Very incomplete list!in chronological order  |  John Purroy Mitchel (1879-1918) — of New York. Born in Fordham, Westchester County (now part of Bronx,BronxCounty), N.Y.,July 19,1879.Lawyer;law partner ofGeorgeV. Mullan, 1902-13;U.S.Collector of Customs at New York, N.Y., New York, 1913;mayorof New York City, N.Y., 1914-17; defeated (Fusion), 1917; onApril 17, 1914, at Park Row, New York, he wasshotat by an Michael P. Mahoney, an unemployed carpenter; the bulletmissed the mayor, but struck and wounded Frank L. Polk, the city'sCorporation Counsel.Catholic.Irishancestry.Killed in aplane crash duringWorldWar I military training, at Gerstner Field, near Holmwood,CalcasieuParish, La.,July 6,1918 (age38 years, 352days).Interment atWoodlawnCemetery, Bronx, N.Y.; memorial monument atColumbia University, Manhattan, N.Y. | | Maurice Connolly (1877-1921) — of Dubuque,DubuqueCounty, Iowa.Born in Dubuque,DubuqueCounty, Iowa,March13, 1877.Democrat.U.S.Representative from Iowa 3rd District, 1913-15; candidate forU.S.Senator from Iowa, 1914; delegate to Democratic NationalConvention from Iowa,1916(member,Platformand Resolutions Committee); postmaster atDubuque,Iowa, 1917-18.Member,Elks.Died in anairplane accident near Indian Head,CharlesCounty, Md.,May 28,1921 (age44 years, 76days).Interment atMt.Olivet Cemetery, Dubuque, Iowa.  | Thaddeus Campbell Sweet (1872-1928) — also known asThaddeus C. Sweet — of Phoenix,OswegoCounty, N.Y.Born in Phoenix,OswegoCounty, N.Y.,November16, 1872.Republican.Papermanufacturer; member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from Oswego County, 1910-20;Speaker ofthe New York State Assembly, 1914-20; delegate to RepublicanNational Convention from New York,1916,1924;U.S.Representative from New York 32nd District, 1923-28; died inoffice 1928.Member,Freemasons;RoyalArch Masons;KnightsTemplar;Shriners;Elks.Died as result of anairplane accident in Whitney Point,BroomeCounty, N.Y.,May 1,1928 (age55 years, 167days).Interment atPhoenixRural Cemetery, Phoenix, N.Y. | | William Kirk Kaynor (1884-1929) — also known asWilliam K. Kaynor — of Springfield,HampdenCounty, Mass.Born in Sanborn,O'BrienCounty, Iowa,November29, 1884.Republican. Postmaster atSpringfield,Mass., 1923-28;U.S.Representative from Massachusetts 2nd District, 1929; died inoffice 1929.Killed in thecrash of a military plane, shortly after takeofffrom the Bolling Fieldairbase, Anacostia,Washington,D.C.,December20, 1929 (age45 years, 21days). It was his first time in an airplane.Interment atOakGrove Cemetery, Springfield, Mass. | | Bronson Murray Cutting (1888-1935) — also known asBronson M. Cutting — of Santa Fe,Santa FeCounty, N.M.Born in Oakdale,SuffolkCounty, Long Island, N.Y.,June 23,1888.Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I;U.S.Senator from New Mexico, 1927-28, 1929-35; died in office 1935;delegate to Republican National Convention from New Mexico,1932;member ofRepublicanNational Committee from New Mexico, 1932.Episcopalian.Member,AmericanLegion.Killed, along with both pilots and one other passenger, when atwin-engine Transcontinental and Westernair liner, ran out offuel in adensefog, and crashed near Atlanta,MaconCounty, Mo.,May 6,1935 (age46 years, 317days). Nine other passengers were injured.Interment atGreen-WoodCemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.| |  Relatives: Sonof William Bayard Cutting and Olivia Peyton (Murray) Cutting;great-grandnephew ofHenryWalter Livingston; second great-grandson ofWalterLivingston; second great-grandnephew ofPeterRobert Livingston (1737-1794) andPieterSchuyler (1746-1792); third great-grandson ofRobertLivingston (1708-1790); third great-grandnephew ofPeterVan Brugh Livingston,PhilipLivingston,WilliamLivingston,PhilipJohn Schuyler,PhilipP. Schuyler andStephenJohn Schuyler; fourth great-grandson ofJohannesSchuyler (1697-1746) andStephanusBayard; fourth great-grandnephew ofJohnLivingston,RobertLivingston (1688-1775) andGilbertLivingston; fifth great-grandson ofStephanusVan Cortlandt,RobertLivingston the Elder,PieterSchuyler (1657-1724),PieterVan Brugh andJohannesSchuyler (1668-1747); fifth great-grandnephew ofJacobusVan Cortlandt andJohannesCuyler; sixth great-grandson ofNicholasBayard (c.1644-1707); seventh great-grandnephew ofPieterStuyvesant; first cousin twice removed ofEdwardLivingston (1796-1840); first cousin four times removed ofPhilipPeter Livingston,HenryBrockholst Livingston,PeterSamuel Schuyler andPhilipJeremiah Schuyler; first cousin five times removed ofRobertGilbert Livingston,HenryGilbert Livingston,RobertR. Livingston (1718-1775),PierreVan Cortlandt andNicholasBayard (1736-1802); first cousin six times removed ofRobertLivingston the Younger,CornelisCuyler andJohnCruger Jr.; first cousin seven times removed ofDavidDavidse Schuyler andMyndertDavidtse Schuyler; second cousin twice removed ofPeterRobert Livingston (1789-1859); second cousin thrice removed ofStephenVan Rensselaer,PhilipSchuyler Van Rensselaer,PeterAugustus Jay,RensselaerWesterlo,EdwardPhilip Livingston,WilliamAlexander Duer,JohnDuer,PhilipSchuyler,JamesAlexander Hamilton,WilliamJay andCharlesLudlow Livingston (1800-1873); second cousin four times removedofJeremiahVan Rensselaer,RobertVan Rensselaer,RobertR. Livingston (1746-1813),JamesLivingston,JohnTyler (1747-1813),PhilipVan Cortlandt,PierreVan Cortlandt Jr.,EdwardLivingston (1764-1836) andJamesParker; second cousin five times removed ofVolkertPetrus Douw,JamesJay,HenryCruger,HendrickKiliaen Van Rensselaer,JohnJay,FrederickJay andKillianKillian Van Rensselaer; third cousin ofCharlesLudlow Livingston (born 1870) andJohnEliot Thayer Jr.; third cousin once removed ofBrockholstLivingston; third cousin twice removed ofWilliamDuer,HenryBell Van Rensselaer,DenningDuer,HenryBrockholst Ledyard andJohnJay II; third cousin thrice removed ofGeorgeMadison,PeterRobert Livingston (1766-1847),JacobRutsen Van Rensselaer,MaturinLivingston,JohnTyler (1790-1862),HamiltonFish,JohnCortlandt Parker andJamesAdams Ekin; fourth cousin ofHerbertLivingston Satterlee; fourth cousin once removed ofKiliaenVan Rensselaer,NicholasFish,HamiltonFish Jr.,RobertRay Hamilton,JohnKean andHamiltonFish Kean. | | | | Political family:Livingston-Schuylerfamily of New York (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | Politician named for him:BronsonC. LaFollette | | | | Epitaph: "Light and understanding andwisdom was found in him. And the common people heard himgladly." | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Find-A-Gravememorial |
| | John Kristensen Brostuen (1884-1938) — also known asJohn K. Brostuen;Johannes KristensenBrostuen —of Alexander,McKenzieCounty, N.Dak.Born near Ringebu,Norway,August28, 1884.Republican.Farmer;rancher;newspapereditor and publisher; member ofNorthDakota state senate, 1920;North DakotaRepublican state chair, 1937-38.Norwegianancestry.Died in anairplane crash near Cleveland,CuyahogaCounty, Ohio,1938(ageabout53 years).Interment atRiverviewCemetery, Williston, N.Dak.  | Sufi Abdul Hamid (1903-1938) — also known asAbdul Hamid;Eugene Brown;"TheBlack Hitler";"The Harlem Hitler";"Bishop Amiru-Al-Mu-Minim Sufi AbdulHamid" —of Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in Lowell,MiddlesexCounty, Mass.,January6, 1903.Self-styledcleric;laborleader; claimed to be from Egypt or Sudan; wore a turban and agreen velvet cloak with gold braid; led picketing of stores in Harlemwhose proprietors refused to hire African-American employees;conductedstreetrallies in Harlem where hedenouncedJews; said he was "the only one fit to carry on the war againstthe Jews"; Americo-Spanish candidate forNew Yorkstate assembly from New York County 17th District, 1933;arrestedin October 1934;tried andfound guilty on misdemeanor charges ofmaking apublic speech without a permit, and selling books without alicense, andsentencedto ten days injail;latersuspectedof inciting the 1935 riot in Harlem, which led toinjunctionsagainst his activities; in January 1938, his estranged wife,Stephanie St. Clair, ambushed him outside his house, andshotat him five times, but he was not seriously hurt; founded theBuddhist Universal Holy Temple of Tranquility.BuddhistorMuslim.Africanancestry.Killed, along with his pilot, when his Cessna J-5 airplane ran out offuel andcrashed near Wantagh,NassauCounty, Long Island, N.Y.,July 30,1938 (age35 years, 205days).Burial location unknown. |  | Ernest Lundeen (1878-1940) — of Minneapolis,HennepinCounty, Minn.; Wayzata,HennepinCounty, Minn.Born in Beresford,UnionCounty, S.Dak.,August4, 1878.Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War;lawyer;member ofMinnesotastate house of representatives District 42, 1911-14; delegate toRepublican National Convention from Minnesota,1912(alternate),1916;U.S.Representative from Minnesota, 1917-19, 1933-37 (5th District1917-19, at-large 1933-35, 3rd District 1935-37); defeated(Independent), 1920; candidate forGovernor ofMinnesota, 1928;U.S.Senator from Minnesota, 1937-40; defeated, 1923 (Republicanprimary), 1930 (Farmer-Labor); died in office 1940.Methodist.Swedishancestry. Member,Freemasons;DeltaSigma Rho;UnitedSpanish War Veterans.One of 25 passengers and crew killed in thecrash of aPennsylvania Central Airlines transport plane, bound from Washingtonto Pittsburgh, during anintensestorm, near Lovettsville,LoudounCounty, Va.,August31, 1940 (age62 years, 27days).Interment atFortSnelling National Cemetery, Minneapolis, Minn. | | William Devereux Byron (1895-1941) — also known asWilliam D. Byron — of Williamsport,WashingtonCounty, Md.Born inDanville,Va.,May 15,1895.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; mayor ofWilliamsport, Md., 1926-30; member ofMarylandstate senate, 1930-34; delegate to Democratic National Conventionfrom Maryland,1936;U.S.Representative from Maryland 6th District, 1939-41; died inoffice 1941.Episcopalian.Killed in anairplane crash at Jonesboro,ClaytonCounty, Ga.,February27, 1941 (age45 years, 288days).Interment atRiverviewCemetery, Williamsport, Md. | | William Herbert Murphy (1889-1942) — Born in Berlin,Germany,April11, 1889.Electricalengineer;U.S. Vice Consul inCoburg, as of 1914; served in the U.S. Army Air Corps in WorldWar I; colonel in the U.S. Army during World War II.Member,Freemasons.While flying a reconnaissance mission, hisplane wasshotdown over Surabaya,Indonesia,February3, 1942 (age52 years, 298days).Interment atArlingtonNational Cemetery, Arlington, Va. | | William Dee Becker (1876-1943) — also known asWilliam D. Becker — ofSt.Louis, Mo.Born in East St. Louis,St. ClairCounty, Ill.,October23, 1876.Republican.Lawyer;Judge, Missouri St. Louis Court of Appeals, 1917-40; defeated, 1940;mayorof St. Louis, Mo., 1941-43; died in office 1943.Germanancestry. Member,American BarAssociation.Was a passenger in an experimental Army glider, towed by an airplane;the glider's wings suddenly fell off, and itcrashed atLambert-St. LouisAirfield,St.Louis County, Mo.,August1, 1943 (age66 years, 282days).Interment atBellefontaineCemetery, St. Louis, Mo.| | Relatives: Sonof John Philip Becker and Anna A. (Cammann) Becker; married,June 10,1902, to Margaret Louise McIntosh. |
| | Gouverneur Morris Carnochan (1892-1943) — also known asGouverneur M. Carnochan — of New City,RocklandCounty, N.Y.Born in Riverdale, Bronx,BronxCounty, N.Y.,June 28,1892.Democrat. Democratic candidate for Presidential Elector for New York,1916;served in the U.S. Navy during World War I;stockbroker;served in the U.S. Navy during World War II.Member,Freemasons.While inwartimeservice, he was killed in aplane crash, in South Americaor the Atlantic Ocean,October12, 1943 (age51 years, 106days).Interment atSt.Bernard's Cemetery, Bernardsville, N.J. | | John William Ditter (1888-1943) — also known asJ. William Ditter — of Ambler,MontgomeryCounty, Pa.Born in Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,September5, 1888.Republican.Lawyer;U.S.Representative from Pennsylvania 17th District, 1933-43; died inoffice 1943.Protestant.Member,Freemasons;Moose;Rotary.Died in anairplane crash near Columbia,LancasterCounty, Pa.,November21, 1943 (age55 years, 77days).Interment atWhitemarshMemorial Park, Ambler, Pa. | | Joseph Patrick Kennedy Jr. (1915-1944) — also known asJoseph P. Kennedy, Jr. — of Cambridge,MiddlesexCounty, Mass.Born in Hull,PlymouthCounty, Mass.,July 25,1915.Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention fromMassachusetts,1940;served in the U.S. Navy during World War II.Catholic.Killedwhen his Liberatorbomberexploded,over theEnglishChannel,August12, 1944 (age29 years, 18days).Burial location unknown. | | Suggett Louis Edwards (1906-1944) — also known asSuggett L. Edwards — of Mexico,AudrainCounty, Mo.Born inCallawayCounty, Mo.,July 23,1906.Democrat. Member ofMissouristate house of representatives from Audrain County, 1937-40;served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II.Killedin aB-29 bomber crash, Saipan,NorthernMariana Islands,December13, 1944 (age38 years, 143days).Cenotaph atNationalMemorial Cemetery of the Pacific, Honolulu, Island of Oahu,Hawaii. | | John Conover Nichols (1896-1945) — also known asJack Nichols — of Eufaula,McIntoshCounty, Okla.Born in Joplin,JasperCounty, Mo.,August31, 1896.Democrat.U.S.Representative from Oklahoma 2nd District, 1935-43; resigned 1943.Died in anairplane crash at Asmara,Eritrea,November7, 1945 (age49 years, 68days).Original interment atUnitedStates Military Cemetery, Asmara, Eritrea; reinterment atGreenwoodCemetery, Eufaula, Okla. | | Earl Wilcox Snell (1895-1947) — also known asEarl Snell — of Arlington,GilliamCounty, Ore.Born near Olex,GilliamCounty, Ore.,July 11,1895.Republican.Secretaryof state of Oregon, 1935-43;Governor ofOregon, 1943-47; died in office 1947.While flying to southern Oregon on ahuntingtrip, along with Secretary of StateRobertS. Farrell, Jr. and State Senate PresidentMarshallE. Cornett, was killed when thesmall plane crashed instormyweather near Dog Lake,LakeCounty, Ore.,October28, 1947 (age52 years, 109days).Interment atBelcrestMemorial Park, Salem, Ore. | | Robert S. Farrell Jr. (c.1906-1947) — of Portland,MultnomahCounty, Ore.Born about 1906. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Oregon,1940(HonoraryVice-President),1944;secretaryof state of Oregon, 1943-47; died in office 1947.While flying to southern Oregon on ahuntingtrip, along with Gov.EarlSnell and State Senate PresidentMarshallE. Cornett, was killed when thesmall plane crashed instormyweather, near Dog Lake,LakeCounty, Ore.,October28, 1947 (ageabout 41years).Interment atRiverView Cemetery, Portland, Ore. | | Marshall E. Cornett (c.1899-1947) — of Klamath Falls,KlamathCounty, Ore.Born about 1899. Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention fromOregon,1944;member ofOregonstate senate, 1947; died in office 1947.While flying to southern Oregon on ahuntingtrip, along with Gov.EarlSnell and Secretary of StateRobertS. Farrell, Jr. was killed with thesmall plane crashed instormyweather, near Dog Lake,LakeCounty, Ore.,October28, 1947 (ageabout 48years).Burial location unknown.  | Richard Harlan McNeill (1912-1948) — also known asRichard H. McNeill — of Caldwell,CanyonCounty, Idaho.Born in Dunlap,DeBacaCounty, N.M.,March24, 1912.Mayorof Caldwell, Idaho, 1947-48; died in office 1948.While en route from Coeur d'Alene to Boise in a small plane, hit aridge andcrashed near Elk Summit, inIdahoCounty, Idaho,April18, 1948 (age36 years, 25days). His wife and two others were also killed. The wreckage wasfound four months later.Interment atCanyonHill Cemetery, Caldwell, Idaho. | | Robert Lewis Coffey Jr. (1918-1949) — also known asRobert L. Coffey, Jr. — of Johnstown,CambriaCounty, Pa.Born in Chattanooga,HamiltonCounty, Tenn.,October21, 1918.Democrat.U.S.Representative from Pennsylvania 26th District, 1949; died inoffice 1949.Died in anairplane accident in Albuquerque,BernalilloCounty, N.M.,April20, 1949 (age30 years, 181days).Interment atArlingtonNational Cemetery, Arlington, Va. | | George Joseph Bates (1891-1949) — also known asGeorge J. Bates — of Salem,EssexCounty, Mass.Born in Salem,EssexCounty, Mass.,February25, 1891.Republican. Member ofMassachusettsstate house of representatives Eighteenth Essex District,1918-24;mayor ofSalem, Mass., 1924-37;U.S.Representative from Massachusetts 6th District, 1937-49; died inoffice 1949.Killed in anairplane collision between an Eastern Air LinesDC-4 passenger airliner and a war surplus P-38 fighter planepurchased by Bolivia, near Washington NationalAirport,Arlington,ArlingtonCounty, Va.,November1, 1949 (age58 years, 249days).Interment atSt.Mary's Cemetery, Salem, Mass. | | Michael Joseph Kennedy (1897-1949) — also known asMichael J. Kennedy — of Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,October25, 1897.Democrat.U.S.Representative from New York 15th District, 1939-43; delegate toDemocratic National Convention from New York,1940;leader ofNew York County Democratic Party, 1942.Member,TammanyHall.Killed in anairplane collision between an Eastern Air LinesDC-4 passenger airliner and a war surplus P-38 fighter planepurchased by Bolivia, near Washington NationalAirport,Arlington,ArlingtonCounty, Va.,November1, 1949 (age52 years, 7days).Interment atGateof Heaven Cemetery, Hawthorne, N.Y. | | Laurence Adolph Steinhardt (1892-1950) — also known asLaurence A. Steinhardt — of New York. Born in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,October6, 1892.Served in the U.S. Army during World War I;lawyer;U.S. Minister toSweden, 1933-37; U.S. Ambassador toPeru, 1937-39;Soviet Union, 1939-41;Turkey, 1942-45;Czechoslovakia, 1945-48;Canada, 1948-50, died in office 1950.Jewish. Member,American BarAssociation.Died in aplane crash near Ramsayville,Ontario,March28, 1950 (age57 years, 173days).Interment atArlingtonNational Cemetery, Arlington, Va. | | Robert Porter Patterson (1891-1952) — also known asRobert P. Patterson — of Cold Spring,PutnamCounty, N.Y.Born in Glens Falls,WarrenCounty, N.Y.,February12, 1891.Lawyer;served in the U.S. Army during World War I;U.S.District Judge for the Southern District of New York, 1930-39;Judgeof U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit, 1939-40;U.S.Secretary of War, 1945-47.Member,American BarAssociation;AmericanAcademy of Arts and Sciences;PhiBeta Kappa;PhiDelta Theta;AmericanLegion.Killed, along with 22 other passengers and crew, and seven people onthe ground, in aplane crash duringrain andheavy fog, in Elizabeth,UnionCounty, N.J.,January22, 1952 (age60 years, 344days).Interment atArlingtonNational Cemetery, Arlington, Va. | | William Tudor Gardiner (1892-1953) — also known asWilliam T. Gardiner — of Gardiner,KennebecCounty, Maine.Born in Newton,MiddlesexCounty, Mass.,June 12,1892.Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I;lawyer;member ofMainestate house of representatives, 1921-26;Speaker ofthe Maine State House of Representatives, 1925-26;Governor ofMaine, 1929-33; delegate to Republican National Convention fromMaine,1932;colonel in the U.S. Army during World War II; he and Gen. MaxwellTaylor landed in Italy in 1943, before the American invasion,traveled to Rome undetected, and held a conference with the ItalianHigh Command, obtaining information helpful to the Allies.Episcopalian.Member,AmericanLegion;Veterans ofForeign Wars;MilitaryOrder of the World Wars;Sonsof Union Veterans;Freemasons;Shriners;Elks;OddFellows;Grange;American BarAssociation.Killed when his Beechcraft Bonanza airplaneexploded inmidair, andcrashed in Schnecksville,LehighCounty, Pa.,August2, 1953 (age61 years, 51days).Interment atChristChurch Cemetery, Gardiner, Maine. | | Edward E. Chase (d. 1953) — of Cape Elizabeth,CumberlandCounty, Maine.Delegateto Maine convention to ratify 21st amendment from CumberlandCounty, 1933; member ofMainestate house of representatives, 1940; member ofMainestate senate, 1953; died in office 1953.Killed in an airplaneexplosionandcrash, along with former GovernorWilliamTudor Gardiner, in Schnecksville,LehighCounty, Pa.,August2, 1953.Burial location unknown. | | Kimber Cornellus Sigler (1894-1953) — also known asKim Sigler;"The WhiteKnight" —of Hastings,BarryCounty, Mich.; Battle Creek,CalhounCounty, Mich.; Lansing,InghamCounty, Mich.Born in Schuyler,ColfaxCounty, Neb.,May 2,1894.Democratic candidate forMichiganstate attorney general, 1928; candidate in Republican primary forMichiganstate senate 8th District, 1942;Governor ofMichigan, 1947-48; defeated (Republican), 1948; delegate toRepublican National Convention from Michigan,1948.Member,Rotary.While flying his airplane on afoggynight,collided with a television broadcast tower; he andthree passengers died in the crash, near Augusta,KalamazooCounty, Mich.,November30, 1953 (age59 years, 212days).Interment atRiversideCemetery, Hastings, Mich. | | Jesse Lynn Webb Jr. (1923-1956) — also known asJesse L. Webb, Jr. — of Baton Rouge,East BatonRouge Parish, La.BornDecember8, 1923.Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention fromLouisiana,1948;mayor-presidentof East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana, 1953-56; died in office1956.En route to a conference, he was killed with two others when theirprivate planeexploded andburned, near Grand Ledge,EatonCounty, Mich.,April28, 1956 (age32 years, 142days).Burial location unknown. | | Donald Grant Nutter (1915-1962) — also known asDonald G. Nutter — of Montana. BornNovember28, 1915.Republican. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II;lawyer;MontanaRepublican state chair, 1958-60;Governor ofMontana, 1961-62; died in office 1962.Flying from Helena to Cut Bank, he was killed, along withEdwardC. Wren and four others, when the twin-engine C-47 planecrashed into a mountain andburned,during asnowstorm,near Wolf Creek,Lewis andClark County, Mont.,January25, 1962 (age46 years, 58days).Interment atSidneyCity Cemetery, Sidney, Mont.  | Edward C. Wren (1918-1962) — ofCascadeCounty, Mont.Born in Great Falls,CascadeCounty, Mont.,September28, 1918.Republican.Baking plantmanager; colonel in the U.S. Army during World War II;rancher;candidate forMontanastate house of representatives, 1954, 1956, 1958; Montana stateagriculture commissioner, 1961-62.Member,ReserveOfficers Association.Flying from Helena to Cut Bank, he was killed, along with Gov.DonaldG. Nutter and four others, when the twin-engine C-47 planecrashed into a mountain andburned,during asnowstorm,near Wolf Creek,Lewis andClark County, Mont.,January25, 1962 (age43 years, 119days).Interment atMt.Olivet Cemetery, Great Falls, Mont. | | | Clement Woodnutt Miller (1916-1962) — of California. Born in Wilmington,New CastleCounty, Del.,October28, 1916.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II;U.S.Representative from California 1st District, 1959-62; defeated,1956; died in office 1962.Died in thecrash of a twin-engine private plane, near Eureka,HumboldtCounty, Calif.,October7, 1962 (age45 years, 344days).Interment atPointReyes National Seashore Park, Point Reyes, Calif. | | de Lesseps Story Morrison (1912-1964) — also known asde Lesseps S. Morrison;"Chep" —of New Orleans,OrleansParish, La.Born in New Roads,PointeCoupee Parish, La.,January18, 1912.Democrat. Member ofLouisianastate house of representatives, 1941;mayorof New Orleans, La., 1946-61; delegate to Democratic NationalConvention from Louisiana,1952,1956,1960(alternate).Catholic.Killed in aplane crash in Ciudad Victoria,Tamaulipas,May22, 1964 (age52 years, 125days).Interment atMetairieCemetery, New Orleans, La. | | Charles Herndon (d. 1966) — of Salmon,LemhiCounty, Idaho.Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention fromIdaho,1952;candidate forGovernor ofIdaho 1966, but died before election.Died in aplane crash,1966.Burial location unknown. | | Walter Edwin Alessandroni (1914-1966) — also known asWalter E. Alessandroni — of Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.; Harrisburg,DauphinCounty, Pa.Born in Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,December27, 1914.Republican.Lawyer;served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II;U.S.Attorney for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, 1959-61;Pennsylvaniastate attorney general, 1963-66; delegate to Republican NationalConvention from Pennsylvania,1964.Italianancestry. Member,American BarAssociation;AmericanJudicature Society;AmericanLegion.As a candidate for Lieutenant Governor, was flying to a plannedcampaignspeech in a twin-engine Aztec plane, inrainy andsnowy weather, when theplane crashed near Connellsville,FayetteCounty, Pa.,May 8,1966 (age51 years, 132days).Burial location unknown.| | Relatives: Sonof Joseph Alessandroni and Sally Alessandroni; married1935 to EthelDecius. |
| | Leroy George Augenstein (1928-1969) — also known asLeroy G. Augenstein — of Holt,InghamCounty, Mich.Born in Decatur,MaconCounty, Ill.,March 6,1928.Republican.Biophysicist;universityprofessor; member ofMichiganstate board of education, 1967-69; died in office 1969.Protestant.Member,SigmaXi;SigmaAlpha Epsilon.Killed when his twin-engine planecrashed during the landingapproach to BeechAirport,near Charlotte,EatonCounty, Mich.,November8, 1969 (age41 years, 247days).Interment atEvergreenCemetery, Lansing, Mich.| | Relatives: Sonof Roy H. Augenstein; married1950 toElizabeth Schmalfuss. | | | | Books by Leroy G. Augenstein:Come,let us play God |
| | Thomas Hale Boggs, Sr. (1914-1972) — also known asHale Boggs — of New Orleans,OrleansParish, La.Born in Long Beach,HarrisonCounty, Miss.,February15, 1914.Democrat.Lawyer;U.S.Representative from Louisiana 2nd District, 1941-43, 1947-72;died in office 1972; delegate to Democratic National Convention fromLouisiana,1948,1956,1960,1968;Parliamentarian,1964;chair, Resolutions and Platform Committee, chair,1968;candidate forGovernor ofLouisiana, 1952;Vice-Chairof Democratic National Committee, 1957; member, President'sCommission on the Assassination of President KNDY, 1963-64.Catholic.Member,AmericanLegion;Amvets;CatholicWar Veterans;Sons ofthe American Revolution;Knightsof Columbus;American BarAssociation;AmericanJudicature Society;PhiBeta Kappa;BetaTheta Pi;OmicronDelta Kappa.Disappearedwhile on acampaignflight from Anchorage to Juneau, and presumed killed in aplanecrash, somewhere in Alaska,October16, 1972 (age58 years, 244days). The wreckage wasneverfound.Cenotaph atCongressionalCemetery, Washington, D.C.| | Relatives: Sonof William Robertson Boggs and Claire Josephine (Hale) Boggs;married,January22, 1938, toCorinneClaiborne; father ofBarbaraBoggs Sigmund,ThomasHale Boggs Jr. and Cokie Roberts. | | | | BoggsPeakin the Chugach Mountains,Anchorage,Alaska, isnamed forhim. | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Wikipedia article —NNDBdossier | | | | Books about Thomas Hale Boggs: GaryBoulard,TheBig Lie: Hale Boggs, Lucille May Grace, and LeanderPerez |
| | Nicholas Joseph Begich (1932-1972) — also known asNick Begich — ofAnchorage,Alaska.Born in Eveleth,St. LouisCounty, Minn.,April 6,1932.Democrat. Member ofAlaskastate senate, 1963-71;U.S.Representative from Alaska at-large, 1971-72; died in office1972; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention fromAlaska,1972.AlaskaNative andCroatianancestry.Disappearedwhile on acampaignflight from Anchorage to Juneau, and presumed killed in aplanecrash, somewhere in Alaska,October16, 1972 (age40 years, 193days). The wreckage wasneverfound.Cenotaph atCongressionalCemetery, Washington, D.C. | | George Washington Collins (1925-1972) — also known asGeorge W. Collins — of Chicago,CookCounty, Ill.Born in Chicago,CookCounty, Ill.,March 5,1925.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; delegate toDemocratic National Convention from Illinois,1964(alternate),1968;U.S.Representative from Illinois 6th District, 1970-72; died inoffice 1972.Baptist.Africanancestry.Died in anairplane crash during landing approach at MidwayAirport,Chicago,CookCounty, Ill.,December8, 1972 (age47 years, 278days).Interment atBurrOak Cemetery, Chicago, Ill. | | Ronald Garry Wilson (1918-1974) — also known asRonald G. Wilson — of Cadillac,WexfordCounty, Mich.BornMarch 7,1918.Mayorof Cadillac, Mich., 1970-71.Killed, along with his wife and two grandchildren, while flying in aheavyfog, when his single-engineplane crashed, near Coral,MontcalmCounty, Mich.,March 3,1974 (age55 years, 361days).Interment atMapleHill Cemetery, Cadillac, Mich.| | Relatives: Sonof Ray C. Wilson and Agnes Caroline (Root) Wilson; married to JoyceElaine Baker. | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial |
| | Jerry Lyle Pettis (1916-1975) — also known asJerry L. Pettis — of Loma Linda,SanBernardino County, Calif.Born in Phoenix,MaricopaCounty, Ariz.,July 18,1916.Republican.U.S.Representative from California, 1967-75 (33rd District 1967-75,37th District 1975); died in office 1975.Seventh-DayAdventist.Died in aplane crash near Banning,RiversideCounty, Calif.,February14, 1975 (age58 years, 211days).Interment atMontecitoMemorial Park, Colton, Calif. | | Jerry Lon Litton (1937-1976) — also known asJerry Litton — of Chillicothe,LivingstonCounty, Mo.Born near Lock Springs,DaviessCounty, Mo.,May 12,1937.Democrat.U.S.Representative from Missouri 6th District, 1973-76; died inoffice 1976.Member,OmicronDelta Kappa;AlphaZeta.Whilerunningfor U.S. Senator, died in thecrash of a private plane,shortly after takeoff from the MunicipalAirport,Chillicothe,LivingstonCounty, Mo.,August3, 1976 (age39 years, 83days).Interment atResthavenMemorial Gardens, Chillicothe, Mo. | | Ralph Frederick Beermann (1912-1977) — of Dakota City,DakotaCounty, Neb.Born near Dakota City,DakotaCounty, Neb.,August13, 1912.Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II;U.S.Representative from Nebraska, 1961-65 (3rd District 1961-63, 1stDistrict 1963-65).Lutheran.Member,Veterans ofForeign Wars;AmericanLegion;FarmBureau;Kiwanis.Died in anairplane crash at the MunicipalAirportin Sioux City,WoodburyCounty, Iowa,February17, 1977 (age64 years, 188days).Interment atDakotaCity Cemetery, Dakota City, Neb. | | Richard Dudley Obenshain (1935-1978) — also known asRichard D. Obenshain — ofRichmond,Va.Born in Abingdon,WashingtonCounty, Va.,October31, 1935.Republican.Lawyer;delegate to Republican National Convention from Virginia,1964;candidate forU.S.Representative from Virginia 3rd District, 1964; candidate forVirginiastate attorney general, 1969;VirginiaRepublican state chair, 1972-73; candidate forU.S.Senator from Virginia 1978, but died before election.Presbyterian.Member,American BarAssociation;AmericanJudicature Society;Freemasons;PhiDelta Phi.Killed when hissmall plane crashed during a nighttime landingat Chesterfield CountyAirport,ChesterfieldCounty, Va.,August2, 1978 (age42 years, 275days).Burial location unknown. | | Lawrence Patton McDonald (1935-1983) — also known asLarry McDonald — of Georgia. Born in Atlanta,FultonCounty, Ga.,April 1,1935.Democrat.U.S.Representative from Georgia 7th District, 1975-83; died in office1983.Member,JohnBirch Society.Killed when theKorean Airlines jet on which he was apassenger wasshot downby the Soviet military, over theSea ofJapan,September1, 1983 (age48 years, 153days). His remains wereneverrecovered. | | James Douglas Waltermire (1949-1988) — also known asJim Waltermire — of Montana. Born in Choteau,TetonCounty, Mont.,February15, 1949.Republican. Candidate forU.S.Representative from Montana, 1978;secretaryof state of Montana, 1981-88; died in office 1988.While returning from acampaignappearance, was killed in aplane crash near Helena,Lewis andClark County, Mont.,April 8,1988 (age39 years, 53days).Interment atResurrectionCemetery, Helena, Mont. | | Arnold Lewis Raphel (1943-1988) — also known asArnold L. Raphel — of New Jersey. Born in1943.Foreign Service officer; U.S. Ambassador toPakistan, 1987-88, died in office 1988.Killed when aplane in which he was a passenger wasblown up inmidair byterrorists,near Bahawalpur,Pakistan,August17, 1988 (ageabout 45years).Interment atArlingtonNational Cemetery, Arlington, Va. | | George Thomas Leland (1944-1989) — also known asMickey Leland — of Houston,HarrisCounty, Tex.Born in Lubbock,LubbockCounty, Tex.,November27, 1944.Democrat. Member ofTexasstate house of representatives, 1972-79; delegate to DemocraticNational Convention from Texas,1972,1980,1988(speaker);delegateto Texas state constitutional convention, 1974;U.S.Representative from Texas 18th District, 1979-89; died in office1989.Catholic.Africanancestry.Died in anairplane crash near Gambela,Ethiopia,August7, 1989 (age44 years, 253days).Interment atGoldenGate Cemetery, Houston, Tex. | | Larkin I. Smith (1944-1989) — of Mississippi. Born in Mississippi,June 26,1944.Republican.U.S.Representative from Mississippi 5th District, 1989; died inoffice 1989.Died in anairplane crash,August13, 1989 (age45 years, 48days).Interment atFloralHills Cemetery, Gulfport, Miss. | | Henry John Heinz III (1938-1991) — also known asH. John Heinz III — of Pittsburgh,AlleghenyCounty, Pa.Born in Pittsburgh,AlleghenyCounty, Pa.,October23, 1938.Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention fromPennsylvania,1968,1972,1976,1980;U.S.Representative from Pennsylvania 18th District, 1971-77;U.S.Senator from Pennsylvania, 1977-91; died in office 1991.Died in thecrash of a small plane at Merion,MontgomeryCounty, Pa.,April 4,1991 (age52 years, 163days).Interment atHomewoodCemetery, Pittsburgh, Pa. | | John Goodwin Tower (1925-1991) — also known asJohn G. Tower — of Wichita Falls,WichitaCounty, Tex.; Dallas,DallasCounty, Tex.Born in Houston,HarrisCounty, Tex.,September29, 1925.Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II;universityprofessor; candidate forTexasstate house of representatives 81st District, 1954; delegate toRepublican National Convention from Texas,1956,1960,1964,1968,1972(delegation chair),1980;U.S.Senator from Texas, 1961-85; defeated, 1960.Methodist.Member,AmericanLegion;KappaSigma;Kiwanis;AmericanPolitical Science Association;AmericanAssociation of University Professors.Nominated for Secretary of Defense in 1989, but defeated amidallegations of heavy drinking and womanizing.Killed in thecrash of Atlantic Southeast Airlines Flight2311, two miles short of the runway of GlyncoAirport,near Brunswick,GlynnCounty, Ga.,April 5,1991 (age65 years, 188days).Interment atSparkmanHillcrest Memorial Park, Dallas, Tex. | | George Speaker Mickelson (1941-1993) — also known asGeorge S. Mickelson — of South Dakota. BornJanuary31, 1941.Republican.Governor ofSouth Dakota, 1987-93; died in office 1993; delegate toRepublican National Convention from South Dakota,1992(delegation chair); Republican Presidential Elector for South Dakota,1992.Died in aplane crash in Dubuque,DubuqueCounty, Iowa,April19, 1993 (age52 years, 78days).Interment atGreenwoodCemetery, Brookings, S.Dak. | | Ronald Harmon Brown (1941-1996) — also known asRonald H. Brown;Ron Brown — ofWashington,D.C.Born inWashington,D.C.,August1, 1941.Democrat.Lawyer;lobbyist;Chairmanof Democratic National Committee, 1989-93;U.S.Secretary of Commerce, 1993-96; died in office 1996.Africanancestry. Member,UrbanLeague.Killed in aplane crash, during astorm,inCroatia,April3, 1996 (age54 years, 246days).Interment atArlingtonNational Cemetery, Arlington, Va. | | Cecil Franklin Weeding (1934-1998) — of Montana. Born in Miles City,CusterCounty, Mont.,February16, 1934.Member ofMontanastate house of representatives, 1970-72; member ofMontanastate senate, 1985-94.Killed in aplane crash near Lodge Pole,BlaineCounty, Mont.,April 6,1998 (age64 years, 49days).Interment atButteCreek Cemetery, Near Jordan, Garfield County, Mont. | | John Fitzgerald Kennedy Jr. (1960-1999) — also known asJohn F. Kennedy, Jr.;"John-John";"The AmericanSon" —of Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born inWashington,D.C.,November25, 1960.Democrat.Lawyer;speaker, Democratic National Convention, 1988 ;founder,Georgemagazine.Catholic.Killed, along with his wife and sister-in-law, in aplanecrash, near Martha's Vineyard, in theNorthAtlantic Ocean,July 16,1999 (age38 years, 233days).Cremated;ashes scattered in North Atlantic Ocean.| | Relatives: SonofJohnFitzgerald Kennedy andJacquelineKennedy; married,September21, 1996, to Carolyn Jeanne Bessette; nephew ofJosephPatrick Kennedy Jr.,PatriciaKennedy Lawford,RobertFrancis Kennedy,JeanKennedy Smith andEdwardMoore Kennedy; grandson ofJosephPatrick Kennedy, Sr.; great-grandson ofPatrickJoseph Kennedy (1858-1929) andJohnFrancis Fitzgerald; first cousin ofKathleenKennedy Townsend,JosephPatrick Kennedy II,RobertFrancis Kennedy Jr.,MarkKennedy Shriver andPatrickJoseph Kennedy (born 1967). | | | | Political family:Kennedyfamily of Boston, Massachusetts (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | See alsoWikipediaarticle —NNDBdossier —Internet Movie Databaseprofile —Find-A-Gravememorial |
| | Grover C. Robinson III (c.1944-2000) — of Pensacola,EscambiaCounty, Fla.Born about 1944. Served in the U.S. Army during the Vietnam war;lawyer;member ofFloridastate house of representatives, 1972-84.Died in ahelicopter crash at Lake Manapouri,NewZealand,March28, 2000 (ageabout 56years).Burial location unknown. | | Thomas Allgood Sr. (1928-2000) — of Augusta,RichmondCounty, Ga.Born in Augusta,RichmondCounty, Ga.,September10, 1928.Lawyer;member ofGeorgiastate senate, 1977-91.Member,AmericanJudicature Society;American BarAssociation;Associationof Trial Lawyers of America.Killed in thecrash of a single-engineairplane, duringtakeoff from Daniel Fieldairport,Augusta,RichmondCounty, Ga.,August4, 2000 (age71 years, 329days).Interment atWestoverMemorial Park, Augusta, Ga. | | Charles B. Yates (1939-2000) — of Edgewater Park,BurlingtonCounty, N.J.; Princeton,MercerCounty, N.J.Born in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,September27, 1939.Democrat.Businessexecutive;banker;candidate forU.S.Representative from New Jersey 6th District, 1970, 1974; memberofNewJersey state house of assembly, 1972-77 (District 4-C 1972-73,7th District 1974-77); defeated, 1969; member ofNewJersey state senate 7th District, 1978-81; defeated, 1971.Killed, along with his family, in thecrash of a small planehe was piloting, at Edgartown, Martha's Vineyard,DukesCounty, Mass.,October6, 2000 (age61 years, 9days).Burial location unknown. | | Melvin Eugene Carnahan (1934-2000) — also known asMel Carnahan — of Rolla,PhelpsCounty, Mo.Born in Birch Tree,ShannonCounty, Mo.,February11, 1934.Democrat. Municipal judge in Missouri, 1951-52; member ofMissouristate house of representatives from Phelps County, 1963-67;Democratic candidate forMissouristate senate, 1966, 1968 (primary);Missouristate treasurer, 1981-85;LieutenantGovernor of Missouri, 1989-93;Governor ofMissouri, 1993-2000; defeated in primary, 1984; died in office2000; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Missouri,1996(delegation chair),2000;U.S.Senator from Missouri; elected 2000.Baptist.Member,Freemasons;Shriners;Kiwanis;AmericanLegion;Order ofthe Coif.Died, in aplane crash whilerunningfor U.S. Senator, near Goldman,JeffersonCounty, Mo.,October16, 2000 (age66 years, 248days).Interment atCarsonHill Cemetery, Near Ellsinore, Carter County, Mo. | | Jasper Baxter (1957-2001) — of Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.Born in Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,January28, 1957.Democrat. Candidate forPennsylvaniastate house of representatives 186th District, 1986.Africanancestry.Was conducting a seminar on the 93rd floor of 2 World Trade Center,when an airliner hijacked by terrorists wasdeliberatelycrashed into the building, causing anexplosion,fire,andcollapseof the structure, killing almost 3,000, in Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,September11, 2001 (age44 years, 226days).Cenotaph atNational September 11 Memorial, Manhattan, N.Y. | | Paul David Wellstone (1944-2002) — also known asPaul Wellstone;"SenatorWelfare" —of Minnesota. Born inWashington,D.C.,July 21,1944.Democrat.Collegeprofessor;arrestedduring aVietnamWar protest at the federal building in Minneapolis, 1970;arrestedagain during aprotest offarm foreclosures at a bank in Paynesville, Minn., 1984; candidate forMinnesotastate auditor, 1982; member ofDemocraticNational Committee from Minnesota, 1984-91;U.S.Senator from Minnesota, 1991-2002; died in office 2002; delegateto Democratic National Convention from Minnesota,1996,2000.Jewish. Member,PhiBeta Kappa.Killed in aplane crash, along with his wife and daughter,near Eveleth,St. LouisCounty, Minn.,October25, 2002 (age58 years, 96days).Interment atLakewoodCemetery, Minneapolis, Minn. | | Mary McEvoy (d. 2002) — of Minnesota. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Minnesota,2000.Female.Killed in aplane crash, near Eveleth,St. LouisCounty, Minn.,October25, 2002.Burial location unknown. | | Theodore Fulton Stevens (1923-2010) — also known asTed Stevens — of Fairbanks,FairbanksNorth Star Borough, Alaska; Girdwood,Anchorage,Alaska.Born in Indianapolis,MarionCounty, Ind.,November18, 1923.Republican. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II;lawyer;U.S.Attorney for the 4th District of Alaska Territory, 1954-56;delegate to Republican National Convention from Alaska,1964,1972(delegation chair); member ofAlaskastate house of representatives, 1965-68;U.S.Senator from Alaska, 1968-2009; defeated, 1962; appointed 1968.Episcopalian.Member,American BarAssociation;Rotary;AmericanLegion;Veterans ofForeign Wars.Indictedin July 2008 on federalchargesoffailingto reportgiftsfrom VECO Corporation and its CEO;triedandconvictedin October 2008; his conviction was later vacated due toprosecutorial misconduct.Killed in aplane crash, inBristol BayBorough, Alaska,August9, 2010 (age86 years, 264days).Interment atArlingtonNational Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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