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Harold McEwen Ickes (b. 1939) —
also known as Harold M. Ickes —
of Washington,
D.C.
Born September
4, 1939.
Son of Harold
LeClair Ickes.
Democrat. Lawyer; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from New York, 1996,
2000;
member, Rules Committee, 1988;
member of Democratic
National Committee from District of Columbia, 2004-08; delegate
to Democratic National Convention from District of Columbia, 2004,
2008.
Still living as of 2009.
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Ebon Clarke Ingersoll (1831-1879) —
also known as Ebon C. Ingersoll; Clark
Ingersoll —
of Peoria, Peoria
County, Ill.
Born in Marshall, Oneida
County, N.Y., December
12, 1831.
Son of John Ingersoll (1792-1759) and Mary (Livingston) Ingersoll.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Illinois
state house of representatives, 1857; U.S.
Representative from Illinois 5th District, 1864-71; defeated,
1862.
Died in Washington,
D.C., May 31,
1879 (age 47 years, 170
days).
Interment at Oak
Hill Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Daniel Ken Inouye (b. 1924) —
also known as Daniel K. Inouye —
of Honolulu, Island of Oahu, Honolulu
County, Hawaii.
Born in Honolulu, Island of Oahu, Honolulu
County, Hawaii, September
7, 1924.
Son of Hyotaro I. Inouye and Kame Imanaga Inouye.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; lawyer;
member of Hawaii
territorial House of Representatives, 1954-58; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Hawaii Territory, 1956;
member of Hawaii
territorial senate, 1958-59; U.S.
Representative from Hawaii at-large, 1959-63; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Hawaii, 1960,
1972,
1980,
1996,
2000,
2004,
2008
(delegation chair); Co-Chair, 1984;
U.S.
Senator from Hawaii, 1963-.
Methodist.
Japanese
ancestry. Member, American Bar
Association; Disabled
American Veterans; Phi
Delta Phi; Lions.
Lost
his right arm as the result of a combat injury in Italy during
World War II. His Distinguished Service Cross was upgraded in 2000
to a Medal
of Honor. First
American of Japanese descent to serve in Congress.
Still living as of 2012.
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Jay Robert Inslee (b. 1951) —
also known as Jay Inslee —
of Selah, Yakima
County, Wash.; Bainbridge Island, Kitsap
County, Wash.
Born in Washington, February
9, 1951.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Washington
state house of representatives, 1988-92; U.S.
Representative from Washington, 1993-95, 1999- (4th District
1993-95, 1st District 1999-2006); defeated, 1994; candidate in
primary for Governor of
Washington, 1996; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Washington, 2000,
2004,
2008.
Protestant.
Still living as of 2009.
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Andrew Jackson (1767-1845) —
also known as "Old Hickory"; "The Farmer of
Tennessee"; "King Andrew the
First" —
of Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn.
Born, in a log
cabin, in The Waxhaws, Lancaster
County, S.C., March 15,
1767.
Son of Andrew Jackson (1730-1767) and Elizabeth (Hutchinson) Jackson
(1737-1781).
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Attorney for Tennessee, 1790-97; U.S.
Representative from Tennessee at-large, 1796-97; U.S.
Senator from Tennessee, 1797-98, 1823-25; justice of
Tennessee state supreme court, 1798; general in the U.S. Army
during the War of 1812; Governor of
Florida Territory, 1821; President
of the United States, 1829-37.
Presbyterian.
Scotch-Irish
ancestry. Member, Freemasons.
Killed Charles Dickinson in a pistol duel,
May 30, 1806; also dueled
with Thomas
Hart Benton and Waightstill
Avery. Censured
by the U.S. Senate in 1834 over his removal of federal deposits from
the Bank of the United States. On January 30, 1835, while attending
funeral services at the Capitol Building for Rep. Warren
R. Davis of South Carolina, he was shot
at with two guns -- which both misfired -- by Richard Lawrence, a
house painter (later found not guilty by reason of insanity).
Died, of dropsy (congestive
heart failure), in Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn., June 8,
1845 (age 78 years, 85
days). Elected in 1910 to the Hall
of Fame for Great Americans. His portrait appears on the U.S. $20
bill; from the 1860s until 1927, his portrait appeared on on U.S.
notes
and certificates of various denominations from $5
to $10,000. In 1861, his portrait appeared on Confederate States
$1,000
notes.
Interment at The
Hermitage, Nashville, Tenn.; statue erected 1853 at Lafayette
Park, Washington, D.C.; statue erected 1856 at Jackson
Square, New Orleans, La.
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Relatives: Son
of Andrew Jackson (1730-1767) and Elizabeth (Hutchinson) Jackson
(1737-1781); married, January
17, 1794, to Rachel (Donelson) Robards (1767-1828; aunt of Andrew
Jackson Donelson). See Donelson-Smith-Jackson
family of Tennessee. |
| | | Cross-reference: Francis
P. Blair |
| | | Jackson counties in Ala., Ark., Colo., Fla., Ill., Ind., Iowa, Kan., Ky., La., Mich., Miss., Mo., N.C., Ohio, Okla., Ore., Tenn., Tex., W.Va. and Wis., and Hickory County,
Mo., are named for him. |
| | | Other politicians named for him: Andrew
J. Donelson
— Andrew
Jackson Miller
— Andrew
J. Faulk
— Andrew
Jackson Titus
— Andrew
Jackson Isacks
— Andrew
Jackson Hamilton
— Andrew
Jackson Harlan
— Andrew
J. Kuykendall
— Andrew
J. Thayer
— Elam
A. J. Greeley
— Andrew
Jackson Ingle
— Andrew
J. Ogle
— Andrew
Jackson Carr
— Andrew
Jackson Bryant
— Andrew
J. Bentley
— Andrew
J. Rogers
— William
A. J. Sparks
— Andrew
Jackson Poppleton
— Andrew
J. Hunter
— A.
J. Clements
— Andrew
Jackson Baker
— Andrew
J. Felt
— A. J.
King
— Andrew
J. Sawyer
— Andrew
Jackson Caldwell
— Andrew
Jackson Gahagan
— Andrew
Jackson Biship
— Andrew
Jackson Houston
— Andrew
J. Cobb
— Andrew
J. Montague
— Andrew
J. Barchfeld
— Andrew
J. Kirk
— Andrew
J. Livingston
— Andrew
Jackson Stewart
— Andrew J.
May
— Andrew
J. McConnico
— Andrew
J. Brewer
— Andrew
Bettwy
— Andrew
J. Transue
— Andrew
Jackson Graves
— Andrew
Jackson Gilbert
— Andrew
J. Hinshaw
— Andy
Young
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| | | Campaign slogan: "Let the people
rule." |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Wikipedia
article — NNDB
dossier — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Books about Andrew Jackson: Robert
Vincent Remini, The
Life of Andrew Jackson — Robert Vincent Remini, Andrew
Jackson : The Course of American Freedom, 1822-1832 —
Robert Vincent Remini, Andrew
Jackson : The Course of American Democracy,
1833-1845 — Robert Vincent Remini, Andrew
Jackson : The Course of American Empire, 1767-1821 —
Andrew Burstein, The
Passions of Andrew Jackson — David S. Heidler & Jeanne
T. Heidler, Old
Hickory's War: Andrew Jackson and the Quest for
Empire — Donald B. Cole, The
Presidency of Andrew Jackson — H. W. Brands, Andrew
Jackson : His Life and Times |
| | | Image source: Portrait & Biographical
Album of Washtenaw County (1891) |
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Robert Houghwout Jackson (1892-1954) —
also known as Robert H. Jackson —
of Jamestown, Chautauqua
County, N.Y.; McLean, Fairfax
County, Va.
Born in Spring Creek, Warren
County, Pa., February
13, 1892.
Son of William Eldred Jackson and Angelina (Houghwout) Jackson.
Democrat. Lawyer; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from New York, 1936;
U.S. Solicitor General,
1938-40; U.S.
Attorney General, 1940-41; Justice
of U.S. Supreme Court, 1941-54; died in office 1954.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Washington,
D.C., October
9, 1954 (age 62 years, 238
days).
Interment at Maple
Grove Cemetery, Frewsburg, N.Y.
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Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826) —
also known as "Apostle of Liberty"; "Sage of
Monticello"; "Friend of the People";
"Father of the University of Virginia" —
of Albemarle
County, Va.
Born in Albemarle
County, Va., April 13,
1743.
Son of Peter Jefferson and Jane (Randolph) Jefferson.
Lawyer; Delegate
to Continental Congress from Virginia, 1775-76, 1783-84; signer,
Declaration of Independence, 1776; Governor of
Virginia, 1779-81; member of Virginia state legislature, 1782;
U.S. Minister to France, 1785-89; U.S.
Secretary of State, 1790-93; Vice
President of the United States, 1797-1801; President
of the United States, 1801-09; defeated (Democratic-Republican),
1796.
English
ancestry. Member, American
Philosophical Society; American
Academy of Arts and Sciences.
He was elected to the Hall
of Fame for Great Americans in 1900. His portrait appears on the
U.S. nickel
(five
cent coin) since 1938, and on the $2
bill since the 1860s.
Died near Charlottesville, Albemarle
County, Va., July 4,
1826 (age 83 years, 82
days).
Interment at Monticello
Graveyard, Near Charlottesville, Albemarle County, Va.; cenotaph
at University
of Missouri Quadrangle, Columbia, Mo.; memorial monument at West
Potomac Park, Washington, D.C.
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Relatives: Son
of Peter Jefferson and Jane (Randolph) Jefferson; married, January
1, 1772, to Martha Wayles Skelton (died 1782); third cousin once
removed of John
Marshall; father-in-law of Thomas
Mann Randolph and John
Wayles Eppes; uncle of Dabney
Carr; great-granduncle of John
Jordan Crittenden; second cousin once removed of William
Segar Archer; granduncle of Dabney
Smith Carr; grandfather of Virginia Jefferson Randolph (who
married Nicholas
Philip Trist), Meriwether
Lewis Randolph and George
Wythe Randolph; great-grandfather of Thomas
Jefferson Coolidge and Frederick
Madison Roberts; second great-grandfather of John
Gardner Coolidge; ancestor of Lloyd
Lee Gravely. See Livingston-Seymour-Lee-Williams
family of New York. |
| | | Cross-reference: Jefferson
M. Levy — Joshua
Fry |
| | | Jefferson counties in Ala., Ark., Colo., Fla., Ga., Idaho, Ill., Ind., Iowa, Kan., Ky., La., Miss., Mo., Mont., Neb., N.Y., Ohio, Okla., Ore., Pa., Tenn., Tex., Wash., W.Va. and Wis. are
named for him. |
| | | Other politicians named for him: Thomas
Jefferson Campbell
— Thomas
Jefferson Kennard
— Thomas
J. Gazley
— Thomas
Jefferson Word
— Thomas
J. Drake
— Thomas
Jefferson Heard
— Thomas
Jefferson Green
— Thomas
Jefferson Rusk
— Thomas
Jefferson Withers
— Thomas
J. Parsons
— Thomas
J. Dryer
— Thomas
J. Foster
— Thomas
J. Henley
— Thomas
J. Barr
— Thomas
Jefferson Jennings
— Thomas
J. Henderson
— Thomas
Jefferson Van Alstyne
— Thomas
Jefferson Cason
— Thomas
Jefferson Buford
— T.
Jefferson Coolidge
— Thomas
J. Megibben
— Thomas
J. Bunn
— Thomas
J. Hardin
— Thomas
J. Brown
— Thomas
Jefferson Speer
— Thomas
J. Boynton
— Thomas
J. Hudson
— Thomas
J. Selby
— Thomas
Jefferson Deavitt
— Thomas
Jefferson Majors
— Thomas
Jefferson Wood
— Thomas
Jefferson Nunn
— Thomas
J. Strait
— Thomas
J. Humes
— T.
J. Appleyard
— Thomas
J. Clunie
— Thomas
J. Steele
— Thomas
J. Boynton
— Thomas
J. Halsey
— Thomas
Jefferson Lilly
— Thomas
J. Randolph
— Tom
J. Terral
— T.
Jeff Busby
— Thomas
Jefferson Murphy
— Thomas
J. Hamilton
— Thomas
J. Ryan
— Tom
J. Murray
— Tom
Steed
— Thomas
J. Anderson
— Thomas
Jefferson Roberts
— Thomas
J. Barlow III
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| | | Personal motto: "Rebellion to tyrants
is obedience to God." |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — National
Governors Association biography — Wikipedia
article — NNDB
dossier — Internet Movie Database
profile |
| | | Books about Thomas Jefferson: Joseph J.
Ellis, American
Sphinx: The Character of Thomas Jefferson — Willard
Sterne Randall, Thomas
Jefferson : A Life — R. B. Bernstein, Thomas
Jefferson — Joyce Appleby, Thomas
Jefferson — Gore Vidal, Inventing
A Nation: Washington, Adams, Jefferson — John Ferling,
Adams
vs. Jefferson: The Tumultuous Election of 1800 — Susan
Dunn, Jefferson's
Second Revolution : The Election Crisis of 1800 —
Andrew Burstein, Jefferson's
Secret: Death and Desire at Monticello — Christopher
Hitchens, Thomas
Jefferson : Author of America |
| | | Critical books about Thomas Jefferson:
Joseph Wheelan, Jefferson's
Vendetta : The Pursuit of Aaron Burr and the
Judiciary |
| | | Image source: Portrait & Biographical
Album of Washtenaw County (1891) |
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William Jennings Jefferson (b. 1947) —
also known as William J. Jefferson —
of New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La.
Born in Lake Providence, East Carroll
Parish, La., March 14,
1947.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Louisiana
state senate, 1979-90; candidate for mayor
of New Orleans, La., 1982, 1986; U.S.
Representative from Louisiana 2nd District, 1991-; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Louisiana, 1996,
2000,
2004,
2008;
candidate for Governor of
Louisiana, 1999; named as unindicted
co-conspirator by prosecutors in connection with Brent Pfeffer's
guilty plea to bribery
charges.
Baptist.
African
ancestry.
Still living as of 2009.
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Felix S. S. Johnson (1869-1927) —
of Vineland, Cumberland
County, N.J.
Born in Washington,
D.C., January
9, 1869.
Lawyer; U.S. Deputy Consul in Kehl, 1887-91; U.S. Consular Agent in Freiburg, 1891-92; U.S. Commercial Agent (Consul) in Stanbridge, 1899-1905; U.S. Consul in Puerto Cortes, 1905-06; Bergen, 1906-10; Kingston, 1910-27.
Died December
14, 1927 (age 58 years, 339
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Henry C. Johnson, Jr. (b. 1954) —
also known as Hank Johnson —
of Lithonia, DeKalb
County, Ga.
Born in Washington,
D.C., October
2, 1954.
Democrat. Lawyer; DeKalb
County Commissioner, 2001-06; U.S.
Representative from Georgia 4th District, 2007-; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Georgia, 2008.
Buddhist.
African
ancestry.
Still living as of 2009.
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Henry Lincoln Johnson (1870-1925) —
of Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga.
Born in Augusta, Richmond
County, Ga., July 27,
1870.
Republican. Blacksmith;
lawyer; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Georgia, 1908,
1912,
1916,
1920,
1924;
Recorder of Deeds for the District of Columbia, 1912-16; member of Republican
National Committee from Georgia, 1920-24.
African
ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Knights
of Pythias; Elks; Odd
Fellows.
Suffered a stroke of
apoplexy, and died a few days later in Freedmen's Hospital,
Washington,
D.C., September
10, 1925 (age 55 years, 45
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married, September
28, 1903, to Georgia Douglas Camp (1880-1966;
poet). |
| | | Image source: Library of
Congress |
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Louis Arthur Johnson (1891-1966) —
also known as Louis A. Johnson —
of Clarksburg, Harrison
County, W.Va.
Born in Roanoke,
Va., January
10, 1891.
Son of Marcellus A. Johnson and Katherine Leftwich (Arthur) Johnson.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Harrison County, 1917-18;
served in the U.S. Army during World War I; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from West Virginia, 1924;
National Commander, American Legion, 1932-33; Assistant Secretary of
War, 1937-40; U.S.
Secretary of Defense, 1949-50.
Episcopalian.
Member, American
Legion; American Bar
Association; Federal
Bar Association; Sons of
the American Revolution; Delta
Chi; Delta
Sigma Rho; Tau
Kappa Alpha; Freemasons;
Elks; Rotary.
Died in Washington,
D.C., April 24,
1966 (age 75 years, 104
days).
Interment at Elkview
Cemetery, Clarksburg, W.Va.
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Timothy Peter Johnson (b. 1946) —
also known as Tim Johnson —
of Vermillion, Clay
County, S.Dak.; Sioux Falls, Minnehaha
County, S.Dak.
Born in Canton, Lincoln
County, S.Dak., December
28, 1946.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of South
Dakota state house of representatives, 1979-82; member of South
Dakota state senate, 1983-86; U.S.
Representative from South Dakota at-large, 1987-97; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from South Dakota, 1996,
2000,
2004,
2008;
U.S.
Senator from South Dakota, 1997-.
Lutheran.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa.
Still living as of 2009.
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Elias Kent Kane (1794-1835) —
also known as Elias K. Kane —
of Kaskaskia, Randolph
County, Ill.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., June 7,
1794.
Democrat. Lawyer; delegate
to Illinois state constitutional convention Randolph County,
1818; secretary of
state of Illinois, 1818-22; member of Illinois
state house of representatives, 1824; U.S.
Senator from Illinois, 1825-35; died in office 1835.
Died in Washington,
D.C., December
12, 1835 (age 41 years, 188
days).
Original interment in private or family graveyard; reinterment at Evergreen
Cemetery, Chester, Ill.; cenotaph at Congressional
Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Paul E. Kanjorski (b. 1937) —
of Wilkes-Barre, Luzerne
County, Pa.; Nanticoke, Luzerne
County, Pa.
Born in Nanticoke, Luzerne
County, Pa., April 2,
1937.
Democrat. Lawyer; administrative law judge; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 11th District, 1985-; delegate
to Democratic National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1996,
2000,
2004,
2008.
Catholic.
Still living as of 2009.
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Nicholas de Belleville Katzenbach (1922-2012) —
also known as Nicholas de B. Katzenbach —
of Washington,
D.C.; Princeton, Mercer
County, N.J.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., January
17, 1922.
Son of Edward
Lawrence Katzenbach and Marie
Hilson Katzenbach.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; Rhodes
scholar; lawyer; law
professor; U.S.
Attorney General, 1965-66; general counsel for IBM,
1969-86; director, MCI Communications,
2002-04; Presidential Elector for New Jersey, 1996.
Episcopalian.
Member, Council on
Foreign Relations; American Bar
Association; American
Judicature Society.
Died in Skillman, Somerset
County, N.J., May 8,
2012 (age 90 years, 112
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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John Kee (1874-1951) —
of Bluefield, Mercer
County, W.Va.
Born in Glenville, Gilmer
County, W.Va., August
22, 1874.
Son of Jasper Newton Kee and Louisa (Campbell) Kee.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of West
Virginia state senate 7th District, 1923-26; U.S.
Representative from West Virginia 5th District, 1933-51;
defeated, 1928; died in office 1951.
Episcopalian.
Member, Elks; Moose; Knights
of Pythias; Odd
Fellows; Kiwanis.
Died in Washington,
D.C., May 8,
1951 (age 76 years, 259
days).
Interment at Monte
Vista Park Cemetery, Bluefield, W.Va.
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Patrick Henry Kelley (1867-1925) —
also known as Patrick H. Kelley —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.; Lansing, Ingham
County, Mich.
Born near Dowagiac, Cass
County, Mich., October
7, 1867.
Republican. School teacher
and principal; superintendent
of schools; lawyer; law partner of Seymour
H. Person; member of Michigan
state board of education, 1901-05; appointed 1901; resigned 1905;
Michigan
superintendent of public instruction, 1905-06; Lieutenant
Governor of Michigan, 1907-10; candidate in primary for Governor of
Michigan, 1910; U.S.
Representative from Michigan, 1913-23 (at-large 1913-15, 6th
District 1915-23); candidate in primary for U.S.
Senator from Michigan, 1922.
Irish
ancestry.
Died in Washington,
D.C., September
11, 1925 (age 57 years, 339
days).
Interment at Mt.
Hope Cemetery, Lansing, Mich.
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Frank Billings Kellogg (1856-1937) —
also known as Frank B. Kellogg —
of Rochester, Olmsted
County, Minn.; St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn.
Born in Potsdam, St. Lawrence
County, N.Y., December
22, 1856.
Son of Asa F. Kellogg and Abigail (Billings) Kellogg.
Republican. Lawyer; law partner of Cushman
K. Davis; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Minnesota, 1904,
1908;
member of Republican
National Committee from Minnesota, 1904-12; U.S.
Senator from Minnesota, 1917-23; defeated, 1922; U.S. Ambassador
to Great Britain, 1923-25; U.S.
Secretary of State, 1925-29.
Member, American Bar
Association.
Awarded the Nobel
Peace Prize in 1929.
Died in St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn., December
21, 1937 (age 80 years, 364
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Washington
National Cathedral, Washington, D.C.
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William Pitt Kellogg (1830-1918) —
also known as William P. Kellogg —
of Canton, Fulton
County, Ill.; New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La.
Born in Orwell, Addison
County, Vt., December
8, 1830.
Son of Rev. Sherman K. Kellogg.
Republican. Lawyer; Presidential Elector for Illinois, 1860;
justice
of Nebraska territorial supreme court, 1861-65; chief
justice of Nebraska territorial supreme court, 1861-65; colonel
in the Union Army during the Civil War; U.S. Collector of Customs,
1865-68; delegate to Republican National Convention from Louisiana,
1868,
1888,
1896;
U.S.
Senator from Louisiana, 1868-72, 1877-83; Governor of
Louisiana, 1873-77; U.S.
Representative from Louisiana 3rd District, 1883-85.
Member, Loyal
Legion.
Died in Washington,
D.C., August
10, 1918 (age 87 years, 245
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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James Kerr Kelly (1819-1903) —
also known as James K. Kelly —
of Clackamas
County, Ore.
Born in Blanchard, Centre
County, Pa., February
16, 1819.
Democrat. Went
to California for the 1849 Gold Rush; lawyer; member of Oregon
territorial legislature, 1853; delegate
to Oregon state constitutional convention from Clackamas County,
1857; member of Oregon
state senate, 1860; U.S.
Attorney for Oregon, 1860-62; U.S.
Senator from Oregon, 1871-77; member of Democratic
National Committee from Oregon, 1876; justice of
Oregon state supreme court, 1878-80; chief
justice of Oregon state supreme court, 1878-80; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Oregon, 1888.
Died in Washington,
D.C., September
15, 1903 (age 84 years, 211
days).
Interment at Rock
Creek Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Sharon Pratt Kelly (b. 1944) —
also known as Sharon Pratt; Sharon Pratt
Dixon —
of Washington,
D.C.
Born in Washington,
D.C., January
30, 1944.
Daughter of Carlisle Pratt and Mildred (Petticord) Pratt.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Democratic
National Committee from District of Columbia, 1977-90; Treasurer
of Democratic National Committee, 1985-89; mayor
of Washington, D.C., 1991-95; defeated in primary, 1994; delegate
to Democratic National Convention from District of Columbia, 1996.
Female.
African
ancestry. Member, Alpha
Kappa Alpha; Pi
Sigma Alpha.
Still living as of 1996.
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Charles West Kendall (1828-1914) —
of Sacramento, Sacramento
County, Calif.; Hamilton (unknown
county), Nev.; Denver,
Colo.
Born in Searsmont, Waldo
County, Maine, April 22,
1828.
Democrat. Went
to California for the 1849 Gold Rush; newspaper
editor; lawyer; member of California
state assembly 12th District, 1862-63; U.S.
Representative from Nevada at-large, 1871-75.
Died in Mt. Rainier, Prince
George's County, Md., June 25,
1914 (age 86 years, 64
days).
Interment at Congressional
Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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John Edward Kenna (1848-1893) —
also known as John E. Kenna —
of Charleston, Kanawha
County, W.Va.
Born near St. Albans, Kanawha
County, Va. (now W.Va.), April 10,
1848.
Son of Edward Kenna and Margery (Lewis) Kenna.
Democrat. Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War;
lawyer; Kanawha
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1872-77; U.S.
Representative from West Virginia 3rd District, 1877-83; U.S.
Senator from West Virginia, 1883-93; died in office 1893.
Died in Washington,
D.C., January
11, 1893 (age 44 years, 276
days).
Interment at Mt.
Olivet Cemetery, Charleston, W.Va.
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Edward Moore Kennedy (1932-2009) —
also known as Edward M. Kennedy; Ted Kennedy;
"Lion of the Senate" —
of Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.
Born, in St. Margaret's Hospital,
Dorchester, Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., February
22, 1932.
Son of Joseph
Patrick Kennedy, Sr. and Rose (Fitzgerald) Kennedy (1890-1995).
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Senator from Massachusetts, 1962-2009; died in office 2009;
candidate for Democratic nomination for President, 1980;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Massachusetts, 1996,
2000,
2004,
2008.
Catholic.
Irish
ancestry.
Pleaded
guilty to leaving the
scene of an accident after his car plunged off the Dike Bridge,
on Chappaquiddick Island, Massachusetts, killing
passenger Mary Jo Kopechne, on July 18, 1969.
Died, from brain
cancer, in Hyannis Port, Barnstable, Barnstable
County, Mass., August
25, 2009 (age 77 years, 184
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Relatives:
Grandson of Patrick
Joseph Kennedy (1858-1929) and John
Francis Fitzgerald; son of Joseph
Patrick Kennedy, Sr. and Rose (Fitzgerald) Kennedy (1890-1995);
brother of Joseph
Patrick Kennedy, Jr., John
Fitzgerald Kennedy, Eunice Mary Kennedy (1921-2009; who married
Robert
Sargent Shriver, Jr.), Patricia
Kennedy Lawford, Robert
Francis Kennedy and Jean
Kennedy Smith; married, November
29, 1958, to Virginia
Joan Bennett (1936-); married, November
30, 1958, to Virginia Joan Bennett (divorced 1982); married, July 3,
1992, to Victoria Anne Reggie (daughter of Edmund
M. Reggie); uncle of Kathleen
Kennedy Townsend, Joseph
Patrick Kennedy II and Mark
Kennedy Shriver; father of Patrick
Joseph Kennedy (1967-). See Kennedy
family of Massachusetts and New York. |
| | | Cross-reference: Murray
M. Chotiner |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — votes
in Congress from the Washington Post — Wikipedia
article — NNDB
dossier — Internet Movie Database
profile — Find-A-Grave
memorial — OurCampaigns
candidate detail |
| | | Books about Edward M. Kennedy: Adam
Clymer, Edward
M. Kennedy: A Biography — Richard E. Burke, The
Senator : My Ten Years With Ted Kennedy |
| | | Critical books about Edward M. Kennedy:
Bernard Goldberg, 100
People Who Are Screwing Up America (And Al Franken Is
#37) |
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John Fitzgerald Kennedy, Jr. (1960-1999) —
also known as John F. Kennedy, Jr.;
"John-John"; "The American
Son" —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Washington,
D.C., November
25, 1960.
Son of John
Fitzgerald Kennedy and Jacqueline (Bouvier) Kennedy (1929-1994).
Democrat. Lawyer; speaker, Democratic National Convention, 1988 ;
founder, George magazine.
Catholic.
Killed, along with his wife and sister-in-law, in a plane
crash, near Martha's Vineyard, in the North
Atlantic Ocean, July 16,
1999 (age 38 years, 233
days).
Cremated;
ashes scattered in North Atlantic Ocean.
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Edward Aloysius Kenney (1884-1938) —
also known as Edward A. Kenney —
of Cliffside Park, Bergen
County, N.J.
Born in Clinton, Worcester
County, Mass., August
11, 1884.
Democrat. Lawyer; recorder's court judge in New Jersey, 1919;
U.S.
Representative from New Jersey 9th District, 1933-38; died in
office 1938.
Member, Elks; Redmen; Delta
Chi.
Died in Washington,
D.C., January
27, 1938 (age 53 years, 169
days).
Interment at St.
John's Cemetery, Clinton, Mass.
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Robert Samuel Kerr (1896-1963) —
also known as Robert S. Kerr —
of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
County, Okla.
Born near Ada, Pontotoc
County, Okla., September
11, 1896.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer;
state court judge in Oklahoma, 1931; member of Democratic
National Committee from Oklahoma, 1940-48; Governor of
Oklahoma, 1943-47; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Oklahoma, 1944,
1952,
1956;
U.S.
Senator from Oklahoma, 1949-63; died in office 1963.
Baptist.
Member, American
Legion; Forty and
Eight; Freemasons.
Died in Washington,
D.C., January
1, 1963 (age 66 years, 112
days).
Original interment at Rose
Hill Burial Park, Oklahoma City, Okla.; reinterment at Kerr
Family Cemetery, Ada, Okla.
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John Forbes Kerry (b. 1943) —
also known as John F. Kerry;
"Liveshot" —
of Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.
Born in Fitzsimmons Army Hospital,
Aurora, Adams
County, Colo., December
11, 1943.
Son of Richard John Kerry and Rosemary (Forbes) Kerry (1913-2002).
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during the Vietnam War;
lawyer; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 5th District, 1972; Lieutenant
Governor of Massachusetts, 1983-85; U.S.
Senator from Massachusetts, 1985-; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Massachusetts, 1996,
2000,
2004,
2008;
speaker, 1988;
candidate for President
of the United States, 2004.
Catholic.
English
and Jewish
ancestry. Member, Council on
Foreign Relations; Skull and
Bones.
Still living as of 2012.
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Relatives:
Second great-grandson of Robert
Charles Winthrop; third cousin twice removed of William
Cameron Forbes; son of Richard John Kerry and Rosemary (Forbes)
Kerry (1913-2002); married, May 23,
1970, to Julia Stimson Thorne (divorced 1988); married, May 26,
1995, to Teresa (Simoes-Ferreira) Heinz (widow of Henry
John Heinz III). See Heinz-Forbes-Kerry-Winthrop
family of Massachusetts. |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — votes
in Congress from the Washington Post — Wikipedia
article — NNDB
dossier — Internet Movie Database
profile — OurCampaigns
candidate detail |
| | | Books by John F. Kerry: A
Call to Service : My Vision for a Better America
(2003) — The
New War: The Web of Crime That Threatens America's Security
(1997) — Our
Plan for America: Stronger at Home, Respected in the World, with
John Edwards (2004) |
| | | Books about John F. Kerry: Douglas
Brinkley, Tour
of Duty : John Kerry and the Vietnam War — Michael
Kranish et al, John
F. Kerry: The Complete Biography By The Boston Globe Reporters Who
Know Him Best — Paul Alexander, The
Candidate: Behind John Kerry's Remarkable Run for the White
House — George Butler, John
Kerry: A Portrait |
| | | Critical books about John F. Kerry:
John E. O'Neill & Jerome R. Corsi, Unfit
for Command: Swift Boat Veterans Speak Out Against John
Kerry — David N. Bossie, The
Many Faces of John Kerry |
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Francis Scott Key (1779-1843) —
of District of Columbia.
Born in Carroll
County, Md., August 1,
1779.
Son of John Ross Key (1754-1821) and Ann (Charlton) Key.
Lawyer; U.S.
Attorney for the District of Columbia, 1833-41.
During the war of 1812, while on a mission to obtain the release of a
prisoner from British forces, witnessed the bombardment of Fort
McHenry from the deck of the British ship Surprise; that
night, September 13-14, 1814, he wrote a poem "The Spangled Banner".
The poem was published soon afterward, rapidly gained popularity, and
became the lyrics to the U.S. national anthem.
Died, from pleurisy, in
Baltimore,
Md., January
11, 1843 (age 63 years, 163
days).
Originally entombed at Old
St. Paul's Cemetery, Baltimore, Md.; later interred in 1866 at Mt.
Olivet Cemetery, Frederick, Md.; memorial monument at Golden
Gate Park, San Francisco, Calif.
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Philip Barton Key (1757-1815) —
of Annapolis, Anne
Arundel County, Md.; Rockville, Montgomery
County, Md.
Born near Charlestown, Cecil
County, Md., April 12,
1757.
Son of Francis Key and Anne Arnold (Ross) Key.
Lawyer; member of Maryland
state house of delegates, 1794-99; circuit judge in Maryland,
1804; U.S.
Representative from Maryland 3rd District, 1807-13.
Died in Georgetown, Washington,
D.C., July 28,
1815 (age 58 years, 107
days).
Original interment at a
private or family graveyard, Washington, D.C.; reinterment at Oak
Hill Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Paul Joseph Kilday (1900-1968) —
also known as Paul J. Kilday —
of San Antonio, Bexar
County, Tex.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Sabinal, Uvalde
County, Tex., March 29,
1900.
Son of Patrick Kilday and Mary (Tallent) Kilday.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Texas 20th District, 1939-61; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Texas, 1956;
Judge
of U.S. Court of Military Appeals, 1961-67.
Catholic.
Member, American Bar
Association; Knights
of Columbus.
Died October
12, 1968 (age 68 years, 197
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Ron Kind (b. 1963) —
of La Crosse, La Crosse
County, Wis.
Born in La Crosse, La Crosse
County, Wis., March 16,
1963.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Wisconsin 3rd District, 1997-; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Wisconsin, 2000,
2004,
2008.
Lutheran.
Still living as of 2009.
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Amy Klobuchar (b. 1960) —
of Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn.
Born in Plymouth, Hennepin
County, Minn., May 25,
1960.
Democrat. Lawyer; Hennepin
County Attorney, 1999-2006; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Minnesota, 2004,
2008
(delegation chair); U.S.
Senator from Minnesota, 2007-.
Female.
Still living as of 2009.
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Philander Chase Knox (1853-1921) —
also known as Philander C. Knox —
of Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa.
Born in Brownsville, Fayette
County, Pa., May 6,
1853.
Son of David Smith Knox (1805-1872) and Rebecca (Page) Knox
(1814-1889).
Republican. Lawyer; law partner of James
H. Reed, 1877-1902; U.S.
Attorney General, 1901-04; U.S.
Senator from Pennsylvania, 1904-09, 1917-21; resigned 1909; died
in office 1921; candidate for Republican nomination for President, 1908,
1916;
U.S.
Secretary of State, 1909-13; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Pennsylvania, 1920.
Died, from a stroke of
apoplexy, in Washington,
D.C., October
12, 1921 (age 68 years, 159
days).
Interment at Washington
Memorial Cemetery, Valley Forge, Pa.
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