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Politicians in Trouble or Disgrace:Murder and Mayhem
Murder, attemptedmurder, manslaughter, mayhem

David Mathews (d. 1800) — of New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.;NovaScotia.Lawyer;mayorof New York City, N.Y., 1776-83.In 1776, the New York Provincial Congress ordered hisarrestover hisinvolvementin a plot topoison Gen.GeorgeWashington; continued serving as mayor during British occupationof the city; in 1783, hefled toNova Scotia with other Loyalists.Died near Sydney,NovaScotia,1800.Burial location unknown.

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Cuthbert Bullitt (1740-1791) — Born inFauquierCounty, Va.,1740.Lawyer;planter;shot and killedJohnBaylis in aduelon September 24, 1765; latertriedfor thekilling and acquitted;delegateto Virginia state constitutional convention, 1776.Anglican;laterEpiscopalian.Died inPrinceWilliam County, Va.,August27, 1791 (ageabout 51years).Burial location unknown.
 
 Relatives: Sonof Benjamin Bullitt and Sarah Elizabeth (Harrison) Bullitt; married,August27, 1761, to Helen Scott; father ofAlexanderScott Bullitt (1761-1816); second great-grandfather ofWilliamChristian Bullitt (1856-1914),WilliamMarshall Bullitt andAlexanderScott Bullitt (1877-1932); second great-granduncle ofHughKennedy Bullitt; third great-grandfather ofWilliamChristian Bullitt (1891-1967).
 Political families:Bullittfamily;Breckinridge-Preston-Harrison-Richardsonfamily of Virginia;Clayfamily of Kentucky (subsets of theFourThousand Related Politicians).
 
 See alsoWikipediaarticle
 John Rowan (1773-1843) — of Louisville,JeffersonCounty, Ky.Born near York,YorkCounty, Pa.,July 12,1773.Democrat.Lawyer;delegateto Kentucky state constitutional convention, 1799;secretaryof state of Kentucky, 1804-08;U.S.Representative from Kentucky 3rd District, 1807-09; member ofKentuckystate house of representatives, 1813-17, 1822-24;Judge,Kentucky Court of Appeals, 1819-21;U.S.Senator from Kentucky, 1825-31.Built the mansion "Federal Hill", later made famous by his cousin,the songwriter Stephen Foster, in the song "My Old Kentucky Home."Fought aduelabout 1801 with an acquaintance, James Chambers, in which the latterwas killed;arrestedandtried onmurdercharges,but acquitted.Slaveowner. Died in Louisville,JeffersonCounty, Ky.,July 13,1843 (age70 years, 1days).Interment atBardstownCemetery, Bardstown, Ky.
 Relatives:Married to Agnes Anne Lytle; father ofJohnRowan Jr.; uncle ofRobertTodd Lytle.
 Political family:Rowan-Lytlefamily of Kentucky.
 Cross-reference:JosephHamilton Daviess
 See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage
 Joseph Hamilton Daviess (1774-1811) — also known asJoe Daviess — of Danville,BoyleCounty, Ky.; Lexington,FayetteCounty, Ky.Born inBedfordCounty, Va.,March 4,1774.Lawyer;U.S.Attorney for Kentucky, 1800-06; major in the U.S. Army during theWar of 1812.Welshancestry. Member,Freemasons.Around 1801, he served as a second toJohnRowan in hisduelwith James Chambers; after Chambers was killed, hefledtoavoidprosecution as accomplice tomurder, and became afugitive,but when Rowan was arrested, he returned to act as Rowan's legalcounsel.Shotandkilledin the Battle of Tippecanoe, in what is nowTippecanoeCounty, Ind.,November7, 1811 (age37 years, 248days).Interment atTippecanoeBattlefield Park, Battle Ground, Ind.
 Relatives:Brother-in-law ofJohnMarshall.
 Political families:Livingston-Schuylerfamily of New York;Anderson-Marshallfamily;Tuck-Marshallfamily of Annapolis, Maryland (subsets of theFourThousand Related Politicians).
 Daviess counties inInd.,Ky. andMo., andJo DaviessCounty, Ill., are named for him.
 Henry Stuart Foote (1804-1880) — also known asHenry S. Foote;"HangmanFoote" —of Tuscumbia,ColbertCounty, Ala.; Jackson,HindsCounty, Miss.;SanFrancisco, Calif.; Nashville,DavidsonCounty, Tenn.Born inFauquierCounty, Va.,February28, 1804.Lawyer;co-founderof LaGrange College, which later became the University of NorthAlabama; fought fourduels;fledAlabama in 1830 toescapeprosecution fordueling;U.S.Senator from Mississippi, 1847-52; exchanged blows withThomasHart Benton on the floor of the U.S. Senate;Governor ofMississippi, 1852-54;Representativefrom Tennessee in the Confederate Congress, 1862-65;expelledfrom the Confederate Congress in early 1865 for going North on anunauthorizedpeace mission; delegate to Republican National Convention fromTennessee,1876.Slaveowner. Died in Nashville,DavidsonCounty, Tenn.,May 19,1880 (age76 years, 81days).Interment atMt.Olivet Cemetery, Nashville, Tenn.
 Relatives: Sonof Richard Helm Foote and Helen Gibbon (Stuart) Foote; married,March22, 1827, to Elizabeth Winters; married,June 15,1859, to Rachel Douglas Boyd.
 The World War IILibertyshipSS Henry S. Foote (built 1943 atNewOrleans, Louisiana; scrapped 1960) wasnamed forhim.
 See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —NationalGovernors Association biography —Wikipediaarticle —NNDBdossier —Find-A-Gravememorial
 Robert Potter (c.1800-1842) — of Oxford,GranvilleCounty, N.C.Born near Williamsboro,VanceCounty, N.C., about 1800.Member ofNorthCarolina house of commons from Granville County, 1828, 1834;U.S.Representative from North Carolina 6th District, 1829-31;delegateto Texas Republic Republic constitutional convention fromDistrict of Nacogdoches, 1836;signer,Texas Declaration of Independence, 1836;TexasRepublic Secretary of the Navy, 1836; member ofTexasRepublic Senate from District of Red River and Fannin, 1840-42;died in office 1842.Resignedfrom the U.S. Congress in 1831 aftermaiming two men in ajealous rage;convicted,andsentencedto six months inprison.Expelledin 1834 from the North Carolina House forcheatingat cards.Shotandkilled bymembers of an opposing faction who surrounded his home, in HarrisonCounty (part now inMarionCounty), Tex.,March 2,1842 (ageabout 42years).Original interment ataprivate or family graveyard, Marion County, Tex.; reinterment in1928 atTexasState Cemetery, Austin, Tex.
 Potter County,Tex. is named for him.
 See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage
 William Lowndes Yancey (1814-1863) — also known asWilliam L. Yancey;"The Orator ofSecession" —of Greenville, Greenville District (nowGreenvilleCounty), S.C.; Wetumpka,ElmoreCounty, Ala.; Montgomery,MontgomeryCounty, Ala.Born inWarrenCounty, Ga.,August10, 1814.Democrat.Newspapereditor;planter; inSeptember 1838, hekilled Dr. Robinson Earle in a streetbrawl;convictedofmanslaughter, andsentencedto a year in jail, butpardoneda few months later; member ofAlabamastate house of representatives, 1841; member ofAlabamastate senate, 1843;U.S.Representative from Alabama 3rd District, 1844-46; resigned 1846;delegate to Democratic National Convention from Alabama,1860;delegateto Alabama secession convention, 1861;Senatorfrom Alabama in the Confederate Congress, 1862-63; died in office1863.Slaveowner. Died in Montgomery,MontgomeryCounty, Ala.,July 23,1863 (age48 years, 347days).Interment atOakwoodCemetery, Montgomery, Ala.
 Relatives: Sonof Caroline (Bird) Yancey and Benjamin Cudworth Yancey; half-brotherofSamuelSmith Beman; brother ofBenjaminCudworth Yancey Jr.; married,August13, 1835, to Sarah Caroline Earle (aunt ofJosephHaynsworth Earle; grandniece ofEliasEarle).
 Political family:Earlefamily of South Carolina.
 See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Find-A-Gravememorial
Cassius M. ClayCassius Marcellus Clay (1810-1903) — also known asCassius M. Clay;"The Lion of WhiteHall" —ofMadisonCounty, Ky.Born inMadisonCounty, Ky.,October19, 1810.Probably the best-known Southern emancipationist; freed his ownslaves in 1844 and edited the only Southern antislaverynewspaperin 1845-47; member ofKentuckystate house of representatives, 1835-37, 1840; delegate to WhigNational Convention from Kentucky, 1839 (speaker);shotpoint-blank during a speech in 1843, he used a Bowie knife to cut offthe attacker's ear and nose and cut out one eye;triedformayhem and found not guilty; served in the U.S. Armyduring the Mexican War; candidate forGovernor ofKentucky, 1851; candidate for Republican nomination for VicePresident,1860;U.S. Minister toRussia, 1861-62, 1863-69; general in the Union Army during theCivil War.Died, ofkidneyfailure, inMadisonCounty, Ky.,July 22,1903 (age92 years, 276days).Interment atRichmondCemetery, Richmond, Ky.
 Relatives: SonofGreenClay and Sally (Lewis) Clay; brother ofBrutusJunius Clay (1808-1878); married to Mary Jane Warfield; father ofBrutusJunius Clay (1847-1932) andLauraClay; nephew ofMatthewClay (1754-1815); uncle ofGreenClay Smith andWilliamCassius Goodloe; first cousin ofMatthewClay (c.1795-1827); second cousin ofHenryClay (1777-1852) andPorterClay; second cousin once removed ofThomasHart Clay,HenryClay Jr. andJamesBrown Clay; second cousin twice removed ofHenryClay (1849-1884); second cousin thrice removed ofOliverCarroll Clay; second cousin four times removed ofArcherWoodford; third cousin ofClementComer Clay; third cousin once removed ofClementClaiborne Clay Jr..
 Political family:Clayfamily of Kentucky (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians).
 Other politicians named for him:CassiusM. C. TwitchellCassiusC. BennettCassiusC. PillsburyCassiusC. Dowell
 See alsoWikipedia article —U.S. State Dept career summary —NNDBdossier —Find-A-Gravememorial
 Image source: The South in the Buildingof the Nation (1909)
 Louis P. Cooke (1811-1849) — of Texas. Born in Tennessee,1811.Colonel in the Texas Army during the Texas War of Independence;member ofTexasRepublic House of Representatives, 1838-39, 1841-42;TexasRepublic Secretary of the Navy, 1839-41.Chargedin 1843 with themurder of Captain Mark Lewis; attrial,the jury deadlocked, and heescapedbefore a second trial could be held. Wounded in an Indian raid onCorpus Christi in 1844 andlost aneye.Died, ofcholera,in Brownsville,CameronCounty, Tex.,1849(ageabout38 years).Intermentsomewherein New Orleans, La. Albert Lewis Stuart (1819-1876) — also known asAlbert L. Stuart — Born in Connecticut,June 25,1819.Lawyer;member ofArkansasstate house of representatives, 1850-51.Methodist.During an election dispute in Gainsville, Ark., in the early 1850s,heshot and killed Riley Vaughn;chargedwithmurder,tried,and acquitted.Died in Powell Township,CraigheadCounty, Ark.,March16, 1876 (age56 years, 265days).Interment atWoodsChapel Methodist Church Cemetery, Paragould, Ark.
 Relatives:Great-grandson of Marlin Stuart.
 Edward Allen Hannegan (1807-1859) — also known asEdward A. Hannegan — of Covington,FountainCounty, Ind.Born inHamiltonCounty, Ohio,June 25,1807.Democrat.Lawyer;member ofIndianastate house of representatives, 1832-33, 1841-42;U.S.Representative from Indiana 7th District, 1833-37;U.S.Senator from Indiana, 1843-49; U.S. Minister toPrussia, 1849-50.Presbyterian.Member,Freemasons.In May, 1852, during adrunkenargument, hestabbed his brother-in-law, Captain Duncan, whodied thenext day.Died fromoverdose ofmorphine (probablysuicide),inSt.Louis, Mo.,February25, 1859 (age51 years, 245days).Interment atWoodlawnCemetery, Terre Haute, Ind.
 See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Wikipedia article —U.S. State Dept career summary —NNDBdossier —Find-A-Gravememorial
 John Singleton Mosby (1833-1916) — also known asJohn S. Mosby;"The GrayGhost" —ofBristol,Va.; Warrenton,FauquierCounty, Va.Born inPowhatanCounty, Va.,December6, 1833.In 1852, heshot and wounded George R. Turpin, with whom hehad quarreled;arrestedandtried,ultimatelyconvictedonly of the misdemeanor charge ofunlawfulshooting andsentencedto one year injail;pardonedby Gov.JosephJohnson in 1853; colonel in the Confederate Army during the CivilWar; U.S. Consul inHong Kong, 1878-85.ScottishandWelshancestry.Died inWashington,D.C.,May 30,1916 (age82 years, 176days).Interment atWarrentonCemetery, Warrenton, Va.
 Relatives: Sonof Alfred Daniel Mosby and Virginia (McLaurine) Mosby; married,December30, 1857, to Pauline Clarke (daughter ofBeverlyLeonidas Clarke).
 The World War IILibertyshipSS John S. Mosby (built 1943 atJacksonville,Florida; scrapped 1971) wasnamed forhim.
 See alsoWikipediaarticle
 Preston Smith Brooks (1819-1857) — also known asPreston S. Brooks — of Ninety Six, Edgefield District (nowGreenwoodCounty), S.C.Born in Edgefield, Edgefield District (nowEdgefieldCounty), S.C.,August5, 1819.Lawyer;member ofSouthCarolina state house of representatives, 1844;U.S.Representative from South Carolina 4th District, 1853-56,1856-57; died in office 1857.Suffered a hip wound in aduelwithLouisT. Wigfall, 1839, and could walkonly witha cane for the rest of his life. In May, 1856, furious over ananti-slavery speech, he went to the Senate andbeat SenatorCharlesSumner with a cane, causingsevere injuries; an attempt toexpelhim from Congress failed for lack of the necessary two-thirds vote,but heresigned;re-elected to his own vacancy.Slaveowner. Died inWashington,D.C.,January27, 1857 (age37 years, 175days).Interment atWillowBrook Cemetery, Edgefield, S.C.; cenotaph atCongressionalCemetery, Washington, D.C.
 Relatives: Sonof Whitefield Brooks and Mary P. (Carroll) Brooks; married1841 toCaroline Means; married1843 to MarthaMeans; cousin *** ofMilledgeLuke Bonham.
 Political family:Bonhamfamily of Edgefield, South Carolina.
 Cross-reference:L.M. Keitt
 Brooks County,Ga. is named for him.
 ThecityofBrooksville,Florida, isnamed forhim.
 Politician named for him:PrestonBrooks Carwile
 See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Wikipedia article —NNDBdossier —Find-A-Gravememorial
 Laurence Massillon Keitt (1824-1864) — also known asL. M. Keitt — of Orangeburg, Orangeburg District (nowOrangeburgCounty), S.C.Born in Orangeburg District (part now inCalhounCounty), S.C.,October4, 1824.Democrat.Planter;lawyer;member ofSouthCarolina state house of representatives, 1848;U.S.Representative from South Carolina 3rd District, 1853-55,1855-56, 1856-60;censuredby the House in 1856 for aiding Rep.PrestonS. Brooks in hiscaning attack on Sen.CharlesSumner; resigned; re-elected to his seat within a month; in 1858,he attacked andattempted to choke Rep.GalushaGrow during an argument on the House floor, starting a brawl;delegateto South Carolina secession convention from Orange, 1860-62;Delegatefrom South Carolina to the Confederate Provisional Congress,1861-62; colonel in the Confederate Army during the Civil War.Slaveowner.Mortallywounded at the battle of Cold Harbor, and died the next day, nearRichmond (unknowncounty), Va.,June 4,1864 (age39 years, 244days).Interment atWest End Cemetery, St. Matthews, S.C.
 Relatives: Sonof George Keitt and Mary Magdaleine (Wannamaker) Keitt; nephew ofJohnJacob Wannamaker; first cousin once removed ofWilliamWhetstone Wannamaker Jr.; first cousin twice removed ofWilliamWhetstone Wannamaker III.
 Political family:Wannamakerfamily of Orangeburg, South Carolina.
 See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Wikipedia article —Find-A-Gravememorial
 Philemon Thomas Herbert (1825-1864) — also known asPhilemon T. Herbert — of Mariposa,MariposaCounty, Calif.; El Paso,El PasoCounty, Tex.Born in Pine Apple,WilcoxCounty, Ala.,November1, 1825.Democrat.Lawyer;member ofCaliforniastate assembly, 1853-55 (10th District 1853-54, 6th District1854-55);U.S.Representative from California at-large, 1855-57; in 1856,drunkat breakfast, heshot and killed Thomas Keating, a waiter atthe Willard Hotel in Washington;chargedwithmurder, twicetried,and eventually acquitted; colonel in the Confederate Army during theCivil War.Wounded at the Battle of Mansfield, April 8, 1864, anddiedin Kingston,DeSotoParish, La.,July 23,1864 (age38 years, 265days).Interment atEvergreenCemetery, Kingston, La.
 See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Wikipedia article
Daniel E. SicklesDaniel Edgar Sickles (1819-1914) — also known asDaniel E. Sickles;"DevilDan" —of New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,October20, 1819.Lawyer;member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from New York County, 1847; member ofNew Yorkstate senate 3rd District, 1856-57;U.S.Representative from New York, 1857-61, 1893-95 (3rd District1857-61, 10th District 1893-95); defeated (Democratic), 1894; generalin the Union Army during the Civil War; delegate to RepublicanNational Convention from New York,1868;U.S. Minister toSpain, 1869-74; delegate to Democratic National Convention fromNew York,1892.Member,GrandArmy of the Republic.Shot andkilledPhilipBarton Key, his wife's lover and the son of the author of thenational anthem, at Lafayette Park, Washington, D.C, 1859;chargedwithmurder, but with the help of his attorneyEdwinM. Stanton, was acquitted after thefirstsuccessful plea of temporary insanity in U.S. legal history. Received theMedalof Honor in 1897 for action at the Battle of Gettysburg, July 2,1863;lost aleg in that battle; his amputated leg was displayed at the ArmyMedical Museum, where he frequently visited it in later years.Died in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,May 3,1914 (age94 years, 195days).Interment atArlingtonNational Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
 See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —U.S. State Dept career summary
 Books about Daniel E. Sickles: ThomasM. Keneally,AmericanScoundrel : The Life of the Notorious Civil War General DanSickles
 Image source: Official NY: fromCleveland to Hughes (1911)
 David Smith Terry (1823-1889) — also known asDavid S. Terry — of Galveston,GalvestonCounty, Tex.;SanFrancisco, Calif.; Stockton,SanJoaquin County, Calif.Born in Christian County (part now inToddCounty), Ky.,March 8,1823.Lawyer;wentto California for the 1849 Gold Rush; advocated the extension ofslavery to California;justice ofCalifornia state supreme court, 1855-59;chiefjustice of California state supreme court, 1857-59; killed U.S.SenatorDavidC. Broderick in aduelnear San Francisco in 1859;triedformurder, but acquitted; served in the Confederate Armyduring the Civil War;delegateto California state constitutional convention, 1878-79; candidatefor Presidential Elector for California,1880;his wife Sarah Althea Hill claimed to be the widow and heir ofwealthy U.S. SenatorWilliamSharon; in September, 1888, when her claim was finally rejectedby U.S. Supreme Court JusticeStephenJ. Field (acting as a Court of Appeals judge for California), sheand Terry caused an altercation in the courtroom and werejailedsix months forcontemptof court.Five months after his release from jail, he encountered Justice Fieldand slapped him in the face; he was thenshotthrough the heart andkilled byU.S. Deputy Marshal David Neagle, the justice's bodyguard, in thetrainstationdiningroom at Lathrop,San JoaquinCounty, Calif.,August14, 1889 (age66 years, 159days). Neagle was arrested by local authorities, but laterreleased on the demand of the U.S. government.Interment atStocktonRural Cemetery, Stockton, Calif.
 Relatives: Sonof Joseph Royal Terry and Sarah David (Smith) Terry; brother ofBenjaminFranklin Terry; married,November26, 1852, to Cornelia Runnels (niece ofHardinRichard Runnels); married,January7, 1886, to Sarah Althea Hill.
 Political family:Runnels-Terryfamily of Houston, Texas.
 Cross-reference:PeterSingleton Wilkes
 See alsoWikipediaarticle —NNDBdossier —Find-A-Gravememorial
 Nathan Bedford Forrest (1821-1877) — also known as"Wizard of the Saddle" — of Memphis,ShelbyCounty, Tenn.Born near Chapel Hill, Bedford County (nowMarshallCounty), Tenn.,July 13,1821.Democrat.Cottonplanter;slavetrader; general in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; inApril 1864, after the Battle of Fort Pillow, Tennessee, Confederatetroops under his commandmassacred African-American Unionsoldiers, not accepting them as prisoners, since the Confederacyrefused torecognize ex-slaves as legitimate combatants; this event, seen asawarcrime, sparkedoutrageacross the North, and a congressionalinquiry;in 1867, he became involved in theKu KluxKlan and was elected Grand Wizard; the organization used violenttactics tointimidateBlack voters andsuppresstheir votes; delegate to Democratic National Convention fromTennessee,1868;in 1869, he had a change of heart, and issued a letter ordering thatthe Klan be dissolved and its costumes destroyed; he went on todenounce the group and its crimes; in 1875, he gave a "friendlyspeech" to a meeting of an African-American organization in Memphis,calling for peace, harmony, and economic advancement of formerslaves; for this speech, he was vehemently denounced in the Southernpress as a race traitor.Englishancestry. Member,Ku Klux Klan.After his death, he became a folk hero among white racists,particularly during the imposition of Jim Crow segregation laws inthe early 20th century, and later, in reaction to the Civil Rightsmovement in the 1950s and 1960s.Slaveowner. Died, from complications ofdiabetes,in Memphis,ShelbyCounty, Tenn.,October29, 1877 (age56 years, 108days).Original interment atElmwoodCemetery, Memphis, Tenn.; subsequent interment in 1904 atHealth Sciences Park, Memphis, Tenn.; reinterment in 2021 atNational Confederate Museum at Elm Springs, Columbia, Tenn.
 Relatives: Sonof William B. Forrest and Miriam (Beck) Forrest; married1845 to MaryAnn Montgomery.
 Forrest County,Miss. is named for him.
 ThecityofForrestCity, Arkansas, isnamed forhim.  — The World War IILibertyshipSS Nathan B. Forrest (built 1943 atPanamaCity, Florida; scrapped 1973) wasnamed forhim.
 See alsoWikipediaarticle —Find-A-Gravememorial
 Edmund C. Weeks (1829-1907) — of Tallahassee,LeonCounty, Fla.Born in Massachusetts,March10, 1829.Republican. Major in the Union Army during the Civil War;court-martialedin 1864,chargedwithkilling a sentry,conductunbecoming an officer, andconductprejudicial to order and discipline; the trial lasted 53 days;witnesses against him were reported to be "rebelrefugees and deserters"; the military court found him not guiltyon all charges;LieutenantGovernor of Florida, 1870;LeonCounty Sheriff, 1873-74; member ofFloridastate house of representatives, 1877, 1885; postmaster atTallahassee,Fla., 1890; U.S. Marshall for Northern District of Florida; U.S.Surveyor-General for Florida, 1902-05.Died in Tallahassee,LeonCounty, Fla.,April12, 1907 (age78 years, 33days).Interment atOldCity Cemetery, Tallahassee, Fla.
 Relatives:Married to Mary Jones; married1890 toElizabeth Hunt.
 See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial
 Barnes Compton (1830-1898) — of Laurel,PrinceGeorge's County, Md.Born in Port Tobacco,CharlesCounty, Md.,November16, 1830.Democrat. Member ofMarylandstate house of delegates, 1860-61; in 1865, he wasarrestedandimprisonedunder suspicion of involvement with theassassination ofPresidentAbrahamLincoln, but released after four days; member ofMarylandstate senate, 1867-72;Marylandstate treasurer, 1874-85; delegate to Democratic NationalConvention from Maryland,1880,1892(speaker);U.S.Representative from Maryland 5th District, 1885-90, 1891-94.Episcopalian.Slaveowner. Died in Laurel,PrinceGeorge's County, Md.,December2, 1898 (age68 years, 16days).Interment atLoudonPark Cemetery, Baltimore, Md.
 Relatives: Sonof William Penn Compton and Mary Clarissa (Barnes) Compton; married,October27, 1858, to Margaret Holiday Sothoron; great-grandson ofPhilipKey.
 Political family:Pendletonfamily of Maryland (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians).
 See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Wikipedia article —Find-A-Gravememorial
 Judah Philip Benjamin (1811-1884) — also known asJudah P. Benjamin;Philippe Benjamin;"Poo Bah of the Confederacy" —of New Orleans,OrleansParish, La.; London,England;Paris,France.Born in Christiansted, St. Croix,VirginIslands,August6, 1811.Lawyer;member ofLouisianastate house of representatives, 1842-44;delegateto Louisiana state constitutional convention, 1845; PresidentialElector for Louisiana,1848;U.S.Senator from Louisiana, 1853-61;ConfederateAttorney General, 1861;ConfederateSecretary of War, 1861-62;ConfederateSecretary of State, 1862-65.Jewish.Hefledto Europe in 1865 toavoidarrest by Union forces; he was suspected of involvement in theassassination of PresidentAbrahamLincoln.Slaveowner.Fellfrom atramcar about 1880, and suffered multiple injuries; also developedkidneyandheartproblems, and died in Paris,France,May6, 1884 (age72 years, 274days).Interment atPèrela Chaise Cemetery, Paris, France.
 Relatives: Sonof Philip Benjamin and Rebecca (de Mendes) Benjamin; married1833 toNatalie St. Martin; cousin *** ofHenryMichael Hyams.
 Coins and currency: Hisportraitappeared on the Confederate States $2 note in 1861-64.
 See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Wikipedia article
 Books about Judah P. Benjamin: RobertDouthat Meade,JudahP. Benjamin: Confederate Statesman — Eli N. Evans,JudahP. Benjamin : The Jewish Confederate
 Clement Claiborne Clay Jr. (1816-1882) — of Huntsville,MadisonCounty, Ala.Born in Huntsville,MadisonCounty, Ala.,December13, 1816.Democrat. Member ofAlabamastate house of representatives, 1842; state court judge inAlabama, 1846;U.S.Senator from Alabama, 1853-61;Senatorfrom Alabama in the Confederate Congress, 1862-64.Suspected of conspiring with otherConfederatestoassassinate PresidentAbrahamLincoln, he wasimprisonedfor nearly a year after the war.Slaveowner. Died near Gurley,MadisonCounty, Ala.,January3, 1882 (age65 years, 21days).Interment atMapleHill Cemetery, Huntsville, Ala.
 Relatives: SonofClementComer Clay; married,February1, 1843, to Virginia Caroline Tunstall (who later marriedDavidClopton); second cousin twice removed ofMatthewClay (1754-1815) andGreenClay; third cousin once removed ofHenryClay (1777-1852),PorterClay,MatthewClay (c.1795-1827),BrutusJunius Clay (1808-1878) andCassiusMarcellus Clay; fourth cousin ofThomasHart Clay,JamesBrown Clay andBrutusJunius Clay (1847-1932); fourth cousin once removed ofHenryClay (1849-1884).
 Political family:Ligon-Clay-Cloptonfamily of Montgomery and Tuskegee, Alabama (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians).
 Coins and currency: Hisportraitappeared on Confederate States $1 notes in 1862-64.
 See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Wikipedia article
 Robert Augustus Toombs (1810-1885) — also known asRobert Toombs;Bob Toombs — of Washington,WilkesCounty, Ga.Born inWilkesCounty, Ga.,July 2,1810.Lawyer;member ofGeorgiastate house of representatives, 1837-43;U.S.Representative from Georgia 8th District, 1845-53;U.S.Senator from Georgia, 1853-61;delegateto Georgia secession convention, 1861;Delegatefrom Georgia to the Confederate Provisional Congress, 1861-62;ConfederateSecretary of State, 1861; general in the Confederate Army duringthe Civil War;fledto Europe in 1865 toavoidarrest byUnionforces; he was suspected of involvement in theassassination of PresidentAbrahamLincoln; later returned to Georgia;delegateto Georgia state constitutional convention, 1877.One of the greatest orators of his time. Slaveowner. Died in Washington,WilkesCounty, Ga.,December15, 1885 (age75 years, 166days).Interment atRestHaven Cemetery, Washington, Ga.
 Toombs County,Ga. is named for him.
 See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Wikipedia article
 Books about Robert Toombs: William C.Davis,TheUnion That Shaped the Confederacy: Robert Toombs and Alexander H.Stephens
 John Harrison Surratt Jr. (1844-1916) — also known asJohn H. Surratt, Jr. — of Surrattsville (now Clinton),PrinceGeorge's County, Md.Born inWashington,D.C.,April13, 1844.Postmaster atSurrattsville,Md., 1862-63;dismissedas postmaster in 1863 for allegeddisloyaltyto the Union; became a Confederate courier andspy; heand others attempted tokidnapPresidentAbrahamLincoln; later, the plot to kill the President and othergovernment officials was formulated at his mother's boarding house inWashington; he denied involvement in the assassination, butfledoverseas; he wasarrestedin Alexandria, Egypt, and sent back to the U.S.; tried in a Marylandcourt in 1867 for his alleged involvement in themurder plot,but the jury couldn't reach a verdict, and a mistrial was declared;treasurer of asteamshipcompany.Died, frompneumonia,inBaltimore,Md.,April21, 1916 (age72 years, 8days).Interment atNewCathedral Cemetery, Baltimore, Md.
 Relatives: SonofJohnHarrison Surratt and Mary (Jenkins) Surratt; married1872 to MaryVictorine Hunter.
 See alsoWikipediaarticle —Find-A-Gravememorial
 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 theassassination of 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.
 Relatives:Married to Anna E. Goldthwaite; grandfather ofDuncanLawrence Groner.
 The John A. CampbellU.S.Courthouse, inMobile,Alabama, isnamed forhim.  — The World War IILibertyshipSS John A. Campbell (built 1943 atBrunswick,Georgia; scrapped 1968) wasnamed forhim.
 See alsoWikipedia article —NNDBdossier —Find-A-Gravememorial
 William Dudley Chipley (1840-1897) — also known asW. D. Chipley — of Pensacola,EscambiaCounty, Fla.Born in Columbus,MuscogeeCounty, Ga.,June 6,1840.Democrat. Colonel in the Confederate Army during the Civil War;fought againstReconstructionalong with other members of theKu KluxKlan; he was among thoseimplicatedin themurder ofGeorgeW. Ashburn in in 1868;tried ina military court, but Georgia's re-admission to the Union endedmilitary jurisdiction, so he and his co-defendants were released;general manager of the PensacolaRailroad;successfully promoted the construction of the Pensacola and AtlantaRailroadin 1881-83; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Florida,1884,1892;mayorof Pensacola, Fla., 1887-88; member ofFloridastate senate, 1895-97.Died in ahospitalatWashington,D.C.,December1, 1897 (age57 years, 178days).Interment atLinwoodCemetery, Columbus, Ga.
 Relatives: Sonof Dr. William Stout Chipley and Elizabeth (Fannin) Chipley; brotherofStephenFannin Chipley; married to Ann Elizabeth Billups; uncle ofFanninChipley.
 Political family:Chipleyfamily of Pensacola, Florida.
 ThecityofChipley,Florida, isnamed forhim.
 See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial
Richard CrokerRichard Welsted Croker (1841-1922) — also known asRichard Croker — of New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.; County Dublin,Ireland.Born in Clonakilty, County Cork,Ireland,November23, 1841.Democrat.Railroadmechanic;chargedwith themurder of a political enemy in 1874;triedand found not guilty; delegate to Democratic National Convention fromNew York,1888,1892,1900.Irishancestry. Member,TammanyHall.Leader of Tammany Hall from 1886 until 1901. Suffered exposure during asnowstorm,was ill for months, and subsequently died, in County Dublin,Ireland,April29, 1922 (age80 years, 157days).Original interment atGlencairnHouse Grounds, County Dublin, Ireland; reinterment in 1939 atKilgobbinCemetery, County Dublin, Ireland.
 Relatives: Sonof Eyre Coote Croker and Frances Laura (Welsted) Croker; married,November1, 1873, to Elizabeth Frazer; married,November26, 1914, to Bula Benton Edmonson.
 Cross-reference:HenryWoltman
 See alsoWikipediaarticle
 Image source: American Monthly Reviewof Reviews, February 1902
 John Doyle Lee (1812-1877) — also known asJohn D. Lee — Born in Kaskaskia,RandolphCounty, Ill.,September6, 1812.Member ofUtahterritorial House of Representatives, 1858.Mormon.Involved in the Mountain Meadows massacre on September 11, 1857, whena Mormon militia and Paiute Indian tribesmen slaughtered about 120settlers who had been traveling through Utah by wagon train;indictedformurder almost twenty years later, andtried in1875; the first trial ended in a hung jury;retriedin 1876;convictedandsentenced todeath; released for a time in order to settle his businessaffairs;executedbyfiringsquad, at Mountain Meadows,WashingtonCounty, Utah,March23, 1877 (age64 years, 198days).Interment atPanguitchCemetery, Panguitch, Utah.
 Relatives:Grandfather of Louise Lee (who marriedLeviStewart Udall) and Lela Lee (who marriedJesseAddison Udall); great-grandfather ofStewartLee Udall,MorrisKing Udall,LeeKenyon Udall andRexEdwin Lee; second great-grandfather ofMilanDale Smith Jr.,ThomasStewart Udall,MarkE. Udall,GordonHarold Smith andMichaelShumway Lee.
 Political family:Udallfamily of Arizona.
 See alsoWikipediaarticle —Find-A-Gravememorial
 John Henry Johnston — also known asJohn H. Johnston — ofDanville,Va.Republican.Mayorof Danville, Va., 1882-84; defeated (Independent), 1884;shotand killed Chief of Police John E. Hatcher, during a disagreementover the use of collected fines, on September 9, 1882;indictedformurder but released on $5,000 bail;tried inDecember, and acquitted; postmaster atDanville,Va., 1890-94.Burial location unknown. Henry Reed Rathbone (1837-1911) — Born in Albany,AlbanyCounty, N.Y.,July 1,1837.Lawyer;major in the Union Army during the Civil War; on April 14, 1865, hewas seated in the box at Ford's Theater with PresidentAbrahamLincoln; when John Wilkes Booth shot the president, Rathboneattempted to apprehend Booth, and suffered knife wounds; subsequentlyhis mental health deteriorated; U.S. Consul inHanover, as of 1882-83.On December 23, 1883, hekilled his wife, and stabbed himselfin a suicide attempt; he waschargedwith murder,convicted,and found insane; he died more than 25 years later, in theAsylum forthe Criminal Insane, Hildesheim,Germany,August14, 1911 (age74 years, 44days).Original interment atStadtfriedhof Engesohde, Hanover, Germany; reinterment 1952 tounknown location.
 Relatives:Step-son ofIraHarris (1802-1875); son ofJaredLewis Rathbone and Pauline (Pinney) Rathbone; brother ofJaredLawrence Rathbone; married,July 11,1867, to Clara Hamilton Harris (daughter ofIraHarris (1802-1875)); father ofHenryRiggs Rathbone; second cousin once removed ofDanielBurrows; second cousin thrice removed ofEzekielCornell; third cousin ofLorenzoBurrows; fourth cousin once removed ofEzraCornell.
 Political family:Rathbone-Harrisfamily of Albany, New York (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians).
 See alsoWikipediaarticle —Find-A-Gravememorial
 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, heshot and badly wounded the paper'spublisher,M.H. de Young;arrestedandchargedwithattempted murder; 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 outdoorperformancevenue, in Balboa Park,San Diego,California, isnamed forhim and his brother.
 See alsoWikipediaarticle —Find-A-Gravememorial
 Beckford Mackey — U.S. Consul inRio Grande do Sul, as of 1884-85;San Jose, as of 1892; on April 14, 1885, in Rio Grande do Sol,Brazil, heshot and wounded a newspaper editor who wasassaulting him in a theater;arrestedandimprisonedby Brazilian authorities;tried inJune, and found not guilty.Burial location unknown.
 Relatives: Sonof J. T. Mackey.
 John Brown Moore (1835-1926) — ofAndersonCounty, S.C.; Colusa,ColusaCounty, Calif.Born in Anderson District (nowAndersonCounty), S.C.,March22, 1835.Democrat.Lawyer;major in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; member ofSouthCarolina state house of representatives from Anderson County,1868-70;vice-chair ofSouth Carolina Democratic Party, 1878; member ofSouthCarolina state senate from Anderson County, 1882-86; involved ina dispute over alcohol prohibition in Anderson County, which heopposed; on September 15, 1885, in the public square of Anderson,S.C., heshot atEdwardsBobo Murray, and wasshot andinjured; subsequentlypleadedguilty todisturbingthe peace and to carrying aconcealedweapon; charges against Murray were dismissed.Presbyterian.Died in Colusa,ColusaCounty, Calif.,November22, 1926 (age91 years, 245days).Interment atColusa Community Cemetery, Colusa, Calif.
 Relatives: Sonof Eliab B. Moore and Nancy (Brown) Moore; married,June 18,1860, to Clara J. Jones.
 See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial
 Edwards Bobo Murray (1854-1894) — of Anderson,AndersonCounty, S.C.Born in Newberry District (nowNewberryCounty), S.C.,February5, 1854.Democrat.Lawyer;newspapereditor;chair ofAnderson County Democratic Party, 1878-90; member ofSouthCarolina state house of representatives from Anderson County,1878-84; involved in a dispute over alcohol prohibition in AndersonCounty, which he supported; on September 15, 1885, in the publicsquare of Anderson, S.C., he wasshotat byJohnBrown Moore, andfired back, injuring Moore;chargesagainst him were dismissed; member ofSouthCarolina state senate from Anderson County, 1886-90.Baptist.Member,Sons ofTemperance.Drownedwhile rescuing his daughter in a swimming pond, Anderson,AndersonCounty, S.C.,July 7,1894 (age40 years, 152days).Interment atSilver Brook Cemetery, Anderson, S.C.
 Relatives: Sonof John Scott Murray and Claudia Rebecca (Edwards) Murray; married,May9, 1876, to Mary Eva Sloan.
 MurrayAvenue,inAnderson,South Carolina, isnamed forhim.
 See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial
 Theodore P. Rich (c.1848-1886) — of New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.; Cobleskill,SchoharieCounty, N.Y.Born in New York, about 1848. Democrat. Candidate forNew Yorkstate assembly from New York County 13th District, 1876.Pursued his estranged wife to Minnesota;killed her, and then,perhaps to avoidprosecution,killedhimself, bygunshot,in the Astoria Househotel,St. Paul,RamseyCounty, Minn.,February27, 1886 (ageabout 38years).Burial location unknown.
 Relatives:Married1876 to Fannie(Smith) Trimble (daughter ofHenrySmith).
 William Cassius Goodloe (1841-1889) — also known asW. Cassius Goodloe — of Lexington,FayetteCounty, Ky.Born inMadisonCounty, Ky.,June 27,1841.Republican.Lawyer;newspaperpublisher; delegate to Republican National Convention fromKentucky,1868,1872(delegation chair),1884,1888;member ofKentuckystate house of representatives, 1871; defeated, 1867; member ofRepublicanNational Committee from Kentucky, 1872-; member ofKentuckystate senate, 1873; candidate forKentuckystate attorney general, 1875; U.S. Minister toBelgium, 1878-80.Episcopalian.Member,LoyalLegion.During a violent encounter in the lobby of the LexingtonPostOffice, herepeatedly stabbed and ultimately killed apolitical enemy, Col. Armistead Swope, who meanwhileshot andbadlywounded him; before anyprosecutioncould ensue, he died of his own wounds two days later, in the PhoenixHotel,Lexington,FayetteCounty, Ky.,November8, 1889 (age48 years, 134days).Interment atLexingtonCemetery, Lexington, Ky.
 Relatives: Sonof David Short Goodloe and Sally Anne Lewis Clay (Smith) Goodloe;brother of Gen. Green Clay Goodloe (son-in-law ofJamesBurnie Beck); married1865 to MaryElizabeth Mann; nephew ofCassiusMarcellus Clay; grandfather ofWilliamCassius Goodloe III.
 Political family:Clayfamily of Kentucky (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians).
 See alsoU.S. State Dept career summary —Find-A-Gravememorial
Stephen J. FieldStephen Johnson Field (1816-1899) — also known asStephen J. Field — ofYubaCounty, Calif.Born in Haddam,MiddlesexCounty, Conn.,November4, 1816.Wentto California for the 1849 Gold Rush; member ofCaliforniastate assembly 14th District, 1851-52;justice ofCalifornia state supreme court, 1857-63;chiefjustice of California state supreme court, 1859-63;AssociateJustice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1863-97;arrestedin San Francisco, August 16, 1889, onchargesof being party to the allegedmurder ofDavidS. Terry; released on bail; ultimately the killing was ruled tobe justifiable homicide.Episcopalian.Member,Freemasons.Died inWashington,D.C.,April 9,1899 (age82 years, 156days).Interment atRockCreek Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
 Relatives: UncleofDavidJosiah Brewer andCharlotteAnita Whitney.
 Political family:Whitney-Field-Brewer-Wellsfamily of California.
 The World War IILibertyshipSS Stephen Johnson Field (built 1942 atTerminalIsland, California; sold 1947; scrapped 1968) wasnamed forhim.
 See alsoWikipediaarticle —NNDBdossier —Find-A-Gravememorial —BillionGravesburial record
 Books about Stephen J. Field: PaulKens,JusticeStephen Field : Shaping Liberty from the Gold Rush to the GildedAge
 Image source: American Monthly Reviewof Reviews, September 1897
 Darwin James Meserole (1868-1952) — also known asDarwin J. Meserole — of Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.; Bellport,SuffolkCounty, Long Island, N.Y.; Waterbury,New HavenCounty, Conn.Born in Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.,May 29,1868.Socialist.Stockbroker;in June 1891, heshot and killed Theodore W. Larbig, wasarrestedandtriedformurder, but found not guilty on ground of self-defense;lawyer;candidate forNew Yorkstate assembly from Kings County 11th District, 1915; candidateforNew Yorkstate attorney general, 1920; candidate forNew Yorkstate senate 1st District, 1922; candidate forJustice ofNew York Supreme Court 2nd District, 1922, 1923, 1924, 1925,1927, 1931; candidate forchiefjudge of New York Court of Appeals, 1926; Socialist candidate forPresidential Elector for New York,1928;candidate forjudge ofNew York Court of Appeals, 1930, 1934, 1936; president, NationalUnemployment League, which advocated public works programs to relieveunemployment.Died, from aheartattack, as he was about to board the Staten Island ferry, inManhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,May 21,1952 (age83 years, 358days).Burial location unknown.
 Relatives: Sonof Jeremiah Vanderbilt Meserole and Ann Sophia (Richardson) Meserole;married,June 24,1899, to Katherine Louise Maltby; third cousin once removed ofWilliamBedloe Crosby Duryee.
 Political family:Duryeefamily of New York.
Eugene V. DebsEugene Victor Debs (1855-1926) — also known asEugene V. Debs — of Terre Haute,VigoCounty, Ind.Born in Terre Haute,VigoCounty, Ind.,November5, 1855.Socialist.Locomotivefireman on the Terre Haute and IndianapolisRailroad;secretary-treasurerof the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen in 1880-93; member ofIndianastate house of representatives, 1885;founder in1893 andpresident(1893-97) of the American Railway Union;arrestedduring astrikein 1894 andchargedwithconspiracy to commit murder; the charges were dropped,but he wasjailedfor six months forcontemptof court; became a Socialist while incarcerated; candidate forPresidentof the United States, 1900 (Social Democratic), 1904 (Socialist),1908 (Socialist), 1912 (Socialist), 1920 (Socialist); in 1905, was afounderof the Industrial Workers of the World ("Wobblies"), which hoped toorganize all workers in "One Big Union";convictedunder theSeditionand Espionage Act for ananti-warspeech he made in 1918, andsentencedto ten years in federalprison;released in 1921.Member,Knightsof Pythias;American CivilLiberties Union.Died in LindlahrSanitarium,Elmhurst,DuPageCounty, Ill.,October20, 1926 (age70 years, 349days).Interment atHighlandLawn Cemetery, Terre Haute, Ind.
 Relatives: Sonof Daniel Debs and Marguerite (Betterich) Debs; married,June 9,1885, to Katherine 'Kate' Metzel (step-sister-in-law ofBerthaD. Baur).
 Cross-reference:VictorL. Berger —WilliamA. Cunnea
 See alsoNNDBdossier
 Books about Eugene V. Debs: JamesChace,1912: Wilson, Roosevelt, Taft and Debs : The Election that Changed theCountry — Charles W. Carey, Jr.,EugeneV. Debs : Outspoken Labor Leader and Socialist (for youngreaders)
 Image source: American Monthly Reviewof Reviews, September 1908
 William Stanley Hollis (1866-1930) — also known asW. Stanley Hollis — of Massachusetts; Chevy Chase,MontgomeryCounty, Md.Born in Chelsea,SuffolkCounty, Mass.,April 4,1866.U.S. Consul inMozambique Island, as of 1894;Lourenco Marques, 1898-1909;Dundee, 1909-10; U.S. Consul General inBeirut, 1911-17;London, 1919-20;Lisbon, 1920-27.Member,AmericanSociety for International Law.In September, 1894, in Mozambique, he shot and wounded a localresident who he thought was a burglar;arrestedandtried byPortugese authorities,convictedofhomicide, andsentencedto six months inprison.Died, following astroke,in Chevy Chase,MontgomeryCounty, Md.,June 8,1930 (age64 years, 65days).Burial location unknown.
 Relatives: Sonof Capt. George Fearing Hollis and Eliza A. (Simmons) Hollis; married1898 toLena Cogswell Hobbs; married1918 to AliceDavidson.
 Rufus H. Templeton (1858-1937) — of Cary,WakeCounty, N.C.BornJanuary28, 1858.Democrat. Postmaster atCary,N.C., 1895-1900; in May 1896, whileinebriated,heshot and badly injured a political rival, Robert J.Harrison;arraigned,released on bond, continued as postmaster.DiedSeptember6, 1937 (age79 years, 221days).Interment atHillcrest Cemetery, Cary, N.C.
 Relatives: Sonof Rufus Ramsey Templeton and Frances Louise (McPherson) Templeton;married to Georgianna Boylston 'Georgie' Hoke; father of Thomas HuntTempleton.
 See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial
 Bert McMullin — ofYellCounty, Ark.Member ofArkansasstate senate, 1897.Arrestedon May 15, 1897, after heshot at and barely missed J. N.Smithee, editor of theArkansas Gazette, who refused toapologize for critical editorials.Burial location unknown. Alfred Moore Waddell (1834-1912) — also known asAlfred M. Waddell — of Wilmington,NewHanover County, N.C.Born in Hillsborough,OrangeCounty, N.C.,September16, 1834.Democrat.Lawyer;newspapereditor and publisher; colonel in the Confederate Army during theCivil War;U.S.Representative from North Carolina 3rd District, 1871-79;delegate to Democratic National Convention from North Carolina,1880(member,ResolutionsCommittee),1896;notoriousleader of the overthrow of Wilmington's elected city government bywhitesupremacists on November 10, 1898; forced the incumbent mayor toresign at gunpoint, and took his place; the offices of the WilmingtonDaily Record newspaper wereburned,and as many as 300 Black citizens of Wilmington weremurdered;mayorof Wilmington, N.C., 1898-1906.Died in Wilmington,New HanoverCounty, N.C.,March17, 1912 (age77 years, 183days).Interment atOakdaleCemetery, Wilmington, N.C.
 Presumably namedfor:AlfredMoore
 Relatives: Son of Hugh Waddell andSusan (Moore) Waddell; married1857 to JuliaSavage; married to Ellen Savage; married1896 toGabrielle de Rosset; cousin by marriage ofSamuelAshe; cousin two different ways ofJohnBaptista Ashe (1748-1802),WilliamHenry Hill,JohnBaptista Ashe (1810-1857) andWilliamShepperd Ashe; cousin four different ways ofThomasSamuel Ashe; cousin three different ways ofGeorgeDavis andHoratioDavis.
 Political families:Ashefamily of North Carolina;Polkfamily of New York City, New York (subsets of theFourThousand Related Politicians).
 See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Wikipedia article —Find-A-Gravememorial
 Frederick John Mills (1865-1953) — also known asF. J. Mills — of Pocatello,BannockCounty, Idaho; Pasadena,LosAngeles County, Calif.Born in Topsham,OrangeCounty, Vt.,April29, 1865.Republican.Engineer;LieutenantGovernor of Idaho, 1895-97; served in the U.S. Army during theSpanish-American War.Scottishancestry.On October 3, 1899, in Salt Lake City, heshot and killed JohnC. O'Melveny, chief engineer of the Oregon Short Line Railroad; wasarrestedimmediately andchargedwith first-degree murder; at trial, he claimed the homicide wasjustified by the "criminal intimacy" between O'Melveny and his wife,while he was away in military service; the jury acquitted him in only15 minutes.Died in Los Angeles,Los AngelesCounty, Calif.,September28, 1953 (age88 years, 152days).Burial location unknown.
 Relatives: Sonof Samuel Mills and Elizabeth (Laird) Mills; married,April19, 1893, to Laura Eliza Hopf.
 See alsoWikipediaarticle
 Charles Finley (1865-1941) — of Williamsburg,WhitleyCounty, Ky.Born in Williamsburg,WhitleyCounty, Ky.,March26, 1865.Republican. Member ofKentuckystate house of representatives, 1894;secretaryof state of Kentucky, 1896-1900;U.S.Representative from Kentucky 11th District, 1930-33.Member,JuniorOrder;Rotary;Freemasons;Shriners.Among thosechargedin 1900 with themurder of Gov.WilliamJ. Goebel;pardonedin 1909.Died in Williamsburg,WhitleyCounty, Ky.,March18, 1941 (age75 years, 357days).Interment atHighlandCemetery, Williamsburg, Ky.
 Relatives: SonofHughFranklin Finley and Jennie Renfro (Moss) Finley.
 See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage
William S. TaylorWilliam Sylvester Taylor (1853-1928) — also known asWilliam S. Taylor;W. S. Taylor;"Hogjaw" —of Morgantown,ButlerCounty, Ky.Born in alogcabin inButlerCounty, Ky.,October10, 1853.Republican.Lawyer;state court judge in Kentucky, 1886; delegate to Republican NationalConvention from Kentucky,1888,1900;Kentuckystate attorney general, 1896-99;Governor ofKentucky, 1899-1900;indictedin 1900 as a conspirator in theassassination ofWilliamJ. Goebel;fledto Indiana; never extradited;pardonedin 1909 by Gov.AugustusE. Willson.Died in Indianapolis,MarionCounty, Ind.,August2, 1928 (age74 years, 297days).Interment atCrownHill Cemetery, Indianapolis, Ind.
 Cross-reference:CharlesE. Sapp
 See alsoNationalGovernors Association biography —Wikipedia article
 Image source: New York PublicLibrary
David G. ColsonDavid Grant Colson (1861-1904) — also known asDavid G. Colson — of Pineville,BellCounty, Ky.; Middlesboro,BellCounty, Ky.Born in Yellow Creek, Knox County (now Middlesboro,BellCounty), Ky.,April 1,1861.Republican. Member ofKentuckystate house of representatives, 1887-88; alternate delegate toRepublican National Convention from Kentucky,1888;candidate forKentuckystate treasurer, 1889;mayorof Middlesboro, Ky., 1893;U.S.Representative from Kentucky 11th District, 1895-99; served inthe U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; in January, 1900, heshot and killed a political rival, Ethelbert Scott, and twobystanders, in the lobby of the Capitol Hotel, Frankfort, Ky.;indictedfor murder, andtried inApril 1900; the jury returned a verdict of "not guilty" in 18 minutes.Died in Middlesboro,BellCounty, Ky.,September27, 1904 (age43 years, 179days).Interment atColsonCemetery, Middlesboro, Ky.
 See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage
 Image source: Detroit Free Press,January 18, 1900
 Caleb Powers (1869-1932) — of Barbourville,KnoxCounty, Ky.Born inWhitleyCounty, Ky.,February1, 1869.Republican.Lawyer;secretaryof state of Kentucky, 1900;U.S.Representative from Kentucky 11th District, 1911-19; delegate toRepublican National Convention from Kentucky,1916.Prosecutedand thriceconvictedfor themurder of Gov.WilliamJ. Goebel and spent eight years inprison;pardonedin 1908 by Gov.AugustusE. Willson.DiedJuly 25,1932 (age63 years, 175days).Interment atBarbourvilleCemetery, Barbourville, Ky.
 See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage
 James Henderson Hargis (1862-1908) — also known asJames H. Hargis;"BigJim" —of Jackson,BreathittCounty, Ky.Born in Jackson,BreathittCounty, Ky.,October13, 1862.Democrat. County judge in Kentucky, 1890; member ofKentuckyDemocratic State Central Committee, 1899-1907.Triedand acquitted for the 1902-03murders ofJ.B. Marcum and two others, but found liable forplotting thekillings in a 1904 civil suit for money damages by survivingfamily members.Shotandkilled byhis son, Beech Hargis, in the Hargis Brothersgeneralstore, Jackson,BreathittCounty, Ky.,February6, 1908 (age45 years, 116days).Interment atHargisFamily Cemetery, Jackson, Ky.
 Relatives: SonofJohnSeldon Hargis; brother ofAlexanderHamilton Hargis; grandnephew ofJohnLouis Hargis; first cousin ofThomasFrazier Hargis.
 Political family:Cockrell-Southfamily of Kentucky.
 Eugene Satterwhite Blease (1877-1963) — also known asEugene S. Blease — ofSaludaCounty, S.C.; Newberry,NewberryCounty, S.C.Born inNewberryCounty, S.C.,January28, 1877.Democrat.Lawyer;member ofSouthCarolina state house of representatives, 1900-02, 1922-24; memberofSouthCarolina state senate, 1905-06;mayorof Newberry, S.C., 1920-21;justice ofSouth Carolina state supreme court, 1927-31;chiefjustice of South Carolina state supreme court, 1931-34; resigned1934; candidate forU.S.Senator from South Carolina, 1942; delegate to DemocraticNational Convention from South Carolina,1944.Methodist.On September 8, 1905, heshot and killed his brother-in-law,Joe Ben Coleman, in Saluda, S.C.;chargedwithmurder, he pleaded self-defense and was found not guilty.DiedDecember27, 1963 (age86 years, 333days).Interment atRosemontCemetery, Newberry, S.C.
 Relatives: Sonof Henry Horatio Blease and Elizabeth (Satterwhite) Blease;half-brother ofColemanLivingston Blease.
 See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial
 George Kent Favrot (1868-1934) — also known asGeorge K. Favrot — of Baton Rouge,East BatonRouge Parish, La.Born in Baton Rouge,East BatonRouge Parish, La.,November26, 1868.Democrat.Lawyer;district attorney, 22nd District, 1892-96, 1900-04;delegateto Louisiana state constitutional convention, 1898; districtjudge in Louisiana, 1904-06, 1926-34 (22nd District 1904-06, 19thDistrict 1926-34); died in office 1934; on November 6, 1906, heshot and killed Dr. Robert H. Aldrich, because the latter hadinsulted his wife;arrestedandimprisonedfor five months awaiting indictment and trial; however, the grandjury refused to indict him, and he was released in April, 1907.;U.S.Representative from Louisiana 6th District, 1907-09, 1921-25;member ofLouisianastate house of representatives, 1912-16.Died in Baton Rouge,East BatonRouge Parish, La.,December26, 1934 (age66 years, 30days).Interment atRoselawnMemorial Park, Baton Rouge, La.
 See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Wikipedia article —Find-A-Gravememorial
 Constantine Fernow Brunn (1858-1909) — also known asConstantine F. Brunn — of Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.; South Woodstock, Woodstock,WindhamCounty, Conn.Born in Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.,October24, 1858.Vice-Consulfor Portugal inNewYork, N.Y., 1893-96.GermanandIrishancestry.According topublishedreports, in a sudden fit of rage, perhaps angered because hewasn't able to reach his wife by telephone, heshot and killedhis sister, Freda Brunn, and his brother, Dr.ArminBrunn, and thenshothimself,in South Woodstock, Woodstock,WindhamCounty, Conn.,September29, 1909 (age50 years, 340days).Intermenta private or family graveyard, Windham County, Conn.
 Relatives: Sonof Julius William Brunn and Charlotte Elizabeth (Going) Brunn;brother ofArminErnest Brunn.
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 William Bruce MacMaster Jr. (1875-1912) — also known asWilliam B. MacMaster, Jr. — of New York. Born, of American parents, inColombia,June28, 1875.Rancher;U.S. Vice Consul inCartagena, 1904-08; U.S. Vice & Deputy Consul inCartagena, 1908-12, died in office 1912;stabbedby two Colombians in the summer of 1909; pressed charges against hisattackers, one of whom was an influential newspaper editor;arrestedby Colombian authorities in June 1910 onchargesthat, years earlier, heshot a Colombian citizen, in what hesaid was self-defense; initially acquitted, thenfoundguilty, then exonerated by a higher court.Whilehuntingalone, wasshotmultiple times andkilled byan unknown assassin, near Cartagena,Colombia,August11, 1912 (age37 years, 44days).Interment atChurchand Convent of Santo Domingo, Cartagena, Colombia.
 Relatives: SonofWilliamBruce MacMaster.
 Blaine Jackson Brickwood (1888-1949) — also known asBlaine J. Brickwood — of Chicago,CookCounty, Ill.Born in Chicago,CookCounty, Ill.,February5, 1888.Lawyer;HonoraryConsul for Venezuela inChicago,Ill., 1915-20; on November 18, 1917, while driving, he struck andkilled Walter Israel;censuredby the coroner's jury which investigated the death;indictedon a charge ofmanslaughter; following a trial in June 1920,he was found not guilty by a jury; meanwhile, he wasarrestedon a charge ofembezzlement.Died inCookCounty, Ill.,March13, 1949 (age61 years, 36days).Interment atForestHome Cemetery, Forest Park, Ill.
 Relatives: Sonof Genevieve (Jackson) Brickwood and Albert William Brickwood;brother ofAlbertWilliam Brickwood Jr.; married,November16, 1912, to Bertie H. Meloy; nephew ofJohnThomas Brickwood.
 Political family:Brickwoodfamily of Chicago and Forest Park, Illinois.
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 John Looney (1865-1942) — also known asPatrick John Looney — of Rock Island,RockIsland County, Ill.Born in Ottawa,La SalleCounty, Ill.,October5, 1865.Lawyer;newspaperpublisher;indictedwith others in 1897 over a scheme todefraudthe city of Rock Island in connection with a storm drain constructionproject;convicted,but the verdict was overturned on appeal; candidate forIllinoisstate house of representatives, 1900; created and led acrimesyndicate in northwest Illinois, with interests ingambling,prostitution,extortion,and eventuallybootleggingandautomobiletheft;indictedin 1907 on 37 counts ofbribery,extortion,andlibel,but acquitted;shotand wounded by hidden snipers on two occasions in 1908; on February22, 1909, he wasshotand wounded in a gunfight with business rival W. W. Wilmerton; onMarch 22, 1912, afterpublishingpersonal attacks on Rock Island MayorHenryM. Schriver, he wasarrested,brought to the police station, andseverelybeaten by the mayor himself; subsequent rioting killed two menand injured nine others; resumed control of the Rock Island racketsin 1921; in 1922, he wasindictedfor themurder of saloon keeper William Gabel, who hadprovided evidence against Looney to federal agents;arrestedin Belen, N.M., in 1924, and laterconvictedof conspiracy andmurder;sentencedto 5 years inprisonfor conspiracy and 14 years formurder; served 8 1/2 years.Irishancestry.Died, oftuberculosis,in asanitariumat El Paso,El PasoCounty, Tex.,1942(ageabout76 years).Burial location unknown.
 Relatives: Sonof Patrick Looney and Margaret Looney; married1892 to NoraO'Connor; nephew ofMauriceT. Maloney.
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 Lena Marietta Thankful Clarke (1886-1967) — also known asLena M. T. Clarke — of West Palm Beach,Palm BeachCounty, Fla.Born in Sheldon,FranklinCounty, Vt.,March 1,1886.Democrat. Postmaster atWestPalm Beach, Fla., 1915-16, 1920-21 (acting, 1915-16, 1920); undersuspicionfor ashortageof $32,000 at the post office, shefledto Orlando, where she found Fred Miltimore, hermarriedex-lover, and apparently tried to get him to sign a statementconfessing to the theft; when he refused, sheshot and killedhim; she wasindictedandtriedformurder, and found not guilty by reason of insanity.Female.Died in West Palm Beach,Palm BeachCounty, Fla.,August5, 1967 (age81 years, 157days).Interment atWoodlawn Cemetery, West Palm Beach, Fla.
 Relatives:Daughter of Rev. Almon Taylor Clarke and Marietta Thankful (Whitney)Clarke; sister ofJohnPaul Clarke.
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 J. O. Stricklin (1872-1930) — of Yazoo City,YazooCounty, Miss.BornJuly 9,1872.Mayorof Yazoo City, Miss., 1929-30; died in office 1930.Indictedby a Yazoo County grand jury in 1929 forstealing acow; details of the case were printed in theYazooSentinel newspaper, leading to a feud between Stricklin and theSentinel's editor, Frank R. Birdsall; a year later, on Main Street infront of the Sentinel office, Stricklin was talking with Dr.R.E. Hawkins, his opponent in the last election, when Birdsallapproached; Stricklin pulled out a pistol,shot Birdsall threetimes (he died the next day), andshot at, but missed, Dr.Hawkins; he then went to his son's funeral parlor, where he died by aself-inflictedgunshot,in Yazoo City,YazooCounty, Miss.,April 1,1930 (age57 years, 266days).Interment atGlenwood Cemetery, Yazoo City, Miss.
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 William Montross Inglis (1875-1932) — also known asWilliam M. Inglis — of Seattle,KingCounty, Wash.Born in Clyde Township,St. ClairCounty, Mich.,January7, 1875.Republican. Colonel in the U.S. Army during World War I; delegate toRepublican National Convention from Washington,1924,1928(alternate).Killed by a singlegunshotbehind his ear, undermysteriouscircumstances, and posthumouslyaccusedof attempted murder, in Seattle,KingCounty, Wash.,October22, 1932 (age57 years, 289days). The only witness, Mary Nash, who shared the apartment,said that he had been despondent anddrinkingheavily; that she had hidden his pistol, but he had found it;that without warning, heshot her twice (she was badly injuredbut survived), and then immediatelykilledhimself; investigators questioned her story, and thought he mighthave beenmurdered,but she was not charged.Interment atLakeView Cemetery, Seattle, Wash.
 Relatives: Sonof John Jacob Inglis and Martha Ann (Montross) Inglis; married toAnne Hughes.
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 Henry Herman Denhardt (1876-1937) — also known asHenry H. Denhardt — of Bowling Green,WarrenCounty, Ky.Born in Bowling Green,WarrenCounty, Ky.,March 8,1876.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War;served in the U.S. Army during World War I;LieutenantGovernor of Kentucky, 1923-27; delegate to Democratic NationalConvention from Kentucky,1924;shotand injured on Election Day 1931.; his girlfriend, Mrs. Verna GarrTaylor, was found shot to death in November 1936; he waschargedwithmurder andtried inNew Castle, Ky.; the jury could not reach a verdict.Before he could be tried a second time, he wasshot andkilled,at the ArmstrongHotel,Shelbyville,ShelbyCounty, Ky.,September20, 1937 (age61 years, 196days).Interment atFairviewCemetery, Bowling Green, Ky.
 Relatives: Sonof Margaret (Geiger) Denhardt and William Denhardt.
 See alsoWikipediaarticle —Find-A-Gravememorial
Frank L. ShawFrank L. Shaw (1877-1958) — of Los Angeles,LosAngeles County, Calif.Born near Warwick,Ontario,February1, 1877.Republican.Mayorof Los Angeles, Calif., 1933-38; recalled 1938; defeated, 1941; arecallcampaign against him in 1938 charged that he was associated withunspecified "racketeers"and "underworldcharacters", and that his administrationtoleratedvice in the city; meanwhile, Harry J. Raymond, a privateinvestigator nearly killed in a January 1938 bombing,charged,in a civil lawsuit for damages, that the mayor had been part of aplot by gambling and vice interests tomurder him.Died, fromcancer,in CaliforniaHospital,Los Angeles,Los AngelesCounty, Calif.,January24, 1958 (age80 years, 357days).Interment atInglewoodPark Cemetery, Inglewood, Calif.
 Relatives: Sonof John D. Shaw.
 See alsoWikipediaarticle —Find-A-Gravememorial —OurCampaignscandidate detail
 Image source: Los Angeles Times, April4, 1937
 Coleman W. Avery (1880-1938) — of Cincinnati,HamiltonCounty, Ohio.Born in Cincinnati,HamiltonCounty, Ohio,February22, 1880.Democrat.Lawyer;justice ofOhio state supreme court, 1920; appointed 1920; defeated, 1920.According topublishedreports, hemurdered his wife, Sara, by shooting her inthe head, and thenshothimself;he was found and taken to GeneralHospital,where he died without regaining consciousness, in Cincinnati,HamiltonCounty, Ohio,March14, 1938 (age58 years, 20days).Interment atSpringGrove Cemetery, Cincinnati, Ohio.
 Relatives: Sonof William Ledyard Avery and Johanna (Ummethun) Avery; married1904 to ElinorCoates Baer; married1934 to SaraLoving.
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Frank D. McKayFrank D. McKay (1883-1965) — of Grand Rapids,KentCounty, Mich.Born in Grand Rapids,KentCounty, Mich.,November4, 1883.Republican.Financier;political boss who dominated Republican politics in Michigan foryears; delegate to Republican National Convention from Michigan,1920,1928,1932(alternate),1936,1940,1944;Michiganstate treasurer, 1925-30;investigatedby a grand jury in 1931 over hishandlingof state funds while Treasurer; member ofRepublicanNational Committee from Michigan, 1940-44; subject of threefederal grand juryinvestigationsin 1940 over allegedfraud,extortionandkickbacks;indictedin 1944 forbriberyof state legislators; hired aPurpleGang figure tomurder the star witness, State Sen.WarrenG. Hooper, and the case collapsed;chargedin 1945, along withWilliamMcKeighan, with conspiracy toviolatestate liquor laws;tried in1946; the judge directed a verdict of not guilty.Died in Miami Beach, Dade County (nowMiami-DadeCounty), Fla.,January12, 1965 (age81 years, 69days).Entombed atGreenwoodCemetery, Grand Rapids, Mich.
 Relatives: Sonof James D. McKay and Ellen (Zimmerman) McKay; married,May 31,1906, to Agnes Christine Hermansen.
 Cross-reference:EdwardN. Barnard —WilliamGreen
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 Image source: Michigan Manual1927
 Charles J. Anderson Jr. — of Chicago,CookCounty, Ill.Republican. Candidate forU.S.Representative from Illinois 6th District, 1944; delegate to theopenlyanti-Semitic America First Party convention in 1944, whichnominatedGeraldL. K. Smith for president.Pleadedguilty in Chicago, 1946 to achargeofassault with intent to kill.Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. John Frederick Hartsfield (1884-1953) — also known asJohn F. Hartsfield — of Illiopolis,SangamonCounty, Ill.; Monticello,PiattCounty, Ill.; Homewood,JeffersonCounty, Ala.Born in Durham,DurhamCounty, N.C.,January3, 1884.Democrat.Jeweler;postmaster atMonticello,Ill., 1934-46 (acting, 1934-35).According topublishedreports, he had an argument with his daughter-in-law overdisciplining two small children; he thenshot her in the chest(she survived), and thenshot andkilledhimself, in Homewood,JeffersonCounty, Ala.,May 9,1953 (age69 years, 126days).Interment atElmwoodCemetery, Birmingham, Ala.
 Relatives: Sonof Flavius Josephus Hartsfield and Nancy A. 'Nannie' (Rogers)Hartsfield; married,December24, 1905, to Catherine E. Ennis; married1912 to JeanClaudie Maxwell; fourth cousin ofWilliamBerry Hartsfield.
 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, hestabbed and 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 thePulitzerPrize for nonfiction in 1969 and for fiction in 1980.Died, fromacute renalfailure, in Mount SinaiHospital,Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,November10, 2007 (age84 years, 283days).Interment atProvincetown Cemetery, Provincetown, Mass.
 Relatives: Sonof Isaac Barnett 'Barney' Mailer and Fanny (Schneider) Mailer;married1944 toBeatrice 'Bea' Silverman; married1954 to AdeleMorales; married1962 to JeanneCampbell; married1963 toBeverly Bentley; married1980 to CarolStevens; married1981 to NorrisChurch; father of Michael Mailer.
 See alsoNNDBdossier —Internet Movie Databaseprofile —Find-A-Gravememorial —OurCampaignscandidate detail
 Books by Norman Mailer:TheExecutioner's Song —TheFight
 Fiction by Norman Mailer:TheDeer Park —TheNaked and the Dead —AnAmerican Dream —TheGospel According to the Son
 Books about Norman Mailer: Mary V.Dearborn,Mailer: A Biography — Barry H. Leeds,TheEnduring Vision of Norman Mailer — Carl Rollyson,TheLives of Norman Mailer : A Biography — JenniferBailey,NormanMailer: Quick Change Artist
 Critical books about Norman Mailer:Bernard Goldberg,100People Who Are Screwing Up America (And Al Franken Is#37)
 Edward Moore Kennedy (1932-2009) — also known asEdward M. Kennedy;Ted Kennedy;"Lion of the Senate" —of Boston,SuffolkCounty, Mass.Born, in St. Margaret'sHospital,Dorchester, Boston,SuffolkCounty, Mass.,February22, 1932.Democrat.Lawyer;U.S.Senator from Massachusetts, 1962-2009; died in office 2009;candidate for Democratic nomination for President,1980;delegate to Democratic National Convention from Massachusetts,1996,2000,2004,2008.Catholic.Irishancestry.Pleadedguilty toleavingthe scene of an accident after his car plunged off the DikeBridge, on Chappaquiddick Island, Massachusetts,killingpassenger Mary Jo Kopechne, on July 18, 1969.Died, frombraincancer, in Hyannis Port, Barnstable,BarnstableCounty, Mass.,August25, 2009 (age77 years, 184days).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),RobertFrancis Kennedy andJeanKennedy Smith; married,November30, 1958, to Virginia Joan Bennett (divorced 1982); married,July 3,1992, to Victoria Anne Reggie (daughter ofEdmundM. Reggie); married,November29, 1958, toVirginiaJoan Bennett (born 1936); father ofPatrickJoseph Kennedy (born 1967); uncle ofKathleenKennedy Townsend,JosephPatrick Kennedy II,RobertFrancis Kennedy Jr.,JohnFitzgerald Kennedy Jr. andMarkKennedy Shriver; grandson ofPatrickJoseph Kennedy (1858-1929) andJohnFrancis Fitzgerald.
 Political family:Kennedyfamily of Boston, Massachusetts (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians).
 Cross-reference:MurrayM. Chotiner
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 Books by Edward M. Kennedy:TrueCompass: A Memoir (2009)
 Books about Edward M. Kennedy: AdamClymer,EdwardM. Kennedy: A Biography — Richard E. Burke,TheSenator : My Ten Years With Ted Kennedy — Peter S.Canellos,LastLion: The Fall and Rise of Ted Kennedy
 Critical books about Edward M. Kennedy:Bernard Goldberg,100People Who Are Screwing Up America (And Al Franken Is#37) — Darwin Porter & Danforth Prince,TheKennedys: All the Gossip Unfit for Print
 Lloyd Davis (c.1915-2001) — of South Pasadena,LosAngeles County, Calif.Born in Los Angeles,Los AngelesCounty, Calif., about 1915.Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II;lawyer;superior court judge in California, 1967-70.Catholic.Member,SierraClub.On October 26, 1969, hestabbed his wife, Mary Troja Davis,with a 9-inch butcher knife; she recovered.Chargedwith felony assault to commitmurder;tried in1970 and found not guilty by reason of insanity. Years later, heattributed the incident to a skin cancer drug.Died in South Pasadena,Los AngelesCounty, Calif.,December22, 2001 (ageabout 86years).Burial location unknown.Angela DavisAngela Yvonne Davis (b. 1944) — also known asAngela Davis — of Oakland,AlamedaCounty, Calif.Born in Birmingham,JeffersonCounty, Ala.,January26, 1944.Communist. Following a violentescapeattempt at the Marin County (California) Hall of Justice, August7, 1970, in which several people werekilled, she wasimplicatedas an accomplice andfled;laterarrestedin New York,tried,and acquitted in 1972; awarded theLeninPeace Prize in 1979; candidate forVicePresident of the United States, 1980, 1984; during the Communistcoup against Mikhail Gorbachev in 1991, she supported Gorbachev, andsubsequently left the Communist Party;universityprofessor.Female.Africanancestry.Still living as of 2014.
 Relatives:Daughter of Sallye E. Davis; brother of Ben Davis.
 See alsoWikipediaarticle —NNDBdossier —Internet Movie Databaseprofile —OurCampaignscandidate detail
 Image source: Library ofCongress
 Bobby Seale (b. 1936) — also known asRobert George Seale — of Oakland,AlamedaCounty, Calif.Born in Dallas,DallasCounty, Tex.,October22, 1936.Joined U.S. Air Force in 1955;chargedwithinsubordinationand beingAWOL,anddishonorablydischarged;sheet metalworker; co-founder, with Huey Newton, of the Black Panther Party,1966; one of eight defendantschargedin 1969 with crossing state lines toincite ariot at the 1968 Democratic National Convention in Chicago; thejudge ordered himbound andgagged during the trial, andsentencedhim to four years inprisonforcontemptof court; Peace and Freedom candidate forCaliforniastate assembly 17th District, 1968; in 1970, he waschargedin New Haven, Conn., withordering the murder of Alex Rackley,a Black Panther who had confessed to being a police informant; thejury was unable to reach a verdict, and the charges were eventuallydropped; candidate formayorof Oakland, Calif., 1973.Africanancestry.Still living as of 2014.
 See alsoWikipediaarticle —NNDBdossier —Internet Movie Databaseprofile —OurCampaignscandidate detail
 Leonard Peltier (b. 1944) — Born in Grand Forks,Grand ForksCounty, N.Dak.,September12, 1944.American Indian activist and member of the American Indian Movement;alleged to have been involved in a shoot-out at the Pine Ridge IndianReservation in South Dakota, June 26, 1975, in which three died,including two FBI agents;fledSouth Dakota, wasarrestedin Canada, andextraditedto the U.S.;triedandconvictedofmurder in 1977, andsentencedto two life terms inprison;Peace and Freedom candidate forPresidentof the United States, 2004; Socialism and Liberation candidateforVicePresident of the United States, 2020.AmericanIndian ancestry.Still living as of 2020.
 Relatives: Sonof Leo Peltier and Alvina (Robideau) Peltier.
 Cross-reference:RamseyClark
 See alsoWikipediaarticle —Ballotpedia article —NNDBdossier —Internet Movie Databaseprofile —OurCampaignscandidate detail
 Bernhard Hugo Goetz (b. 1947) — also known asBernhard H. Goetz;Bernie Goetz;"Subway Vigilante" —of New York City (unknowncounty), N.Y.Born in Queens,QueensCounty, N.Y.,November7, 1947.On December 22, 1984, heshot and wounded four young men whowere about to rob him, and subsequentlyfledto New England, until heturnedhimself in at Concord, N.H.;arraignedonattempted murder,assault,andweaponscharges;convictedonly forcarryingan unlicensed gun;sentencedto one year injail;served eight months; Fusion candidate formayorof New York City, N.Y., 2001.GermanandJewishancestry.Still living as of 2014.
 See alsoWikipediaarticle —NNDBdossier —Internet Movie Databaseprofile —OurCampaignscandidate detail
 Vincent Albert Cianci (1941-2016) — also known asBuddy Cianci — of Providence,ProvidenceCounty, R.I.Born in Providence,ProvidenceCounty, R.I.,April30, 1941.Lawyer;mayorof Providence, R.I., 1975-84, 1991-2002; defeated (Independent),2014;speaker, Republican National Convention, 1976 ;Republican candidate forGovernor ofRhode Island, 1980;talkshow host.Catholic.Italianancestry.Pleadedno contest in 1984 tochargesthat hebeat hisestrangedwife's lover with a fireplace log.Chargedwith twelve federal counts ofbribery,conspiracy and racketeering;convictedin June, 2002 on two counts.Died in Providence,ProvidenceCounty, R.I.,January28, 2016 (age74 years, 273days).Interment atSt.Ann's Cemetery, Cranston, R.I.
 Campaign slogan(1991): "He never stopped caring aboutProvidence."
 See alsoWikipediaarticle —Find-A-Gravememorial —OurCampaignscandidate detail
 Books by Vincent Cianci:Politicsand Pasta: How I Prosecuted Mobsters, Rebuilt a Dying City, Dinedwith Sinatra, Spent Five Years in a Federally Funded Gated Community,and Lived to Tell the Tale (2011)
 Books about Buddy Cianci: Mike Stanton,ThePrince of Providence : The True Story of Buddy Cianci, America's MostNotorious Mayor, Some Wiseguys, and the Feds
 Frazier Glenn Miller Jr. (b. 1940) — also known asGlenn Miller;"Frazier GlennCross";"Rounder" —of North Carolina; Aurora,LawrenceCounty, Mo.Born in Springfield,GreeneCounty, Mo.,1940.Served in the U.S. Army during the Vietnam war; candidate inDemocratic primary forGovernor ofNorth Carolina, 1984; candidate in Republican primary forNorthCarolina state senate, 1986;convictedon federalcontemptof court charges in 1986;sentencedto one year in prison, butdisappearedwhile out on bond; latercapturedin Missouri, along with four other Klansmen and a cache of weapons;indictedin 1987 for plottingrobberiesand anassassination; in a deal with prosecutors, hepleadedguilty to aweaponscharge and to makingthreatsthrough the mail; served three years inprison; candidate forU.S.Representative from Missouri 7th District, 2006; candidate forU.S.Senator from Missouri, 2010; on April 13, 2014, in an apparenthatecrime heshot and killed three people at a Jewishcommunity center and retirement complex in Overland Park, Kansas.Member,KuKlux Klan.Still living as of 2014. Carl Thomas Rowan (1925-2000) — also known asCarl T. Rowan — ofWashington,D.C.Born in Ravenscroft,WhiteCounty, Tenn.,August11, 1925.Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; syndicatednewspapercolumnist,author,biographer,televisionandradiocommentator; U.S. Ambassador toFinland, 1963-64; in 1988, heshot and wounded anintruder in his backyard in Washington, D.C.; he wasarrested,chargedwith aweaponsviolation, andtried;the jury was unable to reach a verdict, and a mistrial was declared;received theSpingarnMedal in 1997.Africanancestry. Member,Americansfor Democratic Action.Died, ofheart andkidneyailments anddiabetes,at the WashingtonHospitalCenter,Washington,D.C.,September23, 2000 (age75 years, 43days).Burial location unknown.
 See alsoWikipediaarticle —U.S. State Dept career summary —NNDBdossier
 Jack Kevorkian (1928-2011) — also known as"Dr. Death" — Born in Pontiac,OaklandCounty, Mich.,May 26,1928.Physician;euthanasia advocate whose campaign ofassisted suicides ofterminally ill patients in 1989-99 brought him national publicity;his medical license wasrevokedin 1990; he faced numerousmurderchargesstarting in 1993; acquitted by juries several times;convictedin 1999 andsentencedto 10 to 25 years inprison;released in 2007; Independent candidate forU.S.Representative from Michigan 9th District, 2008.Atheist.Armenianancestry.Died, fromkidneyandheartproblems, in BeaumontHospital,Royal Oak,OaklandCounty, Mich.,June 3,2011 (age83 years, 8days).Interment atWhiteChapel Memorial Park Cemetery, Troy, Mich.
 Relatives: Sonof Levon Kevorkian.
 See alsoWikipediaarticle —NNDBdossier —Internet Movie Databaseprofile
 Scott Winfield Davis — also known asScott W. Davis — of Palo Alto,SantaClara County, Calif.Arrestedin 1996, in Atlanta, Georgia, andchargedwithkilling David Coffin andsettingfire to his home; the charges were later dropped for lack ofevidence; Independent candidate forGovernor ofCalifornia, 2003.Still living as of 2003. Byron Low Tax Looper (1964-2013) — also known asByron Anthony Looper — of Cookeville,PutnamCounty, Tenn.Born inPutnamCounty, Tenn.,September15, 1964.Democratic candidate forGeorgiastate house of representatives, 1987; Republican candidate forTennesseestate house of representatives, 1992; Republican candidate forTennesseestate senate, 1998.Changed his middle name from Anthony to Low Tax. He wasindictedin March, 1998, on 14 counts ofofficialmisconduct as Putnam County Tax Assessor. On October 19, 1998, heshot and killedTommyBurks, his opponent for a state senate seat; he wasarrestedsoon after andchargedwithmurder. He lost the November 1998 senate election toBurks' widow, who ran as a write-in candidate with the support ofboth parties. In August, 2000, he wastriedformurder,convicted,andsentencedto life inprisonwithout parole.Died, as aprisoninmate, in Morgan County Correctional Complex, Wartburg,MorganCounty, Tenn.,June 26,2013 (age48 years, 284days).Burial location unknown.
 Cross-reference:McCrackenPoston
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 Otis O'Neal Horsley Jr. (1944-2015) — also known asNeal Horsley — of Carrollton,CarrollCounty, Ga.Born in Bremen,HaralsonCounty, Ga.,April15, 1944.Convictedin 1973 ofdrugpossession with intent to distribute, over three gallons ofhashish oil, and served a sentence in federalprison;creator of a "Nuremburg Files", an anti-abortion website which listedhome addresses and other details about many abortion providers;information from the site helped militant anti-abortionist JamesCharles Kopp track down andkill Dr. Barnett Slepian in 1998;Horsley's web site was later ruled to be athreat,and not protected by the First Amendment; candidate forGovernor ofGeorgia, 2010.Died in Carrollton,CarrollCounty, Ga.,April13, 2015 (age70 years, 363days).Cremated.
 Relatives: Sonof Otis O'Neal Horsley and Miriam (Adamson) Horsley.
 See alsoWikipediaarticle —Internet Movie Databaseprofile —Find-A-Gravememorial —Encyclopediaof American Loons
 Abraham Jacob Hirschfeld (1919-2005) — also known asAbraham J. Hirschfeld;Abe Hirschfeld;"Honest Abe" —of Great Neck,NassauCounty, Long Island, N.Y.; Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.; Miami Beach, Dade County (nowMiami-DadeCounty), Fla.Born in Tarnow,Poland,December20, 1919.Realestate developer;hotelowner; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention fromNew York,1968;candidate forU.S.Senator from New York, 1974 (Democratic primary), 1976(Democratic primary), 2004 (Builders); candidate forU.S.Representative from New York 14th District, 1992 (IndependentFusion), 1994 (Democratic primary); Republican candidate forboroughpresident of Manhattan, New York, 1997; Independence candidateforNewYork state comptroller, 1998.In 1998, offered Paula Jones $1 million to drop her sexual harassmentlawsuit against PresidentBillClinton; later sued by Jones when he tried to back out of theoffer.Indictedin 2000 for trying tohire a hit man tokill his formerbusiness partner Stanley Stahl; alsochargedwithtaxevasion; brieflyjailedforviolatinga court order against discussing the trial with the media;ultimatelyconvicted,and served two years inprison.Died, from complications ofcancer,in St. BarnabasHospital,Bronx,BronxCounty, N.Y.,August9, 2005 (age85 years, 232days).Interment atCedarPark Cemetery, Paramus, N.J.
 Relatives:Married1943 to ZiporaTeicher.
 Epitaph: "A man of ideas andcourage."
 See alsoWikipediaarticle —Find-A-Gravememorial
 William John Janklow (1939-2012) — also known asWilliam J. Janklow;BillJanklow —of South Dakota. Born in Chicago,CookCounty, Ill.,September13, 1939.Republican.SouthDakota state attorney general, 1975-79;Governor ofSouth Dakota, 1979-87, 1995-2002; Republican Presidential Electorfor South Dakota,1996;Republican Presidential Elector for South Dakota,2000(voted forGeorgeW. Bush andRichardB. Cheney);U.S.Representative from South Dakota at-large, 2003-04; resigned 2004.Lutheran.Involved in a traffic accident in 2003 when heran a stopsign and hit a motorcyclist;convictedofsecond-degree manslaughter;sentencedto 100 days injail andthree yearsprobation.Died in Sioux Falls,MinnehahaCounty, S.Dak.,January12, 2012 (age72 years, 121days).Interment atBlack Hills National Cemetery, Sturgis, S.Dak.
 See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —NationalGovernors Association biography —NNDBdossier —Internet Movie Databaseprofile —Find-A-Gravememorial
 John Stozich (c.1927-2004) — of Findlay,HancockCounty, Ohio.Born in Mingo Junction,JeffersonCounty, Ohio, about 1927.Republican. Member ofOhiostate house of representatives, 1983-91; director, OhioDepartment of Industrial Relations, 1991-95;mayorof Findlay, Ohio, 1996-2000;convictedofvehicularmanslaughter in May, 2004 for a traffic accident in which awoman died;sentencedto three yearsprobation;a jail term was suspended.Catholic.Died, in Blanchard Valley RegionalHealthCenter, Findlay,HancockCounty, Ohio,July 5,2004 (ageabout 77years).Burial location unknown. Jeffrey Reid Allen (1958-2004) — also known asJeff Allen — of Hoover,JeffersonCounty, Ala.Born in Birmingham,JeffersonCounty, Ala.,April 7,1958.Libertarian.Softwaredeveloper; candidate forU.S.Senator from Alabama, 2002.Killed Darren Keith Palmer, a business associate, and then,perhaps to avoidprosecution,shotandkilledhimself, in the back of adoctor'soffice, Hoover,JeffersonCounty, Ala.,April28, 2004 (age46 years, 21days).Burial location unknown.
 Relatives: Sonof Massey Allen.
 See alsoOurCampaignscandidate detail —LPedia (Libertarianhistory)
 Harold Charles Turner (b. 1962) — also known asHal Turner — of North Bergen,HudsonCounty, N.J.Born in Jersey City,HudsonCounty, N.J.,March15, 1962.Republican.Radio talkshow host; candidate forU.S.Representative from New Jersey 13th District, 2000; in June 2009,he postedthreatsagainst three U.S. Court of Appeals judges, calling for them to bemurdered over a ruling in a gun rights case; pleaded notguilty; tried in 2009-10; the first two ended in mistrials;convictedat the third trial and sentenced to 33 months inprison;released in 2012.Still living as of 2015.
 See alsoWikipediaarticle —Encyclopediaof American Loons
 Charles Stanard Severance (b. 1960) — also known asCharles S. Severance — ofAlexandria,Va.Born inFairfaxCounty, Va.,September25, 1960.Candidate formayorof Alexandria, Va., 1996, 2000 (Independent); Independentcandidate forU.S.Representative from Virginia 8th District, 1996; during 2003-14,heshot and killed three people; he wasarrestedin 2014,tried onmurder and onfelonyfirearms charges,convictedand sentenced to life in prison plus 48 years.Still living as of 2022.
 See alsoWikipedia article —OurCampaignscandidate detail
 Joseph Allen Maldonado (b. 1963) — also known asJoseph Maldonado;Joseph AllenSchreibvogel;"Joe Exotic";"The TigerKing" —of Wynnewood,GarvinCounty, Okla.Born in Garden City,FinneyCounty, Kan.,March 5,1963.Policeofficer; operated an exotic animal park, 1999-2018; Independentcandidate forPresidentof the United States, 2016; candidate in Libertarian primary forGovernorof Oklahoma, 2018;arrestedin June 2018 on suspicion of hiring two men tomurder CarolBaskin, founder of Big Cat Rescue;convictedin 2019 on two counts of attemptedmurder-for-hire, and 17counts ofanimalabuse.Gay. Still living as of 2023.
 Relatives: Sonof Francis Schreibvogel and Shirley Schreibvogel.
 See alsoWikipediaarticle —Internet Movie Databaseprofile —OurCampaignscandidate detail
 Steven Dana Pankey (born c.1951) — also known asSteve Pankey — of Greeley,WeldCounty, Colo.; Shoshone,LincolnCounty, Idaho; Twin Falls,Twin FallsCounty, Idaho.Born in California, about 1951. Candidate in Republican primary forLieutenantGovernor of Idaho, 2010; candidate forGovernor ofIdaho, 2014 (Constitution), 2018 (Republican primary);indictedin October 2020 for thekidnappingandmurder of Jonelle Matthews, a 12-year-old girl whodisappeared in Greeley, Colo., in 1984.Nazarene.Still living as of 2020.
 Relatives: Sonof Dana Pankey and Ruth Pankey.
 Amy Johnson Ford — also known asAmy Jolene Johnson;Amy JoleneThorn —of Williamson,MingoCounty, W.Va.Republican.Registerednurse; during the Covid-19 pandemic, volunteered to work withpatients in New York and Texas;speaker, Republican National Convention, 2020 ;in October 2020, in Williamson, W.Va., she waschargedwithshooting a woman in the stomach during an argument.Female.Still living as of 2020.
 See alsoInternet Movie Databaseprofile

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