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Robert Taft, Jr. (1917-1993) —
of Indian Hill, Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio.
Born in Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio, February
26, 1917.
Second great-grandson of Peter
Rawson Taft; great-grandson of Alphonso
Taft; grandnephew of Charles
Phelps Taft and Henry
Waters Taft; grandson of William
Howard Taft; first cousin once removed of Walbridge
S. Taft; son of Robert
Alphonso Taft and Martha (Bowers) Taft; nephew of Charles
Phelps Taft II; distant relative of Ezra
Taft Benson; brother of William
Howard Taft III; married 1939 to Blanca
Noel (died); married 1969 to
Katharine W. Perry; first cousin of Seth
Chase Taft; father of Robert
Alphonso Taft II.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II;
lawyer; member of Ohio state
house of representatives, 1955-62; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Ohio, 1956,
1960,
1964,
1972;
U.S.
Representative from Ohio, 1963-65, 1967-71 (at-large 1963-65, 1st
District 1967-71); U.S.
Senator from Ohio, 1971-76; defeated, 1964, 1976.
Member, American Bar
Association.
Died December
7, 1993 (age 76 years, 284
days).
Interment at Indian
Hill Episcopal Church Cemetery, Indian Hill, Cincinnati, Ohio.
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Robert Alphonso Taft (1889-1953) —
also known as Robert A. Taft; "Mr.
Republican"; "Mr. Integrity"; "Our
Illustrious Dunderhead" —
of Indian Hill, Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio.
Born in Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio, September
8, 1889.
Great-grandson of Peter
Rawson Taft; grandson of Alphonso
Taft; nephew of Charles
Phelps Taft and Henry
Waters Taft; son of William
Howard Taft and Helen (Herron) Taft; first cousin of Walbridge
S. Taft; married, October
17, 1914, to Martha Wheaton Bowers (1889-1958; granddaughter of
Thomas
Wilson; daughter of Lloyd
Wheaton Bowers); brother of Charles
Phelps Taft II; distant relative of Ezra
Taft Benson; father of William
Howard Taft III and Robert
Taft, Jr.; uncle of Seth
Chase Taft; grandfather of Robert
Alphonso Taft II.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Ohio state
house of representatives, 1921-26; Speaker of
the Ohio State House of Representatives, 1926; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Ohio, 1928,
1944;
member of Ohio state
senate, 1931-32; U.S.
Senator from Ohio, 1939-53; died in office 1953; candidate for
Republican nomination for President, 1940,
1944,
1948,
1952.
Episcopalian.
Member, Psi
Upsilon.
Co-sponsor of the Taft-Hartley Act.
Died, from malignant
tumors, in New York
Hospital, Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., July 31,
1953 (age 63 years, 326
days).
Interment at Indian
Hill Episcopal Church Cemetery, Indian Hill, Cincinnati, Ohio;
memorial monument at Capitol
Grounds, Washington, D.C.
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Joseph Edward Talbot (1901-1966) —
also known as Joseph E. Talbot —
of Naugatuck, New Haven
County, Conn.
Born in Naugatuck, New Haven
County, Conn., March 18,
1901.
Married, August
11, 1930, to Grace Cleary.
Republican. Lawyer; candidate for Connecticut
state house of representatives from Naugatuck, 1932; county judge
in Connecticut, 1935-37; Connecticut
state treasurer, 1939-41; U.S.
Representative from Connecticut 5th District, 1942-47; candidate
for Governor of
Connecticut, 1946; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Connecticut, 1950.
Catholic.
Member, American Bar
Association; Rotary; Elks; Eagles; Knights
of Columbus.
Died in Washington,
D.C., April 30,
1966 (age 65 years, 43
days).
Interment at St.
James' Cemetery, Naugatuck, Conn.
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Sidney Fletcher Taliaferro (b. 1885) —
also known as Sidney F. Taliaferro —
of Washington,
D.C.
Born in Salem,
Va., March 4,
1885.
Son of Van Taliaferro and Sallie (Pendleton) Taliaferro; married, October
3, 1916, to Elizabeth Kirkwood Fulton.
Democrat. Lawyer; law
professor; banker; member
District of Columbia board of commissioners, 1926-30; director,
Washington Gas Light
Co. and Georgetown Gas Light
Co.; board member, Columbia Hospital.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Delta
Chi; Freemasons.
Burial
location unknown.
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Roger Brooke Taney (1777-1864) —
also known as Roger B. Taney —
of Baltimore,
Md.
Born in Calvert
County, Md., March 17,
1777.
Son of Michael Taney and Monica (Brooke) Taney; married, January
7, 1806, to Anne Phoebe Charlton Key (niece of Philip
Barton Key (1757-1815); sister of Francis
Scott Key; aunt of Philip
Barton Key (1818-1859)).
Lawyer; member of Maryland
state house of delegates, 1799-1800; member of Maryland
state senate, 1816-21; Maryland
state attorney general, 1827-31; U.S.
Attorney General, 1831-33; U.S.
Secretary of the Treasury, 1833-34; Chief
Justice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1836-64; died in office 1864.
Catholic.
First
Catholic to hold a U.S. cabinet position.
Died in Washington,
D.C., October
12, 1864 (age 87 years, 209
days).
Interment at St.
John's Catholic Church Cemetery, Frederick, Md.; statue at State
House Grounds, Annapolis, Md.
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William Preston Taulbee (1851-1890) —
also known as William P. Taulbee —
of Salyersville, Magoffin
County, Ky.
Born in Morgan
County, Ky., October
22, 1851.
Son of William Harrison Taulbee (1824-1905) and Mary Ann (Wilson)
Taulbee (1831-1916); married to Lou Emma Oney (1852-1903).
Democrat. Ordained
minister; lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Kentucky 10th District, 1885-89.
Shot
and mortally
wounded, by Charles E. Kincaid, a journalist with whom he had
quarreled, in the U.S.
Capitol Building, and died eleven days later at Providence Hospital,
Washington,
D.C., March 11,
1890 (age 38 years, 140
days). Kincaid pleaded self-defense and was found not guilty of
murder in 1891.
Interment a
private or family graveyard, Morgan County, Ky.
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Robert Helyer Thayer (1901-1984) —
also known as Robert H. Thayer —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Southborough, Worcester
County, Mass., September
22, 1901.
Third great-grandson of Samuel
Alleyne Otis; second great-grandson of Harrison
Gray Otis; grandnephew of James
Otis; son of William Greenough Thayer (1863-1934) and Violet
(Otis) Thayer (1871-1962); married, December
26, 1926, to Virginia Pratt (1905-1979; daughter of Ruth
Baker Pratt).
Republican. Lawyer; delegate to Republican National Convention
from New York, 1936;
served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York 14th District, 1946; U.S. Minister
to Romania, 1955-57.
Member, National
Trust for Historic Preservation; Audubon
Society.
Died, of leukemia,
in Washington,
D.C., January
26, 1984 (age 82 years, 126
days).
Interment at Southborough
Rural Cemetery, Southborough, Mass.
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Rufus Hildreth Thayer (b. 1853) —
of Washington,
D.C.
Born in Michigan, June 29,
1853.
Lawyer; Judge of the United States Court for China, 1908.
Burial
location unknown.
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Albert Thomas (1898-1966) —
of Houston, Harris
County, Tex.
Born in Nacogdoches, Nacogdoches
County, Tex., April 12,
1898.
Son of James Thomas and Lonnie (Langston) Thomas; married, October
21, 1922, to Lera
Millard.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer;
U.S.
Representative from Texas 8th District, 1937-66; died in office
1966.
Methodist.
Died in Washington,
D.C., February
15, 1966 (age 67 years, 309
days).
Interment at Houston
National Cemetery, Houston, Tex.
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Carl William Thompson (1914-2002) —
also known as Carl W. Thompson —
of Stoughton, Dane
County, Wis.
Born in Washington,
D.C., March 15,
1914.
Democrat. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during World War II;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from Wisconsin 2nd District, 1947; candidate for
Governor
of Wisconsin, 1948, 1950; member of Wisconsin
state assembly from Dane County 4th District, 1953-58; member of
Democratic
National Committee from Wisconsin, 1954; member of Wisconsin
state senate 16th District, 1959-84.
Died September
19, 2002 (age 88 years, 188
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Vernon Wallace Thomson (1905-1988) —
also known as Vernon W. Thomson —
of Richland Center, Richland
County, Wis.
Born in Richland Center, Richland
County, Wis., November
5, 1905.
Son of Alva A. Thomson and Ella M. (Wallace) Thomson; married, June 6,
1936, to Helen Davis.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Wisconsin
state assembly from Richland County, 1935-51; Speaker of
the Wisconsin State Assembly, 1939-44; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Wisconsin, 1936,
1940,
1952,
1956;
Wisconsin
state attorney general, 1951-57; Presidential Elector for
Wisconsin, 1952,
1956;
Governor
of Wisconsin, 1957-59; defeated, 1958; U.S.
Representative from Wisconsin 3rd District, 1961-74; defeated,
1974.
Member, Freemasons;
Order of
the Coif; Phi
Delta Phi; Chi Phi;
Moose.
Died in Washington,
D.C., April 2,
1988 (age 82 years, 149
days).
Interment at Richland
Center Cemetery, Richland Center, Wis.
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John F. Tierney (b. 1951) —
of Salem, Essex
County, Mass.
Born in Salem, Essex
County, Mass., September
18, 1951.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 6th District, 1997-; defeated,
1994; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Massachusetts,
2000,
2004,
2008.
Still living as of 2009.
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Walter Nathan Tobriner (b. 1902) —
also known as Walter N. Tobriner —
of Washington,
D.C.
Born in Washington,
D.C., July 2,
1902.
Son of Leon Tobriner and Blanche (Barth) Tobriner; married, July 20,
1933, to Marienne E. Smith.
Democrat. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World
War II; delegate to Democratic National Convention from District of
Columbia, 1956,
1960,
1964;
member
District of Columbia board of commissioners, 1961-67; President
of the District of Columbia Board of Commissioners, 1961-67; U.S.
Ambassador to Jamaica, 1967-69.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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Richard Wellington Townshend (1840-1889) —
also known as Richard W. Townshend —
of Shawneetown, Gallatin
County, Ill.
Born in Prince
George's County, Md., April 13,
1840.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Illinois 19th District, 1877-89; died in
office 1889.
Died in Washington,
D.C., 1889
(age about
49 years).
Interment at Rock
Creek Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Nicola S. Tsongas (b. 1946) —
also known as Niki Tsongas —
of Lowell, Middlesex
County, Mass.
Born in Chico, Butte
County, Calif., April 26,
1946.
Married to Paul
Efthemios Tsongas.
Democrat. Social
worker; lawyer; dean of
external affairs, Middlesex Community College, 1997-2007; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 5th District, 2007-; delegate
to Democratic National Convention from Massachusetts, 2008.
Female.
Still living as of 2009.
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Morris King Udall (1922-1998) —
also known as Morris K. Udall; Mo Udall —
of Tucson, Pima
County, Ariz.
Born in St. Johns, Apache
County, Ariz., June 15,
1922.
Great-grandson of John
Doyle Lee; grandson of David
King Udall; half-nephew of John
Hunt Udall, Jesse
Addison Udall and Don
Taylor Udall; son of Levi
Stewart Udall and Louise (Lee) Udall; first cousin of John
Nicholas Udall and Rex E.
Lee; brother of Stewart
Lee Udall; married 1949 to
Patricia Emery; uncle of Thomas
S. Udall; father of Mark
E. Udall; first cousin once removed of Gordon
Harold Smith.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; played
professional basketball
with the Denver Nuggets, 1948-49; lawyer; co-founder and
director, Bank of
Tucson; Pima
County Attorney, 1953-54; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Arizona, 1956,
1972;
speaker, 1984,
1988;
U.S.
Representative from Arizona 2nd District, 1961-91; candidate for
Democratic nomination for President, 1976.
Mormon.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Judicature Society; American
Legion; Phi
Kappa Phi; Phi
Delta Phi.
Lost an
eye in an accident when he was a boy. Received the Presidential
Medal of Freedom in 1996.
Died, of Parkinson's
disease, in the Veterans Administration Hospital,
Washington,
D.C., December
12, 1998 (age 76 years, 180
days).
Cremated;
ashes scattered in a
private or family graveyard, Pima County, Ariz.; cenotaph at St.
Johns Cemetery, St. Johns, Ariz.
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Thomas S. Udall (b. 1948) —
also known as Tom Udall —
of Santa Fe, Santa Fe
County, N.M.
Born in Tucson, Pima
County, Ariz., May 18,
1948.
Second great-grandson of John
Doyle Lee; great-grandson of David
King Udall; grandnephew of John
Hunt Udall and Jesse
Addison Udall; grandson of Levi
Stewart Udall; son of Stewart
Lee Udall; nephew of Morris
King Udall; married to Jill Z. Cooper; first cousin of Mark
E. Udall; double second cousin of Gordon
Harold Smith.
Democrat. Lawyer; New
Mexico state attorney general, 1991-98; U.S.
Representative from New Mexico 3rd District, 1999-; defeated,
1988; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New Mexico, 2000,
2004,
2008.
Mormon.
Still living as of 2009.
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Guy Adrian Vander Jagt (1931-2007) —
also known as Guy Vander Jagt —
of Cadillac, Wexford
County, Mich.; Luther, Lake
County, Mich.
Born in Cadillac, Wexford
County, Mich., August
26, 1931.
Married to Carol
VanderJagt.
Republican. Journalist;
news
director, WWTV, Cadillac, Mich.; lawyer; member of Michigan
state senate 36th District, 1965-66; resigned 1966; U.S.
Representative from Michigan 9th District, 1966-93; defeated in
primary, 1992.
Presbyterian.
Dutch
ancestry. Member, Rotary; Freemasons.
Died, of pancreatic
cancer, in Washington,
D.C., June 22,
2007 (age 75 years, 300
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Willis Van Devanter (1859-1941) —
of Cheyenne, Laramie
County, Wyo.
Born in Marion, Grant
County, Ind., April 17,
1859.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Wyoming
territorial legislature, 1888; justice of
Wyoming territorial supreme court, 1889; member of Republican
National Committee from Wyoming, 1896; federal
judge, 1903; Justice
of U.S. Supreme Court, 1910-37.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Washington,
D.C., February
8, 1941 (age 81 years, 297
days).
Interment at Rock
Creek Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Christopher Van Hollen, Jr. (b. 1959) —
also known as Christopher Van Hollen; Chris Van
Hollen —
of Kensington, Montgomery
County, Md.
Born in Karachi, Pakistan,
January
10, 1959.
Son of Christopher
Van Hollen.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Maryland
state house of delegates, 1990-94; member of Maryland
state senate, 1994-2002; U.S.
Representative from Maryland 8th District, 2003-; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Maryland, 2004,
2008.
Episcopalian.
Still living as of 2009.
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Cornelius Peter Van Ness (1782-1852) —
also known as Cornelius P. Van Ness —
of Burlington, Chittenden
County, Vt.; New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Kinderhook, Columbia
County, N.Y., January
26, 1782.
Brother of John
Peter Van Ness and William
Peter Van Ness; father of James
Peter Van Ness.
Lawyer; U.S.
Attorney for Vermont, 1810-13; U.S. Collector of Customs,
1813; member of Vermont
state house of representatives, 1820-21; chief
justice of Vermont Supreme Court, 1821-23; Governor of
Vermont, 1823-26; U.S. Minister to Spain, 1829-36; U.S.
Collector of Customs, 1844-45.
Dutch
ancestry.
Died in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., December
15, 1852 (age 70 years, 324
days).
Interment at Oak
Hill Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Albert Henry Vestal (1875-1932) —
also known as Albert H. Vestal —
of Anderson, Madison
County, Ind.
Born in Frankton, Madison
County, Ind., January
18, 1875.
Son of William H. Vestal and Mary E. (Jackson) Vestal; married to Maude
Vestal.
Republican. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Indiana 8th District, 1917-32; died in office
1932.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
of Pythias.
Died in Washington,
D.C., April 1,
1932 (age 57 years, 74
days).
Interment at East
Maplewood Cemetery, Anderson, Ind.
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Frederick Moore Vinson (1890-1953) —
also known as Fred M. Vinson —
of Louisa, Lawrence
County, Ky.; Ashland, Boyd
County, Ky.
Born in Louisa, Lawrence
County, Ky., January
22, 1890.
Married, January
24, 1923, to Roberta
Dixon.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer;
U.S.
Representative from Kentucky, 1924-29, 1931-38 (9th District
1924-29, 1931-33, at-large 1933-35, 8th District 1935-38); defeated,
1928; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Kentucky, 1936;
Judge
of U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, 1938-43; U.S.
Secretary of the Treasury, 1945-46; Chief
Justice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1946-53; died in office 1953.
Methodist.
Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons;
Phi
Delta Theta.
Died in Washington,
D.C., September
8, 1953 (age 63 years, 229
days).
Interment at Pinehill
Cemetery, Louisa, Ky.
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Peter J. Visclosky (b. 1949) —
of Gary, Lake
County, Ind.; Merrillville, Lake
County, Ind.
Born in Gary, Lake
County, Ind., August
13, 1949.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Indiana 1st District, 1985-; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Indiana, 1996,
2000,
2004,
2008.
Catholic.
Still living as of 2009.
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