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Dean Gooderham Acheson (1893-1971) —
also known as Dean Acheson —
of Washington,
D.C.
Born in Middletown, Middlesex
County, Conn., April 11,
1893.
Son of Edward Campion Acheson (1858-1934; Episcopal bishop of
Connecticut) and Eleanor Gertrude (Gooderham) Acheson (1870-1958);
married, May 5,
1917, to Alice Caroline Stanley (1895-1996; artist); father of David
Campion Acheson.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; lawyer;
private secretary to U.S. Supreme Court Justice Louis
D. Brandeis, 1919-21; undersecretary of treasury, 1933; U.S.
Secretary of State, 1949-53.
Episcopalian. English
ancestry. Member, American Bar
Association; American
Academy of Arts and Sciences; Delta
Kappa Epsilon; Council on
Foreign Relations.
Received the Presidential
Medal of Freedom in 1964; received a Pulitzer
Prize in History, 1970, for his book Present At The Creation:
My Years In The State Department.
Died, probably from a heart
attack, over his desk in his study,
Sandy Spring, Montgomery
County, Md., October
12, 1971 (age 78 years, 184
days).
Interment at Oak
Hill Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Brockman Adams (1927-2004) —
also known as Brock Adams —
of Seattle, King
County, Wash.; Stevensville, Queen
Anne's County, Md.
Born in Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga., January
13, 1927.
Son of Charles Leslie Adams (born 1896) and Vera Eleanor (Beemer)
Adams (born 1903); married, August
16, 1952, to Mary Elizabeth Scott.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; lawyer; U.S.
Attorney for the Western District of Washington, 1961-64; U.S.
Representative from Washington 7th District, 1965-77; U.S.
Secretary of Transportation, 1977-79; resigned 1979; U.S.
Senator from Washington, 1987-93; in 1992, he was accused
by eight women of sexual
misconduct including sexual
harassment and rape;
he denied the allegations, and no charges were ever brought, but the
scandal
ended his political career.
Episcopalian. Member, American Bar
Association; Phi
Beta Kappa; Federal
Bar Association.
Died, of Parkinson's
disease, in Stevensville, Queen Anne's
County, Md., September
10, 2004 (age 77 years, 241
days).
Interment at Broad
Creek Cemetery, Stevensville, Md.
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Arthur Ainslie Ageton (1900-1971) —
also known as Arthur A. Ageton —
of Annapolis, Anne
Arundel County, Md.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Fromberg, Carbon
County, Mont., October
25, 1900.
Son of Peter Benjamin Ageton and Minnie Anna (Drummond) Ageton;
married, November
24, 1933, to Jo Lucille Gallion.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; rear
admiral; U.S. Ambassador to Paraguay, 1954-57; university
professor.
Episcopalian.
Died, in Bethesda
Naval Hospital, Bethesda, Montgomery
County, Md., April 23,
1971 (age 70 years, 180
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Spiro Theodore Agnew (1918-1996) —
also known as Spiro T. Agnew; Spiro Theodore
Anagnostopoulos; "Spiro T. Eggplant";
"Nixon's Nixon"; "The White
Knight" —
of Towson, Baltimore
County, Md.
Born in Baltimore,
Md., November
9, 1918.
Son of Theodore Spiro Agnew and Margaret (Akers) Agnew; married, May 27,
1942, to Elinor Isabel 'Judy' Judefind.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; served in
the U.S. Army during the Korean conflict; lawyer; Baltimore
County Executive, 1962-66; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Maryland, 1964;
Governor
of Maryland, 1967-69; Vice
President of the United States, 1969-73.
Episcopalian. Greek
ancestry. Member, Kiwanis;
American
Legion; Order of
Ahepa; Phi
Alpha Delta; Veterans of
Foreign Wars.
Was charged
with accepting bribes
and falsifying federal income
tax returns; pleaded no
contest to tax
evasion and resigned
as Vice-President, October 10, 1973; disbarred
by a Maryland court in 1974.
Died, of leukemia,
in Atlantic General Hospital,
Berlin, Worcester
County, Md., September
17, 1996 (age 77 years, 313
days).
Interment at Dulaney
Valley Memorial Gardens, Timonium, Md.
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Clarence Randolph Ahalt (1888-1962) —
also known as Clarence R. Ahalt —
of Arlington, Arlington
County, Va.; Leesburg, Loudoun
County, Va.
Born in Rockville, Montgomery
County, Md., May 28,
1888.
Son of Charles R. Ahalt and Lilly (Main) Ahalt.
Republican. Lawyer; farmer; real estate
developer; candidate for Presidential Elector for Virginia, 1932;
secretary
of Virginia Republican Party, 1933-35; Virginia
Republican state chair, 1935-44; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Virginia, 1940,
1944;
vice-chair
of Virginia Republican Party, 1944-48.
Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons;
Rotary.
Died in Leesburg, Loudoun
County, Va., October
15, 1962 (age 74 years, 140
days).
Interment at Union
Cemetery, Leesburg, Va.
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William Julian Albert (1816-1879) —
of Maryland.
Born in Baltimore,
Md., August 4,
1816.
Republican. Hardware
business; U.S.
Representative from Maryland 5th District, 1873-75; defeated,
1866, 1868.
Episcopalian.
Died in Baltimore,
Md., March 29,
1879 (age 62 years, 237
days).
Interment at Green
Mount Cemetery, Baltimore, Md.
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Robert Alexander (c.1740-1805) —
of Maryland.
Born in Elkton, Cecil
County, Md., about 1740.
Planter;
lawyer;
Delegate
to Continental Congress from Maryland, 1775-76.
Episcopalian.
When the Declaration of Independence was promulgated, fled
from Maryland to the British Fleet; in 1780, he was adjudged
guilty of high
treason, and his property was confiscated.
Died in London, England,
November
20, 1805 (age about 65
years).
Burial
location unknown.
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George Beall (b. 1937) —
of Baltimore,
Md.
Born in Frostburg, Allegany
County, Md., August
17, 1937.
Son of James
Glenn Beall and Margaret (Schwarzenbach) Beall; brother of John
Glenn Beall, Jr.; married, December
30, 1964, to Nancy Stewart Roche.
Republican. Lawyer;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Maryland, 1968;
U.S.
Attorney for Maryland, 1970-75.
Episcopalian. Member, Omicron
Delta Kappa; American Bar
Association.
Still living as of 1975.
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James Glenn Beall (1894-1971) —
also known as J. Glenn Beall —
of Frostburg, Allegany
County, Md.
Born in Frostburg, Allegany
County, Md., June 5,
1894.
Married to Margaret Schwarzenbach; father of John
Glenn Beall, Jr. and George
Beall.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; insurance
and real
estate business; member of Maryland
state senate, 1931-34; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Maryland, 1936,
1940,
1956,
1960
(member, Credentials
Committee), 1964;
U.S.
Representative from Maryland 6th District, 1943-53; U.S.
Senator from Maryland, 1953-65; defeated, 1964; delegate
to Maryland state constitutional convention, 1967.
Episcopalian.
Died in Frostburg, Allegany
County, Md., January
14, 1971 (age 76 years, 223
days).
Interment at Frostburg
Memorial Park, Frostburg, Md.
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John Glenn Beall, Jr. (1927-2006) —
also known as J. Glenn Beall, Jr. —
of Frostburg, Allegany
County, Md.
Born in Cumberland, Allegany
County, Md., June 19,
1927.
Son of James
Glenn Beall and Margaret (Schwarzenbach) Beall; married, August
25, 1959, to Nancy Lee Smith; brother of George
Beall.
Republican. Insurance
business; member of Maryland
state house of delegates, 1963-68; U.S.
Representative from Maryland 6th District, 1969-71; U.S.
Senator from Maryland, 1971-77; defeated, 1976; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Maryland, 1972;
candidate for Governor of
Maryland, 1978.
Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons;
Shriners.
Died March 24,
2006 (age 78 years, 278
days).
Interment at Frostburg
Memorial Park, Frostburg, Md.
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Robert Worth Bingham (1871-1937) —
of Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky.; Glenview, Jefferson
County, Ky.
Born in Orange
County, N.C., November
8, 1871.
Son of Col. Robert Bingham and Delphine Louise (Worth) Bingham;
married, May 20,
1896, to Eleanor E. Miller (died 1913); married, November
15, 1916, to Mary Lily (Kenan) Flagler; married, August
20, 1924, to Mrs. James Byron Hilliard.
Lawyer;
publisher of Louisville Courier-Journal newspaper;
mayor
of Louisville, Ky., 1907; Republican candidate for Judge,
Kentucky Court of Appeals, 1910; circuit judge in Kentucky, 1911;
U.S. Ambassador to Great Britain, 1933-37.
Episcopalian. Member, American Bar
Association; Society
of Colonial Wars; Society
of the Cincinnati; Sons of
the American Revolution; Phi
Beta Kappa; Alpha
Tau Omega.
Died in Baltimore,
Md., December
18, 1937 (age 66 years, 40
days).
Interment at Cave
Hill Cemetery, Louisville, Ky.
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Montgomery Blair (1813-1883) —
of Missouri; Maryland.
Born in Franklin
County, Ky., May 10,
1813.
Grandson of James
Blair; son of Francis
Preston Blair and Eliza Violet (Gist) Blair (1794-1877); married
1836 to
Caroline Buckner (died 1844); married 1846 to Mary
Elizabeth Woodbury (1821-1887; daughter of Levi
Woodbury); brother of Francis
Preston Blair, Jr.; father of Gist
Blair.
Lawyer;
U.S.
Attorney for Missouri, 1840-44; common pleas court judge in
Missouri, 1843-49; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Missouri, 1844,
1852;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Maryland, 1860;
U.S.
Postmaster General, 1861-64; member of Maryland
state house of delegates, 1878; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Maryland, 1882.
Episcopalian.
Died in Silver Spring, Montgomery
County, Md., July 27,
1883 (age 70 years, 78
days).
Entombed at Rock
Creek Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Gilson Grant Blake, Jr. (1893-1970) —
also known as Gilson G. Blake, Jr. —
of Maryland; Asheville, Buncombe
County, N.C.
Born in Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y., February
7, 1893.
Son of Gilson Grant Blake and Alice Louise (Swan) Blake; married, August
23, 1922, to Margaret Cross Slingluff.
Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; Foreign Service officer;
U.S. Vice Consul in Newcastle, 1920-21, 1921; Adelaide, 1921; Melbourne, 1921-22; Ottawa, 1922-25; U.S. Consul in Georgetown, 1925-27; Geneva, 1927-36; Rome, 1936-42; Valparaiso, 1946-47; U.S. Consul General in Valparaiso, 1947-49.
Episcopalian. Member, Phi
Delta Theta; Rotary.
Died in December, 1970
(age 77
years, 0 days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Thomas Holdsworth Blake (1792-1849) —
also known as Thomas H. Blake —
of Terre Haute, Vigo
County, Ind.
Born in Frederick
County, Md., July 25,
1792.
Brother-in-law of William
Crawford Linton.
Lawyer;
Presidential Elector for Indiana, 1816;
U.S.
Attorney for Indiana, 1817-18; state court judge in Indiana,
1818; member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1819-20, 1823-24; member of Indiana
state senate, 1821-22, 1829-30; U.S.
Representative from Indiana 1st District, 1827-29; candidate for
U.S.
Senator from Indiana, 1831, 1838.
Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons.
Died of cholera
in a hotel at
Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio, November
28, 1849 (age 57 years, 126
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Terre Haute, Ind.
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Oden Bowie (1826-1894) —
of Maryland.
Born in Prince
George's County, Md., November
10, 1826.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War; member of
Maryland
state house of delegates, 1849; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Maryland, 1864;
member of Maryland
state senate, 1867; Governor of
Maryland, 1869-72.
Episcopalian.
Died in Prince
George's County, Md., December
4, 1894 (age 68 years, 24
days).
Interment a
private or family graveyard, Prince George's County, Md.
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Robert Bowie (1750-1818) —
of Maryland.
Born in Prince
George's County, Md., 1750.
Son of Capt. William Bowie and Margaret (Sprigg) Bowie; brother of Walter
Bowie; married 1770 to
Priscilla Mackall (1758-1823; sister of Benjamin
Mackall IV and Thomas
Mackall; who married Reverdy
Johnson); grandfather of Thomas
Fielder Bowie.
Member of Maryland
state house of delegates, 1785-90, 1801-03; state court judge in
Maryland, 1790-96; Governor of
Maryland, 1803-06, 1811-12; Presidential Elector for Maryland, 1808;
member of Maryland
state senate, 1809-10.
Episcopalian.
Died in Prince
George's County, Md., January
8, 1818 (age about 67
years).
Interment a
private or family graveyard, Prince George's County, Md.
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Walter Bowie (1748-1810) —
of Maryland.
Born in Prince
George's County, Md., 1748.
Brother of Robert
Bowie; granduncle of Mary Mackall Bowie (who married Reverdy
Johnson) and Thomas
Fielder Bowie.
Democrat. Member of Maryland
state house of delegates, 1777-97; state court judge in Maryland,
1791-92; member of Maryland
state senate, 1801-02; U.S.
Representative from Maryland at-large, 1802-05.
Episcopalian.
Died in Prince
George's County, Md., November
9, 1810 (age about 62
years).
Interment a
private or family graveyard, Prince George's County, Md.
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Daniel Baugh Brewster (1923-2007) —
also known as Daniel B. Brewster —
of Glyndon, Baltimore
County, Md.
Born in Baltimore
County, Md., November
23, 1923.
Married 1967
to Anne Bullitt (daughter of William
Christian Bullitt); married 1976 to Judy
Lynn Aarsand.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II; member
of Maryland
state house of delegates, 1951-58; U.S.
Representative from Maryland 2nd District, 1959-63; U.S.
Senator from Maryland, 1963-69; defeated, 1968; candidate for
Democratic nomination for President, 1964;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Maryland, 1964.
Episcopalian. Member, American Bar
Association.
Indicted
in 1969 on charges
of accepting
an illegal gratuity; after trial, conviction,
and reversal, pleaded no
contest, 1975.
Died, of liver
cancer, in Owings Mills, Baltimore
County, Md., August
19, 2007 (age 83 years, 269
days).
Cremated.
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Thomas Overton Brooks (1897-1961) —
also known as Overton Brooks —
of Shreveport, Caddo
Parish, La.
Born near Baton Rouge, East Baton
Rouge Parish, La., December
21, 1897.
Nephew of John
Holmes Overton.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Louisiana 4th District, 1937-61; died in
office 1961.
Episcopalian. Member, American
Legion; Forty and
Eight; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Elks; Kiwanis.
Died in Bethesda, Montgomery
County, Md., September
16, 1961 (age 63 years, 269
days).
Interment at Forest
Park Cemetery, Shreveport, La.
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John Brewer Brown (1836-1898) —
also known as John B. Brown —
of Maryland.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., May 13,
1836.
Democrat. Member of Maryland
state house of delegates, 1870; member of Maryland
state senate, 1888-94; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Maryland, 1888
(member, Committee
on Permanent Organization); U.S.
Representative from Maryland 1st District, 1892-93.
Episcopalian.
Died in Centreville, Queen Anne's
County, Md., May 16,
1898 (age 62 years, 3
days).
Interment at Chesterfield
Cemetery, Centreville, Md.
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David Kirkpatrick Este Bruce (1898-1977) —
also known as David K. E. Bruce —
of Baltimore,
Md.; Charlotte Court House, Charlotte
County, Va.; Elkridge, Howard
County, Md.
Born in Baltimore,
Md., February
12, 1898.
Son of William
Cabell Bruce and Louise Este (Fisher) Bruce; brother of James
Bruce; married, May 29,
1926, to Ailsa Mellon (1901-1969; divorced 1945; daughter of Andrew
William Mellon); married, April 23,
1945, to Evangeline Bell.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer; farmer;
member of Maryland
state house of delegates, 1924-26; U.S. Vice Consul in Rome, 1926; member of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1940-43; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Virginia, 1940;
served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; U.S. Ambassador to
France, 1949-52; Germany, 1957-59; Great Britain, 1961-69; U.S. Liaison to China, 1973-74.
Episcopalian. Member, Council on
Foreign Relations.
Received the Presidential
Medal of Freedom in 1976.
Died, as a result of a heart
attack, in Georgetown University Medical
Center, Washington,
D.C., December
5, 1977 (age 79 years, 296
days).
Interment at Oak
Hill Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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James Bruce (1892-1980) —
of Eccleston, Baltimore
County, Md.; Finksburg, Carroll
County, Md.
Born in Baltimore,
Md., December
23, 1892.
Son of William
Cabell Bruce and Louise Este (Fisher) Bruce; married, May 24,
1919, to Ellen McHenry Keyser; brother of David
Kirkpatrick Este Bruce.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; banker;
vice-president, National Dairy
Products Corp.; director, Republic Steel Co.;
director, Chicago, Rock Island, and Pacific Railway;
director, American Airlines;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Maryland, 1940
(alternate), 1952,
1956;
U.S. Ambassador to Argentina, 1947-49.
Episcopalian. Member, American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Moose.
Died July 17,
1980 (age 87 years, 207
days).
Interment somewhere
in Baltimore, Md.
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William Cabell Bruce (1860-1946) —
of Baltimore,
Md.; Ruxton, Baltimore
County, Md.
Born in Charlotte
County, Va., March 12,
1860.
Son of Charles Bruce and Sarah (Seddon) Bruce; married, October
15, 1887, to Louise E. Fisher; father of James
Bruce and David
Kirkpatrick Este Bruce.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Maryland
state senate, 1894-96; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Maryland, 1916
(member, Committee
to Notify Presidential Nominee), 1924;
U.S.
Senator from Maryland, 1923-29; defeated, 1928.
Episcopalian.
Recieved a Pulitzer
Prize in 1918 for his book Benjamin Franklin,
Self-Revealed.
Died in Ruxton, Baltimore
County, Md., May 9,
1946 (age 86 years, 58
days).
Interment at St.
Thomas' Episcopal Church Cemetery, Garrison, Md.
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Beverly Barton Butcher Byron (b. 1932) —
also known as Beverly B. Byron; Beverly Barton
Butcher —
of Frederick, Frederick
County, Md.
Born in Baltimore,
Md., July 27,
1932.
Daughter of Harry C. Butcher and Ruth Butcher; married, December
20, 1952, to Goodloe
Edgar Byron (son of William
Devereux Byron and Katharine
Edgar Byron).
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from Maryland 6th District, 1979-93; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Maryland, 1988.
Female.
Episcopalian.
Still living as of 2009.
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Goodloe Edgar Byron (1929-1978) —
also known as Goodloe E. Byron —
of Frederick, Frederick
County, Md.
Born in Williamsport, Washington
County, Md., June 22,
1929.
Great-grandson of Louis
Emory McComas; son of William
Devereux Byron and Katharine
Edgar Byron; married, December
20, 1952, to Beverly
Barton Butcher.
Democrat. Lawyer; Frederick
County Attorney, 1959-62; member of Maryland
state house of delegates, 1963-66; member of Maryland
state senate, 1967-70; U.S.
Representative from Maryland 6th District, 1971-78; died in
office 1978.
Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Elks; Eagles; Redmen; Optimist
Club; Ruritan;
Kappa
Alpha Order.
Died near Williamsport, Washington
County, Md., October
11, 1978 (age 49 years, 111
days).
Interment at Antietam
National Cemetery, Sharpsburg, Md.
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Katharine Edgar Byron (1903-1976) —
also known as Katharine E. Byron; Katharine
Edgar —
of Williamsport, Washington
County, Md.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., October
25, 1903.
Granddaughter of Louis
Emory McComas; daughter of Gen. Clinton Goodloe Edgar and Mary
(McComas) Edgar; married to William
Devereux Byron; mother of Goodloe
Edgar Byron (who married Beverly
Barton Butcher).
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from Maryland 6th District, 1941-43.
Female.
Episcopalian.
Died in Washington,
D.C., December
28, 1976 (age 73 years, 64
days).
Interment at Riverview
Cemetery, Williamsport, Md.
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William Devereux Byron (1895-1941) —
also known as William D. Byron —
of Williamsport, Washington
County, Md.
Born in Danville,
Va., May 15,
1895.
Son of Col. Joseph C. Byron and Jane (Wilson) Byron; married to Katharine
Edgar; father of Goodloe
Edgar Byron (who married Beverly
Barton Butcher).
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; mayor of
Williamsport, Md., 1926-30; member of Maryland
state senate, 1930-34; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Maryland, 1936;
U.S.
Representative from Maryland 6th District, 1939-41; died in
office 1941.
Episcopalian.
Killed in an airplane
crash at Jonesboro, Clayton
County, Ga., February
27, 1941 (age 45 years, 288
days).
Interment at Riverview
Cemetery, Williamsport, Md.
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John Archibald Campbell (1811-1889) —
also known as John A. Campbell —
of Montgomery, Montgomery
County, Ala.; Baltimore,
Md.
Born in Washington, Wilkes
County, Ga., June 24,
1811.
Married to Anna E. Goldthwaite; grandfather of Duncan
Lawrence Groner.
Lawyer;
member of Alabama
state house of representatives, 1837; Justice
of U.S. Supreme Court, 1853-61; Confederate States Assistant
Secretary of War, 1861-65.
Episcopalian.
Died in Baltimore,
Md., March 12,
1889 (age 77 years, 261
days).
Interment at Green
Mount Cemetery, Baltimore, Md.
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Richard Bennett Carmichael (1807-1884) —
of Queenstown, Queen
Anne's County, Md.
Born in Centreville, Queen Anne's
County, Md., December
25, 1807.
Grandnephew of William
Carmichael.
Democrat. Member of Maryland
state house of delegates, 1831, 1841, 1867; U.S.
Representative from Maryland 2nd District, 1833-35; state court
judge in Maryland, 1858-64; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Maryland, 1864,
1876;
delegate
to Maryland state constitutional convention, 1867.
Episcopalian.
Died near Queenstown, Queen Anne's
County, Md., October
21, 1884 (age 76 years, 301
days).
Interment a
private or family graveyard, Queen Anne's County, Md.
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Edward Codrington Carrington, Jr. (1872-1938) —
also known as Edward C. Carrington, Jr. —
of Baltimore,
Md.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Washington,
D.C., April 10,
1872.
Grandson of Edward
Carrington; son of Edward Codrington Carrington and Florida
Troupe (Harrison) Carrington; married, October
5, 1899, to Ethel Stuart Coyle (divorced 1919); married 1920 to Anna
Walsh Snyder (divorced 1927); married 1936 to Alice
W. Preston (daughter of James
Harry Preston).
Republican. Lawyer; financier;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Maryland, 1912;
candidate for U.S.
Senator from Maryland, 1914; candidate for borough
president of Manhattan, New York, 1931.
Episcopalian.
Died, following a heart
attack, in Baltimore,
Md., December
30, 1938 (age 66 years, 264
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Charles Carroll, Barrister (1723-1783) —
of Maryland.
Born in Annapolis, Anne Arundel
County, Md., March 22,
1723.
Cousin of Daniel
Carroll and Charles
Carroll of Carrollton.
Delegate
to Continental Congress from Maryland, 1776-77; member of Maryland
state senate, 1777-83; died in office 1783.
Episcopalian.
Died in Baltimore
County, Md., March 23,
1783 (age 60 years, 1
days).
Interment at St.
Anne's Churchyard, Annapolis, Md.
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James Carroll (1791-1873) —
of Maryland.
Born in Baltimore,
Md., December
2, 1791.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from Maryland 4th District, 1839-41.
Episcopalian.
Died in Baltimore,
Md., January
16, 1873 (age 81 years, 45
days).
Entombed at Old
St. Paul's Cemetery, Baltimore, Md.
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Thomas King Carroll (1793-1873) —
of Maryland.
Born in Somerset
County, Md., April 29,
1793.
Son of Col. Henry James King Carroll and Elizabeth (Barnes) Carroll;
married to Julianna Stevenson.
Member of Maryland
state house of delegates, 1816-17; state court judge in Maryland,
1826-29; Governor of
Maryland, 1830-31.
Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons.
Died in Dorchester
County, Md., October
3, 1873 (age 80 years, 157
days).
Interment at Old
Trinity Church Cemetery, Near Cambridge, Dorchester County, Md.
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Jill P. Carter (b. 1964) —
of Baltimore,
Md.
Born in Baltimore,
Md., June 18,
1964.
Daughter of Walter P. Carter and Zerita Joy Carter.
Democrat. Journalist;
lawyer;
member of Maryland
state house of delegates 41st District, 2003-; candidate in
primary for mayor
of Baltimore, Md., 2007.
Female.
Episcopalian. African
ancestry.
Still living as of 2010.
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Elbert Nostrand Carvel (1910-2005) —
also known as Elbert N. Carvel; "Big
Bert" —
of Laurel, Sussex
County, Del.
Born in Shelter Island, Suffolk
County, Long Island, N.Y., February
9, 1910.
Son of Arnold Wrightson Carvel and Elizabeth (Nostrand) Carvel;
married, December
17, 1932, to Ann Hall Valliant.
Democrat. Fertilizer
manufacturer; Lieutenant
Governor of Delaware, 1945-49; Delaware
Democratic state chair, 1946-47, 1955; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Delaware, 1948,
1952,
1956,
1960;
Governor
of Delaware, 1949-53, 1961-65; defeated, 1952; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Delaware, 1958, 1964; candidate for Presidential
Elector for Delaware, 1972.
Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Lions;
Grange;
Sigma
Delta Kappa; Alpha
Zeta.
Died in Laurel, Sussex
County, Del., February
6, 2005 (age 94 years, 363
days).
Interment a
private or family graveyard, Queen Anne's County, Md.
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John Hubbard Chafee (1922-1999) —
also known as John H. Chafee —
of Warwick, Kent
County, R.I.
Born in Providence, Providence
County, R.I., October
22, 1922.
Father of Lincoln
Davenport Chafee.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II;
served in the U.S. Marine Corps during the Korean conflict; lawyer;
member of Rhode
Island state house of representatives, 1957-63; Governor of
Rhode Island, 1963-69; U.S.
Senator from Rhode Island, 1976-99; defeated, 1972; died in
office 1999.
Episcopalian. Member, American
Legion.
Died, of heart
failure, at the National
Naval Medical Center in Bethesda, Montgomery
County, Md., October
24, 1999 (age 77 years, 2
days).
Interment a
private or family graveyard, Kent County, R.I.; statue at Colt
State Park, Bristol, R.I.
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Ezekiel Forman Chambers (1788-1867) —
also known as Ezekiel F. Chambers —
of Chestertown, Kent
County, Md.
Born in Chestertown, Kent
County, Md., February
28, 1788.
Member of Maryland
state senate, 1821-29; U.S.
Senator from Maryland, 1826-34; state court judge in Maryland,
1834-51; delegate
to Maryland state constitutional convention, 1850; delegate
to Maryland state constitutional convention, 1864.
Episcopalian.
Died in Chestertown, Kent
County, Md., January
30, 1867 (age 78 years, 336
days).
Interment at Chester
Cemetery, Chestertown, Md.
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Jeremiah Townley Chase (1748-1828) —
of Annapolis, Anne
Arundel County, Md.
Born in Baltimore
County, Md., May 23,
1748.
Delegate
to Maryland state constitutional convention, 1776; member of Maryland
state house of delegates, 1777-79, 1788; mayor
of Annapolis, Md., 1783-84; Delegate
to Continental Congress from Maryland, 1783-84; delegate to
Maryland convention to ratify U.S. constitution, 1788; state
court judge in Maryland, 1806-26.
Episcopalian.
Died in Annapolis, Anne Arundel
County, Md., May 11,
1828 (age 79 years, 354
days).
Interment at City
Cemetery, Annapolis, Md.
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Samuel Chase (1741-1811) —
of Maryland.
Born near Princess Anne, Somerset
County, Md., April 17,
1741.
Delegate
to Continental Congress from Maryland, 1774-78, 1781-82, 1783-85;
signer,
Declaration of Independence, 1776; state court judge in Maryland,
1788; Justice
of U.S. Supreme Court, 1796-1811; died in office 1811.
Episcopalian.
Articles of impeachment
were filed against him in 1804 on charges of malfeasance
in office; tried by
the Senate in 1805 and acquitted of all charges.
Died in Washington,
D.C., June 19,
1811 (age 70 years, 63
days).
Interment at Old
St. Paul's Cemetery, Baltimore, Md.
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Benjamin Chew (1722-1810) —
of Pennsylvania.
Born in Maidstone, Calvert
County, Md., November
29, 1722.
Chief
justice of Pennsylvania state supreme court, 1774-77.
Quaker;
later Anglican.
Died in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., January
20, 1810 (age 87 years, 52
days).
Interment at St.
Peter's Churchyard, Philadelphia, Pa.
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Gabriel Christie (1756-1808) —
of Maryland.
Born in Perryman, Harford
County, Md., November
29, 1756.
U.S.
Representative from Maryland 5th District, 1793-97, 1799-1801;
member of Maryland
state senate, 1802-06; U.S. Collector of Customs,
1806-08.
Episcopalian.
Died in Baltimore,
Md., April 1,
1808 (age 51 years, 124
days).
Interment at Spesutia
Churchyard, Perryman, Md.
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William Purrington Cole, Jr. (1889-1957) —
also known as William P. Cole, Jr. —
of Towson, Baltimore
County, Md.
Born in Towson, Baltimore
County, Md., May 11,
1889.
Son of William Purrington Cole and Ida Estelle (Stocksdale) Cole;
married, June 27,
1918, to Edith Moore Cole.
Democrat. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War I; U.S.
Representative from Maryland 2nd District, 1927-29, 1931-43; Judge of
U.S. Customs Court, 1942-52; Judge of
U.S. Court of Customs and Patent Appeals, 1952-57.
Episcopalian. Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons;
Order of the
Eastern Star; Odd
Fellows; Junior
Order; Phi
Kappa Sigma.
Died in Baltimore,
Md., September
22, 1957 (age 68 years, 134
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Barnes Compton (1830-1898) —
of Laurel, Prince
George's County, Md.
Born in Port Tobacco, Charles
County, Md., November
16, 1830.
Great-grandson of Philip
Key.
Democrat. Member of Maryland
state house of delegates, 1860-61; member of Maryland
state senate, 1867-72; Maryland
state treasurer, 1874-85; U.S.
Representative from Maryland 5th District, 1885-90, 1891-94.
Episcopalian.
Died in Laurel, Prince
George's County, Md., December
2, 1898 (age 68 years, 16
days).
Interment at Loudon
Park Cemetery, Baltimore, Md.
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Albert Constable (1805-1855) —
of Perryville, Cecil
County, Md.
Born near Charlestown, Cecil
County, Md., June 3,
1805.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from Maryland 5th District, 1845-47; delegate
to Maryland state constitutional convention, 1850; state court
judge in Maryland, 1852-55.
Episcopalian.
Died in Camden, Camden
County, N.J., September
18, 1855 (age 50 years, 107
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Benjamin Contee (1755-1815) —
of Maryland.
Born in Prince
George's County, Md., 1755.
Granduncle of Thomas
Contee Worthington; uncle of Alexander
Contee Hanson.
Delegate
to Continental Congress from Maryland, 1788; U.S.
Representative from Maryland at-large, 1789-91; state court judge
in Maryland, 1815.
Episcopalian.
Died near Port Tobacco, Charles
County, Md., November
30, 1815 (age about 60
years).
Interment a
private or family graveyard, Charles County, Md.
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Jeremiah Cosden (1768-1824) —
of Maryland.
Born in Elkton, Cecil
County, Md., 1768.
U.S.
Representative from Maryland 6th District, 1821-22.
Episcopalian.
Died in Baltimore,
Md., December
5, 1824 (age about 56
years).
Burial
location unknown.
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James Harry Covington (1870-1942) —
also known as J. Harry Covington —
of Easton, Talbot
County, Md.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Easton, Talbot
County, Md., May 3,
1870.
Son of James H. Covington and Emma V. Covington; married 1899 to Ethel
K. Rose.
Democrat. Lawyer; Talbot
County State's Attorney, 1903-09; U.S.
Representative from Maryland 1st District, 1909-14; resigned
1914; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Maryland, 1912
(chair, Committee
on Rules and Order of Business; speaker);
justice
of District of Columbia supreme court, 1914-18.
Episcopalian. Member, Kappa
Sigma.
Died in Washington,
D.C., February
4, 1942 (age 71 years, 277
days).
Interment at Spring
Hill Cemetery, Easton, Md.
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Christopher C. Cox (1816-1882) —
of Maryland.
Born in Baltimore,
Md., August
28, 1816.
Lieutenant
Governor of Maryland, 1865-68.
Episcopalian.
Died in Washington,
D.C., November
25, 1882 (age 66 years, 89
days).
Interment somewhere
in Easton, Md.
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