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George Statton Aldhizer II (1907-1986) —
also known as George S. Aldhizer II —
of Broadway, Rockingham
County, Va.
Born in Broadway, Rockingham
County, Va., June 15,
1907.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1950-53; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Virginia, 1952;
member of Virginia
state senate, 1954-67.
Presbyterian. Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons;
Lions;
Elks.
Died May 20,
1986 (age 78 years, 339
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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George Felix Allen, Jr. (b. 1952) —
also known as George F. Allen, Jr. —
of Alexandria,
Va.
Born in Whittier, Los Angeles
County, Calif., March 8,
1952.
Son of George Allen (Washington Redskins football coach) and
Henriette (Lumbroso) Allen.
Republican. Member of Virginia state legislature; U.S.
Representative from Virginia 7th District, 1991-93; Governor of
Virginia, 1994-98; U.S.
Senator from Virginia, 2001-07; defeated, 2006; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Virginia, 2008.
Episcopalian
or Presbyterian. Jewish
ancestry.
Still living as of 2009.
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Henry Watkins Allen (1820-1866) —
Born in Prince
Edward County, Va., April 29,
1820.
Son of Dr. Thomas Allen and Ann (Watkins) Allen.
Member of Texas
state house of representatives, 1853; general in the Confederate
Army during the Civil War; Governor of
Louisiana, 1864-65.
Presbyterian.
Died in Mexico City (Ciudad de México), Distrito
Federal, April 22,
1866 (age 45 years, 358
days).
Interment at Old
State Capitol, Baton Rouge, La.
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Otho Webb Altizer (b. 1888) —
also known as O. W. Altizer —
of Christiansburg, Montgomery
County, Va.
Born in Floyd
County, Va., January
3, 1888.
Republican. Farmer; miller; sheriff;
alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Virginia,
1944.
Presbyterian. Member, Lions.
Burial
location unknown.
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Edward Almer Ames, Jr. (1903-1987) —
also known as E. Almer Ames, Jr. —
of Accomac, Accomack
County, Va.
Born in Onley, Accomack
County, Va., January
22, 1903.
Son of Edward Almer Ames and Lena E. (Trower) Ames.
Democrat. Lawyer; Accomack
County Commonwealth Attorney, 1943-55; vice-president, First
National Bank,
Onancock, Va.; chair of
Accomack County Democratic Party, 1948-67; alternate delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Virginia, 1952;
member of Virginia
state senate 1st District, 1956-67; member of Virginia
Democratic State Central Committee, 1956.
Presbyterian. Member, Freemasons;
Rotary;
Ruritan;
Order of
the Coif; American Bar
Association; Phi
Beta Kappa; Phi
Delta Phi.
Died in May, 1987
(age 84
years, 0 days).
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.
Son of Wade Hampton Ballard and Lillie Elizabeth (Williams) Ballard.
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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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.
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 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.
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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Josiah Horton Beeman (1935-2006) —
also known as Josiah H. Beeman —
of San
Francisco, Calif.; Washington,
D.C.; Falls
Church, Va.
Born in San
Francisco, Calif., October
8, 1935.
Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from
California, 1964;
administrative assistant to U.S. Rep. Philip
Burton, 1964-69; U.S. Ambassador to New Zealand, 1994-99; Western Samoa, 1994-99.
Presbyterian.
Died in Arlington, Arlington
County, Va., June 14,
2006 (age 70 years, 249
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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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.
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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John Blair, Jr. (1731-1800) —
of Virginia.
Born in Williamsburg,
Va., 1731.
Son of John Blair and Mary (Monro) Blair.
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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John Breathitt (1786-1834) —
of Kentucky.
Born in Loudoun
County, Va., September
9, 1786.
Son of William Breathitt (1757-1817) and Elizabeth Dawson (Whitsett)
Breathitt (1765-1834).
Member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1811; Lieutenant
Governor of Kentucky, 1828-32; Governor of
Kentucky, 1832-34; died in office 1834.
Presbyterian.
Died of tuberculosis
in Frankfort, Franklin
County, Ky., February
21, 1834 (age 47 years, 165
days).
Original interment at Breathitt
Cemetery, Near Russellville, Logan County, Ky.; reinterment at Maple
Grove Cemetery, Russellville, Ky.
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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 .
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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Joseph Cabell Breckinridge (1788-1823) —
of Kentucky.
Born in Albemarle
County, Va., July 24,
1788.
Son of John
Breckinridge.
Speaker
of the Kentucky State House of Representatives, 1817-18; secretary of
state of Kentucky, 1820-23; died in office 1823.
Presbyterian.
Died in an epidemic,
September
1, 1823 (age 35 years, 39
days).
Interment at Lexington
Cemetery, Lexington, Ky.
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John Fulmer Bright (1877-1953) —
also known as J. Fulmer Bright —
of Richmond,
Va.
Born in Richmond,
Va., November
17, 1877.
Son of George Hilliard Bright and Mary Samuel (Davies) Bright.
Physician;
colonel in the U.S. Army during World War I; member of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1922-23; mayor
of Richmond, Va., 1924-40.
Presbyterian. Member, Sons of
the Revolution; Sons
of Confederate Veterans; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Odd
Fellows.
Died in Richmond,
Va., December
29, 1953 (age 76 years, 42
days).
Interment at Hollywood
Cemetery, Richmond, Va.
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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.
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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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).
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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Relatives: 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. See Bryan-Jennings
family of Illinois. |
| | | Cross-reference: Clarence
S. Darrow — Willis
J. Abbot |
| | | Bryan County,
Okla. is named for him. |
| | | Other politicians named for him: William
J. Bryan Jarvis
— W.
J. Bryan Dorn
|
| | | 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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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.
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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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.
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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Relatives: Son
of Rev. John Eichelberger Bushnell and Annie Carter (Terrill)
Bushnell; married, November
5, 1923, to Ida Mary Bland; brother of Miller
Bushnell. |
| | | Image source: Michigan Manual,
1939 |
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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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Preston White Campbell (b. 1874) —
also known as Preston W. Campbell —
of Abingdon, Washington
County, Va.
Born in Abingdon, Washington
County, Va., January
24, 1874.
Son of Edward McDonald Campbell (M.D.) and Ellen Sheffey (White)
Campbell.
Democrat. Lawyer; delegate to
Virginia state constitutional convention, 1901-02; Presidential
Elector for Virginia, 1912;
circuit judge in Virginia, 1914-24; justice of
Virginia state supreme court, 1924-31; chief
justice of Virginia state supreme court, 1931-40.
Presbyterian. Member, American Bar
Association; Pi Gamma
Mu; Odd
Fellows.
Burial
location unknown.
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Paul J. Carr, Sr. (1893-1957) —
of Hinton, Summers
County, W.Va.
Born in Roanoke,
Va., April 4,
1893.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer;
member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Summers County, 1957; died
in office 1957.
Presbyterian. Member, Freemasons;
Elks; Moose; Pi Gamma
Mu; Sons of
the American Revolution; American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Rotary; Blue Key.
Died March 24,
1957 (age 63 years, 354
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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John Catron (1786-1865) —
of Tennessee.
Born in Virginia, January
7, 1786.
Served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; lawyer; justice of
Tennessee state supreme court, 1824-34; Justice
of U.S. Supreme Court, 1837-65; died in office 1865.
Presbyterian. Member, Freemasons.
Died May 30,
1865 (age 79 years, 143
days).
Interment at Mt.
Olivet Cemetery, Nashville, Tenn.
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Jeremiah Watkins Clapp (1814-1898) —
of Mississippi.
Born in Abingdon, Washington
County, Va., September
24, 1814.
Delegate
to Mississippi secession convention, 1861; Representative
from Mississippi in the Confederate Congress, 1862-64.
Presbyterian.
Died in Memphis, Shelby
County, Tenn., September
5, 1898 (age 83 years, 346
days).
Interment at Elmwood
Cemetery, Memphis, Tenn.
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Joel Bennett Clark (1890-1954) —
also known as Bennett Clark; Champ Clark —
of St.
Louis, Mo.
Born in Bowling Green, Caroline
County, Va., January
8, 1890.
Son of James
Beauchamp Clark and Genevieve (Bennett) Clark.
Democrat. Lawyer;
colonel in the U.S. Army during World War I; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Missouri, 1928,
1936,
1940,
1944;
U.S.
Senator from Missouri, 1931-45; Judge of
U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, 1945.
Presbyterian. Member, American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; American Bar
Association; Order of the
Coif; Phi
Beta Kappa; Delta
Tau Delta; Phi
Delta Phi; Delta
Sigma Rho.
Died in Gloucester, Essex
County, Mass., July 13,
1954 (age 64 years, 186
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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William Clark (1891-1957) —
of Princeton, Mercer
County, N.J.
Born in Newark, Essex
County, N.J., February
1, 1891.
Son of J. William Clark and Margaretta (Cameron) Clark.
Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War I; Judge, New Jersey Court of
Errors and Appeals, 1923-25; U.S.
District Judge for New Jersey, 1925-38; Judge of
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 3rd Circuit, 1938-43; colonel in
the U.S. Army during World War II.
Presbyterian. Member, American Bar
Association; American
Academy of Political and Social Science; American
Society for International Law.
Died October
10, 1957 (age 66 years, 251
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Charles Fenton Collier (1817-1899) —
also known as Charles F. Collier —
of Petersburg,
Va.
Born in Petersburg,
Va., September
27, 1817.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Virginia state legislature, 1852; Representative
from Virginia in the Confederate Congress, 1862-64; mayor
of Petersburg, Va., 1866-68, 1888-92; president, Southern Railroad.
Presbyterian.
Died, from a self-inflicted
gunshot,
attributed to "insomnia, melancholia, and nervous prostration," in Petersburg,
Va., June 29,
1899 (age 81 years, 275
days).
Interment at Blandford
Cemetery, Petersburg, Va.
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Charles Noel Crosby (1876-1951) —
also known as Charles N. Crosby —
of Meadville, Crawford
County, Pa.
Born in Cherry Valley, Ashtabula
County, Ohio, September
29, 1876.
Son of Hiram William Crosby and Fanny (Spellman) Crosby.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 29th District, 1933-39;
defeated, 1922.
Presbyterian. Member, Beta
Theta Pi.
Died in Frederick, Frederick
County, Md., January
26, 1951 (age 74 years, 119
days).
Interment at Columbia
Gardens Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Joseph Darlington (1765-1851) —
of Fayette
County, Pa.; Limestone (now Maysville), Mason
County, Ky.; West Union, Adams
County, Ohio.
Born near Winchester, Frederick
County, Va., July 19,
1765.
Son of Meredith Darlington.
Member of Northwest
Territory legislature, 1799-1801; delegate
to Ohio state constitutional convention from Adams County, 1802;
member of Ohio state
senate, 1803.
Presbyterian.
Died, of cholera,
in West Union, Adams
County, Ohio, August 2,
1851 (age 86 years, 14
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Marion Lindsay Dawson —
of Richmond,
Va.; Suffolk
County, N.Y.; Brooksville, Hernando
County, Fla.
Born in Scottsville, Albemarle
County, Va.
Lawyer;
member of Florida
state house of representatives, 1915-19; campaign manager for
Gov. Cary
A. Hardee.
Presbyterian. Member, Freemasons;
Knights
of Pythias; Elks; Redmen.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1903
to Alice Taylor. |
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Charles P. Dorman (1794-1849) —
of Virginia.
Born October
14, 1794.
General in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; member of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1833-37, 1839-42, 1846-48.
Presbyterian.
Sponsored bill to create the Virginia Military Institute.
Died in Rockbridge
County, Va., December
20, 1849 (age 55 years, 67
days).
Interment at Stonewall
Jackson Memorial Cemetery, Lexington, Va.
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William Orville Douglas (1898-1980) —
also known as William O. Douglas —
of New Haven, New Haven
County, Conn.; Goose Prairie, Yakima
County, Wash.
Born in Maine, Otter Tail
County, Minn., October
16, 1898.
Son of William Douglas and Julia Bickford (Fiske) Douglas.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer; law
professor; member, U.S.
Securities and Exchange Commission, 1936-39; chair, U.S. Securities and
Exchange Commission, 1937-39; Justice
of U.S. Supreme Court, 1939-75.
Presbyterian. Member, Freemasons;
United
World Federalists; American Bar
Association; Beta
Theta Pi; Phi
Alpha Delta; Delta
Sigma Rho; Phi
Beta Kappa.
Died in Washington,
D.C., January
19, 1980 (age 81 years, 95
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Relatives: Son
of William Douglas and Julia Bickford (Fiske) Douglas; married, August
16, 1923, to Mildred M. Riddle; married 1966 to
Kathleen Heffernan. |
| | | Cross-reference: Warren
Christopher |
| | | See also Wikipedia
article — NNDB
dossier |
| | | Books by William O. Douglas: Of
Men and Mountains (1982) — My
wilderness: east to Katahdin (1961) — Go
East, Young Man (1974) — The
Court Years, 1939 to 1975: The Autobiography of William O.
Douglas (1980) |
| | | Books about William O. Douglas: Bruce
Allen Murphy, Wild
Bill : The Legend and Life of William O. Douglas —
Howard Ball & Phillip J. Cooper, Of
Power and Right: Hugo Black, William O. Douglas, and America's
Constitutional Revolution — James F. Simon, Independent
Journey: The Life of William O. Douglas |
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Benjamin Pennybacker Douglass (b. 1820) —
of Harrison
County, Ind.
Born in New Market, Shenandoah
County, Va., July 22,
1820.
Member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1857; common pleas court judge in
Indiana, 1864.
Presbyterian.
Burial
location unknown.
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John Foster Dulles (1888-1959) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Washington,
D.C., February
25, 1888.
Republican. Lawyer;
major in the U.S. Army during World War I; delegate to Republican
National Convention from New York, 1944;
U.S.
Senator from New York, 1949; defeated, 1949; U.S.
Secretary of State, 1953-59.
Presbyterian. Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; Phi
Delta Phi; Council on
Foreign Relations.
Received the Medal
of Freedom in 1959.
Died of cancer and
pneumonia,
in Washington,
D.C., May 24,
1959 (age 71 years, 88
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Clifford Judkins Durr (b. 1899) —
also known as Clifford J. Durr —
of Montgomery, Montgomery
County, Ala.; Milwaukee, Milwaukee
County, Wis.; Birmingham, Jefferson
County, Ala.; Alexandria,
Va.
Born in Montgomery, Montgomery
County, Ala., March 2,
1899.
Son of John Wesley Durr and Lucy (Judkins) Durr.
Democrat. Lawyer; member, Federal Communications
Commission, 1941-48.
Presbyterian. Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; Sigma
Alpha Epsilon.
Burial
location unknown.
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John Porter East (1931-1986) —
also known as John P. East —
of North Carolina.
Born in Springfield, Sangamon
County, Ill., May 5,
1931.
Republican. Candidate for secretary of
state of North Carolina, 1968; Presidential Elector for North
Carolina, 1972;
U.S.
Senator from North Carolina, 1981-86; died in office 1986.
Presbyterian.
His legs were
paralyzed due to polio.
Committed suicide,
in Greenville, Pitt
County, N.C., June 29,
1986 (age 55 years, 55
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Samuel Eccles (1788-1859) —
of Johnson
County, Ind.
Born in Virginia, March 15,
1788.
Member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1851-52.
Presbyterian.
Died in Greenwood, Johnson
County, Ind., August
30, 1859 (age 71 years, 168
days).
Interment at Greenwood
Cemetery, Greenwood, Ind.
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John William Eggleston (1886-1976) —
also known as John W. Eggleston —
of Norfolk,
Va.
Born in Charlotte Court House, Charlotte
County, Va., June 18,
1886.
Son of David Quinn Eggleston and Sue (Daniel) Eggleston.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Virginia
state senate, 1932-35; justice of
Virginia state supreme court, 1935-40; appointed 1935.
Presbyterian. Member, American Bar
Association; Phi
Beta Kappa; Omicron
Delta Kappa; Kappa
Sigma; Phi
Delta Phi; Freemasons.
Died in 1976
(age about
90 years).
Interment at Forest
Lawn Cemetery, Norfolk, Va.
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Henry Prather Fletcher (1873-1959) —
also known as Henry P. Fletcher —
of Chambersburg, Franklin
County, Pa.; Greencastle, Franklin
County, Pa.; Newport, Newport
County, R.I.
Born in Greencastle, Franklin
County, Pa., April 10,
1873.
Son of Lewis Henry Clay Fletcher and Martha Ellen (Rowe) Fletcher.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War;
U.S. Minister to Chile, 1909-14; Luxembourg, 1923-24; U.S. Ambassador to Chile, 1914-16; Mexico, 1916-19; Belgium, 1922-24; Italy, 1924-29; Chairman of
Republican National Committee, 1934-36; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Rhode Island, 1940.
Presbyterian.
Died in Newport, Newport
County, R.I., July 10,
1959 (age 86 years, 91
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Marion Bayard Folsom (1893-1976) —
also known as Marion B. Folsom —
of Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y.
Born in McRae, Telfair
County, Ga., November
23, 1893.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; member, Commission on
Intergovernmental Relations, 1953-55; U.S.
Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare, 1955-58.
Presbyterian. Member, American
Academy of Arts and Sciences; American
Economic Association.
Treasurer of Eastman Kodak Company, 1935-53.
Died September
27, 1976 (age 82 years, 309
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Harold Royce Gross (1899-1987) —
also known as H. R. Gross —
of Waterloo, Black Hawk
County, Iowa.
Born in Arispe, Union
County, Iowa, June 30,
1899.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; U.S.
Representative from Iowa 3rd District, 1949-75.
Presbyterian. Member, American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Elks.
Died in Washington,
D.C., September
22, 1987 (age 88 years, 84
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Robert Samuel Hall (1879-1941) —
also known as Robert S. Hall —
of Hattiesburg, Forrest
County, Miss.
Born in Williamsburg, Covington
County, Miss., March 10,
1879.
Son of Evans Hall and Effie (McDonald) Hall.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Mississippi
state senate, 1906-08; Forrest
County Attorney, 1910-12; district attorney 12th District,
1912-18; circuit judge in Mississippi 12th District, 1918-29; U.S.
Representative from Mississippi 6th District, 1929-33.
Presbyterian. Member, Freemasons;
Elks; Woodmen.
Died in Arlington, Arlington
County, Va., June 10,
1941 (age 62 years, 92
days).
Interment at Old
City Cemetery, Hattiesburg, Miss.
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Norman Rond Hamilton (1877-1964) —
also known as Norman R. Hamilton —
of Portsmouth,
Va.
Born in Portsmouth,
Va., November
13, 1877.
Son of Richard D. Hamilton and Ella L. (Rond) Hamilton.
Democrat. Publisher
of the Portsmouth Star; Presidential Elector for Virginia, 1912;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Virginia, 1924,
1928,
1932,
1952;
U.S.
Representative from Virginia 2nd District, 1937-39.
Presbyterian.
Died at Norfolk General Hospital,
Norfolk,
Va., March 26,
1964 (age 86 years, 134
days).
Interment at Oak
Grove Cemetery, Portsmouth, Va.
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William Milton Hargest (b. 1868) —
also known as William M. Hargest —
of Harrisburg, Dauphin
County, Pa.
Born in Winchester,
Va., August 5,
1868.
Son of Thomas Sewell Hargest and Virginia (Deffenderfer) Hargest.
Republican. Lawyer;
common pleas court judge in Pennsylvania 12th District, 1920-39.
Presbyterian. Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons;
Elks; Royal
Arcanum.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1895
to Kingsley LeGalliene. |
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Reginald Carl Harmon (1900-1992) —
also known as Reginald C. Harmon —
of Urbana, Champaign
County, Ill.; Arlington, Arlington
County, Va.
Born in Illinois, February
5, 1900.
Son of Frank Harmon (1867-1936) and Mary (Persoon) Harmon
(1868-1945).
Lawyer;
mayor
of Urbana, Ill., 1929-33; served in the U.S. Army Air Force in
World War II; Major General and chief legal officer, U.S. Air Force.
Presbyterian. Member, Freemasons;
Royal
Arch Masons; Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Phi
Delta Phi.
Died, as the result of an automobile
accident, October
19, 1992 (age 92 years, 257
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Lolita Hilliard (1908-1997) —
also known as Lolita Ruth Collett; Mrs. M. E.
Hilliard —
of Front Royal, Warren
County, Va.; Parsons, Tucker
County, W.Va.; St. Peters, St. Charles
County, Mo.
Born in West Virginia, September
15, 1908.
Daughter of Maurie Jay Collett (1884-1935) and Hazel (Ferguson)
Collett (1890-1979).
Democrat. Nurse; chair of
Tucker County Democratic Party, 1949-62.
Female.
Presbyterian. Member, Order of the
Eastern Star; Daughters of the
American Revolution.
Died, in Claywest House nursing
home, St. Charles, St. Charles
County, Mo., May 29,
1997 (age 88 years, 256
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Parsons Cemetery, Parsons, W.Va.
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Relatives:
Married 1926
to Milliard Earl Hilliard (1902-1991). |
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Beverly Lacy Hodghead (1865-1928) —
also known as Beverly L. Hodghead —
of Berkeley, Alameda
County, Calif.
Born near Lexington, Rockbridge
County, Va., March 21,
1865.
Lawyer;
mayor
of Berkeley, Calif., 1909-11.
Presbyterian.
Died October
16, 1928 (age 63 years, 209
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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David Holmes (1769-1832) —
of Winchester,
Va.; Washington, Adams
County, Miss.
Born near Hanover, York
County, Pa., March 10,
1769.
U.S.
Representative from Virginia, 1797-1809 (at-large 1797-1807, 4th
District 1807-09); Governor of
Mississippi Territory, 1809-11, 1812-15; Governor of
Mississippi, 1817-20, 1826; U.S.
Senator from Mississippi, 1820-25.
Presbyterian.
Died near Winchester, Frederick
County, Va., August
20, 1832 (age 63 years, 163
days).
Interment at Mt.
Hebron Cemetery, Winchester, Va.
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Frank Jefferson Horton (1919-2004) —
also known as Frank Horton —
of Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y.; Bentonville, Warren
County, Va.
Born in Cuero, DeWitt
County, Tex., December
12, 1919.
Republican. Major in the U.S. Army during World War II; lawyer; U.S.
Representative from New York, 1963-93 (36th District 1963-73,
34th District 1973-83, 29th District 1983-93).
Presbyterian. Member, American Bar
Association; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; American
Legion; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners.
Died, following a stroke, in
a hospital
at Winchester,
Va., August
30, 2004 (age 84 years, 262
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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James B. Hughes (1805-1873) —
of Meigs
County, Ohio; St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn.; Hudson, St. Croix
County, Wis.
Born in Prince
Edward County, Va., October
12, 1805.
Son of Simon Hughes (1778-1858) and Betsy Coleman (Bigger) Hughes
(1780-1851).
Lawyer;
newspaper
publisher; member of Ohio state legislature, 1838-39; served in
the U.S. Army during the Mexican War.
Presbyterian.
Died in Hudson, St. Croix
County, Wis., August
11, 1873 (age 67 years, 303
days).
Interment at Willow
River Cemetery, Hudson, Wis.
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Thomas J. Jefferson (1799-1880) —
of Rutherford
County, N.C.; Yellville, Marion
County, Ark.
Born in Amelia
County, Va., June 6,
1799.
Member of North
Carolina state house of representatives, 1836-42; member of North
Carolina state senate, 1844; county judge in Arkansas, 1848-50,
1852-54.
Presbyterian.
Died February
14, 1880 (age 80 years, 253
days).
Interment a
private or family graveyard, Marion County, Ark.
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Kenneth Barnard Keating (1900-1975) —
also known as Kenneth B. Keating —
of Brighton, Monroe
County, N.Y.; Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y.
Born in Lima, Livingston
County, N.Y., May 18,
1900.
Son of Thomas Mosgrove Keating and Louise (Barnard) Keating.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer;
delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1940
(alternate), 1948
(alternate), 1952
(alternate), 1956
(alternate), 1960,
1964;
colonel in the U.S. Army during World War II; U.S.
Representative from New York, 1947-59 (40th District 1947-53,
38th District 1953-59); U.S.
Senator from New York, 1959-65; defeated, 1964; judge of
New York Court of Appeals, 1966-68; candidate for delegate
to New York state constitutional convention at-large, 1966; U.S.
Ambassador to India, 1969-72; Israel, 1973-75, died in office 1975.
Presbyterian. Member, American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; American Bar
Association; Sons of
the American Revolution; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Moose;
Elks; Eagles; Delta
Upsilon; Phi
Beta Kappa.
Died in New York, New York
County, N.Y., May 5,
1975 (age 74 years, 352
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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James Harvey Kemp (1871-1962) —
also known as J. H. Kemp —
of Fullerton, Nance
County, Neb.; Long Beach, Los Angeles
County, Calif.
Born in Page
County, Va., October
6, 1871.
Son of Thomas M. Kemp (1836-1926) and Elizabeth J. (Kibler) Kemp
(1843-1896).
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Nebraska
state senate, 1913; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Nebraska, 1916;
candidate for U.S.
Senator from Nebraska, 1934.
Presbyterian. Member, Lions; American Bar
Association; Freemasons;
Order of the
Eastern Star.
Died in Nebraska, February
19, 1962 (age 90 years, 136
days).
Interment at Fullerton
Cemetery, Fullerton, Neb.
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Otto Kerner, Jr. (1908-1976) —
of Glenview, Cook
County, Ill.; Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., August
15, 1908.
Son of Rose Barbara (Chmelik) Kerner and Otto
Kerner.
Democrat. Lawyer;
colonel in the U.S. Army during World War II; U.S.
Attorney for the Northern District of Illinois, 1947-54; county
judge in Illinois, 1954-60; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Illinois, 1960,
1964;
Governor
of Illinois, 1961-68; Judge of
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit, 1968-74; resigned 1974.
Presbyterian. Member, American Bar
Association; American
Judicature Society; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Moose;
Odd
Fellows; Royal
Arcanum; Military
Order of the World Wars; Alpha
Delta Phi; Phi
Delta Phi.
While serving as Governor, he and another official made a gain of
over $300,000 in a stock deal which prosecutors later characterized
as bribery.
Convicted
in 1973 on 17 counts of bribery,
conspiracy, perjury,
and related charges; sentenced
to three years in federal prison
and fined
$50,000.
Died of cancer, May 9,
1976 (age 67 years, 268
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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James Hubert Lindsay (b. 1862) —
also known as J. H. Lindsay —
of Charlottesville,
Va.
Born near Warrenton, Fauquier
County, Va., December
29, 1862.
Son of Stephen Clarke Lindsay and Annie (Morgan) Lindsay.
Democrat. Newspaper
editor; delegate to
Virginia state constitutional convention, 1901-02; alternate
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Virginia, 1920.
Presbyterian. Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Rotary.
Burial
location unknown.
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Benjamin Logan (c.1742-1802) —
Born in Augusta
County, Va., about 1742.
Son of David Logan (1706-1757) and Jane (McKinley) Logan.
Member of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1781-87; delegate to
Kentucky state constitutional convention, 1791-92; member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1792-95.
Presbyterian.
Died, from a stroke of
apoplexy, near Stanford, Shelby
County, Ky., December
11, 1802 (age about 60
years).
Interment a
private or family graveyard, Shelby County, Ky.
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Relatives:
Married 1772
to Ann Montgomery. |
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named for him. |
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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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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.
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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Cyrus Hall McCormick (1809-1884) —
also known as Cyrus H. McCormick —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Rockbridge
County, Va., February
15, 1809.
Son of Robert McCormick (1780-1846) and Mary Ann 'Polly' (Hall)
McCormick.
Democrat. One of the inventors
of the McCormick reaper, and the founder of the farm
implement manufacturing company which became International
Harvester; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Illinois, 1862; member of Democratic
National Committee from Illinois, 1876.
Presbyterian. Scotch-Irish
ancestry.
Died in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., May 13,
1884 (age 75 years, 88
days).
Interment at Graceland
Cemetery, Chicago, Ill.
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Isaac Montgomery (1776-1861) —
of Gibson
County, Ind.
Born in Montgomery
County, Va., October
25, 1776.
Common pleas court judge in Indiana, 1813; member of Indiana
territorial House of Representatives, 1813; member of Indiana
state senate, 1817-20, 1823-29; candidate for Presidential
Elector for Indiana, 1828;
probate judge in Indiana, 1830-32; member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1840.
Presbyterian.
Died in Sempronius, Austin
County, Tex., July 15,
1861 (age 84 years, 263
days).
Interment a
private or family graveyard, Austin County, Tex.; cenotaph at Masonic
Cemetery, Chappell Hill, Tex.
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Daniel Morgan (1736-1802) —
of Virginia.
Born in Hunterdon
County, N.J., 1736.
Son of James Morgan (1710-1782).
General in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; U.S.
Representative from Virginia at-large, 1797-99.
Presbyterian. Welsh
ancestry.
Died July 6,
1802 (age about 66
years).
Original interment at Old
Stone Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Winchester, Va.; reinterment
at Mt.
Hebron Cemetery, Winchester, Va.; statue at Morgan
Square, Spartanburg, S.C.
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Donald Lapthorp Munro (1859-1934) —
also known as Donald L. Munro —
of Virginia.
Born in St. John, New
Brunswick, May 6,
1859.
Machinist
and toolmaker; Socialist Labor candidate for Vice
President of the United States, 1908; Socialist Labor candidate
for Presidential Elector for Virginia, 1924,
1928.
Presbyterian.
Died in Cradock, Portsmouth,
Va., March 8,
1934 (age 74 years, 306
days).
Interment at Olive
Branch Cemetery, Portsmouth, Va.
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Mark Obenshain (b. 1962) —
of Harrisonburg,
Va.
Born in Richmond,
Va., June 11,
1962.
Son of Richard
Dudley Obenshain.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Virginia
state senate 26th District, 2004-.
Presbyterian.
Still living as of 2011.
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Richard Dudley Obenshain (1935-1978) —
also known as Richard D. Obenshain —
of Richmond,
Va.
Born in Abingdon, Washington
County, Va., October
31, 1935.
Son of Samuel Shockley Obenshain (1904-2000; soil scientist) and
Josephine Mathews (Dudley) Obenshain.
Republican. Lawyer;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Virginia, 1964;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from Virginia 3rd District, 1964; candidate for Virginia
state attorney general, 1969; Virginia
Republican state chair, 1972-73; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Virginia 1978, but died before election.
Presbyterian. Member, American Bar
Association; American
Judicature Society; Freemasons.
Killed when his small plane
crashed during a nighttime landing at Chesterfield County Airport,
Chesterfield
County, Va., August 2,
1978 (age 42 years, 275
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Ira Judson Partlow (b. 1876) —
also known as Ira J. Partlow —
of Welch, McDowell
County, W.Va.
Born in Rappahannock
County, Va., February
20, 1876.
Son of Burrell T. Partlow and Ruth (Updike) Partlow.
Democrat. Lawyer; West
Virginia state attorney general, 1945-49.
Presbyterian. Member, American Bar
Association; Pi
Kappa Alpha.
Burial
location unknown.
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Richard Harding Poff (b. 1923) —
of Radford,
Va.
Born in Radford,
Va., October
19, 1923.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; U.S.
Representative from Virginia 6th District, 1953-72; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Virginia, 1968;
justice
of Virginia state supreme court, 1972.
Presbyterian. Member, Sigma Nu
Phi; Jaycees;
Lions;
Freemasons;
Moose;
American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars.
Still living as of 1998.
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Thomas Posey (1750-1818) —
Born in Fairfax
County, Va., July 9,
1750.
Major in Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; member of Kentucky
state senate, 1805-06; U.S.
Senator from Louisiana, 1812-13; Governor of
Indiana Territory, 1813-16; candidate for Governor of
Indiana, 1816.
Presbyterian. Member, Freemasons.
Died of typhus
fever in Shawneetown, Gallatin
County, Ill., March 19,
1818 (age 67 years, 253
days).
Interment at Westwood
Cemetery, Shawneetown, Ill.
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Lewis Franklin Powell, Jr. (1907-1998) —
also known as Lewis F. Powell, Jr. —
of Virginia.
Born in Suffolk,
Va., September
19, 1907.
Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; member of Virginia
state constitutional commission, 1967-68; Justice
of U.S. Supreme Court, 1972-87.
Presbyterian. Member, American Bar
Association; Phi
Beta Kappa.
Died of pneumonia,
in Richmond,
Va., August
25, 1998 (age 90 years, 340
days).
Interment at Hollywood
Cemetery, Richmond, Va.
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Ned H. Ragland (b. 1909) —
of Beckley, Raleigh
County, W.Va.
Born in Lynchburg,
Va., August
18, 1909.
Democrat. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Raleigh County, 1957-58.
Presbyterian. Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Elks; Lions.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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William Chapman Revercomb (1895-1979) —
also known as Chapman Revercomb —
of Charleston, Kanawha
County, W.Va.
Born in Covington,
Va., July 20,
1895.
Son of George
Anderson Revercomb.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer;
candidate for Presidential Elector for Virginia, 1920;
member of West Virginia
Republican State Executive Committee, 1933-34; U.S.
Senator from West Virginia, 1943-49, 1956-59; defeated, 1948,
1958; delegate to Republican National Convention from West Virginia,
1944,
1968,
1972;
candidate for Governor of
West Virginia, 1960.
Presbyterian. Member, American Bar
Association; American
Legion; Phi
Kappa Sigma; Phi
Delta Phi; Delta
Sigma Rho; Elks; Moose; Omicron
Delta Kappa; Rotary.
Died in Charleston, Kanawha
County, W.Va., October
6, 1979 (age 84 years, 78
days).
Interment at Sunset
Memorial Park, South Charleston, W.Va.
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William Pierce Rogers (1913-2001) —
also known as William P. Rogers —
Born in Norfolk, St. Lawrence
County, N.Y., June 23,
1913.
Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; U.S.
Attorney General, 1957-61; U.S.
Secretary of State, 1969-73.
Presbyterian. Member, American Bar
Association; Order of the
Coif.
Received the Medal
of Freedom in 1973.
Died, of congestive
heart failure, in Suburban Hospital,
Bethesda, Montgomery
County, Md., January
2, 2001 (age 87 years, 193
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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John Mark Slack, Jr. (1915-1980) —
also known as John M. Slack, Jr. —
of Charleston, Kanawha
County, W.Va.
Born in Charleston, Kanawha
County, W.Va., March 18,
1915.
Son of John Mark Slack and Jennie (Gilchrist) Slack.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from West Virginia, 1959-80 (6th District 1959-63,
3rd District 1963-80); died in office 1980; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from West Virginia, 1960.
Presbyterian. Member, Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons; Shriners;
Elks; Sons of
the American Revolution; Exchange
Club.
Died in Alexandria,
Va., March 17,
1980 (age 64 years, 365
days).
Interment at Cunningham
Memorial Park, St. Albans, W.Va.
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Samuel Studdiford Stratton (1916-1990) —
also known as Samuel S. Stratton —
of Schenectady, Schenectady
County, N.Y.; Amsterdam, Montgomery
County, N.Y.
Born in Yonkers, Westchester
County, N.Y., September
27, 1916.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; served in the
U.S. Navy during the Korean conflict; candidate for New York
state assembly from Schenectady County, 1950; mayor
of Schenectady, N.Y., 1956-58; U.S.
Representative from New York, 1959-89 (32nd District 1959-63,
35th District 1963-71, 29th District 1971-73, 28th District 1973-83,
23rd District 1983-89); delegate to Democratic National Convention
from New York, 1964,
1980,
1984,
1988.
Presbyterian. Member, American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Amvets; Freemasons;
Eagles.
Died, in a nursing
home, 1990
(age about
73 years).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Jeremiah Sullivan (1794-1870) —
of Indiana.
Born in Harrisonburg,
Va., July 21,
1794.
Served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1819-21; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Indiana, 1824, 1826; justice of
Indiana state supreme court, 1837-46; county judge in Indiana,
1869-70.
Presbyterian.
Suggested the name 'Indianapolis' for the state capital.
Died in Madison, Jefferson
County, Ind., December
6, 1870 (age 76 years, 138
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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William Halstead Sutphin (1887-1972) —
also known as William H. Sutphin —
of Matawan, Monmouth
County, N.J.
Born in Browntown, Middlesex
County, N.J., August
30, 1887.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; U.S.
Representative from New Jersey 3rd District, 1931-43; defeated,
1942; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New Jersey, 1948.
Presbyterian. Member, American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Freemasons;
Elks; Junior
Order.
Died in Salisbury, Wicomico
County, Md., October
14, 1972 (age 85 years, 45
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Thomas Todd (1765-1826) —
of Kentucky.
Born in King and
Queen County, Va., January
23, 1765.
Justice
of U.S. Supreme Court, 1807-26.
Presbyterian. Member, Freemasons.
Died February
7, 1826 (age 61 years, 15
days).
Interment at Frankfort
Cemetery, Frankfort, Ky.
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Robert Trimble (1776-1828) —
of Kentucky.
Born in Augusta
County, Va., November
17, 1776.
Member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1802; state court judge in
Kentucky, 1807; U.S.
Attorney for Kentucky, 1813-16; federal
judge, 1817; Justice
of U.S. Supreme Court, 1826-28.
Presbyterian. Member, Freemasons.
Died August
25, 1828 (age 51 years, 282
days).
Interment at Paris
Cemetery, Paris, Ky.
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Buford Cleveland Tynes (b. 1884) —
also known as Buford C. Tynes —
of Huntington, Cabell
County, W.Va.
Born in Tazewell, Tazewell
County, Va., May 3,
1884.
Son of Maj. Achilles James Tynes and Harriet L. (Fudge) Tynes.
Democrat. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War I; candidate for West
Virginia state house of delegates from Cabell County, 1928;
Presidential Elector for West Virginia, 1936;
member of West
Virginia state senate 5th District, 1941-42; appointed 1941;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from West Virginia, 1944;
candidate in primary for U.S.
Representative from West Virginia 4th District, 1946.
Presbyterian. Member, Phi
Kappa Sigma; Phi
Delta Phi; Omicron
Delta Kappa; American Bar
Association; American
Academy of Political and Social Science; American
Legion.
Burial
location unknown.
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Albert Conrad Ullman (1914-1986) —
also known as Al Ullman —
of Baker City, Baker
County, Ore.
Born in Great Falls, Cascade
County, Mont., March 9,
1914.
Son of Albert C. Ullman and Julia (Miller) Ullman.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; real estate
business; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Oregon,
1956
(alternate), 1964;
U.S.
Representative from Oregon 2nd District, 1957-81; defeated, 1954,
1980.
Presbyterian.
Died in Bethesda, Montgomery
County, Md., October
11, 1986 (age 72 years, 216
days).
Interment at Columbia
Gardens Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Hugh Augustus White (b. 1864) —
of Buena
Vista, Va.; Lexington,
Va.
Born in Brunswick
County, Va., March 22,
1864.
Son of George William White and Wilhelmina (Ashlin) White.
Mayor, Buena Vista, Va., 1891; director, Peoples National Bank;
member of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1910-18.
Presbyterian. Member, Beta
Theta Pi.
Burial
location unknown.
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Woodrow Wilson (1856-1924) —
also known as Thomas Woodrow Wilson; "Schoolmaster in
Politics" —
of New Jersey.
Born in Staunton,
Va., December
28, 1856.
Son of Rev. Joseph Ruggles Wilson (1822-1903) and Janet 'Jessie'
(Woodrow) Wilson (1826-1888).
Democrat. University
professor; president
of Princeton University, 1902-10; Governor of
New Jersey, 1911-13; President
of the United States, 1913-21.
Presbyterian. Member, Phi
Kappa Psi; Phi
Alpha Delta.
Recipient of Nobel
Peace Prize in 1919; elected to the Hall
of Fame for Great Americans in 1950. His portrait appeared on the
U.S. $100,000
gold certificate which was issued in 1934-45 for cash
transactions between banks.
Died in Washington,
D.C., February
3, 1924 (age 67 years, 37
days).
Interment at Washington
National Cathedral, Washington, D.C.
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Relatives: Son
of Rev. Joseph Ruggles Wilson (1822-1903) and Janet 'Jessie'
(Woodrow) Wilson (1826-1888); married, June 24,
1885, to Ellen Louise Axson (1860-1914); married, December
18, 1915, to Edith (Bolling) Galt (1872-1961); father of Eleanor
Randolph Wilson (1889-1967; who married William
Gibbs McAdoo). See Wilson-McAdoo-Floyd
family. |
| | | Cross-reference: William
C. Bullitt — Bainbridge
Colby — Joseph
E. Davies — Joseph
P. Tumulty — Thomas
H. Birch |
| | | Other politicians named for him: Woodrow
W. Jones
— Tom
Woodrow Payne
— Woodrow
Wilson Dumas
— Woodrow
Wilson Mann
— W.
Wilson Goode
— Woodrow
Wilson Storey
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| | | Campaign slogan (1916): "He kept us out
of war." |
| | | See also National
Governors Association biography — Wikipedia
article — NNDB
dossier — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Books about Woodrow Wilson: Louis
Auchincloss, Woodrow
Wilson — Herbert Hoover, The
Ordeal of Woodrow Wilson — James Chace, 1912
: Wilson, Roosevelt, Taft and Debs : The Election that Changed the
Country — Anne Schraff, Woodrow
Wilson (for young readers) |
| | | Critical books about Woodrow Wilson:
Jim Powell, Wilson's
War : How Woodrow Wilson's Great Blunder Led to Hitler, Lenin,
Stalin, and World War II |
| | | Image source: American Monthly Review
of Reviews, July 1902 |
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William Wirt (1772-1834) —
of Virginia.
Born near Bladensburg, Prince
George's County, Md., November
8, 1772.
U.S.
Attorney for Virginia, 1816-17; U.S.
Attorney General, 1817-29; Anti-Masonic candidate for President
of the United States, 1832.
Presbyterian.
Died in Washington,
D.C., February
18, 1834 (age 61 years, 102
days).
Interment at Congressional
Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Frank Rudolph Wolf (b. 1939) —
also known as Frank R. Wolf —
of Vienna, Fairfax
County, Va.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., January
30, 1939.
Republican. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Virginia 10th District, 1981-; defeated,
1976, 1978.
Presbyterian.
Still living as of 2009.
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Hubert Work (1860-1942) —
of Pueblo, Pueblo
County, Colo.
Born in Marion Center, Indiana
County, Pa., July 3,
1860.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Colorado,
1908,
1924,
1928;
Colorado
Republican state chair, 1912; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Colorado, 1914; served in the U.S. Army during World
War I; member of Republican
National Committee from Colorado, 1920; Chairman of
Republican National Committee, 1928-29; U.S.
Postmaster General, 1922-23; U.S.
Secretary of the Interior, 1923-28.
Presbyterian.
Died in Denver,
Colo., December
14, 1942 (age 82 years, 164
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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