Very incomplete list!in chronological order | |  Abraham Bedford Venable (1758-1811) — of Virginia. Born inPrinceEdward County, Va.,November20, 1758.U.S.Representative from Virginia, 1791-99 (6th District 1791-93, 7thDistrict 1793-97, at-large 1797-99);U.S.Senator from Virginia, 1803-04.Slaveowner. Perished in atheaterfire inRichmond,Va.,December26, 1811 (age53 years, 36days).Interment atMonumentalChurch, Richmond, Va. | | George William Smith (1762-1811) — of Virginia. Born in1762.Governorof Virginia, 1811; died in office 1811.Killed in atheaterfire inRichmond,Va.,December26, 1811 (ageabout 49years).Interment atMonumentalChurch, Richmond, Va. | | Josiah Stoddard Johnston (1784-1833) — also known asJosiah S. Johnston — of Alexandria,RapidesParish, La.Born in Salisbury,LitchfieldCounty, Conn.,November24, 1784.Democrat. Member ofOrleansterritorial legislature, 1805; state court judge in Louisiana,1812;U.S.Representative from Louisiana at-large, 1821-23;U.S.Senator from Louisiana, 1824-33; died in office 1833.Slaveowner. Killed by anexplosion on thesteamboatLioness, on the Red River, in Louisiana,May 19,1833 (age48 years, 176days).Interment atRapidesCemetery, Pineville, La.; cenotaph atCongressionalCemetery, Washington, D.C. | | George L. Kinnard (1803-1836) — of Indiana. Born in Pennsylvania,1803.Democrat. Member ofIndianastate house of representatives, 1827;U.S.Representative from Indiana 6th District, 1833-36; died in office1836.Died from injuries received in anexplosion on thesteamerFlora on the Ohio River,November26, 1836 (ageabout 33years).Interment atPresbyterianBurying Ground, Cincinnati, Ohio; cenotaph atCongressionalCemetery, Washington, D.C. | | William Beatty Rochester (1789-1838) — also known asWilliam B. Rochester — of Bath,SteubenCounty, N.Y.Born in Hagerstown,WashingtonCounty, Md.,January29, 1789.Democrat. Member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from Allegany and Steuben counties, 1816-18;U.S.Representative from New York, 1821-23 (20th District 1821-23,28th District 1823); candidate forGovernor ofNew York, 1826.One of 128 people whoperishedon the the steam packet shipPulaski, en route from Charlestonto Baltimore, when it suffered aboiler explosion andsank in theNorthAtlantic Ocean off the coast of North Carolina,June 14,1838 (age49 years, 136days); his remains wereneverrecovered. | | Thomas Walker Gilmer (1802-1844) — of Virginia. Born in Gilmerton,AlbemarleCounty, Va.,April 6,1802.Lawyer;member ofVirginiastate house of delegates, 1829-36, 1838-39;Speaker ofthe Virginia State House of Delegates, 1838-39;Governor ofVirginia, 1840-41;U.S.Representative from Virginia, 1841-44 (12th District 1841-43, 5thDistrict 1843-44);U.S.Secretary of the Navy, 1844; died in office 1844.Slaveowner. Among those killed in theexplosion when acannonaccidentallyburstonboard the U.S.S.Princeton, on the Potomac River near FortWashington,PrinceGeorge's County, Md.,February28, 1844 (age41 years, 328days).Originally entombed atCongressionalCemetery, Washington, D.C.; reinterment ataprivate or family graveyard, Albemarle County, Va.| |  Relatives: Sonof George Gilmer and Elizabeth Anderson (Hudson) Gilmer; married toAnne Elizabeth Baker; nephew of Mildred Gilmer (who marriedWilliamWirt); grandnephew ofJohnWalker andFrancisWalker; second cousin once removed ofMeriwetherLewis; second cousin twice removed ofAylettHawes; third cousin once removed ofRobertBrooke,GeorgeMadison,RichardAylett Buckner,RichardHawes,AlbertGallatin Hawes andGeorgeWashington Thornton Beck; third cousin twice removed ofHubbardT. Smith; third cousin thrice removed ofArcherWoodford; fourth cousin ofZacharyTaylor,FrancisTaliaferro Helm,AyletteBuckner,DavidShelby Walker andAylettHawes Buckner; fourth cousin once removed ofJohnStrother Pendleton,AlbertGallatin Pendleton,CharlesJohn Helm,RobertThomas Brooke,HubbardDozier Helm,JamesDavid Walker,DavidShelby Walker Jr. andHarryBartow Hawes. | | | | Political families:Cobb-Lumpkinfamily of Athens, Georgia;Meriwetherfamily of Georgia;Walker-Lowndesfamily of Maryland (subsets of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | Gilmer County,W.Va. is named for him. | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —NationalGovernors Association biography —Find-A-Gravememorial |
| | Abel Parker Upshur (1790-1844) — of Virginia. Born inNorthamptonCounty, Va.,June 17,1790.Lawyer;member ofVirginiastate house of delegates, 1812-13, 1824-27; state court judge inVirginia, 1826-41;delegateto Virginia state constitutional convention, 1829-30;U.S.Secretary of the Navy, 1841-43;U.S.Secretary of State, 1843-44; died in office 1844.Episcopalian.Among those killed in theexplosion when acannonaccidentallyburstonboard the U.S.S.Princeton, on the Potomac River near FortWashington,PrinceGeorge's County, Md.,February28, 1844 (age53 years, 256days).Originally entombed atCongressionalCemetery, Washington, D.C.; reinterment in 1874 atOakHill Cemetery, Washington, D.C. | | Virgil Maxcy (1785-1844) — of Maryland. Born in Attleboro,BristolCounty, Mass.,May 5,1785.Lawyer;member ofMarylandstate executive council, 1815; member ofMarylandstate house of delegates, 1820; member ofMarylandstate senate, 1820; U.S. Charge d'Affaires toBelgium, 1837-42.Among those killed in theexplosion when acannonaccidentallyburstonboard the U.S.S.Princeton, on the Potomac River near FortWashington,PrinceGeorge's County, Md.,February28, 1844 (age58 years, 299days).Originally entombed atCongressionalCemetery, Washington, D.C.; reinterment ataprivate or family graveyard, Anne Arundel County, Md. | | David Gardiner (1784-1844) — of New York. Born in East Hampton,SuffolkCounty, Long Island, N.Y.,May 29,1784.Member ofNew Yorkstate senate 1st District, 1824-27.Among those killed in theexplosion when acannonaccidentallyburstonboard the U.S.S.Princeton, on the Potomac River near FortWashington,PrinceGeorge's County, Md.,February28, 1844 (age59 years, 275days).Originally entombed atCongressionalCemetery, Washington, D.C.; later interred atSouthEnd Cemetery, East Hampton, Long Island, N.Y. | | Richard Ellis (1781-1846) — Born in Virginia,February14, 1781.Delegateto Alabama state constitutional convention, 1819;associatejustice of Alabama state supreme court, 1819;delegateto Texas Republic Republic constitutional convention fromDistrict of Red River, 1836;signer,Texas Declaration of Independence, 1836; member ofTexasRepublic Senate from District of Red River, 1836-39.Slaveowner. Reportedly "came to his death suddenly by his clothes takingfire", at his home inBowieCounty, Tex.,December20, 1846 (age65 years, 309days).Original interment in private or family graveyard; reinterment in1929 atTexasState Cemetery, Austin, Tex.  | Stephen Allen (1767-1852) — of New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.BornJuly 2,1767.Mayorof New York City, N.Y., 1821-24; member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from New York County, 1826; member ofNew Yorkstate senate 1st District, 1829-32.Killed when thesteamboatHenry Clayburned andsank,killing about eighty passengers, in theLowerHudson River, next to what is now the Riverdale section of theBronx,July 28,1852 (age85 years, 26days).Entombed atNewYork City Marble Cemetery, Manhattan, N.Y. | | | Alexander Anderson (c.1812-1855) — of California. Born about 1812. Member ofCaliforniastate senate, 1852;justice ofCalifornia state supreme court, 1852-53.Killed by theexplosion of theriversteamerPearl,January27, 1855 (ageabout 43years).Burial location unknown. | | John B. Macy (1799-1856) — of Fond du Lac,Fond duLac County, Wis.Born in Nantucket,NantucketCounty, Mass.,March25, 1799.Democrat.U.S.Representative from Wisconsin 3rd District, 1853-55.Lost his life in theburning andsinkingof thesteamerNiagara, a few miles from Port Washington, Wisconsin, inLakeMichigan,September24, 1856 (age57 years, 183days). His remains werenotfound.Cenotaph atForestLawn Cemetery, Buffalo, N.Y. | | Stephen Clarendon Phillips (1801-1857) — also known asStephen C. Phillips — of Massachusetts. Born in Salem,EssexCounty, Mass.,November4, 1801.Member ofMassachusettsstate house of representatives, 1824-29; member ofMassachusettsstate senate, 1830;U.S.Representative from Massachusetts 2nd District, 1834-38;mayor ofSalem, Mass., 1838-42; Free Soil candidate forGovernor ofMassachusetts, 1848, 1849.He was among 253 passengers and crew who perished in theburning of thesteamshipMontreal, on the St. Lawrence River, near Quebec City,Quebec,June26, 1857 (age55 years, 234days). His remains wereneverrecovered.Cenotaph atHarmonyGrove Cemetery, Salem, Mass. | | Charles Tillinghast James (1805-1862) — also known asCharles T. James — of Providence,ProvidenceCounty, R.I.Born in West Greenwich Center, West Greenwich,KentCounty, R.I.,September15, 1805.U.S.Senator from Rhode Island, 1851-57.Died of wounds that he received from theaccidentalexplosion of acannonshell of his own manufacture, with which he was experimenting, atSag Harbor,SuffolkCounty, Long Island, N.Y.,October17, 1862 (age57 years, 32days).Interment atSwanPoint Cemetery, Providence, R.I. | | William Cannon (1809-1865) — of Bridgeville,SussexCounty, Del.Born near Bridgeville,SussexCounty, Del.,March15, 1809.Delawarestate treasurer, 1851-55;Governor ofDelaware, 1863-65; died in office 1865.Methodist.Became ill helping to put out afire, and subsequently died,in Bridgeville,SussexCounty, Del.,March 1,1865 (age55 years, 351days).Interment atBridgevilleCemetery, Bridgeville, Del. | | James B. Blake (1827-1870) — of Worcester,WorcesterCounty, Mass.BornJune 19,1827.Republican.Mayorof Worcester, Mass., 1866-70; died in office 1870.Injured in a gas-worksexplosion, and died a few days later,in Worcester,WorcesterCounty, Mass.,December18, 1870 (age43 years, 182days).Burial location unknown. | | William Matthew Fenton (1808-1871) — also known asWilliam M. Fenton — of Fenton,GeneseeCounty, Mich.; Flint,GeneseeCounty, Mich.Born in Norwich,ChenangoCounty, N.Y.,December19, 1808.Democrat.Merchant;lawyer;member ofMichiganstate senate 6th District, 1846-47;LieutenantGovernor of Michigan, 1848-51;registerof U.S. Land Office at Genesee, Michigan, 1853-57;mayor ofFlint, Mich., 1858-59; served in the Union Army during the CivilWar; candidate forGovernor ofMichigan, 1864; alternate delegate to Democratic NationalConvention from Michigan,1864.Injured whilefire-fighting, and subsequently died, in Flint,GeneseeCounty, Mich.,May 12,1871 (age62 years, 144days).Interment atGlenwoodCemetery, Flint, Mich.| | Relatives: Sonof Joseph Seneca Fenton and Sarah (Thompson) Fenton; married1835 toAdelaide Birdsall; second cousin thrice removed ofWalterSamuel Fenton. |
| | Thomas Howell Crawford (1803-1871) — also known asThomas H. Crawford — of Louisville,JeffersonCounty, Ky.Born inRockbridgeCounty, Va.,March 1,1803.Realestate agent;mayorof Louisville, Ky., 1859-61; defeated (Union), 1863;banker.Died as a result of agas explosion at his home, inLouisville,JeffersonCounty, Ky.,June 17,1871 (age68 years, 108days).Interment atCaveHill Cemetery, Louisville, Ky. | | Joseph I. Stein (d. 1880) — of New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Lawyer;member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from New York County 20th District, 1877.Jewish. Member,Freemasons;OddFellows.One of dozens killed in thewreck of thesteamboatSeawanhaka, whichburned andsank intheEastRiver,June 28,1880.Interment atLindenHill Cemetery, Ridgewood, Queens, N.Y. | | Hiland R. Hulburd (1829-1880) — of Great Neck, Queens County (nowNassauCounty), Long Island, N.Y.Born in Ohio,1829.Lawyer;U.S. Comptroller of the Currency, 1867-72.One of dozens killed in thewreck of thesteamboatSeawanhaka, whichburned andsank intheEastRiver,June 29,1880 (ageabout 50years).Interment atOakDale Cemetery, Urbana, Ohio. | | A. C. Rand (1832-1885) — of Minneapolis,HennepinCounty, Minn.Born in Boston,SuffolkCounty, Mass.,December31, 1832.Republican.Mayorof Minneapolis, Minn., 1878-82.Drownedin aboatexplosion on Lake Minnetonka,July 12,1885 (age52 years, 193days).Burial location unknown. | | Thomas Whitridge (1869-1895) — ofBaltimore,Md.Born inBaltimore,Md.,December28, 1869.Banker;Vice-Consulfor Denmark inBaltimore,Md., 1892-95;Consulfor Chile inBaltimore,Md., 1892-95.Member,DeltaPhi.When his house wason fire, he and his wife, attempting toescape through a window onto a ladder,fell totheir deaths twenty feet below, inBaltimore,Md.,January15, 1895 (age25 years, 18days).Interment atGreenMount Cemetery, Baltimore, Md. | | Charles Adams (1845-1895) — also known asKarl Adam Schwanbeck — of Colorado Springs,El PasoCounty, Colo.; Manitou Springs,El PasoCounty, Colo.Born in Pomerania,Germany,December19, 1845.Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; U.S. Minister toBolivia, 1880-82.Member,Freemasons.Killed in the disaster at the GumryHotel,when aboiler explosion caused most of the building tocollapseandburn, killing 22 people, inDenver,Colo.,August19, 1895 (age49 years, 243days).Interment atCrystal Valley Cemetery, Manitou Springs, Colo. | | Gaston Ahi Robbins (1858-1902) — also known asGaston A. Robbins — of Selma,DallasCounty, Ala.Born in Goldsboro,WayneCounty, N.C.,September26, 1858.Democrat.Lawyer;U.S.Representative from Alabama 4th District, 1893-96, 1899-1900.During thefire that destroyed the Park AvenueHotel,already burned, he jumped from a sixth story window, andfell tohis death, in Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,February22, 1902 (age43 years, 149days).Interment atOakwoodCemetery, Statesville, N.C.  | Thomas Theodore Prentis (1844-1902) — also known asThomas T. Prentis — Born in Waitsfield,WashingtonCounty, Vt.,June 17,1844.Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; U.S. Consul inSeychelles, 1871-80;Port Louis, 1880-94;St. Pierre, 1900-02, died in office 1902.Killed in thevolcaniceruption of Mount Pelée, when a fast-moving cloud of ashand hot gasesburned about eight square miles, killing anestimated 30,000 people, in St. Pierre,Martinique,May8, 1902 (age57 years, 325days).Intermentsomewhere in Fort-de-France, Martinique. | | | Jacob Ptacnik Birder (1858-1904) — also known asJacob P. Birder — of Park River,WalshCounty, N.Dak.Born in Bohemia (now part ofCzechia),June2, 1858.Democrat. Naturalized U.S. citizen; delegate to Democratic NationalConvention from North Dakota,1904.As a passenger on a Wabash Railroad train headed for St. Louis, Mo.,he was killed when thetrainderailed on an open switch, fell from the tracks, andburned, in Litchfield,MontgomeryCounty, Ill.,July 3,1904 (age46 years, 31days).Burial location unknown. | | Frank Steunenberg (1861-1905) — of Caldwell,CanyonCounty, Idaho.Born in Keokuk,LeeCounty, Iowa,August8, 1861.Democrat.Printer;newspaperpublisher;Governor ofIdaho, 1897-1901.Murderedby abomb wired to his front yard gate, in Caldwell,CanyonCounty, Idaho,December30, 1905 (age44 years, 144days).Interment atCanyonHill Cemetery, Caldwell, Idaho; statue atStateCapitol Grounds, Boise, Idaho. | | Isaac Eli Lambert (1854-1909) — also known asIsaac E. Lambert;IkeLambert —of Emporia,LyonCounty, Kan.Born in Peoria,PeoriaCounty, Ill.,August18, 1854.Republican.Lawyer;race horseowner; postmaster atEmporia,Kan., 1889-94; delegate to Republican National Convention fromKansas,1896(member,CredentialsCommittee); member ofKansasstate house of representatives 47th District, 1897;U.S.Attorney for Kansas, 1897-1901.Methodist.Killed in thefire at the CopelandHotel,Topeka,ShawneeCounty, Kan.,January14, 1909 (age54 years, 149days).Interment atMaplewoodMemorial Lawn Cemetery, Emporia, Kan.| | Relatives: Sonof Martin D. Lambert and Adaline (Johnson) Lambert; married1877 toHarriet Stowe 'Hattie' Barnes; married1907 toMillison Slayton Cutler. | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial |
| | David Albaugh DeArmond (1844-1909) — also known asDavid A. DeArmond — of Greenfield,DadeCounty, Mo.; Butler,BatesCounty, Mo.Born in Altoona,BlairCounty, Pa.,March18, 1844.Democrat.Lawyer;member ofMissouristate senate 20th District, 1879-82; Democratic PresidentialElector for Missouri,1884;circuit judge in Missouri 22nd Circuit, 1886-90;U.S.Representative from Missouri, 1891-1909 (12th District 1891-93,6th District 1893-1909); died in office 1909; delegate to DemocraticNational Convention from Missouri,1904.Killed in a housefire, Butler,BatesCounty, Mo.,November23, 1909 (age65 years, 250days).Interment atOakHill Cemetery, Butler, Mo. | | James Milton Turner (1840-1915) — also known asJ. Milton Turner — of Kansas City,JacksonCounty, Mo.;St.Louis, Mo.Born inslaveryinSt.Louis, Mo.,1840.Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; U.S. Minister toLiberia, 1871-78;stabbedin the chest by George W. Medley, in St. Louis, October 9, 1872.Africanancestry.FirstAfrican-American to serve as a U.S. diplomat.Died, as the result of arailroadtank carexplosion, in Ardmore,CarterCounty, Okla.,November1, 1915 (ageabout 75years).Interment atFatherDickson's Cemetery, St. Louis, Mo. | | Max David Kirjassoff (1888-1923) — also known asMax D. Kirjassoff — of Waterbury,New HavenCounty, Conn.Born in St. Petersburg,Russia,March2, 1888.U.S. Vice Consul inYokohama, as of 1916; U.S. Consul inTaihoku, as of 1917-19;Dairen, as of 1921; U.S. Consul General inYokohama, 1922-23, died in office 1923.Jewish.One of more than 100,000 people killed during the Great KantoEarthquake,probably in thecollapseof the consulate building or thefire that followed, inYokohama,Japan,September1, 1923 (age35 years, 183days).Interment atNegishi Foreign Cemetery, Yokohama, Japan. | | Paul E. Jenks (c.1863-1923) — of Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.Born about 1863. U.S. Vice Consul inYokohama, 1917-23, died in office 1923.One of more than 100,000 people killed during the Great KantoEarthquake,probably in thecollapseof the consulate building or thefire that followed, inYokohama,Japan,September1, 1923 (ageabout 60years).Burial location unknown. | | John Edward Hopley (1850-1927) — also known asJohn E. Hopley — of Bucyrus,CrawfordCounty, Ohio.Born in Elkton,ToddCounty, Ky.,August25, 1850.Republican.Newspapereditor;lawyer;campaign manager and then private secretary to U.S. Rep.StephenR. Harris, 1895-97; U.S. Consul inSouthampton, 1898-1903;Montevideo, 1903-05; Republican candidate for PresidentialElector for Ohio,1912;candidate forU.S.Representative from Ohio 8th District, 1914.Presbyterian.Member,Freemasons;RoyalArch Masons;Royaland Select Masters;Order of theEastern Star;KnightsTemplar;Elks.As a bedridden invalid, smoking a pipe, he accidentally dropped thepipe, hisclothes caught fire, and he was badly burned; hisburns becameinfected,leading to his death a few days later, in Bucyrus,CrawfordCounty, Ohio,July 10,1927 (age76 years, 319days).Interment atOakwoodCemetery, Bucyrus, Ohio. | | John Thomas Fancher (1891-1928) — also known asJack T. Fancher — of Washington. Born in Manila (now Espanola),SpokaneCounty, Wash.,May 13,1891.Republican. Served in the U.S. Army Air Corps in World War I;candidate forU.S.Representative from Washington 5th District, 1926.Wounded by the prematureexplosion of a bomb was destroying,in an empty field at the newly-opened Wenatcheeairport,and died soon after in thehospitalat Wenatchee,ChelanCounty, Wash.,April30, 1928 (age36 years, 353days).Interment atRiversideMemorial Park, Spokane, Wash. | | Truman A. Potter (1871-1931) — also known asT. A. Potter — of Britt,HancockCounty, Iowa; Mason City,CerroGordo County, Iowa.Born in Lawler,ChickasawCounty, Iowa, February,1871.Republican.Real estatebusiness; delegate to Republican National Convention from Iowa,1912.Member,Freemasons;KnightsTemplar.Killed in afire which destroyed his home, in Mason City,Cerro GordoCounty, Iowa,March 6,1931 (age60 years, 0days).Intermentsomewherein Waucoma, Iowa.| | Relatives: Sonof Stephen Addison Potter and Ann Louisa (Seeber) Potter; married,February10, 1892, to Lotta Schriver. |
| | D. Knox Hanna (d. 1934) — ofTuscolaCounty, Mich.Republican.TuscolaCounty Sheriff, 1911-14; member ofMichiganstate house of representatives from Tuscola County, 1933-34; diedin office 1934.Killed in the KernsHotelfire, Lansing,InghamCounty, Mich.,December13, 1934.Burial location unknown.  | David Wilmer Steele (1899-1940) — also known asDavid W. Steele — of Ocean View,SussexCounty, Del.Born inSussexCounty, Del.,1899.Republican.Poultryraiser;banker;member ofDelawarestate senate from Sussex County 4th District, 1937-40; died inoffice 1940.Methodist.Member,Freemasons;Shriners;TallCedars of Lebanon.Whilefishingoff the coast of Ocean City, Maryland, he and his wife were killed inanexplosion and fire aboard theircruiser,theLure, in theNorthAtlantic Ocean,October7, 1940 (ageabout 41years).Interment atMariners Bethel United Methodist Church Cemetery, Ocean View,Del. | | | Carl Frederick Zeidler (1908-1942) — also known asCarl Zeidler;"Singing Mayor";"Boy Mayor" —of Milwaukee,MilwaukeeCounty, Wis.Born in Milwaukee,MilwaukeeCounty, Wis.,January4, 1908.Mayorof Milwaukee, Wis., 1940-42; resigned 1942; served in the U.S.Navy during World War II.Killedwhen the munitionsshipLaSalle was struck by torpedos,exploded, andsank,about 350 miles southeast of the Cape of Good Hope, in theIndianOcean,November7, 1942 (age34 years, 307days); his remains wereneverfound.Cenotaph atForestHome Cemetery, Milwaukee, Wis. | | 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.  | Allison De France Gibbs (1868-1945) — also known asAllison D. Gibbs — Born in Rochester,OlmstedCounty, Minn.,April 3,1868.Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from PhilippineIslands,1920.While aprisonerof the Japanese during World War II, waskilledby Alliedbombing of thehospitalwhere he was held, in Baguio, Benguet Province,Philippines,March15, 1945 (age76 years, 346days).Cremated;ashes interred atMt.Olivet Columbarium, Colma, Calif. | | | 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, andcrashedin 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 airplaneexplosion andcrash,along with former GovernorWilliamTudor Gardiner, in Schnecksville,LehighCounty, Pa.,August2, 1953.Burial location unknown. | | John Robert Britten (1898-1955) — also known asJohn R. Britten — of Richmond,WayneCounty, Ind.Born in Reading,HamiltonCounty, Ohio,December16, 1898.Republican.Lawyer;WayneCounty Prosecuting Attorney, 1935-39;mayorof Richmond, Ind., 1939-44.Christian.Member,Freemasons;Order of theEastern Star;Grotto;Shriners;Knightsof Pythias;Eagles;Moose;JuniorOrder;Elks;Kiwanis.Sufferedsevere burns to his feet and toes from overnightapplication of an electric pad, leading to apulmonaryembolism and ultimately death, in ReidHospital,Spring Grove,WayneCounty, Ind.,February25, 1955 (age56 years, 71days).Interment atEarlhamCemetery, Richmond, Ind. | | 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 theirprivateplaneexploded and burned, near Grand Ledge,EatonCounty, Mich.,April28, 1956 (age32 years, 142days).Burial location unknown. | | Harvey L. Schwamm (c.1905-1958) — of Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.; Riverdale, Bronx,BronxCounty, N.Y.Born about 1905. Republican.Real estatebroker;banker;candidate forNew Yorkstate senate 15th District, 1938, 1940; alternate delegate toRepublican National Convention from New York,1940;major in the U.S. Army during World War II; Republican PresidentialElector for New York,1952(voted forDwightD. Eisenhower andRichardM. Nixon); Republican Presidential Elector for New York,1956(voted forDwightD. Eisenhower andRichardM. Nixon).Jewish.Killed when a Northeast Airlines plane, landing inheavyfog,crashedandburned, about 300 yards short of theairportrunway, in Nantucket,NantucketCounty, Mass.,August15, 1958 (ageabout 53years).Burial location unknown.| | Relatives:Married1924 toLillian Tverskoi. |
| | Gordon Evans Dean (1905-1958) — also known asGordon E. Dean — Born in Seattle,KingCounty, Wash.,December28, 1905.Newspaperreporter;lawyer;served in the U.S. Navy during World War II;lawprofessor; member, U.S. Atomic Energy Commission, 1949-53; chair,U.S. Atomic Energy Commission, 1950-53.One of 22 killed when a Northeast Airlines plane, landing inheavyfog,crashedandburned, about 300 yards short of theairportrunway, in Nantucket,NantucketCounty, Mass.,August15, 1958 (age52 years, 230days).Interment atFortLincoln Cemetery, Brentwood, Md. | | 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 planecrashedinto 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 planecrashedinto a mountain andburned, during asnowstorm,near Wolf Creek,Lewis andClark County, Mont.,January25, 1962 (age43 years, 119days).Interment atMt.Olivet Cemetery, Great Falls, Mont. | | | Harry Hines Woodring (1890-1967) — also known asHarry H. Woodring — of Neodesha,WilsonCounty, Kan.; Topeka,ShawneeCounty, Kan.Born in Elk City,MontgomeryCounty, Kan.,May 31,1890.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I;Governor ofKansas, 1931-33; defeated, 1932, 1946; delegate to DemocraticNational Convention from Kansas,1936,1940,1948;U.S.Secretary of War, 1936-40.Congregationalist.Member,AmericanLegion.Suffered astrokewhile recovering fromburns, and died in Topeka,ShawneeCounty, Kan.,September9, 1967 (age77 years, 101days).Interment atMt.Hope Cemetery, Topeka, Kan. | | James Vernon Smith (1926-1973) — of Oklahoma. Born in Oklahoma City,OklahomaCounty, Okla.,July 23,1926.Republican.U.S.Representative from Oklahoma 6th District, 1967-69.Died in a wheat fieldfire at his farm, near Chickasha,GradyCounty, Okla.,June 23,1973 (age46 years, 335days).Interment atFairlawnCemetery, Chickasha, Okla. | | Dutton Brookfield (d. 1979) — of Kansas City,JacksonCounty, Mo.Republican. Kansas Citypolicecommissioner; Republican candidate for Presidential Elector forMissouri,1964;delegate to Republican National Convention from Missouri,1968.Died, from injuries suffered in ahouse fire,1979.Burial location unknown. | | 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 aplanein which he was a passenger wasblown up in midair byterrorists,near Bahawalpur,Pakistan,August17, 1988 (ageabout 45years).Interment atArlingtonNational Cemetery, Arlington, Va. | | Robert Smith Vance (1931-1989) — also known asBob Vance — of Birmingham,JeffersonCounty, Ala.; Mountain Brook,JeffersonCounty, Ala.Born in Talladega,TalladegaCounty, Ala.,May 10,1931.Democrat.Lawyer;AlabamaDemocratic state chair, 1966-77; delegate to Democratic NationalConvention from Alabama,1968,1972(alternate);Judgeof U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit, 1977-81;Judgeof U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit, 1981-89; died inoffice 1989.Assassinatedby way of amail bomb, in Mountain Brook,JeffersonCounty, Ala.,December16, 1989 (age58 years, 220days). Walter Leroy Moody, Jr., who sent the bomb, was convictedof murder, sentenced to death, and executed in 2018.Cremated;ashes interred atSt. Lukes Episcopal Columbarium, Mountain Brook, Ala. | | Robert C. Frasure (1942-1995) — ofFallsChurch, Va.Born in Morgantown,MonongaliaCounty, W.Va.,April20, 1942.Foreign Service officer; U.S. Ambassador toEstonia, 1992-94.Member,PhiBeta Kappa.Killed when the vehicle he was riding inplungeddown a ravine andexploded, on Mount Igman, near Sarajevo,Bosniaand Herzegovina,August19, 1995 (age53 years, 121days).Interment atArlingtonNational Cemetery, Arlington, Va.  | Basil W. Brown (1927-1997) — of Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.; Highland Park,WayneCounty, Mich.Born in Vandalia,CassCounty, Mich.,March20, 1927.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II;lawyer;member ofMichiganstate senate, 1957-88 (3rd District 1957-64, 6th District1965-74, 3rd District 1975-82, 2nd District 1983-88); resigned 1988;in 1985, a prostitute working for the police went to visit himseveral times, andexchangedsex formarijuanaandcocaine;arrestedNovember 8, 1985;pleadedguilty in 1987 andresignedfrom the Senate;sentencedto six months in jail, fines, and probation; his law license was alsosuspended; the state supreme court threw out the conviction in 1991.Episcopalian.Africanancestry. Member,KappaAlpha Psi;Elks;Veterans ofForeign Wars;Amvets;NAACP.Injured in afire at his home, while also sufferingcancer,and died two weeks later, in HarperHospital,Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.,October28, 1997 (age70 years, 222days).Burial location unknown. | | | 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 wasdeliberatelycrashedinto 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. | | Jay Gordon (1930-2007) — of Montpelier,WashingtonCounty, Vt.BornOctober10, 1930.Democrat.Accountant;Vermontstate auditor of accounts, 1965-68;universityprofessor.Jewish. Member,Freemasons;Shriners;Moose;Elks;AmericanLegion.Killed, along with his wife, in ahouse fire, in Montpelier,WashingtonCounty, Vt.,December4, 2007 (age77 years, 55days).Burial location unknown.| | Relatives:Married to Joan Plumpton. |
| | Rickey Lee Davis (1951-2014) — also known asRick Davis — of Caruthersville,PemiscotCounty, Mo.Born, in Tunica CountyHospital,Tunica,TunicaCounty, Miss.,February8, 1951.Mayorof Caruthersville, Mo., 1994-98, 2014; died in office 2014.Presbyterian.Member,Rotary.Died, fromsmokeinhalation during afire at his home, Caruthersville,PemiscotCounty, Mo.,July 23,2014 (age63 years, 165days).Burial location unknown.
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