in alphabetical order | |  William Wallace Atterbury (1866-1935) — also known asWilliam W. Atterbury;"The RailroadGeneral" —of Radnor,DelawareCounty, Pa.Born in New Albany,FloydCounty, Ind.,January31, 1866.Republican.Railroadsuperintendent; president, AmericanRailwayAssociation; during World War I, he was called on to organizeorganized U.S. militaryrailroadoperations in France; he was designated Director-General ofTransportation for the American Expeditionary Forces; delegate toRepublican National Convention from Pennsylvania,1920(speaker);President, PennsylvaniaRailroad,1925-35.Member,AmericanPhilosophical Society;AmericanAcademy of Political and Social Science.Died, ofapoplexy,in Radnor,DelawareCounty, Pa.,September20, 1935 (age69 years, 232days).Interment atOldSt. David's Church Cemetery, Radnor, Pa. | | Robert R. Blacker (1845-1931) — of Manistee,ManisteeCounty, Mich.Born in1845.Democrat.Lumberbusiness;mayorof Manistee, Mich.; elected 1889;secretaryof state of Michigan, 1891-92; delegate to Democratic NationalConvention from Michigan,1896.Died in1931(ageabout86 years).Burial location unknown. | | Charles M. Brown (1903-1995) — also known asCharlie Brown — of Atlanta,FultonCounty, Ga.Born in1903.FultonCounty Commissioner, 1941-48, 1966-79; member ofGeorgiastate senate, 1957-64.Died in1995(ageabout92 years).Burial location unknown. | | Asa Griggs Candler (1851-1929) — also known asAsa G. Candler — of Atlanta,FultonCounty, Ga.Born in Villa Rica,CarrollCounty, Ga.,December30, 1851.Druggist;founder of theCoca-Colabeverage company;mayorof Atlanta, Ga., 1917-19.Suffered astroke in1926, did not recover, and died in Wesley MemorialHospital,Atlanta,FultonCounty, Ga.,March12, 1929 (age77 years, 72days).Interment atWestviewCemetery, Atlanta, Ga.  | John David Dingell Jr. (1926-2019) — also known asJohn D. Dingell;"Big John";"The Truck" —of Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.; Trenton,WayneCounty, Mich.; Dearborn,WayneCounty, Mich.Born in Colorado Springs,El PasoCounty, Colo.,July 8,1926.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II;lawyer;U.S.Representative from Michigan, 1955-2003 (15th District 1955-65,16th District 1965-2003, 15th District 2003); delegate to DemocraticNational Convention from Michigan,1956,1960,1968,1984,1988,1996,2000,2004,2008.Catholic.PolishandScotch-Irishancestry. Member,PolishLegion of American Veterans;Veterans ofForeign Wars;AmericanLegion;Knightsof Columbus;National RifleAssociation.Died, fromprostatecancer, in Dearborn,WayneCounty, Mich.,February7, 2019 (age92 years, 214days).Interment atArlingtonNational Cemetery, Arlington, Va.| |  Relatives: Sonof Grace Blossom (Bigler) Dingell andJohnDavid Dingell; married1952 to HelenHenebry; married1981 toDeborahAnn Insley; father ofChristopherD. Dingell. | | | | Political family:Dingellfamily of Detroit, Michigan. | | | | Cross-reference:DougRoss | | | | John DingellDrive,in Detroit MetroAirport,Romulus,Michigan, isnamed forhim. — The John D. DingellVAMedical Center, inDetroit,Michigan, isnamed forhim. — The John D. Dingell Jr. MemorialBridges,which take Stadium Boulevard over State Street and the Ann ArborRailroad tracks, inAnn Arbor,Michigan, arenamed forhim. | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Wikipedia article —Ballotpediaarticle —Find-A-Gravememorial | | | | Image source: Michigan Manual1957-58 |
| | | Ben Elbert Douglas, Sr. (1894-1982) — also known asBen E. Douglas — of Charlotte,MecklenburgCounty, N.C.Born in Scotts Crossroad,IredellCounty, N.C.,September3, 1894.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I;fur merchant;mayorof Charlotte, N.C., 1935-41; delegate to Democratic NationalConvention from North Carolina,1940,1956.Died in1982(ageabout87 years).Interment atElmwoodCemetery, Charlotte, N.C.  | John Foster Dulles (1888-1959) — of Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born inWashington,D.C.,February25, 1888.Republican.Lawyer;major in the U.S. Army during World War I; delegate to RepublicanNational Convention from New York,1944;U.S.Senator from New York, 1949; defeated, 1949;U.S.Secretary of State, 1953-59.Presbyterian.Member,PhiBeta Kappa;PhiDelta Phi;Council onForeign Relations.Received theMedalof Freedom in 1959.Died ofcancerandpneumonia,inWashington,D.C.,May 24,1959 (age71 years, 88days).Interment atArlingtonNational Cemetery, Arlington, Va.| | Relatives: Sonof Allen Macy Dulles and Edith F. (Foster) Dulles; brother ofAllenWelsh Dulles; married,June 26,1912, to Janet Pomeroy Avery; grandson ofJohnWatson Foster; great-grandnephew ofJohnWelsh; third great-grandnephew ofJoshuaCoit; first cousin twice removed ofLangdonCheves Jr.; first cousin six times removed ofBenjaminHuntington; second cousin once removed ofSamuelWelsh; second cousin thrice removed ofRobertCoit Jr.; second cousin four times removed ofJabezHuntington,JohnDavenport,JamesDavenport,HenryHuntington,GurdonHuntington andAbelHuntington; second cousin five times removed ofSamuelHuntington; third cousin ofLewisWardlaw Haskell; third cousin twice removed ofAlonzoMark Leffingwell andWilliamBrainard Coit; third cousin thrice removed ofJedediahHuntington,EbenezerHuntington,WilliamWoodbridge,ZinaHyde Jr.,IsaacBackus,TheodoreDavenport,HenryTitus Backus andBenjaminNicoll Huntington; fourth cousin once removed ofJohnLeffingwell Randolph. | | | | Political family:Wolcottfamily of Connecticut (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | Cross-reference:EdwardF. Corsi | | | | Washington DullesInternational Airport(opened 1962), inLoudounandFairfaxcounties, Virginia, isnamed forhim. | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Wikipedia article —NNDBdossier —Find-A-Gravememorial —ArlingtonNational Cemetery unofficial website | | | | Image source: Time Magazine, August 13,1951 |
 | Edward William Fanning (1889-1956) — also known asE. W. Fanning — of Idaho Falls,BonnevilleCounty, Idaho.Born in Idaho Falls,BonnevilleCounty, Idaho,August12, 1889.Democrat.Mayorof Idaho Falls, Idaho, 1940-49, 1951-56; defeated, 1949; died inoffice 1956.Catholic.Member,Knightsof Columbus;Rotary;Elks.Died, frompleurisy,followinglungsurgery, in Salt Lake L.D.S.Hospital,Salt Lake City,Salt LakeCounty, Utah,March29, 1956 (age66 years, 230days).Interment atRoseHill Cemetery, Idaho Falls, Idaho. |  | Gerald Rudolph Ford Jr. (1913-2006) — also known asGerald R. Ford;Jerry Ford;LeslieLynch King Jr.;"Passkey" —of Grand Rapids,KentCounty, Mich.; Rancho Mirage,RiversideCounty, Calif.Born in Omaha,DouglasCounty, Neb.,July 14,1913.Republican.Lawyer;served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; delegate to RepublicanNational Convention from Michigan,1948,1960,1964;U.S.Representative from Michigan 5th District, 1949-73; resigned1973; member, President's Commission on the Assassination ofPresident KNDY, 1963-64;VicePresident of the United States, 1973-74;Presidentof the United States, 1974-77; defeated, 1976.Episcopalian.EnglishandScottishancestry. Member,Freemasons;ScottishRite Masons;Shriners;AmericanLegion;Veterans ofForeign Wars;Amvets;Sonsof the American Revolution;Forty andEight;Jaycees;DeltaKappa Epsilon;PhiDelta Phi;HumaneSociety;Elks;American BarAssociation.Shotat in two separate incidents in San Francisco in September 1975. On September 5, Lynette 'Squeaky' Fromme, follower of murderous cultleader Charles Manson, got close to the President with a loadedpistol, and squeezed the trigger at close range; the gun misfired. On September 22, Sara Jane Moorefired ashot at him, but a bystander deflected her aim. Both women wereconvicted and sentenced to life in prison. Received theMedalof Freedom in 1999.Died in Rancho Mirage,RiversideCounty, Calif.,December26, 2006 (age93 years, 165days).Interment atGeraldR. Ford Museum, Grand Rapids, Mich.| | Relatives:Step-son of Gerald Rudolph Ford, Sr.; son of Leslie Lynch King, Sr.and Dorothy Ayer (Gardner) King Ford; half-brother ofThomasG. Ford Sr.; married,October15, 1948, toBettyWarren. | | | | Political family:Fordfamily of Grand Rapids, Michigan. | | | | Cross-reference:RichardM. Nixon —L.William Seidman | | | | The Gerald R. FordFreeway(I-196), inKent,Ottawa,andAllegancounties, Michigan, isnamed forhim. — The Gerald R. FordInternationalAirport (opened 1963, given present name 1999), nearGrandRapids, Michigan, isnamed forhim. — The Gerald R. FordFederalBuilding andU.S.Courthouse, inGrandRapids, Michigan, isnamed forhim. | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Wikipedia article —NNDBdossier —Internet Movie Databaseprofile —Find-A-Gravememorial —OurCampaignscandidate detail | | | | Books by Gerald R. Ford:ATime to Heal: The Autobiography of Gerald R. Ford(1983) | | | | Books about Gerald R. Ford: John RobertGreene,ThePresidency of Gerald R. Ford — Edward L. Schapsmeier,GeraldR. Ford's Date With Destiny: A Political Biography —James Cannon,Timeand Chance : Gerald Ford's Appointment With History —Douglas Brinkley,GeraldR. Ford — Mike Resnick, ed.,AlternatePresidents [anthology] | | | | Image source: Michigan Manual1957-58 |
| | | Simon Moses Friedman (1852-1926) — also known asS. M. Friedman — of Hailey,BlaineCounty, Idaho.Born inGermany,1852.Rancher;merchant;mayorof Hailey, Idaho, 1909-13.Died in1926(ageabout74 years).Burial location unknown. | | John Herschel Glenn Jr. (1921-2016) — also known asJohn Glenn — of New Concord,MuskingumCounty, Ohio; Columbus,FranklinCounty, Ohio.Born in Cambridge,GuernseyCounty, Ohio,July 18,1921.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II;Astronaut;in February 1962,firstAmerican to orbit the earth; delegate to Democratic NationalConvention from Ohio,1964,1996,2004,2008;U.S.Senator from Ohio, 1975-99; candidate for Democratic nominationfor President,1984;received theMedalof Freedom in 2012; also inducted to the International Air &SpaceHall ofFame, the National AviationHall ofFame, the International SpaceHall ofFame, and the U.S. AstronautHall ofFame.Presbyterian.Member,Freemasons;ScottishRite Masons.Died in Columbus,FranklinCounty, Ohio,December8, 2016 (age95 years, 143days).Interment atArlingtonNational Cemetery, Arlington, Va.| | Relatives:Married1943 to AnnaMargaret Castor. | | | | The John Glenn ColumbusInternationalAirport (Port Columbus International Airport until 2016), inColumbus,Ohio, isnamed forhim. — John GlennHighSchool, inNewConcord, Ohio, isnamed forhim. — John GlennHighSchool, inWestland,Michigan, isnamed forhim. — John GlennHighSchool, inBay City,Michigan, isnamed forhim. — John GlennHighSchool, inWalkerton,Indiana, isnamed forhim. — John GlennHighSchool, inNorwalk,California, isnamed forhim. — John GlennMiddleSchool, inSanAngelo, Texas, isnamed forhim. — Colonel GlennRoad,inLittleRock, Arkansas, isnamed forhim. | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Wikipedia article —NNDBdossier —Internet Movie Databaseprofile | | | | Books by John Glenn:JohnGlenn: A Memoir (1999) | | | | Books about John Glenn: Robert Green,JohnGlenn : Astronaut and U.S. Senator (for youngreaders) |
| | Clarence Eugene Hancock (1885-1948) — also known asClarence E. Hancock — of Syracuse,OnondagaCounty, N.Y.Born in Syracuse,OnondagaCounty, N.Y.,February13, 1885.Republican.Lawyer;served in the U.S. Army on the Mexican border; served in the U.S.Army during World War I;U.S.Representative from New York, 1927-47 (35th District 1927-45,36th District 1945-47); alternate delegate to Republican NationalConvention from New York,1928.Presbyterian.Member,PhiBeta Kappa;PhiDelta Phi;AlphaDelta Phi.Died in ahospitalatWashington,D.C.,January3, 1948 (age62 years, 324days).Interment atWoodlawnCemetery, Syracuse, N.Y.  | William Berry Hartsfield (1890-1971) — also known asWilliam B. Hartsfield — of Atlanta,FultonCounty, Ga.Born in Atlanta,FultonCounty, Ga.,March 1,1890.Mayorof Atlanta, Ga., 1937-41, 1942-62.Died in Atlanta,FultonCounty, Ga.,February22, 1971 (age80 years, 358days).Interment atWestviewCemetery, Atlanta, Ga. | | William Rowland Hopkins (1869-1961) — also known asW. R. Hopkins;"ChautauquaBill" —of Cleveland,CuyahogaCounty, Ohio.Born in Johnstown,CambriaCounty, Pa.,July 26,1869.Republican.Lawyer;industrialreal estatedeveloper; promoter of Cleveland Short LineRailroad;delegate to Republican National Convention from Ohio,1916;citymanager of Cleveland, Ohio, 1924-30; he was fascinated byaviation,in 1925, he successfully advocated purchase of land for an airport,thefirstmunicipal airport in the United States.Died in Cleveland,CuyahogaCounty, Ohio,February9, 1961 (age91 years, 198days).Interment atLakeView Cemetery, Cleveland, Ohio. | | William Washington Howes (1887-1962) — also known asW. W. Howes — of Wolsey,BeadleCounty, S.Dak.; Huron,BeadleCounty, S.Dak.Born in Tomah,MonroeCounty, Wis.,February16, 1887.Democrat.Lawyer;member ofSouthDakota state senate 22nd District, 1917-18; candidate forGovernor ofSouth Dakota, 1920;South DakotaDemocratic state chair, 1923; member ofDemocraticNational Committee from South Dakota, 1924-40; delegate toDemocratic National Convention from South Dakota,1924(member,Committeeon Rules and Order of Business),1940;First Assistant U.S. Postmaster General; resigned in protest in 1940when PresidentFranklinD. Roosevelt sought an unprecedented third term.Died inWashington,D.C.,January15, 1962 (age74 years, 333days).Interment atOakHill Cemetery, Washington, D.C. | | John Birdwell Isbell (1872-1960) — also known asJohn B. Isbell — of Fort Payne,DeKalbCounty, Ala.Born in Asbury,MarshallCounty, Ala.,April16, 1872.Republican.Lawyer;delegate to Republican National Convention from Alabama,1920(alternate),1932;candidate forU.S.Representative from Alabama, 1930;U.S.Attorney for the Northern District of Alabama, 1931-33.Died in Fort Payne,DeKalbCounty, Ala.,September5, 1960 (age88 years, 142days).Interment atGlenwoodCemetery, Fort Payne, Ala. | | Cyril Emmanuel King (1921-1978) — also known asCyril E. King — Born in St. Croix,VirginIslands,April 7,1921.Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; aide and staff member toU.S. Sen.HubertHumphrey, 1949-61;secretaryof the U.S. Virgin Islands, 1961;Governor ofU.S. Virgin Islands, 1969, 1975-78; died in office 1978; memberofVirginIslands legislature, 1973-74.Africanancestry.Died in St. Thomas,VirginIslands,January2, 1978 (age56 years, 270days).Interment atKing'sHill Cemetery, St. Croix, Virgin Islands. | | Fiorello Henry LaGuardia (1882-1947) — also known asFiorello H. LaGuardia;"The LittleFlower" —of Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,December11, 1882.Republican. U.S. Consular Agent inFiume, 1904-06;interpreter;lawyer;U.S.Representative from New York, 1917-19, 1923-33 (14th District1917-19, 20th District 1923-33); defeated, 1914 (14th District), 1932(20th District); major in the U.S. Army during World War I; delegateto Republican National Convention from New York,1920,1928(alternate),1932(alternate);mayorof New York City, N.Y., 1934-45; defeated, 1921, 1929.Episcopalian.ItalianandJewishancestry. Member,Freemasons.Died ofpancreaticcancer, in Bronx,BronxCounty, N.Y.,September20, 1947 (age64 years, 283days).Interment atWoodlawnCemetery, Bronx, N.Y.| | Relatives: Sonof Achille Luigi Carlo La Guardia and Irene Coen; married1919 to TheaAlmerigotti; married,February28, 1929, to Marie Fisher. | | | | Cross-reference:VitoMarcantonio —ClendeninRyan | | | | LaGuardiaAirport, inQueens,New York, isnamed forhim. | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Wikipedia article —NNDBdossier —Internet Movie Databaseprofile —OurCampaignscandidate detail | | | | Books about Fiorello LaGuardia: H. PaulJeffers,TheNapoleon of New York : Mayor Fiorello LaGuardia —Thomas Kessner,FiorelloH. LaGuardia and the Making of Modern New York —Mervyn D. Kaufman,FiorelloLaGuardia — Alyn Brodsky,TheGreat Mayor : Fiorello La Guardia and the Making of the City of NewYork |
| | Edward Lawrence Logan (1875-1939) — also known asEdward L. Logan — of Boston,SuffolkCounty, Mass.Born in Boston,SuffolkCounty, Mass.,January20, 1875.Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War;lawyer;member ofMassachusettsstate house of representatives, 1901-02; member ofMassachusettsstate senate Sixth Suffolk District, 1906; colonel in the U.S.Army during World War I.Member,AmericanLegion.Died in Boston,SuffolkCounty, Mass.,July 6,1939 (age64 years, 167days).Interment atMt. Calvary Cemetery, Roslindale, Boston, Mass.; statue atLogan International Airport Grounds, Boston, Mass.  | Chester Trent Lott (b. 1941) — also known asTrent Lott — of Pascagoula,JacksonCounty, Miss.; Jackson,HindsCounty, Miss.Born in Grenada,GrenadaCounty, Miss.,October9, 1941.Republican.Lawyer;administrative assistant to U.S. Rep.WilliamM. Colmer, 1968-72;U.S.Representative from Mississippi 5th District, 1973-89;U.S.Senator from Mississippi, 1989-; delegate to Republican NationalConvention from Mississippi,2004,2008.Baptist.Member,Freemasons;Sonsof Confederate Veterans;American BarAssociation;SigmaNu;PhiAlpha Delta.Still living as of 2024. | | | Patrick Anthony McCarran (1876-1954) — also known asPatrick A. McCarran;PatMcCarran —of Elko,ElkoCounty, Nev.; Reno,WashoeCounty, Nev.Born in Reno,WashoeCounty, Nev.,August8, 1876.Democrat.Farmer;lawyer;member of Nevada state legislature, 1903;justice ofNevada state supreme court, 1913; delegate to Democratic NationalConvention from Nevada,1924(member,CredentialsCommittee),1936,1940,1944(member,Platformand Resolutions Committee),1952;U.S.Senator from Nevada, 1933-54; died in office 1954.Catholic.DiedSeptember28, 1954 (age78 years, 51days).Interment atMountainView Cemetery, Reno, Nev. | | Edward Howard McNamara (1926-2006) — also known asEdward H. McNamara;"BigMac" —of Livonia,WayneCounty, Mich.Born in Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.,September21, 1926.Democrat. Candidate forMichiganstate senate 14th District, 1965;mayorof Livonia, Mich., 1970-86; candidate forLieutenantGovernor of Michigan, 1970; delegate to Democratic NationalConvention from Michigan,1976,1996,2000;WayneCounty Executive, 1987-2002.Died, ofheartfailure andcancer,in HarperHospital,Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.,February19, 2006 (age79 years, 151days).Interment atParkview Memorial Cemetery, Livonia, Mich. | | Henry Clay Meacham (1869-1929) — of Fort Worth,TarrantCounty, Tex.BornOctober10, 1869.Mayorof Fort Worth, Tex., 1925.DiedDecember7, 1929 (age60 years, 58days).Interment atGreenwoodMemorial Park, Fort Worth, Tex. | | José Luis Alberto Muñoz=Marin(1898-1980) —also known asLuis Muñoz=Marin;"Father ofModern Puerto Rico" —Born in Old San Juan,San JuanMunicipio, Puerto Rico,February18, 1898.Author;Governorof Puerto Rico, 1949-65.PuertoRican ancestry.Died in San Juan,San JuanMunicipio, Puerto Rico,April30, 1980 (age82 years, 72days).Entombed atMausoleo Luis Muñoz Rivera, Barranquitas, Puerto Rico.| | Relatives: SonofLuisMuñoz=Rivera and Amalia Marin=Castilla; married,July 1,1919, to Muna Lee; father ofVictoriaMelo=Muñoz. | | | | Political family:Munozfamily. | | | | The Luis Muñoz MarínInternationalAirport (opened 1955 as Puerto RicoInternational Airport, renamed 1985), inCarolina,Puerto Rico, isnamed forhim. — Luis Muñoz MarínHighSchool, inBarranquitas,Puerto Rico, isnamed forhim. | | | | See alsoNationalGovernors Association biography —Wikipediaarticle —Find-A-Gravememorial |
| | Jacqueline Cochran Odlum (1906-1980) — also known asJacqueline C. Odlum;Jackie Odlum;Bessie Lee Pittman;Jacqueline Cochran —Born in Muscogee,EscambiaCounty, Fla.,May 11,1906.Republican.Beautician;airplanepilot; during World War II, she trained many women pilots forduty ferrying supplies; she was thefirstwoman ever to take off and land on an aircraft carrier, thefirstwoman pilot ever to break the sound barrier, and to exceed Mach 2; in1952, she was one of the leaders of the "Draft Ike" movement tonominateDwightD. Eisenhower for president;speaker, Republican National Convention, 1956 ;candidate forU.S.Representative from California 29th District, 1956; elected toAviationHall ofFame, 1971.Female.Died in Indio,RiversideCounty, Calif.,August7, 1980 (age74 years, 88days).Interment atCoachellaValley Public Cemetery, Coachella, Calif. | | Ronald Wilson Reagan (1911-2004) — also known asRonald Reagan;"Dutch";"The Gipper";"The GreatCommunicator";"The Teflon President";"Rawhide" —of Pacific Palisades, Los Angeles,LosAngeles County, Calif.; Bel Air, Los Angeles,LosAngeles County, Calif.Born in Tampico,WhitesideCounty, Ill.,February6, 1911.Republican. Worked as asportsbroadcasterin Iowa in the 1930s, doing localradiobroadcastof Chicago Cubsbaseballgames; served in the U.S. Army during World War II; professionalactorin 1937-64; appeared in dozens offilmsincludingKings Row,Dark Victory,Santa FeTrail,Knute Rockne, All American, andThe WinningTeam;president ofthe Screen Actors Guild, 1947-52, 1959-60; member ofCaliforniaRepublican State Central Committee, 1964-66; delegate toRepublican National Convention from California,1964(alternate),1972(delegation chair);Governor ofCalifornia, 1967-75; candidate for Republican nomination forPresident,1968,1976;Republican Presidential Elector for California,1968(voted forRichardM. Nixon andSpiroT. Agnew);Presidentof the United States, 1981-89; on March 30, 1981, outside theWashington Hilton hotel, he and three others wereshotand wounded by John Hinkley, Jr.; received thePresidentialMedal of Freedom, 1993.Disciplesof Christ. Member,ScreenActors Guild;Lions;AmericanLegion;TauKappa Epsilon.Died, frompneumoniaandAlzheimer'sdisease, in Bel Air, Los Angeles,Los AngelesCounty, Calif.,June 5,2004 (age93 years, 120days).Interment atRonaldReagan Presidential Library, Simi Valley, Calif.| | Relatives: Sonof John Reagan and Nellie (Wilson) Reagan; married,January25, 1940, to Jane Wyman; married,March 4,1952, to Nancy Davis (born 1923;actress)andNancyDavis (1921-2016); father ofMaureenElizabeth Reagan. | | | | Political family:Reaganfamily of Bel Air and Simi Valley, California. | | | | Cross-reference:KatherineHoffman Haley —DanaRohrabacher —DonaldT. Regan —HenrySalvatori —L.William Seidman —ChristopherCox —PatrickJ. Buchanan —BayBuchanan —EdwinMeese III | | | | Ronald Reagan Washington NationalAirport (opened 1941; renamed 1998), inArlington,Virginia, isnamed forhim. —MountReagan (officially known as Mount Clay), in the White Mountains,CoosCounty, New Hampshire, isnamed forhim. — The Ronald ReaganBuildingand International Trade Center, in the Federal Triangle,Washington,D.C., isnamed forhim. | | | | See alsoNationalGovernors Association biography —Wikipediaarticle —NNDBdossier —Internet Movie Databaseprofile —Find-A-Gravememorial —OurCampaignscandidate detail | | | | Books by Ronald Reagan:RonaldReagan : An American Life | | | | Books about Ronald Reagan: Lou Cannon,PresidentReagan : The Role of a Lifetime — Lou Cannon,GovernorReagan : His Rise to Power — Peter Schweizer,Reagan'sWar : The Epic Story of His Forty-Year Struggle and Final TriumphOver Communism — Lee Edwards,RonaldReagan: A Political Biography — Paul Kengor,Godand Ronald Reagan : A Spiritual Life — Mary BethBrown,Handof Providence: The Strong and Quiet Faith of RonaldReagan — Edmund Morris,Dutch:A Memoir of Ronald Reagan — Peggy Noonan,WhenCharacter Was King: A Story of Ronald Reagan — PeterJ. Wallison,RonaldReagan: The Power of Conviction and the Success of HisPresidency — Dinesh D'Souza,RonaldReagan : How an Ordinary Man Became an ExtraordinaryLeader — William F. Buckley, Jr.,RonaldReagan: An American Hero — Craig Shirley,Reagan'sRevolution : The Untold Story of the Campaign That Started ItAll — Richard Reeves,PresidentReagan : The Triumph of Imagination — Ron Reagan,MyFather at 100 — Newt & Callista Gingrich & David N.Bossie,RonaldReagan: Rendezvous with Destiny — William F. Buckley,TheReagan I Knew — Chris Matthews,Tipand the Gipper: When Politics Worked — Mike Resnick,ed.,AlternatePresidents [anthology] | | | | Critical books about Ronald Reagan:Haynes Johnson,SleepwalkingThrough History: America in the Reagan Years — WilliamKleinknecht,TheMan Who Sold the World: Ronald Reagan and the Betrayal of Main StreetAmerica |
 | 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 theCaribbean 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 |
| | John Morris Sheppard (1875-1941) — also known asMorris Sheppard — of Texarkana,BowieCounty, Tex.Born in Wheatville,MorrisCounty, Tex.,May 28,1875.Democrat.Lawyer;U.S.Representative from Texas, 1902-13 (4th District 1902-03, 1stDistrict 1903-13);U.S.Senator from Texas, 1913-41; died in office 1941.Methodist.Member,Woodmen ofthe World;Freemasons;OddFellows;Redmen;Elks;Knightsof Pythias;KappaAlpha Order;PhiBeta Kappa.Died, from abrainhemorrhage, inWalterReed Hospital,Washington,D.C.,April 9,1941 (age65 years, 316days).Interment atHillcrestCemetery, Texarkana, Tex. | | Marion Eugene Snyder (1928-2007) — also known asGene Snyder — of Brownsboro Farms,JeffersonCounty, Ky.Born in Louisville,JeffersonCounty, Ky.,January26, 1928.Republican.Lawyer;U.S.Representative from Kentucky, 1963-65, 1967-87 (3rd District1963-65, 4th District 1967-87); defeated, 1964.Lutheran.Member,OptimistClub.Died in Naples,CollierCounty, Fla.,February16, 2007 (age79 years, 21days).Interment atDuncanMemorial, Oldham County, Ky.| | Relatives: Sonof Marion Hustavus Snyder and Lois E. Snyder; married1961 to MaryLouise Hodges. | | | | The Gene SnyderU.S.Courthouse andCustomHouse (opened 1932, renamed 1986), inLouisville,Kentucky, isnamed forhim. — The Gene SnyderFreeway(I-265 and Ky-841), inLouisville,Kentucky, isnamed forhim. — The Gene SnyderAirport (generalaviation), inPendletonCounty, Kentucky, isnamed forhim. | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Wikipedia article —NNDBdossier |
| | Theodore Fulton Stevens (1923-2010) — also known asTed Stevens — of Fairbanks,FairbanksNorth Star Borough, Alaska; Girdwood,Anchorage,Alaska.Born in Indianapolis,MarionCounty, Ind.,November18, 1923.Republican. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II;lawyer;U.S.Attorney for the 4th District of Alaska Territory, 1954-56;delegate to Republican National Convention from Alaska,1964,1972(delegation chair); member ofAlaskastate house of representatives, 1965-68;U.S.Senator from Alaska, 1968-2009; defeated, 1962; appointed 1968.Episcopalian.Member,American BarAssociation;Rotary;AmericanLegion;Veterans ofForeign Wars.Indictedin July 2008 on federalchargesoffailingto reportgiftsfrom VECO Corporation and its CEO;triedandconvictedin October 2008; his conviction was later vacated due toprosecutorial misconduct.Killed in aplanecrash, inBristol BayBorough, Alaska,August9, 2010 (age86 years, 264days).Interment atArlingtonNational Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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