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Henry Richardson Labouisse, Jr. (1904-1987) —
also known as Henry R. Labouisse, Jr. —
of Washington,
D.C.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La., February
11, 1904.
Son of Henry Richardson Labouisse and Frances Devereux (Huger)
Labouisse; married, June 29,
1935, to Elizabeth Scriven Clark (died 1945); married, November
19, 1954, to Eve Curie.
Lawyer; U.S. Ambassador to Greece, 1962-65.
Episcopalian.
Member, Council on
Foreign Relations.
Died in 1987
(age about
83 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Bronson Cutting LaFollette (b. 1936) —
also known as Bronson C. LaFollette —
of Madison, Dane
County, Wis.
Born in Washington,
D.C., February
2, 1936.
Grandson of Robert
Marion LaFollette; son of Robert
Marion LaFollette, Jr. and Rachel Wilson (Young) LaFollette;
nephew of Philip
Fox LaFollette.
Democrat. Lawyer; Wisconsin
state attorney general, 1965-69, 1975-87; candidate for Governor of
Wisconsin, 1968.
Still living as of 2000.
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Robert Marion LaFollette (1855-1925) —
also known as Robert M. LaFollette; "Fighting
Bob"; "Battling Bob" —
of Madison, Dane
County, Wis.
Born in Primrose, Dane
County, Wis., June 14,
1855.
Son of Josiah LaFollette (1817-1862) and Mary (Ferguson) LaFollette
(1817-1894); married, December
31, 1881, to Belle Case (1859-1931; first female graduate of the
University of Wisconsin law school); uncle of Charles
Sumner Eastman; father of Robert
Marion LaFollette, Jr. and Philip
Fox LaFollette; grandfather of Bronson
Cutting LaFollette.
Lawyer; Dane
County District Attorney, 1880-84; U.S.
Representative from Wisconsin 3rd District, 1885-91; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Wisconsin, 1896,
1904;
Governor
of Wisconsin, 1901-06; U.S.
Senator from Wisconsin, 1906-25; died in office 1925; candidate
for Republican nomination for President, 1908,
1916;
Progressive candidate for President
of the United States, 1924.
French
ancestry.
Died of heart
disease complicated by asthma and
pneumonia,
in Washington,
D.C., June 18,
1925 (age 70 years, 4
days).
Interment at Forest
Hill Cemetery, Madison, Wis.
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Joseph Rucker Lamar (1857-1916) —
also known as Joseph R. Lamar —
of Augusta, Richmond
County, Ga.
Born in Ruckersville, Elbert
County, Ga., October
14, 1857.
Son of James S. Lamar and Mary (Rucker) Lamar; married 1879 to
Clarinda Huntington Pendleton.
Lawyer; member of Georgia
state house of representatives, 1886-89; justice of
Georgia state supreme court, 1903-05; Justice
of U.S. Supreme Court, 1911-16.
Disciples
of Christ. Member, Freemasons.
Died in Washington,
D.C., January
2, 1916 (age 58 years, 80
days).
Interment at Summerville
Cemetery, Augusta, Ga.
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Norman B. Landreau (d. 1950) —
of Washington,
D.C.
Democrat. Lawyer; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from District of Columbia, 1932.
Died September
25, 1950.
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Stephen Wallace Langmade (1914-1962) —
also known as Stephen W. Langmade —
of Phoenix, Maricopa
County, Ariz.
Born in Washington,
D.C., August
22, 1914.
Democrat. Lawyer; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Arizona, 1948;
Arizona
Democratic state chair, 1948-50; member of Democratic
National Committee from Arizona, 1954.
Died in 1962
(age about
47 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Robert Lansing (1864-1928) —
of Watertown, Jefferson
County, N.Y.
Born in Watertown, Jefferson
County, N.Y., October
17, 1864.
Son of John Lansing and Maria L. (Dodge) Lansing; married, January
15, 1890, to Eleanor Foster (daughter of John
Watson Foster).
Lawyer; U.S.
Secretary of State, 1915-20.
Member, American
Political Science Association; Psi
Upsilon.
Died, of myocarditis,
in Washington,
D.C., October
30, 1928 (age 64 years, 13
days).
Interment at Brookside
Cemetery, Watertown, N.Y.
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John Ellsworth Laskey (b. 1868) —
also known as John E. Laskey —
of Washington,
D.C.
Born in Washington,
D.C., October
27, 1868.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Attorney for the District of Columbia, 1914-21; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from District of Columbia, 1920.
Episcopalian.
Burial
location unknown.
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Patrick Joseph Leahy (b. 1940) —
also known as Patrick J. Leahy —
of Burlington, Chittenden
County, Vt.
Born in Montpelier, Washington
County, Vt., March 31,
1940.
Son of Howard Leahy and Alba (Zambon) Leahy; married, August
25, 1962, to Marcelle Pomerleau.
Democrat. Lawyer; Chittenden
County State's Attorney, 1966-75; U.S.
Senator from Vermont, 1975-; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Vermont, 1996,
2000,
2004,
2008.
Catholic.
Irish
and Italian
ancestry.
Still living as of 2009.
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Irvine Luther Lenroot (1869-1949) —
also known as Irvine L. Lenroot —
of Superior, Douglas
County, Wis.
Born in Superior, Douglas
County, Wis., January
31, 1869.
Son of Lars Lenroot and Fredrica Lenroot; married to Clara Clough;
married 1943
to Eleanore Von Eltz; uncle of Arthur
Alvin Lenroot, Jr..
Republican. Lawyer; member of Wisconsin
state assembly from Douglas County 1st District, 1901-07; Speaker of
the Wisconsin State Assembly, 1903-07; alternate delegate to
Republican National Convention from Wisconsin, 1908;
U.S.
Representative from Wisconsin 11th District, 1909-18; U.S.
Senator from Wisconsin, 1918-27; Judge of
U.S. Court of Customs and Patent Appeals, 1929-41.
Congregationalist.
Swedish
ancestry.
Died in Washington,
D.C., January
26, 1949 (age 79 years, 361
days).
Interment at Greenwood
Cemetery, Superior, Wis.
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Jerris G. Leonard (1931-2006) —
of Milwaukee, Milwaukee
County, Wis.; Washington,
D.C.; Bethesda, Montgomery
County, Md.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., January
17, 1931.
Son of Jerris G. Leonard and Marie (Reville) Leonard; married, August
22, 1953, to Mariellen C. Mathie.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Wisconsin
state assembly from Milwaukee County 19th District, 1957-61;
member of Wisconsin
state senate 4th District, 1961-69; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Wisconsin, 1968; administrator, Law Enforcement
Assistance Administration, 1971.
Member, American Bar
Association.
Died July 27,
2006 (age 75 years, 191
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Sander Martin Levin (b. 1931) —
also known as Sander M. Levin —
of Berkley, Oakland
County, Mich.; Southfield, Oakland
County, Mich.; Royal Oak, Oakland
County, Mich.; Roseville, Macomb
County, Mich.
Born in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., September
6, 1931.
Nephew of Theodore
Levin; first cousin of Charles
Leonard Levin and Joseph
Levin; brother of Carl
Milton Levin.
Democrat. Lawyer; chair of
Oakland County Democratic Party, 1961-64; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Michigan, 1964,
1968,
1996,
2000,
2004,
2008;
member of Michigan
state senate 15th District, 1965-70; Michigan
Democratic state chair, 1968-69; candidate for Governor of
Michigan, 1970, 1974; U.S.
Representative from Michigan, 1983-2003 (17th District 1983-93,
12th District 1993-2003).
Jewish.
Still living as of 2009.
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James Hamilton Lewis (1863-1939) —
also known as J. Hamilton Lewis; "Pink
Whiskers" —
of Seattle, King
County, Wash.; Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Danville,
Va., May 18,
1863.
Son of John Cable Lewis (Major in Confederate Army in Civil War; died
from war wounds); married 1896 to Rose
Lawton Douglas.
Lawyer; member of Washington
territorial legislature, 1887-88; candidate for Governor of
Washington, 1892; U.S.
Representative from Washington at-large, 1897-99; defeated
(People's), 1898; colonel in the U.S. Army during the
Spanish-American War; candidate for Democratic nomination for Vice
President, 1900,
1920;
candidate for Governor of
Illinois, 1908, 1920 (Democratic); delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Illinois, 1928,
1936;
speaker, 1912;
U.S.
Senator from Illinois, 1913-19, 1931-39; defeated (Democratic),
1918; died in office 1939.
Died, of coronary
thrombosis, at Garfield Hospital,
Washington,
D.C., April 9,
1939 (age 75 years, 326
days).
Originally entombed at Abbey
Mausoleum (which no longer exists), Arlington, Va.; reinterment
to unknown location.
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Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865) —
also known as "Honest Abe"; "Old
Abe"; "The Rail-Splitter"; "The
Illinois Baboon" —
of Spencer
County, Ind.; Springfield, Sangamon
County, Ill.
Born in a log
cabin, Hardin County (part now in Larue
County), Ky., February
12, 1809.
Married, November
4, 1842, to Mary Ann Todd (1818-1882; grandniece of David
Rittenhouse Porter; sister-in-law of Ninian
Wirt Edwards; half-sister-in-law of N. H.
R. Dawson); father of Robert
Todd Lincoln.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during the Black Hawk War;
lawyer; member of Illinois
state house of representatives, 1834-41; U.S.
Representative from Illinois 7th District, 1847-49; candidate for
Republican nomination for Vice President, 1856;
candidate for U.S.
Senator from Illinois, 1858; President
of the United States, 1861-65; died in office 1865.
English
ancestry.
His election as president in 1860 precipitated the Civil War;
determined to preserve the Union, he led the North to victory on the
battlefield, freed the slaves in the conquered states, and in doing
this, redefined American nationhood.
Shot
by the assassin
John Wilkes Booth, during a play at
Ford's Theater,
in Washington,
D.C., April 14, 1865; died at Peterson's Boarding
House, across the street, the following day, April 15,
1865 (age 56 years, 62
days). He was elected in 1900 to the Hall
of Fame for Great Americans. His portrait appears on the U.S. penny
(one
cent coin) since 1909, and on the $5
bill since 1913. From the 1860s until 1927, his portrait also
appeared on U.S. notes
and certificates of various denominations from $1
to $500.
Interment at Oak
Ridge Cemetery, Springfield, Ill.; memorial monument at National
Mall, Washington, D.C.; statue erected 1868 at Judiciary
Park, Washington, D.C.
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Lincoln counties in Ark., Colo., Idaho, Kan., La., Minn., Miss., Mont., Neb., Nev., N.M., Okla., Ore., Wash., W.Va., Wis. and Wyo. are
named for him. |
| | | Other politicians named for him: Abraham
L. Keister
— Abraham
L. Brick
— Abraham
L. Kellogg
— Abraham
Lincoln Bernstein
— A.
Lincoln Reiley
— A.
L. Helmick
— A.
Lincoln Acker
— A.
L. Auth
— A.
Lincoln Niditch
— Abraham
Lincoln Freedman
— A.
L. Marovitz
— Lincoln
Gordon
— Abraham
Lincoln Tosti
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| | | Cross-reference: Clement
Claiborne Clay, Jr. — Isham
N. Haynie — William
M. Stone — John
Pitcher — Stephen
Miller — John
T. Stuart — William
H. Seward — Henry
L. Burnett — Judah
P. Benjamin — Robert
Toombs — Richard
Taylor Jacob — George
W. Jones — James
Adams — John
G. Nicolay — Edward
Everett — Stephen
T. Logan — Francis
P. Blair — John
Hay |
| | | See also Porter-Edwards-Lincoln-Todd
family |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Wikipedia
article — NNDB
dossier — Internet Movie Database
profile — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Books about Abraham Lincoln: David
Herbert Donald, Lincoln —
George Anastaplo, Abraham
Lincoln : A Constitutional Biography — G. S. Boritt,
ed., The
Lincoln Enigma : The Changing Faces of an American
Icon — Albert J. Beveridge, Abraham
Lincoln 1809-1858 (out of print) — Geoffrey Perret, Lincoln's
War : The Untold Story of America's Greatest President as Commander
in Chief — David Herbert Donald, We
Are Lincoln Men : Abraham Lincoln and His Friends —
Edward Steers, Jr., Blood
on the Moon: The Assassination of Abraham Lincoln —
Mario Cuomo, Why
Lincoln Matters : Today More Than Ever — Michael W.
Kauffman, American
Brutus : John Wilkes Booth and the Lincoln
Conspiracies — Doris Kearns Goodwin, Team
of Rivals : The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln —
Joshua Wolf Shenk, Lincoln's
Melancholy : How Depression Challenged a President and Fueled His
Greatness — John Channing Briggs, Lincoln's
Speeches Reconsidered — Ronald C. White, Jr., The
Eloquent President : A Portrait of Lincoln Through His
Words — Harold Holzer, Lincoln
at Cooper Union : The Speech That Made Abraham Linco ln
President — Michael Lind, What
Lincoln Believed : The Values and Convictions of America's Greatest
President — Doris Kearns Goodwin, Team
of Rivals : The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln —
Michael Burlingame, ed., Abraham
Lincoln: The Observations of John G. Nicolay and John
Hay — Thomas J. Craughwell, Stealing
Lincoln's Body — Roy Morris, Jr., The
Long Pursuit: Abraham Lincoln's Thirty-Year Struggle with Stephen
Douglas for the Heart and Soul of America — Karen
Judson, Abraham
Lincoln (for young readers) |
| | | Critical books about Abraham Lincoln:
Thomas J. DiLorenzo, The
Real Lincoln : A New Look at Abraham Lincoln, His Agenda, and an
Unnecessary War |
| | | Fiction about Abraham Lincoln: Gore
Vidal, Lincoln:
A Novel |
| | | Image source: Portrait &
Biographical Album of Washtenaw County (1891) |
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Edward Campbell Little (1858-1924) —
also known as Edward C. Little —
of Kansas City, Wyandotte
County, Kan.
Born in Newark, Licking
County, Ohio, December
14, 1858.
Married to Edna Margaret Steele.
Republican. Lawyer; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Kansas, 1892;
colonel in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; candidate
for justice of
Kansas state supreme court, 1914; U.S.
Representative from Kansas 2nd District, 1917-24; died in office
1924.
Member, Phi
Kappa Psi.
Died in Washington,
D.C., June 27,
1924 (age 65 years, 196
days).
Interment at Abilene
Cemetery, Abilene, Kan.
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Benjamin Horsley Littleton (1889-1966) —
also known as Benjamin H. Littleton —
of Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Weatherford, Parker
County, Tex., August
27, 1889.
Son of Thomas Jefferson Littleton and Anna (McNutt) Littleton.
Lawyer; Judge of
U.S. Court of Claims, 1929-58.
Died July 6,
1966 (age 76 years, 313
days).
Interment at Fort
Lincoln Cemetery, Brentwood, Md.
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John Davis Lodge (1903-1985) —
of Westport, Fairfield
County, Conn.
Born in Washington,
D.C., October
20, 1903.
Third great-grandson of George
Cabot; second great-grandson of Elijah
Hunt Mills; great-grandson of Frederick
Theodore Frelinghuysen; grandson of Henry
Cabot Lodge; aunt of Constance Lodge (1872-1941; who married Augustus
Peabody Gardner); son of George Cabot 'Bay' Lodge (1873-1909) and
Mathilda Elizabeth Frelinghuysen (Davis) Lodge; brother of Henry
Cabot Lodge, Jr.; married, July 6,
1929, to Francesca Braggiotti (actress,
ballet
dancer; brother of D.
Chadwick Braggiotti); first cousin once removed of William
Amory Gardner Minot; uncle of George
Cabot Lodge.
Republican. Lawyer; professional actor
in 1933-40, appearing in movies
such as Little Women, The Scarlet Empress, The
Little Colonel, and In Like Flint; served in the U.S. Navy
during World War II; U.S.
Representative from Connecticut 4th District, 1947-51; Governor of
Connecticut, 1951-55; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Connecticut, 1952,
1960;
U.S. Ambassador to Spain, 1955-61; Argentina, 1969-73; Switzerland, 1983-85; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Connecticut, 1964; delegate
to Connecticut state constitutional convention 4th District, 1965.
Member, American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Phi
Beta Kappa.
Died in New York, New York
County, N.Y., October
29, 1985 (age 82 years, 9
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Lee Loevinger (1913-2004) —
of Minnesota; Washington,
D.C.; Chevy Chase, Montgomery
County, Md.
Born in St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn., April 24,
1913.
Son of Gustavus Loevinger and Millie (Strouse) Loevinger; married, March 4,
1950, to Ruth E. Howe.
Democrat. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Navy during World War II;
justice
of Minnesota state supreme court, 1960-61; member, Federal Communications
Commission, 1963-68.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; Delta
Sigma Rho; Sigma
Xi; Sigma
Delta Chi; Tau
Kappa Alpha; Federal
Bar Association; American Bar
Association; American
Judicature Society; American
Academy of Political and Social Science.
Died April 26,
2004 (age 91 years, 2
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Zoe Lofgren (b. 1947) —
of San Jose, Santa Clara
County, Calif.
Born in San Mateo, San Mateo
County, Calif., December
21, 1947.
Daughter of Milton R. Lofgren and Mary Violet Lofgren; married, October
22, 1978, to John Marshall Collins.
Democrat. Lawyer; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from California, 1976,
1996,
2000,
2004,
2008;
U.S.
Representative from California 16th District, 1995-.
Female.
Lutheran.
Member, Phi
Alpha Delta.
Still living as of 2009.
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Marvel Mills Logan (1874-1939) —
also known as M. M. Logan —
of Bowling Green, Warren
County, Ky.
Born near Brownsville, Edmonson
County, Ky., January
7, 1874.
Democrat. Lawyer; Kentucky
state attorney general, 1916-17; Judge,
Kentucky Court of Appeals, 1926; U.S.
Senator from Kentucky, 1931-39; died in office 1939; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Kentucky, 1932,
1936.
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; Elks.
Died in Washington,
D.C., October
3, 1939 (age 65 years, 269
days).
Interment at Fairview
Baptist Church Cemetery, Near Brownsville, Edmonson County, Ky.
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Augustine Lonergan (1874-1947) —
of Hartford, Hartford
County, Conn.
Born in Thompson, Windham
County, Conn., May 20,
1874.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Connecticut 1st District, 1913-15, 1917-21,
1931-33; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Connecticut,
1920,
1936;
U.S.
Senator from Connecticut, 1933-39; defeated, 1920, 1928, 1938.
Catholic.
Died in Washington,
D.C., October
18, 1947 (age 73 years, 151
days).
Interment at Mt.
St. Benedict Cemetery, Bloomfield, Conn.
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Gillis William Long (1923-1985) —
also known as Gillis W. Long —
of Alexandria, Rapides
Parish, La.
Born in Winnfield, Winn
Parish, La., May 4,
1923.
Cousin of George
Shannon Long, Huey
Pierce Long, Russell
Billiu Long and Speedy
Oteria Long; son of Floyd H. Long and Birdie (Shumake) Long;
married, June 21,
1947, to Mary
Catherine Small.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; lawyer;
U.S.
Representative from Louisiana 8th District, 1963-65, 1973-85;
died in office 1985; candidate for Governor of
Louisiana, 1963; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Louisiana, 1964.
Baptist.
Member, American Bar
Association; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; American
Legion; Omicron
Delta Kappa; Delta
Kappa Epsilon; Lions.
Died in Washington,
D.C., January
20, 1985 (age 61 years, 261
days).
Interment at Alexandria
National Cemetery, Pineville, La.
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Russell Billiu Long (1918-2003) —
also known as Russell B. Long; Huey Pierce Long
III —
of Baton Rouge, East Baton
Rouge Parish, La.
Born in Shreveport, Caddo
Parish, La., November
3, 1918.
Nephew of George
Shannon Long and Earl
Kemp Long; son of Rose
McConnell Long and Huey
Pierce Long; married, June 3,
1939, to Katherine Mae Hattic; married, December
23, 1969, to Carolyn Bason; cousin of Gillis
William Long.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; lawyer;
U.S.
Senator from Louisiana, 1948-87; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Louisiana, 1952,
1960.
Methodist.
Member, American
Legion; Lions; Elks; Order of the
Coif; Delta
Kappa Epsilon; Tau
Kappa Alpha; Omicron
Delta Kappa.
Died in Washington,
D.C., May 9,
2003 (age 84 years, 187
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Samuel Miller Breckinridge Long (1881-1958) —
also known as Breckinridge Long —
of St.
Louis, Mo.; Washington,
D.C.; Laurel, Prince
George's County, Md.
Born in St.
Louis, Mo., May 16,
1881.
Son of William Strudwick Long and Margaret Miller (Breckinridge)
Long; married 1912 to
Christine Alexander Graham.
Democrat. Lawyer; member, Committee to Notify Vice-Presidential Nominee,
Democratic National Convention, 1916 ; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Missouri, 1920; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from District of Columbia, 1928;
U.S. Ambassador to Italy, 1933-36.
Presbyterian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Phi
Delta Phi; Society
of the Cincinnati; American
Historical Association.
Died in Laurel, Prince
George's County, Md., September
26, 1958 (age 77 years, 133
days).
Interment at Washington
National Cathedral, Washington, D.C.
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Hall Stoner Lusk (1883-1983) —
also known as Hall S. Lusk —
of Portland, Multnomah
County, Ore.; Beaverton, Washington
County, Ore.
Born in Washington,
D.C., September
21, 1883.
Democrat. Lawyer; candidate for Oregon
state house of representatives, 1922; circuit judge in Oregon,
1930-37; justice of
Oregon state supreme court, 1937-60; retired 1960; U.S.
Senator from Oregon, 1960-61.
Died in Beaverton, Washington
County, Ore., May 15,
1983 (age 99 years, 236
days).
Interment at Mt.
Calvary Cemetery, Portland, Ore.
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