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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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Thomas Allen (1813-1882) —
of Missouri.
Born in Pittsfield, Berkshire
County, Mass., August
29, 1813.
Democrat. Railroad builder; member of Missouri
state senate, 1850-54; U.S.
Representative from Missouri 2nd District, 1881-82; died in
office 1882.
Member, Kappa
Alpha Society.
Died in Washington,
D.C., April 8,
1882 (age 68 years, 222
days).
Interment at Pittsfield
Cemetery, Pittsfield, Mass.
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John Strode Barbour, Jr. (1820-1892) —
also known as John S. Barbour, Jr. —
of Virginia.
Born in Culpeper
County, Va., December
29, 1820.
Son of John
Strode Barbour and Eliza A. (Byrne) Barbour.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1847-51; president, Orange & Alexandria
Railroad, 1852; U.S.
Representative from Virginia 8th District, 1881-87; member of Democratic
National Committee from Virginia, 1884-92; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Virginia, 1888;
U.S.
Senator from Virginia, 1889-92; died in office 1892.
Died in Washington,
D.C., May 14,
1892 (age 71 years, 137
days).
Interment a
private or family graveyard, Prince George's County, Md.
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Archibald Meserole Bliss (1838-1923) —
also known as Archibald M. Bliss —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., January
25, 1838.
Son of Neziah Bliss and Mary Ann (Meserole) Bliss.
Delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1864,
1868;
Republican candidate for mayor
of Brooklyn, N.Y., 1867; U.S.
Representative from New York, 1875-83, 1885-89 (4th District
1875-83, 5th District 1885-89); delegate to Democratic National
Convention from New York, 1876,
1880,
1884;
vice-president, Bushwick Railroad Company, 1877; real estate
business.
Died in Washington,
D.C., March 19,
1923 (age 85 years, 53
days).
Interment at Cypress
Hills Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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Henry Taylor Blow (1817-1875) —
also known as Henry T. Blow —
of St.
Louis, Mo.
Born in Southampton
County, Va., July 15,
1817.
Son of Peter Blow and Elizabeth (Taylor) Blow.
Republican. Lead products
business; president, Iron Mountain Railroad; member of Missouri
state senate, 1854-58; U.S.
Representative from Missouri 2nd District, 1863-67; U.S. Minister
to Brazil, 1869-70; member
District of Columbia board of commissioners, 1874.
Died in Saratoga, Saratoga
County, N.Y., September
11, 1875 (age 58 years, 58
days).
Interment at Bellefontaine
Cemetery, St. Louis, Mo.
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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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James Nelson Burnes (1827-1889) —
also known as James N. Burnes —
of St. Joseph, Buchanan
County, Mo.
Born in Marion
County, Ind., August
22, 1827.
Democrat. Lawyer; banker;
railroad executive; Presidential Elector for Missouri, 1856;
common pleas court judge in Missouri, 1868-72; U.S.
Representative from Missouri 4th District, 1883-89; died in
office 1889.
Died in Washington,
D.C., January
23, 1889 (age 61 years, 154
days).
Interment at Mt.
Mora Cemetery, St. Joseph, Mo.
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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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Pierce Butler (1866-1939) —
of St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Northfield, Rice
County, Minn., March 17,
1866.
Son of Patrick Butler and Mary A. Butler.
Democrat. Lawyer; Ramsey
County Attorney, 1893-96; general counsel, Chicago & St. Paul
Railroad, 1899-1905; alternate delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Minnesota, 1916;
Justice
of U.S. Supreme Court, 1922-39; died in office 1939.
Catholic.
Member, Phi
Kappa Psi.
Died in Washington,
D.C., November
16, 1939 (age 73 years, 244
days).
Interment at Calvary
Cemetery, St. Paul, Minn.
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Marion Maxwell Caskie (b. 1890) —
also known as Marion M. Caskie —
of Alabama; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Remington, Fauquier
County, Va., July 29,
1890.
Son of Dr. James Maxwell Caskie and Olivia (Rixey) Caskie.
Democrat. Staff for Southern Railway office in Washington,
1906-11; traffic manager for various enterprises; general manager,
state docks,
Port of Mobile, Ala.; vice-president, Waterman Steamship
Co.; member, Interstate
Commerce Commission, 1935-40.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons.
Burial
location unknown.
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Powell Clayton (1833-1914) —
of Little Rock, Pulaski
County, Ark.; Eureka Springs, Carroll
County, Ark.
Born in Bethel, Delaware
County, Pa., August 7,
1833.
Son of John Clayton and Ann (Clark) Clayton.
Republican. Engineer;
surveyor;
general in the Union Army during the Civil War; planter;
president and general manager, Eureka Springs Railway; Governor of
Arkansas, 1868-71; U.S.
Senator from Arkansas, 1871-77; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Arkansas, 1872,
1880,
1884,
1888,
1896
(speaker),
1908,
1912;
member of Republican
National Committee from Arkansas, 1872-74, 1896-1912; U.S.
Minister to Mexico, 1897-98; U.S. Ambassador to Mexico, 1898-1905.
Died in Washington,
D.C., August
25, 1914 (age 81 years, 18
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Frederic René Coudert (1832-1903) —
also known as Frederic R. Coudert —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., March 1,
1832.
Son of Charles Coudert.
Democrat. Lawyer;
government director, 1885-88, and receiver, 1892-98, of Union Pacific
Railroad; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New
York, 1896.
Catholic.
French
ancestry.
Died, from heart and
liver
troubles, in Washington,
D.C., December
20, 1903 (age 71 years, 294
days).
Interment at Calvary
Cemetery, Woodside, Queens, N.Y.
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Henry Gassaway Davis (1823-1916) —
also known as Henry G. Davis —
of Hampshire
County, W.Va.; Mineral
County, W.Va.
Born near Woodstock, Howard
County, Md., November
16, 1823.
Son of Caleb Davis and Louisa (Brown) Davis.
Democrat. Railroad promoter; member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Hampshire County, 1866;
member of West
Virginia state senate 10th District, 1869-71; U.S.
Senator from West Virginia, 1871-83; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from West Virginia, 1904,
1912;
candidate for Vice
President of the United States, 1904.
Died in Washington,
D.C., March 11,
1916 (age 92 years, 116
days).
Interment at Maplewood
Cemetery, Elkins, W.Va.
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William Ward Duffield (b. 1823) —
also known as William W. Duffield —
of Washington,
D.C.
Born in Carlisle, Cumberland
County, Pa., November
19, 1823.
Democrat. Civil
engineer; general in the Union Army during the Civil War; member
of Michigan
state senate 3rd District, 1879-80; chief engineer for
railways; superintendent, U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey,
1894-98.
Burial
location unknown.
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John Wilbur Dwight (1859-1928) —
also known as John W. Dwight —
of Dryden, Tompkins
County, N.Y.
Born in Dryden, Tompkins
County, N.Y., May 24,
1859.
Son of Jeremiah
Wilbur Dwight and Rebecca A. Dwight.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from New York,
1888,
1892,
1900,
1904,
1920;
U.S.
Representative from New York, 1902-13 (26th District 1902-03,
30th District 1903-13); president, Virginia Blue Ridge
Railway, 1913-28.
Member, Union
League.
Died in Washington,
D.C., January
19, 1928 (age 68 years, 240
days).
Interment at Rock
Creek Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Robert Virgil Fletcher (b. 1869) —
of Pontotoc, Pontotoc
County, Miss.; Jackson, Hinds
County, Miss.; Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Grant
County, Ky., September
27, 1869.
Son of John M. Fletcher and Mary (Luman) Fletcher.
Democrat. Lawyer; Mississippi
state attorney general, 1907-08; justice of
Mississippi state supreme court, 1908-09; general attorney,
Illinois Central Railroad, 1911-19.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons.
Burial
location unknown.
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Marcus Alonzo Hanna (1837-1904) —
also known as Marcus A. Hanna; Mark Hanna;
"Dollar Mark" —
of Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio.
Born in New Lisbon (now Lisbon), Columbiana
County, Ohio, September
24, 1837.
Son of Dr. Leonard Hanna and Samantha (Converse) Hanna.
Republican. Partner in wholesale
grocery; head of M. A. Hanna and Co., coal
dealers; director, Globe Ship
Manufacturing Co.; president, Union National Bank;
president, Cleveland City Railroad Co. president, Chapin Mining Co.;
Chairman
of Republican National Committee, 1896-1904; U.S.
Senator from Ohio, 1897-1904; died in office 1904.
Died in Washington,
D.C., February
15, 1904 (age 66 years, 144
days).
Interment at Lake
View Cemetery, Cleveland, Ohio.
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Charles Belknap Henderson (1873-1954) —
also known as Charles B. Henderson —
of Elko, Elko
County, Nev.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in San Jose, Santa Clara
County, Calif., June 8,
1873.
Son of Jefferson Henderson and Sarah W. (Bradley) Henderson.
Democrat. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; Elko
County District Attorney, 1901-05; member of Nevada
state house of representatives, 1905-07; U.S.
Senator from Nevada, 1918-21; appointed 1918; defeated, 1920;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Nevada, 1928,
1936;
president and director, Elko Telephone and
Telegraph Company; director, Western Pacific Railroad.
Episcopalian.
Member, Phi
Kappa Psi; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Elks.
The city of Henderson, Nevada, is named for
him.
Died in San
Francisco, Calif., November
8, 1954 (age 81 years, 153
days).
Interment at Elko
Cemetery, Elko, Nev.
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Ethan Allen Hitchcock (1835-1909) —
also known as Ethan A. Hitchcock —
of St.
Louis, Mo.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Mobile, Mobile
County, Ala., September
19, 1835.
Republican. Merchant;
partner in China trade; president of manufacturing,
mining,
and railroad companies; U.S. Minister to Russia, 1897-98; U.S. Ambassador to Russia, 1898-99; U.S.
Secretary of the Interior, 1899-1907.
Died April 9,
1909 (age 73 years, 202
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Frank Joseph Hogan (1877-1944) —
also known as Frank J. Hogan —
of Washington,
D.C.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., January
12, 1877.
Son of Maurice E. Hogan and Mary (McSwiney) Hogan.
Republican. Lawyer;
general counsel, Capital Traction Company; general counsel,
Riggs National Bank;
attorney for Albert
B. Fall, Edward
L. Doheny during the Teapot Dome trials; delegate to Republican
National Convention from District of Columbia, 1920;
president, American Bar Association, 1938-39.
Catholic.
Member, American Bar
Association.
Died in Washington,
D.C., May 15,
1944 (age 67 years, 124
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Cecile Adair; first cousin of James
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Samuel Austin Kendall (1859-1933) —
also known as Samuel A. Kendall —
of Jefferson, Greene
County, Iowa; Myersdale, Somerset
County, Pa.
Born in Greenville Township, Somerset
County, Pa., November
1, 1859.
Republican. School
teacher; superintendent
of schools; officer in lumber
manufacturing companies; president of two small railroads;
vice-president of Citizens National Bank of
Myersdale, Pa.; member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives from Somerset County, 1899-1902;
alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from
Pennsylvania, 1904,
1908,
1912;
U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania, 1919-33 (23rd District 1919-23,
24th District 1923-33); died in office 1933.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners.
Died of a self-inflicted
gunshot
wound, in the House Office
Building, Washington,
D.C., January
8, 1933 (age 73 years, 68
days).
Interment at Hochstetler
Cemetery, Greenville Township, Somerset County, Pa.
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William Mahone (1826-1895) —
of Virginia.
Born in Southampton
County, Va., December
1, 1826.
Civil
engineer; president, chief engineer, superintendent, Norfolk &
Petersburg Railroad; general in the Confederate Army during
the Civil War; president, Norfolk and Western Railroad; U.S.
Senator from Virginia, 1881-87.
Died in Washington,
D.C., October
8, 1895 (age 68 years, 311
days).
Interment at Blandford
Cemetery, Petersburg, Va.
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William Gibbs McAdoo (1863-1941) —
also known as William G. McAdoo —
of Chattanooga, Hamilton
County, Tenn.; New York, New York
County, N.Y.; Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif.; Santa Barbara, Santa
Barbara County, Calif.
Born near Marietta, Cobb
County, Ga., October
31, 1863.
Son of William Gibbs McAdoo (1820-1849) and Mary Faith (Floyd) McAdoo
(1832-1913).
Democrat. Lawyer; law
partner with William
McAdoo (no relation); attorney for railroads; president,
Hudson & Manhattan Railroad Co.; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from New York, 1904,
1912;
member of Democratic
National Committee from New York, 1912; U.S.
Secretary of the Treasury, 1913-18; candidate for Democratic
nomination for President, 1920,
1924;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from California, 1932,
1936;
U.S.
Senator from California, 1933-38; member of Democratic
National Committee from California, 1937.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Washington,
D.C., February
1, 1941 (age 77 years, 93
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Lee Slater Overman (1854-1930) —
also known as Lee S. Overman —
of Salisbury, Rowan
County, N.C.
Born in Salisbury, Rowan
County, N.C., January
3, 1854.
Son of William Overman and Mary E. Overman.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of North
Carolina state house of representatives, 1883-87, 1893, 1899; Speaker of
the North Carolina State House of Representatives, 1893;
president, North Carolina Railroad, 1894; president, Saisbury
Savings Bank;
Presidential Elector for North Carolina, 1900;
U.S.
Senator from North Carolina, 1903-30; died in office 1930;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from North Carolina, 1916.
Died in Washington,
D.C., December
12, 1930 (age 76 years, 343
days).
Interment at Chestnut
Hill Cemetery, Salisbury, N.C.
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Henry Clay Payne (1843-1904) —
also known as Henry C. Payne —
of Milwaukee, Milwaukee
County, Wis.
Born in Ashfield, Franklin
County, Mass., November
23, 1843.
Son of Orrin P. Payne and Eliza (Ames) Payne.
Republican. Postmaster;
president, Wisconsin Telephone
Company; president, Milwaukee Electric Railway and Light
Company; president, American Street Railway Association;
receiver, Northern Pacific Railroad; member of Republican
National Committee from Wisconsin, 1880-1904; Chairman of
Republican National Committee, 1904; Wisconsin
Republican state chair, 1892; U.S.
Postmaster General, 1902-04; died in office 1904.
Methodist.
Died in Washington,
D.C., October
4, 1904 (age 60 years, 316
days).
Interment at Forest
Home Cemetery, Milwaukee, Wis.
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Henry Kirke Porter (1840-1921) —
of Pennsylvania.
Born in Concord, Merrimack
County, N.H., November
24, 1840.
Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; locomotive
manufacturer; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 31st District, 1903-05;
defeated, 1904.
Died in Washington,
D.C., April 10,
1921 (age 80 years, 137
days).
Interment at Allegheny
Cemetery, Pittsburgh, Pa.
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William Lawrence Scott (1828-1891) —
also known as William L. Scott —
of Erie, Erie
County, Pa.
Born in Washington,
D.C., July 2,
1828.
Democrat. Mayor of
Erie, Pa., 1866, 1871; member of Democratic
National Committee from Pennsylvania, 1876-84; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 27th District, 1885-89;
defeated, 1866, 1876; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Pennsylvania, 1888;
president, Erie & Pittsburgh Railroad.
Died in Newport, Newport
County, R.I., September
19, 1891 (age 63 years, 79
days).
Interment at Erie
Cemetery, Erie, Pa.
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Samuel Spencer (b. 1910) —
of Washington,
D.C.
Born in Washington,
D.C., December
8, 1910.
Son of Henry Benning Spencer and Katharine (Price) Spencer.
Republican. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; member
District of Columbia board of commissioners, 1953-56; President
of the District of Columbia Board of Commissioners, 1953-56;
delegate to Republican National Convention from District of Columbia,
1956;
president and chairman, Tennessee Railroad Co.; director,
Riggs National Bank;
director, Garfield Hospital
and Children's Hospital;
president, Washington Hospital.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Society
of the Cincinnati; Phi
Beta Kappa.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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Carl Chester Van Dyke (1881-1919) —
also known as Carl C. Van Dyke —
of St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn.
Born in Alexandria, Douglas
County, Minn., February
18, 1881.
Son of Chester B. Van Dyke and Bertha (Solum) Van Dyke.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; school
teacher; railway mail clerk;
U.S.
Representative from Minnesota 4th District, 1915-19; died in
office 1919.
Episcopalian.
Member, United
Spanish War Veterans.
Died in Washington,
D.C., May 20,
1919 (age 38 years, 91
days).
Entombed in mausoleum at Forest
Lawn Memorial Park, Maplewood, Minn.
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Lewis Findlay Watson (1819-1890) —
also known as Lewis F. Watson —
of Pennsylvania.
Born in Crawford
County, Pa., April 14,
1819.
Republican. Lumber
business; oil
producer; railroad builder; banker; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 27th District, 1877-79, 1881-83,
1889-90; died in office 1890.
Died, of heart
disease, at the Shoreham Hotel, Washington,
D.C., August
25, 1890 (age 71 years, 133
days).
Interment at Oakland
Cemetery, Warren, Pa.
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