Very incomplete list! | |  Maad H. Abu-Ghazalah (b. 1962) — of Pacifica,San MateoCounty, Calif.Born in Nablus,WestBank,June 1,1962.Libertarian.Software consultant; candidate forU.S.Representative from California 12th District, 2002.Muslim.Arabicancestry.Still living as of 2002. | | Fred Joseph Agnich (1913-2004) — also known asFred Agnich — of Dallas,DallasCounty, Tex.Born in Eveleth,St. LouisCounty, Minn.,July 19,1913.Republican.Geophysicist;executive vice-president, Geophysical Services; vice-president, TexasInstruments Inc.; director, Texas Mid-ContinetOil and GasAssociation;chair ofDallas County Republican Party, 1967-69, 1971-75; delegate toRepublican National Convention from Texas,1968,1972;member ofTexasstate house of representatives, 1971-88; member ofRepublicanNational Committee from Texas, 1972-76.Presbyterian.Died in Dallas,DallasCounty, Tex.,October28, 2004 (age91 years, 101days).Entombed in mausoleum atCalvaryHill Cemetery, Dallas, Tex.| |  Relatives: Sonof John Agnich and Angeleine (Germaine) Agnich; married to RuthHarriet Welton and Brooksie Penland. | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial |
| | Saqib Ali (b. 1975) — of Montgomery Village,MontgomeryCounty, Md.; West Gaithersburg,MontgomeryCounty, Md.Born in Chicago,CookCounty, Ill.,January21, 1975.Democrat.Softwareengineer;member ofMarylandstate house of delegates District 39, 2007-.Muslim.Indiansubcontinent ancestry.Still living as of 2008. | | Jeffrey Reid Allen (1958-2004) — also known asJeff Allen — of Hoover,JeffersonCounty, Ala.Born in Birmingham,JeffersonCounty, Ala.,April 7,1958.Libertarian.Software developer; candidate forU.S.Senator from Alabama, 2002.KilledDarren Keith Palmer, a business associate, and then, perhaps to avoidprosecution,shotandkilledhimself, in the back of adoctor'soffice, Hoover,JeffersonCounty, Ala.,April28, 2004 (age46 years, 21days).Burial location unknown. | | James H. Ashcraft (b. 1944) — of San Diego,San DiegoCounty, Calif.Born in Honolulu, Island of Oahu,HonoluluCounty, Hawaii,January15, 1944.Republican. Marketing rep forIBM; delegate to RepublicanNational Convention from California,1972.Catholic.Member,BlueKey;SigmaPi;Jaycees.Still living as of 1973.| | Relatives: Sonof Hale H. Ashcraft and Jean (Beach) Ashcraft. |
| | Michael J. Badnarik (1954-2022) — of Austin,TravisCounty, Tex.Born in Hammond,LakeCounty, Ind.,August1, 1954.Libertarian.Softwareengineer;talkshow host; candidate forTexasstate house of representatives, 2000 (47th District), 2002 (48thDistrict);arrested,in St. Louis, Mo., on October 8, 2004, along with Green Partypresidential nomineeDavidCobb, whileprotestingtheir exclusion from presidential debates; candidate forPresidentof the United States, 2004; candidate forU.S.Representative from Texas 10th District, 2006.Slovakancestry.Died, fromheartfailure, in San Antonio,BexarCounty, Tex.,August11, 2022 (age68 years, 10days).Burial location unknown. | | Gerald Leo Baker (b. 1932) — also known asGerald L. Baker;Jerry Baker — of Cedar Falls,Black HawkCounty, Iowa.Born in Cresco,HowardCounty, Iowa,August8, 1932.Computer programmer;mathematician;schoolteacher; candidate forU.S.Senator from Iowa, 1978 (Democratic primary), 1978 (Independent);candidate for Democratic nomination for President,1980;Big Deal candidate forPresidentof the United States, 1984.Still living as of 1984. | | Craig Benson (b. 1954) — of Rye,RockinghamCounty, N.H.Born in New York City (unknowncounty), N.Y.,October8, 1954.Republican. Founder, Cabletron Systems, maker ofcomputer networkequipment;Governor ofNew Hampshire, 2003-05; defeated, 2004; delegate to RepublicanNational Convention from New Hampshire,2004.Catholic.Still living as of 2014. | | Werner Michael Blumenthal (b. 1926) — also known asW. Michael Blumenthal — of Ann Arbor,WashtenawCounty, Mich.; Princeton,MercerCounty, N.J.Born in Oranienburg,Germany,January3, 1926.Democrat. President, Bendix International, 1967-70;U.S.Secretary of the Treasury, 1977-79; delegate to DemocraticNational Convention from Michigan,1984;chairman,Burroughs (1980-86), andUnisys (1986-90);delegate to Democratic National Convention from New Jersey,2008;president, Berlin Jewish Museum.Jewish. Member,Council onForeign Relations;AmericanEconomic Association.Still living as of 2020. | | Char-Lez Bal Braden (1967-2020) — also known asChar-Lez Braden;"King ofHanover" —Born in Fort Smith,SebastianCounty, Ark.,March14, 1967.Libertarian.Softwareengineer;Libertarian candidate for Presidential Elector for Florida,2012(on behalf ofGaryE. Johnson andJamesP. Gray); Libertarian candidate for Presidential Elector forFlorida,2016(on behalf ofGaryE. Johnson andWilliamF. Weld).DiedJuly 5,2020 (age53 years, 113days).Burial location unknown.  | Preston Brooks — of Clarkston,OaklandCounty, Mich.Electricalengineer;in the U.S. Navy, served as Reactor Officer on the USS Nimitz, andCommanding Officer on the USS Coontz;software projectmanager;universityprofessor; Independent candidate forU.S.Representative from Michigan 8th District, 2012.Still living as of 2012.| | Image source:Preston Brooks campaign web site |
| | Orestes Hampton Caldwell (b. 1888) — also known asOrestes H. Caldwell — of New York; Cos Cob, Greenwich,FairfieldCounty, Conn.Born in Lexington,FayetteCounty, Ky.,1888.Electricalengineer;editor oftradejournals inradio andelectronics; member, Federal Radio Commission, 1927-29;resigned 1929.Burial location unknown. | | David Chiu (b. 1970) — ofSanFrancisco, Calif.Born in Cleveland,CuyahogaCounty, Ohio,April 2,1970.Democrat.Lawyer;Democratic Counsel, U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee; aide to U.S.Sen.PaulSimon; founder and chief operating officer, Grassroots Enterprise(online communications company); member, San Francisco Boardof Supervisors, 2008-; candidate formayorof San Francisco, Calif., 2011; member ofCaliforniastate assembly 17th District; elected 2014, 2016, 2018, 2020.Taiwaneseancestry.Still living as of 2021. | | Oliver Perry Ditch (b. 1937) — also known asOliver P. Ditch — of Woodbridge,PrinceWilliam County, Va.; Elkridge,HowardCounty, Md.Born in Lafayette,LafayetteParish, La.,September29, 1937.Republican. Colonel, U.S. Air Force;data systems manager forHughesAircraftCo.;web site developer; delegate to Republican NationalConvention from Virginia,2008;alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Maryland,2012.Catholic.Still living as of 2012. | | Ernest Dixon — of Salt Lake City,Salt LakeCounty, Utah.Computer programmer; candidate formayorof Salt Lake City, Utah, 1987.Still living as of 1987.  | Richard John Egan (1936-2009) — also known asRichard J. Egan — Born in Milton,NorfolkCounty, Mass.,February28, 1936.Republican. Co-founder of EMC Corporation,technology firm;U.S. Ambassador toIreland, 2001-02.Irishancestry.Died fromself-inflictedgunshot,while suffering fromlungcancer, in Boston,SuffolkCounty, Mass.,August28, 2009 (age73 years, 181days).Burial location unknown. | | Carly Fiorina (b. 1954) — also known asCara Carleton Sneed;CarlyBartlem —Born in Austin,TravisCounty, Tex.,September6, 1954.Republican. Chief executive officer,Hewlett-Packard,1999-2005; candidate for Republican nomination for President,2016;received one electoral vote for Vice-President,2016.Female.Still living as of 2018. | | Charles Ranlett Flint (1850-1934) — also known asCharles R. Flint;"Father ofTrusts" —of Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.; Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in Thomaston,KnoxCounty, Maine,January24, 1850.Shippingbusiness;shipowner;financier;Consulfor Chile inNewYork, N.Y., 1877-79;Consul-Generalfor Costa Rica inNewYork, N.Y., 1891-96; in the 1890s, he consolidated groups ofsmaller companies to form large corporations or "trusts": U.S.Rubber(1892); American Chicle (chewinggum) (1899); AmericanWoolen(1899); founder, in 1911, of theComputing-Tabulating-Recording Company, which later becameInternational Busines Machines (IBM).Died, in his room at the ShorehamHotel,Washington,D.C.,February26, 1934 (age84 years, 33days).Interment atRockCreek Cemetery, Washington, D.C.  | Richard M. Fontanesi (b. 1963) — of Baton Rouge,East BatonRouge Parish, La.Born in San Diego,San DiegoCounty, Calif.,March 9,1963.Libertarian.Softwareengineer;candidate forU.S.Representative from California 50th District, 2002; candidate forU.S.Senator from Louisiana, 2004, 2008; Libertarian candidate forPresidential Elector for Louisiana,2004(on behalf ofMichaelJ. Badnarik andRichardV. Campagna); candidate forU.S.Representative from Louisiana 6th District, 2006; candidate forLouisianastate senate 16th District, 2007.Still living as of 2008.  | Robert James Fulner (b. 1983) — also known asJim Fulner — of Berkley,OaklandCounty, Mich.Born in North Las Vegas,ClarkCounty, Nev.,May 24,1983.Libertarian.Software systemsengineerfor anautomobilemanufacturing supplier; candidate forU.S.Representative from Michigan 9th District, 2012; Libertariancandidate for Presidential Elector for Michigan,2012(on behalf ofGaryE. Johnson); Libertarian candidate for Presidential Elector forMichigan,2020(on behalf ofJoJorgensen andJeremyCohen).Christian.Still living as of 2020. | | | 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 atArlingtonNational Cemetery, Arlington, Va. | | Gervase A. Hephner (b. 1936) — of Chilton,CalumetCounty, Wis.Born in Rantoul town,CalumetCounty, Wis.,February5, 1936.Democrat.Farmer;systems analyst; member ofWisconsinstate assembly, 1967-86.Member,Eagles;Knightsof Columbus;AmericanLegion.Still living as of 1986. | | Patricia Louise Herbold (b. 1940) — also known asPatricia L. Herbold;Pat Herbold;Patricia Louise Kruse —of Montgomery,HamiltonCounty, Ohio; Bellevue,KingCounty, Wash.Born in Cincinnati,HamiltonCounty, Ohio,September24, 1940.Republican.Chemist;lawyer;mayor of Montgomery, Ohio, 1986;chair ofKing County Republican Party, 2002-04; delegate to RepublicanNational Convention from Washington,2004;U.S. Ambassador toSingapore, 2005-.Female.Still living as of 2014. | | Scott Lanier Jameson (b. 1966) — also known asScott Jameson — of Plano,CollinCounty, Tex.BornJuly 1,1966.Libertarian.Computer specialist; candidate forU.S.Senator from Texas, 2002, 2006; candidate forLieutenantGovernor of Texas, 2010.Still living as of 2010. | | Chester Arthur Johnson (b. 1919) — also known asChester A. Johnson — of Binghamton,BroomeCounty, N.Y.Born in Cambridge,MiddlesexCounty, Mass.,November20, 1919.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II;computer programmer; delegate to Democratic NationalConvention from New York,1972.Catholic.Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. | | John Erik Jonsson (1901-1995) — also known asJ. Erik Jonsson — of Dallas,DallasCounty, Tex.Born in Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.,September6, 1901.Among the founders of Geophysical Service, which becameTexasInstruments; president (1951-58), and chairman of the board(1958-66) of Texas Instruments; director for RepublicBank,Dallas, 1954-80; EquitableLifeAssurance Society, 1958-73; DallasPower andLight, 1955-64; Neiman Marcus, 1956-65;mayor ofDallas, Tex., 1964-71.Member,NewcomenSociety.Died in Dallas,DallasCounty, Tex.,August31, 1995 (age93 years, 359days).Interment atSparkmanHillcrest Memorial Park, Dallas, Tex. | | Nicholas de Belleville Katzenbach (1922-2012) — also known asNicholas de B. Katzenbach — of North Haven,New HavenCounty, Conn.;Washington,D.C.; Princeton,MercerCounty, N.J.Born in Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,January17, 1922.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II;Rhodesscholar;lawyer;lawprofessor;U.S.Attorney General, 1965-66; general counsel forIBM,1969-86; director, MCICommunications,2002-04; Democratic Presidential Elector for New Jersey,1996.Episcopalian.Member,Council onForeign Relations;American BarAssociation;AmericanJudicature Society.Died in Skillman,SomersetCounty, N.J.,May 8,2012 (age90 years, 112days).Cremated. | | Randy Cameron Kelly (b. 1950) — also known asRandy Kelly — of St. Paul,RamseyCounty, Minn.Born in Rolette,RoletteCounty, N.Dak.,August2, 1950.Computer technician; member ofMinnesotastate house of representatives, 1975-90 (District 66-B 1975-82,District 67-A 1983-90); member ofMinnesotastate senate 67th District, 1991-2001;mayorof St. Paul, Minn., 2002-06; defeated, 2005.Lutheran;laterCatholic.Irishancestry.Still living as of 2007. | | 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 withAutomatic Data 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 atArlingtonNational Cemetery, Arlington, Va. | | Ira Leitner — of Dublin,AlamedaCounty, Calif.Data networkengineer;candidate formayor ofDublin, Calif., 2004.Still living as of 2004. | | Connie Marshall — of Bellevue,KingCounty, Wash.Dentalhygenist;universityprofessor;medical software business;mayorof Bellevue, Wash., 2002-05.Female.Still living as of 2006. | | Harold McLaughlin (born c.1912) — of Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.Born about 1912. Democrat.Electronic technician; candidate in primary formayorof Detroit, Mich., 1957, 1961, 1965.Burial location unknown. | | Lincoln A. Norton (born c.1945) — of Morristown,MorrisCounty, N.J.Born about 1945.Software business; Natural Law candidate forGovernor ofNew Jersey, 1997.Still living as of 1997. | | Paul Henry O'Neill (1935-2020) — also known asPaul H. O'Neill — of Pittsburgh,AlleghenyCounty, Pa.Born inSt.Louis, Mo.,December4, 1935.Republican.Computer systems analyst; president, InternationalPaperCompany, 1985-87; chairman and CEO of AlcoaAluminum,1987-99;U.S.Secretary of the Treasury, 2001-02.Died, fromlungcancer, in Pittsburgh,AlleghenyCounty, Pa.,April18, 2020 (age84 years, 136days).Burial location unknown. | | David Packard (1912-1996) — of Palo Alto,SantaClara County, Calif.Born in Pueblo,PuebloCounty, Colo.,September7, 1912.Republican. Co-founder and chief executive, Hewlett-Packardelectronics andcomputer company; U.S. Deputy Secretary ofDefense, 1969-71; director, PacificGas &Electric Co., Crocker-Citizens NationalBank,General Dynamics Corp., U.S.Steel Corp.,Trans WorldAirways,StandardOil ofCalifornia, CaterpillarTractorCo.; delegate to Republican National Convention from California,1972;Republican Presidential Elector for California,1972(voted forRichardM. Nixon andSpiroT. Agnew); philanthropist.Member,TrilateralCommission;AlphaDelta Phi;Tau BetaPi;SigmaXi;PhiBeta Kappa.Died, in Stanford UniversityHospital,Palo Alto,Santa ClaraCounty, Calif.,March26, 1996 (age83 years, 201days).Interment atAltaMesa Memorial Park, Palo Alto, Calif. | | Stephen Leo Poizner (b. 1957) — also known asSteve Poizner — of Los Gatos,SantaClara County, Calif.Born in Corpus Christi,NuecesCounty, Tex.,January4, 1957.Republican.Technology entrepreneur; candidate forCaliforniastate assembly 21st District, 2004;Californiainsurance commissioner, 2007-11; delegate to Republican NationalConvention from California,2008;candidate forGovernor ofCalifornia, 2010.Member,AlphaPhi Omega;Council onForeign Relations.Still living as of 2014. | | Joseph Yale Resnick (1924-1969) — also known asJoseph Y. Resnick — of Ellenville,UlsterCounty, N.Y.Born in Ellenville,UlsterCounty, N.Y.,July 13,1924.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Merchant Marine during World War II;electronics business;U.S.Representative from New York 28th District, 1965-69; candidateforU.S.Senator from New York, 1968; delegate to Democratic NationalConvention from New York,1968.Jewish.Died in Las Vegas,ClarkCounty, Nev.,October6, 1969 (age45 years, 85days).Interment atHebrewAid Society Cemetery, Wawarsing, N.Y. | | Robert Christopher Sarvis (b. 1976) — also known asRobert C. Sarvis — ofAlexandria,Va.Born inFairfax,Va.,September15, 1976.Lawyer;software developer; Republican candidate forVirginiastate senate 35th District, 2011; Libertarian candidate forGovernor ofVirginia, 2013; Libertarian candidate forU.S.Senator from Virginia, 2014.English,Irish, andChineseancestry.Still living as of 2014. | | Stephen Joseph Scalise (b. 1965) — also known asSteve Scalise — Born in New Orleans,OrleansParish, La.,October6, 1965.Republican.Softwareengineer;member ofLouisianastate house of representatives, 1995-2007; member ofLouisianastate senate, 2008;U.S.Representative from Louisiana 1st District, 2008-; on June 14,2017, while practicing for a congressional baseball game, he andthree others wereshotby James Hodgkinson, a left-wing activist;speaker, Republican National Convention, 2020.Still living as of 2020.  | James E. Tipple (b. 1947) — of Wausau,MarathonCounty, Wis.Born in Madison,DaneCounty, Wis.,July 10,1947.Manager ofInformation Technology, WausauInsuranceCompanies;mayor ofWausau, Wis., 2004-16.Still living as of 2016.| | Relatives: Sonof Edwin Tipple and Edith Tipple. | | | | Image source: City ofWausau |
| | Thomas Turner (b. 1966) — also known asTom Turner — of Macomb Township,MacombCounty, Mich.BornOctober8, 1966.Republican. Owner ofcomputer-aided design firm; candidate forU.S.Representative from Michigan 10th District, 2000.Still living as of 2000. | | Ephrain Valdez (born c.1969) — of Conway,FaulknerCounty, Ark.Born about 1969. Republican.Information technology asset manager for ArkansasBlue Cross-Blue Shield;chair ofFaulkner County Republican Party, 2003; delegate to RepublicanNational Convention from Arkansas,2004.Hispanicancestry.Still living as of 2004. | | Arthur Kittredge Watson (1919-1974) — also known asArthur K. Watson;DickWatson —of New Canaan,FairfieldCounty, Conn.Born in Summit,UnionCounty, N.J.,April23, 1919.Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; president (1954-63) andchairman (1963-70) ofIBM World Trade Corporation; U.S.Ambassador toFrance, 1970-72.Died in New Canaan,FairfieldCounty, Conn.,July 26,1974 (age55 years, 94days).Burial location unknown. | | Thomas John Watson Jr. (1914-1993) — also known asThomas J. Watson, Jr. — of Connecticut. BornJanuary14, 1914.President,IBM, 1952-71; U.S. Ambassador toSoviet Union, 1979-81.Recipient,Medalof Freedom, 1964.Died, from complications of astroke,in Greenwich,FairfieldCounty, Conn.,December31, 1993 (age79 years, 351days).Burial location unknown. | | Margaret Cushing Whitman (b. 1956) — also known asMeg Whitman — of Atherton,San MateoCounty, Calif.Born in Cold Spring Harbor,SuffolkCounty, Long Island, N.Y.,August4, 1956.Republican. President and CEO,eBay, 1998-2008; president andCEO,Hewlett-Packard, 2011-15; CEO ofQuibi, 2018-20;delegate to Republican National Convention from California,2008;candidate forGovernor ofCalifornia, 2010; Republican candidate for Presidential Electorfor California,2012(on behalf ofMittRomney andPaulRyan); U.S. Ambassador toKenya, 2022-.Female.Still living as of 2024.
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