Very incomplete list!in chronological order | |  Robert Selden Rose (1774-1835) — also known asRobert S. Rose — ofSenecaCounty, N.Y.; Geneva,OntarioCounty, N.Y.Born inAmherstCounty, Va.,February24, 1774.Member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from Seneca County, 1810-11, 1819-21;delegateto New York state constitutional convention, 1821;U.S.Representative from New York 26th District, 1823-27, 1829-31.Slaveowner. Died while attending a session of the circuitcourt, inWaterloo,SenecaCounty, N.Y.,November24, 1835 (age61 years, 273days).Original interment atOldPulteney Street Cemetery (which no longer exists), Geneva, N.Y.;reinterment in 1925 atGlenwoodCemetery, Geneva, N.Y. | | Clement F. Dorsey (1778-1846) — of Chaptico,St. Mary'sCounty, Md.Born inAnneArundel County, Md.,1778.Lawyer;member ofMarylandstate house of delegates, 1807-13, 1818-19, 1821-23; served inthe U.S. Army during the War of 1812; member ofMarylandstate senate, 1816-18;U.S.Representative from Maryland 1st District, 1825-31; districtjudge in Maryland, 1832-46.Slaveowner. Died while holdingcourt session, Port Tobacco,CharlesCounty, Md.,August8, 1846 (ageabout 68years).Interment atSummerseat Cemetery, Laurel Grove, Md.| |  Relatives: Sonof John Dorsey and Mary (Hammond) Dorsey; married,December12, 1799, to Priscilla Hebb; married to Dicandia Ireland; firstcousin once removed ofAndrewDorsey; first cousin thrice removed ofEliHuston Brown Jr.; first cousin four times removed ofAlbinOwings Jr. andEliHuston Brown III; first cousin five times removed ofLeonardFranklin Poffenbarger; first cousin six times removed ofJohnT. Poffenbarger; second cousin once removed ofGeorgeMadison; second cousin twice removed ofAlexanderWarfield Dorsey; third cousin ofJamesMadison,DanielDorsey,WilliamTaylor Madison andThomasBeale Dorsey; third cousin once removed ofCalebDorsey; third cousin twice removed ofHenryGaines Johnson,DavidShelby Walker,JosephHenry Pendleton andGeorgeRiggs Gaither Jr.; third cousin thrice removed ofJamesDavid Walker,WilliamBarret Pendleton,DavidShelby Walker Jr.,JohnOverton Pendleton andBickertonLyle Winston; fourth cousin ofRichardRidgely. | | | | Political family:Dorseyfamily of Maryland (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Find-A-Gravememorial |
| | John D. Cummins (1791-1849) — of New Philadelphia,TuscarawasCounty, Ohio.Born in Pennsylvania,1791.Democrat.Lawyer;TuscarawasCounty Prosecuting Attorney, 1836-41;U.S.Representative from Ohio 16th District, 1845-49.Died while attending a session of the circuitcourt,Milwaukee,MilwaukeeCounty, Wis.,September11, 1849 (ageabout 58years).Burial location unknown. | | Charles Gordon Atherton (1804-1853) — also known asCharles G. Atherton;"GagAtherton";"Shifty Atherton" —of Nashua,HillsboroughCounty, N.H.Born in Amherst,HillsboroughCounty, N.H.,July 4,1804.Democrat.Lawyer;member ofNewHampshire state house of representatives, 1830, 1833-35;Speaker ofthe New Hampshire State House of Representatives, 1833-35;U.S.Representative from New Hampshire at-large, 1837-43;U.S.Senator from New Hampshire, 1843-49, 1853; died in office 1853;delegateto New Hampshire state constitutional convention, 1850.Suffered astroke ofparalysis while attendingcourt, and died soon after, inManchester,HillsboroughCounty, N.H.,November15, 1853 (age49 years, 134days).Interment atNashuaCemetery, Nashua, N.H. | | John Fryatt Snodgrass (1804-1854) — also known asJohn F. Snodgrass — of Parkersburg,WoodCounty, Va. (now W.Va.).Born inBerkeleyCounty, Va. (now W.Va.),March 2,1804.Democrat.Lawyer;delegateto Virginia state constitutional convention, 1850-51;U.S.Representative from Virginia 11th District, 1853-54; died inoffice 1854.Slaveowner. Died suddenly, whilearguing a case in court, in Parkersburg,WoodCounty, Va (now W.Va.),June 5,1854 (age50 years, 95days).Interment atRiverviewCemetery, Parkersburg, W.Va.; cenotaph atCongressionalCemetery, Washington, D.C. | | Willis Allen (1806-1859) — of Marion,WilliamsonCounty, Ill.Born near Roanoke,RoanokeCounty, Va.,December15, 1806.Democrat. Member ofIllinoisstate house of representatives, 1838-40; Democratic PresidentialElector for Illinois,1844;member ofIllinoisstate senate, 1845-49;delegateto Illinois state constitutional convention Williamson, Franklinand Jackson counties, 1847;U.S.Representative from Illinois, 1851-55 (2nd District 1851-53, 9thDistrict 1853-55); circuit judge in Illinois, 1859; died in office1859.Member,Freemasons.Died while holdingcourt in Harrisburg,SalineCounty, Ill.,April15, 1859 (age52 years, 121days).Interment atMarionCemetery, Marion, Ill. | | Thomas Dickens Arnold (1798-1870) — of Tennessee. Born inSpotsylvaniaCounty, Va.,May 3,1798.U.S.Representative from Tennessee, 1831-33, 1841-43 (2nd District1831-33, 1st District 1841-43).Survived an assassination attempt against him, at the U.S. Capitol,1833.Slaveowner. Died while attendingcourt in Jonesborough,WashingtonCounty, Tenn.,May 26,1870 (age72 years, 23days).Interment atOakGrove Cemetery, Greeneville, Tenn.  | Clement Laird Vallandigham (1820-1871) — also known asClement L. Vallandigham — of Ohio. Born in New Lisbon (now Lisbon),ColumbianaCounty, Ohio,July 29,1820.Democrat.Lawyer;member ofOhiostate house of representatives, 1845-46; delegate to DemocraticNational Convention from Ohio,1856,1864,1868;U.S.Representative from Ohio 3rd District, 1858-63; defeated, 1852,1854, 1862; candidate forGovernor ofOhio, 1863.Leader of the pro-Southern "Copperheads" during the Civil War;arrestedby the Union military authorities in 1863 fortreasonableutterances, andbanishedto the Confederate States; returned to the North by way of Canada.Accidentallyshothimself, while practicing acourtroom demonstration he plannedas part of a defense in a murder trial (not actually in court at thetime, contrary to legend), and died of his wound the next day, in theLebanon Househotel,Lebanon,WarrenCounty, Ohio,June 17,1871 (age50 years, 323days).Interment atWoodlandCemetery, Dayton, Ohio. | | Francis Burton Craige (1811-1875) — also known asF. Burton Craige — of Salisbury,RowanCounty, N.C.Born near Salisbury,RowanCounty, N.C.,March13, 1811.Democrat. Member ofNorthCarolina house of commons, 1832-34;U.S.Representative from North Carolina 7th District, 1853-61;delegateto North Carolina secession convention, 1861;Delegatefrom North Carolina to the Confederate Provisional Congress,1861-62.Slaveowner. Died suddenly while attendingcourt in Concord,CabarrusCounty, N.C.,December30, 1875 (age64 years, 292days).Interment atOldEnglish Cemetery, Salisbury, N.C. | | Charles Magill Conrad (1804-1878) — of Louisiana. Born inWinchester,Va.,December24, 1804.Lawyer;fought adueland killed his opponent; member ofLouisianastate house of representatives, 1840-42;U.S.Senator from Louisiana, 1842-43;delegateto Louisiana state constitutional convention, 1844;U.S.Representative from Louisiana 2nd District, 1849-50;U.S.Secretary of War, 1850-53;Delegatefrom Louisiana to the Confederate Provisional Congress, 1861-62;Representativefrom Louisiana in the Confederate Congress, 1862-65.Slaveowner. Suffered astrokewhile testifying incourt, and died a few days later, in NewOrleans,OrleansParish, La.,February11, 1878 (age73 years, 49days).Originally entombed atGirodStreet Cemetery (which no longer exists), New Orleans, La.;re-entombed in 1957 atHopeMausoleum, New Orleans, La. | | Theodoric Romeyn Westbrook (1821-1885) — also known asTheodoric R. Westbrook — of Kingston,UlsterCounty, N.Y.Born in Fishkill,DutchessCounty, N.Y.,November20, 1821.Democrat.U.S.Representative from New York 11th District, 1853-55;Justice ofNew York Supreme Court 3rd District, 1874.Died while holdingcourt, in Troy,RensselaerCounty, N.Y.,October6, 1885 (age63 years, 320days).Interment atWiltwyckCemetery, Kingston, N.Y.  | Benjamin Franklin Butler (1818-1893) — also known asBenjamin F. Butler;"The Bold andBilious Benjamin";"BeastButler" —of Lowell,MiddlesexCounty, Mass.Born in Deerfield,RockinghamCounty, N.H.,November5, 1818.Lawyer;member ofMassachusettsstate house of representatives, 1853; member ofMassachusettsstate senate, 1859; delegate to Democratic National Conventionfrom Massachusetts,1860;general in the Union Army during the Civil War;U.S.Representative from Massachusetts, 1867-75, 1877-79 (5th District1867-73, 6th District 1873-75, 7th District 1877-79); defeated, 1874;Governorof Massachusetts, 1883-84; defeated, 1859 (Democratic), 1860(Democratic), 1878 (Butler Democrat), 1879 (Butler Democrat), 1883(Democratic); Greenback candidate forPresidentof the United States, 1884.Died while attendingcourt inWashington,D.C.,January11, 1893 (age74 years, 67days).Interment atHildrethCemetery, Lowell, Mass.  | Augustus Hill Garland (1832-1899) — also known asAugustus H. Garland — of Little Rock,PulaskiCounty, Ark.Born inTiptonCounty, Tenn.,June 11,1832.Democrat.Lawyer;Presidential Elector for Arkansas,1860;delegateto Arkansas secession convention, 1861;Delegatefrom Arkansas to the Confederate Provisional Congress, 1861-62;Representativefrom Arkansas in the Confederate Congress 3rd District, 1862-64;Senatorfrom Arkansas in the Confederate Congress, 1864-65; delegate toDemocratic National Convention from Arkansas,1868;Governorof Arkansas, 1874-77;U.S.Senator from Arkansas, 1877-85;U.S.Attorney General, 1885-89.Slaveowner. Died suddenly while arguing a case before theSupreme Court,in theU.S.Capitol Building,Washington,D.C.,January26, 1899 (age66 years, 229days).Interment atMt.Holly Cemetery, Little Rock, Ark. | | Herbert Porter Bissell (1856-1919) — also known asHerbert P. Bissell — of East Aurora,ErieCounty, N.Y.; Buffalo,ErieCounty, N.Y.Born in New London,OneidaCounty, N.Y.,August30, 1856.Democrat.Lawyer;candidate formayorof Buffalo, N.Y., 1901; vice-president, Niagara GorgeRailroad;also counsel to the BuffaloTractionCo.;Justice ofNew York Supreme Court 8th District, 1912-19; died in office 1919.Episcopalian.Member,American BarAssociation;Sons ofthe American Revolution;Freemasons;ScottishRite Masons;KnightsTemplar.While presiding at a trial, incourt, in the NiagaraCountyCourthouse, he suffered aheartattack and died, in Lockport,NiagaraCounty, N.Y.,April30, 1919 (age62 years, 243days).Interment atOakwoodCemetery, East Aurora, N.Y. | | Frederick Manwell Calder (1861-1921) — also known asFrederick M. Calder — of Utica,OneidaCounty, N.Y.Born in New York Mills,OneidaCounty, N.Y.,March20, 1861.Republican.Lawyer;chair ofOneida County Republican Party, 1891-92;Justice ofNew York Supreme Court 5th District, 1921; died in office 1921.Member,Freemasons;OddFellows.Died, fromcerebralapoplexy, while presidingin court, in Utica,OneidaCounty, N.Y.,January17, 1921 (age59 years, 303days).Interment atForestHill Cemetery, Utica, N.Y.  | Joseph Weldon Bailey (1862-1929) — also known asJoseph W. Bailey — of Gainesville,CookeCounty, Tex.; Dallas,DallasCounty, Tex.Born near Crystal Springs,CopiahCounty, Miss.,October6, 1862.Democrat.Lawyer;Presidential Elector for Texas,1889;U.S.Representative from Texas 5th District, 1891-1901;U.S.Senator from Texas, 1901-13; delegate to Democratic NationalConvention from Texas,1904(member,Platformand Resolutions Committee); candidate forGovernor ofTexas, 1920.Died, from acoronaryembolism, in acourtroom while defending a client, in theGraysonCountyCourthouse, Sherman,GraysonCounty, Tex.,April13, 1929 (age66 years, 189days).Interment atFairviewCemetery, Gainesville, Tex. | | Motley H. Flint (1864-1930) — of Los Angeles,LosAngeles County, Calif.Born in Somerville,MiddlesexCounty, Mass.,February19, 1864.Republican. Postmaster atLosAngeles, Calif., 1904-10;banker;provided critical support for the Warner BrothersMoviestudio in its early years; one of the promoters of JulianPetroleum Corporation, aPonzischeme which collapsed in 1927; about 40,000 investors lost theirmoney; tainted by thescandal,he moved to Europe for a time.Member,Freemasons.Called as a witness in a civil suit involvingDavidO. Selznick; after his testimony, as he returned to the audiencesection of thecourtroom, in Los AngelesCityHall, he wasshot andkilledby Frank Keaton, in Los Angeles,Los AngelesCounty, Calif.,July 14,1930 (age66 years, 145days). Keaton, who had lost his money in Julian Petroleum, wasimmediately arrested, and subsequently tried, convicted, and hanged.Entombed in mausoleum atForestLawn Memorial Park, Glendale, Calif.  | Walter Q. Phelan (1883-1944) — of Cheyenne,LaramieCounty, Wyo.Born in Sandusky,SaukCounty, Wis.,March 3,1883.Democrat.Lawyer;WyomingDemocratic state chair, 1943-44.Suffered aheartattack and died, while defending a client incourt,Cheyenne,LaramieCounty, Wyo.,April 5,1944 (age61 years, 33days).Interment atMt.Olivet Cemetery, Cheyenne, Wyo.| | Relatives:Married to Helen C. McDevitt. | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial | | | | Image source: Casper (Wyoming)Star-Tribune, April 6, 1944 |
| | | Harlan Fiske Stone (1872-1946) — also known asHarlan F. Stone — Born in Chesterfield,CheshireCounty, N.H.,October11, 1872.Lawyer;Dean ofColumbia University Law School;U.S.Attorney General, 1924-25;AssociateJustice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1925-41;ChiefJustice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1941-46; died in office 1946.Episcopalian.Suffered acerebralhemorrhage,in court, while reading his dissent in thecase ofGirouard v. United States, and died later that day, inWashington,D.C.,April22, 1946 (age73 years, 193days).Interment atRockCreek Cemetery, Washington, D.C. | | Allison D. Wade (1902-1954) — of Warren,WarrenCounty, Pa.Born in Warren,WarrenCounty, Pa.,September17, 1902.Republican. District judge in Pennsylvania 37th District, 1942-54;died in office 1954; alternate delegate to Republican NationalConvention from Pennsylvania,1944.Shotandkilled byNorman W. Moon, in thecourtroom of the WarrenCountyCourthouse, Warren,WarrenCounty, Pa.,January13, 1954 (age51 years, 118days). Moon, who attempted suicide at the time of his arrest,believed the judge was involved with his ex-wife, and wouldpersonally benefit from ordering payment of alimony. Moon wasconvicted of first degree murder and sentenced to death; the sentencewas commuted to a mental institution by Gov.GeorgeM. Leader, and then to life imprisonment.Interment atOaklandCemetery, Warren, Pa.| | Relatives: Sonof Harrison Douglas Wade and Alice Cary (Jones) Wade; married to RuthTillotson. | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial |
| | Michael J. Montesano (c.1895-1961) — of Buffalo,ErieCounty, N.Y.Born about 1895. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I;lawyer;candidate forNew Yorkstate senate 48th District, 1930;ErieCounty Surrogate, 1939-40; circuit judge in New York 8thDistrict, 1955-56; candidate forJustice ofNew York Supreme Court 8th District, 1956; alternate delegate toDemocratic National Convention from New York,1960.Member,AmericanLegion.Collapsed and died, apparently of aheartattack, while appearing in acourt case inCityHall, Buffalo,ErieCounty, N.Y.,August24, 1961 (ageabout 66years).Burial location unknown. | | Francis Marion Bistline (1896-1969) — also known asFrancis M. Bistline;F. M.Bistline —of Pocatello,BannockCounty, Idaho.Born in Ransom,NessCounty, Kan.,March25, 1896.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I;lawyer;member ofIdahostate house of representatives, 1937-47;Speaker ofthe Idaho State House of Representatives, 1941-43; delegate toDemocratic National Convention from Idaho,1940,1944(member,Platformand Resolutions Committee); member ofDemocraticNational Committee from Idaho, 1944-48.Congregationalist.Member,American BarAssociation;AmericanJudicature Society;AmericanLegion;Forty andEight;Sons ofthe American Revolution;Freemasons;Shriners;Lions;Elks;SigmaNu;PhiAlpha Delta.While defending a client in a murder case, he suddenly collapsed anddied from aheartattack, in thecourtroom at the BinghamCountyCourthouse, Blackfoot,BinghamCounty, Idaho,January20, 1969 (age72 years, 301days).Interment atMountainView Cemetery, Pocatello, Idaho. | | Guy Axline (1898-1975) — of Arizona. BornSeptember4, 1898.Republican. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War I;lawyer;candidate forU.S.Representative from Arizona at-large, 1928.Member,Rotary.Died, of acoronaryinfarction, in Navajo County SuperiorCourt, Holbrook,NavajoCounty, Ariz.,November17, 1975 (age77 years, 74days).Interment atHolbrookCemetery, Holbrook, Ariz.
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