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AbbeyMausoleum (now gone)
Arlington, Arlington County, Virginia
Founded 1924
| Politicians formerlyburied here: | | |  George Sutherland (1862-1942) — of Salt Lake City,Salt LakeCounty, Utah.Born in Buckinghamshire,England,March25, 1862.Republican.Lawyer;member ofUtahstate senate, 1896;U.S.Representative from Utah at-large, 1901-03; delegate toRepublican National Convention from Utah,1904,1908,1912,1916;U.S.Senator from Utah, 1905-17; defeated, 1916;AssociateJustice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1922-38; took senior status 1938.Episcopalian.Member,American BarAssociation.Died in Stockbridge,BerkshireCounty, Mass.,July 18,1942 (age80 years, 115days).Originally entombed at Abbey Mausoleum; reinterment atCedarHill Cemetery, Suitland, Md.  | James Hamilton Lewis (1863-1939) — also known asJ. Hamilton Lewis;"PinkWhiskers" —of Seattle,KingCounty, Wash.; Chicago,CookCounty, Ill.Born inDanville,Va.,May 18,1863.Lawyer;member ofWashingtonterritorial legislature, 1887-88; candidate forGovernor ofWashington, 1892; candidate for Democratic nomination for VicePresident,1896,1900,1920;U.S.Representative from Washington at-large, 1897-99; defeated(People's), 1898; colonel in the U.S. Army during theSpanish-American War; delegate to Democratic National Convention fromIllinois,1928,1936;Honorary Vice-President,1904;speaker,1912;Democratic candidate forGovernor ofIllinois, 1908 (primary), 1920;U.S.Senator from Illinois, 1913-19, 1931-39; defeated (Democratic),1918; died in office 1939.Died, ofcoronarythrombosis, at GarfieldHospital,Washington,D.C.,April 9,1939 (age75 years, 326days).Originally entombed at Abbey Mausoleum; reinterment to unknownlocation.  | Porter James McCumber (1858-1933) — also known asPorter J. McCumber — of Wahpeton,RichlandCounty, N.Dak.Born in Crete,WillCounty, Ill.,February3, 1858.Republican.MemberDakota territorial council, 1887-88;U.S.Senator from North Dakota, 1899-1923.Died in1933(ageabout75 years).Originally entombed at Abbey Mausoleum; reinterment to unknownlocation. | | Andrew Jackson Houston (1854-1941) — of La Porte,HarrisCounty, Tex.Born in Independence,WashingtonCounty, Tex.,June 21,1854.Lawyer;candidate forGovernor ofTexas, 1892 (Republican), 1910 (Prohibition), 1912 (Prohibition);U.S.Senator from Texas, 1941; died in office 1941.Died in ahospitalatBaltimore,Md.,June 26,1941 (age87 years, 5days).Originally entombed at Abbey Mausoleum; reinterment atTexasState Cemetery, Austin, Tex. | | Charles Forrest Curry (1858-1930) — also known asCharles F. Curry;C. F.Curry —of Sacramento,SacramentoCounty, Calif.Born in Naperville,DuPageCounty, Ill.,March14, 1858.Republican. Member ofCaliforniastate assembly, 1887-89;secretaryof state of California, 1899-1911; candidate forGovernor ofCalifornia, 1910;U.S.Representative from California 3rd District, 1913-30; died inoffice 1930.Member,Elks;Freemasons;Eagles.Died inWashington,D.C.,October10, 1930 (age72 years, 210days).Originally entombed at Abbey Mausoleum; re-entombed in mausoleum atNationalMemorial Park, Near Falls Church, Fairfax County, Va. | | 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 at Abbey Mausoleum; reinterment to unknownlocation. | | Philip Pitt Campbell (1862-1941) — also known asPhilip P. Campbell — of Pittsburg,CrawfordCounty, Kan.; Arlington,ArlingtonCounty, Va.Born in Cape Breton,NovaScotia,April25, 1862.Republican.Lawyer;alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Kansas,1900;U.S.Representative from Kansas 3rd District, 1903-23.Died inWashington,D.C.,May 26,1941 (age79 years, 31days).Originally entombed at Abbey Mausoleum; reinterment to unknownlocation. | | Oscar Raymond Luhring (1879-1944) — of Indiana. Born in Haubstadt,GibsonCounty, Ind.,February11, 1879.Republican. Member ofIndianastate house of representatives, 1903;U.S.Representative from Indiana 1st District, 1919-23; defeated,1922;federaljudge, 1930.DiedAugust20, 1944 (age65 years, 191days).Originally entombed at Abbey Mausoleum; re-entombed in mausoleum atNationalMemorial Park, Near Falls Church, Fairfax County, Va.
ArlingtonNational Cemetery
Arlington, Arlington County, Virginia
Founded 1864
See alsoFindagravepage for this location.| Politicians buriedhere: |  | William Howard Taft (1857-1930) — also known asWilliam H. Taft;"BigBill" —of Cincinnati,HamiltonCounty, Ohio; New Haven,New HavenCounty, Conn.;Washington,D.C.Born in Cincinnati,HamiltonCounty, Ohio,September15, 1857.Republican.Lawyer;U.S.Collector of Internal Revenue at Cincinnati, Ohio, 1882-83;superior court judge in Ohio, 1887-90; U.S. Solicitor General,1890-92;Judgeof U.S. Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit, 1892-1900; resigned1900;lawprofessor;Governor-Generalof the Philippine Islands, 1901-04;U.S.Secretary of War, 1904-08;Presidentof the United States, 1909-13; defeated, 1912;ChiefJustice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1921-30; resigned 1930.Unitarian.Englishancestry. Member,Freemasons;PsiUpsilon;Skulland Bones;PhiAlpha Delta;American BarAssociation.Died inWashington,D.C.,March 8,1930 (age72 years, 174days).Interment at Arlington National Cemetery.| |  Relatives: SonofAlphonsoTaft and Louisa Maria (Torrey) Taft; half-brother ofCharlesPhelps Taft; brother ofHenryWaters Taft; married,June 19,1886, toHelenLouise Herron (daughter ofJohnWilliamson Herron; sister-in-law ofHenryFrederick Lippitt; niece ofWilliamCollins; aunt ofFrederickLippitt; granddaughter ofElaCollins); father ofRobertAlphonso Taft andCharlesPhelps Taft II; uncle ofWalbridgeS. Taft; grandson ofPeterRawson Taft; grandfather ofWilliamHoward Taft III,RobertTaft Jr. andSethChase Taft; great-grandfather ofRobertAlphonso Taft III; second cousin twice removed ofWillardJ. Chapin; fourth cousin once removed ofWilliamWarner Hoppin,JohnMilton Thayer,EdwardM. Chapin andGeorgeFranklin Chapin. | | | | Political family:Taftfamily (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | Cross-reference:WalterP. Johnson —FredWarner Carpenter —CharlesD. Hilles | | | | The formercommunityof Taft, now part ofLincolnCity, Oregon, wasnamed forhim. — William Howard TaftHighSchool, inSanAntonio, Texas, isnamed forhim. — William Howard TaftHighSchool, inBronx, NewYork (closed 2008), wasnamed forhim. — TaftHighSchool, inChicago,Illinois, isnamed forhim. — William Howard TaftHighSchool (opened 1960; became charter school 2013-14), inLosAngees, California, isnamed forhim. | | | | Epitaph: "#S#(1908) Progress andProsperity." | | | | See alsoWikipediaarticle —Ballotpedia article —NNDBdossier —Find-A-Gravememorial —OurCampaignscandidate detail —BiographicalDirectory of Federal Judges —ArlingtonNational Cemetery unofficial website | | | | Books about William Howard Taft: PaoloEnrico Coletta,ThePresidency of William Howard Taft — James Chace,1912: Wilson, Roosevelt, Taft and Debs : The Election that Changed theCountry — Alpheus Thomas Mason,WilliamHoward Taft — Lewis L. Gould,TheWilliam Howard Taft Presidency — Mike Resnick, ed.,AlternatePresidents [anthology] | | | | Critical books about William HowardTaft: Nathan Miller,Star-SpangledMen : America's Ten Worst Presidents | | | | Image source: American Monthly Reviewof Reviews, August 1901 |
 | John Fitzgerald Kennedy (1917-1963) — also known asJohn F. Kennedy;"J.F.K.";"Lancer" —of Boston,SuffolkCounty, Mass.Born in Brookline,NorfolkCounty, Mass.,May 29,1917.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II;U.S.Representative from Massachusetts 11th District, 1947-53;U.S.Senator from Massachusetts, 1953-60; delegate to DemocraticNational Convention from Massachusetts,1956;candidate for Democratic nomination for Vice President,1956;received a 1957PulitzerPrize for his bookProfiles in Courage;Presidentof the United States, 1961-63; died in office 1963.Catholic.Irishancestry. Member,Knightsof Columbus;AmericanLegion;Elks.Kennedy was posthumously awarded thePresidentialMedal of Freedom in 1963.Shotby asniper,Lee Harvey Oswald, whileriding in amotorcade, and died in ParklandHospital,Dallas,DallasCounty, Tex.,November22, 1963 (age46 years, 177days). Oswald was shot and killed two days later by Jack Ruby.Interment at Arlington National Cemetery; memorial monument atJohnF. Kennedy Memorial Plaza, Dallas, Tex.| | Relatives: SonofJosephPatrick Kennedy, Sr. and Rose (Fitzgerald) Kennedy;step-brother-in-law of Nina Gore Auchincloss (who marriedNewtonIvan Steers Jr.); brother ofJosephPatrick Kennedy Jr., Eunice Mary Kennedy (who marriedRobertSargent Shriver Jr.),PatriciaKennedy Lawford (who marriedPeterLawford),RobertFrancis Kennedy,JeanKennedy Smith andEdwardMoore Kennedy (who marriedVirginiaJoan Bennett); married,September12, 1953, toJaquelineLee Bouvier (step-daughter ofHughDudley Auchincloss; step-sister ofEugeneLuther Gore Vidal Jr. andHughDudley Auchincloss III); father ofJohnFitzgerald Kennedy Jr.; uncle of Maria Owings Shriver (whomarriedArnoldAlois Schwarzenegger),KathleenKennedy Townsend,JosephPatrick Kennedy II,RobertFrancis Kennedy Jr.,MarkKennedy Shriver andPatrickJoseph Kennedy (born 1967); grandson ofPatrickJoseph Kennedy (1858-1929) andJohnFrancis Fitzgerald. | | | | Political family:Kennedyfamily of Boston, Massachusetts (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | Cross-reference:JohnB. Connally —HenryB. Gonzalez —HenryM. Wade —WalterRogers —GerryE. Studds —JamesB. McCahey, Jr. —MarkDalton —WaggonerCarr —TheodoreC. Sorensen —PierreSalinger —JohnBartlow Martin —AbrahamDavenport —NellieConnally | | | | The John F. Kennedy MemorialBridge(opened 1963), which carries southbound I-65 over the Ohio River fromJeffersonville,Indiana, toLouisville,Kentucky, isnamed forhim. | | | | Coins and currency: Hisportraitappears on the U.S. half dollar coin. | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Wikipedia article —NNDBdossier —Internet Movie Databaseprofile —Find-A-Gravememorial —OurCampaignscandidate detail | | | | Books by John F. Kennedy:Profilesin Courage (1956) | | | | Books about John F. Kennedy:Christopher Loviny & Vincent Touze,JFK: Remembering Jack — Robert Dallek,AnUnfinished Life : John F. Kennedy, 1917-1963 — MichaelO'Brien,JohnF. Kennedy : A Biography — Sean J. Savage,JFK,LBJ, and the Democratic Party — Thurston Clarke,AskNot : The Inauguration of John F. Kennedy and the Speech That ChangedAmerica — Thomas Reeves,AQuestion of Character : A Life of John F. Kennedy —Chris Matthews,JackKennedy: Elusive Hero — Mike Resnick, ed.,AlternatePresidents [anthology] — Shelley Sommer,JohnF. Kennedy : His Life and Legacy (for youngreaders) | | | | Critical books about John F. Kennedy:Seymour Hersh,TheDark Side of Camelot — Lance Morrow,TheBest Year of Their Lives: Kennedy, Johnson, and Nixon in 1948:Learning the Secrets of Power — Victor Lasky,JFK:the Man and the Myth | | | | Image source: Warren Commission report(via Wikipedia) |
 | William Jennings Bryan (1860-1925) — also known asWilliam J. Bryan;"The GreatCommoner";"The Peerless Leader";"The Silver-Tongued Orator";"The Boy Oratorof the Platte";"The NiagaricNebraskan" —of Jacksonville,MorganCounty, Ill.; Lincoln,LancasterCounty, Neb.; Miami, Dade County (nowMiami-DadeCounty), Fla.Born in Salem,MarionCounty, Ill.,March19, 1860.Democrat.Lawyer;newspapereditor;U.S.Representative from Nebraska 1st District, 1891-95; candidate forPresidentof the United States, 1896, 1900, 1908; delegate to DemocraticNational Convention from Nebraska,1904(member,Platformand Resolutions Committee;speaker),1912(member,Platformand Resolutions Committee;speaker),1920;U.S.Secretary of State, 1913-15; candidate for Democratic nominationfor President,1920;delegate to Democratic National Convention from Florida,1924(member,Platformand Resolutions Committee).Presbyterian.Member,Freemasons;SigmaPi;Knightsof Pythias.Died in Dayton,RheaCounty, Tenn.,July 26,1925 (age65 years, 129days).Interment at Arlington National Cemetery; statue atRheaCounty Courthouse Grounds, Dayton, Tenn.| | Relatives: SonofSilasLillard Bryan and Mariah Elizabeth (Jennings) Bryan; brother ofCharlesWayland Bryan and Mary Elizabeth Bryan (who marriedThomasStinson Allen); married,October1, 1884, to Mary Elizabeth Baird; father ofRuthBryan Owen; grandfather ofHelenRudd Brown; first cousin ofWilliamSherman Jennings. | | | | Political family:Bryan-Jenningsfamily of Illinois. | | | | Cross-reference:ClarenceS. Darrow —WillisJ. Abbot —AdolphusR. Talbot | | | | Bryan County,Okla. is named for him. | | | | Other politicians named for him:WilliamJ. Bryan Jarvis—W.J. Bryan Dorn | | | | Campaign slogan (1896): "Sixteen toone." | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Wikipedia article —NNDBdossier —Internet Movie Databaseprofile —Find-A-Gravememorial —OurCampaignscandidate detail | | | | Books about William Jennings Bryan:Robert W. Cherny,ARighteous Cause : The Life of William Jennings Bryan —Paolo E. Coletta,WilliamJennings Bryan, Vol. 1: Political Evangelist,1860-1908 — Paolo E. Coletta,WilliamJennings Bryan, Vol. 2: Progressive Politician and Moral Statesman,1909-1915 — Paolo E. Coletta,WilliamJennings Bryan, Vol. 3: Political Puritan, 1915-1925 —Michael Kazin,AGodly Hero: The Life of William Jennings Bryan — ScottFarris,AlmostPresident: The Men Who Lost the Race but Changed theNation — Gerard N. Magliocca,TheTragedy of William Jennings Bryan: Constitutional Law and thePolitics of Backlash — Mike Resnick, ed.,AlternatePresidents [anthology] | | | | Image source: Munsey's Magazine,October 1903 |
| | | William O'Dwyer (1890-1964) — of Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in Bohola, County Mayo,Ireland,July11, 1890.Policeofficer;lawyer;county judge in New York, 1937-40;KingsCounty District Attorney, 1940-45;mayorof New York City, N.Y., 1946-50; defeated (Democratic), 1941;resigned 1950; general in the U.S. Army during World War II; delegateto Democratic National Convention from New York,1948;U.S. Ambassador toMexico, 1950-52.Died in ahospitalin Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,November24, 1964 (age74 years, 136days).Interment at Arlington National Cemetery.  | Walter Quintin Gresham (1832-1895) — also known asWalter Q. Gresham — of New Albany,FloydCounty, Ind.; Indianapolis,MarionCounty, Ind.Born near Lanesville,HarrisonCounty, Ind.,March17, 1832.Republican.Lawyer;member ofIndianastate house of representatives, 1861; general in the Union Armyduring the Civil War; candidate forU.S.Representative from Indiana, 1866, 1868; delegate to RepublicanNational Convention from Indiana,1868;U.S.District Judge for Indiana, 1869-83;U.S.Postmaster General, 1883-84;U.S.Secretary of the Treasury, 1884;Judgeof U.S. Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit, 1884-93;U.S.Secretary of State, 1893-95; died in office 1895.Methodist.Member,Freemasons;GrandArmy of the Republic;LoyalLegion.Died, frompneumonia,in his rooms at the ArlingtonHotel,Washington,D.C.,May 28,1895 (age63 years, 72days).Originally entombed atOakWoods Cemetery, Chicago, Ill.; reinterment in 1896 at ArlingtonNational Cemetery.  | George Brinton McClellan (1865-1940) — also known asGeorge B. McClellan — of New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in Dresden, Saxony (nowGermany)of American parents,November23, 1865.Democrat.Newspaperreporter;lawyer;U.S.Representative from New York 12th District, 1895-1903; delegateto Democratic National Convention from New York,1896,1900;mayorof New York City, N.Y., 1904-09; candidate for Democraticnomination for President,1904;universityprofessor; colonel in the U.S. Army during World War I.Episcopalian.Member,Sons ofthe Revolution;LoyalLegion;MilitaryOrder of the World Wars;AmericanLegion;PhiBeta Kappa.DiedNovember30, 1940 (age75 years, 7days).Interment at Arlington National Cemetery. | | William Hubbs Rehnquist (1924-2005) — also known asWilliam H. Rehnquist;William DonaldRehnquist —Born in Milwaukee,MilwaukeeCounty, Wis.,October1, 1924.Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II;AssociateJustice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1972-86;ChiefJustice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1986-2005; died in office 2005.Lutheran.Member,American BarAssociation;PhiBeta Kappa;PiSigma Alpha.DiedSeptember3, 2005 (age80 years, 337days).Interment at Arlington National Cemetery. | | William Worth Belknap (1829-1890) — also known asWilliam W. Belknap — of Iowa. Born in Newburgh,OrangeCounty, N.Y.,September22, 1829.Lawyer;member ofIowastate house of representatives, 1857-58; general in the UnionArmy during the Civil War;U.S.Secretary of War, 1869-76.Impeachedin 1876 by the House of Representatives fortakingbribes;resignedon March 2, 1876. Despite arguments that the Senate lackedjurisdiction after his resignation, an impeachmenttrialwas held; on August 1, the Senate voted 35 to 25 for his conviction,short of the necessary two-thirds.Died, of an apparentheartattack, inWashington,D.C.,October13, 1890 (age61 years, 21days).Interment at Arlington National Cemetery.  | Earl Warren (1891-1974) — also known as"Superchief" — of Oakland,AlamedaCounty, Calif.Born in Los Angeles,Los AngelesCounty, Calif.,March19, 1891.Republican.Lawyer;served in the U.S. Army during World War I;AlamedaCounty District Attorney, 1925-39; delegate to RepublicanNational Convention from California,1928(alternate),1932;Temporary Chair,1944;CaliforniaRepublican state chair, 1934-36; member ofRepublicanNational Committee from California, 1936-38;Californiastate attorney general, 1939-43;Governor ofCalifornia, 1943-53; Republican candidate for PresidentialElector for California,1944;candidate forVicePresident of the United States, 1948; candidate for Republicannomination for President,1952;ChiefJustice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1953-69; chair, President'sCommission on the Assassination of President KNDY, 1963-64.Norwegianancestry. Member,American BarAssociation;Freemasons;Shriners;Elks;AmericanAcademy of Arts and Sciences;AmericanPhilosophical Society;PhiDelta Phi;SigmaPhi;ExchangeClub.Awarded thePresidentialMedal of Freedom posthumously in 1981.Died inWashington,D.C.,July 9,1974 (age83 years, 112days).Interment at Arlington National Cemetery.| | Relatives: Sonof Methias H. Warren and Chrystal (Hernlund) Warren; married,October14, 1925, to Nina Palmquist Meyers. | | | | Cross-reference:WilliamS. Mailliard | | | | See alsoNational GovernorsAssociation biography —Wikipediaarticle —NNDBdossier —Internet Movie Databaseprofile —ArlingtonNational Cemetery unofficial website | | | | Books about Earl Warren: Ed Cray,ChiefJustice: A Biography of Earl Warren — G. Edward White,EarlWarren : A Public Life — Bernard Schwartz,SuperChief, Earl Warren and His Supreme Court — Jim Newton,Justicefor All: Earl Warren and the Nation He Made — MikeResnick, ed.,AlternatePresidents [anthology] | | | | Image source: Eminent Americans(1954) |
| | | Warren Earl Burger (1907-1995) — also known asWarren E. Burger — of St. Paul,RamseyCounty, Minn.; Arlington,ArlingtonCounty, Va.Born in St. Paul,RamseyCounty, Minn.,September17, 1907.Republican.Lawyer;delegate to Republican National Convention from Minnesota,1944,1948(alternate),1952(member,CredentialsCommittee;speaker);Judgeof U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, 1956-69;ChiefJustice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1969-86; took senior status 1986.Presbyterian.Member,American BarAssociation;AmericanJudicature Society;FederalBar Association.Received thePresidentialMedal of Freedom in 1988.Died, ofcongestiveheart failure, inAlexandria,Va.,June 25,1995 (age87 years, 281days).Interment at Arlington National Cemetery. | | John Aaron Rawlins (1831-1869) — also known asJohn A. Rawlins — Born in Galena,Jo DaviessCounty, Ill.,February13, 1831.General in the Union Army during the Civil War;U.S.Secretary of War, 1869; died in office 1869.Died, of consumption (tuberculosis),inWashington,D.C.,September6, 1869 (age38 years, 205days).Original interment atCongressionalCemetery, Washington, D.C.; reinterment at Arlington NationalCemetery; statue erected 1874 atRawlinsPark, Washington, D.C. | | Robert Todd Lincoln (1843-1926) — Born in Springfield,SangamonCounty, Ill.,August1, 1843.Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War;lawyer;Republican Presidential Elector for Illinois,1880;U.S.Secretary of War, 1881-85; U.S. Minister toGreat Britain, 1889-93; president (1897-1911) and chairman(1911-26) of the Pullman Palace Car Company, makers ofrailroadcars; part owner of Chicago Edison Companyelectricutility.Died, from acerebralhemorrhage, in Manchester,BenningtonCounty, Vt.,July 25,1926 (age82 years, 358days).Interment at Arlington National Cemetery. | | William Pierce Rogers (1913-2001) — also known asWilliam P. Rogers — Born in Norfolk,St.Lawrence County, N.Y.,June 23,1913.Lawyer;served in the U.S. Navy during World War II;U.S.Attorney General, 1957-61;U.S.Secretary of State, 1969-73.Presbyterian.Member,American BarAssociation;Order ofthe Coif.Received theMedalof Freedom in 1973.Died, ofcongestiveheart failure, in SuburbanHospital,Bethesda,MontgomeryCounty, Md.,January2, 2001 (age87 years, 193days).Interment at Arlington National Cemetery.  | John Wingate Weeks (1860-1926) — also known asJohn W. Weeks — of West Newton, Newton,MiddlesexCounty, Mass.Born in Lancaster,CoosCounty, N.H.,April11, 1860.Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during the Spanish-American War;mayorof Newton, Mass., 1902-03;U.S.Representative from Massachusetts 12th District, 1905-13;resigned 1913;U.S.Senator from Massachusetts, 1913-19; defeated, 1918; candidatefor Republican nomination for President,1916;delegate to Republican National Convention from Massachusetts,1916;member ofRepublicanNational Committee from Massachusetts, 1920;U.S.Secretary of War, 1921-25.Unitarian.Died in Lancaster,CoosCounty, N.H.,July 12,1926 (age66 years, 92days).Cremated;ashes interred at Arlington National Cemetery.| | Relatives: Sonof William Dennison Weeks and Mary Helen (Fowler) Weeks; married,October7, 1885, to Martha Aroline Sinclair; father ofCharlesSinclair Weeks; grandnephew ofJohnWingate Weeks (1781-1853); first cousin thrice removed ofTimothyPickering; third cousin once removed ofDudleyLeavitt Pickman; third cousin twice removed ofNathanRead; third cousin thrice removed ofTimothyBigelow; fourth cousin once removed ofSilasWright Jr.,RufusHeaton,AlexanderWheelock Thayer,JoshuaGrosvenor Abbe,SamuelBadger Abbe,JohnOgden Bigelow,JohnGardner Coolidge andAugustusPeabody Gardner. | | | | Political family:Weeksfamily of Lancaster, New Hampshire (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | Cross-reference:OvingtonE. Weller | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Wikipedia article —NNDBdossier | | | | Image source: American Review ofReviews, March 1922 |
|  | William Gibbs McAdoo (1863-1941) — also known asWilliam G. McAdoo — of Chattanooga,HamiltonCounty, Tenn.; New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.; Los Angeles,LosAngeles County, Calif.; Santa Barbara,SantaBarbara County, Calif.Born near Marietta,CobbCounty, Ga.,October31, 1863.Democrat.Lawyer; lawpartner withWilliamMcAdoo (no relation); attorney forrailroads;president, Hudson & ManhattanRailroadCo.; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York,1904,1912;candidate forU.S.Representative from New York 17th District, 1908; member ofDemocraticNational Committee from New York, 1912;U.S.Secretary of the Treasury, 1913-18; candidate for Democraticnomination for President,1920,1924;delegate to Democratic National Convention from California,1932,1936;U.S.Senator from California, 1933-38; member ofDemocraticNational Committee from California, 1937-39.Episcopalian.Member,Freemasons.Died inWashington,D.C.,February1, 1941 (age77 years, 93days).Interment at Arlington National Cemetery.| | Relatives: Sonof William Gibbs McAdoo (1820-1849) and Mary Faith (Floyd) McAdoo;married,November18, 1885, to Sarah Houston Fleming; married,May 7,1914, to Eleanor Randolph Wilson (daughter ofWoodrowWilson andEllenWilson); married,September14, 1935, to Doris Isabel Cross; great-grandson ofJohnFloyd. | | | | Political family:Wilson#1 family of California and Virginia (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | Cross-reference:ByronR. Newton —NatRogan | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Wikipedia article —NNDBdossier —Find-A-Gravememorial —FederalReserve History | | | | Image source: Munsey's Magazine, May1919 |
 | John Foster Dulles (1888-1959) — of Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born inWashington,D.C.,February25, 1888.Republican.Lawyer;major in the U.S. Army during World War I; delegate to RepublicanNational Convention from New York,1944;U.S.Senator from New York, 1949; defeated, 1949;U.S.Secretary of State, 1953-59.Presbyterian.Member,PhiBeta Kappa;PhiDelta Phi;Council onForeign Relations.Received theMedalof Freedom in 1959.Died ofcancerandpneumonia,inWashington,D.C.,May 24,1959 (age71 years, 88days).Interment at Arlington National Cemetery.| | Relatives: Sonof Allen Macy Dulles and Edith F. (Foster) Dulles; brother ofAllenWelsh Dulles; married,June 26,1912, to Janet Pomeroy Avery; grandson ofJohnWatson Foster; great-grandnephew ofJohnWelsh; third great-grandnephew ofJoshuaCoit; first cousin twice removed ofLangdonCheves Jr.; first cousin six times removed ofBenjaminHuntington; second cousin once removed ofSamuelWelsh; second cousin thrice removed ofRobertCoit Jr.; second cousin four times removed ofJabezHuntington,JohnDavenport,JamesDavenport,HenryHuntington,GurdonHuntington andAbelHuntington; second cousin five times removed ofSamuelHuntington; third cousin ofLewisWardlaw Haskell; third cousin twice removed ofAlonzoMark Leffingwell andWilliamBrainard Coit; third cousin thrice removed ofJedediahHuntington,EbenezerHuntington,WilliamWoodbridge,ZinaHyde Jr.,IsaacBackus,TheodoreDavenport,HenryTitus Backus andBenjaminNicoll Huntington; fourth cousin once removed ofJohnLeffingwell Randolph. | | | | Political family:Foster-Dullesfamily of Watertown and New York City, New York (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | Cross-reference:EdwardF. Corsi | | | | Washington DullesInternationalAirport (opened 1962), inLoudounandFairfaxcounties, Virginia, isnamed forhim. | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Wikipedia article —NNDBdossier —Find-A-Gravememorial —ArlingtonNational Cemetery unofficial website | | | | Image source: Time Magazine, August 13,1951 |
| | Dwight Filley Davis (1879-1945) — also known asDwight F. Davis — ofSt.Louis, Mo.Born inSt.Louis, Mo.,July 5,1879.Lawyer;colonel in the U.S. Army during World War I;U.S.Secretary of War, 1925-29;Governor-Generalof the Philippine Islands, 1929-32.Baptist.Member,AlphaDelta Phi;PhiDelta Theta;PhiDelta Phi;AmericanLegion.Founder of the Davis Cup tennis tournament. Died inWashington,D.C.,November28, 1945 (age66 years, 146days).Interment at Arlington National Cemetery. | | George Catlett Marshall (1880-1959) — also known asGeorge C. Marshall — of Leesburg,LoudounCounty, Va.Born in Uniontown,FayetteCounty, Pa.,December31, 1880.Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; general in the U.S. Armyduring World War II;U.S.Secretary of State, 1947-49;U.S.Secretary of Defense, 1950-51.Episcopalian.Member,Freemasons;KappaAlpha Order;Societyof the Cincinnati.Awarded theNobelPeace Prize in 1953.Died atWalterReed Army Medical Center,Washington,D.C.,October16, 1959 (age78 years, 289days).Interment at Arlington National Cemetery. | | George Graham (1770-1830) — ofFairfaxCounty, Va.Born in Dumfries,PrinceWilliam County, Va.,May 16,1770.Member ofVirginiastate house of delegates from Fairfax County, 1808-09;U.S.Secretary of War, 1816-17; U.S. Special Diplomatic Agent toTexas Republic, 1818; president, Washington branch,Bank ofthe United States, 1819-23; Commissioner of the General Land Office,1823-30; died in office 1830.Died inMontgomeryCounty, Md.,August8, 1830 (age60 years, 84days).Original interment atOakHill Cemetery, Washington, D.C.; reinterment in 1906 at ArlingtonNational Cemetery. | | Robert Francis Kennedy (1925-1968) — also known asRobert F. Kennedy;Bobby Kennedy;"R.F.K." —of Boston,SuffolkCounty, Mass.; Barnstable,BarnstableCounty, Mass.; Glen Cove,NassauCounty, Long Island, N.Y.Born in Boston,SuffolkCounty, Mass.,November20, 1925.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II;lawyer;delegate to Democratic National Convention from Massachusetts,1956,1960;U.S.Attorney General, 1961-64;U.S.Senator from New York, 1965-68; died in office 1968; candidatefor Democratic nomination for President,1968.Catholic.Member,American BarAssociation;Veterans ofForeign Wars;AmericanLegion.On June 5, 1968, whilerunningfor president, having just won the California presidential primary,wasshot andmortallywounded by Sirhan Sirhan, in the AmbassadorHotel,and died the next day in in Good SamaritanHospital,Los Angeles,Los AngelesCounty, Calif.,June 6,1968 (age42 years, 199days).Interment at Arlington National Cemetery.| | Relatives: SonofJosephPatrick Kennedy, Sr. and Rose (Fitzgerald) Kennedy; brother ofJosephPatrick Kennedy Jr.,JohnFitzgerald Kennedy, Eunice Mary Kennedy (who marriedRobertSargent Shriver Jr.),PatriciaKennedy Lawford (who marriedPeterLawford),JeanKennedy Smith andEdwardMoore Kennedy; married,June 17,1950, to Ethel Skakel; father ofKathleenKennedy Townsend,JosephPatrick Kennedy II,RobertFrancis Kennedy Jr. and Kerry Kennedy (who marriedAndrewMark Cuomo); uncle ofJohnFitzgerald Kennedy Jr.,MarkKennedy Shriver andPatrickJoseph Kennedy (born 1967); grandson ofPatrickJoseph Kennedy (1858-1929) andJohnFrancis Fitzgerald. | | | | Political family:Kennedyfamily of Boston, Massachusetts (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | Cross-reference:BenjaminAltman —JohnBartlow Martin —FrankMankiewicz —PaulSchrade | | | | The Robert F. Kennedy Department of JusticeBuilding(opened 1935, renamed 2001), inWashington,D.C., isnamed forhim. | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Wikipedia article —NNDBdossier —Internet Movie Databaseprofile —Find-A-Gravememorial | | | | Books about Robert F. Kennedy: ArthurM. Schlesinger Jr.,RobertKennedy and His Times — Evan Thomas,RobertKennedy : His Life — Joseph A. Palermo,InHis Own Right — Thurston Clarke,TheLast Campaign: Robert F. Kennedy and 82 Days That InspiredAmerica — Nicholas deB. Katzenbach,Someof It Was Fun: Working with RFK and LBJ — BillEppridge,ATime it Was: Bobby Kennedy in the Sixties — MikeResnick, ed.,AlternatePresidents [anthology] | | | | Critical books about Robert F. Kennedy:Allen Roberts,RobertFrancis Kennedy: Biography of a CompulsivePolitician — Victor Lasky,RFK:Myth and Man — Darwin Porter & Danforth Prince,TheKennedys: All the Gossip Unfit for Print |
| | Robert Porter Patterson (1891-1952) — also known asRobert P. Patterson — of Cold Spring,PutnamCounty, N.Y.Born in Glens Falls,WarrenCounty, N.Y.,February12, 1891.Lawyer;served in the U.S. Army during World War I;U.S.District Judge for the Southern District of New York, 1930-39;Judgeof U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit, 1939-40;U.S.Secretary of War, 1945-47.Member,American BarAssociation;AmericanAcademy of Arts and Sciences;PhiBeta Kappa;PhiDelta Theta;AmericanLegion.Killed, along with 22 other passengers and crew, and seven people onthe ground, in aplanecrash duringrain andheavy fog, in Elizabeth,UnionCounty, N.J.,January22, 1952 (age60 years, 344days).Interment at Arlington National Cemetery. | | John Newton Mitchell (1913-1988) — also known asJohn N. Mitchell — of New York;Washington,D.C.Born in Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.,September15, 1913.Lawyer;served in the U.S. Navy during World War II;U.S.Attorney General, 1969-72.Member,American BarAssociation.A central figure in the Watergatescandal.Indictedin 1973, along withMauriceStans, forperjuryandobstructionover acontributionfromfugitivefinancier Robert Vesco to PresidentRichardM. Nixon's re-election campaign;triedand acquitted.Convictedin February 1975 of conspiracy,obstructionof justice andperjury,over his role in theWatergatebreak-in, andsentencedto two and a half to eight years inprison;served 19 months.Suffered aheartattack, and died later the same day, at George WashingtonUniversityHospital,Washington,D.C.,November9, 1988 (age75 years, 55days).Interment at Arlington National Cemetery. | | Cyrus Roberts Vance (1917-2002) — also known asCyrus R. Vance — Born in Clarksburg,HarrisonCounty, W.Va.,March27, 1917.Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II;lawyer;U.S.Secretary of State, 1977-80.Member,American BarAssociation;Council onForeign Relations;TrilateralCommission.Received thePresidentialMedal of Freedom in 1969.Died, ofAlzheimer'sdisease, at Mt. SinaiMedicalCenter, Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,January12, 2002 (age84 years, 291days).Interment at Arlington National Cemetery. | | Donald Thomas Regan (1918-2003) — also known asDonald T. Regan;Don Regan — Born in Cambridge,MiddlesexCounty, Mass.,December21, 1918.Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II;U.S.Secretary of the Treasury, 1981-85; White House Chief of Stafffor PresidentRonaldReagan, 1985-87.Irishancestry. Member,Council onForeign Relations;PiKappa Alpha.Died, ofcancerandheartfailure, in ahospitalatWilliamsburg,Va.,June 10,2003 (age84 years, 171days).Interment at Arlington National Cemetery. | | John McAllister Schofield (1831-1906) — also known asJohn M. Schofield — Born in Gerry,ChautauquaCounty, N.Y.,September29, 1831.General in the Union Army during the Civil War;U.S.Secretary of War, 1868-69.Member,LoyalLegion.Received theMedalof Honor in 1892 for action at Wilsons Creek, Mo., August 10,1861.Died in St. Augustine,St. JohnsCounty, Fla.,March 4,1906 (age74 years, 156days).Interment at Arlington National Cemetery. | | Elliot Lee Richardson (1920-1999) — also known asElliot L. Richardson — of Brookline,NorfolkCounty, Mass.Born in Boston,SuffolkCounty, Mass.,July 20,1920.Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II;U.S.Attorney for Massachusetts, 1959-61;LieutenantGovernor of Massachusetts, 1965-67;Massachusettsstate attorney general, 1967-69; defeated in primary, 1962;resigned 1969;U.S.Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare, 1970-73; delegate toRepublican National Convention from Massachusetts,1972;U.S.Secretary of Defense, 1973;U.S.Attorney General, 1973; U.S. Ambassador toGreat Britain, 1975-76;, 1977-80;U.S.Secretary of Commerce, 1976-77; candidate forU.S.Senator from Massachusetts, 1984.Episcopalian.Member,Freemasons;Council onForeign Relations.Received thePresidentialMedal of Freedom in 1999.Died, of acerebralhemorrhage, at Massachusetts GeneralHospital,Boston,SuffolkCounty, Mass.,December31, 1999 (age79 years, 164days).Interment at Arlington National Cemetery. | | James Patrick McGranery (1895-1962) — also known asJames P. McGranery — of Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.Born in Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,July 8,1895.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I;U.S.Representative from Pennsylvania 2nd District, 1937-43; defeated,1934; resigned 1943;U.S.District Judge for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, 1946-52;resigned 1952;U.S.Attorney General, 1952-53.Died in Palm Beach,Palm BeachCounty, Fla.,December23, 1962 (age67 years, 168days).Interment at Arlington National Cemetery.  | Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. (1841-1935) — also known as"The Great Dissenter" — of Massachusetts. Born in Boston,SuffolkCounty, Mass.,March 8,1841.Colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War;lawyer;justice ofMassachusetts state supreme court, 1882-1902;chiefjustice of Massachusetts supreme judicial court, 1899-1902;AssociateJustice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1902-32; retired 1932.Unitarian.Elected to theHallof Fame for Great Americans in 1965.Died, ofpneumonia,inWashington,D.C.,March 6,1935 (age93 years, 363days).Interment at Arlington National Cemetery.| | Relatives: Sonof Dr. Oliver Wendell Holmes and Amelia Lee (Jackson) Holmes;married,June 17,1872, to Fanny Bowditch Dixwell; nephew of Ann Susan Holmes (whomarriedCharlesWentworth Upham). | | | | Political family:Upham#1 family of Massachusetts and New Hampshire (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | Cross-reference:FrancisBiddle —LaurenceCurtis —LewisEinstein —ErlandF. Fish | | | | See alsofederaljudicial profile —Wikipedia article —Ballotpediaarticle —NNDBdossier —Find-A-Gravememorial —ArlingtonNational Cemetery unofficial website | | | | Books by Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.:TheCommon Law | | | | Books about Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.:Gary J. Aichele,OliverWendell Holmes, Jr. : Soldier, Scholar, Judge — G.Edward White,JusticeOliver Wendell Holmes: Law and the Inner Self —Sheldon M. Novick,HonorableJustice: The Life of Oliver Wendell Holmes — LivaBaker,TheJustice from Beacon Hill: The Life and Times of Oliver WendellHolmes — James Bishop Peabody,TheHolmes-Einstein Letters : Correspondence of Mr. Justice Holmes andLewis Einstein 1903-1935 | | | | Critical books about Oliver Wendell Holmes,Jr.: Albert W. Alschuler,LawWithout Values : The Life, Work, and Legacy of JusticeHolmes | | | | Image source: American Monthly Reviewof Reviews, September 1902 |
| | Edmund Sixtus Muskie (1914-1996) — also known asEdmund S. Muskie;"Mr.Clean" —of Waterville,KennebecCounty, Maine.Born in Rumford,OxfordCounty, Maine,March28, 1914.Democrat.Lawyer;served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; member ofMainestate house of representatives, 1947-51; member ofDemocraticNational Committee from Maine, 1952-54;Governor ofMaine, 1955-59; delegate to Democratic National Convention fromMaine,1956,1964;speaker,1988;U.S.Senator from Maine, 1959-80; candidate forVicePresident of the United States, 1968; candidate for Democraticnomination for President,1972;U.S.Secretary of State, 1980-81.Catholic.Polishancestry. Member,Lions;Elks;Amvets;PhiBeta Kappa.Received thePresidentialMedal of Freedom in 1981.Died of aheartattack, in Georgetown UniversityMedicalCenter,Washington,D.C.,March26, 1996 (age81 years, 364days).Interment at Arlington National Cemetery.  | 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 at Arlington National Cemetery.| | 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 |
| | Alexander Meigs Haig Jr. (1924-2010) — also known asAlexander M. Haig, Jr. — of Arlington,ArlingtonCounty, Va.Born in Bala Cynwyd,MontgomeryCounty, Pa.,December2, 1924.Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during the Korean conflict;served in the U.S. Army during the Vietnam war; target of anassassinationattempt in Belgium, June 25, 1979; candidate for Republicannomination for President,1980,1984,1988;candidate for Republican nomination for Vice President,1980,1988;U.S.Secretary of State, 1981-82; host, World Business Reviewtelevisionnews show.Catholic.Member,Council onForeign Relations.Died, from aninfection,at John HopkinsHospital,Baltimore,Md.,February20, 2010 (age85 years, 80days).Interment at Arlington National Cemetery. | | William Orville Douglas (1898-1980) — also known asWilliam O. Douglas — of New Haven,New HavenCounty, Conn.; Goose Prairie,YakimaCounty, Wash.Born in Maine,Otter TailCounty, Minn.,October16, 1898.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I;lawyer;lawprofessor; member, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission,1936-39; chair, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, 1937-39;AssociateJustice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1939-75; candidate for Democraticnomination for President,1948.Presbyterian.Member,Freemasons;UnitedWorld Federalists;American BarAssociation;BetaTheta Pi;PhiAlpha Delta;DeltaSigma Rho;PhiBeta Kappa.Died inWashington,D.C.,January19, 1980 (age81 years, 95days).Interment at Arlington National Cemetery.| | Relatives: Sonof William Douglas and Julia Bickford (Fiske) Douglas; married,August16, 1923, to Mildred M. Riddle; married1966 toKathleen Heffernan. | | | | Cross-reference:WarrenChristopher —WilliamA. Norris | | | | See alsoWikipediaarticle —NNDBdossier —ArlingtonNational Cemetery unofficial website | | | | Books by William O. Douglas:OfMen and Mountains (1982) —Mywilderness: east to Katahdin (1961) —GoEast, Young Man (1974) —TheCourt Years, 1939 to 1975: The Autobiography of William O.Douglas (1980) | | | | Books about William O. Douglas: BruceAllen Murphy,WildBill : The Legend and Life of William O. Douglas —Howard Ball & Phillip J. Cooper,OfPower and Right: Hugo Black, William O. Douglas, and America'sConstitutional Revolution — James F. Simon,IndependentJourney: The Life of William O. Douglas |
| | William Joseph Brennan Jr. (1906-1997) — also known asWilliam J. Brennan, Jr. — of New Jersey. Born in Newark,EssexCounty, N.J.,April25, 1906.Lawyer;major in the U.S. Army during World War II; superior court judge inNew Jersey, 1949-52;associatejustice of New Jersey state supreme court, 1952-56;AssociateJustice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1956-90; took senior status 1990.Catholic.Irishancestry.Received thePresidentialMedal of Freedom.Died in anursinghome in Arlington,ArlingtonCounty, Va.,July 24,1997 (age91 years, 90days).Interment at Arlington National Cemetery.| | Relatives: Sonof William J. Brennan and Agnes (McDermott) Brennan; married,May 5,1928, to Marjorie Leonard. | | | | Cross-reference:MichaelChertoff —AbrahamDavid Sofaer | | | | See alsofederaljudicial profile —Wikipedia article —Ballotpedia article —NNDBdossier —Find-A-Gravememorial —ArlingtonNational Cemetery unofficial website | | | | Books about William J. Brennan: KimIsaac Eisler,AJustice for All: William J. Brennan, Jr., and the Decisions ThatTransformed America — David E. Marion,TheJurisprudence of Justice William J. Brennan, Jr. —Hunter R. Clark,JusticeBrennan: The Great Conciliator — Charles M. Haar &Jerold S. Kayden,LandmarkJustice: The Influence of William J. Brennan on America'sCommunities — Frank I. Michelman,Brennanand Democracy |
 | Powell Clayton (1833-1914) — of Little Rock,PulaskiCounty, Ark.; Eureka Springs,CarrollCounty, Ark.Born in Bethel,DelawareCounty, Pa.,August7, 1833.Republican.Engineer;surveyor;general in the Union Army during the Civil War;planter;president and general manager, Eureka SpringsRailway;Governorof Arkansas, 1868-71;U.S.Senator from Arkansas, 1871-77; delegate to Republican NationalConvention from Arkansas,1872(delegation chair),1876,1880,1884,1888,1892,1896(speaker),1908,1912;member ofRepublicanNational Committee from Arkansas, 1872-74, 1896-1912; U.S.Minister toMexico, 1897-98; U.S. Ambassador toMexico, 1898-1905.Died inWashington,D.C.,August25, 1914 (age81 years, 18days).Interment at Arlington National Cemetery. | | 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 at Arlington National Cemetery; 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 |
 | William Franklin Knox (1874-1944) — also known asFrank Knox — of Manchester,HillsboroughCounty, N.H.; Chicago,CookCounty, Ill.Born in Boston,SuffolkCounty, Mass.,January1, 1874.Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War;newspaperreporter;newspapereditor; major in the U.S. Army during World War I; delegate toRepublican National Convention from New Hampshire,1920(member,Committeeon Rules and Order of Business); candidate for nomination forGovernor ofNew Hampshire, 1924; candidate forVicePresident of the United States, 1936; delegate to RepublicanNational Convention from Illinois,1940;U.S.Secretary of the Navy, 1940-44; died in office 1944.Congregationalist.Member,AmericanLegion.Died, following a series ofheartattacks, inWashington,D.C.,April28, 1944 (age70 years, 118days).Interment at Arlington National Cemetery. | | | Laurence Adolph Steinhardt (1892-1950) — also known asLaurence A. Steinhardt — of New York. Born in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,October6, 1892.Served in the U.S. Army during World War I;lawyer;U.S. Minister toSweden, 1933-37; U.S. Ambassador toPeru, 1937-39;Soviet Union, 1939-41;Turkey, 1942-45;Czechoslovakia, 1945-48;Canada, 1948-50, died in office 1950.Jewish. Member,American BarAssociation.Died in aplanecrash near Ramsayville,Ontario,March28, 1950 (age57 years, 173days).Interment at Arlington National Cemetery. | | Potter Stewart (1915-1985) — Born in Jackson,JacksonCounty, Mich.,January23, 1915.Served in the U.S. Army during World War II;Judgeof U.S. Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit, 1954-58;AssociateJustice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1958-81; took senior status 1981.Episcopalian.Member,Freemasons;Skulland Bones.Died in Hanover,GraftonCounty, N.H.,December7, 1985 (age70 years, 318days).Interment at Arlington National Cemetery. | | Harry Andrew Blackmun (1908-1999) — also known asHarry A. Blackmun;"Hip PocketHarry";"Minnesota Twin" —of Minneapolis,HennepinCounty, Minn.; Rochester,OlmstedCounty, Minn.Born in Nashville,WashingtonCounty, Ill.,November12, 1908.Lawyer;law clerk for U.S. Appeals Court JudgeJohnB. Sanborn, 1932-33;Judgeof U.S. Court of Appeals for the 8th Circuit, 1959-70;AssociateJustice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1970-94; took senior status 1994;actorin the 1997movieAmistad, as JusticeJosephStory.Methodist.Member,American BarAssociation;Rotary;PhiBeta Kappa.Died in Arlington,ArlingtonCounty, Va.,March 4,1999 (age90 years, 112days).Interment at Arlington National Cemetery. | | Arthur Joseph Goldberg (1908-1990) — also known asArthur J. Goldberg — of Illinois; New York;Washington,D.C.Born in Chicago,CookCounty, Ill.,August8, 1908.Democrat.Lawyer;major in the U.S. Army during World War II;generalcounsel, Congress of Industrial Organizations; helped merge thatgroup with the American Federation of Labor to form the AFL-CIO,1955; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention fromIllinois,1960;U.S.Secretary of Labor, 1961-62;AssociateJustice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1962-65; U.S. Representative toUnited Nations, 1965-68; candidate for Democratic nominationfor President,1968;candidate forGovernor ofNew York, 1970; U.S. Ambassador to, 1977-78.Jewish. Member,AmericanJewish Committee;Americansfor Democratic Action.Received thePresidentialMedal of Freedom in 1978.Died ofcoronaryartery disease, inWashington,D.C.,January19, 1990 (age81 years, 164days).Interment at Arlington National Cemetery. | | Daniel McCauley (1839-1894) — of Indianapolis,MarionCounty, Ind.Born in New York,September8, 1839.Republican. General in the Union Army during the Civil War;mayorof Indianapolis, Ind., 1867-73.Died inNicaragua,1894(ageabout54 years).Interment at Arlington National Cemetery. | | James Vincent Forrestal (1892-1949) — also known asJames V. Forrestal — of Beacon,DutchessCounty, N.Y.Born in Matteawan (now part of Beacon),DutchessCounty, N.Y.,February15, 1892.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I;U.S.Secretary of the Navy, 1944-47; delegate to Democratic NationalConvention from New York,1944;U.S.Secretary of Defense, 1947-49.Catholic.Jumpedfrom a window on the 16th floor, andfell tohis death, while a patient atBethesdaNaval Hospital, Bethesda,MontgomeryCounty, Md.,May 22,1949 (age57 years, 96days).Interment at Arlington National Cemetery. | | Ruth Bader Ginsburg (1933-2020) — also known asJoan Ruth Bader — ofWashington,D.C.Born in Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.,March15, 1933.Judgeof U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, 1980-93;AssociateJustice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1993-.Female.Jewish. Member,American BarAssociation;Council onForeign Relations;AmericanAcademy of Arts and Sciences;American CivilLiberties Union;AmericanJewish Congress;PhiAlpha Delta.Inducted,NationalWomen's Hall of Fame, 2002.Died inWashington,D.C.,September18, 2020 (age87 years, 187days).Interment at Arlington National Cemetery.  | Hubert Work (1860-1942) — of Pueblo,PuebloCounty, Colo.Born in Marion Center,IndianaCounty, Pa.,July 3,1860.Republican.Physician;delegate to Republican National Convention from Colorado,1908,1924,1928(member,Committeeto Notify Presidential Nominee);ColoradoRepublican state chair, 1912; candidate forU.S.Senator from Colorado, 1914; colonel in the U.S. Army duringWorld War I; member ofRepublicanNational Committee from Colorado, 1920;Chairmanof Republican National Committee, 1928-29;U.S.Postmaster General, 1922-23;U.S.Secretary of the Interior, 1923-28.Presbyterian.Member,American MedicalAssociation.Died inDenver,Colo.,December14, 1942 (age82 years, 164days).Interment at Arlington National Cemetery. | | | Walter John Stoessel Jr. (1920-1986) — also known asWalter J. Stoessel, Jr. — of California. Born in Manhattan,RileyCounty, Kan.,January24, 1920.Foreign Service officer; U.S. Ambassador toPoland, 1968-72;Soviet Union, 1973-76;Germany, 1976-81.Died in1986(ageabout66 years).Interment at Arlington National Cemetery.  | Henry Prather Fletcher (1873-1959) — also known asHenry P. Fletcher — of Chambersburg,FranklinCounty, Pa.; Greencastle,FranklinCounty, Pa.; Newport,NewportCounty, R.I.Born in Greencastle,FranklinCounty, Pa.,April10, 1873.Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War;lawyer;U.S. Minister toChile, 1909-14;Luxembourg, 1923-24; U.S. Ambassador toChile, 1914-16;Mexico, 1916-19;Belgium, 1922-24;Italy, 1924-29;Chairmanof Republican National Committee, 1934-36; delegate to RepublicanNational Convention from Pennsylvania,1936(speaker);delegate to Republican National Convention from Rhode Island,1940;member, Arrangements Committee,1940;member, Resolutions Committee,1940;Parliamentarian,1952.Presbyterian.Died in Newport,NewportCounty, R.I.,July 10,1959 (age86 years, 91days).Interment at Arlington National Cemetery. | | Caspar Willard Weinberger (1917-2006) — also known asCaspar W. Weinberger;Cap Weinberger;"Cap the Knife" —ofSanFrancisco, Calif.; Hillsborough,San MateoCounty, Calif.Born inSanFrancisco, Calif.,August18, 1917.Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; member ofCaliforniastate assembly, 1953-56; delegate to Republican NationalConvention from California,1956(alternate),1960(member,Committeeon Rules and Order of Business);CaliforniaRepublican state chair, 1964; member, Federal Trade Commission,1969-70; chair, Federal Trade Commission, 1970; chair, Federal TradeCommission; director, U.S. Office of Management and Budget;U.S.Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare, 1973-75;U.S.Secretary of Defense, 1981-87.Episcopalian.Jewishancestry. Member,PhiBeta Kappa.Received thePresidentialMedal of Freedom in 1987. To forestall anyprosecutionfor alleged misdeeds in connection with the Iran-Contra affair, hewaspardonedby PresidentGeorgeBush in 1992.Died, ofkidneyailments andpneumonia,in Eastern MaineMedicalCenter, Bangor,PenobscotCounty, Maine,March28, 2006 (age88 years, 222days).Interment at Arlington National Cemetery. | | Charles Edward Merriam Jr. (1874-1953) — also known asCharles E. Merriam — of Chicago,CookCounty, Ill.Born in Hopkinton,DelawareCounty, Iowa,November15, 1874.Republican.Politicalscientist;universityprofessor; Republican candidate formayorof Chicago, Ill., 1911, 1919 (primary); served in the U.S. Armyduring World War I.Member,AmericanPolitical Science Association.Died, in HilltopHospital,Rockville,MontgomeryCounty, Md.,January8, 1953 (age78 years, 54days).Interment at Arlington National Cemetery. | | Richard Bowditch Wigglesworth (1891-1960) — also known asRichard B. Wigglesworth — of Milton,NorfolkCounty, Mass.Born in Milton,NorfolkCounty, Mass.,April25, 1891.Republican.Lawyer;private secretary to Philippines Governor-GeneralW.Cameron Forbes, 1913; served in the U.S. Army during World War I;U.S.Representative from Massachusetts, 1928-58 (14th District1928-33, 13th District 1933-58); alternate delegate to RepublicanNational Convention from Massachusetts,1948;U.S. Ambassador toCanada, 1958-60, died in office 1960.Unitarian.Member,American BarAssociation;AmericanLegion;Forty andEight;Veterans ofForeign Wars;MilitaryOrder of the World Wars.Died, from astrokewhile being treated forphlebitis,in Peter Bent BrighamHospital,Boston,SuffolkCounty, Mass.,October22, 1960 (age69 years, 180days).Interment at Arlington National Cemetery. | | Kenneth Barnard Keating (1900-1975) — also known asKenneth B. Keating — of Brighton,MonroeCounty, N.Y.; Rochester,MonroeCounty, N.Y.Born in Lima,LivingstonCounty, N.Y.,May 18,1900.Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I;lawyer;delegate to Republican National Convention from New York,1940(alternate),1948(alternate),1952(alternate),1956(alternate),1960,1964;colonel in the U.S. Army during World War II;U.S.Representative from New York, 1947-59 (40th District 1947-53,38th District 1953-59);U.S.Senator from New York, 1959-65; defeated, 1964;judge ofNew York Court of Appeals, 1966-68; candidate fordelegateto New York state constitutional convention at-large, 1966; U.S.Ambassador toIndia, 1969-72;Israel, 1973-75, died in office 1975.Presbyterian.Member,AmericanLegion;Veterans ofForeign Wars;American BarAssociation;Sons ofthe American Revolution;Freemasons;Shriners;Moose;Elks;Eagles;DeltaUpsilon;PhiBeta Kappa.Died in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,May 5,1975 (age74 years, 352days).Interment at Arlington National Cemetery. | | Michael Joseph Mansfield (1903-2001) — also known asMike Mansfield — of Missoula,MissoulaCounty, Mont.Born in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,March16, 1903.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I;miningengineer;universityprofessor;U.S.Representative from Montana 1st District, 1943-53; defeated inprimary, 1940; delegate to Democratic National Convention fromMontana,1944,1948,1952,1956,1988,1996,2000;U.S.Senator from Montana, 1953-77; U.S. Ambassador toJapan, 1977-88.Irishancestry. Member,AlphaTau Omega.Received thePresidentialMedal of Freedom in 1989.Died, ofcongestiveheart failure, at theWalterReed Army Hospital,Washington,D.C.,October5, 2001 (age98 years, 203days).Interment at Arlington National Cemetery. | | Vernon Anthony Walters (1917-2002) — also known asVernon A. Walters — of Florida. Born in New York City (unknowncounty), N.Y.,January3, 1917.Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; deputy chief of theCentral Intelligence Agency, 1972-76; U.S. Ambassador to, 1981-85;Germany, 1989-91; U.S. Representative toUnited Nations, 1985-89.Received thePresidentialMedal of Freedom in 1991.Died, at Good SamaritanMedicalCenter, West Palm Beach,Palm BeachCounty, Fla.,February10, 2002 (age85 years, 38days).Interment at Arlington National Cemetery. | | Daniel Patrick Moynihan (1927-2003) — also known asPat Moynihan — of Syracuse,OnondagaCounty, N.Y.; New York City (unknowncounty), N.Y.; Pindars Corners,DelawareCounty, N.Y.Born in Tulsa,TulsaCounty, Okla.,March16, 1927.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II;politicalscientist;universityprofessor; delegate to Democratic National Convention from NewYork,1960(alternate),1984,1988,1996,2000;U.S. Ambassador toIndia, 1973-75; U.S. Representative toUnited Nations, 1975-76;U.S.Senator from New York, 1977-.Catholic.Irishancestry. Member,Americansfor Democratic Action.Died, ofinfectionfrom a rupturedappendix,inWashington,D.C.,March26, 2003 (age76 years, 10days).Interment at Arlington National Cemetery.| | Relatives:Married,May 29,1955, to Elizabeth Therese Brennan. | | | | Cross-reference:JohnWestergaard —DanMaffei | | | | The Danel Patrick MoynihanU.S.Courthouse (opened 1996), at Foley Square,Manhattan,New York, isnamed forhim. — The MoynihanTrainHall (opened 2021), an expansion of Penn Station,Manhattan,New York, isnamed forhim. | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Wikipedia article —U.S. State Dept career summary —NNDBdossier —Internet Movie Databaseprofile —Find-A-Gravememorial —OurCampaignscandidate detail | | | | Books by Daniel Patrick Moynihan:Milesto Go: A Personal History of Social Policy (1997) —Onthe Law of Nations (1990) —Secrecy: The American Experience (1998) —Pandaemonium:Ethnicity in International Politics (1993) —MaximumFeasible Misunderstanding: Community Action in the War on Poverty(1970) | | | | Books about Daniel Patrick Moynihan:Godfrey Hodgson,TheGentleman From New York: Daniel Patrick Moynihan -- ABiography — Robert A. Katzmann,DanielPatrick Moynihan: The Intellectual in Public Life |
| | Alfred Eliab Buck (1832-1902) — also known asAlfred E. Buck;A. E. Buck — of Alabama; Atlanta,FultonCounty, Ga.Born in Foxcroft (now part of Dover-Foxcroft),PiscataquisCounty, Maine,February7, 1832.Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War;Presidential Elector for Alabama,1868;U.S.Representative from Alabama 1st District, 1869-71; delegate toRepublican National Convention from Georgia,1880,1888,1892,1896;GeorgiaRepublican state chair, 1896; U.S. Minister toJapan, 1897.Died suddenly, fromparalysis ofthe heart, while on animperialduck shoot, near Tokyo,Japan,December4, 1902 (age70 years, 300days).Interment at Arlington National Cemetery. | | Helen Herron Taft (1861-1943) — also known asHelen Louise Herron;"Nellie" —Born in Cincinnati,HamiltonCounty, Ohio,June 2,1861.FirstLady of the United States, 1909-13.Female.Died inWashington,D.C.,May 22,1943 (age81 years, 354days).Interment at Arlington National Cemetery. | | Ronald Harmon Brown (1941-1996) — also known asRonald H. Brown;Ron Brown — ofWashington,D.C.Born inWashington,D.C.,August1, 1941.Democrat.Lawyer;lobbyist;Chairmanof Democratic National Committee, 1989-93;U.S.Secretary of Commerce, 1993-96; died in office 1996.Africanancestry. Member,UrbanLeague.Killed in aplanecrash, during astorm,inCroatia,April3, 1996 (age54 years, 246days).Interment at Arlington National Cemetery. | | Isaac Swartwood Catlin (1835-1916) — also known asIsaac S. Catlin — of Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.Born in Owego,TiogaCounty, N.Y.,July 8,1835.Republican. Mayor of Owego, N.Y., 1860-61; colonel in the Union Armyduring the Civil War; wounded during Battle of the Crater,Petersburg, Va., July 1864, andlost hisright leg; received theMedalof Honor for his actions that day;lawyer;candidate formayorof Brooklyn, N.Y., 1885.Suffered astroke,and died a week later, in theHotel St.George, Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.,January19, 1916 (age80 years, 195days).Interment at Arlington National Cemetery. | | Henry Dickinson Lindsley (1872-1938) — also known asHenry D. Lindsley — of Dallas,DallasCounty, Tex.Born in Nashville,DavidsonCounty, Tenn.,February29, 1872.Mayorof Dallas, Tex., 1915-17; colonel in the U.S. Army during WorldWar I.Member,AmericanLegion.Died in Dallas,DallasCounty, Tex.,November18, 1938 (age66 years, 263days).Interment at Arlington National Cemetery. | | Anthony Joseph Drexel Biddle Jr. (1897-1961) — also known asA. J. Drexel Biddle, Jr. — of Pennsylvania. Born in Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,December17, 1897.Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War I;shippingbusiness; U.S. Minister toNorway, 1935-37, 1941-42;Netherlands, 1941-42;Yugoslavia, 1941;Czechoslovakia, 1941-43;Greece, 1941-42; U.S. Ambassador toPoland, 1937-43;Belgium, 1941-43;Netherlands, 1942-43;Norway, 1942-43;Yugoslavia, 1942;Greece, 1942-43;Czechoslovakia, 1943;Spain, 1961.Died, fromlungcancer and aheartattack, inWalterReed Army Medical Center,Washington,D.C.,November13, 1961 (age63 years, 331days).Interment at Arlington National Cemetery; cenotaph atWoodlandsCemetery, Philadelphia, Pa. | | Julius Albert Krug (1907-1970) — ofWashington,D.C.Born in Madison,DaneCounty, Wis.,November23, 1907.Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II;U.S.Secretary of the Interior, 1946-49.DiedMarch26, 1970 (age62 years, 123days).Interment at Arlington National Cemetery. | | Marion Bayard Folsom (1893-1976) — also known asMarion B. Folsom — of Rochester,MonroeCounty, N.Y.Born in McRae (now part of McRae-Helena),TelfairCounty, Ga.,November23, 1893.Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; member,Commission on Intergovernmental Relations, 1953-55;U.S.Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare, 1955-58;speaker, Republican National Convention, 1956.Presbyterian.Member,AmericanAcademy of Arts and Sciences;AmericanEconomic Association.Treasurer of Eastman Kodak Company, 1935-53. DiedSeptember27, 1976 (age82 years, 309days).Interment at Arlington National Cemetery. | | Oscar Littleton Chapman (1896-1978) — also known asOscar L. Chapman — ofDenver,Colo.;Washington,D.C.Born in Omega,HalifaxCounty, Va.,October22, 1896.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I;lawyer;delegate to Democratic National Convention from Colorado,1936,1940,1944(member,Committeeto Notify Presidential Nominee);U.S.Secretary of the Interior, 1949-53.Methodist.Member,AmericanLegion;PhiAlpha Delta.DiedFebruary8, 1978 (age81 years, 109days).Interment at Arlington National Cemetery. | | John Sherman Cooper (1901-1991) — of Somerset,PulaskiCounty, Ky.Born in Somerset,PulaskiCounty, Ky.,August23, 1901.Republican. Member ofKentuckystate house of representatives, 1928-30; county judge inKentucky, 1930-38; candidate forGovernor ofKentucky, 1939; served in the U.S. Army during World War II;U.S.Senator from Kentucky, 1946-49, 1952-55, 1956-73; defeated, 1948,1954; delegate to Republican National Convention from Kentucky,1948,1956(HonoraryVice-President;speaker),1960(member,ResolutionsCommittee),1972(delegation chair); U.S. Ambassador toIndia, 1955-56;Nepal, 1955-56;East Germany, 1974-76; member, President's Commission on theAssassination of President KNDY, 1963-64.BaptistorEpiscopalian.Member,AmericanLegion;Veterans ofForeign Wars;Rotary;American BarAssociation;BetaTheta Pi.Died ofheartfailure, inWashington,D.C.,February21, 1991 (age89 years, 182days).Interment at Arlington National Cemetery; statue atFountainSquare, Somerset, Ky.  | William Starke Rosecrans (1819-1898) — also known asWilliam S. Rosecrans — of Homer,LickingCounty, Ohio;SanFrancisco, Calif.Born in Kingston,RossCounty, Ohio,September6, 1819.Democrat. General in the Union Army during the Civil War; U.S.Minister toMexico, 1868-69;U.S.Representative from California 1st District, 1881-85.Died inLos AngelesCounty, Calif.,March11, 1898 (age78 years, 186days).Original interment atAngelus-RosedaleCemetery, Los Angeles, Calif.; reinterment in 1902 at ArlingtonNational Cemetery. | | William Daniel Leahy (1875-1959) — also known asWilliam D. Leahy;"AlmiranteLija";"Admiral Sandpaper" —Born in Hampton,FranklinCounty, Iowa,May 6,1875.Served in the U.S. Navy during the Spanish-American War; served inthe U.S. Navy during World War I;Governor ofPuerto Rico, 1939-40; U.S. Ambassador toFrance, 1940-42; Fleet Admiral of the U.S. Navy, 1944.Died in Bethesda,MontgomeryCounty, Md.,July 20,1959 (age84 years, 75days).Interment at Arlington National Cemetery. | | Walter Bedell Smith (1895-1961) — also known as"Beetle" — Born in Indianapolis,MarionCounty, Ind.,October5, 1895.Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; general in the U.S. Armyduring World War II; U.S. Ambassador toSoviet Union, 1946-48; Director of Central Intelligence,1950-53.Died after aheartattack, atWalterReed Army Hospital,Washington,D.C.,August9, 1961 (age65 years, 308days).Interment at Arlington National Cemetery.  | Melvin Robert Laird Jr. (1922-2016) — also known asMelvin R. Laird — of Marshfield,WoodCounty, Wis.Born in Omaha,DouglasCounty, Neb.,September1, 1922.Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; member ofWisconsinstate senate 24th District, 1947-52; delegate to RepublicanNational Convention from Wisconsin,1948(alternate),1952(member,ResolutionsCommittee),1956(member,ResolutionsCommittee;speaker),1960,1964;U.S.Representative from Wisconsin 7th District, 1953-69;U.S.Secretary of Defense, 1969-73.Presbyterian.Member,AmericanLegion;Forty andEight;Veterans ofForeign Wars;DisabledAmerican Veterans;Freemasons;Elks;UnitedCommercial Travelers;PurpleHeart.Received thePresidentialMedal of Freedom in 1974.Died in Fort Myers,LeeCounty, Fla.,November16, 2016 (age94 years, 76days).Interment at Arlington National Cemetery.  | George Earle Chamberlain (1854-1928) — also known asGeorge E. Chamberlain — of Albany,LinnCounty, Ore.; Portland,MultnomahCounty, Ore.Born near Natchez,AdamsCounty, Miss.,January1, 1854.Democrat.Lawyer;member ofOregonstate house of representatives, 1880-84;Oregonstate attorney general, 1891-95; appointed 1891;Governor ofOregon, 1903-09; resigned 1909; delegate to Democratic NationalConvention from Oregon,1904(speaker),1924(alternate);U.S.Senator from Oregon, 1909-21; defeated, 1920; candidate forDemocratic nomination for Vice President,1912;member, U.S. Shipping Board, 1921-23.Member,PhiKappa Psi.Died inWashington,D.C.,July 9,1928 (age74 years, 190days).Interment at Arlington National Cemetery. | | Jesse Brown (1944-2002) — Born in Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.,March27, 1944.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during the Vietnam War;U.S.Secretary of Veterans Affairs, 1993-97;speaker, Democratic National Convention, 1996.Africanancestry. Member,DisabledAmerican Veterans.Hisarm waspartially paralyzed as a result of a combat injury in Vietnam,1965.Died, fromamyotrophiclateral sclerosis, in Warrenton,FauquierCounty, Va.,August15, 2002 (age58 years, 141days).Interment at Arlington National Cemetery. | | William Pitt Kellogg (1830-1918) — also known asWilliam P. Kellogg — of Canton,FultonCounty, Ill.; New Orleans,OrleansParish, La.Born in Orwell,AddisonCounty, Vt.,December8, 1830.Republican.Lawyer;Republican Presidential Elector for Illinois,1860;justiceof Nebraska territorial supreme court, 1861-65;chiefjustice of Nebraska territorial supreme court, 1861-65; colonelin the Union Army during the Civil War;U.S.Collector of Customs at New Orleans, La., Louisiana, 1865-68;delegate to Republican National Convention from Louisiana,1868,1880,1888,1896;U.S.Senator from Louisiana, 1868-72, 1877-83;Governor ofLouisiana, 1873-77;U.S.Representative from Louisiana 3rd District, 1883-85.Member,LoyalLegion.Died inWashington,D.C.,August10, 1918 (age87 years, 245days).Interment at Arlington National Cemetery.| | Presumably namedfor:WilliamPitt | | | | Relatives: Son of Rev. Sherman K.Kellogg and Rebecca (Eaton) Kellogg; married,June 6,1865, to Mary E. Wills; second cousin twice removed ofJasonKellogg,OrsamusCook Merrill andTimothyMerrill; second cousin thrice removed ofAaronKellogg; third cousin once removed ofSilasDewey Kellogg,FarrandFassett Merrill andHenryTheodore Kellogg; third cousin twice removed ofCharlesKellogg (1773-1842) andDanielFiske Kellogg; fourth cousin once removed ofLutherWalter Badger,GreeneCarrier Bronson,ChesterAshley,DanielKellogg,AlvanKellogg,JohnRussell Kellogg,AlvahNash,DayOtis Kellogg,DwightKellogg,GeorgeSmith Catlin,AlbertGallatin Kellogg,FrancisWilliam Kellogg,EnsignHosmer Kellogg,CharlesKellogg (1839-1903) andCharlesCollins Kellogg. | | | | Political families:Kellogg#1 family of New York;Kellogg#2 family of New York;Kellogg#3 family of New York;Kellogg#4 family of Vermont and New York (subsets of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —NationalGovernors Association biography —Find-A-Gravememorial |
| | William Edward Miller (1914-1983) — also known asWilliam E. Miller — of Lockport,NiagaraCounty, N.Y.Born in Lockport,NiagaraCounty, N.Y.,March22, 1914.Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II;U.S.Representative from New York, 1951-65 (42nd District 1951-53,40th District 1953-65);Chairmanof Republican National Committee, 1961-64; candidate forVicePresident of the United States, 1964; delegate to RepublicanNational Convention from New York,1968.Catholic.Member,Veterans ofForeign Wars;Elks.Died in1983(ageabout69 years).Interment at Arlington National Cemetery. | | Edward Moore Kennedy (1932-2009) — also known asEdward M. Kennedy;Ted Kennedy;"Lion of the Senate" —of Boston,SuffolkCounty, Mass.Born, in St. Margaret'sHospital,Dorchester, Boston,SuffolkCounty, Mass.,February22, 1932.Democrat.Lawyer;U.S.Senator from Massachusetts, 1962-2009; died in office 2009;candidate for Democratic nomination for President,1980;delegate to Democratic National Convention from Massachusetts,1996,2000,2004,2008.Catholic.Irishancestry.Pleadedguilty toleavingthe scene of an accident after his car plunged off the DikeBridge, on Chappaquiddick Island, Massachusetts,killingpassenger Mary Jo Kopechne, on July 18, 1969.Died, frombraincancer, in Hyannis Port, Barnstable,BarnstableCounty, Mass.,August25, 2009 (age77 years, 184days).Interment at Arlington National Cemetery.| | Relatives: SonofJosephPatrick Kennedy, Sr. and Rose (Fitzgerald) Kennedy; brother ofJosephPatrick Kennedy Jr.,JohnFitzgerald Kennedy, Eunice Mary Kennedy (who marriedRobertSargent Shriver Jr.),PatriciaKennedy Lawford (who marriedPeterLawford),RobertFrancis Kennedy andJeanKennedy Smith; married,November30, 1958, to Virginia Joan Bennett (divorced 1982); married,July 3,1992, to Victoria Anne Reggie (daughter ofEdmundM. Reggie); married,November29, 1958, toVirginiaJoan Bennett (born 1936); father ofPatrickJoseph Kennedy (born 1967); uncle ofKathleenKennedy Townsend,JosephPatrick Kennedy II,RobertFrancis Kennedy Jr.,JohnFitzgerald Kennedy Jr. andMarkKennedy Shriver; grandson ofPatrickJoseph Kennedy (1858-1929) andJohnFrancis Fitzgerald. | | | | Political family:Kennedyfamily of Boston, Massachusetts (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | Cross-reference:MurrayM. Chotiner | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Wikipedia article —NNDBdossier —Internet Movie Databaseprofile —Find-A-Gravememorial —OurCampaignscandidate detail | | | | Books by Edward M. Kennedy:TrueCompass: A Memoir (2009) | | | | Books about Edward M. Kennedy: AdamClymer,EdwardM. Kennedy: A Biography — Richard E. Burke,TheSenator : My Ten Years With Ted Kennedy — Peter S.Canellos,LastLion: The Fall and Rise of Ted Kennedy | | | | Critical books about Edward M. Kennedy:Bernard Goldberg,100People Who Are Screwing Up America (And Al Franken Is#37) — Darwin Porter & Danforth Prince,TheKennedys: All the Gossip Unfit for Print |
| | Theodore Fulton Stevens (1923-2010) — also known asTed Stevens — of Fairbanks,FairbanksNorth Star Borough, Alaska; Girdwood,Anchorage,Alaska.Born in Indianapolis,MarionCounty, Ind.,November18, 1923.Republican. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II;lawyer;U.S.Attorney for the 4th District of Alaska Territory, 1954-56;delegate to Republican National Convention from Alaska,1964,1972(delegation chair); member ofAlaskastate house of representatives, 1965-68;U.S.Senator from Alaska, 1968-2009; defeated, 1962; appointed 1968.Episcopalian.Member,American BarAssociation;Rotary;AmericanLegion;Veterans ofForeign Wars.Indictedin July 2008 on federalchargesoffailingto reportgiftsfrom VECO Corporation and its CEO;triedandconvictedin October 2008; his conviction was later vacated due toprosecutorial misconduct.Killed in aplanecrash, inBristol BayBorough, Alaska,August9, 2010 (age86 years, 264days).Interment at Arlington National Cemetery. | | Henry Thomas Hunt (1878-1956) — also known asHenry T. Hunt;"BoyMayor" —of Cincinnati,HamiltonCounty, Ohio; Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in Cincinnati,HamiltonCounty, Ohio,April29, 1878.Democrat.Lawyer;member ofOhiostate house of representatives, 1907;HamiltonCounty Prosecuting Attorney, 1908-11;mayorof Cincinnati, Ohio, 1912-13; major in the U.S. Army during WorldWar I.Episcopalian.Died in Martinsburg,BerkeleyCounty, W.Va.,February29, 1956 (age77 years, 306days).Interment at Arlington National Cemetery. | | Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis (1929-1994) — also known asJackie Onassis;Jaqueline Lee Bouvier;Jacqueline Kennedy —of Boston,SuffolkCounty, Mass.; Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in SouthamptonHospital,Southampton,SuffolkCounty, Long Island, N.Y.,July 28,1929.FirstLady of the United States, 1961-63.Female.Catholic.Longtime companion ofMauriceTempelsman.Died, fromnon-Hodgkinlymphoma, in Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,May 19,1994 (age64 years, 295days).Interment at Arlington National Cemetery.| | Relatives:Step-daughter ofHughDudley Auchincloss; daughter of John Vernou Bouvier and JanetNorton (Lee) Bouvier; step-sister ofEugeneLuther Gore Vidal Jr. andHughDudley Auchincloss III; married,September12, 1953, toJohnFitzgerald Kennedy (son ofJosephPatrick Kennedy, Sr.; brother ofJeanKennedy Smith; grandson ofJohnFrancis Fitzgerald); married1968 toAristotle Socrates Onassis; mother ofJohnFitzgerald Kennedy Jr.. | | | | Political family:Kennedyfamily of Boston, Massachusetts (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | The Jacqueline Kennedy OnassisHighSchool for International Careers, inManhattan,New York, isnamed forher. — Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy OnassisHall,at George WashingtonUniversity,Washington,D.C., isnamed forher. — Jacqueline Kennedy OnassisReservoir,in CentralPark,Manhattan,New York, isnamed forher. | | | | See alsoWikipedia article —Find-A-Gravememorial —OurCampaignscandidate detail |
| | John Alfred Scali (1918-1995) — also known asJohn A. Scali — Born in1918.U.S. Representative toUnited Nations, 1973-75.Died in1995(ageabout77 years).Interment at Arlington National Cemetery. | | Jerauld Wright (1898-1995) — also known as"Old Iron Heels";"OldStoneface";"El Supremo" —ofWashington,D.C.Born in Amherst,HampshireCounty, Mass.,June 4,1898.U.S. Navy Admiral; U.S. Ambassador toChina (Taiwan), 1963-65.Died, frompneumonia,inWashington,D.C.,April27, 1995 (age96 years, 327days).Interment at Arlington National Cemetery. | | Green Clay Smith (1826-1895) — also known asGreen C. Smith — of Covington,KentonCounty, Ky.Born in Richmond,MadisonCounty, Ky.,July 4,1826.Served in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War;lawyer;member ofKentuckystate house of representatives, 1861; general in the Union Armyduring the Civil War;U.S.Representative from Kentucky 6th District, 1863-66;Governorof Montana Territory, 1866-68; Prohibition candidate forPresidentof the United States, 1876.Baptist.Died inWashington,D.C.,June 29,1895 (age68 years, 360days).Interment at Arlington National Cemetery. | | Henry Clarence Dworshak (1894-1962) — also known asHenry C. Dworshak — of Burley,CassiaCounty, Idaho.Born in Duluth,St. LouisCounty, Minn.,August29, 1894.Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I;newspaperpublisher;U.S.Representative from Idaho 2nd District, 1939-46;U.S.Senator from Idaho, 1946-49, 1949-62; defeated, 1948; died inoffice 1962; delegate to Republican National Convention from Idaho,1948,1960.Member,AmericanLegion;Freemasons;Shriners;Elks;OddFellows;Rotary.Died inWashington,D.C.,July 23,1962 (age67 years, 328days).Interment at Arlington National Cemetery. | | Frank Raleigh Lautenberg (1924-2013) — also known asFrank R. Lautenberg — of Montclair,EssexCounty, N.J.; Secaucus,HudsonCounty, N.J.; Cliffside Park,BergenCounty, N.J.Born in Paterson,PassaicCounty, N.J.,January23, 1924.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; executive withAutomaticData Processing, a payroll services company;U.S.Senator from New Jersey, 1982-2001, 2003-13; died in office 2013;delegate to Democratic National Convention from New Jersey,1996,2000,2004,2008.Jewish. Member,AmericanJewish Committee.Died, fromviralpneumonia, while suffering withstomachcancer, in Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,June 3,2013 (age89 years, 131days).Interment at Arlington National Cemetery. | | Henry Alfred Byroade (1913-1993) — also known asHenry A. Byroade — of Woodburn,AllenCounty, Ind.Born in Maumee Township,AllenCounty, Ind.,July 24,1913.General in the U.S. Army during World War II; Foreign Serviceofficer; U.S. Ambassador toEgypt, 1955-56;South Africa, 1956-59;Afghanistan, 1959-62;Burma, 1963-68;Philippines, 1969-73;Pakistan, 1973-77.Member,Council onForeign Relations.Died, several months aftercancersurgery, ofcardiopulmonaryarrest, at SuburbanHospital,Bethesda,MontgomeryCounty, Md.,December31, 1993 (age80 years, 160days).Interment at Arlington National Cemetery. | | Josiah Meigs (1757-1822) — of New Haven,New HavenCounty, Conn.; St. Georges,Bermuda;Athens,ClarkeCounty, Ga.Born in Middletown,MiddlesexCounty, Conn.,August21, 1757.Lawyer;newspapereditor and publisher; actingpresident,University of Georgia, 1801-10; U.S. Surveyor General, 1812-14;Commissioner of the General Land Office, 1814-22; died in office 1822.Member,AmericanPhilosophical Society.Died inWashington,D.C.,September4, 1822 (age65 years, 14days).Original interment atHolmead'sBurying Ground, Washington, D.C.; reinterment in 1878 atArlington National Cemetery.| | Relatives: Sonof Jonathan Meigs and Elizabeth (Hamlin) Meigs; brother ofReturnJonathan Meigs, Sr.; married1782 to ClaraBenjamin; father ofHenryMeigs and Clara Meigs (who marriedJohnForsyth); uncle ofReturnJonathan Meigs Jr.; grandfather ofHenryMeigs Jr. andJohnForsyth Jr.; granduncle ofReturnJonathan Meigs III; first cousin once removed ofMartinChittenden; first cousin twice removed ofChittendenLyon; second cousin twice removed ofJohnWillard; second cousin thrice removed ofRogerCalvin Leete; third cousin ofJonathanHunt; third cousin once removed ofElijahHunt Mills; third cousin twice removed ofElishaHotchkiss Jr.,ElishaHunt Allen,AnsonLevi Holcomb,GouverneurMorris,EnsignHosmer Kellogg,WilliamDean Kellogg andCharlesJenkins Hayden; third cousin thrice removed ofCharlesH. Eastman,WilliamFessenden Allen,RushGreen Leaming,FrederickWalker Pitkin,AlvredBayard Nettleton,RobertCleveland Usher,CharlesM. Hotchkiss,FrederickHobbes Allen,AllenClarence Wilcox andCarlTrumbull Hayden; fourth cousin ofThomasChittenden; fourth cousin once removed ofZinaHyde Jr.. | | | | Political families:Chittendenfamily of Connecticut;Meigsfamily of Middletown, Connecticut (subsets of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | ThecityofMeigs,Georgia, isnamed forhim. | | | | See alsoWikipediaarticle —Find-A-Gravememorial |
| | Alexander Sandor Asboth (1811-1868) — also known asAlexander Asboth — of Missouri. Born in Keszthely,Hungary,December18, 1811.Naturalized U.S. citizen; general in the Union Army during the CivilWar; U.S. Minister toArgentina, 1866-68, died in office 1868;Uruguay, 1867-68, died in office 1868.Hungarianancestry.Died in Buenos Aires,Argentina,January21, 1868 (age56 years, 34days).Original interment atCharitaDistrict Cemetery, Buenos Aires, Argentina; reinterment atArlington National Cemetery. | | David Aiken Reed (1880-1953) — also known asDavid A. Reed — of Pittsburgh,AlleghenyCounty, Pa.Born in Pittsburgh,AlleghenyCounty, Pa.,December21, 1880.Republican.Lawyer;president, Pennsylvania Industrial Accidents Commission, 1912-15;major in the U.S. Army during World War I;U.S.Senator from Pennsylvania, 1922-35; defeated, 1934; delegate toRepublican National Convention from Pennsylvania,1924,1932,1936(member,ResolutionsCommittee),1940.Episcopalian.Member,Freemasons.Died in Sarasota,SarasotaCounty, Fla.,February10, 1953 (age72 years, 51days).Interment at Arlington National Cemetery. | | Bennett Champ Clark (1890-1954) — also known asJoel Bennett Clark — ofSt.Louis, Mo.Born in Bowling Green,CarolineCounty, Va.,January8, 1890.Democrat.Lawyer;colonel in the U.S. Army during World War I; delegate to DemocraticNational Convention from Missouri,1928,1936,1940,1944(member,Committeeon Rules and Order of Business;speaker);U.S.Senator from Missouri, 1931-45; defeated in primary, 1944;Judgeof U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, 1945.Presbyterian.Member,AmericanLegion;Veterans ofForeign Wars;Freemasons;OddFellows;American BarAssociation;Order ofthe Coif;PhiBeta Kappa;DeltaTau Delta;PhiDelta Phi;DeltaSigma Rho.Died in Gloucester,EssexCounty, Mass.,July 13,1954 (age64 years, 186days).Interment at Arlington National Cemetery. | | Hiram Bingham (1875-1956) — of New Haven,New HavenCounty, Conn.; Salem,New LondonCounty, Conn.Born in Honolulu, Island of Oahu,HonoluluCounty, Hawaii,November19, 1875.Republican.Explorer;delegate to Republican National Convention from Connecticut,1916(alternate),1920(alternate),1924,1928(member,ResolutionsCommittee),1932,1936(vice-chair,ResolutionsCommittee); Presidential Elector for Connecticut,1917;colonel in the U.S. Army during World War I;LieutenantGovernor of Connecticut, 1923-25;Governor ofConnecticut, 1925;U.S.Senator from Connecticut, 1924-33; defeated, 1932;censuredby the U.S. Senate on November 4, 1929, for employing apaidlobbyist as his chief clerk.Member,Freemasons.Died inWashington,D.C.,June 6,1956 (age80 years, 200days).Interment at Arlington National Cemetery.| | Relatives: Sonof Rev. Hiram Bingham and Clara Minerva (Brewster) Bingham; married,November20, 1900, to Alfreda Mitchell; married,June 28,1937, to Suzanne Carroll Hill; father ofHiramBingham Jr.,AlfredMitchell Bingham andJonathanBrewster Bingham; second cousin five times removed ofBenjaminHuntington; third cousin once removed ofBelaEdgerton andHemanTicknor; third cousin thrice removed ofMatthewGriswold,JabezHuntington,JonathanBrace,JoshuaCoit,AugustusSeymour Porter,SamuelLathrop andPeterBuell Porter; fourth cousin ofAlfredPeck Edgerton andJosephKetchum Edgerton; fourth cousin once removed ofElijahAbel,CalvinFillmore,WilliamWoodbridge,HenryMeigs,IsaacBackus,SamuelGeorge Andrews,MartinOlds,HarrisonBlodget andHenryTitus Backus. | | | | Political family:Binghamfamily of Salem, Connecticut (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —National GovernorsAssociation biography —Wikipediaarticle —NNDBdossier —Find-A-Gravememorial |
| | Harley Martin Kilgore (1893-1956) — also known asHarley M. Kilgore — of Beckley,RaleighCounty, W.Va.Born in Brown,HarrisonCounty, W.Va.,January11, 1893.Democrat.Lawyer;served in the U.S. Army during World War I; criminal court judge inWest Virginia, 1933-40;U.S.Senator from West Virginia, 1941-56; died in office 1956;delegate to Democratic National Convention from West Virginia,1944,1948(speaker).Christian.Member,AmericanPolitical Science Association;Sons ofthe American Revolution;AmericanLegion;DeltaTau Delta;Freemasons;Elks;Moose.DiedFebruary28, 1956 (age63 years, 48days).Interment at Arlington National Cemetery. | | Selden Chapin (1899-1963) — ofWashington,D.C.Born in Erie,ErieCounty, Pa.,September19, 1899.Foreign Service officer; U.S. Vice Consul inHankow, 1925-27; U.S. Consul inMontevideo, 1940; U.S. Minister toHungary, 1947-49; U.S. Ambassador toNetherlands, 1949-53;Panama, 1953-55;Iran, 1955-58;Peru, 1960.Member,Council onForeign Relations.Died in National City,San DiegoCounty, Calif.,March26, 1963 (age63 years, 188days).Interment at Arlington National Cemetery.| | Relatives: Sonof Frederic L. Chapin and Grace Card (Selden) Chapin; married,March30, 1927, to Mary Paul Noyes; father ofFredericLincoln Chapin; grandnephew ofMatthewGriswold (1833-1919); second great-grandson ofRogerGriswold; third great-grandson ofMatthewGriswold (1714-1799); third great-grandnephew ofErastusWolcott andOliverWolcott Sr.; fourth great-grandson ofRogerWolcott (1679-1767); first cousin twice removed ofEdmundGillett Chapin; first cousin four times removed ofJamesHillhouse,OliverWolcott Jr. andFrederickWolcott; second cousin twice removed ofJohnWilliam Allen andHenryTitus Backus; second cousin four times removed ofZinaHyde Jr.; second cousin five times removed ofWilliamPitkin andDanielChapin; third cousin twice removed ofJamesSamuel Wadsworth,ChristopherParsons Wolcott,ZenasFerry Moody andRogerWolcott (1847-1900); third cousin thrice removed ofGaylordGriswold,SamuelClesson Allen,WilliamWoodbridge,PhineasLyman Tracy,IsaacBackus,HenryLeavitt Ellsworth,WilliamWolcott Ellsworth,AlbertHaller Tracy,MarshallChapin andThomasWorcester Hyde; fourth cousin once removed ofCharlesFrederick Wadsworth,GeorgeFrederick Stone,JamesWolcott Wadsworth,EdwardOliver Wolcott andAlfredWolcott. | | | | Political family:Wolcott#1 family of Connecticut (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | See alsoWikipediaarticle —U.S. State Dept career summary —NNDBdossier —Find-A-Gravememorial |
 | John Davis Lodge (1903-1985) — of Westport,FairfieldCounty, Conn.Born inWashington,D.C.,October20, 1903.Republican.Lawyer;professionalactorin 1933-40, appearing inmoviessuch asLittle Women,The Scarlet Empress,TheLittle Colonel, andIn Like Flint; served in the U.S. Navyduring World War II;U.S.Representative from Connecticut 4th District, 1947-51;Governor ofConnecticut, 1951-55; delegate to Republican National Conventionfrom Connecticut,1952(speaker),1960;U.S. Ambassador toSpain, 1955-61;Argentina, 1969-73;Switzerland, 1983-85; candidate forU.S.Senator from Connecticut, 1964;delegateto Connecticut state constitutional convention 4th District,1965; Republican Presidential Elector for Connecticut,1980(voted forRonaldReagan andGeorgeBush).Member,AmericanLegion;Veterans ofForeign Wars;PhiBeta Kappa.Collapsed whilefinishing aspeech to the Women's National Republican Club, and died lessthan an hour later at St. Clare'sHospital,Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,October29, 1985 (age82 years, 9days).Interment at Arlington National Cemetery. | | | Cyrus Rowlett Smith (1899-1990) — Born in Minerva,MilamCounty, Tex.,September9, 1899.Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II;U.S.Secretary of Commerce, 1968-69.Baptist.DiedApril 4,1990 (age90 years, 207days).Interment at Arlington National Cemetery. | | Clark McAdams Clifford (1906-1998) — also known asClark M. Clifford — Born in Fort Scott,BourbonCounty, Kan.,December25, 1906.Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II;U.S.Secretary of Defense, 1968-69.Member,American BarAssociation;KappaAlpha Order.Received thePresidentialMedal of Freedom on January 20, 1969.DiedOctober10, 1998 (age91 years, 289days).Interment at Arlington National Cemetery. | | John Herschel Glenn Jr. (1921-2016) — also known asJohn Glenn — of New Concord,MuskingumCounty, Ohio; Columbus,FranklinCounty, Ohio.Born in Cambridge,GuernseyCounty, Ohio,July 18,1921.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II;Astronaut;in February 1962,firstAmerican to orbit the earth; delegate to Democratic NationalConvention from Ohio,1964,1996,2004,2008;U.S.Senator from Ohio, 1975-99; candidate for Democratic nominationfor President,1984;received theMedalof Freedom in 2012; also inducted to the International Air &SpaceHall ofFame, the National AviationHall ofFame, the International SpaceHall ofFame, and the U.S. AstronautHall ofFame.Presbyterian.Member,Freemasons;ScottishRite Masons.Died in Columbus,FranklinCounty, Ohio,December8, 2016 (age95 years, 143days).Interment at Arlington National Cemetery.| | Relatives:Married1943 to AnnaMargaret Castor. | | | | The John Glenn ColumbusInternationalAirport (Port Columbus International Airport until 2016), inColumbus,Ohio, isnamed forhim. — John GlennHighSchool, inNewConcord, Ohio, isnamed forhim. — John GlennHighSchool, inWestland,Michigan, isnamed forhim. — John GlennHighSchool, inBay City,Michigan, isnamed forhim. — John GlennHighSchool, inWalkerton,Indiana, isnamed forhim. — John GlennHighSchool, inNorwalk,California, isnamed forhim. — John GlennMiddleSchool, inSanAngelo, Texas, isnamed forhim. — Colonel GlennRoad,inLittleRock, Arkansas, isnamed forhim. | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Wikipedia article —NNDBdossier —Internet Movie Databaseprofile | | | | Books by John Glenn:JohnGlenn: A Memoir (1999) | | | | Books about John Glenn: Robert Green,JohnGlenn : Astronaut and U.S. Senator (for youngreaders) |
| | John William Warner III (1927-2021) — also known asJohn W. Warner — of Middleburg,LoudounCounty, Va.Born inWashington,D.C.,February18, 1927.Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; served inthe U.S. Marine Corps during the Korean conflict;lawyer;U.S. Secretary of the Navy, 1972-74;U.S.Senator from Virginia, 1979-; appointed 1979.Episcopalian.Member,AmericanLegion;Veterans ofForeign Wars;BetaTheta Pi.Died inAlexandria,Va.,May 25,2021 (age94 years, 96days).Interment at Arlington National Cemetery. | | Alexander Buel Trowbridge III (1929-2006) — also known asAlexander B. Trowbridge;SandyTrowbridge —of White Plains,WestchesterCounty, N.Y.Born in Englewood,BergenCounty, N.J.,December12, 1929.Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during the Korean conflict;president, Esso StandardOil PuertoRico;U.S.Secretary of Commerce, 1967-68; vice-chairman, AlliedChemicalCorporation.Presbyterian.Member,Council onForeign Relations.Died inWashington,D.C.,April27, 2006 (age76 years, 136days).Interment at Arlington National Cemetery.| | Relatives: Sonof Alexander Buel Trowbridge, Jr. and Julia Stafford (Chamberlain)Trowbridge; married,July 2,1955, to Nancy Horst; married,April18, 1981, to Eleanor Joyce 'Ellie' (Kann) Hutzler; great-grandsonofLutherStephen Trowbridge; great-grandnephew ofRowlandEbenezer Trowbridge; second great-grandson ofStephenVan Rensselaer Trowbridge (1794-1859) andAlexanderWoodruff Buel; second great-grandnephew ofCharlesChristopher Trowbridge; fourth great-grandson ofRogerSherman; first cousin twice removed ofStephenVan Rensselaer Trowbridge (1855-1891); first cousin four timesremoved ofRogerSherman Baldwin,ShermanDay,EbenezerRockwood Hoar,WilliamMaxwell Evarts andGeorgeFrisbie Hoar; first cousin six times removed ofFrancisDana; second cousin thrice removed ofSimeonEben Baldwin,RockwoodHoar,ShermanHoar,MaxwellEvarts andArthurOutram Sherman; third cousin twice removed ofHenryde Forest Baldwin andRogerSherman Hoar; fourth cousin once removed ofArchibaldCox. | | | | Political family:Trowbridgefamily of Detroit, Michigan (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | See alsoNNDBdossier —Find-A-Gravememorial |
| | Monnett Bain Davis (1893-1953) — also known asMonnett B. Davis — of Boulder,BoulderCounty, Colo.Born in Greencastle,PutnamCounty, Ind.,August13, 1893.Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; Foreign Service officer;U.S. Consul inPort Elizabeth, as of 1921-23;Saltillo, as of 1924; U.S. Consul General inStockholm, as of 1933-34;Shanghai, as of 1935-36, as of 1946;Singapore, as of 1936-37;Buenos Aires, as of 1938-41; U.S. Minister toDenmark, 1945-46; U.S. Ambassador toPanama, 1948-51;Israel, 1951-53, died in office 1953.Member,SigmaPhi Epsilon;Freemasons.Died, from aheartailment, in Ramat Gan,Israel,December26, 1953 (age60 years, 135days).Interment at Arlington National Cemetery.  | Thomas Carey Hennings Jr. (1903-1960) — also known asThomas C. Hennings, Jr. — ofSt.Louis, Mo.Born inSt.Louis, Mo.,June 25,1903.Democrat.Lawyer;U.S.Representative from Missouri 11th District, 1935-40; resigned1940; circuit attorney, city of St. Louis, 1941-44; served in theU.S. Navy during World War II;U.S.Senator from Missouri, 1951-60; died in office 1960; delegate toDemocratic National Convention from Missouri,1952,1956(delegation chair).Died inWashington,D.C.,September13, 1960 (age57 years, 80days).Interment at Arlington National Cemetery. | | Philip Kingsland Crowe (1908-1976) — also known asPhilip K. Crowe — of Easton,TalbotCounty, Md.Born in New York City (unknowncounty), N.Y.,January7, 1908.Newspaperreporter; served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; U.S.Ambassador toCeylon, 1953-56;South Africa, 1959-61;Norway, 1969-73;Denmark, 1973-75.Member,Council onForeign Relations;Societyof Colonial Wars.Died in1976(ageabout68 years).Interment at Arlington National Cemetery. | | Hugh Doggett Scott Jr. (1900-1994) — also known asHugh Scott — of Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.Born inFredericksburg,Va.,November11, 1900.Republican.Lawyer;U.S.Representative from Pennsylvania, 1941-45, 1947-59 (7th District1941-45, 6th District 1947-59); defeated, 1944; served in the U.S.Navy during World War II;Chairmanof Republican National Committee, 1948-49; delegate to RepublicanNational Convention from Pennsylvania,1960,1964,1972(delegation chair); speaker,1956;U.S.Senator from Pennsylvania, 1959-77.Episcopalian.Member,American BarAssociation;AmericanLegion;Veterans ofForeign Wars;Amvets;Sonsof the American Revolution;Lions;Societyof the Cincinnati;FriendlySons of St. Patrick;AlphaChi Rho;TauKappa Alpha;PatrioticOrder Sons of America.DiedJuly 21,1994 (age93 years, 252days).Interment at Arlington National Cemetery. | | Howard Walter Cannon (1912-2002) — also known asHoward W. Cannon — of Las Vegas,ClarkCounty, Nev.Born in St. George,WashingtonCounty, Utah,January26, 1912.Democrat.Lawyer;served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II;U.S.Senator from Nevada, 1959-83; defeated, 1982.Mormon. Member,American BarAssociation;AmericanLegion;DisabledAmerican Veterans;Veterans ofForeign Wars;ReserveOfficers Association;Lions;Elks.Died, ofcongestiveheart failure, at the Odyssey HouseHospice,Las Vegas,ClarkCounty, Nev.,March 6,2002 (age90 years, 39days).Interment at Arlington National Cemetery. | | Paul Dominque Laxalt (1922-2018) — also known asPaul Laxalt — ofCarsonCity, Nev.Born in Reno,WashoeCounty, Nev.,August2, 1922.Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II;lawyer;LieutenantGovernor of Nevada, 1963-67;Governor ofNevada, 1967-71;U.S.Senator from Nevada, 1974-87; defeated, 1964.Catholic.Member,American BarAssociation;AmericanLegion;Veterans ofForeign Wars;Eagles.DiedAugust6, 2018 (age96 years, 4days).Interment at Arlington National Cemetery.  | Frederick Steiwer (1883-1939) — of Pendleton,UmatillaCounty, Ore.; Portland,MultnomahCounty, Ore.Born near Jefferson,MarionCounty, Ore.,October13, 1883.Republican.Schoolteacher;lawyer;District Attorney, 1913-16; member ofOregonstate senate, 1917; served in the U.S. Army during World War I;U.S.Senator from Oregon, 1927-38; alternate delegate to RepublicanNational Convention from Oregon,1936(TemporaryChair;speaker).Episcopalian.Member,Freemasons;Woodmen;Elks.DiedFebruary3, 1939 (age55 years, 113days).Interment at Arlington National Cemetery. | | William Robert Rivkin (1919-1967) — also known asWilliam R. Rivkin — of Illinois. Born in Muscatine,MuscatineCounty, Iowa,1919.Colonel in the U.S. Army during World War II; U.S. Ambassador toLuxembourg, 1962-65;Senegal, 1966-67, died in office 1967;Gambia, 1966-67, died in office 1967.Member,PhiBeta Kappa;Council onForeign Relations.Died, of aheartattack, in Dakar,Senegal,March19, 1967 (ageabout 47years).Interment at Arlington National Cemetery. | | Otto Kerner Jr. (1908-1976) — of Glenview,CookCounty, Ill.; Chicago,CookCounty, Ill.Born in Chicago,CookCounty, Ill.,August15, 1908.Democrat.Lawyer;colonel in the U.S. Army during World War II;U.S.Attorney for the Northern District of Illinois, 1947-54; countyjudge in Illinois, 1954-60; delegate to Democratic NationalConvention from Illinois,1960,1964;Governorof Illinois, 1961-68;Judgeof U.S. Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit, 1968-74; resigned1974.Presbyterian.Member,American BarAssociation;AmericanJudicature Society;Freemasons;Shriners;Moose;OddFellows;RoyalArcanum;MilitaryOrder of the World Wars;AlphaDelta Phi;PhiDelta Phi.While serving as Governor, he and another official made a gain ofover $300,000 in a stock deal which prosecutors later characterizedasbribery.Convictedin 1973 on 17 counts ofbribery,conspiracy,perjury,and related charges;sentencedto three years in federalprisonandfined$50,000.Died ofcancer,May9, 1976 (age67 years, 268days).Interment at Arlington National Cemetery. | | Charles Fahy (1892-1979) — of Santa Fe,Santa FeCounty, N.M.;Washington,D.C.Born in Rome,FloydCounty, Ga.,August27, 1892.Lawyer;served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; general counsel, NationalLabor Relations Board, 1935; U.S. Solicitor General, 1941-45; legaladvisor to the military government of Germany, 1945-46;Judgeof U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, 1949-67.Catholic.Irishancestry. Member,American BarAssociation.Died, in Georgetown UniversityHospital,Washington,D.C.,September17, 1979 (age87 years, 21days).Interment at Arlington National Cemetery. | | Jack Richard Miller (1916-1994) — also known asJack Miller — of Sioux City,WoodburyCounty, Iowa; Temple Terrace,HillsboroughCounty, Fla.Born in Chicago,CookCounty, Ill.,June 6,1916.Republican. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II;lawyer;member ofIowastate house of representatives, 1955-56; member ofIowastate senate, 1957-60;U.S.Senator from Iowa, 1961-73; defeated, 1972; delegate toRepublican National Convention from Iowa,1968;AssociateJudge of U.S. Court of Customs and Patent Appeals, 1973-82;Judgeof U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, 1982-85; tooksenior status 1985.Catholic.Member,AmericanLegion;Veterans ofForeign Wars;ReserveOfficers Association;IzaakWalton League;Rotary;Moose;Eagles;Elks;Knightsof Columbus;UnitedCommercial Travelers.Died in Temple Terrace,HillsboroughCounty, Fla.,August29, 1994 (age78 years, 84days).Interment at Arlington National Cemetery.  | Rupert Vance Hartke (1919-2003) — also known asVance Hartke — of Evansville,VanderburghCounty, Ind.Born in Stendal,PikeCounty, Ind.,May 31,1919.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II;mayorof Evansville, Ind., 1956-58; resigned 1958;U.S.Senator from Indiana, 1959-77; defeated, 1976; delegate toDemocratic National Convention from Indiana,1964,1968,1972;candidate for Democratic nomination for President,1972.Lutheran.Early opponent of the Vietnam War. Died, ofheartfailure,July 27,2003 (age84 years, 57days).Interment at Arlington National Cemetery. | | | George Armistead Smathers (1913-2007) — also known asGeorge A. Smathers;"GeorgeousGeorge" —of Miami, Dade County (nowMiami-DadeCounty), Fla.Born in Atlantic City,AtlanticCounty, N.J.,November14, 1913.Democrat.Lawyer;served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II;U.S.Representative from Florida 4th District, 1947-51;U.S.Senator from Florida, 1951-69; delegate to Democratic NationalConvention from Florida,1952(alternate; member,Committeeon Rules and Order of Business),1956(alternate),1968;candidate for Democratic nomination for President,1960,1968;lobbyist.Methodist;laterUnitedChurch of Christ. Member,Jaycees;Elks;Kiwanis.Suffered astroke,and subsequently died, in Indian Creek,Miami-DadeCounty, Fla.,January20, 2007 (age93 years, 67days).Interment at Arlington National Cemetery. | | Deane Roesch Hinton (1923-2017) — also known asDeane R. Hinton — of Illinois. Born in Fort Missoula,MissoulaCounty, Mont.,March12, 1923.Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; Foreign Service officer;U.S. Ambassador toZaire, 1974-75;El Salvador, 1981-83;Pakistan, 1983-86;Costa Rica, 1987-90;Panama, 1990-94;declaredpersonanon grata by the government of Zaire, June 18, 1975.Died in San Jose,CostaRica,March28, 2017 (age94 years, 16days).Cremated;ashes interred at Arlington National Cemetery. | | 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 at Arlington National Cemetery.  | Leonard Wood (1860-1927) — Born in Winchester,CheshireCounty, N.H.,October9, 1860.Republican.Physician;received theMedalof Honor in 1898 for his actions during an Indian war in 1886;served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; commander ofthe "Rough Riders"; Military Governor of Cuba, 1899-1902; majorgeneral in the Philippine-American War, 1902-06; first Army Chief ofStaff; candidate for Republican nomination for President,1920;Governor-Generalof the Philippine Islands, 1921-27; died in office 1927.Englishancestry.Died, following surgery for abraintumor, in the Peter Bent BrighamHospital,Boston,SuffolkCounty, Mass.,August7, 1927 (age66 years, 302days).Interment at Arlington National Cemetery. | | | Waldo A. Evans (1869-1936) — Born in Indianapolis,MarionCounty, Ind.,November26, 1869.Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I;Governor ofAmerican Samoa; commander of Great Lakes Naval Training Station,1922-25;Governor ofU.S. Virgin Islands; appointed 1927.Died, following astroke,in Des Moines,PolkCounty, Iowa,April15, 1936 (age66 years, 141days).Interment at Arlington National Cemetery. | | John Emil Peurifoy (1907-1955) — also known asJohn E. Peurifoy — of South Carolina. Born in Walterboro,ColletonCounty, S.C.,August9, 1907.Foreign Service officer; U.S. Ambassador toGreece, 1950-53;Guatemala, 1953-54;Thailand, 1954-55, died in office 1955.Died in anautomobileaccident, near Hua Hin,Thailand,August12, 1955 (age48 years, 3days).Interment at Arlington National Cemetery. | | Joseph Flack (1894-1955) — of Grenoble,BucksCounty, Pa.; Doylestown,BucksCounty, Pa.Born in Grenoble,BucksCounty, Pa.,December5, 1894.U.S. Vice Consul inLiverpool, 1917-19; U.S. Ambassador toBolivia, 1946-49;Costa Rica, 1949-50;Poland, 1950-55;shotat, and nearly hit, at the U.S. Embassy in La Paz, Bolivia,during the 1946 revolution.Died, from acoronarythrombosis,aboard theocean linerUnited States, in theNorthAtlantic Ocean,May 8,1955 (age60 years, 154days).Interment at Arlington National Cemetery. | | Richard Cunningham Patterson Jr. (1886-1966) — also known asRichard C. Patterson, Jr. — of Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.; Locust Valley,NassauCounty, Long Island, N.Y.Born in Omaha,DouglasCounty, Neb.,January31, 1886.Democrat.Gold miner;served in the U.S. Army during World War I;engineer;New York City Commissioner of Correction, 1927-32; executivevice-president and director, NationalBroadcastingCo., 1932-36; chairman, Radio-Keith-Orpheum (RKO) Corp., 1939-43;chairman, Ogden Corp. (UtilitiesPower &Light Co.); delegate to Democratic National Convention from NewYork,1928(alternate),1932(alternate),1936,1944,1948;U.S. Ambassador toYugoslavia, 1944-47;Guatemala, 1948-50; U.S. Minister toSwitzerland, 1951-53.Methodist.Member,MilitaryOrder of the World Wars;AmericanLegion;Societyof Colonial Wars;Sons ofthe Revolution;BetaTheta Pi;Freemasons.DiedSeptember30, 1966 (age80 years, 242days).Interment at Arlington National Cemetery. | | Merritt Barton Curtis (1892-1966) — also known asMerritt B. Curtis — Born in San Bernardino,SanBernardino County, Calif.,August31, 1892.Brigadier General, U.S. Marine Corps, during World War II;lawyer;Constitution candidate forPresidentof the United States, 1960; Constitution candidate forVicePresident of the United States, 1960.Died inWashington,D.C.,May 16,1966 (age73 years, 258days).Interment at Arlington National Cemetery.| | Relatives: Sonof Israel Hamilton Curtis and Eliza Allen (Mee) Curtis; married,April23, 1917, to Francis Claire Bracewell. | | | | See alsoWikipediaarticle |
| | John Franklin Miller (1831-1886) — also known asJohn F. Miller — ofSanFrancisco, Calif.Born in South Bend,St. JosephCounty, Ind.,November21, 1831.Republican. Member ofIndianastate senate, 1860; general in the Union Army during the CivilWar; Republican Presidential Elector for California,1872(voted forUlyssesS. Grant andHenryWilson); Republican Presidential Elector for California,1876(voted forRutherfordB. Hayes andWilliamA. Wheeler);U.S.Senator from California, 1881-86; died in office 1886.Died inWashington,D.C.,March 8,1886 (age54 years, 107days).Original interment atLaurelHill Cemetery (which no longer exists), San Francisco, Calif.;reinterment in 1913 at Arlington National Cemetery. | | George Eliphaz Spencer (1836-1893) — also known asGeorge E. Spencer — of Decatur,MorganCounty, Ala.Born in Champion,JeffersonCounty, N.Y.,November1, 1836.Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War;U.S.Senator from Alabama, 1868-79; delegate to Republican NationalConvention from Alabama,1872;member ofRepublicanNational Committee from Alabama, 1872-.Died inWashington,D.C.,February19, 1893 (age56 years, 110days).Interment at Arlington National Cemetery. | | Thomas Ogden Osborn (1832-1904) — also known asThomas O. Osborn — of Illinois. Born in Ohio,1832.General in the Union Army during the Civil War; U.S. Minister toArgentina, 1874-85; U.S. Consul General inBuenos Aires, as of 1874-85.Died in1904(ageabout72 years).Interment at Arlington National Cemetery. | | Guy Despard Goff (1866-1933) — also known asGuy D. Goff — of Milwaukee,MilwaukeeCounty, Wis.; Clarksburg,HarrisonCounty, W.Va.Born in Clarksburg,HarrisonCounty, W.Va.,September13, 1866.Republican.Lawyer;U.S.Attorney for the Eastern District of Wisconsin, 1911-15; colonelin the U.S. Army during World War I; member, U.S. Shipping Board,1920-21;U.S.Senator from West Virginia, 1925-31; candidate for Republicannomination for President,1928.Episcopalian.Died in Thomasville,ThomasCounty, Ga.,January7, 1933 (age66 years, 116days).Interment at Arlington National Cemetery.  | George Wilson Malone (1890-1961) — also known asGeorge W. Malone — of Reno,WashoeCounty, Nev.Born in Fredonia,WilsonCounty, Kan.,August7, 1890.Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; alternatedelegate to Republican National Convention from Nevada,1924,1960;U.S.Senator from Nevada, 1947-59; defeated, 1934, 1944.Member,AmericanLegion;Freemasons;Shriners;Elks;Eagles;Rotary.Died inWashington,D.C.,May 19,1961 (age70 years, 285days).Interment at Arlington National Cemetery. | | Graham Anderson Martin (1912-1990) — of Winston-Salem,ForsythCounty, N.C.Born in Mars Hill,MadisonCounty, N.C.,September22, 1912.Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; Foreign Serviceofficer; U.S. Consul General inGeneva, 1960-61; U.S. Ambassador toThailand, 1963-67;Italy, 1969-73;Vietnam, 1973-75.Died, from aheartailment, in ForsytheHospital,Winston-Salem,ForsythCounty, N.C.,March13, 1990 (age77 years, 172days).Cremated;ashes interred at Arlington National Cemetery. | | Edward William Brooke III (1919-2015) — also known asEdward W. Brooke — of Newton Center, Newton,MiddlesexCounty, Mass.Born inWashington,D.C.,October26, 1919.Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II;lawyer;candidate forsecretaryof state of Massachusetts, 1960;Massachusettsstate attorney general, 1963-67;U.S.Senator from Massachusetts, 1967-79; defeated, 1978.Episcopalian.Africanancestry. Member,American BarAssociation;AmericanAcademy of Arts and Sciences;Amvets;AlphaPhi Alpha.FirstBlack U.S. Senator in the 20th century; recipient of theSpingarnMedal in 1967.Died in Coral Gables,Miami-DadeCounty, Fla.,January3, 2015 (age95 years, 69days).Interment at Arlington National Cemetery. | | Joseph Rodman West (1822-1898) — of Louisiana. Born in New Orleans,OrleansParish, La.,September19, 1822.Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War;wentto California for the 1849 Gold Rush; general in the Union Armyduring the Civil War;U.S.Senator from Louisiana, 1871-77;memberDistrict of Columbia board of commissioners, 1882-85;Presidentof the District of Columbia Board of Commissioners, 1882-83.Died inWashington,D.C.,October31, 1898 (age76 years, 42days).Interment at Arlington National Cemetery.  | Daniel Edgar Sickles (1819-1914) — also known asDaniel E. Sickles;"DevilDan" —of New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,October20, 1819.Lawyer;member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from New York County, 1847; member ofNew Yorkstate senate 3rd District, 1856-57;U.S.Representative from New York, 1857-61, 1893-95 (3rd District1857-61, 10th District 1893-95); defeated (Democratic), 1894; generalin the Union Army during the Civil War; delegate to RepublicanNational Convention from New York,1868;U.S. Minister toSpain, 1869-74; delegate to Democratic National Convention fromNew York,1892.Member,GrandArmy of the Republic.Shot andkilledPhilipBarton Key, his wife's lover and the son of the author of thenational anthem, at Lafayette Park, Washington, D.C, 1859;chargedwithmurder,but with the help of his attorneyEdwinM. Stanton, was acquitted after thefirstsuccessful plea of temporary insanity in U.S. legal history. Received theMedalof Honor in 1897 for action at the Battle of Gettysburg, July 2,1863;lost aleg in that battle; his amputated leg was displayed at the ArmyMedical Museum, where he frequently visited it in later years.Died in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,May 3,1914 (age94 years, 195days).Interment at Arlington National Cemetery. | | Ovington Eugene Weller (1862-1947) — also known asOvington E. Weller — of Arlington,Baltimore,Md.;Baltimore,Md.Born in Reisterstown,BaltimoreCounty, Md.,January23, 1862.Republican. Candidate forGovernor ofMaryland, 1915; campaign manager forJohnW. Weeks, Republican for president, 1916; delegate to RepublicanNational Convention from Maryland,1916,1924,1936(member,ResolutionsCommittee),1940;U.S.Senator from Maryland, 1921-27; defeated, 1926; member ofRepublicanNational Committee from Maryland, 1932-40.Died inBaltimore,Md.,January5, 1947 (age84 years, 347days).Interment at Arlington National Cemetery. | | Luther Wallace Youngdahl (1896-1978) — also known asLuther W. Youngdahl — of Minneapolis,HennepinCounty, Minn.Born in Minneapolis,HennepinCounty, Minn.,May 29,1896.Republican. District judge in Minnesota, 1936-42;justice ofMinnesota state supreme court, 1942-47;Governor ofMinnesota, 1947-51; delegate to Republican National Conventionfrom Minnesota,1948;Judgeof U.S. District Court, 1951-66.Died ofcancer,inWashington,D.C.,June 21,1978 (age82 years, 23days).Interment at Arlington National Cemetery.  | Charles Edward Potter (1916-1979) — also known asCharles E. Potter — of Cheboygan,CheboyganCounty, Mich.Born in Lapeer,LapeerCounty, Mich.,October30, 1916.Republican. Major in the U.S. Army during World War II;U.S.Representative from Michigan 11th District, 1947-52; resigned1952;U.S.Senator from Michigan, 1952-59; defeated, 1958.Methodist.Member,Elks;Eagles;Kiwanis;AmericanLegion;DisabledAmerican Veterans;Veterans ofForeign Wars;Amvets.Wounded in World War II, andlost hislegs.Died inWalterReed Army Hospital,Washington,D.C.,November23, 1979 (age63 years, 24days).Interment at Arlington National Cemetery. | | Robert Gerhard Neumann (1916-1999) — also known asRobert G. Neumann — of California. Born in Vienna,Austria,January2, 1916.Served in the U.S. Army during World War II;universityprofessor; U.S. Ambassador toAfghanistan, 1966-73;Morocco, 1973-76;Saudi Arabia, 1981.Died ofcancer,in Bethesda,MontgomeryCounty, Md.,June 18,1999 (age83 years, 167days).Interment at Arlington National Cemetery. | | John George Schmitz (1930-2001) — also known asJohn G. Schmitz — of California. Born in Milwaukee,MilwaukeeCounty, Wis.,August12, 1930.Member ofCaliforniastate senate, 1965-70, 1979;U.S.Representative from California 35th District, 1970-73; defeatedin Republican primary, 1972, 1976, 1984; American Independentcandidate forPresidentof the United States, 1972;reprimandedby the California Senate in 1982 over a press release issued by hisoffice, which characterized a critic and her supporters withcrudeslurs; candidate in Republican primary forU.S.Senator from California, 1982.Catholic.Member,YoungAmericans for Freedom;JohnBirch Society;National RifleAssociation;AmericanLegion;MilitaryOrder of the World Wars;Knightsof Columbus;Orderof Alhambra;Toastmasters.Died, ofprostatecancer, in theNationalNaval Medical Center, Bethesda,MontgomeryCounty, Md.,January10, 2001 (age70 years, 151days).Interment at Arlington National Cemetery. | | Ruggero John Aldisert (1919-2014) — also known asRuggero J. Aldisert — of Pennsylvania. Born in Carnegie,AlleghenyCounty, Pa.,November10, 1919.Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II;lawyer;common pleas court judge in Pennsylvania, 1961-68;Judgeof U.S. Court of Appeals for the 3rd Circuit, 1968-86; tooksenior status 1986.Died in Santa Barbara,SantaBarbara County, Calif.,December28, 2014 (age95 years, 48days).Interment at Arlington National Cemetery. | | Eli Huston Murray (1843-1896) — also known asEli H. Murray — of Louisville,JeffersonCounty, Ky.Born in Cloverport,BreckinridgeCounty, Ky.,February10, 1843.Republican. General in the Union Army during the Civil War; delegateto Republican National Convention from Kentucky,1872;Governorof Utah Territory, 1880-86.Died ofdiabetes,in Bowling Green,WarrenCounty, Ky.,November18, 1896 (age53 years, 282days).Interment at Arlington National Cemetery. | | Herman Welker (1906-1957) — of Payette,PayetteCounty, Idaho.Born in Cambridge,WashingtonCounty, Idaho,December11, 1906.Republican.Lawyer;served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; member ofIdahostate senate, 1948-50;U.S.Senator from Idaho, 1951-57; defeated, 1956;speaker, Republican National Convention, 1956.Died, from abraintumor, in Bethesda,MontgomeryCounty, Md.,October30, 1957 (age50 years, 323days).Interment at Arlington National Cemetery. | | Edward Burnett Lawson (1895-1962) — Born in Newport,CockeCounty, Tenn.,September26, 1895.Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; U.S. Minister toIceland, 1949; U.S. Ambassador toIsrael, 1954-59.DiedNovember19, 1962 (age67 years, 54days).Interment at Arlington National Cemetery. | | John Woodrow Bonner (1902-1970) — also known asJohn W. Bonner — of Helena,Lewis andClark County, Mont.Born in Butte,Silver BowCounty, Mont.,July 16,1902.Democrat.Schoolteacher;lawyer;Montanastate attorney general, 1941-42;Governor ofMontana, 1949-53; defeated, 1952, 1956; delegate to DemocraticNational Convention from Montana,1952,1956;candidate forU.S.Senator from Montana, 1960.Catholic.Member,PhiDelta Phi;SigmaPhi Epsilon;Elks;Eagles.Died in Helena,Lewis andClark County, Mont.,March28, 1970 (age67 years, 255days).Interment at Arlington National Cemetery. | | Joseph Jacob Foss (1915-2003) — also known asJoe Foss;"The American Ace ofAces" —of Sioux Falls,MinnehahaCounty, S.Dak.; Scottsdale,MaricopaCounty, Ariz.Born in Sioux Falls,MinnehahaCounty, S.Dak.,April17, 1915.Republican. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II;received theMedalof Honor for action over Guadalcanal in 1942-43; delegate toRepublican National Convention from South Dakota,1948(alternate),1956(delegation chair),1960;speaker,1952,1956;member ofSouthDakota state house of representatives 10th District, 1949-50,1953-54;Governor ofSouth Dakota, 1955-59; candidate forU.S.Representative from South Dakota, 1958; Commissioner, AmericanFootballLeague, 1960; elected to National AviationHall ofFame, 1984; president, National Rifle Association, 1988-90.Methodist.Member,AmericanLegion;National RifleAssociation;Freemasons;Shriners;Elks.Died, from the effects of astroke,in Scottsdale,MaricopaCounty, Ariz.,January1, 2003 (age87 years, 259days).Interment at Arlington National Cemetery. | | Robert Byington Mitchell (1823-1882) — of Mt. Gilead,MorrowCounty, Ohio.Born in Mansfield,RichlandCounty, Ohio,April 4,1823.Served in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War; member ofKansasterritorial legislature, 1857-58;treasurerof Kansas Territory, 1859-61; general in the Union Army duringthe Civil War;Governorof New Mexico Territory, 1866-69.Died inWashington,D.C.,January26, 1882 (age58 years, 297days).Original interment atCongressionalCemetery, Washington, D.C.; reinterment in 1895 at ArlingtonNational Cemetery. | | John Acoming Halderman Jr. (1833-1908) — also known asJohn A. Halderman, Jr. — of Leavenworth,LeavenworthCounty, Kan.Born inFayetteCounty, Ky.,April15, 1833.General in the Union Army during the Civil War; member ofKansasstate house of representatives, 1870; member ofKansasstate senate, 1870; U.S. Consul inBangkok, 1880; U.S. Minister toSiam, 1882-85; U.S. Consul General inBangkok, 1882-85.Died inWashington,D.C.,September21, 1908 (age75 years, 159days).Interment at Arlington National Cemetery. | | Martin Edward Trench (1869-1927) — also known asMartin E. Trench — Born in Dennison,GoodhueCounty, Minn.,November30, 1869.Served in the U.S. Navy during the Spanish-American War; served inthe U.S. Navy during World War I;Governor ofU.S. Virgin Islands; died in office 1927.Irishancestry.Died, ofpneumonia,in Worcester,WorcesterCounty, Mass.,January6, 1927 (age57 years, 37days).Interment at Arlington National Cemetery. | | Paul Vories McNutt (1891-1955) — also known asPaul V. McNutt — of Bloomington,MonroeCounty, Ind.; Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in Franklin,JohnsonCounty, Ind.,July 19,1891.Democrat.Lawyer;colonel in the U.S. Army during World War I;lawprofessor; national commander, American Legion, 1928-29;Governor ofIndiana, 1933-37; High Commissioner to the Philippines, 1937-39,1945-46; candidate for Democratic nomination for President,1940;candidate for Democratic nomination for Vice President,1940,1944;delegate to Democratic National Convention from Indiana,1944;U.S. Ambassador toPhilippines, 1946-47; alternate delegate to Democratic NationalConvention from New York,1948.Methodist.Member,American BarAssociation;Order ofthe Coif;PhiBeta Kappa;SigmaDelta Chi;BetaTheta Pi;PhiDelta Phi;TauKappa Alpha;AmericanLegion;Freemasons;Elks;Rotary;Kiwanis.Died in Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,March24, 1955 (age63 years, 248days).Interment at Arlington National Cemetery. | | John Porter East (1931-1986) — also known asJohn P. East — of North Carolina. Born in Springfield,SangamonCounty, Ill.,May 5,1931.Republican. Candidate forsecretaryof state of North Carolina, 1968; Republican Presidential Electorfor North Carolina,1972(voted forRichardM. Nixon andSpiroT. Agnew);U.S.Senator from North Carolina, 1981-86; died in office 1986.Presbyterian.Hislegs wereparalyzed due to polio.Killedhimself bycarbonmonoxide poisoning, in Greenville,PittCounty, N.C.,June 29,1986 (age55 years, 55days).Interment at Arlington National Cemetery. | | Arthur Lawrence Alarcón (1925-2015) — also known asArthur L. Alarcón — of California. Born in Los Angeles,Los AngelesCounty, Calif.,August14, 1925.Served in the U.S. Army during World War II;lawyer;superior court judge in California, 1964-78;Judge,California Court of Appeal, 1978-79;Judgeof U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit, 1979-92; tooksenior status 1992.Hispanicancestry.Died in Pacific Palisades, Los Angeles,Los AngelesCounty, Calif.,January28, 2015 (age89 years, 167days).Interment at Arlington National Cemetery. | | William Dodd Hathaway (1924-2013) — also known asWilliam D. Hathaway — of Auburn,AndroscogginCounty, Maine; McLean,FairfaxCounty, Va.Born in Cambridge,MiddlesexCounty, Mass.,February21, 1924.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II;lawyer;delegate to Democratic National Convention from Maine,1964;U.S.Representative from Maine 2nd District, 1965-73; delegate toDemocratic National Convention from Virginia,1968;U.S.Senator from Maine, 1973-79; defeated, 1978.Episcopalian.Died, from complications ofpulmonaryfibrosis, in McLean,FairfaxCounty, Va.,June 24,2013 (age89 years, 123days).Interment at Arlington National Cemetery. | | Alexander Oswald Brodie (1849-1918) — also known asAlexander O. Brodie — of Prescott,YavapaiCounty, Ariz.; Phoenix,MaricopaCounty, Ariz.; Haddonfield,CamdenCounty, N.J.Born in Edwards,St.Lawrence County, N.Y.,November13, 1849.Republican. Civil andminingengineer;YavapaiCounty Recorder, 1893-94; colonel in the U.S. Army during theSpanish-American War; candidate forDelegateto U.S. Congress from Arizona Territory, 1898;Governorof Arizona Territory, 1902-05; delegate to Republican NationalConvention from Arizona Territory,1904.Died in Haddonfield,CamdenCounty, N.J.,May 10,1918 (age68 years, 178days).Interment at Arlington National Cemetery.| | Relatives: Sonof Joseph Brodie and Margaret (Brown) Brodie; married,December15, 1892, to Louise Hanlon. |
| | Warren Jay Terhune (1869-1920) — also known asWarren J. Terhune — of Hackensack,BergenCounty, N.J.Born in Midland Park,BergenCounty, N.J.,May 3,1869.Served in the U.S. Navy during the Spanish-American War; U.S. Navycommander;Governor ofAmerican Samoa; died in office 1920.Three days before he was to face aninquiryintochargesagainsthisadministration, heshothimselfin the heart, in a bathroom of theExecutiveMansion, Utulei,AmericanSamoa,November3, 1920 (age51 years, 184days); later, the Navy exonerated him; his accuser, LieutenantCommander Creed H. Boucher, was courtmartialed and found guilty offomenting unrest among the Samoans.Interment at Arlington National Cemetery. | | Jesse Samuel Cottrell (1878-1944) — also known asJesse S. Cottrell — of Tennessee; Tucson,PimaCounty, Ariz.; Arlington,ArlingtonCounty, Va.Born in Knoxville,KnoxCounty, Tenn.,October23, 1878.Republican.Newspaperreporter; member ofTennesseestate house of representatives, 1907-09; secretary to U.S. Sen.NewellSanders, 1910-11; served in the U.S. Army during World War I;U.S. Minister toBolivia, 1921-28.Baptist.Member,Elks.DiedMarch24, 1944 (age65 years, 153days).Interment at Arlington National Cemetery. | | Peterson Bryant Jarman Jr. (1892-1955) — also known asPete B. Jarman — of Livingston,SumterCounty, Ala.Born in Greensboro,HaleCounty, Ala.,October31, 1892.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I;secretaryof state of Alabama, 1931-35;U.S.Representative from Alabama 6th District, 1937-49; U.S.Ambassador toAustralia, 1949-53.Methodist.Member,Freemasons;AmericanLegion;Veterans ofForeign Wars;Forty andEight;DisabledAmerican Veterans;MilitaryOrder of the World Wars;Woodmen;SigmaAlpha Epsilon.DiedFebruary17, 1955 (age62 years, 109days).Interment at Arlington National Cemetery. | | Wilber Marion Brucker (1894-1968) — also known asWilber M. Brucker — of Saginaw,SaginawCounty, Mich.; Grosse Pointe Farms,WayneCounty, Mich.Born in Saginaw,SaginawCounty, Mich.,June 23,1894.Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I;lawyer;SaginawCounty Prosecuting Attorney, 1923-26;Michiganstate attorney general, 1928-30; appointed 1928;Governor ofMichigan, 1931-32; defeated, 1932; delegate to RepublicanNational Convention from Michigan,1932,1936,1948,1964(alternate); candidate forU.S.Senator from Michigan, 1936; U.S. Secretary of the Army.Presbyterian.Member,Council onForeign Relations;Freemasons;KnightsTemplar;Shriners;Kiwanis;Elks;Veterans ofForeign Wars;AmericanLegion;DeltaSigma Rho;SigmaDelta Kappa;PhiGamma Delta;American BarAssociation;AmericanJudicature Society;Moose;OddFellows.Suffered an apparentheartattack after attending an Economic Club luncheon, and died soonafter, in the emergency room at HarperHospital,Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.,October28, 1968 (age74 years, 127days).Interment at Arlington National Cemetery. | | James Daniel Theberge (1930-1988) — also known asJames D. Theberge — ofWashington,D.C.Born in Oceanside,NassauCounty, Long Island, N.Y.,December28, 1930.U.S. Ambassador toNicaragua, 1975-77;Chile, 1982-85.Died after aheartattack, at Montego Bay,Jamaica,January20, 1988 (age57 years, 23days).Interment at Arlington National Cemetery. | | Charles Edward Wiggins (1927-2000) — also known asCharles E. Wiggins — of El Monte,LosAngeles County, Calif.; West Covina,LosAngeles County, Calif.Born in El Monte,Los AngelesCounty, Calif.,December3, 1927.Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; served inthe U.S. Army during the Korean conflict;lawyer;mayorof El Monte, Calif., 1964-66;U.S.Representative from California, 1967-79 (25th District 1967-75,39th District 1975-79);Judgeof U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit, 1984-96.Member,Lions;American BarAssociation.Died, of complications fromdiabetesandheartdisease, at SunriseHospitaland Medical Center, Las Vegas,ClarkCounty, Nev.,March 2,2000 (age72 years, 90days).Interment at Arlington National Cemetery. | | Arthur H. Davis Jr. (1917-2000) — of Golden,JeffersonCounty, Colo.Born in Brockton,PlymouthCounty, Mass.,1917.Realestate developer; U.S. Ambassador toParaguay, 1982-85;Panama, 1986-90.Died, following astroke,November24, 2000 (ageabout 83years).Interment at Arlington National Cemetery. | | Jeremiah Andrew Denton Jr. (1924-2014) — also known asJeremiah Denton — of Mobile,MobileCounty, Ala.Born in Mobile,MobileCounty, Ala.,July 15,1924.Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during the Vietnam War;U.S.Senator from Alabama, 1981-87; defeated, 1986.Catholic.DiedMarch28, 2014 (age89 years, 256days).Interment at Arlington National Cemetery. | | Ronald Vernie Dellums (1935-2018) — also known asRonald V. Dellums — of Berkeley,AlamedaCounty, Calif.; Oakland,AlamedaCounty, Calif.Born in Oakland,AlamedaCounty, Calif.,November24, 1935.Democrat.Socialworker;U.S.Representative from California, 1971-98 (7th District 1971-75,8th District 1975-93, 9th District 1993-98);arrestedduring ananti-apartheidprotest outside the South AfricanEmbassyin Washington, 1984; delegate to Democratic National Convention fromCalifornia,1988,1996,2008;mayorof Oakland, Calif., 2007-11.Protestant.Africanancestry. Member,AlphaPhi Alpha.Died inWashington,D.C.,July 30,2018 (age82 years, 248days).Interment at Arlington National Cemetery.  | John David Dingell Jr. (1926-2019) — also known asJohn D. Dingell;"Big John";"The Truck" —of Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.; Trenton,WayneCounty, Mich.; Dearborn,WayneCounty, Mich.Born in Colorado Springs,El PasoCounty, Colo.,July 8,1926.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II;lawyer;U.S.Representative from Michigan, 1955-2003 (15th District 1955-65,16th District 1965-2003, 15th District 2003); delegate to DemocraticNational Convention from Michigan,1956,1960,1968,1984,1988,1996,2000,2004,2008.Catholic.PolishandScotch-Irishancestry. Member,PolishLegion of American Veterans;Veterans ofForeign Wars;AmericanLegion;Knightsof Columbus;National RifleAssociation.Died, fromprostatecancer, in Dearborn,WayneCounty, Mich.,February7, 2019 (age92 years, 214days).Interment at Arlington National Cemetery.| | Relatives: Sonof Grace Blossom (Bigler) Dingell andJohnDavid Dingell; married1952 to HelenHenebry; married1981 toDeborahAnn Insley; father ofChristopherD. Dingell. | | | | Political family:Dingellfamily of Detroit, Michigan. | | | | Cross-reference:DougRoss | | | | John DingellDrive,in Detroit MetroAirport,Romulus,Michigan, isnamed forhim. — The John D. DingellVAMedical Center, inDetroit,Michigan, isnamed forhim. — The John D. Dingell Jr. MemorialBridges,which take Stadium Boulevard over State Street and the Ann ArborRailroad tracks, inAnn Arbor,Michigan, arenamed forhim. | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Wikipedia article —Ballotpediaarticle —Find-A-Gravememorial | | | | Image source: Michigan Manual1957-58 |
| | | Wickham Hoffman (1821-1900) — Born in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,April 2,1821.Lawyer;colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War; U.S. Minister toDenmark, 1883-85; U.S. Consul General inCopenhagen, as of 1883-85.Died in Atlantic City,AtlanticCounty, N.J.,May 21,1900 (age79 years, 49days).Interment at Arlington National Cemetery. | | Samuel Swinfin Burdett (1836-1914) — also known asSamuel S. Burdett — of Osceola,St. ClairCounty, Mo.;Washington,D.C.; Glencarlyn, Arlington,ArlingtonCounty, Va.Born in Leicestershire,England,February21, 1836.Republican.Lawyer;served in the Union Army during the Civil War; delegate to RepublicanNational Convention from Missouri,1868;U.S.Representative from Missouri 5th District, 1869-73; defeated,1872; Commissioner of the General Land Office, 1874-76.Englishancestry. Member,GrandArmy of the Republic.Died in Leicestershire,England,September24, 1914 (age78 years, 215days).Cremated;ashes interred at Arlington National Cemetery. | | Enoch Herbert Crowder (1859-1932) — also known asEnoch Crowder — of Kansas City,JacksonCounty, Mo.Born in Edinburg,GrundyCounty, Mo.,April11, 1859.Colonel in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; general inthe U.S. Army during World War I; U.S. Ambassador toCuba, 1923-27.Member,BetaTheta Pi.Died inWashington,D.C.,May 7,1932 (age73 years, 26days).Interment at Arlington National Cemetery. | | Harry Burgess (1872-1933) — Born in Starkville,OktibbehaCounty, Miss.,February22, 1872.Engineer;served in the U.S. Army during World War I; Brigadier General, U.S.Army; engineer in charge of maintenance, Panama Canal, 1924-28;Governor ofPanama Canal Zone, 1928-32.Died, in Army and Navy GeneralHospital,Hot Springs,GarlandCounty, Ark.,March18, 1933 (age61 years, 24days).Interment at Arlington National Cemetery.  | Frank Charles White (1856-1940) — also known asFrank White — of North Dakota. Born in Stillman Valley,OgleCounty, Ill.,December12, 1856.Republican. Member ofNorthDakota state house of representatives, 1891-92; member ofNorthDakota state senate, 1893-98; major in the U.S. Army during theSpanish-American War;Governor ofNorth Dakota, 1901-05; Treasurer of the United States, 1921-28.Died inWashington,D.C.,March23, 1940 (age83 years, 102days).Interment at Arlington National Cemetery. | | | William Clark (1891-1957) — of Princeton,MercerCounty, N.J.Born in Newark,EssexCounty, N.J.,February1, 1891.Lawyer;served in the U.S. Army during World War I; Judge, New Jersey Courtof Errors and Appeals, 1923-25;U.S.District Judge for New Jersey, 1925-38;Judgeof U.S. Court of Appeals for the 3rd Circuit, 1938-43; colonel inthe U.S. Army during World War II.Presbyterian.Member,American BarAssociation;AmericanAcademy of Political and Social Science;AmericanSociety for International Law.DiedOctober10, 1957 (age66 years, 251days).Interment at Arlington National Cemetery.| | Relatives: Sonof J. William Clark and Margaretta (Cameron) Clark; married,September20, 1913, to Marjorie Blair. |
| | Emory Scott Land (1879-1971) — also known asEmory S. Land — Born in Canon City,FremontCounty, Colo.,January8, 1879.Vice Admiral, U.S. Navy; chair, U.S. Maritime Commission, 1938-46. DiedNovember27, 1971 (age92 years, 323days).Interment at Arlington National Cemetery. | | Samuel Studdiford Stratton (1916-1990) — also known asSamuel S. Stratton — of Schenectady,SchenectadyCounty, N.Y.; Amsterdam,MontgomeryCounty, N.Y.Born in Yonkers,WestchesterCounty, N.Y.,September27, 1916.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; served in theU.S. Navy during the Korean conflict; candidate forNew Yorkstate assembly from Schenectady County, 1950;mayorof Schenectady, N.Y., 1956-58;U.S.Representative from New York, 1959-89 (32nd District 1959-63,35th District 1963-71, 29th District 1971-73, 28th District 1973-83,23rd District 1983-89); delegate to Democratic National Conventionfrom New York,1964,1980,1984,1988.Presbyterian.Member,AmericanLegion;Veterans ofForeign Wars;Amvets;Freemasons;Eagles.Died, in anursinghome,1990(ageabout73 years).Interment at Arlington National Cemetery. | | Joseph Jackson Bartlett (1834-1893) — also known asJoseph J. Bartlett — of New York. BornNovember21, 1834.General in the Union Army during the Civil War; U.S. Minister toSweden, 1867-69.DiedJanuary14, 1893 (age58 years, 54days).Interment at Arlington National Cemetery. | | Guy Vernor Henry (1839-1899) — also known asGuy V. Henry — Born in Fort Smith,SebastianCounty, Ark.,March 9,1839.Colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War; received theMedalof Honor in 1893 for action at the Battle of Cold Harbor, June 1,1864; colonel in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War;Governor ofPuerto Rico.Died, frompneumonia,in Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,October27, 1899 (age60 years, 232days).Interment at Arlington National Cemetery.| | Relatives: Sonof William Seton Henry and Arietta Livingston (Thompson) Henry;married1864 toFrances Wharton; married to Julia McNair; grandson ofJohnVernon Henry andGilbertLivingston Thompson; grandnephew ofMangleMinthorne Tompkins; great-grandson ofSmithThompson,DanielD. Tompkins andHannahTompkins; great-grandnephew ofCalebTompkins; second great-grandson ofJonathanGriffin Tompkins; third great-grandson ofHenryGilbert Livingston; third great-grandnephew ofRobertGilbert Livingston; fourth great-grandson ofGilbertLivingston; fourth great-grandnephew ofJohnLivingston andRobertLivingston (1688-1775); fifth great-grandson ofRobertLivingston the Elder; fifth great-grandnephew ofPieterSchuyler andJohannesSchuyler (1668-1747); first cousin twice removed ofJacobLivingston Sutherland; first cousin four times removed ofPhilipVan Cortlandt andPierreVan Cortlandt Jr.; first cousin five times removed ofRobertLivingston (1708-1790),PeterVan Brugh Livingston,PhilipLivingston,RobertR. Livingston (1718-1775) andWilliamLivingston; first cousin six times removed ofRobertLivingston the Younger andJohannesSchuyler (1697-1746); first cousin seven times removed ofDavidDavidse Schuyler andMyndertDavidtse Schuyler; second cousin thrice removed ofEnosThompson Throop,GeorgeBliss Throop,HamiltonFish andIsraelThompson Hatch; second cousin four times removed ofPeterRobert Livingston,WalterLivingston,PhilipPeter Livingston,RobertR. Livingston (1746-1813),HenryBrockholst Livingston andEdwardLivingston; second cousin five times removed ofStephanusBayard,PierreVan Cortlandt,PhilipJohn Schuyler,PhilipP. Schuyler andStephenJohn Schuyler; third cousin twice removed ofIsraelDodd Condit,NicholasFish andHamiltonFish Jr. (1849-1936); third cousin thrice removed ofStephenVan Rensselaer,PhilipSchuyler Van Rensselaer,HenryWalter Livingston,PeterAugustus Jay,RensselaerWesterlo,EdwardPhilip Livingston,WilliamAlexander Duer,JohnDuer,WilliamJay andCharlesLudlow Livingston; fourth cousin once removed ofJonathanMayhew Wainwright andHamiltonFish Jr. (1888-1991). | | | | Political families:Tallmadge-Floydfamily of New York;Tompkins#1 family of New York (subsets of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | See alsoWikipediaarticle —Find-A-Gravememorial |
| | Martin Thomas McMahon (1838-1906) — also known asMartin T. McMahon — of New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in Laprairie,Quebec,March21, 1838.Democrat.Lawyer;general in the Union Army during the Civil War; U.S. Minister toParaguay, 1868-69; Independent Democratic candidate forU.S.Representative from New York 4th District, 1870; member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from New York County 7th District, 1891; member ofNewYork state senate, 1892-95 (8th District 1892-93, 7th District1894-95).Received theMedalof Honor in 1891 for action at White Oak Swamp, Virginia, June30, 1862.Died in New York,1906(ageabout68 years).Interment at Arlington National Cemetery.  | Nelson Appleton Miles (1839-1925) — also known asNelson A. Miles — Born in Westminster,WorcesterCounty, Mass.,August8, 1839.Democrat. General in the Union Army during the Civil War; receivedtheMedalof Honor in 1892 for action at the battle of Chancellorsville,1863; general in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War;Governor ofPuerto Rico; candidate for Democratic nomination for President,1904.Suffered aheartattack and died, while attending acircus,inWashington,D.C.,May 15,1925 (age85 years, 280days).Entombed at Arlington National Cemetery. | | John Boynton Philip Clayton Hill (1879-1941) — also known asJohn Philip Hill — ofBaltimore,Md.Born in Annapolis,AnneArundel County, Md.,May 2,1879.Republican.Lawyer;U.S.Attorney for Maryland, 1910-15; candidate formayorof Baltimore, Md., 1915; delegate to Republican NationalConvention from Maryland,1916;colonel in the U.S. Army during World War I;U.S.Representative from Maryland 3rd District, 1921-27; defeated,1908, 1928, 1930, 1936;delegateto Maryland convention to ratify 21st amendment 3rd District,1933.Episcopalian.Member,Societyof the Cincinnati;Societyof Colonial Wars;AlphaDelta Phi;PhiDelta Phi;Elks;Moose;OddFellows.Died inWashington,D.C.,May 23,1941 (age62 years, 21days).Interment at Arlington National Cemetery. | | Edwin Taylor Pollock (1870-1943) — also known asE. T. Pollock — Born in Mt. Gilead,MorrowCounty, Ohio,October25, 1870.Served in the U.S. Navy during the Spanish-American War;Governor ofU.S. Virgin Islands; served in the U.S. Navy during World War I;Governorof American Samoa.Died, fromcardiacarrythmia andauricularfibrillation, inWashington,D.C.,June 6,1943 (age72 years, 224days).Interment at Arlington National Cemetery. | | John Batterson Stetson Jr. (1884-1952) — also known asJohn B. Stetson, Jr. — of Ashbourne,MontgomeryCounty, Pa.; Elkins Park,MontgomeryCounty, Pa.Born in Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,October14, 1884.Republican. Pilot and captain for U.S. Air Service, World War I;hatmanufacturer; U.S. Minister toPoland, 1925-29; colonel in the U.S. Army during World War II.Baptist.Member,AmericanGeographic Society.Died in Elkins Park,MontgomeryCounty, Pa.,November15, 1952 (age68 years, 32days).Interment at Arlington National Cemetery.  | Julius Cecil Holmes (1899-1968) — also known asJulius C. Holmes — of Lawrence,DouglasCounty, Kan.Born in Pleasanton,LinnCounty, Kan.,April24, 1899.Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; Foreign Service officer;U.S. Vice Consul inMarseille, as of 1926;Smyrna, as of 1927-29;Tirana, 1930; general in the U.S. Army during World War II;executive officer, U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff, 1942; assistant U.S.Secretary of State, 1944-45; U.S. Consul General inHong Kong, 1959-61; U.S. Ambassador toIran, 1961-65.In 1951-52, a U.S. Senate committeeinvestigatedhow a group, including Holmes as well as former U.S. Rep.JosephE. Casey and former Secretary of StateEdwardR. Stettinius, Jr., made large profits from the purchase andre-sale of surplus U.S. tanker ships following World War II. Underfederal law, ships could be sold only to U.S citizens, so the groupallegedly set up severaldummycorporations purportedly under American control, andfakedfinancial statements for them, to buy the tankers on behalf ofGreek-Argentine shipping magnate Aristotle Onassis. A federalindictmentagainst Holmes was ultimately dropped. Onassis, also indicted,pleaded guilty and paid a fine.DiedJuly 16,1968 (age69 years, 83days).Interment at Arlington National Cemetery. | | | Olin Earl Teague (1910-1981) — also known asOlin E. Teague;"TigerTeague" —of Bryan,BrazosCounty, Tex.; College Station,BrazosCounty, Tex.Born in Woodward,WoodwardCounty, Okla.,April 6,1910.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II;U.S.Representative from Texas 6th District, 1946-78; delegate toDemocratic National Convention from Texas,1956,1960,1964.Baptist.Member,Lions.Died in Bethesda,MontgomeryCounty, Md.,January23, 1981 (age70 years, 292days).Interment at Arlington National Cemetery. | | Joseph Limprecht (1946-2002) — Born in Omaha,DouglasCounty, Neb.,1946.Foreign Service officer; U.S. Ambassador toAlbania, 1999-2002, died in office 2002.Died inAlbania,May19, 2002 (ageabout 55years).Interment at Arlington National Cemetery. | | Charles Edward Bennett (1910-2003) — also known asCharles E. Bennett — of Jacksonville,DuvalCounty, Fla.Born in Canton,St.Lawrence County, N.Y.,December2, 1910.Democrat.Lawyer;member ofFloridastate house of representatives, 1941-42; served in the U.S. Armyduring World War II;U.S.Representative from Florida, 1949-93 (2nd District 1949-67, 3rdDistrict 1967-93).Christian.Member,DisabledAmerican Veterans;AmericanLegion;Veterans ofForeign Wars;Sons ofthe American Revolution;Freemasons;Lions;Jaycees.Died in Jacksonville,DuvalCounty, Fla.,September6, 2003 (age92 years, 278days).Interment at Arlington National Cemetery. | | Augustus Peabody Gardner (1865-1918) — also known asAugustus P. Gardner — of Hamilton,EssexCounty, Mass.Born in Boston,SuffolkCounty, Mass.,November5, 1865.Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War;member ofMassachusettsstate senate, 1900-01;U.S.Representative from Massachusetts 6th District, 1902-17; resigned1917; candidate forGovernor ofMassachusetts, 1913; major in the U.S. Army during World War I.Died, ofpneumonia,whilein themilitary service at Camp Wheeler, Macon,BibbCounty, Ga.,January14, 1918 (age52 years, 70days).Interment at Arlington National Cemetery. | | Anthony Jerome Griffin (1866-1935) — also known asAnthony J. Griffin;"Altair" —of Bronx,BronxCounty, N.Y.Born in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,April 1,1866.Democrat.Lawyer;served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War;newspapereditor; member ofNew Yorkstate senate 22nd District, 1911-14;delegateto New York state constitutional convention 22nd District, 1915;U.S.Representative from New York 22nd District, 1918-35; died inoffice 1935.Member,American BarAssociation.Died, ofheartdisease, in Bronx,BronxCounty, N.Y.,January13, 1935 (age68 years, 287days).Interment at Arlington National Cemetery. | | William Joseph Donovan (1883-1959) — also known asWilliam J. Donovan;"WildBill" —of Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in Buffalo,ErieCounty, N.Y.,January1, 1883.Republican.Lawyer;colonel in the U.S. Army during World War I; candidate forLieutenantGovernor of New York, 1922;U.S.Attorney for the Western District of New York, 1922-24; candidateforGovernor ofNew York, 1932; general in the U.S. Army during World War II;U.S. Ambassador toThailand, 1953-54.Catholic.Member,American BarAssociation;AmericanLegion;PhiKappa Psi;PhiDelta Phi.Received theMedalof Honor for action during World War I. During World War II, hefounded and led the U.S. Office of Strategic Services, which laterbecame the Central Intelligence Agency.Died atWalterReed Army Medical Center,Washington,D.C.,February8, 1959 (age76 years, 38days).Interment at Arlington National Cemetery. | | Francis Eugene Walter (1894-1963) — also known asFrancis E. Walter — of Easton,NorthamptonCounty, Pa.Born in Easton,NorthamptonCounty, Pa.,May 26,1894.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I;lawyer;trustee, EastonHospital;bankdirector;NorthamptonCounty Solicitor, 1928-33; delegate to Democratic NationalConvention from Pennsylvania,1928,1948(alternate),1952,1956,1960;U.S.Representative from Pennsylvania, 1933-63 (21st District 1933-45,20th District 1945-53, 15th District 1953-63); died in office 1963.Lutheran.Member,Elks;OddFellows;Eagles;JuniorOrder;PhiDelta Theta;PhiAlpha Delta.Died, ofleukemia,inWashington,D.C.,May 31,1963 (age69 years, 5days).Interment at Arlington National Cemetery. | | John Lindsley Tappin (1906-1964) — also known asJohn L. Tappin — ofWashington,D.C.Born in New York City (unknowncounty), N.Y.,January22, 1906.Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; U.S.Ambassador toLibya, 1954-58.Episcopalian.Member,Societyof Colonial Wars.Died, of aheartattack, in Aspen,PitkinCounty, Colo.,December24, 1964 (age58 years, 337days).Interment at Arlington National Cemetery. | | Thomas Holcomb Jr. (1879-1965) — of St. Mary's City,St. Mary'sCounty, Md.; Chevy Chase,MontgomeryCounty, Md.;Washington,D.C.Born in New Castle,New CastleCounty, Del.,August5, 1879.Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War I; Commandant of theU.S. Marine Corps, 1936-43; U.S. Minister toSouth Africa, 1944-48.Died in New Castle,New CastleCounty, Del.,May 24,1965 (age85 years, 292days).Interment at Arlington National Cemetery. | | Paul Joseph Kilday (1900-1968) — also known asPaul J. Kilday — of San Antonio,BexarCounty, Tex.;Washington,D.C.Born in Sabinal,UvaldeCounty, Tex.,March29, 1900.Democrat.Lawyer;U.S.Representative from Texas 20th District, 1939-61; delegate toDemocratic National Convention from Texas,1956,1960;Judgeof U.S. Court of Military Appeals, 1961-67.Catholic.Member,American BarAssociation;Knightsof Columbus.DiedOctober12, 1968 (age68 years, 197days).Interment at Arlington National Cemetery. | | 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 at Arlington National Cemetery. | | Arthur Ainslie Ageton (1900-1971) — also known asArthur A. Ageton — of Annapolis,AnneArundel County, Md.;Washington,D.C.Born in Fromberg,CarbonCounty, Mont.,October25, 1900.Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; rearadmiral; U.S. Ambassador toParaguay, 1954-57;universityprofessor.Episcopalian.Died, inBethesdaNaval Hospital, Bethesda,MontgomeryCounty, Md.,April23, 1971 (age70 years, 180days).Interment at Arlington National Cemetery. | | Cleo Allen Noel Jr. (1918-1973) — also known asCleo A. Noel, Jr. — of Missouri. Born in Oklahoma City,OklahomaCounty, Okla.,August6, 1918.U.S. Ambassador toSudan, 1972-73, died in office 1973.AssassinatedinSudan,March2, 1973 (age54 years, 208days).Interment at Arlington National Cemetery. | | Glen Edgar Edgerton (1887-1976) — Born in Parkerville,MorrisCounty, Kan.,April17, 1887.Engineer;Major General, U.S. Army;Governor ofPanama Canal Zone, 1940-44.Member,AmericanSociety of Civil Engineers;PhiKappa Phi.Died inWashington,D.C.,1976(ageabout89 years).Interment at Arlington National Cemetery. | | Melvin Lawrence Manfull (1919-2000) — ofWashington,D.C.Born in Farmington,DavisCounty, Utah,February24, 1919.Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; Foreign Service officer;U.S. Ambassador toCentral African Republic, 1971-72;Liberia, 1972.Suffered aheartattack, and died soon after, at Sibley Memorial Hospital,Washington,D.C.,September11, 2000 (age81 years, 200days).Interment at Arlington National Cemetery. | | Milton Cogswell (1825-1882) — of Charleston,CharlestonCounty, S.C.Born in Noblesville,HamiltonCounty, Ind.,December4, 1825.Colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War;mayorof Charleston, S.C., 1868.Died inWashington,D.C.,November20, 1882 (age56 years, 351days).Interment at Arlington National Cemetery. | | William Francis James (1873-1945) — also known asW. Frank James — of Hancock,HoughtonCounty, Mich.Born in Morristown,MorrisCounty, N.J.,May 23,1873.Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War;realestate andinsurancebusiness;HoughtonCounty Treasurer, 1901-04;mayorof Hancock, Mich., 1908-10; member ofMichiganstate senate 32nd District, 1911-14;U.S.Representative from Michigan 12th District, 1915-35; defeated,1934, 1936.Methodist.Cornishancestry. Member,UnitedSpanish War Veterans;Freemasons;Order of theEastern Star;OddFellows;Knightsof Pythias;Maccabees;Foresters;Eagles.Died in Arlington,ArlingtonCounty, Va.,November17, 1945 (age72 years, 178days).Interment at Arlington National Cemetery. | | Edward Stanley Kellogg (1870-1948) — Born in Morrisania, Westchester County (now part of Bronx,BronxCounty), N.Y.,August20, 1870.U.S. Navy officer;Governor ofAmerican Samoa.Died, in theNavalMedical Center, Bethesda,MontgomeryCounty, Md.,January8, 1948 (age77 years, 141days).Interment at Arlington National Cemetery. | | Philip Bracken Fleming (1887-1955) — also known asPhilip B. Fleming — ofWashington,D.C.; New Hampshire.Born in Burlington,Des MoinesCounty, Iowa,October15, 1887.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; general in theU.S. Army during World War II; head of Federal Works Agency and ofFederal Maritime Commission; U.S. Ambassador toCosta Rica, 1951-53.Catholic.Irishancestry. Member,DeltaUpsilon.Died, ofcancer,inWashington,D.C.,October6, 1955 (age67 years, 356days).Interment at Arlington National Cemetery. | | Leon Harry Gavin (1893-1963) — also known asLeon H. Gavin — of Oil City,VenangoCounty, Pa.Born in Buffalo,ErieCounty, N.Y.,February25, 1893.Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I;U.S.Representative from Pennsylvania, 1943-63 (20th District 1943-45,19th District 1945-53, 23rd District 1953-63); died in office 1963.Died inWashington,D.C.,September15, 1963 (age70 years, 202days).Interment at Arlington National Cemetery. | | Adolph Dubs (1920-1979) — of Maryland. Born in Chicago,CookCounty, Ill.,August4, 1920.Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; U.S. Ambassador toAfghanistan, 1978-79, died in office 1979.AssassinatedinAfghanistan,February14, 1979 (age58 years, 194days).Interment at Arlington National Cemetery. | | Samuel David Berger (1911-1980) — also known asSamuel D. Berger — of Gloversville,FultonCounty, N.Y.Born in Gloversville,FultonCounty, N.Y.,December6, 1911.Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; Foreign Service officer;U.S. Ambassador toSouth Korea, 1961-64.Jewish.Died, ofcancer,Washington,D.C.,February12, 1980 (age68 years, 68days).Interment at Arlington National Cemetery. | | Phelps Phelps (1897-1981) — also known asPhelps von Rottenburg — of Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.; Newark,EssexCounty, N.J.; Jersey City,HudsonCounty, N.J.; Wildwood,Cape MayCounty, N.J.Born in Bonn,Germany,May4, 1897.Member ofNew Yorkstate assembly, 1924-28, 1937-38 (New York County 10th District1924-28, New York County 3rd District 1937-38); delegate toRepublican National Convention from New York,1932;delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York,1936,1948(alternate); member ofNew Yorkstate senate 13th District, 1939-42; served in the U.S. Armyduring World War II;Governor ofAmerican Samoa, 1951-52; U.S. Ambassador toDominican Republic, 1952-53; delegate to Democratic NationalConvention from New Jersey,1956,1960,1964(alternate);delegateto New Jersey state constitutional convention, 1966.Episcopalian.Member,Sons ofthe Revolution;PsiUpsilon;UrbanLeague;Elks;AmericanLegion;Veterans ofForeign Wars;Societyof Colonial Wars;UnionLeague;DeltaTheta Phi.Died in Wildwood,Cape MayCounty, N.J.,June 10,1981 (age84 years, 37days).Cremated;ashes interred at Arlington National Cemetery.  | James Hugh Keeley Jr. (1895-1985) — also known asJames H. Keeley, Jr. — ofWashington,D.C.; California.Born in Curwensville,ClearfieldCounty, Pa.,November27, 1895.Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; Foreign Service officer;U.S. Vice Consul inConstantinople, as of 1921; U.S. Consul inDamascus, as of 1924-27;Beirut, as of 1929-30;Montreal, as of 1932;Salonika, 1936-39; U.S. Minister toSyria, 1947-50.Died in Doylestown,BucksCounty, Pa.,January20, 1985 (age89 years, 54days).Cremated;ashes interred at Arlington National Cemetery. | | Arnold Lewis Raphel (1943-1988) — also known asArnold L. Raphel — of New Jersey. Born in1943.Foreign Service officer; U.S. Ambassador toPakistan, 1987-88, died in office 1988.Killed when aplanein which he was a passenger wasblown up inmidair byterrorists,near Bahawalpur,Pakistan,August17, 1988 (ageabout 45years).Interment at Arlington National Cemetery. | | Pierre Robert Graham (1922-1988) — also known asPierre R. Graham — Born in St. Nazaire,Franceof American parents,August10, 1922.Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; Foreign Service officer;U.S. Ambassador toUpper Volta, 1974-78.DiedApril24, 1988 (age65 years, 258days).Interment at Arlington National Cemetery. | | Gerard Coad Smith (1914-1994) — also known asGerard C. Smith — ofWashington,D.C.BornMay 4,1914.U.S. Ambassador to, 1977-80.Received thePresidentialMedal of Freedom in 1981.DiedJuly 4,1994 (age80 years, 61days).Interment at Arlington National Cemetery. | | William David Ford (1927-2004) — also known asWilliam D. Ford — of Taylor,WayneCounty, Mich.; Ypsilanti,WashtenawCounty, Mich.Born in Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.,August6, 1927.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II;lawyer;delegateto Michigan state constitutional convention from Wayne County19th District, 1961-62; member ofMichiganstate senate 21st District, 1963-64;U.S.Representative from Michigan, 1965-95 (15th District 1965-93,13th District 1993-95); delegate to Democratic National Conventionfrom Michigan,1968,1980,1984,1988,1992.UnitedChurch of Christ.Scottishancestry. Member,American BarAssociation;Freemasons;Shriners;Rotary;PhiDelta Phi;Jaycees;Moose;Eagles.Died in Ypsilanti Township,WashtenawCounty, Mich.,August14, 2004 (age77 years, 8days).Interment at Arlington National Cemetery. | | Frank Jefferson Horton (1919-2004) — also known asFrank Horton — of Rochester,MonroeCounty, N.Y.; Bentonville,WarrenCounty, Va.Born in Cuero,DeWittCounty, Tex.,December12, 1919.Republican. Major in the U.S. Army during World War II;lawyer;U.S.Representative from New York, 1963-93 (36th District 1963-73,34th District 1973-83, 29th District 1983-93).Presbyterian.Member,American BarAssociation;Veterans ofForeign Wars;AmericanLegion;Freemasons;RoyalArch Masons;KnightsTemplar;Shriners.Died, following astroke,in ahospitalatWinchester,Va.,August30, 2004 (age84 years, 262days).Interment at Arlington National Cemetery. | | William Wallace Burns (1825-1892) — of Charleston,CharlestonCounty, S.C.Born in Coshocton,CoshoctonCounty, Ohio,September3, 1825.General in the Union Army during the Civil War;mayorof Charleston, S.C., 1868.Died in Beaufort,BeaufortCounty, S.C.,April19, 1892 (age66 years, 229days).Interment at Arlington National Cemetery. | | George Washington Clark (1834-1898) — of Charleston,CharlestonCounty, S.C.Born in Indiana,December26, 1834.Colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War;mayorof Charleston, S.C., 1868-69.Died inWashington,D.C.,May 22,1898 (age63 years, 147days).Interment at Arlington National Cemetery. | | Wheelock Graves Veazey (1835-1898) — also known asWheelock G. Veazey — of Rutland,RutlandCounty, Vt.Born in Brentwood,RockinghamCounty, N.H.,December5, 1835.Republican.Lawyer;colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War; received theMedalof Honor in 1891 for action at Gettysburg, Pa., July 3, 1863;delegate to Republican National Convention from Vermont,1872(alternate),1876;member ofVermontstate senate, 1873;justice ofVermont state supreme court, 1879-89; member, Interstate CommerceCommission, 1889-96.Member,GrandArmy of the Republic.Died inWashington,D.C.,March22, 1898 (age62 years, 107days).Interment at Arlington National Cemetery. | | Strother Madison Stockslager (1842-1930) — also known asStrother M. Stockslager;S. M.Stockslager —of Corydon,HarrisonCounty, Ind.Born in Mauckport,HarrisonCounty, Ind.,May 7,1842.Democrat. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War;lawyer;member ofIndianastate senate, 1874-78;newspapereditor;U.S.Representative from Indiana 3rd District, 1881-85; defeated,1894; Commissioner of the General Land Office, 1888-89; delegate toDemocratic National Convention from Indiana,1896.Died inWashington,D.C.,June 1,1930 (age88 years, 25days).Interment at Arlington National Cemetery. | | Robert Low Bacon (1884-1938) — also known asRobert L. Bacon;"PrinceCharming" —of Westbury,NassauCounty, Long Island, N.Y.; Old Westbury,NassauCounty, Long Island, N.Y.Born in Jamaica Plain, Boston,SuffolkCounty, Mass.,July 23,1884.Republican.Investmentbanker; served in the U.S. Army on the Mexican border; served inthe U.S. Army during World War I; delegate to Republican NationalConvention from New York,1920;U.S.Representative from New York 1st District, 1923-38; died inoffice 1938.Episcopalian.Member,AmericanLegion;Freemasons;KnightsTemplar;Shriners;Elks;Moose.Died, of aheartattack, at the state police barracks, Lake Success,NassauCounty, Long Island, N.Y.,September12, 1938 (age54 years, 51days).Interment at Arlington National Cemetery. | | Hampson Gary (1873-1952) — of Tyler,SmithCounty, Tex.;Washington,D.C.Born in Tyler,SmithCounty, Tex.,April23, 1873.Democrat.Lawyer;vice-president, Royall NationalBank;director, Guaranty StateBank;served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; member ofTexasstate house of representatives, 1901-02; member ofTexasDemocratic State Executive Committee, 1902-04; delegate toDemocratic National Convention from Texas,1908;U.S. Diplomatic Agent toEgypt, 1917-18; U.S. Consul General inCairo, 1917-20; U.S. Minister toSwitzerland, 1920-21.Episcopalian.Member,American BarAssociation;PhiBeta Kappa;AlphaTau Omega;Sons ofthe Revolution;Societyof Colonial Wars.DiedApril18, 1952 (age78 years, 361days).Interment at Arlington National Cemetery. | | Augustine Bernard Kelley (1883-1957) — also known asAugustine B. Kelley — of Greensburg,WestmorelandCounty, Pa.Born in New Baltimore,SomersetCounty, Pa.,July 9,1883.Democrat. Owner and operator ofcoal mines;U.S.Representative from Pennsylvania, 1941-57 (28th District 1941-45,27th District 1945-53, 21st District 1953-57); died in office 1957.Member,AncientOrder of Hibernians.Died in Bethesda,MontgomeryCounty, Md.,November20, 1957 (age74 years, 134days).Interment at Arlington National Cemetery. | | Henry Oscar Talle (1892-1969) — also known asHenry O. Talle — of Decorah,WinneshiekCounty, Iowa.Born near Albert Lea,FreebornCounty, Minn.,January12, 1892.Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I;schoolteacher;superintendentof schools;collegeprofessor;U.S.Representative from Iowa, 1939-59 (4th District 1939-43, 2ndDistrict 1943-59); defeated, 1936 (4th District), 1958 (2nd District).Lutheran.Member,AmericanLegion;Veterans ofForeign Wars.Died inWashington,D.C.,March14, 1969 (age77 years, 61days).Interment at Arlington National Cemetery. | | James Edward Van Zandt (1898-1986) — also known asJames E. Van Zandt — of Altoona,BlairCounty, Pa.Born in Altoona,BlairCounty, Pa.,December18, 1898.Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; worked inAltoona shops of PennsylvaniaRailroad;U.S.Representative from Pennsylvania, 1939-43, 1947-63 (23rd District1939-43, 22nd District 1947-53, 20th District 1953-63); resigned1943; served in the U.S. Navy during World War II;speaker, Republican National Convention, 1952 ;candidate forU.S.Senator from Pennsylvania, 1962.Member,AmericanLegion;Veterans ofForeign Wars;Freemasons;Shriners;Jesters;Knightsof Pythias;Grange;Eagles;PatrioticOrder Sons of America.Died in Arlington,ArlingtonCounty, Va.,January6, 1986 (age87 years, 19days).Interment at Arlington National Cemetery. | | Harold Royce Gross (1899-1987) — also known asH. R. Gross — of Waterloo,Black HawkCounty, Iowa.Born in Arispe,UnionCounty, Iowa,June 30,1899.Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I;U.S.Representative from Iowa 3rd District, 1949-75; delegate toRepublican National Convention from Iowa,1968.Presbyterian.Member,AmericanLegion;Veterans ofForeign Wars;Freemasons;Shriners;Elks.Died inWashington,D.C.,September22, 1987 (age88 years, 84days).Interment at Arlington National Cemetery. | | Ray John Madden (1892-1987) — also known asRay J. Madden — of Omaha,DouglasCounty, Neb.; Gary,LakeCounty, Ind.Born in Waseca,WasecaCounty, Minn.,February25, 1892.Democrat.Lawyer;municipal judge in Nebraska, 1916; served in the U.S. Navy duringWorld War I;LakeCounty Treasurer, 1938-42;U.S.Representative from Indiana, 1943-77 (1st District 1943-63, 8thDistrict 1963-65, 1st District 1965-77); delegate to DemocraticNational Convention from Indiana,1952,1956,1960,1964,1968.Member,AmericanLegion.Died inWashington,D.C.,September28, 1987 (age95 years, 215days).Interment at Arlington National Cemetery. | | George Whelan Anderson Jr. (1906-1992) — also known asGeorge W. Anderson, Jr. — ofWashington,D.C.Born in Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.,December15, 1906.U.S. Chief of Naval Operations, 1961-63; U.S. Ambassador toPortugal, 1963-66.Catholic.Member,Council onForeign Relations;Knightsof Columbus.Died, ofcongestiveheart failure, in the Arleigh Burke Pavilionnursinghome, McLean,FairfaxCounty, Va.,March20, 1992 (age85 years, 96days).Interment at Arlington National Cemetery. | | Loren E. Lawrence (1926-1993) — Born in Hamilton,GreenwoodCounty, Kan.,January26, 1926.Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; Foreign Service officer;U.S. Ambassador toJamaica, 1979-82.Died in1993(ageabout67 years).Interment at Arlington National Cemetery. | | Dwight Dickinson III (1916-1997) — of Jamestown,NewportCounty, R.I.Born in Annapolis,AnneArundel County, Md.,December13, 1916.Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; Foreign Service officer;U.S. Ambassador toTogo, 1970-74.Died in Jamestown,NewportCounty, R.I.,1997(ageabout80 years).Interment at Arlington National Cemetery. | | Herbert Butler Powell (1903-1998) — also known asHerbert B. Powell — of Oregon. Born in Monmouth,PolkCounty, Ore.,1903.Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; served in the U.S. Armyduring the Korean conflict; U.S. Ambassador toNew Zealand, 1963-67.Died at anursinghome inWilliamsburg,Va.,April 4,1998 (ageabout 94years).Interment at Arlington National Cemetery. | | Thomas Stuart Estes (1913-2001) — also known asThomas S. Estes — of Worcester,WorcesterCounty, Mass.Born in Rumford,OxfordCounty, Maine,January23, 1913.Foreign Service officer; U.S. Ambassador toUpper Volta, 1961-66.Died, ofcongestiveheart failure, in the Freedom VillageNursingCenter, Bradenton,ManateeCounty, Fla.,December29, 2001 (age88 years, 340days).Interment at Arlington National Cemetery. | | Richard McGarrah Helms (1913-2002) — also known asRichard Helms — ofWashington,D.C.Born in St. Davids,DelawareCounty, Pa.,March30, 1913.Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; Director, U.S. CentralIntelligence Agency, 1966-73; U.S. Ambassador toIran, 1973-77;pleadedguilty in 1977 toperjurycharges,over his testimony to the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.Member,Chi Psi;PhiBeta Kappa.Died, ofmultiplemyeloma, inWashington,D.C.,October22, 2002 (age89 years, 206days).Cremated;ashes interred at Arlington National Cemetery. | | Julian Martin Niemczyk (1920-2009) — also known asJulian M. Niemczyk — Born in Fort Sill,ComancheCounty, Okla.,August26, 1920.U.S. Ambassador toCzechoslovakia, 1986-89.Died in Virginia,September16, 2009 (age89 years, 21days).Interment at Arlington National Cemetery. | | John Rutter Brooke (1838-1926) — also known asJohn R. Brooke — of Rosemont,MontgomeryCounty, Pa.Born inMontgomeryCounty, Pa.,July 21,1838.General in the Union Army during the Civil War;Governor ofPuerto Rico.DiedSeptember5, 1926 (age88 years, 46days).Interment at Arlington National Cemetery. | | William Pigott Cronan (1879-1929) — also known asWilliam P. Cronan — of San Diego,San DiegoCounty, Calif.Born in New Haven,New HavenCounty, Conn.,March 6,1879.Served in the U.S. Navy during the Spanish-American War;Governor ofGuam, 1916.Died in La Jolla,San DiegoCounty, Calif.,March18, 1929 (age50 years, 12days).Interment at Arlington National Cemetery. | | William Holt Gale (1864-1932) — also known asWilliam H. Gale — ofWashington,D.C.; Leesburg,LoudounCounty, Va.Born in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,January26, 1864.Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War;U.S. Consul inPuerto Plata, 1906-07;Malta, 1907-10;Colón, 1914-15; U.S. Consul General inAthens, 1910-14;Munich, 1915-17;Copenhagen, 1917-18;Hong Kong, 1920-24;Amsterdam, 1924-26;Budapest, 1926-29; U.S. Charge d'Affaires toGreece, 1910.Episcopalian.Member,ThetaXi.Died, frompneumonia,in Rome,Italy,April27, 1932 (age68 years, 92days).Interment at Arlington National Cemetery. | | Royal Cleaves Johnson (1882-1939) — also known asRoyal C. Johnson — of Highmore,HydeCounty, S.Dak.; Aberdeen,BrownCounty, S.Dak.Born in Cherokee,CherokeeCounty, Iowa,October3, 1882.Republican.Lawyer;HydeCounty State's Attorney, 1909-10;SouthDakota state attorney general, 1911-15;U.S.Representative from South Dakota 2nd District, 1915-33; delegateto Republican National Convention from South Dakota,1932.Congregationalist.Member,PhiDelta Theta;DeltaTheta Phi;Freemasons;Elks.DiedAugust2, 1939 (age56 years, 303days).Interment at Arlington National Cemetery.  | John Joseph Pershing (1860-1948) — also known asJohn J. Pershing;"BlackJack" —ofWashington,D.C.Born in Laclede,LinnCounty, Mo.,September13, 1860.Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War;general in the U.S. Army during World War I; candidate for Republicannomination for President,1920;his autobiography won thePulitzerPrize for history in 1932.Member,Freemasons.Died inWashington,D.C.,July 15,1948 (age87 years, 306days).Interment at Arlington National Cemetery. | | | Paul Humiston Alling (1896-1949) — also known asPaul H. Alling — of Hamden,New HavenCounty, Conn.Born in Hamden,New HavenCounty, Conn.,July 15,1896.Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; Foreign Service officer;U.S. Vice Consul inBeirut, 1924-26, 1927-28;Aleppo, 1926;Damascus, 1926-27; U.S. Diplomatic Agent toMorocco, 1945-47; U.S. Consul General inTangier, as of 1947; U.S. Ambassador toPakistan, 1947-48.Member,DeltaPhi.Died, in theNavalMedical Center, in Bethesda,MontgomeryCounty, Md.,January18, 1949 (age52 years, 187days).Interment at Arlington National Cemetery. | | 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 at Arlington National Cemetery. | | Edwin Keith Thomson (1919-1960) — also known asE. Keith Thomson — of Cheyenne,LaramieCounty, Wyo.Born in Newcastle,WestonCounty, Wyo.,February8, 1919.Republican. Colonel in the U.S. Army during World War II; delegate toRepublican National Convention from Wyoming,1952;member ofWyomingstate house of representatives, 1952-54;U.S.Representative from Wyoming at-large, 1955-60; died in office1960; electedU.S.Senator from Wyoming 1960, but died before taking office.Died in Cody,ParkCounty, Wyo.,December9, 1960 (age41 years, 305days).Interment at Arlington National Cemetery. | | Bernard William Kearney (1889-1976) — also known asBernard W. Kearney;PatKearney —of Gloversville,FultonCounty, N.Y.; Lake Pleasant,HamiltonCounty, N.Y.Born in Ithaca,TompkinsCounty, N.Y.,May 23,1889.Republican.Lawyer;served in the U.S. Army during World War I;FultonCounty District Attorney, 1931-42;U.S.Representative from New York, 1943-59 (30th District 1943-45,31st District 1945-53, 32nd District 1953-59).Catholic.Member,Elks;Eagles;AmericanLegion;Veterans ofForeign Wars;Knightsof Columbus;Grange;DeltaChi.DiedJune 3,1976 (age87 years, 11days).Interment at Arlington National Cemetery. | | James Grant O'Hara (1925-1989) — also known asJames G. O'Hara — of Utica,MacombCounty, Mich.Born inWashington,D.C.,November8, 1925.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II;lawyer;U.S.Representative from Michigan, 1959-77 (7th District 1959-65, 12thDistrict 1965-77); delegate to Democratic National Convention fromMichigan,1960,1968;candidate forU.S.Senator from Michigan, 1976.Catholic.Member,Knightsof Columbus;DisabledAmerican Veterans;AmericanLegion;Veterans ofForeign Wars.Died, fromlungcancer, in the George Washington UniversityMedicalCenter,Washington,D.C.,March13, 1989 (age63 years, 125days).Interment at Arlington National Cemetery. | | Charles Nesbitt Wilson (1933-2010) — also known asCharles Wilson;Charlie Wilson;"Good Time Charlie" —of Lufkin,AngelinaCounty, Tex.Born in Trinity,TrinityCounty, Tex.,June 1,1933.Democrat.Lumberbusiness; member ofTexasstate house of representatives, 1961-66; member ofTexasstate senate, 1966-72;U.S.Representative from Texas 2nd District, 1973-96; resigned 1996;delegate to Democratic National Convention from Texas,1996.Methodist.Died, fromcardio-pulmonaryarrest, in Lufkin MemorialHospital,Lufkin,AngelinaCounty, Tex.,February10, 2010 (age76 years, 254days).Interment at Arlington National Cemetery. | | James Archibald Frear (1861-1939) — also known asJames A. Frear — of Hudson,St. CroixCounty, Wis.Born in Hudson,St. CroixCounty, Wis.,October24, 1861.Republican.Lawyer;member ofWisconsinstate assembly from St. Croix County, 1903-04; member ofWisconsinstate senate, 1905-06;secretaryof state of Wisconsin, 1907-13;U.S.Representative from Wisconsin, 1913-35 (10th District 1913-33,9th District 1933-35).Died inWashington,D.C.,May 28,1939 (age77 years, 216days).Interment at Arlington National Cemetery. | | Nelson Burr Gaskill (1875-1964) — also known asNelson B. Gaskill — of Camden,CamdenCounty, N.J.;Washington,D.C.Born in Mt. Holly,BurlingtonCounty, N.J.,September12, 1875.Republican.Lawyer;member, Federal Trade Commission, 1920-25; chair, Federal TradeCommission, 1921-22.DiedOctober6, 1964 (age89 years, 24days).Interment at Arlington National Cemetery. | | George McInvale Grant (1897-1982) — also known asGeorge M. Grant — of Troy,PikeCounty, Ala.Born in Louisville,BarbourCounty, Ala.,July 11,1897.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I;lawyer;chair ofPike County Democratic Party, 1927-37; member ofAlabamaDemocratic State Executive Committee, 1935-38;U.S.Representative from Alabama, 1938-65 (2nd District 1938-63,at-large 1963-65).Methodist.Member,Freemasons;Shriners;Woodmen;AmericanLegion;PiKappa Phi;Kiwanis.Died, from aheartattack, on a cruiseaboardtheQueen Elizabeth II, en route to New York, probably in theNorthAtlantic Ocean,November4, 1982 (age85 years, 116days).Interment at Arlington National Cemetery. | | Robert C. Frasure (1942-1995) — ofFallsChurch, Va.Born in Morgantown,MonongaliaCounty, W.Va.,April20, 1942.Foreign Service officer; U.S. Ambassador toEstonia, 1992-94.Member,PhiBeta Kappa.Killed when the vehicle he was riding inplungeddown a ravine andexploded,on Mount Igman, near Sarajevo,Bosnia andHerzegovina,August19, 1995 (age53 years, 121days).Interment at Arlington National Cemetery. | | John Andrew Young (1916-2002) — also known asJohn Young — of Corpus Christi,NuecesCounty, Tex.Born in Corpus Christi,NuecesCounty, Tex.,November10, 1916.Democrat.Lawyer;served in the U.S. Navy during World War II;NuecesCounty Attorney, 1951-52;NuecesCounty Judge, 1953-56;U.S.Representative from Texas 14th District, 1957-79; delegate toDemocratic National Convention from Texas,1960,1964.Died in Arlington,ArlingtonCounty, Va.,January22, 2002 (age85 years, 73days).Interment at Arlington National Cemetery. | | Michael James McDermott (1894-1955) — Born in Peabody,EssexCounty, Mass.,July 2,1894.U.S. Ambassador toEl Salvador, 1953-54.Died inWashington,D.C.,August5, 1955 (age61 years, 34days).Interment at Arlington National Cemetery. | | Meyer Robert Guggenheim (1885-1959) — also known asM. Robert Guggenheim — ofWashington,D.C.Born in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,May 17,1885.Major in the U.S. Army during World War I; executive, AmericanSmelting andRefining Corporation; U.S. Ambassador toPortugal, 1953-54.Died in Georgetown,Washington,D.C.,November16, 1959 (age74 years, 183days).Interment at Arlington National Cemetery. | | 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 ofForeign Wars;AmericanLegion;UnitedSteelworkers of America.Died in Annapolis,AnneArundel County, Md.,August9, 1968 (age74 years, 214days).Interment at Arlington National Cemetery. | | Edouard Victor Michel Izac (1891-1990) — also known asEdouard V. M. Izac — of San Diego,San DiegoCounty, Calif.Born in Cresco,HowardCounty, Iowa,December18, 1891.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I;U.S.Representative from California, 1937-47 (20th District 1937-43,23rd District 1943-47); defeated, 1934, 1946; delegate to DemocraticNational Convention from California,1940,1944(member,Platformand Resolutions Committee).Received theMedalof Honor for actions as a German prisoner of war in 1918.Died inFairfax,Va.,January18, 1990 (age98 years, 31days).Interment at Arlington National Cemetery. | | Richard Crawford White (1923-1998) — also known asRichard C. White — of El Paso,El PasoCounty, Tex.Born in El Paso,El PasoCounty, Tex.,April29, 1923.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II; memberofTexasstate house of representatives, 1955-58;U.S.Representative from Texas 16th District, 1965-83.Episcopalian.Member,PhiAlpha Delta;SigmaAlpha Epsilon;American BarAssociation.DiedFebruary18, 1998 (age74 years, 295days).Interment at Arlington National Cemetery. | | Robert Lawrence Coughlin Jr. (1929-2001) — also known asR. Lawrence Coughlin — of Villanova,MontgomeryCounty, Pa.Born in Wilkes-Barre,LuzerneCounty, Pa.,April11, 1929.Republican. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during the Koreanconflict;lawyer;member ofPennsylvaniastate house of representatives from Montgomery County 1stDistrict, 1965-67;U.S.Representative from Pennsylvania 13th District, 1969-93.Episcopalian.Member,American BarAssociation;AmericanLegion;Jaycees;MilitaryOrder of the World Wars.Died in Mathews,MathewsCounty, Va.,November30, 2001 (age72 years, 233days).Interment at Arlington National Cemetery.  | Richmond Pearson Hobson (1870-1937) — also known asRichmond P. Hobson;"The Most Kissed Manin America";"The Father of AmericanProhibition" —of Greensboro,HaleCounty, Ala.; Los Angeles,LosAngeles County, Calif.Born in Greensboro,HaleCounty, Ala.,August17, 1870.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during the Spanish-American War;Presidential Elector for Alabama,1905;U.S.Representative from Alabama 6th District, 1907-15.Advocate for nation-wide alcohol prohibition; received theMedalof Honor in 1933 for action at Santiago de Cuba in February, 1898.Died in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,March16, 1937 (age66 years, 211days).Interment at Arlington National Cemetery. | | Melvin Joseph Maas (1898-1964) — also known asMelvin J. Maas — of St. Paul,RamseyCounty, Minn.; Chevy Chase,MontgomeryCounty, Md.Born in Duluth,St. LouisCounty, Minn.,May 14,1898.Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War I;insurancebusiness;U.S.Representative from Minnesota 4th District, 1927-33, 1935-45;defeated, 1932 (Independent, at-large), 1944 (Republican, 4thDistrict); served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II.Catholic.Member,MilitaryOrder of the World Wars;DisabledAmerican Veterans;Knightsof Columbus;Woodmen;Moose;Eagles.Stricken with totalblindnessin August 1951.Died in Bethesda,MontgomeryCounty, Md.,April13, 1964 (age65 years, 335days).Interment at Arlington National Cemetery. | | Thomas Charles Hart (1877-1971) — also known asThomas C. Hart — of Sharon,LitchfieldCounty, Conn.Born in Davison,GeneseeCounty, Mich.,June 12,1877.Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during the Spanish-American War,World War I, and World War II; became an admiral in 1939; served inthe U.S. Navy during World War I; served in the U.S. Navy duringWorld War II;U.S.Senator from Connecticut, 1945-46.Died in Sharon,LitchfieldCounty, Conn.,July 4,1971 (age94 years, 22days).Interment at Arlington National Cemetery. | | George Evan Howell (1905-1980) — also known asEvan Howell — of Springfield,SangamonCounty, Ill.; Largo,PinellasCounty, Fla.Born in Marion,WilliamsonCounty, Ill.,September21, 1905.Republican.Schoolteacher;lawyer;referee in bankruptcy for U.S. District Court for the SouthernDistrict of Illinois, 1937-41;U.S.Representative from Illinois 21st District, 1941-47; defeated inprimary, 1938; resigned 1947;Judgeof U.S. Court of Claims, 1947-53; chairman, Illinois Toll HighwayCommission, 1953-55.Died in Clearwater,PinellasCounty, Fla.,January18, 1980 (age74 years, 119days).Cremated;ashes interred at Arlington National Cemetery. | | J. Herbert Burke (1913-1993) — of Hollywood,BrowardCounty, Fla.; Fort Lauderdale,BrowardCounty, Fla.Born in Chicago,CookCounty, Ill.,January14, 1913.Republican.Lawyer;served in the U.S. Army during World War II;U.S.Representative from Florida, 1967-79 (10th District 1967-73, 12thDistrict 1973-79); defeated, 1955 (6th District), 1978 (12thDistrict); delegate to Republican National Convention from Florida,1972.Catholic.Member,AmericanLegion;Eagles;Forty andEight;Veterans ofForeign Wars;DisabledAmerican Veterans;Elks;Moose;Kiwanis.Arrestedin 1978 for beingdrunkand disruptive in the parking lot of astripclub;pleadedguilty topublicdrunkenness, disorderly conduct andwitnesstampering.Died in Fern Park,SeminoleCounty, Fla.,June 16,1993 (age80 years, 153days).Interment at Arlington National Cemetery. | | Robert Garcia (1933-2017) — of Bronx,BronxCounty, N.Y.;Washington,D.C.Born in Bronx,BronxCounty, N.Y.,January9, 1933.Served in the U.S. Army during the Korean conflict;computerengineer;member ofNew Yorkstate assembly, 1966-67 (83rd District 1966, 77th District 1967);resigned 1967; member ofNew Yorkstate senate 30th District, 1967-78;U.S.Representative from New York, 1978-90 (21st District 1978-83,18th District 1983-90); resigned 1990; delegate to DemocraticNational Convention from New York,1980,1984,1988;indictedin 1988, along with his wife, on federalbriberyandextortioncharges;convictedin October 1989 andsentencedto three years inprison(served 104 days); the conviction was reversed on appeal;retriedand againconvictedin 1991; the second conviction was also overturned, and prosecutorsdropped the case.PuertoRican ancestry.Died in San Juan,San JuanMunicipio, Puerto Rico,January25, 2017 (age84 years, 16days).Interment at Arlington National Cemetery.  | Julius H. Stahel (1827-1912) — also known asJulius H. Stahel-Számwald — of New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in Szeged,Hungary,November5, 1827.Newspapereditor; general in the Union Army during the Civil War; receivedtheMedalof Honor in 1893 for action at the Battle of Piedmont, June 5,1864; U.S. Consul inYokohama, 1866-69;Osaka, 1877-84;Hiogo, 1877-84;miningengineer;U.S. Consul General inShanghai, 1884-85;insuranceexecutive.Hungarianancestry. Member,LoyalLegion.Died, fromanginapectoris, in theHotel St.James, Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,December4, 1912 (age85 years, 29days).Interment at Arlington National Cemetery. | | Blackburn Barrett Dovener (1842-1914) — also known asBlackburn B. Dovener — of Wheeling,OhioCounty, W.Va.Born in Tays Valley,CabellCounty, Va. (now W.Va.),April20, 1842.Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War;lawyer;member ofWestVirginia state house of delegates from Ohio County, 1883-84;U.S.Representative from West Virginia, 1895-1907 (1st District1895-97, at-large 1897-99, 1st District 1899-1907); defeated, 1890.DiedMay 9,1914 (age72 years, 19days).Interment at Arlington National Cemetery. | | John Robert Thomas (1846-1914) — also known asJohn R. Thomas — of Metropolis,MassacCounty, Ill.Born in Mt. Vernon,JeffersonCounty, Ill.,October11, 1846.Republican.U.S.Representative from Illinois, 1879-89 (18th District 1879-83,20th District 1883-89);federaljudge, 1897.Died in McAlester,PittsburgCounty, Okla.,January19, 1914 (age67 years, 100days).Interment at Arlington National Cemetery. | | 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 ofForeign Wars;Amvets;ReserveOfficers Association;MarineCorps League.Died atBethesdaNaval Hospital, Bethesda,MontgomeryCounty, Md.,May 27,1981 (age71 years, 124days).Interment at Arlington National Cemetery. | | Maxwell Davenport Taylor (1901-1987) — also known asMaxwell Taylor — ofWashington,D.C.Born in Keytesville,CharitonCounty, Mo.,August26, 1901.Superintendent of West Point Military Academy, 1945-49; U.S.Commander in Berlin, 1949-51; U.S. Army Chief of Staff, 1955-59;chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff, 1962-64; U.S. Ambassador toVietnam, 1964-65.Died inWashington,D.C.,April19, 1987 (age85 years, 236days).Interment at Arlington National Cemetery. | | Ralph Elihu Becker (1907-1994) — also known asRalph E. Becker — of Port Chester,WestchesterCounty, N.Y.;Washington,D.C.Born in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,January29, 1907.Republican.Lawyer;delegate to Republican National Convention from New York,1936;served in the U.S. Army during World War II; Republican candidate forPresidential Elector for District of Columbia,1972;U.S. Ambassador toHonduras, 1976-77.Jewish;laterEpiscopalian.LithuanianandBelarusianancestry. Member,American BarAssociation;AmericanJudicature Society;FederalBar Association;NationalTrust for Historic Preservation;Freemasons;Shriners;Elks;JewishWar Veterans;AmericanLegion;B'naiB'rith;AmericanJewish Committee.Donor of the Ralph E. Becker Collection of Political Americana to theSmithsonian Institution; a sponsor of the Antarctic-South PoleOperation Deep Freeze expedition, 1963.Died, fromcongestiveheart failure, in George Washington UniversityHospital,Washington,D.C.,August24, 1994 (age87 years, 207days).Cremated;ashes interred at Arlington National Cemetery. | | Pierre Emil George Salinger (1925-2004) — also known asPierre Salinger — of Beverly Hills,LosAngeles County, Calif.Born inSanFrancisco, Calif.,June 14,1925.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II;newspaperreporter; press secretary to U.S. Sen. and Pres.JohnF. Kennedy;U.S.Senator from California, 1964; defeated, 1964; delegate toDemocratic National Convention from California,1968;Parisbureauchief for ABC News.Died, fromheartfailure, in ahospitalat Le Thor, Provence,France,October16, 2004 (age79 years, 124days).Cremated;ashes interred at Arlington National Cemetery. | | James H. Harris (d. 1898) — of North Carolina. Born inSt. Mary'sCounty, Md.Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; receivedtheMedalof Honor in 1874 for action at New Market Heights, Virginia,September 29, 1864; delegate to Republican National Convention fromNorth Carolina,1868,1880,1884,1888.Africanancestry.DiedJanuary28, 1898.Interment at Arlington National Cemetery. | | John Davis (1851-1902) — Born in Newton,MiddlesexCounty, Mass.,September16, 1851.Private secretary to U.S. Secretary of StateHamiltonFish, 1872-73;lawyer;Judgeof U.S. Court of Claims, 1885-1902; died in office 1902.Died inWashington,D.C.,May 5,1902 (age50 years, 231days).Interment at Arlington National Cemetery.  | Joseph Wheeler (1836-1906) — also known as"Fighting Joe" — of Wheeler,LawrenceCounty, Ala.Born in Augusta,RichmondCounty, Ga.,September10, 1836.Democrat. General in the Confederate Army during the Civil War;planter;lawyer;U.S.Representative from Alabama 8th District, 1881-82, 1885-1900;served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War.Episcopalian.Member,Societyof Colonial Wars;Sons ofthe American Revolution;Sons ofthe War of 1812.Died in Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.,January25, 1906 (age69 years, 137days).Interment at Arlington National Cemetery.| | Relatives: Sonof Joseph Wheeler and Julia Knox (Hull) Wheeler; married,February6, 1866, to Daniella Jones (granddaughter ofPeterEarly); father of Thomas Harrison Wheeler. | | | | Wheeler County,Ga. is named for him. | | | | WheelerDam(built 1933-36), on the Tennessee River inLauderdaleandLawrencecounties, Alabama, and the WheelerLakereservoir, which extends intoLimestone,Morgan,andMadisoncounties, arenamed forhim. | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Wikipedia article | | | | Image source: Men of Mark in America(1906) |
| | Clinton Dugald MacDougall (1839-1914) — also known asClinton D. MacDougall — of Auburn,CayugaCounty, N.Y.Born near Glasgow,Scotland,June14, 1839.Republican. General in the Union Army during the Civil War;postmaster atAuburn,N.Y., 1869-73;U.S.Representative from New York, 1873-77 (25th District 1873-75,26th District 1875-77).Died in Paris,France,May24, 1914 (age74 years, 344days).Interment at Arlington National Cemetery. | | Joseph Edward Casey (1898-1980) — also known asJoseph E. Casey — of Clinton,WorcesterCounty, Mass.Born in Clinton,WorcesterCounty, Mass.,December27, 1898.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I;lawyer;delegate to Democratic National Convention from Massachusetts,1924(alternate),1932,1940,1944,1948;U.S.Representative from Massachusetts 3rd District, 1935-43;defeated, 1926, 1928; candidate forU.S.Senator from Massachusetts, 1942.Catholic.Member,Knightsof Columbus;Elks;Eagles;AmericanLegion.In 1951-52, a U.S. Senate committeeinvestigatedtransactions in which a group he led made enormous profits from thepurchase and re-sale of surplus U.S. tanker ships following World WarII; since federal law required that sales be made only to U.S.citizens, his group allegedly set up severaldummycorporations purportedly under American ccontrol, andfakedfinancial statements for them, to buy the tankers on behalf ofshipping magnate Aristotle Onassis. A federalindictmentagainst him, over these actions, was unsealed in February 1954, butthe charges were dismissed in September. Onassis, also indicted,pleaded guilty and paid a fine.DiedSeptember1, 1980 (age81 years, 249days).Interment at Arlington National Cemetery. | | Chester Craig Hosmer (1915-1982) — also known asCraig Hosmer — of Long Beach,LosAngeles County, Calif.Born in Brea,OrangeCounty, Calif.,May 6,1915.Republican.Lawyer;served in the U.S. Navy during World War II;U.S.Representative from California, 1953-74 (18th District 1953-63,32nd District 1963-74); defeated, 1950; resigned 1974; alternatedelegate to Republican National Convention from California,1956.Member,PhiKappa Psi.Died of aheartattack, aboard thecruiseshipAzure Seas, in theNorthPacific Ocean off the coast of California, en route to Mexico,October11, 1982 (age67 years, 158days).Interment at Arlington National Cemetery. | | Lamar Jeffers (1888-1983) — of Anniston,CalhounCounty, Ala.Born in Anniston,CalhounCounty, Ala.,April16, 1888.Democrat. Major in the U.S. Army during World War I;U.S.Representative from Alabama 4th District, 1921-35.Baptist.Member,AmericanLegion;Freemasons.Died in Daytona Beach,VolusiaCounty, Fla.,June 1,1983 (age95 years, 46days).Interment at Arlington National Cemetery. | | Peter Francis Mack Jr. (1916-1986) — also known asPeter F. Mack, Jr. — of Carlinville,MacoupinCounty, Ill.Born in Carlinville,MacoupinCounty, Ill.,November1, 1916.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II;airplanepilot;U.S.Representative from Illinois 21st District, 1949-63; defeated,1962, 1974, 1976.Died in Rockville,MontgomeryCounty, Md.,July 4,1986 (age69 years, 245days).Interment at Arlington National Cemetery. | | Frank Neville Ikard (1913-1991) — also known asFrank N. Ikard — of Wichita Falls,WichitaCounty, Tex.Born in Henrietta,ClayCounty, Tex.,January30, 1913.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; district judgein Texas 30th District, 1948-51;U.S.Representative from Texas 13th District, 1951-61; delegate toDemocratic National Convention from Texas,1956,1960,1968.Died in1991(ageabout78 years).Interment at Arlington National Cemetery.  | William Henry Mauldin (1921-2003) — also known asBill Mauldin — of New York. Born in Mountain Park,OteroCounty, N.M.,October29, 1921.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II;Cartoonist,starting in the Army during World War II; worked as an editorialcartoonist for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch and the Chicago Sun-Timesnewspapers,winning thePulitzerPrize for editorial cartooning in 1945 and 1959; appeared as anactorin two 1951 movies:Teresa andThe Red Badge ofCourage; candidate forU.S.Representative from New York 28th District, 1956.Died, from complications ofAlzheimer'sdisease andpneumonia,in anursinghome at Newport Beach,OrangeCounty, Calif.,January22, 2003 (age81 years, 85days).Interment at Arlington National Cemetery. | | | Francis Xavier McCloskey (1939-2003) — also known asFrank McCloskey — of Bloomington,MonroeCounty, Ind.Born in Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,June 12,1939.Democrat.Mayorof Bloomington, Ind., 1972-82; alternate delegate to DemocraticNational Convention from Indiana,1972;U.S.Representative from Indiana 8th District, 1983-85, 1985-95;defeated, 1970, 1994.Catholic.Died, ofbladdercancer,November2, 2003 (age64 years, 143days).Cremated;ashes interred at Arlington National Cemetery. | | John Edwards (1805-1894) — Born in Louisville,JeffersonCounty, Ky.,October24, 1805.Democrat. Member ofIndianastate house of representatives, 1845-46;wentto California for the 1849 Gold Rush; member ofIndianastate senate, 1853; member ofIowastate house of representatives, 1856-61;Speaker ofthe Iowa State House of Representatives, 1859-61;delegateto Iowa state constitutional convention 9th District, 1857;general in the Union Army during the Civil War;U.S.Representative from Arkansas 3rd District, 1871-73.Died inWashington,D.C.,April 8,1894 (age88 years, 166days).Interment at Arlington National Cemetery. | | Levi Maish (1837-1899) — of York,YorkCounty, Pa.Born in Conewago Township,YorkCounty, Pa.,November22, 1837.Democrat. Colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War;lawyer;member ofPennsylvaniastate house of representatives from York County, 1867-68;U.S.Representative from Pennsylvania 19th District, 1875-79, 1887-91.Died inWashington,D.C.,February26, 1899 (age61 years, 96days).Original interment atOakHill Cemetery, Washington, D.C.; reinterment in 1919 at ArlingtonNational Cemetery.  | John Albert Tiffin Hull (1841-1928) — also known asJohn A. T. Hull — of Des Moines,PolkCounty, Iowa.Born in Sabina,ClintonCounty, Ohio,May 1,1841.Republican.Lawyer;served in the Union Army during the Civil War;secretaryof state of Iowa, 1879-85;LieutenantGovernor of Iowa, 1886-90;U.S.Representative from Iowa 7th District, 1891-1911.Died in Clarendon, Arlington,ArlingtonCounty, Va.,September26, 1928 (age87 years, 148days).Interment at Arlington National Cemetery.  | John Roy Lynch (1847-1939) — also known asJohn R. Lynch — of Natchez,AdamsCounty, Miss.Born inslaveryinConcordiaParish, La.,September10, 1847.Republican. Member ofMississippistate house of representatives, 1869-73;Speaker ofthe Mississippi State House of Representatives, 1871-73;MississippiRepublican state chair, 1871-89; delegate to Republican NationalConvention from Mississippi,1872,1884(TemporaryChair),1888,1892;U.S.Representative from Mississippi 6th District, 1873-77, 1882-83;major in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War.Africanancestry.Died in1939(ageabout91 years).Interment at Arlington National Cemetery. | | | Thaddeus Harold Brown (1887-1941) — also known asThad H. Brown — of Columbus,FranklinCounty, Ohio.Born in Lincoln Township,MorrowCounty, Ohio,January10, 1887.Republican.Lawyer;served in the U.S. Army during World War I;secretaryof state of Ohio, 1923-27; candidate forGovernor ofOhio, 1926; delegate to Republican National Convention from Ohio,1928;Republican Presidential Elector for Ohio,1929;member, Federal Radio Commission, 1932-34; member, FederalCommunications Commission, 1934-40.Presbyterian.Member,American BarAssociation;FederalBar Association;AmericanAcademy of Political and Social Science;AmericanLegion;Forty andEight;PhiKappa Psi;PhiDelta Phi;Freemasons;Shriners.Died in Cleveland,CuyahogaCounty, Ohio,February25, 1941 (age54 years, 46days).Interment at Arlington National Cemetery. | | Rudolph Gabriel Tenerowicz (1890-1963) — also known asRudolph G. Tenerowicz — of Hamtramck,WayneCounty, Mich.Born in Budapest,Hungary,of Polish parents,June 14,1890.Physician;served in the U.S. Army during World War I;mayorof Hamtramck, Mich., 1928-32, 1936-39; defeated, 1932; resigned1932; defeated, 1934;U.S.Representative from Michigan 1st District, 1939-43; defeated,1942 (Democratic primary), 1946 (Republican primary), 1948(Republican), 1950 (Republican), 1952 (Republican), 1954 (Republican).Polishancestry.Triedandconvictedonviceconspiracychargesin 1932; freed from prison whenpardonedby Gov.WilliamA. Comstock.Died in Hamtramck,WayneCounty, Mich.,August31, 1963 (age73 years, 78days).Interment at Arlington National Cemetery. | | 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 at Arlington National Cemetery. | | William Joseph Scherle (1923-2003) — also known asWilliam J. Scherle — of Henderson,MillsCounty, Iowa.Born in Little Falls,HerkimerCounty, N.Y.,March14, 1923.Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II;farmer;chair ofMills County Republican Party, 1956-64; member ofIowastate house of representatives, 1960-66;U.S.Representative from Iowa, 1967-75 (7th District 1967-73, 5thDistrict 1973-75); defeated, 1974.Catholic.Member,AmericanLegion;Veterans ofForeign Wars;FarmBureau.Died in Council Bluffs,PottawattamieCounty, Iowa,August27, 2003 (age80 years, 166days).Interment at Arlington National Cemetery. | | John Neal Erlenborn (1927-2005) — also known asJohn N. Erlenborn;"Mr.ERISA" —of Illinois. Born in Chicago,CookCounty, Ill.,February8, 1927.Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; member ofIllinoisstate house of representatives, 1957-65;U.S.Representative from Illinois, 1965-85 (14th District 1965-83,13th District 1983-85).Died, fromLewy bodydisease, in Warrenton,FauquierCounty, Va.,October30, 2005 (age78 years, 264days).Interment at Arlington National Cemetery. | | Bruce Reynolds Alger (1918-2015) — also known asBruce Alger — of Dallas,DallasCounty, Tex.; Carrollton,DallasCounty, Tex.Born in Dallas,DallasCounty, Tex.,June 12,1918.Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II;realtor;realestate developer;builder;U.S.Representative from Texas 5th District, 1955-65; defeated, 1964;delegate to Republican National Convention from Texas,1956(HonoraryVice-President;speaker),1960.Protestant.Member,Freemasons.Died in Palm Bay,BrevardCounty, Fla.,April13, 2015 (age96 years, 305days).Interment at Arlington National Cemetery. | | William Henry Enochs (1842-1893) — also known asWilliam H. Enochs — of Ironton,LawrenceCounty, Ohio.Born near Middleburg,NobleCounty, Ohio,March29, 1842.Republican. General in the Union Army during the Civil War; member ofOhiostate house of representatives, 1870-71;U.S.Representative from Ohio, 1891-93 (12th District 1891-93, 10thDistrict 1893); died in office 1893.Died in Ironton,LawrenceCounty, Ohio,July 13,1893 (age51 years, 106days).Interment at Arlington National Cemetery. | | Job Barnard (1844-1923) — of Crown Point,LakeCounty, Ind.;Washington,D.C.Born inPorterCounty, Ind.,June 8,1844.Served in the Union Army during the Civil War;lawyer;justice ofDistrict of Columbia supreme court, 1899-1914.DiedFebruary28, 1923 (age78 years, 265days).Interment at Arlington National Cemetery.| | Relatives: Sonof William Barnard and Sally (Williams) Barnard; married,September25, 1867, to Florence A. Putnam. |
| | William Hopkins Beck (1892-1957) — also known asWilliam H. Beck — ofWashington,D.C.Born inWashington,D.C.,September8, 1892.U.S. Consul General inOttawa, as of 1932;Oslo, as of 1938;Hamilton, 1939-45;Southampton, 1945.Died inWashington,D.C.,March31, 1957 (age64 years, 204days).Interment at Arlington National Cemetery.| | Relatives: Sonof James Beck and Elizabeth Lawton (Morgan) Beck; married1923 to MaeEdwards Norwood. |
| | 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 at Arlington National Cemetery. | | William Moore McCulloch (1901-1980) — also known asWilliam M. McCulloch — of Piqua,MiamiCounty, Ohio.Born near Holmesville,HolmesCounty, Ohio,November24, 1901.Republican. Member ofOhiostate house of representatives, 1933-44; served in the U.S. Armyduring World War II;U.S.Representative from Ohio 4th District, 1947-73; delegate toRepublican National Convention from Ohio,1964.Member,American BarAssociation.Died inWashington,D.C.,February22, 1980 (age78 years, 90days).Interment at Arlington National Cemetery. | | Walter Flowers (1933-1984) — of Tuscaloosa,TuscaloosaCounty, Ala.Born in Greenville,ButlerCounty, Ala.,April12, 1933.Democrat.U.S.Representative from Alabama, 1969-79 (5th District 1969-73, 7thDistrict 1973-79); candidate forU.S.Senator from Alabama, 1978.Died in McLean,FairfaxCounty, Va.,April12, 1984 (age51 years, 0days).Interment at Arlington National Cemetery. | | George Luzerne Hart Jr. (1905-1984) — also known asGeorge L. Hart, Jr. — ofWashington,D.C.Born inRoanoke,Va.,July 14,1905.Republican.Lawyer;colonel in the U.S. Army during World War II; delegate to RepublicanNational Convention from District of Columbia,1952(member,ResolutionsCommittee),1956(delegation chair; member,CredentialsCommittee);District ofColumbia Republican Party chair, 1958;U.S.District Judge for the District of Columbia, 1958-79; took seniorstatus 1979.Died, in Washington UniversityMedicalCenter,Washington,D.C.,May 21,1984 (age78 years, 312days).Interment at Arlington National Cemetery.| | Relatives: Sonof George Luzerne Hart and Lavela (Slicer) Hart; married,October12, 1935, to Margaret Louise Neller. |
| | Charles Bruce Brownson (1914-1988) — also known asCharles B. Brownson — of Indianapolis,MarionCounty, Ind.Born in Jackson,JacksonCounty, Mich.,February5, 1914.Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II;U.S.Representative from Indiana 11th District, 1951-59; defeated,1958.Died inAlexandria,Va.,August4, 1988 (age74 years, 181days).Interment at Arlington National Cemetery. | | Richard Lowell Roudebush (1918-1995) — also known asRichard L. Roudebush — of Indiana. Born near Noblesville,HamiltonCounty, Ind.,January18, 1918.Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II;speaker, Republican National Convention, 1960 ;U.S.Representative from Indiana, 1961-71 (6th District 1961-67, 10thDistrict 1967-69, 5th District 1969-71); candidate forU.S.Senator from Indiana, 1970.Member,Veterans ofForeign Wars;AmericanLegion;DisabledAmerican Veterans;FarmBureau;Freemasons;Shriners;Elks;Kiwanis.Died in Sarasota,SarasotaCounty, Fla.,January28, 1995 (age77 years, 10days).Interment at Arlington National Cemetery. | | Lovell Harrison Rousseau (1818-1869) — also known asLovell H. Rousseau — of Bloomfield,GreeneCounty, Ind.; Louisville,JeffersonCounty, Ky.Born near Stanford,LincolnCounty, Ky.,August4, 1818.Republican.Lawyer;member ofIndianastate house of representatives, 1844-45; served in the U.S. Armyduring the Mexican War; member ofIndianastate senate, 1847-49; member ofKentuckystate senate, 1860-61; general in the Union Army during the CivilWar;U.S.Representative from Kentucky 5th District, 1865-66, 1866-67;resigned 1866; on June 14, 1866, heassaultedIowa Rep.JosiahB. Grinnell with the iron handle of his cane;reprimandedby the House of Representatives, andresigned,but was elected to fill his own vacancy.Slaveowner. Died in New Orleans,OrleansParish, La.,January7, 1869 (age50 years, 156days).Original interment and cenotaph atCaveHill Cemetery, Louisville, Ky.; reinterment in 1892 at ArlingtonNational Cemetery. | | Edwin Sylvanus Osborne (1839-1900) — also known asEdwin S. Osborne — of Wilkes-Barre,LuzerneCounty, Pa.Born in Bethany,WayneCounty, Pa.,August7, 1839.Republican.Lawyer;major in the Union Army during the Civil War;U.S.Representative from Pennsylvania, 1885-91 (at-large 1885-89, 12thDistrict 1889-91); delegate to Republican National Convention fromPennsylvania,1888.Member,GrandArmy of the Republic.DiedJanuary1, 1900 (age60 years, 147days).Interment at Arlington National Cemetery. | | Frank Kowalski (1907-1974) — of New Britain,HartfordCounty, Conn.Born in Meriden,New HavenCounty, Conn.,October18, 1907.Democrat. Colonel in the U.S. Army during World War II;U.S.Representative from Connecticut at-large, 1959-63; delegate toDemocratic National Convention from Connecticut,1960;candidate forU.S.Senator from Connecticut, 1962.Died inWashington,D.C.,October11, 1974 (age66 years, 358days).Interment at Arlington National Cemetery. | | Clyde Taylor Ellis (1908-1980) — also known asClyde T. Ellis — of Bentonville,BentonCounty, Ark.Born near Garfield,BentonCounty, Ark.,December21, 1908.Democrat.Superintendentof schools;lawyer;member ofArkansasstate house of representatives, 1933-35; member ofArkansasstate senate, 1935-39;U.S.Representative from Arkansas 3rd District, 1939-43; delegate toDemocratic National Convention from Arkansas,1940;candidate forU.S.Senator from Arkansas, 1942; served in the U.S. Navy during WorldWar II.Christian.Member,American BarAssociation;TauKappa Alpha;BlueKey;Freemasons.Died inWashington,D.C.,February9, 1980 (age71 years, 50days).Interment at Arlington National Cemetery. | | Marshall Francis McComb (1894-1981) — ofSanFrancisco, Calif.Born inDenver,Colo.,May 6,1894.Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I;lawyer;superior court judge in California, 1927;Judge,California Court of Appeal, 1937-55;justice ofCalifornia state supreme court, 1956-77; director, Good SamaritanHospital.Member,DeltaChi;SigmaDelta Kappa;Freemasons;Elks.DiedSeptember5, 1981 (age87 years, 122days).Interment at Arlington National Cemetery.| | Relatives: Sonof Harry McComb and Estelle (Tredenick) McComb. |
| | James Patrick Sinnott Devereux (1903-1988) — also known asJames P. Devereux — of Stevenson,BaltimoreCounty, Md.; Ruxton,BaltimoreCounty, Md.Born inCuba,February20, 1903.Republican. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II; ledmarines in the Battle of Wake Island, 1941, and was taken prisoner byJapanese forces; released in 1945;U.S.Representative from Maryland 2nd District, 1951-59;speaker, Republican National Convention, 1952 ;honored guest, Republican National Convention,1956 ; candidate forGovernor ofMaryland, 1958; Republican Presidential Elector for Maryland,1972(voted forRichardM. Nixon andSpiroT. Agnew).Catholic.Member,Sons ofthe American Revolution;FarmBureau.Died inBaltimore,Md.,August5, 1988 (age85 years, 167days).Interment at Arlington National Cemetery. | | Patrick Jerome Hillings (1923-1994) — also known asPatrick J. Hillings;PatHillings —of Arcadia,LosAngeles County, Calif.Born in Hobart Mills,NevadaCounty, Calif.,February19, 1923.Republican.Lawyer;U.S.Representative from California, 1951-59 (12th District 1951-53,25th District 1953-59); delegate to Republican National Conventionfrom California,1952,1956,1960,1964;candidate forCaliforniastate attorney general, 1958;chair ofLos Angeles County Republican Party, 1960-61.Died in Palm Desert,RiversideCounty, Calif.,July 20,1994 (age71 years, 151days).Interment at Arlington National Cemetery. | | Frank Bradford Morse (1921-1994) — also known asF. Bradford Morse — of Lowell,MiddlesexCounty, Mass.Born in Lowell,MiddlesexCounty, Mass.,August7, 1921.Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II;lawyer;U.S.Representative from Massachusetts 5th District, 1961-72; resigned1972; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention fromMassachusetts,1972.Member,AmericanLegion;Veterans ofForeign Wars;Elks.Died, ofheartfailure, in Naples,CollierCounty, Fla.,December18, 1994 (age73 years, 133days).Cremated;ashes interred at Arlington National Cemetery. | | 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 ofForeign 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 at Arlington National Cemetery. | | Joseph Phillip Vigorito (1918-2003) — also known asJoseph P. Vigorito — of Pennsylvania. Born in Niles,TrumbullCounty, Ohio,November10, 1918.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II;U.S.Representative from Pennsylvania 24th District, 1965-77;defeated, 1976, 1978.Italianancestry.Died, oflymphoma,inWalterReed Army Hospital Center,Washington,D.C.,February5, 2003 (age84 years, 87days).Interment at Arlington National Cemetery. | | J. T. Rutherford (1921-2006) — of Odessa,EctorCounty, Tex.Born in Hot Springs,GarlandCounty, Ark.,May 30,1921.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II;advertisingbusiness; member ofTexasstate house of representatives, 1948-52; member ofTexasstate senate, 1952-54;U.S.Representative from Texas 16th District, 1955-63; defeated, 1962;delegate to Democratic National Convention from Texas,1956(alternate),1960;lobbyist.Member,Veterans ofForeign Wars.Died in Arlington,ArlingtonCounty, Va.,November6, 2006 (age85 years, 160days).Interment at Arlington National Cemetery. | | Jacob Hale Sypher (1837-1905) — also known asJ. Hale Sypher — of Louisiana. Born near Millerstown,PerryCounty, Pa.,June 22,1837.Republican. Colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War; delegateto Republican National Convention from Louisiana,1868;U.S.Representative from Louisiana 1st District, 1868-69, 1870-75.Died inBaltimore,Md.,May 9,1905 (age67 years, 321days).Interment at Arlington National Cemetery. | | Adolph August Hoehling (1868-1941) — also known asAdolph A. Hoehling — ofWashington,D.C.Born in Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,November3, 1868.Republican.Lawyer;justice ofDistrict of Columbia supreme court, 1921-28; resigned 1928;banker.Episcopalian.Member,PsiUpsilon;PhiDelta Phi.Died inWashington,D.C.,February17, 1941 (age72 years, 106days).Interment at Arlington National Cemetery.| | Relatives: Sonof Adolph August Hoehling (1839-1920; Rear Admiral, U.S. Navy) andAnnie (Tilghman) Hoehling; married,June 9,1906, to Louise G. Carrington. | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial |
| | John Avery McIlhenny (1867-1942) — also known asJohn A. McIlhenny — ofIberiaParish, La.Born in Avery Island,IberiaParish, La.,October29, 1867.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War;member ofLouisianastate house of representatives, 1900-04; member ofLouisianastate senate, 1904-06; member, U.S. Civil Service Commission,1906-19.Died inWashington,D.C.,November8, 1942 (age75 years, 10days).Interment at Arlington National Cemetery. | | Martin Fernard Smith (1891-1954) — also known asMartin F. Smith — of Hoquiam,GraysHarbor County, Wash.Born in Chicago,CookCounty, Ill.,May 28,1891.Democrat. State court judge in Washington, 1914;mayorof Hoquiam, Wash., 1928;U.S.Representative from Washington 3rd District, 1933-43.DiedOctober25, 1954 (age63 years, 150days).Interment at Arlington National Cemetery. | | James Martin Barnes (1899-1958) — also known asJames M. Barnes — of Jacksonville,MorganCounty, Ill.Born in Jacksonville,MorganCounty, Ill.,January9, 1899.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War I;lawyer;county judge in Illinois, 1926-34;U.S.Representative from Illinois 20th District, 1939-43; defeated,1942; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Illinois,1944.Presbyterian.Member,American BarAssociation;AmericanLegion;Freemasons;Elks;Kiwanis.Died, of aliverailment, in Georgetown UniversityHospital,Washington,D.C.,June 8,1958 (age59 years, 150days).Interment at Arlington National Cemetery. | | Franklin Frederick Korell (1889-1965) — also known asFranklin F. Korell — of Portland,MultnomahCounty, Ore.Born in Portland,MultnomahCounty, Ore.,July 23,1889.Republican.Lawyer;served in the U.S. Army during World War I; member ofOregonstate house of representatives, 1921;U.S.Representative from Oregon 3rd District, 1927-31; alternatedelegate to Republican National Convention from Oregon,1928.DiedJune 7,1965 (age75 years, 319days).Interment at Arlington National Cemetery. | | Lee Marvin (1924-1987) — of Tucson,PimaCounty, Ariz.Born in Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,February19, 1924.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II;actor;honored guest, Democratic National Convention,1960.Died, from aheartattack, in TucsonMedicalCenter, Tucson,PimaCounty, Ariz.,August29, 1987 (age63 years, 191days).Interment at Arlington National Cemetery. | | William Edwin Minshall Jr. (1911-1990) — also known asWilliam E. Minshall, Jr. — of Rocky River,CuyahogaCounty, Ohio; Lakewood,CuyahogaCounty, Ohio; Delray Beach,Palm BeachCounty, Fla.Born in East Cleveland,CuyahogaCounty, Ohio,October24, 1911.Republican.Lawyer;member ofOhiostate house of representatives, 1939-40; served in the U.S. Armyduring World War II;U.S.Representative from Ohio 23rd District, 1955-74; resigned 1974;delegate to Republican National Convention from Ohio,1960,1964,1972.DiedOctober15, 1990 (age78 years, 356days).Interment at Arlington National Cemetery. | | Jerome Anthony Ambro Jr. (1928-1993) — also known asJerome A. Ambro, Jr. — of Huntington Station,SuffolkCounty, Long Island, N.Y.Born in Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.,June 27,1928.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the Korean conflict;Huntington town supervisor; member, Suffolk County Board ofSupervisors; candidate forLieutenantGovernor of New York, 1970;U.S.Representative from New York 3rd District, 1975-81; defeated,1980.Died, fromdiabetes,in ahospitalatFallsChurch, Va.,March 4,1993 (age64 years, 250days).Interment at Arlington National Cemetery. | | Richard Dean McCarthy (1927-1995) — also known asMax McCarthy — of Buffalo,ErieCounty, N.Y.Born in Buffalo,ErieCounty, N.Y.,September24, 1927.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; served in theU.S. Army during the Korean conflict;newspaperreporter;publicrelations executive;U.S.Representative from New York 39th District, 1965-71; defeated,1972; candidate forU.S.Senator from New York, 1970; Washington bureau chief for theBuffalo Newsnewspaper,1978-89.Catholic.Member,AmericanLegion.Died, ofLouGehrig's disease, in Arlington,ArlingtonCounty, Va.,May 5,1995 (age67 years, 223days).Interment at Arlington National Cemetery. | | William Hanes Ayres (1916-2000) — also known asWilliam H. Ayres — of Akron,SummitCounty, Ohio.Born in Eagle Rock,BotetourtCounty, Va.,February5, 1916.Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II;U.S.Representative from Ohio 14th District, 1951-71;speaker, Republican National Convention, 1956.Methodist.Member,AmericanLegion;Amvets;Eagles;Moose.Died, ofheart andkidneyailments, at Vantage Houseretirementhome, Columbia,HowardCounty, Md.,December27, 2000 (age84 years, 326days).Interment at Arlington National Cemetery. | | James Charles Corman (1920-2000) — also known asJames C. Corman;Jim Corman — of Van Nuys, Los Angeles,LosAngeles County, Calif.; Reseda,LosAngeles County, Calif.Born in Galena,CherokeeCounty, Kan.,October20, 1920.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II; servedin the U.S. Marine Corps during the Korean conflict; delegate toDemocratic National Convention from California,1960,1964;U.S.Representative from California, 1961-81 (22nd District 1961-75,21st District 1975-81).Methodist.Member,Lions;AmericanLegion;Elks;Veterans ofForeign Wars;American BarAssociation.Floor manager in U.S. House for Civil Rights Act and Voting RightsAct in 1960s; member of the Kerner Commission on Civil Disorders.Died, following acerebralhemorrhage, in ahospitalat Arlington,ArlingtonCounty, Va.,December30, 2000 (age80 years, 71days).Cremated;ashes interred at Arlington National Cemetery. | | Parren James Mitchell (1922-2007) — also known asParren J. Mitchell — ofBaltimore,Md.Born inBaltimore,Md.,April29, 1922.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II;collegeprofessor;U.S.Representative from Maryland 7th District, 1971-87; defeated inprimary, 1968.Episcopalian.Africanancestry.Died, ofpneumonia,in Greater BaltimoreMedicalCenter,Baltimore,Md.,May 28,2007 (age85 years, 29days).Interment at Arlington National Cemetery. | | John Jacob Rhodes III (1943-2011) — also known asJohn J. Rhodes III — of Mesa,MaricopaCounty, Ariz.; Safford,GrahamCounty, Ariz.Born in Mesa,MaricopaCounty, Ariz.,September8, 1943.Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during the Vietnam war;lawyer;U.S.Representative from Arizona 1st District, 1987-93; defeated,1992; delegate to Republican National Convention from Arizona,2008.Protestant.Member,Rotary.Suffered injuries in anautomobileaccident, and died three months later as a result, inWashington,D.C.,January20, 2011 (age67 years, 134days).Interment at Arlington National Cemetery. | | Halbert Eleazer Paine (1826-1905) — of Wisconsin. Born in Chardon,GeaugaCounty, Ohio,February4, 1826.Republican.U.S.Representative from Wisconsin 1st District, 1865-71.Died inWashington,D.C.,April14, 1905 (age79 years, 69days).Interment at Arlington National Cemetery. | | Melvin Andrew Hildreth (1859-1944) — also known asMelvin A. Hildreth — of Fargo,CassCounty, N.Dak.Born in Watertown,JeffersonCounty, N.Y.,October27, 1859.Democrat.Lawyer;served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; candidateforU.S.Representative from North Dakota at-large, 1900;U.S.Attorney for North Dakota, 1914-23; alternate delegate toDemocratic National Convention from North Dakota,1932.PresbyterianorEpiscopalian.Member,American BarAssociation;Freemasons;KnightsTemplar;Shriners;NationalRifle Association;UnitedSpanish War Veterans.Following a series ofstrokesand afall inhis home, he died in ahospitalat Fargo,CassCounty, N.Dak.,January13, 1944 (age84 years, 78days).Interment at Arlington National Cemetery. | | Charles Schuveldt Dewey (1880-1980) — also known asCharles S. Dewey — of Chicago,CookCounty, Ill.Born in Cadiz,HarrisonCounty, Ohio,November10, 1880.Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I;banker;HonoraryConsul for Ecuador inChicago,Ill., 1935;U.S.Representative from Illinois 9th District, 1941-45; defeated,1938, 1944.Episcopalian.Member,AmericanLegion;Sons ofthe American Revolution;DeltaPsi.As Assistant Secretary of the Treasury in the 1920s, he wasresponsible for the redesign and downsizing of U.S. paper currency.Died inWashington,D.C.,December27, 1980 (age100 years,47 days).Interment at Arlington National Cemetery. | | John Edward Sheridan (1902-1987) — of Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.Born in Waterbury,New HavenCounty, Conn.,September15, 1902.Democrat.Lawyer;U.S.Representative from Pennsylvania 4th District, 1939-47; defeated,1946; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Pennsylvania,1940,1944(alternate),1948.Died in Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,November12, 1987 (age85 years, 58days).Interment at Arlington National Cemetery. | | Lewis Burwell Puller Jr. (1945-1994) — of Mt. Vernon,FairfaxCounty, Va.Born in Jacksonville,OnslowCounty, N.C.,August18, 1945.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during the Vietnam War;lost bothlegs in the explosion of an improvised land mine in SouthVietnam, 1968; candidate forU.S.Representative from Virginia 1st District, 1978; received aPulitzerPrize in 1992 for his autobiography,Fortunate Son: TheHealing of a Vietnam Vet.Killed by aself-inflictedgunshot,in Mt. Vernon,FairfaxCounty, Va.,May 11,1994 (age48 years, 266days).Interment at Arlington National Cemetery. | | Joel Thomas Broyhill (1919-2006) — also known asJoel T. Broyhill — of Arlington,ArlingtonCounty, Va.Born inHopewell,Va.,November4, 1919.Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; takenprisoner by the German forces in the Battle of the Bulge; escapedafter six months;U.S.Representative from Virginia 10th District, 1953-75; defeated,1974; delegate to Republican National Convention from Virginia,1960,1964.Lutheran.Member,OptimistClub;AmericanLegion;Veterans ofForeign Wars;DisabledAmerican Veterans;Amvets;ReserveOfficers Association;Freemasons;Moose;Elks;Eagles;IzaakWalton League;KappaAlpha Order.Died, ofcongestiveheart failure andpneumonia,in Arlington,ArlingtonCounty, Va.,September24, 2006 (age86 years, 324days).Interment at Arlington National Cemetery. | | Phyllis Kirk (1927-2006) — also known asPhyllis Kirkegaard — Born in Syracuse,OnondagaCounty, N.Y.,September18, 1927.Democrat.Actress;honored guest, Democratic National Convention,1960.Female.Danishancestry.Died, from acerebralaneurysm, in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles,Los AngelesCounty, Calif.,October19, 2006 (age79 years, 31days).Cremated;ashes interred at Arlington National Cemetery. | | William Shadrack Shallenberger (1839-1914) — also known asWilliam S. Shallenberger — of Rochester,BeaverCounty, Pa.Born in Pennsylvania,November24, 1839.Republican.U.S.Representative from Pennsylvania 24th District, 1877-83.Member,PhiKappa Psi.DiedApril15, 1914 (age74 years, 142days).Interment at Arlington National Cemetery. | | John Floyd King (1842-1915) — also known asJ. Floyd King — of Vidalia,ConcordiaParish, La.Born in St. Simons Island,GlynnCounty, Ga.,April20, 1842.Democrat.U.S.Representative from Louisiana 5th District, 1879-87.Died inWashington,D.C.,May 8,1915 (age73 years, 18days).Interment at Arlington National Cemetery. | | Bertram Tracy Clayton (1862-1918) — also known asBertram T. Clayton — of Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.; Manila,Philippines.Born near Clayton,BarbourCounty, Ala.,October19, 1862.Democrat.Civilengineer; served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-AmericanWar;U.S.Representative from New York 4th District, 1899-1901; defeated,1900; colonel in the U.S. Army during World War I.Killedin action inFrance,May30, 1918 (age55 years, 223days).Interment at Arlington National Cemetery. | | Robert Lewis Coffey Jr. (1918-1949) — also known asRobert L. Coffey, Jr. — of Johnstown,CambriaCounty, Pa.Born in Chattanooga,HamiltonCounty, Tenn.,October21, 1918.Democrat.U.S.Representative from Pennsylvania 26th District, 1949; died inoffice 1949.Died in anairplaneaccident in Albuquerque,BernalilloCounty, N.M.,April20, 1949 (age30 years, 181days).Interment at Arlington National Cemetery. | | Ralph Eugene Updike, Sr. (1894-1953) — also known asRalph E. Updike — of Indianapolis,MarionCounty, Ind.Born in Brookville,FranklinCounty, Ind.,May 27,1894.Republican. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War I;lawyer;member ofIndianastate house of representatives from Marion County, 1923-24;U.S.Representative from Indiana 7th District, 1925-29; defeated, 1928.Christian.DutchandEnglishancestry. Member,Freemasons;ImprovedOrder of Red Men.Died in Arlington,ArlingtonCounty, Va.,September16, 1953 (age59 years, 112days).Interment at Arlington National Cemetery. | | Alfred John Westland (1904-1982) — also known asJack Westland — of Everett,SnohomishCounty, Wash.Born in Everett,SnohomishCounty, Wash.,December14, 1904.Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II;U.S.Representative from Washington 2nd District, 1953-65; defeated,1964.Died in Pebble Beach,MontereyCounty, Calif.,November3, 1982 (age77 years, 324days).Interment at Arlington National Cemetery. | | James Patton Sutton (1915-2005) — also known asPat Sutton — of Lawrenceburg,LawrenceCounty, Tenn.Born near Wartrace,BedfordCounty, Tenn.,October31, 1915.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II;U.S.Representative from Tennessee, 1949-55 (7th District 1949-53, 6thDistrict 1953-55); candidate forU.S.Senator from Tennessee, 1954;LawrenceCounty Sheriff;pleaded nocontest in 1964 tochargesrelated to his involvement in acounterfeitingring;imprisonedfor 10 months for violating a federalprobationorder.Died, in the Lakeland SpecialtyHospital,Berrien Center,BerrienCounty, Mich.,February3, 2005 (age89 years, 95days).Cremated;ashes interred at Arlington National Cemetery. | | James Wilson Ragsdale (b. 1848) — also known asJames W. Ragsdale — of Santa Rosa,SonomaCounty, Calif.Born inMonroeCounty, Ind.,February12, 1848.Newspapereditor and publisher; member ofCaliforniastate assembly, 1880; member ofCaliforniastate senate, 1880; U.S. Consul inTientsin, 1897-1903; U.S. Consul General inTientsin, 1903-08;St. Petersburg, 1908-09;Halifax, 1909-11.Interment at Arlington National Cemetery. | | Jeffrey Paul Hillelson (1919-2003) — also known asJeffrey P. Hillelson — of Independence,JacksonCounty, Mo.; Kansas City,JacksonCounty, Mo.Born in Springfield,ClarkCounty, Ohio,March 9,1919.Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; candidateforMissouristate house of representatives from Jackson County 11th District,1948;U.S.Representative from Missouri 4th District, 1953-55; defeated,1954, 1956; delegate to Republican National Convention from Missouri,1956;acting postmaster atKansasCity, Mo., 1957-61.Member,TauKappa Epsilon.Died in Shawnee Mission,JohnsonCounty, Kan.,May 28,2003 (age84 years, 80days).Interment at Arlington National Cemetery. | | Hugh Reid Belknap (1860-1901) — also known asHugh R. Belknap — of Chicago,CookCounty, Ill.Born in Keokuk,LeeCounty, Iowa,September1, 1860.Republican.U.S.Representative from Illinois 3rd District, 1895-99; defeated,1898.Died, fromintestinaltrouble, in Calamba, Laguna,Philippines,November12, 1901 (age41 years, 72days).Interment at Arlington National Cemetery. | | Americus Vespucius Rice (1835-1904) — also known asAmericus V. Rice — of Ohio. Born in Ohio,1835.Democrat.U.S.Representative from Ohio 5th District, 1875-79; Democraticcandidate for Presidential Elector for Ohio,1884;delegate to Democratic National Convention from Ohio,1888.Died in1904(ageabout69 years).Interment at Arlington National Cemetery. | | William Thomas Clark (1831-1905) — of Texas. Born in Norwalk,FairfieldCounty, Conn.,June 29,1831.Republican.U.S.Representative from Texas 3rd District, 1869-72.Died in ahospital,at New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,October12, 1905 (age74 years, 105days).Interment at Arlington National Cemetery. | | John Thomas Deweese (1835-1906) — of North Carolina. Born in Van Buren,CrawfordCounty, Ark.,June 4,1835.Democrat.U.S.Representative from North Carolina 4th District, 1867-71.Died inWashington,D.C.,July 4,1906 (age71 years, 30days).Interment at Arlington National Cemetery. | | William Henry Parker (1847-1908) — also known asWilliam H. Parker — of Deadwood,LawrenceCounty, S.Dak.Born in Keene,CheshireCounty, N.H.,May 5,1847.Republican. Member ofSouthDakota state house of representatives 49th District, 1889-90;U.S.Representative from South Dakota at-large, 1907-08; died inoffice 1908.Died in Deadwood,LawrenceCounty, S.Dak.,June 26,1908 (age61 years, 52days).Interment at Arlington National Cemetery. | | James Francis Lind (1900-1975) — also known asJames F. Lind — of York,YorkCounty, Pa.Born in York,YorkCounty, Pa.,October17, 1900.Democrat.U.S.Representative from Pennsylvania 21st District, 1949-53;defeated, 1952.DiedApril11, 1975 (age74 years, 176days).Interment at Arlington National Cemetery. | | Allard Kenneth Lowenstein (1929-1980) — also known asAllard K. Lowenstein — of Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.; Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.; Long Beach,NassauCounty, Long Island, N.Y.Born in Newark,EssexCounty, N.J.,January16, 1929.Democrat.Lawyer;delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York,1960(alternate),1972;U.S.Representative from New York 5th District, 1969-71; defeated,1970, 1972 (primary), 1972 (Liberal), 1974, 1976, 1978 (primary).Jewish. Member,Americansfor Democratic Action.Shotandmortallywounded by Dennis Sweeney, in hislawoffice in Rockefeller Center, and died about seven hours later,in St. Clare'sHospital,Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,March14, 1980 (age51 years, 58days).Interment at Arlington National Cemetery. | | Gladys Noon Spellman (1918-1988) — also known asGladys Blossom Noon — of Maryland. Born in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,March 1,1918.Democrat.Schoolteacher;U.S.Representative from Maryland 5th District, 1975-81.Female.Jewish.Removed from Congress in February 1981 by House resolution, due toincapacitating illness.Died in Rockville,MontgomeryCounty, Md.,June 19,1988 (age70 years, 110days).Interment at Arlington National Cemetery. | | William Robert Anderson (1921-2007) — also known asWilliam R. Anderson — of Waverly,HumphreysCounty, Tenn.; Leesburg,LoudounCounty, Va.Born in Bakerville,HumphreysCounty, Tenn.,June 17,1921.Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; Independent candidateforGovernor ofTennessee, 1962;U.S.Representative from Tennessee 6th District, 1965-73.Protestant.Member,AmericanLegion;Veterans ofForeign Wars;Amvets.Commanded the U.S.S. Nautilus on thefirstunder-ice crossing of the North Pole, 1958.Died in Leesburg,LoudounCounty, Va.,February25, 2007 (age85 years, 253days).Interment at Arlington National Cemetery. | | Joseph Chambers McKibbin (1824-1896) — of Downieville,SierraCounty, Calif.Born in Chambersburg,FranklinCounty, Pa.,May 14,1824.Democrat.Wentto California for the 1849 Gold Rush;lawyer;member ofCaliforniastate senate, 1852-53;U.S.Representative from California at-large, 1857-59; defeated, 1858;colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War;generalcontractor.Died in Marshall Hall,CharlesCounty, Md.,July 1,1896 (age72 years, 48days).Interment at Arlington National Cemetery. | | Samuel S. Yoder (1841-1921) — of Bluffton,AllenCounty, Ohio; Lima,AllenCounty, Ohio.Born in Berlin,HolmesCounty, Ohio,August16, 1841.Democrat. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War;physician;lawyer;probate judge in Ohio, 1882-86; member ofOhioDemocratic State Executive Committee, 1883-85;U.S.Representative from Ohio 4th District, 1887-91; Sergeant-at-Armsof the U.S. House of Representatives, 1891-93.DiedMay 11,1921 (age79 years, 268days).Interment at Arlington National Cemetery. | | Henry Dickinson Green (1857-1929) — also known asHenry D. Green — of Reading,BerksCounty, Pa.Born in Reading,BerksCounty, Pa.,May 3,1857.Democrat.Lawyer;member ofPennsylvaniastate house of representatives, 1883-86; member ofPennsylvaniastate senate 11th District, 1889-96; served in the U.S. Armyduring the Spanish-American War;U.S.Representative from Pennsylvania 9th District, 1899-1903;delegate to Democratic National Convention from Pennsylvania,1900.Editor of theReading Telegram, 1903-12; editor of theReading Times, 1911-13.Died in Reading,BerksCounty, Pa.,December29, 1929 (age72 years, 240days).Interment at Arlington National Cemetery. | | Thomas Vernor Smith (1890-1964) — also known asThomas V. Smith — of Chicago,CookCounty, Ill.Born in Blanket,BrownCounty, Tex.,April26, 1890.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; member ofIllinoisstate senate 5th District, 1935-38;U.S.Representative from Illinois at-large, 1939-41; defeated, 1940;colonel in the U.S. Army during World War II.Died in Hyattsville,PrinceGeorge's County, Md.,May 24,1964 (age74 years, 28days).Interment at Arlington National Cemetery. | | Stanley Lloyd Greigg (1931-2002) — also known asStanley L. Greigg — of Sioux City,WoodburyCounty, Iowa.Born in Ireton,SiouxCounty, Iowa,May 7,1931.Democrat.Mayorof Sioux City, Iowa, 1964;U.S.Representative from Iowa 6th District, 1965-67; defeated, 1966.Lutheran.Died inSalem,Va.,June 13,2002 (age71 years, 37days).Interment at Arlington National Cemetery. | | Lloyd Meeds (1927-2005) — of Everett,SnohomishCounty, Wash.Born in Dillon,BeaverheadCounty, Mont.,December11, 1927.Democrat.Gasolinestation business;lawyer;SnohomishCounty Prosecuting Attorney, 1962-64;U.S.Representative from Washington 2nd District, 1965-79.Member,Kiwanis;Eagles.Died, ofcancer,in Church Creek,DorchesterCounty, Md.,August17, 2005 (age77 years, 249days).Interment at Arlington National Cemetery. | | George Augustus Sheridan (1840-1896) — of Louisiana. Born in Massachusetts,1840.U.S.Representative from Louisiana at-large, 1873-75.Died in1896(ageabout56 years).Interment at Arlington National Cemetery.  | Robert Green Ingersoll (1833-1899) — also known asRobert G. Ingersoll;"The GreatAgnostic";"American Infidel";"Impious Pope Bob" —of Peoria,PeoriaCounty, Ill.;Washington,D.C.Born in Dresden,YatesCounty, N.Y.,August11, 1833.Lawyer;Democratic candidate forIllinoisstate house of representatives 5th District, 1860; colonel in theUnion Army during the Civil War;chargedabout 1864 withassaultand battery against the Peoria County Sheriff;tried;the jury was deadlocked and could not reach a verdict; the case wasdismissed before a new trial could be held;Illinoisstate attorney general, 1867-69; delegate to Republican NationalConvention from Illinois,1876;made the nominating speech which dubbedJamesG. Blaine as "The Plumed Knight".Agnostic.Died in Dobbs Ferry,WestchesterCounty, N.Y.,July 21,1899 (age65 years, 344days).Cremated;ashes interred at Arlington National Cemetery; statue erected 1911 atGlenOak Park, Peoria, Ill.| | Relatives: Sonof Rev. John Ingersoll and Mary (Livingston) Ingersoll; brother ofEbonClarke Ingersoll; married,February13, 1862, to Eve Amelia Parker; uncle ofJohnCarter Ingersoll; second cousin thrice removed ofJonathanIngersoll andJaredIngersoll; third cousin twice removed ofCharlesJared Ingersoll,JosephReed Ingersoll,RalphIsaacs Ingersoll andCharlesAnthony Ingersoll; fourth cousin once removed ofLamanIngersoll,ColinMacrae Ingersoll andCharlesRoberts Ingersoll. | | | | Political families:Ingersoll#1 family of New Haven, Connecticut;Ingersoll#2 family of New Haven, Connecticut (subsets of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | See alsoNNDBdossier | | | | Books about Robert G. Ingersoll: OrvinLarson,AmericanInfidel: Robert G. Ingersoll | | | | Image source: William C. Roberts,Leading Orators (1884) |
| | John Seashoal Witcher (1839-1906) — also known asJohn S. Witcher — ofCabellCounty, W.Va.;Washington,D.C.Born inCabellCounty, Va. (now W.Va.),July 15,1839.Republican. Colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War; member ofWestVirginia state house of delegates from Cabell County, 1866;secretaryof state of West Virginia, 1867-69;U.S.Representative from West Virginia 3rd District, 1869-71.Died in Salt Lake City,Salt LakeCounty, Utah,July 8,1906 (age66 years, 358days).Original interment atMt.Olivet Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Utah; reinterment at ArlingtonNational Cemetery. | | Oliver Lyman Spaulding (1833-1922) — also known asOliver L. Spaulding — of St. Johns,ClintonCounty, Mich.Born in Jaffrey,CheshireCounty, N.H.,August2, 1833.Republican. General in the Union Army during the Civil War;secretaryof state of Michigan, 1867-70;U.S.Representative from Michigan 6th District, 1881-83; delegate toRepublican National Convention from Michigan,1896(member,CredentialsCommittee).Episcopalian.Member,Freemasons;GrandArmy of the Republic;LoyalLegion.Died inWashington,D.C.,July 30,1922 (age88 years, 362days).Interment at Arlington National Cemetery. | | Raymond Thomas Nagle (1897-1950) — also known asRaymond T. Nagle;Ray Nagle — of Helena,Lewis andClark County, Mont.Born in Helena,Lewis andClark County, Mont.,June 2,1897.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I;lawyer;member ofMontanastate house of representatives, 1925-30;Montanastate attorney general, 1933-36.Catholic.Irishancestry. Member,AmericanLegion;Knightsof Columbus;American BarAssociation;PhiSigma Kappa;PhiDelta Phi.Died, fromperiarteritisnodosa, in Brookmont,MontgomeryCounty, Md.,March 6,1950 (age52 years, 277days).Interment at Arlington National Cemetery.| | Relatives: Sonof Thomas Patrick Nagle and Mary Ann (Toole) Nagle; married,October5, 1925, to Margaret Ann Walsh. |
| | Hervé Joseph L'Heureux (1899-1957) — also known asHervé J. L'Heureux — of Manchester,HillsboroughCounty, N.H.Born in Manchester,HillsboroughCounty, N.H.,March 6,1899.Served in the U.S. Army during World War I;lawyer;U.S. Vice Consul inWindsor, 1927-35; U.S. Consul inWindsor, 1935;Stuttgart, 1936-39;Antwerp, 1939-41;Lisbon, 1941-42;Algiers, 1943-44; U.S. Consul General inMarseille, 1944-48.Member,American BarAssociation;AmericanLegion;Forty andEight;DeltaTheta Phi.Died in1957(ageabout58 years).Interment at Arlington National Cemetery.| | Relatives: Sonof Rodolphe L'Heureux and Desneiges (Pichette) L'Heureux; married,June 21,1927, to Jeannette Blum. |
| | Michael Angelo Musmanno (d. 1968) — also known asMichael A. Musmanno — of Pennsylvania. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II;justice ofPennsylvania state supreme court, 1951; candidate forU.S.Senator from Pennsylvania, 1964.Italianancestry.Died in1968.Interment at Arlington National Cemetery. | | Frederick Augustus Muhlenberg (1887-1980) — also known asFrederick A. Muhlenberg — of Reading,BerksCounty, Pa.; Wernersville,BerksCounty, Pa.Born in Reading,BerksCounty, Pa.,September25, 1887.Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I;architect;chairof Berks County Republican Party, 1935-36; colonel in the U.S.Army during World War II;U.S.Representative from Pennsylvania 13th District, 1947-49;defeated, 1948.Died in Reading,BerksCounty, Pa.,January19, 1980 (age92 years, 116days).Interment at Arlington National Cemetery. | | Edward John Bonin (1904-1990) — also known asEdward J. Bonin — of Hazleton,LuzerneCounty, Pa.Born in Hazleton,LuzerneCounty, Pa.,December23, 1904.Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II;mayorof Hazleton, Pa., 1951;U.S.Representative from Pennsylvania 11th District, 1953-55;defeated, 1954.DiedDecember20, 1990 (age85 years, 362days).Interment at Arlington National Cemetery.  | John Currie Mackie (1920-2008) — also known asJohn C. Mackie — of Michigan. Born in Toronto,Ontario,June1, 1920.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II;GeneseeCounty Surveyor, 1953-56;Michiganstate highway commissioner; elected 1957, 1961;U.S.Representative from Michigan 7th District, 1965-67; defeated,1966.Member,SigmaAlpha Epsilon.Died in Warrenton,FauquierCounty, Va.,March 5,2008 (age87 years, 278days).Interment at Arlington National Cemetery. | | | Green Berry Raum (1829-1909) — also known asGreen B. Raum — of Golconda,PopeCounty, Ill.Born in Illinois,1829.Republican.U.S.Representative from Illinois 13th District, 1867-69; delegate toRepublican National Convention from Illinois,1880.Died in1909(ageabout80 years).Interment at Arlington National Cemetery. | | Charles Willauer Kutz (1870-1951) — also known asCharles W. Kutz — ofWashington,D.C.Born in Reading,BerksCounty, Pa.,October14, 1870.U.S. Army Corps of Engineers;memberDistrict of Columbia board of commissioners, 1914-17, 1918-21,1941-45; retired 1945;Presidentof the District of Columbia Board of Commissioners, 1920; servedin the U.S. Army during World War I.Universalist.Died, in St. Elizabeth'sHospital,Washington,D.C.,January25, 1951 (age80 years, 103days).Interment at Arlington National Cemetery.| | Relatives: Sonof Allen Kutz and Emily (Briner) Kutz; married,June 25,1895, to Elizabeth Randolph Keim. | | | | Kutz MemorialBridge(built 1943, altered and renamed 1954), on Independence Avenue,crossing the Tidal Basin, in West Potomac Park,Washington,D.C., isnamed forhim. | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial |
| | John Longdon Gay (1866-1956) — also known asJohn L. Gay — Born in Pizgah,CooperCounty, Mo.,June 23,1866.Republican.Lawyer;U.S.Attorney for Puerto Rico, 1928-31.Member,FederalBar Association;AmericanLegion;ReserveOfficers Association;Freemasons;Knightsof Pythias;Elks.DiedNovember17, 1956 (age90 years, 147days).Interment at Arlington National Cemetery. | | Joseph Lyman Fisher (1914-1992) — of Arlington,ArlingtonCounty, Va.Born in Pawtucket,ProvidenceCounty, R.I.,January11, 1914.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II;U.S.Representative from Virginia 10th District, 1975-81.Unitarian.Member,AmericanEconomic Association;AmericanSociety for Public Administration;AmericanForestry Association.Died in Arlington,ArlingtonCounty, Va.,February19, 1992 (age78 years, 39days).Interment at Arlington National Cemetery. | | Edward H. Kruse (1918-2000) — of Fort Wayne,AllenCounty, Ind.; Fort Lauderdale,BrowardCounty, Fla.Born in Fort Wayne,AllenCounty, Ind.,October22, 1918.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II;U.S.Representative from Indiana 4th District, 1949-51; defeated,1950; superior court judge in Indiana, 1952.Died in Fort Lauderdale,BrowardCounty, Fla.,January4, 2000 (age81 years, 74days).Interment at Arlington National Cemetery. | | Robert Cunningham (1920-2002) — also known asRobbie Cunningham — of Pawleys Island,GeorgetownCounty, S.C.Born in Youngstown,MahoningCounty, Ohio,November10, 1920.Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; CIA operative;newspaperpublisher; candidate forU.S.Senator from South Carolina, 1984 (Republican primary), 1990(Democratic); Republican candidate forU.S.Representative from South Carolina 6th District, 1986, 1988.DiedSeptember16, 2002 (age81 years, 310days).Interment at Arlington National Cemetery. | | James Dorman Weaver (1920-2003) — also known asJames D. Weaver — of Erie,ErieCounty, Pa.Born in Erie,ErieCounty, Pa.,September27, 1920.Republican.Physician;U.S.Representative from Pennsylvania 24th District, 1963-65.Died in Sterling,LoudounCounty, Va.,November15, 2003 (age83 years, 49days).Interment at Arlington National Cemetery. | | Sidney Miller Ballou (1870-1929) — also known asSidney Ballou — of Hawaii. Born in Providence,ProvidenceCounty, R.I.,October24, 1870.Lawyer;justiceof Hawaii territorial supreme court, 1907-09.Member,Sons ofthe American Revolution;NavyLeague.DiedOctober29, 1929 (age59 years, 5days).Interment at Arlington National Cemetery.| | Relatives: Sonof Oren Aldrich Ballou and Charlotte (Miller) Ballou; married,December21, 1895, to Thomie Duke; married,July 27,1907, to Lucia Burnett. |
| | Thomas Henry Burke (1904-1959) — also known asThomas H. Burke — of Toledo,LucasCounty, Ohio.Born in Toledo,LucasCounty, Ohio,May 6,1904.Democrat.Official,United Auto Workers union, 1938-48; member ofOhiostate house of representatives, 1941-42;U.S.Representative from Ohio 9th District, 1949-51; defeated, 1950.Died in Arlington,ArlingtonCounty, Va.,September12, 1959 (age55 years, 129days).Interment at Arlington National Cemetery. | | Abbott McConnell Washburn (1915-2003) — also known asAbbott M. Washburn — of Minneapolis,HennepinCounty, Minn.Born in Duluth,St. LouisCounty, Minn.,March 1,1915.Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; alternatedelegate to Republican National Convention from Minnesota,1948;deputy director, U.S. Information Agency, 1954-61; member, FederalCommunications Commission, 1974-82.Died inWashington,D.C.,December11, 2003 (age88 years, 285days).Interment at Arlington National Cemetery. | | Stewart Hoffman Appleby (1890-1964) — also known asStewart Appleby — of New Jersey. Born in Asbury Park,MonmouthCounty, N.J.,May 17,1890.Republican.U.S.Representative from New Jersey 3rd District, 1925-27.Died in Miami, Dade County (nowMiami-DadeCounty), Fla.,January12, 1964 (age73 years, 240days).Interment at Arlington National Cemetery. | | Francesca Braggiotti (1902-1998) — Born in Florence (Firenze),Italy,October17, 1902.Dancer;actress;First Lady of Connecticut, 1951-55.Female.Italianancestry.Died in Marbella,Spain,February25, 1998 (age95 years, 131days).Interment at Arlington National Cemetery. | | Vonno Lamar Gudger Jr. (1919-2004) — also known asV. Lamar Gudger — of Asheville,BuncombeCounty, N.C.Born in Asheville,BuncombeCounty, N.C.,April30, 1919.Democrat.Lawyer;served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; member ofNorthCarolina state house of representatives, 1951-52;U.S.Representative from North Carolina 11th District, 1977-81;defeated, 1980; superior court judge in North Carolina, 1984-89.Died in Asheville,BuncombeCounty, N.C.,August2, 2004 (age85 years, 94days).Interment at Arlington National Cemetery. | | Patrick Minor Martin (1924-1968) — also known asPat Martin — of California. Born in Norfolk,MadisonCounty, Neb.,November25, 1924.Republican.U.S.Representative from California 38th District, 1963-65.Died in Long Beach,Los AngelesCounty, Calif.,July 18,1968 (age43 years, 236days).Interment at Arlington National Cemetery. | | Denver David Hargis (1921-1989) — also known asDenver D. Hargis — of Coffeyville,MontgomeryCounty, Kan.Born in Key West,MonroeCounty, Fla.,July 22,1921.Democrat.Mayorof Coffeyville, Kan., 1953-58;U.S.Representative from Kansas 3rd District, 1959-61; defeated, 1960;delegate to Democratic National Convention from Kansas,1960.Died in Sarasota,SarasotaCounty, Fla.,March16, 1989 (age67 years, 237days).Interment at Arlington National Cemetery. | | Vincent John Dellay (1907-1999) — also known asVincent J. Dellay — of West New York,HudsonCounty, N.J.Born in Union City,HudsonCounty, N.J.,June 23,1907.Republican.U.S.Representative from New Jersey 14th District, 1957-59; defeated,1954.Died in Hasbrouck Heights,BergenCounty, N.J.,April16, 1999 (age91 years, 297days).Interment at Arlington National Cemetery. | | James Douglas McKevitt (1928-2000) — also known asJames D. McKevitt;MikeMcKevitt —ofDenver,Colo.Born in Spokane,SpokaneCounty, Wash.,1928.Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during the Korean conflict;lawyer;U.S.Representative from Colorado 1st District, 1971-73; defeated,1972; delegate to Republican National Convention from Colorado,1972.Episcopalian.Suffered aheartattack, and died at Sibley MemorialHospital,Washington,D.C.,September28, 2000 (ageabout 72years).Interment at Arlington National Cemetery. | | James Harvey McLeary — of Texas. Democrat.Texasstate attorney general, 1880-82; delegate to Democratic NationalConvention from Texas,1892.Interment at Arlington National Cemetery. | | 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 at Arlington National Cemetery. | | Harrison Allen (1835-1904) — ofWarrenCounty, Pa.BornDecember4, 1835.Republican. General in the Union Army during the Civil War; delegateto Republican National Convention from Pennsylvania,1868;member ofPennsylvaniastate senate, 1870-72 (28th District 1870-71, 30th District1872);Pennsylvaniastate auditor general, 1872-75; U.S. Marshal for DakotaTerritory, 1882-86.DiedSeptember23, 1904 (age68 years, 294days).Interment at Arlington National Cemetery. | | William Russell (1735-1793) — Born inCulpeperCounty, Va.,March 6,1735.General in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; memberofVirginiastate house of delegates, 1785; member ofVirginiastate senate, 1788-91.Died inShenandoahCounty, Va.,January14, 1793 (age57 years, 314days).Original interment in unknown location; reinterment at ArlingtonNational Cemetery. | | Emil Hurja (1892-1953) — of Breckenridge,StephensCounty, Tex.; Crystal Falls,IronCounty, Mich.Born in Crystal Falls,IronCounty, Mich.,January22, 1892.Served in the U.S. Army during World War I;newspaperpublisher; delegate to Democratic National Convention fromMichigan,1936;candidate in Republican primary forU.S.Representative from Michigan 12th District, 1946, 1948.Finnishancestry. Member,AmericanPolitical Science Association;AmericanEconomic Association;SigmaDelta Chi.Suffered aheartattack, collapsed and died at the National Press Club,Washington,D.C.,May 30,1953 (age61 years, 128days).Interment at Arlington National Cemetery. | | Herbert Ball Crosby (1871-1936) — also known asHerbert B. Crosby — of Fort Leavenworth,LeavenworthCounty, Kan.;Washington,D.C.Born in Fairmont,RileyCounty, Kan.,December24, 1871.Major General, U.S. Army; Chief of Calvalry;memberDistrict of Columbia board of commissioners, 1930-33.Died, inWalterReed Hospital,Washington,D.C.,January11, 1936 (age64 years, 18days).Interment at Arlington National Cemetery.| | Relatives: Sonof George Heman Crosby and Jane 'Jennie' (Ball) Crosby; married,February11, 1902, to Catherine Adelaide Dakin. |
| | James Guthrie Harbord (1866-1947) — also known asJames G. Harbord — of Manhattan,RileyCounty, Kan.; Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.; Rye,WestchesterCounty, N.Y.Born near Bloomington,McLeanCounty, Ill.,March21, 1866.Republican. Major in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War;general in the U.S. Army during World War I; president (1923-30), andchairman (1930-47), Radio Corporation of America; director, Atchison,Topeka and Santa FeRailroad;director, BankersTrust Co.;director, NationalBroadcastingCo.; director, Radio-Keith-Orpheum, Inc. (RKO); director, New YorkLifeInsuranceCo.; candidate for Republican nomination for Vice President,1924,1932;delegate to Republican National Convention from New York,1932;delegateto New York convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933.Member,Freemasons;KnightsTemplar;UnionLeague.Died in Rye,WestchesterCounty, N.Y.,August20, 1947 (age81 years, 152days).Interment at Arlington National Cemetery. | | Reginald Carl Harmon (1900-1992) — also known asReginald C. Harmon — of Urbana,ChampaignCounty, Ill.; Arlington,ArlingtonCounty, Va.Born in Illinois,February5, 1900.Lawyer;mayorof Urbana, Ill., 1929-33; served in the U.S. Army Air Force inWorld War II; Major General and chief legal officer, U.S. Air Force.Presbyterian.Member,Freemasons;RoyalArch Masons;KnightsTemplar;Shriners;PhiDelta Phi.Died, as the result of anautomobileaccident,October19, 1992 (age92 years, 257days).Interment at Arlington National Cemetery. | | Vincent B. Murphy (b. 1888) — of Rochester,MonroeCounty, N.Y.Born in Rochester,MonroeCounty, N.Y.,January4, 1888.Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from Monroe County 3rd District, 1922-24;New Yorkstate comptroller, 1925-26; defeated, 1926;delegateto New York convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933.Catholic.Member,Knightsof Columbus.Interment at Arlington National Cemetery.| | Relatives: Sonof Daniel B. Murphy. |
| | 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 at Arlington National Cemetery. | | William P. Atwell (1845-1911) — Born in Warren,TrumbullCounty, Ohio,1845.Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; U.S. Consular Agent inSchiedam, 1883-85; U.S. Commercial Agent (Consul) inRoubaix, 1890-93, 1897-99; U.S. Consul inRoubaix, 1899-1906;Ghent, 1906-11, died in office 1911.Died in Ghent (Gent),Belgium,July28, 1911 (ageabout 66years).Interment at Arlington National Cemetery. | | Henry Martyn Robert (1837-1923) — Born in Robertville,JasperCounty, S.C.,May 2,1837.Engineer;U.S. Army Corps of Engineers; author of Robert's Rules of Oreder;memberDistrict of Columbia board of commissioners, 1890-91.Died in Hornell,SteubenCounty, N.Y.,May 11,1923 (age86 years, 9days).Interment at Arlington National Cemetery.| | Relatives: Sonof Rev. Joseph Thomas Robert and Adeline Elizabeth (Lawton) Robert;married1860 to HeleneMarie Thresher; married to Isabel LivingstonHoagland. | | | | See alsoWikipediaarticle —Find-A-Gravememorial |
 | Henry DeWitt Hamilton (1863-1942) — also known asH. DeWitt Hamilton — of New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.; West Barrington, Barrington,BristolCounty, R.I.Born in White Hall,GreeneCounty, Ill.,February26, 1863.Democrat.Lawyer;AdjutantGeneral of New York, 1912; delegate to Democratic NationalConvention from New York,1912(alternate),1916;Democratic Presidential Elector for New York,1913(voted forWoodrowWilson andThomasR. Marshall);secretary ofRhode Island Democratic Party, 1923-42.Died in Barrington,BristolCounty, R.I.,August18, 1942 (age79 years, 173days).Interment at Arlington National Cemetery.| | Relatives: Sonof Edwin Benjamin Brown Hamilton and Mary Ann Hildred (Chandler)Hamilton; married,June 30,1893, to Ada Estelle Brown. | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial | | | | Image source: Library ofCongress |
| | Katharine Cooke Blow (1897-1965) — also known asKatharine C. Blow;Katharine RowlandCooke;Mrs. George W. Blow —of Yorktown,YorkCounty, Va.Born in Chicago,CookCounty, Ill.,April21, 1897.Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention fromVirginia,1948,1956;candidate forVirginiastate house of delegates, 1949; candidate forU.S.Representative from Virginia, 1950.Female.Catholic.Irishancestry. Member,NationalTrust for Historic Preservation.Staffwriter forThe New Yorkermagazine,1936-42.Died in Yorktown,YorkCounty, Va.,March25, 1965 (age67 years, 338days).Interment at Arlington National Cemetery. | | Chester D. Silvers (1902-1968) — ofFayetteCounty, Ky.Born in1902.Republican. Member ofKentuckystate house of representatives 76th District, 1936-37; candidateforU.S.Representative from Kentucky 6th District, 1938.Died in1968(ageabout66 years).Interment at Arlington National Cemetery. | | George John Haering (1895-1963) — also known asGeorge J. Haering — Born in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,August13, 1895.Served in the U.S. Army during World War I;steamshipcompany official; Foreign Service officer; U.S. Vice Consul inKobe, 1924-29; U.S. Consul inKobe, 1929;Rangoon, 1929-31;Glasgow, 1931-33;Pernambuco, 1933-37;Warsaw, 1937-40;Berlin, 1940;Vigo, 1940-41;Madrid, 1941-43.DiedFebruary3, 1963 (age67 years, 174days).Interment at Arlington National Cemetery. | | Gilbert C. Greenwalt — of Iowa.Secretaryof state of Iowa, 1931-33.Interment at Arlington National Cemetery. | | Ross T. McIntire — of Coronado,San DiegoCounty, Calif.Democrat.Physician;candidate forU.S.Representative from California 30th District, 1954; delegate toDemocratic National Convention from California,1956.He was PresidentFranklinD. Roosevelt's personal physician.Interment at Arlington National Cemetery. | | William Edward Beitz (1890-1939) — also known asWilliam E. Beitz — Born in North Tonawanda,NiagaraCounty, N.Y.,August17, 1890.Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; U.S. Vice Consul inHamburg, 1924-28;Berlin, 1928-29; U.S. Consul inBerlin, 1929-35;Vancouver, 1935-36;Rio de Janeiro, 1936-39, died in office 1939.Died in Rio de Janeiro,Brazil,February3, 1939 (age48 years, 170days).Interment at Arlington National Cemetery. | | Joshua Abbe Fessenden (1841-1908) — also known asJoshua A. Fessenden — of Stamford,FairfieldCounty, Conn.Born in Rockland,KnoxCounty, Maine,February15, 1841.Republican. Postmaster atStamford,Conn., 1897-1908.Died, fromheartdisease, in Stamford,FairfieldCounty, Conn.,June 24,1908 (age67 years, 130days).Interment at Arlington National Cemetery. | | Lynn Upshaw Stambaugh (1890-1971) — also known asLynn U. Stambaugh — of North Dakota. Born in Abilene,DickinsonCounty, Kan.,July 4,1890.Served in the U.S. Army during World War I;lawyer;Independent candidate forU.S.Senator from North Dakota, 1944.Member,SigmaChi;PhiDelta Phi;AmericanLegion.Died inWashington,D.C.,May 27,1971 (age80 years, 327days).Interment at Arlington National Cemetery.| | Relatives: Sonof Winfield Scott Stambaugh; married1915 to EnidEricson. |
| | Theron Eads Roberts (1907-1968) — also known asTheron E. Roberts;TexRoberts —of Diamond,NewtonCounty, Mo.Born in Wheeler,WheelerCounty, Tex.,March22, 1907.Democrat.Telegrapher;railwaystation agent;newspaperpublisher; member ofMissouristate house of representatives from Newton County, 1935-38;member ofMissouristate senate 18th District, 1939-42; colonel in the U.S. Armyduring World War II.Christian.Member,Freemasons;ScottishRite Masons;Orderof Railroad Telegraphers.DiedNovember12, 1968 (age61 years, 235days).Interment at Arlington National Cemetery. | | Clifford Stevens Walton (1861-1912) — ofWashington,D.C.Born in Chardon,GeaugaCounty, Ohio,March 2,1861.Lawyer;Consulfor Peru inWashington,D.C., 1898-1902.Died, frombronchialpneumonia, inWashington,D.C.,May 15,1912 (age51 years, 74days).Interment at Arlington National Cemetery. | | Allan Dawson (1903-1949) — Born inWashington,D.C.,February16, 1903.Newspaperreporter; Foreign Service officer; U.S. Vice Consul inRio de Janeiro, as of 1925-26;Bahia, as of 1926-27; U.S. Consul inHamburg, as of 1937-39;La Paz, as of 1940.DiedOctober15, 1949 (age46 years, 241days).Interment at Arlington National Cemetery.  | John Hjalmar Hougen (1889-1978) — also known asJohn H. Hougen — of Fisher,PolkCounty, Minn.; Crookston,PolkCounty, Minn.Born in Fargo,CassCounty, N.Dak.,July 7,1889.Republican.Lawyer;lawprofessor; member ofMinnesotastate senate 66th District, 1927-30; candidate forLieutenantGovernor of Minnesota, 1930; colonel in the U.S. Army duringWorld War II.Norwegianancestry. Member,American BarAssociation;Order ofthe Coif;AmericanLegion;Veterans ofForeign Wars;KappaSigma;PhiAlpha Delta.Died in Hendersonville,HendersonCounty, N.C.,July 14,1978 (age89 years, 7days).Interment at Arlington National Cemetery. | | | Kenneth Frank Cramer (1894-1954) — also known asKenneth F. Cramer — of Wethersfield,HartfordCounty, Conn.Born in Gloversville,FultonCounty, N.Y.,October3, 1894.Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I;coalbusiness; member ofConnecticutstate house of representatives from Wethersfield, 1929-32; memberofConnecticutstate senate, 1933-37; delegate to Republican National Conventionfrom Connecticut,1936;general in the U.S. Army during World War II.Member,AmericanLegion;PurpleHeart;Sons ofthe American Revolution;Societyof the War of 1812;Sonsof Union Veterans;PhiBeta Kappa;Freemasons;Shriners;Rotary.Died, from aheartattack, whilehunting,in Baden-Wurttemberg,Germany,February20, 1954 (age59 years, 140days).Interment at Arlington National Cemetery. | | Louis A. Cuvillier (1871-1935) — of Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born inFairfaxCounty, Va.,February4, 1871.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War;lawyer;member ofNew Yorkstate assembly, 1907-09, 1911-13, 1920, 1922-33, 1935 (New YorkCounty 30th District 1907-09, 1911-13, New York County 20th District1920, 1922-33, 1935); defeated, 1909 (New York County 30th District),1920 (New York County 20th District), 1933 (New York County 20thDistrict); died in office 1935; served in the U.S. Army during WorldWar I;delegateto New York convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933.Member,American BarAssociation;AmericanAcademy of Political and Social Science;TammanyHall.Died, frombronchialpneumonia, in Bronx,BronxCounty, N.Y.,May 18,1935 (age64 years, 103days).Interment at Arlington National Cemetery.  | Culver Bryant Chamberlain (1900-1972) — also known asCulver B. Chamberlain — of Kansas City,JacksonCounty, Mo.;Washington,D.C.Born in Princeton,GibsonCounty, Ind.,July 12,1900.Interpreter;Foreign Service officer; U.S. Vice Consul inCanton, 1923-25;Tientsin, 1925;Swatow, 1925-27;Shanghai, 1927-28;Yunnanfu, 1928-29; U.S. Consul inYunnanfu, 1929-30;Harbin, 1931-32.Assaultedand beaten by Japanese soldiers in Mukden, China, January 1932.DiedApril12, 1972 (age71 years, 275days).Interment at Arlington National Cemetery.| | Relatives: Sonof Norman H. Chamberlain and Ida (Ensminger)Chamberlain. | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial | | | | Image source: U.S. passportapplication |
| | Temple Clark (1826-1893) — of Berlin,Green LakeCounty, Wis.; Manitowoc,ManitowocCounty, Wis.Born inOneidaCounty, N.Y.,October23, 1826.Served in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War;lawyer;member ofWisconsinstate senate, 1857-58; served in the Union Army during the CivilWar.Member,LoyalLegion.Died inWashington,D.C.,April 4,1893 (age66 years, 163days).Interment at Arlington National Cemetery.  | Perry Wilbon Howard Jr. (1877-1961) — also known asPerry W. Howard — of Jackson,HindsCounty, Miss.Born in Ebenezer,HolmesCounty, Miss.,June 14,1877.Republican.Collegeprofessor;lawyer;delegate to Republican National Convention from Mississippi,1912,1916,1924,1928(member,CredentialsCommittee),1932,1936(member,ResolutionsCommittee),1940(member,CredentialsCommittee),1944,1948,1952(member,CredentialsCommittee),1956(delegation chair); member ofRepublicanNational Committee from Mississippi, 1924-60.Methodist.Africanancestry. Member,Freemasons;Elks;OddFellows;Knightsof Pythias;Woodmen.Died inWashington,D.C.,February1, 1961 (age83 years, 232days).Interment at Arlington National Cemetery. | | Walter John Giller (1938-2003) — also known asJohn Giller — of El Dorado,UnionCounty, Ark.Born in El Dorado,UnionCounty, Ark.,December28, 1938.Republican.Orthopedicsurgeon;delegateto Arkansas state constitutional convention, 1979; candidate forLieutenantGovernor of Arkansas, 1980.Episcopalian.Died, ofcancer,in Little Rock,PulaskiCounty, Ark.,March13, 2003 (age64 years, 75days).Interment at Arlington National Cemetery. | | Jerry Curtis South (1867-1930) — also known asJerry C. South — of Mountain Home,BaxterCounty, Ark.Born in Frankfort,FranklinCounty, Ky.,March24, 1867.Democrat.Lawyer;member of Arkansas state legislature, 1891-1901; delegate toDemocratic National Convention from Arkansas,1892,1896,1904(speaker),1908,1912(member,CredentialsCommittee),1916(member,Platformand Resolutions Committee); served in the U.S. Army during theSpanish-American War.Disciplesof Christ. Member,Freemasons.Died inWashington,D.C.,September24, 1930 (age63 years, 184days).Interment at Arlington National Cemetery. | | Zeake W. Johnson Jr. (1910-1992) — Born in Dyersburg,DyerCounty, Tenn.,April 2,1910.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Coast Guard during World War II;Sergeant-at-Arms, U.S. House of Representatives, 1955-72;Sergeant-at-Arms, Democratic National Convention,1968.Died in Newbern,DyerCounty, Tenn.,January10, 1992 (age81 years, 283days).Interment at Arlington National Cemetery. | | Sabin J. Dalferes — U.S. Vice Consul inWarsaw, as of 1926-27;Hamburg, as of 1929-32; U.S. Consul inStrasbourg, as of 1949.Interment at Arlington National Cemetery. | | Alvred Bayard Nettleton (1838-1911) — also known asA. B. Nettleton — of Ohio. Born in Berlin,HolmesCounty, Ohio,November14, 1838.Republican.Newspapereditor and publisher; colonel in the Union Army during the CivilWar; delegate to Republican National Convention from Ohio,1868;U.S. Assistant Secretary of the Treasury, 1890-93.Died in Chicago,CookCounty, Ill.,August10, 1911 (age72 years, 269days).Interment at Arlington National Cemetery. | | Francis Vinton Greene (c.1851-1921) — also known asFrancis V. Greene — of Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.; Buffalo,ErieCounty, N.Y.Born about 1851. Republican. General in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War;delegate to Republican National Convention from New York,1900;president, BarberAsphaltPaving Company, 1901; New York CityPoliceCommissioner, 1903; president, Niagara, Lockport and OntarioPowerCompany, 1904-15.Member,MilitaryOrder of Foreign Wars.Died in Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,May 14,1921 (ageabout 70years).Interment at Arlington National Cemetery.| | Relatives: Sonof Gen. George Sears Greene; married1879 to BelleChevallie. |
| | Robert Whitney Imbrie (1883-1924) — also known asRobert W. Imbrie — ofBaltimore,Md.Born inWashington,D.C.,April23, 1883.Lawyer;volunteer ambulance driver during World War I; U.S. Vice Consul inPetrograd, 1917-18;Viborg, 1919-20;Constantinople, 1921;Angora, 1922-23;Teheran, 1924, died in office 1924.Beatento death by amurderousmob in Teheran, Persia (now Tehran,Iran),July18, 1924 (age41 years, 86days).Interment at Arlington National Cemetery. | | Clarence R. Edwards (d. 1931) — of Westwood,NorfolkCounty, Mass.Republican. General in the U.S. Army during World War I; delegate toRepublican National Convention from Massachusetts,1928(ConventionVice-President).Died in1931.Interment at Arlington National Cemetery.  | William Luther Sibert (1860-1935) — also known asWilliam L. Sibert — of Bowling Green,WarrenCounty, Ky.Born in Gadsden,EtowahCounty, Ala.,October12, 1860.U.S. Army Corps of Engineers; member, Panama Canal Commission,1907-14; general in the U.S. Army during World War I;delegateto Kentucky convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933.Died in Bowling Green,WarrenCounty, Ky.,October16, 1935 (age75 years, 4days).Interment at Arlington National Cemetery.| | Relatives:Married1887 to MaryMargaret Cummings; married1917 toJuliette Roberts; married1922 to EvelynClyne Bairnsfather. | | | | See alsoWikipediaarticle | | | | Image source: Library ofCongress |
| | William Herbert Murphy (1889-1942) — Born in Berlin,Germany,April11, 1889.Electricalengineer;U.S. Vice Consul inCoburg, as of 1914; served in the U.S. Army Air Corps in WorldWar I; colonel in the U.S. Army during World War II.Member,Freemasons.While flying a reconnaissance mission, hisplanewasshotdown over Surabaya,Indonesia,February3, 1942 (age52 years, 298days).Interment at Arlington National Cemetery.  | Samuel Davis Foster (1880-1944) — also known asSamuel D. Foster — of Pittsburgh,AlleghenyCounty, Pa.Born in McKeesport,AlleghenyCounty, Pa.,September11, 1880.Republican.Civilengineer; worked on roads, sewers, and water works projects inCuba and the Panama Canal Zone; chief engineer, Allegheny County RoadDepartment; chief engineer, Pennsylvania State Highway Department;colonel in the U.S. Army during World War I;AlleghenyCounty Treasurer, 1924-27;AlleghenyCounty Recorder of Deeds, 1928-43; delegate to RepublicanNational Convention from Pennsylvania,1936,1940.Member,AmericanSociety of Civil Engineers;AmericanLegion;Veterans ofForeign Wars;DisabledAmerican Veterans;Freemasons.Died, from aheartailment, in Pittsburgh,AlleghenyCounty, Pa.,September9, 1944 (age63 years, 364days).Interment at Arlington National Cemetery.| | Relatives: Sonof Alexander D. Foster and Amanda (Auld) Foster; married,June 29,1905, to charlotta Adams; married,January25, 1915, to Helen Trego Bradley; married,June 27,1942, to Mercedes A. Cohill. | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial | | | | Image source: Pittsburgh Sun-Telegraph,September 10, 1944 |
| | | Joseph Medill Patterson (1879-1946) — also known asJoseph M. Patterson — of Ossining,WestchesterCounty, N.Y.Born in Chicago,CookCounty, Ill.,January6, 1879.Member ofIllinoisstate house of representatives, 1903;editorof the ChicagoTribune, 1910-25; served in the U.S. Armyduring World War I; founder (1919) andpublisherof the New YorkDaily News, the first successful Americantabloid newspaper.Died, from aliverailment, in DoctorsHospital,Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,May 26,1946 (age67 years, 140days).Interment at Arlington National Cemetery. | | Edwin St. John Greble Jr. (1887-1946) — also known asE. St. J. Greble, Jr. — of West Orange,EssexCounty, N.J.Born inSanFrancisco, Calif.,November9, 1887.Republican. Colonel in the U.S. Army during World War I;railroadexecutive; delegate to Republican National Convention from NewJersey,1932.Died, from aheartailment, in EmergencyHospital,Washington,D.C.,December31, 1946 (age59 years, 52days).Interment at Arlington National Cemetery.  | Alan Nathaniel Steyne (1896-1946) — also known asAlan N. Steyne — Born in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,November19, 1896.Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; inmetalexportbusiness in China, 1928-29; U.S. Vice Consul inMontreal, 1929-31;Hamburg, 1932.Suffered aself-inflictedgunshot,and died soon after, in EmergencyHospital,Washington,D.C.,May 22,1946 (age49 years, 184days).Interment at Arlington National Cemetery. | | Norman B. Landreau (d. 1950) — ofWashington,D.C.Democrat.Lawyer;delegate to Democratic National Convention from District of Columbia,1932.DiedSeptember25, 1950.Interment at Arlington National Cemetery. | | Francis Patrick Machler (1880-1950) — also known asF. Patrick Machler — ofWashington,D.C.; Chicago,CookCounty, Ill.; Evanston,CookCounty, Ill.Born in Litchfield,MontgomeryCounty, Ill.,March17, 1880.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War;physician;delegate to Democratic National Convention from Canal Zone,1944.Catholic.Died, in Sacred HeartSanitarium,Milwaukee,MilwaukeeCounty, Wis.,June 10,1950 (age70 years, 85days).Interment at Arlington National Cemetery. | | Clarence Roland Hotchkiss (1880-1952) — also known asClarence R. Hotchkiss — of Portland,MultnomahCounty, Ore.Born in West Warren,BradfordCounty, Pa.,June 5,1880.Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War;realestate broker;lawyer;delegate to Republican National Convention from Oregon,1916;secretaryof Oregon Republican Party, 1920; Republican Presidential Electorfor Oregon,1920.Congregationalist.Member,AmericanLegion;Veterans ofForeign Wars;UnitedSpanish War Veterans;MilitaryOrder of the World Wars;ReserveOfficers Association;Sons ofthe American Revolution;DeltaTheta Phi;PhiGamma Mu;Freemasons;Shriners;OddFellows;RoyalArcanum.Died in Portland,MultnomahCounty, Ore.,September17, 1952 (age72 years, 104days).Interment at Arlington National Cemetery. | | Brockholst Livingston (1905-1952) — of Oakmont,AlleghenyCounty, Pa.Born in Pennsylvania,January25, 1905.U.S. Vice Consul inBaghdad, as of 1932.DiedJuly 25,1952 (age47 years, 182days).Interment at Arlington National Cemetery.| | Relatives: Sonof Mary (Keating) Livingston andCharlesLudlow Livingston (born 1870); second great-grandson ofHenryBrockholst Livingston andHenryWalter Livingston; third great-grandson ofWilliamLivingston andWalterLivingston; third great-grandnephew ofPeterVan Brugh Livingston,PhilipLivingston,PeterRobert Livingston (1737-1794) andPieterSchuyler (1746-1792); fourth great-grandson ofRobertLivingston (1708-1790); fourth great-grandnephew ofJohnLivingston,RobertLivingston (1688-1775),GilbertLivingston,PhilipJohn Schuyler,PhilipP. Schuyler andStephenJohn Schuyler; fifth great-grandson ofRobertLivingston the Elder,AnthonyBrockholls,PieterVan Brugh,PhillipFrench andJohannesSchuyler (1697-1746); fifth great-grandnephew ofJohannesCuyler; sixth great-grandson ofStephanusVan Cortlandt,PieterSchuyler (1657-1724) andJohannesSchuyler (1668-1747); sixth great-grandnephew ofJacobusVan Cortlandt; first cousin twice removed ofHenryBrockholst Ledyard; first cousin thrice removed ofPeterAugustus Jay (1776-1843),WilliamJay andEdwardLivingston (1796-1840); first cousin four times removed ofPhilipPeter Livingston andMatthewClarkson; first cousin five times removed ofRobertGilbert Livingston,HenryGilbert Livingston,RobertR. Livingston (1718-1775),PeterSamuel Schuyler andPhilipJeremiah Schuyler; first cousin six times removed ofRobertLivingston the Younger,CornelisCuyler,StephanusBayard,JohnCruger Jr. andPierreVan Cortlandt; first cousin seven times removed ofDavidDavidse Schuyler andMyndertDavidtse Schuyler; second cousin twice removed ofJohnJay II; second cousin thrice removed ofStephenVan Rensselaer,PhilipSchuyler Van Rensselaer,RensselaerWesterlo,EdwardPhilip Livingston,WilliamAlexander Duer,JohnDuer,PeterRobert Livingston (1789-1859) andCharlesLudlow Livingston (1800-1873); second cousin four times removedofRobertR. Livingston (1746-1813),PhilipVan Cortlandt,PierreVan Cortlandt Jr.,EdwardLivingston (1764-1836),PhilipSchuyler andJamesAlexander Hamilton; second cousin five times removed ofJamesJay,NicholasBayard,JeremiahVan Rensselaer,HenryCruger,RobertVan Rensselaer,JohnJay,FrederickJay,JamesLivingston andJamesParker; third cousin once removed ofBronsonMurray Cutting; third cousin twice removed ofWilliamDuer,HenryBell Van Rensselaer andDenningDuer; third cousin thrice removed ofHamiltonFish; fourth cousin ofPeterAugustus Jay (1877-1933); fourth cousin once removed ofKiliaenVan Rensselaer,NicholasFish,HamiltonFish Jr.,JohnKean,HamiltonFish Kean andHerbertLivingston Satterlee. | | | | Political family:Livingston-Schuylerfamily of New York (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial |
| | Henry Page (1870-1954) — of Cincinnati,HamiltonCounty, Ohio; Panama City,BayCounty, Fla.Born in Princess Anne,SomersetCounty, Md.,September1, 1870.Physician;colonel in the U.S. Army during World War I; built and commandedCorregidor Hospital in Philippines, 1898-99; organized U.S. AmbulanceCorps, 1917; dean, college of Medicine, University of Cincinnati,1921-25; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention fromFlorida,1936.Member,American MedicalAssociation.DiedMay 25,1954 (age83 years, 266days).Interment at Arlington National Cemetery. | | C. Kyle Osborne (d. 1956) — of Independence,GraysonCounty, Va.Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention fromVirginia,1948.DiedNovember21, 1956.Interment at Arlington National Cemetery.  | Sosthenes Behn (1884-1957) — also known asLouis Richard Sosthenes Behn — of San Juan,San JuanMunicipio, Puerto Rico; Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in St. Thomas, Danish West Indies (nowVirginIslands),January30, 1884.Republican. Naturalized U.S. citizen;sugarbusiness; member of Republican National Committee from PuertoRico, 1912; delegate to Republican National Convention from PuertoRico,1912;colonel in the U.S. Army during World War I; he and his brotherHernand bought atelephonecompany in Puerto Rico, and went on to establish InternationalTelephone and Telegraph (ITT), which rapidly expanded worldwide.Danish,French, andItalianancestry.Died, from aheartailment, in St. Luke'sHospital,Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,January6, 1957 (age72 years, 342days).Interment at Arlington National Cemetery. | | | Camden Lester McLain (1893-1959) — also known asCamden L. McLain — Born in Goodview,BedfordCounty, Va.,April27, 1893.Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; U.S. Vice Consul inValparaiso, 1922-26;Concepcion, 1927-29;Santiago, 1932-43.DiedJuly 14,1959 (age66 years, 78days).Interment at Arlington National Cemetery. | | Watson B. Miller (c.1885-1961) — ofWashington,D.C.Born about 1885. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from District ofColumbia,1924(alternate),1928,1932(alternate),1936.Died in1961(ageabout76 years).Interment at Arlington National Cemetery.| | Relatives:Married to Inez Hale. |
| | Albert Joseph McCartney (1878-1965) — of Sharon,MercerCounty, Pa.; Chicago,CookCounty, Ill.; Santa Monica,LosAngeles County, Calif.;Washington,D.C.Born inLoganCounty, Ohio,July 3,1878.Republican.Minister;pastor, Covenant-First Presbyterian Church (later NationalPresbyterian Church), 1930-50; offered prayer, Republican NationalConvention,1936,1940;commander, U.S. Navy Chaplain Corps, during World War II.Presbyterian.Scottishancestry.Died, in George Washington UniversityHospital,Washington,D.C.,August20, 1965 (age87 years, 48days).Interment at Arlington National Cemetery. | | William Richard Arnold (1881-1965) — also known asWilliam R. Arnold — of Arlington,ArlingtonCounty, Va.Born in Wooster,WayneCounty, Ohio,June 10,1881.Democrat.Catholicpriest;chaplain;U.S. Army Chief of Chaplains, 1937-45 (with rank ultimately of MajorGeneral); Bishop and Military Delegate of the Armed Forces (appointedby Pope Pius XII), 1945-65;offered prayer, Democratic National Convention,1948.Catholic.Died, in St. Clare'sHospital,Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,January7, 1965 (age83 years, 211days).Interment at Arlington National Cemetery. | | William Anderson Poindexter (1874-1968) — Born in Greenlee,RockbridgeCounty, Va.,September17, 1874.Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; U.S. ViceConsul inDundee, 1919-22.Died in Daytona Beach,VolusiaCounty, Fla.,January7, 1968 (age93 years, 112days).Interment at Arlington National Cemetery. | | Dan Able Kimball (1896-1970) — also known asDan A. Kimball — of Los Angeles,LosAngeles County, Calif.Born inSt.Louis, Mo.,March 1,1896.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; vice-president,General Tire & Rubber Co.; U.S. Secretary of the Navy, 1951-53;delegate to Democratic National Convention from California,1956,1960,1964;president and chairman,AerojetGeneral Corporation; director, ContinentalAirlines.Congregationalist.DiedJuly 30,1970 (age74 years, 151days).Interment at Arlington National Cemetery. | | Albert Hummel Stackpole (1897-1971) — also known asAlbert H. Stackpole — of Middle Paxton Township,DauphinCounty, Pa.Born in Harrisburg,DauphinCounty, Pa.,June 28,1897.Republican.Newspaperpublisher; delegate to Republican National Convention fromPennsylvania,1948.Died inDauphinCounty, Pa.,July 31,1971 (age74 years, 33days).Interment at Arlington National Cemetery. | | Virginia Murray Bacon (1890-1980) — also known asVirginia M. Bacon;VirginiaMurray —of Westbury,NassauCounty, Long Island, N.Y.BornSeptember6, 1890.Republican. Republican Presidential Elector for New York,1920;delegate to Republican National Convention from New York,1936,1940(alternate).Female.DiedFebruary24, 1980 (age89 years, 171days).Interment at Arlington National Cemetery. | | Margaret Bowlby Leffingwell (1885-1980) — also known asMargaret B. Leffingwell;Margaret ElizabethBowlby —of Watkins Glen,SchuylerCounty, N.Y.Born in New York,November15, 1885.Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention fromNew York,1932,1936.Female.Died inWashington,D.C.,July 19,1980 (age94 years, 247days).Interment at Arlington National Cemetery. | | William Murray Leffingwell (1896-1983) — also known asWilliam M. Leffingwell — of Watkins Glen,SchuylerCounty, N.Y.Born in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,June 6,1896.Democrat. Democratic candidate for Presidential Elector for New York,1920;candidate forNew Yorkstate assembly from Schuyler County, 1935, 1940.Episcopalian.Member,Freemasons;AmericanLegion;Rotary.DiedMay 21,1983 (age86 years, 349days).Interment at Arlington National Cemetery.  | Elinor Steiner Gimbel (1896-1983) — also known asElinor Gimbel;Elinor Steiner;ElinorHess —of Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.BornAugust5, 1896.Breweryexecutive; member of New York American Labor Party ExecutiveCommittee, 1949; alternate delegate to Democratic National Conventionfrom New York,1964,1968.Female.DiedMarch 1,1983 (age86 years, 208days).Interment at Arlington National Cemetery.| | Relatives:Daughter of Samuel Simon Steiner and Sadie (Liebmann) Steiner;married to Monroe Hess; married1924 to LouisStanley Gimbel. | | | | See alsoWikipediaarticle —Find-A-Gravememorial | | | | Image source: Miami (Fla.) News,February 24, 1959 |
| | | William F. Condon Jr. (1921-1984) — of Yonkers,WestchesterCounty, N.Y.Born in Yonkers,WestchesterCounty, N.Y.,July 15,1921.Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II;lawyer;candidate forNew Yorkstate assembly 98th District, 1965.Irishancestry. Member,FriendlySons of St. Patrick.Died in Fort Lauderdale,BrowardCounty, Fla.,April25, 1984 (age62 years, 285days).Interment at Arlington National Cemetery. | | Catherine L. Roberts (1908-1987) — also known asKay Roberts;Catherine L. Bone;Mrs.Tex Roberts —of Diamond,NewtonCounty, Mo.BornApril28, 1908.Democrat. Nominated in primary forMissouristate senate 18th District 1942, but withdrew before election.Female.DiedJune 30,1987 (age79 years, 63days).Interment at Arlington National Cemetery. | | Joseph L. Rauh Jr. (1911-1992) — ofWashington,D.C.Born in Cincinnati,HamiltonCounty, Ohio,January3, 1911.Democrat.Lawyer;colonel in the U.S. Army during World War II; delegate to DemocraticNational Convention from District of Columbia,1948,1952,1960,1964,1980(alternate); Democratic Presidential Elector for District ofColumbia,1972(voted forGeorgeMcGovern andR.Sargent Shriver, Jr.).Jewish. Member,Americansfor Democratic Action.DiedSeptember3, 1992 (age81 years, 244days).Interment at Arlington National Cemetery. | | Leon D. Sachter — also known asBuck Sachter — of Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.Republican. Candidate forNew Yorkstate senate 4th District, 1932, 1938.Interment at Arlington National Cemetery. | | William Irving Shuman — also known asIrving Shuman — of Sullivan,MoultrieCounty, Ill.Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Illinois,1912.Interment at Arlington National Cemetery. | | Carl M. J. von Zielinski — U.S. Vice Consul inSanto Domingo, as of 1917.Interment at Arlington National Cemetery. | | Irvine H. Sprague (1921-2004) — of College Park,PrinceGeorge's County, Md.; Great Falls,FairfaxCounty, Va.Born inSanFrancisco, Calif.,July 4,1921.Democrat. Colonel in the U.S. Army during World War II; staff memberfor Gen.DouglasMacArthur in Japan;newspaperreporter; congressional aide to Rep.JohnJ. McFall, 1957; director of the House Whip Office;lobbyistfor the State of California in Congress, 1963; alternate delegate toDemocratic National Convention from California,1964;special assistant to Pres.LyndonJohnson, 1967-68; board member, Federal Deposit InsuranceCorporation, 1969-72, 1979-85; chairman, 1979-81.Died, ofcancer,in the ArlingtonHospiceCenter, Arlington,ArlingtonCounty, Va.,February17, 2004 (age82 years, 228days).Interment at Arlington National Cemetery.| | Relatives:Married to Margery Craw. |
| | Floyd Caldwell Bagley (1922-2002) — also known asFloyd C. Bagley — of Dumfries,PrinceWilliam County, Va.Born in Gardiner,KennebecCounty, Maine,March20, 1922.Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II;lawyer;served in the U.S. Marine Corps during the Korean conflict; member ofVirginiastate house of delegates, 1975-85.Died, while suffering fromdementia,in the FredericksburgNursingHome,Fredericksburg,Va.,December5, 2002 (age80 years, 260days).Interment at Arlington National Cemetery. | | Gilbert Hahn Jr. (1921-2008) — ofWashington,D.C.Born inWashington,D.C.,September12, 1921.Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; alternatedelegate to Republican National Convention from District of Columbia,1952;Republican candidate for Presidential Elector for District ofColumbia,2004(on behalf ofGeorgeW. Bush andRichardB. Cheney).Died inWashington,D.C.,August8, 2008 (age86 years, 331days).Interment at Arlington National Cemetery.| | Relatives: Sonof Gilbert Hahn and Hortense (King) Hahn; married to MargotHess. | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial |
| Politicians formerlyburied here: |  | Cushman Kellogg Davis (1838-1900) — also known asCushman K. Davis — of St. Paul,RamseyCounty, Minn.Born in Henderson,JeffersonCounty, N.Y.,June 16,1838.Republican.Lawyer;served in the Union Army during the Civil War; member ofMinnesotastate house of representatives District 1, 1867;U.S.Attorney for Minnesota, 1868-73;Governor ofMinnesota, 1874-76;U.S.Senator from Minnesota, 1887-1900; died in office 1900; delegateto Republican National Convention from Minnesota,1900.Helped negotiate the Treaty of Paris which ended the Spanish-AmericanWar, and gave Puerto Rico and the Philippines to the United States.Died in St. Paul,RamseyCounty, Minn.,November27, 1900 (age62 years, 164days).Originally entombed atOaklandCemetery, St. Paul, Minn.; later interred in 1901 at ArlingtonNational Cemetery. | | Maurice Larry Lawrence (1926-1996) — also known asM. Larry Lawrence — of San Diego,San DiegoCounty, Calif.; Coronado,San DiegoCounty, Calif.Born in Chicago,CookCounty, Ill.,August16, 1926.Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from California,1964,1972;Democratic candidate for Presidential Elector for California,1972;U.S. Ambassador toSwitzerland, 1994-96, died in office 1996.Jewish. Member,ZetaBeta Tau.Falselyclaimed to have served and been injured in theMerchantMarine duringWorld WarII; this wasdiscovereda year after his death.Died, ofleukemiaandblooddyscrasia, in Berne,Switzerland,January9, 1996 (age69 years, 146days).Original interment at Arlington National Cemetery; reinterment in1997 atElCamino Cemetery, San Diego, Calif. | | Manuel Luis Quezon (1878-1944) — also known asManuel L. Quezon — of Lucena,Philippines;Tayabas,Philippines.Born in Baler, Tayabas Province,Philippines,August19, 1878.Lawyer;ResidentCommissioner to U.S. Congress from the Phillipine Islands,1909-16; resigned 1916; president, Philippine Islands, 1935-44.Catholic.Member,Freemasons.Died in Saranac Lake,FranklinCounty, N.Y.,August1, 1944 (age65 years, 348days).Originally entombed at Arlington National Cemetery; reinterment atManilaNorth Cemetery, Manila, Philippines.
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| Politicians buriedhere: |  | Robert Carlyle Byrd (1917-2010) — also known asRobert C. Byrd;Cornelius Calvin SaleJr.;"The King of Pork" —of Sophia,RaleighCounty, W.Va.Born in North Wilkesboro,WilkesCounty, N.C.,November20, 1917.Democrat.Grocer;lawyer;member ofWestVirginia state house of delegates from Raleigh County, 1947-50;member ofWestVirginia state senate 9th District, 1951-52;U.S.Representative from West Virginia 6th District, 1953-59;U.S.Senator from West Virginia, 1959-; delegate to DemocraticNational Convention from West Virginia,1960,1996,2000,2004,2008;speaker,1988.Baptist.Member,Freemasons;Knightsof Pythias;OddFellows;Elks;Moose;Eagles;Lions;FarmBureau;TauKappa Epsilon;Ku Klux Klan.Died inFairfax,Va.,June 28,2010 (age92 years, 220days).Interment at Columbia Gardens Cemetery. | | Francis Eugene Worley (1908-1974) — also known asEugene Worley — of Shamrock,WheelerCounty, Tex.Born in Lone Wolf,KiowaCounty, Okla.,October10, 1908.Democrat. Member ofTexasstate house of representatives, 1935-40;U.S.Representative from Texas 18th District, 1941-50; resigned 1950;AssociateJudge of U.S. Court of Customs and Patent Appeals, 1950-59.Member,AmericanLegion;Veterans ofForeign Wars.Died in Naples,CollierCounty, Fla.,December17, 1974 (age66 years, 68days).Cremated;ashes interred at Columbia Gardens Cemetery. | | Albert Conrad Ullman (1914-1986) — also known asAl Ullman — of Baker City,BakerCounty, Ore.Born in Great Falls,CascadeCounty, Mont.,March 9,1914.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II;real estatebusiness; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Oregon,1956(alternate),1964;U.S.Representative from Oregon 2nd District, 1957-81; defeated, 1954,1980.Presbyterian.Died in Bethesda,MontgomeryCounty, Md.,October11, 1986 (age72 years, 216days).Interment at Columbia Gardens Cemetery. | | Charles Noel Crosby (1876-1951) — also known asCharles N. Crosby — of Meadville,CrawfordCounty, Pa.Born in Cherry Valley,AshtabulaCounty, Ohio,September29, 1876.Democrat.U.S.Representative from Pennsylvania 29th District, 1933-39;defeated, 1922.Presbyterian.Member,BetaTheta Pi.Died in Frederick,FrederickCounty, Md.,January26, 1951 (age74 years, 119days).Interment at Columbia Gardens Cemetery. | | John W. Gibson (1910-1976) — of Michigan. Born in Harrisburg,SalineCounty, Ill.,August23, 1910.Democrat. Assistant U.S. Secretary of Labor, 1945-49;; delegate toDemocratic National Convention from Michigan,1948;chairman, U.S. Displaced Persons Commission, 1950-52;banker.In 1957, was one of thefirstowners of a McDonald's Hamburgers franchise in the Washington area.Died, following aheartattack, in ahospitalat Lewes,SussexCounty, Del.,October22, 1976 (age66 years, 60days).Interment at Columbia Gardens Cemetery. | | Chester William Martin (1853-1935) — also known asChester W. Martin — of Ithaca,GratiotCounty, Mich.; Arlington,ArlingtonCounty, Va.Born in Coldwater,BranchCounty, Mich.,August11, 1853.GratiotCounty Register of Deeds; member ofMichiganstate senate, 1895-96; U.S. Consul inAmherstburg, 1897-1906;Martinique, 1906-08;Barbados, 1908-15;Toronto, 1915-24.Died, from aheartattack, in Arlington,ArlingtonCounty, Va.,November15, 1935 (age82 years, 96days).Interment at Columbia Gardens Cemetery.
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