Very incomplete list!in chronological order | |  John Baylis (c.1727-1765) — of Dumfries,PrinceWilliam County, Va.Born inManassas,Va., about 1727.Lawyer;planter;member ofVirginiaHouse of Burgesses, 1761-65.Anglican.Killed in aduel withCuthbertBullitt, inPrinceWilliam County, Va.,September24, 1765 (ageabout 38years).Burial location unknown.| |  Relatives: Sonof William Baylis; married1754 to JaneBlackburn. |
| | Button Gwinnett (1735-1777) — of Savannah,ChathamCounty, Ga.Born in Down Hatherly, Gloucestershire,England,March3, 1735.Planter;Delegateto Continental Congress from Georgia, 1776;signer,Declaration of Independence, 1776;delegateto Georgia state constitutional convention, 1777;Governor ofGeorgia, 1777.Mortally wounded in aduel withLachlanMcIntosh, on May 16, 1777, and died three days later, nearSavannah,ChathamCounty, Ga.,May 19,1777 (age42 years, 77days).Interment atColonialPark Cemetery, Savannah, Ga.; memorial monument atConstitution Gardens, Washington, D.C. | | George Wells (1744-1780) — of Georgia. Born inQueenAnne's County, Md.,March 3,1744.Physician;served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War;Governor ofGeorgia, 1780; died in office 1780.Mortally wounded in aduel withJamesJackson, and died soon after, in Augusta,RichmondCounty, Ga.,February15, 1780 (age35 years, 349days).Burial location unknown. | | John Adam Treutlen (1734-1782) — also known asJohn A. Treutlen;Hans AdamTreuettlen —of Georgia. Born in Kürnbach,Germany,January16, 1734.Merchant;planter;justice of the peace;Governor ofGeorgia, 1777-78.Lutheran.Germanancestry. Member,Freemasons.Seized andmurdered by a group of men, probably in Savannah,ChathamCounty, Ga.,March 1,1782 (age48 years, 44days).Cenotaph atVeterans Park of Effingham County, Springfield, Ga. | | Richard Dobbs Spaight (1758-1802) — ofCravenCounty, N.C.Born in New Bern,CravenCounty, N.C.,March25, 1758.Democrat. Member of North Carolina state legislature, 1781;Delegateto Continental Congress from North Carolina, 1783-85;member,U.S. Constitutional Convention, 1787;Governor ofNorth Carolina, 1792-95;U.S.Representative from North Carolina, 1798-1801 (10th District1798-99, at-large 1799-1801); member ofNorthCarolina state senate, 1801.Episcopalian.Slaveowner.Mortally wounded in in aduel withJohnStanly, his opponent and successor in Congress, and died in NewBern,CravenCounty, N.C.,September6, 1802 (age44 years, 165days).Intermentaprivate or family graveyard, Craven County, N.C. | | Charles James Air (1775-1803) — Born in1775.Member ofSouthCarolina state house of representatives from Christ Church,1797-1803; died in office 1803.Murdered by a highway robber, at Awendaw,CharlestonCounty, S.C.,March 5,1803 (ageabout 27years).Burial location unknown.  | 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.Shotandmortally wounded 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) |
| | George Wythe (1726-1806) — ofYorkCounty, Va.Born in Elizabeth City County, Va. (now part ofHampton,Va.),December3, 1726.Member of Virginia state legislature, 1758-68;Delegateto Continental Congress from Virginia, 1775-77;signer,Declaration of Independence, 1776; state court judge in Virginia,1777;member,U.S. Constitutional Convention, 1787;delegateto Virginia convention to ratify U.S. constitution from YorkCounty, 1788.Episcopalian.Apparentlymurdered —poisonedby his grandnephew — and died two weeks later, inRichmond,Va.,June 8,1806 (age79 years, 187days).Interment atSt.John's Churchyard, Richmond, Va.; memorial monument atConstitution Gardens, Washington, D.C. | | John Ward Gurley (c.1787-1808) — of Louisiana. Born in Lebanon,New LondonCounty, Conn., about 1787.Orleansterritory attorney general, 1803.Killed in aduel withPhilip L. Jones, in New Orleans,OrleansParish, La.,March 3,1808 (ageabout 21years).Burial location unknown. | | 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 fromgunshotwounds 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 |
| | 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.Shotandmortally wounded by a crazed patient, and died two dayslater, in Charleston,CharlestonCounty, S.C.,May 8,1815 (age66 years, 36days).Interment atCircularCongregational Church Burying Ground, Charleston, S.C. | | Thomas K. Harris (c.1777-1816) — of Tennessee. Born in Tennessee, about 1777. Democrat. Member ofTennesseestate senate, 1809-11;U.S.Representative from Tennessee at-large, 1813-15.Died from wounds received in anencounter with Col. JohnSimpson, on the old Kentucky Road at Shells Ford of Collins River,near McMinnville,WarrenCounty, Tenn.,March18, 1816 (ageabout 39years).Burial location unknown. | | Armistead Thomson Mason (1787-1819) — also known asArmistead T. Mason — of Virginia. Born inLouisaCounty, Va.,August4, 1787.Democrat. Colonel in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812;U.S.Senator from Virginia, 1816-17.Slaveowner. As a result of a bitter election campaign, waskilled in aduel withCol. John Mason McCarty, at Bladensburg,PrinceGeorge's County, Md.,February6, 1819 (age31 years, 186days).Interment atEpiscopalChurchyard, Leesburg, Va. | | Joshua Barton (1792-1823) — of Missouri. Born inJeffersonCounty, Tenn.,July 28,1792.Secretaryof state of Missouri, 1820-21; resigned 1821;U.S.Attorney for Missouri, 1822-23.Killed in aduel withThomas C. Rector, on Bloody Island,St.Louis, Mo.,June 30,1823 (age30 years, 337days).Intermentsomewherein St. Charles, Mo. | | Joseph Selden (1787-1824) — of Arkansas. Born inHenricoCounty, Va.,May 7,1787.Major in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812;justice ofArkansas territorial supreme court, 1820-24; died in office 1824.Killed in aduel withAndrewScott, on an island in the Mississippi River, near Helena (nowpart of Helena-West Helena),PhillipsCounty, Ark.,May 26,1824 (age37 years, 19days).Burial location unknown. | | Solomon P. Sharp (1780-1825) — of Kentucky. Born in Abingdon,WashingtonCounty, Va.,1780.Democrat. Member ofKentuckystate house of representatives, 1809;U.S.Representative from Kentucky, 1813-17 (at-large 1813-15, 6thDistrict 1815-17);Kentuckystate attorney general, 1821-25.Slaveowner.Stabbedandkilled, by Jereboam O. Beauchamp, in Frankfort,FranklinCounty, Ky.,November7, 1825 (ageabout 45years).Interment atFrankfortCemetery, Frankfort, Ky. | | Robert Brank Vance (1793-1827) — of Nashville,NashCounty, N.C.Born near Asheville,BuncombeCounty, N.C.,1793.Democrat.U.S.Representative from North Carolina 12th District, 1823-25.Slaveowner.Mortally wounded in aduel withSamuelP. Carson, who had defeated him for Congress; died the next dayat ahotel inHendersonCounty, N.C.,1827(ageabout34 years).Intermentaprivate or family graveyard, Buncombe County, N.C. | | Henry Wharton Conway (1793-1827) — also known asHenry W. Conway — of Little Rock,PulaskiCounty, Ark.Born near Greeneville,GreeneCounty, Tenn.,March18, 1793.Served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; postmaster atLittleRock, Ark., 1821-23;Delegateto U.S. Congress from Arkansas Territory, 1823-27; died in office1827.Mortally wounded in aduel withRobertCrittenden on October 29, 1827, and died at Arkansas Post,ArkansasCounty, Ark.,November9, 1827 (age34 years, 236days).Interment atScullCemetery, Arkansas Post, Ark. | | Spencer Darwin Pettis (1802-1831) — also known asSpencer D. Pettis — of Fayette,HowardCounty, Mo.Born inCulpeperCounty, Va.,1802.Democrat.Secretaryof state of Missouri, 1826-28;U.S.Representative from Missouri at-large, 1829-31; died in office1831.The fierce campaign of 1830 led to a quarrel and ultimately aduel withMaj. Thomas Biddle, in which both fellmortally wounded; diedthe next day, inSt.Louis, Mo.,August28, 1831 (ageabout 29years).Interment atOldCity Cemetery, St. Louis, Mo. | | Jonathan Cilley (1802-1838) — of Thomaston,KnoxCounty, Maine.Born in Nottingham,RockinghamCounty, N.H.,July 2,1802.Lawyer;member ofMainestate house of representatives, 1831-36;Speaker ofthe Maine State House of Representatives, 1835-36;U.S.Representative from Maine 3rd District, 1837-38; died in office1838.Killed in aduel byRepresentativeWilliamJ. Graves of Kentucky, on the Marlboro Pike, inPrinceGeorge's County, Md.,February24, 1838 (age35 years, 237days).Interment atElmGrove Cemetery, Thomaston, Maine; cenotaph atCongressionalCemetery, Washington, D.C. | | Augustus A. Alston (1805-1839) — of Georgia. Born inHancockCounty, Ga.,1805.Member ofGeorgiastate house of representatives, 1828-29.Killed in aduel withGen. Leigh Read, in Tallahassee,LeonCounty, Fla.,1839(ageabout34 years).Burial location unknown. | | 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.Shotandkilled by members of an opposing faction who surroundedhis home, in Harrison County (part now inMarionCounty), Tex.,March 2,1842 (ageabout 42years).Original interment ataprivate or family graveyard, Marion County, Tex.; reinterment in1928 atTexasState Cemetery, Austin, Tex. | | William Hester Patton (1808-1842) — of Texas. Born in Hopkinsville,ChristianCounty, Ky.,1808.Served in the Texas Army during the Texas War of Independence; memberofTexasRepublic House of Representatives, 1837-38.Murdered,June 12,1842 (ageabout 33years).Burial location unknown. | | George Augustus Waggaman (c.1782-1843) — also known asGeorge A. Waggaman — of New Orleans,OrleansParish, La.Born inCarolineCounty, Md., about 1782.Lawyer;sugarcaneplanter;served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; circuit judge inLouisiana, 1818;secretaryof state of Louisiana, 1830-32;U.S.Senator from Louisiana, 1831-35.Slaveowner.Mortally wounded in aduel, anddied in New Orleans,OrleansParish, La.,March31, 1843 (ageabout 61years).Original interment atGirodStreet Cemetery (which no longer exists), New Orleans, La.;reinterment in 1957 atHopeMausoleum, New Orleans, La. | | John M. Hansford (c.1800-1844) — of Texas. Born about 1800. Member ofTexasRepublic House of Representatives, 1838-40; judge of TexasRepublic, 1840-42.Resignedas judge in 1842 while beingimpeachedover hishandlingof a trial arising out of the "Regulator-Moderator War" in EastTexas.Killed by members of the Regulators who had seized his home,in Texas,1844(ageabout44 years).Burial location unknown. | | John Gordon Chalmers (1803-1847) — also known asJohn G. Chalmers — of La Grange,FayetteCounty, Tex.Born inHalifaxCounty, Va.,August25, 1803.Newspapereditor; member of Virginia state legislature, 1830;TexasRepublic Secretary of the Treasury, 1841.During a fight with Joshua Holden, he wasStabbedandmortally wounded; he died soon after,January1, 1847 (age43 years, 129days).Interment atOakwoodCemetery, Austin, Tex. | | Moses W. Formwalt (1820-1852) — of Atlanta, DeKalb County (nowFultonCounty), Ga.Born in Tennessee,1820.Tinsmith;mayorof Atlanta, Ga., 1848-49;deputysheriff.Stabbedandkilled by a prisoner he was escorting, in May,1852(ageabout31 years).Interment atOaklandCemetery, Atlanta, Ga. | | Edward Gilbert (c.1819-1852) — ofSanFrancisco, Calif.Born in Cherry Valley,OtsegoCounty, N.Y., about 1819.Democrat.Printer;newspapereditor;delegateto California state constitutional convention from San FranciscoDistrict, 1849;U.S.Representative from California at-large, 1850-51.Killed in aduel withCol. James W. Denver, near Sacramento,SacramentoCounty, Calif.,August2, 1852 (ageabout 33years).Original interment atLaurelHill Cemetery (which no longer exists), San Francisco, Calif.;reinterment to unknown location. | | Solomon Weathersbee Downs (1801-1854) — also known asSolomon W. Downs — of Louisiana. Born inMontgomeryCounty, Tenn.,1801.Democrat.Lawyer;U.S.Attorney for the Eastern District of Louisiana, 1845-46;U.S.Senator from Louisiana, 1847-53;U.S.Collector of Customs at New Orleans, La., Louisiana, 1853.Slaveowner.Mortally wounded in aduel, andsubsequently died, at Crab Orchard Springs,LincolnCounty, Ky.,August14, 1854 (ageabout 53years).Original interment ataprivate or family graveyard, Ouachita Parish, La.; reinterment atRiverviewCemetery, Monroe, La. | | 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.Shotandkilled 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.Shotandkilled by Edward Cornett, at Fort Belknap (now Belknap),YoungCounty, Tex.,September14, 1859 (age43 years, 315days).Interment atFortBelknap Civilian Cemetery, Belknap, Tex. | | David Colbreth Broderick (1820-1859) — also known asDavid C. Broderick — of New York;SanFrancisco, Calif.Born inWashington,D.C.,February4, 1820.Democrat. Candidate forU.S.Representative from New York, 1846;wentto California for the 1849 Gold Rush; member ofCaliforniastate senate, 1850-52;LieutenantGovernor of California, 1851-52;U.S.Senator from California, 1857-59; died in office 1859.Irishancestry.Mortally wounded in aduel onSeptember 13, 1859 withDavidS. Terry, chief justice of the California Supreme Court, and diedinSanFrancisco, Calif.,September16, 1859 (age39 years, 224days).Original interment atLaurelHill Cemetery (which no longer exists), San Francisco, Calif.;reinterment in 1942 atCypressLawn Memorial Park, Colma, Calif. | | 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,mortally wounded, and died four dayslater, in Sacramento,SacramentoCounty, Calif.,April15, 1860 (ageabout 29years).Interment atSacramentoCity Cemetery, Sacramento, Calif. | | William Augustus Lake (1808-1861) — Born near Cambridge,DorchesterCounty, Md.,January6, 1808.Member ofMarylandstate house of delegates, 1831; member ofMississippistate senate, 1848;U.S.Representative from Mississippi 4th District, 1855-57; member ofMississippistate house of representatives, 1859.Slaveowner.Killed in aduel byHenryCousins Chambers, his opponent for Confederate Congress, atHopefield,CrittendenCounty, Ark.,October15, 1861 (age53 years, 282days).Interment atCedarHill Cemetery, Vicksburg, Miss. | | 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 on the 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 |
| | 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. | | Thomas Johnson (1802-1865) — of Kansas. Born in1802.Member ofKansasterritorial legislature, 1855.Robbed andmurdered,1865(ageabout63 years).Burial location unknown. | | 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.Shotandkilled by a 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 |
 | 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.Shotby theassassin John 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) |
| | Aaron H. Conrow (1824-1865) — of Missouri. Born near Cincinnati,HamiltonCounty, Ohio,June 19,1824.Delegatefrom Missouri to the Confederate Provisional Congress, 1861-62;Representativefrom Missouri in the Confederate Congress, 1862-65; served in theConfederate Army during the Civil War.Killed along withM.M. Parsons and four others, by bandits inNuevoLeón,August15, 1865 (age41 years, 57days).Interment atShotwellCemetery, Richmond, Mo. | | Mosby Monroe Parsons (1822-1865) — also known asM. M. Parsons — of Missouri. Born inCharlottesville,Va.,May 21,1822.Lawyer;served in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War;U.S.Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, 1857-58; generalin the Confederate Army during the Civil War.Killed, along withAaronH. Conrow and four others, by bandits inNuevoLeón,August15, 1865 (age43 years, 86days).Intermentsomewherein Nuevo León; cenotaph atMaplewoodCemetery, Charlottesville, Va.; cenotaph atWoodlawnCemetery, Jefferson City, Mo. | | 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.Shotandkilled outside asaloonin Columbus,ColoradoCounty, Tex.,July 5,1867 (ageabout 53years).Intermentaprivate or family graveyard, Colorado County, Tex. | | Cornelius Springer Hamilton (1821-1867) — ofUnionCounty, Ohio.Born in Gratiot,MuskingumCounty, Ohio,January2, 1821.Republican.Delegateto Ohio state constitutional convention from Union County,1850-51; member ofOhiostate senate, 1856-57;U.S.Representative from Ohio 8th District, 1867; died in office 1867.Killed by his insane son, in Marysville,UnionCounty, Ohio,December22, 1867 (age46 years, 354days).Interment atOakdaleCemetery, Marysville, Ohio; cenotaph atCongressionalCemetery, Washington, D.C. | | 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.Shotandkilled by a 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.Shotthrough a window of his home, by an unknownassassin, and diedeight hours later, in Helena (now part of Helena-West Helena),PhillipsCounty, Ark.,September27, 1868 (age40 years, 243days).Interment atMapleHill Cemetery, Helena-West Helena, Ark. | | James Martin (d. 1868) — ofAbbevilleCounty, S.C.Member ofSouthCarolina state house of representatives from Abbeville County,1868; died in office 1868.Murdered,October5, 1868.Burial location unknown. | | Benjamin Franklin Randolph (d. 1868) — also known asBenjamin F. Randolph — ofOrangeburgCounty, S.C.Delegateto South Carolina state constitutional convention from OrangeburgCounty, 1868; member ofSouthCarolina state senate from Orangeburg County, 1868; died inoffice 1868.Africanancestry.Murdered as hesteppedoff a train,October16, 1868.Original interment in unknown location; reinterment atRandolphCemetery, Columbia, S.C. | | 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.Shotandkilled by George A. Clark, who was drunk at the time, nearIndian 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 andmortally wounded him; he died six days later, in Courtland,LawrenceCounty, Ala.,August5, 1869 (ageabout 43years).Interment atGreenCemetery, Pinson, Ala. | | John Huyler (1808-1870) — of Hackensack,BergenCounty, N.J.Born in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,April 9,1808.Democrat. Member ofNewJersey state house of assembly from Bergen County, 1850-52;Speaker ofthe New Jersey State House of Assembly, 1851; Judge, New JerseyCourt of Errors and Appeals, 1854-57;U.S.Representative from New Jersey 4th District, 1857-59; defeated,1858; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New Jersey,1860.Assassinated in Hackensack,BergenCounty, N.J.,January9, 1870 (age61 years, 275days).Interment atMapleGrove Park Cemetery, Hackensack, N.J. | | 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.Shotandmortally wounded by Charles H. Douglas, and died the nextday, in Idaho City,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).Shotandmortally wounded 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.Shotandkilled in Milledgeville,BaldwinCounty, Ga.,1871(ageabout38 years).Intermentsomewherein Milledgeville, Ga. | | 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 andkilled him,September27, 1871 (age44 years, 262days). Nelson was charged with murder, but a jury found notguilty.Interment atOakwoodCemetery, Montgomery, Ala. | | 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.Shotandkilled while getting off his horse in front of aboardinghouse in Escatawpa,WashingtonCounty, Ala.,1872(ageabout47 years).Interment atOldEscatawpa Cemetery, Escatawpa, Ala. | | J. Goldsteen Dupree (d. 1873) — ofMontgomeryCounty, Tex.Member ofTexasstate house of representatives, 1870.Africanancestry.Allegedlykilled by white vigilantes who opposed hiscampaigningfor Gov.EdmundJ. Davis,1873.Burial location unknown. | | 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.Shotandkilled by Peter P. Wintermute, a banker and politicaladversary, 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 thenshotStilwell in the head,killing him, 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.Shotandkilled by Col. William G. Terrell, whose wife he hadrepresented in a divorce case, in the Stevenson & Myerslawoffice, Greer Building, Covington,KentonCounty, Ky.,March28, 1874 (age46 years, 46days).Interment atHighlandCemetery, Fort Mitchell, Ky. | | Benjamin Long (1838-1877) — of Dallas,DallasCounty, Tex.BornMarch 7,1838.Mayorof Dallas, Tex., 1868-70, 1872-74; defeated, 1874.Killed when he attempted to stop three people from leaving asaloonwithout paying,June 23,1877 (age39 years, 108days).Interment atGreenwoodCemetery, Dallas, Tex. | | 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 wouldkill Alston, 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 tothe 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.Shotandkilled by Col. Thomas Buford, in front of the ladies'entrance to the CapitolHotel, inFrankfort,FranklinCounty, Ky.,March26, 1879 (age58 years, 310days).Interment atFrankfortCemetery, Frankfort, Ky.; statue atBoydCounty Courthouse Grounds, Catlettsburg, Ky. | | John Strong Sr. (1798-1881) — of Greenfield Township (now part of Detroit),WayneCounty, Mich.Born in Wroxton, Oxfordshire,England,November26, 1798.Democrat.Farmer;member ofMichiganstate house of representatives from Wayne County, 1835-36.Episcopalian.Attacked by a burglar, wounded, and died as a result, inGreenfield Township (now part of Detroit),WayneCounty, Mich.,February23, 1881 (age82 years, 89days).Interment atElmwoodCemetery, Detroit, Mich.  | 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.Shotby theassassin Charles 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.Shotandkilled by asheriff'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.Shotandkilled by John 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. | | William Henry Haywood Tison (1822-1882) — also known asW. H. H. Tison — of Carrollville,PrentissCounty, Miss.Born inJacksonCounty, Ala.,November6, 1822.Democrat.Farmer;lawyer;postmaster;dry goodsmerchant; delegate to Democratic National Convention fromMississippi,1860,1880;colonel in the Confederate Army during the Civil War.Murdered, in Baldwyn,LeeCounty, Miss.,December4, 1882 (age60 years, 28days).Interment atBaldwynMasonic Cemetery, Baldwyn, Miss. | | Henry Cooper (1827-1884) — of Nashville,DavidsonCounty, Tenn.Born in Columbia,MauryCounty, Tenn.,August22, 1827.Democrat. Member ofTennesseestate house of representatives, 1853; state court judge inTennessee, 1862; member ofTennesseestate senate, 1869;U.S.Senator from Tennessee, 1871-77.Killed by bandits in Tierra Blanca, Guadelupe y Calvo,Chihuahua,February3, 1884 (age56 years, 165days).Intermentsomewherein Mexico; cenotaph atCityCemetery, Shelbyville, Tenn. | | 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.Shotandkilled during an armed confrontation with Monroe Hudson,shopkeeper, who had ordered him to leave hisstore, inSparta,WhiteCounty, Tenn.,October17, 1884 (age34 years, 295days).Interment atOldSparta Cemetery, Sparta, Tenn. | | 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.Shotandkilled, by members of the Sarasota Assassination Society,in Sarasota, Manatee County (nowSarasotaCounty), Fla.,December27, 1884 (age53 years, 30days).Interment atBelvidereCemetery, Belvidere, Ill. | | 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.Shotandkilled by an unknown assailant, in front of his home, inEast 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. | | 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.Shotandkilled, 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.Shotandkilled in a street encounter with John H. Martin, anewspaper editor with whom he had quarreled, in Jackson,HindsCounty, Miss.,May 1,1888 (age69 years, 40days). Martin was also killed.Interment atGreenwoodCemetery, Jackson, Miss.; cenotaph atConfederateCemetery, Okolona, Miss. | | 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 thenshotthrough the heart andkilled by U.S. Deputy Marshal DavidNeagle, 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 andbadly wounded 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.Shotandmortally wounded, by Charles E. Kincaid, a journalist withwhom he had quarreled, 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.Shotin the leg in dispute over a land claim; the wound probably becameinfected,and he subsequentlydied, in Oklahoma,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 |
| | 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.Shotandkilled by John 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.Shotandkilled from 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-inflictedgunshotwound, and died soon after, in MethodistHospital,Omaha,DouglasCounty, Neb.,October5, 1892 (age39 years, 250days). Later, two men were arrested and charged withmurdering him, but evidence did not support this, and chargeswere dismissed.Interment atLaurel Hill Cemetery, Omaha, Neb. | | 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.Shotandkilled at his home, by Patrick Eugene Prendergast, inChicago,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 |
| | Newton Woodward Hall (1864-1893) — also known asNewton W. Hall — ofSanFrancisco, Calif.Born in Birmingham,England,1864.Vice-Consulfor Ecuador inSanFrancisco, Calif., 1891-93;Vice-Consulfor Honduras inSanFrancisco, Calif., 1891-93.Englishancestry.During an altercation with Edward A. Gillespie, hefell orwasthrown down a flight of stairs, suffered a skull fracture,and died soon after at ReceivingHospital,SanFrancisco, Calif.,November27, 1893 (ageabout 29years). Gillespie was arrested and charged with murder, butacquitted at trial in 1894. While in the hospital, Hall also receiveda probably fatal dose ofopium.Burial location unknown. | | 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 wasshottwice 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. | | Albert Jennings Fountain (1838-1896) — also known asAlbert J. Fountain;AlbertJennings —of El Paso,El PasoCounty, Tex.; Mesilla,Dona AnaCounty, N.M.Born in Staten Island,RichmondCounty, N.Y.,October23, 1838.Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; U.S.Collector of Customs at El Paso; Assessor and Collector of InternalRevenue for the Western District of Texas; member ofTexasstate senate, 1869-70; fought aduelwith Frank Williams, and killed him;lawyer.Presumedmurdered near White Sands,Dona AnaCounty, N.M.,February1, 1896 (age57 years, 101days). His body wasneverfound.| | Relatives: Sonof Solomon Jennings and Catherine (de la Fontaine) Jennings; married1862 toMariana Perez. | | | | See alsoWikipedia article |
| | 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.Shotandkilled by his mining partner, J. T. Newcomer, at SnellMine, 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. | | 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. | | James Balbirnie (1838-1899) — of Muskegon,MuskegonCounty, Mich.Born inOntario,1838.Republican.Merchant;mayorof Muskegon, Mich., 1899; died in office 1899.Scottishancestry.Shotandkilled by John W. Tayer, who had been ousted as city poordirector, 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 andmortally wounded 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. | | 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.Shotandkilled by his son-in-law J. B. Jones, Jr., during agunfight, inElbertCounty, Ga.,November17, 1900 (ageabout 64years).Interment atElmhurstCemetery, Elberton, Ga.  | 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.Shotby theassassin Leon 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 |
| | Nicholas Fish (1848-1902) — of New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,February19, 1848.Republican.Lawyer;U.S. Charge d'Affaires toSwitzerland, 1877-81; U.S. Minister toBelgium, 1882-85;banker;Republican Presidential Elector for New York,1896.Member,Societyof the Cincinnati.Quarreled with Thomas J. Sharkey, a private detective, on the secondfloor of the Ehrhardt Brotherssaloon;Sharkeystruckhim, so that hefell downthe stairs into the street with a skull fracture; died the next day,without regaining consciousness, at RooseveltHospital,Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,September16, 1902 (age54 years, 209days). Sharkey was later convicted of second-degreemanslaughter and sentenced to ten years in prison.Interment atSt.Philip's Cemetery, Garrison, N.Y.| | Relatives: SonofHamiltonFish (1808-1893) and Julia (Kean) Fish; brother ofHamiltonFish Jr. (1849-1936); married to Clemence S. Smith-Bryce; fatherof Hamilton Fish (1874-1898; sergeant in the U.S. Volunteer CavalryRegiment, the "Rough Riders", in the Spanish-American war; killed inbattle); uncle ofHamiltonFish Jr. (1888-1991); grandson ofNicholasFish (1758-1833); granduncle ofHamiltonFish Jr. (1926-1996); great-grandson ofJohnKean (1756-1795); great-grandnephew ofRobertGilbert Livingston,HenryGilbert Livingston andPhilipPeter Livingston; great-granduncle ofHamiltonFish (born 1951) andAlexaFish Ward; second great-grandson ofGilbertLivingston andPeterVan Brugh Livingston; second great-grandnephew ofJohnLivingston,RobertLivingston (1688-1775),RobertLivingston (1708-1790),PhilipLivingston andWilliamLivingston; third great-grandson ofRobertLivingston the Elder andJamesAlexander; third great-grandnephew ofPieterSchuyler (1657-1724) andJohannesSchuyler (1668-1747); fourth great-grandson ofPieterStuyvesant andPieterVan Brugh; fourth great-grandnephew ofAbrahamde Peyster,JohannesCuyler andJohannesde Peyster; first cousin ofJohnKean (1852-1914) andHamiltonFish Kean; first cousin once removed ofRobertWinthrop Kean; first cousin twice removed ofPhilipVan Cortlandt,PierreVan Cortlandt Jr.,CharlesLudlow Livingston (1800-1873) andThomasHoward Kean; first cousin thrice removed ofRobertR. Livingston (1718-1775),PeterRobert Livingston (1737-1794),WalterLivingston,JohnStevens III,HenryBrockholst Livingston andThomasHoward Kean Jr.; first cousin four times removed ofRobertLivingston the Younger andJohannesSchuyler (1697-1746); first cousin five times removed ofNicholasBayard (c.1644-1707),DavidDavidse Schuyler,MyndertDavidtse Schuyler,JohannesDePeyster,CornelisCuyler andJohnCruger Jr.; second cousin once removed ofJonathanMayhew Wainwright; second cousin twice removed ofJamesJay,JohnJay,RobertR. Livingston (1746-1813),FrederickJay,EdwardLivingston (1764-1836),StephenVan Rensselaer,PhilipSchuyler Van Rensselaer,HenryWalter Livingston,PeterAugustus Jay (1776-1843),RensselaerWesterlo,EdwardPhilip Livingston,WilliamAlexander Duer,JohnDuer andWilliamJay; second cousin thrice removed ofStephanusBayard,PierreVan Cortlandt,PhilipJohn Schuyler,PhilipP. Schuyler andStephenJohn Schuyler; second cousin four times removed ofMatthewClarkson,HenryCruger andHenryRutgers; third cousin ofGilbertLivingston Thompson; third cousin once removed ofPhilipSchuyler,PeterRobert Livingston (1789-1859),EdwardLivingston (1796-1840),WilliamDuer,HenryBell Van Rensselaer,DenningDuer,HenryBrockholst Ledyard andJohnJay II; third cousin twice removed ofNicholasBayard (1736-1802),JeremiahVan Rensselaer,RobertVan Rensselaer,PieterSchuyler (1746-1792),JamesLivingston,PeterSamuel Schuyler,PhilipJeremiah Schuyler,JamesParker,GuyVernor Henry andMontgomerySchuyler Jr.; third cousin thrice removed ofPhilipDePeyster; fourth cousin ofJohnJacob Astor III,KiliaenVan Rensselaer andCharlesLudlow Livingston (born 1870); fourth cousin once removed ofPeterRobert Livingston (1766-1847),JacobRutsen Van Rensselaer,MaturinLivingston,JamesAlexander Hamilton,GeorgeWashington Schuyler,JohnCortlandt Parker,PhilipN. Schuyler,WilliamWaldorf Astor,HerbertLivingston Satterlee,PeterAugustus Jay (1877-1933),RobertReginald Livingston,BronsonMurray Cutting andBrockholstLivingston. | | | | Political families:Livingston-Schuylerfamily of New York;Chanler-Astor-Wardfamily of New York City, New York;Rooseveltfamily of New York City, New York (subsets of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | See alsoWikipediaarticle —U.S. State Dept career summary |
 | 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 andkilled him, 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.Shotandkilled, by Curtis Jett and Tom White, at the behest ofcounty 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.Shotandkilled, by a murderer who mistook him for someone else, infront of his home, on Park Avenue, Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,November13, 1903 (age83 years, 38days).Interment atWorcesterRural Cemetery, Worcester, Mass. | | Charles Harmon Kungle (1829-1904) — also known asCharles H. Kungle — ofYubaCounty, Calif.Born in Harrisburg,DauphinCounty, Pa.,December19, 1829.Member ofCaliforniastate assembly 15th District, 1860-62.Murdered on a mining claim, near Carson City (unknowncounty), Nev.,November15, 1904 (age74 years, 332days).Burial location unknown. | | Jose Francisco Chaves (1833-1904) — also known asJ. Francisco Chaves — of Santa Fe,Santa FeCounty, N.M.Born in Los Padillas,BernalilloCounty, N.M.,June 27,1833.Republican. Colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War;lawyer;Delegateto U.S. Congress from New Mexico Territory, 1865-67, 1869-71;member NewMexico territorial council, 1875;delegateto New Mexico state constitutional convention, 1889;New Mexicosuperintendent of public instruction, 1901-04; died in office1904.Slaveowner.Assassinated in Pinos Wells,TorranceCounty, N.M.,November26, 1904 (age71 years, 152days).Interment atSantaFe National Cemetery, Santa Fe, N.M. | | John McPherson Pinckney (1845-1905) — also known asJohn M. Pinckney — of Hempstead,WallerCounty, Tex.Born near Hempstead,GrimesCounty, Tex.,May 4,1845.Democrat. Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; statecourt judge in Texas, 1900-03;U.S.Representative from Texas 8th District, 1903-05; died in office1905.Assaulted and killed at ameetingof the Waller County Prohibition League, Hempstead,WallerCounty, Tex.,April24, 1905 (age59 years, 355days).Interment atCityCemetery, Hempstead, Tex. | | Frank Steunenberg (1861-1905) — of Caldwell,CanyonCounty, Idaho.Born in Keokuk,LeeCounty, Iowa,August8, 1861.Democrat.Printer;newspaperpublisher;Governor ofIdaho, 1897-1901.Murdered by abomb wiredto his front yard gate, in Caldwell,CanyonCounty, Idaho,December30, 1905 (age44 years, 144days).Interment atCanyonHill Cemetery, Caldwell, Idaho; statue atStateCapitol Grounds, Boise, Idaho. | | 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.Shotandkilled, by an unknown perpetrator, in Batum, Russia (nowGeorgia),May20, 1906 (ageabout 49years).Burial location unknown. | | 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.Shotandkilled, 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.Shotandkilledhimself, or wasmurdered, in the lavatory of asaloonin Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.,January31, 1907 (ageabout 33years).Interment atCalvaryCemetery, Woodside, Queens, N.Y.  | 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.Shotin the head by two robbers, anddied four days later in FanniePaddockHospital,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.Shotandkilled by his son, Beech Hargis, in the Hargis Brothersgeneralstore, Jackson,BreathittCounty, Ky.,February6, 1908 (age45 years, 116days).Interment atHargisFamily Cemetery, Jackson, Ky. | | 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.Shotandkilled by Robin J. Cooper, whose father, Col. Duncan B.Cooper, had been ridiculed 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. | | John T. Carmody (1861-1909) — of Cedar Rapids,LinnCounty, Iowa.Born inIreland,December,1861.Foundryowner;mayorof Cedar Rapids, Iowa, 1909; died in office 1909.Shotandbadly wounded in the abdomen by a burglar on May 23, andsubsequently died, probably due toinfection,in Cedar Rapids,LinnCounty, Iowa,August7, 1909 (age47 years, 0days).Burial location unknown. | | 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.Shotby his brother,ConstantineF. Brunn,mortally wounded, and died the next day, inSouth 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.Attacked by three masked holdup men in hissaloon,shot,mortally wounded, and died soon after, in Central EmergencyHospital,SanFrancisco, Calif.,January15, 1912 (ageabout 36years).Interment atHolyCross Catholic Cemetery, Colma, Calif. | | 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, wasshotmultiple times andkilled by an unknown assassin, nearCartagena,Colombia,August11, 1912 (age37 years, 44days).Interment atChurchand Convent of Santo Domingo, Cartagena, Colombia. | | John Schuyler Crosby (1839-1914) — of Montana. Born in Albany,AlbanyCounty, N.Y.,September19, 1839.Republican. Colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War; U.S.Consul inFlorence, 1876-82;Governorof Montana Territory, 1883-84.Attacked and beaten by a deranged servant, and died as aresult, in Newport,NewportCounty, R.I.,August8, 1914 (age74 years, 323days).Interment atAlbanyRural Cemetery, Menands, N.Y.  | 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.Shotandkilled by Clara 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 |
| | | 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.Shotandkilled by William 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 |
 | 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.Shotandkilled by Ross Richardson, in the basement garage of hishome, 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 |
| | Robert Whitney Imbrie (1883-1924) — also known asRobert W. Imbrie — ofBaltimore,Md.Born inWashington,D.C.,April23, 1883.Lawyer;volunteer ambulance driver during World War I; U.S. Vice Consul inPetrograd, 1917-18;Viborg, 1919-20;Constantinople, 1921;Angora, 1922-23;Teheran, 1924, died in office 1924.Beatento death by amurderous mob in Teheran, Persia (nowTehran,Iran),July18, 1924 (age41 years, 86days).Interment atArlingtonNational Cemetery, Arlington, Va. | | Frank Bosworth Brandegee (1864-1924) — also known asFrank B. Brandegee — of New London,New LondonCounty, Conn.Born in New London,New LondonCounty, Conn.,July 8,1864.Republican.Lawyer;member ofConnecticutstate house of representatives from New London, 1889, 1899-1900;Speakerof the Connecticut State House of Representatives, 1899-1900;delegate to Republican National Convention from Connecticut,1892,1900(alternate); member ofConnecticutRepublican State Central Committee, 1901;U.S.Representative from Connecticut 3rd District, 1902-05;U.S.Senator from Connecticut, 1905-24; died in office 1924.Member,UnionLeague.Killedhimself byinhaling froma gaslight, inWashington,D.C.,October14, 1924 (age60 years, 98days). Five years later, U.S. Sen.ColeBlease of South Carolina received a letter from a woman allegingthat Brandegee had beenmurdered; the letter was turned overto a Senate committee to investigate themystery,but nothing came of it.Interment atCedarGrove Cemetery, New London, Conn. | | 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 by her estranged husband, Joseph S. Minter, inDenver,Colo.,June 10,1927 (ageabout 35years).Entombed in mausoleum atCrownHill Cemetery, Wheat Ridge, Colo. | | Maurice Edgar Crumpacker (1886-1927) — also known asMaurice E. Crumpacker — of Oregon. Born in Valparaiso,PorterCounty, Ind.,December19, 1886.Republican.Lawyer;served in the U.S. Army during World War I;U.S.Representative from Oregon 3rd District, 1925-27; died in office1927.Visited San Francisco withNicholasLongworth and others; left the group and was found by police,sitting on a curb and claiming he had beenpoisonedby someone trying tomurder him; deemed paranoid, taken to ahospital, and sedated; released at his insistence; walking near theshoreline with a friend, he yelled "Tell everybody good-bye!",jumpedinto the water, anddrowned,inSanFrancisco Bay,July 24,1927 (age40 years, 217days).Interment atRiverView Cemetery, Portland, Ore.  | 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.Shotandkilled, 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.Shotandkilled, 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. | | 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.Shotandkilled by a disgruntled law client, George Domyancich, ashe was leaving the AppanooseCountyCourthouse, Centerville,AppanooseCounty, Iowa,February28, 1929 (age39 years, 168days).Interment atOaklandCemetery, Centerville, Iowa. | | Harold Merriman Deane (1891-1929) — also known asHarold M. Deane — of Connecticut; Providence,ProvidenceCounty, R.I.Born in Waterbury,New HavenCounty, Conn.,October24, 1891.Foreign Service officer; U.S. Consul inValparaiso, 1925-27;Montreal, 1927-29, died in office 1929.Foundhangedin his apartment -- the coroner's jury wasunableto decide whether his death wasmurder orsuicide-- in Montreal,Quebec,August28, 1929 (age37 years, 308days).Intermentsomewherein Waterbury, Conn. | | 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 by Frank Keaton, in Los Angeles,Los AngelesCounty, Calif.,July 14,1930 (age66 years, 145days). Keaton, who had lost his money in Julian Petroleum, wasimmediately arrested, and subsequently tried, convicted, and hanged.Entombed in mausoleum atForestLawn Memorial Park, Glendale, Calif. | | 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.Shotandmortally wounded by Webster Lee 'Sporty' Thornley, on thestreet in front of 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. | | S. S. Mincey (d. 1930) — of Ailey,MontgomeryCounty, Ga.Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Georgia,1908(alternate),1912,1916,1920.Africanancestry.Taken from his home by a group of Ku Klux Klan members, andlynched, in Uvalda,MontgomeryCounty, Ga.,July 29,1930.Interment atLiveOak Baptist Church Cemetery, Ailey, Ga. | | A. J. Rosier (d. 1932) — of Rawlins,CarbonCounty, Wyo.Lawyer;member ofWyomingstate senate, 1932; died in office 1932.Shotandkilled by Thomas 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. | | 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 singlegunshotbehind 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 |
| | 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 andbadly wounded by Italian-American bricklayer Guiseppe Zangara,who had aimed 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.  | 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.Shotandmortally wounded by Dr. Carl Weiss (who was immediatelykilled at the scene), 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.Shotandkilled during an apparent robbery of thepostoffice, in Mena,PolkCounty, Ark.,November24, 1935 (ageabout 45years).Burial location unknown. | | 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.Shotandkilled by Mejardich Karayan, an Armenian who thought hehad 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. | | 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.Shotby an unknown assailant as he was leaving hisoffice,anddied the next 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.Shotandkilled by disgruntled police patrolman Alvin Dooley, inLong Beach,NassauCounty, Long Island, N.Y.,November15, 1939 (ageabout 47years).Burial location unknown. | | 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 at the 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 |
| | John Buckner Snelgrove (1874-1941) — also known asJ. B. Snelgrove — ofRuskCounty, Tex.Born inRuskCounty, Tex.,December4, 1874.Farmer;member of Texas state legislature, 1920.Shotandkilled, in front of a grocery-service station, nearHenderson,RuskCounty, Tex.,April 8,1941 (age66 years, 125days).Interment atBridges Cemetery, Chapman, Tex. | | 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.Shotandkilled, along with Lynchburg city attorney T. G. Hobbs, byWarren 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. | | 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. | | Joseph Warren Tolbert (1865-1946) — also known asJoseph W. Tolbert;"TielessJoe" —of Greenwood,GreenwoodCounty, S.C.; Ninety Six,GreenwoodCounty, S.C.Born in Abbeville District (nowAbbevilleCounty), S.C.,June 6,1865.Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from SouthCarolina,1900(alternate),1908,1912,1916,1920,1924,1928,1936(member,Committeeto Notify Presidential Nominee); member ofRepublicanNational Committee from South Carolina, 1912-24;SouthCarolina Republican state chair, 1925-31.Hit bya car (perhapsintentionally), in his front yard, and diedsoon after, in Ninety Six,GreenwoodCounty, S.C.,October18, 1946 (age81 years, 134days).Interment atElmwoodCemetery, Ninety Six, S.C. | | 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.Shotby an unknownsniper, and died the next day, in HadassahEnglish MissionHospital,Jerusalem,Israel,May23, 1948 (age52 years, 105days).Entombed atWashingtonNational Cathedral, Washington, D.C.  | 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 by border 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 |
| | Vincent Luke Palmisano (1882-1953) — also known asVincent L. Palmisano — ofBaltimore,Md.Born in Termini, Sicily,Italy,August5, 1882.Democrat.Lawyer;member ofMarylandstate house of delegates from Baltimore city 1st District,1914-15;U.S.Representative from Maryland 3rd District, 1927-39; delegate toDemocratic National Convention from Maryland,1940.Catholic.Italianancestry. Member,Foresters.Disappearedfrom his home, and either died bysuicideor wasmurdered,January12, 1953 (age70 years, 160days). His body was recovered from Baltimore Harbor, March 5,1953.Interment atNewCathedral Cemetery, Baltimore, Md. | | Allison D. Wade (1902-1954) — of Warren,WarrenCounty, Pa.Born in Warren,WarrenCounty, Pa.,September17, 1902.Republican. District judge in Pennsylvania 37th District, 1942-54;died in office 1954; alternate delegate to Republican NationalConvention from Pennsylvania,1944.Shotandkilled by Norman 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.Shotandkilledin hiscar, by an unknown assailant, in Phenix City,RussellCounty, Ala.,June 18,1954 (ageabout 63years).Burial location unknown. | | 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 himfour times; hedied about twenty minutes later, in theemergency 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. | | 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.Shotin the throat during a robbery, anddied soon after, in Puestode 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.Shotby 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) |
 | 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.Shotandkilled, by Edward Waniolek, a former taxicab driver whowanted to "kill some Communists", 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.Shotandkilled by a sniper, later identified as John Patler, whiledrivinghis car 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 andmortally wounded 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.Shotandkilled by terrorists 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.Shotandkilled, along with his wife and daughter, by three hit menhired by United Mine Workers President Tony Boyle, in East BethlehemTownship,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.Shotandkilled on his 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 andkilled while leaving the Green DuckTavern,which he owned and operated, in Kansas City,JacksonCounty, Mo.,July 15,1970 (age65 years, 70days).Burial location unknown. | | 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.Shotandkilled by an unknown assailant, while walking on MajorAvenue,Norfolk,Va.,March 4,1972 (age72 years, 258days).Interment atForestLawn Cemetery, Norfolk, Va.| | Relatives:Married to Gertrude Summers. |
| | William J. McGovern (1905-1972) — of Jersey City,HudsonCounty, N.J.Born in Jersey City,HudsonCounty, N.J.,August25, 1905.Democrat.Tavernowner; delegate to Democratic National Convention from NewJersey,1932(alternate),1944;elected (Wet)delegateto New Jersey convention to ratify 21st amendment from HudsonCounty 1933.Catholic.Member,Knightsof Columbus.Killed by armed robbers at histavern,in Jersey City,HudsonCounty, N.J.,July 11,1972 (age66 years, 321days).Interment atHolyCross Cemetery, North Arlington, N.J. | | 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,shotmultiple times, 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. | | Cleo Allen Noel Jr. (1918-1973) — also known asCleo A. Noel, Jr. — of Missouri. Born in Oklahoma City,OklahomaCounty, Okla.,August6, 1918.U.S. Ambassador toSudan, 1972-73, died in office 1973.Assassinated inSudan,March2, 1973 (age54 years, 208days).Interment atArlingtonNational Cemetery, Arlington, Va. | | 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, andshoteach one,killing him and wounding the others, in Cherry Hill,CamdenCounty, N.J.,June 9,1973 (ageabout 44years).Burial location unknown. | | Robert L. Roberts (1922-1973) — of Kansas City,WyandotteCounty, Kan.Born in Fort Worth,TarrantCounty, Tex.,1922.Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; postmasteratKansasCity, Kan., 1959-68, 1970-73 (acting, 1959); served in the U.S.Army during the Vietnam war.Stabbedandmortally wounded by Carroll Edward Noel, Jr., a formermail handler, in theofficeof the assistant postmaster, at the mainpostoffice, and was dead on arrival at BethanyMedicalCenter, Kansas City,WyandotteCounty, Kan.,November29, 1973 (ageabout 51years). Noel was tried for murder, and found not guilty by reasonof insanity.Interment atMemorialPark Cemetery, Kansas City, Kan. | | Rodger Paul Davies (1921-1974) — Born in Berkeley,AlamedaCounty, Calif.,May 7,1921.Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; U.S. Ambassador toCyprus, 1974, died in office 1974.Assassinated inCyprus,August19, 1974 (age53 years, 104days).Interment atSunsetView Cemetery, El Cerrito, Calif. | | 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, in Beirut,Lebanon,June16, 1976 (age59 years, 80days).Interment atRockCreek Cemetery, Washington, D.C. | | Leo Joseph Ryan (1925-1978) — also known asLeo J. Ryan — ofSanFrancisco, Calif.; South San Francisco,San MateoCounty, Calif.Born in Lincoln,LancasterCounty, Neb.,May 5,1925.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II;mayorof South San Francisco, Calif., 1962; member ofCaliforniastate assembly, 1963-73; delegate to Democratic NationalConvention from California,1964,1968;U.S.Representative from California 11th District, 1973-78; died inoffice 1978.Killed by followers of Jim Jones' People's Temple cult, in anambush at the dirtairstripof Port Kaituma,Guyana,November18, 1978 (age53 years, 197days).Interment atGoldenGate National Cemetery, San Bruno, Calif. | | 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.Shotandkilled, along with Supervisor Harvey Milk, by SupervisorDan White, in hisofficein San FranciscoCityHall,SanFrancisco, Calif.,November27, 1978 (age49 years, 3days).Interment atHolyCross Catholic Cemetery, Colma, Calif. | | Adolph Dubs (1920-1979) — of Maryland. Born in Chicago,CookCounty, Ill.,August4, 1920.Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; U.S. Ambassador toAfghanistan, 1978-79, died in office 1979.Assassinated inAfghanistan,February14, 1979 (age58 years, 194days).Interment atArlingtonNational Cemetery, Arlington, Va. | | 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.Shotandkilled in San 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.Shotandmortally wounded 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.Shotandmortally wounded by Julia Van Orden; he died eight hourslater, 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.Shotandkilled by his 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. | | 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 himand his wife, leading to hisdeath six months later,November25, 1982 (ageabout 71years).Burial location unknown. | | Lawrence Patton McDonald (1935-1983) — also known asLarry McDonald — of Georgia. Born in Atlanta,FultonCounty, Ga.,April 1,1935.Democrat.U.S.Representative from Georgia 7th District, 1975-83; died in office1983.Member,JohnBirch Society.Killed when theKoreanAirlines jet on which he was a passenger wasshot down bythe Soviet military, over theSea ofJapan,September1, 1983 (age48 years, 153days). His remains wereneverrecovered. | | 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.Shotandkilled, 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. | | Arnold Lewis Raphel (1943-1988) — also known asArnold L. Raphel — of New Jersey. Born in1943.Foreign Service officer; U.S. Ambassador toPakistan, 1987-88, died in office 1988.Killed when aplanein which he was a passenger wasblown up inmidair byterrorists, near Bahawalpur,Pakistan,August17, 1988 (ageabout 45years).Interment atArlingtonNational Cemetery, Arlington, Va. | | Robert Smith Vance (1931-1989) — also known asBob Vance — of Birmingham,JeffersonCounty, Ala.; Mountain Brook,JeffersonCounty, Ala.Born in Talladega,TalladegaCounty, Ala.,May 10,1931.Democrat.Lawyer;AlabamaDemocratic state chair, 1966-77; delegate to Democratic NationalConvention from Alabama,1968,1972(alternate);Judgeof U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit, 1977-81;Judgeof U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit, 1981-89; died inoffice 1989.Assassinated by way of amail bomb,in Mountain Brook,JeffersonCounty, Ala.,December16, 1989 (age58 years, 220days). Walter Leroy Moody, Jr., who sent the bomb, was convictedof murder, sentenced to death, and executed in 2018.Cremated;ashes interred atSt. Lukes Episcopal Columbarium, Mountain Brook, Ala. | | Nelson Gerard Gross (1932-1997) — also known asNelson G. Gross — of Hackensack,BergenCounty, N.J.; Saddle River,BergenCounty, N.J.BornJanuary9, 1932.Republican.Lawyer;member ofNewJersey state house of assembly from Bergen County, 1962-63;candidate forNewJersey state senate District 13, 1965; delegate to RepublicanNational Convention from New Jersey,1968;chairof Bergen County Republican Party, 1969;New JerseyRepublican state chair, 1969; candidate forU.S.Senator from New Jersey, 1970;real estatedeveloper;restaurantowner.Jewish.Indictedin May 1973 onchargesoffalsifyinga $5,000 contribution to the 1969 campaign of Gov.WilliamT. Cahill, conspiring to committaxevasion by disguising the contribution as a business expense, andcounseling a witness to commitperjury;convictedin March 1974, andsentencedto two yearsjail;served six months.Kidnapped in Edgewater, N.J., robbed of $20,000, taken to New York,andstabbedtodeath, in Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,September17, 1997 (age65 years, 251days).Burial location unknown.| | Relatives: Sonof Albert Gross. |
| | 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 in hispickuptruck by his opponent for re-election,ByronLow Tax Looper, near Monterey,CumberlandCounty, Tenn.,October19, 1998 (age58 years, 150days).Interment atCrestlawnMemorial Cemetery, Cookeville, Tenn. | | Jasper Baxter (1957-2001) — of Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.Born in Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,January28, 1957.Democrat. Candidate forPennsylvaniastate house of representatives 186th District, 1986.Africanancestry.Was conducting a seminar on the 93rd floor of 2 World Trade Center,when an airliner hijacked by terrorists wasdeliberatelycrashedinto the building, causing anexplosion,fire,andcollapseof the structure, killing almost 3,000, in Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,September11, 2001 (age44 years, 226days).Cenotaph atNational September 11 Memorial, Manhattan, N.Y.
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