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Namesake Politicians: Hospitals andClinics

Robert Harper Clarkson (1826-1884) — also known asR. H. Clarkson — of Chicago,CookCounty, Ill.; Omaha,DouglasCounty, Neb.Born in Gettysburg,AdamsCounty, Pa.,November19, 1826.Democrat.Episcopalpriest; rector, St. James Church, Chicago, 1849-65;offered prayer, Democratic National Convention,1864 ; Episcopal Bishop of Nebraska, 1865-84.Episcopalian.Died in Omaha,DouglasCounty, Neb.,March10, 1884 (age57 years, 112days).Cremated;ashes interred atTrinity Cathedral Columbarium, Omaha, Neb.

in alphabetical order Clyde Lee Choate (1920-2001) — also known asClyde L. Choate — of Anna,UnionCounty, Ill.Born in West Frankfort,FranklinCounty, Ill.,June 28,1920.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; received theMedalof Honor for action near Bruyeres, France, October 25, 1944.;member ofIllinoisstate house of representatives, 1947-79 (50th District 1947-57,58th District 1957-67, 59th District 1967-79); delegate to DemocraticNational Convention from Illinois,1956(alternate),1964,1972.Member,AmericanLegion;Veterans ofForeign Wars;DisabledAmerican Veterans;Elks;Moose;PurpleHeart.Died in Carbondale,JacksonCounty, Ill.,October5, 2001 (age81 years, 99days).Interment atAnnaCemetery, Anna, Ill.   Relatives: Sonof James Isaac Choate and Grace Ellen (Brown) Choate; married toMadonna Ross.   Choate Mental Health Center (state mentalhospital), inAnna,Illinois, isnamed forhim.   Epitaph: "Proudly Served the People ofthe State of Illinois. Southern Illinois' GuardianAngel."   See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial

	Relatives: Sonof Michael Cooke Clarkson and Priscilla Louisa (Harper) Clarkson;brother ofThaddeusStevens Clarkson; married,May 8,1849, to Meliora McPherson.
		ClarksonHospital, inOmaha,Nebraska, isnamed forhim.
		See alsoWikipediaarticle —Find-A-Gravememorial

	Relatives: Sonof Grace Blossom (Bigler) Dingell andJohnDavid Dingell; married1952 to HelenHenebry; married1981 toDeborahAnn Insley; father ofChristopherD. Dingell.
		Political family:Dingellfamily of Detroit, Michigan.
		Cross-reference:DougRoss
		John DingellDrive,in Detroit MetroAirport,Romulus,Michigan, isnamed forhim.  — The John D. DingellVA Medical Center,inDetroit,Michigan, isnamed forhim.  — The John D. Dingell Jr. MemorialBridges,which take Stadium Boulevard over State Street and the Ann ArborRailroad tracks, inAnn Arbor,Michigan, arenamed forhim.
		See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Wikipedia article —Ballotpediaarticle —Find-A-Gravememorial
		Image source: Michigan Manual1957-58

Moses Fell Dunn (1842-1915) — of Indiana. Born in Bedford,LawrenceCounty, Ind.,April26, 1842.Republican.Lawyer;member ofIndianastate house of representatives, 1867-69; candidate forU.S.Representative from Indiana 6th District, 1870.DiedOctober21, 1915 (age73 years, 178days).Interment atGreenHill Cemetery, Bedford, Ind.

	Relatives: SonofGeorgeGrundy Dunn.
		Dunn MemorialHospital (now St. VincentDunn Hospital), inBedford,Indiana, isnamed forhim.

 Bert Fish (1875-1943) — of DeLand,VolusiaCounty, Fla.Born in Bedford,LawrenceCounty, Ind.,October8, 1875.Superintendentof schools;lawyer;county judge in Florida, 1910-17, 1931-33; U.S. Minister toEgypt, 1933-38;Saudi Arabia, 1939-41;Portugal, 1941-43, died in office 1943.GermanandEnglishancestry. Member,SigmaNu.Died in Lisbon,Portugal,July21, 1943 (age67 years, 286days).Interment atOakdaleCemetery, DeLand, Fla.

	Relatives: Sonof George W. Fish and Sarah M. (Lee) Fish.
		Fish MemorialHospital (later, FloridaHospital Fish Memorial; now, AdventHealth Fish Memorial),OrangeCity, Florida, isnamed forhim.
		Epitaph: "An educator andphilanthropist, a judge and outstanding statesman, who died while onduty, in the service of his country."
		See alsoWikipediaarticle —U.S. State Dept career summary —Find-A-Gravememorial

 Dean Anderson Gallo (1935-1994) — also known asDean A. Gallo — of West Orange,EssexCounty, N.J.; Parsippany,MorrisCounty, N.J.Born in Hackensack,BergenCounty, N.J.,November23, 1935.Republican.Realtor;member ofNewJersey state house of assembly, 1976-84;U.S.Representative from New Jersey 11th District, 1985-94; died inoffice 1994.Methodist.Died, ofprostatecancer, in Denville,MorrisCounty, N.J.,November6, 1994 (age58 years, 348days).Burial location unknown.

	Cross-reference:BobFranks
		The Dean and Betty GalloProstate CancerCenter, at the Cancer Institute of New Jersey, RutgersUniversity,NewBrunswick, New Jersey, is partlynamed forhim.
		See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Wikipedia article —Find-A-Gravememorial

Alonzo Barton Hepburn (1846-1922) — also known asA. Barton Hepburn — of Colton,St.Lawrence County, N.Y.; Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in Colton,St.Lawrence County, N.Y.,July 24,1846.Republican.Lawyer;timberbusiness;banker;member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from St. Lawrence County 2nd District, 1875-79;superintendent, New York State Banking Department, 1880-83; U.S.Comptroller of the Currency, 1892-93; director, New York LifeInsuranceCompany, AmericanAgriculturalChemicalCompany, Studebaker Corporation (automobilemanufacturer), and Great NorthernRailway.Hit bya bus at Fifth Avenue and 23rd Street, injured, and died fivedays later, in Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,January25, 1922 (age75 years, 185days).Interment atEvergreenCemetery, Canton, N.Y.

	Relatives: Sonof Zina Earl Hepburn and Beulah (Gray) Hepburn; married1873 toHarriet A. 'Hattie' Fisher; married1887 to EmilyL. Eaton.
		A. Barton HepburnHospital (nowClaxton-Hepburn Medical Center), inOgdensburg,New York, isnamed forhim.
		Epitaph: "A benefactor. A faithfulfriend. A loyal American."
		See alsoWikipediaarticle —Find-A-Gravememorial —Comptrollersof the Currency
		Image source: The Chase MonthlyMagazine, February 1922

Frank Wayland Higgins (1856-1907) — also known asFrank W. Higgins — of Olean,CattaraugusCounty, N.Y.Born in Rushford,AlleganyCounty, N.Y.,August18, 1856.Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from New York,1888;member ofNew Yorkstate senate, 1894-1902 (32nd District 1894-95, 50th District1896-1902);LieutenantGovernor of New York, 1903-04;Governor ofNew York, 1905-06.Episcopalian.Member,Freemasons.Died in Olean,CattaraugusCounty, N.Y.,February12, 1907 (age50 years, 178days).Interment atMt.View Cemetery, Olean, N.Y.

	Relatives: Sonof Orrin Thrall Higgins and Lucia Cornelia (Hapgood) Higgins; brotherof Clara Alzina Hapgood Higgins (who marriedFrankSullivan Smith); married1878 to KateCorinne Noble.
		Higgins MemorialHospital (opened1912),Olean, NewYork, wasnamed forhim.
		See alsoNationalGovernors Association biography —Wikipediaarticle —Find-A-Gravememorial
		Image source: American Monthly Reviewof Reviews, December 1902

 Walter Beaman Jones (1913-1992) — also known asWalter B. Jones — of Farmville,PittCounty, N.C.Born in Fayetteville,CumberlandCounty, N.C.,August19, 1913.Democrat. Member ofNorthCarolina state house of representatives, 1955-59; member ofNorthCarolina state senate, 1965-66;U.S.Representative from North Carolina 1st District, 1966-92; died inoffice 1992.Baptist.Member,Freemasons;Rotary;Moose;Elks;JuniorOrder.Died inNorfolk,Va.,September15, 1992 (age79 years, 27days).Burial location unknown.

	Relatives:Father ofWalterBeaman Jones Jr..
		The Walter B. Jones Alcohol and Drug AbuseTreatment Center, inGreenville,North Carolina, isnamed forhim.
		See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage

 Charles Seymour Kettles (1930-2019) — also known asCharles S. Kettles — of Ypsilanti,WashtenawCounty, Mich.Born in Ypsilanti,WashtenawCounty, Mich.,January9, 1930.Republican.Engineer;automobiledealer; served in the U.S. Army during the Vietnam war; followinghis courageous actions as a helicopter pilot in Vietnam in 1967,which saved 44 lives, he received the Distinguished Service Cross; in2016, that award was upgraded to aMedalof Honor; candidate formayorof Ypsilanti, Mich., 1993.Died in Ypsilanti,WashtenawCounty, Mich.,January21, 2019 (age89 years, 12days).Interment atHighlandCemetery, Ypsilanti, Mich.

	The Charles KettlesVA Medical Center, inAnn Arbor,Michigan, isnamed forhim.
		See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial

 Robert Asa Packer (1842-1883) — also known asR. A. Packer — of Wysox,BradfordCounty, Pa.Born in Mauch Chunk (now part of Jim Thorpe),CarbonCounty, Pa.,November18, 1842.Democrat. President, Northern Division, Lehigh ValleyRailroad;delegate to Democratic National Convention from Pennsylvania,1876,1880.Died, ofBright'sdisease, in Jacksonville,DuvalCounty, Fla.,February20, 1883 (age40 years, 94days).Original interment atTiogaPoint Cemetery, Near Sayre, Bradford County, Pa.; reinterment in1884 atMauchChunk Cemetery, Jim Thorpe, Pa.

	Relatives: SonofAsaPacker and Sarah Minerva (Blakeslee) Packer; married to Emily V.Piollet; nephew by marriage ofJosefMarie Piollet; grandnephew ofDanielPacker; first cousin twice removed ofDanielBurrows; second cousin once removed ofLorenzoBurrows; second cousin thrice removed ofWaightstillAvery; third cousin twice removed ofLutherHotchkiss; fourth cousin once removed ofJabezWilliams Huntington,WilliamWaigstill Avery,JonathanR. Herrick,AlfredAvery Burnham andDorafWilmot Blakeslee.
		Political family:Packer-Burrowsfamily of Mystic, Connecticut (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians).
		The Robert Packer MemorialHospital(now Guthrie Robert Packer Hospital), inSayre,Pennsylvania, isnamed forhim.

 Jerry Lyle Pettis (1916-1975) — also known asJerry L. Pettis — of Loma Linda,SanBernardino County, Calif.Born in Phoenix,MaricopaCounty, Ariz.,July 18,1916.Republican.U.S.Representative from California, 1967-75 (33rd District 1967-75,37th District 1975); died in office 1975.Seventh-DayAdventist.Died in aplanecrash near Banning,RiversideCounty, Calif.,February14, 1975 (age58 years, 211days).Interment atMontecitoMemorial Park, Colton, Calif.

	Relatives:Married toShirleyNeil Pettis.
		The Jerry L. Pettis Memorial V.A.Hospital, inLomaLinda, California, isnamed forhim.
		See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage

Franklin Delano Roosevelt (1882-1945) — also known asFranklin D. Roosevelt;"F.D.R." —of Hyde Park,DutchessCounty, N.Y.Born in Hyde Park,DutchessCounty, N.Y.,January30, 1882.Democrat.Lawyer;member ofNew Yorkstate senate 26th District, 1911-13; resigned 1913; U.S.Assistant Secretary of the Navy, 1913-20; candidate forVicePresident of the United States, 1920; delegate to DemocraticNational Convention from New York,1920,1924,1928;speaker,1944;contracted polio in the early 1920s; as a result, hislegs wereparalyzed for the rest of his life;Governor ofNew York, 1929-33;Presidentof the United States, 1933-45; died in office 1945; on February15, 1933, in Miami, Fla., he and Chicago mayorAntonJ. Cermak wereshotat by Guiseppe Zangara; Cermak was hit and mortally wounded.Episcopalian.Member,Freemasons;AlphaDelta Phi;PhiBeta Kappa;Elks;Grange;Knightsof Pythias.Led the nation through the Depression and World War II. Died of acerebralhemorrhage, in Warm Springs,MeriwetherCounty, Ga.,April12, 1945 (age63 years, 72days).Interment atRooseveltHome, Hyde Park, N.Y.; memorial monument atFederal Triangle, Washington, D.C.; memorial monument atWestPotomac Park, Washington, D.C.

	Relatives: Sonof James Roosevelt (1828-1900) and Sara (Delano) Roosevelt; married,March17, 1905, toAnnaEleanor Roosevelt (niece ofTheodoreRoosevelt (1858-1919); first cousin ofCorinneDouglas Robinson); father ofJamesRoosevelt (1907-1991),ElliottRoosevelt andFranklinDelano Roosevelt Jr.; half-uncle ofHelenRoosevelt Robinson; second great-grandson ofEdwardHutchinson Robbins; third great-grandnephew ofJabezHuntington; first cousin ofWarrenDelano Robbins andKatharinePrice Collier St. George; first cousin once removed of HelenLloyd Aspinwall (who marriedFrancisEmanuel Shober); first cousin twice removed ofElizabethKortright; first cousin four times removed ofJedediahHuntington andEbenezerHuntington; first cousin six times removed ofBenjaminHuntington; second cousin of Caroline Astor Drayton (who marriedWilliamPhillips); second cousin once removed ofSamuelLaurence Gouverneur andFrancisHolden Aspinwall; second cousin thrice removed ofNicholasRoosevelt Jr. andJabezWilliams Huntington; second cousin five times removed ofSamuelHuntington,GeorgeWashington,JoshuaCoit,HenryHuntington,GurdonHuntington andSamuelGager; third cousin twice removed ofPhilipDePeyster andJamesI. Roosevelt; third cousin thrice removed ofSulifandSutherland Ross; fourth cousin once removed ofUlyssesSimpson Grant,RobertBarnwell Roosevelt,RogerWolcott andTheodoreRoosevelt (1858-1919).
		Political family:Rooseveltfamily of New York City, New York (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians).
		Cross-reference:RossT. McIntire —MiltonLipson —W.W. Howes —BruceBarton —HamiltonFish, Jr. —JosephW. Martin, Jr. —SamuelI. Rosenman —RexfordG. Tugwell —RaymondMoley —AdolfA. Berle —GeorgeE. Allen —LorenceE. Asman —GrenvilleT. Emmet —EliotJaneway —JonathanDaniels —RalphBellamy —WytheLeigh Kinsolving
		The Franklin Delano RooseveltBridge(opened 1962), over Lubec Narrows, betweenLubec,Maine andCampobelloIsland, New Brunswick, Canada, isnamed forhim.  — TheboroughofRoosevelt,New Jersey (originally Jersey Homesteads; renamed 1945), isnamed forhim.  — F. D. RooseveltAirport,on the Caribbean island ofSintEustatius, isnamed forhim.  — The F. D. RooseveltTeaching Hospital,inBanskáBystrica, Slovakia, isnamed forhim.
		Other politicians named for him:FrankGarrison—FranklinD. Roosevelt Keesee
		Coins and currency: Hisportraitappears on the U.S. dime (ten cent coin).
		See alsoNationalGovernors Association biography —Wikipediaarticle —NNDBdossier —Internet Movie Databaseprofile —Find-A-Gravememorial —OurCampaignscandidate detail
		Books about Franklin D. Roosevelt:James MacGregor Burns & Susan Dunn,TheThree Roosevelts: Patrician Leaders Who TransformedAmerica — Doris Kearns Goodwin,NoOrdinary Time : Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt: The Home Front inWorld War II — Joseph Alsop & Roland Gelatt,FDR: 1882-1945 — Bernard Bellush,FranklinRoosevelt as Governor of New York — Robert H. Jackson,ThatMan : An Insider's Portrait of Franklin D. Roosevelt —Jonas Klein,BelovedIsland : Franklin & Eleanor and the Legacy ofCampobello — Conrad Black,FranklinDelano Roosevelt : Champion of Freedom — CharlesPeters,FiveDays in Philadelphia: The Amazing "We Want Willkie!" Convention of1940 and How It Freed FDR to Save the Western World —Steven Neal,HappyDays Are Here Again : The 1932 Democratic Convention, the Emergenceof FDR--and How America Was Changed Forever — H. W.Brands,Traitorto His Class: The Privileged Life and Radical Presidency of FranklinDelano Roosevelt — Hazel Rowley,Franklinand Eleanor: An Extraordinary Marriage — AlanBrinkley,FranklinDelano Roosevelt — Stanley Weintraub,YoungMr. Roosevelt: FDR's Introduction to War, Politics, andLife — Mike Resnick, ed.,AlternatePresidents [anthology] — Karen Bornemann Spies,FranklinD. Roosevelt (for young readers)
		Critical books about Franklin D.Roosevelt: Jim Powell,FDR'sFolly: How Roosevelt and His New Deal Prolonged the GreatDepression — John T. Flynn,TheRoosevelt Myth — Burton W. Folsom,NewDeal or Raw Deal?: How FDR's Economic Legacy Has DamagedAmerica
		Fiction about Franklin D. Roosevelt:Philip Roth,ThePlot Against America: A Novel — Philip K. Dick,TheMan in the High Castle
		Image source: New York Red Book1936

 Richard Lowell Roudebush (1918-1995) — also known asRichard L. Roudebush — of Indiana. Born near Noblesville,HamiltonCounty, Ind.,January18, 1918.Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II;speaker, Republican National Convention, 1960 ;U.S.Representative from Indiana, 1961-71 (6th District 1961-67, 10thDistrict 1967-69, 5th District 1969-71); candidate forU.S.Senator from Indiana, 1970.Member,Veterans ofForeign Wars;AmericanLegion;DisabledAmerican Veterans;FarmBureau;Freemasons;Shriners;Elks;Kiwanis.Died in Sarasota,SarasotaCounty, Fla.,January28, 1995 (age77 years, 10days).Interment atArlingtonNational Cemetery, Arlington, Va.

	Relatives: Sonof Roy Lehr Roudebush and Melissa Mae (McMahan) Roudebush; thirdcousin twice removed ofOscarH. Roudebush; fourth cousin once removed ofAllenCowan Roudebush.
		Political family:Roudebushfamily of Pennsylvania and Ohio.
		The Richard L. RoudebushV.A. MedicalCenter, inIndianapolis,Indiana, isnamed forhim.
		See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Find-A-Gravememorial

 Samuel Harvey Shapiro (1907-1987) — also known asSamuel H. Shapiro;IsraelShapiro —of Kankakee,KankakeeCounty, Ill.Born inEstonia,April25, 1907.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; member ofIllinoisstate house of representatives, 1947-61; delegate to DemocraticNational Convention from Illinois,1956(alternate),1960,1964;chair, Committee on Rules and Order of Business, chair,1968;speaker,1968;LieutenantGovernor of Illinois, 1961-68;Governor ofIllinois, 1968-69.Jewish. Member,American BarAssociation;AmericanLegion;Amvets;Moose;Kiwanis;Elks;B'naiB'rith;AlphaEpsilon Pi.Died in Kankakee,KankakeeCounty, Ill.,March16, 1987 (age79 years, 325days).Interment atJewishWaldheim Cemetery, Forest Park, Ill.

	Cross-reference:CraigLovitt
		The Samuel H. ShapiroDevelopmentalCenter (opened 1879 as Eastern Hospital for the Insane; renamedas Kankakee State Hospital 1910; changed to current name 1974), inKankakee,Illinois, isnamed forhim.
		See alsoNationalGovernors Association biography —Wikipediaarticle —NNDBdossier

 Lurleen Burns Wallace (1926-1968) — also known asLurleen B. Wallace;Lurleen BrighamBurns —of Montgomery,MontgomeryCounty, Ala.Born in Tuscaloosa,TuscaloosaCounty, Ala.,September19, 1926.Democrat.Governor ofAlabama, 1967-68; died in office 1968.Female.Methodist.Died, ofuterinecancer, in Montgomery,MontgomeryCounty, Ala.,May 7,1968 (age41 years, 231days).Interment atGreenwoodCemetery, Montgomery, Ala.

	Relatives:Daughter of Henry Burns and Estelle (Burroughs) Burns; married,May 21,1943, toGeorgeCorley Wallace Jr..
		Political family:Wallace-Folsomfamily of Montgomery, Alabama.
		The Lurleen WallaceTumor Institute, attheUniversityof AlabamaBirmingham,isnamed forher.  — Lurleen B. WallaceCommunityCollege (established 1967 as Lurleen B. Wallace Junior College),with campuses inCovington,Butler,andCrenshawcounties, Alabama, isnamed forher.  —LakeLurleen, and Lake LurleenStatePark, inTuscaloosaCounty, Alabama, arenamed forher.
		See alsoNationalGovernors Association biography —NNDBdossier

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