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David Campion Acheson (b. 1921) —
of Washington,
D.C.
Born in Washington,
D.C., November
4, 1921.
Son of Dean
Gooderham Acheson and Alice (Stanley) Acheson (1895-1996).
Lawyer;
U.S.
Attorney for the District of Columbia, 1961-65.
Episcopalian. Member, American Bar
Association.
Still living as of 1996.
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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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Joseph Henry Adams (c.1859-1924) —
also known as Joseph H. Adams —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Washington,
D.C., about 1859.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from New York County 21st District, 1904.
Episcopalian. Member, Sons of
the Revolution.
Died in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., August
19, 1924 (age about 65
years).
Interment somewhere
in Washington, D.C.
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Arthur Ainslie Ageton (1900-1971) —
also known as Arthur A. Ageton —
of Annapolis, Anne
Arundel County, Md.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Fromberg, Carbon
County, Mont., October
25, 1900.
Son of Peter Benjamin Ageton and Minnie Anna (Drummond) Ageton.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; rear
admiral; U.S. Ambassador to Paraguay, 1954-57; university
professor.
Episcopalian.
Died, in Bethesda
Naval Hospital, Bethesda, Montgomery
County, Md., April 23,
1971 (age 70 years, 180
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Larz Anderson (1866-1937) —
of Brookline, Norfolk
County, Mass.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Paris, France
of American parents, August
15, 1866.
Son of Gen. Nicholas Longworth Anderson (1838-1892) and Elizabeth
Coles (Kilgour) Anderson.
Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; U.S.
Minister to Belgium, 1911-12; U.S. Ambassador to Japan, 1912-13.
Episcopalian. Member, Society
of the Cincinnati; Loyal
Legion.
Died in White Sulphur Springs, Greenbrier
County, W.Va., April 13,
1937 (age 70 years, 241
days).
Interment at Washington
National Cathedral, Washington, D.C.
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Robert Ernest Andrews (b. 1957) —
also known as Robert E. Andrews; Rob
Andrews —
of Bellmawr, Camden
County, N.J.; Haddon Heights, Camden
County, N.J.
Born in Camden, Camden
County, N.J., August 4,
1957.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from New Jersey 1st District, 1990-; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from New Jersey, 1996,
2000,
2004,
2008.
Episcopalian. Member, Phi
Beta Kappa.
Still living as of 2009.
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James Anton (1914-2006) —
of Washington,
D.C.
Born in Concord, Merrimack
County, N.H., March 22,
1914.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; member of New
Hampshire state house of representatives, 1946-47.
Episcopalian. Member, American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Eagles.
Died March 23,
2006 (age 92 years, 1
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Thurman Wesley Arnold (1891-1969) —
also known as Thurman W. Arnold —
of Laramie, Albany
County, Wyo.; New Haven, New Haven
County, Conn.; Washington,
D.C.; Alexandria,
Va.
Born in Laramie, Albany
County, Wyo., June 2,
1891.
Son of Constantine Peter Arnold and Annie (Brockway) Arnold.
Democrat. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War I; member of Wyoming
state house of representatives, 1921; mayor of
Laramie, Wyo., 1923-24; dean,
College of Law, West Virginia University, 1927-30; professor of
law, Yale University, from 1931; Judge of
U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, 1943-45; resigned
1945.
Episcopalian. Member, American Bar
Association; Phi
Beta Kappa; Elks; Lions.
Suffered a heart
attack, and died two months later, in Alexandria,
Va., November
7, 1969 (age 78 years, 158
days).
Interment at Green
Hill Cemetery, Laramie, Wyo.
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Henry Baldwin (1780-1844) —
of Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa.
Born in New Haven, New Haven
County, Conn., January
14, 1780.
Son of Henry Baldwin and Theodora (Wolcott) Baldwin.
Lawyer;
U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 14th District, 1817-22; Justice
of U.S. Supreme Court, 1830-44; died in office 1844.
Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons.
Died in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., April 21,
1844 (age 64 years, 98
days).
Original interment at Oak
Hill Cemetery, Washington, D.C.; reinterment at Greendale
Cemetery, Meadville, Pa.
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Philip Pendleton Barbour (1783-1841) —
of Lucketsville (unknown
county), Va.
Born near Gordonsville, Orange
County, Va., May 25,
1783.
Son of Col. Thomas Barbour and Mary (Thomas) Barbour.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1812-14; U.S.
Representative from Virginia, 1814-25, 1827-30 (10th District
1814-15, 11th District 1815-25, 1827-30); Speaker of
the U.S. House, 1821-23; state court judge in Virginia, 1825-27;
delegate
to Virginia state constitutional convention, 1829-30; U.S.
District Judge for the Eastern District of Virginia, 1830-36; Justice
of U.S. Supreme Court, 1836-41; died in office 1841.
Episcopalian.
Died in Washington,
D.C., February
25, 1841 (age 57 years, 276
days).
Interment at Congressional
Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Charles Alexander Bay (1886-1978) —
also known as Charles A. Bay —
of Five Corners, Bucks
County, Pa.
Born in Columbus, Franklin
County, Ohio, June 7,
1886.
Son of William Lewis Bay and Cecelia Sarah (Radenbach) Bay.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; U.S. Vice Consul in Dublin, 1920-22; Casablanca, 1923; Port-au-Prince, 1924; U.S. Consul in Tampico, 1924-26; Corinto, 1926; Tientsin, 1927; Bangkok, 1928-29; Seville, 1936-39; U.S. Consul General in Milan, 1946-48.
Episcopalian.
Died in Lahaska, Bucks
County, Pa., June 2,
1978 (age 91 years, 360
days).
Interment at Rock
Creek Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Birch Evans Bayh III (b. 1955) —
also known as Evan Bayh —
of Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind.
Born near Terre Haute, Vigo
County, Ind., December
26, 1955.
Son of Birch
Evans Bayh, Jr..
Democrat. Lawyer; secretary of
state of Indiana, 1986-89; Governor of
Indiana, 1989-97; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Indiana, 1996,
2000,
2004,
2008;
U.S.
Senator from Indiana, 1999-2011.
Episcopalian. Member, Phi
Kappa Psi.
Still living as of 2011.
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Samuel Willard Beakes (1861-1927) —
also known as Samuel W. Beakes —
of Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich.
Born in Burlingham, Sullivan
County, N.Y., January
11, 1861.
Son of George
Mortimer Beakes and Elizabeth (Bull) Beakes (1837-1918).
Democrat. Lawyer;
private secretary to Judge Thomas
M. Cooley; newspaper
editor and publisher; mayor
of Ann Arbor, Mich., 1888-90; postmaster;
U.S.
Representative from Michigan 2nd District, 1913-17, 1917-19;
defeated, 1916, 1918; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Michigan, 1916.
Episcopalian.
Died in Washington,
D.C., February
9, 1927 (age 66 years, 29
days).
Interment at Forest
Hill Cemetery, Ann Arbor, Mich.
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Ralph Elihu Becker (1907-1994) —
also known as Ralph E. Becker —
of Port Chester, Westchester
County, N.Y.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., January
29, 1907.
Son of Max Joseph Becker and Rose (Becker) Becker.
Republican. Lawyer;
delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1936;
served in the U.S. Army during World War II; candidate for
Presidential Elector for District of Columbia, 1972;
U.S. Ambassador to Honduras, 1976-77.
Jewish;
later Episcopalian. Lithuanian
and Belarusian
ancestry. Member, American Bar
Association; American
Judicature Society; Federal
Bar Association; National
Trust for Historic Preservation; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Elks; Jewish
War Veterans; American
Legion; B'nai
B'rith; American
Jewish Committee.
Donor of the Ralph E. Becker Collection of Political Americana to the
Smithsonian Institution; a sponsor of the Antarctic-South Pole
Operation Deep Freeze expedition, 1963; a mountain in Antarctica is
named
for him.
Died, from congestive
heart failure, in George Washington University Hospital,
Washington,
D.C., August
24, 1994 (age 87 years, 207
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Alvin M. Bentley, Jr. (b. 1941) —
of Owosso, Shiawassee
County, Mich.
Born in Washington,
D.C., May 27,
1941.
Son of Arvilla (Duescher) Bentley and Alvin
Morell Bentley.
Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from
Michigan, 1968;
chair
of Shiawassee County Republican Party, 1968-73.
Episcopalian. Member, Farm
Bureau.
Still living as of 1973.
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Arthur Alexis Birney (1852-1916) —
also known as Arthur A. Birney —
of Washington,
D.C.
Born in Paris, France,
May
28, 1852.
Son of William Birney (1819-1907; Civil War general) and Catherine
(Hoffman) Birney.
Republican. Lawyer; law
professor; U.S.
Attorney for the District of Columbia, 1893-97.
Episcopalian.
Died September
4, 1916 (age 64 years, 99
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Montgomery Blair (1813-1883) —
of Missouri; Maryland.
Born in Franklin
County, Ky., May 10,
1813.
Son of Francis
Preston Blair and Eliza Violet (Gist) Blair (1794-1877).
Lawyer;
U.S.
Attorney for Missouri, 1840-44; common pleas court judge in
Missouri, 1843-49; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Missouri, 1844,
1852;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Maryland, 1860;
U.S.
Postmaster General, 1861-64; member of Maryland
state house of delegates, 1878; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Maryland, 1882.
Episcopalian.
Died in Silver Spring, Montgomery
County, Md., July 27,
1883 (age 70 years, 78
days).
Entombed at Rock
Creek Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Mabel Thorp Boardman —
of Washington,
D.C.
Born in Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio.
Member, Board of Incorporators, Red Cross, 1900; also served as Red
Cross national secretary; member
District of Columbia board of commissioners, 1920-21.
Female.
Episcopalian.
Burial
location unknown.
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Richard Walker Bolling (1916-1991) —
also known as Richard Bolling —
of Kansas City, Jackson
County, Mo.
Born in New York City (unknown
county), N.Y., May 17,
1916.
Son of Richard Walker Bolling and Florence (Easton) Bolling.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; U.S.
Representative from Missouri 5th District, 1949-83.
Episcopalian. Member, Americans
for Democratic Action; Phi
Delta Theta; Phi
Beta Kappa.
Died, apparently from a heart
attack, in Washington,
D.C., April 21,
1991 (age 74 years, 339
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Herbert Covington Bonner (1891-1965) —
also known as Herbert C. Bonner —
of Washington, Beaufort
County, N.C.
Born in Washington, Beaufort
County, N.C., May 16,
1891.
Son of Herbert M. Bonner and Hannah (Hare) Bonner.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; U.S.
Representative from North Carolina 1st District, 1940-65; died in
office 1965; delegate to Democratic National Convention from North
Carolina, 1944
(alternate), 1956,
1964.
Episcopalian. Member, Elks; Freemasons;
Shriners.
Died in Walter
Reed Army Hospital, Washington,
D.C., November
7, 1965 (age 74 years, 175
days).
Interment at Oakdale
Cemetery, Washington, N.C.
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Clay Stone Briggs (1876-1933) —
of Galveston, Galveston
County, Tex.
Born in Galveston, Galveston
County, Tex., January
8, 1876.
Son of George Dempster Briggs and Olive (Branch) Briggs.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Texas
state house of representatives, 1906-08; district judge in Texas
10th District, 1909-19; U.S.
Representative from Texas 7th District, 1919-33; died in office
1933.
Episcopalian.
Died of a heart
attack, in Washington,
D.C., April 29,
1933 (age 57 years, 111
days).
Interment at Oakwood
Cemetery, Syracuse, N.Y.
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Edward William Brooke III (b. 1919) —
also known as Edward W. Brooke —
of Newton Center, Newton, Middlesex
County, Mass.
Born in Washington,
D.C., October
26, 1919.
Son of Edward W. Brooke and Helen (Seldon) Brooke.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; lawyer;
candidate for secretary of
state of Massachusetts, 1960; Massachusetts
state attorney general, 1963-67; U.S.
Senator from Massachusetts, 1967-79; defeated, 1978.
Episcopalian. African
ancestry. Member, American Bar
Association; American
Academy of Arts and Sciences; Amvets; Alpha
Phi Alpha.
First
black U.S. Senator in the 20th century; recipient of the Spingarn
Medal in 1967.
Still living as of 2009.
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Philip Marshall Brown (1875-1966) —
of Princeton, Mercer
County, N.J.; Washington,
D.C.; Williamstown, Berkshire
County, Mass.
Born in Hampden, Penobscot
County, Maine, July 31,
1875.
Son of David Wilbur Brown and Clara Herrick (Hill) Brown.
U.S. Minister to Honduras, 1908-10; university
professor.
Episcopalian. Member, Urban
League; Kappa
Alpha Society.
Died, in a nursing
home at Williamstown, Berkshire
County, Mass., May 10,
1966 (age 90 years, 283
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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David Kirkpatrick Este Bruce (1898-1977) —
also known as David K. E. Bruce —
of Baltimore,
Md.; Charlotte Court House, Charlotte
County, Va.; Elkridge, Howard
County, Md.
Born in Baltimore,
Md., February
12, 1898.
Son of William
Cabell Bruce and Louise Este (Fisher) Bruce.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer; farmer;
member of Maryland
state house of delegates, 1924-26; U.S. Vice Consul in Rome, 1926; member of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1940-43; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Virginia, 1940;
served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; U.S. Ambassador to
France, 1949-52; Germany, 1957-59; Great Britain, 1961-69; U.S. Liaison to China, 1973-74.
Episcopalian. Member, Council on
Foreign Relations.
Received the Presidential
Medal of Freedom in 1976.
Died, as a result of a heart
attack, in Georgetown University Medical
Center, Washington,
D.C., December
5, 1977 (age 79 years, 296
days).
Interment at Oak
Hill Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Richard Hudson Bryan (b. 1937) —
also known as Richard H. Bryan —
of Nevada.
Born in Washington,
D.C., July 16,
1937.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Nevada
state senate, 1972-78; Nevada
state attorney general, 1979-83; defeated, 1974; Governor of
Nevada, 1983-89; U.S.
Senator from Nevada, 1989-2001; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Nevada, 1996,
2000.
Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Alpha
Tau Omega.
Still living as of 2009.
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Charles Henry Burke (1861-1944) —
also known as Charles H. Burke —
of Pierre, Hughes
County, S.Dak.
Born near Batavia, Genesee
County, N.Y., April 1,
1861.
Son of Walter Burke and Sarah T. (Beckwith) Burke.
Republican. Lawyer; real estate
investor; member of South
Dakota state house of representatives 26th District, 1895-98; U.S.
Representative from South Dakota, 1899-1907, 1909-15 (at-large
1899-1907, 1909-13, 2nd District 1913-15); candidate for U.S.
Senator from South Dakota, 1914; U.S. Commissioner of Indian
Affairs, 1921-29.
Episcopalian. Member, Elks; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Ancient
Order of United Workmen.
Died in Washington,
D.C., April 7,
1944 (age 83 years, 6
days).
Interment at Riverside
Cemetery, Pierre, S.Dak.
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Sherman Everett Burroughs (1870-1923) —
also known as Sherman E. Burroughs —
of Manchester, Hillsborough
County, N.H.
Born in Dunbarton, Merrimack
County, N.H., February
6, 1870.
Son of John H. Burroughs and Helen M. (Baker) Burroughs.
Republican. Private secretary to U.S. Rep. Henry
M. Baker, 1894-97; lawyer;
member of New
Hampshire state house of representatives, 1901-02; member, New
Hampshire state board of charities and corrections, 1901-17; member,
New Hampshire state board of equalization, 1909-10; U.S.
Representative from New Hampshire 1st District, 1917-23; died in
office 1923.
Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons.
Died in Washington,
D.C., January
27, 1923 (age 52 years, 355
days).
Interment at Pine
Grove Cemetery, Manchester, N.H.
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Homer Morrison Byington (1879-1966) —
also known as Homer M. Byington —
of Norwalk, Fairfield
County, Conn.
Born in Washington,
D.C., September
19, 1879.
Son of George Richmond Byington and Emma Marsalena (Morrison)
Byington.
U.S. Vice Consul in Naples, 1900-08; Rome, 1908-09; U.S. Consul in Bristol, 1909-13; Leeds, 1913-17; Hull, 1917-19; Palermo, 1919-20; Naples, 1920-21; U.S. Consul General in Naples, 1923-29; Antwerp, 1935; Montreal, 1936-43.
Episcopalian.
Died, in a nursing
home at Stamford, Fairfield
County, Conn., July 7,
1966 (age 86 years, 291
days).
Interment at Norwalk
Cemetery, Norwalk, Conn.
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Katharine Edgar Byron (1903-1976) —
also known as Katharine E. Byron; Katharine
Edgar —
of Williamsport, Washington
County, Md.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., October
25, 1903.
Daughter of Gen. Clinton Goodloe Edgar and Mary (McComas) Edgar.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from Maryland 6th District, 1941-43.
Female.
Episcopalian.
Died in Washington,
D.C., December
28, 1976 (age 73 years, 64
days).
Interment at Riverview
Cemetery, Williamsport, Md.
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Edward Codrington Carrington, Jr. (1872-1938) —
also known as Edward C. Carrington, Jr. —
of Baltimore,
Md.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Washington,
D.C., April 10,
1872.
Son of Edward Codrington Carrington and Florida Troupe (Harrison)
Carrington.
Republican. Lawyer; financier;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Maryland, 1912;
candidate for U.S.
Senator from Maryland, 1914; candidate for borough
president of Manhattan, New York, 1931.
Episcopalian.
Died, following a heart
attack, in Baltimore,
Md., December
30, 1938 (age 66 years, 264
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Marion Maxwell Caskie (b. 1890) —
also known as Marion M. Caskie —
of Alabama; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Remington, Fauquier
County, Va., July 29,
1890.
Son of Dr. James Maxwell Caskie and Olivia (Rixey) Caskie.
Democrat. Staff for Southern Railway
office in Washington, 1906-11; traffic manager for various
enterprises; general manager, state docks,
Port of Mobile, Ala.; vice-president, Waterman Steamship
Co.; member, Interstate
Commerce Commission, 1935-40.
Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons.
Burial
location unknown.
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William Richards Castle, Jr. (1878-1963) —
of Washington,
D.C.
Born in Honolulu, Island of Oahu, Honolulu
County, Hawaii, June 19,
1878.
Son of William
Richards Castle and Ida Beatrice (Lowrey) Castle.
Republican. U.S. Ambassador to Japan, 1929-30.
Episcopalian. Member, American
Academy of Arts and Sciences.
Died in 1963
(age about
85 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Salmon Portland Chase (1808-1873) —
also known as Salmon P. Chase; "Old Mr.
Greenbacks" —
of Ohio.
Born in Cornish, Sullivan
County, N.H., January
13, 1808.
Republican. U.S.
Senator from Ohio, 1849-55, 1861; Governor of
Ohio, 1856-60; candidate for Republican nomination for President,
1856,
1860;
U.S.
Secretary of the Treasury, 1861-64; Chief
Justice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1864-73; died in office 1873.
Episcopalian.
His portrait appeared on various U.S. currency, including one-dollar
and ten-dollar
notes in the 1860s, and the $10,000
bill from 1918 to 1946.
Died in New York, New York
County, N.Y., May 7,
1873 (age 65 years, 114
days).
Original interment at Oak
Hill Cemetery, Washington, D.C.; reinterment at Spring
Grove Cemetery, Cincinnati, Ohio.
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Samuel Chase (1741-1811) —
of Maryland.
Born near Princess Anne, Somerset
County, Md., April 17,
1741.
Delegate
to Continental Congress from Maryland, 1774-78, 1781-82, 1783-85;
signer,
Declaration of Independence, 1776; state court judge in Maryland,
1788; Justice
of U.S. Supreme Court, 1796-1811; died in office 1811.
Episcopalian.
Articles of impeachment
were filed against him in 1804 on charges of malfeasance
in office; tried by
the Senate in 1805 and acquitted of all charges.
Died in Washington,
D.C., June 19,
1811 (age 70 years, 63
days).
Interment at Old
St. Paul's Cemetery, Baltimore, Md.
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Thomas Chalkley Coffin (1887-1934) —
also known as Thomas C. Coffin —
of Pocatello, Bannock
County, Idaho.
Born in Caldwell, Canyon
County, Idaho, October
25, 1887.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; lawyer; mayor
of Pocatello, Idaho, 1931-33; U.S.
Representative from Idaho 2nd District, 1933-34; died in office
1934.
Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Elks.
Struck
by an automobile on a driveway in the south grounds of the U.S.
Capitol, June 4, 1934, and died four days later at Providence Hospital,
Washington,
D.C., June 8,
1934 (age 46 years, 226
days).
Interment at Mountainview
Cemetery, Pocatello, Idaho.
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James Hayes Shofner Cooper (b. 1954) —
also known as Jim Cooper —
of Shelbyville, Bedford
County, Tenn.; Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn.
Born in Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn., June 19,
1954.
Son of William
Prentice Cooper, Jr. and Hortense Powell Cooper.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Tennessee, 1983-95, 2003- (4th District
1983-95, 5th District 2003-04); candidate for U.S.
Senator from Tennessee, 1994; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Tennessee, 2004,
2008.
Episcopalian. Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; Phi Eta
Sigma; Chi Psi.
Still living as of 2009.
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John Sherman Cooper (1901-1991) —
of Somerset, Pulaski
County, Ky.
Born in Somerset, Pulaski
County, Ky., August
23, 1901.
Son of John
Cooper.
Republican. Member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1928-30; county judge in
Kentucky, 1930-38; candidate for Governor of
Kentucky, 1939; served in the U.S. Army during World War II; U.S.
Senator from Kentucky, 1946-49, 1952-55, 1956-73; defeated, 1948,
1954; delegate to Republican National Convention from Kentucky, 1948,
1956,
1960
(member, Resolutions
Committee), 1972
(delegation chair); U.S. Ambassador to India, 1955-56; Nepal, 1955-56; East Germany, 1974-76; member, President's Commission
on the Assassination of President KNDY, 1963-64.
Baptist
or Episcopalian. Member, American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Rotary; American Bar
Association; Beta
Theta Pi.
The John Sherman Cooper Power Plant in Somerset, Ky., is named for
him.
Died of heart
failure, in Washington,
D.C., February
21, 1991 (age 89 years, 182
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.; statue at Fountain
Square, Somerset, Ky.
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James Harry Covington (1870-1942) —
also known as J. Harry Covington —
of Easton, Talbot
County, Md.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Easton, Talbot
County, Md., May 3,
1870.
Son of James H. Covington and Emma V. Covington.
Democrat. Lawyer; Talbot
County State's Attorney, 1903-09; U.S.
Representative from Maryland 1st District, 1909-14; resigned
1914; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Maryland, 1912
(chair, Committee
on Rules and Order of Business; speaker);
justice
of District of Columbia supreme court, 1914-18.
Episcopalian. Member, Kappa
Sigma.
Died in Washington,
D.C., February
4, 1942 (age 71 years, 277
days).
Interment at Spring
Hill Cemetery, Easton, Md.
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Albert Lyman Cox (b. 1883) —
also known as Albert L. Cox —
of Raleigh, Wake
County, N.C.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Raleigh, Wake
County, N.C., December
1, 1883.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of North
Carolina state house of representatives, 1909; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from North Carolina, 1912;
superior court judge in North Carolina, 1916-17; colonel in the U.S.
Army during World War I; Presidential Elector for North Carolina, 1920;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from District of Columbia,
1940,
1944,
1948.
Episcopalian. Member, Sons of
the American Revolution; American
Legion; Sigma
Alpha Epsilon; Phi
Delta Phi; Freemasons;
Knights
of Pythias; Rotary.
Interment at Willowdale
Cemetery, Goldsboro, N.C.
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Christopher C. Cox (1816-1882) —
of Maryland.
Born in Baltimore,
Md., August
28, 1816.
Lieutenant
Governor of Maryland, 1865-68.
Episcopalian.
Died in Washington,
D.C., November
25, 1882 (age 66 years, 89
days).
Interment somewhere
in Easton, Md.
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William Radford Coyle (1878-1962) —
also known as William R. Coyle —
of Bethlehem, Northampton
County, Pa.
Born in Washington,
D.C., July 10,
1878.
Son of Randolph Coyle and Mary (Radford) Coyle.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War I; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 30th District, 1925-27, 1929-33;
defeated, 1926; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Pennsylvania, 1944,
1960
(alternate).
Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons.
Died in Bethlehem, Northampton
County, Pa., January
30, 1962 (age 83 years, 204
days).
Interment at Nisky
Hill Cemetery, Bethlehem, Pa.
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Tunis Augustus Macdonough Craven (b. 1893) —
also known as T. A. M. Craven —
of Washington,
D.C.; Virginia.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., January
31, 1893.
Son of T. A. Craven and Harriet Baker (Austin) Craven.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; radio engineer;
member, Federal
Communications Commission, 1937-44, 1956-63.
Episcopalian. Member, Loyal
Legion.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of T. A. Craven and Harriet Baker (Austin) Craven; married, September
25, 1915, to Josephine La Tourette; married 1931 to Emma
Stoner. |
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William Dawson, Jr. (1885-1972) —
of Minnesota.
Born in St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn., August
11, 1885.
Son of William Dawson and Maria (Rice) Dawson.
Foreign Service officer; U.S. Vice & Deputy Consul General in SAINT Petersburg, 1908; Barcelona, 1908-10; Frankfort, 1910-13; U.S. Consul in Rosario, 1913-17; Montevideo, 1917-19; Danzig, 1919-21; Munich, 1921-22; U.S. Consul General in Mexico City, 1928-30; U.S. Minister to Ecuador, 1930-35; Colombia, 1934-37; Uruguay, 1937-39; U.S. Ambassador to Panama, 1939-41; Uruguay, 1941-46.
Episcopalian. Member, Chi Psi.
Died in Blue Hill, Hancock
County, Maine, July 17,
1972 (age 86 years, 341
days).
Interment at Rock
Creek Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Louis Emil Denfeld (b. 1891) —
also known as Louis E. Denfeld —
of Washington,
D.C.; Westborough, Worcester
County, Mass.
Born in Westborough, Worcester
County, Mass., April 13,
1891.
Son of Louis E. Denfeld and Etta May (Kelley) Denfeld.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; U.S. Navy
admiral; candidate in primary for Governor of
Massachusetts, 1950.
Episcopalian.
Burial
location unknown.
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Julian Carey Dixon (1934-2000) —
also known as Julian C. Dixon —
of Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif.
Born in Washington,
D.C., August 8,
1934.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of California
state assembly, 1973-78; U.S.
Representative from California, 1979-2000 (28th District 1979-93,
32nd District 1993-2000); died in office 2000; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from California, 1988,
1996,
2000;
chair, Rules Committee, chair, 1984.
Episcopalian. African
ancestry. Member, Alpha
Phi Alpha.
Died, following a heart
attack, at a hospital
in Marina del Rey, Los Angeles
County, Calif., December
8, 2000 (age 66 years, 122
days).
Interment at Inglewood
Park Cemetery, Inglewood, Calif.
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Nugent Dodds (b. 1887) —
of Washington,
D.C.
Born in Mt. Pleasant, Isabella
County, Mich., June 17,
1887.
Son of Francis
Henry Dodds and Mollie (Nugent) Dodds.
Republican. Lawyer; U.S.
Attorney for the Western District of Tennessee, 1926.
Episcopalian.
Burial
location unknown.
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George Fiske Dudley (b. 1867) —
also known as George F. Dudley —
of Washington,
D.C.
Born in Centerville, Wayne
County, Ind., September
25, 1867.
Episcopal
priest; speaker, Democratic National Convention, 1912 ;
alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from District of
Columbia, 1932.
Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Lions; Loyal
Legion.
Burial
location unknown.
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Sam Farr (b. 1941) —
of Carmel, Monterey
County, Calif.
Born in San
Francisco, Calif., July 4,
1941.
Democrat. Served
in the Peace Corps; member of California
state assembly, 1981-93; U.S.
Representative from California 17th District, 1993-; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from California, 1996,
2000,
2004,
2008.
Episcopalian.
Still living as of 2009.
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Stephen Johnson Field (1816-1899) —
also known as Stephen J. Field —
of Yuba
County, Calif.
Born in Haddam, Middlesex
County, Conn., November
4, 1816.
Went
to California for the 1849 Gold Rush; member of California
state assembly 14th District, 1851-52; justice of
California state supreme court, 1857-63; chief
justice of California state supreme court, 1859-63; Justice
of U.S. Supreme Court, 1863-97; arrested
in San Francisco, August 16, 1889, on charges
of being party to the alleged murder
of David
S. Terry; released on bail; ultimately the killing was ruled to
be justifiable homicide.
Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons.
Died in Washington,
D.C., April 9,
1899 (age 82 years, 156
days).
Interment at Rock
Creek Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Hamilton Fish, Jr. (1926-1996) —
of Millbrook, Dutchess
County, N.Y.
Born in Washington,
D.C., June 3,
1926.
Son of Hamilton
Fish, Jr. (1888-1991) and Grace (Chapin) Fish.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; lawyer; U.S.
Representative from New York, 1969-95 (28th District 1969-73,
25th District 1973-83, 21st District 1983-93, 19th District 1993-95);
delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1984.
Episcopalian. Member, Sons of
the American Revolution; Grange; American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Elks; Freemasons;
Shriners.
Died July 24,
1996 (age 70 years, 51
days).
Interment at St.
Philip's Cemetery, Garrison, N.Y.
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John Clifford Folger (1896-1981) —
Born in Sheldon, O'Brien
County, Iowa, May 28,
1896.
U.S. Ambassador to Belgium, 1957-59.
Episcopalian.
Died in 1981
(age about
85 years).
Entombed at Washington
National Cathedral, Washington, D.C.
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Uriah Forrest (c.1746-1805) —
of Maryland.
Born near Leonardtown, St. Mary's
County, Md., about 1746.
Member of Maryland
state house of delegates, 1781-83, 1786-90; Delegate
to Continental Congress from Maryland, 1786-87; U.S.
Representative from Maryland 3rd District, 1793-94; member of Maryland
state senate, 1796-1800; state court judge in Maryland, 1799-1800.
Episcopalian.
Died in Georgetown, Washington,
D.C., July 6,
1805 (age about 59
years).
Original interment at Old
Presbyterian Cemetery (which no longer exists), Georgetown,
Washington, D.C.; reinterment in 1883 at Oak
Hill Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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William Holt Gale (b. 1864) —
also known as William H. Gale —
of Washington,
D.C.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., January
26, 1864.
Son of William Gale and Elizabeth Varian (Naylor) Gale.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War;
U.S. Consul in Puerto Plata, 1906-07; Malta, 1907-10; Colón, 1914-15; U.S. Consul General in Athens, 1910-14; Munich, 1915-17; Copenhagen, 1919-20; Hong Kong, 1921-24; Amsterdam, 1926; Budapest, 1927-29.
Episcopalian. Member, Theta Xi.
Burial
location unknown.
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Stephen Warfield Gambrill (1873-1938) —
also known as Stephen W. Gambrill —
of Baltimore,
Md.; near Laurel, Howard
County, Md.
Born near Savage, Howard
County, Md., October
2, 1873.
Son of Stephen Gambrill and Kate (Gorman) Gambrill.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Maryland
state house of delegates, 1920-22; member of Maryland
state senate, 1924; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Maryland, 1924;
U.S.
Representative from Maryland 5th District, 1924-38; died in
office 1938.
Episcopalian.
Died in Washington,
D.C., December
19, 1938 (age 65 years, 78
days).
Interment at Cedar
Hill Cemetery, Suitland, Md.
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Clyde Davis Garrett (b. 1887) —
also known as Clyde D. Garrett —
of Chevy Chase, Montgomery
County, Md.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Washington,
D.C., October
25, 1887.
Republican. Lawyer; District of
Columbia Republican Party secretary, 1937; alternate delegate to
Republican National Convention from District of Columbia, 1940.
Episcopalian. Member, Theta
Delta Chi; Alpha
Delta Sigma.
Burial
location unknown.
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Hampson Gary (1873-1952) —
of Tyler, Smith
County, Tex.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Tyler, Smith
County, Tex., April 23,
1873.
Son of Franklin Newman Gary and Martha Isabella (Boren) Gary.
Democrat. Lawyer;
vice-president, Royall National Bank;
director, Guaranty State Bank;
served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; member of Texas
state house of representatives, 1901-02; member of Texas
Democratic State Executive Committee, 1902-04; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Texas, 1908;
U.S. Diplomatic Agent to Egypt, 1917; U.S. Consul General in Cairo, 1919-20; U.S. Minister to Switzerland, 1920-21.
Episcopalian. Member, American Bar
Association; Phi
Beta Kappa; Alpha
Tau Omega; Sons of
the Revolution; Society
of Colonial Wars.
Died April 18,
1952 (age 78 years, 361
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Oliver Gasch (c.1906-1999) —
of Washington,
D.C.
Born about 1906.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; U.S.
Attorney for the District of Columbia, 1956-61; U.S.
District Judge for the District of Columbia, 1965-81.
Episcopalian.
Died, following heart
surgery, at Georgetown University Hospital,
Washington,
D.C., July 9,
1999 (age about 93
years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Elbridge Gerry (1744-1814) —
of Massachusetts.
Born in Marblehead, Essex
County, Mass., July 17,
1744.
Delegate
to Continental Congress from Massachusetts, 1776-80, 1782-85; signer,
Declaration of Independence, 1776; signer,
Articles of Confederation, 1777; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1786; member,
U.S. Constitutional Convention, 1787; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 3rd District, 1789-93; Governor of
Massachusetts, 1810-12; defeated, 1801, 1812; Vice
President of the United States, 1813-14; died in office 1814.
Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons.
The word gerrymander ("Gerry" plus "salamander") was coined to
describe an oddly shaped Massachusetts senate district his party
created in 1811, and later came to mean any unfair districting.
Died in Washington,
D.C., November
23, 1814 (age 70 years, 129
days).
Interment at Congressional
Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Charles Hopper Gibson (1842-1900) —
also known as Charles H. Gibson —
of Easton, Talbot
County, Md.
Born near Centreville, Queen Anne's
County, Md., January
19, 1842.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from Maryland 1st District, 1885-91; U.S.
Senator from Maryland, 1891-97.
Episcopalian.
Died in Washington,
D.C., March 31,
1900 (age 58 years, 71
days).
Interment at Chesterfield
Cemetery, Centreville, Md.
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Charles W. Gilchrist (1936-1999) —
Born in Washington,
D.C., November
12, 1936.
Lawyer;
member of Maryland
state senate 17th District, 1975-78.
Episcopalian. Member, American Bar
Association.
Died in Baltimore,
Md., June 24,
1999 (age 62 years, 224
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Thomas Alan Goldsborough (1877-1951) —
also known as T. Alan Goldsborough —
of Denton, Caroline
County, Md.
Born in Greensboro, Caroline
County, Md., September
16, 1877.
Son of Washington E. Goldsborough and Martha P. (Laird) Goldsborough.
Democrat. Lawyer; Caroline
County State's Attorney, 1904-08; U.S.
Representative from Maryland 1st District, 1921-39; Judge of
U.S. District Court, 1939-41.
Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons.
Died in Washington,
D.C., June 16,
1951 (age 73 years, 273
days).
Interment at Denton
Cemetery, Denton, Md.
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Charles Ellsworth Goodell (1926-1987) —
also known as Charles E. Goodell —
of Jamestown, Chautauqua
County, N.Y.
Born in Jamestown, Chautauqua
County, N.Y., March 16,
1926.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; served in
the U.S. Air Force during the Korean conflict; U.S.
Representative from New York, 1959-68 (43rd District 1959-63,
38th District 1963-68); delegate to Republican National Convention
from New York, 1964;
U.S.
Senator from New York, 1968-71; defeated, 1970.
Episcopalian.
Died in Washington,
D.C., January
21, 1987 (age 60 years, 311
days).
Interment at Lakeview
Cemetery, Jamestown, N.Y.
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Michael Hahn (1830-1886) —
of Louisiana.
Born in Bavaria, Germany,
November
24, 1830.
U.S.
Representative from Louisiana, 1862-63, 1885-86 (at-large
1862-63, 2nd District 1885-86); died in office 1886; Governor of
Louisiana; member of Louisiana
state house of representatives, 1872-76; Speaker of
the Louisiana State House of Representatives, 1875; district
judge in Louisiana 26th District, 1879-85.
Episcopalian.
Died in Washington,
D.C., March 15,
1886 (age 55 years, 111
days).
Interment at Metairie
Cemetery, New Orleans, La.
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Alexander Hamilton (1757-1804) —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Charles Town, Nevis,
January
11, 1757.
Son of James Hamilton and Rachel (Faucette) Hamilton.
Delegate
to Continental Congress from New York, 1782; member of New York
state assembly from New York County, 1786-87; member,
U.S. Constitutional Convention, 1787; delegate to
New York convention to ratify U.S. constitution from New-York
County, 1788; U.S.
Secretary of the Treasury, 1789-95.
Episcopalian. Scottish
and French
ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Society
of the Cincinnati.
Elected to the Hall
of Fame for Great Americans in 1915. His portrait appears on the
U.S. $10
bill; from the 1860s to the 1920s, his portrait also appeared on
U.S. notes
and certificates of various denominations from $2
to $1,000.
Shot
and mortally wounded in a duel with
Aaron
Burr on July 11, 1804, and died the next day in New York, New York
County, N.Y., July 12,
1804 (age 47 years, 183
days).
Interment at Trinity
Churchyard, Manhattan, N.Y.; statue at Treasury
Building Grounds, Washington, D.C.
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Relatives: Son
of James Hamilton and Rachel (Faucette) Hamilton; married 1780 to
Elizabeth Schuyler (daughter of Philip
John Schuyler; sister of Philip
Jeremiah Schuyler); father of James
Alexander Hamilton and William
Stephen Hamilton; ancestor of Robert
Hamilton Woodruff; second great-grandfather of Laurens
M. Hamilton. See Livingston-Seymour-Lee-Williams
family of New York. |
| | | Cross-reference: Nathaniel
Pendleton — Robert
Troup — John
Tayler — William
P. Van Ness |
| | | Hamilton counties in Fla., Ill., Ind., Kan., Neb., N.Y., Ohio and Tenn. are
named for him. |
| | | Other politicians named for him: Alexander
H. Buell
— Alexander
H. Holley
— Hamilton
Fish
— Alexander
H. Stephens
— Alexander
H. Bullock
— Alexander
H. Bailey
— Alexander
H. Rice
— Alexander
Hamilton Jones
— Alexander
H. Waterman
— Alexander
H. Coffroth
— Alexander
H. Revell
— Alexander
Hamilton Hargis
— Alexander
Hamilton Phillips
|
| | | Personal motto: "Do it better
yet." |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Wikipedia
article — NNDB
dossier — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Books about Alexander Hamilton: Richard
Brookhiser, Alexander
Hamilton, American — Forrest McDonald, Alexander
Hamilton: A Biography — Gertrude Atherton, Conqueror
: Dramatized Biography of Alexander Hamilton — Ron
Chernow, Alexander
Hamilton — Thomas Fleming, Duel:
Alexander Hamilton, Aaron Burr, and the Future of
America — Arnold A. Rogow, A
Fatal Friendship: Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr —
Willard Sterne Randall, Alexander
Hamilton: A Life — John Harper, American
Machiavelli : Alexander Hamilton and the Origins of U.S. Foreign
Policy — Stephen F. Knott, Alexander
Hamilton and the Persistence of Myth — Charles Cerami,
Young
Patriots: The Remarkable Story of Two Men. Their Impossible Plan and
The Revolution That Created The Constitution |
| | | Critical books about Alexander
Hamilton: Thomas DiLorenzo, Hamilton's
Curse : How Jefferson's Arch Enemy Betrayed the American Revolution
-- and What It means for Americans Today |
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William Henry Harrison (1773-1841) —
also known as "Tippecanoe"; "Old
Tip"; "Farmer of North Bend";
"General Mum" —
of Vincennes, Knox
County, Ind.; Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio.
Born in Berkeley, Charles City
County, Va., February
9, 1773.
Son of Benjamin
Harrison (1726-1791) and Elizabeth (Bassett) Harrison.
Whig. Secretary
of Northwest Territory, 1798-99; Delegate
to U.S. Congress from Northwest Territory, 1799-1800; Governor of
Indiana Territory, 1801-12; general in the U.S. Army during the
War of 1812; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 1st District, 1816-19; member of Ohio state
senate, 1819-21; Presidential Elector for Ohio, 1820,
1824;
candidate for Governor of
Ohio, 1820; U.S.
Senator from Ohio, 1825-28; U.S. Minister to Gran Colombia, 1828-29; President
of the United States, 1841; defeated, 1836; died in office 1841.
Episcopalian. English
ancestry.
Died of pneumonia,
at the White
House, Washington,
D.C., April 4,
1841 (age 68 years, 54
days).
Interment at Harrison
Tomb, North Bend, Ohio.
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Dow Watters Harter (1885-1971) —
also known as Dow W. Harter —
of Akron, Summit
County, Ohio.
Born in Akron, Summit
County, Ohio, January
2, 1885.
Son of Josiah J. Harter and Anna Lillian (Watters) Harter.
Democrat. Member of Ohio state
house of representatives, 1919-20; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 14th District, 1933-43.
Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons;
Elks; Eagles; Moose.
Died in Washington,
D.C., September
4, 1971 (age 86 years, 245
days).
Interment at Rock
Creek Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Charles Belknap Henderson (1873-1954) —
also known as Charles B. Henderson —
of Elko, Elko
County, Nev.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in San Jose, Santa Clara
County, Calif., June 8,
1873.
Son of Jefferson Henderson and Sarah W. (Bradley) Henderson.
Democrat. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; Elko
County District Attorney, 1901-05; member of Nevada
state house of representatives, 1905-07; U.S.
Senator from Nevada, 1918-21; appointed 1918; defeated, 1920;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Nevada, 1928,
1936;
president and director, Elko Telephone and
Telegraph Company; director, Western Pacific Railroad.
Episcopalian. Member, Phi
Kappa Psi; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Elks.
The city of Henderson, Nevada, is named for
him.
Died in San
Francisco, Calif., November
8, 1954 (age 81 years, 153
days).
Interment at Elko
Cemetery, Elko, Nev.
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Emil William Henry (b. 1929) —
also known as E. William Henry —
of Tennessee; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Memphis, Shelby
County, Tenn., March 4,
1929.
Son of John Phillips Henry and Elizabeth (Tschudy) Henry.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the Korean conflict; lawyer; member, Federal Communications
Commission, 1962-66; chair, Federal Communications
Commission, 1963-66.
Episcopalian. Member, American Bar
Association; Order of the
Coif; Phi
Delta Phi; Chi Psi.
Still living as of 1967.
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John Boynton Philip Clayton Hill (1879-1941) —
also known as John Philip Hill —
of Baltimore,
Md.
Born in Annapolis, Anne Arundel
County, Md., May 2,
1879.
Son of Charles E. Hill and Kate Watts (Clayton) Hill.
Republican. Lawyer; U.S.
Attorney for Maryland, 1910-15; candidate for mayor
of Baltimore, Md., 1915; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Maryland, 1916;
colonel in the U.S. Army during World War I; U.S.
Representative from Maryland 3rd District, 1921-27; defeated,
1908, 1928, 1930, 1936; delegate to
Maryland convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933.
Episcopalian. Member, Society
of the Cincinnati; Society
of Colonial Wars; Alpha
Delta Phi; Phi
Delta Phi; Elks; Moose; Odd
Fellows.
Died in Washington,
D.C., May 23,
1941 (age 62 years, 21
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Peter D. Hoagland (1941-2007) —
of Nebraska.
Born in Omaha, Douglas
County, Neb., November
17, 1941.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the Vietnam war; lawyer; law
clerk for U.S. District Judge Oliver
Gasch, 1969-70; member of Nebraska
unicameral legislature 6th District, 1979-86; U.S.
Representative from Nebraska 2nd District, 1989-95; defeated,
1994.
Episcopalian. Member, American Bar
Association; Common
Cause.
Died, from Parkinson's
disease, in Washington,
D.C., October
30, 2007 (age 65 years, 347
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Adolph A. Hoehling (b. 1868) —
of Washington,
D.C.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., November
3, 1868.
Son of Rear Adm. Adolph August Hoehling and Annie (Rudduck) Hoehling.
Lawyer;
justice
of District of Columbia supreme court, 1921-28; resigned 1928; banker.
Episcopalian. Member, Psi
Upsilon; Phi
Delta Phi.
Burial
location unknown.
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Eleanor Holmes Norton (b. 1937) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Washington,
D.C., June 13,
1937.
Democrat. Lawyer; university
professor; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New
York, 1972;
Delegate
to U.S. Congress from the District of Columbia, 1991-; delegate
to Democratic National Convention from District of Columbia, 1996
(delegation chair), 2000,
2004,
2008.
Female.
Episcopalian. African
ancestry. Member, Council on
Foreign Relations; American Civil
Liberties Union.
Still living as of 2009.
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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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Cordell Hull (1871-1955) —
also known as "Father of the United
Nations" —
of Carthage, Smith
County, Tenn.
Born in a log
cabin at Olympus, Overton County (now Pickett
County), Tenn., October
2, 1871.
Son of William Hull and Elizabeth (Riley) Hull.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Tennessee
state house of representatives, 1893-97; served in the U.S. Army
during the Spanish-American War; circuit judge in Tennessee, 1903-07;
U.S.
Representative from Tennessee 4th District, 1907-21, 1923-31;
defeated, 1920; member of Democratic
National Committee from Tennessee, 1914-24; Chairman of
Democratic National Committee, 1921-24; candidate for Democratic
nomination for President, 1928,
1940,
1944;
U.S.
Senator from Tennessee, 1931-33; U.S.
Secretary of State, 1933-44; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Tennessee, 1936.
Baptist;
later Episcopalian.
Received the Nobel
Peace Prize in 1945.
Died, of heart
disease and tuberculosis,
at Bethesda
Naval Hospital, Bethesda, Montgomery
County, Md., July 23,
1955 (age 83 years, 294
days).
Entombed at Washington
National Cathedral, Washington, D.C.
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Harry Edward Hull (1864-1938) —
also known as Harry E. Hull —
of Williamsburg, Iowa
County, Iowa.
Born near Belvidere, Allegany
County, N.Y., March 12,
1864.
Son of Henry D. Hull and Isabel (Renwick) Hull.
Republican. Grain
business; mayor of Williamsburg, Iowa, 1889-1901; postmaster;
president, Williamsburg Telephone
Company; U.S.
Representative from Iowa 2nd District, 1915-25.
Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; Knights
of Pythias; Elks.
Died in Washington,
D.C., January
16, 1938 (age 73 years, 310
days).
Interment at Oak
Hill Cemetery, Williamsburg, Iowa.
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Robert Houghwout Jackson (1892-1954) —
also known as Robert H. Jackson —
of Jamestown, Chautauqua
County, N.Y.; McLean, Fairfax
County, Va.
Born in Spring Creek, Warren
County, Pa., February
13, 1892.
Son of William Eldred Jackson and Angelina (Houghwout) Jackson.
Democrat. Lawyer;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1936;
U.S. Solicitor General,
1938-40; U.S.
Attorney General, 1940-41; Justice
of U.S. Supreme Court, 1941-54; died in office 1954.
Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons.
Died in Washington,
D.C., October
9, 1954 (age 62 years, 238
days).
Interment at Maple
Grove Cemetery, Frewsburg, N.Y.
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Peter Augustus Jay (1877-1933) —
of Newport, Newport
County, R.I.
Born in Newport, Newport
County, R.I., August
23, 1877.
Son of Augustus Jay and Emily Astor (Kane) Jay.
Foreign Service officer; U.S. Consul General in Cairo, 1909-13; U.S. Minister to Salvador, 1920-21; Romania, 1921-25; U.S. Ambassador to Argentina, 1925-26.
Episcopalian.
Died in Washington,
D.C., October
18, 1933 (age 56 years, 56
days).
Interment at Jay
Family Cemetery, Rye, N.Y.
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Louis Arthur Johnson (1891-1966) —
also known as Louis A. Johnson —
of Clarksburg, Harrison
County, W.Va.
Born in Roanoke,
Va., January
10, 1891.
Son of Marcellus A. Johnson and Katherine Leftwich (Arthur) Johnson.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Harrison County, 1917-18;
served in the U.S. Army during World War I; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from West Virginia, 1924;
National Commander, American Legion, 1932-33; Assistant Secretary of
War, 1937-40; U.S.
Secretary of Defense, 1949-50.
Episcopalian. Member, American
Legion; American Bar
Association; Federal
Bar Association; Sons of
the American Revolution; Delta
Chi; Delta
Sigma Rho; Tau
Kappa Alpha; Freemasons;
Elks; Rotary.
Died in Washington,
D.C., April 24,
1966 (age 75 years, 104
days).
Interment at Elkview
Cemetery, Clarksburg, W.Va.
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Thorsten Valentine Kalijarvi (1897-1980) —
of Washington,
D.C.; Barnstable, Barnstable
County, Mass.
Born in Gardner, Worcester
County, Mass., December
22, 1897.
Son of Gustaf Kalijarvi and Ida Christina (Kuniholm) Kalijarvi.
University
professor; U.S. Ambassador to El Salvador, 1957-61.
Episcopalian. Member, American
Legion; American
Arbitration Association; Pi Gamma
Mu; Phi
Kappa Phi.
Died in June, 1980
(age 82
years, 0 days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Nicholas de Belleville Katzenbach (1922-2012) —
also known as Nicholas de B. Katzenbach —
of Washington,
D.C.; Princeton, Mercer
County, N.J.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., January
17, 1922.
Son of Edward
Lawrence Katzenbach and Marie
Hilson Katzenbach.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; Rhodes
scholar; lawyer; law
professor; U.S.
Attorney General, 1965-66; general counsel for IBM,
1969-86; director, MCI Communications,
2002-04; Presidential Elector for New Jersey, 1996.
Episcopalian. Member, Council on
Foreign Relations; American Bar
Association; American
Judicature Society.
Died in Skillman, Somerset
County, N.J., May 8,
2012 (age 90 years, 112
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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John Kee (1874-1951) —
of Bluefield, Mercer
County, W.Va.
Born in Glenville, Gilmer
County, W.Va., August
22, 1874.
Son of Jasper Newton Kee and Louisa (Campbell) Kee.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of West
Virginia state senate 7th District, 1923-26; U.S.
Representative from West Virginia 5th District, 1933-51;
defeated, 1928; died in office 1951.
Episcopalian. Member, Elks; Moose; Knights
of Pythias; Odd
Fellows; Kiwanis.
Died in Washington,
D.C., May 8,
1951 (age 76 years, 259
days).
Interment at Monte
Vista Park Cemetery, Bluefield, W.Va.
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Henry Richardson Labouisse, Jr. (1904-1987) —
also known as Henry R. Labouisse, Jr. —
of Washington,
D.C.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La., February
11, 1904.
Son of Henry Richardson Labouisse and Frances Devereux (Huger)
Labouisse.
Lawyer;
U.S. Ambassador to Greece, 1962-65.
Episcopalian. Member, Council on
Foreign Relations.
Died in 1987
(age about
83 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Henry Richardson Labouisse and Frances Devereux (Huger) Labouisse;
married, June 29,
1935, to Elizabeth Scriven Clark (died 1945); married, November
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William Sterling Byrd Lacy (1910-1979) —
also known as William S. B. Lacy —
of Virginia; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Mesa, Mesa
County, Colo., February
5, 1910.
Son of Sterling
Byrd Lacy and Della Margaret (Lumsden) Lacy.
Secretary to U.S. Sen Alva
B. Adams, 1933-34; economist;
U.S. Ambassador to South Korea, 1955.
Episcopalian. Member, Phi
Gamma Delta.
Died in 1979
(age about
69 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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John Ellsworth Laskey (b. 1868) —
also known as John E. Laskey —
of Washington,
D.C.
Born in Washington,
D.C., October
27, 1868.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Attorney for the District of Columbia, 1914-21; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from District of Columbia, 1920.
Episcopalian.
Burial
location unknown.
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Blair Lee III (1916-1985) —
of Silver Spring, Montgomery
County, Md.
Born in Silver Spring, Montgomery
County, Md., May 19,
1916.
Son of Elizabeth (Wilson) Lee and Edward
Brooke Lee.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; newspaper
editor; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Maryland,
1948,
1960,
1964,
1968
(alternate), 1972;
member of Maryland
state house of delegates, 1955-62; member of Maryland
state senate, 1967-69; secretary of
state of Maryland, 1969-71; Lieutenant
Governor of Maryland, 1971-79; Governor of
Maryland, 1977-79.
Episcopalian.
Died October
25, 1985 (age 69 years, 159
days).
Interment at Rock
Creek Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Francis Preston Blair Lee (1857-1944) —
also known as Blair Lee —
of Silver Spring, Montgomery
County, Md.
Born in Silver Spring, Montgomery
County, Md., August 9,
1857.
Democrat. Member of Maryland
state senate, 1906-12; candidate for nomination for Governor of
Maryland, 1911; U.S.
Senator from Maryland, 1914-17; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Maryland, 1916.
Episcopalian.
First
U.S. Senator elected by the direct vote of the people, under the 17th
Amendment to the Constitution.
Died in Norwood, Montgomery
County, Md., December
25, 1944 (age 87 years, 138
days).
Interment at Rock
Creek Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Ethel Louise Leonard (b. 1919) —
also known as Louise Leonard; Ethel Louise
McVey —
of Harpers Ferry, Jefferson
County, W.Va.
Born in Washington,
D.C., October
7, 1919.
Daughter of Roy Leslie McVey and Florence Alberta (Bellows) McVey.
Republican. Candidate for West
Virginia state house of delegates from Jefferson County, 1968;
member of West
Virginia state senate 16th District, 1971-74; defeated, 1974;
delegate to Republican National Convention from West Virginia, 1972;
candidate for U.S.
Senator from West Virginia, 1972.
Female.
Episcopalian. Member, Daughters of the
American Revolution; League of Women
Voters.
Still living as of 1974.
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Samuel Winfield Lewis (b. 1930) —
of Washington,
D.C.
Born in Houston, Harris
County, Tex., October
1, 1930.
Son of Samuel Winfield Lewis and Sue Roselle (Hurley) Lewis.
Foreign Service officer; U.S. Consul in Florence, 1955-59; U.S. Ambassador to Israel, 1977-85.
Episcopalian. Member, Phi
Beta Kappa.
Still living as of 2009.
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Blanche Lambert Lincoln (b. 1960) —
also known as Blanche M. Lambert —
of Helena (now part of Helena-West Helena), Phillips
County, Ark.
Born in Helena (now part of Helena-West Helena), Phillips
County, Ark., September
30, 1960.
Democrat. Staff assistant to U.S. Rep. William
V. Alexander, Jr., 1982-84; U.S.
Representative from Arkansas 1st District, 1993-97; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Arkansas, 1996,
2000,
2004,
2008;
U.S.
Senator from Arkansas, 1999-2011; defeated, 2010.
Female.
Episcopalian.
Still living as of 2011.
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Hervey Gilbert Machen (1916-1994) —
also known as Hervey Machen —
of Hyattsville, Prince
George's County, Md.
Born in Washington,
D.C., October
14, 1916.
Democrat. Lawyer; banker;
served in the U.S. Army during World War II; vice-chair of
Maryland Democratic Party, 1953-57; member of Maryland
state house of delegates, 1955-65; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Maryland, 1964;
U.S.
Representative from Maryland 5th District, 1965-69; defeated,
1968, 1970.
Episcopalian. Member, Kiwanis;
Moose.
Died in Annapolis, Anne Arundel
County, Md., November
29, 1994 (age 78 years, 46
days).
Interment at St.
Barnabas Church Cemetery, Upper Marlboro, Md.
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Russell Vernon Mack (1891-1960) —
also known as Russell V. Mack —
of Hoquiam, Grays
Harbor County, Wash.
Born in Hillman, Montmorency
County, Mich., June 13,
1891.
Son of Cornelius W. Mack and Lucy (Deacon) Mack.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; newspaper
publisher; U.S.
Representative from Washington 3rd District, 1947-60; died in
office 1960.
Episcopalian. Member, American
Legion; Elks.
Died suddenly, from a coronary
occlusion, on the floor of the U.S. House of
Representatives, in the U.S.
Capitol Building, Washington,
D.C., March 28,
1960 (age 68 years, 289
days).
Interment at Fern
Hill Cemetery, Aberdeen, Wash.
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George Edward MacKinnon (1906-1995) —
also known as George E. MacKinnon —
of Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn.; Potomac, Allegany
County, Md.
Born in St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn., April 22,
1906.
Son of James Alexander Wiley MacKinnon and Cora Blanche (Asselstine)
MacKinnon.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Minnesota
state house of representatives, 1935-42; served in the U.S. Navy
during World War II; U.S.
Representative from Minnesota 3rd District, 1947-49; U.S.
Attorney for Minnesota, 1953-58; candidate for Governor of
Minnesota, 1958; Judge of
U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, 1969-.
Episcopalian. Member, American Bar
Association; Delta
Tau Delta; Phi
Delta Phi.
Died in Potomac, Allegany
County, Md., May 1,
1995 (age 89 years, 9
days).
Interment at Mound
Cemetery, Mound, Minn.
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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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Rowland Blennerhassett Mahany (1864-1937) —
also known as Rowland B. Mahany —
of Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y., September
28, 1864.
Son of Kean Mahany and Catherine (Reynolds) Mahany.
Newspaper
editor; lawyer; U.S.
Minister to Ecuador, 1892-93; U.S.
Representative from New York 32nd District, 1895-99; defeated,
1892, 1898; delegate to Democratic National Convention from District
of Columbia, 1924
(alternate), 1928.
Episcopalian. Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; Psi
Upsilon.
Died in Washington,
D.C., May 2,
1937 (age 72 years, 216
days).
Interment at Congressional
Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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George Catlett Marshall (1880-1959) —
also known as George C. Marshall —
of Leesburg, Loudoun
County, Va.
Born in Uniontown, Fayette
County, Pa., December
31, 1880.
Son of George Catlett Marshall and Laura (Bradford) Marshall.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; general in the U.S. Army
during World War II; U.S.
Secretary of State, 1947-49; U.S.
Secretary of Defense, 1950-51.
Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons;
Kappa
Alpha Order; Society
of the Cincinnati.
Awarded the Nobel
Peace Prize in 1953.
Died at Walter
Reed Army Medical Center, Washington,
D.C., October
16, 1959 (age 78 years, 289
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Whitmell Pugh Martin (1867-1929) —
also known as Whitmell P. Martin; Whit P.
Martin —
of Thibodaux, Lafourche
Parish, La.
Born near Napoleonville, Assumption
Parish, La., August
12, 1867.
Son of Robert Campbell Martin and Margerite Chism (Littlejohn)
Martin.
Democrat. Chemist;
lawyer;
District Attorney, 20th District of Louisiana, 1900-06; district
judge in Louisiana 20th District, 1906-14; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Louisiana, 1912
(alternate), 1920;
U.S.
Representative from Louisiana 3rd District, 1915-29; died in
office 1929.
Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons.
Died in Washington,
D.C., April 6,
1929 (age 61 years, 237
days).
Interment at St.
John's Episcopal Cemetery, Thibodaux, La.
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William Gibbs McAdoo (1863-1941) —
also known as William G. McAdoo —
of Chattanooga, Hamilton
County, Tenn.; New York, New York
County, N.Y.; Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif.; Santa Barbara, Santa
Barbara County, Calif.
Born near Marietta, Cobb
County, Ga., October
31, 1863.
Son of William Gibbs McAdoo (1820-1849) and Mary Faith (Floyd) McAdoo
(1832-1913).
Democrat. Lawyer; law
partner with William
McAdoo (no relation); attorney for railroads;
president, Hudson & Manhattan Railroad
Co.; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1904,
1912;
member of Democratic
National Committee from New York, 1912; U.S.
Secretary of the Treasury, 1913-18; candidate for Democratic
nomination for President, 1920,
1924;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from California, 1932,
1936;
U.S.
Senator from California, 1933-38; member of Democratic
National Committee from California, 1937.
Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons.
Died in Washington,
D.C., February
1, 1941 (age 77 years, 93
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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James A. McDermott (b. 1936) —
also known as Jim McDermott —
of Seattle, King
County, Wash.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., December
28, 1936.
Democrat. Psychiatrist;
member of Washington
state house of representatives, 1971-72; Democratic candidate for
Governor
of Washington, 1972 (primary), 1980, 1984 (primary); member of Washington
state senate, 1975-87; U.S.
Representative from Washington 7th District, 1989-; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Washington, 1996,
2000,
2004,
2008.
Episcopalian.
Still living as of 2009.
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James Douglas McKevitt (1928-2000) —
also known as James D. McKevitt; Mike
McKevitt —
of Denver,
Colo.
Born in Spokane, Spokane
County, Wash., 1928.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during the Korean conflict; lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Colorado 1st District, 1971-73; defeated,
1972; delegate to Republican National Convention from Colorado, 1972.
Episcopalian.
Suffered a heart
attack, and died at Sibley Memorial Hospital,
Washington,
D.C., September
28, 2000 (age about 72
years).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Isaac McKim (1775-1838) —
of Baltimore,
Md.
Born in Baltimore,
Md., July 21,
1775.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; member of
Maryland
state senate, 1821-23; U.S.
Representative from Maryland, 1823-25, 1833, 1835-38 (5th
District 1823-25, 1833, 4th District 1835-38); died in office 1838.
Episcopalian.
Died in Baltimore,
Md., April 1,
1838 (age 62 years, 254
days).
Interment at Old
St. Paul's Cemetery, Baltimore, Md.; cenotaph at Congressional
Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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William Estus McVey (1885-1958) —
also known as William E. McVey —
of Harvey, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Clinton
County, Ohio, December
13, 1885.
Republican. University
professor; U.S.
Representative from Illinois 4th District, 1951-58; died in
office 1958.
Episcopalian. Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; Phi
Delta Kappa; Phi
Kappa Tau.
Died in Washington,
D.C., August
10, 1958 (age 72 years, 240
days).
Interment at Linwood
Cemetery, Galesburg, Ill.
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Andrew William Mellon (1855-1937) —
also known as Andrew W. Mellon —
of Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa.
Born in Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa., March 24,
1855.
Son of Thomas Mellon (1813-1908) and Sarah Jane (Negley) Mellon
(1817-1909).
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from
Pennsylvania, 1920,
1924,
1928;
U.S.
Secretary of the Treasury, 1921-32; U.S. Ambassador to Great Britain, 1932-33.
Episcopalian.
Died in Southampton, Suffolk
County, Long Island, N.Y., August
26, 1937 (age 82 years, 155
days).
Original interment at Allegheny
Cemetery, Pittsburgh, Pa.; subsequent interment at a
private or family graveyard, Fauquier County, Va.; reinterment at
Trinity
Episcopal Church Cemetery, Upperville, Va.; memorial monument at
Mellon
Fountain, Washington, D.C.
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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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John Millen (1804-1843) —
of Georgia.
Born in Savannah, Chatham
County, Ga., 1804.
Democrat. Member of Georgia state legislature; U.S.
Representative from Georgia at-large, 1843; died in office 1843.
Episcopalian.
Died in 1843
(age about
39 years).
Interment at Laurel
Grove Cemetery, Savannah, Ga.; cenotaph at Congressional
Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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John Lord O'Brian (1874-1974) —
of Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y., October
14, 1874.
Son of John O'Brian and Elizabeth (Lord) O'Brian.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from Erie County 2nd District, 1907-09; U.S.
Attorney for the Western District of New York, 1909-14; delegate
to New York state constitutional convention at-large, 1915;
delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1916,
1940;
candidate for U.S.
Senator from New York, 1938.
Episcopalian. Member, American Bar
Association; Delta
Upsilon; Phi
Delta Phi.
Died in 1974
(age about
99 years).
Entombed at Washington
National Cathedral, Washington, D.C.
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William Tyler Page (b. 1868) —
of Chevy Chase, Montgomery
County, Md.
Born in Frederick, Frederick
County, Md., October
19, 1868.
Son of Walker Yates Page and Nannie (Tyler) Page.
Republican. Candidate for U.S.
Representative from Maryland 2nd District, 1902; clerk of the
U.S. House of Representatives, 1919.
Episcopalian.
Interment at Oak
Hill Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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John Johnston Parker (1885-1958) —
also known as John J. Parker —
of Monroe, Union
County, N.C.; Charlotte, Mecklenburg
County, N.C.
Born in Monroe, Union
County, N.C., November
20, 1885.
Son of Francis Ann (Johnston) Parker (1854-1909) and John Daniel
Parker (1857-1915).
Republican. Lawyer;
candidate for Governor of
North Carolina, 1920; delegate to Republican National Convention
from North Carolina, 1924;
member of Republican
National Committee from North Carolina, 1924; Judge of
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit, 1925-58; died in
office 1958.
Episcopalian. Member, American Bar
Association; American
Judicature Society; Phi
Beta Kappa; Phi
Delta Phi; Omicron
Delta Kappa; Order of the
Coif; Freemasons;
Kiwanis.
Died in Washington,
D.C., March 17,
1958 (age 72 years, 117
days).
Interment at Elmwood
Cemetery, Charlotte, N.C.
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Will H. Parry (1864-1917) —
of Seattle, King
County, Wash.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., June 29,
1864.
Son of William M. Parry and Elizabeth (Gillette) Parry.
Newspaper
editor and publisher; treasurer and manager, Moran Shipbuilding
Co., 1900-15; member,
Federal Trade Commission, 1915-17; died in office 1917.
Episcopalian. Member, American
Academy of Political and Social Science; Union
League.
Died, in a hospital
at Washington,
D.C., April 21,
1917 (age 52 years, 296
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Endicott Peabody (1920-1997) —
also known as "Chub" —
of Cambridge, Middlesex
County, Mass.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Lawrence, Essex
County, Mass., February
15, 1920.
Son of Malcolm E. Peabody and Mary (Parkman) Peabody.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; lawyer;
member of Massachusetts
Governor's Council 3rd District, 1955-56; candidate for Massachusetts
state attorney general, 1956, 1958; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Massachusetts, 1960,
1964,
1968;
Governor
of Massachusetts, 1963-65; defeated, 1960; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Massachusetts, 1966; candidate for U.S.
Senator from New Hampshire, 1986.
Episcopalian. Member, American Bar
Association; Federal
Bar Association; American
Legion; Elks.
Died December
1, 1997 (age 77 years, 289
days).
Interment at Town
Cemetery, Groton, Mass.
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Rufus Wheeler Peckham, Jr. (1838-1909) —
also known as Rufus W. Peckham —
of Albany, Albany
County, N.Y.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Albany, Albany
County, N.Y., November
8, 1838.
Son of Rufus
Wheeler Peckham and Isabella (Lacey) Peckham.
Democrat. Lawyer; Albany
County District Attorney, 1869-72; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from New York, 1876
(member, Credentials
Committee); Justice of
New York Supreme Court, 1883-86; judge of
New York Court of Appeals, 1886-95; Justice
of U.S. Supreme Court, 1895-1909; died in office 1909.
Episcopalian.
Died in Altamont, Albany
County, N.Y., October
24, 1909 (age 70 years, 350
days).
Interment at Albany
Rural Cemetery, Menands, N.Y.
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George Peter (1779-1861) —
of Darnestown, Montgomery
County, Md.
Born in Washington,
D.C., September
28, 1779.
Democrat. Major in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; U.S.
Representative from Maryland 3rd District, 1816-19, 1825-27;
member of Maryland
state house of delegates from Montgomery County, 1819, 1823.
Episcopalian.
Died near Darnestown, Montgomery
County, Md., June 22,
1861 (age 81 years, 267
days).
Interment at Oak
Hill Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Christopher Hallowell Phillips (b. 1920) —
also known as Christopher H. Phillips —
of Beverly, Essex
County, Mass.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in The Hague (Den Haag), Netherlands,
December
6, 1920.
Son of William
Phillips and Caroline Astor (Drayton) Phillips.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; member
of Massachusetts
state senate, 1948-53; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Massachusetts, 1952,
1960;
U.S. Ambassador to Brunei, 1989-91.
Episcopalian. Member, American
Academy of Arts and Sciences; Council on
Foreign Relations.
Still living as of 1998.
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William Pinkney (1764-1822) —
of Annapolis, Anne
Arundel County, Md.
Born in Annapolis, Anne Arundel
County, Md., March 17,
1764.
Son of Jonathan Pinkney and Ann (Rind) Pinkney.
Delegate
to Maryland convention to ratify U.S. constitution, 1788; member
of Maryland
state house of delegates, 1790-92, 1795 (Harford County 1790-92,
Anne Arundel County 1795); U.S.
Representative from Maryland, 1791, 1815-16 (at-large 1791, 5th
District 1815-16); member of Maryland
state executive council, 1792-95; mayor
of Annapolis, Md., 1795-1800; Maryland
state attorney general, 1805-06; U.S. Minister to Great Britain, 1808-11; Russia, 1816-18; member of Maryland
state senate from Western Shore, 1811; U.S.
Attorney General, 1811-14; major in the U.S. Army during the War
of 1812; U.S.
Senator from Maryland, 1819-22; died in office 1822.
Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons.
Died in Washington,
D.C., February
25, 1822 (age 57 years, 345
days).
Interment at Congressional
Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Thomas George Pratt (1804-1869) —
also known as Thomas G. Pratt —
of Prince
George's County, Md.
Born in Georgetown, Washington,
D.C., February
18, 1804.
Son of John Wilkes Pratt and Rachel (Belt) Pratt.
Member of Maryland
state house of delegates, 1832-36; Presidential Elector for
Maryland, 1836;
member of Maryland
state executive council, 1838; member of Maryland
state senate, 1838-41; Governor of
Maryland, 1845-48; U.S.
Senator from Maryland, 1850-57; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Maryland, 1864.
Episcopalian.
Died in Baltimore,
Md., November
9, 1869 (age 65 years, 264
days).
Interment at St.
Anne's Cemetery, Annapolis, Md.
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David Michael Ransom (b. 1938) —
also known as David M. Ransom —
of Washington,
D.C.
Born in St.
Louis, Mo., November
23, 1938.
Son of Clifford Fredic Ransom and Inez Natalie (Green) Ransom.
Foreign Service officer; U.S. Ambassador to Bahrain, 1994-97.
Episcopalian.
Still living as of 2001.
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Relatives:
Married to Marjorie Ann Marilley. |
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Thomas Riggs, Jr. (1873-1945) —
of Alaska; Millbrook, Dutchess
County, N.Y.
Born in Ilchester, Howard
County, Md., October
17, 1873.
Son of Thomas Riggs and Catherine Winter (Gilbert) Riggs.
Democrat. Lumber
business; Governor of
Alaska Territory, 1918-21; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Alaska Territory, 1920.
Episcopalian.
Died in Washington,
D.C., January
16, 1945 (age 71 years, 91
days).
Interment at Green
Mount Cemetery, Baltimore, Md.
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William Henry Robertson (1863-1950) —
also known as William H. Robertson —
of Washington,
D.C.
Born in Botetourt
County, Va., June 26,
1863.
Son of Beverly Holcombe Robertson (1827-1910) and Virginia Neville
(Johnston) Robertson (born 1835).
Democrat. U.S. Commercial Agent (Consul) in Moncton, 1885-86; Yarmouth, 1886-88; Port Hope, 1888-89; U.S. Consul in SAINT Gall, 1889-91; Hamburg, 1893-97; Gothenberg, 1907-09; U.S. Consular Agent in Arnprior, 1900-01; U.S. Consul General in Tangier, 1909-10; Callao, 1910-12; Manchester, 1913-15; Buenos Aires, 1915-22; Halifax, 1924-27.
Episcopalian.
Died November
16, 1950 (age 87 years, 143
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Pauline Morton Sabin (1887-1955) —
also known as Pauline M. Sabin; Pauline Morton;
Pauline Smith; Mrs. Charles H. Sabin; Mrs. Dwight F.
Davis —
of Southampton, Suffolk
County, Long Island, N.Y.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., April 23,
1887.
Daughter of Paul
Morton and Charlotte (Goodridge) Morton.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from New York,
1924,
1928;
member of Republican
National Committee from New York, 1924-28; delegate to
New York convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933.
Female.
Episcopalian.
A leader of the Women's Organization for National Prohibition Reform.
Died in Washington,
D.C., December
27, 1955 (age 68 years, 248
days).
Interment somewhere
in Southampton, Long Island, N.Y.
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Edward Terry Sanford (1865-1930) —
also known as Edward T. Sanford —
of Knoxville, Knox
County, Tenn.
Born in Knoxville, Knox
County, Tenn., July 23,
1865.
Son of Edward Jackson Sanford.
Lawyer;
U.S.
District Judge for Tennessee, 1908-23; Justice
of U.S. Supreme Court, 1923-30.
Episcopalian.
Died in Washington,
D.C., March 8,
1930 (age 64 years, 228
days).
Interment at Greenwood
Cemetery, Knoxville, Tenn.
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Thomas David Schall (1878-1935) —
also known as Thomas D. Schall —
of Excelsior, Hennepin
County, Minn.
Born in Reed City, Osceola
County, Mich., June 4,
1878.
Son of David Schall and Mary Ellen (Jordan) Schall.
Republican. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Minnesota 10th District, 1915-25; U.S.
Senator from Minnesota, 1925-35; defeated in primary, 1923; died
in office 1935.
Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons.
Blinded
by an electric shock from a cigar lighter, 1907.
Hit by
an automobile, on the Washington-Baltimore Boulevard, near
Cottage City, Maryland, suffered severe injuries, and died three days
later, in Casualty Hospital,
Washington,
D.C., December
22, 1935 (age 57 years, 201
days).
Interment at Lakewood
Cemetery, Minneapolis, Minn.
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Hans Frederick Arthur Schoenfeld (1889-1952) —
also known as H. F. Arthur Schoenfeld —
of Washington,
D.C.
Born in Providence, Providence
County, R.I., January
31, 1889.
Son of Prof. Hermann Schoenfeld and Johanna (Richter) Schoenfeld.
U.S. Consular Agent in Caracas, 1910-12; U.S. Minister to Dominican Republic, 1931-37; Finland, 1937-42; Hungary, 1945-47.
Episcopalian. Member, Theta
Delta Chi.
Died March 2,
1952 (age 63 years, 31
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Rudolf Emil Schoenfeld (1895-1981) —
also known as Rudolf E. Schoenfeld —
of Washington,
D.C.
Born in Washington,
D.C., January
25, 1895.
Son of Hermann Schoenfeld and Johanna (Richter) Schoenfeld.
Foreign Service officer; U.S. Vice Consul in Zurich, 1916-17; Berne, 1917-21; Berlin, 1921-23; U.S. Consul in Berlin, 1923-24; Stettin, 1924; Cologne, 1924-25; La Paz, 1925-27; U.S. Charge d'Affaires to Luxembourg, 1944; U.S. Minister to Romania, 1947-50; U.S. Ambassador to Guatamala, 1951-53; Colombia, 1953.
Episcopalian. Member, Theta
Delta Chi.
Died in 1981
(age about
86 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Lewis Baxter Schwellenbach (1894-1948) —
also known as Lewis B. Schwellenbach —
of Neppel (now Moses Lake), Grant
County, Wash.
Born in Superior, Douglas
County, Wis., September
20, 1894.
Son of Francis W. Schwellenbach and Martha (Baxter) Schwellenbach.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer; chair of
King County Democratic Party, 1928-30; candidate in primary for
Governor
of Washington, 1932; U.S.
Senator from Washington, 1935-40; Judge of
U.S. District Court, 1940-45; U.S.
Secretary of Labor, 1945-48; died in office 1948.
Episcopalian. Member, American
Legion; American
Society for International Law; American
Academy of Political and Social Science; American Bar
Association; Rotary; Elks; Eagles.
Died in Walter
Reed Hospital, Washington,
D.C., June 10,
1948 (age 53 years, 264
days).
Interment at Evergreen-Washelli
Memorial Park, Seattle, Wash.
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Robert Cortez Scott (b. 1947) —
also known as Robert C. Scott; Bobby Scott —
of Newport
News, Va.
Born in Washington,
D.C., April 30,
1947.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1978-83; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Virginia, 1980,
1996,
2000,
2004,
2008;
member of Virginia
state senate, 1983-92; U.S.
Representative from Virginia 3rd District, 1993-; defeated, 1986.
Episcopalian. African
ancestry. Member, NAACP; Alpha
Phi Alpha.
Still living as of 2009.
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Frederick Andrew Seaton (1909-1974) —
of Manhattan, Riley
County, Kan.; Hastings, Adams
County, Neb.
Born in Washington,
D.C., December
11, 1909.
Son of Fay Noble Seaton and Dorothea Elizabeth (Schmidt) Seaton.
Republican. Radio
announcer; sports
reporter; editor, manager, and publisher of newspapers;
vice-chair
of Kansas Republican Party, 1934-37; campaign secretary for Gov.
Alfred
M. Landon, 1936; member of Nebraska
unicameral legislature, 1945-49; U.S.
Senator from Nebraska, 1951-52; U.S.
Secretary of the Interior, 1956-61; candidate for Governor of
Nebraska, 1962.
Methodist
or Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Elks; Rotary; Navy
League; American
Academy of Political and Social Science; Beta
Theta Pi; Pi
Kappa Delta.
Recipient, Medal
of Freedom.
Died in St. Mary's Hospital,
Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn., January
16, 1974 (age 64 years, 36
days).
Interment at Parkview
Cemetery, Hastings, Neb.
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Louise McIntosh Slaughter (b. 1929) —
also known as Louise M. Slaughter —
of Fairport, Monroe
County, N.Y.
Born in Harlan
County, Ky., August
14, 1929.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York,
1972,
1980,
1988
(speaker),
1996,
2000,
2004,
2008;
member of New York
state assembly, 1983; U.S.
Representative from New York, 1987-2003 (30th District 1987-93,
28th District 1993-2003).
Female.
Episcopalian.
Still living as of 2009.
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Frank Small, Jr. (1896-1973) —
of Clinton, Prince
George's County, Md.
Born in Temple Hills, Prince
George's County, Md., July 15,
1896.
Republican. Member of Maryland
Republican State Central Committee, 1934-42; Maryland
Republican state chair, 1938, 1942; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Maryland, 1940,
1948,
1956;
U.S.
Representative from Maryland 5th District, 1953-55; defeated,
1954; candidate for Governor of
Maryland, 1962.
Episcopalian.
Died in Washington,
D.C., October
24, 1973 (age 77 years, 101
days).
Interment at Resurrection
Cemetery, Prince George's County, Md.
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John Wesley Snyder (1895-1985) —
Born in Jonesboro, Craighead
County, Ark., June 21,
1895.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; U.S.
Secretary of the Treasury, 1946-53.
Episcopalian.
Died in Seabrook Island, Charleston
County, S.C., October
8, 1985 (age 90 years, 109
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Washington
National Cathedral, Washington, D.C.
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Oliver Lyman Spaulding (1833-1922) —
of Michigan.
Born in Jaffrey, Cheshire
County, N.H., August 2,
1833.
Republican. General in the Union Army during the Civil War; secretary of
state of Michigan, 1867-70; U.S.
Representative from Michigan 6th District, 1881-83.
Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons;
Grand
Army of the Republic; Loyal
Legion.
Died in Washington,
D.C., July 30,
1922 (age 88 years, 362
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Samuel Spencer (b. 1910) —
of Washington,
D.C.
Born in Washington,
D.C., December
8, 1910.
Son of Henry Benning Spencer and Katharine (Price) Spencer.
Republican. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; member
District of Columbia board of commissioners, 1953-56; President
of the District of Columbia Board of Commissioners, 1953-56;
delegate to Republican National Convention from District of Columbia,
1956;
president and chairman, Tennessee Railroad
Co.; director, Riggs National Bank;
director, Garfield Hospital
and Children's Hospital;
president, Washington Hospital.
Episcopalian. Member, American Bar
Association; Society
of the Cincinnati; Phi
Beta Kappa.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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Samuel Sprigg (c.1783-1855) —
of Maryland.
Born in Washington
County, Md., about 1783.
Son of Joseph Sprigg.
Governor
of Maryland, 1819-22; delegate
to Maryland state constitutional convention, 1850.
Episcopalian.
Died in Prince
George's County, Md., April 21,
1855 (age about 72
years).
Original interment at St.
Barnabas Church Cemetery, Upper Marlboro, Md.; reinterment at Oak
Hill Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Harlan Fiske Stone (1872-1946) —
also known as Harlan F. Stone —
Born in Chesterfield, Cheshire
County, N.H., October
11, 1872.
Lawyer;
Dean of
Columbia University Law School; U.S.
Attorney General, 1924-25; Justice
of U.S. Supreme Court, 1925-41; Chief
Justice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1941-46; died in office 1946.
Episcopalian.
Died in Washington,
D.C., April 22,
1946 (age 73 years, 193
days).
Interment at Rock
Creek Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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William Stuart Symington (1901-1988) —
also known as Stuart Symington —
of Creve Coeur, St. Louis
County, Mo.
Born in Amherst, Hampshire
County, Mass., June 26,
1901.
Son of William Stuart Symington and Emily Haxall (Harrison)
Symington.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; secretary of
the Air Force, 1947-50; U.S.
Senator from Missouri, 1953-76; candidate for Democratic
nomination for President, 1956,
1960;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Missouri, 1956,
1960.
Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons;
Council on
Foreign Relations.
Died December
14, 1988 (age 87 years, 171
days).
Entombed at Washington
National Cathedral, Washington, D.C.
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Robert Alphonso Taft (1889-1953) —
also known as Robert A. Taft; "Mr.
Republican"; "Mr. Integrity"; "Our
Illustrious Dunderhead" —
of Indian Hill, Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio.
Born in Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio, September
8, 1889.
Son of William
Howard Taft and Helen (Herron) Taft.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Ohio state
house of representatives, 1921-26; Speaker of
the Ohio State House of Representatives, 1926; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Ohio, 1928,
1944;
member of Ohio state
senate, 1931-32; U.S.
Senator from Ohio, 1939-53; died in office 1953; candidate for
Republican nomination for President, 1940,
1944,
1948,
1952.
Episcopalian. Member, Psi
Upsilon.
Co-sponsor of the Taft-Hartley Act.
Died, from malignant
tumors, in New York
Hospital, Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., July 31,
1953 (age 63 years, 326
days).
Interment at Indian
Hill Episcopal Church Cemetery, Indian Hill, Cincinnati, Ohio;
memorial monument at Capitol
Grounds, Washington, D.C.
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Sidney Fletcher Taliaferro (b. 1885) —
also known as Sidney F. Taliaferro —
of Washington,
D.C.
Born in Salem,
Va., March 4,
1885.
Son of Van Taliaferro and Sallie (Pendleton) Taliaferro.
Democrat. Lawyer; law
professor; banker; member
District of Columbia board of commissioners, 1926-30; director,
Washington Gas Light
Co. and Georgetown Gas Light
Co.; board member, Columbia Hospital.
Episcopalian. Member, American Bar
Association; Delta
Chi; Freemasons.
Burial
location unknown.
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John Lindsley Tappin (1906-1964) —
also known as John L. Tappin —
of Washington,
D.C.
Born in New York City (unknown
county), N.Y., January
22, 1906.
Son of Lindsley Tappin and Elise Irving (Huntington) Tappin.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; U.S.
Ambassador to Libya, 1954-58.
Episcopalian. Member, Society
of Colonial Wars.
Died, of a heart
attack, in Aspen, Pitkin
County, Colo., December
24, 1964 (age 58 years, 337
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Zachary Taylor (1784-1850) —
also known as "Old Rough and Ready" —
Born in Orange
County, Va., November
24, 1784.
Whig. Major in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; colonel in the
U.S. Army during the Black Hawk War; general in the U.S. Army during
the Mexican War; President
of the United States, 1849-50; died in office 1850.
Episcopalian.
Died, probably of gastroenteritis,
in the White
House, Washington,
D.C., July 9,
1850 (age 65 years, 227
days). Based on the theory that he was poisoned, his remains
were tested for arsenic in 1991; the results tended to disconfirm the
theory.
Original interment at Congressional
Cemetery, Washington, D.C.; reinterment in private or family
graveyard; reinterment in 1926 at Zachary
Taylor National Cemetery, Louisville, Ky.
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Relatives:
Second cousin once removed of Richard
Henry Lee; second cousin of James
Madison; third cousin of Henry
Lee, Charles
Lee and Richard
Bland Lee; married, June 21,
1810, to Margaret Mackall 'Peggy' Smith (1778-1852; niece of Benjamin
Mackall IV and Thomas
Mackall); father of Sarah Knox Taylor (who married Jefferson
Finis Davis); granduncle of Edmund
Haynes Taylor, Jr.; third cousin twice removed of Fitzhugh
Lee; first cousin thrice removed of Elliot
Woolfolk Major; second cousin thrice removed of Edgar
Bailey Woolfolk; ancestor of Victor
D. Crist. See Livingston-Seymour-Lee-Williams
family of New York. |
| | | Cross-reference: David
R. Atchison — Thomas
Ewing |
| | | Taylor counties in Fla., Ga., Iowa and Ky. are named
for him. |
| | | Campaign slogan (1848): "General Taylor
never surrenders." |
| | | See also Wikipedia
article — NNDB
dossier |
| | | Books about Zachary Taylor: K. Jack
Bauer, Zachary
Taylor: Soldier, Planter, Statesman of the Old
Southwest — Elbert B. Smith, The
Presidencies of Zachary Taylor and Millard
Fillmore |
| | | Image source: Portrait & Biographical
Album of Washtenaw County (1891) |
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Abel Parker Upshur (1790-1844) —
of Virginia.
Born in Northampton
County, Va., June 17,
1790.
Son of Littleton
Upshur.
Member of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1812-13, 1824-27; state court judge in
Virginia, 1826-41; delegate to
Virginia state constitutional convention, 1829-30; U.S.
Secretary of the Navy, 1841-43; U.S.
Secretary of State, 1843-44; died in office 1844.
Episcopalian.
Among those killed in the explosion
when a cannon accidentally
burst on board
the U.S.S. Princeton, on the Potomac River near Fort
Washington, Prince
George's County, Md., February
28, 1844 (age 53 years, 256
days).
Originally entombed at Congressional
Cemetery, Washington, D.C.; later interred in 1874 at Oak
Hill Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Willis Van Devanter (1859-1941) —
of Cheyenne, Laramie
County, Wyo.
Born in Marion, Grant
County, Ind., April 17,
1859.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Wyoming
territorial legislature, 1888; justice of
Wyoming territorial supreme court, 1889; member of Republican
National Committee from Wyoming, 1896; federal
judge, 1903; Justice
of U.S. Supreme Court, 1910-37.
Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons.
Died in Washington,
D.C., February
8, 1941 (age 81 years, 297
days).
Interment at Rock
Creek Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Carl Chester Van Dyke (1881-1919) —
also known as Carl C. Van Dyke —
of St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn.
Born in Alexandria, Douglas
County, Minn., February
18, 1881.
Son of Chester B. Van Dyke and Bertha (Solum) Van Dyke.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; school
teacher; railway
mail
clerk; U.S.
Representative from Minnesota 4th District, 1915-19; died in
office 1919.
Episcopalian. Member, United
Spanish War Veterans.
Died in Washington,
D.C., May 20,
1919 (age 38 years, 91
days).
Entombed in mausoleum at Forest
Lawn Memorial Park, Maplewood, Minn.
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Christopher Van Hollen, Jr. (b. 1959) —
also known as Christopher Van Hollen; Chris Van
Hollen —
of Kensington, Montgomery
County, Md.
Born in Karachi, Pakistan,
January
10, 1959.
Son of Christopher
Van Hollen.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Maryland
state house of delegates, 1990-94; member of Maryland
state senate, 1994-2002; U.S.
Representative from Maryland 8th District, 2003-; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Maryland, 2004,
2008.
Episcopalian.
Still living as of 2009.
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James Jermiah Wadsworth (1905-1984) —
also known as James J. Wadsworth —
of Geneseo, Livingston
County, N.Y.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Groveland, Livingston
County, N.Y., June 12,
1905.
Son of James
Wolcott Wadsworth, Jr. and Alice (Hay) Wadsworth.
Republican. Member of New York
state assembly from Livingston County, 1932-41; resigned 1941;
U.S. Representative to United Nations, 1960-61; member, Federal Communications
Commission, 1965-69.
Episcopalian. Member, Council on
Foreign Relations; United
World Federalists.
Died in 1984
(age about
79 years).
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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Morrison Remick Waite (1816-1888) —
also known as Morrison R. Waite —
of Toledo, Lucas
County, Ohio.
Born in Lyme, New London
County, Conn., November
29, 1816.
Son of Henry
Matson Waite.
Republican. Member of Ohio state
house of representatives, 1849-50; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Ohio, 1862; delegate
to Ohio state constitutional convention from Lucas County, 1873;
Chief
Justice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1874-88.
Episcopalian.
Died in Washington,
D.C., March 23,
1888 (age 71 years, 115
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Toledo, Ohio.
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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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Lindsay Carter Warren (1889-1976) —
also known as Lindsay C. Warren —
of Washington, Beaufort
County, N.C.
Born in Washington, Beaufort
County, N.C., December
16, 1889.
Son of Charles F(rederic) Warren and Elizabeth Mutter (Blount)
Warren.
Democrat. Lawyer; chair of
Beaufort County Democratic Party, 1912-25; member of North
Carolina state senate, 1917-19, 1959; member of North
Carolina state house of representatives, 1923; U.S.
Representative from North Carolina 1st District, 1925-40;
resigned 1940; delegate to Democratic National Convention from North
Carolina, 1932,
1940;
U.S. Comptroller General 1940-54.
Episcopalian. Member, Alpha
Tau Omega; Freemasons;
Elks.
Died in Washington,
D.C., December
28, 1976 (age 87 years, 12
days).
Interment at Oakdale
Cemetery, Washington, N.C.
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George Washington (1732-1799) —
also known as "Father of His Country" —
of Virginia.
Born in Westmoreland
County, Va., February
22, 1732.
Son of Augustine Washington (1694-1743) and Mary (Ball) Washington
(c.1709-1789).
Delegate
to Continental Congress from Virginia, 1774-75; general in the
Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; member,
U.S. Constitutional Convention, 1787; President
of the United States, 1789-97.
Episcopalian. English
ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Society
of the Cincinnati; American
Academy of Arts and Sciences.
As the leader of the Revolution, he could have been King; instead, he
served as the first
President and stepped down after two terms. Elected to the Hall
of Fame for Great Americans in 1900. His portrait appears on the
U.S. quarter
(25
cent coin), and on the one
dollar bill. His portrait also appeared on various other
denominations of U.S. currency,
and on the Confederate States $50
note during the Civil War.
Died, probably from acute bacterial
epiglottitis, at Mt. Vernon, Fairfax
County, Va., December
14, 1799 (age 67 years, 295
days).
Entombed at Mt.
Vernon, Mt. Vernon, Va.; statue erected 1860 at Washington
Circle, Washington, D.C.; memorial monument at National
Mall, Washington, D.C.
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Relatives: Son
of Augustine Washington (1694-1743) and Mary (Ball) Washington
(c.1709-1789); married, January
6, 1759, to Martha (Dandridge) Custis (1731-1802); uncle of Bushrod
Washington; uncle by marriage of Burwell
Bassett; granduncle of George
Corbin Washington; granduncle by marriage of Charles
Magill Conrad; second cousin five times removed of Horace
Lee Washington. See Livingston-Seymour-Lee-Williams
family of New York. |
| | | Cross-reference: Henry
Lee — Joshua
Fry — Alexander
Dimitry — Tobias
Lear — David
Matthews — Rufus
Putnam |
| | | Washington counties in Ala., Ark., Colo., Fla., Ga., Idaho, Ill., Ind., Iowa, Kan., Ky., La., Maine, Md., Minn., Miss., Mo., Neb., N.Y., N.C., Ohio, Okla., Ore., Pa., R.I., Tenn., Tex., Utah, Vt., Va. and Wis. are
named for him. |
| | | Other politicians named for him: George
Washington Lent Marr
— George
Washington Heard
— George
Washington Barnett
— George
Washington Davis
— George
W. Owen
— George
W. Toland
— George
W. Lay
— George
W. Patterson
— George
W. B. Towns
— George
Washington Adams
— George
Washington Hockley
— George
W. Smyth
— G.
W. Ingersoll
— George
W. Hopkins
— George
Washington Montgomery
— George
W. Kittredge
— George
Washington Jones
— George
W. Harrison
— George
Washington Ewing
— George
W. Morrison
— George
Washington Woodward
— George
Washington Wright
— George
Washington Triplett
— George
Washington Glasscock
— George
Washington Holman
— George
Washington Dunlap
— George
Washington Warren
— George
Washington Hill
— George
Washington Logan
— George
W. Getchell
— George
Washington Wright
— George
W. Julian
— George
Washington Dyal
— George
Washington Ladd
— George
W. Peck
— George
Washington Nesmith
— George
W. Morgan
— George
Washington Brooks
— George
Washington Cowles
— George
W. Geddes
— George
Washington Whitmore
— George
Washington Bridges
— George
W. Cate
— George
W. Houk
— George
W. Webber
— George
Washington Fairbrother
— George
Washington Glick
— George
Washington Jones
— George
Washington Baker
— George
W. Shell
— George
W. Anderson
— George
W. Crouse
— George
W. Hulick
— George
W. F. Harper
— George
Washington McCrary
— George
W. Gordon
— George
W. Kingsbury
— George
W. Covington
— George
Washington Fleeger
— George
W. Steele
— George
W. Wilson
— George
W. E. Dorsey
— George
W. Plunkitt
— George
W. Furbush
— George
W. Sutton
— George
W. Curtin
— George W.
Ray
— George
W. Allen
— George
W. Roosevelt
— George
W. Smith
— George
W. Kipp
— George
W. Campbell
— George
W. Taylor
— George
W. Stone
— George
W. Shonk
— George
W. Cook
— George
W. Murray
— George
W. Faris
— George
W. Fithian
— George
W. Prince
— George
W. Buckner
— George
W. Cromer
— George
W. Donaghey
— George
W. Aldridge
— George
Washington Goethals
— George
W. Armstrong
— George
Washington Oakes
— George
Washington Hays
— George
W. Edmonds
— George
W. Lindsay
— George
Washington Jones
— George
W. Darden
— George
W. Gibbons
— George
W. List
— George
W. Rauch
— George
W. Michell
— George
Washington Jackson
— George
W. Blanchard
— George
Washington Herz
— George
W. Bristow
— George
Washington Hardy
— George
W. Ballard
— George
W. McKown
— George
Thomas Washington
— George
W. Collins
— George
A. Washington
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| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Wikipedia
article — NNDB
dossier |
| | | Books about George Washington: Richard
Brookhiser, Founding
Father: Rediscovering George Washington — James Thomas
Flexner, Washington:
The Indispensable Man — Willard Sterne Randall, George
Washington : A Life — Richard Norton Smith, Patriarch
: George Washington and the New American Nation —
Henry Wiencek, An
Imperfect God : George Washington, His Slaves, and the Creation of
America — James MacGregor Burns, George
Washington — Joseph J. Ellis, His
Excellency, George Washington — Gore Vidal, Inventing
A Nation: Washington, Adams, Jefferson — Wendie C.
Old, George
Washington (for young readers) |
| | | Image source: Portrait & Biographical
Album of Washtenaw County (1891) |
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James Moore Wayne (1790-1867) —
also known as James M. Wayne —
of Savannah, Chatham
County, Ga.
Born in Savannah, Chatham
County, Ga., 1790.
Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; member of Georgia
state house of representatives, 1815-16; mayor
of Savannah, Ga., 1817-19; state court judge in Georgia, 1820-22;
U.S.
Representative from Georgia at-large, 1829-35; Justice
of U.S. Supreme Court, 1835-67; died in office 1867.
Episcopalian.
Died in Washington,
D.C., July 5,
1867 (age about 77
years).
Interment at Laurel
Grove Cemetery, Savannah, Ga.
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Benjamin Sumner Welles (1892-1961) —
also known as Sumner Welles —
of Oxon Hill, Prince
George's County, Md.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., October
14, 1892.
Son of Benjamin J. Welles (1857-1935) and Frances Wyeth (Swan) Welles
(1863-1911).
Democrat. U.S. Ambassador to Cuba, 1933; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Maryland, 1936,
1940;
U.S. Undersecretary of State, 1937-43.
Episcopalian. Member, Council on
Foreign Relations.
Died September
24, 1961 (age 68 years, 345
days).
Interment at Rock
Creek Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Henry White (1850-1927) —
Born in Baltimore,
Md., March 29,
1850.
U.S. Ambassador to Italy, 1905-07; France, 1906-09.
Episcopalian.
Died in Lenox, Berkshire
County, Mass., July 15,
1927 (age 77 years, 108
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Washington
National Cathedral, Washington, D.C.
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Nadine P. Winter —
of Washington,
D.C.
Born in North Carolina.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from District of
Columbia, 1968,
1972,
1980,
2000;
Presidential Elector for District of Columbia, 2000.
Female.
Episcopalian.
Still living as of 2000.
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Robert J. Wittman (b. 1959) —
also known as Rob Wittman —
of Montross, Westmoreland
County, Va.
Born in Washington,
D.C., February
3, 1959.
Republican. Mayor of Montross, Va., 1992-96; member of Virginia
state house of delegates, 2006-07; U.S.
Representative from Virginia 1st District, 2007-.
Episcopalian.
Still living as of 2008.
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John Waldemar Wydler (1924-1987) —
also known as John W. Wydler —
of Garden City, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., June 9,
1924.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; U.S.
Representative from New York, 1963-81 (4th District 1963-73, 5th
District 1973-81); alternate delegate to Republican National
Convention from New York, 1972.
Episcopalian. Member, American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Lions; Order of
Ahepa; Freemasons;
Elks.
Died in Washington,
D.C., August 4,
1987 (age 63 years, 56
days).
Interment at Cemetery
of the Holy Rood, Westbury, Long Island, N.Y.
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