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Felix Agnus (1839-1925) —
of Baltimore,
Md.
Born in Lyon, France,
July
4, 1839.
Republican. Major in the Union Army during the Civil War;
newspaper publisher; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Maryland, 1896,
1908,
1916.
Died October
31, 1925 (age 86 years, 119
days).
Interment at Druid
Ridge Cemetery, Pikesville, Md.
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Moss Alexander (1906-1985) —
Born in 1906.
Author,
historian,
newspaper columnist;
member of Maryland
state house of delegates.
Died in 1985
(age about
79 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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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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Joseph Hurst Ball (1905-1993) —
also known as Joseph H. Ball —
of St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn.; Stillwater, Washington
County, Minn.
Born in Crookston, Polk
County, Minn., November
3, 1905.
Son of Joseph Ball and Florence E. (Hurst) Ball.
Republican. Newspaper reporter; U.S.
Senator from Minnesota, 1940-42, 1943-49; defeated, 1948;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Minnesota, 1944.
Protestant.
Died of a stroke, in
Chevy Chase, Montgomery
County, Md., December
18, 1993 (age 88 years, 45
days).
Interment at Prospect
Hill Cemetery, Front Royal, Va.
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Henry E. Bateman (1807-1892) —
Born in Maryland, December
22, 1807.
Newspaper editor; Clerk, Maryland Court of Appeals, 1842-51;
Maryland
state comptroller, 1853-54; delegate to
Maryland state constitutional convention, 1867.
Died in Easton, Talbot
County, Md., November
30, 1892 (age 84 years, 344
days).
Interment at Spring
Hill Cemetery, Easton, Md.
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Louis Victor Baughman (1845-1906) —
also known as L. Victor Baughman; "Little Napoleon of
Western Maryland" —
of Frederick
County, Md.
Born in Frederick, Frederick
County, Md., April 11,
1845.
Son of John William Baughman and Mary Jane (Jamison) Baughman.
Democrat. Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; lawyer;
newspaper editor; farmer; horseman;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from Maryland 6th District, 1886; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Maryland, 1888;
Maryland
state comptroller, 1888-92; president, Chesapeake and Ohio Canal
Company; president, Frederick, Northern & Gettysburg Electric
Railway Company.
Died near Frederick, Frederick
County, Md., November
30, 1906 (age 61 years, 233
days).
Interment at St.
John's Catholic Church Cemetery, Frederick, Md.
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Helen Delich Bentley (b. 1923) —
also known as Helen Delich —
of Lutherville, Baltimore
County, Md.; Towson, Baltimore
County, Md.
Born in Ruth, White Pine
County, Nev., November
28, 1923.
Daughter of Michael Delich and Mary (Kovich) Delich.
Republican. Newspaper reporter; campaign manager for Nevada
U.S. Sen. James
G. Scrugham, 1942; chair, Federal Maritime Commission, 1969; U.S.
Representative from Maryland 2nd District, 1985-95; defeated,
1980, 1982, 2002; candidate in primary for Governor of
Maryland, 1994.
Female.
Eastern
Orthodox. Serbian
ancestry. Member, Theta
Sigma Phi.
Still living as of 2009.
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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.
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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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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Marion Butler (1863-1938) —
of Elliott, Sampson
County, N.C.
Born near Clinton, Sampson
County, N.C., May 20,
1863.
Son of Wiley Butler and Romelia Butler.
Newspaper publisher; lawyer;
member of North
Carolina state senate; elected 1890; U.S.
Senator from North Carolina, 1895-1901; delegate to Republican
National Convention from North Carolina, 1912,
1916,
1920,
1924,
1932.
Died in Takoma Park, Montgomery
County, Md., June 3,
1938 (age 75 years, 14
days).
Interment at Clinton
Cemetery, Clinton, N.C.
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Dabney Smith Carr (1802-1854) —
Born in Albemarle
County, Va., March 5,
1802.
Son of Peter Carr and Hester (Smith) Carr.
Newspaper publisher; U.S. Minister to Turkey, 1843-49.
Died in Charlottesville,
Va., March 24,
1854 (age 52 years, 19
days).
Interment at Monticello
Graveyard, Near Charlottesville, Albemarle County, Va.
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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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Francis Higbee Case (1896-1962) —
also known as Francis Case —
of Custer, Custer
County, S.Dak.
Born in Everly, Clay
County, Iowa, December
9, 1896.
Son of Herbert Llywellen Case and Mary Ellen (Grannis) Case.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War I;
newspaper editor and publisher; rancher; U.S.
Representative from South Dakota 2nd District, 1937-51; U.S.
Senator from South Dakota, 1951-62; died in office 1962; delegate
to Republican National Convention from South Dakota, 1956.
Methodist.
Member, American
Legion; Pi
Kappa Delta; Sigma
Delta Chi; Freemasons;
Acacia;
Elks; Rotary.
Died, in the Bethesda
Naval Hospital, Bethesda, Montgomery
County, Md., June 22,
1962 (age 65 years, 195
days).
Interment at Mountain
View Cemetery, Rapid City, S.Dak.
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Mary W. Conaway —
of Baltimore,
Md.
Democrat. Newspaper editor; Baltimore Register of Wills,
1983-; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Maryland, 1988;
candidate in primary for mayor
of Baltimore, Md., 1999.
Female.
Methodist.
African
ancestry.
Still living as of 2010.
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John Jacob Cornwell (1867-1953) —
also known as John J. Cornwell —
of Romney, Hampshire
County, W.Va.
Born in Ritchie
County, W.Va., July 11,
1867.
Son of Jacob H. Cornwell and Mary E. (Taylor) Cornwell.
Democrat. Lawyer;
owner and editor of The Hampshire Review newspaper; financed
and built Hampshire Southern Railroad;
president, Bank of
Romney; director and general counsel, Baltimore and Ohio Railroad;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from West Virginia, 1896,
1912
(member, Platform
and Resolutions Committee), 1924,
1932,
1940;
member of West
Virginia state senate, 1899-1906 (12th District 1899-1902, 15th
District 1903-06); Governor of
West Virginia, 1917-21; defeated, 1904.
Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; Elks.
Died in Cumberland, Allegany
County, Md., September
8, 1953 (age 86 years, 59
days).
Interment at Indian
Mound Cemetery, Romney, W.Va.
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Philip Kingsland Crowe (1908-1976) —
also known as Philip K. Crowe —
of Easton, Talbot
County, Md.
Born in New York City (unknown
county), N.Y., January
7, 1908.
Son of Earl R. Crowe and Kathleen McClellan (Higgins) Crowe.
Newspaper reporter; served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World
War II; U.S. Ambassador to Ceylon, 1953-56; South Africa, 1959-61; Norway, 1969-73; Denmark, 1973-75.
Member, Council on
Foreign Relations; Society
of Colonial Wars.
Died in 1976
(age about
68 years).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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William Mercer Owens Dawson (1853-1916) —
also known as William M. O. Dawson —
of Kingwood, Preston
County, W.Va.
Born in Bloomington, Garrett
County, Md., May 21,
1853.
Son of Francis Dawson and Leah (Knight) Dawson.
Republican. Newspaper editor; lawyer; chair of
Preston County Republican Party, 1875-88; member of West
Virginia state senate, 1881-88 (10th District 1881-82, 11th
District 1883-88); West Virginia
Republican state chair, 1892-1904; secretary of
state of West Virginia, 1897-1905; Governor of
West Virginia, 1905-09.
Died March 12,
1916 (age 62 years, 296
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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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.
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Alanson William Edwards (1840-1908) —
also known as Alanson W. Edwards —
of Bunker Hill, Macoupin
County, Ill.; Fargo, Cass
County, N.Dak.
Born in Lorain
County, Ohio, August
27, 1840.
Express
agent; telegraph
operator; major in the Union Army during the Civil War; warden,
Illinois Penitentiary at Joliet, 1871-72; newspaper publisher;
mayor
of Fargo, N.Dak., 1887-88; member of North
Dakota state house of representatives, 1895-96; U.S. Consul
General in Montreal, 1903-06.
Member, Grand
Army of the Republic.
Died February
14, 1908 (age 67 years, 171
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1870
to Elizabeth Robertson. |
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Henry Richard Gibson (1837-1938) —
also known as Henry R. Gibson —
of Knoxville, Knox
County, Tenn.
Born in Kent Island, Queen Anne's
County, Md., December
24, 1837.
Son of Woolman Gibson and Catherine (Carter) Gibson.
Republican. Lawyer; delegate to
Tennessee state constitutional convention, 1870; member of Tennessee
state senate, 1871-72; candidate for Presidential Elector for
Tennessee, 1872,
1880;
member of Tennessee
state house of representatives, 1875-76; law partner of Leonidas
C. Houk, 1876-79; newspaper editor and publisher; U.S.
Representative from Tennessee 2nd District, 1895-1905; delegate
to Republican National Convention from Tennessee, 1900.
Died May 25,
1938 (age 100 years,
152 days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Old
Gray Cemetery, Knoxville, Tenn.
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Dwight Palmer Griswold (1893-1954) —
also known as Dwight P. Griswold —
of Gordon, Sheridan
County, Neb.; Scottsbluff, Scotts
Bluff County, Neb.
Born in Harrison, Sioux
County, Neb., November
27, 1893.
Son of Dwight H. Griswold and Clarissa (Palmer) Griswold.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; banker;
newspaper editor; member of Nebraska
state house of representatives, 1921-23; member of Nebraska
state senate, 1925-29; Governor of
Nebraska, 1941-47; defeated, 1932, 1934; U.S.
Senator from Nebraska, 1952-54; died in office 1954.
Presbyterian.
Member, Alpha
Tau Omega; American
Legion; Freemasons;
Shriners.
Died, in Bethesda
Naval Hospital, Bethesda, Montgomery
County, Md., April 12,
1954 (age 60 years, 136
days).
Interment at Fairview
Cemetery, Scottsbluff, Neb.
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Charles Burdett Hart (1850-1930) —
of Wheeling, Ohio
County, W.Va.
Born in Baltimore,
Md., June 16,
1850.
Newspaper editor; U.S. Minister to Colombia, 1897-1903.
Died in 1930
(age about
80 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Frederick S. Heiskell (1786-1882) —
of Knoxville, Knox
County, Tenn.
Born in Hagerstown, Washington
County, Md., 1786.
Newspaper publisher; farmer; mayor
of Knoxville, Tenn., 1835.
Died in 1882
(age about
96 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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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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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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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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Thomas James Keating (1829-1898) —
of Centreville, Queen
Anne's County, Md.
Born in Smyrna, Kent
County, Del., May 3,
1829.
Son of Michael Keating and Elizabeth Jane (Palmer) Keating.
Democrat. Lawyer;
newspaper editor; Queen
Anne's County State's Attorney, 1860-76; delegate to
Maryland state constitutional convention, 1867; Maryland
state comptroller, 1878-84; banker; chair of
Queen Anne's County Democratic Party, 1893.
Episcopalian.
Died in Centreville, Queen Anne's
County, Md., June 1,
1898 (age 69 years, 29
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1862
to Sarah F. Webster. |
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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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Alan Lee Keyes (b. 1950) —
also known as Alan L. Keyes —
of Maryland.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., August 7,
1950.
Republican. Candidate for U.S.
Senator from Maryland, 1988, 1992; candidate for Republican
nomination for President, 1996,
2000,
2008;
candidate for U.S.
Senator from Illinois, 2004; American Independent candidate for
President
of the United States, 2008.
African
ancestry.
Syndicated newspaper columnist;
radio
talk show host.
Still living as of 2009.
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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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Robert James McCloskey (1922-1996) —
also known as Robert J. McCloskey —
of Maryland; Pennsylvania.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., November
25, 1922.
Son of Thomas McCloskey and Anna (Wallace) McCloskey.
Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II; newspaper
reporter; Foreign Service officer; U.S. Ambassador to Cyprus, 1973-74; , 1974-75; Netherlands, 1976-78; Greece, 1978-81.
Died in 1996
(age about
73 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Miles Benjamin McSweeney (1855-1909) —
also known as Miles B. McSweeney —
of South Carolina.
Born in Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C., April 18,
1855.
Democrat. Newspaper publisher; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from South Carolina, 1888,
1896,
1900;
member of South Carolina state legislature, 1895-96; Lieutenant
Governor of South Carolina, 1897-99; Governor of
South Carolina, 1899-1903.
Died in Mt. Hope Retreat,
Baltimore,
Md., September
29, 1909 (age 54 years, 164
days).
Interment at Hampton
Cemetery, Hampton, S.C.
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Harry Stewart New (1858-1937) —
also known as Harry S. New —
of Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind.
Born in Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind., December
31, 1858.
Son of John
Chalfant New and Melissa (Beeler) New.
Republican. Newspaper editor and publisher; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Indiana, 1896,
1912,
1920,
1924;
member of Indiana
state senate, 1897-99; served in the U.S. Army during the
Spanish-American War; member of Republican
National Committee from Indiana, 1900-12; Chairman of
Republican National Committee, 1907-08; U.S.
Senator from Indiana, 1917-23; U.S.
Postmaster General, 1923-29.
Disciples
of Christ. English
and Welsh
ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Sigma
Chi.
Died in Baltimore,
Md., May 9,
1937 (age 78 years, 129
days).
Interment at Crown
Hill Cemetery, Indianapolis, Ind.
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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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Joseph Christopher O'Mahoney (1884-1962) —
also known as Joseph C. O'Mahoney —
of Cheyenne, Laramie
County, Wyo.
Born in Chelsea, Suffolk
County, Mass., November
5, 1884.
Son of Dennis O'Mahoney and Elizabeth (Sheehan) O'Mahoney.
Democrat. Newspaper editor; lawyer; vice-chair of
Wyoming Democratic Party, 1922-30; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Wyoming, 1924
(alternate), 1928,
1940,
1944,
1948;
member of Democratic
National Committee from Wyoming, 1929-34; U.S.
Senator from Wyoming, 1934-53, 1954-61; defeated, 1952.
Catholic.
Member, American Bar
Association; Phi
Kappa Sigma.
Died in the Bethesda
Naval Hospital, Bethesda, Montgomery
County, Md., December
1, 1962 (age 78 years, 26
days).
Interment at Mt.
Olivet Cemetery, Cheyenne, Wyo.
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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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Lemuel Ely Quigg (1863-1919) —
also known as Lemuel E. Quigg —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born near Chestertown, Kent
County, Md., February
12, 1863.
Republican. Newspaper editor; U.S.
Representative from New York 14th District, 1894-99; defeated,
1898; delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1900,
1904;
speaker, 1896;
delegate
to New York state constitutional convention 26th District, 1915.
Died in New York City (unknown
county), N.Y., July 1,
1919 (age 56 years, 139
days).
Interment at Flushing
Cemetery, Flushing, Queens, N.Y.
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Carlos Wood Riddick (1872-1960) —
also known as Carl W. Riddick —
of Winamac, Pulaski
County, Ind.; Lewistown, Fergus
County, Mont.
Born in Wells, Faribault
County, Minn., February
25, 1872.
Son of Isaac Hancock Riddick (1846-1931) and Alice Esther (Wood)
Riddick (1848-1873).
Republican. Newspaper publisher; Fergus
County Assessor, 1915-18; U.S.
Representative from Montana 2nd District, 1919-23; candidate for
U.S.
Senator from Montana, 1922.
Methodist.
Died in Fort Lauderdale, Broward
County, Fla., July 9,
1960 (age 88 years, 135
days).
Interment at Hillcrest
Memorial Gardens, Annapolis, Md.
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Lansdale Ghiselin Sasscer (1893-1964) —
also known as Lansdale G. Sasscer —
of Upper Marlboro, Prince
George's County, Md.
Born in Upper Marlboro, Prince
George's County, Md., September
30, 1893.
Son of Frederick Sasscer and Lucy (Clagett) Sasscer.
Democrat. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War I; newspaper
publisher; member of Maryland
state senate, 1922-38; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Maryland, 1924,
1936,
1952;
U.S.
Representative from Maryland 5th District, 1939-53.
Episcopalian.
Member, American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; Woodmen;
Elks; Lions; Kiwanis.
Died in Upper Marlboro, Prince
George's County, Md., November
5, 1964 (age 71 years, 36
days).
Interment at Trinity
Episcopal Church Cemetery, Upper Marlboro, Md.
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Irvine H. Sprague (1921-2004) —
of College Park, Prince
George's County, Md.; Great Falls (unknown
county), Va.
Born in San
Francisco, Calif., July 4,
1921.
Democrat. Colonel in the U.S. Army during World War II; staff member
for Gen. Douglas
MacArthur in Japan; newspaper reporter; congressional aide
to Rep. John
J. McFall, 1957; director of the House Whip Office; lobbyist
for the State of California in Congress, 1963; alternate delegate to
Democratic National Convention from California, 1964;
special assistant to Pres. Lyndon
Johnson, 1967-68; board member, Federal Deposit Insurance
Corporation, 1969-72, 1979-85; chairman, 1979-81.
Died, of cancer, in
the Arlington Hospice
Center, Arlington, Arlington
County, Va., February
17, 2004 (age 82 years, 228
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Relatives:
Married to Margery Craw. |
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William Henry Weathersby (1914-2001) —
of Princeton, Mercer
County, N.J.
Born in Clinton, Hinds
County, Miss., November
30, 1914.
Son of William Hennington Weathersby and Mary (Conerly) Weathersby.
Newspaper reporter; served in the U.S. Navy during World War
II; Foreign Service officer; U.S. Ambassador to Sudan, 1965-67.
Died in Sykesville, Carroll
County, Md., November
20, 2001 (age 86 years, 355
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Wallace H. White —
of Salisbury, Wicomico
County, Md.
Son of King
Valentine Dennis White.
Democrat. Newspaper editor; member of Maryland
state senate from Wicomico County, 1947-50; appointed 1947.
Still living as of 1950.
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