| |  Frederick Paul Adkins (1878-1963) — also known asFrederick P. Adkins — of Salisbury,WicomicoCounty, Md.Born inWicomicoCounty, Md.,November9, 1878.Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention fromMaryland,1916.Methodist.Member,Freemasons;ScottishRite Masons.Died in Maryland,March 9,1963 (age84 years, 120days).Interment atParsonsCemetery, Salisbury, Md. | | Jesse Corcoran Adkins (1879-1955) — of Chevy Chase,MontgomeryCounty, Md.;Washington,D.C.Born in Knoxville,KnoxCounty, Tenn.,April13, 1879.Republican.Lawyer;lawprofessor;justice ofDistrict of Columbia supreme court, 1930-36;U.S.District Judge for the District of Columbia, 1936-46; took seniorstatus 1946.Disciplesof Christ. Member,American BarAssociation;Freemasons;PhiAlpha Delta.Died inWashington,D.C.,March29, 1955 (age75 years, 350days).Interment atRockCreek Cemetery, Washington, D.C. | | Clarence Randolph Ahalt (1888-1962) — also known asClarence R. Ahalt — of Arlington,ArlingtonCounty, Va.; Leesburg,LoudounCounty, Va.Born in Rockville,MontgomeryCounty, Md.,May 28,1888.Republican.Lawyer;farmer;real estatedeveloper; Republican candidate for Presidential Elector forVirginia,1932;secretaryof Virginia Republican Party, 1933-35;VirginiaRepublican state chair, 1935-44; delegate to Republican NationalConvention from Virginia,1940,1944;vice-chairof Virginia Republican Party, 1944-48.Episcopalian.Member,Freemasons;Rotary.Died in Leesburg,LoudounCounty, Va.,October15, 1962 (age74 years, 140days).Interment atUnionCemetery, Leesburg, Va. | | John Striker Andrews (1919-2001) — also known asJohn S. Andrews — of Toledo,LucasCounty, Ohio.Born in Cincinnati,HamiltonCounty, Ohio,April25, 1919.Republican. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II;underwriter and manager, TravelersInsurance;director ofpublicrelations, Owens-Corning Fiberglass Corp.; delegate to RepublicanNational Convention from Ohio,1956(alternate),1960(alternate),1964,1972(delegation chair);chair ofLucas County Republican Party, 1958-66;OhioRepublican state chair, 1965-73; Republican Presidential Electorfor Ohio,1972(appointed to fill vacancy; voted forRichardM. Nixon andSpiroT. Agnew).Congregationalist.Member,Freemasons;ScottishRite Masons;Shriners;AmericanLegion;Jaycees.Died, of complications fromdiabetes,in Adamstown,FrederickCounty, Md.,February25, 2001 (age81 years, 306days).Interment atToledoMemorial Park, Sylvania, Ohio. | | Theodore Frank Appleby (1864-1924) — also known asT. Frank Appleby — of Asbury Park,MonmouthCounty, N.J.Born in Old Bridge,MiddlesexCounty, N.J.,October10, 1864.Republican.Realestate andinsurancebusiness; delegate to Republican National Convention from New Jersey,1896;mayorof Asbury Park, N.J., 1908-12;U.S.Representative from New Jersey 3rd District, 1921-23; defeated,1922.Methodist.Member,Freemasons.Died, ofhearttrouble, in Johns HopkinsHospital,Baltimore,Md.,December15, 1924 (age60 years, 66days).Interment atChestnutHill Cemetery, Old Bridge, N.J.  | Alexander Armstrong (1877-1939) — of Hagerstown,WashingtonCounty, Md.; Ruxton,BaltimoreCounty, Md.Born in Hagerstown,WashingtonCounty, Md.,June 28,1877.Republican.Lawyer;WashingtonCounty State's Attorney, 1908-12;Marylandstate attorney general, 1919-23; candidate forGovernor ofMaryland, 1923; delegate to Republican National Convention fromMaryland,1924(member,CredentialsCommittee); director, Potomac Edisonelectricutility, Chesapeake & PotomacTelephoneCo., Blue RidgeFireInsurance Co.Presbyterian.Member,American BarAssociation;PhiBeta Kappa;Sons ofthe American Revolution;Freemasons.Died, fromheartdisease, in Ruxton,BaltimoreCounty, Md.,November20, 1939 (age62 years, 145days).Interment atRoseHill Cemetery, Hagerstown, Md.| |  Relatives: Sonof Alexander Armstrong (1847-1905) and Elizabeth Key (Scott)Armstrong; married,January25, 1911, to Mary Rebekah Woods. | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial | | | | Image source: Baltimore Sun, September18, 1923 |
| | Joseph Morgan Armstrong (1867-1955) — also known asJoseph M. Armstrong — of Annapolis,AnneArundel County, Md.Born in Ellicott City,HowardCounty, Md.,October1, 1867.Republican.Architect;candidate formayorof Annapolis, Md., 1923; postmaster atAnnapolis,Md., 1926-34 (acting, 1926).Methodist.Member,Freemasons;Redmen.DiedNovember1, 1955 (age88 years, 31days).Interment atLoudonPark Cemetery, Baltimore, Md.| | Relatives: Sonof Samuel Edward Armstrong and Mary (Coleman) Armstrong; married1888 to MaryElizabeth Johnson. | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial |
 | William Baird (born c.1895) — of Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.Born in Eckhart Mines,AlleganyCounty, Md., about 1895.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; member ofMichiganstate house of representatives from Wayne County 1st District,1955-64; defeated in primary, 1950, 1952; candidate forMichiganstate senate 1st District, 1964.Presbyterian.Member,Freemasons.Burial location unknown.| | Relatives:Married,February2, 1922, to Mary H. Martin. | | | | Image source: Michigan Manual1957-58 |
| | | John Hollis Bankhead II (1872-1946) — also known asJohn H. Bankhead II — of Jasper,WalkerCounty, Ala.Born near Moscow (now Sulligent),LamarCounty, Ala.,July 8,1872.Democrat.Lawyer;member ofAlabamastate house of representatives, 1903; delegate to DemocraticNational Convention from Alabama,1928(alternate),1936,1940,1944(alternate;speaker);U.S.Senator from Alabama, 1931-46; died in office 1946; candidate forDemocratic nomination for Vice President,1944.Methodist.Member,Freemasons;Shriners.Died in theU.S.Naval Hospital, Bethesda,MontgomeryCounty, Md.,June 12,1946 (age73 years, 339days).Interment atOakHill Cemetery, Jasper, Ala. | | Birch Evans Bayh Jr. (1928-2019) — also known asBirch Bayh — of Terre Haute,VigoCounty, Ind.Born in Terre Haute,VigoCounty, Ind.,January22, 1928.Democrat.Farmer;lawyer;member ofIndianastate house of representatives, 1954-62;Speaker ofthe Indiana State House of Representatives, 1959-60;U.S.Senator from Indiana, 1963-81; defeated, 1980; delegate toDemocratic National Convention from Indiana,1964,1968(speaker);candidate for Democratic nomination for President,1976.Methodist.Member,American BarAssociation;IzaakWalton League;Jaycees;FarmBureau;Elks;Freemasons;AlphaTau Omega.Died in Easton,TalbotCounty, Md.,March14, 2019 (age91 years, 51days).Interment atArlingtonNational Cemetery, Arlington, Va. | | John Glenn Beall Jr. (1927-2006) — also known asJ. Glenn Beall, Jr. — of Frostburg,AlleganyCounty, Md.Born in Cumberland,AlleganyCounty, Md.,June 19,1927.Republican.Insurancebusiness; member ofMarylandstate house of delegates, 1963-68;U.S.Representative from Maryland 6th District, 1969-71;U.S.Senator from Maryland, 1971-77; defeated, 1976; delegate toRepublican National Convention from Maryland,1972;candidate forGovernor ofMaryland, 1978.Episcopalian.Member,Freemasons;Shriners.DiedMarch24, 2006 (age78 years, 278days).Interment atFrostburgMemorial Park, Frostburg, Md. | | Eugene Black (1879-1975) — of Clarksville,Red RiverCounty, Tex.Born near Blossom,LamarCounty, Tex.,July 2,1879.Democrat.Lawyer;wholesalegrocer;U.S.Representative from Texas 1st District, 1915-29.Methodist.Member,Freemasons.Died inWashington,D.C.,May 22,1975 (age95 years, 324days).Interment atCedarHill Cemetery, Suitland, Md.  | Hugo Lafayette Black (1886-1971) — also known asHugo L. Black — of Birmingham,JeffersonCounty, Ala.;Alexandria,Va.Born in Harlan,ClayCounty, Ala.,February27, 1886.Democrat.Lawyer;police court judge in Alabama, 1910-11;JeffersonCounty Prosecuting Attorney, 1915-17; served in the U.S. Armyduring World War I;U.S.Senator from Alabama, 1927-37; delegate to Democratic NationalConvention from Alabama,1936;AssociateJustice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1937-71; took senior status 1971.Baptist.Member,Freemasons;Knightsof Pythias;OddFellows;Ku Klux Klan.Died, inBethesdaNaval Hospital, Bethesda,MontgomeryCounty, Md.,September25, 1971 (age85 years, 210days).Interment atArlingtonNational Cemetery, Arlington, Va.| | Relatives: Sonof William La Fayette Black and Martha Ardella (Toland) Black;married,February23, 1921, to Josephine Patterson Foster; married,September11, 1957, to Elizabeth Seay DeMeritte. | | | | The Hugo L. BlackU.S.Courthouse, inBirmingham,Alabama, isnamed forhim. | | | | Epitaph: "Here lies a goodman." | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —federaljudicial profile —Wikipediaarticle —NNDBdossier —Find-A-Gravememorial —ArlingtonNational Cemetery unofficial website | | | | Books about Hugo L. Black: Roger K.Newman,HugoBlack : A Biography — Howard Ball,HugoL. Black : Cold Steel Warrior — James F Simon,Theantagonists: Hugo Black, Felix Frankfurter and civil liberties inmodern America — Howard Ball & Phillip J. Cooper,OfPower and Right: Hugo Black, William O. Douglas, and America'sConstitutional Revolution | | | | Image source: Library ofCongress |
| | Thomas Holdsworth Blake (1792-1849) — also known asThomas H. Blake — of Terre Haute,VigoCounty, Ind.Born inCalvertCounty, Md.,June 14,1792.Lawyer;Presidential Elector for Indiana,1816;U.S.Attorney for Indiana, 1817-18; state court judge in Indiana,1818; member ofIndianastate house of representatives, 1819-20, 1823-24; member ofIndianastate senate, 1821-22, 1829-30;U.S.Representative from Indiana 1st District, 1827-29; Commissionerof the General Land Office, 1842-45.Episcopalian.Member,Freemasons.Died ofcholerain ahotel atCincinnati,HamiltonCounty, Ohio,November28, 1849 (age57 years, 167days).Interment atWoodlawnCemetery, Terre Haute, Ind. | | Sol Bloom (1870-1949) — of Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in Pekin,TazewellCounty, Ill.,March 9,1870.Democrat.Playproducer;entertainmentmanager;songwriter;furniturebusiness;real estatebusiness;U.S.Representative from New York, 1923-49 (19th District 1923-45,20th District 1945-49); died in office 1949; alternate delegate toDemocratic National Convention from New York,1944.Jewish. Member,Freemasons;Shriners;Elks;Moose;Redmen.Died, from aheartattack, in theU.S.Naval Hospital, Bethesda,MontgomeryCounty, Md.,March 7,1949 (age78 years, 363days).Interment atMt.Eden Cemetery, Westchester Hills, N.Y. | | Robert Jefferson Breckinridge (1800-1871) — Born near Lexington,FayetteCounty, Ky.,March 8,1800.Lawyer;member ofKentuckystate house of representatives, 1825-28;ordainedminister;president,Jefferson College (now Washington and Jefferson College), 1845-47;Kentuckysuperintendent of public instruction, 1849-53; candidate fordelegateto Kentucky state constitutional convention, 1849.Presbyterian.Member,Freemasons.Died in Danville,BoyleCounty, Ky.,December22, 1871 (age71 years, 289days).Interment atLexingtonCemetery, Lexington, Ky.| | Relatives: SonofJohnBreckinridge and Mary Hopkins (Cabell) Breckinridge; brother ofLetitia Preston Breckinridge (who marriedPeterBuell Porter andAlfredWilliam Grayson) andJosephCabell Breckinridge (1788-1823); married,March11, 1823, to Ann Sophronisba Preston; married,April 1,1847, to Virginia Hart Shelby; married,November5, 1868, to Margaret F. White; father ofRobertJefferson Breckinridge Jr. andWilliamCampbell Preston Breckinridge; uncle ofJohnCabell Breckinridge andPeterAugustus Porter (1827-1864); grandfather ofLevinIrving Handy,DeshaBreckinridge andHenrySkillman Breckinridge; grandnephew ofWilliamPreston andWilliamCabell; granduncle ofJosephCabell Breckinridge (1844-1906),CliftonRodes Breckinridge andPeterAugustus Porter (1853-1925); first cousin ofJamesDouglas Breckinridge andBenjaminWilliam Sheridan Cabell; first cousin once removed ofWilliamCabell Jr.,WilliamHenry Cabell,JamesPatton Preston,CarterHenry Harrison,WilliamLewis Cabell,GeorgeCraighead Cabell andJohnBreckinridge Castleman; first cousin twice removed ofBenjaminEarl Cabell andCarterHenry Harrison II; first cousin thrice removed ofEarleCabell; second cousin ofWilliamCampbell Preston,JamesMcDowell,FrederickMortimer Cabell,JohnBuchanan Floyd,JohnSmith Preston,GeorgeRogers Clark Floyd andEdwardCarrington Cabell; second cousin once removed ofJohnWilliam Leftwich. | | | | Political families:Cabell-Breckinridgefamily of Virginia;Breckinridge-Preston-Harrison-Richardsonfamily of Virginia (subsets of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial |
| | William Campbell Preston Breckinridge (1837-1904) — also known asWilliam C. P. Breckinridge — of Lexington,FayetteCounty, Ky.Born inBaltimore,Md.,August28, 1837.Democrat. Colonel in the Confederate Army during the Civil War;lawyer;delegate to Democratic National Convention from Kentucky,1876,1880;U.S.Representative from Kentucky 7th District, 1885-95; defeated(Gold Democratic), 1896.Member,Freemasons;KnightsTemplar.In 1894, he was successfully sued for breach of promise by aformermistress; he acknowledged the affair, affair, but thescandalended his political career.Slaveowner. Died, ofapoplexy,in Lexington,FayetteCounty, Ky.,November18, 1904 (age67 years, 82days).Interment atLexingtonCemetery, Lexington, Ky.| | Relatives: SonofRobertJefferson Breckinridge and Ann Sophonisba (Preston) Breckinridge;brother ofRobertJefferson Breckinridge Jr.; married,March17, 1859, to Lucretia Hart Clay (daughter ofThomasHart Clay); married,September19, 1861, to Issa Desha (granddaughter ofJosephHolmes Desha); married to Louisa Rucks (Scott) Wing; father ofDeshaBreckinridge; nephew ofJosephCabell Breckinridge (1788-1823),WilliamCampbell Preston andJohnSmith Preston; uncle ofLevinIrving Handy andHenrySkillman Breckinridge; grandson ofJohnBreckinridge andFrancisSmith Preston; grandnephew ofJamesPatton Preston; granduncle ofJohnBayne Breckinridge; great-grandson ofWilliamPreston andWilliamCampbell; great-grandnephew ofWilliamCabell andPatrickHenry; first cousin ofJohnCabell Breckinridge andPeterAugustus Porter (1827-1864); first cousin once removed ofJamesDouglas Breckinridge,BenjaminWilliam Sheridan Cabell,JamesMcDowell,JohnBuchanan Floyd,GeorgeRogers Clark Floyd,JosephCabell Breckinridge (1844-1906),CliftonRodes Breckinridge andPeterAugustus Porter (1853-1925); first cousin twice removed ofWilliamCabell Jr. andWilliamHenry Cabell; second cousin ofCarterHenry Harrison,WilliamLewis Cabell,GeorgeCraighead Cabell andJohnBreckinridge Castleman; second cousin once removed ofValentineWood Southall,FrederickMortimer Cabell,SamuelMeredith Garland (1802-1880),EdwardCarrington Cabell,BenjaminEarl Cabell andCarterHenry Harrison II; second cousin twice removed ofEarleCabell; third cousin ofJohnWilliam Leftwich andStephenValentine Southall; third cousin once removed ofSamuelMeredith Garland (1861-1945). | | | | Political families:Cabell-Breckinridgefamily of Virginia;Breckinridge-Preston-Harrison-Richardsonfamily of Virginia (subsets of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Find-A-Gravememorial |
| | Frederick Albert Britten (1871-1946) — also known asFrederick A. Britten;Fred A.Britten —of Chicago,CookCounty, Ill.Born in Chicago,CookCounty, Ill.,November18, 1871.Republican.Builder;U.S.Representative from Illinois 9th District, 1913-35; defeated,1934; delegate to Republican National Convention from Illinois,1936.Member,Freemasons. Died in Bethesda,MontgomeryCounty, Md.,May 4,1946 (age74 years, 167days).Originally entombed atAbbeyMausoleum (which no longer exists), Arlington, Va.; reintermentto unknown location. | | William Frederick Broening (1870-1953) — also known asWilliam F. Broening — ofBaltimore,Md.Born inBaltimore,Md.,June 2,1870.Republican.Lawyer;member ofMarylandstate house of delegates, 1902;mayorof Baltimore, Md., 1919-23, 1927-31; delegate to RepublicanNational Convention from Maryland,1920,1924,1928;candidate forGovernor ofMaryland, 1930.Lutheran.Member,Moose;Freemasons;OddFellows;Knightsof Pythias;Elks.DiedOctober12, 1953 (age83 years, 132days).Interment atWoodlawnCemetery, Woodlawn, Md. | | Thomas Overton Brooks (1897-1961) — also known asOverton Brooks — of Shreveport,CaddoParish, La.Born near Baton Rouge,East BatonRouge Parish, La.,December21, 1897.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I;lawyer;U.S.Representative from Louisiana 4th District, 1937-61; died inoffice 1961.Episcopalian.Member,AmericanLegion;Forty andEight;Veterans ofForeign Wars;Freemasons;Shriners;Elks;Kiwanis.Died in Bethesda,MontgomeryCounty, Md.,September16, 1961 (age63 years, 269days).Interment atForestPark East Cemetery, Shreveport, La.  | William S. Broomfield (1922-2019) — also known asBill Broomfield — of Royal Oak,OaklandCounty, Mich.; Bloomfield Township,OaklandCounty, Mich.; Birmingham,OaklandCounty, Mich.Born in Royal Oak,OaklandCounty, Mich.,April28, 1922.Republican. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II;real estatebusiness;insuranceunderwriter; member ofMichiganstate house of representatives from Oakland County 4th District,1949-54; member ofMichiganstate senate 12th District, 1955-56;U.S.Representative from Michigan, 1957-93 (18th District 1957-73,19th District 1973-83, 18th District 1983-93).Methodist;laterPresbyterian.Member,Freemasons;RoyalArch Masons;Shriners;OptimistClub;Lions;OddFellows;AmericanLegion;Elks.Died in Kensington,MontgomeryCounty, Md.,February20, 2019 (age96 years, 298days).Interment atWhiteChapel Memorial Park Cemetery, Troy, Mich. | | James Bruce (1892-1980) — of Eccleston,BaltimoreCounty, Md.; Finksburg,CarrollCounty, Md.Born inBaltimore,Md.,December23, 1892.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I;banker;vice-president, NationalDairyProducts Corp.; director, RepublicSteel Co.;director, Chicago, Rock Island, and PacificRailway;director, AmericanAirlines;delegate to Democratic National Convention from Maryland,1940(alternate),1952,1956;U.S. Ambassador toArgentina, 1947-49.Episcopalian.Member,AmericanLegion;Veterans ofForeign Wars;Freemasons;Shriners;Moose.DiedJuly 17,1980 (age87 years, 207days).Intermentsomewherein Baltimore, Md. | | Joseph Raleigh Bryson (1893-1953) — also known asJoseph R. Bryson — of Greenville,GreenvilleCounty, S.C.Born in Brevard,TransylvaniaCounty, N.C.,January18, 1893.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; member ofSouthCarolina state house of representatives from Greenville County,1921-24; member ofSouthCarolina state senate from Greenville County, 1929-32;U.S.Representative from South Carolina 4th District, 1939-53; died inoffice 1953.Baptist.Member,AmericanLegion;JuniorOrder;Redmen;Woodmen;Freemasons;Shriners;Lions.Died in thenavalhospital at Bethesda,MontgomeryCounty, Md.,March10, 1953 (age60 years, 51days).Interment atWoodlawnMemorial Park, Greenville, S.C. | | William Dean Burlison (1933-2019) — also known asWilliam D. Burlison;BillBurlison —of Cape Girardeau,CapeGirardeau County, Mo.; Odenton,AnneArundel County, Md.; Advance,StoddardCounty, Mo.Born in Wardell,PemiscotCounty, Mo.,March15, 1933.Democrat.CapeGirardeau County Prosecuting Attorney;U.S.Representative from Missouri 10th District, 1969-81; defeated,1980; candidate forMarylandstate house of delegates, 1986, 1990; candidate forMissouristate house of representatives, 2008, 2010, 2014.Baptist.Member,American BarAssociation;Freemasons;Kiwanis;Jaycees;Toastmasters;SigmaChi.Died in Wardell,PemiscotCounty, Mo.,March17, 2019 (age86 years, 2days).Interment atPleasant Grove Cemetery, Bell City, Mo. | | Goodloe Edgar Byron (1929-1978) — also known asGoodloe E. Byron — of Frederick,FrederickCounty, Md.Born in Williamsport,WashingtonCounty, Md.,June 22,1929.Democrat.Lawyer;FrederickCounty Attorney, 1959-62; member ofMarylandstate house of delegates, 1963-66; member ofMarylandstate senate District 2, 1967-70;U.S.Representative from Maryland 6th District, 1971-78; defeated,1968; died in office 1978.Episcopalian.Member,Freemasons;Shriners;Elks;Eagles;Redmen;OptimistClub;Ruritan;KappaAlpha Order.Died near Williamsport,WashingtonCounty, Md.,October11, 1978 (age49 years, 111days).Interment atAntietamNational Cemetery, Sharpsburg, Md. | | Albert Sidney Camp (1892-1954) — also known asA. Sidney Camp — of Newnan,CowetaCounty, Ga.Born near Moreland,CowetaCounty, Ga.,July 26,1892.Democrat.Lawyer;chair ofCoweta County Democratic Party, 1915-20; served in the U.S. Armyduring World War I; member ofGeorgiastate house of representatives from Coweta County, 1923; resigned1923; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Georgia,1924,1952;U.S.Representative from Georgia 4th District, 1939-54; died in office1954.Methodist.Member,AmericanLegion;Freemasons;Shriners;Kiwanis.Died in Bethesda,MontgomeryCounty, Md.,July 24,1954 (age61 years, 363days).Interment atOakHill Cemetery, Newnan, Ga. | | Daniel Carroll (1730-1796) — of Maryland. Born in Upper Marlboro,PrinceGeorge's County, Md.,July 22,1730.Member ofMarylandstate senate, 1781-90;Delegateto Continental Congress from Maryland, 1781-83;signer,Articles of Confederation, 1781;member,U.S. Constitutional Convention, 1787;U.S.Representative from Maryland at-large, 1789-91.Catholic.Member,Freemasons.Slaveowner. Died in Rock Creek,MontgomeryCounty, Md.,May 7,1796 (age65 years, 290days).Interment atSt.John's Catholic Cemetery, Forest Glen, Md. | | Thomas King Carroll (1793-1873) — of Maryland. Born inSomersetCounty, Md.,April29, 1793.Member ofMarylandstate house of delegates, 1816-17; state court judge in Maryland,1826-29;Governor ofMaryland, 1830-31.Episcopalian.Member,Freemasons.Died inDorchesterCounty, Md.,October3, 1873 (age80 years, 157days).Interment atOldTrinity Church Cemetery, Near Cambridge, Dorchester County, Md.  | Elbert Nostrand Carvel (1910-2005) — also known asElbert N. Carvel;"BigBert" —of Laurel,SussexCounty, Del.Born in Shelter Island,SuffolkCounty, N.Y.,February9, 1910.Democrat.Fertilizermanufacturer;LieutenantGovernor of Delaware, 1945-49;DelawareDemocratic state chair, 1946-47, 1955; delegate to DemocraticNational Convention from Delaware,1948,1952,1956,1960;Governorof Delaware, 1949-53, 1961-65; defeated, 1952; candidate forU.S.Senator from Delaware, 1958, 1964; Democratic candidate forPresidential Elector for Delaware,1972.Episcopalian.Member,Freemasons;Shriners;Lions;Grange;SigmaDelta Kappa;AlphaZeta.Died in Laurel,SussexCounty, Del.,February6, 2005 (age94 years, 363days).Intermentaprivate or family graveyard, Queen Anne's County, Md. | | | Francis Higbee Case (1896-1962) — also known asFrancis Case — of Custer,CusterCounty, S.Dak.Born in Everly,ClayCounty, Iowa,December9, 1896.Republican. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War I;newspapereditor and publisher;rancher;U.S.Representative from South Dakota 2nd District, 1937-51;U.S.Senator from South Dakota, 1951-62; died in office 1962; delegateto Republican National Convention from South Dakota,1956(member,ResolutionsCommittee;speaker).Methodist.Member,AmericanLegion;PiKappa Delta;SigmaDelta Chi;Freemasons;Acacia;Elks;Rotary.Died, in theBethesdaNaval Hospital, Bethesda,MontgomeryCounty, Md.,June 22,1962 (age65 years, 195days).Interment atMountainView Cemetery, Rapid City, S.Dak. | | Virgil Munday Chapman (1895-1951) — also known asVirgil Chapman — of Irvine,EstillCounty, Ky.; Paris,BourbonCounty, Ky.Born in Middleton,SimpsonCounty, Ky.,March15, 1895.Democrat.Lawyer;U.S.Representative from Kentucky, 1925-29, 1931-49 (7th District1925-29, 1931-33, at-large 1933-35, 6th District 1935-49); defeated,1928;U.S.Senator from Kentucky, 1949-51; died in office 1951.Disciplesof Christ. Member,American BarAssociation;AlphaDelta Sigma;PhiAlpha Delta;TauKappa Alpha;Order ofthe Coif;Freemasons;Shriners;OddFellows;Elks;Woodmen;Maccabees;Sonsof Confederate Veterans.Died, from injuries received in anautomobileaccident, inBethesdaNaval Hospital, Bethesda,MontgomeryCounty, Md.,March 8,1951 (age55 years, 358days).Interment atParisCemetery, Paris, Ky. | | Dennis Claude (1782-1863) — of Annapolis,AnneArundel County, Md.Born in1782.Member ofMarylandstate house of delegates, 1811-18, 1829-30; member ofMarylandstate senate, 1821-25, 1831-36; Presidential Elector forMaryland,1824;mayorof Annapolis, Md., 1828-37, 1853-54;Marylandstate treasurer, 1844-52, 1854-60;Marylandstate comptroller, 1861; appointed 1861.Member,Freemasons. DiedDecember9, 1863 (ageabout 81years).Interment atSt.Anne's Cemetery, Annapolis, Md. | | William Purrington Cole Jr. (1889-1957) — also known asWilliam P. Cole, Jr. — of Towson,BaltimoreCounty, Md.Born in Towson,BaltimoreCounty, Md.,May 11,1889.Democrat.Lawyer;served in the U.S. Army during World War I;U.S.Representative from Maryland 2nd District, 1927-29, 1931-43;Judgeof U.S. Customs Court, 1942-52;AssociateJudge of U.S. Court of Customs and Patent Appeals, 1952-57.Episcopalian.Member,American BarAssociation;Freemasons;Order of theEastern Star;OddFellows;JuniorOrder;PhiKappa Sigma.Died inBaltimore,Md.,September22, 1957 (age68 years, 134days).Interment atArlingtonNational Cemetery, Arlington, Va. | | Frank Melvin Conaway Jr. (b. 1963) — also known asFrank M. Conaway, Jr. — ofBaltimore,Md.Born inBaltimore,Md.,January4, 1963.Member ofMarylandstate house of delegates 40th District, 2007-.Christian.Africanancestry. Member,Freemasons.Still living as of 2010. | | George Whitney Cooke (b. 1856) — of Bowman's Creek,WyomingCounty, Pa.; Johnson City,WashingtonCounty, Tenn.Born inWyomingCounty, Pa.,October3, 1856.Engineer;surveyor;member ofPennsylvaniastate house of representatives, 1891.Englishancestry. Member,Freemasons.Died inWashington,D.C.Interment atCedarHill Cemetery, Suitland, Md.| | Relatives:Married to Emma Florence Clark. |
| | Jere Cooper (1893-1957) — of Dyersburg,DyerCounty, Tenn.Born near Dyersburg,DyerCounty, Tenn.,July 20,1893.Democrat.Lawyer;served in the U.S. Army during World War I;U.S.Representative from Tennessee, 1929-57 (9th District 1929-33, 8thDistrict 1933-43, 9th District 1943-53, 8th District 1953-57); diedin office 1957.Presbyterian.Member,AmericanLegion;Freemasons;KnightsTemplar;Shriners;KappaSigma;Maccabees.Died in Bethesda,MontgomeryCounty, Md.,December18, 1957 (age64 years, 151days).Interment atFairviewCemetery, Dyersburg, Tenn. | | John Gordon Cooper (1872-1955) — also known asJohn G. Cooper — of Youngstown,MahoningCounty, Ohio.Born in Staffordshire,England,April27, 1872.Republican.Locomotiveengineer; member ofOhiostate house of representatives, 1911-15;U.S.Representative from Ohio 19th District, 1915-37.Methodist.Member,Freemasons;Knightsof Pythias;OddFellows;Brotherhoodof Locomotive Engineers.Died in Hagerstown,WashingtonCounty, Md.,January7, 1955 (age82 years, 255days).Interment atLakePark Cemetery, Youngstown, Ohio.  | John Jacob Cornwell (1867-1953) — also known asJohn J. Cornwell — of Romney,HampshireCounty, W.Va.Born inRitchieCounty, W.Va.,July 11,1867.Democrat.Lawyer;owner and editor of The Hampshire Reviewnewspaper;financed and built Hampshire SouthernRailroad;president,Bank ofRomney; director and general counsel, Baltimore and OhioRailroad;delegate to Democratic National Convention from West Virginia,1896,1912(member,Platformand Resolutions Committee),1924(member,Platformand Resolutions Committee),1932,1940;member ofWestVirginia state senate, 1899-1906 (12th District 1899-1902, 15thDistrict 1903-06);Governor ofWest Virginia, 1917-21; defeated, 1904.Member,Freemasons;OddFellows;Elks.Died in Cumberland,AlleganyCounty, Md.,September8, 1953 (age86 years, 59days).Interment atIndianMound Cemetery, Romney, W.Va. | | Edward Eugene Cox (1880-1952) — also known asEdward E. Cox — of Camilla,MitchellCounty, Ga.Born near Camilla,MitchellCounty, Ga.,April 3,1880.Democrat.Lawyer;delegate to Democratic National Convention from Georgia,1908,1936,1952;superior court judge in Georgia, 1912-16;U.S.Representative from Georgia 2nd District, 1925-52; defeated,1916; died in office 1952.Baptist.Member,SigmaAlpha Epsilon;Freemasons;Knightsof Pythias;Elks.Died in Bethesda,MontgomeryCounty, Md.,December24, 1952 (age72 years, 265days).Interment atOakviewCemetery, Camilla, Ga. | | William J. Crowe Jr. (1925-2007) — of Virginia. Born in La Grange,OldhamCounty, Ky.,January2, 1925.Admiral, U.S. Navy; Chairman, U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff, 1985-89;U.S. Ambassador toGreat Britain, 1994-97.Member,Freemasons;Council onForeign Relations;TrilateralCommission;PhiGamma Delta.Died, inBethesdaNaval Hospital, Bethesda,MontgomeryCounty, Md.,October12, 2007 (age82 years, 283days).Burial location unknown. | | Warren N. Cuddy (b. 1886) — ofAnchorage,Alaska.Born in Abingdon,HarfordCounty, Md.,October11, 1886.Republican.Lawyer;U.S.Attorney for the 3rd District of Alaska Territory, 1928-33.Member,Freemasons. Burial location unknown.| | Relatives: Sonof George Lawson Cuddy and Sarah N. (James) Cuddy; married,August16, 1916, to Lucy Hon. |
| | James John Davis (1873-1947) — also known asJames J. Davis;"PuddlerJim" —of Elwood,MadisonCounty, Ind.; Pittsburgh,AlleghenyCounty, Pa.Born in Tredegar,Wales,October27, 1873.Republican.MadisonCounty Recorder, 1903-07;U.S.Secretary of Labor, 1921-30; resigned 1930; delegate toRepublican National Convention from Pennsylvania,1928,1936,1940(member,Committeeto Notify Presidential Nominee;speaker);U.S.Senator from Pennsylvania, 1930-45; defeated, 1944.Baptist.Welshancestry. Member,Moose;Veterans ofForeign Wars;Freemasons;Shriners;Grotto;OddFellows;Knightsof Pythias;Elks;Eagles;Foresters;Woodmen;Maccabees;DeltaSigma Phi.Died in ahospitalat Takoma Park,MontgomeryCounty, Md.,November22, 1947 (age74 years, 26days).Interment atUnionDale Cemetery, Pittsburgh, Pa. | | John Dickinson (1732-1808) — also known as"Penman of theRevolution" —of Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.; Wilmington,New CastleCounty, Del.Born near Trappe,TalbotCounty, Md.,November13, 1732.Planter;lawyer;Delegateto Continental Congress from Pennsylvania, 1774-76;Delegateto Continental Congress from Delaware, 1779; member ofDelawarestate legislative council from New Castle County, 1781;Presidentof Delaware, 1781-83;Presidentof Pennsylvania, 1782-85;member,U.S. Constitutional Convention, 1787; member ofDelawarestate senate from New Castle County, 1793.Quaker;laterEpiscopalian.Englishancestry. Member,Freemasons.Died in Wilmington,New CastleCounty, Del.,February14, 1808 (age75 years, 93days).Interment atFriendsBurial Ground, Wilmington, Del. | | Caleb Dorsey (1833-1896) — ofPikeCounty, Mo.;StanislausCounty, Calif.Born in Patapsco,AnneArundel County, Md.,September7, 1833.Colonel in the Confederate Army during the Civil War;livestockraiser;bankdirector; member ofCaliforniastate assembly 5th District, 1877-80.Member,Freemasons.Shotandkilled byhis mining partner, J. T. Newcomer, at Snell Mine, near Columbia,TuolumneCounty, Calif.,April21, 1896 (age62 years, 227days). Newcomer claimed self-defense, but was convicted of murderand sentenced to prison.Interment atStocktonRural Cemetery, Stockton, Calif. | | N. T. Downs (b. 1874) — of Mill Creek,RandolphCounty, W.Va.Born in Flintstone,AlleganyCounty, Md.,October26, 1874.Democrat.Railwayfreight and ticket agent;telegraphoperator; member ofWestVirginia state house of delegates from Randolph County, 1941-46.Protestant.Member,Freemasons;OddFellows;RoyalArcanum;Orderof Railroad Telegraphers.Burial location unknown.| | Relatives: Sonof William H. Downs and Elizabeth (Chisholm) Downs; married,June 14,1899, to Philomena Patterson. |
| | Joshua Fulton Ensor (1834-1907) — also known asJoshua F. Ensor — of Columbia,RichlandCounty, S.C.Born in Butler,BaltimoreCounty, Md.,December12, 1834.Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War;physician;farmer;candidate forU.S.Representative from South Carolina 4th District, 1890, 1892;postmaster atColumbia,S.C., 1897-1907; delegate to Republican National Convention fromSouth Carolina,1900.Presbyterian.Member,Freemasons;KnightsTemplar;Shriners;GrandArmy of the Republic.Died in Columbia,RichlandCounty, S.C.,August9, 1907 (age72 years, 240days).Interment atElmwoodCemetery, Columbia, S.C. | | Edmund Frederick Erk (1872-1953) — also known asEdmund F. Erk — of Pittsburgh,AlleghenyCounty, Pa.Born in Allegheny (now part of Pittsburgh),AlleghenyCounty, Pa.,April17, 1872.Republican. Clerk, Foreign Affairs Committee, U.S. House ofRepresentatives, 1919-30;U.S.Representative from Pennsylvania 32nd District, 1930-33.Member,Freemasons. Died in Bethesda,MontgomeryCounty, Md.,December14, 1953 (age81 years, 241days).Interment atSt.John's Cemetery, Pittsburgh, Pa. | | William L. Fitzgerald (b. 1872) — ofBaltimore,Md.Born in Jonesborough,WashingtonCounty, Tenn.,January14, 1872.Republican.Lawyer;delegate to Republican National Convention from Maryland,1924.AfricanMethodist Episcopal.Africanancestry. Member,Freemasons;Knightsof Pythias;OddFellows;Elks;AlphaPhi Alpha.Burial location unknown.| | Relatives: Sonof Joseph M. Fitzgerald and Mary A. (Ford) Fitzgerald; married,November26, 1913, to Lucille Wilson. |
 | Joseph Irwin France (1873-1939) — also known asJoseph I. France — of Port Deposit,CecilCounty, Md.Born in Cameron,ClintonCounty, Mo.,October11, 1873.Republican.Physician;member ofMarylandstate senate, 1905-09; delegate to Republican National Conventionfrom Maryland,1908;U.S.Senator from Maryland, 1917-23; defeated, 1922, 1934; candidatefor Republican nomination for President,1932.Presbyterian.Member,American MedicalAssociation;ThetaDelta Chi;Freemasons;Elks;Moose;UnionLeague.Died in Port Deposit,CecilCounty, Md.,January26, 1939 (age65 years, 107days).Interment atHopewellCemetery, Port Deposit, Md. | | Robert Elliott Freer (b. 1896) — also known asRobert E. Freer — of Cincinnati,HamiltonCounty, Ohio; Westmoreland Hills,MontgomeryCounty, Md.Born in Madisonville, Cincinnati,HamiltonCounty, Ohio,January30, 1896.Republican.Lawyer;served in the U.S. Army during World War I; member, Federal TradeCommission, 1935-48; chair, Federal Trade Commission, 1939, 1944,1948.Presbyterian.Member,Freemasons;American BarAssociation;FederalBar Association;Order ofthe Coif;Sons ofthe Revolution;PhiAlpha Delta.Burial location unknown.| | Relatives: Sonof Guy Metcalf Freer and May (Dunlap) Freer; married,October27, 1919, to Hazel Louise Davis; married,April12, 1925, to Olive Roberts. |
 | Ralph Abernethy Gamble (1885-1959) — also known asRalph A. Gamble — of Larchmont,WestchesterCounty, N.Y.; St. Michaels,TalbotCounty, Md.Born in Yankton,YanktonCounty, Dakota Territory (now S.Dak.),May 6,1885.Republican.Lawyer;member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from Westchester County 2nd District, 1931-37;U.S.Representative from New York, 1937-57 (25th District 1937-45,28th District 1945-53, 26th District 1953-57).Episcopalian.Member,Freemasons;PhiDelta Phi;Lions.Died in St. Michaels,TalbotCounty, Md.,March 4,1959 (age73 years, 302days).Interment atHopewellCemetery, Port Deposit, Md. | | | Leslie Coombs Garnett (1876-1958) — also known asLeslie C. Garnett — of Mathews,MathewsCounty, Va.; Chevy Chase,MontgomeryCounty, Md.;Washington,D.C.Born in Mathews,MathewsCounty, Va.,December15, 1876.Democrat.Lawyer;MathewsCounty Commonwealth Attorney, 1904-12; Democratic PresidentialElector for Virginia,1905;alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Virginia,1924;U.S.Attorney for the District of Columbia, 1934-37; delegate toDemocratic National Convention from District of Columbia,1936,1940.Member,PhiKappa Sigma;Freemasons.Died inWashington,D.C.,April13, 1958 (age81 years, 119days).Interment atHollywoodCemetery, Richmond, Va. | | Albert Horwell Gerberich (1898-1965) — also known asAlbert H. Gerberich — of Pennsylvania; Bethesda,MontgomeryCounty, Md.Born in Williamstown,DauphinCounty, Pa.,February23, 1898.Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; U.S. Vice Consul inPuerto Cortes, 1919-22;Bremerhaven, as of 1922-24; U.S. Consul inMaracaibo, 1924-25;collegeprofessor.Methodist.Member,Freemasons;PhiBeta Kappa.Died, in SibleyHospital,Washington,D.C.,April14, 1965 (age67 years, 50days).Interment atAtglenMethodist Cemetery, Atglen, Pa.| | Relatives: Sonof Albert Henry Gerberich and Martha Eleanor (Horwell) Gerberich;married,June 21,1934, to Gisela Margit Heim-Zimanyi. | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial |
| | Thomas Alan Goldsborough (1877-1951) — also known asT. Alan Goldsborough — of Denton,CarolineCounty, Md.Born in Greensboro,CarolineCounty, Md.,September16, 1877.Democrat.Lawyer;CarolineCounty State's Attorney, 1904-08;U.S.Representative from Maryland 1st District, 1921-39;Judgeof U.S. District Court, 1939-41.Episcopalian.Member,Freemasons.Died inWashington,D.C.,June 16,1951 (age73 years, 273days).Interment atDentonCemetery, Denton, Md. | | Henry N. Gorrell (b. 1893) — of Berkeley Springs,MorganCounty, W.Va.Born in Darlington,HarfordCounty, Md.,November1, 1893.Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I;merchant;member ofWestVirginia state house of delegates from Morgan County, 1941-42.Presbyterian.Member,Freemasons;Kiwanis;AmericanLegion.Burial location unknown.| | Relatives: Sonof Albert N. Gorrell and Sallie (Whiteford) Gorrell; married,September25, 1924, to Virginia E. Johnson. |
| | Thomas Edward Green (1857-1940) — also known asThomas E. Green — of Cedar Rapids,LinnCounty, Iowa.Born in Harrisville,ButlerCounty, Pa.,December27, 1857.Democrat.Rector,Grace Episcopal Church, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, 1888-1903;offered prayer, Democratic National Convention,1892.Episcopalian.Member,AmericanHistorical Association;Freemasons;KnightsTemplar;Rotary;Sonsof the Revolution;Sons ofthe War of 1812;Pi GammaMu.Died, in Takoma ParkHospital,Takoma Park,MontgomeryCounty, Md.,January24, 1940 (age82 years, 28days).Interment atRockCreek Cemetery, Washington, D.C.| | Relatives: Sonof John Moore Green and Martha (McCreary) Green; married1880 to LauraElizabeth Johnson. | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial |
| | Dwight Palmer Griswold (1893-1954) — also known asDwight P. Griswold — of Gordon,SheridanCounty, Neb.; Scottsbluff,ScottsBluff County, Neb.Born in Harrison,SiouxCounty, Neb.,November27, 1893.Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I;banker;newspapereditor; member ofNebraskastate house of representatives, 1921-23; member ofNebraskastate senate, 1925-29;Governor ofNebraska, 1941-47; defeated, 1932, 1934;U.S.Senator from Nebraska, 1952-54; died in office 1954.Presbyterian.Member,AlphaTau Omega;AmericanLegion;Freemasons;Shriners.Died, inBethesdaNaval Hospital, Bethesda,MontgomeryCounty, Md.,April12, 1954 (age60 years, 136days).Interment atFairviewCemetery, Scottsbluff, Neb. | | Ulysses Samuel Guyer (1868-1943) — also known asU. S. Guyer — of Kansas City,WyandotteCounty, Kan.Born near Pawpaw,LeeCounty, Ill.,December13, 1868.Republican.Schoolprincipal;superintendentof schools;lawyer;mayorof Kansas City, Kan., 1909-10;U.S.Representative from Kansas 2nd District, 1924-25, 1927-43;defeated, 1911; died in office 1943.Congregationalist.Member,Freemasons;OddFellows;Knightsof Pythias;Woodmen.Died in Bethesda,MontgomeryCounty, Md.,June 5,1943 (age74 years, 174days).Interment atFairviewCemetery, St. John, Kan. | | Samuel Levin Hall (1797-1862) — also known asSamuel Hall — of Indiana. Born inSomersetCounty, Md.,June 1,1797.Lawyer;member ofIndianastate house of representatives, 1829-31, 1845-46; circuit judgein Indiana, 1832-35;LieutenantGovernor of Indiana, 1840-43;delegateto Indiana state constitutional convention, 1850-51; candidateforU.S.Representative from Indiana, 1854.Presbyterian.Member,Freemasons.Died in Princeton,GibsonCounty, Ind.,May 11,1862 (age64 years, 344days).Interment atWarnockCemetery, Princeton, Ind. | | Samuel Lawrence Hammerman (1891-1965) — also known asS. Lawrence Hammerman — ofBaltimore,Md.Born in Kings Park,SuffolkCounty, Long Island, N.Y.,March18, 1891.Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Maryland,1940,1944(alternate),1948.Jewish. Member,Elks;Freemasons;Shriners.Died in January,1965(age73years, 0 days).Burial location unknown.| | Relatives: Sonof Solomon Hammerman and Amelia (Ornstein) Hammerman; married1918 to EstherBorstein. |
| | David Garfield Harry (1880-1955) — also known asDavid G. Harry — of Pylesville,HarfordCounty, Md.Born in Pylesville,HarfordCounty, Md.,June 11,1880.Republican.Farmer;insuranceexecutive; member ofMarylandstate senate, 1924-47; delegate to Republican National Conventionfrom Maryland,1940(member,CredentialsCommittee); candidate forU.S.Representative from Maryland 2nd District, 1946.Quaker. Member,Grange;Freemasons.Died inYorkCounty, Pa.,December12, 1955 (age75 years, 184days).Interment atFawn Grove Friends Cemetery, Fawn Grove, Pa.  | Daniel Oren Hastings (1874-1966) — also known asDaniel O. Hastings — of Wilmington,New CastleCounty, Del.; Centerville,New CastleCounty, Del.Born near Princess Anne,SomersetCounty, Md.,March 5,1874.Republican.Lawyer;secretaryof state of Delaware, 1909; appointed 1909; resigned 1909;justice ofDelaware state supreme court, 1909-11; appointed 1909; resigned1911; delegate to Republican National Convention from Delaware,1920(alternate),1928(alternate),1932,1936,1944(alternate),1952;member, Credentials Committee,1928,1952;speaker,1928;member, Resolutions Committee,1936;member, Arrangements Committee,1940;U.S.Senator from Delaware, 1928-37; appointed 1928; defeated, 1936;member ofRepublicanNational Committee from Delaware, 1937-40.Methodist.Member,Freemasons.Died in Wilmington,New CastleCounty, Del.,May 9,1966 (age92 years, 65days).Interment atLowerBrandywine Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Owls Nest, Del. | | Augustus Freeman Hawkins (1907-2007) — also known asAugustus F. Hawkins;GusHawkins —of Los Angeles,LosAngeles County, Calif.Born in Shreveport,CaddoParish, La.,August31, 1907.Democrat. Member ofCaliforniastate assembly, 1935-62; delegate to Democratic NationalConvention from California,1940,1944,1960,1964,1988;Democratic Presidential Elector for California,1944(voted forFranklinD. Roosevelt andHarryS. Truman);U.S.Representative from California, 1963-91 (21st District 1963-75,29th District 1975-91).Methodist.Africanancestry. Member,Freemasons.Died, in SuburbanHospital,Bethesda,MontgomeryCounty, Md.,November10, 2007 (age100 years,71 days).Burial location unknown. | | Lawrence Brooks Hays (1898-1981) — also known asBrooks Hays — of Little Rock,PulaskiCounty, Ark.; North Carolina; Chevy Chase,MontgomeryCounty, Md.Born in London,PopeCounty, Ark.,August9, 1898.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I;lawyer;member ofDemocraticNational Committee from Arkansas, 1932-39;U.S.Representative from Arkansas 5th District, 1943-59; defeated,1958; member, Commission on Intergovernmental Relations, 1953-55;delegate to Democratic National Convention from Arkansas,1956;candidate forU.S.Representative from North Carolina 5th District, 1972.Baptist.Member,SigmaChi;PhiAlpha Delta;TauKappa Alpha;Freemasons;Lions;American BarAssociation.Died in Chevy Chase,MontgomeryCounty, Md.,October11, 1981 (age83 years, 63days).Interment atOaklandCemetery, Russellville, Ark. | | Doda Hearn (1886-1942) — also known asJoseph Edward Hearn — of Delmar,WicomicoCounty, Md.Born in1886.Clothingmerchant; member ofMarylandstate house of delegates, 1929;servicestation operator.Member,Freemasons. Suffered astroke,was incapacitated, and died the following month,September27, 1942 (ageabout 56years).Interment atSt. Stephen's Cemetery, Delmar, Md.| | Relatives: Sonof Thomas Edward Hearn and Josephine Hearn; married to Iva PearlWest. |
| | Samuel Billingsley Hill (1875-1958) — also known asSamuel B. Hill;Sam B. Hill — of Waterville,DouglasCounty, Wash.Born in Franklin,IzardCounty, Ark.,April 2,1875.Democrat.Lawyer;DouglasCounty Prosecuting Attorney, 1907-11; superior court judge inWashington, 1917-23;U.S.Representative from Washington 5th District, 1923-36; defeated,1922; judge, U.S. Board of Tax Appeals (Tax Court), 1936-53.Presbyterian.Member,Freemasons.Died in Bethesda,MontgomeryCounty, Md.,March16, 1958 (age82 years, 348days).Interment atRockCreek Cemetery, Washington, D.C. | | John Eager Howard (1752-1827) — also known as"Hero of Cowpens" — of Maryland. Born inBaltimoreCounty, Md.,June 4,1752.Colonel in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War;Delegateto Continental Congress from Maryland, 1787-88;Governor ofMaryland, 1788-91; member ofMarylandstate senate, 1791-94; Presidential Elector for Maryland,1792(voted forGeorgeWashington andJohnAdams);U.S.Senator from Maryland, 1796-1803; received 22 electoral votes forVice-President,1816.Episcopalian.Member,Freemasons.Slaveowner. Died inBaltimore,Md.,October12, 1827 (age75 years, 130days).Entombed atOldSt. Paul's Cemetery, Baltimore, Md.; statue erected 1904 atWashingtonPlace, Baltimore, Md.  | John Hubner (1840-1920) — ofBaltimore,Md.; Catonsville,BaltimoreCounty, Md.Born in Lonnerstadt, Bavaria,Germany,December26, 1840.Democrat. Naturalized U.S. citizen;brickmanufacturer;real estatedeveloper;bankdirector; member ofMarylandstate house of delegates, 1887-92;Speaker ofthe Maryland State House of Delegates, 1891-92; member ofMarylandstate senate, 1893-96, 1901-04.Lutheran.Germanancestry. Member,Freemasons.Died inBaltimore,Md.,September8, 1920 (age79 years, 257days).Burial location unknown.| | Relatives: Sonof Michael Hubner and Mary Hubner; married1863 to MaryAnn Harken; grandfather ofJohnHubner II. | | | | Political families:FourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | Image source: Men of Mark in Maryland(1912) |
| | | Jerome Klahr Huddle (1891-1959) — also known asJ. Klahr Huddle — of Fort Recovery,MercerCounty, Ohio;Washington,D.C.Born in Bettsville,SenecaCounty, Ohio,March25, 1891.Foreign Service officer; U.S. Consul inCologne, 1926-30; U.S. Consul General inWarsaw, 1930-35; U.S. Ambassador toBurma, 1947-50.Member,Freemasons. Died, from acerebralhemorrhage, inWashington,D.C.,March16, 1959 (age67 years, 356days).Interment atCedarHill Cemetery, Suitland, Md. | | Richard Howard Ichord II (1926-1992) — also known asRichard H. Ichord;DickIchord —of Houston,TexasCounty, Mo.; Tantallon,PrinceGeorge's County, Md.Born in Licking,TexasCounty, Mo.,June 27,1926.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II;collegeinstructor;lawyer;member ofMissouristate house of representatives from Texas County, 1953-60;Speaker ofthe Missouri State House of Representatives, 1959-60;U.S.Representative from Missouri 8th District, 1961-81; delegate toDemocratic National Convention from Missouri,1968.Baptist.Member,Veterans ofForeign Wars;AmericanLegion;Freemasons;Lions;OddFellows;PhiEta Sigma;DeltaSigma Pi;AlphaPi Zeta;BetaGamma Sigma;PhiDelta Phi.Suffered aheartattack, and died one week later, in ahospitalat Houston,TexasCounty, Mo.,December25, 1992 (age66 years, 181days).Interment atPineLawn Cemetery, Houston, Mo. | | William Purnell Jackson (1868-1939) — also known asWilliam P. Jackson — of Salisbury,WicomicoCounty, Md.Born in Salisbury,WicomicoCounty, Md.,January11, 1868.Republican.Lumbermanufacturer;banker;delegate to Republican National Convention from Maryland,1908;member ofRepublicanNational Committee from Maryland, 1908-32;U.S.Senator from Maryland, 1912-14;Marylandstate treasurer, 1918-20.Methodist.Member,Freemasons;KnightsTemplar.Died in Salisbury,WicomicoCounty, Md.,March 7,1939 (age71 years, 55days).Interment atParsonsCemetery, Salisbury, Md. | | William Darius Jamieson (1873-1949) — also known asWilliam D. Jamieson — of Shenandoah,PageCounty, Iowa.Born near Wapello,LouisaCounty, Iowa,November9, 1873.Democrat.Newspapereditor; member ofIowastate senate, 1907-08; resigned 1908;U.S.Representative from Iowa 8th District, 1909-11; postmaster atShenandoah,Iowa, 1915-16; delegate to Democratic National Convention fromIowa,1920;lawyer.Member,Freemasons;Elks;Knightsof Pythias.Died inWashington,D.C.,November18, 1949 (age76 years, 9days).Interment atFortLincoln Cemetery, Brentwood, Md. | | Abram Lingan Jarrett (1808-1894) — also known asA. Lingan Jarrett — Born inHarfordCounty, Md.,1808.Lawyer;HarfordCounty Circuit Court Clerk, 1851-58, 1867-91;Marylandstate comptroller, 1861-62.Member,Freemasons. Died in Bel Air,HarfordCounty, Md.,February18, 1894 (ageabout 85years).Burial location unknown.| | Relatives: Sonof Abraham Jarrett and Elizabeth Dallam (Stump) Jarrett; married toMary Ann E. Jones. |
| | Daniel of St. Thomas Jenifer (1723-1790) — of Maryland. Born inCharlesCounty, Md.,1723.Member ofMarylandstate senate, 1777-81;Delegateto Continental Congress from Maryland, 1778-82; candidate forGovernor ofMaryland, 1782, 1785;member,U.S. Constitutional Convention, 1787.Episcopalian.Member,Freemasons.Died in Annapolis,AnneArundel County, Md.,November16, 1790 (ageabout 67years).Intermentaprivate or family graveyard, Charles County, Md.  | Hiram Warren Johnson (1866-1945) — also known asHiram W. Johnson — ofSanFrancisco, Calif.Born in Sacramento,SacramentoCounty, Calif.,September2, 1866.Lawyer;Governorof California, 1911-17; delegate to Republican NationalConvention from California,1912,1920(alternate); Progressive candidate forVicePresident of the United States, 1912;U.S.Senator from California, 1917-45; died in office 1945; candidatefor Republican nomination for President,1920,1924.Episcopalian.Member,NativeSons of the Golden West;Freemasons;KnightsTemplar.Died, at theBethesdaNaval Hospital, Bethesda,MontgomeryCounty, Md.,August6, 1945 (age78 years, 338days).Interment atCypressLawn Memorial Park, Colma, Calif. | | Robert Franklin Jones (1907-1968) — also known asRobert F. Jones — of Lima,AllenCounty, Ohio; Silver Spring,MontgomeryCounty, Md.Born in Cairo,AllenCounty, Ohio,June 25,1907.Republican.Lawyer;AllenCounty Prosecuting Attorney, 1935-39;U.S.Representative from Ohio 4th District, 1939-47; member, FederalCommunications Commission, 1947-52.Methodist;laterBaptist.Member,DeltaSigma Phi;American BarAssociation;Freemasons;ScottishRite Masons.DiedJune 22,1968 (age60 years, 363days).Interment atLimaMemorial Park Cemetery, Lima, Ohio.  | Spencer Cone Jones (1836-1915) — also known asSpencer C. Jones — of Rockville,MontgomeryCounty, Md.Born in Rockville,MontgomeryCounty, Md.,July 3,1836.Lawyer;served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War;MontgomeryCounty State's Attorney, 1872-79;Marylandstate treasurer, 1892-96;mayorof Rockville, Md., 1898-1901; member ofMarylandstate senate, 1901-05.Member,Freemasons;Knightsof Pythias.Died in New Orleans,OrleansParish, La.,April 1,1915 (age78 years, 272days).Burial location unknown.| | Relatives: Sonof Joseph H. Jones and Elizabeth (Clagett) Jones; married,December21, 1871, to Ellen Brewer. | | | | See alsoWikipediaarticle | | | | Image source: Baltimore Sun, September17, 1903 |
| | | Walter Henry Judd (1898-1994) — also known asWalter H. Judd — of Minneapolis,HennepinCounty, Minn.Born in Rising City,ButlerCounty, Neb.,September25, 1898.Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I;physician;U.S.Representative from Minnesota 5th District, 1943-63; delegate toRepublican National Convention from Minnesota,1948(alternate),1952(alternate;speaker),1956(HonoraryVice-President;speaker),1960,1964.Congregationalist.Member,Freemasons;Shriners;PhiBeta Kappa;AmericanLegion.Received thePresidentialMedal of Freedom in 1981.Died in Mitchellville,PrinceGeorge's County, Md.,February13, 1994 (age95 years, 141days).Interment atBlueValley Cemetery, Surprise, Neb. | | Russell Watson Keeney (1897-1958) — also known asRussell W. Keeney — of Wheaton,DuPageCounty, Ill.Born in Pittsfield,PikeCounty, Ill.,December29, 1897.Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I;lawyer; lawassociate of U.S. Rep.ChaunceyW. Reed; county judge in Illinois, 1940-50; circuit judge inIllinois, 1953-56;U.S.Representative from Illinois 14th District, 1957-58; died inoffice 1958.Member,AmericanLegion;Forty andEight;Freemasons;OddFellows;Moose;American BarAssociation.Died in Bethesda,MontgomeryCounty, Md.,January11, 1958 (age60 years, 13days).Interment atNapervilleProtestant Cemetery, Naperville, Ill. | | Carey Estes Kefauver (1903-1963) — also known asEstes Kefauver — of Chattanooga,HamiltonCounty, Tenn.Born near Madisonville,MonroeCounty, Tenn.,July 26,1903.Democrat.Lawyer;U.S.Representative from Tennessee 3rd District, 1939-49; delegate toDemocratic National Convention from Tennessee,1944(alternate;speaker),1952;U.S.Senator from Tennessee, 1949-63; died in office 1963; candidatefor Democratic nomination for President,1952,1956;candidate forVicePresident of the United States, 1956.Baptist.Member,Freemasons;Lions;American BarAssociation;Rotary;Americansfor Democratic Action;AmericanPolitical Science Association;KappaSigma;PhiDelta Phi.Died, from arupturedabdominal aortic aneurysm, atBethesdaNaval Hospital, Bethesda,MontgomeryCounty, Md.,August10, 1963 (age60 years, 15days).Intermentaprivate or family graveyard, Monroe County, Tenn.| | Relatives: Sonof Robert Cooke Kefauver and Phredonia Bradford (Estes) Kefauver;married,August8, 1935, to Nancy Patterson Pigott; first cousin once removed ofJosephWingate Folk; second cousin thrice removed ofMontgomeryBlair andFrancisPreston Blair Jr.; third cousin twice removed ofJamesLawrence Blair,FrancisPreston Blair Lee andGistBlair; fourth cousin once removed ofEdwardBrooke Lee. | | | | Political families:FourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | The Estes KefauverFederalBuilding, inNashville,Tennessee, isnamed forhim. | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Wikipedia article —NNDBdossier —Internet Movie Databaseprofile —Find-A-Gravememorial | | | | Books about Estes Kefauver: HughBrogan,AllHonorable Men : Huey Long, Robert Moses, Estes Kefauver, Richard J.Daley — Joseph Bruce Gorman,Kefauver:A Political Biography |
| | Jack French Kemp (1935-2009) — also known asJack Kemp — of Buffalo,ErieCounty, N.Y.; Hamburg,ErieCounty, N.Y.Born in Los Angeles,Los AngelesCounty, Calif.,July 13,1935.Republican. Professionalfootballplayer, National and American Football Leagues, 1957-70;cofounderandpresident,American Football League Players Association;U.S.Representative from New York, 1971-89 (39th District 1971-73,38th District 1973-83, 31st District 1983-89); candidate forRepublican nomination for President,1988;U.S.Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, 1989-93; candidateforVicePresident of the United States, 1996.Presbyterian.Member,Freemasons;AlphaTau Omega.Died, ofcancer,in Bethesda,MontgomeryCounty, Md.,May 2,2009 (age73 years, 293days).Burial location unknown. | | Edward Gardiner Latch (1901-1993) — also known asEdward G. Latch — ofWashington,D.C.; Gaithersburg,MontgomeryCounty, Md.Born in Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,January14, 1901.Minister;offered prayer, Republican National Convention,1960 ; chaplain of the U.S. House of Representatives, 1966-78.Methodist.Member,Freemasons;Rotary.In 1971, he officiated at the marriage of PresidentRichardNixon's daughter Patricia, to Edward Cox, in the White House.Died in Gaithersburg,MontgomeryCounty, Md.,April 9,1993 (age92 years, 85days).Interment atFlint Hill Cemetery, Oakton, Va. | | Loren H. Laughlin (1896-1966) — of Beatrice,GageCounty, Neb.; Lincoln,LancasterCounty, Neb.Born in Mt. Ayr,RinggoldCounty, Iowa,August13, 1896.Republican.Lawyer;served in the U.S. Army during World War I; member ofNebraskastate senate 16th District, 1925-29; delegate to RepublicanNational Convention from Nebraska,1928,1936;candidate forU.S.Representative from Nebraska 1st District, 1940; served in theU.S. Army Air Force in World War II; senior claims commissioner,Manila, Philippines, 1947-48; hearing examiner, Federal TradeCommission, 1953-66.Scotch-IrishandGermanancestry. Member,American BarAssociation;AmericanLegion;Forty andEight;Veterans ofForeign Wars;ModernWoodmen of America;Knightsof Pythias;Freemasons;Shriners;SigmaAlpha Epsilon.Died in Chevy Chase,MontgomeryCounty, Md.,June 21,1966 (age69 years, 312days).Interment atArlingtonNational Cemetery, Arlington, Va. | | Glenard Paul Lipscomb (1915-1970) — also known asGlenard P. Lipscomb — of Los Angeles,LosAngeles County, Calif.Born in Jackson,JacksonCounty, Mich.,August19, 1915.Republican.Accountant;served in the U.S. Army during World War II; member ofCaliforniastate assembly, 1947-53;U.S.Representative from California 24th District, 1953-70; died inoffice 1970; delegate to Republican National Convention fromCalifornia,1956,1960(member,ResolutionsCommittee).Baptist.Member,AmericanLegion;Freemasons;Kiwanis;Elks.Died, ofintestinalcancer, atBethesdaNaval Hospital, Bethesda,MontgomeryCounty, Md.,February1, 1970 (age54 years, 166days).Interment atForestLawn Memorial Park - Hollywood Hills, Los Angeles, Calif. | | George Shannon Long (1883-1958) — also known asGeorge S. Long — of Oklahoma; Monroe,OuachitaParish, La.; Pineville,RapidesParish, La.Born in alogcabin, Tunica,WinnParish, La.,September11, 1883.Democrat.Dentist;lawyer;member ofOklahomastate house of representatives, 1920-22; delegate to DemocraticNational Convention from Louisiana,1948;U.S.Representative from Louisiana 8th District, 1953-58; died inoffice 1958.Member,Freemasons. Died in theBethesdaNaval Hospital, Bethesda,MontgomeryCounty, Md.,March22, 1958 (age74 years, 192days).Interment atGreenwoodMemorial Park, Pineville, La. | | Harold Orrin Lovre (1904-1972) — also known asHarold O. Lovre — of Hayti,HamlinCounty, S.Dak.; Watertown,CodingtonCounty, S.Dak.Born in Toronto,DeuelCounty, S.Dak.,January30, 1904.Republican.Lawyer;member ofSouthDakota state senate 14th District, 1941-44;U.S.Representative from South Dakota 1st District, 1949-57; alternatedelegate to Republican National Convention from South Dakota,1956.Member,LambdaChi Alpha;PhiDelta Phi;Freemasons;Elks.Died in Silver Spring,MontgomeryCounty, Md.,January17, 1972 (age67 years, 352days).Interment atParklawnCemetery, Rockville, Md.  | Ernest Lyon (1860-1938) — of New Orleans,OrleansParish, La.; New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.;Baltimore,Md.Born in Belize City,Belize,October22, 1860.Republican.Minister;U.S. Minister toLiberia, 1903-10; U.S. Consul General inMonrovia, 1903-10;Consul-Generalfor Liberia inWashington,D.C., 1911-13.Methodist.Africanancestry. Member,AmericanAcademy of Political and Social Science;Freemasons.Died in1938(ageabout77 years).Burial location unknown.| | Relatives: Sonof Emmanuel Lyon and Ann F. (Bending) Lyon; married to MarieWright. | | | | See alsoU.S. State Dept career summary | | | | Image source: New York PublicLibrary |
| | | Darrell A. Malone (1908-1974) — of Philippi,BarbourCounty, W.Va.; Oakland,GarrettCounty, Md.Born in Mt. Clare,HarrisonCounty, W.Va.,July 9,1908.Republican.Schoolteacher; member ofWestVirginia state house of delegates from Barbour County, 1947-48;defeated, 1948, 1950.Baptist.Member,Freemasons.Died in April,1974(age65years, 0 days).Burial location unknown. | | Joseph Jefferson Mansfield (1861-1947) — also known asJoseph J. Mansfield — of Eagle Lake,ColoradoCounty, Tex.; Columbus,ColoradoCounty, Tex.Born in Wayne,WayneCounty, Va. (now W.Va.),February9, 1861.Democrat.Lawyer;ColoradoCounty Attorney, 1892-96;ColoradoCounty Judge, 1896-1916;U.S.Representative from Texas 9th District, 1917-47; died in office1947.Episcopalian.Member,Freemasons.Died in Bethesda,MontgomeryCounty, Md.,July 12,1947 (age86 years, 153days).Interment atMasonicCemetery, Eagle Lake, Tex. | | David John Markey (b. 1882) — also known asD. John Markey — of Frederick,FrederickCounty, Md.; Walkersville,FrederickCounty, Md.Born in Frederick,FrederickCounty, Md.,October7, 1882.Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War;major in the U.S. Army during World War I; alternate delegate toRepublican National Convention from Maryland,1928;candidate forU.S.Senator from Maryland, 1946.ChristianReformed. Member,AmericanLegion;Freemasons.Interment atArlingtonNational Cemetery, Arlington, Va. | | Thurgood Marshall (1908-1993) — also known asThoroughgood Marshall — of Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born inBaltimore,Md.,July 2,1908.Judgeof U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit, 1961-65; resigned1965; U.S. Solicitor General, 1965-67;AssociateJustice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1967-91; took senior status 1991.Episcopalian.Africanancestry. Member,Freemasons;NAACP;NationalBar Association;AlphaPhi Alpha;American CivilLiberties Union.ReceivedSpingarnMedal in 1946FirstAfrican-American Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court.Died, from aheartattack, in theNationalNaval Medical Center, Bethesda,MontgomeryCounty, Md.,January24, 1993 (age84 years, 206days).Interment atArlingtonNational Cemetery, Arlington, Va.; memorial monument atLawyers'Mall, Annapolis, Md.| | Relatives:Married,September4, 1929, to Vivien Burey; married,December17, 1955, toCeciliaSuyat; father ofThurgoodMarshall Jr.. | | | | Political family:Marshallfamily of New York City, New York. | | | | Cross-reference:WilliamCurtis Bryson | | | | See alsofederaljudicial profile —Wikipediaarticle —NNDBdossier —Internet Movie Databaseprofile —Find-A-Gravememorial —BiographicalDirectory of Federal Judges —ArlingtonNational Cemetery unofficial website | | | | Books about Thurgood Marshall: JuanWilliams,ThurgoodMarshall : American Revolutionary — Randall W. Bland,JusticeThurgood Marshall, Crusader for Liberalism : His JudicialBiography — Mark V. Tushnet,MakingConstitutional Law: Thurgood Marshall and the Supreme Court,1961-1991 — Mark V. Tushnet,MakingCivil Rights Law: Thurgood Marshall and the Supreme Court,1936-1961 — Gilbert King,Devilin the Grove: Thurgood Marshall, the Groveland Boys, and the Dawn ofa New America |
| | James McHenry (1753-1816) — of Maryland. Born in Ballymena, County Antrim, Ireland (nowNorthernIreland),November16, 1753.Major in Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; member ofMarylandstate senate, 1781-85, 1791-95;Delegateto Continental Congress from Maryland, 1783-85;member,U.S. Constitutional Convention, 1787; member ofMarylandstate house of delegates, 1788-89;U.S.Secretary of War, 1796-1800.Presbyterian.Scotch-Irishancestry. Member,Freemasons.Died near Baltimore (unknowncounty), Md.,May 3,1816 (age62 years, 169days).Interment atWestminsterBurying Ground, Baltimore, Md. | | William Augustus McKellip (1835-1904) — also known asWilliam A. McKellip — of Westminster,CarrollCounty, Md.Born in Taneytown,CarrollCounty, Md.,December25, 1835.Republican.Lawyer;colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War;CarrollCounty Circuit Court Clerk, 1864-67; candidate forMarylandstate comptroller, 1869; U.S. Consul inMagdeburg, 1902-04, died in office 1904.Methodist.Member,Freemasons;Knightsof Pythias;GrandArmy of the Republic.Died, from astroke ofapoplexy, in Magdeburg,Germany,April3, 1904 (age68 years, 100days).Interment atWestminsterCemetery, Westminster, Md. | | John Francis Mercer (1759-1821) — ofAnneArundel County, Md.Born inStaffordCounty, Va.,May 17,1759.Democrat. Colonel in the Continental Army during the RevolutionaryWar;Delegateto Continental Congress from Virginia, 1783-84;member,U.S. Constitutional Convention, 1787; member ofMarylandstate house of delegates, 1788-92, 1800-06;U.S.Representative from Maryland, 1792-94 (at-large 1792-93, 2ndDistrict 1793-94);Governor ofMaryland, 1801-03.Anglican;laterEpiscopalian.Member,Freemasons.Slaveowner. Died in Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,August30, 1821 (age62 years, 105days).Intermentaprivate or family graveyard, Anne Arundel County, Md. | | Kweisi Mfume (b. 1948) — also known asFrizzell Gerard Tate;Frizzell GerardGray —ofBaltimore,Md.Born inBaltimore,Md.,October24, 1948.Democrat.Universityprofessor; program director for aradiostation;U.S.Representative from Maryland 7th District, 1987-96; resigned1996; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Maryland,1988;chief executive officer of the NAACP.Baptist.Africanancestry. Member,NAACP;Freemasons.Still living as of 2014. | | Cornelius Franklin Millender — also known asC. Frank Millender — of Wayne,WayneCounty, W.Va.Born in Trenton,BaltimoreCounty, Md.Democrat. Member ofWestVirginia state house of delegates from Wayne County, 1899-1902;automobiledealer; member ofWestVirginia state senate, 1933-40 (6th District 1933-38, 5thDistrict 1939-40).Lutheran.Member,Freemasons;Shriners.Burial location unknown.| | Relatives: Sonof John H. Millender and Elizabeth Millender; married,November12, 1888, to Irene Fowbie. |
| | Arthur Lewis Miller (1892-1967) — also known asArthur L. Miller;A. L.Miller —of Kimball,KimballCounty, Neb.Born near Plainview,PierceCounty, Neb.,May 24,1892.Republican. Member ofNebraskaunicameral legislature, 1937-41; candidate forGovernor ofNebraska, 1940;U.S.Representative from Nebraska 4th District, 1943-59.Member,Freemasons;Order of theEastern Star;Elks;Knightsof Pythias;Lions.Died in Chevy Chase,MontgomeryCounty, Md.,March16, 1967 (age74 years, 296days).Interment atParklawnCemetery, Rockville, Md. | | Clarence M. Mitchell III (b. 1939) — ofBaltimore,Md.Born in St. Paul,RamseyCounty, Minn.,December14, 1939.Democrat. Member ofMarylandstate house of delegates, 1963-66; member ofMarylandstate senate District 10, 1967-86;Indictedin 1987, along with his brother, by a federal grand jury inconnection with the abriberyinvestigation of Wedtech Corporation;convictedofaccepting$50,000 tostopthe Congressional investigation of Wedtech;sentencedto two and a half years inprison;convictedin 1988 ofobstructingan investigation of Baltimoredrugdealer Melvin D. 'Little Melvin' Williams, andsentencedto two years inprison;chargedin 1988 with failure to fileincometax returns;triedand acquitted.Africanancestry. Member,NAACP;UrbanLeague;KappaAlpha Psi;Freemasons;Jaycees.Still living as of 1988.  | Matthew Mansfield Neely (1874-1958) — also known asMatthew M. Neely — of Fairmont,MarionCounty, W.Va.Born in Grove,DoddridgeCounty, W.Va.,November9, 1874.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War;lawyer;mayorof Fairmont, W.Va., 1908-10;U.S.Representative from West Virginia 1st District, 1913-21, 1945-47;defeated, 1920, 1946;U.S.Senator from West Virginia, 1923-29, 1931-41, 1949-58; defeated,1928; resigned 1941; defeated, 1942; died in office 1958; delegate toDemocratic National Convention from West Virginia,1932,1936,1940,1944(member,Platformand Resolutions Committee; member,Committeeto Notify Presidential Nominee),1952,1956;Governorof West Virginia, 1941-45.Presbyterian.Scotch-Irishancestry. Member,Sons ofthe American Revolution;Freemasons;OddFellows;Elks;Knightsof Pythias;Moose;Eagles;DeltaChi;PhiSigma Kappa;PhiBeta Kappa;Americansfor Democratic Action;UnitedSpanish War Veterans.Died, fromcancer,in theBethesdaNaval Hospital, Bethesda,MontgomeryCounty, Md.,January18, 1958 (age83 years, 70days).Interment atWoodlawnCemetery, Fairmont, W.Va. |  | Harry Stewart New (1858-1937) — also known asHarry S. New — of Indianapolis,MarionCounty, Ind.Born in Indianapolis,MarionCounty, Ind.,December31, 1858.Republican.Newspapereditor and publisher; delegate to Republican National Conventionfrom Indiana,1896,1912,1920,1924;member ofIndianastate senate, 1897-99; served in the U.S. Army during theSpanish-American War; member ofRepublicanNational Committee from Indiana, 1900-12;Chairmanof Republican National Committee, 1907-08;U.S.Senator from Indiana, 1917-23;U.S.Postmaster General, 1923-29.Disciplesof Christ.EnglishandWelshancestry. Member,Freemasons;SigmaChi.Died inBaltimore,Md.,May 9,1937 (age78 years, 129days).Interment atCrownHill Cemetery, Indianapolis, Ind. | | | Harry Whinna Nice (1877-1941) — also known asHarry W. Nice — ofBaltimore,Md.Born inWashington,D.C.,December5, 1877.Republican.Lawyer;delegate to Republican National Convention from Maryland,1920;member, Committee to Notify Presidential Nominee,1936;Governorof Maryland, 1935-39; defeated, 1919, 1938; candidate forRepublican nomination for Vice President,1936;candidate forU.S.Senator from Maryland, 1940.Methodist.Member,American BarAssociation;Freemasons;KnightsTemplar;Shriners;Grotto;Knightsof Pythias;OddFellows;Moose;JuniorOrder;Elks;PatrioticOrder Sons of America;Knightsof Khorassan.Died inRichmond,Va.,February25, 1941 (age63 years, 82days).Interment atGreenMount Cemetery, Baltimore, Md. | | Gerald Prentice Nye (1892-1971) — also known asGerald P. Nye — of Cooperstown,GriggsCounty, N.Dak.Born in Hortonville,OutagamieCounty, Wis.,December19, 1892.Newspapereditor; candidate forU.S.Representative from North Dakota 2nd District, 1924;U.S.Senator from North Dakota, 1925-45; appointed 1925; defeated,1944, 1946; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention fromNorth Dakota,1936.Presbyterian.Member,Freemasons;Knightsof Pythias.Died inWashington,D.C.,July 17,1971 (age78 years, 210days).Interment atFortLincoln Cemetery, Brentwood, Md. | | John Holmes Overton (1875-1948) — also known asJohn H. Overton — of Alexandria,RapidesParish, La.Born in Marksville,AvoyellesParish, La.,September17, 1875.Democrat.Lawyer;chief counsel defendingHueyLong during his 1929 impeachment trial;U.S.Representative from Louisiana 8th District, 1931-33;U.S.Senator from Louisiana, 1933-48; died in office 1948; delegate toDemocratic National Convention from Louisiana,1936.Member,SigmaNu;PhiKappa Phi;Elks;Freemasons;KnightsTemplar;American BarAssociation;Societyof the Cincinnati;Sons ofthe American Revolution.Died, inBethesdaNaval Hospital, Bethesda,MontgomeryCounty, Md.,May 14,1948 (age72 years, 240days).Interment atMt.Olivet Episcopal Cemetery, Pineville, La. | | Kevin Sung-Min Park (b. 1983) — also known asKevin Park — of Edison,MiddlesexCounty, N.J.Born in ahospital,Columbia,HowardCounty, Md.,May 5,1983.Intern or volunteer staff for U.S. Sen.FrankLautenberg, Gov.RuthAnn Minner, U.S. Rep.MikeFerguson; presidential candidate.Christian.Koreanancestry. Member,DeltaKappa Epsilon;Freemasons;KnightsTemplar;Shriners;Rotary;OddFellows;PhiBeta Kappa.Still living as of 2004.| | Relatives:Grandson of Sung-Koo Chi. |
| | John William Wright Patman (1893-1976) — also known asWright Patman — of Texarkana,BowieCounty, Tex.Born near Hughes Springs,CassCounty, Tex.,August6, 1893.Democrat.Cottonfarmer;lawyer;served in the U.S. Army during World War I; member ofTexasstate house of representatives, 1921-24;U.S.Representative from Texas 1st District, 1929-76; died in office1976; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Texas,1956,1960,1964.Baptist.Member,Freemasons;Shriners;Elks;Eagles;AmericanLegion;DisabledAmerican Veterans.Died in Bethesda,MontgomeryCounty, Md.,March 7,1976 (age82 years, 214days).Interment atHillcrestCemetery, Texarkana, Tex.  | Stanton Judkins Peelle (1843-1928) — also known asStanton J. Peelle — of Indianapolis,MarionCounty, Ind.; Chevy Chase,MontgomeryCounty, Md.Born inWayneCounty, Ind.,February11, 1843.Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War;lawyer;member ofIndianastate house of representatives, 1877-79;U.S.Representative from Indiana 7th District, 1881-84; delegate toRepublican National Convention from Indiana,1888(alternate),1892;Judgeof U.S. Court of Claims, 1892-1913;lawprofessor.Presbyterian.Member,LoyalLegion;GrandArmy of the Republic;Freemasons.Died inWashington,D.C.,September4, 1928 (age85 years, 206days).Interment atRockCreek Cemetery, Washington, D.C. | | Richard Thomas Pilling (1864-1951) — also known asRichard T. Pilling — of Kiamensi,New CastleCounty, Del.Born in Kiamensi,New CastleCounty, Del.,1864.Republican.Woollenmanufacturer; member ofDelawarestate house of representatives from New Castle County 8thDistrict, 1901-02; alternate delegate to Republican NationalConvention from Delaware,1912.Episcopalian.Member,Freemasons.Died in Towson,BaltimoreCounty, Md.,April 1,1951 (ageabout 86years).Interment atSt. James Episcopal Church Cemetery, Wilmington, Del.  | William Pinkney (1764-1822) — of Annapolis,AnneArundel County, Md.Born in Annapolis,AnneArundel County, Md.,March17, 1764.Delegateto Maryland convention to ratify U.S. constitution, 1788; memberofMarylandstate house of delegates, 1790-92, 1795 (Harford County 1790-92,Anne Arundel County 1795);U.S.Representative from Maryland, 1791, 1815-16 (at-large 1791, 5thDistrict 1815-16); member ofMarylandstate executive council, 1792-95;mayorof Annapolis, Md., 1795-1800;Marylandstate attorney general, 1805-06; U.S. Minister toGreat Britain, 1808-11;Russia, 1816-18; member ofMarylandstate senate from Western Shore, 1811;U.S.Attorney General, 1811-14; major in the U.S. Army during the Warof 1812;U.S.Senator from Maryland, 1819-22; died in office 1822.Episcopalian.Member,Freemasons.Slaveowner. Died inWashington,D.C.,February25, 1822 (age57 years, 345days).Interment atCongressionalCemetery, Washington, D.C. | | | John Armfield Proctor (1880-1957) — also known asJohn A. Proctor — of Berkeley Springs,MorganCounty, W.Va.Born in Bel Air,HarfordCounty, Md.,October27, 1880.Democrat.Banker;farmer;member ofWestVirginia state house of delegates from Morgan County, 1923-24;member ofWestVirginia state senate 16th District, 1939-42;chair ofMorgan County Democratic Party, 1940-42.Presbyterian.Member,Freemasons;Shriners;Elks;Kiwanis.Died in Berkeley Springs,MorganCounty, W.Va.,October28, 1957 (age77 years, 1days).Interment atGreenwayCemetery, Berkeley Springs, W.Va.| | Relatives: Sonof Charles Wesley Proctor and Sophia Elizabeth (Spencer) Proctor;married1908 to MaryEdna Brady; married1914 to CecilAlline Speer. | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial |
| | George Lovic Pierce Radcliffe (1877-1974) — also known asGeorge L. Radcliffe — ofBaltimore,Md.Born near Cambridge,DorchesterCounty, Md.,August22, 1877.Democrat.Lawyer;secretaryof state of Maryland, 1919-20;U.S.Senator from Maryland, 1935-47; delegate to Democratic NationalConvention from Maryland,1936,1940,1944(member,Platformand Resolutions Committee),1948,1952.Episcopalian.Member,American BarAssociation;KappaAlpha Order;Freemasons.Died, from aheartattack, inBaltimore,Md.,July 29,1974 (age96 years, 341days).Interment atCambridgeCemetery, Cambridge, Md. | | John Wirt Randall (1845-1912) — of Annapolis,AnneArundel County, Md.Born in Annapolis,AnneArundel County, Md.,March 6,1845.Lawyer;banker;member ofMarylandstate house of delegates, 1884-85; member ofMarylandstate senate, 1888-90, 1896-98.Episcopalian.Member,Freemasons.Died in Roland Park,Baltimore,Md.,August16, 1912 (age67 years, 163days).Interment atSt.Anne's Cemetery, Annapolis, Md. | | James Enos Ray Jr. (1874-1934) — also known asJ. Enos Ray — ofPrinceGeorge's County, Md.;Baltimore,Md.Born in Chillum,PrinceGeorge's County, Md.,January12, 1874.Democrat.Lawyer;member ofMarylandstate house of delegates, 1904-08;Speaker ofthe Maryland State House of Delegates, 1908; DemocraticPresidential Elector for Maryland,1909(voted forWilliamJ. Bryan andJohnW. Kern); candidate forU.S.Representative from Maryland 5th District, 1910; delegate toDemocratic National Convention from Maryland,1924,1928(member,CredentialsCommittee);MarylandDemocratic state chair, 1925-34.Member,Freemasons. Died in Chillum,PrinceGeorge's County, Md.,September10, 1934 (age60 years, 241days).Interment atRockCreek Cemetery, Washington, D.C. | | Brazilla Carroll Reece (1889-1961) — also known asB. Carroll Reece — of Butler,JohnsonCounty, Tenn.; Johnson City,WashingtonCounty, Tenn.Born in alogcabin near Butler,JohnsonCounty, Tenn.,December22, 1889.Republican.Schoolteacher; served in the U.S. Army during World War I;lawyer;banker;U.S.Representative from Tennessee 1st District, 1921-31, 1933-47,1951-61; died in office 1961; delegate to Republican NationalConvention from Tennessee,1932,1936,1944,1948(speaker),1956,1960;member ofRepublicanNational Committee from Tennessee, 1939-40;Chairmanof Republican National Committee, 1946-48; candidate forU.S.Senator from Tennessee, 1948;TennesseeRepublican state chair, 1958.Baptist.Member,American BarAssociation;AmericanEconomic Association;AmericanStatistical Association;AmericanAcademy of Political and Social Science;DeltaSigma Pi;Freemasons;Shriners.Died, inBethesdaNaval Hospital, Bethesda,MontgomeryCounty, Md.,March19, 1961 (age71 years, 87days).Interment atMonteVista Memorial Park, Johnson City, Tenn. | | Thomas P. Revelle (b. 1868) — of Seattle,KingCounty, Wash.Born in Fairmount,SomersetCounty, Md.,May 16,1868.Republican.U.S.Attorney for the Western District of Washington, 1921-28;candidate forGovernor ofWashington, 1924.Congregationalist.Member,Freemasons;Shriners;Woodmen;Moose.Burial location unknown.| | Relatives: Sonof George Henry Revelle and Mary Elizabeth (Ford) Revelle; married,June8, 1899, to Eliza Jefferson. |
| | John Plaster Richmond (1811-1895) — also known asJohn P. Richmond — ofSchuylerCounty, Ill.Born in Middletown,FrederickCounty, Md.,August11, 1811.Democrat.Physician;minister;in 1840, he officiated at thefirstProtestant wedding in what is now the state of Washington; in 1841,he delivered thefirstFourth of July oration on the Pacific coast; member ofIllinoisstate senate, 1849-52, 1859-60; member ofIllinoisstate house of representatives, 1855-56; Democratic PresidentialElector for Illinois,1856;delegateto Illinois state constitutional convention from Schuyler County,1862;postmaster.Methodist.Scottishancestry. Member,Freemasons.Died in South Dakota,August28, 1895 (age84 years, 17days).Interment atTyndallCemetery, Tyndall, S.Dak.| | Relatives: Sonof Francis Preston Richmond and Susanna (Stottlemeyer) Richmond;married1835 toAmerica Walker; married1859 to KittyGristy. |
| | Kenneth Allison Roberts (1912-1989) — also known asKenneth A. Roberts — of Anniston,CalhounCounty, Ala.Born in Piedmont,CalhounCounty, Ala.,November1, 1912.Democrat.Lawyer;member ofAlabamastate senate; elected 1942; served in the U.S. Navy during WorldWar II;U.S.Representative from Alabama, 1951-65 (4th District 1951-63,at-large 1963-65); defeated, 1964;shot andwounded in an attack on the U.S. House by Puerto Ricannationalists, 1954.Baptist.Member,Lions;Freemasons;Order of theEastern Star;Woodmen;AmericanLegion;Forty andEight;Veterans ofForeign Wars;Elks;AlphaTau Omega;PhiAlpha Delta.Died in Potomac,MontgomeryCounty, Md.,May 9,1989 (age76 years, 189days).Interment atArlingtonNational Cemetery, Arlington, Va. | | Adolph Joachim Sabath (1866-1952) — also known asAdolph J. Sabath;A. J.Sabath —of Chicago,CookCounty, Ill.Born in Zabori, Bohemia (nowCzechia),April4, 1866.Democrat.Lawyer;municipal judge in Illinois, 1895-97; delegate to Democratic NationalConvention from Illinois,1904,1920,1924,1928,1932(alternate),1936,1940,1944(speaker);U.S.Representative from Illinois, 1907-52 (5th District 1907-49, 7thDistrict 1949-52); died in office 1952.Jewish.Bohemianancestry. Member,Freemasons;Elks;Knightsof Pythias;Woodmen;RoyalLeague.Died in theBethesdaNaval Hospital, Bethesda,MontgomeryCounty, Md.,November6, 1952 (age86 years, 216days).Interment atForestHome Cemetery, Forest Park, Ill. | | George William Sarbacher Jr. (1919-1973) — also known asGeorge W. Sarbacher, Jr. — of Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.Born in Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,September30, 1919.Republican. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II;U.S.Representative from Pennsylvania 5th District, 1947-49; defeated,1948.Methodist.Member,Freemasons;Shriners;Veterans ofForeign Wars;AmericanLegion;MarineCorps League.Died in Bethesda,MontgomeryCounty, Md.,March 4,1973 (age53 years, 155days).Burial location unknown. | | Lansdale Ghiselin Sasscer (1893-1964) — also known asLansdale G. Sasscer — of Upper Marlboro,PrinceGeorge's County, Md.Born in Upper Marlboro,PrinceGeorge's County, Md.,September30, 1893.Democrat.Lawyer;served in the U.S. Army during World War I;newspaperpublisher; member ofMarylandstate senate, 1922-38; delegate to Democratic National Conventionfrom Maryland,1924(member,Committeeon Permanent Organization),1936,1952;U.S.Representative from Maryland 5th District, 1939-53.Episcopalian.Member,AmericanLegion;Veterans ofForeign Wars;Freemasons;OddFellows;Woodmen;Elks;Lions;Kiwanis.Died in Upper Marlboro,PrinceGeorge's County, Md.,November5, 1964 (age71 years, 36days).Interment atTrinityEpiscopal Church Cemetery, Upper Marlboro, Md. | | William Donald Schaefer (1921-2011) — ofBaltimore,Md.Born inBaltimore,Md.,November2, 1921.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II;lawyer;mayorof Baltimore, Md., 1971-87;Governor ofMaryland, 1987-95; delegate to Democratic National Conventionfrom Maryland,1988(delegation chair);Marylandstate comptroller, 1999-2007.Episcopalian.Member,Freemasons;Shriners.Died in Catonsville,BaltimoreCounty, Md.,April18, 2011 (age89 years, 167days).Entombed in mausoleum atDulaneyValley Memorial Gardens, Timonium, Md. | | Andrew Frank Schoeppel (1894-1962) — also known asAndrew F. Schoeppel — of Ness City,NessCounty, Kan.; Wichita,SedgwickCounty, Kan.Born near Claflin,BartonCounty, Kan.,November23, 1894.Republican.Athleticcoach;lawyer;Governor ofKansas, 1943-47;U.S.Senator from Kansas, 1949-62; died in office 1962; member,Commission on Intergovernmental Relations, 1953-55;speaker, Republican National Convention, 1956.Methodist.Member,American BarAssociation;SigmaNu;PhiAlpha Delta;Rotary;Lions;Freemasons;Shriners.Died ofabdominalcancer, at theBethesdaNaval Hospital, Bethesda,MontgomeryCounty, Md.,January21, 1962 (age67 years, 59days).Interment atOldMission Cemetery, Wichita, Kan. | | William Smallwood (1732-1792) — ofCharlesCounty, Md.Born inCharlesCounty, Md.,1732.Tobaccogrower;merchant;general in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War;Governor ofMaryland, 1785-88; member ofMarylandstate senate, 1791-92.Anglican.Englishancestry. Member,Freemasons.Died inCharlesCounty, Md.,February14, 1792 (ageabout 59years).Interment atSmallwood State Park, Rison, Md. | | Thomas Sterling (1851-1930) — of Springfield,SangamonCounty, Ill.; Redfield,SpinkCounty, S.Dak.; Vermillion,ClayCounty, S.Dak.Born near Amanda,FairfieldCounty, Ohio,February20, 1851.Republican.Lawyer;delegateto South Dakota state constitutional convention, 1889; member ofSouthDakota state senate 30th District, 1889-90;dean,college of law, University of South Dakota, 1901-11;U.S.Senator from South Dakota, 1913-25; delegate to RepublicanNational Convention from South Dakota,1916.Congregationalist.Member,Freemasons;KnightsTemplar;Shriners;OddFellows;AncientOrder of United Workmen;American BarAssociation;AmericanPolitical Science Association.Died in1930(ageabout79 years).Interment atCedarHill Cemetery, Suitland, Md. | | William Halstead Sutphin (1887-1972) — also known asWilliam H. Sutphin — of Matawan,MonmouthCounty, N.J.Born in Browntown,MiddlesexCounty, N.J.,August30, 1887.Democrat.Mayorof Matawan, N.J., 1915-16, 1921-26; served in the U.S. Armyduring World War I;U.S.Representative from New Jersey 3rd District, 1931-43; defeated,1942;delegateto New Jersey convention to ratify 21st amendment at-large;elected 1933; delegate to Democratic National Convention from NewJersey,1948.Presbyterian.Member,AmericanLegion;Veterans ofForeign Wars;Freemasons;Elks;JuniorOrder.Died in Salisbury,WicomicoCounty, Md.,October14, 1972 (age85 years, 45days).Interment atArlingtonNational Cemetery, Arlington, Va. | | John Millard Tawes (1894-1979) — also known asJ. Millard Tawes — of Crisfield,SomersetCounty, Md.Born in Crisfield,SomersetCounty, Md.,April 8,1894.Democrat. Secretary-treasurer, TawesShipbuildingCo. and TawesBaking Co.;director,Bank ofCrisfield;SomersetCounty Clerk of Court, 1930-38;Marylandstate comptroller, 1939-47, 1950-59; delegate to DemocraticNational Convention from Maryland,1940,1944,1948,1952,1956;Governorof Maryland, 1959-67; member ofDemocraticNational Committee from Maryland, 1963;Marylandstate treasurer, 1973-75.Methodist.Member,Elks;Knightsof Pythias;Rotary;Freemasons;Order of theEastern Star;Shriners;TallCedars of Lebanon.Died in Crisfield,SomersetCounty, Md.,June 25,1979 (age85 years, 78days).Interment atSunnyRidge Memorial Park Cemetery, Crisfield, Md. | | 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, andshothimselfin the head with a semiautomatic pistol; he died two hours later inthe trauma unit of Jackson MemorialHospital,Miami,Miami-DadeCounty, Fla.,July 27,2005 (age59 years, 74days).Interment atCulley's MeadowWood Memorial Park, Tallahassee, Fla. | | Craig Lyle Thomas (1933-2007) — also known asCraig Thomas — of Wyoming. Born in Cody,ParkCounty, Wyo.,February17, 1933.Republican.Lawyer;member ofWyomingstate house of representatives, 1985-88;U.S.Representative from Wyoming at-large, 1989-95;U.S.Senator from Wyoming, 1995-2007; died in office 2007.Methodist.Member,FarmBureau;Freemasons;Rotary;DeltaChi.Died, ofleukemia,in theNavalMedical Center, Bethesda,MontgomeryCounty, Md.,June 4,2007 (age74 years, 107days).Interment atRiversideCemetery, Cody, Wyo. | | Charles William Tobey (1880-1953) — also known asCharles W. Tobey — of Temple,HillsboroughCounty, N.H.Born in Roxbury, Boston,SuffolkCounty, Mass.,July 22,1880.Republican. President, F. M. HoytShoeCompany; member ofNewHampshire state house of representatives, 1915-16, 1919-20,1923-24;Speaker ofthe New Hampshire State House of Representatives, 1919-20; memberofNewHampshire state senate 12th District, 1925-26;Governor ofNew Hampshire, 1929-31;U.S.Representative from New Hampshire 2nd District, 1933-39; delegateto Republican National Convention from New Hampshire,1936,1940(member,ResolutionsCommittee);U.S.Senator from New Hampshire, 1939-53; died in office 1953.Baptist.Member,Freemasons;Rotary.Died in theBethesdaNaval Hospital, Bethesda,MontgomeryCounty, Md.,July 24,1953 (age73 years, 2days).Interment atMillerCemetery, Temple, N.H. | | John Gillis Townsend Jr. (1871-1964) — also known asJohn G. Townsend, Jr. — of Selbyville,SussexCounty, Del.Born in Bishopville,WorcesterCounty, Md.,May 31,1871.Republican.Farmer;member ofDelawarestate house of representatives from Sussex County 7th District,1903-04; delegate to Republican National Convention from Delaware,1904(alternate),1908,1924,1928(ConventionVice-President),1932,1936(member,Committeeon Rules and Order of Business),1940(member,ResolutionsCommittee),1944,1948,1952(member,ResolutionsCommittee),1956(HonoraryVice-President),1960;Governorof Delaware, 1917-21; Republican Presidential Elector forDelaware,1920;U.S.Senator from Delaware, 1929-41; defeated, 1940.Methodist.Member,Freemasons;OddFellows;Redmen;Eagles;JuniorOrder.Died in Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,April10, 1964 (age92 years, 315days).Interment atSelbyvilleRedmens Cemetery, Selbyville, Del.  | Millard Evelyn Tydings (1890-1961) — also known asMillard E. Tydings — of Havre de Grace,HarfordCounty, Md.Born in Havre de Grace,HarfordCounty, Md.,April 6,1890.Democrat.Lawyer;member ofMarylandstate house of delegates, 1916-17, 1920;Speaker ofthe Maryland State House of Delegates, 1920; colonel in the U.S.Army during World War I; member ofMarylandstate senate, 1922-24;U.S.Representative from Maryland 2nd District, 1923-27;U.S.Senator from Maryland, 1927-51; defeated, 1950; delegate toDemocratic National Convention from Maryland,1928,1936,1940,1944,1948,1952.Episcopalian.Member,Freemasons.Died near Havre de Grace,HarfordCounty, Md.,February9, 1961 (age70 years, 309days).Interment atAngelHill Cemetery, Havre de Grace, Md. | | James Boyd Utt (1899-1970) — also known asJames B. Utt — of Santa Ana,OrangeCounty, Calif.Born in Tustin,OrangeCounty, Calif.,March11, 1899.Republican.Appraiser;lawyer;member ofCaliforniastate assembly, 1933-36;U.S.Representative from California, 1953-70 (28th District 1953-63,35th District 1963-70); died in office 1970; alternate delegate toRepublican National Convention from California,1956.Presbyterian.Member,Knightsof Pythias;Elks;IzaakWalton League;Lions;NativeSons of the Golden West;Freemasons;Shriners.Suffered aheartattack duringreligiousservices at achurchin Washington, D.C., and died soon after atBethesdaNaval Hospital, Bethesda,MontgomeryCounty, Md.,March 1,1970 (age70 years, 355days).Interment atSanta Ana Cemetery, Santa Ana, Calif. | | Robert Rice Vandiver (1805-1885) — also known asRobert R. Vandiver — of Havre de Grace,HarfordCounty, Md.Born in Brandywine (now part of Wilmington),New CastleCounty, Del.,July 22,1805.Democrat.Contractor;delegateto Maryland state constitutional convention, 1867; member ofMarylandstate house of delegates, 1868.Member,Freemasons;OddFellows.Died, fromdysentery,in Havre de Grace,HarfordCounty, Md.,September4, 1885 (age80 years, 44days).Interment atAngelHill Cemetery, Havre de Grace, Md. | | J. Forest Walker (b. 1884) — of Gaithersburg,MontgomeryCounty, Md.Born in Gaithersburg,MontgomeryCounty, Md.,April28, 1884.Democrat.Merchant;member ofMarylandDemocratic State Central Committee, 1921-26;MontgomeryCounty Treasurer, 1927.Methodist.Member,Freemasons;Knightsof Pythias;Redmen;OddFellows.Burial location unknown.| | Relatives: Sonof James K. Walker and Emma (Waters) Walker; married,November3, 1917, to Marie McCabe. |
| | Avra Milvin Warren (1893-1957) — also known asAvra M. Warren — of Ellicott City,HowardCounty, Md.;VirginiaBeach, Va.; Dallas,DallasCounty, Tex.Born in Ilchester,HowardCounty, Md.,August26, 1893.Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; Foreign Service officer;U.S. Consul inCape Hatien, 1920-22;Karachi, 1922-23;Nairobi, 1924-25;St. John's, 1926-30;Buenos Aires, as of 1931-32; U.S. Consul General inBuenos Aires, 1932-35; U.S. Minister toDominican Republic, 1942-43;New Zealand, 1945-47;Finland, 1947-50; U.S. Ambassador toDominican Republic, 1943-44;Panama, 1944-45;Pakistan, 1950-52;Turkey, 1953-56.Member,Freemasons;KnightsTemplar.Died in1957(ageabout63 years).Burial location unknown. | | George W. Waters Jr. (1869-1933) — of Laurel,PrinceGeorge's County, Md.Born in Laurel,PrinceGeorge's County, Md.,June 30,1869.Democrat.Banker;mayor ofLaurel, Md., 1912-18;PrinceGeorge's County Treasurer, 1924-26.Episcopalian.Member,AmericanBankers Association;Freemasons.DiedMarch26, 1933 (age63 years, 269days).Interment atIvy Hill Cemetery, Laurel, Md. | | Edward Oscar Weant (1869-1930) — also known asE. O. Weant — of Westminster,CarrollCounty, Md.Born inCarrollCounty, Md.,November28, 1869.Democrat.Lawyer;CarrollCounty State's Attorney, 1900-04, 1909-13; attorney or directorfor severalbanks;delegate to Democratic National Convention from Maryland,1924,1928(member,Committeeon Rules and Order of Business).ChristianReformed. Member,American BarAssociation;Freemasons;Knightsof Pythias;Elks.DiedJune 28,1930 (age60 years, 212days).Interment atWestminsterCemetery, Westminster, Md. | | Clarence Maurice Weidemeyer (1906-1983) — also known asC. Maurice Weidemeyer — of Annapolis,AnneArundel County, Md.Born in Hebbville,BaltimoreCounty, Md.,October22, 1906.Lawyer;served in the U.S. Army during World War II; Republican candidate forU.S.Representative from Maryland 5th District, 1944, 1948;chair ofAnne Arundel County Republican Party, 1950; candidate forMarylandstate senate, 1950 (Republican), 1966 (Democratic); Republicancandidate forMarylandstate attorney general, 1958; member ofMarylandstate house of delegates, 1963-66, 1971-74; defeated(Democratic), 1974; alternate delegate to Democratic NationalConvention from Maryland,1972.Member,Freemasons;KnightsTemplar;RoyalArch Masons;Shriners;Moose;Elks.Died ofmetastasticliposarcoma, in Clearwater,PinellasCounty, Fla.,February7, 1983 (age76 years, 108days).Interment atLorraineCemetery, Woodlawn, Md.| | Relatives: Sonof Monterey F. W. Weidemeyer and Annie E. (Reiblich)Weidemeyer. |
| | George Austin Welsh (1878-1970) — also known asGeorge A. Welsh — of Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.Born near Bay View,CecilCounty, Md.,August9, 1878.Republican.U.S.Representative from Pennsylvania 6th District, 1923-32;U.S.District Judge for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, 1932-57;candidate forGovernor ofPennsylvania, 1934.Member,Freemasons. Died in Media,DelawareCounty, Pa.,October22, 1970 (age92 years, 74days).Cremated;ashes interred atWestLaurel Hill Cemetery, Bala Cynwyd, Pa.  | Morris Whitridge (1865-1935) — ofBaltimore,Md.Born inBaltimore,Md.,August4, 1865.Investmentbanker;importer;Vice-Consulfor Denmark inBaltimore,Md., 1896-97;Consulfor Denmark inBaltimore,Md., 1898-1904.Episcopalian.Member,Freemasons.Died, frompneumonia,in Johns HopkinsHospital,Baltimore,Md.,December22, 1935 (age70 years, 140days).Interment atGreenMount Cemetery, Baltimore, Md. | | | Henry Buckley Wilcox (1864-1931) — also known asHenry B. Wilcox;Harry B.Wilcox —ofBaltimore,Md.Born inBaltimore,Md.,May 23,1864.Republican.Banker;delegate to Republican National Convention from Maryland,1916,1920(alternate),1924;HonoraryConsul for Bolivia inBaltimore,Md., 1923-31.Member,Freemasons;KnightsTemplar;Sons ofthe American Revolution.Hit bya car and killed, while crossing Charles Street, at UniversityParkway,Baltimore,Md.,April22, 1931 (age66 years, 334days).Interment atWoodlawnCemetery, Woodlawn, Md.| | Relatives: Sonof William Littleton Wilcox and Susannah Helen (Perry) Wilcox;married,November5, 1889, to Katherine Elizabeth 'Kate' Wirt. |
| | Charles Herbert Wilson (1917-1984) — also known asCharles H. Wilson — of Los Angeles,LosAngeles County, Calif.Born in Magna,Salt LakeCounty, Utah,February15, 1917.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; member ofCaliforniastate assembly, 1955-63; delegate to Democratic NationalConvention from California,1960,1964;U.S.Representative from California 31st District, 1963-81.Member,AmericanLegion;Freemasons;Shriners;Elks;Kiwanis.Reprimandedby the House of Representatives in 1978 for accepting a$1,000wedding gift from a key figure in the Koreagatescandal;censuredby the House of Representatives in 1980 forfinancialmisconduct; no criminal charges were filed.Died, of aheartattack, at Southern MarylandHospital,Clinton,PrinceGeorge's County, Md.,July 21,1984 (age67 years, 157days).Interment atInglewoodPark Cemetery, Inglewood, Calif. | | Robert Wilson (1793-1856) — also known as"Honest Bob" — of Texas. Born in Easton,TalbotCounty, Md.,December7, 1793.Served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812;delegateto Texas Convention of 1832 from District of San Jacinto, 1832;served in the Texas Army during the Texas War of Independence; memberofTexasRepublic Senate from District of Harrisburg and Liberty, 1836-38,1839; candidate forPresidentof the Texas Republic, 1838, 1843;delegateto Texas state constitutional convention, 1845.Member,Freemasons.Expelledfrom Texas Republic Senate, December 26, 1838, forusingprofanity anddisclosingsecrecy; subsequently returned to office.DiedMay 25,1856 (age62 years, 170days).Original interment in private or family graveyard; reinterment atGlenwoodCemetery, Houston, Tex. | | Jesse Paine Wolcott (1893-1969) — also known asJesse P. Wolcott — of Port Huron,St. ClairCounty, Mich.Born in Gardner,WorcesterCounty, Mass.,March 3,1893.Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I;lawyer;St.Clair County Prosecuting Attorney, 1927-30;U.S.Representative from Michigan 7th District, 1931-57.UniversalistorCongregationalist.Member,Veterans ofForeign Wars;Lions;Freemasons;Knightsof Pythias;OddFellows;Elks;AmericanLegion;Moose.Died in Chevy Chase,MontgomeryCounty, Md.,January28, 1969 (age75 years, 331days).Interment atArlingtonNational Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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