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John Osborn Laidley (1791-1863) —
Born in Morgantown, Monongalia
County, Va. (now W.Va.), April 28,
1791.
Father of Amacetta Laidley (who married George
William Summers) and William
Sidney Laidley; grandfather of John
B. Laidley.
Lawyer; delegate to
Virginia state constitutional convention, 1829-30; Cabell
County Prosecuting Attorney.
Died in Cabell
County, Va (now W.Va.), 1863
(age about
72 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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William Lambert (1790-1853) —
of Richmond,
Va.
Born in 1790.
Lawyer; mayor
of Richmond, Va., 1840-52.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in 1853
(age about
63 years).
Original interment at St.
John's Church Cemetery, Church Hill, Richmond, Va.; reinterment
in 1892 at Hollywood
Cemetery, Richmond, Va.
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Norman B. Landreau (d. 1950) —
of Washington,
D.C.
Democrat. Lawyer; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from District of Columbia, 1932.
Died September
25, 1950.
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Shelton Farrar Leake (1812-1884) —
of Virginia.
Born near Hillsboro, Albemarle
County, Va., November
30, 1812.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1842-43; U.S.
Representative from Virginia, 1845-47, 1859-61 (5th District
1845-47, 6th District 1859-61); Lieutenant
Governor of Virginia, 1852-56.
Died in Charlottesville,
Va., March 4,
1884 (age 71 years, 95
days).
Interment at Maplewood
Cemetery, Charlottesville, Va.
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James Hamilton Lewis (1863-1939) —
also known as J. Hamilton Lewis; "Pink
Whiskers" —
of Seattle, King
County, Wash.; Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Danville,
Va., May 18,
1863.
Son of John Cable Lewis (Major in Confederate Army in Civil War; died
from war wounds); married 1896 to Rose
Lawton Douglas.
Lawyer; member of Washington
territorial legislature, 1887-88; candidate for Governor of
Washington, 1892; U.S.
Representative from Washington at-large, 1897-99; defeated
(People's), 1898; colonel in the U.S. Army during the
Spanish-American War; candidate for Democratic nomination for Vice
President, 1900,
1920;
candidate for Governor of
Illinois, 1908, 1920 (Democratic); delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Illinois, 1928,
1936;
speaker, 1912;
U.S.
Senator from Illinois, 1913-19, 1931-39; defeated (Democratic),
1918; died in office 1939.
Died, of coronary
thrombosis, at Garfield Hospital,
Washington,
D.C., April 9,
1939 (age 75 years, 326
days).
Originally entombed at Abbey
Mausoleum (which no longer exists), Arlington, Va.; reinterment
to unknown location.
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Lunsford Lomax Lewis (1846-1920) —
also known as Lunsford L. Lewis —
of Richmond,
Va.
Born in Rockingham
County, Va., March 17,
1846.
Son of Gen. Samuel Hance Lewis (1794-1869) and Anna Maria (Lomax)
Lewis (1808-1853); half-brother of John
Francis Lewis; married, September
4, 1867, to Rosalie Summers Botts (died 1878; daughter of John
Minor Botts); married 1883 to Janie
Looney.
Lawyer; Culpeper
County Commonwealth Attorney, 1870-74; U.S.
Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia, 1874-82, 1902-05,
1905-12; justice of
Virginia state supreme court, 1883-95.
Died March 13,
1920 (age 73 years, 362
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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William Henry Lewis (1868-1949) —
also known as William H. Lewis; Bill Lewis —
of Cambridge, Middlesex
County, Mass.; Dedham, Norfolk
County, Mass.
Born in Berkley, Norfolk County (now part of Norfolk),
Va., November
28, 1868.
Son of Ashley Lewis and Josephine (Baker) Lewis; married, September
26, 1896, to Elizabeth Baker.
Republican. As a student at Harvard, was the first
black All-American football player (1892-93); lawyer; served
in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1902.
Baptist;
later Catholic.
African
ancestry.
Died, of heart
failure, in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., January
1, 1949 (age 80 years, 34
days).
Interment at Mt.
Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Mass.
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Hervé Joseph L'Heureux (1899-1957) —
also known as Hervé J. L'Heureux —
of Manchester, Hillsborough
County, N.H.
Born in Manchester, Hillsborough
County, N.H., March 6,
1899.
Son of Rodolphe L'Heureux and Desneiges (Pichette) L'Heureux;
married, June 21,
1927, to Jeannette Blum.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer; U.S. Vice
Consul in Windsor, 1927-35; U.S. Consul in Windsor, 1935; Stuttgart, 1936-39; Antwerp, 1939-41; Lisbon, 1941-42; Algiers, 1943-44; U.S. Consul General in Marseille, 1944-48.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Legion; Forty and
Eight; Delta
Theta Phi.
Died in 1957
(age about
58 years).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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John A. Lile (b. 1897) —
of Lewisburg, Greenbrier
County, W.Va.
Born in University, Charlottesville,
Va., December
3, 1897.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; lawyer;
member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Greenbrier County, 1953-58.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Elks; Rotary; Delta
Psi; American
Legion.
Burial
location unknown.
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Robert Todd Lincoln (1843-1926) —
Born in Springfield, Sangamon
County, Ill., August 1,
1843.
Son of Abraham
Lincoln and Mary (Todd) Lincoln; married, September
24, 1868, to Mary Eunice Harlan (1846-1937; daughter of James
Harlan).
Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; lawyer; U.S.
Secretary of War, 1881-85; U.S. Minister to Great Britain, 1889-93; president (1897-1911) and chairman
(1911-26) of the Pullman Palace Car Company, makers of railroad
cars; part owner of Chicago Edison Company electric
utility.
Died, from a cerebral
hemorrhage, in Manchester, Bennington
County, Vt., July 25,
1926 (age 82 years, 358
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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M. O. Litz (1874-1955) —
of Welch, McDowell
County, W.Va.
Born in Tazewell
County, Va., August
13, 1874.
Republican. School
principal; lawyer; judge of
West Virginia supreme court of appeals, 1923-36; appointed 1923;
defeated, 1936.
Died December
1, 1955 (age 81 years, 110
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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John Davis Lodge (1903-1985) —
of Westport, Fairfield
County, Conn.
Born in Washington,
D.C., October
20, 1903.
Third great-grandson of George
Cabot; second great-grandson of Elijah
Hunt Mills; great-grandson of Frederick
Theodore Frelinghuysen; grandson of Henry
Cabot Lodge; aunt of Constance Lodge (1872-1941; who married Augustus
Peabody Gardner); son of George Cabot 'Bay' Lodge (1873-1909) and
Mathilda Elizabeth Frelinghuysen (Davis) Lodge; brother of Henry
Cabot Lodge, Jr.; married, July 6,
1929, to Francesca Braggiotti (actress,
ballet
dancer; brother of D.
Chadwick Braggiotti); first cousin once removed of William
Amory Gardner Minot; uncle of George
Cabot Lodge.
Republican. Lawyer; professional actor
in 1933-40, appearing in movies
such as Little Women, The Scarlet Empress, The
Little Colonel, and In Like Flint; served in the U.S. Navy
during World War II; U.S.
Representative from Connecticut 4th District, 1947-51; Governor of
Connecticut, 1951-55; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Connecticut, 1952,
1960;
U.S. Ambassador to Spain, 1955-61; Argentina, 1969-73; Switzerland, 1983-85; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Connecticut, 1964; delegate
to Connecticut state constitutional convention 4th District, 1965.
Member, American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Phi
Beta Kappa.
Died in New York, New York
County, N.Y., October
29, 1985 (age 82 years, 9
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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William Carter Love (1784-1835) —
of North Carolina.
Born near Norfolk (unknown
county), Va., 1784.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from North Carolina 10th District, 1815-17.
Died in Salisbury, Rowan
County, N.C., 1835
(age about
51 years).
Interment a
private or family graveyard, Rowan County, N.C.
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Allard Kenneth Lowenstein (1929-1980) —
also known as Allard Lowenstein —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.; Long Beach, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y.
Born in Newark, Essex
County, N.J., January
16, 1929.
Son of Gabriel Abraham Lowenstein and Augusta (Goldberg) Lowenstein;
married, November
25, 1966, to Jennifer Lyman.
Democrat. Lawyer; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from New York, 1960
(alternate), 1968,
1972;
U.S.
Representative from New York 5th District, 1969-71; defeated in
primary, 1972, 1978.
Jewish.
Member, Americans
for Democratic Action.
Shot
and mortally
wounded by Dennis Sweeney, in his law
office in Rockefeller Center, and died about seven hours later,
in St. Clare's Hospital,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., March 14,
1980 (age 51 years, 58
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Wendell L. Lund (c.1906-2004) —
of Escanaba, Delta
County, Mich.
Born about 1906.
Democrat. Lawyer; director of New Deal agencies in the 1930s;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from Michigan 11th District, 1940; Presidential
Elector for Michigan, 1944;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Michigan, 1948.
Died, in a nursing-care
facility in Williamsburg,
Va., December
25, 2004 (age about 98
years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Ernest Lundeen (1878-1940) —
of Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn.; Wayzata, Hennepin
County, Minn.
Born in Beresford, Union
County, S.Dak., 1878.
Son of Rev. Charles H. Lundeen and Christina (Peterson) Lundeen;
married 1919
to Norma Matheson Ward.
Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War;
lawyer; member of Minnesota state legislature; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Minnesota, 1912
(alternate), 1916;
U.S.
Representative from Minnesota, 1917-19, 1933-37 (5th District
1917-19, at-large 1933-35, 3rd District 1935-37); defeated
(Independent), 1920; candidate for Governor of
Minnesota, 1928; U.S.
Senator from Minnesota, 1937-40; defeated, 1923 (Republican
primary), 1930 (Farmer-Labor); died in office 1940.
Methodist.
Swedish
ancestry. Member, Freemasons.
One of 25 passengers and crew killed in the crash of
a Pennsylvania Central Airlines transport plane, bound from
Washington to Pittsburgh, during an intense
storm, near Lovettsville, Loudoun
County, Va., August
31, 1940 (age about 62
years).
Interment at Fort
Snelling National Cemetery, Minneapolis, Minn.
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J. Michael Luttig (b. 1954) —
of Virginia.
Born in 1954.
Republican. Lawyer; law clerk to U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin
Scalia, 1982-83; and to Chief Justice Warren
Burger, 1984-85; Judge of
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit, 1991-.
Member, American Bar
Association.
Still living as of 1997.
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