Very incomplete list!in chronological order | |  Thomas Lynch Jr. (1749-1779) — of South Carolina. Born in South Carolina,August5, 1749.Member of South Carolina state legislature, 1776;Delegateto Continental Congress from South Carolina, 1776;signer,Declaration of Independence, 1776.While on anoceanvoyage to France, waslost atsea, in theNorthAtlantic Ocean,1779(ageabout29 years). His remains werenot recovered.Memorial monument atConstitution Gardens, Washington, D.C. | | James Carr (1777-1818) — of Massachusetts. Born in Bangor,PenobscotCounty, Maine,September9, 1777.Member ofMassachusettsstate house of representatives, 1806-11;U.S.Representative from Massachusetts 17th District, 1815-17.Drownedin the Ohio River, at Louisville,JeffersonCounty, Ky.,August24, 1818 (age40 years, 349days). His body was apparentlynot recovered.Cenotaph atMt.Hope Cemetery, Bangor, Maine. | | William Johnson (1771-1834) — of Charleston, Charleston District (nowCharlestonCounty), S.C.Born in Charleston,CharlestonCounty, S.C.,December27, 1771.Member ofSouthCarolina state house of representatives from St. Philip & St.Michael, 1787-90, 1794-99; common pleas court judge in SouthCarolina, 1799-1800;AssociateJustice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1804-34.Presbyterian.Died in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,August4, 1834 (age62 years, 220days). His remains were apparentlylost in transit.Cenotaph atSt.Philip's Churchyard, Charleston, S.C. | | Oliver Hillhouse Prince (1782-1837) — also known asOliver H. Prince — of Macon,BibbCounty, Ga.Born in Montville,New LondonCounty, Conn.,1782.Member ofGeorgiastate senate, 1824;U.S.Senator from Georgia, 1828-29.Perishedin thewreckof the packet shipHome, in theNorthAtlantic Ocean off Ocracoke Inlet, N.C.,October9, 1837 (ageabout 55years); his remains werenever recovered. | | William Beatty Rochester (1789-1838) — also known asWilliam B. Rochester — of Bath,SteubenCounty, N.Y.Born in Hagerstown,WashingtonCounty, Md.,January29, 1789.Democrat. Member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from Allegany and Steuben counties, 1816-18;U.S.Representative from New York, 1821-23 (20th District 1821-23,28th District 1823); candidate forGovernor ofNew York, 1826.One of 128 people whoperishedon the the steam packet shipPulaski, en route from Charlestonto Baltimore, when it suffered aboilerexplosion andsank in theNorthAtlantic Ocean off the coast of North Carolina,June 14,1838 (age49 years, 136days); his remains werenever recovered. | | John Adams Cameron (1788-1838) — also known asJohn A. Cameron — of Fayetteville,CumberlandCounty, N.C.; Florida.Born inMecklenburgCounty, Va.,1788.Newspapereditor; member ofNorthCarolina house of commons from Fayetteville, 1810-12, 1820; majorin the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; U.S. Consul inVeracruz, 1831-32;U.S.District Judge for Florida, 1832-38.Member,Freemasons.Perishedin thewreckof the steamerPulaski, off the coast of North Carolina,in theNorthAtlantic Ocean,June 14,1838 (ageabout 49years). His remains wereprobably not recovered. | | Archibald McNeill (d. 1849) — of North Carolina. Born inMooreCounty, N.C.Member ofNorthCarolina house of commons, 1808-09; member ofNorthCarolina state senate, 1811-13, 1820-21;U.S.Representative from North Carolina 7th District, 1821-23, 1825-27.Slaveowner. In1849he was captain of about one hundred men traveling from Texas toCalifornia; struck by adesertsandstorm in what is now Arizona, he and most of the men werekilled; his remains werenot recovered. | | John B. Macy (1799-1856) — of Fond du Lac,Fond duLac County, Wis.Born in Nantucket,NantucketCounty, Mass.,March25, 1799.Democrat.U.S.Representative from Wisconsin 3rd District, 1853-55.Lost his life in theburning andsinkingof thesteamerNiagara, a few miles from Port Washington, Wisconsin, inLakeMichigan,September24, 1856 (age57 years, 183days). His remains werenot found.Cenotaph atForestLawn Cemetery, Buffalo, N.Y. | | Stephen Clarendon Phillips (1801-1857) — also known asStephen C. Phillips — of Massachusetts. Born in Salem,EssexCounty, Mass.,November4, 1801.Member ofMassachusettsstate house of representatives, 1824-29; member ofMassachusettsstate senate, 1830;U.S.Representative from Massachusetts 2nd District, 1834-38;mayor ofSalem, Mass., 1838-42; Free Soil candidate forGovernor ofMassachusetts, 1848, 1849.He was among 253 passengers and crew who perished in theburning ofthesteamshipMontreal, on the St. Lawrence River, near Quebec City,Quebec,June26, 1857 (age55 years, 234days). His remains werenever recovered.Cenotaph atHarmonyGrove Cemetery, Salem, Mass. | | James Hamilton Jr. (1786-1857) — of Charleston, Charleston District (nowCharlestonCounty), S.C.Born in Charleston,CharlestonCounty, S.C.,May 8,1786.Major in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812;lawyer;intendantof Charleston, South Carolina, 1821-22; member ofSouthCarolina state house of representatives, 1820;U.S.Representative from South Carolina 2nd District, 1822-29;Governor ofSouth Carolina, 1830-32.Slaveowner. While en route from New Orleans to Galveston, through somemishap, wasdrownedin theGulf ofMexico,November15, 1857 (age71 years, 191days). His remains were probablynever found. | | Thomas Francis Meagher (1823-1867) — of Montana. Born inIreland,August3, 1823.General in the Union Army during the Civil War;secretaryof Montana Territory, 1865;Governorof Montana Territory, 1865-66.Fell from asteamboatinto the Missouri River and presumablydrowned,at Fort Benton,ChouteauCounty, Mont.,July 1,1867 (age43 years, 332days). His body wasnever found.Statue atStateCapitol Grounds, Helena, Mont. | | Rufus Wheeler Peckham (1809-1873) — also known asRufus W. Peckham — of Albany,AlbanyCounty, N.Y.Born in Rensselaerville,AlbanyCounty, N.Y.,December20, 1809.Democrat.Lawyer; lawpartner ofLymanTremain;U.S.Representative from New York 14th District, 1853-55;Justice ofNew York Supreme Court, 1861-69;judge ofNew York Court of Appeals, 1870-73; died in office 1873.Member,KappaAlpha Society.En route to Europe on the steamerVille du Havre, he was among226 passengers and crew whoperishedwhen the steamercollidedwith the Scottish sailing vesselLoch Earn, andsank, intheNorthAtlantic Ocean,November22, 1873 (age63 years, 337days). His remains werenever found.Cenotaph atAlbanyRural Cemetery, Menands, N.Y. | | Charles Hutchins Doolittle (1816-1874) — also known asCharles H. Doolittle — of Utica,OneidaCounty, N.Y.Born in Herkimer,HerkimerCounty, N.Y.,February19, 1816.Lawyer;mayorof Utica, N.Y., 1853;Justice ofNew York Supreme Court 5th District, 1869-74; died in office 1874.While sailing from New York to Europe on the steamerAbyssinia, he waslost overboard and presumeddrowned,inNorthAtlantic Ocean,May 21,1874 (age58 years, 91days). His body was not recovered.Cenotaph atForestHill Cemetery, Utica, N.Y. | | Thomas Taylor Minor (1844-1889) — also known asThomas T. Minor — of Port Townsend,JeffersonCounty, Wash.; Seattle,KingCounty, Wash.Born, of American parents, in Manepy, Ceylon (nowSriLanka),February20, 1844.Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War;physician;one of the founders of the Seattle, Lake Shore and EasternRailroad;delegate to Republican National Convention from Washington Territory,1880;mayorof Port Townsend, Wash., 1880-83;mayorof Seattle, Wash., 1887-88.Member,Freemasons.Last seen traveling by canoe to Whidbey Island, with others, on aduck hutingtrip, and wasneverheard from again; presumeddrownedin awatercraftaccident, inPugetSound,December2, 1889 (age45 years, 285days). His canoe was recovered, but his remains werenotfound.| |  Relatives: Sonof Eastman Strong Minor and Judith (Manchester) Minor; married,August20, 1872, to Sarah Montgomery; grandfather ofThomasMinor Pelly. | | | | Political family:Moriarty-Minorfamily of Seattle, Washington. | | | | The T.T. MinorSchool(built 1890, demolished 1940, rebuilt 1941, closed 2010, renovatedand reopened 2016), inSeattle,Washington, isnamed forhim. — MinorAvenue,inSeattle,Washington, isnamed forhim. | | | | See alsoWikipediaarticle —Find-A-Gravememorial |
| | 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.Presumedmurderednear White Sands,Dona AnaCounty, N.M.,February1, 1896 (age57 years, 101days). His body wasnever found.| | Relatives: Sonof Solomon Jennings and Catherine (de la Fontaine) Jennings; married1862 toMariana Perez. | | | | See alsoWikipedia article |
| | Rounsevelle Wildman (1864-1901) — of California. Born in Batavia,GeneseeCounty, N.Y.,March19, 1864.U.S. Consul inSingapore, 1889-97; U.S. Consul General inHong Kong, 1897-1901, died in office 1901.En route from Hong Kong to San Francisco on theSS City of Rio deJaneiro, he and his family were among 135 whoperishedwhen the ship struck a reef indensefog, and quicklysank, inSanFrancisco Bay,February22, 1901 (age36 years, 340days); his remains werenot found. | | William Walter Wedemeyer (1873-1913) — also known asWilliam W. Wedemeyer — of Ann Arbor,WashtenawCounty, Mich.Born inWashtenawCounty, Mich.,March22, 1873.Republican.Lawyer; lawpartner ofMartinJ. Cavanaugh, from 1896; U.S. Consul inGeorgetown, 1905; member ofMichiganRepublican State Central Committee, 1907;U.S.Representative from Michigan 2nd District, 1911-13; defeated,1912; died in office 1913.Germanancestry. Member,Freemasons;KnightsTemplar;Shriners;Knightsof Pythias.Accidentallydrownedin the harbor at Colón,Panama,January2, 1913 (age39 years, 286days); his remains werenever recovered. | | Frederick Van Dyne (1861-1915) — Born in Palmyra,WayneCounty, N.Y.,November24, 1861.U.S. Consul inKingston, 1907-09;Lyon, 1915, died in office 1915.While a passenger on the steamshipSant'Anna, en route fromNew York to Naples, hejumpedoverboard and was presumeddrowned,in theNorthAtlantic Ocean,April21, 1915 (age53 years, 148days); his remains werenot recovered. | | Robert Ney McNeely (1883-1915) — also known asRobert McNeely — of Monroe,UnionCounty, N.C.Born inUnionCounty, N.C.,November12, 1883.Lawyer;member ofNorthCarolina state house of representatives, 1909-10; U.S. Consul inAden, 1915, died in office 1915.While en route to Aden as a passenger on the British linerPersia, he was one of 385 passengers and crew whoperishedwhen the ship was hit by aGermantorpedo, andsank, intheMediterraneanSea,December20, 1915 (age32 years, 38days). His body was apparentlynot recovered. | | Alfred Louis Moreau Gottschalk (1873-1918) — also known asAlfred L. M. Gottschalk — Born in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,February8, 1873.Newspapercorrespondent;sugargrower;U.S. Consul inCallao, 1903-05; U.S. Consul General inCallao, 1905-06;Mexico City, 1906-08;, 1908-11;Rio de Janeiro, 1916-18, died in office 1918.Member,DeltaKappa Epsilon.While en route from Bahia, Brazil to Baltimore on the U.S. Navy shipCyclops, duringWorldWar I, he was one of 306 sailors and passengers whoperishedwhen the shipsank, intheNorthAtlantic Ocean, March,1918(age45years, 0 days). The wreckage wasnever found.| | Relatives: Sonof L. G. Gottschalk and Louise de L. (Boucher)Gottschalk. |
| | Carl Frederick Zeidler (1908-1942) — also known asCarl Zeidler;"Singing Mayor";"Boy Mayor" —of Milwaukee,MilwaukeeCounty, Wis.Born in Milwaukee,MilwaukeeCounty, Wis.,January4, 1908.Mayorof Milwaukee, Wis., 1940-42; resigned 1942; served in the U.S.Navy during World War II.Killedwhen the munitionsshipLaSalle was struck by torpedos,exploded,andsank,about 350 miles southeast of the Cape of Good Hope, in theIndianOcean,November7, 1942 (age34 years, 307days); his remains werenever found.Cenotaph atForestHome Cemetery, Milwaukee, Wis. | | Thomas Hale Boggs, Sr. (1914-1972) — also known asHale Boggs — of New Orleans,OrleansParish, La.Born in Long Beach,HarrisonCounty, Miss.,February15, 1914.Democrat.Lawyer;U.S.Representative from Louisiana 2nd District, 1941-43, 1947-72;died in office 1972; delegate to Democratic National Convention fromLouisiana,1948,1956,1960,1968;Parliamentarian,1964;chair, Resolutions and Platform Committee, chair,1968;candidate forGovernor ofLouisiana, 1952;Vice-Chairof Democratic National Committee, 1957; member, President'sCommission on the Assassination of President KNDY, 1963-64.Catholic.Member,AmericanLegion;Amvets;CatholicWar Veterans;Sons ofthe American Revolution;Knightsof Columbus;American BarAssociation;AmericanJudicature Society;PhiBeta Kappa;BetaTheta Pi;OmicronDelta Kappa.Disappearedwhile on acampaignflight from Anchorage to Juneau, and presumed killed in aplanecrash, somewhere in Alaska,October16, 1972 (age58 years, 244days). The wreckage wasnever found.Cenotaph atCongressionalCemetery, Washington, D.C.| | Relatives: Sonof William Robertson Boggs and Claire Josephine (Hale) Boggs;married,January22, 1938, toCorinneClaiborne; father ofBarbaraBoggs Sigmund,ThomasHale Boggs Jr. and Cokie Roberts. | | | | BoggsPeakin the Chugach Mountains,Anchorage,Alaska, isnamed forhim. | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Wikipedia article —NNDBdossier | | | | Books about Thomas Hale Boggs: GaryBoulard,TheBig Lie: Hale Boggs, Lucille May Grace, and LeanderPerez |
| | Nicholas Joseph Begich (1932-1972) — also known asNick Begich — ofAnchorage,Alaska.Born in Eveleth,St. LouisCounty, Minn.,April 6,1932.Democrat. Member ofAlaskastate senate, 1963-71;U.S.Representative from Alaska at-large, 1971-72; died in office1972; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention fromAlaska,1972.AlaskaNative andCroatianancestry.Disappearedwhile on acampaignflight from Anchorage to Juneau, and presumed killed in aplanecrash, somewhere in Alaska,October16, 1972 (age40 years, 193days). The wreckage wasnever found.Cenotaph atCongressionalCemetery, Washington, D.C. | | Henry Endicott Stebbins (1905-1973) — also known asHenry E. Stebbins — of Milton,NorfolkCounty, Mass.Born in Milton,NorfolkCounty, Mass.,June 16,1905.Foreign Service officer; U.S. Ambassador toNepal, 1959-66;Uganda, 1966-69.Apparentlyfell fromthe deck of the ocean linerLeonardo da Vinci, anddrowned,in theNorthAtlantic Ocean,March28, 1973 (age67 years, 285days). His body was apparentlynever found. | | 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 downby the Soviet military, over theSea ofJapan,September1, 1983 (age48 years, 153days). His remains werenever recovered.
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