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Henry Fountain Ashurst (1874-1962) —
also known as Henry F. Ashurst; "The Cowboy
Senator"; "Fountain"; "Dean of
Inconsistency"; "Five-Syllable Henry";
"Silver-Tongued Sunbeam of the Painted
Desert" —
of Prescott, Yavapai
County, Ariz.
Born near Winnemucca, Humboldt
County, Nev., September
13, 1874.
Son of William Henry Ashurst and Sarah Elizabeth (Bogard) Ashurst.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Arizona
territorial House of Representatives, 1896; member of Arizona
territorial senate, 1902; Coconino
County District Attorney, 1905-08; delegate to
Arizona state constitutional convention, 1911; U.S.
Senator from Arizona, 1912-41.
Catholic.
Famed for saying "No senator can change his mind quicker than I."
Actor in cameo role in the 1962 movie Advise &
Consent.
Suffered a stroke,
and died two weeks later, in Georgetown University Hospital,
Washington,
D.C., May 31,
1962 (age 87 years, 260
days).
Interment at Mountain
View Cemetery, Prescott, Ariz.
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Sol Bloom (1870-1949) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Pekin, Tazewell
County, Ill., March 9,
1870.
Son of Garrison Bloom and Sara Bloom.
Democrat. Play producer; entertainment manager; songwriter;
furniture
business; real estate
business; U.S.
Representative from New York, 1923-49 (19th District 1923-45,
20th District 1945-49); died in office 1949; alternate delegate to
Democratic National Convention from New York, 1944.
Jewish.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Elks; Moose; Redmen.
Died, from a heart
attack, in the U.S. Naval
Hospital, Bethesda, Montgomery
County, Md., March 7,
1949 (age 78 years, 363
days).
Interment at Mt.
Eden Cemetery, Westchester Hills, N.Y.
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William Patrick Connery, Jr. (1888-1937) —
also known as William P. Connery, Jr. —
of Lynn, Essex
County, Mass.
Born in Lynn, Essex
County, Mass., August
24, 1888.
Son of William
Patrick Connery, Sr..
Democrat. Professional actor, 1908-16; candy
manufacturer; served in the U.S. Army during World War I; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 7th District, 1923-37; died in
office 1937; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Massachusetts, 1932.
Catholic.
Member, American
Legion; Knights
of Columbus; Moose; Eagles; Elks; Redmen; Kiwanis.
Died in Washington,
D.C., June 15,
1937 (age 48 years, 295
days).
Interment at St.
Mary's Cemetery, Lynn, Mass.
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Faith (b. 1923) —
also known as Faith Dane —
of St. Croix, Virgin
Islands; Washington,
D.C.
Born in 1923.
Actress; artist;
candidate for Virgin
Islands legislature, 1964; Independent candidate for mayor
of Washington, D.C., 1990, 1994, 1998; Independent candidate for
Delegate
to U.S. Congress from the District of Columbia, 1996.
Female.
Still living as of 2002.
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Relatives:
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John Temple Graves (1856-1925) —
of Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga.
Born in Willington Church, Abbeville
County, S.C., November
9, 1856.
Son of Gen. James Porterfield Graves and Katherine Floride (Calhoun)
Graves.
Newspaper
editor; orator; Presidential Elector for Florida, 1884;
Presidential Elector for Georgia, 1888;
People's candidate for Vice
President of the United States, 1908; speaker, Democratic National Convention, 1912.
Died in Washington,
D.C., August 8,
1925 (age 68 years, 272
days).
Interment at Westview
Cemetery, Atlanta, Ga.
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John Mills Houston (1890-1975) —
also known as John M. Houston —
of Newton, Harvey
County, Kan.; Wichita, Sedgwick
County, Kan.; Washington,
D.C.
Born near Formoso, Jewell
County, Kan., September
15, 1890.
Son of Samuel J. Houston and Dora (Nieves) Houston.
Democrat. Actor; served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World
War I; lumber
dealer; mayor of
Newton, Kan., 1927-31; U.S.
Representative from Kansas 5th District, 1935-43; defeated, 1942;
member, National Labor
Relations Board, 1943-53; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Kansas, 1944.
Episcopalian.
Member, American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Elks.
Died in Laguna Beach, Orange
County, Calif., April 29,
1975 (age 84 years, 226
days).
Interment at Melrose
Abbey Cemetery, Anaheim, Calif.
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John Davis Lodge (1903-1985) —
of Westport, Fairfield
County, Conn.
Born in Washington,
D.C., October
20, 1903.
Son of George Cabot 'Bay' Lodge (1873-1909) and Mathilda Elizabeth
Frelinghuysen (Davis) Lodge.
Republican. Lawyer;
professional actor in 1933-40, appearing in movies such
as Little Women, The Scarlet Empress, The Little
Colonel, and In Like Flint; served in the U.S. Navy during
World War II; U.S.
Representative from Connecticut 4th District, 1947-51; Governor of
Connecticut, 1951-55; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Connecticut, 1952,
1960;
U.S. Ambassador to Spain, 1955-61; Argentina, 1969-73; Switzerland, 1983-85; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Connecticut, 1964; delegate
to Connecticut state constitutional convention 4th District, 1965.
Member, American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Phi
Beta Kappa.
Collapsed while finishing a speech
to the Women's National Republican Club, and died less than an hour
later at St. Clare's Hospital,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., October
29, 1985 (age 82 years, 9
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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George John Mitchell (b. 1933) —
also known as George J. Mitchell —
of South Portland, Cumberland
County, Maine; Washington,
D.C.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Waterville, Kennebec
County, Maine, August
20, 1933.
Son of George John Mitchell and Mary (Saad) Mitchell.
Democrat. Lawyer; aide
to U.S. Sen. Edmund
Muskie, 1962-65; also deputy director of Muskie's
vice-presidential campaign in 1968, and presidential campaign in
1972; Maine
Democratic state chair, 1966-68; member of Democratic
National Committee from Maine, 1969-77; candidate for Governor of
Maine, 1974; U.S.
Attorney for Maine, 1977-79; U.S.
District Judge for Maine, 1979-80; U.S.
Senator from Maine, 1980-95; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Maine, 1996,
2000,
2004;
chairman, Walt
Disney Company (major movie studio, operator of theme
parks, and owner of the ABC television
network), 2004-07; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from New York, 2008.
Catholic.
Lebanese
and Irish
ancestry. Member, Council on
Foreign Relations.
Still living as of 2009.
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John Howard Payne (1791-1852) —
also known as John H. Payne —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., June 9,
1791.
Actor; playwright;
author of the lines which were later adapted as the song "Home Sweet
Home"; U.S. Consul in Tunis, 1842-45, 1851-52, died in office 1852.
Inducted into the Songwriters Hall of
Fame, 1970.
Died in Tunis, Tunisia,
April
10, 1852 (age 60 years, 306
days).
Original interment at St.
George's Protestant Cemetery, Tunis, Tunisia; reinterment in 1883
at Oak
Hill Cemetery, Washington, D.C.; memorial monument at Prospect
Park, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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John William Warner (b. 1927) —
also known as John W. Warner —
of Middleburg, Loudoun
County, Va.
Born in Washington,
D.C., February
18, 1927.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; served in
the U.S. Marine Corps during the Korean conflict; lawyer; U.S.
Senator from Virginia, 1979-; appointed 1979.
Episcopalian.
Still living as of 2009.
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