| |  Stanley G. Adams (1907-1954) — ofIsleof Wight County, Va.; Colonial Beach,WestmorelandCounty, Va.Born in Eclipse, Nansemond County (now part ofSuffolk),Va.,December16, 1907.Republican.Ferry boatcaptain;farmer;real estatebusiness;hotelowner; served in the U.S. Navy during World War II;chair ofWestmoreland County Republican Party, 1944-50; candidate forVirginiastate senate, 1947; candidate forU.S.Representative from Virginia, 1948; alternate delegate toRepublican National Convention from Virginia,1952.Methodist.Member,Rotary;Elks;AmericanLegion;Veterans of Foreign Wars.Died, from anintestinalblood clot, in Physicians MemorialHospital,La Plata,CharlesCounty, Md.,November7, 1954 (age46 years, 326days).Interment atOakGrove Cemetery, Oak Grove, Va.| |  Relatives: Sonof John Quincy Adams and Cecil May (Barkelow) Adams; married to MarieMiller. | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial |
 | Spiro Theodore Agnew (1918-1996) — also known asSpiro T. Agnew;Spiro TheodoreAnagnostopoulos;"Spiro T. Eggplant";"Nixon's Nixon";"The WhiteKnight" —of Towson,BaltimoreCounty, Md.Born inBaltimore,Md.,November9, 1918.Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; served inthe U.S. Army during the Korean conflict;lawyer;BaltimoreCounty Executive, 1962-66; delegate to Republican NationalConvention from Maryland,1964;Governorof Maryland, 1967-69;VicePresident of the United States, 1969-73.Episcopalian.Greekancestry. Member,Kiwanis;AmericanLegion;Order ofAhepa;PhiAlpha Delta;Veterans of Foreign Wars.Waschargedwith acceptingbribesand falsifying federalincometax returns;pleaded nocontest totaxevasion andresignedas Vice-President, October 10, 1973;disbarredby a Maryland court in 1974.Died, ofleukemia,in Atlantic GeneralHospital,Berlin,WorcesterCounty, Md.,September17, 1996 (age77 years, 313days).Interment atDulaneyValley Memorial Gardens, Timonium, Md. | | Laurie Calvin Battle (1912-2000) — also known asLaurie C. Battle — of Birmingham,JeffersonCounty, Ala.;Alexandria,Va.Born in Wilsonville,ShelbyCounty, Ala.,May 10,1912.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II;U.S.Representative from Alabama 9th District, 1947-55; candidate forU.S.Senator from Alabama, 1954; delegate to Democratic NationalConvention from Alabama,1956;candidate forGovernor ofAlabama, 1958.Methodist.Member,Jaycees;AmericanLegion;Veterans of Foreign Wars;KappaPhi Kappa;OmicronDelta Kappa;KappaAlpha Order;PhiGamma Mu;Elks;Eagles;Lions.Sponsored Battle Act, which banned U.S. assistance to countries doingbusiness with the Soviet Union, but allowed the President flexibilityto waive the ban.Died, fromcancer,at theBethesdaNaval Hospital, Bethesda,MontgomeryCounty, Md.,May 2,2000 (age87 years, 358days).Interment atArlingtonNational Cemetery, Arlington, Va. | | 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 of Foreign Wars;Freemasons;Shriners;Elks;Kiwanis.Died in Bethesda,MontgomeryCounty, Md.,September16, 1961 (age63 years, 269days).Interment atForestPark East Cemetery, Shreveport, La. | | 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 of Foreign Wars;Freemasons;Shriners;Moose.DiedJuly 17,1980 (age87 years, 207days).Intermentsomewherein Baltimore, Md. | | 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 of Foreign 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. | | Richard N. Dixon (1938-2012) — of New Windsor,CarrollCounty, Md.Born in Westminster,CarrollCounty, Md.,April17, 1938.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the Vietnam war;stockbroker;member ofMarylandstate house of delegates, 1983-96; defeated, 1978;Marylandstate treasurer, 1996-2002; resigned 2002.Africanancestry. Member,Veterans of Foreign Wars;National RifleAssociation;KappaAlpha Psi.Died inBaltimore,Md.,June 7,2012 (age74 years, 51days).Interment atSt. Luke's United Methodist Cemetery, Howard County, Md. | | Wayne Thomas Gilchrest (b. 1946) — also known asWayne T. Gilchrest — of Kennedyville,KentCounty, Md.Born in Rahway,UnionCounty, N.J.,April15, 1946.Republican. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during the Vietnam War;schoolteacher;U.S.Representative from Maryland 1st District, 1991-; defeated, 1988.Methodist.Member,AmericanLegion;Veterans of Foreign Wars.Still living as of 2014. | | Elmer Joseph Holland (1894-1968) — also known asElmer J. Holland — of Pittsburgh,AlleghenyCounty, Pa.Born in Pittsburgh,AlleghenyCounty, Pa.,January8, 1894.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; member ofPennsylvaniastate house of representatives, 1934-42;U.S.Representative from Pennsylvania, 1942-43, 1956-68 (33rd District1942-43, 30th District 1956-63, 20th District 1963-68); died inoffice 1968; major in the U.S. Army during World War II; member ofPennsylvaniastate senate 38th District, 1943-56.Member,Veterans of Foreign Wars;AmericanLegion;UnitedSteelworkers of America.Died in Annapolis,AnneArundel County, Md.,August9, 1968 (age74 years, 214days).Interment atArlingtonNational Cemetery, Arlington, Va. | | Everett Hutchinson (b. 1915) — of Hempstead,WallerCounty, Tex.; Westmoreland Hills,MontgomeryCounty, Md.Born in Hempstead,WallerCounty, Tex.,January2, 1915.Lawyer;member ofTexasstate house of representatives, 1941-44; served in the U.S. Navyduring World War II; member, Interstate Commerce Commission, 1955-65.Episcopalian.Member,American BarAssociation;AmericanLegion;Veterans of Foreign Wars;SigmaPhi Epsilon.Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown.| | Relatives: Sonof Neely E. Hutchinson and Lida (Hosmer) Hutchinson; married,December16, 1944, to Elizabeth Stafford. |
| | 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 of Foreign 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. | | Donald Lester Jackson (1910-1981) — also known asDonald L. Jackson — of Santa Monica,LosAngeles County, Calif.; Pacific Palisades, Los Angeles,LosAngeles County, Calif.;Washington,D.C.Born in Ipswich,EdmundsCounty, S.Dak.,January23, 1910.Republican.Newspapereditor; served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II;U.S.Representative from California 16th District, 1947-61; member,Interstate Commerce Commission, 1969-72.Congregationalist.Member,Elks;Eagles;AmericanLegion;Veterans of Foreign Wars;Amvets;ReserveOfficers Association;MarineCorps League.Died atBethesdaNaval Hospital, Bethesda,MontgomeryCounty, Md.,May 27,1981 (age71 years, 124days).Interment atArlingtonNational Cemetery, Arlington, 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 of Foreign 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. | | Edward Brooke Lee (1892-1984) — also known asE. Brooke Lee — of Silver Spring,MontgomeryCounty, Md.Born inWashington,D.C.,October23, 1892.Democrat. Major in the U.S. Army during World War I;Marylandstate comptroller, 1920-22;secretaryof state of Maryland, 1923-25; delegate to Democratic NationalConvention from Maryland,1924(member,Platformand Resolutions Committee),1928,1940;member ofMarylandstate house of delegates, 1927-30;Speaker ofthe Maryland State House of Delegates, 1927-30; candidate forU.S.Representative from Maryland 6th District, 1942.Episcopalian.Member,AmericanLegion;Veterans of Foreign Wars.Died, frompneumonia,in Frederick,FrederickCounty, Md.,September21, 1984 (age91 years, 334days).Interment atRockCreek Cemetery, Washington, D.C.| | Relatives: SonofFrancisPreston Blair Lee and Anne Clymer (Brooke) Lee; married1914 toElizabeth Summerville Wilson; married to Thelma LouEllen (Lawson)Crawford and Nina G. Jones; father ofBlairLee III,EdwardBrooke Lee Jr. and Elizabeth Lee (who marriedDavidScull); grandnephew ofMontgomeryBlair andFrancisPreston Blair Jr.; great-grandson ofFrancisPreston Blair andDanielRobeadeau Clymer; great-grandnephew ofHiesterClymer; second great-grandson ofRichardHenry Lee andJamesBlair; second great-grandnephew ofFrancisLightfoot Lee,ArthurLee andWilliamHiester; third great-grandnephew ofJohnHiester andDanielHiester (1747-1804); first cousin once removed ofJamesLawrence Blair andGistBlair; first cousin thrice removed ofIsaacEllmaker Hiester; first cousin four times removed ofDanielHiester (1774-1834); first cousin five times removed ofJosephHiester; second cousin thrice removed ofThomasSim Lee,HenryLee,CharlesLee,RichardBland Lee andEdmundJennings Lee; second cousin four times removed ofJohnEager Howard; third cousin twice removed ofJohnLee andWilliamJulian Albert; third cousin thrice removed ofZacharyTaylor,GeorgeHoward,BenjaminChew Howard andHenryAugustus Muhlenberg; fourth cousin ofJosephWingate Folk; fourth cousin once removed ofFitzhughLee,WilliamHenry Fitzhugh Lee,TalbotJones Albert,EthelGist Cantrill andCareyEstes Kefauver. | | | | Political family:Cantrillfamily of Georgetown, Kentucky (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial |
| | Joseph A. Mattingly (1916-1999) — ofSt.Mary's County, Md.Born in Leonardtown,St. Mary'sCounty, Md.,January2, 1916.Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; member ofMarylandstate house of delegates, 1946-50; member ofMarylandstate senate, 1954-58; circuit judge in Maryland, 1972-86.Catholic.Member,Knightsof Columbus;Orderof Alhambra;AmericanLegion;Veterans of Foreign Wars;Lions.Died in Leonardtown,St. Mary'sCounty, Md.,December28, 1999 (age83 years, 360days).Burial location unknown. | | William Singer Moorhead (1923-1987) — also known asWilliam S. Moorhead — of Pennsylvania. Born in Pittsburgh,AlleghenyCounty, Pa.,April 8,1923.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II;U.S.Representative from Pennsylvania, 1959-81 (28th District 1959-63,14th District 1963-81).Episcopalian.Member,AmericanLegion;Amvets;Veterans of Foreign Wars.Died inBaltimore,Md.,August3, 1987 (age64 years, 117days).Burial location unknown. | | Herbert Romulus O'Conor (1896-1960) — also known asHerbert R. O'Conor — ofBaltimore,Md.Born inBaltimore,Md.,November17, 1896.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I;Marylandstate attorney general, 1934-38; delegate to Democratic NationalConvention from Maryland,1936,1940,1944(delegation chair;speaker),1948(chair,Committeeon Rules and Order of Business),1952;Governorof Maryland, 1939-47; candidate for Democratic nomination forVice President,1944;U.S.Senator from Maryland, 1947-53.Catholic.Irishancestry. Member,American BarAssociation;AmericanLegion;Veterans of Foreign Wars;PhiKappa Sigma;Knightsof Columbus.Died inBaltimore,Md.,March 4,1960 (age63 years, 108days).Interment atNewCathedral Cemetery, Baltimore, Md. | | 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 of Foreign Wars;Elks;AlphaTau Omega;PhiAlpha Delta.Died in Potomac,MontgomeryCounty, Md.,May 9,1989 (age76 years, 189days).Interment atArlingtonNational Cemetery, Arlington, Va. | | 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 of Foreign 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 of Foreign 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.  | Horace Seely-Brown Jr. (1908-1982) — of Pomfret Center, Pomfret,WindhamCounty, Conn.Born in Kensington,MontgomeryCounty, Md.,May 12,1908.Republican.Fruitfarmer;served in the U.S. Army during World War II;U.S.Representative from Connecticut 2nd District, 1947-49, 1951-59,1961-63; defeated, 1948, 1958; candidate forU.S.Senator from Connecticut, 1962;delegateto Connecticut state constitutional convention 2nd District, 1965.Member,Grange;Elks;Order ofAhepa;Veterans of Foreign Wars;AmericanLegion;Amvets;MilitaryOrder of the World Wars;ReserveOfficers Association.Died in Boca Raton,Palm BeachCounty, Fla.,April 9,1982 (age73 years, 332days).Interment atChristEpiscopal Church Cemetery, Pomfret Center, Pomfret, Conn. | | Harley Orrin Staggers (1907-1991) — also known asHarley O. Staggers — of Keyser,MineralCounty, W.Va.Born in Keyser,MineralCounty, W.Va.,August3, 1907.Democrat.Schoolteacher;athleticcoach;MineralCounty Sheriff, 1937-41; served in the U.S. Navy during World WarII;U.S.Representative from West Virginia 2nd District, 1949-81; delegateto Democratic National Convention from West Virginia,1960,1972,1976.Methodist.Member,AmericanLegion;Veterans of Foreign Wars;DisabledAmerican Veterans;Amvets;FarmBureau;Moose;Lions;Elks;Knightsof Pythias.Died, in Sacred HeartHospital,Cumberland,AlleganyCounty, Md.,August20, 1991 (age84 years, 17days).Intermenta private or family graveyard, Mineral County, W.Va. | | Lynn Ellsworth Stalbaum (1920-1999) — also known asLynn E. Stalbaum — of Racine,RacineCounty, Wis.; Bethesda,MontgomeryCounty, Md.Born in Waterford,RacineCounty, Wis.,May 15,1920.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; member ofWisconsinstate senate 21st District, 1955-65;U.S.Representative from Wisconsin 1st District, 1965-67; defeated,1966, 1968.Member,AmericanLegion;Veterans of Foreign Wars;Kiwanis.Died in Bethesda,MontgomeryCounty, Md.,June 27,1999 (age79 years, 43days).Interment atNorwayLutheran Cemetery, Wind Lake, Wis. | | 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 of Foreign Wars;Freemasons;Elks;JuniorOrder.Died in Salisbury,WicomicoCounty, Md.,October14, 1972 (age85 years, 45days).Interment atArlingtonNational Cemetery, Arlington, Va. | | Scott William Taylor (b. 1979) — also known asScott W. Taylor — ofVirginiaBeach, Va.Born inBaltimore,Md.,June 27,1979.Republican.Real estatebroker; candidate formayorof Virginia Beach, Va., 2008; member ofVirginiastate house of delegates, 2014-16;U.S.Representative from Virginia 2nd District, 2017-; defeated inprimary, 2010.Member,AmericanLegion;Veterans of Foreign Wars.Still living as of 2018. | | Raymond L. Telles Jr. (1915-2013) — also known asRaymond Telles — of El Paso,El PasoCounty, Tex.; Bethesda,MontgomeryCounty, Md.Born in El Paso,El PasoCounty, Tex.,September5, 1915.Accountant;served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II;ElPaso County Clerk, 1949-57;mayor ofEl Paso, Tex., 1957-61; U.S. Ambassador toCosta Rica, 1961-67.Catholic.Hispanicancestry. Member,Veterans of Foreign Wars;Lions.Died in2013(ageabout97 years).Burial location unknown. | | Edward Oscar Weant Jr. (1918-1999) — also known asEdward O. Weant, Jr. — of Westminster,CarrollCounty, Md.Born in Westminster,CarrollCounty, Md.,April 9,1918.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II;lawyer;member ofMarylandstate senate, 1959-65; alternate delegate to Democratic NationalConvention from Maryland,1964;circuit judge in Maryland, 1965-67.Episcopalian.Member,American BarAssociation;AmericanLegion;Veterans of Foreign Wars.Died in Sykesville,CarrollCounty, Md.,February10, 1999 (age80 years, 307days).Interment atWestminsterCemetery, Westminster, Md. | | 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 of Foreign 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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