Very incomplete list!in chronological order | |  Benjamin Andrew (1730-1790) — of Georgia. Born in Dorchester, Charleston District (nowDorchesterCounty), S.C.,1730.Planter;member ofGeorgiaState Executive Council, 1777; electedDelegateto Continental Congress from Georgia 1780, but did not serve.Died on the floor of the GeorgiaHouse ofRepresentatives, in the thenstate capitol building,Augusta,RichmondCounty, Ga.,December16, 1790 (ageabout 60years).Burial location unknown. | | John Caldwell (1757-1804) — of Kentucky. Born inPrinceEdward County, Va.,1757.Member ofKentuckystate senate, 1792;LieutenantGovernor of Kentucky, 1804; died in office 1804.Died, of an "inflammation of the brain" (probably astroke),while presiding over the KentuckyStateSenate, at the thenstate capitol building, Frankfort,FranklinCounty, Ky.,1804(ageabout47 years).Interment atFrankfortCemetery, Frankfort, Ky. | | 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 theCalifornia State Capitol, wasshot andstabbedby Dr. W. H. Stone,mortallywounded, and died four days later, in Sacramento,SacramentoCounty, Calif.,April15, 1860 (ageabout 29years).Interment atSacramentoCity Cemetery, Sacramento, Calif. | | Muscoe Russell Hunter Garnett (1821-1864) — also known asMuscoe R. H. Garnett — ofEssexCounty, Va.Born inEssexCounty, Va.,July 25,1821.Democrat.Delegateto Virginia state constitutional convention, 1850-51; member ofVirginiastate house of delegates, 1853-57;U.S.Representative from Virginia 1st District, 1856-61;delegateto Virginia secession convention from Essex & King-and-Queencounties, 1861;Representativefrom Virginia in the Confederate Congress, 1862-64; died inoffice 1864.Slaveowner. Contractedtyphoidfever while attending theConfederateCongress, in the VirginiaState Capitol, Richmond, Va.,and died at his home inEssexCounty, Va.,February14, 1864 (age42 years, 204days).Intermentaprivate or family graveyard, Essex County, Va. | | 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 wouldkillAlston, sought him in the Georgiastate capitol building, andfound him in the State Treasurer's office. Both men drew theirpistols. 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. | | Jeremiah Weldon South (1805-1880) — also known asJere South;"The Father of BreathittCounty" —ofOwsleyCounty, Ky.Born inMadisonCounty, Ky.,July 10,1805.Member ofKentuckystate house of representatives, 1840; member ofKentuckystate senate, 1843-47.Died on the floor of the KentuckyStateSenate, oldState Capitol Building, Frankfort,FranklinCounty, Ky.,April15, 1880 (age74 years, 280days).Interment atFrankfortCemetery, Frankfort, Ky. | | 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 andmortallywounded in front of the old KentuckyState Capitol; he wasdeclared elected and sworn in as Governor before he died four dayslater, in Frankfort,FranklinCounty, Ky.,February3, 1900 (age44 years, 30days).Interment atFrankfortCemetery, Frankfort, Ky.; statue atOldState Capitol Grounds, Frankfort, Ky. | | William Amos Poynter (1848-1909) — also known asWilliam A. Poynter — of Albion,BooneCounty, Neb.BornMay 29,1848.Member ofNebraskastate house of representatives, 1885; member ofNebraskastate senate, 1891;Governor ofNebraska, 1899-1901.Whilemaking aspeech, in the NebraskaState Capitol, wasstricken byapoplexy, and died soon after, in Lincoln,LancasterCounty, Neb.,April 5,1909 (age60 years, 311days).Interment atWyukaCemetery, Lincoln, Neb. | | Leonidas Johnson Rountree (1868-1923) — also known asLee J. Rountree — of Texas. Born in Dripping Springs,HaysCounty, Tex.,July 15,1868.Newspaperpublisher; member ofTexasstate house of representatives, 1921-23; died in office 1923.Died of astroke,after giving a passionate speech in theHouse ofRepresentatives, in the TexasCapitol, Austin,TravisCounty, Tex.,May 2,1923 (age54 years, 291days).Interment atBryanCity Cemetery, Bryan, Tex.  | 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.Shotandmortallywounded by Dr. Carl Weiss (who was immediately killed at thescene), in the LouisianaState Capitol Building, September 8,1935, and died two days later at Our 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 |
| | | James E. McCullough (1888-1961) — of Keene,CheshireCounty, N.H.Born in1888.Republican.Delegateto New Hampshire state constitutional convention from Keene 2ndWard, 1956; electedNewHampshire state house of representatives from Keene 2nd Ward 1956.Died in thestate capitol building, Concord,MerrimackCounty, N.H.,1961(ageabout73 years).Interment atEastLeverett Cemetery, East Leverett, Leverett, Mass. | | William B. Hoyt (c.1938-1992) — also known asBill Hoyt — of Buffalo,ErieCounty, N.Y.Born about 1938. Democrat.Schoolteacher; delegate to Democratic National Convention from NewYork,1972;member ofNew Yorkstate assembly 144th District, 1975-92; died in office 1992; candidate formayorof Buffalo, N.Y., 1989.Suffered aheartattack and collapsed, during anAssemblysession, in theState Capitol Building, and died soonafter in the AlbanyMedicalCenter, Albany,AlbanyCounty, N.Y.,March25, 1992 (ageabout 54years).Burial location unknown.| | Relatives:Married to Susan Curran. |
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