Very incomplete list!See alsolivercancer. in chronological order | |  William Charles Cole Claiborne (1775-1817) — also known asWilliam C. C. Claiborne — of New Orleans,OrleansParish, La.Born inSussexCounty, Va.,1775.Lawyer;delegateto Tennessee state constitutional convention, 1796; state courtjudge in Tennessee, 1796;U.S.Representative from Tennessee at-large, 1797-1801;Governorof Mississippi Territory, 1801-04;Governorof Orleans Territory, 1804-12;Governor ofLouisiana, 1812-16;U.S.Senator from Louisiana, 1817; died in office 1817.Episcopalian.Member,Freemasons.Fought aduelwith Daniel Clark on June 8, 1807; he was wounded in the thigh.Died of aliver ailment, in New Orleans,OrleansParish, La.,November23, 1817 (ageabout 42years).Originally entombed atSt.Louis Cemetery No. 1, New Orleans, La.; re-entombed in 1872 atMetairieCemetery, New Orleans, La. | | Henry Schuyler Thibodeaux (1769-1827) — of Louisiana. Born in Albany,AlbanyCounty, N.Y.,January1, 1769.Member ofLouisianastate senate, 1812-24;Governor ofLouisiana, 1824.Catholic.Died, of anabscessed liver, near Bayou Terrebonne,TerrebonneParish, La.,October24, 1827 (age58 years, 296days).Entombed atHalfwayCemetery, Houma, La. | | Hedge Thompson (1780-1828) — of Salem,SalemCounty, N.J.Born in Salem,SalemCounty, N.J.,January28, 1780.Physician;member ofNewJersey state house of assembly from Salem County, 1805-06; memberofNewJersey State Council, 1819;U.S.Representative from New Jersey at-large, 1827-28; died in office1828.Died, from aliver ailment, in Salem,SalemCounty, N.J.,July 23,1828 (age48 years, 177days).Interment atSt.John's Episcopal Churchyard, Salem, N.J.; cenotaph atCongressionalCemetery, Washington, D.C. | | John Cabell Breckinridge (1821-1875) — also known asJohn C. Breckinridge — of Lexington,FayetteCounty, Ky.Born near Lexington,FayetteCounty, Ky.,January16, 1821.Democrat.Lawyer;major in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War; member ofKentuckystate house of representatives, 1849-51;U.S.Representative from Kentucky 8th District, 1851-55; delegate toDemocratic National Convention from Kentucky,1856;VicePresident of the United States, 1857-61; Southern Democraticcandidate forPresidentof the United States, 1860;U.S.Senator from Kentucky, 1861; general in the Confederate Armyduring the Civil War;ConfederateSecretary of War, 1865.Presbyterian.Member,Freemasons.Expelledfrom the U.S. Senate on December 4, 1861 for his participation in theConfederatemilitary.Fledto Cuba at the end of the war, and lived in England and Canada until1869.Slaveowner. Died, fromlungdisease andliver cirrhosis, in Lexington,FayetteCounty, Ky.,May 17,1875 (age54 years, 121days).Interment atLexingtonCemetery, Lexington, Ky.| |  Relatives: Sonof Mary Clay (Smith) Breckinridge andJosephCabell Breckinridge (1788-1823); married1840 toElizabeth Lucas; married,December12, 1843, to Mary Cyrene Burch (1826-1907) andMaryCyrene Burch (1826-1907); father ofJosephCabell Breckinridge (1844-1906) andCliftonRodes Breckinridge; nephew ofRobertJefferson Breckinridge; grandson ofJohnBreckinridge; great-grandson ofJohnWitherspoon; great-grandnephew ofWilliamPreston andWilliamCabell; first cousin ofPeterAugustus Porter (1827-1864),RobertJefferson Breckinridge Jr. andWilliamCampbell Preston Breckinridge; first cousin once removed ofJamesDouglas Breckinridge,BenjaminWilliam Sheridan Cabell,PeterAugustus Porter (1853-1925),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,BenjaminEarl Cabell andCarterHenry Harrison II; second cousin twice removed ofEarleCabell; third cousin ofJohnWilliam Leftwich. | | | | Political families:Cabell-Breckinridgefamily of Virginia;Breckinridge-Preston-Harrison-Richardsonfamily of Virginia (subsets of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | ThecityofBreckenridge,Missouri, isnamed forhim. — ThecityofBreckenridge,Colorado, isnamed forhim. — The World War IILibertyshipSS John C. Breckinridge (built 1943 atSavannah,Georgia; scrapped 1960) wasnamed forhim. | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Wikipedia article —NNDBdossier —Find-A-Gravememorial —BillionGravesburial record —OurCampaignscandidate detail | | | | Books about John C. Breckinridge:William C. Davis,AnHonorable Defeat: The Last Days of the ConfederateGovernment — Frank Hopkins Heck,ProudKentuckian, John C. Breckinridge, 1821-1875 — WilliamC. Davis,Breckinridge: Statesman, Soldier, Symbol |
| | James N. Moreno (1836-1898) — of Pensacola,EscambiaCounty, Fla.Born in Pensacola,EscambiaCounty, Fla.,December7, 1836.Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War;Vice-Consulfor Mexico inPensacola,Fla., 1874-98.Died, fromliver andheartailments, in Pensacola,EscambiaCounty, Fla.,March 7,1898 (age61 years, 90days).Interment atSt.John's Cemetery, Pensacola, Fla. | | Thomas A. Ledwith (1840-1898) — of New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,February14, 1840.Republican. Member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from New York County 11th District, 1863;candidate formayorof New York City, N.Y., 1870; candidate forJustice ofNew York Supreme Court 1st District, 1871; member ofNew Yorkstate senate 7th District, 1874-75.Died ofcirrhosis of the liver andBright'sdisease, in Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,April 1,1898 (age58 years, 46days).Interment atCalvaryCemetery, Woodside, Queens, N.Y. | | Thomas Joseph Bradley (1870-1901) — also known asThomas J. Bradley — of New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,January2, 1870.Democrat.Lawyer;U.S.Representative from New York 9th District, 1897-1901.Member,TammanyHall.Died, fromcirrhosis of the liver, in St. Vincent'sHospital,Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,April 1,1901 (age31 years, 89days).Interment atCalvaryCemetery, Woodside, Queens, N.Y. | | Frederic René Coudert (1832-1903) — also known asFrederic R. Coudert — of Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,March 1,1832.Democrat.Lawyer;government director, 1885-88, and receiver, 1892-98, of Union PacificRailroad;delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York,1896.Catholic.Frenchancestry.Died, fromheart andliver troubles, inWashington,D.C.,December20, 1903 (age71 years, 294days).Interment atCalvaryCemetery, Woodside, Queens, N.Y. | | Frank Augustus Cady (1858-1904) — also known asFrank A. Cady — of Marshfield,WoodCounty, Wis.; Grand Rapids (now Wisconsin Rapids),WoodCounty, Wis.Born in Newport,ColumbiaCounty, Wis.,December31, 1858.Republican.Lawyer;member ofWisconsinstate assembly from Wood County, 1901-04; died in office 1904.Member,AncientOrder of United Workmen;Elks.While suffering fromliver disease, he left his hospital room,took the elevator to the top floor,leapedover the railing into the rotunda, andfell to hisdeath on the stone floor five stories below, in St. JamesInfirmary,Hot Springs,GarlandCounty, Ark.,March30, 1904 (age45 years, 90days).Interment atSpring Grove Cemetery, Wisconsin Dells, Wis.  | Hermann Oelrichs (1850-1906) — of New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born inBaltimore,Md.,June 8,1850.Democrat.Steamshipagent;banker;member ofDemocraticNational Committee from New York, 1888.Germanancestry.Died, fromliver trouble,onboard the S.S.Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse, in theNorthAtlantic Ocean,September1, 1906 (age56 years, 85days).Interment atWoodlawnCemetery, Bronx, N.Y.| | Relatives: Sonof Henry Ferdinand Oelrichs and Julia Matilda (May) Oelrichs; married1890 toTheresa Alice 'Tessie' Fair (daughter ofJamesGraham Fair). | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial | | | | Image source: Washington Times,September 4, 1906 |
|  | Edwin Ford Blodgett (1849-1912) — also known asEdwin F. Blodgett — of Atlanta,FultonCounty, Ga.Born in Augusta,RichmondCounty, Ga.,July 10,1849.Republican.Railwayconductor;purchasingagent; postmaster atAtlanta,Ga., 1902-10; delegate to Republican National Convention fromGeorgia,1908.Baptist.Died, fromcirrhosis of the liver, in Atlanta,FultonCounty, Ga.,October3, 1912 (age63 years, 85days).Interment atOaklandCemetery, Atlanta, Ga.  | William Uhler Hensel (1851-1915) — also known asW. U. Hensel — of Lancaster,LancasterCounty, Pa.Born in Quarryville,LancasterCounty, Pa.,December4, 1851.Democrat.Lawyer;newspapereditor and publisher;chair ofLancaster County Democratic Party, 1875-87; delegate toDemocratic National Convention from Pennsylvania,1880,1884,1892(delegation chair); law partner ofJ.Hay Brown, 1887-99;Pennsylvaniastate attorney general, 1891-95; organizer oftrolleylines.Presbyterian.GermanandEnglishancestry. Member,American BarAssociation;PhiKappa Sigma.Died, fromliver cirrhosis, in asanitariumat Savannah,ChathamCounty, Ga.,February27, 1915 (age63 years, 85days).Interment atWoodwardHill Cemetery, Lancaster, Pa. |  | Murray Vandiver (1845-1916) — of Havre de Grace,HarfordCounty, Md.Born in Havre de Grace,HarfordCounty, Md.,September14, 1845.Democrat.Lumberbusiness; member ofMarylandstate house of delegates, 1876-80, 1892;Speaker ofthe Maryland State House of Delegates, 1892;mayorof Havre de Grace, Md., 1885-86;bankdirector; delegate to Democratic National Convention fromMaryland,1892(delegation secretary),1896,1900,1904,1908;MarylandDemocratic state chair, 1897-1916;Marylandstate treasurer, 1900-16.Died, fromliver problems andtuberculosis,in Blue Ridge Summit,FranklinCounty, Pa.,May 23,1916 (age70 years, 252days).Interment atAngelHill Cemetery, Havre de Grace, Md. | | | Howard Allan Gass (1853-1916) — also known asHoward A. Gass — of Jefferson City,ColeCounty, Mo.Born inAudrainCounty, Mo.,August22, 1853.Democrat.School teacherand principal;Missourisuperintendent of schools, 1907-10, 1915-16; died in office 1916.Died, fromliver disease, in Jefferson City,ColeCounty, Mo.,September18, 1916 (age63 years, 27days).Interment atRiverviewCemetery, Jefferson City, Mo. | | Truman S. Powell (1842-1919) — of Lamar,BartonCounty, Mo.; Notch,StoneCounty, Mo.Born inLa SalleCounty, Ill.,October25, 1842.Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; member ofMissouristate house of representatives from Stone County, 1907-08, 1919;died in office 1919.Died, from aliver abscess, in Jefferson City,ColeCounty, Mo.,March14, 1919 (age76 years, 140days).Interment atEvergreen Cemetery, Notch, Mo.  | Jotham Powers Allds (1865-1923) — also known asJotham P. Allds — of Norwich,ChenangoCounty, N.Y.Born in Claremont,SullivanCounty, N.H.,February1, 1865.Republican.Lawyer;member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from Chenango County, 1896-1902; member ofNew Yorkstate senate, 1903-10 (26th District 1903-06, 27th District1907-08, 37th District 1909-10); resigned 1910; alternate delegate toRepublican National Convention from New York,1908.Accusedby Sen.BennConger, in 1910, of acceptingbribesfrom bridge companies nine years earlier; following aninvestigation,the State Senatefound himguilty by a vote of 40 to 9, and heresignedto avoidexpulsion.Died, ofliver disease, at Norwich MemorialHospital,Norwich,ChenangoCounty, N.Y.,September11, 1923 (age58 years, 222days).Burial location unknown.| | Relatives: Sonof Jotham Gillis Allds and Lucy Charlotte (Powers)Allds. | | | | See alsoWikipediaarticle | | | | Image source: New York Red Book1907 |
| | Dan M. Nobles (1863-1924) — of Paris,HenryCounty, Tenn.Born in Tennessee,August13, 1863.Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention fromTennessee,1896(alternate),1920;postmaster atParis,Tenn., 1901.Died, fromliver cirrhosis, in Paris,HenryCounty, Tenn.,February23, 1924 (age60 years, 194days).Interment atMaplewoodCemetery, Paris, Tenn.| | Relatives: Sonof Simon Nobles and Mary Ann (Benton) Nobles; married1891 to MaggieLuceil Willett; married1900 to SusanMary Stader. | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial |
| | Louis Arthur Coolidge (1861-1925) — also known asLouis A. Coolidge — of Milton,NorfolkCounty, Mass.Born in Natick,MiddlesexCounty, Mass.,October8, 1861.Republican.Newspapercorrespondent; private secretary to U.S. Sen.HenryCabot Lodge, 1888-91; assistant secretary of the U.S. Treasury,1908; treasurer and director, UnitedShoeMachinery Corporation, 1909;delegateto Massachusetts state constitutional convention, 1917; delegateto Republican National Convention from Massachusetts,1920(member,ResolutionsCommittee).Member,Freemasons.Died, fromliver sclerosis, in Milton,NorfolkCounty, Mass.,May 31,1925 (age63 years, 235days).Interment atDellPark Cemetery, Natick, Mass. | | Thomas Lee Woolwine (1874-1925) — of Los Angeles,LosAngeles County, Calif.Born in Nashville,DavidsonCounty, Tenn.,October31, 1874.Democrat.LosAngeles County District Attorney, 1915-23; became one of thenation's best-known prosecutors; Democratic candidate forGovernor ofCalifornia, 1918 (primary), 1922.Episcopalian.Died, of aliver ailment, in Los Angeles,Los AngelesCounty, Calif.,July 8,1925 (age50 years, 250days).Interment atMt.Olivet Cemetery, Nashville, Tenn. | | Jacob Bunn Jr. (1864-1926) — of Springfield,SangamonCounty, Ill.Born in Springfield,SangamonCounty, Ill.,October21, 1864.Republican. President, Illinois Watch Co. (watchmanufacturers);president, Sangamo Electric Co.; president, Springfield MarineBank;delegate to Republican National Convention from Illinois,1924.Died, fromcirrhosis of the liver, in Springfield,SangamonCounty, Ill.,May 10,1926 (age61 years, 201days).Interment atOakRidge Cemetery, Springfield, Ill.| | Relatives: Sonof Jacob Bunn and Elizabeth (Ferguson) Bunn; married to MildredJeffress. |
| | James William Zevely (1861-1927) — also known asJ. W. Zevely — of Muskogee,MuskogeeCounty, Okla.;Washington,D.C.; Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in Linn,OsageCounty, Mo.,October8, 1861.Democrat.Librarian;secretaryof Missouri Democratic Party, 1888; Inspector in Charge for U.S.Department of the Interior;lawyer;delegate to Democratic National Convention from Oklahoma,1912,1916;as attorney for the Sinclair ConsolidatedOilCorporation, and for Harry F. Sinclair, he was a figure in the TeapotDome scandal of the 1920s.Died, ofperniciousanemia andliver cirrhosis, in East Hampton,SuffolkCounty, Long Island, N.Y.,June 10,1927 (age65 years, 245days).Intermentsomewherein Paris, Ky.| | Relatives: Sonof Thaddeus Zevely and Mary A. Zevely; married,June 23,1908, to Janie C. Clay. | | | | The championracehorse"Zev" (1920-1943) wasnamed forhim by Harry F. Sinclair. |
 | Charles U. Becker (1868-1934) — of Wishart,PolkCounty, Mo.; Bolivar,PolkCounty, Mo.Born near New Haven,FranklinCounty, Mo.,October21, 1868.Republican.Farmer;writer;member ofMissouristate house of representatives from Polk County, 1915-20;secretaryof state of Missouri, 1921-33.GermanandFrenchancestry.Died, fromcirrhosis of the liver, in Missouri MethodistHospital,St. Joseph,BuchananCounty, Mo.,May 21,1934 (age65 years, 212days).Interment atRiverviewCemetery, Jefferson City, Mo.| | Relatives: Sonof Hermann Becker and Sarah (Maupin) Becker; married,May 13,1920, to Mary B. Tolson. | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial | | | | Image source: Missouri Official Manual1917 |
| | Joseph Medill Patterson (1879-1946) — also known asJoseph M. Patterson — of Ossining,WestchesterCounty, N.Y.Born in Chicago,CookCounty, Ill.,January6, 1879.Member ofIllinoisstate house of representatives, 1903;editorof the ChicagoTribune, 1910-25; served in the U.S. Armyduring World War I; founder (1919) andpublisherof the New YorkDaily News, the first successful Americantabloid newspaper.Died, from aliver ailment, in DoctorsHospital,Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,May 26,1946 (age67 years, 140days).Interment atArlingtonNational Cemetery, Arlington, Va. | | Elinor Fatman Morgenthau (1892-1949) — also known asElinor F. Morgenthau;ElinorFatman —of Hopewell Junction,DutchessCounty, N.Y.Born in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,February19, 1892.Democrat. Democratic candidate for Presidential Elector for New York,1924;delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York,1928.Female.Jewish.Died, from aliver ailment, inNew YorkHospital, Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,September21, 1949 (age57 years, 214days).Interment atMt.Pleasant Cemetery, Hawthorne, N.Y.  | George Fred Osiek (1878-1952) — also known asGeorge F. Osiek — ofSt.Louis, Mo.Born in St. Charles,St. CharlesCounty, Mo.,December5, 1878.Democrat.Patternmaker;lawyer;chiropractor;member ofMissouristate house of representatives from St. Louis City 4th District,1917-18.Germanancestry.Died, fromliver cirrhosis, inSt.Louis, Mo.,September26, 1952 (age73 years, 296days).Interment atFriedens Cemetery, Bellefontaine Neighbors, Mo.| | Relatives: Sonof Anna Katharina (Schweickert) Osiek and Friederich Wilhelm 'Fritz'Osiek; married,May 2,1900, to Emma Ebeling; married to KathrynScheufeler. | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial | | | | Image source: Missouri Official Manual1917 |
 | Arthur Bliss Lane (1894-1956) — of New York;Washington,D.C.Born in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.,June 16,1894.U.S. Minister toNicaragua, 1933-36;Estonia, 1936-37;Latvia, 1936-37;Lithuania, 1936-37;Yugoslavia, 1937-41;Costa Rica, 1941-42; U.S. Ambassador toColombia, 1942-44;Poland, 1944-47.Member,Council onForeign Relations.Died, fromacute hepatitis, in DoctorsHospital,Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,August13, 1956 (age62 years, 58days).Burial location unknown.  | Joseph Raymond McCarthy (1908-1957) — also known asJoseph R. McCarthy;Joe McCarthy;"Tail-Gunner Joe" —of Appleton,OutagamieCounty, Wis.Born in Grand Chute,OutagamieCounty, Wis.,November14, 1908.Republican.Lawyer;circuit judge in Wisconsin 10th Circuit, 1940-46; served in the U.S.Marine Corps during World War II;U.S.Senator from Wisconsin, 1947-57; died in office 1957; delegate toRepublican National Convention from Wisconsin,1948;speaker,1952.Catholic.Claimed in a 1950 speech that he had a list of 205 Communistsemployed in the U.S. State Department; went on to conduct hearingsand investigations into alleged subersive activities and Communistinfluence on society; with his sensationalist tactics and disregardfor fairness and due process, he dominated the American politicalscene for a period of time, now called the McCarthy Era; publicopinion turned against him when he tried to investigate the Army; inDecember 1953, the Senate voted 67-22 tocensurehim for "contemptuousconduct" andabuseof select committee privilege.Died of aliver ailment atBethesdaNaval Hospital, Bethesda,MontgomeryCounty, Md.,May 2,1957 (age48 years, 169days).Interment atSt.Mary's Cemetery, Appleton, Wis.| | Relatives: Sonof Timothy McCarthy and Bridget (Tierney) McCarthy; married,September29, 1953, to Jean Fraser Kerr. | | | | Cross-reference:L.Brent Bozell —NormanArmour —JosephC. Grew —RobertWoods Bliss —WilliamPhillips —AlbertCohn —CorlissLamont —MerwinK. Hart —CharlesW. Thayer —JohnS. Service | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Wikipedia article —NNDBdossier —Internet Movie Databaseprofile —Find-A-Gravememorial | | | | Books about Joseph R. McCarthy: RichardH. Rovere,SenatorJoe McCarthy — Arthur Herman,JosephMcCarthy : Reexamining the Life and Legacy of America's Most HatedSenator — Ellen Schrecker,TheAge of McCarthyism — Thomas C. Reeves,TheLife and Times of Joe McCarthy : A Biography — MikeResnick, ed.,AlternatePresidents [anthology] | | | | Fiction about Joseph R. McCarthy:William F. Buckley, Jr.,TheRedhunter : a novel based on the life of Senator JoeMcCarthy | | | | Image source: Wisconsin Blue Book1954 |
| | James Martin Barnes (1899-1958) — also known asJames M. Barnes — of Jacksonville,MorganCounty, Ill.Born in Jacksonville,MorganCounty, Ill.,January9, 1899.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War I;lawyer;county judge in Illinois, 1926-34;U.S.Representative from Illinois 20th District, 1939-43; defeated,1942; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Illinois,1944.Presbyterian.Member,American BarAssociation;AmericanLegion;Freemasons;Elks;Kiwanis.Died, of aliver ailment, in Georgetown UniversityHospital,Washington,D.C.,June 8,1958 (age59 years, 150days).Interment atArlingtonNational Cemetery, Arlington, Va. | | Horace Elgin Dodge Jr. (1900-1963) — also known asHorace E. Dodge — of Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.; Grosse Pointe,WayneCounty, Mich.Born in Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.,August2, 1900.Republican. Founder, DodgeBoatWorks, 1923; delegate to Republican National Convention fromMichigan,1924(member,Committeeon Permanent Organization).Died, fromliver cirrhosis, at Jennings MemorialHospital,Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.,December22, 1963 (age63 years, 142days).Entombed atWoodlawnCemetery, Detroit, Mich.| | Relatives: Sonof Horace Elgin Dodge and Anna (Thomson) Dodge; brother of DelphineIone Dodge (who marriedJamesHenry Roberts Cromwell); married,June 21,1921, to Lois Virginia Knowlson; married,May 17,1928, to Muriel Sisman; married,May 16,1940, to Martha 'Mickey' Devine; married,May 26,1945, to Clara Mae Tinsley; married,February14, 1953, to Gregg Sherwood; nephew ofJohnFrancis Dodge (who marriedMatildaRausch). | | | | Political families:Dodge-Duke-Cromwellfamily of Detroit, Michigan;MacArthurfamily of Pennsylvania;Biddlefamily of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (subsets of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial |
 | Douglas MacArthur (1880-1964) — of Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in Little Rock,PulaskiCounty, Ark.,January26, 1880.Republican. General in the U.S. Army during World War I; general inthe U.S. Army during World War II; received theMedalof Honor for his defense of the Philippines in 1942; repeatedlydisavowed any intention of becoming a candidate for any publicoffice, but his supporters persisted in putting his name forward;candidate for Republican nomination for President,1952;speaker, Republican National Convention, 1952 ;Christian Nationalist candidate forPresidentof the United States, 1952; candidate forU.S.Senator from New York, 1956.Member,MilitaryOrder of the World Wars.Died, fromprimary biliary cirrhosis (an auto-immunedisorder), inWashington,D.C.,April 5,1964 (age84 years, 70days).Entombed atMacArthurMemorial, Norfolk, Va.; statue atUnitedStates Military Academy, West Point, N.Y.  | Wendell Reid Corey (1914-1968) — also known asWendell Corey — of Santa Monica,LosAngeles County, Calif.Born in Dracut,MiddlesexCounty, Mass.,March20, 1914.Republican.Actoron Broadway, in movies, and on television; president of the Academyof Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, 1961-63;boardmember, Screen Actors Guild; member, Santa Monica city council,1965-68; speaker, Republican National Convention,1956,1960;candidate forU.S.Representative from California, 1966.Died, fromliver cirrhosis, in the Motion Picture andTelevisionHospital,Woodland Hills, Los Angeles,Los AngelesCounty, Calif.,November8, 1968 (age54 years, 233days).Interment atWashington Cemetery, Washington, Mass. | | | William Walton Butterworth Jr. (1903-1975) — also known asW. Walton Butterworth — of Brookeville,MontgomeryCounty, Md.; Princeton,MercerCounty, N.J.Born in New Orleans,OrleansParish, La.,September7, 1903.Rhodesscholar; Foreign Service officer; U.S. Vice Consul inSingapore, 1929-31; U.S. Ambassador toSweden, 1950-53;Canada, 1962-68.Died, fromliver cirrhosis, in RooseveltHospital,Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,March31, 1975 (age71 years, 205days).Interment atMetairieCemetery, New Orleans, La. | | William Jules Handley (1918-1979) — also known asWilliam J. Handley — of Virginia. Born in Paramaribo, Netherlands Guiana (nowSuriname)of American parents,December17, 1918.Foreign Service officer; U.S. Ambassador toMali, 1961-64;Turkey, 1969-73.Died, from complications ofliver disease, in ahospitalat Portland,MultnomahCounty, Ore.,November4, 1979 (age60 years, 322days).Interment atResurrection Cemetery, Coraopolis, Pa. | | Hugh J. Gallen (1924-1982) — of Littleton,GraftonCounty, N.H.BornJuly 30,1924.Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from NewHampshire,1972,1980;member ofDemocraticNational Committee from New Hampshire, 1973;Governor ofNew Hampshire, 1979-82.Died ofkidneyandliver failure at Brigham and Women'sHospital,Boston,SuffolkCounty, Mass.,December29, 1982 (age58 years, 152days).Interment atGlenwoodCemetery, Littleton, N.H. | | Peter Lawford (1923-1984) — also known asPeter Sydney Ernest Aylen Lawford — Born in London,England,September7, 1923.Democrat.Actor;naturalized U.S. citizen;honored guest, Democratic National Convention,1960.Englishancestry.Died, fromcardiacarrest, while suffering fromkidneyfailure andliver failure, in Cedars-SinaiMedicalCenter, Los Angeles,Los AngelesCounty, Calif.,December24, 1984 (age61 years, 108days).Cremated;ashes scattered in North Pacific Ocean; cenotaph atWestwood Memorial Park, Westwood, Los Angeles, Calif.| | Relatives: Sonof Sydney Turing Barlow Lawford and May Somerville (Bunny) Lawford;married,October30, 1971, to Mary Rowan; married,June 25,1976, to Deborah Gould; married,July 5,1984, to Patricia Seaton; married,April24, 1954, toPatriciaHelen Kennedy (daughter ofJosephPatrick Kennedy, Sr.; sister ofJohnFitzgerald Kennedy,RobertFrancis Kennedy,JeanKennedy Smith andEdwardMoore Kennedy); father of Christopher Lawford. | | | | Epitaph: "Beloved Husband, Father &Friend." | | | | See alsoWikipediaarticle —NNDBdossier —Internet Movie Databaseprofile —Find-A-Gravememorial |
| | Edwin Oldfather Reischauer (1910-1990) — Born in Tokyo,Japan,October15, 1910.Colonel in the U.S. Army during World War II; U.S. Ambassador toJapan, 1961-66.Member,Council onForeign Relations;AmericanHistorical Association.With George McCune, developed a phonetic method for transliteratingKorean into the Roman alphabet.Died, from complications ofhepatitis, in San Diego,San DiegoCounty, Calif.,September1, 1990 (age79 years, 321days).Burial location unknown. | | Paul Efthemios Tsongas (1941-1997) — also known asPaul E. Tsongas — of Lowell,MiddlesexCounty, Mass.Born in Lowell,MiddlesexCounty, Mass.,February14, 1941.Democrat.Servedin the Peace Corps;lawyer;U.S.Representative from Massachusetts 5th District, 1975-79;U.S.Senator from Massachusetts, 1979-85; candidate for Democraticnomination for President,1992.Greekancestry.Died ofliver damage caused bycancertreatment, andpneumonia,at Brigham and Women'sHospital,Boston,SuffolkCounty, Mass.,January18, 1997 (age55 years, 339days).Interment atLowellCemetery, Lowell, Mass. | | William Cassius Goodloe III (1919-1997) — also known asWilliam C. Goodloe;BillGoodloe —of Seattle,KingCounty, Wash.Born in Lexington,FayetteCounty, Ky.,September19, 1919.Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II;lawyer;member ofWashingtonstate senate 32nd District, 1951-58;WashingtonRepublican state chair, 1950; delegate to Republican NationalConvention from Washington,1960;HonoraryConsul for Ecuador inSeattle,Wash., 1962; superior court judge in Washington, 1970;chiefjustice of Washington state supreme court, 1985-88.Member,Sons ofthe American Revolution;Societyof the Cincinnati.Died, fromliver disease, in Seattle,KingCounty, Wash.,January18, 1997 (age77 years, 121days).Burial location unknown. | | David Anderson (1937-1997) — Born in Kirkcaldy, Fife,Scotland,January3, 1937.Foreign Service officer; U.S. Ambassador toYugoslavia, 1981-85.Died ofliver disease in Berlin,Germany,July4, 1997 (age60 years, 182days).Burial location unknown. | | Alberto Natividad (c.1925-2000) — of California. Born about 1925. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II;mayorof Pico Rivera, Calif., 1990-91.Hispanicancestry.Died, ofliver failure, in Pico Rivera,Los AngelesCounty, Calif.,July 5,2000 (ageabout 75years).Burial location unknown. | | James C. Reynolds (1941-2000) — also known asJim Reynolds;"TeddyBear" —of Beaver Falls,BeaverCounty, Pa.Born in Beaver Falls,BeaverCounty, Pa.,July 17,1941.Mayorof Beaver Falls, Pa., 1989-93.Christian.Died, fromdiabetesandliver problems, in Beaver Falls,BeaverCounty, Pa.,December7, 2000 (age59 years, 143days).Interment atBeaverFalls Cemetery, Chippewa Township, Beaver County, Pa. | | Kenneth P. Zebrowski (1945-2007) — also known asKen Zebrowski — of New City,RocklandCounty, N.Y.Born in Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.,November12, 1945.Lawyer;RocklandCounty Legislator, 1973-2003; board chairman and actingpresident, NyackHospital;candidate forNew Yorkstate senate, 1999, 2000; member ofNew Yorkstate assembly 94th District, 2005-07; died in office 2007.Catholic.Died, ofhepatitis C, in NyackHospital,Nyack,RocklandCounty, N.Y.,March18, 2007 (age61 years, 126days).Interment atSt.Anthony's Cemetery, Nanuet, N.Y. | | Robert Anton Young III (1923-2007) — also known asRobert A. Young III — of St. Ann,St. LouisCounty, Mo.Born inSt.Louis, Mo.,November27, 1923.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II;pipefitter;member ofMissouristate house of representatives from St. Louis County 1stDistrict, 1957-63; delegate to Democratic National Convention fromMissouri,1960,1964;member ofMissouristate senate, 1963-77;U.S.Representative from Missouri 2nd District, 1977-87; defeated,1986.Catholic.Member,AmericanLegion;Lions;Knightsof Columbus;Veterans ofForeign Wars;Amvets.Died, ofliver failure, in St. Ann,St. LouisCounty, Mo.,October17, 2007 (age83 years, 324days).Interment atMemorial Park Cemetery, Jennings, Mo.
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