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Dean Gooderham Acheson (1893-1971) —
also known as Dean Acheson —
of Washington,
D.C.
Born in Middletown, Middlesex
County, Conn., April 11,
1893.
Son of Edward Campion Acheson (1858-1934; Episcopal bishop of
Connecticut) and Eleanor Gertrude (Gooderham) Acheson (1870-1958).
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; lawyer;
private secretary to U.S. Supreme Court Justice Louis
D. Brandeis, 1919-21; undersecretary of treasury, 1933; U.S.
Secretary of State, 1949-53.
Episcopalian.
English
ancestry. Member, American Bar
Association; American
Academy of Arts and Sciences; Delta Kappa Epsilon; Council on
Foreign Relations.
Received the Presidential
Medal of Freedom in 1964; received a Pulitzer
Prize in History, 1970, for his book Present At The Creation:
My Years In The State Department.
Died, probably from a heart
attack, over his desk in his study,
Sandy Spring, Montgomery
County, Md., October
12, 1971 (age 78 years, 184
days).
Interment at Oak
Hill Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Harold Hitz Burton (1888-1964) —
also known as Harold H. Burton —
of Salt Lake City, Salt Lake
County, Utah; Boise, Ada
County, Idaho; East Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio.
Born in Jamaica Plain, Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., June 22,
1888.
Son of Alfred Edgar Burton (Dean of M.I.T.) and Gertrude (Hitz)
Burton.
Republican. Lawyer;
assistant attorney, Utah Power &
Light Company and Utah Light &
Traction
Company, 1914-16; attorney, Idaho Power
Company and Boise Valley Traction
Company, 1916-17; served in the U.S. Army during World War I; member
of Ohio
state house of representatives, 1929; mayor
of Cleveland, Ohio, 1931-32, 1935-40; U.S.
Senator from Ohio, 1941-45; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Ohio, 1944;
Justice
of U.S. Supreme Court, 1945-58; took senior status 1958.
Unitarian.
Member, Freemasons;
American Bar
Association; American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Phi
Beta Kappa; Delta Kappa Epsilon; Phi
Alpha Delta; Knights
of Pythias; Moose; Eagles; Grange; Rotary; Kiwanis;
Exchange
Club.
Died in Washington,
D.C., October
28, 1964 (age 76 years, 128
days).
Interment at Highland
Park Cemetery, Cleveland, Ohio.
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Royal Samuel Copeland (1868-1938) —
also known as Royal S. Copeland —
of Bay City, Bay
County, Mich.; Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Suffern, Rockland
County, N.Y.
Born in Dexter, Washtenaw
County, Mich., November
7, 1868.
Son of Roscoe
Pulaski Copeland and Frances Jane (Holmes) Copeland (born 1843).
Physician;
university
professor; mayor
of Ann Arbor, Mich., 1901-03; U.S.
Senator from New York, 1923-38; died in office 1938; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from New York, 1924,
1936;
candidate for mayor
of New York City, N.Y., 1937.
Methodist.
English
ancestry. Member, Sons of
the American Revolution; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Friendly
Sons of St. Patrick; Delta Kappa Epsilon; Maccabees;
Knights
of Pythias; Elks; American
Public Health Association.
Died in Washington,
D.C., June 17,
1938 (age 69 years, 222
days).
Interment at Mahwah
Cemetery, Mahwah, N.J.
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Edward Francis Feely (1880-1964) —
also known as Edward F. Feely —
of Washington,
D.C.
Born in Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y., March 6,
1880.
Son of Dennis C. Feely and Katherine (Fleming) Feely.
Republican. Exporter;
U.S. Minister to Bolivia, 1930-33.
Member, Council on
Foreign Relations; Delta Kappa Epsilon; Theta
Nu Epsilon.
Died of a stroke, at
St. Mary's Hospital,
Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y., August
30, 1964 (age 84 years, 177
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Gillis William Long (1923-1985) —
also known as Gillis W. Long —
of Alexandria, Rapides
Parish, La.
Born in Winnfield, Winn
Parish, La., May 4,
1923.
Son of Floyd H. Long and Birdie (Shumake) Long.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Louisiana 8th District, 1963-65, 1973-85;
died in office 1985; candidate for Governor of
Louisiana, 1963; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Louisiana, 1964.
Baptist.
Member, American Bar
Association; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; American
Legion; Omicron
Delta Kappa; Delta Kappa Epsilon; Lions.
Died in Washington,
D.C., January
20, 1985 (age 61 years, 261
days).
Interment at Alexandria
National Cemetery, Pineville, La.
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Russell Billiu Long (1918-2003) —
also known as Russell B. Long; Huey Pierce Long
III —
of Baton Rouge, East Baton
Rouge Parish, La.
Born in Shreveport, Caddo
Parish, La., November
3, 1918.
Son of Rose
McConnell Long and Huey
Pierce Long.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; lawyer; U.S.
Senator from Louisiana, 1948-87; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Louisiana, 1952,
1960.
Methodist.
Member, American
Legion; Lions; Elks; Order of the
Coif; Delta Kappa Epsilon; Tau
Kappa Alpha; Omicron
Delta Kappa.
Died in Washington,
D.C., May 9,
2003 (age 84 years, 187
days).
Interment at Roselawn
Memorial Park, Baton Rouge, La.
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Charles MacVeagh (1860-1931) —
of Washington,
D.C.
Born in West Chester, Chester
County, Pa., June 6,
1860.
Son of Isaac
Wayne MacVeagh and Letitia Miner (Lewis) MacVeagh.
Lawyer;
general solicitor and assistant general counsel, U.S. Steel
Corporation, 1901-25; U.S. Ambassador to Japan, 1925-29.
Episcopalian.
Member, Delta Kappa Epsilon.
Died in Mission Canyon, Santa
Barbara County, Calif., December
4, 1931 (age 71 years, 181
days).
Interment at Church
of the Redeemer Cemetery, Bryn Mawr, Pa.
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Isaac Wayne MacVeagh (1833-1917) —
also known as Wayne MacVeagh —
of Chester
County, Pa.; Bryn Mawr, Montgomery
County, Pa.
Born in Phoenixville, Chester
County, Pa., April 19,
1833.
Son of Maj. John MacVeagh and Margaret (Lincoln) MacVeagh.
Republican. Lawyer; Chester
County District Attorney, 1859-64; served in the Union Army
during the Civil War; Pennsylvania
Republican state chair, 1863; U.S. Minister to Turkey, 1870-71; delegate to
Pennsylvania state constitutional convention, 1872; U.S.
Attorney General, 1881; U.S. Ambassador to Italy, 1893-97.
Methodist.
Member, Delta Kappa Epsilon.
Died in Washington,
D.C., January
11, 1917 (age 83 years, 267
days).
Interment at Church
of the Redeemer Cemetery, Bryn Mawr, Pa.
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Frederick Thayer Merrill, Jr. (b. 1938) —
also known as Rick Merrill —
of Washington,
D.C.
Born in Washington,
D.C., December
17, 1938.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from District of
Columbia, 1972.
Episcopalian.
Member, Delta Kappa Epsilon; Americans
for Democratic Action.
Still living as of 1973.
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Henry Riggs Rathbone (1870-1928) —
also known as Henry R. Rathbone —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.; Kenilworth, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Washington,
D.C., February
12, 1870.
Son of Henry Reed Rathbone and Clara (Harris) Rathbone.
Republican. Lawyer;
alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Illinois,
1916;
U.S.
Representative from Illinois at-large, 1923-28; defeated in
primary, 1918; died in office 1928.
Member, Delta Kappa Epsilon; Phi
Delta Phi; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Odd
Fellows; Knights
of Pythias.
Died in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., July 15,
1928 (age 58 years, 154
days).
Interment at Rosehill
Cemetery, Chicago, Ill.
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Charles Hitchcock Sherrill (1867-1936) —
also known as Charles H. Sherrill —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Washington,
D.C., April 13,
1867.
Son of Charles Hitchcock Sherrill and Sarah Fulton (Wynkoop)
Sherrill.
Republican. Lawyer; U.S.
Minister to Argentina, 1909-10; U.S. Ambassador to Turkey, 1932-33.
Presbyterian.
Member, Delta Kappa Epsilon; Phi
Delta Phi; Sons of
the Revolution; Society
of Colonial Wars.
Died in Paris, France,
June
25, 1936 (age 69 years, 73
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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James Wolcott Wadsworth, Jr. (1877-1952) —
also known as James W. Wadsworth, Jr. —
of Mt. Morris, Livingston
County, N.Y.; Groveland, Livingston
County, N.Y.; Geneseo, Livingston
County, N.Y.
Born in Geneseo, Livingston
County, N.Y., August
12, 1877.
Son of James
Wolcott Wadsworth and Louise (Travers) Wadsworth.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War;
farmer;
member of New York
state assembly from Livingston County, 1905-10; Speaker of
the New York State Assembly, 1906-10; delegate to Republican
National Convention from New York, 1908,
1912,
1916,
1920,
1924,
1928,
1936,
1940;
candidate for Lieutenant
Governor of New York, 1912; U.S.
Senator from New York, 1915-27; defeated, 1926; U.S.
Representative from New York, 1933-51 (39th District 1933-45,
41st District 1945-51); delegate to
New York convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933.
Episcopalian.
Member, Loyal
Legion; Grange; United
Spanish War Veterans; Delta Kappa Epsilon; Union
League; Skull and
Bones.
The U.S. Senate's leading opponent of woman suffrage and alcohol
prohibition.
Died in Washington,
D.C., June 21,
1952 (age 74 years, 314
days).
Interment at Temple
Hill Cemetery, Geneseo, N.Y.
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