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Cuthbert Bullitt (1740-1791) —
Born in Prince
William County, Va., 1740.
Lawyer;
planter;
shot and killed John
Baylis in a duel
on September 24, 1765; later tried for
the killing
and acquitted; delegate to
Virginia state constitutional convention, 1776.
Anglican;
later Episcopalian.
Died in Prince
William County, Va., 1791
(age about
51 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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John Tyler (1790-1862) —
also known as "The Accidental
President" —
of Williamsburg,
Va.
Born in Charles City
County, Va., March 29,
1790.
Son of John
Tyler (1747-1813) and Mary (Armistead) Tyler.
Whig. Lawyer;
member of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1811-16, 1823-25, 1839-40; served in
the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; U.S.
Representative from Virginia 23rd District, 1817-21; Governor of
Virginia, 1825-27; U.S.
Senator from Virginia, 1827-36; delegate to
Virginia state constitutional convention, 1829-30; delegate to
Whig National Convention from Virginia, 1839 (Convention
Vice-President); Vice
President of the United States, 1841; defeated, 1836; President
of the United States, 1841-45; delegate
to Virginia secession convention, 1861; Delegate
from Virginia to the Confederate Provisional Congress, 1861-62;
died in office 1862.
Episcopalian.
English
ancestry.
A bill to impeach
him was defeated in the House of Representatives in January 1843.
Died, probably from a stroke, in
a hotel
room at Richmond,
Va., January
18, 1862 (age 71 years, 295
days).
Interment at Hollywood
Cemetery, Richmond, Va.
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Relatives: Son
of John
Tyler (1747-1813) and Mary (Armistead) Tyler; son-in-law of David
Gardiner; married, March 20,
1813, to Letitia Christian; married, June 26,
1844, to Julia Gardiner (1820-1889); father of David
Gardiner Tyler. See Livingston-Seymour-Lee-Williams
family of New York. |
| | | Cross-reference: Benjamin
Tappan |
| | | Tyler County,
Tex. is named for him. |
| | | Other politicians named for him: John
T. Rich
— John
T. Cutting
— John
Tyler Cooper
— John
Tyler Hammons
|
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — National
Governors Association biography — Wikipedia
article — NNDB
dossier |
| | | Books about John Tyler: Oliver P.
Chitwood, John
Tyler : Champion of the Old South — Norma Lois
Peterson, Presidencies
of William Henry Harrison and John Tyler — Jane C.
Walker, John
Tyler : A President of Many Firsts — Edward P. Crapol,
John
Tyler, the Accidental President |
| | | Image source: Portrait & Biographical
Album of Washtenaw County (1891) |
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Charles James Faulkner (1806-1884) —
also known as Charles J. Faulkner —
Born in Martinsburg, Berkeley
County, Va. (now W.Va.), July 6,
1806.
Democrat. Member of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1829-34, 1848-49; member of Virginia
state senate, 1838-42; delegate to
Virginia state constitutional convention, 1850; U.S.
Representative from Virginia, 1851-59 (10th District 1851-53, 8th
District 1853-59); U.S. Minister to France, 1860; general in the Confederate Army during the Civil
War; delegate to
West Virginia state constitutional convention, 1872; U.S.
Representative from West Virginia 2nd District, 1875-77.
On his return from France in August 1861, was detained
as a prisoner of
state on charges
of negotiating arms sales for the Confederacy
while in Paris; released in December 1861 and negotiated his own
exchange for Alfred
Ely, a a Congressman from New York who had been taken prisoner by
the Confederates at Bull Run.
Died near Martinsburg, Berkeley
County, W.Va., November
1, 1884 (age 78 years, 118
days).
Interment a
private or family graveyard, Berkeley County, W.Va.
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James Murray Mason (1798-1871) —
also known as James M. Mason —
of Virginia.
Born in Georgetown, Washington,
D.C., November
3, 1798.
Son of John Mason (1766-1849) and Anna Maria (Murray) Mason
(1776-1857).
Member of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1826; delegate to
Virginia state constitutional convention, 1829; U.S.
Representative from Virginia 12th District, 1837-39; U.S.
Senator from Virginia, 1847-61; Delegate
from Virginia to the Confederate Provisional Congress, 1861; Confederate
States Envoy to England, 1861.
Author of the Fugitive Slave Law. When the Civil War began, he left
Washington but did not resign his seat in the Senate; one of ten Southern
senators expelled
in absentia on July 11, 1861.
Died April 28,
1871 (age 72 years, 176
days).
Interment at Christ
Church Episcopal Cemetery, Alexandria, Va.
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Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter (1809-1887) —
also known as Robert M. T. Hunter —
of Virginia.
Born near Loretto, Essex
County, Va., April 21,
1809.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1834-35; member of Virginia
state senate, 1835-37; U.S.
Representative from Virginia, 1837-43, 1845-47 (8th District
1837-39, 12th District 1839-41, 9th District 1841-43, 8th District
1845-47); Speaker of
the U.S. House, 1839-41; U.S.
Senator from Virginia, 1847-61; candidate for Democratic
nomination for President, 1860;
Delegate
from Virginia to the Confederate Provisional Congress, 1861-62;
Confederate
Secretary of State, 1861-62; Senator
from Virginia in the Confederate Congress, 1862-65; delegate to
Virginia state constitutional convention, 1867-68; Virginia
state treasurer, 1874-80.
When the Civil War began, he left Washington but did not resign his
seat in the Senate; he was one of ten Southern
senators expelled
in absentia on July 11, 1861. His portrait appeared on Confederate
States $10
notes in 1861-64. Arrested
in 1865 and imprisoned
without trial by federal
forces in Fort Pulaski, Tennessee, until 1866.
Died in Essex
County, Va., July 18,
1887 (age 78 years, 88
days).
Interment a
private or family graveyard, Essex County, Va.
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George Wythe Randolph (1818-1867) —
also known as George W. Randolph —
of Virginia.
Born near Charlottesville, Albemarle
County, Va., March 10,
1818.
Son of Thomas
Mann Randolph.
Lawyer;
delegate
to Virginia secession convention, 1861; general in the
Confederate Army during the Civil War; Confederate
Secretary of War, 1862.
Episcopalian.
After the collapse of the Confederacy,
fled
to Europe to avoid
capture; pardoned
in 1866.
Died of pulmonary
pneumonia, near Charlottesville, Albemarle
County, Va., April 3,
1867 (age 49 years, 24
days). His portrait appeared on Confederate States $100
notes in 1862-64.
Interment at Monticello
Graveyard, Near Charlottesville, Albemarle County, Va.
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James Alexander Seddon (1815-1880) —
also known as James A. Seddon —
of Virginia.
Born in Virginia, July 13,
1815.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Virginia 6th District, 1845-47, 1849-51;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Virginia, 1856;
Delegate
from Virginia to the Confederate Provisional Congress, 1861-62;
Confederate
Secretary of War, 1862-65.
Arrested
by Union
forces in May 1865 and imprisoned
until December.
Died in Goochland
County, Va., August
19, 1880 (age 65 years, 37
days).
Interment at Hollywood
Cemetery, Richmond, Va.
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John Henry Johnston —
of Danville,
Va.
Mayor
of Danville, Va., 1882-84; defeated (Independent), 1884; shot
and killed Chief of Police John E. Hatcher, during a disagreement
over the use of collected fines, on September 9, 1882; indicted
for murder
but released on $5,000 bail; tried in
December, and acquitted.
Burial
location unknown.
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James Harrison Oliver (1857-1928) —
also known as J. H. Oliver —
of Charles
City County, Va.
Born in Houston
County, Ga., January
15, 1857.
Son of Thaddeus Oliver and Sarah Penelope (Lawson) Oliver.
As a naval commander, he was arrested
and court-martialed
over his
role in a 1904 collision in Delaware Bay; acquitted and
reinstated; Governor of
U.S. Virgin Islands.
Died, of heart
disease, in Charles City
County, Va., April 6,
1928 (age 71 years, 82
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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George Lincoln Rockwell (1918-1967) —
of Arlington, Arlington
County, Va.
Born in Bloomington, McLean
County, Ill., March 9,
1918.
Son of George Lovejoy 'Doc' Rockwell (vaudeville and radio comedian)
and Claire (Schade) Rockwell.
Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; served in the U.S. Navy
during the Korean conflict; founder, in 1959, of the National
Committee to Free America from Jewish
Domination (later known as the American Nazi
Party); arrested
at various demonstrations
during the 1960s; American Nazi candidate for Governor of
Virginia, 1965.
Shot
and killed by
a sniper, later identified as John Patler, while driving his
car in the parking lot of Dominion Hills Shopping
Center, Arlington, Arlington
County, Va., August
25, 1967 (age 49 years, 169
days); Patler was convicted of the murder and sentenced to 20
years in prison. Rockwell's funeral procession was not allowed into
Culpeper National Cemetery because of Nazi emblems worn by his
supporters.
Cremated.
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John William Snow (b. 1939) —
also known as John W. Snow —
of Richmond,
Va.
Born in Toledo, Lucas
County, Ohio, August 2,
1939.
Lawyer;
charged
with driving
while intoxicated,
in West Valley City, Utah, 1982; chairman and chief executive officer
of CSX railroad;
U.S.
Secretary of the Treasury, 2003-06; director, Marathon Oil Co.
Episcopalian.
Member, Delta
Tau Delta.
Still living as of 2009.
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James Patrick Moran, Jr. (b. 1945) —
also known as James P. Moran, Jr.; Jim
Moran —
of Alexandria,
Va.
Born in Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y., May 16,
1945.
Democrat. Mayor
of Alexandria, Va., 1985-91; U.S.
Representative from Virginia 8th District, 1991-; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Virginia, 1996,
2000,
2004,
2008.
Catholic.
Pleaded no
contest to a misdemeanor conflict
of interest charge
and was forced to
resign as vice mayor of Alexandria, in June 1984.
Still living as of 2009.
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Richard Joyner Holland, Sr. (1925-2000) —
also known as Richard J. Holland, Sr. —
of Windsor, Isle of
Wight County, Va.
Born in Suffolk,
Va., August
12, 1925.
Son of Shirley
T. Holland.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; banker;
member of Virginia
state senate 15th District, 1980-2000; died in office 2000.
Congregationalist.
Acquitted of drunk
driving
in 1986, but convicted
of reckless
driving and refusal to
take a breath test; indicted
in federal court for 31 felony counts of bank
fraud; charges were dismissed in April 1998, and the prosecution
ruled to be vexatious; he and his son received a $570,000
reimbursement for legal fees.
Died in Windsor, Isle of
Wight County, Va., April 16,
2000 (age 74 years, 248
days).
Interment at Windsor
Cemetery, Windsor, Va.
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Lyndon Hermyle LaRouche, Jr. (b. 1922) —
also known as Lyndon LaRouche; Lyn Marcus —
of New York City (unknown
county), N.Y.; Leesburg, Loudoun
County, Va.
Born in Rochester, Strafford
County, N.H., September
8, 1922.
Son of Jessie Lenore (Weir) LaRouche (1893-1978) and Lyndon H.
LaRouche, Sr. (1896-1983).
Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; U.S. Labor candidate for
President
of the United States, 1976; candidate for Democratic nomination
for President, 1980,
1984,
1988,
1992,
1996,
2000;
indicted,
with others, on fraud and
conspiracy charges
in 1986 over solicitation of loans from supporters without intending
to repay them; also charged
with obstruction
of justice over destruction of financial records; tried in
federal court in Boston; a mistrial was declared in 1988; re-indicted
in federal court in Virginia on charges
of conspiracy, mail fraud, and tax
evasion; convicted
and sentenced
to fifteen years in prison;
released on parole in 1994; Independent candidate for U.S.
Representative from Virginia 10th District, 1990.
Still living as of 2009.
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Oliver Laurence North (b. 1943) —
also known as Oliver L. North; Ollie North —
of Virginia.
Born in San Antonio, Bexar
County, Tex., October
7, 1943.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during the Vietnam War;
central figure in the Iran-Contra scandal
of 1986; he was in charge of a secret (and illegal) government
operation to sell
weapons to Iran and provide the profits to the then-unrecognized
Nicaraguan "contras", who were fighting a civil war against the
"Sandinista" government there; convicted
in 1989 on federal charges of obstructing
Congress, destroying documents, and accepting an illegal
gratuity; an appeals court later overturned the guilty verdict;
candidate for U.S.
Senator from Virginia, 1994; host of a radio talk
show in 1995-2003, and is a television
commentator.
Member, National Rifle
Association.
Still living as of 2009.
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Parker J. Bena (born c.1963) —
of Virginia
Beach, Va.
Born about 1963.
Republican. Presidential Elector for Virginia, 2000.
Pleaded
guilty in 2001 to possession of child
pornography on his home computer; sentenced
to 30 months in federal prison
and fined
$18,000.
Still living as of 2001.
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Fenton L. Bland, Jr. (b. 1962) —
of Petersburg,
Va.
Born in Petersburg,
Va., March 7,
1962.
Democrat. Mortician;
member of Virginia
state house of delegates 63rd District, 2002-05; resigned 2005;
alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Virginia,
2004;
pleaded
guilty, January 26, 2005 to one count of conspiracy to commit bank
fraud; sentenced
in April to 57 months in prison
and ordered to pay $1.2 million in restitution;
surrendered
his funeral director's license rather than contest charges of ethical
violations.
Baptist.
African
ancestry. Member, Kappa
Alpha Psi.
Still living as of 2006.
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Del M. Mauhrine Brown —
of Hopewell,
Va.
Democrat. Lawyer;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Virginia, 1996;
candidate in primary for Virginia
state house of delegates 75th District, 1997; publicly
admonished in June 2008 by the Virginia State Bar for lawyer
misconduct, over failure to file a timely notice of appeal on
behalf of three clients.
Still living as of 2008.
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Vito John Fossella (b. 1965) —
also known as Vito Fossella —
of Staten Island, Richmond
County, N.Y.
Born in Staten Island, Richmond
County, N.Y., March 9,
1965.
Republican. Lawyer;
member, New York City Council, 1994-97; U.S.
Representative from New York 13th District, 1997-2009.
Catholic.
Italian
and Irish
ancestry.
In May, 2008, he was arrested
in Alexandria, Virginia, for driving
while intoxicated;
a week later, he admitted to an extramarital
affair with Air Force Lt. Col Laura Fay, and that he was the
father of her 3-year-old child; the scandal
led him to retire from
Congress.
Still living as of 2010.
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