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  Bertha Sheppard Adkins (1906-1983) — also known as Bertha S. Adkins — of Salisbury, Wicomico County, Md. Born in Salisbury, Wicomico County, Md., August 24, 1906. Daughter of Frederic Paul Adkins and Edna May (Sheppard) Adkins. Republican. Dean of Women, Western Maryland College, Westminster, Md., 1934-42; Dean of Residence, Bradford Junior College, Bradford, Mass., 1942-46; member of Republican National Committee from Maryland, 1948-58; delegate to Republican National Convention from Maryland, 1956, 1960 (alternate). Female. Methodist. Member, American Association of University Women; Pi Lambda Theta. Died January 14, 1983 (age 76 years, 143 days). Burial location unknown.
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  Jesse Corcoran Adkins (1879-1955) — of Chevy Chase, Montgomery County, Md.; Washington, D.C. Born in Knoxville, Knox County, Tenn., April 13, 1879. Son of Milton T. Adkins and Sarah Elizabeth (Walker) Adkins. Republican. Lawyer; law professor; justice of District of Columbia supreme court, 1930-36; U.S. District Judge for the District of Columbia, 1936-46; took senior status 1946. Disciples of Christ. Member, American Bar Association; Freemasons; Phi Alpha Delta. Died in Washington, D.C., March 29, 1955 (age 75 years, 350 days). Interment at Rock Creek Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
  Relatives: Married, July 14, 1903, to Bertha McNaught.
  See also federal judicial profile — Wikipedia article
  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. 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.
  Relatives: Married, November 24, 1933, to Jo Lucille Gallion.
  See also Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Books by Arthur A. Ageton: Admiral Ambassador to Russia, with William H. Standley (1955) — The Naval Officer's Guide (1944) — Naval Leadership and the American Bluejacket (1944)
  Fiction by Arthur A. Ageton: Hit the Beach (1961) — The Jungle Seas (1954)
  Michael Hayden Armacost (b. 1937) — also known as Michael Armacost — of Bethesda, Montgomery County, Md. Born in Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, April 15, 1937. Son of George H. Armacost and Verda Gay (Hayden) Armacost. College professor; Foreign Service officer; U.S. Ambassador to Philippines, 1982-84; Japan, 1989. Methodist. Member, Trilateral Commission; Council on Foreign Relations. Still living as of 2009.
  Relatives: Married, March 8, 1959, to Roberta June Bray.
  See also Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier
  Roscoe Gardner Bartlett (b. 1926) — also known as Roscoe G. Bartlett — of Frederick, Frederick County, Md. Born in Moreland, Jefferson County, Ky., June 3, 1926. Republican. University professor; U.S. Representative from Maryland 6th District, 1993-; defeated, 1982. Seventh-Day Adventist. Still living as of 2009.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — votes in Congress from the Washington Post — NNDB dossier
  Earl Lauer Butz (1909-2008) — also known as Earl L. Butz — of West Lafayette, Tippecanoe County, Ind. Born in Albion, Noble County, Ind., July 3, 1909. Son of Herman Lee Butz and Ada Tillie (Lower) Butz. Economist; university professor; U.S. Secretary of Agriculture, 1971-76. Member, Alpha Gamma Rho; Sigma Xi; Sigma Delta Chi; Tau Kappa Alpha; Alpha Zeta; Kiwanis. Resigned in 1976 following a furor over a racist joke. In 1981, he pleaded guilty to income tax evasion; sentenced to five years in prison (served 30 days) and fined $10,000. Died in Kensington, Montgomery County, Md., February 2, 2008 (age 98 years, 214 days). Interment at Tippecanoe Memory Gardens, West Lafayette, Ind.
  Relatives: Son of Herman Lee Butz and Ada Tillie (Lower) Butz; married, December 22, 1937, to Mary Emma Powell; uncle of Dave Butz (professional football player).
  See also Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier — Internet Movie Database profile — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Gordon Evans Dean (1905-1958) — also known as Gordon E. Dean — Born in Seattle, King County, Wash., December 28, 1905. Son of Rev. John Marvin Dean. Newspaper reporter; lawyer; served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; law professor; member, U.S. Atomic Energy Commission, 1949-53; chair, U.S. Atomic Energy Commission, 1950-53. Killed when a Northeast Airlines plane, landing in heavy fog, crashed and burned, about 300 yards short of the airport runway, in Nantucket, Nantucket County, Mass., August 15, 1958 (age 52 years, 230 days). Interment at Fort Lincoln Cemetery, Brentwood, Md.
  Relatives: Son of Rev. John Marvin Dean; married 1930 to Adelaide Williamson (divorced 1953); married, December 19, 1953, to Mary Benton Gore (first cousin once removed of Albert Arnold Gore; second cousin of Albert Arnold Gore, Jr.). See Gore family of Tennessee.
  See also Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Samuel K. Dennis (b. 1874) — of Roland Park, Baltimore, Md. Born in Worcester County, Md., September 28, 1874. Son of Samuel K. Dennis and Sally Handy (Crisfield) Dennis. Democrat. Lawyer; secretary to Gov. John Walter Smith, 1900-04; member of Maryland state house of delegates, 1904; U.S. Attorney for Maryland, 1915-20; state court judge in Maryland, 1928-36; law professor. Presbyterian. Member, American Bar Association. Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Married, June 1, 1911, to Helen Gordon Moore.
  Clarence Clyde Ferguson, Jr. (1924-1983) — Born in Wilmington, New Hanover County, N.C., November 4, 1924. Son of Clarence Clyde Ferguson and Georgena (Owens) Ferguson. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; lawyer; law professor; U.S. Ambassador to Uganda, 1970-72. Unitarian. Died in Boston, Suffolk County, Mass., December 21, 1983 (age 59 years, 47 days). Interment at Baltimore National Cemetery, Baltimore, Md.
  Relatives: Married, February 14, 1954, to Dolores Zimmerman.
  See also Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Albert Horwell Gerberich (1898-1965) — also known as Albert H. Gerberich — of Pennsylvania; Bethesda, Montgomery County, Md. Born in Williamstown, Dauphin County, Pa., February 23, 1898. Son of Albert Henry Gerberich (1864-1966) and Martha Eleanor (Horwell) Gerberich (1864-1948). Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; U.S. Vice Consul in Puerto Cortes, 1919-22; Bremerhaven, 1922-24; U.S. Consul in Maracaibo, 1924-25; college professor. Methodist. Member, Freemasons; Phi Beta Kappa. Died, in Sibley Hospital, Washington, D.C., April 14, 1965 (age 67 years, 50 days). Interment at Atglen Methodist Cemetery, Atglen, Pa.
  Relatives: Married, June 21, 1934, to Gisela Margit Heim-Zimanyi (1898-1953).
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  Edwin Freemont Ladd (1859-1925) — also known as Edwin F. Ladd — of Fargo, Cass County, N.Dak. Born in Starks, Somerset County, Maine, December 13, 1859. Son of John Ladd and Rosilla (Locke) Ladd. Republican. Chemist; college professor; president, North Dakota Agricultural College (now North Dakota State University), 1916-21; U.S. Senator from North Dakota, 1921-25; died in office 1925. Member, Phi Gamma Delta. Died in Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, Md., June 22, 1925 (age 65 years, 191 days). Interment at Glenwood Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
  Relatives: Married, August 16, 1893, to Rizpah Sprogle.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page
  Thomas Peter Lantos (1928-2008) — also known as Tom Lantos; Tamas Peter Lantos — of Millbrae, San Mateo County, Calif.; Hillsborough, San Mateo County, Calif.; San Mateo, San Mateo County, Calif. Born in Budapest, Hungary, February 1, 1928. Democrat. University professor; television news commentator; delegate to Democratic National Convention from California, 1976, 1988, 1996, 2000, 2004; U.S. Representative from California, 1981-2008 (11th District 1981-93, 12th District 1993-2008); died in office 2008. Jewish. Member, Phi Beta Kappa; Sigma Alpha Mu. Arrested for disorderly conduct in April 2006, while taking part civil disobedience action to protest genocide in Darfur, in front of the Sudanese embassy in Washington, D.C. Died, of cancer of the esophagus, in Bethesda Naval Medical Center, Bethesda, Montgomery County, Md., February 11, 2008 (age 80 years, 10 days). Interment at Congressional Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
  Relatives: Married 1950 to Annette Tillemann; father of Katrina Lantos (who married Richard Nelson Swett). See Swett-Lantos family of New Hampshire.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — votes in Congress from the Washington Post — Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier — Internet Movie Database profile — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Clarence Dickinson Long, Jr. (1908-1994) — also known as Clarence D. Long — of Ruxton, Baltimore County, Md. Born in South Bend, St. Joseph County, Ind., December 11, 1908. Son of Clarence Dickinson Long and Gertrude (Cooper) Long. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; university professor; Maryland Democratic state chair, 1961-62; U.S. Representative from Maryland 2nd District, 1963-85; defeated, 1984; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Maryland, 1964. Presbyterian. Member, Alpha Tau Omega; Phi Beta Kappa. Died in Cockeysville, Baltimore County, Md., September 18, 1994 (age 85 years, 281 days). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Married, December 20, 1937, to Susanna Larter.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — NNDB dossier
  Kweisi Mfume (b. 1948) — also known as Frizzell Gerard Tate; Frizzell Gerard Gray — of Baltimore, Md. Born in Baltimore, Md., October 24, 1948. Democrat. University professor; program director for a radio station; U.S. Representative from Maryland 7th District, 1987-96; resigned 1996; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Maryland, 1988; chief executive officer of the NAACP. Baptist. African ancestry. Member, NAACP; Freemasons. Still living as of 2009.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — votes in Congress from the Washington Post — NNDB dossier
  Parren James Mitchell (1922-2007) — also known as Parren J. Mitchell — of Baltimore, Md. Born in Baltimore, Md., April 29, 1922. Son of Clarence M. Mitchell, Sr. and Elsie (Davis) Mitchell. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; college professor; U.S. Representative from Maryland 7th District, 1971-87. Episcopalian. African ancestry. Died, of pneumonia, in Greater Baltimore Medical Center, Baltimore, Md., May 28, 2007 (age 85 years, 29 days). Interment at Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
  Relatives: Son of Clarence M. Mitchell, Sr. and Elsie (Davis) Mitchell; uncle of Clarence M. Mitchell III and Michael Bowen Mitchell; granduncle of Clarence M. Mitchell IV and Keiffer Jackson Mitchell, Jr.. See Mitchell family of Maryland.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Robert Gerhard Neumann (1916-1999) — also known as Robert G. Neumann — of California. Born in Vienna, Austria, January 2, 1916. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; university professor; U.S. Ambassador to Afghanistan, 1966-73; Morocco, 1973-76; Saudi Arabia, 1981. Died of cancer, in Bethesda, Montgomery County, Md., June 18, 1999 (age 83 years, 167 days). Interment at Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
  Relatives: Father of Ronald E. Neumann.
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  Covey Thomas Oliver (1913-2007) — Born in Laredo, Webb County, Tex., 1913. University professor; U.S. Ambassador to Colombia, 1964-66. Member, American Society for International Law; Council on Foreign Relations; Phi Beta Kappa; Order of the Coif. Died, of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, near Easton, Talbot County, Md., February 22, 2007 (age about 93 years). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Married to Barbara Hauer.
  Stanton Judkins Peelle (1843-1928) — also known as Stanton J. Peelle — of Indianapolis, Marion County, Ind.; Chevy Chase, Montgomery County, Md. Born in Wayne County, Ind., February 11, 1843. Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; lawyer; member of Indiana state house of representatives, 1877; U.S. Representative from Indiana 7th District, 1881-84; delegate to Republican National Convention from Indiana, 1888 (alternate), 1892; Judge of U.S. Court of Claims, 1892-1913; law professor. Presbyterian. Died in Washington, D.C., September 4, 1928 (age 85 years, 206 days). Interment at Rock Creek Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
  Relatives: Nephew of William A. Peelle.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page
  William Henry Purnell (1826-1902) — Born in Worcester County, Md., February 3, 1826. Son of Moses Purnell (1784-1859) and Maria (Bowen) Purnell. Lawyer; Maryland state comptroller, 1856-61; resigned 1861; colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War; college professor; president, Delaware College, 1870-85. Died March 30, 1902 (age 76 years, 55 days). Interment somewhere in Annapolis, Md.
  Relatives: Married, June 13, 1849, to Margaret Neill Martin (1825-1895).
  See also Wikipedia article
  Albert Ritchie — Democrat. Lawyer; law professor; delegate to Maryland state constitutional convention, 1867; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Maryland, 1888. Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Married to Elizabeth Caskie Cabell; father of Albert Cabell Ritchie.
  Thomas Sterling (1851-1930) — of Springfield, Sangamon County, Ill.; Redfield, Spink County, S.Dak.; Vermillion, Clay County, S.Dak. Born near Amanda, Fairfield County, Ohio, February 20, 1851. Son of Charles Sterling and Anna (Kessler) Sterling. Republican. Lawyer; delegate to South Dakota state constitutional convention, 1889; member of South Dakota state senate 30th District, 1889-90; dean, college of law, University of South Dakota, 1901-11; U.S. Senator from South Dakota, 1913-25; delegate to Republican National Convention from South Dakota, 1916. Congregationalist. Member, Freemasons; Knights Templar; Shriners; Odd Fellows; Ancient Order of United Workmen; American Bar Association; American Political Science Association. Died in 1930 (age about 79 years). Interment at Cedar Hill Cemetery, Suitland, Md.
  Relatives: Son of Charles Sterling and Anna (Kessler) Sterling; married to Anna Dunn (died 1881) and Emma R. Rowe-Thayer (died 1923); brother of John Allen Sterling.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page
  Joseph Ross Stevenson (1866-1939) — also known as J. Ross Stevenson — of Sedalia, Pettis County, Mo.; Chicago, Cook County, Ill.; New York City (unknown county), N.Y.; Baltimore, Md.; Princeton, Mercer County, N.J. Born in Ligonier, Westmoreland County, Pa., March 1, 1866. Son of Rev. Ross Stevenson and Martha A. (Harbison) Stevenson. Democrat. Pastor; college professor; speaker, Democratic National Convention, 1912 ; president, Princeton Theological Seminary, 1914-36. Presbyterian. Died in Princeton, Mercer County, N.J., August 13, 1939 (age 73 years, 165 days). Interment at Princeton Cemetery, Princeton, N.J.
  Relatives: Married, May 16, 1899, to Florence Day.
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial

 

 


 
   
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