Very incomplete list!in chronological order | |  George Washington Aldridge (1856-1922) — also known asGeorge W. Aldridge;"The Boss";"The Big Fellow" —of Rochester,MonroeCounty, N.Y.Born in Michigan City,LaPorteCounty, Ind.,December28, 1856.Republican.Manufacturer;mayorof Rochester, N.Y., 1894; New York State Superintendent of PublicWorks, 1895-99; delegate to Republican National Convention from NewYork,1896,1900,1904,1908,1912,1916,1920;candidate forU.S.Representative from New York 32nd District, 1910;U.S.Collector of Customs at New York, N.Y., New York, 1921-22; diedin office 1922.Member,Freemasons;Sonsof the American Revolution;OddFellows;Elks;Knightsof Pythias.Died suddenly, from aheartattack orstroke,whilegolfing at the Biltmore Country Club, near Rye,WestchesterCounty, N.Y.,June 13,1922 (age65 years, 167days).Interment atMt.Hope Cemetery, Rochester, N.Y. | | Oliver Ames Spencer (1860-1923) — also known asOliver A. Spencer — of Seattle,KingCounty, Wash.Born in Indianapolis,MarionCounty, Ind.,February8, 1860.Banker;ConsularAgent for Italy inSeattle,Wash., 1890-1904.Just after finishing agame of golf, he collapsed and died,fromheartdisease orapoplexy,in Seattle,KingCounty, Wash.,September8, 1923 (age63 years, 212days).Interment atLakeView Cemetery, Seattle, Wash.  | Herbert F. Lemp (1884-1927) — of Boise,AdaCounty, Idaho.Born in Boise,AdaCounty, Idaho,June 24,1884.Mayorof Boise, Idaho, 1927; died in office 1927.Injured in apolo accident, and died a few years later, Boise,AdaCounty, Idaho,May 6,1927 (age42 years, 316days).Burial location unknown.| |  Image source:City of Boise |
| | Thomas F. Larkin (c.1872-1928) — of Yonkers,WestchesterCounty, N.Y.Born about 1872. Democrat.Contractor;business partner ofJamesJ. Lynch;mayorof Yonkers, N.Y., 1928; died in office 1928; delegate toDemocratic National Convention from New York,1928.Died, ofapoplexy,whileplaying golf, at the 13th tee of the Briarcliff Lodgegolf course, in Briarcliff Manor,WestchesterCounty, N.Y.,July 25,1928 (ageabout 56years).Interment atSt.Mary's Cemetery, Yonkers, N.Y. | | Charles Blakeslee Law (1872-1929) — also known asCharles B. Law — of Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.Born in Hannibal,OswegoCounty, N.Y.,February5, 1872.Republican.Lawyer;U.S.Representative from New York 4th District, 1905-11; defeated,1910; state court judge in New York, 1916; candidate forJustice ofNew York Supreme Court 2nd District, 1924.Baptist.Member,UnionLeague.Died whileswimming (presumablydrowned)at his summer home on Kattskill Bay, near Lake George,WarrenCounty, N.Y.,September15, 1929 (age57 years, 222days).Interment atMapleGrove Cemetery, Jordan, N.Y. | | Edward Livingston Robertson (1876-1937) — also known asEdward L. Robertson — of Syracuse,OnondagaCounty, N.Y.Born inSt.Louis, Mo.,September23, 1876.Republican.Lawyer;Justice ofNew York Supreme Court 5th District, 1935-37; died in office 1937.Episcopalian.Member,Chi Phi.Attended a Cornell v. Syracusefootball game, and died shortlyafterwards, from acerebralhemorrhage, in hiscar, onthe Cornell University campus, in Ithaca,TompkinsCounty, N.Y.,October16, 1937 (age61 years, 23days).Burial location unknown.| | Presumably namedfor:EdwardLivingston | | | | Relatives: Son of Charles Robertson andRebecca (Duane) Robertson; married to ElizabethComstock. |
| | Clarence A. Dahle (1894-1949) — also known as"Whiff" — of Duluth,St. LouisCounty, Minn.Born in Spokane,SpokaneCounty, Wash.,January22, 1894.Served in the U.S. Army during World War I;lawyer;member ofMinnesotastate house of representatives District 57, 1933-36; member ofMinnesotastate senate 57th District, 1937-49; died in office 1949.Episcopalian.Member,DeltaTau Delta;Freemasons;Elks.During afishingtrip, hedrownedwhileswimming off an island in Lake Kabetogama,St. LouisCounty, Minn.,July 26,1949 (age55 years, 185days).Burial location unknown. | | Robert Lane Anderson (1907-1951) — of Marion,SmythCounty, Va.Born in Cleveland,CuyahogaCounty, Ohio,August16, 1907.Democrat.Newspapereditor and publisher;delegateto Virginia convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933; served inthe U.S. Navy during World War II;mayor ofMarion, Va., 1948-51; died in office 1951.Member,Kiwanis.Died, from aheartattack whilegolfing, in Marion,SmythCounty, Va.,June 7,1951 (age43 years, 295days).Interment atRose Lawn Cemetery, Marion, Va.| | Relatives: Sonof Sherwood Anderson and Cornelia Pratt (Lane) Anderson; married toMary Chryst. | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial |
| | Julian Power Alexander (1887-1953) — also known asJulian P. Alexander — of Meridian,LauderdaleCounty, Miss.; Jackson,HindsCounty, Miss.Born in Jackson,HindsCounty, Miss.,December7, 1887.Lawyer;U.S.Attorney for the Southern District of Mississippi, 1919-21;circuit judge in Mississippi, 1934-39;justice ofMississippi state supreme court, 1941-53; died in office 1953.Presbyterian.Member,Freemasons;Shriners;Rotary;American BarAssociation;NewcomenSociety;KappaSigma.Died, fromcoronarythrombosis, while a spectator at the Sugar Bowlfootballgame, in Tulane Stadium, New Orleans,OrleansParish, La.,January1, 1953 (age65 years, 25days).Interment atCedarlawnCemetery, Jackson, Miss. | | Van Heflin (1910-1971) — also known asEmmett Evan Heflin Jr. — of Los Angeles,LosAngeles County, Calif.Born in Walters,CottonCounty, Okla.,December13, 1910.Democrat.Actor;served in the U.S. Army during World War II;speaker, Democratic National Convention, 1948.IrishandFrenchancestry. Member,PhiDelta Theta.Suffered aheartattack whileswimming, and died six weeks later, in Cedarsof LebanonHospital,Los Angeles,Los AngelesCounty, Calif.,July 23,1971 (age60 years, 222days).Cremated;ashes scattered in North Pacific Ocean. | | Fulton Freeman (1915-1974) — of Pasadena,LosAngeles County, Calif.Born in Pasadena,Los AngelesCounty, Calif.,May 17,1915.Foreign Service officer; U.S. Vice Consul inMexico City, 1939; U.S. Ambassador toColombia, 1961-64;Mexico, 1964-69.Sufferedheartattack whileplaying golf, and died, in Carmel,MontereyCounty, Calif.,December14, 1974 (age59 years, 211days).Burial location unknown. | | Renz L. Jennings (1899-1983) — also known asLorenzo Jennings — of Phoenix,MaricopaCounty, Ariz.Born in Taylor,NavajoCounty, Ariz.,August5, 1899.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I;lawyer;member ofArizonastate house of representatives, 1931-32;MaricopaCounty Attorney, 1933-34; candidate forU.S.Senator from Arizona, 1934, 1964; candidate forU.S.Representative from Arizona, 1942; superior court judge inArizona, 1949-60;justice ofArizona state supreme court, 1960-64; delegate to DemocraticNational Convention from Arizona,1960,1968(alternate).Mormon. Member,Eagles;Moose;Woodmenof the World.Suffered aheartattack in hisswimming pool, anddrowned,in Phoenix,MaricopaCounty, Ariz.,February11, 1983 (age83 years, 190days).Interment atPhoenix Memorial Park & Mortuary, Phoenix, Ariz. | | Townsend F. Beaman (1906-1983) — also known asTowny Beaman — of Summit Township,JacksonCounty, Mich.Born in Vandercook Lake,JacksonCounty, Mich.,May 12,1906.Republican.Lawyer;candidate forMichiganstate senate 19th District, 1974.Methodist.Suffered aheartattack whilegolfing at the Country Club of Jackson, anddied soon after, at FooteHospitalWest, Jackson,JacksonCounty, Mich.,June 12,1983 (age77 years, 31days).Cremated. | | James Benjamin Payton (1943-1994) — also known asJames Payton — of Sylacauga,TalladegaCounty, Ala.BornJune 12,1943.Mayorof Sylacauga, Ala., 1984-94; died in office 1994.Drownedwhileswimming to retrieve a radio-controlled miniature boat,in Lake Howard, Sylacauga,TalladegaCounty, Ala.,July 28,1994 (age51 years, 46days).Interment atFort Williams Cemetery, Sylacauga, Ala. | | William Austin Meehan (1924-1994) — also known asBilly Meehan — of Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.Born in Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,December4, 1924.Republican.Lawyer;delegate to Republican National Convention from Pennsylvania,1956;general counsel and Republican political boss of Philadelphia,1961-94.Died, fromheartdisease, whileplaying golf in Royersford,MontgomeryCounty, Pa.,September13, 1994 (age69 years, 283days).Burial location unknown. | | Angier Biddle Duke (1915-1995) — of Tuxedo Park,OrangeCounty, N.Y.; Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,November30, 1915.Major in the U.S. Army during World War II; U.S. Ambassador toEl Salvador, 1952-53;Spain, 1965-68;Denmark, 1968-69;Morocco, 1979-81.Member,Council onForeign Relations.Chancellorof Southampton College.Hit by acarwhilerollerblading, and died as a result, in Southampton,SuffolkCounty, Long Island, N.Y.,April29, 1995 (age79 years, 150days).Entombed atMaplewoodCemetery, Durham, N.C. | | Pamela Harriman (1920-1997) — also known asPamela Beryl Digby;Pamela Churchill;Pamela Hayward —Born in Farnborough, Hampshire,England,March20, 1920.Naturalized U.S. citizen; U.S. Ambassador toFrance, 1993-97, died in office 1997.Female.Catholic.Suffered astrokewhileswimming in the pool at the Paris RitzHotel,and died at the AmericanHospital,near Paris,France,February5, 1997 (age76 years, 322days).Interment atArdenFarm Graveyard, Arden, N.Y.| | Relatives:Daughter of Baron Edward Kenelm Digby and Constance Pamela Alice(Bruce) Digby; married,September27, 1971, toWilliamAverell Harriman; married,October4, 1939, to Randolph Churchill (son of Winston Churchill);married,May 4,1960, to Leland Hayward (grandson ofMonroeLeland Hayward). | | | | Political families:Harrimanfamily of Arden, New York;Wadsworth-Whitney-Symingtonfamily of New York (subsets of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | See alsoWikipediaarticle —U.S. State Dept career summary —NNDBdossier —Internet Movie Databaseprofile —Find-A-Gravememorial | | | | Books about Pamela Harriman: SallyBedell Smith,ReflectedGlory : The Life of Pamela Churchill Harriman | | | | Critical books about Pamela Harriman:Christopher Ogden,Lifeof the Party : The Biography of Pamela DigbyChurchill — Darwin Porter & Danforth Prince,TheKennedys: All the Gossip Unfit for Print |
| | Sonny Bono (1935-1998) — also known asSalvatore Philip Bono;Sonny Christie;Ronny Sommers;Prince Carter —of Palm Springs,RiversideCounty, Calif.Born in Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.,February16, 1935.Republican.Songwriter,actor,member of the Sonny & Chersinging andcomedyduo;;restaurantowner;mayorof Palm Springs, Calif., 1988-92; candidate forU.S.Senator from California, 1992;U.S.Representative from California 44th District, 1995-98; died inoffice 1998.CatholicorScientologist.Italianancestry.Killed in askiing accident, South Lake Tahoe,El DoradoCounty, Calif.,January5, 1998 (age62 years, 323days).Interment atDesertMemorial Park, Cathedral City, Calif. | | Marshall Green (1916-1998) — ofWashington,D.C.Born in Holyoke,HampdenCounty, Mass.,January27, 1916.Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; Foreign Service officer;U.S. Consul General inHong Kong, 1961-63; U.S. Ambassador toIndonesia, 1965-69;Australia, 1973-75;Nauru, 1974-75.Suffered aheartattack whileplaying golf, and died soon after at SuburbanHospital,Chevy Chase,MontgomeryCounty, Md.,June 6,1998 (age82 years, 130days).Burial location unknown. | | Jerry Thomas Twiggs (1933-2000) — also known asJerry Twiggs — of Idaho. Born in Thomas,BinghamCounty, Idaho,March25, 1933.Farmer;member ofIdahostate senate, 1985-2000; died in office 2000.Mormon. Member,Lions.Died of aheartattack whilejogging, in Boise,AdaCounty, Idaho,January10, 2000 (age66 years, 291days).Interment atRiverside-ThomasCemetery, Blackfoot, Idaho. | | Richard Nevins (1921-2001) — also known asDick Nevins — of Pasadena,LosAngeles County, Calif.Born in Los Angeles,Los AngelesCounty, Calif.,April21, 1921.Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from California,1956,1960,1964.Died, in abodysurfing accident, on the beach at Oceanside,San DiegoCounty, Calif.,July 29,2001 (age80 years, 99days).Burial location unknown. | | Thomas Laurence Gadola (1933-2003) — also known asThomas L. Gadola — of Grand Blanc,GeneseeCounty, Mich.BornJanuary6, 1933.Lawyer;probate judge in Michigan, 1977-2003.Died while attending a University of Michiganfootball game,Ann Arbor,WashtenawCounty, Mich.,September27, 2003 (age70 years, 264days).Interment atEvergreen Cemetery, Grand Blanc, Mich. | | Dolores Dee Bielecki (1933-2006) — also known asDee Bielecki;Rose Bielecki — ofOconeeCounty, S.C.BornMarch29, 1933.Democrat.Schoolteacher;collegeprofessor; delegate to Democratic National Convention from SouthCarolina,2000.Female.At a charitygolf tournament, shefell,struck her head, washospitalized,and died from the injury six weeks later, in Greenville,GreenvilleCounty, S.C.,July 8,2006 (age73 years, 101days).Burial location unknown.
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