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Robert Hale (1889-1976) —
of Portland, Cumberland
County, Maine.
Born in Portland, Cumberland
County, Maine, November
29, 1889.
Son of Clarence Hale and Margaret (Rollins) Hale; cousin of Frederick
Hale; married, April 20,
1922, to Agnes Burke.
Republican. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during World War
I; member of Maine
state house of representatives, 1923-30; Speaker of
the Maine State House of Representatives, 1929-30; U.S.
Representative from Maine 1st District, 1943-59; defeated, 1958.
Congregationalist.
Member, American Bar
Association; Psi
Upsilon; Phi
Beta Kappa.
Died in Washington,
D.C., November
30, 1976 (age 87 years, 1
days).
Interment at Evergreen
Cemetery, Portland, Maine.
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Jeremiah Halsey (1822-1896) —
of Norwich, New London
County, Conn.
Born February
8, 1822.
Married to Elizabeth Fairchild.
Lawyer; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Norwich, 1852-53, 1859-60.
Died, in the Hotel
Hamilton, Washington,
D.C., February
8, 1896 (age 74 years, 0
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Clarence Eugene Hancock (1885-1948) —
also known as Clarence E. Hancock —
of Syracuse, Onondaga
County, N.Y.
Born in Syracuse, Onondaga
County, N.Y., February
13, 1885.
Son of Theodore
E. Hancock and Martha B. (Connelly) Hancock; married, October
4, 1912, to Emily W. Shonk.
Republican. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during World War
I; U.S.
Representative from New York, 1927-47 (35th District 1927-45,
36th District 1945-47); alternate delegate to Republican National
Convention from New York, 1928.
Presbyterian.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; Phi
Delta Phi; Alpha
Delta Phi.
The airport in Syracuse was named for
him.
Died in a hospital
at Washington,
D.C., January
3, 1948 (age 62 years, 324
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Syracuse, N.Y.
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Robert Emmet Hannegan (1903-1949) —
also known as Robert E. Hannegan —
of St.
Louis, Mo.
Born in St.
Louis, Mo., June 30,
1903.
Son of John Patrick Hannegan and Anna (Holden) Hannegan; married, November
14, 1929, to Irma Protzmann.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Missouri
state house of representatives; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Missouri, 1940;
U.S. Commissioner of Internal Revenue, 1943; Chairman of
Democratic National Committee, 1944-47; U.S.
Postmaster General, 1945-47; part owner of the St. Louis
Cardinals baseball
team, 1947-49.
Catholic.
Irish
ancestry. Member, American Bar
Association; Sigma Nu
Phi.
Died suddenly from a heart
ailment, in St.
Louis, Mo., October
6, 1949 (age 46 years, 98
days).
Interment at Calvary
Cemetery, St. Louis, Mo.
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Thomas Richard Harkin (b. 1939) —
also known as Tom Harkin —
of Ames, Story
County, Iowa; Cumming, Warren
County, Iowa.
Born in Cumming, Warren
County, Iowa, November
19, 1939.
Married 1968
to Ruth Raduenz.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Iowa 5th District, 1975-85; defeated, 1972;
U.S.
Senator from Iowa, 1985-; candidate for Democratic nomination for
President, 1992;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Iowa, 1996,
2000,
2004,
2008.
Catholic.
Member, Delta
Sigma Phi.
Still living as of 2009.
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John Marshall Harlan (1899-1971) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., May 20,
1899.
Grandson of John
Marshall Harlan (1833-1911); son of John Maynard Harlan and
Elizabeth Palmer (Flagg) Harlan; married, November
10, 1928, to Ethel (Andrews) Murphy (1897-1972).
Rhodes
scholar; lawyer; served in the U.S. Army Air Force in
World War II; Judge of
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit, 1954-55; Justice
of U.S. Supreme Court, 1955-71.
Presbyterian.
Member, American Bar
Association.
Died in Washington,
D.C., December
29, 1971 (age 72 years, 223
days).
Interment at Emmanuel
Church Cemetery, Weston, Conn.
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Jane Frank Harman (b. 1945) —
also known as Jane F. Harman; Jane Lakes; Jane
Frank —
of Venice, Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., June 28,
1945.
Daughter of Adolf Lakes and Lucille (Geier) Lakes; married 1969 to Richard
Frank (divorced 1978); married 1980 to Sidney
Harman.
Democrat. Lawyer; legislative assistant to U.S. Sen. John
V. Tunney, 1972; counsel for congressional subcommittees; deputy
secretary to the Cabinet in the Jimmy
Carter White House, 1977-78; U.S.
Representative from California 36th District, 1993-99, 2001-;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from California, 1996,
2004,
2008;
candidate in primary for Governor of
California, 1998.
Female.
Jewish.
Polish
and Russian
ancestry. Member, Council on
Foreign Relations.
Still living as of 2009.
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Byron Patton Harrison (1881-1941) —
also known as Pat Harrison —
of Gulfport, Harrison
County, Miss.
Born in Crystal Springs, Copiah
County, Miss., August
29, 1881.
Son of Robert Harrison and Myra Anna (Patton) Harrison; married, January
19, 1905, to Mary Edwena McInnis.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Mississippi 6th District, 1911-19; U.S.
Senator from Mississippi, 1919-41; died in office 1941; delegate
to Democratic National Convention from Mississippi, 1920,
1924,
1928,
1936,
1940.
Methodist.
Member, Woodmen;
Knights
of Pythias; Elks; Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows.
Died in Washington,
D.C., June 22,
1941 (age 59 years, 297
days).
Interment at Evergreen
Cemetery, Gulfport, Miss.
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Alphonso Hart (1830-1910) —
of Ohio.
Born in Vienna, Trumbull
County, Ohio, July 4,
1830.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Ohio state
senate, 1865; Lieutenant
Governor of Ohio, 1874-76; law partner of Andrew
Squire, 1875-78; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 12th District, 1883-85; defeated, 1880.
Died in Washington,
D.C., December
23, 1910 (age 80 years, 172
days).
Interment at Maple
Grove Cemetery, Ravenna, Ohio.
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George Luzerne Hart, Jr. (1905-1984) —
also known as George L. Hart, Jr. —
of Washington,
D.C.
Born in Roanoke,
Va., July 14,
1905.
Son of George Luzerne Hart and Lavela (Slicer) Hart; married, October
12, 1935, to Margaret Louise Neller.
Republican. Lawyer; colonel in the U.S. Army during World War
II; delegate to Republican National Convention from District of
Columbia, 1952,
1956;
District of
Columbia Republican Party chair, 1958; U.S.
District Judge for the District of Columbia, 1958-79; took senior
status 1979.
Died, in Washington University Medical
Center, Washington,
D.C., May 21,
1984 (age 78 years, 312
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Philip Aloysius Hart (1912-1976) —
also known as Philip A. Hart —
of Birmingham, Oakland
County, Mich.; Mackinac Island, Mackinac
County, Mich.
Born in Bryn Mawr, Montgomery
County, Pa., December
10, 1912.
Democrat. Lawyer; colonel in the U.S. Army during World War
II; candidate for secretary of
state of Michigan, 1950; U.S.
Attorney for the Eastern District of Michigan, 1952-53; Lieutenant
Governor of Michigan, 1955-58; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Michigan, 1956,
1960,
1964;
U.S.
Senator from Michigan, 1959-76; died in office 1976.
Member, Urban
League.
The Hart Senate Office Building, in Washington, D.C., is named for
him.
Died in Washington,
D.C., December
26, 1976 (age 64 years, 16
days).
Interment at St.
Anne's Catholic Cemetery, Mackinac Island, Mich.
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Edward Dixon Hays (1872-1941) —
also known as Edward D. Hays —
of Jackson, Cape
Girardeau County, Mo.; Cape Girardeau, Cape
Girardeau County, Mo.
Born near Oak Ridge, Cape
Girardeau County, Mo., April 28,
1872.
Republican. Lawyer; probate judge in Missouri, 1907-18; U.S.
Representative from Missouri 14th District, 1919-23; defeated,
1922.
Died in Bethesda, Montgomery
County, Md., July 25,
1941 (age 69 years, 88
days).
Interment at Cedar
Hill Cemetery, Suitland, Md.
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Charles Belknap Henderson (1873-1954) —
also known as Charles B. Henderson —
of Elko, Elko
County, Nev.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in San Jose, Santa Clara
County, Calif., June 8,
1873.
Grandson of Lewis
Rice Bradley; son of Jefferson Henderson and Sarah W. (Bradley)
Henderson; married 1901 to Ethel
Smith.
Democrat. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during the
Spanish-American War; member of Nevada
state house of representatives, 1905-07; U.S.
Senator from Nevada, 1918-21; defeated, 1920; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Nevada, 1928,
1936.
Episcopalian.
Member, Phi
Kappa Psi; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Elks.
Died November
8, 1954 (age 81 years, 153
days).
Interment at Elko
Cemetery, Elko, Nev.
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James Pinckney Henderson (1808-1858) —
also known as J. Pinckney Henderson —
of Marshville (unknown
county), Tex.
Born in Lincolnton, Lincoln
County, N.C., March 31,
1808.
Lawyer; general in the Texas Army during the Texas War of
Independence; Attorney
General of the Texas Republic, 1836-37; Texas
Republic Secretary of State, 1837; delegate
to Texas state constitutional convention, 1845; Governor of
Texas, 1846-47; general in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War;
U.S.
Senator from Texas, 1857-58; died in office 1858.
Died in Washington,
D.C., June 4,
1858 (age 50 years, 65
days).
Original interment and cenotaph at Congressional
Cemetery, Washington, D.C.; reinterment in 1930 at Texas
State Cemetery, Austin, Tex.
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John Brooks Henderson (1826-1913) —
also known as John B. Henderson —
of Louisiana, Pike
County, Mo.; St.
Louis, Mo.; Washington,
D.C.
Born near Danville, Pittsylvania
County, Va., November
16, 1826.
Son of James Henderson and Jane (Dawson) Henderson; married, June 25,
1868, to Mary N. Foote (born 1844; author).
Lawyer; member of Missouri
state house of representatives, 1848-50, 1856-58; Presidential
Elector for Missouri, 1856,
1860;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Missouri, 1860;
U.S.
Senator from Missouri, 1862-69; Republican candidate for Governor of
Missouri, 1872; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Missouri, 1884.
Died in Washington,
D.C., April 12,
1913 (age 86 years, 147
days).
Interment at Green-Wood
Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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Emil William Henry (b. 1929) —
also known as E. William Henry —
of Tennessee; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Memphis, Shelby
County, Tenn., March 4,
1929.
Son of John Phillips Henry and Elizabeth (Tschudy) Henry; married, December
21, 1955, to Sherrye Eileen Patton.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the Korean conflict;
lawyer; member,
Federal Communications Commission, 1962-66; chair, Federal Communications
Commission, 1963-66.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Order of the
Coif; Phi
Delta Phi; Chi Psi.
Still living as of 1967.
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Hilary Abner Herbert (1834-1919) —
also known as Hilary A. Herbert —
of Greenville, Butler
County, Ala.; Montgomery, Montgomery
County, Ala.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Laurens, Laurens
County, S.C., March 12,
1834.
Son of Thomas E. Herbert and Dorothy Teague (Young) Herbert; married,
April
23, 1867, to Ella B. Smith.
Democrat. Lawyer; colonel in the Confederate Army during the
Civil War; U.S.
Representative from Alabama 2nd District, 1877-93; U.S.
Secretary of the Navy, 1893-97.
Died March 6,
1919 (age 84 years, 359
days).
Interment at Oakwood
Cemetery, Montgomery, Ala.
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Stephanie Herseth Sandlin (b. 1970) —
also known as Stephanie Herseth —
of Brookings, Brookings
County, S.Dak.; Sioux Falls, Minnehaha
County, S.Dak.
Born near Houghton, Brown
County, S.Dak., December
3, 1970.
Granddaughter of Ralph
E. Herseth and Lorna
B. Herseth; daughter of Ralph
Lars Herseth.
Democrat. Lawyer; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from South Dakota, 2004,
2008;
U.S.
Representative from South Dakota at-large, 2004-; defeated, 2002,
2010.
Female.
Lutheran.
Still living as of 2010.
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Ira Greenlief Hersey (1858-1943) —
also known as Ira G. Hersey —
of Houlton, Aroostook
County, Maine.
Born in Hodgdon, Aroostook
County, Maine, March 31,
1858.
Son of Samuel B. Hersey and Elizabeth (White) Hersey; married, January
6, 1884, to Annie Dillen.
Lawyer; Prohibition candidate for Governor of
Maine, 1886; member of Maine
state house of representatives, 1909-12; member of Maine
state senate, 1913-16; U.S.
Representative from Maine 4th District, 1917-29; Aroostook
County Probate Judge, 1934-42.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; Elks.
Died in Washington,
D.C., May 6,
1943 (age 85 years, 36
days).
Interment at Evergreen
Cemetery, Houlton, Maine.
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Christian Archibald Herter, Jr. (1919-2007) —
also known as Christian A. Herter, Jr. —
of Newton, Middlesex
County, Mass.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., January
29, 1919.
Son of Mary Caroline (Pratt) Herter and Christian
Archibald Herter; married, June 10,
1944, to Suzanne Clery (divorced 1963); married, August
18, 1963, to Susan Cable (divorced); married to Catherine Hooker.
Republican. Major in the U.S. Army during World War II;
lawyer; administrative assistant to U.S. Vice President Richard
M. Nixon, 1953-54; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Massachusetts, 1956,
1960;
candidate for Massachusetts
state attorney general, 1958; vice-president, Socony Mobil Oil Company,
1961-67; director, Berkshire Life
Insurance Company; law
professor.
Member, American Bar
Association; Council on
Foreign Relations; Phi
Beta Kappa.
Died, from chronic
obstructive pulmonary disease, in Washington,
D.C., September
16, 2007 (age 88 years, 230
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Clarence Bussey Hewes (b. 1890) —
also known as Clarence B. Hewes —
of Jeanerette, Iberia
Parish, La.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Jeanerette, Iberia
Parish, La., February
1, 1890.
Republican. Foreign Service officer; lawyer; alternate
delegate to Republican National Convention from District of Columbia,
1948,
1952.
Member, Sons of
the American Revolution; Sigma
Alpha Epsilon.
Burial
location unknown.
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John Boynton Philip Clayton Hill (1879-1941) —
also known as John Philip Hill —
of Baltimore,
Md.
Born in Annapolis, Anne Arundel
County, Md., May 2,
1879.
Son of Charles E. Hill and Kate Watts (Clayton) Hill; married, October
28, 1913, to Suzanne Howell Carroll (1889-1962; third
great-granddaughter of Charles
Carroll of Carrollton; daughter of John
Howell Carroll).
Republican. Lawyer; U.S.
Attorney for Maryland, 1910-15; candidate for mayor
of Baltimore, Md., 1915; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Maryland, 1916;
colonel in the U.S. Army during World War I; U.S.
Representative from Maryland 3rd District, 1921-27; defeated,
1908, 1928, 1930, 1936; delegate to
Maryland convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933.
Episcopalian.
Member, Society
of the Cincinnati; Society
of Colonial Wars; Alpha
Delta Phi; Phi
Delta Phi; Elks; Moose; Odd
Fellows.
Died in Washington,
D.C., May 23,
1941 (age 62 years, 21
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Samuel Billingsley Hill (1875-1958) —
also known as Samuel B. Hill; Sam B. Hill —
of Waterville, Douglas
County, Wash.
Born in Franklin, Izard
County, Ark., April 2,
1875.
Democrat. Lawyer; Douglas
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1907-11; superior court judge in
Washington, 1917-23; U.S.
Representative from Washington 5th District, 1923-36; defeated,
1922; judge, U.S. Board of Tax Appeals (Tax Court), 1936-53.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Bethesda, Montgomery
County, Md., March 16,
1958 (age 82 years, 348
days).
Interment at Rock
Creek Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Mazie K. Hirono (b. 1947) —
of Honolulu, Island of Oahu, Honolulu
County, Hawaii.
Born in Fukushima, Japan,
November
3, 1947.
Married to Leighton Kim Oshima.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Hawaii
state house of representatives, 1981-94; Lieutenant
Governor of Hawaii, 1994-2002; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Hawaii, 1996,
2000,
2008;
candidate for Governor of
Hawaii, 2002; U.S.
Representative from Hawaii 2nd District, 2007-.
Female.
Buddhist.
Japanese
ancestry. Member, Phi
Beta Kappa.
Still living as of 2009.
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William Hitz (b. 1872) —
of Washington,
D.C.
Born in Washington,
D.C., April 21,
1872.
Son of John Hitz and Jane C. (Shanks) Hitz; married 1902 to Esther
Porter.
Lawyer; justice of
District of Columbia supreme court, 1916-.
Burial
location unknown.
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Peter D. Hoagland (1941-2007) —
of Nebraska.
Born in Omaha, Douglas
County, Neb., November
17, 1941.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the Vietnam war;
lawyer; law clerk for U.S. District Judge Oliver
Gasch, 1969-70; member of Nebraska
unicameral legislature 6th District, 1979-86; U.S.
Representative from Nebraska 2nd District, 1989-95; defeated,
1994.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Common
Cause.
Died, from Parkinson's
disease, in Washington,
D.C., October
30, 2007 (age 65 years, 347
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Paul W. Hodes (b. 1951) —
of Concord, Merrimack
County, N.H.
Born in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., March 21,
1951.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from New Hampshire 2nd District, 2007-; defeated,
2004; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New Hampshire,
2008.
Jewish.
Still living as of 2009.
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Adolph A. Hoehling (b. 1868) —
of Washington,
D.C.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., November
3, 1868.
Son of Rear Adm. Adolph August Hoehling and Annie (Rudduck) Hoehling.
Lawyer; justice of
District of Columbia supreme court, 1921-28; resigned 1928; banker.
Episcopalian.
Member, Psi
Upsilon; Phi
Delta Phi.
Burial
location unknown.
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Clyde Roark Hoey (1877-1954) —
also known as Clyde R. Hoey —
of Shelby, Cleveland
County, N.C.
Born in Shelby, Cleveland
County, N.C., December
11, 1877.
Son of Samuel Alberta Hoey and Mary Charlotte (Roark) Hoey; married,
March
22, 1900, to Bessie Gardner (died 1942; sister of Oliver
Max Gardner).
Democrat. Newspaper
editor; lawyer; member of North
Carolina state house of representatives, 1899-1902; member of North
Carolina state senate, 1903-06; U.S.
Representative from North Carolina 9th District, 1919-21; Governor of
North Carolina, 1937-41; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from North Carolina, 1940,
1944,
1948,
1952;
member of Democratic
National Committee from North Carolina, 1941-44; U.S.
Senator from North Carolina, 1945-54; died in office 1954; member, Commission on
Intergovernmental Relations, 1953-54; died in office 1954.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; Woodmen;
Junior
Order; Knights
of Pythias; Omicron
Delta Kappa; Sigma
Chi.
Died from a stroke, at
his desk in his congressional office,
in Washington,
D.C., May 12,
1954 (age 76 years, 152
days).
Interment at Sunset
Cemetery, Shelby, N.C.
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Frank Joseph Hogan (1877-1944) —
also known as Frank J. Hogan —
of Washington,
D.C.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., January
12, 1877.
Son of Maurice E. Hogan and Mary (McSwiney) Hogan; married 1899 to Mary
Cecile Adair; first cousin of James
Francis Byrnes.
Republican. Lawyer; general counsel, Capital Traction
Company; general counsel, Riggs National Bank;
attorney for Albert
B. Fall, Edward
L. Doheny during the Teapot Dome trials; delegate to Republican
National Convention from District of Columbia, 1920;
president, American Bar Association, 1938-39.
Catholic.
Member, American Bar
Association.
Died in Washington,
D.C., May 15,
1944 (age 67 years, 124
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Gabriel Holmes (1769-1829) —
of Clinton, Sampson
County, N.C.
Born in Sampson
County, N.C., 1769.
Lawyer; Governor of
North Carolina, 1821-24; U.S.
Representative from North Carolina 5th District, 1825-29; died in
office 1829.
Died September
26, 1829 (age about 60
years).
Interment a
private or family graveyard, Sampson County, N.C.; cenotaph at Congressional
Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. (1841-1935) —
also known as "The Great Dissenter" —
of Massachusetts.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., March 8,
1841.
Son of Dr. Oliver Wendell Holmes (1809-1894) and Amelia Lee (Jackson)
Holmes; married, June 17,
1872, to Fanny Bowditch Dixwell (1840-1929).
Colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War; lawyer; justice of
Massachusetts state supreme court, 1882-1902; chief
justice of Massachusetts supreme judicial court, 1899-1902; Justice
of U.S. Supreme Court, 1902-32; retired 1932.
Unitarian.
Elected to the Hall
of Fame for Great Americans in 1965.
Died, of pneumonia,
in Washington,
D.C., March 6,
1935 (age 93 years, 363
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Cross-reference:
Francis
Biddle — Laurence
Curtis — Lewis
Einstein — Erland
F. Fish |
| | | See also federal
judicial profile — Wikipedia
article — Judgepedia
article — NNDB
dossier — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Books by Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.: The
Common Law |
| | | Books about Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.:
Gary J. Aichele, Oliver
Wendell Holmes, Jr. : Soldier, Scholar, Judge (out of
print) — G. Edward White, Justice
Oliver Wendell Holmes: Law and the Inner Self —
Sheldon M. Novick, Honorable
Justice: The Life of Oliver Wendell Holmes — Liva
Baker, The
Justice from Beacon Hill: The Life and Times of Oliver Wendell
Holmes — James Bishop Peabody, The
Holmes-Einstein Letters : Correspondence of Mr. Justice Holmes and
Lewis Einstein 1903-1935 |
| | | Critical books about Oliver Wendell Holmes,
Jr.: Albert W. Alschuler, Law
Without Values : The Life, Work, and Legacy of Justice
Holmes |
| | | Image source: American Monthly
Review of Reviews, September 1902 |
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Eleanor Holmes Norton (b. 1937) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Washington,
D.C., June 13,
1937.
Democrat. Lawyer; university
professor; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New
York, 1972;
Delegate
to U.S. Congress from the District of Columbia, 1991-; delegate
to Democratic National Convention from District of Columbia, 1996
(delegation chair), 2000,
2004,
2008.
Female.
Episcopalian.
African
ancestry. Member, Council on
Foreign Relations; American Civil
Liberties Union.
Still living as of 2009.
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Joseph Lawrence Hooper (1877-1934) —
also known as Joseph L. Hooper —
of Battle Creek, Calhoun
County, Mich.
Born in Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio, December
22, 1877.
Republican. Lawyer; Calhoun
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1903-06; U.S.
Representative from Michigan 3rd District, 1925-34; died in
office 1934.
Congregationalist.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Washington,
D.C., February
22, 1934 (age 56 years, 62
days).
Interment at Oak
Hill Cemetery, Battle Creek, Mich.
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William Washington Howes (1887-1962) —
also known as W. W. Howes —
of Wolsey, Beadle
County, S.Dak.; Huron, Beadle
County, S.Dak.
Born in Tomah, Monroe
County, Wis., February
16, 1887.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of South
Dakota state senate 22nd District, 1917-18; candidate for Governor of
South Dakota, 1920; South Dakota
Democratic state chair, 1923; member of Democratic
National Committee from South Dakota, 1924; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from South Dakota, 1924,
1940;
First Assistant U.S. Postmaster General; resigned in protest in 1940
when President Franklin
D. Roosevelt sought an unprecedented third term.
W. W. Howes Airport in Huron, S.D. (now Huron Regional Airport) was
named
for him.
Died in Washington,
D.C., January
15, 1962 (age 74 years, 333
days).
Interment at Oak
Hill Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Steny Hamilton Hoyer (b. 1939) —
also known as Steny H. Hoyer —
of Berkshire, Prince
George's County, Md.; Mechanicsville, St. Mary's
County, Md.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., June 14,
1939.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Maryland
state senate, 1967-79; candidate for Lieutenant
Governor of Maryland, 1978; U.S.
Representative from Maryland 5th District, 1981-; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Maryland, 1988,
1996,
2000,
2004,
2008
(speaker).
Baptist.
Danish
ancestry.
Still living as of 2009.
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Henry Martyn Hoyt (1856-1910) —
also known as Henry M. Hoyt —
Born in Wilkes-Barre, Luzerne
County, Pa., December
5, 1856.
Son of Henry
Martyn Hoyt (1830-1892) and Mary (Loveland) Hoyt; married 1883 to Anne
McMichael (daughter of Morton
McMichael).
Lawyer; U.S.
Solicitor General, 1903-09.
Died, from peritonitis,
in Washington,
D.C., November
20, 1910 (age 53 years, 350
days).
Interment somewhere
in Wilkes-Barre, Pa.
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George Huddleston, Jr. (1920-1971) —
of Birmingham, Jefferson
County, Ala.
Born in Birmingham, Jefferson
County, Ala., March 19,
1920.
Son of George
Huddleston and Bertha Baxley Huddleston; married to Alice Jeanne
Haworth.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; lawyer;
U.S.
Representative from Alabama, 1955-65 (9th District 1955-63,
at-large 1963-65).
Member, American Bar
Association; Phi
Beta Kappa; American
Legion.
Died in Washington,
D.C., September
14, 1971 (age 51 years, 179
days).
Interment at Elmwood
Cemetery, Birmingham, Ala.
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Cordell Hull (1871-1955) —
also known as "Father of the United
Nations" —
of Carthage, Smith
County, Tenn.
Born in a log
cabin at Olympus, Overton County (now Pickett
County), Tenn., October
2, 1871.
Son of William Hull and Elizabeth (Riley) Hull.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Tennessee
state house of representatives, 1893-97; served in the U.S. Army
during the Spanish-American War; circuit judge in Tennessee, 1903-07;
U.S.
Representative from Tennessee 4th District, 1907-21, 1923-31;
defeated, 1920; member of Democratic
National Committee from Tennessee, 1914-24; Chairman of
Democratic National Committee, 1921-24; candidate for Democratic
nomination for President, 1928,
1940,
1944;
U.S.
Senator from Tennessee, 1931-33; U.S.
Secretary of State, 1933-44; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Tennessee, 1936.
Baptist;
later Episcopalian.
Received the Nobel
Peace Prize in 1945.
Died, of heart
disease and tuberculosis,
at Bethesda
Naval Hospital, Bethesda, Montgomery
County, Md., July 23,
1955 (age 83 years, 294
days).
Entombed at Washington
National Cathedral, Washington, D.C.
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James Humphrey (1811-1866) —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Fairfield, Fairfield
County, Conn., October
9, 1811.
Republican. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from New York, 1859-61, 1865-66 (2nd District
1859-61, 3rd District 1865-66); died in office 1866.
Died in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., June 16,
1866 (age 54 years, 250
days).
Interment at Green-Wood
Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.; cenotaph at Congressional
Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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William Ewart Humphrey (1862-1934) —
also known as William E. Humphrey —
of Crawfordsville, Montgomery
County, Ind.; Seattle, King
County, Wash.
Born near Alamo, Montgomery
County, Ind., March 31,
1862.
Republican. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Washington, 1903-17 (at-large 1903-09, 1st
District 1909-17); member,
Federal Trade Commission, 1925-33; chair, Federal Trade
Commission, 1927-28, 1932.
Died in Washington,
D.C., February
14, 1934 (age 71 years, 320
days).
Interment at Oak
Hill Cemetery, Crawfordsville, Ind.
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Rosel Herschel Hyde (b. 1900) —
also known as Rosel H. Hyde —
of Idaho; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Bannock
County, Idaho, April 12,
1900.
Son of George T. Hyde and Emma (Nibley) Hyde; married, September
3, 1924, to Mary Henderson.
Republican. Lawyer; member, Federal Communications
Commission, 1946-69; chair, Federal Communications
Commission, 1953-54, 1966-69.
Mormon.
Member, Federal
Bar Association.
Burial
location unknown.
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