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Roger Lea MacBride (1929-1995) —
also known as Roger MacBride —
Born August 6,
1929.
Lawyer; member of Vermont
state house of representatives, 1962; candidate in Republican
primary for Governor of
Vermont, 1964; Presidential Elector for Virginia, 1972;
Libertarian candidate for President
of the United States, 1976.
Heir to the estate of Laura Ingalls Wilder, author of Little House
on the Prairie.
Died in Miami Beach, Miami-Dade
County, Fla., March 5,
1995 (age 65 years, 211
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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William Alexander MacCorkle (1857-1930) —
also known as William A. MacCorkle —
of Charleston, Kanawha
County, W.Va.
Born near Lexington, Rockbridge
County, Va., May 7,
1857.
Son of William MacCorkle and Mary (Morrison) MacCorkle; married, October
19, 1881, to Isabelle Goshorn.
Democrat. Lawyer; prosecuting attorney; Governor of
West Virginia, 1893-97; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from West Virginia, 1904,
1912
(member, Credentials
Committee; speaker),
1920,
1924;
member of West
Virginia state senate 8th District, 1911-14.
Died in Charleston, Kanawha
County, W.Va., September
24, 1930 (age 73 years, 140
days).
Interment at Sunset
Memorial Park, South Charleston, W.Va.
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Ray John Madden (1892-1987) —
also known as Ray J. Madden —
of Omaha, Douglas
County, Neb.; Gary, Lake
County, Ind.
Born in Waseca, Waseca
County, Minn., February
25, 1892.
Son of John Madden and Mary Elizabeth (Burns) Madden.
Democrat. Lawyer; municipal judge in Nebraska, 1916; served in
the U.S. Navy during World War I; Lake
County Treasurer, 1938-42; U.S.
Representative from Indiana, 1943-77 (1st District 1943-63, 8th
District 1963-65, 1st District 1965-77); delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Indiana, 1952,
1956,
1960,
1964.
Member, American
Legion.
Died in Washington,
D.C., September
28, 1987 (age 95 years, 215
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Patrick Magruder (1768-1819) —
of Maryland.
Born near Rockville, Montgomery
County, Md., 1768.
Son-in-law of Peterson
Goodwyn.
Lawyer; member of Maryland
state house of delegates, 1797; circuit judge in Maryland, 1802;
U.S.
Representative from Maryland at-large, 1805-07.
Died in Petersburg,
Va., December
24, 1819 (age about 51
years).
Interment a
private or family graveyard, Dinwiddie County, Va.
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Levi Maish (1837-1899) —
of York, York
County, Pa.
Born in Conewago Township, York
County, Pa., November
22, 1837.
Democrat. Colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War;
lawyer; member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives from York County, 1867-68; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 19th District, 1875-79, 1887-91.
Died in Washington,
D.C., February
26, 1899 (age 61 years, 96
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Robert Mallory (1815-1885) —
of La Grange, Oldham
County, Ky.
Born in Madison Court House, Madison
County, Va., November
15, 1815.
Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Kentucky, 1859-65 (7th District 1859-63, 5th
District 1863-65).
Died near La Grange, Oldham
County, Ky., August
11, 1885 (age 69 years, 269
days).
Interment a
private or family graveyard, Oldham County, Ky.
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William Hodges Mann (1843-1927) —
also known as W. Hodges Mann —
of Nottoway
County, Va.; Richmond,
Va.
Born in Williamsburg,
Va., July 30,
1843.
Democrat. Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War;
lawyer; Nottoway
County Judge, 1870-92; member of Virginia
state senate, 1899; Governor of
Virginia, 1910-14; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Virginia, 1912
(Honorary
Vice-President).
Presbyterian.
Died December
12, 1927 (age 84 years, 135
days).
Interment at Blandford
Cemetery, Petersburg, Va.
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P. B. Marple (b. 1819) —
of Coos
County, Ore.
Born in Virginia, 1819.
Democrat. Lawyer; delegate
to Oregon state constitutional convention from Coos County, 1857.
Burial
location unknown.
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Henry L. Marsh III (b. 1933) —
of Richmond,
Va.
Born in Richmond,
Va., December
10, 1933.
Democrat. Lawyer; mayor
of Richmond, Va., 1977-82; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Virginia, 1980,
2004,
2008;
member of Virginia
state senate 16th District, 1992-2011.
Still living as of 2011.
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John Otho Marsh, Jr. (b. 1926) —
also known as John O. Marsh, Jr. —
of Strasburg, Shenandoah
County, Va.
Born in Winchester,
Va., August 7,
1926.
Son of John Otho Marsh and Nell Virginia (Wayland) Marsh; married, July 22,
1950, to Glenn Ann Patterson.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; lawyer;
U.S.
Representative from Virginia 7th District, 1963-71; U.S.
Secretary of the Army, 1981-89.
Presbyterian.
Member, Jaycees;
American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; American Bar
Association; Freemasons;
Omicron
Delta Kappa; Phi
Kappa Psi; Phi
Delta Phi.
Still living as of 2007.
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Alexander Keith Marshall (1770-1825) —
of Kentucky.
Born in Fauquier
County, Va., 1770.
Brother of John
Marshall and James
Markham Marshall; first cousin and brother-in-law of Humphrey
Marshall; uncle of Edward
Colston, Thomas
Francis Marshall, Alexander
Keith Marshall (1808-1884), Charles
Alexander Marshall and Edward
Colston Marshall; uncle and first cousin once removed of Thomas
Alexander Marshall.
Lawyer; member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1797-1801.
Died in Mason
County, Ky., February
7, 1825 (age about 54
years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Carl Alfred Marshall (b. 1891) —
also known as Carl A. Marshall —
of Arlington, Arlington
County, Va.; McLean, Fairfax
County, Va.
Born in Carroll
County, Va., December
5, 1891.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I;
lawyer; real estate
business; candidate for Lieutenant
Governor of Virginia, 1925, 1945; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Virginia, 1948.
Protestant.
Member, Lions.
Burial
location unknown.
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Humphrey Marshall (1760-1841) —
of Kentucky.
Born in Orlean, Fauquier
County, Va., 1760.
First cousin and brother-in-law of John
Marshall, James
Markham Marshall and Alexander
Keith Marshall (1770-1825); first cousin once removed and uncle
by marriage of Edward
Colston, Thomas
Francis Marshall, Alexander
Keith Marshall (1808-1884), Charles
Alexander Marshall and Edward
Colston Marshall; father of Thomas
Alexander Marshall; grandfather of Humphrey
Marshall (1812-1872).
Served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War;
lawyer; member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1793-94, 1807-09; U.S.
Senator from Kentucky, 1795-1801.
In 1809, he opposed Henry
Clay's proposal to require all Kentucky legislators to wear
domestic homespun instead of British broadcloth; this clash resulted
in a duel
in which both men were wounded. Author of
the first
history of Kentucky, published in 1812.
Died near Lexington, Fayette
County, Ky., July 3,
1841 (age about 81
years).
Interment in private or family graveyard.
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John Marshall (1755-1835) —
of Virginia.
Born in Germantown, Fauquier
County, Va., September
24, 1755.
Third cousin once removed of Thomas
Jefferson; married, January
3, 1783, to Mary Willis Ambler (1766-1831; daughter of Jacquelin
Ambler); brother-in-law of William
McClung, George
Keith Taylor and Joseph
Hamilton Daviess; first cousin and brother-in-law of Humphrey
Marshall (1760-1841); brother of James
Markham Marshall and Alexander
Keith Marshall (1770-1825); cousin of John
Randolph of Roanoke; father of Thomas
Marshall, Mary Marshall (who married Jacquelin
Burwell Harvie) and James
Keith Marshall; uncle of Edward
Colston, Thomas
Francis Marshall, Alexander
Keith Marshall (1808-1884), Alexander
Keith McClung, Charles
Alexander Marshall and Edward
Colston Marshall; uncle and first cousin once removed of Thomas
Alexander Marshall; first cousin once removed of William
Marshall Anderson and Charles
Anderson; granduncle by marriage of Humphrey
Marshall (1812-1872); granduncle of John
Augustine Marshall; great-grandfather of Lewis
Minor Coleman; great-granduncle of Hudson
Snowden Marshall.
Served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War;
lawyer; member of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1782-96; U.S.
Attorney for Virginia, 1789; U.S.
Representative from Virginia at-large, 1799-1800; U.S.
Secretary of State, 1800-01; Chief
Justice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1801-35; died in office 1835;
received 4 electoral votes for Vice-President, 1816.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons;
Phi
Beta Kappa.
Elected to the Hall
of Fame for Great Americans in 1900. His portrait appeared on the
$20
U.S. Treasury Note in the 1880s, and the $500
bill in the early 20th century.
Died in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., July 6,
1835 (age 79 years, 285
days).
Interment at Shockoe
Hill Cemetery, Richmond, Va.
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Marshall counties in Ala., Ill., Ind., Iowa, Ky., Miss., Tenn. and W.Va. are
named for him. |
| | | Other politicians named for him: John
Marshall Stone
— John
Marshall Martin
— John
Marshall Harlan
— J.
Marshall Hagans
— John
Marshall Claiborne
— John
M. Hamilton
— John
Marshall Raymond
— John
Marshall Rose
— John
M. Slaton
— John
M. Wolverton
— John
M. Robsion
— John
Marshall Hutcheson
— John
M. Butler
— John
Marshall Harlan
— John
M. Robsion, Jr.
— John
Marshall Briley
— John
Marshall Lindley
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| | | See also Livingston-Seymour-Lee-Clay
family of New York |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Wikipedia
article — NNDB
dossier — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Books about John Marshall: Jean Edward
Smith, John
Marshall : Definer of a Nation — Charles F. Hobson, The
Great Chief Justice : John Marshall and the Rule of
Law — Albert J. Beveridge, The
Life of John Marshall: The Building of the Nation
1815-1835 — Albert J. Beveridge, The
Life of John Marshall: Conflict and Construction
1800-1815 — Albert J. Beveridge, The
Life of John Marshall: Politician, Diplomatist, Statesman
1789-1801 — Albert J. Beveridge, The
Life of John Marshall: Frontiersman, Soldier,
Lawmaker — David Scott Robarge, A
Chief Justice's Progress: John Marshall from Revolutionary Virginia
to the Supreme Court — R. Kent Newmyer, John
Marshall and the Heroic Age of the Supreme Court |
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Thurgood Marshall, Jr. (b. 1956) —
of Falls
Church, Va.
Born in New York City (unknown
county), N.Y., 1956.
Son of Thurgood
Marshall and Cecilia
Marshall; married, April 25,
2008, to Teddi Levy.
Democrat. Lawyer; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Virginia, 1996;
assistant to Pres. Bill
Clinton, 1997-2001.
African
and Filipino
ancestry. Member, American Bar
Association; National
Bar Association.
Still living as of 2007.
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Thomson Mason (1733-1785) —
of Virginia.
Born in Stafford
County, Va., August
14, 1733.
Son of George Mason (1690-1735) and Ann (Thomson) Mason (1699-1762);
brother of George
Mason (1725-1792); married 1758 to Mary
King Barnes (died 1771); married, November
23, 1777, to Elizabeth Westwood (1740-1824); father of Stevens
Thomson Mason (1760-1803) and John
Thomson Mason (1765-1824); granduncle of Thomson
Francis Mason and James
Murray Mason; grandfather of Armistead
Thomson Mason, John
Thomson Mason (1787-1850) and John
Thomson Mason, Jr.; great-grandfather of Stevens
Thomson Mason (1811-1843).
Lawyer; chief
justice of Virginia state supreme court.
Died in Stafford
County, Va., February
26, 1785 (age 51 years, 196
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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William Gibbs McAdoo (1863-1941) —
also known as William G. McAdoo —
of Chattanooga, Hamilton
County, Tenn.; New York, New York
County, N.Y.; Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif.; Santa Barbara, Santa
Barbara County, Calif.
Born near Marietta, Cobb
County, Ga., October
31, 1863.
Great-grandson of John
Floyd; son of William Gibbs McAdoo (1820-1849) and Mary Faith
(Floyd) McAdoo (1832-1913); married, November
18, 1885, to Sarah Houston Fleming (1867-1912); married, May 7,
1914, to Eleanor Randolph Wilson (1889-1967; daughter of Woodrow
Wilson); married, September
14, 1935, to Doris Isabel Cross (1909-2005).
Democrat. Lawyer; law partner with William
McAdoo (no relation); attorney for railroads;
president, Hudson & Manhattan Railroad
Co.; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1904,
1912;
member of Democratic
National Committee from New York, 1912; U.S.
Secretary of the Treasury, 1913-18; candidate for Democratic
nomination for President, 1920,
1924;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from California, 1932,
1936;
U.S.
Senator from California, 1933-38; member of Democratic
National Committee from California, 1937.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Washington,
D.C., February
1, 1941 (age 77 years, 93
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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George Brinton McClellan (1865-1940) —
also known as George B. McClellan —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Dresden, Saxony (now Germany)
of American parents, November
23, 1865.
Great-grandson of Laban
Marcy; son of George
Brinton McClellan (1826-1885) and Ellen (Marcy) McClellan;
married to Georgianna L. Heckscher.
Democrat. Newspaper
reporter; lawyer; U.S.
Representative from New York 12th District, 1895-1903; delegate
to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1896,
1900;
mayor
of New York City, N.Y., 1904-09; university
professor; colonel in the U.S. Army during World War I.
Episcopalian.
Member, Sons of
the Revolution; Loyal
Legion; Military
Order of the World Wars; American
Legion; Phi
Beta Kappa.
Died November
30, 1940 (age 75 years, 7
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Alexander Keith McClung (1809-1855) —
also known as Alexander K. McClung; "The Black Knight
of the South" —
of Mississippi.
Born in Virginia, 1809.
Nephew of John
Marshall; son of William
McClung.
Lawyer; colonel in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War; U.S.
Charge d'Affaires to Bolivia, 1849-51.
Killed his opponents in a number of duels.
Died from a self-inflicted
gunshot,
with a dueling pistol, in a hotel room
at Jackson, Hinds
County, Miss., March 23,
1855 (age about 45
years).
Interment at Friendship
Cemetery, Columbus, Miss.
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Marshall Francis McComb (1894-1981) —
of San
Francisco, Calif.
Born in Denver,
Colo., May 6,
1894.
Son of Harry McComb and Estelle (Tredenick) McComb.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I;
lawyer; superior court judge in California, 1927; Judge,
California Court of Appeal, 1937-55; justice of
California state supreme court, 1956-77; director, Good Samaritan
Hospital.
Member, Delta
Chi; Sigma
Delta Kappa; Freemasons;
Elks.
Died September
5, 1981 (age 87 years, 122
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Gerald S. McGowan (b. 1946) —
of Virginia.
Born in Birmingham, Oakland
County, Mich., 1946.
Served in the U.S. Army during the Vietnam war; lawyer; U.S.
Ambassador to Portugal, 1997-2001.
Still living as of 2001.
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William McPherson McIntosh (1815-1862) —
of Georgia.
Born in Elbert
County, Ga., February
14, 1815.
Married, January
27, 1842, to Maria Louisa Allen (1824-1885; daughter of Singleton
Walthall Allen; aunt by marriage of Willis
B. Adams); father of Jessie McIntosh (who married Peyton
M. Hawes) and Anna Cassandra McIntosh (who married Budd
Clay Wall); grandfather of Julia May Cade (who married Albert
Sidney Hawes); great-grandfather of Peyton
Samuel Hawes.
Democrat. Lawyer; planter;
member of Georgia
state house of representatives, 1846-47; member of Georgia
state senate, 1855-56; Presidential Elector for Georgia, 1860;
general in the Confederate Army during the Civil War.
Died from gunshot
wounds received at the Civil
War battle at Garnett's Farm, Henrico
County, Va., June, 1862
(age 47
years, 0 days).
Interment at Heard
Cemetery, Elberton, Ga.
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James Douglas McKevitt (1928-2000) —
also known as James D. McKevitt; Mike
McKevitt —
of Denver,
Colo.
Born in Spokane, Spokane
County, Wash., 1928.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during the Korean conflict;
lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Colorado 1st District, 1971-73; defeated,
1972; delegate to Republican National Convention from Colorado, 1972.
Episcopalian.
Suffered a heart
attack, and died at Sibley Memorial Hospital,
Washington,
D.C., September
28, 2000 (age about 72
years).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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James Campbell McLaughlin (1858-1932) —
also known as James C. McLaughlin —
of Muskegon, Muskegon
County, Mich.
Born in Beardstown, Cass
County, Ill., January
26, 1858.
Republican. Lawyer; Muskegon
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1887-91; U.S.
Representative from Michigan 9th District, 1907-32; defeated,
1932; died in office 1932.
Died in Marion, Smyth
County, Va., November
29, 1932 (age 74 years, 308
days).
Interment at Evergreen
Cemetery, Muskegon, Mich.
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Martin Thomas McMahon (1838-1906) —
also known as Martin T. McMahon —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Laprairie, Quebec,
March
21, 1838.
Lawyer; general in the Union Army during the Civil War; U.S.
Minister to Paraguay, 1868-69; member of New York
state assembly from New York County 7th District, 1891; member of
New
York state senate, 1892-95 (8th District 1892-93, 7th District
1894-95).
Received the Medal
of Honor in 1891 for action at White Oak Swamp, Virginia, June
30, 1862.
Died in New York, 1906
(age about
68 years).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Paul Vories McNutt (1891-1955) —
also known as Paul V. McNutt —
of Bloomington, Monroe
County, Ind.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Franklin, Johnson
County, Ind., July 19,
1891.
Married 1918
to Kathleen Timolet.
Democrat. Lawyer; colonel in the U.S. Army during World War I;
law
professor; national commander, American Legion, 1928-29; Governor of
Indiana, 1933-37; High Commissioner to the Philippines, 1937-39,
1945-46; candidate for Democratic nomination for President, 1940;
candidate for Democratic nomination for Vice President, 1940;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Indiana, 1944;
U.S. Ambassador to Philippines, 1946-47; alternate delegate to Democratic National
Convention from New York, 1948.
Methodist.
Member, American Bar
Association; Order of the
Coif; Phi
Beta Kappa; Sigma
Delta Chi; Beta
Theta Pi; Phi
Delta Phi; Tau
Kappa Alpha; American
Legion; Freemasons;
Elks; Rotary; Kiwanis.
Died in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., March 24,
1955 (age 63 years, 248
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Clarence Watson Meadows (1904-1961) —
also known as Clarence W. Meadows —
of Beckley, Raleigh
County, W.Va.; Charleston, Kanawha
County, W.Va.
Born in Beckley, Raleigh
County, W.Va., February
11, 1904.
Son of Isadore Meadows and Ida (Williams) Meadows; married, April 27,
1935, to Nancy Ryals Massie (1912-1986).
Democrat. Lawyer; member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Raleigh County, 1931-32;
Raleigh
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1933-36; West
Virginia state attorney general, 1937-42; circuit judge in West
Virginia, 1942-44; Governor of
West Virginia, 1945-49; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from West Virginia, 1948,
1952.
Baptist.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Judicature Society; Phi
Alpha Delta; Alpha
Kappa Psi; Pi
Kappa Alpha; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Elks; Moose; Lions; Rotary.
Died in Clifton Forge, Alleghany
County, Va., September
12, 1961 (age 57 years, 213
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Lloyd Meeds (1927-2005) —
of Everett, Snohomish
County, Wash.
Born in Dillon, Beaverhead
County, Mont., December
11, 1927.
Democrat. Gasoline
station business; lawyer; Snohomish
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1962-64; U.S.
Representative from Washington 2nd District, 1965-79.
Member, Kiwanis;
Eagles.
Died, of cancer, in
Church Creek, Dorchester
County, Md., August
17, 2005 (age 77 years, 249
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Jack Richard Miller (1916-1994) —
also known as Jack Miller —
of Sioux City, Woodbury
County, Iowa; Temple Terrace, Hillsborough
County, Fla.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., June 6,
1916.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II;
lawyer; member of Iowa state
house of representatives, 1955-56; member of Iowa state
senate, 1957-60; U.S.
Senator from Iowa, 1961-73; defeated, 1972; Judge of
U.S. Court of Customs and Patent Appeals, 1973-82.
Catholic.
Member, American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Reserve
Officers Association; Izaak
Walton League; Rotary; Moose; Eagles; Elks; Knights
of Columbus; United
Commercial Travelers.
Died August
29, 1994 (age 78 years, 84
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Joseph Miller (1819-1862) —
of Chillicothe, Ross
County, Ohio.
Born in Chillicothe, Ross
County, Ohio, September
9, 1819.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Ohio state
house of representatives, 1856; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 10th District, 1857-59; justice of
Nebraska territorial supreme court, 1859-60.
Died May 27,
1862 (age 42 years, 260
days).
Interment at Grandview
Cemetery, Chillicothe, Ohio.
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William Miller (1770-1825) —
of Warren
County, N.C.
Born in Southampton
County, Va., 1770.
Lawyer; North
Carolina state attorney general, 1810; Governor of
North Carolina, 1814-17.
Died in 1825
(age about
55 years).
Interment somewhere
in Warren County, N.C.
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William Edwin Minshall, Jr. (1911-1990) —
also known as William E. Minshall, Jr. —
of Rocky River, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio; Lakewood, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio; Delray Beach, Palm Beach
County, Fla.
Born in East Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio, October
24, 1911.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Ohio state
house of representatives, 1939-40; served in the U.S. Army during
World War II; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 23rd District, 1955-74; resigned 1974;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Ohio, 1960,
1964,
1972.
Died October
15, 1990 (age 78 years, 356
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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John Newton Mitchell (1913-1988) —
also known as John N. Mitchell —
of New York; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., September
15, 1913.
Son of Joseph Charles Mitchell and Margaret Agnes (McMahon) Mitchell;
married to Martha Beall.
Lawyer; served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; U.S.
Attorney General, 1969-72.
Member, American Bar
Association.
A central figure in the Watergate scandal.
Indicted
in 1973, along with Maurice
Stans, for perjury
and obstruction
over a contribution
from fugitive
financier Robert Vesco to President Richard
M. Nixon's re-election campaign; tried and
acquitted. Convicted
in February 1975 of conspiracy, obstruction
of justice and perjury,
over his role in the Watergate
break-in, and sentenced
to two and a half to eight years in prison;
served 19 months.
Suffered a heart
attack, and died later the same day, at George Washington
University Hospital,
Washington,
D.C., November
9, 1988 (age 75 years, 55
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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James Monroe (1758-1831) —
of Virginia.
Born in Westmoreland
County, Va., April 28,
1758.
Nephew of Joseph
Jones; son of Spence Monroe and Elizabeth (Jones) Monroe; married
1786 to
Eliza Kortright; distant cousin of Thomas
Bell Monroe; uncle of James
Monroe (1799-1870); second great-granduncle of Theodore
Douglas Robinson and Corinne
Robinson Alsop.
Colonel in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War;
lawyer; member of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1782, 1786, 1810-11; Delegate
to Continental Congress from Virginia, 1783-86; U.S.
Senator from Virginia, 1790-94; U.S. Minister to France, 1794-96; Great Britain, 1803-07; Governor of
Virginia, 1799-1802, 1811; U.S.
Secretary of State, 1811-14, 1815-17; U.S.
Secretary of War, 1814-15; President
of the United States, 1817-25; delegate to
Virginia state constitutional convention, 1829.
Episcopalian.
English
ancestry. Member, Freemasons.
Elected to the Hall
of Fame for Great Americans in 1930. His portrait appeared on the
U.S. $100
silver certificate in the 1880s and 1890s.
Died, probably of tuberculosis,
in New York, New York
County, N.Y., July 4,
1831 (age 73 years, 67
days).
Originally entombed at New
York Marble Cemetery, Manhattan, N.Y.; subsequently entombed at
New
York City Marble Cemetery, Manhattan, N.Y.; reinterment in 1858
at Hollywood
Cemetery, Richmond, Va.
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Monroe counties in Ala., Ark., Fla., Ga., Ill., Ind., Iowa, Ky., Mich., Miss., Mo., N.Y., Ohio, Pa., Tenn., W.Va. and Wis. are
named for him. |
| | | Other politicians named for him: James
Monroe
— James
Monroe
— James
M. Pendleton
— James
M. Jackson
— James
Monroe Letts
— James
M. Ritchie
— James
M. Comly
— James
Monroe Buford
— James
M. Seibert
— James
M. Lown
— James
M. Miller
— James
Monroe Hale
— James
Monroe Spears
— James
M. Lown, Jr.
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| | | See also Livingston-Seymour-Lee-Clay
family of New York |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — National
Governors Association biography — Wikipedia
article — NNDB
dossier |
| | | Books about James Monroe: Harry Ammon,
James
Monroe: The Quest for National Identity |
| | | Image source: Portrait &
Biographical Album of Washtenaw County (1891) |
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John Austin Moon (1855-1921) —
also known as John A. Moon —
of Chattanooga, Hamilton
County, Tenn.
Born in Albemarle
County, Va., April 22,
1855.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Tennessee
Democratic State Executive Committee, 1888; circuit judge in
Tennessee, 1889-94; U.S.
Representative from Tennessee 3rd District, 1897-1921; defeated,
1920; died in office 1921; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Tennessee, 1900.
Died June 26,
1921 (age 66 years, 65
days).
Interment at Forest
Hills Cemetery, Chattanooga, Tenn.
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Laban Theodore Moore (1829-1892) —
also known as Laban T. Moore —
of Louisa, Lawrence
County, Ky.
Born in Virginia, 1829.
Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Kentucky 9th District, 1859-61; member of Kentucky
state senate.
Died, of pneumonia,
at Catlettsburg, Boyd
County, Ky., November
9, 1892 (age about 63
years).
Interment at Ashland
Cemetery, Ashland, Ky.
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John Motley Morehead (1796-1866) —
of Guilford
County, N.C.
Born in Pittsylvania
County, Va., July 4,
1796.
Son of John Morehead and Obedience (Motley) Morehead; married, September
6, 1821, to Ann Lindsay; cousin of James
Turner Morehead; father of Corrina Mary Morehead (who married William
Waigstill Avery).
Whig. Lawyer; railroad
promoter; member of North
Carolina house of commons, 1821, 1826-27, 1838; Governor of
North Carolina, 1841-45; Delegate
from North Carolina to the Confederate Provisional Congress,
1861-62.
Died in Alum Springs, Greenbrier
County, W.Va., August
27, 1866 (age 70 years, 54
days).
Interment at First
Presbyterian Churchyard, Greensboro, N.C.
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Robert Page Walter Morris (1853-1924) —
also known as R. Page W. Morris —
of Duluth, St. Louis
County, Minn.
Born in Lynchburg,
Va., June 30,
1853.
Republican. College
professor; lawyer; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Virginia, 1884; district judge in Minnesota
11th District, 1895-96; U.S.
Representative from Minnesota 6th District, 1897-1903; U.S.
District Judge for Minnesota, 1903-23; took senior status 1923.
Arrested
in Salt Lake City, 1921, following an accident in which his car
struck a pedestrian, Mrs. Elizabeth Holmes.
Died in Rochester, Olmsted
County, Minn., December
16, 1924 (age 71 years, 169
days).
Interment at Forest
Hill Cemetery, Duluth, Minn.
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Frank Bradford Morse (1921-1994) —
also known as F. Bradford Morse —
of Lowell, Middlesex
County, Mass.
Born in Lowell, Middlesex
County, Mass., August 7,
1921.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II;
lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 5th District, 1961-72; resigned
1972; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from
Massachusetts, 1972.
Member, American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Elks.
Died, of heart
failure, in Naples, Collier
County, Fla., December
18, 1994 (age 73 years, 133
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Charles Krath Moser (b. 1877) —
also known as Charles K. Moser —
of San
Francisco, Calif.; Lewinsville, Fairfax
County, Va.
Born in Marion, Smyth
County, Va., August
27, 1877.
Manager of a fruit drying
company in California; newspaper
reporter; lawyer; U.S. Consul in Aden, 1909-11; Colombo, 1911-14; Harbin, 1914-19; Tiflis, 1921.
Burial
location unknown.
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Edmund Sixtus Muskie (1914-1996) —
also known as Edmund S. Muskie; "Mr.
Clean" —
of Waterville, Kennebec
County, Maine.
Born in Rumford, Oxford
County, Maine, March 28,
1914.
Democrat. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Navy during World War II;
member of Maine
state house of representatives, 1947-51; member of Democratic
National Committee from Maine, 1952-54; Governor of
Maine, 1955-59; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Maine, 1956,
1964;
speaker, 1988;
U.S.
Senator from Maine, 1959-80; candidate for Vice
President of the United States, 1968; candidate for Democratic
nomination for President, 1972;
U.S.
Secretary of State, 1980-81.
Catholic.
Polish
ancestry. Member, Lions; Elks; Amvets; Phi
Beta Kappa.
Received the Presidential
Medal of Freedom in 1981.
Died of a heart
attack, in Georgetown University Medical
Center, Washington,
D.C., March 26,
1996 (age 81 years, 364
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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