in approximate chronological order| |  John George Jackson (1777-1825) — also known asJohn G. Jackson — of Clarksburg,HarrisonCounty, Va. (now W.Va.).Born in Buckhannon, Lewis County, Va. (nowUpshurCounty, W.Va.),September22, 1777.Democrat. Member ofVirginiastate house of delegates, 1798-1801, 1811-12;U.S.Representative from Virginia, 1803-10, 1813-17 (at-large 1803-07,1st District 1807-10, 1813-17);U.S.District Judge for the Western District of Virginia, 1819-25;died in office 1825.In November, 1807, leaving the courthouse in Clarksburg, has wasattacked and suffered a skull fracture. While in Congress,fought aduelwithJosephPearson of North Carolina, and on the second fire was wounded inthe hip.Slaveowner. Died in Clarksburg,HarrisonCounty, Va (now W.Va.),March28, 1825 (age47 years, 187days).Interment atOldJackson Cemetery, Clarksburg, W.Va.  | Andrew Jackson (1767-1845) — also known as"Old Hickory";"The Farmer ofTennessee";"King Andrew theFirst" —of Nashville,DavidsonCounty, Tenn.Born, in alogcabin, in The Waxhaws,LancasterCounty, S.C.,March15, 1767.Democrat.Lawyer;U.S.Attorney for Tennessee, 1790-97;U.S.Representative from Tennessee at-large, 1796-97;U.S.Senator from Tennessee, 1797-98, 1823-25;justice ofTennessee state supreme court, 1798; general in the U.S. Armyduring the War of 1812;Governorof Florida Territory, 1821;Presidentof the United States, 1829-37;censuredby the U.S. Senate in 1834 over his removal of federal deposits fromthe Bank of the United States; on January 30, 1835, while attendingfuneral services at the Capitol Building for Rep.WarrenR. Davis of South Carolina, he wasshot at with two guns-- which both misfired -- by Richard Lawrence, a house painter (laterfound not guilty by reason of insanity).Presbyterian.Scotch-Irishancestry. Member,Freemasons.Killed Charles Dickinson in a pistolduel,May 30, 1806; alsodueledwithThomasHart Benton andWaightstillAvery. Elected in 1910 to theHallof Fame for Great Americans.Slaveowner. Died, of dropsy (congestiveheart failure), in Nashville,DavidsonCounty, Tenn.,June 8,1845 (age78 years, 85days).Interment atTheHermitage, Nashville, Tenn.; statue erected 1853 atLafayettePark, Washington, D.C.; statue erected 1856 atJacksonSquare, New Orleans, La.| |  Relatives: Sonof Andrew Jackson (1730-1767) and Elizabeth (Hutchinson) Jackson;married,January17, 1794, to Rachel (Donelson) Robards (aunt ofAndrewJackson Donelson). | | | | Political families:Cafferyfamily of Franklin, Louisiana;Livingston-Schuylerfamily of New York (subsets of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | Cross-reference:FrancisP. Blair | | | | Jackson counties inAla.,Ark.,Colo.,Fla.,Ill.,Ind.,Iowa,Kan.,Ky.,La.,Mich.,Miss.,Mo.,N.C.,Ohio,Okla.,Ore.,Tenn.,Tex.,W.Va. andWis., andHickory County,Mo., are named for him. | | | | Other politicians named for him:AndrewJ. Donelson—AndrewJackson Miller—AndrewJ. Faulk—AndrewJackson Titus—AndrewJackson Isacks—AndrewJackson Hamilton—AndrewJ. Harlan—AndrewJ. Kuykendall—AndrewJ. Thayer—ElamA. J. Greeley—AndrewJackson Ingle—AndrewJ. Ogle—AndrewJackson Carr—AndrewJ. Waterman—AndrewJ. Bentley—AndrewJ. Rogers—WilliamA. J. Sparks—AndrewJackson Poppleton—AndrewJ. Hunter—AndrewJackson Bryant—AndrewJ. Beale—A.J. Clements—AndrewJackson Baker—AndrewJ. Felt—A. J.King—AndrewJ. Sawyer—AndrewJackson Greenfield—AndrewJackson Caldwell—AndrewJackson Gahagan—AndrewJackson Biship—AndrewJackson Houston—AndrewJackson Speer—AndrewJ. Cobb—AndrewJ. Montague—AndrewJ. Barchfeld—AndrewJ. Balliet—AndrewJ. Kirk—AndrewJ. Howell, Jr.—AndrewJ. Livingston—A.J. Sherwood—AndrewJackson Stewart—AndrewJ. May—AndrewJ. McConnico—AndrewJ. Sawyer—AndrewJ. Brewer—AndrewJ. Dunning, Jr.—AndrewBettwy—AndrewJ. Transue—AndrewJackson Graves—AndrewJackson Gilbert—AndrewJ. Goodwin—AndrewJ. Hinshaw—AndyYoung—AndrewJackson Kupper | | | | Coins and currency: Hisportraitappears on the U.S. $20 bill; from the 1860s until 1927, hisportraitappeared on on U.S. notes and certificates of variousdenominations from $5 to $10,000. In 1861, hisportraitappeared on Confederate States $1,000 notes. | | | | Campaign slogan: "Let the peoplerule." | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Wikipedia article —U.S.State Dept career summary —NNDBdossier —Find-A-Gravememorial —OurCampaignscandidate detail —TennesseeEncyclopedia | | | | Books about Andrew Jackson: RobertVincent Remini,TheLife of Andrew Jackson — Robert Vincent Remini,AndrewJackson : The Course of American Freedom, 1822-1832 —Robert Vincent Remini,AndrewJackson : The Course of American Democracy,1833-1845 — Robert Vincent Remini,AndrewJackson : The Course of American Empire, 1767-1821 —Andrew Burstein,ThePassions of Andrew Jackson — David S. Heidler & JeanneT. Heidler,OldHickory's War: Andrew Jackson and the Quest forEmpire — Donald B. Cole,ThePresidency of Andrew Jackson — H. W. Brands,AndrewJackson : His Life and Times — Jon Meacham,AmericanLion: Andrew Jackson in the White House — Donald BarrChidsey,AndrewJackson, Hero — Mike Resnick, ed.,AlternatePresidents [anthology] | | | | Image source: Portrait & BiographicalAlbum of Washtenaw County (1891) |
 | Cassius Marcellus Clay (1810-1903) — also known asCassius M. Clay;"The Lion of WhiteHall" —ofMadisonCounty, Ky.Born inMadisonCounty, Ky.,October19, 1810.Probably the best-known Southern emancipationist; freed his ownslaves in 1844 and edited the only Southern antislaverynewspaperin 1845-47; member ofKentuckystate house of representatives, 1835-37, 1840; delegate to WhigNational Convention from Kentucky, 1839 (speaker);shotpoint-blank during a speech in 1843, he used a Bowie knife to cut offthe attacker's ear and nose and cut out one eye;triedformayhemand found not guilty; served in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War;candidate forGovernor ofKentucky, 1851; candidate for Republican nomination for VicePresident,1860;U.S. Minister toRussia, 1861-62, 1863-69; general in the Union Army during theCivil War.Died, ofkidneyfailure, inMadisonCounty, Ky.,July 22,1903 (age92 years, 276days).Interment atRichmondCemetery, Richmond, Ky. | | | Benjamin Franklin Terry (1821-1861) — also known asFrank Terry — Born in Russellville,LoganCounty, Ky.,February18, 1821.Planter;in 1844, he wasattacked by two rebellious slaves with knivesand axes;railroadbuilder;delegateto Texas secession convention, 1861; colonel in the ConfederateArmy during the Civil War.Shotandkilled inaction while leading Terry's Texas Rangers at the battle ofWoodsonville (also called Rowlett's Station), inHartCounty, Ky.,December17, 1861 (age40 years, 302days).Original interment ataprivate or family graveyard, Fort Bend County, Tex.; reintermentin 1880 atGlenwoodCemetery, Houston, Tex. | | William Minor — of New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Democrat. Member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from New York County 1st District, 1852, 1866;attacked by six men, in the bar-room at the Carlton Hotel,March 26, 1854, and suffered serious injuries; delegate to DemocraticNational Convention from New York,1860.Burial location unknown.  | Galusha Aaron Grow (1823-1907) — also known asGalusha A. Grow — of Glenwood,SusquehannaCounty, Pa.Born in Ashford (part now in Eastford),WindhamCounty, Conn.,August31, 1823.Republican.Lawyer;farmer;U.S.Representative from Pennsylvania, 1851-63, 1894-1903 (12thDistrict 1851-53, 14th District 1853-63, at-large 1894-1903);Speaker ofthe U.S. House, 1861-63; in February 1858, during a House debate,Rep.LawrenceM. Keitt attacked andattempted to choke him; delegate toRepublican National Convention from Pennsylvania,1864,1884,1892;PennsylvaniaRepublican state chair, 1868; president, International and GreatNorthernRailroad,1871-76.Died in Glenwood,SusquehannaCounty, Pa.,March31, 1907 (age83 years, 212days).Interment atHarfordCemetery, Harford, Pa. | | John K. Lamerick (born c.1823) — of Jacksonville,JacksonCounty, Ore.; Shreveport,CaddoParish, La.Born inBedfordCounty, Tenn., about 1823.Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Oregon,1860;shot in the face by W. J. Berry, during a quarrel, on February5, 1860, but survived; served in the Confederate Army during theCivil War.Burial location unknown. | | John W. Dawson (1820-1877) — of Fort Wayne,AllenCounty, Ind.Born in Cambridge,DearbornCounty, Ind.,October21, 1820.Farmer;lawyer;newspapereditor; candidate forIndianastate house of representatives, 1854; candidate forsecretaryof state of Indiana, 1856; candidate forU.S.Representative from Indiana, 1858;Governorof Utah Territory, 1861.In December, 1861, after less than a month as territorial governor,fledUtah amid controversy andscandal.Just east of Salt Lake City, he wasattacked by three men andbadly injured.Died in Indiana,September10, 1877 (age56 years, 324days).Interment atLindenwoodCemetery, Fort Wayne, Ind. | | Frederick William Seward (1830-1915) — also known asFrederick W. Seward — of New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.; Montrose,WestchesterCounty, N.Y.Born in Auburn,CayugaCounty, N.Y.,July 8,1830.Republican.Lawyer;U.S. Assistant Secretary of State, 1861-65, 1877-79; on April 14,1865, the same evening thatAbrahamLincoln was assassinated, Lewis Powell, a co-conspirator of JohnWilkes Booth, came to the Seward home intending to kill his father,Secretary of StateWilliamH. Seward; Frederick, trying to block Powell, wasattackedand suffered a skull fracture; member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from New York County 7th District, 1875; candidateforsecretaryof state of New York, 1875.DiedApril25, 1915 (age84 years, 291days).Interment atFortHill Cemetery, Auburn, N.Y.  | William Henry Seward (1801-1872) — also known asWilliam H. Seward — of Auburn,CayugaCounty, N.Y.Born in Florida,OrangeCounty, N.Y.,May 16,1801.Lawyer;co-founded (withThurlowWeed), theAlbany Evening Journalnewspaperin 1830; member ofNew Yorkstate senate 7th District, 1831-34;Governor ofNew York, 1839-43; defeated (Whig), 1834;U.S.Senator from New York, 1849-61; candidate for Republicannomination for President,1856,1860;U.S.Secretary of State, 1861-69; as Secretary of State in 1867, hemade a treaty with Russia for the purchase of Alaska; critics dubbedthe territory "Seward's Folly".Survived anassassination attempt on April 14, 1865 (the samenightAbrahamLincoln was shot), when Lewis Payne, an associate of John WilkesBooth, broke into his bedroom and stabbed him repeatedly. Payne wasarrested, tried with the other conspirators, and hanged.Died in Auburn,CayugaCounty, N.Y.,October16, 1872 (age71 years, 153days).Interment atFortHill Cemetery, Auburn, N.Y.; statue atMadisonSquare Park, Manhattan, N.Y.; statue atVolunteerPark, Seattle, Wash.| | Relatives: SonofSamuelSwayze Seward and Mary (Jennings) Seward; married to FrancesAdeline Miller; father ofFrederickWilliam Seward andWilliamHenry Seward Jr.; uncle of Caroline Cornelia Canfield (whomarriedJohnLawrence Schoolcraft) andGeorgeFrederick Seward; granduncle ofFrederickWhittlesey Seward Jr.. | | | | Political family:Seward-Schoolcraft-Shermanfamily of New York (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | Cross-reference:GeorgeW. Jones —SamuelJ. Barrows —FrederickW. Seward —EliasP. Pellet | | | | Seward counties inKan. andNeb. arenamed for him. | | | | SewardMountain,in the Adirondack Mountains,FranklinCounty, New York, isnamed forhim. — ThecityofSeward,Nebraska, isnamed forhim. — ThetownofSeward,New York, isnamed forhim. — ThecityofSeward,Alaska, isnamed forhim. — SewardPark(300 acres on a forested peninsula, established 1911), inSeattle,Washington, isnamed forhim. — SewardPark(three acres on East Broadway, opened 1903), inManhattan,New York, isnamed forhim. | | | | Other politicians named for him:W.Seward Whittlesey—W.H. Seward Thomson—WilliamS. Shanahan | | | | Coins and currency: Hisportraitappeared on the $50 U.S. Treasury note in the 1890s. | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —NationalGovernors Association biography —Wikipediaarticle —Find-A-Gravememorial | | | | Books about William H. Seward: DorisKearns Goodwin,Teamof Rivals : The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln —Walter Stahr,Seward:Lincoln's Indispensable Man — Walter Stahr,Seward:Lincoln's Indispensable Man — Michael Burgan,WilliamHenry Seward : Senator and Statesman (for youngreaders) | | | | Image source: New York PublicLibrary |
| | James Milton Turner (1840-1915) — also known asJ. Milton Turner — of Kansas City,JacksonCounty, Mo.;St.Louis, Mo.Born inslaveryinSt.Louis, Mo.,1840.Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; U.S. Minister toLiberia, 1871-78;stabbed in the chest by George W.Medley, in St. Louis, October 9, 1872.Africanancestry.FirstAfrican-American to serve as a U.S. diplomat.Died, as the result of arailroadtank carexplosion,in Ardmore,CarterCounty, Okla.,November1, 1915 (ageabout 75years).Interment atFatherDickson's Cemetery, St. Louis, Mo. | | David S. Paige — of New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Proprietor of Paige'sHotel;owner, Fort Leo Line ofsteamboats;member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from New York County 5th District, 1872.Shot twice and injured on May 5, 1875, by Samuel Decker, anunemployed bartender.Burial location unknown. | | Thomas James Roberson Swafford (1849-1884) — also known asThomas J. R. Swafford — BornDecember27, 1849.Democrat. Member ofTennesseestate senate, 1884; died in office 1884;shot through hisarm by Jeff Dibrell, brother ofGeorgeG. Dibrell;injured in several other gun and knife fights,in one of which he wounded two attackers and accidentally killed hisfather-in-law.Shotandkilledduring an armed confrontation with Monroe Hudson, shopkeeper, who hadordered him to leave hisstore, inSparta,WhiteCounty, Tenn.,October17, 1884 (age34 years, 295days).Interment atOldSparta Cemetery, Sparta, Tenn. | | Robert H. McKune (1823-1894) — of Scranton,LackawannaCounty, Pa.; Wilkes-Barre,LuzerneCounty, Pa.Born in Newburgh,OrangeCounty, N.Y.,August19, 1823.Democrat.Wentto California for the 1849 Gold Rush; served in the Union Armyduring the Civil War;mayorof Scranton, Pa., 1875-78.Member,Freemasons.While attempting to quell a riot in 1877, he wasattacked, andhis skull was fractured.Died, ofheartfailure, in Newburgh,OrangeCounty, N.Y.,October9, 1894 (age71 years, 51days).Interment atForestHill Cemetery, Dunmore, Pa.| | Relatives:Married1844 to ElmiraSmith. |
| | Isaac Smith Kalloch (1832-1887) — also known asIsaac S. Kalloch — ofSanFrancisco, Calif.Born in Rockland,KnoxCounty, Maine,July 10,1832.Pastor;mayorof San Francisco, Calif., 1879-81.Baptist.Indictedforadultery,in East Cambridge, Mass., 1857;tried,but the jury was unable to agree on a verdict.Shot andwounded, on August 23, 1879, by newspaper editor Charles DeYoung.A few months later, before DeYoung was to be tried for the shooting,Kalloch's son, I. M. Kalloch, shot and killed DeYoung in his office.Died, ofdiabetes,in Whatcom (now part of Bellingham),WhatcomCounty, Wash.,December9, 1887 (age55 years, 152days).Interment atBayviewCemetery, Bellingham, Wash. | | Frederick Cocheu — of Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention fromNew York,1872;member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from Kings County 7th District, 1873; candidateforU.S.Representative from New York 3rd District, 1874.Shot while attempting to capture a thief, in New York, onNovember 2, 1880; the bullet passed through his coat sleeve but didnot injure him; the thief escaped.Burial location unknown. | | Michael Henry de Young (1849-1925) — also known asM. H. de Young — ofSanFrancisco, Calif.Born inSt.Louis, Mo.,September30, 1849.Republican.Newspaperpublisher; in 1879, his brother Charles de Young (1846-1880),then editor of the San Francisco Chronicle, shot and wounded SanFrancisco mayorIsaacS. Kalloch; a few months later, Charles was shot to death in hisoffice by the mayor's son; on November 19, 1884, he wasshot andseriously wounded byAdolphB. Spreckels, who had been angered by an article in theChronicle; Spreckels, who pleaded temporary insanity, wastried and found not guilty; delegate to Republican NationalConvention from California,1888,1892,1908,1920.Catholic.Jewishancestry.Died inSanFrancisco, Calif.,February15, 1925 (age75 years, 138days).Entombed atHolyCross Catholic Cemetery, Colma, Calif. | | George Washington Roosevelt (1844-1907) — also known asGeorge W. Roosevelt — of Pennsylvania. Born in Chester,DelawareCounty, Pa.,February14, 1844.Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; U.S. Consular Agent inSydney, as of 1877; U.S. Consul inAuckland, 1877-79;St. Helena, 1879-80;Matanzas, 1880-81;Bordeaux, 1881-89;Brussels, 1889-1905; while attending a balloon ascension at thePlace Guincane, Bordeaux, July 16, 1884, he wasshot andwounded by a French soldier; U.S. Consul General inBrussels, as of 1906.Received theMedalof Honor in 1887 for action at Bull Run, Va., August 30, 1862,and at Gettysburg, Pa., July 2, 1863; severely wounded andlost aleg.Died in Brussels,Belgium,April14, 1907 (age63 years, 59days).Interment atOakHill Cemetery, Washington, D.C. | | John Brown Moore (1835-1926) — ofAndersonCounty, S.C.; Colusa,ColusaCounty, Calif.Born in Anderson District (nowAndersonCounty), S.C.,March22, 1835.Democrat.Lawyer;major in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; member ofSouthCarolina state house of representatives from Anderson County,1868-70;vice-chair ofSouth Carolina Democratic Party, 1878; member ofSouthCarolina state senate from Anderson County, 1882-86; involved ina dispute over alcohol prohibition in Anderson County, which heopposed; on September 15, 1885, in the public square of Anderson,S.C., heshotatEdwardsBobo Murray, and wasshot and injured; subsequentlypleadedguilty todisturbingthe peace and to carrying aconcealedweapon; charges against Murray were dismissed.Presbyterian.Died in Colusa,ColusaCounty, Calif.,November22, 1926 (age91 years, 245days).Interment atColusa Community Cemetery, Colusa, Calif. | | Edwards Bobo Murray (1854-1894) — of Anderson,AndersonCounty, S.C.Born in Newberry District (nowNewberryCounty), S.C.,February5, 1854.Democrat.Lawyer;newspapereditor;chair ofAnderson County Democratic Party, 1878-90; member ofSouthCarolina state house of representatives from Anderson County,1878-84; involved in a dispute over alcohol prohibition in AndersonCounty, which he supported; on September 15, 1885, in the publicsquare of Anderson, S.C., he wasshot at byJohnBrown Moore, andfiredback, injuring Moore;chargesagainst him were dismissed; member ofSouthCarolina state senate from Anderson County, 1886-90.Baptist.Member,Sons ofTemperance.Drownedwhile rescuing his daughter in a swimming pond, Anderson,AndersonCounty, S.C.,July 7,1894 (age40 years, 152days).Interment atSilver Brook Cemetery, Anderson, S.C. | | Patrick McQuaid (c.1849-1892) — of Jacksonville,DuvalCounty, Fla.Born inIreland,about 1849.Wholesalegrain andflour merchant;mayorof Jacksonville, Fla., 1886-87, 1888-91; active community leaderduring the 1888 yellow fever epidemic; on June 17, 1890, he wasbrutally assaulted by City Marshal Stephen Wiggins, whoclubbed him repeatedly on the head until he lost consciousness.Died, ofpneumonia,in Jacksonville,DuvalCounty, Fla.,February21, 1892 (ageabout 43years).Burial location unknown. | | Russell Sage (1816-1906) — also known as"The Sage of Troy";"The MoneyKing";"Father of Puts and Calls";"Old Straddle" —of Troy,RensselaerCounty, N.Y.; New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in Verona,OneidaCounty, N.Y.,August4, 1816.Whig.Merchant;banker;RensselaerCounty Treasurer; delegate to Whig National Convention from NewYork, 1848;U.S.Representative from New York 13th District, 1853-57;railroadbuilder;arrestedin 1869 andchargedwith violation of New Yorkusurylaws by charging high interest rates on loans;finedandsentencedto five days inprison,which was later suspended.On December 4, 1891, Henry Norcross, a stockbroker, brought a bomb toSage's office in New York City as part of an extortion scheme; whenhis demands were refused, hedetonated the bomb, but Sagesuffered only minor injuries.Died in Lawrence,NassauCounty, Long Island, N.Y.,July 22,1906 (age89 years, 352days).Interment atOakwoodCemetery, Troy, N.Y.| | Relatives: Sonof Prudence (Risley) Sage and Elisha Sage, Jr.; married,January23, 1840, to Maria-Henrie Winne; married,November24, 1869, to Margarett Olivia Slocum; fourth great-grandnephew ofRobertTreat; second cousin once removed ofEdgarJared Doolittle; second cousin twice removed ofThomasChittenden andJonathanBrace; third cousin once removed ofMartinChittenden,ThomasKimberly Brace,AlvahNash andDwightMay Sabin; third cousin twice removed ofJosiahCowles; third cousin thrice removed ofRobertTreat Paine; fourth cousin ofJeduthunWilcox andChittendenLyon; fourth cousin once removed ofDanielChapin,OrsamusCook Merrill,TimothyMerrill,DanielUpson,GreeneCarrier Bronson,DanielKellogg,JohnRussell Kellogg,LeonardWilcox,JohnAdams Taintor,JohnCalhoun Lewis,MillardFillmore,DanielFiske Kellogg,HenryG. Taintor,HenryGould Lewis andDanielFrederick Webster. | | | | Political family:Merrillfamily of Vermont and New Hampshire (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage |
| | Champe Terrell Barksdale (1853-1933) — also known asChamp T. Barksdale — ofDanville,Va.Born inHalifaxCounty, Va.,December2, 1853.Republican.Attacked and seriously hurt, in August 1895, whenBuford Wimbish struck him over the head with an iron bar; delegate toRepublican National Convention from Virginia,1896;postmaster atDanville,Va., 1898-1908.Died, fromcoronarythrombosis andlungabscess, in MemorialHospital,Danville,Va.,February12, 1933 (age79 years, 72days).Intermentsomewhere in Pittsylvania County, Va. | | Isaiah Henry Lofton (c.1862-1931) — also known asIsaiah H. Lofton;IsaacLoftin —of Hogansville,TroupCounty, Ga.Born in Grantville,CowetaCounty, Ga., about 1862.Republican. Postmaster of Hogansville, Ga.; on September 15, 1897, hewas ambushed,shot, and left for dead, by four unknown men,presumaly white residents who had objected to his appointment; no onewas ever prosecuted for the crime; resigned as postmaster soonafterward, and assigned to a job in Washington.Africanancestry.Died inWashington,D.C.,July 8,1931 (ageabout 69years).Burial location unknown. | | Wilhelm Christian Magelssen (1873-1919) — also known asWilliam C. Magelssen — of Bratsberg,FillmoreCounty, Minn.Born in Bratsberg,FillmoreCounty, Minn.,October19, 1873.U.S. Vice & Deputy Consul inBeirut, 1899-1905; in Beirut, in August 1903, he wasshotat but not injured; press reports incorrectly reported that hewas dead; U.S. Vice & Deputy Consul General inBeirut, 1905-06; U.S. Consul inBaghdad, 1906-09;Colombo, 1909-11;Melbourne, 1911-17.Lutheran.Norwegianancestry. Member,Freemasons.Died, fromheartdisease, on board thesteamshipSonoma, in theNorthPacific Ocean,October17, 1919 (age45 years, 363days).Interment atHighland Prairie Lutheran Church Cemetery, Near Peterson,Fillmore County, Minn. | | Curtis Guild Jr. (1860-1915) — of Boston,SuffolkCounty, Mass.Born in Boston,SuffolkCounty, Mass.,February2, 1860.Republican.Newspapereditor and publisher; member ofMassachusettsRepublican State Committee, 1884; delegate to Republican NationalConvention from Massachusetts,1896(ConventionVice-President); colonel in the U.S. Army during theSpanish-American War;LieutenantGovernor of Massachusetts, 1903-06;Governor ofMassachusetts, 1906-09; candidate for Republican nomination forVice President,1908;U.S. Ambassador toRussia, 1911-13.Member,Freemasons;Societyof Colonial Wars;Sons ofthe American Revolution;AmericanForestry Association.In 1907, John A. Steele came to the State House with a revolver, andattempted to kill Gov. Guild; he was subdued and arrestedafter shooting two people.Died, ofpneumonia,in Boston,SuffolkCounty, Mass.,April 6,1915 (age55 years, 63days).Interment atForestHills Cemetery, Jamaica Plain, Boston, Mass. | | John Looney (1865-1942) — also known asPatrick John Looney — of Rock Island,RockIsland County, Ill.Born in Ottawa,La SalleCounty, Ill.,October5, 1865.Lawyer;newspaperpublisher;indictedwith others in 1897 over a scheme todefraudthe city of Rock Island in connection with a storm drain constructionproject;convicted,but the verdict was overturned on appeal; candidate forIllinoisstate house of representatives, 1900; created and led acrimesyndicate in northwest Illinois, with interests ingambling,prostitution,extortion,and eventuallybootleggingandautomobiletheft;indictedin 1907 on 37 counts ofbribery,extortion,andlibel,but acquitted;shot and wounded by hidden snipers on twooccasions in 1908; on February 22, 1909, he wasshot andwounded in a gunfight with business rival W. W. Wilmerton; on March22, 1912, afterpublishingpersonal attacks on Rock Island MayorHenryM. Schriver, he wasarrested,brought to the police station, andseverely beaten by themayor himself; subsequent rioting killed two men and injured nineothers; resumed control of the Rock Island rackets in 1921; in 1922,he wasindictedfor themurderof saloon keeper William Gabel, who had provided evidence againstLooney to federal agents;arrestedin Belen, N.M., in 1924, and laterconvictedof conspiracy andmurder;sentencedto 5 years inprisonfor conspiracy and 14 years formurder;served 8 1/2 years.Irishancestry.Died, oftuberculosis,in asanitariumat El Paso,El PasoCounty, Tex.,1942(ageabout76 years).Burial location unknown. | | Edward M. Morgan (1857-1925) — of Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in Marshall,CalhounCounty, Mich.,November16, 1857.Republican. Postmaster atNewYork City, N.Y., 1907-17, 1921-25; delegate to RepublicanNational Convention from New York,1920.Member,Freemasons.On November 9, 1908, near his home on 146th Street, he wasshot and wounded by Eric Mackay, an "eccentric stenographer",who then shot and killed himself.Died, followingappendicitissurgery, in LutheranHospital,Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,January9, 1925 (age67 years, 54days).Burial location unknown.| | Relatives:Married to Frances Paterson. |
| | William Bruce MacMaster Jr. (1875-1912) — also known asWilliam B. MacMaster, Jr. — of New York. Born, of American parents, inColombia,June28, 1875.Rancher;U.S. Vice Consul inCartagena, 1904-08; U.S. Vice & Deputy Consul inCartagena, 1908-12, died in office 1912;stabbed by twoColombians in the summer of 1909; pressed charges against hisattackers, one of whom was an influential newspaper editor;arrestedby Colombian authorities in June 1910 onchargesthat, years earlier, heshota Colombian citizen, in what he said was self-defense; initiallyacquitted, thenfoundguilty, then exonerated by a higher court.Whilehuntingalone, wasshotmultiple times andkilled byan unknown assassin, near Cartagena,Colombia,August11, 1912 (age37 years, 44days).Interment atChurchand Convent of Santo Domingo, Cartagena, Colombia.  | William Jay Gaynor (1849-1913) — also known asWilliam J. Gaynor;"Brother AdrianDenys" —of Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.Born in Oriskany,OneidaCounty, N.Y.,February2, 1849.Democrat.Lawyer;Justice ofNew York Supreme Court 2nd District, 1894-1909; Justice of theAppellate Division of the New York Supreme Court 2nd Department,1908-09;mayorof New York City, N.Y., 1910-13; died in office 1913;shotin the throat by James J. Gallagher, a former city employee, onAugust 9, 1910.; candidate for Democratic nomination for President,1912.Irishancestry.Died, from aheartattack, on board thesteamshipBaltic, in theNorthAtlantic Ocean,September10, 1913 (age64 years, 220days).Interment atGreen-WoodCemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.; memorial monument atCadman Plaza Park, Brooklyn, N.Y. | | William Wesley Canada (1850-1921) — also known asWilliam W. Canada — of Winchester,RandolphCounty, Ind.Born in Stony Creek Township,RandolphCounty, Ind.,June 8,1850.Republican.Lawyer;chair ofRandolph County Republican Party, 1890-97; U.S. Consul inVeracruz, 1897-1918.Member,OddFellows.During the Felix Diaz uprising in 1912, he wasshot in the legwhile riding a horse near the consulate.Died, ofheartdisease, in Winchester,RandolphCounty, Ind.,May 17,1921 (age70 years, 343days).Interment atFountainPark Cemetery, Winchester, Ind. | | Albert Cole Fach (1882-1972) — also known asAlbert C. Fach — of West New Brighton, Staten Island,RichmondCounty, N.Y.Born in Stapleton, Staten Island,RichmondCounty, N.Y.,January14, 1882.Democrat.Lawyer;RichmondCounty District Attorney, 1910-19, 1924-31; DemocraticPresidential Elector for New York,1933;delegateto New York convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933.Germanancestry. Member,Freemasons;Elks.On the morning of August 19, 1912, in his office, he wasshotthree times and badly wounded, by Mrs. Elizabeth Edmunds, adisgruntled former client.DiedJune 3,1972 (age90 years, 141days).Burial location unknown.| | Relatives: Sonof John Fach. |
| | Harry M. Schriver — of Rock Island,RockIsland County, Ill.Mayorof Rock Island, Ill., 1911-15, 1919-23; on March 22, 1912, angryover personal attacks published by newspaper publisher and crimesyndicate bossJohnLooney, he had Looney brought to the Rock Island police stationand gave him aseverebeating; during a riot on March 27, a snipershot at themayor in his office;convictedin 1923 onviceprotection conspiracycharges.Burial location unknown.  | Theodore Roosevelt (1858-1919) — also known as"T.R.";"Teddy";"The Colonel";"The Hero of San JuanHill";"The Rough Rider";"Trust-Buster";"The HappyWarrior";"The Bull Moose" —of New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.; Oyster Bay,NassauCounty, Long Island, N.Y.Born in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,October27, 1858.Member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from New York County 21st District, 1882-84;delegate to Republican National Convention from New York,1884,1900;Republican candidate formayorof New York City, N.Y., 1886; colonel in the U.S. Army during theSpanish-American War;Governor ofNew York, 1899-1901;VicePresident of the United States, 1901;Presidentof the United States, 1901-09; defeated (Progressive), 1912;candidate for Republican nomination for President,1916.ChristianReformed; laterEpiscopalian.Dutchancestry. Member,Freemasons;Moose;PhiBeta Kappa;DeltaKappa Epsilon;AlphaDelta Phi;UnionLeague.Received theMedalof Honor for leading a charge up San Juan Hill during battlethere, July 1, 1898. While campaigning for president in Milwaukee,Wis., on October 14, 1912, wasshot in the chest by John F.Schrank; despite the injury, he continued his speech for another hourand a half before seeking medical attention. AwardedNobelPeace Prize in 1906; elected to theHallof Fame for Great Americans in 1950.Died in Oyster Bay,NassauCounty, Long Island, N.Y.,January6, 1919 (age60 years, 71days).Interment atYoungsMemorial Cemetery, Oyster Bay, Long Island, N.Y.| | Relatives: Sonof Theodore Roosevelt, Sr. and Martha (Bulloch) Roosevelt; brother ofAnna L. Roosevelt (who marriedWilliamSheffield Cowles (1846-1923)) andCorinneRoosevelt Robinson; married,October27, 1880, to Alice Hathaway Lee; married,December2, 1886, toEdithKermit Carow (first cousin once removed ofDanielPutnam Tyler); father ofAliceLee Roosevelt (who marriedNicholasLongworth) andTheodoreRoosevelt Jr.; nephew ofRobertBarnwell Roosevelt; uncle ofTheodoreDouglas Robinson,EleanorRoosevelt (who marriedFranklinDelano Roosevelt (1882-1945)),CorinneAlsop Cole andWilliamSheffield Cowles (1898-1986); grandnephew ofJamesI. Roosevelt; granduncle ofJamesRoosevelt,ElliottRoosevelt,CorinneAlsop Chubb,FranklinDelano Roosevelt Jr. andJohndeKoven Alsop; great-grandfather ofSusanRoosevelt (who marriedWilliamFloyd Weld); great-grandnephew ofWilliamBellinger Bulloch; second great-grandson ofArchibaldBulloch; second cousin twice removed ofPhilipDePeyster; second cousin thrice removed ofNicholasRoosevelt Jr.; third cousin twice removed ofMartinVan Buren; fourth cousin once removed ofFranklinDelano Roosevelt (1882-1945). | | | | Political family:Rooseveltfamily of New York City, New York (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | Cross-reference:GiffordPinchot —DavidJ. Leahy —WilliamBarnes, Jr. —OliverD. Burden —WilliamJ. Youngs —GeorgeB. Cortelyou —MasonMitchell —FredericMacMaster —JohnGoodnow —WilliamLoeb, Jr. —AsaBird Gardiner | | | | Roosevelt counties inMont. andN.M. arenamed for him. | | | | Theminorplanet (asteroid)188693 Roosevelt (discovered 2005), isnamedfor him. | | | | Other politicians named for him:TheodoreBassett—TheodoreR. McKeldin—TedDalton—TheodoreR. Kupferman—TheodoreRoosevelt Britton, Jr. | | | | Personal motto: "Speak softly and carrya big stick." | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —NationalGovernors Association biography —Wikipediaarticle —NNDBdossier —Internet Movie Databaseprofile —Find-A-Gravememorial —OurCampaignscandidate detail —NobelLaureates | | | | Books about Theodore Roosevelt: JamesMacGregor Burns & Susan Dunn,TheThree Roosevelts: Patrician Leaders Who TransformedAmerica — H. W. Brands,T.R: The Last Romantic — Edmund Morris,TheodoreRex — Edmund Morris,TheRise of Theodore Roosevelt — John Morton Blum,TheRepublican Roosevelt — Richard D. White, Jr.,Rooseveltthe Reformer : Theodore Roosevelt as Civil Service Commissioner,1889-1895 — Frederick W. Marks III,Velveton Iron : The Diplomacy of Theodore Roosevelt — JamesChace,1912: Wilson, Roosevelt, Taft and Debs : The Election that Changed theCountry — Patricia O'Toole,WhenTrumpets Call : Theodore Roosevelt After the WhiteHouse — Candice Millard,TheRiver of Doubt : Theodore Roosevelt's DarkestJourney — Lewis Einstein,Roosevelt: His Mind in Action — Rick Marshall,Bully!:The Life and Times of Theodore Roosevelt: Illustrated with More Than250 Vintage Political Cartoons — Mike Resnick, ed.,AlternatePresidents [anthology] | | | | Image source: American Monthly Reviewof Reviews, October 1901 |
| | Louis DeWitt Gibbs (1880-1929) — also known asLouis D. Gibbs — of Bronx,BronxCounty, N.Y.; Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in Lodz,Poland,October16, 1880.Democrat.Lawyer;member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from New York County 32nd District, 1913; survivedanassassination attempt, when a bomb intended to kill himexploded at the Bronx Court House, October 31, 1914; county judge inNew York, 1914-24; delegate to Democratic National Convention fromNew York,1924;Justiceof New York Supreme Court 1st District, 1925-29; died in office1929.Jewish. Member,American BarAssociation;B'naiB'rith;OrderBrith Abraham.Died, in the Glen SpringsSanitarium,Watkins Glen,SchuylerCounty, N.Y.,March 1,1929 (age48 years, 136days).Interment atMt.Hebron Cemetery, Flushing, Queens, N.Y.| | Relatives: Sonof Isadore Gibbs and Pauline (Greenbaum) Gibbs; married,October14, 1906, to Anna White. |
 | John Purroy Mitchel (1879-1918) — of New York. Born in Fordham, Westchester County (now part of Bronx,BronxCounty), N.Y.,July 19,1879.Lawyer;law partner ofGeorgeV. Mullan, 1902-13;U.S.Collector of Customs at New York, N.Y., New York, 1913;mayorof New York City, N.Y., 1914-17; defeated (Fusion), 1917; onApril 17, 1914, at Park Row, New York, he wasshot at by anMichael P. Mahoney, an unemployed carpenter; the bullet missed themayor, but struck and wounded Frank L. Polk, the city's CorporationCounsel.Catholic.Irishancestry.Killed in aplanecrash duringWorldWar I military training, at Gerstner Field, near Holmwood,CalcasieuParish, La.,July 6,1918 (age38 years, 352days).Interment atWoodlawnCemetery, Bronx, N.Y.; memorial monument atColumbia University, Manhattan, N.Y. | | Alexander Mitchell Palmer (1872-1936) — also known asA. Mitchell Palmer;"The FightingQuaker" —of Stroudsburg,MonroeCounty, Pa.;Washington,D.C.Born in Moosehead,LuzerneCounty, Pa.,May 4,1872.Democrat.Lawyer;bankdirector;U.S.Representative from Pennsylvania 26th District, 1909-15; memberofDemocraticNational Committee from Pennsylvania, 1912-20; delegate toDemocratic National Convention from Pennsylvania,1912(speaker),1916(member,Platformand Resolutions Committee); candidate forU.S.Senator from Pennsylvania, 1914; U.S. Alien Property Custodian,1917-19;U.S.Attorney General, 1919-21; target ofassassinationattempts in 1919; instigator of the "Palmer Raids" in 1919-20, inwhich over 10,000 legal immigrants were arrested and held fordeportation; most were eventually released; candidate for Democraticnomination for President,1920;delegate to Democratic National Convention from District of Columbia,1932.Quaker. Member,American BarAssociation;PhiKappa Psi;PhiBeta Kappa.Died, from aheartcondition following surgery forappendicitis,in EmergencyHospital,Washington,D.C.,May 11,1936 (age64 years, 7days).Interment atLaurelwoodCemetery, Stroudsburg, Pa. | | Myron Timothy Herrick (1854-1929) — also known asMyron T. Herrick — of Cleveland,CuyahogaCounty, Ohio; Cleveland Heights,CuyahogaCounty, Ohio.Born in Huntington,LorainCounty, Ohio,October9, 1854.Republican.Lawyer;banker;secretary-treasurer and president, Society forSavings,Cleveland; director and board chairman ofrailroad;delegate to Republican National Convention from Ohio,1888,1892,1896,1904,1908,1920;Republican Presidential Elector for Ohio,1893;member ofRepublicanNational Committee from Ohio, 1901;Governor ofOhio, 1904-06; U.S. Ambassador toFrance, 1912-14, 1921-29, died in office 1929; candidate forU.S.Senator from Ohio, 1916; on October 19, 1921, a bomb, sent in apackage to the Ambassador's residence,exploded when his valetopened it.Member,AmericanBankers Association.Died of aheartattack in Paris,France,March31, 1929 (age74 years, 173days).Interment atLakeView Cemetery, Cleveland, Ohio. | | Jerry B. Fenton (1889-1958) — of Springfield,GreeneCounty, Mo.BornAugust6, 1889.Republican.Lawyer;served in the U.S. Army during World War I; candidate forMissouristate house of representatives from Greene County 2nd District,1922; on December 7, 1922, he wasstabbed in the upper back byTom J. Griffin, whose wife he was representing in a divorce case;Griffin was convicted of felonious assault and sentenced to two yearsin prison.DiedMarch15, 1958 (age68 years, 221days).Interment atHazelwoodCemetery, Springfield, Mo. | | Frank Lester Greene (1870-1930) — also known asFrank L. Greene — of St. Albans,FranklinCounty, Vt.Born in St. Albans,FranklinCounty, Vt.,February10, 1870.Republican. General in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War;newspapereditor; delegate to Republican National Convention from Vermont,1904(alternate),1908;U.S.Representative from Vermont 1st District, 1912-23;U.S.Senator from Vermont, 1923-30; died in office 1930; on February15, 1924, while walking on Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington, D.C.,he wasshot in the head by a prohibition agent chasingbootleggers.Member,Sons ofthe American Revolution;UnitedSpanish War Veterans;Freemasons;KnightsTemplar;Shriners;Elks;Grange;Rotary.Died in St. Albans,FranklinCounty, Vt.,December17, 1930 (age60 years, 310days).Interment atGreenwoodCemetery, St. Albans, Vt.  | Michael Kinney (1875-1971) — ofSt.Louis, Mo.Born inSt.Louis, Mo.,January13, 1875.Democrat.Lawyer;real estatebusiness; member ofMissouristate senate, 1913-68 (31st District 1913-48, 5th District1949-68); delegate to Democratic National Convention from Missouri,1924,1928(member,Committeeon Permanent Organization),1940,1944,1948,1952,1956,1960.Shot and wounded by two unidentified men in a car, at Oakwood,Mo., June 3, 1924.DiedFebruary19, 1971 (age96 years, 37days).Interment atCalvaryCemetery, St. Louis, Mo.| | Relatives:Brother-in-law of Willie Egan; married to EdithHoldich. | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial | | | | Image source: Missouri Official Manual1917 |
| | | David J. Leahy — of Raton,ColfaxCounty, N.M.; East Las Vegas (now part of Las Vegas),San MiguelCounty, N.M.Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War;an officer in the Rough Riders underTheodoreRoosevelt; alternate delegate to Republican National Conventionfrom New Mexico Territory,1900;U.S.Attorney for New Mexico, 1907-12; delegate to Republican NationalConvention from New Mexico,1920;district judge in New Mexico, 1922-25.In August 1925, he assaulted Carl Magee, editor of theNew MexicoState Tribune, knocking him down and kicking him; Magee, from thefloor,shot him with a revolver, injuring Leahy andaccidentally killing a bystander.Interment atMasonicCemetery, Las Vegas, N.M.  | William Edgar Chapman (1877-1947) — also known asWilliam E. Chapman — of Alluwe,NowataCounty, Okla.; Oklahoma City,OklahomaCounty, Okla.Born in Mt. Pisgah,WhiteCounty, Ark.,February1, 1877.Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War;schoolteacher;newspapereditor;lawyer;U.S. Consul inMazatlan, 1916, 1917-25;Nogales, 1916-17;Guaymas, 1917;Sault Ste. Marie, 1925-26;Torreon, 1926;Puerto Mexico, 1927;Monterrey, 1927-28;Cali, 1928-30;North Bay, 1930-32;Bilbao, 1932-38; in July 1927, in Puerto Mexico, two intrudersentered his residence, lay in wait,shot him, and escaped; herecovered from his injuries.Member,UnitedSpanish War Veterans.Died in Norman,ClevelandCounty, Okla.,March12, 1947 (age70 years, 39days).Interment atOddFellows Cemetery, Norman, Okla. | | R. E. Hawkins (born c.1885) — of Yazoo City,YazooCounty, Miss.Born about 1885.Dentist;candidate formayorof Yazoo City, Miss., 1930; on April 1, 1930, he wasshotat by MayorJ.O. Stricklin, his opponent in the previous mayoral election, butescaped injury; Frank Rider Birdsall, editor of the Yazoo CitySentinel, was shot and died the next day.Burial location unknown. | | Henry Herman Denhardt (1876-1937) — also known asHenry H. Denhardt — of Bowling Green,WarrenCounty, Ky.Born in Bowling Green,WarrenCounty, Ky.,March 8,1876.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War;served in the U.S. Army during World War I;LieutenantGovernor of Kentucky, 1923-27; delegate to Democratic NationalConvention from Kentucky,1924;shot and injured on Election Day 1931.; his girlfriend, Mrs.Verna Garr Taylor, was found shot to death in November 1936; he waschargedwithmurderandtried inNew Castle, Ky.; the jury could not reach a verdict.Before he could be tried a second time, he wasshot andkilled,at the ArmstrongHotel,Shelbyville,ShelbyCounty, Ky.,September20, 1937 (age61 years, 196days).Interment atFairviewCemetery, Bowling Green, Ky. | | Roy T. Yates (1895-1960) — ofPassaicCounty, N.J.; Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in Paterson,PassaicCounty, N.J.,August8, 1895.Republican.Banker;member ofNew JerseyRepublican State Committee, 1925-27; member ofNewJersey state senate from Passaic County, 1928-31; resigned 1931.Member,Freemasons;JuniorOrder;PatrioticOrder Sons of America.Shot in the abdomen, on August 14, 1931, by Miss Ruth Cranmer,in her apartment in Manhattan, New York; this incident led to thediscovery that Miss Cranmer, apparently hismistress,had also received checks from the State of New Jersey; the New JerseyState Senate Judiciary committee began aninvestigationinto whether Sen. Yates should beimpeached;but then heresigned.Died, of aheartailment, in DoctorsHospital,Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,March 8,1960 (age64 years, 213days).Intermentsomewherein Easton, Conn.| | Relatives:Married to Elsie Southrope. |
 | 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.Assaulted and beaten by Japanese soldiers in Mukden, China,January 1932.DiedApril12, 1972 (age71 years, 275days).Interment atArlingtonNational Cemetery, Arlington, Va.| | Relatives: Sonof Norman H. Chamberlain and Ida (Ensminger)Chamberlain. | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial | | | | Image source: U.S. passportapplication |
| | Bernard Ades (1903-1986) — ofBaltimore,Md.Born in Maryland,July 3,1903.Communist.Lawyer;accountant;defense attorney for Euel Lee (alias "Orphan Jones") in his 1932-33trial for the murder of the Davis family; during the trial, Ades wasattacked and injured by a mob in Snow Hill, Maryland; later,he wasdisbarredforcastingaspersions on the judicial system; candidate forGovernor ofMaryland, 1934; fought in the Abraham Lincoln Brigade in theSpanish Civil War, 1937.Jewish.Died in New York,May 27,1986 (age82 years, 328days).Interment atCemeteryof Baltimore Hebrew Congregation, Baltimore, Md.  | Franklin Delano Roosevelt (1882-1945) — also known asFranklin D. Roosevelt;"F.D.R." —of Hyde Park,DutchessCounty, N.Y.Born in Hyde Park,DutchessCounty, N.Y.,January30, 1882.Democrat.Lawyer;member ofNew Yorkstate senate 26th District, 1911-13; resigned 1913; U.S.Assistant Secretary of the Navy, 1913-20; candidate forVicePresident of the United States, 1920; delegate to DemocraticNational Convention from New York,1920,1924,1928;speaker,1944;contracted polio in the early 1920s; as a result, hislegs wereparalyzed for the rest of his life;Governor ofNew York, 1929-33;Presidentof the United States, 1933-45; died in office 1945; on February15, 1933, in Miami, Fla., he and Chicago mayorAntonJ. Cermak wereshot at by Guiseppe Zangara; Cermak was hitand mortally wounded.Episcopalian.Member,Freemasons;AlphaDelta Phi;PhiBeta Kappa;Elks;Grange;Knightsof Pythias.Led the nation through the Depression and World War II. Died of acerebralhemorrhage, in Warm Springs,MeriwetherCounty, Ga.,April12, 1945 (age63 years, 72days).Interment atRooseveltHome, Hyde Park, N.Y.; memorial monument atFederal Triangle, Washington, D.C.; memorial monument atWestPotomac Park, Washington, D.C.| | Relatives: Sonof James Roosevelt (1828-1900) and Sara (Delano) Roosevelt; married,March17, 1905, toAnnaEleanor Roosevelt (niece ofTheodoreRoosevelt (1858-1919); first cousin ofCorinneDouglas Robinson); father ofJamesRoosevelt (1907-1991),ElliottRoosevelt andFranklinDelano Roosevelt Jr.; half-uncle ofHelenRoosevelt Robinson; second great-grandson ofEdwardHutchinson Robbins; third great-grandnephew ofJabezHuntington; first cousin ofWarrenDelano Robbins andKatharinePrice Collier St. George; first cousin once removed of HelenLloyd Aspinwall (who marriedFrancisEmanuel Shober); first cousin twice removed ofElizabethKortright; first cousin four times removed ofJedediahHuntington andEbenezerHuntington; first cousin six times removed ofBenjaminHuntington; second cousin of Caroline Astor Drayton (who marriedWilliamPhillips); second cousin once removed ofSamuelLaurence Gouverneur andFrancisHolden Aspinwall; second cousin thrice removed ofNicholasRoosevelt Jr. andJabezWilliams Huntington; second cousin five times removed ofSamuelHuntington,GeorgeWashington,JoshuaCoit,HenryHuntington,GurdonHuntington andSamuelGager; third cousin twice removed ofPhilipDePeyster andJamesI. Roosevelt; third cousin thrice removed ofSulifandSutherland Ross; fourth cousin once removed ofUlyssesSimpson Grant,RobertBarnwell Roosevelt,RogerWolcott andTheodoreRoosevelt (1858-1919). | | | | Political family:Rooseveltfamily of New York City, New York (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | Cross-reference:RossT. McIntire —MiltonLipson —W.W. Howes —BruceBarton —HamiltonFish, Jr. —JosephW. Martin, Jr. —SamuelI. Rosenman —RexfordG. Tugwell —RaymondMoley —AdolfA. Berle —GeorgeE. Allen —LorenceE. Asman —GrenvilleT. Emmet —EliotJaneway —JonathanDaniels —RalphBellamy —WytheLeigh Kinsolving | | | | The Franklin Delano RooseveltBridge(opened 1962), over Lubec Narrows, betweenLubec,Maine andCampobelloIsland, New Brunswick, Canada, isnamed forhim. — TheboroughofRoosevelt,New Jersey (originally Jersey Homesteads; renamed 1945), isnamed forhim. — F. D. RooseveltAirport,on the Caribbean island ofSintEustatius, isnamed forhim. — The F. D. RooseveltTeachingHospital, inBanskáBystrica, Slovakia, isnamed forhim. | | | | Other politicians named for him:FrankGarrison—FranklinD. Roosevelt Keesee | | | | Coins and currency: Hisportraitappears on the U.S. dime (ten cent coin). | | | | See alsoNationalGovernors Association biography —Wikipediaarticle —NNDBdossier —Internet Movie Databaseprofile —Find-A-Gravememorial —OurCampaignscandidate detail | | | | Books about Franklin D. Roosevelt:James MacGregor Burns & Susan Dunn,TheThree Roosevelts: Patrician Leaders Who TransformedAmerica — Doris Kearns Goodwin,NoOrdinary Time : Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt: The Home Front inWorld War II — Joseph Alsop & Roland Gelatt,FDR: 1882-1945 — Bernard Bellush,FranklinRoosevelt as Governor of New York — Robert H. Jackson,ThatMan : An Insider's Portrait of Franklin D. Roosevelt —Jonas Klein,BelovedIsland : Franklin & Eleanor and the Legacy ofCampobello — Conrad Black,FranklinDelano Roosevelt : Champion of Freedom — CharlesPeters,FiveDays in Philadelphia: The Amazing "We Want Willkie!" Convention of1940 and How It Freed FDR to Save the Western World —Steven Neal,HappyDays Are Here Again : The 1932 Democratic Convention, the Emergenceof FDR--and How America Was Changed Forever — H. W.Brands,Traitorto His Class: The Privileged Life and Radical Presidency of FranklinDelano Roosevelt — Hazel Rowley,Franklinand Eleanor: An Extraordinary Marriage — AlanBrinkley,FranklinDelano Roosevelt — Stanley Weintraub,YoungMr. Roosevelt: FDR's Introduction to War, Politics, andLife — Mike Resnick, ed.,AlternatePresidents [anthology] — Karen Bornemann Spies,FranklinD. Roosevelt (for young readers) | | | | Critical books about Franklin D.Roosevelt: Jim Powell,FDR'sFolly: How Roosevelt and His New Deal Prolonged the GreatDepression — John T. Flynn,TheRoosevelt Myth — Burton W. Folsom,NewDeal or Raw Deal?: How FDR's Economic Legacy Has DamagedAmerica | | | | Fiction about Franklin D. Roosevelt:Philip Roth,ThePlot Against America: A Novel — Philip K. Dick,TheMan in the High Castle | | | | Image source: New York Red Book1936 |
| | Willis Gaylord Clark Bagley (1873-1943) — also known asWillis G. C. Bagley;W. G. C.Bagley —of Mason City,CerroGordo County, Iowa.Born in Magnolia,RockCounty, Wis.,October29, 1873.Republican.Banker; in1934, during a bank robbery, John Dillingershot at him andmissed;Iowa statetreasurer, 1939-43; died in office 1943.Methodist.Member,Freemasons;Shriners;Elks;OddFellows;Woodmen;Moose;Maccabees;AmericanBankers Association;Lions.Died in Des Moines,PolkCounty, Iowa,October20, 1943 (age69 years, 356days).Interment atElmwood-St. Joseph Cemetery, Mason City, Iowa.  | Robert Ferdinand Wagner (1877-1953) — also known asRobert F. Wagner — of Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in Nastatten, Hessen-Nassau,Germany,June8, 1877.Democrat.Lawyer;member ofNew Yorkstate assembly, 1905, 1907-08 (New York County 30th District1905, New York County 22nd District 1907-08); member ofNew Yorkstate senate 16th District, 1909-18; delegate to DemocraticNational Convention from New York,1912(alternate),1916,1928(alternate),1936,1940,1944;LieutenantGovernor of New York, 1913-14;delegateto New York state constitutional convention 16th District, 1915;Justiceof New York Supreme Court 1st District, 1919-26; Justice of theAppellate Division of the New York Supreme Court, 1924-26;U.S.Senator from New York, 1927-49;delegateto New York state constitutional convention at-large, 1938.Catholic.Germanancestry. Member,Elks;PhiSigma Kappa.Introduced Social Security Act, National Labor Relations Act, RailwayPension Law, and other social and economic legislation in the U.S.Senate. On July 18, 1934, he while touring port facilities in Oregonduring a labor dispute, he and his party werefired on (tenshots) by guards.Died in Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,May 4,1953 (age75 years, 330days).Interment atCalvaryCemetery, Woodside, Queens, N.Y. | | | Bernard Joseph Boyle (1894-1978) — also known asBernard J. Boyle;BernieBoyle —of Omaha,DouglasCounty, Neb.Born in Darlington,LafayetteCounty, Wis.,October29, 1894.Democrat.Schoolteacher;lawyer; anunknown person put nitroglycerin in his car's gasoline tank in anattempt to kill him; the engine exploded on November 17, 1936,but no one was hurt; member ofNebraskaDemocratic State Executive Committee, 1940; delegate toDemocratic National Convention from Nebraska,1952(member,Committeeon Rules and Order of Business),1956(delegation chair),1964(alternate); member ofDemocraticNational Committee from Nebraska, 1952-64.Catholic.Irishancestry.Died, in anursinghome in Omaha,DouglasCounty, Neb.,March19, 1978 (age83 years, 141days).Interment atCalvaryCemetery, Omaha, Neb.| | Relatives: Sonof John Joseph Boyle and Rosa Anna (Gallagher) Boyle; married toMaude Mae Boyle. | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial |
| | William W. Voisine (1897-1959) — also known asWilfred William Voisine — of Ecorse,WayneCounty, Mich.Born in Michigan,November20, 1897.Steelexecutive;villagepresident of Ecorse, Michigan, 1936-37; members of a steelworkerterrorist group, the Black Legion, repeatedlyattempted tokill him in 1936; Jesse Pettijohn and Lawrence Madden were laterconvicted of conspiracy to commit murder;mayor ofEcorse, Mich., 1948-49, 1954-57.FrenchCanadian ancestry.Convictedin April, 1950, offalselytestifying to a Congressional committee in 1948 that he hadreceived only the regular price for steel;sentencedto two years in federalprison.In October, 1956, awarrantwas issued for hisarrest,along with several members of the city council, for knowinglypermittingillegal gambling in Ecorse, in return forbribes andgratuities; Gov.G.Mennen Williams initiatedremovalproceedings against the officials.Died in1959(ageabout61 years).Burial location unknown.| | Relatives: Sonof Abel Voisine and Eugenia Jennie (Blais) Voisine; married,August1, 1918, to Helen Pearl O'Brien. |
 | Sufi Abdul Hamid (1903-1938) — also known asAbdul Hamid;Eugene Brown;"TheBlack Hitler";"The Harlem Hitler";"Bishop Amiru-Al-Mu-Minim Sufi AbdulHamid" —of Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in Lowell,MiddlesexCounty, Mass.,January6, 1903.Self-styledcleric;laborleader; claimed to be from Egypt or Sudan; wore a turban and agreen velvet cloak with gold braid; led picketing of stores in Harlemwhose proprietors refused to hire African-American employees;conductedstreetrallies in Harlem where hedenouncedJews; said he was "the only one fit to carry on the war againstthe Jews"; Americo-Spanish candidate forNew Yorkstate assembly from New York County 17th District, 1933;arrestedin October 1934;tried andfound guilty on misdemeanor charges ofmaking apublic speech without a permit, and selling books without alicense, andsentencedto ten days injail;latersuspectedof inciting the 1935 riot in Harlem, which led toinjunctionsagainst his activities; in January 1938, his estranged wife,Stephanie St. Clair, ambushed him outside his house, andshotat him five times, but he was not seriously hurt; founded theBuddhist Universal Holy Temple of Tranquility.BuddhistorMuslim.Africanancestry.Killed, along with his pilot, when his Cessna J-5 airplane ran out offuel andcrashednear Wantagh,NassauCounty, Long Island, N.Y.,July 30,1938 (age35 years, 205days).Burial location unknown. | | | James Hobson Morrison, Sr. (1908-2000) — also known asJames H. Morrison;JimmyMorrison —of Hammond,TangipahoaParish, La.Born in Hammond,TangipahoaParish, La.,December8, 1908.Democrat.Lawyer; inSeptember 1938, while a candidate for Congress, he wasshot andwounded by an unknown assailant, who lunged through an openwindow into his car and fired three shots; candidate forGovernor ofLouisiana, 1940, 1944, 1948;U.S.Representative from Louisiana 6th District, 1943-67; defeated inprimary, 1938; delegate to Democratic National Convention fromLouisiana,1956,1960.Episcopalian.Died, after aheartattack and a series ofstrokes,in Hammond,TangipahoaParish, La.,July 20,2000 (age91 years, 225days).Interment atEpiscopalChurch Cemetery, Hammond, La.  | Jason Elihu Payne (1874-1941) — also known asJason E. Payne — of Vermillion,ClayCounty, S.Dak.Born inClayCounty, S.Dak.,January22, 1874.Republican.Lost hisright arm as a youth, in an accident with a runaway team ofhorses;collegeinstructor;lawyer;lawprofessor; member ofSouthDakota state senate 2nd District, 1903-06.Episcopalian.Member,PhiDelta Theta;DeltaTheta Phi;American BarAssociation.An enraged litigant, Ozzie Kirby,tried to kill him in in1940; Kirby also shot and killed Payne's law partner.Injured in anautomobileaccident, and died several weeks later as a result, in ahospitalat Vermillion,ClayCounty, S.Dak.,September11, 1941 (age67 years, 232days).Burial location unknown.| | Relatives: Sonof Byron Spencer Payne and Charlotte Elizabeth (Woodworth) Payne;brother ofByronSamuel Payne; married,July 20,1905, to Iwae E. Sheppard. | | | | Image source: South Dakota LegislativeManual, 1903 |
| | William E. Wallace (d. 1998) — U.S. Vice Consul inVladivostok, as of 1943;Moscow, as of 1944;Shanghai, as of 1946;Chungking, as of 1947;Addis Ababa, as of 1948.Captured by the Japanese during World War II; released in adiplomatic prisoner exchange; survived twoassassinationattempts in Russia; his Russian wife was taken prisoner by theSoviets.Died in1998.Intermentsomewherein Philadelphia, Pa. | | 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;shot at, 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 atArlingtonNational Cemetery, Arlington, Va. | | Anthony Tony Tarracino (1916-2008) — also known asTony Tarracino;"Captain Tony";"The Conscience of Key West" —of Key West,MonroeCounty, Fla.Born in Elizabeth,UnionCounty, N.J.,August10, 1916.Beaten and left for dead by Mafia colleagues in New Jersey inthe 1940s;charterboat captain;saloonkeeper;mayorof Key West, Fla., 1989-91; defeated, 1991.Italianancestry.Died, from aheart andlungcondition, in Lower KeysMedicalCenter, Key West,MonroeCounty, Fla.,November1, 2008 (age92 years, 83days).Cremated. | | Ellsworth Brewer Buck (1892-1970) — also known asEllsworth B. Buck — of Staten Island,RichmondCounty, N.Y.Born in Chicago,CookCounty, Ill.,July 3,1892.Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I;businessexecutive;U.S.Representative from New York, 1944-49 (11th District 1944-45,16th District 1945-49);shot and seriously wounded, by CharlesVan Newkirk, at the Richmond Borough Hall, April 5, 1949; DistrictAttorneyHermanMethfessel witnessed the shooting from his office;chair ofRichmond County Republican Party, 1951-52; delegate to RepublicanNational Convention from New York,1952.Member,DeltaTau Delta;Elks;AmericanLegion.Died in Stephenson town,MarinetteCounty, Wis.,August14, 1970 (age78 years, 42days).Cremated;ashes interred atThunderMountain Ranch Cemetery, Stephenson town, Marinette County, Wis. | | Victor George Reuther (1912-2004) — also known asVictor G. Reuther — of Flint,GeneseeCounty, Mich.; Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.;Washington,D.C.Born in Wheeling,OhioCounty, W.Va.,January1, 1912.Democrat.Director ofthe Education Department, United Auto Workers; later,InternationalDirector; in 1949, at his home in Detroit, he wasshotthrough the window by an unknown gunman, badly injured, andlost aneye; delegate to Democratic National Convention from District ofColumbia,1968.Germanancestry.Died inWashington,D.C.,June 3,2004 (age92 years, 154days).Burial location unknown.| | Relatives: Sonof Valentine Reuther and Anna (Stocker) Reuther. | | | | See alsoWikipediaarticle |
 | Harry S. Truman (1884-1972) — also known as"Give 'Em Hell Harry" — of Independence,JacksonCounty, Mo.Born in Lamar,BartonCounty, Mo.,May 8,1884.Democrat. Major in the U.S. Army during World War I; county judge inMissouri, 1922-24, 1926-34;U.S.Senator from Missouri, 1935-45; delegate to Democratic NationalConvention from Missouri,1940,1944(member,Platformand Resolutions Committee;speaker),1952,1960;VicePresident of the United States, 1945;Presidentof the United States, 1945-53; candidate for Democraticnomination for President,1952.Baptist.Member,Freemasons;ScottishRite Masons;KnightsTemplar;AmericanLegion;Eagles;Elks;LambdaChi Alpha;PhiAlpha Delta.Two members of a Puerto Rican nationalist group, Griselio Torresolaand Oscar Collazo, tried to shoot their way into Blair House,temporary residence of the President, as part of anattemptedassassination, November 1, 1950. Torresola and a guard, LeslieCoffelt, were killed. Collazo, wounded, was arrested, tried, andconvicted of murder.Died at ResearchHospitaland Medical Center, Kansas City,JacksonCounty, Mo.,December26, 1972 (age88 years, 232days).Interment atTrumanPresidential Library and Museum, Independence, Mo.; statue atIndependenceSquare, Independence, Mo.| | Relatives: Sonof John Anderson Truman and Martha Ellen (Young) Truman; married,June 28,1919, toElizabethVirginia Wallace (granddaughter ofBenjaminFranklin Wallace); grandnephew ofJamesC. Chiles. | | | | Political family:Trumanfamily of Independence, Missouri. | | | | Cross-reference:AndrewJ. May —MiltonLipson —SamuelI. Rosenman —StephenJ. Spingarn —JamesM. Curley —GeorgeE. Allen —GeorgeE. Allen —JonathanDaniels | | | | TrumanStateUniversity,Kirksville,Missouri, isnamed forhim. — TrumanCollege,Chicago,Illinois, isnamed forhim. — Harry S. TrumanHighSchool, inLevittown,Pennsylvania, isnamed forhim. | | | | Other politicians named for him:H.Truman Chafin—HarryTruman Moore | | | | Personal motto: "The Buck StopsHere." | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Wikipedia article —NNDBdossier —Internet Movie Databaseprofile —Find-A-Gravememorial —OurCampaignscandidate detail | | | | Books by Harry S. Truman:TheAutobiography of Harry S. Truman | | | | Books about Harry S. Truman: DavidMcCullough,Truman —Alonzo L. Hamby,Manof the People : A Life of Harry S. Truman — Sean J.Savage,Trumanand the Democratic Party — Ken Hechler,WorkingWith Truman : A Personal Memoir of the White HouseYears — Alan Axelrod,Whenthe Buck Stops With You: Harry S. Truman onLeadership — Ralph Keyes,TheWit and Wisdom of Harry S. Truman — William LeeMiller,TwoAmericans: Truman, Eisenhower, and a Dangerous World —Matthew Algeo,HarryTruman's Excellent Adventure: The True Story of a Great American RoadTrip — David Pietrusza,1948:Harry Truman's Improbable Victory and the Year that TransformedAmerica — Mike Resnick, ed.,AlternatePresidents [anthology] | | | | Image source: Who's Who in UnitedStates Politics (1950) |
| | | 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 and wounded in anattack on the U.S. House by Puerto Rican nationalists, 1954.Baptist.Member,Lions;Freemasons;Order of theEastern Star;Woodmen;AmericanLegion;Forty andEight;Veterans ofForeign Wars;Elks;AlphaTau Omega;PhiAlpha Delta.Died in Potomac,MontgomeryCounty, Md.,May 9,1989 (age76 years, 189days).Interment atArlingtonNational Cemetery, Arlington, Va.  | Alvin Morell Bentley (1918-1969) — also known asAlvin M. Bentley — of Owosso,ShiawasseeCounty, Mich.Born in Portland,CumberlandCounty, Maine,August30, 1918.Republican. Foreign Service officer;U.S.Representative from Michigan 8th District, 1953-61; defeated,1962;wounded in an attack by Puerto Rican nationalists on thefloor of the House of Representatives, March 1, 1954; candidate forU.S.Senator from Michigan, 1960;delegateto Michigan state constitutional convention from 15th SenatorialDistrict, 1961-62; candidate forMichiganstate board of education, 1964; member ofUniversityof Michigan board of regents, 1966-69; appointed 1966; died inoffice 1969.Congregationalist.Member,Elks;Freemasons;KnightsTemplar;ExchangeClub;ThetaDelta Chi;OptimistClub;Rotary;Kiwanis.Died in Tucson,PimaCounty, Ariz.,April10, 1969 (age50 years, 223days).Entombed atOakHill Cemetery, Owosso, Mich. | | | James F. Reynolds (born c.1899) — of Everett,MiddlesexCounty, Mass.Born about 1899.Mayorof Everett, Mass., 1948;attacked and brutally beaten inhis office, by an unknown assailant, in November 1955; hospitalizedfor head injuries.Burial location unknown. | | James Tierney (1905-1981) — of Garden City,WayneCounty, Mich.Born in Jackson,JacksonCounty, Mich.,November24, 1905.Democrat. Employee,Ford MotorCompany;mayorof Garden City, Mich., 1956-60; member ofMichiganstate house of representatives 36th District, 1965-72.Baptist.Member,OptimistClub.On July 25, 1957, following a Planning Commission meeting, he wasshot six times by building contractor Lester Ellerhorst, whowas angered by city officials' criticism of his work on the GardenCity police station.Died in1981(ageabout75 years).Burial location unknown.  | Fannie Lou Hamer (1917-1977) — also known asFannie Lou Townsend — Born inMontgomeryCounty, Miss.,October6, 1917.Civil rights and voting rights activist; founder of MississippiFreedom Democratic Party; in September 1962, in retaliation for herattempt to vote, she wasshot at in a drive-by shooting; in1963, along with othercivilrights activists en route to a conference, she wasarrested,and suffered analmost fatal beating by police; candidate forU.S.Senator from Mississippi, 1964; candidate forMississippistate senate, 1971.Female.Baptist.Africanancestry.Inducted,NationalWomen's Hall of Fame, 1995.Died in Mound Bayou,BolivarCounty, Miss.,March14, 1977 (age59 years, 159days).Interment atFannie Lou Hamer Memorial Garden, Ruleville, Miss.| | Relatives:Daughter of James Lee Townsend and Ella Townsend; married1945 to PerryHamer. | | | | Epitaph: "I am sick and tired of beingsick and tired." | | | | See alsoWikipediaarticle —Find-A-Gravememorial | | | | Image source: Library ofCongress |
| | Nellie Connally (1919-2006) — also known asIdanell Brill — Born in Austin,TravisCounty, Tex.,February24, 1919.First Lady of Texas, 1963-69; on November 22, 1963, in Dallas, Tex.,she was riding in the presidential limousine, when avolley ofgunfire killed PresidentJohnF. Kennedy, and injured her husband, GovernorJohnB. Connally.Female.Died, in Westminster Manorassistedliving facility, Austin,TravisCounty, Tex.,September1, 2006 (age87 years, 189days).Interment atTexasState Cemetery, Austin, Tex. | | Joseph Echols Lowery (b. 1921) — also known asJoseph E. Lowery — of Atlanta,FultonCounty, Ga.Born in Huntsville,MadisonCounty, Ala.,October6, 1921.Democrat.Pastor;leader in the civil rights movement; co-founder of the SouthernChristian Leadership Conference; escaped death in 1963 when his hotelroom in Birmingham, Ala., wasbombed, and in 1979 whenKlansmen in Decatur, Ala.,opened fire on Lowery and otherprotesters;arrestedwhiledemonstratingin support of a garbage workers' strike in Atlanta, 1968;arrestedduringprotestsin Cullman, Ala., 1978;arrestedwhileprotestingapartheid at the South AfricanEmbassyin Washington, D.C., 1984;offered prayer, Democratic National Convention,1988 ; delivered eulogies at the funerals of Rosa Parks andCorettaScott King; delegate to Democratic National Convention fromGeorgia,2008.Methodist.Africanancestry.Still living as of 2014. | | John Bowden Connally Jr. (1917-1993) — also known asJohn B. Connally — of Fort Worth,TarrantCounty, Tex.Born near Floresville,WilsonCounty, Tex.,February27, 1917.Lawyer;served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; delegate to DemocraticNational Convention from Texas,1956,1960,1964;U.S.Secretary of the Navy, 1961;Governor ofTexas, 1963-69;shot and wounded in Dallas, Tex., November22, 1963, in the same volley of gunfire that killed PresidentJohnF. Kennedy;U.S.Secretary of the Treasury, 1971-72;indictedin July 1974 foracceptingthousands of dollars from a dairy industry lobbyist;tried inApril 1975 and acquitted; candidate for Republican nomination forPresident,1980.Methodist.Died ofpulmonaryfibrosis, in MethodistHospital,Houston,HarrisCounty, Tex.,June 15,1993 (age76 years, 108days).Interment atTexasState Cemetery, Austin, Tex.; statue atSamHouston Park, Houston, Tex.| | Relatives: Sonof John Bowden Connally, Sr. and Lela (Wright) Connally; married,December21, 1940, toIdanellBrill. | | | | Cross-reference:NellieConnally | | | | John B. ConnallyHighSchool (opened 1996),Austin,Texas, isnamed forhim. — John B. ConnallyMiddleSchool,SanAntonio, Texas, isnamed forhim. — The ConnallyLoop,a portion of Interstate 410, inSanAntonio, Texas, isnamed forhim. | | | | See alsoNationalGovernors Association biography —Wikipediaarticle —NNDBdossier —Internet Movie Databaseprofile —Find-A-Gravememorial |
| | Verda F. Welcome — ofBaltimore,Md.Democrat. In April 1964, she wasshot and wounded by anunknown assailant; delegate to Democratic National Convention fromMaryland,1964;member ofMarylandstate senate District 10; elected 1966, 1970.Female.Africanancestry.Still living as of 1970. | | Allison Temple Wanamaker Jr. (1918-2004) — also known asTemple Wanamaker, Jr. — of Seattle,KingCounty, Wash.Born in Seattle,KingCounty, Wash.,July 16,1918.Foreign Service officer; U.S. Vice Consul inBarcelona, 1941-42;Bilbao, 1942-44;Lisbon, 1944-45;Ciudad Trujillo, 1946-47;Cebu, 1948;Manila, 1949-50; U.S. Consul inTel Aviv, 1953-56;Nassau, 1956-58;shot and wounded from a passing car, inCordoba, Argentina, June 7, 1965.Died inCostaRica,November17, 2004 (age86 years, 124days).Burial location unknown.| | Relatives: Sonof Allison Temple Wanamaker and Mary Helen (Allmond) Wanamaker;married1953 to SophiaPetrovna Wolkonsky. | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial |
| | Jan Garrett (born c.1944) — of Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.Born about 1944. Socialist. Socialist Workers candidate forsecretaryof state of Michigan, 1964;shot and injured (along withLeoBernard, who was killed) by Edward Waniolek, a former taxicabdriver, who came to the Detroit offices of the Socialist Labor Partyto "kill some Communists".Still living as of 1966. | | John T. Gregorio (1928-2013) — also known as"The Lion of Linden" — of Linden,UnionCounty, N.J.Born in Staten Island,RichmondCounty, N.Y.,February6, 1928.Democrat.Florist;mayorof Linden, N.J., 1968-83, 1991-2006; defeated, 2006;shotat in his car, in March 1968; two days later, his house wasfirebombed; member ofNewJersey state house of assembly 21st District, 1974-77;indictedin April 1975 onperjuryand fraudcharges,over his purchase of a vacant lot from Elizabethtown Gas Company,while conspiring tofalsifydocuments toconcealhis involvement as buyer; laterchargedwithextortinga $25,000kickbackfrom a building contractor on a high school project; following juryselection, the charges were dismissed in February 1976; member ofNewJersey state senate, 1978-83 (21st District 1978-81, 20thDistrict 1982-83);indictedin September 1981 onchargesofincometax evasion,concealinghis interest in two "go-go bars", and forfailing toenforce state alcohol laws;convictedin December 1982 of conspiracy to commitofficialmisconduct, but found not guilty on other charges.Died, fromleukemia,in TrinitasHospital,Elizabeth,UnionCounty, N.J.,October23, 2013 (age85 years, 259days).Burial location unknown. | | Paul Schrade (b. 1924) — of Los Angeles,LosAngeles County, Calif.; Newhall (now part of Santa Clarita),LosAngeles County, Calif.Born in Saratoga Springs,SaratogaCounty, N.Y.,December17, 1924.Democrat.Aerospacemanufacturing worker;president,United Auto Workers local representing workers at North AmericanAviation; later, westernregionaldirector, United Auto Workers; early supporter ofCesarChavez's efforts to unionize farm workers; delegate to DemocraticNational Convention from California,1956,1968,1972;supported and worked forRobertF. Kennedy's presidential campaign, and on June 5, 1968, whenKennedy was shot, Schrade was one of five others who were alsoshot and wounded.Germanancestry.Still living as of 2018.| | Relatives: Sonof Florence Anna (Keil) Schrade and William Theodore Schrade; nephewofHenryGottlieb Schrade. |
| | A. Frederick Meyerson (1918-2009) — of Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.BornFebruary2, 1918.Lawyer;member ofNew Yorkstate senate, 1969-76 (15th District 1969-72, 16th District1973-76); on July 17, 1969, he wasstabbed twice in the backby members of a street gang; criminal court judge in New York,1976-82.DiedJune 29,2009 (age91 years, 147days).Burial location unknown. | | Ural Alexis Johnson (1908-1997) — also known asU. Alexis Johnson — ofWashington,D.C.; California.Born in Falun,SalineCounty, Kan.,October17, 1908.Foreign Service officer; U.S. Vice Consul inSeoul, as of 1938;Rio de Janeiro, as of 1943; U.S. Consul inYokohama, as of 1947; U.S. Consul General inYokohama, as of 1949; U.S. Ambassador toCzechoslovakia, 1953-58;Thailand, 1958-61;Japan, 1966-69;, 1973-77.Survived acar bombing at the U.S. Embassy in Vietnam. Died, ofpneumonia,in RexConvalescentCenter, Raleigh,WakeCounty, N.C.,March24, 1997 (age88 years, 158days).Interment atRockCreek Cemetery, Washington, D.C. | | John P. Quimby (1935-2012) — of San Bernardino,SanBernardino County, Calif.; Rialto,SanBernardino County, Calif.Born in Prescott,YavapaiCounty, Ariz.,February12, 1935.Democrat.Radioannouncer;disabledby polio, and used steel braces or a wheelchair; member ofCaliforniastate assembly 72nd District, 1963-74; delegate to DemocraticNational Convention from California,1968;on August 23, 1970, he wasshot in the chest with a pellet gunby his 15-year-old son, following an argument.Died, from complications ofpneumonia,in ahospitalnear Sacramento,SacramentoCounty, Calif.,December23, 2012 (age77 years, 315days).Burial location unknown. | | Robert Strange McNamara (1916-2009) — also known asRobert S. McNamara — of Ann Arbor,WashtenawCounty, Mich.Born in Oakland,AlamedaCounty, Calif.,June 9,1916.Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; president,Ford MotorCompany, 1960-61;U.S.Secretary of Defense, 1961-68; received thePresidentialMedal of Freedom, 1968; president, WorldBank,1968-81; on September 29, 1972, an attacker tried tothrow himoverboard from a ferry to Martha's Vineyard, Mass.Member,PhiBeta Kappa;Council onForeign Relations.DiedJuly 6,2009 (age93 years, 27days).Burial location unknown. | | George Corley Wallace Jr. (1919-1998) — also known asGeorge C. Wallace — of Clayton,BarbourCounty, Ala.; Montgomery,MontgomeryCounty, Ala.Born in Clio,BarbourCounty, Ala.,August25, 1919.Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II;lawyer;member ofAlabamastate house of representatives, 1947-53; delegate to DemocraticNational Convention from Alabama,1948(alternate),1956;circuit judge in Alabama, 1953-58;Governor ofAlabama, 1963-67, 1971-72, 1972-79, 1983-87; defeated inDemocratic primary, 1958; candidate for Democratic nomination forPresident,1964,1972,1976;American Independent candidate forPresidentof the United States, 1968.Methodist.Member,Freemasons;KnightsTemplar;Order of theEastern Star;Shriners;Moose;Elks;Woodmen;Civitan;AmericanLegion;Veterans ofForeign Wars;DisabledAmerican Veterans.Worked as a professionalboxerin the late 1930s. While campaigning in Maryland on May 15, 1972, wasshot by Arthur Bremer; the injuryparalyzedboth legs. Along with Ohio'sJamesA. Rhodes, he was the longest serving state governor in U.S.history.Died in JacksonHospital,Montgomery,MontgomeryCounty, Ala.,September13, 1998 (age79 years, 19days).Interment atGreenwoodCemetery, Montgomery, Ala.| | Relatives: Sonof George C. Wallace and Mozell (Smith) Wallace; married,June 4,1971, to Cornelia Ellis Snively (niece ofJamesElisha Folsom; first cousin ofJamesElisha Folsom Jr.); married1981 to LisaTaylor; married,May 21,1943, toLurleenBrigham Burns; father ofGeorgeC. Wallace Jr.. | | | | Political family:Wallace-Folsomfamily of Montgomery, Alabama. | | | | Cross-reference:SeybournH. Lynne | | | | See alsoNationalGovernors Association biography —NNDBdossier —Internet Movie Databaseprofile | | | | Books about George C. Wallace: StephanLesher,GeorgeWallace : An American Populist — Dan T. Carter,ThePolitics of Rage : George Wallace, the Origins of the NewConservatism, and the Transformation of AmericanPolitics — Lloyd Rohler,GeorgeWallace : Conservative Populist — Jeff Frederick,StandUp for Alabama: Governor George C. Wallace |
| | Arthur Christ Agnos (b. 1938) — also known asArt Agnos — ofSanFrancisco, Calif.Born in Springfield,HampdenCounty, Mass.,September1, 1938.Democrat. Member ofCaliforniastate assembly 16th District, 1977-87;mayorof San Francisco, Calif., 1988-92; defeated, 1991; delegate toDemocratic National Convention from California,1988.GreekOrthodox.Greekancestry.Shot twice on December 13, 1973, by one of the "Death Angels",perpetrators of racially motivated killings in San Francisco during1973-74.Still living as of 2014.  | Gerald Rudolph Ford Jr. (1913-2006) — also known asGerald R. Ford;Jerry Ford;LeslieLynch King Jr.;"Passkey" —of Grand Rapids,KentCounty, Mich.; Rancho Mirage,RiversideCounty, Calif.Born in Omaha,DouglasCounty, Neb.,July 14,1913.Republican.Lawyer;served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; delegate to RepublicanNational Convention from Michigan,1948,1960,1964;U.S.Representative from Michigan 5th District, 1949-73; resigned1973; member, President's Commission on the Assassination ofPresident KNDY, 1963-64;VicePresident of the United States, 1973-74;Presidentof the United States, 1974-77; defeated, 1976.Episcopalian.EnglishandScottishancestry. Member,Freemasons;ScottishRite Masons;Shriners;AmericanLegion;Veterans ofForeign Wars;Amvets;Sonsof the American Revolution;Forty andEight;Jaycees;DeltaKappa Epsilon;PhiDelta Phi;HumaneSociety;Elks;American BarAssociation.Shot at in two separate incidents in San Francisco inSeptember 1975. On September 5, Lynette 'Squeaky' Fromme, followerof murderous cult leader Charles Manson, got close to the Presidentwith a loaded pistol, and squeezed the trigger at close range; thegun misfired. On September 22, Sara Jane Moorefired a shotat him, but a bystander deflected her aim. Both women were convictedand sentenced to life in prison. Received theMedalof Freedom in 1999.Died in Rancho Mirage,RiversideCounty, Calif.,December26, 2006 (age93 years, 165days).Interment atGeraldR. Ford Museum, Grand Rapids, Mich.| | Relatives:Step-son of Gerald Rudolph Ford, Sr.; son of Leslie Lynch King, Sr.and Dorothy Ayer (Gardner) King Ford; half-brother ofThomasG. Ford Sr.; married,October15, 1948, toBettyWarren. | | | | Political family:Fordfamily of Grand Rapids, Michigan. | | | | Cross-reference:RichardM. Nixon —L.William Seidman | | | | The Gerald R. FordFreeway(I-196), inKent,Ottawa,andAllegancounties, Michigan, isnamed forhim. — The Gerald R. FordInternationalAirport (opened 1963, given present name 1999), nearGrandRapids, Michigan, isnamed forhim. — The Gerald R. FordFederalBuilding andU.S.Courthouse, inGrandRapids, Michigan, isnamed forhim. | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Wikipedia article —NNDBdossier —Internet Movie Databaseprofile —Find-A-Gravememorial —OurCampaignscandidate detail | | | | Books by Gerald R. Ford:ATime to Heal: The Autobiography of Gerald R. Ford(1983) | | | | Books about Gerald R. Ford: John RobertGreene,ThePresidency of Gerald R. Ford — Edward L. Schapsmeier,GeraldR. Ford's Date With Destiny: A Political Biography —James Cannon,Timeand Chance : Gerald Ford's Appointment With History —Douglas Brinkley,GeraldR. Ford — Mike Resnick, ed.,AlternatePresidents [anthology] | | | | Image source: Michigan Manual1957-58 |
| | | Larry Claxton Flynt (1942-2021) — also known asLarry Flynt;"The King ofSmut" —of Ohio; California. Born in Lakeville,MagoffinCounty, Ky.,November1, 1942.Democrat. Owner ofnightclubs; publisher ofHustler, apornographicmagazine;convictedin Cincinnati, Ohio, 1977 onobscenityandorganizedcrimecharges,andsentencedto 25 years inprison,but the verdict was overturned on appeal;shot by a sniper inLawrenceville, Georgia, 1978, andparalyzedfrom the waist down; candidate forGovernor ofCalifornia, 2003.Atheist.Died in Los Angeles,Los AngelesCounty, Calif.,February10, 2021 (age78 years, 101days).Intermenta private or family graveyard, Magoffin County, Ky. | | Karen Lorraine Jacqueline Speier (b. 1950) — also known asJackie Speier — ofWashington,D.C.Born inSanFrancisco, Calif.,May 14,1950.Democrat.Lawyer;staff member for U.S. Rep.Leo J.Ryan, 1973-78; traveled on a mission to Guyana in 1978, toinvestigate allegations of abuse and coercion in the People's Templesettlement there;shot five times by security guards, who alsoshot and killed Congressman Ryan and four others; member ofCaliforniastate assembly 19th District, 1986-98; member ofCaliforniastate senate 8th District, 1998-2006; candidate forLieutenantGovernor of California, 2006;U.S.Representative from California 12th District, 2008-; delegate toDemocratic National Convention from California,2008.Female.ArmenianandJewishancestry.Still living as of 2014. | | 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 anassassination attempt in Belgium, June 25, 1979; candidate forRepublican nomination 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 atArlingtonNational Cemetery, Arlington, Va. | | John Gunther Dean (b. 1926) — also known asJohann Gunther Dienstfertig — of New York. Born in Breslau, Prussia (now Wroclaw,Poland),February24, 1926.Naturalized U.S. citizen; served in the U.S. Army during World WarII; U.S. Ambassador toCambodia, 1974-75;Denmark, 1975-78;Lebanon, 1978-81;Thailand, 1981-85;India, 1985-88.Jewishancestry.On August 27, 1980, in Beirut, his car wasfired on, but heand his family and guards were unhurt.Still living as of 2018. | | Ronald Wilson Reagan (1911-2004) — also known asRonald Reagan;"Dutch";"The Gipper";"The GreatCommunicator";"The Teflon President";"Rawhide" —of Pacific Palisades, Los Angeles,LosAngeles County, Calif.; Bel Air, Los Angeles,LosAngeles County, Calif.Born in Tampico,WhitesideCounty, Ill.,February6, 1911.Republican. Worked as asportsbroadcasterin Iowa in the 1930s, doing localradiobroadcastof Chicago Cubsbaseballgames; served in the U.S. Army during World War II; professionalactorin 1937-64; appeared in dozens offilmsincludingKings Row,Dark Victory,Santa FeTrail,Knute Rockne, All American, andThe WinningTeam;president ofthe Screen Actors Guild, 1947-52, 1959-60; member ofCaliforniaRepublican State Central Committee, 1964-66; delegate toRepublican National Convention from California,1964(alternate),1972(delegation chair);Governor ofCalifornia, 1967-75; candidate for Republican nomination forPresident,1968,1976;Republican Presidential Elector for California,1968(voted forRichardM. Nixon andSpiroT. Agnew);Presidentof the United States, 1981-89; on March 30, 1981, outside theWashington Hilton hotel, he and three others wereshot andwounded by John Hinkley, Jr.; received thePresidentialMedal of Freedom, 1993.Disciplesof Christ. Member,ScreenActors Guild;Lions;AmericanLegion;TauKappa Epsilon.Died, frompneumoniaandAlzheimer'sdisease, in Bel Air, Los Angeles,Los AngelesCounty, Calif.,June 5,2004 (age93 years, 120days).Interment atRonaldReagan Presidential Library, Simi Valley, Calif.| | Relatives: Sonof John Reagan and Nellie (Wilson) Reagan; married,January25, 1940, to Jane Wyman; married,March 4,1952, to Nancy Davis (born 1923;actress)andNancyDavis (1921-2016); father ofMaureenElizabeth Reagan. | | | | Political family:Reaganfamily of Bel Air and Simi Valley, California. | | | | Cross-reference:KatherineHoffman Haley —DanaRohrabacher —DonaldT. Regan —HenrySalvatori —L.William Seidman —ChristopherCox —PatrickJ. Buchanan —BayBuchanan —EdwinMeese III | | | | Ronald Reagan Washington NationalAirport(opened 1941; renamed 1998), inArlington,Virginia, isnamed forhim. —MountReagan (officially known as Mount Clay), in the White Mountains,CoosCounty, New Hampshire, isnamed forhim. — The Ronald ReaganBuildingand International Trade Center, in the Federal Triangle,Washington,D.C., isnamed forhim. | | | | See alsoNationalGovernors Association biography —Wikipediaarticle —NNDBdossier —Internet Movie Databaseprofile —Find-A-Gravememorial —OurCampaignscandidate detail | | | | Books by Ronald Reagan:RonaldReagan : An American Life | | | | Books about Ronald Reagan: Lou Cannon,PresidentReagan : The Role of a Lifetime — Lou Cannon,GovernorReagan : His Rise to Power — Peter Schweizer,Reagan'sWar : The Epic Story of His Forty-Year Struggle and Final TriumphOver Communism — Lee Edwards,RonaldReagan: A Political Biography — Paul Kengor,Godand Ronald Reagan : A Spiritual Life — Mary BethBrown,Handof Providence: The Strong and Quiet Faith of RonaldReagan — Edmund Morris,Dutch:A Memoir of Ronald Reagan — Peggy Noonan,WhenCharacter Was King: A Story of Ronald Reagan — PeterJ. Wallison,RonaldReagan: The Power of Conviction and the Success of HisPresidency — Dinesh D'Souza,RonaldReagan : How an Ordinary Man Became an ExtraordinaryLeader — William F. Buckley, Jr.,RonaldReagan: An American Hero — Craig Shirley,Reagan'sRevolution : The Untold Story of the Campaign That Started ItAll — Richard Reeves,PresidentReagan : The Triumph of Imagination — Ron Reagan,MyFather at 100 — Newt & Callista Gingrich & David N.Bossie,RonaldReagan: Rendezvous with Destiny — William F. Buckley,TheReagan I Knew — Chris Matthews,Tipand the Gipper: When Politics Worked — Mike Resnick,ed.,AlternatePresidents [anthology] | | | | Critical books about Ronald Reagan:Haynes Johnson,SleepwalkingThrough History: America in the Reagan Years — WilliamKleinknecht,TheMan Who Sold the World: Ronald Reagan and the Betrayal of Main StreetAmerica |
| | Rudolph M. Clay (1935-2013) — also known asRudy Clay — of Gary,LakeCounty, Ind.Born in Courtland,LawrenceCounty, Ala.,July 16,1935.Democrat.Insuranceagent; member ofIndianastate senate 3rd District, 1972-76;LakeCounty Recorder, 1984; delegate to Democratic National Conventionfrom Indiana,2004,2008;chairof Lake County Democratic Party, 2005-09;mayor ofGary, Ind., 2006-11; defeated in primary, 2011.Africanancestry.Survived anassassination attempt in 1986. Died in Gary,LakeCounty, Ind.,June 4,2013 (age77 years, 323days).Interment atRidgelawn Cemetery, Gary, Ind.  | George Pratt Shultz (1920-2021) — also known asGeorge P. Shultz — of Chicago,CookCounty, Ill.Born in Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,December13, 1920.Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II;economist;universityprofessor;U.S.Secretary of Labor, 1969-70;U.S.Secretary of the Treasury, 1972-74;U.S.Secretary of State, 1982-89; survived anassassinationattempt in South America, August 1988; received thePresidentialMedal of Freedom, 1989.Episcopalian.Member,Council onForeign Relations;AmericanEconomic Association.Died in Stanford,Santa ClaraCounty, Calif.,February6, 2021 (age100 years,55 days).Interment atDawes Cemetery, Cummington, Mass. | | Willye Dennis (1926-2012) — also known asWillye F. Clayton — of Jacksonville,DuvalCounty, Fla.Born in Jacksonville,DuvalCounty, Fla.,March14, 1926.Democrat.Librarian;civil rights leader; in December, 1989, she was the target ofattempted murder when a mail bomb was sent to her office; shedid not open the package, and the bomb was defused; member ofFloridastate house of representatives 15th District, 1993-99; resigned1999; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Florida,1996.Female.Baptist.Africanancestry. Member,NAACP;DeltaSigma Theta.DiedMarch 9,2012 (age85 years, 361days).Interment atJacksonville National Cemetery, Jacksonville, Fla. | | Helen Vance (1934-2010) — also known asHelen Hauk Rainey;Mrs. BobVance —of Birmingham,JeffersonCounty, Ala.; Mountain Brook,JeffersonCounty, Ala.Born in Birmingham,JeffersonCounty, Ala.,February7, 1934.Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention fromAlabama,1968;in December 1989, she wasseriously injured by the explosionof a mail bomb which killed her husband.Female.Died in Birmingham,JeffersonCounty, Ala.,October18, 2010 (age76 years, 253days).Cremated;ashes interred atSt. Lukes Episcopal Columbarium, Mountain Brook, Ala. | | Alfred Charles Sharpton Jr. (b. 1954) — also known asAl Sharpton — Born in Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.,October3, 1954.Democrat.Minister;civil rights activist;radio talkshow host; candidate forU.S.Senator from New York, 1988, 1992, 1994;stabbed in thechest as he was about to lead a protest march in the Bensonhurstneighborhood of Brooklyn, N.Y., January 12, 1991; candidate formayorof New York City, N.Y., 1997; candidate for Democratic nominationfor President,2004.Pentecostal;laterBaptist.AfricanandCherokeeIndian ancestry.Still living as of 2014.  | William Jefferson Clinton (b. 1946) — also known asBill Clinton;William Jefferson BlytheIV;"Slick Willie";"Bubba";"Elvis";"Eagle";"The BigDog" —of Arkansas; Chappaqua,WestchesterCounty, N.Y.Born in Hope,HempsteadCounty, Ark.,August19, 1946.Democrat.Rhodesscholar; candidate forU.S.Representative from Arkansas 3rd District, 1974;Arkansasstate attorney general, 1977-79;Governor ofArkansas, 1979-81, 1983-92; delegate to Democratic NationalConvention from Arkansas,1996,2000;speaker,1984,1988;Presidentof the United States, 1993-2001; delegate to Democratic NationalConvention from New York,2004,2008;Democratic Presidential Elector for New York,2016(voted forHillaryClinton andTimKaine); Democratic Presidential Elector for New York,2020(voted forJosephR. Biden, Jr. andKamalaD. Harris).Baptist.Member,TrilateralCommission;Council onForeign Relations;PhiBeta Kappa;PiSigma Alpha;PhiAlpha Delta;American BarAssociation.On October 29, 1994, Francisco Duran fired 27 shots from the sidewalkat the White House in an apparentassassination attemptagainst President Clinton.Impeachedby the House of Representatives in December 1998 over allegations ofperjuryandobstructionof justice in connection with hissexualcontact with a White House intern, Monica Lewinsky, but acquittedby the Senate.Still living as of 2025.| | Relatives:Step-son of Roger Clinton; son of William Jefferson Blythe II andVirginia (Cassidy) Clinton; married,October11, 1975, toHillaryDiane Rodham (sister ofHughEdwin Rodham); father ofChelseaVictoria Clinton (daughter-in-law ofEdwardMaurice Mezvinsky andMarjorieMargolies); third cousin twice removed ofJamesAlexander Lockhart. | | | | Political family:Ashefamily of North Carolina (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | Cross-reference:AbrahamJ. Hirschfeld —KennethW. Starr —RahmEmanuel —HenryG. Cisneros —MariaEchaveste —ThurgoodMarshall, Jr. —WalterS. Orlinsky —CharlesF. C. Ruff —SeanPatrick Maloney —LannyJ. Davis | | | | The William Jefferson ClintonFederalBuilding (built 1934; renamed 2012) inWashington,D.C., isnamed forhim. | | | | See alsoNationalGovernors Association biography —Wikipediaarticle —NNDBdossier —Internet Movie Databaseprofile —OurCampaignscandidate detail | | | | Books by Bill Clinton:BetweenHope and History : Meeting America's Challenges for the 21stCentury (1996) —MyLife (2004) | | | | Books about Bill Clinton: DavidMaraniss,Firstin His Class : The Biography of Bill Clinton — JoeConason,TheHunting of the President : The Ten-Year Campaign to Destroy Bill andHillary Clinton — Gene Lyons,Foolsfor Scandal : How the Media Invented Whitewater —Sidney Blumenthal,TheClinton Wars — Dewayne Wickham,BillClinton and Black America — Joe Klein,TheNatural : The Misunderstood Presidency of BillClinton — Nigel Hamilton,BillClinton: An American Journey — Bob Woodward,TheAgenda: Inside the Clinton White House — GeorgeStephanopolous,AllToo Human — John F. Harris,TheSurvivor : Bill Clinton in the White House — MarkKatz,Clinton& Me: A Real Life Political Comedy — Michael Takiff,AComplicated Man: The Life of Bill Clinton as Told by Those Who KnowHim — Tim O'Shei,BillClinton (for young readers) | | | | Critical books about Bill Clinton:Barbara Olson,TheFinal Days : The Last, Desperate Abuses of Power by the Clinton WhiteHouse — Meredith L. Oakley,Onthe Make : The Rise of Bill Clinton — RobertPatterson,Derelictionof Duty: The Eyewitness Account of How Bill Clinton EndangeredAmerica's Long-Term National Security — AmbroseEvans-Pritchard,TheSecret Life of Bill Clinton: The Unreported Stories —Ann Coulter,HighCrimes and Misdemeanors: The Case Against BillClinton — Dick Morris & Eileen McGann,BecauseHe Could — Jack Cashill,RonBrown's Body : How One Man's Death Saved the Clinton Presidency andHillary's Future — Christopher Hitchens,NoOne Left To Lie To: The Values of the Worst Family —Rich Lowry,Legacy:Paying the Price for the Clinton Years — RichardMiniter,LosingBin Laden : How Bill Clinton's Failures Unleashed GlobalTerror | | | | Image source: Congressional PictorialDirectory, 105th Congress (1997) |
| | | Jello Biafra (b. 1958) — also known asEric Reed Boucher;"Occupant";"Count Ringworm" —ofSanFrancisco, Calif.Born in Boulder,BoulderCounty, Colo.,June 17,1958.Co-founder,lead singer,andsongwriterfor thepunkrock band Dead Kennedys (1978-86); founder of the AlternativeTentaclesrecordlabel; candidate formayorof San Francisco, Calif., 1979;charged,in Los Angeles in 1986, with distributingobscene"harmful matter" in the form of asexuallyexplicit print distributed with a Dead Kennedys record album;following atrial,the jury deadlocked, a mistrial was declared, and charges weredismissed; Biafra went on to become aspokenword performer; on May 7, 1994, he wasassaulted andinjured at a music club in Berkeley, Calif., by five or sixattackers who called him a "sellout".Atheist.Still living as of 2014. | | Robert Charles Krueger (b. 1935) — also known asBob Krueger — of New Braunfels,ComalCounty, Tex.Born in New Braunfels,ComalCounty, Tex.,September19, 1935.Democrat.Universityprofessor;U.S.Representative from Texas 21st District, 1975-79; U.S. Ambassadorto, 1979-81;Burundi, 1994-95;Botswana, 1996;Texasrailroad commissioner, 1991-93;U.S.Senator from Texas, 1993; defeated, 1978; appointed 1993;defeated, 1993.On June 14, 1995, he survived anassassination attempt inBurundi.Still living as of 2014. | | Mary Rose Wilcox (b. 1949) — also known asMary Rose Garrido — of Phoenix,MaricopaCounty, Ariz.Born in Superior,PinalCounty, Ariz.,November21, 1949.Democrat. Special assistant to U.S. Sen.DennisDeConcini, 1977-83; member Phoenix City Council, 1983-93;MaricopaCounty Commissioner, 1993-; delegate to Democratic NationalConvention from Arizona,1996,2000,2004(alternate),2008;shot and wounded on August 13, 1997, by Larry Marvin Naman,who was angry over her support for a quarter-cent sales tax to fund asports stadium;newspaperpublisher;restaurantowner.Female.Catholic.Mexicanancestry.Still living as of 2009.| | Relatives:Daughter of John Garrido and Betty (Nunez) Garrido; married1971 to EarlV. Wilcox. |
| | Robert Creigh Deeds (b. 1958) — also known asR. Creigh Deeds — of Millboro,BathCounty, Va.Born inRichmond,Va.,January4, 1958.Democrat.Lawyer;member ofVirginiastate house of delegates, 1992-2001; member ofVirginiastate senate 25th District, 2001-; candidate forVirginiastate attorney general, 2005; candidate forGovernor ofVirginia, 2009; on November 19, 2013, he wasstabbedmultiple times by his mentally ill son Gus, who then killed himself.Presbyterian.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 wereshot by James Hodgkinson, a left-wingactivist;speaker, Republican National Convention, 2020.Still living as of 2020.
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