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Brookins Campbell (1808-1853) —
of Tennessee.
Born in Washington
County, Tenn., 1808.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Tennessee
state house of representatives, 1835-39, 1841-47, 1851-52; Speaker of
the Tennessee State House of Representatives, 1845-47; major in
the U.S. Army during the Mexican War; U.S.
Representative from Tennessee 1st District, 1853; died in office
1853.
Died in Washington,
D.C., December
25, 1853 (age about 45
years).
Interment at Providence
Presbyterian Churchyard, Greeneville, Tenn.; cenotaph at Congressional
Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Philip Pitt Campbell (1862-1941) —
also known as Philip P. Campbell —
of Pittsburg, Crawford
County, Kan.; Arlington, Arlington
County, Va.
Born in Cape Breton, Nova
Scotia, April 25,
1862.
Son of Daniel A. Campbell and Mary (McRae) Campbell; married, November
23, 1892, to Helen E. Goff.
Republican. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Kansas 3rd District, 1903-23.
Died in Washington,
D.C., May 26,
1941 (age 79 years, 31
days).
Originally entombed at Abbey
Mausoleum (which no longer exists), Arlington, Va.; reinterment
to unknown location.
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Clarence Andrew Cannon (1879-1964) —
also known as Clarence Cannon —
of Elsberry, Lincoln
County, Mo.
Born in Elsberry, Lincoln
County, Mo., April 11,
1879.
Son of John Randolph Cannon and Ida Glovina (Whiteside) Cannon;
married, August
30, 1906, to Ida Dawson Wigginton.
Democrat. College
professor; lawyer; farmer; U.S.
Representative from Missouri, 1923-64 (9th District 1923-33,
at-large 1933-35, 9th District 1935-64); died in office 1964;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Missouri, 1928;
Parliamentarian, 1948.
Died in Washington,
D.C., May 12,
1964 (age 85 years, 31
days).
Interment at Elsberry
City Cemetery, Elsberry, Mo.
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John G. Capers (b. 1866) —
of Greenville, Greenville
County, S.C.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Anderson, Anderson
County, S.C., April 17,
1866.
Son of Rev. Ellison Capers and Charlotte Rebecca (Palmer) Capers;
married, June 18,
1895, to Lillia Trenholm.
Republican. Lawyer; U.S.
Attorney for South Carolina, 1901-06; delegate to Republican
National Convention from South Carolina, 1904,
1908;
member of Republican
National Committee from South Carolina, 1904-12.
Burial
location unknown.
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Allen Taylor Caperton (1810-1876) —
of Monroe
County, Va. (now W.Va.).
Born near Union, Monroe
County, Va. (now W.Va.), November
21, 1810.
Son of Hugh
Caperton.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1841-42; member of Virginia
state senate, 1844-48; delegate to
Virginia state constitutional convention, 1850; delegate
to Virginia secession convention, 1861; Senator
from Virginia in the Confederate Congress, 1863-65; U.S.
Senator from West Virginia, 1875-76; died in office 1876.
Died in Washington,
D.C., July 26,
1876 (age 65 years, 248
days).
Interment at Green
Hill Cemetery, Union, W.Va.
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Michael Everett Capuano (b. 1952) —
also known as Michael E. Capuano —
of Somerville, Middlesex
County, Mass.
Born in Somerville, Middlesex
County, Mass., January
9, 1952.
Democrat. Lawyer; mayor
of Somerville, Mass., 1990-98; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 8th District, 1999-; delegate
to Democratic National Convention from Massachusetts, 2000,
2004,
2008.
Catholic.
Still living as of 2009.
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Benjamin Louis Cardin (b. 1943) —
also known as Benjamin L. Cardin —
of Baltimore,
Md.
Born in Baltimore,
Md., October
5, 1943.
Son of Meyer M. Cardin and Dora (Green) Cardin; married, November
24, 1964, to Myrna Edelman.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Maryland
state house of delegates, 1967-86 (District 5 1967-74, District
42 1975-86); Speaker of
the Maryland State House of Delegates, 1979-86; U.S.
Representative from Maryland 3rd District, 1987-; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Maryland, 1988,
1996,
2000,
2004,
2008.
Jewish.
Member, American Bar
Association.
Still living as of 2009.
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John Emmett Carland (1853-1922) —
also known as John E. Carland —
of Burleigh
County, N.Dak.; Sioux Falls, Minnehaha
County, S.Dak.
Born in Oswego
County, N.Y., December
11, 1853.
Son of Capt. John Carland; married, September
29, 1884, to Albertine Knaack.
Lawyer; U.S.
Attorney for Dakota Territory, 1885-88; justice of
Dakota territorial supreme court, 1888-89; delegate
to North Dakota state constitutional convention from Burleigh
County, 1889; U.S.
District Judge for South Dakota, 1896-1910; Judge of
U.S. Commerce Court, 1910-13.
Died November
11, 1922 (age 68 years, 335
days).
Interment at Rock
Creek Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Charles Creighton Carlin (1866-1938) —
also known as Charles C. Carlin —
of Alexandria,
Va.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Alexandria,
Va., April 8,
1866.
Democrat. Lawyer; Presidential Elector for Virginia, 1904;
U.S.
Representative from Virginia 8th District, 1907-19; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Virginia, 1920;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from District of Columbia,
1924,
1932.
Died in Washington,
D.C., October
4, 1938 (age 72 years, 179
days).
Interment at Ivy
Hill Cemetery, Alexandria, Va.
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Matthew Hale Carpenter (1824-1881) —
also known as Matthew H. Carpenter; Decatur Merritt Hammond
Carpenter —
of Milwaukee, Milwaukee
County, Wis.
Born in Moretown, Washington
County, Vt., December
22, 1824.
Republican. Lawyer; U.S.
Senator from Wisconsin, 1869-75, 1879-81; died in office 1881.
Died in Washington,
D.C., February
24, 1881 (age 56 years, 64
days).
Interment at Forest
Home Cemetery, Milwaukee, Wis.
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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.
Grandson of Edward
Carrington; son of Edward Codrington Carrington and Florida
Troupe (Harrison) Carrington; married, October
5, 1899, to Ethel Stuart Coyle (divorced 1919); married 1920 to Anna
Walsh Snyder (divorced 1927); married 1936 to Alice
W. Preston (daughter of James
Harry Preston).
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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Bradley Rogers Carson (b. 1967) —
also known as Brad Carson —
of Claremore, Rogers
County, Okla.
Born in Winslow, Navajo
County, Ariz., March 11,
1967.
Democrat. Rhodes
scholar; lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Oklahoma 2nd District, 2001-; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Oklahoma, 2004,
2008;
candidate for U.S.
Senator from Oklahoma, 2004.
Southern
Baptist. Cherokee
Indian ancestry. Member, Phi
Beta Kappa.
Still living as of 2009.
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Clifford Philip Case (1904-1982) —
also known as Clifford P. Case —
of Rahway, Union
County, N.J.
Born in Franklin Park, Somerset
County, N.J., April 16,
1904.
Son of Clifford Philip Case and Jeannette McAlpin (Benedict) Case;
married, July 13,
1928, to Ruth Miriam Smith.
Republican. Lawyer; member of New
Jersey state house of assembly, 1943-44; U.S.
Representative from New Jersey 6th District, 1945-53; resigned
1953; U.S.
Senator from New Jersey, 1955-79; defeated in primary, 1978;
delegate to Republican National Convention from New Jersey, 1956,
1964;
candidate for Republican nomination for President, 1968.
Presbyterian.
Member, Council on
Foreign Relations; American Bar
Association; Elks; Phi
Beta Kappa; Delta
Upsilon; Phi
Delta Phi.
Died, from lung
cancer, in Georgetown University Hospital,
Washington,
D.C., March 5,
1982 (age 77 years, 323
days).
Interment at New
Cemetery, Somerville, N.J.
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Edward Espenett Case (b. 1952) —
also known as Ed Case —
of Honolulu, Island of Oahu, Honolulu
County, Hawaii.
Born in Hilo, Island of Hawaii, Hawaii
County, Hawaii, September
27, 1952.
Democrat. Lawyer; staff member for U.S. Rep. Spark
M. Matsunaga, 1975-77; member of Hawaii
state house of representatives, 1994-2002; candidate in primary
for Governor of
Hawaii, 2002; U.S.
Representative from Hawaii 2nd District, 2002-07; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Hawaii, 2004;
candidate for U.S.
Senator from Hawaii, 2006.
Protestant.
Still living as of 2009.
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Joseph Casey (1814-1879) —
of New Berlin, Union
County, Pa.
Born in Ringgold Manor, Washington
County, Md., December
17, 1814.
Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 13th District, 1849-51; Judge of
U.S. Court of Claims, 1861.
Died February
10, 1879 (age 64 years, 55
days).
Interment at Oak
Hill Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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George Earle Chamberlain (1854-1928) —
also known as George E. Chamberlain —
of Albany, Linn
County, Ore.; Portland, Multnomah
County, Ore.
Born near Natchez, Adams
County, Miss., January
1, 1854.
Grandson of Stevenson
Archer; son of Charles Thomson Chamberlain and Pamela A. (Archer)
Chamberlain; married, May 21,
1879, to Sarah Newman Welch.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Oregon
state house of representatives, 1880-84; Oregon
state attorney general, 1891-95; appointed 1891; Governor of
Oregon, 1903-09; resigned 1909; U.S.
Senator from Oregon, 1909-21; defeated, 1920; candidate for
Democratic nomination for Vice President, 1912.
Member, Phi
Kappa Psi.
Died in Washington,
D.C., July 9,
1928 (age 74 years, 190
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Albert Benjamin Chandler III (b. 1959) —
also known as Ben Chandler; "Big
Ben" —
of Versailles, Woodford
County, Ky.
Born in Versailles, Woodford
County, Ky., September
12, 1959.
Grandson of Albert
Benjamin Chandler.
Democrat. Lawyer; Kentucky
auditor of public accounts, 1992-95; Kentucky
state attorney general, 1996-; candidate for Governor of
Kentucky, 2003; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Kentucky, 2004,
2008;
U.S.
Representative from Kentucky 6th District, 2004-.
Presbyterian.
Member, American Bar
Association.
Still living as of 2009.
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Jim Chapman (b. 1945) —
of Sulphur Springs, Hopkins
County, Tex.
Born in Washington,
D.C., March 8,
1945.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Texas 1st District, 1985-97; candidate in
primary for U.S.
Senator from Texas, 1996; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Texas, 1996.
Still living as of 2009.
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Orlow W. Chapman (1832-1890) —
of Binghamton, Broome
County, N.Y.
Born in Ellington, Tolland
County, Conn., 1832.
Lawyer; member of New York
state senate 24th District, 1868-71; U.S. Solicitor General,
1889-90; died in office 1890.
Died, of pneumonia
and an ear
infection, in Washington,
D.C., January
19, 1890 (age about 57
years).
Interment somewhere
in Binghamton, N.Y.
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Oscar Littleton Chapman (1896-1978) —
also known as Oscar L. Chapman —
of Denver,
Colo.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Omega, Halifax
County, Va., October
22, 1896.
Son of James Jackson Chapman and Rosa Archer (Blount) Chapman;
married, December
21, 1920, to Olga Pauline Edholm (died 1932); married, February
24, 1940, to Ann Kendrick.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; lawyer;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Colorado, 1936,
1940,
1944;
U.S.
Secretary of the Interior, 1949-53.
Methodist.
Member, American
Legion; Phi
Alpha Delta.
Died February
8, 1978 (age 81 years, 109
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Dionicio Chavez (1888-1962) —
also known as Dennis Chavez —
of Albuquerque, Bernalillo
County, N.M.
Born in Los Chavez, Valencia
County, N.M., April 8,
1888.
Married 1911
to Imelda Espinosa; grandfather of Gloria
Tristani.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of New Mexico
state house of representatives, 1922; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from New Mexico, 1924,
1932,
1940,
1944,
1948,
1952,
1960;
U.S.
Representative from New Mexico at-large, 1931-35; U.S.
Senator from New Mexico, 1936-62; defeated, 1934; died in office
1962; member of Democratic
National Committee from New Mexico.
Catholic.
Hispanic
ancestry. Member, Elks.
Died in Washington,
D.C., November
18, 1962 (age 74 years, 224
days).
Interment at Mt.
Calvary Cemetery, Albuquerque, N.M.
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Norton Parker Chipman (1834-1924) —
of Washington,
D.C.
Born in Milford Center, Union
County, Ohio, March 7,
1834.
Republican. Lawyer; general in the Union Army during the Civil
War; Delegate
to U.S. Congress from the District of Columbia, 1871-75; Judge,
California Court of Appeal, 1905-22; resigned 1922.
Died in San
Francisco, Calif., February
1, 1924 (age 89 years, 331
days).
Interment at Cypress
Lawn Memorial Park, Colma, Calif.
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Ralph Edwin Church (1883-1950) —
also known as Ralph E. Church —
of Evanston, Cook
County, Ill.
Born near Catlin, Vermilion
County, Ill., May 5,
1883.
Son of Henry George Church and Lola (Douglas) Church; married, December
21, 1918, to Marguerite
Stitt.
Lawyer; member of Illinois
state house of representatives 6th District, 1917-32; U.S.
Representative from Illinois, 1935-41, 1943-50 (10th District
1935-41, 1943-49, 13th District 1949-50); defeated (Independent),
1932; died in office 1950; candidate in Republican primary for U.S.
Senator from Illinois, 1940.
Methodist.
Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Kiwanis;
Delta
Chi; Phi
Kappa Psi; American
Society for International Law.
Died in a committee
meeting in the House Office Building, Washington,
D.C., March 21,
1950 (age 66 years, 320
days).
Interment at Memorial
Park Cemetery, Skokie, Ill.
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Jonathan Cilley (1802-1838) —
of Thomaston, Knox
County, Maine.
Born in Nottingham, Rockingham
County, N.H., July 2,
1802.
Nephew of Bradbury
Cilley; brother of Joseph
Cilley.
Lawyer; member of Maine
state house of representatives, 1831-36; Speaker of
the Maine State House of Representatives, 1835-36; U.S.
Representative from Maine 3rd District, 1837-38; died in office
1838.
Killed in a duel by
Representative William
J. Graves of Kentucky, on the Marlboro Pike, in Prince
George's County, Md., February
24, 1838 (age 35 years, 237
days).
Interment at Elm
Grove Cemetery, Thomaston, Maine; cenotaph at Congressional
Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Harry M. Clabaugh (1856-1914) —
of Westminster, Carroll
County, Md.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Cumberland, Allegany
County, Md., July 16,
1856.
Son of G. W. Clabaugh and Ellen Clabaugh; married to Catherine Swope.
Republican. Lawyer; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Maryland, 1884;
Maryland
Republican state chair, 1891-95; Maryland
state attorney general, 1895-99; justice of
District of Columbia supreme court, 1903.
Died in Washington,
D.C., March 6,
1914 (age 57 years, 233
days).
Interment at Rock
Creek Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Moses Edwin Clapp (1851-1929) —
also known as Moses E. Clapp —
of Hudson, St. Croix
County, Wis.; Fergus Falls, Otter Tail
County, Minn.; St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn.
Born in Delphi, Carroll
County, Ind., May 21,
1851.
Son of Harvey Spaulding Clapp and Abbie Jane (Vandercook) Clapp;
married, December
30, 1874, to Hattie Allen.
Republican. Lawyer; St.
Croix County Attorney, 1878-80; Minnesota
state attorney general, 1887-93; U.S.
Senator from Minnesota, 1901-17; defeated in primary, 1916;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Minnesota, 1904,
1912.
Died near Accotink, Fairfax
County, Va., March 6,
1929 (age 77 years, 289
days).
Interment at Fort
Lincoln Cemetery, Brentwood, Md.
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Frank Clark (1860-1936) —
of Polk
County, Fla.; Duval
County, Fla.; Lake City, Columbia
County, Fla.; Gainesville, Alachua
County, Fla.; Miami, Dade County (now Miami-Dade
County), Fla.
Born in Eufaula, Barbour
County, Ala., March 28,
1860.
Son of John Wise Clark and Mary Emeline (Keits) Clark; married to
Mary Ellen Mays.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Florida
state house of representatives, 1889-91, 1899; U.S.
Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, 1894-97; U.S.
Representative from Florida 2nd District, 1905-25; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Florida, 1920.
Baptist.
Member, Knights
of Pythias; Elks.
Died in Washington,
D.C., April 14,
1936 (age 76 years, 17
days).
Interment at Wildwood
Cemetery, Bartow, Fla.
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James Beauchamp Clark (1850-1921) —
also known as Champ Clark; "The Lion of
Democracy" —
of Bowling Green, Pike
County, Mo.
Born near Lawrenceburg, Anderson
County, Ky., March 7,
1850.
Son of John Hampton Clark and Aletha Jane (Beauchamp) Clark; married,
December
14, 1881, to Genevieve Bennett; father of Genevieve Clark (who
married James
McIlhany Thomson) and Joel
Bennett Clark.
Democrat. Lawyer; Presidential Elector for Missouri, 1880;
Pike
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1885-89; member of Missouri
state house of representatives, 1889-90; U.S.
Representative from Missouri 9th District, 1893-95, 1897-1921;
defeated, 1894, 1920; died in office 1921; Speaker of
the U.S. House, 1911-19; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Missouri, 1904,
1916;
candidate for Democratic nomination for President, 1912.
Died in Washington,
D.C., March 2,
1921 (age 70 years, 360
days).
Interment at City
Cemetery, Bowling Green, Mo.
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Joel Bennett Clark (1890-1954) —
also known as Bennett Clark; Champ Clark —
of St.
Louis, Mo.
Born in Bowling Green, Caroline
County, Va., January
8, 1890.
Son of James
Beauchamp Clark and Genevieve (Bennett) Clark; son-in-law of Wilbur
W. Marsh; married, October
5, 1922, to Miriam Marsh.
Democrat. Lawyer; colonel in the U.S. Army during World War I;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Missouri, 1928,
1936,
1940,
1944;
U.S.
Senator from Missouri, 1931-45; Judge of
U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, 1945.
Presbyterian.
Member, American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; American Bar
Association; Order of the
Coif; Phi
Beta Kappa; Delta
Tau Delta; Phi
Delta Phi; Delta
Sigma Rho.
Died in Gloucester, Essex
County, Mass., July 13,
1954 (age 64 years, 186
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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John Bullock Clark, Jr. (1831-1903) —
also known as John B. Clark, Jr. —
of Fayette, Howard
County, Mo.
Born in Fayette, Howard
County, Mo., January
14, 1831.
Son of John
Bullock Clark.
Republican. Lawyer; general in the Confederate Army during the
Civil War; member of Republican
National Committee from Missouri, 1870-72; U.S.
Representative from Missouri 11th District, 1873-83.
Died in Washington,
D.C., September
7, 1903 (age 72 years, 236
days).
Interment at Rock
Creek Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Rush Clark (1834-1879) —
of Iowa City, Johnson
County, Iowa.
Born in Schellsburg, Bedford
County, Pa., October
1, 1834.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Iowa state
house of representatives, 1860-64, 1876; Speaker of
the Iowa State House of Representatives, 1862-63; U.S.
Representative from Iowa 5th District, 1877-79; died in office
1879.
Died in Washington,
D.C., April 29,
1879 (age 44 years, 210
days).
Interment at Oakland
Cemetery, Iowa City, Iowa.
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Judson Claudius Clements (1846-1917) —
also known as Judson C. Clements —
of Walker
County, Ga.; Rome, Floyd
County, Ga.; Washington,
D.C.
Born near Villanow, Walker
County, Ga., February
12, 1846.
Son of Adam
C. Clements; married, December
2, 1886, to Lizzie E. Dulaney.
Democrat. Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War;
lawyer; member of Georgia
state house of representatives, 1872-76; member of Georgia
state senate, 1877; U.S.
Representative from Georgia 7th District, 1881-91; member, Interstate Commerce
Commission, 1892-1917.
Died in Washington,
D.C., June 18,
1917 (age 71 years, 126
days).
Interment at Cave
Hill Cemetery, Louisville, Ky.
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Hillary Rodham Clinton (b. 1947) —
also known as Hillary Diane Rodham; "Hill";
"Evergreen" —
of Chappaqua, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., October
26, 1947.
Daughter of Hugh Ellsworth Rodham (1911-1993) and Dorothy Emma
(Howell) Rodham (1919-2011); married, October
11, 1975, to William
Jefferson Clinton; sister of Hugh
Edwin Rodham; mother of Chelsea Clinton (daughter-in-law of Edward
Maurice Mezvinsky and Marjorie
Margolies-Mezvinsky).
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Senator from New York, 2001-; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from New York, 2004,
2008
(speaker);
candidate for Democratic nomination for President, 2008;
U.S.
Secretary of State, 2009-.
Female.
Methodist.
Member, Phi
Alpha Delta.
Still living as of 2011.
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See also Polk-Ashe
family of North Carolina |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — votes
in Congress from the Washington Post — Wikipedia
article — NNDB
dossier — Internet Movie Database
profile |
| | | Books by Hillary Clinton: Living
History (2003) — An
Invitation To The White House : At Home With History
(2000) — It
Takes A Village |
| | | Books about Hillary Clinton: Joe
Conason, The
Hunting of the President : The Ten-Year Campaign to Destroy Bill and
Hillary Clinton — Donnie Radcliffe, Hillary
Rodham Clinton : A First Lady for Our Time — Gene
Lyons, Fools
for Scandal : How the Media Invented Whitewater — Gail
Sheehy, Hillary's
Choice — Michael Tomasky, Hillary's
Turn : Inside Her Improbable, Victorious Senate
Campaign — Sidney Blumenthal, The
Clinton Wars — Bernard Ryan, Jr., Hillary
Clinton : First Lady and Senator — Susan Estrich, The
Case For Hillary Clinton — Dick Morris and Eileen
McGann, Condi
vs. Hillary : The Next Great Presidential Race — Jeff
Gerth & Don Van Natta, Jr., Her
Way : The Hopes and Ambitions of Hillary Rodham
Clinton — Susan Morrison, ed., Thirty
Ways of Looking at Hillary: Reflections by Women
Writers |
| | | Critical books about Hillary Clinton:
Barbara Olson, Hell
to Pay : The Unfolding Story of Hillary Rodham
Clinton — Peggy Noonan, The
Case Against Hillary Clinton — R. Emmet Tyrell, Jr.,
Madame
Hillary : The Dark Road to the White House — Jack
Cashill, Ron
Brown's Body : How One Man's Death Saved the Clinton Presidency and
Hillary's Future — Christopher Hitchens, No
One Left To Lie To: The Values of the Worst Family —
Carl Limbacher, Hillary's
Scheme : Inside the Next Clinton's Ruthless Agenda to Take the White
House — Ed Klein, The
Truth About Hillary : What She Knew, When She Knew It, and How Far
She'll Go to Become President — Dick Morris, Rewriting
History — David N. Bossie, Hillary:
The Politics of Personal Destruction — Joyce Milton,
The
First Partner: Hillary Rodham Clinton |
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James A. Cobb —
of Washington,
D.C.
Born in Arcadia, Bienville
Parish, La.
Republican. Lawyer; delegate to Republican National Convention
from District of Columbia, 1920;
municipal judge in District of Columbia, 1926-.
African
ancestry. Member, NAACP; Freemasons.
Burial
location unknown.
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William Bourke Cockran (1854-1923) —
also known as W. Bourke Cockran —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in County Sligo, Ireland,
February
28, 1854.
Son of Martin Cockran and Harriet (Knight) Cockran; married, November
5, 1906, to Ann Ide (daughter of Henry
Clay Ide).
School
teacher and principal; lawyer; U.S.
Representative from New York, 1887-89, 1891-95, 1904-09, 1921-23
(12th District 1887-89, 10th District 1891-93, 12th District 1893-95,
1904-09, 16th District 1921-23); defeated (Progressive), 1912; died
in office 1923; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New
York, 1888,
1892,
1904,
1920.
Died in Washington,
D.C., March 1,
1923 (age 69 years, 1
days).
Interment at Gate
of Heaven Cemetery, Hawthorne, N.Y.
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Francis Marion Cockrell (1834-1915) —
also known as Francis M. Cockrell —
of Warrensburg, Johnson
County, Mo.
Born in Warrensburg, Johnson
County, Mo., October
1, 1834.
Grandson of Simon
Cockrell; son of Joseph Cockrell and Nancy (Ellis) Cockrell;
first cousin of Elisha
Logan Cockrell and Harrison
Cockrill; brother of Jeremiah
Vardaman Cockrell; married, July 17,
1853, to Arethusa Stapp (died 1859); married 1867 to Anne E.
Mann (died); married, July 23,
1873, to Anna Ewing; first cousin thrice removed of Eleanor
Marion Hume Offutt.
Democrat. Lawyer; general in the Confederate Army during the
Civil War; U.S.
Senator from Missouri, 1875-1905; candidate for Democratic
nomination for President, 1904;
member, Interstate Commerce
Commission, 1905-10; alternate delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Missouri, 1912.
Died in Washington,
D.C., December
13, 1915 (age 81 years, 73
days).
Interment at Sunset
Hill Cemetery, Warrensburg, Mo.
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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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Stephen Cohen (b. 1949) —
also known as Steve Cohen —
of Memphis, Shelby
County, Tenn.
Born in Memphis, Shelby
County, Tenn., May 24,
1949.
Democrat. Lawyer; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Tennessee, 1980,
2004,
2008;
member of Tennessee
state senate, 1983-2006; U.S.
Representative from Tennessee 9th District, 2007-.
Jewish.
Still living as of 2009.
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Bainbridge Colby (1869-1950) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in St.
Louis, Mo., December
22, 1869.
Third cousin twice removed of John
P. Colby; son of John Peck Colby and Frances (Bainbridge) Colby;
fourth cousin once removed of Frederick
Myron Colby; married 1929 to Ann
(Ahlstrand) Ely (1889-1963).
Lawyer; attorney for author Samuel L. Clemens ("Mark Twain");
member of New York
state assembly from New York County 29th District, 1902; among
the founders
of the Progressive ("Bull Moose") Party in 1912; Progressive
candidate for U.S.
Senator from New York, 1914, 1916; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from District of Columbia, 1920;
U.S.
Secretary of State, 1920-21; law partner of Woodrow
Wilson 1921-23; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
New York, 1924.
Member, American Bar
Association; Phi
Beta Kappa.
Died in Bemus Point, Chautauqua
County, N.Y., April 11,
1950 (age 80 years, 110
days).
Interment at Bemus
Point Cemetery, Bemus Point, N.Y.
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Albert McDonald Cole (1901-1994) —
also known as Albert M. Cole —
of Holton, Jackson
County, Kan.
Born in Moberly, Randolph
County, Mo., October
13, 1901.
Son of Walter I. Cole and Mary B. (McDonald) Cole; married, November
11, 1927, to Emily Corbin.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Kansas
state senate; U.S.
Representative from Kansas 1st District, 1945-53.
Member, Kappa
Sigma; Phi
Alpha Delta; Rotary.
Died in Washington,
D.C., June 5,
1994 (age 92 years, 235
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Charles Cleaves Cole (1841-1905) —
also known as Charles C. Cole —
of West Union, Doddridge
County, W.Va.; Parkersburg, Wood
County, W.Va.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Hiram, Oxford
County, Maine, May 22,
1841.
Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; lawyer; Doddridge
County Prosecuting Attorney; U.S.
Attorney for the District of Columbia, 1891-93; justice of
District of Columbia supreme court, 1893-1901.
Died in Washington,
D.C., March 17,
1905 (age 63 years, 299
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Felix Cole (1887-1969) —
of Washington,
D.C.; Montclair, Essex
County, N.J.
Born in St.
Louis, Mo., October
12, 1887.
Son of Theodore Lee Cole and Kate Dunn (Dewey) Cole; married, October
10, 1916, to T. Imshenetzkaya; married, September
22, 1928, to Marilla C. Cole (cousin).
Newspaper
reporter; lawyer; Foreign Service officer; U.S. Vice
Consul in Petrograd, 1916-17; U.S. Consul General in Warsaw, 1929; Algiers, 1938-43; U.S. Minister to Ethiopia, 1945; U.S. Ambassador to Ceylon, 1948-49.
Member, Order of the
Coif; Psi
Upsilon; Phi
Beta Kappa.
Died in 1969
(age about
81 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Harry A. Cole (1921-1999) —
of Baltimore,
Md.
Born in Washington,
D.C., January
1, 1921.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II;
lawyer; member of Maryland
state senate 4th District, 1955-58; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Maryland, 1956;
Judge,
Maryland Court of Appeals, 1977-90.
African
ancestry. Member, Urban
League; NAACP.
Died in Baltimore,
Md., February
14, 1999 (age 78 years, 44
days).
Interment at Baltimore
National Cemetery, Baltimore, Md.
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William Sterling Cole (1904-1987) —
also known as W. Sterling Cole —
of Bath, Steuben
County, N.Y.
Born in Painted Post, Steuben
County, N.Y., April 18,
1904.
Son of Ernest Ethelbert Cole and Minnie (Pierce) Cole; married, July 3,
1929, to Mary Elizabeth Thomas.
Republican. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from New York, 1935-57 (37th District 1935-45,
39th District 1945-53, 37th District 1953-57).
Presbyterian.
Member, Sigma
Nu; Phi
Beta Kappa; Pi
Delta Epsilon; Delta
Sigma Rho; Freemasons.
Died in Washington,
D.C., March 15,
1987 (age 82 years, 331
days).
Interment somewhere
in Bath, N.Y.
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Edward Francis Colladay (b. 1877) —
also known as Edward F. Colladay —
of Washington,
D.C.
Born in Virginia, Cass
County, Ill., February
15, 1877.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Republican
National Committee from District of Columbia, 1917-40; delegate
to Republican National Convention from District of Columbia, 1948,
1952
(alternate), 1956
(alternate).
Presbyterian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar.
Burial
location unknown.
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Linton McGee Collins (b. 1902) —
also known as Linton M. Collins —
of Miami, Miami-Dade
County, Fla.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Reidsville, Tattnall
County, Ga., June 21,
1902.
Son of Ernest Clyde Collins and Beulah Edna (Rogers) Collins;
married, January
30, 1934, to Josephine
Staten Hardman (daughter of Lamartine
Griffin Hardman).
Lawyer; Judge of
U.S. Court of Claims, 1964-71.
Baptist.
Member, American Bar
Association; Federal
Bar Association; Phi
Delta Theta; Rotary.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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Alfred Holt Colquitt (1824-1894) —
also known as Alfred H. Colquitt —
of Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga.
Born in Monroe, Walton
County, Ga., April 20,
1824.
Son of Walter
Terry Colquitt.
Democrat. Lawyer; planter; U.S.
Representative from Georgia 2nd District, 1853-55; member of
Georgia state legislature, 1859; delegate
to Georgia secession convention, 1861; general in the Confederate
Army during the Civil War; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Georgia, 1868;
received 5 electoral votes for Vice-President, 1872;
Governor
of Georgia, 1877-82; U.S.
Senator from Georgia, 1883-94; died in office 1894.
Died in Washington,
D.C., March 26,
1894 (age 69 years, 340
days).
Interment at Rose
Hill Cemetery, Macon, Ga.
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William B. Colver (1870-1926) —
of St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Wellington, Lorain
County, Ohio, 1870.
Married to Pauline Simmons (c.1874-1964).
Democrat. Lawyer; editorial director, Scripps-Howard newspapers;
member, Federal Trade
Commission, 1917-20; chair, Federal Trade
Commission, 1918-19.
Died in Washington,
D.C., May 28,
1926 (age about 55
years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Thomas Terry Connally (1877-1963) —
also known as Tom T. Connally —
of Marlin, Falls
County, Tex.
Born near Hewitt, McLennan
County, Tex., August
19, 1877.
Son of Jones Connally and Mary E. (Terry) Connally; married, November
16, 1904, to Louise Clarkson (died 1935); married, April 25,
1942, to Lucile (Sanderson) Sheppard; step-grandfather of Connie
Mack III; step-great-grandfather of Connie
Mack IV.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War;
lawyer; member of Texas
state house of representatives, 1901-04; Falls
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1906-10; U.S.
Representative from Texas 11th District, 1917-29; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Texas, 1920,
1932,
1936,
1940,
1944,
1948,
1956;
U.S.
Senator from Texas, 1929-53.
Methodist.
Member, Knights
of Pythias; Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; Woodmen of
the World; Modern
Woodmen.
Died in Washington,
D.C., October
28, 1963 (age 86 years, 70
days).
Interment at Calvary
Cemetery, Marlin, Tex.
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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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Robert Archer Cooper (1874-1953) —
also known as Robert A. Cooper —
of Laurens, Laurens
County, S.C.; Washington,
D.C.; San Juan, San Juan
Municipio, Puerto Rico.
Born in Laurens
County, S.C., June 12,
1874.
Son of Henry Addison Cooper and Elizabeth Archie (Jones) Cooper;
married, March 22,
1899, to Mamie Machen; married, November
15, 1917, to Dorcas Calmes.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of South
Carolina state house of representatives, 1901-04; Solicitor, 8th
Judicial Circuit, 1905-16; Governor of
South Carolina, 1919-22; U.S.
District Judge for Puerto Rico, 1934-.
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners.
Died August 7,
1953 (age 79 years, 56
days).
Interment at Laurens
Cemetery, Laurens, S.C.
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Guy Cordon (1890-1969) —
of Roseburg, Douglas
County, Ore.
Born in Cuero, DeWitt
County, Tex., April 24,
1890.
Republican. Lawyer; alternate delegate to Republican National
Convention from Oregon, 1940;
U.S.
Senator from Oregon, 1944-55; defeated, 1954; member, Commission on
Intergovernmental Relations, 1953-54.
Died in Washington,
D.C., June 8,
1969 (age 79 years, 45
days).
Interment at Roseburg
Memorial Gardens, Roseburg, Ore.
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Frederic René Coudert (1832-1903) —
also known as Frederic R. Coudert —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., March 1,
1832.
Son of Charles Coudert; married to Elizabeth McCredy; grandfather of
Frederic
René Coudert, Jr..
Democrat. Lawyer; government director, 1885-88, and receiver,
1892-98, of Union Pacific Railroad;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1896.
Catholic.
French
ancestry.
Died, from heart and
liver
troubles, in Washington,
D.C., December
20, 1903 (age 71 years, 294
days).
Interment at Calvary
Cemetery, Woodside, Queens, N.Y.
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Joseph Courtney (b. 1953) —
also known as Joe Courtney —
of Vernon, Tolland
County, Conn.
Born in West Hartford, Hartford
County, Conn., April 6,
1953.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives, 1987-94; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Connecticut, 2000,
2004,
2008;
U.S.
Representative from Connecticut 2nd District, 2007-; defeated,
2002.
Still living as of 2008.
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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; married 1899 to Ethel
K. Rose.
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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Aaron Harrison Cragin (1821-1898) —
also known as Aaron H. Cragin —
of Lebanon, Grafton
County, N.H.
Born in Weston, Windsor
County, Vt., February
3, 1821.
Republican. Lawyer; member of New
Hampshire state house of representatives, 1852-55, 1859; U.S.
Representative from New Hampshire 3rd District, 1855-59; delegate
to Republican National Convention from New Hampshire, 1860;
U.S.
Senator from New Hampshire, 1865-77.
Died in Washington,
D.C., May 10,
1898 (age 77 years, 96
days).
Interment at School
Street Cemetery, Lebanon, N.H.
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William Ben Cravens (1872-1939) —
also known as William B. Cravens; Ben
Cravens —
of Fort Smith, Sebastian
County, Ark.
Born in Fort Smith, Sebastian
County, Ark., January
17, 1872.
Cousin of Jordan
Edgar Cravens; son of William Murphy Cravens and Mary Eloise
(Rutherford) Cravens; married, December
19, 1895, to Carolyn Dyal; father of William
Fadjo Cravens.
Democrat. Lawyer; cotton
grower; U.S.
Representative from Arkansas 4th District, 1907-13, 1933-39; died
in office 1939.
Christian.
Died in Washington,
D.C., January
13, 1939 (age 66 years, 361
days).
Interment at Oak
Cemetery, Fort Smith, Ark.
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George William Croft (1846-1904) —
of Aiken, Aiken
County, S.C.
Born in Newberry District (now Newberry
County), S.C., December
20, 1846.
Son of Theodore Gaillard Croft and Eliza Webb (D'Oyley) Croft;
married, April 17,
1873, to Florence E. McMahon; father of Theodore
Gaillard Croft (1874-1920).
Democrat. Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War;
lawyer; member of South
Carolina state senate, 1880; member of South
Carolina state house of representatives, 1882-83, 1901-02; U.S.
Representative from South Carolina 2nd District, 1903-04; died in
office 1904.
Died in Washington,
D.C., 1904
(age about
57 years).
Interment at St.
Thaddeus' Episcopal Churchyard, Aiken, S.C.
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Henry Cuellar (b. 1955) —
of Laredo, Webb
County, Tex.
Born in Laredo, Webb
County, Tex., September
19, 1955.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Texas
state house of representatives, 1987-2001; secretary of
state of Texas, 2001; U.S.
Representative from Texas 28th District, 2005-; defeated, 2002;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Texas, 2008.
Catholic.
Still living as of 2009.
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Charles Allen Culberson (1855-1925) —
also known as Charles A. Culberson —
of Dallas, Dallas
County, Tex.
Born in Dadeville, Tallapoosa
County, Ala., June 10,
1855.
Son of Eugenia (Kimball) Culberson and David
Browning Culberson.
Democrat. Lawyer; Texas
state attorney general, 1890-94; Governor of
Texas, 1895-99; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Texas, 1896,
1904,
1912
(member, Platform
and Resolutions Committee); U.S.
Senator from Texas, 1899-1923.
Died, of pneumonia,
in Washington,
D.C., March 19,
1925 (age 69 years, 282
days).
Interment at East
Oakwood Cemetery, Fort Worth, Tex.
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Shelby Moore Cullom (1829-1914) —
also known as Shelby M. Cullom —
of Springfield, Sangamon
County, Ill.
Born in Monticello, Wayne
County, Ky., November
22, 1829.
Nephew of Alvin
Cullom and William
Cullom; son of Richard Northcraft Cullom and Elizabeth (Coffey)
Cullom; married, December
12, 1855, to Hannah M. Fisher (died 1861); married, May 5,
1863, to Julia Fisher (died 1909).
Republican. Lawyer; member of Illinois
state house of representatives, 1856, 1860-61, 1872-74; Speaker of
the Illinois State House of Representatives, 1861, 1873;
candidate for Presidential Elector for Illinois, 1856;
U.S.
Representative from Illinois 8th District, 1865-71; Governor of
Illinois, 1877-83; U.S.
Senator from Illinois, 1883-1913; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Illinois, 1904
(speaker),
1908.
Died in Washington,
D.C., January
28, 1914 (age 84 years, 67
days).
Interment at Oak
Ridge Cemetery, Springfield, Ill.
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Elijah Eugene Cummings (b. 1951) —
also known as Elijah E. Cummings —
of Baltimore,
Md.
Born in Baltimore,
Md., January
18, 1951.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Maryland
state house of delegates, 1983-96; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Maryland, 1996,
2000,
2004,
2008;
U.S.
Representative from Maryland 7th District, 1996-; member of Democratic
National Committee from Maryland, 2004.
Baptist.
African
ancestry. Member, Phi
Beta Kappa.
Still living as of 2009.
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Homer Stillé Cummings (1870-1956) —
also known as Homer S. Cummings —
of Stamford, Fairfield
County, Conn.; Greenwich, Fairfield
County, Conn.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., April 30,
1870.
Son of Uriah C. Cummings and Audie Schuyler (Stillé) Cummings;
married to Cecilia Waterbury.
Democrat. Lawyer; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Connecticut, 1900,
1904,
1920
(alternate), 1924,
1932,
1936,
1940,
1944,
1948;
member of Democratic
National Committee from Connecticut, 1900-25; Chairman of
Democratic National Committee, 1919-20; mayor
of Stamford, Conn., 1900-02, 1904-06; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Connecticut at-large, 1902; Vice-Chair
of Democratic National Committee, 1913-19; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Connecticut, 1916; candidate for Democratic
nomination for President, 1920;
U.S.
Attorney General, 1933-39; Presidential Elector for Connecticut,
1940,
1944.
Congregationalist.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Judicature Society; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Odd
Fellows; Elks; Eagles.
Died September
10, 1956 (age 86 years, 133
days).
Interment at Woodland
Cemetery, Stamford, Conn.
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Edward Matthew Curran (b. 1903) —
also known as Edward M. Curran —
of Washington,
D.C.
Born in Bangor, Penobscot
County, Maine, May 10,
1903.
Son of Michael Joseph Curran and Mary Agnes (Callinan) Curran;
married, June 6,
1934, to Katherine Cecilia Hand.
Lawyer; police court
judge, 1936-40; U.S.
Attorney for the District of Columbia, 1940-46; U.S.
District Judge for the District of Columbia, 1948.
Catholic.
Member, American Bar
Association; Gamma
Eta Gamma.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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Jabez Lamar Monroe Curry (1825-1903) —
also known as Jabez L. M. Curry —
of Talladega, Talladega
County, Ala.; Washington,
D.C.
Born near Double Branches, Lincoln
County, Ga., June 5,
1825.
Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War; member
of Alabama
state house of representatives, 1847-48, 1853-57; U.S.
Representative from Alabama 7th District, 1857-61; Delegate
from Alabama to the Confederate Provisional Congress, 1861-62; Representative
from Alabama in the Confederate Congress 4th District, 1862-64;
defeated, 1863; colonel in the Confederate Army during the Civil War;
president,
Howard College, Alabama, 1866-68; college
professor; U.S. Minister to Spain, 1885-88.
Baptist.
Died near Asheville, Buncombe
County, N.C., February
12, 1903 (age 77 years, 252
days).
Interment at Hollywood
Cemetery, Richmond, Va.
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Charles Curtis (1860-1936) —
also known as "Square Shooter"; "The
Whisperer" —
of Topeka, Shawnee
County, Kan.
Born in a log
cabin at Eugene (now part of Topeka), Shawnee
County, Kan., January
25, 1860; his mother was one-quarter blood Kansa/Osage Indian.
Third great-grandson of "White Hair" Pawhuska (Great Osage
chief for whom Pawhuska, Okla. is named); son of Oren A. Curtis and
Helen (Pappan) Curtis; married, November
27, 1884, to Annie E. Baird (1861-1924); father of Leona
Curtis Knight.
Republican. Lawyer; Shawnee
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1884-88; U.S.
Representative from Kansas, 1893-1907 (4th District 1893-99, 1st
District 1899-1907); resigned 1907; U.S.
Senator from Kansas, 1907-13, 1915-29; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Kansas, 1908;
candidate for Republican nomination for President, 1924;
Vice
President of the United States, 1929-33; defeated, 1932.
Protestant.
English,
French,
and Kansa/Osage
Indian ancestry.
Died of a heart
attack, in Washington,
D.C., February
8, 1936 (age 76 years, 14
days).
Interment at Topeka
Cemetery, Topeka, Kan.
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