election
fraud, over forging
most of the signatures on his nominating
petitions; pleaded
guilty in September 1944 to misdemeanor charges.
Congregationalist.
Died, in Stuart Nursing
Home, Leslie, Ingham
County, Mich., September
3, 1970 (age 92 years, 133
days).
Interment at Draper
Cemetery, Rives Township, Jackson County, Mich.
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Benjamin Franklin Whittemore (1824-1894) —
also known as B. F. Whittemore —
of Darlington
County, S.C.; Montvale, Woburn, Middlesex
County, Mass.
Born in Malden, Middlesex
County, Mass., May 18,
1824.
Republican. Minister;
chaplain;
delegate to Republican National Convention from South Carolina, 1868
(member, Committee
on Permanent Organization); delegate
to South Carolina state constitutional convention from Darlington
County, 1868; member of South
Carolina state senate from Darlington County, 1868, 1870-77;
resigned 1868, 1877; U.S.
Representative from South Carolina 1st District, 1868-70;
resigned 1870; censured
by the U.S. House of Representatives in 1870 for selling
an appointment to the U.S. Naval Academy.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Grand
Army of the Republic.
Died in Montvale, Woburn, Middlesex
County, Mass., January
25, 1894 (age 69 years, 252
days).
Interment at Woodbrook
Cemetery, Woburn, Mass.
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Arthur H. Wicks (1887-1985) —
also known as A. H. Wicks —
of Kingston, Ulster
County, N.Y.; Lake Katrine, Ulster
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., December
24, 1887.
Republican. Worked in piano
manufacturing business; employed in the engineering department of
the New York City Board of Water
Supply, and then in construction of subways;
owner and operator of steam
laundry in Kingston; director, Governor Clinton Hotel;
member of New York
state senate, 1927-56 (29th District 1927-44, 34th District
1945-56); delegate to Republican National Convention from New York,
1940
(alternate), 1944
(alternate), 1948,
1952
(Honorary
Vice-President), 1956;
resigned
in November 1953 as Senate Majority Leader and acting Lieutenant
Governor, while under threat
of ouster over his Sing Sing prison visits to convicted extortionist
and labor leader Joseph S. Fay.
Member, Freemasons;
Junior
Order; Rotary.
Died in Lake Katrine, Ulster
County, N.Y., February
18, 1985 (age 97 years, 56
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Image source:
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Louis Trezevant Wigfall (1816-1874) —
also known as Louis T. Wigfall —
of Texas.
Born near Edgefield, Edgefield
County, S.C., April
21, 1816.
Democrat. Killed Thomas Bird in a duel
around 1840; wounded Rep. Preston
S. Brooks in another duel;
member of Texas
state house of representatives, 1849; member of Texas
state senate, 1857; U.S.
Senator from Texas, 1859-61; when the Civil War began, he left
Washington but did not resign his seat in the Senate; one of ten Southern
senators expelled
in absentia on July 11, 1861; general in the Confederate Army during
the Civil War; Delegate
from Texas to the Confederate Provisional Congress, 1861-62; Senator
from Texas in the Confederate Congress, 1862-65.
Slaveowner.
Died in Galveston, Galveston
County, Tex., February
18, 1874 (age 57 years, 303
days).
Interment at Trinity
Episcopal Cemetery, Galveston, Tex.
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Robert William Wilcox (1855-1903) —
also known as Robert W. Wilcox —
of Honolulu, Island of Oahu, Honolulu
County, Hawaii.
Born in Kahalu, Honuaula, Island of Maui, Maui
County, Hawaii, February
15, 1855.
Delegate
to U.S. Congress from Hawaii Territory, 1900-03.
Leader of the Hawaiian revolution of 1889; tried
for treason,
but acquitted by a jury. Was involved in the rebellion
of 1895 and subsequently court-martialed,
found
guilty, and sentenced to
death; the sentence was later commuted to 35 years; pardoned
by the Hawaiian president in 1898.
Died in Honolulu, Island of Oahu, Honolulu
County, Hawaii, October
23, 1903 (age 48 years, 250
days).
Interment at Catholic
Cemetery, Honolulu, Island of Oahu, Hawaii.
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David Wildstein (b. 1961) —
also known as "Wally Edge" —
of Livingston, Essex
County, N.J.
Born in 1961.
Mayor
of Livingston, N.J., 1987-88; in September 2013, as a senior
official of the Port Authority, which manages the George Washington
Bridge, he ordered two of the three lanes from Fort Lee to be closed,
resulting in major traffic congestion; the direction to close the
lanes (an abuse
of power which appeared to be political retaliation against Fort
Lee mayor Mark
Sokolich) came from the office of New Jersey Governor Chris
Christie; Wildstein cooperated with federal prosecutors and pleaded
guilty in 2015 to two federal charges.
Still living as of 2016.
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Wallace G. Wilkinson (1941-2002) —
also known as "The Weasel" —
of Lexington, Fayette
County, Ky.
Born in Casey
County, Ky., December
12, 1941.
Democrat. Governor of
Kentucky, 1987-91.
During bankruptcy proceedings in 2001, it was revealed that Wilkinson
had been operating a Ponzi
scheme, and that his liabilities exceeded his assets by $300
million; he repeatedly refused to answer questions under oath,
invoking his Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination.
However, he died before any prosecution could take place.
Died, of lymphatic
cancer and a stroke,
in St. Joseph Hospital,
Lexington, Fayette
County, Ky., July 5,
2002 (age 60 years, 205
days).
Entombed at Sarasota Memorial Park, Sarasota, Fla.
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Anthony J. Wilkowski (b. 1898) —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., April
16, 1898.
Democrat. Hardware
store owner; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Michigan, 1932
(alternate), 1936,
1940;
member of Michigan
state senate 2nd District, 1933-38, 1945-46, 1949-50; defeated in
primary, 1942 (3rd District), 1946 (2nd District), 1951 (2nd
District), 1952 (2nd District), 1955 (2nd District); chair of
Wayne County Democratic Party, 1934; tried
and convicted,
along with Democratic state chairman Elmer
B. O'Hara, on vote
fraud charges
in 1936, and sentenced
to four to five years in prison;
member of Michigan
Democratic State Central Committee, 1939; candidate for Lieutenant
Governor of Michigan, 1940; delegate
to Michigan state constitutional convention from Wayne County 9th
District, 1961-62.
Catholic.
Polish
ancestry. Member, Knights
of Columbus; Polish
National Alliance.
Burial location unknown.
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Leo Joseph Wilkowski (1902-1955) —
also known as Leo J. Wilkowski —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., April 5,
1902.
Democrat. Hardware
business; member of Michigan
state senate 2nd District, 1939-44; nominated, but withdrew 1944;
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
on December 16, 1944 (along with other legislators) with accepting
bribes from naturopathic physicians; tried
and convicted;
charged
on July 20, 1946 (along with 18 other legislators) with accepting
bribes to vote against a banking bill, but the last set of
charges were dismissed when he agreed to testify.
Polish
ancestry. Member, Polish
National Alliance.
Died of heart
trouble, March
23, 1955 (age 52 years, 352
days).
Interment at Mt.
Olivet Cemetery, Detroit, Mich.
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William Forte Willett Jr. (1869-1938) —
also known as William Willett, Jr. —
of Far Rockaway, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y.; Woodmere, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., November
27, 1869.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from New York 14th District, 1907-11; defeated,
1904; candidate for Justice of
New York Supreme Court 2nd District, 1911; indicted
in 1912 on charges
that he bought
the nomination for Supreme Court justice; tried
and convicted
in 1914, sentenced
to one year in prison
and fined
$1,000; released on parole in 1916.
Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; Elks.
Died, from a heart
attack, in his room at the Hotel
McAlpin, Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., February
12, 1938 (age 68 years, 77
days).
Interment at The
Evergreens Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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Harrison Arlington Williams Jr. (1919-2001) —
also known as Harrison A. Williams; Pete
Williams —
of Westfield, Union
County, N.J.; Bedminster, Somerset
County, N.J.
Born in Plainfield, Union
County, N.J., December
10, 1919.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; lawyer;
candidate for New
Jersey state house of assembly, 1951; U.S.
Representative from New Jersey 6th District, 1953-57; U.S.
Senator from New Jersey, 1959-82; resigned 1982; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from New Jersey, 1964,
1968,
1980.
Member, Elks; Americans
for Democratic Action.
Implicated
in the Abscam sting, in which FBI agents impersonating Arab
businessmen offered bribes
to political figures; allegedly accepted an 18% interest in a
titanium mine; indicted
on October 30, 1980; convicted
on May 1, 1981, of nine counts of bribery,
conspiracy, receiving an unlawful
gratuity, conflict
of interest, and interstate travel in aid of racketeering; resigned
his seat March 11, 1982, when it appeared that the Senate would vote
to expel
him; sentenced
to three years in prison
and fined
$50,000; released in 1986.
Died, of cancer
and heart
ailments, in St. Clare's Hospital,
Denville, Morris
County, N.J., November
17, 2001 (age 81 years, 342
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Hosea Lorenzo Williams (1926-2000) —
also known as Hosea Williams —
of Savannah, Chatham
County, Ga.; Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga.; Decatur, DeKalb
County, Ga.
Born in Attapulgus, Decatur
County, Ga., January
5, 1926.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; walked
with a cane due to wartime injury; ordained
minister; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Georgia, 1972; member of Georgia
state house of representatives 54th District, 1975-85; candidate
for mayor
of Atlanta, Ga., 1989.
African
ancestry. Member, NAACP; Phi
Beta Sigma; Elks; Freemasons;
Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Disabled
American Veterans; American
Legion.
Civil rights leader; active in sit-ins
and protest
marches in Savannah and elsewhere; arrested
at least 135 times. As Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.'s "field general"
in the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, led the 1965
Selma-to-Montgomery march which helped galvanize support for Black
voting rights. In 1968, he was present at the Lorraine Motel in
Memphis, Tenn., when King was assassinated. Convicted
in 1981 of leaving
the scene of an accident, and jailed
for six months.
Died, of cancer,
at Piedmont Hospital,
Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga., November
16, 2000 (age 74 years, 316
days).
Entombed at Lincoln
Cemetery, Atlanta, Ga.
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John Williams (1752-1806) —
of Charlotte County (now Washington
County), N.Y.
Born in Barnstable, England,
1752.
Colonel in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; member
of New
York state senate Eastern District, 1777-78, 1782-95; member of
New
York state assembly from Charlotte County, 1781-82; delegate
to New York convention to ratify U.S. constitution from
Washington and Clinton counties, 1788; member of New York
council of appointment, 1789; U.S.
Representative from New York 9th District, 1795-99; county judge
in New York, 1800.
Expelled
for misconduct from the state senate in 1778.
Slaveowner.
Died in Salem, Washington
County, N.Y., July 22,
1806 (age about 54
years).
Interment at Salem
Cemetery, Salem, N.Y.
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Charles E. Williamson (born c.1880) —
of Darien, Fairfield
County, Conn.
Born in Darien, Fairfield
County, Conn., about 1880.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Darien, 1909-12, 1915-16,
1921-22; member of Connecticut
state senate 26th District, 1917-20; member of Connecticut
Republican State Central Committee, 1922; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Connecticut, 1924,
1932
(alternate).
Charged
in May, 1938, along with Mayor T.
Frank Hayes and 25 others, with conspiracy to cheat
and defraud the city of Waterbury of more than a million dollars;
tried
in 1938-39 and convicted;
sentenced
to one year in jail and
fined
$500.
Burial location unknown.
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Addison Graves Wilson (b. 1947) —
also known as Joe Wilson —
of West Columbia, Lexington
County, S.C.; Springdale, Lexington
County, S.C.
Born in Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C., July 31,
1947.
Republican. Staff for U.S. Sen. Strom
Thurmond, and for U.S. Rep. Floyd
Spence; lawyer;
delegate to Republican National Convention from South Carolina, 1972,
2008;
member of South
Carolina state senate, 1984-2001; U.S.
Representative from South Carolina 2nd District, 2001-; rebuked
by the House of Representatives in September, 2009, for a breach of
decorum; he had shouted
"You Lie!" during an address by President Barack
Obama.
Presbyterian.
Still living as of 2018.
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Charles Herbert Wilson (1917-1984) —
also known as Charles H. Wilson —
of Los Angeles, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Magna, Salt Lake
County, Utah, February
15, 1917.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; member of California
state assembly, 1955-63; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from California, 1960,
1964;
U.S.
Representative from California 31st District, 1963-81.
Member, American
Legion; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Elks; Kiwanis.
Reprimanded
by the House of Representatives in 1978 for accepting a $1,000
wedding gift from a key figure in the Koreagate scandal;
censured
by the House of Representatives in 1980 for financial
misconduct; no criminal charges were filed.
Died, of a heart
attack, at Southern Maryland Hospital,
Clinton, Prince
George's County, Md., July 21,
1984 (age 67 years, 157
days).
Interment at Inglewood
Park Cemetery, Inglewood, Calif.
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Nick Wilson (born c.1943) —
of Pocahontas, Randolph
County, Ark.
Born about 1943.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Arkansas
state senate, 1971-98.
Convicted
in November, 1999, on federal tax
evasion charges. Pleaded
guilty in March, 2000 to fraud;
128 other charges were dropped in return for his agreement to testify
against three others.
Still living as of 2000.
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Robert Wilson (1793-1856) —
also known as "Honest Bob" —
of Texas.
Born in Easton, Talbot
County, Md., December
7, 1793.
Served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; delegate
to Texas Convention of 1832 from District of San Jacinto, 1832;
served in the Texas Army during the Texas War of Independence; member
of Texas
Republic Senate from District of Harrisburg and Liberty, 1836-38,
1839; candidate for President
of the Texas Republic, 1838, 1843; delegate
to Texas state constitutional convention, 1845.
Member, Freemasons.
Expelled
from Texas Republic Senate, December 26, 1838, for using
profanity and disclosing
secrecy; subsequently returned to office.
Died May 25,
1856 (age 62 years, 170
days).
Original interment in private or family graveyard; reinterment at Glenwood
Cemetery, Houston, Tex.
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Samuel Davis Wilson (1881-1939) —
also known as S. Davis Wilson —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., August
31, 1881.
Mayor
of Philadelphia, Pa., 1936-39; died in office 1939; candidate in
Democratic primary for U.S.
Senator from Pennsylvania, 1938; twice indicted
by a grand jury in 1938-39 on charges
related to vice and
gambling in Philadelphia; never tried.
Died, from cerebral
thrombosis and hypertension,
in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., August
19, 1939 (age 57 years, 353
days).
Cremated.
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William A. Wilson (b. 1914) —
of California.
Born in 1914.
U.S. Ambassador to Vatican, 1984-86; reprimanded
by the State Department for his unauthorized
diplomatic mission to Libya.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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William Blackburn Wilson Jr. (1850-1920) —
of Rock Hill, York
County, S.C.
Born in York, York
County, S.C., January
12, 1850.
Lawyer;
fled
to Texas in 1871-73 to avoid federal
prosecution over his Klan
activities; member of South
Carolina state house of representatives from York County,
1884-88; member of South
Carolina state senate from York County, 1888-92; delegate
to South Carolina state constitutional convention from York
County, 1895.
Episcopalian.
Member, Ku
Klux Klan; Knights
of Pythias; Freemasons.
Died in Rock Hill, York
County, S.C., April
30, 1920 (age 70 years, 109
days).
Interment at Rose
Hill Cemetery, York, S.C.
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Michael Kent Winder (b. 1976) —
also known as Mike Winder; "Richard
Burwash" —
of West Valley City, Salt Lake
County, Utah.
Born in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake
County, Utah, January
27, 1976.
Republican. Vice-president, Winder Farms dairy; historian;
mayor
of West Valley City, Utah, 2010-; reprimanded
by the city council in 2011 for writing news articles for local media
outlets under an assumed
name, Richard Burwash; also forced to
resign from his job with public relations firm.
Mormon.
Still living as of 2012.
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Gerald Burton Winrod (1900-1957) —
also known as Gerald B. Winrod —
Born in Wichita, Sedgwick
County, Kan., March 7,
1900.
Republican. One of the founders, in 1925, of the group Defenders of
the Christian Faith; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Kansas, 1938; sympathized with the Adolf Hitler and
the Nazis, and and blamed
the Depression and World War II on Jews, Catholics, and Communists;
indicted
in July 1942, with others, for sedition
over an alleged conspiracy to cause insubordination in the Armed
Forces in wartime; a mistrial was declared and charges were dropped.
Died in Wichita, Sedgwick
County, Kan., November
11, 1957 (age 57 years, 249
days).
Interment at White
Chapel Memorial Gardens, Wichita, Kan.
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Mary Winsor (b. 1873) —
of Lower Merion Township, Montgomery
County, Pa.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., March
28, 1873.
Socialist. Woman suffrage activist; participant in the first U.S.
birth control conference, New York City, November 1921; on November
13, police arrived to forcibly shut down the event, and she was arrested,
along with Margaret Sanger, for attempting
to speak; charged
with disorderly conduct, but released soon after; candidate for Pennsylvania
secretary of internal affairs, 1922; candidate for Lieutenant
Governor of Pennsylvania, 1930; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 17th District, 1932.
Female.
Member, Women's
International League for Peace and Freedom; American Civil
Liberties Union.
Burial location unknown.
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Carl Winter (1906-1991) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn.; Los Angeles, Los
Angeles County, Calif.; Michigan.
Born in 1906.
Communist. Candidate for New York
state senate 13th District, 1932; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Minnesota, 1940; convicted
in 1949 under the Smith
Act, for conspiring to advocate the overthrow
of the government; served five years in prison.
Died in 1991
(age about
85 years).
Interment at Forest
Home Cemetery, Forest Park, Ill.
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Robert Ellsworth Wise Jr. (b. 1948) —
also known as Bob Wise —
of Charleston, Kanawha
County, W.Va.; Clendenin, Kanawha
County, W.Va.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Washington,
D.C., January
6, 1948.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of West
Virginia state senate 17th District, 1981-82; resigned 1982; U.S.
Representative from West Virginia, 1983-2001 (3rd District
1983-93, 2nd District 1993-2001); delegate to Democratic National
Convention from West Virginia, 1996,
2000,
2004;
Governor
of West Virginia, 2001-05.
Member, American Bar
Association.
In 2003, he was accused
of having an extramarital
affair with a married female state employee; he admitted
the affair, and dropped
his campaign for re-election.
Still living as of 2014.
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Mortimer J. Wohl (1888-1931) —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., March
20, 1888.
Republican. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War I; candidate for New York
state assembly from Kings County 18th District, 1921.
Member, American
Legion.
In 1929, he was one of several Brooklyn lawyers who were charged
with ambulance
chasing activities; he disputed the charges.
Died, from septicemia,
in Jewish Hospital,
Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., October
14, 1931 (age 43 years, 208
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Samuel Wohl and Fannie Whol; married, November
11, 1923, to Adelaide Finkelstein. |
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Oliver Wolcott Jr. (1760-1833) —
of Litchfield, Litchfield
County, Conn.; New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Litchfield, Litchfield
County, Conn., January
11, 1760.
Connecticut
state comptroller, 1788-90; U.S.
Secretary of the Treasury, 1795-1800; banker; Governor of
Connecticut, 1817-27; delegate
to Connecticut state constitutional convention, 1818.
Congregationalist.
Accused,
by political adversaries in 1800, of setting
fire to the State Department, and resigned
from the Cabinet in protest against the investigation.
Died in New York, New York
County, N.Y., June 1,
1833 (age 73 years, 141
days).
Interment at East
Cemetery, Litchfield, Conn.
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Relatives: Son
of Oliver
Wolcott Sr. and Laura (Collins) Wolcott; brother of Mary Ann
Wolcott (who married Chauncey
Goodrich) and Frederick
Wolcott; nephew of Erastus
Wolcott and Ursula Wolcott (who married Matthew
Griswold (1714-1799)); grandson of Roger
Wolcott (1679-1767); granduncle of Roger
Wolcott (1847-1900); third great-grandson of William
Leete; first cousin of Roger
Griswold; first cousin twice removed of John
William Allen, James
Samuel Wadsworth, Henry
Titus Backus, Christopher
Parsons Wolcott and Matthew
Griswold (1833-1919); first cousin thrice removed of Charles
Frederick Wadsworth, James
Wolcott Wadsworth, Edward
Oliver Wolcott and Alfred
Wolcott; first cousin four times removed of James
Wolcott Wadsworth Jr. and Selden
Chapin; first cousin five times removed of James
Jermiah Wadsworth and Frederic
Lincoln Chapin; first cousin six times removed of James
Wadsworth Symington; second cousin once removed of William
Pitkin, Gaylord
Griswold, Samuel
Clesson Allen, William
Wolcott Ellsworth and Henry
Leavitt Ellsworth; second cousin twice removed of Joseph
Lyman Huntington, Elisha
Hunt Allen and George
Washington Wolcott; second cousin thrice removed of Edmund
Holcomb, Albert
Asahel Bliss, Philemon
Bliss, Collins
Dwight Huntington, William
Fessenden Allen, George
Milo Huntington and Frederick
Hobbes Allen; second cousin four times removed of Judson
H. Warner, Nelson
Platt Wheeler, William
Egbert Wheeler and Henry
Augustus Wolcott; second cousin five times removed of Alexander
Royal Wheeler; third cousin of Daniel
Pitkin; third cousin once removed of Thomas
Chittenden, Enoch
Woodbridge, James
Hillhouse, Joseph
Silliman (1756-1829) and Timothy
Pitkin; third cousin twice removed of Phineas
Lyman Tracy, Albert
Haller Tracy, Henry
Ward Beecher, Leveret
Brainard, Edwin
Carpenter Pinney, Roger
Calvin Leete and John
Robert Graham Pitkin; third cousin thrice removed of Joseph
Pomeroy Root, George
Griswold Sill, Frederick
Walker Pitkin, George
Buckingham Beecher, Luther
S. Pitkin and Claude
Carpenter Pinney; fourth cousin of Benjamin
Tallmadge, Elizur
Goodrich, Martin
Chittenden, William
Woodbridge and Joseph
Silliman (c.1786-1850); fourth cousin once removed of Chittenden
Lyon, Frederick
Augustus Tallmadge, Josiah
C. Chittenden, Clark
S. Chittenden, Abel
Madison Scranton, Frederick
Enoch Woodbridge and Joseph
Fitch Silliman. |
| | | Political family: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin
family of Connecticut and New York (subset of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
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of Wolcott,
Vermont, is named for
him. |
| | | See also National
Governors Association biography — Wikipedia
article — NNDB
dossier — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Image source: One Hundredth Anniversary
(1919) |
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Harry Benjamin Wolf (1880-1944) —
also known as Harry B. Wolf —
of Baltimore,
Md.
Born in Baltimore,
Md., June 16,
1880.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from Maryland 3rd District, 1907-09.
Jewish.
Disbarred,
1922; reinstated, 1940.
Died in Baltimore,
Md., February
17, 1944 (age 63 years, 246
days).
Interment at Hebrew
Friendship Cemetery, Baltimore, Md.
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Joshua Selassie Wolf (b. 1982) —
also known as Josh Wolf —
of San
Francisco, Calif.
Born in California, June 8,
1982.
Video
journalist; jailed
226 days by a federal court for his refusal
to turn over to prosecutors his tapes of anarchist
protesters clashing with police during a 2005 demonstration;
released in April 2007; candidate for mayor
of San Francisco, Calif., 2007.
Jewish
ancestry.
Still living as of 2007.
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Fernando Wood (1812-1881) —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., June 14,
1812.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from New York, 1841-43, 1863-65, 1867-81 (3rd
District 1841-43, 5th District 1863-65, 9th District 1867-73, 10th
District 1873-75, 9th District 1875-81); died in office 1881; mayor
of New York City, N.Y., 1855-58, 1860-62; censured
by the House of Representatives in 1868 for using unparliamentary
language.
Died in Hot Springs, Garland
County, Ark., February
14, 1881 (age 68 years, 245
days).
Interment at Trinity
Cemetery, Manhattan, N.Y.
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Frederic Thomas Woodman (1872-1949) —
also known as Frederic T. Woodman —
of Los Angeles, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Concord, Merrimack
County, N.H., June 25,
1872.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of New
Hampshire state house of representatives, 1901-03; mayor
of Los Angeles, Calif., 1916-19; defeated, 1919; indicted
on bribery
charges, March 1919; tried
and found not guilty; banker.
Died March
25, 1949 (age 76 years, 273
days).
Interment at Angelus-Rosedale
Cemetery, Los Angeles, Calif.
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Marvin Lee Worthington (1940-2000) —
also known as Marvin L. Worthington; Pete
Worthington —
of Washington, Mason
County, Ky.
Born December
5, 1940.
Engineer;
farmer;
member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1978-2000; died in office 2000.
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons;
Farm
Bureau; Odd
Fellows.
Charged
with drunken
driving
and speeding
in Fayette County, Ky., in 1992; pleaded
guilty to a reduced charge
of reckless
driving.
Driving on U.S. Highway 68 while intoxicated, he crossed the center
line and collided
with another car; both he and the other driver (Sherri Commodore
Chambers) were killed, near Mayslick, Mason
County, Ky., October
12, 2000 (age 59 years, 312
days).
Burial location unknown.
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James Claude Wright Jr. (1922-2015) —
also known as Jim Wright, Jr. —
of Weatherford, Parker
County, Tex.; Fort Worth, Tarrant
County, Tex.
Born in Fort Worth, Tarrant
County, Tex., December
22, 1922.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; member
of Texas
state house of representatives, 1947-49; mayor
of Weatherford, Tex., 1950-54; U.S.
Representative from Texas 12th District, 1955-89; resigned 1989;
Speaker
of the U.S. House, 1987-89; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Texas, 1960,
1964,
1968,
1980,
1996,
2000,
2004,
2008;
Permanent Chair, 1988;
speaker, 1988;
candidate for U.S.
Senator from Texas, 1961.
Presbyterian.
He was subject of an investigation
by the House Ethics Committee in 1989; it appeared from the report
that he had evaded limits on gifts and
speaking fees; resigned
under fire in June, 1989.
Died in Fort Worth, Tarrant
County, Tex., May 6,
2015 (age 92 years, 135
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Samuel D. Wright (1925-1998) —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.; Hilton Head Island, Beaufort
County, S.C.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., February
13, 1925.
Democrat. Member of New York
state assembly, 1966-73 (39th District 1966, 37th District
1967-72, 54th District 1973); candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York, 1976.
African
ancestry. Member, NAACP.
Convicted
in 1978 of soliciting
a bribe and sentenced to
jail.
Died, of Parkinson's
disease, in Hilton Head, Beaufort
County, S.C., January
20, 1998 (age 72 years, 341
days).
Burial location unknown.
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David Wu (b. 1955) —
of Portland, Multnomah
County, Ore.
Born in Hsinchu, Taiwan,
April
8, 1955.
Democrat. Lawyer;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Oregon, 1996,
2000,
2004,
2008;
U.S.
Representative from Oregon 1st District, 1999-2011; resigned
2011; in July 2011, news media reported that he had been accused
of an unwanted
sexual encounter by the 18-year-old daughter of a friend of his;
episodes of erratic and intoxicated
behavior alienated his campaign aides, his congressional staff, and
his colleagues in Congress; he resigned
in August 2011.
Chinese
ancestry.
Still living as of 2017.
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Henry Wulff (1854-1907) —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Meldorf, Germany,
August
24, 1854.
Republican. Cook
County Clerk, 1886-94; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Illinois, 1892;
Illinois
state treasurer, 1895-97; president of Continental Financing
Company, which in 1905 was investigated
by the Illinois Attorney General as a fraud
scheme; charged
in federal court with using the mails to defraud,
he and an associate pleaded
guilty in 1906, and were sentenced to
prison.
Member, Freemasons;
Foresters;
Redmen;
Knights
of Pythias.
Died in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., December
27, 1907 (age 53 years, 125
days).
Interment at Union
Ridge Cemetery, Chicago, Ill.
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Relatives: Son
of Claus Wulff and Catherine Wulff; married 1875 to
Katherine Englehart. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Image source: Chicago Tribune, June 19,
1905 |
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