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Charles Eames (1812-1867) —
of Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in New Braintree, Worcester
County, Mass., March 20,
1812.
Lawyer; newspaper
editor; U.S. Charge d'Affaires to Venezuela, 1854; U.S. Minister to Venezuela, 1854.
Died in Washington,
D.C., March 16,
1867 (age 54 years, 361
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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John Henry Eaton (1790-1856) —
also known as John H. Eaton —
of Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn.
Born near Scotland Neck, Halifax
County, N.C., June 18,
1790.
Democrat. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during the War of
1812; member of Tennessee
state house of representatives, 1815-16; U.S.
Senator from Tennessee, 1818-21, 1821-29; U.S.
Secretary of War, 1829-31; Governor of
Florida Territory, 1834-36; U.S. Minister to Spain, 1836-40.
Member, Freemasons.
Resigned
from Cabinet in 1831 during the scandal
(called the "Petticoat Affair") over past infedelities
of his second wife, Peggy Eaton.
Died in Washington,
D.C., November
17, 1856 (age 66 years, 152
days).
Interment at Oak
Hill Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Maria Echaveste (b. 1954) —
of Washington,
D.C.; Berkeley, Alameda
County, Calif.
Born in Texas, 1954.
Married to Christopher
Edley, Jr..
Democrat. Lawyer; assistant and Deputy Chief of Staff for
President Bill
Clinton, 1998-2001; member of Democratic
National Committee from District of Columbia, 2004; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from District of Columbia, 2004;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from California, 2008.
Female.
Mexican
ancestry.
Still living as of 2008.
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Henry White Edgerton (1888-1970) —
of Washington,
D.C.
Born in Rush Center, Rush
County, Kan., October
20, 1888.
Son of Charles Eugene Edgerton and Annie Benedict (White) Edgerton;
married, June 28,
1913, to Alice Durand.
Lawyer; law
professor; Judge of
U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, 1938-63.
Member, American Bar
Association; Phi
Beta Kappa; Phi
Delta Phi.
Died February
23, 1970 (age 81 years, 126
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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John Reid Edwards (b. 1953) —
also known as John Edwards; Johnny Reid Edwards;
"Silk Pony"; "The Breck
Girl" —
of North Carolina.
Born in Seneca, Oconee
County, S.C., June 10,
1953.
Married, July 30,
1977, to Mary Elizabeth Anania.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Senator from North Carolina, 1999-2005; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from North Carolina, 2000,
2004;
candidate for Democratic nomination for President, 2004,
2008;
candidate for Vice
President of the United States, 2004; in August 2008, he acknowledged
an extramarital
affair with filmmaker Rielle Hunter, though at first he denied
having fathered her baby; this revelation discredited
him and ended his
political career.
Methodist.
In June, 2011, he was indicted
in federal court on campaign
finance charges, based on the argument that the donations he
received in 2007-08 to cover up his affair were illegal
contributions to his presidential campaign.
Still living as of 2011.
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Stephen Benton Elkins (1841-1911) —
also known as Stephen B. Elkins —
of Messilla, Dona Ana
County, N.M.; Elkins, Randolph
County, W.Va.
Born near New Lexington, Perry
County, Ohio, September
26, 1841.
Son of Philip Duncan Elkins and Sarah Pickett (Withers) Elkins;
married, June 10,
1866, to Sarah Simms "Sallie" Jacobs (died); married,
April
14, 1875, to Hallie Davis (daughter of Henry
Gassaway Davis); father of Davis
Elkins.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War;
lawyer; member of New Mexico
territorial House of Representatives, 1864-65; New Mexico
territory attorney general, 1867; U.S.
Attorney for New Mexico, 1867-70; Delegate
to U.S. Congress from New Mexico Territory, 1873-77; U.S.
Secretary of War, 1891-93; U.S.
Senator from West Virginia, 1895-1911; died in office 1911.
Died in Washington,
D.C., January
4, 1911 (age 69 years, 100
days).
Interment at Maplewood
Cemetery, Elkins, W.Va.
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Clyde Taylor Ellis (1908-1980) —
also known as Clyde T. Ellis —
of Bentonville, Benton
County, Ark.
Born near Garfield, Benton
County, Ark., December
21, 1908.
Son of Cecil Oscar Ellis and Minerva Jane (Taylor) Ellis; married, December
20, 1931, to Izella Baker.
Democrat. Superintendent
of schools; lawyer; member of Arkansas
state house of representatives, 1933-35; member of Arkansas
state senate, 1935-39; U.S.
Representative from Arkansas 3rd District, 1939-43; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Arkansas, 1940;
candidate for U.S.
Senator from Arkansas, 1942; served in the U.S. Navy during World
War II.
Christian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Tau
Kappa Alpha; Blue
Key; Freemasons.
Died in Washington,
D.C., February
9, 1980 (age 71 years, 50
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Wade H. Ellis (b. 1866) —
of Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Covington, Kenton
County, Ky., December
31, 1866.
Son of A. C. Ellis and Kate (Blackburn) Ellis; married, October
3, 1894, to Dessie Corwin Chase.
Republican. Lawyer; newspaper
editor; Ohio
state attorney general, 1904-08; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Ohio, 1908.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; Sons of
the American Revolution; Union
League.
Burial
location unknown.
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Keith Ellison (b. 1963) —
of Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn.
Born in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., August 4,
1963.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Minnesota
state house of representatives, 2003-06; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Minnesota, 2004,
2008;
U.S.
Representative from Minnesota 5th District, 2007-.
Muslim.
African
ancestry.
Still living as of 2009.
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Franklin Harper Elmore (1799-1850) —
of South Carolina.
Born in Laurensville (now Laurens), Laurens
County, S.C., October
15, 1799.
Son of John
Archer Elmore; brother of Benjamin
F. Elmore; half-brother-in-law of Benjamin
Fitzpatrick and Dixon
Hall Lewis; half-brother of Rush
Elmore and Albert
S. Elmore.
Lawyer; banker; U.S.
Representative from South Carolina, 1836-39 (4th District
1836-37, 3rd District 1837-39); U.S.
Senator from South Carolina, 1850; died in office 1850.
Died in Washington,
D.C., May 29,
1850 (age 50 years, 226
days).
Interment at Presbyterian
Churchyard, Columbia, S.C.
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John Arthur Elston (1874-1921) —
also known as John A. Elston —
of Berkeley, Alameda
County, Calif.
Born in Woodland, Yolo
County, Calif., February
10, 1874.
Republican. School
teacher; lawyer; U.S.
Representative from California 6th District, 1915-21; died in
office 1921.
Committed
suicide in Washington,
D.C., December
15, 1921 (age 47 years, 308
days).
Cremated.
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Clair Engle (1911-1964) —
of Red Bluff, Tehama
County, Calif.
Born in Bakersfield, Kern
County, Calif., September
21, 1911.
Son of Fred J. Engle, Sr. and Carita (Keeran) Engle; married, January
12, 1933, to Hazel Burney.
Democrat. Lawyer; Tehama
County District Attorney, 1934-42; member of California
state senate, 1943; U.S.
Representative from California 2nd District, 1943-59; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from California, 1948
(alternate), 1956,
1960;
U.S.
Senator from California, 1959-64; died in office 1964.
Died, of a brain
tumor, in Washington,
D.C., July 30,
1964 (age 52 years, 313
days).
Interment at Oak
Hill Cemetery, Red Bluff, Calif.
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Joseph Wilson Ervin (1901-1945) —
of North Carolina.
Born in Morganton, Burke
County, N.C., March 3,
1901.
Brother of Samuel
James Ervin, Jr.; uncle of Samuel
James Ervin III.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from North Carolina 10th District, 1945; died in
office 1945.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Washington,
D.C., December
25, 1945 (age 44 years, 297
days).
Interment at Forest
Hill Cemetery, Morganton, N.C.
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Edward Everett Eslick (1872-1932) —
also known as Edward E. Eslick —
of Pulaski, Giles
County, Tenn.
Born near Pulaski, Giles
County, Tenn., April 19,
1872.
Son of Merritt Eslick and Martha Virginia (Abernathy) Eslick;
married, June 6,
1906, to Willa
McCord Blake.
Democrat. Lawyer; alternate delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Tennessee, 1916;
U.S.
Representative from Tennessee 7th District, 1925-32; died in
office 1932.
Died suddenly while addressing the U.S. House of
Representatives, in the U.S. Capitol
Building, Washington,
D.C., June 14,
1932 (age 60 years, 56
days).
Interment at Maplewood
Cemetery, Pulaski, Tenn.
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Josiah James Evans (1786-1858) —
of South Carolina.
Born in Marlboro District (now Marlboro
County), S.C., November
27, 1786.
Lawyer; member of South
Carolina state house of representatives, 1812-13; circuit judge
in South Carolina, 1829-35; U.S.
Senator from South Carolina, 1853-58; died in office 1858.
Died in Washington,
D.C., May 6,
1858 (age 71 years, 160
days).
Interment a
private or family graveyard, Darlington County, S.C.; cenotaph at
Congressional
Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Lane Allen Evans (b. 1951) —
also known as Lane A. Evans —
of Rock Island, Rock Island
County, Ill.
Born in Rock Island, Rock Island
County, Ill., August 4,
1951.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Illinois 17th District, 1983-; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Illinois, 1996,
2000,
2004.
Catholic.
Still living as of 2009.
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Lemuel Dale Evans (1810-1877) —
also known as Lemuel D. Evans —
of Texas.
Born in Tennessee, January
8, 1810.
Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Texas 1st District, 1855-57; justice of
Texas state supreme court, 1870-73; chief
justice of Texas state supreme court, 1870-71.
Died in Washington,
D.C., July 1,
1877 (age 67 years, 174
days).
Interment at Congressional
Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Charles Fahy (1892-1979) —
of Santa Fe, Santa Fe
County, N.M.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Rome, Floyd
County, Ga., August
27, 1892.
Son of Thomas Fahy and Sarah (Jonas) Fahy; married, June 26,
1929, to Mary Agnes Lane.
Lawyer; served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; general
counsel, National Labor Relations Board, 1935; U.S. Solicitor General,
1941-45; legal advisor to the military government of Germany,
1945-46; Judge of
U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, 1949-67.
Catholic.
Irish
ancestry. Member, American Bar
Association.
Died, in Georgetown University Hospital,
Washington,
D.C., September
17, 1979 (age 87 years, 21
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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John Fairfield (1797-1847) —
of Saco, York
County, Maine.
Born in Saco, York
County, Maine, January
30, 1797.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Maine, 1835-38 (3rd District 1835-37, 4th
District 1837-38); resigned 1838; Governor of
Maine, 1839-41, 1842-43; defeated, 1840; U.S.
Senator from Maine, 1843-47; died in office 1847.
Died in Washington,
D.C., December
24, 1847 (age 50 years, 328
days).
Interment at Laurel
Hill Cemetery, Saco, Maine; cenotaph at Congressional
Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Eni Fa'aua'a Hunkin Faleomavaega, Jr. (b. 1943) —
also known as Eni F. H. Faleomavaega —
of Vailoatai, American
Samoa.
Born in Vailoatai Village, American
Samoa, August
15, 1943.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the Vietnam war;
lawyer; Lieutenant
Governor of American Samoa, 1985-89; Delegate
to U.S. Congress from American Samoa, 1989-; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from American Samoa, 1996,
2000,
2004,
2008.
Mormon.
Still living as of 2011.
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Guy Farmer (1912-1995) —
of West Virginia; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Wythe
County, Va., September
13, 1912.
Republican. Miner; Rhodes
scholar; lawyer; member, National Labor
Relations Board, 1953-55; chair, National Labor Relations
Board, 1953-55.
Died October
4, 1995 (age 83 years, 21
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Patrick Joseph Farrell (b. 1861) —
also known as Patrick J. Farrell —
of Newport, Orleans
County, Vt.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Stanstead, Quebec,
May
10, 1861.
Son of James Farrell and Rose Ann Theresa (Hart) Farrell; married, August 9,
1883, to Sarah M. Brady.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Vermont
Democratic State Committee, 1892-1902; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Vermont, 1896;
member, Interstate Commerce
Commission, 1928-34.
Catholic.
Burial
location unknown.
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Patrick Farrelly (1770-1826) —
of Pennsylvania.
Born in Ireland,
1770.
Father of David
M. Farrelly and John
Wilson Farrelly.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 1811-12; major in the U.S. Army
during the War of 1812; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania, 1821-26 (15th District 1821-23,
18th District 1823-26); died in office 1826.
Died in Meadville, Crawford
County, Pa., January
12, 1826 (age about 55
years).
Original interment at Old
Meadville Cemetery (which no longer exists), Meadville, Pa.;
reinterment at Greendale
Cemetery, Meadville, Pa.; cenotaph at Congressional
Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Charles Lee Faust (1879-1928) —
also known as Charles L. Faust —
of St. Joseph, Buchanan
County, Mo.
Born near Bellefontaine, Logan
County, Ohio, April 24,
1879.
Son of Wilson S. Faust and Ellen May Faust.
Republican. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Missouri 4th District, 1921-28; died in
office 1928.
Died at U.S. Naval Hospital,
Washington,
D.C., December
17, 1928 (age 49 years, 237
days).
Interment at Highland
Cemetery, Highland, Kan.
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Russell Dana Feingold (b. 1953) —
also known as Russell D. Feingold; Russ
Feingold —
of Wisconsin.
Born in Janesville, Rock
County, Wis., March 2,
1953.
Democrat. Rhodes
scholar; lawyer; member of Wisconsin
state senate, 1983-93; U.S.
Senator from Wisconsin, 1993-; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Wisconsin, 1996,
2000,
2004,
2008.
Jewish.
Still living as of 2009.
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Darwin Abel Finney (1814-1868) —
also known as Darwin A. Finney —
of Meadville, Crawford
County, Pa.
Born in Shrewsbury, Rutland
County, Vt., August
11, 1814.
Republican. Lawyer; burgess
of Meadville, Pennsylvania, 1848; member of Pennsylvania
state senate, 1856-61; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 20th District, 1867-68; died in
office 1868.
Died in Brussels, Belgium,
August
25, 1868 (age 54 years, 14
days).
Interment at Greendale
Cemetery, Meadville, Pa.; cenotaph at Congressional
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.
Descendant of Lewis
Morris; great-grandson of Hamilton
Fish (1808-1893); grandson of Alfred
Clark Chapin and Hamilton
Fish, Jr. (1849-1936); grandnephew of Nicholas
Fish; son of Hamilton
Fish, Jr. (1888-1991) and Grace (Chapin) Fish; father of Hamilton
Fish (1954?-).
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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William Cochrane Fitts (1866-1954) —
also known as William C. Fitts —
of Birmingham, Jefferson
County, Ala.
Born January
29, 1866.
Son-in-law of Goldsmith
Whitehouse Hewitt; son of Philip Augustus Fitts and Sophia
Holland (Cochrane) Fitts; father-in-law of Bernard
Ryan, Sr.; grandfather of William
Fitts Ryan.
Lawyer; Alabama
state attorney general, 1894-98; delegate
to Alabama state constitutional convention, 1901.
Died in Washington,
D.C., February
26, 1954 (age 88 years, 28
days).
Interment at Oak
Hill Cemetery, Birmingham, Ala.
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William Sinton Fitzgerald (1880-1937) —
also known as William Fitzgerald —
of Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio.
Born in Washington,
D.C., October
6, 1880.
Republican. Lawyer; mayor
of Cleveland, Ohio, 1920-21.
Member, Freemasons.
Died October
3, 1937 (age 56 years, 362
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Duncan Upshaw Fletcher (1859-1936) —
also known as Duncan U. Fletcher —
of Jacksonville, Duval
County, Fla.
Born near Americus, Sumter
County, Ga., January
6, 1859.
Son of Thomas Jefferson Fletcher and Rebecca Ellen (McCowen)
Fletcher; married, June 20,
1883, to Anna Louise Paine; uncle of John
F. Huddleston.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Florida
state house of representatives, 1893; mayor
of Jacksonville, Fla., 1893-95, 1901-03; Florida
Democratic state chair, 1905-08; U.S.
Senator from Florida, 1909-36; died in office 1936.
Unitarian.
Member, Freemasons;
American Bar
Association.
Died in Washington,
D.C., June 17,
1936 (age 77 years, 163
days).
Interment at Evergreen
Cemetery, Jacksonville, Fla.
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Robert Virgil Fletcher (b. 1869) —
of Pontotoc, Pontotoc
County, Miss.; Jackson, Hinds
County, Miss.; Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Grant
County, Ky., September
27, 1869.
Son of John M. Fletcher and Mary (Luman) Fletcher; married, June 26,
1893, to Etta Childers.
Democrat. Lawyer; Mississippi
state attorney general, 1907-08; justice of
Mississippi state supreme court, 1908-09; general attorney,
Illinois Central Railroad,
1911-19.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons.
Burial
location unknown.
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Thomas Stephen Foley (b. 1929) —
also known as Thomas S. Foley; Tom Foley —
of Spokane, Spokane
County, Wash.
Born in Spokane, Spokane
County, Wash., March 26,
1929.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Washington 5th District, 1965-95; defeated,
1994; Speaker of
the U.S. House, 1989-95; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Washington, 1996,
2000,
2004,
2008;
U.S. Ambassador to Japan, 1997-.
Member, Grange; Council on
Foreign Relations; Trilateral
Commission.
Still living as of 2008.
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Solomon Foot (1802-1866) —
of Rutland, Rutland
County, Vt.
Born in Cornwall, Addison
County, Vt., November
19, 1802.
Married to Emily Fay (died 1842) and Mary A. Hodges (1805-1881).
Whig. School
teacher; lawyer; member of Vermont
state house of representatives, 1833, 1836-38; Speaker of
the Vermont State House of Representatives, 1838; delegate to
Vermont state constitutional convention, 1836; U.S.
Representative from Vermont 1st District, 1843-47; U.S.
Senator from Vermont, 1851-66; died in office 1866.
Died in Washington,
D.C., March 28,
1866 (age 63 years, 129
days).
Interment at Evergreen
Cemetery, Rutland, Vt.
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Harold Eugene Ford, Jr. (b. 1970) —
also known as Harold E. Ford, Jr. —
of Memphis, Shelby
County, Tenn.
Born in Memphis, Shelby
County, Tenn., May 11,
1970.
Son of Harold
Eugene Ford.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Tennessee 9th District, 1997-; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Tennessee, 2000,
2004.
Baptist.
African
ancestry.
Still living as of 2009.
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Thomas H. Ford (1814-1868) —
of Mansfield, Richland
County, Ohio; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Rockingham
County, Va., August
23, 1814.
Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War; Lieutenant
Governor of Ohio, 1856-58; colonel in the Union Army during the
Civil War.
Died in Washington,
D.C., February
29, 1868 (age 53 years, 190
days).
Interment at Mansfield
Cemetery, Mansfield, Ohio.
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John Forsyth (1780-1841) —
of Augusta, Richmond
County, Ga.
Born in Fredericksburg,
Va., October
22, 1780.
Father of John
Forsyth (1812-1877).
Democrat. Lawyer; Georgia
state attorney general, 1808; U.S.
Representative from Georgia, 1813-18, 1823-27 (at-large 1813-18,
1823-25, 2nd District 1825-27, at-large 1827); resigned 1827; U.S.
Senator from Georgia, 1818-19, 1829-34; U.S. Minister to Spain, 1819-23; Governor of
Georgia, 1827-29; U.S.
Secretary of State, 1834-41.
Died in Washington,
D.C., October
21, 1841 (age 60 years, 364
days).
Interment at Congressional
Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Abe Fortas (1910-1982) —
also known as "Fiddlin' Abe Fortas" —
Born in Memphis, Shelby
County, Tenn., June 19,
1910.
Married 1935
to Carolyn E. Agger.
Lawyer; Justice
of U.S. Supreme Court, 1965-69.
Jewish.
Member, American Bar
Association; Order of the
Coif; Federal
Bar Association.
Died in Washington,
D.C., April 5,
1982 (age 71 years, 290
days).
Cremated.
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David Johnson Foster (1857-1912) —
also known as David J. Foster —
of Burlington, Chittenden
County, Vt.
Born in Barnet, Caledonia
County, Vt., June 27,
1857.
Republican. Lawyer; Chittenden
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1886-90; member of Vermont
state senate, 1892-94; Vermont Commissioner of Taxes, 1894-98;
chair, board of railroad commissioners, 1898-1900; U.S.
Representative from Vermont 1st District, 1901-12; died in office
1912.
Died in Washington,
D.C., March 21,
1912 (age 54 years, 268
days).
Interment at Lakeview
Cemetery, Burlington, Vt.
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Israel Moore Foster (1873-1950) —
of Ohio.
Born in Athens, Athens
County, Ohio, January
12, 1873.
Married to Frances Witman (1874-1963).
Republican. Lawyer; Athens
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1902-10; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 10th District, 1919-25; Commissioner,
U.S. Court of Claims, 1925-42.
Died in Washington,
D.C., June 10,
1950 (age 77 years, 149
days).
Interment at Rock
Creek Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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John Watson Foster (1836-1917) —
also known as John W. Foster —
of Evansville, Vanderburgh
County, Ind.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Pike
County, Ind., March 2,
1836.
Son of Matthew Watson Foster and Eleanor (Johnson) Foster; father of
Eleanor Foster (who married Robert
Lansing); grandfather of John
Foster Dulles and Allen
Welsh Dulles.
Republican. Lawyer; colonel in the Union Army during the Civil
War; newspaper
editor; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from
Indiana, 1868;
postmaster;
Indiana
Republican state chair, 1872; U.S. Minister to Mexico, 1873-80; Russia, 1880-81; Spain, 1883-85; U.S.
Secretary of State, 1892-93.
Died in Washington,
D.C., November
15, 1917 (age 81 years, 258
days).
Interment at Oak
Hill Cemetery, Evansville, Ind.
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Philip Bond Fouke (1818-1876) —
also known as Philip B. Fouke —
of Belleville, St. Clair
County, Ill.
Born in Kaskaskia, Randolph
County, Ill., January
23, 1818.
Democrat. Civil
engineer; newspaper
publisher; lawyer; prosecuting attorney for 2nd circuit,
1846-50; member of Illinois
state house of representatives, 1851; U.S.
Representative from Illinois 8th District, 1859-63; colonel in
the Union Army during the Civil War.
Died in Washington,
D.C., October
3, 1876 (age 58 years, 254
days).
Interment at Congressional
Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Joseph Smith Fowler (1820-1902) —
also known as Joseph S. Fowler —
of Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Steubenville, Jefferson
County, Ohio, August
31, 1820.
Republican. College
professor; president,
Howard Female College, Gallatin, Tenn., 1856-61; lawyer;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Tennessee, 1864;
U.S.
Senator from Tennessee, 1866-71; member of Republican
National Committee from Tennessee, 1866-68; Presidential Elector
for Tennessee, 1872.
Died in Washington,
D.C., April 1,
1902 (age 81 years, 213
days).
Interment at Lexington
Cemetery, Lexington, Ky.
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Barney Frank (b. 1940) —
of Newton, Middlesex
County, Mass.
Born in Bayonne, Hudson
County, N.J., March 31,
1940.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1973-80; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 4th District, 1981-; delegate
to Democratic National Convention from Massachusetts, 1996,
2000,
2004,
2008.
Jewish.
Gay.
Admitted
in 1990 to having paid Stephen L. Gobie, a male
prostitute, for sex, subsequently hiring Gobie as his personal
assistant, and getting 33 parking tickets dismissed for him; Gobie
also used the congressman's apartment for prostitution. A move to expel
Frank from the House of Representatives failed on a 38 to 390 vote; a
motion to censure
him failed 141-287; finally, the House voted to reprimand
him by a vote of 408 to 18.
Still living as of 2009.
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James Archibald Frear (1861-1939) —
also known as James A. Frear —
of Hudson, St. Croix
County, Wis.
Born in Hudson, St. Croix
County, Wis., October
24, 1861.
Son of Aaron H. Frear and Margaret Jane (Rickard) Frear; married 1889 to Harriet
E. Wood.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Wisconsin
state assembly from St. Croix County, 1903-04; member of Wisconsin
state senate, 1905-06; secretary of
state of Wisconsin, 1907-13; U.S.
Representative from Wisconsin, 1913-35 (10th District 1913-33,
9th District 1933-35).
Died in Washington,
D.C., May 28,
1939 (age 77 years, 216
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Ezra Bartlett French (1810-1880) —
also known as Ezra B. French —
of Damariscotta, Lincoln
County, Maine.
Born in Landaff, Grafton
County, N.H., September
23, 1810.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Maine
state house of representatives, 1838-40; member of Maine
state senate, 1842-45; secretary of
state of Maine, 1845-50; newspaper
editor; U.S.
Representative from Maine 3rd District, 1859-61.
Died in Washington,
D.C., April 24,
1880 (age 69 years, 214
days).
Interment at Hillside
Cemetery, Damariscotta, Maine.
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Jonas Martin Frost (b. 1942) —
also known as Martin Frost —
of Dallas, Dallas
County, Tex.
Born in Glendale, Los Angeles
County, Calif., January
1, 1942.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Texas 24th District, 1979-; defeated, 2004;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Texas, 1996,
2000,
2004.
Jewish.
Member, American
Jewish Committee.
Still living as of 2009.
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James William Fulbright (1905-1995) —
also known as J. William Fulbright —
of Fayetteville, Washington
County, Ark.
Born in Sumner, Chariton
County, Mo., April 9,
1905.
Son of Jay Fulbright and Roberta (Waugh) Fulbright; married, June 15,
1932, to Elizabeth Williams.
Democrat. Rhodes
scholar; lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Arkansas 3rd District, 1943-45; U.S.
Senator from Arkansas, 1945-74; resigned 1974; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Arkansas, 1948,
1956.
Disciples
of Christ. Member, Sigma
Chi; Rotary.
Died of a stroke, in
Washington,
D.C., February
9, 1995 (age 89 years, 306
days).
Interment at Evergreen
Cemetery, Fayetteville, Ark.
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