Very incomplete list!in chronological order | |  Francis Nash (1742-1777) — of Hillsborough,OrangeCounty, N.C.Born inPrinceEdward County, Va.,1742.Member of North Carolina state legislature, 1764; general in theContinental Army during the Revolutionary War.Welshancestry.During the Battle of Germanown, he was hit bycannonball andmusket shot, wasmortallywounded, and died soon after, inMontgomeryCounty, Pa.,October7, 1777 (ageabout 35years).Interment atTowamencinMennonite Churchyard, Near Lansdale, Montgomery County, Pa.  | Alexander Hamilton (1757-1804) — also known as"Alexander theCoppersmith" —of New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in Charles Town,Nevis,January11, 1757.Served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War;lawyer;Delegateto Continental Congress from New York, 1782-83; member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from New York County, 1786-87;member,U.S. Constitutional Convention, 1787;delegateto New York convention to ratify U.S. constitution from New YorkCounty, 1788;U.S.Secretary of the Treasury, 1789-95.Episcopalian.ScottishandFrenchancestry. Member,Freemasons;Societyof the Cincinnati.Elected to theHallof Fame for Great Americans in 1915.Shot andmortallywounded in aduel withAaronBurr, on July 11, 1804, and died the next day in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,July 12,1804 (age47 years, 183days).Interment atTrinityChurchyard, Manhattan, N.Y.; statue atTreasuryBuilding Grounds, Washington, D.C.; statue atCommonwealth Avenue Mall, Boston, Mass.| |  Relatives: Sonof James Hamilton and Rachel (Faucette) Hamilton; married,December14, 1780, to Elizabeth Schuyler (daughter ofPhilipJohn Schuyler; sister ofPhilipJeremiah Schuyler); father ofAlexanderHamilton Jr.,JamesAlexander Hamilton andWilliamStephen Hamilton; great-grandfather ofRobertRay Hamilton; second great-grandfather ofLaurensM. Hamilton; ancestor *** ofRobertHamilton Woodruff. | | | | Political family:Livingston-Schuylerfamily of New York (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | Cross-reference:NathanielPendleton —RobertTroup —JohnTayler —WilliamP. Van Ness | | | | Hamilton counties inFla.,Ill.,Ind.,Kan.,Neb.,N.Y.,Ohio andTenn. arenamed for him. | | | | ThecityofHamilton,Ohio, isnamed forhim. — Hamilton Hall (dormitory, built 1926), atHarvardUniversityBusiness School,Boston,Massachusetts, isnamed forhim. | | | | Other politicians named for him:AlexanderH. Buell—AlexanderH. Holley—HamiltonFish—AlexanderH. Stephens—AlexanderH. Bullock—AlexanderH. Bailey—AlexanderH. Rice—AlexanderH. Wallis—AlexanderHamilton Jones—AlexanderH. Waterman—AlexanderH. Coffroth—AlexanderH. Dudley—AlexanderH. Revell—AlexanderHamilton Hargis—AlexanderHamilton Phillips—AlexWoodle | | | | Coins and currency: Hisportraitappears on the U.S. $10 bill; from the 1860s to the 1920s, hisportrait also appeared on U.S. notes and certificates of variousdenominations from $2 to $1,000. | | | | Personal motto: "Do it betteryet." | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Wikipediaarticle —NNDBdossier —Find-A-Gravememorial —HistoricalSociety of the New York Courts | | | | Books about Alexander Hamilton: RichardBrookhiser,AlexanderHamilton, American — Forrest McDonald,AlexanderHamilton: A Biography — Gertrude Atherton,Conqueror: Dramatized Biography of Alexander Hamilton — RonChernow,AlexanderHamilton — Thomas Fleming,Duel:Alexander Hamilton, Aaron Burr, and the Future ofAmerica — Arnold A. Rogow,AFatal Friendship: Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr —Willard Sterne Randall,AlexanderHamilton: A Life — John Harper,AmericanMachiavelli : Alexander Hamilton and the Origins of U.S. ForeignPolicy — Stephen F. Knott,AlexanderHamilton and the Persistence of Myth — Charles Cerami,YoungPatriots: The Remarkable Story of Two Men. Their Impossible Plan andThe Revolution That Created The Constitution — DonaldBarr Chidsey,Mr.Hamilton and Mr. Jefferson | | | | Critical books about AlexanderHamilton: Thomas DiLorenzo,Hamilton'sCurse : How Jefferson's Arch Enemy Betrayed the American Revolution-- and What It means for Americans Today | | | | Image source: U.S. postage stamp(1957) |
| | Meriwether Lewis (1774-1809) — of Missouri. Born near Ivy,AlbemarleCounty, Va.,August18, 1774.Governorof Louisiana (Missouri) Territory, 1807-09; died in office 1809.EnglishandWelshancestry. Member,Freemasons.Commanded expedition withWilliamClark to Oregon, 1803-04.Died fromgunshot wounds undermysteriouscircumstances (murder orsuicide?)at Grinder's Stand, aninn onthe Natchez Trace near Hohenwald,LewisCounty, Tenn.,October11, 1809 (age35 years, 54days).Interment atMeriwetherLewis Park, Near Hohenwald, Lewis County, Tenn.| | Relatives: Sonof William Lewis and Lucy (Meriwether) Lewis; first cousin onceremoved ofHowellLewis,JohnWalker,DavidMeriwether (1755-1822),JamesMeriwether (1755-1817),FrancisWalker andGeorgeRockingham Gilmer; first cousin five times removed ofArthurSidney Demarest; second cousin ofJamesMeriwether (1788-1852),DavidMeriwether (1800-1893) andJamesArchibald Meriwether; second cousin once removed ofGeorgeWashington,HowellCobb (1772-1818),ThomasWalker Gilmer,DavidShelby Walker andReubenHandy Meriwether; second cousin twice removed ofHowellCobb (1815-1868),ThomasReade Rootes Cobb,JamesDavid Walker,DavidShelby Walker Jr. andGeorgeWashington Thornton Beck; second cousin thrice removed ofHubbardT. Smith andAndrewJackson Cobb; second cousin four times removed ofArcherWoodford; second cousin five times removed ofHowellCobb Jr.; third cousin ofTheodorickBland,RobertBrooke,BushrodWashington,GeorgeMadison andRichardAylett Buckner; third cousin once removed ofJohnRandolph of Roanoke,HenrySt. George Tucker,JohnThornton Augustine Washington,ZacharyTaylor,FrancisTaliaferro Helm andAyletteBuckner; third cousin twice removed ofJohnStrother Pendleton,AlbertGallatin Pendleton,AylettHawes Buckner,CharlesJohn Helm,ThomasLeonidas Crittenden,RobertThomas Brooke,NathanielBeverly Tucker andHubbardDozier Helm; third cousin thrice removed ofJamesFrancis Buckner Jr.,KeyPittman,ClaudePollard andVailMontgomery Pittman; fourth cousin once removed ofHenryRootes Jackson. | | | | Political families:Meriwetherfamily of Georgia;Cobb-Lumpkinfamily of Athens, Georgia (subsets of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | Cross-reference:GeorgeF. Shannon | | | | Lewis counties inIdaho,Ky.,Mo.,Tenn. andWash. arenamed for him;Lewis and ClarkCounty, Mont. is named partly for him. | | | | Other politicians named for him:MeriwetherLewis Randolph—MeriwetherLewis Walker | | | | Coins and currency: Hisportraitappeared (along with Clark's) on the $10 U.S. Note from 1898 to1927. | | | | See alsoWikipediaarticle —NNDBdossier | | | | Books about Meriwether Lewis: Thomas C.Danisi,Uncoveringthe Truth About Meriwether Lewis — Donald BarrChidsey,Lewisand Clark: The Great Adventure |
| | Joseph Hamilton Daviess (1774-1811) — also known asJoe Daviess — of Danville,BoyleCounty, Ky.; Lexington,FayetteCounty, Ky.Born inBedfordCounty, Va.,March 4,1774.Lawyer;U.S.Attorney for Kentucky, 1800-06; major in the U.S. Army during theWar of 1812.Welshancestry. Member,Freemasons.Around 1801, he served as a second toJohnRowan in hisduelwith James Chambers; after Chambers was killed, hefledtoavoidprosecution as accomplice tomurder,and became afugitive,but when Rowan was arrested, he returned to act as Rowan's legalcounsel.Shot andkilledin the Battle of Tippecanoe, in what is nowTippecanoeCounty, Ind.,November7, 1811 (age37 years, 248days).Interment atTippecanoeBattlefield Park, Battle Ground, Ind. | | David Ramsay (1749-1815) — of Charleston, Charleston District (nowCharlestonCounty), S.C.Born inLancasterCounty, Pa.,April 2,1749.Physician;author;served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War;Delegateto Continental Congress from South Carolina, 1782-83, 1785-86;member ofSouthCarolina state house of representatives from St. Philip & St.Michael, 1783-90; member ofSouthCarolina state senate from St. Philip & St. Michael, 1790-1800.Shot andmortallywounded by a crazed patient, and died two days later, inCharleston,CharlestonCounty, S.C.,May 8,1815 (age66 years, 36days).Interment atCircularCongregational Church Burying Ground, Charleston, S.C. | | James Blair (1786-1834) — of South Carolina. Born in The Waxhaws,LancasterCounty, S.C.,September26, 1786.Democrat.Planter;sheriff;U.S.Representative from South Carolina, 1821-22, 1829-34 (9thDistrict 1821-22, 8th District 1829-34); resigned 1822; died inoffice 1834; in 1832, heassaultednewspaper editor Duff Green, breaking some bones, andfined$350.Scotch-Irishancestry.Died from aself-inflictedgunshot, inWashington,D.C.,April 1,1834 (age47 years, 187days).Interment atCongressionalCemetery, Washington, D.C. | | Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar (1797-1834) — also known asLucius Q. C. Lamar — of Georgia. Born inWarrenCounty, Ga.,July 15,1797.Lawyer;superior court judge in Georgia, 1830-34.When he learned that a man he had sentenced to death for murder wasnot guilty, hekilledhimself bygunshot, Milledgeville,BaldwinCounty, Ga.,July 4,1834 (age36 years, 354days).Interment atMemoryHill Cemetery, Milledgeville, Ga. | | Ira J. Westover (d. 1836) —Delegateto Texas Consultation of 1835 from District of Goliad, 1835;served in the Texas Army during the Texas War of Independence.Following the Battle of Coleto, during theTexasWar of Independence, he was among those taken prisoner by theMexican Army; a few days later, he and almost 400 otherprisonerswereshot to death, an incident now known as the GoliadMassacre, in Goliad,GoliadCounty, Tex.,March27, 1836.Cremated. | | Henry Seymour (1780-1837) — ofOnondagaCounty, N.Y.Born in Litchfield,LitchfieldCounty, Conn.,May 30,1780.Member ofNew Yorkstate senate Western District, 1815-19, 1821-22; member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from Onondaga County, 1819-20.Financially ruined in the Panic of 1837, he died from aself-inflictedgunshot, in Utica,OneidaCounty, N.Y.,August26, 1837 (age57 years, 88days).Burial location unknown.| | Relatives: SonofMosesSeymour and Molly (Marsh) Seymour; brother ofHoratioSeymour (1778-1857); married,January1, 1807, to Mary Ledyard Forman (first cousin once removed ofEdwinBarber Morgan andChristopherMorgan); father ofHoratioSeymour (1810-1886) and Julia Catherine Seymour (who marriedRoscoeConkling); uncle ofOrigenStorrs Seymour andGeorgeSeymour; grandfather ofHoratioSeymour Jr. and Helen Lincklaen (who marriedCharlesStebbins Fairchild); granduncle ofEdwardWoodruff Seymour,JosephBattell andMorrisWoodruff Seymour; first cousin once removed ofMcNeilSeymour andHenryWilliam Seymour; first cousin twice removed ofNormanAlexander Seymour; second cousin once removed ofThomasSeymour andHezekiahCook Seymour; second cousin twice removed ofWilliamPitkin,SilasSeymour,WilliamChapman Williston andAugustusSherrill Seymour; second cousin thrice removed ofOrloErland Wadhams; second cousin four times removed ofFrankFiske Bostwick andDaltonG. Seymour; third cousin once removed ofJosiahCowles,DanielPitkin,DavidLowrey Seymour andThomasHenry Seymour; third cousin twice removed ofCalebSeymour Pitkin; fourth cousin ofTimothyPitkin,OrsamusCook Merrill,TimothyMerrill andElaCollins; fourth cousin once removed ofFarrandFassett Merrill,WilliamCollins,AlansonPike,JohnRobert Graham Pitkin andWilliamSheffield Cowles. | | | | Political family:Merrillfamily of Vermont and New Hampshire (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial |
| | Peter William Grayson (1788-1838) — also known asPeter W. Grayson;Peter WagenerGrayson —of Baird's Town (now Bardstown),NelsonCounty, Ky.; Texas.Born in Baird's Town (now Bardstown),NelsonCounty, Ky.,1788.Postmaster atBardstown,Ky., 1816;delegateto Texas Consultation of 1835 from District of Goliad, 1835;AttorneyGeneral of the Texas Republic, 1836, 1837; candidate forPresidentof the Texas Republic, 1838.Died fromself-inflictedgunshot, at Bean Station,GraingerCounty, Tenn.,July 9,1838 (ageabout 50years).Interment atEasternCemetery, Louisville, Ky. | | William Harris Wharton (1802-1839) — of Texas. Born in Virginia,1802.Delegateto Texas Convention of 1832 from District of Victoria, 1832;delegateto Texas Convention of 1833 from District of Victoria, 1833;delegateto Texas Consultation of 1835 from District of Columbia, 1835;member ofTexasRepublic Senate from District of Brazoria, 1836, 1837-39; died inoffice 1839.Killed when heaccidentallyshot himself while dismounting from hishorse,near Hempstead,WallerCounty, Tex.,March14, 1839 (ageabout 36years).Interment atRestwoodMemorial Park, Clute, Tex. | | Robert Potter (c.1800-1842) — of Oxford,GranvilleCounty, N.C.Born near Williamsboro,VanceCounty, N.C., about 1800.Member ofNorthCarolina house of commons from Granville County, 1828, 1834;U.S.Representative from North Carolina 6th District, 1829-31;delegateto Texas Republic Republic constitutional convention fromDistrict of Nacogdoches, 1836;signer,Texas Declaration of Independence, 1836;TexasRepublic Secretary of the Navy, 1836; member ofTexasRepublic Senate from District of Red River and Fannin, 1840-42;died in office 1842.Resignedfrom the U.S. Congress in 1831 aftermaimingtwo men in a jealous rage;convicted,andsentencedto six months inprison.Expelledin 1834 from the North Carolina House forcheatingat cards.Shot andkilled bymembers of an opposing faction who surrounded his home, in HarrisonCounty (part now inMarionCounty), Tex.,March 2,1842 (ageabout 42years).Original interment ataprivate or family graveyard, Marion County, Tex.; reinterment in1928 atTexasState Cemetery, Austin, Tex. | | Thomas Reynolds (1796-1844) — of Missouri. BornMarch12, 1796.Governorof Missouri, 1840-44; died in office 1844.Died of aself-inflictedgunshot wound, in Jefferson City,ColeCounty, Mo.,February9, 1844 (age47 years, 334days).Interment atWoodlandCemetery, Jefferson City, Mo. | | 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 theexplosionwhen 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 theexplosionwhen 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 theexplosionwhen 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 theexplosionwhen 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. | | Joseph Roffignac (1766-1846) — also known asLouis Philippe Joseph de Rouffignac — of New Orleans,OrleansParish, La.Born in Angoulême,France,1766.FledFrance in 1789 toescape theguillotine, presumably overdisloyaltyto the revolutionary regime;mayorof New Orleans, La., 1820-28.Frenchancestry.Suffered astroke,and dropped the gun he was holding, whichaccidentallydischarged,shooting him in the head and killing him, inPérigueux,France,1846(ageabout80 years).Burial location unknown. | | Alexander Keith McClung (1809-1855) — also known asAlexander K. McClung;"The Black Knightof the South" —of Mississippi. Born in Virginia,1809.Lawyer;colonel in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War; U.S. Charged'Affaires toBolivia, 1849-51.Killed his opponents in a number ofduels.Died from aself-inflictedgunshot, with a dueling pistol, in ahotelroom at Jackson,HindsCounty, Miss.,March23, 1855 (ageabout 45years).Interment atFriendshipCemetery, Columbus, Miss. | | Anson Jones (1798-1858) — of Texas. Born in Great Barrington,BerkshireCounty, Mass.,January20, 1798.Schoolteacher;physician;served in the Texas Army during the Texas War of Independence; memberofTexasRepublic Senate from District of Brazoria, 1839-41;TexasRepublic Secretary of State, 1841-44;Presidentof the Texas Republic, 1844-45.Member,Freemasons;OddFellows.Died fromself-inflictedgunshot, in the RiceHotel,Houston,HarrisCounty, Tex.,January9, 1858 (age59 years, 354days).Interment atGlenwoodCemetery, Houston, Tex.; cenotaph atChurchon the Hill Cemetery, Lenox, Mass. | | Philip Barton Key (1818-1859) — ofWashington,D.C.Born in Georgetown,Washington,D.C.,April 5,1818.U.S.Attorney for the District of Columbia, 1853-59; died in office1859.Shot andkilled byDanielE. Sickles, inretaliationfor Key'saffairwith his wife Teresa, at Lafayette Park,Washington,D.C.,February27, 1859 (age40 years, 328days).Interment atOakHill Cemetery, Washington, D.C.; cenotaph atWestminsterBurying Ground, Baltimore, Md. | | Robert Simpson Neighbors (1815-1859) — of Texas. Born in Virginia,November3, 1815.Served in the Texas Army during the Texas War of Independence; memberofTexasstate house of representatives, 1852-53; Federal Superintendentof Indians.Shot andkilled byEdward Cornett, at Fort Belknap (now Belknap),YoungCounty, Tex.,September14, 1859 (age43 years, 315days).Interment atFortBelknap Civilian Cemetery, Belknap, Tex. | | John C. Bell (c.1831-1860) — ofElDorado County, Calif.Born about 1831. Member ofCaliforniastate assembly 18th District, 1860; died in office 1860.During an argument just outside theAssemblysession in theCaliforniaState Capitol, wasshot andstabbedby Dr. W. H. Stone,mortallywounded, and died four days later, in Sacramento,SacramentoCounty, Calif.,April15, 1860 (ageabout 29years).Interment atSacramentoCity Cemetery, Sacramento, Calif. | | John Quincy Marr (1825-1861) — also known asJohn Q. Marr — ofFauquierCounty, Va.Born in Warrenton,FauquierCounty, Va.,May 27,1825.Delegateto Virginia secession convention from Fauquier County, 1861; diedin office 1861; colonel in the Confederate Army during the Civil War.Killed bygunshot in the earlyCivilWar skirmish at Fairfax Court House, Fairfax County (nowFairfax),Va.,June 1,1861 (age36 years, 5days). He was thefirstConfederate officer to be killed in the war.Interment atWarrentonCemetery, Warrenton, Va. | | John N. Hughes (1831-1861) — ofRandolphCounty, Va. (now W.Va.).Born in1831.Lawyer;delegateto Virginia secession convention from Randolph & Tucker counties,1861.While serving as a civilian volunteer messenger for Confederatetroops, he was mistakenlyshot and killed during theBattle ofRich Mountain,RandolphCounty, Va (now W.Va.),July 11,1861 (ageabout 30years).Interment atBeverlyCemetery, Beverly, W.Va. | | Francis Stebbins Bartow (1816-1861) — also known asFrancis S. Bartow — of Georgia. Born in Savannah,ChathamCounty, Ga.,September6, 1816.Lawyer;candidate forU.S.Representative from Georgia 1st District, 1856;delegateto Georgia secession convention, 1861;Delegatefrom Georgia to the Confederate Provisional Congress, 1861; diedin office 1861; colonel in the Confederate Army during the Civil War.Slaveowner.Killedbyrifle shot, while rallying his men on the Henry House Hill,during the first battle ofManassas,Va.,July 21,1861 (age44 years, 318days).Interment atLaurelGrove North Cemetery, Savannah, Ga.| | Relatives: Sonof Theodosius Bartow and Frances Louisa (Stebbins) Bartow; married,April18, 1844, to Louisa Green Berrien (daughter ofJohnMacpherson Berrien); first cousin twice removed of TheodosiaBartow (who marriedAaronBurr). | | | | Political family:Edwards-Burr-Davenportfamily of Connecticut (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | Bartow County,Ga. is named for him. | | | | ThecityofBartow,Florida, isnamed forhim. — ThetownofBartow,Georgia, isnamed forhim. — ThecommunityofBartow,West Virginia, isnamed forhim. — BartowElementarySchool (now Otis J. Brock Elementary School), inSavannah,Georgia, was formerlynamed forhim. — The World War IILibertyshipSS Francis S. Bartow (built 1944 atSavannah,Georgia; scrapped 1971) wasnamed forhim. | | | | See alsoWikipediaarticle —Find-A-Gravememorial |
| | George Nixon Briggs (1796-1861) — also known asGeorge N. Briggs — of Lanesborough,BerkshireCounty, Mass.Born in Adams,BerkshireCounty, Mass.,April12, 1796.Lawyer;BerkshireCounty Register of Deeds, 1824-31;U.S.Representative from Massachusetts, 1831-43 (9th District 1831-33,7th District 1833-43);Governor ofMassachusetts, 1844-51; defeated (American), 1859; common pleascourt judge in Massachusetts, 1851-56;delegateto Massachusetts state constitutional convention, 1853.Killed by theaccidentaldischarge of a "fowling piece" (shotgun), in Pittsfield,BerkshireCounty, Mass.,September11, 1861 (age65 years, 152days).Interment atPittsfieldCemetery, Pittsfield, Mass. | | Benjamin Franklin Terry (1821-1861) — also known asFrank Terry — Born in Russellville,LoganCounty, Ky.,February18, 1821.Planter;in 1844, he wasattackedby two rebellious slaves with knives and axes;railroadbuilder;delegateto Texas secession convention, 1861; colonel in the ConfederateArmy during the Civil War.Shot andkilled inaction while leading Terry's Texas Rangers at the battle ofWoodsonville (also called Rowlett's Station), inHartCounty, Ky.,December17, 1861 (age40 years, 302days).Original interment ataprivate or family graveyard, Fort Bend County, Tex.; reintermentin 1880 atGlenwoodCemetery, Houston, Tex. | | Felix Kirk Zollicoffer (1812-1862) — also known asFelix K. Zollicoffer — of Nashville,DavidsonCounty, Tenn.Born in Bigbyville,MauryCounty, Tenn.,May 19,1812.Member ofTennesseestate senate, 1849; fought a pistolduelwith rival editor John L. Martin, in Nashville, Tenn., 1852;U.S.Representative from Tennessee 8th District, 1853-59; general inthe Confederate Army during the Civil War.Slaveowner.Shot and killed, perhaps by Union Col.Speed S.Fry, in aCivilWar battle near Mill Springs,WayneCounty, Ky.,January19, 1862 (age49 years, 245days).Interment atNashvilleCity Cemetery, Nashville, Tenn.; cenotaph atZollicofferPark Cemetery, Near Nancy, Pulaski County, Ky. | | William Yarnel Slack (1816-1862) — also known asWilliam Y. Slack — of Chillicothe,LivingstonCounty, Mo.Born inMasonCounty, Ky.,August1, 1816.Lawyer;member ofMissouristate house of representatives, 1842-43;delegateto Missouri state constitutional convention 9th District,1845-46; served in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War; general inthe Confederate Army during the Civil War.Shot and wounded inCivilWar battles of of Wilson's Creek and Pea Ridge, and died soonafter, frominfection,inBentonCounty, Ark.,March21, 1862 (age45 years, 232days).Original interment in unknown location; reinterment in 1880 atFayetteville Confederate Cemetery, Fayetteville, Ark. | | Albert Sidney Johnston (1803-1862) — of Texas. Born in Washington,MasonCounty, Ky.,February2, 1803.Served in the U.S. Army during the Black Hawk War; served in theTexas Army during the Texas War of Independence; wounded in aduelwith Texas Gen. Felix Huston, Februay 7, 1837;TexasRepublic Secretary of War, 1838-40; general in the ConfederateArmy during the Civil War.Shot andkilledwhile leading his forces at the Battle of Shiloh,HardinCounty, Tenn.,April 6,1862 (age59 years, 63days). He was the highest-ranking officer on either side killedduring the war.Original interment atSt.Louis Cemetery No. 1, New Orleans, La.; reinterment in 1867 atTexasState Cemetery, Austin, Tex.; statue atSouth Mall, University of Texas, Austin, Tex. | | W. H. L. Wallace (d. 1862) — of Ottawa,La SalleCounty, Ill.Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Illinois,1856;general in the Union Army during the Civil War.Shot and killed while leading troops at theCivilWar battle of Shiloh near Pittsburg Landing,HardinCounty, Tenn.,April 6,1862.Intermentaprivate or family graveyard, La Salle County, Ill. | | George Washington Johnson (1811-1862) — also known asGeorge W. Johnson — of Georgetown,ScottCounty, Ky.Born inScottCounty, Ky.,May 27,1811.Lawyer;member ofKentuckystate house of representatives, 1838;delegateto Kentucky secession convention, 1861; Confederate Governor ofKentucky, 1861-62; served in the Confederate Army during the CivilWar.Shot during theCivil Warbattle of Shiloh, and died soon after, inHardinCounty, Tenn.,April 8,1862 (age50 years, 316days).Interment atGeorgetownCemetery, Georgetown, Ky. | | Richardson A. Scurry (1811-1862) — of Texas. Born in Gallatin,SumnerCounty, Tenn.,November11, 1811.Democrat. Served in the Texas Army during the Texas War ofIndependence; judge of Texas Republic, 1840-41; member ofTexasRepublic House of Representatives, 1842-44;U.S.Representative from Texas 1st District, 1851-53; general in theConfederate Army during the Civil War.Accidentallyshot himself in the foot whilehunting,in August 1854; the wound never healed and becameinfected;though his leg was later amputated, he died as a result in Hempstead,WallerCounty, Tex.,April 9,1862 (age50 years, 149days).Interment atHempsteadCemetery, Hempstead, Tex. | | Robert Eden Scott (1808-1862) — also known asRobert E. Scott — ofFauquierCounty, Va.Born in Warrenton,FauquierCounty, Va.,April23, 1808.Member ofVirginiastate house of delegates, 1835-42, 1845-52;delegateto Virginia state constitutional convention, 1850-51;delegateto Virginia secession convention from Fauquier County, 1861;Delegatefrom Virginia to the Confederate Provisional Congress, 1861-62.Shot and killed, in aCivilWar skirmish with a band of Union deserters, inFauquierCounty, Va.,May 3,1862 (age54 years, 10days).Intermentaprivate or family graveyard, Fauquier County, Va. | | George Taliaferro Ward (c.1810-1862) — also known asGeorge T. Ward — ofLeonCounty, Fla.Born inFayetteCounty, Ky., about 1810.Whig.MemberFlorida territorial council, 1833-34;delegateto Florida state constitutional convention from Leon County,1838-39; candidate forDelegateto U.S. Congress from Florida Territory, 1841; candidate forGovernor ofFlorida, 1852;delegateto Florida secession convention, 1861;Delegatefrom Florida to the Confederate Provisional Congress, 1861-62; candidate forSenatorfrom Florida in the Confederate Congress, 1861; colonel in theConfederate Army during the Civil War.Slaveowner.Shot and killed while leading his regiment in theCivilWar battle atWilliamsburg,Va.,May 5,1862 (ageabout 52years).Interment atEpiscopalCemetery, Williamsburg, Va. | | William T. Casto (1824-1862) — BornJanuary24, 1824.Lawyer;mayorof Maysville, Ky., 1850;arrestedin 1861 andimprisonedfor allegedlyaidingthe Confederacy; released in 1862.Blamed Col. Leonidas Metcalfe (son of Gov.ThomasMetcalfe) for his imprisonment; challenged him to aduel; theweapons were Colt rifles at 60 yards; Casto wasshot andkilled onthe first fire, inBrackenCounty, Ky.,May 8,1862 (age38 years, 104days).Interment atMaysvilleCemetery, Maysville, Ky.| | Relatives: Sonof Abijah Casto. | | | | Epitaph: "A Patriot, his Country's firmunwavering friend, he was willing to die for his Principles and as aman of Honor nobly fell a Veteran of the sacred and invincible rightof personal liberty." | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial |
| | William McPherson McIntosh (1815-1862) — of Georgia. Born inElbertCounty, Ga.,February14, 1815.Democrat.Lawyer;planter;member ofGeorgiastate house of representatives, 1846-47; member ofGeorgiastate senate, 1855-56; Democratic Presidential Elector forGeorgia,1860;general in the Confederate Army during the Civil War.Died fromgunshot wounds received at theCivilWar battle at Garnett's Farm,HenricoCounty, Va., June,1862(age47years, 0 days).Interment atHeardCemetery, Elberton, Ga. | | Joshua Chilton (1818-1862) — ofShannonCounty, Mo.Born inWayneCounty, Tenn.,September28, 1818.Democrat. Member ofMissouristate house of representatives from Shannon County, 1846-55;member ofMissouristate senate 24th District, 1860-61.Member,Freemasons.Arrestedby Union troops as an allegedSouthernsympathizer, and while aprisoner,wasshot andkilled,near Rolla,PhelpsCounty, Mo.,August28, 1862 (age43 years, 334days).Burial location unknown. | | Isaac Ingalls Stevens (1818-1862) — also known asIsaac I. Stevens — of Washington. Born in North Andover,EssexCounty, Mass.,March25, 1818.Major in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War;Governorof Washington Territory, 1853-57;Delegateto U.S. Congress from Washington Territory, 1857-61; general inthe Union Army during the Civil War.Shot and killed at theCivilWar battle of Chantilly,FairfaxCounty, Va.,September1, 1862 (age44 years, 160days).Interment atIslandCemetery, Newport, R.I.; memorial monument atOx Hill Battlefield Park, Fairfax County, Va.| | Relatives:Cousin *** ofCharlesAbbot Stevens andMosesTyler Stevens. | | | | Political family:Stevens-Woodhullfamily of New York City, New York. | | | | Stevens counties inMinn. andWash. arenamed for him. | | | | FortStevens (established 1863; decomissioned 1947; now astatepark) inWarrenton,Oregon, wasnamed forhim. —FortStevens (active during the Civil War, 1861-65; site now apark)inWashington,D.C., wasnamed forhim. — Thecity(andlake)ofLakeStevens, Washington, isnamed forhim. — ThetownofStevensville,Montana, isnamed forhim. — StevensPeak(6,838 feet), inShoshoneCounty, Idaho, isnamed forhim. — StevensPeak(5,372 feet), inBinghamCounty, Idaho, isnamed forhim. — Upper StevensLake,and Lower StevensLake,inShoshoneCounty, Idaho, arenamed forhim. — The Stevens Halldormitory,at Washington StateUniversity,Pullman,Washington, isnamed forhim. — Isaac I. StevensElementarySchool (opened 1906, expanded 1928, renovated and reopened 2001),inSeattle,Washington, isnamed forhim. — StevensMiddleSchool, inPortAngeles, Washington, isnamed forhim. — StevensJuniorHigh School (now Middle School), inPasco,Washington, isnamed forhim. — The World War IILibertyshipSS Isaac I. Stevens (built 1943 atPortland,Oregon; scrapped 1967) wasnamed forhim. | | | | Epitaph: "Who gave to the service ofhis country a quick and comprehensive mind, a warm and generousheart, a firm will, and a strong arm, and who fell while rallying hiscommand, with the flag of the Republic in his dying grasp, at thebattle of Chantilly, Va." | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Wikipedia article —Find-A-Gravememorial | | | | Books about Isaac Ingalls Stevens:Joseph Taylor Hazard,Companionof Adventure: A Biography of Isaac Ingalls Stevens, First Governor ofWashington |
| | George Watson Pratt (1830-1862) — also known asGeorge W. Pratt — of Kingston,UlsterCounty, N.Y.Born in Prattsville,GreeneCounty, N.Y.,April18, 1830.Leathermanufacturer; member ofNew Yorkstate senate 10th District, 1858-59; colonel in the Union Armyduring the Civil War.Shot and wounded at the Second Battle of Bull Run, Va., August30, 1862, anddiedas a result, in Albany,AlbanyCounty, N.Y.,September11, 1862 (age32 years, 146days).Interment atAlbanyRural Cemetery, Menands, N.Y. | | James Streshly Jackson (1823-1862) — of Kentucky. Born inFayetteCounty, Ky.,September27, 1823.U.S.Representative from Kentucky 2nd District, 1861; general in theUnion Army during the Civil War.Slaveowner.Killedbyrifle shot in the Battle of Perryville,BoyleCounty, Ky.,October8, 1862 (age39 years, 11days).Interment atRiversideCemetery, Hopkinsville, Ky. | | 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 theaccidentalexplosionof acannon shell of his own manufacture, with which he wasexperimenting, at Sag Harbor,SuffolkCounty, Long Island, N.Y.,October17, 1862 (age57 years, 32days).Interment atSwanPoint Cemetery, Providence, R.I. | | Thomas Reade Rootes Cobb (1823-1862) — also known asThomas R. R. Cobb — of Georgia. Born inJeffersonCounty, Ga.,April10, 1823.Lawyer;Delegatefrom Georgia to the Confederate Provisional Congress, 1861-62;general in the Confederate Army during the Civil War.Shot andkilledin the battle of Fredericksburg,StaffordCounty, Va.,December13, 1862 (age39 years, 247days).Interment atOconeeHill Cemetery, Athens, Ga. | | Maxcy Gregg (1814-1862) — of Columbia, Richland District (nowRichlandCounty), S.C.Born in Columbia, Richland District (nowRichlandCounty), S.C.,August1, 1814.Lawyer;major in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War;delegateto South Carolina secession convention from Richland, 1860-62;general in the Confederate Army during the Civil War.During theBattle ofFredericksburg, he wasshot in the spine, mortallywounded, and died two days later, inFredericksburg,Va.,December15, 1862 (age48 years, 136days).Interment atElmwoodCemetery, Columbia, S.C. | | Jacob Babbitt (1809-1862) — of Bristol,BristolCounty, R.I.Born in Bristol,BristolCounty, R.I.,May 9,1809.Democrat.Banker;cottonmanufacturer; member ofRhodeIsland state house of representatives, 1850; delegate toDemocratic National Convention from Rhode Island,1860;major in the Union Army during the Civil War.Shot and wounded (in a "friendly fire" accident) during theCivilWar battle of Fredericksburg, Va., and died ten days later, inMansion HouseHospital,Alexandria,Va.,December23, 1862 (age53 years, 228days).Interment atJuniperHill Cemetery, Bristol, R.I. | | George M. Carhart (d. 1863) — of California. Member ofCaliforniastate assembly 21st District, 1853-54.Accidentallyshot and killed while sleeping in Skinner'sSaloon,Bannock,BeaverheadCounty, Mont.,May 17,1863.Burial location unknown. | | Eliakim Sherrill (1813-1863) — of Shandaken,UlsterCounty, N.Y.Born in Greenville,UlsterCounty, N.Y.,February16, 1813.U.S.Representative from New York 10th District, 1847-49; member ofNew Yorkstate senate 10th District, 1854-55; colonel in the Union Armyduring the Civil War.Mortallywounded bygunshot in battle, and died the next day, atGettysburg,AdamsCounty, Pa.,July 4,1863 (age50 years, 138days).Interment atWashingtonStreet Cemetery, Geneva, N.Y. | | Langdon Cheves Jr. (1814-1863) — Born in Pennsylvania,1814.Engineer;delegateto South Carolina secession convention from St. Peter's, 1860-62;served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War.Hit by ashell, and killed, while defending theConfederate-heldbattery on Morris Island, Charleston,CharlestonCounty, S.C.,July 10,1863 (ageabout 49years).Interment atMagnoliaCemetery, Charleston, S.C. | | Benjamin Hardin Helm (1831-1863) — also known asBen Hardin Helm — Born in Bardstown,NelsonCounty, Ky.,June 2,1831.Lawyer;member ofKentuckystate house of representatives, 1855-56; declined appointment aspaymaster of the Union Army; general in the Confederate Army duringthe Civil War.Shot during theBattle ofChickamauga, and died soon after, Chickamauga,WalkerCounty, Ga.,September21, 1863 (age32 years, 111days).Interment atHelm Cemetery, Near Elizabethtown, Hardin County, Ky. | | Henry Marchmore Shaw (1819-1864) — also known asHenry M. Shaw — of Indiantown (now Shawboro),CurrituckCounty, N.C.Born in Newport,NewportCounty, R.I.,November20, 1819.Democrat.Physician;U.S.Representative from North Carolina 1st District, 1853-55,1857-59; colonel in the Confederate Army during the Civil War.Scotch-Irishancestry.Slaveowner. While assembling with other Confederate troops for an expedition, hewasshot andkilled,near New Bern,CravenCounty, N.C.,February1, 1864 (age44 years, 73days).Interment atShawboroCemetery, Shawboro, N.C. | | Peter Augustus Porter (1827-1864) — also known asPeter A. Porter — of Niagara Falls,NiagaraCounty, N.Y.Born in Black Rock (now part of Buffalo),ErieCounty, N.Y.,July 17,1827.Member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from Niagara County 2nd District, 1862; colonel inthe Union Army during the Civil War.Episcopalian.Killedby enemygunshot while leading troops in battle, Cold Harbor,HanoverCounty, Va.,June 3,1864 (age36 years, 322days).Interment atOakwoodCemetery, Niagara Falls, N.Y.| | Relatives: SonofPeterBuell Porter and Letitia Preston (Breckinridge) Porter; married,March30, 1852, to Mary Cabell Breckinridge (granddaughter ofJohnBreckinridge); married,November9, 1859, to Josephine Morris; father ofPeterAugustus Porter (1853-1925); nephew ofAugustusSeymour Porter (1769-1849),JosephCabell Breckinridge (1788-1823) andRobertJefferson Breckinridge; great-grandnephew ofWilliamPreston andWilliamCabell; first cousin ofWilliamAugustus Bird,AugustusSeymour Porter (1798-1872),PeterBuell Porter Jr.,JohnCabell Breckinridge,RobertJefferson Breckinridge Jr. andWilliamCampbell Preston Breckinridge; first cousin once removed ofJamesDouglas Breckinridge,BenjaminWilliam Sheridan Cabell,JosephCabell Breckinridge (1844-1906),CliftonRodes Breckinridge,LevinIrving Handy,DeshaBreckinridge andHenrySkillman Breckinridge; first cousin twice removed ofWilliamCabell Jr.,FrancisSmith Preston,WilliamHenry Cabell andJamesPatton Preston; second cousin ofCarterHenry Harrison,WilliamLewis Cabell,GeorgeCraighead Cabell andJohnBreckinridge Castleman; second cousin once removed ofWilliamCampbell Preston,JamesMcDowell,FrederickMortimer Cabell,JohnBuchanan Floyd,JohnSmith Preston,GeorgeRogers Clark Floyd,EdwardCarrington Cabell,UlyssesSimpson Grant,BenjaminEarl Cabell andCarterHenry Harrison II; second cousin twice removed ofFrederickDent Grant,UlyssesSimpson Grant Jr. andEarleCabell; second cousin thrice removed ofBenjaminHuntington; third cousin ofJohnWilliam Leftwich; third cousin once removed ofJabezHuntington,JohnDavenport,JoshuaCoit,JamesDavenport,HenryHuntington,GurdonHuntington,SamuelLathrop andAbelHuntington; third cousin twice removed ofSamuelHuntington,HenryScudder,Asa H.Otis,AlvredBayard Nettleton andFrancisWatkinson Cole; third cousin thrice removed ofDanielFrederick Webster,LovelDavis Parmelee andTheronEphron Catlin; fourth cousin ofJedediahHuntington,EbenezerHuntington,GaylordGriswold,BenjaminTrumbull,ParmenioAdams,ElishaPhelps,LancelotPhelps,TheodoreDavenport,AbijahBlodget andBenjaminNicoll Huntington; fourth cousin once removed ofSamuelH. Huntington,JabezWilliams Huntington,AbielCase,SamuelGeorge Andrews,HarrisonBlodget,JohnHall Brockway,JairusCase,LorenzoBurrows,NormanA. Phelps,AnsonLevi Holcomb,GeorgeSmith Catlin,WaitmanThomas Willey,LymanTrumbull,WilliamDean Kellogg,JohnSmith Phelps,WilliamGleason Jr.,AlmonCase,JamesPhelps,RobertCoit Jr.,SamuelLathrop Bronson,AbialLathrop,RogerWolcott andAllenJacob Holcomb. | | | | Political families:Cabell-Breckinridgefamily of Virginia;Breckinridge-Preston-Harrison-Richardsonfamily of Virginia (subsets of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial |
| | William Allison Owens (1833-1864) — also known asWilliam A. Owens — of Charlotte,MecklenburgCounty, N.C.BornSeptember19, 1833.Mayorof Charlotte, N.C., 1861-62; colonel in the Confederate Armyduring the Civil War.Shot and wounded at theCivilWar battle of Snicker's Gap, and died the next day,July 19,1864 (age30 years, 304days).Interment atSettler'sCemetery, Charlotte, N.C. | | Williamson Robert Winfield Cobb (1807-1864) — also known asWilliamson R. W. Cobb — of Bellefonte,JacksonCounty, Ala.Born inRheaCounty, Tenn.,June 8,1807.Democrat. Member ofAlabamastate house of representatives, 1845;U.S.Representative from Alabama, 1847-61 (6th District 1847-53, 8thDistrict 1853-55, 6th District 1855-61);Representativefrom Alabama in the Confederate Congress 3rd District; defeated,1861; elected 1863.Slaveowner. Killed by theaccidentaldischarge of his ownpistol, while putting up a fence onhis plantation near Bellefonte,JacksonCounty, Ala.,November1, 1864 (age57 years, 146days).Intermentaprivate or family graveyard, Madison County, Ala. | | Alfred Walker Bethea (1816-1865) — also known asAlfred W. Bethea — of Reedy Creek, Marion District (nowDillonCounty), S.C.BornNovember12, 1816.Physician;delegateto South Carolina secession convention from Marion, 1860-62.Shot andkilled bya deserter,February18, 1865 (age48 years, 98days).Interment atSweet Swamp Cemetery, Dillon County, S.C.| | Relatives: Sonof John Bethea and Hannah (Walker) Bethea; married to Flora JaneBethea. | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial |
| | John Milton (1807-1865) — of Marianna,JacksonCounty, Fla.Born near Louisville,JeffersonCounty, Ga.,April20, 1807.Democrat.Lawyer;Presidential Elector for Florida,1848;member ofFloridastate senate, 1848-49; member ofFloridastate house of representatives, 1850; delegate to DemocraticNational Convention from Florida,1860;Governorof Florida, 1861-65; died in office 1865.At the end of the Civil War, believing that "death would bepreferable to reunion," hekilledhimself bygunshot, Marianna,JacksonCounty, Fla.,April 1,1865 (age57 years, 346days).Interment atSt.Luke's Episcopal Cemetery, Marianna, Fla.  | Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865) — also known as"Honest Abe";"OldAbe";"The Rail-Splitter";"TheIllinois Baboon";"The GreatEmancipator" —of New Salem,MenardCounty, Ill.; Springfield,SangamonCounty, Ill.Born in alogcabin, Hardin County (part now inLarueCounty), Ky.,February12, 1809.Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during the Black Hawk War;postmaster;lawyer;member ofIllinoisstate house of representatives, 1834-41;U.S.Representative from Illinois 7th District, 1847-49; candidate forRepublican nomination for Vice President,1856;candidate forU.S.Senator from Illinois, 1858;Presidentof the United States, 1861-65; died in office 1865; His electionas president in 1860 precipitated the Civil War; determined topreserve the Union, he led the North to victory on the battlefield,freed the slaves in the conquered states, and in doing this,redefined American nationhood.Englishancestry.Elected in 1900 to theHallof Fame for Great Americans.Shot by theassassinJohn Wilkes Booth, during aplay atFord'sTheater,inWashington,D.C., April 14, 1865; died at Peterson'sBoardingHouse, across the street, the following day,April15, 1865 (age56 years, 62days).Interment atOakRidge Cemetery, Springfield, Ill.; memorial monument atNationalMall, Washington, D.C.; statue erected 1868 atJudiciaryPark, Washington, D.C.| | Relatives: Sonof Thomas Lincoln and Nancy (Hanks) Lincoln; married,November4, 1842, toMaryAnn Todd (sister-in-law ofNinianWirt Edwards; half-sister-in-law ofNathanielHenry Rhodes Dawson andBenjaminHardin Helm; half-sister ofEmiliePariet Todd; aunt ofMarthaDee Todd; grandniece ofDavidRittenhouse Porter); father ofRobertTodd Lincoln; first cousin twice removed ofArtieClyde Sullinger; second cousin four times removed ofRichardHenry Lee,FrancisLightfoot Lee andArthurLee; third cousin twice removed ofLeviLincoln; third cousin thrice removed ofThomasSim Lee,HenryLee,CharlesLee,RichardBland Lee,EdmundJennings Lee andZacharyTaylor; fourth cousin once removed ofLeviLincoln Jr.,EnochLincoln andAlexanderLincoln. | | | | Political families:Walker-Edwardsfamily of North Carolina and Georgia;Lincolnfamily of Kentucky (subsets of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | Cross-reference:ClementClaiborne Clay, Jr. —IshamN. Haynie —WilliamM. Stone —JohnPitcher —StephenMiller —JohnT. Stuart —WilliamH. Seward —HenryL. Burnett —JudahP. Benjamin —RobertToombs —RichardTaylor Jacob —GeorgeW. Jones —JamesAdams —JohnG. Nicolay —EdwardEverett —StephenT. Logan —FrancisP. Blair —JohnHay —HenryReed Rathbone —JamesA. Ekin —FrederickW. Seward —JohnH. Surratt —JohnH. Surratt, Jr. —JamesShields —EmilyT. Helm —JohnA. Campbell —JohnMerryman —BarnesCompton —JohnB. Castleman —MelvinD. Hildreth | | | | Lincoln counties inArk.,Colo.,Idaho,Kan.,La.,Minn.,Miss.,Mont.,Neb.,Nev.,N.M.,Okla.,Ore.,Wash.,W.Va.,Wis. andWyo. arenamed for him. | | | | ThecityofLincoln,Nebraska, isnamed forhim. — Lincoln MemorialUniversity,inHarrogate,Tennessee, isnamed forhim. — LincolnUniversity,inJeffersonCity, Missouri, isnamed forhim. — LincolnUniversity,nearOxford,Pennsylvania, isnamed forhim. | | | | Other politicians named for him:AbrahamL. Keister—AbrahamL. Tucker—A.Lincoln Pohalski—AbrahamL. Brick—AbrahamL. Kellogg—AbrahamL. Day—AbrahamLincoln Bernstein—AbrahamL. Tyre—A.Lincoln Reiley—A.L. Helmick—AbrahamL. Sutton—A.Lincoln Acker—AbrahamL. Osgood—AbrahamL. Witmer—AbrahamL. Phillips—A.Lincoln Dryden—AbrahamL. Payton—AbrahamL. Alloway—AbrahamL. Field—AbrahamL. Doris—A.L. Auth—A.Lincoln Moore—A.Lincoln Niditch—AbrahamL. Rubenstein—AbrahamL. Davis, Jr.—AbrahamL. Freedman—A.L. Marovitz—LincolnGordon—AbrahamL. Banner—AbrahamLincoln Tosti | | | | Coins and currency: Hisportraithas appeared on the U.S. penny (one cent coin) since 1909, and onthe $5 bill since 1913. From the 1860s until 1927, hisportraitalso appeared on U.S. notes and certificates of variousdenominations from $1 to $500. | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Wikipedia article —NNDBdossier —Internet Movie Databaseprofile —Find-A-Gravememorial —OurCampaignscandidate detail | | | | Books about Abraham Lincoln: DavidHerbert Donald,Lincoln —George Anastaplo,AbrahamLincoln : A Constitutional Biography — G. S. Boritt,ed.,TheLincoln Enigma : The Changing Faces of an AmericanIcon — Albert J. Beveridge,AbrahamLincoln 1809-1858 — Geoffrey Perret,Lincoln'sWar : The Untold Story of America's Greatest President as Commanderin Chief — David Herbert Donald,WeAre Lincoln Men : Abraham Lincoln and His Friends —Edward Steers, Jr.,Bloodon the Moon: The Assassination of Abraham Lincoln —Mario Cuomo,WhyLincoln Matters : Today More Than Ever — Michael W.Kauffman,AmericanBrutus : John Wilkes Booth and the LincolnConspiracies — Doris Kearns Goodwin,Teamof Rivals : The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln —Joshua Wolf Shenk,Lincoln'sMelancholy : How Depression Challenged a President and Fueled HisGreatness — John Channing Briggs,Lincoln'sSpeeches Reconsidered — Ronald C. White, Jr.,TheEloquent President : A Portrait of Lincoln Through HisWords — Harold Holzer,Lincolnat Cooper Union : The Speech That Made Abraham Linco lnPresident — Michael Lind,WhatLincoln Believed : The Values and Convictions of America's GreatestPresident — Doris Kearns Goodwin,Teamof Rivals : The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln —Michael Burlingame, ed.,AbrahamLincoln: The Observations of John G. Nicolay and JohnHay — Thomas J. Craughwell,StealingLincoln's Body — Roy Morris, Jr.,TheLong Pursuit: Abraham Lincoln's Thirty-Year Struggle with StephenDouglas for the Heart and Soul of America — JohnStauffer,Giants:The Parallel Lives of Frederick Douglass and AbrahamLincoln — Karen Judson,AbrahamLincoln (for young readers) — Maira Kalman,Lookingat Lincoln (for young readers) | | | | Critical books about Abraham Lincoln:Thomas J. DiLorenzo,TheReal Lincoln : A New Look at Abraham Lincoln, His Agenda, and anUnnecessary War | | | | Fiction about Abraham Lincoln: GoreVidal,Lincoln:A Novel | | | | Image source: Three Decades of FederalLegislation (1885) |
| | James Henry Lane (1814-1866) — also known asJames H. Lane;"Liberator ofKansas";"Fighting Jim" —of Lawrenceburg,DearbornCounty, Ind.; Lawrence,DouglasCounty, Kan.Born in Lawrenceburg,DearbornCounty, Ind.,June 22,1814.Served in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War;LieutenantGovernor of Indiana, 1849-53;U.S.Representative from Indiana 4th District, 1853-55;delegateto Kansas state constitutional convention, 1855, 1857;KansasDemocratic state chair, 1855;U.S.Senator from Kansas, 1861-66; died in office 1866; general in theUnion Army during the Civil War.Member,Freemasons.Deranged, andchargedwith financial irregularities, he was mortally wounded by aself-inflictedgunshot on July 1, 1866, and died ten days later, near FortLeavenworth,LeavenworthCounty, Kan.,July 11,1866 (age52 years, 19days).Interment atOakHill Cemetery, Lawrence, Kan. | | Almon Case (1819-1867) — ofObionCounty, Tenn.Born in Aurora,PortageCounty, Ohio,January6, 1819.Member ofTennesseestate senate, 1867; died in office 1867.Shot andkilled,on hishorse, byan unknown assailant, reportedly in retaliation for his advocacy ofvoting rights for ex-slaves, inObionCounty, Tenn.,January11, 1867 (age48 years, 5days).Burial location unknown.| | Relatives: Sonof Gideon Case and Persis (Seward) Case; married,February21, 1844, to Clarissa Pease; married,August6, 1860, to Mary A. Powell; second cousin once removed ofHezekiahCase; second cousin twice removed ofAllenJacob Holcomb; third cousin ofParmenioAdams; third cousin once removed ofAsahelPierson Case andHiramBidwell Case; third cousin twice removed ofNoahPhelps,PierpontEdwards,AugustusSeymour Porter (1769-1849),PeterBuell Porter,NelsonPlatt Wheeler,WilliamEgbert Wheeler,JosephWells Holcomb andWilliamLucius Case; third cousin thrice removed ofOliverEllsworth,EdmondAlfred Holcomb,AlexanderRoyal Wheeler andLeonardLeach Case; fourth cousin ofAbielCase,JairusCase,AnsonLevi Holcomb,WilliamDean Kellogg,WilliamGleason Jr. andEdwinCarpenter Pinney; fourth cousin once removed ofJohnDavenport,AaronBurr,JamesDavenport,TheodoreDwight,BenjaminTrumbull,HenryWaggaman Edwards,ElishaPhelps,JarvisKing Pike,LancelotPhelps,WilliamAugustus Bird,AbijahBlodget,AugustusSeymour Porter (1798-1872),PeterBuell Porter Jr.,OliverDwight Filley,PeterAugustus Porter,JamesLevi Hotchkiss,LafayetteBlanchard Gleason andClaudeCarpenter Pinney. | | | | Political families:FourThousand Related Politicians). |
| | Elijah Hise (1802-1867) — of Russellville,LoganCounty, Ky.Born inAlleghenyCounty, Pa.,July 4,1802.Democrat.Lawyer;member ofKentuckystate house of representatives, 1829; candidate forLieutenantGovernor of Kentucky, 1836; U.S. Charge d'Affaires toGuatemala, 1848-49;U.S.Representative from Kentucky 3rd District, 1866-67; died inoffice 1867.Germanancestry.Slaveowner. Died by aself-inflictedpistol shot, in Russellville,LoganCounty, Ky.,May 8,1867 (age64 years, 308days). He left a note declaring that he had "lost all hope of… saving the country from the impending disasters and ruin inwhich despotic and unconstitutional rule has involved her." However,laternewsreports disclosed that he had been about to beindictedforperjuryandtaxevasion, based on his statements as a candidate.Interment atMapleGrove Cemetery, Russellville, Ky.; cenotaph atCongressionalCemetery, Washington, D.C. | | Caleb Claiborne Herbert (c.1814-1867) — of Texas. Born inGoochlandCounty, Va., about 1814.Member ofTexasstate senate, 1857-59;Representativefrom Texas in the Confederate Congress, 1862-65.Shot andkilledoutside asaloonin Columbus,ColoradoCounty, Tex.,July 5,1867 (ageabout 53years).Intermentaprivate or family graveyard, Colorado County, Tex. | | Daniel Mace (1811-1867) — of Lafayette,TippecanoeCounty, Ind.Born inPickawayCounty, Ohio,September5, 1811.Lawyer;member ofIndianastate house of representatives, 1836;U.S.Attorney for Indiana, 1845-48;U.S.Representative from Indiana 8th District, 1851-57; postmaster atLafayette,Ind., 1866-67.Suffered astroke in1866, never completely recovered, and became depressed over hiscondition;killedhimself bygunshot, in thepostoffice at Lafayette,TippecanoeCounty, Ind.,July 26,1867 (age55 years, 324days).Interment atGreenbushCemetery, Lafayette, Ind. | | Damien Marchessault (1818-1868) — also known asDamien Marchesseau — of Los Angeles,LosAngeles County, Calif.Born in Saint-Antoine-sur-Richelieu,Quebec,April1, 1818.Democrat.Mayorof Los Angeles, Calif., 1859-60, 1861-65, 1867.FrenchCanadian ancestry.Died, from aself-inflictedgunshot wound, in the Council Room of Los AngelesCityHall, Los Angeles,Los AngelesCounty, Calif.,January20, 1868 (age49 years, 294days).Burial location unknown. | | George W. Ashburn (c.1814-1868) — ofMuscogeeCounty, Ga.Born about 1814.Hotelier;cottonbroker; colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War; opposedto secession, and led a regiment of Southern loyalists;delegateto Georgia state constitutional convention, 1867.Shot andkilled bya group of masked men, in aboardinghouse at Columbus,MuscogeeCounty, Ga.,March31, 1868 (ageabout 54years).Interment atRoseHill Cemetery, Macon, Ga. | | Thomas Carmichael Hindman (1828-1868) — also known asThomas C. Hindman — of Mississippi; Helena (now part of Helena-West Helena),PhillipsCounty, Ark.Born in Knoxville,KnoxCounty, Tenn.,January28, 1828.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War; member ofMississippistate house of representatives, 1852;U.S.Representative from Arkansas 1st District, 1859-61; general inthe Confederate Army during the Civil War.Slaveowner.Shot through a window of his home, by an unknownassassin,and died eight hours later, in Helena (now part of Helena-WestHelena),PhillipsCounty, Ark.,September27, 1868 (age40 years, 243days).Interment atMapleHill Cemetery, Helena-West Helena, Ark. | | James Hinds (1833-1868) — of Arkansas. Born near Salem,WashingtonCounty, N.Y.,December5, 1833.Republican.U.S.Representative from Arkansas 2nd District, 1868; died in office1868.Shot andkilled byGeorge A. Clark, who was drunk at the time, near Indian Bay,MonroeCounty, Ark.,October22, 1868 (age34 years, 322days).Intermentsomewherein East Norwich, Long Island, N.Y.; cenotaph atCongressionalCemetery, Washington, D.C. | | Thomas Haughey (1826-1869) — of Elyton (now part of Birmingham),JeffersonCounty, Ala.; Decatur,MorganCounty, Ala.Born in Glasgow,Scotland,1826.Republican.Physician;surgeon;delegateto Alabama state constitutional convention, 1867;U.S.Representative from Alabama 6th District, 1868-69.Slaveowner. While making apoliticalspeech, he was assaulted by A. B. Collins, whoshot andmortallywounded him; he died six days later, in Courtland,LawrenceCounty, Ala.,August5, 1869 (ageabout 43years).Interment atGreenCemetery, Pinson, Ala. | | Edward Dexter Holbrook (1836-1870) — also known asEdward D. Holbrook — of Idaho City,BoiseCounty, Idaho.Born in Elyria,LorainCounty, Ohio,May 6,1836.Lawyer;Delegateto U.S. Congress from Idaho Territory, 1865-69.Censuredby the House of Representatives in 1869 for use ofunparliamentarylanguage.Shot andmortallywounded by Charles H. Douglas, and died the next day, in IdahoCity,BoiseCounty, Idaho,June 18,1870 (age34 years, 43days).Interment atMasonicBurial Ground, Idaho City, Idaho. | | Alexander Parker Crittenden (1816-1870) — also known asAlexander P. Crittenden — ofSantaClara County, Calif.;SanFrancisco, Calif.; Virginia City,StoreyCounty, Nev.Born in Lexington,FayetteCounty, Ky.,January14, 1816.Lawyer;wentto California for the 1849 Gold Rush; member ofCaliforniastate assembly, 1849-51, 1852-53 (Los Angeles District 1849-51,5th District 1852-53).Shot andmortallywounded by his ex-lover, Laura D. Fair,on board aferry boat in San Francisco Bay, and died two days later, inSanFrancisco, Calif.,November5, 1870 (age54 years, 295days). Fair was tried, found guilty, and sentenced to death, butthe state supreme court ordered a new trial, and she was acquitted.Interment atCypressLawn Memorial Park, Colma, Calif. | | Lewis Holmes Kenan (1833-1871) — of Georgia. Born in Milledgeville,BaldwinCounty, Ga.,1833.Member ofGeorgiastate senate 20th District, 1867-68.Shot andkilled inMilledgeville,BaldwinCounty, Ga.,1871(ageabout38 years).Intermentsomewherein Milledgeville, Ga.  | 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.Accidentallyshot himself, while practicing acourtroomdemonstration he planned as part of a defense in a murder trial (notactually in court at the time, contrary to legend), and died of hiswound the next day, in the Lebanon Househotel,Lebanon,WarrenCounty, Ohio,June 17,1871 (age50 years, 323days).Interment atWoodlandCemetery, Dayton, Ohio. | | James Holt Clanton (1827-1871) — also known asJames H. Clanton — of Alabama. Born inColumbiaCounty, Ga.,January8, 1827.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War;lawyer;member ofAlabamastate house of representatives, 1850; Presidential Elector forAlabama,1860;general in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; delegate toDemocratic National Convention from Alabama,1868.In a hostile encounter with attorney David Nelson, son ofT. A.R. Nelson, on Gay Street in front of the Lamar HouseHotel andthe St. NicholasSaloon,Knoxville,KnoxCounty, Tenn., Nelson, who was intoxicated,shot andkilledhim,September27, 1871 (age44 years, 262days). Nelson was charged with murder, but a jury found notguilty.Interment atOakwoodCemetery, Montgomery, Ala. | | O. C. Maxwell (1837-1871) — of Ohio. Born in Franklin,WarrenCounty, Ohio,February7, 1837.Republican. Colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War; woundedin the leg at Perryville, andcrippledfor life; delegate to Republican National Convention from Ohio,1868.Died, in a state of desperation from financial difficulties, from aself-inflictedgunshot, in Dayton,MontgomeryCounty, Ohio,December5, 1871 (age34 years, 301days).Interment atLebanonCemetery, Lebanon, Ohio. | | Joseph R. Waldrop (1825-1872) — of Alabama. Born in Mississippi,1825.Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; member ofAlabamastate house of representatives, 1869.Methodist.Member,KuKlux Klan.Shot andkilledwhile getting off his horse in front of aboardinghouse in Escatawpa,WashingtonCounty, Ala.,1872(ageabout47 years).Interment atOldEscatawpa Cemetery, Escatawpa, Ala. | | Edwin Stanton McCook (1837-1873) — Born in Carrollton,CarrollCounty, Ohio,March26, 1837.General in the Union Army during the Civil War;secretaryof Dakota Territory, 1872-73; died in office 1873.Member,Freemasons.Shot andkilled byPeter P. Wintermute, a banker and political adversary, at asaloonin Yankton,YanktonCounty, Dakota Territory (now S.Dak.),September11, 1873 (age36 years, 169days).Interment atSpringGrove Cemetery, Cincinnati, Ohio. | | Thomas Neel Stilwell (1830-1874) — also known asThomas N. Stilwell — of Anderson,MadisonCounty, Ind.Born in Stilwell,ButlerCounty, Ohio,August29, 1830.Republican.Lawyer;banker;member ofIndianastate house of representatives, 1856; served in the Union Armyduring the Civil War;U.S.Representative from Indiana 11th District, 1865-67; U.S. MinistertoVenezuela, 1867-68.During an argument over financial matters, he drew his pistol andfired at John E. Corwin, wounding him in the leg; Corwin thenshot Stilwell in the head,killinghim, in Anderson,MadisonCounty, Ind.,January14, 1874 (age43 years, 138days).Interment atMaplewood Cemetery, Anderson, Ind. | | Harvey Myers (1828-1874) — of Kentucky. BornFebruary10, 1828.Lawyer;candidate forU.S.Representative from Kentucky 6th District, 1872.Shot andkilled byCol. William G. Terrell, whose wife he had represented in a divorcecase, in the Stevenson & Myerslawoffice, Greer Building, Covington,KentonCounty, Ky.,March28, 1874 (age46 years, 46days).Interment atHighlandCemetery, Fort Mitchell, Ky. | | Harrison Cockrill (1826-1876) — ofOwsleyCounty, Ky.Born inBreathittCounty, Ky.,June 18,1826.Member ofKentuckystate senate, 1863-65, 1869-73; county judge in Kentucky, 1860;Presidential Elector for Kentucky,1868;candidate forU.S.Representative from Kentucky 9th District, 1874.Member,Freemasons.Died of a (probably)self-inflictedgunshot wound, inEstillCounty, Ky.,May 22,1876 (age49 years, 339days).Interment atCockrellFamily Cemetery, Ravenna, Ky. | | John Doyle Lee (1812-1877) — also known asJohn D. Lee — Born in Kaskaskia,RandolphCounty, Ill.,September6, 1812.Member ofUtahterritorial House of Representatives, 1858.Mormon.Involved in the Mountain Meadows massacre on September 11, 1857, whena Mormon militia and Paiute Indian tribesmen slaughtered about 120settlers who had been traveling through Utah by wagon train;indictedformurderalmost twenty years later, andtried in1875; the first trial ended in a hung jury;retriedin 1876;convictedandsentenced todeath; released for a time in order to settle his businessaffairs;executedbyfiring squad, at Mountain Meadows,WashingtonCounty, Utah,March23, 1877 (age64 years, 198days).Interment atPanguitchCemetery, Panguitch, Utah. | | Robert Augustus Alston (1832-1879) — also known asRobert A. Alston — ofDeKalbCounty, Ga.Born in Milledgeville,BaldwinCounty, Ga.,1832.Lawyer;farmer;newspaperpublisher; served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War;member ofGeorgiastate house of representatives, 1878-79; died in office 1879.Methodist.A farmer named Ed Cox, angry over the sale of a prison labor leasewhich Alston had negotiated, armed himself, announced he wouldkillAlston, sought him in the Georgiastatecapitol building, and found him in the State Treasurer's office.Both men drew their pistols. Alston was mortally wounded by ashot to the head, and died later that day, in Atlanta,FultonCounty, Ga.,March11, 1879 (ageabout 46years). Cox was also shot and injured, but recovered, wasconvicted of murder, and sentenced to life imprisonment.Interment atDecaturCemetery, Decatur, Ga. | | John Milton Elliott (1820-1879) — also known asJohn M. Elliott — of Prestonsburg,FloydCounty, Ky.Born inScottCounty, Va.,May 20,1820.Democrat. Member ofKentuckystate house of representatives, 1847, 1860-61;U.S.Representative from Kentucky 6th District, 1853-59;Delegatefrom Kentucky to the Confederate Provisional Congress, 1861-62;Representativefrom Kentucky in the Confederate Congress, 1862-65; circuit judgein Kentucky, 1868-74;Judge,Kentucky Court of Appeals, 1876-79; died in office 1879.Expelledfrom the Kentucky legislature in 1861 forsupportingthe Confederacy.Slaveowner.Shot andkilled byCol. Thomas Buford, in front of the ladies' entrance to the CapitolHotel,in Frankfort,FranklinCounty, Ky.,March26, 1879 (age58 years, 310days).Interment atFrankfortCemetery, Frankfort, Ky.; statue atBoydCounty Courthouse Grounds, Catlettsburg, Ky.  | James Abram Garfield (1831-1881) — also known asJames A. Garfield — of Hiram,PortageCounty, Ohio.Born in alogcabin Orange Township (now Moreland Hills),CuyahogaCounty, Ohio,November19, 1831.Republican.Lawyer;collegeprofessor;president,Eclectic University (now Hiram College); member ofOhiostate senate, 1859-61; general in the Union Army during the CivilWar;U.S.Representative from Ohio 19th District, 1863-81;Presidentof the United States, 1881; died in office 1881.Disciplesof Christ.Englishancestry. Member,Freemasons;DeltaUpsilon.Shot by theassassinCharles J. Guiteau, in the Baltimore & PotomacRailroadStation, Washington, D.C., July 2, 1881, and died from theeffects of the wound andinfection,in Elberon,MonmouthCounty, N.J.,September19, 1881 (age49 years, 304days).Entombed atLakeView Cemetery, Cleveland, Ohio; statue erected 1887 atGarfieldCircle, Washington, D.C.; statue atGoldenGate Park, San Francisco, Calif.; statue atPiatt Park, Cincinnati, Ohio.| | Relatives: Sonof Abram Garfield and Elizabeth (Ballou) Garfield; married,November11, 1858, toLucretiaRudolph; father ofHarryAugustus Garfield andJamesRudolph Garfield; fourth cousin ofEliThayer; fourth cousin once removed ofJohnAlden Thayer. | | | | Political families:FourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | Cross-reference:WilliamS. Maynard | | | | Garfield counties inColo.,Mont.,Neb.,Okla.,Utah andWash. arenamed for him. | | | | GarfieldMountain,in the Cascade Range,KingCounty, Washington, isnamed forhim. — ThecityofGarfield,New Jersey, isnamed forhim. — ThecityofGarfield,Kansas, isnamed forhim. — ThecityofGarfield,Minnesota, isnamed forhim. — ThecityofGarfield,Washington, isnamed forhim. | | | | Politician named for him:JamesG. Stewart | | | | Coins and currency: Hisportraitappeared on the U.S. $20 gold certificate in 1898-1905. | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Wikipedia article —NNDBdossier —Find-A-Gravememorial —OurCampaignscandidate detail | | | | Books about James A. Garfield: AllanPeskin,Garfield:A Biography — Justus D. Doenecke,ThePresidencies of James A. Garfield and Chester A.Arthur — Mike Resnick, ed.,AlternatePresidents [anthology] | | | | Image source: James G. Blaine, TwentyYears of Congress, vol. 2 (1886) |
| | Henry Clay Cole (1838-1881) — also known asHenry C. Cole — of Kokomo,HowardCounty, Ind.Born inRipleyCounty, Ind.,1838.Physician;mayorof Kokomo, Ind., 1881; died in office 1881.Shot andkilled byasheriff'sposse, allegedly while he was attempting torob andburna grist mill, in Kokomo,HowardCounty, Ind.,September19, 1881 (ageabout 43years). The shooters were personal enemies of his, so somesuspected a conspiracy. Four members of the posse were indicted formanslaughter by a grand jury, but the charges were later dismissed.Interment atCrownPoint Cemetery, Kokomo, Ind. | | Alonzo William Slayback (1838-1882) — also known asAlonzo W. Slayback;A. W.Slayback —ofSt.Louis, Mo.BornJuly 4,1838.Democrat.Lawyer;colonel in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; delegate toDemocratic National Convention from Missouri,1876;candidate forU.S.Representative from Missouri 2nd District, 1876.Member,Elks.Shot andkilled byJohn Cockerill, editor of thePost-Dispatch newspaper, inSt.Louis, Mo.,October13, 1882 (age44 years, 101days). Cockerill pleaded self-defense and was not indicted by thegrand jury.Interment atMachpelahCemetery, Lexington, Mo. | | Thomas James Roberson Swafford (1849-1884) — also known asThomas J. R. Swafford — BornDecember27, 1849.Democrat. Member ofTennesseestate senate, 1884; died in office 1884;shotthrough his arm by Jeff Dibrell, brother ofGeorgeG. Dibrell;injuredin several other gun and knife fights, in one of which he wounded twoattackers and accidentally killed his father-in-law.Shot andkilledduring an armed confrontation with Monroe Hudson, shopkeeper, who hadordered him to leave hisstore, inSparta,WhiteCounty, Tenn.,October17, 1884 (age34 years, 295days).Interment atOldSparta Cemetery, Sparta, Tenn. | | Jacques J. Stillwell (1827-1884) — also known asJ. J. Stillwell — of Gravesend (now part of Brooklyn),KingsCounty, N.Y.Born in1827.Member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from Kings County 12th District, 1881-82.While suffering from anoverdoseof chloral hydrate, and fearing the onset of insanity, heshothimself,and died several days later, in Gravesend (now part of Brooklyn),KingsCounty, N.Y.,December14, 1884 (ageabout 57years).Interment atGreen-WoodCemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y. | | Charles Elliott Abbe (1831-1884) — also known asCharles E. Abbe — of Chicago,CookCounty, Ill.; Sarasota, Manatee County (nowSarasotaCounty), Fla.Born in Dalton,BerkshireCounty, Mass.,November27, 1831.Merchant;realestate developer; postmaster atSarasota,Fla., 1878-84.Shot andkilled,by members of the Sarasota Assassination Society, in Sarasota,Manatee County (nowSarasotaCounty), Fla.,December27, 1884 (age53 years, 30days).Interment atBelvidereCemetery, Belvidere, Ill. | | Andre J. Dumont (c.1844-1885) — of Algiers, New Orleans,OrleansParish, La.Born in New Orleans,OrleansParish, La., about 1844.Republican. Owner of awhiskeydistillery;LouisianaRepublican state chair, 1877-85; delegate to Republican NationalConvention from Louisiana,1880.AfricanandFrenchancestry.Died from aself-inflictedgunshot, in New Orleans,OrleansParish, La.,June 29,1885 (ageabout 41years).Entombed atSt.Louis Cemetery No. 1, New Orleans, La. | | John B. Bowman (1832-1885) — of East St. Louis,St. ClairCounty, Ill.Born inGermany,1832.Republican.Civilengineer;lawyer;real estatebusiness;mayorof East St. Louis, Ill., 1865-66, 1868, 1872-74, 1877-78.Germanancestry.Shot andkilled byan unknown assailant, in front of his home, in East St. Louis,St. ClairCounty, Ill.,November21, 1885 (ageabout 53years). Two East St. Louis policemen were later charged with hismurder, but they were never tried.Interment atBellefontaineCemetery, St. Louis, Mo. | | Theodore P. Rich (c.1848-1886) — of New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.; Cobleskill,SchoharieCounty, N.Y.Born in New York, about 1848. Democrat. Candidate forNew Yorkstate assembly from New York County 13th District, 1876.Pursued his estranged wife to Minnesota;killedher, and then, perhaps to avoidprosecution,killedhimself, bygunshot, in the Astoria Househotel,St. Paul,RamseyCounty, Minn.,February27, 1886 (ageabout 38years).Burial location unknown.| | Relatives:Married1876 to Fannie(Smith) Trimble (daughter ofHenrySmith). |
| | Claiborne Hooper Phillips (1847-1886) — of Nashville,DavidsonCounty, Tenn.Born in1847.Mayorof Nashville, Tenn., 1883-86.Accidentallyshot and killed while on ahuntingtrip, near Britton,MarshallCounty, Dakota Territory (now S.Dak.),September10, 1886 (ageabout 39years).Burial location unknown. | | John C. Niglutsch (d. 1887) — of New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Clerk at Castle Garden;organist;member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from New York County 10th District, 1882.Suffered aself-inflictedgunshot wound, apparently while in a paranoid state, and diedsoon after, in BellevueHospital,New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,November8, 1887.Interment atGreen-WoodCemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y. | | Joseph Castle J. C. Eversole (1853-1888) — also known asJ. C. Eversole — of Hazard,PerryCounty, Ky.Born inPerryCounty, Ky.,July 26,1853.Republican.Lawyer;merchant;delegate to Republican National Convention from Kentucky,1884.Shot andkilled,during the "French-Eversole War", inPerryCounty, Ky.,April15, 1888 (age34 years, 264days).Interment atCombs-Eversole Graveyard, Hazard, Ky.| | Relatives: Sonof Nancy (Duff) Eversole and John C. Eversole; married to SusanCombs. | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial |
| | William Wirt Adams (1819-1888) — also known asWirt Adams — of Jackson,HindsCounty, Miss.Born in Frankfort,FranklinCounty, Ky.,March22, 1819.Democrat. Member ofMississippistate house of representatives, 1858-60; general in theConfederate Army during the Civil War; postmaster atJackson,Miss., 1885-88.Shot andkilled ina street encounter with John H. Martin, a newspaper editor with whomhe had quarreled, in Jackson,HindsCounty, Miss.,May 1,1888 (age69 years, 40days). Martin was also killed.Interment atGreenwoodCemetery, Jackson, Miss.; cenotaph atConfederateCemetery, Okolona, Miss. | | Maurice B. Throckmorton (1855-1888) — of Birmingham,JeffersonCounty, Ala.Born in Louisville,JeffersonCounty, Ky.,October22, 1855.Democrat.Railroadticket agent; postmaster atBirmingham,Ala., 1887-88.Member,Elks.While he tried to reason with and pacify a lynch mob outside thecounty jail, sheriff deputies, under orders to protect the jail,fired into the crowd, hitting him; he died from his wounds thenext day, Birmingham,JeffersonCounty, Ala.,December8, 1888 (age33 years, 47days).Interment atOakHill Cemetery, Birmingham, Ala. | | John M. Lingle (1843-1889) — of Webb City,JasperCounty, Mo.Born in Pennsylvania,April 2,1843.Democrat.Newspaperpublisher; postmaster atWebbCity, Mo., 1885-89.After being threatened withcriminalprosecution for allegedlymisappropriatingfunds as postmaster, he stepped out the back door of thepostoffice, andkilledhimself bygunshot, in Webb City,JasperCounty, Mo.,January4, 1889 (age45 years, 277days).Interment atWebbCity Cemetery, Webb City, Mo. | | David Smith Terry (1823-1889) — also known asDavid S. Terry — of Galveston,GalvestonCounty, Tex.;SanFrancisco, Calif.; Stockton,SanJoaquin County, Calif.Born in Christian County (part now inToddCounty), Ky.,March 8,1823.Lawyer;wentto California for the 1849 Gold Rush; advocated the extension ofslavery to California;justice ofCalifornia state supreme court, 1855-59;chiefjustice of California state supreme court, 1857-59; killed U.S.SenatorDavidC. Broderick in aduelnear San Francisco in 1859;triedformurder,but acquitted; served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War;delegateto California state constitutional convention, 1878-79; candidatefor Presidential Elector for California,1880;his wife Sarah Althea Hill claimed to be the widow and heir ofwealthy U.S. SenatorWilliamSharon; in September, 1888, when her claim was finally rejectedby U.S. Supreme Court JusticeStephenJ. Field (acting as a Court of Appeals judge for California), sheand Terry caused an altercation in the courtroom and werejailedsix months forcontemptof court.Five months after his release from jail, he encountered Justice Fieldand slapped him in the face; he was thenshot through theheart andkilled byU.S. Deputy Marshal David Neagle, the justice's bodyguard, in thetrainstationdiningroom at Lathrop,San JoaquinCounty, Calif.,August14, 1889 (age66 years, 159days). Neagle was arrested by local authorities, but laterreleased on the demand of the U.S. government.Interment atStocktonRural Cemetery, Stockton, Calif. | | William Cassius Goodloe (1841-1889) — also known asW. Cassius Goodloe — of Lexington,FayetteCounty, Ky.Born inMadisonCounty, Ky.,June 27,1841.Republican.Lawyer;newspaperpublisher; delegate to Republican National Convention fromKentucky,1868,1872(delegation chair),1884,1888;member ofKentuckystate house of representatives, 1871; defeated, 1867; member ofRepublicanNational Committee from Kentucky, 1872-; member ofKentuckystate senate, 1873; candidate forKentuckystate attorney general, 1875; U.S. Minister toBelgium, 1878-80.Episcopalian.Member,LoyalLegion.During a violent encounter in the lobby of the LexingtonPostOffice, herepeatedlystabbed and ultimately killed a political enemy, Col. ArmisteadSwope, who meanwhileshot andbadlywounded him; before anyprosecutioncould ensue, he died of his own wounds two days later, in the PhoenixHotel,Lexington,FayetteCounty, Ky.,November8, 1889 (age48 years, 134days).Interment atLexingtonCemetery, Lexington, Ky. | | William Preston Taulbee (1851-1890) — also known asWilliam P. Taulbee — of Salyersville,MagoffinCounty, Ky.Born inMorganCounty, Ky.,October22, 1851.Democrat.Ordainedminister;lawyer;U.S.Representative from Kentucky 10th District, 1885-89.Shot andmortallywounded, by Charles E. Kincaid, a journalist with whom he hadquarreled, in theU.S.Capitol Building, and died eleven days later at ProvidenceHospital,Washington,D.C.,March11, 1890 (age38 years, 140days). Kincaid pleaded self-defense and was found not guilty ofmurder in 1891.Intermentaprivate or family graveyard, Morgan County, Ky.  | William Lewis Couch (1850-1890) — also known asWilliam L. Couch — of Wichita,SedgwickCounty, Kan.; Oklahoma City,OklahomaCounty, Okla.Born inWilkesCounty, N.C.,November20, 1850.Grocer;hardwarebusiness;horse andmule dealer;mayorof Oklahoma City, Okla., 1889; resigned 1889.Shot in the leg in dispute over a land claim; the woundprobably becameinfected,and he subsequentlydied, inOklahoma,April21, 1890 (age39 years, 152days).Interment atFairlawnCemetery, Oklahoma City, Okla.| | Relatives: Sonof Meshach H. Couch and Mary 'Polly' (Bryan) Couch; married toCynthia Gordon. | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial | | | | Image source: City of OklahomaCity |
| | Almond M. Paine (1820-1890) — of Danielsonville (now Danielson), Killingly,WindhamCounty, Conn.Born in Rhode Island,September15, 1820.Republican. Probate judge in Connecticut, 1850; postmaster atEastKillingly, Conn., 1861-67; served in the Union Army during theCivil War;bankdirector.Died, byself-inflictedgunshot, in Danielsonville (now Danielson), Killingly,WindhamCounty, Conn.,June 7,1890 (age69 years, 265days).Interment atGrove Street Cemetery, Putnam, Conn. | | Lucien Wells Sperry (1820-1890) — also known asLucien W. Sperry — of New Haven,New HavenCounty, Conn.Born in Woodbridge,New HavenCounty, Conn.,March 8,1820.Coaldealer;insuranceagent;mayorof New Haven, Conn., 1866-69; member ofConnecticutstate senate 4th District, 1869-70.Unable to account for money entrusted to him, and likely to bearrestedas anembezzler,he died from aself-inflictedgunshot, in New Haven,New HavenCounty, Conn.,June 26,1890 (age70 years, 110days).Interment atEvergreenCemetery, New Haven, Conn. | | Evan E. Swearengin (1840-1890) — also known asVan Swearengin — of Concordia,CloudCounty, Kan.Born inMorganCounty, Ind.,January17, 1840.Served in the Union Army during the Civil War;mayorof Concordia, Kan., 1880-81; member ofKansasstate senate, 1889-90; died in office 1890.Member,OddFellows;Knightsof Pythias.Died fromself-inflictedgunshot, in Concordia,CloudCounty, Kan.,October12, 1890 (age50 years, 268days).Interment atPleasantHill Cemetery, Concordia, Kan. | | Frank B. Arnold (1839-1890) — also known asMichael Edwards;Benjamin FranklinArnold —of Unadilla,OtsegoCounty, N.Y.Born in County Clare,Ireland,March29, 1839.Republican.Schoolteacher;lawyer;member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from Otsego County 2nd District, 1885-87; memberofNewYork state senate 23rd District, 1888-89; candidate forU.S.Representative from New York 24th District, 1890, 1890.Irishancestry.Died from aself-inflictedgunshot, in hislawoffice, Unadilla,OtsegoCounty, N.Y.,December11, 1890 (age51 years, 257days).Interment atSt.Matthew's Cemetery, Unadilla, N.Y. | | Charles A. Binder (1857-1891) — also known asJohn Roth — of New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,November2, 1857.Lawyer;member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from New York County 10th District, 1884, 1886;accusedin 1891 ofembezzling$20,000 from the estate of Barbara Hausman;fledand became afugitive,traveling under the alias "John Roth".Germanancestry.Wounded byself-inflictedgunshot, in his room at the Sheridan HouseHotel,and died there early the next morning, in Elizabeth,UnionCounty, N.J.,May 17,1891 (age33 years, 196days).Burial location unknown. | | John Adam Henneman (1835-1891) — also known asJ. A. Henneman — of Spartanburg,SpartanburgCounty, S.C.Born in Kronach, Bavaria (nowGermany),1835.Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War;jeweler;mayorof Spartanburg, S.C., 1891; died in office 1891.Germanancestry.Shot andkilled byJohn Williams, in Spartanburg,SpartanburgCounty, S.C.,September27, 1891 (ageabout 56years). Williams was hanged for the murder on October 7, 1892.Interment atOakwoodCemetery, Spartanburg, S.C.| | Relatives:Married to Louisa Rate. |
| | R. D. McCotter (d. 1892) — ofPamlicoCounty, N.C.Member ofNorthCarolina state senate, 1892; died in office 1892.Shot andkilledfrom ambush near his home, purportedly by the "White Caps", inPamlicoCounty, N.C.,May 20,1892.Burial location unknown. | | Charles P. Miller (1853-1892) — of South Omaha (now part of Omaha),DouglasCounty, Neb.BornJanuary29, 1853.Mayorof South Omaha, Neb., 1891-92; died in office 1892.Member,OddFellows;Knightsof Pythias.Found unconscious from an apparentlyself-inflictedgunshot wound, and died soon after, in MethodistHospital,Omaha,DouglasCounty, Neb.,October5, 1892 (age39 years, 250days). Later, two men were arrested and charged withmurderinghim, but evidence did not support this, and charges were dismissed.Interment atLaurel Hill Cemetery, Omaha, Neb. | | Francis Spies Jr. (1840-1893) — of New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.,May 10,1840.Democrat. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War;commissionmerchant;Portlandcementimporter;Vice-Consulfor Honduras inNewYork, N.Y., 1887-93.Member,GrandArmy of the Republic;TammanyHall.Died from aself-inflictedgunshot, in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,June 21,1893 (age53 years, 42days).Interment atGreen-WoodCemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.| | Relatives: Sonof Francis Spies and Amanda Maria (Harding) Spies; married1869 to AmeliaL. Schwarzwaelder. | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial |
| | Carter Henry Harrison (1825-1893) — of Chicago,CookCounty, Ill.Born near Lexington,FayetteCounty, Ky.,February15, 1825.Democrat.U.S.Representative from Illinois 2nd District, 1875-79;mayorof Chicago, Ill., 1879-87, 1893; died in office 1893; delegate toDemocratic National Convention from Illinois,1880,1884;candidate forGovernor ofIllinois, 1884.Slaveowner.Shot andkilled athis home, by Patrick Eugene Prendergast, in Chicago,CookCounty, Ill.,October28, 1893 (age68 years, 255days). Prendergast, who was defended by famed trial lawyerClarenceDarrow, was tried for murder, convicted, sentenced to death, andhanged.Interment atGracelandCemetery, Chicago, Ill.| | Relatives: Sonof Carter Henry Harrison (1796-1825) and Caroline Evaline (Russell)Harrison; married to Sophonisba Grayson Preston (great-grandniece ofWilliamSmallwood); father ofCarterHenry Harrison II; grandson ofWilliamRussell (1758-1825); great-grandson ofWilliamRussell (1735-1793); great-grandnephew ofBenjaminHarrison (1726-1791) andWilliamCabell; second great-grandnephew ofRichardRandolph; first cousin ofJohnBreckinridge Castleman; first cousin once removed ofJosephCabell Breckinridge (1788-1823),BenjaminWilliam Sheridan Cabell andRobertJefferson Breckinridge; first cousin twice removed ofThomasJefferson,CarterBassett Harrison,WilliamCabell Jr.,WilliamHenry Cabell andWilliamHenry Harrison (1773-1841); first cousin thrice removed ofRichardBland,PeytonRandolph (1721-1775),RobertCarter Nicholas (1729-1780) andWilliamFitzhugh; second cousin ofJohnCabell Breckinridge,PeterAugustus Porter (1827-1864),WilliamLewis Cabell,RobertJefferson Breckinridge Jr.,GeorgeCraighead Cabell andWilliamCampbell Preston Breckinridge; second cousin once removed ofMarthaJefferson Randolph,DabneyCarr,FrederickMortimer Cabell,JohnScott Harrison (1804-1878),EdwardCarrington Cabell,JosephCabell Breckinridge (1844-1906),CliftonRodes Breckinridge,PeterAugustus Porter (1853-1925),BenjaminEarl Cabell,LevinIrving Handy,DeshaBreckinridge andHenrySkillman Breckinridge; second cousin twice removed ofTheodorickBland,EdmundJenings Randolph,GeorgeNicholas,BeverleyRandolph,WilsonCary Nicholas,JohnNicholas,JohnRandolph of Roanoke andEarleCabell; third cousin ofFrancisWayles Eppes,DabneySmith Carr,BenjaminFranklin Randolph,MeriwetherLewis Randolph,GeorgeWythe Randolph,JohnWilliam Leftwich,BenjaminHarrison (1833-1901) andJohnScott Harrison (1844-1926); third cousin once removed ofJohnMarshall,HenryLee,CharlesLee,RichardBland Lee,JamesMarkham Marshall,ThomasMann Randolph Jr.,AlexanderKeith Marshall,EdmundJennings Lee,PeytonRandolph (1779-1828),HenrySt. George Tucker,RobertCarter Nicholas (1787-1857),StanleyMatthews,ThomasJefferson Coolidge,RussellBenjamin Harrison andFrederickMadison Roberts; third cousin twice removed ofBurwellBassett,JohnGardner Coolidge,EdithWilson andWilliamHenry Harrison (1896-1990); third cousin thrice removed ofCharlesCarroll of Carrollton; fourth cousin ofThomasMarshall,JamesKeith Marshall,PeterMyndert Dox,EdmundRandolph,NathanielBeverly Tucker andWilliamHenry Fitzhugh Lee; fourth cousin once removed ofJohnWayles Eppes,FitzhughLee,EdmundRandolph Cocke,ConnallyFindlay Trigg,JohnAugustine Marshall,RichardEvelyn Byrd,HarryBartow Hawes,WilliamWelby Beverley andJamesHarlan Cleveland Jr.. | | | | Political families:Cabell-Breckinridgefamily of Virginia;Breckinridge-Preston-Harrison-Richardsonfamily of Virginia (subsets of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | Cross-reference:RobertE. Burke | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Wikipedia article |
| | Datus Ensign Coon (1831-1893) — also known asDatus E. Coon — of Osage,MitchellCounty, Iowa; Mason City,CerroGordo County, Iowa; Selma,DallasCounty, Ala.; San Diego,San DiegoCounty, Calif.Born in DeRuyter,MadisonCounty, N.Y.,February20, 1831.Republican.Newspaperpublisher; colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War;delegateto Alabama state constitutional convention, 1868; member ofAlabamastate senate, 1870; member ofAlabamastate house of representatives, 1870; delegate to RepublicanNational Convention from Alabama,1872;U.S. Commercial Agent (Consul) inBaracoa, 1879-85.Accidentallyshot, and died soon after, in San Diego,San DiegoCounty, Calif.,December17, 1893 (age62 years, 300days).Interment atMt.Hope Cemetery, San Diego, Calif. | | Rudolph Walter De Lion (1838-1894) — also known asR. W. De Lion — of Port Townsend,JeffersonCounty, Wash.; Tacoma,PierceCounty, Wash.Born in Bavaria,Germany,1838.Shipcaptain;dry dockbusiness;Consulfor Chile inPortTownsend, Wash., 1885-92;mayorof Port Townsend, Wash., 1887;Consulfor Chile inTacoma,Wash., 1892-94.Germanancestry.Died from aself-inflictedgunshot, in Seattle,KingCounty, Wash.,February27, 1894 (ageabout 55years).Interment atLaurel Grove Cemetery, Port Townsend, Wash. | | Thomas McKee Bayne (1836-1894) — also known asThomas M. Bayne — of Allegheny (now part of Pittsburgh),AlleghenyCounty, Pa.;Washington,D.C.Born in Bellevue,AlleghenyCounty, Pa.,June 14,1836.Republican.Lawyer;colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War;AlleghenyCounty District Attorney, 1870-74;U.S.Representative from Pennsylvania 23rd District, 1877-91;defeated, 1874; delegate to Republican National Convention fromPennsylvania,1884,1888.Alarmed about atuberculosis-relatedlung hemorrhage, hekilledhimself, bygunshot to the head, inWashington,D.C.,June 16,1894 (age58 years, 2days).Interment atUnionDale Cemetery, Pittsburgh, Pa. | | Alson Bailey Abbott (1844-1894) — also known asAlson B. Abbott — of Queensbury,WarrenCounty, N.Y.; Glens Falls,WarrenCounty, N.Y.Born in Andover,EssexCounty, Mass.,November3, 1844.Served in the Union Army during the Civil War;lawyer;member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from Warren County, 1878; president, Canton BridgeCompany.While cleaning ashotgun forhunting,itaccidentallydischarged, killing him, in Glens Falls,WarrenCounty, N.Y.,August27, 1894 (age49 years, 297days).Interment atPineviewCemetery, Queensbury, N.Y.| | Relatives: Sonof William F. Abbott and Sarah Job (Abbott) Abbott; married1873 to SarahMorgan. | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial |
| | Peter R. Morrissey (1859-1895) — ofSt.Louis, Mo.Born inSt. LouisCounty, Mo.,August14, 1859.Democrat.Saloonkeeper;arrestedin December 1886 on federalchargesofvotefraud;foundguilty in April 1887, but released because the indictment did notspecify that the ballots were for a federal office;indictedagain soon after, but the charges were dropped in November;indictedfornaturalizationfraud in 1889, but not convicted; member ofMissouristate senate 31st District, 1893-95; died in office 1895.Catholic.Irishancestry.While in bed, he wasshot twice with his own pistol, andkilled,by hismistress,Maud Lewis, in her "house ofillrepute", inSt.Louis, Mo.,May 13,1895 (age35 years, 272days). After a dramatic and highly publicized trial, Maud Lewiswas convicted of second degree murder and sentenced to fifteen yearsin prison; she was pardoned by Gov.LonVest Stephens in January 1901.Interment atCalvaryCemetery, St. Louis, Mo. | | Michael Daniel Harter (1846-1896) — also known asMichael D. Harter — of Mansfield,RichlandCounty, Ohio.Born in Canton,StarkCounty, Ohio,April 6,1846.Democrat.U.S.Representative from Ohio, 1891-95 (15th District 1891-93, 14thDistrict 1893-95).Lutheran.Killed byself-inflictedgunshot, in Fostoria,SenecaCounty, Ohio,February22, 1896 (age49 years, 322days).Interment atMansfieldCemetery, Mansfield, Ohio. | | Frank Mapes (1861-1896) — of Kansas City,WyandotteCounty, Kan.Born in Racine,RacineCounty, Wis.,1861.Democrat. Postmaster atKansasCity, Kan., 1893-96.While postal inspectorsdiscoveredthat he hadembezzledabout $9,200 from post office accounts, he died from aself-inflictedgunshot, in Kansas City,WyandotteCounty, Kan.,March15, 1896 (ageabout 34years).Interment atWoodlawnCemetery, Kansas City, Kan.| | Relatives: Sonof Alfred R. Mapes and Elizabeth P. (Chittenden) Mapes; married toAnnie Lispenard Sharp. | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial |
| | Charles Henry Voorhis (1833-1896) — also known asCharles H. Voorhis — of New Jersey. Born in Spring Valley (now Paramus),BergenCounty, N.J.,March13, 1833.Republican.Lawyer;banker;delegate to Republican National Convention from New Jersey,1864;U.S.Representative from New Jersey 5th District, 1879-81.Indictedin 1881 forbankfraud over his actions as president of two banks, which laterbecame insolvent;triedand found not guilty.Fearing oncoming total blindness, he died from aself-inflictedgunshot, in hisofficeat the Davidson Building, Jersey City,HudsonCounty, N.J.,April15, 1896 (age63 years, 33days).Original interment atBayview- New York Bay Cemetery, Jersey City, N.J.; reinterment atHackensackCemetery, Hackensack, N.J. | | Caleb Dorsey (1833-1896) — ofPikeCounty, Mo.;StanislausCounty, Calif.Born in Patapsco,AnneArundel County, Md.,September7, 1833.Colonel in the Confederate Army during the Civil War;livestockraiser;bankdirector; member ofCaliforniastate assembly 5th District, 1877-80.Member,Freemasons.Shot andkilled byhis mining partner, J. T. Newcomer, at Snell Mine, near Columbia,TuolumneCounty, Calif.,April21, 1896 (age62 years, 227days). Newcomer claimed self-defense, but was convicted of murderand sentenced to prison.Interment atStocktonRural Cemetery, Stockton, Calif. | | Abram S. Cassedy (d. 1896) — of Newburgh,OrangeCounty, N.Y.Lawyer;mayorof Newburgh, N.Y., 1880-82.Distressed over business losses, heshothimself,and died later that day, in in Newburgh,OrangeCounty, N.Y.,April29, 1896.Burial location unknown. | | Horace Riverside Buck (1853-1897) — also known asHorace R. Buck — of Helena,Lewis andClark County, Mont.Born inYazooCounty, Miss.,September18, 1853.MemberMontana territorial council, 1884; district judge in Montana 1stDistrict, 1891-96;justice ofMontana state supreme court, 1897; died in office 1897.Died, from aself-inflictedgunshot (possibly agunaccident), in Helena,Lewis andClark County, Mont.,December6, 1897 (age44 years, 79days).Interment atForestvaleCemetery, Helena, Mont. | | Frazier B. Baker (c.1857-1898) — of Lake City,FlorenceCounty, S.C.Born about 1857. Republican.Schoolteacher; postmaster atLakeCity, S.C., 1897-98; his appointment as postmaster arousedstrenuous opposition among white residents; U.S. SenatorsBenTillman andJohnL. McLaurin, and U.S. Rep.JamesNorton all demanded his removal from office "because of hiscolor"; many violent incidents followed.Africanancestry.Late at night, a mob of armed white men surrounded his home andpostoffice, and set it on fire; when the family awoke and attemptedto escape, they were met with a hail of bullets; Baker wasshot andkilled,in Lake City,FlorenceCounty, S.C.,February22, 1898 (ageabout 41years). Federal prosecutors pressed charges against eleven men,none of whom were convicted.Burial location unknown. | | John J. Boyle (c.1843-1898) — of New Castle,New CastleCounty, Del.Born about 1843. Democrat.Merchant;Delaware State Sealer of Weights and Measures.Killedhimself by self-inflictedgunshot,April 6,1898 (ageabout 55years).Burial location unknown. | | Abram Randolph Blakley (1841-1898) — also known asAbram R. Blakley — of Meridian Township,InghamCounty, Mich.; Alpena,AlpenaCounty, Mich.Born in New York,October19, 1841.Supervisorof Meridian Township, Michigan, 1874-75, 1878-79; defeated(Greenback), 1879;real estatebusiness; member ofMichiganstate house of representatives from Alpena District, 1893-94;resigned 1894.Died, from agunshot wound, in Alpena,AlpenaCounty, Mich.,November14, 1898 (age57 years, 26days).Interment atEvergreenCemetery, Alpena, Mich.| | Relatives: Sonof John Blakeley and Matilda (Randolph) Blakeley; married to Lydia P.Ballard. | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial |
| | Charles Fenton Collier (1817-1899) — also known asCharles F. Collier — ofPetersburg,Va.Born inPetersburg,Va.,September27, 1817.Democrat.Lawyer;member of Virginia state legislature, 1852;Representativefrom Virginia in the Confederate Congress, 1862-64;mayorof Petersburg, Va., 1866-68, 1888-92; president, SouthernRailroad.Presbyterian.Died, from aself-inflictedgunshot, attributed to "insomnia, melancholia, and nervousprostration," inPetersburg,Va.,June 29,1899 (age81 years, 275days).Interment atBlandfordCemetery, Petersburg, Va. | | James Balbirnie (1838-1899) — of Muskegon,MuskegonCounty, Mich.Born inOntario,1838.Republican.Merchant;mayorof Muskegon, Mich., 1899; died in office 1899.Scottishancestry.Shot andkilled byJohn W. Tayer, who had been ousted as city poor director, in hisstore inhis store at Muskegon,MuskegonCounty, Mich.,June 29,1899 (ageabout 60years). Tayer died by suicide at the scene; he shot himself, thenswallowed carbolic acid.Interment atEvergreenCemetery, Muskegon, Mich. | | Herbert Best Fellows (1860-1899) — also known asHerbert B. Fellows — of Scarsdale,WestchesterCounty, N.Y.Born in Clifton Park,SaratogaCounty, N.Y.,November20, 1860.Democrat.Expressagent; postmaster atScarsdale,N.Y., 1894-99.shot,killed,and robbed, in Scarsdale,WestchesterCounty, N.Y.,December4, 1899 (age39 years, 14days). A 19-year-old named Edgar C. Burnz confessed to thecrime, was arrested, and held at the county jail in White Plains,where, in July 1900, he led about 100 prisoners in an unsuccessfulescape attempt. Burnz smoked as many as eighty cigarettes a day, andthe press dubbed him the "Cigarette Boy Murderer". At his murdertrial in December 1900, his defense was that cigarette smoking hadmade him insane. He was convicted, sentenced to life in prison, butreleased about 1920, and became an Episcopal minister.Burial location unknown. | | William Justus Goebel (1856-1900) — also known asWilliam J. Goebel;"Boss Bill";"The Kenton King";"William theConqueror" —of Kentucky. Born inSullivanCounty, Pa.,January4, 1856.Democrat.Lawyer;member ofKentuckystate senate, 1887-99; delegate to Democratic National Conventionfrom Kentucky,1888;delegateto Kentucky state constitutional convention, 1890-91;Governor ofKentucky, 1900; died in office 1900.In 1895, he killed a factional rival, John Stanford, in a politicalquarrel; never tried.While contesting the outcome of a gubernatorial election, wasshot andmortallywounded in front of the old KentuckyStateCapitol; he was declared elected and sworn in as Governor beforehe died four days later, in Frankfort,FranklinCounty, Ky.,February3, 1900 (age44 years, 30days).Interment atFrankfortCemetery, Frankfort, Ky.; statue atOldState Capitol Grounds, Frankfort, Ky. | | Joseph Flesheim (1848-1900) — of South Haven,Van BurenCounty, Mich.; Menominee,MenomineeCounty, Mich.Born in Cleveland,CuyahogaCounty, Ohio,April 8,1848.Republican.Insurancebusiness; president, Menominee Electric Company,manufactureroftelephoneswitchboards and equipment;mayorof Menominee, Mich., 1888; member ofMichiganstate senate, 1891-94 (31st District 1891-92, 30th District1893-94).Germanancestry. Member,Freemasons.Facing the failure of his business enterprises, he died byself-inflictedgunshot, in Menominee,MenomineeCounty, Mich.,February26, 1900 (age51 years, 324days).Interment atRiversideCemetery, Menominee, Mich.| | Relatives: Sonof Samuel Flesheim and Babette (Straus) Flesheim; married,February25, 1875, to Delia Isabella 'Belle' Stephenson. |
| | William H. Mattox (1836-1900) — ofElbertCounty, Ga.Born inElbertCounty, Ga.,1836.Planter;merchant;served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; member ofGeorgiastate house of representatives, 1865-66;delegateto Georgia state constitutional convention, 1877; member ofGeorgiastate senate, 1880-81.Shot andkilled byhis son-in-law J. B. Jones, Jr., during a gunfight, inElbertCounty, Ga.,November17, 1900 (ageabout 64years).Interment atElmhurstCemetery, Elberton, Ga. | | Melvin Riley Baldwin (1838-1901) — also known asMelvin Baldwin — of Duluth,St. LouisCounty, Minn.; Seattle,KingCounty, Wash.Born in Chester,WindsorCounty, Vt.,April12, 1838.Democrat.Civilengineer; served in the Union Army during the Civil War;railroadsuperintendent;U.S.Representative from Minnesota 6th District, 1893-95.Died byself-inflictedgunshot, in Seattle,KingCounty, Wash.,April15, 1901 (age63 years, 3days).Interment atForestHill Cemetery, Duluth, Minn. | | Louis Stern (c.1856-1901) — of St. Paul,RamseyCounty, Minn.Born inGermany,about 1856.Democrat. Naturalized U.S. citizen;newspaperreporter; U.S. Commercial Agent (Consul) inBamberg, 1893-1901.Jewish.Arrestedandfined inKissingen, Germany, 1895, forinsultingthe Baron von Thuengen; alsochargedwithmisrepresentinghis 15-year-old son as being twelve in order to get cheaper passageto Europe for him on a steamship; the U.S. Consul General in Berlinasserted that Mr. Stern was "very harshly and unjustly treated".Depressed over financial problems and perceived anti-Semitism, hebeganneglectinghis work; he wasrecalledas commercial agent in 1901, but remained at Bamberg; hisfailureto return money he had collected on behalf of U.S. citizens ledto ajudgementagainst him for 2,000 marks, which he was unable to pay; he diedbyself-inflictedgunshot, in the public gardens at Bamberg,Germany,June10, 1901 (ageabout 45years).Burial location unknown.  | William McKinley Jr. (1843-1901) — also known as"Idol of Ohio" — of Canton,StarkCounty, Ohio.Born in Niles,TrumbullCounty, Ohio,January29, 1843.Republican. Major in the Union Army during the Civil War;lawyer;U.S.Representative from Ohio, 1877-84, 1885-91 (17th District1877-79, 16th District 1879-81, 17th District 1881-83, 18th District1883-84, 20th District 1885-87, 18th District 1887-91); delegate toRepublican National Convention from Ohio,1884,1888;Governorof Ohio, 1892-96;Presidentof the United States, 1897-1901; died in office 1901.Methodist.Scotch-Irishancestry. Member,LoyalLegion;Freemasons;GrandArmy of the Republic;Knightsof Pythias;SigmaAlpha Epsilon.Shot by theassassinLeon Czolgosz, at areceptionin the Temple of Music, at the Pan American Exposition in Buffalo,N.Y., September 6, 1901, and died eight days later, in Buffalo,ErieCounty, N.Y.,September14, 1901 (age58 years, 228days).Originally entombed atWestLawn Cemetery, Canton, Ohio; re-entombed in 1907 atMcKinleyMonument, Canton, Ohio; statue atLucasCounty Courthouse Grounds, Toledo, Ohio.| | Relatives: Sonof William McKinley and Nancy Campbell (Allison) McKinley; married toIdaSaxton; first cousin ofWilliamMcKinley Osborne; fourth cousin once removed ofHenryPrather Fletcher. | | | | Political family:McKinleyfamily of Canton, Ohio. | | | | Cross-reference:AlbertHalstead —LoranL. Lewis —GeorgeB. Cortelyou —JohnGoodnow | | | | McKinley County,N.M. is named for him. | | | | MountMcKinley (the highest peak in North America, now known by itstraditional name, Denali), inDenaliBorough, Alaska, wasnamed forhim. — McKinleyHighSchool, inHonolulu,Hawaii, isnamed forhim. | | | | Other politicians named for him:WilliamMcKinley Thomas—WilliamMcKinley Thomas—WilliamM. Bell—WilliamM. Branch | | | | Coins and currency: Hisportraitappeared on the U.S. $500 bill in 1928-46. | | | | Campaign slogan (1896): "The FullDinner Pail." | | | | Campaign slogan (1896): "The AdvanceAgent of Prosperity." | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —NationalGovernors Association biography —Wikipediaarticle —NNDBdossier —Find-A-Gravememorial —OurCampaignscandidate detail | | | | Books about William McKinley: Lewis L.Gould,ThePresidency of William McKinley — Kevin Phillips,WilliamMcKinley — H. Wayne Morgan,WilliamMcKinley and His America — Mike Resnick, ed.,AlternatePresidents [anthology] | | | | Image source: American Monthly Reviewof Reviews, October 1901 |
| | William Van Slooten (c.1857-1901) — also known as"The Mysterious VanSlooten" —of Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.Born in New Orleans,OrleansParish, La., about 1857.Democrat.Miningengineer;candidate forNew Yorkstate senate 5th District, 1893.Died, from aself-inflictedgunshot, in Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.,December14, 1901 (ageabout 44years).Burial location unknown.| | Relatives: Sonof John Van Slooten. |
| | David Todd Gillmor (1837-1902) — also known asDavid T. Gillmor — of Paterson,PassaicCounty, N.J.Born in Connecticut,January25, 1837.Republican.Dry goodsmerchant;mayorof Paterson, N.J., 1881-82.Died from aself-inflictedgunshot, while suffering fromBright'sdisease, in Paterson,PassaicCounty, N.J.,August17, 1902 (age65 years, 204days).Interment atCedarLawn Cemetery, Paterson, N.J.  | Hale Johnson (1847-1902) — of Newton,JasperCounty, Ill.Born inMontgomeryCounty, Ind.,August21, 1847.Served in the Union Army during the Civil War;lawyer;mayor of Newton, Ill.; Prohibition candidate forVicePresident of the United States, 1896.Disciplesof Christ.While attempting to collect a debt from a farmer, the debtor, HarryHarris,shot andkilledhim, in Bogota,JasperCounty, Ill.,November4, 1902 (age55 years, 75days). Harris was arrested that day, but poisoned himself on theway to jail.Interment atRiversideCemetery, Newton, Ill.| | Relatives: Sonof John B. Johnson; married1871 to MaryE. Loofbourrow. | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial | | | | Image source: The Parties and The Men(1896) |
| | | James Buchanan Marcum (1858-1903) — also known asJ. B. Marcum — of Kentucky. BornJanuary9, 1858.Republican.KentuckyRepublican state chair, 1903.Shot andkilled,by Curtis Jett and Tom White, at the behest of county judgeJamesH. Hargis, on the steps of the BreathittCountyCourthouse, Jackson,BreathittCounty, Ky.,May 4,1903 (age45 years, 115days).Interment atSewellCemetery, Jackson, Ky. | | Andrew Haswell Green (1820-1903) — also known asAndrew H. Green;"Father of Greater NewYork";"Handy Andy" —of New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born near Worcester,WorcesterCounty, Mass.,October6, 1820.Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York,1880;delegateto New York state constitutional convention 13th District, 1894.Protestant.Guided creation of Central Park in New York, and Niagara StatePreserve (firststate park in the U.S.); led crusade to consolidate the five boroughsinto today's New York City; helped create the New York PublicLibrary, the Bronx Zoo, and other cultural institutions.Shot andkilled,by a murderer who mistook him for someone else, in front of his home,on Park Avenue, Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,November13, 1903 (age83 years, 38days).Interment atWorcesterRural Cemetery, Worcester, Mass. | | Robert Milligan McLane (1867-1904) — also known asRobert M. McLane — ofBaltimore,Md.Born inBaltimore,Md.,November30, 1867.Democrat.Lawyer;mayorof Baltimore, Md., 1903-04; died in office 1904.Died from aself-inflictedgunshot, inBaltimore,Md.,May 30,1904 (age36 years, 182days).Interment atGreenMount Cemetery, Baltimore, Md. | | William H. Stuart (c.1857-1906) — Born about 1857. Not U.S. citizen;shipbroker;exporter;U.S. Vice Consul inBatum, 1904-06, died in office 1906.Shot andkilled,by an unknown perpetrator, in Batum, Russia (nowGeorgia),May20, 1906 (ageabout 49years).Burial location unknown. | | Robert Adams Jr. (1849-1906) — also known asBertie Adams — of Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.Born in Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,February26, 1849.Republican. Member ofPennsylvaniastate senate 6th District, 1883-86; U.S. Minister toBrazil, 1889-90;U.S.Representative from Pennsylvania 2nd District, 1893-1906; died inoffice 1906; drafted and introduced the declaration of war againstSpain, 1898.Member,Societyof the Cincinnati;Sons ofthe Revolution;Sons ofthe War of 1812;Societyof Colonial Wars.Despondent over heavy losses in stock speculation and the prospect ofdefeat at the polls, hekilledhimself bypistol shot, in his rooms at the MetropolitanClub, and died soon after in EmergencyHospital,Washington,D.C.,June 1,1906 (age57 years, 95days).Interment atLaurelHill Cemetery, Philadelphia, Pa. | | Arthur Brown (1843-1906) — of Kalamazoo,KalamazooCounty, Mich.; Salt Lake City,Salt LakeCounty, Utah.Born in Schoolcraft,KalamazooCounty, Mich.,March 8,1843.Republican.Lawyer;U.S.Senator from Utah, 1896-97; delegate to Republican NationalConvention from Utah,1896(member,Committeeon Permanent Organization;speaker);his relationship with Mrs. Anna Bradley gave rise toscandal;in 1902, the two werearrestedandchargedwithadultery;she pleaded guilty, but he pleaded not guilty, was tried, andacquitted by a jury; he fathered two children with her, but refusedto marry her.Shot andkilled,in his room at the RaleighHotel, byhisformermistress Anna Bradley, inWashington,D.C.,December12, 1906 (age63 years, 279days).Interment atMt.Olivet Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Utah. | | William J. Donohue (1873-1907) — of Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.Born in1873.Republican. Member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from Kings County 14th District, 1907; defeated,1903; died in office 1907.Shot andkilledhimself, or wasmurdered,in the lavatory of asaloonin Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.,January31, 1907 (ageabout 33years).Interment atCalvaryCemetery, Woodside, Queens, N.Y. | | George Wallace Delamater (1849-1907) — also known asGeorge W. Delamater — of Meadville,CrawfordCounty, Pa.Born in Meadville,CrawfordCounty, Pa.,March31, 1849.Republican.Lawyer;banker;mayorof Meadville, Pa., 1877;chair ofCrawford County Republican Party, 1878; Republican PresidentialElector for Pennsylvania,1880;member ofPennsylvaniastate senate 50th District, 1887-90; candidate forGovernor ofPennsylvania, 1890.Died from aself-inflictedgunshot wound, in hisofficeat the Diamond Banking Building, Pittsburgh,AlleghenyCounty, Pa.,August7, 1907 (age58 years, 129days).Interment atGreendaleCemetery, Meadville, Pa. | | Paul Charles Barth (1858-1907) — also known asPaul C. Barth — of Louisville,JeffersonCounty, Ky.Born inGermany,December,1858.Mayorof Louisville, Ky., 1905-07;removed fromoffice over allegedvotefraud, 1907.Killedhimself bygunshot, in the lavatory of hisoffice,Louisville,JeffersonCounty, Ky.,August21, 1907 (age48 years, 0days).Interment atSt.Louis Cemetery, Louisville, Ky. | | Athelston Gaston (1838-1907) — of Meadville,CrawfordCounty, Pa.Born in Castile,WyomingCounty, N.Y.,April24, 1838.Democrat.Mayorof Meadville, Pa., 1891;U.S.Representative from Pennsylvania 26th District, 1899-1901.Accidentallyhit bygunshot while on ahuntingtrip at Lake Edward,Quebec,September23, 1907 (age69 years, 152days).Interment atGreendaleCemetery, Meadville, Pa.  | Alexander Wild Thornely (1845-1908) — also known asAlexander W. Thornely;John Alexander WyldeThornely —of La Crosse,La CrosseCounty, Wis.; Long Prairie,ToddCounty, Minn.; Tacoma,PierceCounty, Wash.Born in Wrexham, Denbighshire,Wales,March,1845.Naturalized U.S. citizen;bookkeeper;feedandgrainbusiness;customsbroker; secretary, CrescentCoalCompany;Vice-Consulfor Mexico inTacoma,Wash., 1906-08.Englishancestry.Shot in the head by two robbers, anddied fourdays later in Fannie PaddockHospital,Tacoma,PierceCounty, Wash.,January24, 1908 (age62 years, 0days).Interment atTacomaCemetery, Tacoma, Wash.| | Relatives: Sonof Sarah (Roberts) Thornely and Robert Thornely; married,September6, 1881, to Louise Lavinia Hinkley. | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial | | | | Image source: Tacoma (Wash.) NewsTribune, January 21, 1908 |
| | James Henderson Hargis (1862-1908) — also known asJames H. Hargis;"BigJim" —of Jackson,BreathittCounty, Ky.Born in Jackson,BreathittCounty, Ky.,October13, 1862.Democrat. County judge in Kentucky, 1890; member ofKentuckyDemocratic State Central Committee, 1899-1907.Triedand acquitted for the 1902-03murdersofJ.B. Marcum and two others, but found liable forplottingthe killings in a 1904 civil suit for money damages by survivingfamily members.Shot andkilled byhis son, Beech Hargis, in the Hargis Brothersgeneralstore, Jackson,BreathittCounty, Ky.,February6, 1908 (age45 years, 116days).Interment atHargisFamily Cemetery, Jackson, Ky. | | Silas Clark McFarland (1859-1908) — also known asSilas C. McFarland — of Marshalltown,MarshallCounty, Iowa.Born in Mt. Pleasant,HenryCounty, Iowa,June 3,1859.Republican.Newspapereditor and publisher; alternate delegate to Republican NationalConvention from Iowa,1888;U.S. Consul inNottingham, 1899-1902;Reichenberg, 1902-07; U.S. Consul General inSt. Gall, 1907.Killedhimself, bygunshot, in his compartment on theHamburg-Berlinexpresstrain, near Ludwigslust,Germany,October24, 1908 (age49 years, 143days).Burial location unknown.| | Relatives: Sonof Samuel McFarland and Mary A. (Woolson) McFarland; married,September1, 1886, to Marie Eiboeck. |
| | Edward Ward Carmack (1858-1908) — also known asEdward W. Carmack — of Memphis,ShelbyCounty, Tenn.Born near Castalian Springs,SumnerCounty, Tenn.,November5, 1858.Democrat.Lawyer;member ofTennesseestate house of representatives, 1885; editor ofnewspapers,including theNashville American, theMemphisCommercial, and theNashville Tennesseean; delegate toDemocratic National Convention from Tennessee,1896,1904(member,Platformand Resolutions Committee);U.S.Representative from Tennessee 10th District, 1897-1901;U.S.Senator from Tennessee, 1901-07; candidate for nomination forGovernor ofTennessee, 1908.Member,Freemasons.Shot andkilled byRobin J. Cooper, whose father, Col. Duncan B. Cooper, had beenridiculed in theTennesseean, in Nashville,DavidsonCounty, Tenn.,November9, 1908 (age50 years, 4days). Robin and Duncan Cooper were convicted of second-degreemurder and sentenced to prison, but Duncan Cooper was pardoned, andRobin Cooper's conviction was overturned on appeal; in 1919, RobinCooper was himself murdered in an apparent robbery.Interment atRoseHill Cemetery, Columbia, Tenn.; statue (now gone) atStateCapitol Grounds, Nashville, Tenn. | | William C. Mains (c.1872-1909) — of Mt. Vernon,WestchesterCounty, N.Y.Born about 1872. Republican.Lawyer;crusader against saloons in Mt. Vernon, N.Y.; member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from Westchester County 1st District, 1901.Died, from aself-inflictedgunshot wound, in hisofficeat Mt. Vernon,WestchesterCounty, N.Y.,January23, 1909 (ageabout 37years).Burial location unknown.| | Relatives: Sonof Rev. George P. Mains. |
| | Charles Fred Jewett (1836-1909) — also known asC. F. Jewett — Born in Sidney,KennebecCounty, Maine,August19, 1836.Farmer;member ofIowastate house of representatives, 1880; member ofIowastate senate, 1890.Died from aself-inflictedrifle shot, in Kensett,WorthCounty, Iowa,May 17,1909 (age72 years, 271days).Interment atKensett Cemetery, Kensett, Iowa. | | John T. Carmody (1861-1909) — of Cedar Rapids,LinnCounty, Iowa.Born inIreland,December,1861.Foundryowner;mayorof Cedar Rapids, Iowa, 1909; died in office 1909.Shot andbadlywounded in the abdomen by a burglar on May 23, and subsequentlydied, probably due toinfection,in Cedar Rapids,LinnCounty, Iowa,August7, 1909 (age47 years, 0days).Burial location unknown. | | Constantine Fernow Brunn (1858-1909) — also known asConstantine F. Brunn — of Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.; South Woodstock, Woodstock,WindhamCounty, Conn.Born in Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.,October24, 1858.Vice-Consulfor Portugal inNewYork, N.Y., 1893-96.GermanandIrishancestry.According topublishedreports, in a sudden fit of rage, perhaps angered because hewasn't able to reach his wife by telephone, heshotand killed his sister, Freda Brunn, and his brother, Dr.ArminBrunn, and thenshothimself,in South Woodstock, Woodstock,WindhamCounty, Conn.,September29, 1909 (age50 years, 340days).Intermenta private or family graveyard, Windham County, Conn. | | Armin Ernest Brunn (1860-1909) — also known asArmin E. Brunn — of South Woodstock, Woodstock,WindhamCounty, Conn.Born in Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.,December18, 1860.Republican.Physician;member ofConnecticutstate house of representatives from Woodstock; elected 1906.GermanandIrishancestry.Shot by his brother,ConstantineF. Brunn,mortallywounded, and died the next day, in South Woodstock, Woodstock,WindhamCounty, Conn.,September30, 1909 (age48 years, 286days). His sister, Freda Brunn, was also shot, and diedimmediately; Constantine shot and killed himself at the scene.Interment atFair Lawn Memorial Cemetery, Fair Lawn, N.J. | | John E. Mullally (1875-1912) — ofSanFrancisco, Calif.Born in1875.Saloonkeeper; member ofCaliforniastate assembly 30th District, 1911-12; died in office 1912.Catholic.Irishancestry.Attackedby three masked holdup men in hissaloon,shot, mortally wounded, and died soon after, in CentralEmergencyHospital,SanFrancisco, Calif.,January15, 1912 (ageabout 36years).Interment atHolyCross Catholic Cemetery, Colma, Calif. | | Archibald B. Lingo (1871-1912) — also known asArchie B. Lingo — ofSussexCounty, Del.BornMarch 6,1871.Republican.Merchant;postmaster;member ofDelawarestate senate from Sussex County 4th District, 1905-08.Killed by accidentalgunshot, in Trinity,SussexCounty, Del.,July 13,1912 (age41 years, 129days).Interment atMillsboroCemetery, Millsboro, Del. | | William Bruce MacMaster Jr. (1875-1912) — also known asWilliam B. MacMaster, Jr. — of New York. Born, of American parents, inColombia,June28, 1875.Rancher;U.S. Vice Consul inCartagena, 1904-08; U.S. Vice & Deputy Consul inCartagena, 1908-12, died in office 1912;stabbedby two Colombians in the summer of 1909; pressed charges against hisattackers, one of whom was an influential newspaper editor;arrestedby Colombian authorities in June 1910 onchargesthat, years earlier, heshota Colombian citizen, in what he said was self-defense; initiallyacquitted, thenfoundguilty, then exonerated by a higher court.Whilehuntingalone, wasshot multiple times andkilled byan unknown assassin, near Cartagena,Colombia,August11, 1912 (age37 years, 44days).Interment atChurchand Convent of Santo Domingo, Cartagena, Colombia. | | William Whitney Kitchen (1875-1912) — of Buffalo,ErieCounty, N.Y.; Gulfport,HarrisonCounty, Miss.Born in Toronto,Ontario,April6, 1875.Naturalized U.S. citizen;physician;U.S. Consul inTenerife, 1911-12, died in office 1912.While suffering fromchronic heartdisease, he died from aself-inflictedgunshot, in Tenerife (Santa Cruz de Tenerife),CanaryIslands,October16, 1912 (age37 years, 193days).Interment atForestLawn Cemetery, Buffalo, N.Y. | | Martin Berolzheimer (d. 1913) — U.S. Vice Consul inVienna, 1895-97.Died fromself-inflictedgunshot, in Vienna,Austria,February9, 1913.Burial location unknown. | | Hayward Augustus Harvey (1870-1914) — also known asHayward A. Harvey — of Orange,EssexCounty, N.J.Born in Orange,EssexCounty, N.J.,November3, 1870.Republican.Steelmanufacturer;miningbusiness; member ofNewJersey state house of assembly from Essex County, 1896.Presbyterian.Killed byself-inflictedgunshot, in the Lackawanna Railroadstation,Orange,EssexCounty, N.J.,February25, 1914 (age43 years, 114days).Interment atRosedaleCemetery, Orange, N.J. | | Otto H. Boyesen (1857-1914) — also known asOtto H. Boysen — of Grand Forks,GrandForks County, N.Dak.; Bowman,BowmanCounty, N.Dak.Born in Christiania (now Oslo),Norway,April24, 1857.Democrat.Lawyer;Vice-Consulfor Sweden & Norway inGrandForks, N.D., 1889-92; U.S. Consul inChristiania, 1893;Gothenberg, 1893-97; district judge in North Dakota, 1909-12.Norwegianancestry.Died from aself-inflictedgunshot, in ahotelroom at Glasgow,ValleyCounty, Mont.,February27, 1914 (age56 years, 309days).Interment atHighlandCemetery, Glasgow, Mont. | | Southard Parker Warner (1881-1914) — also known asSouthard P. Warner — ofWashington,D.C.Born inWashington,D.C.,October29, 1881.U.S. Consular Agent inGera, 1904; U.S. Consul inLeipzig, 1904-09;Bahia, 1909-11;Harbin, 1912-14, died in office 1914.Died, from aself-inflictedgunshot, while in ahospitalat Harbin,China,May9, 1914 (age32 years, 192days).Interment atOakHill Cemetery, Washington, D.C. | | Harry Woods (d. 1914) — of Illinois. Democrat.Secretaryof state of Illinois, 1913-14; died in office 1914.Died from aself-inflictedgunshot, in the garage at the rear of his home, inSpringfield,SangamonCounty, Ill.,October11, 1914.Burial location unknown. | | John Miller Faison (1862-1915) — also known asJohn M. Faison — of Faison,DuplinCounty, N.C.Born near Faison,DuplinCounty, N.C.,April17, 1862.Democrat.Physician;farmer;U.S.Representative from North Carolina 3rd District, 1911-15.In failing health, he died byself-inflictedgunshot, in Faison,DuplinCounty, N.C.,April21, 1915 (age53 years, 4days).Interment atFaisonCemetery, Faison, N.C. | | George Riddell (1860-1915) — of Grand Rapids,ItascaCounty, Minn.BornSeptember14, 1860.Mayorof Grand Rapids, Minn., 1915; died in office 1915.Died from aself-inflictedgunshot, in Grand Rapids,ItascaCounty, Minn.,July 7,1915 (age54 years, 296days).Interment atItasca Calvary Cemetery, Grand Rapids, Minn.| | Relatives:Married to Iva Anderson. |
 | Paul Oscar Adolph Husting (1866-1917) — also known asPaul O. Husting — of Mayville,DodgeCounty, Wis.Born in Fond du Lac,Fond du LacCounty, Wis.,April25, 1866.Democrat.Lawyer;DodgeCounty District Attorney, 1903-06; member ofWisconsinstate senate 13th District, 1907-14;U.S.Senator from Wisconsin, 1915-17; died in office 1917; delegate toDemocratic National Convention from Wisconsin,1916(member,Platformand Resolutions Committee).French,Luxemburgian,andMenomineeIndian ancestry.Accidentallyshot in the back by his brother Gustave, when he stood upin hisboat whileduckhunting on Rush Lake, and died soon after in a nearby farmhouse,near Pickett,WinnebagoCounty, Wis.,October21, 1917 (age51 years, 179days).Interment atGracelandCemetery, Mayville, Wis. | | Ray Phillips Saffold (1873-1918) — also known asRay P. Saffold — ofSanFrancisco, Calif.Born in Selma,DallasCounty, Ala.,June 17,1873.Lawyer;Consulfor Liberia inSanFrancisco, Calif., 1902-13;Consulfor Monaco inSanFrancisco, Calif., 1903-18; served in the U.S. Army during WorldWar I.Died, fromgunshot wound received in action during theAisne-MarneOffensive, in Paris,France,July27, 1918 (age45 years, 40days).Interment atSuresnes American Cemetery and Memorial, Suresnes, France.  | Charles Harrington (c.1859-1919) — of Essex,MiddlesexCounty, Conn.Born in Essex,MiddlesexCounty, Conn., about 1859.Democrat. Postmaster atEssex,Conn., 1888-92, 1896-1900, 1915-19.Member,Freemasons;RoyalArch Masons;AncientOrder of United Workmen.After a shortage of $1,250 was discovered in his post officeaccounts, he died fromself-inflictedgunshot, in Essex,MiddlesexCounty, Conn.,September24, 1919 (ageabout 60years).Burial location unknown.| | Image source:Hartford Courant, September 30, 1919 |
| | Cary Roy Miller (1872-1919) — also known asCary R. Miller — of Buffalo,ErieCounty, N.Y.Born in Millersburg,ElkhartCounty, Ind.,February25, 1872.U.S. Vice Consul inStockholm, 1918-19, died in office 1919.Member,Freemasons.Shot andkilledhimself, in his suite at the Waldorf-AstoriaHotel,Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,November9, 1919 (age47 years, 257days).Cremated;ashes interred atOakridgeCemetery, Goshen, Ind. | | Warren Jay Terhune (1869-1920) — also known asWarren J. Terhune — of Hackensack,BergenCounty, N.J.Born in Midland Park,BergenCounty, N.J.,May 3,1869.Served in the U.S. Navy during the Spanish-American War; U.S. Navycommander;Governor ofAmerican Samoa; died in office 1920.Three days before he was to face aninquiryintochargesagainsthisadministration, heshothimselfin the heart, in a bathroom of theExecutiveMansion, Utulei,AmericanSamoa,November3, 1920 (age51 years, 184days); later, the Navy exonerated him; his accuser, LieutenantCommander Creed H. Boucher, was courtmartialed and found guilty offomenting unrest among the Samoans.Interment atArlingtonNational Cemetery, Arlington, Va.  | Jake Louis Hamon (1873-1920) — also known asJake L. Hamon — of Ardmore,CarterCounty, Okla.Born in Grenola,ElkCounty, Kan.,June 5,1873.Republican.Lawyer;oilbusiness; member ofRepublicanNational Committee from North Dakota, 1920.Shot andkilled byClara Smith Hamon, his secretary,mistress,and the wife of his nephew, in Ardmore,CarterCounty, Okla.,November26, 1920 (age47 years, 174days). Thescandalreceived national publicity. She was tried and found not guilty ofmurder, on grounds of self-defense.Interment atRoseHill Cemetery, Ardmore, Okla.| | Relatives: Sonof Nancy (Tuggle) Hamon and Franklin Hamon; married1898 toGeorgia Worth Perkins. | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial | | | | Image source: The Daily Ardmoreite(Ardmore, Okla.), November 29, 1920 |
| | | Ralph Emerson Campbell (1867-1921) — also known asRalph E. Campbell — of Tulsa,TulsaCounty, Okla.Born inButlerCounty, Pa.,May 9,1867.Republican.Lawyer;represented the Choctaw, Oklahoma, and GulfRailroad;delegate to Republican National Convention from Oklahoma Territory,1904;candidate forjustice ofOklahoma state supreme court, 1907;U.S.District Judge for the Eastern District of Oklahoma, 1907-18;resigned 1918.Died, from aself-inflictedgunshot, in hislawoffice, Tulsa,TulsaCounty, Okla.,January9, 1921 (age53 years, 245days).Interment atRoseHill Memorial Park, Tulsa, Okla. | | William Henry Clark (1859-1921) — also known asWilliam H. Clark;"SenatorBill" —of McKee,JacksonCounty, Ky.Born inClayCounty, Ky.,December19, 1859.Lawyer;member ofKentuckystate senate, 1900.Member,Freemasons;OddFellows.Shot andkilled byWilliam Pearson, reportedly at a poker game, near McKee,JacksonCounty, Ky.,November6, 1921 (age61 years, 322days).Interment atMcKee Cemetery, McKee, Ky.| | Relatives: Sonof Henry Jackson Clark and Patience (Bledsoe) Clark; married1883 toDemanda 'Demie' McQuire. | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial |
| | Adam Wenger Oberlin (1859-1921) — also known asAdam W. Oberlin — of Canton,StarkCounty, Ohio; Miami, Dade County (nowMiami-DadeCounty), Fla.Born in Plain Township,StarkCounty, Ohio,May 13,1859.Republican.Real estatebusiness;StarkCounty Sheriff; member ofOhiostate house of representatives, 1914; member ofOhiostate senate, 1917-18; disappeared from his home on September 4,1917, after winning the primary for mayor; six months later, in March1918, he was located, working in a shipyard in Norfolk, Va.;candidate formayor ofCanton, Ohio, 1917; appointed deputy U.S. marshal for SouthernFlorida; while suffering financial problems, he disappeared onNovember 15, 1921; his automobile was later found on the TamiamiTrail, after a wide search, his body was found on December 28.Died, from aself-inflictedgunshot, in the Everglades, about 18 miles west of Miami, inDade County (nowMiami-DadeCounty), Fla., aboutNovember15, 1921 (age62 years, 186days).Interment atHenry Warstler Cemetery, Plain Township, Stark County, Ohio.| | Relatives: Sonof John Oberlin and Nancy Anna (Wenger) Oberlin; married to MariettaGans. | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial |
 | Raymond Schofield Curtice (1887-1922) — also known asRaymond S. Curtice — of Saltsburg,IndianaCounty, Pa.Born in Middlefield Center, Middlefield,MiddlesexCounty, Conn.,October31, 1887.U.S. Vice Consul inSeoul, as of 1916-17; U.S. Consul inNagasaki, as of 1921.Killedhimself bygunshot, in his room at theHotelduPont, Wilmington,New CastleCounty, Del.,February15, 1922 (age34 years, 107days).Interment atGreenfieldCemetery, Uniondale, Long Island, N.Y.| | Relatives: Sonof Sara Comstock (Schofield) Curtice and Rev. Saul Ober Curtice;married,June 3,1914, to Marian Fitch Scranton; second cousin five times removedofAaronKitchell. | | | | Political families:FourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial | | | | Image source: U.S. passport application(1919) |
| | Hillyer Rudisill (1875-1923) — of Macon,BibbCounty, Ga.Born in Forsyth,MonroeCounty, Ga.,April26, 1875.Republican. Postmaster atMacon,Ga., 1922-23 (acting, 1922).Died from aself-inflictedgunshot, in thepostoffice at Macon,BibbCounty, Ga.,February16, 1923 (age47 years, 296days). Ashortageof about $86,000 wasdiscoveredafter his death.Interment atForsythCemetery, Forsyth, Ga.  | W. Wallace Greene (1871-1923) — of Kansas City,JacksonCounty, Mo.Born near Raytown,JacksonCounty, Mo.,October13, 1871.Democrat.Lawyer;member ofMissouristate senate 7th District, 1909-20.Shot andkilled byRoss Richardson, in the basement garage of his home, in Kansas City,JacksonCounty, Mo.,June 30,1923 (age51 years, 260days). Richardson was convicted of murder and sentenced to 99years in prison.Interment atForestHill Cemetery, Kansas City, Mo.| | Relatives: Sonof Thaddeus Greene and Eliza Greene; married,July 22,1903, to Edna L. Coleman. | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial | | | | Image source: Missouri Official Manual1917 |
| | Walter M. Taussig (1862-1923) — of Yonkers,WestchesterCounty, N.Y.Born inSt.Louis, Mo.,June 10,1862.Democrat. President, Wiesbuch & Hilger,hardwareexporters; vice-president, American Chain Company; president,Challenge Cutlery Company;mayorof Yonkers, N.Y., 1922-23; defeated, 1923; died in office 1923.Shothimselfin the head, in the garage of his home, and died forty minutes later,in St. John'sHospital,Yonkers,WestchesterCounty, N.Y.,November21, 1923 (age61 years, 164days).Burial location unknown. | | Jean Baptiste Adoue (1846-1924) — of Dallas,DallasCounty, Tex.Born in Aurignac,France,October24, 1846.Merchant;banker;ConsularAgent for France inDallas,Tex., 1897-1907.Frenchancestry. Member,Freemasons;Shriners.Suffered anapoplecticstroke, and fearing that he would become an invalid, hekilledhimself, by self-inflictedgunshot, in Dallas,DallasCounty, Tex.,June 20,1924 (age77 years, 240days).Interment atGroveHill Memorial Park, Dallas, Tex. | | Leonard Pikaart (1866-1924) — of Paterson,PassaicCounty, N.J.Born in Paterson,PassaicCounty, N.J.,July 19,1866.Republican.Carpenter;architect;lawyer;member ofNewJersey state house of assembly from Passaic County, 1910-12.Dutchancestry. Member,Grange;JuniorOrder.While repairing a chicken coop, he wasaccidentallyshot in the heart, and killed, by a rifle held by 12-year-oldEdward Kupetz, in Hopewell Junction,DutchessCounty, N.Y.,October26, 1924 (age58 years, 99days).Interment atCedarLawn Cemetery, Paterson, N.J. | | Wyatt Tate Brady (1870-1925) — also known asW. Tate Brady — of Tulsa,TulsaCounty, Okla.Born in Forest City,HoltCounty, Mo.,January20, 1870.Democrat.Hotelier;member ofDemocraticNational Committee from Oklahoma, 1907.Member,KuKlux Klan;Sonsof Confederate Veterans.Died from aself-inflictedgunshot wound, in Tulsa,TulsaCounty, Okla.,August29, 1925 (age55 years, 221days).Interment atOaklawnCemetery, Tulsa, Okla. | | William Boggs Whitt (1867-1926) — also known asWilliam B. Whitt — of Ashland,BoydCounty, Ky.Born inCarterCounty, Ky.,September17, 1867.Democrat.Grocer;member ofKentuckystate senate, 1910;mayorof Ashland, Ky., 1926; died in office 1926.Died from aself-inflictedgunshot, in Ashland,BoydCounty, Ky.,December19, 1926 (age59 years, 93days).Intermenta private or family graveyard, Boyd County, Ky. | | Albert Edward Bogdon (1891-1927) — also known asAlbert E. Bogdon — ofDenver,Colo.Born in Mahanoy City,SchuylkillCounty, Pa.,1891.Republican.Lawyer;member ofColoradostate senate 1st District, 1925-27; died in office 1927.While visiting hismistress,(scandalousbehavior at the time), he wasshot andkilled byher estranged husband, Joseph S. Minter, inDenver,Colo.,June 10,1927 (ageabout 35years).Entombed in mausoleum atCrownHill Cemetery, Wheat Ridge, Colo. | | John Francis Smulski (1867-1928) — also known asJohn F. Smulski — of Chicago,CookCounty, Ill.Born in Posen, Prussia (now Poznan,Poland),February4, 1867.Republican. Naturalized U.S. citizen;lawyer;Illinoisstate treasurer, 1907-09; candidate formayorof Chicago, Ill., 1911; alternate delegate to Republican NationalConvention from Illinois,1916.Catholic.Polishancestry.Fearing he hadintestinalcancer, he died from aself-inflictedgunshot, in his suite at the SenecaHotel,Chicago,CookCounty, Ill.,March18, 1928 (age61 years, 43days).Interment atSt.Adalbert's Cemetery, Niles, Ill.  | John Festus Parrish (1887-1928) — also known asJohn F. Parrish;JaddoParrish —of Lamar,ProwersCounty, Colo.Born in Colorado,July 8,1887.Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention fromColorado,1928.Shot andkilled,along with his fatherAmosN. Parrish, by the Fleagle Gang, who were robbing the FirstNationalBank, inLamar,ProwersCounty, Colo.,May 23,1928 (age40 years, 320days). The gang members were captured in 1929, tried, convicted,sentenced to death and excuted.Interment atFairmount Cemetery, Lamar, Colo.  | Amos Newton Parrish (1851-1928) — also known asA. Newton Parrish — of Lamar,ProwersCounty, Colo.Born in Missouri,April 2,1851.Republican.Rancher;banker;member ofColoradostate house of representatives, 1890; delegate to RepublicanNational Convention from Colorado,1908(alternate),1912.Shot andkilled,along with his son,JohnF. Parrish, by the Fleagle Gang, who were robbing the FirstNationalBank, inLamar,ProwersCounty, Colo.,May 23,1928 (age77 years, 51days). The gang members were captured in 1929, tried, convicted,sentenced to death and executed.Interment atFairmount Cemetery, Lamar, Colo. | | John Christopher Cutler (1846-1928) — of Utah. Born in Sheffield,England,February5, 1846.SaltLake County Clerk, 1884-90;Governor ofUtah, 1905-09;banker.Mormon.Found in the garage of his home, with aself-inflictedgunshot wound in his head, and died soon after in ahospitalat Salt Lake City,Salt LakeCounty, Utah,July 30,1928 (age82 years, 176days).Interment atSaltLake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Utah. | | David Fulton Rice (1889-1929) — of Centerville,AppanooseCounty, Iowa.Born near Exline,AppanooseCounty, Iowa,September13, 1889.Democrat.Lawyer;served in the U.S. Army during World War I; member ofIowastate house of representatives, 1925.Methodist.Member,Knightsof Pythias;Freemasons;AmericanLegion.Shot andkilled bya disgruntled law client, George Domyancich, as he was leaving theAppanooseCountyCourthouse, Centerville,AppanooseCounty, Iowa,February28, 1929 (age39 years, 168days).Interment atOaklandCemetery, Centerville, Iowa. | | J. O. Stricklin (1872-1930) — of Yazoo City,YazooCounty, Miss.BornJuly 9,1872.Mayorof Yazoo City, Miss., 1929-30; died in office 1930.Indictedby a Yazoo County grand jury in 1929 forstealing acow; details of the case were printed in theYazooSentinel newspaper, leading to a feud between Stricklin and theSentinel's editor, Frank R. Birdsall; a year later, on Main Street infront of the Sentinel office, Stricklin was talking with Dr.R.E. Hawkins, his opponent in the last election, when Birdsallapproached; Stricklin pulled out a pistol,shotBirdsall three times (he died the next day), andshotat, but missed, Dr. Hawkins; he then went to his son's funeralparlor, where he died by aself-inflictedgunshot, in Yazoo City,YazooCounty, Miss.,April 1,1930 (age57 years, 266days).Interment atGlenwood Cemetery, Yazoo City, Miss. | | 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 andkilled byFrank 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. | | Edward James Dennis (1877-1930) — also known asE. J. Dennis — ofBerkeleyCounty, S.C.Born in Macbeth,BerkeleyCounty, S.C.,September23, 1877.Lawyer;member ofSouthCarolina state house of representatives from Berkeley County,1900-04, 1916-18; member ofSouthCarolina state senate from Berkeley County, 1904-06, 1910-14,1918-22, 1926-30; died in office 1930.Methodist.Triedand acquitted in 1929 for conspiracy to violate thealcoholprohibition law.Shot andmortallywounded by Webster Lee 'Sporty' Thornley, on the street in frontof thepostoffice in Moncks Corner, S.C., and died the next day in ahospitalat Charleston,CharlestonCounty, S.C.,July 25,1930 (age52 years, 305days). Thornley was tried and convicted of murder; Glenn D.McKnight, who allegedly hired Thornley to murder Dennis, was triedand not convicted.Interment atSt.John's Baptist Churchyard, Pinopolis, S.C. | | Edward Irving Edwards (1863-1931) — also known asEdward I. Edwards — of Jersey City,HudsonCounty, N.J.Born in Bergen town (now part of Jersey City),HudsonCounty, N.J.,December1, 1863.Democrat.Generalcontractor;banker;New Jerseystate comptroller, 1911-17; member ofNewJersey state senate from Hudson County, 1919;Governor ofNew Jersey, 1920-23; candidate for Democratic nomination forPresident,1920;U.S.Senator from New Jersey, 1923-29; defeated, 1928; delegate toDemocratic National Convention from New Jersey,1924(member,Committeeon Permanent Organization),1928.Episcopalian.WelshandEnglishancestry. Member,AmericanBankers Association;ZetaPsi;Freemasons;Elks;Moose;Eagles.Depressed over political and financial misfortunes, the deaths ofthose close to him, and his own poor health, heshot andkilledhimself, in Jersey City,HudsonCounty, N.J.,January26, 1931 (age67 years, 56days).Interment atBayview- New York Bay Cemetery, Jersey City, N.J.  | Edward Gallatin Roberts (1878-1931) — also known asGallatin Roberts — of Asheville,BuncombeCounty, N.C.Born in Flat Creek,BuncombeCounty, N.C.,October26, 1878.Democrat.Schoolteacher;lawyer;BuncombeCounty Attorney, 1907-08; member ofNorthCarolina state house of representatives from Buncombe County,1911-16;mayorof Asheville, N.C., 1919-23, 1927-30; as mayor, he found thatmillions of dollars of city money were held in the failing AshevilleCentral Bank and Trust Company; rather than bringing the bank downand losing the money, he helped sustain it for a while by maintainingcity deposits there.Presbyterian.Member,OddFellows.Following the collapse of Central Bank and Trust, and the city's lossof $4 million in deposits, he wasforced toresign as mayor, and laterindictedover his allegedmisuseof city funds to support the bank;shot andkilledhimself in anofficelavatory, Asheville,BuncombeCounty, N.C.,February25, 1931 (age52 years, 122days).Interment atGreen Hills Cemetery, Asheville, N.C.| | Relatives: Sonof Jacob R. Roberts and Mary Elizabeth (Buckner) Roberts; married,January19, 1907, to Mary Altha Sams. | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial | | | | Image source: Knoxville News-Sentinel,May 13, 1931 |
|  | Edward Frederick Peters (1875-1931) — also known asEdward F. Peters — of Cincinnati,HamiltonCounty, Ohio.Born in Cincinnati,HamiltonCounty, Ohio,January29, 1875.Democrat.Lawyer;Vice-Consulfor Uruguay inCincinnati,Ohio, 1902-07;Vice-Consulfor Honduras inCincinnati,Ohio, 1903-04; served in the U.S. Army during World War I.Member,American BarAssociation.Accidentallyordeliberatelyshot himself, in hislawoffice, in Cincinnati,HamiltonCounty, Ohio,March 4,1931 (age56 years, 34days).Interment atSpringGrove Cemetery, Cincinnati, Ohio.| | Relatives: Sonof Adolph Peters and Eva (Stermer) Peters; married1900 to BerthaM. Rice. | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial | | | | Image source: Cincinnati Post, March 4,1931 |
| | | Homer Hancock (1881-1931) — of Jefferson,JacksonCounty, Ga.Born in Georgia,August6, 1881.Banker;mayor of Jefferson, Georgia;JacksonCounty Superior Court Clerk, 1917-20; member ofGeorgiastate house of representatives, 1927-30; member ofGeorgiastate senate 33rd District, 1931.Presbyterian.Died, from aself-inflictedgunshot, in thedirectorsroom of the Citizens Bank and Trust Company,JacksonCounty, Ga.,March28, 1931 (age49 years, 234days).Interment atWoodbine Jefferson City Cemetery, Jefferson, Ga.  | Robert Lee Henry (1864-1931) — also known asRobert L. Henry — of Texarkana,BowieCounty, Tex.; Waco,McLennanCounty, Tex.Born in Linden,CassCounty, Tex.,May 12,1864.Democrat.Lawyer;mayorof Texarkana, Tex., 1890-91;U.S.Representative from Texas, 1897-1917 (7th District 1897-1903, 1stDistrict 1903-05, 11th District 1905-17); delegate to DemocraticNational Convention from Texas,1912(member,Committeeon Rules and Order of Business;speaker).Died from theaccidentaldischarge of apistol, in Houston,HarrisCounty, Tex.,July 9,1931 (age67 years, 58days).Interment atRoseHill Cemetery, Texarkana, Tex. | | Edward Coke Mann (1880-1931) — of South Carolina. Born in Lowndesville,AbbevilleCounty, S.C.,November21, 1880.Democrat.U.S.Representative from South Carolina 8th District, 1919-21.While returning from ahuntingtrip, wasaccidentallyshot and killed, near Rowesville,OrangeburgCounty, S.C.,November11, 1931 (age50 years, 355days).Interment atSunnysideCemetery, Orangeburg, S.C.  | Livingston Davis (1882-1932) — also known asLivy Davis — of Milton,NorfolkCounty, Mass.; Brookline,NorfolkCounty, Mass.Born in Worcester,WorcesterCounty, Mass.,August13, 1882.Banker;director ofrailroads;Consulfor Belgium inBoston,Mass., 1930-32.Member,AmericanAntiquarian Society.In ill health for some time, he died from aself-inflictedgunshot, in Brookline,NorfolkCounty, Mass.,January11, 1932 (age49 years, 151days).Interment atWorcesterRural Cemetery, Worcester, Mass.| | Relatives: SonofEdwardLivingston Davis and Maria Louisa (Robbins) Davis; married,April23, 1908, to Alice Gardiner; married,August31, 1927, to Georgia Appleton; grandson ofIsaacDavis; great-grandnephew ofJohnDavis (1787-1854); first cousin twice removed ofJohnChandler Bancroft Davis andHoraceDavis; second cousin once removed ofJohnDavis (1851-1902); third cousin once removed ofJohnBarnard Fairbank,HenryCabot Lodge Jr. andJohnDavis Lodge; third cousin twice removed ofMertonWilliam Fairbank andGeorgeCabot Lodge; fourth cousin once removed ofWilsonHenry Fairbank,AlexanderWarren Fairbank,CharlesWarren Fairbanks andNewtonHamilton Fairbanks. | | | | Political family:Davis-Lodgefamily of Worcester, Massachusetts (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial | | | | Image source: Boston Globe, January 12,1932 |
|  | George Eastman (1854-1932) — of Rochester,MonroeCounty, N.Y.Born in Waterville,OneidaCounty, N.Y.,July 12,1854.Republican.Inventor;founder, Eastman Kodak Company; philanthropist; RepublicanPresidential Elector for New York,1901(voted forWilliamMcKinley andTheodoreRoosevelt); Republican Presidential Elector for New York,1916;alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from New York,1928.Englishancestry.Died from aself-inflictedgunshot, in Rochester,MonroeCounty, N.Y.,March14, 1932 (age77 years, 246days). Hissuicidenote was just six words: "My work is done. Why wait?".Interment atKodakPark, Rochester, N.Y.| | Relatives: Sonof George Washington Eastman and Maria (Kilbourn) Eastman; firstcousin ofHarveyGridley Eastman; third cousin ofFrederickWalker Pitkin; third cousin twice removed ofJamesKilbourne andDanielKellogg (1791-1875); fourth cousin once removed ofSilasCondict,ByronH. Kilbourn,HarrisonBlodget,GeorgeBradley Kellogg,DanielKellogg (1835-1918),ClarenceHoratio Pitkin,CarrollPeabody Pitkin,CalebSeymour Pitkin andEldredC. Pitkin. | | | | Political families:FourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | The World War IILibertyshipSS George Eastman (built 1943 atRichmond,California; scrapped 1977) wasnamed forhim. | | | | See alsoWikipediaarticle —NNDBdossier —Find-A-Gravememorial | | | | Books about George Eastman: Carl W.Ackerman,GeorgeEastman: Founder of Kodak and the PhotographyBusiness — Elizabeth Brayer,GeorgeEastman: A Biography — Lynda Pflueger,GeorgeEastman: Bringing Photography to the People (for youngreaders) | | | | Image source: Time Magazine, March 31,1924 |
| | A. J. Rosier (d. 1932) — of Rawlins,CarbonCounty, Wyo.Lawyer;member ofWyomingstate senate, 1932; died in office 1932.Shot andkilled byThomas Lacey, Rawlins,CarbonCounty, Wyo.,April15, 1932. Lacey, who then killed himself, had been convicted ofgambling, and was angered by Rosier's refusal to file a lawsuit onhis behalf against county authorities.Burial location unknown. | | Julian Bryant (1866-1932) — ofRichmond,Va.Born in Powhatan,PowhatanCounty, Va.,May 13,1866.Lawyer;member ofVirginiastate house of delegates from Richmond city, 1893-97; member ofVirginiastate senate, 1901-05 (Henrico County & Richmond city 1901-04,35th District 1904-05).Died, from aself-inflictedgunshot, inCovington,Va.,October1, 1932 (age66 years, 141days).Interment atWestView Cemetery, New Castle, Va. | | William Montross Inglis (1875-1932) — also known asWilliam M. Inglis — of Seattle,KingCounty, Wash.Born in Clyde Township,St. ClairCounty, Mich.,January7, 1875.Republican. Colonel in the U.S. Army during World War I; delegate toRepublican National Convention from Washington,1924,1928(alternate).Killed by a singlegunshot behind his ear, undermysteriouscircumstances, and posthumouslyaccusedof attempted murder, in Seattle,KingCounty, Wash.,October22, 1932 (age57 years, 289days). The only witness, Mary Nash, who shared the apartment,said that he had been despondent anddrinkingheavily; that she had hidden his pistol, but he had found it;that without warning, heshother twice (she was badly injured but survived), and thenimmediatelykilledhimself; investigators questioned her story, and thought he mighthave beenmurdered,but she was not charged.Interment atLakeView Cemetery, Seattle, Wash.| | Relatives: Sonof John Jacob Inglis and Martha Ann (Montross) Inglis; married toAnne Hughes. | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial |
| | Samuel Austin Kendall (1859-1933) — also known asSamuel A. Kendall — of Jefferson,GreeneCounty, Iowa; Myersdale,SomersetCounty, Pa.Born in Greenville Township,SomersetCounty, Pa.,November1, 1859.Republican.Schoolteacher;superintendentof schools; officer inlumbermanufacturing companies; president of two smallrailroads;vice-president of Citizens NationalBank ofMyersdale, Pa.; member ofPennsylvaniastate house of representatives from Somerset County, 1899-1902;alternate delegate to Republican National Convention fromPennsylvania,1904,1908,1912;U.S.Representative from Pennsylvania, 1919-33 (23rd District 1919-23,24th District 1923-33); died in office 1933.Member,Freemasons;KnightsTemplar;Shriners.Died of aself-inflictedgunshot wound, in the HouseOfficeBuilding,Washington,D.C.,January8, 1933 (age73 years, 68days).Interment atHochstetlerCemetery, Greenville Township, Somerset County, Pa. | | Anton Josef Cermak (1873-1933) — also known asAnton J. Cermak;"PushcartTony" —of Chicago,CookCounty, Ill.Born in Kladno, Bohemia (nowCzechia),May9, 1873.Democrat. Member ofIllinoisstate house of representatives, 1910; delegate to DemocraticNational Convention from Illinois,1924,1928,1932;candidate forU.S.Senator from Illinois, 1928;mayorof Chicago, Ill., 1931-33; died in office 1933.Bohemianancestry.On February 15, 1933, while he was standing on the running board ofanopencar from which president-electFranklinD. Roosevelt had just given a speech, wasshot andbadlywounded by Italian-American bricklayer Guiseppe Zangara, who hadaimed for Roosevelt; over the next month, the wound becameinfected,and he died, in Jackson MemorialHospital,Miami, Dade County (nowMiami-DadeCounty), Fla.,March 6,1933 (age59 years, 301days).Entombed atBohemianNational Cemetery, Chicago, Ill. | | Norman B. Horton (1881-1933) — of Fruit Ridge,LenaweeCounty, Mich.Born in Fruit Ridge,LenaweeCounty, Mich.,July 18,1881.Republican.Farmer;cheesemanufacturer; served in the U.S. Army during World War I; memberofMichiganstate senate 19th District, 1923-32; defeated, 1932.Died, byself-inflictedgunshot, in Fruit Ridge,LenaweeCounty, Mich.,May 16,1933 (age51 years, 302days).Interment atSandCreek Cemetery, Sand Creek, Mich. | | Edwin S. Norton (1864-1933) — also known asEd S. Norton — of Varna,MarshallCounty, Ill.; Pomona,LosAngeles County, Calif.; Riverside,RiversideCounty, Calif.Born in Illinois,1864.Democrat.Dry goodsmerchant;shoemerchant; candidate forCaliforniastate assembly, 1932.Died from aself-inflictedgunshot, in the back room of hisshoestore, Riverside,RiversideCounty, Calif.,June 23,1933 (ageabout 68years).Burial location unknown. | | Albert L. Redmon (1892-1934) — also known asBert Redmon — of Sallisaw,SequoyahCounty, Okla.Born in Arkansas,January2, 1892.Republican. Postmaster atSallisaw,Okla., 1932-34.Member,Freemasons.Died from aself-inflictedgunshot, in the vault at thepostoffice, Sallisaw,SequoyahCounty, Okla.,January16, 1934 (age42 years, 14days).Interment atSallisaw City Cemetery, Sallisaw, Okla.  | Edward Jackson Brundage (1869-1934) — also known asEdward J. Brundage — of Chicago,CookCounty, Ill.; Lake Forest,LakeCounty, Ill.Born in Campbell,SteubenCounty, N.Y.,May 13,1869.Republican.Lawyer;member ofIllinoisstate house of representatives 6th District, 1899-1900, 1903-04;delegate to Republican National Convention from Illinois,1916,1928(alternate);Illinoisstate attorney general, 1917-25; corporate counsel, Chicago,Milwaukee, and St. PaulRailway.Protestant.Member,Freemasons;ScottishRite Masons;KnightsTemplar;Knightsof Pythias;RoyalLeague.Died from aself-inflictedgunshot wound, in Lake Forest,LakeCounty, Ill.,January20, 1934 (age64 years, 252days).Interment atRosehillCemetery, Chicago, Ill.  | Melville Clyde Kelly (1883-1935) — also known asM. Clyde Kelly;"Father of AirMail" —of Edgewood,AlleghenyCounty, Pa.Born in Bloomfield,MuskingumCounty, Ohio,August4, 1883.Republican.Newspapereditor and publisher; member ofPennsylvaniastate house of representatives, 1911-12;U.S.Representative from Pennsylvania, 1913-15, 1917-35 (30th District1913-15, 1917-23, 33rd District 1923-33, 31st District 1933-35).Presbyterian.Member,Sons ofthe American Revolution;OddFellows;Knightsof Pythias;RoyalArcanum.On returning from afroghunting trip, was injured when arifle he was cleaningaccidentallyfired; he died one week later, in ahospitalat Punxsutawney,JeffersonCounty, Pa.,April29, 1935 (age51 years, 268days).Interment atMahoningUnion Cemetery, Marchand, Pa. | | George Charles Hanson (1883-1935) — also known asGeorge C. Hanson — of Bridgeport,FairfieldCounty, Conn.Born in Bridgeport,FairfieldCounty, Conn.,October11, 1883.Engineer;U.S. Deputy Consul General inShanghai, 1911-12; U.S. Vice & Deputy Consul inChefoo, 1912-13;Dalny, 1913-14;Newchwang, 1914; U.S. Vice & Deputy Consul General inTientsin, 1914-15; U.S. Consul inSwatow, 1915-17;Chungking, 1917-18;Foochow, 1918-21;Harbin, 1921-31; U.S. Consul General inHarbin, 1931-33;Moscow, 1934-35;Salonika, 1935, died in office 1935.Presbyterian.Member,AlphaDelta Sigma;DeltaTau Delta;AmericanAcademy of Political and Social Science.Killed by aself-inflictedgunshot,aboard thesteamshipPresident Polk, en route from Marseilles to NewYork, in theNorthAtlantic Ocean,September2, 1935 (age51 years, 326days).Intermentsomewherein Fairfield, Conn.| | Relatives: Sonof Charles C. Hanson and Josephine (Stegkemper)Hanson. |
 | Huey Pierce Long (1893-1935) — also known asHuey P. Long;Hugh Pierce Long;"The Kingfish" —of Shreveport,CaddoParish, La.; New Orleans,OrleansParish, La.Born near Winnfield,WinnParish, La.,August30, 1893.Democrat.Lawyer;delegate to Democratic National Convention from Louisiana,1928;Governorof Louisiana, 1928-32; member ofDemocraticNational Committee from Louisiana, 1928;impeachedby the Louisiana House in 1929 over multiple charges including hisattempt to impose an oil tax and his unauthorized demolition of thegovernor's mansion, but not convicted by the Senate;U.S.Senator from Louisiana, 1932-35; died in office 1935.Baptist.Member,Elks.Shot andmortallywounded by Dr. Carl Weiss (who was immediately killed at thescene), in the LouisianaStateCapitol Building, September 8, 1935, and died two days later atOur Lady of the LakeHospital,Baton Rouge,East BatonRouge Parish, La.,September10, 1935 (age42 years, 11days).Interment atStateCapitol Grounds, Baton Rouge, La.| | Relatives: Sonof Hugh Pierce Long and Caledonia Palestine (Tison) Long; brother ofGeorgeShannon Long andEarlKemp Long (who marriedBlancheB. Revere); married,April12, 1913, toRoseMcConnell; father ofRussellBilliu Long; second cousin once removed ofGillisWilliam Long andSpeedyOteria Long. | | | | Political family:Longfamily of Louisiana. | | | | Cross-reference:CecilMorgan —JohnH. Overton —HarveyG. Fields —GeraldL. K. Smith | | | | The Huey P. Long - O.K. AllenBridge(opened 1940), which carries U.S. Highway 190 and a rail line overthe Mississippi River, betweenEast BatonRouge Parish andWest BatonRouge Parish, Louisiana, is partlynamed forhim. — Senador Huey Pierce Long, astreetinAsunsion,Paraguay, isnamed forhim. | | | | Campaign slogan: "Every Man aKing." | | | | Campaign slogan: "Share OurWealth." | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —NationalGovernors Association biography —Wikipediaarticle —NNDBdossier —Internet Movie Databaseprofile | | | | Books by Huey P. Long:EveryMan a King : The Autobiography of Huey P. Long | | | | Books about Huey P. Long: T. HarryWilliams,HueyLong — Harnett T. Kane,HueyLong's Louisiana Hayride: The American Rehearsal for Dictatorship1928-1940 — Richard D. White,Kingfish:The Reign of Huey P. Long — Mike Resnick, ed.,AlternatePresidents [anthology] — David R. Collins,HueyP. Long : Talker and Doer (for young readers) | | | | Image source: KnowLA Encyclopedia ofLouisiana |
| | | John W Martin (c.1890-1935) — of Mena,PolkCounty, Ark.Born about 1890. Postmaster atMena,Ark., 1933-35.Shot andkilledduring an apparent robbery of thepostoffice, in Mena,PolkCounty, Ark.,November24, 1935 (ageabout 45years).Burial location unknown. | | Thomas Putnam Chapman (1875-1936) — also known asThomas P. Chapman — ofFairfax,Va.Born in Plattsmouth,CassCounty, Neb.,December31, 1875.Realestate andinsurancebusiness;mayorof Fairfax, Va., 1936; died in office 1936.Died from aself-inflictedgunshot wound in the Fairfax firehouse,Fairfax,Va.,February25, 1936 (age60 years, 56days).Interment atFairfaxCity Cemetery, Fairfax, Va.| | Relatives: Sonof Samuel Matthews Chapman and Sarah (Putnam) Chapman; married toEstelle F. Inzer. | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial |
 | John Henry Roraback (1870-1937) — also known asJ. Henry Roraback — of North Canaan,LitchfieldCounty, Conn.Born in Sheffield,BerkshireCounty, Mass.,April 5,1870.Republican.Lawyer;member ofConnecticutRepublican State Central Committee, 1901; delegate to RepublicanNational Convention from Connecticut,1908,1912,1916,1920,1924(speaker),1928,1932,1936(member,ArrangementsCommittee);ConnecticutRepublican state chair, 1912-37; member ofRepublicanNational Committee from Connecticut, 1920-32; president,ConnecticutLight andPower Co., 1925-37;Vice-Chairof Republican National Committee, 1932-36.With his health compromised and activities limited by a severestreptococcusinfection, hekilledhimself bygunshot, while sittingin hiscar near his hunting lodge, in Harwinton,LitchfieldCounty, Conn.,May 19,1937 (age67 years, 44days).Interment atMountain View Cemetery, North Canaan, Conn. | | Henry Herman Denhardt (1876-1937) — also known asHenry H. Denhardt — of Bowling Green,WarrenCounty, Ky.Born in Bowling Green,WarrenCounty, Ky.,March 8,1876.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War;served in the U.S. Army during World War I;LieutenantGovernor of Kentucky, 1923-27; delegate to Democratic NationalConvention from Kentucky,1924;shotand injured on Election Day 1931.; his girlfriend, Mrs. Verna GarrTaylor, was found shot to death in November 1936; he waschargedwithmurderandtried inNew Castle, Ky.; the jury could not reach a verdict.Before he could be tried a second time, he wasshot andkilled,at the ArmstrongHotel,Shelbyville,ShelbyCounty, Ky.,September20, 1937 (age61 years, 196days).Interment atFairviewCemetery, Bowling Green, Ky. | | James Theodore Marriner (1892-1937) — also known asJ. Theodore Marriner;TedMarriner —Born in Portland,CumberlandCounty, Maine,May 17,1892.U.S. Consul General inBeirut, 1935-37, died in office 1937.Member,PhiBeta Kappa.Shot andkilled byMejardich Karayan, an Armenian who thought he had been denied a U.S.visa, in Beirut, Syria (nowLebanon),October12, 1937 (age45 years, 148days). The killer was sentenced to death and hanged soon after.Interment atEvergreenCemetery, Portland, Maine. | | Coleman W. Avery (1880-1938) — of Cincinnati,HamiltonCounty, Ohio.Born in Cincinnati,HamiltonCounty, Ohio,February22, 1880.Democrat.Lawyer;justice ofOhio state supreme court, 1920; appointed 1920; defeated, 1920.According topublishedreports, hemurderedhis wife, Sara, by shooting her in the head, and thenshothimself;he was found and taken to GeneralHospital,where he died without regaining consciousness, in Cincinnati,HamiltonCounty, Ohio,March14, 1938 (age58 years, 20days).Interment atSpringGrove Cemetery, Cincinnati, Ohio.  | Julius S. Berg (1895-1938) — of Bronx,BronxCounty, N.Y.Born in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,July 15,1895.Democrat.Lawyer;served in the U.S. Army during World War I; injured in combat andlost aleg; member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from Bronx County 3rd District, 1923-30; member ofNewYork state senate 22nd District, 1931-38; died in office 1938.Jewish. Member,AmericanLegion;JewishWar Veterans;Veterans ofForeign Wars;DisabledAmerican Veterans;Freemasons;Elks;Knightsof Pythias.Indictedonchargesofreceivingmoney for his aid inprocuringliquor licenses and arranging for concessions at the New YorkWorld's Fair; that same day, hekilledhimself bygunshot, in hislawoffice, Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,July 20,1938 (age43 years, 5days).Interment atMt.Ararat Cemetery, East Farmingdale, Long Island, N.Y. |  | Frederick A. Chapman (1878-1938) — also known asFred A. Chapman — of Ionia,IoniaCounty, Mich.Born in Leeds,England,October16, 1878.Republican.Furnituremanufacturer; business partner of Gov.FredW. Green;bankdirector; co-founder (1915) and manager (1915-38) of the IoniaFree Fair;mayor ofIonia, Mich., 1927-31; defeated, 1931;delegateto Michigan convention to ratify 21st amendment from IoniaCounty, 1933; warden of Michigan Reformatory at Ionia, 1936-37.Catholic.Member,Knightsof Columbus.Suffered from an incurablestomachailment; whilein hiscar, parked in his home garage, hekilledhimself with ashotgun, in Ionia,IoniaCounty, Mich.,October18, 1938 (age60 years, 2days).Interment atSts. Peter and Paul Catholic Cemetery, Ionia, Mich. | | | James Montgomery Burlingame Jr. (1868-1938) — also known asJames M. Burlingame — of Great Falls,CascadeCounty, Mont.Born in Owatonna,SteeleCounty, Minn.,June 6,1868.Republican. Member ofMontanastate senate, 1911-21; delegate to Republican National Conventionfrom Montana,1916,1920(alternate).Died of aself-inflictedgunshot wound at his home in Great Falls,CascadeCounty, Mont.,December28, 1938 (age70 years, 205days).Interment atOld Highland Cemetery, Great Falls, Mont. | | Eugene P. Booze (c.1880-1939) — of Mound Bayou,BolivarCounty, Miss.Born in Mississippi, about 1880. Republican.Farmer;delegate to Republican National Convention from Mississippi,1920,1924,1928,1932,1936.Shot by an unknown assailant as he was leaving hisoffice,anddied thenext day in ahospitalat Greenville,WashingtonCounty, Miss.,November7, 1939 (ageabout 59years).Burial location unknown. | | Louis F. Edwards (c.1892-1939) — of Long Beach,NassauCounty, Long Island, N.Y.Born about 1892. Democrat.Haberdasherybusiness;paintmanufacturer;mayorof Long Beach, N.Y., 1938-39; died in office 1939.Shot andkilled bydisgruntled police patrolman Alvin Dooley, in Long Beach,NassauCounty, Long Island, N.Y.,November15, 1939 (ageabout 47years).Burial location unknown. | | Frederic Ancrum Lord (1861-1940) — of Wilmington,NewHanover County, N.C.Born in Wilmington,New HanoverCounty, N.C.,July 29,1861.Insurancebusiness;Vice-Consulfor Spain inWilmington,N.C., 1891-98.Member,Sons ofthe American Revolution.Died, byself-inflictedpistol shot, six weeks after the death of his wife, inWilmington,New HanoverCounty, N.C.,January19, 1940 (age78 years, 174days).Interment atOakdaleCemetery, Wilmington, N.C.| | Relatives: Sonof Frederick James Lord and Columbia Arabella (Brown) Lord; married1887 toKate Anderson Cameron. | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial |
 | Joseph Augustus Tolbert (1891-1940) — also known asJoseph A. Tolbert — of Greenville,GreenvilleCounty, S.C.Born in South Carolina,October8, 1891.Republican.Lawyer;U.S.Attorney for the Western District of South Carolina, 1923-33;delegate to Republican National Convention from South Carolina,1924,1928(member,CredentialsCommittee),1936;candidate forU.S.Senator from South Carolina, 1936; candidate forGovernor ofSouth Carolina, 1938.Died from aself-inflictedgunshot, in Greenville,GreenvilleCounty, S.C.,March22, 1940 (age48 years, 166days).Intermenta private or family graveyard, Abbeville County, S.C.  | Doctor Franklin Warren (1890-1940) — also known asD. F. Warren;"Doc" —of Trenton,GrundyCounty, Mo.Born inGrundyCounty, Mo.,May 28,1890.Republican.Lawyer;farmer;member ofMissouristate house of representatives from Grundy County, 1917-20;GrundyCounty Probate Judge, 1926-38.Died, from aself-inflictedgunshot, in Trenton,GrundyCounty, Mo.,April 8,1940 (age49 years, 316days).Interment atMasonic Cemetery, Trenton, Mo. | | | George Alexander Meffan (1887-1940) — also known asGeorge A. Meffan — of Nampa,CanyonCounty, Idaho; Boise,AdaCounty, Idaho.Born inOntario,February9, 1887.Democrat.Mayor ofNampa, Idaho, 1925-27; defeated, 1923; candidate forGovernor ofIdaho, 1936; U.S. Marshal for Idaho.Scotch-Irishancestry.An attempt to arrest Pearl Royal Hendrickson at his isolated cabinturned into a shootout with law enforcement; one deputy marshal waskilled at the cabin door; Meffan wasshot andkilled atthe scene, while stillin hiscar, inBoiseCounty, Idaho,July 31,1940 (age53 years, 173days). Hendrickson was also killed.Interment atCloverdaleMemorial Park, Boise, Idaho.| | Relatives: Sonof George Small Meffan and Elizabeth (Darah) Meffan; married to EdnaMarie Rogers. | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial |
| | Frederick W. Kavanaugh (1871-1940) — also known asFred W. Kavanaugh — of Waterford,SaratogaCounty, N.Y.Born in Waterford,SaratogaCounty, N.Y.,September10, 1871.Republican.Knit goodsmanufacturer;hotelowner;banker;delegate to Republican National Convention from New York,1908(alternate),1936;SaratogaCounty Sheriff; member ofNew Yorkstate senate 32nd District, 1921-24;chair ofSaratoga County Republican Party, 1924-32.Member,Freemasons;Shriners;Elks;Redmen.Died from aself-inflictedgunshot, in the garage adjoining his home, in Waterford,SaratogaCounty, N.Y.,December2, 1940 (age69 years, 83days).Entombed atOakwoodCemetery, Troy, N.Y. | | Herschel L. Carnahan (c.1879-1941) — also known asH. L. Carnahan — of Los Angeles,LosAngeles County, Calif.Born in Aledo,MercerCounty, Ill., about 1879.Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention fromCalifornia,1920;LieutenantGovernor of California, 1928-31; Republican candidate forPresidential Elector for California,1940.Suffered aself-inflictedgunshot wound in the head, at his downtownlawoffice and died shortly afterward, at Georgia Street ReceivingHospital,Los Angeles,Los AngelesCounty, Calif.,March13, 1941 (ageabout 62years).Entombed in mausoleum atEvergreenMemorial Park, Riverside, Calif. | | John Buckner Snelgrove (1874-1941) — also known asJ. B. Snelgrove — ofRuskCounty, Tex.Born inRuskCounty, Tex.,December4, 1874.Farmer;member of Texas state legislature, 1920.Shot andkilled,in front of a grocery-service station, near Henderson,RuskCounty, Tex.,April 8,1941 (age66 years, 125days).Interment atBridges Cemetery, Chapman, Tex.  | John William Brown (c.1867-1941) — also known asJohn W. Brown — of Worcester,WorcesterCounty, Mass.; Woolwich,SagadahocCounty, Maine.Born inCanada,about 1867.Socialist. Naturalized U.S. citizen;carpenter;labororganizer; candidate forU.S.Representative from Massachusetts 3rd District, 1904; candidateforGovernor ofMassachusetts, 1907; candidate forU.S.Representative from Maine 3rd District, 1910;newspapercolumnist.Member,UnitedMine Workers.While working on hishunting rifle, itaccidentallydischarged, and he died soon after, in Woolwich,SagadahocCounty, Maine,June 19,1941 (ageabout 74years).Burial location unknown. | | | Clarence Albert Upham (1883-1941) — also known asC. A. Upham — of New Hampton,ChickasawCounty, Iowa.Born in Fredericksburg,ChickasawCounty, Iowa,July 3,1883.ChickasawCounty Sheriff;delegateto Iowa convention to ratify 21st amendment from ChickasawCounty, 1933.Died from aself-inflictedgunshot, in Lebanon,LinnCounty, Ore.,June 23,1941 (age57 years, 355days).Interment atNewHampton Cemetery, New Hampton, Iowa. | | Anna Lou P. Boettcher (1903-1941) — also known asAnna Lou Pigott — ofDenver,Colo.Born in Helena,Lewis andClark County, Mont.,October29, 1903.Delegateto Colorado convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933.Female.Died from aself-inflictedgunshot, inDenver,Colo.,September17, 1941 (age37 years, 323days).Entombed in mausoleum atFairmountCemetery, Denver, Colo. | | Benjamin Herman Linhardt (1879-1941) — also known asBenjamin H. Linhardt;Ben H.Linhardt —of Jefferson City,ColeCounty, Mo.Born inOsageCounty, Mo.,September15, 1879.Republican.Lumberdealer;ColeCounty Recorder, 1919-22; postmaster atJeffersonCity, Mo., 1923-33 (acting, 1923-24);real estatedeveloper.Germanancestry. Member,Freemasons;KnightsTemplar;Shriners;Knightsof Pythias.Died, from aself-inflictedgunshot, in Jefferson City,ColeCounty, Mo.,September30, 1941 (age62 years, 15days).Interment atRiverviewCemetery, Jefferson City, Mo. | | James Crosby Hobbs (1879-1942) — also known asJ. Crosby Hobbs — of Camden,KnoxCounty, Maine.Born in Hope,KnoxCounty, Maine,September24, 1879.Democrat.KnoxCounty Commissioner, 1907-12; alternate delegate to DemocraticNational Convention from Maine,1908,1936;KnoxCounty Sheriff.Died, from aself-inflictedgunshot wound,February18, 1942 (age62 years, 147days).Intermentsomewherein Camden, Maine.| | Relatives: Sonof James Philbrick Hobbs and Nancy Maria (Miller) Hobbs; married,October8, 1910, to Annie Stewart Johnson. |
| | Thaddeus Franklin Daniel (1900-1942) — also known asT. Franklin Daniel — ofLynchburg,Va.Born inBrunswickCounty, Va.,February25, 1900.Democrat. Member ofVirginiastate house of delegates from Lynchburg city, 1934-42; died inoffice 1942.Methodist.Member,PhiBeta Kappa;TauKappa Alpha.Shot andkilled,along with Lynchburg city attorney T. G. Hobbs, by Warren Guy Myers,in hisoffice,inLynchburg,Va.,June 30,1942 (age42 years, 125days). Myers was judged to be insane, committed to theSouthwestern State Hospital, and died in 1963.Interment atMacedonia United Methodist Church Cemetery, Brunswick County,Va. | | Paul Ranous Greever (1891-1943) — also known asPaul R. Greever — of Wyoming. Born in Lansing,LeavenworthCounty, Kan.,September28, 1891.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I;lawyer;mayor ofCody, Wyo., 1930-32;U.S.Representative from Wyoming at-large, 1935-39; defeated, 1938.Killedaccidentally,while cleaning hisshotgun, in Cody,ParkCounty, Wyo.,February16, 1943 (age51 years, 141days).Interment atRiversideCemetery, Cody, Wyo. | | Albert Linxwiler (1878-1943) — of Jefferson City,ColeCounty, Mo.Born in Hillsboro,MontgomeryCounty, Ill.,January30, 1878.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War;served in the U.S. Army on the Mexican border; colonel in the U.S.Army during World War I; postmaster atJeffersonCity, Mo., 1934-43.Presbyterian.Member,UnitedSpanish War Veterans;Veterans ofForeign Wars;AmericanLegion;Knightsof Pythias;Freemasons;RoyalArch Masons;Royaland Select Masters;KnightsTemplar.Died, from aself-inflictedgunshot, in Jefferson City,ColeCounty, Mo.,April15, 1943 (age65 years, 75days).Interment atRiverviewCemetery, Jefferson City, Mo. | | Warren Green Hooper (1904-1945) — also known asWarren G. Hooper — of Albion,CalhounCounty, Mich.Born in Los Angeles,Los AngelesCounty, Calif.,May 2,1904.Republican.Newspaperreporter; member ofMichiganstate house of representatives from Calhoun County 1st District,1939-44; member ofMichiganstate senate 9th District, 1945; died in office 1945.Episcopalian.Member,ThetaKappa Nu;Freemasons;KnightsTemplar.During a grand juryinvestigation,admittedtotakingbribes and was givenimmunityfrom prosecution in return for his testimony against others;however, four days before the hearing, he wasshot andkilledin hiscar, alongside highway M-99, near Springport,JacksonCounty, Mich.,January11, 1945 (age40 years, 254days).Interment atRiversideCemetery, Albion, Mich.  | Alan Nathaniel Steyne (1896-1946) — also known asAlan N. Steyne — Born in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,November19, 1896.Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; inmetalexportbusiness in China, 1928-29; U.S. Vice Consul inMontreal, 1929-31;Hamburg, 1932.Suffered aself-inflictedgunshot, and died soon after, in EmergencyHospital,Washington,D.C.,May 22,1946 (age49 years, 184days).Interment atArlingtonNational Cemetery, Arlington, Va. | | Raymond L. Jaegers (1903-1946) — of New Albany,FloydCounty, Ind.Born in New Albany,FloydCounty, Ind.,June 23,1903.Republican.FloydCounty Sheriff, 1939-42;mayorof New Albany, Ind., 1943-46; died in office 1946.Baptist.Member,Freemasons;Order of theEastern Star.Died from aself-inflictedgunshot, in hisCityHalloffice,New Albany,FloydCounty, Ind.,September5, 1946 (age43 years, 74days).Interment atFairviewCemetery, New Albany, Ind. | | Herbert Livingston Satterlee (1863-1947) — also known asHerbert L. Satterlee — of Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.; Greenwich,FairfieldCounty, Conn.Born in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,October31, 1863.Republican.Lawyer;private secretary for U.S. SenatorWilliamM. Evarts, 1887-89; served in the U.S. Navy during theSpanish-American War; counsel for Missouri, Kansas & TexasRailroad,1898-1902; U.S. Assistant Secretary of the Treasury, 1906-07; U.S.Assistant Secretary of the Navy, 1908-09; alternate delegate toRepublican National Convention from Maryland,1920.Episcopalian.Member,American BarAssociation;UnionLeague;NavyLeague;Societyof Colonial Wars.Died, from aself-inflictedgunshot, in Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,July 14,1947 (age83 years, 256days).Interment atTrinityCemetery, Manhattan, N.Y.| | Relatives: Sonof George LeRoy Bowen Satterlee and Sarah Bradley (Wilcox) Satterlee;married,November15, 1909, to Louisa Pierpont Morgan (daughter of J. PierpontMorgan); second great-grandnephew ofPeterRobert Livingston (1737-1794) andWalterLivingston; third great-grandson ofRobertLivingston (1708-1790); third great-grandnephew ofPeterVan Brugh Livingston,PhilipLivingston andWilliamLivingston; fourth great-grandnephew ofJohnLivingston,RobertLivingston (1688-1775) andGilbertLivingston; fifth great-grandson ofRobertLivingston the Elder andPieterVan Brugh; fifth great-grandnephew ofPieterSchuyler,JohannesCuyler andJohannesSchuyler (1668-1747); first cousin thrice removed ofHenryWalter Livingston; first cousin four times removed ofPhilipPeter Livingston andHenryBrockholst Livingston; first cousin five times removed ofRobertGilbert Livingston,HenryGilbert Livingston andRobertR. Livingston (1718-1775); first cousin six times removed ofRobertLivingston the Younger,JohannesSchuyler (1697-1746),CornelisCuyler andJohnCruger Jr.; first cousin seven times removed ofDavidDavidse Schuyler andMyndertDavidtse Schuyler; second cousin twice removed ofPeterRobert Livingston (1789-1859) andEdwardLivingston (1796-1840); second cousin thrice removed ofStephenVan Rensselaer,PhilipSchuyler Van Rensselaer,PeterAugustus Jay,RensselaerWesterlo,EdwardPhilip Livingston,WilliamAlexander Duer,JohnDuer,WilliamJay andCharlesLudlow Livingston (1800-1873); second cousin four times removedofRobertR. Livingston (1746-1813),PhilipVan Cortlandt,PierreVan Cortlandt Jr. andEdwardLivingston (1764-1836); second cousin five times removed ofStephanusBayard,PierreVan Cortlandt,PhilipJohn Schuyler,PhilipP. Schuyler,StephenJohn Schuyler andHenryCruger; third cousin twice removed ofPhilipSchuyler,WilliamDuer,HenryBell Van Rensselaer,DenningDuer,HenryBrockholst Ledyard andJohnJay II; third cousin thrice removed ofHamiltonFish; fourth cousin ofCharlesLudlow Livingston (born 1870) andBronsonMurray Cutting; fourth cousin once removed ofKiliaenVan Rensselaer,NicholasFish,HamiltonFish Jr.,JohnKean,HamiltonFish Kean andBrockholstLivingston. | | | | Political family:Livingston-Schuylerfamily of New York (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | See alsoWikipediaarticle —Find-A-Gravememorial |
| | John Gilbert Winant (1889-1947) — also known asJohn G. Winant — of Concord,MerrimackCounty, N.H.Born in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,February23, 1889.Republican. Member ofNewHampshire state house of representatives, 1917-18, 1923-24;served in the U.S. Army during World War I; member ofNewHampshire state senate 9th District, 1921-22;Governor ofNew Hampshire, 1925-27, 1931-35; delegate to Republican NationalConvention from New Hampshire,1928(ConventionVice-President; member,CredentialsCommittee),1932;U.S. Ambassador toGreat Britain, 1941-46.Episcopalian.Died byself-inflictedpistol shot, in Concord,MerrimackCounty, N.H.,November3, 1947 (age58 years, 253days).Interment atSt.Paul's School, Concord, N.H. | | Thomas Campbell Wasson (1896-1948) — also known asThomas C. Wasson — of Newark,EssexCounty, N.J.Born in Great Falls,CascadeCounty, Mont.,February8, 1896.Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; U.S. Vice Consul inMelbourne, 1925-29;Puerto Cortes, as of 1932; U.S. Consul inFlorence, 1936;Lagos, as of 1938; U.S. Consul General inJerusalem, 1948, died in office 1948.Shot by an unknownsniper,and died the next day, in Hadassah English MissionHospital,Jerusalem,Israel,May23, 1948 (age52 years, 105days).Entombed atWashingtonNational Cathedral, Washington, D.C.  | Harold A. Bastien (1896-1948) — of Manhattan Beach,LosAngeles County, Calif.Born in1896.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; postmaster atManhattanBeach, Calif., 1941-48 (acting, 1941-42).Despondent over ill health, heshot andkilledhimself, in the garage of his home, in Manhattan Beach,Los AngelesCounty, Calif.,September8, 1948 (ageabout 52years).Interment atPacific Crest Cemetery, Redondo Beach, Calif. | | | Edward S. Haws (1873-1949) — of Narberth,MontgomeryCounty, Pa.Born in Joanna,BerksCounty, Pa.,May 4,1873.Democrat.Plasteringcontractor; postmaster atNarberth,Pa., 1913-22; alternate delegate to Democratic NationalConvention from Pennsylvania,1928.Killedhimself byrifle shot to the head, in the cellar of hishome, Narberth,MontgomeryCounty, Pa.,December26, 1949 (age76 years, 236days).Interment atWestLaurel Hill Cemetery, Bala Cynwyd, Pa.| | Relatives: Sonof John P. Haws and Sarah (McGowan) Haws; married to Ada LouiseEly. | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial |
 | Douglas Seymour Mackiernan (1913-1950) — also known asDouglas Mackiernan — Born in Mexico City (Ciudad de México),DistritoFederal, of American parents,April25, 1913.Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; U.S. Vice Consul inTihwa, 1948-50, died in office 1950.While fleeing the advance of Chinese Communist troops, traveling bycamel caravan, he wasshot andkilled byborder guards, in Tibet (now part ofChina),April13, 1950 (age36 years, 353days); Tibetan and American authorities both described thekilling as a mistake, and Tibet officially apologized.Burial location unknown.| | Image source:Richmond (Va.) Times-Dispatch, July 30, 1950 |
| | Edward C. Krause (1914-1950) — of La Crosse,La CrosseCounty, Wis.Born in1914.Republican. Member ofWisconsinstate assembly from La Crosse County 1st District, 1941-46;alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Wisconsin,1944.Died from aself-inflictedgunshot, in La Crosse,La CrosseCounty, Wis.,November20, 1950 (ageabout 36years).Interment atOakGrove Cemetery, La Crosse, Wis.  | Robert Marion LaFollette Jr. (1895-1953) — also known asRobert M. LaFollette, Jr. — of Madison,DaneCounty, Wis.Born in Madison,DaneCounty, Wis.,February6, 1895.WisconsinRepublican state chair, 1925;U.S.Senator from Wisconsin, 1925-47; defeated in Republican primary,1946; delegate to Republican National Convention from Wisconsin,1928(member,ResolutionsCommittee;speaker),1932.Protestant.Died of aself-inflictedgunshot wound, in the bathroom of his home, inWashington,D.C.,February24, 1953 (age58 years, 18days).Interment atForestHill Cemetery, Madison, Wis.| | Relatives: SonofRobertMarion LaFollette and Belle (Case) LaFollette; brother ofPhilipFox LaFollette; married,September17, 1930, to Rachel Wilson Young; father ofBronsonCutting LaFollette. | | | | Political family:LaFollettefamily of Madison, Wisconsin (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Wikipedia article —NNDBdossier —Find-A-Gravememorial | | | | Books about Robert M. LaFollette, Jr.:Roger T. Johnson,RobertM. LaFollette, Jr. and the Decline of the Progressive Party inWisconsin — Bernard A. Weisberger,TheLaFollettes of Wisconsin : Love and Politics in ProgressiveAmerica — Patrick J. Maney,YoungBob : A Biography of Robert M. LaFollette, Jr. | | | | Image source: Wisconsin Blue Book1940 |
| | John Frederick Hartsfield (1884-1953) — also known asJohn F. Hartsfield — of Illiopolis,SangamonCounty, Ill.; Monticello,PiattCounty, Ill.; Homewood,JeffersonCounty, Ala.Born in Durham,DurhamCounty, N.C.,January3, 1884.Democrat.Jeweler;postmaster atMonticello,Ill., 1934-46 (acting, 1934-35).According topublishedreports, he had an argument with his daughter-in-law overdisciplining two small children; he thenshother in the chest (she survived), and thenshot andkilledhimself, in Homewood,JeffersonCounty, Ala.,May 9,1953 (age69 years, 126days).Interment atElmwoodCemetery, Birmingham, Ala. | | Clellan S. Forsythe (1895-1953) — of Syracuse,OnondagaCounty, N.Y.Born in Houtzdale,ClearfieldCounty, Pa.,March 6,1895.Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I;automobiledealer; member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from Onondaga County 2nd District, 1945-48.Presbyterian.Member,AmericanLegion;Veterans ofForeign Wars;Freemasons.On ahuntingtrip, he suffered aheartattack while sittingin hisJeep, holding ashotgun, whichaccidentallydischarged, hitting him in the chest and killing him, on FoxIsland, Cape Vincent,JeffersonCounty, N.Y.,September18, 1953 (age58 years, 196days).Burial location unknown. | | 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.Shot andkilled byNorman W. Moon, in thecourtroomof 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 |
| | Albert Love Patterson (c.1891-1954) — also known asAlbert L. Patterson — of Phenix City,RussellCounty, Ala.Born about 1891. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I;lawyer;member ofAlabamastate senate, 1940; delegate to Democratic National Conventionfrom Alabama,1952;electedAlabamastate attorney general 1954, but died before taking office.Shot andkilledin hiscar, by an unknown assailant, in Phenix City,RussellCounty, Ala.,June 18,1954 (ageabout 63years).Burial location unknown. | | Lester Callaway Hunt (1892-1954) — of Lander,FremontCounty, Wyo.Born in Isabel,EdgarCounty, Ill.,July 8,1892.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I;dentist;member ofWyomingstate house of representatives, 1933-34;secretaryof state of Wyoming, 1935-43; delegate to Democratic NationalConvention from Wyoming,1940,1944(speaker),1948,1952;Governorof Wyoming, 1943-49;U.S.Senator from Wyoming, 1949-54; died in office 1954.Member,TauKappa Epsilon.In despair over his poor health and threats to expose his son'sarrest for homosexual solicitation, he died fromself-inflictedrifle shot, at his desk in the SenateOfficeBuilding, and died soon after, in CasualtyHospital,Washington,D.C.,June 19,1954 (age61 years, 346days).Interment atBethEl Cemetery, Cheyenne, Wyo. | | Rubey Mosley Hulen (1894-1956) — also known asRubey M. Hulen — of Columbia,BooneCounty, Mo.;St.Louis, Mo.Born in Hallsville,BooneCounty, Mo.,July 9,1894.Democrat.Lawyer;served in the U.S. Army during World War I;BooneCounty Prosecuting Attorney, 1920-24; delegate to DemocraticNational Convention from Missouri,1940;U.S.District Judge for the Eastern District of Missouri, 1943-56;died in office 1956.Wounded byself-inflictedgunshot, and died soon after, at BarnesHospital,St.Louis, Mo.,July 7,1956 (age61 years, 364days).Burial location unknown. | | Clendenin James Ryan (1905-1957) — also known asClendenin Ryan — of Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.; Allamuchy,WarrenCounty, N.J.Born in Suffern,RocklandCounty, N.Y.,July 16,1905.Republican. Aide to MayorFiorelloLaGuardia, 1938-39; New York City Commissioner of Commerce, 1939;served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; delegate to RepublicanNational Convention from New Jersey,1948;Independent Voters candidate forGovernor ofNew Jersey, 1953.Catholic.Died byself-inflictedgunshot, in the same East 70th Street townhouse where hisfather killed himself in 1939, Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,September12, 1957 (age52 years, 58days).Interment atCulinary Institute of America Grounds, Hyde Park, N.Y.| | Relatives: Sonof Clendenin James Ryan (1882-1939) and Caroline (O'Neil) Ryan;married1937 to JeanHarder; grandson ofThomasFortune Ryan. | | | | Political family:Ryan-Nicollfamily of New York City, New York. |
| | Robert Ralph Young (1897-1958) — also known asRobert R. Young;"RailroadYoung";"Populist of Wall Street";"The Daring Young Man of Wall Street";"Maverick of Wall Street" —of Newport,NewportCounty, R.I.Born in Canadian,HemphillCounty, Tex.,February14, 1897.Republican.Stockbroker;financier;assistant treasurer ofGeneralMotors; predicted the 1929 stock market crash, and profited byselling stocks short; chairman of the Chesapeake & OhioRailway,and later the New York CentralRailroads;delegate to Republican National Convention from Rhode Island,1944.Presbyterian.Died from aself-inflictedgunshot, in Palm Beach,Palm BeachCounty, Fla.,January25, 1958 (age60 years, 345days).Interment atSt.Mary's Episcopal Cemetery, Portsmouth, R.I. | | Thomas Alfred Mathis (1869-1958) — also known asThomas A. Mathis;"Cap'nTom" —of Tuckerton,OceanCounty, N.J.; Toms River,OceanCounty, N.J.Born in New Gretna,BurlingtonCounty, N.J.,June 7,1869.Republican.Mariner;automobiledealer; member ofNewJersey state senate from Ocean County, 1910-11, 1914-15, 1923-31,1942-46; delegate to Republican National Convention from New Jersey,1928,1940,1944;secretaryof state of New Jersey, 1931-41.Indictedfortaxevasion by a federal grand jury in 1937.Hekilledhimself, by self-inflictedgunshot, in Toms River,OceanCounty, N.J.,May 18,1958 (age88 years, 345days).Interment atRiversideCemetery, Toms River, N.J. | | Lyman F. Fischer (1895-1958) — of Two Rivers,ManitowocCounty, Wis.Born in Two Rivers,ManitowocCounty, Wis.,December7, 1895.Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I;lawyer;ManitowocCounty District Attorney, 1929-33; alternate delegate toRepublican National Convention from Wisconsin,1932;bankdirector.Died, fromself-inflictedgunshot wounds, inManitowocCounty, Wis.,June 9,1958 (age62 years, 184days).Interment atHoly Cross Cemetery, Two Rivers, Wis. | | Paul Allen Wallace (1901-1958) — also known asPaul A. Wallace — of Wallace,MarlboroCounty, S.C.Born in Bennettsville,MarlboroCounty, S.C.,July 15,1901.Democrat. Member ofSouthCarolina state senate from Marlboro County, 1947-58; died inoffice 1958; delegate to Democratic National Convention from SouthCarolina,1956.On the night of the 1958 Democratic primary, he and others gatheredin the sheriff'sofficeat the MarlboroCountyCourthouse to hear election returns on the radio; he had justlearned he had won renomination, when Court Clerk Henry A. Rogersentered the room andshot him four times; hediedabout twenty minutes later, in the emergency room of a nearbyhospital,in Bennettsville,MarlboroCounty, S.C.,June 10,1958 (age56 years, 330days). On June 27, Rogers hanged himself in the South Carolinastate mental hospital.Interment atWallace Baptist Church Cemetery, Wallace, S.C. | | Melvin Horace Purvis Jr. (1903-1960) — also known asMelvin H. Purvis;"LittleMel" —of Florence,FlorenceCounty, S.C.Born in Timmonsville,FlorenceCounty, S.C.,October24, 1903.Democrat.Lawyer;FBIagent; involved in the capture or killing of outlaws in the1930s, including John Dillinger and Pretty Boy Floyd; delegate toDemocratic National Convention from South Carolina,1940.Member,KappaAlpha Order.Died, from aself-inflictedgunshot to the head, in Florence,FlorenceCounty, S.C.,February29, 1960 (age56 years, 128days).Interment atMt.Hope Cemetery, Florence, S.C. | | Eunice A. Carreau (1901-1963) — also known asEunice A. Stevens — of Merrick,NassauCounty, Long Island, N.Y.Born in Portland,CumberlandCounty, Maine,September14, 1901.Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention fromNew York,1944.Female.Shot in the throat during a robbery, anddied soonafter, in Puesto de Emergencia de Salashospital,Caracas,Venezuela,March24, 1963 (age61 years, 191days).Interment atLongIsland National Cemetery, East Farmingdale, Long Island, N.Y.  | John Fitzgerald Kennedy (1917-1963) — also known asJohn F. Kennedy;"J.F.K.";"Lancer" —of Boston,SuffolkCounty, Mass.Born in Brookline,NorfolkCounty, Mass.,May 29,1917.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II;U.S.Representative from Massachusetts 11th District, 1947-53;U.S.Senator from Massachusetts, 1953-60; delegate to DemocraticNational Convention from Massachusetts,1956;candidate for Democratic nomination for Vice President,1956;received a 1957PulitzerPrize for his bookProfiles in Courage;Presidentof the United States, 1961-63; died in office 1963.Catholic.Irishancestry. Member,Knightsof Columbus;AmericanLegion;Elks.Kennedy was posthumously awarded thePresidentialMedal of Freedom in 1963.Shot by asniper,Lee Harvey Oswald, whileriding in amotorcade, and died in ParklandHospital,Dallas,DallasCounty, Tex.,November22, 1963 (age46 years, 177days). Oswald was shot and killed two days later by Jack Ruby.Interment atArlingtonNational Cemetery, Arlington, Va.; memorial monument atJohnF. Kennedy Memorial Plaza, Dallas, Tex.| | Relatives: SonofJosephPatrick Kennedy, Sr. and Rose (Fitzgerald) Kennedy;step-brother-in-law of Nina Gore Auchincloss (who marriedNewtonIvan Steers Jr.); brother ofJosephPatrick Kennedy Jr., Eunice Mary Kennedy (who marriedRobertSargent Shriver Jr.),PatriciaKennedy Lawford (who marriedPeterLawford),RobertFrancis Kennedy,JeanKennedy Smith andEdwardMoore Kennedy (who marriedVirginiaJoan Bennett); married,September12, 1953, toJaquelineLee Bouvier (step-daughter ofHughDudley Auchincloss; step-sister ofEugeneLuther Gore Vidal Jr. andHughDudley Auchincloss III); father ofJohnFitzgerald Kennedy Jr.; uncle of Maria Owings Shriver (whomarriedArnoldAlois Schwarzenegger),KathleenKennedy Townsend,JosephPatrick Kennedy II,RobertFrancis Kennedy Jr.,MarkKennedy Shriver andPatrickJoseph Kennedy (born 1967); grandson ofPatrickJoseph Kennedy (1858-1929) andJohnFrancis Fitzgerald. | | | | Political family:Kennedyfamily of Boston, Massachusetts (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | Cross-reference:JohnB. Connally —HenryB. Gonzalez —HenryM. Wade —WalterRogers —GerryE. Studds —JamesB. McCahey, Jr. —MarkDalton —WaggonerCarr —TheodoreC. Sorensen —PierreSalinger —JohnBartlow Martin —AbrahamDavenport —NellieConnally | | | | The John F. Kennedy MemorialBridge(opened 1963), which carries southbound I-65 over the Ohio River fromJeffersonville,Indiana, toLouisville,Kentucky, isnamed forhim. | | | | Coins and currency: Hisportraitappears on the U.S. half dollar coin. | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Wikipedia article —NNDBdossier —Internet Movie Databaseprofile —Find-A-Gravememorial —OurCampaignscandidate detail | | | | Books by John F. Kennedy:Profilesin Courage (1956) | | | | Books about John F. Kennedy:Christopher Loviny & Vincent Touze,JFK: Remembering Jack — Robert Dallek,AnUnfinished Life : John F. Kennedy, 1917-1963 — MichaelO'Brien,JohnF. Kennedy : A Biography — Sean J. Savage,JFK,LBJ, and the Democratic Party — Thurston Clarke,AskNot : The Inauguration of John F. Kennedy and the Speech That ChangedAmerica — Thomas Reeves,AQuestion of Character : A Life of John F. Kennedy —Chris Matthews,JackKennedy: Elusive Hero — Mike Resnick, ed.,AlternatePresidents [anthology] — Shelley Sommer,JohnF. Kennedy : His Life and Legacy (for youngreaders) | | | | Critical books about John F. Kennedy:Seymour Hersh,TheDark Side of Camelot — Lance Morrow,TheBest Year of Their Lives: Kennedy, Johnson, and Nixon in 1948:Learning the Secrets of Power — Victor Lasky,JFK:the Man and the Myth | | | | Image source: Warren Commission report(via Wikipedia) |
| | Willis Randolph Lovelace Jr. (1912-1965) — also known asWillis Lovelace — of Corona,LincolnCounty, N.M.Born in El Paso,El PasoCounty, Tex.,February29, 1912.Republican.Rancher;delegate to Republican National Convention from New Mexico,1960.Died, from aself-inflictedgunshot, in near Corona,LincolnCounty, N.M.,August18, 1965 (age53 years, 171days).Interment atRestlawnMemorial Park, El Paso, Tex.  | Leo Bernard (1938-1966) — of Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.Born in Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.,October24, 1938.Socialist. Socialist Workers candidate forU.S.Representative from Michigan 17th District, 1964; SocialistWorkers candidate for Presidential Elector for Michigan,1964.Shot andkilled,by Edward Waniolek, a former taxicab driver who wanted to "kill someCommunists", in theofficesof the Socialist Workers Party, Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.,May 16,1966 (age27 years, 204days).Burial location unknown.| | Relatives:Married,March13, 1966, to Garlene Boone. | | | | Cross-reference:JanGarrett | | | | Image source: The Militant, May 23,1966 |
| | | George Lincoln Rockwell (1918-1967) — of Arlington,ArlingtonCounty, Va.Born in Bloomington,McLeanCounty, Ill.,March 9,1918.Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; served in the U.S. Navyduring the Korean conflict; founder, in 1959, of the NationalCommittee to Free America fromJewishDomination (later known as the AmericanNaziParty);arrestedat variousdemonstrationsduring the 1960s; American Nazi candidate forGovernor ofVirginia, 1965.Shot andkilled bya sniper, later identified as John Patler, whiledriving hiscar in the parking lot of Dominion HillsShoppingCenter, Arlington,ArlingtonCounty, Va.,August25, 1967 (age49 years, 169days); Patler was convicted of the murder and sentenced to 20years in prison. Rockwell's funeral procession was not allowed intoCulpeper National Cemetery because of Nazi emblems worn by hissupporters.Cremated. | | Robert Francis Kennedy (1925-1968) — also known asRobert F. Kennedy;Bobby Kennedy;"R.F.K." —of Boston,SuffolkCounty, Mass.; Barnstable,BarnstableCounty, Mass.; Glen Cove,NassauCounty, Long Island, N.Y.Born in Boston,SuffolkCounty, Mass.,November20, 1925.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II;lawyer;delegate to Democratic National Convention from Massachusetts,1956,1960;U.S.Attorney General, 1961-64;U.S.Senator from New York, 1965-68; died in office 1968; candidatefor Democratic nomination for President,1968.Catholic.Member,American BarAssociation;Veterans ofForeign Wars;AmericanLegion.On June 5, 1968, whilerunningfor president, having just won the California presidential primary,wasshot andmortallywounded by Sirhan Sirhan, in the AmbassadorHotel,and died the next day in in Good SamaritanHospital,Los Angeles,Los AngelesCounty, Calif.,June 6,1968 (age42 years, 199days).Interment atArlingtonNational Cemetery, Arlington, Va.| | Relatives: SonofJosephPatrick Kennedy, Sr. and Rose (Fitzgerald) Kennedy; brother ofJosephPatrick Kennedy Jr.,JohnFitzgerald Kennedy, Eunice Mary Kennedy (who marriedRobertSargent Shriver Jr.),PatriciaKennedy Lawford (who marriedPeterLawford),JeanKennedy Smith andEdwardMoore Kennedy; married,June 17,1950, to Ethel Skakel; father ofKathleenKennedy Townsend,JosephPatrick Kennedy II,RobertFrancis Kennedy Jr. and Kerry Kennedy (who marriedAndrewMark Cuomo); uncle ofJohnFitzgerald Kennedy Jr.,MarkKennedy Shriver andPatrickJoseph Kennedy (born 1967); grandson ofPatrickJoseph Kennedy (1858-1929) andJohnFrancis Fitzgerald. | | | | Political family:Kennedyfamily of Boston, Massachusetts (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | Cross-reference:BenjaminAltman —JohnBartlow Martin —FrankMankiewicz —PaulSchrade | | | | The Robert F. Kennedy Department of JusticeBuilding(opened 1935, renamed 2001), inWashington,D.C., isnamed forhim. | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Wikipedia article —NNDBdossier —Internet Movie Databaseprofile —Find-A-Gravememorial | | | | Books about Robert F. Kennedy: ArthurM. Schlesinger Jr.,RobertKennedy and His Times — Evan Thomas,RobertKennedy : His Life — Joseph A. Palermo,InHis Own Right — Thurston Clarke,TheLast Campaign: Robert F. Kennedy and 82 Days That InspiredAmerica — Nicholas deB. Katzenbach,Someof It Was Fun: Working with RFK and LBJ — BillEppridge,ATime it Was: Bobby Kennedy in the Sixties — MikeResnick, ed.,AlternatePresidents [anthology] | | | | Critical books about Robert F. Kennedy:Allen Roberts,RobertFrancis Kennedy: Biography of a CompulsivePolitician — Victor Lasky,RFK:Myth and Man — Darwin Porter & Danforth Prince,TheKennedys: All the Gossip Unfit for Print |
| | John Gordon Mein (1913-1968) — of Maryland. Born in Cadiz,TriggCounty, Ky.,September10, 1913.Foreign Service officer; U.S. Ambassador toGuatemala, 1965-68, died in office 1968.Shot andkilled byterrorists who ambushed hislimousine,in Guatemala City,Guatemala,August28, 1968 (age54 years, 353days).Interment atRockCreek Cemetery, Washington, D.C. | | Joseph A. Yablonski (1910-1969) — also known asJock Yablonski — of East Bethlehem Township,WashingtonCounty, Pa.Born in Pittsburgh,AlleghenyCounty, Pa.,March 3,1910.Democrat.Coal miner;districtleader for the United Mine Workers, and candidate for unionpresident in 1969; delegate to Democratic National Convention fromPennsylvania,1956,1960,1964,1968.Shot andkilled,along with his wife and daughter, by three hit men hired by UnitedMine Workers President Tony Boyle, in East Bethlehem Township,WashingtonCounty, Pa.,December31, 1969 (age59 years, 303days).Interment atWashingtonCemetery, Washington, Pa. | | Fred B. Cohen (1913-1970) — of Bremerton,KitsapCounty, Wash.Born in Bremerton,KitsapCounty, Wash.,February8, 1913.Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Washington,1944(alternate),1948;KitsapCounty Prosecutor.Shot andkilled onhis porch by an unknown gunman, in Bremerton,KitsapCounty, Wash.,January19, 1970 (age56 years, 345days).Entombed atMiller-WoodlawnCemetery, Bremerton, Wash. | | Leon M. Jordan (1905-1970) — of Kansas City,JacksonCounty, Mo.Born in Kansas City,JacksonCounty, Mo.,May 6,1905.Democrat.Policeofficer; delegate to Democratic National Convention fromMissouri,1960;member ofMissouristate house of representatives, 1965-70 (Jackson County 4thDistrict 1965-66, 11th District 1967-70); died in office 1970.Episcopalian.Africanancestry. Member,Elks;KappaAlpha Psi.During hiscampaignfor re-election, wasshot andkilledwhile leaving the Green DuckTavern,which he owned and operated, in Kansas City,JacksonCounty, Mo.,July 15,1970 (age65 years, 70days).Burial location unknown. | | John W. Peters (c.1921-1970) — of Webster Groves,St. LouisCounty, Mo.Born about 1921. Republican. Nominated in primary forU.S.Representative from Missouri 2nd District 1970, but died beforeelection.Shot andkilledhimself, in hiscampaignoffice, Brentwood,St. LouisCounty, Mo.,September27, 1970 (ageabout 49years).Burial location unknown. | | Richard Joseph Donovan (1926-1971) — also known asRichard Donovan;DickDonovan —of Chula Vista,San DiegoCounty, Calif.Born in New RochelleHospital,New Rochelle,WestchesterCounty, N.Y.,February24, 1926.Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II;policeofficer;lawyer;member ofCaliforniastate assembly, 1965-69; municipal judge in California, 1969-71;died in office 1971.Catholic;laterCongregationalist.Member,Elks;Kiwanis;Sonsof the American Revolution.Suffered aself-inflictedgunshot wound, and died soon after, in ahospitalat Chula Vista,San DiegoCounty, Calif.,November21, 1971 (age45 years, 270days).Cremated;ashes interred atGlenAbbey Memorial Park, Bonita, Calif. | | William Fred Duckworth (1899-1972) — also known asW. Fred Duckworth — ofNorfolk,Va.Born in Brevard,TransylvaniaCounty, N.C.,June 20,1899.Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; plant manager forFord MotorCompany, 1933-42;automobiledealer;mayorof Norfolk, Va., 1950-62.Member,Freemasons.Shot andkilled byan unknown assailant, while walking on Major Avenue,Norfolk,Va.,March 4,1972 (age72 years, 258days).Interment atForestLawn Cemetery, Norfolk, Va.| | Relatives:Married to Gertrude Summers. |
| | Silvio Joseph Failla (1910-1972) — also known asSilvio J. Failla;Si Failla — of Hoboken,HudsonCounty, N.J.Born in New Jersey,May 23,1910.Democrat.Undertaker;mayorof Hoboken, N.J., 1965; member ofNewJersey state house of assembly District 12-C, 1972; died inoffice 1972.Italianancestry.According topublishedreports, he left abar withaprostitute,Deborah Dell; just outside, he was robbed,shot multipletimes, andkilled,in Neptune Township,MonmouthCounty, N.J.,September16, 1972 (age62 years, 116days). Dell and an associate were later convicted of first-degreemurder and sentenced to life in prison.Entombed in mausoleum atSt.Catharine Cemetery, Sea Girt, N.J. | | William Oswald Mills (1924-1973) — also known asWilliam O. Mills — of Easton,TalbotCounty, Md.Born in Bethlehem,CarolineCounty, Md.,August12, 1924.Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II;U.S.Representative from Maryland 1st District, 1971-73; died inoffice 1973; delegate to Republican National Convention fromMaryland,1972.Methodist.TheWashington Post reported that his campaign was underinvestigationfor receiving $25,000 from secret funds of PresidentRichardNixon's re-election committee, andfailedto report the contribution as required by law; this tied him tothe Watergatescandal;a day later, hekilledhimself, bygunshot, at his Mulberry Hill farm,TalbotCounty, Md.,May 24,1973 (age48 years, 285days).Interment atHillcrestCemetery, Federalsburg, Md. | | Major B. Coxson (c.1929-1973) — of Camden,CamdenCounty, N.J.Born about 1929.Convicted10 times onfraudandlarcenycharges,most related toautomobiletheft; served 22 months in federalprison;candidate formayor ofCamden, N.J., 1973.Africanancestry.Admitted four men to his house, who bound and gagged him and hisfamily, andshot each one,killinghim and wounding the others, in Cherry Hill,CamdenCounty, N.J.,June 9,1973 (ageabout 44years).Burial location unknown.  | William Fife Knowland (1908-1974) — also known asWilliam F. Knowland — of Oakland,AlamedaCounty, Calif.; Piedmont,AlamedaCounty, Calif.Born in Alameda,AlamedaCounty, Calif.,June 26,1908.Republican.Newspaperpublisher; member ofCaliforniastate assembly, 1933-35; member ofCaliforniastate senate, 1935-39; delegate to Republican National Conventionfrom California,1936(alternate),1940(member,ArrangementsCommittee),1948,1952,1956(TemporaryChair;speaker),1964(delegation chair),1968;member ofRepublicanNational Committee from California, 1938-42; served in the U.S.Army during World War II;U.S.Senator from California, 1945-59; candidate forGovernor ofCalifornia, 1958.Methodist.Member,Freemasons;Shriners;Eagles;Moose;Elks;NativeSons of the Golden West.Died from aself-inflictedgunshot wound at his summer home near Guerneville,SonomaCounty, Calif.,February23, 1974 (age65 years, 242days).Cremated;ashes interred atChapelof Memories, Oakland, Calif.; cenotaph atMountainView Cemetery, Oakland, Calif. | | Virgis Marion Ashworth (1911-1975) — also known asVirgis M. Ashworth — of Brent,BibbCounty, Ala.Born in Herrin,WilliamsonCounty, Ill.,November25, 1911.Lawyer;member ofAlabamastate house of representatives, 1955-62;Speaker ofthe Alabama State House of Representatives, 1961; circuit judgein Alabama, 1971-75; died in office 1975.Died, from aself-inflictedgunshot, in Brent,BibbCounty, Ala.,June 18,1975 (age63 years, 205days).Interment atPineland Memorial Park, Centreville, Ala. | | Francis Edward Meloy Jr. (1917-1976) — also known asFrancis E. Meloy, Jr. — ofWashington,D.C.Born inWashington,D.C.,March28, 1917.Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; Foreign Service officer;U.S. Vice Consul inDhahran, 1946; personal assistant to Secretary of StateDeanAcheson, 1946-53; U.S. Ambassador toDominican Republic, 1969-73;Guatemala, 1973-76;Lebanon, 1976, died in office 1976.Kidnapped from his car, along with two others, andshot todeath, inBeirut,Lebanon,June16, 1976 (age59 years, 80days).Interment atRockCreek Cemetery, Washington, D.C. | | William Monroe Rainach (1913-1978) — also known asWilliam M. Rainach;Willie Rainach;William Odom —of Summerfield,ClaiborneParish, La.Born in Kentwood,TangipahoaParish, La.,July 31,1913.Democrat. Member ofLouisianastate house of representatives, 1940-48; member ofLouisianastate senate, 1948-60; candidate forGovernor ofLouisiana, 1959; delegate to Democratic National Convention fromLouisiana,1960.Died, from aself-inflictedgunshot wound, in Summerfield,ClaiborneParish, La.,January26, 1978 (age64 years, 179days).Interment atArlington Cemetery, Homer, La.| | Relatives:Adoptive son of Albert Monroe Rainach and Hannah (Shirey) Rainach;married to Mable Justin Fincher. | | | | Campaign slogan (1959): "For the sakeof our children, elect Rainach governor." | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial |
| | Bartholomew F. Guida (1914-1978) — also known asBart Guida — of New Haven,New HavenCounty, Conn.Born in New Haven,New HavenCounty, Conn.,1914.Democrat.Realestate andinsurancebusiness;mayorof New Haven, Conn., 1970-75; defeated in primary, 1975.Died from an apparentlyself-inflictedgunshot wound, in New Haven,New HavenCounty, Conn.,April26, 1978 (ageabout 63years).Burial location unknown.| | Relatives: Sonof Fred Guida; married to Caroline Scates. | | | | See alsoWikipediaarticle |
| | George Richard Moscone (1929-1978) — also known asGeorge Moscone — ofSanFrancisco, Calif.Born inSanFrancisco, Calif.,November24, 1929.Democrat. Candidate forCaliforniastate assembly, 1960; member ofCaliforniastate senate, 1966-75 (10th District 1966-74, 6th District1974-75); delegate to Democratic National Convention from California,1968,1972;mayorof San Francisco, Calif., 1976-78; died in office 1978.Shot andkilled,along with Supervisor Harvey Milk, by Supervisor Dan White, in hisofficein San FranciscoCityHall,SanFrancisco, Calif.,November27, 1978 (age49 years, 3days).Interment atHolyCross Catholic Cemetery, Colma, Calif. | | John Howland Wood Jr. (1916-1979) — also known asJohn H. Wood, Jr.;"MaximumJohn" —of San Antonio,BexarCounty, Tex.Born in Rockport,AransasCounty, Tex.,March31, 1916.Republican.Lawyer;served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; delegate to RepublicanNational Convention from Texas,1960;U.S.District Judge for the Western District of Texas, 1970-79; diedin office 1979.Shot andkilled inSan Antonio,BexarCounty, Tex.,May 29,1979 (age63 years, 59days). The killer was Charles Harrelson, a contract killer whowas also the father of actor Woody Harrelson.Burial location unknown. | | Allard Kenneth Lowenstein (1929-1980) — also known asAllard K. Lowenstein — of Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.; Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.; Long Beach,NassauCounty, Long Island, N.Y.Born in Newark,EssexCounty, N.J.,January16, 1929.Democrat.Lawyer;delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York,1960(alternate),1972;U.S.Representative from New York 5th District, 1969-71; defeated,1970, 1972 (primary), 1972 (Liberal), 1974, 1976, 1978 (primary).Jewish. Member,Americansfor Democratic Action.Shot andmortallywounded by Dennis Sweeney, in hislawoffice in Rockefeller Center, and died about seven hours later,in St. Clare'sHospital,Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,March14, 1980 (age51 years, 58days).Interment atArlingtonNational Cemetery, Arlington, Va.  | Russell G. Lloyd Sr. (1932-1980) — of Evansville,VanderburghCounty, Ind.Born in Kingston,LuzerneCounty, Pa.,March29, 1932.Republican.Lawyer;mayorof Evansville, Ind., 1972-79; alternate delegate to RepublicanNational Convention from Indiana,1972.Catholic.Shot andmortallywounded by Julia Van Orden; he died eight hours later, in St.Mary'sHospital,Evansville,VanderburghCounty, Ind.,March21, 1980 (age47 years, 358days). His killer was convicted of murder and sentenced to 40years in prison.Interment atSt.Joseph Catholic Cemetery, Evansville, Ind. | | Marion Price Daniel Jr. (1941-1981) — of Texas. BornJune 8,1941.Democrat.Lawyer;member ofTexasstate house of representatives, 1969-78;Speaker ofthe Texas State House of Representatives, 1973;delegateto Texas state constitutional convention, 1974; candidate forTexasstate attorney general, 1978.Shot andkilled byhis estranged wife, Vickie, near Liberty,LibertyCounty, Tex.,January19, 1981 (age39 years, 225days). She was arrested and indicted for his murder, but foundnot guilty at trial.Intermentaprivate or family graveyard, Liberty County, Tex. | | John Zuinglius Anderson (1904-1981) — also known asJack Z. Anderson;"AirplaneEars" —of San Juan Bautista,San BenitoCounty, Calif.Born in Oakland,AlamedaCounty, Calif.,March22, 1904.Republican.Orchardist;U.S.Representative from California 8th District, 1939-53.Protestant.Member,Freemasons;Elks;NativeSons of the Golden West.Died of aself-inflictedgunshot wound, in Hollister,San BenitoCounty, Calif.,February9, 1981 (age76 years, 324days).Cremated;ashes scattered. | | Gustav J. Akerland (1920-1981) — of Annapolis,AnneArundel County, Md.BornSeptember14, 1920.Republican.Mayorof Annapolis, Md., 1981.A month after becoming acting mayor, he was found wounded by aself-inflictedgunshot, on the floor of hisofficein the Annapolismunicipalbuilding, and died a few days later without regainingconsciousness, in Anne Arundel GeneralHospital,Annapolis,AnneArundel County, Md.,April15, 1981 (age60 years, 213days).Burial location unknown. | | Aloysius J. Rumely (c.1911-1982) — of LaPorte,LaPorteCounty, Ind.Born about 1911.Mayorof LaPorte, Ind., 1982.On May 31, 1982, former city employee Harold Langshot him andhis wife, leading to hisdeath sixmonths later,November25, 1982 (ageabout 71years).Burial location unknown. | | Samuel Jerome Bronson (1930-1986) — also known asS. Jerome Bronson — of Franklin,OaklandCounty, Mich.Born in Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.,March21, 1930.Democrat.Lawyer;candidate forMichiganstate senate 12th District, 1960;OaklandCounty Prosecuting Attorney, 1965-68; candidate forcircuitjudge in Michigan 6th Circuit, 1966;Judge,Michigan Court of Appeals 2nd District, 1969-86; died in office1986.Jewish. Member,American BarAssociation.Arrestedandchargedwithsolicitingandacceptinga bribe of $20,000 for his vote on a pending case; hekilledhimself bygunshot the same day, in Franklin,OaklandCounty, Mich.,November14, 1986 (age56 years, 238days).Interment atBeth El Memorial Park, Livonia, Mich. | | Robert Budd Dwyer (1939-1987) — also known asR. Budd Dwyer — of Pennsylvania. Born in St. Charles,St. CharlesCounty, Mo.,November21, 1939.Republican.Schoolteacher; member ofPennsylvaniastate house of representatives, 1965-70; member ofPennsylvaniastate senate 50th District, 1971-81; resigned 1981;Pennsylvaniastate treasurer, 1981-87; died in office 1987;convictedin December 1986 ofbriberyand conspiracy in federal court.Baptist.Member,NationalEducation Association;Eagles;ThetaChi;Jaycees.About to besentenced,and widely expected to resign from office, he called apressconference; there, in front of spectators and television cameras,he insisted he was not guilty, and thenshot andkilledhimself, in Harrisburg,DauphinCounty, Pa.,January22, 1987 (age47 years, 62days).Interment atBloomingValley Cemetery, Blooming Valley, Pa. | | Donald Edgar Koster (1937-1987) — also known asDonald E. Koster — of Ann Arbor,WashtenawCounty, Mich.BornNovember11, 1937.Democrat.Lawyer;candidate forMichiganstate house of representatives 53rd District, 1970.Died of aself-inflictedgunshot wound, in the garage of his home, Ann Arbor,WashtenawCounty, Mich.,April26, 1987 (age49 years, 166days).Cremated.| | Relatives: Sonof Willis Koster and Frances (Eck) Koster; married to MarilynAxelrod. |
| | Richard Joseph Daronco (1931-1988) — also known asRichard J. Daronco — Born in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,August1, 1931.Lawyer;Justiceof New York Supreme Court, 1979-87;U.S.District Judge for the Southern District of New York, 1987-88;died in office 1988.Catholic.Italianancestry.Shot andkilled,by Charles L. Koster, in Pelham Heights, Pelham,WestchesterCounty, N.Y.,May 21,1988 (age56 years, 294days). Koster, a retired police officer, was angry over rulingthe judge had issued two days earlier; he killed himself at the scene.Burial location unknown. | | Forrest Howard Anderson (1913-1989) — also known asForrest Anderson — of Helena,Lewis andClark County, Mont.Born in Helena,Lewis andClark County, Mont.,January30, 1913.Democrat.Lawyer;member ofMontanastate house of representatives, 1943-45;Lewisand Clark County Attorney, 1945-47;justice ofMontana state supreme court, 1953-57; delegate to DemocraticNational Convention from Montana,1956;Montanastate attorney general, 1957-68;Governor ofMontana, 1969-73.Methodist.Member,Freemasons;Shriners;Elks;Eagles;Moose;PhiDelta Theta.Died of aself-inflictedgunshot wound, in Helena,Lewis andClark County, Mont.,July 20,1989 (age76 years, 171days).Cremated;ashes interred atForestvaleCemetery, Helena, Mont. | | Gentry Crowell (1932-1989) — of Tennessee. Born in Chestnut Mound,SmithCounty, Tenn.,December10, 1932.Democrat. Member ofTennesseestate house of representatives, 1969-77;secretaryof state of Tennessee, 1977-89; died in office 1989.His office was a target of the federal "Operation Rocky Top"investigationintofraudulentcharity bingo games; his administrative assistant admitted tolongtimeembezzlement.Suffered aself-inflictedgunshot wound on December 12, 1989, and died eight days laterin VanderbiltHospital,Nashville,DavidsonCounty, Tenn.,December20, 1989 (age57 years, 10days).Interment atCedarGrove Cemetery, Lebanon, Tenn. | | Ricardo Jerome Bordallo (1927-1990) — also known asRicardo J. Bordallo;RickyBordallo —of Agana (now Hagatna),Guam.Born in Agana (now Hagatna),Guam,December11, 1927.Democrat.Restaurantowner;automobiledealer; member ofGuamlegislature, 1956-70;GuamDemocratic Party chair, 1960-63, 1971-73; delegate to DemocraticNational Convention from Guam,1964;Governorof Guam, 1975-78, 1983-86; defeated, 1970;Convictedin 1987 on corruptioncharges,includingbribery,obstructionof justice, andwitnesstampering;sentencedto nine years inprisonandfined;some of the charges were overturned on appeal in 1988;resentencedto four years inprisonin December, 1989.Catholic.Chamorroancestry.Just before he was to report to prison, he chained himself to astatue of Chief Quipuha, in a busy traffic circle at rush hour;wrapped in a Guam flag and wearing a sign saying "I regret I have butone life to give for my island," heshot andkilledhimself, in Agana (now Hagatna),Guam,February1, 1990 (age62 years, 52days).Interment atPigo Catholic Cemetery, Hagatna, Guam. | | Frank J. Forshee (1896-1991) — of Pittsfield Township,WashtenawCounty, Mich.; Dexter,WashtenawCounty, Mich.Born in Ann Arbor,WashtenawCounty, Mich.,June 10,1896.Democrat.Farmer;candidate forsupervisorof Pittsfield Township, Michigan, 1934, 1935, 1937, 1938, 1940.IrishandGermanancestry.Died, from aself-inflictedgunshot wound, in Dexter,WashtenawCounty, Mich.,January15, 1991 (age94 years, 219days).Cremated. | | Aris Tee Allen (1910-1991) — also known asAris T. Allen — of Annapolis,AnneArundel County, Md.Born in San Antonio,BexarCounty, Tex.,December27, 1910.Republican.Physician;member ofMarylandstate house of delegates, 1967-74, 1991; died in office 1991;delegate to Republican National Convention from Maryland,1972(delegation chair);MarylandRepublican state chair, 1977-79; candidate forLieutenantGovernor of Maryland, 1978; member ofMarylandstate senate 30th District, 1979-81.AfricanMethodist Episcopal.Africanancestry. Member,AlphaPhi Alpha;American MedicalAssociation;AmericanLegion;NAACP.Following a diagnosis ofcancer,he died from aself-inflictedgunshot, in his parkedrentalcar, in Annapolis,AnneArundel County, Md.,February5, 1991 (age80 years, 40days).Burial location unknown. | | William Vann Rogers Jr. (1911-1993) — also known asWill Rogers, Jr. — of Culver City,LosAngeles County, Calif.Born in New York,October20, 1911.Democrat.U.S.Representative from California 16th District, 1943-44; resigned1944; candidate forU.S.Senator from California, 1946; delegate to Democratic NationalConvention from California,1948.CherokeeIndian ancestry. Member,Americansfor Democratic Action.Died, from aself-inflictedgunshot, in in Tubac,Santa CruzCounty, Ariz.,July 9,1993 (age81 years, 262days).Interment atTubacCemetery, Tubac, Ariz. | | Nicholas J. Wasicsko (1959-1993) — of Yonkers,WestchesterCounty, N.Y.Born in Yonkers,WestchesterCounty, N.Y.,May 13,1959.Democrat.Policeofficer;mayorof Yonkers, N.Y., 1988-89; defeated, 1989.Died, from aself-inflictedgunshot wound, in Oakland Cemetery (near his father's grave),Yonkers,WestchesterCounty, N.Y.,October29, 1993 (age34 years, 169days).Interment atOaklandCemetery, Yonkers, N.Y. | | Lewis Burwell Puller Jr. (1945-1994) — of Mt. Vernon,FairfaxCounty, Va.Born in Jacksonville,OnslowCounty, N.C.,August18, 1945.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during the Vietnam War;lost bothlegs in the explosion of an improvised land mine in SouthVietnam, 1968; candidate forU.S.Representative from Virginia 1st District, 1978; received aPulitzerPrize in 1992 for his autobiography,Fortunate Son: TheHealing of a Vietnam Vet.Killed by aself-inflictedgunshot, in Mt. Vernon,FairfaxCounty, Va.,May 11,1994 (age48 years, 266days).Interment atArlingtonNational Cemetery, Arlington, Va. | | John D. Gray (c.1928-1995) — of Virginia. Born about 1928. Member ofVirginiastate house of delegates, 1965-82; circuit judge in Virginia,1983-95.Died from aself-inflictedgunshot wound, the day after being told hislungcancer was terminal,Hampton,Va.,December10, 1995 (ageabout 67years).Burial location unknown. | | Carl Maxey (1924-1997) — of Spokane,SpokaneCounty, Wash.BornJune 23,1924.Lawyer;candidate in Democratic primary forU.S.Senator from Washington, 1970; Independent candidate forVicePresident of the United States, 1976.Africanancestry.Died of aself-inflictedgunshot wound, in Spokane,SpokaneCounty, Wash.,July 17,1997 (age73 years, 24days).Burial location unknown. | | David J. Dwork (c.1941-1997) — of Mahwah,BergenCounty, N.J.Born about 1941.Mayorof Mahwah, N.J., 1991-97; died in office 1997.Shot andkilledhimself in hisofficein theTownHall, Mahwah,BergenCounty, N.J.,August18, 1997 (ageabout 56years).Burial location unknown. | | Tommy Burks (1940-1998) — of near Monterey,PutnamCounty, Tenn.Born in Cookeville,PutnamCounty, Tenn.,May 22,1940.Farmer;member ofTennesseestate house of representatives, 1971-78; member ofTennesseestate senate, 1979-98; died in office 1998.Churchof Christ. Member,Lions;FarmBureau.Shot andkilled inhispickuptruck by his opponent for re-election,ByronLow Tax Looper, near Monterey,CumberlandCounty, Tenn.,October19, 1998 (age58 years, 150days).Interment atCrestlawnMemorial Cemetery, Cookeville, Tenn. | | Steve Apodaca (c.1951-2001) — of San Clemente,OrangeCounty, Calif.Born in Downey,Los AngelesCounty, Calif., about 1951.Republican.Insurancebroker;politicalconsultant; candidate forCaliforniastate assembly 73rd District, 1998.Died of aself-inflictedgunshot wound, in San Clemente,OrangeCounty, Calif.,April 2,2001 (ageabout 50years).Burial location unknown. | | Colin Riley McMillan (1935-2003) — also known asColin R. McMillan — of New Mexico. BornJuly 27,1935.Republican.Oilexecutive; member ofNewMexico state house of representatives, 1971-82; candidate forU.S.Senator from New Mexico, 1994.Died, of aself-inflictedgunshot wound, in Roswell,ChavesCounty, N.M.,July 24,2003 (age67 years, 362days).Burial location unknown. | | Harry E. Claiborne (c.1918-2004) — of Las Vegas,ClarkCounty, Nev.Born in McRae,WhiteCounty, Ark., about 1918.Democrat.Lawyer;member ofNevadastate house of representatives, 1950; candidate forU.S.Senator from Nevada, 1964;U.S.District Judge for Nevada, 1979-86;convictedin 1984 oftaxevasion, andsentencedto two years inprison;impeachedin 1986 by the U.S. House andconvicted(removed from office) by the Senate.Died from aself-inflictedgunshot wound, in Las Vegas,ClarkCounty, Nev.,January19, 2004 (ageabout 86years).Burial location unknown. | | Jeffrey Reid Allen (1958-2004) — also known asJeff Allen — of Hoover,JeffersonCounty, Ala.Born in Birmingham,JeffersonCounty, Ala.,April 7,1958.Libertarian.Softwaredeveloper; candidate forU.S.Senator from Alabama, 2002.KilledDarren Keith Palmer, a business associate, and then, perhaps to avoidprosecution,shot andkilledhimself, in the back of adoctor'soffice, Hoover,JeffersonCounty, Ala.,April28, 2004 (age46 years, 21days).Burial location unknown. | | Arthur E. Teele (1946-2005) — also known asArt Teele — of Florida. Born inPrinceGeorge's County, Md.,May 14,1946.Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during the Vietnam war;lawyer;director, U.S. Urban Mass Transportation Administration, 1981-83;Republican Presidential Elector for Florida,1992;as Miami city commissioner in 1997-2004, he chaired the CommunityRedevelopment Agency (CRA); aninvestigationof corruption in the agency, started in 2003, led tochargesthat he had accepted $135,000 inkickbacksfrom two construction companies; as a result, he wasremoved fromoffice in 2004 by Gov.JebBush; in August, 2004, when he and his wife were undersurveillance, hedrove hiscar at a police detective in an attempt torun himover, and alsothreatenedto kill police officers who had been following his wife duringthe investigation;convictedin March 2005 onchargesrelated to this incident;indictedon July 14, 2005, on federal conspiracy andmoneylaundering charges, over a scheme to fraudulently obtaincontracts for electrical work at the Miami International Airportthrough a "minority-owned" shell company; published police reportsrevealed that he had put hismistresson the CRA payroll, that he regularly bought and usedcocaine,and that he frequently made use of a maleprostitute.Churchof God in Christ.Africanancestry. Member,KappaAlpha Psi;NAACP;Freemasons.Came to theofficesof theMiami Herald newspaper, andshothimselfin the head with a semiautomatic pistol; he died two hours later inthe trauma unit of Jackson MemorialHospital,Miami,Miami-DadeCounty, Fla.,July 27,2005 (age59 years, 74days).Interment atCulley's MeadowWood Memorial Park, Tallahassee, Fla.  | Richard John Egan (1936-2009) — also known asRichard J. Egan — Born in Milton,NorfolkCounty, Mass.,February28, 1936.Republican. Co-founder of EMC Corporation,technologyfirm; U.S. Ambassador toIreland, 2001-02.Irishancestry.Died fromself-inflictedgunshot, while suffering fromlungcancer, in Boston,SuffolkCounty, Mass.,August28, 2009 (age73 years, 181days).Burial location unknown. | | James Douglas Johnson (1924-2010) — also known asJames D. Johnson;Jim Johnson;"Justice Jim" —of Crossett,AshleyCounty, Ark.; Conway,FaulknerCounty, Ark.Born in Crossett,AshleyCounty, Ark.,August20, 1924.Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II;lawyer;member ofArkansasstate senate 22nd District, 1950-54; Democratic candidate forGovernor ofArkansas, 1956 (primary), 1966;justice ofArkansas state supreme court, 1959-66; candidate in Democraticprimary forU.S.Senator from Arkansas, 1968.Methodist.Member,LambdaChi Alpha;Freemasons;Shriners.Diehard segregationist. Died, from aself-inflictedgunshot wound, in Conway,FaulknerCounty, Ark.,February13, 2010 (age85 years, 177days).Interment atOak Grove Cemetery, Conway, Ark. | | Robert Lofton Brown (1949-2011) — also known asRobert Brown — of Macon,BibbCounty, Ga.Born in Greenville,MeriwetherCounty, Ga.,January30, 1949.Democrat. Member ofGeorgiastate senate 26th District, 1991-2011; delegate to DemocraticNational Convention from Georgia,2008;candidate formayor ofMacon, Ga., 2011.Africanancestry.Died from aself-inflictedgunshot wound, in Macon,BibbCounty, Ga.,December8, 2011 (age62 years, 312days).Interment atMiddle Georgia Memory Gardens, Jones County, Ga.
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