Very incomplete list!in chronological order  |  Joel Barlow (1754-1812) — of Hartford,HartfordCounty, Conn.Born in Redding,FairfieldCounty, Conn.,March24, 1754.Served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War;chaplain;writer;poet;lawyer;U.S. Consul inCadiz, 1792-93; U.S. Consul General inAlgiers, 1796-97; U.S. Minister toFrance, 1811-12, died in office 1812.Member,Societyof the Cincinnati;Freemasons.He was sent to Algeria to negotiate for the release of those heldprisoner by the Barbary pirates, and was protected by a detachment ofU.S. Marines. The words "to the shores of Tripoli" in the U.S.Marine Hymn are a reference to this incident.Died, ofpneumoniaorexposure, in Zarnowiec,Poland,December24, 1812 (age58 years, 275days).Interment atChurchyard,Zarnowiec, Poland; cenotaph atGreatPasture Road Cemetery, Redding, Conn. | | | William Wyatt Bibb (1781-1820) — also known asWilliam W. Bibb — of Petersburg,ElbertCounty, Ga.Born inAmeliaCounty, Va.,October2, 1781.Democrat.Physician;member ofGeorgiastate house of representatives, 1803-05;U.S.Representative from Georgia, 1807-13 (4th District 1807, at-large1807-09, 1st District 1809-11, at-large 1811-13);U.S.Senator from Georgia, 1813-16;Governorof Alabama Territory, 1817-19;Governor ofAlabama, 1819-20; died in office 1820.Fellfrom hishorseduring athunderstorm, sustained internal injuries, and diedin Autauga County (part now inElmoreCounty), Ala.,July 10,1820 (age38 years, 282days).Intermentaprivate or family graveyard, Elmore County, Ala. | | Thomas Marshall (1784-1835) — Born inRichmond,Va.,July 21,1784.Delegateto Virginia state constitutional convention, 1829.During astorm, he took shelter in the burned ruins of theBaltimoreCountyCourthouse, and was struck in the head by a brick dislodged bylightning; he suffered a fractured skull, and died a weeklater, inBaltimore,Md.,June 29,1835 (age50 years, 343days).Burial location unknown.| |  Relatives: SonofJohnMarshall and Mary Willis (Ambler) Marshall; brother ofJamesKeith Marshall; married,October19, 1809, to Margaret W. Lewis; nephew ofJamesMarkham Marshall andAlexanderKeith Marshall; grandson ofJacquelinAmbler; great-grandnephew ofRobertCarter Nicholas (1729-1780); second great-grandnephew ofRichardRandolph; first cousin once removed ofJohnAugustine Marshall; first cousin twice removed ofGeorgeNicholas,WilsonCary Nicholas,JohnNicholas,WilliamMarshall Bullitt andAlexanderScott Bullitt; first cousin thrice removed ofRichardBland,PeytonRandolph (1721-1775),BenjaminHarrison (1726-1791) andWilliamFitzhugh; second cousin ofWilliamMarshall Ambler; second cousin once removed ofThomasMann Randolph Jr.,PeytonRandolph (1779-1828) andRobertCarter Nicholas (1787-1857); second cousin twice removed ofTheodorickBland,ThomasJefferson,EdmundJenings Randolph,BeverleyRandolph,CarterBassett Harrison,WilliamHenry Harrison andJohnRandolph of Roanoke; third cousin ofBenjaminFranklin Randolph,MeriwetherLewis Randolph,PeterMyndert Dox,GeorgeWythe Randolph andEdmundRandolph; third cousin once removed ofHenryLee,CharlesLee,RichardBland Lee,BurwellBassett,EdmundJennings Lee,MarthaJefferson Randolph,DabneyCarr,HenrySt. George Tucker,JohnScott Harrison (1804-1878),ThomasJefferson Coolidge,EdmundRandolph Cocke andHarryBartow Hawes; third cousin twice removed ofJohnGardner Coolidge andFrancisBeverley Biddle; fourth cousin ofFrancisWayles Eppes,DabneySmith Carr,NathanielBeverly Tucker,CarterHenry Harrison,BenjaminHarrison (1833-1901),WilliamHenry Fitzhugh Lee,JohnBreckinridge Castleman andJohnScott Harrison (1844-1926); fourth cousin once removed ofJohnWayles Eppes,FitzhughLee,ConnallyFindlay Trigg,RussellBenjamin Harrison,CarterHenry Harrison II,RichardEvelyn Byrd,FrederickMadison Roberts andWilliamWelby Beverley. | | | | Political families:FourThousand Related Politicians). |
| | Joshua Pilcher (1790-1843) — of Missouri. Born inCulpeperCounty, Va.,March15, 1790.Fur trader;U.S. Consul inChihuahua, 1825-27; Indian agent; Superintendent of IndianAffairs.Member,Freemasons.Died, of sickness resulting fromexposure to the elements, inSt.Louis, Mo.,June 5,1843 (age53 years, 82days).Original interment atChristChurch Cemetery, St. Louis, Mo.; reinterment atBellefontaineCemetery, St. Louis, Mo.| | Relatives: Sonof Joshua Pilcher (1749-1810) and Nancy Pilcher. |
| | Douglass Houghton (1809-1845) — of Michigan. Born in Troy,RensselaerCounty, N.Y.,September21, 1809.Geologist;mayorof Detroit, Mich., 1842.Drownedwith four others, when asudden stormoverturnedtheir boat, at Eagle Harbor,KeweenawCounty, Mich.,October13, 1845 (age36 years, 22days).Interment atElmwoodCemetery, Detroit, Mich. | | Archibald McNeill (d. 1849) — of North Carolina. Born inMooreCounty, N.C.Member ofNorthCarolina house of commons, 1808-09; member ofNorthCarolina state senate, 1811-13, 1820-21;U.S.Representative from North Carolina 7th District, 1821-23, 1825-27.Slaveowner. In1849he was captain of about one hundred men traveling from Texas toCalifornia; struck by adesert sandstorm in what is nowArizona, he and most of the men were killed; his remains werenotrecovered. | | Chauncey M. Abbott (c.1821-1863) — of Niles,CayugaCounty, N.Y.Born about 1821. Member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from Cayuga County 2nd District, 1858-59; memberofNewYork state senate 25th District, 1862-63; died in office 1863.Worked outdoors at the polls on election day, 1863, and reportedlybecame ill from "over-exertion and exposure to theinclemency ofthe weather"; he died suddenly, of "neuralgia",onNovember11, 1863 (ageabout 42years).Interment atWestfallCemetery, Twelve Corners, N.Y. | | James Harvey Ralston (1807-1864) — also known asJames H. Ralston — of Quincy,AdamsCounty, Ill.;SacramentoCounty, Calif.; Virginia City,StoreyCounty, Nev.; Austin,LanderCounty, Nev.Born inBourbonCounty, Ky.,October12, 1807.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the Black Hawk War; circuitjudge in Illinois 5th Circuit, 1837; member ofIllinoisstate house of representatives, 1837-39; Democratic PresidentialElector for Illinois,1840;member ofIllinoisstate senate, 1841-45; candidate forU.S.Representative from Illinois, 1841; member ofIllinoisDemocratic State Committee, 1841-46; served in the U.S. Armyduring the Mexican War;wentto California for the 1849 Gold Rush; member ofCaliforniastate senate, 1853-54; candidate forchiefjustice of California state supreme court, 1856;delegateto Nevada state constitutional convention, 1863.Member,Freemasons.Died after becoming lost in asnowstorm, inNyeCounty, Nev.,May 8,1864 (age56 years, 209days).Intermentsomewherein Austin, Nev.  | John Van Buren (1810-1866) — also known as"Prince John" — of Albany,AlbanyCounty, N.Y.Born in Hudson,ColumbiaCounty, N.Y.,February10, 1810.Lawyer;NewYork state attorney general, 1845-47; appointed 1845; defeated,1847, 1865; in September 1845, during a trial, he and opposingcounselAmbroseL. Jordancame toblows in the courtroom; both weresentencedto 24 hours solitary confinement in jail; hisresignationas Attorney General was refused by the governor.Died, fromexposure,on boardthe shipScotia, en route from Liverpool to New York, intheNorthAtlantic Ocean,October13, 1866 (age56 years, 245days).Interment atAlbanyRural Cemetery, Menands, N.Y. | | George W. Guess (c.1829-1868) — of Dallas,DallasCounty, Tex.Born in North Carolina, about 1829.Lawyer;colonel in the Confederate Army during the Civil War;mayor ofDallas, Tex., 1866-68.Member,Freemasons.Died ofsunstroke, aboard asteamboaton the Mississippi River, at a wharf in Memphis,ShelbyCounty, Tenn.,July 18,1868 (ageabout 39years).Interment atElmwoodCemetery, Memphis, Tenn. | | Rounsevelle Wildman (1864-1901) — of California. Born in Batavia,GeneseeCounty, N.Y.,March19, 1864.U.S. Consul inSingapore, 1889-97; U.S. Consul General inHong Kong, 1897-1901, died in office 1901.En route from Hong Kong to San Francisco on theSS City of Rio deJaneiro, he and his family were among 135 whoperishedwhen the ship struck a reef indense fog, and quicklysank, inSanFrancisco Bay,February22, 1901 (age36 years, 340days); his remains werenotfound. | | Halbert F. Brimberry (1864-1909) — of Macon,BibbCounty, Ga.; Albany,DoughertyCounty, Ga.Born in Camilla,MitchellCounty, Ga.,February24, 1864.Republican. Postmaster atAlbany,Ga., 1902-09; delegate to Republican National Convention fromGeorgia,1908.While driving hisautomobileduring a heavyrainstorm after dark, he collided with ahorsedrawnwagon, was thrown to the ground, never regained consciousness,and died three days later, in Albany,DoughertyCounty, Ga.,October27, 1909 (age45 years, 245days).Interment atOakviewCemetery, Albany, Ga. | | Watson Merrick Rogers (1844-1911) — also known asWatson M. Rogers — of Watertown,JeffersonCounty, N.Y.Born in Cape Vincent,JeffersonCounty, N.Y.,December3, 1844.Lawyer;Justiceof New York Supreme Court 5th District, 1902-11; died in office1911.Slipped andfell on anicy sidewalk, suffered a head injury, and died three weekslater, in Watertown,JeffersonCounty, N.Y.,February1, 1911 (age66 years, 60days).Interment atBrooksideCemetery, Watertown, N.Y. | | George Herbert Prouty (1862-1918) — also known asGeorge H. Prouty — of Newport,OrleansCounty, Vt.Born in Newport,OrleansCounty, Vt.,March 4,1862.Republican.Lumberbusiness; member ofVermontstate house of representatives, 1896-97; member ofVermontstate senate, 1904;LieutenantGovernor of Vermont, 1906-08;Governor ofVermont, 1908-10; delegate to Republican National Convention fromVermont,1916.Congregationalist.Killed when thecarin which he was riding washit by atrain, indense fog, at a grade crossing near Waterville,Quebec,August19, 1918 (age56 years, 168days).Interment atEastMain Street Cemetery, Newport, Vt. | | John Fraser Pugh (1876-1918) — also known asJohn F. Pugh — ofJuneau,Alaska.Born inJeffersonCounty, Wash.,December25, 1876.Democrat.U.S.Collector of Customs at Juneau, Alaska, Alaska, 1914-18; died inoffice 1918.Was a passenger on theSS Princess Sophia, en route fromSkagway to Juneau, which grounded on Vanderbilt Reef in astorm, and ultimately was damaged andsank,drowningall passengers and crew (more than 340), in Lynn Canal,InsidePassage,October25, 1918 (age41 years, 304days).Interment atEvergreenCemetery, Juneau, Alaska.  | Charles Franklin Van de Water (1872-1920) — also known asCharles F. Van de Water — of Long Beach,LosAngeles County, Calif.Born in Hobart,DelawareCounty, N.Y.,October10, 1872.Republican.Real estatedeveloper;bankdirector; electedU.S.Representative from California 9th District 1920, but died beforetaking office.Methodist.While driving in adense fog, hecollidedwith a truck parked on the road, and died soon after, in PomonaValleyHospital,Pomona,Los AngelesCounty, Calif.,November20, 1920 (age48 years, 41days). His secretary, Janice Luebben, was also killed, and othersin his car were injured. The truck driver, Carlyle Hughes, was laterconvicted of criminal negligence for leaving the truck on the road.Interment atSunnyside Cemetery, Long Beach, Calif.| | Relatives: Sonof Jane Bertha 'Jennie' (Wilde) Van de Water and Rev. Isaac RandolphVan de Water; married1904 toEdithWeir. | | | | Image source: U.S. passport application(1920) |
 | Andrew Jackson Barchfeld (1863-1922) — also known asAndrew J. Barchfeld — of Pittsburgh,AlleghenyCounty, Pa.Born in Pittsburgh,AlleghenyCounty, Pa.,May 18,1863.Republican.Physician;president, South SideHospital;U.S.Representative from Pennsylvania 32nd District, 1905-17;defeated, 1902.Germanancestry. Member,American MedicalAssociation.One of 98 killed whenheavy snow caused aroofcollapse at the KnickerbockerTheater,Washington,D.C.,January28, 1922 (age58 years, 255days).Interment atSouthSide Cemetery, Pittsburgh, Pa.  | Richard Welsted Croker (1841-1922) — also known asRichard Croker — of New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.; County Dublin,Ireland.Born in Clonakilty, County Cork,Ireland,November23, 1841.Democrat.Railroadmechanic;chargedwith themurderof a political enemy in 1874;triedand found not guilty; delegate to Democratic National Convention fromNew York,1888,1892,1900.Irishancestry. Member,TammanyHall.Leader of Tammany Hall from 1886 until 1901. Suffered exposure during asnowstorm, was ill for months, andsubsequently died, in County Dublin,Ireland,April29, 1922 (age80 years, 157days).Original interment atGlencairnHouse Grounds, County Dublin, Ireland; reinterment in 1939 atKilgobbinCemetery, County Dublin, Ireland. | | Samuel Brashear Avis (1872-1924) — of Charleston,KanawhaCounty, W.Va.Born inHarrisonburg,Va.,February19, 1872.Republican.Lawyer;served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War;U.S.Representative from West Virginia 3rd District, 1913-15; delegateto Republican National Convention from West Virginia,1916.Episcopalian.Killed bylightning in Charleston,KanawhaCounty, W.Va.,June 8,1924 (age52 years, 110days).Interment atSpringHill Cemetery, Spring Hill, W.Va. | | Cass J. Jankowski (1889-1930) — of Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.Born in Gnesen, Prussia (now Gniezno,Poland),December7, 1889.Republican.Lawyer;banker;member ofMichiganstate senate 2nd District, 1927-30; died in office 1930.Member,American BarAssociation.While traveling to Washington with U.S. Rep.ClarenceJ. McLeod, their car skidded on anicy road, andcollidedwith a lumber truck; he suffered a skull fracture, and died a fewdays later in ahospitalat Warren,TrumbullCounty, Ohio,December2, 1930 (age40 years, 360days). Congressman McLeod, who was driving, sufferedcomparatively minor injuries.Interment atMt.Olivet Cemetery, Detroit, Mich. | | Giles Russell Taggart (1870-1931) — also known asG. Russell Taggart — ofWashington,D.C.; Woodbury,GloucesterCounty, N.J.Born in Clarksboro,GloucesterCounty, N.J.,July 20,1870.U.S. Consul inCornwall, 1912-17;Fort William, 1917-20;Port Arthur, 1917-20;London, 1920-27;Belize City, 1927-30.Seriously injured and suffered exposure during ahurricane,contractedpneumonia,and died a few days later, in Belize City,Belize,September15, 1931 (age61 years, 57days). His heroism in saving others' lives during the storm wasrecognized in 1934 by the U.S. House of Representatives.Interment atMissionBurial Park South, San Antonio, Tex. | | Bronson Murray Cutting (1888-1935) — also known asBronson M. Cutting — of Santa Fe,Santa FeCounty, N.M.Born in Oakdale,SuffolkCounty, Long Island, N.Y.,June 23,1888.Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I;U.S.Senator from New Mexico, 1927-28, 1929-35; died in office 1935;delegate to Republican National Convention from New Mexico,1932;member ofRepublicanNational Committee from New Mexico, 1932.Episcopalian.Member,AmericanLegion.Killed, along with both pilots and one other passenger, when atwin-engine Transcontinental and Westernairliner, ran out of fuel in adense fog, and crashed nearAtlanta,MaconCounty, Mo.,May 6,1935 (age46 years, 317days). Nine other passengers were injured.Interment atGreen-WoodCemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.| | Relatives: Sonof William Bayard Cutting and Olivia Peyton (Murray) Cutting;great-grandnephew ofHenryWalter Livingston; second great-grandson ofWalterLivingston; second great-grandnephew ofPeterRobert Livingston (1737-1794) andPieterSchuyler (1746-1792); third great-grandson ofRobertLivingston (1708-1790); third great-grandnephew ofPeterVan Brugh Livingston,PhilipLivingston,WilliamLivingston,PhilipJohn Schuyler,PhilipP. Schuyler andStephenJohn Schuyler; fourth great-grandson ofJohannesSchuyler (1697-1746) andStephanusBayard; fourth great-grandnephew ofJohnLivingston,RobertLivingston (1688-1775) andGilbertLivingston; fifth great-grandson ofStephanusVan Cortlandt,RobertLivingston the Elder,PieterSchuyler (1657-1724),PieterVan Brugh andJohannesSchuyler (1668-1747); fifth great-grandnephew ofJacobusVan Cortlandt andJohannesCuyler; sixth great-grandson ofNicholasBayard (c.1644-1707); seventh great-grandnephew ofPieterStuyvesant; first cousin twice removed ofEdwardLivingston (1796-1840); first cousin four times removed ofPhilipPeter Livingston,HenryBrockholst Livingston,PeterSamuel Schuyler andPhilipJeremiah Schuyler; first cousin five times removed ofRobertGilbert Livingston,HenryGilbert Livingston,RobertR. Livingston (1718-1775),PierreVan Cortlandt andNicholasBayard (1736-1802); first cousin six times removed ofRobertLivingston the Younger,CornelisCuyler andJohnCruger Jr.; first cousin seven times removed ofDavidDavidse Schuyler andMyndertDavidtse Schuyler; second cousin twice removed ofPeterRobert Livingston (1789-1859); second cousin thrice removed ofStephenVan Rensselaer,PhilipSchuyler Van Rensselaer,PeterAugustus Jay,RensselaerWesterlo,EdwardPhilip Livingston,WilliamAlexander Duer,JohnDuer,PhilipSchuyler,JamesAlexander Hamilton,WilliamJay andCharlesLudlow Livingston (1800-1873); second cousin four times removedofJeremiahVan Rensselaer,RobertVan Rensselaer,RobertR. Livingston (1746-1813),JamesLivingston,JohnTyler (1747-1813),PhilipVan Cortlandt,PierreVan Cortlandt Jr.,EdwardLivingston (1764-1836) andJamesParker; second cousin five times removed ofVolkertPetrus Douw,JamesJay,HenryCruger,HendrickKiliaen Van Rensselaer,JohnJay,FrederickJay andKillianKillian Van Rensselaer; third cousin ofCharlesLudlow Livingston (born 1870) andJohnEliot Thayer Jr.; third cousin once removed ofBrockholstLivingston; third cousin twice removed ofWilliamDuer,HenryBell Van Rensselaer,DenningDuer,HenryBrockholst Ledyard andJohnJay II; third cousin thrice removed ofGeorgeMadison,PeterRobert Livingston (1766-1847),JacobRutsen Van Rensselaer,MaturinLivingston,JohnTyler (1790-1862),HamiltonFish,JohnCortlandt Parker andJamesAdams Ekin; fourth cousin ofHerbertLivingston Satterlee; fourth cousin once removed ofKiliaenVan Rensselaer,NicholasFish,HamiltonFish Jr.,RobertRay Hamilton,JohnKean andHamiltonFish Kean. | | | | Political family:Livingston-Schuylerfamily of New York (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | Politician named for him:BronsonC. LaFollette | | | | Epitaph: "Light and understanding andwisdom was found in him. And the common people heard himgladly." | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Find-A-Gravememorial |
| | William Louis Day (1876-1936) — also known asWilliam L. Day — of Canton,StarkCounty, Ohio; Cleveland,CuyahogaCounty, Ohio.Born in Canton,StarkCounty, Ohio,August13, 1876.Republican.Lawyer;U.S.Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio, 1908-11;U.S.District Judge for the Northern District of Ohio, 1911-14;delegate to Republican National Convention from Ohio,1920.Lutheran.Died, from aheartattack aggravated byhot weather, in Cleveland,CuyahogaCounty, Ohio,July 15,1936 (age59 years, 337days).Burial location unknown. | | Orlando Fleming Barnes (1856-1937) — also known asOrlando F. Barnes — of Lansing,InghamCounty, Mich.Born in Mason,InghamCounty, Mich.,November7, 1856.Democrat.Mayorof Lansing, Mich., 1882-84; candidate forU.S.Representative from Michigan 6th District, 1888; candidate forMichiganland commissioner, 1910, 1912; president, Roscommon StateBank;candidate forMichiganstate treasurer, 1922.Congregationalist.Member,Freemasons;RoyalArch Masons;KnightsTemplar;Knightsof Pythias.While traveling south on U.S. 27 duringicy conditions, hiscar skidded andcollidedwith an oncoming truck; he was brought to a nearby CivilianConservation Corps camp, where he died the same evening, inRoscommonCounty, Mich.,January13, 1937 (age80 years, 67days).Interment atMt.Hope Cemetery, Lansing, Mich. | | George Henry Heinke (1882-1940) — also known asGeorge H. Heinke — of Nebraska City,OtoeCounty, Neb.Born near Dunbar,OtoeCounty, Neb.,July 22,1882.Republican.Lawyer;OtoeCounty Prosecuting Attorney, 1919-23, 1927-35;U.S.Representative from Nebraska 1st District, 1939-40; died inoffice 1940.Injured in anautomobilecollision during asnowstorm, and died a week later in ahospitalat Morrilton,ConwayCounty, Ark.,January2, 1940 (age57 years, 164days).Interment atWyukaCemetery, Nebraska City, Neb.  | Ernest Lundeen (1878-1940) — of Minneapolis,HennepinCounty, Minn.; Wayzata,HennepinCounty, Minn.Born in Beresford,UnionCounty, S.Dak.,August4, 1878.Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War;lawyer;member ofMinnesotastate house of representatives District 42, 1911-14; delegate toRepublican National Convention from Minnesota,1912(alternate),1916;U.S.Representative from Minnesota, 1917-19, 1933-37 (5th District1917-19, at-large 1933-35, 3rd District 1935-37); defeated(Independent), 1920; candidate forGovernor ofMinnesota, 1928;U.S.Senator from Minnesota, 1937-40; defeated, 1923 (Republicanprimary), 1930 (Farmer-Labor); died in office 1940.Methodist.Swedishancestry. Member,Freemasons;DeltaSigma Rho;UnitedSpanish War Veterans.One of 25 passengers and crew killed in thecrashof a Pennsylvania Central Airlines transport plane, bound fromWashington to Pittsburgh, during anintense storm, nearLovettsville,LoudounCounty, Va.,August31, 1940 (age62 years, 27days).Interment atFortSnelling National Cemetery, Minneapolis, Minn. | | Earl Wilcox Snell (1895-1947) — also known asEarl Snell — of Arlington,GilliamCounty, Ore.Born near Olex,GilliamCounty, Ore.,July 11,1895.Republican.Secretaryof state of Oregon, 1935-43;Governor ofOregon, 1943-47; died in office 1947.While flying to southern Oregon on ahuntingtrip, along with Secretary of StateRobertS. Farrell, Jr. and State Senate PresidentMarshallE. Cornett, was killed when thesmall planecrashed instormy weather near Dog Lake,LakeCounty, Ore.,October28, 1947 (age52 years, 109days).Interment atBelcrestMemorial Park, Salem, Ore. | | Robert S. Farrell Jr. (c.1906-1947) — of Portland,MultnomahCounty, Ore.Born about 1906. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Oregon,1940(HonoraryVice-President),1944;secretaryof state of Oregon, 1943-47; died in office 1947.While flying to southern Oregon on ahuntingtrip, along with Gov.EarlSnell and State Senate PresidentMarshallE. Cornett, was killed when thesmall planecrashed instormy weather, near Dog Lake,LakeCounty, Ore.,October28, 1947 (ageabout 41years).Interment atRiverView Cemetery, Portland, Ore. | | Marshall E. Cornett (c.1899-1947) — of Klamath Falls,KlamathCounty, Ore.Born about 1899. Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention fromOregon,1944;member ofOregonstate senate, 1947; died in office 1947.While flying to southern Oregon on ahuntingtrip, along with Gov.EarlSnell and Secretary of StateRobertS. Farrell, Jr. was killed with thesmall planecrashed instormy weather, near Dog Lake,LakeCounty, Ore.,October28, 1947 (ageabout 48years).Burial location unknown. | | Elliot Woolfolk Major (1864-1949) — also known asElliot W. Major — ofPikeCounty, Mo.;St.Louis, Mo.; Clayton,St. LouisCounty, Mo.Born in Edgewood,LincolnCounty, Mo.,October20, 1864.Democrat.Lawyer;member ofMissouristate senate 11th District, 1897-1900;Missouristate attorney general, 1909-13;Governor ofMissouri, 1913-17.Methodist.Member,American BarAssociation;Freemasons.Died, fromcardiacinsufficiency due tochronicmyocarditis andarteriosclerosis,aggravated byvery hot and humid weather, in St. Joseph's HillInfirmary,near Eureka,JeffersonCounty, Mo.,July 9,1949 (age84 years, 262days).Interment atBowling Green City Cemetery, Bowling Green, Mo.| | Relatives: Sonof James Reed Major and Sarah Taylor (Woolfolk) Major; married,June 14,1887, to Elizabeth Myers; first cousin ofEdgarBailey Woolfolk; first cousin thrice removed ofZacharyTaylor; first cousin five times removed ofEdmundPendleton; second cousin twice removed ofColebyChew; second cousin thrice removed ofJamesMadison andWilliamTaylor Madison; second cousin four times removed ofRichardHenry Lee,FrancisLightfoot Lee,ArthurLee,JohnPenn,JohnPendleton Jr. andNathanielPendleton; second cousin five times removed ofPeytonRandolph; third cousin twice removed ofThomasLeonidas Crittenden; third cousin thrice removed ofThomasSim Lee,HenryLee,CharlesLee,RichardBland Lee,EdmundJennings Lee,PhilipClayton Pendleton,EdmundHenry Pendleton andNathanaelGreene Pendleton; fourth cousin once removed ofSt.Clair Ballard andLewisBallard. | | | | Political families:FourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | See alsoNationalGovernors Association biography —Find-A-Gravememorial |
| | David Henry Crowley (1882-1951) — also known asDavid H. Crowley — of Cheboygan,CheboyganCounty, Mich.; Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.Born in Leslie,InghamCounty, Mich.,September5, 1882.Republican.Lawyer;CheboyganCounty Prosecuting Attorney, 1909-12; member ofUniversityof Michigan board of regents, 1936-43;Michiganstate attorney general, 1935-36; appointed 1935; defeated, 1936.Slipped andfell inicy conditions, and died about an hour later, inDetroit,WayneCounty, Mich.,December21, 1951 (age69 years, 107days).Interment atWhiteChapel Memorial Park Cemetery, Troy, Mich. | | Manuel Herrick (1876-1952) — also known asEmanuel Herrick — of Perry,NobleCounty, Okla.;PlumasCounty, Calif.Born in Perry Township,TuscarawasCounty, Ohio,September20, 1876.Republican.U.S.Representative from Oklahoma 8th District, 1921-23; defeated,1918 (Independent), 1922 (primary), 1924 (primary), 1926 (primary),1928 (primary), 1930 (primary); on August 6, 1930, he wascaughtby prohibition agents near Great Mills, Maryland, while filling andfueling anillegalstill; hefledthe scene, but was soonapprehended;he claimed he was an undercover agent, but that was not takenseriously;arraignedin federal court on charges ofmanufacturingandpossessingalcohol; in October, 1930, he wastriedandconvicted;sentencedto six months in jail; candidate forU.S.Representative from California, 1948.While on a trip to his mining claim; he died, probably fromexposure, during a Sierrablizzard, near Quincy,PlumasCounty, Calif.,January11, 1952 (age75 years, 113days). His body was found in a snowbank, six weeks later.Cremated;ashes interred atQuincyCemetery, Quincy, Calif. | | Robert Porter Patterson (1891-1952) — also known asRobert P. Patterson — of Cold Spring,PutnamCounty, N.Y.Born in Glens Falls,WarrenCounty, N.Y.,February12, 1891.Lawyer;served in the U.S. Army during World War I;U.S.District Judge for the Southern District of New York, 1930-39;Judgeof U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit, 1939-40;U.S.Secretary of War, 1945-47.Member,American BarAssociation;AmericanAcademy of Arts and Sciences;PhiBeta Kappa;PhiDelta Theta;AmericanLegion.Killed, along with 22 other passengers and crew, and seven people onthe ground, in aplanecrash duringrain and heavy fog, in Elizabeth,UnionCounty, N.J.,January22, 1952 (age60 years, 344days).Interment atArlingtonNational Cemetery, Arlington, Va. | | Albert Denis Cash (1897-1952) — also known asAlbert D. Cash — of Cincinnati,HamiltonCounty, Ohio.Born in Cincinnati,HamiltonCounty, Ohio,August21, 1897.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I;lawyer;delegate to Democratic National Convention from Ohio,1940;mayorof Cincinnati, Ohio, 1948-51.Catholic.Wasfishingwhen afreak stormoverturned hisboat anddrownedhim, on Torch Lake,AntrimCounty, Mich.,August2, 1952 (age54 years, 347days).Burial location unknown. | | Kimber Cornellus Sigler (1894-1953) — also known asKim Sigler;"The WhiteKnight" —of Hastings,BarryCounty, Mich.; Battle Creek,CalhounCounty, Mich.; Lansing,InghamCounty, Mich.Born in Schuyler,ColfaxCounty, Neb.,May 2,1894.Democratic candidate forMichiganstate attorney general, 1928; candidate in Republican primary forMichiganstate senate 8th District, 1942;Governor ofMichigan, 1947-48; defeated (Republican), 1948; delegate toRepublican National Convention from Michigan,1948.Member,Rotary.While flying his airplane on afoggy night,collidedwith a television broadcast tower; he and three passengers died inthe crash, near Augusta,KalamazooCounty, Mich.,November30, 1953 (age59 years, 212days).Interment atRiversideCemetery, Hastings, Mich. | | Harvey L. Schwamm (c.1905-1958) — of Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.; Riverdale, Bronx,BronxCounty, N.Y.Born about 1905. Republican.Real estatebroker;banker;candidate forNew Yorkstate senate 15th District, 1938, 1940; alternate delegate toRepublican National Convention from New York,1940;major in the U.S. Army during World War II; Republican PresidentialElector for New York,1952(voted forDwightD. Eisenhower andRichardM. Nixon); Republican Presidential Elector for New York,1956(voted forDwightD. Eisenhower andRichardM. Nixon).Jewish.Killed when a Northeast Airlines plane, landing inheavy fog,crashedandburned,about 300 yards short of theairportrunway, in Nantucket,NantucketCounty, Mass.,August15, 1958 (ageabout 53years).Burial location unknown.| | Relatives:Married1924 toLillian Tverskoi. |
| | Gordon Evans Dean (1905-1958) — also known asGordon E. Dean — Born in Seattle,KingCounty, Wash.,December28, 1905.Newspaperreporter;lawyer;served in the U.S. Navy during World War II;lawprofessor; member, U.S. Atomic Energy Commission, 1949-53; chair,U.S. Atomic Energy Commission, 1950-53.One of 22 killed when a Northeast Airlines plane, landing inheavyfog,crashedandburned,about 300 yards short of theairportrunway, in Nantucket,NantucketCounty, Mass.,August15, 1958 (age52 years, 230days).Interment atFortLincoln Cemetery, Brentwood, Md. | | Donald Grant Nutter (1915-1962) — also known asDonald G. Nutter — of Montana. BornNovember28, 1915.Republican. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II;lawyer;MontanaRepublican state chair, 1958-60;Governor ofMontana, 1961-62; died in office 1962.Flying from Helena to Cut Bank, he was killed, along withEdwardC. Wren and four others, when the twin-engine C-47 planecrashedinto a mountain andburned,during asnowstorm, near Wolf Creek,Lewis andClark County, Mont.,January25, 1962 (age46 years, 58days).Interment atSidneyCity Cemetery, Sidney, Mont.  | Edward C. Wren (1918-1962) — ofCascadeCounty, Mont.Born in Great Falls,CascadeCounty, Mont.,September28, 1918.Republican.Baking plantmanager; colonel in the U.S. Army during World War II;rancher;candidate forMontanastate house of representatives, 1954, 1956, 1958; Montana stateagriculture commissioner, 1961-62.Member,ReserveOfficers Association.Flying from Helena to Cut Bank, he was killed, along with Gov.DonaldG. Nutter and four others, when the twin-engine C-47 planecrashedinto a mountain andburned,during asnowstorm, near Wolf Creek,Lewis andClark County, Mont.,January25, 1962 (age43 years, 119days).Interment atMt.Olivet Cemetery, Great Falls, Mont. | | | Walter Edwin Alessandroni (1914-1966) — also known asWalter E. Alessandroni — of Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.; Harrisburg,DauphinCounty, Pa.Born in Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,December27, 1914.Republican.Lawyer;served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II;U.S.Attorney for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, 1959-61;Pennsylvaniastate attorney general, 1963-66; delegate to Republican NationalConvention from Pennsylvania,1964.Italianancestry. Member,American BarAssociation;AmericanJudicature Society;AmericanLegion.As a candidate for Lieutenant Governor, was flying to a plannedcampaignspeech in a twin-engine Aztec plane, inrainy and snowyweather, when theplanecrashed near Connellsville,FayetteCounty, Pa.,May 8,1966 (age51 years, 132days).Burial location unknown.| | Relatives: Sonof Joseph Alessandroni and Sally Alessandroni; married1935 to EthelDecius. |
| | Richard H. Applebaum (1936-1969) — of St. John,St. LouisCounty, Mo.BornNovember11, 1936.Democrat.Electrician;member ofMissouristate house of representatives 34th District, 1969; died inoffice 1969.Killed in acaraccident, infreezing mist, on U.S. Highway 54 inCallawayCounty, Mo.,January27, 1969 (age32 years, 77days).Burial location unknown. | | Dracos Alexander Dimitry Jr. (1922-1973) — also known asDrake Dimitry — of Royal Oak,OaklandCounty, Mich.Born in Missouri,November24, 1922.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; owner ofHeights Manufacturing Company, which built antenna towers; candidateforU.S.Representative from Michigan 13th District, 1956.Injured in anautomobilecollision onicy roads near Almont, Mich., and died soonafter in Mt. Clemens,MacombCounty, Mich.,March23, 1973 (age50 years, 119days).Interment atWoodlawnCemetery, Detroit, Mich. | | Ronald Garry Wilson (1918-1974) — also known asRonald G. Wilson — of Cadillac,WexfordCounty, Mich.BornMarch 7,1918.Mayorof Cadillac, Mich., 1970-71.Killed, along with his wife and two grandchildren, while flying in aheavy fog, when his single-engineplanecrashed, near Coral,MontcalmCounty, Mich.,March 3,1974 (age55 years, 361days).Interment atMapleHill Cemetery, Cadillac, Mich.| | Relatives: Sonof Ray C. Wilson and Agnes Caroline (Root) Wilson; married to JoyceElaine Baker. | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial |
| | Virginia A. Kittell (1906-1978) — also known asVirginia Anna Harmon — of Bloomfield,San JuanCounty, N.M.Born in Putnam,DeweyCounty, Okla.,January30, 1906.Delegateto New Mexico state constitutional convention, 1969;mayorof Bloomfield, N.M., 1978; died in office 1978.Female.Severely injured in aone-caraccident on U.S. 50, near Lakin, Kan., when her pickup truckflipped inhigh winds, and died a week later in Denver GeneralHospital,Denver,Colo.,September25, 1978 (age72 years, 238days).Entombed in mausoleum atMemory Gardens of Farmington, Farmington, N.M. | | Ronald Harmon Brown (1941-1996) — also known asRonald H. Brown;Ron Brown — ofWashington,D.C.Born inWashington,D.C.,August1, 1941.Democrat.Lawyer;lobbyist;Chairmanof Democratic National Committee, 1989-93;U.S.Secretary of Commerce, 1993-96; died in office 1996.Africanancestry. Member,UrbanLeague.Killed in aplanecrash, during astorm, inCroatia,April3, 1996 (age54 years, 246days).Interment atArlingtonNational Cemetery, Arlington, Va. | | Anthony Joseph Genovesi (1936-1998) — also known asAnthony J. Genovesi;"Aya-Tony" —of Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.Born in Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.,December8, 1936.Democrat.Lawyer;delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York,1980,1984;member ofNew Yorkstate assembly 39th District, 1987-98; died in office 1998.Killed when the car in which he was riding slid across therain-slicked road andstruck aculvert, on Route 22, Pawling,DutchessCounty, N.Y.,August10, 1998 (age61 years, 245days).Interment atCorashire Cemetery, Monterey, Mass. | | Thomas Euclid Rains, Sr. (c.1921-2000) — also known asT. Euclid Rains — of Alabama. Born about 1921.Broommanufacturer; member ofAlabamastate house of representatives 26th District, 1979-91.Methodist.Member,Lions.Becameblindwhen he lost both eyes in an accident with a pair scissors as a boy. He was the only totally blind baseballcoach inLittle League history.Killed in anautomobileaccident, when the car in which he was a passenger went off abridge inheavy rain, near Geraldine,MarshallCounty, Ala.,August27, 2000 (ageabout 79years).Interment atAsburyMethodist Church Cemetery, Near Albertville, Marshall County, Ala.  | Daniel McGavin Hansen (1942-2002) — also known asDaniel M. Hansen;Dan Hansen — of Nevada. Born in Reno,WashoeCounty, Nev.,January10, 1942.Motelmanager;roofingbusiness; Independent American candidate forGovernor ofNevada, 1970, 1994; Independent American candidate forU.S.Representative from Nevada 2nd District, 1992, 1996, 2000;Independent American candidate forLieutenantGovernor of Nevada, 1998.Mormon. Member,JohnBirch Society.While driving on Interstate 80 inicy conditions, his carskiddedinto the median and overturned several times; he was thrown from thecar and killed, near Winnemucca,HumboldtCounty, Nev.,January22, 2002 (age60 years, 12days). He would have survived the crash if he had worn a seatbelt; family members later said Hansen "would have been willing towear a seat belt if the government did not try to mandate it.".Interment atMountainView Cemetery, Reno, Nev. |
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