in chronological order | |  Herbert Bayard Swope (1882-1958) — of Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.; Sands Point,NassauCounty, Long Island, N.Y.Born inSt.Louis, Mo.,January5, 1882.Democrat.Newspaperreporter and editor; received thePulitzer Prize in 1917 for aseries of articles titled "Inside the German Empire"; executiveeditor,New York World, 1920-29; under his leadership, thenewspaper won aPulitzer Prize for meritorious public servicein 1922, for reporting on the Ku Klux Klan; delegate to DemocraticNational Convention from New York,1932,1936,1940;elected (Wet)delegateto New York convention to ratify 21st amendment 1933, but did notserve.English,German, andJewishancestry.Died, frompneumonia,following surgery for anintestinalailment, in DoctorsHospital,Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,June 20,1958 (age76 years, 166days).Cremated.| |  Relatives: Sonof Isaac Swope and Ida Swope; brother of Gerard B. Swope; married1912 toMargaret Honeyman Powell. | | | | See alsoWikipediaarticle |
| | William Cabell Bruce (1860-1946) — ofBaltimore,Md.; Ruxton,BaltimoreCounty, Md.Born inCharlotteCounty, Va.,March12, 1860.Democrat.Lawyer;member ofMarylandstate senate, 1894-96; delegate to Democratic National Conventionfrom Maryland,1916(member,Committeeto Notify Presidential Nominee),1924;U.S.Senator from Maryland, 1923-29; defeated, 1928.Episcopalian.Recieved aPulitzer Prize in 1918 for his bookBenjaminFranklin, Self-Revealed.Died in Ruxton,BaltimoreCounty, Md.,May 9,1946 (age86 years, 58days).Interment atSt.Thomas Episcopal Church Cemetery, Owings Mills, Md.  | Henry Watterson (1840-1921) — also known as"Marse Henry" — of Louisville,JeffersonCounty, Ky.Born inWashington,D.C.,February16, 1840.Democrat. Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War;editor, Louisville Courier-Journalnewspaper;delegate to Democratic National Convention from Kentucky,1876(TemporaryChair),1880(member,ResolutionsCommittee;speaker),1884,1888(member,ResolutionsCommittee),1892;U.S.Representative from Kentucky 5th District, 1876-77; received thePulitzer Prize in Journalism, 1918.Methodist.Died in Jacksonville,DuvalCounty, Fla.,December22, 1921 (age81 years, 309days).Interment atCaveHill Cemetery, Louisville, Ky.  | Newton Booth Tarkington (1869-1946) — also known asBooth Tarkington — of Indianapolis,MarionCounty, Ind.Born in Indianapolis,MarionCounty, Ind.,July 29,1869.Republican.Novelist;member ofIndianastate house of representatives, 1903-04.Member,SigmaChi.Won thePulitzer Prize in fiction, 1919, forTheMagnificent Ambersons and in 1922 forAlice Adams.Died in Indianapolis,MarionCounty, Ind.,May 19,1946 (age76 years, 294days).Entombed atCrownHill Cemetery, Indianapolis, Ind.| | Relatives: SonofJohnStevenson Tarkington and Elizabeth (Booth) Tarkington;brother-in-law ofOvidButler Jameson; married,June 18,1902, to Laura Louisa Fletcher; married1912 toSusannah Kiefer Robinson; nephew ofNewtonBooth; uncle ofJohnTarkington Jameson andDonaldOvid Butler Jameson; grandnephew ofWilliamClayborne Tarkington; first cousin ofFentonWhitlock Booth. | | | | Political family:Booth-Tarkington-Jamesonfamily of Indianapolis, Indiana. | | | | Tarkington Hall, at PurdueUniversity,inWestLafayette, Indiana, isnamed forhim. | | | | See alsoWikipediaarticle —NNDBdossier —Internet Movie Databaseprofile —Find-A-Gravememorial | | | | Books by Booth Tarkington:TheGentleman from Indiana (1899) —InThe Arena : Stories of Political Life (1905) | | | | Fiction by Booth Tarkington:TheTurmoil —AliceAdams —Penrodand Sam —TheMagnificent Ambersons —Penrod —Seventeen —GentleJulia —RamseyMilholland —TheConquest of Canaan —TheTwo Vanrevels —Harlequinand Columbine —TheBeautiful Lady —MonsieurBeaucaire —TheGibson Upright —TheGuest of Quesnay —HisOwn People —Women —Beasley'sChristmas Party | | | | Books about Booth Tarkington: James L.Woodress,BoothTarkington : Gentleman from Indiana — Keith J.Fennimore,BoothTarkington | | | | Image source: Time Magazine, December21, 1925 |
 | Albert Jeremiah Beveridge (1862-1927) — also known asAlbert J. Beveridge — of Indianapolis,MarionCounty, Ind.Born inHighlandCounty, Ohio,October6, 1862.Lawyer;historian;U.S.Senator from Indiana, 1899-1911; defeated, 1914 (Progressive),1922 (Republican); delegate to Republican National Convention fromIndiana,1900,1904(member,ResolutionsCommittee),1908,1920,1924(member,Committeeon Rules and Order of Business); Progressive candidate forGovernor ofIndiana, 1912; received thePulitzer Prize in Biography,1920.Member,AmericanHistorical Association.Died in Indianapolis,MarionCounty, Ind.,April27, 1927 (age64 years, 203days).Interment atCrownHill Cemetery, Indianapolis, Ind.| | Relatives: Sonof Thomas Henry Beveridge and Frances Eleanor (Parkinson) Beveridge;married,November24, 1887, to Katherine Maude Langsdale; married,August7, 1907, to Catherine Spencer Eddy; father ofAlbertJeremiah Beveridge Jr.. | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Wikipedia article —Find-A-Gravememorial | | | | Books by Albert J. Beveridge:TheLife of John Marshall: The Building of the Nation 1815-1835(1916) —TheLife of John Marshall: Conflict and Construction 1800-1815(1916) —TheLife of John Marshall: Politician, Diplomatist, Statesman1789-1801 (1916) —TheLife of John Marshall: Frontiersman, Soldier, Lawmaker(1916) —AbrahamLincoln 1809-1858 (1928) —TheArt of Public Speaking (1924) —TheMeaning of the Times, and Other Speeches (1908) —TheRussian Advance (1904) —TheState of the Nation (1924) —WhatIs Back of the War (1915) | | | | Image source: American Monthly Reviewof Reviews, December 1902 |
| | Charles Warren (1868-1954) — Born in Boston,SuffolkCounty, Mass.,March 9,1868.Democrat.Lawyer;private secretary to Gov.WilliamEustis Russell, 1893-94; candidate forMassachusettsstate senate, 1894, 1895;author;historian;assistant U.S. Attorney General, 1914-18; received aPulitzerPrize in history, 1923, for his bookHistory of the UnitedStates Supreme Court.Died inWashington,D.C.,August16, 1954 (age86 years, 160days).Interment atVineHills Cemetery, Plymouth, Mass.  | William Allen White (1868-1944) — also known as"The Sage of Emporia" — of Emporia,LyonCounty, Kan.Born in Emporia,LyonCounty, Kan.,February10, 1868.Republican.Newspapereditor; delegate to Republican National Convention from Kansas,1920(member,ResolutionsCommittee),1928(member,ResolutionsCommittee),1936(member,ResolutionsCommittee); Independent candidate forGovernor ofKansas, 1924.Received aPulitzer Prize in 1923 for his editorial, "To AnAnxious Friend".Died in Emporia,LyonCounty, Kan.,January29, 1944 (age75 years, 353days).Interment atMaplewoodMemorial Lawn Cemetery, Emporia, Kan. | | Jay Norwood Darling (1876-1962) — also known asJay N. Darling;"Ding" —of Des Moines,PolkCounty, Iowa.Born in Norwood,CharlevoixCounty, Mich.,October21, 1876.Republican.Cartoonist;received thePulitzer Prize for his political cartoons in 1924and 1943; delegate to Republican National Convention from Iowa,1932;founder and first president, National Wildlife Federation; head ofthe U.S. Biological Survey (which later became the U.S. Fish andWildlife Service), 1934-35; obtained millions of acres for wildliferefuges.Member,BetaTheta Pi.DiedJanuary12, 1962 (age85 years, 83days).Interment atLoganPark Cemetery, Sioux City, Iowa.  | John Joseph Pershing (1860-1948) — also known asJohn J. Pershing;"BlackJack" —ofWashington,D.C.Born in Laclede,LinnCounty, Mo.,September13, 1860.Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War;general in the U.S. Army during World War I; candidate for Republicannomination for President,1920;his autobiography won thePulitzer Prize for history in 1932.Member,Freemasons.Died inWashington,D.C.,July 15,1948 (age87 years, 306days).Interment atArlingtonNational Cemetery, Arlington, Va. | | | Upton Beall Sinclair (1878-1968) — also known asUpton Sinclair — of California. Born inBaltimore,Md.,September20, 1878.Novelistand social crusader;author ofThe Jungle, about the meat-packing industry in Chicago;arrestedin 1914 forpicketingin front of the Standard Oil Building in New York; Socialistcandidate forU.S.Representative from California 10th District, 1920; Socialistcandidate forU.S.Senator from California, 1922; candidate forGovernor ofCalifornia, 1926 (Socialist), 1930 (Socialist), 1934(Democratic); Socialist candidate for Presidential Elector forCalifornia,1928;Socialist candidate for Presidential Elector for California,1932;received thePulitzer Prize for fiction in 1943 for thenovelDragon's Teeth.Member,UnitedWorld Federalists;Leaguefor Industrial Democracy;American CivilLiberties Union.Died in Bound Brook,SomersetCounty, N.J.,November25, 1968 (age90 years, 66days).Interment atRockCreek Cemetery, Washington, D.C.  | William Henry Mauldin (1921-2003) — also known asBill Mauldin — of New York. Born in Mountain Park,OteroCounty, N.M.,October29, 1921.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II;Cartoonist,starting in the Army during World War II; worked as an editorialcartoonist for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch and the Chicago Sun-Timesnewspapers,winning thePulitzer Prize for editorial cartooning in 1945and 1959; appeared as anactorin two 1951 movies:Teresa andThe Red Badge ofCourage; candidate forU.S.Representative from New York 28th District, 1956.Died, from complications ofAlzheimer'sdisease andpneumonia,in anursinghome at Newport Beach,OrangeCounty, Calif.,January22, 2003 (age81 years, 85days).Interment atArlingtonNational Cemetery, Arlington, Va. | | | James Albert Michener (1907-1997) — also known asJames A. Michener — Born in Doylestown,BucksCounty, Pa.,February3, 1907.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II;author;received thePulitzer Prize in Literature, 1948; candidate forU.S.Representative from Pennsylvania 8th District, 1962; received theMedalof Freedom, 1977.Died in Austin,TravisCounty, Tex.,October16, 1997 (age90 years, 255days).Interment atAustinMemorial Park, Austin, Tex.; cenotaph atTexasState Cemetery, Austin, Tex. | | Arthur Asher Miller (1915-2005) — also known asArthur Miller — of Roxbury,LitchfieldCounty, Conn.Born in Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,October17, 1915.Democrat.Playwright;author of such plays as "Death of a Salesman" and "The Crucible";received thePulitzer Prize for Drama in 1949; because he wassuspectedof ties toCommunistorganizations, hispassport wasdenied in 1954; compelled to testify before the House Un-AmericanActivities Committee in 1956; he refused to name his politicalcolleagues, and wasfoundguilty ofcontemptof Congress in 1957; the conviction was overturned on appeal;delegate to Democratic National Convention from Connecticut,1968.Agnostic.Jewishancestry.Died in Roxbury,LitchfieldCounty, Conn.,February10, 2005 (age89 years, 116days).Interment atGreat Oak Cemetery, Roxbury, Conn. | | George Frost Kennan (1904-2005) — also known asGeorge F. Kennan — of Pennsylvania. Born in Milwaukee,MilwaukeeCounty, Wis.,February16, 1904.Foreign Service officer; U.S. Vice Consul inTallinn, as of 1929; U.S. Consul inBerlin, as of 1932; U.S. Ambassador toSoviet Union, 1952;Yugoslavia, 1961; the government of the Soviet Uniondeclaredhimpersonanon grata on October 3, 1952; received the 1956PulitzerPrize in History for his bookRussia Leaves the War;received the 1968Pulitzer Prize in Biography for hisMemoirs; received thePresidentialMedal of Freedom in 1989.Member,Council onForeign Relations.Died in Princeton,MercerCounty, N.J.,March17, 2005 (age101 years,29 days).Interment atPrincetonCemetery, Princeton, N.J.  | John Fitzgerald Kennedy (1917-1963) — also known asJohn F. Kennedy;"J.F.K.";"Lancer" —of Boston,SuffolkCounty, Mass.Born in Brookline,NorfolkCounty, Mass.,May 29,1917.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II;U.S.Representative from Massachusetts 11th District, 1947-53;U.S.Senator from Massachusetts, 1953-60; delegate to DemocraticNational Convention from Massachusetts,1956;candidate for Democratic nomination for Vice President,1956;received a 1957Pulitzer Prize for his bookProfiles inCourage;Presidentof the United States, 1961-63; died in office 1963.Catholic.Irishancestry. Member,Knightsof Columbus;AmericanLegion;Elks.Kennedy was posthumously awarded thePresidentialMedal of Freedom in 1963.Shotby asniper,Lee Harvey Oswald, whileriding in amotorcade, and died in ParklandHospital,Dallas,DallasCounty, Tex.,November22, 1963 (age46 years, 177days). Oswald was shot and killed two days later by Jack Ruby.Interment atArlingtonNational Cemetery, Arlington, Va.; memorial monument atJohnF. Kennedy Memorial Plaza, Dallas, Tex.| | Relatives: SonofJosephPatrick Kennedy, Sr. and Rose (Fitzgerald) Kennedy;step-brother-in-law of Nina Gore Auchincloss (who marriedNewtonIvan Steers Jr.); brother ofJosephPatrick Kennedy Jr., Eunice Mary Kennedy (who marriedRobertSargent Shriver Jr.),PatriciaKennedy Lawford (who marriedPeterLawford),RobertFrancis Kennedy,JeanKennedy Smith andEdwardMoore Kennedy (who marriedVirginiaJoan Bennett); married,September12, 1953, toJaquelineLee Bouvier (step-daughter ofHughDudley Auchincloss; step-sister ofEugeneLuther Gore Vidal Jr. andHughDudley Auchincloss III); father ofJohnFitzgerald Kennedy Jr.; uncle of Maria Owings Shriver (whomarriedArnoldAlois Schwarzenegger),KathleenKennedy Townsend,JosephPatrick Kennedy II,RobertFrancis 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:JohnB. Connally —HenryB. Gonzalez —HenryM. Wade —WalterRogers —GerryE. Studds —JamesB. McCahey, Jr. —MarkDalton —WaggonerCarr —TheodoreC. Sorensen —PierreSalinger —JohnBartlow Martin —AbrahamDavenport —NellieConnally | | | | The John F. Kennedy MemorialBridge(opened 1963), which carries southbound I-65 over the Ohio River fromJeffersonville,Indiana, toLouisville,Kentucky, isnamed forhim. | | | | Coins and currency: Hisportraitappears on the U.S. half dollar coin. | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Wikipedia article —NNDBdossier —Internet Movie Databaseprofile —Find-A-Gravememorial —OurCampaignscandidate detail | | | | Books by John F. Kennedy:Profilesin Courage (1956) | | | | Books about John F. Kennedy:Christopher Loviny & Vincent Touze,JFK: Remembering Jack — Robert Dallek,AnUnfinished Life : John F. Kennedy, 1917-1963 — MichaelO'Brien,JohnF. Kennedy : A Biography — Sean J. Savage,JFK,LBJ, and the Democratic Party — Thurston Clarke,AskNot : The Inauguration of John F. Kennedy and the Speech That ChangedAmerica — Thomas Reeves,AQuestion of Character : A Life of John F. Kennedy —Chris Matthews,JackKennedy: Elusive Hero — Mike Resnick, ed.,AlternatePresidents [anthology] — Shelley Sommer,JohnF. Kennedy : His Life and Legacy (for youngreaders) | | | | Critical books about John F. Kennedy:Seymour Hersh,TheDark Side of Camelot — Lance Morrow,TheBest Year of Their Lives: Kennedy, Johnson, and Nixon in 1948:Learning the Secrets of Power — Victor Lasky,JFK:the Man and the Myth | | | | Image source: Warren Commission report(via Wikipedia) |
| | John Netherland Heiskell (1872-1972) — of Little Rock,PulaskiCounty, Ark.Born in Rogersville,HawkinsCounty, Tenn.,November2, 1872.Democrat.U.S.Senator from Arkansas, 1913; editor, Arkansas Gazettenewspaper,which won a 1958Pulitzer Prize for Meritorious Public Service.Died in Little Rock,PulaskiCounty, Ark.,December28, 1972 (age100 years,56 days).Interment atMt.Holly Cemetery, Little Rock, Ark. | | Norman Kingsley Mailer (1923-2007) — also known asNorman Mailer — of Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.Born in Long Branch,MonmouthCounty, N.J.,January31, 1923.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II;novelist,essayist,magazineeditor,Hollywoodscreenwriter,director,andactor;among the founders of theVillage Voicenewspapernewspaperin New York City; in November, 1960, whiledrunkat a party, hestabbedand wounded his wife, Adele; he wasarrestedand held for psychiatric evaluation, and eventuallypleadedguilty tothird-degreeassault;arrestedandjailedin 1967 in connection with anantiwarprotest; candidate formayorof New York City, N.Y., 1969.Jewishancestry.Won thePulitzer Prize for nonfiction in 1969 and for fictionin 1980.Died, fromacute renalfailure, in Mount SinaiHospital,Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,November10, 2007 (age84 years, 283days).Interment atProvincetown Cemetery, Provincetown, Mass.  | Dean Gooderham Acheson (1893-1971) — also known asDean Acheson — ofWashington,D.C.Born in Middletown,MiddlesexCounty, Conn.,April11, 1893.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I;lawyer;private secretary to U.S. Supreme Court JusticeLouisD. Brandeis, 1919-21; undersecretary of treasury, 1933;U.S.Secretary of State, 1949-53.Episcopalian.Englishancestry. Member,American BarAssociation;AmericanAcademy of Arts and Sciences;DeltaKappa Epsilon;Council onForeign Relations.Received thePresidentialMedal of Freedom in 1964; received aPulitzer Prize inHistory, 1970, for his bookPresent At The Creation: My Years InThe State Department.Died, probably from aheartattack, over his desk in hisstudy,Sandy Spring,MontgomeryCounty, Md.,October12, 1971 (age78 years, 184days).Interment atOakHill Cemetery, Washington, D.C. | | | James MacGregor Burns (b. 1918) — also known asJames M. Burns — of Williamstown,BerkshireCounty, Mass.Born in Melrose,MiddlesexCounty, Mass.,August3, 1918.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II;collegeprofessor;author;delegate to Democratic National Convention from Massachusetts,1952(alternate),1956,1960,1964;candidate forU.S.Representative from Massachusetts 1st District, 1958.Member,AmericanPhilosophical Society;AmericanHistorical Association;American CivilLiberties Union;AmericanLegion;PhiBeta Kappa;DeltaSigma Rho.ReceivedPulitzer Prize in history, 1971. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown.| | Relatives: Sonof Robert Arthur Burns and Mildred Curry (Bunce) Burns; married1942 to JanetRose Dismorr Thompson; married1969 to JoanSimpson Meyers. |
| | Jules Ralph Feiffer (b. 1929) — also known asJules Feiffer — of Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in Bronx,BronxCounty, N.Y.,January26, 1929.Democrat.Cartoonist;playwright;screenwriter;delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York,1968;received aPulitzer Prize for editorial cartoons in 1981, andagain in 1986; inducted into the Comic BookHall ofFame, 2004.Jewish.Still living as of 2023. | | James Murray Kempton (1917-1997) — also known asMurray Kempton — of Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born inBaltimore,Md.,December16, 1917.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II;newspapercolumnist;delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York,1968;received aPulitzer Prize for commentary in 1985.DiedMay 5,1997 (age79 years, 140days).Burial location unknown.| | Relatives: Sonof James Branson Kempton and Sally (Ambler) Kempton. | | | | See alsoWikipediaarticle |
| | Lewis Burwell Puller Jr. (1945-1994) — of Mt. Vernon,FairfaxCounty, Va.Born in Jacksonville,OnslowCounty, N.C.,August18, 1945.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during the Vietnam War;lost bothlegs in the explosion of an improvised land mine in SouthVietnam, 1968; candidate forU.S.Representative from Virginia 1st District, 1978; received aPulitzer Prize in 1992 for his autobiography,FortunateSon: The Healing of a Vietnam Vet.Killed by aself-inflictedgunshot,in Mt. Vernon,FairfaxCounty, Va.,May 11,1994 (age48 years, 266days).Interment atArlingtonNational Cemetery, Arlington, Va. | | William Osborne Dapping (1880-1969) — also known asWilliam O. Dapping — of Auburn,CayugaCounty, N.Y.Born in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,June 12,1880.Democrat.Newspaperreporter;newspapereditor and publisher; received aPulitzer Prize SpecialCitation in 1930, for theAuburn Citizen's coverage of aninmate uprising at the Auburn prison; Democratic Presidential Electorfor New York,1933;delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York,1936;Democratic candidate for Presidential Elector for New York,1956.Universalist.Member,Elks.DiedAugust1, 1969 (age89 years, 50days).Interment atFortHill Cemetery, Auburn, N.Y.
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