PoliticalGraveyard.com
The Political Graveyard: A Database of American History
Lawyer Politicians in the District of Columbia, D


  John Anthony Danaher (1899-1990) — also known as John A. Danaher — of Hartford, Hartford County, Conn.; Portland, Middlesex County, Conn. Born in Meriden, New Haven County, Conn., January 9, 1899. Son of Cornelius J. Danaher and Ellen (Ryan) Danaher; married, February 3, 1921, to Dorothy King; brother of Francis R. Danaher. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer; secretary of state of Connecticut, 1933-35; U.S. Senator from Connecticut, 1939-45; defeated, 1944; delegate to Republican National Convention from Connecticut, 1944; Judge of U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, 1953-. Catholic. Member, American Legion; Knights of Columbus; American Bar Association; American Judicature Society; Grange; Beta Theta Pi. Died September 22, 1990 (age 91 years, 256 days). Interment at Sacred Heart Cemetery, Meriden, Conn.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page
  Ralph Hunter Daughton (1885-1958) — of Norfolk, Va. Born in Washington, D.C., September 23, 1885. Married to Susan Taggart. Democrat. Lawyer; member of Virginia state house of delegates, 1933-44; U.S. Representative from Virginia 2nd District, 1944-47. Methodist. Member, Freemasons; Elks; Knights of Pythias; Lions. Died in Norfolk, Va., December 22, 1958 (age 73 years, 90 days). Interment at Mt. Olivet Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page
  James Henry Davidson (1858-1918) — also known as James H. Davidson — of Green Lake County, Wis.; Oshkosh, Winnebago County, Wis. Born in Colchester, Delaware County, N.Y., June 18, 1858. Republican. School teacher; lawyer; Green Lake County District Attorney; U.S. Representative from Wisconsin, 1897-1913, 1917-18 (6th District 1897-1903, 8th District 1903-13, 6th District 1917-18); died in office 1918. Died in Washington, D.C., August 6, 1918 (age 60 years, 49 days). Interment at Riverside Cemetery, Oshkosh, Wis.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page
  Joseph Edward Davies (1876-1958) — also known as Joseph E. Davies — of Wisconsin; Washington, D.C.; Palm Beach, Palm Beach County, Fla. Born in Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis., November 29, 1876. Son of Edward Davies and Rahel (Paynter) Davies; married, September 10, 1902, to Emlen Knight (divorced 1935); married, December 15, 1935, to Marjorie Merriwether Post (divorced 1955). Democrat. Lawyer; member of Democratic National Committee from Wisconsin, 1912; law partner of Timothy T. Ansberry; member, Federal Trade Commission, 1915-18; chair, Federal Trade Commission, 1915-16; economic advisor to President Woodrow Wilson at the Paris peace conference after World War I; candidate for U.S. Senator from Wisconsin, 1918; Vice-Chair of Democratic National Committee, 1936; U.S. Ambassador to Soviet Union, 1936-38; Belgium, 1938-39; U.S. Minister to Luxembourg, 1938-39. Congregationalist. Member, Phi Beta Kappa; Delta Upsilon; Sigma Delta Chi. Died, of bronchial pneumonia following a stroke, in Washington, D.C., May 9, 1958 (age 81 years, 161 days). Entombed at Washington National Cathedral, Washington, D.C.
  Cross-reference: Timothy T. Ansberry
  See also NNDB dossier — Internet Movie Database profile
  Charles Russell Davis (1849-1930) — also known as Charles R. Davis — of St. Peter, Nicollet County, Minn. Born in Pittsfield, Pike County, Ill., September 17, 1849. Married 1874 to Emma Haven. Republican. Lawyer; Nicollet County Attorney; member of Minnesota state house of representatives 17th District, 1889; member of Minnesota state senate 17th District, 1891-95; U.S. Representative from Minnesota 3rd District, 1903-25. Died in Washington, D.C., July 29, 1930 (age 80 years, 315 days). Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery, St. Peter, Minn.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Clifford Davis (1897-1970) — of Memphis, Shelby County, Tenn. Born in Hazlehurst, Copiah County, Miss., November 18, 1897. Son of Odom A. Davis and Jessie Davis; married to Carolyn Leigh. Democrat. Lawyer; city judge in Tennessee, 1923-27; U.S. Representative from Tennessee, 1940-65 (9th District 1940-43, 10th District 1943-53, 9th District 1953-65). Baptist. Member, Freemasons; Shriners; Sigma Alpha Epsilon; Moose; Elks; Order of Ahepa. Died in Washington, D.C., June 8, 1970 (age 72 years, 202 days). Interment at Forest Hill Cemetery, Memphis, Tenn.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page
  Dwight Filley Davis (1879-1945) — also known as Dwight F. Davis — of St. Louis, Mo. Born in St. Louis, Mo., July 5, 1879. Son of John Tilden Davis and Maria (Filley) Davis; married, November 15, 1905, to Helen Brooks (died 1932); married, May 8, 1936, to Pauline Morton Sabin. Lawyer; colonel in the U.S. Army during World War I; U.S. Secretary of War, 1925-29; Governor of the Philippine Islands, 1929-32. Baptist. Member, Alpha Delta Phi; Phi Delta Theta; Phi Delta Phi; American Legion. Founder of the Davis Cup tennis tournament. Died in Washington, D.C., November 28, 1945 (age 66 years, 146 days). Interment at Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
  See also McCormick-Guggenheim-Morton-Medill family of Illinois
  See also Wikipedia article
  Ewin Lamar Davis (1876-1949) — also known as Ewin L. Davis — of Tullahoma, Coffee County, Tenn. Born in Bedford County, Tenn., February 5, 1876. Son of McLin H. Davis and Christina Lee (Shoffner) Davis; married, December 28, 1898, to Carolyn Windsor; brother of Norman Hezekiah Davis. Democrat. Lawyer; Presidential Elector for Tennessee, 1904; circuit judge in Tennessee, 1910-18; U.S. Representative from Tennessee 5th District, 1919-33; defeated, 1932; member, Federal Trade Commission, 1933-49; died in office 1949; chair, Federal Trade Commission, 1935, 1940, 1945. Baptist. Member, American Bar Association; Federal Bar Association; Alpha Tau Omega; Phi Delta Phi; Freemasons. Died in Washington, D.C., October 23, 1949 (age 73 years, 260 days). Interment at Oakwood Cemetery, Tullahoma, Tenn.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page
  Warren Ransom Davis (1793-1835) — also known as Warren R. Davis — of Pendleton, Anderson County, S.C. Born in Columbia, Richland County, S.C., May 8, 1793. Lawyer; U.S. Representative from South Carolina 6th District, 1827-35; died in office 1835. Died in Washington, D.C., January 29, 1835 (age 41 years, 266 days). His funeral service at the U.S. Capitol was disrupted when Richard Lawrence, a house painter, fired two guns at President Andrew Jackson. Interment at Congressional Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
  Cross-reference: Andrew Jackson
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page
  John Dawson (1762-1814) — of Virginia. Born in Virginia, 1762. Democrat. Lawyer; member of Virginia state house of delegates, 1786-89; Delegate to Continental Congress from Virginia, 1788; delegate to Virginia convention to ratify U.S. constitution, 1788; U.S. Representative from Virginia, 1797-1814 (at-large 1797-1807, 10th District 1807-14); died in office 1814. Died in Washington, D.C., March 31, 1814 (age about 51 years). Interment at Congressional Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page
  Thomas Cleland Dawson (1865-1912) — also known as Thomas C. Dawson — of Enterprise, Volusia County, Fla.; Des Moines, Polk County, Iowa; Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie County, Iowa. Born in Hudson, St. Croix County, Wis., July 30, 1865. Son of Allan Dawson and Anna (Cleland) Dawson; married 1900 to Luiza Guerra Duval; father of Allan Dawson (1903-1949). Newspaper publisher; lawyer; U.S. Minister to Santo Domingo, 1904-07; Colombia, 1907-09; Chile, 1909; Panama, 1910; U.S. Consul General in Santo Domingo, 1904-07. Presbyterian. Died in Washington, D.C., May 1, 1912 (age 46 years, 276 days). Burial location unknown.
  William Rufus Day (1849-1923) — of Canton, Stark County, Ohio; Washington, D.C. Born in Ravenna, Portage County, Ohio, April 17, 1849. Son of Luther T. Day and Emily (Spalding) Day; married 1875 to Mary Elizabeth Schaefer (died 1912); father of William Louis Day and Stephen Albion Day. Lawyer; common pleas court judge in Ohio, 1886-90; U.S. Secretary of State, 1898; Judge of U.S. Court of Appeals, 1899-1903; Justice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1903-22. Lutheran. Died in Mackinac Island, Mackinac County, Mich., July 9, 1923 (age 74 years, 83 days). Interment at West Lawn Cemetery, Canton, Ohio.
  See also Day family of Ohio
  See also Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier
  Hosea Jefferson Dean (1806-1855) — also known as H. J. Dean — of Spartanburg, Spartanburg District (now Spartanburg County), S.C. Born in Spartanburg District (now Spartanburg County), S.C., July 11, 1806. Grandnephew of Samuel Farrow; son of John Dean (1776-1852) and Mary (Farrow) Dean (1780-1830); married, October 14, 1834, to Elizabeth Ellen Mills (1810-1838); married, August 9, 1840, to Mary Stewart Owen (1822-1886). Lawyer; Spartanburg District Commissioner in Equity, 1832-44; member of South Carolina state house of representatives, 1850-52; Clerk, South Carolina House of Representatives, 1853. Baptist. Died, of heart disease, in White Sulphur Springs, Greenbrier County, Va (now W.Va.), August 3, 1855 (age 49 years, 23 days). Interment at Oak Hill Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
  James H. DeAtley (c.1952-2001) — of San Antonio, Bexar County, Tex. Born in Washington, D.C., about 1952. Lawyer; U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Texas, 1993-96; U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Texas, 1997-98. Died, of cancer, in San Antonio, Bexar County, Tex., July 21, 2001 (age about 49 years). Burial location unknown.
  Stephen Wallace Dempsey (1862-1949) — also known as S. Wallace Dempsey — of Lockport, Niagara County, N.Y. Born in Hartland, Niagara County, N.Y., May 8, 1862. Married to Laura Hoag. Republican. Lawyer; U.S. Representative from New York 40th District, 1915-31; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1928. Died in Washington, D.C., March 1, 1949 (age 86 years, 297 days). Interment at Rock Creek Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Charles Denison (1818-1867) — of Pennsylvania. Born in Wyoming Valley, Luzerne County, Pa., January 23, 1818. Nephew of George Denison. Democrat. Lawyer; U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania 12th District, 1863-67; died in office 1867; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1864. Died in Wilkes-Barre, Luzerne County, Pa., June 27, 1867 (age 49 years, 155 days). Interment at Forty Fort Cemetery, Kingston, Pa.; cenotaph at Congressional Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page
  Charles Ruthven Denny, Jr. (b. 1912) — also known as Charles R. Denny — of Washington, D.C. Born in Baltimore, Md., April 11, 1912. Son of Charles Ruthven Denny and Beulah (Byrd) Denny; married, December 31, 1937, to Betty Marie Woolsey. Democrat. Lawyer; member, Federal Communications Commission, 1945-47; chair, Federal Communications Commission, 1946-47. Member, Chi Phi. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown.
  Rodolphus Dickinson (1797-1849) — of Ohio. Born in Hatfield, Hampshire County, Mass., December 28, 1797. Democrat. Lawyer; U.S. Representative from Ohio 6th District, 1847-49; died in office 1849. Died in Washington, D.C., March 20, 1849 (age 51 years, 82 days). Original interment in unknown location; reinterment at Oakwood Cemetery, Fremont, Ohio; cenotaph at Congressional Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page
  Norman DeValois Dicks (b. 1940) — also known as Norman D. Dicks; Norm Dicks — of Port Orchard, Kitsap County, Wash.; Belfair, Mason County, Wash. Born in Washington, December 16, 1940. Democrat. Lawyer; legislative and administrative assistant to U.S. Senator Warren G. Magnuson, 1968-76; U.S. Representative from Washington 6th District, 1977-; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Washington, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008. Lutheran. Still living as of 2009.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — votes in Congress from the Washington Post — NNDB dossier
  Davis Dimock, Jr. (1801-1842) — of Pennsylvania. Born in Exeter, Luzerne County, Pa., September 17, 1801. Democrat. Lawyer; Susquehanna County Treasurer, 1834; U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania 17th District, 1841-42; died in office 1842. Died in Montrose, Susquehanna County, Pa., January 13, 1842 (age 40 years, 118 days). Interment at Montrose Cemetery, Montrose, Pa.; cenotaph at Congressional Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page
  John David Dingell, Jr. (b. 1926) — also known as John D. Dingell; "Big John"; "The Truck" — of Detroit, Wayne County, Mich.; Trenton, Wayne County, Mich.; Dearborn, Wayne County, Mich. Born in Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colo., July 8, 1926. Son of John David Dingell and Grace (Bigler) Dingell; married to Deborah Insley; father of Christopher D. Dingell. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; lawyer; U.S. Representative from Michigan, 1955-2003 (15th District 1955-65, 16th District 1965-2003, 15th District 2003); delegate to Democratic National Convention from Michigan, 1956, 1960, 1968, 1984, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008. Catholic. Polish and Scotch-Irish ancestry. Member, Polish Legion of American Veterans; Veterans of Foreign Wars; American Legion; Knights of Columbus; National Rifle Association. Still living as of 2008.
  Cross-reference: Doug Ross
  See also Dingell family of Michigan
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — votes in Congress from the Washington Post — Wikipedia article
  Wesley Ernest Disney (1883-1961) — also known as Wesley E. Disney — of Muskogee, Muskogee County, Okla.; Tulsa, Tulsa County, Okla. Born in Richland, Shawnee County, Kan., October 31, 1883. Son of Wesley Disney and Elizabeth (Matney) Disney; married, September 22, 1910, to Anna Van Sant. Democrat. Lawyer; Muskogee County Attorney, 1911-15; member of Oklahoma state house of representatives, 1919-24; U.S. Representative from Oklahoma 1st District, 1931-45; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Oklahoma, 1948. Christian Scientist. Member, Freemasons; Odd Fellows; Knights of Pythias; American Bar Association. Died in Washington, D.C., March 26, 1961 (age 77 years, 146 days). Interment at Memorial Park Cemetery, Tulsa, Okla.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page
  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.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — votes in Congress from the Washington Post — Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Paul Rand Dixon (1913-1996) — also known as Paul R. Dixon — of Washington, D.C.; Brentwood, Williamson County, Tenn. Born in Nashville, Davidson County, Tenn., September 29, 1913. Son of James David Dixon and Sarah (Munn) Dixon; married, October 11, 1939, to Dores Busby. Democrat. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; member, Federal Trade Commission, 1961-81; chair, Federal Trade Commission, 1961-69, 1976. Methodist. Member, Phi Delta Phi; Alpha Tau Omega; American Bar Association; Freemasons. Died May 2, 1996 (age 82 years, 216 days). Burial location unknown.
  See also Wikipedia article
  Christopher John Dodd (b. 1944) — also known as Christopher J. Dodd — of North Stonington, New London County, Conn.; East Haddam, Middlesex County, Conn.; Hartford, Hartford County, Conn. Born in Willimantic, Windham County, Conn., May 27, 1944. Grandson of Thomas J. Dodd; son of Thomas Joseph Dodd. Democrat. Served in the Peace Corps; lawyer; U.S. Representative from Connecticut 2nd District, 1975-81; U.S. Senator from Connecticut, 1981-; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Connecticut, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008; speaker, 1988; Chairman of Democratic National Committee, 1995-96; candidate for Democratic nomination for President, 2008. Catholic. Member, Council on Foreign Relations. Still living as of 2009.
  Cross-reference: Rosa L. DeLauro
  See also Dodd family of Connecticut
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — votes in Congress from the Washington Post — NNDB dossier — Internet Movie Database profile
  Nugent Dodds (b. 1887) — of Washington, D.C. Born in Mt. Pleasant, Isabella County, Mich., June 17, 1887. Nephew of Peter F. Dodds; son of Francis Henry Dodds and Mollie (Nugent) Dodds; married, June 6, 1907, to Dorothy Vaughan Shaddick. Republican. Lawyer; U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Tennessee, 1926. Episcopalian. Burial location unknown.
  See also Dodds family of Michigan
  Lloyd Alton Doggett II (b. 1946) — also known as Lloyd Doggett — of Austin, Travis County, Tex. Born in Austin, Travis County, Tex., October 6, 1946. Democrat. Lawyer; member of Texas state senate, 1973-85; candidate for U.S. Senator from Texas, 1984; justice of Texas state supreme court, 1989-94; U.S. Representative from Texas 10th District, 1995-; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Texas, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008. Methodist. Still living as of 2009.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — votes in Congress from the Washington Post — NNDB dossier
  William Joseph Donovan (1883-1959) — also known as William J. Donovan; "Wild Bill" — of Manhattan, New York County, N.Y. Born in Buffalo, Erie County, N.Y., January 1, 1883. Son of Timothy P. Donovan and Anna (Lennon) Donovan; married, July 14, 1914, to Ruth Rumsey. Republican. Lawyer; colonel in the U.S. Army during World War I; candidate for Lieutenant Governor of New York, 1922; U.S. Attorney for the Western District of New York, 1922-24; candidate for Governor of New York, 1932; general in the U.S. Army during World War II; U.S. Ambassador to Thailand, 1953-54. Catholic. Member, Phi Kappa Psi; Phi Delta Phi. Received the Medal of Honor for action during World War I. During World War II, he founded and led the U.S. Office of Strategic Services, which later became the Central Intelligence Agency. Died at Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Washington, D.C., February 8, 1959 (age 76 years, 38 days). Interment at Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
  See also NNDB dossier
  Albert Douglas (1852-1935) — of Chillicothe, Ross County, Ohio. Born in Chillicothe, Ross County, Ohio, April 25, 1852. Married, April 4, 1880, to Lucia C. Taylor. Republican. Lawyer; Ross County Prosecuting Attorney, 1877-81; Presidential Elector for Ohio, 1896; U.S. Representative from Ohio 11th District, 1907-11; defeated, 1910, 1912. Died in Washington, D.C., March 14, 1935 (age 82 years, 323 days). Interment at Grandview Cemetery, Chillicothe, Ohio.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page
  Charles A. Douglas (1862-1939) — of Washington, D.C. Born in Fairfield County, S.C., January 31, 1862. Democrat. Lawyer; member of South Carolina state house of representatives, 1884-90; Presidential Elector for South Carolina, 1888; delegate to Democratic National Convention from District of Columbia, 1916, 1924. Presbyterian. Died October 31, 1939 (age 77 years, 273 days). Burial location unknown.
  William Orville Douglas (1898-1980) — also known as William O. Douglas — of New Haven, New Haven County, Conn.; Goose Prairie, Yakima County, Wash. Born in Maine, Otter Tail County, Minn., October 16, 1898. Son of William Douglas and Julia Bickford (Fiske) Douglas; married, August 16, 1923, to Mildred M. Riddle; married 1966 to Kathleen Heffernan. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer; law professor; member, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, 1936-39; chair, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, 1937-39; Justice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1939-75. Presbyterian. Member, Freemasons; United World Federalists; American Bar Association; Beta Theta Pi; Phi Alpha Delta; Delta Sigma Rho; Phi Beta Kappa. Died in Washington, D.C., January 19, 1980 (age 81 years, 95 days). Interment at Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
  Cross-reference: Warren Christopher
  See also Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier
  Books by William O. Douglas: Of Men and Mountains (1982) — My wilderness: east to Katahdin (1961) — Go East, Young Man (1974) — The Court Years, 1939 to 1975: The Autobiography of William O. Douglas (1980)
  Books about William O. Douglas: Bruce Allen Murphy, Wild Bill : The Legend and Life of William O. Douglas — Howard Ball & Phillip J. Cooper, Of Power and Right: Hugo Black, William O. Douglas, and America's Constitutional Revolution — James F. Simon, Independent Journey: The Life of William O. Douglas
  John Watkinson Douglass (b. 1827) — of Erie, Erie County, Pa.; Washington, D.C. Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pa., October 25, 1827. Son of Joseph M. Douglass and Martha Douglass. Lawyer; U.S. Collector of Internal Revenue for the 19th Pennsylvania District, 1862-69; U.S. Commissioner of Internal Revenue, 1871-75; member District of Columbia board of commissioners, 1889-93; President of the District of Columbia Board of Commissioners, 1889-93. Burial location unknown.
  William Wade Dudley (b. 1842) — of Richmond, Wayne County, Ind.; Washington, D.C. Born in Weathersfield Bow, Weathersfield, Windsor County, Vt., August 27, 1842. Married 1864 to Theresa Fiske. Republican. Colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War; wounded at the battle of Gettysburg, 1863, and lost his right leg; Wayne County Clerk of Courts, 1866-74; milling business; lawyer; banker; U.S. Marshal, District of Indiana, 1879-81; U.S. Commissioner of Pensions, 1881-85; Treasurer of Republican National Committee, 1888. Burial location unknown.
  James Henderson Duff (1883-1969) — also known as James H. Duff; "Big Red" — of Carnegie, Allegheny County, Pa. Born in Mansfield (now part of Carnegie), Allegheny County, Pa., January 21, 1883. Son of Joseph Miller Duff and Margaret (Morgan) Duff; married, October 26, 1909, to Jean Taylor. Republican. Lawyer; Presidential Elector for Pennsylvania, 1912; delegate to Republican National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1932, 1936, 1940, 1948 (speaker), 1952, 1956; Pennsylvania state attorney general, 1943-47; Governor of Pennsylvania, 1947-51; U.S. Senator from Pennsylvania, 1951-57; defeated, 1956. Presbyterian. Member, Freemasons; Elks; Rotary; Moose; Eagles. Died in Washington, D.C., December 20, 1969 (age 86 years, 333 days). Interment at Chartiers Cemetery, Pittsburgh, Pa.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — National Governors Association biography — Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier
  Allen Welsh Dulles (1893-1969) — also known as Allen W. Dulles; "Spymaster" — of Manhattan, New York County, N.Y. Born in Watertown, Jefferson County, N.Y., April 7, 1893. Grandson of John Watson Foster; son of Allen Macy Dulles and Edith (Foster) Dulles; brother of John Foster Dulles; married 1920 to Clover Todd (1894-1974). Republican. Foreign Service officer; lawyer; delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1940; director, U.S. Central Intelligence Agency, 1953-61; member, President's Commission on the Assassination of President KNDY, 1963-64. Presbyterian. Member, Council on Foreign Relations. Died, from influenza and pneumonia, in Georgetown University Hospital, Washington, D.C., January 28, 1969 (age 75 years, 296 days). Interment at Green Mount Cemetery, Baltimore, Md.
  See also Dulles-Foster-Lansing family of New York
  See also Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial
  John Foster Dulles (1888-1959) — of Manhattan, New York County, N.Y. Born in Washington, D.C., February 25, 1888. Grandson of John Watson Foster; brother of Allen Welsh Dulles. Republican. Lawyer; major in the U.S. Army during World War I; delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1944; U.S. Senator from New York, 1949; defeated, 1949; U.S. Secretary of State, 1953-59. Presbyterian. Member, Phi Beta Kappa; Phi Delta Phi; Council on Foreign Relations. Received the Medal of Freedom in 1959. Died of cancer and pneumonia, in Washington, D.C., May 24, 1959 (age 71 years, 88 days). Interment at Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
  Cross-reference: Edward Corsi
  See also Dulles-Foster-Lansing family of New York
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier

 

 


 
   
"Enjoy the hospitable entertainment of a political graveyard."
Henry L. Clinton, Apollo Hall, New York City, February 3, 1872
The Political Graveyard

The Political Graveyard is a web site about U.S. political history and cemeteries. Founded in 1996, it is the Internet's most comprehensive free source for American political biography, listing 229,196 politicians, living and dead.
 
  The coverage of the site includes (1) the President, Vice President, members of Congress, elected state and territorial officeholders in all fifty states, the District of Columbia, and U.S. territories; and the chief elected official, typically the mayor, of qualifying municipalities; (2) candidates at election, including primaries, for any of the above; (3) all federal judges and all state appellate judges; (4) certain federal officials, including the federal cabinet, diplomatic chiefs of mission, consuls, U.S. district attorneys, collectors of customs and internal revenue, and members of major federal commissions; and (5) state and national political party officials, including delegates, alternate delegates, and other participants in national party nominating conventions.  
  The listings are incomplete; development of the database is a continually ongoing project.  
  Information on this page — and on all other pages of this site — is believed to be accurate, but is not guaranteed. Users are advised to check with other sources before relying on any information here.  
  The official URL for this page is: http://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DC/lawyer.D.html.  
  Links to this or any other Political Graveyard page are welcome, but specific page addresses may sometimes change as the site develops.  
  If you are searching for a specific named individual, try the alphabetical index of politicians.  
  More information: FAQ; privacy policy; cemetery links.  
  If you find any error or omission in The Political Graveyard, or if you have information to share, please see the biographical checklist and submission guidelines.  
Site information: The Political Graveyard is created and maintained by Lawrence Kestenbaum, who is solely responsible for its structure and content. — The mailing address is The Political Graveyard, P.O. Box 2563, Ann Arbor MI 48106. — This site is hosted by HDL. — The Political Graveyard opened on July 1, 1996; the last full revision was done on December 12, 2011.
Copyright notice: Facts are not subject to copyright; see Feist v. Rural Telephone. Original material, programming, selection and arrangement are © 1996-2011 Lawrence Kestenbaum. This work is also licensed for free non-commercial re-use, with attribution, under a Creative Commons License.

Creative 
Commons License Follow polgraveyard on Twitter Click to join political-graveyard [Amazon.com]