in alphabetical order | |  Michael Aaronsohn (1896-1976) — of Cincinnati,HamiltonCounty, Ohio.Born inBaltimore,Md.,July 5,1896.Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I;blinded in action;rabbi;collegeprofessor;offered prayer, Republican National Convention,1940.Jewish.Died, in JewishHospital,Cincinnati,HamiltonCounty, Ohio,February25, 1976 (age79 years, 235days).Interment atClifton United Jewish Cemetery, Cincinnati, Ohio. | | Gregory Wayne Abbott (b. 1957) — also known asGreg Abbott — of Austin,TravisCounty, Tex.Born in Wichita Falls,WichitaCounty, Tex.,November13, 1957.Republican.Justice ofTexas state supreme court, 1995-2002; appointed 1995;Texasstate attorney general, 2002-15; delegate to Republican NationalConvention from Texas,2008,2012;Governorof Texas, 2015-.Injured in 1984 when a tree fell on him while jogging, partiallyparalyzed, and confined to awheelchair.Still living as of 2017. | | David Christopher Ahearn (1879-1925) — also known asDavid C. Ahearn — of Framingham,MiddlesexCounty, Mass.; Glenwood Springs,GarfieldCounty, Colo.;Denver,Colo.Born in Rotherham,England,November4, 1879.Lawyer;member ofMassachusettsstate house of representatives, 1910-11; trustee, FraminghamHospital,1910-16; selectman, Framingham, 1912-13; pioneer in Coloradooil shaleindustry; founder and president of the Yarg Producing & RefiningCorporation.Catholic.Member,Elks.Crippled as a boy, had minimal use of both legs, and usedcanes or crutches.Died inDenver,Colo.,November30, 1925 (age46 years, 26days).Intermentsomewherein Framingham, Mass.| |  Relatives: Sonof John Ahearn and Mary (Kerwin) Ahearn; married,December27, 1909, to Jane Francis Shea. |
| | Frank T. Albright (1843-1908) — of Mason,InghamCounty, Mich.; Lansing,InghamCounty, Mich.Born in Ypsilanti,WashtenawCounty, Mich.,September23, 1843.Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; injured inthe battle at Cold Harbor, Va., 1864, andlost part of his rightarm; postmaster atMason,Mich., 1867-83.Member,GrandArmy of the Republic;RoyalArcanum.Died, fromBright'sdisease, in Lansing,InghamCounty, Mich.,December10, 1908 (age65 years, 78days).Interment atMt.Hope Cemetery, Lansing, Mich. | | Arthur William Aleshire (1900-1940) — also known asArthur W. Aleshire — of Springfield,ClarkCounty, Ohio.Born near Luray,PageCounty, Va.,February15, 1900.Democrat.Grocer;gasolinestation business; Hislegs were paralyzed as the result ofan accident in 1923; used a wheelchair;U.S.Representative from Ohio 7th District, 1937-39; defeated, 1938.Member,Knightsof Pythias.Died, fromuremiaandheartdisease, in ahospitalat Springfield,ClarkCounty, Ohio,March11, 1940 (age40 years, 25days).Interment atFerncliffCemetery, Springfield, Ohio. | | Michela Alioto-Pier (b. 1968) — also known asMichela A. Alioto — ofSanFrancisco, Calif.Born inSanFrancisco, Calif.,April29, 1968.Democrat. Candidate forU.S.Representative from California 1st District, 1996; Democraticcandidate forsecretaryof state of California, 1998, 2002 (primary); delegate toDemocratic National Convention from California,2000;candidate formayorof San Francisco, Calif., 2011.Female.Herlegs were paralyzed in a 1981 ski-lift accident. Still living as of 2022. | | Guy E. Allott — of Alliance,StarkCounty, Ohio.Democrat.Mayorof Alliance, Ohio, 1934-37.Blinded in an accident in the spring of 1933. Burial location unknown. | | Ephraim Foster Anderson (1838-1877) — of Maryland. Born inBedfordCounty, Pa.,1838.Republican. Colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War;lawyer;member ofMarylandstate house of delegates, 1865; delegate to Republican NationalConvention from Maryland,1868.Crippled by wounds received during the Civil War. DiedApril 5,1877 (ageabout 38years).Original interment atPresbyterianChurch (which no longer exists), Anderson, Md.; reinterment tounknown location. | | Benjamin William Arnett (1838-1906) — also known asBenjamin W. Arnett — of Wilberforce,GreeneCounty, Ohio.Born in Brownsville,FayetteCounty, Pa.,March16, 1838.Republican.School teacherand principal;ordainedminister; member ofOhiostate house of representatives from Greene County, 1886-87;firstBlack state legislator elected to represent a majority whiteconstituency;bishop;offered prayer, Republican National Convention,1896.AfricanMethodist Episcopal.African,Scottish,AmericanIndian, andIrishancestry.Lost a leg due to a tumor in 1858. Died, ofuremia,in Wilberforce,GreeneCounty, Ohio,October7, 1906 (age68 years, 205days).Interment atWilberforceCemetery, Wilberforce, Ohio. | | William Hollingsworth Attwood (1919-1989) — also known asWilliam Attwood — of New Canaan,FairfieldCounty, Conn.Born in Paris,France,July14, 1919.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II;newspapercorrespondent;newspapereditor and publisher; U.S. Ambassador toGuinea, 1961-63;Kenya, 1964-66.He becamepartially lame due to polio he caught in Africa. Died, fromcongestiveheart failure, in New Canaan,FairfieldCounty, Conn.,April15, 1989 (age69 years, 275days).Intermentsomewherein New Canaan, Conn. | | James Addams Beaver (1837-1914) — also known asJames A. Beaver — of Bellefonte,CentreCounty, Pa.Born in Millerstown,PerryCounty, Pa.,October21, 1837.Republican.Lawyer;general in the Union Army during the Civil War; delegate toRepublican National Convention from Pennsylvania,1880;Governorof Pennsylvania, 1887-91; defeated, 1882; superior court judge inPennsylvania, 1896-1906.Presbyterian.Lost a leg in the battle of Ream's Station, August 24, 1864. Died in Bellefonte,CentreCounty, Pa.,January31, 1914 (age76 years, 102days).Interment atUnionCemetery, Bellefonte, Pa.  | Julius S. Berg (1895-1938) — of Bronx,BronxCounty, N.Y.Born in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,July 15,1895.Democrat.Lawyer;served in the U.S. Army during World War I; injured in combat andlost a leg; member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from Bronx County 3rd District, 1923-30; member ofNewYork state senate 22nd District, 1931-38; died in office 1938.Jewish. Member,AmericanLegion;JewishWar Veterans;Veterans ofForeign Wars;DisabledAmerican Veterans;Freemasons;Elks;Knightsof Pythias.Indictedonchargesofreceivingmoney for his aid inprocuringliquor licenses and arranging for concessions at the New YorkWorld's Fair; that same day, hekilledhimself bygunshot,in hislawoffice, Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,July 20,1938 (age43 years, 5days).Interment atMt.Ararat Cemetery, East Farmingdale, Long Island, N.Y. | | | Abraham Bernstein (1918-1990) — of Bronx,BronxCounty, N.Y.Born in Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,May 1,1918.Democrat.Lawyer;served in the U.S. Army during World War II; member ofNew Yorkstate senate, 1961-90 (28th District 1961-65, 36th District 1966,32nd District 1967-90); died in office 1990.Jewish. Member,AmericanJewish Congress;ZionistOrganization of America;B'naiB'rith.Oneleg was amputated in 1977 due to phlebitis. Died, following aheartattack, in Albert EinsteinMedicalCenter, Bronx,BronxCounty, N.Y.,March 4,1990 (age71 years, 307days).Interment atNewMt. Lebanon Cemetery, Iselin, N.J.| | Relatives:Married to Ruth Schub and Gretchen Diamond. |
| | James Henderson Berry (1841-1913) — also known asJames H. Berry — of Bentonville,BentonCounty, Ark.Born inJacksonCounty, Ala.,May 15,1841.Democrat. Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War;wounded at the battle of Corinth, Miss., October 4, 1862, andlosta leg;lawyer;member ofArkansasstate house of representatives, 1866, 1872-74;Speaker ofthe Arkansas State House of Representatives, 1874; circuit judgein Arkansas, 1879-83;Governor ofArkansas, 1883-85;U.S.Senator from Arkansas, 1885-1907; delegate to Democratic NationalConvention from Arkansas,1900,1904.Died in Bentonville,BentonCounty, Ark.,January30, 1913 (age71 years, 260days).Interment atKnightsof Pythias Cemetery, Bentonville, Ark. | | Roswell Peter Bishop (1843-1920) — also known asRoswell P. Bishop — of Ann Arbor,WashtenawCounty, Mich.; Ludington,MasonCounty, Mich.Born in Sidney,DelawareCounty, N.Y.,January6, 1843.Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; woundedduring the war at Lees Mills, Va., andlost his right arm;lawyer;MasonCounty Prosecuting Attorney, 1877-80, 1885-86; member ofMichiganstate house of representatives from Mason County, 1883-84,1893-94;U.S.Representative from Michigan 9th District, 1895-1907; defeated,1906;delegateto Michigan state constitutional convention 26th District, 1907.Died in Pacific Grove,MontereyCounty, Calif.,March 4,1920 (age77 years, 58days).Interment atElCarmelo Cemetery, Pacific Grove, Calif. | | William Henry Bissell (1811-1860) — also known asWilliam H. Bissell — of Belleville,St. ClairCounty, Ill.Born in Hartwick,OtsegoCounty, N.Y.,April25, 1811.Democrat.Physician;lawyer;member ofIllinoisstate house of representatives, 1840-42; colonel in the U.S. Armyduring the Mexican War;U.S.Representative from Illinois, 1849-55 (1st District 1849-53, 8thDistrict 1853-55);Governor ofIllinois, 1857-60; died in office 1860.Catholic.FirstRepublican andfirstCatholic governor of Illinois.Died, at least partly fromsyphilis,which hadcrippled him, in the IllinoisExecutiveMansion, Springfield,SangamonCounty, Ill.,March18, 1860 (age48 years, 328days).Original interment atHutchinson Cemetery, Springfield, Ill.; reinterment in 1871 atOakRidge Cemetery, Springfield, Ill. | | Mark Harden Blandford (1826-1902) — of Georgia. Born inWarrenCounty, Ga.,July 13,1826.Served in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War; served in theConfederate Army during the Civil War;Representativefrom Georgia in the Confederate Congress, 1864-65;justice ofGeorgia state supreme court, 1883-90.Wounded during the Civil War, at McDowell, Va., andlost anarm.Died in Columbus,MuscogeeCounty, Ga.,January31, 1902 (age75 years, 202days).Interment atLinwoodCemetery, Columbus, Ga. | | Ellis Barkett Bodron (1923-1997) — of Vicksburg,WarrenCounty, Miss.Born in Vicksburg,WarrenCounty, Miss.,October25, 1923.Member ofMississippistate house of representatives, 1948-52; member ofMississippistate senate, 1952-84; candidate forU.S.Representative from Mississippi, 1972.Member,American BarAssociation;Lions;Jaycees.Blind from childhood. Died, ofbraincancer, in Jackson,HindsCounty, Miss.,February17, 1997 (age73 years, 115days).Burial location unknown. | | Alexander Campbell Botkin (1842-1905) — also known asAlexander C. Botkin — of Helena,Lewis andClark County, Mont.Born in Madison,DaneCounty, Wis.,October13, 1842.Republican. Candidate forDelegateto U.S. Congress from Montana Territory, 1882;LieutenantGovernor of Montana, 1893-97; candidate forGovernor ofMontana, 1896.Suffered for twenty-five years fromparalysis caused byexposure in a storm in 1880.Died inWashington,D.C.,November1, 1905 (age63 years, 19days).Interment atForestHill Cemetery, Madison, Wis. | | William Hiram Brawley (1841-1916) — also known asWilliam H. Brawley;William HugginsBrawley —of Chester, Chester District (nowChesterCounty), S.C.; Charleston,CharlestonCounty, S.C.Born in Chester, Chester District (nowChesterCounty), S.C.,May 13,1841.Democrat. Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War;wounded at the Battle of Seven Pines, Va., 1862, andlost anarm;lawyer;member ofSouthCarolina state house of representatives from Charleston County,1882-90;U.S.Representative from South Carolina 1st District, 1891-94;resigned 1894;U.S.District Judge for South Carolina, 1894-1911; retired 1911.Died in Charleston,CharlestonCounty, S.C.,November15, 1916 (age75 years, 186days).Interment atMagnoliaCemetery, Charleston, S.C. | | George E. Brennan (b. 1865) — also known as"Boss" — of Chicago,CookCounty, Ill.Born inCayugaCounty, N.Y.,1865.Democrat.Insurancebusiness; delegate to Democratic National Convention fromIllinois,1904,1908,1912,1920,1924,1928;candidate forU.S.Senator from Illinois, 1926.Lost a leg as a boy. Burial location unknown. | | Maurice L. Britt (1919-1995) — also known asFootsie Britt — of Arkansas. Born in Carlisle,LonokeCounty, Ark.,June 29,1919.Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II;LieutenantGovernor of Arkansas, 1967-71; candidate forGovernor ofArkansas, 1986.Baptist.Member,AmericanLegion;Rotary;Kiwanis.Professionalfootballplayer for the Detroit Lions. Wounded during World War II andlosthis right arm. Received theMedalof Honor for action at Mignano, Italy, in November 1943.DiedNovember26, 1995 (age76 years, 150days).Interment atLittleRock National Cemetery, Little Rock, Ark. | | Wilmot W. Brookings (1830-1905) — of Sioux Falls,MinnehahaCounty, Dakota Territory (now S.Dak.).Born in Woolwich,SagadahocCounty, Maine,October23, 1830.Lawyer;in February 1858, he was out in a blizzard andlost both feet;memberDakota territorial council, 1862-63, 1867-69;Presidentof the Dakota Territorial Council, 1868; member ofDakotaterritorial House of Representatives, 1863-66;Speakerof the Dakota Territory House of Representatives, 1864-65;justice ofDakota territorial supreme court, 1869-73;delegateto South Dakota state constitutional convention, 1883, 1885.Died in Boston,SuffolkCounty, Mass.,1905(ageabout74 years).Burial location unknown. | | Preston Smith Brooks (1819-1857) — also known asPreston S. Brooks — of Ninety Six, Edgefield District (nowGreenwoodCounty), S.C.Born in Edgefield, Edgefield District (nowEdgefieldCounty), S.C.,August5, 1819.Lawyer;member ofSouthCarolina state house of representatives, 1844;U.S.Representative from South Carolina 4th District, 1853-56,1856-57; died in office 1857.Suffered a hip wound in aduelwithLouisT. Wigfall, 1839, and could walkonly with a cane for therest of his life. In May, 1856, furious over an anti-slavery speech,he went to the Senate andbeatSenatorCharlesSumner with a cane, causingsevereinjuries; an attempt toexpelhim from Congress failed for lack of the necessary two-thirds vote,but heresigned;re-elected to his own vacancy.Slaveowner. Died inWashington,D.C.,January27, 1857 (age37 years, 175days).Interment atWillowBrook Cemetery, Edgefield, S.C.; cenotaph atCongressionalCemetery, Washington, D.C. | | Charles Elwood Brown (1834-1904) — also known asCharles E. Brown — of Cincinnati,HamiltonCounty, Ohio.Born in Cincinnati,HamiltonCounty, Ohio,July 4,1834.Republican. General in the Union Army during the Civil War;U.S.Representative from Ohio 2nd District, 1885-89; member ofOhiostate senate, 1890.Wounded during the Civil War, while fighting in Georgia, 1864, andlost a leg.Died in College Hill (now part of Cincinnati),HamiltonCounty, Ohio,May 22,1904 (age69 years, 323days).Interment atSpringGrove Cemetery, Cincinnati, Ohio. | | Jesse Brown (1944-2002) — Born in Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.,March27, 1944.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during the Vietnam War;U.S.Secretary of Veterans Affairs, 1993-97;speaker, Democratic National Convention, 1996.Africanancestry. Member,DisabledAmerican Veterans.Hisarm was partially paralyzed as a result of a combat injuryin Vietnam, 1965.Died, fromamyotrophiclateral sclerosis, in Warrenton,FauquierCounty, Va.,August15, 2002 (age58 years, 141days).Interment atArlingtonNational Cemetery, Arlington, Va. | | Reagan V. Brown (c.1921-1999) — of Texas. Born about 1921. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II;Texascommissioner of agriculture, 1977-82.Lost a finger in an accident when he was young. Died in afarmtractor accident, inBrazoriaCounty, Tex.,November16, 1999 (ageabout 78years).Burial location unknown. | | Walter Boyd Brown Sr. (1920-1998) — also known asWalter Brown, Sr.;W. B.Brown —of Winnsboro,FairfieldCounty, S.C.Born in Smallwood,FairfieldCounty, S.C.,May 16,1920.Democrat. Member ofSouthCarolina state house of representatives, 1950; delegate toDemocratic National Convention from South Carolina,1960,1964,1968;first director of South Carolina Department of General Services;vice-president of Norfolk Southern Corporation (formerly SouthernRailway).Presbyterian.Blind in one eye. Died, following astroke,at Fairfield MemorialHospital,Winnsboro,FairfieldCounty, S.C.,March 9,1998 (age77 years, 297days).Interment atBethelCemetery, Winnsboro, S.C. | | Thomas P. Burnett (1800-1845) — of Mt. Hope Township,GrantCounty, Wis.Born inPittsylvaniaCounty, Va.,September3, 1800.Lawyer;walked with alimp due to a leg injury during a fire; presentfor the surrender of Black Hawk (Indian chief), August 2, 1832;memberWisconsin territorial council, 1836.Methodist.Member,Freemasons.Died, oftyphoid,in Mt. Hope Township,GrantCounty, Wis.,November7, 1845 (age45 years, 65days).Interment atHermitageCemetery, Mt. Hope Township, Grant County, Wis.  | Nicholas Murray Butler (1862-1947) — of Paterson,PassaicCounty, N.J.; Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in Elizabeth,UnionCounty, N.J.,April 2,1862.Republican.Universityprofessor; alternate delegate to Republican National Conventionfrom New Jersey,1888;Presidentof Columbia University, 1901-45; delegate to Republican NationalConvention from New York,1904,1912,1916,1920,1924,1928(speaker),1932;candidate forVicePresident of the United States, 1912; candidate for Republicannomination for President,1920,1928;co-recipient ofNobelPeace Prize in 1931; elected (Wet)delegateto New York convention to ratify 21st amendment 1933, but did notserve;blind in his later years.Episcopalian.Member,AmericanPhilosophical Society;AmericanHistorical Association;PsiUpsilon;PhiBeta Kappa.Died, ofbronchio-pneumonia,in St. Luke'sHospital,Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,December7, 1947 (age85 years, 249days).Interment atCedarLawn Cemetery, Paterson, N.J. | | Allen Daniel Candler (1834-1910) — also known asAllen D. Candler;"The One-EyedPloughboy from Pigeon Roost" —of Jonesboro,ClaytonCounty, Ga.; Gainesville,HallCounty, Ga.Born in Auraria,LumpkinCounty, Ga.,November4, 1834.Democrat. Colonel in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; inthe battle of Jonesboro, 1864, he was wounded, andlost aneye;railroadpresident;mayorof Gainesville, Ga., 1872; member ofGeorgiastate house of representatives, 1873-77; member ofGeorgiastate senate, 1878-79;U.S.Representative from Georgia 9th District, 1883-91;secretaryof state of Georgia, 1894-98;Governor ofGeorgia, 1898-1902.Presbyterian.Member,Freemasons.Died in Atlanta,FultonCounty, Ga.,October26, 1910 (age75 years, 356days).Interment atAltaVista Cemetery, Gainesville, Ga. | | Frederick W. Carberry (1875-1938) — of Milwaukee,MilwaukeeCounty, Wis.Born in Dubuque,DubuqueCounty, Iowa,February3, 1875.Republican.Musicteacher;musicalinstrument dealer; director of community singing;performed, Republican National Convention, 1920 ;blind in his later years.Died, fromheartdisease, in Milwaukee,MilwaukeeCounty, Wis.,January27, 1938 (age62 years, 358days).Interment atLinwoodCemetery, Dubuque, Iowa. | | Isaac Swartwood Catlin (1835-1916) — also known asIsaac S. Catlin — of Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.Born in Owego,TiogaCounty, N.Y.,July 8,1835.Republican. Mayor of Owego, N.Y., 1860-61; colonel in the Union Armyduring the Civil War; wounded during Battle of the Crater,Petersburg, Va., July 1864, andlost his right leg; receivedtheMedalof Honor for his actions that day;lawyer;candidate formayorof Brooklyn, N.Y., 1885.Suffered astroke,and died a week later, in theHotel St.George, Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.,January19, 1916 (age80 years, 195days).Interment atArlingtonNational Cemetery, Arlington, Va. | | Sidney Johnston Catts (1863-1936) — also known asSidney J. Catts — of Florida. Born in Pleasant Hill,DallasCounty, Ala.,July 31,1863.Democrat.Lawyer;pastor;insuranceagent;Governor ofFlorida, 1917-21; defeated in primary, 1924, 1928.Member,Freemasons;Knightsof Pythias;Woodmen ofthe World.Lost his right eye in a childhood accident. Died in DeFuniak Springs,WaltonCounty, Fla.,March 9,1936 (age72 years, 222days).Interment atMagnoliaCemetery, DeFuniak Springs, Fla. | | David Madison Cawthorn (b. 1995) — also known asMadison Cawthorn — Born in Asheville,BuncombeCounty, N.C.,August1, 1995.Republican. Seriously injured in an automobile accident, andpartially paralyzed;speaker, Republican National Convention, 2020 ;U.S.Representative from North Carolina 11th District, 2021-23;defeated in primary, 2022.Still living as of 2024. | | William Astor Chanler (1867-1934) — of New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.; Barrytown,DutchessCounty, N.Y.; Paris,France.Born in Newport,NewportCounty, R.I.,June 11,1867.Democrat.Explorer;author;member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from New York County 5th District, 1898; served inthe U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War;U.S.Representative from New York 14th District, 1899-1901.Member,TammanyHall.Injured in an automobile accident in France, 1915, andlost alower leg.Died in Mentone (Menton),France,March4, 1934 (age66 years, 266days).Interment atTrinityCemetery, Manhattan, N.Y.| | Relatives: SonofJohnWinthrop Chanler and Margaret Astor (Ward) Chanler; brother ofLewisStuyvesant Chanler; married1903 to Minnie'Beatrice' Ashley; grandnephew ofJohnJacob Astor III; second great-grandson ofJohnArmstrong Jr.; second great-grandnephew ofRobertR. Livingston (1746-1813),JamesArmstrong andEdwardLivingston; third great-grandson ofJohnArmstrong andRobertR. Livingston (1718-1775); fourth great-grandson ofRobertLivingston (1688-1775); fourth great-grandnephew ofJohnLivingston andGilbertLivingston; fifth great-grandson ofRobertLivingston the Elder andRobertLivingston the Younger; fifth great-grandnephew ofJohannesSchuyler (1668-1747); sixth great-grandson ofPieterSchuyler (1657-1724); first cousin once removed ofWilliamWaldorf Astor; first cousin five times removed ofRobertLivingston (1708-1790),PeterVan Brugh Livingston,RobertGilbert Livingston,HenryGilbert Livingston,PhilipLivingston,WilliamLivingston,JeremiahVan Rensselaer,RobertVan Rensselaer andJamesLivingston; first cousin six times removed ofJohannesSchuyler (1697-1746) andPhilipP. Schuyler; first cousin seven times removed ofDavidDavidse Schuyler andMyndertDavidtse Schuyler; second cousin ofHelenRoosevelt Robinson; second cousin four times removed ofPeterRobert Livingston (1737-1794),WalterLivingston,PhilipPeter Livingston,PhilipVan Cortlandt,HenryBrockholst Livingston,PierreVan Cortlandt Jr.,PeterRobert Livingston (1766-1847),JacobRutsen Van Rensselaer,PhilipJeremiah Schuyler andMaturinLivingston; second cousin five times removed ofStephanusBayard,PierreVan Cortlandt,PhilipJohn Schuyler,StephenJohn Schuyler,PieterSchuyler (1746-1792) andPeterSamuel Schuyler; third cousin thrice removed ofStephenVan Rensselaer,PhilipSchuyler Van Rensselaer,HenryWalter Livingston,PeterAugustus Jay,RensselaerWesterlo,EdwardPhilip Livingston,WilliamAlexander Duer,JohnDuer,PhilipSchuyler,JamesAlexander Hamilton,PeterRobert Livingston (1789-1859),WilliamJay,GerritSmith,CharlesLudlow Livingston,HamiltonFish andElizabethCady Stanton; fourth cousin ofPeterGoelet Gerry,OgdenLivingston Mills andRobertReginald Livingston. | | | | Political families:Chanler-Astor-Wardfamily of New York City, New York;Livingston-Schuylerfamily of New York (subsets of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Find-A-Gravememorial |
| | Robert Keaton Christenberry (1899-1973) — also known asRobert K. Christenberry — of Cleveland,CuyahogaCounty, Ohio; Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.; Peoria,PeoriaCounty, Ill.; Pittsburgh,AlleghenyCounty, Pa.; Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.; Fort Lauderdale,BrowardCounty, Fla.Born in Huntingdon,CarrollCounty, Tenn.,January27, 1899.Republican. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War I;lost his right hand and wrist in a grenade explosion; U.S.Vice Consul inVladivostok, as of 1919;hotelmanager and executive; candidate formayorof New York City, N.Y., 1957; postmaster atNewYork City, N.Y., 1958-66 (acting, 1958-59).Presbyterian.Member,DisabledAmerican Veterans;AmericanLegion;Veterans ofForeign Wars;Freemasons;Shriners;Jesters.Suffered astroke,and died two months later, in MethodistHospital,Memphis,ShelbyCounty, Tenn.,April13, 1973 (age74 years, 76days).Burial location unknown. | | Joseph Maxwell Cleland (b. 1942) — also known asMax Cleland — of Lithonia,DeKalbCounty, Ga.Born in Atlanta,FultonCounty, Ga.,August24, 1942.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the Vietnam war; member ofGeorgiastate senate, 1971-75; candidate forLieutenantGovernor of Georgia, 1974;secretaryof state of Georgia, 1983-96;U.S.Senator from Georgia, 1997-2003; defeated, 2002; delegate toDemocratic National Convention from Georgia,2000.Lost both legs and part of one arm in Vietnam. Still living as of 2014. | | Benjamin Rutledge Clyburn (1840-1877) — also known asBenjamin R. Clyburn — of Lancaster District (nowLancasterCounty), S.C.Born in Lancaster District (nowLancasterCounty), S.C.,1840.Major in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; injured duringthe Civil War andlost a leg;lawyer;member ofSouthCarolina state house of representatives from Lancaster, 1864-66.Died in Lancaster,LancasterCounty, S.C.,March20, 1877 (ageabout 36years).Interment atOlde Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Lancaster, S.C.  | John F. Collins (1919-1995) — of Boston,SuffolkCounty, Mass.Born in Roxbury, Boston,SuffolkCounty, Mass.,1919.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; member ofMassachusettsstate house of representatives, 1950; member ofMassachusettsstate senate, 1950; delegate to Democratic National Conventionfrom Massachusetts,1952,1960,1964;mayorof Boston, Mass., 1960-68.Catholic.Hislegs were paralyzed due to polio. Died at VencorHospital,Boston,SuffolkCounty, Mass.,November23, 1995 (ageabout 76years).Interment atSt.Joseph's Cemetery, West Roxbury, Boston, Mass.| | See alsoNNDBdossier | | | | Image source: Time Magazine, March 23,1962 |
| | Louis P. Cooke (1811-1849) — of Texas. Born in Tennessee,1811.Colonel in the Texas Army during the Texas War of Independence;member ofTexasRepublic House of Representatives, 1838-39, 1841-42;TexasRepublic Secretary of the Navy, 1839-41.Chargedin 1843 with themurderof Captain Mark Lewis; attrial,the jury deadlocked, and heescapedbefore a second trial could be held. Wounded in an Indian raid onCorpus Christi in 1844 andlost an eye.Died, ofcholera,in Brownsville,CameronCounty, Tex.,1849(ageabout38 years).Intermentsomewherein New Orleans, La. | | Thomas F. Cosgrove (b. 1892) — of West New Brighton, Staten Island,RichmondCounty, N.Y.Born in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,June 16,1892.Democrat.Lawyer;served in the U.S. Army during World War I; wounded in battle atArgonne Forest, October 21, 1918, andlost a leg; member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from Richmond County 1st District, 1920-23.Interment atSt.Peter's Cemetery, West New Brighton, Staten Island, N.Y. | | Dale John Crafts (b. 1958) — also known asDale Crafts — of Lisbon Falls, Lisbon,AndroscogginCounty, Maine.Born in Fort Lauderdale,BrowardCounty, Fla.,December14, 1958.Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Maine,2008,2016;member ofMainestate house of representatives, 2008-16 (104th District 2008-14,56th District 2014-16); candidate forU.S.Representative from Maine 2nd District, 2020.Paralyzed from the waist down since an accident at age 25. Still living as of 2020. | | Edwin Bryant Crocker (1818-1875) — also known asEdwin B. Crocker — of Sacramento,SacramentoCounty, Calif.Born in Jamesville,OnondagaCounty, N.Y.,April26, 1818.Lawyer;justiceof California state supreme court, 1863; chief counsel, CentralPacificRailroad,1864-69.Founder of the Crocker Art Museum;partially paralyzedfollowing an 1869 stroke.Died in Sacramento,SacramentoCounty, Calif.,June 24,1875 (age57 years, 59days).Interment atSacramentoCity Cemetery, Sacramento, Calif. | | Robert H. Curry (1842-1892) — ofBossierParish, La.Born in Fairfield District (nowFairfieldCounty), S.C.,November26, 1842.Member ofLouisianastate house of representatives, 1887.Presbyterian.Member,Grange;Knightsof Pythias.Shot in the right ankle during the Battle of Manassas, andcrippled for the rest of his life.DiedJune 24,1892 (age49 years, 211days).Interment atRockyMount Cemetery, Rocky Mount, La. | | Laurence Curtis (1893-1989) — also known asLawrence Curtis — of Boston,SuffolkCounty, Mass.Born in Boston,SuffolkCounty, Mass.,September3, 1893.Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I;lost aleg during Navy training exercises;lawyer;secretary to U.S. Supreme Court JusticeOliverWendell Holmes, Jr., 1921-22; member ofMassachusettsstate house of representatives, 1933-36; member ofMassachusettsstate senate, 1936-41; delegate to Republican National Conventionfrom Massachusetts,1944(alternate),1960;Massachusettsstate treasurer, 1947-48; defeated, 1948;U.S.Representative from Massachusetts 10th District, 1953-63.Episcopalian.Member,DisabledAmerican Veterans;American BarAssociation;Freemasons.DiedJuly 11,1989 (age95 years, 311days).Burial location unknown. | | Booker Dalton (1869-1948) — of Stuart,PatrickCounty, Va.Born, in aloghouse, inPatrickCounty, Va.,December13, 1869.Farmer;District Commissioner of Revenue, 1910-12, 1923-26; member ofVirginiastate house of delegates from Patrick County, 1914-15;PatrickCounty Commissioner of Revenue, 1927-39.PrimitiveBaptist.Lost one eye in an accident. Died, from astroke,in Stuart,PatrickCounty, Va.,December13, 1948 (age79 years, 0days).Interment atStuartCemetery, Stuart, Va.  | John Warwick Daniel (1842-1910) — also known asJohn W. Daniel;"The Lame Lion ofLynchburg" —ofLynchburg,Va.Born inLynchburg,Va.,September5, 1842.Democrat. Major in the Confederate Army during the Civil War;permanently disabled by a war injury;lawyer;member ofVirginiastate house of delegates, 1869-72; member ofVirginiastate senate, 1875-81; Presidential Elector for Virginia,1876;delegate to Democratic National Convention from Virginia,1880(ConventionVice-President),1888,1892(member,ResolutionsCommittee),1896(PermanentChair),1904(member,Platformand Resolutions Committee); candidate forGovernor ofVirginia, 1881;U.S.Representative from Virginia 6th District, 1885-87;U.S.Senator from Virginia, 1887-1910; died in office 1910;delegateto Virginia state constitutional convention from Campbell County,1901-02.Died inLynchburg,Va.,June 29,1910 (age67 years, 297days).Interment atSpringHill Cemetery, Lynchburg, Va. | | Sammy Davis Jr. (1925-1990) — also known asSamuel George Davis — Born in Harlem, Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,December8, 1925.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II;singer;dancer;actor;injured in an automobile accident in 1954, andlost his lefteye;honored guest, Democratic National Convention,1960.Jewish.AfricanandCubanancestry.Received theSpingarnMedal in 1968.Died, from complications ofthroatcancer, in Beverly Hills,Los AngelesCounty, Calif.,May 16,1990 (age64 years, 159days).Interment atForestLawn Memorial Park, Glendale, Calif. | | John Flanigan Deadman (1868-1932) — also known asJohn F. Deadman — of Sault Ste. Marie,ChippewaCounty, Mich.Born in London,Ontario,November26, 1868.Democrat.Veterinarian;lost a leg in a hunting accident;lost an eye inanother accident; candidate formayorof Sault Ste. Marie, Mich., 1915; in 1928, he famously savedseveral lives when he brought needed serum and medical supplies bydogsled, through a heavy winter storm, to snowbound Detour, Mich.Scottishancestry. Member,Knightsof Pythias;Elks;OddFellows;Maccabees;ModernWoodmen of America.Died in ahospitalat Madison,DaneCounty, Wis.,April27, 1932 (age63 years, 153days).Interment atEvergreenCemetery, Alpena, Mich. | | Gerald DeRuiter — of Grand Rapids,KentCounty, Mich.; Kentwood,KentCounty, Mich.Born in Wyoming Township (now Wyoming),KentCounty, Mich.Republican. Republican Presidential Elector for Michigan,1972(voted forRichardM. Nixon andSpiroT. Agnew);mayorof Kentwood, Mich., 1981-92; resigned 1992.Injured in a hunting accident in 1969, andlost a leg. Still living as of 1992. | | Roscoe D. Dix (1839-1912) — of Berrien Springs,BerrienCounty, Mich.Born inJeffersonCounty, N.Y.,June 11,1839.Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War;permanently disabled by injuries suffered in the battle atKnoxville, November 24, 1863;barber;real estatebusiness;banker;Michiganland commissioner, 1887-90;Michiganstate auditor general, 1897-1900.Member,GrandArmy of the Republic.Died in Berrien Springs,BerrienCounty, Mich.,September5, 1912 (age73 years, 86days).Interment atRoseHill Cemetery, Berrien Springs, Mich. | | Frank Murray Dixon (1892-1965) — also known asFrank M. Dixon — of Alabama. Born in Oakland,AlamedaCounty, Calif.,July 25,1892.Democrat.Lawyer;served in the U.S. Army during World War I; injured during the warandlost his right leg;delegateto Alabama convention to ratify 21st amendment at-large, 1933;Governor ofAlabama, 1939-43; defeated in primary, 1934; DemocraticPresidential Elector for Alabama,1960(voted forHarryF. Byrd andStromThurmond).Baptist.Member,American BarAssociation;AmericanLegion;Veterans ofForeign Wars;DisabledAmerican Veterans;KappaAlpha Order;PhiDelta Phi;Freemasons;Kiwanis.Died in Birmingham,JeffersonCounty, Ala.,October11, 1965 (age73 years, 78days).Interment atOakHill Cemetery, Birmingham, Ala. | | William Edward Drevlow (1890-1975) — also known asWilliam E. Drevlow — of Lewiston,Nez PerceCounty, Idaho; Craigmont,LewisCounty, Idaho.Born in Round Prairie,ToddCounty, Minn.,January23, 1890.Democrat. Member ofIdahostate house of representatives, 1947-48, 1951-54; member ofIdahostate senate, 1955-56;LieutenantGovernor of Idaho, 1959-67; defeated, 1966; hisright leg wasamputated in 1961.Member,Grange;Toastmasters.Died, frompneumonia,in ahospitalat Lewiston,Nez PerceCounty, Idaho,August20, 1975 (age85 years, 209days).Interment atLewisand Clark Memorial Gardens, Lewiston, Idaho. | | William Wade Dudley (b. 1842) — of Richmond,WayneCounty, Ind.;Washington,D.C.Born in Weathersfield Bow, Weathersfield,WindsorCounty, Vt.,August27, 1842.Republican. Colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War; woundedat the battle of Gettysburg, 1863, andlost his right leg;WayneCounty Clerk of Courts, 1866-74;millingbusiness;lawyer;banker;U.S. Marshal, District of Indiana, 1879-81; U.S. Commissioner ofPensions, 1881-85;Treasurerof Republican National Committee, 1888.Burial location unknown.| | Relatives:Married1864 toTheresa Fiske. |
| | Matthew Anthony Dunn (1886-1942) — also known asMatthew A. Dunn — of Pittsburgh,AlleghenyCounty, Pa.Born in Braddock,AlleghenyCounty, Pa.,August15, 1886.Newsdealer;insurancebroker; member ofPennsylvaniastate house of representatives from Allegheny County 12thDistrict, 1926-32;U.S.Representative from Pennsylvania 34th District, 1933-41.Lost sight in his left eye at age 12;became blind withwhen helost sight in his right eye at age 20.Died in Pittsburgh,AlleghenyCounty, Pa.,February13, 1942 (age55 years, 182days).Interment atHomewoodCemetery, Pittsburgh, Pa. | | Nehemiah Hezekiah Earll (1787-1872) — of New York. Born in Whitehall,WashingtonCounty, N.Y.,October5, 1787.Democrat. County judge in New York, 1823-31;U.S.Representative from New York 23rd District, 1839-41; defeated,1840.Blind for many years. Died in Mottville,OnondagaCounty, N.Y.,August26, 1872 (age84 years, 326days).Interment atOakwoodCemetery, Syracuse, N.Y. | | John Porter East (1931-1986) — also known asJohn P. East — of North Carolina. Born in Springfield,SangamonCounty, Ill.,May 5,1931.Republican. Candidate forsecretaryof state of North Carolina, 1968; Republican Presidential Electorfor North Carolina,1972(voted forRichardM. Nixon andSpiroT. Agnew);U.S.Senator from North Carolina, 1981-86; died in office 1986.Presbyterian.Hislegs were paralyzed due to polio.Killedhimself bycarbonmonoxide poisoning, in Greenville,PittCounty, N.C.,June 29,1986 (age55 years, 55days).Interment atArlingtonNational Cemetery, Arlington, Va. | | Matthew Duncan Ector (1822-1879) — Born inPutnamCounty, Ga.,February28, 1822.Member of Georgia state legislature, 1850; member of Texas statelegislature, 1855; general in the Confederate Army during the CivilWar; Judge, Texas Court of Appeals, 1866-79; died in office 1879.Wounded during the Civil War, andlost a leg. DiedOctober29, 1879 (age57 years, 243days).Interment atGreenwoodCemetery, Marshall, Tex. | | Lucius Fairchild (1831-1896) — of Madison,DaneCounty, Wis.Born in Franklin Mills (now Kent),PortageCounty, Ohio,December27, 1831.Republican. General in the Union Army during the Civil War; woundedat the battle of Gettysburg, 1863, andlost an arm;secretaryof state of Wisconsin, 1864-66;Governor ofWisconsin, 1866-72; delegate to Republican National Conventionfrom Wisconsin,1872;U.S. Consul General inParis, as of 1879; U.S. Minister toSpain, 1880-81; Presidential Elector for Wisconsin,1889.Englishancestry.Died in Madison,DaneCounty, Wis.,May 23,1896 (age64 years, 148days).Interment atForestHill Cemetery, Madison, Wis.| | Relatives: SonofJairusCassius Fairchild and Sarah 'Sally' (Blair) Fairchild; brother ofCassiusFairchild; married1864 toFrances Bull; second cousin thrice removed ofAndrewAdams. | | | | Political families:FourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | Cross-reference:JohnC. Spooner | | | | ThevillageofFairchild,Wisconsin, isnamed forhim. — FairchildMountain,a summit in Rocky Mountain National Park,LarimerCounty, Colorado, isnamed forhim. — FairchildAvenue,inKent,Ohio, isnamed forhim. — The World War IILibertyshipSS Lucius Fairchild (built 1943 atPortland,Oregon; sold 1947; scrapped 1968) wasnamed forhim. | | | | See alsoNationalGovernors Association biography —Wikipediaarticle —U.S. State Dept career summary —Find-A-Gravememorial —BillionGravesburial record |
| | Paul Farthing (b. 1887) — of East St. Louis,St. ClairCounty, Ill.; Belleville,St. ClairCounty, Ill.Born in Odin,MarionCounty, Ill.,April12, 1887.Democrat.Lawyer;St.Clair County Judge, 1930-33;justice ofIllinois state supreme court, 1933-42; defeated, 1924;chiefjustice of Illinois state supreme court, 1937-38; delegate toDemocratic National Convention from Illinois,1936.Presbyterian.Member,OptimistClub;Sons ofthe Revolution;Redmen;PhiDelta Phi;Order ofthe Coif.Blind since age 12, when his eyes were shot out by anotherboy.Burial location unknown.| | Relatives: Sonof William Dudley Farthing and Sarah (Boyd) Farthing; married,June 18,1914, to Harriet Helen Garrigues. |
| | James Herbert Fay (1899-1948) — also known asJames H. Fay — of Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,April29, 1899.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; wounded andlost his left leg; secretary to the president of Bellevue andAlliedHospitals,1923-29; deputy commissioner of hospitals, 1929-33;U.S.Representative from New York 16th District, 1939-41, 1943-45;defeated, 1934, 1940; delegate to Democratic National Convention fromNew York,1940;chairof New York County Democratic Party, 1942;insuranceandadvertisingbusiness.Catholic.Member,TammanyHall;AmericanLegion.Died in Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,September10, 1948 (age49 years, 134days).Interment atLongIsland National Cemetery, East Farmingdale, Long Island, N.Y. | | Louis Fechter Sr. (1851-1921) — of Buffalo,ErieCounty, N.Y.Born in Alsace-Lorraine,France,1851.Republican. Employed on Lake Shore and Michigan SouthernRailroad;lost an arm in an 1877 railroad accident;cartingbusiness; organized BuffaloRenderingCo.; manager, BuffaloFertilizerCo.; president, MinnehahaMining andSmeltingCo.; president, Fechter-Elliott Agency,realestate andinsurance;member ofNew Yorkstate senate 48th District, 1905-06.Catholic.Died in Buffalo,ErieCounty, N.Y.,April16, 1921 (ageabout 69years).Interment atUnitedGerman and French Cemetery, Cheektowaga, N.Y. | | Francis Fessenden (1839-1906) — of Portland,CumberlandCounty, Maine.Born in Portland,CumberlandCounty, Maine,March18, 1839.Republican. General in the Union Army during the Civil War; suffereda battlefield injury which resulted in aleg amputation;lawyer;mayorof Portland, Maine, 1876-77.Died in Portland,CumberlandCounty, Maine,January2, 1906 (age66 years, 290days).Interment atEvergreenCemetery, Portland, Maine. | | 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 asniper in Lawrenceville, Georgia, 1978, andparalyzed from thewaist 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. | | Uriah Forrest (1756-1805) — of Maryland. Born near Leonardtown,St. Mary'sCounty, Md.,1756.Served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; woundedat the Battle of Brandywine, andlost a leg; member ofMarylandstate house of delegates, 1781-83, 1786-90;Delegateto Continental Congress from Maryland, 1786-87;U.S.Representative from Maryland 3rd District, 1793-94; member ofMarylandstate senate, 1796-1800; state court judge in Maryland, 1799-1800.Episcopalian.Member,Societyof the Cincinnati.Slaveowner. Died in Georgetown,Washington,D.C.,July 6,1805 (ageabout 49years).Original interment atOldPresbyterian Cemetery (which no longer exists), Georgetown,Washington, D.C.; reinterment in 1883 atOakHill Cemetery, Washington, D.C. | | Ray Louis Forshee (1884-1974) — also known asRay L. Forshee — of Pittsfield Township,WashtenawCounty, Mich.; Ann Arbor,WashtenawCounty, Mich.Born in Michigan,March19, 1884.Democrat.Clothingsalesman; candidate forsupervisorof Pittsfield Township, Michigan, 1941.IrishandGermanancestry.Hislegs were amputated due to arteriosclerosis. Died, ofpneumonia,in WhitehallConvalescentCenter, Pittsfield Township,WashtenawCounty, Mich.,January5, 1974 (age89 years, 292days).Interment atSt.Thomas Catholic Cemetery, Ann Arbor, Mich. | | Benjamin Wynn Fortson Jr. (b. 1904) — also known asBen W. Fortson, Jr. — ofWilkesCounty, Ga.Born in Tignall,WilkesCounty, Ga.,December19, 1904.Democrat. Member ofGeorgiastate senate, 1939-42; member ofGeorgiastate house of representatives from Wilkes County, 1943-46;secretaryof state of Georgia, 1946-79.Methodist.Member,PiSigma Alpha;Freemasons;Moose.Confined to a wheelchair since an automobile accident in 1929. Burial location unknown. | | James Emerson Fraser (1916-1950) — also known asJames E. Fraser;"Sonny" —of Atlantic City,AtlanticCounty, N.J.BornAugust4, 1916.Deputysheriff; secretary to State Sen.FrankS. Farley, 1944; member ofNewJersey state house of assembly from Atlantic County, 1948-50;died in office 1950;Speaker ofthe New Jersey State House of Assembly, 1950; died in office 1950.Champion amateur golfer. Confined to awheelchair starting in1949.Died, fromHodgkin'sdisease, in Atlantic City,AtlanticCounty, N.J.,August29, 1950 (age34 years, 25days).Interment atAbsecon Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Absecon, N.J.| | Relatives: Sonof Jim 'Jolly Jim' Fraser and Milly Fraser; married1944 toMadolin Martha Vautrinot. | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial |
 | Homer H. Fuller (1900-1984) — of Euless,TarrantCounty, Tex.Born in Euless,TarrantCounty, Tex.,1900.Grocer;mayor ofEuless, Tex., 1951-53.Walked with difficulty due to childhood polio. Died in Euless,TarrantCounty, Tex.,1984(ageabout84 years).Burial location unknown.  | Oramel B. Fuller (1858-1935) — of Ford River,DeltaCounty, Mich.Born in Jersey City,HudsonCounty, N.J.,January22, 1858.Republican.Lumberbusiness; member ofMichiganstate house of representatives from Delta District, 1893-98;member ofMichiganstate senate 30th District, 1901-04, 1907-08; injured in a fallat the entrance to his home, about 1905, andparalyzed; used awheelchair for the rest of his life;Michiganstate auditor general, 1909-32; defeated, 1932.Member,Freemasons;Shriners;Knightsof Pythias;Elks.Died in Lansing,InghamCounty, Mich.,November4, 1935 (age77 years, 286days).Interment atOakwoodCemetery, Muskegon, Mich. | | Peter Charles Gaillard (1812-1889) — also known asPeter C. Gaillard — of Charleston,CharlestonCounty, S.C.Born inBerkeleyCounty, S.C.,December29, 1812.Lawyer;colonel in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; hit by a shellduring the war, andlost his left arm;mayorof Charleston, S.C., 1865-68.Died in Charleston,CharlestonCounty, S.C.,January11, 1889 (age76 years, 13days).Interment atMagnoliaCemetery, Charleston, S.C. | | Charles J. Gardner (1843-1901) — of Warsaw,WyomingCounty, N.Y.Born in Attica,WyomingCounty, N.Y.,May 12,1843.Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; wounded inthe war, andlost his right leg; postmaster atWarsaw,N.Y., 1884-88;WyomingCounty Sheriff, 1888-90; member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from Wyoming County, 1900-01; died in office 1901.Member,GrandArmy of the Republic.Died, fromuremicpoisoning, in Warsaw,WyomingCounty, N.Y.,May 7,1901 (age57 years, 360days).Interment atWarsawCemetery, Warsaw, N.Y. | | Samuel Jameson Gholson (1808-1883) — of Mississippi. Born near Richmond,MadisonCounty, Ky.,May 19,1808.Democrat. Member ofMississippistate house of representatives, 1835;U.S.Representative from Mississippi at-large, 1836-37, 1837-39;federaljudge, 1839; general in the Confederate Army during the Civil War.Wounded during the Civil War andlost an arm. Slaveowner. Died in Aberdeen,MonroeCounty, Miss.,October16, 1883 (age75 years, 150days).Interment atOddFellows Cemetery, Aberdeen, Miss.  | Thomas Pryor Gore (1870-1949) — also known asThomas P. Gore — of Texas; Lawton,ComancheCounty, Okla.; Oklahoma City,OklahomaCounty, Okla.Born near Embry,WebsterCounty, Miss.,December10, 1870.Democrat.Lawyer; candidate forU.S.Representative from Texas, 1898;memberOklahoma territorial council, 1903-05;U.S.Senator from Oklahoma, 1907-21, 1931-37; defeated, 1920, 1936;delegate to Democratic National Convention from Oklahoma,1912(speaker),1928;member ofDemocraticNational Committee from Oklahoma, 1912-16.Member,Knightsof Pythias;Moose;Woodmen;Elks.Blind due to an accident suffered when he was a boy;firstblind member of the U.S. Senate.DiedMarch16, 1949 (age78 years, 96days).Originally entombed atRoseHill Burial Park, Oklahoma City, Okla.; later interred in 1949 atFairlawnCemetery, Oklahoma City, Okla. | | Robert Budd Gould (1937-1997) — of Montana. Born in Pasadena,Los AngelesCounty, Calif.,May 10,1937.Member ofMontanastate house of representatives, 1974-81, 1985-91.Blinded by diabetes in 1970. Died of complications ofdiabetes.June2, 1997 (age60 years, 23days).Interment atMissoulaCemetery, Missoula, Mont. | | Denmark Groover Jr. (1922-2001) — of Macon,BibbCounty, Ga.Born in Quitman,BrooksCounty, Ga.,June 30,1922.Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II;lawyer;member ofGeorgiastate house of representatives from Bibb County, 1953-57,1963-65, 1971-75, 1983-95.Methodist.Member,PhiDelta Theta;Associationof Trial Lawyers of America.During World War II, served as a pilot in the "Black Sheep Squadron";an injury left his right armpartially paralyzed. Sponsoredthe bill to put the Confederate battle flag on the Georgia state flagin 1956; supported the removal of the emblem in 2001.Died in Macon,BibbCounty, Ga.,April18, 2001 (age78 years, 292days).Interment atRiversideCemetery, Macon, Ga. | | David McKee Hall (1918-1960) — of Sylva,JacksonCounty, N.C.Born in Sylva,JacksonCounty, N.C.,May 16,1918.Democrat.Lawyer;member ofNorthCarolina state senate, 1955;U.S.Representative from North Carolina 12th District, 1959-60; diedin office 1960.Methodist.Member,American BarAssociation;PhiDelta Phi;Rotary.Paraplegic. Died in Sylva,JacksonCounty, N.C.,January29, 1960 (age41 years, 258days).Interment atWebsterMethodist Church Cemetery, Webster, N.C.  | Wade Hampton III (1818-1902) — also known as"Savior of SouthCarolina" —of Columbia,RichlandCounty, S.C.; Charleston,CharlestonCounty, S.C.Born in Charleston,CharlestonCounty, S.C.,March28, 1818.Democrat. Member ofSouthCarolina state senate, 1858; general in the Confederate Armyduring the Civil War;Governor ofSouth Carolina, 1876-79; defeated, 1865;U.S.Senator from South Carolina, 1879-91; delegate to DemocraticNational Convention from South Carolina,1880;U.S. Railroad Commissioner, 1893-97.Episcopalian.Awarded the Confederate Medal of Honor by the Sons of ConfederateVeterans.Lost a leg in an accident in 1878.Slaveowner. Died in Columbia,RichlandCounty, S.C.,April11, 1902 (age84 years, 14days).Interment atTrinityEpiscopal Cathedral Cemetery, Columbia, S.C.; statue atStateHouse Grounds, Columbia, S.C.| | Relatives: SonofWadeHampton (1791-1858) and Ann (FitzSimons) Hampton; married,October10, 1838, to Margaret Buchanan Frances Preston (daughter ofFrancisSmith Preston; sister ofWilliamCampbell Preston); married1858 to MarySingleton McDuffie (daughter ofGeorgeMcDuffie); nephew of Caroline Martha Hampton (who marriedJohnSmith Preston) and Susan Frances Hampton (who marriedJohnLaurence Manning); grandson ofWadeHampton (1752-1835). | | | | Political family:Breckinridge-Preston-Harrison-Richardsonfamily of Virginia (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | Hampton County,S.C. is named for him. | | | | ThetownofHampton,South Carolina, isnamed forhim. — Wade HamptonHighSchool (built 1960, rebuilt 2006), inGreenville,South Carolina, isnamed forhim. — The Wade HamptonStateOffice Building (opened 1940), inColumbia,South Carolina, isnamed forhim. | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —NationalGovernors Association biography —Wikipediaarticle —NNDBdossier | | | | Books about Wade Hampton: Walter BrianCisco,WadeHampton: Confederate Warrior, ConservativeStatesman | | | | Image source: William C. Roberts,Leading Orators (1884) |
| | | Henry Baldwin Harshaw (1842-1900) — also known asHenry B. Harshaw — of Oshkosh,WinnebagoCounty, Wis.Born in Argyle,WashingtonCounty, N.Y.,June 14,1842.Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; postmasteratOshkosh,Wis., 1877-86;Wisconsinstate treasurer, 1887-91.Member,Elks;GrandArmy of the Republic;LoyalLegion;OddFellows;Knightsof Pythias.Wounded at the battle of Laurel Hill, Va., 1864, andlost his leftarm as a result.Died, oftonguecancer, in Milwaukee,MilwaukeeCounty, Wis.,December25, 1900 (age58 years, 194days).Cremated;ashes interred atRiversideCemetery, Oshkosh, Wis.  | David Bremner Henderson (1840-1906) — also known asDavid B. Henderson — of Dubuque,DubuqueCounty, Iowa.Born in Old Deer, Aberdeenshire,Scotland,March14, 1840.Republican. Colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War;lawyer;U.S.Collector of Internal Revenue at Dubuque, Iowa, 1865-69; delegateto Republican National Convention from Iowa,1880,1888,1896(speaker);U.S.Representative from Iowa 3rd District, 1883-1903;Speaker ofthe U.S. House, 1899-1903.Scottishancestry.Wounded during the Civil War, in 1863, andlost a leg. Died in Dubuque,DubuqueCounty, Iowa,February25, 1906 (age65 years, 348days).Interment atLinwoodCemetery, Dubuque, Iowa. | | Warren James Hinckle III (1938-2016) — also known asWarren Hinckle — ofSanFrancisco, Calif.Born inSanFrancisco, Calif.,October12, 1938.Executive editor, Rampartsmagazine,1964-69;newspapercolumnist;candidate formayorof San Francisco, Calif., 1987.Lost an eye in his youth. Died, from complications ofpneumonia,inSanFrancisco, Calif.,August25, 2016 (age77 years, 318days).Burial location unknown. | | Frederick William Mackey Holliday (1828-1899) — of Virginia. Born inWinchester,Va.,February22, 1828.Democrat.Lawyer;colonel in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; wounded inbattle andlost his right arm;Representativefrom Virginia in the Confederate Congress, 1864-65;Governor ofVirginia, 1878-82.Suffered astroke,and died two weeks later, inWinchester,Va.,May 29,1899 (age71 years, 96days).Interment atMt.Hebron Cemetery, Winchester, Va. | | Charles H. Houghton — of Metuchen,MiddlesexCounty, N.J.Born in New York. Colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War;lost a leg ina Civil War battle;U.S.Collector of Customs at Perth Amboy, N.J., New Jersey, 1875-82.Member,GrandArmy of the Republic.Arrestedin May 1882, andchargedwithembezzlement,fraud,andforgery;tried,convicted,andfined.Burial location unknown. | | Daniel Ken Inouye (1924-2012) — also known asDaniel K. Inouye — of Honolulu, Island of Oahu,HonoluluCounty, Hawaii.Born in Honolulu, Island of Oahu,HonoluluCounty, Hawaii,September7, 1924.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II;lawyer;member ofHawaiiterritorial House of Representatives, 1954-58; delegate toDemocratic National Convention from Hawaii Territory,1956;member ofHawaiiterritorial senate, 1958-59;U.S.Representative from Hawaii at-large, 1959-63; delegate toDemocratic National Convention from Hawaii,1960,1972,1980,1996,2000,2004,2008(delegation chair); Temporary Chair,1968;speaker,1968;Co-Chair,1984;U.S.Senator from Hawaii, 1963-.Methodist.Japaneseancestry. Member,American BarAssociation;DisabledAmerican Veterans;PhiDelta Phi;Lions.Lost his right arm as the result of a combat injury in Italyduring World War II. His Distinguished Service Cross was upgraded in2000 to aMedalof Honor.FirstAmerican of Japanese descent to serve in Congress.Died, fromrespiratoryfailure, inWalterReed Hospital, Bethesda,MontgomeryCounty, Md.,December17, 2012 (age88 years, 101days).Interment atNationalMemorial Cemetery of the Pacific, Honolulu, Island of Oahu,Hawaii. | | Thomas Jordan Jarvis (1836-1915) — also known asThomas J. Jarvis — of Greenville,PittCounty, N.C.Born in Jarvisburg,CurrituckCounty, N.C.,January18, 1836.Democrat.Lawyer;served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War;lost hisright arm;delegateto North Carolina state constitutional convention, 1865, 1875;member ofNorthCarolina state house of representatives, 1868-71; PresidentialElector for North Carolina,1868;Presidential Elector for North Carolina,1872;LieutenantGovernor of North Carolina, 1877-79;Governor ofNorth Carolina, 1879-85; U.S. Minister toBrazil, 1885-88;U.S.Senator from North Carolina, 1894-95; delegate to DemocraticNational Convention from North Carolina,1896.DiedJune 17,1915 (age79 years, 150days).Interment atCherryHill Cemetery, Greenville, N.C. | | Jonathan Kearsley (1786-1859) — of Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.Born in Middletown,DauphinCounty, Pa.,August20, 1786.Major in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812;lost a leg inthe Battle of Chippawa, Canada;mayorof Detroit, Mich., 1826, 1829.Died in Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.,1859(ageabout72 years).Interment atElmwoodCemetery, Detroit, Mich.  | Harry Francis Kelly (1895-1971) — also known asHarry F. Kelly;Henry FrancisKelly —of Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.; Gaylord,OtsegoCounty, Mich.Born in Ottawa,La SalleCounty, Ill.,April19, 1895.Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I;lost partof his left leg in France;lawyer;LaSalle County State's Attorney, 1919-23;secretaryof state of Michigan, 1939-42;Governor ofMichigan, 1943-46; defeated, 1950; delegate to RepublicanNational Convention from Michigan,1944;justiceof Michigan state supreme court, 1954-70.DiedFebruary8, 1971 (age75 years, 295days).Interment atHolySepulchre Cemetery, Southfield, Mich. | | John Worth Kern Jr. (1900-1971) — also known asJohn W. Kern — of Indianapolis,MarionCounty, Ind.Born in Indianapolis,MarionCounty, Ind.,July 7,1900.Democrat.Lawyer;superior court judge in Indiana, 1931-34;mayorof Indianapolis, Ind., 1935-37; resigned 1937.Presbyterian.Member,PhiGamma Delta;Freemasons.At age 8, hislegs were paralyzed by polio. DiedJanuary29, 1971 (age70 years, 206days).Interment atCrownHill Cemetery, Indianapolis, Ind. | | Joseph Robert Kerrey (b. 1943) — also known asBob Kerrey — of Nebraska. Born in Lincoln,LancasterCounty, Neb.,August27, 1943.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during the Vietnam War;Governor ofNebraska, 1983-87; delegate to Democratic National Conventionfrom Nebraska,1996,2000;speaker,1988;U.S.Senator from Nebraska, 1989-2001; candidate for Democraticnomination for President,1992.Congregationalist.Member,Veterans ofForeign Wars;DisabledAmerican Veterans;AmericanLegion;Lions;Sertoma.Received theMedalof Honor for action at Nha Trang Bay, Vietnam, 1969, when helost a leg.Still living as of 2014. | | Robert Charles Killough Jr. (1906-1961) — also known asRobert C. Killough, Jr. — of Watervliet,AlbanyCounty, N.Y.; Loudonville,AlbanyCounty, N.Y.Born in Watervliet,AlbanyCounty, N.Y.,November8, 1906.Republican.Lawyer;exempted from military service because childhood polio resulted inatrophy of lower leg muscles and feet, though he learned towalk almost normally using orthopedic shoes; candidate forNew Yorkstate assembly from Albany County 3rd District, 1930; AssistantCommissioner for Professional Education, New York State EducationDepartment.Presbyterian.IrishandEnglishancestry. Member,American BarAssociation.Died, ofcancer,in Loudonville,AlbanyCounty, N.Y.,November14, 1961 (age55 years, 6days).Interment atSt.Agnes Cemetery, Menands, N.Y.| | Relatives: Sonof Robert C. Killough and Anna E. (Iverson) Killough; married,April 3,1937, to Margaret Agnes Casey. |
| | Elaine King-Miller — of Amarillo,PotterCounty, Tex.Democrat. Certified clinicalmental healthcounselor;visually impaired; candidate forTexasstate senate 31st District, 2004.Female.Africanancestry.Still living as of 2006.  | John T. Kostuck (1892-1960) — of Stevens Point,PortageCounty, Wis.Born in Stevens Point,PortageCounty, Wis.,October7, 1892.Pianodealer;pianotuner; member ofWisconsinstate assembly from Portage County, 1931-60.A blasting accident made himblind at age 14. Died in1960(ageabout67 years).Interment atGuardian Angel Cemetery, Stevens Point, Wis. | | John D. Kruse (1893-1971) — also known asJack Kruse — of Manistee,ManisteeCounty, Mich.Born in Manistee,ManisteeCounty, Mich.,June 24,1893.Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I;ManisteeCounty Clerk, 1921-30; member ofMichiganstate house of representatives, 1943-54 (Manistee County 1943-44,Manistee District 1945-54); defeated in primary, 1954.Member,DisabledAmerican Veterans;AmericanLegion;Veterans ofForeign Wars;Elks;Eagles;OddFellows;Freemasons.Crippled by an injury in 1919. Died in1971(ageabout78 years).Burial location unknown. | | James R. Langevin (b. 1964) — also known asJim Langevin — of Warwick,KentCounty, R.I.; East Greenwich,KentCounty, R.I.Born in Providence,ProvidenceCounty, R.I.,April22, 1964.Democrat. Member ofRhodeIsland state house of representatives, 1988-94;secretaryof state of Rhode Island, 1995-2001;U.S.Representative from Rhode Island 2nd District, 2001-; delegate toDemocratic National Convention from Rhode Island,2004,2008,2012.Catholic.Paralyzed from the waist down due to an accidental shooting in1980.Still living as of 2014. | | Henry E. Lanius (c.1885-1943) — ofYorkCounty, Pa.Born inYorkCounty, Pa., about 1885.Democrat.Farmer;member ofPennsylvaniastate house of representatives, 1913-20; member ofPennsylvaniastate senate 28th District, 1923-43; died in office 1943.Becameblind in 1903. DiedMay 30,1943 (ageabout 58years).Burial location unknown. | | William Larrabee (1832-1912) — of Iowa. Born in Ledyard,New LondonCounty, Conn.,January20, 1832.Republican.Schoolteacher;grainmiller;banker;member ofIowastate senate, 1867;Governor ofIowa, 1886-90.Methodist.FrenchHuguenot ancestry.Blinded in his right eye by a gun accident at age 15. DiedNovember16, 1912 (age80 years, 301days).Interment atGod'sAcre Cemetery, Clermont, Iowa. | | Orin Lehman (1920-2008) — also known as"Father Nature" — of Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.BornJanuary14, 1920.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; injured duringthe Battle of the Bulge andlost a leg;newspaperpublisher; chairman, ColgreenBroadcastingGroup, owner ofradiostations; founder, Just One Break, Inc., not-for-profitemployment service for people with disabilities; campaign manager,JohnJ. Burns for Lieutenant Governor, 1962; delegate to DemocraticNational Convention from New York,1964;candidate forU.S.Representative from New York 17th District, 1966;producerof several popular off-Broadway plays; New York State Commissioner ofParks, Recreation, and Historic Preservation, 1975-93.Jewish. Member,AmericanJewish Committee;Council onForeign Relations;UrbanLeague;NAACP.Died, ofpneumonia,in Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,February22, 2008 (age88 years, 39days).Burial location unknown. | | George Nelson Lester (1824-1892) — of Georgia. Born in Abbeville District (nowAbbevilleCounty), S.C.,March13, 1824.Member ofGeorgiastate house of representatives, 1858; served in the ConfederateArmy during the Civil War;Representativefrom Georgia in the Confederate Congress, 1864-65;Georgiastate attorney general, 1890-92; died in office 1892.Wounded during the Civil War, in Kentucky, 1862, andlost anarm.DiedMarch30, 1892 (age68 years, 17days).Interment atMariettaCity Cemetery, Marietta, Ga. | | John Lind (1854-1930) — of New Ulm,BrownCounty, Minn.; Minneapolis,HennepinCounty, Minn.Born in Kanna, Smaland,Sweden,March25, 1854.Schoolteacher;superintendentof schools;lawyer;U.S.Representative from Minnesota, 1887-93, 1903-05 (2nd District1887-93, 5th District 1903-05); served in the U.S. Army during theSpanish-American War;Governor ofMinnesota, 1899-1901; defeated (Democratic), 1896, 1900; delegateto Democratic National Convention from Minnesota,1904;Prohibition candidate forMinnesotarailroad and warehouse commission, 1916.Unitarian.Swedishancestry.Lost his left hand in a boyhood accident. Died in Minneapolis,HennepinCounty, Minn.,September18, 1930 (age76 years, 177days).Cremated;ashes interred atLakewoodCemetery, Minneapolis, Minn. | | H. Wales Lines (1838-1927) — of Meriden,New HavenCounty, Conn.Born in Naugatuck,New HavenCounty, Conn.,June 3,1838.Republican.Buildingcontractor; member ofConnecticutstate house of representatives, 1869;mayorof Meriden, Conn., 1877-79; member ofConnecticutstate senate 6th District, 1879-80; candidate forU.S.Representative from Connecticut 2nd District, 1888.Member,Freemasons;KnightsTemplar;Order of theEastern Star;Shriners.Blind after 1900. Died in Meriden,New HavenCounty, Conn.,January11, 1927 (age88 years, 222days).Interment atWalnutGrove Cemetery, Meriden, Conn.| | Relatives: Sonof Henry Willis Lines and Harriet (Bunnell) Lines; married1861 to SarahCongdon Munger. | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial |
 | Harold Clayton Lloyd (1893-1971) — also known asHarold Lloyd — of Beverly Hills,LosAngeles County, Calif.Born in Burchard,PawneeCounty, Neb.,April20, 1893.Republican.Actor,comedian,filmproducer; appeared in over 200motionpictures; one of thefounders,in 1927, of the Academy ofMotionPicture Arts and Sciences; alternate delegate to RepublicanNational Convention from California,1948,1952.Member,Freemasons;Shriners.Lost two fingers in a 1919 accident. Died, ofprostatecancer, in Beverly Hills,Los AngelesCounty, Calif.,March 8,1971 (age77 years, 322days).Burial location unknown. | | | Steven Mark Lonegan (b. 1956) — also known asSteve Lonegan — of Bogota,BergenCounty, N.J.Born in Holy NameMedicalCenter, Teaneck,BergenCounty, N.J.,April27, 1956.Republican.Mayor ofBogota, N.J., 1995-2007; candidate forNewJersey state senate 37th District, 1997; candidate forU.S.Representative from New Jersey 9th District, 1998; candidate forGovernorof New Jersey, 2005, 2009; candidate forU.S.Senator from New Jersey, 2013.Catholic.IrishandItalianancestry.Legally blind due to retinitis pigmentosa. Still living as of 2016. | | Charles Dean Long (1841-1902) — of Flint,GeneseeCounty, Mich.; Lansing,InghamCounty, Mich.Born in Grand Blanc Township,GeneseeCounty, Mich.,June 14,1841.Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; in thebattle of Wilmington Island, Georgia, April 16, 1862, helost hisleft arm;GeneseeCounty Clerk, 1865-72;GeneseeCounty Prosecuting Attorney, 1875-80;justice ofMichigan state supreme court, 1888-1902; died in office 1902.Member,GrandArmy of the Republic.DiedJune 27,1902 (age61 years, 13days).Intermentsomewherein Flint, Mich. | | Melvin Joseph Maas (1898-1964) — also known asMelvin J. Maas — of St. Paul,RamseyCounty, Minn.; Chevy Chase,MontgomeryCounty, Md.Born in Duluth,St. LouisCounty, Minn.,May 14,1898.Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War I;insurancebusiness;U.S.Representative from Minnesota 4th District, 1927-33, 1935-45;defeated, 1932 (Independent, at-large), 1944 (Republican, 4thDistrict); served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II.Catholic.Member,MilitaryOrder of the World Wars;DisabledAmerican Veterans;Knightsof Columbus;Woodmen;Moose;Eagles.Stricken with totalblindness in August 1951. Died in Bethesda,MontgomeryCounty, Md.,April13, 1964 (age65 years, 335days).Interment atArlingtonNational Cemetery, Arlington, Va. | | Robert Bruce MacDonald (1889-1954) — also known asRobert B. MacDonald — of Laurium,HoughtonCounty, Mich.Born in Calumet,HoughtonCounty, Mich.,September16, 1889.Republican.Lawyer;member ofMichiganstate house of representatives from Houghton County 1st District,1919-30; defeated in primary, 1930; suffered a stroke in 1930 and wasconfined to awheelchair for the rest of his life.Scottishancestry. Member,Freemasons;ScottishRite Masons;RoyalArch Masons;KnightsTemplar;Shriners;OddFellows;Knightsof Pythias;Elks.Died in1954(ageabout64 years).Interment atLake View Cemetery, Calumet, Mich. | | Robert D. Mahoney (b. 1921) — of Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.Born in Duluth,St. LouisCounty, Minn.,October16, 1921.Democrat.Salesman;member ofMichiganstate house of representatives, 1955-72 (Wayne County 3rdDistrict 1955-64, 6th District 1965-72); defeated in primary, 1972.Catholic.Member,Moose.Blind from the age of 16. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown.| | Relatives:Married1941 to JennieKubinger. |
| | Zophar Mack Mansur (1843-1914) — also known asZophar M. Mansur — of Island Pond, Brighton,EssexCounty, Vt.Born in Morgan,OrleansCounty, Vt.,November23, 1843.Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War;losthis right arm in the battle of Opequon Creek, Virginia;lawyer;postmaster;lumberbusiness; member ofVermontstate house of representatives from Brighton, 1886; member ofVermontstate senate from Essex County, 1888;LieutenantGovernor of Vermont, 1894-96; director and president, Derby LineNationalBank.Methodist.Member,Freemasons;GrandArmy of the Republic;Sons ofthe American Revolution.Died in Island Pond, Brighton,EssexCounty, Vt.,March12, 1914 (age70 years, 109days).Burial location unknown.| | Relatives: Sonof Warren Mansur and Jane (Morse) Mansur; married1867 to EllenL. Newhill. |
| | Charles W. Masterson (c.1862-1958) — of Washington. Born about 1862. Democrat.Pianotuner; candidate forU.S.Representative from Washington 4th District, 1916.Blind from age eight, due to an overdose of quinine (used totreat cholera).Died in Walla Walla,Walla WallaCounty, Wash.,1958(ageabout96 years).Intermentsomewherein Walla Walla, Wash. | | Dabney Herndon Maury (1822-1900) — also known asDabney H. Maury — of Virginia. Born inFredericksburg,Va.,May 21,1822.Served in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War; general in theConfederate Army during the Civil War; U.S. Minister toColombia, 1886-89.Hisleft arm was crippled by a Mexican War injury. Founder in1868 of the Southern Historical Society.Died in Peoria,PeoriaCounty, Ill.,January11, 1900 (age77 years, 235days).Interment atFredericksburgCemetery, Fredericksburg, Va. | | O. C. Maxwell (1837-1871) — of Ohio. Born in Franklin,WarrenCounty, Ohio,February7, 1837.Republican. Colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War; woundedin the leg at Perryville, andcrippled for life; delegate toRepublican National Convention from Ohio,1868.Died, in a state of desperation from financial difficulties, from aself-inflictedgunshot,in Dayton,MontgomeryCounty, Ohio,December5, 1871 (age34 years, 301days).Interment atLebanonCemetery, Lebanon, Ohio. | | James McCleery (1837-1871) — of Louisiana. Born in Mecca Township,TrumbullCounty, Ohio,December2, 1837.Republican.U.S.Representative from Louisiana 4th District, 1871; died in office1871.Wounded at the Battle of Shiloh during the Civil War, andlost hisright arm.Died in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,November5, 1871 (age33 years, 338days).Interment atChristianChurch Cemetery, Cortland, Ohio. | | Daniel Eugene McGinley (1845-1904) — also known asDaniel E. McGinley — of Cedarburg,OzaukeeCounty, Wis.Born in Saxonville, Framingham,MiddlesexCounty, Mass.,January3, 1845.Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War;lumberman;lost a foot in a lumbering accident;schoolteacher; candidate forWisconsinstate assembly, 1894; alternate delegate to Republican NationalConvention from Wisconsin,1896;U.S. Consul inAthens, 1897-1904, died in office 1904.Member,GrandArmy of the Republic.Died in Athens,Greece,December11, 1904 (age59 years, 343days).Interment atSt. Mary's Cemetery, Saukville, Wis. | | Joseph Wayne Mercer (1845-1906) — also known asJoseph W. Mercer — of Independence,JacksonCounty, Mo.Born inPlatteCounty, Mo.,February25, 1845.Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War;Missouristate treasurer, 1875-77;mayorof Independence, Mo., 1892-93.Wounded during the Civil War, andlost his right arm. Died in Independence,JacksonCounty, Mo.,March13, 1906 (age61 years, 16days).Interment atMt.Washington Cemetery, Independence, Mo. | | William David Meyering (b. 1892) — also known asWilliam Meyering — of Chicago,CookCounty, Ill.Born in Chicago,CookCounty, Ill.,August10, 1892.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I;CookCounty Sheriff, 1930-34; alternate delegate to DemocraticNational Convention from Illinois,1932.Member,Veterans ofForeign Wars;Knightsof Columbus.Wounded in action during World War I andlost his right hand. Burial location unknown. | | William Jennings Miller (1899-1950) — also known asWilliam J. Miller — of Wethersfield,HartfordCounty, Conn.Born in North Andover,EssexCounty, Mass.,March12, 1899.Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I;insurancebusiness;U.S.Representative from Connecticut 1st District, 1939-41, 1943-45,1947-49; defeated, 1940, 1944, 1948.Member,AmericanLegion;Rotary.Injured in an airplane crash in 1918 andlost both legs. Died in Wethersfield,HartfordCounty, Conn.,November22, 1950 (age51 years, 255days).Interment atJordanCemetery, Waterford, Conn. | | Allen Benton Morse (1839-1921) — also known asAllen B. Morse — of Ionia,IoniaCounty, Mich.Born in Otisco,IoniaCounty, Mich.,January7, 1839.Democrat. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War;IoniaCounty Prosecuting Attorney, 1867-71; member ofMichiganstate senate 27th District, 1875-76; candidate forMichiganstate attorney general, 1878; delegate to Democratic NationalConvention from Michigan,1880;mayorof Ionia, Mich., 1882;justice ofMichigan state supreme court, 1885-92;chiefjustice of Michigan state supreme court, 1885, 1892; candidateforGovernor ofMichigan, 1892; U.S. Consul inGlasgow, 1893-97; candidate forMichiganstate house of representatives, 1906.Wounded during the Civil War, andlost his left arm. DiedJuly 5,1921 (age82 years, 179days).Interment atHighlandPark Cemetery, Ionia, Mich. | | Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton (1823-1877) — also known asOliver P. Morton — of Indianapolis,MarionCounty, Ind.Born in Salisbury,WayneCounty, Ind.,August4, 1823.Republican. Circuit judge in Indiana, 1852;LieutenantGovernor of Indiana, 1861;Governor ofIndiana, 1861-67; defeated, 1856;U.S.Senator from Indiana, 1867-77; died in office 1877; member ofRepublicanNational Committee from Indiana, 1872-; candidate for Republicannomination for President,1876.Hislegs were paralyzed after a stroke in 1865; sufferedanotherstroke in1877, and died soon after, in Indianapolis,MarionCounty, Ind.,November1, 1877 (age54 years, 89days).Interment atCrownHill Cemetery, Indianapolis, Ind.; statue atVicksburgNational Military Park, Vicksburg, Miss.; statue atStatehouseGrounds, Indianapolis, Ind. | | Thomas W. Myton (b. 1842) — of Huntingdon,HuntingdonCounty, Pa.Born in West Township,HuntingdonCounty, Pa.,February13, 1842.Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; wounded in the battleof Chancellorsville, 1863, andlost his left arm;lawyer;member ofPennsylvaniastate house of representatives from Huntingdon County, 1883-84.Methodist.EnglishandScotch-Irishancestry. Member,GrandArmy of the Republic.Burial location unknown.| | Relatives: Sonof Samuel Myton and Eleanor (Montgomery) Myton; married,December27, 1870, to Ella E. Davis. |
| | Henry Martin Nevius (1841-1911) — also known asHenry M. Nevius — ofMonmouthCounty, N.J.Born in Freehold,MonmouthCounty, N.J.,January30, 1841.Major in the Union Army during the Civil War;lawyer;member ofNewJersey state senate from Monmouth County, 1888-90.Member,GrandArmy of the Republic.Wounded several times during the Civil War andlost his leftarm.Died, of astroke,January30, 1911 (age70 years, 0days).Interment atFairView Cemetery, Middletown, N.J.  | Francis Redding Tillou Nicholls (1834-1912) — also known asFrancis T. Nicholls — of Napoleonville,AssumptionParish, La.; New Orleans,OrleansParish, La.Born in Donaldsonville,AscensionParish, La.,August20, 1834.Democrat.Lawyer;general in the Confederate Army during the Civil War;lost anarm in the battle of Winchester, Va.;lost a foot atChancellorsville;Governor ofLouisiana, 1877-80, 1888-92;chiefjustice of Louisiana state supreme court, 1892-1904; appointed1892;justice ofLouisiana state supreme court, 1904-11; resigned 1911.Died near Thibodaux,LafourcheParish, La.,January4, 1912 (age77 years, 137days).Entombed atSt.John's Episcopal Cemetery, Thibodaux, La. | | Eugene Hoffman Nickerson (1918-2002) — also known asEugene H. Nickerson — of Roslyn Harbor,NassauCounty, Long Island, N.Y.Born in Orange,EssexCounty, N.J.,August2, 1918.Democrat.Lawyer; lawclerk for U.S. Circuit JudgeAugustusN. Hand, 1943-44, and for U.S. Supreme Court JusticeHarlanF. Stone, 1944-46;NassauCounty Executive, 1962-70; delegate to Democratic NationalConvention from New York,1964,1968,1972;candidate forU.S.Senator from New York, 1968;U.S.District Judge for the Eastern District of New York, 1977-94;took senior status 1994; senior judge, 1994-2002.Hisright arm was paralyzed by polio in his youth. Died, from complications ofulcersurgery, in St. Luke'sHospital,Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,January1, 2002 (age83 years, 152days).Interment atSt.Philip's Cemetery, Garrison, N.Y. | | Mike O'Callaghan (1929-2004) — also known asDonal Neil O'Callaghan — of Henderson,ClarkCounty, Nev.Born in La Crosse,La CrosseCounty, Wis.,September10, 1929.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the Korean conflict; hit bya mortar round andlost his lower left leg; legislative aideto U.S. Sen.HowardW. Cannon;Governor ofNevada, 1971-79; executive editor,Las Vegas Sunnewspaper.Catholic.Suffered aheartattack at St. Viator CatholicChurch,and died soon after in ahospital,Las Vegas,ClarkCounty, Nev.,March 5,2004 (age74 years, 177days).Interment atSouthernNevada Veterans Memorial Cemetery, Boulder City, Nev. | | David Alexander Paterson (b. 1954) — also known asDavid A. Paterson — of Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.,May 20,1954.Democrat.Lawyer;delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York,1996,2004,2008;member ofNew Yorkstate senate 30th District; elected 2002, 2004;LieutenantGovernor of New York, 2007-08;Governor ofNew York, 2008-10.Africanancestry.Legally blind. Still living as of 2014.  | Jason Elihu Payne (1874-1941) — also known asJason E. Payne — of Vermillion,ClayCounty, S.Dak.Born inClayCounty, S.Dak.,January22, 1874.Republican.Lost his right arm as a youth, in an accident witha runaway team of horses;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 tokill him in in 1940; Kirby also shot and killed Payne's lawpartner.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 Barret Pendleton (1838-1914) — also known asWilliam B. Pendleton — of Cuckoo,LouisaCounty, Va.Born inLouisaCounty, Va.,January12, 1838.Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War;lost his leftleg in the battle of Cedar Mountain, 1862; member ofVirginiastate house of delegates from Louisa County, 1897-99.DiedJanuary17, 1914 (age76 years, 5days).Interment atGilboa Christian Church Cemetery, Cuckoo, Va. | | Reino A. Perala (1915-2002) — of Superior,DouglasCounty, Wis.; South Range,DouglasCounty, Wis.Born in Maple,DouglasCounty, Wis.,August28, 1915.Democrat.Blind;lawyer;hotelier;member ofWisconsinstate assembly from Douglas County 1st District, 1953-68.DiedFebruary25, 2002 (age86 years, 181days).Burial location unknown.  | Frank Littleton Pitts (1841-1905) — also known asFrank L. Pitts — ofMonroeCounty, Mo.Born inShelbyCounty, Mo.,1841.Democrat. Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War;wounded in battle andlost his right arm;Missouristate treasurer, 1897-1901.Died, fromcatarrhalpneumonia, in San Antonio,BexarCounty, Tex.,February4, 1905 (ageabout 63years).Interment atWalnutGrove Cemetery, Paris, Mo.| | Relatives:Married to Laura F. Boulware. | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial | | | | Image source: Souvenir of the MissouriLegislature 1897 |
| | | Marshall Tate Polk (1831-1884) — also known asM. T. Polk — of Bolivar,HardemanCounty, Tenn.Born in Charlotte,MecklenburgCounty, N.C.,May 15,1831.Democrat. Colonel in the Confederate Army during the Civil War;delegate to Democratic National Convention from Tennessee,1876;Tennesseestate treasurer, 1877-83.Wounded at the Battle of Shiloh, during the Civil War, andlost aleg. In 1883, a $400,000 shortfall was wasdiscoveredin the state treasury. Polkfledto Texas, wasarrestedthere, and brought back to Nashville fortrial.Chargedwithembezzlement,he pleaded not guilty -- his lawyer argued he was only guilty of"default of pay" -- but wasconvicted,sentencedto twenty years inprison,andfined.Imprisonment was delayed pending his appeal, and he died in themeantime.Died in Bolivar,HardemanCounty, Tenn.,February20, 1884 (age52 years, 281days).Interment atPolkCemetery, Bolivar, Tenn. | | Howard Wallace Pollock (1920-2011) — also known asHoward W. Pollock — ofAnchorage,Alaska.Born in Chicago,CookCounty, Ill.,April11, 1920.Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II;lost hisright arm in a grenade explosion;lawyer;member ofAlaskaterritorial House of Representatives 3rd District, 1953-54;U.S.Representative from Alaska at-large, 1967-71; alternate delegateto Republican National Convention from Alaska,1972.Died in Coronado,San DiegoCounty, Calif.,January9, 2011 (age90 years, 273days).Interment atAnchorageMemorial Park Cemetery, Anchorage, Alaska. | | John Pope (1770-1845) — also known as"One-Arm Pope" — of Lexington,FayetteCounty, Ky.; Springfield,WashingtonCounty, Ky.Born inPrinceWilliam County, Va.,1770.Democrat.Lawyer;Presidential Elector for Kentucky,1800;member ofKentuckystate house of representatives, 1802, 1806-07;U.S.Senator from Kentucky, 1807-13;secretaryof state of Kentucky, 1816-19; Presidential Elector for Kentucky,1820(voted forJamesMonroe andDanielD. Tompkins); member ofKentuckystate senate, 1825-29;Governorof Arkansas Territory, 1829-35;U.S.Representative from Kentucky 7th District, 1837-43.Lost his right arm as a youth. Slaveowner. Died in Springfield,WashingtonCounty, Ky.,July 12,1845 (ageabout 75years).Interment atSpringfieldCemetery, Springfield, Ky.  | Charles Edward Potter (1916-1979) — also known asCharles E. Potter — of Cheboygan,CheboyganCounty, Mich.Born in Lapeer,LapeerCounty, Mich.,October30, 1916.Republican. Major in the U.S. Army during World War II;U.S.Representative from Michigan 11th District, 1947-52; resigned1952;U.S.Senator from Michigan, 1952-59; defeated, 1958.Methodist.Member,Elks;Eagles;Kiwanis;AmericanLegion;DisabledAmerican Veterans;Veterans ofForeign Wars;Amvets.Wounded in World War II, andlost his legs. Died inWalterReed Army Hospital,Washington,D.C.,November23, 1979 (age63 years, 24days).Interment atArlingtonNational Cemetery, Arlington, Va.  | Seargent Smith Prentiss (1808-1850) — also known asSeargent S. Prentiss — of Vicksburg,WarrenCounty, Miss.; New Orleans,OrleansParish, La.Born in Portland,CumberlandCounty, Maine,September30, 1808.Lawyer;famed for his oratory; member ofMississippistate house of representatives, 1836-37;U.S.Representative from Mississippi at-large, 1838-39.Hisright leg was "lame and feeble" due to childhood disease. Died near Natchez,AdamsCounty, Miss.,July 1,1850 (age41 years, 274days).Interment atGloucesterPlantation Cemetery, Natchez, Miss. | | James Patton Preston (1774-1853) — also known asJames P. Preston — ofRichmond,Va.Born inMontgomeryCounty, Va.,June 21,1774.Colonel in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812;crippled byinjuries received in the war; member ofVirginiastate house of delegates, 1816;Governor ofVirginia, 1816-19; postmaster atRichmond,Va., 1824-37.Died inMontgomeryCounty, Va.,May 4,1853 (age78 years, 317days).Interment atPreston Cemetery at Smithfield Plantation, Blacksburg, Va. | | Lewis Burwell Puller Jr. (1945-1994) — of Mt. Vernon,FairfaxCounty, Va.Born in Jacksonville,OnslowCounty, N.C.,August18, 1945.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during the Vietnam War;lost both legs in the explosion of an improvised land mine inSouth Vietnam, 1968; candidate forU.S.Representative from Virginia 1st District, 1978; received aPulitzerPrize in 1992 for his autobiography,Fortunate Son: TheHealing of a Vietnam Vet.Killed by aself-inflictedgunshot,in Mt. Vernon,FairfaxCounty, Va.,May 11,1994 (age48 years, 266days).Interment atArlingtonNational Cemetery, Arlington, Va. | | John P. Quimby (1935-2012) — of San Bernardino,SanBernardino County, Calif.; Rialto,SanBernardino County, Calif.Born in Prescott,YavapaiCounty, Ariz.,February12, 1935.Democrat.Radioannouncer;disabled by polio, and used steel braces or awheelchair; member ofCaliforniastate assembly 72nd District, 1963-74; delegate to DemocraticNational Convention from California,1968;on August 23, 1970, he wasshotin the chest with a pellet gun by his 15-year-old son, following anargument.Died, from complications ofpneumonia,in ahospitalnear Sacramento,SacramentoCounty, Calif.,December23, 2012 (age77 years, 315days).Burial location unknown. | | Thomas Euclid Rains, Sr. (c.1921-2000) — also known asT. Euclid Rains — of Alabama. Born about 1921.Broommanufacturer; member ofAlabamastate house of representatives 26th District, 1979-91.Methodist.Member,Lions.Becameblind when he lost both eyes in an accident with a pairscissors as a boy. He was the only totally blind baseballcoach inLittle League history.Killed in anautomobileaccident, when the car in which he was a passenger went off abridge inheavyrain, near Geraldine,MarshallCounty, Ala.,August27, 2000 (ageabout 79years).Interment atAsburyMethodist Church Cemetery, Near Albertville, Marshall County, Ala. | | Christopher D'Olier Reeve (1952-2004) — also known asChristopher Reeve — Born in New York City (unknowncounty), N.Y.,September25, 1952.Democrat.Actor;paralyzed in a horseback-riding accident in 1995;speaker, Democratic National Convention, 1996.Died, fromheartfailure while being treated for aninfection,in Northern WestchesterHospital,Mt. Kisco,WestchesterCounty, N.Y.,October10, 2004 (age52 years, 15days).Cremated;ashes scattered. | | 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, andlostan eye; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Districtof Columbia,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 |
| | Arthur Waggener Rhorer (1885-1966) — also known asArthur W. Rhorer — of Middlesboro,BellCounty, Ky.Born in Columbia,AdairCounty, Ky.,January30, 1885.Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Kentucky,1920.Presbyterian.Member,Elks.Lost a leg as a young boy. Died in Middlesboro,BellCounty, Ky.,September24, 1966 (age81 years, 237days).Interment atMiddlesboroCemetery, Middlesboro, Ky. | | Bob Cowley Riley (1924-1994) — also known asBob C. Riley — of Arkadelphia,ClarkCounty, Ark.Born in Little Rock,PulaskiCounty, Ark.,September18, 1924.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II; becameblind due to war injuries; member ofArkansasstate house of representatives, 1947-50; candidate forArkansasstate senate, 1950;universityprofessor;mayorof Arkadelphia, Ark., 1966-67; alternate delegate to DemocraticNational Convention from Arkansas,1968;LieutenantGovernor of Arkansas, 1971-75;Governor ofArkansas, 1975; defeated in primary, 1974.Died in Arkadelphia,ClarkCounty, Ark.,February16, 1994 (age69 years, 151days).Interment atRestHaven Memorial Gardens, Arkadelphia, Ark.  | 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 wereshotat by Guiseppe Zangara; Cermak was hit and 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 |
| | 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. | | Charles Frederick Carson Ruff (1939-2000) — also known asCharles F. C. Ruff — ofWashington,D.C.Born in Cleveland,CuyahogaCounty, Ohio,August1, 1939.Lawyer;hislegs were paralyzed by illness in the mid-1960s;U.S.Attorney for the District of Columbia, 1979-81; PresidentBillClinton's White House Counsel, 1997-99.Died, from aheartattack, inWashington,D.C.,November19, 2000 (age61 years, 110days).Burial location unknown. | | J. H. St. Lawrence — also known as"The Blind Musician";"TheBlind Optimist";"The BlindOrator" —of Pullman,WhitmanCounty, Wash.Blind;mayorof Pullman, Wash., 1896.Burial location unknown.  | Thomas David Schall (1878-1935) — also known asThomas D. Schall — of Excelsior,HennepinCounty, Minn.Born in Reed City,OsceolaCounty, Mich.,June 4,1878.Republican.Lawyer;U.S.Representative from Minnesota 10th District, 1915-25; delegate toRepublican National Convention from Minnesota,1920;U.S.Senator from Minnesota, 1925-35; defeated in primary, 1923; diedin office 1935.Episcopalian.Member,Freemasons.Blinded by an electric shock from a cigar lighter, 1907.Hit byan automobile, on the Washington-Baltimore Boulevard, nearCottage City, Maryland, suffered severe injuries, and died three dayslater, in CasualtyHospital,Washington,D.C.,December22, 1935 (age57 years, 201days).Interment atLakewoodCemetery, Minneapolis, Minn. | | James Haas Scheuer (1920-2005) — also known asJames H. Scheuer — of Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.; Bronx,BronxCounty, N.Y.; Neponsit, Queens,QueensCounty, N.Y.; Flushing, Queens,QueensCounty, N.Y.Born in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,February6, 1920.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; afflicted withpolio as a young man, andwalked with a cane for the rest ofhis life; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York,1956(alternate),1968,1984,1988;U.S.Representative from New York, 1965-73, 1975-93 (21st District1965-71, 22nd District 1971-73, 11th District 1975-83, 8th District1983-93); defeated in primary, 1962 (21st District), 1972 (22ndDistrict); candidate formayorof New York City, N.Y., 1969.Jewish.Died inWashington,D.C.,August30, 2005 (age85 years, 205days).Burial location unknown. | | Albert George Schmedeman (1864-1946) — also known asAlbert G. Schmedeman — of Madison,DaneCounty, Wis.Born in Madison,DaneCounty, Wis.,November25, 1864.Democrat. U.S. Minister toNorway, 1913-21;mayorof Madison, Wis., 1926-32;Governor ofWisconsin, 1933-35; defeated, 1928, 1934.Episcopalian.Member,Freemasons.Oneleg was amputated as a result of gangrene infection in1934.DiedNovember26, 1946 (age82 years, 1days).Interment atForestHill Cemetery, Madison, Wis. | | George F. Shannon (c.1785-1836) — also known as"Peg Leg" — of St. Charles,St.Charles County, Mo.Born in alogcabin inWashingtonCounty, Pa., about 1785.Youngest member of theLewisandClarkexpedition, 1804-06; wounded in a skirmish with Indians in 1807 andlost a leg;lawyer;member ofKentuckystate house of representatives, 1820-24; circuit judge inKentucky, 1820;U.S.Attorney for Missouri, 1829-34.Irishancestry. Member,Freemasons.Died, in ahotel atPalmyra,MarionCounty, Mo.,August30, 1836 (ageabout 51years).Interment atMasseyMill Cemetery, Near Palmyra, Marion County, Mo. | | Miles Osborne Sherill (b. 1841) — ofCatawbaCounty, N.C.Born inCatawbaCounty, N.C.,July 26,1841.Democrat. Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War;lost a leg at the battle of Spotsylvania Court House, 1864;probate judge in North Carolina, 1868; member ofNorthCarolina state house of representatives, 1882-83; member ofNorthCarolina state senate, 1885-86, 1893-94; North Carolina statelibrarian,1913.Methodist.Member,OddFellows.Burial location unknown.| | Relatives: Sonof Hiram Sherill and Sarah Sherill; married1867 to SarahR. Bost. |
 | Henry Sherwood (b. 1844) — ofWashington,D.C.Born in Avon,LivingstonCounty, N.Y.,1844.Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War;lost aleg at the Battle of Lattimers' Mills; postmaster atWashington,D.C., 1890-94.Burial location unknown.| | Image source:The Story of Our Post Office (1893) |
 | Daniel Edgar Sickles (1819-1914) — also known asDaniel E. Sickles;"DevilDan" —of New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,October20, 1819.Lawyer;member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from New York County, 1847; member ofNew Yorkstate senate 3rd District, 1856-57;U.S.Representative from New York, 1857-61, 1893-95 (3rd District1857-61, 10th District 1893-95); defeated (Democratic), 1894; generalin the Union Army during the Civil War; delegate to RepublicanNational Convention from New York,1868;U.S. Minister toSpain, 1869-74; delegate to Democratic National Convention fromNew York,1892.Member,GrandArmy of the Republic.Shot andkilledPhilipBarton Key, his wife's lover and the son of the author of thenational anthem, at Lafayette Park, Washington, D.C, 1859;chargedwithmurder,but with the help of his attorneyEdwinM. Stanton, was acquitted after thefirstsuccessful plea of temporary insanity in U.S. legal history. Received theMedalof Honor in 1897 for action at the Battle of Gettysburg, July 2,1863;lost a leg in that battle; his amputated leg wasdisplayed at the Army Medical Museum, where he frequently visited itin later years.Died in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,May 3,1914 (age94 years, 195days).Interment atArlingtonNational Cemetery, Arlington, Va. | | Barbara Boggs Sigmund (1939-1990) — also known asBarbara B. Sigmund;"MayorBarbara" —of Princeton,MercerCounty, N.J.BornMay 27,1939.Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from New Jersey,1980;candidate forU.S.Senator from New Jersey, 1982;mayorof Princeton, N.J., 1984-90; died in office 1990; candidate forGovernorof New Jersey, 1989.Female.Lost her left eye to cancer in 1982. DiedOctober10, 1990 (age51 years, 136days).Interment atPrincetonCemetery, Princeton, N.J. | | Dayton Burleigh Smalley (1878-1958) — of Vermont. Born in Waterbury,WashingtonCounty, Vt.,April13, 1878.Member ofVermontstate house of representatives, 1937-39; member ofVermontstate senate, 1941.Wentblind while in office. Died in1958(ageabout80 years).Interment atLamoilleView Cemetery, Johnson, Vt. | | Anastasia M. Somoza — of Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Democrat. Disability rights advocate; born withcerebral palsyand uses awheelchair; delegate to Democratic NationalConvention from New York,2004,2008(alternate); Democratic Presidential Elector for New York,2016(voted forHillaryClinton andTimKaine); Democratic Presidential Elector for New York,2020(voted forJosephR. Biden, Jr. andKamalaD. Harris); Democratic Presidential Elector for New York,2024(voted forKamalaD. Harris andTimWalz).Female.Descendant of the Somoza family which ruled Nicaragua. Still living as of 2024. | | Doug Spade — of Adrian,LenaweeCounty, Mich.Democrat.Blind; member ofMichiganstate house of representatives 57th District; elected 1998.Still living as of 1998.  | James Sprunt (1846-1924) — of Wilmington,NewHanover County, N.C.Born in Glasgow,Scotland,June9, 1846.Served in the Confederate Navy during the Civil War;cottonexporter;Vice-Consulfor Great Britain inWilmington,N.C., 1884-1915.Presbyterian.Scottishancestry.Injured in a carriage accident in 1882, and hisfoot wasamputated.Died in Wilmington,New HanoverCounty, N.C.,July 9,1924 (age78 years, 30days).Interment atOakdaleCemetery, Wilmington, N.C. |  | Thaddeus Stevens (1792-1868) — of Gettysburg,AdamsCounty, Pa.; Lancaster,LancasterCounty, Pa.Born in Danville,CaledoniaCounty, Vt.,April 4,1792.Republican. Born with aclub foot, whichimpaired hiswalk;lawyer;member ofPennsylvaniastate house of representatives, 1833-35, 1837, 1841;delegateto Pennsylvania state constitutional convention, 1838;U.S.Representative from Pennsylvania, 1849-53, 1859-68 (8th District1849-53, 9th District 1859-68); died in office 1868; delegate toRepublican National Convention from Pennsylvania,1856(speaker),1860.Died inWashington,D.C.,August11, 1868 (age76 years, 129days).Interment atShreiner-ConcordCemetery, Lancaster, Pa.; cenotaph atCongressionalCemetery, Washington, D.C. | | Stephen J. Stilwell (1866-1942) — of Bronx,BronxCounty, N.Y.; Mamaroneck,WestchesterCounty, N.Y.Born in New York,May 10,1866.Democrat.Lawyer;member ofNew Yorkstate senate 21st District, 1909-13; removed 1913;chargedin 1913 withextortingabribeof $3,500 from George H. Kendall, president of the New York Bank Notecompany, over a bill that Kendall supported;tried inthe State Senate and found not guilty on April 15 by a vote of 28 to21;indictedon May 12 by a grand jury forsolicitinga bribe;triedsoon after, andconvictedon May 24; this removed him from office;sentencedto four to eight years inprison;after his release, he moved to Mamaroneck and entered therealestate business;indictedin 1934 on charges that hedefraudedhis former stenographer of $9,000 when she came to him seeking aNaval Academy appointment for her son, but the case did not go totrial;arrestedin March 1941 andindictedin April on charges that he attempted tobribea Mamaroneck village trustee $1,000 to obtain a police job for anassociate;pleadedguilty, but never sentenced; while incarcerated, hislegs wereamputated.Died, while aprisonerawaiting sentence, in GrasslandsHospital,Valhalla,WestchesterCounty, N.Y.,April20, 1942 (age75 years, 345days).Burial location unknown.| | Relatives: Sonof Mary Delia (Archer) Stilwell and William Jewitt Stilwell; married,February14, 1887, to Celia A. Blanck. |
| | James Bennett Stone (1823-1895) — also known asJames B. Stone — ofCalhounCounty, Fla.Born inMontgomeryCounty, Ala.,November29, 1823.Farmer;sawmillowner;CalhounCounty Sheriff, 1855-59; member ofFloridastate house of representatives, 1868-70, 1877;delegateto Florida state constitutional convention, 1885.Helost a leg in a sawmill accident. Died inCalhounCounty, Fla.,February25, 1895 (age71 years, 88days).Interment atOldShiloh Cemetery, Calhoun County, Fla. | | John Strong Jr. (1830-1913) — also known as"Honest John" — of South Rockwood,MonroeCounty, Mich.Born, in alogcabin, in Greenfield Township (now part of Detroit),WayneCounty, Mich.,April 7,1830.Democrat.Farmer;merchant;member ofMichiganstate house of representatives, 1861-62, 1879-80 (Wayne County2nd District 1861-62, Monroe County 2nd District 1879-80); delegateto Democratic National Convention from Michigan,1880(alternate),1892,1912(alternate); member ofMichiganstate senate 5th District, 1881-84;LieutenantGovernor of Michigan, 1891-92; Gold Democratic candidate forPresidential Elector for Michigan,1896.Member,Freemasons.Founder of South Rockwood, Mich.Lost two fingers on hisright hand in a sawmill accident.Died in South Rockwood,MonroeCounty, Mich.,April 2,1913 (age82 years, 360days).Interment atRiversideCemetery, South Rockwood, Mich.  | Pieter Stuyvesant (c.1612-1672) — also known asPeter Stuyvesant;"Old SilverLeg" —of Nieuw Amsterdam, Niew Neederlandt (now part of Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.); New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in Peperga, Friesland,Netherlands,about 1612.Dutch Director-General (colonial governor) of New Netherland,1647-64.Frisianancestry.Lost his right leg in battle in 1644. Slaveowner. Died in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,1672 (ageabout 60years).Entombed atSt.Mark's-in-the-Bowery Churchyard, Manhattan, N.Y.  | John Burley Swainson (1925-1994) — also known asJohn B. Swainson — of Plymouth,WayneCounty, Mich.; Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.; Manchester,WashtenawCounty, Mich.Born in Windsor,Ontario,July31, 1925.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II;lawyer;member ofMichiganstate senate 18th District, 1955-58;LieutenantGovernor of Michigan, 1959-60;Governor ofMichigan, 1961-62; defeated, 1962; member ofDemocraticNational Committee from Michigan, 1963;circuitjudge in Michigan 3rd Circuit, 1965-70;justice ofMichigan state supreme court, 1971-75; resigned 1975.Member,AmericanLegion;Veterans ofForeign Wars;DisabledAmerican Veterans;DeltaTheta Phi;Amvets;PurpleHeart;Lions;Elks.Lost both legs in a land mine explosion on November 15, 1944,near Metz, Alsace-Lorraine, during World War II.Chargedin 1975 withacceptinga bribe; found not guilty, butconvictedofperjuryover his testimony to the grand jury.Died, of aheartattack, in Manchester,WashtenawCounty, Mich.,May 13,1994 (age68 years, 286days).Interment atOakGrove Cemetery, Manchester, Mich. | | | Peleg Tallman (1764-1840) — of Massachusetts. Born in Tiverton,NewportCounty, R.I.,July 24,1764.Democrat. Served in the Continental Army during the RevolutionaryWar;U.S.Representative from Massachusetts 16th District, 1811-13; memberofMassachusettsstate senate, 1821-22.Lost an arm during Revolutionary War service. Died in Bath,SagadahocCounty, Maine,March12, 1840 (age75 years, 232days).Original interment atMapleGrove Cemetery, Bath, Maine; reinterment atForestHills Cemetery, Jamaica Plain, Boston, Mass.  | Benjamin Ryan Tillman (1847-1918) — also known asBenjamin R. Tillman;"PitchforkBen";"The One-Eyed Plowboy" —of Trenton,EdgefieldCounty, S.C.Born in Edgefield District (nowEdgefieldCounty), S.C.,August11, 1847.Democrat. Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War;lost his left eye in 1864;farmer;Governor ofSouth Carolina, 1890-94; delegate to Democratic NationalConvention from South Carolina,1892(ConventionVice-President),1904(member,Platformand Resolutions Committee),1912(member,Platformand Resolutions Committee),1916;delegateto South Carolina state constitutional convention from EdgefieldCounty, 1895;U.S.Senator from South Carolina, 1895-1918; died in office 1918; inFebrury, 1902, heaccusedfellow South Carolina senatorJohnMcLaurin, of accepting a bribe (in the form of federal patronage)to support a treaty; McLaurin called Tillman a liar, and the twocame toblows on the Senate floor; both werecensuredby the Senate; member ofDemocraticNational Committee from South Carolina, 1912-16.Englishancestry.Died inWashington,D.C.,July 3,1918 (age70 years, 326days).Interment atEbenezerCemetery, Trenton, S.C.; statue atStateHouse Grounds, Columbia, S.C. | | Morris King Udall (1922-1998) — also known asMorris K. Udall;Mo Udall — of Tucson,PimaCounty, Ariz.Born in St. Johns,ApacheCounty, Ariz.,June 15,1922.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; playedprofessionalbasketballwith the Denver Nuggets, 1948-49;lawyer;co-founder and director,Bank ofTucson;PimaCounty Attorney, 1953-54; delegate to Democratic NationalConvention from Arizona,1956,1972;speaker,1984,1988;U.S.Representative from Arizona 2nd District, 1961-91; candidate forDemocratic nomination for President,1976.Mormon. Member,American BarAssociation;AmericanJudicature Society;AmericanLegion;PhiKappa Phi;PhiDelta Phi.Lost an eye in an accident when he was a boy. Received thePresidentialMedal of Freedom in 1996.Died, ofParkinson'sdisease, in the Veterans AdministrationHospital,Washington,D.C.,December12, 1998 (age76 years, 180days).Cremated;ashes scattered inaprivate or family graveyard, Pima County, Ariz.; cenotaph atSt.Johns Cemetery, St. Johns, Ariz. | | William Upham (1792-1853) — of Montpelier,WashingtonCounty, Vt.Born in Leicester,WorcesterCounty, Mass.,August5, 1792.Whig. Injured in a cider mill accident andlost a hand;lawyer;member ofVermontstate house of representatives, 1827-28, 1830;WashingtonCounty State's Attorney, 1829;U.S.Senator from Vermont, 1843-53; died in office 1853.Died, fromsmallpox,at the IrvingHotel,Washington,D.C.,January14, 1853 (age60 years, 162days).Interment atCongressionalCemetery, Washington, D.C.; cenotaph atGreenMount Cemetery, Montpelier, Vt. | | Clarence C. Vam Bell (born c.1910) — of Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born about 1910. Republican.Insurancebroker; candidate forNew Yorkstate assembly from New York County 3rd District, 1942, 1944,1954, 1955, 1956, 1957; candidate forU.S.Representative from New York 20th District, 1952; RepublicanPresidential Elector for New York,1956(voted forDwightD. Eisenhower andRichardM. Nixon); candidate fordelegateto New York state constitutional convention 25th District, 1966;Republican Presidential Elector for New York,1972(voted forRichardM. Nixon andSpiroT. Agnew).Becameblind in the 1930s from an accident while playingsemi-professionalbaseball.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, wasshotby Arthur Bremer; the injuryparalyzed both legs. Along withOhio'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 |
| | Thomas William Ward (1807-1872) — also known as"Peg Leg" — of Austin,TravisCounty, Tex.Born inIreland,1807.Served in the Texas Army during the Texas War of Independence;mayor ofAustin, Tex., 1840-41, 1853, 1865;TexasRepublic Land Office Commissioner, 1840-46.Lost a leg in the storming of Bexar, 1835;lost his rightarm while firing a cannon to celebrate Texas independence, 1841.Died oftyphoidfever, in Austin,TravisCounty, Tex.,November25, 1872 (ageabout 65years).Interment atTexasState Cemetery, Austin, Tex. | | John Franklin Westmoreland (1847-1913) — also known asJ. F. Westmoreland — of Thomasville,DavidsonCounty, N.C.Born inStokesCounty, N.C.,April27, 1847.Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War;printer;newspaperpublisher; suffered a stroke in the 1890s whichconfined himto a wheelchair; member ofNorthCarolina state senate 26th District, 1895-96.Campbellite.Died in Thomasville,DavidsonCounty, N.C.,May 13,1913 (age66 years, 16days).Interment atCityCemetery, Thomasville, N.C. | | Harrison H. Wheeler (1839-1896) — of Bay City,BayCounty, Mich.; Ludington,MasonCounty, Mich.Born in Farmers Creek,LapeerCounty, Mich.,March22, 1839.Democrat. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; wounded, andlost the use of his left arm;BayCounty Clerk, 1866; member ofMichiganstate senate, 1871-72, 1873-74 (27th District 1871-72, 24thDistrict 1873-74);circuitjudge in Michigan 19th Circuit, 1874-78; resigned 1878;postmaster atLudington,Mich., 1878-82;U.S.Representative from Michigan 9th District, 1891-93; defeated,1892.Died in Farmers Creek,LapeerCounty, Mich.,July 28,1896 (age57 years, 128days).Interment atLakeviewCemetery, Ludington, Mich. | | Daniel E. Whitmore (b. 1825) — of Marathon,CortlandCounty, N.Y.Born in Columbus,ChenangoCounty, N.Y.,January6, 1825.School commissioner;wholesaleproduce dealer;fireinsurance business; member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from Cortland County, 1875.Presbyterian.Lost a limb in an accident at age 10. Burial location unknown. | | Hosea Lorenzo Williams (1926-2000) — also known asHosea Williams — of Savannah,ChathamCounty, Ga.; Atlanta,FultonCounty, Ga.; Decatur,DeKalbCounty, Ga.Born in Attapulgus,DecaturCounty, Ga.,January5, 1926.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II;walked witha cane due to wartime injury;ordainedminister; candidate forU.S.Senator from Georgia, 1972; member ofGeorgiastate house of representatives 54th District, 1975-85; candidateformayorof Atlanta, Ga., 1989.Africanancestry. Member,NAACP;PhiBeta Sigma;Elks;Freemasons;Veterans ofForeign Wars;DisabledAmerican Veterans;AmericanLegion.Civil rights leader; active insit-insandprotestmarches in Savannah and elsewhere;arrestedat least 135 times. As Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.'s "field general"in the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, led the 1965Selma-to-Montgomery march which helped galvanize support for Blackvoting rights. In 1968, he was present at the Lorraine Motel inMemphis, Tenn., when King was assassinated.Convictedin 1981 ofleavingthe scene of an accident, andjailedfor six months.Died, ofcancer,at PiedmontHospital,Atlanta,FultonCounty, Ga.,November16, 2000 (age74 years, 316days).Entombed atLincolnCemetery, Atlanta, Ga. | | John Bell Williams (1918-1983) — of Raymond,HindsCounty, Miss.Born in Raymond,HindsCounty, Miss.,December4, 1918.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II;U.S.Representative from Mississippi, 1947-68 (7th District 1947-53,4th District 1953-63, 3rd District 1963-68); delegate to DemocraticNational Convention from Mississippi,1948,1956,1960;Governorof Mississippi, 1968-72.Baptist.Member,Freemasons.Lost his lower left arm in a bomber crash during World War II. Died in Brandon,RankinCounty, Miss.,March25, 1983 (age64 years, 111days).Interment atRaymondCemetery, Raymond, Miss. | | Verne R. Wilson (b. 1893) — of Ava,DouglasCounty, Mo.Born in Ava,DouglasCounty, Mo.,February23, 1893.Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I;automobiledealer; member ofMissouristate house of representatives from Douglas County, 1921-22.Injured as a U.S. soldier in France during World War I, andlosthis left arm.Burial location unknown. | | Warren Wing (b. 1842) — of Fremont Township,IsabellaCounty, Mich.; Dushville (now Winn),IsabellaCounty, Mich.Born inChautauquaCounty, N.Y.,May 5,1842.Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; during the battle ofthe Wilderness, suffered acrippling wound to his elbow;farmer;IsabellaCounty Drain Commissioner; member of Michigan People's PartyState Central Committee, 1899.Burial location unknown.| | Relatives: Sonof Wesley Wing and Salana (Wilcox) Wing; married1865 toLucinda Burt. |
| | John Witherspoon (1723-1794) — of Princeton, Somerset County (nowMercerCounty), N.J.Born in Gifford, Haddingtonshire,Scotland,February5, 1723.Presbyterianminister;Delegateto Continental Congress from New Jersey, 1776;signer,Declaration of Independence, 1776; member ofNewJersey state house of assembly from Somerset County, 1783, 1789;delegateto New Jersey convention to ratify U.S. constitution fromSomerset County, 1787.Presbyterian.Scottishancestry.Becameblind in 1792. Died near Princeton,MercerCounty, N.J.,November15, 1794 (age71 years, 283days).Interment atPrincetonCemetery, Princeton, N.J.; memorial monument atConstitution Gardens, Washington, D.C. | | Daniel Fooks Wolcott (1910-1973) — also known asDaniel F. Wolcott — of New Castle,New CastleCounty, Del.Born in Wilmington,New CastleCounty, Del.,January29, 1910.Democrat.Lawyer;served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; candidate forDelawarestate attorney general, 1946; delegate to Democratic NationalConvention from Delaware,1948;superior court judge in Delaware, 1949;chair ofNew Castle County Democratic Party, 1950;chancellorof Delaware court of chancery, 1950-51;justice ofDelaware state supreme court, 1951-64;chiefjustice of Delaware state supreme court, 1964-73.Episcopalian.Member,BetaTheta Pi;Societyof Colonial Wars.Lost his right leg during World War II, while commanding acombat demolition unit.DiedJuly 10,1973 (age63 years, 162days).Interment atImmanuelChurchyard, New Castle, Del. | | Urban Andrain Woodbury (1838-1915) — also known asUrban A. Woodbury — of Burlington,ChittendenCounty, Vt.Born in Acworth,SullivanCounty, N.H.,July 11,1838.Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; wounded atthe Battle of First Bull Run, andlost his right arm;lumberbusiness;cottonmanufacturer;hotelowner;mayorof Burlington, Vt., 1885-86;LieutenantGovernor of Vermont, 1888-90;Governor ofVermont, 1894-96.Congregationalist.Died in Burlington,ChittendenCounty, Vt.,April15, 1915 (age76 years, 278days).Interment atLakeviewCemetery, Burlington, Vt. | | Charles Sasha Zimmerman (1896-1983) — also known asCharles Zimmerman;AlexanderUbsushone —of Bronx,BronxCounty, N.Y.Born in Talna, Russia (now Talne,Ukraine),1896.Communist.Garmentworker; Workers candidate forNew Yorkstate assembly, 1925 (Bronx County 7th District), 1926 (BronxCounty 5th District), 1928 (Bronx County 4th District); expelled fromCommunist Party, 1929; broke with Communism by mid-1930s, and becameanti-Communist by 1946;vice-president,International Ladies Garment Workers Union, 1934-72; becameblind in 1966.Jewishancestry.DiedJune 3,1983 (ageabout 86years).Burial location unknown.
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