Very incomplete list!in chronological order | |  William Byrd III (1728-1777) — also known asWilliam Evelyn Byrd — Born inCharlesCity County, Va.,September6, 1728.Planter;member ofVirginiaHouse of Burgesses from Lunenburg County, 1752-54; member ofVirginiaGovernor's Council, 1755-75.Slaveowner. Died, bysuicide,CharlesCity County, Va.,January1, 1777 (age48 years, 117days).Interment atWestover Plantation Cemetery, Charles City County, Va.| |  Relatives: Sonof William Byrd II and Maria (Taylor) Byrd; married1748 toElizabeth Hill Carter; married to Mary Shippen Willing; father ofCharlesWilling Byrd; second great-grandfather ofConnallyFindlay Trigg andRichardEvelyn Byrd; third great-grandfather ofHarryFlood Byrd; fourth great-grandfather ofHarryFlood Byrd Jr.; fourth great-granduncle ofWilliamWelby Beverley; first cousin six times removed ofWilliamBradley Umstead andAngierBiddle Duke; first cousin seven times removed ofJuliaGrimmet Fortson; second cousin twice removed ofEdmundPendleton; third cousin once removed ofJohnPenn,JohnPendleton Jr. andNathanielPendleton; fourth cousin ofJamesMadison,WilliamTaylor Madison,PhilipClayton Pendleton,ZacharyTaylor,EdmundHenry Pendleton andNathanaelGreene Pendleton; fourth cousin once removed ofHenryGaines Johnson,ColebyChew,JohnStrother Pendleton,AlbertGallatin Pendleton,PhilipColeman Pendleton,GeorgeHunt Pendleton andJosephHenry Pendleton. | | | | Political family:Biddlefamily of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | See alsoWikipediaarticle —Find-A-Gravememorial |
| | 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 |
| | Tobias Lear (1762-1816) — of Virginia. Born in Portsmouth,RockinghamCounty, N.H.,September19, 1762.Private secretary toGeorgeWashington, 1790-99; U.S. Commercial Agent (Consul) inCape Hatien, 1801-03.Killed himself, in Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,October11, 1816 (age54 years, 22days).Interment atCongressionalCemetery, Washington, D.C.  | George Washington Adams (1801-1829) — of Boston,SuffolkCounty, Mass.Born in Berlin,Germany,April12, 1801.Lawyer;member ofMassachusettsstate house of representatives, 1826-27.En route to New York City aboard theBenjamin Franklin, heapparentlykilled himself by jumping from the ship anddrowning,inLongIsland Sound,June 9,1829 (age28 years, 58days). His body washed ashore a few days later.Interment atHancockCemetery, Quincy, Mass. | | James Blair (1786-1834) — of South Carolina. Born in The Waxhaws,LancasterCounty, S.C.,September26, 1786.Democrat.Planter;sheriff;U.S.Representative from South Carolina, 1821-22, 1829-34 (9thDistrict 1821-22, 8th District 1829-34); resigned 1822; died inoffice 1834; in 1832, heassaultednewspaper editor Duff Green, breaking some bones, andfined$350.Scotch-Irishancestry.Died from aself-inflictedgunshot,inWashington,D.C.,April 1,1834 (age47 years, 187days).Interment atCongressionalCemetery, Washington, D.C. | | Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar (1797-1834) — also known asLucius Q. C. Lamar — of Georgia. Born inWarrenCounty, Ga.,July 15,1797.Lawyer;superior court judge in Georgia, 1830-34.When he learned that a man he had sentenced to death for murder wasnot guilty, hekilled himself bygunshot,Milledgeville,BaldwinCounty, Ga.,July 4,1834 (age36 years, 354days).Interment atMemoryHill Cemetery, Milledgeville, Ga. | | Henry Seymour (1780-1837) — ofOnondagaCounty, N.Y.Born in Litchfield,LitchfieldCounty, Conn.,May 30,1780.Member ofNew Yorkstate senate Western District, 1815-19, 1821-22; member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from Onondaga County, 1819-20.Financially ruined in the Panic of 1837, he died from aself-inflictedgunshot,in Utica,OneidaCounty, N.Y.,August26, 1837 (age57 years, 88days).Burial location unknown.| | Relatives: SonofMosesSeymour and Molly (Marsh) Seymour; brother ofHoratioSeymour (1778-1857); married,January1, 1807, to Mary Ledyard Forman (first cousin once removed ofEdwinBarber Morgan andChristopherMorgan); father ofHoratioSeymour (1810-1886) and Julia Catherine Seymour (who marriedRoscoeConkling); uncle ofOrigenStorrs Seymour andGeorgeSeymour; grandfather ofHoratioSeymour Jr. and Helen Lincklaen (who marriedCharlesStebbins Fairchild); granduncle ofEdwardWoodruff Seymour,JosephBattell andMorrisWoodruff Seymour; first cousin once removed ofMcNeilSeymour andHenryWilliam Seymour; first cousin twice removed ofNormanAlexander Seymour; second cousin once removed ofThomasSeymour andHezekiahCook Seymour; second cousin twice removed ofWilliamPitkin,SilasSeymour,WilliamChapman Williston andAugustusSherrill Seymour; second cousin thrice removed ofOrloErland Wadhams; second cousin four times removed ofFrankFiske Bostwick andDaltonG. Seymour; third cousin once removed ofJosiahCowles,DanielPitkin,DavidLowrey Seymour andThomasHenry Seymour; third cousin twice removed ofCalebSeymour Pitkin; fourth cousin ofTimothyPitkin,OrsamusCook Merrill,TimothyMerrill andElaCollins; fourth cousin once removed ofFarrandFassett Merrill,WilliamCollins,AlansonPike,JohnRobert Graham Pitkin andWilliamSheffield Cowles. | | | | Political family:Merrillfamily of Vermont and New Hampshire (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial |
| | James Collinsworth (1806-1838) — Born in Tennessee,1806.U.S.Attorney for the Western District of Tennessee, 1829-35; servedin the Texas Army during the Texas War of Independence;delegateto Texas Republic Republic constitutional convention fromDistrict of Brazoria, 1836;signer,Texas Declaration of Independence, 1836;TexasRepublic Secretary of State, 1836;AttorneyGeneral of the Texas Republic, 1836; member ofTexasRepublic Senate from District of Brazoria, 1836;justice ofTexas Republic supreme court, 1837.Member,Freemasons.While acandidatefor the presidency of the Texas Republic,jumped off a boatanddrownedinGalvestonBay,1838(ageabout32 years).Interment atFoundersMemorial Park, Houston, Tex. | | Peter William Grayson (1788-1838) — also known asPeter W. Grayson;Peter WagenerGrayson —of Baird's Town (now Bardstown),NelsonCounty, Ky.; Texas.Born in Baird's Town (now Bardstown),NelsonCounty, Ky.,1788.Postmaster atBardstown,Ky., 1816;delegateto Texas Consultation of 1835 from District of Goliad, 1835;AttorneyGeneral of the Texas Republic, 1836, 1837; candidate forPresidentof the Texas Republic, 1838.Died fromself-inflictedgunshot,at Bean Station,GraingerCounty, Tenn.,July 9,1838 (ageabout 50years).Interment atEasternCemetery, Louisville, Ky. | | George Campbell Childress (1804-1841) — also known asGeorge C. Childress — of Texas. Born in Nashville,DavidsonCounty, Tenn.,January8, 1804.Lawyer;delegateto Texas Republic Republic constitutional convention fromDistrict of Milam, 1836;signer,Texas Declaration of Independence, 1836.Killed himself with aBowieknife, in Galveston,GalvestonCounty, Tex.,October6, 1841 (age37 years, 271days).Interment atTrinityEpiscopal Cemetery, Galveston, Tex.; statue atWashington-on-the-BrazosState Park, Washington, Tex. | | Thomas Reynolds (1796-1844) — of Missouri. BornMarch12, 1796.Governorof Missouri, 1840-44; died in office 1844.Died of aself-inflictedgunshotwound, in Jefferson City,ColeCounty, Mo.,February9, 1844 (age47 years, 334days).Interment atWoodlandCemetery, Jefferson City, Mo. | | Jesse Burgess Thomas (1777-1853) — also known asJesse B. Thomas — of Lawrenceburg,DearbornCounty, Ind.; Kaskaskia,RandolphCounty, Ill.;St. ClairCounty, Ill.; Edwardsville,MadisonCounty, Ill.; Mt. Vernon,KnoxCounty, Ohio.Born in Shepherdstown,JeffersonCounty, Va. (now W.Va.),1777.Member ofIndianaterritorial House of Representatives, 1805-08;Delegateto U.S. Congress from Indiana Territory, 1808-09;federaljudge, 1809-18;delegateto Illinois state constitutional convention from St. ClairCounty, 1818;U.S.Senator from Illinois, 1818-29.Slaveowner. Died bysuicide, in Mt. Vernon,KnoxCounty, Ohio,May 3,1853 (ageabout 75years).Interment atMoundView Cemetery, Mt. Vernon, Ohio. | | Alexander Keith McClung (1809-1855) — also known asAlexander K. McClung;"The Black Knightof the South" —of Mississippi. Born in Virginia,1809.Lawyer;colonel in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War; U.S. Charged'Affaires toBolivia, 1849-51.Killed his opponents in a number ofduels.Died from aself-inflictedgunshot,with a dueling pistol, in ahotelroom at Jackson,HindsCounty, Miss.,March23, 1855 (ageabout 45years).Interment atFriendshipCemetery, Columbus, Miss. | | Thomas Jefferson Rusk (1803-1857) — also known asThomas J. Rusk — of Nacogdoches,NacogdochesCounty, Tex.Born in South Carolina,December5, 1803.Democrat.Delegateto Texas Consultation of 1835 from District of Nacogdoches, 1835;delegateto Texas Republic Republic constitutional convention fromDistrict of Nacogdoches, 1836;signer,Texas Declaration of Independence, 1836; general in the TexasArmy during the Texas War of Independence;TexasRepublic Secretary of War, 1836, 1836-37; member ofTexasRepublic House of Representatives, 1837-38;justice ofTexas Republic supreme court, 1838-40;delegateto Texas state constitutional convention, 1845;U.S.Senator from Texas, 1846-57; died in office 1857.Slaveowner.Killed himself, in Nacogdoches,NacogdochesCounty, Tex.,July 29,1857 (age53 years, 236days).Interment atOakGrove Cemetery, Nacogdoches, Tex.; cenotaph atCongressionalCemetery, Washington, D.C.; statue atRuskCounty Courthouse Grounds, Henderson, Tex. | | Anson Jones (1798-1858) — of Texas. Born in Great Barrington,BerkshireCounty, Mass.,January20, 1798.Schoolteacher;physician;served in the Texas Army during the Texas War of Independence; memberofTexasRepublic Senate from District of Brazoria, 1839-41;TexasRepublic Secretary of State, 1841-44;Presidentof the Texas Republic, 1844-45.Member,Freemasons;OddFellows.Died fromself-inflictedgunshot,in the RiceHotel,Houston,HarrisCounty, Tex.,January9, 1858 (age59 years, 354days).Interment atGlenwoodCemetery, Houston, Tex.; cenotaph atChurchon the Hill Cemetery, Lenox, Mass. | | Edward Allen Hannegan (1807-1859) — also known asEdward A. Hannegan — of Covington,FountainCounty, Ind.Born inHamiltonCounty, Ohio,June 25,1807.Democrat.Lawyer;member ofIndianastate house of representatives, 1832-33, 1841-42;U.S.Representative from Indiana 7th District, 1833-37;U.S.Senator from Indiana, 1843-49; U.S. Minister toPrussia, 1849-50.Presbyterian.Member,Freemasons.In May, 1852, during adrunkenargument, hestabbedhis brother-in-law, Captain Duncan, whodied thenext day.Died fromoverdose ofmorphine (probablysuicide), inSt.Louis, Mo.,February25, 1859 (age51 years, 245days).Interment atWoodlawnCemetery, Terre Haute, Ind. | | Royal Tyler Wheeler (1810-1864) — of Texas. Born in Vermont,1810.District judge in Texas, 1844;justice ofTexas state supreme court, 1845-64; died in office 1864.Died bysuicide, inWashingtonCounty, Tex.,April 9,1864 (ageabout 53years).Interment atTexasState Cemetery, Austin, Tex. | | John Milton (1807-1865) — of Marianna,JacksonCounty, Fla.Born near Louisville,JeffersonCounty, Ga.,April20, 1807.Democrat.Lawyer;Presidential Elector for Florida,1848;member ofFloridastate senate, 1848-49; member ofFloridastate house of representatives, 1850; delegate to DemocraticNational Convention from Florida,1860;Governorof Florida, 1861-65; died in office 1865.At the end of the Civil War, believing that "death would bepreferable to reunion," hekilled himself bygunshot,Marianna,JacksonCounty, Fla.,April 1,1865 (age57 years, 346days).Interment atSt.Luke's Episcopal Cemetery, Marianna, Fla. | | Preston King (1806-1865) — of Ogdensburg,St.Lawrence County, N.Y.Born in Ogdensburg,St.Lawrence County, N.Y.,October14, 1806.Lawyer;postmaster atOgdensburg,N.Y., 1833-41; member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from St. Lawrence County, 1835-38;U.S.Representative from New York 18th District, 1843-47, 1849-53;delegate to Republican National Convention from New York,1856(member,PlatformCommittee),1860,1864;U.S.Senator from New York, 1857-63; Republican Presidential Electorfor New York,1864;U.S.Collector of Customs at New York, N.Y., New York, 1865; died inoffice 1865.Member,KappaAlpha Society.Tied bags of lead shot to his body,jumped from the ferryboatPaterson, between New York and Hoboken, anddrownedin theLowerHudson River,November12, 1865 (age59 years, 29days).Interment atOgdensburgCemetery, Ogdensburg, N.Y. | | William Sumner Maynard (1802-1866) — also known asWilliam S. Maynard — of Ann Arbor,WashtenawCounty, Mich.Born inBerkshireCounty, Mass.,April25, 1802.Merchant;villagepresident of Ann Arbor, Michigan, 1836-38, 1839-40;mayorof Ann Arbor, Mich., 1856-58, 1865-66.Congregationalist.Suffering from severe depression, hekilled himself by anoverdoseof morphine or laudanum, in Ann Arbor,WashtenawCounty, Mich.,June 18,1866 (age64 years, 54days).Interment atForestHill Cemetery, Ann Arbor, Mich. | | James Henry Lane (1814-1866) — also known asJames H. Lane;"Liberator ofKansas";"Fighting Jim" —of Lawrenceburg,DearbornCounty, Ind.; Lawrence,DouglasCounty, Kan.Born in Lawrenceburg,DearbornCounty, Ind.,June 22,1814.Served in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War;LieutenantGovernor of Indiana, 1849-53;U.S.Representative from Indiana 4th District, 1853-55;delegateto Kansas state constitutional convention, 1855, 1857;KansasDemocratic state chair, 1855;U.S.Senator from Kansas, 1861-66; died in office 1866; general in theUnion Army during the Civil War.Member,Freemasons.Deranged, andchargedwith financial irregularities, he was mortally wounded by aself-inflictedgunshoton July 1, 1866, and died ten days later, near Fort Leavenworth,LeavenworthCounty, Kan.,July 11,1866 (age52 years, 19days).Interment atOakHill Cemetery, Lawrence, Kan. | | Elijah Hise (1802-1867) — of Russellville,LoganCounty, Ky.Born inAlleghenyCounty, Pa.,July 4,1802.Democrat.Lawyer;member ofKentuckystate house of representatives, 1829; candidate forLieutenantGovernor of Kentucky, 1836; U.S. Charge d'Affaires toGuatemala, 1848-49;U.S.Representative from Kentucky 3rd District, 1866-67; died inoffice 1867.Germanancestry.Slaveowner. Died by aself-inflictedpistolshot, in Russellville,LoganCounty, Ky.,May 8,1867 (age64 years, 308days). He left a note declaring that he had "lost all hope of… saving the country from the impending disasters and ruin inwhich despotic and unconstitutional rule has involved her." However,laternewsreports disclosed that he had been about to beindictedforperjuryandtaxevasion, based on his statements as a candidate.Interment atMapleGrove Cemetery, Russellville, Ky.; cenotaph atCongressionalCemetery, Washington, D.C. | | Daniel Mace (1811-1867) — of Lafayette,TippecanoeCounty, Ind.Born inPickawayCounty, Ohio,September5, 1811.Lawyer;member ofIndianastate house of representatives, 1836;U.S.Attorney for Indiana, 1845-48;U.S.Representative from Indiana 8th District, 1851-57; postmaster atLafayette,Ind., 1866-67.Suffered astroke in1866, never completely recovered, and became depressed over hiscondition;killed himself bygunshot,in thepostoffice at Lafayette,TippecanoeCounty, Ind.,July 26,1867 (age55 years, 324days).Interment atGreenbushCemetery, Lafayette, Ind. | | Damien Marchessault (1818-1868) — also known asDamien Marchesseau — of Los Angeles,LosAngeles County, Calif.Born in Saint-Antoine-sur-Richelieu,Quebec,April1, 1818.Democrat.Mayorof Los Angeles, Calif., 1859-60, 1861-65, 1867.FrenchCanadian ancestry.Died, from aself-inflictedgunshotwound, in the Council Room of Los AngelesCityHall, Los Angeles,Los AngelesCounty, Calif.,January20, 1868 (age49 years, 294days).Burial location unknown. | | Henry English Read (1824-1868) — of Kentucky. Born inLarueCounty, Ky.,December25, 1824.Representativefrom Kentucky in the Confederate Congress, 1862-65.Killed himself,November9, 1868 (age43 years, 320days).Interment atElizabethtownCity Cemetery, Elizabethtown, Ky. | | John H. Fitzgerald (1834-1871) — of Wickenburg,MaricopaCounty, Ariz.Born in Boston,SuffolkCounty, Mass.,1834.Wentto California for the 1849 Gold Rush; member ofArizonaterritorial House of Representatives, 1871.Killed himself by swallowingstrychnine,at Mill City (now part of Phoenix),MaricopaCounty, Ariz.,July 22,1871 (ageabout 37years).Burial location unknown. | | O. C. Maxwell (1837-1871) — of Ohio. Born in Franklin,WarrenCounty, Ohio,February7, 1837.Republican. Colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War; woundedin the leg at Perryville, andcrippledfor life; delegate to Republican National Convention from Ohio,1868.Died, in a state of desperation from financial difficulties, from aself-inflictedgunshot,in Dayton,MontgomeryCounty, Ohio,December5, 1871 (age34 years, 301days).Interment atLebanonCemetery, Lebanon, Ohio. | | Benjamin F. Ferris (c.1806-1876) — also known asB. F. Ferris;H. A. Johnson — of Oakland,AlamedaCounty, Calif.Born in New York, about 1806. Justice of the Peace, 1853 to about 1860;mayorof Oakland, Calif., 1865-66;banker.While traveling under the pseudonym 'H. A. Johnson',aboard thesteamerAmador on the Sacramento River, hekilledhimself bytakingpoison, tying his feet together, and then jumping or fallingoverboard todrownin the river, near Sacramento,SacramentoCounty, Calif.,May 20,1876 (ageabout 70years).Interment atMountainView Cemetery, Oakland, Calif. | | Harrison Cockrill (1826-1876) — ofOwsleyCounty, Ky.Born inBreathittCounty, Ky.,June 18,1826.Member ofKentuckystate senate, 1863-65, 1869-73; county judge in Kentucky, 1860;Presidential Elector for Kentucky,1868;candidate forU.S.Representative from Kentucky 9th District, 1874.Member,Freemasons.Died of a (probably)self-inflictedgunshotwound, inEstillCounty, Ky.,May 22,1876 (age49 years, 339days).Interment atCockrellFamily Cemetery, Ravenna, Ky. | | William W. Lee (c.1817-1882) — of Jersey City,HudsonCounty, N.J.Born about 1817. Republican. Candidate forNewJersey state house of assembly, 1879.While depressed over the death of his wife, hekilled himselfby taking an ounce and a half oflaudanum,in Jersey City,HudsonCounty, N.J.,December19, 1882 (ageabout 65years).Interment atGreen-WoodCemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y. | | Samuel Calley (1821-1883) — of Salem,EssexCounty, Mass.Born in Salem,EssexCounty, Mass.,April13, 1821.Housepainter; member ofMassachusettsstate house of representatives, 1870-71;mayor ofSalem, Mass., 1872, 1881-82.Killed himself byhanging,in the back stairway of his home, Salem,EssexCounty, Mass.,January1, 1883 (age61 years, 263days).Entombed atHarmonyGrove Cemetery, Salem, Mass. | | Henry C. Hoffman (c.1827-1883) — ofChemungCounty, N.Y.Born about 1827. Member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from Chemung County, 1866, 1880-81.Killed himself, bytakingstrychnine, in Horseheads,ChemungCounty, N.Y.,August26, 1883 (ageabout 56years).Burial location unknown. | | Heman J. Redfield (1823-1883) — of Monroe,MonroeCounty, Mich.Born in Le Roy,GeneseeCounty, N.Y.,February25, 1823.Democrat.Mayor ofMonroe, Mich., 1871-75; member ofMichiganstate senate 5th District, 1875-78; delegate to DemocraticNational Convention from Michigan,1876,1880(alternate).Killed himself at his cemetery plot, Monroe,MonroeCounty, Mich.,September9, 1883 (age60 years, 196days).Interment atWoodlandCemetery, Monroe, Mich.| | Relatives:Married1855 to EllenPickering. |
| | Jacques J. Stillwell (1827-1884) — also known asJ. J. Stillwell — of Gravesend (now part of Brooklyn),KingsCounty, N.Y.Born in1827.Member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from Kings County 12th District, 1881-82.While suffering from anoverdoseof chloral hydrate, and fearing the onset of insanity, heshothimself, and died several days later, in Gravesend (now partof Brooklyn),KingsCounty, N.Y.,December14, 1884 (ageabout 57years).Interment atGreen-WoodCemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y. | | Andre J. Dumont (c.1844-1885) — of Algiers, New Orleans,OrleansParish, La.Born in New Orleans,OrleansParish, La., about 1844.Republican. Owner of awhiskeydistillery;LouisianaRepublican state chair, 1877-85; delegate to Republican NationalConvention from Louisiana,1880.AfricanandFrenchancestry.Died from aself-inflictedgunshot,in New Orleans,OrleansParish, La.,June 29,1885 (ageabout 41years).Entombed atSt.Louis Cemetery No. 1, New Orleans, La. | | Woodbury H. Polleys (1817-1885) — of Portland,CumberlandCounty, Maine.Born in Portland,CumberlandCounty, Maine,December17, 1817.Shipcaptain; U.S. Consul inBarbados, as of 1880; U.S. Commercial Agent (Consul) inSan Juan de los Remedios, as of 1884.Died bysuicide, in Portland,CumberlandCounty, Maine,November11, 1885 (age67 years, 329days).Interment atPine Grove Cemetery, Portland, Maine. | | Theodore P. Rich (c.1848-1886) — of New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.; Cobleskill,SchoharieCounty, N.Y.Born in New York, about 1848. Democrat. Candidate forNew Yorkstate assembly from New York County 13th District, 1876.Pursued his estranged wife to Minnesota;killedher, and then, perhaps to avoidprosecution,killed himself, bygunshot,in the Astoria Househotel,St. Paul,RamseyCounty, Minn.,February27, 1886 (ageabout 38years).Burial location unknown.| | Relatives:Married1876 to Fannie(Smith) Trimble (daughter ofHenrySmith). |
| | Thomas Caute Reynolds (1821-1887) — also known asThomas C. Reynolds — of Missouri. Born in South Carolina,October11, 1821.U.S.Attorney for Missouri, 1853-57;LieutenantGovernor of Missouri, 1860-61; Confederate Governor of Missouri(in exile), 1862-65.Killed himself byleapingdown anelevatorshaft at the Customs House,St.Louis, Mo.,March30, 1887 (age65 years, 170days).Interment atCalvaryCemetery, St. Louis, Mo. | | John C. Niglutsch (d. 1887) — of New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Clerk at Castle Garden;organist;member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from New York County 10th District, 1882.Suffered aself-inflictedgunshotwound, apparently while in a paranoid state, and died soon after,in BellevueHospital,New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,November8, 1887.Interment atGreen-WoodCemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y. | | Andrew Jackson Bryant (1831-1888) — ofSanFrancisco, Calif.Born in Effingham,CarrollCounty, N.H.,October30, 1831.Democrat.Gold miner;wholesaleliquor merchant; importer and dealer in safes and locks;insurancebusiness;mayorof San Francisco, Calif., 1875-79.Jumped orfell fromthe ferry steamerEncinal, anddrownedinSanFrancisco Bay,May 11,1888 (age56 years, 194days).Original interment atLaurelHill Cemetery (which no longer exists), San Francisco, Calif.;reinterment atCypressLawn Memorial Park, Colma, Calif. | | John M. Lingle (1843-1889) — of Webb City,JasperCounty, Mo.Born in Pennsylvania,April 2,1843.Democrat.Newspaperpublisher; postmaster atWebbCity, Mo., 1885-89.After being threatened withcriminalprosecution for allegedlymisappropriatingfunds as postmaster, he stepped out the back door of thepostoffice, andkilled himself bygunshot,in Webb City,JasperCounty, Mo.,January4, 1889 (age45 years, 277days).Interment atWebbCity Cemetery, Webb City, Mo. | | Almond M. Paine (1820-1890) — of Danielsonville (now Danielson), Killingly,WindhamCounty, Conn.Born in Rhode Island,September15, 1820.Republican. Probate judge in Connecticut, 1850; postmaster atEastKillingly, Conn., 1861-67; served in the Union Army during theCivil War;bankdirector.Died, byself-inflictedgunshot,in Danielsonville (now Danielson), Killingly,WindhamCounty, Conn.,June 7,1890 (age69 years, 265days).Interment atGrove Street Cemetery, Putnam, Conn. | | Lucien Wells Sperry (1820-1890) — also known asLucien W. Sperry — of New Haven,New HavenCounty, Conn.Born in Woodbridge,New HavenCounty, Conn.,March 8,1820.Coaldealer;insuranceagent;mayorof New Haven, Conn., 1866-69; member ofConnecticutstate senate 4th District, 1869-70.Unable to account for money entrusted to him, and likely to bearrestedas anembezzler,he died from aself-inflictedgunshot,in New Haven,New HavenCounty, Conn.,June 26,1890 (age70 years, 110days).Interment atEvergreenCemetery, New Haven, Conn. | | Evan E. Swearengin (1840-1890) — also known asVan Swearengin — of Concordia,CloudCounty, Kan.Born inMorganCounty, Ind.,January17, 1840.Served in the Union Army during the Civil War;mayorof Concordia, Kan., 1880-81; member ofKansasstate senate, 1889-90; died in office 1890.Member,OddFellows;Knightsof Pythias.Died fromself-inflictedgunshot,in Concordia,CloudCounty, Kan.,October12, 1890 (age50 years, 268days).Interment atPleasantHill Cemetery, Concordia, Kan. | | Frank B. Arnold (1839-1890) — also known asMichael Edwards;Benjamin FranklinArnold —of Unadilla,OtsegoCounty, N.Y.Born in County Clare,Ireland,March29, 1839.Republican.Schoolteacher;lawyer;member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from Otsego County 2nd District, 1885-87; memberofNewYork state senate 23rd District, 1888-89; candidate forU.S.Representative from New York 24th District, 1890, 1890.Irishancestry.Died from aself-inflictedgunshot,in hislawoffice, Unadilla,OtsegoCounty, N.Y.,December11, 1890 (age51 years, 257days).Interment atSt.Matthew's Cemetery, Unadilla, N.Y. | | John Birdsall (1840-1891) — also known as"John Williams" — of Glen Cove,NassauCounty, Long Island, N.Y.Born in Flatbush (now part of Brooklyn),KingsCounty, N.Y.,October5, 1840.Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War;lawyer;merchant;farmer;member ofNew Yorkstate senate 1st District, 1880-81.While registered under the assumed name "John Williams," hekilledhimself withilluminatinggas in his room at the United StatesHotel,New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,April14, 1891 (age50 years, 191days).Interment atSt. Paul's Episcopal Church Cemetery, Glen Cove, Long Island,N.Y. | | Charles A. Binder (1857-1891) — also known asJohn Roth — of New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,November2, 1857.Lawyer;member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from New York County 10th District, 1884, 1886;accusedin 1891 ofembezzling$20,000 from the estate of Barbara Hausman;fledand became afugitive,traveling under the alias "John Roth".Germanancestry.Wounded byself-inflictedgunshot,in his room at the Sheridan HouseHotel,and died there early the next morning, in Elizabeth,UnionCounty, N.J.,May 17,1891 (age33 years, 196days).Burial location unknown. | | Albert Pickett Morehouse (1835-1891) — also known asAlbert P. Morehouse — of Maryville,NodawayCounty, Mo.Born inDelawareCounty, Ohio,July 11,1835.Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Missouri,1876(member,CredentialsCommittee);LieutenantGovernor of Missouri, 1885-89;Governor ofMissouri, 1887-89.Killed himself, byslashinghis throat, in Maryville,NodawayCounty, Mo.,September23, 1891 (age56 years, 74days).Interment atOakHill Cemetery, Maryville, Mo. | | 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 withmurderinghim, but evidence did not support this, and charges were dismissed.Interment atLaurel Hill Cemetery, Omaha, Neb. | | Samuel Adams Wheelright (d. 1893) — of Tacoma,PierceCounty, Wash.Mayorof Tacoma, Wash., 1889-90.Died bysuicide, in Chicago,CookCounty, Ill.,1893.Burial location unknown. | | Francis Spies Jr. (1840-1893) — of New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.,May 10,1840.Democrat. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War;commissionmerchant;Portlandcementimporter;Vice-Consulfor Honduras inNewYork, N.Y., 1887-93.Member,GrandArmy of the Republic;TammanyHall.Died from aself-inflictedgunshot,in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,June 21,1893 (age53 years, 42days).Interment atGreen-WoodCemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.| | Relatives: Sonof Francis Spies and Amanda Maria (Harding) Spies; married1869 to AmeliaL. Schwarzwaelder. | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial |
| | Michael S. Tynan (c.1835-1893) — of Stapleton, Staten Island,RichmondCounty, N.Y.Born about 1835. Republican.Shoemerchant; member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from Richmond County, 1885.Reportedly afflicted with "melancholia", he died bysuicide,fromilluminatinggas, in Stapleton, Staten Island,RichmondCounty, N.Y.,November13, 1893 (ageabout 58years).Burial location unknown. | | Rudolph Walter De Lion (1838-1894) — also known asR. W. De Lion — of Port Townsend,JeffersonCounty, Wash.; Tacoma,PierceCounty, Wash.Born in Bavaria,Germany,1838.Shipcaptain;dry dockbusiness;Consulfor Chile inPortTownsend, Wash., 1885-92;mayorof Port Townsend, Wash., 1887;Consulfor Chile inTacoma,Wash., 1892-94.Germanancestry.Died from aself-inflictedgunshot,in Seattle,KingCounty, Wash.,February27, 1894 (ageabout 55years).Interment atLaurel Grove Cemetery, Port Townsend, Wash. | | Thomas McKee Bayne (1836-1894) — also known asThomas M. Bayne — of Allegheny (now part of Pittsburgh),AlleghenyCounty, Pa.;Washington,D.C.Born in Bellevue,AlleghenyCounty, Pa.,June 14,1836.Republican.Lawyer;colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War;AlleghenyCounty District Attorney, 1870-74;U.S.Representative from Pennsylvania 23rd District, 1877-91;defeated, 1874; delegate to Republican National Convention fromPennsylvania,1884,1888.Alarmed about atuberculosis-relatedlung hemorrhage, hekilled himself, bygunshotto the head, inWashington,D.C.,June 16,1894 (age58 years, 2days).Interment atUnionDale Cemetery, Pittsburgh, Pa. | | Robert F. Kraft (1859-1894) — of New Albany,FloydCounty, Ind.Born inJohnsonCounty, Ill., October,1859.Democrat.Shoemaker;candidate formayorof New Albany, Ind., 1894.Killed himself byswallowingarsenic, in New Albany,FloydCounty, Ind.,October2, 1894 (ageabout 35years).Interment atFairviewCemetery, New Albany, Ind. | | Charles Daniel Sherwood (1833-1895) — also known asCharles D. Sherwood — of Rushford,FillmoreCounty, Minn.; Sherwood,FranklinCounty, Tenn.Born in New Milford,LitchfieldCounty, Conn.,November18, 1833.Republican.Physician;lawyer;member ofMinnesotastate house of representatives, 1859-61, 1863 (District 91859-60, District 14 1861, 1863);postmaster;LieutenantGovernor of Minnesota, 1864-66.Drowned,reportedly as asuicide, inLakeMichigan, near Chicago, Illinois,July 2,1895 (age61 years, 226days).Interment atMoundGrove Cemetery, Kankakee, Ill. | | Edward Augustus Stevenson (1831-1895) — also known asEdward A. Stevenson — ofElDorado County, Calif.;TehamaCounty, Calif.; Boise,AdaCounty, Idaho.Born in Lowville,LewisCounty, N.Y.,June 15,1831.Democrat.Wentto California for the 1849 Gold Rush; member ofCaliforniastate assembly, 1854-56, 1860-61 (18th District 1854-56, 13thDistrict 1860-61);Speaker ofthe California State Assembly, 1860;memberIdaho territorial council, 1866-68, 1876-78;Governorof Idaho Territory, 1885-89; appointed 1885; candidate forGovernor ofIdaho, 1894.Died bysuicide, fromlaudanum,at Paraiso Springs,MontereyCounty, Calif.,July 6,1895 (age64 years, 21days).Interment atPioneerCemetery, Boise, Idaho. | | Jasper B. Chapin (1822-1896) — of Virginia City,MadisonCounty, Mont.; Moorhead,ClayCounty, Minn.; Fargo,CassCounty, Dakota Territory (now N.Dak.).Born inGeneseeCounty, N.Y.,January7, 1822.Hotelowner;mayor ofFargo, N.Dak., 1880-82.Killed himself, in St. Paul,RamseyCounty, Minn.,January26, 1896 (age74 years, 19days).Burial location unknown.| | Relatives:Married to Emma Jane Clark. |
| | Michael Daniel Harter (1846-1896) — also known asMichael D. Harter — of Mansfield,RichlandCounty, Ohio.Born in Canton,StarkCounty, Ohio,April 6,1846.Democrat.U.S.Representative from Ohio, 1891-95 (15th District 1891-93, 14thDistrict 1893-95).Lutheran.Killed byself-inflictedgunshot,in Fostoria,SenecaCounty, Ohio,February22, 1896 (age49 years, 322days).Interment atMansfieldCemetery, Mansfield, Ohio. | | Frank Mapes (1861-1896) — of Kansas City,WyandotteCounty, Kan.Born in Racine,RacineCounty, Wis.,1861.Democrat. Postmaster atKansasCity, Kan., 1893-96.While postal inspectorsdiscoveredthat he hadembezzledabout $9,200 from post office accounts, he died from aself-inflictedgunshot,in Kansas City,WyandotteCounty, Kan.,March15, 1896 (ageabout 34years).Interment atWoodlawnCemetery, Kansas City, Kan.| | Relatives: Sonof Alfred R. Mapes and Elizabeth P. (Chittenden) Mapes; married toAnnie Lispenard Sharp. | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial |
| | Charles Henry Voorhis (1833-1896) — also known asCharles H. Voorhis — of New Jersey. Born in Spring Valley (now Paramus),BergenCounty, N.J.,March13, 1833.Republican.Lawyer;banker;delegate to Republican National Convention from New Jersey,1864;U.S.Representative from New Jersey 5th District, 1879-81.Indictedin 1881 forbankfraud over his actions as president of two banks, which laterbecame insolvent;triedand found not guilty.Fearing oncoming total blindness, he died from aself-inflictedgunshot,in hisofficeat the Davidson Building, Jersey City,HudsonCounty, N.J.,April15, 1896 (age63 years, 33days).Original interment atBayview- New York Bay Cemetery, Jersey City, N.J.; reinterment atHackensackCemetery, Hackensack, N.J. | | Abram S. Cassedy (d. 1896) — of Newburgh,OrangeCounty, N.Y.Lawyer;mayorof Newburgh, N.Y., 1880-82.Distressed over business losses, heshothimself, and died later that day, in in Newburgh,OrangeCounty, N.Y.,April29, 1896.Burial location unknown. | | Otto Munchmeyer (d. 1897) — of West Virginia. Born in Parkersburg,WoodCounty, W.Va.U.S. Consular Agent inAcajutla, as of 1896; U.S. Consul inSan Salvador, as of 1897.Killed himself, in San Salvador,ElSalvador,July 25,1897.Burial location unknown. | | Horace Riverside Buck (1853-1897) — also known asHorace R. Buck — of Helena,Lewis andClark County, Mont.Born inYazooCounty, Miss.,September18, 1853.MemberMontana territorial council, 1884; district judge in Montana 1stDistrict, 1891-96;justice ofMontana state supreme court, 1897; died in office 1897.Died, from aself-inflictedgunshot(possibly agunaccident), in Helena,Lewis andClark County, Mont.,December6, 1897 (age44 years, 79days).Interment atForestvaleCemetery, Helena, Mont. | | John J. Boyle (c.1843-1898) — of New Castle,New CastleCounty, Del.Born about 1843. Democrat.Merchant;Delaware State Sealer of Weights and Measures.Killed himself by self-inflictedgunshot,April6, 1898 (ageabout 55years).Burial location unknown. | | Charles Fenton Collier (1817-1899) — also known asCharles F. Collier — ofPetersburg,Va.Born inPetersburg,Va.,September27, 1817.Democrat.Lawyer;member of Virginia state legislature, 1852;Representativefrom Virginia in the Confederate Congress, 1862-64;mayorof Petersburg, Va., 1866-68, 1888-92; president, SouthernRailroad.Presbyterian.Died, from aself-inflictedgunshot,attributed to "insomnia, melancholia, and nervous prostration," inPetersburg,Va.,June 29,1899 (age81 years, 275days).Interment atBlandfordCemetery, Petersburg, Va. | | Charles Addison Chickering (1843-1900) — also known asCharles A. Chickering — of Copenhagen,LewisCounty, N.Y.Born in Harrisburg,LewisCounty, N.Y.,November26, 1843.Republican. Member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from Lewis County, 1879-81; clerk of the New YorkAssembly, 1884-1890;U.S.Representative from New York 24th District, 1893-1900; died inoffice 1900.Member,Freemasons.Jumped orfell froma fourth-floor balcony of the Grand UnionHotel,and died from his injuries, in Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,February13, 1900 (age56 years, 79days).Interment atRiversideCemetery, Copenhagen, N.Y. | | Joseph Flesheim (1848-1900) — of South Haven,Van BurenCounty, Mich.; Menominee,MenomineeCounty, Mich.Born in Cleveland,CuyahogaCounty, Ohio,April 8,1848.Republican.Insurancebusiness; president, Menominee Electric Company,manufactureroftelephoneswitchboards and equipment;mayorof Menominee, Mich., 1888; member ofMichiganstate senate, 1891-94 (31st District 1891-92, 30th District1893-94).Germanancestry. Member,Freemasons.Facing the failure of his business enterprises, he died byself-inflictedgunshot,in Menominee,MenomineeCounty, Mich.,February26, 1900 (age51 years, 324days).Interment atRiversideCemetery, Menominee, Mich.| | Relatives: Sonof Samuel Flesheim and Babette (Straus) Flesheim; married,February25, 1875, to Delia Isabella 'Belle' Stephenson. |
| | Adam Cyrus Reinoehl (1840-1900) — also known asAdam C. Reinoehl — of Lancaster,LancasterCounty, Pa.Born in Lebanon,LebanonCounty, Pa.,November14, 1840.Republican. Major in the Union Army during the Civil War;lawyer;member ofPennsylvaniastate house of representatives from Lancaster County, 1868,1870-71; postmaster atLancaster,Pa., 1900.Died bysuicide, withilluminatinggas, in hisofficeat the Lancasterpostoffice, Lancaster,LancasterCounty, Pa.,December14, 1900 (age60 years, 30days).Interment atLancasterCemetery, Lancaster, Pa. | | William Irvin Shaw (1860-1900) — also known asW. Irvin Shaw — of Houtzdale,ClearfieldCounty, Pa.Born in Clearfield,ClearfieldCounty, Pa.,1860.Republican.Lawyer;chair ofClearfield County Republican Party, 1894; U.S. Consul inBarranquilla, 1897-1900.Died bysuicide, fromslashinghis throat, wrists, and leg, in ahotel atPhiladelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,December25, 1900 (ageabout 40years).Interment atHillcrestCemetery, Clearfield, Pa.| | Relatives: Sonof Archibald Henry Shaw and Mary E. (Irvin) Shaw; married1895 to MaryValentine Rhodes. | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial |
| | Melvin Riley Baldwin (1838-1901) — also known asMelvin Baldwin — of Duluth,St. LouisCounty, Minn.; Seattle,KingCounty, Wash.Born in Chester,WindsorCounty, Vt.,April12, 1838.Democrat.Civilengineer; served in the Union Army during the Civil War;railroadsuperintendent;U.S.Representative from Minnesota 6th District, 1893-95.Died byself-inflictedgunshot,in Seattle,KingCounty, Wash.,April15, 1901 (age63 years, 3days).Interment atForestHill Cemetery, Duluth, Minn. | | Louis Stern (c.1856-1901) — of St. Paul,RamseyCounty, Minn.Born inGermany,about 1856.Democrat. Naturalized U.S. citizen;newspaperreporter; U.S. Commercial Agent (Consul) inBamberg, 1893-1901.Jewish.Arrestedandfined inKissingen, Germany, 1895, forinsultingthe Baron von Thuengen; alsochargedwithmisrepresentinghis 15-year-old son as being twelve in order to get cheaper passageto Europe for him on a steamship; the U.S. Consul General in Berlinasserted that Mr. Stern was "very harshly and unjustly treated".Depressed over financial problems and perceived anti-Semitism, hebeganneglectinghis work; he wasrecalledas commercial agent in 1901, but remained at Bamberg; hisfailureto return money he had collected on behalf of U.S. citizens ledto ajudgementagainst him for 2,000 marks, which he was unable to pay; he diedbyself-inflictedgunshot,in the public gardens at Bamberg,Germany,June10, 1901 (ageabout 45years).Burial location unknown. | | William Van Slooten (c.1857-1901) — also known as"The Mysterious VanSlooten" —of Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.Born in New Orleans,OrleansParish, La., about 1857.Democrat.Miningengineer;candidate forNew Yorkstate senate 5th District, 1893.Died, from aself-inflictedgunshot,in Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.,December14, 1901 (ageabout 44years).Burial location unknown.| | Relatives: Sonof John Van Slooten. |
| | David Todd Gillmor (1837-1902) — also known asDavid T. Gillmor — of Paterson,PassaicCounty, N.J.Born in Connecticut,January25, 1837.Republican.Dry goodsmerchant;mayorof Paterson, N.J., 1881-82.Died from aself-inflictedgunshot,while suffering fromBright'sdisease, in Paterson,PassaicCounty, N.J.,August17, 1902 (age65 years, 204days).Interment atCedarLawn Cemetery, Paterson, N.J. | | James Lawrence Blair (1854-1904) — also known asJames L. Blair — ofSt.Louis, Mo.Born inSt.Louis, Mo.,April 2,1854.Lawyer;president, St. Louis Board of Police Commissioners, 1884; generalcounsel, St. Louis World's Fair (Louisiana Purchase Exposition),1901-03;indictedin December, 1903, forforgeryof two deeds of trust toobtaina loan from an estate he managed.Member,American BarAssociation;LoyalLegion;Sons ofthe Revolution.Died, either fromsuicide (which he had attempted at leasttwice before) or from "congestion ofthe brain", in Eustis,LakeCounty, Fla.,January16, 1904 (age49 years, 289days).Interment atBellefontaineCemetery, St. Louis, Mo. | | Frank Augustus Cady (1858-1904) — also known asFrank A. Cady — of Marshfield,WoodCounty, Wis.; Grand Rapids (now Wisconsin Rapids),WoodCounty, Wis.Born in Newport,ColumbiaCounty, Wis.,December31, 1858.Republican.Lawyer;member ofWisconsinstate assembly from Wood County, 1901-04; died in office 1904.Member,AncientOrder of United Workmen;Elks.While suffering fromliverdisease, he left his hospital room, took the elevator to the topfloor,leaped over the railing into the rotunda, andfell to hisdeath on the stone floor five stories below, in St. JamesInfirmary,Hot Springs,GarlandCounty, Ark.,March30, 1904 (age45 years, 90days).Interment atSpring Grove Cemetery, Wisconsin Dells, Wis. | | Robert Milligan McLane (1867-1904) — also known asRobert M. McLane — ofBaltimore,Md.Born inBaltimore,Md.,November30, 1867.Democrat.Lawyer;mayorof Baltimore, Md., 1903-04; died in office 1904.Died from aself-inflictedgunshot,inBaltimore,Md.,May 30,1904 (age36 years, 182days).Interment atGreenMount Cemetery, Baltimore, Md. | | William Copeland Philips (1823-1906) — of Austin,TravisCounty, Tex.Born inBooneCounty, Mo.,January14, 1823.Secretaryof state of Texas, 1867.Killed himself,1906(ageabout83 years).Burial location unknown. | | Robert Adams Jr. (1849-1906) — also known asBertie Adams — of Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.Born in Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,February26, 1849.Republican. Member ofPennsylvaniastate senate 6th District, 1883-86; U.S. Minister toBrazil, 1889-90;U.S.Representative from Pennsylvania 2nd District, 1893-1906; died inoffice 1906; drafted and introduced the declaration of war againstSpain, 1898.Member,Societyof the Cincinnati;Sons ofthe Revolution;Sons ofthe War of 1812;Societyof Colonial Wars.Despondent over heavy losses in stock speculation and the prospect ofdefeat at the polls, hekilled himself bypistolshot, in his rooms at the Metropolitan Club, and died soon afterin EmergencyHospital,Washington,D.C.,June 1,1906 (age57 years, 95days).Interment atLaurelHill Cemetery, Philadelphia, Pa. | | 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.Shotandkilled himself, or wasmurdered,in the lavatory of asaloonin Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.,January31, 1907 (ageabout 33years).Interment atCalvaryCemetery, Woodside, Queens, N.Y. | | Howard P. Frothingham (1861-1907) — of Mt. Arlington,MorrisCounty, N.J.; Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,March12, 1861.Stockbroker;mayorof Mt. Arlington, N.J., 1891.Following large financial losses, hejumped from thesecond-story window of his home,fell about30 feet, fractured his skull, and subsequently died, in Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,February2, 1907 (age45 years, 327days).Interment atEvergreenCemetery, Hillside, N.J. | | George Wallace Delamater (1849-1907) — also known asGeorge W. Delamater — of Meadville,CrawfordCounty, Pa.Born in Meadville,CrawfordCounty, Pa.,March31, 1849.Republican.Lawyer;banker;mayorof Meadville, Pa., 1877;chair ofCrawford County Republican Party, 1878; Republican PresidentialElector for Pennsylvania,1880;member ofPennsylvaniastate senate 50th District, 1887-90; candidate forGovernor ofPennsylvania, 1890.Died from aself-inflictedgunshotwound, in hisofficeat the Diamond Banking Building, Pittsburgh,AlleghenyCounty, Pa.,August7, 1907 (age58 years, 129days).Interment atGreendaleCemetery, Meadville, Pa. | | Otto Phillipp Max Adae (1840-1907) — also known asOtto M. Adae — of Cincinnati,HamiltonCounty, Ohio; San Diego,San DiegoCounty, Calif.Born in Möckmühl,Germany,September26, 1840.Consulfor Austria-Hungary inCincinnati,Ohio, 1873-77.Germanancestry.Took his own life bydrowning,inSanDiego Bay,August8, 1907 (age66 years, 316days).Interment atMt.Hope Cemetery, San Diego, Calif. | | Paul Charles Barth (1858-1907) — also known asPaul C. Barth — of Louisville,JeffersonCounty, Ky.Born inGermany,December,1858.Mayorof Louisville, Ky., 1905-07;removed fromoffice over allegedvotefraud, 1907.Killed himself bygunshot,in the lavatory of hisoffice,Louisville,JeffersonCounty, Ky.,August21, 1907 (age48 years, 0days).Interment atSt.Louis Cemetery, Louisville, Ky. | | William Henry Abercrombie (1845-1907) — also known asWilliam H. Abercrombie — ofWashington,D.C.Born in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,1845.Physician;U.S. Consul inNagasaki, 1890-97.He stuffed cotton in the cracks around his bedroom doors and windows,andkilled himself by turning on theilluminatinggas jets, inWashington,D.C.,September5, 1907 (ageabout 62years).Interment atCharlesEvans Cemetery, Reading, Pa. | | Charles D. Pierce (c.1848-1908) — of Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born about 1848.Consultingengineer;commissionmerchant; manufacturer ofwell-drilling,excavation,andminingmachinery and supplies;Consul-Generalfor Orange Free State inNewYork, N.Y., 1891-1902.Killed himself byinhalingilluminating gas, in Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,April24, 1908 (ageabout 60years).Burial location unknown. | | Silas Clark McFarland (1859-1908) — also known asSilas C. McFarland — of Marshalltown,MarshallCounty, Iowa.Born in Mt. Pleasant,HenryCounty, Iowa,June 3,1859.Republican.Newspapereditor and publisher; alternate delegate to Republican NationalConvention from Iowa,1888;U.S. Consul inNottingham, 1899-1902;Reichenberg, 1902-07; U.S. Consul General inSt. Gall, 1907.Killed himself, bygunshot,in his compartment on the Hamburg-Berlinexpresstrain, near Ludwigslust,Germany,October24, 1908 (age49 years, 143days).Burial location unknown.| | Relatives: Sonof Samuel McFarland and Mary A. (Woolson) McFarland; married,September1, 1886, to Marie Eiboeck. |
| | William C. Mains (c.1872-1909) — of Mt. Vernon,WestchesterCounty, N.Y.Born about 1872. Republican.Lawyer;crusader against saloons in Mt. Vernon, N.Y.; member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from Westchester County 1st District, 1901.Died, from aself-inflictedgunshotwound, in hisofficeat Mt. Vernon,WestchesterCounty, N.Y.,January23, 1909 (ageabout 37years).Burial location unknown.| | Relatives: Sonof Rev. George P. Mains. |
 | Hinton Rowan Helper (1829-1909) — of North Carolina; New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in Mocksville,DavieCounty, N.C.,December27, 1829.Author and publisher ofThe Impending Crisis of the South(1857), an attack on the institution of slavery as holding the Southback economically; the book caused a furor, and was banned in theSouth; U.S. Consul inBuenos Aires, 1861-66.Killed himself withilluminatinggas, inWashington,D.C.,March 9,1909 (age79 years, 72days).Interment atCedarHill Cemetery, Suitland, Md. | | Charles Fred Jewett (1836-1909) — also known asC. F. Jewett — Born in Sidney,KennebecCounty, Maine,August19, 1836.Farmer;member ofIowastate house of representatives, 1880; member ofIowastate senate, 1890.Died from aself-inflictedrifleshot, in Kensett,WorthCounty, Iowa,May 17,1909 (age72 years, 271days).Interment atKensett Cemetery, Kensett, Iowa. | | Constantine Fernow Brunn (1858-1909) — also known asConstantine F. Brunn — of Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.; South Woodstock, Woodstock,WindhamCounty, Conn.Born in Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.,October24, 1858.Vice-Consulfor Portugal inNewYork, N.Y., 1893-96.GermanandIrishancestry.According topublishedreports, in a sudden fit of rage, perhaps angered because hewasn't able to reach his wife by telephone, heshotand killed his sister, Freda Brunn, and his brother, Dr.ArminBrunn, and thenshothimself, in South Woodstock, Woodstock,WindhamCounty, Conn.,September29, 1909 (age50 years, 340days).Intermenta private or family graveyard, Windham County, Conn.  | Samuel Levis Gracey (1835-1911) — also known asSamuel L. Gracey — of Smyrna,KentCounty, Del.; Pawtucket,ProvidenceCounty, R.I.; Chelsea,SuffolkCounty, Mass.; Cambridge,MiddlesexCounty, Mass.; Natick,MiddlesexCounty, Mass.; Lynn,EssexCounty, Mass.; Boston,SuffolkCounty, Mass.Born in Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,September8, 1835.Methodistminister; served in the Union Army during the Civil War; U.S.Consul inFoochow, 1890-93, 1897-1911, died in office 1911.Methodist.Member,GrandArmy of the Republic.Died bysuicide, when hecut histhroat with a razor, in the West NewtonSanitarium,West Newton, Newton,MiddlesexCounty, Mass.,August19, 1911 (age75 years, 345days).Interment atMt.Moriah Cemetery, West Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pa. | | | Jacob H. Hoysradt (1858-1911) — of Ancram,ColumbiaCounty, N.Y.Born in1858.Member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from Columbia County, 1894.Member,Freemasons;Grange.Killed himself withchloroform,in Ancram,ColumbiaCounty, N.Y.,December14, 1911 (ageabout 53years).Burial location unknown.| | Relatives:Married1880 to CarrieMiller. |
| | William Whitney Kitchen (1875-1912) — of Buffalo,ErieCounty, N.Y.; Gulfport,HarrisonCounty, Miss.Born in Toronto,Ontario,April6, 1875.Naturalized U.S. citizen;physician;U.S. Consul inTenerife, 1911-12, died in office 1912.While suffering fromchronic heartdisease, he died from aself-inflictedgunshot,in Tenerife (Santa Cruz de Tenerife),CanaryIslands,October16, 1912 (age37 years, 193days).Interment atForestLawn Cemetery, Buffalo, N.Y. | | Martin Berolzheimer (d. 1913) — U.S. Vice Consul inVienna, 1895-97.Died fromself-inflictedgunshot,in Vienna,Austria,February9, 1913.Burial location unknown.  | Yates Pennington (1871-1913) — ofBaltimore,Md.Born inBaltimore,Md.,March29, 1871.Republican.Lawyer;member ofMarylandstate house of delegates from Baltimore city 2nd District, 1896.Died bysuicide, from inhalingilluminatinggas, inBaltimore,Md.,December17, 1913 (age42 years, 263days).Interment atGreenMount Cemetery, Baltimore, Md.| | Relatives: Sonof Josias Pennington and Elizabeth Ann (Stirling) Pennington;married,January9, 1896, to Anna Genevieve Thompson. | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial | | | | Image source: Baltimore Sun, September17, 1903 |
| | | John J. Kennedy (1856-1914) — of Buffalo,ErieCounty, N.Y.Born in Buffalo,ErieCounty, N.Y.,1856.Democrat.Saloonkeeper;banker;New Yorkstate treasurer, 1911-14; died in office 1914.Killed himself byslashinghis throat with a razor, in a lavatory near the ballroom of theMarkeenHotel,Buffalo,ErieCounty, N.Y.,February15, 1914 (ageabout 57years).Interment atHolyCross Cemetery, Lackawanna, N.Y. | | Hayward Augustus Harvey (1870-1914) — also known asHayward A. Harvey — of Orange,EssexCounty, N.J.Born in Orange,EssexCounty, N.J.,November3, 1870.Republican.Steelmanufacturer;miningbusiness; member ofNewJersey state house of assembly from Essex County, 1896.Presbyterian.Killed byself-inflictedgunshot,in the Lackawanna Railroadstation,Orange,EssexCounty, N.J.,February25, 1914 (age43 years, 114days).Interment atRosedaleCemetery, Orange, N.J. | | Otto H. Boyesen (1857-1914) — also known asOtto H. Boysen — of Grand Forks,GrandForks County, N.Dak.; Bowman,BowmanCounty, N.Dak.Born in Christiania (now Oslo),Norway,April24, 1857.Democrat.Lawyer;Vice-Consulfor Sweden & Norway inGrandForks, N.D., 1889-92; U.S. Consul inChristiania, 1893;Gothenberg, 1893-97; district judge in North Dakota, 1909-12.Norwegianancestry.Died from aself-inflictedgunshot,in ahotelroom at Glasgow,ValleyCounty, Mont.,February27, 1914 (age56 years, 309days).Interment atHighlandCemetery, Glasgow, Mont. | | Southard Parker Warner (1881-1914) — also known asSouthard P. Warner — ofWashington,D.C.Born inWashington,D.C.,October29, 1881.U.S. Consular Agent inGera, 1904; U.S. Consul inLeipzig, 1904-09;Bahia, 1909-11;Harbin, 1912-14, died in office 1914.Died, from aself-inflictedgunshot,while in ahospitalat Harbin,China,May9, 1914 (age32 years, 192days).Interment atOakHill Cemetery, Washington, D.C. | | Edward C. Cheasty (1864-1914) — of Seattle,KingCounty, Wash.Born in1864.Democrat.Haberdasherybusiness;Honorary Vice-President, Democratic NationalConvention, 1904.Jumped from his window on the 10th floor of theHotelWashington, andfell tohis death on the pavement below, in Seattle,KingCounty, Wash.,June 12,1914 (ageabout 49years).Interment atCalvaryCemetery, Seattle, Wash. | | Harry Woods (d. 1914) — of Illinois. Democrat.Secretaryof state of Illinois, 1913-14; died in office 1914.Died from aself-inflictedgunshot,in the garage at the rear of his home, in Springfield,SangamonCounty, Ill.,October11, 1914.Burial location unknown. | | Christopher Paulus (d. 1915) — of Wisconsin. Member ofWisconsinstate assembly, 1915; died in office 1915.Killed himself,1915.Burial location unknown. | | John Miller Faison (1862-1915) — also known asJohn M. Faison — of Faison,DuplinCounty, N.C.Born near Faison,DuplinCounty, N.C.,April17, 1862.Democrat.Physician;farmer;U.S.Representative from North Carolina 3rd District, 1911-15.In failing health, he died byself-inflictedgunshot,in Faison,DuplinCounty, N.C.,April21, 1915 (age53 years, 4days).Interment atFaisonCemetery, Faison, N.C. | | 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, hejumped overboard and was presumeddrowned,in theNorthAtlantic Ocean,April21, 1915 (age53 years, 148days); his remains werenotrecovered. | | John J. Fowler (1850-1915) — of Wilmington,NewHanover County, N.C.Born in Wilmington,New HanoverCounty, N.C.,December19, 1850.Mayorof Wilmington, N.C., 1890.Killed himself, in Wilmington,New HanoverCounty, N.C.,May 23,1915 (age64 years, 155days).Interment atOakdaleCemetery, Wilmington, N.C. | | George Riddell (1860-1915) — of Grand Rapids,ItascaCounty, Minn.BornSeptember14, 1860.Mayorof Grand Rapids, Minn., 1915; died in office 1915.Died from aself-inflictedgunshot,in Grand Rapids,ItascaCounty, Minn.,July 7,1915 (age54 years, 296days).Interment atItasca Calvary Cemetery, Grand Rapids, Minn.| | Relatives:Married to Iva Anderson. |
| | George Gundrum (1842-1916) — of Ionia,IoniaCounty, Mich.Born in Pirmasens,Germany,January20, 1842.Democrat.Pharmacist;mayorof Ionia, Mich., 1893.Methodist.Germanancestry.Died, fromacutemorphine poisoning, probablyintentional, in Ionia,IoniaCounty, Mich.,November18, 1916 (age74 years, 303days).Interment atHighlandPark Cemetery, Ionia, Mich. | | Alfred Ronalds Conkling (1850-1917) — also known asAlfred R. Conkling — of New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,September28, 1850.Republican. Candidate forU.S.Representative from New York 7th District, 1884; member ofNew Yorkstate assembly, 1892, 1895 (New York County 7th District 1892,New York County 8th District 1895).Killed himself byjumping tohis death from a fourth-story window, in Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,September18, 1917 (age66 years, 355days).Interment atGreen-WoodCemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.  | George Pelton Lawrence (1859-1917) — also known asGeorge P. Lawrence — of North Adams,BerkshireCounty, Mass.Born in Adams,BerkshireCounty, Mass.,May 19,1859.Republican.Lawyer;district judge in Massachusetts, 1885-94; member ofMassachusettsstate senate, 1895-97;U.S.Representative from Massachusetts 1st District, 1897-1913.Under stress as head of a World War I draft exemption board, hejumped from an eighth-floor window andfell to hisdeath, at the BelmontHotel,Atlantic City,AtlanticCounty, N.J.,November21, 1917 (age58 years, 186days).Interment atHillsideCemetery, North Adams, Mass. | | Henry Eells Barnard (1837-1919) — also known asHenry E. Barnard — of Iowa City,JohnsonCounty, Iowa; Plattsburgh,ClintonCounty, N.Y.Born in Plattsburgh,ClintonCounty, N.Y.,March29, 1837.Democrat.Schoolprincipal;lawyer;member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from Clinton County, 1893; Democratic candidatefor Presidential Elector for New York,1900.Member,Freemasons;RoyalArch Masons;KnightsTemplar;Shriners.Died bysuicide, byhanging,in Plattsburgh,ClintonCounty, N.Y.,August3, 1919 (age82 years, 127days).Interment atRiversideCemetery, Plattsburgh, N.Y.  | Charles Harrington (c.1859-1919) — of Essex,MiddlesexCounty, Conn.Born in Essex,MiddlesexCounty, Conn., about 1859.Democrat. Postmaster atEssex,Conn., 1888-92, 1896-1900, 1915-19.Member,Freemasons;RoyalArch Masons;AncientOrder of United Workmen.After a shortage of $1,250 was discovered in his post officeaccounts, he died fromself-inflictedgunshot,in Essex,MiddlesexCounty, Conn.,September24, 1919 (ageabout 60years).Burial location unknown.| | Image source:Hartford Courant, September 30, 1919 |
| | Cary Roy Miller (1872-1919) — also known asCary R. Miller — of Buffalo,ErieCounty, N.Y.Born in Millersburg,ElkhartCounty, Ind.,February25, 1872.U.S. Vice Consul inStockholm, 1918-19, died in office 1919.Member,Freemasons.Shotandkilled himself, in his suite at the Waldorf-AstoriaHotel,Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,November9, 1919 (age47 years, 257days).Cremated;ashes interred atOakridgeCemetery, Goshen, Ind. | | Nathaniel Wheeler Bishop (1865-1920) — also known asNathaniel W. Bishop — of Bridgeport,FairfieldCounty, Conn.BornJuly 16,1865.Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention fromConnecticut,1916;served in the U.S. Navy during World War I.Despondent due to a lengthy illness, hestabbedhimself in the chest, and died soon afterward at BridgeportHospital,Bridgeport,FairfieldCounty, Conn.,April 4,1920 (age54 years, 263days).Interment atMountainGrove Cemetery, Bridgeport, Conn. | | Warren Jay Terhune (1869-1920) — also known asWarren J. Terhune — of Hackensack,BergenCounty, N.J.Born in Midland Park,BergenCounty, N.J.,May 3,1869.Served in the U.S. Navy during the Spanish-American War; U.S. Navycommander;Governor ofAmerican Samoa; died in office 1920.Three days before he was to face aninquiryintochargesagainsthisadministration, heshothimself in the heart, in a bathroom of theExecutiveMansion, Utulei,AmericanSamoa,November3, 1920 (age51 years, 184days); later, the Navy exonerated him; his accuser, LieutenantCommander Creed H. Boucher, was courtmartialed and found guilty offomenting unrest among the Samoans.Interment atArlingtonNational Cemetery, Arlington, Va. | | Ralph Emerson Campbell (1867-1921) — also known asRalph E. Campbell — of Tulsa,TulsaCounty, Okla.Born inButlerCounty, Pa.,May 9,1867.Republican.Lawyer;represented the Choctaw, Oklahoma, and GulfRailroad;delegate to Republican National Convention from Oklahoma Territory,1904;candidate forjustice ofOklahoma state supreme court, 1907;U.S.District Judge for the Eastern District of Oklahoma, 1907-18;resigned 1918.Died, from aself-inflictedgunshot,in hislawoffice, Tulsa,TulsaCounty, Okla.,January9, 1921 (age53 years, 245days).Interment atRoseHill Memorial Park, Tulsa, Okla. | | Jacob Haussling (1855-1921) — also known asJake Haussling — of Newark,EssexCounty, N.J.Born in Newark,EssexCounty, N.J.,February22, 1855.Democrat.EssexCounty Sheriff, 1881-83;mayor ofNewark, N.J., 1907-14; defeated, 1914.Stabbedhimself, in Newark,EssexCounty, N.J.,February25, 1921 (age66 years, 3days).Burial location unknown. | | Adam Wenger Oberlin (1859-1921) — also known asAdam W. Oberlin — of Canton,StarkCounty, Ohio; Miami, Dade County (nowMiami-DadeCounty), Fla.Born in Plain Township,StarkCounty, Ohio,May 13,1859.Republican.Real estatebusiness;StarkCounty Sheriff; member ofOhiostate house of representatives, 1914; member ofOhiostate senate, 1917-18; disappeared from his home on September 4,1917, after winning the primary for mayor; six months later, in March1918, he was located, working in a shipyard in Norfolk, Va.;candidate formayor ofCanton, Ohio, 1917; appointed deputy U.S. marshal for SouthernFlorida; while suffering financial problems, he disappeared onNovember 15, 1921; his automobile was later found on the TamiamiTrail, after a wide search, his body was found on December 28.Died, from aself-inflictedgunshot,in the Everglades, about 18 miles west of Miami, in Dade County (nowMiami-DadeCounty), Fla., aboutNovember15, 1921 (age62 years, 186days).Interment atHenry Warstler Cemetery, Plain Township, Stark County, Ohio.| | Relatives: Sonof John Oberlin and Nancy Anna (Wenger) Oberlin; married to MariettaGans. | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial |
| | John Arthur Elston (1874-1921) — also known asJohn A. Elston;J. A. Elston — of Berkeley,AlamedaCounty, Calif.Born in Woodland,YoloCounty, Calif.,February10, 1874.Republican.Schoolteacher;lawyer;U.S.Representative from California 6th District, 1915-21; died inoffice 1921.Killed himself bydrowningin the Potomac River,Washington,D.C.,December15, 1921 (age47 years, 308days). In his suicide note, he wrote that he was "caught in achain of circumstances that spelled ruin.".Cremated.  | Raymond Schofield Curtice (1887-1922) — also known asRaymond S. Curtice — of Saltsburg,IndianaCounty, Pa.Born in Middlefield Center, Middlefield,MiddlesexCounty, Conn.,October31, 1887.U.S. Vice Consul inSeoul, as of 1916-17; U.S. Consul inNagasaki, as of 1921.Killed himself bygunshot,in his room at theHotelduPont, Wilmington,New CastleCounty, Del.,February15, 1922 (age34 years, 107days).Interment atGreenfieldCemetery, Uniondale, Long Island, N.Y.| | Relatives: Sonof Sara Comstock (Schofield) Curtice and Rev. Saul Ober Curtice;married,June 3,1914, to Marian Fitch Scranton; second cousin five times removedofAaronKitchell. | | | | Political families:FourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial | | | | Image source: U.S. passport application(1919) |
| | Hillyer Rudisill (1875-1923) — of Macon,BibbCounty, Ga.Born in Forsyth,MonroeCounty, Ga.,April26, 1875.Republican. Postmaster atMacon,Ga., 1922-23 (acting, 1922).Died from aself-inflictedgunshot,in thepostoffice at Macon,BibbCounty, Ga.,February16, 1923 (age47 years, 296days). Ashortageof about $86,000 wasdiscoveredafter his death.Interment atForsythCemetery, Forsyth, Ga. | | Edward Richard Folsom (1874-1923) — also known asEdward R. Folsom — of Irvington,EssexCounty, N.J.Born in North Urbana,SteubenCounty, N.Y.,September18, 1874.Charged,in 1894, offorgingchecks,bankrobbery, andarson;pleadedguilty to two charges;sentencedto ten years inprison;pardonedand released in September 1897;coaldealer;mayorof Irvington, N.J., 1923; died in office 1923.Blackmailers threatening to expose his criminal past extorted moneyfrom him until he was nearly penniless;killed himself by anoverdoseof sedative, in Irvington,EssexCounty, N.J.,September26, 1923 (age49 years, 8days).Interment atClintonCemetery, Irvington, N.J.| | Relatives: Sonof Frederick Lewis Folsom and Martha (Layton) Folsom; married to SaraElizabeth Keeler. | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial |
| | Walter M. Taussig (1862-1923) — of Yonkers,WestchesterCounty, N.Y.Born inSt.Louis, Mo.,June 10,1862.Democrat. President, Wiesbuch & Hilger,hardwareexporters; vice-president, American Chain Company; president,Challenge Cutlery Company;mayorof Yonkers, N.Y., 1922-23; defeated, 1923; died in office 1923.Shothimself in the head, in the garage of his home, and died fortyminutes later, in St. John'sHospital,Yonkers,WestchesterCounty, N.Y.,November21, 1923 (age61 years, 164days).Burial location unknown. | | Jean Baptiste Adoue (1846-1924) — of Dallas,DallasCounty, Tex.Born in Aurignac,France,October24, 1846.Merchant;banker;ConsularAgent for France inDallas,Tex., 1897-1907.Frenchancestry. Member,Freemasons;Shriners.Suffered anapoplecticstroke, and fearing that he would become an invalid, hekilledhimself, by self-inflictedgunshot,in Dallas,DallasCounty, Tex.,June 20,1924 (age77 years, 240days).Interment atGroveHill Memorial Park, Dallas, Tex. | | 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.Killed himself 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 over to a Senate committee to investigate themystery,but nothing came of it.Interment atCedarGrove Cemetery, New London, Conn.  | Martin Henry Glynn (1871-1924) — also known asMartin H. Glynn — of Albany,AlbanyCounty, N.Y.Born in Valatie,ColumbiaCounty, N.Y.,September27, 1871.Democrat.Lawyer;postmaster;owner and editor ofAlbany Times-Unionnewspaper;U.S.Representative from New York 20th District, 1899-1901; defeated,1900;New Yorkstate comptroller, 1907-08; defeated, 1908;LieutenantGovernor of New York, 1913;Governor ofNew York, 1913-15; defeated, 1914; delegate to DemocraticNational Convention from New York,1916(TemporaryChair;speaker),1924.Catholic.Irishancestry.FirstCatholic governor of New York State; brokered peace and independencefor Ireland in 1921.Killed himself, in Albany,AlbanyCounty, N.Y.,December14, 1924 (age53 years, 78days).Entombed atSt.Agnes Cemetery, Menands, N.Y. | | Joseph Medill McCormick (1877-1925) — also known asMedill McCormick — of Chicago,CookCounty, Ill.Born in Chicago,CookCounty, Ill.,May 16,1877.Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Illinois,1916,1920(member,ResolutionsCommittee;speaker);member of Illinois state legislature, 1910;U.S.Representative from Illinois 1st District, 1917-19;U.S.Senator from Illinois, 1919-25; died in office 1925.Scotch-IrishandDutchancestry.Died bysuicide, through anoverdose ofbarbiturates (reported at the time as a heart attack), in hisroom at theHotelHamilton,Washington,D.C.,February25, 1925 (age47 years, 285days).Interment atMiddlecreekCemetery, Byron, Ill. | | Joseph H. Brownell (1854-1925) — of Windsor,BroomeCounty, N.Y.Born in Windsor,BroomeCounty, N.Y.,April21, 1854.Republican.Farmer;lumberman;member ofNew Yorkstate assembly, 1894-96 (Broome County 1894-95, Broome County 1stDistrict 1896).Episcopalian.Member,Freemasons;KnightsTemplar;Redmen.Died bysuicide, bydrowninghimself in the icy Susquehanna River, in Windsor,BroomeCounty, N.Y.,March 6,1925 (age70 years, 319days).Interment atRiverside Cemetery, Windsor, N.Y. | | Wyatt Tate Brady (1870-1925) — also known asW. Tate Brady — of Tulsa,TulsaCounty, Okla.Born in Forest City,HoltCounty, Mo.,January20, 1870.Democrat.Hotelier;member ofDemocraticNational Committee from Oklahoma, 1907.Member,KuKlux Klan;Sonsof Confederate Veterans.Died from aself-inflictedgunshotwound, in Tulsa,TulsaCounty, Okla.,August29, 1925 (age55 years, 221days).Interment atOaklawnCemetery, Tulsa, Okla. | | William Boggs Whitt (1867-1926) — also known asWilliam B. Whitt — of Ashland,BoydCounty, Ky.Born inCarterCounty, Ky.,September17, 1867.Democrat.Grocer;member ofKentuckystate senate, 1910;mayorof Ashland, Ky., 1926; died in office 1926.Died from aself-inflictedgunshot,in Ashland,BoydCounty, Ky.,December19, 1926 (age59 years, 93days).Intermenta private or family graveyard, Boyd County, Ky. | | 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 tomurderhim; deemed paranoid, taken to a hospital, and sedated; released athis insistence; walking near the shoreline with a friend, he yelled"Tell everybody good-bye!",jumped into the water, anddrowned,inSanFrancisco Bay,July 24,1927 (age40 years, 217days).Interment atRiverView Cemetery, Portland, Ore. | | John Francis Smulski (1867-1928) — also known asJohn F. Smulski — of Chicago,CookCounty, Ill.Born in Posen, Prussia (now Poznan,Poland),February4, 1867.Republican. Naturalized U.S. citizen;lawyer;Illinoisstate treasurer, 1907-09; candidate formayorof Chicago, Ill., 1911; alternate delegate to Republican NationalConvention from Illinois,1916.Catholic.Polishancestry.Fearing he hadintestinalcancer, he died from aself-inflictedgunshot,in his suite at the SenecaHotel,Chicago,CookCounty, Ill.,March18, 1928 (age61 years, 43days).Interment atSt.Adalbert's Cemetery, Niles, Ill. | | Ezra Andrew Barnes (1879-1928) — also known asEzra A. Barnes — of Oswego,OswegoCounty, N.Y.; Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.Born in Scriba,OswegoCounty, N.Y.,May 11,1879.Republican.Lawyer;farmer;served in the U.S. Army on the Mexican border; served in the U.S.Army during World War I; member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from Oswego County, 1921-23.Member,American BarAssociation;Grange;Freemasons;Elks;Knightsof Pythias;AmericanLegion.Hekilled himself by opening thegas jetsin his room, in Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.,May 10,1928 (age48 years, 365days).Interment atRiversideCemetery, Scriba town, Oswego County, N.Y. | | John Christopher Cutler (1846-1928) — of Utah. Born in Sheffield,England,February5, 1846.SaltLake County Clerk, 1884-90;Governor ofUtah, 1905-09;banker.Mormon.Found in the garage of his home, with aself-inflictedgunshotwound in his head, and died soon after in ahospitalat Salt Lake City,Salt LakeCounty, Utah,July 30,1928 (age82 years, 176days).Interment atSaltLake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Utah. | | 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.  | Joseph Eugene Agan (1898-1929) — also known asJoseph E. Agan — of Mahoningtown,LawrenceCounty, Pa.;Washington,D.C.Born in Youngstown,MahoningCounty, Ohio,July 23,1898.U.S. Vice Consul inPorto Alegre, as of 1921;translator;newspapercorrespondent.Member,AmericanSociety for International Law.Killed himself, byslashinghis throat and wrists with a razor blade,stabbinghimself in the heart with an ice pick, andleapingfrom his apartment window to the street six floors below, inWashington,D.C.,October11, 1929 (age31 years, 80days).Burial location unknown.| | Relatives: Sonof James L. Agan. | | | | Image source: U.S. passport application(1921) |
| | | J. O. Stricklin (1872-1930) — of Yazoo City,YazooCounty, Miss.BornJuly 9,1872.Mayorof Yazoo City, Miss., 1929-30; died in office 1930.Indictedby a Yazoo County grand jury in 1929 forstealing acow; details of the case were printed in theYazooSentinel newspaper, leading to a feud between Stricklin and theSentinel's editor, Frank R. Birdsall; a year later, on Main Street infront of the Sentinel office, Stricklin was talking with Dr.R.E. Hawkins, his opponent in the last election, when Birdsallapproached; Stricklin pulled out a pistol,shotBirdsall three times (he died the next day), andshotat, but missed, Dr. Hawkins; he then went to his son's funeralparlor, where he died by aself-inflictedgunshot,in Yazoo City,YazooCounty, Miss.,April 1,1930 (age57 years, 266days).Interment atGlenwood Cemetery, Yazoo City, Miss. | | Edward Irving Edwards (1863-1931) — also known asEdward I. Edwards — of Jersey City,HudsonCounty, N.J.Born in Bergen town (now part of Jersey City),HudsonCounty, N.J.,December1, 1863.Democrat.Generalcontractor;banker;New Jerseystate comptroller, 1911-17; member ofNewJersey state senate from Hudson County, 1919;Governor ofNew Jersey, 1920-23; candidate for Democratic nomination forPresident,1920;U.S.Senator from New Jersey, 1923-29; defeated, 1928; delegate toDemocratic National Convention from New Jersey,1924(member,Committeeon Permanent Organization),1928.Episcopalian.WelshandEnglishancestry. Member,AmericanBankers Association;ZetaPsi;Freemasons;Elks;Moose;Eagles.Depressed over political and financial misfortunes, the deaths ofthose close to him, and his own poor health, heshot andkilled himself, in Jersey City,HudsonCounty, N.J.,January26, 1931 (age67 years, 56days).Interment atBayview- New York Bay Cemetery, Jersey City, N.J.  | Edward Gallatin Roberts (1878-1931) — also known asGallatin Roberts — of Asheville,BuncombeCounty, N.C.Born in Flat Creek,BuncombeCounty, N.C.,October26, 1878.Democrat.Schoolteacher;lawyer;BuncombeCounty Attorney, 1907-08; member ofNorthCarolina state house of representatives from Buncombe County,1911-16;mayorof Asheville, N.C., 1919-23, 1927-30; as mayor, he found thatmillions of dollars of city money were held in the failing AshevilleCentral Bank and Trust Company; rather than bringing the bank downand losing the money, he helped sustain it for a while by maintainingcity deposits there.Presbyterian.Member,OddFellows.Following the collapse of Central Bank and Trust, and the city's lossof $4 million in deposits, he wasforced toresign as mayor, and laterindictedover his allegedmisuseof city funds to support the bank;shot andkilled himself in anofficelavatory, Asheville,BuncombeCounty, N.C.,February25, 1931 (age52 years, 122days).Interment atGreen Hills Cemetery, Asheville, N.C.| | Relatives: Sonof Jacob R. Roberts and Mary Elizabeth (Buckner) Roberts; married,January19, 1907, to Mary Altha Sams. | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial | | | | Image source: Knoxville News-Sentinel,May 13, 1931 |
| | | Hans Adolph Aune (1878-1931) — also known asHans A. Aune;H. A. Aune — of Baldwin,St. CroixCounty, Wis.; Osseo,TrempealeauCounty, Wis.Born in Baldwin,St. CroixCounty, Wis.,December19, 1878.Schoolteacher and principal;superintendentof schools;lawyer;member ofWisconsinstate assembly, 1931; died in office 1931.Norwegianancestry.Killed himself bydrowningin Lake Monona, Madison,DaneCounty, Wis.,February25, 1931 (age52 years, 68days). He left a note saying, "You will find my body in the lakeeast of the Capitol," but it was not found until almost two monthslater.Interment atWoodside Cemetery, Baldwin, Wis.  | Edward Frederick Peters (1875-1931) — also known asEdward F. Peters — of Cincinnati,HamiltonCounty, Ohio.Born in Cincinnati,HamiltonCounty, Ohio,January29, 1875.Democrat.Lawyer;Vice-Consulfor Uruguay inCincinnati,Ohio, 1902-07;Vice-Consulfor Honduras inCincinnati,Ohio, 1903-04; served in the U.S. Army during World War I.Member,American BarAssociation.Accidentallyordeliberatelyshothimself, in hislawoffice, in Cincinnati,HamiltonCounty, Ohio,March 4,1931 (age56 years, 34days).Interment atSpringGrove Cemetery, Cincinnati, Ohio.| | Relatives: Sonof Adolph Peters and Eva (Stermer) Peters; married1900 to BerthaM. Rice. | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial | | | | Image source: Cincinnati Post, March 4,1931 |
| | | Homer Hancock (1881-1931) — of Jefferson,JacksonCounty, Ga.Born in Georgia,August6, 1881.Banker;mayor of Jefferson, Georgia;JacksonCounty Superior Court Clerk, 1917-20; member ofGeorgiastate house of representatives, 1927-30; member ofGeorgiastate senate 33rd District, 1931.Presbyterian.Died, from aself-inflictedgunshot,in thedirectorsroom of the Citizens Bank and Trust Company,JacksonCounty, Ga.,March28, 1931 (age49 years, 234days).Interment atWoodbine Jefferson City Cemetery, Jefferson, Ga.  | Livingston Davis (1882-1932) — also known asLivy Davis — of Milton,NorfolkCounty, Mass.; Brookline,NorfolkCounty, Mass.Born in Worcester,WorcesterCounty, Mass.,August13, 1882.Banker;director ofrailroads;Consulfor Belgium inBoston,Mass., 1930-32.Member,AmericanAntiquarian Society.In ill health for some time, he died from aself-inflictedgunshot,in Brookline,NorfolkCounty, Mass.,January11, 1932 (age49 years, 151days).Interment atWorcesterRural Cemetery, Worcester, Mass.| | Relatives: SonofEdwardLivingston Davis and Maria Louisa (Robbins) Davis; married,April23, 1908, to Alice Gardiner; married,August31, 1927, to Georgia Appleton; grandson ofIsaacDavis; great-grandnephew ofJohnDavis (1787-1854); first cousin twice removed ofJohnChandler Bancroft Davis andHoraceDavis; second cousin once removed ofJohnDavis (1851-1902); third cousin once removed ofJohnBarnard Fairbank,HenryCabot Lodge Jr. andJohnDavis Lodge; third cousin twice removed ofMertonWilliam Fairbank andGeorgeCabot Lodge; fourth cousin once removed ofWilsonHenry Fairbank,AlexanderWarren Fairbank,CharlesWarren Fairbanks andNewtonHamilton Fairbanks. | | | | Political family:Davis-Lodgefamily of Worcester, Massachusetts (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial | | | | Image source: Boston Globe, January 12,1932 |
|  | George Eastman (1854-1932) — of Rochester,MonroeCounty, N.Y.Born in Waterville,OneidaCounty, N.Y.,July 12,1854.Republican.Inventor;founder, Eastman Kodak Company; philanthropist; RepublicanPresidential Elector for New York,1901(voted forWilliamMcKinley andTheodoreRoosevelt); Republican Presidential Elector for New York,1916;alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from New York,1928.Englishancestry.Died from aself-inflictedgunshot,in Rochester,MonroeCounty, N.Y.,March14, 1932 (age77 years, 246days). Hissuicide note was just six words: "My work isdone. Why wait?".Interment atKodakPark, Rochester, N.Y.| | Relatives: Sonof George Washington Eastman and Maria (Kilbourn) Eastman; firstcousin ofHarveyGridley Eastman; third cousin ofFrederickWalker Pitkin; third cousin twice removed ofJamesKilbourne andDanielKellogg (1791-1875); fourth cousin once removed ofSilasCondict,ByronH. Kilbourn,HarrisonBlodget,GeorgeBradley Kellogg,DanielKellogg (1835-1918),ClarenceHoratio Pitkin,CarrollPeabody Pitkin,CalebSeymour Pitkin andEldredC. Pitkin. | | | | Political families:FourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | The World War IILibertyshipSS George Eastman (built 1943 atRichmond,California; scrapped 1977) wasnamed forhim. | | | | See alsoWikipediaarticle —NNDBdossier —Find-A-Gravememorial | | | | Books about George Eastman: Carl W.Ackerman,GeorgeEastman: Founder of Kodak and the PhotographyBusiness — Elizabeth Brayer,GeorgeEastman: A Biography — Lynda Pflueger,GeorgeEastman: Bringing Photography to the People (for youngreaders) | | | | Image source: Time Magazine, March 31,1924 |
| | Stanley J. Pacholek (1890-1932) — of Hamtramck,WayneCounty, Mich.Born inPoland,December8, 1890.Undertaker;candidate formayorof Hamtramck, Mich., 1932 (primary), 1932.Polishancestry.Arrestedin April, 1932, fordrunkdriving;died bysuicide in hisjailcell, byhanginghimself with his scarf, in Birmingham,OaklandCounty, Mich.,April19, 1932 (age41 years, 133days).Burial location unknown. | | Julian Bryant (1866-1932) — ofRichmond,Va.Born in Powhatan,PowhatanCounty, Va.,May 13,1866.Lawyer;member ofVirginiastate house of delegates from Richmond city, 1893-97; member ofVirginiastate senate, 1901-05 (Henrico County & Richmond city 1901-04,35th District 1904-05).Died, from aself-inflictedgunshot,inCovington,Va.,October1, 1932 (age66 years, 141days).Interment atWestView Cemetery, New Castle, Va. | | Henry Wetmore Crane (1859-1932) — also known asHenry W. Crane — of Oneida,KnoxCounty, Ill.; Woodhull,HenryCounty, Ill.Born in Oneida,KnoxCounty, Ill.,July 7,1859.Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention fromIllinois,1908.Died bysuicide, in Woodhull,HenryCounty, Ill.,October10, 1932 (age73 years, 95days).Interment atOntario Cemetery, Ontario, Ill. | | 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 thenimmediatelykilled himself; investigators questioned herstory, and thought he might have 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 |
| | Samuel Austin Kendall (1859-1933) — also known asSamuel A. Kendall — of Jefferson,GreeneCounty, Iowa; Myersdale,SomersetCounty, Pa.Born in Greenville Township,SomersetCounty, Pa.,November1, 1859.Republican.Schoolteacher;superintendentof schools; officer inlumbermanufacturing companies; president of two smallrailroads;vice-president of Citizens NationalBank ofMyersdale, Pa.; member ofPennsylvaniastate house of representatives from Somerset County, 1899-1902;alternate delegate to Republican National Convention fromPennsylvania,1904,1908,1912;U.S.Representative from Pennsylvania, 1919-33 (23rd District 1919-23,24th District 1923-33); died in office 1933.Member,Freemasons;KnightsTemplar;Shriners.Died of aself-inflictedgunshotwound, in the HouseOfficeBuilding,Washington,D.C.,January8, 1933 (age73 years, 68days).Interment atHochstetlerCemetery, Greenville Township, Somerset County, Pa.  | Raymond Davis (1883-1933) — Born in Portland,CumberlandCounty, Maine,September5, 1883.Forester;served in the U.S. Army during World War I; U.S. Consul inAden, 1921-24;Paris, 1924-29;Lyon, 1926;Rosario, 1929-32;Prague, 1932-33, died in office 1933.At theHotelAlcron, where he and his wife were staying, hedeliberately oraccidentally (accounts differ) went over a second-floor railing, andfell tohis death in the lobby below, in Prague, Czechoslovakia (nowCzechia),January24, 1933 (age49 years, 141days).Intermentsomewherein Paris, France.| | Relatives: Sonof John H. Davis and Jennie Davis; married,August25, 1909, to Avis M. Parker. | | | | Image source: U.S. Passport application(1919) |
| | | John T. Manning (1892-1933) — ofSt.Louis, Mo.Born inSt.Louis, Mo.,April26, 1892.Republican.Lawyer;member ofMissouristate house of representatives from St. Louis City 1st District,1921-24; candidate forMissouristate senate, 1932.Collapsed and diedon astreetcar, apparently asuicide fromswallowingpoison, inSt.Louis, Mo.,February6, 1933 (age40 years, 286days).Burial location unknown. | | Godfrey Gummer Goodwin (1873-1933) — also known asGodfrey G. Goodwin — of Cambridge,IsantiCounty, Minn.Born inNicolletCounty, Minn.,January11, 1873.Republican.Lawyer;IsantiCounty Attorney, 1899-1907, 1912-25;U.S.Representative from Minnesota 10th District, 1925-33; died inoffice 1933.Died when hejumped orfell froma fifth-floor window at theHotelDriscoll,Washington,D.C.,February16, 1933 (age60 years, 36days).Interment atLakewoodCemetery, Minneapolis, Minn. | | Norman B. Horton (1881-1933) — of Fruit Ridge,LenaweeCounty, Mich.Born in Fruit Ridge,LenaweeCounty, Mich.,July 18,1881.Republican.Farmer;cheesemanufacturer; served in the U.S. Army during World War I; memberofMichiganstate senate 19th District, 1923-32; defeated, 1932.Died, byself-inflictedgunshot,in Fruit Ridge,LenaweeCounty, Mich.,May 16,1933 (age51 years, 302days).Interment atSandCreek Cemetery, Sand Creek, Mich. | | Edwin S. Norton (1864-1933) — also known asEd S. Norton — of Varna,MarshallCounty, Ill.; Pomona,LosAngeles County, Calif.; Riverside,RiversideCounty, Calif.Born in Illinois,1864.Democrat.Dry goodsmerchant;shoemerchant; candidate forCaliforniastate assembly, 1932.Died from aself-inflictedgunshot,in the back room of hisshoestore, Riverside,RiversideCounty, Calif.,June 23,1933 (ageabout 68years).Burial location unknown. | | Albert L. Redmon (1892-1934) — also known asBert Redmon — of Sallisaw,SequoyahCounty, Okla.Born in Arkansas,January2, 1892.Republican. Postmaster atSallisaw,Okla., 1932-34.Member,Freemasons.Died from aself-inflictedgunshot,in the vault at thepostoffice, Sallisaw,SequoyahCounty, Okla.,January16, 1934 (age42 years, 14days).Interment atSallisaw City Cemetery, Sallisaw, Okla.  | Edward Jackson Brundage (1869-1934) — also known asEdward J. Brundage — of Chicago,CookCounty, Ill.; Lake Forest,LakeCounty, Ill.Born in Campbell,SteubenCounty, N.Y.,May 13,1869.Republican.Lawyer;member ofIllinoisstate house of representatives 6th District, 1899-1900, 1903-04;delegate to Republican National Convention from Illinois,1916,1928(alternate);Illinoisstate attorney general, 1917-25; corporate counsel, Chicago,Milwaukee, and St. PaulRailway.Protestant.Member,Freemasons;ScottishRite Masons;KnightsTemplar;Knightsof Pythias;RoyalLeague.Died from aself-inflictedgunshotwound, in Lake Forest,LakeCounty, Ill.,January20, 1934 (age64 years, 252days).Interment atRosehillCemetery, Chicago, Ill. | | Harwood Edward Odery Fish (1875-1934) — also known asHarwood E. Fish — of Roselle Park,UnionCounty, N.J.Born in Otterville,Ontario,August23, 1875.Mayorof Roselle Park, N.J., 1912-16.Killed himself withilluminatinggas, in Roselle Park,UnionCounty, N.J.,September4, 1934 (age59 years, 12days).Interment atRosedale and Rosehill Cemetery, Linden, N.J. | | George Charles Hanson (1883-1935) — also known asGeorge C. Hanson — of Bridgeport,FairfieldCounty, Conn.Born in Bridgeport,FairfieldCounty, Conn.,October11, 1883.Engineer;U.S. Deputy Consul General inShanghai, 1911-12; U.S. Vice & Deputy Consul inChefoo, 1912-13;Dalny, 1913-14;Newchwang, 1914; U.S. Vice & Deputy Consul General inTientsin, 1914-15; U.S. Consul inSwatow, 1915-17;Chungking, 1917-18;Foochow, 1918-21;Harbin, 1921-31; U.S. Consul General inHarbin, 1931-33;Moscow, 1934-35;Salonika, 1935, died in office 1935.Presbyterian.Member,AlphaDelta Sigma;DeltaTau Delta;AmericanAcademy of Political and Social Science.Killed by aself-inflictedgunshot,aboardthe steamshipPresident Polk, en route from Marseilles toNew York, in theNorthAtlantic Ocean,September2, 1935 (age51 years, 326days).Intermentsomewherein Fairfield, Conn.| | Relatives: Sonof Charles C. Hanson and Josephine (Stegkemper)Hanson. |
| | Thomas Putnam Chapman (1875-1936) — also known asThomas P. Chapman — ofFairfax,Va.Born in Plattsmouth,CassCounty, Neb.,December31, 1875.Realestate andinsurancebusiness;mayorof Fairfax, Va., 1936; died in office 1936.Died from aself-inflictedgunshotwound in the Fairfax firehouse,Fairfax,Va.,February25, 1936 (age60 years, 56days).Interment atFairfaxCity Cemetery, Fairfax, Va.| | Relatives: Sonof Samuel Matthews Chapman and Sarah (Putnam) Chapman; married toEstelle F. Inzer. | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial |
| | Marion Anthony Zioncheck (1901-1936) — also known asMarion A. Zioncheck — of Seattle,KingCounty, Wash.Born in Kety, Galicia,Poland,December5, 1901.Democrat.U.S.Representative from Washington 1st District, 1933-36; died inoffice 1936.Whilerunningfor re-election, hejumped from the window of hiscampaignoffice in the Arctic Building, andfell tohis death, in Seattle,KingCounty, Wash.,August7, 1936 (age34 years, 246days).Interment atEvergreen-WashelliMemorial Park, Seattle, Wash. | | Francis Aaron Spencer (1865-1936) — also known asFrank A. Spencer — of Portland,MultnomahCounty, Ore.Born inSanFrancisco, Calif.,January24, 1865.Democrat.Commissionmerchant;importer;Consulfor Mexico inPortland,Ore., 1895-1914;wholesale grocerymanager; administrator, Oregon Liquor Control Commission, 1935;Democratic Presidential Elector for Oregon,1936(voted forFranklinD. Roosevelt andJohnNance Garner).Jumped from the high Vista Avenue Viaduct, andfellhundreds of feet to his death amid traffic on Canyon Road, inPortland,MultnomahCounty, Ore.,December22, 1936 (age71 years, 333days). Hissuicide note was quoted in news reports asfollows: "Frankly, the pace has been too fast for me, and I cannotconvince myself that I can make a comeback.".Interment atRiverView Cemetery, Portland, Ore. | | Byron W. Austin (1887-1937) — of Miami, Dade County (nowMiami-DadeCounty), Fla.; Danbury,FairfieldCounty, Conn.Born in Danbury,FairfieldCounty, Conn.,1887.Democrat. Electedmayorof Danbury, Conn. 1937, but died before taking office.Died, probably bysuicide, fromcarbonmonoxide poisoning, inhis car,in the garage of his hunting lodge, in New Fairfield,FairfieldCounty, Conn., aboutApril 1,1937 (ageabout 49years).Interment atWoosterCemetery, Danbury, Conn.  | John Henry Roraback (1870-1937) — also known asJ. Henry Roraback — of North Canaan,LitchfieldCounty, Conn.Born in Sheffield,BerkshireCounty, Mass.,April 5,1870.Republican.Lawyer;member ofConnecticutRepublican State Central Committee, 1901; delegate to RepublicanNational Convention from Connecticut,1908,1912,1916,1920,1924(speaker),1928,1932,1936(member,ArrangementsCommittee);ConnecticutRepublican state chair, 1912-37; member ofRepublicanNational Committee from Connecticut, 1920-32; president,ConnecticutLight andPower Co., 1925-37;Vice-Chairof Republican National Committee, 1932-36.With his health compromised and activities limited by a severestreptococcusinfection, hekilled himself bygunshot,while sittingin hiscar near his hunting lodge, in Harwinton,LitchfieldCounty, Conn.,May 19,1937 (age67 years, 44days).Interment atMountain View Cemetery, North Canaan, Conn. | | Coleman W. Avery (1880-1938) — of Cincinnati,HamiltonCounty, Ohio.Born in Cincinnati,HamiltonCounty, Ohio,February22, 1880.Democrat.Lawyer;justice ofOhio state supreme court, 1920; appointed 1920; defeated, 1920.According topublishedreports, hemurderedhis wife, Sara, by shooting her in the head, and thenshothimself; he was found and taken to GeneralHospital,where he died without regaining consciousness, in Cincinnati,HamiltonCounty, Ohio,March14, 1938 (age58 years, 20days).Interment atSpringGrove Cemetery, Cincinnati, Ohio.  | Julius S. Berg (1895-1938) — of Bronx,BronxCounty, N.Y.Born in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,July 15,1895.Democrat.Lawyer;served in the U.S. Army during World War I; injured in combat andlost aleg; member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from Bronx County 3rd District, 1923-30; member ofNewYork state senate 22nd District, 1931-38; died in office 1938.Jewish. Member,AmericanLegion;JewishWar Veterans;Veterans ofForeign Wars;DisabledAmerican Veterans;Freemasons;Elks;Knightsof Pythias.Indictedonchargesofreceivingmoney for his aid inprocuringliquor licenses and arranging for concessions at the New YorkWorld's Fair; that same day, hekilled himself bygunshot,in hislawoffice, Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,July 20,1938 (age43 years, 5days).Interment atMt.Ararat Cemetery, East Farmingdale, Long Island, N.Y. |  | Pedro José de Larralde (1880-1938) — also known asPedro J. de Larralde — of Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.; Los Angeles,LosAngeles County, Calif.Born inVenezuela,May15, 1880.Physician;HonoraryConsul for Venezuela inLosAngeles, Calif., 1927-38.In grief over the death of his wife a year earlier, hekilledhimself, bycarbonmonoxide poisoning, inside his garage, in Hollywood, Los Angeles,LosAngeles County, Calif.,August8, 1938 (age58 years, 85days).Intermentsomewherein Brooklyn, N.Y.| | Image source:Los Angeles Times, Agust 9, 1938 |
 | Frederick A. Chapman (1878-1938) — also known asFred A. Chapman — of Ionia,IoniaCounty, Mich.Born in Leeds,England,October16, 1878.Republican.Furnituremanufacturer; business partner of Gov.FredW. Green;bankdirector; co-founder (1915) and manager (1915-38) of the IoniaFree Fair;mayor ofIonia, Mich., 1927-31; defeated, 1931;delegateto Michigan convention to ratify 21st amendment from IoniaCounty, 1933; warden of Michigan Reformatory at Ionia, 1936-37.Catholic.Member,Knightsof Columbus.Suffered from an incurablestomachailment; whilein hiscar, parked in his home garage, hekilled himself with ashotgun,in Ionia,IoniaCounty, Mich.,October18, 1938 (age60 years, 2days).Interment atSts. Peter and Paul Catholic Cemetery, Ionia, Mich. | | | James Montgomery Burlingame Jr. (1868-1938) — also known asJames M. Burlingame — of Great Falls,CascadeCounty, Mont.Born in Owatonna,SteeleCounty, Minn.,June 6,1868.Republican. Member ofMontanastate senate, 1911-21; delegate to Republican National Conventionfrom Montana,1916,1920(alternate).Died of aself-inflictedgunshotwound at his home in Great Falls,CascadeCounty, Mont.,December28, 1938 (age70 years, 205days).Interment atOld Highland Cemetery, Great Falls, Mont. | | Nathan Lieberman (c.1888-1939) — also known asLeonard Madden — of Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born about 1888. Republican.Lawyer;alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from New York,1912;member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from New York County 17th District, 1921; in March1939, he wascharged,along with two others, over astockfraud scheme; he pleaded not guilty and was released on bail;meanwhile, in a separate case, he wasindictedin Broome County.Member,Freemasons;Elks.Died, apparently ofpneumonia,while attempting tokill himself withpoison,in his room at the TudorHotel(where he had registered under the assumed name "Leonard Madden"),Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,March12, 1939 (ageabout 51years).Burial location unknown. | | Frederic Ancrum Lord (1861-1940) — of Wilmington,NewHanover County, N.C.Born in Wilmington,New HanoverCounty, N.C.,July 29,1861.Insurancebusiness;Vice-Consulfor Spain inWilmington,N.C., 1891-98.Member,Sons ofthe American Revolution.Died, byself-inflictedpistolshot, six weeks after the death of his wife, in Wilmington,New HanoverCounty, N.C.,January19, 1940 (age78 years, 174days).Interment atOakdaleCemetery, Wilmington, N.C.| | Relatives: Sonof Frederick James Lord and Columbia Arabella (Brown) Lord; married1887 toKate Anderson Cameron. | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial |
 | Joseph Augustus Tolbert (1891-1940) — also known asJoseph A. Tolbert — of Greenville,GreenvilleCounty, S.C.Born in South Carolina,October8, 1891.Republican.Lawyer;U.S.Attorney for the Western District of South Carolina, 1923-33;delegate to Republican National Convention from South Carolina,1924,1928(member,CredentialsCommittee),1936;candidate forU.S.Senator from South Carolina, 1936; candidate forGovernor ofSouth Carolina, 1938.Died from aself-inflictedgunshot,in Greenville,GreenvilleCounty, S.C.,March22, 1940 (age48 years, 166days).Intermenta private or family graveyard, Abbeville County, S.C.  | Doctor Franklin Warren (1890-1940) — also known asD. F. Warren;"Doc" —of Trenton,GrundyCounty, Mo.Born inGrundyCounty, Mo.,May 28,1890.Republican.Lawyer;farmer;member ofMissouristate house of representatives from Grundy County, 1917-20;GrundyCounty Probate Judge, 1926-38.Died, from aself-inflictedgunshot,in Trenton,GrundyCounty, Mo.,April 8,1940 (age49 years, 316days).Interment atMasonic Cemetery, Trenton, Mo. | | | Ione Nicoll (d. 1940) — also known asIone Page — of Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from New York,1924;delegateto New York convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933.Female.Episcopalian.One of the leaders of the Women's Organization for NationalProhibition Reform; bolted the Republican Party over the prohibitionissue in 1932.Jumped orfellsixteen stories to her death, from her room atNew YorkHospital, Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,August9, 1940.Interment atSouthamptonCemetery, Southampton, Long Island, N.Y. | | Frederick W. Kavanaugh (1871-1940) — also known asFred W. Kavanaugh — of Waterford,SaratogaCounty, N.Y.Born in Waterford,SaratogaCounty, N.Y.,September10, 1871.Republican.Knit goodsmanufacturer;hotelowner;banker;delegate to Republican National Convention from New York,1908(alternate),1936;SaratogaCounty Sheriff; member ofNew Yorkstate senate 32nd District, 1921-24;chair ofSaratoga County Republican Party, 1924-32.Member,Freemasons;Shriners;Elks;Redmen.Died from aself-inflictedgunshot,in the garage adjoining his home, in Waterford,SaratogaCounty, N.Y.,December2, 1940 (age69 years, 83days).Entombed atOakwoodCemetery, Troy, N.Y. | | Herschel L. Carnahan (c.1879-1941) — also known asH. L. Carnahan — of Los Angeles,LosAngeles County, Calif.Born in Aledo,MercerCounty, Ill., about 1879.Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention fromCalifornia,1920;LieutenantGovernor of California, 1928-31; Republican candidate forPresidential Elector for California,1940.Suffered aself-inflictedgunshotwound in the head, at his downtownlawoffice and died shortly afterward, at Georgia Street ReceivingHospital,Los Angeles,Los AngelesCounty, Calif.,March13, 1941 (ageabout 62years).Entombed in mausoleum atEvergreenMemorial Park, Riverside, Calif. | | Clarence Albert Upham (1883-1941) — also known asC. A. Upham — of New Hampton,ChickasawCounty, Iowa.Born in Fredericksburg,ChickasawCounty, Iowa,July 3,1883.ChickasawCounty Sheriff;delegateto Iowa convention to ratify 21st amendment from ChickasawCounty, 1933.Died from aself-inflictedgunshot,in Lebanon,LinnCounty, Ore.,June 23,1941 (age57 years, 355days).Interment atNewHampton Cemetery, New Hampton, Iowa. | | Anna Lou P. Boettcher (1903-1941) — also known asAnna Lou Pigott — ofDenver,Colo.Born in Helena,Lewis andClark County, Mont.,October29, 1903.Delegateto Colorado convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933.Female.Died from aself-inflictedgunshot,inDenver,Colo.,September17, 1941 (age37 years, 323days).Entombed in mausoleum atFairmountCemetery, Denver, Colo. | | Benjamin Herman Linhardt (1879-1941) — also known asBenjamin H. Linhardt;Ben H.Linhardt —of Jefferson City,ColeCounty, Mo.Born inOsageCounty, Mo.,September15, 1879.Republican.Lumberdealer;ColeCounty Recorder, 1919-22; postmaster atJeffersonCity, Mo., 1923-33 (acting, 1923-24);real estatedeveloper.Germanancestry. Member,Freemasons;KnightsTemplar;Shriners;Knightsof Pythias.Died, from aself-inflictedgunshot,in Jefferson City,ColeCounty, Mo.,September30, 1941 (age62 years, 15days).Interment atRiverviewCemetery, Jefferson City, Mo. | | James Crosby Hobbs (1879-1942) — also known asJ. Crosby Hobbs — of Camden,KnoxCounty, Maine.Born in Hope,KnoxCounty, Maine,September24, 1879.Democrat.KnoxCounty Commissioner, 1907-12; alternate delegate to DemocraticNational Convention from Maine,1908,1936;KnoxCounty Sheriff.Died, from aself-inflictedgunshotwound,February18, 1942 (age62 years, 147days).Intermentsomewherein Camden, Maine.| | Relatives: Sonof James Philbrick Hobbs and Nancy Maria (Miller) Hobbs; married,October8, 1910, to Annie Stewart Johnson. |
| | Edward Joseph Colgan Jr. (1879-1942) — also known asEdward J. Colgan, Jr. — ofBaltimore,Md.Born inHarfordCounty, Md.,May 5,1879.Democrat.Lawyer;member ofMarylandstate senate, 1930; delegate to Democratic National Conventionfrom Maryland,1940.Died bysuicide, in his kitchen, by turning on (withoutlighting) all the burners on the gas stove, powered at the time withdeadlycoal gas,inBaltimore,Md.,September19, 1942 (age63 years, 137days). His wife,Marie,apparently tried to revive him, but was overcome by the gas herself,and died nine days later without regaining consciousness.Interment atSt. John the Evangelist Cemetery, Hydes, Md.  | Woodbridge Strong Van Dyke II (1889-1943) — also known asW. S. Van Dyke;"One-TakeWoody" —of West Los Angeles,LosAngeles County, Calif.Born in San Diego,San DiegoCounty, Calif.,March21, 1889.Democrat. Childactorin vaudeville;directorof dozens ofmovies,1917-42; delegate to Democratic National Convention from California,1940.ChristianScientist. Member,Societyof Colonial Wars.Ill withcancer,he died bysuicide, in Brentwood, Los Angeles,Los AngelesCounty, Calif.,February5, 1943 (age53 years, 321days).Interment atForestLawn Memorial Park, Glendale, Calif. | | | Albert Linxwiler (1878-1943) — of Jefferson City,ColeCounty, Mo.Born in Hillsboro,MontgomeryCounty, Ill.,January30, 1878.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War;served in the U.S. Army on the Mexican border; colonel in the U.S.Army during World War I; postmaster atJeffersonCity, Mo., 1934-43.Presbyterian.Member,UnitedSpanish War Veterans;Veterans ofForeign Wars;AmericanLegion;Knightsof Pythias;Freemasons;RoyalArch Masons;Royaland Select Masters;KnightsTemplar.Died, from aself-inflictedgunshot,in Jefferson City,ColeCounty, Mo.,April15, 1943 (age65 years, 75days).Interment atRiverviewCemetery, Jefferson City, Mo. | | Charles Dunsmore Millard (1873-1944) — also known asCharles D. Millard — of Tarrytown,WestchesterCounty, N.Y.Born in Tarrytown,WestchesterCounty, N.Y.,December1, 1873.Republican.Lawyer;member ofNew YorkRepublican State Committee, 1920-37; alternate delegate toRepublican National Convention from New York,1920,1928;U.S.Representative from New York 25th District, 1931-37; resigned1937;WestchesterCounty Surrogate, 1937-43.Member,American BarAssociation;Freemasons;Elks;Eagles;Redmen;PsiUpsilon.Fearing that he was losing his mind, hejumped from the northend of the Henry Hudson Bridge, andfell 150feet to his death on the rocks below, in Bronx,BronxCounty, N.Y.,December11, 1944 (age71 years, 10days).Interment atSleepyHollow Cemetery, Sleepy Hollow, N.Y. | | Charles Armijo Woodruff (1884-1945) — also known asCharles A. Woodruff — Born in Santa Fe,Santa FeCounty, N.M.,January12, 1884.U.S. Navy officer;Governor ofAmerican Samoa; captain in Merchant Marine.Died bysuicide, fromhanging,in his room at theHotelBossert, Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.,November22, 1945 (age61 years, 314days).Burial location unknown.  | Alan Nathaniel Steyne (1896-1946) — also known asAlan N. Steyne — Born in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,November19, 1896.Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; inmetalexportbusiness in China, 1928-29; U.S. Vice Consul inMontreal, 1929-31;Hamburg, 1932.Suffered aself-inflictedgunshot,and died soon after, in EmergencyHospital,Washington,D.C.,May 22,1946 (age49 years, 184days).Interment atArlingtonNational Cemetery, Arlington, Va. | | Raymond L. Jaegers (1903-1946) — of New Albany,FloydCounty, Ind.Born in New Albany,FloydCounty, Ind.,June 23,1903.Republican.FloydCounty Sheriff, 1939-42;mayorof New Albany, Ind., 1943-46; died in office 1946.Baptist.Member,Freemasons;Order of theEastern Star.Died from aself-inflictedgunshot,in hisCityHalloffice,New Albany,FloydCounty, Ind.,September5, 1946 (age43 years, 74days).Interment atFairviewCemetery, New Albany, Ind. | | Herbert Livingston Satterlee (1863-1947) — also known asHerbert L. Satterlee — of Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.; Greenwich,FairfieldCounty, Conn.Born in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,October31, 1863.Republican.Lawyer;private secretary for U.S. SenatorWilliamM. Evarts, 1887-89; served in the U.S. Navy during theSpanish-American War; counsel for Missouri, Kansas & TexasRailroad,1898-1902; U.S. Assistant Secretary of the Treasury, 1906-07; U.S.Assistant Secretary of the Navy, 1908-09; alternate delegate toRepublican National Convention from Maryland,1920.Episcopalian.Member,American BarAssociation;UnionLeague;NavyLeague;Societyof Colonial Wars.Died, from aself-inflictedgunshot,in Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,July 14,1947 (age83 years, 256days).Interment atTrinityCemetery, Manhattan, N.Y.| | Relatives: Sonof George LeRoy Bowen Satterlee and Sarah Bradley (Wilcox) Satterlee;married,November15, 1909, to Louisa Pierpont Morgan (daughter of J. PierpontMorgan); second great-grandnephew ofPeterRobert Livingston (1737-1794) andWalterLivingston; third great-grandson ofRobertLivingston (1708-1790); third great-grandnephew ofPeterVan Brugh Livingston,PhilipLivingston andWilliamLivingston; fourth great-grandnephew ofJohnLivingston,RobertLivingston (1688-1775) andGilbertLivingston; fifth great-grandson ofRobertLivingston the Elder andPieterVan Brugh; fifth great-grandnephew ofPieterSchuyler,JohannesCuyler andJohannesSchuyler (1668-1747); first cousin thrice removed ofHenryWalter Livingston; first cousin four times removed ofPhilipPeter Livingston andHenryBrockholst Livingston; first cousin five times removed ofRobertGilbert Livingston,HenryGilbert Livingston andRobertR. Livingston (1718-1775); first cousin six times removed ofRobertLivingston the Younger,JohannesSchuyler (1697-1746),CornelisCuyler andJohnCruger Jr.; first cousin seven times removed ofDavidDavidse Schuyler andMyndertDavidtse Schuyler; second cousin twice removed ofPeterRobert Livingston (1789-1859) andEdwardLivingston (1796-1840); second cousin thrice removed ofStephenVan Rensselaer,PhilipSchuyler Van Rensselaer,PeterAugustus Jay,RensselaerWesterlo,EdwardPhilip Livingston,WilliamAlexander Duer,JohnDuer,WilliamJay andCharlesLudlow Livingston (1800-1873); second cousin four times removedofRobertR. Livingston (1746-1813),PhilipVan Cortlandt,PierreVan Cortlandt Jr. andEdwardLivingston (1764-1836); second cousin five times removed ofStephanusBayard,PierreVan Cortlandt,PhilipJohn Schuyler,PhilipP. Schuyler,StephenJohn Schuyler andHenryCruger; third cousin twice removed ofPhilipSchuyler,WilliamDuer,HenryBell Van Rensselaer,DenningDuer,HenryBrockholst Ledyard andJohnJay II; third cousin thrice removed ofHamiltonFish; fourth cousin ofCharlesLudlow Livingston (born 1870) andBronsonMurray Cutting; fourth cousin once removed ofKiliaenVan Rensselaer,NicholasFish,HamiltonFish Jr.,JohnKean,HamiltonFish Kean andBrockholstLivingston. | | | | Political family:Livingston-Schuylerfamily of New York (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | See alsoWikipediaarticle —Find-A-Gravememorial |
| | John Gilbert Winant (1889-1947) — also known asJohn G. Winant — of Concord,MerrimackCounty, N.H.Born in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,February23, 1889.Republican. Member ofNewHampshire state house of representatives, 1917-18, 1923-24;served in the U.S. Army during World War I; member ofNewHampshire state senate 9th District, 1921-22;Governor ofNew Hampshire, 1925-27, 1931-35; delegate to Republican NationalConvention from New Hampshire,1928(ConventionVice-President; member,CredentialsCommittee),1932;U.S. Ambassador toGreat Britain, 1941-46.Episcopalian.Died byself-inflictedpistolshot, in Concord,MerrimackCounty, N.H.,November3, 1947 (age58 years, 253days).Interment atSt.Paul's School, Concord, N.H.  | Harold A. Bastien (1896-1948) — of Manhattan Beach,LosAngeles County, Calif.Born in1896.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; postmaster atManhattanBeach, Calif., 1941-48 (acting, 1941-42).Despondent over ill health, heshot andkilled himself, in the garage of his home, in Manhattan Beach,LosAngeles County, Calif.,September8, 1948 (ageabout 52years).Interment atPacific Crest Cemetery, Redondo Beach, Calif. | | | James Vincent Forrestal (1892-1949) — also known asJames V. Forrestal — of Beacon,DutchessCounty, N.Y.Born in Matteawan (now part of Beacon),DutchessCounty, N.Y.,February15, 1892.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I;U.S.Secretary of the Navy, 1944-47; delegate to Democratic NationalConvention from New York,1944;U.S.Secretary of Defense, 1947-49.Catholic.Jumped from a window on the 16th floor, andfell tohis death, while a patient atBethesdaNaval Hospital, Bethesda,MontgomeryCounty, Md.,May 22,1949 (age57 years, 96days).Interment atArlingtonNational Cemetery, Arlington, Va. | | Edward S. Haws (1873-1949) — of Narberth,MontgomeryCounty, Pa.Born in Joanna,BerksCounty, Pa.,May 4,1873.Democrat.Plasteringcontractor; postmaster atNarberth,Pa., 1913-22; alternate delegate to Democratic NationalConvention from Pennsylvania,1928.Killed himself byrifleshot to the head, in the cellar of his home, Narberth,MontgomeryCounty, Pa.,December26, 1949 (age76 years, 236days).Interment atWestLaurel Hill Cemetery, Bala Cynwyd, Pa.| | Relatives: Sonof John P. Haws and Sarah (McGowan) Haws; married to Ada LouiseEly. | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial |
| | Edward C. Krause (1914-1950) — of La Crosse,La CrosseCounty, Wis.Born in1914.Republican. Member ofWisconsinstate assembly from La Crosse County 1st District, 1941-46;alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Wisconsin,1944.Died from aself-inflictedgunshot,in La Crosse,La CrosseCounty, Wis.,November20, 1950 (ageabout 36years).Interment atOakGrove Cemetery, La Crosse, Wis. | | Charles Walter Tillett Jr. (1888-1952) — also known asCharles W. Tillett, Jr. — of Charlotte,MecklenburgCounty, N.C.Born in Mangum,RichmondCounty, N.C.,February6, 1888.Democrat.Lawyer;delegate to Democratic National Convention from North Carolina,1928(alternate),1944.Presbyterian.Member,American BarAssociation;PhiBeta Kappa;SigmaAlpha Epsilon.Major proponent of the United Nations. While suffering from depression, hejumped from the eighthfloor of anofficebuilding, andfell tohis death, in Charlotte,MecklenburgCounty, N.C.,December23, 1952 (age64 years, 321days).Interment atElmwoodCemetery, Charlotte, N.C. | | 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 bysuicide or wasmurdered,January12, 1953 (age70 years, 160days). His body was recovered from Baltimore Harbor, March 5,1953.Interment atNewCathedral Cemetery, Baltimore, Md.  | Robert Marion LaFollette Jr. (1895-1953) — also known asRobert M. LaFollette, Jr. — of Madison,DaneCounty, Wis.Born in Madison,DaneCounty, Wis.,February6, 1895.WisconsinRepublican state chair, 1925;U.S.Senator from Wisconsin, 1925-47; defeated in Republican primary,1946; delegate to Republican National Convention from Wisconsin,1928(member,ResolutionsCommittee;speaker),1932.Protestant.Died of aself-inflictedgunshotwound, in the bathroom of his home, inWashington,D.C.,February24, 1953 (age58 years, 18days).Interment atForestHill Cemetery, Madison, Wis.| | Relatives: SonofRobertMarion LaFollette and Belle (Case) LaFollette; brother ofPhilipFox LaFollette; married,September17, 1930, to Rachel Wilson Young; father ofBronsonCutting LaFollette. | | | | Political family:LaFollettefamily of Madison, Wisconsin (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Wikipedia article —NNDBdossier —Find-A-Gravememorial | | | | Books about Robert M. LaFollette, Jr.:Roger T. Johnson,RobertM. LaFollette, Jr. and the Decline of the Progressive Party inWisconsin — Bernard A. Weisberger,TheLaFollettes of Wisconsin : Love and Politics in ProgressiveAmerica — Patrick J. Maney,YoungBob : A Biography of Robert M. LaFollette, Jr. | | | | Image source: Wisconsin Blue Book1940 |
| | John Frederick Hartsfield (1884-1953) — also known asJohn F. Hartsfield — of Illiopolis,SangamonCounty, Ill.; Monticello,PiattCounty, Ill.; Homewood,JeffersonCounty, Ala.Born in Durham,DurhamCounty, N.C.,January3, 1884.Democrat.Jeweler;postmaster atMonticello,Ill., 1934-46 (acting, 1934-35).According topublishedreports, he had an argument with his daughter-in-law overdisciplining two small children; he thenshother in the chest (she survived), and thenshot andkilled himself, in Homewood,JeffersonCounty, Ala.,May 9,1953 (age69 years, 126days).Interment atElmwoodCemetery, Birmingham, Ala. | | Lester Callaway Hunt (1892-1954) — of Lander,FremontCounty, Wyo.Born in Isabel,EdgarCounty, Ill.,July 8,1892.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I;dentist;member ofWyomingstate house of representatives, 1933-34;secretaryof state of Wyoming, 1935-43; delegate to Democratic NationalConvention from Wyoming,1940,1944(speaker),1948,1952;Governorof Wyoming, 1943-49;U.S.Senator from Wyoming, 1949-54; died in office 1954.Member,TauKappa Epsilon.In despair over his poor health and threats to expose his son'sarrest for homosexual solicitation, he died fromself-inflictedrifleshot, at his desk in the SenateOfficeBuilding, and died soon after, in CasualtyHospital,Washington,D.C.,June 19,1954 (age61 years, 346days).Interment atBethEl Cemetery, Cheyenne, Wyo. | | Rubey Mosley Hulen (1894-1956) — also known asRubey M. Hulen — of Columbia,BooneCounty, Mo.;St.Louis, Mo.Born in Hallsville,BooneCounty, Mo.,July 9,1894.Democrat.Lawyer;served in the U.S. Army during World War I;BooneCounty Prosecuting Attorney, 1920-24; delegate to DemocraticNational Convention from Missouri,1940;U.S.District Judge for the Eastern District of Missouri, 1943-56;died in office 1956.Wounded byself-inflictedgunshot,and died soon after, at BarnesHospital,St.Louis, Mo.,July 7,1956 (age61 years, 364days).Burial location unknown. | | Guy R. Fisher (d. 1957) — ofStaunton,Va.Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Virginia,1932.Died,by his own hand,Staunton,Va.,January15, 1957.Burial location unknown. | | Clendenin James Ryan (1905-1957) — also known asClendenin Ryan — of Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.; Allamuchy,WarrenCounty, N.J.Born in Suffern,RocklandCounty, N.Y.,July 16,1905.Republican. Aide to MayorFiorelloLaGuardia, 1938-39; New York City Commissioner of Commerce, 1939;served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; delegate to RepublicanNational Convention from New Jersey,1948;Independent Voters candidate forGovernor ofNew Jersey, 1953.Catholic.Died byself-inflictedgunshot,in the same East 70th Street townhouse where his father killedhimself in 1939, Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,September12, 1957 (age52 years, 58days).Interment atCulinary Institute of America Grounds, Hyde Park, N.Y.| | Relatives: Sonof Clendenin James Ryan (1882-1939) and Caroline (O'Neil) Ryan;married1937 to JeanHarder; grandson ofThomasFortune Ryan. | | | | Political family:Ryan-Nicollfamily of New York City, New York. |
| | Robert Ralph Young (1897-1958) — also known asRobert R. Young;"RailroadYoung";"Populist of Wall Street";"The Daring Young Man of Wall Street";"Maverick of Wall Street" —of Newport,NewportCounty, R.I.Born in Canadian,HemphillCounty, Tex.,February14, 1897.Republican.Stockbroker;financier;assistant treasurer ofGeneralMotors; predicted the 1929 stock market crash, and profited byselling stocks short; chairman of the Chesapeake & OhioRailway,and later the New York CentralRailroads;delegate to Republican National Convention from Rhode Island,1944.Presbyterian.Died from aself-inflictedgunshot,in Palm Beach,Palm BeachCounty, Fla.,January25, 1958 (age60 years, 345days).Interment atSt.Mary's Episcopal Cemetery, Portsmouth, R.I. | | Philip Jacob Schupler (1909-1958) — also known asPhilip J. Schupler — of Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.Born inAustria,February28, 1909.Democrat.School teacherand principal; member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from Kings County 19th District, 1945-53; resigned1953; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York,1948;member, New York City Council, 1954-57;indictedin February 1958 for allegedly accepting a $6,500bribeto get a grocer's son into medical school.Jewish. Member,AmericanJewish Congress.Killed himself, by anoverdoseofbarbiturates,in Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.,May 2,1958 (age49 years, 63days).Burial location unknown. | | Thomas Alfred Mathis (1869-1958) — also known asThomas A. Mathis;"Cap'nTom" —of Tuckerton,OceanCounty, N.J.; Toms River,OceanCounty, N.J.Born in New Gretna,BurlingtonCounty, N.J.,June 7,1869.Republican.Mariner;automobiledealer; member ofNewJersey state senate from Ocean County, 1910-11, 1914-15, 1923-31,1942-46; delegate to Republican National Convention from New Jersey,1928,1940,1944;secretaryof state of New Jersey, 1931-41.Indictedfortaxevasion by a federal grand jury in 1937.Hekilled himself, by self-inflictedgunshot,in Toms River,OceanCounty, N.J.,May 18,1958 (age88 years, 345days).Interment atRiversideCemetery, Toms River, N.J. | | Lyman F. Fischer (1895-1958) — of Two Rivers,ManitowocCounty, Wis.Born in Two Rivers,ManitowocCounty, Wis.,December7, 1895.Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I;lawyer;ManitowocCounty District Attorney, 1929-33; alternate delegate toRepublican National Convention from Wisconsin,1932;bankdirector.Died, fromself-inflictedgunshotwounds, inManitowocCounty, Wis.,June 9,1958 (age62 years, 184days).Interment atHoly Cross Cemetery, Two Rivers, Wis. | | Melvin Horace Purvis Jr. (1903-1960) — also known asMelvin H. Purvis;"LittleMel" —of Florence,FlorenceCounty, S.C.Born in Timmonsville,FlorenceCounty, S.C.,October24, 1903.Democrat.Lawyer;FBIagent; involved in the capture or killing of outlaws in the1930s, including John Dillinger and Pretty Boy Floyd; delegate toDemocratic National Convention from South Carolina,1940.Member,KappaAlpha Order.Died, from aself-inflictedgunshotto the head, in Florence,FlorenceCounty, S.C.,February29, 1960 (age56 years, 128days).Interment atMt.Hope Cemetery, Florence, S.C. | | Douglas Hemphill Elliott (1921-1960) — also known asDouglas H. Elliott — of Pennsylvania. Born in Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,June 3,1921.Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II;publicrelations business; member ofPennsylvaniastate senate 33rd District, 1957-60;U.S.Representative from Pennsylvania 18th District, 1960; died inoffice 1960.Less than two months after taking office as U.S. Representative, hekilled himself by draping a deer skin over his head and thetail pipe of a car, to producecarbonmonoxide poisoning, in Horse Valley,FranklinCounty, Pa.,June 19,1960 (age39 years, 16days).Interment atFallingSpring Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Chambersburg, Pa. | | Joseph Wheeler Bloodgood (1926-1960) — also known asJoseph W. Bloodgood — of Madison,DaneCounty, Wis.Born in Madison,DaneCounty, Wis.,May 15,1926.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during the Korean conflict;DaneCounty Coroner, 1951-54;lawyer;member ofWisconsinstate assembly from Dane County 1st District, 1955-56;DaneCounty District Attorney, 1957-60;DaneCounty Family Court Judge, 1960.Died fromsuicide, byhanginghimself with his belt, in ahospitalshower room, in Madison,DaneCounty, Wis.,July 7,1960 (age34 years, 53days).Interment atNashotah House Cemetery, Summit, Wis. | | Ed Warren (1886-1963) — of Cheyenne,LaramieCounty, Wyo.Born in Butte,Silver BowCounty, Mont.,1886.Mayorof Cheyenne, Wyo., 1942-43; defeated, 1943.Died bysuicide, fromcarbonmonoxide poisoning, inhis car,in the garage of his house, Cheyenne,LaramieCounty, Wyo.,April15, 1963 (ageabout 76years).Interment atBethEl Cemetery, Cheyenne, Wyo. | | Balfour Bowen Thorn Lord (1906-1965) — also known asThorn Lord — of Lawrence Township,MercerCounty, N.J.Born in Plainfield,UnionCounty, N.J.,August24, 1906.Democrat.Lawyer;U.S.Attorney for New Jersey, 1943-45;delegateto New Jersey state constitutional convention from Mercer County,1947;chair ofMercer County Democratic Party, 1949-65; delegate to DemocraticNational Convention from New Jersey,1956;candidate forU.S.Senator from New Jersey, 1960;New JerseyDemocratic state chair, 1961-65; Democratic Presidential Electorfor New Jersey,1964(voted forLyndonB. Johnson andHubertH. Humphrey).Episcopalian.Killed himself bystranglingwith an electric shaver cord, in Princeton,MercerCounty, N.J.,June 16,1965 (age58 years, 296days).Burial location unknown.| | Relatives: Sonof Carroll Putnam Lord and Frances Roberts (Troy) Lord; married toMargaret Eastburn andNinaUnderwood McAlpin. |
| | Willis Randolph Lovelace Jr. (1912-1965) — also known asWillis Lovelace — of Corona,LincolnCounty, N.M.Born in El Paso,El PasoCounty, Tex.,February29, 1912.Republican.Rancher;delegate to Republican National Convention from New Mexico,1960.Died, from aself-inflictedgunshot,in near Corona,LincolnCounty, N.M.,August18, 1965 (age53 years, 171days).Interment atRestlawnMemorial Park, El Paso, Tex. | | Inger Stevens (1934-1970) — also known asInger Stensland;"KayPalmer" —Born in Stockholm,Sweden,October18, 1934.Democrat.Actress;honored guest, Democratic National Convention,1960.Female.Swedishancestry.Died, fromacutebarbiturate poisoning, (later ruled to besuicide), in theambulanceon the way to the hospital, in Los Angeles,Los AngelesCounty, Calif.,April30, 1970 (age35 years, 194days).Cremated;ashes scattered in North Pacific Ocean. | | John W. Peters (c.1921-1970) — of Webster Groves,St. LouisCounty, Mo.Born about 1921. Republican. Nominated in primary forU.S.Representative from Missouri 2nd District 1970, but died beforeelection.Shotandkilled himself, in hiscampaignoffice, Brentwood,St. LouisCounty, Mo.,September27, 1970 (ageabout 49years).Burial location unknown. | | Richard Joseph Donovan (1926-1971) — also known asRichard Donovan;DickDonovan —of Chula Vista,San DiegoCounty, Calif.Born in New RochelleHospital,New Rochelle,WestchesterCounty, N.Y.,February24, 1926.Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II;policeofficer;lawyer;member ofCaliforniastate assembly, 1965-69; municipal judge in California, 1969-71;died in office 1971.Catholic;laterCongregationalist.Member,Elks;Kiwanis;Sonsof the American Revolution.Suffered aself-inflictedgunshotwound, and died soon after, in ahospitalat Chula Vista,San DiegoCounty, Calif.,November21, 1971 (age45 years, 270days).Cremated;ashes interred atGlenAbbey Memorial Park, Bonita, Calif. | | William Oswald Mills (1924-1973) — also known asWilliam O. Mills — of Easton,TalbotCounty, Md.Born in Bethlehem,CarolineCounty, Md.,August12, 1924.Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II;U.S.Representative from Maryland 1st District, 1971-73; died inoffice 1973; delegate to Republican National Convention fromMaryland,1972.Methodist.TheWashington Post reported that his campaign was underinvestigationfor receiving $25,000 from secret funds of PresidentRichardNixon's re-election committee, andfailedto report the contribution as required by law; this tied him tothe Watergatescandal;a day later, hekilled himself, bygunshot,at his Mulberry Hill farm,TalbotCounty, Md.,May 24,1973 (age48 years, 285days).Interment atHillcrestCemetery, Federalsburg, Md.  | William Fife Knowland (1908-1974) — also known asWilliam F. Knowland — of Oakland,AlamedaCounty, Calif.; Piedmont,AlamedaCounty, Calif.Born in Alameda,AlamedaCounty, Calif.,June 26,1908.Republican.Newspaperpublisher; member ofCaliforniastate assembly, 1933-35; member ofCaliforniastate senate, 1935-39; delegate to Republican National Conventionfrom California,1936(alternate),1940(member,ArrangementsCommittee),1948,1952,1956(TemporaryChair;speaker),1964(delegation chair),1968;member ofRepublicanNational Committee from California, 1938-42; served in the U.S.Army during World War II;U.S.Senator from California, 1945-59; candidate forGovernor ofCalifornia, 1958.Methodist.Member,Freemasons;Shriners;Eagles;Moose;Elks;NativeSons of the Golden West.Died from aself-inflictedgunshotwound at his summer home near Guerneville,SonomaCounty, Calif.,February23, 1974 (age65 years, 242days).Cremated;ashes interred atChapelof Memories, Oakland, Calif.; cenotaph atMountainView Cemetery, Oakland, Calif. | | Virgis Marion Ashworth (1911-1975) — also known asVirgis M. Ashworth — of Brent,BibbCounty, Ala.Born in Herrin,WilliamsonCounty, Ill.,November25, 1911.Lawyer;member ofAlabamastate house of representatives, 1955-62;Speaker ofthe Alabama State House of Representatives, 1961; circuit judgein Alabama, 1971-75; died in office 1975.Died, from aself-inflictedgunshot,in Brent,BibbCounty, Ala.,June 18,1975 (age63 years, 205days).Interment atPineland Memorial Park, Centreville, Ala. | | William Monroe Rainach (1913-1978) — also known asWilliam M. Rainach;Willie Rainach;William Odom —of Summerfield,ClaiborneParish, La.Born in Kentwood,TangipahoaParish, La.,July 31,1913.Democrat. Member ofLouisianastate house of representatives, 1940-48; member ofLouisianastate senate, 1948-60; candidate forGovernor ofLouisiana, 1959; delegate to Democratic National Convention fromLouisiana,1960.Died, from aself-inflictedgunshotwound, in Summerfield,ClaiborneParish, La.,January26, 1978 (age64 years, 179days).Interment atArlington Cemetery, Homer, La.| | Relatives:Adoptive son of Albert Monroe Rainach and Hannah (Shirey) Rainach;married to Mable Justin Fincher. | | | | Campaign slogan (1959): "For the sakeof our children, elect Rainach governor." | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial |
| | Bartholomew F. Guida (1914-1978) — also known asBart Guida — of New Haven,New HavenCounty, Conn.Born in New Haven,New HavenCounty, Conn.,1914.Democrat.Realestate andinsurancebusiness;mayorof New Haven, Conn., 1970-75; defeated in primary, 1975.Died from an apparentlyself-inflictedgunshotwound, in New Haven,New HavenCounty, Conn.,April26, 1978 (ageabout 63years).Burial location unknown.| | Relatives: Sonof Fred Guida; married to Caroline Scates. | | | | See alsoWikipediaarticle |
| | John Zuinglius Anderson (1904-1981) — also known asJack Z. Anderson;"AirplaneEars" —of San Juan Bautista,San BenitoCounty, Calif.Born in Oakland,AlamedaCounty, Calif.,March22, 1904.Republican.Orchardist;U.S.Representative from California 8th District, 1939-53.Protestant.Member,Freemasons;Elks;NativeSons of the Golden West.Died of aself-inflictedgunshotwound, in Hollister,San BenitoCounty, Calif.,February9, 1981 (age76 years, 324days).Cremated;ashes scattered. | | Gustav J. Akerland (1920-1981) — of Annapolis,AnneArundel County, Md.BornSeptember14, 1920.Republican.Mayorof Annapolis, Md., 1981.A month after becoming acting mayor, he was found wounded by aself-inflictedgunshot,on the floor of hisofficein the Annapolismunicipalbuilding, and died a few days later without regainingconsciousness, in Anne Arundel GeneralHospital,Annapolis,AnneArundel County, Md.,April15, 1981 (age60 years, 213days).Burial location unknown. | | Audrey Phillips Beck (1931-1983) — also known asAudrey P. Beck;Audrey ElainePhillips —of Storrs, Mansfield,TollandCounty, Conn.Born in Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.,August6, 1931.Democrat.Economist;universityprofessor; member ofConnecticutstate house of representatives, 1967-75; member ofConnecticutstate senate, 1975-83; died in office 1983.Female.Member,PhiBeta Kappa.Killed herself byslashingher wrists, in a wooded area of Willington,TollandCounty, Conn.,March 9,1983 (age51 years, 215days).Interment atNew Storrs Cemetery, Storrs, Mansfield, Conn. | | Donald R. Manes (1934-1986) — also known as"The King of Queens" — of Flushing, Queens,QueensCounty, N.Y.; Jamaica, Queens,QueensCounty, N.Y.Born in Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.,January18, 1934.Democrat.Lawyer;boroughpresident of Queens, New York, 1971-86; resigned 1986; delegateto Democratic National Convention from New York,1980,1984.On January 10, 1986, he was found driving erratically and bleedingfrom slashes to his wrist and ankle; at first he claimed he had beenabducted, but then admitted his wounds were self-inflicted; while hewas hospitalized, a criminalinvestigationagainst him became public.Stabbedhimself in the heart, and died soon after, at Booth MemorialMedicalCenter, Flushing, Queens,QueensCounty, N.Y.,March13, 1986 (age52 years, 54days).Interment atMt.Ararat Cemetery, East Farmingdale, Long Island, N.Y. | | John Porter East (1931-1986) — also known asJohn P. East — of North Carolina. Born in Springfield,SangamonCounty, Ill.,May 5,1931.Republican. Candidate forsecretaryof state of North Carolina, 1968; Republican Presidential Electorfor North Carolina,1972(voted forRichardM. Nixon andSpiroT. Agnew);U.S.Senator from North Carolina, 1981-86; died in office 1986.Presbyterian.Hislegs wereparalyzed due to polio.Killed himself bycarbonmonoxide poisoning, in Greenville,PittCounty, N.C.,June 29,1986 (age55 years, 55days).Interment atArlingtonNational Cemetery, Arlington, Va. | | Samuel Jerome Bronson (1930-1986) — also known asS. Jerome Bronson — of Franklin,OaklandCounty, Mich.Born in Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.,March21, 1930.Democrat.Lawyer;candidate forMichiganstate senate 12th District, 1960;OaklandCounty Prosecuting Attorney, 1965-68; candidate forcircuitjudge in Michigan 6th Circuit, 1966;Judge,Michigan Court of Appeals 2nd District, 1969-86; died in office1986.Jewish. Member,American BarAssociation.Arrestedandchargedwithsolicitingandacceptinga bribe of $20,000 for his vote on a pending case; hekilledhimself bygunshotthe same day, in Franklin,OaklandCounty, Mich.,November14, 1986 (age56 years, 238days).Interment atBeth El Memorial Park, Livonia, Mich. | | Robert Budd Dwyer (1939-1987) — also known asR. Budd Dwyer — of Pennsylvania. Born in St. Charles,St. CharlesCounty, Mo.,November21, 1939.Republican.Schoolteacher; member ofPennsylvaniastate house of representatives, 1965-70; member ofPennsylvaniastate senate 50th District, 1971-81; resigned 1981;Pennsylvaniastate treasurer, 1981-87; died in office 1987;convictedin December 1986 ofbriberyand conspiracy in federal court.Baptist.Member,NationalEducation Association;Eagles;ThetaChi;Jaycees.About to besentenced,and widely expected to resign from office, he called apressconference; there, in front of spectators and television cameras,he insisted he was not guilty, and thenshot andkilled himself, in Harrisburg,DauphinCounty, Pa.,January22, 1987 (age47 years, 62days).Interment atBloomingValley Cemetery, Blooming Valley, Pa. | | Sarah Goddard Power (1935-1987) — also known asSarah Goddard — of Ann Arbor,WashtenawCounty, Mich.Born in Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.,June 19,1935.Democrat. Member ofUniversityof Michigan board of regents, 1975-87; died in office 1987;delegate to Democratic National Convention from Michigan,1976.Female.Protestant.Died bysuicide, fromjumping toher death from the eighth floor of Burton Tower, on the University ofMichigan campus, Ann Arbor,WashtenawCounty, Mich.,March24, 1987 (age51 years, 278days).Cremated;ashes interred atForestHill Cemetery, Ann Arbor, Mich. | | Donald Edgar Koster (1937-1987) — also known asDonald E. Koster — of Ann Arbor,WashtenawCounty, Mich.BornNovember11, 1937.Democrat.Lawyer;candidate forMichiganstate house of representatives 53rd District, 1970.Died of aself-inflictedgunshotwound, in the garage of his home, Ann Arbor,WashtenawCounty, Mich.,April26, 1987 (age49 years, 166days).Cremated.| | Relatives: Sonof Willis Koster and Frances (Eck) Koster; married to MarilynAxelrod. |
| | Forrest Howard Anderson (1913-1989) — also known asForrest Anderson — of Helena,Lewis andClark County, Mont.Born in Helena,Lewis andClark County, Mont.,January30, 1913.Democrat.Lawyer;member ofMontanastate house of representatives, 1943-45;Lewisand Clark County Attorney, 1945-47;justice ofMontana state supreme court, 1953-57; delegate to DemocraticNational Convention from Montana,1956;Montanastate attorney general, 1957-68;Governor ofMontana, 1969-73.Methodist.Member,Freemasons;Shriners;Elks;Eagles;Moose;PhiDelta Theta.Died of aself-inflictedgunshotwound, in Helena,Lewis andClark County, Mont.,July 20,1989 (age76 years, 171days).Cremated;ashes interred atForestvaleCemetery, Helena, Mont. | | Gentry Crowell (1932-1989) — of Tennessee. Born in Chestnut Mound,SmithCounty, Tenn.,December10, 1932.Democrat. Member ofTennesseestate house of representatives, 1969-77;secretaryof state of Tennessee, 1977-89; died in office 1989.His office was a target of the federal "Operation Rocky Top"investigationintofraudulentcharity bingo games; his administrative assistant admitted tolongtimeembezzlement.Suffered aself-inflictedgunshotwound on December 12, 1989, and died eight days later inVanderbiltHospital,Nashville,DavidsonCounty, Tenn.,December20, 1989 (age57 years, 10days).Interment atCedarGrove Cemetery, Lebanon, Tenn. | | Ricardo Jerome Bordallo (1927-1990) — also known asRicardo J. Bordallo;RickyBordallo —of Agana (now Hagatna),Guam.Born in Agana (now Hagatna),Guam,December11, 1927.Democrat.Restaurantowner;automobiledealer; member ofGuamlegislature, 1956-70;GuamDemocratic Party chair, 1960-63, 1971-73; delegate to DemocraticNational Convention from Guam,1964;Governorof Guam, 1975-78, 1983-86; defeated, 1970;Convictedin 1987 on corruptioncharges,includingbribery,obstructionof justice, andwitnesstampering;sentencedto nine years inprisonandfined;some of the charges were overturned on appeal in 1988;resentencedto four years inprisonin December, 1989.Catholic.Chamorroancestry.Just before he was to report to prison, he chained himself to astatue of Chief Quipuha, in a busy traffic circle at rush hour;wrapped in a Guam flag and wearing a sign saying "I regret I have butone life to give for my island," heshot andkilled himself, in Agana (now Hagatna),Guam,February1, 1990 (age62 years, 52days).Interment atPigo Catholic Cemetery, Hagatna, Guam. | | Frank J. Forshee (1896-1991) — of Pittsfield Township,WashtenawCounty, Mich.; Dexter,WashtenawCounty, Mich.Born in Ann Arbor,WashtenawCounty, Mich.,June 10,1896.Democrat.Farmer;candidate forsupervisorof Pittsfield Township, Michigan, 1934, 1935, 1937, 1938, 1940.IrishandGermanancestry.Died, from aself-inflictedgunshotwound, in Dexter,WashtenawCounty, Mich.,January15, 1991 (age94 years, 219days).Cremated. | | Aris Tee Allen (1910-1991) — also known asAris T. Allen — of Annapolis,AnneArundel County, Md.Born in San Antonio,BexarCounty, Tex.,December27, 1910.Republican.Physician;member ofMarylandstate house of delegates, 1967-74, 1991; died in office 1991;delegate to Republican National Convention from Maryland,1972(delegation chair);MarylandRepublican state chair, 1977-79; candidate forLieutenantGovernor of Maryland, 1978; member ofMarylandstate senate 30th District, 1979-81.AfricanMethodist Episcopal.Africanancestry. Member,AlphaPhi Alpha;American MedicalAssociation;AmericanLegion;NAACP.Following a diagnosis ofcancer,he died from aself-inflictedgunshot,in his parkedrentalcar, in Annapolis,AnneArundel County, Md.,February5, 1991 (age80 years, 40days).Burial location unknown. | | William Vann Rogers Jr. (1911-1993) — also known asWill Rogers, Jr. — of Culver City,LosAngeles County, Calif.Born in New York,October20, 1911.Democrat.U.S.Representative from California 16th District, 1943-44; resigned1944; candidate forU.S.Senator from California, 1946; delegate to Democratic NationalConvention from California,1948.CherokeeIndian ancestry. Member,Americansfor Democratic Action.Died, from aself-inflictedgunshot,in in Tubac,Santa CruzCounty, Ariz.,July 9,1993 (age81 years, 262days).Interment atTubacCemetery, Tubac, Ariz. | | Nicholas J. Wasicsko (1959-1993) — of Yonkers,WestchesterCounty, N.Y.Born in Yonkers,WestchesterCounty, N.Y.,May 13,1959.Democrat.Policeofficer;mayorof Yonkers, N.Y., 1988-89; defeated, 1989.Died, from aself-inflictedgunshotwound, in Oakland Cemetery (near his father's grave), Yonkers,WestchesterCounty, N.Y.,October29, 1993 (age34 years, 169days).Interment atOaklandCemetery, Yonkers, N.Y. | | Lewis Burwell Puller Jr. (1945-1994) — of Mt. Vernon,FairfaxCounty, Va.Born in Jacksonville,OnslowCounty, N.C.,August18, 1945.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during the Vietnam War;lost bothlegs in the explosion of an improvised land mine in SouthVietnam, 1968; candidate forU.S.Representative from Virginia 1st District, 1978; received aPulitzerPrize in 1992 for his autobiography,Fortunate Son: TheHealing of a Vietnam Vet.Killed by aself-inflictedgunshot,in Mt. Vernon,FairfaxCounty, Va.,May 11,1994 (age48 years, 266days).Interment atArlingtonNational Cemetery, Arlington, Va. | | John D. Gray (c.1928-1995) — of Virginia. Born about 1928. Member ofVirginiastate house of delegates, 1965-82; circuit judge in Virginia,1983-95.Died from aself-inflictedgunshotwound, the day after being told hislungcancer was terminal,Hampton,Va.,December10, 1995 (ageabout 67years).Burial location unknown. | | Carl Maxey (1924-1997) — of Spokane,SpokaneCounty, Wash.BornJune 23,1924.Lawyer;candidate in Democratic primary forU.S.Senator from Washington, 1970; Independent candidate forVicePresident of the United States, 1976.Africanancestry.Died of aself-inflictedgunshotwound, in Spokane,SpokaneCounty, Wash.,July 17,1997 (age73 years, 24days).Burial location unknown. | | David J. Dwork (c.1941-1997) — of Mahwah,BergenCounty, N.J.Born about 1941.Mayorof Mahwah, N.J., 1991-97; died in office 1997.Shotandkilled himself in hisofficein theTownHall, Mahwah,BergenCounty, N.J.,August18, 1997 (ageabout 56years).Burial location unknown. | | William Woodward III (1944-1999) — also known asWoody Woodward — of Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.BornJuly 24,1944.Democrat.Newspaperreporter;magazinepublisher; candidate forNew Yorkstate senate 26th District, 1978.Jumped from the kitchen window of his apartment, andfell tohis death fourteen stories below, in Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,May 2,1999 (age54 years, 282days).Interment atWoodlawnCemetery, Bronx, N.Y. | | Steve Apodaca (c.1951-2001) — of San Clemente,OrangeCounty, Calif.Born in Downey,Los AngelesCounty, Calif., about 1951.Republican.Insurancebroker;politicalconsultant; candidate forCaliforniastate assembly 73rd District, 1998.Died of aself-inflictedgunshotwound, in San Clemente,OrangeCounty, Calif.,April 2,2001 (ageabout 50years).Burial location unknown. | | Colin Riley McMillan (1935-2003) — also known asColin R. McMillan — of New Mexico. BornJuly 27,1935.Republican.Oilexecutive; member ofNewMexico state house of representatives, 1971-82; candidate forU.S.Senator from New Mexico, 1994.Died, of aself-inflictedgunshotwound, in Roswell,ChavesCounty, N.M.,July 24,2003 (age67 years, 362days).Burial location unknown. | | Harry E. Claiborne (c.1918-2004) — of Las Vegas,ClarkCounty, Nev.Born in McRae,WhiteCounty, Ark., about 1918.Democrat.Lawyer;member ofNevadastate house of representatives, 1950; candidate forU.S.Senator from Nevada, 1964;U.S.District Judge for Nevada, 1979-86;convictedin 1984 oftaxevasion, andsentencedto two years inprison;impeachedin 1986 by the U.S. House andconvicted(removed from office) by the Senate.Died from aself-inflictedgunshotwound, in Las Vegas,ClarkCounty, Nev.,January19, 2004 (ageabout 86years).Burial location unknown. | | Jeffrey Reid Allen (1958-2004) — also known asJeff Allen — of Hoover,JeffersonCounty, Ala.Born in Birmingham,JeffersonCounty, Ala.,April 7,1958.Libertarian.Softwaredeveloper; candidate forU.S.Senator from Alabama, 2002.KilledDarren Keith Palmer, a business associate, and then, perhaps to avoidprosecution,shotandkilled himself, in the back of adoctor'soffice, Hoover,JeffersonCounty, Ala.,April28, 2004 (age46 years, 21days).Burial location unknown. | | Arthur E. Teele (1946-2005) — also known asArt Teele — of Florida. Born inPrinceGeorge's County, Md.,May 14,1946.Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during the Vietnam war;lawyer;director, U.S. Urban Mass Transportation Administration, 1981-83;Republican Presidential Elector for Florida,1992;as Miami city commissioner in 1997-2004, he chaired the CommunityRedevelopment Agency (CRA); aninvestigationof corruption in the agency, started in 2003, led tochargesthat he had accepted $135,000 inkickbacksfrom two construction companies; as a result, he wasremoved fromoffice in 2004 by Gov.JebBush; in August, 2004, when he and his wife were undersurveillance, hedrove hiscar at a police detective in an attempt torun himover, and alsothreatenedto kill police officers who had been following his wife duringthe investigation;convictedin March 2005 onchargesrelated to this incident;indictedon July 14, 2005, on federal conspiracy andmoneylaundering charges, over a scheme to fraudulently obtaincontracts for electrical work at the Miami International Airportthrough a "minority-owned" shell company; published police reportsrevealed that he had put hismistresson the CRA payroll, that he regularly bought and usedcocaine,and that he frequently made use of a maleprostitute.Churchof God in Christ.Africanancestry. Member,KappaAlpha Psi;NAACP;Freemasons.Came to theofficesof theMiami Herald newspaper, andshothimself in the head with a semiautomatic pistol; he died twohours later in the trauma unit of Jackson MemorialHospital,Miami,Miami-DadeCounty, Fla.,July 27,2005 (age59 years, 74days).Interment atCulley's MeadowWood Memorial Park, Tallahassee, Fla.  | Richard John Egan (1936-2009) — also known asRichard J. Egan — Born in Milton,NorfolkCounty, Mass.,February28, 1936.Republican. Co-founder of EMC Corporation,technologyfirm; U.S. Ambassador toIreland, 2001-02.Irishancestry.Died fromself-inflictedgunshot,while suffering fromlungcancer, in Boston,SuffolkCounty, Mass.,August28, 2009 (age73 years, 181days).Burial location unknown. | | James Douglas Johnson (1924-2010) — also known asJames D. Johnson;Jim Johnson;"Justice Jim" —of Crossett,AshleyCounty, Ark.; Conway,FaulknerCounty, Ark.Born in Crossett,AshleyCounty, Ark.,August20, 1924.Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II;lawyer;member ofArkansasstate senate 22nd District, 1950-54; Democratic candidate forGovernor ofArkansas, 1956 (primary), 1966;justice ofArkansas state supreme court, 1959-66; candidate in Democraticprimary forU.S.Senator from Arkansas, 1968.Methodist.Member,LambdaChi Alpha;Freemasons;Shriners.Diehard segregationist. Died, from aself-inflictedgunshotwound, in Conway,FaulknerCounty, Ark.,February13, 2010 (age85 years, 177days).Interment atOak Grove Cemetery, Conway, Ark. | | Robert Lofton Brown (1949-2011) — also known asRobert Brown — of Macon,BibbCounty, Ga.Born in Greenville,MeriwetherCounty, Ga.,January30, 1949.Democrat. Member ofGeorgiastate senate 26th District, 1991-2011; delegate to DemocraticNational Convention from Georgia,2008;candidate formayor ofMacon, Ga., 2011.Africanancestry.Died from aself-inflictedgunshotwound, in Macon,BibbCounty, Ga.,December8, 2011 (age62 years, 312days).Interment atMiddle Georgia Memory Gardens, Jones County, Ga. | | Sheila Abdus-Salaam (1952-2017) — also known asSheila Turner — of Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born inWashington,D.C.,March14, 1952.Lawyer;Justiceof New York Supreme Court 1st District, 1993-2013; Justice of theAppellate Division of the New York Supreme Court, 2009-13;judge ofNew York Court of Appeals, 2013-17; died in office 2017;firstBlack woman to serve on New York State's highest court.Female.Africanancestry.From Riverbank State Park in Manhattan, she evidentlyjumped15 feet down to the water anddrownedin theLowerHudson River,April12, 2017 (age65 years, 29days).Burial location unknown.
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