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William Warren Barbour (1888-1943) —
also known as W. Warren Barbour; "The
Champ" —
of Rumson, Monmouth
County, N.J.; Locust, Monmouth
County, N.J.
Born in Monmouth Beach, Monmouth
County, N.J., July 31,
1888.
Son of William J. Barbour and Adelaide (Sprague) Barbour.
Republican. Manufacturer;
business
executive; delegate to Republican National Convention from New
Jersey, 1928;
U.S.
Senator from New Jersey, 1931-37, 1938-43; appointed 1931;
defeated, 1936; died in office 1943.
Presbyterian.
Member, Elks;
Moose; Society
of Colonial Wars.
Amateur heavyweight boxing champion of the U.S. and Canada in
1910-11.
Died, from coronary
thrombosis, in Washington,
D.C., November
22, 1943 (age 55 years, 114
days).
Interment at Cedar
Lawn Cemetery, Paterson, N.J.
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Carroll Lynwood Beedy (1880-1947) —
also known as Carroll L. Beedy —
of Portland, Cumberland
County, Maine.
Born in Phillips, Franklin
County, Maine, August 3,
1880.
Son of Clarence E. Beedy and Myra Mildred (Page) Beedy.
Republican. Lawyer; Cumberland
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1917-21; U.S.
Representative from Maine 1st District, 1921-35; defeated, 1934.
Congregationalist.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; Alpha
Delta Phi; Phi
Delta Phi; Delta
Sigma Rho; Freemasons;
Elks; Kiwanis;
Moose.
Died in Washington,
D.C., September
30, 1947 (age 67 years, 58
days).
Interment at Evergreen
Cemetery, Portland, Maine.
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Sol Bloom (1870-1949) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Pekin, Tazewell
County, Ill., March 9,
1870.
Son of Garrison Bloom and Sara Bloom.
Democrat. Play
producer; entertainment
manager; songwriter;
furniture
business; real estate
business; U.S.
Representative from New York, 1923-49 (19th District 1923-45,
20th District 1945-49); died in office 1949; alternate delegate to
Democratic National Convention from New York, 1944.
Jewish.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Elks;
Moose; Redmen.
Died, from a heart
attack, in the U.S. Naval
Hospital, Bethesda, Montgomery
County, Md., March 7,
1949 (age 78 years, 363
days).
Interment at Mt.
Eden Cemetery, Westchester Hills, N.Y.
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Frank William Boykin (1885-1969) —
also known as Frank W. Boykin —
of Mobile, Mobile
County, Ala.
Born in Bladon Springs, Choctaw
County, Ala., February
21, 1885.
Son of James Clark Boykin and Glo Emenia (Ainsworth) Boykin.
Democrat. Manufacturer
of railway crossties; lumber and
timber business; shipbuilder;
U.S.
Representative from Alabama 1st District, 1935-63; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Alabama, 1944.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Order of the
Eastern Star; Shriners;
Elks; Woodmen;
Moose.
Died in Washington,
D.C., March 12,
1969 (age 84 years, 19
days).
Interment at Pine
Crest Cemetery, Mobile, Ala.
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Harold Hitz Burton (1888-1964) —
also known as Harold H. Burton —
of Salt Lake City, Salt Lake
County, Utah; Boise, Ada
County, Idaho; East Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio.
Born in Jamaica Plain, Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., June 22,
1888.
Son of Alfred Edgar Burton (Dean of M.I.T.) and Gertrude (Hitz)
Burton.
Republican. Lawyer;
assistant attorney, Utah Power &
Light Company and Utah Light &
Traction
Company, 1914-16; attorney, Idaho Power
Company and Boise Valley Traction
Company, 1916-17; served in the U.S. Army during World War I; member
of Ohio
state house of representatives, 1929; mayor
of Cleveland, Ohio, 1931-32, 1935-40; U.S.
Senator from Ohio, 1941-45; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Ohio, 1944;
Justice
of U.S. Supreme Court, 1945-58; took senior status 1958.
Unitarian.
Member, Freemasons;
American Bar
Association; American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Phi
Beta Kappa; Delta
Kappa Epsilon; Phi
Alpha Delta; Knights
of Pythias; Moose; Eagles; Grange; Rotary; Kiwanis;
Exchange
Club.
Died in Washington,
D.C., October
28, 1964 (age 76 years, 128
days).
Interment at Highland
Park Cemetery, Cleveland, Ohio.
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Robert Carlyle Byrd (b. 1917) —
also known as Robert C. Byrd; Cornelius Calvin Sale,
Jr. —
of Sophia, Raleigh
County, W.Va.
Born in North Wilkesboro, Wilkes
County, N.C., November
20, 1917.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Raleigh County, 1947-50;
member of West
Virginia state senate 9th District, 1951-52; U.S.
Representative from West Virginia 6th District, 1953-59; U.S.
Senator from West Virginia, 1959-; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from West Virginia, 1960,
1996,
2000,
2004,
2008;
speaker, 1988.
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
of Pythias; Odd
Fellows; Elks;
Moose; Eagles; Lions; Farm
Bureau; Tau
Kappa Epsilon; Ku Klux Klan.
Still living as of 2009.
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Jeffery Cohelan (1914-1999) —
of Berkeley, Alameda
County, Calif.
Born in San
Francisco, Calif., June 24,
1914.
Democrat. Secretary-treasurer,
Local 302, Milk Drivers and Dairy Employees union, 1942-58; U.S.
Representative from California 7th District, 1959-71; defeated in
primary, 1970; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
California, 1960,
1964.
Member, Council on
Foreign Relations; Moose; Eagles; Teamsters
Union; Americans
for Democratic Action.
Died, of Parkinson's
disease and cancer, in
Washington,
D.C., February
15, 1999 (age 84 years, 236
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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William Patrick Connery, Jr. (1888-1937) —
also known as William P. Connery, Jr. —
of Lynn, Essex
County, Mass.
Born in Lynn, Essex
County, Mass., August
24, 1888.
Son of William
Patrick Connery, Sr..
Democrat. Professional actor,
1908-16; candy
manufacturer; served in the U.S. Army during World War I; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 7th District, 1923-37; died in
office 1937; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Massachusetts, 1932.
Catholic.
Member, American
Legion; Knights
of Columbus; Moose; Eagles; Elks; Redmen; Kiwanis.
Died in Washington,
D.C., June 15,
1937 (age 48 years, 295
days).
Interment at St.
Mary's Cemetery, Lynn, Mass.
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Clifford Davis (1897-1970) —
of Memphis, Shelby
County, Tenn.
Born in Hazlehurst, Copiah
County, Miss., November
18, 1897.
Son of Odom A. Davis and Jessie Davis.
Democrat. Lawyer; city
judge in Tennessee, 1923-27; U.S.
Representative from Tennessee, 1940-65 (9th District 1940-43,
10th District 1943-53, 9th District 1953-65).
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Sigma
Alpha Epsilon; Moose; Elks; Order of
Ahepa.
Died in Washington,
D.C., June 8,
1970 (age 72 years, 202
days).
Interment at Forest
Hill Cemetery, Memphis, Tenn.
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Everett McKinley Dirksen (1896-1969) —
also known as Everett M. Dirksen; "The Wizard of
Ooze" —
of Pekin, Tazewell
County, Ill.
Born in Pekin, Tazewell
County, Ill., January
4, 1896.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; merchant;
U.S.
Representative from Illinois 16th District, 1933-49; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Illinois, 1940
(alternate), 1948,
1952,
1956,
1960
(member, Credentials
Committee), 1964
(delegation chair); U.S.
Senator from Illinois, 1951-69; died in office 1969.
Christian
Reformed. Member, American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Freemasons;
Order of the
Eastern Star; Shriners;
Eagles;
Elks;
Moose; American Bar
Association; Odd
Fellows; Izaak
Walton League.
Died, of lung
cancer, at the Walter
Reed Army Medical Center, Washington,
D.C., September
7, 1969 (age 73 years, 246
days).
Interment at Glendale
Memorial Gardens, Pekin, Ill.
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James Henderson Duff (1883-1969) —
also known as James H. Duff; "Big
Red" —
of Carnegie, Allegheny
County, Pa.
Born in Mansfield (now part of Carnegie), Allegheny
County, Pa., January
21, 1883.
Son of Joseph Miller Duff and Margaret (Morgan) Duff.
Republican. Lawyer;
Presidential Elector for Pennsylvania, 1912;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1932,
1936,
1940,
1948
(speaker),
1952,
1956;
Pennsylvania
state attorney general, 1943-47; Governor of
Pennsylvania, 1947-51; U.S.
Senator from Pennsylvania, 1951-57; defeated, 1956.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons;
Elks; Rotary;
Moose; Eagles.
Died in Washington,
D.C., December
20, 1969 (age 86 years, 333
days).
Interment at Chartiers
Cemetery, Pittsburgh, Pa.
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James Grove Fulton (1903-1971) —
also known as James G. Fulton —
of Dormont, Allegheny
County, Pa.
Born in Dormont, Allegheny
County, Pa., March 1,
1903.
Son of James Ernest Fulton.
Republican. Member of Pennsylvania
state senate 45th District, 1939-40; served in the U.S. Navy
during World War II; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania, 1945-71 (31st District 1945-53,
27th District 1953-71); died in office 1971; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1952,
1956,
1960,
1964.
Presbyterian.
Member, American
Judicature Society; American
Academy of Political and Social Science; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; American
Legion; Lions; Elks; Eagles;
Moose; United
World Federalists.
Died in Washington,
D.C., October
6, 1971 (age 68 years, 219
days).
Interment at Mt.
Lebanon Cemetery, Pittsburgh, Pa.
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Dow Watters Harter (1885-1971) —
also known as Dow W. Harter —
of Akron, Summit
County, Ohio.
Born in Akron, Summit
County, Ohio, January
2, 1885.
Son of Josiah J. Harter and Anna Lillian (Watters) Harter.
Democrat. Member of Ohio state
house of representatives, 1919-20; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 14th District, 1933-43.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons;
Elks; Eagles;
Moose.
Died in Washington,
D.C., September
4, 1971 (age 86 years, 245
days).
Interment at Rock
Creek Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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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.
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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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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Hervey Gilbert Machen (1916-1994) —
also known as Hervey Machen —
of Hyattsville, Prince
George's County, Md.
Born in Washington,
D.C., October
14, 1916.
Democrat. Lawyer; banker;
served in the U.S. Army during World War II; vice-chair of
Maryland Democratic Party, 1953-57; member of Maryland
state house of delegates, 1955-65; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Maryland, 1964;
U.S.
Representative from Maryland 5th District, 1965-69; defeated,
1968, 1970.
Episcopalian.
Member, Kiwanis;
Moose.
Died in Annapolis, Anne Arundel
County, Md., November
29, 1994 (age 78 years, 46
days).
Interment at St.
Barnabas Church Cemetery, Upper Marlboro, Md.
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Robert Homer Mollohan (1909-1999) —
also known as Bob Mollohan —
of Fairmont, Marion
County, W.Va.
Born in Grantsville, Calhoun
County, W.Va., September
18, 1909.
Son of Robert P. Mollohan and Edith (Witt) Mollohan.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from West Virginia 1st District, 1953-57, 1969-83;
defeated, 1958; candidate for Governor of
West Virginia, 1956; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from West Virginia, 1960,
1972.
Member, Elks; Eagles;
Moose.
Died, of cancer, at
the Washington Hospital
Center, Washington,
D.C., August 3,
1999 (age 89 years, 319
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Matthew Mansfield Neely (1874-1958) —
also known as Matthew M. Neely —
of Fairmont, Marion
County, W.Va.
Born in Grove, Doddridge
County, W.Va., November
9, 1874.
Son of Alfred Neely and Mary (Morris) Neely.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; lawyer; mayor
of Fairmont, W.Va., 1908-10; U.S.
Representative from West Virginia 1st District, 1913-21, 1945-47;
defeated, 1920, 1946; U.S.
Senator from West Virginia, 1923-29, 1931-41, 1949-58; defeated,
1928; resigned 1941; defeated, 1942; died in office 1958; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from West Virginia, 1932,
1936,
1940,
1944,
1952,
1956;
Governor
of West Virginia, 1941-45.
Presbyterian.
Member, Sons of
the American Revolution; Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; Elks; Knights
of Pythias; Moose; Eagles; Delta
Chi; Phi
Sigma Kappa; Phi
Beta Kappa; Americans
for Democratic Action; United
Spanish War Veterans.
Died in Washington,
D.C., January
18, 1958 (age 83 years, 70
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Fairmont, W.Va.
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Harry Whinna Nice (1877-1941) —
also known as Harry W. Nice —
of Baltimore,
Md.
Born in Washington,
D.C., December
5, 1877.
Son of Henry Nice and Drucilla (Arnold) Nice.
Republican. Lawyer;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Maryland, 1920;
Governor
of Maryland, 1935-39; defeated, 1919, 1938; candidate for
Republican nomination for Vice President, 1936;
candidate for U.S.
Senator from Maryland, 1940.
Methodist.
Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Grotto;
Knights
of Pythias; Odd
Fellows; Moose; Junior
Order; Elks; Patriotic
Order Sons of America; Knights
of Khorassan.
Died in Richmond,
Va., February
25, 1941 (age 63 years, 82
days).
Interment at Green
Mount Cemetery, Baltimore, Md.
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Claude Denson Pepper (1900-1989) —
also known as Claude Pepper —
of Tallahassee, Leon
County, Fla.; Miami, Miami-Dade
County, Fla.
Born near Dudleyville, Chambers
County, Ala., September
8, 1900.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer;
member of Florida
state house of representatives, 1929-30; U.S.
Senator from Florida, 1936-51; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Florida, 1940
(alternate), 1944
(alternate), 1948
(alternate), 1960,
1964,
1968;
speaker, 1988;
U.S.
Representative from Florida, 1963-89 (3rd District 1963-67, 11th
District 1967-73, 14th District 1973-83, 18th District 1983-89); died
in office 1989.
Baptist.
Member, Moose; Woodmen;
American
Legion; Forty and
Eight; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Elks; Kiwanis;
American Bar
Association; Phi
Beta Kappa; Omicron
Delta Kappa; Phi
Alpha Delta; Sigma
Upsilon; Kappa
Alpha Order; United
World Federalists.
Received the Presidential
Medal of Freedom in 1989.
Died in Washington,
D.C., May 30,
1989 (age 88 years, 264
days).
Interment at Oakland
Cemetery, Tallahassee, Fla.
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Harley Orrin Staggers, Jr. (b. 1951) —
also known as Harley O. Staggers, Jr. —
of Keyser, Mineral
County, W.Va.
Born in Washington,
D.C., February
22, 1951.
Son of Mary
Casey Staggers and Harley
Orrin Staggers.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of West
Virginia state senate 16th District, 1980-82; appointed 1980;
resigned 1982; U.S.
Representative from West Virginia 2nd District, 1983-93.
Catholic.
Member, American Bar
Association; Association
of Trial Lawyers of America; Moose; Lions; Jaycees.
Still living as of 2009.
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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.
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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