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Ralph Hedrick Bader (1888-1939) —
also known as Ralph H. Bader —
of McGaheysville, Rockingham
County, Va.
Born in McGaheysville, Rockingham
County, Va., June 8,
1888.
Son of Arthur Samuel Bader (1848-1933) and Margaret Elizabeth
(Hedrick) Bader; married 1920 to Pearle
Malvina Bacon.
Democrat. Interpreter;
U.S. Vice Consul in Teheran, 1912-18; U.S. Consul in Teheran, 1918-20; Cairo, 1920-22; lawyer; member of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1928-30.
Evangelical
and Reformed Church. Member, Freemasons;
Junior
Order.
Died in Harrisonburg,
Va., June 7,
1939 (age 50 years, 364
days).
Interment at Mt.
Olivet Cemetery, McGaheysville, Va.
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Arthur Pendleton Bagby (1794-1858) —
also known as Arthur P. Bagby —
of Tuscaloosa, Tuscaloosa
County, Ala.
Born in Louisa
County, Va., 1794.
Son of Capt. James Bagby and Mary (Jones) Bagby; married to Emily
Steele; married 1828 to Ann
Elizabeth Connell.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Alabama
state house of representatives, 1821-22, 1824, 1834-36; Speaker of
the Alabama State House of Representatives, 1822, 1836; member of
Alabama
state senate, 1825; Governor of
Alabama, 1837-41; U.S.
Senator from Alabama, 1841-48; U.S. Minister to Russia, 1848-49.
Died in Mobile, Mobile
County, Ala., September
21, 1858 (age about 64
years).
Interment at Magnolia
Cemetery, Mobile, Ala.
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Robert Winston Bain (1915-1986) —
also known as R. Winston Bain —
of Portsmouth,
Va.
Born in Norfolk,
Va., December
18, 1915.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1950-53.
Episcopalian.
Member, Elks; Moose; Jaycees;
American
Legion; Marine
Corps League; Phi
Delta Phi; Kappa
Alpha Order.
Died September
2, 1986 (age 70 years, 258
days).
Interment at Oak
Grove Cemetery, Portsmouth, Va.
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Edward Dickinson Baker (1811-1861) —
also known as Edward D. Baker —
of Springfield, Sangamon
County, Ill.; Galena, Jo Daviess
County, Ill.; San
Francisco, Calif.; Oregon City, Clackamas
County, Ore.
Born in London, England,
February
24, 1811.
Married, April 27,
1831, to Mary A. Lee.
Lawyer; member of Illinois
state house of representatives, 1837-40; member of Illinois
state senate, 1841-45; U.S.
Representative from Illinois, 1845-46, 1849-51 (7th District
1845-46, 6th District 1849-51); resigned 1846; colonel in the U.S.
Army during the Mexican War; U.S.
Senator from Oregon, 1860-61; died in office 1861; general in the
Union Army during the Civil War.
Killed
in battle at Balls Bluff, Loudoun
County, Va., October
21, 1861 (age 50 years, 239
days).
Interment at San
Francisco National Cemetery, San Francisco, Calif.
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Moseley Baker (1802-1848) —
of Montgomery, Montgomery
County, Ala.; San Felipe, Austin
County, Tex.; Galveston
County, Tex.; Harris
County, Tex.
Born in Norfolk,
Va., September
20, 1802.
Lawyer; member of Alabama
state house of representatives, 1829; served in the Texas Army
during the Texas War of Independence; member of Texas
Republic House of Representatives, 1836, 1838-39; defeated, 1841;
candidate for Texas
Republic Senate, 1842.
Died, of yellow
fever, in Houston, Harris
County, Tex., November
4, 1848 (age 46 years, 45
days).
Original interment somewhere
in Houston, Tex.; reinterment at Texas
State Cemetery, Austin, Tex.
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Gerald L. Baliles (b. 1940) —
of Charlottesville,
Va.
Born in Patrick
County, Va., July 8,
1940.
Lawyer; Governor of
Virginia, 1986-90.
Member, Council on
Foreign Relations; American Bar
Association.
Still living as of 2009.
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Thomas Ball (b. 1836) —
of San Diego, San Diego
County, Calif.
Born in Bay View, Northumberland
County, Va., December
10, 1836.
Son of Thomas Ball and Maria Louise (Hurst) Ball; married, February
27, 1878, to Lalla Gresham.
Republican. Lawyer; served in the Confederate Army during the
Civil War; member of Texas
state senate, 1876.
Burial
location unknown.
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Sherman Hart Ballard (1894-1963) —
also known as Sherman H. Ballard —
of Peterstown, Monroe
County, W.Va.
Born in Peterstown, Monroe
County, W.Va., July 22,
1894.
Grandson of Lewis
Ballard; son of Wade Hampton Ballard and Lillie Elizabeth
(Williams) Ballard; married, November
15, 1922, to Maudie Mae Jessee.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I;
lawyer; member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Monroe County, 1941-44,
1947-50, 1953-54; defeated, 1938, 1950, 1954.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons;
Sigma
Nu; Phi
Delta Phi; American
Legion.
Died December
25, 1963 (age 69 years, 156
days).
Interment at Peterstown
Cemetery, Rich Creek, Va.
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Sidney Miller Ballou (1870-1929) —
also known as Sidney Ballou —
of Hawaii.
Born in Providence, Providence
County, R.I., October
24, 1870.
Son of Oren Aldrich Ballou and Charlotte (Miller) Ballou; married, December
21, 1895, to Thomie Duke (died 1905); married, July 27,
1907, to Lucia Burnett.
Lawyer; justice of
Hawaii territorial supreme court, 1907-09.
Member, Sons of
the American Revolution; Navy
League.
Died October
29, 1929 (age 59 years, 5
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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James Barbour (1775-1842) —
of Barboursville, Orange
County, Va.
Born near Gordonsville, Orange
County, Va., June 10,
1775.
Son of Col. Thomas Barbour and Mary (Thomas) Barbour; married 1792 to Lucy
Johnson; brother of Philip
Pendleton Barbour; cousin of John
Strode Barbour.
Whig. Lawyer; member of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1798-1812; Speaker of
the Virginia State House of Delegates, 1809; Governor of
Virginia, 1812-14; U.S.
Senator from Virginia, 1815-25; U.S.
Secretary of War, 1825-28; U.S. Minister to Great Britain, 1828-29; delegate to Whig National Convention
from Virginia, 1839 (Convention President; speaker).
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Barboursville, Orange
County, Va., June 7,
1842 (age 66 years, 362
days).
Interment at Barboursville
Vineyards and Winery, Barboursville, Va.
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James Barbour (1828-1895) —
of Brandy Station, Culpeper
County, Va.
Born in Catalpa, Culpeper
County, Va., February
26, 1828.
Son of John
Strode Barbour and Ella A. (Byrne) Barbour; married to Fanny T.
Beckham.
Democrat. Lawyer; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Virginia, 1860;
delegate
to Virginia secession convention, 1861; major in the Confederate
Army during the Civil War.
Died in Jeffersonton, Culpeper
County, Va., October
29, 1895 (age 67 years, 245
days).
Interment at Fairview
Cemetery, Culpeper, Va.
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John Strode Barbour (1790-1855) —
of Virginia.
Born in Culpeper
County, Va., August 7,
1790.
Cousin of James
Barbour (1775-1842) and Philip
Pendleton Barbour; father of John
Strode Barbour, Jr. and James
Barbour (1828-1895).
Democrat. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during the War of
1812; member of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1813-16, 1820-23, 1833-34; U.S.
Representative from Virginia 15th District, 1823-25, 1827-33; delegate to
Virginia state constitutional convention, 1829-30; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Virginia, 1852.
Died in Culpeper
County, Va., January
12, 1855 (age 64 years, 158
days).
Interment a
private or family graveyard, Culpeper County, Va.
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John Strode Barbour, Jr. (1820-1892) —
also known as John S. Barbour, Jr. —
of Virginia.
Born in Culpeper
County, Va., December
29, 1820.
Son of John
Strode Barbour and Eliza A. (Byrne) Barbour; married 1865 to Susan
Daingerfield.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1847-51; president, Orange & Alexandria
Railroad,
1852; U.S.
Representative from Virginia 8th District, 1881-87; member of Democratic
National Committee from Virginia, 1884-92; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Virginia, 1888;
U.S.
Senator from Virginia, 1889-92; died in office 1892.
Died in Washington,
D.C., May 14,
1892 (age 71 years, 137
days).
Interment a
private or family graveyard, Prince George's County, Md.
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Philip Pendleton Barbour (1783-1841) —
of Virginia.
Born near Gordonsville, Orange
County, Va., May 25,
1783.
Son of Col. Thomas Barbour and Mary (Thomas) Barbour; brother of James
Barbour; married 1804 to Frances
Johnson; cousin of John
Strode Barbour.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1812-14; U.S.
Representative from Virginia, 1814-25, 1827-30 (10th District
1814-15, 11th District 1815-25, 1827-30); Speaker of
the U.S. House, 1821-23; state court judge in Virginia, 1825-27;
delegate
to Virginia state constitutional convention, 1829-30; U.S.
District Judge for the Eastern District of Virginia, 1830-36; Justice
of U.S. Supreme Court, 1836-41; died in office 1841.
Episcopalian.
Died in Washington,
D.C., February
25, 1841 (age 57 years, 276
days).
Interment at Congressional
Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Alben William Barkley (1877-1956) —
also known as Alben W. Barkley; Willie Alben Barkley;
"Dear Alben"; "Little Alby";
"Veep" —
of Paducah, McCracken
County, Ky.
Born in a log
cabin near Lowes, Graves
County, Ky., November
24, 1877.
Son of John Wilson Barkley and Electra Eliza (Smith) Barkley;
married, June 23,
1903, to Dorothy Brower (died 1947); married, November
18, 1949, to Jane Hadley; father of Laura Louise Barkley (who
married Douglas
MacArthur II).
Democrat. Lawyer; McCracken
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1906-09; county judge in Kentucky,
1909-13; U.S.
Representative from Kentucky 1st District, 1913-27; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Kentucky, 1920,
1924,
1928,
1932,
1936,
1940,
1944,
1948
(Temporary
Chair; chair, Committee
to Notify Vice-Presidential Nominee), 1952;
candidate for Governor of
Kentucky, 1923; U.S.
Senator from Kentucky, 1927-49, 1955-56; died in office 1956; Vice
President of the United States, 1949-53.
Methodist.
Member, Delta
Tau Delta; Phi
Alpha Delta; Odd
Fellows; Elks.
Died of a heart
attack while speaking at the Washington and Lee University Mock
Democratic Convention,
Lexington,
Va., April 30,
1956 (age 78 years, 158
days).
Interment at Mt.
Kenton Cemetery, Near Paducah, McCracken County, Ky.
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Alfred Dickinson Barksdale (1892-1972) —
of Lynchburg,
Va.
Born in Houston (now Halifax), Halifax
County, Va., July 17,
1892.
Son of William
Randolph Barksdale and Hallie Poindexter (Craddock) Barksdale;
married, December
15, 1934, to Louisa Estill Winfree.
Democrat. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during World War I;
member of Virginia
state senate, 1924-27; circuit judge in Virginia 6th Circuit,
1938-39; U.S.
District Judge for the Western District of Virginia, 1939-57;
took senior status 1957.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Kappa
Alpha Order; Phi
Delta Phi; Phi
Beta Kappa.
Died in Lynchburg,
Va., August
16, 1972 (age 80 years, 30
days).
Interment at Spring
Hill Cemetery, Lynchburg, Va.
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Job Barnard (1844-1923) —
of Crown Point, Lake
County, Ind.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Porter
County, Ind., June 8,
1844.
Son of William Barnard and Sally (Williams) Barnard; married, September
25, 1867, to Florence A. Putnam.
Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; lawyer; justice of
District of Columbia supreme court, 1899-1914.
Died February
28, 1923 (age 78 years, 265
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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James Martin Barnes (1899-1958) —
also known as James M. Barnes —
of Jacksonville, Morgan
County, Ill.
Born in Jacksonville, Morgan
County, Ill., January
9, 1899.
Son of Charles A. Barnes and Madge (Martin) Barnes; married, July 15,
1945, to Betty Grove.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War I;
lawyer; county judge in Illinois, 1926-34; U.S.
Representative from Illinois 20th District, 1939-43; defeated,
1942; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Illinois, 1944.
Presbyterian.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Legion; Freemasons;
Elks; Kiwanis.
Died, of a liver
ailment, in Georgetown University Hospital,
Washington,
D.C., June 8,
1958 (age 59 years, 150
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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William Pelham Barr (b. 1950) —
also known as William Barr —
of Virginia.
Born in New York City (unknown
county), N.Y., May 23,
1950.
Lawyer; U.S.
Attorney General, 1991-93; vice-president and general counsel for
General Telephone
and Electronics (GTE), and later for Verizon Communications.
Still living as of 2009.
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Herbert Harvell Bateman (1928-2000) —
also known as Herbert H. Bateman —
of Newport
News, Va.
Born in Elizabeth City, Pasquotank
County, N.C., August 7,
1928.
Served in the U.S. Air Force during the Korean conflict;
lawyer; member of Virginia
state senate, 1968-83; candidate in Republican primary for Lieutenant
Governor of Virginia, 1981; U.S.
Representative from Virginia 1st District, 1983-2000; died in
office 2000.
Member, Jaycees;
American
Legion; American
Judicature Society; Omicron
Delta Kappa; Phi
Delta Phi; Pi
Kappa Alpha.
Died, of lung
cancer and prostate
cancer, at Loudoun Hospital
Center, Leesburg, Loudoun
County, Va., September
11, 2000 (age 72 years, 35
days).
Interment at Peninsula
Memorial Park, Newport News, Va.
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George Gordon Battle (1868-1949) —
also known as "Mr. Chairman" —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Edgecombe
County, N.C., October
26, 1868.
Son of Turner Westray Battle and Lavinia (Bassett) Daniel Battle;
married, April 12,
1898, to Martha Burwell Dabney Bagby (1869-1954).
Democrat. Lawyer; law partner of Bartow
S. Weeks, H.
Snowden Marshall, and James
A. O'Gorman; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New
York, 1920,
1928,
1932,
1936,
1940,
1944.
Member, Tammany
Hall.
Watergate conspirator G. Gordon Liddy was named for him.
Died, following a heart
attack, in a hospital
at Fredericksburg,
Va., April 29,
1949 (age 80 years, 185
days).
Interment at Hollywood
Cemetery, Richmond, Va.
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John Stewart Battle (1890-1972) —
also known as John S. Battle —
of Charlottesville,
Va.
Born in New Bern, Craven
County, N.C., July 11,
1890.
Son of Rev. Henry Wilson Battle and Margaret (Stewart) Battle;
married, June 12,
1918, to Mary Jane 'Janie' Lipscomb (1899-1990); father of William
Cullen Battle.
Democrat. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during World War I;
member of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1930-33; member of Virginia
state senate, 1934-50; Governor of
Virginia, 1950-54; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Virginia, 1952;
member, Commission on
Intergovernmental Relations, 1953-55; candidate for Democratic
nomination for President, 1956.
Baptist.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; Alpha
Tau Omega; Freemasons.
Died April 9,
1972 (age 81 years, 273
days).
Interment at Monticello
Memorial Park, Charlottesville, Va.
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William Cullen Battle (b. 1920) —
of Charlottesville,
Va.
Born in Charlottesville,
Va., October
9, 1920.
Son of John
Stewart Battle and Mary Jane (Lipscomb) Battle; married, November
14, 1953, to Frances Barry Webb.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; lawyer;
U.S. Ambassador to Australia, 1962-64.
Baptist.
Member, American Bar
Association.
Still living as of 1991.
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John Baylis (c.1727-1765) —
of Dumfries, Prince
William County, Va.
Born in Manassas,
Va., about 1727.
Son of William Baylis; married 1754 to Jane
Blackburn.
Lawyer; planter;
member of Virginia
House of Burgesses, 1761-65.
Anglican.
Killed in a duel with
Cuthbert
Bullitt, in Prince
William County, Va., September
24, 1765 (age about 38
years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Howard Randolph Bayne (1851-1933) —
also known as Howard R. Bayne —
of New Brighton, Staten Island, Richmond
County, N.Y.
Born in Winchester,
Va., May 11,
1851.
Son of Charles Bayne and Mary Ellen (Ashby) Bayne; married, April 27,
1886, to Lizzie S. Moore (died 1923; daughter of Samuel Preston
Moore (Confederate surgeon-general)); married, February
17, 1932, to Amy (Hughes) D'Aeth.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of New York
state senate 23rd District, 1909-12.
Episcopalian.
Member, Society
of Colonial Wars; Sons of
the Revolution; American Bar
Association.
Died in New Brighton, Staten Island, Richmond
County, N.Y., March 13,
1933 (age 81 years, 306
days).
Interment somewhere
in Richmond, Va.
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Truxtun Beale (1856-1936) —
of San
Francisco, Calif.
Born in San
Francisco, Calif., March 6,
1856.
Son of Edward
Fitzgerald Beale and Mary (Edwards) Beale; married, April 30,
1894, to Harriet 'Hattie' Blaine (daughter of James
Gillespie Blaine); married, April 23,
1903, to Marie Oge.
Republican. Lawyer; U.S. Minister to Persia, 1891-92; Greece, 1892-93; delegate to Republican National Convention
from California, 1912.
Beale Park in Bakersfield is named for
him.
Died near Annapolis, Anne Arundel
County, Md., June 2,
1936 (age 80 years, 88
days).
Interment at Bruton
Parish Churchyard, Williamsburg, Va.
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Frank Bryant Beazley (1897-1973) —
also known as Frank B. Beazley —
of Bowling Green, Caroline
County, Va.
Born in Sparta, Caroline
County, Va., September
3, 1897.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer;
member of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1944-51.
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons; Shriners;
Elks; Ruritan;
Theta
Chi; Delta
Theta Phi.
Died December
17, 1973 (age 76 years, 105
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Ralph Elihu Becker (1907-1994) —
also known as Ralph E. Becker —
of Port Chester, Westchester
County, N.Y.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., January
29, 1907.
Son of Max Joseph Becker and Rose (Becker) Becker; married to Ann
Marie Watters.
Republican. Lawyer; delegate to Republican National Convention
from New York, 1936;
served in the U.S. Army during World War II; candidate for
Presidential Elector for District of Columbia, 1972;
U.S. Ambassador to Honduras, 1976-77.
Jewish;
later Episcopalian.
Lithuanian
and Belarusian
ancestry. Member, American Bar
Association; American
Judicature Society; Federal
Bar Association; National
Trust for Historic Preservation; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Elks; Jewish
War Veterans; American
Legion; B'nai
B'rith; American
Jewish Committee.
Donor of the Ralph E. Becker Collection of Political Americana to the
Smithsonian Institution; a sponsor of the Antarctic-South Pole
Operation Deep Freeze expedition, 1963; a mountain in Antarctica is
named
for him.
Died, from congestive
heart failure, in George Washington University Hospital,
Washington,
D.C., August
24, 1994 (age 87 years, 207
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Sandra Shank Beckwith (b. 1943) —
of Ohio.
Born in Norfolk,
Va., February
4, 1943.
Lawyer; municipal judge in Ohio, 1977-79, 1982-87; common
pleas court judge in Ohio, 1987-89; U.S.
District Judge for the Southern District of Ohio, 1992-.
Female.
Still living as of 2000.
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Frederick Christopher Belen (1913-1999) —
also known as Frederick C. Belen —
of Arlington, Arlington
County, Va.
Born in Lansing, Ingham
County, Mich., December
25, 1913.
Son of Christopher Frederick Belen and Elizabeth
Lehman Belen; brother of Lucile
Elizabeth Belen; married, February
7, 1943, to Opal Marie Sheets (1917-2007).
Lawyer; aide to U.S. Reps. Andrew
J. Transue and George
D. O'Brien; served in the U.S. Army during World War II.
Presbyterian.
Member, American
Legion; Disabled
American Veterans; Federal
Bar Association.
U.S. deputy postmaster general; chaired the committee which created
the ZIP code.
Died, of complications from Parkinson's
disease, in Arlington Hospital,
Arlington, Arlington
County, Va., October
13, 1999 (age 85 years, 292
days).
Interment at National
Memorial Park, Near Falls Church, Fairfax County, Va.
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William Worth Belknap (1829-1890) —
also known as William W. Belknap —
of Iowa.
Born in Newburgh, Orange
County, N.Y., September
22, 1829.
Son of William Goldsmith Belknap (Mexican War general) and Ann
(Clark) Belknap; married to Cora LeRoy, Carrie Thompson and Mrs. John
Bower; father of Hugh
Reid Belknap.
Lawyer; member of Iowa state
house of representatives, 1857-58; general in the Union Army
during the Civil War; U.S.
Secretary of War, 1869-76.
Impeached
in 1876 by the House of Representatives for taking
bribes; resigned
on March 2, 1876. Despite arguments that the Senate lacked
jurisdiction after his resignation, an impeachment trial was
held; on August 1, the Senate voted 35 to 25 for his conviction,
short of the necessary two-thirds.
Died, of an apparent heart
attack, in Washington,
D.C., October
13, 1890 (age 61 years, 21
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Charles Edward Bennett (1910-2003) —
also known as Charles E. Bennett —
of Jacksonville, Duval
County, Fla.
Born in Canton, St. Lawrence
County, N.Y., December
2, 1910.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Florida
state house of representatives, 1941-42; served in the U.S. Army
during World War II; U.S.
Representative from Florida, 1949-93 (2nd District 1949-67, 3rd
District 1967-93).
Christian.
Member, Disabled
American Veterans; American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Sons of
the American Revolution; Freemasons;
Lions;
Jaycees.
Died in Jacksonville, Duval
County, Fla., September
6, 2003 (age 92 years, 278
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Marion Tinsley Bennett (1914-2000) —
also known as Marion T. Bennett —
of Springfield, Greene
County, Mo.; Chevy Chase, Montgomery
County, Md.
Born in Buffalo, Dallas
County, Mo., June 6,
1914.
Son of Philip
Allen Bennett; married to June Young.
Republican. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Missouri 6th District, 1943-49; defeated,
1948; Judge of
U.S. Court of Claims, 1972-82; Judge of
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, 1982-86; took
senior status 1986.
Methodist.
Member, Exchange
Club; Delta
Theta Phi.
Co-author of the G.I. Bill of Rights.
Died, of complications from a stroke, in
Inova Mount Vernon Hospital,
Alexandria,
Va., September
6, 2000 (age 86 years, 92
days).
Interment at Hazelwood
Cemetery, Springfield, Mo.
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George Mortimer Bibb (1776-1859) —
also known as George M. Bibb —
of Yellow Banks (unknown
county), Ky.
Born in Prince
Edward County, Va., October
30, 1776.
Son-in-law of Charles
Scott; son of Richard Bibb and Lucy (Booker) Bibb.
Lawyer; member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1806, 1817; U.S.
Attorney for Kentucky, 1807-08, 1819-24; Judge,
Kentucky Court of Appeals, 1808-10, 1828; U.S.
Senator from Kentucky, 1811-14, 1829-35; U.S.
Secretary of the Treasury, 1844-45.
Died in Georgetown, Washington,
D.C., April 14,
1859 (age 82 years, 166
days).
Interment at Frankfort
Cemetery, Frankfort, Ky.
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Asa Biggs (1811-1878) —
of Williamston, Martin
County, N.C.
Born in Williamston, Martin
County, N.C., February
4, 1811.
Son of Joseph Biggs and Chloe (Daniel) Biggs; married 1832 to Martha
Andrews.
Democrat. Lawyer; delegate to
North Carolina state constitutional convention, 1835; member of
North
Carolina house of commons, 1840, 1842; member of North
Carolina state senate, 1844, 1854; U.S.
Representative from North Carolina 9th District, 1845-47; U.S.
Senator from North Carolina, 1855-58; U.S.
District Judge for North Carolina, 1858-61; resigned 1861; delegate
to North Carolina secession convention, 1861; Confederate
District Judge, 1861-65.
Died in Norfolk,
Va., March 6,
1878 (age 67 years, 30
days).
Interment at Elmwood
Cemetery, Norfolk, Va.
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Hugo Lafayette Black (1886-1971) —
also known as Hugo L. Black —
of Birmingham, Jefferson
County, Ala.; Alexandria,
Va.
Born in Harlan, Clay
County, Ala., February
27, 1886.
Son of William La Fayette Black and Martha Ardella (Toland) Black;
married, February
23, 1921, to Josephine Patterson Foster (died 1951); married, September
11, 1957, to Elizabeth Seay DeMeritte.
Democrat. Lawyer; police court judge in Alabama, 1910-11; Jefferson
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1915-17; served in the U.S. Army
during World War I; U.S.
Senator from Alabama, 1927-37; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Alabama, 1936;
Justice
of U.S. Supreme Court, 1937-71; took senior status 1971.
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
of Pythias; Odd
Fellows; Ku Klux Klan.
Died, in Bethesda
Naval Hospital, Bethesda, Montgomery
County, Md., September
25, 1971 (age 85 years, 210
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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John Black (d. 1854) —
of Monroe, Franklin
County, Miss.; Winchester,
Va.
Born in Massachusetts.
Lawyer; justice of
Mississippi state supreme court, 1826-32; U.S.
Senator from Mississippi, 1832-33, 1833-38.
Died in Winchester,
Va., August
29, 1854.
Interment at Mt.
Hebron Cemetery, Winchester, Va.
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Samuel Watson Black (1816-1862) —
also known as Samuel W. Black —
of Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa.; Nebraska City, Otoe
County, Neb.
Born in Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa., September
3, 1816.
Lawyer; colonel in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania, 1852; justice of
Nebraska territorial supreme court, 1857-59; Governor of
Nebraska Territory, 1859-61; colonel in the Union Army during the
Civil War.
Killed
in battle at Gaines Mill, Hanover
County, Va., June 27,
1862 (age 45 years, 297
days).
Interment at Allegheny
Cemetery, Pittsburgh, Pa.
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Harry Andrew Blackmun (1908-1999) —
also known as Harry A. Blackmun; "Hip Pocket
Harry"; "Minnesota Twin" —
of Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn.; Rochester, Olmsted
County, Minn.
Born in Nashville, Washington
County, Ill., November
12, 1908.
Son of Corwin Manning Blackmun and Theo H. (Reuter) Blackmun;
married, June 21,
1941, to Dorothy E. Clark.
Lawyer; law clerk for U.S. Appeals Court Judge John
B. Sanborn, 1932-33; Judge of
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 8th Circuit, 1959-70; Justice
of U.S. Supreme Court, 1970-94; took senior status 1994; actor
in the 1997 movie
Amistad, as Justice Joseph
Story.
Methodist.
Member, American Bar
Association; Rotary; Phi
Beta Kappa.
Died in Arlington, Arlington
County, Va., March 4,
1999 (age 90 years, 112
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Cralle Fauntleroy Blackwell (1897-1976) —
also known as C. F. Blackwell —
of Kenbridge, Lunenburg
County, Va.
Born in Lunenburg
County, Va., August
26, 1897.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer;
mayor of Kenbridge, Va., 1924-38; member of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1938-49.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
American
Legion; Sigma
Phi Epsilon.
Died January
14, 1976 (age 78 years, 141
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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John Blair, Jr. (1731-1800) —
of Virginia.
Born in Williamsburg,
Va., 1731.
Son of John Blair and Mary (Monro) Blair; married to Jean Balfour.
Lawyer; member of Virginia
House of Burgesses, 1766-71; delegate to
Virginia state constitutional convention, 1776; member of Virginia
Governor's Council, 1776-78; state court judge in Virginia,
1777-78; Judge, Virginia
Court of Appeals, 1779-89; member,
U.S. Constitutional Convention, 1787; justice of
Virginia state supreme court, 1789; Justice
of U.S. Supreme Court, 1789-95; resigned 1795.
Presbyterian
or Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Williamsburg,
Va., August
31, 1800 (age about 69
years).
Interment at Bruton
Parish Church Cemetery, Williamsburg, Va.
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Schuyler Otis Bland (1872-1950) —
also known as S. Otis Bland —
of Newport
News, Va.; Hampton,
Va.
Born in Gloucester
County, Va., May 4,
1872.
Son of Schuyler Bland and Olivia James (Anderson) Bland; married to
Mary Crawford Putzel.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Virginia, 1918-50 (1st District 1918-33,
at-large 1933-35, 1st District 1935-50); died in office 1950.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; Kappa
Alpha Order.
Died in the Bethesda
Naval Hospital, Bethesda, Montgomery
County, Md., February
16, 1950 (age 77 years, 288
days).
Interment at Greenlawn
Cemetery, Newport News, Va.
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Theodorick Bland (1776-1846) —
of Baltimore,
Md.
Born in Dinwiddie
County, Va., December
6, 1776.
Lawyer; member of Maryland
state house of delegates, 1809; district judge in Maryland,
1812-17; U.S.
District Judge for Maryland, 1819-24; resigned 1824.
Died in Annapolis, Anne Arundel
County, Md., November
16, 1846 (age 69 years, 345
days).
Interment at St.
Anne's Cemetery, Annapolis, Md.
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William Thomas Bland (1861-1928) —
of Atchison, Atchison
County, Kan.; Kansas City, Jackson
County, Mo.; Orlando, Orange
County, Fla.
Born in Weston, Lewis
County, Va. (now W.Va.), January
21, 1861.
Grandson of John
George Jackson; cousin of James
Monroe Jackson.
Democrat. Lawyer; mayor
of Atchison, Kan., 1894; district judge in Kansas, 1896-1901; U.S.
Representative from Missouri 5th District, 1919-21; defeated,
1920.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
of Pythias; Elks; Woodmen;
Moose;
Sons
of the American Revolution.
Died in Orlando, Orange
County, Fla., January
15, 1928 (age 66 years, 359
days).
Interment at Greenwood
Cemetery, Orlando, Fla.
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John B. Boatwright (1881-1965) —
of Buckingham, Buckingham
County, Va.
Born in Marion, Smyth
County, Va., November
27, 1881.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1922-23, 1936-59.
Baptist.
Member, Modern
Woodmen of America; Ruritan.
Died March 28,
1965 (age 83 years, 121
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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John Woodrow Bonner (1902-1970) —
also known as John W. Bonner —
of Helena, Lewis and
Clark County, Mont.
Born in Butte, Silver Bow
County, Mont., July 16,
1902.
Son of Patrick J. Bonner and Kathleen (Kelly) Bonner; married, February
3, 1929, to Josephine Martin.
Democrat. School
teacher; lawyer; Montana
state attorney general, 1941-42; Governor of
Montana, 1949-53; defeated, 1952; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Montana, 1952,
1956.
Catholic.
Member, Phi
Delta Phi; Sigma
Phi Epsilon; Elks; Eagles.
Died March 28,
1970 (age 67 years, 255
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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George William Booker (1821-1883) —
of Virginia.
Born near Stuart, Patrick
County, Va., December
5, 1821.
Lawyer; member of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1865-67, 1871-73; Virginia
state attorney general, 1869; U.S.
Representative from Virginia 4th District, 1869-71.
Died in Martinsville,
Va., June 4,
1883 (age 61 years, 181
days).
Interment in private or family graveyard.
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Marshall Brunskill Booker (1880-1940) —
also known as M. B. Booker —
of Houston, Halifax
County, Va.; Halifax, Halifax
County, Va.
Born in Gloucester
County, Va., November
26, 1880.
Son of George Edward Booker (1827-1899) and Mary Frances (Eubanks)
Booker (1849-1940); married, January
10, 1917, to Sallie Edmunds.
Democrat. Lawyer; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Virginia, 1916,
1920,
1940.
Died in 1940
(age about
59 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Armistead L. Boothe (1907-1990) —
of Alexandria,
Va.
Born in Alexandria,
Va., September
23, 1907.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1948-55.
Episcopalian.
Member, Eagles; Lions.
Died February
14, 1990 (age 82 years, 144
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Albert Orlando Boschen (1873-1957) —
also known as Albert O. Boschen —
of Richmond,
Va.
Born in Richmond,
Va., June 25,
1873.
Son of Henry C. Boschen (1845-1898) and Margaret (Frishkorn) Boschen;
married, June 27,
1899, to Mamie Toomey (1874-1955).
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1918-21, 1924-27, 1934-53.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons;
Grotto.
Died August
15, 1957 (age 84 years, 51
days).
Interment at Hollywood
Cemetery, Richmond, Va.
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Reva Zilpha Beck Bosone (1895-1983) —
also known as Reva Beck Bosone; Reva Zilpha
Beck —
of Salt Lake City, Salt Lake
County, Utah.
Born in American Fork, Utah
County, Utah, April 2,
1895.
Daughter of Christian Matheus Beck and Zilpha Ann (Chipman) Beck;
married, October
8, 1929, to Joseph Peter Bosone (divorced 1940).
Democrat. School
teacher; lawyer; member of Utah state
house of representatives, 1933-35; municipal judge in Utah,
1936-48; U.S.
Representative from Utah 2nd District, 1949-53; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Utah, 1952,
1956.
Female.
Member, Utah Hall of
Fame.
Died in Vienna, Fairfax
County, Va., July 21,
1983 (age 88 years, 110
days).
Interment at American
Fork Cemetery, American Fork, Utah.
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Charles Tyler Botts (c.1808-1884) —
also known as Charles T. Botts —
of Monterey, Monterey
County, Calif.
Born in Spotsylvania
County, Va., about 1808.
Lawyer; delegate
to California state constitutional convention from Monterey
District, 1849; district judge in California, 1850.
Died in San
Francisco, Calif., October
4, 1884 (age about 76
years).
Interment at Mountain
View Cemetery, Oakland, Calif.
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John Minor Botts (1802-1869) —
of Virginia.
Born in Dumfries, Prince
William County, Va., September
16, 1802.
Father of Rosalie Summers Botts (who married Lunsford
Lomax Lewis).
Lawyer; member of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1833-39; U.S.
Representative from Virginia, 1839-43, 1847-49 (2nd District
1839-41, 11th District 1841-43, 6th District 1847-49); delegate to
Virginia state constitutional convention, 1850-51.
Died in Richmond,
Va., January
8, 1869 (age 66 years, 114
days).
Interment at Shockoe
Hill Cemetery, Richmond, Va.
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Frederick C. Boucher (b. 1946) —
also known as Rick Boucher —
of Abingdon, Washington
County, Va.
Born in Washington
County, Va., August 1,
1946.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Virginia
state senate, 1974-83; U.S.
Representative from Virginia 9th District, 1983-; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Virginia, 1996,
2000,
2004,
2008.
Methodist.
Member, Kappa
Alpha Order.
Still living as of 2009.
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George Lynn Bowman (b. 1874) —
also known as George L. Bowman —
of Kingfisher, Kingfisher
County, Okla.
Born in Harrisonburg,
Va., October
9, 1874.
Son of William Harpine Bowman and Frances (Hoffman) Bowman; married,
October
7, 1913, to Lena Odessa Pollard.
Democrat. Lawyer; banker; Kingfisher
County Attorney, 1902-07; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Oklahoma, 1912,
1944,
1948;
member of Democratic
National Committee from Oklahoma, 1919-23.
Congregationalist.
Member, Modern
Woodmen of America; Freemasons;
Rotary.
Burial
location unknown.
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Pasco Middleton Bowman II (b. 1933) —
Born in Harrisonburg,
Va., 1933.
Lawyer; law
professor; Judge of
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 8th Circuit, 1983-.
Still living as of 2002.
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John Boyle (1774-1834) —
of Lancaster, Garrard
County, Ky.
Born in Botetourt
County, Va., October
28, 1774.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1800; U.S.
Representative from Kentucky 2nd District, 1803-09; Judge,
Kentucky Court of Appeals, 1809-26; U.S.
District Judge for Kentucky, 1827-34; died in office 1834.
Died near Danville, Boyle
County, Ky., January
28, 1834 (age 59 years, 92
days).
Interment at Bellevue
Cemetery, Danville, Ky.
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Henry Brannon (1837-1914) —
of Weston, Lewis
County, W.Va.
Born in Winchester,
Va., November
27, 1837.
Son of Robert B. Brannon; married 1858 to Hetta
J. Arnold.
Lawyer; member of West
Virginia state house of delegates, 1870-71; circuit judge in West
Virginia, 1881; judge of
West Virginia supreme court of appeals, 1889-1912.
Died November
24, 1914 (age 76 years, 362
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Elliott Muse Braxton (1823-1891) —
of Virginia.
Born in Mathews, Mathews
County, Va., October
8, 1823.
Great-grandson of Carter
Braxton.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Virginia
state senate, 1852-56; major in the Confederate Army during the
Civil War; U.S.
Representative from Virginia 7th District, 1871-73.
Died in Fredericksburg,
Va., October
2, 1891 (age 67 years, 359
days).
Interment at Confederate
Cemetery, Fredericksburg, Va.
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John Breckinridge (1760-1806) —
of Kentucky.
Born near Staunton, Augusta
County, Va., December
2, 1760.
Son of Letitia 'Lettice' (Preston) Breckinridge (1728-1798) and
Robert Breckinridge ; half-brother of Robert
Breckinridge (1754-1833); cousin of John
Brown, Francis
Preston and James
Brown; married, June 28,
1785, to Mary Hopkins Cabell (1769-1858); brother of James
Breckinridge; father of Letitia Preston Breckinridge (1786-1831;
who married Peter
Buell Porter and Alfred
William Grayson), Joseph
Cabell Breckinridge and Robert
Jefferson Breckinridge; grandfather of John
Cabell Breckinridge, Robert
Jefferson Breckinridge, Jr. and William
Campbell Preston Breckinridge; great-grandfather of Clifton
Rodes Breckinridge and Henry
Skillman Breckinridge; second great-grandfather of John
Bayne Breckinridge.
Democrat. Served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary
War; lawyer; U.S.
Attorney for Kentucky, 1793-94; Kentucky
state attorney general, 1793-97; member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1798-1801; Speaker of
the Kentucky State House of Representatives, 1799-1801; delegate to
Kentucky state constitutional convention, 1799; U.S.
Senator from Kentucky, 1801-05; U.S.
Attorney General, 1805-06; died in office 1806.
Presbyterian.
Died, from a stomach
infection, in near Lexington, Fayette
County, Ky., December
14, 1806 (age 46 years, 12
days).
Original interment at a
private or family graveyard, Fayette County, Ky.; reinterment at
Lexington
Cemetery, Lexington, Ky.
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William Joseph Brennan, Jr. (1906-1997) —
also known as William J. Brennan, Jr. —
of New Jersey.
Born in Newark, Essex
County, N.J., April 25,
1906.
Son of William J. Brennan and Agnes (McDermott) Brennan; married, May 5,
1928, to Marjorie Leonard.
Lawyer; major in the U.S. Army during World War II; superior
court judge in New Jersey, 1949-52; associate
justice of New Jersey state supreme court, 1952-56; Justice
of U.S. Supreme Court, 1956-90; took senior status 1990.
Catholic.
Irish
ancestry.
Received the Presidential
Medal of Freedom.
Died in a nursing
home in Arlington, Arlington
County, Va., July 24,
1997 (age 91 years, 90
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Richard Brent (1757-1814) —
of Virginia.
Born in Stafford
County, Va., 1757.
Nephew of Daniel
Carroll; uncle of William
Leigh Brent.
Lawyer; member of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1788, 1793-94, 1800-01; U.S.
Representative from Virginia, 1795-99, 1801-03 (18th District
1795-97, at-large 1797-99, 1801-03); member of Virginia
state senate, 1808-10; U.S.
Senator from Virginia, 1809-14; died in office 1814.
Died in Washington,
D.C., December
30, 1814 (age about 57
years).
Interment a
private or family graveyard, Stafford County, Va.
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Leonie M. Brinkema (b. 1944) —
of Virginia.
Born in Teaneck, Bergen
County, N.J., 1944.
Lawyer; U.S.
District Judge for the Eastern District of Virginia, 1993-.
Female.
Still living as of 2002.
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Willey Richard Broaddus, Jr. (1895-1982) —
also known as W. R. Broaddus, Jr. —
of Martinsville,
Va.
Born in West Point, King William
County, Va., December
30, 1895.
Son of Willey Richard Broaddus and Hauzie Temple (Tuck) Broaddus.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer;
Henry
County Commonwealth Attorney, 1929-46; director, First National
Bank of
Martinsville; director, Bassett Furniture
Industries, Inc.; member of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1947-53; candidate for Presidential
Elector for Virginia, 1956.
Baptist.
Member, American
Legion; Freemasons;
Pi
Kappa Alpha; Omicron
Delta Kappa; Knights
of Pythias; Kiwanis.
Died in Martinsville,
Va., September
14, 1982 (age 86 years, 258
days).
Interment at Oakwood
Cemetery, Martinsville, Va.
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James Overton Broadhead (1819-1898) —
also known as James O. Broadhead —
of Missouri.
Born in Charlottesville,
Va., May 29,
1819.
Democrat. Lawyer; delegate
to Missouri state constitutional convention 2nd District,
1845-46; member of Missouri
state house of representatives, 1846-47; member of Missouri
state senate, 1850-53; U.S.
Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, 1861; delegate
to Missouri state constitutional convention 30th District, 1875;
U.S.
Representative from Missouri 9th District, 1883-85; U.S. Minister
to Switzerland, 1893-95.
Died in St.
Louis, Mo., August 7,
1898 (age 79 years, 70
days).
Interment at Bellefontaine
Cemetery, St. Louis, Mo.
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John White Brockenbrough (1806-1877) —
of Virginia.
Born in Hanover
County, Va., December
23, 1806.
Great-grandson of Carter
Braxton; son of William
Brockenbrough; brother-in-law of Edward
Colston; first cousin of William
Henry Brockenbrough.
Lawyer; newspaper
editor; law
professor; U.S.
District Judge for the Western District of Virginia, 1846-61;
resigned 1861; Delegate
from Virginia to the Confederate Provisional Congress, 1861-62;
Confederate
District Judge, 1861.
Died in Lexington,
Va., February
20, 1877 (age 70 years, 59
days).
Interment at Stonewall
Jackson Memorial Cemetery, Lexington, Va.
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William Brockenbrough (1778-1838) —
of Virginia.
Born in Essex
County, Va., July 10,
1778.
Grandson-in-law of Carter
Braxton; father-in-law of Edward
Colston; father of John
White Brockenbrough; uncle of William
Henry Brockenbrough.
Lawyer; member of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1802-03, 1807-09.
Died in Richmond,
Va., December
10, 1838 (age 60 years, 153
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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William Henry Brockenbrough (1812-1850) —
also known as William H. Brockenbrough —
of Tallahassee, Leon
County, Fla.
Born in Virginia, February
23, 1812.
Nephew of William
Brockenbrough; first cousin of John
White Brockenbrough.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Florida
state house of representatives, 1837; U.S.
Attorney for the Western District of Florida, 1838-40; member of
Florida
state senate, 1840-44; U.S.
Representative from Florida at-large, 1846-47.
Died in Tallahassee, Leon
County, Fla., January
28, 1850 (age 37 years, 339
days).
Interment at St.
John's Episcopal Cemetery, Tallahassee, Fla.
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Robert Lee Brokenburr (1886-1974) —
of Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind.
Born in Phoebus, Elizabeth City County (now part of Hampton),
Va., November
16, 1886.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Indiana
state senate, 1941-44.
African
Methodist Episcopal. African
ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Kappa
Alpha Psi.
Died March 24,
1974 (age 87 years, 128
days).
Interment at Crown
Hill Cemetery, Indianapolis, Ind.
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Aaron Venable Brown (1795-1859) —
also known as Aaron V. Brown —
of Tennessee.
Born in Brunswick
County, Va., August
15, 1795.
Son of Rev. Aaron Brown and Elizabeth (Melton) Brown; married to
Sarah Burruss; married 1845 to Cynthia
Saunders.
Democrat. Lawyer; law partner of James
K. Polk; member of Tennessee
state senate, 1821-25, 1826-27; member of Tennessee
state house of representatives, 1831-33; U.S.
Representative from Tennessee, 1839-45 (10th District 1839-43,
6th District 1843-45); Governor of
Tennessee, 1845-47; U.S.
Postmaster General, 1857-59; died in office 1859.
Methodist.
Died in Washington,
D.C., March 8,
1859 (age 63 years, 205
days).
Interment at Mt.
Olivet Cemetery, Nashville, Tenn.
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Del M. Mauhrine Brown —
of Hopewell,
Va.
Democrat. Lawyer; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Virginia, 1996;
candidate in primary for Virginia
state house of delegates 75th District, 1997; publicly
admonished in June 2008 by the Virginia State Bar for lawyer
misconduct, over failure to file a timely notice of appeal on
behalf of three clients.
Still living as of 2008.
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James Brown (1766-1835) —
Born near Staunton, Augusta
County, Va., September
11, 1766.
Son of Rev. John Brown and Margaret (Preston) Brown; brother of John
Brown; cousin of John
Breckinridge, James
Breckinridge and Francis
Preston.
Lawyer; U.S.
Attorney for Kentucky, 1791; secretary of
state of Kentucky, 1792-96; secretary
of Orleans Territory, 1804; U.S.
Attorney for Louisiana, 1805-08; U.S.
Senator from Louisiana, 1813-17, 1819-23; U.S. Minister to France, 1823-29.
Died in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., April 7,
1835 (age 68 years, 208
days).
Interment at Christ
Church Burial Ground, Philadelphia, Pa.
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Thomas Henry Bayly Browne (1844-1892) —
also known as Thomas H. B. Browne —
of Accomac, Accomack
County, Va.
Born in Accomac Court House, Accomack
County, Va., February
8, 1844.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War;
lawyer; Accomack
County Commonwealth Attorney; U.S.
Representative from Virginia 1st District, 1887-91.
Died in Accomac, Accomack
County, Va., August
27, 1892 (age 48 years, 201
days).
Interment at Mt.
Custis Cemetery, Accomac, Va.
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George Landon Browning —
also known as George L. Browning —
of Orange, Orange
County, Va.
Son of John Armistead Browning and Mary Lewis (Willis) Browning;
married, February
28, 1906, to Eva Byrd Hill Ransom.
Democrat. Lawyer; Presidential Elector for Virginia, 1924;
justice
of Virginia state supreme court, 1930-40; appointed 1930.
Episcopalian.
Member, Pi
Kappa Alpha; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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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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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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Wilber Marion Brucker (1894-1968) —
also known as Wilber M. Brucker —
of Saginaw, Saginaw
County, Mich.; Grosse Pointe Farms, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Saginaw, Saginaw
County, Mich., June 23,
1894.
Son of Ferdinand
Brucker and Robertha H. Brucker; married 1923 to Clara
Hantel; father of Wilber
Marion Brucker, Jr..
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I;
lawyer; Saginaw
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1923-26; Michigan
state attorney general, 1928-30; appointed 1928; Governor of
Michigan, 1931-32; defeated, 1932; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Michigan, 1932,
1936,
1948,
1964
(alternate); candidate for U.S.
Senator from Michigan, 1936; U.S. Secretary of the Army.
Presbyterian.
Member, Council on
Foreign Relations; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Kiwanis;
Elks; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; American
Legion; Delta
Sigma Rho; Sigma
Delta Kappa; Phi
Gamma Delta; American Bar
Association; American
Judicature Society; Moose; Odd
Fellows.
Suffered an apparent heart
attack after attending an Economic Club luncheon, and died soon
after, in the emergency room at Harper Hospital,
Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., October
28, 1968 (age 74 years, 127
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Albert Vickers Bryan (1899-1984) —
also known as Albert V. Bryan —
of Alexandria,
Va.
Born in Alexandria,
Va., July 23,
1899.
Father of Albert
Vickers Bryan, Jr..
Lawyer; U.S.
District Judge for the Eastern District of Virginia, 1947-61; Judge of
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit, 1961-72; took senior
status 1972.
Died in Fairfax,
Va., March 13,
1984 (age 84 years, 234
days).
Interment at Ivy
Hill Cemetery, Alexandria, Va.
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Albert Vickers Bryan, Jr. (b. 1926) —
also known as Albert V. Bryan, Jr. —
of Alexandria,
Va.
Born in Alexandria,
Va., November
8, 1926.
Son of Albert
Vickers Bryan.
Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II; lawyer;
delegate
to Virginia state constitutional convention, 1956; circuit judge
in Virginia, 1962-71; U.S.
District Judge for the Eastern District of Virginia, 1971-91;
took senior status 1991.
Still living as of 2000.
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Silas Lillard Bryan (1822-1880) —
also known as Silas L. Bryan —
of Salem, Marion
County, Ill.
Born in Culpeper
County, Va., November
4, 1822.
Son of Nancy June (Lillard) Bryan (1788-1834) and John Charles Bryan
(1790-1831); married, November
4, 1852, to Mariah Elizabeth Jennings (1834-1896); father of William
Jennings Bryan and Charles
Wayland Bryan; grandfather of Ruth
Bryan Owen.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Illinois
state senate, 1853-59 (3rd District 1853-55, 20th District
1855-59); circuit judge in Illinois, 1860; delegate
to Illinois state constitutional convention 9th District,
1869-70; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Illinois, 1872.
Baptist.
Died in Jacksonville, Morgan
County, Ill., March 30,
1880 (age 57 years, 147
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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William Jennings Bryan (1860-1925) —
also known as William J. Bryan; "The Great
Commoner"; "The Peerless Leader";
"The Silver-Tongued Orator"; "The Boy Orator
of the Platte"; "The Niagaric
Nebraskan" —
of Jacksonville, Morgan
County, Ill.; Lincoln, Lancaster
County, Neb.; Miami, Dade County (now Miami-Dade
County), Fla.
Born in Salem, Marion
County, Ill., March 19,
1860.
Son of Silas
Lillard Bryan and Mariah Elizabeth (Jennings) Bryan (1834-1896);
married, October
1, 1884, to Mary Elizabeth Baird (1860-1930); cousin of William
Sherman Jennings; brother of Charles
Wayland Bryan and Mary Elizabeth Bryan (1873-1962; who married Thomas
Stinson Allen); father of Ruth
Bryan Owen; grandfather of Helen
Rudd Brown.
Democrat. Lawyer; newspaper
editor; U.S.
Representative from Nebraska 1st District, 1891-95; candidate for
President
of the United States, 1896, 1900, 1908; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Nebraska, 1904,
1912
(member, Platform
and Resolutions Committee; speaker),
1920;
U.S.
Secretary of State, 1913-15; candidate for Democratic nomination
for President, 1920;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Florida, 1924.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons;
Sigma
Pi; Knights
of Pythias.
Died in Dayton, Rhea
County, Tenn., July 26,
1925 (age 65 years, 129
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Bryan County,
Okla. is named for him. |
| | | Other politicians named for him: William
J. Bryan Jarvis
— W.
J. Bryan Dorn
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| | | Cross-reference: Clarence
S. Darrow — Willis
J. Abbot |
| | | See also Bryan-Jennings
family of Illinois |
| | | Campaign slogan (1896): "Sixteen to
one." |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Wikipedia
article — NNDB
dossier — Internet Movie Database
profile |
| | | Books about William Jennings Bryan:
Robert W. Cherny, A
Righteous Cause : The Life of William Jennings Bryan —
Paolo E. Coletta, William
Jennings Bryan, Vol. 1: Political Evangelist,
1860-1908 — Paolo E. Coletta, William
Jennings Bryan, Vol. 2: Progressive Politician and Moral Statesman,
1909-1915 — Paolo E. Coletta, William
Jennings Bryan, Vol. 3: Political Puritan, 1915-1925 —
Michael Kazin, A
Godly Hero: The Life of William Jennings Bryan |
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Richard Aylett Buckner (1763-1847) —
also known as Richard A. Buckner —
of Greensburg, Green
County, Ky.
Born in Fauquier
County, Va., July 26,
1763.
Father of Aylette
Buckner.
Lawyer; member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1813-15, 1837-39; U.S.
Representative from Kentucky 8th District, 1823-29; Judge,
Kentucky Court of Appeals, 1831; candidate for Governor of
Kentucky, 1832; Presidential Elector for Kentucky, 1836,
1840;
circuit judge in Kentucky, 1845.
Died in Greensburg, Green
County, Ky., December
8, 1847 (age 84 years, 135
days).
Interment in private or family graveyard.
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Parker Wilson Buhrman (b. 1885) —
also known as Parker W. Buhrman —
of Botetourt
County, Va.
Born in Botetourt
County, Va., September
5, 1885.
Son of Joseph Blaine Buhrman and Sarah Elizabeth (Lemon) Buhrman;
married, August
30, 1935, to Helmi Ranta.
School
teacher; lawyer; U.S. Consul in Malmo, 1918; Helsingfors, 1919-20; Ceiba, 1920-21; Soerabaya, 1921-23; Aleppo, 1923-25; Berlin, 1928-29; Casablanca, 1930-34; Cologne, 1935; U.S. Consul General in Lisbon, 1935; Sydney, 1938; Belfast, 1943.
Methodist.
Member, Kappa
Alpha Order; Phi
Delta Phi; Pi Gamma
Mu.
Burial
location unknown.
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Cuthbert Bullitt (1740-1791) —
Born in Prince
William County, Va., 1740.
Married, August
27, 1761, to Helen Scott; father of Alexander
Scott Bullitt.
Lawyer; planter;
shot and killed John
Baylis in a duel
on September 24, 1765; later tried for
the killing
and acquitted; delegate to
Virginia state constitutional convention, 1776.
Anglican;
later Episcopalian.
Died in Prince
William County, Va., 1791
(age about
51 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Samuel Swinfin Burdett (1836-1914) —
also known as Samuel S. Burdett —
of Missouri; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Leicestershire, England,
February
21, 1836.
Republican. Lawyer; served in the Union Army during the Civil
War; delegate to Republican National Convention from Missouri, 1868;
U.S.
Representative from Missouri 5th District, 1869-73.
Member, Grand
Army of the Republic.
Died in England,
September
24, 1914 (age 78 years, 215
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Warren Earl Burger (1907-1995) —
also known as Warren E. Burger —
of St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn.; Arlington, Arlington
County, Va.
Born in St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn., September
17, 1907.
Son of Charles Joseph Burger and Katharine (Schnittger) Burger;
married, November
8, 1933, to Elvera Stromberg.
Republican. Lawyer; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Minnesota, 1944,
1948
(alternate), 1952;
Judge
of U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, 1956-69; Chief
Justice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1969-86; took senior status 1986.
Presbyterian.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Judicature Society; Federal
Bar Association.
Received the Presidential
Medal of Freedom in 1988.
Died, of congestive
heart failure, in Alexandria,
Va., June 25,
1995 (age 87 years, 281
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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J. Herbert Burke (1913-1993) —
of Hollywood, Broward
County, Fla.; Fort Lauderdale, Broward
County, Fla.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., January
14, 1913.
Republican. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during World War
II; U.S.
Representative from Florida, 1967-79 (10th District 1967-73, 12th
District 1973-79); defeated, 1955 (6th District), 1978 (12th
District); delegate to Republican National Convention from Florida,
1972.
Catholic.
Member, American
Legion; Eagles; Forty and
Eight; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Disabled
American Veterans; Elks; Moose; Kiwanis.
Arrested
in 1978 for being drunk
and disruptive in the parking lot of a strip
club; pleaded
guilty to public
drunkenness, disorderly conduct and witness
tampering.
Died in Fern Park, Seminole
County, Fla., June 16,
1993 (age 80 years, 153
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Thomas P. Burnett (1800-1845) —
of Mt. Hope Township, Grant
County, Wis.
Born in Pittsylvania
County, Va., September
3, 1800.
Son of John Burnett and Judith Burnett; married, December
29, 1836, to Lucia Maria Brunson.
Lawyer; walked with a limp
due to a leg injury during a fire; present for the surrender of Black
Hawk (Indian chief), August 2, 1832; member
Wisconsin territorial council, 1836.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons.
Died, of typhoid,
in Mt. Hope Township, Grant
County, Wis., November
7, 1845 (age 45 years, 65
days).
Interment at Hermitage
Cemetery, Mt. Hope Township, Grant County, Wis.
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Hutchins Gordon Burton (c.1782-1836) —
of Warren
County, N.C.; Halifax
County, N.C.
Born in Virginia, about 1782.
Nephew of Robert
Burton; son of John Burton and Mary (Gordon) Burton; married to
Sarah Jones.
Lawyer; member of North
Carolina state house of representatives, 1809, 1817; North
Carolina state attorney general, 1810-16; U.S.
Representative from North Carolina 2nd District, 1819-24; Governor of
North Carolina, 1824-27.
Died in Iredell
County, N.C., April 21,
1836 (age about 54
years).
Interment at Unity
Churchyard, Beattys Ford, N.C.
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George Edward Bushnell (1887-1965) —
also known as George E. Bushnell —
of Highland Park, Wayne
County, Mich.; Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Roanoke,
Va., November
4, 1887.
Son of Rev. John Eichelberger Bushnell and Annie Carter (Terrill)
Bushnell; married, November
5, 1923, to Ida Mary Bland; brother of Miller
Bushnell.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer;
justice
of Michigan state supreme court, 1934-55; defeated, 1928;
resigned 1955; chief
justice of Michigan state supreme court, 1940, 1948.
Presbyterian.
Member, Sons of
the American Revolution; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners;
American Bar
Association; Delta
Theta Phi.
Died in Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio, September
30, 1965 (age 77 years, 330
days).
Interment at Elmwood
Cemetery, Detroit, Mich.
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Image source:
Michigan Manual, 1939 |
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Manley Caldwell Butler (b. 1925) —
also known as M. Caldwell Butler —
of Roanoke,
Va.
Born in Roanoke,
Va., June 2,
1925.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II;
lawyer; member of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1962-71; U.S.
Representative from Virginia 6th District, 1972-83.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Order of the
Coif; Phi
Beta Kappa; Tau
Kappa Alpha; Phi
Gamma Delta.
Still living as of 1998.
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John Decker Butzner, Jr. (b. 1917) —
of Fredericksburg,
Va.
Born in Scranton, Lackawanna
County, Pa., October
2, 1917.
Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II;
circuit judge in Virginia, 1958-62; U.S.
District Judge for the Eastern District of Virginia, 1962-67; Judge of
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit, 1967-82; took senior
status 1982.
Presbyterian.
Still living as of 1982.
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Charles Willing Byrd (1770-1828) —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.; Hamilton
County, Ohio.
Born in Charles City
County, Va., July 26,
1770.
Second great-grandson of Edward
Shippen; grandson of Charles
Willing; son of William Evelyn Byrd (1728-1777) and Mary Shippen
(Willing) Byrd (1740-1814); married, April 6,
1797, to Sarah Waters Meade; married, October
8, 1818, to Hannah Miles (1789-1839).
Lawyer; secretary
of Northwest Territory, 1800-03; delegate
to Ohio state constitutional convention from Hamilton County,
1802; Governor of
Northwest Territory, 1802-03; U.S.
District Judge for Ohio, 1803-28; died in office 1828.
Died in Sinking Spring, Highland
County, Ohio, August
25, 1828 (age 58 years, 30
days).
Interment at Byrd
Cemetery, Sinking Spring, Ohio.
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