in alphabetical order | |  Thomas Gerstle Abernethy (1903-1998) — also known asThomas G. Abernethy;TomAbernethy —of Eupora,WebsterCounty, Miss.; Okolona,ChickasawCounty, Miss.Born in Eupora,WebsterCounty, Miss.,May 16,1903.Democrat. Mayor of Eupora, Miss., 1927-29;U.S.Representative from Mississippi, 1943-73 (4th District 1943-53,1st District 1953-73); delegate to Democratic National Conventionfrom Mississippi,1948,1956(alternate),1960.Methodist.Member,Freemasons;Shriners;LambdaChi Alpha;ExchangeClub.Died in Jackson,HindsCounty, Miss.,June 11,1998 (age95 years, 26days).Interment atLakewoodMemorial Park, Jackson, Miss.  | John Peter Altgeld (1847-1902) — also known asJohn P. Altgeld — ofAndrewCounty, Mo.; Chicago,CookCounty, Ill.Born in Hesse,Germany,December30, 1847.Served in the Union Army during the Civil War;lawyer;AndrewCounty State's Attorney, 1875; candidate forU.S.Representative from Illinois, 1884; superior court judge inIllinois, 1886-91;Governor ofIllinois, 1893-97; Independent candidate formayorof Chicago, Ill., 1899.Germanancestry.Pardoned the surviving protesters of the Haymarket incident inChicago, and refused to send troops against the Pullman railwaystrikers. These actions were not popular at the time, and he neverwon another election.As he finished aspeechat the JolietOperaHouse, he suffered astroke,was carried across the street to theHotelMonroe, and died the next morning, in Joliet,WillCounty, Ill.,March12, 1902 (age54 years, 72days).Interment atGracelandCemetery, Chicago, Ill.; statue atLincolnPark, Chicago, Ill. | | George Ross Anderson Jr. (1929-2020) — also known asG. Ross Anderson, Jr. — of Anderson,AndersonCounty, S.C.Born in Anderson,AndersonCounty, S.C.,January29, 1929.Served in the U.S. Air Force during the Korean conflict;lawyer;member ofSouthCarolina state house of representatives, 1955-56;U.S.District Judge for South Carolina, 1980-2009; took senior status2009.Member,American BarAssociation;Associationof Trial Lawyers of America;PhiDelta Phi.Died in South Carolina,December1, 2020 (age91 years, 307days).Interment atForestLawn Memorial Park, Anderson, S.C. | | George William Andrews (1906-1971) — also known asGeorge W. Andrews — of Union Springs,BullockCounty, Ala.Born in Clayton,BarbourCounty, Ala.,December12, 1906.Democrat.Lawyer;served in the U.S. Navy during World War II;U.S.Representative from Alabama, 1944-71 (3rd District 1944-63,at-large 1963-65, 3rd District 1965-71); died in office 1971.Baptist.Member,SigmaNu;PhiDelta Phi;OmicronDelta Kappa.Died in Birmingham,JeffersonCounty, Ala.,December25, 1971 (age65 years, 13days).Interment atOakHill Cemetery, Union Springs, Ala. | | Winston Eugene Arnow (1911-1994) — also known asWinston E. Arnow — of Gainesville,AlachuaCounty, Fla.; Pensacola,EscambiaCounty, Fla.Born in Micanopy,AlachuaCounty, Fla.,March13, 1911.Lawyer;municipal judge in Florida, 1940-42, 1946-49; major in the U.S. Armyduring World War II;U.S.District Judge for the Northern District of Florida, 1967-81;took senior status 1981.Member,American BarAssociation;AmericanJudicature Society;SigmaPhi Epsilon;PhiDelta Phi;TauKappa Alpha;BlueKey;Elks;Rotary.Died in Pensacola,EscambiaCounty, Fla.,November28, 1994 (age83 years, 260days).Interment atRobertsCemetery, Pensacola, Fla. | | Carl Clyde Atkins (1914-1999) — also known asC. Clyde Atkins — of Stuart,MartinCounty, Fla.; Miami,Miami-DadeCounty, Fla.; Coral Gables,Miami-DadeCounty, Fla.Born inWashington,D.C.,November23, 1914.Lawyer;founder-trustee, LawyersTitleGuaranty Fund, 1948-66;U.S.District Judge for the Southern District of Florida, 1966-99;died in office 1999.Catholic.Member,American BarAssociation;KappaAlpha Order;PhiKappa Tau;PhiAlpha Delta;TauKappa Alpha;Kiwanis.Died in Miami,Miami-DadeCounty, Fla.,March11, 1999 (age84 years, 108days).Burial location unknown. | | John Bascom (1827-1911) — of Madison,DaneCounty, Wis.; Williamstown,BerkshireCounty, Mass.Born in Genoa,CayugaCounty, N.Y.,April30, 1827.Collegeprofessor;president,University of Wisconsin, 1874-87; Prohibition candidate forU.S.Representative from Massachusetts, 1890 (12th District), 1896(1st District), 1902 (1st District); Prohibition candidate forGovernor ofMassachusetts, 1897.Died in Williamstown,BerkshireCounty, Mass.,October2, 1911 (age84 years, 155days).Interment atWilliamsCollege Cemetery, Williamstown, Mass.| |  Relatives: Sonof Rev. John Bascom and Laura (Woodbridge) Bascom; married1853 to AbbieBurt; married,January8, 1856, to Emma Curtiss. | | | | BascomHall, on the campus of theUniversityof Wisconsin,Madison,Wisconsin, isnamed forhim. — The World War IILibertyshipSS John Bascom (built 1942-43 atPanamaCity, Florida; bombed and sank in the harbor atBari,Italy, 1943) wasnamed forhim. | | | | See alsoWikipediaarticle —Find-A-Gravememorial |
| | Kemp Plummer Battle (1831-1919) — also known asKemp P. Battle — ofWakeCounty, N.C.Born in Louisburg,FranklinCounty, N.C.,December19, 1831.Lawyer;delegateto North Carolina secession convention, 1861; president, ChathamRailroadduring the Civil War;NorthCarolina state treasurer, 1866-68;president,University of North Carolina, 1876-91;historian.Died in Raleigh,WakeCounty, N.C.,February4, 1919 (age87 years, 47days).Interment atOakwoodCemetery, Raleigh, N.C. | | Charles Edward Bennett (1910-2003) — also known asCharles E. Bennett — of Jacksonville,DuvalCounty, Fla.Born in Canton,St.Lawrence County, N.Y.,December2, 1910.Democrat.Lawyer;member ofFloridastate house of representatives, 1941-42; served in the U.S. Armyduring World War II;U.S.Representative from Florida, 1949-93 (2nd District 1949-67, 3rdDistrict 1967-93).Christian.Member,DisabledAmerican Veterans;AmericanLegion;Veterans ofForeign Wars;Sons ofthe American Revolution;Freemasons;Lions;Jaycees.Died in Jacksonville,DuvalCounty, Fla.,September6, 2003 (age92 years, 278days).Interment atArlingtonNational Cemetery, Arlington, Va. | | William Howard Berkey (1874-1952) — also known asWilliam H. Berkey — of Cassopolis,CassCounty, Mich.Born inCambriaCounty, Pa.,February24, 1874.Republican.Newspapereditor and publisher;farmer;delegate to Republican National Convention from Michigan,1920(alternate),1940;member ofMichiganstate board of agriculture, 1930-47; Dry candidate fordelegateto Michigan convention to ratify 21st amendment from Cass County,1933.Member,Freemasons.Died in Chicago,CookCounty, Ill.,March22, 1952 (age78 years, 27days).Interment atProspectHill Cemetery, Cassopolis, Mich. | | Joseph Robinette Biden Jr. (b. 1942) — also known asJoseph R. Biden, Jr.;Joe Biden;"Sleepy Joe" —of Wilmington,New CastleCounty, Del.Born in Scranton,LackawannaCounty, Pa.,November20, 1942.Democrat.Lawyer;U.S.Senator from Delaware, 1973-2009; resigned 2009; candidate forDemocratic nomination for President,1988,2008;delegate to Democratic National Convention from Delaware,1996,2000,2004,2008;VicePresident of the United States, 2009-17;Presidentof the United States, 2021-25.Catholic.Irishancestry.Still living as of 2025.| | Relatives: Sonof Joseph Robinette Biden, Sr. and Catherine Eugenia 'Jean'(Finnegan) Biden; married1966 to NeiliaHunter; married,June 17,1977, toJillStevenson; father ofJosephRobinette Biden III. | | | | Cross-reference:CedricRichmond | | | | The Joseph R. Biden Jr.RailroadStation, inWilmington,Delaware, isnamed forhim. — The President BidenExpressway,inScranton,Pennsylvania, isnamed forhim. | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Wikipedia article —Ballotpediaarticle —NNDBdossier —Internet Movie Databaseprofile —OurCampaignscandidate detail | | | | Books about Joe Biden: Jules Witcover,JoeBiden: A Life of Trial and Redemption |
 | Hugo Lafayette Black (1886-1971) — also known asHugo L. Black — of Birmingham,JeffersonCounty, Ala.;Alexandria,Va.Born in Harlan,ClayCounty, Ala.,February27, 1886.Democrat.Lawyer;police court judge in Alabama, 1910-11;JeffersonCounty Prosecuting Attorney, 1915-17; served in the U.S. Armyduring World War I;U.S.Senator from Alabama, 1927-37; delegate to Democratic NationalConvention from Alabama,1936;AssociateJustice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1937-71; took senior status 1971.Baptist.Member,Freemasons;Knightsof Pythias;OddFellows;Ku Klux Klan.Died, inBethesdaNaval Hospital, Bethesda,MontgomeryCounty, Md.,September25, 1971 (age85 years, 210days).Interment atArlingtonNational Cemetery, Arlington, Va.| | Relatives: Sonof William La Fayette Black and Martha Ardella (Toland) Black;married,February23, 1921, to Josephine Patterson Foster; married,September11, 1957, to Elizabeth Seay DeMeritte. | | | | The Hugo L. BlackU.S. Courthouse, inBirmingham,Alabama, isnamed forhim. | | | | Epitaph: "Here lies a goodman." | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —federaljudicial profile —Wikipediaarticle —NNDBdossier —Find-A-Gravememorial —ArlingtonNational Cemetery unofficial website | | | | Books about Hugo L. Black: Roger K.Newman,HugoBlack : A Biography — Howard Ball,HugoL. Black : Cold Steel Warrior — James F Simon,Theantagonists: Hugo Black, Felix Frankfurter and civil liberties inmodern America — Howard Ball & Phillip J. Cooper,OfPower and Right: Hugo Black, William O. Douglas, and America'sConstitutional Revolution | | | | Image source: Library ofCongress |
| | Luke Pryor Blackburn (1816-1887) — also known asLuke P. Blackburn — of Kentucky. Born inWoodfordCounty, Ky.,June 16,1816.Physician;member ofKentuckystate house of representatives, 1843;Governor ofKentucky, 1879-83.Baptist.In 1865, he wastriedand acquitted in a Toronto court for violating Canadian neutrality,in connection with aConfederatescheme to spread yellow fever in Northern cities.Died in Frankfort,FranklinCounty, Ky.,September14, 1887 (age71 years, 90days).Interment atFrankfortCemetery, Frankfort, Ky.| | Relatives: Sonof Edward Mitchell Blackburn and Lavinia St. Clair (Bell) Blackburn;brother ofJosephClay Stiles Blackburn; married,November24, 1835, to Ella Boswell; married,November17, 1857, to Julia Churchill; uncle of Corinne Blackburn (whomarriedWilliamHolt Gale); granduncle ofSmithAlford Blackburn; great-granduncle ofCharlesMilton Blackburn; first cousin twice removed ofGabrielSlaughter; third cousin ofCharlesRice Slaughter; third cousin once removed ofRobertPryor Henry,JohnFlournoy Henry andGustavusAdolphus Henry. | | | | Political families:FourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | The BlackburnCorrectional Complex(opened 1972), inLexington,Kentucky, isnamed forhim. | | | | See alsoNationalGovernors Association biography —Wikipediaarticle —Find-A-Gravememorial | | | | Books about Luke Pryor Blackburn: NancyDisher Baird,LukePryor Blackburn : Physician, Governor, Reformer |
| | Neal Shaw Blaisdell (1902-1975) — also known asNeal S. Blaisdell — of Honolulu, Island of Oahu,HonoluluCounty, Hawaii.Born in Honolulu, Island of Oahu,HonoluluCounty, Hawaii,November6, 1902.Republican.Schoolteacher; member ofHawaiiterritorial House of Representatives, 1944-46; member ofHawaiiterritorial senate, 1946-50;mayorof Honolulu, Hawaii, 1955-69.Died, from a probablebrainhemorrhage, in Honolulu, Island of Oahu,HonoluluCounty, Hawaii,November5, 1975 (age72 years, 364days).Interment atOahuCemetery, Honolulu, Island of Oahu, Hawaii. | | Henry Goode Blasdel (1825-1900) — also known asHenry G. Blasdel — of Virginia City,StoreyCounty, Nev.; Oakland,AlamedaCounty, Calif.Born near Lawrenceburg,DearbornCounty, Ind.,January29, 1825.Republican.Farmer;merchant;riverboatcaptain;miller;miningbusiness;Governor ofNevada, 1864-71.Died in Oakland,AlamedaCounty, Calif.,July 22,1900 (age75 years, 174days).Interment atMountainView Cemetery, Oakland, Calif. | | William Augustus Bootle (1902-2005) — also known asWilliam A. Bootle — of Macon,BibbCounty, Ga.Born in Walterboro,ColletonCounty, S.C.,August19, 1902.Republican.Lawyer;U.S.Attorney for the Middle District of Georgia, 1929-33;U.S.District Judge for the Middle District of Georgia, 1954-72; tooksenior status 1972.Baptist.Member,PhiDelta Theta;Freemasons;Civitan.DiedJanuary25, 2005 (age102 years,159 days).Interment atRiversideCemetery, Macon, Ga. | | James Williamson Bosler (1833-1883) — also known asJames W. Bosler — of Sioux City,WoodburyCounty, Iowa; Carlisle,CumberlandCounty, Pa.Born in Silver Spring Township,CumberlandCounty, Pa.,April 4,1833.Lawyer;merchant;realestate agent;banker;delegate to Democratic National Convention from Iowa,1860;member ofIowastate house of representatives, 1860; Republican candidate forPennsylvaniastate senate 32nd District, 1882.Germanancestry.Died, from astroke ofapoplexy, in Carlisle,CumberlandCounty, Pa.,December17, 1883 (age50 years, 257days).Interment atAshlandCemetery, Carlisle, Pa. | | Earl Murphy Bourdon (1917-1993) — also known asEarl M. Bourdon — of Claremont,SullivanCounty, N.H.Born in Claremont,SullivanCounty, N.H.,December16, 1917.Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from NewHampshire,1980.DiedJune 19,1993 (age75 years, 185days).Interment atRiver Cemetery, Plainfield, N.H. | | Lewis Rice Bradley (1805-1879) — also known asLewis R. Bradley;"Broadhorns" —of Stockton,SanJoaquin County, Calif.; Nevada.Born inOrangeCounty, Va.,February18, 1805.Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from California,1860;member ofCaliforniastate assembly 8th District, 1861-62;Governor ofNevada, 1871-79; defeated, 1878.Died in Elko,ElkoCounty, Nev.,March21, 1879 (age74 years, 31days).Interment atElkoCemetery, Elko, Nev. | | George Nathaniel Briggs (1874-1952) — also known asGeorge N. Briggs — of Lamoni,DecaturCounty, Iowa.Born in Tabor,FremontCounty, Iowa,May 10,1874.Schoolteacher; member ofIowastate house of representatives, 1893-94;superintendentof schools;president,Philippine Normal School, 1909-10;president,Graceland College (now Graceland University), 1915-44; Dry candidatefordelegateto Iowa convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933.ReorganizedChurch of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. Member,AmericanPolitical Science Association.Died in Des Moines,PolkCounty, Iowa,December26, 1952 (age78 years, 230days).Interment atRose Hill Cemetery, Lamoni, Iowa. | | Andrew Broaddus (1900-1972) — of Louisville,JeffersonCounty, Ky.Born in Louisville,JeffersonCounty, Ky.,May 15,1900.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I;laundrybusiness;mayorof Louisville, Ky., 1953-57.Died, from aheartattack, in Louisville,JeffersonCounty, Ky.,September7, 1972 (age72 years, 115days).Interment atCaveHill Cemetery, Louisville, Ky. | | James Thomas Broyhill (b. 1927) — also known asJames T. Broyhill;JimBroyhill —of Lenoir,CaldwellCounty, N.C.Born in Lenoir,CaldwellCounty, N.C.,August19, 1927.Republican.U.S.Representative from North Carolina, 1963-86 (9th District1963-69, 10th District 1969-86);U.S.Senator from North Carolina, 1986; defeated, 1986.Baptist.Member,Freemasons;Shriners.Still living as of 2014. | | George Washington Buckner (1855-1943) — also known asGeorge W. Buckner — Born inslaverynear Greensburg,GreenCounty, Ky.,December1, 1855.U.S. Minister toLiberia, 1913-15; U.S. Consul General inMonrovia, as of 1914.Africanancestry.Died in Evansville,VanderburghCounty, Ind.,February17, 1943 (age87 years, 78days).Interment atOakHill Cemetery, Evansville, Ind. | | Edward Norman Cahn (b. 1933) — also known asEdward N. Cahn — Born in Allentown,LehighCounty, Pa.,1933.Lawyer;U.S.District Judge for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, 1974-98;retired 1998.Still living as of 2010. | | Millard Fillmore Caldwell Jr. (1897-1984) — also known asMillard F. Caldwell, Jr. — of Milton,Santa RosaCounty, Fla.; Tallahassee,LeonCounty, Fla.Born in Knoxville,KnoxCounty, Tenn.,February6, 1897.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I;lawyer;member ofFloridastate house of representatives, 1929-32;U.S.Representative from Florida 3rd District, 1933-41;Governor ofFlorida, 1945-49; delegate to Democratic National Convention fromFlorida,1948,1956,1960;justiceof Florida state supreme court, 1962-69.Protestant.Member,Sons ofthe American Revolution;KappaSigma;PhiAlpha Delta;Freemasons;Shriners;Knightsof Pythias;Elks;NewcomenSociety;AmericanLegion;AmericanJudicature Society;AlphaKappa Psi;BlueKey.Died in Tallahassee,LeonCounty, Fla.,October23, 1984 (age87 years, 260days).Interment atHarwoodPlantation Cemetery, Leon County, Fla.  | John Caldwell Calhoun (1782-1850) — also known asJohn C. Calhoun — of Pickens District (nowPickensCounty), S.C.Born in Abbeville District (part now inMcCormickCounty), S.C.,March18, 1782.Member ofSouthCarolina state house of representatives, 1808;U.S.Representative from South Carolina 6th District, 1811-17;U.S.Secretary of War, 1817-25;VicePresident of the United States, 1825-32; resigned 1832;U.S.Senator from South Carolina, 1832-43, 1845-50; died in office1850;U.S.Secretary of State, 1844-45.Scotch-Irishancestry.Slaveowner. Died inWashington,D.C.,March31, 1850 (age68 years, 13days).Interment atSt.Philip's Churchyard, Charleston, S.C.; cenotaph atCongressionalCemetery, Washington, D.C.; memorial monument atMarionPark, Charleston, S.C.| | Relatives: Sonof James Patrick Calhoun and Martha (Caldwell) Calhoun; married,December27, 1809, to Floride Bonneau andFlorideColhoun (daughter ofJohnEwing Colhoun (c.1749-1802)); father of Anna Maria Calhoun (whomarriedThomasGreen Clemson); uncle ofJohnAlfred Calhoun and Martha Catherine Calhoun (who marriedArmisteadBurt); great-granduncle ofJohnTemple Graves; first cousin ofJohnEwing Colhoun (c.1749-1802) andJosephCalhoun; first cousin once removed ofAndrewPickens; first cousin twice removed ofFrancisWilkinson Pickens; second cousin once removed of Sarah AnnCalhoun (who marriedAlexanderHenry Brown); second cousin twice removed ofWilliamFrancis Calhoun. | | | | Political family:Calhoun-Pickensfamily of South Carolina (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | Calhoun counties inAla.,Ark.,Fla.,Ga.,Ill.,Iowa,Mich.,Miss.,S.C.,Tex. andW.Va. arenamed for him. | | | | The John C. CalhounState OfficeBuilding (opened 1926), inColumbia,South Carolina, isnamed forhim. —LakeCalhoun (now known by its Dakota name, Bde Maka Ska), inMinneapolis,Minnesota, wasnamed forhim. — The World War IILibertyshipSS John C. Calhoun (built 1941-42 atWilmington,North Carolina; destroyed in cargo explosion atFinchhafen,Papua New Guinea, 1944) wasnamed forhim. | | | | Other politicians named for him:JohnC. Johnson—JohnCalhoun Nicholls—JohnCalhoun Cook—JohnC. Sheppard—John C.Bell—JohnC. C. Mayo—JohnC. Phillips | | | | Coins and currency: Hisportraitappeared on Confederate States $1,000 notes (1861) and $100 notes(1862). | | | | Campaign slogan: "Liberty dearer thanunion." | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Wikipedia article —NNDBdossier —Find-A-Gravememorial | | | | Books about John C. Calhoun: MargaretL. Coit,JohnC. Calhoun : American Portrait — Clyde N. Wilson,JohnC. Calhoun — Merrill D. Peterson,TheGreat Triumvirate: Webster, Clay, and Calhoun — MikeResnick, ed.,AlternatePresidents [anthology] — Warren Brown,JohnC. Calhoun (for young readers) | | | | Image source: James Smith NoelCollection, Louisiana State University in Shreveport |
| | John Archibald Campbell (1811-1889) — also known asJohn A. Campbell — of Montgomery,MontgomeryCounty, Ala.;Baltimore,Md.Born in Washington,WilkesCounty, Ga.,June 24,1811.Lawyer;member ofAlabamastate house of representatives, 1837;AssociateJustice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1853-61; Confederate StatesAssistant Secretary of War, 1861-65; at the end of the Civil War, hewassuspectedof involvement in theassassinationof PresidentAbrahamLincoln;arrestedin May 1865; held in detention for five months, but never charged;released in October 1865.Episcopalian.Died inBaltimore,Md.,March12, 1889 (age77 years, 261days).Interment atGreenMount Cemetery, Baltimore, Md.  | Joseph Gurney Cannon (1836-1926) — also known asJoseph G. Cannon;"UncleJoe" —of Danville,VermilionCounty, Ill.Born in Guilford,GuilfordCounty, N.C.,May 7,1836.Republican.Lawyer;VermilionCounty State's Attorney, 1861-68;U.S.Representative from Illinois, 1873-91, 1893-1913, 1915-23 (14thDistrict 1873-83, 15th District 1883-91, 1893-95, 12th District1895-1903, 18th District 1903-13, 1915-23);Speaker ofthe U.S. House, 1903-11; delegate to Republican NationalConvention from Illinois,1892,1904(PermanentChair); candidate for Republican nomination for President,1908.Died in Danville,VermilionCounty, Ill.,November12, 1926 (age90 years, 189days).Interment atSpringHill Cemetery, Danville, Ill. | | Doyle Elam Carlton (1885-1972) — also known asDoyle E. Carlton — of Tampa,HillsboroughCounty, Fla.Born in Wauchula,HardeeCounty, Fla.,July 6,1885.Democrat.Lawyer;member ofFloridastate senate, 1917-19;Governor ofFlorida, 1929-33; delegate to Democratic National Convention fromFlorida,1948,1952,1956.Baptist.Member,Freemasons;Shriners;Knightsof Pythias;Moose;Elks;Kiwanis.Died in anursinghome at Tampa,HillsboroughCounty, Fla.,October25, 1972 (age87 years, 111days).Interment atMyrtleHill Memorial Park, Tampa, Fla.  | Lewis Cass (1782-1866) — of Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.Born in Exeter,RockinghamCounty, N.H.,October9, 1782.Democrat. Member ofOhiostate house of representatives, 1806; general in the U.S. Armyduring the War of 1812;Governorof Michigan Territory, 1813-31;U.S.Secretary of War, 1831-36; U.S. Minister toFrance, 1836-42; member ofUniversityof Michigan board of regents, 1843-44; appointed 1843; candidatefor Democratic nomination for President,1844,1852;U.S.Senator from Michigan, 1845-48, 1849-57; resigned 1848; candidateforPresidentof the United States, 1848;U.S.Secretary of State, 1857-60.Member,Freemasons.Died in Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.,June 17,1866 (age83 years, 251days).Interment atElmwoodCemetery, Detroit, Mich.| | Relatives: Sonof Jonathan Cass and Mary 'Molly' (Gilman) Cass; brother of DeborahWebster Cass (who marriedWyllysSilliman); married to Elizabeth Selden Spencer (granddaughter ofJosephSpencer); father of Matilda Frances Cass (who marriedHenryBrockholst Ledyard); second great-grandfather ofThomasCass Ballenger. | | | | Political family:Livingston-Schuylerfamily of New York (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | Cass counties inIll.,Ind.,Iowa,Mich.,Minn.,Mo.,Neb. andTex. arenamed for him. | | | | ThetownandvillageofCassville,Wisconsin, isnamed forhim. — ThevillageofCassCity, Michigan, isnamed forhim. — ThevillageofCassopolis,Michigan, isnamed forhim. — ThecityofCassville,Missouri, isnamed forhim. — CassLake,and the adjoiningcityofCassLake, Minnesota, arenamed forhim. — Cass Lake, inOaklandCounty, Michigan, isnamed forhim. — The CassRiver,inTuscolaandSaginawcounties, Michigan, isnamed forhim. — The Lewis CassBuilding (opened 1921 asthe State Office Building; damaged in a fire in 1951; rebuilt andnamed for Lewis Cass; changed to Elliott-Larsen Building in 2020), inLansing,Michigan, wasnamed forhim. — CassAvenue,CassPark,and Cass TechnicalHighSchool, inDetroit,Michigan, arenamed forhim. | | | | Other politicians named for him:LewisCass Wilmarth—LewisC. Carpenter—LewisC. Vandergrift—LewisC. Tidball—LewisCass Wick—LewisCass Tidball II—LewisC. Gabbert | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Wikipedia article —U.S. State Dept career summary —NNDBdossier —Find-A-Gravememorial —OurCampaignscandidate detail | | | | Books about Lewis Cass: Willard CarlKlunder,LewisCass and the Politics of Moderation — Frank BuryWoodford,LewisCass, the Last Jeffersonian | | | | Image source: Library ofCongress |
|  | Charles Ernest Chamberlain (1917-2002) — also known asCharles E. Chamberlain;"The AutomobileHorn of Congress" —of East Lansing,InghamCounty, Mich.Born in Locke Township,InghamCounty, Mich.,July 22,1917.Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II;lawyer;U.S.Representative from Michigan 6th District, 1957-75.Member,AmericanLegion;Veterans ofForeign Wars;Sons ofthe American Revolution;Kiwanis;Societyof the Cincinnati.Died, ofrenalfailure andcongestiveheart failure, in Leesburg,LoudounCounty, Va.,November25, 2002 (age85 years, 126days).Interment atEvergreenCemetery, Lansing, Mich.  | William Jefferson Clinton (b. 1946) — also known asBill Clinton;William Jefferson BlytheIV;"Slick Willie";"Bubba";"Elvis";"Eagle";"The BigDog" —of Arkansas; Chappaqua,WestchesterCounty, N.Y.Born in Hope,HempsteadCounty, Ark.,August19, 1946.Democrat.Rhodesscholar; candidate forU.S.Representative from Arkansas 3rd District, 1974;Arkansasstate attorney general, 1977-79;Governor ofArkansas, 1979-81, 1983-92; delegate to Democratic NationalConvention from Arkansas,1996,2000;speaker,1984,1988;Presidentof the United States, 1993-2001; delegate to Democratic NationalConvention from New York,2004,2008;Democratic Presidential Elector for New York,2016(voted forHillaryClinton andTimKaine); Democratic Presidential Elector for New York,2020(voted forJosephR. Biden, Jr. andKamalaD. Harris).Baptist.Member,TrilateralCommission;Council onForeign Relations;PhiBeta Kappa;PiSigma Alpha;PhiAlpha Delta;American BarAssociation.On October 29, 1994, Francisco Duran fired 27 shots from the sidewalkat the White House in an apparentassassinationattempt against President Clinton.Impeachedby the House of Representatives in December 1998 over allegations ofperjuryandobstructionof justice in connection with hissexualcontact with a White House intern, Monica Lewinsky, but acquittedby the Senate.Still living as of 2025.| | Relatives:Step-son of Roger Clinton; son of William Jefferson Blythe II andVirginia (Cassidy) Clinton; married,October11, 1975, toHillaryDiane Rodham (sister ofHughEdwin Rodham); father ofChelseaVictoria Clinton (daughter-in-law ofEdwardMaurice Mezvinsky andMarjorieMargolies); third cousin twice removed ofJamesAlexander Lockhart. | | | | Political family:Ashefamily of North Carolina (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | Cross-reference:AbrahamJ. Hirschfeld —KennethW. Starr —RahmEmanuel —HenryG. Cisneros —MariaEchaveste —ThurgoodMarshall, Jr. —WalterS. Orlinsky —CharlesF. C. Ruff —SeanPatrick Maloney —LannyJ. Davis | | | | The William Jefferson ClintonFederalBuilding (built 1934; renamed 2012) inWashington,D.C., isnamed forhim. | | | | See alsoNationalGovernors Association biography —Wikipediaarticle —NNDBdossier —Internet Movie Databaseprofile —OurCampaignscandidate detail | | | | Books by Bill Clinton:BetweenHope and History : Meeting America's Challenges for the 21stCentury (1996) —MyLife (2004) | | | | Books about Bill Clinton: DavidMaraniss,Firstin His Class : The Biography of Bill Clinton — JoeConason,TheHunting of the President : The Ten-Year Campaign to Destroy Bill andHillary Clinton — Gene Lyons,Foolsfor Scandal : How the Media Invented Whitewater —Sidney Blumenthal,TheClinton Wars — Dewayne Wickham,BillClinton and Black America — Joe Klein,TheNatural : The Misunderstood Presidency of BillClinton — Nigel Hamilton,BillClinton: An American Journey — Bob Woodward,TheAgenda: Inside the Clinton White House — GeorgeStephanopolous,AllToo Human — John F. Harris,TheSurvivor : Bill Clinton in the White House — MarkKatz,Clinton& Me: A Real Life Political Comedy — Michael Takiff,AComplicated Man: The Life of Bill Clinton as Told by Those Who KnowHim — Tim O'Shei,BillClinton (for young readers) | | | | Critical books about Bill Clinton:Barbara Olson,TheFinal Days : The Last, Desperate Abuses of Power by the Clinton WhiteHouse — Meredith L. Oakley,Onthe Make : The Rise of Bill Clinton — RobertPatterson,Derelictionof Duty: The Eyewitness Account of How Bill Clinton EndangeredAmerica's Long-Term National Security — AmbroseEvans-Pritchard,TheSecret Life of Bill Clinton: The Unreported Stories —Ann Coulter,HighCrimes and Misdemeanors: The Case Against BillClinton — Dick Morris & Eileen McGann,BecauseHe Could — Jack Cashill,RonBrown's Body : How One Man's Death Saved the Clinton Presidency andHillary's Future — Christopher Hitchens,NoOne Left To Lie To: The Values of the Worst Family —Rich Lowry,Legacy:Paying the Price for the Clinton Years — RichardMiniter,LosingBin Laden : How Bill Clinton's Failures Unleashed GlobalTerror | | | | Image source: Congressional PictorialDirectory, 105th Congress (1997) |
| | | William Thad Cochran (1937-2019) — also known asThad Cochran — of Jackson,HindsCounty, Miss.; Oxford,LafayetteCounty, Miss.Born in Pontotoc,PontotocCounty, Miss.,December7, 1937.Republican.Lawyer;U.S.Representative from Mississippi 4th District, 1973-79;U.S.Senator from Mississippi, 1979-2018; resigned 2018; delegate toRepublican National Convention from Mississippi,2004,2008,2012.Baptist.Member,PiKappa Alpha.Died, fromrenalfailure, in Oxford,LafayetteCounty, Miss.,May 30,2019 (age81 years, 174days).Burial location unknown.| | Relatives: Sonof William Holmes Cochran and Emma Grace (Berry) Cochran; married1964 to RoseClayton; married,May 23,2015, to Kay Webber. | | | | The Thad CochranU.S. Courthouse, inJackson,Mississippi, isnamed forhim. — The Thad Cochran Centerbuilding, attheUniversityof Southern Mississippi,Hattiesburg,Mississippi, isnamed forhim. | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Wikipedia article —NNDBdossier —Internet Movie Databaseprofile |
| | Lila Cockrell (1922-2019) — also known asLila May Banks — of San Antonio,BexarCounty, Tex.Born in Fort Worth,TarrantCounty, Tex.,January19, 1922.Mayorof San Antonio, Tex., 1975-81, 1989-91; defeated, 1991.Female.Member,DeltaDelta Delta;League of WomenVoters.Died in San Antonio,BexarCounty, Tex.,August29, 2019 (age97 years, 222days).Burial location unknown. | | Thomas LeRoy Collins (1909-1991) — also known asLeRoy Collins — of Florida. Born in Tallahassee,LeonCounty, Fla.,March10, 1909.Democrat.Lawyer;member ofFloridastate house of representatives, 1934-40; member ofFloridastate senate 8th District, 1940-54; served in the U.S. Navyduring World War II;Governor ofFlorida, 1955-61; alternate delegate to Democratic NationalConvention from Florida,1956;candidate forU.S.Senator from Florida, 1968.Episcopalian.Member,American BarAssociation.Died ofcancer,in Tallahassee,LeonCounty, Fla.,March12, 1991 (age82 years, 2days).Intermentaprivate or family graveyard, Leon County, Fla. | | William Meyers Colmer (1890-1980) — also known asWilliam M. Colmer — of Pascagoula,JacksonCounty, Miss.Born in Moss Point,JacksonCounty, Miss.,February11, 1890.Democrat.Lawyer;served in the U.S. Army during World War I;JacksonCounty Attorney, 1921-27;U.S.Representative from Mississippi, 1933-73 (6th District 1933-63,5th District 1963-73); delegate to Democratic National Conventionfrom Mississippi,1936,1948,1952,1956,1960;candidate forU.S.Senator from Mississippi, 1947.Methodist.Member,AmericanLegion;Forty andEight;Freemasons;Woodmen;Rotary;PiKappa Alpha;Elks.Died in Pascagoula,JacksonCounty, Miss.,September9, 1980 (age90 years, 211days).Interment atMachpelahCemetery, Pascagoula, Miss. | | Jesse Sherwood Cooper Jr. (1899-1971) — also known asJesse S. Cooper, Jr. — of Mt. Vernon,WestchesterCounty, N.Y.; Dover,KentCounty, Del.Born in Dover,KentCounty, Del.,March13, 1899.Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention fromDelaware,1928;Delawarestate treasurer, 1945-46; defeated, 1946.Member,Freemasons;KnightsTemplar;Sons ofthe American Revolution.In 1950, he quietly helped Sen.JohnJ. Williams to expose corruption in the U.S. Internal RevenueService, but his role was not disclosed until after his death.Died in Dover,KentCounty, Del.,1971(ageabout72 years).Interment atWoodlawnCemetery, Bronx, N.Y. | | John Sherman Cooper (1901-1991) — of Somerset,PulaskiCounty, Ky.Born in Somerset,PulaskiCounty, Ky.,August23, 1901.Republican. Member ofKentuckystate house of representatives, 1928-30; county judge inKentucky, 1930-38; candidate forGovernor ofKentucky, 1939; served in the U.S. Army during World War II;U.S.Senator from Kentucky, 1946-49, 1952-55, 1956-73; defeated, 1948,1954; delegate to Republican National Convention from Kentucky,1948,1956(HonoraryVice-President;speaker),1960(member,ResolutionsCommittee),1972(delegation chair); U.S. Ambassador toIndia, 1955-56;Nepal, 1955-56;East Germany, 1974-76; member, President's Commission on theAssassination of President KNDY, 1963-64.BaptistorEpiscopalian.Member,AmericanLegion;Veterans ofForeign Wars;Rotary;American BarAssociation;BetaTheta Pi.Died ofheartfailure, inWashington,D.C.,February21, 1991 (age89 years, 182days).Interment atArlingtonNational Cemetery, Arlington, Va.; statue atFountainSquare, Somerset, Ky. | | James Charles Corman (1920-2000) — also known asJames C. Corman;Jim Corman — of Van Nuys, Los Angeles,LosAngeles County, Calif.; Reseda,LosAngeles County, Calif.Born in Galena,CherokeeCounty, Kan.,October20, 1920.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II; servedin the U.S. Marine Corps during the Korean conflict; delegate toDemocratic National Convention from California,1960,1964;U.S.Representative from California, 1961-81 (22nd District 1961-75,21st District 1975-81).Methodist.Member,Lions;AmericanLegion;Elks;Veterans ofForeign Wars;American BarAssociation.Floor manager in U.S. House for Civil Rights Act and Voting RightsAct in 1960s; member of the Kerner Commission on Civil Disorders.Died, following acerebralhemorrhage, in ahospitalat Arlington,ArlingtonCounty, Va.,December30, 2000 (age80 years, 71days).Cremated;ashes interred atArlingtonNational Cemetery, Arlington, Va. | | Richard Joseph Daronco (1931-1988) — also known asRichard J. Daronco — Born in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,August1, 1931.Lawyer;Justiceof New York Supreme Court, 1979-87;U.S.District Judge for the Southern District of New York, 1987-88;died in office 1988.Catholic.Italianancestry.Shotandkilled,by Charles L. Koster, in Pelham Heights, Pelham,WestchesterCounty, N.Y.,May 21,1988 (age56 years, 294days). Koster, a retired police officer, was angry over rulingthe judge had issued two days earlier; he killed himself at the scene.Burial location unknown.  | John Bratton Davis (1917-2004) — also known asJ. Bratton Davis — of Columbia,RichlandCounty, S.C.Born in Hartsville,DarlingtonCounty, S.C.,October27, 1917.Democrat.Lawyer;served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; campaign manager forDonaldS. Russell for Governor, 1962; delegate to Democratic NationalConvention from South Carolina,1964;U.S. bankruptcy judge, 1978-2000.DiedOctober29, 2004 (age87 years, 2days).Interment atElmwoodCemetery, Columbia, S.C.| | Relatives: Sonof John Bratton Davis (1885-1925) and Sarah Eleanor (Causey) Davis;married to Margaret Smyth McKissick. | | | | The J. Bratton Davis U.S. BankruptcyCourthouse (built 1936; given current name about 2005), inColumbia,South Carolina, isnamed forhim. | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial | | | | Image source: U.S. Bankruptcy Court forSouth Carolina |
|  | Everett McKinley Dirksen (1896-1969) — also known asEverett M. Dirksen;"The Wizard ofOoze" —of Pekin,TazewellCounty, Ill.Born in Pekin,TazewellCounty, Ill.,January4, 1896.Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I;merchant;U.S.Representative from Illinois 16th District, 1933-49; delegate toRepublican National Convention from Illinois,1940(alternate),1948,1952(speaker),1956(member,ResolutionsCommittee;speaker),1960(member,CredentialsCommittee),1964(delegation chair),1968(delegation chair);U.S.Senator from Illinois, 1951-69; died in office 1969.ChristianReformed. Member,AmericanLegion;Veterans ofForeign Wars;Freemasons;Order of theEastern Star;Shriners;Eagles;Elks;Moose;American BarAssociation;OddFellows;IzaakWalton League.Died, oflungcancer, at theWalterReed Army Medical Center,Washington,D.C.,September7, 1969 (age73 years, 246days).Interment atGlendaleMemorial Gardens, Pekin, Ill. | | Richard Joseph Donovan (1926-1971) — also known asRichard Donovan;DickDonovan —of Chula Vista,San DiegoCounty, Calif.Born in New RochelleHospital,New Rochelle,WestchesterCounty, N.Y.,February24, 1926.Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II;policeofficer;lawyer;member ofCaliforniastate assembly, 1965-69; municipal judge in California, 1969-71;died in office 1971.Catholic;laterCongregationalist.Member,Elks;Kiwanis;Sonsof the American Revolution.Suffered aself-inflictedgunshotwound, and died soon after, in ahospitalat Chula Vista,San DiegoCounty, Calif.,November21, 1971 (age45 years, 270days).Cremated;ashes interred atGlenAbbey Memorial Park, Bonita, Calif. | | John Goodchild Dow (1905-2003) — also known asJohn G. Dow — of Grand View,RocklandCounty, N.Y.Born in Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,May 6,1905.Democratic candidate forNew Yorkstate senate 33rd District, 1954; Democratic candidate forNew Yorkstate assembly from Rockland County, 1956;U.S.Representative from New York 27th District, 1965-69, 1971-73;defeated, 1968 (Democratic), 1972 (Democratic), 1974 (Democratic),1982 (Democratic primary), 1982 (Liberal), 1990 (Democratic);delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York,1968.Died in Suffern,RocklandCounty, N.Y.,March11, 2003 (age97 years, 309days).Burial location unknown. | | Henry Durant (1802-1875) — of Byfield, Newbury,EssexCounty, Mass.; Oakland,AlamedaCounty, Calif.Born in Acton,MiddlesexCounty, Mass.,June 18,1802.Pastor;founder,College of California; firstpresident,University of California, 1870-72;mayorof Oakland, Calif., 1873-75; died in office 1875.Congregationalist.Died in Oakland,AlamedaCounty, Calif.,January22, 1875 (age72 years, 218days).Interment atMountainView Cemetery, Oakland, Calif. | | Perry Belmont Duryea Jr. (1921-2004) — also known asPerry B. Duryea, Jr. — of Montauk,SuffolkCounty, Long Island, N.Y.Born in Montauk,SuffolkCounty, Long Island, N.Y.,October18, 1921.Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; member ofNew Yorkstate assembly, 1961-77 (Suffolk County 1st District 1961-65, 1stDistrict 1966-77);Speaker ofthe New York State Assembly, 1969-73;delegateto New York state constitutional convention 1st District, 1967;member ofNew YorkRepublican State Central Committee, 1968; delegate to RepublicanNational Convention from New York,1968,1972;candidate forGovernor ofNew York, 1978.Member,AmericanLegion;Veterans ofForeign Wars;Lions;Freemasons.Died, from injuries suffered in acaraccident, in SouthamptonHospital,Southampton,SuffolkCounty, Long Island, N.Y.,January11, 2004 (age82 years, 85days).Interment atFortHill Cemetery, Montauk, Long Island, N.Y. | | David William Dyer (1910-1998) — Born in Columbus,FranklinCounty, Ohio,June 28,1910.U.S.District Judge for the Southern District of Florida, 1961-66;Judgeof U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit, 1966-76; tooksenior status 1976;Judgeof U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit, 1981-98; died inoffice 1998.Died in Miami,Miami-DadeCounty, Fla.,June 7,1998 (age87 years, 344days).Burial location unknown.  | Abel Elsworth Eaton (1834-1917) — also known asA. E. Eaton — of Union,UnionCounty, Ore.Born in Conway,CarrollCounty, N.H.,May 20,1834.Woollenmanufacturer; Prohibition candidate forGovernor ofOregon, 1910.Died in Portland,MultnomahCounty, Ore.,January15, 1917 (age82 years, 240days).Interment atUnionVictorian Cemetery, Union, Ore. | | | Bernard Albert Eckhart (1848-1931) — also known asBernard A. Eckhart — of Chicago,CookCounty, Ill.Born in Alsace,France,September4, 1848.Republican.Miller;bankdirector; member ofIllinoisstate senate, 1887-90; delegate to Republican National Conventionfrom Illinois,1912,1928.Alsatianancestry. Member,UnionLeague.Died in Chicago,CookCounty, Ill.,May 11,1931 (age82 years, 249days).Entombed in mausoleum atRosehillCemetery, Chicago, Ill. | | Daisy L. Elliott (1917-2015) — also known asDaisy Elizabeth Lenoir — of Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.Born in Filbert,McDowellCounty, W.Va.,November26, 1917.Democrat.Realtor;delegateto Michigan state constitutional convention from Wayne County 4thDistrict, 1961-62; member ofMichiganstate house of representatives, 1963-78, 1981-82 (Wayne County4th District 1963-64, 22nd District 1965-72, 8th District 1973-78,1981-82); defeated in primary, 1950 (Wayne County 1st District), 1954(Wayne County 11th District), 1956 (Wayne County 4th District), 1958(Wayne County 4th District), 1960 (Wayne County 4th District), 1982(8th District); delegate to Democratic National Convention fromMichigan,1968(alternate),1976;co-author of the Elliott-Larsen Civil Rights Act; candidate forMichiganstate senate 5th District, 1978;arrestedin April 1982 for driving astolen1977 Cadillac deVilleautomobile;arraignedon a charge of receiving and concealingstolenproperty; she claimed she had bought the car from a dealer, butthe firm had no record of this, and the document she presented hadbeen faked;lostrenomination as State Representatve in August 1982, while underindictment;convictedin November 1982 andsentencedto 60 days in jail.Female.Africanancestry. Member,NAACP;League of WomenVoters;JuniorLeague.Died, in DMC Sinai-GraceHospital,Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.,December22, 2015 (age98 years, 26days).Interment atWoodlawnCemetery, Detroit, Mich. | | John Morton Eshleman (1876-1916) — also known asJohn M. Eshleman;JackEshleman —of California. Born in Villa Ridge,PulaskiCounty, Ill.,June 14,1876.Republican. Member ofCaliforniastate assembly 52nd District; elected 1906; delegate toRepublican National Convention from California,1912;LieutenantGovernor of California, 1915-16; died in office 1916.Member,Freemasons.Died, oftuberculosis,in atrainstation at at Indio,RiversideCounty, Calif.,February28, 1916 (age39 years, 259days).Original interment in unknown location; reinterment atSunsetView Cemetery, El Cerrito, Calif. | | March Fong Eu (1922-2017) — also known asMarch Kong;March K. Fong — of Oakland,AlamedaCounty, Calif.; Los Angeles,LosAngeles County, Calif.Born in Oakdale,StanislausCounty, Calif.,March29, 1922.Democrat.Dentalhygenist; supervisor of dental health education, Alameda County;member ofCaliforniastate assembly 15th District, 1967-74; delegate to DemocraticNational Convention from California,1968,1988;secretaryof state of California, 1975-94; resigned 1994; defeated, 2002;U.S. Ambassador toMicronesia, 1994-96.Female.Chineseancestry. Member,DeltaKappa Gamma.Died, following afall, inIrvine,OrangeCounty, Calif.,December21, 2017 (age95 years, 267days). The California Secretary of State building in Sacramentoisnamed forher.Cremated;ashes interred atMountainView Cemetery, Oakland, Calif. | | Jacob Sloat Fassett (1853-1924) — also known asJ. Sloat Fassett — of Elmira,ChemungCounty, N.Y.Born in Elmira,ChemungCounty, N.Y.,November13, 1853.Republican.Lawyer;newspapereditor;ChemungCounty District Attorney, 1879-80; delegate to RepublicanNational Convention from New York,1880,1892,1904,1908,1916;member ofNew Yorkstate senate 27th District, 1884-91;Secretaryof Republican National Committee, 1888-92;U.S.Collector of Customs at New York, N.Y., New York, 1891; candidateforGovernor ofNew York, 1891;U.S.Representative from New York 33rd District, 1905-11; defeated,1910;banker;lumberbusiness.Died in Vancouver,BritishColumbia,April21, 1924 (age70 years, 160days).Interment atWoodlawnCemetery, Elmira, N.Y.| | Relatives: Sonof Newton Pomeroy Fassett and Martha Ellen (Sloat) Fassett; married,February13, 1879, to Jennie L. Crocker (daughter ofEdwinBryant Crocker; niece ofCharlesCrocker); fourth cousin once removed ofZenasFerry Moody andAlfredClark Chapin. | | | | Political families:FourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | ThevillageofFassett,Quebec, Canada, isnamed forhim. — FassettElementarySchool, inElmira,New York, isnamed forhim. — Fassett Commons, abuilding at ElmiraCollege,Elmira,New York, isnamed forhim. — The World War IILibertyshipSS Jacob Sloat Fassett (built 1944 atSavannah,Georgia; scrapped 1965) wasnamed forhim. | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Wikipedia article —Find-A-Gravememorial |
| | Wilkie D. Ferguson Jr. (1938-2003) — Born in Miami,Miami-DadeCounty, Fla.,May 11,1938.U.S.District Judge for the Southern District of Florida, 1993-2003;died in office 2003.Africanancestry.Died in Miami,Miami-DadeCounty, Fla.,June 9,2003 (age65 years, 29days).Burial location unknown. | | William Cameron Forbes (1870-1959) — also known asW. Cameron Forbes — Born in Milton,NorfolkCounty, Mass.,May 21,1870.Merchant;investmentbanker;Governor-Generalof the Philippine Islands, 1909-13; receiver for arailwayin Brazil, 1914-19; treasurer and president of anelectriccompany; U.S. Ambassador toJapan, 1930-32.Member,Council onForeign Relations.Died in Boston,SuffolkCounty, Mass.,December24, 1959 (age89 years, 217days).Cremated.  | 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. FordFederal Building 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 |
| | | Ettie Garner (1869-1948) — also known asMariette Elizabeth Rheiner — Born in Sabinal,UvaldeCounty, Tex.,July 17,1869.Democrat.Second Ladyof the United States, 1933-41.Female.Swissancestry.Died, fromParkinson'sdisease, in Uvalde,UvaldeCounty, Tex.,September17, 1948 (age79 years, 62days).Interment atUvaldeCemetery, Uvalde, Tex.  | John Ralph Gasque (1913-2004) — also known asJ. Ralph Gasque — ofWashington,D.C.; Marion,MarionCounty, S.C.Born near Mullins,MarionCounty, S.C.,May 16,1913.Democrat.Lawyer;farmer;real estatedeveloper; member ofSouthCarolina state house of representatives from Marion County,1945-48; member ofSouthCarolina state senate, 1949-52, 1956-76 (Marion County 1949-52,1956-66, 9th District 1967-68, 16th District 1969-72, 11th District1972-76); resigned 1976; delegate to Democratic National Conventionfrom South Carolina,1960,1964.Member,Woodmen ofthe World;Freemasons;Order of theEastern Star;Shriners;SigmaDelta Kappa.Died, in MarionNursingCenter, Rains,MarionCounty, S.C.,April26, 2004 (age90 years, 346days).Interment atDevotion Gardens, Marion, S.C.; cenotaph atLittle Zion Methodist Church Cemetery, Marion County, S.C. |  | Edwin Peabody Gerry (1846-1911) — also known asE. Peabody Gerry — of Jamaica Plain, Boston,SuffolkCounty, Mass.Born in Standish,CumberlandCounty, Maine,November2, 1846.Republican.Physician;candidate formayor ofBoston, Mass., 1903.Died in Phillipston,WorcesterCounty, Mass.,June 22,1911 (age64 years, 232days).Interment atMt.Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Mass. | | | Sam Melville Gibbons (1920-2012) — also known asSam M. Gibbons — of Tampa,HillsboroughCounty, Fla.Born in Tampa,HillsboroughCounty, Fla.,January20, 1920.Democrat. Major in the U.S. Army during World War II;lawyer;member ofFloridastate house of representatives, 1953-58; member ofFloridastate senate, 1959-62;U.S.Representative from Florida, 1963-97 (10th District 1963-67, 6thDistrict 1967-73, 7th District 1973-93, 11th District 1993-97);delegate to Democratic National Convention from Florida,1964,1968,1984,1996.Presbyterian.Died in Tampa,HillsboroughCounty, Fla.,October9, 2012 (age92 years, 263days).Interment atMyrtleHill Memorial Park, Tampa, Fla. | | John Cooper Godbold (1920-2009) — also known asJohn C. Godbold — Born in Coy,WilcoxCounty, Ala.,March24, 1920.Served in the U.S. Army during World War II;lawyer;lawprofessor;author;Judgeof U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit, 1966-81;Judgeof U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit, 1981-87; tooksenior status 1987.Died in Montgomery,MontgomeryCounty, Ala.,December22, 2009 (age89 years, 273days).Burial location unknown. | | Frances Goldin (1924-2020) — also known asFrances Axler — of Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in Queens,QueensCounty, N.Y.,June 22,1924.Housing rights and neighborhood activist; American Labor candidateforNew Yorkstate senate 18th District, 1950;literaryagent.Female.Jewishancestry.Died in Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,May 16,2020 (age95 years, 329days).Cremated.  | John Gorrie (1803-1855) — of Apalachicola,FranklinCounty, Fla.Born inNevis,October3, 1803.Physician;postmaster atApalachicola,Fla., 1834-38;mayorof Apalachicola, Fla., 1837-38;banker;inventorof the first ice-making machine, patented in 1851.Episcopalian.Scottishancestry. Member,Freemasons.Died in Apalachicola,FranklinCounty, Fla.,June 29,1855 (age51 years, 269days).Original interment atMagnolia Cemetery, Apalachicola, Fla.; reinterment atGorrie Square, Apalachicola, Fla.| | Relatives:Married1838 toCaroline Frances Myrick. | | | | The John Gorrie MemorialBridge(built 1935; rebuilt 1988), which carries U.S. highways 98 and 319across Apalachicola Bay, from Apalachicola to Eastpoint, inFranklinCounty, Florida, isnamed forhim. — John GorrieJuniorHigh School (built 1923; closed 1997; now anapartmentbuilding called The John Gorrie), inJacksonville,Florida, wasnamed forhim. — GorrieElementarySchool (built 1889 as Hyde Park School; renamed 1915), inTampa,Florida, isnamed forhim. — The World War IILibertyshipSS John Gorrie (built 1942-43 atJacksonville,Florida; scrapped 1967) wasnamed forhim. | | | | See alsoWikipediaarticle —Find-A-Gravememorial | | | | Image source: Palm Beach (Fla.) Post,October 17, 1993 |
| | | Edward F. Gorton (1854-1929) — of Lake Forest,LakeCounty, Ill.Born in Ashtabula,AshtabulaCounty, Ohio,May 6,1854.Lawyer;mayorof Lake Forest, Ill., 1895-1902.Died inItaly,March10, 1929 (age74 years, 308days).Interment atLakeForest Cemetery, Lake Forest, Ill. | | Frank Porter Graham (1886-1972) — also known asFrank P. Graham — of Chapel Hill,OrangeCounty, N.C.Born in Fayetteville,CumberlandCounty, N.C.,October14, 1886.Democrat.Schoolteacher;collegeinstructor;lawyer;served in the U.S. Army during World War I;universityprofessor;presidentof the University of North Carolina, 1931-49;U.S.Senator from North Carolina, 1949-50; appointed 1949; defeated,1950.Presbyterian.Member,Americansfor Democratic Action;PhiBeta Kappa.Died in Chapel Hill,OrangeCounty, N.C.,February16, 1972 (age85 years, 125days).Interment atOldChapel Hill Cemetery, Chapel Hill, N.C. | | William Walton Griest (1858-1929) — also known asWilliam W. Griest — of Lancaster,LancasterCounty, Pa.Born in Christiana,LancasterCounty, Pa.,September22, 1858.Republican.Newspapereditor; president ofelectricrailways andlightingcompanies; delegate to Republican National Convention fromPennsylvania,1896,1900,1904,1908,1912,1916,1920,1924(member,Committeeon Rules and Order of Business),1928(member,Committeeon Rules and Order of Business);secretaryof the commonwealth of Pennsylvania, 1899-1903;U.S.Representative from Pennsylvania, 1909-29 (9th District 1909-23,10th District 1923-29); died in office 1929.Died in Mt. Clemens,MacombCounty, Mich.,December5, 1929 (age71 years, 74days).Interment atWoodwardHill Cemetery, Lancaster, Pa. | | Kenneth Frederick Hahn (1920-1997) — also known asKenneth Hahn;Kenny Hahn — of Los Angeles,LosAngeles County, Calif.Born in Los Angeles,Los AngelesCounty, Calif.,August19, 1920.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; member, LosAngeles City Council, 1947-52;LosAngeles County Supervisor, 1952-92; alternate delegate toDemocratic National Convention from California,1952;candidate forU.S.Senator from California, 1970.Churchof Christ.Died, fromheartfailure, in ahospitalat Inglewood,Los AngelesCounty, Calif.,October12, 1997 (age77 years, 54days).Interment atInglewoodPark Cemetery, Inglewood, Calif.  | Hannibal Hamlin (1809-1891) — of Hampden,PenobscotCounty, Maine; Bangor,PenobscotCounty, Maine.Born in Paris,OxfordCounty, Maine,August27, 1809.Farmer;surveyor;compositor;lawyer;member ofMainestate house of representatives, 1836-41, 1847;Speaker ofthe Maine State House of Representatives, 1837, 1839-40; delegateto Democratic National Convention from Maine,1840;U.S.Representative from Maine 6th District, 1843-47;U.S.Senator from Maine, 1848-57, 1857-61, 1869-81;Governor ofMaine, 1857;VicePresident of the United States, 1861-65; candidate for Republicannomination for Vice President,1864,1868;U.S.Collector of Customs at Boston, Mass., Massachusetts, 1865-66;U.S. Minister toSpain, 1881-82.Died in Bangor,PenobscotCounty, Maine,July 4,1891 (age81 years, 311days).Interment atMt.Hope Cemetery, Bangor, Maine; statue atKenduskeag Parkway, Bangor, Maine.| | Relatives: Sonof Cyrus Hamlin and Anna (Livermore) Hamlin; brother ofElijahLivermore Hamlin; married,December10, 1833, to Sarah Jane Emery (daughter ofStephenEmery (1790-1863)); married,September25, 1856, toEllenVesta Emery (daughter ofStephenEmery (1790-1863)); father ofCharlesHamlin andHannibalEmery Hamlin; granduncle ofIsaiahKidder Stetson; great-granduncle ofClarenceCutting Stetson; first cousin once removed ofJohnAppleton; first cousin twice removed ofCharlesSumner Hamlin; third cousin once removed ofDavidSears; fourth cousin ofGeorgePickering Bemis; fourth cousin once removed ofHenryFisk Janes,JohnMason Jr.,WilliamHenry Harrison Stowell,WalterS. Bemis andEldredC. Pitkin. | | | | Political family:Kidderfamily of Bangor, Maine (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | Hamlin County,S.Dak. is named for him. | | | | ThetownofHamlin,Maine, isnamed forhim. — ThetownofHamlin,New York, isnamed forhim. — ThecityofHamlin,Kansas, isnamed forhim. — The World War IILibertyshipSS Hannibal Hamlin (built 1942-43 atSouthPortland, Maine; scrapped 1971) wasnamed forhim. — Hannibal HamlinHall, at theUniversityof Maine,Orono,Maine, isnamed forhim. | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —NationalGovernors Association biography —Wikipediaarticle —U.S. State Dept career summary —NNDBdossier —Find-A-Gravememorial —OurCampaignscandidate detail | | | | Books about Hannibal Hamlin: CharlesEugene Hamlin,TheLife and Times of Hannibal Hamlin — Mark Scroggins,Hannibal | | | | Image source: James G. Blaine, TwentyYears of Congress, vol. 2 (1886) |
 | 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 aleg 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 HamptonState Office 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) |
| | | Freeman P. Hankins (1917-1988) — also known asFreeman Hankins — of Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.Born in Brunswick,GlynnCounty, Ga.,September30, 1917.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II;funeraldirector; member ofPennsylvaniastate house of representatives, 1961-67; member ofPennsylvaniastate senate 7th District, 1967-88; died in office 1988; delegateto Democratic National Convention from Pennsylvania,1968.Baptist.Africanancestry. Member,AmericanLegion;Amvets;NAACP;Freemasons;AmericanWoodmen;Elks.Died, fromheartdisease, in the University of PennsylvaniaHospital,Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,December31, 1988 (age71 years, 92days).Interment atFernwood Cemetery, Upper Darby Township, Delaware County, Pa.  | Philip Aloysius Hart (1912-1976) — also known asPhilip A. Hart — of Birmingham,OaklandCounty, Mich.; Mackinac Island,MackinacCounty, Mich.Born in Bryn Mawr,MontgomeryCounty, Pa.,December10, 1912.Democrat.Lawyer;colonel in the U.S. Army during World War II; candidate forsecretaryof state of Michigan, 1950;U.S.Attorney for the Eastern District of Michigan, 1952-53;LieutenantGovernor of Michigan, 1955-58; delegate to Democratic NationalConvention from Michigan,1956,1960,1964,1968(speaker),1976;U.S.Senator from Michigan, 1959-76; died in office 1976.Member,UrbanLeague.Died inWashington,D.C.,December26, 1976 (age64 years, 16days).Interment atSt.Anne's Catholic Cemetery, Mackinac Island, Mich. | | | Mark Odom Hatfield (1922-2011) — also known asMark O. Hatfield — of Salem,MarionCounty, Ore.Born in Dallas,PolkCounty, Ore.,July 12,1922.Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; member ofOregonstate house of representatives, 1951-54; delegate to RepublicanNational Convention from Oregon,1952(member,ResolutionsCommittee),1956(member,ResolutionsCommittee),1960(delegation chair),1976(delegation chair); member ofOregonstate senate, 1955-56;secretaryof state of Oregon, 1957-59;Governor ofOregon, 1959-67;U.S.Senator from Oregon, 1967-97.Baptist.Member,Freemasons.Died in Portland,MultnomahCounty, Ore.,August7, 2011 (age89 years, 26days).Interment atWillametteNational Cemetery, Portland, Ore.  | Rutherford Birchard Hayes (1822-1893) — also known asRutherford B. Hayes;"Rutherfraud B.Hayes";"His Fraudulency" —of Ohio. Born in Delaware,DelawareCounty, Ohio,October4, 1822.Republican.Lawyer;general in the Union Army during the Civil War;U.S.Representative from Ohio 2nd District, 1865-67;Governor ofOhio, 1868-72, 1876-77;Presidentof the United States, 1877-81.Methodist.Scottishancestry. Member,LoyalLegion;GrandArmy of the Republic;OddFellows;DeltaKappa Epsilon.Stricken by aheartattack at therailroadstation in Cleveland, Ohio, and died that night in Fremont,SanduskyCounty, Ohio,January17, 1893 (age70 years, 105days).Original interment and cenotaph atOakwoodCemetery, Fremont, Ohio; reinterment in 1915 atRutherfordB. Hayes State Memorial Grounds, Fremont, Ohio.| | Relatives: Sonof Rutherford Hayes, Jr. and Sophia (Birchard) Hayes; married,December30, 1852, toLucyWare Webb; father ofJamesWebb Cook Hayes. | | | | Political family:Hayesfamily of Fremont, Ohio. | | | | Cross-reference:LeopoldMarkbreit —JamesM. Comly —JosephP. Bradley | | | | Hayes County,Neb. is named for him. | | | | Rutherford B. HayesHighSchool, inDelaware,Ohio, isnamed forhim. — The Presidente Hayes Department (province),and itscapitalcity, Villa Hayes, inParaguay,arenamed forhim. — HayesHall (built 1893), at Ohio StateUniversity,Columbus,Ohio, isnamed forhim. | | | | Personal motto: "He serves his partybest who serves his country best." | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —NationalGovernors Association biography —Wikipediaarticle —NNDBdossier —Find-A-Gravememorial —OurCampaignscandidate detail | | | | Books about Rutherford B. Hayes: AriHoogenboom,RutherfordB. Hayes: Warrior and President — Hans Trefousse,RutherfordB. Hayes: 1877 - 1881 — William H. Rehnquist,CentennialCrisis : The Disputed Election of 1876 — Mike Resnick,ed.,AlternatePresidents [anthology] | | | | Image source: James G. Blaine, TwentyYears of Congress, vol. 2 (1886) |
| | Clement Furman Haynsworth Jr. (1912-1989) — also known asClement F. Haynsworth, Jr. — Born in Greenville,GreenvilleCounty, S.C.,October30, 1912.Lawyer;served in the U.S. Navy during World War II;Judgeof U.S. Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit, 1957-81; tooksenior status 1981.Died in Greenville,GreenvilleCounty, S.C.,November22, 1989 (age77 years, 23days).Interment atSpringwoodCemetery, Greenville, S.C. | | John Williamson Herron (1827-1912) — also known asJohn W. Herron — ofHamiltonCounty, Ohio.Born in Shippensburg,CumberlandCounty, Pa.,May 10,1827.Lawyer;delegateto Ohio state constitutional convention from Hamilton County,1873;U.S.Attorney for the Southern District of Ohio, 1889-94.Died in Cincinnati,HamiltonCounty, Ohio,August5, 1912 (age85 years, 87days).Interment atSpringGrove Cemetery, Cincinnati, Ohio.  | Clarence Ross Hilliard (1894-1976) — also known asC. Ross Hilliard — of Mason,InghamCounty, Mich.Born in Delhi Township,InghamCounty, Mich.,August8, 1894.Republican.InghamCounty Clerk, 1925-72; member ofMichiganRepublican State Central Committee, 1957-59.Died in Lansing,InghamCounty, Mich.,March14, 1976 (age81 years, 219days).Interment atNorthCemetery, Lansing, Mich. | | | Morris Hillquit (1869-1933) — also known asMoishe Hillkowitz — of Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in Riga,Latvia,August1, 1869.Socialist.Lawyer;leader of "Kangaroo" faction which left the Socialist Labor Party andmarged with the Social Democratic Party to form the Socialist Partyof America in 1901; served as the Socialist Party's first nationalsecretary; candidate forU.S.Representative from New York, 1906 (9th District), 1908 (9thDistrict), 1916 (20th District), 1918 (20th District), 1920 (20thDistrict); candidate forjudge ofNew York Court of Appeals, 1910; candidate formayorof New York City, N.Y., 1917, 1932; delegate to SocialistNational Convention from New York, 1920; Chairman of Socialist Party,1931; candidate forJustice ofNew York Supreme Court 1st District, 1931.Jewish. Member,American CivilLiberties Union.Died, oftuberculosis,inOctober8, 1933 (age64 years, 68days).Burial location unknown. | | Spessard Lindsey Holland (1892-1971) — also known asSpessard L. Holland — of Bartow,PolkCounty, Fla.Born in Bartow,PolkCounty, Fla.,July 10,1892.Democrat.Lawyer;served in the U.S. Army during World War I; county judge in Florida,1921-29; member ofFloridastate senate, 1932-40; delegate to Democratic National Conventionfrom Florida,1940(alternate),1948(alternate),1952(alternate; member,Platformand Resolutions Committee),1956(alternate),1960,1968;Governorof Florida, 1941-45;U.S.Senator from Florida, 1946-71.Methodist.Member,AmericanLegion;Veterans ofForeign Wars;Freemasons;Shriners;Kiwanis;Elks;AlphaTau Omega;PhiBeta Kappa;PhiKappa Phi;PhiDelta Phi;American BarAssociation.Sponsor of 24th Amendment outlawing the poll tax. Died in Bartow,PolkCounty, Fla.,November6, 1971 (age79 years, 119days).Interment atWildwoodCemetery, Bartow, Fla. | | Ernest Frederick Hollings (1922-2019) — also known asErnest F. Hollings;Fritz Hollings;"Foghorn Leghorn" —of Charleston,CharlestonCounty, S.C.Born in Charleston,CharlestonCounty, S.C.,January1, 1922.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; member ofSouthCarolina state house of representatives, 1949-55;LieutenantGovernor of South Carolina, 1955-59; delegate to DemocraticNational Convention from South Carolina,1956,1996,2000,2004;Governorof South Carolina, 1959-63;U.S.Senator from South Carolina, 1966-2005; candidate for Democraticnomination for President,1984.Lutheran.Member,American BarAssociation;Freemasons;Shriners;Elks;AmericanLegion;Veterans ofForeign Wars;AncientOrder of Hibernians;Sertoma.Died in Isle of Palms,CharlestonCounty, S.C.,April 6,2019 (age97 years, 95days).Interment atBethany Cemetery, Charleston, S.C. | | Enoch Arden Holtwick (1881-1972) — also known asEnoch A. Holtwick — of Los Angeles,LosAngeles County, Calif.; Greenville,BondCounty, Ill.Born in Rhineland,MontgomeryCounty, Mo.,January3, 1881.Schoolteacher;president,Los Angeles Pacific Junior College, 1915-18;collegeprofessor; Prohibition candidate forIllinoisstate treasurer, 1936; Prohibition candidate forU.S.Senator from Illinois, 1938, 1940, 1942, 1944, 1948, 1950;Prohibition candidate forVicePresident of the United States, 1952; Prohibition candidate forPresidentof the United States, 1956.FreeMethodist.Germanancestry.Died, in Fair OaksNursingHome, Greenville,BondCounty, Ill.,March28, 1972 (age91 years, 85days).Interment atMt. Auburn Cemetery, Greenville, Ill.| | Relatives: Sonof William Henry Holtwick and Elida (Heying) Holtwick; married,June 30,1908, to Clara Wilmot Uglow; married,June 27,1946, to Ruth Elmira (Turner) Hamilton. | | | | Holtwick Hall, a student residencebuilding atGreenvilleUniversity,Greenville,Illinois, isnamed forhim. | | | | See alsoWikipediaarticle —Find-A-Gravememorial |
| | Richard Joseph Hughes (1909-1992) — also known asRichard J. Hughes — of Trenton,MercerCounty, N.J.; Princeton,MercerCounty, N.J.Born in Florence,BurlingtonCounty, N.J.,August10, 1909.Democrat.Lawyer;candidate forU.S.Representative from New Jersey 4th District, 1938;chair ofMercer County Democratic Party, 1944-45; delegate to DemocraticNational Convention from New Jersey,1948(alternate),1964,1968(chair,CredentialsCommittee;speaker),1972;county judge in New Jersey, 1948-52; superior court judge in NewJersey, 1952-61;Governor ofNew Jersey, 1962-70; member ofDemocraticNational Committee from New Jersey, 1970-73;chiefjustice of New Jersey state supreme court, 1973-79.Catholic.Member,Elks;Knightsof Columbus;PhiKappa Theta.Died, ofcongestiveheart failure, in Boca Raton,Palm BeachCounty, Fla.,December7, 1992 (age83 years, 119days).Interment atSt.Mary's Cemetery, Trenton, N.J.  | Cordell Hull (1871-1955) — also known as"Father of the UnitedNations" —of Carthage,SmithCounty, Tenn.Born in alogcabin at Olympus, Overton County (nowPickettCounty), Tenn.,October2, 1871.Democrat.Lawyer;member ofTennesseestate house of representatives, 1893-97; served in the U.S. Armyduring the Spanish-American War; circuit judge in Tennessee, 1903-07;U.S.Representative from Tennessee 4th District, 1907-21, 1923-31;defeated, 1920; member ofDemocraticNational Committee from Tennessee, 1914-24;Chairmanof Democratic National Committee, 1921-24; candidate forDemocratic nomination for President,1928,1940,1944;U.S.Senator from Tennessee, 1931-33;U.S.Secretary of State, 1933-44; delegate to Democratic NationalConvention from Tennessee,1936.Baptist;laterEpiscopalian.Received theNobelPeace Prize in 1945.Died, ofheartdisease andsarcoidosis,atBethesdaNaval Hospital, Bethesda,MontgomeryCounty, Md.,July 23,1955 (age83 years, 294days).Entombed atWashingtonNational Cathedral, Washington, D.C.| | Relatives: Sonof William Hull and Elizabeth (Riley) Hull. | | | | Cross-reference:ThomasK. Finletter | | | | Cordell HullDamon the Cumberland River, and its impoundment, Cordell HullLake,inSmithandJacksoncounties, Tennessee, arenamed forhim. — The Cordell HullState Office Building(built 1952-54), inNashville,Tennessee, isnamed forhim. — Cordell HullHighway,inBarrenandMonroecounties, Kentucky, isnamed forhim. | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Wikipedia article —NNDBdossier —Find-A-Gravememorial —NobelLaureates | | | | Books by Cordell Hull:TheMemoirs of Cordell Hull | | | | Books about Cordell Hull: JuliusWilliam Pratt,CordellHull, 1933-44 | | | | Image source: U.S. postage stamp(1963) |
| | | Adolphus Humbles (1840-1926) — ofLynchburg,Va.Born inCampbellCounty, Va.,October17, 1840.Republican.Merchant;operated a toll road between Lynchburg and Rustberg; alternatedelegate to Republican National Convention from Virginia,1896,1904.Baptist.Africanancestry.Died, fromendocarditis,inLynchburg,Va.,October4, 1926 (age85 years, 352days).Interment atHumbles Family Cemetery, Lynchburg, Va.  | George Magoffin Humphrey (1890-1970) — also known asGeorge M. Humphrey — of Mentor,LakeCounty, Ohio.Born in Cheboygan,CheboyganCounty, Mich.,March 8,1890.Republican.Lawyer;president, M.A. Hanna Company (mining andprocessingiron andnickel ores), 1929-52; chairman of Pittsburgh ConsolidatedCoalCompany; chairman, Executive Committee, NationalSteelCorporation;U.S.Secretary of the Treasury, 1953-57;speaker, Republican National Convention, 1956.Episcopalian.Died, fromheartdisease, in UniversityHospital,Cleveland,CuyahogaCounty, Ohio,January20, 1970 (age79 years, 318days).Interment atLakeView Cemetery, Cleveland, Ohio. | | James Baxter Hunt Jr. (b. 1937) — also known asJames B. Hunt, Jr.;Jim Hunt — of North Carolina. Born in Greensboro,GuilfordCounty, N.C.,May 16,1937.Democrat.LieutenantGovernor of North Carolina, 1973-77;Governor ofNorth Carolina, 1977-85, 1993-2001; candidate forU.S.Senator from North Carolina, 1984; delegate to DemocraticNational Convention from North Carolina,1996,2000.Presbyterian.Still living as of 2014.| | The James B. Hunt, Jr.Library,at the North Carolina StateUniversityCentennial Campus,Raleigh,North Carolina, isnamed forhim. — Hunt Hall, adormitory at theUniversityof North Carolina Charlotte, inCharlotte,North Carolina, isnamed forhim. — The James B. Hunt Jr.Residence Hall,at the North CarolinaSchoolof Science and Mathematics, inDurham,North Carolina, isnamed forhim. | | | | See alsoNational GovernorsAssociation biography —Wikipediaarticle —NNDBdossier —Internet Movie Databaseprofile | | | | Books about James B. Hunt: WayneGrimsley,JamesB. Hunt: A North Carolina Progressive — Gary Pearce,JimHunt: A Biography |
| | Henry Edwards Huntington (1850-1927) — also known asHenry E. Huntington — of Oneonta,OtsegoCounty, N.Y.;SanFrancisco, Calif.; San Marino,LosAngeles County, Calif.Born in Oneonta,OtsegoCounty, N.Y.,February27, 1850.Republican. Owned and expanded thestreetcarand trolley system in Southern California;real estatedeveloper; Republican Presidential Elector for New York,1908.Member,Sons ofthe Revolution.Died, fromkidneydisease andpneumonia,in LankenauHospital,Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,May 23,1927 (age77 years, 85days).Entombed in mausoleum atHuntington Library and Botanical Gardens, San Marino, Calif.| | Relatives: Sonof Solon Huntington and Harriet (Saunders) Huntington; married1873 to MaryAlice Prentice; married1913 toArabella Duval 'Belle' (Yarrington) Huntington. | | | | ThecityofHuntingtonBeach, California, isnamed forhim. — ThecityofHuntingtonPark, California, isnamed forhim. — HuntingtonLake,inFresnoCounty, California, isnamed forhim. — The HuntingtonHotel (built 1907 asHotel Wentworth; expanded and reopened 1914 as the Huntington Hotel;demolished 1989 and rebuilt; now Langham Huntington hotel) inPasadena,California, isnamed forhim. — The HuntingtonLibrary,ArtMuseum, andBotanicalGardens, on his former estate, inSanMarino, California, isnamed forhim. — The World War IILibertyshipSS Henry E. Huntington (built 1943-44 atTerminalIsland, California; scrapped 1961) wasnamed forhim. | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial |
| | George Lewis Ingalls (1914-2001) — also known asGeorge L. Ingalls — of Binghamton,BroomeCounty, N.Y.Born in Danielson, Killingly,WindhamCounty, Conn.,June 7,1914.Republican.Lawyer;member ofNew Yorkstate assembly, 1953-66 (Broome County 2nd District 1953-65,125th District 1966).Congregationalist.Member,PhiBeta Kappa;PhiKappa Phi;PhiDelta Phi;Rotary;Jaycees;American BarAssociation.Trustee of the New YorkPowerAuthority in 1967-90.Died in Binghamton,BroomeCounty, N.Y.,April10, 2001 (age86 years, 307days).Interment atCalvary Cemetery, Johnson City, N.Y. | | Robert Houghwout Jackson (1892-1954) — also known asRobert H. Jackson — of Jamestown,ChautauquaCounty, N.Y.; McLean,FairfaxCounty, Va.Born in Spring Creek,WarrenCounty, Pa.,February13, 1892.Democrat.Lawyer;vice-president and general counsel, JamestownStreetRailway Company; director and general counsel, JamestownTelephoneCorporation; delegate to Democratic National Convention from NewYork,1936;U.S. Solicitor General, 1938-40;U.S.Attorney General, 1940-41;AssociateJustice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1941-54; died in office 1954.Episcopalian.Member,American BarAssociation;AmericanLaw Institute;Freemasons.Died, from aheartattack, inWashington,D.C.,October9, 1954 (age62 years, 238days).Interment atMapleGrove Cemetery, Frewsburg, N.Y. | | William Smith James (1914-1993) — also known asWilliam S. James — of Havre de Grace,HarfordCounty, Md.Born in Aberdeen,HarfordCounty, Md.,February14, 1914.Democrat.Lawyer;member ofMarylandstate house of delegates, 1946-54; defeated, 1942; member ofMarylandstate senate, 1954-74; delegate to Democratic National Conventionfrom Maryland,1964;MarylandDemocratic state chair, 1971-75;Marylandstate treasurer, 1975-87.Died in Aberdeen,HarfordCounty, Md.,April17, 1993 (age79 years, 62days).Interment atGrove Cemetery, Aberdeen, Md. | | Frank Minis Johnson Jr. (1918-1999) — also known asFrank M. Johnson, Jr. — of Jasper,WalkerCounty, Ala.; Montgomery,MontgomeryCounty, Ala.Born in Haleyville,WinstonCounty, Ala.,October30, 1918.Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; delegate toRepublican National Convention from Alabama,1948;U.S.Attorney for the Northern District of Alabama, 1953-55;U.S.District Judge for the Middle District of Alabama, 1955-;Judgeof U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit, 1979-81;Judgeof U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit, 1981-92.Legendary for civil rights decisions; recipient of thePresidentialMedal of Freedom in 1995.Died ofpneumonia,in Montgomery,MontgomeryCounty, Ala.,July 23,1999 (age80 years, 266days).Interment atHillCrest City Cemetery, Haleyville, Ala. | | Carey Estes Kefauver (1903-1963) — also known asEstes Kefauver — of Chattanooga,HamiltonCounty, Tenn.Born near Madisonville,MonroeCounty, Tenn.,July 26,1903.Democrat.Lawyer;U.S.Representative from Tennessee 3rd District, 1939-49; delegate toDemocratic National Convention from Tennessee,1944(alternate;speaker),1952;U.S.Senator from Tennessee, 1949-63; died in office 1963; candidatefor Democratic nomination for President,1952,1956;candidate forVicePresident of the United States, 1956.Baptist.Member,Freemasons;Lions;American BarAssociation;Rotary;Americansfor Democratic Action;AmericanPolitical Science Association;KappaSigma;PhiDelta Phi.Died, from arupturedabdominal aortic aneurysm, atBethesdaNaval Hospital, Bethesda,MontgomeryCounty, Md.,August10, 1963 (age60 years, 15days).Intermentaprivate or family graveyard, Monroe County, Tenn.| | Relatives: Sonof Robert Cooke Kefauver and Phredonia Bradford (Estes) Kefauver;married,August8, 1935, to Nancy Patterson Pigott; first cousin once removed ofJosephWingate Folk; second cousin thrice removed ofMontgomeryBlair andFrancisPreston Blair Jr.; third cousin twice removed ofJamesLawrence Blair,FrancisPreston Blair Lee andGistBlair; fourth cousin once removed ofEdwardBrooke Lee. | | | | Political families:FourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | The Estes KefauverFederal Building, inNashville,Tennessee, isnamed forhim. | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Wikipedia article —NNDBdossier —Internet Movie Databaseprofile —Find-A-Gravememorial | | | | Books about Estes Kefauver: HughBrogan,AllHonorable Men : Huey Long, Robert Moses, Estes Kefauver, Richard J.Daley — Joseph Bruce Gorman,Kefauver:A Political Biography |
| | Robert Francis Kennedy (1925-1968) — also known asRobert F. Kennedy;Bobby Kennedy;"R.F.K." —of Boston,SuffolkCounty, Mass.; Barnstable,BarnstableCounty, Mass.; Glen Cove,NassauCounty, Long Island, N.Y.Born in Boston,SuffolkCounty, Mass.,November20, 1925.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II;lawyer;delegate to Democratic National Convention from Massachusetts,1956,1960;U.S.Attorney General, 1961-64;U.S.Senator from New York, 1965-68; died in office 1968; candidatefor Democratic nomination for President,1968.Catholic.Member,American BarAssociation;Veterans ofForeign Wars;AmericanLegion.On June 5, 1968, whilerunningfor president, having just won the California presidential primary,wasshot andmortallywounded by Sirhan Sirhan, in the AmbassadorHotel,and died the next day in in Good SamaritanHospital,Los Angeles,Los AngelesCounty, Calif.,June 6,1968 (age42 years, 199days).Interment atArlingtonNational Cemetery, Arlington, Va.| | Relatives: SonofJosephPatrick Kennedy, Sr. and Rose (Fitzgerald) Kennedy; brother ofJosephPatrick Kennedy Jr.,JohnFitzgerald Kennedy, Eunice Mary Kennedy (who marriedRobertSargent Shriver Jr.),PatriciaKennedy Lawford (who marriedPeterLawford),JeanKennedy Smith andEdwardMoore Kennedy; married,June 17,1950, to Ethel Skakel; father ofKathleenKennedy Townsend,JosephPatrick Kennedy II,RobertFrancis Kennedy Jr. and Kerry Kennedy (who marriedAndrewMark Cuomo); uncle ofJohnFitzgerald Kennedy Jr.,MarkKennedy Shriver andPatrickJoseph Kennedy (born 1967); grandson ofPatrickJoseph Kennedy (1858-1929) andJohnFrancis Fitzgerald. | | | | Political family:Kennedyfamily of Boston, Massachusetts (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | Cross-reference:BenjaminAltman —JohnBartlow Martin —FrankMankiewicz —PaulSchrade | | | | The Robert F. Kennedy Department of JusticeBuilding (opened 1935, renamed 2001), inWashington,D.C., isnamed forhim. | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Wikipedia article —NNDBdossier —Internet Movie Databaseprofile —Find-A-Gravememorial | | | | Books about Robert F. Kennedy: ArthurM. Schlesinger Jr.,RobertKennedy and His Times — Evan Thomas,RobertKennedy : His Life — Joseph A. Palermo,InHis Own Right — Thurston Clarke,TheLast Campaign: Robert F. Kennedy and 82 Days That InspiredAmerica — Nicholas deB. Katzenbach,Someof It Was Fun: Working with RFK and LBJ — BillEppridge,ATime it Was: Bobby Kennedy in the Sixties — MikeResnick, ed.,AlternatePresidents [anthology] | | | | Critical books about Robert F. Kennedy:Allen Roberts,RobertFrancis Kennedy: Biography of a CompulsivePolitician — Victor Lasky,RFK:Myth and Man — Darwin Porter & Danforth Prince,TheKennedys: All the Gossip Unfit for Print |
| | John Henry Kinkead (1826-1904) — also known asJohn H. Kinkead — ofCarsonCity, Nev.;Sitka,Alaska; Unionville,PershingCounty, Nev.Born in Smithfield,SomersetCounty, Pa.,December10, 1826.Republican.Dry goodsmerchant;treasurerof Nevada Territory, 1862-64;delegateto Nevada state constitutional convention, 1863; postmaster atSitka,Alaska, 1867-69;Governor ofNevada, 1879-83;Governorof Alaska District, 1884-85.Died inCarsonCity, Nev.,August15, 1904 (age77 years, 249days).Interment atLoneMountain Cemetery, Carson City, Nev. | | Robert Carter Kirkwood (1909-1964) — also known asRobert C. Kirkwood — of Saratoga,SantaClara County, Calif.Born in Mountain View,Santa ClaraCounty, Calif.,August30, 1909.Republican.Lawyer;member ofCaliforniastate assembly, 1947-53; resigned 1953; alternate delegate toRepublican National Convention from California,1952;Californiastate auditor, 1953-58; appointed 1953; defeated, 1958; GeneralManager, San Francisco Public Utilities Commission, 1959-64.Died inSanFrancisco, Calif.,May 5,1964 (age54 years, 249days).Burial location unknown. | | Frederick Ernest Lackey — also known asDutch Lackey — of Hopkinsville,ChristianCounty, Ky.Democrat.Mayorof Hopkinsville, Ky., 1958-65.Burial location unknown.  | Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar (1825-1893) — also known asLucius Q. C. Lamar — of Covington,NewtonCounty, Ga.; Abbeville,LafayetteCounty, Miss.; Oxford,LafayetteCounty, Miss.Born near Eatonton,PutnamCounty, Ga.,September17, 1825.Democrat.Lawyer;cottonplanter;president,University of Mississippi, 1849-52; member ofGeorgiastate house of representatives, 1853;U.S.Representative from Mississippi 1st District, 1857-60, 1873-77;colonel in the Confederate Army during the Civil War;delegateto Mississippi state constitutional convention, 1865, 1868, 1875,1877, 1881;U.S.Senator from Mississippi, 1877-85;U.S.Secretary of the Interior, 1885-88;AssociateJustice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1888-93; died in office 1893.Methodist.Member,SigmaAlpha Epsilon.Slaveowner. Died in Vineville (now part of Macon),BibbCounty, Ga.,January23, 1893 (age67 years, 128days).Original interment atRiversideCemetery, Macon, Ga.; reinterment in 1894 atSt.Peter's Cemetery, Oxford, Miss.| | Relatives: SonofLuciusQuintus Cincinnatus Lamar (1797-1834) and Sarah Williamson (Bird)Lamar; married to Virginia Longstreet; nephew ofMirabeauBuonaparte Lamar and Loretta Rebecca Lamar (who marriedAbsalomHarris Chappell); uncle ofWilliamBailey Lamar; fourth cousin ofWilliamMcKendree Robbins andJosephRucker Lamar; fourth cousin once removed ofGastonAhi Robbins. | | | | Political family:Lamarfamily of Georgia. | | | | Lamar counties inAla.,Ga. andMiss. arenamed for him. | | | | ThemunicipalityofLamar,Colorado, isnamed forhim. — LamarHall, at theUniversityof Mississippi,Oxford,Mississippi, isnamed forhim. — LamarRiver,in Yellowstone National Park,ParkCounty, Wyoming, isnamed forhim. — LamarBoulevard,inOxford,Mississippi, isnamed forhim. — LamarAvenue,inMemphis,Tennessee, isnamed forhim. — LamarSchool(founded 1964), inMeridian,Mississippi, isnamed forhim. | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —federaljudicial profile —Wikipedia article —Ballotpedia article —NNDBdossier —Find-A-Gravememorial | | | | Books about Lucius Q. C. Lamar: John F.Kennedy,Profilesin Courage | | | | Image source: James G. Blaine, TwentyYears of Congress, vol. 2 (1886) |
| | Fritz Garland Lanham (1880-1965) — also known asFritz G. Lanham — of Fort Worth,TarrantCounty, Tex.Born in Weatherford,ParkerCounty, Tex.,January3, 1880.Democrat.Lawyer;U.S.Representative from Texas 12th District, 1919-47.Methodist.DiedJuly 31,1965 (age85 years, 209days).Interment atEastGreenwood Cemetery, Weatherford, Tex. | | Melvin L. Larsen (b. 1936) — of Oxford,OaklandCounty, Mich.Born in Clinton,ClintonCounty, Iowa,October19, 1936.Republican.Schoolprincipal;athleticcoach; member ofMichiganstate house of representatives 61st District, 1973-78; candidateforsecretaryof state of Michigan, 1978;MichiganRepublican state chair, 1979-81.Catholic.Norwegianancestry.Still living as of 2000. | | Louis Jacob Lefkowitz (1904-1996) — also known asLouis J. Lefkowitz;"The People'sLawyer" —of Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,July 3,1904.Republican.Lawyer;member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from New York County 6th District, 1928-30;defeated, 1930, 1931; municipal judge in New York, 1935; candidateforU.S.Representative from New York 14th District, 1940; delegate toRepublican National Convention from New York,1944,1948,1956(alternate),1960(member,CredentialsCommittee),1964,1968;NewYork state attorney general, 1957-78; candidate formayorof New York City, N.Y., 1961.Jewish. Member,FederalBar Association;American BarAssociation;AmericanJewish Congress;Knightsof Pythias.Died, fromParkinson'sdisease, in Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,June 20,1996 (age91 years, 353days).Interment atMt.Hebron Cemetery, Flushing, Queens, N.Y. | | Theodore Levin (1897-1970) — of Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.Born in Chicago,CookCounty, Ill.,February18, 1897.Lawyer;U.S.District Judge for the Eastern District of Michigan, 1946-70;died in office 1970.Jewish. Member,Freemasons;Shriners.DiedDecember31, 1970 (age73 years, 316days).Burial location unknown. | | Clarence Everett Lightner (1921-2002) — also known asClarence E. Lightner — of Raleigh,WakeCounty, N.C.Born in Raleigh,WakeCounty, N.C.,August15, 1921.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II;funeraldirector;mayorof Raleigh, N.C., 1973-75; member ofNorthCarolina state senate, 1977-78; delegate to Democratic NationalConvention from North Carolina,1996,2000.Presbyterian.Africanancestry. Member,OmegaPsi Phi.Died in Raleigh,WakeCounty, N.C.,July 8,2002 (age80 years, 327days).Interment atMt.Hope Cemetery, Raleigh, N.C. | | James Helme Lincoln (1916-2011) — also known asJames H. Lincoln — of Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.; Harbor Beach,HuronCounty, Mich.Born in Harbor Beach,HuronCounty, Mich.,August26, 1916.Democrat.Lawyer;served in the U.S. Merchant Marine during World War II; candidateformayorof Detroit, Mich., 1953; candidate forcircuitjudge in Michigan 3rd Circuit, 1957, 1959;WayneCounty Probate Judge, 1960-77; candidate forMichiganstate board of education, 1980.Died in Harbor Beach,HuronCounty, Mich.,July 23,2011 (age94 years, 331days).Interment atRockFalls Cemetery, Harbor Beach, Mich. | | Jack Griffith London (1876-1916) — also known asJack London;John GriffithChaney —of Oakland,AlamedaCounty, Calif.; Glen Ellen,SonomaCounty, Calif.Born inSanFrancisco, Calif.,January12, 1876.Socialist.Novelist;candidate formayorof Oakland, Calif., 1901 (Social Democratic), 1905 (Socialist).Died in Glen Ellen,SonomaCounty, Calif.,November22, 1916 (age40 years, 315days).Interment atJack London State Historic Park Cemetery, Glen Ellen, Calif.| | Relatives: Sonof William Henry Chaney and Flora (Wellman) London; married1900 toElizabeth May Maddern; married1905 toCharmian 'Clara' Kittredge. | | | | MountLondon, on the border betweenBritishColumbia, Canada, andHainesBorough, Alaska, isnamed forhim. — Jack London Square (entertainment and businessdevelopment), and the surrounding Jack London Districtneighborhood,inOakland,California, arenamed forhim. — Jack LondonLake(Ozero Dzheja Londona), and the surrounding Jack LondonNaturePark, inMagadanOblast, Russia, arenamed forhim. — The World War IILibertyshipSS Jack London (built 1943 atSausalito,California; scrapped 1968) wasnamed forhim. | | | | See alsoWikipediaarticle —Find-A-Gravememorial —OurCampaignscandidate detail |
| | Seybourn Harris Lynne (1907-2000) — also known asSeybourn H. Lynne — of Birmingham,JeffersonCounty, Ala.Born in Decatur,MorganCounty, Ala.,July 25,1907.Democrat.Lawyer;county judge in Alabama, 1934-40; circuit judge in Alabama, 1940-42;served in the U.S. Army during World War II;U.S.District Judge for the Northern District of Alabama, 1946-73;took senior status 1973.Baptist.Member,American BarAssociation;BlueKey;PiKappa Alpha;PhiKappa Phi;PhiDelta Phi;OmicronDelta Kappa;Kiwanis.In 1963, he prohibited Gov.GeorgeC. Wallace from barring two Black students from attending theUniversity of Alabama. In 1969, he ordered that Elmwood Cemetery inBirmingham, Ala., be desegregated.Died in Birmingham,JeffersonCounty, Ala.,September10, 2000 (age93 years, 47days).Interment atDecaturCemetery, Decatur, Ala.| | Relatives: Sonof Seybourn Arthur Lynne and Annie Leigh (Harris) Lynne; married,June 16,1937, to Katherine Donaldson Brandau. | | | | The Seybourn H. LynneU.S. CourthouseandPost Office, inDecatur,Alabama, isnamed forhim. |
| | Joseph M. Margiotta (1927-2008) — of Uniondale,NassauCounty, Long Island, N.Y.; Brookville,NassauCounty, Long Island, N.Y.Born in Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.,June 6,1927.Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II;lawyer;legislative counsel to Sen.EdwardJ. Speno, 1960-61; member ofNew Yorkstate assembly, 1966-75 (15th District 1966, 12th District1967-72, 17th District 1973-75);chair ofNassau County Republican Party, 1967-80; delegate to RepublicanNational Convention from New York,1968,1972;convictedin 1981 on federalextortioncharges,over a scheme to redirect municipal insurance fees to his cronies;sentencedto two years inprison;served 14 months.Catholic.Member,Veterans ofForeign Wars;Kiwanis;Elks;Knightsof Columbus.Died, in St. FrancisHospital,Roslyn,NassauCounty, Long Island, N.Y.,November28, 2008 (age81 years, 175days).Interment atCemeteryof the Holy Rood, Westbury, Long Island, N.Y. | | John Wellborn Martin (1884-1958) — also known asJohn W. Martin — of Jacksonville,DuvalCounty, Fla.Born in Plainfield,MarionCounty, Fla.,June 21,1884.Democrat.Lawyer;mayorof Jacksonville, Fla., 1917-23;Governor ofFlorida, 1925-29; defeated in primary, 1932; candidate forU.S.Senator from Florida, 1928; alternate delegate to DemocraticNational Convention from Florida,1948,1952,1956.Baptist.Member,Freemasons;Shriners;OddFellows;Moose.Died in Jacksonville,DuvalCounty, Fla.,February22, 1958 (age73 years, 246days).Interment atEvergreenCemetery, Jacksonville, Fla. | | Robert Martinez (b. 1934) — also known asBob Martinez — of Tampa,HillsboroughCounty, Fla.Born in Tampa,HillsboroughCounty, Fla.,December25, 1934.Republican.Schoolteacher;mayor ofTampa, Fla., 1979-86; defeated, 1974; resigned 1986;Governor ofFlorida, 1987-91; defeated, 1990.Catholic.Hispanicancestry.Still living as of 2014. | | Romano Louis Mazzoli (b. 1932) — also known asRomano L. Mazzoli — of Louisville,JeffersonCounty, Ky.Born in Louisville,JeffersonCounty, Ky.,November2, 1932.Democrat.Lawyer;member ofKentuckystate senate, 1968-70; candidate formayorof Louisville, Ky., 1969;U.S.Representative from Kentucky 3rd District, 1971-95.Catholic.Still living as of 2014. | | Stewart Brett McKinney (1931-1987) — also known asStewart B. McKinney — of Fairfield,FairfieldCounty, Conn.; Westport,FairfieldCounty, Conn.Born in Pittsburgh,AlleghenyCounty, Pa.,January30, 1931.Republican. Member ofConnecticutstate house of representatives, 1967-71;U.S.Representative from Connecticut 4th District, 1971-87; died inoffice 1987; delegate to Republican National Convention fromConnecticut,1972.Bisexual. Member,Rotary;AmericanLegion.Died, fromacquired immunedeficiency syndrome,Washington,D.C.,May 7,1987 (age56 years, 97days).Interment atOakLawn Cemetery, Fairfield, Conn.| | Relatives: Sonof James Polk McKinney and Clare Louise (Brett) McKinney; married,October2, 1954, to Lucy Cunningham; father ofJohnP. McKinney. | | | | The Stewart B. McKinneyTransportationCenter (built 1987), inStamford,Connecticut, isnamed forhim. — The Stewart B. McKinneyNationalWildlife Refuge (etablished 1972 as the Salt Meadow WildlifeRefuge; renamed 1987), inFairfield,NewHaven, andMiddlesexcounties, Connecticut, isnamed forhim. | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Wikipedia article —Find-A-Gravememorial |
| | John Lanneau McMillan (1898-1979) — also known asJohn L. McMillan — of Florence,FlorenceCounty, S.C.Born near Mullins,MarionCounty, S.C.,April12, 1898.Democrat.U.S.Representative from South Carolina 6th District, 1939-73.Baptist.Member,Freemasons;Forty andEight;AmericanLegion.Died in Florence,FlorenceCounty, S.C.,September3, 1979 (age81 years, 144days).Interment atMt.Hope Cemetery, Florence, S.C.  | Patrick Vincent McNamara (1894-1966) — also known asPatrick V. McNamara — of Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.Born in North Weymouth, Weymouth,NorfolkCounty, Mass.,October4, 1894.Democrat.U.S.Senator from Michigan, 1955-66; died in office 1966; delegate toDemocratic National Convention from Michigan,1956,1960,1964.Member,Americansfor Democratic Action.Died in Bethesda,MontgomeryCounty, Md.,April30, 1966 (age71 years, 208days).Interment atMt.Olivet Cemetery, Detroit, Mich. | | Thomas Elliott Millsop (1898-1967) — also known asThomas E. Millsop — of Weirton,HancockCounty, W.Va.Born in Sharon,MercerCounty, Pa.,December4, 1898.Republican. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War I;steelexecutive;mayorof Weirton, W.Va., 1947-55; Republican candidate for PresidentialElector for West Virginia,1948;delegate to Republican National Convention from West Virginia,1952.Scottishancestry. Member,AmericanLegion;Veterans ofForeign Wars;Elks;Freemasons;ScottishRite Masons;Shriners;Jesters;Lions;Moose;Eagles;Rotary;SigmaPhi Epsilon.Died, following aheartattack, in Weirton,HancockCounty, W.Va.,September12, 1967 (age68 years, 282days).Interment atChestnut Ridge Cemetery, Florence, Pa. | | Sam Winn Mitchell (1872-1955) — also known asSam W. Mitchell — of Montana. Born in Yorkshire,England,February9, 1872.Democrat.Secretaryof state of Montana, 1933-55; died in office 1955.Died in Helena,Lewis andClark County, Mont.,June 25,1955 (age83 years, 136days).Interment atForestvaleCemetery, Helena, Mont. | | Lewis Render Morgan (1913-2001) — also known asLewis R. Morgan — ofTroupCounty, Ga.Born in LaGrange,TroupCounty, Ga.,July 14,1913.Member ofGeorgiastate house of representatives from Troup County, 1937-40;U.S.District Judge for the Northern District of Georgia, 1961-68;Judgeof U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit, 1968-78; tooksenior status 1978;Judgeof U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit, 1981-2001; died inoffice 2001.Died in LaGrange,TroupCounty, Ga.,November15, 2001 (age88 years, 124days).Burial location unknown. | | Wayne Lyman Morse (1900-1974) — also known asWayne L. Morse — of Eugene,LaneCounty, Ore.Born in Verona,DaneCounty, Wis.,October20, 1900.Lawyer;U.S.Senator from Oregon, 1945-69; defeated (Democratic), 1968, 1972;delegate to Republican National Convention from Oregon,1952;member, Commission on Intergovernmental Relations, 1955; candidatefor Democratic nomination for President,1960;delegate to Democratic National Convention from Oregon,1964.Congregationalist.Member,Freemasons;Americansfor Democratic Action.Was actively engaged incampaigningfor U.S. Senate when he died, in Portland,MultnomahCounty, Ore.,July 22,1974 (age73 years, 275days).Interment atRestHaven Memorial Park, Eugene, Ore. | | George Richard Moscone (1929-1978) — also known asGeorge Moscone — ofSanFrancisco, Calif.Born inSanFrancisco, Calif.,November24, 1929.Democrat. Candidate forCaliforniastate assembly, 1960; member ofCaliforniastate senate, 1966-75 (10th District 1966-74, 6th District1974-75); delegate to Democratic National Convention from California,1968,1972;mayorof San Francisco, Calif., 1976-78; died in office 1978.Shotandkilled,along with Supervisor Harvey Milk, by Supervisor Dan White, in hisofficein San FranciscoCityHall,SanFrancisco, Calif.,November27, 1978 (age49 years, 3days).Interment atHolyCross Catholic Cemetery, Colma, Calif. | | Frank Edward Moss (1911-2003) — also known asFrank E. Moss;Ted Moss;"TheConscience of the Senate" —of Salt Lake City,Salt LakeCounty, Utah.Born in Holladay,Salt LakeCounty, Utah,September23, 1911.Democrat.Lawyer;served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; delegate toDemocratic National Convention from Utah,1952(alternate),1972;candidate forGovernor ofUtah, 1956;U.S.Senator from Utah, 1959-77; defeated, 1976.Mormon. Member,AmericanLegion;Veterans ofForeign Wars;Lions.Died, frompneumonia,in Salt Lake City,Salt LakeCounty, Utah,January29, 2003 (age91 years, 128days).Interment atSaltLake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Utah. | | Daniel Patrick Moynihan (1927-2003) — also known asPat Moynihan — of Syracuse,OnondagaCounty, N.Y.; New York City (unknowncounty), N.Y.; Pindars Corners,DelawareCounty, N.Y.Born in Tulsa,TulsaCounty, Okla.,March16, 1927.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II;politicalscientist;universityprofessor; delegate to Democratic National Convention from NewYork,1960(alternate),1984,1988,1996,2000;U.S. Ambassador toIndia, 1973-75; U.S. Representative toUnited Nations, 1975-76;U.S.Senator from New York, 1977-.Catholic.Irishancestry. Member,Americansfor Democratic Action.Died, ofinfectionfrom a rupturedappendix,inWashington,D.C.,March26, 2003 (age76 years, 10days).Interment atArlingtonNational Cemetery, Arlington, Va.| | Relatives:Married,May 29,1955, to Elizabeth Therese Brennan. | | | | Cross-reference:JohnWestergaard —DanMaffei | | | | The Danel Patrick MoynihanU.S.Courthouse (opened 1996), at Foley Square,Manhattan,New York, isnamed forhim. — The MoynihanTrain Hall (opened 2021),an expansion of Penn Station,Manhattan,New York, isnamed forhim. | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Wikipedia article —U.S. State Dept career summary —NNDBdossier —Internet Movie Databaseprofile —Find-A-Gravememorial —OurCampaignscandidate detail | | | | Books by Daniel Patrick Moynihan:Milesto Go: A Personal History of Social Policy (1997) —Onthe Law of Nations (1990) —Secrecy: The American Experience (1998) —Pandaemonium:Ethnicity in International Politics (1993) —MaximumFeasible Misunderstanding: Community Action in the War on Poverty(1970) | | | | Books about Daniel Patrick Moynihan:Godfrey Hodgson,TheGentleman From New York: Daniel Patrick Moynihan -- ABiography — Robert A. Katzmann,DanielPatrick Moynihan: The Intellectual in Public Life |
| | Alfred Paul Murrah (1904-1975) — also known asAlfred P. Murrah — of Oklahoma. Born in Tishomingo,JohnstonCounty, Okla.,October27, 1904.Lawyer;U.S.District Judge for the Eastern District of Oklahoma, 1937-40;U.S.District Judge for the Northern District of Oklahoma, 1937-40;U.S.District Judge for the Western District of Oklahoma, 1937-40;Judgeof U.S. Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit, 1940-70.Methodist.Member,American BarAssociation;LambdaChi Alpha;PhiAlpha Delta;Freemasons.Died, in UniversityHospital,Oklahoma City,OklahomaCounty, Okla.,October30, 1975 (age71 years, 3days).Interment atFairlawnCemetery, Oklahoma City, Okla. | | William Huston Natcher (1909-1994) — also known asWilliam H. Natcher — of Bowling Green,WarrenCounty, Ky.Born in Bowling Green,WarrenCounty, Ky.,September11, 1909.Democrat.Lawyer;WarrenCounty Attorney, 1938-50; delegate to Democratic NationalConvention from Kentucky,1940;served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; commonwealth attorney,8th District, 1951-53;U.S.Representative from Kentucky 2nd District, 1953-94; died inoffice 1994.Baptist.Member,AmericanLegion;Forty andEight;Kiwanis;OddFellows.Died, in theBethesdaNaval Hospital, Bethesda,MontgomeryCounty, Md.,March29, 1994 (age84 years, 199days).Interment atFairviewCemetery, Bowling Green, Ky.| | Relatives: Sonof J. M. Natcher and Blanche (Hays) Natcher; married,June 17,1937, to Virginia Reardon. | | | | The William H. NatcherFederal BuildingandU.S. Courthouse, inBowlingGreen, Kentucky, isnamed forhim. — The William H. NatcherParkway(opened 1972 as the Green River Parkway; renamed 1994; redesignated2018 as Interstate 165, without the Natcher name), which ran throughWarren,Butler,Ohio,andDaviesscounties, Kentucky, wasnamed forhim. — The William H. NatcherBridge(opened 2002), which takes U.S. Highway 231 over the Ohio River,betweenDaviessCounty, Kentucky andSpencerCounty, Indiana, isnamed forhim. | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Wikipedia article —NNDBdossier |
| | Samuel Augustus Nunn Jr. (b. 1938) — also known asSam Nunn — of Perry,HoustonCounty, Ga.Born in Macon,BibbCounty, Ga.,September8, 1938.Democrat.Lawyer;member ofGeorgiastate house of representatives, 1969-72;U.S.Senator from Georgia, 1972-97; delegate to Democratic NationalConvention from Georgia,1996.Methodist.Member,Freemasons;PhiDelta Theta.Still living as of 2014. | | Ransom Eli Olds (1864-1950) — also known asRansom E. Olds — of Lansing,InghamCounty, Mich.Born in Geneva,AshtabulaCounty, Ohio,June 3,1864.Republican. Founder in 1897 of OldsMotorVehicle Company, maker of thefirstcommercially successful American-madeautomobile;founder in 1905 of the REOMotor CarCompany (later, the Olds company became the Oldsmobile division ofGeneralMotors, and Reo became part oftruckmanufacturer Diamond Reo); owner of severalhotels;banker;delegate to Republican National Convention from Michigan,1908.Baptist.Member,Freemasons;KnightsTemplar;Shriners.Died in Lansing,InghamCounty, Mich.,August26, 1950 (age86 years, 84days).Entombed atMt.Hope Cemetery, Lansing, Mich.| | Relatives: Sonof Pliny Fisk Olds and Sarah (Whipple) Olds; married,June 5,1889, to Metta Ursula Woodward; second cousin thrice removed ofMartinOlds. | | | | Political families:FourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | OldsHall (built 1917 for the Collegeof Engineering, now used as offices), Michigan StateUniversity,EastLansing, Michigan, isnamed forhim. — ThecityofOldsmar,Florida, isnamed forhim. — R. E. OldsPark,on the waterfront inOldsmar,FLorida, isnamed forhim. | | | | See alsoWikipediaarticle —NNDBdossier —Find-A-Gravememorial |
| | Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis (1929-1994) — also known asJackie Onassis;Jaqueline Lee Bouvier;Jacqueline Kennedy —of Boston,SuffolkCounty, Mass.; Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in SouthamptonHospital,Southampton,SuffolkCounty, Long Island, N.Y.,July 28,1929.FirstLady of the United States, 1961-63.Female.Catholic.Longtime companion ofMauriceTempelsman.Died, fromnon-Hodgkinlymphoma, in Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,May 19,1994 (age64 years, 295days).Interment atArlingtonNational Cemetery, Arlington, Va.| | Relatives:Step-daughter ofHughDudley Auchincloss; daughter of John Vernou Bouvier and JanetNorton (Lee) Bouvier; step-sister ofEugeneLuther Gore Vidal Jr. andHughDudley Auchincloss III; married,September12, 1953, toJohnFitzgerald Kennedy (son ofJosephPatrick Kennedy, Sr.; brother ofJeanKennedy Smith; grandson ofJohnFrancis Fitzgerald); married1968 toAristotle Socrates Onassis; mother ofJohnFitzgerald Kennedy Jr.. | | | | Political family:Kennedyfamily of Boston, Massachusetts (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | The Jacqueline Kennedy OnassisHighSchool for International Careers, inManhattan,New York, isnamed forher. — Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy OnassisHall, at George WashingtonUniversity,Washington,D.C., isnamed forher. — Jacqueline Kennedy OnassisReservoir,in CentralPark,Manhattan,New York, isnamed forher. | | | | See alsoWikipedia article —Find-A-Gravememorial —OurCampaignscandidate detail |
 | John Rockey Park (1833-1900) — also known asJohn R. Park — of Salt Lake City,Salt LakeCounty, Utah.Born in Tiffin,SenecaCounty, Ohio,May 7,1833.Republican.Schoolteacher;president,University of Deseret (now University of Utah), 1869-92;Utahsuperintendent of public instruction, 1895-1900; died in office1900.Mormon.Died in Salt Lake City,Salt LakeCounty, Utah,September29, 1900 (age67 years, 145days).Interment atSaltLake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Utah.| | Relatives: Sonof John Park and Anna Elizabeth (Waggoner) Park. | | | | The ParkBuilding at theUniversityof Utah,Salt LakeCity, Utah, isnamed forhim. — Draper ParkSchool(built 1912; converted to city hall 1972; sold 2017), inDraper,Utah, wasnamed forhim. — Draper ParkMiddleSchool (built 2013), inDraper,Utah, isnamed forhim. — The World War IILibertyshipSS John R. Park (built 1943 atRichmond,California; torpedoed and lost in theEnglishChannel, 1945) wasnamed forhim. | | | | See alsoWikipediaarticle —Find-A-Gravememorial | | | | Image source: Salt Lake Herald,September 30, 1900 |
|  | Jessie M. Parker (1879-1959) — of Lake Mills,WinnebagoCounty, Iowa.Born inBlack HawkCounty, Iowa,February25, 1879.Republican.School teacherand principal;WinnebagoCounty Superintendent of Schools, 1915-27;Iowasuperintendent of public instruction, 1939-54.Female.Member,DeltaKappa Gamma;PhiTheta Kappa;Order of theEastern Star.Inducted into the Iowa Women'sHall ofFame, 1986.DiedMay 1,1959 (age80 years, 65days).Burial location unknown.| | Relatives:Daughter of Frederick H. Parker and Martha J. (Knapp)Parker. | | | | The Jessie Parker StateOfficeBuilding, inDesMoines, Iowa, isnamed forher. | | | | Image source: Iowa Official Register1951-52 |
 | Claude Denson Pepper (1900-1989) — also known asClaude Pepper — of Tallahassee,LeonCounty, Fla.; Miami, Dade County (nowMiami-DadeCounty), Fla.Born near Dudleyville,ChambersCounty, Ala.,September8, 1900.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I;lawyer;member ofFloridastate house of representatives, 1929-30;U.S.Senator from Florida, 1936-51; delegate to Democratic NationalConvention from Florida,1940(alternate),1944(alternate),1948(alternate),1960(alternate),1964,1968(alternate); member, Platform and Resolutions Committee,1944;speaker,1944,1988;candidate for Democratic nomination for Vice President,1944;U.S.Representative from Florida, 1963-89 (3rd District 1963-67, 11thDistrict 1967-73, 14th District 1973-83, 18th District 1983-89); diedin office 1989.Baptist.Member,Moose;Woodmen;AmericanLegion;Forty andEight;Freemasons;Shriners;Elks;Kiwanis;American BarAssociation;PhiBeta Kappa;OmicronDelta Kappa;PhiAlpha Delta;SigmaUpsilon;KappaAlpha Order;UnitedWorld Federalists.Received thePresidentialMedal of Freedom in 1989.Died inWashington,D.C.,May 30,1989 (age88 years, 264days).Interment atOaklandCemetery, Tallahassee, Fla. | | Carl Dewey Perkins (1912-1984) — also known asCarl D. Perkins — of Hindman,KnottCounty, Ky.Born in Hindman,KnottCounty, Ky.,October15, 1912.Democrat.Lawyer;member ofKentuckystate house of representatives, 1940; served in the U.S. Armyduring World War II;U.S.Representative from Kentucky 7th District, 1949-84; died inoffice 1984.Member,AmericanLegion;Freemasons.Died in Lexington,FayetteCounty, Ky.,August3, 1984 (age71 years, 293days).Interment atPerkinsCemetery, Leburn, Ky. | | Matthew James Perry Jr. (1921-2011) — also known asMatthew J. Perry, Jr. — Born in Columbia,RichlandCounty, S.C.,August3, 1921.Lawyer;U.S.District Judge for South Carolina, 1979-95; took senior status1995.Africanancestry.Died in Columbia,RichlandCounty, S.C.,July 29,2011 (age89 years, 360days).Burial location unknown. | | James Johnston Pettigrew (1828-1863) — of Charleston,CharlestonCounty, S.C.Born inTyrrellCounty, N.C.,July 4,1828.Lawyer;member ofSouthCarolina state house of representatives, 1856; general in theConfederate Army during the Civil War.FrenchHuguenot ancestry.Mortally wounded at theBattle ofGettysburg, and died soon after at Bunker Hill,BerkeleyCounty, W.Va.,July 17,1863 (age35 years, 13days).Original intermentsomewhere in Raleigh, N.C.; reinterment in 1865 atPettigrew Family Cemetery, Tyrrell County, N.C. | | Owen Bradford Pickett (1930-2010) — also known asOwen B. Pickett — ofVirginiaBeach, Va.Born inRichmond,Va.,August31, 1930.Democrat.Lawyer;accountant;member ofVirginiastate house of delegates, 1972-86;VirginiaDemocratic state chair, 1980-82;U.S.Representative from Virginia 2nd District, 1987-2001; delegate toDemocratic National Convention from Virginia,1996,2000.Member,American BarAssociation;Associationof Trial Lawyers of America;Rotary;Lions;Freemasons;Shriners.Died inVirginiaBeach, Va.,October27, 2010 (age80 years, 57days).Interment atTaylorsville Baptist Church Cemetery, Taylorsville, Va. | | Charles Poletti (1903-2002) — of Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in Barre,WashingtonCounty, Vt.,July 2,1903.Democrat.Lawyer;delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York,1936(alternate),1940;Justiceof New York Supreme Court 1st District, 1937-38; appointed 1937;delegateto New York state constitutional convention at-large, 1938;LieutenantGovernor of New York, 1939-42; defeated, 1942;Governor ofNew York, 1942-43; colonel in the U.S. Army during World War II.Baptist.Italianancestry. Member,UrbanLeague;American BarAssociation;Knightsof Pythias;Elks;PhiBeta Kappa.FirstAmerican of Italian ancestry to serve as a Governor. During WorldWar II, he was a senior officer in the Allied Military Government ofoccupied Italy.Died in Marco Island,CollierCounty, Fla.,August7, 2002 (age99 years, 36days).Interment atCalkins Cemetery, Elizabethtown, N.Y.  | Adam Clayton Powell Jr. (1908-1972) — of Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in New Haven,New HavenCounty, Conn.,November29, 1908.Democrat.Baptistminister;U.S.Representative from New York, 1945-71 (22nd District 1945-53,16th District 1953-63, 18th District 1963-71); delegate to DemocraticNational Convention from New York,1952,1960,1964;citedforcontemptof court in 1966 for refusing to pay damages in a lawsuit againsthim; on February 28, 1967, he wasexpelledfrom the House of Representatives onchargesofunbecomingconduct andmisusingpublic funds; the Supreme Court overturned the expulsion in 1969.Baptist.Africanancestry. Member,AlphaPhi Alpha;Elks.Died, ofprostatecancer, in Jackson MemorialHospital,Miami, Dade County (nowMiami-DadeCounty), Fla.,April 4,1972 (age63 years, 127days).Cremated;ashes scattered inaprivate or family graveyard, Bahamas.| | Relatives: Sonof Adam Clayton Powell, Sr. and Mattie (Fletcher) Powell; married,March 8,1933, to Isabel Washington; married,August1, 1945, to Hazel Scott; married,December15, 1960, to Yvette Marjorie Diago (Flores) Powell; father ofAdamClayton Powell IV. | | | | Adam Clayton Powell Jr.Boulevard(formerly part of Seventh Avenue), inManhattan,New York, isnamed forhim. — The Adam Clayton PowellState OfficeBuilding (opened 1974 as the Harlem State Office Building;renamed 1983), inManhattan,New York, isnamed forhim. | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Wikipedia article —NNDBdossier | | | | Books by Powell,Adam Clayton,Jr.:Adamby Adam: The Autobiography of Adam Clayton Powell,Jr. | | | | Books about Powell,Adam Clayton,Jr.:Tisha Hamilton,AdamClayton Powell, Jr.: The Political Biography of an AmericanDilemma — Wil Haygood,Kingof the Cats: The Life and Times of Adam Clayton Powell,Jr. | | | | Image source: Library ofCongress |
| | Frances Folsom Cleveland Preston (1864-1947) — also known asFrances Clara Folsom;Frances FolsomCleveland —of Princeton,MercerCounty, N.J.Born in Buffalo,ErieCounty, N.Y.,July 21,1864.FirstLady of the United States, 1886-89, 1893-97.Female.Died inBaltimore,Md.,October29, 1947 (age83 years, 100days).Interment atPrincetonCemetery, Princeton, N.J.| | Relatives:Daughter of Oscar Folsom and Emma (Harmon) Folsom; married,June 2,1886, toGroverCleveland; married,February10, 1913, to Thomas Jecks Preston; mother ofRichardFolsom Cleveland; first cousin once removed ofBenjaminFolsom. | | | | Political family:Cleveland-Harlanfamily (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | ClevelandHall of Languages (built1911), at WellsCollege,Aurora,New York, isnamed forher. | | | | See alsoWikipediaarticle —Find-A-Gravememorial —OurCampaignscandidate detail |
| | Prince Hulon Preston Jr. (1908-1961) — also known asPrince H. Preston, Jr. — of Statesboro,BullochCounty, Ga.Born in Monroe,WaltonCounty, Ga.,July 5,1908.Democrat. Member ofGeorgiastate house of representatives from Bulloch County, 1935-38;served in the U.S. Army during World War II;U.S.Representative from Georgia 1st District, 1947-61; delegate toDemocratic National Convention from Georgia,1952.Baptist.Member,Freemasons;Eagles;AmericanLegion;Veterans ofForeign Wars.Died in1961(ageabout52 years).Interment atEastsideCemetery, Statesboro, Ga. | | Lunsford Richardson Preyer (1919-2001) — also known asL. Richardson Preyer — of Greensboro,GuilfordCounty, N.C.Born in Greensboro,GuilfordCounty, N.C.,January11, 1919.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II;lawyer;superior court judge in North Carolina, 1956;U.S.District Judge for the Middle District of North Carolina,1961-63; candidate forGovernor ofNorth Carolina, 1964; delegate to Democratic National Conventionfrom North Carolina,1964;U.S.Representative from North Carolina 6th District, 1969-81.Presbyterian.Member,CommonCause.Died, ofcancer,in Moses Cone MemorialHospital,Greensboro,GuilfordCounty, N.C.,April 3,2001 (age82 years, 82days).Interment atGreenHill Cemetery, Greensboro, N.C. | | Nick James Rajkovich (1910-1969) — also known asNick J. Rajkovich — of Ironwood,GogebicCounty, Mich.; Traverse City,GrandTraverse County, Mich.Born in Krispolje, Austria (now Krizpolje,Croatia),February8, 1910.Republican.Schoolteacher;collegeprofessor;delegateto Michigan state constitutional convention from Grand TraverseDistrict, 1961-62;mayorof Traverse City, Mich., 1969; died in office 1969.Catholic.Member,Kiwanis.Died, from aheartattack, in MunsonHospital,in Traverse City,GrandTraverse County, Mich.,November11, 1969 (age59 years, 276days).Interment atOakwood Catholic Cemetery, Traverse City, Mich. | | Calvin Lewellyn Rampton (1913-2007) — also known asCalvin L. Rampton;CalRampton —ofDavisCounty, Utah; Salt Lake City,Salt LakeCounty, Utah.Born in Bountiful,DavisCounty, Utah,November6, 1913.Democrat.Lawyer;administrative assistant to U.S. Rep.J.W. Robinson, 1936-38;DavisCounty Attorney, 1939-41; major in the U.S. Army during World WarII; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Utah,1952,1972;Governorof Utah, 1965-77.Mormon.Died, ofcancer,in CareSourceHospice,Holladay,Salt LakeCounty, Utah,September16, 2007 (age93 years, 314days).Interment atSaltLake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Utah. | | 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 ReaganBuilding andInternational 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 |
| | John E. Reardon (1943-1988) — also known asJack Reardon — of Kansas City,WyandotteCounty, Kan.Born in Kansas City,WyandotteCounty, Kan.,August23, 1943.Schoolteacher;mayorof Kansas City, Kan., 1975-87; defeated, 1987.Died, ofheartfailure,November25, 1988 (age45 years, 94days).Interment atMt.Calvary Cemetery, Kansas City, Kan. | | Henry Schoellkopf Reuss (1912-2002) — also known asHenry S. Reuss — of Milwaukee,MilwaukeeCounty, Wis.Born in Milwaukee,MilwaukeeCounty, Wis.,February22, 1912.Democrat.Lawyer;major in the U.S. Army during World War II; candidate formayorof Milwaukee, Wis., 1948, 1960; alternate delegate to DemocraticNational Convention from Wisconsin,1952;U.S.Representative from Wisconsin 5th District, 1955-83.Died, ofcongestiveheart failure, in ahospitalat San Rafael,MarinCounty, Calif.,January12, 2002 (age89 years, 324days).Cremated;ashes interred atForestHome Cemetery, Milwaukee, Wis. | | James Allen Rhodes (1909-2001) — also known asJames A. Rhodes;Jim Rhodes — of Columbus,FranklinCounty, Ohio; Bexley,FranklinCounty, Ohio; Upper Arlington,FranklinCounty, Ohio.Born in Coalton,JacksonCounty, Ohio,September13, 1909.Republican.Mayorof Columbus, Ohio, 1944-52;Ohioauditor of state, 1953-63;Governor ofOhio, 1963-71, 1975-83; defeated, 1950, 1954, 1986; candidate forRepublican nomination for President,1964,1968;delegate to Republican National Convention from Ohio,1964,1972;candidate forU.S.Senator from Ohio, 1970.Presbyterian.His decision, in 1970, to send the National Guard to the Kent StateUniversity campus to quell a disturbance was blamed for the deaths offour students there. Along with Alabama Gov.GeorgeC. Wallace, he was the longest-serving state governor in U.S.history.Died, frominfectioncomplications andheartfailure, in Ohio State UniversityMedicalCenter, Columbus,FranklinCounty, Ohio,March 4,2001 (age91 years, 172days).Entombed in mausoleum atGreenLawn Cemetery, Columbus, Ohio; statue atBroadStreet, Columbus, Ohio. | | John Stanley Rice (1899-1985) — also known asJohn S. Rice — of Gettysburg,AdamsCounty, Pa.Born in Brysonia,AdamsCounty, Pa.,January28, 1899.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I;manufacturer;fruitgrower;member ofPennsylvaniastate senate 33rd District, 1933-40; served in the U.S. Army AirForce in World War II; candidate forGovernor ofPennsylvania, 1946; delegate to Democratic National Conventionfrom Pennsylvania,1948,1952,1956,1960(delegation chair),1964,1968;secretaryof the commonwealth of Pennsylvania, 1958-61;PennsylvaniaDemocratic state chair, 1959-61, 1965-66; U.S. Ambassador toNetherlands, 1961-64.Lutheran.Member,AmericanLegion;Veterans ofForeign Wars;Freemasons;Elks.Died in Fort Lauderdale,BrowardCounty, Fla.,August2, 1985 (age86 years, 186days).Interment atEvergreenCemetery, Gettysburg, Pa. | | Paul Grant Rogers (1921-2008) — also known asPaul G. Rogers — of West Palm Beach,Palm BeachCounty, Fla.Born in Ocilla,IrwinCounty, Ga.,June 4,1921.Democrat. Major in the U.S. Army during World War II;U.S.Representative from Florida, 1955-79 (6th District 1955-67, 9thDistrict 1967-73, 11th District 1973-79); alternate delegate toDemocratic National Convention from Florida,1960,1968.Methodist.Member,Kiwanis.DiedOctober13, 2008 (age87 years, 131days).Burial location unknown. | | Edwynne Cutler Rosenbaum (1899-2003) — also known asE. C. 'Polly' Rosenbaum;Edwynne CutlerPrendergast —of Hayden,GilaCounty, Ariz.; Globe,GilaCounty, Ariz.Born in Ollie,KeokukCounty, Iowa,September4, 1899.Democrat.Schoolteacher; member ofArizonastate house of representatives, 1949-94; defeated, 1994;Democratic Presidential Elector for Arizona,1996.Female.Member,Zonta;Order of theEastern Star.Died, ofcongestiveheart failure, in Phoenix,MaricopaCounty, Ariz.,December28, 2003 (age104 years,115 days).Interment atGreenwoodMemory Lawn Cemetery, Phoenix, Ariz. | | James Roy Rowland Jr. (b. 1926) — also known asJ. Roy Rowland — of Dublin,LaurensCounty, Ga.Born in Wrightsville,JohnsonCounty, Ga.,February3, 1926.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II;physician;member ofGeorgiastate house of representatives, 1977-82;U.S.Representative from Georgia 8th District, 1983-95.Methodist.Still living as of 2014. | | Edward Ross Roybal (1916-2005) — also known asEdward R. Roybal — of Los Angeles,LosAngeles County, Calif.Born in Albuquerque,BernalilloCounty, N.M.,February10, 1916.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; candidate forLieutenantGovernor of California, 1954; delegate to Democratic NationalConvention from California,1956,1960,1964,1988(speaker);U.S.Representative from California, 1963-93 (30th District 1963-75,25th District 1975-93).Catholic.Hispanicancestry. Member,AmericanLegion;Knightsof Columbus;OptimistClub.Died, fromrespiratoryfailure andpneumonia,in HuntingtonHospital,Pasadena,Los AngelesCounty, Calif.,October24, 2005 (age89 years, 256days).Burial location unknown. | | Dan Monroe Russell Jr. (1913-2011) — also known asDan M. Russell, Jr. — of Bay St. Louis,HancockCounty, Miss.Born in Magee,SimpsonCounty, Miss.,March15, 1913.Democrat.Lawyer;served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; alternate delegate toDemocratic National Convention from Mississippi,1960;U.S.District Judge for the Southern District of Mississippi, 1965-83;took senior status 1983.Died in Gulfport,HarrisonCounty, Miss.,April16, 2011 (age98 years, 32days).Burial location unknown. | | Donald Stuart Russell (1906-1998) — also known asDonald S. Russell — of Spartanburg,SpartanburgCounty, S.C.Born in Lafayette Springs,LafayetteCounty, Miss.,February22, 1906.Democrat.Lawyer;major in the U.S. Army during World War II;president,University of South Carolina, 1952-57;Governor ofSouth Carolina, 1963-65;U.S.Senator from South Carolina, 1965-66;U.S.District Judge for South Carolina, 1966-71;Judgeof U.S. Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit, 1971-98; died inoffice 1998.Methodist.Member,American BarAssociation.Died in Spartanburg,SpartanburgCounty, S.C.,February22, 1998 (age92 years, 0days).Interment atGreenlawnMemorial Gardens, Spartanburg, S.C. | | Richard Brevard Russell Jr. (1897-1971) — also known asRichard B. Russell, Jr. — of Winder,BarrowCounty, Ga.Born in Winder,BarrowCounty, Ga.,November2, 1897.Democrat.Lawyer;member ofGeorgiastate house of representatives from Barrow County, 1921-31;Speaker ofthe Georgia State House of Representatives, 1927-31;Governor ofGeorgia, 1931-33;U.S.Senator from Georgia, 1933-71; died in office 1971; candidate forDemocratic nomination for President,1952;delegate to Democratic National Convention from Georgia,1952;member, President's Commission on the Assassination of PresidentKNDY, 1963-64.Methodist.Member,Freemasons;OddFellows;Kiwanis;SigmaAlpha Epsilon;AmericanLegion;Forty andEight;American BarAssociation.Died inWashington,D.C.,January21, 1971 (age73 years, 80days).Interment atRussellMemorial Park, Winder, Ga.; statue atStateCapitol Grounds, Atlanta, Ga.| | Relatives: SonofRichardBrevard Russell and Ina (Dillard) Russell; brother ofRobertLee Russell; uncle ofRobertLee Russell Jr.. | | | | Political family:Russellfamily of Winder, Georgia. | | | | The Russell SenateOffice Building(built 1903-08; named 1972), inWashington,D.C., isnamed forhim. — The Richard B. RussellFederal BuildingandCourthouse (built 1978-79), inAtlanta,Georgia, isnamed forhim. | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —NationalGovernors Association biography —Wikipediaarticle —NNDBdossier —OurCampaignscandidate detail | | | | Books about Richard B. Russell, Jr.:Gilbert C. Fite,RichardB. Russell, Jr., Senator from Georgia — Sally Russell,RichardBrevard Russell, Jr.: A Life of Consequence |
| | Frank Grant Sawyer (1918-1996) — also known asF. Grant Sawyer — of Elko,ElkoCounty, Nev.Born in Twin Falls,Twin FallsCounty, Idaho,December14, 1918.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II;lawyer;ElkoCounty District Attorney, 1950-58;NevadaDemocratic state chair, 1955; delegate to Democratic NationalConvention from Nevada,1956;Governorof Nevada, 1959-67; defeated, 1966.Baptist.Member,American BarAssociation;AmericanJudicature Society;Freemasons;Shriners;Veterans ofForeign Wars;Amvets;AmericanLegion;Lions;Eagles.Died, of complications from astroke,in Las Vegas,ClarkCounty, Nev.,February19, 1996 (age77 years, 67days).Entombed in mausoleum atPalmMemorial Park - Green Valley, Las Vegas, Nev. | | Francis Muir Scarlett (1891-1971) — also known asFrank M. Scarlett — of Brunswick,GlynnCounty, Ga.Born in Brunswick,GlynnCounty, Ga.,June 9,1891.Democrat.Lawyer;delegate to Democratic National Convention from Georgia,1924,1928(alternate),1936;U.S.District Judge for the Southern District of Georgia, 1946-68;took senior status 1968; senior judge, 1968-71.Presbyterian.Member,AlphaTau Omega;Freemasons;Shriners;Elks.DiedNovember18, 1971 (age80 years, 162days).Burial location unknown. | | Edward Joseph Schwartz (1912-2000) — of California. Born in Seattle,KingCounty, Wash.,March26, 1912.Lawyer;served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; municipal judge inCalifornia, 1959-63; superior court judge in California, 1964-68;U.S.District Judge for the Southern District of California, 1968-82;took senior status 1982.Died, at Scripps MercyHospital,San Diego,San DiegoCounty, Calif.,March22, 2000 (age87 years, 362days).Burial location unknown. | | Robert Thompson Secrest (1904-1994) — also known asRobert T. Secrest — of Caldwell,NobleCounty, Ohio; Senecaville,GuernseyCounty, Ohio.Born in Senecaville,GuernseyCounty, Ohio,January22, 1904.Democrat.Schoolprincipal;superintendentof schools; member of Ohio state legislature, 1931-32;U.S.Representative from Ohio 15th District, 1933-42, 1949-54,1963-67; defeated, 1946; served in the U.S. Navy during World War II;member, Federal Trade Commission, 1954-61.Member,AmericanLegion;Amvets;Forty andEight;Veterans ofForeign Wars.DiedMay 15,1994 (age90 years, 113days).Interment atSenecavilleCemetery, Senacaville, Ohio. | | Charles Earl Simons Jr. (1916-1999) — also known asCharles E. Simons, Jr. — of South Carolina. Born in Johnston,EdgefieldCounty, S.C.,August17, 1916.Lawyer;law partner ofStromThurmond; member ofSouthCarolina state house of representatives, 1942, 1947-48, 1960-64;served in the U.S. Navy during World War II;U.S.District Judge for the Eastern District of South Carolina,1964-65;U.S.District Judge for South Carolina, 1965-86; took senior status1986.Baptist.Died, from the effects of head injuries sustained in afall, atAiken RegionalMedicalCenter, Aiken,AikenCounty, S.C.,October26, 1999 (age83 years, 70days).Interment atAikenMemorial Gardens, Aiken, S.C.  | Alfred Emanuel Smith (1873-1944) — also known asAlfred E. Smith;Al Smith;"TheHappy Warrior";"The Brown Derby";"The King of Oliver Street";"The FirstCitizen" —of Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,December30, 1873.Democrat.Real estatebusiness; member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from New York County 2nd District, 1904-15;Speaker ofthe New York State Assembly, 1913; delegate to DemocraticNational Convention from New York,1912(alternate),1916,1920,1932,1936;delegateto New York state constitutional convention 11th District, 1915;Governorof New York, 1919-21, 1923-29; defeated, 1920; candidate forDemocratic nomination for President,1920,1932;candidate forPresidentof the United States, 1928;delegateto New York convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933;delegateto New York state constitutional convention 12th District, 1938.Catholic.Irish,German, andItalianancestry.DiedOctober4, 1944 (age70 years, 279days).Interment atCalvaryCemetery, Woodside, Queens, N.Y.; statue atAlfredE. Smith Park, Manhattan, N.Y.| | Relatives: Sonof Alfred Emanuel Smith and Catherine (Mulvihill) Smith; married,May 6,1900, to Catherine A. Dunn. | | | | Cross-reference:RaymondV. Ingersoll —JosephM. Proskauer —GeorgeR. Van Namee —JohnRoach Straton —ClarenceJ. Shearn —WytheLeigh Kinsolving | | | | The Alfred E. SmithState OfficeBuilding (built 1928) inAlbany,New York, isnamed forhim. — The World War IILibertyshipSS Alfred E. Smith (built 1944 atSouthPortland, Maine; scrapped 1970) wasnamed forhim. | | | | See alsoNationalGovernors Association biography —Wikipediaarticle —NNDBdossier —Internet Movie Databaseprofile —Find-A-Gravememorial | | | | Books about Alfred E. Smith: Robert A.Slayton,EmpireStatesman: The Rise and Redemption of Al Smith —Christopher M. Finan,AlfredE. Smith : The Happy Warrior — Scott Farris,AlmostPresident: The Men Who Lost the Race but Changed theNation — Mike Resnick, ed.,AlternatePresidents [anthology] | | | | Image source: New York Red Book1924 |
| | | Dallas Burton Smith (1883-1936) — also known asDallas B. Smith — of Opelika,LeeCounty, Ala.Born in Opelika,LeeCounty, Ala.,March 9,1883.Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War;served in the U.S. Army on the Mexican border; colonel in the U.S.Army during World War I; candidate forGovernor ofAlabama, 1918; delegate to Republican National Convention fromAlabama,1920;candidate forU.S.Representative from Alabama 3rd District, 1920.Member,Rotary;Freemasons.Died, in the VeteransHospital,Gulfport,HarrisonCounty, Miss.,August1, 1936 (age53 years, 145days).Interment atRosemereCemetery, Opelika, Ala. | | 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 andCustom House (opened 1932, renamed 1986), inLouisville,Kentucky, isnamed forhim. — The Gene SnyderFreeway(I-265 and Ky-841), inLouisville,Kentucky, isnamed forhim. — The Gene SnyderAirport(general aviation), inPendletonCounty, Kentucky, isnamed forhim. | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Wikipedia article —NNDBdossier |
| | Gus Jerome Solomon (1906-1987) — also known asGus J. Solomon — of Portland,MultnomahCounty, Ore.Born in Portland,MultnomahCounty, Ore.,August29, 1906.Democrat.Lawyer;alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Oregon,1940,1944;U.S.District Judge for Oregon, 1949-71; took senior status 1971.Jewish.DiedFebruary15, 1987 (age80 years, 170days).Burial location unknown. | | Harry Vaios Spanos (1926-1995) — also known asHarry V. Spanos — of Newport,SullivanCounty, N.H.Born in Newport,SullivanCounty, N.H.,May 8,1926.Democrat.Lawyer;member ofNewHampshire state senate, 1970; defeated, 1956; delegate toDemocratic National Convention from New Hampshire,1960(alternate),1964,1972;member ofNewHampshire state house of representatives, 1960; candidate forGovernor ofNew Hampshire, 1976; probate judge in New Hampshire, 1980-95.EasternOrthodox.Greekancestry. Member,Moose;Lions.Died in Newport,SullivanCounty, N.H.,March18, 1995 (age68 years, 314days).Interment atPineGrove Cemetery, Newport, N.H. | | Robert Grier Stephens Jr. (1913-2003) — also known asRobert G. Stephens, Jr. — of Athens,ClarkeCounty, Ga.Born in Atlanta,FultonCounty, Ga.,August14, 1913.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II;lawyer;member ofGeorgiastate senate, 1951-53; member ofGeorgiastate house of representatives from Clarke County, 1953-59;U.S.Representative from Georgia 10th District, 1961-77.Presbyterian.Member,AmericanLegion;Veterans ofForeign Wars;Elks;Kiwanis;Woodmen.Died, in ahospitalat Athens,ClarkeCounty, Ga.,February20, 2003 (age89 years, 190days).Interment atOconeeHill Cemetery, Athens, Ga. | | Isaac Ingalls Stevens (1818-1862) — also known asIsaac I. Stevens — of Washington. Born in North Andover,EssexCounty, Mass.,March25, 1818.Major in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War;Governorof Washington Territory, 1853-57;Delegateto U.S. Congress from Washington Territory, 1857-61; general inthe Union Army during the Civil War.Shotand killed at theCivilWar battle of Chantilly,FairfaxCounty, Va.,September1, 1862 (age44 years, 160days).Interment atIslandCemetery, Newport, R.I.; memorial monument atOx Hill Battlefield Park, Fairfax County, Va.| | Relatives:Cousin *** ofCharlesAbbot Stevens andMosesTyler Stevens. | | | | Political family:Stevens-Woodhullfamily of New York City, New York. | | | | Stevens counties inMinn. andWash. arenamed for him. | | | | FortStevens (established 1863; decomissioned 1947; now astatepark) inWarrenton,Oregon, wasnamed forhim. —FortStevens (active during the Civil War, 1861-65; site now apark)inWashington,D.C., wasnamed forhim. — Thecity(andlake)ofLakeStevens, Washington, isnamed forhim. — ThetownofStevensville,Montana, isnamed forhim. — StevensPeak(6,838 feet), inShoshoneCounty, Idaho, isnamed forhim. — StevensPeak(5,372 feet), inBinghamCounty, Idaho, isnamed forhim. — Upper StevensLake,and Lower StevensLake,inShoshoneCounty, Idaho, arenamed forhim. — The Stevens Halldormitory, atWashington StateUniversity,Pullman,Washington, isnamed forhim. — Isaac I. StevensElementarySchool (opened 1906, expanded 1928, renovated and reopened 2001),inSeattle,Washington, isnamed forhim. — StevensMiddleSchool, inPortAngeles, Washington, isnamed forhim. — StevensJuniorHigh School (now Middle School), inPasco,Washington, isnamed forhim. — The World War IILibertyshipSS Isaac I. Stevens (built 1943 atPortland,Oregon; scrapped 1967) wasnamed forhim. | | | | Epitaph: "Who gave to the service ofhis country a quick and comprehensive mind, a warm and generousheart, a firm will, and a strong arm, and who fell while rallying hiscommand, with the flag of the Republic in his dying grasp, at thebattle of Chantilly, Va." | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Wikipedia article —Find-A-Gravememorial | | | | Books about Isaac Ingalls Stevens:Joseph Taylor Hazard,Companionof Adventure: A Biography of Isaac Ingalls Stevens, First Governor ofWashington |
 | Thaddeus Stevens (1792-1868) — of Gettysburg,AdamsCounty, Pa.; Lancaster,LancasterCounty, Pa.Born in Danville,CaledoniaCounty, Vt.,April 4,1792.Republican. Born with aclubfoot, whichimpairedhis walk;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.  | William Alexis Stone (1846-1920) — also known asWilliam A. Stone — of Allegheny (now part of Pittsburgh),AlleghenyCounty, Pa.Born in Delmar Township,TiogaCounty, Pa.,April18, 1846.Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War;lawyer;TiogaCounty District Attorney, 1875-77;U.S.Attorney for the Western District of Pennsylvania, 1880-86;U.S.Representative from Pennsylvania 23rd District, 1891-98; delegateto Republican National Convention from Pennsylvania,1896;Governorof Pennsylvania, 1899-1903.Died in Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,March 1,1920 (age73 years, 318days).Interment atWellsboroCemetery, Wellsboro, Pa. |  | Thaddeus Campbell Sweet (1872-1928) — also known asThaddeus C. Sweet — of Phoenix,OswegoCounty, N.Y.Born in Phoenix,OswegoCounty, N.Y.,November16, 1872.Republican.Papermanufacturer; member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from Oswego County, 1910-20;Speaker ofthe New York State Assembly, 1914-20; delegate to RepublicanNational Convention from New York,1916,1924;U.S.Representative from New York 32nd District, 1923-28; died inoffice 1928.Member,Freemasons;RoyalArch Masons;KnightsTemplar;Shriners;Elks.Died as result of anairplaneaccident in Whitney Point,BroomeCounty, N.Y.,May 1,1928 (age55 years, 167days).Interment atPhoenixRural Cemetery, Phoenix, N.Y. | | Arie Parks Taylor (1927-2003) — also known asArie P. Taylor;"Denver's BellaAbzug" —ofDenver,Colo.Born in Bedford,CuyahogaCounty, Ohio,1927.Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Colorado,1968,1972(alternate); member ofColoradostate house of representatives 7th District, 1973-84; Denverclerk and recorder, 1991-95.Female.Africanancestry.Colorado'sfirstAfrican-American woman legislator.Died, in Presbyterian/St. Luke'sHospital,Denver,Colo.,September27, 2003 (ageabout 76years).Interment atFortLogan National Cemetery, Denver, Colo. | | Fred Dalton Thompson (b. 1942) — also known asFred Thompson — of Tennessee. Born in Sheffield,ColbertCounty, Ala.,August19, 1942.Republican.Lawyer;U.S.Senator from Tennessee, 1994-; candidate for Republicannomination for President,2008.Member,ScreenActors Guild.Became anactorwhen he played himself in the 1985filmMarie, and went on to appear in other films in 1985-94,includingNo Way Out,The Hunt for Red October,CapeFear, andIn the Line of Fire, as well as the televisionseriesLaw and Order.Still living as of 2014.  | James Strom Thurmond (1902-2003) — also known asStrom Thurmond — of Edgefield,EdgefieldCounty, S.C.; Aiken,AikenCounty, S.C.; Columbia,RichlandCounty, S.C.Born in Edgefield,EdgefieldCounty, S.C.,December5, 1902.Schoolteacher;superintendentof schools;lawyer;member ofSouthCarolina state senate from Edgefield County, 1933-38; resigned1938; delegate to Democratic National Convention from South Carolina,1936,1948,1952(member,Committeeon Rules and Order of Business),1956;circuit judge in South Carolina, 1938-46; served in the U.S. Armyduring World War II;Governor ofSouth Carolina, 1947-51; States Rights candidate forPresidentof the United States, 1948;U.S.Senator from South Carolina, 1954-56, 1956-2003; received 14electoral votes for Vice-President,1960;delegate to Republican National Convention from South Carolina,1972,1988.Baptist.Member,American BarAssociation;Freemasons;KnightsTemplar;Shriners;PiKappa Alpha.Died in Edgefield,EdgefieldCounty, S.C.,June 26,2003 (age100 years,203 days).Interment atEdgefield Village Cemetery, Edgefield, S.C.; statue erected1999 atStateHouse Grounds, Columbia, S.C.| | Relatives: Sonof John William Thurmond and Eleanor Gertrude (Strom) Thurmond;married1968 to NancyJanice Moore; married,November7, 1947, toJeanCrouch. | | | | Cross-reference:CharlesE. Simons, Jr. —JoeWilson —JohnLight Napier —RobertAdams | | | | Strom ThurmondFederal Building andU.S. Courthouse, inColumbia,South Carolina, isnamed forhim. — Strom ThurmondHighSchool, inJohnston,South Carolina, isnamed forhim. | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —NationalGovernors Association biography —Wikipediaarticle —NNDBdossier —Find-A-Gravememorial —OurCampaignscandidate detail | | | | Books about Strom Thurmond: Essie MayWashington-Williams,DearSenator : A Memoir by the Daughter of Strom Thurmond —Jack Bass & Marilyn W. Thompson,Strom:The Complicated Personal and Political Life of StromThurmond — R. J. Duke,TheCentennial Senator: True Stories of Strom Thurmond from the PeopleWho Knew Him Best — Joseph Crespino,StromThurmond's America | | | | Image source: Library ofCongress |
| | Theodore Francis Turner (1868-1951) — also known asTheo F. Turner;"Father of Idaho StateCollege" —of Pocatello,BannockCounty, Idaho.Born in Ringgold,MorganCounty, Ohio,May 4,1868.Republican.Abstract andtitle business; member ofIdahostate house of representatives, 1901-02;mayorof Pocatello, Idaho, 1913-15;Idaho stateauditor, 1903-05; in March 1915, the commissioner of the U.S.General Land Officefound himguilty ofirregularpractices in land office transactions; later, in August 1915, theDepartment of the Interior announced that he had been exonerated;acting postmaster atPocatello,Idaho, 1932-33.Member,Freemasons;ScottishRite Masons.Died in Pocatello,BannockCounty, Idaho,April17, 1951 (age82 years, 348days).Interment atMountainView Cemetery, Pocatello, Idaho. | | Elbert Parr Tuttle (1897-1996) — also known asElbert P. Tuttle — of Atlanta,FultonCounty, Ga.Born in Pasadena,Los AngelesCounty, Calif.,July 17,1897.Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I;lawyer;colonel in the U.S. Army during World War II; delegate to RepublicanNational Convention from Georgia,1948,1952(member,CredentialsCommittee);Judgeof U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit, 1954-68; tooksenior status 1968.Received thePresidentialMedal of Freedom in 1981.Died in Atlanta,FultonCounty, Ga.,June 23,1996 (age98 years, 342days).Interment atAllSaints Episcopal Church, Atlanta, Ga. | | Robert Smith Vance (1931-1989) — also known asBob Vance — of Birmingham,JeffersonCounty, Ala.; Mountain Brook,JeffersonCounty, Ala.Born in Talladega,TalladegaCounty, Ala.,May 10,1931.Democrat.Lawyer;AlabamaDemocratic state chair, 1966-77; delegate to Democratic NationalConvention from Alabama,1968,1972(alternate);Judgeof U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit, 1977-81;Judgeof U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit, 1981-89; died inoffice 1989.Assassinatedby way of amail bomb,in Mountain Brook,JeffersonCounty, Ala.,December16, 1989 (age58 years, 220days). Walter Leroy Moody, Jr., who sent the bomb, was convictedof murder, sentenced to death, and executed in 2018.Cremated;ashes interred atSt. Lukes Episcopal Columbarium, Mountain Brook, Ala.  | Zebulon Baird Vance (1830-1894) — also known asZebulon B. Vance — of Asheville,BuncombeCounty, N.C.; Charlotte,MecklenburgCounty, N.C.Born in Asheville,BuncombeCounty, N.C.,May 13,1830.Democrat. Member of North Carolina state legislature, 1854;U.S.Representative from North Carolina 8th District, 1858-61; colonelin the Confederate Army during the Civil War;Governor ofNorth Carolina, 1862-65, 1877-79;U.S.Senator from North Carolina, 1879-94; died in office 1894.Slaveowner. Died inWashington,D.C.,April14, 1894 (age63 years, 336days).Interment atRiversideCemetery, Asheville, N.C.; statue atUnionSquare, Raleigh, N.C. | | James Madison Waddell Jr. (1922-2003) — also known asJames M. Waddell, Jr. — of Beaufort,BeaufortCounty, S.C.Born in Boydell,AshleyCounty, Ark.,November1, 1922.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II;insurancebusiness; member ofSouthCarolina state house of representatives from Beaufort County,1954-58; delegate to Democratic National Convention from SouthCarolina,1956(alternate),1964;member ofSouthCarolina state senate, 1960-92 (Beaufort County 1960-66, 16thDistrict 1966-68, 13th District 1968-72, 15th District 1972-84, 46thDistrict 1984-92); resigned 1992.Presbyterian.Member,AmericanLegion;DisabledAmerican Veterans;NavyLeague;Veterans ofForeign Wars;Freemasons;Shriners;Sertoma;FarmBureau;NatureConservancy.Died in Columbia,RichlandCounty, S.C.,January15, 2003 (age80 years, 75days).Interment atBeaufortNational Cemetery, Beaufort, S.C. | | Henry Menasco Wade (1914-2001) — also known asHenry M. Wade;"TheChief" —of Texas. Born inRockwallCounty, Tex.,November11, 1914.Democrat.FBIspecial agent; served in the U.S. Navy during World War II;lawyer;DallasCounty District Attorney, 1951-86; candidate forU.S.Representative from Texas 5th District, 1956.Member,PhiBeta Kappa;Order ofthe Coif.As District Attorney, he prosecuted Jack Ruby in 1964 for the murderof Lee Harvey Oswald, the assassin of PresidentJohnF. Kennedy. Also in his role as District Attorney, he was thenamed defendant in the Supreme Court's landmark 1973 abortiondecision, Roe v. Wade.Died, from complications ofParkinson'sdisease, in Dallas,DallasCounty, Tex.,March 1,2001 (age86 years, 110days).Interment atSparkmanHillcrest Memorial Park, Dallas, Tex. | | William A. Walsh — of Yonkers,WestchesterCounty, N.Y.Democrat.Mayorof Yonkers, N.Y., 1926-27.Burial location unknown. | | Julius Waties Waring (1880-1968) — also known asJulius W. Waring — of Charleston,CharlestonCounty, S.C.Born in Charleston,CharlestonCounty, S.C.,July 27,1880.U.S.District Judge for the Eastern District of South Carolina,1942-52; took senior status 1952.Died in New York City (unknowncounty), N.Y.,January11, 1968 (age87 years, 168days).Interment atMagnoliaCemetery, Charleston, S.C. | | John Clarence Watts (1902-1971) — also known asJohn C. Watts — of Nicholasville,JessamineCounty, Ky.Born in Nicholasville,JessamineCounty, Ky.,July 9,1902.Democrat.Lawyer;farmer;chair ofJessamine County Democratic Party, 1928-53;JessamineCounty Attorney, 1933-45; delegate to Democratic NationalConvention from Kentucky,1940;member ofKentuckystate house of representatives, 1947-48; Kentucky motortransportation commissioner, 1948-51;U.S.Representative from Kentucky 6th District, 1951-71; died inoffice 1971.Member,PhiDelta Phi;Knightsof Pythias;Lions.Died in Lexington,FayetteCounty, Ky.,September24, 1971 (age69 years, 77days).Interment atMapleGrove Cemetery, Nicholasville, Ky. | | Robert Clifton Weaver (1907-1997) — also known asRobert C. Weaver — ofWashington,D.C.; Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born inWashington,D.C.,December29, 1907.Democrat.Economist;received theSpingarnMedal in 1962;U.S.Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, 1966-68;firstAfrican-American cabinet member;speaker, Democratic National Convention, 1968 ;president,Baruch College, 1969; trustee, Mount SinaiMedicalCenter.Methodist.Africanancestry. Member,NAACP;Americansfor Democratic Action.Died in Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,July 17,1997 (age89 years, 200days).Burial location unknown. | | James Bryan Whitfield (1860-1948) — also known asJames B. Whitfield — of Tallahassee,LeonCounty, Fla.Born inWayneCounty, N.C.,November8, 1860.LeonCounty Judge, 1889;Floridastate treasurer, 1897-1900;Floridastate attorney general, 1903-04;justice ofFlorida state supreme court, 1904-43; appointed 1904;chiefjustice of Florida state supreme court, 1905, 1909.Died in Pensacola,EscambiaCounty, Fla.,August20, 1948 (age87 years, 286days).Interment atSt.John's Episcopal Cemetery, Tallahassee, Fla. | | Joseph R. Williams (c.1904-1993) — also known asJoe R. Williams — of Boise,AdaCounty, Idaho.Born in Samaria,OneidaCounty, Idaho, about 1904.Democrat. Acting postmaster atBoise,Idaho, 1950-52;Idaho stateauditor, 1959-89; resigned 1989.Died, fromheartfailure,May 10,1993 (ageabout 89years).Burial location unknown. | | George Wolf (1777-1840) — of Easton,NorthamptonCounty, Pa.; Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.Born in Allen Township,NorthamptonCounty, Pa.,August12, 1777.Democrat.Lawyer;postmaster atEaston,Pa., 1802-03; member ofPennsylvaniastate house of representatives, 1814;U.S.Representative from Pennsylvania 8th District, 1824-29;Governor ofPennsylvania, 1829-35; defeated, 1835; comptroller of the U.S.Treasury, 1836-38;U.S.Collector of Customs at Philadelphia, Pa., Pennsylvania, 1838-40;died in office 1840.Germanancestry.Died in Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,March11, 1840 (age62 years, 212days).Interment atHarrisburgCemetery, Harrisburg, Pa.| | Relatives: Sonof Maria Margaretta Wolf and George Wolf (1737-1808). | | | | WolfTownship,inLycomingCounty, Pennsylvania, isnamed forhim. — WolfHall, at Penn StateUniversity,StateCollege, Pennsylvania, isnamed forhim. — Governor WolfElementarySchool (built 1956), inBethlehem,Pennsylvania, isnamed forhim. — George WolfElementarySchool, inBath,Pennsylvania, isnamed forhim. — The Governor WolfBuilding (built 1893,a former school converted to apartments), inEaston,Pennsylvania, isnamed forhim. | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —National GovernorsAssociation biography —Wikipediaarticle —Find-A-Gravememorial |
| | John Howland Wood Jr. (1916-1979) — also known asJohn H. Wood, Jr.;"MaximumJohn" —of San Antonio,BexarCounty, Tex.Born in Rockport,AransasCounty, Tex.,March31, 1916.Republican.Lawyer;served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; delegate to RepublicanNational Convention from Texas,1960;U.S.District Judge for the Western District of Texas, 1970-79; diedin office 1979.Shotandkilled inSan Antonio,BexarCounty, Tex.,May 29,1979 (age63 years, 59days). The killer was Charles Harrelson, a contract killer whowas also the father of actor Woody Harrelson.Burial location unknown. | | George Cressler Young (1916-2015) — Born in Cincinnati,HamiltonCounty, Ohio,August4, 1916.U.S.District Judge for the Northern District of Florida, 1961-66;U.S.District Judge for the Southern District of Florida, 1961-66;U.S.District Judge for the Middle District of Florida, 1962-81; tooksenior status 1981.Died in Orlando,OrangeCounty, Fla.,April24, 2015 (age98 years, 263days).Burial location unknown. | | Robert Anton Young III (1923-2007) — also known asRobert A. Young III — of St. Ann,St. LouisCounty, Mo.Born inSt.Louis, Mo.,November27, 1923.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II;pipefitter;member ofMissouristate house of representatives from St. Louis County 1stDistrict, 1957-63; delegate to Democratic National Convention fromMissouri,1960,1964;member ofMissouristate senate, 1963-77;U.S.Representative from Missouri 2nd District, 1977-87; defeated,1986.Catholic.Member,AmericanLegion;Lions;Knightsof Columbus;Veterans ofForeign Wars;Amvets.Died, ofliverfailure, in St. Ann,St. LouisCounty, Mo.,October17, 2007 (age83 years, 324days).Interment atMemorial Park Cemetery, Jennings, Mo.
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