Very incomplete list!in chronological order | |  John Harrington Farley (1846-1922) — also known asJohn H. Farley;"HonestJohn" —of Cleveland,CuyahogaCounty, Ohio.Born in Cleveland,CuyahogaCounty, Ohio,February5, 1846.Democrat.Wholesalegrocer;brass foundrybusiness;banker;delegate to Democratic National Convention from Ohio,1880,1892;mayorof Cleveland, Ohio, 1883-84, 1899-1900.IrishandGermanancestry.Suffered astrokewhile ridingin astreetcar, and died soon afterin an ambulance en route toa hospital, in Cleveland,CuyahogaCounty, Ohio,February9, 1922 (age76 years, 4days).Interment atWoodlandCemetery, Cleveland, Ohio. | | John Alvin Lingo Jr. (1873-1925) — also known asJohn A. Lingo — of Rehoboth,SussexCounty, Del.Born in1873.Republican.Merchant;member ofDelawarestate house of representatives from Sussex County 10th District,1925; died in office 1925.Episcopalian.Member,Freemasons.Accidentally swallowedpoisonousLysol disinfectant, and died en route to a hospital, in his doctor'scar, near Lewes,SussexCounty, Del.,December14, 1925 (ageabout 52years).Interment atMillsboroCemetery, Millsboro, Del.  | Alton Brooks Parker (1852-1926) — also known asAlton B. Parker;"Parker theSilent" —of Kingston,UlsterCounty, N.Y.; Esopus,UlsterCounty, N.Y.Born in Cortland,CortlandCounty, N.Y.,May 14,1852.Democrat.Lawyer;UlsterCounty Surrogate, 1877-85; delegate to Democratic NationalConvention from New York,1884,1908,1912(TemporaryChair; chair,Committeeto Notify Vice-Presidential Nominee;speaker);Justiceof New York Supreme Court 3rd District, 1885-97;chiefjudge of New York Court of Appeals, 1897-1904; resigned 1904;candidate forPresidentof the United States, 1904; law partner ofWilliamF. Sheehan andEdwardW. Hatch, 1905-12.Member,American BarAssociation.Died, fromheartdisease, whileriding in his automobile through CentralPark, Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,May 10,1926 (age73 years, 361days).Interment atWiltwyckCemetery, Kingston, N.Y. | | | Walter Husted Jaycox (1863-1927) — also known asWalter H. Jaycox — of Patchogue,SuffolkCounty, Long Island, N.Y.Born in Wassaic,DutchessCounty, N.Y.,September3, 1863.Republican.Lawyer;SuffolkCounty District Attorney, 1893-99;SuffolkCounty Judge, 1902-05;Justice ofNew York Supreme Court 2nd District, 1906-27; appointed 1906;died in office 1927; Justice of the Appellate Division of the NewYork Supreme Court 2nd Department, 1921-27; died in office 1927.Member,Elks;Freemasons;KnightsTemplar;Shriners;Sonsof the Revolution.Died, ofheartdisease, en route to his home,in the automobile ofJusticeLeanderB. Faber, in Hempstead,NassauCounty, Long Island, N.Y.,February3, 1927 (age63 years, 153days).Interment atCedarGrove Cemetery, Patchogue, Long Island, N.Y.| |  Relatives: Sonof Lorin R. Jaycox and Hannah A. (Darling) Jaycox; married,December3, 1890, to Inez Leaming. |
| | William Newell Vaile (1876-1927) — also known asWilliam N. Vaile — ofDenver,Colo.Born in Kokomo,HowardCounty, Ind.,June 22,1876.Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War;lawyer;U.S.Representative from Colorado 1st District, 1919-27; defeated,1916; died in office 1927.Congregationalist.Member,SigmaAlpha Epsilon;Freemasons;KnightsTemplar;Shriners;UnitedSpanish War Veterans.Died, fromheartdisease, whileriding in an automobile in or near RockyMountain National Park, Colorado,July 2,1927 (age51 years, 10days).Interment atFairmountCemetery, Denver, Colo.  | Harry W. Mager (1893-1930) — of Chicago,CookCounty, Ill.Born in Illinois,December11, 1893.U.S.Collector of Internal Revenue at Chicago, Illinois, 1920-21; in1921-22, he wasarrestedseveral times forintoxicationand possession ofillegalliquor; in July 1922, he andBenjaminM. Mitchell werechargedas part of anextortionconspiracy andviolationof Prohibition laws; he was not convicted.GermanandIrishancestry.Suffered an attack ofacuteindigestion, and diedin an ambulance en route to ahospital, in Chicago,CookCounty, Ill.,December28, 1930 (age37 years, 17days).Interment atMt.Olivet Cemetery, Chicago, Ill.| | Relatives: Sonof Charles Mager and Margaret (Casey) Mager. | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial | | | | Image source: Chicago Tribune, January14, 1920 |
| | | John Warren Gordon (1857-1931) — also known asJohn W. Gordon;"HonestJohn" —of Barre,WashingtonCounty, Vt.Born in Vershire,OrangeCounty, Vt.,September16, 1857.Granitebusiness;lawyer;delegate to Gold Democrat National Convention from Vermont, 1896;mayor ofBarre, Vt., 1896-1900; member ofVermontstate senate, 1911-12; member ofVermontstate house of representatives, 1923-24, 1929-30.Universalist.Member,OddFellows.Died suddenly, probably from aheartattack,in his car, on Elm Street, Montpelier,WashingtonCounty, Vt.,October26, 1931 (age74 years, 40days).Interment atHope Cemetery, Barre, Vt. | | 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 ofanopen car 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. | | Jerome Taylor Congleton (1876-1936) — also known asJerome T. Congleton — of Newark,EssexCounty, N.J.Born in Newark,EssexCounty, N.J.,August25, 1876.Republican.Lawyer;mayor ofNewark, N.J., 1928-33; delegate to Republican National Conventionfrom New Jersey,1932.MethodistorEpiscopalian.Member,American BarAssociation;Elks.Died, from aheartattack, while sittingin his car, in Newark,EssexCounty, N.J.,December10, 1936 (age60 years, 107days).Interment atEvergreenCemetery, Hillside, N.J. | | Byron W. Austin (1887-1937) — of Miami, Dade County (nowMiami-DadeCounty), Fla.; Danbury,FairfieldCounty, Conn.Born in Danbury,FairfieldCounty, Conn.,1887.Democrat. Electedmayorof Danbury, Conn. 1937, but died before taking office.Died, probably bysuicide,fromcarbonmonoxide poisoning, inhis car, in the garage of hishunting lodge, in New Fairfield,FairfieldCounty, Conn., aboutApril 1,1937 (ageabout 49years).Interment atWoosterCemetery, Danbury, Conn.  | 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 his car near his hunting lodge, in Harwinton,LitchfieldCounty, Conn.,May 19,1937 (age67 years, 44days).Interment atMountain View Cemetery, North Canaan, Conn. | | Edward Livingston Robertson (1876-1937) — also known asEdward L. Robertson — of Syracuse,OnondagaCounty, N.Y.Born inSt.Louis, Mo.,September23, 1876.Republican.Lawyer;Justice ofNew York Supreme Court 5th District, 1935-37; died in office 1937.Episcopalian.Member,Chi Phi.Attended a Cornell v. Syracusefootballgame, and died shortly afterwards, from acerebralhemorrhage, in hiscar, on the Cornell University campus,in Ithaca,TompkinsCounty, N.Y.,October16, 1937 (age61 years, 23days).Burial location unknown.| | Presumably namedfor:EdwardLivingston | | | | Relatives: Son of Charles Robertson andRebecca (Duane) Robertson; married to ElizabethComstock. |
 | 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 his car, 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. | | | 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 andkilledat the scene, while stillin his car, 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 |
| | Thad S. Snell Jr. (1884-1941) — of Ida Grove,IdaCounty, Iowa.Born in Ida Grove,IdaCounty, Iowa,December12, 1884.Republican.Lawyer;delegate to Republican National Convention from Iowa,1916(alternate),1928(member,Committeeon Rules and Order of Business).Methodist.Member,Freemasons.Suffered a fatalheartattack, whiledriving his car, in Ida Grove,IdaCounty, Iowa,April14, 1941 (age56 years, 123days).Interment atIdaGrove Cemetery, Ida Grove, Iowa.  | Michael J. Gillen (1884-1942) — of Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.Born in Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.,1884.Democrat.Insurancebusiness;real estatebroker; member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from Kings County 3rd District, 1926-42; died inoffice 1942.Member,Elks.Died, of aheartattack, in anautomobile as he was leaving a dance, inBrooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.,February1, 1942 (ageabout 57years).Burial location unknown. | | 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 his car, alongside highway M-99, near Springport,JacksonCounty, Mich.,January11, 1945 (age40 years, 254days).Interment atRiversideCemetery, Albion, Mich. | | Edmund Arthur Ball (1894-1947) — also known asE. Arthur Ball — of Muncie,DelawareCounty, Ind.; Westwood,BergenCounty, N.J.Born in Muncie,DelawareCounty, Ind., December,1894.Democrat. Vice-president of the Ball Brothersglasscontainer company; delegate to Democratic National Conventionfrom Indiana,1940.Died, from aheartseizure brought on byinfluenza,while seatedin his parked car at themunicipalairport, in Millville,CumberlandCounty, N.J.,April16, 1947 (age52 years, 0days).Entombed atBeechGrove Cemetery, Muncie, Ind. | | Godfried Ernest Gettel (1871-1949) — also known asGodfried Gettel — of Sebewaing,HuronCounty, Mich.Born in Sebewaing,HuronCounty, Mich.,February26, 1871.Republican.Farmer;banker;member ofMichiganstate house of representatives from Huron County, 1915-18,1921-22; member ofMichiganstate senate 20th District, 1923-26; defeated in primary, 1926;HuronCounty Road Commissioner, 1930-42.Brethren.Germanancestry.Suffered astrokewhiledriving a tractor, and died ten days later, inSebewaing,HuronCounty, Mich.,October13, 1949 (age78 years, 229days).Interment atMemorialCemetery, Sebewaing, Mich. | | Eberly Paul Burkholder (1898-1950) — also known asE. Paul Burkholder — of Dover,KentCounty, Del.Born in West Earl Township,LancasterCounty, Pa.,February5, 1898.Republican.Superintendentof schools; member ofDelawarestate senate from Kent County 1st District, 1947-50; died inoffice 1950.Methodist.Member,Rotary;OddFellows.Died, from acoronaryocclusion, in hisparked car, in Dover,KentCounty, Del.,September18, 1950 (age52 years, 225days).Interment atCedar Hill Cemetery, Ephrata, Pa.| | Relatives: Sonof Jacob L. Burkholder and Delia B. (Eberly)Burkholder. |
| | 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 his Jeep, 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. | | 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.Shotandkilledin his car, by an unknown assailant, in Phenix City,RussellCounty, Ala.,June 18,1954 (ageabout 63years).Burial location unknown. | | Leon M. Layden (1893-1955) — of Whitehall,WashingtonCounty, N.Y.Born in West Pawlet, Pawlet,RutlandCounty, Vt.,December17, 1893.Democrat.Lawyer;served in the U.S. Army during World War I;WashingtonCounty Surrogate, 1926-28; alternate delegate to DemocraticNational Convention from New York,1940;Justiceof New York Supreme Court 4th District, 1941; defeated, 1932;appointed 1941; defeated, 1941.Catholic.Member,Knightsof Columbus;Elks;AmericanLegion.Suffered aheartattack, and died in anambulance, en route from Whitehallto the Glens Falls hospital, inWashingtonCounty, N.Y.,February8, 1955 (age61 years, 53days).Interment atOur Lady of Angels Cemetery, Whitehall, N.Y. | | Warren Dale Byrum (1887-1956) — also known asWarren D. Byrum — of Leslie,InghamCounty, Mich.; Onondaga,InghamCounty, Mich.Born in Onondaga Township,InghamCounty, Mich.,October19, 1887.Republican.Schoolteacher;insurancebusiness; member ofMichiganstate house of representatives from Ingham County 2nd District,1919-24.Congregationalist.Member,Freemasons;Elks.Died, from aheartattack, while driving apickup truck, near Leslie,InghamCounty, Mich.,June 1,1956 (age68 years, 226days).Interment atWoodlawnCemetery, Leslie, Mich. | | William Porter Whitaker (1882-1957) — also known asWilliam P. Whitaker;W. P.Whitaker —of Pocatello,BannockCounty, Idaho.Born in Utah,April 2,1882.Democrat.Locomotiveengineer;mayorof Pocatello, Idaho, 1919-20; candidate forU.S.Representative from Idaho 2nd District, 1920, 1922;realestate andinsurancebusiness;florist; candidate forGovernor ofIdaho, 1938.Leaving thepostoffice and getting intohis car, he suffered aheartattack and died, in Pocatello,BannockCounty, Idaho,January15, 1957 (age74 years, 288days).Interment atMountainView Cemetery, Pocatello, Idaho.| | Relatives: Sonof Thomas William Whitaker and Hannah (Waddoups) Whitaker; married1903 to RoseByrnia Willey; married1912 to MaryR. Hawkley. | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial |
| | John Cashmore (1895-1961) — of Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.Born in Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.,June 7,1895.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; aide to thegeneral manager of the New York Edison Companyelectricutility;furnituremanufacturer;businessexecutive; member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from Kings County 5th District, 1923; defeated,1923; member ofNew YorkDemocratic State Committee, 1938-44;boroughpresident of Brooklyn, New York, 1940-61; died in office 1961;delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York,1948,1952,1956,1960;candidate forU.S.Senator from New York, 1952.Member,AmericanLegion.Collapsed from aheartattack, in hiscar, and died soon after, in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,May 7,1961 (age65 years, 334days).Interment atCanarsieCemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y. | | Raymond Harold Johnston (1906-1962) — also known asRaymond H. Johnston;RayJohnston —of Concordia,CloudCounty, Kan.Born near Concordia,CloudCounty, Kan.,June 23,1906.Grocer;automobiledealer;mayorof Concordia, Kan., 1950-51, 1952-54, 1956-57, 1959-60, 1962;died in office 1962.Member,Elks;Rotary.Died, from aheartattack, while in anambulance en route to a hospital, inConcordia,CloudCounty, Kan.,November12, 1962 (age56 years, 142days).Interment atSt. Concordia Cemetery, Concordia, Kan. | | Ed Warren (1886-1963) — of Cheyenne,LaramieCounty, Wyo.Born in Butte,Silver BowCounty, Mont.,1886.Mayorof Cheyenne, Wyo., 1942-43; defeated, 1943.Died bysuicide,fromcarbonmonoxide poisoning, inhis car, in the garage of hishouse, Cheyenne,LaramieCounty, Wyo.,April15, 1963 (ageabout 76years).Interment atBethEl Cemetery, Cheyenne, Wyo.  | 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.Shotby asniper,Lee Harvey Oswald, whileriding in a motorcade, and died inParklandHospital,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) |
| | Cyrus Scott Kump (1908-1964) — also known asCyrus S. Kump — of Elkins,RandolphCounty, W.Va.Born in Elkins,RandolphCounty, W.Va.,October26, 1908.Democrat.Lawyer;bankdirector; served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II;chair ofRandolph County Democratic Party, 1949-50; alternate delegate toDemocratic National Convention from West Virginia,1952;candidate forGovernor ofWest Virginia, 1952; candidate forU.S.Representative from West Virginia 2nd District, 1956.Presbyterian.Member,AmericanLegion;Elks;Rotary.Died, fromsuffocationcaused byangioedema,in a car en route to a hospital, in Elkins,RandolphCounty, W.Va.,February25, 1964 (age55 years, 122days).Interment atMaplewoodCemetery, Elkins, W.Va. | | 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.Shotandkilled 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. | | 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.Shotandkilled byterrorists who ambushed hislimousine, in Guatemala City,Guatemala,August28, 1968 (age54 years, 353days).Interment atRockCreek Cemetery, Washington, D.C. | | Inger Stevens (1934-1970) — also known asInger Stensland;"KayPalmer" —Born in Stockholm,Sweden,October18, 1934.Democrat.Actress;honored guest, Democratic National Convention,1960.Female.Swedishancestry.Died, fromacutebarbiturate poisoning, (later ruled to besuicide),in theambulance on the way to the hospital, in Los Angeles,LosAngeles County, Calif.,April30, 1970 (age35 years, 194days).Cremated;ashes scattered in North Pacific Ocean. | | Harry Ennis Mayhew (1906-1972) — also known asHarry E. Mayhew — of Milford,KentCounty, Del.Born in Milford,SussexCounty, Del.,April16, 1906.Democrat.Truckingbusiness;coal andice dealer; member ofDelawarestate house of representatives from Kent County 10th District,1955-58;Speaker ofthe Delaware State House of Representatives, 1957-58; member ofDelawarestate senate from Kent County 5th District, 1959-62; alternatedelegate to Democratic National Convention from Delaware,1960.Methodist.Member,Freemasons;ScottishRite Masons;TallCedars of Lebanon;Shriners;Rotary.Suffered aheartattack while he and his wife weredriving home fromWilmington, and was dead on arrival at Kent GeneralHospital,Dover,KentCounty, Del.,July 21,1972 (age66 years, 96days).Interment atOddFellows Cemetery, Milford, Del. | | Esther Warner (1891-1980) — also known asEsther P. Anderson;Mrs. Charles J.Warner —of Waverly,LancasterCounty, Neb.Born in Virginia,CassCounty, Ill.,January12, 1891.Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Nebraska,1956,1960(member,ResolutionsCommittee).Female.Member,Orderof the Eastern Star;Rebekah;Grange.Died, probably from aheartattack, while in anambulance en route to a hospital, inLancasterCounty, Neb.,April18, 1980 (age89 years, 97days).Interment atBethlehem Cemetery, Lancaster County, Neb. | | 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 parkedrental car, in Annapolis,AnneArundel County, Md.,February5, 1991 (age80 years, 40days).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.Shotandkilled inhispickup truck by his opponent for re-election,ByronLow Tax Looper, near Monterey,CumberlandCounty, Tenn.,October19, 1998 (age58 years, 150days).Interment atCrestlawnMemorial Cemetery, Cookeville, Tenn. | | Iola Kelley Banks (1933-2002) — also known asIola Banks — of Fairbanks,FairbanksNorth Star Borough, Alaska; Kenai,KenaiPeninsula Borough, Alaska.Born in Arcadia,BienvilleParish, La.,August10, 1933.Democrat.Schoolteacher; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Alaska,1976,1980,2000.Female.BaptistorMethodist.Member,DeltaKappa Gamma;PhiBeta Kappa.Diedin the ambulance en route to a hospital, near Soldotna,KenaiPeninsula Borough, Alaska,June 26,2002 (age68 years, 320days).Intermentsomewherein Lexington, Ky.| | Relatives:Married to Lovell Banks. |
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