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George Edward Allen (1896-1973) —
also known as George E. Allen —
of Washington,
D.C.
Born in Booneville, Prentiss
County, Miss., February
29, 1896.
Son of Sam P. Allen and Mollie (Plaxico) Allen.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer; hotel
business; member
District of Columbia board of commissioners, 1933-38, 1939-40;
resigned 1938, 1940; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
District of Columbia, 1936;
Secretary
of Democratic National Committee, 1943; speechwriter for
Pres. Harry
Truman; director, Reconstruction Finance Corporation, 1946.
Methodist.
Member, Kappa
Sigma.
Close friend of presidents Roosevelt,
Truman,
and Eisenhower.
Died, following a heart
attack, in the Eisenhower Medical
Center, Palm Desert, Riverside
County, Calif., April 23,
1973 (age 77 years, 0
days).
Interment somewhere
in Booneville, Miss.
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Joel Barlow (1754-1812) —
of Hartford, Hartford
County, Conn.
Born in Redding, Fairfield
County, Conn., March 24,
1754.
Son of Samuel Barlow and Esther (Hull) Barlow.
Served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War;
writer; poet; U.S. Consul in Cadiz, 1792-93; U.S. Consul General in Algiers, 1796-97; U.S. Minister to France, 1811-12, died in office 1812.
Member, Society
of the Cincinnati; Freemasons.
He was sent to Algeria to negotiate for the release of those held
prisoner by the Barbary pirates, and was protected by a detachment of
U.S. Marines. The words "to the shores of Tripoli" in the U.S.
Marine Hymn are a reference to this incident.
Died, of pneumonia
or exposure,
in Zarnowiec, Poland,
December
24, 1812 (age 58 years, 275
days).
Interment at Churchyard,
Zarnowiec, Poland; cenotaph at Great
Pasture Road Cemetery, Redding, Conn.
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Joseph Battell (1839-1915) —
of Middlebury, Addison
County, Vt.
Born in Middlebury, Addison
County, Vt., July 15,
1839.
Son of Philip Battell (born 1807) and Emma Hart (Seymour) Battell
(1809-1841).
Republican. Author; farmer;
member of Vermont
state senate, 1876; member of Vermont
state house of representatives from Middlebury, 1910.
Died in Washington,
D.C., February
23, 1915 (age 75 years, 223
days).
Interment at West
Cemetery, Middlebury, Vt.
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Samuel Greene Wheeler Benjamin (1837-1914) —
also known as S. G. W. Benjamin —
of New York; Washington,
D.C.; Burlington, Chittenden
County, Vt.
Born, of American parents, at Argos, Greece,
February
13, 1837.
Son of Nathan B. Benjamin (missionary) and Mary Gladding (Wheeler)
Benjamin (poet).
Librarian;
author; artist; U.S.
Minister to Persia, 1883-85.
Member, Sons of
the Revolution; Society
of Colonial Wars; Phi
Beta Kappa; American
Forestry Association; Navy
League.
Died in Burlington, Chittenden
County, Vt., July 19,
1914 (age 77 years, 156
days).
Interment at Lakeview
Cemetery, Burlington, Vt.
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Leo Brent Bozell (c.1926-1997) —
also known as L. Brent Bozell —
of Maryland.
Born in Omaha, Douglas
County, Neb., about 1926.
Republican. Co-founded the Young Americans for Freedom;
speechwriter for Joseph
R. McCarthy and Barry
M. Goldwater; candidate for Maryland
state house of delegates, 1958; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Maryland, 1964.
Member, Young
Americans for Freedom.
Died, of pneumonia,
at a nursing
home in Bethesda, Montgomery
County, Md., April 15,
1997 (age about 71
years).
Interment at St.
Mary's Catholic Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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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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George H. Butler (d. 1886) —
Born in Hamilton, Caldwell
County, Mo.
Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; drama critic;
U.S. Diplomatic Agent to Egypt, 1870.
Died in Washington,
D.C., May 11,
1886.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1869
to Rose Eytinge (actress). |
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Maurice Francis Egan (1852-1924) —
also known as Maurice F. Egan —
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., May 24,
1852.
Son of Maurice Egan and Margaret (MacMullen) Egan.
University
professor; author; U.S. Minister to Denmark, 1907-17.
Died January
15, 1924 (age 71 years, 236
days).
Interment at Old
Cathedral Cemetery, Philadelphia, Pa.
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Relatives:
Married 1880
to Katharine Mullin. |
| | | Image source: Library of
Congress |
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Simeon Davison Fess (1861-1936) —
also known as Simeon D. Fess —
of Yellow Springs, Greene
County, Ohio.
Born near Lima, Allen
County, Ohio, December
11, 1861.
Son of Henry Fess and Barbara (Herring) Fess.
Republican. University
professor; author; editor; president
of Ohio Northern University; president
of Antioch College 1907-17; delegate to
Ohio state constitutional convention, 1912; U.S.
Representative from Ohio, 1913-23 (6th District 1913-15, 7th
District 1915-23); U.S.
Senator from Ohio, 1923-35; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Ohio, 1924;
Temporary Chair, 1928;
Chairman
of Republican National Committee, 1930-32.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
of Pythias.
Died in Washington,
D.C., December
23, 1936 (age 75 years, 12
days).
Interment at Glen
Forest Cemetery, Yellow Springs, Ohio.
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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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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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David Jayne Hill (1850-1932) —
also known as David J. Hill —
of Lewisburg, Union
County, Pa.; Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Plainfield, Union
County, N.J., June 10,
1850.
Son of Rev. Daniel T. Hill and Lydia Ann (Thompson) Hill.
Historian; president,
Bucknell University, 1879-88; president,
University of Rochester, 1888-96; U.S. Minister to Switzerland, 1903-05; Netherlands, 1905-08; Luxembourg, 1905-08; U.S. Ambassador to Germany, 1908-11.
Member, American
Philosophical Society; American
Historical Association; Sons of
the American Revolution.
Died in 1932
(age about
82 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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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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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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John Stephen Monagan (1911-2005) —
also known as John S. Monagan —
of Waterbury, New Haven
County, Conn.
Born in Waterbury, New Haven
County, Conn., December
23, 1911.
Democrat. Lawyer;
author; mayor
of Waterbury, Conn., 1943-48; defeated, 1947; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Connecticut, 1944,
1948,
1960;
U.S.
Representative from Connecticut 5th District, 1959-73; defeated,
1942.
Died in Washington,
D.C., October
23, 2005 (age 93 years, 304
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Thomas Nelson Page (1853-1922) —
also known as Thomas N. Page —
of Washington,
D.C.
Born in Oakland Plantation, Hanover
County, Va., April 23,
1853.
Son of Maj. John Page and Elizabeth Burwell (Nelson) Page.
Lawyer;
author; U.S. Ambassador to Italy, 1913-19.
Died in Oakland Plantation, Hanover
County, Va., November
1, 1922 (age 69 years, 192
days).
Interment at Rock
Creek Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Relatives: Son
of Maj. John Page and Elizabeth Burwell (Nelson) Page; married 1886 to Anne
Seddon Bruce (died 1888); married 1893 to
Florence (Lathrop) Field. |
| | | See also NNDB
dossier |
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John Howard Payne (1791-1852) —
also known as John H. Payne —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., June 9,
1791.
Actor;
playwright; author of the lines which were later adapted as
the song "Home Sweet Home"; U.S. Consul in Tunis, 1842-45, 1851-52, died in office 1852.
Inducted into the Songwriters Hall of
Fame, 1970.
Died in Tunis, Tunisia,
April
10, 1852 (age 60 years, 306
days).
Original interment at St.
George's Protestant Cemetery, Tunis, Tunisia; reinterment in 1883
at Oak
Hill Cemetery, Washington, D.C.; memorial monument at Prospect
Park, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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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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Charles Wells Russell (1856-1927) —
also known as Charles W. Russell —
of Washington,
D.C.
Born in Wheeling, Ohio
County, Va. (now W.Va.), March 10,
1856.
Son of Charles W. Russell and Margaret Wilson (Moore) Russell.
Lawyer;
author; U.S. Minister to Persia, 1909-14.
Died April 5,
1927 (age 71 years, 26
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Charles W. Russell and Margaret Wilson (Moore) Russell; married,
February
19, 1879, to Lucy Floyd Mosby (1851-1884); married, October
1, 1885, to Lelia James Mosby (1849-1928). |
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Upton Beall Sinclair (1878-1968) —
also known as Upton Sinclair —
of California.
Born in Baltimore,
Md., September
20, 1878.
Novelist and social crusader; author of The
Jungle, about the meat-packing industry in Chicago; arrested
in 1914 for picketing
in front of the Standard Oil Building in New York; Socialist
candidate for U.S.
Representative from California 10th District, 1920; Socialist
candidate for U.S.
Senator from California, 1922; candidate for Governor of
California, 1926 (Socialist), 1934 (Democratic); Socialist
candidate for Presidential Elector for California, 1928,
1932;
received the Pulitzer
Prize for fiction in 1943 for the novel Dragon's
Teeth.
Member, United
World Federalists; League
for Industrial Democracy; American Civil
Liberties Union.
Died in Bound Brook, Somerset
County, N.J., November
25, 1968 (age 90 years, 66
days).
Interment at Rock
Creek Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Hannis Taylor (1851-1922) —
of Alabama.
Born in 1851.
Son of Richard Nixon Taylor and Susan (Stevenson) Taylor.
U.S. Minister to Spain, 1893-97.
Author of a biography of Cicero and numerous other books.
Died in 1922
(age about
71 years).
Originally entombed at Rock
Creek Cemetery, Washington, D.C.; reinterment at Fort
Lincoln Cemetery, Brentwood, Md.
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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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