in alphabetical order | |  George Ade (1866-1944) — of Kentland,NewtonCounty, Ind.Born in Kentland,NewtonCounty, Ind.,February9, 1866.Republican.Author;humorist;newspapercolumnist;delegate to Republican National Convention from Indiana,1908.Member,SigmaChi.Suffered aheartattack, fell into a coma, and died, in Brook,NewtonCounty, Ind.,May 16,1944 (age78 years, 97days).Interment atFairlawnCemetery, Kentland, Ind. | | Mark Evans Austad (1917-1988) — also known asMarcus Jacob Austad;"MarkEvans" —of Scottsdale,MaricopaCounty, Ariz.Born in Ogden,WeberCounty, Utah,April 1,1917.Served in the U.S. Army during World War II;radioannouncer,broadcastnewsman, and host of his owntelevisionnews show; U.S. Ambassador toFinland, 1975-77;Norway, 1981-84.Mormon.Norwegianancestry.Died in Arizona,October20, 1988 (age71 years, 202days).Interment atWashington Heights Memorial Park, South Ogden, Utah. | | Harold Roe Bennett Sturdevant Bartle (1901-1974) — also known asH. Roe Bartle;"Chief" —of Kansas City,JacksonCounty, Mo.Born in1901.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I;lawyer;executive with the Boy Scouts of America;mayorof Kansas City, Mo., 1955-63.Died in1974(ageabout73 years).Interment atForestHill Cemetery, Kansas City, Mo. | | 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. | | Michael Curb (b. 1944) — also known asMike Curb — of California; Nashville,DavidsonCounty, Tenn.Born in Savannah,ChathamCounty, Ga.,December24, 1944.Republican.Musician;recordcompany executive;racecar owner; member ofRepublicanNational Committee from California, 1977;LieutenantGovernor of California, 1979-83; defeated, 1986; candidate forGovernor ofCalifornia, 1982.In 2003, he was inducted into the Georgia MusicHall ofFame.Still living as of 2014.  | Charles Hercules Ebbets (1859-1925) — also known asCharles H. Ebbets;CharlieEbbets —ofKingsCounty, N.Y.Born in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,October29, 1859.Architect;member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from Kings County 12th District, 1896; owner,Brooklyn Dodgersprofessionalbaseball team, 1902-25.Died, fromheartfailure, in his suite at the Waldorf-AstoriaHotel,Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,April18, 1925 (age65 years, 171days).Interment atGreen-WoodCemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.| |  Relatives:Married,April10, 1878, to Minnie Frances Amelia Broadbent; married,May 8,1922, to Grace Eleanor Slade. | | | | Ebbets Field (built 1912, demolished 1960),ballpark for the Brooklyn Dodgers, inBrooklyn,New York, wasnamed forhim. | | | | See alsoWikipediaarticle —Find-A-Gravememorial | | | | Image source: Library ofCongress |
| | Wallace Rider Farrington (1871-1933) — of Hawaii. Born in Orono,PenobscotCounty, Maine,May 3,1871.Governorof Hawaii Territory, 1921-29.Congregationalist.Died ofheartdisease in Honolulu, Island of Oahu,HonoluluCounty, Hawaii,October6, 1933 (age62 years, 156days).Interment atOahuCemetery, Honolulu, Island of Oahu, Hawaii.| | Relatives: Sonof Joseph Rider Farrington (1830-1897) and Ellen Elizabeth (Holyoke)Farrington; married,October26, 1896, to Catharine McAlpine Crane; father ofJosephRider Farrington (1897-1954); second cousin ofEdwardSilsby Farrington; fourth cousin once removed ofCalvinFrisbie. | | | | Political family:Farringtonfamily of Honolulu, Hawaii (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | FarringtonHighSchool, inHonolulu,Hawaii, isnamed forhim. — FarringtonStreetand FarringtonHighway,inHonolulu,Hawaii, arenamed forhim. — Farrington Hallauditorium (built 1930,demolished in the 1970s), at theUniversityof Hawaii,Honolulu,Hawaii, wasnamed forhim. — The World War IILibertyshipSS Wallace R. Farrington (built 1944 atRichmond,California; scrapped 1969) wasnamed forhim. | | | | See alsoWikipedia article —Find-A-Gravememorial —BillionGravesburial record |
 | William Gaston (1778-1844) — of New Bern,CravenCounty, N.C.Born in New Bern,CravenCounty, N.C.,September19, 1778.Lawyer;member ofNorthCarolina state senate, 1800, 1812, 1818-19; member ofNorthCarolina house of commons, 1807-09;U.S.Representative from North Carolina, 1813-17 (at-large 1813-15,4th District 1815-17); member ofNorthCarolina state house of representatives, 1824, 1827-31;justice ofNorth Carolina state supreme court, 1833-44; died in office 1844;delegateto North Carolina state constitutional convention, 1835.Catholic.Member,AmericanAntiquarian Society;AmericanPhilosophical Society.Slaveowner. Died in Raleigh,WakeCounty, N.C.,January23, 1844 (age65 years, 126days).Interment atCedarGrove Cemetery, New Bern, N.C.| | Relatives: Sonof Alexander Gaston and Margaret (Sharpe) Gaston; married,September4, 1803, to Susan Sarah Hay; married,October6, 1805, to Hannah McClure; married,September3, 1816, to Elizabeth Worthington. | | | | Gaston County,N.C. is named for him. | | | | ThecityofGastonia,North Carolina, wasnamed forhim. — Lake Gaston, areservoir(created 1963) inHalifax,Northampton,andWarrencounties in North Carolina, as well asBrunswick,andMecklenburgcounties in Virginia, isnamed forhim. — Gaston Hall (completed 1901), a famedauditorium atGeorgetownUniversity,Washington,D.C., isnamed forhim. — The World War IILibertyshipSS William Gaston (built 1942 atWilmington,North Carolina; torpedoed and lost in theSouthAtlantic Ocean, 1944) wasnamed forhim. | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Wikipedia article —Find-A-Gravememorial | | | | Image source: The South in the Buildingof the Nation (1909) |
| | | James H. Gray (1915-1986) — of Albany,DoughertyCounty, Ga.Born in Westfield,HampdenCounty, Mass.,May 17,1915.Democrat. Editor and publisher of the Albany Heraldnewspaper;owner of WALBradio andtelevision stations; delegate to Democratic National Conventionfrom Georgia,1952(alternate),1968;GeorgiaDemocratic state chair, 1960; candidate forGovernor ofGeorgia, 1966;mayor ofAlbany, Ga., 1974-86; died in office 1986.Died, following aheartattack, at the New EnglandMedicalCenter, Boston,SuffolkCounty, Mass.,September19, 1986 (age71 years, 125days).Burial location unknown.| | Relatives:Married to Cleair Ranger. | | | | The Albany James H. Gray Civic Center, amultipurposeindoor arena inAlbany,Georgia, isnamed forhim. |
| | Thomas Watt Gregory (1861-1933) — also known asThomas W. Gregory — of Austin,TravisCounty, Tex.Born in Crawfordsville (unknowncounty), Miss.,November6, 1861.Democrat.Lawyer;delegate to Democratic National Convention from Texas,1904(member,CredentialsCommittee),1912(HonoraryVice-President);U.S.Attorney General, 1914-19.Presbyterian.Member,AlphaTau Omega.Died, ofpneumonia,in his room at theHotelPennsylvania, Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,February26, 1933 (age71 years, 112days).Intermentsomewherein Austin, Tex. | | Jesse Holman Jones (1874-1956) — also known asJesse H. Jones — of Houston,HarrisCounty, Tex.Born inRobertsonCounty, Tenn.,April 5,1874.Democrat.Lumberbusiness;builder;banker;delegate to Democratic National Convention from Texas,1924(alternate),1928,1940;U.S.Secretary of Commerce, 1940-45.Methodist.Died in Houston,HarrisCounty, Tex.,June 1,1956 (age82 years, 57days).Interment atForestPark Lawndale Cemetery, Houston, Tex.  | Henry W. Kiel (1871-1942) — also known as"Father of the MunicipalOpera" —ofSt.Louis, Mo.Born inSt.Louis, Mo.,February21, 1871.Republican.Bricklayer;brickcontractor; Republican Presidential Elector for Missouri,1909;delegate to Republican National Convention from Missouri,1912;mayorof St. Louis, Mo., 1913-25;MissouriRepublican state chair, 1926-28; candidate forU.S.Senator from Missouri, 1932.Lutheran.Member,Freemasons;OddFellows;Knightsof Pythias;Moose;RoyalArcanum.Died, from complications of astroke,inSt.Louis, Mo.,November26, 1942 (age71 years, 278days).Entombed in mausoleum atOakGrove Cemetery, Bel-Nor, Mo. | | David Hamilton Koch (1940-2019) — also known asDavid Koch — of Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in Wichita,SedgwickCounty, Kan.,May 3,1940.Libertarian.Chemicalengineer;candidate forVicePresident of the United States, 1980; candidate forTexasstate house of representatives 66th District, 2002.Member,BetaTheta Pi.Died in Southampton,SuffolkCounty, Long Island, N.Y.,August23, 2019 (age79 years, 112days).Burial location unknown. | | Frederic Rand Mann (1903-1987) — also known asFrederic R. Mann — of Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.Born in Gomel, Russia (nowBelarus),September13, 1903.Democrat. Naturalized U.S. citizen;cardboardbox manufacturer; delegate to Democratic National Convention fromPennsylvania,1948;U.S. Ambassador toBarbados, 1967-69; philanthropist.Jewish.Died in1987(ageabout83 years).Burial location unknown.| | Relatives: Sonof Oscar Mann and Fannie (Fradkin) Mann. | | | | The Frederic R. MannAuditorium(concert hall, opened 1957, renovated and renamed 2013 as the CharlesBronfman Auditorium, but better known all along as Heichal HaTarbut),inTelAviv, Israel, wasnamed forhim. | | | | See alsoU.S. State Dept career summary |
| | J. Fred Manning — of Lynn,EssexCounty, Mass.Democrat.Mayor ofLynn, Mass., 1930-39; defeated, 1939.Burial location unknown.  | Clarence Daniel Martin (1886-1955) — also known asClarence D. Martin — of Cheney,SpokaneCounty, Wash.Born in Cheney,SpokaneCounty, Wash.,June 29,1886.Democrat.Grain millingbusiness; delegate to Democratic National Convention fromWashington,1920,1924,1928(alternate); mayor of Cheney, Wash., 1928-32;Governor ofWashington, 1933-41; defeated in primary, 1948; member ofWashingtonstate house of representatives, 1944.Died in Cheney,SpokaneCounty, Wash.,August11, 1955 (age69 years, 43days).Entombed atFairmountMemorial Park, Spokane, Wash. | | Stephen Cornelius O'Connell (1916-2001) — also known asStephen C. O'Connell — of Florida. Born in West Palm Beach,Palm BeachCounty, Fla.,January22, 1916.Major in the U.S. Army during World War II;lawyer;justice ofFlorida state supreme court, 1955-67; appointed 1955;chiefjustice of Florida state supreme court, 1966-67;firstCatholic to win a statewide election in Florida, 1956;president,University of Florida, 1967-73.Catholic.Died, ofcancer,in Tallahassee,LeonCounty, Fla.,April13, 2001 (age85 years, 81days).Burial location unknown. | | Edwin Wendell Pauley, Sr. (1903-1981) — also known asEdwin W. Pauley — of Los Angeles,LosAngeles County, Calif.; Beverly Hills,LosAngeles County, Calif.Born in Indiana,January7, 1903.Democrat. President, FortunaPetroleum,and involved in otheroilcompanies; Regent, University of California, 1938-72;Treasurerof Democratic National Committee, 1944; delegate to DemocraticNational Convention from California,1944(speaker),1960,1964;member ofDemocraticNational Committee from California, 1944-47; part owner of theLos Angeles Ramsfootballteam; director, WesternAirlines.DiedJuly 28,1981 (age78 years, 202days).Entombed in mausoleum atForestLawn Memorial Park, Glendale, Calif. | | 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.  | Henry O. Roberts (1897-1986) — also known asHank Roberts — of Evansville,VanderburghCounty, Ind.Born in Sherrard,MercerCounty, Ill.,September3, 1897.Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; delegate toRepublican National Convention from Indiana,1952;mayorof Evansville, Ind., 1952-55; defeated, 1963.Died, in ReginaContinuingCare Center, Evansville,VanderburghCounty, Ind.,September9, 1986 (age89 years, 6days).Interment atOakHill Cemetery, Evansville, Ind. | | Peter Finley Secchia (1937-2020) — also known asPeter F. Secchia — of Grand Rapids,KentCounty, Mich.; Ferrysburg,OttawaCounty, Mich.Born in Englewood,BergenCounty, N.J.,April15, 1937.Republican. Chief executive, UniversalForestProducts, 1971-89; owner ofrestaurants;realestate developer; member ofRepublicanNational Committee from Michigan, 1980-88; delegate to RepublicanNational Convention from Michigan,1984,2000(alternate),2004;Republican Presidential Elector for Michigan,1988(voted forGeorgeBush andDanQuayle); U.S. Ambassador toItaly, 1989-93.Italianancestry.Died, fromCOVID-19and other health issues, in East Grand Rapids,KentCounty, Mich.,October21, 2020 (age83 years, 189days).Burial location unknown. | | Myrl Howard Shoemaker (1913-1985) — also known asMyrl H. Shoemaker — ofRossCounty, Ohio.Born in Chillicothe,RossCounty, Ohio,April14, 1913.Democrat. Member ofOhiostate house of representatives, 1959-82; defeated, 1956;LieutenantGovernor of Ohio, 1983-85; died in office 1985.Died in Bourneville,RossCounty, Ohio,July 30,1985 (age72 years, 107days).Interment atTwinTownship Cemetery, Twin Township, Ross County, Ohio. | | Adolph Bernard Spreckels (1857-1924) — also known asAdolph B. Spreckels — ofSanFrancisco, Calif.Born inSanFrancisco, Calif.,January5, 1857.Republican. President, SpreckelsSugarCompany; delegate to Republican National Convention from California,1884;angered by an article in the San FranciscoChronicle, onNovember 19, 1884, heshotand badly wounded the paper's publisher,M.H. de Young;arrestedandchargedwithattemptedmurder; pleaded temporary insanity;tried in1885 and found not guilty; president, San Francisco and San MateoElectricRailway; vice-president, WesternSugarCompany; vice-president, OceanicSteamshipCompany.Germanancestry.Died, frompneumoniaandsyphilis,inSanFrancisco, Calif.,June 28,1924 (age67 years, 175days).Entombed atCypressLawn Memorial Park, Colma, Calif.| | Relatives: SonofClausSpreckels and Anna Christina (Mangels) Spreckels; brother ofJohnDiedrich Spreckels; married to Alma deBretteville. | | | | Political family:Spreckelsfamily of San Francisco, California. | | | | SpreckelsLake,in Golden Gate Park,SanFrancisco, California, isnamed forhim. — The Spreckels Organ Pavilion, an outdoorperformance venue, in Balboa Park,San Diego,California, isnamed forhim and his brother. | | | | See alsoWikipediaarticle —Find-A-Gravememorial |
| | John Diedrich Spreckels (1853-1926) — also known asJohn D. Spreckels — ofSanFrancisco, Calif.; Coronado,San DiegoCounty, Calif.Born in Charleston, Charleston District (nowCharlestonCounty), S.C.,August16, 1853.Republican. Founder and president, OceanicSteamshipCompany; president, WesternSugarCompany; owned theHotel deCoronado, the San DiegoElectricRailway,newspapersin San Francisco and San Diego; built the San Diego and ArizonaRailway,from San Diego to Calexico; delegate to Republican NationalConvention from California,1896,1924;member ofRepublicanNational Committee from California, 1896.Germanancestry.Died in Coronado,San DiegoCounty, Calif.,June 7,1926 (age72 years, 295days).Entombed atCypressLawn Memorial Park, Colma, Calif.| | Relatives: SonofClausSpreckels and Anna Christina (Mangels) Spreckels; brother ofAdolphBernard Spreckels; married1877 to LillieC. Siebein. | | | | Political family:Spreckelsfamily of San Francisco, California. | | | | The SpreckelsTheatre, inSan Diego,California, isnamed forhim. — SpreckelsElementarySchool, inSan Diego,California, isnamed forhim. — SpreckelsPark,inCoronado,California, isnamed forhim. — The Spreckels Organ Pavilion, an outdoorperformance venue, in Balboa Park,San Diego,California, isnamed forhim and his brother. | | | | See alsoWikipediaarticle —Find-A-Gravememorial |
| | Ronald B. Stafford (1935-2005) — of Plattsburgh,ClintonCounty, N.Y.Born in Plattsburgh,ClintonCounty, N.Y.,June 29,1935.Republican.Lawyer;member ofNew Yorkstate senate, 1966-2002 (48th District 1966, 42nd District1967-72, 43rd District 1973-82, 45th District 1983-2002).Died, oflungcancer, in Plattsburgh,ClintonCounty, N.Y.,June 24,2005 (age69 years, 360days).Entombed atEvergreenCemetery, Canton, N.Y. | | George M. Sullivan (1922-2009) — of Fairbanks,FairbanksNorth Star Borough, Alaska;Anchorage,Alaska.Born in Portland,MultnomahCounty, Ore.,March31, 1922.Republican. Member ofAlaskastate house of representatives, 1964;mayorof Anchorage, Alaska, 1967-81.Died inAnchorage,Alaska,September23, 2009 (age87 years, 176days).Burial location unknown. | | Clyde Tingley (1883-1960) — of Albuquerque,BernalilloCounty, N.M.Born near London,MadisonCounty, Ohio,January5, 1883.Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from New Mexico,1928(member,Committeeon Rules and Order of Business),1936,1948;Governorof New Mexico, 1935-39.Died in Albuquerque,BernalilloCounty, N.M.,December24, 1960 (age77 years, 354days).Interment atFairviewMemorial Park, Albuquerque, N.M.  | Paul H. Wendler (1917-2013) — of Saginaw,SaginawCounty, Mich.Born in Grand Rapids,KentCounty, Mich.,March 8,1917.Mayorof Saginaw, Mich., 1971-73.DiedMarch13, 2013 (age96 years, 5days).Burial location unknown. | | James White (1747-1821) — of Knoxville,KnoxCounty, Tenn.Born in Salisbury,RowanCounty, N.C.,1747.Speakerof the Tennessee State Senate, 1797-98, 1801-05.Presbyterian.Scotch-Irishancestry.Died in Knoxville,KnoxCounty, Tenn.,August14, 1821 (ageabout 74years).Interment atFirstPresbyterian Church Cemetery, Knoxville, Tenn. | | Nelson W. Wolff (b. 1940) — of San Antonio,BexarCounty, Tex.Born in1940.Democrat. Member ofTexasstate house of representatives, 1971-73; member ofTexasstate senate, 1973-75; Democratic candidate forU.S.Representative from Texas 21st District, 1974 (primary), 1978;mayorof San Antonio, Tex., 1991-95; owner ofgrocerystores.Still living as of 1997. | | William Mills Wrigley Jr. (1861-1932) — also known asWilliam Wrigley, Jr. — of Chicago,CookCounty, Ill.Born in Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,September30, 1861.Republican. Founder, Wrigleychewinggum company; owner, Chicago Cubsbaseballteam; owner, Arizona BiltmoreHotel,Phoenix, Ariz.; delegate to Republican National Convention fromIllinois,1916,1920,1924,1928;Republican Presidential Elector for Illinois,1924.Owner of the Chicago Cubsbaseballteam.Died, from astroke,in Phoenix,MaricopaCounty, Ariz.,January26, 1932 (age70 years, 118days).Originally entombed atWrigleyMemorial and Botanical Gardens, Avalon, Calif.; re-entombed inmausoleum atForestLawn Memorial Park, Glendale, Calif. | | Wilson W. Wyatt (1905-1996) — of Louisville,JeffersonCounty, Ky.Born in Louisville,JeffersonCounty, Ky.,November21, 1905.Democrat.Lawyer;mayorof Louisville, Ky., 1941-45; delegate to Democratic NationalConvention from Kentucky,1944(member,Platformand Resolutions Committee),1948,1952,1960;LieutenantGovernor of Kentucky, 1959-63; candidate forU.S.Senator from Kentucky, 1962; member ofDemocraticNational Committee from Kentucky, 1963.Presbyterian.Member,Americansfor Democratic Action;American BarAssociation;Rotary.Died in Louisville,JeffersonCounty, Ky.,June 11,1996 (age90 years, 203days).Interment atCaveHill Cemetery, Louisville, Ky.| | Relatives: Sonof Richard H. Wyatt and Mary (Watkins) Wyatt; married,June 14,1930, to Anne Kinnaird Duncan. | | | | Wyatt Hall (built 1939, named 1995), whichhouses the law school at theUniversityof Louisville,Louisville,Kentucky, isnamed forhim. — Wyatt Hall (includingtheaters and anartgallery), at BellarmineUniversity,Louisville,Kentucky, isnamed forhim. | | | | See alsoWikipediaarticle |
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