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David Shepherd Garland (1769-1841) —
of Virginia.
Born near New Glasgow (now Clifford), Amherst
County, Va., September
27, 1769.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1799-1802, 1805-09, 1814-15, 1819-26,
1832-36; member of Virginia
state senate, 1809-11; U.S.
Representative from Virginia 20th District, 1810-11.
Died in Clifford, Amherst
County, Va., October
7, 1841 (age 72 years, 10
days).
Interment a
private or family graveyard, Amherst County, Va.
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James Garland (1791-1885) —
of Lynchburg,
Va.
Born in Ivy Depot, Albemarle
County, Va., June 6,
1791.
Democrat. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during the War of
1812; member of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1829-31; U.S.
Representative from Virginia, 1835-41 (7th District 1835-37, 6th
District 1837-39, 7th District 1839-41).
Died in Lynchburg,
Va., August 8,
1885 (age 94 years, 63
days).
Interment at Spring
Hill Cemetery, Lynchburg, Va.
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Rice Garland (1798-1863) —
of Opelousas, St. Landry
Parish, La.; Brownsville, Cameron
County, Tex.
Born in Albemarle
County, Va., September
30, 1798.
Son of Rice Garland (1766-1818) and Elizabeth (Hamner) Garland
(c.1766-1840); married, March 28,
1826, to Celeste Lastrapes (1804-1883); father of Henry
Lastrapes Garland.
Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Louisiana 3rd District, 1834-40; justice of
Louisiana state supreme court, 1840-46; Cameron
County Judge, 1853-54.
Died in Brownsville, Cameron
County, Tex., August
12, 1863 (age 64 years, 316
days).
Interment at City
Cemetery, Brownsville, Tex.
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Leslie Coombs Garnett (b. 1876) —
also known as Leslie C. Garnett —
of Mathews, Mathews
County, Va.; Chevy Chase, Montgomery
County, Md.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Mathews, Mathews
County, Va., December
15, 1876.
Son of G. Taylor Garnett and Ellen Douglas (Browne) Garnett; married,
April
25, 1905, to Clara E. Tinsley.
Democrat. Lawyer; Presidential Elector for Virginia, 1904;
Mathews
County Commonwealth Attorney, 1904-12; alternate delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Virginia, 1924;
U.S.
Attorney for the District of Columbia, 1934-37; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from District of Columbia, 1936,
1940.
Member, Phi
Kappa Sigma; Freemasons.
Burial
location unknown.
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George Tankard Garrison (1835-1889) —
of Virginia.
Born in Accomack
County, Va., January
14, 1835.
Democrat. Lawyer; served in the Confederate Army during the
Civil War; member of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1861-63; member of Virginia
state senate, 1863-65; circuit judge in Virginia; elected 1870;
U.S.
Representative from Virginia 1st District, 1881-83, 1884-85.
Died in Accomac, Accomack
County, Va., November
14, 1889 (age 54 years, 304
days).
Interment at Edge
Hill Cemetery, Accomac, Va.
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Hampson Gary (1873-1952) —
of Tyler, Smith
County, Tex.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Tyler, Smith
County, Tex., April 23,
1873.
Son of Franklin Newman Gary and Martha Isabella (Boren) Gary;
married, December
18, 1901, to Bessie Royall.
Democrat. Lawyer; vice-president, Royall National Bank;
director, Guaranty State Bank;
served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; member of Texas
state house of representatives, 1901-02; member of Texas
Democratic State Executive Committee, 1902-04; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Texas, 1908;
U.S. Diplomatic Agent to Egypt, 1917; U.S. Consul General in Cairo, 1919-20; U.S. Minister to Switzerland, 1920-21.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Phi
Beta Kappa; Alpha
Tau Omega; Sons of
the Revolution; Society
of Colonial Wars.
Died April 18,
1952 (age 78 years, 361
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Julian Vaughan Gary (1892-1973) —
also known as J. Vaughan Gary —
of Richmond,
Va.
Born in Richmond,
Va., February
25, 1892.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer;
member of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1926-33; U.S.
Representative from Virginia 3rd District, 1945-65.
Died in Richmond,
Va., September
6, 1973 (age 81 years, 193
days).
Interment at Hollywood
Cemetery, Richmond, Va.
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Robert Nicholas Giaimo (1919-2006) —
also known as Robert N. Giaimo —
of North Haven, New Haven
County, Conn.
Born in New Haven, New Haven
County, Conn., October
15, 1919.
Son of Rosario Giaimo and Rose (Scarpulla) Giaimo; married 1945 to Marion
Schuenemann.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; lawyer;
U.S.
Representative from Connecticut 3rd District, 1959-81; delegate
to Democratic National Convention from Connecticut, 1960.
Italian
ancestry.
Died, of lung
ailments, in the Virginia Medical
Center, Arlington, Arlington
County, Va., May 24,
2006 (age 86 years, 221
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Barnes Gillespie (b. 1871) —
of Tazewell, Tazewell
County, Va.
Born in Tazewell
County, Va., October
2, 1871.
Son of George William Gillespie and Barbara (Emmons) Gillespie;
married, June 5,
1901, to Ruth McDowell Pepper.
Republican. Lawyer; Tazewell
County Commonwealth Attorney, 1901-04; U.S.
Attorney for the Western District of Virginia, 1910-14.
Disciples
of Christ. Member, Beta
Theta Pi.
Burial
location unknown.
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Paul Eugene Gillmor (1939-2007) —
also known as Paul E. Gillmor —
of Old Fort, Seneca
County, Ohio.
Born in Tiffin, Seneca
County, Ohio, February
1, 1939.
Son of Paul M. Gillmor; married 1983 to Karen
Lako.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Ohio state
senate, 1967-88; candidate in primary for Governor of
Ohio, 1986; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 5th District, 1989-2007; died in office
2007.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons.
Died, from an accidental fall down
stairs, in Arlington, Arlington
County, Va., September
5, 2007 (age 68 years, 216
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Thomas Walker Gilmer (1802-1844) —
of Virginia.
Born in Gilmerton, Albemarle
County, Va., April 6,
1802.
Lawyer; member of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1829-36, 1838-39; Speaker of
the Virginia State House of Delegates, 1838-39; Governor of
Virginia, 1840-41; U.S.
Representative from Virginia, 1841-44 (12th District 1841-43, 5th
District 1843-44); U.S.
Secretary of the Navy, 1844; died in office 1844.
Among those killed in the explosion
when a cannon accidentally
burst on board
the U.S.S. Princeton, on the Potomac River near Fort
Washington, Prince
George's County, Md., February
28, 1844 (age 41 years, 328
days).
Originally entombed at Congressional
Cemetery, Washington, D.C.; reinterment at a
private or family graveyard, Albemarle County, Va.
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James Peter Glynn (1867-1930) —
also known as James P. Glynn —
of Winsted, Litchfield
County, Conn.
Born in Winsted, Litchfield
County, Conn., November
12, 1867.
Republican. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Connecticut 5th District, 1915-23, 1925-30;
defeated, 1922; died in office 1930.
While traveling back to Washington from the funeral of Rep. J. A.
Hughes in Huntington, W.Va., suffered a heart
attack in the smoking car on the
train, and died, near Brandy Station, Culpeper
County, Va., March 6,
1930 (age 62 years, 114
days).
Interment at New
St. Joseph's Cemetery, Winsted, Conn.
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Philip Pittman Godwin, Sr. (c.1924-2001) —
also known as Philip P. Godwin, Sr. —
of Gatesville, Gates
County, N.C.
Born about 1924.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II;
lawyer; member of North
Carolina state house of representatives, 1961-72; Speaker of
the North Carolina State House of Representatives, 1971-72;
member of North
Carolina state senate, 1973.
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons.
Died, in the Sentara Norfolk General Hospital,
Norfolk,
Va., December
12, 2001 (age about 77
years).
Interment at Gatesville
Cemetery, Gatesville, N.C.
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Wrendo Marion Godwin (1896-1976) —
also known as Wrendo Godwin —
of Parksley, Accomack
County, Va.
Born in Poulson (unknown
county), Va., September
22, 1896.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1949-50; alternate delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Virginia, 1948;
member of Virginia
Democratic State Central Committee, 1948.
Baptist.
Member, Lions; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Ruritan.
Died in 1976
(age about
79 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Arthur Joseph Goldberg (1908-1990) —
also known as Arthur J. Goldberg —
of Illinois; New York; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., August 8,
1908.
Married, July 18,
1931, to Dorothy Kurgans.
Democrat. Lawyer; major in the U.S. Army during World War II;
general
counsel, Congress of Industrial Organizations; helped merge that
group with the American Federation of Labor to form the AFL-CIO,
1955; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Illinois, 1960;
U.S.
Secretary of Labor, 1961-62; Justice
of U.S. Supreme Court, 1962-65; U.S. Representative to United Nations, 1965-68; candidate for Governor of
New York, 1970; U.S. Ambassador to , 1977-78.
Jewish.
Member, American
Jewish Committee; Americans
for Democratic Action.
Received the Presidential
Medal of Freedom in 1978.
Died of coronary artery
disease, in Washington,
D.C., January
19, 1990 (age 81 years, 164
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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John Goode, Jr. (1829-1909) —
of Norfolk,
Va.
Born in Bedford
County, Va., May 27,
1829.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1851; Presidential Elector for
Virginia, 1852,
1856,
1884;
delegate
to Virginia secession convention, 1861; colonel in the
Confederate Army during the Civil War; Representative
from Virginia in the Confederate Congress, 1862-65; member of
Virginia state legislature, 1866; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Virginia, 1868,
1872;
U.S.
Representative from Virginia 2nd District, 1875-81; member of Democratic
National Committee from Virginia, 1876; U.S. Solicitor General,
1885-86; delegate to
Virginia state constitutional convention, 1901-02.
Died in Norfolk,
Va., July 14,
1909 (age 80 years, 48
days).
Interment at Longwood
Cemetery, Bedford, Va.
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Virgil H. Goode, Jr. (b. 1946) —
of Rocky Mount, Franklin
County, Va.
Born in Richmond,
Va., October
17, 1946.
Lawyer; member of Virginia
state senate, 1973-97; candidate in Democratic primary for U.S.
Senator from Virginia, 1982, 1994; U.S.
Representative from Virginia 5th District, 1997-.
Baptist.
Still living as of 2009.
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Robert William Goodlatte (b. 1952) —
also known as Bob Goodlatte —
of Roanoke,
Va.
Born in Holyoke, Hampden
County, Mass., September
22, 1952.
Republican. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Virginia 6th District, 1993-.
Christian
Scientist.
Still living as of 2009.
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Peterson Goodwyn (1745-1818) —
of Petersburg,
Va.
Born in Dinwiddie
County, Va., 1745.
Father-in-law of Patrick
Magruder.
Democrat. Planter;
lawyer; colonel in the Continental Army during the
Revolutionary War; member of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1789-1802; U.S.
Representative from Virginia, 1803-18 (at-large 1803-07, 18th
District 1807-15, 19th District 1815-18); died in office 1818.
Died in Dinwiddie
County, Va., February
21, 1818 (age about 72
years).
Interment a
private or family graveyard, Dinwiddie County, Va.; cenotaph at
Congressional
Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Wells Goodykoontz (1872-1944) —
of Williamson, Mingo
County, W.Va.
Born near Newbern, Pulaski
County, Va., June 3,
1872.
Son of William M. Goodykoontz and Lucinda K. (Woolwine) Goodykoontz;
married, December
22, 1898, to Irene Hooper.
Republican. Lawyer; banker;
member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Mingo County, 1911-12;
member of West
Virginia state senate 6th District, 1915-18; President
of the West Virginia State Senate, 1917; U.S.
Representative from West Virginia 5th District, 1919-23;
defeated, 1922.
Member, Freemasons;
American Bar
Association.
Died in Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio, March 2,
1944 (age 71 years, 273
days).
Interment at Fairview
Cemetery, Williamson, W.Va.
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Charles O'Conor Goolrick (b. 1876) —
also known as C. O'Conor Goolrick —
of Fredericksburg,
Va.
Born in Fredericksburg,
Va., November
25, 1876.
Third great-grandson of George
Mason; first cousin thrice removed of Thomson
Francis Mason and James
Murray Mason; third cousin twice removed of Stevens
Thomson Mason; son of John T. Goolrick and Frances Bernard
(White) Goolrick; married, May 25,
1910, to Nannie Ficklen.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1908; member of Virginia
state senate, 1915, 1923; Presidential Elector for Virginia, 1920;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Virginia, 1924.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons;
Elks; Phi
Beta Kappa.
Burial
location unknown.
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George McInvale Grant (1897-1982) —
also known as George M. Grant —
of Troy, Pike
County, Ala.
Born in Louisville, Barbour
County, Ala., July 11,
1897.
Son of Benjamin Giles Grant and Lannie Gholson (Stephens) Grant;
married, December
5, 1938, to Matalie Carter.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer;
chair
of Pike County Democratic Party, 1927-37; member of Alabama
Democratic State Executive Committee, 1935-38; U.S.
Representative from Alabama, 1938-65 (2nd District 1938-63,
at-large 1963-65).
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Woodmen;
American
Legion; Pi Kappa
Phi; Kiwanis.
Died, from a heart
attack, on a cruise aboard
the Queen Elizabeth II, en route to New York, probably in the
North
Atlantic Ocean, November
4, 1982 (age 85 years, 116
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Seaton Grantland (1782-1864) —
of Georgia.
Born in New Kent
County, Va., June 8,
1782.
Whig. Newspaper
editor; lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Georgia at-large, 1835-39; Presidential
Elector for Georgia, 1840.
Died near Milledgeville, Baldwin
County, Ga., October
18, 1864 (age 82 years, 132
days).
Interment at Memory
Hill Cemetery, Milledgeville, Ga.
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Joseph Jackson Gravely (1828-1872) —
also known as Joseph J. Gravely —
of Stockton, Cedar
County, Mo.
Born near Leatherwood, Henry
County, Va., September
5, 1828.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1853-54; delegate to
Missouri state constitutional convention, 1860; member of Missouri
state senate, 1862-64; colonel in the Union Army during the Civil
War; U.S.
Representative from Missouri 4th District, 1867-69; alternate
delegate to Republican National Convention from Missouri, 1868;
Lieutenant
Governor of Missouri, 1871-72; died in office 1872.
Died in Stockton, Cedar
County, Mo., April 28,
1872 (age 43 years, 236
days).
Interment at Lindley
Prairie Cemetery, Near Bear Creek, Cedar County, Mo.
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Lloyd Lee Gravely (b. 1889) —
also known as Lloyd L. Gravely —
of Rocky Mount, Nash
County, N.C.
Born in Danville,
Va., December
5, 1889.
Descendant of Patrick
Henry and Thomas
Jefferson; son of John Oglesby Gravely and Lula (Kent) Gravely;
married to Mary Clarke Hoofnagle.
Democrat. Lawyer; tobacco
buyer; manager, tobacco
products factory; director and general manager, China America Tobacco
Co.; director, Standard Insurance
and Realty
Co.; mayor
of Rocky Mount, N.C., 1925-28; member of North
Carolina state senate 6th District, 1929-32, 1935.
Methodist.
Member, Kiwanis;
Phi
Delta Theta; Phi
Delta Phi; Junior
Order; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Knights
of Pythias; Sons of
the American Revolution.
Burial
location unknown.
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William Grayson (c.1740-1790) —
of Virginia.
Born in Prince
William County, Va., about 1740.
Uncle of Alexander
Dalrymple Orr; grandfather of William
Grayson Carter.
Lawyer; colonel in the Continental Army during the
Revolutionary War; member of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1784-85, 1788; Delegate
to Continental Congress from Virginia, 1785-87; U.S.
Senator from Virginia, 1789-90; died in office 1790.
Died in Dumfries, Prince
William County, Va., March 12,
1790 (age about 50
years).
Interment in private or family graveyard.
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Henry Dickinson Green (1857-1929) —
of Reading, Berks
County, Pa.
Born in Reading, Berks
County, Pa., May 3,
1857.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 1883-86; member of Pennsylvania
state senate, 1889-96; served in the U.S. Army during the
Spanish-American War; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 9th District, 1899-1903;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1900.
Editor of the Reading Telegram, 1903-12; editor of the
Reading Times, 1911-13.
Died in Reading, Berks
County, Pa., December
29, 1929 (age 72 years, 240
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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James Stephen Green (1817-1870) —
also known as James S. Green —
of Canton, Lewis
County, Mo.
Born near Rectortown, Fauquier
County, Va., February
28, 1817.
Democrat. Lawyer; delegate
to Missouri state constitutional convention 4th District,
1845-46; U.S.
Representative from Missouri 3rd District, 1847-51; U.S. Charge
d'Affaires to New Grenada, 1853-54; U.S.
Senator from Missouri, 1857-61.
Died in St.
Louis, Mo., January
19, 1870 (age 52 years, 325
days).
Interment at Old
Cemetery, Canton, Mo.
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Herbert Bailey Gregory (b. 1884) —
also known as Herbert B. Gregory —
of Roanoke,
Va.
Born in Westmoreland
County, Va., April 10,
1884.
Son of Werter Hancock Gregory and Sallie James (Payne) Gregory;
married, October
26, 1916, to Margaret Kossen.
Democrat. Lawyer; circuit judge in Virginia 20th Circuit,
1923-26; judge, Law and Chancery Court, City of Roanoke, 1926-30; justice of
Virginia state supreme court, 1930-40; appointed 1930.
Methodist.
Member, Kappa
Sigma; Phi
Delta Phi; Omicron
Delta Kappa; Phi
Beta Kappa; Freemasons.
Burial
location unknown.
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Anthony Jerome Griffin (1866-1935) —
also known as Anthony J. Griffin;
"Altair" —
of Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., April 1,
1866.
Son of James A. Griffin and Ann (Zeluiff) Griffin; married 1895 to
Katharine L. Byrne.
Democrat. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during the
Spanish-American War; newspaper
editor; member of New York
state senate 22nd District, 1911-14; delegate
to New York state constitutional convention 22nd District, 1915;
U.S.
Representative from New York 22nd District, 1917-35; died in
office 1935.
Member, American Bar
Association.
Died, of heart
disease, in Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y., January
13, 1935 (age 68 years, 287
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Duncan Lawrence Groner (1873-1957) —
also known as D. Lawrence Groner —
of Norfolk,
Va.
Born in Norfolk,
Va., September
6, 1873.
Grandson of John
Archibald Campbell; son of Virginius D. Groner and Katharine
(Campbell) Groner; married, April 11,
1898, to Anne Vaughan (died 1930); married, July 28,
1934, to Marion Edwards Shouse.
Republican. Lawyer; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Virginia, 1904,
1908,
1912,
1916,
1920;
U.S.
Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia, 1912-14, 1920,
1921; U.S.
District Judge for the Eastern District of Virginia, 1921-31; Judge of
U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, 1931-48; took senior
status 1948.
Died July 17,
1957 (age 83 years, 314
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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