Very incomplete list!in chronological order | |  Cornelius Harnett (1723-1781) — of North Carolina. Born near Edenton,ChowanCounty, N.C.,April20, 1723.Delegateto Continental Congress from North Carolina, 1777.Captured by the British in January 1781, anddiedas aprisoner, ofdisease contracted in captivity, inWilmington,New HanoverCounty, N.C.,April20, 1781 (age58 years, 0days).Interment atSt.James' Churchyard, Wilmington, N.C. | | Samuel Shepardson (1757-1813) — of Guilford,WindhamCounty, Vt.Born in Attleboro,BristolCounty, Mass.,February10, 1757.Member ofVermontGovernor's Council, 1803-08; Presidential Elector for Vermont,1808(voted forJamesMadison andJohnLangdon).Died, fromspotted fever, in Guilford,WindhamCounty, Vt.,February28, 1813 (age56 years, 18days).Interment atOldCemetery, Guilford, Vt. | | Benjamin Pond (1768-1814) — ofEssexCounty, N.Y.Born in Stockbridge,BerkshireCounty, Mass.,1768.Democrat. Member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from Essex County, 1807-10;U.S.Representative from New York 8th District, 1811-13; served in theU.S. Army during the War of 1812.Suffered exposure anddisease at the seige of Plattsburg, anddiedas a result, in Schroom,EssexCounty, N.Y.,October6, 1814 (ageabout 46years).Original interment atPineRidge Cemetery, North Hudson, N.Y.; reinterment in 1923 atRiversideCemetery, Elizabethtown, N.Y. | | Nathaniel Fadre Fosdick (1760-1819) — also known asNathaniel Fosdick — of Portland,CumberlandCounty, Maine; Salem,EssexCounty, Mass.Born in Marblehead,EssexCounty, Mass.,September14, 1760.U.S.Collector of Customs at Portland, Maine, Maine, 1789-1803.Died, fromdropsy, in Salem,EssexCounty, Mass.,September13, 1819 (age58 years, 364days).Burial location unknown. | | Joseph Cabell Breckinridge (1788-1823) — also known asCabell Breckinridge — of Kentucky. Born inAlbemarleCounty, Va.,July 24,1788.Major in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812;Speaker ofthe Kentucky State House of Representatives, 1817-18;secretaryof state of Kentucky, 1820-23; died in office 1823.Presbyterian.Died in anepidemic, in Frankfort,FranklinCounty, Ky.,September1, 1823 (age35 years, 39days).Original interment atCabell's Dale Cemetery, Lexington, Ky.; reinterment in 1884 atLexingtonCemetery, Lexington, Ky.| |  Relatives: SonofJohnBreckinridge and Mary Hopkins (Cabell) Brecinridge; brother ofLetitia Preston Breckinridge (who marriedPeterBuell Porter andAlfredWilliam Grayson) andRobertJefferson Breckinridge; married to Mary Clay Smith; father ofJohnCabell Breckinridge (who marriedMaryCyrene Burch); uncle ofPeterAugustus Porter (1827-1864),RobertJefferson Breckinridge Jr. andWilliamCampbell Preston Breckinridge; grandfather ofJosephCabell Breckinridge (1844-1906) andCliftonRodes Breckinridge; grandnephew ofWilliamPreston andWilliamCabell; granduncle ofPeterAugustus Porter (1853-1925),LevinIrving Handy,DeshaBreckinridge andHenrySkillman Breckinridge; first cousin ofJamesDouglas Breckinridge andBenjaminWilliam Sheridan Cabell; first cousin once removed ofWilliamCabell Jr.,FrancisSmith Preston,WilliamHenry Cabell,JamesPatton Preston,CarterHenry Harrison,WilliamLewis Cabell,GeorgeCraighead Cabell andJohnBreckinridge Castleman; first cousin twice removed ofBenjaminEarl Cabell andCarterHenry Harrison II; first cousin thrice removed ofEarleCabell; second cousin ofWilliamCampbell Preston,JamesMcDowell,FrederickMortimer Cabell,JohnBuchanan Floyd,JohnSmith Preston,GeorgeRogers Clark Floyd andEdwardCarrington Cabell; second cousin once removed ofJohnWilliam Leftwich. | | | | Political families:Cabell-Breckinridgefamily of Virginia;Breckinridge-Preston-Harrison-Richardsonfamily of Virginia (subsets of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | Epitaph: "The Righteous Shall Be InEverlasting Remembrance." | | | | See alsoWikipediaarticle —Find-A-Gravememorial —OurCampaignscandidate detail |
| | George Izard (1776-1828) — of Arkansas. Born inEngland,October21, 1776.General in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812;Governorof Arkansas Territory, 1825-28; died in office 1828.Died of an illness caused by thegout, in Little Rock,PulaskiCounty, Ark.,November22, 1828 (age52 years, 32days).Original interment in unknown location; reinterment in 1843 atMt.Holly Cemetery, Little Rock, Ark. | | William Washington Gordon (1796-1842) — of Savannah,ChathamCounty, Ga.Born inScrevenCounty, Ga.,January17, 1796.Lawyer;mayorof Savannah, Ga., 1834-36; member ofGeorgiastate house of representatives, 1835; member ofGeorgiastate senate, 1838; founder and president of the CentralRailroadandBanking Co.Died, frombilious pleurisy, in Savannah,ChathamCounty, Ga.,March22, 1842 (age46 years, 64days).Original interment atColonialPark Cemetery, Savannah, Ga.; reinterment atLaurelGrove North Cemetery, Savannah, Ga.; memorial monument atWrightSquare, Savannah, Ga. | | Thomas William Gilpin (1806-1848) — also known asThomas W. Gilpin — of Delaware. Born in Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,1806.U.S. Consul inBelfast, 1830-42, 1845-47.Died, ofconvulsions, in Belfast, Ireland (nowNorthernIreland),January4, 1848 (ageabout 41years).Interment atCliftonStreet Cemetery, Belfast, Northern Ireland. | | George R. Dwyer (d. 1854) — of Massachusetts. U.S. Consul inLourenco Marques, 1853-54, died in office 1854.Died, ofcoast fever, in Lourenco Marques, East Africa (nowMaputo,Mozambique),June24, 1854.Burial location unknown. | | William Henry Bissell (1811-1860) — also known asWilliam H. Bissell — of Belleville,St. ClairCounty, Ill.Born in Hartwick,OtsegoCounty, N.Y.,April25, 1811.Democrat.Physician;lawyer;member ofIllinoisstate house of representatives, 1840-42; colonel in the U.S. Armyduring the Mexican War;U.S.Representative from Illinois, 1849-55 (1st District 1849-53, 8thDistrict 1853-55);Governor ofIllinois, 1857-60; died in office 1860.Catholic.FirstRepublican andfirstCatholic governor of Illinois.Died, at least partly fromsyphilis, which hadcrippledhim, in the IllinoisExecutiveMansion, Springfield,SangamonCounty, Ill.,March18, 1860 (age48 years, 328days).Original interment atHutchinson Cemetery, Springfield, Ill.; reinterment in 1871 atOakRidge Cemetery, Springfield, Ill. | | Richard Irvine Manning (1817-1861) — of Clarendon District (nowClarendonCounty), S.C.Born in Sumter District (nowSumterCounty), S.C.,December22, 1817.Planter;member ofSouthCarolina state senate from Clarendon, 1858-61; died in office1861; served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War.Member,Societyof the Cincinnati.Died, from afever, in Clarendon District (nowClarendonCounty), S.C.,October10, 1861 (age43 years, 292days).Interment atTrinityEpiscopal Cathedral Cemetery, Columbia, S.C. | | John Edwin Holmes (1809-1863) — also known asJohn E. Holmes — of Jefferson,JeffersonCounty, Wis.Born in Glastonbury,HartfordCounty, Conn.,December28, 1809.Democrat.Ordainedminister;lawyer;memberWisconsin territorial council, 1847-48;LieutenantGovernor of Wisconsin, 1848-50; member ofWisconsinstate assembly from Jefferson County 2nd District, 1853; servedin the Union Army during the Civil War.Universalist.Taken prisoner byConfederateforces in March 1863; while captive, became seriously ill from anunspecified disease; released as part of a prisoner exchange,and died three days later, in Annapolis,AnneArundel County, Md.,May 8,1863 (age53 years, 131days).Interment atGreenwoodCemetery, Jefferson, Wis. | | Chauncey M. Abbott (c.1821-1863) — of Niles,CayugaCounty, N.Y.Born about 1821. Member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from Cayuga County 2nd District, 1858-59; memberofNewYork state senate 25th District, 1862-63; died in office 1863.Worked outdoors at the polls on election day, 1863, and reportedlybecame ill from "over-exertion and exposure to theinclemencyof the weather"; he died suddenly, of "neuralgia", onNovember11, 1863 (ageabout 42years).Interment atWestfallCemetery, Twelve Corners, N.Y. | | Francis M. Rotch (c.1822-1863) — of Morris,OtsegoCounty, N.Y.Born about 1822.Farmer;member ofNew Yorkstate senate 20th District, 1860-61; colonel in the Union Armyduring the Civil War.Contracted anunspecified disease while with the Army of thePotomac during theCivilWar, and died from it about a year later, in Morris,OtsegoCounty, N.Y.,November28, 1863 (ageabout 41years).Interment atHillingtonCemetery, Morris, N.Y. | | Thomas W. Freeman (1824-1865) — of Missouri. Born inAndersonCounty, Ky.,1824.Delegatefrom Missouri to the Confederate Provisional Congress, 1861-62;Representativefrom Missouri in the Confederate Congress, 1862-64.Died, of a "bilious fever", in the SouthwesternHotel,St.Louis, Mo.,October24, 1865 (ageabout 41years).Interment atBellefontaineCemetery, St. Louis, Mo. | | Israel DeWolf Andrews (c.1813-1871) — also known asIsrael D. Andrews — of Maine. Born inNewBrunswick, about 1813.Naturalized U.S. citizen;imprisonedfordebt morethan once; U.S. Consul inSaint John, 1843-48; U.S. Special Diplomatic Agent toCanada, 1849-54; U.S. Consul General inToronto, 1855-57; successfully advocated for reciprocal tradeagreements.Died, reportedly due toalcoholism, in Boston,SuffolkCounty, Mass.,February17, 1871 (ageabout 58years).Interment atHillsideCemetery, Eastport, Maine. | | Ephraim Brevard Ewing (1819-1873) — also known asEphraim B. Ewing — ofRayCounty, Mo.Born inToddCounty, Ky.,March16, 1819.Lawyer;secretaryof state of Missouri, 1849-53;Missouristate attorney general, 1856-58;justice ofMissouri state supreme court, 1859-61; circuit judge in Missouri,1873.Died, fromcerebrospinal meningitis, in Iron Mountain,St.Francois County, Mo.,June 2,1873 (age54 years, 78days).Interment atBellefontaineCemetery, St. Louis, Mo. | | Francis Berton (c.1830-1885) — ofSanFrancisco, Calif.Born inSwitzerland,about 1830.Banker;Consulfor Switzerland inSanFrancisco, Calif., 1867-85;Consulfor Portugal inSanFrancisco, Calif., 1869-85.Swissancestry. Member,Freemasons.Died, from "impoverishment of the blood" (anemia), in theGrandHotel,SanFrancisco, Calif.,April 1,1885 (ageabout 55years).Original interment atMasonicCemetery (which no longer exists), San Francisco, Calif.;reinterment to unknown location. | | Alexander H. Newcomb (1824-1888) — of Toledo,LucasCounty, Ohio.Born in New York,1824.Republican.Mayor ofToledo, Ohio, 1860-61.Died, fromnervous prostration, in Toledo,LucasCounty, Ohio,August28, 1888 (ageabout 64years).Interment atForestCemetery, Toledo, Ohio. | | Isaac Bell Jr. (1846-1889) — of Newport,NewportCounty, R.I.Born in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,November6, 1846.Democrat.Cottonbroker; U.S. Minister toNetherlands, 1885-88; delegate to Democratic NationalConvention from Rhode Island,1888.Died, from complications oftyphoidfever, andpyaemia, in St. Luke'sHospital,New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,January20, 1889 (age42 years, 75days).Interment atGreen-WoodCemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y. | | Josiah Bushnell Grinnell (1821-1891) — also known asJosiah B. Grinnell — of Grinnell,PoweshiekCounty, Iowa.Born in New Haven,AddisonCounty, Vt.,December22, 1821.Republican.Pastor;abolitionist; member ofIowastate senate, 1856-60;lawyer;delegate to Republican National Convention from Iowa,1860;U.S.Representative from Iowa 4th District, 1863-67; director, RockIslandRailroad;receiver, Iowa CentralRailroad;president, First NationalBank ofGrinnell.Congregationalist.He claimed to be the original recipient ofHoraceGreeley's famous advice to "Go West, young man.".Died, from athroat ailment andasthma,in Grinnell,PoweshiekCounty, Iowa,March31, 1891 (age69 years, 99days).Interment atHazelwoodCemetery, Grinnell, Iowa. | | Sylvester Levin Giering (1823-1891) — also known asSylvester L. Giering — of Emmaus,LehighCounty, Pa.Born in Emmaus,LehighCounty, Pa.,May 31,1823.Clock andwatch maker; postmaster atEmmaus,Pa., 1856-60, 1861-78, 1879-85.Died, fromdropsy, in Emmaus,LehighCounty, Pa.,December13, 1891 (age68 years, 196days).Interment atEmmaus Moravian Cemetery, Emmaus, Pa. | | Thomas Hart Shelby (1829-1895) — also known asThomas H. Shelby — of Lexington,FayetteCounty, Ky.Born inFayetteCounty, Ky.,February28, 1829.Democrat.U.S.Collector of Internal Revenue at Lexington, Kentucky, 1893-95;died in office 1895.Presbyterian.Died, fromdisease of the throat, in Lexington,FayetteCounty, Ky.,February19, 1895 (age65 years, 356days).Interment atLexingtonCemetery, Lexington, Ky. | | Samuel Thomas Baird (1861-1899) — also known asSamuel T. Baird — of Bastrop,MorehouseParish, La.Born in Oak Ridge,MorehouseParish, La.,May 5,1861.Democrat.Lawyer;District Attorney, 6th District, 1884-88; district judge in Louisiana6th District, 1888-92; member ofLouisianastate senate, 1896; delegate to Democratic National Conventionfrom Louisiana,1896;U.S.Representative from Louisiana 5th District, 1897-99; died inoffice 1899.Died, fromendocarditisandrheumatism, inWashington,D.C.,April22, 1899 (age37 years, 352days).Interment atChristChurch Cemetery, Bastrop, La. | | Frederick Smyth (1832-1900) — of New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in County Galway,Ireland,1832.Democrat.Lawyer;delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York,1876;Democratic Presidential Elector for New York,1876;Justiceof New York Supreme Court 1st District, 1896-1900; died in office1900.Episcopalian;laterCatholic.Member,TammanyHall.Suffered a debilitatingattack of vertigo, from which he nevercompletely recovered, contractedpneumonia,and died, in the DennisHotel,Atlantic City,AtlanticCounty, N.J.,August18, 1900 (ageabout 68years).Interment atGreen-WoodCemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y. | | William Clayton Pickersgill (1846-1901) — also known asW. Clayton Pickersgill — of San Rafael,MarinCounty, Calif.Born in Lancashire,England,1846.Consul-Generalfor Great Britain inSanFrancisco, Calif., 1899-1901.Died, from "African fever", in asanitariumat Alameda,AlamedaCounty, Calif.,July 19,1901 (ageabout 55years).Interment atMt.Tamalpais Cemetery, San Rafael, Calif.| | Relatives: Sonof Thomas Pickersgill; married to Agnes Merrington. | | | | Epitaph: "Peace, perfect peace, withloved ones far away? "In Jesus' keeping, we are safe & they." (lyricsfrom a hymn by Edward Henry Bickersteth) | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial |
| | Charles Simeon Baker (1839-1902) — also known asCharles S. Baker — of Rochester,MonroeCounty, N.Y.Born in Churchville,MonroeCounty, N.Y.,February18, 1839.Republican. Member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from Monroe County 2nd District, 1879-80, 1882;member ofNew Yorkstate senate 29th District, 1884-85;U.S.Representative from New York 30th District, 1885-91.Died, fromparalysis of the throat, inWashington,D.C.,April21, 1902 (age63 years, 62days).Interment atMt.Hope Cemetery, Rochester, N.Y.  | William McKinley Osborne (1842-1902) — also known asWilliam M. Osborne — of Boston,SuffolkCounty, Mass.Born in Girard,TrumbullCounty, Ohio,April26, 1842.Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; U.S. Consul General inLondon, 1897-1902, died in office 1902.Died, fromBright'sdisease anddropsy, in Wimbledon, London,England,April29, 1902 (age60 years, 3days).Interment atMt.Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Mass.  | William Boyd Allison (1829-1908) — also known asWilliam B. Allison — of Ashland,AshlandCounty, Ohio; Dubuque,DubuqueCounty, Iowa.Born in alogcabin in Perry,WayneCounty, Ohio,March 2,1829.Republican.Lawyer;delegate to Republican National Convention from Iowa,1860,1904;colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War;U.S.Representative from Iowa 3rd District, 1863-71;U.S.Senator from Iowa, 1873-1908; died in office 1908; candidate forRepublican nomination for President,1888,1896.Died, fromkidneydisease andprostate enlargement, in Dubuque,DubuqueCounty, Iowa,August4, 1908 (age79 years, 155days).Interment atLinwoodCemetery, Dubuque, Iowa. | | Monroe Nichols (1859-1908) — of Duluth,St. LouisCounty, Minn.; Battle Creek,CalhounCounty, Mich.Born in Clinton,WorcesterCounty, Mass.,January15, 1859.Republican.Real estatebroker;lawyer;delegate to Republican National Convention from Minnesota,1896(member,Committeeto Notify Presidential Nominee).Died, fromlocomotor ataxia, in Battle Creek,CalhounCounty, Mich.,September16, 1908 (age49 years, 245days).Interment atWest Thompson Cemetery, Thompson, Conn. | | Martyn Livingston Agens (1855-1909) — also known asM. Livy Agens — of Ludington,MasonCounty, Mich.Born in Orange,EssexCounty, N.J.,June 17,1855.Republican.Fruitfarmer;member ofMichiganstate house of representatives from Mason County, 1905-09; diedin office 1909.Scotch-Irishancestry. Member,Grange;OddFellows.Died, fromspinal meningitis andpneumonia,in Lansing,InghamCounty, Mich.,March30, 1909 (age53 years, 286days).Interment atLakeviewCemetery, Ludington, Mich.| | Relatives: Sonof Alexander Mason Agens and Georgia (Dean) Agens; married to Eva A.Holmes. | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial |
| | Charles James Hughes Jr. (1853-1911) — also known asCharles J. Hughes, Jr. — ofArapahoeCounty, Colo.;Denver,Colo.Born in Kingston,CaldwellCounty, Mo.,February16, 1853.Democrat.Lawyer;Democratic candidate for Presidential Elector for Colorado,1888;delegate to Democratic National Convention from Colorado,1904(secretary,Committeeon Permanent Organization),1908;U.S.Senator from Colorado, 1909-11; died in office 1911.Member,PhiKappa Psi.Died, fromperniciousanemia andmyelitis, inDenver,Colo.,January11, 1911 (age57 years, 329days).Interment atFairmountCemetery, Denver, Colo. | | Louis Henri Aymé (1855-1912) — also known asLouis H. Aymé — of Chicago,CookCounty, Ill.Born in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,May 29,1855.Republican.Ethnologist;newspapercorrespondent; U.S. Consul inMérida, 1880-84;Guadeloupe, 1898-99;Pará, 1903-06; U.S. Consul General inLisbon, 1906-12, died in office 1912.Member,LoyalLegion;Sonsof Veterans;AmericanAntiquarian Society;AmericanSociety for International Law.Died, from "locomotor ataxia" (presumablysyphilis), inLisbon,Portugal,May16, 1912 (age56 years, 353days).Interment atWoodlawnCemetery, Bronx, N.Y. | | Dallas Burton Smith (1844-1913) — also known asDallas B. Smith — of Opelika,LeeCounty, Ala.Born near Wedowee,RandolphCounty, Ala.,October19, 1844.Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War;merchant;postmaster atOpelika,Ala., 1889-93, 1897-1913; delegate to Republican NationalConvention from Alabama,1896(alternate),1908.Member,Elks;GrandArmy of the Republic;LoyalLegion.Died, fromlocomotor ataxia, in Opelika,LeeCounty, Ala.,January25, 1913 (age68 years, 98days).Interment atRosemereCemetery, Opelika, Ala. | | John Anderson Bensel (1863-1922) — also known asJohn A. Bensel — of Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.; Bernardsville,SomersetCounty, N.J.Born in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,1863.Democrat.Engineer;worked for the PennsylvaniaRailroad;in charge of construction on New York City's North Riverwaterfront,1889-95;New Yorkstate engineer and surveyor, 1911-14; major in the U.S. Armyduring World War I.Died, ofmyelitis, in Bernardsville,SomersetCounty, N.J.,June 19,1922 (ageabout 58years).Interment atGreen-WoodCemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.| | Relatives: Sonof Brownlee Bensel and Mary Maclay (Hogg) Bensel; married1896 to EllaLouise Day. |
| | James Peterson Butler (1843-1923) — also known asJ. P. Butler — of Jamesville,MartinCounty, N.C.Born in North Carolina,May 18,1843.Republican.Merchant;schoolteacher; delegate to Republican National Convention from NorthCarolina,1896.Africanancestry.Died, fromencephalitis, in Jamesville,MartinCounty, N.C.,March18, 1923 (age79 years, 304days).Intermentsomewhere in Jamesville, N.C.| | Relatives: Sonof Benjamin D. Butler and Malinda (Parker) Butler; married,September28, 1893, to Caroline 'Lena' Nesfield. |
| | Adolph Bernard Spreckels (1857-1924) — also known asAdolph B. Spreckels — ofSanFrancisco, Calif.Born inSanFrancisco, Calif.,January5, 1857.Republican. President, SpreckelsSugarCompany; delegate to Republican National Convention from California,1884;angered by an article in the San FranciscoChronicle, onNovember 19, 1884, heshotand badly wounded the paper's publisher,M.H. de Young;arrestedandchargedwithattemptedmurder; pleaded temporary insanity;tried in1885 and found not guilty; president, San Francisco and San MateoElectricRailway; vice-president, WesternSugarCompany; vice-president, OceanicSteamshipCompany.Germanancestry.Died, frompneumoniaandsyphilis, inSanFrancisco, Calif.,June 28,1924 (age67 years, 175days).Entombed atCypressLawn Memorial Park, Colma, Calif.| | Relatives: SonofClausSpreckels and Anna Christina (Mangels) Spreckels; brother ofJohnDiedrich Spreckels; married to Alma deBretteville. | | | | Political family:Spreckelsfamily of San Francisco, California. | | | | SpreckelsLake,in Golden Gate Park,SanFrancisco, California, isnamed forhim. — The Spreckels Organ Pavilion, an outdoorperformancevenue, in Balboa Park,San Diego,California, isnamed forhim and his brother. | | | | See alsoWikipediaarticle —Find-A-Gravememorial |
| | Eugene Blackburn Gary (1854-1926) — of Abbeville,AbbevilleCounty, S.C.Born in Abbeville,AbbevilleCounty, S.C.,August22, 1854.Lawyer;member ofSouthCarolina state house of representatives from Abbeville County,1889-90;LieutenantGovernor of South Carolina, 1891-93;justice ofSouth Carolina state supreme court, 1893-1912;chiefjustice of South Carolina state supreme court, 1912-26.Died, fromencephalitis lethargica, in Atlanta,FultonCounty, Ga.,December10, 1926 (age72 years, 110days).Interment atUpperLong Cane Cemetery, Abbeville, S.C. | | Benjamin M. Mitchell (1869-1927) — of Chicago,CookCounty, Ill.Born in Quincy,AdamsCounty, Ill.,January30, 1869.Member ofIllinoisstate house of representatives, 1901-06, 1911-14, 1919, 1923-27;died in office 1927; in July 1922, he wasindicted,with others, in federal court for conspiracy toviolateProhibition laws; the case was dismissed.Died, following surgery for ahernia, in ahospitalat Evanston,CookCounty, Ill.,March11, 1927 (age58 years, 40days).Burial location unknown.  | Frank W. Adams (1854-1930) — of Bolivar,PolkCounty, Mo.Born in Hayes, Middlesex,England,October11, 1854.Republican.Mayorof Bolivar, Mo., 1890; member ofMissouristate house of representatives from Polk County, 1921-22.Died, fromdiabetesandencephalitis, in Bolivar,PolkCounty, Mo.,July 12,1930 (age75 years, 274days).Interment atGreenwood Cemetery, Bolivar, Mo.| | Relatives: Sonof Joseph Adams and Jane Hannah (Hitchcock) Adams; married,October29, 1884, to Jennie Oakey. | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial | | | | Image source: Missouri Official Manual1921-22 |
| | | Major L. Dunham (1850-1932) — of Grand Rapids,KentCounty, Mich.Born near Highland,LivingstonCounty, Mich.,March19, 1850.Republican. Superior court judge in Michigan of Grand Rapids,1916-22; resigned 1922;circuitjudge in Michigan 17th Circuit, 1922-32; appointed 1922; died inoffice 1932.Died, fromsinus complications, in BlodgettHospital,Grand Rapids,KentCounty, Mich.,1932(ageabout82 years).Burial location unknown.| | Relatives: Sonof John Dunham and Mary (McDermott) Dunham; uncle ofJohnM. Dunham. |
| | Peter August Hatting (1867-1933) — also known asPeter A. Hatting — of Bronx,BronxCounty, N.Y.Born in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,November15, 1867.Democrat.Lawyer;Justice ofNew York Supreme Court 1st District, 1924-33; died in office 1933.Germanancestry.Died, fromdiabetesandosteomyelitis and complications from the amputation of hisleft leg, in Post-GraduateHospital,Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,February28, 1933 (age65 years, 105days).Interment atWoodlawnCemetery, Bronx, N.Y.| | Relatives:Married to Rose L. Magee. |
| | Curtis Arnoux Peters (c.1879-1933) — also known asCurtis A. Peters — of Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born about 1879. Democrat.Lawyer;Democratic candidate for Presidential Elector for New York,1916;campaign manager,ThomasC. T. Crain for Supreme Court, 1924;Justice ofNew York Supreme Court 1st District, 1927-33; died in office 1933.Died, oftolsythemia vera, in Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,December17, 1933 (ageabout 54years).Interment atKensicoCemetery, Valhalla, N.Y.| | Relatives:Father of Peter Arno. |
| | James C. Cropsey (1873-1937) — of Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.Born in New Utrecht (now part of Brooklyn),KingsCounty, N.Y.,1873.Republican. New York CityPoliceCommissioner, 1910-11;KingsCounty District Attorney, 1912-16;Justice ofNew York Supreme Court 2nd District, 1916-37; appointed 1916;died in office 1937; Justice of the Appellate Division of the NewYork Supreme Court 2nd Department, 1937; died in office 1937.Dutchancestry.Died, from aglandular ailment, in BrooklynHospital,Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.,June 16,1937 (ageabout 63years).Cremated.| | Relatives: Sonof William Cropsey and Mary Voorhies (Church) Cropsey; married1898 toFlorence Graecen. |
| | Jacob Ruppert Jr. (1867-1939) — also known asJacob Ruppert;Jake Ruppert — of Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,August5, 1867.Democrat.Brewer;U.S.Representative from New York, 1899-1907 (15th District 1899-1903,16th District 1903-07); candidate fordelegateto New York state constitutional convention at-large, 1914; ownerand president, New York Yankeesbaseballteam, 1915-39; president, AstoriaSilkMills; vice-president, Beck Flaming Arc-Light Co.; director,YorkvilleBank;director, CasualtyInsuranceCompany of America; director, GermanHospital;trustee, Lenox HillHospital.Catholic.Germanancestry.Died, fromphlebitis, in Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,January13, 1939 (age71 years, 161days).Entombed atKensicoCemetery, Valhalla, N.Y. | | Samuel Davis Wilson (1881-1939) — also known asS. Davis Wilson — of Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.Born in Boston,SuffolkCounty, Mass.,August31, 1881.Mayorof Philadelphia, Pa., 1936-39; died in office 1939; candidate inDemocratic primary forU.S.Senator from Pennsylvania, 1938; twiceindictedby a grand jury in 1938-39 onchargesrelated tovice andgambling in Philadelphia; never tried.Died, fromcerebralthrombosis andhypertension, in Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,August19, 1939 (age57 years, 353days).Cremated. | | Edward Walter Curley (1873-1940) — also known asEdward W. Curley — of Bronx,BronxCounty, N.Y.Born in Easton,NorthamptonCounty, Pa.,May 23,1873.Democrat.Builder;president, Stanley Hoist and Machine Company;U.S.Representative from New York 22nd District, 1935-40; died inoffice 1940.Member,Eagles.Died, from aheartattack, while seriously ill from athroat ailment, inBronx,BronxCounty, N.Y.,January6, 1940 (age66 years, 228days).Interment atKensicoCemetery, Valhalla, N.Y. | | John W. Farley (1878-1942) — of Memphis,ShelbyCounty, Tenn.BornMarch 4,1878.Republican.Lawyer;candidate forU.S.Representative from Tennessee, 1916; delegate to RepublicanNational Convention from Tennessee,1916(alternate),1924.Member,KappaAlpha Order;Freemasons.Led drive toestablishthe West Tennessee Normal School (now University of Memphis) in 1912.Died, ofpneumoniaand severearthritis, November,1942(age64years, 0 days).Interment atElmwoodCemetery, Memphis, Tenn. | | Jay Pierrepont Moffat (1896-1943) — also known as"Pierrepontifex Maximus" — of Hancock,HillsboroughCounty, N.H.Born in Rye,WestchesterCounty, N.Y.,July 18,1896.Foreign Service officer; U.S. Consul General inSydney, 1935-37; U.S. Minister toCanada, 1940-43, died in office 1943;Luxembourg, 1941-43, died in office 1943.Died, following surgery forphlebitis, in Ottawa,Ontario,January24, 1943 (age46 years, 190days).Cremated. | | Thomas P. Gunning (1882-1943) — of Princeton,BureauCounty, Ill.Born near Neponset,BureauCounty, Ill.,June 26,1882.Republican.Dentist;member ofIllinoisstate senate 37th District, 1931-43; died in office 1943.Methodist.Member,Freemasons;OddFellows;Elks;AmericanDental Association.Never recovered fully from surgery to remove a cataract, and diedfrommultiple ailments, in Princeton,BureauCounty, Ill.,November8, 1943 (age61 years, 135days).Burial location unknown. | | Harold Clement McGugin (1893-1946) — also known asHarold McGugin — of Coffeyville,MontgomeryCounty, Kan.Born near Liberty,MontgomeryCounty, Kan.,November22, 1893.Republican.Lawyer;member ofKansasstate house of representatives, 1927;U.S.Representative from Kansas 3rd District, 1931-35; served in theU.S. Army during World War II.Member,OddFellows;AmericanLegion.While in military service in France duringWorldWar II, contracted anincurable disease; died in the Armyand NavyHospital,Hot Springs,GarlandCounty, Ark.,March 7,1946 (age52 years, 105days).Interment atRestlawnCemetery, Coffeyville, Kan. | | Cornelius A. Moylan (1898-1946) — of Hartford,HartfordCounty, Conn.Born in Hartford,HartfordCounty, Conn.,January23, 1898.Republican.Lawyer;member ofConnecticutstate senate 1st District, 1939-40;mayorof Hartford, Conn., 1945-46; died in office 1946.Died, following anabdominal operation, in St. FrancisHospital,Hartford,HartfordCounty, Conn.,December24, 1946 (age48 years, 335days).Burial location unknown.| | Relatives:Married to Anne M. Durkin. |
| | Raymond Thomas Nagle (1897-1950) — also known asRaymond T. Nagle;Ray Nagle — of Helena,Lewis andClark County, Mont.Born in Helena,Lewis andClark County, Mont.,June 2,1897.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I;lawyer;member ofMontanastate house of representatives, 1925-30;Montanastate attorney general, 1933-36.Catholic.Irishancestry. Member,AmericanLegion;Knightsof Columbus;American BarAssociation;PhiSigma Kappa;PhiDelta Phi.Died, fromperiarteritis nodosa, in Brookmont,MontgomeryCounty, Md.,March 6,1950 (age52 years, 277days).Interment atArlingtonNational Cemetery, Arlington, Va.| | Relatives: Sonof Thomas Patrick Nagle and Mary Ann (Toole) Nagle; married,October5, 1925, to Margaret Ann Walsh. |
 | Cordell Hull (1871-1955) — also known as"Father of the UnitedNations" —of Carthage,SmithCounty, Tenn.Born in alogcabin at Olympus, Overton County (nowPickettCounty), Tenn.,October2, 1871.Democrat.Lawyer;member ofTennesseestate house of representatives, 1893-97; served in the U.S. Armyduring the Spanish-American War; circuit judge in Tennessee, 1903-07;U.S.Representative from Tennessee 4th District, 1907-21, 1923-31;defeated, 1920; member ofDemocraticNational Committee from Tennessee, 1914-24;Chairmanof Democratic National Committee, 1921-24; candidate forDemocratic nomination for President,1928,1940,1944;U.S.Senator from Tennessee, 1931-33;U.S.Secretary of State, 1933-44; delegate to Democratic NationalConvention from Tennessee,1936.Baptist;laterEpiscopalian.Received theNobelPeace Prize in 1945.Died, ofheartdisease andsarcoidosis, atBethesdaNaval Hospital, Bethesda,MontgomeryCounty, Md.,July 23,1955 (age83 years, 294days).Entombed atWashingtonNational Cathedral, Washington, D.C.| | Relatives: Sonof William Hull and Elizabeth (Riley) Hull. | | | | Cross-reference:ThomasK. Finletter | | | | Cordell HullDamon the Cumberland River, and its impoundment, Cordell HullLake,inSmithandJacksoncounties, Tennessee, arenamed forhim. — The Cordell HullStateOffice Building (built 1952-54), inNashville,Tennessee, isnamed forhim. — Cordell HullHighway,inBarrenandMonroecounties, Kentucky, isnamed forhim. | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Wikipedia article —NNDBdossier —Find-A-Gravememorial —NobelLaureates | | | | Books by Cordell Hull:TheMemoirs of Cordell Hull | | | | Books about Cordell Hull: JuliusWilliam Pratt,CordellHull, 1933-44 | | | | Image source: U.S. postage stamp(1963) |
|  | Rudolph Halley (1913-1956) — also known asRudy Halley — of Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in Queens,QueensCounty, N.Y.,June 19,1913.Liberal.Lawyer;counsel for two U.S. Senate investigative committees in the 1940s andearly 1950s; New York City Council President, 1951-53; candidate formayorof New York City, N.Y., 1953.Jewish. Member,B'naiB'rith.Died, while under treatment forpancreatic pseudocysts, inMount SinaiHospital,Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,November19, 1956 (age43 years, 153days).Interment atFerncliffCemetery, Hartsdale, N.Y. | | | Edward J. Cronin (1912-1958) — of Chelsea,SuffolkCounty, Mass.; Peabody,EssexCounty, Mass.Born in Chelsea,SuffolkCounty, Mass.,February25, 1912.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II;lawyer;secretaryof state of Massachusetts, 1949-58; died in office 1958; delegateto Democratic National Convention from Massachusetts,1952,1956.Died, followingthroat surgery, in Quigley MemorialHospital,Chelsea,SuffolkCounty, Mass.,November24, 1958 (age46 years, 272days).Burial location unknown. | | Richard Bowditch Wigglesworth (1891-1960) — also known asRichard B. Wigglesworth — of Milton,NorfolkCounty, Mass.Born in Milton,NorfolkCounty, Mass.,April25, 1891.Republican.Lawyer;private secretary to Philippines Governor-GeneralW.Cameron Forbes, 1913; served in the U.S. Army during World War I;U.S.Representative from Massachusetts, 1928-58 (14th District1928-33, 13th District 1933-58); alternate delegate to RepublicanNational Convention from Massachusetts,1948;U.S. Ambassador toCanada, 1958-60, died in office 1960.Unitarian.Member,American BarAssociation;AmericanLegion;Forty andEight;Veterans ofForeign Wars;MilitaryOrder of the World Wars.Died, from astrokewhile being treated forphlebitis, in Peter Bent BrighamHospital,Boston,SuffolkCounty, Mass.,October22, 1960 (age69 years, 180days).Interment atArlingtonNational Cemetery, Arlington, Va. | | Cyrus Scott Kump (1908-1964) — also known asCyrus S. Kump — of Elkins,RandolphCounty, W.Va.Born in Elkins,RandolphCounty, W.Va.,October26, 1908.Democrat.Lawyer;bankdirector; served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II;chair ofRandolph County Democratic Party, 1949-50; alternate delegate toDemocratic National Convention from West Virginia,1952;candidate forGovernor ofWest Virginia, 1952; candidate forU.S.Representative from West Virginia 2nd District, 1956.Presbyterian.Member,AmericanLegion;Elks;Rotary.Died, fromsuffocationcaused byangioedema,in a caren route to a hospital, in Elkins,RandolphCounty, W.Va.,February25, 1964 (age55 years, 122days).Interment atMaplewoodCemetery, Elkins, W.Va. | | Paul Sutton (1910-1970) — of Michigan. Born in Albuquerque,BernalilloCounty, N.M.,May 4,1910.Democrat.Radioactor; portrayed "Sergeant Preston of the Yukon"; alsoactorin manymoviesof the 1930s and 1940s; candidate forU.S.Representative from Michigan 18th District, 1954, 1956.Died, ofmuscular dystrophy, in Ferndale,OaklandCounty, Mich.,January31, 1970 (age59 years, 272days).Burial location unknown. | | Richard S. Caliguiri (1931-1988) — of Pittsburgh,AlleghenyCounty, Pa.BornOctober20, 1931.Democrat.Mayorof Pittsburgh, Pa., 1977-88; defeated in primary, 1973, 1977;died in office 1988; delegate to Democratic National Convention fromPennsylvania,1984.Died, ofamyloidosis,May 6,1988 (age56 years, 199days).Interment atCalvaryCemetery, Pittsburgh, Pa. | | Louis J. Tullio (1916-1990) — of Erie,ErieCounty, Pa.BornMay 17,1916.Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention fromPennsylvania,1964(alternate),1984;mayorof Erie, Pa., 1966-89; resigned 1989.Italianancestry.Died, ofamyloidosis, in Erie,ErieCounty, Pa.,April17, 1990 (age73 years, 335days).Interment atCalvaryCemetery, Erie, Pa. | | Max Bloom (c.1909-1990) — of Bronx,BronxCounty, N.Y.Born about 1909. Liberal.Lawyer;candidate forU.S.Representative from New York 25th District, 1950; candidate forboroughpresident of Bronx, New York, 1957; criminal court judge in NewYork, 1962-69;Justice ofNew York Supreme Court 1st District, 1970-86; defeated, 1964,1965; Justice of the Appellate Division of the New York SupremeCourt, 1979-86; vice-chair of New York Liberal Party, 1987.Died, from aneurological disorder, in Columbia-PresbyterianMedicalCenter, Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,October10, 1990 (ageabout 81years).Burial location unknown. | | Angelo C. Petromelis (c.1928-1994) — of College Point, Queens,QueensCounty, N.Y.Born in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y., about 1928.Democrat.Greekancestry.Chairman of New York State Crime Victims Board. Died, ofkidneyfailure caused by ablood disorder, in North ShoreHospital,Manhasset,NassauCounty, Long Island, N.Y.,September25, 1994 (ageabout 66years).Burial location unknown. | | Irving Loeb Goldberg (1906-1995) — also known asIrving L. Goldberg — Born in Port Arthur,JeffersonCounty, Tex.,June 29,1906.Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II;Judgeof U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit, 1966-95.Jewish.Died, from complications of aneurological disorder, inDallas,DallasCounty, Tex.,February11, 1995 (age88 years, 227days).Interment atEmanu-ElCemetery, Dallas, Tex. | | Maurice Larry Lawrence (1926-1996) — also known asM. Larry Lawrence — of San Diego,San DiegoCounty, Calif.; Coronado,San DiegoCounty, Calif.Born in Chicago,CookCounty, Ill.,August16, 1926.Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from California,1964,1972;Democratic candidate for Presidential Elector for California,1972;U.S. Ambassador toSwitzerland, 1994-96, died in office 1996.Jewish. Member,ZetaBeta Tau.Falselyclaimed to have served and been injured in theMerchantMarine duringWorld WarII; this wasdiscovereda year after his death.Died, ofleukemiaandblood dyscrasia, in Berne,Switzerland,January9, 1996 (age69 years, 146days).Original interment atArlingtonNational Cemetery, Arlington, Va.; reinterment in 1997 atElCamino Cemetery, San Diego, Calif.  | Barbara Charline Jordan (1936-1996) — also known asBarbara Jordan — of Houston,HarrisCounty, Tex.Born in Houston,HarrisCounty, Tex.,February21, 1936.Democrat. Member ofTexasstate senate, 1967;U.S.Representative from Texas 18th District, 1973-79;speaker, Democratic National Convention, 1988.Female.Africanancestry.Lesbian.Inducted,NationalWomen's Hall of Fame, 1990; received theSpingarnMedal in 1992, and thePresidentialMedal of Freedom in 1994.Died ofleukemiaandmultiple sclerosis,January17, 1996 (age59 years, 330days).Interment atTexasState Cemetery, Austin, Tex. | | William Amoss (c.1937-1997) — of Maryland. Born about 1937. Member ofMarylandstate house of delegates, 1975-83; member ofMarylandstate senate, 1983-97.Died, of complications ofmyelofibrosis, in Fallston,HarfordCounty, Md.,October8, 1997 (ageabout 60years).Burial location unknown. | | Donald Ray Foster (1937-2000) — of Lewistown,FergusCounty, Mont.Born in Gooding,GoodingCounty, Idaho,April18, 1937.Democrat.Delegateto Montana state constitutional convention, 1972; member ofMontanastate senate, 1974-76.Catholic.Member,AlphaSigma Phi;Rotary.Died, ofhemochromatosis, in St. Vincent'sHospital,Billings,YellowstoneCounty, Mont.,January22, 2000 (age62 years, 279days).Interment atCalvaryCemetery, Billings, Mont. | | Maurine Brown Neuberger (1907-2000) — also known asMaurine Neuberger;Maurine Brown;Mrs.Richard L. Neuberger —of Portland,MultnomahCounty, Ore.Born in Cloverdale,TillamookCounty, Ore.,January9, 1907.Democrat.Schoolteacher;writer;photographer;member ofOregonstate house of representatives, 1951-56;U.S.Senator from Oregon, 1960-67; delegate to Democratic NationalConvention from Oregon,1964.Female.Unitarian.Member,Americansfor Democratic Action;ThetaSigma Phi;DeltaKappa Gamma;AmericanAssociation of University Women.Third woman to win a full term in the U.S. Senate. Died, of abone marrow disorder, in anursinghome at Portland,MultnomahCounty, Ore.,February22, 2000 (age93 years, 44days).Interment atBethIsrael Cemetery, Portland, Ore. | | Robert Patrick Casey (1932-2000) — also known asRobert P. Casey;Bob Casey;"Spike" —of Scranton,LackawannaCounty, Pa.Born in Jackson Heights, Queens,QueensCounty, N.Y.,January9, 1932.Democrat.Lawyer;member ofPennsylvaniastate senate 22nd District, 1963-68; delegate to DemocraticNational Convention from Pennsylvania,1964(alternate),1968,1988,1992(delegation chair);delegateto Pennsylvania state constitutional convention, 1967-68;Pennsylvaniastate auditor general, 1969-77; candidate forPennsylvaniastate treasurer, 1980;Governor ofPennsylvania, 1987-95; defeated in primary, 1966, 1970, 1978.Catholic.Member,American BarAssociation;FriendlySons of St. Patrick.Died, ofamyloidosis and complications ofprostatecancer, in MercyHospital,Scranton,LackawannaCounty, Pa.,May 30,2000 (age68 years, 142days).Interment atSt.Catherine's Cemetery, Moscow, Pa. | | Juanita Elizabeth Terry Williams (1925-2000) — of Savannah,ChathamCounty, Ga.; Atlanta,FultonCounty, Ga.; Decatur,DeKalbCounty, Ga.BornJanuary3, 1925.Member ofGeorgiastate house of representatives 54th District, 1985-93.Female.Africanancestry.Died, of thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura (a type ofanemia), at Emory UniversityHospital,Atlanta,FultonCounty, Ga.,August23, 2000 (age75 years, 233days).Entombed atLincolnCemetery, Atlanta, Ga. | | Frank Lynn Whitbeck (1916-2002) — also known asFrank L. Whitbeck — of Little Rock,PulaskiCounty, Ark.Born in Oklahoma City,OklahomaCounty, Okla.,February29, 1916.Democrat.Insuranceexecutive; alternate delegate to Democratic National Conventionfrom Arkansas,1952;candidate forGovernor ofArkansas, 1968.Episcopalian.Member,Rotary;Freemasons;AlphaKappa Psi.Died, from complications ofleukemiaand ablood disease, in Little Rock,PulaskiCounty, Ark.,May 31,2002 (age86 years, 92days).Burial location unknown. | | Edward Charles Pierce (1930-2002) — also known asEdward C. Pierce — of Ann Arbor,WashtenawCounty, Mich.Born in Three Rivers,St. JosephCounty, Mich.,January3, 1930.Democrat.Physician;Democratic candidate forU.S.Representative from Michigan 2nd District, 1974 (primary), 1976;member ofMichiganstate senate 18th District, 1979-82; delegate to DemocraticNational Convention from Michigan,1980;candidate forGovernor ofMichigan, 1982;mayorof Ann Arbor, Mich., 1985-87; defeated, 1967, 1987.Died, from complications ofLegionnaire's disease, in AnnArbor,WashtenawCounty, Mich.,July 4,2002 (age72 years, 182days).Cremated;ashes interred atForestHill Cemetery, Ann Arbor, Mich. | | Laurence Ingram Radway (1919-2003) — also known asLaurence Radway — of Hanover,GraftonCounty, N.H.; West Lebanon, Lebanon,GraftonCounty, N.H.Born in Staten Island,RichmondCounty, N.Y.,February2, 1919.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II;universityprofessor;chair ofGrafton County Democratic Party, 1958-62; member ofNew HampshireDemocratic State Committee, 1958-62; delegate to DemocraticNational Convention from New Hampshire,1964,1972(alternate); candidate forU.S.Senator from New York, 1972.Protestant.Member,PhiBeta Kappa;AmericanPolitical Science Association;Council onForeign Relations.Died, fromcomplicationsofabdominal surgery, in Lebanon,GraftonCounty, N.H.,May 7,2003 (age84 years, 94days).Burial location unknown.| | Relatives: Sonof Frederick Radway and Dorothy Radway; married,August20, 1949, to Patricia Ann Headland. |
| | Paul Franzenburg (1916-2004) — of Conrad,GrundyCounty, Iowa.Born in Conrad,GrundyCounty, Iowa,November18, 1916.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II;Iowa statetreasurer, 1965-69; candidate forGovernor ofIowa, 1968, 1972.MethodistorPresbyterian.Member,Lions;AmericanLegion.Died, fromcomplications of a hip replacement andcongestiveheart failure, in the Iowa Jewish Senior Life Centernursinghome, Des Moines,PolkCounty, Iowa,October31, 2004 (age87 years, 348days).Interment atConradCemetery, Conrad, Iowa. | | Robert Takeo Matsui (1941-2005) — also known asRobert T. Matsui — of Sacramento,SacramentoCounty, Calif.Born in Sacramento,SacramentoCounty, Calif.,September17, 1941.Democrat.Lawyer;U.S.Representative from California, 1979-2005 (3rd District 1979-93,5th District 1993-2005); died in office 2005; delegate to DemocraticNational Convention from California,1988(speaker),1996,2000,2004.Methodist.Japaneseancestry. Member,Rotary;Council onForeign Relations.Died, ofpneumoniaandmyelodysplastic syndrome, inBethesdaNaval Hospital, Bethesda,MontgomeryCounty, Md.,January1, 2005 (age63 years, 106days).Interment atEastLawn Memorial Park, Sacramento, Calif. | | Vincent H. Buck (1926-2005) — of Ypsilanti,WashtenawCounty, Mich.; Ypsilanti Township,WashtenawCounty, Mich.; Traverse City,GrandTraverse County, Mich.BornMarch 7,1926.Republican.Realtor;mayorof Ypsilanti, Mich., 1964-65.Presbyterian.Died, ofmultiple sclerosis, in Traverse City,GrandTraverse County, Mich.,March20, 2005 (age79 years, 13days).Interment atHighlandCemetery, Ypsilanti, Mich.| | Relatives:Married to Suzanne Oakes. |
| | Mary A. Ryan (1940-2006) — of Texas. Born in New York City (unknowncounty), N.Y.,October1, 1940.U.S. Consul General inMonterrey, 1971-73; U.S. Ambassador toSwaziland, 1988-90.Female.Catholic.Died, ofmyelofibrosis, inWashington,D.C.,April25, 2006 (age65 years, 206days).Burial location unknown. | | Winthrop Paul Rockefeller (1948-2006) — also known asWin Paul Rockefeller — of Little Rock,PulaskiCounty, Ark.Born in New York City (unknowncounty), N.Y.,September17, 1948.Republican.Rancher;ArkansasRepublican state chair, 1994;LieutenantGovernor of Arkansas, 1996-2006; delegate to Republican NationalConvention from Arkansas,2004.Methodist.Member,National RifleAssociation.Died, from ablood disorder and complications ofpneumonia,in Little Rock,PulaskiCounty, Ark.,July 16,2006 (age57 years, 302days).Burial location unknown. | | James Donald Griffin (1929-2008) — also known asJames D. Griffin;JimmyGriffin —of Buffalo,ErieCounty, N.Y.Born in Buffalo,ErieCounty, N.Y.,June 29,1929.Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during the Korean conflict;member ofNew Yorkstate senate 56th District, 1967-77;mayorof Buffalo, N.Y., 1978-93.Catholic.Member,Knightsof Columbus;Veterans ofForeign Wars;AmericanLegion;AmericanAssociation of Retired Persons.Died, fromCreutzfelt-Jakob disease, in the Father Baker Manornursinghome, Orchard Park,ErieCounty, N.Y.,May 25,2008 (age78 years, 331days).Interment atHolyCross Cemetery, Lackawanna, N.Y.
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