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Sebastian, Benjamin —
of Kentucky.
Judge,
Kentucky Court of Appeals, 1792-1806.
Accused of being a paid agent
of Spain; the charge was investigated
by the Kentucky legislature, and he resigned in
disgrace.
Burial
location unknown.
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Sebastian, Charles Edward
(1873-1929) —
also known as Charles E. Sebastian —
of Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif.
Born in Farmington, St. Francois
County, Mo., March 30,
1873.
Democrat. Police
officer; Los Angeles Chief of Police, 1911-15; mayor
of Los Angeles, Calif., 1915-16.
Died April 17,
1929 (age 56 years, 18
days).
Interment at Glen
Haven Memorial Park, San Fernando, Calif.
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Sebastian, James M. —
of Booneville, Owsley
County, Ky.
Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from
Kentucky, 1884,
1888.
Burial
location unknown.
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Sebastian, John —
Libertarian. Candidate for U.S.
Representative from Alabama 4th District, 1988.
Still living as of 1988.
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Sebastian, Peter (b.
1926) —
of Maryland.
Born in 1926.
Foreign Service officer; U.S. Ambassador to Tunisia, 1984-87.
Still living as of 1991.
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Sebastian, Robert M. —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from
Pennsylvania, 1972.
Still living as of 1972.
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Sebastian, Stephen II —
of Kingsport, Sullivan
County, Tenn.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from
Tennessee, 2008.
Still living as of 2008.
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Sebastian, W. P. —
of Breckenridge, Stephens
County, Tex.
Member of Texas
state senate 28th District, 1899-1904.
Burial
location unknown.
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Sebastian, William King
(1812-1865) —
also known as William K. Sebastian —
of Helena (now part of Helena-West Helena), Phillips
County, Ark.
Born in Tennessee, 1812.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Arkansas state legislature; U.S.
Senator from Arkansas, 1848-61.
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. Did not participate in the Confederacy
during the war; his expulsion from the Senate was posthumously
revoked in 1877.
Died in 1865
(age about
53 years).
Interment in private or family graveyard.
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Sebastian, William R. —
of Preston, New London
County, Conn.
Republican. Member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Preston; elected 1940.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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