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Theodore Carter Achilles (1905-1986) —
also known as Theodore C. Achilles —
of Washington,
D.C.
Born in Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y., December
29, 1905.
Son of Henry Laurence Achilles and Gertrude (Strong) Achilles.
Newspaper work; Foreign Service officer; U.S. Vice Consul in
Havana, 1932; Rome, 1933; while serving as director of the State Department's
Division of Western European Affairs in 1947-49, was one of the main
architects of the North Atlantic Treaty, the founding
document of NATO; U.S. Ambassador to Peru, 1956-60.
Member, Beta
Theta Pi; Council on
Foreign Relations.
Died in Washington,
D.C., April 8,
1986 (age 80 years, 100
days).
Entombed at St.
John's Church Cemetery, Lafayette Square, Washington, D.C.
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Orison Rudolph Aggrey (b. 1926) —
also known as O. Rudolph Aggrey —
of Washington,
D.C.
Born in Salisbury, Rowan
County, N.C., July 24,
1926.
Son of J. E. Kwegyir Aggrey (1878-1927) and Rose Rudolph (Douglass)
Aggrey.
Newspaper reporter; Foreign Service officer; U.S. Vice Consul
in Lagos, 1951-53; U.S. Ambassador to Senegal, 1973-77; Gambia, 1973-77; Romania, 1977-81.
African
ancestry. Member, Alpha
Phi Alpha; Sigma
Delta Chi.
Still living as of 2009.
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Daniel Brainard Ainger (1844-1913) —
also known as Daniel B. Ainger —
of Fremont, Sandusky
County, Ohio; Bryan, Williams
County, Ohio; Charlotte, Eaton
County, Mich.; Washington,
D.C.; Lansing, Ingham
County, Mich.
Born in Bellevue, Huron
County, Ohio, March 9,
1844.
Son of William W. Ainger and Nancy (Brainard) Ainger.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War;
newspaper publisher; alternate delegate to Republican National
Convention from Ohio, 1868,
1876;
member of Michigan
Republican State Central Committee, 1878, 1894; postmaster of
Washington, D.C., until 1882; Adjutant
General of Michigan, 1887-91; Michigan state banking
commissioner, 1896-97.
Congregationalist.
Member, Freemasons;
Grand
Army of the Republic.
Died in Lansing, Ingham
County, Mich., April 2,
1913 (age 69 years, 24
days).
Interment at Maple
Hill Cemetery, Charlotte, Mich.
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Relatives: Son
of William W. Ainger and Nancy (Brainard) Ainger; married, November
29, 1866, to Fannie Rhodes; married 1896 to Kittie
Rose Savage. |
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Frank Aldrich (b. 1850) —
of Washington,
D.C.; Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Pierpont, Ashtabula
County, Ohio, March 17,
1850.
Republican. Newspaper editor; book
publisher; manager and electrician for the Hansen Battery Light and
Power Company, Washington, D.C., 1889-90; quartermaster-general
of the District of Columbia National Guard, 1890-92; invented
in 1893 and patented a
railroad
car seal which became widely used; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Wayne County 1st District,
1899-1900.
Burial
location unknown.
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Richard Steere Aldrich (1884-1941) —
also known as Richard S. Aldrich —
of Providence, Providence
County, R.I.; Warwick, Kent
County, R.I.
Born in Washington,
D.C., February
29, 1884.
Son of Nelson
Wilmarth Aldrich and Abby Chapman (Greene) Aldrich.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Rhode
Island state house of representatives, 1915-16; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Rhode Island, 1916,
1924;
member of Rhode
Island state senate, 1917-18; U.S.
Representative from Rhode Island 2nd District, 1923-33; director,
Providence Journal newspaper, Providence National Bank,
Providence Washington Insurance
Co.
Died in Providence, Providence
County, R.I., December
25, 1941 (age 57 years, 0
days).
Interment at Swan
Point Cemetery, Providence, R.I.
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George Venable Allen (1903-1970) —
also known as George V. Allen —
of Durham, Durham
County, N.C.; Maryland; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Durham, Durham
County, N.C., November
3, 1903.
Son of Thomas Ellis Allen (1868-1959) and Harriet (Moore) Allen
(1871-1911).
School
teacher and principal; newspaper reporter; Foreign Service
officer; U.S. Vice Consul in Kingston, 1930; Shanghai, 1932; U.S. Consul in Cairo, 1936; U.S. Ambassador to Iran, 1946-48; Yugoslavia, 1949-53; India, 1953-54; Nepal, 1953-54; Greece, 1956-57; director, U.S. Information Agency, 1957-60;
president, Tobacco
Institute, 1960-66.
Methodist.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; Delta
Sigma Phi; United
World Federalists.
Died suddenly, from a coronary
occlusion, in Bahama, Durham
County, N.C., July 11,
1970 (age 66 years, 250
days).
Interment at Rock
Creek Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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George Everett Anderson (1869-1940) —
also known as George E. Anderson —
of Springfield, Sangamon
County, Ill.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Bloomington, McLean
County, Ill., August
20, 1869.
Son of Orson B. Anderson and Harriet V. (Smith) Anderson.
Newspaper editor and publisher; economist;
U.S. Consul in Hangchow, 1904-05; Amoy, 1905-06; U.S. Consul General in Rio de Janeiro, 1906-10; Hong Kong, 1910-20; Rotterdam, 1920-24.
Died in Washington,
D.C., March 17,
1940 (age 70 years, 210
days).
Interment at Riverside
Cemetery, Marianna, Fla.
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Lewis Baker (1832-1899) —
of Wheeling, Ohio
County, W.Va.; St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn.
Born in Belmont
County, Ohio, November
11, 1832.
Democrat. Newspaper editor; member of West
Virginia state senate 1st District, 1871-72; President
of the West Virginia State Senate, 1872; West Virginia
Democratic state chair, 1872-76; member of Democratic
National Committee from West Virginia, 1884-88; Minnesota
Democratic state chair, 1892; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Minnesota, 1892;
U.S. Minister to Costa Rica, 1893-97; Salvador, 1893-97; Nicaragua, 1893-97.
Died, from pernicious
anemia, in Washington,
D.C., April 30,
1899 (age 66 years, 170
days).
Interment at Greenwood
Cemetery, Wheeling, W.Va.
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Leland Judd Barrows (1906-1988) —
also known as Leland J. Barrows —
of Kansas.
Born in Hutchinson, Reno
County, Kan., October
27, 1906.
Son of Eugene Barrows and Florence Emma (Judd) Barrows.
Newspaper reporter; radio
broadcaster; Foreign Service officer; U.S. Ambassador to Cameroon, 1960-66; Togo, 1960-61.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; Council on
Foreign Relations.
Died in Washington,
D.C., March 3,
1988 (age 81 years, 128
days).
Interment at Rock
Creek Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Samuel Willard Beakes (1861-1927) —
also known as Samuel W. Beakes —
of Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich.
Born in Burlingham, Sullivan
County, N.Y., January
11, 1861.
Son of George
Mortimer Beakes and Elizabeth (Bull) Beakes (1837-1918).
Democrat. Lawyer;
private secretary to Judge Thomas
M. Cooley; newspaper editor and publisher; mayor
of Ann Arbor, Mich., 1888-90; postmaster;
U.S.
Representative from Michigan 2nd District, 1913-17, 1917-19;
defeated, 1916, 1918; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Michigan, 1916.
Episcopalian.
Died in Washington,
D.C., February
9, 1927 (age 66 years, 29
days).
Interment at Forest
Hill Cemetery, Ann Arbor, Mich.
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Philip Allen Bennett (1881-1942) —
also known as Philip A. Bennett —
of Buffalo, Dallas
County, Mo.; Springfield, Greene
County, Mo.
Born near Buffalo, Dallas
County, Mo., March 5,
1881.
Son of Marion F. Bennett and Mary (O'Bannon) Bennett.
Republican. Newspaper publisher; alternate delegate to
Republican National Convention from Missouri, 1912;
member of Missouri
state senate 19th District, 1921-24; Lieutenant
Governor of Missouri, 1925-29; candidate for nomination for Governor of
Missouri, 1928; U.S.
Representative from Missouri 6th District, 1941-42; defeated,
1922, 1938; died in office 1942.
Christian.
Died in Washington,
D.C., December
7, 1942 (age 61 years, 277
days).
Interment at Hazelwood
Cemetery, Springfield, Mo.
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Thomas Hart Benton (1782-1858) —
also known as "Old Bullion" —
of St.
Louis, Mo.
Born near Hillsborough, Orange
County, N.C., March 14,
1782.
Son of Jesse Benton and Ann (Gooch) Benton.
Democrat. Lawyer;
newspaper editor; member of Tennessee
state senate, 1809; U.S.
Senator from Missouri, 1821-51; U.S.
Representative from Missouri 1st District, 1853-55; candidate
for Governor of
Missouri, 1856.
Fought a duel
with Andrew
Jackson, who later became a political ally. In April, 1850, he
caused a scandal
with his attempt to assault
Sen. Henry
Stuart Foote, of Mississippi, during debate on the Senate floor;
he was restrained by other senators. Foote had a cocked pistol in his
hand and undoubtedly would have shot him. His portrait appeared on
the U.S. $100
gold certificate from the 1880s until the 1920s.
Died in Washington,
D.C., April 10,
1858 (age 76 years, 27
days).
Interment at Bellefontaine
Cemetery, St. Louis, Mo.
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Francis Preston Blair (1791-1876) —
also known as Francis P. Blair —
of Maryland.
Born in Abingdon, Washington
County, Va., April 12,
1791.
Son of Eliza Preston (Smith) Blair (1762-1818) and James
Blair.
Newspaper publisher; member of Pres. Andrew
Jackson's "Kitchen Cabinet" of trusted advisors;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Maryland, 1856
(member, Platform
Committee), 1860;
advisor to Pres. Abraham
Lincoln during Civil War.
Died in Silver Spring, Montgomery
County, Md., October
18, 1876 (age 85 years, 189
days).
Entombed at Rock
Creek Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Stephen Bolles (1866-1941) —
of Toledo, Lucas
County, Ohio; Erie, Erie
County, Pa.; Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y.; Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y.; Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga.; Janesville, Rock
County, Wis.
Born in Springboro, Crawford
County, Pa., June 25,
1866.
Son of Nelson Richard Bolles and Malvina Belle (Whitford) Bolles.
Republican. Newspaper reporter; newspaper editor and
publisher; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention
from Wisconsin, 1928;
member of Wisconsin
Republican State Central Committee, 1936; U.S.
Representative from Wisconsin 1st District, 1939-41; died in
office 1941.
Congregationalist.
Member, Sigma
Delta Chi; Kiwanis.
Died in Washington,
D.C., July 8,
1941 (age 75 years, 13
days).
Interment at Oak
Hill Cemetery, Janesville, Wis.
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James Brooks (1810-1873) —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Portland, Cumberland
County, Maine, November
10, 1810.
Newspaper publisher; member of Maine
state house of representatives, 1835; member of New York
state assembly from New York County 16th District, 1848; U.S.
Representative from New York, 1849-53, 1863-66, 1867-73 (6th
District 1849-53, 8th District 1863-66, 1867-73, 6th District 1873);
died in office 1873; delegate
to New York state constitutional convention, 1867.
Censured
by the House in 1873 for his role in the Credit Mobilier bribery
scandal.
Died in Washington,
D.C., April 30,
1873 (age 62 years, 171
days).
Interment at Green-Wood
Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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Clarence J. Brown (1893-1965) —
of Blanchester, Clinton
County, Ohio.
Born in Blanchester, Clinton
County, Ohio, July 14,
1893.
Son of Owen Brown and Ellen Barrere (McCoppin) Brown.
Republican. Newspaper publisher; Lieutenant
Governor of Ohio, 1919-23; secretary of
state of Ohio, 1927-33; candidate for Governor of
Ohio, 1934; delegate to Republican National Convention from Ohio,
1936,
1944,
1948,
1952,
1956,
1960,
1964;
U.S.
Representative from Ohio 7th District, 1939-65; died in office
1965; member of Republican
National Committee from Ohio, 1944-64; Vice-Chair
of Republican National Committee, 1959.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Elks; Eagles; Junior
Order; Rotary; Exchange
Club.
Died in Washington,
D.C., August
23, 1965 (age 72 years, 40
days).
Interment at Odd
Fellows Cemetery, Blanchester, Ohio.
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Louis Brownlow (b. 1879) —
of Paducah, McCracken
County, Ky.; Washington,
D.C.; Petersburg,
Va.; Knoxville, Knox
County, Tenn.; Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Buffalo, Dallas
County, Mo., August
20, 1879.
Son of Robert Sims Brownlow and Ruth Adelia (Amis) Brownlow.
Democrat. Newspaper reporter; newspaper editor; member
District of Columbia board of commissioners, 1915-20; President
of the District of Columbia Board of Commissioners, 1917-20;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from District of Columbia,
1916
(member, Committee
on Rules and Order of Business); city manager, Petersburg, Va.,
1920-23; city manager, Knoxville, Tenn., 1924-26.
Member, American
Public Health Association.
Burial
location unknown.
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Patrick Joseph Buchanan (b. 1938) —
also known as Patrick J. Buchanan; Pat Buchanan;
"Pitchfork Pat" —
of Washington,
D.C.
Born in Washington,
D.C., November
2, 1938.
Son of William Baldwin Buchanan (1905-1988) and Catherine Elizabeth
(Crum) Buchanan (1911-1995).
Advisor and speechwriter
to President Richard
Nixon and Vice President Spiro
Agnew; communications director for President Ronald
Reagan; newspaper columnist,
radio and
television commentator; candidate for Republican nomination for
President, 1992,
1996;
Reform candidate for President
of the United States, 2000.
Catholic.
Irish,
English,
and German
ancestry. Member, Sons
of Confederate Veterans.
Still living as of 2010.
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John Michael Carmody (1881-1963) —
also known as John M. Carmody —
of Washington,
D.C.
Born in Towanda, Bradford
County, Pa., 1881.
Son of Michael John Carmody and Catherine 'Kate' (Collins) Carmody.
Democrat. Engineer;
labor relations executive in coal
industry; editor of Coal Age trade journal; member, National Labor
Relations Board, 1935-36; administrator, Rural Electrification
Administration, 1937-39; director, Federal Works Agency, 1939-41; member, U.S. Maritime
Commission, 1941-46.
Died November
10, 1963 (age about 82
years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Walter Eli Clark (1869-1950) —
also known as Walter E. Clark —
of Washington,
D.C.; Alaska; Charleston, Kanawha
County, W.Va.
Born in Ashford, Windham
County, Conn., January
7, 1869.
Son of Oren Andrus Clark and Emily Jeannette (Jones) Clark.
Republican. Newspaper reporter; Governor of
Alaska District, 1909-12; Governor of
Alaska Territory, 1912-13; newspaper editor.
Presbyterian
or Congregationalist.
Member, Chi Psi.
Died of a heart
attack, in a hospital
at Charleston, Kanawha
County, W.Va., February
4, 1950 (age 81 years, 28
days).
Interment at Spring
Hill Cemetery, Charleston, W.Va.
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Cyrenus Cole (1863-1939) —
of Cedar Rapids, Linn
County, Iowa.
Born near Pella, Marion
County, Iowa, January
13, 1863.
Son of Aart Cole and Henrica (deBooy) Cole.
Republican. Newspaper publisher; U.S.
Representative from Iowa 5th District, 1921-33.
Dutch
ancestry.
Died in Washington,
D.C., November
14, 1939 (age 76 years, 305
days).
Interment at First
Dutch Reform Church Cemetery, Pella, Iowa.
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Felix Cole (1887-1969) —
of Washington,
D.C.; Montclair, Essex
County, N.J.
Born in St.
Louis, Mo., October
12, 1887.
Son of Theodore Lee Cole and Kate Dunn (Dewey) Cole.
Newspaper reporter; lawyer;
Foreign Service officer; U.S. Vice Consul in Petrograd, 1916-17; U.S. Consul General in Warsaw, 1929; Algiers, 1938-43; U.S. Minister to Ethiopia, 1945; U.S. Ambassador to Ceylon, 1948-49.
Member, Order of the
Coif; Psi
Upsilon; Phi
Beta Kappa.
Died in 1969
(age about
81 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Paul V. Collins (b. 1860) —
of St. Peter, Nicollet
County, Minn.; Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Camden, Preble
County, Ohio, July 22,
1860.
Son of Samuel Collins and Abigail Jane (Patton) Collins.
Newspaper correspondent; newspaper editor and
publisher; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention
from Minnesota, 1888;
Progressive candidate for Governor of
Minnesota, 1912.
Presbyterian.
Member, Sons of
the American Revolution.
Burial
location unknown.
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John Bernard Colpoys (1876-c.1944) —
also known as John B. Colpoys —
of Washington,
D.C.
Born in Massachusetts, June 17,
1876.
Son of William Colpoys and Margaret Colpoys.
Democrat. Publisher of weekly newspaper, The Trade
Unionist; president,
Washington (D.C.) Central Labor Union; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from District of Columbia, 1912
(member, Platform
and Resolutions Committee), 1916
(member, Platform
and Resolutions Committee), 1920,
1928,
1932,
1936;
U.S. Marshal for the District of Columbia, 1934-44.
Died about 1944 (age about 68
years).
Burial
location unknown.
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William B. Colver (1870-1926) —
of St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Wellington, Lorain
County, Ohio, 1870.
Democrat. Lawyer;
editorial director, Scripps-Howard newspapers; member, Federal Trade
Commission, 1917-20; chair, Federal Trade
Commission, 1918-19.
Died in Washington,
D.C., May 28,
1926 (age about 55
years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to Pauline Simmons (c.1874-1964). |
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William Warwick Corcoran (b. 1884) —
also known as William W. Corcoran —
Born in Washington,
D.C., September
5, 1884.
Son of William Warwick Corcoran and Katherine (von Meyer) Corcoran.
Newspaper correspondent; served in the U.S. Army during World
War I; Foreign Service officer; U.S. Vice Consul in Boulogne-sur-Mer, 1924-29; U.S. Consul in Algiers, 1932; Gothenberg, 1936-43; U.S. Consul General in Gothenberg, 1947.
Member, American
Legion.
Burial
location unknown.
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Allan Dawson (1903-1949) —
Born in Washington,
D.C., February
16, 1903.
Son of Thomas
Cleland Dawson and Luisa Guerra (Duval) Dawson.
Newspaper reporter; Foreign Service officer; U.S. Vice Consul
in Rio de Janeiro, 1925-26; Bahia, 1926-27; U.S. Consul in Hamburg, 1937-39.
Died October
15, 1949 (age 46 years, 241
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Thomas Cleland Dawson (1865-1912) —
also known as Thomas C. Dawson —
of Enterprise, Volusia
County, Fla.; Des Moines, Polk
County, Iowa; Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie
County, Iowa.
Born in Hudson, St. Croix
County, Wis., July 30,
1865.
Son of Allan Dawson and Anna (Cleland) Dawson.
Newspaper publisher; lawyer; U.S.
Minister to Santo Domingo, 1904-07; Colombia, 1907-09; Chile, 1909; Panama, 1910; U.S. Consul General in Santo Domingo, 1904-07.
Presbyterian.
Died in Washington,
D.C., May 1,
1912 (age 46 years, 276
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Charles de Kay (b. 1848) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Washington,
D.C., July 25,
1848.
Son of George C. de Kay (Commodore, U.S. Navy) and Janet (Drake) de
Kay.
Literary and art editor, New York Times; U.S. Consul
General in Berlin, 1894-97.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to Edwalyn Coffey. |
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Henry Clarence Dworshak (1894-1962) —
also known as Henry C. Dworshak —
of Burley, Cassia
County, Idaho.
Born in Duluth, St. Louis
County, Minn., August
29, 1894.
Son of Henry Dworshak and Julia (Ohotto) Dworshak.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; newspaper
publisher; U.S.
Representative from Idaho 2nd District, 1939-46; U.S.
Senator from Idaho, 1946-49, 1949-62; defeated, 1948; died in
office 1962; delegate to Republican National Convention from Idaho,
1948,
1960.
Member, American
Legion; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Elks; Odd
Fellows; Rotary.
Died in Washington,
D.C., July 23,
1962 (age 67 years, 328
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Charles Eames (1812-1867) —
of Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in New Braintree, Worcester
County, Mass., March 20,
1812.
Lawyer;
newspaper editor; U.S. Charge d'Affaires to Venezuela, 1854; U.S. Minister to Venezuela, 1854.
Died in Washington,
D.C., March 16,
1867 (age 54 years, 361
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Charles Aubrey Eaton (1868-1953) —
also known as Charles A. Eaton;
"Doc" —
of Natick, Middlesex
County, Mass.; Toronto, Ontario;
Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio; Watchung, North Plainfield, Somerset
County, N.J.
Born in Pugwash, Nova
Scotia, March 29,
1868.
Son of Stephen Eaton and Mary D. (Parker) Eaton.
Republican. Baptist
minister; magazine editor; alternate delegate to
Republican National Convention from New Jersey, 1920,
1924;
U.S.
Representative from New Jersey, 1925-53 (4th District 1925-33,
5th District 1933-53).
Baptist.
Member, Union
League.
Died in Washington,
D.C., January
23, 1953 (age 84 years, 300
days).
Interment at Hillside
Cemetery, Plainfield, N.J.
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India Edwards —
also known as India Gillespie; India Moffett; Mrs.
Herbert Threlkeld Edwards —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Daughter of John A. Gillespie and India H. (Thomas) Gillespie.
Democrat. Society editor, Chicago Tribune newspaper, 1918-36;
woman's page editor, 1936-42; executive director, Women's Division,
Democratic National Committee; speaker, Democratic National Convention, 1948 ;
Vice-Chair
of Democratic National Committee, 1950-56.
Female.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Daughter of John A. Gillespie and India H. (Thomas) Gillespie;
married, March 6,
1920, to John F. Moffett (divorced 1937); married, June 19,
1942, to Herbert Threlkeld Edwards. |
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Wade H. Ellis (b. 1866) —
of Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Covington, Kenton
County, Ky., December
31, 1866.
Son of A. C. Ellis and Kate (Blackburn) Ellis.
Republican. Lawyer;
newspaper editor; Ohio
state attorney general, 1904-08; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Ohio, 1908.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; Sons of
the American Revolution; Union
League.
Burial
location unknown.
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Sydney Parham Epes (1865-1900) —
of Blackstone, Nottoway
County, Va.
Born near Nottoway Court House (now Nottoway), Nottoway
County, Va., August
20, 1865.
Democrat. Newspaper editor and publisher; member of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1891-92; register of the Virginia Land
Office, 1895-97; U.S.
Representative from Virginia 4th District, 1897-1900; died in
office 1900.
Died in Washington,
D.C., March 3,
1900 (age 34 years, 195
days).
Interment at Lake
View Cemetery, Blackstone, Va.
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Edward Hart Fenn (1856-1939) —
also known as E. Hart Fenn —
of Wethersfield, Hartford
County, Conn.
Born in Hartford, Hartford
County, Conn., September
12, 1856.
Republican. Journalist; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Wethersfield, 1907-08, 1915;
member of Connecticut
state senate, 1909-11; alternate delegate to Republican National
Convention from Connecticut, 1916;
U.S.
Representative from Connecticut 1st District, 1921-31.
Congregationalist.
Member, Sons of
the Revolution; Grange.
Died in Washington,
D.C., February
23, 1939 (age 82 years, 164
days).
Interment at Spring
Grove Cemetery, Hartford, Conn.
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Hamilton Fish (b. 1951) —
of New York.
Born in Washington,
D.C., September
5, 1951.
Son of Hamilton
Fish, Jr. (1926-1996).
Democrat. Publisher of The Nation magazine, 1977-87;
Democratic candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York, 1988 (primary, 20th District), 1994
(19th District).
Still living as of 2011.
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Thomas Brooks Fletcher (1879-1945) —
also known as Brooks Fletcher —
of Marion, Marion
County, Ohio.
Born in Mechanicstown, Carroll
County, Ohio, October
10, 1879.
Son of Emmett Hiram Fletcher and Katherine (Culp) Fletcher.
Democrat. Newspaper editor; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 8th District, 1925-29, 1933-39.
Presbyterian.
Died in Washington,
D.C., July 1,
1945 (age 65 years, 264
days).
Interment at Mechanicstown
Cemetery, Mechanicstown, Ohio.
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Benjamin Kurtz Focht (1863-1937) —
also known as Benjamin K. Focht —
of Lewisburg, Union
County, Pa.
Born in New Bloomfield, Perry
County, Pa., May 12,
1863.
Republican. Newspaper editor and publisher; member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 1893-97; member of Pennsylvania
state senate 27th District, 1901-04; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania, 1907-13, 1915-23, 1933-37 (17th
District 1907-13, 1915-23, 18th District 1933-37); died in office
1937.
Died in Washington,
D.C., March 27,
1937 (age 73 years, 319
days).
Interment at Lewisburg
Cemetery, Lewisburg, Pa.
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John Watson Foster (1836-1917) —
also known as John W. Foster —
of Evansville, Vanderburgh
County, Ind.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Pike
County, Ind., March 2,
1836.
Son of Matthew Watson Foster and Eleanor (Johnson) Foster.
Republican. Lawyer;
colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War; newspaper
editor; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from
Indiana, 1868;
postmaster;
Indiana
Republican state chair, 1872; U.S. Minister to Mexico, 1873-80; Russia, 1880-81; Spain, 1883-85; U.S.
Secretary of State, 1892-93.
Died in Washington,
D.C., November
15, 1917 (age 81 years, 258
days).
Interment at Oak
Hill Cemetery, Evansville, Ind.
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Philip Bond Fouke (1818-1876) —
also known as Philip B. Fouke —
of Belleville, St. Clair
County, Ill.
Born in Kaskaskia, Randolph
County, Ill., January
23, 1818.
Democrat. Civil
engineer; newspaper publisher; lawyer;
prosecuting attorney for 2nd circuit, 1846-50; member of Illinois
state house of representatives, 1851; U.S.
Representative from Illinois 8th District, 1859-63; colonel in
the Union Army during the Civil War.
Died in Washington,
D.C., October
3, 1876 (age 58 years, 254
days).
Interment at Congressional
Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Ezra Bartlett French (1810-1880) —
also known as Ezra B. French —
of Damariscotta, Lincoln
County, Maine.
Born in Landaff, Grafton
County, N.H., September
23, 1810.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Maine
state house of representatives, 1838-40; member of Maine
state senate, 1842-45; secretary of
state of Maine, 1845-50; newspaper editor; U.S.
Representative from Maine 3rd District, 1859-61.
Died in Washington,
D.C., April 24,
1880 (age 69 years, 214
days).
Interment at Hillside
Cemetery, Damariscotta, Maine.
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Henry Frick (1795-1844) —
of Milton, Northumberland
County, Pa.
Born in Northumberland, Northumberland
County, Pa., March 17,
1795.
Served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; newspaper
publisher; member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 1828-31; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 13th District, 1843-44; died in
office 1844.
Died in Washington,
D.C., March 1,
1844 (age 48 years, 350
days).
Interment at Congressional
Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Henry George, Jr. (1862-1916) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Sacramento, Sacramento
County, Calif., November
3, 1862.
Son of Henry
George.
Democrat. Newspaper work; Jeffersonian Democratic candidate
for mayor
of New York City, N.Y., 1897; U.S.
Representative from New York, 1911-15 (17th District 1911-13,
21st District 1913-15).
Died in Washington,
D.C., November
14, 1916 (age 54 years, 11
days).
Interment at Green-Wood
Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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Carter Glass (1858-1946) —
also known as "Father of the Federal Reserve";
"Pluck" —
of Lynchburg,
Va.
Born in Lynchburg,
Va., January
4, 1858.
Son of Robert
Henry Glass.
Democrat. Newspaper publisher; member of Virginia
state senate, 1899-1902; delegate to
Virginia state constitutional convention, 1901-02; U.S.
Representative from Virginia 6th District, 1902-18; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Virginia, 1916,
1920,
1924,
1928,
1932,
1940,
1944;
member of Democratic
National Committee from Virginia, 1916-28; U.S.
Secretary of the Treasury, 1918-20; U.S.
Senator from Virginia, 1920-46; died in office 1946; candidate
for Democratic nomination for President, 1920.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons.
Died, from congestive
heart failure, in his room at the Mayflower Hotel, Washington,
D.C., May 28,
1946 (age 88 years, 144
days).
Interment at Spring
Hill Cemetery, Lynchburg, Va.
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George Congdon Gorham (1832-1909) —
also known as George C. Gorham —
of Marysville, Yuba
County, Calif.; Sacramento, Sacramento
County, Calif.; San
Francisco, Calif.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Greenport, Suffolk
County, Long Island, N.Y., July 5,
1832.
Newspaper editor; Union candidate for Governor of
California, 1867; member of Republican
National Committee from California, 1868-.
Died in Washington,
D.C., February
11, 1909 (age 76 years, 221
days).
Interment at Rock
Creek Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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John Temple Graves (1856-1925) —
of Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga.
Born in Willington Church, Abbeville
County, S.C., November
9, 1856.
Son of Gen. James Porterfield Graves and Katherine Floride (Calhoun)
Graves.
Newspaper editor; orator;
Presidential Elector for Florida, 1884;
Presidential Elector for Georgia, 1888;
People's candidate for Vice
President of the United States, 1908; speaker, Democratic National Convention, 1912.
Died in Washington,
D.C., August 8,
1925 (age 68 years, 272
days).
Interment at Westview
Cemetery, Atlanta, Ga.
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Ernest Henry Gruening (1887-1974) —
also known as Ernest Gruening; "Mr.
Alaska" —
of Juneau,
Alaska.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., February
6, 1887.
Son of Emil Gruening and Phebe (Fridenberg) Gruening.
Democrat. Newspaper reporter; newspaper editor; writer; Governor of
Alaska Territory, 1939-53; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Alaska Territory, 1956;
U.S.
Senator from Alaska, 1959-69; defeated, 1968; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Alaska, 1960,
1972;
candidate for Presidential Elector for Alaska, 1972.
Jewish.
Member, Council on
Foreign Relations; American
Academy of Political and Social Science.
Leader in drive to gain statehood for Alaska. One of only two
Senators to vote against the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution, which gave
President Johnson authority to escalate the Vietnam War.
Died of cancer in
Washington,
D.C., June 26,
1974 (age 87 years, 140
days).
Cremated;
ashes scattered.
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Harold Christian Hagen (1901-1957) —
also known as Harold C. Hagen —
of Crookston, Polk
County, Minn.
Born in Crookston, Polk
County, Minn., November
10, 1901.
Son of Gudbrand T. Hagen and Anna (Brovold) Hagen.
Newspaper publisher; U.S.
Representative from Minnesota 9th District, 1943-55; defeated
(Republican), 1954, 1956.
Lutheran.
Norwegian
ancestry. Member, United
Commercial Travelers; Sons of
Norway; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Elks; Eagles; Rotary.
Died in Washington,
D.C., March 19,
1957 (age 55 years, 129
days).
Interment at Oakdale
Cemetery, Crookston, Minn.
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Henry Clay Hansbrough (1848-1933) —
also known as Henry C. Hansbrough —
of San Jose, Santa Clara
County, Calif.; Baraboo, Sauk
County, Wis.; Devils Lake, Ramsey
County, N.Dak.
Born near Prairie du Rocher, Randolph
County, Ill., January
30, 1848.
Republican. Newspaper editor and publisher; U.S.
Representative from North Dakota at-large, 1889-91; U.S.
Senator from North Dakota, 1891-1909.
Died in Washington,
D.C., November
16, 1933 (age 85 years, 290
days).
Cremated;
ashes scattered.
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Charles Calmer Hart (1878-1956) —
also known as Charles C. Hart —
of Muncie, Delaware
County, Ind.; Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind.; Spokane, Spokane
County, Wash.; Washington,
D.C.; Pasadena, Los Angeles
County, Calif.
Born in Bryant, Jay
County, Ind., September
14, 1878.
Son of John R. Hart and Aletha Ann Lucretia (Mendenhall) Hart.
Newspaper reporter; newspaper editor; U.S. Minister to
Albania, 1925-29; Persia, 1929-33.
Died in 1956
(age about
77 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Frank Hatton (1846-1894) —
of Burlington, Des Moines
County, Iowa.
Born in Cambridge, Guernsey
County, Ohio, April 28,
1846.
Republican. Newspaper editor; U.S.
Postmaster General, 1884-85.
Died, from a stroke, in
his office at
the Washington Post, Washington,
D.C., April 30,
1894 (age 48 years, 2
days).
Interment at Rock
Creek Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Smith Hempstone, Jr. (1929-2006) —
Born in Washington,
D.C., February
1, 1929.
Newspaper editor and columnist;
U.S. Ambassador to Kenya, 1989-93.
Died, from complications of diabetes,
in Suburban Hospital,
Bethesda, Montgomery
County, Md., November
19, 2006 (age 77 years, 291
days).
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.
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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George Horton (b. 1859) —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Fairville, Wayne
County, N.Y., October
11, 1859.
Son of Peter Davis Horton and Mary Sophia (Aiken) Horton.
U.S. Consul in Athens, 1893-98, 1905-06; Salonika, 1910-11; literary editor, Chicago Times-Herald
newspaper, 1899-1901; editor, literary supplement, Chicago
American newspaper, 1901-03; U.S. Consul General in Athens, 1906-10; Smyrna, 1911-17, 1919-22; Budapest, 1924.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1909
to Catherine Sacopoulo. |
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Emil Hurja (1892-1953) —
of Breckenridge, Stephens
County, Tex.; Crystal Falls, Iron
County, Mich.
Born in Crystal Falls, Iron
County, Mich., January
22, 1892.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; newspaper
publisher; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Michigan, 1936;
candidate in Republican primary for U.S.
Representative from Michigan 12th District, 1946, 1948.
Finnish
ancestry. Member, American
Political Science Association; American
Economic Association; Sigma
Delta Chi.
Suffered a heart
attack, collapsed and died at the National Press Club, Washington,
D.C., May 30,
1953 (age 61 years, 128
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Donald Lester Jackson (1910-1981) —
also known as Donald L. Jackson —
of Santa Monica, Los Angeles
County, Calif.; Pacific Palisades, Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Ipswich, Edmunds
County, S.Dak., January
23, 1910.
Son of Cyrus Lester Jackson and Betina Phoebe (Ames) Jackson.
Republican. Newspaper editor; served in the U.S. Marine Corps
during World War II; U.S.
Representative from California 16th District, 1947-61; member, Interstate Commerce
Commission, 1969-72.
Congregationalist.
Member, Elks; Eagles; American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Amvets; Reserve
Officers Association; Marine
Corps League.
Died at Bethesda
Naval Hospital, Bethesda, Montgomery
County, Md., May 27,
1981 (age 71 years, 124
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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William Darius Jamieson (1873-1949) —
of Shenandoah, Page
County, Iowa.
Born near Wapello, Louisa
County, Iowa, November
9, 1873.
Son of Ira Jamieson and Mary J. (Gillis) Jamieson.
Democrat. Newspaper editor; member of Iowa state
senate, 1907-08; U.S.
Representative from Iowa 8th District, 1909-11; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Iowa, 1920.
Member, Freemasons;
Elks; Knights
of Pythias.
Died in Washington,
D.C., November
18, 1949 (age 76 years, 9
days).
Interment at Fort
Lincoln Cemetery, Brentwood, Md.
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Robert Underwood Johnson (1853-1937) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Washington,
D.C., January
12, 1853.
Son of Nimrod H. Johnson and Catherine C. (Underwood) Johnson.
Author;
poet;
Editor, Century Magazine, 1909-13; U.S. Ambassador to Italy, 1920-21.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa.
Died October
14, 1937 (age 84 years, 275
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Edward Keating (1875-1965) —
of Denver,
Colo.; Pueblo, Pueblo
County, Colo.; Washington,
D.C.
Born near Kansas City, Wyandotte
County, Kan., July 9,
1875.
Son of Stephen Keating and Julia (O'Connor) Keating.
Democrat. Newspaper editor; U.S.
Representative from Colorado, 1913-19 (at-large 1913-15, 3rd
District 1915-19); defeated, 1918.
Catholic.
Died March 18,
1965 (age 89 years, 252
days).
Interment at Cedar
Hill Cemetery, Suitland, Md.
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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 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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William Franklin Knox (1874-1944) —
also known as Frank Knox —
of Manchester, Hillsborough
County, N.H.; Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., January
1, 1874.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War;
newspaper reporter; newspaper editor; major in the U.S.
Army during World War I; delegate to Republican National Convention
from New Hampshire, 1920;
candidate for nomination for Governor of
New Hampshire, 1924; candidate for Vice
President of the United States, 1936; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Illinois, 1940;
U.S.
Secretary of the Navy, 1940-44; died in office 1944.
Congregationalist.
Member, American
Legion.
Died, following a series of heart
attacks, in Washington,
D.C., April 28,
1944 (age 70 years, 118
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Tracy Hollingsworth Lay (b. 1882) —
also known as Tracy Lay —
of Montgomery, Montgomery
County, Ala.; Birmingham, Jefferson
County, Ala.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Gadsden, Etowah
County, Ala., November
5, 1882.
Son of William Patrick Lay and Laura Josephine (Hollingsworth) Lay.
Newspaper reporter; department
store manager; U.S. Deputy Consul General in London, 1912-14; U.S. Vice & Deputy Consul in Dublin, 1914; U.S. Vice & Deputy Consul General in Paris, 1914-15; U.S. Consul in Paris, 1915-19; U.S. Consul General in Munich, 1923-25; Buenos Aires, 1926-28.
Methodist.
Member, American
Political Science Association; American
Economic Association; Sigma Nu.
Burial
location unknown.
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Blair Lee III (1916-1985) —
of Silver Spring, Montgomery
County, Md.
Born in Silver Spring, Montgomery
County, Md., May 19,
1916.
Son of Elizabeth (Wilson) Lee and Edward
Brooke Lee.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; newspaper
editor; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Maryland,
1948,
1960,
1964,
1968
(alternate), 1972;
member of Maryland
state house of delegates, 1955-62; member of Maryland
state senate, 1967-69; secretary of
state of Maryland, 1969-71; Lieutenant
Governor of Maryland, 1971-79; Governor of
Maryland, 1977-79.
Episcopalian.
Died October
25, 1985 (age 69 years, 159
days).
Interment at Rock
Creek Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Alice Lee Roosevelt Longworth (1884-1980) —
also known as Alice Roosevelt Longworth; Alice Lee
Roosevelt; "Princess Alice" —
of Washington,
D.C.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., February
12, 1884.
Daughter of Theodore
Roosevelt and Alice Hathaway (Lee) Roosevelt (1861-1884).
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Ohio, 1936,
1940;
newspaper columnist.
Female.
Died, from pneumonia,
emphysema,
and cardiac
arrest, in Washington,
D.C., February
20, 1980 (age 96 years, 8
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Rock
Creek Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Relatives:
Second cousin four times removed of Nicholas
Roosevelt, Jr.; great-grandniece of James
I. Roosevelt; grandniece of Robert
Barnwell Roosevelt; daughter of Theodore
Roosevelt and Alice Hathaway (Lee) Roosevelt (1861-1884);
married, February
17, 1906, to Nicholas
Longworth; first cousin of Anna
Eleanor Roosevelt, Corinne
Robinson Alsop and William
Sheffield Cowles; half-sister of Theodore
Roosevelt, Jr.; first cousin once removed of James
Roosevelt, Elliott
Roosevelt and Franklin
Delano Roosevelt, Jr.. See Livingston-Seymour-Lee-Williams
family of New York. |
| | | See also Wikipedia
article — NNDB
dossier — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Books about Alice Roosevelt Longworth:
Carol Felsenthal, Princess
Alice: The Life and Times of Alice Roosevelt
Longworth |
| | | Image source: Time magazine, February
7, 1927 |
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Clare Boothe Luce (1903-1987) —
also known as Ann Clare Boothe —
of Greenwich, Fairfield
County, Conn.; Ridgefield, Fairfield
County, Conn.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., April 10,
1903.
Daughter of William Franklin Boothe (1862-1928) and Anna Clara Snyder
(1882-1938; killed in an automobile-train accident in Miami, Fla.).
Republican. Writer;
journalist; playwright;
U.S.
Representative from Connecticut 4th District, 1943-47; delegate
to Republican National Convention from Connecticut, 1944,
1948
(speaker),
1952;
U.S. Ambassador to Italy, 1953-56.
Female.
Catholic.
Received the Presidential
Medal of Freedom in 1983.
Died, from a brain
tumor, in Washington,
D.C., October
9, 1987 (age 84 years, 182
days).
Interment at Mepkin
Abbey, Moncks Corner, S.C.
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Relatives:
Daughter of William Franklin Boothe (1862-1928) and Anna Clara Snyder
(1882-1938; killed in an automobile-train accident in Miami, Fla.);
step-daughter of Albert
Elmer Austin; married, August
10, 1923, to George Tuttle Brokaw (1879-1935; divorced 1929);
married, November
23, 1935, to Henry Robinson Luce (1898-1967; founder and
publisher of Time, Life, and other magazines); mother
of Ann Clare Brokaw (1924-1944; killed in an automobile accident in
Palo Alto, Calif.). |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Wikipedia
article — NNDB
dossier — Internet Movie Database
profile — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Books about Clare Boothe Luce: Sylvia
Morris, Rage
for Fame : The Ascent of Clare Boothe Luce — Stephen
C. Shadegg, Clare
Boothe Luce: a biography — Joseph Lyons, Clare
Boothe Luce: Author and Diplomat (for young
readers) |
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Louis Leon Ludlow (1873-1950) —
also known as Louis Ludlow —
of Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind.
Born near Connersville, Fayette
County, Ind., June 24,
1873.
Democrat. Newspaper reporter; newspaper correspondent;
U.S.
Representative from Indiana, 1929-49 (7th District 1929-33, 12th
District 1933-43, 11th District 1943-49).
Methodist.
One of the leading isolationists in Congress; sponsor in 1935-41 of a
proposal to require a national referendum before the country could
declare war. Early advocate of an Equal Rights Amendment to give
women the same legal rights and privileges as men.
Died, probably from heart
trouble, in Washington,
D.C., November
28, 1950 (age 77 years, 157
days).
Interment at Rock
Creek Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Henry Brown Floyd Macfarland (b. 1861) —
of Washington,
D.C.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., February
11, 1861.
Son of Joseph M. Macfarland.
Republican. Newspaper correspondent; member
District of Columbia board of commissioners, 1900-10; President
of the District of Columbia Board of Commissioners, 1900-10.
Burial
location unknown.
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Russell Vernon Mack (1891-1960) —
also known as Russell V. Mack —
of Hoquiam, Grays
Harbor County, Wash.
Born in Hillman, Montmorency
County, Mich., June 13,
1891.
Son of Cornelius W. Mack and Lucy (Deacon) Mack.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; newspaper
publisher; U.S.
Representative from Washington 3rd District, 1947-60; died in
office 1960.
Episcopalian.
Member, American
Legion; Elks.
Died suddenly, from a coronary
occlusion, on the floor of the U.S. House of
Representatives, in the U.S.
Capitol Building, Washington,
D.C., March 28,
1960 (age 68 years, 289
days).
Interment at Fern
Hill Cemetery, Aberdeen, Wash.
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Rowland Blennerhassett Mahany (1864-1937) —
also known as Rowland B. Mahany —
of Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y., September
28, 1864.
Son of Kean Mahany and Catherine (Reynolds) Mahany.
Newspaper editor; lawyer; U.S.
Minister to Ecuador, 1892-93; U.S.
Representative from New York 32nd District, 1895-99; defeated,
1892, 1898; delegate to Democratic National Convention from District
of Columbia, 1924
(alternate), 1928.
Episcopalian.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; Psi
Upsilon.
Died in Washington,
D.C., May 2,
1937 (age 72 years, 216
days).
Interment at Congressional
Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Eugene Isaac Meyer (1875-1959) —
also known as Eugene Meyer —
of Mt. Kisco, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born in Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., October
31, 1875.
Son of Marc Eugene Meyer and Harriet (Newmark) Meyer.
Republican. Stockbroker;
banker;
instrumental in the merger of five chemical companies to create
Allied Chemical
and Dye Corporation, 1920; delegate to Republican National Convention
from New York, 1928;
Chairman of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System,
1930-33; bought the Washington Post newspaper in 1933,
and was its publisher until 1946; president, World Bank, 1946.
Jewish.
Died, from heart
disease and cancer, at
George Washington University Hospital,
Washington,
D.C., July 17,
1959 (age 83 years, 259
days).
Interment at Kensico
Cemetery, Valhalla, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of Marc Eugene Meyer and Harriet (Newmark) Meyer; married 1910 to Agnes
Elizabeth Ernst; father of Katherine Graham (1917-2001; publisher of
the Washington Post). |
| | | See also Wikipedia
article — NNDB
dossier |
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William H. Michael (1845-1916) —
of Cherokee, Cherokee
County, Iowa; Sidney, Cheyenne
County, Neb.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Marysville, Union
County, Ohio, July 14,
1845.
Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; served in the Union
Navy during the Civil War; newspaper editor and publisher; lawyer; U.S.
Consul General in Calcutta, 1905-11.
Died in Washington,
D.C., May 17,
1916 (age 70 years, 308
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Dominic I. Murphy (1847-1930) —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., May 31,
1847.
Lawyer;
commissioner, U.S. Pensions Office, 1896-97; editor and publisher,
The New Century weekly journal, 1903-05; secretary of
Isthmian Canal Commission, 1904-05; U.S. Consul in Bordeaux, 1905-09; SAINT Gall, 1909-14; Amsterdam, 1914-15; U.S. Consul General in Sofia, 1915-17; Stockholm, 1919-24.
Died April 13,
1930 (age 82 years, 317
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1904
to Mrs. Bessie T. Atkinson. |
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Charles Archibald Nichols (1876-1920) —
also known as Charles A. Nichols —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Boyne City, Charlevoix
County, Mich., August
25, 1876.
Son of Thomas Whitney Nichols.
Republican. Newspaper reporter; city clerk of Detroit, Mich.,
1908-12; U.S.
Representative from Michigan 13th District, 1915-20; died in
office 1920.
Died in Washington,
D.C., April 25,
1920 (age 43 years, 244
days).
Interment at Grand
Lawn Cemetery, Detroit, Mich.
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John George Nicolay (1832-1901) —
also known as John G. Nicolay; Johann
Georg —
Born in Essingen, Germany,
February
26, 1832.
Newspaper editor; private secretary to President Abraham
Lincoln, 1861-65; U.S. Consul in Paris, 1865-69.
Died in Washington,
D.C., September
26, 1901 (age 69 years, 212
days).
Interment at Oak
Hill Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Gerald Prentice Nye (1892-1971) —
also known as Gerald P. Nye —
of Cooperstown, Griggs
County, N.Dak.
Born in Hortonville, Outagamie
County, Wis., December
19, 1892.
Son of Irwin R. Nye and Phoebe Ella (Prentice) Nye.
Newspaper editor; candidate for U.S.
Representative from North Dakota 2nd District, 1924; U.S.
Senator from North Dakota, 1925-45; appointed 1925; defeated,
1944, 1946; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from
North Dakota, 1936.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
of Pythias.
Died in Washington,
D.C., July 17,
1971 (age 78 years, 210
days).
Interment at Fort
Lincoln Cemetery, Brentwood, Md.
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Ambrose O'Connell (1881-1962) —
of New York; Washington,
D.C.; San Mateo, San Mateo
County, Calif.
Born near Ottumwa, Wapello
County, Iowa, July 9,
1881.
Democrat. Lawyer;
newspaper work; assistant to postmaster general James
A. Farley, 1933-39; Second Assistant Postmaster General, 1939-40;
First Assistant Postmaster General, 1940-43; Vice-Chair
of Democratic National Committee, 1943-44; Judge of
U.S. Court of Customs and Patent Appeals, 1944-48.
Catholic.
Died, of a heart
attack, in San Mateo, San Mateo
County, Calif., October
13, 1962 (age 81 years, 96
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Will H. Parry (1864-1917) —
of Seattle, King
County, Wash.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., June 29,
1864.
Son of William M. Parry and Elizabeth (Gillette) Parry.
Newspaper editor and publisher; treasurer and manager, Moran
Shipbuilding
Co., 1900-15; member,
Federal Trade Commission, 1915-17; died in office 1917.
Episcopalian.
Member, American
Academy of Political and Social Science; Union
League.
Died, in a hospital
at Washington,
D.C., April 21,
1917 (age 52 years, 296
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Philip B. Perlman (1890-1960) —
of Baltimore,
Md.
Born in Baltimore,
Md., March 5,
1890.
Son of Benjamin Perlman and Rose (Nathan) Perlman.
Democrat. Newspaper reporter; lawyer; secretary of
state of Maryland, 1920-23; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Maryland, 1932,
1940,
1948,
1952;
U.S. Solicitor General,
1947-52.
Jewish.
Member, American Bar
Association; Federal
Bar Association; Order of the
Coif.
Died, of an apparent heart
attack, in his room at the Shoreham Hotel, Washington,
D.C., July 31,
1960 (age 70 years, 148
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Leonidas Lafayette Polk (1837-1892) —
of North Carolina.
Born in Anson
County, N.C., April 24,
1837.
Son of Andrew Polk and Sereba Autry Polk.
Member of North
Carolina house of commons, 1860; colonel in the Confederate Army
during the Civil War; delegate to
North Carolina state constitutional convention, 1866;
newspaper editor; North
Carolina commissioner of agriculture, 1877-80; national president
of the Farmers' Alliance.
Baptist.
Member, Grange.
Founder of Polkton, N.C. Elected to the North Carolina Agricultural
Hall
of Fame in 1957.
Died from a bladder
hemorrhage, in Washington,
D.C., June 11,
1892 (age 55 years, 48
days).
Interment at Oakwood
Cemetery, Raleigh, N.C.
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Wilhelmina Jackson Rolark (1916-2006) —
also known as Wilhelmina J. Rolark; M. Wilhelmina
Jackson —
of Washington,
D.C.
Born in Portsmouth,
Va., September
12, 1916.
Democrat. Lawyer;
co-founder of Washington Informer newspaper; member,
Washington, D.C. city council, 1977-92; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from District of Columbia, 1980.
Female.
African
ancestry.
Inducted in 2001 to the Washington, D.C. Hall of
Fame.
Died, of colon
cancer, in Greater Southeast Community Hospital,
Washington,
D.C., February
14, 2006 (age 89 years, 155
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to Calvin Rolark (1927-1994). |
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Carl Thomas Rowan (1925-2000) —
also known as Carl T. Rowan —
of Washington,
D.C.
Born in Ravenscroft, White
County, Tenn., August
11, 1925.
Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; U.S. Ambassador to Finland, 1963-64.
African
ancestry. Member, Americans
for Democratic Action.
Widely syndicated newspaper columnist,
author,
biographer,
television
and radio
commentator, founder of the Project Excellence scholarship program.
In 1988, he shot
and wounded an intruder in his backyard in Washington, D.C.; he
was arrested,
charged
with a weapons
violation, and tried;
the jury was unable to reach a verdict, and a mistrial was declared.
Died, of heart and
kidney
ailments and diabetes,
at the Washington Hospital
Center, Washington,
D.C., September
23, 2000 (age 75 years, 43
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Leo R. Sack (1889-1956) —
of Pennsylvania; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Tupelo, Lee
County, Miss., July 9,
1889.
Son of Isaac Sack and Sarah Lee (Romansky) Sack.
Democrat. Major in the U.S. Army during World War I; newspaper
reporter; newspaper editor; U.S. Minister to Costa Rica, 1933-37; public
relations business.
Jewish.
Member, Freemasons.
Died, of a kidney
ailment, in Cedars of Lebanon Hospital,
Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., April 15,
1956 (age 66 years, 281
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Lester L. Schnare (b. 1884) —
of Fitzgerald, Ben Hill
County, Ga.; Pensacola, Escambia
County, Fla.; Washington,
D.C.; Macon, Bibb
County, Ga.
Born in Mondovi, Buffalo
County, Wis., May 15,
1884.
Son of Henry W. Schnare and Anna M. (Hefling) Schnare.
School
teacher; newspaper editor; stenographer;
U.S. Vice Consul in Shanghai, 1916-17; Canton, 1917-18; Yokohama, 1918; U.S. Consul in Yokohama, 1920, 1921; Kobe, 1920-21, 1921-22; Swatow, 1922-23; Cartagena, 1923-27; Breslau, 1927-31; Hamburg, 1931-35; Milan, 1935-38.
Member, Freemasons.
Burial
location unknown.
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Frederick Andrew Seaton (1909-1974) —
of Manhattan, Riley
County, Kan.; Hastings, Adams
County, Neb.
Born in Washington,
D.C., December
11, 1909.
Son of Fay Noble Seaton and Dorothea Elizabeth (Schmidt) Seaton.
Republican. Radio
announcer; sports
reporter; editor, manager, and publisher of newspapers; vice-chair of
Kansas Republican Party, 1934-37; campaign secretary for Gov. Alfred
M. Landon, 1936; member of Nebraska
unicameral legislature, 1945-49; U.S.
Senator from Nebraska, 1951-52; U.S.
Secretary of the Interior, 1956-61; candidate for Governor of
Nebraska, 1962.
Methodist
or Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Elks; Rotary; Navy
League; American
Academy of Political and Social Science; Beta
Theta Pi; Pi
Kappa Delta.
Recipient, Medal
of Freedom.
Died in St. Mary's Hospital,
Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn., January
16, 1974 (age 64 years, 36
days).
Interment at Parkview
Cemetery, Hastings, Neb.
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Paul Werntz Shafer (1893-1954) —
also known as Paul W. Shafer —
of Battle Creek, Calhoun
County, Mich.; Bronson, Branch
County, Mich.
Born in Elkhart, Elkhart
County, Ind., April 27,
1893.
Son of John M. Shafer.
Republican. Newspaper editor and publisher; municipal judge in
Michigan, 1929-36; U.S.
Representative from Michigan 3rd District, 1937-54; nominated,
but died before the election 1954; died in office 1954.
Died in Washington,
D.C., August
17, 1954 (age 61 years, 112
days).
Interment at Memorial
Park Cemetery, Battle Creek, Mich.
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Phillips Talbot (b. 1915) —
of Washington,
D.C.
Born in Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa., June 7,
1915.
Son of Kenneth Hammet Talbot and Gertrude (Phillips) Talbot.
Newspaper reporter; served in the U.S. Navy during World War
II; U.S. Ambassador to Greece, 1965-69.
Presbyterian.
Member, Council on
Foreign Relations; American
Political Science Association; Phi
Beta Kappa.
Still living as of 1991.
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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.
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).
Interment at Maple
Hill Cemetery, Cadillac, Mich.
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Madison Miner Walden (1836-1891) —
also known as Madison M. Walden —
of Centerville, Appanoose
County, Iowa.
Born in Adams
County, Ohio, October
6, 1836.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; school
teacher; newspaper editor and publisher; member of Iowa state
house of representatives 4th District, 1866-67, 1890; member of
Iowa
state senate 4th District, 1868-69; Lieutenant
Governor of Iowa, 1870-71; U.S.
Representative from Iowa 4th District, 1871-73.
Member, Grand
Army of the Republic; Freemasons.
Died, of Bright's
disease, in Washington,
D.C., July 24,
1891 (age 54 years, 291
days).
Interment at Oakland
Cemetery, Centerville, Iowa.
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Robert John Walker (1801-1869) —
also known as Robert J. Walker —
of Madisonville, Madison
County, Miss.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Northumberland, Northumberland
County, Pa., July 19,
1801.
Son of Jonathan
Hoge Walker and Lucretia (Duncan) Walker.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Senator from Mississippi, 1835-45; resigned 1845; U.S.
Secretary of the Treasury, 1845-49; Governor of
Kansas Territory, 1857; newspaper publisher.
Died in Washington,
D.C., November
11, 1869 (age 68 years, 115
days).
Interment at Oak
Hill Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Henry Cantwell Wallace (1866-1924) —
of Des Moines, Polk
County, Iowa.
Born in Rock Island, Rock Island
County, Ill., May 11,
1866.
Son of Henry Wallace and Nannie (Cantwell) Wallace.
Farmer;
college
professor; magazine editor; U.S.
Secretary of Agriculture, 1921-24; died in office 1924.
Presbyterian.
Member, Delta
Tau Delta; Phi
Kappa Phi; Freemasons.
Died in Washington,
D.C., October
25, 1924 (age 58 years, 167
days).
Interment at Woodland
Cemetery, Des Moines, Iowa.
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James H. Webb (b. 1946) —
also known as Jim Webb —
of Falls
Church, Va.
Born in St. Joseph, Buchanan
County, Mo., February
9, 1946.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during the Vietnam War; lawyer; author; screenwriter;
journalist; U.S. Secretary of the Navy, 1987-88; U.S.
Senator from Virginia, 2007-; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Virginia, 2008.
Scotch-Irish
ancestry.
Still living as of 2011.
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James Russell Wiggins (1903-2000) —
also known as J. Russell Wiggins —
Born in Luverne, Rock
County, Minn., December
4, 1903.
Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; U.S.
Representative to United Nations, 1968-69.
Member, Freemasons.
Managing editor of the Washington Post newspaper, 1947-66.
Died in Brooklin, Hancock
County, Maine, November
19, 2000 (age 96 years, 351
days).
Interment at Rural
Cemetery, Sedgwick, Maine.
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Alpheus Starkey Williams (1810-1878) —
also known as Alpheus S. Williams —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Saybrook, Middlesex
County, Conn., September
20, 1810.
Democrat. Lawyer;
newspaper editor; probate judge in Michigan, 1839; recorder's
court judge in Michigan, 1842; colonel in the U.S. Army during the
Mexican War; postmaster;
general in the Union Army during the Civil War; candidate for Governor of
Michigan, 1866; U.S. Minister to Salvador, 1866-69; U.S.
Representative from Michigan 1st District, 1875-78; died in
office 1878.
Suffered a stroke and
died in the U.S. Capitol
Building, Washington,
D.C., December
21, 1878 (age 68 years, 92
days).
Interment at Elmwood
Cemetery, Detroit, Mich.; statue erected 1921 at Belle
Isle Park, Detroit, Mich.
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Edwin Willits (1830-1896) —
of Monroe, Monroe
County, Mich.
Born in Otto, Cattaraugus
County, N.Y., April 24,
1830.
Republican. Lawyer;
newspaper editor; Monroe
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1860-62; member of Michigan
state board of education, 1861-72; postmaster;
member of Michigan
state constitutional commission 2nd District, 1873; U.S.
Representative from Michigan 2nd District, 1877-83.
Presbyterian.
Died in Washington,
D.C., October
22, 1896 (age 66 years, 181
days).
Interment at Woodland
Cemetery, Monroe, Mich.
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James Rankin Young (1847-1924) —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., March 10,
1847.
Son of George Rankin Young and Eliza (Russell) Young.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War;
newspaper reporter; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 4th District, 1897-1903.
Died December
18, 1924 (age 77 years, 283
days).
Interment at Glenwood
Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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